The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-30
PATRIOT SOLDIER
AND STATESMAN
Judge George L. Christian Pays
Tribute to Senator
Daniel.
RODE WITH GENERAL EARLY
Reviews His Services to the Con
fcderacy and to His
4 State.
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ny ,iretufg GEORGE L. CHRISTIAN.
I'll, I .,uncement OF the death of
th Aos ri, 4, Euished soldier,statesman and
SH Retul send pang OF sorrow to
Boul OF the whole people OF this
rewk more than forty years Sena-
LosTE has not only been the most
recess public man on the hustings
Gleah councils of tho State, but
naoonTSepresented Virginia in both
- the General Assembly OF vir.
OF the Congress OF the United
NJ 18th fldelity, devotion and
locNualcd by few. and, perhaps.
thrd by none in the history OF this
hywealth. The career OF Senator
fas a public servant Is one to be
sLoyand one that should serve as
Mind stimulus for all who may
b. eafter him Indeed. II has been
81 noble self-sacrlfice and devotion
DUTY in what he believed to be the
Ee OF right and Justice. and an earn
yeffort TO promote at all times and
occasions the highest and the best
serests OF the people both OF this
Elte and country.
Private Soldier.
, Senator Daniel entered the Confed-
crate army as private in the Stone
wall brigade. He was soon promoted
to the rank OF major on the staff of
Leutenant-GeneralJ ubal A. EARLY, and
rsrved with such marked efficiency and
distinction that at the time he was
disabled by wounds he was recognized
az one OF the most gallant and efficient
officers In the Army OF Northern vir-
ginia. His loyalty and devotion TO his
old chief. General Early. in his life
time. and to his memory since his death,
has been as beautiful as 1t was s;rik-
ing to all who came in contact with
him. He was 80 desperately wounded
in the battle of the Wilderness on May
s, 1854, as 10 be thenceforward UNIT
for further military service. and to
render hin. cripple for life.
His ability and signal public service
to his State and people. coupled with
his crippled condition. earned for him
the loving sobriquet OF the Lame Lion
OF Lynchburg."
Political Career.
In every political campaign. except
the last. when he was disabled from
taking part by family Affections and
his own illness. he has been perhaps
the most distinguished figure on the
hustings OF Virginia and wherever he
went the people not only heard him
gladly" bu, received him with such
reclamation OF delight and appreciation
as to testify in the most signal manner
their love and admiration for him. both
as man and an orator. Senator Daniel
was indeed one of the great orators OF
his time, and as speech-maker, we
believe, had few. IL any, superiors in
this country
He was devoted to the memories and
principles OF the Confederate cause and
of our struggle TO maintain that cause,
and perhaps no man who has lived In
the South since the war has done more
TO shed lustre on the deeds of the Con-
federate soldier or more to make plain
the Righteousness OF the Confederate
rnuse than has Senator Daniel. His
noted orations on General Lee and Gen.
eral Davis are not only CLASHES In their
line. but they will live as long as the
English language is read and spoken
He has. perhaps, delivered more Con-
federate speeches and done as much
earnest and faithful Confederate work
sany man who has lived in the South
since the end of our struggle for inde-
pendcnce. AS an evidence OF the az
lection and regard with which he was
held by his old comrades. he has been
for the past five years chairman of the
history committee Of the Grand Camp
OF Virginia.
Orator and Statesman.
But Senator Daniels fame. both as an
orator and statesman. was by no
means confined to Virginia and the
South. For the past twenty-four years
he has represented Virginia In the
Senate OF the United States with a
fidelity and ability that could hardly
have been surpassed. and 1t may be
safely said that no man who has ever
occupied a seat in that august body
commanded the respect and confidence
OF the whole country, and especially Of
his colleagues, to higher degree than
did Senator Daniel. The fact that he