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LONGER LIFE.
A STEADY INCREASE IN OUR SPAN OF
TEARS SHOWN RY FIGURES.
City Against Country Bred People—The
“Better Born’’ Man of th«> Future Will
Lire to an Ago Now Vndreantod of.
Vv'e shall be a long lived race in days to |
come. The Biblical promise of "three-score
years and ten” will be far more than ful- '
filed. The influences which have gone out
from the minds of a multitude of students
during the first century and will grow more
powerful with each coming year. The men
who cry of waning vitality are only catk-
in twenty years the average life of each
human individual has increased almost
eighteen months.
There is no more careful student of such
niatters than Dr. Rogers S. Tracy, statis
tician of the New York board of health.
Says he:
"The average of human life is certainly
Increasing with our increasing knowledge
of the laws of health. It could not be < .I.cr
wise. This applies not only to the United
States, but to practically all the countries
of Europe, except, perhaps, France. Compi
lation of statistics on this subject is a most
difficult matter, and it has been best done
in England. Most elaborate comparisons
have been made there of the periods be
tween 1838 to 1"54 and 1871 to 18S0 with amaz
ing results. During the first period the
average lifetime was 39.91 years; during
the latter period it was 41.35 years. This is
a gain of 1.44, or nearly one and one-half
years.
“While no calculation so elaborate and
so accurate as this has been carried out
in the United States, inquiry of any of the
great life insurance companies will show
that the same thing in a general vsay is
known to be true here, although Ameri
ca’s gain has been more in the saving of
children’s lives than in lengthening the
lives of adults.
“Concerning this there is a misapprehen
sion. The progress of sanitary reform has
brought about a lessening of infant mor
t-d’ity. With this has come an increase of
mortality among adults. This doe? not in
<!:■ .-iie a decrease of vitality in mature peo
ple. It is due to the fact that through the
saving of infancy and childhood of many
lives of delicate persons there are more
p -ople who easily yield to the stress of
adult life; but there is no decrease of those
vigorous adults, who, in time past, would
alone have survived at all.
Our Present Lenytli of Life.
"Just how large a proportion of the pop
ulation lives to maturity and beyond is
shown in this table for ISSO. Out of 100,000
children born alive
eto be % ..l year old
• to be.......... 2 yea rs old
78.01 - survit to be 3 years old
'?■ f-O survive to be 4 veers old
75.<"'i.) survive to be 5 year:-, obi
7 survh to lx .......... 10 years old
ir to I .......... 15 years old
69, ■ to tie 20 yea rs old
i ■, • sun ive to ' ■ ■ 25 ■ ■ ars old
i '...'WO survive to b<* 30 years old
16,-a■■) survive to bo 75 years old
“Calculations mode from the tables of a
number of life insurance companies show
that in this country the expectation of the
lite of males at various ages is:
Age 10—expectation 49.9
Age 1 ■ ■■ 16.6
Age 25—j., n r,
expectation 25.5
ctation 14.5
“This shows, b.v the way, that the expec
tation of life in America at birth is a little
more than eight ami a half years greater
than it is id Englund, which is not a bad
cr.mmontnry on the healthfulncss of the
United States.
"In this connection it is not uninteresting
to look at the expectations of life at differ
ent ayes in the live biggest cities of the
1 tiited States. It gives 'a hint as to the
heart ins. H- :is the table: :
’kl’n '' ' o N. Y. Phil. |
At birth...lb.cß 38.61 39.70 2’Jt! 11.It’.
i a;.<:s 45.:: 17.30 43.70 -d.m |
z 49.84 49.G6 50.96 47.94 51.56 |
4 -..’-c 59 97 52’74 49.?) 5.’.30 I
r, 52.90 49.11 52.02 ;
b>’’ ”, . 47 48.62 51. i? 45.91 48.5*; I
]5 " ;: «;s 41.62 47.10 41.62 -ll.ro ,
*•» 11 40 G 43 °0 64 40. 37
r.” " •■•9 20.52 31’20 37.(11 1
75. 7.ai 5.20 8.31 7.70 8.12
“Do you expect this increase of the aw r
ago of human life to continue, Dr. Tracy?”
asked the writer.
"1 can S '- no good reason to think that
we shall stop studying. If we do not stop
studving w ■ shall not stop learning, and i
we do not stop learning it will nut be possi
ble for us to cease achieving.”
So much for length of life.
The Matter of Environment.
Now. ns to the environment which will
ntest help us to live long and live well.
