The weekly Louisianian., 1873-01-04

he had atheart!iy,'t.::, ay't.,ss:,, IT,, u.
In iise. fall h the same year 1S6s
he was; nominated for the responsihl
and honorable office Of Secretary. 4
State, aud elected by large majority
VI! Which 4; Office f he filed up tq ths t.h ting
his dseeese. s!l ~: g., .,.s ,.:,,.: -,
,.;" !. IADors IN TILE MINISTRY. 80.
While deeply: epgroaeed, with oatiieiq
CAGES aad excessive campaign hbors h
fosad time, to devote to tho. eareao
dickson District: over which lle pre-
sided four years. AT the last ennua
Confe+erceo OF hts Ghu,cNihe was ii,
pointed to Crystal Springs District
and wa;;ass adiso e!ectedh b delegate to iii
General, &c !CcooO;erepce. Ehich met. las
May il Brootly:Pq, +epd before ,whiel
be- made . most effective speech on tA<
subject Of q ,colored Bishop. His Po
sition that tAere shooM be no discrim.
ihatiou. either against oc in favor ol
colored men for chat high position:
but that it should determined alone by
personal Qualifications, met with ,ap
almost unanimous Endorsement from
the General Conference. Eut such
was the impression made by his speech
that there is little. doubt, had be been
free from political entanglements and
influences, he would have been one ot
the number. elec:ed TO: that ecclesiash-
c;.l position. u, !. -: !; ID:
From Brooklyn he repaired to Phila-
1eiphi. and took his seat;as delegate
from Mississippi To; the :Convention'
tliat Nominated Cen. Grant. His
SPEECH befotp, that Convention was was
comp plimented as one Of the most bril-
Liant there delivered. The, pominaav-
tiona made, he entered most heaEtily
into the Presidential campaign, ,,ndi,.
New. York City. and in various portions
Of hdiaaa aRd Missiesippiy made some
Of the most powerful politjca1speeches
Of his life. But his. EXCESSIVE 'laa5 lis
were telling on a constitution already
enfeshed' with disease % When he re.
turned home bis health " was greatly |
impaired. Il 4 ;co'tgh,' which had fol-
lowed him from. infancy Wis develop
ing slagFming .symtoma Other obsti-
nate diseases were p,eying upon him,
and though neither his friends nor
himself expected 10 stddeh a termina-
ton, he slowly declined till! on the
moruiugof December 18th, the waA<y
wheels of life stop&l still: i,r, -' !
: Such, in brief, is the! outline OF a
lie WHICH crowded. into the space of
thitty-th.e6 years ..such unwouted ac-
titities. 'But I should feel that these
services 'Neis strikiagly IN!
,opylete il they. failed to, recognize
Brother, Lynch in his trae .ohaacterss
i'*.x 1rApsR Aniosa H1s PEOPLE. ;st''
He WIZ = born 1sadai, and 4 careful
analysis win show 'thet he, bad az the
elesnentl of leadership.:s He |
iad fine natdtal abilities; thorough
aa,lt,r'e, tliir tiiree ''l,ih, 'lY,ih,djw.1edse of human
,atpre,, unusual tact, pleasing address.
eady power Of ,eratory, quick discern:
nent. and : great oppdvtsssty- oonid-
red h reference to The 1,eat purpose
i hls lte. ..j,} ~. III. -. ..s,.
He Iped exactly .@ ate right tins.
)nlv twenty-five years ofiage when the
torn Of waar bu,st Upon III, tct'od,untry,i.
ntoush. of. quiet had BEEN epjjoyed 81
i'm before: ;that ,ayent TO secure he;
aental cultu,o iudispehsabie TO. future
uocess.:.. :,,;:. Thea came to him at the
,ost ,iinlipresible periSad u life tie
ropdeslul rsvelht;ons of the war, For
|,at waf; feArial as Il was.in itself, |
rith its'lutid batiae clouds, itsred;ines
{ hloo,d1, its .ea+aa se-heaped fields,
nd .its black, sdesollae olletti tting. tack, fur
ished grand lessons toibe studied by |:
lie lovers of pro- grv4s. H W. ah eraIa
, hiimaahity & tthat, y the do'osed niiani [ |,
oiled back the dark years Of hOnd4ge[1 L