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THE WIDOW HARMON’S COW.
The cow was the cause of the entire
trouble. There Could not have been a
more self-confident cow in any country;
a eow more fiHed with the comforting
conviction that whatever was. was hers.
Moreover she was a resourceful cow. and
when selfish people built fences around
their possessions and established gates
with cunning fastenings, she laughed in
Whatever part of her integument an
swered to her for a sleeve, and went gaily
forth to Met their plans at naught.
Added to her other evil habits, she wore
a bell There was nothing silvery or ro
mantic about the bell. There was no
gentle "Ko-llng. ko-lang, ko-lingle-lingle.
as it woke the echoes of the night and
startled whippoorwills and crickets into
dismayed silence. It was a harsh, brassy,
irritating bell that semed to be the voice
of the cow, keeping up an endless fire of
argument.
And when Richard Lanham, writer and
Journalist, found himself sick from over
work. sod hied him to the little farm he
had bought ia the heart of the pine coun
try. it was the cow that gave him cor
dial greeting and made him welcome.
The cow and Mr. Lanham did not meet
tawnediately after his arrival. Perhaps
that circumstance accounted in great
measure for his satisfaction as he lay in
a hammock under the trees, that first
taming and said to the colored man who
was to share his solitude as general fac
totum:
"This is very pleasant. Sam. As soon
as you finish breakfast I wish you would
mend that fence, there, where it is bro
ken. If tlfls orchard ia taken care of a
little we will have plenty of fruit next
summer.”
“Teesah. I was jes* a noticin' dat hole
tn de fence.’’ said Sam: and a little while
after his master heard the sound of ham
mer and saw ia the direction of the bro
ken fence.
Kot . for many weeks had the Jaded
literary hack fallen asleep so peacefully
or slept so sweetly as that night, with
the murmur of the pines around him.
Something had swept away all the tired
years in which he had toUed beyond his
strength for so little gain and he was as
happy as a boy again. "I think I shall
spend the remainder of my life here,” he
said to himself dreamily, when be walked
smiling into the darkness and turned over
and went to sleep again.
Then the cow arrived.
It was the brassy, insistent Jangling of
a far-off beU. first; a bell that seemed to
be merely wandering aimlessly around the
country. Lanham awoke and heard it and
moved about a little restlessly. <
“1 don’t know why I can’t get to sleep
again.” he said to- himself.
All at once the cow was seised with an
Impulse. She came nearer. He could recog
rise the faet that she had approached the
fence and had paused, astonished to find
that the broken place was there no more.
“Can I believe my eyeeT* she seemed
to be saying.
The bell moved slowly up and down the
she of fence. The cow was reconnoiter
ing.
Then the bell gave out a leaden sound
and a loud crash woke the stillness. The
cow had thrown herself against the fence.
The bell clanged merrily along the or
chard and into the garden.
’There's nothing in the (dace to eat;
she can’t stay long.” said the weary Lan
ham- Ho turned over to the other side
•nd tried to cover both ears with the
pillow by winding it around nls head.
The cow c»me on into the yard and
rubbed her own head against the corner
of the house. Just beneath Lanham’s win
dow. Her head seemed to need a good
deal of rubbing. Minutes passed and there
waa no sign of abatement in her enthusi
asm.
It was Sam who arose. Lanham heard
him coming along the hall and hastily lay
down again.
"Git out o’ here, you ol' wil’-cat!” shout
ed Sam. brandishing some weapon of of
fense, and there was the sound of hurry
ing feet, accompanied by a merry Jubila-
i j n
’’Who owns that cow?"
tion on the beU. Then in the silence Sam
went hack along the hall, remarking in
an undertone: "If I lib till anudder day
I'll fiix dat ol* bag o* bones!”
- Half an hour later Lanham was awak
ened by the«ball. The cow was hastening
back along the orchard as though she had
forgotten something. She came hurriedly
into the yard and rubbed her whole body
against the corner of the house, going
systematically down one side and then
beginning on the other.
”4 believe 111 sit up and read awhile.”
•aid Lanham. •
The next morning Sam Issued forth with
hammer agd nails and spent half the
morning over the fence .and carefully
strengthened every part that even looked
weak.
