Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-31
PoWELL,s TRIBUTE TO HANCOCK.

The following tribute 10 General
Hancock was paid by James Ebert
PawelI. of Kansas City, the eloquent
yopng rival Of Bob Ingersoll, in his
brilliant lecture OIL "The Solld
South" now being delivered in Colo
RADIO under the auspices of the Amer
icau Literary Bureau of New 1ork :
IL cannot close this altusion TO the
era of construction i'll the south,
ladies and gentlemen, without oner-
inc q tribute to that man, who, trled
by the true test of greatness, has
proven himself Il peer-whose young
aword flashed like a meteor over the
biooav fields of Mexico, and flung its
gleams across the deepening twilight
Of Spotsylvania III Gettysours-
whose splendid energies and spartan
proves have ever been deoica'eo 10
ihe cause OF individual justice and
national honor-whose g%ailautry Is
emblazoned Apon the brightest pages
of American history, but whose glory
as u warrior is eclipsed by the gran
deur of the civllian-whe was no less
q hero beneath the olive Dranch oi
peace, than when leading h charge
under the red banner OF Waf-who
never feared to draw his sword al
the call of his country, or 10 lay H.
sheathed, upon the shrine OF consul
tutional government, when the aust
of conflict had dritled away-who
c~rystalized his views aud moulde"
his measures with that royal COM
panion, which yielded 10 conquered
aud Impoverished toe the mviolaole
inheritance of civic liberty-who Is
one of the grandest men In the land
recognized by the brilliancy OF his
individual lustre, and not rejecting
the borrowed rays of other iumina-
ries-to that defender Of the Union,
that champion of the constitution.
h a sovereign of soldiers, thai pion-
eer of peace, that prince OF patriots.
General Winfield Scott Hancock, the
exponent of great virtue, OF tried
courage, of lofty wisdom of broad III
telIiqence, of earnest patriotism, o.
noble aspirations and of true man
hood.
He ia a soldier, not alone of manner
or of rank. but of merit and OF mlhC
he is q soldier, who distinguished
himself in the defense of liberty, an0
the v~anQuishment of despotism-ht
is a soldier, who lifted himself shove
the ignorance and prejudice of tht
dsy, aud planted the royal banner o
pardon and love upon the battlementt
Of sectionalisIn and strife-he ID
soldier, not by the power of fear, Blu
by the force of splendid superiority
he is a soldier upon whose bosom
radiates the star of honor and II
whose memery will be issued thu
highest patent of nobility.
When, ut the foot Of Bunker Hill
in the shadow of that royal shaft
which stands a monumental emblem
Of heroic valer, whose remembrance
is .consecrated in the hearts of lift.
millions of patriots, beneath the ray
Of the stars and the light eff the cell
turtles, the goddess of historic unit,
aud liberty, the guardian of our ma
tional faith shall Call the roll Of tb
grand army of heroes, there will b
no more galIant-nO more gloriOu
response, than that which swells from
the heart aud the record of Winfiel
S. Hancock.
He believed that, when the soutl
cru chieftain surrendered his swor
to the northern couquerer beneal
the historic tree at AppOmattox, th
00uLbG4u ouu "ChG ~ u WI
its setting were buried the passio
aud pain of war-that the blue all
the gray should clasp hands foreve
and the northern sigh meet the seutt
ern sorrow above the same grave
garlsnded with the same flower
gathered by the same hands, cons
Grated by the same regrets and b
dswed with the same tears.
He has recently been nominated b
great political body for the highe
Office in the gift Of the Americs
people, and, though l come to-nigl
as the advocate of no faction-tl
champion of no party-as a lover
my country, I must say that. if Il
star which now rises above Gener
Hancock's destiny, casts its meridit
beams upon him i'll the white hous
they will fall upon All executive, fro
whose hand the sceptre of Justice W.
not drop in helpless impotence, b
one who will continue to battle f
union and liberty, while truth, cou
age and fidelity TO principle shs
find q home in the hearts and hop
of men,. He will not be a politics
for the sake Of party, as he has Ii
been q soldier for the sake of glor
but he will be a man for the sake
manhood, and a patriot for the Sd
Of his country. He is a man, t
csrner-stoue of whose character is
tegrity. He is a man whose virtu
are not negative or obstructive. b
positive and aggressive. He is a m
with a strong mind, a pure heart a
Already hand. He is a man, who W
set his face against any system
political looseness, aud LUX hoi
aud valor to a sympathy with
people. He is a man, whose favor
spoils of Office can buy, whose vo;
No hooking fattery can silence-he
man, upon whose escutcheOn re
no stain or semblance of dishono
he is q man, who will bind togetI
the fragments of our dismembel
union-he is a nan who will heal
wounds of sectional hate, and kin
the warmth of %traternal affectio
he is q man who will rise above
level Of partisan zeal, above
reach of personal venality, above
influence or suspicion of corrupt
above the scope of moral coward
"A man who will bring confdel
bring courage, bring peace to
unhappy country, where now
ssFreedom weeps.