The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-14
FINE TRIBUTE
TO MORRILL,
Continued from iirst page.


MASSES because the high average Of
ability and merit which democracy fos-
tiers is better guaranty Of social we'll
being than The phenomenal excellence
Of a few outstanding men. But i e
open to us to challenge the statement
itself, and to maintain that democraces
have always produced, and can be de.
! pended on 20 produce. q certain kind Of
great mon, ard chat when produced the
people admire and honor and love them.
These men are not great after the pat
! tern 81 tie Carsafs the Charlema2nea,
/ the Louis NlNs the Napoleons. the Bis.
marcks, nor even after the pattern Of
the Mirabeans and the Cromweilsi they
are not men who dazzle and overawe the
multitude, and trample down interiors.
and have 10 ask indulgence from history
for great crimes IN consideration Of great
merits and services They are men after
the pattern Of William Of Orange, and
Washington, and John Bright. and Ian.
coln-men who have the common virtues
of the people or the nation carried 10 a
/ high pitch Of excellence. and BY virtue Of
that emnence III degree rather than Of
and acknowledged and trusted and loved
and acknowledge and trusted and loved
leaders Of the people III ways which in
their deepest hearts the people them
selves approve and desire.
A0f this class Was Senator Morrill,
hesitate even IN this class 70 speak Of
him as q great man. He was not a man
who claimed homage ia his lifetime. II
WIS never natural % apply to him terms
OF eulogy. He neither used nor invited
lsuperlatiye OF grandiose language And
vet what other American 81 orr times
has had day set apart TO his memory
IN almost every state and territory In
the union II was said Of Washington
that he instituted in she minds of man
kind new order Of greatness. May We
not say Of Mr. Morrill, that in a humber
way he sci up before our democratic peo
pie a pattern Of public virtue and public
service. which. If not q new one, Is
brought home 10 our people. and especial
~ to our young men, with unusual and
most impressive force in his person and
career
"The incidents If Mr. Morrilrs early
life have been 50 often told IN the public
notices Of him that We need not dwell
much on them. He had The inestimable
advantage Of being born IN the country.
which d great writer saws - one Of the
three greatest possible blessings in life
He was the son, the grandson. and the
brother Of blacksmitha am one 81 whom,
! doubt not, could have sat for Lonafei
lows honest blacksmith. Il ofends the
self.importance Of Us teachers that be
could have got 50 much education with
SO little Of schooling. The secret Of II
e. suppose, that few frst.class books
they must he few as well a. first class
well read and thought over, eager and
cogent discussions Of great public events.
such discussions as Scotchmen and New
EaglRnders are capable Of. these super
added to the inherited intellectually and
acquisitiyeness Of good Yankee brain.
viii account for any degree Of education
short Of one broadly liberal, How strange
il sounds III these times that after & few
years Of good trade m a country store
u man still voung should decide that Ne
had made money en0isRn. and resolve to
retire npon 9 farm and enjoy his otiun
cum digniIate
But this man. apparently without
ambition certainly without ambition in
the Roman sense, this man who would
not 20 about begging for votes TO put
him in Office was the man whom the peo-
pie wanted ID Office would that ai our
people wanted sueh mani) And &C.
enrdingIy they cent him to the national
Congress and kept him there longer than
any other member 81 Congress has heen
kept IN office during the whole existence
Of our government Why did our little
state Of Vermont have the great good
fortune 70 be represented bY such mar.
while many large and powerful states
have been represented by inferior men
Was II because Of the lack of able and
good men in these statesf CERTAINLY rot
There Is no dearth Of good men ii al the
states II Mr. Morrill, had been resi-.
dent Of some other state would he have
been sent from that slater 1t is at least
extremely doubtful | should Be sorry
to think that all states are represented
by their typical men. but ii Nj. Morrill,
Vermont WAS 50 represented Vermont
and Mr.. Morrill, were exactly ideally
fitted to each other. He would have
been % ft representative Of no other
state.
@And | 40 not say that Mr. Morrill,
represented an of Vermont. We do not
FORGET Nermonters Of other types, As true
Vermonters, equally deserving Of our
pride and praise, whose names I dare
not speak for time would fail me to tell
of them Nor do | think that Mr.. Nor
rill reproduced would al fttingly repre-.
sent Vermont in the time to come as he
did IN bis time Vermont has changed /
with ali the rest Of the world. The conn
try life, village life, farm life, the eoun
try schools, the country churches. the
town meetings, The village squire. the
village store and tavern ana blaeksmith's /
and cooper's shops the Old plain living
and high-thinking socretv as 1t was II
the beginning and earlier half of Air |
Morrill's career all this is very much /
changed and has almost eeased 10 be /
Vermont will never have another MI.
Morrill,. because the elements which pro. /
duced him have passed away. All the +
more reason this whv we should make I
the most Of him. and fx him III our aiTec-
lions and memory as an everlasting pos
session and why we call upon men Of +
the other states to Join us in appreciatinp +
and honoring him.
Inc FuAlNHk klANtR - ACCOUNT ioi4 Il
IN NE Mnrrilrs career Is the
passing of the small storeleepsr and the
smai farmer into statesman of nation
AL breadth and cosmopolitan ideas. The
underlying assumption X that a man who
grows mp IN d parochial environment win
have parochia ideas Of all things and
there Is much reason in the assumption
But the explanation Of Mr. Morrll's case
IS not Far to seek He had in him the
capacity Of growth and be grew up 10
his capacity. AS Ne Teachers vel know.
ference IN capacity Of growth. AS if is