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Career of Sen. I. W. Daniel One of Honor, Brilliance and Achieveme:
Won Distinction on Field of Rat
tic and Had Many Triumphs
in Political Arena.
BELOVED BY HIS PEOPLE
“Lame Lion of Lynchburg” Held
in Highest Esteem by All Who
Knew Him—Loved Vir
ginians, His State and
Their Causes.
Senator Daniel's death marked the
passing of one of Virginia’s most il
lustrious sons.
Than he few were more brilliant
or spectacular on the held of bat
tle or in the sphere of letters. A
Chesterfield in munner, Demosthenes
In oratory. beloved by his people,
“The Lame Dion of Lynchburg'1 liv
ed and died a credit to his State and a
eomipllment to those who reposed
confidence in him.
Virginia, the mother of States and
statesmen. has yielded up to the
world many men who attained dis
tinction and fame and made history,
but John Warwick Daniel, though
ranking with them, was like none of
them, for woven Into the warp and
woof of his proud and brMIlant ca
reer there was ever a predominating
love and affection for his people and
by his people.
Scion of a noble house, precocious
and attractive in youth, quick to an
swer the call to battle to defend the
escutcheon of his State and rights
of his section, shedding his blood on
the field of carnage in defense of
the cause his sires espoused, gt'ing to
the legal world testaments to be
handed down from generation to gen
eration. carving his name lofty and
indelibly among the orators of the
nation, respected and esteemed by
his political party, and serving his
State in the highest legislative body
in the land almost a quarter of cen
tury. Senator Daniel was honored
among the honored and goes down
Into the history <tf the Common
wealth and country as a man of won
derful gifts and attainments, of spot
less character and unlmpeached and
unimpeachable integrity and devotion
to duty and principle.
A Message of Sorrow .
Therefore the simple, solemn state
ment "John W Daniel is dead,"
(Tarried s wealth of sorrow and a pall
of gloom, as It was wafted through
out the Commonwealth, over whose
length and breadth he was known,
loved and respected. Statesmen are
born and die, but the legislative ma
chinery of the nation knows no stop
ping A successor to Senator Daniel
will be chosen, but that Virginia will
have another Daniel is a statement
that needs no challenging
It is not the proud honor of many
men to be unanimously re-elected to
succeed themselves In the United
States Senate, and when that rare dis
tinction is conferred upon them much
Is said and written. In the instance
of Senator Daniel it was different. It
seemed the most natural of things
for the Virginia Legislature tp re
elect him every si* years since he
wss first discovered ns the man best
able to represent the State In the
Senate, and worthy of the hlghpst
trust men could bestow upon him.
Nor were these re-elections; perfunc
tory or complimentary, for John War
wick Daniel proved his worth as a
law-maker, and was as staunch a
defender of hit State's rights in the
halls of Congress as he was w hen the
battle line was drawn and the firing
began. At each re-election he w-as
unanimously chosen, and the nomi
nating speeches in the Legislature
by his comrades in war and state
craft grew but the warmer, stronger
snd more felicitous as the years of
t»me were tolled off Felicity was the
keynote of John W. Daniel's life. His
mind and soul were attuned to the
hearts of his people, and the song of
love was sung back to him.
Politics Not Ills Forte.
Although serving ills State more
than twenty-five years as a State leg
islator and United States Senator, be
it known that John VV. Daniel was as
guileless as a balds in the political
arena. Men there ure and many of
them who could have outwitted, out
generaled and outschemed him as
simply as flicking ashes from cam
paign cigars, yet his election and re
elections became realities, and more s
the compliment to him. The sordid
ness and planning of politics was
left to the astute men trained in such
matters, snd they acquitted them
selves with credit and honor by align
ing themselves with his cause,
t'hosen by his people, he went forth
to fight their battles and to reflect
back upon his State honor and dis
tinction by his acts and utterances
Senator Daniel was always sure of
himself In the Senate and everywhere
ese, and Virginia never questioned but
hat her best Interests were secure
in his hands, for whatever the issues,
whatever the call, he waa there, and
the right, tho fair, honorable and
just aide of the problem was near
hla heart.
Of recent years Senator Daniel, by
reason of impaired henlth and suf
fering since the dark days of the bat
tle of the Wilderness had been less
conspicuous than other of his col
loaguea tn the Senate, but at all times
he wgs acutely conscious and mind
ful of his duty, and did it well. The
turbulent and trying days of recon
struction and readjustment are not
so bedimmed by the things of the
present as to bolt out of mind the
courageous and fearless deeds of "The
Iam« Lion of Lynchburg." for it was
In those unhappy and uncertain times
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
A. IDailjr—hit train* to Old Point.
4.-00 P.f Newport Non and Norfolk.
