The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-27

me a fear lest the house will be ca. ried
off its feet by the eloquence OF John
Bright" .-,.
is a great orator for a set occasion, but, y
said he, lin a debate, I have measured
swords with him myself, and, / may say,
1 did not come off second best, OF, TO
change the matter around, II was a case
of the sword fish and the whale
Said Mr.. Justice Lamar: I was not en-
tirely satisfied; nevertheless, WITH hlSn
! hopes I attended the house of commons
/ the next morning, and had as my COM
pany Charles Dickens, the nONeIlst
/ Seated just beyond Mr.. Dickens was a
gentleman of most distinguished appear
ance, whose face l never had seen IN
l the flesh, but whom l soon recognized
/ as the Rev. Henry Ward BeeCheT, VINO
| had come over to England to defend, as
he said, addressing me, your northern
cause"
"'And So he said, we three sat there
and listened to the debate. There was
| first an address by Sir ROnden Palmer
/ the attorney general, who defended the
| resolution; then Mr.. Gladstone. who did
! not support the resolution, although he
/ expressed great sympathy with the south
/ ern cOnfedeTacy.'
And so Mr.. Justice Lamar went on
/ and described one and another. He loved
OratOTy and could repeat what he had
I heard, and 1 am sorry l can't repeat II
/ to you. Finally, said he, Mr.. ROebuck
! arose and proceeded to attack the north,
/ its motives in assuming to be interested
| in the freeing Of the slaves; its creed; its
character, as nothing but a commercial
people; and SO on, and so on; and, he said
to use Mr.. Justice Lamar's expression
| he did give it to you fellows in way
/ that 1 very much enjoyed; and said he,
| every time that he made a point and
! sent it home, I couldn't help looking
around Mr.. Dickens to see how Mr..
| Beecher took it, Well, he said, the de-
/ bate went on; the hour for dinner ap-
preached, and I was hoping that the de-
! because clearly
with US, and that no other prominent per
sOnage would take part, when l heard
voice like an organ note, a vOice-the
volume and sweetness of which / had
never heard before, and never have heard
since. / followed that note to the lips
/ of the speaker, and said he, when l saw
| the speaker l saw that the whale was in
| the fight, and John Bright rose to meet
/ the OCCASION
Strength of John Bright.
And, continuing, Mr. Lamar said
| Bitter as 1 was on the subject, full as
| I was of the wrongs of the south and the
! Righteousness Of her cause, 1 could not
/ but appreciate the strength of his SEN
! fences and the greatness of his oratory;
| and said he, TO complete my humilia-
/ ton and disappointment. every ume-in
| a glowing period-that he drove home
what he called the 'iniquity of slavery"
Beecher reached round Mr.. Dickens to see
/ how 1 took it.
" Now he said, from that moment
on, I hated Mr.. BeecheT; but. subsequent
lily, in Mr. BeecheT's life. when he be-
! came subjected to charges and great
strain and trials that developed the real
| sweetness of his character and the
/ grandeur and force of what he was as a
/ man, / lost all that feeling. I did not re
/ joice in the trials that he had, but I
! came personally to know him and to
recognize in that instance, as in many
others, the utter faulty, the utter use
| lessness Of cherishing a personal feeling,
| a personal hatred beyond the moment
/ when you can suppress it
! 80, my friends, what 1 am urging is
! less acrimony in public discussion, more
| charity with respect to each other as to
what moves each man to do what he does
90, AMI not to charge dishonesty and
! corruption until you have a real reason
| for doing so. I am the last man Ia
/ pardon or mitigate wrongs against the
| public, or against the individual. I be-
! lieve and I regret to say that throughout
! this country the administration of the