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SOUTHERN BANNER: AUGUST 26, 18?8.
^mr%nt gamier.
H. H. C -A. RLTO IT,
IDItQl ASD mOPBIBTOE.
Tuesday, August 26, 1879.
An Appeal to onr People.
Through the energy and enterprise
of Capt. W. P. Dearing who has with
in the present year, become a citizen
of Athens, there has been formed the
“ Northeast Georgia Fair and Stock
Association.’' This Association pro
pose having an exhibition embracing
the 7th, 8tb, 9th, 10th and 11th of
October next, and the premium list
has been issued showing the many
attractive and interesting features of
the coming fair. That this exhibition
may prore a great success, and of
great advantage to our whole section
needs only that our people become
sufficiently interested to give it such
patronage and encouragement, as is
easily within their power, and which
the efforts, on the part of Superihten
dent Dearing and the Association, so
unquestionably merit. The arranges
meats, by way of a most liberal pre
mium list, improvement of the
grounds, enlargement of the exhibi
tion halls, and indeed every thing
necessary for a first class Fair and
Stock exhibit have been amply afid
extensively made. Then people of
Northeast Georgia, and especially of
our own immediate* locality, we here
by make a most earnest appeal to you,
to come forward in behalf of this ex
hibition and show somewhat of that
enterprise, an exercise of which, is
only necessary to make our section
grand in such entertainments, and the
rival of any section in Fairs, such as
will prove to the world our great
agricultural, horticultural, mechanis
cal, mineral, and various industrial
advantages. The attention of the
public is especially invited to the
special introduction of the “ Old
Curiosity Shop Department,” which
from the evidences the Superintend
ent is in receipt of, bids fair to |bc a
most interesting and attractive
feature. Need, we say more, than
call th6 attention of our people to
this exhibition ? Already the interest
and encouragement given the ap
proaching Fair, places its success be
yond questicn, but then a little energy
and stirring up on the part of ths
whole people, will make it one of the
grandest exhibitions ever before ofs
fared for the interest and entertain
ment of the good people of our North
east Georgia section. Let everybody
lay too, in this enterprise, and re 1
membering the dates, the 7tb, 8th,
9th, 10th and 11th, of October, be
sure and be present with somethin:
to exhibit, and with yonr
your uncles, your aunts, together with
all of their immediate and remote
connections, to the embracing of every
neighborhood and militia district
LAURELED AT LAST.
One Whose Deeds Live After
Him.
The Presentation op the Por
trait opDb. Crawford W. Long
to The Legislature Yesterdiay
—Speeches of Senator John B.
Gordon and Representative
Yancey.
Atlanta Constittuioa 23d inst
The galleries of the house-of repre
sentatives began to fill at an early bour^
of the proceedings yesteiday with 5a
brilliant audience of ladies atid gentle:
men. The affair which attnicted the
unusually large and splendid assem
blage was the presentation ceremonies
Long was to be presented by General
to occur at 11 o’clock a. m, when
the magnificent portrait of Dr. C. W.
Gordon in behalf of the donor, Mr.
H. L. Stuart of New York.
THE PORTRAIT.
tJpon entering the hall the portrait
was discovered poised upon the ledge
of the gallery to the left of the speak
er. The light upon it did not permit
the excellencies of the poi trait to he
apparent to but a small portion of the
concourse of spectators. The paint
ing is a magnificent specimen of the
art of portraituie and is pronounced
by competent judges a most faithful
work. The calm, thoughtful face of
the physician speaks from the canvas
and seems a living reality to those
who best knew the great man. The
gift -of the portrait has been greatly
applauded by all dosses of our people
and their thanks to and appreciation
of the generous giver, Mr. H. L.
Stuart, of New York, find constant
expression. It was a noble and grace
ful act, and has linked his name with
the* history of Georgia in a way to
make it inseparable as it is honora
ble.
used by the medipah profession with- | gians. we tender our highest appreci
out knowing Up Anaesthetic property I ation.
of deadening sensation. .For three- [ And now, sir, I will close my part
Better Wait Awh He.
Some of our public men have be
come very denunciatory of the Press
of the present day. Thoy are bold
to assert that most papers are very
venal and run by very bad men, and
then feign would’apply the “flattering
unction to their troubled souls’’ that
the Press, at last, has but little influ
ence upon the public mind.
It is very plain to be seen that these
wholesale anathemas find their ori
gin in that disappointment, which
these majestic and most liberal-minded
statesmen have experienced in at
tempting to lead the Press, nolens
volens, into their way of thinking,
right or wrong. And ns to what
comfort they may derive from the
selfishly cultivated idea, that the
Press has no power in framing pnblic
opinion, we would only snggest, that
in order to avoid farther disappoint
ment, suppose they hold np their
judgments on this point until after
they are again before the people for
publ ic position.
What
Say
and
our Merchants
Citizens?
Capt. Dearing Superintendent
theJNorlheast Georgia Fair and Stock
Association has made extensive im
provements on the Fair grounds for
the accommodation of the approach
ing exhibition. But from recent
evidences of interest in this Fair, it
now apparent that it will bo necessa
ry to provide additional room for ex
hibitions especially in the Floral and
Field Crop, Departments. Now,asthe
short time beforo the exhibition will
not permit of the erection of regular
balls, and as the means of the asso
ciation are somewhat limited, will not
our Merchants, Factors, and Citizens
generally contribute to the erection of
a large canopy for the purpose indi
cated. To do this, it will require
about 860 yards of Oanaburgs, and
$215,00 in money. This Fair will of
course prove of great benefit to the
various interests of onr city, and may
we not nope for a liberal movement
on the part of all.of onr citizens, meet
ing this additional requirement for. the
complete success of the approaching
Fur? Let tho good work, by. all
means,-be set on foot
“What! You are aware that this
poor fellow had just lost his wife,
and instead of sending him the smal
lest word of condolence, you dun him
for the 200 francs that heowesyoul’’
“Hem! I know that there are griefs
which no words can - console, and I
thought I was doing him a service in
giving another enrse to his sad
thoughts l 1 ’—French paper.
