The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-08-04
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.Cefo Gufio ln MARCH 1850 ho
removed with his uncle, Joseph
". ChalmefR 10 Holly Springs,
Miss whore h. btcam0 clerk aud
student ~ law in the office "
Barton y Chalmers, where ho
remained until the NH N 1891,
during which time hc did nn
amount n intellectual labor that
wus imply wonderful ho not only
mastered bis profession, but read
with great ayidity history, 20
nance, poetry and politics, and
laid the foundation of HE great
success. ~ u lawyer, mn orator aid
politician His uncle having been
appointed Chancellor, lac took his
place Ia the law office, and IN 1912.
! though only eighteen years Of age,
having obtained a special license.
hc entered The law firm Of Barton
d Glenn lie developed an early
passion for politics, and before he
was eighteen years old became
not only an able political writer.
but also q promising speaker, and
met in debate Hon. j. W. Clapp,
who was then one Of the most able
Wing speakers in the State, TO the
entire satisfaction Of his friends
and his party. In the fall Of 1874
he removed " Jackson, Miss, and
though only twenty, entered thor,
uughly into the exciting campaign
Of Polk and Clay and established
himself in the front rank Of Dem.
o%cratic orators in the State. From
that time until his death he was
recognized MS one Of the intellee.
tual giants Of the State, and the
old men Of Marshall county will
remember the use and power Will,
which he crushed the Hon. J. W.
&C.. Watson in their debate in Holly
Springson Know othingism But
his career was beautifully described
in n funeral Grafton Of the Hon.
Thos. j. Wharton, who said:
David Chalmers Glenn WIS n r..
markable man. God had youchsaied to
him cndowments mrely bestowed upon
our race. There was q magnetism about
him both charming and irresistible.
Again in 1913, when the party with
| whose destiny his fortunes were idcntI.
fed was once summoned 10 the
field In grand national tournament, his
clnriun voice was heard rcsounding in
strains Of loitiest ~eloquence from Tisho-
mingo 10 the seashore. So in 1850 and
81, when the State aud the Union were
%c0nyulsed by the admission Of California,
he was found where the missiles flew
thickcst and fastest. His last and most
brilliant campaign was in the national
election OF 1861, a struggle which culmi-
mated In onr %dcplon,blc civil war. .
But, II possible, his career IN his proies.
sion was more conspicuous than IN the
political arena. In 1919, having barely
attained the uge required by the consti-
tuition, twenty-five years, he was, by an
overwhelming majority, elected attorney
general Of the State. low lac sustained
himself in d~ischarging the nnluous and
responsible duties Of that responsible
position may bc inferred from his unani.
nous election 10 a second term. At the
close Of that term he resisted all appeal,
10 I'LL the station longer. But III,
divine afllaius which inspired his utter
ances and carried irresistible conviction
TO the minds Of his hearers lias dicI
away, even ~ the remembered notes o
u mute Tyre. That dark flashing eye, OF
fire with genius, TINT silver tongue Will
rs mellilin0us accents, that spare lith'
frame, trembling under the inspiration
Of the inner life struggling for birth, an
oil remembered by lhose 81 ns who's
good fortune II was 10 behold him 'whpl
his blood was up and the full tide Of In
spinton WAS pouring upon him."