The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1883-02-10
Augustus Il. Garland, Sc
NOR US. Senator for
Arkansas.

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tailor, hang loosely upon his large
boned figure. His face is very dark
and smooth shasen; bis hair is
short, curly and brown. His fore
head is broad and high. HIS eyes
are deep blue. His nose straight,
Hi, mouth is small aud firm, in line
with bits of tobacco eolorlng at the
corners. lie Is a gloomy-appeanng
man and extremely laeiiurn, He
knows nothing about tho lighter
graces of social talk. lie is Il pro
found legal student,
Augustus Ii Garland was born in
Upton county, Teunesse, June IL,
1882. la September OF the same
year his parents removed to the
then territory of Arkansas aud set
tied in Hampstead county, where
the following year (lss3), his faith
er died. His mother subsequently
married Judge Hubbard, IA we'll
known lawyer oil south Arkansas.
Hc waa esSHS.ad at St. Mary's col
lege, htuS graduated at
the lq + inst lon with high hon
ors u N only n htlle over seven
teen Mrs of age. After leaving
college he taught school for term
IN Sewer county and afterwards fill
ed the Office OF deputy clerk in
Hampstead county, In 1858 he
was admitted to the bar, having
studied law in the office of Judge
Hubbard. In the year 1856 Mr..
Garland removed to Little Rock and
was licensed TO practice in the gu
preme court by Judge English. He
soon after formed partnership
with Ebenezer Cummlns, one of the
first lawyers of the stale. The firm
did fine practice and at once took
a commanding position ut the bar
In 1860 Mr.. Garland was elected as
delegate from Pulaski county to
the convention which afterwards,
MAY, 1861, passed the ordinance of
secession. In the debates of this
body he took a prominent part as a
pronounced and Incorporating
opponent OF secession. But on the
re assembling oil the convention, at
ter the fall of Fort Sumpter, and
the commencement of hostIliLies, he
voted for the ordinance withdraw
ing the state from the union.
He was elected one OF the NOM
bers of the Provisional congress OF
the confederaey, which assembled at
Montgomery, Alabama, in May,
1861, and subsequently served both
as representative and senator in the
confederate congress, oelng a mem
Der of the senate at the close of the
war.
At the CLOSE OF the war he resum,
ed the pradV ee of law in Little Rock,
forming a \ rtnership with tho firm
of Nash & hte, The style OF the
new firm y Garland, White &
M~Al ..-4-z k&Gts @Mr. Gari''"4 was
elected TO NJ United States senate
but when I}e appeared on March 4,
] LOOty W teANC llJ cCal llt was Itluetu
admission. 1t was In 1866 THAI he
made his great argument before the
supreme court of the United States
on the removal OF the disabilities Of
southern lawyers-the case thai
gave him a national reputation as u
constitutional lawyer, GSoe Gar
land, exparte 4 Wallace, Tho dc
cision OF this case in his favor was
regarded a. q great victory, espo.
cially by the lawy re- OF the south,
In 1871, after the death of Mr..
White, Mr. Nash WITHDREW from the
firm and afterwards removed from
the sta c, Mr.. Garland next formed
copartnership with our wcll-knowu
and popular attorney, Col Sterling
L. Cockrill, under the firm name Of
Garland u CockriIl, He continued
ia active practice with Col. Cock
rllI, dong fine business till his
election as governor IN 1874. Some
three months after his election as
governor he wound mp his law bust.
ness and with the exception Ola few
cases in the supreme court at Wash
.Ington, has since done nothing in
the practice. AS governor OF the
state at II most critical period in its
history he displayed great wisdom
and prudence. 1t was just at the
close OF that stormy period succeed
ing the Crooks Baxter war" whom
the passions of the people were
greatly Iutlamod and the victorious
majority were, 10 many instances,
ready TO deal barshly with the par
ty that had suffered defeat. 1t was
the rising above the mad partisan
ship of the hour that marked Gar.
land as the true statesman, and won
for hid 10 {1fgte regard aud esteem
of his Political opponents. II was
thus libg-ality ana fairness that So
cured for him the support OF most OF
the republicans when he was elected
to the senate in 1876 and the unani.
nous vote of both democrats and
republicans whom reelected TO the
same high position on the 18th nit
His caree in the sena.e has been
forward and upward He is Il close
student deep thinker, IA hard
worker. As a constitutional law