7:40 A.—Daily. Local to Newport Nawa.
800 P.—Daily. local to Old Point.
12:00 Noon. Week day* "Mountain Spaoial .
Hinton."
1:00 P. 1 Daily—LonindUa and Cincinnati
114)0 P) Pullman*
CM P.—Daily. "St. Louia-Chicneo Spcc-ai.'
Pullman*.
Waak da.v*
A.—Daily—Chariot taaviUa.
—Clifton Fora*
6:1# P.—W*ak day*. Local to Oorvlonarill*
11:48 A.—Daily. L'bur*. La*.. C. Force
8:18 Pi—Daily. To Lynch hurt andCltrtoj i'jfji
TRAINS AftRIVT. RICHMOND.
Local from Eaat--S*8 A. M., 7:80 P. M.
Throuah (torn E«m—11:88 A. M.. tl:»5 P. M.
Localfrom Waat-—*SA0 A. M. «:» A. M.. /.-C
P. M.
Throuah—TC0 A. M, 2:45 P. M.
JamasKlaar Lin#—8:88 A. M. 8.00 P. M
•Daily azrapt Sunday.
Rictaond aad Petersbuf Electric Rad way
| that he received this appropriate sou
I briquet .and It itu then that he
j mauKested his pre-eminence among :
! Virginians Conservative and honor- I
i al>le In those days as his whole life
| w as. Senator Daniel rendered his
| State a service equal to any perform- |
1 od for her good, and fought the good \
i light for her best Interests and fair
name. On the floor of the House
and Senate of the Legislature, as was j
true In the halls of Congress and on
the stump, the voice of Daniel stir
red, charmed and electrified his lis
teners. He seemed a horn general,
and around his standard men were
quick to rally, and proud to call him
friends. A man of eloquence and fo
rensic power, a mighty debater, and !
a sound, philosopher. Senator Daniel
was ever a courteous speaker. Even
In the heat of campaigns his speech
was modulated and respectful, how
ever rapier longuad his opponent
might have been. Though men !
mounted the stump to extol their ,
| own virtues and qualifications for of- j
lice, It wae not within their power to
: say aught but that which was good
! about the man with whom they dlf
1 fered. No stronger testimonial of the !
, love that even opponents bore for j
| John W.. Daniel could be had than I
! the fact that In many Instances the j
men who engaged hlin In Joint debate I
at one hour laid down In the same
bed to sleep peacefully and pleasant
ly beside him the next.
Born in lt>42.
Horn of a distinguished and aris
tocratic family, which had given Its
revolutionary heroes. Us statesmen I
and Jurists In Campbell county on !
September 5, 1M2. John Warwick i
Daniel was the pride and Joy of the '
j home, and great things w ere prophe- 1
sled for him whle yet In his swad
| dllng clothes. His proud father.
.Judge William Daniel, Jr., declared*
, the lad would some day be president.
! Strange, yet naturally enough, John
W. Daniel was mentioned for the
htghest office within the gift of the
people and seriously considered as
the nominee of his party, but he ;
modestly declined to make the gruel
ling race, basing Mis declination on j
the ground that he believed other ;
men better qualified.
After attendtng a private school In ,
: Lynchburg. John W Daniel was sent
j to Dr. Geasner Harrison's University .
School, where he took first rank
among the students and graduated 1
! with high honors.
! At the first shrill blast of the bu- j
1 gie'g call to arms In 1SS1, John W. j
Daniel, then only eighteen years
i old. donned the gray uniform and
| shouldered the epaulets of a second
| lieutenant In the famous ' Stonewall ,
j Brigade." At the first battle of Man- I
assas he was cut down by a Federal •
: bullet and withdrew from the field
of strife only long enough to recover
from a wound In his leg When he
, returned to the theatre of war he un
: sheathed his sword as second lieu- !
