Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-09-21
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| lished in our columns sometime ago. He
has made another recently on General
Harlan, the Radical candidate for Cover
nor Of Keltaeky, and here is the way be
made il.
Renowned alike as z warrior and q
statesman. bis coreeg has been such as to
dazzle the anraptured vision ofevery be-
holder with the associated spiendors OF q
thousand brilliant achievements, which
constitute the brightest gems in the dia-
dem ( bis country 5 glory. fGfeaG Ap-
| plaUse. His military record especially
is Tie theue upou watch every patriot
must delight todwel. [Applause.l
confess cannot refer to il without
feeling every fibre and tissue of my being
tingle with thrill Of mar tai ardor.
Laughter and Applause.1 I remanbe,
how his impatient blade leaped from lis
scabbard, when the first notes OF civil
discord echoed along the lowering horizon
Of 1861, and how it cleaned Ike a
meteor along his tefriblo pathway, IS he
swept like tornado to the dread carnival
Of death. The awful subiimity of his
going forth to immediate himself upon the
blood ctained altar Of patriotism will haunt
me to my dying day. EAppl4use.7 Il
reminds me Of Ossian's description OF
Cutdu lin, as he rushed in the sound OF
his arms like the terribI e spirit Loda,
when he comes in the roag Of 6 thou san d
storms, scattering battles from his eyes
Immense Applause. What deeds Of
proves he might have won upon the CORY
field, what heoatomb<ss ! slaughteredli ebeis
might have gone down beneath the biting
edge Of his trohohhpt blade, he'd he ever
succeeded il meeting his colntry's foes
upon the perilous ridge Of battle the Den
of history will never tell, for ere he had
an opportunity to qpenoh his blazing brain
in the blood of traitors, he was called
FROM the path Of martial glory to the
more arduous duties Of civil life. TGreat
Laughter. l know re much needed his
services ID the cabinet. am willing to
admit that there was not another LAWYER
in all the length and breath Of the Com
monwealth, from Maysville to Hills
Point who was capable of disoharginc the
distinguished functions Of tile Office ofAt-
to.ney General Laughter, set II cannot
but Gep2ore the memorable necessity which
compelled him to quit the tented Geld and
bid farewell forever to all the pomp and
circumstance Of glorious war. In lact 7
consider the resignation Of General Har-
Ian as the direst calamity That could have
befalIeD our beloved country under the
circumstances laughter. for I, am a2&is-
fed that had the moderate leaders been
convinced that that there was no other
means Of escaping d igacs conflict with
Genera Harlan opon the open f3ld, they
would have laid down thcir arns a once.
Renewed Laughter]. But when Lee,
johnson, and BeaUregard asoertained that
General Harlan had resigned they pluck
ed up fresh courage and determined to
prosecute the war to the bitter end.
Laug htcr
Il caa, however. bc said Of General
Harlan, al It can Of bl& few military
heroes Of equal proves and rauoHa, that
Wien his tear. dimm3d eyes rested for the
last sine upon the war-worn forms Of
his command, when he bid them s last
long adlsu upon tae tented field lie had
the proud salisfac ton OF know ing that
be never led them into danger in his life.
Prolonged laughter and 2ppiause1. But
while | could dwell forever Y ith iaoreas-
ing raptures upon this delightful theme,
| could not withhold fitting tribute to
bis equally brilliant and extraordinary
career as Statesman. Endowed by na-
ture with genius capable Of embracing
in q single grasp every theory Of govern
mental science his public life has been
perfect political Kaleidoscope, exhibiting
every conceivable variety of combination.
every principle and tenet Of every par
ty that has had an existence on the cont, |
nent, from the hour OF his birth TO the
present moment. Far back in the days
of his college youth he vas more brill
liant exemplifcation Of the old line Wing
party than either the godliks Webster Or
the immortal Clay. In 1858 tie insru-
ment revolved, and behold all he re-
splendent glories Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ia
all the gorgeous sheen Of & Thousand
ghtteriug apanglas. In 1850 it ravolyed
again and 10 the simple but compre-
hensive creed Bell and Egerctt--a briad
Of Aiamopds--th Union. 1.-The Constitution
and the enforcement Of The lays. In 1861
it turned again, and there were ali the-i
old family Jewels Of the Democracy blaz-
forth in q food Of efrulgenoo irradiating
the entire commonwealth. II 1866 the
machine turned again, and the dim out
line Of third Party fell feebly upon the
vision. IN 1868 occurred another revo-
luton Of the protean table, and there
were all the multiplied horrors Of Rad
icalism in all the intricate mazea Of
chaotic confusion. Applause What
shall appear when it shall make another
revolution is beyond the power Of my
feeble imagin alton to conceive. Perhaps
the instrument viii explode Ike a tremen-
dous meteorie coFruseaton, when millions
Of many colored sparks will lingar
moment on the midnight aky, and then
leave the universe il total and otornal
darkness. Tremendous applause.
M willis wrote this fac smile,
which beautifully expresses The thought
thatso often presses down upon an EDITORS
life. oloudlag it with care: you have
ever seen field Of broom corn the most
careless branching and free SWAPS Of ell
the products Of summer-and can fancy
the contracts in its destiny between
sweeping the pure cir with the winds.
and handling, and sweeping with It more
usofully when tied up for handling bFooms.
you can understand the difference [ feel
when using Thy thoughts q my pleasure
as in country life, using them for subsis-