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WESTERN AND ATI-ANTIC RAILROAD. Hon. Alesamder 11. A Party «4«es- Gordon—llpra kl a« -Little Incident— —Jenkins—The De- Pro tit to tke Htatn— Georffla’N History— •ell. Number One. LIJ —n»i.vii.i.ii. Ga., M»rch lb, 1M7. g^Tour ertt^oit d favor of the 7th In- \ ■ WC reoelv—1 uuUl tot uwlit. 1 *■“> t—■ ® B tome for reverel d»y,. Hue will ee- i to the .1.1 ley of my .newer. 1 uuw ■ ■**- 1 request, to give you mciiiug tiu. otygiuaud „ iulftbfl. .•ount.' • TJ*t k- , u *Uf to the . ■ anion* 1 1 diflh hit »t this tin ■lightened ui*n of C.“e of the nGWo aud minflliiMrti that lay W he 1 nth of all tin great ptogMNMOf iowe«*r. made an elaborate apttflfct I ran glee you no Idea of It at this la Mr. Jenkins, ho thin auhiet t. I cau Rive you uw we* «« — —— - it «uarfumtaMm in » g«*a* ^ ii ■ 1111 nrnln ilnniainn * -*7 — ■MBwimtalie indulged In passionate declamation, ■xUibitlng the high eat or * i order of eloquence. THE BERATE 1 anted for several day* now recollect, but it «*• • —TT7. moat protracted, exciting, and interesting that occurred In the course of my service In the Georgia Legislature, which embraced eix years in all. Avaln thu House and one in the Senate. As U) the part I took In it, about which yof make inquiry, I can say but little. 1 was a warm advocate « the measure. I did not intend ti» *i*ak uutU after Flournoy a vol- t Harris,r*""—“ "•* SBCSM?SSKa. tSs- WlLTbc lull - rttfufe"«“£•& ley. He came after karri*. Hill, and Jenkins, cmr big guns, and after 1 thought the argument was ex hausted. rearing that he had done Home damage to the cause. I ventured to attempt, at least, to rumors some of the rubbish he bad thrown in the way. It was my first effort. This was my ^ on tb« board* of legislative debate. I had prepared myself —in. .11 —i.ii.ii.ul inforinaUou I could get bearing toahow tbe country ro»ourora, uid — .u uiiiin...- u.w w Irate ut.1 travel l>f the «ri»t Nurlhwrat I Im»e Uw lute, of the wreck I«t. 1 hIiuwmL M 1 UiougliL tow uadi.iwttlile iota, th.t the Brad luuet hi - —or teorir to tbb Wat. ... rn.t ill f<ter million—the eeUin.tr then teeomtel VmIi .i n.,- Immense enhancement in value, of the lands iffa dump property of the citlxeu* along the line, it would bring, «i,u» greatly augmenting the aggregate wealth of the Sum*. This might be put down at at least fifteen million dolfai*—by my fiff* urea then made—besides bringing lnfa the State Treasury an annual uct income of at least three hun dred thousand dollars, much more than wouftf.it the interest on the cost How far I was short of M hundred year-.. It lulrod. grate uull-»ol iuun of • ntcirl-tuf mark, under it or over it, others may now estim [for themselves. that the — tit » we had on it not over ww u«^r*.o- — my recollection ,t the tlmr. hdt °I»“ J" .. I_ , B-J l. mm m Anlv tlirate*. The Vote WSS MhfWteWtrti-MaiUI 3E Sijter.to.Itod hi to. only thr« Thr.cto w- w ...... . . •oppose,” —>a i,a ZZ7Z kills the monkey; I am mA to ba $ ■»dL*s2Lr' « htrtftut purU'te of the" fuU'i to b.derivrd from thr gem-raf > govorument under the distribution act, tod WwL-i essnsSJLK Bo, be! . The ou e from under Ike canvas, formed » ■>« A U1U11U . WOT imadeto strike out these - . sufficient portion,” sud Insert ■* one-half. This •• sufficient portion, sua iu»n „ ,ml** motion, like the shaft that was sent into AchiUjF heel, was aimed at the weakest point of the UU, . i.i a.., a AiA i.iv.ift its intended ob- heel. was aimed at the weasesi po**A* «» **r" ."T' though, unlike that, it did not effect its Intended ob ject Three majority saved it Ithougbtthe other dav that the test rote was on ordering the survey and location of the road, but I find It was on the weakest i»art of the first section, the<me which coin- mlUed the BUte to Its construction. This was the weaxx*t rourr, because there were