At II o’clock a. m.,Gei>. Gordou,
Governor Colquitt, Senator Hill and
others, escorting the female relatives,
wile and daughters of Dr. Long,
came into fbe hall preceded by. the
senate in a body. They were re
ceived standing.
Mr. Henri L. Stuart was of the
distinguished guests of the occasion
and the mention of his name called
for rounds of applause. These distin-
' ersonages were seated wi th
in the bar of the house. Speaker
Bacon introduced General Gordon,
who was to make the presentation ad
dress.
General Gordon, our gifted sena
tor, asked the clerk, as a preface to
the address to read the following
LETTER FROM MR. STUART :
New York, August 12, 1879.—
Hon. J. B. Gordou : Dear Sir—
Will you do me the favor, as a mem
ber of the Alumni association of the
state university of Georgia to present
in my name the accompanying por
trait (painted by F. B. Carpenter) of
Dr. Crawford W. Long, a late mem
ber ot this association, and tho de
monstrated discoverer of surgical an-
asthesia by the use of sulphnric ether,
March 30,1842; to be placed in the
capitol of the state of Georgia, under
their control and supervision.
I desire to do this in honor of the
memory and just fame of this emi
nent physician and useful citizen, to
make his record complete as tho dis
coverer of anaesthesia.
Providence seems to have inter
vened to prevent the final settlement
of this vexed question until the claims
of this modest, unpretending and
gifted man, who really made the dis
covery more fully demonstrated by
Dr. J. Marion Sims, n native of South
Carolina, also a discoverer and a ben
efactor of humanity scarcely second
to Dr. Long himself. His labors in
Alabama, which led to the founding
of the woman’s hospital of the state
of New York, have also resulted in
giving him a worlds wide fame as a
surgeon and investigator. ;
It is fitting that these two eminent
southern men should • both be repre
sented, as they are, in Mr. Carpen
ter’s picture. Very respectfully and
faithfully your friend, ,
HenriL. Stuart.
SENATOR GORDON’S ADDRESS.’
Mr. Speaker, Gentleman of the
General Assembly, Brother Alumni
and Fellow-Citizens—In response to
a resolution of this house to the letter
& jt read in your hearing, I appear
fore you to discharge a pleasing and
sacred duty. Mr. H. L. Stuart, a
broad-mindedand large-hearted citi
zen of our sister Btatc, New York, has
commissioned me in his name to pre
sent to the Alumni society of the
University of Georgia, a portrait of
Dr. Crawford W. Long," the discovers
er ot surgical anaesthesia, and at the
same time to ask of this honorable
body that this portrait of this distin
guished Georgian be placed upod the
walls of the capitol—under the care
and guardianship of the representa
tives of the people, among whom Dr.
Long wa» born and reared.
I am here to ask your acceptance
of that trust as a feebp: and loo tardy
recognition of that great discoverer’s
claims to the homage of his country
men and the gratitude of mankind.
It so happens that wc arc indebted
mainly to Dr. Marion hfuns, also now
a resident of Now York, a native of
South Carolina, himolf a benefactor
through bis discoveries, for the fiual
and almost unquestioned recognition
of Dr. Long as the rc:t' discover -r of
anaesthesia, a science which may Jr: tie-'
fined, if the medicaljfniterniiy pri^int
will pardon me, as the scion e of par-
alizing the sensibilities of the liu nan
frame to physical suffering, wit'--'* -t the
destruction of human I f - - f it 'iev-t
ingnnd almost antithiluji-i g i1n
tremest plans to which it is subjected.’
It was thus reserved for one of our
own fellow citizens to make this great
discovery and not only confer a signal
triumph upon Georgia, but a blessing
npon the human race, which is beyoud
the power of language to express, or
the imagination to conceive; An im
partial history will abdicate its truest
and its holiest mission, It it does not
place the name of Crawford W. Long
on the same scroll with those ot .the
immortal Jenner and John Howard,
ot England, the world-renowned phi*
lanthropist or by the aide of the im-
perishahle*namesof any age. [Ap
plause.] 1..- •’ • ii
This recognition of Dr. Long as the
discoverer of anaesthesia I repeat,: Los
been too long delayed if it could have
been otherwise; and Dr. Long mast
have so felt it. It is t:rue that other
great discoverersbave lived and died
.without witnessing or even anticipa
ting the best results to flow from their
discoveries to the world. Franklin,
for instance—Mie far-seeing Franklin
—as he sent his little kite flying to
meet the clouds and drew thence
lightning to the earth and demonstra
ted its identity with electricity, little
dreamed that beheld within his grasp
a mighty agent which was Boon to
become snbeervi-.-nl to the will of man,
to sweep around the globe at man’s
bidding, outstripping the sn:.i - in its
flight, and beariug intelligence to man
on its wings'of fire. Bnt not so with
Dr.Long.. Ashe stood, a modest,
unpretending physicinn, in the coun
ty of Jackson, on that 30th day of
March, in the year of aur Lord 1842,
testing his discovery npon his patient,
ho must have felt even then, in the
very iiidpieqcy offiis discovery, what
a priceless boon he was about to con-
Jw-qbm the htfouurraoa. -And' as,
withfeager eye. and throbbing brain
heTlooked from the result of this ex
periment over the vast field of human
suffering which lav before, he must
have lilted his heart in thaukfnlness
to God that He had permitted him to
be so great an instument in the alle*
viation of physical' anguish.' "“[Ap
plause.] y * *■ . -
' An honor to the ndblo'profession
of which he was a member—a profes
sion which, in its sacred offices of re
lieving suffering, stands nearest the
ministries around the altars of the
Most High; an honor to this great
commonweal-h, of which he was a
devoted son; an honor to America,
whose progressive -science he' has so
signally illustrated, this modest
man, this great discoverer, this grand
apostle of humanity richly deserves
all the honors we can pay to his mem
ory.- [Applause;.]' •'> -
- Let his portraiAfaeti be placed Upon
the walls of the capitol. Let 1 * it be
placed among tho most'- famous of
Georgia’s sons; for although ho was
neither orator, nor statesman,‘nor sol
dier,* yet if great services to the race
be the true measure of greatness,
Crawford Long is the peer ofnuj man
of this or any age. [Applause.]
