Georgia Historic Newspapers

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CRAWFORDVIL M >4 ' ! i - I' EMOCRA * i
Vloume 7.
AT _ mmih
A i RWLLIAtfT DJUULHA11 L C
CLOSED.
A. H. Stephens
Georgia’s Noblest Son And
America’s Greatest 1
Statesman Dead.
nvciRCTA r?^[r ifnii AND THE V//?
UNION NOW MOURN JliL
DEATH OF A COUNSEL
LOR OF DEEPEST
WJ<*nOM AND PU
BEST PURPOSE,
AND MAN
KIND.
THE ADVOCATE OF HUMAN
RIGHTS AND CONSTITU
•TIONAL LIBERTY.
. BBnRT «KFT('H of MR
l-Htsis’ nvn LIKE, etc ETC.
r Last Sabbath Rwhhntii morning mornimr intelliirenc
reached our village that Alexander
II. Stephens had breathed his last
few hours before No language of
would convey an adequate .
of the profound sorrow that
itself upon every dace as the sad
** passed from an uncertain rumor
assured fact. tti It awakened s « c
an
grief here as it could not -cause
where. Others are mourning the
©f the wise and eloquent
Legislator, the ski ...
the conscientious
fuland efficient ruler. We here,
dwellers around his home, have to
which made hhn great in our warm
of tU'ft
#pprov«*l hi to we have in
measure niiasiire forimtten forgotten taat tnat ms liis name name
illustrious all ' 1 '
the splendor of his intellect i:i mt
precistion of the kindness of his
Tin. love of the ueonle ot Taliaferro
MR. Stephens was as peculiar ,i as .
was intense and fervent. It bad
won and retai ed, not by the
of . tl that r wondrous wondrous elouuence eloquence that that ’ ll
hold the most august assemmy ot G
land spell bound at its utterances,
by that more potent magnetism
mads each one feel when he came
liis presence that he was recognized i
h brother. He was emphatically
good lover. He never forgot or in
way ” slighted those friends of
manhood, who encouraged , , bv then
words and by their votes his first
forts to rise. Many of these were rude l
ofspeech, of soeech ana and came came to to greei greet uim him in iu tlie
habiliments of poverty. But he neTe
forgot one of these old friends,
though the garments might be
or ®* 1 threadbare he was treated with
failed t» throw intc . .
kindness which he
his manner when welcoming the
iiitiafrimift illustrious ffiiMte guests to to his his home. home. ThU.
i, ... which constituted It.
strong ■viwu S hold on the people of his natlTe
county. He was spared to
most of those who gave him their
frag* a^e for his first office. Hardly a
of them could have
around his graye. But their sons
fMnily histories and MM ..
interest iu each descendant of his
friends.
and their cares distressed.” distressed.”
the young were.as devoted to him a3
the old. Worn as he was by the
of a busy life, and by the snffsrings
life-long disease, fber. W in
not the slightest tendency to
„.n the homblest child
found a pleasure in his notice.
legal among Mr. Stephens’ claims
the affection of our people was his
fondness for his home. No where
bapp, os ot Liberty
Ho place was so dear to him as
fordville ; upon no scenery did
eyes so much delight to dwell as
U» saccession of bills and vales
his birth spot. Often did he aver
nothing but a sense of duty could
dace him to leave his home and
scenes around which his heart
were entwined Often has he
. beard ,. t« express ,. the wish , f that - of lief#
where he bad been born and reared and
achieved his most fondly prized
•mpbs should, hift bones repose
CRAWFORDYILLE, GA, Y, MARCH 9th, 1888.
which gave them energy should
that when 0 , that s , tsj;” event w E o cll
[they r prayed might be late, should look oc
cur, they would be permitted to
upon his * s face for the last time, ’ and
perfoim the last sad offices of “lend
.ship for lum whom they so
and loved. It would be a source
Wide to have the grave of the great
man whom «-A we have have for foi so so lono- long c
peculiarly our own, here in oul
But to our surprise and grief
has been determined otherwise.