East week a hint was given of the science
ot birth —pre-natal ihfiaence. Granting that
the race of the future will regard all the
details necessary to the bringing forth of
well born children, what will it do with
them after they are born? The matter ol
the best environment for youth is one that
has puzzled generations. Concerning it Dr.
George F. Sb.rady had much that is inter
: ■ ■ - da: ■
"The mere plm e of birth,” he remarked,
“is no: of great importance, I b-ncy—the
manner of birth is much more likely io in
fluence succeeding life. Give a child good
b.rth—physical and mental—and lie’s well
started. Give him good home influences ana
Ired
, i’t ail. >
good surroundings. A child properly born
v iteiitioned
Parents would almost certainly be unpleas
antly affected if he lived his youth in ■he
tenements. Bad air would hurt him physi
, ,:, ; bad companions would hurt him
nientallv and morally. City life in general
i - in mv opinion, not so good for children
as country fife. ' 1 am speaking now, of
<. >urse. of 1 : <1 en of pe< pit wlO an
not rich; the millionaire’s son may be as
wed! surrounded in one place as in the other,
either c. : e he is less likely to be well
, . bat les as he w<u
be 'if born of parents of equal intelligence
but not no'.al*v rich. Jlcst of our impor
tant men h ive come from the country, and
\’’’ ’ few ol cui* ;* 1 ipor• *>»)t iih.’H have Keen
surrounded by extraordinary wealth in
childhood. Our r. illy great men have been
country boys and poor boys, too. This is
true of everv one born in a community 01.
in-- h size, and Raleigh, N. when it
gave Jobnsmi to the world, was far from
being a large city. Every one ct tie presi
dents since, and including Lincoln. was a
country bov in the fullest scuse of the Urm
>- e almost ba kv o smen. More
over, Uiev .all Salt poverty’s pinch in ci il<l
hood, and ’ ad tv work h-rd and earn th ir
~. , w;iv . wiu.se aie great things mr i",y.--
h } : an | takii . care of th< n-
•; \l‘»i 1J! Ki 11L’’ OL OilC S Self 111 tllC
c ountry is taking care of one’s self in earn
est.
It Teaciies Sclf-Kcliaisec.
“A boy constantly meets emergencies in
the country. If he’s at work he has to
k liemo and plan to eke out his tools and
materials. If he’s at play he has often to
v. iprovise his toys. It makes him ingenious
and makes him self-reliant. The originality
which has I’d to many a great invention or
surgical operation has had its begmmr.g m
the o r iginalitv forced by the bo> s nc< ex
it: sot m< nding a 1 a ■ ss or fixing a plow
on some backwoods farm; tne logic of m.
a great leged argument has been the remote
outgrowth of the boy’s puzzling over the
problems of crops and rural exigencies. In
the city the boy dees not encounter these
, . _ j ■_ ; 'so does not rea< I arn
to me • and con iu ir the se of after life. All
our great soldiers, almost without excep
tion, v. ci’v country bred. In my acquaint
ance there are not a dozen successful men
whose boyhood was city spent. ,
“Greatness has almost invariably been tiic
o tgrowth of country breeding, polished m
after years by city life. There is no place
better to begin in than the country, just as
there is no place better to end in than the
“And physically the country is, of course,
superior to th;.- city. The death rate is ai
ways'lower in rural districts than it is in
towns. It stands to reason that the pure
SsmsiusgSß
MAOIC CYP.HIDENE. ■©!
Wogivoaiega! Bond or Guaranty
to cure or relnnd money. Ireutment jy/rH
gHMC at h >t:ie ar well as here—same price, KJva
SMC same guaranty. With those who pre-
M £S 6 for t' come lu re, .re will contract to
r: ‘mid their railroad fare and hotel iKJHjM
KXiaH bill.- if we fail to cure. MTaV
Cjpiiileiw
{Pggtasix years of rigid experi.nuntal
obs Jnate and hop< lu. 4 pl a
i\iTw CJIs '‘ s ‘Kat could bo found, wo placed
?*i iS before the public in 1355. It is Ihe
Known jrinedy that wi l ! cure
Syphilis. Wu cha ango the world for -j
eai’O wo caiinut cure, and solicit ra
"-A 7-; st ubborr., aband cn e d and
hoOOI e3S ' arer. 5500,000 S’"'3
ntzSS capital back of our Cuar-t®j
M.’<dute proofs, and 6 OO
*siir?3P c *& o book, illustrated from
of oat-ents cured, free by
i-uahd from observation, wi’’
P Thb'diM'asu
P 4 Ki of the rtiost eminent physicians.