a few in the Uoiijm* vrilli^frto vote ball the surplus revenue to be rgoeived to inter nal improvements, and the other half ^®°®' mon or public sol»«**ils. But the hnut in the House between the friend* and the op- pJtetet. of the trad wire very doraly drawB ted cluarly marked by the vote, aud the m^ortty WJ *> smalign favor of the road that IU rnends became satisfied that they would have to yield something to ^^TlU p«s4e. This waa finally accomplished bTour all voting for au amendment *etting aside aud appropriating " two thirds" of the fund for tlie J^ In Uns shape it patted the House. In the benatc. however, thia was further modified liy sSr&sfflft-KSi's srs S'. itJSSSTiSsound tka DM* area III *aHwg surprtMiiUhhMHtuaiiou and won&at what was going toZke place. In IhU poaitiou of affairs, tte ftow- mau ledLandy Jaek lT* whf JfijPf ,22ft £ hhs. Be haldmi** by a ohais, and led him up in the i^aWSSSSlS wltlitet furih.r BOlto. toady 1< *** y ' fail in bis mouth and gavs it ■ knaw-knaw or two. at turned—saw what itwu. tot UJBMBB 01 nullB flghl wtth te.y.U _ nf i . bound, he nittrsd a way through or over the Whole crowd in fropi of hlm.4barking and yalling as hs went—lo*^—*—* J—* he could be __ as far ss he Mnildba seen*gotng up the road fcwawf Athena. ThsCT^rd ahouiwMhe welkin rung. Th*«ho w ^*“ But no word tor soma time ssosped from the loser of tbs tan dollars. Hs seemed deeply ab sorbed in thought He bad Sf Kaokct wouidkul tbs monkey. As for t J° 1 . hsrs be considerad that made, oerhtin. The *»■““- .nj -n Annfrart Li tiia expectations, lurs be oonstdarod tnat mane. wwu. **7 “-^^«yasr , r8. - ^ n his expense aud not all. liacket at his annual appropriation to the amount set fortii fa» M vou will find It. |H60,000, and under tli *aw, as you wiu uuo»»^j e of one hundred to fltty-l- t of ill itrenath att hat time. It ht himself him. “Who -v-te— te--- • did not end there. The _ the loss of tbe ten dollars iv^c^a, &'**£**•*'&&■ Mine, and sttil he did not make his sppearaoL.. . i,toi become of his dog he could not imsgjne. Had &1cinrsense, in fright, end run sway ggp** Ha went out aud whistled tor him. aud called him saying, “Here, Backet; bars. Backet Corns hack, ££ S&S&ttt -** tototoile ‘him toll It on Ural taptontoiiA WOuld iJraljl ntMklng of him afterward, as the liack- *8omacsUed him Backet How the turn that iinon oars the stoxt Wte this: mum, wm was inis: w tow*, . tit the Htats knows ss the Flournoy Fetitioo. not H+mnpl W. Flournoy, of whom I wroto the day, but from Josiah Flournoy, of * - -1 .aluhrllv ill Ills (lsV. H<' WSS WIIXIAM W. OOSDOS. -to-toa.n.- the leader sf tlia measure. for Saeral years.and Wg’lmS repultoSto. BtooJ Bbra«l.lu,.vocy *ote lunra. Steitewith Mm. H. w« 1 mind uatursily; th‘ ,r '*H| iroxu I,™—— of grert celebrity in his day. ——; sense, good character, considerable . ’ " a., a tori nt Pi-tcr He became S sort of Peter spirits In the the people. He got _rexactly how many I do p his petition. Amongst wr signed it. or was supposed 1 was a candidate for the Legis- had been for several years be- - never been beaten. But it 500 Crates ass ed granite and C Ware for $80 per crate. Cheapest ev er offered in State. Send for list of con tents. utlery, “He said that old Mr. Homan was diiul 1 burled with his cap on." This greatly Increased tbs laugh. Flournoy, in his speech l have uUudrd t< also gave Harris, who represented Halilwii two which hi ought down the House, linrris snoken before Flournoy. He is. you know, not yaileman sud a very high-toned geutlei a very peculiar style and at on whan he is in earliest- -thinks but lltth •y when great euds are to lie obtained by its proper MS. He nad on several occasions spoken of tui of SO and so—many of the hundred or thorn lare set forth iu some appropriate n bills he Ud—oompared with the groat utility of the ni m, of which