Place him side of your great Craw
ford, of your heroic Jackson, of your
Early of the iron will, oflvour lYoup,
your Forsythe, your Berrieu; -for
while these men are the equals of any
this country ever produced, they con
ferred upon Georgia through their
eloquence and statesmanship no high
er honors than has -Doctor Long
through hi i science and the lasting
benefits bestowed vpon humanity.
Place him there as the most appropri
ate tribute you can now pay to the
memory of one who, in all coming
time, will be regarded as ordained of
God to diminish the sum of Iranian
suffering, to half cancel the curse and
half neutralize the sorrows of ma..’s
tall, by the alleviation of physical an
guish. Place him in your highest
niche, not only as an evidence of your
appreciation of his fame and services,
but as a reminder to the ambitious
young of the land and to ns all that
the most enduring fame, the truest
glory and the most God-like achieve
ment is not that which marks and
emphasizes man’s triumph over his
fellow man throngh injustice, untruth
and wrong, but that which links his
name with real and lasting benefit to
his fellow-man, [Applause.] In the
name then, of truth of justice, of
science, of humanity and of religion I
commit to your keeping, representa
tives of Georgia, the claims and fame
of our fellew-counlryman and human
ity’s benefactor, Dr. Crawford W.
Long. [Great Applause.]
Speaker Bacon then introduced Re
presentative Benjamin C. Yancey, of
Athens, Clarke county, who was to
receive the portrait on behalf of the
Alumni ol the university.
COL. YANCEY’S ADDRESS.
Mr. Speaker, Alumni, Representa
tives and respected Auditory : Oc
casions like this have been rare. His
tory records other assemblages to do
honor to distinguished merit of de
ceased men. Most . frequently to
record the achievements and perpetu
ate the memories of military kings,
emperors or generals. The fame of a
Frederick the - Great, Napoleon or
Wellington was achieved by the
baptism of blood. But we are here
to-rday to recognize the achievement
of scdqnceia. the,reli^f qf tho sufferr
ings of the human race. Not attend
ed by the soundof drum .and bugle
and roar of artillery to place the
laurel wreath upon the head of a
military conqueror,. but in quiet
methods,for the sweeter, nobler—yaa^
grapder purpose of doing honor tct
the discoverer of a method of deaden
ing sensation and relieving pain in all
surgical .operation^ needed by the
hapum race, whether fromacoident or
disease. History is fall of records of
wars of aggression. and aggrandize
ment from the days of Moses, indn*
sive, many of them human butcheries.
But in this clay of our civilization, .no
war is justifiable, save io .defense of
human liberty. To the patroit soldier
ip defense of the rights of man, we
cheerfully accord honor, and should
perpetuate bis memory .in painting
and statuaiy. But in this age of
civilization, wc shpuld delight to honor
.the great discoveries iu science,
which relieve human labor* enrich
people and nations, beautify and adorn
our homes, relieve human misery and
suffering, and scatter blessings among
all people. .
Jenner discovered the method, by
vaccination of preventing the spread
of smalUpox. England bestowed
upon him high honors. Sir James G.
Simpson, of'Edinburgh, Scotland was
the first to introduce Chloroform, as
Anmsthetic, into general use in 1847.
He received high honors from England.
Bui we may here state that the medi
cal. profession regard Bulphuric ether
as far preferable to'Chloroform as an
ASsthctio agqnt. We have no orders
of the cross of the garter, or titles of
nobility to besto w, bat wo can express
our appreciation of virtue, of merit,
of mental achievement bv rfsolution.
We can embalm in our hearts the
memory of the good .and great; we
can perpetuate that memory by -paint
ing and statuary.
It may not be inappropriate on this
occasion to briefly state the. basis of
our movement, and claim in behalf of
the late Dr. Crawford W. Long as
tho discoverer of and first to use Sub
phurio Ether as.hn Anaesthetic agent
in surgical operations.
Three agents have been used to
prod oceArtaesthesH^ ttatoehr r Nitrons
Oxide Gas, Siflphtirid : Ether and
Chloroform: Valims Cordos des
cribed the method of "ttrihfnjlfftolphu-
ric Ether in 1640 Nitrous Oxide
Gas wasdiacovired.inl776 i by Priest
ly, but its -e^Mliratingproperties
were discovered '
Davy in 1800.
covered; in 183 .
for this discovery by Samnel Guthrie,
of New York, Soohevian, of, France,
and Liebig, of Germany. t(W ,...,
For more than- two thousand years
ersons have been put to sleep and
iad incisions and amputations with
out pain. But the opiate agents were
uncertain and dangerous. • For more
than 300 years Sulphuric Ether was
fourths of a century the inhalation of
Nitrous Oxide Gas, as also of Sulphu
ric Ether for tli e" same, or a less period,
have been administered for exhilaration
and amusement “by professors of
Chemistry in their lecture rooms to
students and used by persons in social
gatherings throughout the country.
Yoilr speaker, before he entered upon
his teens*. With oilier pupils in the
school-room of the celebrated s&demy
of Dr. Yates, in Chithibningo, ifjew
fork, in toeyear. 1827, inmdedftn^
guilts . effects were amoSing * f an4
ludicrous. Exhilarating upon all, its
manifestations .were different. Some
acted as laughing hyenas; some were
possessed ot a mania for daiuiag;
some were fierce and pugnacious,
pursuing and others fleeing—hence
tnmBfipg ’upoRpndTbver benches, oc
casioning skinned and bruised limbs.