! *T reckon TD have dat cow a-guessin'
dis night.” he said cheerfully.
This was the beginning of the campaign
against the row: a campaign in which the
cow was invariably triumphant, while
Lanham grew haggard with sleeplessness
and Sam said that cow used a ladder to
get over ths fence when there was no
other stay. I
'Who owns that black and white cow
with a bell?** demanded Lanham-savagely
«*•-* day of the stoUd German farmer who
brought milk to the little hermitage.
"Dot cow pelong to de vidder Harmon,”
said the German briefly.
Mr. Lanham’s temper was greatly ruf
fled..
”1 would have known ft was a woman,
he said angrily. "A man would never
dream of keeping an animal that was a
public nuisance. Where does thia woman
live*’ ;
The German was staring at him with a
calm, bovine gase.
’’She lif by de mill, over de hill beyont,”
he said lucidly and rode away. .
Mr. Lanham was ready for desperate
deeds.
"Sam,” he said, "go and find that wom
an's house and tell her she will have to
keep that cow shut up. Tell her that the
■-*y
“Your cow? Was It yours?”
other neighbors may allow sueh an animal
to roam at large, but she may be sure
that I will not.”
Sam went, with the dragging footstep
of one who has no great liking for his
task. When he returned he wore an em
barrassed grin.
“She say she mighty sorry, but she can’t
shet up dat cow,” said Bam. standing on
one foot apologetically. “She say if we
all had a decent Yence de cow wouldn’t
break tn.”
Lanham lay still a minute, too paralys
ed to move. Sam saw that his pale face
was reddening ominously. When he rose
to a sitting posture it was to exclaim an
grHy: ’
“You go right back l to that woman.
Bam. and tell her that I shall be com
pelled to shoot that cow if she breaks into
my place again. If she can’t keep that
cow away from here I shall pay for her
and kill her. I came here to get a little
rest, not to be ding-donged out of my
senses by vagrant cows. Tell her that,
do you hear? The old virago!”
Having delivered which ultimatum and
expressed which candid opinion, Lanham
lay down again and planned the savage
joy with which he would shoot the evil
doer from his bed-room window at the
very moment when she should be leaning
up joyously against the corner of the
house. On the whole, he hoped that the
woman would not shut up the cow. He
felt that nothing but revenge would sat
isfy him.
Sam departed, leaden-footed, on Jtls
difficult and dangerous mission, and Lan
ham. in the hammock, hastened to regain
a little of that lost sleep which he had
given up to the cow. Tired nature oould
resist no longer. He passed peacefully
away Into a land where a black-and-white
cow with a bell on was a thing to be
hunted, but just as he fired at her with
a pop-gun she became a dog with a
throaty bark; and the bell remarked in
softest tones:
"Why, I think he must be asleep. Sam.”
Which waa so absurd that Mr. Lanham
Immediately found himself lying at full
length in the hammock, gazing into the
face of a young woman—a face which was
dimpling with laughter, The young wo
man stood a few feet away, and the dis
agreeable dog she had brought with her
continued to show deep-rooted suspicion
of a man in a hammock. .
"Pardon me L>r disturbing you,” said
the young woman, as Lanham struggled
to his feet; "but I came to see you about
the cow—my eow-— ,r
"Your cow? Was It yours?" ejaculated
Lanham. For one dreadful moment he
tried to recall what messages he had
sent.
"Yes—my one poor old eow.” she said
with an appealing smile. “And I couldn't
shut her up, you see, because there was
rhe calf ”
“Oh, of course not—of course not!” cried
Mr. Lanham with frantic haste. "I
wouldn't think of such a thing.”'
Sam, listening, went into a cough that
rffcked his inmost being.
"We have made a kind of pet of her—
mother and I.” said the young woman
softly.
"To be sure!” cried Lanham. “A nice
cow, too. I’ve noticed that. Sam. you'd
better take something for that cough.”
"And does rtie really disturb you?”
asked the young woman sweetly.
"Oh. not in the least!” ,ss!d Lanham
cheerfully. "Sam. here, gets up in the
night and drives her away, but that
doesn't hurt him.”
