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Newspaper Page TextATLANTA G£; TUESDAY tfOliNlfiG. .DECEMBER' 22, 1883. VOL. XVIII PKICE FIVE CENTS. /Daring 2>i* «tleo<?*nco upon CM*' institution the Virginia constitutional convention of 1129 wti held. Thejouug Georgian attended; I the deist <« every day. It wm a rare treat to such, a mind to bear areat constitutional questions dis cussed by the leading statesmen of Ue day. Here. : among other brilliant men. beiair Patrick Henry, ! John Bandolph and cblel Juatlce Marshall. - ADMITTED TO Till BAB. Returning borne, Tcombe was admitted to the *■ *n act ol t£e legislature, ifhea In slave property in one state ami tleeiugto another shall be Riven up, as peraonsoommlttln*crimes •gainst other properly. 4. All siava UCaping.lrom oue stato to another shall be flplimed up. 5. That all person* who aid or abet Invasion or insurrection shall be punished. In arguing the Justloo ol ihusc demands Genera the Death of The Kingliest of Georgians. HE PASSES QUIETLY AWAY, Surrounded bv His Family Cir cle and Friends. RlToombs laid: '-The country is deluded with tho nonsense that this bond of union \\*b< emented by thebloedof brave men in tho revolution. Hlr, It la false. It never cost a drop ot blood. A larje portlou of tho best mm oft ho revolution voted against It* It was c arried iu the convention of Virginia by 10 majority, and amongst Its opponents were Mom* toe and llcmy, and other men who fought In the war, who recorded their Judgment that It was not a good bond; and 1 au latistied today that they were the wiser men. Home of tho Lrnvwt and the boldest and the best men of tho revolution, who fought from lia beginning to its end,were oppoaed to the plan of union. Are we deterred by Uo cry that weare laying opr uutsllowcd hands on thk altar? fill, I bavo no hesitation In faying that* very Inigo portion of the pcopla*! Georgia, whom 1 represent, prefer to remain in this union wi^ their constitutional rlghu-l would say ninety per cent ot tbtra~boMevlrig It to be a good government, I think It had little to do wltn the/r protrerify, beyond securing their ptaco with other nations, and that boon has boon paid lor at a pi ice that r.o free wan ought to ittb- m it lo. Thetonro my opinions; they have boms announce) lorry coral iiuenfs, and I announce them line. Mail ! lived iu that day, 1 should havf voted with the minority In Virginia, with Mot- nu\ Hem:, and tbollltutrious patriots whoooO** posed the aeventy nine votes, In tho Vlrglofcr; ODDTasUou, egalnit the adoption oi tho prosont plan of gov* mmont. Id my opinion, 11 they had prevailed, today the men of tbo south would have tha grrsteat and moat powerful nation of Mouth. Let this judgment stand for Iulnr#agcr. Alltdlng totha threats ol certain republican# Mr. Tor in la said: "But, no matter What maybe our grievance*, the honorable senator mu* we cannot •eoafip*-*. Well, what can wodo? We cannot revolaUodHif v1 he will taj that Is treason, What can we uf '• submit: They toy they nre the strongest lot • they will hang us. Very well. I suppoee wo to be tbnnkful for that boon. We will take that flak. We will atand by the right. Wa will lake the constitution: we will defend It by th* sword with the halter around our necks! Will thatsatUfy Ihchonorai-leianator from Kentucky? You cannot lntlmldato my coiiatllnenU by talk* Ing to them about treasoo. They arc re«dy4o fight for the tight, with the rope around thefr necks.” He closed with the following words: "1 have demonstrated that the party now oom* lag into power ha* declared us outlaws, and fa date mi nod to exclude thoueaade ol millions of our property from the territory; that It has