Yet the parties, under the influence
of the gas, recollecting to have suf
fered no pain. It wa3 in one of. these
Ether irolics, where Anaesthesia was
clearly produced, that, the reflective
mind of Dr. C. W. Long concluded
to use Sulphuric Ether in a surgical
operation. Living in Jefferson, a very
small village ia • Jackson county,
sparsely populated, where little op
portunity tor surgery was presented,
he abided an occasion; On the 30th
of March, 1842, he used sulphuric
Ether upon h Mr.'Venable, and ex
cised a tumor from hisneek, without
the patient being conscious of pain.
He made two other experiments in
the same year, and other experiments
in 18.43, a* also ih subsequent years.
There are four claimants to the dis
covery of modern Anaesthetic agent;
Horace Wells, a dentist of Hartford,
Conneblicut, who used'Nitrous Oxide
GaS, much less efficient than Sulphuric
Ether; Wm. T. G. Morton; a dentist
of Boston ;' Charles T. Jackson, a
chemist of Boston, and Dr. Crawford
W. Long, a physician of ’ Georgia.
Wells and Morton had been partners
in business—using nitrous oxide gas
to deaden sensation in the extraction
of teeth. Wells first used his discove
ry 11th Of December, 1844. Jackson
suggested to Morton in 1840 to use
sulphuric ether instead of nitrous
oxide gas, and Morton availed him
self of the suggestion of Jackson, adi
ministered sulphuric ether under the
name of “Letheou’’ to patients in the
Massachusetts hospital, in Boston,
upon whom surgical operations were
performed by the great surgeons,
Warren, Hayward, and Bigelow, on
the 30th of September, 1846. Long’s
surgical operations with sulphuric
ether-were on March 30 and in Juue
and July, 1842. It is said that Mor
ton desighned to keep his remedy secret
under the name oft’Letheon”—deodor
izing the sulphuric ether—and apply
to congress for a patent, and make
a fortune by selling to the profession
rights to its use, individual, city
country and state. Long made no
secret of the sub-tance ’ he used to
prevent pain, but communicated it to
his neighbors and brethren of the
medical profession. Wells, Morton
and Jackson knew each other; nei
ther knew Long; Long knew neither
of them. Morton petitioned congress
in 1853 to grant him a large sum of
money for the discovery; and an ap
propriation of8100.000 was recom
mended by a committee of congress.
But Jackson, and the friends of Wells,
who was then dead, opposed it, each
claiming the benefit of the discovery.
The committee entered upon testimo
ny to determine who was entitled to
recognition as the discoverer, when
Senator William C. Dawson, of Geor
gia. brought to light the facts and
dates of Dr. Long’s discovery. Thus
ended the contests of the three former
friends and-rival climants. No action
by congress since.
Jackson in 1854 visited Dr. Long
in Athens, and investigated there and
in Jackson county, the grounds upon
which his' claims to discovery were
based. He became satisfied that Dr.
Long was the first l to prodnee amethe-
sia, by sulphuric either, for surgical
purposes; and, upon Lis return to
Boston, pulished the- fact in the Bos
ton Medical arid Surgical Journal.
Bnt whilst it’is admitted that Long’s
use oi sulphuric ether, as an anaesthetic
agent in (be surgical operations, was
prior in date, yet they claim propriety
in pnblicatiob in a .medical journal.
Upon this point, Wells, Morton and
Jackson stand upon no advantage
ground.' Neither made atvy printed
S nblication. Dr., Henry J. Bigelow,
ne of the hospital surgeons referred
to; published the results of surgical
operations under Morton’s “Letheon,’
ip November, 1846. If the merit lies
in the publication, it must be awarded
to Dr. Bigelow.
But the historic facts show that Dr
Long’s claim antedates Wells by two
years and eight months, and Morton
by four and a half yearn, and that
we hire justified,.on tho basis of truth,
to make his public recognition to-day.
I am indebted for most of these facts
to the pamphlets of Dr. J.- Marion
Sims and Dr. J. M. Taylor, of Missis
sippi
And now, sir, in behalf of the alumni
of the university, we accopt this mag
nificent picture of the noble discoverer
—in life our. friend and brother
alumnus—and,wo commit it to the
care of tho representatives of the
general assembly of Georgia, com
pliance with the wishes of the gener
ous' donor, Mr. ,H. L. Stuart,, of
New York.
And, Mr. Speaker,, whim we, the
present.represntatives, and our suc
cessors, shall look upon. that noble
picture, let each one learn lessons of,
thit virtue, integrity' and faithful dis
charge of doty to the state and to :the
life of him which it represents.
Wb may be pardoned by this
presence; indeed, ’we should be inex
cusable to pretermit a reference to Mr,
H. L. Stuart; the generous donor of
this portrait! He is not a son of
Georgia or of the smith} he is a native
of Vermount, a citizen ofNew York.
He was • acquainted with tho rival
claimants of this grand discovery and
their families. Medical journals of
the north had claimed the honor for
her sons. Mr. Stnart .-is a humani
tarian, atad his big heart swelled. with
emotion and ^desire to. do honor to
him whose d'.s 07ery had conferred so
incalculable a benefaction npomthe
human race. But he is a lover of
truth. .He dilligently sought, by
every possible means, for tho facts.
Discovering the truth, he discarded all
influences of personal association and.,
friendship. Knowing no north, or.
south, or east, or west, ho gave the
active worth of* brain and pen’to the
vindication and establishment of the
trnth; and he is with us. to-day ten
dering his personal contribution in
honor of the first discoverer—a Geor
gian. To him, as alumni and Geor«
in these ceremonies by reading a poem
written by a young daughter of Dr.