"And your fences are not good, you
know.” argued the soft voice, with a
glance from the blue eyes to give it em
phasis.
"Wretched!” said Lanham promptly.
"I'm going to have rhe whole thing made
new and eight feet high.”
"Oh. but I don't think she jumps,” said
the young woman, smiling up at him arfit
iously; and he replied incoherently;
“Oh. no; not in the least!”
Sam. who was still gasping, saw them
walk down to the gate side by side, and
heard Mr. Lanham beg leave to call the
next day. When the master returned he
was walking with an alert joyousness
that was quite new; but he did not look
at his servitor.
"Sam,” he said mildly, "I will ride down
to the mill in the morning and order the
lumber for that fence —and—and we can
take turns sitting up till the fence is
built.- Did—Mrs. Harmon lives near the
mill, doesn’t she, Sam?”
And Sam would have given worlds for
the ability to blush.
czktj'roniA.
th* jp Th * Kind Yon Hi* Always
Wait Till He Gets It Bunched.
Denver Republican. -
Why prmw Mr. Bryan to (Iva his opinion of
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THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 26. 1901.
A GOD-GIVEN ORATOR.
BRIEF REVIEW OF THE LUSTROUS CAREER OF HON. BENJAMIN H.
HILL.
J L’, \ aVH • J -a, • s t ;• ’I. X .
By Charle* Edgeworth Jonee, Augu*ta, Ga. ,
The contemplation of the distinguish
ing traits as exemplified in the lives
and characters of historic worthies and
the review of the hotewfirthy biogra
phical events imparting interest to
their respective careers, are in them
selves themes alike conducive to much
pleasing and profitable discussion. And
so it la with a feeling of measurable grat
ification that we approach thesself-a- e
pointed task of recording a cursory
tribute to. the revered memory of an
illustrious Georgian, whose name and
fame will always remain the proud
heritage of his maternal common
wealth. .
' Benjamin Harvey Hill, our brilliant .
subject, first saw the light at Hills
boro, Jasper county. Georgia, the date
of bis auspicious nativity being the
i«h of September, 1823. His father,
Jphn Hilt, was of Irish extract, and
waa an honest-hearted farmer of limit
ed education, but possessed of a
"strong individuality, extensive read
ing and deep reflection.” With him re
ligion and temperance were the primal
considerations, and to their enthusias
tic cultivation he dedicated his God
fearing and unsullied life. Hie mother,
a’ Miss Parham, while referring her
tineage to sources, was a lady
whose commendable example, helpful
teachings and Christian temperament
exerted a potent influence in forming
the honorable characters of her chil
dren. Both of Mr. Hill's parents were,
moreover, consistent members of the
Methodist church, and thus will it be
seen that the atmosphere in which his
distinguished lot was cast, though mod
est from a monetary standpoint, was
illUmthed by the lamp of Christianity,
energised by the rays of the most ex
cellent common sense and permeated
#ith a spirit of incorruptible integrity.