j ant of Company A. Eleventh Vir
i ginla Infantry, and helped direct '
many vigorous assaults against the
i Northern lines
Serving with distinction with his
' company and proving a model sol
dier for the men in the ranks when ,
it tame to enduring hardships of war. 1
he led several gallant and successful j
j charges after his senior officers were
■ lost to the hosts, and was rewarded
by being promoted to a first lleuten
, anry and commissioned adjutant of
the Eleventh Regiment. While hold- '
lng this commission no mingled in
the thickest of the fray, and was
again wounded In the left leg in the
battle near Boonesboro, Recovering
sufficiently from this wound to re
sume the field, he was made major
and chief of staff of General Jubal
A Early's forces. Major Daniel
served with that splendid general aftd
indefatigable fighter until the battle
of the Wilderness. While leading a
; charge of the Fifty-eighth Virginia
Regiment In that memorable and
gory conflict Major Daniel was in
the fiercest of tne shower of
Northern lead, ar.d received a wound
: in his left leg near the hip That I
| was on May 6, 1864. It marked the
J end of Major Daniel's career as a
military fsofdler, hut the beginning
of his civil soldiery He never re
j covered from that wound, and on his
! deathbed It gave him as much pain
as the day he received It Amputa
tion was not deemed necessary, yet
I the effect of the wound was such '
j as to disable the limb so as to make
it Impossible for Major Daniel to
use it for purposes of locomotion.
Regan Reading Law.
Wounded In heart and spirit be
cause he was compelled to leave the
battle ground. Major Daniel, then
only twenty-two years old. matricu
lated at the University of Virginia :
and studied law there during the j
session of leaving the uni-'
veraity. which he always loved and
was ever loyal to. Major Daniel en- j
tered the law chambers of his father j
! who had served on the Supreme Court
| of Appeals of Virginia from IMS to
1885, and was associated with him
until the latter's death In 1873. j
Senator Daniel, as hls kindly nature j
would Indicate, specialised on equity.
—the law of conscience—and chan- ,
eery. He was a most successful and
brilliant practitioner, and hls elo
quence and logic always served
him well In the argument of cases,
the majority of which were decided
In the interest of his clients. Sena
tor iranlel was the author of two
large and universally adopted text
books of law. They are "Daniel on
Negotiable Instruments" and "Dan
iel on Attachments." both of which
are almost Invariably quoted from In
oases Involving Issues on these sub
jects.
Back in the days of 1889, when
Virginia was known to the Federal
government as Military District No.
1, when the Legislature of the State
was controlled by carpet-baggers and
negroes filled the seats In the House
and Senate chambers, and when the
basis on which the union ot States
should be reconstructed wss the all
important issue of the day. there
limped into the forum from the
eternal hills of Campbell, "The Lame
Lion of Lynchburg" to Impart cool
counsai to Virginians and to matte
the race for the General Assembly.
Hls campaign was successful, and he
took hls seat In the House as a leader
and a man to be consulted on all the
measures looking toward reconstruc
tion.
leader in Legislature.
Major Daniel was the Intellectual
giant of the House, and more than
once the historic old chamber at the
east end of the Capitol rang out with
his sloquence and unanswerable argu
ments In support of hls position.
That the path of Virginia has been
bestrewn with roses rather than
thorns since those days Is ample at
testation of Major Daniel's power to
dissuade men from rash action and
hls ability to sway them to the
heights from which the vista was
clear. Major Daniel concluded hla
service in the House in 1873, with a
most enviable record as a legislator,
a leader among men and a man for
whom fellow-solon# predicted a bril
liant future. **»
In 18T6 ha again answered the call
to serre hls State and prevent men
perhaps law punctilious than he from I
putting Mens
Home of Senator
Daniel in the Suburbs of Lynchburg
days when Genera! William Mahone.
as courageous a soldier as ever fought
if battle against odds, advocated a
plan of readjusting the fin-tnciil obli
gations the State had inferred to de
fray its portion of the war expenses,
and wielded the Whig, a daily- pa
per, to support his plan “I'illy Mo
hone." as he was known. had many
supporters, hut he had few opponenrs
like John W Daniel, a leader among
the "Funders." whose policy was
Just what the Democrats' policy is
to-day. Realizing that ho could sc»x«
hts State, Major Daniel In d s 75 made
the race for State Senator
Senator Daniel fought readjustment
In the Senate as he had during the
campaign He believed the State
should pay every dollar It owed and
that the outstanding debts should be
taken up at their face value Instead
of being scaled, according to the Re
adjusters' plan.
After serving in the Senate until
1R81. Senator Daniel made a oam
pntgn for the governorship against
William E. Cameron, the Readjuster
candidate. The race was one of the
closest in the history of the State and
was characterized by much heat.
