Memorial Addresses On the Life And Character of John S Barbour a Senator From
Memorial Addresses On the Life And Character of John S Barbour a Senator From
2d Session United States 52nd Congress
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Barbour, the then st>nior Senator from that State, impugning his motives a, nd misrepre- senting his ijosition and purposes. He was naturally indig- Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 51 nant upon such an assault by strangers in his own State and among his own friends and he quickly resented it. Well do I recollect his flashing eyes, his tremulous voice, his vigorous gestures, and determined look as he spoke of the insult which he regarded had been offered him, and when he announced to me t...hat he should attend in person the State convention at Eichmond, which was to be held the following week. When bidding me good-bye on that occasion, alas for- ever, he grasped me by the hand and said: "I shall next week appeal to the people of Virginia from the attacks of these men, and rest assured neither you nor any of my friends will be disappointed in the result. " I left for New York that evening, and the next morning Senator Barbour was dead. His death came as suddenly as a terrific peal of thunder in an unclouded sky, as a meteor flashing through the heavens, like a strong oak of the forest that had fallen before the storm.
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