The life and speeches of Thomas Williams orator, statesman and jurist, 1806-1872, a founder of the Whig and Republican parties . and pure himself he was liable to be the victim ofmisplaced confidence. The consequence was that hispolitical position was sometimes successfully assailed bymen infinitely his inferiors. His sensitive honor, disdainof subterfuge and abhorrence of meanness, really unfittedhim for such contests with the vulgar. If he had lived inthe early days of the Republic, when virtue held justsway, he would have been among the great lights andleaders of the na
The life and speeches of Thomas Williams orator, statesman and jurist, 1806-1872, a founder of the Whig and Republican parties . and pure himself he was liable to be the victim ofmisplaced confidence. The consequence was that hispolitical position was sometimes successfully assailed bymen infinitely his inferiors. His sensitive honor, disdainof subterfuge and abhorrence of meanness, really unfittedhim for such contests with the vulgar. If he had lived inthe early days of the Republic, when virtue held justsway, he would have been among the great lights andleaders of the nation. The mournful tribute to the private virtues andgraces of Mr. Williams, the Post concludes, is universaland unfeigned among all who knew him. Gentle, genialand tender, he infused happiness in every circle into. lirST Ol- MR \\ILI\Mb I!\ Mills Halftone ot ongiml in posst-ssiou ul the PennsyhTuia Ilistoncil societ\ CLOSING YEARS 739 which he entered. Amongst those who followed him tothe grave were many, especially of his own profession,who will cherish his memory in grateful remembrance forspontaneous kindness and invaluable aid in their earlystruggles. If propriety would permit us to raise the veiland exhibit his domestic life, it would present a touch-ing and beautiful picture. But we forbear. The sanctityof family sorrow is not to be invaded even in the case ofthe most tender husband, affectional father and faithfulfriend.—This brief and imperfect notice we have felt tobe due to the memory of an eminent citizen, whose deathis a public loss.^ Nearly forty years of public life were ended, coveringthat great period from Jackson to Grant, in which weregrown to maturity most of the far-reaching and dominantpolicies of to-day. Viewed now, through the vista of overthirty more years, in which the
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