The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31

% whitening. a demand for the puri-hTnent
II n. guilty one, ara the yiudiestion OF
Official integrity, eloquent AND impetu-
ou-. a. To sweep from the minds OF ooth
court and auiiencP. every lingering oouo1
as u what Shouid he the verdict
Cap-sia 3 irks lale never seemed 10 think
OF certainly meyer sought + r that eyanes-
cent personal popu "itN. whirh. Is pSpaIaT
Assem- bli.s i. too often the result CT hearty
nl9uner general go el-feliow>hip- ana a
r.alv cancurpnee with the views Of all men
on an questions He pursue the even
tenor Of his way in the path OF duty, As he
. understood il. II majority OF NJ
fI3ow-tnembers agreed with him he re-
~arael it a. an evidence Of the p wer
. ruth Il he stood alone in his poSitionf
NEITHER his courage or his zeal was aOated
i'm the sli.hfest- He never VI Ia Ell the
cnurte~ies or amenities OF h+D tie-ileHef
sought bv the weight OF his personal lhnu-
anr.. or character to shape ar M Il "a ieS 5 a
tfnn. bur always relied up II tie innate
truth aud Justice of his views Naturally
This course obtained for him ar "ncc Ine
respect and esteem of his associate IN ihIS
n mr. and as the session wore on 81 oppoF-
r,loitjes occt FRED in which TO indulge IN the
freedom of social intercourse. III gem &c
and unpretandiug manners, his UNIFORM
courtesy aud consideration Tor olheis, "UI
for him their affeetioEate irenushlP'
have constantly repeated brtoFe our
eyes. Mr.. Speaker, The "ohaerIuii
fhenomena Of the material "oria
The .iories of morning follow eaen u'y
/ the rc.piendent beauties of night. Nature
dies each year and is born again, clotiIeu
| in vprflure rs bright and as beautl!ui is IhAl
/ which, greeted the eyes of the hr>t man
Tn these orr senses have bee tonne aectlst2ih-
ed and we see but do not note them. But
| the last sad act of iife's drama although OF
I hourly iTerdtior. never fails 70 impress even
! the most thourhtless of those VINO nave
/ looked into the face and grasped tue HShd OF
the departed. 1t solemnly admohI~hes the
surX iVors thar, in this one rtsp'c!' an pu-
| ;nanity i alike, that none can avoid Tie
sntirarv tourney through the dark valley
/ When we clasped hands and BID farewell
| ia each other at the close OF the last session
our departed friend was in perfect neal'h
/ in tire full maturity OF his nhYS.c,h aHt
! MAGNIFICENT mental powers L" All nuhaf
! ken lac stool upon the thresahotu OF lolS
/ career, honorable TO himself anu useIui tt
! tile State. With the commencement OF the
present session came the news OF ms serl
! on Illness, AMI 4 little later, that the Mas
/ fer" had summoned him. IL VIII De wei
it, wien the summons comes 70 u, we car
| step forward by the side of Barksdale ans
! with equal consciousness OF duty thorough
w performed, answer with a heart as ser
assured, and voice as steaiF r res
anr" Such men. as was Captain l. trkSdaie
are the States Jewels. She can lily al1of'
IL LOSE. them. at any timn, but just AT TIL
nerjol of our political life the loss Is pecu
iiaqIv heavy. None better fitted than ne {
| orapple with and solve the novel ana am
cult questions of State policy imposed upo
ns. none upon whose uncl"uded wisdom ant
far-sighted judgment the people oi the Stat
more. confidently relied, or whom the
wouId have more delighted to honor. Scr
row it must be now, instead of honor. Scr
row that one OF Mississippi's truest, an
? bravest, aud wisest sons has passed frol
earth into eternity. all too soon. Sorro'
With u.s. his associates on this moor, Una
one OF the kindest gentles', purest OF GU
: mum Der shall be with us no more. Beyon
the portal sacred to domestic grief it IS nc
our province TO intrude. We can do II
more than bear to its threshold the sa
tribute of State mourning her lliustflou
load and offer TO the afflicted ores the hear
felt sympathy of those who knew and nor
ored and loved him, whom they have los
Nav the Infinite One take under His lovir
care the stricken widow and fatheriess II
f tie ones.