da- claiod na ander thaban ol the unioo, and out Ol tha promotion of the laws ol the Uwlted barundrraipfoUi hi* nineteenth jeai hta twenty-flat yes. r - Bow, of Wilkes, a charming young lady of men* teen. By this noble woman, with whom’ ? be lived half a century In tho bouda of wedlock, be bad three children,.Catlett, who died in infan cy; Lot lit, who married TV. F. Alexander* of 4u*f suits, end died in her Md year, leaving one oh lid, who died soung. and Bailie. wbo married Dudley M. Dubose in 180, andfdltd Inl86d..idhet28Ui' year, leaving three children. 1 At the bar Toombs leaped into a fine praotlce at the start. Bis brilliancy and eloquence were at’ cnco rcccgnizcd. William H. Crawford, who was . then judge of the circuit, bad been' hfi father's executor. Ho took a deep interest In the young lawyer, sued'predicted bis future eminence. Even la the earlier years af hie career at the bar > this great Georgian was phenomenally successful/ Before he was thirty three ho had made 1(59,000‘ out of his pnqticc, hie fees averaging 820,090 a< ycat for several years. J A S01D11* AW» A LKOZH.&TOX. In ldso the Greek Indian war caused-thd' country considerable trouble. The Indians were- . r.uccf rous, well armed and under able leadership.. General Winfield Scott was rent to take the field •pgaiesme savages, but tho regular army not being strong efiongh for the emergency,' volume : teen were called out. A, ran u h, felt tint his rerrices Vera ndectodr by hi, country, Toombs fratasd ..company otr ll-ravewolunleot. In Wilke. county, end. a, their ' IiEMAliKABLE CAREER OF THE DEAD HERO. TJie Stormy Scenes of His Political . life. W.tMHMM*; On., December 15.—[Special.] Clrnciht Robert Toombs died this nrternuon at bi.x o'clt -. k. It bail been evident ftom last Thursday, at Which; time there was a decided changhlu hit condition, that ho could sunrivobuta four days nt l>cst. Since last'Thursday he liasbeeh Itra semi-conscious condition, taking Ml small amount Of punch with greater difficulty as tho hours went by, until Sunday he was sparsely able to swallow at all. The Inst timo that any attcmptim miuTc to fcivo him anythiugwas thismdrning, when Sir. H. 0. Colley attempted to moisten his throat with n wet towel, but tho gouonil was TOO "WXAK TO 8TAin> IT. Tho last distinct words spoken was on .Sun day nii'ht, when, turning to Mr. H. O. Colley, hla grandson-in-law. ho said: "i.oml mo one hundred dollars.” On Mon day morning ho attempted to speak to his colored scrvanrKHcjv tmtlifsrolccnm so weak that his words could not be caught. All during today his room has boon filled with his relatives and near friends, watchiug by his aide, expecting every moment to seo him breathe his life away. THE HOLT. OF DEATH. t Hour after hour passed by and he lay broath- *, 2»g weaker and weaker each moment until, just as tho old clock In the courthouse tower struck tho hotiT of six, tho soul 6t llobcrt * Toombs took ita flight. Thero wero gathered around tho dying old horo, Mr, Gabriel Toombs, his brothcr:3tr Hear a' Col 1 cv and jMulli^an amlMr. S. K. Palmer. One or two of tho relatives,a few moinonts ho- iorc he died, went across the streetitftfabribl Toombs’s rcsidcncoto enttheirsupper,thinking tho general would probably hold out*t!ll nlno or ten o’clock tonight, but beforo thej^ 1 had 're* * | Dr. Mulligan aays his cave him pristigo. At all events', when tho year 1S37 rolled round the good peopled Wilkes called upon him to represent thorn in tha legislature. Ho- yielded to their wishes land thus, at the ageof twenty-scT*n, ho found himself a member of the : lower bonsc. In tbte bcdylie served until the year 98*5 inclusively, with the exception c.r