The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-13
NOMINATING SPEECHES.
sly Mr.. Longstreet, &c Grenada.

n. NhAifMAN AND a
Representative Of the county of TIRE
~, and OF a people who acknowledge !
ID profou ldest qualification the r, cogni |
on already given his emiuence and abili |
Aer, but supported by the will and desir,
d The whole people OF the State of Mi
slrrlrpi, who, Knowing and loving hu,
nave again, IN unniistakable tones Gale,
npOn ann To stand forth, desire TO sub
init 10 Nour consider ltioE Tor the Dnmiua
fi"n now to be ~ de, The name Of Genera
Edward =. Walihall, OF Grenada.
need not tell you IN terms OF minnI
deSc iplion Of one you know 70 we'll. Tin
soaring eHge flashing his gray winl
against drscs pulng sifnbvan,r. rhar.us NOR
IN his native grace aud beauty Ihdn wh,I
subjected TO microscopic diss, elton. The
towering pine, lftiug it, grand proportion
in.o the blue ether upon the mountain
creri, outlined against the silver sky in at
its massive strength aud beauty, loses moth
ing ul tie pre- eminepce because nu hugei
board points 10 it-so vi humanity, The
man Is the mau, and all the rhetUrician's
art aud the Analysts touch can discover
naught but pre- existent qualities, nor give
lasting lu-tre aud glory where glory and
honor, with trdnsplendent radiance, doer
not already blaze.
Let me say, then, in word, that rs
statesman, II m.n aud Mississippiau, h,
is Of the noblest, the kinglitst type-h s
statesnan,hip broad, comprehensive, lib
ersl, Is the outgrowth, The type OF the time
The world his at intervals had its day Oi
sentiment aud OF chivalry-of poesy anu
Of oratory OF states-crail--of daring adj
venture, OF practical science. BUT thest
were epochs, aud this is the present. TIL.
age is the incarnation, he embed ment, tn,
combination and concentration OF all,-and
his statesmanship is al il. It's measure l.
the Constitution OF the Republic and of tn,
State, -i,s heIght,-the needs of the cOun
try its depth. even TO the foundation oi
good government. In the field Of militia
ry renown and soldiery achieyemeFta
Though here th~nuse 80 oft her harp
ha@-strung
THAT not mountain rears its head I'M
sung"
feel that | am peculiarly justified in
one brief alluSiun-ior amid the cannon's
roar when shot and shrieking shell wer.
ringing out wild reqnirlns over the dying
and the dead. when death, in CHASTITY hor
ror stnlked, aud amid he blood and car
mage Of the battle field, gathered in grell
harvests Of LOST lives,--so fine was his conr-
age, SO brightly flashed bis giiltering blade
20 proudly danced his white plume lar IA
---@> van, and - true was the chivalrlc IA
trepiditv that sent aim ever to the thiekesi
nf The fray that no soldier, no Mississipplan,
~,-sut will rejoice in the tribute thai
saw him not III those great con
hicts, but, who, in The annals OF
war, in the stories of comrades see him al
prond flames imperial SCAT with jew l.
bazed, msgnhcently great," now render
unto him. From that eyeutIul day when
prompted by a careful love Tor his soldlery
by a generous spirit OF sell-sacrihce, ever
characteristic, he waived proudly aloit thc
cs,lurs of Confederacy TO craw upon him
sell The fire of a doubtful enemy, and came
unscathed from the bullets and hames OF
blazing mnsketry. To the end OF that CON
fict. no drawer knight, DO truer soldier, no
Sir Galahssd OF III chivalry, ever carried
% ffTf<tff more nobly, more etfectualiy dis
charged heroic duty, or more deeply tn
shrined himself in the hearts aud admlra-
lions al The followers oil common cause.
FROM then TIL nov, his llfe has been
along the ray oi virtues paths and brlgat
honor's cour-e,-no vaultlng ambition, "nu
soVerripn passion, scoriful al Restraint,
has impeile,i HIM towards the goal of his
desires. or TO the 'ar,iuous heights wher,
glory hes Conscience aud Integrity, sen'
s,li.r h nor and higa cOurase, by just anu
even operation, have led nm through Il
career lull of cave, poll icai and military
reno~n, and cr5wned him with laurel
bright and undying.
Il remains now only Tor Us, the represen
tatlyes OF the people OF the State oil Mi
sis~ippi, to put the last stone in rosiiion.
the Gown jewel of his life in place, b!
electlng him our representative IN thai
great forum where giants contend aud the
destinies vi States are moulded.