Long—not written for this unantici
pated occasion, but soon after the
death of her lamented father—the
thoughts of his tender love and her
irreparable loss, welled up from her
heart and found expression in these
lines:
[Here Colonel Yancey read the
poem of Miss Emma Long, which was
published in TAc Constitution some
days ago. 'and which we have not
-the space to repeat jjere. - Its senti
ments were highly appreciated and
applauded.]
Bright shinning throngh the trees the sunbeams
play.
And gild the ground,
They glimmer'on the tomba of those who lay
At rest Sroand,
-O’er thsej dear one; no stately' column rears
.Its lofty heady
Thy life, thy noble life, Is s!u that oheen j
■ Thy humble bed;
Though, known to few, unrewarded fame,
•Was truly.won. ,
Some day, thy na&on’s heart Will proudly claim
Her gifted son.
Thus early is the prophecy of the
young daughter -being realized, in
part; in the action of the general as
sembly of Georgians well as in the
proceedings of the house of represen
tatives this day. --'t*
And we trust that the action of the
congress - cf the United States of
America will soon completely fulfill
her prophecy. - -
The addresses were loudly and’ ap
preciatively applauded by the cultured
audience.
At the conclusion of these ceremo
nies, tho distingui8iied guest retired*
the senate proceeded to its own cham
ber and legislative business was
resumed. V*-
The event was a red letter occasion
in the state’s history anil its proceed
ings are embalmed in iu records.
Letter of Hon. B. H. HilL
Special Message of the Gov-
"" >jsr ' emor.
lx Response to a Resolution or
THE TUGGLE CLAIM.
prosecution and collection 0 r
claim by IV. O. Tuggle.
Alfred H. Cou;-,-,
the collection of the sum appropria
ted, I am, very truly yours.
(Signed) B. Gordon.
In compliance with the request to .
furnish all, facts in my possession Exhibit A.
•touching the .subject-matter qf the Fxecutive Department Sr
tub House of Representatives memorial of Hon. James A Green,” of Georgia, Atlanta,Ga,'Ja n A ^
—All the Facts Concerning I beg leave to submits the follow- 4L1879 -r—Whereas, recent 10^*^
the Appointment of Hon. IV. O ing: _ turns make it probable that
Tuggle as Agent of the State.' On Decomber .24,1§57, an exeetts sums of money; iwero advance.) •
TOP or, l° r issued, by Governor Georgia in the past, which, wi t i,
Executive Department, AtLan- Joseph^. Brown, appointing Wm. per effort, could be perhaps recn^
ta Ga., August 15, 1879—To the M. Varnum, of Lumpkin county,;Ga., in part from the United States-
House of Representatives; In re- claim agent’.of-ti e, state (a copy of whereas, these probable claims
use to yodr-resolution calling''on which order is at t tchcd) marked ex- been lost sight of, and no effort
governor tor “all tbc |acta ii^con- hibit D). On the 1st of January fol- years in relation thereto made tn 1
on with tho appoiptmdbtCoCjyV.. ip "ing (1858) the bond!, issued by . “h
O. Tuggle as agent of-the state' - of the state in 1848 for the Trezevant
Georgia for the collection of claims claims amounting, to $35,555.02, ma-
against the United States govern- tured and were paid. On the 13th of
ment, aud all the facts in his possess February, 1858, Governor Joseph E
sion touching the subject matter of the Brown, by executive^ order, consti-
memorial of the Hon, _ James A-
Green,” I Save tho. honor to submit
the following: . ’*
On the 4th of January, 1879, I
made a contract with W. O. Tuggle.
(a copy of * which is herewith sub
mitted marked exhibit A,) by which
it will be seen that . he. was . ; au
thorized to prosecute certain claims off ;eopy of governor -Rrownhi 9*i3er
the state of Georgia against the Unir! ihere\yitlHfrariBmit)fed ‘
ted States government, on a ccntin- E.)
Q 1 show th£t
mcdiately-enteretf on.
tion of tho duties of his agency, and
continued to?prosecute them up to the
beginning of the late civil war. (A
gent commission of 15 per cent, of As shown by the 4 records of the ^ex
whatever amount might be recovered, ecutive department. “James . A
lie paying bis own expenses. • ■ - Greeo Ayas eljected surveyor-toen
Betore making said contract coiu-4 onfthe 7th’<if November,' 1857, ah&
took the oath of office on the 24th of
November, 1857, [oil the tterin of ttfo
years following a- appears from ex
hibit F, hereto attached. Pending
his term qf office as surveyor-general’
of the/siatoi he was elected iu Decern-
Senator Hill having been largely
petitioned by' the members of the
general assembly to address their
body on the political questions of the
day, responds in the following strong
and characteristic letter.
Atlanta, August 16.—Gentlemen
—Yoftr letter of the 8th inst., inviting
me to deliver an address on .“nation
al politics,” w;rs handed to me a few
moments before I was compelled to
leave the city on a professional en
gagement This will account to you
Tor the delay in making this an*
sp-er,
I am profoundly grateful for the
confidence implied by this flattering
invitation from such a livrge number
of senators and representatives of the
general assembly, Under ordinary
circumstances I should feer.it was my
duty, and it would be my pleasure to
comply with your request.
For seven mouths I was almost
continuously absent from the state,
and neglected private. interests and
professional engagements are now
pressing upon my attention. The
general assembly is also closely en
gaged in matters of state interests.
No political campaign is pending and
no issues need immediate discussion.
For these.smoother reasons I must
ask you to excuse me from delivering
an address on national polities at the
present time.