measures lie was the champion, li had ia hi* speech on the railroad spoken of tli mowsy expended, or to be *xi>cndcd, aa a small ma Isrosttpared with tbe ^reai ig for the incorporation of i, then not as large am' as It is now. as the ‘‘City of Mi Hedge villa.” In Flournoy's notice of his speech on tin id. he took occasion to dwell upon his general about appropriations. The sniad and insig- • such a bill—the small am' lother—and ho on. alluding with particularity to each. Thou ho touched him otr about hi* bill to make the town of Milledgeville n "The city of Milledgevillc I" said he, with iphaais. casting his uyo out of the wiudow 'eying the prospect in an inimitable manner. “Wky, Mr. Speaker, you might just as well call a ahrlp a dollar! and yon might sh well." continued ha, “undertake to make a city out of tliis little town, with Its gulllen all over it. like the wrinkles of pre matura old age on the face of a broken-down me, as to maka a railroad across the in mnUm posses of Cherokee! The very ins- ;*i,:t.-aut ■•m . t fouriuil- Uou dollars, sir, could d i This will give you only a i. . taut ...a «•! some * his thrusts, ' * ‘ • bkcouvenation. He entered the legislature tor the irrt time that session; aud I bell, ve contin ued iu M. either in the House or the Senate, until hie death last year. Twenty years was he there. The drat aossiou he spoke In r his l lasting reputation and r ctly at h He was il i rule No bmu aouk*. equal him iu debate. lie was fluent, elo- uawl aud graceful. His luauncrs were polislnil, bis MUfuaae choice and sclcvt. Wliati ver wit he exhib- itod waa of the Attic order. Ills timip. r w as com- plataly subject to his control. He was m v. r thrown uB Ms guard—always cool, collected, aud nelf-pois«-d toil I have often thought 1 never saw a better bal- i?ly young, and yet 1 have uattoad but little change m him since. lie took a large aud comprehensive view of the subject, and without his aid 1 do not now ae« how Gordon would hues gotakmg with his measure. I say his measure * so he vu at the head of the committee who ro- I it and had it apaataUy iu charge. Ik aides, as c party waa iu the majority, it was ac- " mentary usage and custom, that tlie men of all important committees their party. The meaaure, therefore, his. He roportiwl it, and was re- r its conduct through the House. But ■ said before, ho was net <>uly y xlt.i'Jvr of It tu MUa oowoa, but oue of the master spirits of tlie dap Who originated It. Jenkins waa equally euthu- HMtk with nim. Those two, perlup-. were tln- taat prattinent meu in the House who threw all tiMlr susigy into U. And It would, perhaps, lx? un just la one to say that the other was more efficient iu MfcntiBg Its passage. They occupied op|>osito -Gordon was tlie leader of the i of Ura state righto men. Both “ Mn*ntary experience—aa mem- It Gordon waa several years But the most striking Fas in their sp* »k.ng fl t and h .ike Mr. Cal- ■‘a. 1 have beard tut in both oiu u. Ah-irgus- a vary much alike- aud their powers Mr. Gordon. He on this bill, but ho skirmishes, answering object or the speeches of others, 1888—perhap hulcd to iu tl Nailing idea t CHARLESTON WITH CINCINNATI, thin purpose a railroad convention wins called at Ashvillc. North Carolina. The time that tiou was called, or rather when it met, I do not recol lect. Buto'io with the same object was called at Kuoxville, Tennessee, w hich held its session 4th day of Ju ly. 183(i. To this c tiou wss sent from Georgia—whether altogether l Of the ptM«plr i cccdiiigs of the Kuoxville very lavoratde impress!, n people. Btill Cincinnati ws varni advocate of the of a route o\ or or through the Babuu Gap. He lia«l appointinl General Brisbaue, of Bouth Carolina, to that office, who ha<l, up to the time oi the meeting of tLe legislator.', in November, lHdti, made ouly i>aai r the localities. The