The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-06-17

parted to Albert e.. Browns character tha
martial and chlvalrous bearing so becomins
toa Southern gentleman At least the mil
itary advantages of his training made hin
a most efficient general officer, when sub
sequenty elected in the Mississippi militia
General Brown had scarcely been admit
ted TO rhe'baF in the profession of the law
which he had chosen, before he was elected
TO serve conilding and grateful constituen.
cy several times in the State Legislature
and at every election appeal could be heard
the mighty accents of the popular voice :
Wei dOrae. good aud faithful SeyUant %
Soon, indeed, that voice swelled louder ON
the breeze. Come mp higher! Thou
hast been faithful Oeey a .teac things;
trttt make thee ruler Orer ma1,y"
He was made Judge on the bench of
our State Judiciary, and as such his deci.
sions wear marked by the purest aspirations
after impartiahty aud answering Justice.
lie was an honor to the ermine, as he had
been the Bayard of his State in council
But broader theatre of duty was before
him; and when the curtain rose the capita,
arena Of debate, over which, as turbulent
sea, swept iron.w;agged tempe is OF passion,
irradiated by the lightnHgs of genius, and
overarched by the rainbows of patriotism.
This was a theatre worthy of him, and
again, and again and yet again has Missis-
sippi honored herself by sending him there
as her trusted, honored and gifted represen-
tative.
The scenes of the capitol will be forever
engraven upon the memory of Albert Gal
latin Brown, not only as connected with
the solemn duties he owes his country, but
as interviewer with the silken threads Of
his domestic felicity. GazingI down from
amidst the variegated and beautiful col
umns that adorn the gallery of the House
of Representatives, General Brown first
saw the accomplished one whom he subse-
quentIy transpIanted from Washington City
to adorn and bless the Executive Mansion of
Mississippi and those only who saw her
there and know what an atmosphere of pure,
intellectual and pIeasureable emotion sur
rounded her, can fully appreciate her worth
and conceive what Mississippi gained by
her extradition from the banks of the Poto.
mac to the banks of the Pearl.
The State whom he had ever served, and
which delighted to do him honor, recalled
General Brown from Congress to serve her
as Chief Magistrate and as Governor his
popularity and usefulness were unbounded
and without parallel in our annals. As
chief administrator of public affairs he
gained the respect and admiration of ali
parties, while his Messages are ranked
among the abIest State papers in our ar
chives.
Without pause or interruption in pub ic
service, Governor Brown eft the Executive
Mansion at Jackson for the Hall of Repre-
sentatives at Washington; and with pecu-
liar pride and pleasure we recur TO this por-
tion of his public services. lie had ever
been an able public denarer, and early in
his history he had won distinguished honor
in the Legislature Of Mississippi as Speak.
er of the lower House for his parianenta-
ry ajroitness and impartiaIty. lie now
stands mong the first on the list of Con-
gressional debaters, and has always been
placed OH the most important committees; !;
always, I've believe, on the Committee on
the District of Columbia, in which his pop
ulanty; from his gentIemanly and states
man-like qualities, as well as his marriage
connection, is most unbounded.
His public speeches breathe the deepest
devotion to Mississippi and to the Constitu-
ton of the Union. On this great instru-
ment of Freedom, like Jefferson, Madison.
Randolph and jackson, he is strict con-
structionist, and regards its provisions and
safeguards as too solemn to admit of loose
or latitudinarian Interpretation to favor or TO
! Cypress any of the great national interests.
He is the poor mans friend; and in the
whole range OF his legislative duties he has
never given vote to increase or create tax
alton on the Iaboring and operative asses
of community. He has advocated The re-
duction OF prices OF pubic lands. even as
ow as ten cents for an acre, 50 that Il his
constituents from the most wea thy to the
most indigent, may ha their sweet an1
beautiful homes around which the deafes
affections of their hearts might clust (. ti'
has voted for the survey of the entire sea
coast OF Mississippi, for the execution
light houses and opening new ports Of en-
try along shore that will one day be The
pride of the state aud the crownng g'ofI
. OF the Mexican Guf. the summer re'Fedi 0
the Mississippi Va,e aud the f'ale o. ~
South. He has so,ed for Congresslona do
nations Of public lands to open the navlga
ton of Pear river, and the proud and sp'en
, did Marine Hospital that crowns the Match
ez hills is monument OF his nnllrlng assid
uity and preserving toll in procuring tn
magnificent appropriation To HIM a'on
belongs the honor Of the noble grant -r'
Governor Browns assiduous attention I
the private business of his constituents col
. nected with any OF the Government b'
, reaus at Washington must not be forgotte
, in an enumeration of his qualifications
, a representative of Mississippi Here h
favors and Iabors heve been without pa
. aleI and. Of unequaled value. They haV