The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-05-09
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SATURDAY M0aNlNG, MAY Q, 1863.


Col. wniio,a Erautis Dowd gam siIssissipTi
AtsaiH'@"'-
Calhoun The granieal intslect or Us day-w whose
commemorative genius gathered IA az glanee the
Qrsat hbgorcsi cansas aud elects o. the past-sWept
over the mighty panorama Of The present, harvesting
It's richest stores Oi Know edge and with GOdsllkr
pr enCe, - s, INTO TIE seemingly IN alhunab depths
o the lutuie, drawng form from its weird prOiund
~ inspiration and leveia jon lives immortal in the
annals of tilns az tpe Architect under God, who do
signed the 0.niedelate States OF AmeicA The greSt
parties Of the 0den time one merged iatO one. The
uudamentaI principle VI our RepuolcaH institutions
"stAe Rights Stale SOytrsiguy yi--Originaied by
Calhoun and dedaniy promuiged ia tbe critical year
OF 1882 h no" toe c16f PLANK IN The platform %
which stand the united people Of the South. Cal.
nouns doctrines are the embodiment O the Southern
ComeGeAey But did he stand alonei had be no pro.
oiypes? he stamped upon South Carolina his Own
image, ell hls marR upon its Institutions and en-
Qralled IL UPON the character OF lt3 people lmperaha-
by. stamped IL upon south Uaronuu Whose great
paneCyrt Is her proud, bold, apOtess record and the
Drlialt u0dyng history Of hG gluei, heroic civ
alrUus s0ng JalhOuns pr0tOlypes have spread his
fame ana been The architects Ol theirOwn Qltmau!
the pure, the high toned, The firm aud unnlnching
QIllman! MissssippiA boast AMI pride, he whO loved
clerehed, Coulselied aud promoted young men,
whose monument Is ln the heats tt his Countrymen
was the grlal Nulhers more l1odoln sell. Sans
1l0W Il suns ytg0the 10 every relation OF lie, none
knew him but w admire inm WhetDsr as citizen,
Rad aiHbIe 0vollll0wlng With beheyUence aud phl
lanthrOpy-aj Jurist, profoundly erudiieh states.
niau, wan enlarged nnnu aud lalseelnB Yews--a pa
III d. unselsh, pune and determiBedd soldier lear
less anu ife5--pr General, WISE, prndent, bold anu
galahL en mai Aed him aud looked up TO him as the
inAn OF bis ago Calhoun hyed IN Qultman aud Quits
Inau lives IN the genus aud institutions nl sirIg
pllDg JuntudgraGy. Napoleon the lt with HIS II ODE
Ul laws less ieat thln i hs dazzhus career asl
the Gentla Of gigantic mind, unequaled powers OIL
uefCel ton and WunufOus works unlike the heroes Of
GIDb0ns Rome, Willlly wnen his histories dead
and forgotten.
It's VI man emLoGying the elements of greatness
OF these thaG we now Write 1hete were his nodes :;
from THESE be drew hls inspirations. hat OF gooa
uu graud, o man Ot his imuye geulds anu culdvdted
intelec could embrace and aOsO,b OF their excellence
became part and parcel ot his aud him We clam
no muIe, not lesa lor him. The soil OF his mad WAS
rich aud prolific and the SEEDS s0wn tuefom from ins
i0Ve, reverence gnd bdaphtOn Of ther Vltues,
sprung np uxuuanAy ana tanrslQd far after ha,ges
Ine luiists meadows, tie stAesmnns psstures and
uiOuus tbs WarUra held,, were open ana eemed with
his ntuuve aud cultivated harVesuuSs aud garner
iugs AS alswyer he has Tor years stood at Tire head
Ol ue bar IN hOlih Mississippi, Hhuse legal talent
unQuOstlOned dlstnCtlon rlvalug the most oOnspiCu
uas hnd prominent On thls Continent, predonnnates
From ODsCUy and pJYsrly GeYotcd 10 bS prOie sion !
he has at,uin, distinction and Upuieuce. As pUli-
tUian, always hrm aud decided yet modest sad never
ODtfusiye, o useipie OF OahJuhs from bGyhOud up,
ne has bstn an unswefvihg ana pOWtrluiy efficient
advocate Ut Siate Rights, aud the mdependsuCe Ul
the South clt ~ emergencies through tie press and
in the forum sought after as counsellor, but ever
refusing To De a icade oOntehG 10 be Tie hum llu
uukuwu instrument ol buOu works. liis iOrce and
strength OF character at0 kG Buti uHder tie blth
el tidOm revealed s0ve IN Eements Of pel but even
appear grand y papa0e ia the arena re Affects most
the kgen encounter uf mad VIVA ann displaying nia
lArs exoU,bUe OF mDd uyincbd il the HeCle. Ot suJ
cess HO hbs neytf ughC cVlt pttiermeut, tn.l 81
often lende ed hlm VITA rsslmao1'y oI success, bHL
has ever decired t ana slrllks from It's seeming
honors and auurtmtnts. 10 be Judge or UhanesiOf
state or u. y. (or 4. S) 6enBjOr, Congressman or
Governor was even foreign 70 his aspra OLs poiats
of honor ChetmlOss ~ hint lie loved tie prot .ssOn O
the law, ts Gbsruseuees and utfcaces, its abOB and
exCItemens, most happy Wnen mON 0ppe3el and
stuggiiug to euO0uuter seemngiy inslperaDle diih>
0ulu0s, never quatlngI evef tUIhns, S5dJm i0llug.