uppomi- i late lor accurate surveys, with submitted, by the meeting nf the legislature. Meantime, RAILROAD CONVENTION was called iu this State, iu Macon, which assembled m that city the same day that the legislature t feasible route for a connection of the i Atlantic coast w ith the West. That conven- a large one. It had delegates from all sec- , and hud awoiigt-t its members oral of the ablest men iu Georgia. It was exclusive ly a Georgia concern, 1 think. Its laliors closed with nothing more |><>iuted or practical than making a urgent, aud able appoal or address to tlie leg islature thou l u session to undertake the work. This memorial w as presented to the House by Mr. Gordon; * ‘ nothing, perpertit'g to give a history '~“ l> lU«d, ought thv important bearing of the action Judge Berrien. At that time we were iu the midat of a prosperity never perhaps before known or real ised. Cotton was bringing a high price, and proper ty of every description was couqiaraUvely high.— Speculations of all kinds were nfa. The act provid ing for tlie distribution of the surplus revcuue of the United States amongst the States had just passed Congress. The estimated amount that Gi'ergl* was to gel under the act w as about a million aud a quarter of dollars. 1 belleivo— though I may be mistaken in HI sjieak only from memory. It was, however. large, i waa the qu i -•mliark the htatc ,u some public work permanently useful. itiuii'A, however, bo borne in mtud that H was considerable diversity in opinion amongst them as to the character and uature of the eutc prise to be undertaken, as well at its hication and di- Matiy were wedded to the idea of hipping and CbArlcetou ltaili some i*oint in oar Btote crossing the Blue Hidgc at the Halmn Gap. This waa certainly Governor Bchiey's id«'a if I recollect rightly. Mr. Gordon, on ith hirn^t Jority of those nkins, Miller, and most of PHPMI >se iu favor of Uio undertaking, concur red. Thoiu WMti few who liwtkod still further jmlh for tl.e pr«q cr lino .if location. Tliey looked "gut io {less through Home, made to chungo the upper line of the road, giving it direction threngh Home. Little, if anything, ud about the RAIll'N OAF ROUTE <UUi l«to-I mew U Uio Uu, of Uw road uudartakte was, I think, according self, a cow driver. He the Legislature in 18*Jfi z at the iwlled by Governor Troup, aud though ho had no •school learning," yet he i«id court to the Muses. When some dull fellow was boring the House with a siieech, Cone generally occupied himself with either taking him or somebody else oil iu linos of ludicrous rhyme, which wet the a land spoke oltcu—s* id Rasley. But tin d rhetoric were of a day that is now passed. They were both farmers, 1 think. One of the most point ed things 1 ever heard from Strickland, wn he made upon Robert Dougherty, in the debate on tlie bill ti* establisu the Supreme Court. Strickland utterly opposed to it, and had made i liaracteristic speeches agaiust it. DOUUHKBnr rkflied to him, the lawyi he w as not looking to tlie interest of lawy am," said he, “Mr. Speaker, no lawyer; though I did Iry to be, but couldn't. I am uothing but a farmer myself.” btrtckland arose and very coolly said: ••Mr. Hpeaker, the gentleman from Troup need not have informed the House that he was uo lawyer, though lie aays he tried to be. We all can see that he only tried to bo what he couldn't.” By the by, I ought to say what all who know Dougherty are well apprised of, that he is a man of far above average ability. Ho was tho youngest brother of three, Charles. William, aud ltolicrt, all famous in Georgia. He had a high position iu tbe liouae as a gentleman of intelligence, information, ability and usefulness. Ho had a groat influence In the House, and spoke well. What he said about being or not beiug a law yer was strictly true, only iu this: Ho was not then