_
Sketch by Rev. Henry W.*
Cleveland, ot a Grandly
Cile.
In the spring of 1882, tlie.re was
son to think that Georgia was
*cal dug to follow Virginia in a new
‘to departure. Triuciples had
be distinctive, and politicians
inclined fo create new combinations.
was seen that it was necessary
have a man whose life and record
wau | d be the platferm on which
nilly and whose saytoafi very presence in
beholders-
31 if fafffiUl vour standard the?SSfyf bearer, fall
well promise
never saw bloody I J?«f»
Of a more tray. >
follow, where iny white plume
Amid the ranks of war,
A h?imHi°nf fl I day
tiip ' N' «vBrre ‘ ’ *fh
The proposed , retirement . fmm fiom■ f
councils of the Hon. A
ei 1 ?; stt, n 0 foi t
t distnc .which he^ bad e
for nearly half his 1 fe, g*j ,0
PP 1 UI ! 1 y an(i V 1 a™ an /i
b 4 i asserted *“ th « e .
he might be induced to^
M sacr.hce t0 retlreu,en of his mclmations, t »“ d ,P“^of w A f
again - i become, not . the leadei of
but.of Ins State. This at
with favor among the people, bu‘
UO 80 com l ,letel y
At m Irnniau . who past m his shell against
give no oU ‘^A^°
j vrislr^f 1 am fcned to be of rid always^ of the > healing patriot t h ; l in
spokf the :" of vGiy as lift3 ,£ H Vhfm of him of Z whom ! An'‘
said, _“!n long years of
political office and povvei,^ he
either grown rich or tat - was .
rebak8 tu many whose P er!,0 “ s “ ud pil
had Voth grown plcthouc at
pub , ic cost But his nominatiou
by an overwhelming pub
and even the tew wh »>
ritiai ^ d ag4ilist absolutely
no conmmu State election, but ail
vent of National sigiiibcance. I
attacks u t am him rallied the
'‘okl guard” of citizens who
by him as tlm second officer
Coiif.-deiatmii, and, next to Ires I
b ' l,t Havis, the embodiment of th 33
Cause. In \ trgiiua, Keu. u
ort „ and South Carolina, Alabama,
and even Arkansas, Mis
and Texas, his friends began
1 ' 1 '* ^mn’liis speeches and debating
ls , ues , as ,f he could be Governor for
whole South. Tim gmit
organs, like tlm New York
Harper’s Weekly conceded Ins elec
with the satisfaction that no
hack ever coiuinaiided. lius
thafc llH d announced him, broke
a local entanglement and
Macon Telegiapb wheeled into
««limbered batterms and fust> cut
short range, and fiom the Ghatta
ll00cliee t0 tiie Savannah, from the
to the sea-board, there
rally under the magical name of
h e i, s, such as the party could not
^ Thus he wou the VJctory from
jaws of defeat, .and began the
turn tide that has again brought
into power m the
l States._ Giant g .
full share in tins last political
0 i u ti 0n , there still remains to Stephens
)e honor of beginning when
no hope.
» »» S3'"lV
dead) __ ye yet t speaketh,” speaseiu, ■ ami and his u.o life ufe J'"A 1
seem to grow wtioulate r
cold lips, and to w as did
ongue of the dying Webster- 1
11 ™^
four mHes from Augusta,
oue hundred and seven from Atlanta
Georgia tre. railway yard, is pointed the t^eler to a corn
£STS
saae ^n 0 f Borgia SnX Two miles away
of
mark the site of the log
«•
^ Kg’ k ^£?
