The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-23

right square through the body with n mimic ball.
He knew that IL they caught him they would
tie q silk handkerchief at. the end OF IL, and
shove II clean through his body In the track OF
e6t S on one eh oF k lie PHt HnVi tbo Tp f eG br en- SAT- apa
lions and rode him thirty miles to where his
aunt lived and there contracted pncuinopi a. 9n!
died. Talk to me about obscure heroes! That
~ said that Harian's regiment was made IN
OF a different class " people. IL WINS mad" upof
men who had come to the conclusion that the
war meant something men who went In 10
fight. They went in deliberately TO stay their
three years. They served under Geurgc VI.
Thomas. And | want to say. incidentally, that
more injustice has been done to George IL.
man who took part in that great connict. love
to go up 10 Thomas Circle and look At him on
Thomas on his horse. ! did IL for two reasons.
In Smc hrit place may Is thi only rE[IllSGt me
ton. Laughter In the second. place IL
so,cd ~ fGS t.n i h91 ~, !, h,c On a,,G II t., AMI l. o rG'ipas
Rock of C~hickamauga.' II Thomas had not
been y Nlrginian, IL he had not hrcn a border
man, he would have been the General int hicf
Of all the .arinies. They wrote him down. but
they shall not, keen him down, Harlan's rcgi-
show how pugnaciuus the kcntuckv spirit is !
will tell Won mn incident. The chaplain Of that
regiment was n minister named Vince Nash.
manding. lie ordered Sash iU - back among
the wounded. but he wouldn't 10 It. lie rushed
WI " wv lI'llI W wv NV lANll'l'A 'f' WV 'NlN
and hU shouted: 'lIoyst give them hell as col.
Hayes says ILaughtgr.l
Obscure heroes Why, Sir, very few Of tho
men who jeerel at me ON ,thc other sid' tho
other day had ever heard Of julIn SEWER. or
Isaac shelby, or men like them. Now. MIR,
Chairman. what does America owe to such men Z
Are they obscure, and does any man blame me
for being proud Of the fact that was born end
that are found in West Virginia and Missouri
and Tennessee. and Kentucky and Kansas |
tell you I could recruit more men In my county
to-day to go and fight the battles Of this country
II II were In arms against the world could re-
licans. the politics makes no diirerence-l could
recruit more men IN that one great his,
s tstio in ''9 Tsx York E; p aSd Fi4Enipl aa&l S Snla 'G aud
all the money centres of the country. These
people do the fighting all TIE time. And be-
cause they do the i%lglltlng, they have a right to
have something to say ab9ut how the country
shall be run when H. i not lighting.
said | lived in Kansas. viii tell you how
1t happened. went on, there with Mr., Hudson,
who sits over on the other side Of Tho House, to
practice law. lie and were in n law school to-
gether. went to Wichita. which - built where
the two Arkansas rivers come together, thcNCar
after tho grasshoppcrs had ealcn the state up;
everybody Thought the grasshpppers were com
ing again. left the state to Ec"pcirar of hem.
tuo nEii'W n PN,g inv and tl Mtiis Is 4 hs way wey 7 az Uo Tout out
of the state"
At this point Mr.. Clark incidentally referred
TO Jerry Simpson and praised his carnestness in
the cause of, the people. A mcnIber asked:
/" Hadn't, you better postpone this sulogy until
ne ultS T anu u NlfthfT NIIllllutls
NO, sir; / am going TO speak it while he Is
living. There Is an old dictum, say nothing
maxim ought To be reversed. it does not make
any difference what you say, aDout II dead man;
he is dead, and you cant make him any deadcr.
lLaughter.l The saying ought to he In this
form say nothing about a live man except
1.-THE first Major General that I ever saw-one
OF the handsomest men that ever lived was
Lowell II. Rousseau. God bless his memory!
eypry rptlnty in krntupk men who were de
termined to get into thc, war Just a. soon rs a
gun was fired. He could not even drill them in
Kentucky; he took them across the river, either
it, Generslf" iIaddressing Mr.. sicklcs.j
"Gen. Rousseau" Mr.. Clark continued.
formed those men into Rousseau's Louisville
s gfsao"' Wine ihniHlsfha he was SEWING Ts m"i here ere'i he broke bro Sn a
cane over some fellows head a thing that
tLaughter.l Yes; IL was a Republicans head
that he broke the cane over. They were going to
expel him from the House. lie resigned and
reelection. And here is something which shows
how Kentuckians feel-they would not allow any
mar @whe snH hee ' had broken that M Helm Repub-
lican's head with n cane 1t made him 80 popular
In his district that they wouldn't let n sim
anything. Laughter and npplnuse.l They
reelected him, and nj. a mass meeting held
him with a gold -headcd cane. a tough
Kentucky hickory. The President OF the I,nited
states Ut tnht TIME. hl'lTtW JbnnSOn, l lillIlk IL
was, appointed him to DO military Governor of
the State of Louisiana. To show you the feeling
OF the people of this country toward n Federal
General and the military Governor OF n great
state. when he behaved himself so much like n
gentleman. the fact is that when he died OF The
yellow fever in that city, he was followed to the
grave by the universal sorrow and regret Of all
OF the people Of that great city. lApplause.l
Obscure heroes! II that man had lived up in
Massachusetts. my God! how many books would
have been written about him. [Laughtcr.1
"One time. and this is another illustration. n
MICHIGAN t.pnprnl nnHRrinnE IN ltpInFn old
Frank WolfOrd about not keeping up his milf
tary harness and war gear. Finally he got the
old hero mad. They were camped about where
my friend McMiliu lives in Tennessee at that
time. Wolford said at last; Damn you, ! didn't
come down here TO steal negroes: | came to
fight. My regiment is not very good for dress
parade. hut II you bring out tho three best Mich
igan regiments you have got, ] will run them
out Of Tennessee before sundOwn.' Obscure
heroes! ] suppose will be ilayed IN n hundred
papers tomorrow for this speech. lLaughter.l
ORA UB4CKs OF 4 mack EYE,