Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-04

listed 70 she $ afe t}uardst aid tu the gather
ifG storm oi wsr thin - tliug ever lhe tor
der line sepelasitg the sis~yeholdlny from he
non slasth,l itng y aits hs wss suOn sS'pt
into III ranks Of the confederate aria
With bis cnsfaeJeti.t c p,tieucs AMI 4 ieltv
h l. rtpusttt.d "a h-Ye served he esusr a
pnv4,e and Ohicer with edmrah e coufag
1te wsr efdtug, no returned 10 ns home,
broken IN Tor unr and enner the hin o. pulil
cal prescription H. lad. however, that
proud l,gsey leii, his pen DUAL honor Sn1
prids. anu through The c uuds Of misfortune
,har. shore tbe hRht a thr 9 sd sm,'e at Der
Ma waited ne cunning, 70 BID him look noW
tuwafd The bigb summit OF giofN ia the as
crndiIg pslh OF h . Profession. AlrcspitR
with pnilus, pho ~ tghetinn the fate Ut war
he brit hts ent rgi 3 suew 10 tie study Afd
practice OF tie Law $40 scon iUand be w,
10 the front ~ n bar came ~ iur lie talent
Hs may net have pOsspssed The charm oi
pypulnr oratt ~ OF that ytttt mence OF trm-
pr that hads iRio mere derlamsiiop, but
hi. logo WA ,lsAr I'd iorcib c sud MS snsii-
rs wh. IN complete, liz knew the law
aud he knew men. Thesr INVITA- tln t"Fmidn-
he before TIE Judge on DO h,tch and the
Jury la the b. K, .t3ssrsscd OF thai innat'
~ huess cf hofTt x dRei "a seDsB o no right
which impa,I to human ma are its thhcluatiot
sod nobnitv he helltn gave ~ nee, and
drew to lin u.Ufs o. iret DE-, II $ raIk ~
n lawyer sDd personal pupul .rty designate
hym ~ On. uluat 81 TO aid bs State IN tbs re-
construction OF IL Organic law. Attending.
~ he WIS elected a III mhrr % the cvlst "a
ticual convention VI 1875. and tie pres Ii
COZ ~ uuon OF the state, whatever he u
merits. is in part tie product OF his labo.
But DOT t5efe, Mr.. Speaker, were the goa
nj his ambition. He pun a Il 8 ieStnrts and
dxed his eye iot hnu her perch. His aiU,
las to sJ as 4 pcpulst Il pres, Mat ve m IN
nail This he never disguised. Il wUs The
enpl- upon whose turrrt his eye was hasten
I'd rom ~childLoot. To bim it WIS uot tn
vain doIudou that Bun'e the trps OF 9agraut
,outh. Il WIS not a d Ezy path, TO be trpG-
den only by toe ihVuntts of ioftute. N~i
WAS it that am bltiOn called ''the lsst innrmi
Is OF noble minds,n nor the consciousn--s u
,ny extrArTdinary destiny in store Tor be
,inIa OF genus. But It WAS the sGliebt roini
of attsinnn, Mt TO a e%solpte, ealtny n lnd. ~
a man setl-potsed aud impelled by all houOra
BILE purpose.
Row he fought and yielded not until b.
won his o.; CT l. the highest videi O. Ut his
mdumtsbc nature, snd the best iHrrnt,7'
ms ne ba, lott on ftcJ Z To every American
,outh IN whose br, Rst tuefe burls The fra
Of lsudsble Rmbuiun.
Three surr, gsive CAnvasses he mHte tot
this teice. Deie &, tust would have crushed
Nih "disAPpO'utmsrt or urg 10 suieu
t,spair the Pride OF ORDINARY men. only rous
d the lion lu h ~ ana eel hin iullOus Tor .
renewal OF the cCmbat.
II was 10 the pursuit Of the honnrs Of n
cal IN this Hall that bis health r. ceIved IL,
| reath.tbock. Ihe friction aud tets O. Oi the
struggle were too great IUr b ~deiiCstr, nervous
! nrrsl,sm IKE his.
