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THE WEEKLY COXSTITUTIOi/. ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY MAY 4,1838
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CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the Two Houses
Last Week.
With the President and His Ad*
visers—General News.
The Senate.
Wamiihotok, April 28.—In the unite to*
dtp, Ur. Harris presented the credentials of
Washington 0. Whlttborne, appointed bp the
governor of Tennessee to be United States
senator from that state to SU the vacancy
canted bp the resignation of Senator Jackson.
The credentials having boon read, Mr. Whit-
thome was escorted to the desk bp Ur. Harris
andtbeoaih of office administered in doe
form bp the president pro tempore of the sen
ate. Mr. Whlttborne then took a seat on the
democratic side of the chamber on tho ex
treme right of the chair and received the con
gratnlations of manp senators.
Whin the new senator bad taken his ust,
Ur. Hoar called attention to the form of the
credentials. Not having desired, he uld, to
sap anything which might arani
liko an objection to the swearing In of Mr.
Wbitthorne, the form of credentials Mr. Hotr
thought defective, in as much as the certidcatc
slated that the appointment was for Senttor
Jackson's nncxpircd term. It should retd
■' Until the next meeting of the logis'ntnro.'
Mr. Harris remarked that Mr. Whltsliornc'c
credentials, in using the word “ term," mtdo
reference to the term as died bylaw. H.
thought this qualifying pbraso covered th}
point.
The credentials were died.
The coart today decided cue No. Ill*, lunns
S. Hut, administrator of the estate of Simon
Hart, dictated, vs. the United States—appeal
from the ecnrt of claims. Under the act of
coagreii of June ‘.'3th, 1888. the 'secretary of
war transmitted to tho court of claims tho
claim of HartTor$30,3!U for supplies farnldiod
the government In lb«0 and prior to April I t,
1101. Usrt entered the confederate service,
and after tho war wu granted n full par
don bp the president. Tho eonrt of
claims applied to Hart’i claim the pro
vlsiona or the joint resolutions ol
congreta which mado It unlawful for any
officer of tho government to pap any claim
against the government which accrued prior
to April 13,1861, and In favor of nay person
who In any manner sustained the rebellion;
and held that the pardon granted to Hart did
not operate to act aside tho provisions of that
law, and declined to take jurisdiction farther
than And the facta. The supreme court af
firms that decision. In the opinion delivered
,j Justice Iilslchford, the coart taps:
"In approving, aa we do, the reasons u assigned
tv that court tor tha view It took of the question
of pardon, we do not depart In the lean from what
wu held on tha subject of pardons in the caws of
cx l’ane Garland. Armstrong"!foundry, the United
Stales vs. Podelford and the United States vs.
Klein. If the Joint resoInUon had said nothing on
the subject of pardon, no pardon could have non
the effect to authorlm the payment ortho debt oat
oftho general appropriation, which the law ofcon-
srvs. had sold should not be cold out of It. A par.
don cannot have inch effect ascribed to It, merely
became the. joint rsaolntlon says that II
shall. not have such emset It wu
entirely within tho competency or congress to de
clare that iho claims mentioned tn tha joint reto-
lutlon should not be paid till further order of con
gress. It Is not within Its competency to declare
that jhey map ha paid in liko mannor, u by act of
March 'ad, IS,?, It provided that section 3 iso of the
retired statutes, which It the Joint resolution In
question,should not apply to the payments lobe
made out of Ihe general appropriation! made by
that act loparmaJl contractors for mail terr loo
perforated In certain states In ISM, 'CO and ’Cl, and
before they retnccUrcly engaged in war against
the United States.
Waahikotox, April 27.—Tha ehalr laid be
fore the senate a communication from
tho clerk of the botue of rep.
naentativas of the state of Ohio,
transmitting a transcript of tho testimony
taken byn committee of that house and the re
port of the same eommltteo on the suit] act of
chargee against the offieial Integrity of certain
members of the hopsc In connection with the
action of Hon. Henry B. Bayne as United
Bute* senator.
Mr. Feyno at once rose and said:
“Mr. President: No formal motion Is required,
believe, to send these papt-re to the committee o
privileges and election!, ldedretoboooasldere
u making such a motion. If It In required, and I
couple with H a request that the minority renjrt
may take the same course—a copy of which 1 sub
mit. With this formal disposition of the matter
I am at present coolant; but desire to make a abort
statement, to accompany the papers Into the hands
of the committee.