CI.’ARZU- TGE A CORE,
OCOK CO. 9
3C'.’ Masoa'c Tampfe, Chicago, Ills.
sxz. i.v«in3»ciwn'zs
air, simple food and abundant exercise of
country life would make that true.”
What College Presidents Think.
A census of the educational institutions
of the country, showing the relative bright
ness of city and country bred beys would
be eminently unfair, as there is no college
i which, as the cities do, draws equally from
i town and rural districts. President
Dwight, of Yale, is a great believer in
country training, but President Eliot, of
Harvard, writes under date of May 16th:
< “I cannot make any useful general state
i meat about the mental capacity of boys
i burn and bred in the country compared
i with that of boys born and bred in tin city.
! For twenty y, ars past the large majority
> of students in the eastern colleges have
I come from town and not from country life.
■ I imagine that the reverse may be the case
! in some of the western colleges. Concern
i Ing the effect of inherited money, 1 should
J say that it is in general an advantage to
i a boy to have his education paid for by
■ his parents. No man can earn his way
t through college Who has not unusual phy
sical toughness, as well as unusual mental
ability; for the process is very exhausting.
To be able to pay for the education of their
children is one of the highest privileges of
parents, and to receive that gift, and use it
well, is one of the most precious privileges
of children. CHARLES W. ELIOT.”
| Princeton college has also a preponder
! ance of city bred students, but Cornell has
! more country than city bred boy:-, and
■ President Seimrman believes thoroughly in
j the advantages of rural early life. The
! same is true cf Chicago university. Presi
' dent Harper said io a correspondent last
i week that he was convinced of the benefits
j of country surrounding- in early life, and
j David Swing, perhaps Chicago’s most bril
i liant thinker, expressed like views a few
! years ago.
Country Bred Literature.
Most of the great literary men of the age
in America have come from the country,
Washington Irving b< ing almost the only
exception. He was born in New York, and
did not move to the region of his most de-
• lightful work—the rural bunks of the Hud
son—until his early youth was passed. But
Hawthorne, Bz. ant, Longfellow, Low.<l,
Howells and scores of les; important liter
ary lights wi re country born.
2»lr. Howells writes;
“I think a poet or any literary man is
better for a country grounding, and nature
seems to think so, too, for she sees that
most of us are born in the country. Still
we must not forget Milton and Keats. The
city is always very well afterward, though
there should be frequent returns to mother
earth before the last, 1 think.
“WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS.”
I<’ni»«*u.'s Lawyer* Favor City.
; In reply to the very many letters of in
i quiry sent out to prominent men in every
j wilk of life asking- for opinions on this
; subject, oniy time notes crime declaring
i in favor of ci’.y birth unu breeding. Two of
! the.?.> were from the two lawyers inquired
i of. Frederic It. Coudert, one ot the most
■ eloquent orator: in the land, and one of the
i two men who acted us counsel for the
' i'niled States during the Behring sea a.rbi
; tration, wrote:
I “I do not hesitate to say that my opinion
' Is d< eidcdly in favor of city -breeding for
j young men. Urbanity, in its literal sense,
‘ cannot, of course, be acquired elsewhere
j than in the city, nor can it be secured in
; its best sense and with equal facility else-
I where. The young man bred in the city,
i and with good moral influences about him,
i takes in by fiiction, and, as it were,
through the pores, an invaluable stock of
knowledge. His opportunity of acquiring
learning is tinequalcd, and if he has any
ability in him, the atmosphere in which
he lives is sure to develop it in the right
direction. There is no better- tutor than
daily intercourse with relined and intelli
gent men and women, and these you find
i naturally in the largest quantity and best
i quality in our great cities. Tie re are ex
' ceptions to this rule as to every other. But
' the men who seem to teach by their lives
and experience a. different lesson would
: probably have be n quite as great if, from
their early youth, they had enjoyed the
full sun shine of intelk :tua 1 surroundii gs.
“F. R. COUDERT.”
I Edward Lauterbach, among tiie foremost
: corporation 1. wyers of the country, wrote:
' "The cosmopolitanism ot great cities, the
• opportunity of observing, the superior c lu
cational facilities and the example of great
I activity are a few among the thousand ad
‘ vanta;;'-'.-: < f urban life. The better physical
; culture, simple food, absence of many temp
! tations are, perhaps, only some of the ad
i vantages of rural life. Personally I know
but little of tlie delights of the country. I
• revel in the brick and mortar amid which
J I was born, and surrounded by which I
! have been reared.
