The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-07
SENATOR LODGE
PRAISES DANIEL
Remarkable Tribute by Massa.
chusett's Scholar to Virginia
Statesman

time when 4 lITSt SAW MN mere. one
If the most interesting figures in the
senate and in our public life. AS |
came to know him Well. interest deep
.nad into real affection, n sorrow
for him, not only as q loss to the ma
tion and to Virginia, but as a friend
whose departure l shall always mourn
When. as a member of the House, /
first saw him on the floor of the Sen
ate.I was arrested by his appearance,
and found a fascination in watching
him. He was very striking in appear
3nce. with a e and face which
would have been remarked anywhere
and in any assemblage Of men He
reminded me of the portraits of the
leaders Of the French Revolution, the
men who destroyed an ancient mon
arcny. r~eorganized France and shook
the civilized world from center to cir-
conference. In nearly all their faces,
as in his, one sees strangely commin-
gied with the look Of the dreamer and
the visionary that expression Of in
tense energy which is so easily trans
lated into action. They were very
young for most part, those leaders Of
the French Revolutions: they did great
deeds, whether for veal or woe; they
conquered young and they died young.
In nearly all we see that strange look
which seems to belong to those who
are ready to sacrifice youth and JOY
and life for the faith which absofbs
their being.
Senator Daniel had long passed
youth. had gone beyond middle age,
and yet he. seemed to me still to have
the expression of those who, in the
flush of young manhood, sought' the
great prize of death in battle for the
sake of beliefs to which their hearts
chung. in pursuit of visions seen only
by them. The touch of the
look Of the dreamer. the passionate
energy Of the man Of action, all
seemed to meet in his aspect and his
His style was Of the old school, the
richer and more ford style Of the
first half Of the nineteenth century. II
has passed out of fashion now. The
modern taste is for something palmer,
more direct, more businesslike. be-
cause this is An age when business lie
regarded as OF the first Importance in
every department of human activity
Yet the school to which Senator Dan
lei belonged produced speakers who
have never been surpassed in the an
nails OF oratory. The faults, o OF
the period and of the school, a be
easily pointed out. but h heights in
the great arch Of speach which SOM
of the men Of that age attained re-
main today lonely and unscaled. Sen
ator Daniel exhibited all the qualities
Of that earlier time in high degree
and it was possible to those who lent
an attentive ear to learn from hin
I11lLy ioCSnrc which would nnf M
without great profit ever at the pres
emf time. In him there was Away:
dignity. and what Is of infinitely more
Importance, that sincere respect, no
merely for his audience, u for wha
he was himself doing and saying as {
public man, which Is so often neg
lected, to the great detriment 0:
speakers and listeners alike. He hat
in large measure the thigh serious
ness which Aristotle comnends IL
the poet.
It was always a pleasure to tall
with him, for he was unfailingly SUI
sesCive and ranged widely in hi;
thought. The grave courtesy of hi
manner. which Y Wavered,. had t.
~" a peculiar charm. / should no
for a think OF limiting "
that the now generally IL
g are not better, but they are Ger
tainly different. Manners like thos
OF Senator Daniel, ] suppose. woul'
be thought TO take too much time
both in acquisition and practice, anon.
Il generation which can employ it
passing hours SO much more useful1y
Yet cannot Invest myself OF the feel
ing. an inherited superstition. perhaps
that manners such as his-serious
gracious, elaborate. If YOU please, bu
full Of kindness and thought for 9th
efS-can never really grow old or pas
out Of Fashion.
He loved his country and he love-
her history. He cherished with reVer
ence her institutions an her tradi
IONS. II could not be otherwise, 70
he was u Virginian, and the histor
and traditions Of his own State outra,
all the rest. Others may d~isregar,
me past or speak lightly of it, but n
Vlrslnian eve can, and Senator Dan
lei was a Virginian OF Virginians.