istl. Tho iKriiUcal fituatiou in Qeorila at that tima was full o! excitement, fitopbens. -Cobb, and Crawford wero nt tbc frost, and Ben Hill was Jnst coming on the stage. In the midst of All tho turmoil and excite ment Toomba moved quietly on, successful At every step. In the jeghlature tMo question of stato aid to railroads came up and became an im portant June. The new member took a decided stand against the policy, and secured the pAiaaxe 'Of a bill which had tho elTect of ao regulating tho finance* of Georgia ns to make her bank bills then very much depreciated ad ranee tot heir ptr value. It was soon undented that the place for such a legislator was in the national councils, and la ! ACSr"afen on what wn, died tbe southern whig ticket, He remained In congress eight yean, ranking with lb. ablestmembcrs oMbat body. In 1853 be war elected to tto senate, succeeding non. J. He. I’herson Btrrlcn, and niter n term ol alx yen wa. rt-clected In 1850.'It took no druggie on either occ.ilou to elect him. Ho man was more generally Jorad and admired. IIIf pm!ttt wen In erery man's month, and tbe power ol bUnamo canted OTcrytblDg belore it. At thli time, when bo was la • tb. toll bloom ol misbood. bo was undoubtedly i ■'Mi- •MAownteAf !;r profit' i »* 1 tAi 11 wmtidow law. aener.I Toomls tunned with Iho Hetbodlit rl.bt ftoutrMdTnj^mWi^aSn^A .111 itlr the blood In older minds, ,-lth tblitnntnll'm th, Crlttoo flfliaW T 'W»»PRd (Emnd Ik, yad.maat'wla. today, ol tomorrow,of dlwant ipa, and of baeron itaOU. npoa the Jattlco ol lUeao courser, lam content whatever It be, to peril all in ao noble ao botyalcauM. Wo bare appoalod time and lira o again lor tbaaa oonaMtuttonal rltht.. Yon hare refused. We appeal again. He.tore ns thee rights, as wo bad them, a. your court adjndgas them to b., Just as onr people bar. Raid they arc; rtrirca* thefu lla.r.ut wronga, aeeuotall men, and It wilt roitoro Ira- ternlty, and peace, and unity, to all ot in. Itelau them, and wbat tben? Wo abalt than atk you ■ ‘Let UR depRrt Iu poauo. 1 Itoluic that, Rml you present UR wtr Wo accept It; and InRcrlblng upon our baonfrs the glorious wools 'l.llisrty an.l suuallty,' wo will truittollio blond ot tbobrara, and thoOud ot l.RttlCN, lot Rceutlty aud IreuuuU* tty." Tooinbs After the tVur, . ehurobRlnea tho death of blR wile, aoma tbreo ycon ago. Supported by tho consol. Hour ot reli gion, ti c infection ot hla kindred and th. ton ol troop.o! friend,, tho veteran atatcamnn paaacd tbcciOTinsdajRotbU tile In profound peace. Death bad no tenon lot him, and bo wa, ready when tbe aummona came. iiiKFinaToren DtcLagiTlox roa niaumnsr mada In tbe halls of cougrtas was n alo by Hr. 1 Toomba In tbe bouioon tbe 18th o 'December, • 1M9. Fortbo dnt time tb. Motional Impulse bad ‘oTtnlddnpartypreJndlcf. A small parly 01 nortbernmembora, loraaklng thel.jrespcctlrep«r. .tier, had unltM against Rlatcry under tho name ol "rtstrlctfonute.” Hr. Heembi.m.t Ibl. by in troducing In Urn whig caucus a resolution do. cl.rtng against restricting any state Instltu- Hen in tb. territories, Tbc cul ms refused to consider tb. retolntlou. 'Hr. Toomba then led a .mall squad ot toutborn whig.out ol tboranen. and declared ’ bl. Independence ot all party tin. This preTent- cd the election ot Hr. Wlntbrop, tb. whig noml. 1 no., tor eptaker, u tbo "rostrlctlontsts" prerented th. election ot Hr. Cobb, tb. democraUcnomtne.. Bo m.tten stood, while excltemrntlran high. On Decnnbw 13tb Hr. Dner, ot Mew York, re ferring to a proposition to declare Hr. cobb speaker, saM bawaasi tiling “to Tot* lor either a iwhlgordcmocrat,orfreo seller (or sptaker-any on.In fact, sxe.pt a dls-untontst." Hr. llogby (In