| Show III no of tile oldest cat an anil ono 0 of iho a most 0 alstin all a P public lie men on of if r ica lea has p d fanni frn us hid ifa willis I 1 ill car seward ew or died led a c ca apo ao tho tire x 1 l or of party arly passion and I 1 tha a divid vid rance of his is a nativo ive P pation aaion in 10 tho the most stirring burring cecota of the exciting era of tho a republics pu lie ig 1 b havo r r e d it difficult i c u lt to re f lor r him bizis t that h fall u U als u r 0 of llie dreeli PU loi C esteem end antl regret which lo be so ao well do a serves and which will now bo be occur accorded a tobia to hn mentory ory lo 10 noti cios death weh occurred IL peacefully carols at his fa lorile auburn aubura wo we fidall not dot enter into I 1 the a deballi of cf liia his career Tho yare on oil record and tho the curious refer rc fer for or thero elves to tile lio common sources 0 of on such lucli leaa it Is ia su chent to say that he WB born bore in 1301 1801 and that fur for nearly forty ei eight t yearn he be filled a large sphere in p publio lib lie affairs auzira 1 being iden tilled during the iho greater part i of this period with the most important events in the history of the daijo nation 17 1 rim hw ri m his hia entry ioto into public lifo life to his retirement from it ho be was ever distin guilbodo as a zealous refo reformer roner a keen aad ad lucid thi liker a ajr statesman ond and a man of inflexible integrity tied ind earnest tinni in him bm early auh lie be imbibed A ati abbo co cc of beavery which became the ibo morn marts rooted as bo be advanced in years tears and which ill a wit the he of his alime drew down upon him birn it a bitter and implacable hostility all AlI through baij bij career may be b traced the wor lingi ol of a comprehensive mind always looking to the future and ever occupied with plain piling for the elevation of the intelligence of the PC people 0 I 1 an anil d ilia of the resources 8 urcel of the country thus thug wo find him when he be first entered tho the senate semite of new york state slate and when years afterward lie was el elevated to the gubernatorial chair abair advocating schemes for the iho encouragement of internal improvements as ai tho the bt best tied and surest means of securing the happiness and of the commonwealth his it is spirit was too liberal not to he be opposed to narrow prejudices d I 1 ces and clas distinctions and as belu ho fought against the great evil of slavery on tho the ono one land hand ort on tho the other and doubtless from le a similar batand point int bo be sought to remove the ibo legal d disabilities mafli imposed upon foreigners to the question of common school callea tion lo ile 10 d voted himself mith special zeal and fenior fen or though at the ho time imo he be was wag so be fur far ahead of public sentiment as to hive have biked lis his popularity on this wea measure bure ifo made many coo enemies amon mony the bide bound dugals of the th day but his views triumphed and feero 1 0 cry 1 11 tilled in tho the form of lani laws W which 11 1 1 arc 1 now generally adopted this his accod ho be turned his attention to the lili ded condition it ion of f the li lin iw N courts T r bich were then alter after taboo of england and aad encumbered b by prolix and sary bary proof sc IN made litigation ruinous to the abolition of imprisonment for debt tho the improvement cf tho the banking system tho the securing of getting icil ical survey of tho the state he be devoted ilia abua daft oner cs also alm and in all of cheso measures his Is views were ultimately adopted luring during the course or of his hii a contro controversy veray sprung up P between tween him and the executive of virginia irbe enli relative to the laws and award as a matter of course tool the hide ot of libera lisul and iode podence having distinguished bini self during two of office offic a cs as Esc culio ortho of the great beatte of N new e w york he yet retired red f froin ro etive active politics for a time and ami co c calli callisher shed a splendid reputation lit at the bax bar but the tests for arcaira bal bad en into his bia hood blood and be could not net long remain away from the scenes of his bis lorius lie ile actively supported cuy clay aud and taylor faylor in their clive ve campaigns and ilia latter selected li him as his hia chica adviser it was at this time tatt he bo struck a 11 ley key note lich has scarcely cowed to vibrate when speaking on tho the admission of california to tho the union he opposed abo schemes of tho lie ihlo power sod and appealed to that