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LUCIUS Q. C. LAMAR.
It would be impossible in a brief
sketch like this to recount all the
bright deeds which have rendered L.
Q. C. Lamar's name illustrious, but it
is proposed, if possible, to glean a lit
tle here and there for the instruction
and edification of those who are to
come after us.
Mr. Lamar was born at the old Lam
ar homestead in Putnam county, Ga.,
on the 17th of September, 1825. In his
early youth he spent much of his time
at is grandfather's home, but after
the deatli of his father, his mother re
moved to t lie town of Covington for
the purpose of educating her boys.
r that town was located a manual
labor school which was attended by
Lamar for three years This
was of incalculable advantage to him
in after life, for his constitution was
not at all strong and required to b
strengthened.
The result was that although at the
beginning he was very much averse
to farm work, lie received a trainin
which was of great value to him and
the other boys. It is impossible to
overestimate the benefits and advant
ages to be derived front a system of
manual training in early life.
At that time Mr. Lantar was cele
brated for his great powers of abstra
tioti and concentration of his mind
This habit remained with hint through
out itis long and eventful career
have never known a man capable or
so concentrating his thoughts. When
his thoughts were thus abstracted
nothing could divert them.
How He Paid His Fare.
1 have known him to walk side by
side with an intimate personal friend
rotn Willard's Hotel, in Washington,
to the CapTtol without uttering a word.
On one occasion he was riding in a
street herdic when the driver kept
ringing the bell to attract the atten
tion of those within. A gentleman re
marked. ‘‘Mr. I>amar, that Is intended
for you; you have forgotten to pay
our fare/ "
Lamar jumped up with a French
novel in his hand and said, “pray ex
cuse me. sir,” and threw a half-dollar
in the box. His friend said to him,
You have put in too much; only a
nickel is required,’ when he jumped
up and threw in a nickle also.
He and E. John Ellis, of Louisiana,
were very intimate. On one occasion
while they both belonged to the House
of Representatives, Mr. Lamar left hia
seat and came and sat down by the
side of Mr. Ellis. After a while he
aid to Ellis:
“John. I don't believe you like me.”
'No,’ said Mr. Ellis, "I do not.’’
"What is the matter?” said LamaT.
“Well,” said Ellis, “when I first
came to Congress you were exceeding-
kind and attentive to me, so much
so that I felt very much flattered, but
for months past, you have passed me
without speaking and without seeming
to know there is such a person as my-
selt in existence. People say it is
your way. but I do not like it.’
After hearing Tiim through, Lamar
put his arm around Ellis's shoulder.
"John,’ he said, "you know 1 lovo
you, and hereafter when you see me
thus abstracted, I want you to hit mo
in the side and bring me back to my
senses.”
Of course, the matter was amicably
adjusted and the two continue4 to be
warm personal friends as long as they
lived. . .
- His College Days.
In August, 1811, Mr. Lamar entered
the freshman class of Emory College,
at Oxford, Georgia, and graduated In
July, 1845. At that time Rev. A. B.
T.ongstrect, so widely known as law
yer, judge-And divine, "filled the chair
of president; - and in tfia't capacity,
made a profound impression upon the
students contmihed to his charge by
the great educational and religious ad
vantages which he was enabled to
afford them. In July, 1870, Mr. Lamar
returned to his Alma Mater and de
livered an address to the students
i Christmas - - Christmas
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Miss Rosa A. Von d#££eth
one of the first the was tne second)
to suggest that 1 had powers within
nte to stir men’s hearts and to con
vince their reason. Wesley Hughes
was the first. I know not where he
is; but 1 send to him my greetings,
wherever he may be. There sits the
venerable man who, when I delivered
my graduating speech, in approval of
its sentiments, placed his hand upon
my head and gave nte his blessing
There is another old man. Or. Means
who sat at the very fountain head of
my mind, and with loving hand dir
the channel into which it was
quired to flow, and who. when I
rived at manhood, gave me my
trothed bride, who has ever since
held the choicest place in my affec
tions and made my life one constan
song of joy.