tempting), “Thar, are no dto- unionists iu tbtihouse!" i Hr. Dner—“I wlsb 1 could think so. Bat I fear there at.!" This was n clear, though corcrt allusion to Mr. i Toomba and tb. whtgs wbo with bfm bad seccdod from the whig ranens and blockM tbe eleettos of a spesker. Amid Intense excitement all eyes were tnrmdon Hr. Toomba. H. did not .brink trim the gMOtbn.rnd.ljr thrown down. Ho row, with danntlem front to reply. After clearing away tbe detail! ol tbe debate with awl ft, impellent touch, he said: “We b.T.Just lltfeiod to strong appeal, upon I' Inacoodsrt. _.... „ dsn committee wa, appointed lutho senate, end o series of resolutions corering Mr. Toombs sug gestions wero eflered. When the rote war taken lit tbn c mmlttoc, Mr Toomba btmselt roted •tntnit tho refutation on tbo ground that tho lcpubllcau member, wbo wtro in majority, had secretly agreed that not resolution should pats that wsi not farored by a msjorllyof republicans. The resolutions waro tost,and tbo committee went to plocea. Upon tbtaCIeneral Toomba telegraphed tojbta peoplo In Ueortla tbc following tinging words. "1 tell you upon tbo faith ot a true man that all cfloxt. looking to tbo north (or tbcjsocurltyof yourjcomlttutlonal rights In tho union ought to bo Instantly abandoned. It Is fraught with noth Ing buttiotn to yonraelrea and your posterity. "Secession by tb. fourth ot March uoxt,should be thundered from the ba'ot box by the unanimous voice ot (Morgla on tho second day ot Janntry next. Such a roleo will bo your best guarau- teo ot, , • Linarnr, ikcckitv, taaxquturY ora ooonv,' A few montba later on, tb. 7th ol J.untry, urn, be msdo lathe senate ot tb. Uul'.l BtstM, what many of hts admirer, bailer., war the grand est .p<cch ol bis Ule. This epeerh wa. delivered Immediately .Iter Iheiecenlon otgontb^taroUna. General Toombe. on riling to bl. feet, said: "loatmucb, Mr, u I bare labored earneally. hODMtly.iincerely, with thesa men to avert this ncceiilty so long u I deemed It ponlble, and ln< tsmoebaal beartl'y approve ol tbclr prc.cnt conduct of reMitonce, I deem It my duty tosu'.e their cue to the Senate, to tho country and to th, civilised world. "Benaton, my countiymen biro dcmtndod no n.w i overnment. They bavo demanded no new tonsil union. Look at their record, athoaound bere, from tbebcginnlngol Ibl, strlfo until IU consummation In tbo dUruptlon ot tbo union, and they bavo not demanded a alnglo thing ex. eapttbatyonabfd.by tb. ooutllntfon of tbo UulUd Bute., that consUtutlonal rlgblt should bo respected, and tbit Justlc. should bo done, lb. discontontod Mates In tbU union bavo de manded nothing but clear, dlrtlnct, uneiulrocat acknowledged eoniUtntlonal rtgbU. Right, af. ■ Bemad by the blgbut JndlsUl tribunal, of thole ciuauy. UlgbU older than tbo conattlutlon Bfabla which arc planted upon tbo Immuttblo prluclplea ot natural Justice. SlgbU which have been affirmed by the good and tho wtio ot all ccnHUUaudoI alt centuries. We demand no power to Injnre any min. We demand no right to Injnre onr confederate itatei. We bar. no right to disturb tbtlr peace, thefr tranquility, tbelr scouii'y. We bare demanded el them Mm. plyaolely—-nothing Mm; to ilra tu eqnaUtr sccnrlty and tranquUlty, gtveusjlbtscand peace tunx <1 In svi.s dead. _ . . (lentil wns perfectly polnleae. TtiCUro ot Robert Toombn. tsraioTwa sketches or reikino eextcbes or Tilt UBEST STATtUAXS Lire. ot manhood, no waa nnaonotcaiy the grandest looking man on tbe continent. Hta miulrc brow, leonlno locks and dashing ayes, together with tbe animated 'play ol hts mobile fcaturer, attracted attention everywhere, and bis Imposing form was Invested with a royal dignity and glaci als caaEia ns the