The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-22
A Tribute to MIR. walsh.
From the Charleston News and Coul
March ~

From the Charleston News and Courier.
March 81
The three most distinctively useful men
in the Southern states after the civil war
of 1S6l-65 were the Hon Patrick Walsh.
of the Augusta Chronicle; the Hon. ]. H
Estill of the Morning News, of Savannah,
Ga, and the brilliant Capt. F. w: Daw-
son of the News and Courier
These were three great men-"giants."
They were great in their intellects, great
in physical vigor, and, above all, great in
their souls. There was not a mean trait
IN their character, and in this at least
they were tri-unity. Two are gone, the
lovable Dawson. and, If possible, the still
more lovable Walsh. ]. H. Estin alone
remains of this most remarkable trio, and
may his life long be spared to minister
in behalf of his own city and the cities
of his devoted friends, who now rest Isl
lently under the oak to their develop
ment and growth.
Charleston has much to feel proud of in
taking a retrospect of the lives of these
remarkable men. 1t is that the formative
period in their characters began here
that is of Col Walsh and Col. Estill. And
of Capt. Dawson the same may be said,
for he began life here as very young
man. 1t is no exaggeration to assert that
Augusta, Savannah and Charleston would
not be where they are to-day but for the
moulding hands and uncomfortable spirits
of such men as Walsh, Estill and Daw-
son.
The Hon. Henry Watterson, the incom-
parable editor of the Louisville Courier
Journal, has done yoeman service TO re-
habilitate the Southern section of our
and
debt of gratitude But thanks be to God
we had a band of noble men near home
to reinforce his demands and give po-
tency to his arguments. All gone save
one but an impress has been left on their
day and generation which can never be
obliterated Semper fdelis may we'll be
recorded against each of their lives.
Great souls by instinct to each other
turn,
Demand alliance and In friendship burn"
In your very eloquent tribute to Mayor
Walsh to-day you use this language:
How any honest man in Augusta could
have said or done anything against MIN
we do not understand. No man in Au
gusta ever did so much for Tits devel-
opment into prosperous city, its adver-
tisement throughout the country; it was
the burden of his active thought and ia
Dor living and dying, even IN the deilrlun
which preceded his departure, he wished
to stay here because there was so much
yet to be done" a.-t
He felt the sting of ingratitude which
comes to those who hang on Princes
favors'
Better that he had avoided 1.-The politi-
cal arena, FOR the result was only disap-
pojntment ana anguish to his soul, not
that he was by any means unsuccessful
In politics, but because he was forced to
see the seamy side of public faith and
morals, the ingratitude of those whom he
had unseIflshly served, and felt the sting
of studied unconcern or bitter opposition
from the barnacies that had fattened
upon him before the strong man was
brought low"
1 owe this tribute to my honored friend
and gladly do 1 pay it, Col. Walsh is
gone, but to him death is a happy release.
The pang comes to the beloved partner OF
his bosom. To her may there be voucf-
safed that peace and consolation which
alone cometh from above. Remembering
that to him whom she so much loved there
is now
THAT blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep"
Cone gone forever is the Hon. Patrick
Walsh. Peace to his ashes; Immortality
OF bliss to his soul. A. C. Kaufman.
Charleston, S. c., March 20, 1899.