“EDWARD LAUTERBACH.”
The third endorsement of city breeding
i came from Rev. Dr. David H. .Greer, pastor
i of St. Bartholomew’s, New York, one of
i the richest and most influential churches in
i the world. He wrote:
"An urban environment is, in my judg
| meat, both more stimulating and healthful
! than a rural. DAVID H. GREER.”
What Teach.
Perhaps no person has a broader birds
[ eye view of the effect, of environment on
isu ■ ■ men than the editor of Apple
‘ ion’s Eneyi-.lopedi:: of American Biography.
■ Nineteen thousand biographies are covered
j in the work, and with them all he is fa.mil
i iar to an extent that seems incredible to
; an outs.der. lie analyzes what they seem
I to him to teach concerning environment, as
j follows:
“Accuteness, sharpness, knowledge of the
I world arc developed better by the friction
i and competition of city life. What city life
I does not develop, however, but usually im
j pairs, is stamina. It often happens, there
, fore, that after one or two generations of
i city life, exclusively in cities, the stock is
i weakened and it is necessary to go back to
' the soil for reinvigoration. A general ap
l plication of this rule—going back to the
I sftil—is impossible, however, for the fact
i tiiat we have slated has been tacitly recog
i nized by Americans and country or outdoor
■ life of one kind or another is playing a
I bi ir - important part in the lives of residents
; of cities. Thus the balance is kept even.
I Put in its eimpliest form, the country boy
I in the city will be outstripped at first, but
i in many cases he lias greater staying
i power. His children, however, will have
I less, if they are kept in the city. The best
1 material in business or the professions is
country stock developed by city experience,
and most of the successful men in the
cities have the country behind them. It is
to the influence of country life as under-
I stood at present that a very large part of
i the force ox the younger generation in the
: cities is due. In the term country life
' should be included the outdoor sports and
■ summer outings, which are now generally
i within the reach of city boys. In away,
, the fable of Antaeus answers the question.”
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. JUNE 11,1894.
GENERAL LONGSTREET
REVIEWS THE RECONSTRUCTION
ERA AND HIS PART THEREIN.
He Believes the South Would Have Escaped
Untold Oppression by Having Accep
ted the Situation at First.
Gainesville, Ga., June 9. —[Special.] —It has
frequently been asserted that Generals
Longstreet, John B. Hood, Joe Wheeler,
Harry Hays and some fifteen other con
federate generals met in New Orleans to
discuss the status of affairs in 1867, and
the result of the conference was that it
was agreed that General James Longstreet
should lead off in a letter, advising the
southern people to “accept the situation
and sustain the reconstruction measures ot
congress as the best solution of the pending
problem.
The Rev. Dr. J. Br Hardwickc, of Corpus
Christi, Tex., has heard of this conference,
and having served in Virginia with General
Longstreet, and feeling that his old com
mander has been unjustly abused, he wrote
to him, and the following is the reply;
“Gainesville, Ga., May 18, 3S94.—itev. J-
B. Hardw'icke, Sr., Corpus, Christi, Tex.
My Dear Friend and Comrade: Referring
to your favor and inquiries, I beg to say
there was no change. I did not resign from
the United States army because Mr. Abra
ham Lincoln was elected president, but
served under him several months, as did
also Generals Robert E. Lee, Joseph and
Albert Sidney Johnston and many other
southern generals.
"As a class the officers in the regular
army, without regard to section, were
union men in sympathy and interest, and
many had given a life-time service to it us
a nation.
“There may have been probably as many
as a dozen abolitionists and half as many
secessionists in the service; but political
matters did not receive serious cons: .era
tion in connection with official duties or
obligations.
"General Grant, General McClellan, Gen
eral Meade, General Hancock, and very
many others, who became prominent in the
union armies, were democrats, but when
war between the people became the crucial
test they abandoned politics and, for the
time, joined the union-republican party
against the south.
“When the south came under the su
preme pressure of war, the issue or struggle,
with the southern-born ofiicex’s in the eld
army was not politics, but the southern
people and their cause.
“The point was, ‘Shall we bear arms
against them or for them?’
“We had the unquestionable right to ten
der cur resignation, and, when accepted, t
we were free to choose our course, but ■
while holding- a commission in the United .
States ai my we were not.
"J. came south and x'cported at Richmond
about July 1, 1851.