tto less than “(loci's
about to receive his own. It
‘ f {
d s ,, t contend for
r eddost, for it is well known that
loved h.llside ^id would far prefer
. an man
P who loved to
uilt te mple ; and he
.‘the old commoner,” would,
to speak now elect to share th
lot, where
f“ h r “e‘forefmhersof the hmnlet sleep
T he grandfather of Mr. Stephens
an Engiisliman and adherent of
the Frytender, aud after the
of his cause at the battle of
cester ,[ j Q 1845, he came to this
' the
fo und sanctuary with
mdians. Although he had opposed
reigning house of George LI. he
common cause with bis
g ton in the Frencl id Indian
entered serv as a private,
a captain of e
c ontin ?» ta l line and did patriot;
v,ce . ' He settled on Kettle creek,
Wllkes county. an d later moved to
ai t since cut off to make
Andrew B. Stephens,
atli er, was simply a good
Governor st ®P hen f derived Ins
Alexander, from this
the revolution. His second name
was adopted by himself
! ’atitude to ltev. Alex. Haim
Webster, of Wilkes couuty, his teacher,
benefactor and friend.
dffie statesman and patriot
j 8 now holding bis last;
the Executive Mansion ° i Georgia,
was l,0 rn wiLlli " :l fe ' v iods ot
reset }. t . J 5l „ ei '- ,en3 S^v^yard on tiie
February, . i81- llieiofoie
! ?. te |,lie,,s W:ls seventj-one yeaiso.d
ebrim, . ' y ' n ls !no '' ie i, Md J
Grie, ' was " . AhLr . i
tbe .®‘“ G A
l,ie the Histice Gnm, "°* hlS of f ^ tiie United
11 * 168 ; ^ H P! ein « Court, belongs to t tll8
“L ,
h who was a
1 61 “J (J « I - T - W Thomas’ regiment
. Confederate | Aim>, aud Justice
bupreme Court, was his halt m <
I bus our Georgia idol was V 1<5 :
son of a worthy sires, and
fc 0 our be8t * u, f ll ' oLI '^ r l "
IUS , aUd tle ,. CC ‘? f ™ ai
b . from faithful the outset,.mpaired nurse and ,f friend’; bis „ l
; y ea
father died May -oth, lbwl lodvmg
h „ n rt „ orpb u. at ourteen II awl
from the estate was
and toity-foai dollai . H's
and A f« the: n . interest W Y±^ ,e A’ ot h 1 ^'moniv isimo.ney ;
per cent, clothed l.nn and sent
Vu Charles , “Tmiu C. Mills, 4 Ins h 8 Sn
hool teaciher, and ltev. Alex■ H- 0J
of the IVas.nngton, \\ i kes
Kcauemy and L
for his bettei education at
dCilde ™ y of th “ ‘“Her. All ^ • v
strictly . H oftns. riiijy,
Education ®. fc
J lul Ar ‘’TTh? fon tho miiiistiy, 1 d »ci ho nl «ic
their ai^_ wit.li Uie express
that be vvas to letum t m l
lie changed bis m>»«, aud « «
<iV ?l lls ."**«“ ii^hino ab, moiitlis Vn ”.?„ and } Imlrp,! ontciod
claiis
in he August determined 18^8• that {Jefol® I. a
zr
t ..i ian :..; m „f
Iffwayis «‘.u
Christian, but this U all tltere
ot Ins “being educated toi ^ ie
He never was for one
a theological semin.iiy. IDs 8 U ' U
soon gave him Ins own nioiiey.
graduated on that, and his
Aaion G. Stephens, lia
the money to repay his It
taught school ac M mison, Ga
graduating with Muor iu 18K, and
his debts in full, but ; *'«
fora:tune, limreis no die
in him, bis friends used to say, and
2otli of May, 4834, tie began b<i to
law . being admated to the
July, 1834. He was bo poor t
m had to walk ten miles, or aW.u
the distance, to bonow a u
to WiJkea county, his hrst
carried a pair ot cheap o .ttou p “‘ l t8
him, 8.aiched to _loo.< lik i
t
befoieenteung the tovvn >
clothes. lie as carefully .
off when he left. His
taaen ten days after “A
be began ashie Daid oiit, out;bes^
the needy and sorrowing. A child
with-held from its own
!etters of.Muardlanubipand he was
of the ba A
The battle was before ttie
of the Inferior Court, and
recovered her child Mr•
had the honors, <iiia since t 11
State btate practice piactice at at ouee once the ^ grew grew ^ up up, up,
stood C. eminent^at Sayic LU II. ljaxtu, ei J
Garnett 1 ^^ w JJ‘ u,
Frauds H Cone and Joseph
Lumpkin were the lights In
was
country, a^V^ilauce^ la State Senator), CommiRce had
at '
a
uuietiug. Zi'Ai p^’meetniL^ ofT.
