Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-10-17

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to build. He once more met defeat, but
out of it he came triumphant aud
marked the deep line of his life through
IA years of uninterrupted success which
was more completely a matter OF per-
sonal achievement than has been the
case with any other man in this gener-
alton. His lines of thought undoubtedly
had been hardened by defeat and con-
slant antagonistic encounters; but
through all the outward manifestations
of his life he had shown genial
warmth.
He was humane, devoted to his fol-
lowers, self-sacrificing, and has left a
long, substantial, eventful, and most
beneficial line of work. 1t will stand a
defiance to the world to show that his
constituents were ever represented 10y a.
man of more perfect courage man
who ever defended the honor aud glory
of Vermont more valiantly than he did
on many occasions, especially in his en-
counter with McCrarey of Kentucky; a
man more cool, collected and better up
in the fine arts of debate than he exhibit
ted on many occasions, especially in de-
bates on theological conditions arising
out of the government Of the District of
Columbia; man who was in fuller
sympathy with his constituency in their
political faiths; a man who made more
variable and practical speeches in Con-
gress or attracted more fattering atten.
ton by their literary and historic merit.
And especially does his career defy the
production of a man, jealous of his own
position of course, yet who would do
more to make the benefits of the enter
prise more lasting or more beneficial to
each of his followers.
No man ever treated the complaints
of injured subjects of the government
better than he did. Those Of the rich
and the poor, the influential and the un-
known were treated with the same in
terest and devotion. He was embued
with deep sense Of the obligations OF
the government to its defenders and the
rights of the humblest of them were
sacred to him.
His political designs and works were
peculiar in some respects. They exhibi
ted most commendable genius. He got
to be one of the most difficult men tc
get off his feet in an encounter in the
country. He had flashing blade that
struck here and there when necessary tt
make way for his plans, but his desire tt
, haste in which they were made. Hi
political work was ingenious, impact
: and in every way marked with solidarity
His organization either in design OF
management seemed to be controlled by
. strongest inducements to unity. Hi
, following was composed mostly o.
young men of great responsibility. Hi
| means were above board. His support
ers seemed to be bound together by com
, mon sentiments and associations, ant
were kept in accord as to designs ant
purposes, and not only that he knit eacl
one of his following into his designs ant
purposes in a way to make each ont
, feel personal as we'll as patriotic inter
est in them.
But to tell what man does, only re
, motely tells what he is. If he perils hi
7 life for his country, does sacrifcial act
: in her behalf, secures an ancestra
home in it, not as clannish proceeding
but as devotion to kinship and as his
f toric, and takes pride in his dominion
2 over it, it tells of patriotism, love o
g country, home, friends, and humanit,
$ generally. But to see the inner MAJ
:. one wants opportunity for absolute free
, dom of intercourse so that one can Sc
, that our friends motives and induce
j, ments are unquestioned; to know of hi
e literary taste and requirements requires
e listening to him as he read from his ia
$ vorite poet, Burns, or Bryant, who latel
= was fast rivaling Burns in his affections
k or required him to listen into the smal
n hours Of the night to his reading {
IS some new philosophy OF life with sue
l. busy mind that one could not TEL
It which had talked the most, the book c
n the reader. His mind was never idl,
y and the base and peaks of Vermont
fl military, legislative and literary sent
l. ments show marks of his industrior
d visitations.
Y, Fortunate mani He lived in CLOWN
a times that met the ardor of his natur
9 His work was speeded to the highe
It point and then when it was finished ia,
Y sent no sckening ills to fret and worl
O him into his grave, but before his leisn