Events are most certainly bringing
the two great parties of the country
to a direct issue upon questions vital
ly involving the character, integrity
and preservation of our popular insti
tutions. With secession and that
theory of exclusive federalism, from
which secession was deduced as a doc
trine, now forever behind, us, the
country must face that other more
dangerous theory ot exclusive nation
al centralism from which despotism is
inevitable. Constitutional national
ism against absolute nationalism is
now the great issue in American poli
tics. By,constitutional nationalism
wemeau that compound system ot
dual governments wherein the feder
al government is national and supreme
over all the country in’ the exeicise of
the sovereign po wers d elqgated by the
people of all the states 4n a plainly
written . constitution ; and .wherein
each state government Is national and
supreme over all the territory of the-
state in the exercise of all l sovereign
powers not delegated bat.plaiuly re
served by the people ot each state in
the same written constitution.
By absolute nationalism wc mean
that system so plainly repudiated in
the formation of the constitution and
so plainly negatived in the language
of . the constitution, which now
seqks as a pretended result,of tbe war,
to absorb in .the federal- government
the exercise of all sovereign powers*
delegated' and reserved; or, which
seeks to give to that federal govern
ment the right,tq, supervise without
hindrance and control without limit
the several states in the exercise of
their reserved* powers.
Every, man on this continent who
desires to preserve our beautiful sys*
tem of constitntiopal nationalism as
the only moans of maintaining our
free institutions, ane who does not co
operate with the democratic party is
simply blind to .his duty. Every man
who, in-this crisis, -seeks to distract
the democratic party with any other
issue, is a practical malcontent, and
not fit ta be trusted in its councils.
I do not mean to say there are
other questions worthy of discussion,
but I do mean to say there is no other
question which ought not to be held
entirely and absolutely subordinate to
this one.
It is certain that every man on this
conticent'wbo desires to establish ab
solute nationalism as a means ofirape-
rializing our government is co-opera
ting with the republican party* and
-allows no other question to weaken
that cooperation. ;
! Th£ contest will be a fierce one and
must bo waged under soma disadvan
tages, but if they can only hush their
passions and listen only to-reason, wo
shall not only succeed, bnt we will in
1880 re-establUh the system of gov
ernment formed 41 n . 1787 on more
dearlyr dofined, and therefore, on more
enduring foundations than that sys
tem has ever before known
’ > With assurances of the warmest re
gards for each of you personally, J-
i»m yours, very truly, -■
Benj. H. Hill.
Messrs, Rufus E. Lester,. H. H.
Cabaniss and many others, members
and-officers of the geucral assembly,
Atlanta*iG* v mTtoi, • .»-i ,:*M:
• *-. Wiiii * x: j
.*»»«*■-■* ■;!*{, ■' -1 /d’Ct-*u I
Parkers. Santonins Worm Lozen
ges are the best of all Worm Medi
cines,, Thousands of mothers, all. over
the laud give,their children Parkers
Sautonine Worm lozenges. Try them
at E. C. Long & Co.. mayO-ly.
. ltesulved. atc., That his excellency
fhe governor, be, and he *ia hereby
authorized and requested to deliver to
James A. Green all the papers of
whatever kind in the claim of . Peter
Trezevant for the purpose of protect
ing said claim against the government
of the United States, either before the
court of claims or the congress of the
United States, as he, the said James
A. Green, may-think best.
iesolyed. That James A^^
hereby, authorized to - retain! 25 per
chat'out of the amount’he rimy collect
of said claim for his services as agent,
or attorney.
»R
sbo
state of Georgia shall not be liable or
bound to allow*him anything for his
RegolVed. *Thatjif Janies A. Green
Duld fail to* collect said claim- the
munication8 were addressed, at my
suggestion, to members of congress to
ascertain if any and what, claims of
the state were being prosecuted by
any one- before the congress. To
these communications answers were
received from the Hon. A. It Ste
phens and the Hen. H. p.' Bell. It
will be seen from these letters that
there was no claim betore congress on
behalf of Gooigia except the Treze
vant claim; that no other claim was
known to them, and that the TrezeJ
vant claim, whichjis not the one col
lected by W. O. Tuggle, was believed
to be the only one remaining unsot-’
tied- These letters (the .originals of
which are herewith transmitted,
marked evhibit B,) were.filed in the
executive office for my inspection pri
or to the making of the contract with
W. O. Tuggle. This .contract made
him an agent for the prosecution of
no claim accruing prior to ' the year
1792. The Trezevant claim dates
back to 1777. It grew ont of a debt
incurred by the'state of Georgia ffcif
supplies purchased of ono Robert
Farquhar for the use of troops at Sa
vannah under the command Gen.
James Jackson in 1777. • One Petisj
Trezevant married the only daughter
of Robert Farquhar, aud - became,
therefore, the o wner of the claim, and
hence it is known’as the Trezevant services. ‘ii/ri’J*/
claim. This became a debt of tl^ jyApproved DeqojubeT
United States government under tne It will bo observed th
act of August 5th, 1790, '.known as
tho “assumption act.” This Treze
vant claim, which was the only claim
ot the state pending before congress,
and for which the Hon. James A.
Green claimed to be agent 1 was not
included in the contract with W. Q.
Tuggle, and he has uot assumed to be
agent for it, nor attempted its collec
tion. He, (W. O. Tuggle) proposed
and his proposition was accepted—to
investigate and prosecute, if found
other claims against the general gov
ernment, in behalf of the state. His
report, herewith submitted (marked
exhibit C.) will furnish information as
to how be discovered that one error
had been made by the officers of the
United-States treasury, in calculating
the interest on final settlement with
Georgia in 1851, for expenses incurr
ed during the Iudian hostilities in
1836-7-8, a id how he proceeded to
collect this hitherto unheard of
claim,
, As to the services rendered by him
iu collecting this claim for additional
interest, I respcotfully refer to the
following letters addressed to him by
members of congress which were sub
mitted to me before the settlement
was made by me with W. O. Tug
gle:
. I——, ., ‘ u “ue to *»
cover such sums which may m *
to-wit: for expenses incured i„
17934-6; for expenses in
1812;'- the Indian trouble, of iki- 1 ,
the Florida war and 1836-8 the r 1
wars and troubles; tor expense
artidJ™
and for ^
ving the Chi
Indians* and for expenses i, 1C0K ,
tbe war with Mexico; and
W. O. Tuggle has brought this
haatiob to lighfand proposes to«
toinif i artante; And ; prosecute
claims and collect the same ifn^ J
nn J «t»Virvrmc* flin bam.!. - ' ^
and whereas, the records and arc!
