The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-08-10
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Ian's Military and Political Career.
Hon. ]. Prescott Knott, member of Con-
gress from Kentucky whose inimitable |
speech on the glorious Duluth and the /
Northern Pacific Railroad set the whole |
nation laughing last Summer, is at it !
again. In recent speech he drew the |
following picture of the military and po-
itical career of General Harlan, the Radi- !
cal candidate for Governor of Kentucky. i
THE CANDIDATES.
Kentucky must furnish the vanguard |
of the Democracy in this contest. She |
has never been true to her prestige; hav-
ing ever performed her duty true and |
faithful, she will do it in this crisis. II, |
said he, the approaching election involv- |
ed no more than the mere expression Of
personal preference between the candi-
dates presented for our suffrages, should
not have a single word to say. For while
am aware that no eulogy of mine could
lend solitary ray of additional lustOr to
the bright escutcheon of Governor Leslie,
1 should scorn to stain single leaf in the
glittering chaplet that entwines the brow
Of General Harlan.-(Applause)
HARLAN DILUTED.
have known him long and well as
most genial gentleman, a profound lawyer
and scholar of varied and distinguished
attainments, and taken all in all, he Is q
man of whom l am personally fond, As a
public man / am free to acknowledge that
he has perhaps the advantage of Governor
Leslie.-Renowned alike.
as A WARRIOR.
and statesman, his career has been such
as to dazzle the enraptured vision of every
beholder with the associated splendors Of
a thousand brilliant achievements, which
constitute the brightest gems in the dia-
dem of his country's glory. Great APP
plause.) e.).-His military record especially
is the theme upon which every patriot
must delight to dwell.-(Applause.)
I confess that cannot refer to it with
out feeling every fibre and tissue of my
eeing tingle with thrill of martial ardor.
daughter and Applause.) I remember
how his impatient blade leaped from its
scabbard, when the first notes of civil dis
cord echoed along the lowering horizon of
1861, or how 1t cleaned like meteor
along his terrible pathway as he swept
like tornado to the dread carnival of
death. The awful subGmity of his going
forth to immediate himself upon the blood
stained altar of patriotism will haunt me
to my dying day.-(Applause) 1t re-
minded me of Ossian's description of
CuthHllin, as he rushed in the sound of his
arms like the terrible spirit Of Loda when
he comes in the roar of a thousand storms,
scattering battles from his eyes L-(Im
mense Applauss.) What deeds of proWess
he might have won upon the CORY field,
what hecatombs of slaughtered rebels
might have gone down beneath the bit
ing edge of his trenchant blade, had he
ever met his country's foes upon the peri
lous ridge of battle, the pen of history will
never tell, for ere he had an opportunity
to quenoh his blazing brain in the blood
of traitors, he was called from the paths Of
martial glory to the more arduous duties
of civil life CGreat Laugkter.) know
we much needed his services in the Cabi-
net I am willing to admit that there
was not another lawyer in the whole
length and breadth of the Commonwealth,
Maysville to Mills Point, who was eapa-
bic of discharging the distinguished func-
tions Of the. Office of Attorney General
Qaughter) yet cannot but deplore thein-
exorable necessity which compelled him
to quit the tented field and bid farewell
forever to ''all the pemp and splendor of
glorious war" In fact consider the re-
signation of General Harlan as the direct
calamity which could have befallen our
DClOfC0 OOOAO4y HuA0CL
Qaughter), for am convinced that had
the Confederate leaders been convinc ID
that there was no other means of escaping
a direct conflict with General Harlan up
on the open field, they would have laid
down their arms at once. (Renewed
Laughter.) But when Lee, johnson and
Beauregard ascertained that General Har-
Ian had resigned they plueked up fresh
courage and determined to prosecute the
war to the bitter end. (Laughter.)
1t can, however, be said of Gen. Harlan,
as it can of but few military heroes of
equal prowess and renown that when his
tear dimmed eye rested for the last time
upon the war-worn forms of his command,
when he bid them last long adieu upon
the tented field, he had the proud satis-
faction of knowing that he never led them
into danger IN his life. prolonged
Laughter and Applause.)
But while could dwell forever with in
creasing raptures upon this delightful
theme, l could not withhold fitting tri-
butte to his equally brilliant and extraor'
dinarY career.