New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-17
4 sd O9neans Sam Crescent.
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TIE savannah Correspondent oi me l,ouiss "
gstrisr veniilatea the record q 2 sa'i' ssO'
.-.Yiss vrho has recently been before the com
Esit,ee Of fifteen ..,..s ;.a,.,.
5;eh II isearl expressed yesterday IN large
ssrpaay, most Of whom were Georgisns 70 the
riianag sefn, at the evidence oelore lae central
X : f,aDfqfan. If il Is true, il appears that Mr.
Esg9oF favored this State with his presence during
4is fist years of the war, living now at Marietta
shen at hFilledgeyie, now again at athens, aud
Sstiuu several other towns aud cities at odd times
~ BE- tastes opportunities or business necessities
suggested,
re- gaylor's profession was political economy
IA dam Smith aud Ricardo ceased to be authority
saiere they came IN conflict with Baylor. schemes
commercial. schemes financial schemes industrial,
ssaed from the fertile brain Of this great sehener
viii astounding Fapidity and finish A Joint stooA
company to stfansfer all the cotfonot tls south e
Belgium. and bring back everything tne SCUM
needed, together with auxidary pfancnes, steam
boat lines, postal subYentions, etc, were among
che plans by which the country was TO De saved.
Rat the people who owned the cotton and who
wanted everything were to trust all TO Baylor
and Though their want OF faith the plan fell
Shrough, ard the country was not saved.
kriase himself with diplomacy and the CONNER
ssiai relations OF nations, At one time he was viii
ling 10 represent the Confederate States in foreign
countries and from his intimate relations with the
sraseTs OF Europe would if appointed, have settled
che question 81 recognition without the lenst diff
slty. But Mr.. Davis preferred Mr. Yans e7 Mr..
Slideil and Mr.. Mason and the result was. recog
aition was never obtained This was not Mr.
Bayi0r's fault. He was ready to go. He had his
4ppsieation ready made to Mr.. Benjamin and even
lad Endorsed on it, ready for Mr.. Davis nature,
q glowing ealoginm Of himself, which, ID anybody
else, would have appeared iminodest; but in him
was only the lofty statement Of great truth, only
I'D facilitate act Of patriotism, and BY the man
BEST able TO tell il. Il was reported at the time
that Mr. Davis refused to attach his signature to
the Endorsement and this effort like many others
called
Tie war 10 which Baylor took 40 part, not be.
cause be did not like fighting, for be loved it
dearly but because he had other little business TO
attend to, caused us to lose sight of him until we
heard he had been appointed one OF that numerous
tribe az agents for the State of Georgia whom
Governor Joseph z. Brown appointed and who
thus managed 10 escape CONSUMPTION, In afew days
after We heard that Baylor was ID New York, de-
uoHneing Joe Brown, the Confederacy and Georgia
and congratuiating himself on his escape from
zucil an ungodly country, against whose rebellion
DE / g always commended
1t was subsequently made known in different
parts Of the State which Baylor hadrendered cele
.brate6 by a few weeks residence, that he had
taken several sums. amounting in the aggregate to
mary thousand dollars on deposit, from number
of bis friends, hutwhich, in the hurry Of his move
ents the press of business and the necessities OF
the ease he had omitted to return. Many of these
friends applied and still apply very harsh language
ID kim, aud use terms To describe his character
which 10 justice to his great fame shall no
Sganscribe.
But We ROW find him tesiifYiBg before Thaddeus
5teveBs that the South g cannot be trusted, y and
that negro suffrage must be conceded. Consider
ing thas many individuals hotel and tavern keep
seFs. taiora, nliIiiners, dry goods merchants,
groeers. printers ETC.. not to mention literary
I9sen and doctors OF divinity trusted Baylor with
EeadY money, bonds and other securities to large
ansount, they can prove with tears In their eyes,
all nf which moneys, ETC., he has faithfully kept
szor himself he might have said good word for us
to hss friend Thad, and paid what he owes in kind
AEess. as he has failed to pay ID money.
8erom b remark or two which heard from one
az two 81 those who trusted him, I think he is
not 20 trust himself Ia the South until negro
EaHfage Is granted. Because were he to appear
ksfnEa that happy but not immediate event, GER
tain harsh provisions of the code of Georgia might
BE invoked against him which might oblige bis |
Nesarn to Mledgeville for longer period than be
would like aud fhege lead life Of Eeclllsion and
simplicity not congensl to his refined and expen-
size tastes.
4 II really hard upon the people-haFder to |
Rear patiently than the political ban placed upon
tAe1-that their honor their sentiments their IN
terests should be judged by a Jeremy bidder. |
Eho having gathered all the tenpenny pieces' |
nc could ind, deserted the country when his wits
ceased 70 be productive, and who is as incapable |
ojaaging of the condition or feeling of the onun.
A. NJ as he Is Of recognizing the obligations /
Nxhieh control the actssand intercourse OF honor |
asie laen.