“After the wax’ the southern states :
were put through a foi’m of reconstructon i
as ordered by President Andrew Johnson. ;
Governors and legislators were elected and |
Installed as state governments, ail or nearly
all democratic. These governments were \
recognized by congress, but laws were en
acted conferring the ballot upon the negro,
and the acceptance of such new laws by ■
these state governments was made the c-.-u- ,
dition precedent of their complete restora- i
tion or rehabilitation. Simultaneously con- |
gross by law declared that in case of re- j
jection of the condition that the state I
government should be removed and military !
or provisional governors substituted m the !
south to enforce reconstruction under the
late enactments. The matter was sub
mitted in the early months of ISG7.
“At this juncture one of the leading city
papers v of New Orleans appealed to the con
federate generals for their advice in the
premises, stating the soldiers would give .
more disinterested counsel than the j-oilti
c'.ans as to the course the people shouiu" 1
adopt. My name headed the roil call, and J
as urged by this paper I respond. J.
“The New Orlea ms 'Times was the paper I
that made the call upon confederate com- !
mandevs for their ad- ice as to the recon- s
struetion measures. After calling for my i
advice and receiving it, this and other pa- I
pers burnt the bridges between us, called j
me ‘desrrter,’ etc. The other generals, who ,
answered the call, advised reconstruction, •
but, after the storm burst upon me, clain ed J
tl fir plan was democratic reconstruction, ■
v, l.ich was an after thought, a contiadic- ;
tic:, or myth, for democracy was op[X>smg
i.egro suffrage at ail hazards, white the i
laws providing- for reconstruction had ac- 1
ceptance or ratification of negro suffrage ,
for its salient condition precedent and ■
chief cornerstone. My letter of 1567 was not I
political, except in so far us it recommended
accepting the Shellabarger bill as the quick
est solution of our troubles. Doubtless this
bill was purposely framed to force the
democracy to accept negro suffrage or the
ccr sequent overthrow of democratic gov
ert . rs and legislatures in ail the southern
states. V/hen Georgia refused it, for in
stance, Governor Jenkins was uiivcn cut
amt < c iior.i! Huger installed as provisional !
governor or military commander. 1; was ’
to prevent the subversion of all civil an- ■
thority and the overthrow cf our state ■
gcv< rnments, and to maintain the statu quo I
in friendly hands, that I thought it wiser
to : cccpt the sli'/ilab. j .or bill than to re- i
solve --verything into chaos, etc. There was '
no conference between other ex-con federate
command- vs and me about my letter. x>iy
at swer to the call of The New Orleans i
Times was written without consultation,
nor did any but one see it until it was pub
li.-lnd, but after the publication and storm
he deni, d ’1; so it seems the mention of
any other name in connection with it would '
not be ptop-r.
Ihe matter was quite simple, or seemed '
so to my mind, and may be suniinartly :
stated as follows: Do the interests of the I
people, who have so vainly followed us, call I
for recognition and acceptance of the laws I
of congress, the full recognition of their i
state governmen-ts, the preservation
of state autonomy, or do they i
call lor a pr- inpt rejection of those i
laws, the consequent subversion of ■
state autonomy by military commanders .
and the vigorous enforcement of the • lav.-s ■
by the bayonet? My judgment war, the
interests of our people called for peace and
putting behind us all war spirit and feeling, '
and my answer was, in substance, that tlie '
congressional reconstruction measures
should be in good faith accept a—that negro ,
suffrage should be given a fair trial, and. i
if it proved io he premature, lo go to c-.i.i- i
gross and ask its repeal or withdrawal in i
due course of law. That was all.
“But my response opened th.:- flood gates !
of savagt abuse and unprecedented ferocity. ■
It was denounced as ‘treason,’ desertion I
from my people to the enemy, and still it '
goes. ;
“Democracy made resistance to negro suf
frage the exclusive issue of the day, to be
rejected at all hazards, military satraps
Tortured
Disflsured
Humiliated
By unsightly skin and blood diseases.
Is there hope of cin e?
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Torturing, liisiiguring. humiliating humors,
V, hen the usual remedies and even
The best physicians fail.
Entirely ve.g< ;.ible, innocent, and effective,
It especially appeals to those who have
Suffered long and hopelessly.
It acts upon the liver, kidnevs and bowels as
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Its use during the winter and spring
Insures a clear skin ami pure blood,
As well as sonnd bodily health.
It is the only Purifier acting on the Skin and
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“ *low to Cure Skin aad Blood Humors,- ’ free.
and all other things acceptable, but negro
suffrage, never!