£““Ul of
” whW, his country nod
of the South taen limd .
^ g ^ hin ,V
iu a speech from a work-bench in
court-house yard. In the
WJJJJ-- j Miller’ "TbS?.
James A.
Edward Y. Hill, Judge
L. Harris, Sam. W. Flurnory
Dougherty were samples of t
The n nest inn of the session was the
Line” of railway from what is
Atlanta to somejpoint on th| Ten
river. y A Rv iie
its would , o n y
gymnasia for spiders, or anti-railway as ae re
later in his telling
; it was to >*--» railway to ran
a mountain .f
crawl up it. When everybody
■ | le friends of tlie
-
.
laugh and staid turned
The m in and his hour
and the success of the
gtt|1 ., ,„ u i h dantio Railroad was
uil , : hat time. This was
u .. ;i success, as Mr.
,n|sy. oll i y . ; .,t the door after the
11 Flurnoy, and others for and
|» a8 tithe gr-eat measure of that ses-,
{ we e sui»i ted to liavo exhausted
v | u ,t„ st il>.j<*c4 Che and first said appropriation all
v, • to h aid.
: Tunnel Hill was bored
n 8l lh ,, appropriation .©E 1847,
wttuk was tiu.shed, in the main,
He and Joseph E. Brown,
ra;a j 0 jt pay well, divide the
its success.
M r Stephens was the »& ampian of
Mata- whenever needed an
^^,. A, ; iH tion or a speech, > nd it was
t 4 hiin< ma i n iy 4 t h*fc the bill
vs is. of Troup, for the
c? die Macon (Wesleyan) Female
passed. It was the first
institution in the world
conferring of degrees as
c , Ueges, and the systematic grad
) f young ladies in the higher
S of f u ^ Vf ...j iRness, ln 1837 Mr. ' 1838 Stephens ’ 1839 ’ was in 9,,it ro
L(l 'legate the legislature. In im he
to the great
ivention of Charleston, S. C.,-
his first great speech out of
t tate. The Convention was
d. Here it was that his
WL fora country dogates lad, and want
d , ■ u have the
la y on. In 1842 lie was in
m i- t Senate, fighting the Central
,
/„ 1842 ,be j Hon. Mark A.
; A resi lled h s aeat in Congress to
n)r) . |U) J(j tue ytate was
^’UUA into districts. Mr.
~% , for Congress “,. Tl.o under
. fs\ , tj kw , systein Minori
i; at of the State Senate
the State of the Republic, had
^ tho H’liig party be'belouged.in of Georgia
a j ^ outh> to ^bicli
t ;t-relations, and oil this he was
e | ( ,, dir > (1 n e had to inert in the debate
W 1 'iVlpn Uy Congressional 11, SUles, John race, II. the Lumpkin, Hons.
Cohen, llowell Cobb, IValter
1 ■ HVooit;. and his competitor, James
s^-- ^ r ni.#, mnut. />f mni, would
)jjsve ^ )mme> j U( j ge ,p alter T.
