CHAPTER IX. JOHN ALBION ANDREW. Governor Andrew's Death Caused by the War-The Governors Dr. Beecher Prayed for-Governor Andrew a Christian Governor-Gov. Andrew's BirthHe goes to Boston to Study Law-Not Averse to Unfashionable and Unpopular Causes His Cheerfulness and Social Accomplishments-His Sunday School Work-Lives Plainly-His Clear Foresight of the War-Sends a Thousand Men to Washington in One Day-Story of the Blue OvercoatsThe Telegram for the Bodies of the Dead of Baltimore-Gov. Andrew's Tender Care for the Poor-The British Minister and the Colored Women-The Governor's Kindness to the Soldier's Wife-His Biblical Proclamations-The Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1861-The Proclamation of 1862-His Interest in the Schools for the Richmond Poor-Cotton Mather's Eulogy on Governor Winthrop-Gov. Andrew's Farewell Address to the Massachusetts Legislature -State Gratitude to Governor Andrew's Family. AMONG the many heroic men who have sacrificed their lives in the great battle of liberty in our country, there is no one who deserves a more honored memory than John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts. We speak of him as dying in battle, for it is our conviction that Governor Andrew was as really a victim of the war as if, like Lincoln, he had been shot down by a bullet. His death was caused by an over tax of the brain in the critical and incessant labors of the five years' war. He had been previously warned by a physician that any such strain would expose him to such a result, so that in meeting the duties and exigencies of his office at the time he did, he just as certainly knew that he was exposing himself to sudden death as the man who goes into battle. He did not CHAPTER IX. JOHN ALBION ANDREW. Governor Andrew's Death Caused by the War-The Governors Dr. Beecher Prayed for-Governor Andrew a Christian Governor-Gov. Andrew's BirthHe goes to Boston to Study Law-Not Averse to Unfashionable and Unpopular Causes-His Cheerfulness and Social Accomplishments-His Sunday School Work-Lives Plainly-His Clear Foresight of the War-Sends a Thousand Men to Washington in One Day-Story of the Blue OvercoatsThe Telegram for the Bodies of the Dead of Baltimore-Gov. Andrew's Tender Care for the Poor-The British Minister and the Colored Women-The Governor's Kindness to the Soldier's Wife-His Biblical Proclamations-The Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1861-The Proclamation of 1862-His Interest in the Schools for the Richmond Poor-Cotton Mather's Eulogy on Governor Winthrop-Gov. Andrew's Farewell Address to the Massachusetts Legislature -State Gratitude to Governor Andrew's Family. AMONG the many heroic men who have sacrificed their lives in the great battle of liberty in our country, there is no one who deserves a more honored memory than John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts. We speak of him as dying in battle, for it is our conviction that Governor Andrew was as really a victim of the war as if, like Lincoln, he had been shot down by a bullet. His death was caused by an over tax of the brain in the critical and incessant labors of the five years' war. He had been previously warned by a physician that any such strain would expose him to such a result, so that in meeting the duties and exigencies of his office at the time he did, he just as certainly knew that he was exposing himself to sudden death as the man who goes into battle. He did not |