Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-10-28
,.,rv Ward Beecher and President
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r,.receniy delivered political sermon.
urnry Ward Beecher said of President
q Johnson;
In regard To the President. | think he
he'll, YES that all measures for the relief OF
the bIa Ks must have the cordial support
and cuuntenauce of the South. We here
cannot aid them; they are al arms length.
$40 i, is not wise Tor The cen raj general
government TO attempt TO regulate their
affairs. The laws and inter, SITS OF The
government and Of ourselves uiIl prove Of
no avail if they are hostile and unPle asans
20 me white men Of the South. Oalhs and
obligations won, help the matter, and u
President Johnson is waiting Tor the
adoption Of these plans b. Me people Oh
the South, he is acting with characteristic
prudence and .agaciiy. A colored mans
testimony is 10 lie taken like any one
.lse's for what IFS worth; but lei II be la.
ken for Just that. thank God The Pres
,dap,isa Southern man: he's jus, the
man we want, if we are going to recon
.,ruc,. You can't manage hears as you
esn bricks and mortar. No New Eng.
l.nd man could do as well as Mr. JJhn-
con, although he might know more. he
ls of the Sun,h, he knew them, and will.
| know. do more for them than any one
Rise. Now is the thinning time; The tine
80 make by affection on lie whole.
Execution OF Champ. Furgsson.
Nashville, Ocl. 20.-Champ. Furgu.
son WIS executed al noon 10 day, al Vie
PeniIen,iary grounds just oul,ids The ei-
y. He died game on the gallows, eyin.
eng no emotion until the rope was placed
around his neck, when his face turned We
~ red and broke out into profuse psrspi-
ration, attended with strong euiverng
of hi. lips. He stood composedly on the
drop some twenty minutes. while The
charges, specifications and sentence were
read by Col. ShafIer. He nodded recog
ni,on TO several persons in the crowd,
sud shifted his position IN an impatient
manner while ihe sentence was brlng
read To some specifications he iuclln-
ed his head in assent. 10 Others he
shook his head. That about Elan Hud-
dleston caused hun TO say, 81 can tell it,
beuer than that" When The speaker
read 40 all Of which the prisoner
pleads not guilty. he said, II don.
now
After a prayer BY his spiritual adviser,
he was then asked il he had anything TO
say before proceeding with the execution.
He replied. Nothing to say particularly
al all. No, don't think have"
The moose was here placed around his
neck, and then, for The first time. he gave
signs Of emotion, and his face blushed TO
a deep scarlet. The perspiration broke
forth profusely from his face. and his lips
closed with a convusive culver. The
realization of his awiu, situation seemed
to have flashed over his mind in all its
fullness. overpowering his forilude.
Colonel Shafrer wiped the swea, away,
and the prisoner gradually recovered his
eQuanlmlly.
He expressed himself as much opposed
10 having any thing placed over his eyes,
when handkerchief was called Tor.
Then he volunteered the statements:
IL don't know some things in those
specifications. Blu, don's deny any
thing ever DONE"
For moment or two he seemed TO be
depressing an impulse to make fuller re-
marks. After brief pause, he added:
IL want to be sent to my family. !
don't want to be buried on lbls soil
After another pause, he continued. in
an excited tone:
Don, give me 10 TIE doctors. |
don't want TO be cut up"
Here Col. Shafi,r answered: "You
shan'r. Mr.. Ferguson
A Short silence followed, when the
prisoner again spoke, 81 wan, 10 be pu,
III that thing" pointing TO hi. coffin.
land taken 10 White County. where |
esn have my family around me. II | had
only had my way, wouldn't have been
here. Whenever you are ready. am
done. My last request is 10 be sent away
with my wife"
His last words were: 10 Lord, have
mercy on me, pray thee"
A, seventeen minutes to twelve o'clock
,he drop fell, and life was exsinc, in six.
teen minutes.
Gen Grants Longest speech.
The longest speech on record that Gen.
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