From an early age our honored sub
ject labored in association with his <
brothers and a few slaves, of his fath
ex'* farm. When he waa ten years old
his father saw fit to transfer his place
of residence from Hillsboro to Long
Cane, a small town in Troup county,
near the western confines of the com
monwealth. Amid these rustic sur
roundings was the period ot Mr. Hill's
sturdy boyhood continuously spent, his
his vigorous co-operation in the effort
to contribute to the support of their
• large and struggling family being al
ways in evidence. During all this time,
1 the* only scholastic training which he
received was such as was peripateti
cs 11 y enjoyed at the adjacent country
~ schools. In proof of his steady pro
gress. despite the storm and unsympa
thetic conditions with which he was
forced to contend, we record the fact
that at sixteen he was "stropg and ro
! bust, physically and mentally eager
and ambitious.” So earnest, indeed,
was his desire for a thorough and sys
tematic education, and so rapid was his
mastery of the incidental lessons, that
his father resolved to place at his dis
posal the best instructional facilities
to be obtained. And so we find our
' subject, in 1839. unremittingly engaged
on the preparatory studies as requisite
for admission to Franklin college, sub
sequently known as the University of
Georgia. Two years later, through the
combined aid of the older members of
his immediate circle, his heart-felt
wish was gratified, and he became a
sophomore matriculate of the venerable
institution at Athene. Brilliant was
his career as a university student, and,
richly did he repay the confidence lov
ingly . bestowed by the, dear ones so
solicitous for his advancement. In
testimony to his marked proficiency in
all departments It may be mentioned
that when, in 1844. he graduated, it
was with the proud consciousness of
having achieved the most signal schol
astic distinction in the college. Aside
from his zealous application while a
pupil of this seminary, it will also be
remembered that he acquired, note
worthy reputation as a debater. Here
it was that he laid, broad and deep,
the magnificent substructure of his
matchless eloquence; and the Demos
thenian Literary society, to Which he
belonged, is still instinct with his ora
torical triumps, tenderly cherishing the
stalwart memories, which this fearless
and silver-tongued disputant has there
perpetuated. Upon his completion of
the designated curriculum, he at once
addressed himself of the study of law,
and to this end entered the office of
William Dougherty, a "bright, par
ticular star,” in the profession which
he masterfully adorned. The great law
yer, we are advised, took a special in
terest in his ambitious pupil, and after
the lapse of a twelvemonth Mr. Hill
was. in Heard county, Georgia, admit
ted to the bar. being invested with all
the rights and prerogatives as afcper-
. taining to a legal practitioner. As an
evidence of the thoroughness of his
training for his chosen life-work, it
may be stated that so soon as he estab
lished himself in LaGrange, Troup's
.county seat, in August, 1845, a career
of prominence was forthwith unfolded
before his aspiring vision. Contempor
aneously with the inception of his pro
fessional employment It will be re
called that he was united in marriage
to his life-partner, Miss Caroline E.
Holt, of Athens, the lady in question,
while connected with one .of Georgia's
oldest families, being specially favored
as to fortune, beauty and accomplish
ments. Thereupon settling down with
his young bride in his selected home,
he directed his attention to the various
demands growing out of his chosen
pursuit, which was. from the first to be
attended with unexampled prosperity.
Thus did he continue through his pro
fessional triumphs to strengthen hlm
. self in the popular regard and to-ren
der more splendid the edifice of his
legal renown which his luminous abili
ty has so wonderfully upbuilt.
In 1851 politics came to interrupt the
even tenor of his professional engage
ments, which had, for six years past,
been regularly find most satisfactorily
met. At that time Mr. Hill was com
plimented with election as member of
the Georgia legislature, an<j from the
date of this representative incumbency
he was a recognized leader of the
Whig party in the commonwealth.
When that party was dissolved several
years later he transferred hi* political
allegiance to the American or Know-
Nothing contingent, and he was.hence
forth heralded as the rock-ribbed
champion of that newly formed con
clave. But when he submitted his
claims for congressional preferment in
1855, though in practical accord with
the principles of the organization
wherewith he had become aligned, it
was avowedly as a Unionist candi
date that he preferred his appeal for
popular suffrages. On that occasion
Hon. Hiram Warner, of Judicial celebri
ty, was the Democratic competitor,
who. despite his being in a party
stronghold, had the unsatisfactory
consciousness of triumphing over our
electrifying subject by a narrow mar
gin of 24 votes. In 1856, which Was a
presidential year, Mr. Hill became an
open and aggressive defender of the
cause of Fillmore and the American
ticket, and as elector at large he made
’ an extensive canvass of the state,
achieving added luster* as an orator.
For, while seemingly disapproving of
the seerbt ritual and religious test of
the American faction, he was, in real
ity, that order's most brilliant and
commanding Georgia advocate, and as
such in this period of his eventful ca
reer he will always be regarded. A
1 few month* later the gubernatorial
conflict was precipitated, and he was
Called upon to lock horns with the re
doubtable Joseph E. Brown. A vigor
ous struggle ensued between these po
litical giants, and when the balloting
season of 1857 arrived Democracy pre
vailed and Americanism was con
signed to the dust of defeat by such a
moderate majority that the master
hand of our honored subject tfras
clearly recognizable. Thus for the
second time within a short space was
our talented worthy subjected to a
.political reverse, the like of which he
was never after destined to experience
in his lustrous public career. Buch
was the man who, though twice out-,
generated, was the recipient of the
following complimentary criticism
from his famous rival, Robert Toombs:
"You may bury him,” he said, “under •
a mountain that will overtop Pelion
and make Ossa a wart and he would
rise again more formidable than ever
and more ready for the conflict. He is
bound to succeed. He was born to ex
cel.” In 1859 our distinguished sub
ject, as the choice of the American
party, became Identified with the
Georgia legislature in the capacity of
state senator, and his ■ Unionist pro
clivities were never brought into more
eloquent or more emphatic exercise.
