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Show 1 Icnry 1). 'Thoreau. · fr ·1· 1 1 · 1 of' s<'lllinwnb? All their ~p<'<'<·ltP~ put With {' H'd \\ l . l diH . \ l ·1 , l \own - :1nd J>roh:th ly t h<'y t IH·Ins<·lvcs to<r('t her :11H >Ot t I ' , . • :' 1 . . · 1 > ll l>l 111 •1(t'h ({H· .. 1:mly dll· •d JH•ss and force, wtl\ ('0 1\ 1.':--~ tl,- < < • • I . · 1 1 . 1 tJ1 th <· f~w <':t~ n a l n•Inark:-; of n :tzy .fohn and or ~ u n p ,. 11 , • ,> \ fl r <>f' the .urown, lhrtwr';-; li\·rry <' llg ll\ <' housP ; on t I<' oo ' . 1 I )' <>II •tre ·1uo11t to hanrr, to ~<' JHl to the oth<•r t 1at Jl\:\1\ w tOlll , • r 11 I I 0 4 to r<' \)resenl 1101t the re. No, he was not WOI' ( , l IOUg I II li ' .1 • • • l t • '<' . 111 n 11y l'('ll ·e 1 I ' was too f a lL' a ~ J>l'<'Im cn our n • pr e~t> ll a 1' , " .,., · · . . ( . t J'<' })l'C~ent the lik e of us. 'V\10, th <·n, wcr<' lm; o a man o · con:; tituenls? 11' you l'(':Hl hi~ wonl· un<1<· rstant1ing\y you will fin<l out. ln his case there i~ no idle eloqt t<'l\e<·, no made, ·1 11 ' \)"ccl1 110 eonlJ>Iiment ::; to the oppn·~:--ot'. Truth 1'\0l' ll1<lH l' s '- ' is hi . in:"pin'r, nml <'arne~tm'sH the poli :-; her of lt1:-; ~t nt en ec:. lie could aflor<l to lo::;e hi. Sharpe's rifles, while lw rPtaincd }1is faculty or spcN·h, a Sharpe':-; rille of infi nitely ~lll'<•r un<l long 'r range•. . And the M~ w 1'Cn·l· Jler<t1d r eports tl1c convrrsat10n " 't•er-balim "! JL docs noL know ol' wh: tL li!Hlying words it i.• mnue the vehiel c. I hnvc no re~pcct for the prnetration of a ny rn:ul '"lio can r ad the reporL of that conYe r~<ltion , nnd ~t i ll <·all tlt (• prineipal in it 1n. anc. H ha: the rin ~ of a !-'ancr !-'anity than an ordinary di:-;eip1ine and habits of lif'c, than an ordinary organi; r.ation, S('cnrc. Take any scntf' ll<'O of' it-'' A ny cpwstions tlmt 1 c:m honorably answer, I will ; not otlwrwise. So r~n· ns I am my~elf concerned, I have 1o1(1 ·ve ry thing tr11thfully. I value my word,. ir." The few who talk abollt his ,· imlietivo spirit, while they r t•ally nt1mire his h<>roi:m, have no I P~L hy which to ddecL a 11oblc mnn, no amalgam to coml>ine with his pure gold. They mix their own dros~ with it. It is a re1i l'f to turn from tlH•se s land ers to tl\c t<'s tirnony of his more trnthl'n1, h11t fr ighl t• Jwd, j :li\er;-; ar~<l ltangnwn. Governor ' Vise sp<'~1ks br more j ustly :mtl nppr<'e iat ingly of' ltim than any No1·tht•rn <'<litor, or polit iei:tn, or puL\ie pt r:-:oll:-tgr, that I chance to have heanl from. I know that you can afford Henry D. 1'horcan. • 33 to hear 1~im agnin on this Fmbj<'CL lie :-;ay~ : "TIIry ar thcm~ e lv es m1 ~ tak c n 'rho take ]Jill\ to l>e a madman. . . . Ilo J,' eool, eoHect '<1, ~u Hl in<lomital>l<•, :tn<l it js buL jusL to him to say: th:1t he wa~ humane to his prisonerR. And he msp1rc<l me with rr rt'aL trust in his jnt<• rrr'1ty 'l ' • f <I • b < ::; cl man 0 truth. Jfe i ' a f:mati e, vain an<.l garrulous," (I l<•avc that part to 1\'Ir. \Vj: <',) '' hut firm , truthful, and jnt eUigent. liis m<'n, Loo, who . urvive' :u·e like him · . . . C o1 o ne1 '\Vashin gton fiays thaL h ' was the coolP~t and firm esL mnn he ' V(' r saw in defying <langc r and d<'a th. '\Vi th one fion dead by. J1is fi i<h•, ~l!Hl anoth<·r shoL through, he fc•lt. the pulse of his dy 1ng son WJih one !t:llHl, and held l1is rifle wi th the other an~! commnm1 •d hi:-~ mrn with the utmost con1posurc: ncour~ Hg tng t l t<'J~l to be firlll, a1Hl to s<' ll th eir lin's as <lear a . they co11ld: ~)f the thr •c white prison<'rs, B rown, Strpltcns, and CoppH·, 1t was hard to ~ay which was most firm." Almo:-;L the first N orthern men whom the l'la,·ellOI(ler has k~1n1 ed to r e~ p c et! . 'l~h e (<'::;timony of J\Ir. Vallandingham, though I ':-'S valuable, 1s of t hr~ same purport, that " it js vain to und ' LTa te either the mau or l~i ~ eo n ::; pirac~r. . . . lie is the farth est po .. : iulc r 1110 \ 'C I rom Lhe onluwry rufTian, fanati c, or madman." . "Alt is q 11 it' t at Harper's F 'n y," . n.y th j ournal ·. '\Vhat 1:-i thr <'ltaracter of thaL <"alm wlti<.:lt f(>l low.- when tltc Jaw and the Rl:t.\'f'holcler pre vail ? J r<'gnrd thi , event as a touc11stonc dC'signe<l to bring out, with gbri 11g <listinctncss, t110 eharactet· of' thi ... ; govcmmr nt. "\V e nc •d(•<1 to b • thus n:sist<' tl to sec it hy the light of hi ::;tory. I t ncC'cl<·<l to sec i t~elf: 'VIJCn a gon·rnm<·n_t pt~ ts (() J'th it:-; sti·c•ngth on the. itle of injustie , as o ur~ to matt1ta111 Sl~1vc ry nn<1 kill tltc ]iucrat or of the Hlave it l'CV(',"" ]:.>, l·t:--·-<• ](' <' t nwrc' }y l >ru t e {'o r <'r, or worse, a dcmonia-' cnl f(>rcr. lL i:-; the l1r :t<l of ti1e Plug Uglics. It is more ma n if'v~ L than c•vc· J· tltat tyra nny ru]!'f;. I sec this govcrnm<' tlL to be efr.'dual ly alli <•<l witlt Franee nlld Austria in oppres~ jn g maukinu. There sits a tyrant holding fettered |