The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19

any aid from the government, and was elected it's colonel August Il, 1882. In June, lS63, al the instance oI General Lee, who was then preparing for the Gettysburg campaign, and who personally notified him of his promotion he was appointed
 brigadier- general. but being impeled to the conclusion that his dutg was to re- main with his regiment, he resigned the commission, but was again in November, 1865 promoted to brgadier-seneral for l conspicuous and invaluable services. The field of the operatio of the command
 in which he served extended from the ! gulf to the Cumberland river, and from Nashville to Bull Run His commanI saw constant, active and arduous service, i often far in front Of the advancing army, | without support or re-enIorcement, anl | often dependent upon the courage Of it's lnen anu ingenuity of its commanders to prevent capture or destruction
 General Morgan was always modest soldier He had not taken up arms as l a profession, but as what he conceived 1 to be d solemn and imperative duty. He 1 NaS not ambitious Of rank, nor was ne | obsequious in undertaking to gain the l favor of his superior officers. He de- elined a brigadier's commission when 1t
 would have left his regiment without u field officer, and When II neeGeu him;
 he accepted a brigadiers commission when his regiment, recruited by himself, could safely spare him. He was eX- ceedingly zealous for the comfort, and,
 as fars may be, the satety of his men,
 and shrank from seeking to oDtaln glory
 or praise by the unnecessary and frult-
 less sacrifice of the lives of his prvat soldiers.
 When the inevitable termination of the war was reached, and when Morgan and his comrades, who survived, laid down l their arms and quit the conflict forever, 1 there was none among them with a sad ] der heart than this gallant soldier, for l he had loved and serNedethe south with l an affection that hoped and endured and | was patient. General Morgan went back 1 to the people of Alabama to re-enlist with 1 them in d greater and possibly more l troublesome conflict than confronted the people of the south upon the field of bat tie. Upon every side was the ruin ana desola tion of war. The old aristocracy of the south, almost feudal in its magnt- cence, had been swept away. Poverty
 and despair and desoIation were almost
 the universal condition of our people, but this great man, well knowing tine stead fastness of southern character and it's ability to raise itself above conditions
 that at the time seemed desperate and hopeless, by his calm courage and wise counsel led and encouraged his people in
 that safe and sane pathway of redemption which ultimately led to our present happy condition. In the presence of conditions that made the most courageous and hope
 ful falter, he never lost confidence in the ultimate triumph of the right. It IS
 great thing, MT. President, for one
 to have been a helpful apostle of cheer
 fulness through an epoch of despair.
 Presidential Hector.
 In 1876 General Morgan was named as presidential elector upon the democratic .sl-. AL. I,,.er xnTfg- dom and eloquence and powers of forensic | argument had ripened and become pol ished with the passing years. His elo- quence and earnestness were irresistible, and in that campaign he achieved yer | higher and more enduring honors as a l statesman and publicist. The confidence 1 and admiration of his people were so l aroused by his eloquenee and patriotism | that in 1876 he defeated George s. Hou5- l ton for the United States Senate, one l of the greatest and most popular men l that Alabama has ever produced. At that | time 1 was a member of the state sen | ate in Alabama, and voted for Senator | Morgan. So great has been the implicit confidence of the people of Alabama in his wisdom and judgment, so profound their admiration for his intellect and statesmanshp so loyal their affection for his stainless and bameless character, that for thirty years, almost third of century, the people of a great state retained him as their senior representative in the greatest deliberative body on earth, a striking commentary upon the possibil- ity of reward that may come to great heart and a great mind that holds itself aloof from ''variabeness or the shadow Of turning"
 The senatorial career of Senator Nor gan, the things that he striVed to accom- plish, and that he did accomplish, the great national problems that he aided in solving, as well@ as the great na- tional pers that he labored to conquer, are so well and generally known that
 it will be useless on this occasion to at tempt to augment his public career by their recital. He was student of won derful application, and was never content with superficial knowledge of any subject.