"Many of those whom 1 then knew
have disappeared. There was Prof
George W. Lane, who unlocked for u
the pure spring of Grecian literature
shedding over them all the rich ligh
of his holy precepts and example
long since he went to his reware
There was also Lucius Whittey, th
eloquent speaker, the ripe scholar, t!
refined gentleman, who. in a fe
years, followed Lane to the grav
Anil many younger have passed awa
Robert Goodloe Harper, to whoso soul
my own wees knit as was David
Jonathan, has gone My two broth
and a host, cf the Emory students, v
fell in defense of the noblest earth!
cause that over dawned upon human
ty. now fill soldiers' graves.'
His Veneration for Women.
After his graduation Mr. Lama
commenced the study of the law
Macon, Ga-, under the tuition of
salont H. Chappell, with whom
formed a co-partnership after his
mission to the liar. On the 15th o:
July, 1817, Mr. Lamar was tnarrie
to Miss Virginia Lafayette Longstreer
Years afterward, while he was a mem
ber of Congress, he was heard to r<
mark to some university students
"Young gentlemen, 1 hope every on
of you will get married and that note
of you will have mere cause to
gret than I. For it I am worthy of tlw
respect atid confidence of my fellow-
citizens, or ever shall be in futur
I want my wife to have full credit
it."
In a pocket-book kept by Mr. Lamar
while Secretary of the Interior is
be found the following, showing bis
romantic attachment to woman
is to the influence of woman that a
man's greatness or itis viciousnes
may be traced. No man lor history
is false) has ever won the world's ap
plause for noble deeds, for self-sacr:
ficing efforts .around whose infan
brow a mother's hands have not plac
ed the chaplet 6f virtue and honor
or upon whose heart her love or the
affections of a sister or the attacn
ment of a wife have not impressed th
indelible lineaments of true grea
ness.
“The influence of woman—it can
hush the harsh and discordant notes
of passion; in the cause of affection
or duty it has a charm that can arrest
the murderer’s hand and stay the tid
of vengeance And that influence
working in our midst. There is not
a heart that has not been molded
that will not be directed by the same
potent spell. As irresistibly as th
beautiful moon sw-avs the -ccean tides,
bidding them to ebb and flow so docs
the.light of woman's smile compel the
currents of man's heart to flow on un
■til they cover the barren rocks of self
ishness, the desert spots cf crime,
making tho glad soil rejoice and bios
som. And so, also, can the cloud
woman's frown drive hack the genial
tide until that heart will be once more
as sterile as the rocks of Pekta or
Sahara’s arid sands."
His Contest with Foote.
In the fall of 1851 there was unusual
political excitement throughout Mis
sissippi. and Mr. Lamar, having enter
ed the lists, encountered in debate
most formidable antagonist of larg
which was replete with beautiful and experience as a public debater—]
touching sentiments. Among other
things he said, "No' spot on earth has
so helped to form and make me what
I am as this town of Oxford. It was
here in the church which stands a
little farther up the street that I be
came fully impressed with the value
and peril of my soul and was led to
pour out my contrite confessions. It
■f was in yonder building whicK now
l seems so deserted that I became con-
• sclous of power
T _ “It was there In the PU1 Gamma So-
4 clety that I received my tralnlhg as'a
4 debater. ' I see before me now many
I who wrestled with me lh.tffe arena of
4 ] debate. There sits a man'.who was
less a man than Henry S. Foote—who
was known throughout the entire
country for his great forensic powers
Mr. Foote appeared as the champion
of the Union party, composed In great
measure of Old Line A^ilgs who had
been reinforced by a considerable
number of democrats. Mr. Lamar was
then only twenty-six years of age, but
in obedience to the earnest solicita
tion of his friends, he accepted the
gage of battle, and by common con-
sent won his spurs in the encounter
and bore off the palm of victory.
In the fall of 1853 he was elected
to represent the county of Newton
the General Assembly of Georgia* and
came to the front at once as an ac
knowledged leader of men. In July,
1857, he was nominated for Congress,
and conducted a joint canvass with
j his competitor. James L. Alcorn, the
result of which was his triumphant
election to the Thirty-fifth Congress,
in which he made his first speech on
the 13th day of January, 1S5S; a
speech that gave him great prestige,
not only in congress, but throughout
the country at large.
The Wig Restored Good Humor.