During his official tehure in the upper
house he was the dominating leader
of his admiring contingent, being rec
ognized as the ableet debater in a body
which boasted not a few masters of
discussion. In the sequent or presi
dential year, when the Democratic
party, entirely dismembered, opposed
an unbroken Republican front, Mr. Hill
was elevated to the post of elector at
large on the Bell and Everett or Con
stitutional-Union ticket. It should be
mentioned, in passing, that the twp
other wings of the disaffected Demo
cratic phalanx were those of the
Breckinridge and Lane or state rights
and of the Douglass and Johnson or
popular sovereignty tickets, while
Lincoln and Hamlin championed the
cause of the uncompromising opposi
tion. The inevitable result of the hope
less struggle was only too apparent,
and Lincoln’s triumphs In the fall was
soon followed by the undaunted se
cession of South Carolina. Early in
January, 1861, came the news of the
withdrawal from the Union of the
states of Mississippi, Florida and Ala
bama, and when on the 16th. of that
month the memorable Georgia con
vention was convdkad at Milledgeville
suspense was general as to the line of
action which would be adopted by the
commonwealth, for the popular senti
ment was almost equally be
tween the Unionist nnd secessionist
factions, with, possibly, a smtdl pre
ponderance In favor of the former.
And so when the assemplapge was
called to order the outlook was
far from encourgalng to the
dlsruptlonary ranks. Had it not
been, Indeed, for the introduction, on
the 18th, ot Hon. E. A. Nisbet's inspir
ing resolution requiring the appoint
ment of a committee specially charged
with the formulation of an ot-dinance
of secession, it is questionable how
matters would have terminated. As it
was, the fire-brand had been hurled
and a brilliant debate on this patriotic
resolution was soon in furious pro
gress. With this sonl-thrlllini; discus
sion our impassioned, subject—* Union
ist member—was notably identified,
and the superb speech he made in op
position to' the adoption of the reso
lution was a most jfcqpressive episode
in this stirring cWvocation. When
the spirited debate yas concluded and
th* matter - was brought to a vote,
clear it was that the temper of the
delegates had un<jfe>*gone a decided
change. So convinced was Mr. Hill
that all popular, division must be
avoided and that unity of action was
the okly course to be pursued that
when he discovered the marked alter
ation in existing sentiment he. there
upon, transferred hie fock-rlbbed alle
giance—so dear to the hearts of his
party colleagues—to the exultant se- ;
cM.sionists. The passage of the above
mentioned resolution being thus tri
umphantly secured, steps were at once
taken with reference to the framing of
the specified ordinance. Among the
280 ballots as cast in advocacy of that
patriotic instrument (*s against 89
combating its adoption) it is pleasant
to remember that the vote of our
honored subject Is proudly included.
And in reviewing the list of the 17
worthies to whom was assigned the
task of preparing the designated ordi
nance, his name appears, imparting
dignity and lueter to the accomplished
committee wherewith he was so not
ably associated.