it alien and after the
;imi ^;l Senutbr) that was Ins then hands in liis.glory, itched
4siud
,j. Ktiiepbens’'friends .. . iranmiiniiHoiid liHlo
stl,.;. bi-gan to leave
when CiUquitt ^ fired from up. The
nud patiibt
iidv delighted crowd
and ue man shouted, ^ “ Four
( H him (J0 , WJW , u t
j VP fet there are boys in poli
w i, u kll0W no t Joseph,” •
n ,m ;4it th t. the sage of Liberty Hall
u i,( !>» u ule the tool of a ring, when
■ bo'yliood he had forced tlm
( {
f .,. of IU mgia politics of his
d rty t , sumfiii C oiiess, alter tlm last Forsyth
anyL^g T61S. “No man can
k ,/j^ tell ou t of Stephens on tlm
of Ids success in Con
^ U) recit<# Uie history of
iCli courage, ; since 1844. lie had tlm
ra , lf ; {f ’ when faced by a report
a , U)tIli e in Congress that seem
{, ; juvolve his right ^ to his seat; to
ihQ eou)lilit e hU hoW t neir
l c l .o. t unconstitutional. lc said, “I
not think tlm election constitution
but it you 'Z dd that it was, then
f neonlesa 1 ' am tlm man they have
e Jt n The admiration of John J
Adams l’u him seemed then
anil n beautiful poem from the
u tesmaii to the new one,’ exists in
^ stenbens’ album. Mr. Stephens ‘man,
always i been a States Rights
u ev a Nulltfier. In ls:W be
ted ,or Hugh L. White /or Fresident,
wanted the State to stand for Gov
--^' n.,luaa although
; f . tJ i> r e idency
v )te!l ful - Gen. Harrison, however, and
for Jlenrv'<Mav in 1844 iie was in id
union as early as 1838 or 1839, and
,• j anUili y the’famed
ae ven other lUbigs, led in House,
vate of T20 to 98 in the that
K avf ns the great State but not her
settled her slave status, and
quest P
n
luoneof tiis speeches >'i
H fin,-tmM.terrnpt,!
y
Stephens who "M? was never at a loss
fetod. w, have
funxl the lino of «_ «
,“ t a St. ^t A™ i“
; ’, . )r d(> you Wi a fight any
belj , nw?i Ilthe “Georgia Flatf. r.n” he
the ?‘AiB«ric^ Union pnly^
to tne nghta.and *
Umon of indestmetafile States,’’ and
bo held till be
of Hon. htephen A.
liowell oiSgia FDtform elected of 1850. Governor Hon.
Cohb was
u|»» n :it ja ‘jlte
^ jc ^ uiS Ln much '.nisrei Franklin
and m sunderstood- Hon.
1 ,:V. the Democratic nominee
Lsn. - A ,-4 *iie ti -ru of M*xi
^ h ^'iommat^d i > mm could
by the
Wui» ^ <igs. Tbea «*• issued the
ol the 3rd of July, ldod, which
C. J. f aulkner, of Virginia q
of Mississippi; Alex.
; J. Abercrombie, of
Robert Toombs and
of Georgia ; and C. II.
and M. I*. Gentry, of Tennessee.
Mr. Stephens had favored the
tior. of Daniel Webster as tlie emiiodi
ment*of Geii,Scott, constitutionalUnion
the nominee, refused to
sqarely of the adjustment 1850.
pies and State rights doctrine ol
asked him to endorse
lie took bis nomination with
resolutions annexed, lie was
but refused to indorse them,
by Congress. Franklin
Fierce was a constitutional
'fore man. Daniel Webster .died
the election, but tunny
voted for the principles he
lie was dead Among
Toombs and Stephens. 1 ranklin
Fierce was elected but did not
party entirely to his own iaylor,
The death of Gen. in
brought in Millard Fillmore w
would have been elected in 18ml if
come up to Webster’s views, in
im - ^ Stc » ,he " 8 ,lefeud f
'KailSas-Rebr.uska measiiro of
year, on the ground that they.wero in
with tiie Georgia platform
: 1850, and the (Jlay compromise For
the same leasous ho supported Stephen
Douglass for President in
is the Georgian, by some said to
hive been inconsistent ; States Rights
for Harrison m 1840 ; the same for
Clay in 1814 ; acting with the
crats oil the same principles on with tlm Cal
mission of Texas in 184.’,;
houu ami the Whigs on the same
eiples of a Constitutional Union of
in Mexican war contests of 184(1
1847, which the whole Whig party
from bis resolutions in
year ; will. Taylor on the
'policy in 1848 ; against Taylor and
the old principles with Clay in 1830
In 1854 l'or the lvansas-Nebraska Act
‘on exactly the same line ; in 18-it),
for James BuUiuuan, tho
crat, as the better man, still or
; agiunst Buchanan and fo Doug
in 4850 and 1880, when tli es
went astray and Douglas
* for tho Union in tho socossim
Mmurs of 18(10, but abiding the decision
his State then on t .e same States
Rights doctrine with which lie made
first speech—is there a mm
or Mliv'n willi kiicJi -4 rBconl ?
