Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-21


that retreat. When he came to LONDON
ne was q destitute fugitive. man OF tne
compara,ivsly advanced age c Of 70 % n learn
for American law, while founded on
English yet DIVORCES from ttittb IN mdns
W ways ana d B he sat to Worf VIII
| that Characteristic tireless energy and
,, not only did he overcome these das sac
Of the English bar and repeated in Eng:
land sne ff s w sea% aRe envab POSITION
Of ans s'e S5 aassoh u 5s English
bar a work on the sale Of property:
known Familiarity as Benjamin. IN on on
sses w aote tedny s yst much Sc
as Blackstone's Commentaries.
SERVICES TO CoNFEDERACY.
OF his service to the confedsra tor,, but ut
raw words need be said: NO nis' ecye 9.
eans 'e can fall 'e to recognize his work.
He won by that work recognition. even ssa
from opponents. as the 6r an r OF fne
army army in in the Held. He gave to it all he
had. the full powers Of his m, ma gnInicGin :.
dne4sS his as Eass! 101es is
carried over sea with him his love OF the the.
Southland to whose memory he was
When aieTls again in his iabors had brought him
bas in the supshns e5 Mr Zen
jamill's labcrs in behalf OF the Soct1
while in the Senate, Of his eloquent It, and5
convincing defence, first OF L %, ara
raj. He referred also to Mr.. Benjam I;l,
retirement from thu Senate. deplcting
that memorable ana a. fmprsSs1Ve aseWe
sneach ne then continued:
With these words Judah p. BENJAMIN
passed out Of the chamber OF the ; AtnG 5b..
Southland, to have his heart beat high
with hers In the earlier days OF h ne; VIC
tories, to suffer and e sorr2W W." da1s n of
her distress and desolation drew on. and
finally falling with her into. the ruin
Of her catas,Tops 70 snf n mes
il is tue, but loyal unto her with his
very last breath. %
HONOR A CO-REL1GIONlST-
It IS the portrait of this distiagnlshsa5
hnvs The honor 10 a 70
YOU, sir, for Lee Camp Of Confederate
Veterans. It IS with peculiar pride and q
psasnre that at he DO s so Of
this city. some of whose members have
given the means whereby this presenta-:
the on re es som nat ttat we feel We are honorng
ourselves in thus honoring a corsligion-
ist judah p. Benjamin was born
sb ss ave and not Ssen as Sc 70
cover IL he was an observing Jew or not,
But this know, had he been a traitor !Nr
OF his wrong-doing; but as he was
hero. a statesman; gentleman. an in,,,s1
patriot. we claim the privilege OF SHINING
r T S 70 he ,e 1Sn Pcsa so
der. saying that he stood for, for, two two
s 1eE ino or nof 1 Judah r Benjamin stood
Tor these things. too and :1d most os,s no3 5ay
which he consciously fought was des-
tined by the God of battles NOT TO De
Won But the inspiration of his own
able triumph even in defeat. Its high,
souled honor and its noble fortitude Wall
remain an inspiration as, long as men
will have minds 10 remember anu iies'i . -
10 understand.
Judge Chri.tion's Response.
Judge Christian said in part:
Ladies and Gentlemen ana Comrades'-
When was first asked by the honorable
chairman OF yrUr IcItrait committee 10
perform the duty of receiving this portrait
/ unhesitatingly declined. In doing TINS,
I believe you know it was from no lack
Of disposition on my part. to serve TINS
Camp. or the generous donors OF th1a
upon two grounds-first l have no tImo
for preparation for this OCCASION: and
second ! have often appeared be1o!e
| the camp on similar occasions that teel
satisfied the camp must be tired OF hear
| ing my voice from this rostrum. / frank
| Is gave your chairman these excellent
| reasons for declining, and they see!r;ed
| satisfactory to him at the time. few
| weeks later he came again, conveying the
| somewhat gratifying information that
| the donors Of the gift insisted that !
should take part in these proceedings.
| and saying indeed that they would not
consent that any other person should flU
/ the place assigned by them to me.
again hesitated, as your chairman knows.
But when I reflected that the men and
women, who make this contribution to this
gallery, are not only among my truest
| ard best friends. but are also among the
most useful and enterprising citizenscof
| this city, and that some OF them were
among the most gallant and loyal sup
porters of the Confederate cause. l could
not hesitate longer to consent to contri-
butte my humble mite to aid them in their
noble and patriotic endeavor,
Among the Jews. easily the most dis
| tinsuished and conspicuous, as he was one
Of the most remarkable Of men. not only
Of his race. but of every other. was Ju-
dab Phillips Benjamin. of Louisiana. %
/ UNIQUE CAREER
| The career Of Mr.. Benjamin is unique
! in the fact that. although not citizen
Of one. and scarcely a citizen of tthe
other, he easily attained the highest rank
at the bar of the two greatest English
| speaking nations OF the earth. and hesat-
tanned these by reason OF his own worth
and work and talents. and without any
of those fortuitous helps by which men
often climb to eminence, He did it. too,
without resortins to those expedients- Of
such doubtful propriety as blowing Shis
horn" In the press. by which SO many
regulations are made, and as frequently
married. in these days. Mr.. Benjamin.
not only never resorted to these methods,
but he had habit OF destroying his let
| tiers. and other memoranda. which might
conduce to the enlargement OF his great
reputation.
In 1852 he was elected to the United
States Senate from Louisiana. and was
reelected In 1857. Mr. Charles Sumner
said OF him. that he was the most sac
complished and consummate orator inEthe
country. 1t was said by a leading Eng
l!sh paper that his speech, In defence, Of
Louisianafs right to secede t'sent an cleo
tric thrill throughout the civilized WORLD
Sir George Cornwall Lewis said. to Lord
Sherbrooke; Have you read Ben3amin's
speech? It IL better ,han our Benjamin
tmeaning DisraelU could have done" Ha
could hardly have paid BENJAMIN g. high
er compliment One or two extracts from
this speech will convince the most skep-