American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-06-19

bo.ly of statesmen. When he, wit
Senator Davis aud the Repr-s.nfs 4,
t,vts at our State resigned III 1861
: to share the tuItunrS "f he l.eOll,
he loved anil Srrvrd so well. Gov
Brown WIS serving his second t. ri
. IN the :. natr.
;. When tue t"csin of War reSoun.l :
ed throughout the lani though ills
age, as we'll as his distinguishes,
civil sci vice, might we'll have excuS'
ed HIM from military duty, Senator
Brown would non b. 81 excused, but
at Orce raised ii company OF Infantry
known as the brown Rebels OF
Of hicl he was Unanimously elect
ed captain. Attached to tue Eigh-
t-rn'h mississippi Regiment, (COl.
b. K. Bart Captain Blown and his
''rehr = VEN with that regiment tO
Virginia aud pa ticIrat-d in The
lIaItIe of Bull Hun ON the 18th of
July, 1861, the battle of Manassas,
On the 2lst July, ana the battle OF
Leesburg. in Octubrr of the same
y cary here the glIlanr Col. Burt lu-t
his lite. In the ann Capt. Brown
WAS as cOnspicuotls 10, all sOilIerly
Qualities az he had long been for
ability and fidelity in the discharge
of high civic duties, bur his career
as a soldier was not destined to he a
long one, for the people demanded
his services In another field of duty,
and elected him to the COnfedera'e
seuatr. There, as always, he serv>
ed his people wisely and we'll, until
the fair fabric of constitutional lib-
-It y We endeavored 70 rear, went
down in darkness and in blood.
Since tho war Senator Brown has
had no active participation IN pubs
lie affairs, and has steadily refused
TO he Il candidate for any position
high or low. With the failure Ut
the Confederate Government Scna
| tor Brown considered his poll teal
Career n. an end, and no persua
zion could ever induce him t. frc"n-
slider that conclusion. His long
par ,llel in Mississippi, affoids siri'
king example to young and amOl-
tiOus men IF what may De accom-
piished by taleCt, integrity, manll~
ness, energy and devo,iUu TO duty.
Without fortune or advcn'itious
aids, with nothing but the intellect
hit:h God gave him, and the cOur-
age, the integrity aud the maD!inrss
hr Inherited from his hOuOrrd fath-
er, the career of A Inert Il. Brown
was one nbroken lifelong SUCCESS.
To every office for which he was u
candidate, he was elected. Member
of he Legislature, brigadie, general,
cong ressInan, judge of the circuit
court, twice gov rrnOr, again repre-
sentative tor series of ears, thri;r
Senator, u soldier, and Il victor In
three battles, ara the trophies of ~
long and iliustriOus career to which
his friends can POINT as rewards
worthy Of iuan who hOnoret his
State and euuubled the times in
which he lived.
The death of Albert G.. Brown
removes a historic landmark in Mis-
sissipri. breaks a link which bound
,hr past to the present, AMI leaves II
void winch cannot be filled. BE
never distrusfrd the intelligence,
the honesty, the patriotism Or the
HI gacity of the Masses He never !
he.Ita,ed IN go before them on an.
issue, and hr never dOubIrd the re-
suit This confidence of his in the !
people was repaid by them "A huns |
bred fold. They in turn never
doubted or distrustrd Albert g
Brown. Their faith in him was like
the simple faith of a child in it's
mo- her-it Was nnait-rab;e aud ir
LIT t., Lo TynS.,,, f.,r 81
do swept over mississippi. pTOstrat
ing the most hOnOrrd aud trusted
leaders, including jefferson Davis.
Jnn. A. Quitman, Jacob Thompson,
Winfield 3. Featheistun aud II host
IF others. Albert G. Brown alone
witlstUd the storm. Like some
giant oak, with its roots deeply im-
b-ddel in ia native soil, he stood,
ca IN. unruffled and mistaken. Hir
sublime f,iih IN the people WAS not |
misp acrd then, aS III every Other |
struggle Uf his life, they gathered
around him, and with their own
wa IN hearts and strong arms, they
shielded and sheltererei their pet
ted favOrite from the tempest that
was heating upon the heads o. SO
many of his friends. This conf
sience continued to the end, AID
now. when he, no loved and 80 con>
Il led in, is but puispless clOd, and
his ears are sealed alike TO sounds
of praise or cenSure, there in scarce
n home in all the State where the i
news of his death has reached, in
which there are not sa.l hearts and
swimming eyes over the eternal
eclipse of The great TRIBUNE OF
THE PEOPLE
The years may come, and the
years may go, hut Mississippi VIII
never b- served by a man .Of mUIe
unqu-sliOn integrity, one more
Loyal to her honor, more devoted to
her mt erests, or more steadfast TO
truth. to right. and to his friends,
than was Albert G.llaiiu Brown.
May the fuif rest lightly upon his
breast, aud the sweetest flowers
bloom mp"n his grave, for IN the
soil which hide. him from our sight
rests one of natures nnbiemen.
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