with mind never al rest, SEGA dlst 0sltUn, en-
Cuunttrug such ldDOrs, and this thrOuBn q seuss Of
years. tu5 tcosn 0l @af tJmd ain e1teeoht IA
constitution, cut with win aud u detetnlm, tIJn ren
denhg him equal 10 tne ener5 r5enCy, and he was no
lasgard VA 0sgOnge 10 the Oth ~ arms" ballUng
up MS law books, discaldng his b.iels, closing hi,
Office DOORS aud uiddDg adleu TO Lis vile aud chtl
drun, W hume aud - comforts aud luXulies, with
pi0mpings and energy cuulActerlst; OF tne man, he
sought his ueghbOrs ana ntuos at thei .ifesdes, ~
thou U1lces, anu work suopsau le ds and sOJn vita
heavy personal outlay, giving h@seli ana l0rtuuo
wlug Ultrln on lie altir Ot ms c4altry, be mat
shalltd ntU the hsd IN Confederate service IN al tue
ustGo y ptu1ply Ui war tt ltdAt 3 nGlt or COMPANIES
Ot patriot Nanvi8; U regiment Ut tle55 be was OF
once uusnimously elected Colonel, his known and
appreciated character ai mau Ul njml aad social
worth, rare judgment, reason and energy, pontla &
him out as the man ior tpe position.
Wm, Francis Dowd, the tul jet OF ths sketch, is
is the Colonel ulthe Gath hiHissipp, Vplun GERS, ia
Walkers BrgHdd, WitheIs' DIVISION, POKE Corps OF
the army Of Tennessee
lie was born az society Hill, Darlington District.
South Carolina, on the dlst day OF December, 1870.
la early HE be removed to Madi on county, In the
WeJern Distl OF Tennessee and ld lS4O ue seited
10 MouOe county Mississippi wh3ie he has ewes snco
resided Educated nt DC. sacks Academy, Browns.
vile, Tenn, the chlce ~ hs profession @as left to
hm 10y his pitolts, Rnd he dhluo the law. He en-.
gagged Ia his legal studies ana htgon planting In 1892
and M Ociher 1855, he was admte1 70 tue bar, aud
otened law O,dee in Aberdeen, MSS. Az lt lawyer
and PLANTER he time and talent WAS mainly employed
ndi the breaking Out 90 tle present war. HIS regi'
meut when was lhiscd and organized Tor the whole
war ana of the hmt OF that cmtACter Ia Mississippi
esed IN the "a uoc OF 1861, was IN the tall Of that
wear ordered To Savannah, Ca then threatened with
An attack. In December Uo Dlwd wI@ ordered with
his regiment % Hast Florida, asa pNcei IN commune
Of separate post about niue mHes if1n tle q W yol
Fetnandtba 10 Nua u the rear npproa'hts OF Ameliu
Ialaud AT er the order had b op given io ev cuatt
thar point and when the eyacoat N had been near }
completed, tue enemy came IN large iOlce ana tpoh
possession OF H. thro temng 10 cu ou I've tetrat ano
attemp ing 10 oapn AMI destroy larHe aluouh ~
pubhc aud private protedy Clnentmi ahV eOn'
degree of demoralz ti m m ght reasonably have pre-
vailed bit Dol Dowd--by sns time a ideri once
nAd uacu ,iAn--kept his regiment almost GUSTAV y
und,r arns ar nearly twO weeks, umNng it rapAl
aad solderly from pont tl poui, wherever an auacl
ON aud by the eucnly was threatened V0opeia' y
with the troops who had evacuated the Island, Dowd
with a small body Of mcni stood Detwaen al oyer
whelnng force Of the eaony and large amount @
nubl1c and puyate pIuperty until ~ was all sale TO
moved " the Interior. For his conduct oa "a
occasion, Cot Duwi received the warm comnenla
to,s oil hls superior officers, ef the pablo Aud pc 10
aud II the chEons generally
ill., services Ia Florida being NO longer required
Gal D,wd reapunalve 81 oriera, repaired win NJ
romnand 70 East tennessee, 70 IMPORT 20 Gen. ". Nc
bvsmlth From thenoe he was ordered y Corlaeh
where he arrived vita biz command Apnl ". ic9I :
n,hn hnrA.hlna. nrivAinnA and Enlerlnga hAnmhhe