Senator Daniel engaged In a number
of Joint debates with Mr Cameron,
and. although entertaining views dia
metrically opposed to hts competitor,
he was, as has been said, most re
spectful and courteous, and often
complimentary In his references to
him The two candidates frequently
slept together while campaigning and
were strong friends until Senator
Daniel’s death. Senator Daniel was
defeated by a comfortable majority
for ihe governorship, but his cam
paign brought him into such promt
nen.-e and won him such respect that
three years later when the Sixth dis
trict was created ,ie was sent to the
House of Roprer«ntstlves
Before he had ftn.shed his service as
k congressman the people of the State
•ailed upon him to enter the contest
’or senator. John 8. Harbour, of
Alexandria, was his ujtpencnt for the
icnatorahtp, which was then held by
general Mahone, who was elected
when Governor Cameron took office.
After an acrid and hard-fought cam
paign Major Daniel was seated In
[he Senate on March 4. lx87 He was
re-elected in 1891. 1897, 19U4 and
1910.
He developed considerable activity
kfter he became member of the
■ornate. In the Forty-ninth Congress
te advocated the abolition of the In
ternal revenue system, urged free
rolnage of silver and supported re
ailation against Canada for curtail
ng the rights of American fishermen
In the wtnter of 1887 he opposed the
force bill, advocated tariff reform and
.vas one of the strongest advocates
>f the free coinage of silver
There Is one Interesting chapter In
:he life of Senator Daniel with which
;he public was never familiar. His
'ather, a man of prominence and
wealth, although his fortune was eon
liderably Impaired by the war. still
had a good law practice for nearly a
iecade after the war. Me was one of
[hose who foresaw the great rommer
tal development of the country and
he interested himself In numerous
ipeculative enterprises. He was san
juine to the point of being visionary.
Everything seemed to him promising
and he subscribed liberally to stock
In concerns, the future of which ap
peared bright. In 1873, when he
died. It was discovered that his estate
was insolvent. There were claims by
creditors over and above the assets,
which amounted to more than *100.
00«. These claims were assumed by
the son. John. He had been with hla
father In hts law practice, but there
was no legal obligation upon him to
settle them. He could have wiped the
slate clean and have started the world
anew, but that was not John Warwick
Daniel He chose otherwise. To him
It seemed that the only honorable
course was to pay his father s debt
In full and with interest. If it required
the earnings of his life to do It- A“*
rordtngly, he notified the creditors
and began upon the herculean task.
That was more than thirty-five yoar*
ago. During thirty-five years of his
life he lived upon the smaller portion
of his income, the major portion of it
going to the creditors of his father,
and at the age of sixty-five re*™ J)®
had the satisfaction of discharging
the last of his father's old obligations
In full. Interest as well as principal.
He was noted for the force and
high flnlah of his oratory and was
often called upon to deliver addresses
at Important occasions. He delivered
the oration at the unveiling of the
General Lee monument at Islington,
Va . In 1883; the addreas at the dedi
cation of the Washington monument
In 1885 by Invitation of Congress, and
was the principal orator at many lo
cal celebrations In Virginia and other
Southern States.
He was a democrat, coming from a
long line of democratic Southern an
cestors and his convictions were
thoroughly In harmony with demo
cratic principles, but the broadness
of hts mind tempered his partlsan
ihlp and made him a conservative.
Senator Daniel was elector at large
In 187* and delegate at large to ths
Democratic conventions of 1880, 1888,
1888, 1888 (when he wee honored
with the temporary chairmanship).
1800. 1804 and 1808 (when he was
•Srtously considered for nomination
against William Howard Taft), in
ha declined to bo a candidate
the Constitutional Convention held In
lUOl-'O^. and was chairman of the
committee on elective suffrage
Through his instrumentality the per
plexing Intricacies of the suffrage
..
problem were successfully worked
out.
Both the University of Virginia and
Michigan University honored Senator
Uantel with the degree of LU. D.
ELOQUENT LYRIC ORATOR
. DESPITE TRIBULATIONS
Senator Daniel Gifted With Peerless Forensic Powers—Exoerta
from Addresses.
Few men have suffered the physical 1
pan its and mental agony and anguish
1 that was Senator Daniel's yet with
all his pains and worries he was one
1 of the most philosophical of men. and
his point of view was ever optimistic.
. brightening and cheery- To the world
i he was a man apparently w ithout a
1 care or vicissitude, and on the plat
1 form he possessed the rarest powers
| to charm and enthrall with the power
! of his words and the beauty of his
slmllies.
