. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ege inthat State, graduating at twenty; and soon began the practice of law. In a few years he moved to Oxford, Missis-sippi, where he became a professor of mathematics in the State University, and continued his legal practice. Hisreputation as a speaker dates from 1851, when he met Senator Foote in joint debate and borne from the plat- form in triumph by the students of the University. Six years later he went to Congress from that district. Duringthe war he served in the army until his health gave way, when he was sent as commissio
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ege inthat State, graduating at twenty; and soon began the practice of law. In a few years he moved to Oxford, Missis-sippi, where he became a professor of mathematics in the State University, and continued his legal practice. Hisreputation as a speaker dates from 1851, when he met Senator Foote in joint debate and borne from the plat- form in triumph by the students of the University. Six years later he went to Congress from that district. Duringthe war he served in the army until his health gave way, when he was sent as commissioner to Russia. In 1872 hewas elected to Congress. Two years later, he was the best known Southerner in Washington because of his Eu-logy of Sumner. From 1877 to 1885 he represented Mississippi in the Senate. In 1885 he became Secretary ofthe Interior under Cleveland, and in 1887 he was appointed to the Supreme Court, where he served with death in 1893 called forth tributes to his noble character and high patriotism from North and South ^—iT ©Ije Spirit at £fattmtaltitj & & 4. $. of the House to tears and woke the applause of the Nation bya eulogy conceived in the most magnanimous temper and clos-ing with a plea for a fuller understanding and a closer union. How quickly the prayer was being answered appeared in1876. The hundredth anniversary of the signing of the Dec-laration of Independence was celebrated by the InternationalIndustrial Exhibition at Philadelphia. The honor of writingthe official cantata for this national occasion was conferredupon the Southern poet, Sidney Lanier. The cantata, com-jjosed for Dudley Bucks music, was sung in the open air, bya chorus of many hundred voices, and with the accompanimentof a majestic orchestra. Daniel Coit Oilman thus describesthe occasion: The devotional exercises awakened no sentimentof reverence. At length came the cantata. From the overtureto the closing cadence it held the attention of the vast throngo
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