senate. Senator Toombs uslty maintained blaull In (be front rank In Washington. He know every president personally, exoept Washington, JeOtrson and tbe elder Adam., He saw Jackson Inaugurated, and was at John Qnlacy Adamfildo when be died. With snob men as Webster, CM- honn, Choate, Fresttrs, McDuffie, Preston and Yancey, ho was on tbo most lnUmate terms. In this talsxy ol great IntaUeeu bo shone resplen- dint. He dtcllnod tbo secretaryship of tbo treas ury under Fillmore and tho Kcretaryahlp of war TIIEIOOHm XESIUEHCE, WIIEDK HE DIED. whose torrcnpltkc power was retlstlcu, wroujUt under Taylor. He preferred to represent bU stato In tbo senate. Aa a firm beUsver In tba doctrine 01 Mate sover- clgnty, Toomb’i position at tbit period ol hlaea. at Cbarlraton n suits more declslre, perhaps, than Toomba (Vericbt.retf, But Toombs tn tba twos. and tbe senate-th. authortUttve torum ot that- colcsrat dtbate-waa the spokcamaa ol tbo r«vo lotion. Ut n. ray that Cohn was Its bead. Tint Yancey rear Is familiar to our rcedtrs. 1I< never gave btmselt tally to tbo catue ol scocsMon until be was convinced that no other coon, waa lett for tho south to pursue. When bis suit seoeded be resigned bis .cat In the senate, and alewdaji later that body went tbrocgb tbo formaUty ol ex. pelting him. range nr contonxej. Among tbo delegatee to the dnt confederate congress at Hontgomery, Toombe was tbe mu ter mind. Yielding to tbo urgent solicitations ot PrrMdsnt Da,Is bo accepted tbe postUon ol son rctsry of state, bnt.ncb an Inactlv. eabtnet office did not anil him. He prtlered to be tn tbe field, and In a law montba reMgned and enured tba army u a brigadier general. At Antletam. second Manassas and Sharpsburg be tought with dlstlngulabed bravery. General Losgttrect onto raid "1 never uw a braver man letdalbrigade.” For reuona taUsfeotory to him self Toomba dlfibrad with tbow fn aotbortly u to tb. conductof tbe war. Ho bollevod honestly that President riavlawu Incompetent and that aucccso under blni wu an Impoutblllty. Thu. view, led him to the verge of fnsabcrdfnalfon, and not dealring to Jeopardize tho canae by oppos ing tbo methods ot tba prnllent be reMgned bUcommtislon In tba confederate army and took command ot a brigade of Georgia ml. title. Hla new command restricted bis field ol duty to bis own state, and daring Shermsn's march to tbo ica be bong upon ibatientrat’stront with bis small force and made It u unpleasant u possible for the Invaders. Shortly after tbe cloae of hostilities an attempt wu mads to arrest Qsnsral Toombs under tbe ordsr of Secretary Blanton. A federal officer west for that pnrpote to tbe Toomba mansion In Washington. Hit. Toombs received Ue officer at tba boat door while tbe general Mlppcd oat tbe beck way aad mounted bit hone. Tbe fugitive mad. the but Of his way to tbe mountains, and for several weeksnnricaRd n tb* wllde around Tallulah Falla aud ln-Xlbert' county. Various efiorta were mada to capture him, bnt without mucus, u there wu not a man In Georgia, white or black, who would bavo be trayed tbe general to bte enemies. At las be reached Mobile, where. It la laid, he wuabettarad byJUDt Evans, tbe author of "BL B no." From tbtre be went to New Orleans, to Tlnssnd (hence to In stand. He spent about K year tn Inrope, aad met with Mngnlar and ro mantic advtnturu enough to fill a volume. When be relumed to bla native Mato the recon struction movement wu In fall btut. Be at once threw himself Into'the. .fight, and on «v*ry stump ,1a Georgia spoke -lot tbo right of local self-government. Republican rote wu soon overthrown, and tbe general'! old cl testa routed around bias nod kept him buy In tbe courts. Bis Incoma tram