Ia WAS NV fortune b 30 with him NJ ap
pointmtni u Uotoh'r, 10 s, when be war
| dr,t gtick o " 10 para yss, Inst mo ulne
- a.n-t- H..~. 81 30 nTfErf La H.
nidst ui las address, glow NJ with the iervot
] ni his cause, n Iaruyuc stroke, IKE e~itCtfici-
IT,. shot through h iratue, btuumtiGg hi
lefl siGe and coup vteiS prustTaubg hin
! lmt rpssod rs be was With the b-iiei that hi.
our hsd come, tis sell possession Vas mark
d and hs cOu'tae " fpi'nhid. But that
which n en- sh,b6 out kr qui k'ning Btu la
| his chaYA.ir-, sud sbtcs h h-lo - glor,
/ .r,und The msu sud maEes his mtuofy mes
I frpraut to me, wss he BboGLulug love he
oh hted Tor wlir aud chi dtcn.
yue complications OF yer 20 business Affairs
rho bouuts and glories OF the world, bad 10
tie place the IL his Rr5, The G amour OF
All these lrdrd iatO rothiE2aess 10 the one
I ,sarnii z buining desire that lighte hi'
,oul Ike ute ismheit pUrl,y 1.-THE stars,
or the prtset ca OF her VITO bsd loved, trust
I'd. sid ehtertd him m povert' as H. riche.
IN thndow as 10 surstiur. Opl, could be-
hut told her 81 q zoe pr CtCu- ftuu OF then
welded rs. I, ht, bosom once more, be was
ready 10 dts, end. no 90 u 81 q lHtfsplo 5s the
grand nrars h,l Of SaxouY. to his u~nIinely
grave. What n bright ard b Su,iui tsg'
this is IN he history OF tits mar IL is AS Il
an that might bs writ or wrought on Thu
n%siional lhesta- a. The diAmund 10 the ruby
From this frsLs'tack Mr.. Lay rsli,I bu
never ~raeoveei. AuKlGg@ 10 iIstity puhir
appreciation sud TO ser We HE party IN lie criti'
Cal cuniunctufe, be came brTe and took hi
seat, only to fehiIz- ~ ATt tie dtesfD hnf
Dc ,rr Il his | r.; for here M died in tn
.hAdOw Of Tie CHpIoi aud Va the arms Of hi
wtf..
You, ais fell ,w-memhers, were not Pc init
ted 20 test the quality Of his mind, TOR Il
teel the mesmefba Of BIS socint nature
Nor Was the country allowed to know VIVA
ne might have done for H..
know be W. uid have done his duty faith
uily and wei, EmiorntlY pteCticsl an
| conservative be hid no visionary uotit Ms or
sti gle Atom If iabkt citm ~ his pontea
ere q. lie would have proven : quullJ X
capt fTtm the fh,h spirit a. rmpin ISL
which would tear 10 tit,es NE existing irhm'
Ut sucir ) H. quest q meie Aostr-euons, an'
hat coNsrd .pirit which would tempotIZ
Nith . pslpHb,6 evil ~ RnvtFi meIi uptl /
sprtad like q cancer over the tOdy -pOhtic
rather than put the knife Ia its root.
C.nsp cuous Among hts cluster OF Virtue
we're bis catdOT Bnd aukbtta lie was
close trend aud 40 opeD enemy. AS door 1
he 1oweT and cure 10 The Nv, vAs truth /
hun. a. gerilr 81 = women m ftpOfe, hl
WIS y sa Wart US n grensdief IN HctiOn
N0thirg be- ought for or Won Tad Ihe esBke
{ lust or tho b en- : Of pnisun upon u
Faults ard imperiectious be bad, for no VS.
human. Bat e so hYed and died rs TO llttt
need the seal # the sopu cher TO eKeludI
"irom ITS sluTnbering tenant tbs breath o
tnvel" or reTroaeh. de sleeps bis last SlreI
& tbs seat 81 governulehb OF bic native y ate
IN aim nl hia "a aantaInh hnnn. A. IN