Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-05-12
BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE.
To the Life Of Senator Harris by
Senator Hoars

% bhe Lie OF benaJOr ALrr15 By d
Senator HOar,
Among the addr, sses at the recent .
memorial in the Senate given in honor /
OF the laJe SENATOR lsham g. Harris, /
there were perhaps mono 50 strik ngly (
descriptive Of the dead Sc lator as that /
of Senator Hoar, who at tho age of three |
score and ten after vars Of political !
life is abundantly able TO culOgiza the !
memory Of mon, who, With bin, have |
faced the storms Of tue nation. Tbs Is !
what he said:
Mr.. President the great career Of Sem
atUr Harris is we'll known t. his cum
trymen. Hs has been for moro than a
gCnert ON IL striking and conspicuous fl e
uru in our public life. His colleague,
bis successor, the men OF his own UUit-
zeal faith, the people Of the great state
whom he served ana hpnOrod and loved
50 long, viii, each in their own way
portray h character and record, their
esteem and affection.
My tribute VIII DO that of n political
opponent. So far as | have Lesn a9le
to exert any influence upon the history
Of my country during Tho long conf ct
now happily past it has been IN oppJs
ton 10 HIM, 10 the party 10 wnicu Inc
belonged, to the opinion which he held,
/ am sure, quite as zealOualy and con-
scientiousIy rs hold nay own.
No entered the Senate on tho same
day. H. was a SOuthernpr, Il democrat,
and confederate. was oOrn an bred
in Now England, II republican and an
AuolIt.onlsJ. We rareiy spoke ia ta
same debate except on d ifercnt sides
Yet have no memory OF him that T.,
not tender and alfeCLiOhat,', AM there is
nothing that can honestly say Of him
except words Of respect and Of honor.
lie was typical Suuthcrner. lie
had the virtues and foiblcs that belong.
ed to that Character in the generation
the last Of whom are now passing from
the stage of public action. he was
man oil very simple and very high quail
tiles; he was man OF absolute frank
ness in public behavior and private
dealing. Tue thought that was in his
heart correspondent absolutely with
the utterance of his lips lie had moth
ing to conceal. | was about to say he
was man without the gift Of diploma
Cy; hut he was il man with the gilt Of
the hIguesJ plomacy-d ,rectness, sim.
pliciJy lrankncss cOurage-qu4litics
which make always their way to their
mark ana to their goal over all cirCum-
locutions and IN Equities.
He was man vi ur,et, clear and COM
pact speech. lie would sum up in few
vigorous and ringing sentences tile arg
umCnLs to Which other men would give
hours and days. He had an instinct for
the hinge or turning poiuJ.of debate.
lie WIS man OF absolute int gritty
and steadfastness. WuaJ he said. that
lie would do, Where you left hun,
tn re, SO long as he lived, you would
lind him when you came back. lie WAS
man of unfinching courage. lie watts
not afraid OF any antagonist whether in
The hall OF debate or on the field Of
battle.
lie was an acknowledged master Of
p.clIamentry law, system upon which
not only the convenient procedure Of
legislative bodies largely depends, but
which has close relations to cOnsLitu-
tional liberty itself. How often few
mpie and clear sentences of it have dis
p3rscd the clouds and brought order
out OF confusion in this Chamber.
lis great legislative experience made
him invaluable as Il servant OF his own
state, Of the country, aud as q counsel
lor to his younger associates.
4Ab WAC d JltdoAlAG IA I'll III DElNdbb III
tprCour5e. Ho had great sense of hu-
NOR, Il gift Of pOrJralGure, a good mumO-
ry. So he brought out Of tho treasure
house of his varied experience abund.
ant matter for The delight Of young and
old. There is no man left in the SEN
ate who was better company in hours
of rec. gtion.
Ills influence will be felt here a long
tim. Ills Ltpi iyiuu HOupa will gtiIl
seem to DO lowering about the senate
chamber, still sitting, still deliberaCing,
: still debating.
Mr.. Pres dent, it is delightful to think
how, during the lives of tho men who
took part in the great conflict which
/ preceded and followed the civil war
and the greater conflict of tho war it,
snlf, the old bitterness and enstrange
ments are all gone. Throughout the
whole land the word 'countrymen" has
at last become title Of enduarment
, The memory of the leaders Of that
great conflict is preserved as tonderl Y
by the men who fought with them a,
by tho men who followed them. Mass
HChuseJts joins with Tennessee in lay.
ing wreath on the tomb of her great
! soldier, her great governor, her great
{ senator. He was faithful to truth as
ne saw it; to duty as he understood it
To constitutional liberty as he conceiv,
, ed it.
If, as some of us think, he erred, his
error was that OF brave man ready tc
! give his life and health and hope to the
unequal struggle.
To his loved cause he offered, free from
stain,
Courage and faith; vain ia ith and cour
ago vain,
And, Mr. President, whom he return.
= ed TO his allegiance, he offered to the
D service Of his reunited country tn,
: same zeal and devotion he had given t,
= the COnfed rAcy. There was NJ rcscrv
D I'D or half-heart-d loyalty. We coult
g have counted on his care for the honor
r and glory OF the country, on his wis,
o and bravo counsel, in this hour of anxi
r ETY. with an unquestioning confidence
0 So Massachusetts, today presses the hand
{ Of Tennessee and mourns with her TO
p her great citizen who has departed
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