The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-02

was one Of th. noble and devoted men who
gave his all 20 the Southern cause. even
to the sad day OF Appomattox, when as
..On F.odoens rasal ted
Where shivered was fair Scotland spear,
Ana 9.rlU.-en was ner sliieAd.
GRADY AND GREEK.
Scarcely les u4.str.uus vas denry w.
Crazy, me greatest Orator t,Insr.can
Journalism eve. prouuceo. It was oniy q
IvS years before MS ue.l.h ,nar ne rose
~ ...v.s s4o.4Illc ns1s 49, Wn4cll lnaue lam
at once approximal. Pitt, W eLsger aAd
Clay In MS viuIu Inauguration and Won
uerlui tlow OF oratory. he was me eQ.al
- LII ,..t. .. 1-reAtlss. AcGot ulnS W
some authorities. the gen us of Prentiss
was d.sp.ayed most no.apiy under SLIM
lantS; Crazy vas a mdn IN whose tn
ger tips was always ting.tns a magnetic
current, ana he neeued out TO toucn the
~->.oii ot tI..s o"u ,ocacu.tt ~
thrill as PrentiSs d. Another unique
figure born and feared in the Journalistic
ilelu was horace Greeley. I.s speeches.
in The p. residential aulpaign OF 1Si2 n.,. e
rare.y been &equa.leu by any American.
AID yet The puo.c turned deaf eur TO
him, and he died OF cnars.in and d4sap-
pvl.ltMent because of tne rude criticism
o. u hostile p.ess. The list OF Southern
orators would be incomplete without tne
names OF the eloquent men wnom KEN
sGonst.os..Iu To natlo!l.
Foremost among these was the matchIess
o. ~. .t.---... )
to be the equal of the immortal Clay. On
one OCCASION curing q hesl,ed Presidential
{ campaign. the Democrats appointed him
to rep.y TO Clay at the old opera house
in Lex ns ton. Having taken his seat in
o.9... Cia.. \, 49,; pfeSeee,i NJ a. t,e5s
began to take notes of the speech of the
great orator. Before the expiration of
five minutes. however, according to Mar
snullS own statement, note book and PEN
iii had dropped from his hand. which be-
gan vigorous TO applaud the peerless
City. So eoEple,ey had he yielded to
the SMELL Of the speaker that he did not
re,a n contro. of himself till reminded by
his lrtenus t..a.# he mad been ueiesateu
not to applaud the speech. but to reply
to it.
STATNTON,S GREAT LAWYERS
But TO return to the giants who piayed
their parts on the public stage when old
Virginia was ablaze with 4 galaxy Of
bright political stars.
For quite a century Staunton has fur
nfstled a bar of great ability. and among
those who have passed away Allchic,
Stuart. Sheffey. and Baldwin easily
was a great legal losictan. and in n's
prirs cases he was ever@dtlick and at his
best: and was a consumHats expoundar
Of difffcrlt questions of law 20 the conf
mon mind John B. Baldwin possessed
a noble and fertile intellect which snone
before the bench ami sar with unrftaHed
snlerdor. ard he always kept his oppo-
nents vieiIant and every horse with his
traces tight In the quick apprehen-.
SION of the real issue. in the vigorous
grasp OF the points and facts of his
case: In the versatile powers of reason
Ing. illustration wit humor and InNec-
tive. he was indeed gre't advocate
His death was a nuhlic calamity. ard
in The conf,.sin- aud troubles that soor
followed hts State missed his strong
hant, to win the battles Of the peor'e.
He was one Of the committee OF nlne
to yisst T incoln in the interests of peace
IN general learning as a LAWYER. Judge
Hugh w Sheffsv. o-atnr. aTf me~'ner
Of Assemble and Secession Convention
wnn his right to r-nfassio1"i farra ana
FOR st.ilI ,s an advocate was daservi"~
OF the highest praise S,nAV
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