The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-01-20
Speaker Sharp-phe Speech that
Nominated Him


in placing Gen. JAooBH. SHARPin nom
ination for Speaker, said ask no deed |
10 your attention. but only 70 be made |
its tenant for ten minutes, and promise |
yCu that 40 writ of ejectnent snail be |
required % eject me when the lease ex-
vires Put no barrier, then, between me |
and your patience, for | will not commit |
a tresDass upon it. Neither does the |
occasion tempt me 10 sue for ambitions !
tickle favors. for they are like the uncer-
tain glory of a -vren's smile but | rise |
with the proud consciousness of a mis- |
sion which. if successful, will result in
,,oo8 to the Commonwealth L0wndes
county has constituted me her ambas
sador to presentf0r the Speakership Gen.
Jaeob II. Sharp, her most distinguished
son. lie needs no euiogy from me 10 RAISE
The standard Of his praise, for his past
speaks its own perfection. Having al
ready in a position of high ana hority made
distinction for the state, his services are
again at her disposal. Having with
| honor guided the destinies OF q brig
ade of her soldiers, il is safe to as
sumo that he can be trusted to preside
over the deliberations Of this body
! Whether YOU viii compliment your
judgments by electing him, it is not for
me to forecast, but this | assure YOU,
| without fear OF successful contradiction,
~ 1T be event of your failure so TO
do, ne viii ieai upon tue iIoor Of tbs
| house. for "as one star diflereth from
another in glory, so will it result from
the inevitable consequences Of mis- &c
Mus Were to lift my thoughts into a
higher moral atmosphere in AL attempt
ed description cf his legi0nary virtues,
language wonld fail, and fling a SEIZED
ule Of its assets, retire into voluntary
bankruptcy. With past full Of glori-
oss results, the present pregnant, with
this probability and "a future dependant
upon life alone for splendid accomplish
ment, surely such magnificent manhood
is natures grandest possibility.
As the stately Saul stood head and
shoulders above his fellows, So in mental
altitude does he tower amidst his sur
roundings, or rather like some sun lit
spire that still reflects the glory Of depart
ing day when the landscape around it
has beea caught in the shadows. What
would be fattery of some, is truth " hen
applied 10 him: for commentator in
his regard, like the judgment of a court
of competent. juris dlctioD, imports abso-
lutte verify. so surely as the shifting
tide follows upon the changes OF the
great deep, as truly do all the manly
qualities follow The path his footsteps
make. His c0urtIy bearing attests a
mind of chivalrous conceptions, and yet
so gentle is his disposition that any
man with mind enough to escape writ
Lof lunacy can comprehend that his
heart is the home of charity. So true,
however, is bis conscience 10 duty, tina.
the ground of his faith j. as firm as the
soil on which rests the rocks that rise
into mountains. Perfect in his physical
formation, magnetic in his manners,
blessed with Judgment primarily nice
in its distinctions and adjusted by try
ing experience to a perfo ct equipoise
his creation was q declaration that be
should become Il nan amongst men, and
his after life has made good the procIa-
nation. If elected he will preside with
grace and dignity; preserve order by
firmness, tempered with wise discretion.
aud withal be 50 just in his rulings aud
impartial in his recognition that the
majority viii feel blessed in their ballots
and the minority be gratifed at their
good fortune.
As an ayocation he follows the ancient
and highly honorable calling of agricul-
ture ;and by industry and aptitude he has
made it distinguished success. No
18th Amendment has with him the how
and when to engineer plow and talk
business 10 mule, but by wise counsel
and good manage ment, has been taught
the value of labor, and in consequel e
fields that once covered their nakedness
with broomsedge in the depths of their
desoation, or covered in shame beneath
the despotism of dog-fennel, now blush
in the beauty Of harvests or laugh with
the fulness of their abundance. More
ever he has moved his corn crib and
smoke-house south Of the Ohio river,
and gone into the ''hoq and hominy''
business on his own account. When the
war commenced he was the junior mem
Der Of law firm composed of himself
and brother, but the firm dissolved into
the Confederate army and his brother
laid down his bright life for Dixie, and
such was his valor that his foes coffined
his remains and marked their last rest
| ing place.
His military career has gone into his
tory and is now a part of the States
distinction. Suffice it to say that he has
led men wnere every step was a soldiers
last, and every rattle of masketry was
the death rattle of many a hero, and
captured entrenched places filed with
men that the draguet Of Fedora bounty
had gathered in from Europe, Asia and
Africa.
He has never turned his back on
friend or to foe, and, the premises con-
si9ered, the excellence of his character
is so well rounded ont that it stands
boldly outlined as the fullness Of perfect
ed manhood.
For valiant and able service to his
State, President Davis promoted him,
and trust that you will follow the prec-
edent thus set by one 50 dear to the
heart IF every true Mississippian.
Col. Wright aud Mr.. BaIenforth, tie
prominent business men of Louisville, who
we're killed in the recent great fire there.