The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-04-20

and public career. In an address upon that
great mans life and services something OF his
own bent was revealed In the following words
spoken In commentator OF the character and
career he was discussing:
He knew the people; he mingled and asso-
ciated with them; he was one OF them. He knew
their thoughts. their wishes and their asplra-
lions. lie also knew their troubles and trials
their hindranees TO success In life. He sympa-
thized with them In their Joys and their SORROWS.
lie believed they were capable OF sclf-goyern-
ment. He believed they knew their own IL
terest. He had faith that In the long run they
would be, must be, right. Having this
faith In them, he was accustomed In forming
his judgment on public measures to give large
consideration to the opinions OF the people.
Even more perhaps than the statesman oil
whom he spoke, though neither did so always.
did his eulogist defer to the opinion OF the
masses Of the people upon questions OF direct
concern 10 them and out of his sympathy for
them arose his jealousy OF the growing power
OF corporations and the capitsllstlc classes.
which he never sought TO conceal. III any sup
posed this sentiment sometimes tinged his iudg-
ment or tended to misguide him, none ever
doubted its sincerity. Ii was his pride that ne
sprang from the people and theirs that he rose
so high. lie attached much value TO their
to the confidence he reposed In them. They
were grateful for his good Offices and for their
approval and support. lie ma lie their cause his
own, and II was like him to espouse AM urge 1t
with all the intensity of his nature.
Proud as he justly was OF his name and fame
as lawyer, soldier, judge and senator, and care
ful ever TO guard them, IL his epitaph were
limited to single sentence most accordant with
reference, am not singular In the belief that
"a friend Of the people" would be inscribed upon
his tomb.
senator Moneys Tribute.
Senator Money delivered the concluding ad.
dress. Senator Money spoke as one who knew
Senator George perhaps more Intimately than
any other senator who spoke. Ills tribute WAS
as follows:
Mr.. President, this tribute to the memory Of
the late Senator J. z. George, my illustrious
predecessor, Is the Offering of friendship that
has en- lifelong, unbroken and Intimate. He
once said to me that my family for three genera
lions had given him three OF his best and dear
est friends.
a near observation of his private and public
life enables me TO form jus. estimate of his
great character. l think few men knew him as
well and none loved him better than |.
My friendship had In it every quality of es-
tcem of respect, OF admiration Of confidence,
and Of alice ion that could make the tie sacred
and binding. Its spell Is strong upon me and
though shall live to his rpc age, 1t shall still
blossom in my heart
When n boy 1 first began to know him at his
own Preside. His tenderness for his young wife
and gentleness and forbcarancc with his chill
dren were evidences OF the warm heart within.
A oan. man, he married the woman he loved,
and for half a century they walked the path OF
life, hand In hand, with mutual confidence, trust
and devotion. He loved his children, and all
through this life that aifec,son has been duly
reciprocatcd.
His wife and children admired and loved him
most because they knew him best. They loved
him for his gentle character because they felt
his unceasing tenderness, for his charity be-
cause they knew his Kind deeds and forbearance,
for his intellect because they knew its power.
| knew each of his children well, and have
never known the relations of father and child
more substantially true AMI tender. What good
eiie' flow from strong, true love that is full
of sympathy served 10 form his character
through over fifty years of exemplary home life.
lie was thoroughly democratic In his associa-
citation, an required of his companions neither
position, power nor wealth, but only upright
ness of character and congenial temperament.
In his charities no man that have ever known
of the same fortune has ever equalcl him. The
poor of his neighbOrhOod and beyond it were the
constant recipients Of his bounty. Every case
OF distress received from him generous re-
Spouse.
He particularly delighted TO make comforta-
BILE the old soldiers who had served with him in
Mexico and the late war; and his charities were
so transformations that the public knew of them
only by chance. AS a citizen he was public spir.
tied and liberal, and In every good work he was
foremost whether to build church or a school
house, or any other matter OF public convent
ence or use, he was The most ben tfcent gver.
He WIS easily affected by the griefs OF others,
and have often seen his stro0g face wet with
sympathetic tears at the story OF distress. His
mind was massive ami vigorous, interchangeable
in its operation sustained by an energetic and
indomitable will and an immeAse physical capac-
ity for labor.
He was an unwearied student. surrounded
himself with books, and was never satisfied with
halfway researches. His mind was eminently
analytical, working With great precision in his
logical reasoning and following every thread of
reasoning IS remotest consequence Admit
lis premises ali his conclusions could not be
denied. He was always careful and anxious
about his facts, and spared no pains to verify his
understanding of them.
This analytical faculty made his inquiries ex-
haustiye, and when he had gone over subject
there was very little left for those who followed.
He had a rare combination of the synthetical
with the analytical. and his constructive powers
have left behind him the greatest monument to
his genius in the present constitution OF Mssis-
sppi. His president mind foresaw the necessity
for a new constitution that would deal success
fully with the difficult problem of suffrage That
threat tened to demoraliZe the State, so he earn
estly advocated convention, and became with
ease its leading spirit. In a body OF men who
have never been surpassed in a constitutional
convention OF any State he was acknowledged
the head and all eyes were turned to has tsf .hs
settlement Of all vexed questions.
He knew the people of Mississippi, having
sprung from their midst; he loved them; he
trusted them, and devoted his great power to
their service.
s.lllust has said of a distinguished Roman of
his time that the statues of his ancestors In the
Forum always moved him to a noble fury to
strive by every means to emulate their great
achievements. So the history of the struggles
and achievements of this great and good man
his illustriOus example.
In his public career his solicitude was always
about the plain people of the country. He pre-
ferred the committees which he thought would
enable him TO do them the greatest service. He
asked me once: "Can you not help me find some
work for the poor the women of the Sou,h-some
work for the spare moments from wearisome
employment" The sad condition Of the poor,
the hopeessness of female drudgery, the small
and infrequent opportunities for Improvement.
the narrow life, the monotony, all appealed to
him with pathetic power to mitigate in some
manner the hard fortune of their lives
One of the strongest characteristics OF this
strong man was his sustained and resolute pur-
pose. 1t is said OF the mountain cellar that
''Moored In the rifted rock.
Proof to the tempest shock,
The frmer IL roots them
The ruder IL blows"
So his purpose hardened and his resolution
became more fixed by adverse criticism and OPP
position, yet withal he had no mere pride OF
opinion and never hesitated to yield to proof or
reasoning better than his own. have spoken
of his charities to the poor and his tenderness to
his family and friends, and must now say that
he regarded his enemies with little consideration
hi