Show 7 POOR MR COLFAX EX VICE vit pit PRESIDENT SCHUYLER COL FAX who died suddenly yesterday was born la in new york march larch 23 ad 1823 lie ile was a man toan bf towering ambition but lacked the mental and anil moral force necessary to enable him to reach the goal of his desires consequently that portion ilon llon ofris life that should have been the most useful was avas spent in unfruitfulness and the bitterness of disappointment ile he was avas possessed with an overwhelming desire for prominence and as the general commonwealth consigned consisted him to obscurity he sought as a s species e cles of palliative local notoriety which witch which to a nature like his only orly caused him to sense more keenly the fact of hi his shaving having been irretrievably shelved by the nation national at large when flushed with political pride he visited this city in ISM if we recollect ari art aright ht and later in october I 1 1869 on both occasions bo he addressed a crowd of the populace from the front of the hotels at which he stayed on the first visit speeches were made by himself and party irom from the porch of the old salt lake house and the second time at the townsend now ane continental housed on the latter occasion he comin commended ended the saints for their industry and gave them a theological lecture in relation to pol poi polygamy gamy ile he quoted from the book oil oll of mormon formon 1 to show that that form of marria marriage I 1 was as in contravention traven tion of the 11 mormon bior vior ge religion assuming of course that he knew knewt more about their theological views and practices th than an they I 1 of course all this chis was for the purpose of manufacturing political capital out of the ever fretful fruitful A mormon lormon theme the proceedings being suase published in the east by blex cx governor vernor bross who was a member of the parti party 7 the speech of mr air colfax was rep replied led to by hon ilon john taylor taylon on october 1869 the latter being at st that time tithe in boston ston the answer was sweeping ironical and cuttingly satirical leaving the Vice vide president soto so to speak not a foot to stand upon S subsequently ab a paper appeared in shenew the new york independent from froin the pen enof of mr colfax on the mormon question estion 11 in this ani 3 dissertation the smallness of his mind was exhibited in an attempt to throw coldwate dold cold wa teron ron the remarkable work performed by the mormons cormons Mor mons in redeeming tile the desert and tendering ten xen dering it f fruitful ruita ul I 1 and thus attempting to rob them of the credit which every liberal man will avill concede to be their due he claimed that it mormons cormons Mor mons to any extent but water that had accomplished dished the glowing result this brought forth another paper in reply y from hon john taylor who with his tits trenchant pen annihilated every position taken by the popularity huntin hunting politician the correspondence is preserved in pamphlet form and affords f interesting reading at this late date shortly after this the credit mp belier crookedness oi of mr colfax leaked out and the country deci decided deit deil that it had no more use for him and tb the e balance of his life was passed in semi seral seclusion his name being only occasionally brought into public prominence in connection with a heartless joke pre pet rated by some caustic journalist nis bis career reached the culminating point when he was placed in the tion of vice president f from rom whence it took a downward rush and he groped about on the lower level level levei in all an unavailing effort to find the ascending ladder with which be hoped to climb again into nto popular favor ills Hi life ilfe partook largely of the nature of a failure and together with avith his sudden departure from earthly existence teaches a useful lesson tinged tinge dAvith with a strong color of sadness and wishes that it might have beell otherwise |