“From the quarters of the earth poured
letters threatening my assassination, and
all dire things that could be devised by
kuklux klan and similar associations. All
my efforts to put the matter before the
people were futile. The press was closed
against me, and amidst the tompest of
passion the ‘still, small voice’ of truth and
reason was drowned, and even the very
newspaper that insisted it was my duty
to advise our people denounced me as a
’deserter’ for doing the very thing it urged
me to do. Following its lead and initiative,
others took up the change, exaggerated and
disseminated it broadcast, but they
were careful not io publish my
letter, and suppressed, the very paper upon
wlich they predicated such severe accusa
tions; all :his in the face of the fact of
my loyalty to the best interests of our
people. Governor Joseph E. Brown, with
his usual -mod judgment, came to a recog
nition eetin,e reconstruction measures, but
after held/. rthrow of our state autonomy
and tected Jignment of military governors,
or kary. Traas then denominated. In this
cor, liied to ft should be remembered that
we Ales to ’paroles of honor at the capitu
lal'i-jotion dpnomattox courthouse under
pledSaced in'bey and respect the laws of
construction or observance of
whhlVa.ns r<i my being pilloried.
i on recelit’.on of things at the time 1
wrotsl. Vi . . much-misunderstood letter of
1887 i and , described by Judge John 1,.
Hopki?" an address upon that troublous
period: *g> !
‘Bu' - w persons were then able to rise
above passions of the times and look
to the good cf the whole country. The man
who had presided in the councils of the
government just when ail his great and
noble qualities appeared to find the largest
opportunity for their exercise, was taken
away by the assassin and, so far as we could
then see or know, humanity had lost its
most powerful friend when Lincoln fell.
‘At that time two classe cf men stepped’
into view. One sem-.ht to press the situation
to what was supposed to be its logical con
clusion, that was io complete the work of
the sword. The other io hold matters where
they were until passion could subside .o -■!
reason appear. The latter was the nobh.r
and more difficult task. To restrain and
hold and wait required the courage of the
patriot.’
”I£ was with this class I identified myself.
It. would have been much more comfortable
to me to have kept silent and pursued the
‘even tenor of my way,’ but I felt 1 owe !
a duty to the brave and gallant men with
whom I had fought for four years.
“The ‘minute men,’ who, in ISfiO, wore the
cockades and vaunted that ‘one southern
soldier could wi-ip five yankees.’ and, the
war on, were almost as difficult to find at
the front ‘as a drop of water spilled in the
desert, of Sahara in the time of the crusad
ers,’ were as vociferous and venomous in
1867 as they had been ‘invisible in war and
invincible in peace,’ and these were the men
who primarily led the assault on me in l<’i7
and poisoned the minds of many good men
against me for years. If these men are sin
cere in their professions, they approve of
and advocate today wh:it they maligned
me for favoring in .1867. Many of th- men
are supporters of Governor Joseph E.
Brown, who was a delegate to the conven
tion that nominated G -neral Grant for the
president::’ on a platform that went i ir be
yond my letter of 1867. A e honestly believi
it would aggravate our existing difficulties
to reject the proffered terms of the Shell:x
barger bill; and I. thought it better and far
wiser for our civil institutions to be in
friendly hands than entrusted to strangers
aii-.l alien agencies. We would then have
retain- d the machinery of government to
:h we ha<l been accust;>med, and been
red much of the suffering and privations
<y cio passion and prejufii.-e ruled the day.
couf wmil-1 have rtr- ngthemd and held up
*•—of magnanimous mon at the"
ariett ‘ike Gvint, Sow:: d and others, wl.
. to make casy the novel
ut 3( ss of reconstruction. Tin- best term--
n, iifche conqueror are usuall; < ff< red
.ndi the rejf i-tii n of the first off. r I ad
v.V-I our people to accept, provoked still
harsher conditions th : - ■ la er fori - -
uj us, embai id . tering oui
situation.