It was during that Congress that a
scene occurred in the nights or Feb
ruary 5th and 6th which caused a
great deal of hard feeling. Some tint?
before 2 o'clock in the morning Mr.
Grow, a Republican member from
Pennsylvania, left the Republican side
and went over on the Democratic side.
While he was there Mr. Quitman, of
Mississippi, asked permission of the
House to make an explanation, to
iiich Mr. Grow objected. Whcreup-
Mr. Keitt, of South Carolina, ask
ed Mr. Grow why he did not get hue i
his own side of the House if h<-
isheil to object? Mr. Grow replied
it it was a free hall, and that he
etild object from any point in it
hieh he pleased. Whereupon Keitt
tiled Grow a "lilack Republican pup
py,” and the latter retorted that "he
ouid not allow any 'nigger' drive
to crack whips around his ears.'
There was great commotion in th
hall, during which Barksdale, of Mis
sippi, came out with his wig wrong
ide up in front The ludicrous sight
caused general laughter and good hu
mor was restored.
Lantar took an active part in
the contest between Vallandlgliam
nil Campbell for a seat in the llou
>f Representatives as a member from
the Third district of Ohio, in which
after a long contest. Mr. Vallandigham
was seated. Lamar's speech attract
ed great attention at the time
was a member of tin* Committ
elections.
In June, 1859. Mr. Lamar was ttn'anl
mously renominated as the Demoi
aiididate for Congress, and wa
manintously elected. On the lltli
November following, by request of tli
Legislature of Mississippi, lie deliver
ed an elaborate address before tha
body on Federal relations. It is sai
hat for two hours he held his and
nee, if not spell-hound, at least mo?
agreeably entertained.
In the course of a long and eventful
career. Mr. Lamar made numerous
peeches, which placed him in the
forefront as an orator and debater, if
should undertake to make extracts
from them nil in order to furnis
pecimens of his style, they would fill
Glumes of the most Interesting read
Eulogy on Charles Sumner
Perhaps the greatest speech ever d
ivered by Mr. Lamar—a speech tin
throughout the length and breath o
the land caused him to lie regarded
the inspired pacificator—was that do
livered on the 2Sth of April. I'Tl
eulogy of Charles Sumner, of Mu
chusetts. The effect upon the countr
s electieal. That speech, if he had
lone nothing else, would have he
sufficient to link his name with imnto
talitv. It is said that the faces of
the members were rapt in silent aw
and the Speaker. Mr. Blaine, who had
so often encountered the orator
high debate and always found in hint
a foeman worthy of his steel, sat mo
tionless, with his face turned away
and his eyes filled with tears
One of the immediate-effects of the
speech was the introduction by Hon
Samuel J. Randall of a bill providln
for universal amnesty, non. G
Hoar said: “The words of Mr. Lam
so touched the hearts of the people
the North that they may fairly be sai
to have been of themselves an
portant influence in mitigating the
estrangements of a generation/
It was during the first session
tlie Forty-fourth Congress that I fir;
met Mr. Lantar and as Iona as I knew
him I was delighted to listen With
thrilling interest to his superb and
masterly eloquence. At that sesy
he was elected by common cons
as the chairman of the Democrat
caucus of the House. His leaders!)!
was so masterly that it fixed the gaz
of the entire country.
Elected to the Senate.
Soon after his eulogy upon Mr. Sunt
ner was pronounced in the House
Representatives. Mr. Lamar was elect
ed to the Senate of the I'nited States
by a vote that was practically unan
mous ,and thus he commenced
career in that august body—a care
which has been rarely equaled fo
brilliancy by any of his great prede
cessors. In the fail preceding the
presidential election of 1876 he took
very active and conspicuous part. As
is well known , the result of the elec
tion was disputed and each side claim
ed the victory. Under these circum
stances an electoral commission, qon
sisting of five Senators, five Repre
sentatives and five Judges of the Su
preme Court of the United States,
was organized to try and to decide
the mighty issue. After a long and
exciting trial of the issues involved,
Mr, Hayes was declared elected and
duly Inaugurated on the 4tlr day of
March, 1877. There was, of course, a
great disappointment, but a majority
of the Democratic members determin
ed that they would keep faith and
award to the Republicans wliat. under
other circumstances, they would have
unanimously demanded for them
selves.
