ORATIONS

OF

JOHN WARWICK DANIEL

COMPILED BY HIS SON

EDWARD M. DANIEL

LYNCHBURG

J. P. BELL COMPANY, INC., PRINTERS
1911

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Copyright, 1911,

By

J. P. BELL COMPANY

Lynchburg, Va.

To

Major James D. Patton

of Richmond, Virginia

my father's life-long friend

this volume

is

affectionately inscribed

An address delivered before the Jefferson Literary Society of the

University of Virginia, in the Public Hall, June 28th, 1866, while a

student at that Institution.

CHARACTER OF STONEWALL JACKSON.

In 1868 Major Daniel delivered a lecture before the Manassas

Memorial Association at Manassas, Virginia, on the "Life and

Character of 'Stonewall' Jackson." At a much later date he delivered

at Fredericksburg, Virginia, an address upon the same subject, in

which he retained the substance of his original lecture, but in a less

elaborate form. The latter address has been selected as a part of

this collection.

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An address delivered before the Virginia Division of the Army of

Northern Virginia at their annual meeting held in the Capitol in Rich-

mond, Virginia, October 28th, 1875.

CONQUERED NATIONS...

105

An address delivered before the Literary Societies of the University

of Virginia in the Public Hall, June 27th, 1877.

NOMINATION OF HANCOCK...

159

A speech seconding the nomination of Winfield Scott Hancock

for the office of President of the United States, before the Democratic

National Convention, held in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 24th, 1880.

KING'S MOUNTAIN.

163

An address delivered at the Centennial Celebration of the Battle

of King's Mountain, at King's Mountain, South Carolina, October

7th, 1880.

LEE

187

An oration pronounced at the unveiling of the Recumbent Figure

at Lexington, Virginia, June 30th, 1883.

WASHINGTON

239

An oration delivered in the hall of the House of Representatives,

on the occasion of the dedication of the Washington Monument,

February 21st, 1885.

267

NOMINATION OF THURMAN...

Speech seconding the nomination of Allen G. Thurman for the

office of Vice-President of the United States, before the National

Democratic Convention held in St. Louis, Missouri, June 5th, 6th,

7th, 1888.

MARIETTA

An address delivered July 28th, 1888, at the National Centennial

Celebration of the early settlement of the territory northwest of the

River Ohio, and of the establishment of civil government therein,

held at Marietta, Ohio.

JEFFERSON DAVIS..

Delivered under the auspices of the General Assembly of Virginia

at Mozart Academy of Music, January 25th, 1890, Richmond, Va.

SENATORS FROM MONTANA..

271

295

345

Remarks in the U. S. Senate, April 15th, 1890.

NEW ORLEANS.

383

Speech delivered before the Annual Reunion of Confederate Veterans

at New Orleans, April 9th, 1892.

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