As an orator. Senator Daniel's peer
; was difficult to find. His splendid
j forei.alca have gone dow n into hlstorv
| and been written into the llteruture of
; the nation. Bto oration on the life
; of Jefferson Davis, delivered before the
] Un-eta! Assembly of Virginia on Janu
ary 15. 1SS0, and Ills forensic at the
| d. dioation of^the Washington Mc-nu
[i n.l on February 21, 18s5. were epic,
ar d the country rend them with genu
ine relish anil rare appreciation.
* Senator lhuilel delivered scons of
lectures and addresses, historical and
I ct orwise, and by reason of physical
Imi«>ssiblllty to comply with then ''-.is
kept constantly busy declining lnvita
1 tlons to speak
of Genera! Lee.
In his oration on the Ilf*- of General
: Robert E. 1«, delivered at Lexington.
! June IS, 1888. Senator Daniel said. In
! part:
"There was no happier or lovelier
borne than that of Colonel Robert Kd
• ward I*ee In the spring of 1*61, when
! 'nr the first time its threshold was
darkened with the omens of ilvll war.
"Crowning the green slopes of the
Virginia hills that overlook the Po
tomac. and empowered In stately
trees, stood the venerable mansion of
Arlington, facing a prospect of va
ried and Imposing beauty. Its broad
porch and widespread wings held out
open arms, as It were, to welcome
the coming guest Its simple Doric
columns graced domestic comfort
with a classic air Us hails and
chambers were adorned with the por
traits of patriots and heroes and with
Illustrations and relics of the great
revolution, and of the Father of his
Country. And within and without,
history and tradition seemed to
breathe their legends upon n canvas
as soft as a dream of peace.
"The noble, which in Its history,
aa well as in Its name, carries us
I back to the days when the red man
: trod Its backs, sweeps In full and
even flowg along the forefront of the
landscape; while beyond Its waters
; stretch the splendid av enues and rise
the gleaming spires of Washington;
and over ail. the great white dome
‘ of the national capital looms up
I against the eastern sky, like a glory
In the air.
"Southward and westward, toward
tho rim of the Alleghanies, roll away
■ the pine end oak-dad hills, and the
j fields of the ‘Old Dominion.’ dotted
! here and there with the homes of the
; people of simple tastes and upright
; minds, renowned for their devotion
1 to their native lend, and for their
fierce love of liberty; a people who
| have drunk Into their souls with
their mothers’ milk, that man Is of
! right, and ought to be. free,
j “On the one hand there wae Im
pressed upon the most casual eye that
contemplated the pleasing prospect,
the munificence and grandeur of
American progress, the arts of Indus
try and commerce, and the symbols
of power. On the other hand, nature
seemed to woo the heart back to her
sacred haunts, with vistas of spark
ling waters, with verdant pastures,
and many a wtldwood scene; and
you penetrate Its deepest recesses
with the hatycon charm that ever
linger about the thought of home ”
Senator Daniel then addressed him
self to the host of Arlington, the ante
cedents of General Lee, told of the lat
ter’s entrance Into the theater of war
and his brilliant achievements on the
tie Id of strife, and. in conclusion, said:
“Sanctify Our Memorise."
“Come we then to-day In loyal love
to aancttfy our memories, to purify our
hopes to make strong all good Intent
by communion with the spirit of him
who. being dead, yet speaketh. Conte,
Child In thy Spotleaa Innocence; ■•ome,
woman, In thy purity; come, youth. In
thy prime; come, manhood. In thy
strength; come, age. In thy right wis
dom; come, cltlsen, come, soldier,
strew the roses cand lilies of June
around the tomb; tor he, like them,
exhaled In his Ilfs Nature’s beneficence,
and the grave has consecrated that life
and given It to us all,- lot us crown ht«
tomb with the oak, the emblem of bis
str< gth, and with laurel, the erphlem
of his glory, and 1st those, whose voices
the echoes of
hsrself may
he knew of eld.
the mountains that
Jolnln
" ‘On tht* green bank, by this fair
stream,
We set to-day a native stone,
That memory may his deed* redeem.
When, like our sires, our sons are
gone.’