Mr. Payne then made a speech, charging the
majority of the committee with unfatrncis in
retualDg to notify him of testimony prejudi
cial to him and in omitting to oall on hliu for
his private papers, he having in ad venae noti
fied the chairman, of the eommltteo that he
would bo prepared to meet every charge made
against him. He entered a moat emphatic da
nlal of the chargee and invited tho most et-
hantllve scrutiny of all hU nuts and his private
correspondence. The whole thing, no sail.
Wu an attempt to circulate hueleea gossip a id
scandal, tverythiag tubatautial in tho way of
chaigsa having been discredited and disproved
by the testimony.
Tire House.
Mr Bennett, of North Carolina, from tho
ccmmiltee on judiciary, reported adreraoly
tie bill to prohibit aliens from acquiring ti
tles to or owning lauds within the United
Mutts, Placed on the house calendar.
Bopreoonteilvi s Buchanan, Bound, Jamei
and llaynes, of tha labor eommltteo, unite In
an adverta report on tho educational bill.
They say they understood tha purpose of ref
erence to the labor committee was merely to
biing the measure np before the house u soon
u possible. They uy, farther, that If it be a
proper policy to appropriate fnnda from the
national treasury for the support or echools,
the fund from which the appropriation wu
made should be certain. Within tho last ton
years the annual proceeds of the ulos of pub
lic lands bad fallen at times fkr below tho
sum rnrnid In tho substitute. Again, If
this substitute becomes a law, It
will ha to tha interest of statu
to contlnna the present policy u to pabllc
lands, Tho people are suffering from the mis
or these lands to foreign holders, cattle syndi
cate* end speculators. Thau lands, it has
been urged, should ho ut apart for actual set
tlers. The snbstitnta creates another obstacle
to tho adoption of this policy. The substitute
is not sufficiently guirdcd In its provisions. Is
Is a little mors than a declaration of tho In
tention on the part of-the g.rcrnment, and
dots not provide thou restrictions upon appor
tionment, uxpenditnre and accounting for of
tho money granted, which any well matured
celt me would contain.
Tbehoore, In committee of Ihe whole, agiin
took np tho river and harbor bill.
Tho panpraoh accepting from tho state of
Ohio the Muskingum river improvement gave
rite to Bauch opposition, and Mr. Jfeacau, of
Tixw, moved to strike it from the bill. In
supporting tho motion, Mr. Hewitt, of Hew
York, said that tho MU contained several pro*
pocals by which tho United States went into
dim-rent states and sfthsr by purchase, con*
demention or gift became tha owner of workt
within those state*. Us had dissented from
the paragraph for tha condemnation of tho
work* of the Mononjrahcla Navigation
company because he had felt
that it was a dangerous innovation. He would
have said that it was an unconstitutional sup,
bot be was aware that all the barriers erected
by the constitution had been long since swept
away. The government wxs becoming tho
dornplng ground of all the unprofitable enter
prfots of the several states. The states wire
trying to shift the cost of ruaintenanco of ioc il
enterprises to the broad shoulders of the people
of the ccuiitry. He was utterly opposed to
such a proposition.
Mr. fsuham, of Texas, from the committee
on eoinsee, weights and measures, reported a
hill for the retirement and recotnage of trade
dollars. Boose calendar.
It provides that for six months after Its
patasge, trad# dollars shall be received at
their face value fa the payment of all does to
the United States and shall net be again paid
out or issued in any other manner. Holder#
of trade dollars on presentation oi thosame
may receive in exchange therefor aa equal
•mount of standard silver dollars. The tra te
dollars so received by United States treasa ry
officials shall be transmitted to tho coinace
mints and recoined into standard silver dol
lars.
The Poatofflce Appropriation Bill,
The postofflee appropriation bill was again
taken np, and Mr. Hale resumed his speech in
advocacy of the eight hundred thousand dol
lar foreign mall amendment. The adminis
tration, Mr. Hale said in conclusion, made war
on his proposed appropriation through its
leader in the senate. That was nolight thing,
An appropriation for such a purpose bad never
been opposed by the admtnistrttian of any.
other country. We are looking for a market
for our surplus productions. A -market was
ready for us; the way was clear. We needed
only such a provision as that now, before the
senate and tho republican party woald continue
to advocate tbo policy indicated by that pro
vision, no matter what the democratic party
might do.
