Address on the Life and Services of General James H. Lane (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Address on the Life and Services of General James H. Lane (Classic Reprint) written by William R. Cox and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Address on the Life and Services of General James H. Lane My Comrades, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is the dictate of reason as well as of affection which prompts the devoted daughters of General Lane to present to this Camp the portrait of their accomplished father, to speak from your walls, already illumined by portraits of many illustrious and patriotic soldiers and statesmen, his and our compatriots; representatives of that Southland which gave to our country Washington, Jefferson, Marshall, Jackson, Calhoun, Clay and, later still, Davis, Lee, Jackson and others, whose deeds and fame mark the brightest pages in history-all fit examples of that heroic and dominant Anglo-Saxon race which, even prior to the days of Runnymede, when it wrested the great Writ of Right from a tyrannical king, has been a devoted lover of liberty, and which race has found in America its purest type in the South, both before and since the War Between the States. Man is not an isolated being and lives not for himself alone, for the history of the great and good are incentives to the emulation of their achievements. I am, however, present not to speculate and philosophize, but to present to this Camp the portrait of General James II. Lane and, with your indulgence, to set forth his varied accomplishments as a soldier and a man, which justly entitle it to a prominent place in this "Hall of Fame." General Lane was small of stature, a little over medium height, erect and soldierly in bearing, alert of movement, an excellent swordsman, of quiet disposition and a firm disciplinarian. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.