“My part in the reconstruction measurer,
was taken and en -'-d in the early months
of 1867 under the circumstances herein re
lated. Two years thereafter General Grant
was inaugural<-d as president of tne Unit d
States, but at tlie time 1 wrote my ii-tter
as indicated it seemed the aomlnant party
would nominate Salmon Ukase, Charles
Sumner, Horace Greeley, Benjamin Wade,
or some such party manag-.-i', and there
was not nor could there have been any -ul
terior motive nor tacit understanding be
tween General Grant and myself as io of
fice being an inducement to my writing
the h tt’.-i referred t-i. General Grant was
above such paltry considerations. 1 should
have instantly rejected and resented such
an approach, and the subject was too mo
mentous. Yet when Dresident Grant sent
raj name to tne senate for
eo’iliiiik.Lion as surveyor of customs
ut New Orleans the i.iiieni u;oke lorm
afresh on the n- atiaigim. alii-gms
Gc.-i ■ul < .rant ha-i induced my cour-- early
iii liiiii tv. -k n.. a.j..m.-ii was p: ■ o-.'.t. anti
Geant nui i'ori-ndu :e pi .w:iuai )>o si
biiity), .. premia ... tin tutun us
to i.;<: w.miiy ... i i■. :u.'b or -n. .■ !■
j. "litical r ..\V;th tl-.e pres ... uue to
look so ia_i ahead and the s;;:.-,::city i : w;rk
.- su i its and in.-.luciion . fie .'.
.lit las: man in t):-- country I > lO'.ijeet tl. in.
'. - ■ act was prompteci by hi ■ . gen rou
1. ..’l, n i to the in-ilvidLi-.1, lot to Ine
south as the olive brand-., but was so noble
that prejudiei be loti ■ :■
“It see.iis the 11".! .- is c0u..0 ~ . fi.r hear
ing not ... rp< . . pa: >u. In tin cabinet
ot Mr. \ i-iauti is a n i!< ma a v>ho w:is
woundvNl .v:th me .it tin- Wilderness, while
the premi r carries lead in hi.- body receiv
ed uiul.-r (h-nei il Sheremn at Atlanta, wlfilc
the Birni.nghum reunion ■. corui:a'i
invitation to the Gram] Army to visit a
souibe; n Metropolis at its regular encamp
ment in 1595.
“In tiii.. J have sought to make plain ihe
cir umstances and conditi n: sunounding
mo a.t tilt time to which you refer. [ will
<; k, in cas" I have failed to put the matter
d- ariy before- y.ou, that you will make a
lurt’e-r call upon me. ‘My days arc passing
swiftiy by.’ and now that the happy signs
indicate :> vora'nle opportunity to lie heard,
let us end<‘avor to n-movo any points that
may ba o isx-ure. 1 know that my guide
in the muster.', my original and continuing
purpose, t U the best interest of our people,
and it is theortant they should be undeceiv
ed and ki-iv*- the real truth, of the political
history An ir country. I am very truly
and fsat, jy vours,
-ev.nj .. JA - AJEg LONGSTREET.”
.11, so?
nmittrL'i IE srsTAINEIL
citizei
Bn<-h t q’hind Ben Terrell May Be
U’meetinjd if the Editor Pleases.
Na;-fions: ’Tenn., June 4. (Special.)-
Chuneereas, ip : - on today decide : the in
juncti'’ * s of Editor T. J. Ogilvie, of
L -’ e ] olved, ' Aon.-e, against < x-Governor
Buchan- Crat'd others. Ogilvie had been
deposed f exptror to take effect June 10th.
The ;c-si-du’fj editor, b.v Buchanan's di
rection. refused to allow Ogilvie to criti
cise Buchanan and eßn Terrel, hence the
injunction suit. Judge Allison decided in
Ogilvie’s favor on the ground that the as
sistant editor's action had been unwar
ranted; that the executive board could
control the editorial columns, but must
mt in regular session. I’e refused to re
strain Ogilvie from publishing the criti
cisms on the ground that, while they were
severe, th. y w;re not scandalous or dam
aging, and iie had not transcended the
bounds of legitimate criticism.
FLOWERS O». SMITH'S GRAVE.
He Was n. Victim nf Hse .Hiners’ Riots
i> Tennessee.
Chattanooga, Temi., June 3.—(Sp-.i.-i.-.1.)
Acting on the (rder of Adjutant G ■:>.< r:il
Fite, the Second battalion of state militia
today decorated the grave of I‘rivate Fr m.k
Smith, killed in August, 1892, at Fort An
derson during the miners’ riot. Upwards of
100 soldiers marched to the cemetery in fu
neral procession. Minute guns were fired
over th(s grave, a large field piece being
used, and a very impressive service vas
performed. Hundteds of people were nt :s
--ent. Smith was t Hill City boy and died
while doing guard duty. The beautitul
practice of deckiixr his grave once a year
with llowci’s will Lkely be made permanent.
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If ycnr nenresfc, But and most esteemed !
neighbors had written the 1 letters |
they could bo fio mere v. E-M iy of your con- ;
Aden co than they now are. coming, .'-.sth y ■
do, from well known, inteiiis;; nt air 1 , tru t
worthy citizens who, in theff v. r::l neigh
borhoods. enjoy the tallest eoiA. c.-ieo and
respect of all.