Mr. Brown, expecting that hia. vofco would
be different from that of bis party on this
question, felt that he ought to give reasons
that weighed with him in favoring this prop
osition to pays liberal price for the carriage of
mails to Central and sooth America. Under
the old order of thihgs the southern people
had been essentially farmers. They shipped
their cotton abroad and drew on It. aud it was
to their Intel eat to purchase in a market iu
which they could get commodities: tbo cboap-
cat. They had not looked to the building up
of towns or c ities by manufacturing esUb
lisbment*.
Tbat state of affairs had, however, passed
away and the south had now to accommodate
itself to the new order ef things. If they
should all remain cottou planters, wo would
make much more than there could be found a
demand for. Indeed, we wore already niak
Ing more than there was a demand for. List
year we mado more cotton than tbo world
wanted at a fair price, consequently there
was do little distress now In the south be-
came southern planters had to pay debta con
traded in expectation of receiving an ordinary
piae for their cotton. Thoy had not rocoivc 1
that price. This should teach ns to dlveralfv
industries in the south. The. south would
have to plant leas cottou and false
mere of other prod out*. The
pcopieof the south wire beginning already t>»
realize tbat fact. In tho manu&cturo of oot-
ton goods the aonth had advantage* over every
other portion of the nuion. No place in tho
vroiid, probably, could produce a good quality
of cchiae cottons so cheaply as the south
could now do. The north had to pay freight
on raw cotton for a distance of a thousand
mills, while It coat tbo south almost nothing
to git lottou to the mill. The south also had
a more genial climate; it* operatives did not
netd rnch expensive clothing as in a cold oil*
mate: they also needed less fuel. The
tiiuo was coming when the south
could compete also fo* finer cottou
goods. The time will also doubtless cocue
when tbs New England manufacturers, seek
ing to build new cotton factories, will go to
the south to Invest their money in those fac
tories. So, also, with persons deairing to in*
vest In other manufacturing Industries. Coal
and iron were found in the south, and as
freight charges on coal and Iron were a con
siderable element in the coat of manufacture
It was clear that the south offered groat advan
tagis for the investment of inonoy in manufac
tures already.
Mr. Brown said one could get aa good a gold
watch made in Atlanta aa anywhere on the con
tinent, aud so with many other manufactures,
Ttic Tnfrr-Statm Commerce Bill
At tho close of Mr. Blair's speech, tho Inter
states commerce bill was take
Van Wyrk addressed the
Trough rates from the west I!
laid, now nearly amounted t
Another rise would bo prohibit!
he raid that the people in son
Nebraska were compelled to
fuel nud that it requires 150 hut
pmoluire one toaofbard coal. This condition did
not apply to the entire state, yet, last winter
in more than half her territo
wire again compelled to bum
because of the excessive rates
tion. The basis of charn
traffic will bear.” We were In
depression, yet all purses must
contribution so that fall divlc
Hr.
it.
rck
on,
ear
i to
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of
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declared by the railroad companies on watered
stock and fraudulent bonds. Grain, beef and
poik might bo reduced one-half in price, yet
there could be no abatement In freight charges.
Fur rears cajital had been
scrupulous and rapacious, movie _
moved according to his sworn testimony,
si d as Huntington, according to his own
written history, had moved oo state legisla
ture*, court* and congress, unblushingly pur
chasing judges and legislator*. But the crisis
waa coming. There was an Irrepressible con
flict between right and wrong. Canid a nation
be made to belieye tbat four billion of watered
stock* and bonda were honest property, deser
ving protection from eonrt* or legislatures; or
that the three hundred millions claimed by
Vanderbilt, and two hundred mill Iona claimed
by Gould, were honestly obtained T The own
ers of these fictions should accord decent
treatment to the remainder of mankind
from whom they expected to force dividends
and interest The tenata committee failed at
the precise point where the monster evil should
be grasped by the law. If the industries were
onlv requited to pay fair dividends on the
real coat of rail roads, the nation wonld bo
prosperous.
