The Detroit times., 1908-11-07

Honor 10 the people OF Massachu-
sets, who for>23 years kept In the SEN
ate. and would have kept him there
ever so long. had he lived. a man who
never, even 10 them. conceded single
iota OF his convictions in order 10 re-
main there. And what a life was his.
"a life SO wholly devoted TO what was
good and pure. There he stood in the
midst Of grasping materialism OF GU:
times, around ham the eager chase for
the almighty dollar, no thought OF
opportunity ever entering the smallest
corner OF his mind. and disturbing his
high endeavors; with a virtue which
the possession OF power could not even
tempt, much less debauch; from whose
presence the very thought OF corrup-
ton instinctively shrunk back; life
30 spotless. an integrity so intact, a
character SO high, that the most daring
eagerness OF calumny. the most wan
ton audacity OF insinuation. standing
on tip-toe. could not touch the soles Of
his shoes.
They say that he INDUCED In over
weening self-appreciation. Ay. he did
have a magnificent pride. lofty self
esteem. Why should he not2 Let
wretches despise themselves, for they
have good reason TO do 50; not he. But
In his selfesteem there was nothing
small and mean: no man lived 10
whose very nature envy and petty
jealousy were more foreign. Con
scious OF his own merit he never de-
preciated the merit OF others; nay, he
not only recognized It. but he ex'
pressed that recognition with that cor
dial spontaneity which can only flow
from a sincere and generous heart
His pride of self was like his pride OF
country. He was the proudest Ameri
can; he was the proudest New Eng
lander: and yet he was the most cos
mopolitan American l have ever seen
There was In him not the faintes'
shadow Of that narrow prejudice which
looks askance at what has grown III
foreign lands. His generous heart and
his enlightened mind were too gen
erous and too enlightened not to give
the fullest measure OF appreciation to
all that was good and worthy, from
whatever quarter Of the globe IL came
And now his home There are those
around me who have breathed the air
OF his house In Washington, that at
mosphere OF refinement. taste, scholar
ship art, friendship, and warm-hearted
hospitality; who have seen those rooms
covered and filled with his pictures,
his engravings. his statues. his
bronzes. his books and rare manu-.
scripts--the collections OF lifetime,
the image OF the richness Of his mind.
the comfort and consolation of his soil.
tude. They have beheld his childlike
smile of satisfaction when he unlocked
the most precious of his treasures and
told their stories.
They remember the conversations
at his hospitable board. genially in
spiIed and directed by him, on art and
books and inventions and great times
and great men, when suddenly some
times. by accident, new mine OF
curious knowledge disclosed itself In
him. which his friends had never
known he possessed; or when a sun
burst of the affectionate gentleness of
his soul warmed all hearts around him.
They remembered his craving for
friendship, as 1t spoke through the
far outstretched hand when you ar
rived and the glad ordinations, II am
SO happy you camel" and the beseech-
ing. almost respondent tone when you
departed, do not leave me yet: do
stay a while longer, | want SO much
to speak with you" IL Is all gone
now. He could not stay himself: and
he has left his friends behind, feeling
more deeply than ever that no man
could Know him well but to love him.
Now we have laid him into his grave
in the motherly soil OF Massachusetts,
which was SO dear to him. He Is a,
rest now-the stalwart. brave old
champion. whose face and bearing
were so austerc. and whose heart was
so full OF tenderness who began his
career With pathetic plea for uni
versal peace and charity. and whose
whole life was an arduous. incessant.
never-restlng struggle. which left him
all covered with scars. And we can
do nothing for him but commemorate
his lofty ideals OF liberty. and equal
ity. and justice. and reconciliation, and
purity. and the earnestness and cour-