of the state show that in the
agents hqye boeiS appoint el to j
alter similar matters, to-wit:
John W. Hunter in 1823 4 atid
Joseph Stuigis in. 1849 by |,is
lency Govenor Towns, au after* J
by Governor Howell Cobb- i n !
sideration .thereof it is agreed bv-
state of Georgia, through Alfred!
ber,T858, to tlm-'bffice of agent for I Colhuitfc, Governor, that saiutyj:
the state in the claim'of Peter Treze- O. Tuggle, be and he is herein
vant with a contingent fee of 25 per ■— : “*~J s
cent out of the aniount ho might col
lect. I invite special attention to the
terms of his appointment, which was
made by the following resolu
tions :
that these reso
lution made James A. Green agent
for the"Trezevant claim only, and yet
jit ia asserted in the rcsblatiod 001876
(a copy of which is hereto attached,
marked exhibit G), that he had,been
appointed agent for coltoctidg claims
growing out of the war of 1812, and
any,former war. This is. clearly a
mistake; but if it is tiue the resolution
even of 1876 dl] not constitute him
agent for the claim collected by :W.
O. Tuggle, which was a claim of ad
ditional interest computed and ascer
tained by him to be due on the prin
cipal, paid hr the United States gov
eminent to Georgia for expenses in
curred during the Indian troublo of
1836,1837 and 1838.
An examination of the constitution
and law;* will show that if the legis
lature ever intended to constitute
Janigs A. Green agent for the colleo
lion of this - interest -he -tSbtold* not
have held said agency after his elec
tion to the general, assembly. He was
elected in 1876 representative from
the country, af Baldwin, and agi"
4877^which offide'he now ho:
the present house of representatives.
Article 3, section 1, paragraph 4 of
the constitution of 1868, and article
3, section 4, paragraph 7 of the con
stitution of 1877 forbids
i a-oJujldiml any office -or appointment,
1819. Colonel O. Tuggle, Dear- an y emolument or compensation
Sjr: It affords, mq great pleasure to
testify tq, your signal success, qnder
most discouraging circumstances in
secuipg from congress an appropria
tion of 372,000 due the state for more
than ,fbfty years. But for your great
intelligence, industry and, unwonted
,faith, such nn; issue would qo^.^ave
been reached. Ypur contract, as I
am informed, gives you the, 15 per
cent, oh such sum as you may recover.
You hay? earned every dollar of it.
I trust iib ono wjllgainsay,it._An in
timate knowledge ot, ybut> difficulties
justifies the in , expressing this opin
ion,",,., " ,
Yqurp,etc;, Signed)
i >g -l* ; Jaue§ fij Blount.
Washinotn, D. C., 1 March 13",
1879.—Hon. W. O. Tuggle; Wash
ington, D. C: Dear Sir—Allow- me
as a Georgian to congratulate yon on
the extraordinary success of your
recent efforts in "discovering and es
tablishing a balance ot upwards 0/
$72,000 due ourstate from the-geueral
government. I speak of this euoccss
as extraordinary, because I know of
nothing like it in the past history of
our country. You certainly deserve
tho thanks ot the entire - people of
Georgia. I am a ware of the obstacles
that have been raised by the officers
of the treasury department against the
payment of the amount which, both
houses of congress, with tho -sanction
of the president, not only allowed as
just and right but directed to be paid.
But I do not -think these objections,
will prevail long. I can but believe
S o will soon reach the ultimata goal
which your efforts have been ’di
rected. Hence my congratulations.
Yours truly, • ’ '•
(Signed) Alexander H. Step iiens.
Warrington, D., a e., April:.’22,
1879.—Hou. , !W.. QL Tuggle, Dear
Colonel:..You request me to- state in
writing what I know of your recent
efforts and enterprise in securing, the
payment of money diie’ by tho -gener
al government to Georgia on account
of the Indian hostilities of 1836-7-8
I very gladly do so. In the^first
{ lace, let mo say that I bad never
eard, nor do I believe any member
its collection. You , certainly -have
not only .made good your, title to the
per eentaga {illowed yon by your-con
tract with the governor, hut you : are
entitled to the thanks of the
people of the- state.-.-Indeed, .you
have displayed a degi eqof energy, en
terprise and ability (in tthis {uaUer,
whiehT think has rarely been equalled
iu the management of any, ease before
eongress. With my congratula
tions upon the passage of the bill and
any emolument or compensation
attached, from having a seat .in either
house of the lcgeslature-to any office
or appointment having any emold'
ment attached. . . ,. j ^
By section 129, paragraph 4 anil
section 1 135; paragraphs 4’ and 7 i oi
the code it will be seen that the for-
foot offiej-joH |he . state agent was
neccgkanty vacated ‘by James A.
Green by reason of his election and
qualification as a member ol the leg
islature.
Reference is’respectfully made to
section 69 qf the code* which declares
the genlralt^^^
or by the gov< ruo?, under i’-sjauthori-
ily. ard declared to be officioiwithihi the
moaning of the constitution,’!,
Tiis facts, therefore, arc these'i-
That Jauies A. Green was appointed
agent for tho Trezevant claim, while
Wm. M. yarnum.gtiU acting as such
agent, aud haft, actively'--prosecuted
the claiiu at Washington. T i *
That the resolution oY 2879, from
which James A Green derives his
authority, if any he has, tfi Tepresent
all claims of the state against the
general government, recites as
facts what the resolution of 1858
ch^riy shows yyp noti . *
That the correspondence herewith
submitted, aud the records show that
James A. Green had never presented
any claim for the state of Georgia,
growing out of the Indian hostilities
from, 1835 to 1838, in which W. -O.