in life was: “Times
and men will. them, but
never!” and as true as S'
A*-. e.uot.lon^Wcjpt
of Presidents popular and UaEinti
about. >
on Loth sides in tlm same year
Mr. Stephens, regarding parties
hind men as only the macliiucry ol
has never varied. Outside
Toombs, who else can say
‘t Hu was called a trailer
*lmnm for his speech on tlm
7th August, 1848, wl. u;»,
cost bun Inside. Tlm terrible.
Acctcd of that occasion, to the last,
bis right hand and spoiled
His appearance, suit u.i:H,Io
walk, in Atlanta, 14tli September,
1848, was one of tim memorable
a wonderful life- Tim people
the horses and drew tlm
and went as tiiey applauded the,
words that ho could speak tar
He did carry the Stale
Zack Taylor, by ^'WJ,
On the Cass, loth January, 18 ho
.,j,
charao of L. D. Campbell, of
the House, ms lie had that of
Indiana. Both had saul that
necessarily left a commonwealth
Ibotli ignorance “Georgia ami in and
reply,
showing that Georgia, in
to population aud votes
in education, wealth, industiyi
schools, libraries
essentials of civilization,
grandest aud noblest vindication
Empire btnie of the South ever
he repeated at Savauilal.
12, 1883. Certain
attempted to show that Mr. ste'
was with the Know Nothings m
1855. Ilm letter to Judge homas
Thomas, im*,” >Jay save' J, was U llenry
Bti c-S by Gen.
...... 'VOS wer^
opposed
been use that being a free State, would
th. .................. of.l.e
!» X57o'tit ™im ”*2 Wed ™ r,
dU »«»
stef and Burke had beat supo. ed to
divide Olympus anti to dommatc ‘>ver
I<>om?»s wl or" ,
Ildl ror his as
less then and »««. *»»«,, J hen alone iI. c
wiiieh left juries
. , t t w , n e»
have destroyed the equipoise
be scales of justice, had ke ''
^‘SipDon ?“ui e'union'and ii‘ glory
that should alone make him
said : "It is for 11s and ‘ or 1 ,'. 08t;
determine .
after .us to
this grand experimental problem shall
lie worked out.” He had before
ken of the astonished philosophers an I
beads of Europe gazing at
Numbei
tit awo. This lucceee, lie Atifti !
States, hut by each State ran
sep&rate and distinct political £
isui within itself ; all bound
for general objects under##
as it were, “» whml
wheel.” Then the nurtfber i
without limit. Tin
may the nations of the
with wonder at our career, and
they bear the noise dt Ute wheels
prog, ess in achievement in
it will in expansion, in glory and
appear to them not Hi»*
the noiife of great Trfftinr
voice of the almighty f«a JV- '
Vm Dei / I- 1859 he retired tti I
Con reas, and his farewell speech 3%
fare well 1859, is worth/ tofatipMSAi
words of Wasliiirgtoa- aauT
, u Itfs Texas speech life had
am no defender always of slavery fathead
etc. had clraruw tec
In bis farewell speech he
: “If slavery as it exists with trf
not tiie best for the African,- eMftf.'
as he is ; ifit does not welfare,^ beat tt»:
bis happiness and
morally and politically, At w«P
il at of bis master, it ought t»> t2 he
llis later words eboiR
“impregnable as truth,” and con* the
onie . '.'tone” speech, did not
r*- icse words. His letter to Wit*'
on the 8th of April
10, in reply to a proposal to use his
name for President at the Cliarlestos
was as full of the spirit df
self-denialand of obedience to ttfo wlft hid
the people, as his whole life
But it was not until lie stood
Senator Douglass in Atlanta, lat*r
thejyear, that he knew how nw|I % r .