bte practical daring tbe liter years of bit Ilf. {Sometimes rets np to t!0,CGI and Ita CCO per annum. Herelnsod to ap ply lot Ue removal of his political disabilities u VUE DITtTttFLACC OP ItOBEltT T00HB5, Robert Toomba wu born In Wuhlngton, Wilkes county, Ga.i July 2.1810. The Toombe family were people ot note In Eng land. Tbe Uved fn the vicinity of Stratford-on- Avon. They were intanaely loyal to their king, and adbtrtd to tho unfortunate Charles I. to tbo tut. The refnge In which tbe hunted monarch nought rifely nt BoscobcJ, after tbe battle of Wor cater, we, owned by a member of this family. In tbc early history of Virginia the ToombMt settled tn that colony. During the revolutionary war Hs Jor Robert Toom be,a gallant yonng officer wuluroul. Then Toomba waslts tongue. Be gave voice to tbo logic ei tbo one to the passion ot tbe otksr. To both be addsd tbe On tbe acceulty ot orgaalriag tbe house. I confess I Co not feel that necoelty. From tbc but light before me, 1 anno, ws that my conitl to cots here any thing to hope from roar legislation, bn t every thing to leer. We are not Impatient to have tbo door, of your treasury thrown open, and forty millions of tbe common tuts of toe whole nation thrown In to tbe lap ol one-bait of It. We aak for none ol It; wo expect none ot ft; therefore gentlemen must par don my want ol sympathy tor tbelr impatience.' Dy tiring yon tbe control ot tbe treasury, we in- crease yonr abtltty to oppterx. 1 went grleriencce redressed, and security tgainst tbelr further per petration, before I am willing to girt you power orer tbe supplies. Sir, I do not regret this Male of thing, in tb. bonie. It la time we nnd.ntood one another; that WO should apeak out, and. carry .onr brine!- Piet in onr iorthetdi” "It seems from tbe remarks of tbe gentlemen from New York that we are to be intimidated by enlegtes upon tbe nnlon, and denunctaUons of those wbo are not ready to sacrifice national horn or, usesltal laterals and constitutional right/, accompanied a detachment ol Vlrgtntana to Geor gta. He fougnt with them against the British at tbs battle ol Settle creak, fn Wilkes country- Bo well pleased wu be with that part oltbecountry that when tbe war was oyer bo mad* tke request that, In tbe apportionment ol land! tb revolutionary soldiers, bis share should bo allotted to him tn Wilkes county. HIs request wu granted, and ratniniag to tbe old homestead on tb* Bapldin,lnCalpepper,Vlrgtnta,bs Induced bis father, who wu then tiring, to remove with him to Georgia. Thus tbo family became estab lished fn Wilkes. - This Major Toombe, wbo wu the lather oltbe •abject cttble sketch, married tn Virginia, belore the Hvolutton, a Mss Catlett. Sht died bsjore tbc family moved to Georgia, tearing one .child, Cet'ett Tombs. Dr. Robert Toombe and Un. Jenka Jones, ot Waynesboro, are tbo children ol Catlett Toomba MajorToombackeMlorklssceondwlf* lllu Barden, ot Columbia, wbo died without Is sue. He next minted HfuHallD.ol Wilkes, wbo bore him three cUldrcn-Bobert, Gabriel, three yean iccngu, aad another sou, who was acci dentally shot an! killed In hie twenty-first yeti, while out hunting. HIS novnoon and school dati. Yeung Robert Toomba tost bis lather belore be wulveyMrseld. Hams educated by a privet* < itor, a bcotchmen, until ba reached tba age ol fUcn, When ba trusest to the State university ftt AtLcci. At Ibl* period ol kls Hi* tbe South wu a band some, robust bey, with a high flow ol animal spirits, ecd naturally ba wu foodol tbe pleas, nets to which young men of hta age wen ads dieted. Bis purse wu alwayajfilled to repletion, and hr spent hla mousy Ilk* a prince, Itwulm- possib'e for him to recognise the Importance ot jletdlr g to tb* discipline ot tbe college. The faculty would mot yield: neither would Toombs, so the yeang men tort Albers, end went to Union College st Bcbencc* tidy, N. Y. Here ho bad Dr. Noth one of the ablest men in tb* country, »r bl* preceptor. Toomba wuqalck tote* theadrantageof profiling by the doolor's las traction, and tbe gray* college preM. deph on tbe other hand, taw that tbe ficryyonng so .'