At Montgomery, Ala., on the 4th of
February, 1861, the Confederate provis
ional congress was duly convoked. In
that statesmanlike conclave Georgia
enjoyed distinguished representation
through ten chosen delegates, one of
whom waa Mr. HUI. Among the ear
liest duties of that body was that of
formulating the Confederate constitu
tion; and It was our subjects privi
lege, In conjunction with his talented
coadjutors, while aiding in Its com
pilation, to affix hl* sturdy signature
to that historic document. His connec
tion with this remarkable congress
was energetically continued through
out Its five Important sessions, and un
til its final adjournment on the 18th
of February, 1862. With the contempo
raneous commencement of the first
regular congress, his notable aervice
as Confederate states senator was in
augurated. It was a brilliant gather
ing to which he was then Introduced;
and with his auspicious installation, a
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star of the first magnitude was added
to the patriotic firmament. While In
the upper house, he enjoyed the signal
distinction of being the confidential
friend and adviser of President Davis,
being at all times regarded as one of
the ablest and most influential sup
porters of his embattled administra
tion. Bo acceptable were his senato
rial services, that his official tenure
was prolonged until the close of hostil
ities. Upon the eventual disbanding
and disintegration of the Confed
erate congress on the 18th of March,
1865. he returned to Georgia, and peace
fully re-established himself In his La-
Grange home. Here It was that he was
arrested in the sequent May by Feder
al ohlcers, being carried .to Fort La
fayette, in New York harbor, for tem
porary confinement. Two months later,
hib release on parole being vouchsafed,
he was once more permitted to gaze
upon hie devoted family. From this
time on until eventful 1867 he bore no
part whatever in public affairs, attend
ing strictly to business, and permit
ting nothing to entice him from his
retirement, or to divert him from the
practice of his profession. In the last
named year,however, deeming the sea
son for intense action had arrived, he
donned once more his armor of ag
gression, and prepared to face the
coming conflict. In proof of the con
secrated zeal of oUr honored subject in
this darkest era of southern history,
we would state that throughout and
up to the end of the reconstruction pe
ribd his vocal ministrations In behalf
of his oppressed but determined coun
trymen. so matchlessly eloquent In
thetr tone, and sublimely patriotic In
thdr spirit, were steadily continued.
Holding no office, and recognizing only
professional demands, be was enabled,
in a sense, to become a political Moses
to his beloved people. From his inspir
ed and heroic oratory in this season
of universal despair, Georgians de
rived endless encouragement. So stim
ulated, they were persuaded fearlessly
to persist In their herculean struggle.
In the confident expectation of even
tual triumph. Among his splendid con
temporary utterances, we would refer
to his famous Davis hall effort in
July, 1867, which has the credit of be
ing the first speech made in the south
in denunciation of the infamous recon
struction measures of a republican con
gress. Constituting the. foremost step
in the glorious work of Dixie’s re
habilitation, the unifying effect of this
courageous outburst was widely
apparent, and paved the way
We would also call attention to his
memorable bush arbor oration in At
lanta a twelve-month later, when for
scathing invective and Impassioned or
atory. he fairly eclipsed his own pre
vious masterful performances. The en
for the state’s ultimate redemp
tion from ignorance and corruption,
thuslastie reception accorded to this
magnificent address was perceptible
throughout its sOul-stirring delivery.
80, Impressed, indeed, was the peer
less Robert Toombs with its burning
and uncompromising sentences, that,
thb appeal ended, rising in the crowd,
tossing up hie hat, and embracing the
illustrious speaker, he shouted: “Three
cheers for Ben Hill.” About this time,
the celebrated "Notes on the Situa
tion,” so fiercely denunciatory of con
gressional reconstrutctlon legislation,
begdn to electrify popular attention.
These papers, twenty-two in number,
made their historic debut in 1867. and
for two years or more was their ener
gizing publication irregularly continued.
The beneficial Influence as exerted by
these unrivaled documents was tre
mendous in its scope, and It is believed
tijat no political writings ever produc
ed a deeper Impression, or accomplish
ed greater result*. Alluding to these
Incomparable notes. Henry W. Grady
was pleased to observe: "In my opin
ion. they stand alone as the profound
est and most eloquent polltcal essays
ever penned by an American. They
w.ere accepted as the voice of the
sputh. uttering her protest and plea,
and as such were discussed on the
streets of London and the boulevards
of Paris, no less than in the cities of
the north. Even now they stir the
blood and kindle the pulse of the most
phlegmatic reader; but this is but a
hl*t of the sensation they produced
When they were printed. Had Mr. Hill
never spoken one speech, his 'Notes
on. the Situation* would have stamped
him as one of the greatest men Geor
gia ever produced.”
