The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-14

took his political bearings from. no long
er STAFFORD, 81 the congressional district
Of his state, OF Vermont. or New Eng
land. 81 the North, but Washington for
center, with radius reaching 70 the
remosest corner Of the union. Doubtless
be loved as much as ever the 0mpom
panoosue river, in which be had ished
and bathed when boy; but his thoughts
and his dreams now ran with the Po-
tomac and the Mississippi. Any Ameri-
can who has the capacity for greatness
win become great-minded and great
hearted. II he will let his being flow out
with the lines Of latitude and longitude,
and with the length and breadth Of the
thoughts and ideas Of his whole country;
and this Mr. Morrill, did and this was
the reason why. while Others remained
narrow and sectional and intolerant, he
grew into a statesmnnlike breadth and
msgnanimity.'
President Buexham then referred to
the three great series Of measures for
which his public career Is distinguished;
~ his tariff measure; ~ public build
inas in Washington: and t3l the found.
ing Of national colleges for the advance
merit OF general scientific and industrial
education or agricultural colleges" as
they are commonly called.
The most significant lesson Of Nh
Morrilps life to a man looking forward
to any form Of public service IS that he
il the truest representative Of the people
who represents the best element Of the
people. On the truth Of this proposition
hangs al the best hopes 81 popular gov.
eminent. This, more than al else, d.
yides public men into statesmen and
demagogues The man who believes III
this principle and acts On IT il. in so far
"a statesman. The man who doubts and
yields to his doubts IA demagogue.
When the people see their worst side EN-
bodied in q public man, and acted out on
the public stage in the eyes Of the
world, they realize the bad thing that ii
Is and are ASHAMED Of it. and repudiatc
II and him. WHY dia you yield to your
ignorance and delulon and fatter as
with the pretfnse that It was wisdom
and virtue, when. as 40 assumed leader,
you ought to have taught Us betterf
Away with you, and give place to a more
honest and courageous man..
eBut when they see IN 4 high place
where they have put him. man who rep
resents their better selves. who Is above
them. and JET not - far above them that
they can claim sympathy with him and
power to appreciate and approve hinla
man 81 whom they can Soy. We are not
profoundly wise, but this man represents
us even when Ne i wiser than we are,
because he represents as at orr best
that "A the man % whom the people love
to show their favor BY keeping him ii HE
high place az long as he has power to
do them service The people can be
fooled, but they repent Of their folly and
curse the man who fooled them.
But the man who never fools them,
never Yields 70 them tells them the
truth whether they like 1t or not, insists
that they are better and wiser men than
they profess to be- appeals from the
popnIace. drunk Or mad Is the people
sober and sane, that man IS not only JUS
tilted IN his own mind and bv the few
wise, be is in the long run the popular
fayorite, the man universally respected
and beloved and continued in Office as
long as his faculties survive. the good
and wise man, Of whom his constituency.
his state hts nation. are proud
4 said moment ago that / hesitated
TO acclaim Mr.. Morrill, AZ one Of the
nations great men. did SO partly be
cause his modasty would have rebuked
me for 50 praising HIM and partly be
cause the phrase itself is too cheap to
be applied to such mar. But now.
avoiding any language which he or any
one else might regard as fulsome, est
mating him at bis real worth, calmly,
iudicially and yet with the warmth Of
and affection which friendship
requires and justice approves, shall we
not, here and now, clasp hands with the
muse of history and say here was
man Of superb physica7 presence, Of com
form and crsctous manner: en
dowed with superior intellectual gifts. |
gifts Of large discernnent and keen nen
etration; capable bota Of the wit which |
exposes weakness and the hnmor which !
conciliates opposition; man Of vision. |
d vision which passes over all provincial |
boundaries and peers into widest national /
spaces and Interests 4 man whose Wis I
dom parfalses Of that calm assurance nf /
right and victory which evokes aud in /
spires confidence IN other mems breasts;
4 man whose integrity, unselfshness. de-
votion no man ever thought ~ question F
ing as norman would think Of questioning
the eonstancy 81 The polar star here Is I
q man whom Vermont viii eyermore hon.
or as one of her trnest and finest ana 1
MODEST products and one whom she pre-
SCENTS to the nation and he world a. inl
Senator Hoar' phrases an American +
senator and an American citizen than
whom So far. VIE have none better
Thus far Of Mr. Morrill,. The citizen.
the public man. the statesman the sen
ator. But the picture would not he
complete 81 TRUE to the life. II We as
not add III the simplest words which
alone would be appropriate Of Justin
smith Morrill,. the man that he was held b
III high esteem BIZ his neighbors, that /
be was lover ii his home that he was
warm and genial and devoted in his d
and that he was in his own 4
humble and silent and reyent way
Christian indead
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