"Come, for here thti genius of lofti
est poesy In the artist's dream, and
through the sculptor's touch, has re
stored his form and features—a Valen
tine ha* lifted the iparble veil and dis
closed him to us aa we would love
to look upon him—lying, the flower of
knighthood, in 'Joyous Gard.' His
sword beside him Is sheathed forever
But honor's seal la on his brow, and
valor's star Is oti hts breast, and the
peace that pazseth all understanding
descends upon him. Here, not In the
hours of his grandest triumph of earth,
as when mid the battle roar shouting
battalions followed his trenchant
sword, and bleeding veterans forgot
their wounds to leap between him and
his enemies—but here In victory, su
preme over earth Itself, and over death,
ltB conqueror, he rests, his warfare
done.
And aa w e seem to gaze once more
on him we loved and hailed as chief,
in his sweet dreamless sleep. the
tranquil face ts clothed with heaven's
light, and the mute lips seem elo
quent with the messge that In Ilf*
he spoke.
"There Is a true glory and a true
honor; the glory of duty done, the
honor of the lntegruy of principle.”
Battle of Gettysburg.
Un the tampalgn and battle of
Gettysburg, before the Virginia divi
sion of the Army of Northern Vir
ginia, Oct. 2S, 187D
"Not with the ringing bugle nor
the throbbing drum In our van, nor
with the battle-flag floating proudly
o'er our tattered uniforms and bright
muskets, come we again to the his
toric which was once the busy arsenal
and the glowing heart of the Confed
erate revolution
Stately palaces sow line the ave
nues so lately flllgd with charred and
smoking ruins. The Holds around us
smile In cultivated beauty where late
ly trod the iron hoofs of war 'fetlock
deep In blood.' The lordly river, no
longer grim with batteries on its
banks, and Iron-clad upon its sur
face, nor chocked with obstructions
In its channel, rolls its majestic tide In
unbroken currents to the sea. And
save here and there, where some rude
earthwork, overgrown with grass and
weeds, scars the landscape. fair
nature tells no tale of the devastation
of civil strife.
“But long after the elements of
changing seasons, and the slow pro
cess of time, have obliterated from
the physical world every scar and
stain of conflict, the scenes around
us, animate with their heroic actors,
shall be portrayed to our generations
with all the vividness of artist’s
brush and poet's song; and faithful
chroniclers shall recount to eager ears
the story, which has made the name
of Richmond not less memorable than
the name of ancient Troy, and has
Immortalized those more than Trojan
heroes, the devoted citizen-soldiery of
the Army of Northern Virginia.
Surviving comrades of that valiant
host. 1 hall with' a comrade's warm
est greeting. in Virginia's name I
welcome you back to Virginia’s capi
tal olty, amongst those generous peo
ple who nerved your arms by their
cheerful courage, who bent over your
wounds with ministering care, who
consoled adversity by fldsllty and
plucked from defeat its stings
‘‘Here to-night we come as men -of
peace—faithfully rendering unto Cae
sar the things that are hlg—but hap
py to touch elbows once more In the
battle of life and proud to revive
the cherished memories of the 'brave
days of yore,' and to renew the sol
emn and high resolve that their
bright examples and grsat action*
shall net perish from the records of
time.
“Happier. Indeed, would 1 have
been If, on this occasion, the task
of reproducing some page of our fa
mous history had been confided to
other and abler hands than mine;
for In this distinguished presence,
with my superiors In rank, ability and
military service* around me. the sol
dier's sense of subordination creeps
over me. and I would fain fall back
Into the ranks of those who are seen
but not heard.
"But since It Is I who am appoint
ed to play the role of the old aoldler,
‘Who ahoulders his crutch
And shows how fields were won.*
Always a Soldier.
“I bow obediently to orders, trust
ing that the splendor of my themes
may obscure the deficiencies of your
orator, and that your generosity—as
characteristic of tha soldier as his
The gifted orator then reviewed the
entire war and led up to the gruel
ling siege at Gettysburg, picturing the
charges and onslaughts In striking
colors and In the most realistic,
graphic, style which characterised his
descriptive powers.
In conclusion. Senator Daniel said:
"Thus, my comrades. I have told you
In unvarnished language the story of
Gettysburg.
"My chief object has been to state
facta which will stand as landmarks ;
of Confederate history rather than to
attempt melltfuoue phrases which
would roll away llko rippling waters.
And these—selected from a mass—are
related only In the hope of stimulating
further researches and expositions,
and not In the vain belief that they
comprehend even the half of these |
sad but brilliant annals.
"For many reasons It is important ,
to you and to our people that the
truth respecting this grett
action should be studiously explored
and fully recounted. Fought at the
farthermost northern point to which
our armies penetrated at any time.