Tuggle collected the amount named
in his report, and whatever “time,
labor and money” were , expended
«r b® 00
Trezevapt claim. K .,
,, .UlpUMAteHP for ipterest.collected
hy^Vif -0?¥^gleinis-bBeiridomhnt
since 185—until its discovery by, him.
That whatever right- , James A
Green had to act as agent for any
claim of the state was feorfeited by his
voluntary acceptance of the office of
representative in the,state legislature.
. And, finally; that if, upon any con-
strnctioffof the resolution Appointing
him/ James A. Green had ever been
constituted agent for the collection Of
stitnted and appointed the a-’#™
the state of Georgia to arranV
prosecute said discribed claim’s
lull and complete power uvf,
same for said purposes of adjc
or collection, and should he =u
in recovering the same, or anv •
thereof, then in that contineenn'
the said W. O. Tuggle, shah rat
for his compensation 15 p er co -'
such recovery, he to pay his own
penses ont of said 15 per c m
should any advanoes be made f
it appears for the welfare of the«
monwealth 80 to do, then suchiij,
ces, should they be made, are to
returned by said Tuggle out ol
recover^ aforesaid, and it is fe
agreed that to facilitate the afi
ment and collection of said proh
claims ttotirthe state will by here
-utive. as general assembly, if d n
proper by that honorable body.re
such aid and assistance to said
O. Tuggle, by message or reioiq
or memmoria), ai to the circuaut
of the case may srem to ju3
order to perfect- the - true iuteri
the state in regard there, aud
aaid ; W. 0« Tuggle us such age
authorized to examine the aciliie
records of the state at AtlaoU
Milledgeville, aud letters of m
tial shall be furnished him t
governor to tbe authorities at
iogton in order that he may
his investigation under favora't
cumstances as to privileges ad
tesies, and said William 0. i
agrees to the foregoing slip:
regarding tbe prosecution of
claim, deiigently and faithfully,
his excellency Alfred H. Gd
agrees as governor of Georgia I
same as set forth in the fbregaii
tract, and it .i^,' further agred
should it become necessary lit
W. O. Tuggles.to. employ h
agents ta Washington or Sei
or elsewhere, then in that eta
tbe said Tuggle, is to pay ssll
so employed by him out of sail!
per cent, aforesaid, and tbaiGi
shall incur no other aad i
liability than the said fifteen y-
contingent compensation out 1
recovery, unless the governors
eral assembly should consider!
best interest-of Georgia to HfU
Other agents without requiri:
fifteen per cent. But said ad:
if any to said Tuggle, to pay \
sonal expenses while invest^
prosecuting said clairuea arc
returned by him of his said
per cent.,as aforesaid.
Signed in duplicate
Alfred II. Col#
W. O. Tuggle
In- Long’s Memorj
APlan of Action Dbsigs
OurPubuc JJe.v.
A meeting of the Alluinni:
tion, tiie trustees and member
faculty, with the membera
-medical profession, wiil be b
Friday evening, on a call to bt
by Senator Gordon, Colonel 1
and others for the pnrpose of"
a committee to have charge'
procuring of suitable statues it
jor marble of Dr; Crawford W-
and General Oglethorpe; »
take action in regard to tbe p
a duplicate of the noble portrai
Long, by F. B. Carpenter,
library of the university at *
We heartily indorse this mo"
as no time should be lost,""!
uncertain, and we .all want w|
already too long delayed work
rice completed as a part of ear
of personal observation.
The action of Mr. Stuart
unique and so uppreCcdcutcd
cannot refrain from some«'
praise and admiration of bi®
nalist and tor-seeing
man.
We8hall, ifposible, draw
the almust inexhaustible
interesting facts gathered
under conditions and clrct
more remarkable and varied
remember to have met in "JJ
man aviso has' visited us
north, not Oven excepting
Sherman. For promptitude-
insight and executive ability ‘
every kind, he certainly W®
the best anywhere.
If his plans are perfectly
stood, supposed by the best
of our state, aB we feel sure
bo, he will iu .history be r*" 1
second Oglethorpe.
of congress, from Georgia ever, beard
of sneh a claim until -you discovered it UhR -yiiUpdwt collected
-and caljed attentimiiitofik. In, the, ; ^lagkv and if Jafaes A (
next place, it wasicppsjdered by every tance of the office of representative,
one I heard speak in private upon the did nqt under Rho censtitntioii and
subject a hopeless task to nndcrtjJ e laws Vadite his ,offica of il-o state
;ent, ,yot he. had forfeited. all his
right to act as.suph.agcilt by his long
conthuH-d-neglect oLilm stat.e interest
ln-this-bfflialf, ’his fniluretb"call aliens T jnn ,,
tion to its- exLtcnce, or to present "’About 125' acres within '■"■bj
4nd pyoseentefit. hefot’s 1 the congress igg"' “
or the courts. -His- own memorial
S..OWS that so tar as this'claim is cons
corned, Jame3 A. Green had never
appeared in-’Washington until the-
treasury department liad issued tiie
draft for payment, after the discovery,
No baits offered by
to deceive Merchants- T“ e ?-
pack up a orate lull ot Oa"* 1 "
es and other trash, and p K
Teas and Plates uefow cos’-
do they tax mei'chail® 1» .-1
cent for expenses of tra’W’jjj
man. Their prii-.es are u*
house in the United-Stales-
feb-4.1879.ly.
Allie. p, on theI)u-iielsviber ,
will be sold in a body or.
suit purchasers. .j
About 60 acres of the a'!®, j
cleared and thb:' haliam"-'
For further information air?
office.