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