The record-union., 1896-07-03
INNER LIFE OF PARRAGUT.
Rev. C. Y. Anthony Talks About the
Fighting Admiral.
Unpublished History Of the Education
Politics, Religion and Domestic
Life of the Old Sea Dog.

At the Sixth street NJ. E. Church last
evening Rev. c. V. Anthony delivered
his lecture on Admiral Farragut. The
lecturer had his subject we'll in hand
and having been a close personal friend
of the great fighting sailor, gave many
interesting scenes in his domestic and
public life which have not yet been
made into history
A very fair-sized audience greeted
Mr.. Anthony and close attention was
given him to the end.
The speaker first took up the domestic
life of Admiral Farragut. and showed
that he understood his subject we'll
Farragut had been unfortunate in his
first marriage, having married a woman
who was a confirmed invalid, having
nervous disease which caused her to be
blindly jealous-so much So that the
sailor was obliged to quit the sea until
after her death. But If he had been
unfortunate in the choice of a first wife,
he was repaid for everything in his Sec
ond.
Mr.. Anthony then took up the pub
lie life of the great seaman, dividing his
discourse into, first, his education; sec
ond, his politics, and third, his religion.
Farragut's educational advantages
had not been of the best, he having
been born in Tennessee, where the
matter of education did not receive as
much attention then as now. If how
ever, his educational advantages were
limited, he came from section noted
for its patriots-from the section which
sprang Parson Brownlow and Andrew
Johnson.
Farragut was an old-line Whig, and
never voted the Democratic ticket until
he voted for Buchanan. 1t was either
Buchanan or Fremont, and Farragut
couldn't swallow Fremont He became
heartily sick of Buchanan, however,
and afterward said he almost despised
himself for having supported him.
While Farragut was a slave owner
he believed that the slaves should be
held inseparably from the estate-in
Mother words, that families should not
be separated by being sold into other
sections Of the country
Farragut possessed a marvelously
tender heart, and his feelings and SYM
pathies were easily touched. He was
the embodiment of the proverb. ''The
bravest soldier is ever the tenderest. -
religious, though he was not a member
of any religious denomination. He al
ways asked a blessing at table or, If
a minister were present he was al
ways asked to do so. Farragut said
even If there wasn't a God, somebody
ought to be thanked. To sum it up,
the lecturer believed that the great
sailor was a Christian
Farragut set duty to his country
above everything else in life, and had
cnce declared that he would run an
enemy through, even though he died
making Masonic signs. If the President
of the United States ordered him to
shell a city he would say, Gentlemen,
stand from under,' but he would do
the shelling.
For all that had been said and writ
ten about Farragut being a total alb
stinencer, the lecturer said ii was a
mistake, and that he had seen Farra-
ner. He also drank wine, not because
he liked it, but because it was the Gus
tom.
Farragut never even hesitated when
the time came to choose between the
United States Government and the
Confederacy. The lecturer recounted
the actions and repeated some of the
correspondence with the Government
previous to the taking of New Orleans
The lecture was highly enjoyed by all
who heard it.