Year: 1867

Wrote 10 MIN very Kindly, but very de-


cidedly, Iegret,ing that Massachusetts


troops had been offered for such Il pur,


pose, and stating that such an insurrec-


tion must now be contemplated from a


military point OF view, aud was one Vi


the inherent weaknesses ef the 1emy


General Butler replied with the favorite


allusion to "the horrors of ST. Domingo"


which would follow the arming OF the


slaves. He failed to convince the Gov>


ernor, however, and probably himself !;


and the next year Governor Andrew,


after long and urgent solicitation of the
authorities at ashington, obtained


leave to raise three years colored volun>
teers, And the Fifty, fourth Massachu-
setts was the first colored regiment that
marched from the free States The Gov
ernor addressed it upon its departure,
and gave to its young Colonel the flag
for which he and so many of his brave
soldiers heroically fell


Five times Governor Andrew was
elected by vast majority, The conf
dence of the State in him was unbound
ed, and so were its pride aud love. But
in 1865 he declined a denomination.


His magistracy had begun with the war,
| and he was willing that it should end
with it lie was not rich, and he could
not afford to be Governor except when
the public necessity was empowering /;
and when it ceased to be so his duty
to himself and to his family withdrew


him from public life. But he had
doubtless overtasked himself Ear,


y and late he was at his post, and the
strain Of the whole moral aud nervous
system exhausted him. He was OF a
full habit, and had Que or two hints of
the uncertainty OF his heath. But
while the war lasted he could not heed
such hints, and when it was ended it was
probably too late. Yet, with the bithe
ardor Of boy, he threw himself again
il to his profession, aud into the undis-
turbed domestic happiness to which he
had been 80 long a stranger. Every
morning he passed across the Common.
swinging his lawyers bag, as if he were
just sixteen and were on his way to the
Latin school with his satchel His tastes
were simple his life unostentatious.
Every body knew him. lie was the
best-beloved citizen; and his genial
greeting was as warm as a sunny May
morning. But "the shadow feared OF
man. walked very near him; md sud
denly holding the hand that was dearest
to him in the world, he died.


Governor Andrew was in the truest
sense statesman, That is to say, his
discretion was as remarkable as his prin>
ciples we're profound and he had that
sagacious perception of prac ticability
which enables a. man Of great executive
faculty to achieve great good results.
He was a Radical in the truest sense
That is, he believed justice to be the
best policy. 81 know not what record of
sin" he said, "awaits me in the other
world but this | know, that | was new
er mean enough to desp;se any man
because he was Ignorant, or becauseI he
was black" He valued party as an in
strument merely, and his moral indie.
pendence aud political intrepidity were
alike unsurpassed. 1t would be difficult
to find an American statesman who so
naturally attracted popular sympathy,
and 50 heartily scorned to hatter the
mob. He never lost his self respect, and
therefore always retained his respect for
others. If he differed with his trends
about methods, he kept his temper; and
it they lost theirs, their sharpest censure
or angriest menace did not swerve him
the very least step from the line of his
conviction. When the war ended, all
though he had been an early aud devos
ted anti. slavery man, he said plainly,
81 have been for vigorous prosecution
of the war, and now am for a vigorous
prose cution of the peace" But he
meant by that no sentimental confusion
of right and wrong; no blubber;ng
bunder of surrenderIng the very victory
SO hardly won. He meant calm and
patient reconstruction upon the broad
foundation of equity ani common sense.


No man was ever more truly Puritan
in the liberal sense of believing in the
moral basis Of good government, but Ger.
taiDy no one ever less Puritan in sup
posing that legislation can produce re-
suits which in the nature OF things are
solely due to moral causes He had also
the sinewy religious faith of the Puritan.
but under a very different form He
was Unitarian; but no Calvanist of
Cotton Mather's school believed more
fervently than he, His Imagination
kind'ed with the grandeur of the He,
brew religious spirit and the Biblical
phraseoIogy; and his speeches, and oft
en his official documents, when it was
becoming, were impressive from a rich
and solemn Scriptural rhetoric. At
camp meeting upon Martha's Vineyard
IN the summer OF 1862 he spoke to thous
ands Of people one Sunday in the open
air with the fire and JUNCTION of great
religious leader. 75an


In social intercourse Governor An.
drew's sweet aud opulent nature spark
led and rejoic' I'd. Truly modest, Gu IT,
vated, ,sprightly, sympathetic, the same
candor aud simplicity which dignifed
his public conduct endeared him to
his friends. Those who had lad no
chance OF measuring the man were ready
to see him fail when he came without
preparation to :he direction of great