On the 24tli of January, 1878, Mr.
Lamar delivered his celebrated speech
on the question of free coinage of sil
ver .which pre-cluced a temporary
estrangement between himself and
some of the Democratic leaders of the
State. It was very much discuss".Jt
hroughout Mississippi, and there was
difference of opinion in the
omments of the press.
The result was that he was instruct-
to resign, and this he courageously
dined to do. His course attracted
nivcrsal attention, and he was gen-
otisly applauded for adhering faith
fully and conscientiously to the right
te understood it. His popularity
greatly enhanced thereby, if ir.
be supposed for a moment that
object was to gain applause. Iu
his connection it may be proper to
ny that many of the foremost states-
n of the country differed radically
ith Mr. Lamar in his view of til*
solemn duty incumbent upon him as a
presentative of the people.
In the Confederate Army.
It should have heen stated that on
he 26ih of January, 1861, the Seces-
Conventicn passed resolutions for
tlie representatives of the State of
issippi in the Congress of tit-*
Southern Confederacy, and Mr. Lamar
tnong others, was selected to serve
in that body. He resigned his-position
professor in the university, and
s, on the 11th day of May, elected
itonant colonel in the Nineteenth
-sissippi Regiment, the first regi
ment organized in his state to serv-
luring tho war
From Richmond lie went into camp
iili his regiment, although the mill-
■ry service was not at all congenial
o him. At the battle of Williamsburg
distinguished himself for gallantry
I coolness, for which he received
unstinted applause from his superior
officers.
Soon after the election of Mr. Cieve-
an I to the presidency, it became
noun that at least two members of
he Cabinet would be selected from
lie South, and Mr. Lamar, although
he preferred General Walthall for the
position, was finally selected as Secre-
tary of the Interior and confirmed by
tlie Senate.
In that capacity he inaugurated wise
;tnd salutary reforms in the adminis
tration of the Land Office, the manage
ment of the Indian Bureau, and in
other directions. In November, 1886.
■gree of I,l. ; D. was conferred
upon him by Harvard University, an
honor which lie prized very highly.
President Eliot, ill conferring the de
gree, de-scribed him as "teacher, ora
tor. legislator, administrator."
On the 5th of January, 1SS7, he was
arried to Mrs. Henrietta J. Holt, a
lady very much admired for her many
attractions of person and character.
After the death of Mr Justice Woods,
of the Supreme Court, Mr. Lamar was
selected by tile President as his suc
cessor. There was opposition to his
■onfirmation, but it was finally over
come and he was duly installed.
Cleveland's Estimate.
In a conversation with Mr. Cleve
land about that appointment, he re
marked that Lamar was a revelation
to hint, and he never saw the man
that he was not more and more im
pressed with his greatness.
Alt he ugh the greater part of his life
had lioen spent in the pursuit of party
politics ,nnd the practice of law ha I
been very much neglected, he at once
took a prominent position in the Su
preme Court, and his opinions will
rank in the estimation of the legal
profession as among the best that
were delivered. This remark is par
ticularly true in regard to the Neagle
case, involving the question of juris
diction between tlie State of Cali
fornia and tile courts of tlie United
States. The Chief Justice and Mr.
I aim ar differed from the other mem
bers of the court, but H is no dispar
agement of them to say that the opin
ion delivered by Judge Lamar doer
not suffer at all from the comparison.
The morning papers of the 25th of
January, 1893. announced the death
of Mr. Lamar, and there was universal
grief throughout the entire land. Pit’s
lie meetings were held everywhere t >
give expression to the unfeigned sor
row cf the people, and at a meeting
of the bar of the Supreme Court reso
lutions of condolence were adopted,
and some of the foremost lawyers of
the country participated in tlie pr i-
ceedings. In the concluding paragiaph
of the remarks submitted by the Chief
Justice it was said: “As a statesman,
an orator ,a scholar and a judge, he is
justly regarded as a truly great Amer
ican, and we desire to place on record
in this public manner our appreciation
of his sterling worth and public ser
vices/’ - Truly may It be said when
Mr. Lamar passed from the scenes of
earth, “A great man has fallen in
Israel.'
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