practising, lie had bcou at tbe bar, and had ac quired distinction at it. Home yoars ago ho moved to Alabama, where he was put ui*on the bench, and gave general satisfaction aa a Judge. He was a roan of great humor—used to tell more amusing anec dotes, and keep crowds roaring in laughter at them, longer aud louder than any one in the whole circle of my acquaintance. His fund seemed to be inex haustible.' Iudccd, ho aoemod to have the facility of extracting HUMOB, MIHTU AND FUN, out of everything he saw or hoard. Tho dryest sub- { ecta to others furnished him with materials, not on- y to laugh himself most heartily, but to mate others laugh also; aud he always laughed as loudly at his Jokes as others did. One of his J< kes was well turned on him by Jenkins in 1839. it was what waa well known at the time aa the “Racket” story. It was a long one as he told it. aud intended to take off a uian iu the village of his former residence, WutklnsviUe. "" in question, whose name i forget, had a dog he called Racket, liacket was famous i tlie in uses and caravan frequent in the baokwood villages of Georgia as they are more recently, one of these traveling menageries made Its way to Wiuklnsville. a pros* crowd was cut to see the show. The town was jammed by the peo ple-men women aud children injuring iu from tbe country. A large canvas waa spread to keep those from seeing who would not pay. Tho elepliaut was there—the lion—tlie tiger—the hyena—and all aorta of monkey*, from the babboon down to little "Dan dy Jack.” Some of the country people, observing aa to tho relative strength of thosa animals compared with other animate, such as baara, dogs, etc. This man of tho town, on whom Dougherty's anecdote waa told listened to tho oonvsaaation awhile, and then off red his opinion, which Was that Ute dog, Racket, ooiadiwkipany monkey in tho show. The “master of the ring” hesuiug this, stepped up and said that “that there little monkey” (polntfn * — ‘ Jack,” drtased out in lito " whip any dog in that town- master rproposed to , sieppea up ana saia mat >y” (pointing to “Dandy “ridUig riggings,“) could h." Whereupon Backet’s BBT SOatETVINO OB THAT. The showman took the bat Ten dollars were staked. The crowd all soon felt mors Interest in tlie fight ti* come off between the <hvg and the monkey than iu anylhing else. They all marched out to sec it The waiter of Backet grew uneasy lest 11 was a ilitor’s office. He was then a mciubei from Troup. Ho differed from his colleague. Dougherty. Ho was young ond modest. He had graduated at our uui- years before, with the first honor in his class. The only speech I remember his making, in 1836, was In favor of the cliartor of the Georgia Fe- queutly clerk In tiagnii occasion. He waa thou a lawyer, but subse abandoned toe profession, and has been ; Washington for more than ten year* incident. I intruded to mention it at the proper actor of Mr. 8lH)akci- Day. lie was a man of equanimity to temper, and acted with great impartiality during the debate on the road. His firmness and forbearance were proverbial, aud Flournoy’s two days harangue, of which I spoke in my other letter, the House wss frequently uproari ous. It waa with extreme difficulty that order could be preserved. Hut the speakur kept hi* teou>er throughout the whole. In the wiuding up of the session, as usual, there waa also great confusion. Bat the speaker always kept his temper. On the last night, Flournoy, in and of his sallies, by way of compliment to him, startled the House l*y the announcement of a proposition which he said he intended to move—that was to “ameud the Bible.” lie said, he intended at the proper time to move to strike out the word “•/ofi’* wherever it occu.red in the good Book, and Insert in its stead "Joseph Day." I will bore you no lodger. 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