The weekly clarion., 1879-10-08
Grenada County.
GEN. wALTHALL ROUTs AMACKFR
Grenada Sentinel.

Grenada Sentinel
On coming To town on last Saturday morning
| We must acknowledge that had many fore
bodings of the issues Of the dav as we hac
never heard Greenback speech; and remem
beriug the powers OF our friends in fortne,
years, when battling for their countrv's good
we telt somewhat like the old Roman patriot
When he exclaimed: thiS daV is big with tht
late OF Cato aud OF Rome" We knew the
democratic party mad stood for over IA half cen.
turv, the fierce onslaught of open caemies the
reckless attacks ef c0ntending FACTIONS the sIy
opposition OF trai -ors within and altbouob fo,
ume her proud col0rs had been seen TO trail in
the dust tae time was short before the ensign
| that bore them was in the fr0nt and tnev ,yerr
| again trlumphantly waving over invincibIe
| leSIons, and calling, in the mystic language of
her glorious symbols TO patriots evervWh4re f.
ralv
We knew the eloquence OF the Godlike Web
ster had poured in thundering torrents AGAINST
her; we knew that the genius OF the great Com
noner, the chiralric Harry of the west had
kIndled in consuming grandeur all the fires of
his matchfess oratorv to destroy her: we know
that our own gifted Prentiss had drawn fcom
/ the mystic depths of his own impassioned so1.l
words that burn and thoughts that breathe to
tlrnish ber glory, and yet she stood erect aad
/ hrm as Gfb.3itcrS rock bound base, aud never
| lowered het head until the events of war placed
! an armT o6 federal soldiers over her diSarn1ed
aad poweTieSs hosts. Eetin all her trials sha
had never felt the thunders that slept in the
arms OF a Harris, a West a Davis or an Amacker
hat ai.a,J,
we rode along 10 town and now. after ali tboSa
g!Oties and victores, her hour had come at LAST
perhaps. the GreenDackers were here and
/ ow for cCndict Of giants with pigmies So
wonderfu ly had our Imagination been WROUGHT
upon tnaf we fairly Di,ied -our ,r,,na 81
talented champioG, Gen. T.. c. Waltz a. who's.
name heretofore, whether in the court room
the council cbambe. fne rostru,n or 49,
nuStinoS had avar haar a o,r,,,,-,, = "S
we thouoht for once he Wa jo;d " " tdg'ol.
and defeat Whitfield nIncLCv snIen,I;i ioIig 1Ig
young, we feared would have the PRESTIGE of
recent oIories ON the stumn vined o,,t "a ~
to ourseIf we exnected ia he IiioIiticStii,. - -: a.
fed and buried with1ut The bo6orl oiucl-
amen. But we arrived in t,.xn and ,t -, ~
began to inuuire if the cbieft,ins Of ~ -
new born, new light, new faneIed marty bad
arrived and when told tnat n,rr ~ -
nrearner had nut in am a,,raarara ~ nv
to feel easier ,or we did heIieve af an ~ tE "
three average Democrats at least. couId m.,'
age one Greenbacke~, Il it was the boss of the
concern himself. Twelve O'clock arrived. and
tn. crowd poured into the courf-bousa ana ~
coated along with it. Soon DR.. Lee arose on
with much dignity and fine address intro,i,iaaJ
brother Amacker who after a brief annioo,
about so;u ething-tlle merits Of which we i,s4
ndefstoad-camc down 10 his yyo~t[ ri.,It J.;
the .niddie, or, IN his own classic talk. "in
meGia res lie repeatedly said he was m3!,;nrT
Il scattering speech, and we lid nof ,von,Iar -
it, when he had to wander from FIRST oI,a fn,i
and then To the otner of his remarks W. ba,,. .
no idea Of foilowIne this pentIe,n,n tbr,-,eI, i
his hour and q hall hai rangue bur viii sig,f7ii-
say that the longer he spok,, The easier We III
as he was s~ying nothing that cave rs aIarn a.,
Iioht unou the sublecf of iI.,,,c,s' H., lat ~ -
Question of discussion Fl, smoke his 80
we'll however and whether il vas his ~, a.
some one eise's production it is not our Lusi
ness to inquire He was as familiar viii, Il
however as he in his better davS was win tb3 I
LORD PRAYER for lie had spoken everywhere
he could find a crowd of a dozen or two Ia Lea,-
him for nearly two wears The srqech abonnd I
ed in assertions and pIatitudes hut was r,aIa /
up mostly of the SHORTCOMINGS of tba Darnn j
cratic party holding them respopsibIa f,r
things they did not do: and couId NOT kse, III.
Radicals IRON doing He disclaimed any aiii
ance with the Republican marty but ,ritb oil
inc enora4itieS of their rnlitica1 lifa 10 -
1auoht of their evil deeds He finished n, Iaat
md M faIt the conp+r, ,,.,u eafa a,3 ~, ~ - @ -
,cratc party still stood withont . sin,,Ia star nf
ner GLOW tarnished. nolwifs1s-, -, y
run or GrecnbacL Tl,,-1,-i'l,9 i 'iiJ @ Iiett
lIazno, away at the .,,1nd oi
nteIIi9enc,, ,,atr:t, Ia !. W % c
nd a 6aff Z ' 'e' ioi ohe i"ul @
O. Wal+ho,I ,eoo,,l,1 a. s
-ocifarons nha, ~ IGl 'he @ stahu anilus1
vnactaJ ba t,oii IL - ;i;I a3s what we d
nj Of conntaDanae ~, @ 'lie ilole 'ning
,,sxrar MD H. it PI Poe'n ne Iau l" {
No, ;+ ,,-aL - - I"r Gnu . lsider- "
- - - - 80, ~ 9eiNSu q. ~ 1tst such an a
~ H. ~ ol''is tii'. tiIs tiis'iHgulshed o
,',it P =; W.; pu' wren ne doeS, MS G
e exceIled himself and we could but feel "
ity for brother Amacker, he turned and