The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28

aiscbpiihaTlan. When he gave an or
der. obedience, prompt, absolute, un-
questioning. was the only response he
would have to 1t. He arrested gem
erals who varied from his instruc-
tons as quickly as he arrested prs
vate soldiers. Like Napoleon. he was
a man OF stono and Iron. capable Of
sitting on horseback sixteen or sew
enteen hours, OF soinS many days to-
sether without rest or food, except
10y snatches, and with this speed and
spring of tiger in action He did
| not possess Napoleon'r universal
genius. lie was simply the one sided
Napoleon of the field OF battle Nor
ally. jackson lowered rs high above
Napoleon as. intellectually, Napoleon
lowered over him"
Other orations include those on
GettEsburE, delivered to the Virginia
! Division of tho Army OF Northern vir-
| Einia In the State Capitol on October
/ 49, 1875; at the University of Virginia.
| In 1877, on Conquered NntIon:" at N
Democratic national convention In
Cincinnati in 1880, on Hancock's nomi-
/ nation: at Kings Mountain. n. c., In
! 1850, on the battle of Kings Mountain:
at Lexington, Virginia. in 1883, on the
unHeilinE of the Rocumbent Figure OF
! Lee: at tho hall of the House of Repre-
| sentatives, in 1885, on the dedication
! OF the Washington monument: Mt ST.
Louis Mo, in 1855. on the nomination
OF Allen G. Thurman for Vice Prcsi-
dent: at Marietta. Ohio, In 1883, com
memoratinS the centennial celebration
! OF the settlement of the Northwest
/ Territory: at the Academy of Music,
: Richmond, Va, In 1890, on Jefferson
| Davis: at the Confederate Veterans
! Reunion in New Orleans. 1892. on New
/ Orleans: at the Worlds Fair Chicago,
| on Old Dominion Day, in 1898: at
richmond, Va. in 1894, on Jubnl Early
before the Virginia Division, Army OF
| Northern Virginia: at tho University
LOT Virginia, on the presentation OF Il
! bust OF Professor John Il. Minor. to
| that institution; in tho United States
! Senate. 1895. on the Monroe Doctrines:
| at Monticello I'm 1929, before the repre-
sentative of the National Association
of Democratic Clubs. on jefferson, on
! the Cuban War situation, In the
United States Senate. 1897: on the pre-
ton of portrait of Pocahontus
10 the United states Senate, by Henry
:. Welcome. in 1899; in the hall of
the House of Representatives., Dccem-
! Der IL. 1900, on The Future of the
| United States and its Capitol: in
Boston, December TO- 1903 on The
untties Of the Union; at Worcester
Mass, on Patriots Day 1904: at
Columbus, Ohio. on the occasion Of I'M
veilinS monument TO William Me
| Einley.
1t is needless to cxtol the utteranecs
! OF statesman and Comr0do of Con.
| Tolerate veterans. SO cherished in his
native State, az was John Warwick
| Daniel. In the compilation OF his son
are brought together thoughts ind
words which thrilled the hearts OF
| thousands when tboy fell from his
| lips. They recall to-day sconos OF ma
| ttonal and State Importance In which,
he. as Il Virgintan, played his part we'll
and discharged his trust nobly. The
important service thus rendered by
doubtless will be. thoroughly appre-
| ctated by all TO whom Major Daniels
! memory must serve an inspiration
| III thought and in action.
/ Quotations from his orationB might
! fill pages. They are all so important,
! these orations. that they are commend
| cd instead to the render. especially to
the young men of Virginia, who should
| not forget that oratory was an art In
which their fathers and grandfathers
delighted and cxcelled, a power which
| they exercised.
lust one or two additional para
| graphs from an address made by Mai
! Daniel In presenting n portrait OF Po-
| cahontas to the United States Senate
are added here. In this address he
says: In her native foreets Rebecca
| was dressed In doeskin lsIed with
down from the wood pigeons breast
anklets and bracelets OF coral were
her adornments, with q white plume,
the baoge OF royalty, floating over her
| hair. She was the first lady of the
New World TO appear in the home
| country. She was presented at court
by Lady Delaware and most gracious
" used by the King and Queen OIL
England. The Bishop of London, de-
lighted at her conversion to Christian
ity. gave "A great entertainment in her
honor: and for Il time Pocahontas wan
all the fashion In the brilliant revelu
Of tho great metropolis. The charm of
romance will over hang over the story
/ OF Pocahontas; that howcS of the
wilderness will ever shed It's bright
ness and its fragrance over the rude.
somhre and cruel scenes OF our peoples
earliest struggles to get foothold in
the land. whose inhabitants are now
rs the stars OF heaven. the leaves of
the trees. and the sands OF tho soa"