The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-26

II stilledfhe fires in the most patriotic bosom
that cver ~throbbod with lovo OF country. lap
"Civiization hns lost one of its most conspic
nous american citizenship has
security. Justice has lost a defender; liberty
has lost a champions; but the friends who know
him well have suffered n grief moro poignant
than can be described. On us who were admit.
ted to his friendship death has indeed laid n
heavy hand. 1t Inns silenced tie most sympa.
thetic counsellor TO whom we could turn when
IN need of sympathy. 1t has removed tho kind:
pleasures. 1t has stiiiod the warmest heart that
ever throbbcd to tho demands of friendship.
'"hs we stood by his grave we felt that one Of
tho chief sources OF joy md pleasure had gone
sunshine had become obscurod. In this gather.
ing tonight, not merely the American people.
spirit e not by their presence. EVERYWHERE men
rrG rS Wiling .nr ,,6 to o par ~ iBis nr IN ShS I sdSSi.r ih Gs
brilliant journalist. this foe Of hypocrisy, OF cor:
ruption and Of sham lapplansel; this friend OF
liberty, this exponent OF Anericanism. This
IApplausc.l
MIR. DANA AS An EDITOR.
Among the varied phases of his character it
Tive %" or IMPOSING posing mi It IS I" the "a to speak Of
him,as u journalist. hut that expression affords
achievements, or his powers. lie was not q
journalist who pursued his profession for
his intellectual, his spiritual, and his men
tai forces to the cause OF humanity. He knew
mourning IN inc ulSCnATRt OF MS editorial uutlcS
except The service OF truth. tho defence OF jus.
ticc. and the propagation OF liberty! lApplnuso.l
s nis 'iIG% Sy sn%Ts Ms5i t nos S SS%Hn Sar % 9. 0I Il IS foH the
fashion to spenlt Of him as the last OF the great
editors. 1t would be more. truthful to say he
was tho first rs well as the last. lGrcat APP
plaqsS.l =, :, ,,,rro,ism ia o,,ro,o from ,,,.
occupied by anybody, else. and, far above any
rlvSi s or So%p 1s snmc Il IiAErl' "sn i ti Many Hoe edi, sm'
bracod them all. There may have been editors
as ct,iditc'as he, editors ns XII dly as he. editors
as patriotic as hc . ,itors with as lofty a conccp.
ton of their duties; but no one editor was at tho
same time ms earned. rs kindly, as patriotic, as
incorruptiblc. rs Charles A. Dana. GTrcmon-
"IIc Was n many.sided man and much of his
character was Of dnzlling brilliancy. His genius
was SO rosplendcnt that any man who denied it
would have, co ,iesscd that hr himself was OF
narrow intellect. the dominating, character of
hls Journalism, as, indeed, OF his whole life, was
his Americl nisin. his profound conviction that
tho institutions or government, in this C untry
were at once the glory and the hope of civiliza-
ton lapplauscL ana his answering belief that
tn : woul dbe permanent. IL not perpetual, be.
cause they were built upon the conscience and
morality OF the most conscientious and virtuous
people on the surface OF the globe. lApplause.l
men 10 doubt the future; but when any person
expressed the faintcst doubt as To the permR.
nehcy Of this Government or the ultimate tri-
order, over all forces OF political vice. Mr.. Dana
would look upon him as II he we're face 70 face
the earth itself! Loud applapsel .,..,
his underlying characteristic was u passionate
equally powerful and vindictive aversion to
"! "as 1 aSPG a iovy&,r or Of ef fiSsSiy.l AIRIp s %ss / cham.
pion Of popular rights. but he was the most
q iresaom; When last year he h concluded
affiliated during the best years Of his lif.
had adopted e platform the success Of
to the security OF our mcnt, without an
instant's hesitation he scattered the associations
promise with his conscience or to seek the
evasion Of pretending TO support, an independent
,ion he n sdhRSiSasI'i he n sisetion ae Of the Ssl man w A%ss;
nomination he had opposed and for whom he
u tho causes which led to the success
OF the present Administration. Mr.. Dana's &C
tive and risorous support was perhaps
may think Of the question involved in
that canvass. no man can hesitate to appreciate
the lofty patriotism which led Mr.. Dana 10 re-
nouncc the associations and affiliations Of n
lifetime when. in his judgment; the welfare OF
his country demanded the sacrifice. lApplause.l
PERSONAL TRAITS.
But il his loyalty to his country was con-
spicuous. hts devotion to his friends was not
i ehsraa iRsSnif; a df The 'nd msn e 1as pSF'q bim
to all who ever had tho privilege OF
flaming sSns ssm in Ds sontae tb, KIN h h ! he had ! am nx. HTs1s
Just, as pc "erfGl and as deep-seated AS his
friendships. Bpt, after a long and intimate &C.
solemnly here IN the presence OF my fel!sw
citizens that | do not think he ever enter
tanned a feeling OF personal malice against those
whom he. criticised the most severely. iAp-
plause.l For certain vices he had an aversion
nonnced them biis,ersd ike the whip OF scor-
pions., EAppIauscl But while he hated vices
themselves. For the persons, whom he de.
nounced l have always thought he had a feeling
Ills sversions We're impersonal. but his
fhr diecnntd zip Weir Si,S i% N. H;hdS H loved With his
confined to his pen. His affections, once
swSksned, were u]ndying, IAPplauseI HIS
which gave them expression. Applause.
THE SUI y was; x OF course 6inp the III, 5he"trs in
can people. and for thirty years it was a
shining and conspicuous monument. to
h has F q " %sgaz lAsp'" Sq caua GeT literary 0e msriii
been Offered 70 the R ,npibi as the su :; Sun
like It in the whole history Of English ii:
cratprc. IApplnusc.i The taste with which the
yond all praise. Tins is acknowledged both by his
irienns and by the few enemies that he made in
his lifetime. Perhaps should qualify the word
'tnemies' and use the word opponents for
. when thc grave had closed over his body / do
United States. and probably not one in all the
world. that cherished one bitter feeling to his
Ills journalism was different from that Of all
others from the fact that; in the public mind,
journals in this Town the. editorial, room
10 ~ aNtIll arr III llUUtUctTtDlt. III
which tho persons who say things which seem
To awaken interest remain obscure and almost
totally unknown. The editorial page OF THE Sun
was the theatre which Mr.. Dana occupied wi
majesty. and power. His journalistic talents
Bni bril'iancy gave him an authority never
enjoyed by any other editor. With a word he
coulu smash, II hppocrite; with q phrase no
colld tx plolc . humbug. These cxtraordi.
nary powers. If controlled by an ignoble
man, would have been abused. In his hands. |
may say without evaporation that never were
they known to be used for any other purpose
than to nplift the lowly. TO defend the weak.
to curb the strong, to strike the tyrant where.
ever his hand was PLACED. Had he had
u thousand arms / believe no would
lave engaged in a thousand simultaneous
conflicts Tor the protection OF the weak in some
quarter OF the globe. ever striving to uplift from
the ground the victim OF oppression. and to
humble in the dust the pride and power OF the
oppressor. lApplause.l
TIE UNITED STATES AND CUBA.
Among all the incidents Of that simple and
impressive funeral which VIC attended in the lit.
tie country churchyard at Glen Cove. nothing
was so. touching as the tribute which
tho Cuban ~Iatriots placed by his open