Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-28
WAS HONEST AND TRUE.
Father slocum's Tribute TO the Late
 James Meagher.

&
 James Meagher.
 At the masses yesterday in the church of the Immaculate Conception Father Slocum took occasion to pay a deserved tribute to the life and worth of the late James Meagher, a member of the church committee, who died during the week.
 Custom forbids," said Father Slo- cum, 'seulogies at funerals, but occa- eionally man dies whose life stands out so prominently for virtue that we may well take him for a text. Such a man was James Meagher who died a few days ago. I may safely say that of all the men whom 1 have ever met l never knew one more honest or true than MT Meagher. If you want ed his opinion on men or events you would not be talking with him for half a minute before you knew ex- actly where he stood. A total ao- stainer all his life, he did not think temperance was the only virtue; nor did he blame others who did not think so. either.
 eff some men had one hundredtn part of the experience of MT Meagher the world would hear about it. But with him it was seldom mentioned. Once his heart was opened, however, what a wealth of interesting reminls- cence was unearthedi
 GAS young man in Dublin he knew O'Conneu well. that man who was to him the grandest character in Irish history, and stood out from the rest tower of strength for all that helped his fellow man. He also knew the other great men who served to make the history of Ireland during the early 4Os momentous. When he came to the land of his adoption he carried with him a heart that burned for his native land to the hour of his death. But did he love America the less? Far from it. Before the civil war he was an American soldier. When General Harney was fighting his way through Indians marking out the path that the great Pacific railroad was to take, MT Meagher was with him. And when the standard of rebellion was unfurled he was faithful to the union and fought throughout the bitter struggle. He intimately knew several of the great leaders of both sides. Among them were General Robert B. Lee, whom he knew as soldier and a man, Johnson and Burnside. He was per- sonally acquainted with Generals Sedgwiek and Lyon from our own state. He took part in the battles of Seven Pines Malvern Hill, Fair Oaks, Gaines Mil and other battles around Richmond. He was an eye witness of the awful slaughter at Mary's Heights. Through all of MT Meagher's varied experiences, and he passed through some when it required cour- age to stand up for his convictions, there never was time when he was afraid to say he was Catholic. Though he was as suile1ess and hum- -ble as child when it was matter of duty concerning his faith or country he had the heart of a lion. May God have mercy on his soul and let us pray that many more may come among us possessed of the same commendable attributes as the late James MeagheT"
 Father Slocum also complimented the corporation for which MT Meagher worked in it's treatment of him, by asking him to stop doing any manual labor and continue drawing his salary. He expressed the wish that the cor E porations would solve {the labor prob lem on that basis, that when men had given the best years of their lives and in some cases their blood to enrich their employers they would not be cast off in their old age.