The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-12-04


The mortal remains of Albert GalIatin
Brown were borne from the Capitol to the
grave on Monday last. Such honors as Il
community, surprised by the news of his
sudden death, would bestOw in those off
ccs which the living perform for the hon
0red dead, were cOnsplcuOuSly and mourn
fully rended. This eminent man, distin.
guished for his great talents and noble
virtues. made conspicuous in II long and
brilliant public career, belongs now to the
past. 1t Is with great satisfaction that we
learn that his character and services. and
the lessons which his private and public
life teach. will be the subjcst of Il public
discourse by one well qualified to illustrate
them. The subject is full of interest. AS
apriyate man his life was without reprOach.
Straight forward honesty, generosity and
kindness, distinguished his intercourse
with men. We never heard him accused
of wrong. AS public man, serving
through a long period in almost every Office
of power and distinction in the gift of the
people of the State, and beset by all the
temptations which opportunity, office and
power present, his reputation is without
stain.
When we reflect that these characteris-
ties were associated with extraordinary
talents employed in political controversy
and in almost every department of govern
ment, we are at no loss to account for the
high place he so long maintained in pOpul-
lar esteem. He reached the highest office
which the people of the State can bcstOw,
not by sudden bound; not by an accidcn-
tai combination; but by Il steady ascent
through the lower to the higher grades.
He progressed from a seat in the lower
house of the Mississippi Legislature. to the
senate of the United States, passing through
all the intermediate stages of official SER
vice. A career thus marked is Il great
career. As success in public life, it
transcends that Of any man Of his time or
OF any time in Mississippi. 1t was not
achieved by lucky or adroit strokes of man
agement. His public life was one contin-
ued stoutly wagcd battle for his principle
and the party which represented them. ,
He never played the dark horse in the .
competition for Office. He either pro-
claimed his candidacy, or his party pro- .
claimed it. lie was Il man of the people .
and for the people. They knew him and .
he instincttivcly knew them The under
between them was perfect. 1t
was feeling common to the whole body of
his constituents that he was closer to them
and that they knew him better, than they
knew any other public man who served
them. He was, so to speak, communicable
in Il sense that no other public man Of
such eminence in our observation ever
was. No official elevation removed him
~ th lhrii l.rlher iroiilshla ielloW cltiZehs
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hi'h anu hceuTu no "rLs' ne III iact en-
ployeu none. III was the natural Deht OF
" Liie man 10 represent the RGopie, not TO awe
mem or 10 rue l'eli. rms man was lne
n0SI tnoroughlH fIllhded ana complete
puD'ic servant, the prouucl Oh representa-
1--WE institutions, tIiat Is presented TO our
iohtempiallon IN an our history: lie was
ne periecI irult OF our institutions, ana
nose VINO question ms claims 10 iast'hS
'espect mus, ptSlh ny queS!lohihS the IN
'tltutlons y wIich prouuc6u MN ....,
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d lhose puplic lhen oi the southern otItes
Nnose careers were cioseu anu anu whose u9c-
iines were Prnc,iGapiy olertnroWh In, py lhe
'lVil war ~ WIZ oe very uilhcull lor pos
erity 10 JuuSe Ialrly OF tnelr clalhlS 10
history Is the Dllnd slave
u the fortunate. Across that wlde gap !
ne merits Oh men VINO stfove TO MAINTAIN
ne equilibrium between tle iTee ana thG
lave states, ana 10 c0hlhe inc Fedefal
IoVetilnlenI M within Ihe ooulluS OF the Eoh-