Mr. Stanford, of California, then addressed
the senate on the bill. It purported, he said,
to be an act to reiulate commerco between
the states. He had read It with a good deal of
care, but did not find anything in it that reg
ulated commerce. Everything In it was s« to
carrier only. 1 ’Commerce” ha-1 a well defined
meaning. It meant trade, barter,
interchange of commodities, mattors with
which a carrier in the transaction
of his legitimato business had
no concern whatever. He, therefore, thought
the title of the bill ought to l>e changod to ex
press Its true meaning. Instead of being
called a "bill to regulate commerce,” it should
be a "bill to regulate carriers.” If it were a
bill to regulato shippers and owners, whose
material the carrier moved, the title would be
more appropriate. He might be told, perhaps,
tbat there were judicial decisions to the effect
that the regulation of tho carriers was a regu
lation of commerce, but when legislation was
propond it was entirely legitimate to discuss
the qncailon as to original matter and
to ditermfne it npon principles
which teemed to be Involved. There
waa a great dlfferenae between the possession
of power snd its exercise. Of course the coa-
stitnticn plainly gave ceogrere the right to
regu'aie commerce between the states. Bat as
a can icr bad nothing tj do with the control
of the shipment of goody and merchandise or
their ultimate disposal or destination, the reg
ulation of h<m or determining the price he
•fccnld rcrelre for hiseenriees, coaid nave no
relation tc d. tern.Inin* commerce between the
state a. Aa to the national question, why
si cold a pile*; fixtd for carrying freight a crow
a ron-phjsiciil line K-tween thn states b* dif
ferent fretn what was charged for the stme
services on either atie of
that l»ni? Wonld it not be
making our state line* more or less obstacles
to free intercouree? Would it not be convert-
Irg our state Hue into something very nearly
akin to the fr. r.tfor? What did oar friends
»y who had bren always so anxious to claim
that we were of right one great family, with
free boiiom imrrrourre between ourselves,
hod wbatdidour states rights friends say to
tbi M>-iri.l covernnient interfering and oon-
tM'fWl'tf • ft** »•* I'xfil •ff-tltUlioilN?
fc'*:t».f«iu »»M that adtnfttfogth* power
n;’r,* It u’+i pertinent to Inquire
lU vbilcru of tbl« kind of
It i»ii iuve-tiunot In
n\ r*-d wo to benefleUl
jnbl'c. why ahor.1'1 not the Investors bo
!•« vniitf« d to reap the same full rewards of tie
4. M. II Kill,
The Hpralatwr and «:«mrroll*r ef Low PH##*.
WIU mail earn pie* of all clan— ef Dry Oooda, and
par exprrwasv on all order* above ilfkOft Too
• ill save and fet batter variety «o select
frub by writing oaabout wbat you want and 0*
itogooraemptea Tbo large* weak te Atlanta and
ih* acknowledged lowest price*. tfasdtf Wk!to>
wisdom of their investment, their iadnstr r
and their management and direction thereof,
as though the same capital, wisdom and indus
try had been employed in a business less im
portant to the interests of tha state, and in
whose behalf the state coaid not, if solicited,
exercise the right of eminent domain? In
discussing this question of the right to regu
late rail read fares and freights in a manner
which would necessarily impair the earning ca
pacity of these roads, wo shonld not forget
that investments were made by individuals.
If railroads were so important to tho public,
sorely these individual investors ought not to
be discouraged by the apprehension that the
value ef their investments might be lessened
by adverse legislation.
It was confiscation. Practically, this
bill denied to tho various railroad
companies the right of oompetittoa
It precluded shippers from reaplngthalrrlght-
fill advantage* of competition and caused to
them and the railroad companies absolute 1<
If a low rate for alooger distance meanta re-
. doction for a shorter, carriers must submit to
loss from the usual rates on short distance, or
elco abandon the basinets at competing points.
Mr. Brown said that under tbo pro vision* of Mr
Can. dcn'aamendment it would beimpwsiblefor
the railroads to transact the business of the
country. If they attempt it, either they
wonld be driven into bankruptcy or else the
products of the west would be driven from the
maikets of the east, and of conne* also from
foreign markets. In other words, the railroads
would have to put their local freights
so low that thoy could not pay fixed expensos
or put so high rates on through freights as to
probibit all shipments of produce (or a longer
distance than 500 or 600 miles. No railroad
could continue running unless it could psy
fixed expenses, and If limited to fixed ox-
p« usee, it eould psy no dividends, nor could it
psy sny inteieat on capital invested. As to
watoiiug stock, Mr. Brown utterly condemned
it; but he could not aeo how railroads could
keep out of the banda of a receiver, or main
tain their tracks and rolling stock in a proper
or safe condition if they were not allowed to
make reasonable charges. If the role were
established ly government limiting roads to
charges that tvuuld pay fixed expenses only,
it would l>c a piactical confiscation on railroad
capital for the public lire without compensa
tion. Tbc srnato thru adjourned.
