Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-11-12
HENRY GEORGE.
New York Sun


man, had upon the theater of Fat,
a noble, tragic exit. 1t nigh
have been that the ardor of hi!
disciples had cooled. 1t did no
cool. He died as any man of in
Guence might care to end his ca
reer, at the height of his fame an(
cheered by mmistakable evidence,
of his cOntinueing strength. he
could not have done more for il il
he had lived to the extreme age ot
mans allotted time.
Living aad working after ia,
end al wclk and life, lIcmr,
Gerog", alive again IN the nam,
aud hopes and political inhcri
tanCc he has given TO his Sou, j.
still mighty force i'm tins elect
ion. What.he was and what he
represented still an actual and
undiminiShed strength. Dead. he
is respected, and 10y the most
strenuous opponents of his theory
Of cOnliScaiOn, as a man i'm the
open,
The strange, adv entruOuS hiSto.
ry Of Henry George, from Califor-
MIA to the caucus, was something
to make us thankful that men of
genius have. license from destiny.
He came neither from Baliol nor
Trinit.; from Harvard nor Yale
nor Columbia. What a strange.
eccentric, irregular man he must
have been. How did he learn
things! How did he write things.
this hrcgularly educated, wander
ing son of Genius!
Who can answer question so
remarkable, perhaps 50 unimpor
tant! The depressing qu, S,ion
still cOnIrOntS us, as the lion.
Grover Cleveland, the protOplaSm
OF the indispensable Seth, today
dispensed with forever, would tell
the trembling sons of Nassau.
Why was it that Henry George,
the man with no natural advan-
tageS, surpassed the Hon Seth
Low, a person born rich il not in.
telligent, who deVotcS himself
with such passion AZ may he
properly attributed TO a highly
moral clam, without "a pearl. to the
exploitation and Qualification of
Why today will Henry
George speak from the gravcg
Why will the Hon. Seth Low, the
thing ON Morningside.
be buried, deep and dark!
Seth Low had every gift thai
the systematic cultivation can
bring. The FAIRIES that gave George
nothing but intelligence aud cour
age and unSelfShnesS gave Seth
Low every chance of life. ceth
Low WAS rich; Seth Low had the
opportunity for education cores.
bonding with his future on Morn.
in@Side; every exterior and divi.
dend-making advantage Seth Low
had over Henry George: except
the fact that Henry George was
intelligent; except the fact that
Henry Gerge cared, in all his ne.
cullarteS opinion, for his ideas.
He has ideas. Seth Low has him
self, his own idea.
We would like to think we'll of
Seth Low. He thinks wei. of him.
self. Seth was supposed to be a
man of good manners. Nobody
took HIM for a man of more than
ordinary intelligence. Atthe end
of this campaign where does Seth
Low stand? Has he shown him.
self anxious for anything bnt
votes Has he manifested any
higher aspiration than wish to
be elected. When lie began his
canvass the people of New York
knew little about him. They had
seen his pictures. They hoped
that he was more elevated than
hat work of art. Since then they
have learned TO know him. Learn
ed to know Seth Low. How wise.
how unselfiSh, how sincere, the
records Of the newspapers have
shown. Today he Will get his re
ward. He lost reputation
which was never deserved.