The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-09
NOMINATING SPEECHES.
Rv Mr., Longstreet. Of Grenada.


Mn. CnAIRMAN AND GENTLEMfN: A.
the Representative uf the c"uuly Of Gre
nadia and OF II people who acknowledge
with proiou ldesl qualification the coyui.
ton already given his eminence and abili.
ties, but supported by the will and desire
II the whole people Of the State OF Mis-
si-sippi, who, knowing and loving him,
have again, in unmistakable tones called
upon aim to stand firth, desire TO sub.
NIT to your consideration f'r the numiua
lion now To be- made, the (ianls, OF General
Edward G. Walthall, OF Grenada.
need not tell you in terms OF minute
desc iption OF one you know 80 we'll. The
soaring engle, flashing hi. gray wing
.gainst desc, riding sunhenus. charms more
IN his native grace and beauty than when
subj cted to microscopic dissection. The
towering pine, lifting it, grand proportions
iu;O the blue ether upon the mountains
crest, outlined against the silver sky in all
it's mussive strength aud beauty, lOses moth
ing of lite pre- emiuenCe because no finger
board points to ito of humanity, the
man is the man, aud all the rhetorcinn's
art aud the Analysts touch can discover
naught but pre.existenI qualities, nor give
lasting lu-tre aud glory where glory and
honor, with transplendent radiance, does
not already hlule
Let me say, then, in a word, that as Il
statesman, a man and u Mi-si-sirpian. h.
il of the noblrst, tn kinslirst type-hl-
4tattsman,hlp, broad, comprehensive, lib.
raj, 4the outgrowth the type of the ime
The world hts at intervals had its day Of
4 { AZ, Il
Of urHlory of statta.crnlt--nf during adj
venture, OF practical science But these
were epochs and this il the present. This
pge is the incarnation, the embodiment, the
com inaliuu aud concentration OF all, and
his stnIe-manship is al it, It's measure is
the Constitution OF the Republic and OF the
State, lis helght,-the needs Of the cnun
try its depth, even to the foundation pi
good government In the field of militia
ry renuwn aud soldiery achievement
Though here the muse no oft her harp
hath strung
That not mountain rears its head I'M
sung"
! feel bat | nm peculiarly justified in
one brief allu,iun-lOr amid the cannon :
roar, when shot and shritking shell were
ringing out wild r,quirms over the dying
aud the dead, when death, in ghasIly hor.
ror slalked, aud amid he blood and car.
mage of the battle h,ld, gathered in great
naryestS Of lost lives,-su tius was his cour.
age, 80 brightly flashed his giitterIng blade,
~ proudly dauCed his white plume lar in
thu van, aud ~ true was the chivHlric in
trvpldity that sent him ever to the thlcke>t
Of a ,l,itsr
but will rejoice in the tribute that
saw him not in those great CON
uIots, but, who, in the annals of
war, in the stories ol comrades SEE him at
"rr,nd iame's imperial scat with jew, Is
baEed, magnlhcvutly great now Render
unto him. fium that rventlul day when
prompted by careful love for hi. Soldirry.
10y genvruus spirit al ,sll-sacritce, ever
characteristic, he waived proudly alult the
c,lurs OF CunteucrdCy Ia vraw upon him.
s,l The hire OF u duubtlul enemy, and came
uuscath,d from the bullets and flames of
blazing muskeIry. Tothe eud OF that con
Hict, no Drawer knight, 40 truer soldier, no
Sir Galahad OF all chlvary, ever carried
himself more molly, more ,tivctually dis
charged heroic duIy, or mure deeply en-.
Sllrined himself IN the hearts aud admira-
ilous Of the followers OF common cause.
From then till nov, his life has be,n
along the way OF virtues paths and bright
honors cuurse,-no Waiting ambition, mo
sovereign passion, seurnlul of RESTRAIN"
has impelled HIM towards the goal of his
desires, or 10 the 'arduous heights where
glory lies Conscience aud integrity, sen.
SitiNe honor and higa Courage, by Just aud
even operation, have ted him through u
career lull of eve, poll zeal aud military
renoWn, and cruwned han with laurels
bright and undying.
1t remains nov only for Us, the represen