It is propected Into a conspicuousness
which belongs to no other field. Its
result Increased In the North the
permanence Imparted to It by Its
geographical location; and Northern
painters, sculptors, essayists, orators
and historians havs exhausted the
resources of art and language In pic
turing Its actors and Its scenes, and
tn celebrating the real and too fre
quently the fictitious exploits which
the Union troops performed.
"Above all. It marked a decisive
turn in the fortunes of war. It was, I
as Mr Scvlnton styles It. 'the high
water mark of the rebellion.' It was.
Indeed, what the historian Hallam so
finely says of the victory won by
Charles Martel over the Invgdlng Sar
acens between Tours and Folctlers.
‘one of those few battles of which
the contrary event would have essen
tially varied the drama of the world
and all Its subsequent scenes' For
had the grand assault on Cemetery
Ridge been compensated by results
proportioned to the genius whleh di
rected and the courage which made
It, Baltimore and Washington have
been Its prixes, foreign recognition
Its reward, and the establishment of
the Confederate States as an tnde- I
pendent nation Its final fruitage
"Nor let the. Confederate shrink
before the critic who, from the se
rene atmosphere of his sanctum, steps
forth to pluck a laurel from the
reputation of that great commander
who so boldly attempted what others
would pale to think of With the
fall of Vicksburg Imminent. General
Lee felt that that hour demanded this
Herculean efTort. With the spirit of
the Caesar or a Napoleon he bravely
cast, and bravely stood, the hazard
of the die. By the very audacity of
this well-aimed stroke he deserved—
by the steady heroism of Plekett's
men he well night won—and only
bv a series of those curious accidents ;
which In the game of war confound
the wisdom of the wise—did he lose
—that crowning triumph which his
supreme endeavor was so welt de
served to win
Ice Took Blame.
" 'It was an my fault.' he said;
but such will not be the verdict of |
the Just historian, who with clear eye
and Bteady hand shall trace, through
the tumultuous and sanguinary Inci
dents of the day, the course of him
who. after exposing his person to all
the dangers of the fray, would cruci
fy. on self erected cross, his own Il
lustrious name, aad make that repu
tation. more precious than life Itself,
vicarious sacrifice for his lieutenants
! and his men.
"And when the moralist shall seek
the highest example of what Is heorle
and grand In action, and martyr-Uke
in spirit—that he may erect before
humankind a model that shall warm
Its finest fancies, and excite Its hlgh
I est aspirations—he shall find It In
1 the person of Robert E. Lee. upon
the summit of Seminary Ridge, the
meust of his transfiguration, where,
sublimating all earthly instincts, the
Divinity in his bosom shone translu
cent through the man. and his spirit
rose up Into the godlike.
"And the day shall dawn when
here In the Capitol Square we shall
' look again upon the warriors form
and face. moulded In perennial
bronze—shall see once more our
great commander, mounted on Trav
eler. hi* battle steed, th4 seeming
1 Image of Majesty and Victory Hera
In the aftertime, when we shall be
sleeping under the sod with our de
parted comrades, our sons and daugh
| ters shall look up to that command
ing presence, rejoicing to remember
, that heir fathers fought under him.
And here the eye of the wayfarer,
the patriot, and the pilgrim shall
grow brtghBer, as it contemplates
with one glance three Illustrious and
congenial spirits, bom to Virginia,
govern to Humanity, world renowned.
George Washington. Stonewall Jack
son and Robert Edmund Lee."
Jackson an Exception.
i "Character of Stonewall Jackson.”
! a lecture delivered as a speech before
j the Manassas Memorial Association In
1*7*.
1 "The caskets In the Merchant of
[ Venice' that were outwardly attrac
tive were proportionately deceptive.
1 The Prince of Morocco. Portia’s first
suitor. chone the golden casket, but
found In It a death's head. The Prince
of Arragon chose the silver one. and
was rewarded with the Image of a
fool. Bassanlo selected the modest
casket of lead, and within discovered
a likeness of his sweetheart's head,
which was the title to her hand.
