The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-08-26
General Robert Lowry.
Celambas Dispateh.

AS General Robert Lowry is the
nominee for Governor, il might be
appropriate to reproduce a sneech
of Senator w. w. Humphries, a
delegate from Lowndes to the
State convention four years ago.
nominating the General for that
office, which has been furnished to
us on request.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Com
vention:
As delegate from the county of
LowndeS, | rise to place in nomima-
tlon for the office OF governor, the
name of that distinguished patriot,
soldier, and statesman, General
Robert Lowry, of Rankin county.
have naught to say, sir, in
dlsparagement OF any of the dis
tlnguIshed gentlemen whose names
have been mentioned in counec-
tlon with the chief magistracy OF
the State. On the contrary,
have reloieed in listening to every
word which has been spoken in
their praise, or uttered In their
commendation, for they were not
only soldiers and patriots, they are
Democrats aud Mississippians, and
no one feels more pride In the
glorious fame they achieved upon
the red field of battle than do.
Were it my in power to encircle
the brow of each with laurel
wreath. of honor and emolument, |
would gladly pay Mississippi's debt
to Mississippi's son. The delega.
tion, sir, of which | have the honor
to be a member, hascome into this
convention untrammeled with any
instructions, and the only interest
which the county of Lowndes has
to subserve is to place the Demo
cratic banner in the hands of a
standard bearer, who in triumph
will wave it over the battlements
of the enemy. =
After a full aud impartial survey
of the whole field, it is our judg.
ment that General Lowry Is pre-.
eminent in the front rank.
Asa 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 smoke and the roar and the
turmoil OF battle, his lofty crest
was ever glittering in the van for
the rally Of his host.
In the civil walks of life, Lowry
has stood forth in advance ofthem
all to encourage, to console and
arouse his c0uutrymen.
From the time he appeared at
Fortress Monroe and the National
capital in behalf of Jefferson Davis,
that grand old man, our loved yet
fallen but immortal chieftain, to
whom God has given length of days
and permitted him to fill with
deeds of glory, from that time and
OH, when the fierce passions of sec
tional animosity broke over the
State, as the storms ride over the
ocean, it was Lowry who spoke out
to cheer and rouse Mississippians
When the dark black cloud of
Radisalism hung like q funeral
pail over this sunny land OF ours,
aud rained down all the ills and
evils OF an outrageous civil govern
ment, bis heart never failed him.
When the old Democratic ship had
been cut loose from its mornings
and tempest.tossed upon % sea of
passion, bis hand guided the helm,>
whilst passion blew the gale.
Amid all the gloom and dark
ness OF the past, when our political
sky had neither sun, moon nor
stars, from his brave heart and
brain emanated an electric Hash
which Illuminated The heavens with
IL patriotic glow.
Upon every field aud in every
contest with the enemies of bis
country, his words OF cheering
have swept over the State from It's
eastern borders ACROSS to the great
Father of Waters, and come sing
ing back from the northern boun-
dary to the gulf-girt southern
line, and all who would strike one
blew for Mississippi found IN him
a friend and advocate.
His character, too, like that OF
Epaminondas, is adorned with
every virtue and stained with no
vice. Mississippians in honorlng
him will honor Mississippi.