Although the contest so vigorously
waged by our honored subject with
trenchant pen and eloquent voice,
proved inadequate to compass the de
feat of the objectionable measures, one
substantial result did flow from the ex
citing conflict. This was the solidi
fication of the southern whites, and
the unification of sentiment so that
they labored to a common end. In this
way, the deliverance of the state from
the direful control of alien enemies
was assured, her affairs being restor
ed to the management of her own
people. The change came in July,
1879. when, in view of her compliance
with the authorized requirements,
Georgia was adjudged reconstructed,
and as entitled to representation in
the national halls. Hitherto, Mr. Hill
had strenuously opposed the adoption
of these infamous enactments; feeling
conscious that his fellow citizens could
not voluntarily concur in their ratifi
cation without besmirching their time
honored annals. When, however, con
ditions were altered and tho legislative
acceptance of the designated amend
ments became An established fact, he
thereupon held that conciliatory meth
ods should be substituted for the un
coinpromising tactics which had be
fore obtained. From this time on his
earnest effort was to persuade Geor
gians as to the paramount expediency
of the milder policy as suggested. In
prosecution of this self-samo purpose,
ouf honored subject, in December, 1870,
submitted a carefully prepared address
to his brethren, explaining the reasons
governing the emtamorphosis in his
enlightened conduct, and urgirfg them
to inmitate his illustrious example.
At first, his position was misconstrued;
and great was the clamor at his turn
coat and unpatriotic behavior. Perceiv
ing, however, that further resistance
to the repulsive measures was futile,
and that acquiescence in the stern re
sult was the only course to be pursued,
little by little, the people came to ap
preciate the motives underlying our
worthy's seemingly disloyal conduct.
And when the Federal election of 1872
supervened by their convincing sup
port of Horace Greeley, a liberal Re
publican, for the national presidency,
they furnished a substantial indorse
ment as to the rectitude of the princi
ples regulating his former well-consid
ered actions.
From the close of the war up to 1875,
while responsive to the appeals of his
countrymen, and while freely contrib
uting of his royal need In advocacy
of the cause dearest to his heart, he
remained ever faithful to the Import
ant demands of a steadily expanding
and most Jealous professional prac
tice. Than Mr. Hill there was no more
brilliant lawyer and matchless advo
cate In the commonwealth: and his
clients fully appreciated the honor
shown in his consenting to become
their legal representative. But soon
was he required to pause in the pursuit
of his enlightened and scientific labors;
for with the decease of Garnett Mc-
Millan in the spring of the same year,
he was forthwith advanced to the seat
formerly occupied by the Georgia con
gressman. Duly Installed in the Na
tional house in the sequent December,
his superb abilities were at once rec
ognized, he taking rank among the
giants of that august assemblage. A
few weeks later, when the- amnesty
bill was under discus Mon. his orator
ical genius was first called Into sub
lime exercise. While replying with all
his fervor to the venomous argument
of James G. Blaine, he submitted such
an incontrovertible vindication of the
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nant enemies, as electrified all who
were privileged to be present. The
spech came like a revelation to the en
raptured gathering,, and friends and
foes hung with equal avidity upon
every syllable that dropped from his
silver tongue. And when the splen
did peroration was concluded the elo
quent D. W. Voorhees, of Indiana,
sprang to his feet and exclaimed:
“That is the best speech that has been
spoken in this house for twenty years.
It is as sublime as the inspired words
that fell from the lips of Paul on
Mar's Hill.”
The date of this magnificent effort
was the 11th of January, 1876, and the
uncompromising defense of Dixie,
when in the throes of a mightv revo
lution, as therein set forth, elevates
the utterance into the dignity of an
historic disquisition, to which patriot
ic students will recur with ever-in
creasing interest. A.? twelve-coonth
afterward, when the electoral commis
sion bill was th« theme of animated
discussion. Mr. Hill’s trumpet-like
voice again thrilled his auditors with
the strain of his impassioned oratory.
In the speech whereto he then invited
attention, he accentuated the wisdom
and constitutionality of the bill’s pro
visions, and the Indubitable patriot
ism of its purpose; and his identifi
cation with this important commis
sion while in congress is unquestion
ably referable to his advocacy of the
foundation stone of its existence.
