The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-08-20

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Convention Of 1877, by Hon. w. W.
Humphries, of LoWndes, in putting
Geu. Lowry in nomination; they
were as follow;
Mr.. CHAIRMAN, AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE CONVENTION:
AS delegate from the county
Of Lowndes, | rise TO place in nom
nation ior the office Of Governor,
the name of that distinguished pa
triot, soldier, and statesman, Gen.
Robert Lowry, Of Rankin county.
have naught to say, sir, In dis
paragement of any Of the distin-
guished gentlemen whose names
have been mentioned in connection
with the chief magistracy of this
State. On The contrary, | have re-
joiced in listening 20 every word
which has been spoken in their
praise, or uttered in their com
mendation, for they were not only
soldiers but patriots, they are Dem
ocrats and Misslssippians, and no
man feels more pride in the glori.
ons fame they achieved upon the
red field of battle than | do.
We're it in my power to encircle
the brow of each with a laurel
wreath of honor and emolument, |
would gladly pay MisSS8ippi's debt
to MissiSSippis sons. The delega-
tion, sir, of which | have the honor
to be a member, has come into this
convention untrammeled with any
instructions, and the only interest
which the county Of Lowndes has to
subserve, is TO place the Democrat
ic banner IN the hands of stan
dard bearer, who in triumph will
wave 1t oyer the battlements of the
enemy.
After full and impartial sur
vey of the whole field, it is our
, judgment that General Lowry is
! pre.eminent in the front rank.
, AS military man, it is not claim
ed that he was above or below his
distinguished competitors, but the
PEER of them all. Like the white
+. plumed Henry of Navarro, amid the
3. smoke and the roar and the tur
. moil of battle, his lofty crest was
ever glittering in the van for the
y rally OF his host.
d In the civil walks Of lite, Lowr!
e has stood forth in advance OF then
r all, to encourage, to console ant
q arouse his countrymen.
From the time he appeared a
d Fortress Monroe and the Nation
d al capital in behalf of Je1fer
3. son Davis--that grand old man
r. our loved, yet fallen but i'm
i mortal chiettain, to whom God ha
y, given length of days, and permitte'
u hlm to fill with deeds Of glory
d from that time and on, when tn
t. fierce passions of fsectional animosi
d ty broke over the State, as tn
a storms ride over the ocean, it wa
- Lowry who spoke cut to cheer an
y rouse Mississippians.
ST When the dark black cloud c
Radicalism hung like funeral pal
over this sunny land Of ours, an
rained down all. the ills and evil
Of An outrageous civil government
- his heart never failed him. Whe
IS the old Democratic ship had bee
v cut loose from its moorings an
le tempest. tossed upon a sea Of pas
6. sion, his hand guided the helm
~ whilst passion blew the gale.
:. Amid all the gloom and darkne'
N of the past, when our political SIX
d. had neither sun, moon nor star
n from bis brave heart and brain en-
es anated an electric flash which Il
- minated the heavens with a patr
es Upon every field and in ever
Is. contest with the enemies OF h
o. country, his words Of cheer hav
r. swept over the State, from its Eas
.r ern borders across to the gre'
: Father of Waters, and come RIM
= ing back from the northern bou1
ID. Diary to the gulf.girt southern lin
as and all who would strike one bio
lie for Mississippi, found in him
ba friend and advocate.
n. His character, too, like that
X. Epaminondas, is adorned with g
he cry virtue and stained with no vic
II. Mississippians in honoring hil
oe will honor Mississippi,
Of
ed A Timely Remark.