Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-08
D 4. W. BROWN.
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RulUu the many whose NAMES naV'
been Suggested for tho United State
Senate, none stand mere conspieucnsll
; in tbs foreground of prominence. meri
aud ability than Judge 7. W. Brown. Q
Shelby, Judge Brown was born abou
~forty-eight years ago of Irish parents il
Kentucky, and graduated at Centre Col
lege, Danvilie, Ky, at sixteen, At tn.
time he attended school, Centre College
was noted for the severity Of its academ
zeal training, and q diploma from thai
institution was accepted as conclusive
proof OF high literary aud scholarly a:
tainments. The Judgs was the frs
among the diligest and finished stHdentt
OF Centre, and won considerable reputa
ton while there as speaker aud writer,
After receiving his diploma he studied
law, and after a careful, thorough train.
ing, he commenced the battle of life in
Kentucky as an attorney. During his
course as a lawyer in Kentucky he won
tame and participated as a legal adviser
sud advocate in many of the most impor-
tant cases which arose in that State. One
of the eases referred to above in which
james Speed, Lincoln's Attorney Gene
raj, Senator Stephenson and George Al
fred Caldwell were opposing counsel
was the celebrated Shelby College Lot
terry case-wlich was conducted to a
successful termination by young
Brown, despite the powerful array
Of talent against hlm, before he
was twenty : FIVE, aud which at
once placed him among the leaders Of
the Kentucky bar. In 1861, thinking
that Memphis afforded a larger field for
fame aud wealth, he removed to that
place just as the momentous vents OF
that year ia the history Of Tennessee
were occurring. Being thoroughly con.
sentative and possessing the ssgscity to
toresee the terrific consequences of Sc
c~ession, he bitterly opposed it, and all
the tricks and frauds which we're %resortsd
to TOR the purpose Of forcing the State
| cut sf the Union. However, when the
conflict was inevitably upon US, and the
bugle horn resospded hoarse and shrill,
against bis judgment, but With that love
Of section which CLOVIS in the heart o.!
the true Southern man, Judge Brown
buckled on bis amor and followed the
banner Of the lost cause until it trsiled
10 the dust at Goldsboro, where he sur.
rendered and was ho~norably psrolsd.
He then returned to Memphis poor and
~friendless, and again resumed his pro
i%ession, which he has been pursuing ever
since with great success. 1t is known
to everybody that the Judge stands
among the foremost Of the eminent law
yers Of The State, having a large and
increasing practice ia Shelby and the
adjoining counties, as well ss ia Arkan-
saa and Mississippi, and being retained
in every noted case occurring in his To-
cality. Such eminent j%urists as General
Hume, Judge Graft, Judge Jackson and
Colonel Lowe, to whom be has often been.
opposed, can and will attest to the pro
fundity OF his law knowledge and the
mastery way in which he manage his
cases. Since the war Judge Brown has
taken en- active and leading part in poll.
tics, at all times comprehending the stu
alton il advance of either the leaders or
the people Of the South. He ives a dele
gate to the first Democratic Convention
that met in Tennessee after the war,
where he was called into consultation in
regard 10 the plank to be adopted, and
by his Influence he prevented o plank
from being put therein denouncing fur
Their aid by the Federal Government 70
internal improvements, insisting, as q
matter of Justice to the oouih, that the
Government should aid in a Southern
trans:coulilental railway aud improving
the Mississippi river. Judge Brcwa was
appointed a delegate to the New York
convention in 1868, which nominated
Seymour aud BLAIR for the Presidency
and Vice-Presidency He was put upon
the committee, OF which ALDER. Pike was
chairman, to prepare an address TO that
! Convention upon tho condition of Ten.
nsssee under Radical misrulo For some
unknown cause Mr.. Pike, who was Sc.
lected to write the address, failed to do
50, when this very delicate and difficult
task devolved upon Judge Brown. That
report is we'll known to us all. The
forcible way in which it presented the
ayils of the BrownloW fraud, the rene.
dies Il suggested and the elevated senti.
ment and moderation with which it was
inspired, are incontestible proofs of his
far.seeing craftsmanship. All should
read it over and over. IS it contains the
purest Jeffersonian Democracy, tempered
With a spirit Of patriotisp end forbear.
anoe under outrageous wrongs which re.
fleets Infinite credit upon the brains,
heart and conscience Of Its distinguished
author. This address, be presented to
the Convention with q speech, which, it
10 said. vas the only one hat gained
the attention Of that very disorderly body.
Throughout the Seymour and Blair can.
vasa, liks The white plume Of Henry Ct
Navarro at Ivry, Judge Brown was in
the .hiekest and hottest Of the eight,
scattering the enemy and filing their
hearts with dismay. He made many
able and eloquent. speeches and labeFe6
day and night 10 the cause Of the
people. Among the number val bis
celebrated speech at the New Mem
phis Theatre. which attracted a vast
crowd and created o profound sensation.
All who beard that speech went to their
homes with something to think about. Il
addressed itself to their patriotism, to
their cool reason and to the urgent ne
cessitiea At the times. Judge Brown
ever since has been watching the course
Of events aud taking a deep interest 10
the political welfare OF his country. |,
AL difficult sni trying emergencies be
has been appealed to by the citizens o.
Memphis for his valuable aid aud coun.
stL In nnne Of their spneals has hi
been found wanting 10 6dslity, ability
and love Of country. The citizsns o
Shelby delight to honor him, aud in &C
doing they honor themselves. Judg,
Brown is not only a lawyer and states
man, blt q ripe and elegant scholar, TX
choose him as h OF the Senators t
represent Tennesseein the United stateI
SeRate would be the wiaest act the Legis
lature could do. It would meet the sp
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