In the fall of our honored sub
ject was admiringly returned to the
representative post which, he had so
adorned. Prior to the com
mencement of his new term, how
ever. a loftier distinction was placed
within his magnetic grasp. This was
his election as United States senator,
and when the 4th of the ensuing
March arrived, it was to the upper
bouse that he proudly repaired as the
scene of his future triumphs. While
In the senate, some of his finest
speeches were delivered; and the one,
perhaps, most highly regarded was
that pronounced ort the 14th of March,
1881. and known as his Mahone effort.
The outburst was purely impromptu;
and the political treachery of General
William Mahone, of Virginia, who had
deserted to the Republicans, was the
inspiring cause to which we are in
debted for Its majestic utterance. As
this was practically our worthy’s final
oratorical appearance on the earthly
platform. It may not be amiss to re
call a tribute which has been sympa
thetically penned In compliment to
the impressive occasion: "When Sen
ator Hill rose,” we are told, "all
eyes were turned on the Georgia giant.
As he proceeded, warming to the sub
ject, his magnificent head became
gracefully erect; his splendid eyes
shone radiant with a genius that
thrilled all hearers, and his long arms
were soon swinging right and left
with the grace and vigor born of the
inspiration of the hour, ever and anon
held out at full length like the wings
of an eagle when poised for * long
and vigorous flight, swooping sudden
ly to earth to clutch its prey, and
rend Jt Into pieces In the twinkling
of an eye., No wonder the object of
attack—nls terrible denunciation of
Mahone, as the papers expressed it
next morning—no wonder Senator Ma
hone instinctively dropped behind his
desk, now and then dodging to one
side or the other nervodsly. as if he
felt the talons of the great eagle bur
ied in his flesh. The speaker did not
look at the Virginian, nor at any one
else, but far a*ay and above th*
crowd, as if addressing an invisible
audience and arraigning an imaginary
culprit.”
In the midst of his lustrous career,
and while rejoicing In * glorious in
tellectual and physical prime, our
subject received a faint Intimation that
his lamented end was near at hand.
In 1878 or 1879 there appeared on ths
left side of his tongue a small pim
ple, and out of this insignificant be
ginning was ultimately developed a
dreadful cancer. With a view to ar
resting the fell progress of the terri
ble disease, thrice did he submit to
dangerous surgical operations, in the
hope of possible benefit. The first of
these was performed in July, 1881,
while the last was experienced in
March. 1882. For nearly five months
more was he compelled languishingly
to suffer on before he was finally re
leased from the sorrows and trials of
earthly existence. During his last
weeks, we are told, his power of ar
ticulation was so far gone that he
was obliged to resort to a writing-pad
in order to make known the subject
matter of his wishes. At length
death came to bring relief to this
grandly endowed worthy, and his bead
was bowed in eternal and beatific re
pose. His grief-stricken demise oc
curred at his home in Atlanta on the
16th of August, 1882. He was then in
his fifty-ninth year, having, for almost
a third of a century, been actively
identified with commonwealth politics.
His funeral was largely attended, and
when he was laid to rest In Oakland
cemetery it was amid the tears and
sincere regrets of sorrowing thou
sands. In the vast popular concourse
gathered to-do honor to this universal
Idol the presence of many prominent
personages was silently noted- Con
spicuous among these were the state
officers, delegations from both houses
of the federal congress, and the chan
cellor and faculty of the University
of Georgia, they having come, like the
rest, to render a mournful homage to
the melancholy occasion.
Since the decease of Mr. Hill a monu
ment has been affectionately reared
as as enduring compliment to his illus
trious memory. The cenotaph consists
of a life-size statue of white marble,
and represents our worthy as gazing
down from a lofty pedestal, on which
he stands majestically enthroned.
This attractive memorial, erected in
the spring of 1886, is located in the
city of Atlanta, and, until its recent
removal to the state capltol, was
placed at the Intersection of two of Its
principal thoroughfares, and In full
view of the former residence of the
peerless Georgian, whose name and
fame are thus proudly perpetuated.
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READVILLE, Mass.. Sept. 23 Cresceus
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NEW YORK. Sept. 23.—Next Saturday
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