Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-04-23
TRIBUTE TO GEORGE.
Memorial Exercises ih ths ghit )
States Senate;
The Great Mississippian Loved ny lis
Comrades-Senators Waithai "lu
Money Pay Their Respects
to His Memory.

ian enjoyed more unlVeisai es'eo", III ' i,,,od o
han Senator George, and lew iheh h"'o N"''s a
he same recognition oil aDli'y' hohe''' "" n
ourage in the United states sela'e as "A' [
Ortune OF The great Mlssissipp'ah' NV ..' I
I've senators OF every pnase VI po''t. a,orv of
low composing that BODY spoke III eu'oS,
senator Georse senator ""'."',, ,,sassoL lie ,
senator from Mlssiss'Ppi NOV
senate, and In doing 50 salu' soA tho
In The Congressionai Dneeao. o''.. 'aa,or sre,ch
modest anu heoceS"'n, With his
Of the lale oehatcr ueois''
approval: a., s horn in
James u. "eoree, y, va, ,ssdr,,,s rn,prr
Monroe county ua o''o'o, ~ .a,.,o,,ad, when 4
having diea Ill MS i"'aao., Nnv,hos county.
year OIL age win DIS '''."e' w na tho, re-
MISS, "nere he les''e w. ~, ,,,s odncafed
moved 10 oarfo'' eo"A,'' 49,, svist;r,. he vol. |
in the common schoo,' '"o" 80, .,,,,mo,,t of |
unteefeu "s p''''e ~ ,,', Mnxic,n war com |
MISSISSIPPI Nouh.cei' III ". md ,y,s ot the
mandeu py Ooi oehe' no' ,s' ,,a s,,,IodIaw.
batleoi monterey ioi "'s Wv, r....,,u oou,tv.
anu was auhi'.e1 " ~. ,o IN, Ui,h Court of
he was electei iePoit''' w so,o,oo,od in
Errofs ana Appeh'o =" ~ i,,, ,o,, ,,niu,nss of
ls5o' anu P'ep",." a s,,r, ond ,f,crvard pre.
the decis ohs oi INA. ''"'' wa ~, ,to d.cisions
pared ana puD'is'c VIZ >, ,,., r,,r, of prrors
0i the supreme o"'' ""' 80, ,nn ,dnission
ana Appears Vi 'n"' 80 80, 49, a,,, ,nclnqiuy the
OF TIE Stale ihlo 'io n.y. w ,n" onnycn,,on in
year iSV' nv was '',i"n rassod the ornancc
nl,,, anI II. yo,ed for AMI signed that
| iny,unent, he was a captain In the twentieth
| remuent of Mississippi volunteers III lhe Noh
sonr,,n s,a,e, aray. afterwari brl5ader-
l
| ,a,,,r,, of sto,e troops. and later a colonel OF
ih' fll'h reRihlehs VI ,y,s chairman of the
Tuneos,,.. a,scxacu;ly, COMM tee in 1876
n1s7y was appointed one OF the ln 'ses vi VI.
| Stpre.nc Cow I OF MISSISSIPPI ana e'ec'co e"'L
| iustice. resigned his seat On th5 supreme oe"'i
F F.bruary 1881, TO take HIS seat Ia the SENATE w.
m. ,tn of March OF that year, anu was Te'eiec'o'
IN 1876 and "A .ain IA january, ls4!i Was 'ien '
hs ol the co Constitutional convention ol 'Ho 0'"''
ofM,ssissippi wh.ch was held IN lSJO anu lI"hS'
th prcse1t Goa ;ti,ullon ol the state
In these leN Ii .cs are cplIomtled soh5 VI VI
le,,ling features in the LIE work OF man WI, wa
| WAS u prominent hS'te anu i'nto mp, n,s,orv.
thiou5h many years oi o'l 'o'"',s ,,'', .an,inn
mast of them eyedtIul years for tlilt sec'ioh
th, Union IN which he reslicl
getween ia ,sc nes AMI without them we 'hu'
po,"een -, ori,i,,I c,n,citi.s and tn ,r d,
100" ioi 'no o'e eI,, ,,,ar .,,I IN, work. I,
'evi''e"a' ~ ~, nri,cin,cs the struggles al
qua''I'e9 '''u w rn,,.,, ,,l triumnts whit
:, made M and 6llcl out the wel'rounded care
% 50 mode,tly reelled. .,,a,,od
,e lhis '''.'p eMs, y, ,h,t c,rly day in Missi
n sppi; but /; is Only by their fruits t'at we XIV
..t Il
f7e f"'is.'~' ~. c,rly d,saIyantae
OF bee llmlo eNe'eohn ~ sSl,a n,y" oninm'
ed ahN NAe1h'f IN IL ,r.o,,. arenAs
.e. III alst1 NV 81" y, yni,,nteer In
-, weare told t'iat NC y =, x,onfar
ID Mexican was anu i,sr ~ss ar cent n A. rega,i
o", ,nV , ,,,,I, u,,'" in t1c record Of iAe q
GUS rut l'''i5 n7u'e 7',,a :" ,,ro,, n,,,ss forsel
men. Tradl ion; often jus'er tAan reeol r
his'oty' ass'sn' w -, ~, ee,d ami in tl,4
'ne n""'Ns ssrvic. his palla,t.r
ay- oi 'his .ouus ,,n,,y ,"'u ,,,.s,eI
,ta- devotion are aohnaahily a'''s'ci, ,,n
, of y" no ,,.,n i.''' ,h,r I'm, II, the fact tina
90 "ae "''''', ,Gu ,',,,f in nract.c, where
,,o, Sooh e'''',''"o ,,,o,i,jo, d.s,d.e the d
was ioi,n'u'o'o eo ,',', ,1,,na,,nn and the i,
tles back OF MS 'p'i's., u"r, hy Nj. mil
lim' i"p'o" a. "'' ,,,, ,,.,n,s or ,hat clenel
soi' wv Wv ,,,o,, 'I ,,ns m .r,,,d in nj; his u.
Success WHY" ""' -, ,a,,,,.or a. H., h,cau
.'N'',o, ',o., ,o,nr,os of re,5r,ei decisions ol
case 's'ue '',i of i,s.f no great peri
+ to allc''|'a ''"i' ,,,"ir c,mne,rpr,s and
the ahcc. D"' W" =" ,,o. war. urepored