Oxford eagle., 1888-01-19
.senasor WalihaII.

marks were maze Dy nun. .. ",
Iongstreet, of Grenada county,
before a democratic caucus IN
placing the name Of Gen. l.. Q.
walthan, before that body for
re election to the United States
Senate
Two brief years ago, support
ed by the voice of the whole
people OF the State of Mississip-
pi, it vas my distinguished
pleasure to place in nomination
for the Oiliee now to be filed by
your selection. oGe Of MIssissip-
PTS noblest and greatest sons.
To might, in answer to the voice
of that same people, WHO, With
all of warm ind0rse ment. all Of
confidence and all of loving
pride, have again, with unbro.
ken unanimity, demanded him
as has own successor, il is my
honor again TO offer in nomina-
ton the name of Gen. Edward
G Walthall, of Grenada, as q
man pure and upright, as n sol
dier MS true of courage as any
knight that ever traved on
Southern sands the peril OF
moslem steel or Pagan lance ;
as a stat esman. profound and
eminent, his history is written
in your every heart, and the
bright record of his acts and
his deeds is the proud reeollec-
ton ofevery Mississippian. No
need, then have / TO strive by
Mandatory praise to exalt him
before you. But we may re-
loice anew, think, that we have
in the councils of the nation, as
the representative of this fair
STATE, one who as a statesman,
seems to have been designed
aud peculiarly fitted for the
time and the spirit that is in it..
The time IS wonderful in its
mOmeDtous issues aud forces,
and the rapidity and integrity
Of their action in this day aud
time of our national and polite
al development; none of the en-.
gines that impel humanity along
the multitudinous paths of in
dustry and achievement ever
rest idly; and still, while others
work, and all roll and whirl and
thunder togehther,.and all life
individual, social and national
responds in universal and sim
ultaneous action, there never
was IA time when the adage that
''he who lags is lost,' was full
of truth and philosophy, and he
who waits for time for prapara-
ton loses all opportunity. For
such d time and such a spirit is
Senator Walthall. AS q states
man and actor, he seems pecul.
iarly fitted. With a massive
and forcible intellectually with
a keen and penetrating acumen;
with wonderful accuracy, splen.
didly equipped with fearless
independence of thought and
action; quick, incisive, no oppor
tunity for achievement finds
him unprepared; no weakness
% f.y yt~so is In his affapts Oniy
tonight has come the message
OF his noble service to his State
and to his friends, action char
acteristic of the man, demon
strating the truth of what !
have said. AS a man in his
character there are no dark and
secret hiding places fol tower
ing ambitions or unscrupulous
personal designs, but frank,
open, clear and strong the vir.
tues that make him whole are
manifest to all men. True as
steel to his friends, firm as gran
ite in his sympathies, and quick
as lightning flash to resist the
wrong. he is a man who has the
love of strong men and bears it
proudly. In the annals of our
late war there is a chapter of
martial lyrics, and one of the
brightest and most triumphant
records is his military renown.
l will not pause to narrate the
stories of Fishing Creek, af At
lanta, of Tennessee, but let me
say that on fields red with blood
where brave soldiers of the
South un0inchingly faced death
as it came shrieking to them in
hurling shells, there where eour
age and chivaliy and devotion
aud the test of the crucible. was
Walthall aud on those fields aud
on those days when death gain
ed its 1000 victims and honor
gained 1000 heroes, on his brow
fell a bright chaplet, great and
enduring love and fame, honors
tribute to those who do heroic
deeds and are noble in their do
ing; and when that great con-
tiict was over, back to the state
lie loved so well, back with the
men he would have died for,
came Walthall, no longer an
officer clothed with superior au
ihority, but soldier with sol
die a Mississippian with Mis-
siss. plans.
It was "present armsn again,
Out it was both outstretched
arms that he presented to men
in whom he no longer saw sub.
ordinates, but friends and
Ia In.