; las bad been to withdrawing
t or President in fav*r of Atr.Stv wwfi
Mr. Douglas’ words
they would only stand on th*
platform andlexcept* / imploS South
man on that plarform, ourfrienS'
(Richardson) t.j'consult
gel them to accept Alexander H.
of Georgia, as the man.” On'
his noble 14th, effort !8tK), Mr. StepbMM
before the Oeor
Eegislaturo to stitf secession and
M,e Constitutional Union of our
How and why he failed, an#
the South lost hundreds of nil.
iu mouortv hoomm® gnvM^f fZiUwi •
we still decorate the
useless wav v how we lost oat f ^
in Congress aud have Ji J
it under Mr ,- 8tepli« A
d.rectioii-^lu^JjB mid noon Air Stoj i
Stcplu^d|
- • i.
|
/ •
Ho a:ud In ni« Macob and” speech Infima *♦
aw ^u.ere , stat# utver briefly nerS reverently
a was anv
LruV(! ,. S y ol - d j|j elT( . nue between nimii -Mr.
av , 8 itrid quostious/but myself. We differed »?*-
never did I
his afimhiistration 1 Rover did.
j () an i?r y(,i,ing ifeld to discourage our moI
4 i^rs tl.« hut a |mi labor
(1 .voted to tlmir Sy ^uitonw weifare.and tl.rS to their
and at est^i
(t comf.ni Alud shed in Riclimoml Sr.il
„i- tlie Applause v of nnvYs
I I Tnere
Hom0 | iere Na „ did iu*Richmond i v j„ it
tn< | , Iiy own liouao iera raceivhlS. was
.,j lv jojiy atleutioii with th« n?%t
t„ dwmH I Jm.!' Atml iiiHe this. I The idel
()f ujy war record ! I did everything t5'
1 could ; 1 stood by the cause
A J( . i, 8 t . j d .,i n-1 evan•Hi*« tumLwI from >r
, t j’ wis token ‘ ‘you. is imr V J FortrSS
has told
Munru0> ]t j i,ad seen fit to escarre I
V, have ' ; sought “ it on tiie wav .A I
, . r R^aod
staild trial if ever they brought puraue*
lo vindicate tho right that I
that I had committed mf
Rgaiiwt God or man in any
w dungeo’i :. i Aimi-iiu. ,flmr/ i r
„„t in •, Aater, low down five'Uet
mi; wjt|l walls
* 1 was there for three month*
llutiam tiiqt has Did me up and disa
.,i ..... i r ,. m V v ilicmw fn for ti. dungeoj. n u..
\ wH v« years. It wa* that
itl Kll rt Warren-. Tnat is part of my
rt , ir record , ( Great applause.| I
lo abide the resuits of the war
u.e'jr.^To.m*’ it waJ Zloat £
JESS? 3
‘ieiy iJ oS
ajgrapii atiout the negro was—“A®*
sta n d equal 1.3 «4iwm“?t before Selaw ofill in r!StT5 the pos
! J n 'l property.”
XJ ; ^ ; saii | . *.j t M aillioul* to
;l g reat e r evil of course that
icf Mi .mt country stricken and
1181 ^ 1 i,s
jn depravity and vic«.”
NI '; f luny cai i ted i^irT^MMho out the.), but the Tm? cel
t jA' JawTn B Ml tiieadorad^Univer
si-y sla.i •» to-day as the fruit of that
he ” ail wfcher3 were
le,,t “ ,,d afra jJ
Reconstruction would have been a mat
ter of «miy a few weeks, had Georgia done?
a jt he speech advised: upon The the Legislature minutes of ^pread each
House, and adopted of it as their owns
>b«t_many ofhHr^omrmmL t'ons wvg
[(AmHmui on Fmirth P*ge.l