.heiccrhad the making ol a great man In him. At eighteen Toomba graduated. Ha then went to thc-relvcrtlty st Virginia and stodled law upon Its altar, air, 1 bar* as much attachment to Ue union ol there states, under Ue constitution ol onr fathers, ta any free aun ought to bar*.' I am ready to eonesdo and sacrifice for It whatever a Jnst and honorable man ought to sacrifice. I will do no more. IbavanotbcedadUaupenlona prevtousacqn.InUncc,aad asked far nu legal opinion Upon certain American aacuritlM Tula brought him a teo ot I.OCO pounds, end u pon '.ut. belired until, hecoutd arrange 'lor remittances from borne. fit wu met one day by an old friend In l’arli, whouktd Ue question: "General, bow do yon Hvof" "By God," wu Ue emphatic response, "1 ost an acre ot dirt a day.” TbU wu true, tor hi* expense* were 11 re dollars a day, and be bad Just sold a tract ol.hls Texas ends tor five dollars an acre. IIUXETCBN TOOfiOeOIA. He returned from Harare In Ms: ■>. 1117. and quit* an ovation a walled him at his nil home. With Charsctertstfc tackltu n< M no atonce wrote a tetter to Mr. Corvy, wbo was serves,ran Hoe sec retary Of Us democratic comraftteo it Cincin nati, maintaining UecODRlItnttonamr ot taco.- Ufa 's ' declaring bis retdtoo* to go uo tu uc and trackjt In public speeches. (leorgU at tht, tlimi wunndsr the military ra'-rapy, and tho evira tion ot reconitructlon meaanrev was at white heat, Tbe indignation ol Unpeople ol the attic culmi nated la tbe celebrated Rush arbor meeting held In Atlanta, 1158, when Hot ert Toombs, Howell Cobb snd Benjimln H. Hill wero tbe orators of theocctslon. it was from tbe bold ultersaceaot that day that tb. peor loot tbe state took heart, and peiitTMed In the political warlare until tbq to.wmbriore Utabgtai ffdthsrenriq. autre *•» o.nentToomi M lerlalaltOD vou 'eack ro friends u* disposed to depreclata bis Inttnea Srise m tom tke teirtiita ol U bringtrg about aecsmlon. So clou a friend fiili/onfa i&d Nfw Hexlgo Boiphii*) bv th* Mr. Blcphini comp^ttm tbtt General Tooral Litton bfcM**wofully mUrcpr^cnUd on tblipoint. V tadtoftbolfihBlftverylath* dlttrlct, tbmby at- oaiw^wlwt lor* to think of tkU vrwlBna dMnJMtfaurulmlhSr P* 041 ““W ILOfC gtCAi fCOIl«t And Iwder »1ttO! fiAflt»-reTlTin* tht eloqoenct ofPAlrlckHti Jr, tbo pec**: tiXoa ofJtScnon, *«nd Iho comp: !L.rL-fnimJ^Mr.uo!fArrtaM.r,ddn?.?lra briulon ol Ad.ms, u be cb.mptoned a can th*LUOH*Wnninreuful,wai In bis tyaau holy r 1 ”' 11 oc tMU> WK,C °° ue one to which Uay "pledged Uelr ltre*Ue —— tortucuapd tbelr sacred honor." Uowarat I 7br G.nta. at Bawntniioa. may bar. been mistaken, he wu honest. T! General Toomba will bo reatemberad a* the fife Uatthnmed tn.bta heart and Hamad to l genlns of nvotnuon in tb* tonU u far M w-j Upt, vrorid have fallen Inloatbea before it hi ata war wu concaroed, spread the contagion of revolnllou, bad It n It may be that be waa not the In.ilra’Iojof this | keen tod by atos,iandnbinatlaueonvletlona. abolish tbe right ot every auto to prohibit or establish >l*Ttiywithlt Ita limits. 3. That person, con milling crime, against ttmenfions struggle. Howell Cobb, srbo n<4

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The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, December 22, 1885, Image 1