Mrs. F. L. Inman, of Manton, We -fr’-.l .
Cx, Mich., whore i.iortro.’f bi -Ms this aril -In, ;
writes as follows: : ‘I : •■..'.rm talcing Dr. I
Pierce.':; Favorite Prost.-ri; •!<••:> i’ i l .; a year
ago. For years Iha 'o I red with f tiling
and ulceration ox the w >tnb, but to-day, 1
am enjoying perfect health.
I took four bottli s >f the ‘Prescription’
and 1.; ’• of I>r. 1 ’ierce's Golden A dical Dis
covery. Evcrv lady :.ml '-.■■•iug from f. male
W a.kncss sh nild try tl ' ■ ‘ and
‘ Golden Medical Discovery.’ ”
Miss Mary J. Tamar, Noi'h Lawrence,
St. La-.-.r. ::c.-> Co., ?- r . - rites: “I wa >
sick for four years. _ F r .?'’?■ rrs '
do no work. I had five clifferent phi ’ian .
who pronounced : 1 - c.; ; oor or impov-
erished condition ol' i .o , ard uterine ;
trouWe. I suffered y ■ n
both sides, a: I n-w.-. >■ ’.■ > >o pc
over the womb. It al; times t my
bowels and limbs, •• trc-.’il'-l v. fib h’v
< iea. I co; Id n : • and was tr< ub-
Jed pal] iWion el . Suffere
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cough. 1 a gn at del ti’.d at -y <■
perienc' d a <i deal my, che .t
and lungs. My vol' -, at time - -;;is v-ry 1 -er.’:.
I suffered - :i‘;g n < o'” iy. p- nodi' :1
pains. Since tat : < r-von I < . !
Pie
I have enjoyed b rilth than I have i
m ire than f< ur ye rs jirevio ;ly ; in f i ■,
for several tn. ;th-: r. -i i hove ' n able '■->
w< at ■ - . I imve ■ ■ ■ in w •
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r*V i / J .<} ”) pectors. .Miners and Tr:-us-
*“ ' ~ uro seekers. Clr. 2c. P. &
M. Agency, .Bachmanville. Pa. ■
Mention The Constitution.
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K Tr chronic, nervous, bl-4 and skin
g diseases, and diseases of the genito— 2
S urinary organs, male and female.
I 15* Ma iefla St, Atianh, Ga. I
| Over twenty years’ experien--■ . \
| Send Go in stamps for ou -stion list f*
Q and book for mat s. Send 2-eent A
jj stamp id’ tiuestion list for female;, g
B The very best references furnished. !'
g Address
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i,' 15% Marietta street,
J Atlanta, Ga. s
P Mention ’Pho Constitution.
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| Mrs. Alev. Robertson, of Half Rock, Mer
| cert < U i ites: ‘‘For twenty years, I
i snffew • •■ itliwomb disease and most of the
: time J was in constant pain which rendered
lifo c ; rcat burden, I c mnot express wh it
I suffered. I had eight doctors and all ths
medicine I had from them failed—the one
after the other.
I was nervous, cold bands and feat, palpita
i tion, heaflacbe, backache, emstipavien-, leu
i corrhea and no appetit j, with bearing-down
pains. I got so'weak I could not walk
ai’ound. I had to keep my bed, thinking I
would never get any beitex - .
One dav my husband got one of your little
books and rend it to me. I’m said there was
nothing doing mo anv good. 1 said I would
iryDr. i . -rce’s Favorite Prcroription. I did
try it. A l '. er the first few weeks my appe
tite w-'.s I:.■‘ter ; I was able to s;t i p m lied.
I wrote to the' l ''orl<:’ ; Di. censary Medical
Association, at Buffalo, N. ; ~ and d cribed
; m-' c;,...j; theysoiit me a book on woman’s
i . . 11 ■ . ved the
dir ns as near as I could : tcok the
modi''no for two years. '.Vxth the blessing
' of God and your medieines ; i am entirely
i cured. That was fhr-. :■ ,y. cr: ago.”
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rK £ letters in plain, veto] .
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m- •.; • icd.. iOSGrreu *t., Mun.iiail, Mich.
Mention The Cmi- iruticn.
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failures. No curo, no pay. Abs >iute j»roofs at office, □!
mail'd ‘ fi '■ • •■•< :•» que t.
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Mention the Constitution.
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