higher law winch which he dell declared led to bo be above and beyond be the 0 two co 1 the called de down on esita bitu the most merciless abao both then and put but tile tho dation dalion has already I 1 militated milica ted his judgment and posterity will applaud 1 aua him fur fr the lufty lofty a sentiment e 1 1 cut to 0 f follow love his career faith f fully 1 ay mould would within the limits of cf a liew paper article arti clo suites it I 1 to 0 say that he be WM was always to be failed and consistent on the sido side ot of human rights of the advancement of knowledge altho ame horAtion ol of all ab unes lines of the opposition to wrong and d jc PO cism the character of the man atme out of him it hen to 10 the crela of eno the rupture between north and souta ho he rose in hm his place in the senate nod eaid jacow I 1 avow my adherence to tho ilia union with toy ms friend with ny my party wit with b my state slate or wit without hout cither as they way debei mine iu in ev every event of peace or war with every coo consequence sequence of honor or dibbon oy of life or ord death there is nothing uncertain in about his convictions iti in tho the hour of pent ile he saw baw hu his duty and he full followed owed dithing of the end to lo which it might lead aniu 11 1 1 in AN bin ben lincoln secured the presidential nomination over lis his head he at ae once in the result and was foremost in ID tile tho campaign that fol followed or his OCCUR ing the arduous position posit iuD of secretary 1 of I state the country has lad had ample opper to judge judth lie he was a wart worthy chic mcm member r ol of that diplo alliance which comp rued lincoln Lio coln stanton tafton ta oton fidd bud him sulf suit and despite tho the which a part of his hia policy thou then elicited it is ia becoming moro more 01 parent all the tiec that few moo dibo could tave leave done as well for the country under linder tho the US ta seward ti did 0 tho clow of the war anny be said to havo have also alio closed his public career down while on a sick lock bed bythe by tho same foul conspiracy that laid lincoln low his and do de militated system rallied to forego tile ilia excite excitements ments or of P public blie and official life but he possessed cas not dot always at the command ell 1 I mleta men mcd lie ho was a schol r and a ri ripa P 0 0 it 0 in the that ol of auburn he ba was wag SLID to fiod end which sea too olim often denied to thaw compelled to relinquish a life hta of 10 lo la 16 1 ho he over tho the pacific lic ilic re road r h ho ha hid be been beell ell oa DID of the carh and a at ard i t c d t abid b ts c cosit cos oa it t 0 oo 00 bis his way to lellyo lell co or ho 0 p ll 11 a tour our around tho the world worl L itter oida he be aavo tod tili his leisure to the of lid his observe liona s r fur 0 p ubi c and there is we vie behave behove a to 0 o hope that his bu work wu BO 0 fr a a 0 cod as to lo be b DO longer loader dependent on the supervision of the RiEl so in ba quiet retreat awong who lomed aira honored lila boirard away it a 11 old od age gi will in anui one of the iho eile purest I 1 vita hs produced duang t publia carter caner embracing portions oci of two to A generations tellis ill I 1 ho w eo tho white flower fl 0 0 of fab a blameless ll a hac and defied ed el calumny lurany by no ao stat abat scouted aus suspicion nOn and it pat u even I 1 tho 0 most callous ila slanderer to tho blite allush 11 hia ai a I 1 i ly y ca carefoot care refill fot alva tl va tind and are I 1 when apparently elj iii glin ce 0 of the exiting exi ting sentiment wore e t to prag n ino n e with practical re H DP cr aiom adi areg so t n linked with wit the sequence of ever that where the wot hotti hostility lity wai elicited it at grat there tile firmest support fir them wa se cured perhaps therit may have been somewhat too loo much 01 ol tho element in his but blit he will a most allo man or liffitz ell and bract cod diplomat a profound led logical thinker nod and possessed a minga barly well balanced b wt his hia vi ti ion ahe ahead ad and looked rather to consequences thao than present effect and to this thia habit D of ini nd aust be attributed very much of tho the abijoh isia bon it bich moy matly or of bia apropo aroused when fielt hut flat ho was iraq A pure patriot no aa obo able tor for a ta 0 a to C am a a 0 iceolar 0 ier a s mu orator and so upright be in man a ai aln 1 part a 11 an tod nolly lly I 1 cr cd cod conay will co I 1 to a ore ill ins a r whilo bit tho be I 1 club in or iho be united d stales S ya I 1 I 1 1 etc re ee wd d |
