The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-08-22
TUESDAY MORNING.

Committee on RESOLUTIONS made
the following repo:'.
crate whoae death We have assem-
hled, was b Jrn in Giles County, Ten
nessee, JAN, Oh 1927, and died at {
The Red Boiling Springs, IN Macon
.count,, Tenn.. On August The 18th,
1889, IN The sixty third year of hisg
age. His parents werc Scotch de-
scent, and OF Presbyterian faith,
al elnigrate 1rom North Carroll
I. a IT, this portion Of Tennessee ins
tne early 5ears OF this ,eatury.
GOV. Brown descended from al
!, ace ..elcpra'ea Tor its heroes, ora
d Lsrs aha pUcts, and 20 less hotedl
stor the stern and sserIinE virtues
nat mark Tie .,rogrcSs . f:c.domi
2tuu civlIiZ .ti0n.
I HIS carly years weI- uevoted.t oI
smauuei iauur 40 assist his aients,
Z Tho Mere loor uut highly nohoreGl
sb, all who knew tlem. Ills Early
4 education was ACQdlrtd al 10 he oy
\ re atd vi his parents anu AZ Tue
5r.u field s3uoo's OF that day-aiLe,-
Ewalus al Jackson COLLEGE, Column
ala, Tenn an Institution celebra-
q u u AZ thai Llm".
a Alter completing his education
Rhe studied law at Pulaski
b vnn., with mis- brother, GOV. Ne'
sSo. Dro~n wnerc no practlc~i WI tt
q son.ucnI s.ceess uaui the com
s. ncnceu!eLL ut the Ia-e war. Ill
p.ned the couteuerate arDy As
f. pa Ii, I'll company, aha ahafeC
H. zoo uLe vi No: ~ Tie cos ant
Et-me oub "a NJ = u General, icit3llet
q = .Lh iaurclo wiGao rspruac "poi
"a maine, hUntrru anu heloVcd o.
Mis- inca and Low officers. a
E5Aougn oft, n wounded ne passes
@vhiousb many battles in witch Ii
Bwas engaged, with stem unialterini
Elcvotlon ~ duty, which has eve
-smarkcd his career in life, and wit
a. dsItng and briiliancy unsursass
] I'D, aud rarely equ lied by tue iame
B1ommanders OF the world fame
War. His expo is AMI career bt
lung to history and Will be IN
= i.eme OF The historians In ages yt
6 E 10 come, and need not b. repeate
Mere Alter tie war he Was electe
r Ea delegate 10 the convention
Hirame new ,ti.utioa Tor tt
Estate OF Tennessee, and was eie'
ted pr.sldens ol the cbnvGntlo
!, EHe has lett his impress upc n Il
. Mcharacter of that constitution mo
Eeffectually tor good prohah
than any other member of the Co
nvention. He was afterwards twi'
Helected Governor of the State at
Mime when the state policy was
Rtran si,ion, and therefore required
;, Rpilot OF courage and sagacity. Th
= pilot was found in Gov. Brown, wi
y dad the ability to know his du
Elnd the nerve TO do it. How nobl
ably, aad heroically be filled [
trying and difficult duties OF I
!. esponsible position, let history a
- .wer. Thus we see he was tahiti
:. IN counsel as he was gallant in WI
!, Gov. Brown was afterwards Gu
ed to take charge of the Got
;, ,ys,em oil Railroads, west OF
- HMississippi river, as attorney, u
- Eae discharged the arduous dut
Zoo, onlv to the satisfaction oil |
90 aowners,i but even to their admin
Lion. He afterwards became
.ceiyer OF the Texas & Pacific ro
s.s and upon its reorganization beca
oh 4 is President.
in In the legal contests in VIII
-, the several roads were involved d
- ling his connection with them,
'ch lore courts, Legislatures and CT
gressinnal committees he sho'
q, IN ability and legal acumen t
no gave him a national legal repr
/ ton equal TO the most emin
an american lawyers.
elo. During Gov Browns connect
II win the TexSs Pacific road the
-, Ehor element uct ame so excited
,.r i. resul ed in strikes in many |
+ .ions Of the country and I'm
reached his road as well as 9th
n, 4Gov. Brown met the crisis will
.suhysicial snd moral courage
mi history furnishes no graIder ex'
or, ole. With that placid heroism
l., .lone of great minds, he awed
,iy, aging elements into quiet, an'
Tn. a result in after Years when
the Brown had resigned the Preside
the of the road committee was
the lby the employers OF the roa
thousaud miles 10 present 10
end Brown an offering valued al tn
ludt lands of dollars as grateful
to pression oftheir esteem and Fri
,lledE ship for him. Can history pre-
rent Ian instance OF higher eviden'
lied, worth.
eing His agency 10 building aud !
d 10 pleting The Texas Pacific raiirs
then flor he was the active factor N
lcck, enterprise, should entitle him
grateful remem brance by ger