Also, to eatabliab a de partment of labor and
locate a board for arbitration of controversies
between labor and capital. The gf nor.il duties
of tbo department provided by the bill are to
acaulie and dilfrise among the people naeful
information on auhjccta connected with labor
in the most general and comprehensive nenso
of tbat word and especially upon its relation
to capital, the hours of labor, earnings of la
boring men and women, and the means of
promoting their material, social,
Intellectual and moral prosperity.
In the department there ah ill
be established a commission of labor, constat
ing of three mi mbtrs, wjo shall bo charged
with the consideration and settlement, by
means of arbitration, when possible, of all con
troversies between labor and capital. Toe
cosnmisaSoutT in charge of the department shall
receive a salary of $4,000, and ho and two as
sistant commissioners, to bo appointed by the
president, shall constitnte tho commission of
On all controversies or dlatrubsnces which
may interfere with transit and commerce be
tween states, it shall be the daty of the com
mission of labor to act as a board of arbitration
for the peaceful settlement of such controver
sies whenever the conciliatory offices of said
comm Lai on may bo envuked by parties
thereto, and in all controversies between la
boring ruen and their employers, the conse
quences of whtah may threaten domestfo vio
lence.. the interposition of such commission
may be tendered by the president for tho pur
pose cf Milling sack controversies by arbitra
tion, on application by the legislature of sueh
state, or of 1 hoes ecu tiro wlun the legislature
cannot be convened.
TJ»« Turin*Hill.
TO
IV thought t_
In thohouae Ixforc the latter part of Msy.
The gastral dcWo max he limited to two
weeks. Friend, of the bill claim that it will
pan the hooae by a .mall majority, but all os-
tlmatea Of to tho fate of tho bill are worthless.
A very cloae vote m.v Ihs expected.
A Cott(re..niMtt-. Huppo.lt!ou.
WxuilKOTOir, April 27.—IBpedal ]—I sras
talking a dty or two ago with one of tho ler.
elct headed democrats in congroM. Ho is
•erring hi. sixth term, and i« a claw student
of erenti. Said he: “X am afraid this congress
will pat* Into hiatory u -tho appropriation,
con,■»>.’ I thought tho homo mado a urta-
take when it adopted tho now rules, and now
•Inca we hare tried them for about fir. month.
I am certain that 1 wo* right. Inatoad
of simplifying tho machinery of legialatioa aa
it wai elanueu they would thoy hare oompli-
cated and Impeded the bnslneee of tho homo.
Wo are fuilhcr behind than la neaal at thla
stage of tha long aeeslon. Since the appropria
tion hills hare been distributed there 1* more
friction betwten the various committees, and
a tendency toward larger appropriation! fa be
ginning to appear. If the neat house la win
it will return to tbo old rulea."
-if your predictions ae to tho result of tho
new rules should piece correct, the demo-
crate will hare a good deal of explaining to
do on the etnmp next foil,” I raid.
-'X don’t know about the explaining. The
best plan, I think, would be to 'confoot and
avoid.- A poos explanation la always weaker
then an honest confession of error and a
promlro to do better in the Arturo. You seo we
would bavo to make a Tory bad record to
fall to n point whoro we would not compare
favorably with the lost republican house
which left a moat unsavory reputation." I
asked my filena what be thought of the out
look for tho congressional elections. Ho
Uld:
"It le foolish io obscure the fact that the
democisla am In danger of loaing the next
house. The sooner wo realise that fact th.
better il will be. for ue, Wo bo I
tho honae now by a majority of fortyo: o
soles. Uur loss cf twenty one scam will
transfer the next house to tbo re|>ublican*. It
bas bteu tho history of a number of adminis
trations to find the intermediate congraaaional
electrons carried by the opposition. Dlsaffoct'
tion in tbo dominant party is usually strong
est In the mlddlo of its presidential term. Tho
oppoeiden has generally won Its victories ut
such period* not by its own strength but
through the csreleMoree or disaffection of tho
party m porter. We have a bard campaign
ahead of us, out of which . victory can unly
bo won by thorough organisation and actlv
ity."
