West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-08
TUNNETLON

We enjoyed feast last week. Tho
distinguished and eloquent Viurgiuia or.
Htor' COL. Matt Cooper. delivered series
OF lectures here, which exceled ANYTHING
lunnelton has ever heard. He il gifted
WIN rare oratorical powers and ha, the
happy faculty of holding an audience
speil-bound while speaking. He BELONGS
TO the Francis Murphy school OF temper.
shce lecture. On Monday night he deliy :
ered his lecture, "a Plea FOR the Fallen. -
which was listened to with wrapt atten>
uon and highly appreciated. On the fol
lowing nigi I, in his lecture, 1.-The Crisis >.
he tore Prohibition into tatters Uo
made legal argument against il. show.
ing conclusively that il was a direct at
tact upon the personal liberty OF the citi-
zen an uuwsrrauted invasion of the free
I'm OF conscience at war with tho spirit
OF our laws and the genius OF our institu-
tons. Tho proper moral training OF the
youngj an honest, open and candid ap-
peai to the higher manhood and good
sense OF the American people. he claims
~ the only true solution of this vexed
moral and social (but not politic,,D prob
lem. His appeals for larger amount of
Christian charity for the unhappy ines
bria'e are most tender and touching. His
excoriation Z" Ike Johnston Of the r., ee.
man, whom he characterized AS "a rock.
ing mass Of moral ana phi ysicaI rotteness''
was as rich as II is rare.
Col. Cooper, who so completely and
niercilessly lacerated aud castigatel
richards, of the Clarksburg Telcg,o,n
AMI who 'lso paid his peculiar respects
TO the Grafton Sentinel a short time since
prpnou need the Newburg CORRESPONDENT
oftho journal, "a liar in his teeth and a
onward ut he"rt," before large assem>
b.aSo cf our people I'm ono OF his lectures.
for saving the churches were closed
against him - aud says he will pay New
curg another visit ere long and make the
correspondent substantiate his charge.
The Colonel holds that a man passessed OF
Character, noverlacks the courage To vim
dictate IL when unjustly assailed.
wish had I he time to give "A SYNOD,
sis of each one Of his lectures, feel sure
The ARGUS readers would enjoy read.
ing them AS we did in listening to them.
lie paid the following beautiful and
touching tribute to Stonewan Jackson i'm
his great lecture, "The Blue and the
Gray" delivered ON Saturday niqht.
Said he: jackson, the splendid syn>
onym or every virtue, the stern anti-
podes of every vice, r3dient mirror re-
hecting nll that wss great and good and
god-like In our species. We thought
MIN far above the reach of Fate. The
pride ofarmios; the prince CT legions ;
The stern and valiant veteran of the cross
as well as the State the worshipped and
worshipfu' chieftain of his intrepid and
inylncible command his shlel was never
gained with dshonor, nor his fl q ever
furled In defeat Lis marches were NOR
rapid, and his movements more swift than
the eagles OF LeaveD, as he swoOped down
upon the belesgured banks of the Pa,omac
or swept through the sunny valley OF the
Shenandoah. the avenging angel OF his
co untry's wrongs, the living depository of
her loftiest hopes, with sacred song M
on his lips, and a stainless sword by his
SIDE, this man-marvel, this mcteoric won
der OF the wonder Of the world, scorned
10 submit TO any foe but death, or bow to
any bchest anve that OF duly and His {, d
But patriot, martyr. CHE fLain, sage, tnuu
art gone! Virginia, like a churishing
mother, threw her arms teDderly around
thee. and thou pr rished pillowed upon her
chaste but bleeding bosom. Oh! that the
plaintiye pleadipgs Of her eloquent grief
c'uid have stayed the iron hand of Dies
Tiny Ou that TO night che could call
back the crimson current and bid the lin
pid life tide laugh and leap in the shrunk.
en- veins, and shrivelled arteries OF the
sp' ctral sleeper. But thou hast crossed
the silent stream over into the Vucless
Valley THOU hast ipiued Lee and Lin
colu, Garfield, Breckenridge, Jeb Stewart
and Sydney Johnston, thet glorious Galaxy
Of martyred heroes in the land of the lei
with them you have donned the wni,e ar
NOR of peace Like them you walk the
radiant battlemonts of the rewarded brave.
with them you now wear warriors crown
In heaven! Brave, ,ure, majestic spirit.
the good and noble OF every CLINE bid thee
and farewell2 Stainless as a sunbeam
spotless as star, thy noble name shall
never die, nor thy illus,rious virtues Der
ish from the earth. With thy death, oh |.
meteor man OF destiny, freedom shrieked
victory deserted the standards of The
brave, and the highest and hottest Ii , pes of
The South were crushed and blasted for
ever Though the star of thy genius hath
sunk behind the hills of time, the golden
sun OF thy resplendet glory viii. shine with
increasing splender through all the cycles
OF coming ages, to become the brightest
Iuminary In the serene upper sky of an
endless aud enduring eternity! Thou hast
hlled the earth with the glory OF thy fame,
and the sunny epirit-land with the fra
GRANGE OF thy VIRTUES
The msanest rill, the mighiest river,
R'll miDgliDg with thy fame forever -,
Col. Cooper's tributes To the martyred
Presidents, Lincoln and Garfi Id, and
Gems. Grant, Lee aud others, were equally
ss magnificent and grand. He pictured
most vivldly the returning of the Union
qplHioF NJ Nha cs,.t