Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-11

and was taking them to farm In the
south. They were chained. six and six
together. a small iron clevis was
around the loft wrist Of each and this
fastened to the main chain by n short
or one at n convenient distance from
the others, 20 that the negroes were
strung together precisely like 20 many
nsh upon trout line. In this condition
they were being separated forever from
the scenes Of their childhood, their
friends. their fathers and mothers, and
brothers and sisters. and many Of them
from thsir wives and children. and go
ing Into perpetual slavery. where the
lash Of the master il proverblally more
ruthless and unrclenting than any
other where. and yet amid all these
distressing circumstances. rs we would
think them. they were the most cheer
ful and apparently happy creatures on
board. one. whose offcnse, for which
he had been sold. was an overfondncss
for his wife, played the nddic almost
continually, and the others danced,
sang. cracked Jokes and played various
games with cards from day TO day.
How true II " that God tempors tho
wind 90 the shorn lamb or. In other
words. that he renders the worst Of
human conditions tolerablc while he
permits the best to be nothing better
than tolerablei"
The peroratlon 10 his agricultural adj
dress at Milwaukee In September. 1859.
IL IN these beautiful expressions: ut II
said an eastern monarch once chnrucd
his wise men to Invent him sentence.
TO be ever In View. and which should
be true and Appropriate In all times and
situations. They presented him the
words. And this. too. shall pass away
How much II expressed How chastcn-
ing In the hour Of pridci How console
laa liant he Of -
this. too. shall pass away And yet. let
US hope u II not quite true. Let uH hope
rather that by the best cultivation II
the physical world beneath and around
Us and the intellectual and moral world
within US we shall secure an Individual
social aud political prosperity ana hap.
plnnst whose course shall be upward
and onward. and which. while tho earth
endurcr, shall not pass away"
How beautiful aud impressive ere
these sentiments. thrown IN In tho
haste ana inconHldcratcncss OF epiatnl-
AIRY cortespondcncci II avn IN no
bonHtful mood. shall not do more than
! can. but I shall do all can 10 save
the government which II my sworn
duty na well ~ my personal inciinn-
tlon. shall do nothing In malice
What l deal with II too vast for ma
liciour dealing" The following extract
from n letter. evidently written In great
cares, has been often reproduced and
nH often admired. but n cannot be re-
pcatcd too often "rhe Father OF
Waters ngaln goes unveScd ~ the sea
Thanks 10 the great northwest for H.
Nor yet wholly 60 them. Three hundred
miles up they met New England. Em-
pirc. Keystone and Jersey hrwing their
ways right ana left. The sunny south.
too, In moro colorn than one, also lent
helping hand on the spot their part
OF the history was jottrd down In black
and white. Nor must Uncle
Sans web feet be forgotten. Al all the
wntcry margins they have been pres
ent. not only on the deep sea, the broad
bay and the rapid river. but also up the
narrow. muddy bayou. and wherever
the ground was little damp they have
been aud made their tracks. Thanks 10
all. For the great republic. for the
principle II lives by and keeps alive. Tor
mans vast future, thanks 10 ALL"
Such gems Of literature are Incident
10 any OF his lingual or indicted pro-
ductionr. alike 10 deeply studied state
papers and hnHty HcrlbblinEH. They do
not smell of the lamp" They are