I hear views of this kind fnquently ex
pressed among democratic decibel.. On tbo
other hind then ore those who
sr.y tbat it is bad pcllcy to rxpreao
such apprehrnsloue, sod tbat a tone of confi
dence thoi.ld lie i<,:.,bi:-ntly k. jil up
1 confers to a preference for the policy of tho
leadus w! ■'favor a frai l: ‘teioineut ,.f the
outlook with a view to arousing the potty to a
proper apprerleriencf tbo aftnxtloii.
A Perfect Flood of Sojslilnei”
will til the heart ofevtry enfiering woman if
she will only pcrilst In tbo turn of Dr. Pierce-.
'Favorite Penetration.” It will cure tho most
exrcuciatiog periodical pains, and relieve you
of all irregularitlee and give healthy action. It
still positively rvre Internal Inflammation sad
uleetation. misplacemrut and all kindred die*
orders. Price reduced to out dollar. By drug-
fitth- » ,
Georgfrt Keeping In Una.
From Ihe Gwinnett, fie., lfcrsld.
Gecrp.fu is r 7 ab-ad cn cv tv relist, and
baseball pi •>. is. lr it well to kc«p ahead in
ometbity.
r.f.ij-lour u.at, to Uve.
From John Kuhn. Laiareiic. Indiana, who
annoonecs tbat be la bow In “perfect health/*
•• have th. following: “One year ago 1 eu,
to all apj>car.ucc ( in th. ia«t «UgM of Con-
sum pt ion. Our beet phyelcian. gevo my com
op. I finally got eo low that oar doctor (Bid
I eould live aal) twenty-four hours. M»
Sriend. then parcbMcl a hoUl.es» DR. WM.
BABI/S BALSAM FOB THE LCSG8,whi.h
considerably beoafitted ms. I continued until
' took sino battle., and 1 am sow la perfect
BILL ARP.
WITH WORDS THAT 8PARKLB AND
LIGHT THE MIND,
Dlseosssstn.rroiesdmcstost Atuoh te Kr.Dtvue
Those ore lightning times to litre In. That
used to bo an exagerated idee, and kind of
hybarbole aa the acholara call it, bat It la not
now. Tbcoo are Bghtnina times aura enough
—chained lightning—subjugated lightning
—lightning manufactured to order, and in
quantities te salt purchaser. All of our lives
we have lean nature* lightning shoot across
the clouded heaven., sometimes perpendicular,
sometimes horixontel or oatecornnwd
and moat always with a rig rag line. It canu.
and It goes in the twinkling of an eye, mid
always impresses os with awe and admiration
and wo watch and wait In subdued siloncu lor
the next flesh. Wewpeak of a flash of light
ning ora streak of greased lightning, but we
are always lmprteacd, and always feel that the
Almighty 1* not aforolTand hoe something to
do with that business. Folks don't talk much
when looking at sueh displays. Even the
children huddla up by tbo parent,
and look and watch aud wait sud
are glad that a father or mother la near.
Ue waa a hold man who undertook to
play with such a toy, to draw It down from
tho clouds and bottlo it up and nae it. Bat It
waa dono and now It Is domesticated and
tamed and driven along a wire aud mado tho
winged meatenger of the world. I waa rnuii-
nating about this when 1 read In my morning
S per a telegram aaylog that ihs N. Y.
un of tomorrow morning will ray of Jaifcr-
ton Davib'a speech at Montgomery, or th i
Courlci-Journal of tomorrow si ill aay of fl m-
oral Guidon’, speech, etc., asihmi.h the publio
could not wait for their opinions to bo printed in
tbelrown papers and be espied by others, but
they must know tho editor’s thoughts ju.i-.ae
toon at he thought them, and eo they tele
graph in advance to all tilts daily journals
whattbelrgrratlhouxbta>ro. Well. 1 bavo
never yet eern anything of this kind thv. I
couldn’t have waited for two or three da},
without damage or Inconvenionoe, hot still
evtiybody wants the Delta now as aonu as It
cannehaa. “What's tho new,?" la now tho
univeiatl question. 1 wu wondering whan
the notable .pooches of Mr. Divis end others
at Montgomery and Atlanta would get Into
tbo papers. I anticipated tho luxury
and comfort of reading them. I foil a
a peculiar pride and independence in the feet
that our people dared to otter their eentl-
mente, and, above all, that Hr. Davis was te
he honored by them pabllc demouatratlona.
