The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-10

To read the history of Louisiana
u to recall the trials and struggles no
only of the early French settlers, BIZ
its later-day heroes as well, men VIII
d have impressed Themselves on the his
/. tory of the times, and written thei
:. names high on the scroll OF fame.
!. This Sta.e has given to the country
r some OF the grandest men OF earth
3: They have always been true in ever.
G relation of life-in pioneer days, in thu
formative period of the State, il
civil affairs and military matters
always the same consistent patriots
always the devoted friends of the State
whether in the homes, on the husting'
or marching to the notes of marsha
music They have ever been grand
men, noble men
Time cannot efface the deeds and
acts of Gen. Claiborne, your first civil
} governor, or, dim the lustre that hovers
around the names of Where, Roman,
White, johnson and Allen. And who
can forget John Randolph Grimes, the
compeer and associate of Webster, and
Stephen Mazarou, great masters of the
law, who gave majesty and power to
the busting; and that wizard of Ian
guage, Lafcadio Hearne, and George
w. Cable, who charmed your finer
senses and administered to you refined
intellect?
Your State honored the country in
giving to it one of its best presidents,
Gen. Zachary Taylor, who won his
spurs on the battlefelds of Mexico,
while commander in chief of the Amer
lean army.
Here was also born the great natural
list and ornithologist, Audubon, whose
works on birds are regarded as stand
ard authority the world over. He
brought woodland songsters from glen
and dell, and made them speak and
sing to us from his books.
Louisiana contributed to the "Lost
Cause" trio of great generals-G. T.
Beauregard, Leonidas Polk and Rrax-
ton Bragg; and though the cause for
which they fought went down in defeat
they will ever be known in the history
OF this grand and magnanimous coun
try, which recognizes merit wherever
found, as great military commanders, |
and the compeers of Sherman, Gran,
and Sheridan, great generals of the
opposing army, the former of whom re-
signed the superintendency of mill.
tary college of this State, when the
tocsin OF war was sounded in 1861. to
take up arms with the people of his
own section.
This State sent to the United States
senate her greatest constitutional law
yer, Judah P. Benjamin, who held
three successive positions in the Con-
federate cabinet. A voluntary exile
from his country after the civil war, he
went to London, acquired large prac-
lice, and was there honored by the ap,
pointment of Queens counsel, an I'M
usual distinction for an American.
Louisiana also sent to the United States
senate the lamented Eustis, who was
The first ambassador appointed from
The United States to the Court OF
france, and in thus honoring him the
country honored itself.
Here lived for many years of his
ventful life the grand old chieftain,
etferson Davis; here he died, and here
lis body found temporary sepulcher. {
iere the gallant Hood lived and died. f
iere lived Longstreet, the sole surviv- Y
ng general of the war between the v
tates. a
Here Father Ryan, the poet-prest, S
pent many years of his beautiful life. a
nd this was the home, also, of the c
'orld's greatest prima donna, Adelaide "
atti, who has thrilled the earth with c
err matchless voice. Il
Coming down to later period, and a
assing over the most humiliating epoch II
Louisiana's history, when vice h
alked abroad at MONDAY and ignor a
ace sat in the temples of justice we w.
Innot pass by without word of praise L
the glorious record and splendid
'hievements of brave Gen. Ogden, OF 81
b. Penn, Francis I. Nichols, L. A.
iltz, S. d. McEnery, N. C. Blanchard,
I'd last, but by means least, Murphy
Foster.
what lover of sweet thoughts, lofty III
cas- and pure English has not read el
d admired the descriptive sketches ,e
Mrs. M. R. Field Qknown as HCathe- Al
lie Cole'), the beautiful poems of Mrs. u
cho-son, who wrote under the nom N'
plume of Pearl Rivers" or the I'd
ems and criticisms of Mrs. Marion A. W.
ker? They graced literature, hon. ii''
I'd their State, and their works will -.
e after them. hli
t is said that New Orleans is unlike Pa
American city, and we are glad 80
1t tits so, for much of the city's pride ~
1 glory are largely due to its distinc
characteristics. Founded and peo- re- re-
d by the French, her streets and WV
titutions largely partake of the po'
nenclature of that nationality. The II,
tie also differs with others in its svs- r
of Jurisprudence, adhering to the m ,
civil law of the code Napoleon. nea
lie others have adopted the common mi;
practice. But these differences fail
'ct not the people, unless, following vol
IF the old French idea, they still pos
I'm the proverbial politeness and roo
shed courtesy of their distinguished mn
yenitors. striking examples of which bell
see on every hand, and enjoy here sur
ght. caI,
ne National Editorial Association is
'eful, gentlemen, for the courteous T.
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