"The disappointed lovers In the
Shakespearean drama were not de
luded by appearances than were the
people of the Confederate States In
many of the public men to whom they
committed their destinies In the late
revolution. With the pre-eminent ex
ception of Jefferson Davit (by far the
greatest man produced on either side)
and or two others of lesser note, the
politicians who figured In the prelimi
naries of the war proved, like the
companions of Ulysses, Incapable of
directing the wlnda they had suc
ceeded In arousing. They were, gen
erally speaking, marplots In military
affairs, short-sighted and Impracti
cable in finance, and the various
other departments of political econ
omy. They were depressed and lost
hope with our first serious adver
sities. and the death's head of a Lost
Cause Is all that we have gained from
their golden promises. A large ma
jority of the military men—In It was
confidently hoped the South would
find great leaders for her armies—
were alao disappointments Their
course was marked by devoted pa
triotism and determined valor, and
no reproach stains their swords. But
with rare exceptions they proved In
capable of comprehending the grand
proportions and the practical necessi
ties of the revolution or of combining
armies In a wide and complicated field
of operation, and the contents of the
■liver casket were little leaa In har
mony with Its shining exterior than
were their performances with ths sx
psctations they excited.
“It was in a man In whom none
Imagined to repose the capacities ot
% great oaptatn, in whom were dis
posed those rare marshal qoalHtsS
- * the chief
Oxford
Admiral and Respected
bf-r of State Lepaiaturt, 1
He Often Electri
M A If ONE’S
Distinguished Statesman Wl
eiptent of Galaxy of
menu from Native S'
A Silvery Tongucd,
turesque Orator.
byterlan deacon, a professor In m'$
Itary academy, known hitherto §
as a brave subordinate, i
tious churchman and an
structor of youth, who rose tbe.j
rapidly to high command, who:;
most capable of wielding
achieved the most brilliant fa
arms, and who died most
And as l^issanlo found In the ;
casket of lead the talisman
success In love, so did the peoffli
the South In the modest
Stonewall Jackson the tall
their success In war. in his
was contained the likeness of mrtM
tories But for the inscrutable
dence that struck him down, ha '
In all probability have fouiid the <
deeds of our Independence.”
(Special to The Richmond Vlrj
OXFORD. VA.. June 30 —An ti
dance «■« given at Horner
Monday evening by the young
the town in honor of the young
who are visiting here. Those
were Miss Irene Hines With
Howell; Miss Sophia Taylor wftl|;
A Williams; Miss Ruth MUi
R. M. Ray. Miss Bert Rucker
shall Plnnlx, Miss Ethel A<
R T Smith. Miss Pleasants, Of ««
burg with James Q. Murchison.;
Willie (Jgburn with Ellis Cl '
Miss Mary B. Williams with
White. Miss Willie Clrlmslsy
W Alston. Miss Sophronla
Frank Hancock. Miss Henley, i
Unton with N. B. Cannady, h
slow with Garland Atwater. Miss '
with Mark I.andts, Miss Alice
Durham with Roger Gant,
rtn I.yod. of Durham. E. T.
James and Kerr Taylor.
saeAFolh nCerothe u. . . .fo sells
Miss Janie Outlaw Hunt entS
a number of her friends at
party" Saturday morning. The_
was given In honor of Miss
Powell Sholar, of Chaianoogn,
Miss Gladys Smith, or Wilson. K.
and Miss Roberta Hicks, of New
who are In Oxford. The guests
greeted by Miss Elisabeth Niles
Henry Hunt. The refreshment*
stated of Ices and cakes. Those
ent Including the guests of honor '
Misses Bur well, Cooper. Landis, ,
Parham. Shaw. Robards. Edtl
Capeheart, Rawlins, White,
Royster. Williams and MlteheV
Miss Katherine Let^t^JLr —
he s been attending sc!
vtlle. Florida, baa retu:
oat Ion,
Monroe 1
Is the on!v Wood, Coal and Ice |,_
Highland Park, localise we are th* <
people that have a vard out thei«.j
have Ice at our storehouse on 2nd A
all the time and ran serve at abort I
Our Coal and Wood is the beet i
summer prices! now. Try us for
venience.
Highland ParkWood & (
B. P. Taylor, Ma
Reduced Fares to
the Seashore for
the 4th of
The Norfolk and Western
will se'l low rate tickets aa
| viz. ' >n July 1. 2 and * TO*
I tickets to Norfolk at $3,00, and I
: gima Beach *3.2f>. all good ret
until July 4. inclusive. On It
Julv 4, a special train will leave!
mond at S: 10 A M„ with same
ule and fare* as the Sunday >
returning from the Beach at
M. and from Norfolk 7:40 P. T
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| Ladies. Large and
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Vacation Programme at
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1854