Time and again we have been mortified when
some of our own people have bcon scon fawn
ing at fhe fret of northern heroes end had no
brave words for our own. But old father
Time, sooner or liter, sets all things right,
and uow the south can date to Indulgo In self-
respect and to call Mr. Davla from his loog
retirement. 1 wonder whet the north thinks
of all this, I am curious to eoo what
the Hew York Tribune “will eay
tomorrow.” General Gordon soul me his
speech In advance sheets end I read aud en
joyed it two days before It wu delivered. It
gratified me la tone and aentiment. lie sold
what should have been raid—enough end no
morr. HI* recital of foot* end the truth of
history will dignify ns before the world and
Increase the self respect of our pooplo. Old
Father Timo is making history very fast
now, and thru public ceremonies
and demonstrations mako it better
thin hooka. This generation bu no timo to
read hooka. Not one in a hundred hu read
Mr. Davit’s book or anr of tha histories of the
war, but moot everybody noda the papers now
and will read the ulteianoe* of thoro uoblo
turn and will catch the glow of independent
enthusiasm that hu animated onr people from
Maryland to Texts. We have assorted oar
manhood boldly and freely before tbs world,
and It will command more respect than all tho
trnikling and fawning and apologising
of time servers for tho latt twenty yours.
It wu a curious ooincidenco with me that
on Thursday when thru great ceremonies
were golegonatHontgomeiy.eeremoales that
sum like a resurrection of the lost cause,
ceremonies that u It were, touched the dry
bones end gave them life, aud that lifted up
the venerable chieftain and ahomd him to
peoplo u tbo man * without
fear ani without reproach, on the asms
day I was sojoorniug tn tho town where seces
sion hod lie birth and where It. final dissolu
tion seme. These good people la sbhovlllo,
South Caroline, assure me that In this town
wu held the first esesrslon meeting, and here
were the first rceelutims yeiied— resolutions
that spread flrom county te county until tho
state went out.
And hero in Abhovlllo wu hold the tut
formal meeting of Mr. Devla and bis ublaet.
I paste' * '
hm,i s
enteric!ahd Mr. Davie and Benjamin and Bee
gen and Brrckenridge and Lawton aud Gao-
si ol Bragg and Duke end Vaughn, and many
otters and who for two days were here In
council ltd solemnly pondered tho crushing
wtlght ofdrfrat and db-uter and eiw tho loot
lingering raj lot hope to fade away into dark
ness and g'ooir. Who would have thought that
intbe abort sixes of twenty-one yean there
could have hern sorb a restoration of peace
end plenty to this afflicted, duel sled land.
To-day, thla very dsy, is the anniversary of
that lost cabinet moating, and on thli day that
dethroned chieftain is'
ef a monument to Ihe
ai d geisl will hovers over tbo scene. May tbs
North Icok upon It wllh feeling! of admiration
for the patriotism that underlies and rapports
th* fontidstlon-ttonaa of tbi* monument. For
twenty y*era our people have cootrlbated to
bury their dead soldiers In national eemeterlos
aud to pension their Invalids and tliolr
widows and orphans and to onset monument,
to their heroes. Now let nomaligasnt heart
flndjfault that we seek to honor oar own.
I cau'e from tho historic town of Abbeville
to this chsrmldg sett of learning—this beauti
ful, shady hamlet that I. railed Da. West,
netsd for nearly half a century for its well or-
t rained and defile ashoole. Krcklna college
i hire with her 1G0 students, aud
there I. bare a female college with a like num
ber. Dr. Grier i. at the bead of ons faculty
and Professor Kennedy et the other. Then
era papils hero from nine dlflkrent stated and
1 have heard ftom many aourou tbat there is
not a college In the Hale that hu tent out to
the world so many noble, earnest end secom-
■Hah* d young men end women. Not long ego
reed in Tits Constitution that the senior
due from Oxford, tblrty-nlno la num
ber, had bun to Atlanta to bavo their
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