Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-02-25
Bishop GaIIoway's Address.

House of Representatives,:
~ greatly appreciate the honor OF
this unexpected invitation and only
wish it were possible for me to make
some adequate response. Without
knowledge of the order of the day, i
CHANGED to appear in the gallery this
morning to witness your proceedings.
But | count myself most fortunate
in being present and having oppor-
tunity to hear the generous and elo-
quent tributes paid to the memory OF
a great souled Mississippian. Had
received. the slightest intimation that
the honor would be accorded me OF
Joining you in words of appreciation
aad grateful remembrance, | should
have honored the invitation by special
and fitting preparation. The noble
man whose memory we cherish today
was my friend as we'll as yours, and
with you, felt pride in everything
that gave charm to his character and
honor to his name.
"As | sat in the gallery AID listen
ed to the several addresses, some or
them most discriminating, all OF them
breathing the eloquence of genuine
appreciation the thought occurred to
me that some things are best seen
in the shadow That death itself is
a revealer of characteristics we never
appreciated before Amid the actlv1-
ties. ambitions and competitions OF
busy life we may be unable to dis
Germ the real virtues and noble quail
ties of our friends. But when the
shadows fall-when the gloom OF the
grave obscures our natural view
their higher and finer excellencies are
revealed by that purer light from an
other world. Were l to write the
name of Jud Russell on that wall, with
a pencil of phosphorus, while the light
is streaming through these windows,
nothing could be seel. But shut out
the light-darken the windows-deep-
en- the shadows-and that noble name
would be a corruscation of beauty. So
while he walked and talked with us
while we mingled together in the ac-
tivities of the garish day, We did not
fully appreciate the attractive beau
ties of his character, as they appear
In the gloom of this hour. How the
grave sweetens and sipirtualizes our
perceptions of human worth!
You do well, MI. Speaker, AID
gentlemen, to pause amid the exacting
to revive the memory and recount the
virtues of our honored friends who
have gone before The time is not
lost. but wisely spent 1t touches our
finer sensibilities, softens life's asperi-
ties, and stirs within us the noblest
aspirations. We are better patriots
by recalling the names and noble
deeds of our patriotic dead. We kin
L@l aa-if
and service, when to linger in the spir
it-presence of those who faithfully
served their generation and added ius-
tire to their country's fair name.
THE noble man whose name you
speak today with such pathetic rever-
ence, is worthy to have place on our
cannonized roll of heroes and patriots.
Richly endowed by nature, well fur
nished as lawyer and statesman,
broad-minded AID great-hearted, ire
sistibly magnetic and dominated by
the loftiest principles and ideals. he
made commonwealth mourn when
death called him away. He left a va
cant chair in all our hearts. When
one of our presidents lay dying, shot
down by the bullet of an assassin, al
intimate friend of his, who was also a
distinguished soldier, turned away
from the couch, and with his hand
upon his heart, exclaimed: o., this
pain! this pain! So when the sad
news flashed over the wires that Jud
Russell was dead, we all tur1ed SOL
EMMY aside, and with our hands upon
our hearts and the great heart OF Mis-
sissippi, instinctively cried, o, this
paint this pain.
In analyZing the characteristics of
this noble Mississippian. should say
first of all he was distinguished for
his open-heartedness and perfect sin
cerity. There were not enough shad
ows in his sunny nature to hide sim
lister motive. He had no concealments
and never moved except on straight
lines. AS genial as the soft South
ern skies that bent in benediction over
him. he never had occasion to be in
direct or diplomatic. He was neither
the custodian nor the revealer CT Sc
crets. | never knew him to whisper
or make remarks aside, but always
spoke with clear. ringing. manly
voice, as though perfectly willing that
all the world might hear This viii
ming quality gave him wide, and well
deserved popularity. Every friend felt
absolutely safe in his hands. Known
to be Incapable OF betrayal or inf
deity, he commanded not only the
confidence, but the enthusiastic af
lection AID admiration of all who
came within the charming circle of
his magnetic influence.
Mr.. Russell had a genius for
friendship. His attachments were ar
dent and sometimes pathetic. Though
a man of strong character, resource
full and self-reliant, he coveted the
affection of friends and positively re-
veled IN the privilege of being loved.
He had none of that frigid reserve
and calculating austerity that belongs
to the rtained diplomacy of a sharp
commercialiSp. And on the other
hand, there was about him nothing
of the affectation, and simulated cor
diality of shallow, yeneered social
life. The soul of honor, he had no
patience with shams and a positive
contempt for cant. His friends were
legion, and it is doubted If he ever
had an enemy
He was also distinguished for his
magnanimity; difference of opinion
never caused estrangement of feeling
He holored true man none the less
because he held and advocated an
opposing view The circle of his
friendship was not confined to those
who stood on his platform or sub
scribed to his creed or embraced his
views. Gentlemen of the House. l
would commend this splendid trait of
that noble character, as worthy of all
emulation. Nothing is more fatal to
man or people than intolerance of
opinion and prejudice of sentiment
The broader our mental hospitality
and the more generous our judgments
OF others. the more majestic will be
the manhood of our land andIhe wis
err its constructive craftsmanship
Everybody admires magma aimous
man. And again, Mr.. Speaker. our
noble and magnetic friend had in an
eminent degree that quality which you