Death Of Thomas Morris

The papers announce the sudden death of Thomas Morris, our late respected candidate for the Vice Presidency. He was in good health two or three days previousiy to his deatk, and beingonlysomewhat past sixty, he bid fair for a good old age. The following nolice of his life and character is from the Cincinnati Herald: "He was a veteran in the political world. For a long time, a leading Democrat in this State, he formerly represented a respectable constituency in the Legislature, and subsequently, the State in the Senate of the United States. Still later, his thorough and consistent devotion to Anti-Slavery principies, in the love of ■which he had grown up from boyhood, and which he ever most tenaciously cherished, rendered him obnoxious to the Democratie party, and dissolved his connection with it. During the latter years ■of his life, he was associ&ted with the Liberty party, and in the recent canvass, ivas its candidate for the Vice Presidency. Mr. Morris had not the advantages of ttn early education. His school was the world, and he was his own school-master. He was a man of strong prejudices, intense feelings, and robust intellect. Early education and a well diseiplined judgment would have made him one of the most energetic and independent, of our politicians. His political integrily has Bever beer: questioned; his political consistency, fearlessness and fkmness have always been admired even by his enemies. He was not a popular man, for he was not given to popular arts. We have known him intimately for the last six years, and we can declare that if ever there was a politician free from the disposition, and, we may add, the ability to play the demagogue, that man was Thomas Morris. He was bold even to temerity, in the conception and expression of his views, and nevery as we thought, sufficientiy consulted the suaviter in modo. Our' friend Has gone. He is called suddenly to his final account. The Cause of Human Rights to which he had consecrated hisiatter days, has lost one of its most fearless champions. Let his memory be honored. Let the "Democracy" which disowned' him, be ashamed and hang its head; let the Friends of Freedomweep over his grave. For, when in coming time it shall be'asked, whose was the only voice that wasraised in indignant rebuke of the most eloquent ot Senators, when he lifted his hand to crush the cause of Freedom and its advocates, the answer shall be - it was the voice of the intrepid Thomas Morris."