The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-09-10
HONORABLE F. y. pELoNY.

We approach the mention Of Judge
Delony's departure from this lie with
feelings Of inexplicable sadness. Our
acquaintance with him dates back over
three decades. II knew him well
Horatio."
"He was man. take him for all in all,
shais not look upon his like again.
Judge Delony was born in Talbot
county, Georgia, on the 10th day of
July, iu the year of Lord, 1886.
DR.. Delony. his father, moved to
Louisiana with bis family while the
Judge was yet STRIPPING He evinced
from early life literary tendency,
being of nervous sanguine temper
ament, his mind soon outstrippeG his
| physical strength, hence the lingering
illness and his early departure from
the bosom of his family aud tho scenes
of his general usefulness.
He came to old Carroll sometime
before the memorable campaign that
placed Abraham Lincoln in possess
sion of the Chief Magistracy of the
Nation.
At Floyd, in the Office of Hugh
Short, we first made the acquaintance
that soon ripened into intimacy in the
then stirring times. The South was
al ablaze with secession fires, aud
there were but few in this section
than that had the nerve TO peer
through the conflagration and the
smoke and gaze at the danger
ahead.
Douglas and johnson, the Union
Democrats. had scarcely corporals
guard to stand by their banner in old
Carroll. There were not more than
eight or ten who led the forlorn hope
Nearly everybody WAS for Brecken-
ridge and Lane on the part of the
Democrats and for Bell and Everett
on the part of the Wings. 1t was a
perilous time for those whose motto
was Douglass and johnson and the
Union. Hugh Short with his rugged
eloqnence fearlessly fought for the
Union, and young Delony equally as
fearless and aggressive with burning
words of eloquence described the
threatened danger to the South We
, were with them in the "True ISSUE"
but it was all in vain, aud when the
storm and the tempest came, the same
Union loving Delony was among the
first TO shoulder his musket in de-
fence of his beloved Southland, while
numbers of the loud-moulhed fire eat
ers, who had denouEced.the Unionists,
sneaked within the Federal lines
We may here pertinently say that
the Judge never failed all through life
to evince the courage of his convic-
tons.
The war over, he devoted himself
like a good citizen to his family and
his profession as Counsellor aud At
torney-at-Law. How well he succeed
ed is to a great extent matter of his
tory His home devotion is seen hr
its happy surroundings. His legal at
tainments are luminous as matter of
public record. AT the Bar and on the
Beuch he was the peer of the very
best in the palmy days of the profess
sion, and by his brilliant talent and
solid requirements he commanded the
respect and admiration of his fell
low practitioners far aud near.
As citizen and a fellow man, his
career will bear. the closest scrutiny
possible. AS citizen, being natural
ly of an aggressive disposition, he was
always found in the front ranks when
any public movement was afoot. He
was natural leader among men, and
so sanguine, that he was often found
in advance of the times. In his fierce
and. fearless battles with the carpet
bag element during the dark days of
reconstruction in this parish the true
elements Of his character and his noble
efforts for The public good, stood out
in bold relief His life was so full of
action that what we have to say may
be justly classed as mere mention.
1t is well known that no public spirit
ed citizen can possibly stand so per-
sistently in the front ranks for the
benefit Of the many so long as he did,
without having detractors and fault
finders innumerable barking and biting
at his heels. We sincerely hope that
they all will now in common with our