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cleveIand's DoubIe-In Appearance
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From st. Albans Messenger.1
The New York Worlds announcement
ofthe death of Gen. William Cogswell
of Massachusetts, one of the best and
bravest of the leaders of the Union army
and one of the tTuest, manifest noblest
of men, was headed "Cleveland's Double
Head"
In outward appearance there was some
resemblance between the present presi-
dent of the United States and the late
member of Congress from the Sixth
Massachusetts District, but they resem-
bled each other in no other respect.
Gen. William COgswell was a patriot,
whose loyalty consisted in something
more than sounding phrases and empty
platitudes; he gave of the best years of
his life toward the perpetuation of Re-
publican institutions, the preservation of
the Union and the enfranchisement of
race; Grover Cleveland filled the meas
ure of his patriotism by the employment
of substitute at an expense of $500.
There was not taint of selfshness IN
Gen. CogswelPs nature; Cleveland, ac-
cOrding to the estimate of that eminent
Democratic authority, the late Samuel
j. Tilden, was the "mOst selfish polite
ian l ever knew" and the experience of
Mr.. Tilden in this direction was by no
means limited. Gen. Cogswell was loyal
to the friends he had and "their adop-
ton tried" through good and evil re-
port; Grover Cleveland is loyal only to
himself and his own ambitions, and is
incapable of a really generous action.
His public utterances and actions are
governed by their estimated effect upon
his personal fortunes and political ambi-
tiOns. Cogswell carved his name high
ha Of tho H. off
DOM the preservers of a republic, vet in
speech and action he was modesty it.
self. He cOnsecrated his youth and abil-
ity to the cause of his country without a
word of vain glory or the hope of re-
ward. Cleveland is never weary of pos.
ing as the patriot of patriots and prating
of his devotion and conservation to the
cause of the common people, until his
prOtestations in that regard have become
as meaningless as parrot chatter. In his
every word and deed the dead hero of
Massachusetts, was animated by the pur-
est patriotism, the loftiest motives. The
ideals of Grover Cleveland have been
those of a scheming politician.
William COgswell remembered those
who stood with him in defense of the
Nation, recalled their sacrifices and ap-
preciated their devotion. The recogni-
ton of these devoted men by Grover
Cleveland has been confined to the
sounding brass of words, while his real
sentiments have found expression in the
veto of pension bills upon purely tech
nical grounds and his contemptuous dis
regard of the one day in all the year set
apart for patriotic hearts and loyal hands
to do honor to their memories. .
Nature cast these two men in some
thing of the same molds physically. In
every element that constitutes true man.
hood, makes for genuine Americanism,
stands for courage in the discharge of
dnties and fidelity to the highest ideals,
William Cogswell is as far removed from
Grover Cleveland as consistency is above
time serving, personal service above the
purchase of asubstitute, courage beyond
cowardice, a patriot above politician.