The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-09-29
A NOTABLE TRIBUTE.
CHIEF JUSTICE JAcKsoN's SPEECH ON
SENATOR HILL AT THE CAPITAL MEETING.

| Mr.. CHAtRsfAN--The wreath of teauti-
ful immorteles which encircles the
brow Of theiilnstrions dead was woven
Of flowers cuiled not more from the broad
fields Of political adventure and civic
glory than from the narrower gardens of
Legal lore and forensic renown. II is
meet, therefore, that in response to the
invitation of the Committee of Arrange
ments, as Georgia's head of the admins
tration OF her laws, add few words
to what has been said N honor of his
memory.
| Less than twelve months ago the
State was draped in weeds of mourning,
and with the circle of the
entire sisterhood she bowed her head in
sorrow and wept over the fresh grave
OF the Chief Magistrate Of the Union.
The rude and ruthless ''nanner of his
taking off, the protrqcted, weary and
sad footsteps ofthe great sufferer through
the dark valley Of the shadow Of deafh;"
the patient beroism with which he endur-
ed the anguish, aud the painful suspense
with which the people hreathlessly
watched the eveht--all struck the great
chords of the American heart with almost
unnttetable sympathy, and its sobbing
| vibrations madea spontaneous and indIg-
nant vail throughout the land. It was
ft, sir, that Georgia officially take her
place in that funeral, and she
did 20 from her heart. IN
this chamber her Legislative,
Executive and judicial Departments Of
Government, the Mayor anS Council Of
this, her capital city. and her citizens
generally assembled, and Georgia's voice
was henrd in the general Iamentation.
But Garfield, Mr.. Chairman, was not
Geofgia's child He was the son of one
sister. and as one of the great family
abe screwed then. To-day she grieves
with mothers anguish. She stands
now by the bier of her own boy-the
offspring of her womb whose cradle
she rocked. whose early footsteps she
watched ms only mother can watch a
son, in whose growth she expanded too
in parental pride. and in theaItitude Of
whose fame she gloried MS her own.
| Well may she weepl "Can mother
forget her stcking cbildG' is the question
Jehovah put TO manifest his uuspeaka-
BILE love for the children of men. Mr..
Hill sucked everything which made him
great from the breast of Georgia. He
was all Georgian. Physically. intellec-
tually, morally he was Georgia's own
son. In the midst of the great red belt
which encircles the body of the State
from the Savannah to the Chattahochee
her rich, red zone-near the geograpb-
ical center-the very core of her heart
Ibis eyes first saw the light, and the
blood which fed his magnificent. ply
siqne flowed from that heart which nov
throbs with anguish over ms remains.
Intellectually, he was her own son. And
alumuus Of her university, there he
sucked intellectual nourishment and
Athens is in tears now while Atlanta
weepH. If honey hung upon bis lips
Georgia bees gathered it from her own
flowers and boarded it there. If the
silver ring of bis eloquence fascinated
attention and moved all hearts with
the magic of its music, that silver was
dug from Georgia mines beneath hei
own red hills. If the sword Of his logic
welded sos her iu the Senate Chamber
OF the Union hsshed and cut like {
Damascus blade, the material was Geor
gia steel manufactured and tempered il
her own workshops. If the broad shield
which he raIsed there in her defence, ant
that of all the South. nverted every blow
and blunted the point OF every iavelir
her traducers hurled at her and heart
/ the material Of it was sturdy oak and th'
granite mountain native to Georgia.
soil Oh. sir. this great Georgian WA
altogether Georgian, and while patriot
4 ism did expand and compass the Unlol
/ in its wide embraces, his heartstring
clustered closest TO the mother who wa
all to himl
!, True patriotism always did. and Away
will burn brightest at the fireside
n Thence its rays will shine over all th
J. land and warm all the homes within tn
reach Of its radiance TO the remotes
: verge of the whole country. Ifit bur
i not there. at home, it will warm nothing
8 Morally Mr.. Hill was Georgia's own sor
q In Georgia church, urder Georgi
preaching. spark from heaven fell int
j his soul and kindled that humble faith !
d Christ which adhered through life an
= made him grand in death. Well migt