The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19
SENATE PAYS TRIBUTE
 TO MORGAN AND PETTUS
Statesmen Pause from Duties of Legislation to Eulogize the Dead Alabannians- -Bankhead
 and Johnston Speak.

the marvellous things that have been accomplished in that reach of years. 1t
 has witnessed the periods of sxplora- ton and discovery. of development and exploitation, of conquest and acauisi- tion. of fratricidal strife--almost dis memberment--and then reconciliation
 and harmonious reunion. It has seen this government wage a costly and sacrifcial, but as always successful, war. for the emancipation of people struggling to be free from the tyranny of European monarchy. Those years have produced most of our national literature; they have seen our greatest national tragedies; they have brought the narvsis of the arts and sciences, which contribute so much now to the comforts and pleasures of our daily life.
 "A truly marvellous eight decades in
 all things that go to make a great
 people and John T. Morgan lived through them all. and through them was always an able leader. always
 abreast with and often ahead of the times.
 Morsen's Early Life.
 | We have but iittle data or rennipis- cenee touching the early life of Sena- tor Morgan. His parents moved from Tennessee to Tailadega County. Ala bama, when he was 8 years of age, and in country neighborhood he spent hds years of youth, and there attended
 the country school, where were laid
 the foundations of that intellectual
 training which in it's fullness and ma turtty was destined to be the admira- ton and wonder of the world.
 "t Is doubtless true that a subse- quent love of justice and his profound
 Knowledge of and love for the things of nature received their first nurture
 and impetus from the primitive and unpoliuted environments of his child. hood It is recorded that many of his piaymates were Indian children, and his Knowledge of their language cus- toms. and traditions which in leglsla- tive deliberation made him . powerful champion of the rights of the red men, were tnstllled into his heart and mind by his youthful associations.
 '"rhe educational advantages offered
 at that time to poor country boys in Alabama were pitifully msager. but. sprigh tliness, the future Senator was blessed with a mother who with pa-
 tfent adm onition daily encouraged him in the acquisition of knowIedge and
 wisdom. MT. President, 1t is but an- other illustrious instance of the godii-
 ness, sacrifice. steadfastness, and pat riotism of aR American mother,
 wrought into the fabric of a splendid
 manhood's service to . grateful re-
 public.
 At quite an early age young Nor
 gan decided to adopt the law as a profession, and having diligently ap-
 piled himself to his studies In the of-
 flee of William P. Chiffon, at Talln- dega, he was admitted to the bar in his 21st year, and entered upon his distinguished career as an advocate nr.A IT..
 but soon moved to Cahaba, and here he received the first real recognition of his brilliant powers of analysis, logic, and delivery which were to carry him onward to the very front ranks of the legal fraternity.
 'In 1860 Senator Morgan was named as one of the .eiectors at large on the Breckinridge-Lane ticket in Alabama. The years immediately preceding that contest were most memorable in the history of American politics from a standpoint of contention and contro- versy. The great unsettled problem of slavery was being discussed upon every stump and at every nreside. The passion and differing sentiments of the people of the country at large were stirred as in a seething volcano. The impending struggle. despite the earnest efforts of those who sought a peaceful settlement of the controversy, was in- evitable. Senator Morgan, upon the great issues involved in that memor- able campaign. was firm and resolute in his advocacy of the cause which was so gIorionsly sustained by Confederate arms. His campaign of the State only served to augment his reputation and standing as a public debater. worthy of the sword of the most dextrous adver- sary. The ticket upon which Senator Morgan was an elector carried the State of Alabama. and he was subse- quently elected as a delegate from Dal- las County to the secession convention.
 His Military Service.
 His first military service was on the staff of Major-General Clemmens. who had command of the State forces at Fort Morgan, where he was on duty until the fort was transferred to the Confederate Government. He entered as a private in the Cahaba Rifles. which was afterwards mustered into the 9th Alabama Infantry, and upon the organization of the regiment he was elected major. This was the command of which Robert E. Rodes was colonel, When this regiment was reorganized. he resigned his command as lieutenant colonel, and returned to Alabama for the purpose of recruiting a regiment of partisan rangers. This work he ac- complished mainly by his own efforts.