The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-26
Bishop Galloway's Address.

Mr.. Speaker and Gentlemen Of the
House of Representatives
Il 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
chanced 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
and grateful remembrance, | should
have honored the invitation by special
and fitting preparation. The noble
man whose memory we cherish today
was my friend as well as yours, and
l with you. felt pride in everything
that gave charm to his character and
honor to his name.
"As | sat in the gallery a1d listen
ed to the several addresses, some of
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
revealer of characteristics we never
appreciated before. Amid the activi-
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 | 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 seen. But shut out
the light-darken the windo ws-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, Mr. Speaker, a1d
gentlemen, to pause amid the exacting
and strenuous duties of the session,
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 senstbilities, 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 kim
die anew the flres of holier sacrifice
and service, when to linger in the spir-
it-presence Os those who faithfully
served their generation and added lus-
ire to their country's fair name
THE noble man whose name you
speak today with such pathetic rever-
ence, Is worthy to have a place on our
cannonized roll Of heroes and patriots
Richly endowed by nature, well fur
nished as lawyer and statesman,
broad-minded and great-hearted, ire
sistibly magnetic and dominated by
the loftiest principles and ideals, he
made a commonwealth mourn when
death called him away. He left 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 paint So when the sad
news flashed over the wires that Jud
Russell was dead, we all turned sol
emnly aside, and with our hands upon
our hearts and the great heart of Mis-
sissippi, instinctively cried, o, this
pain! 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 sin
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 of Sc
crets / never knew him to whisper
or make remarks aside but always
spoke with a clear, ringing, manly
voice, as though perfectly willing that
all the world might hear. This win
ming quality gave him wide, and well
deserved popularity. Every friend felt
absolutely safe in his hands. Known
deity, he commanded not only the
confidence, but the enthusiastic af-
lection and 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-
yeled 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
commercialism. And on the other
hand, there was about him nothing
of the affectation, and simulated cor
diality of a shallow, veneered social
life. The soul of honor, he had no
patience with shams and 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 hoaored a true man none the less
because he held and advocated an
Imposing view. The circle of his
friendship was not confined to those