The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-07
Hon. Ifnnc II. Holmes,

tho columns Of the sa1 Francisco Ereufoo BuHc,;
II is from tho "a: OF tho Hon. A. WALKEn. O
Brooklyn, California:
Hon. Isnnc Il. Holmes.
Editor Bntictin THO tloath of this once ast;n
sstonm Hoain 19lilnan and for many years or
papor Of last Saturday. o;;Eiit not l., pass witLoni
moro full aud particular record lie lives freshly
resdea S uv inapS SS here S noghbors WHOM
medn, spot which 10 him seemed tho pse.fienra. n
ton OF paradise. Well do remember my frst in.
s Ho wss ts h %y mS Sa
OF tho mrm, tho ceitie Of which was that Glen.
nS MI. H0lmes, Of spih Carolina, said my friend
Reid: What !" sail "the South Carolinian who
Quincy Adams in tlu United States Holiso Of Ron.
linian," Mr.. Holmes T, lied 'Soutl Carolina aud
hiassnchusotts have hiwnyB known how to be in /
to to each other in their friendships as well as in
thor onmities."
:, From that hour Mr. Holmes md myself wore in
innate rion,s, thoMrh in poi les wilov differed
Ton years ago. and until ho left hero in 1861 I met
him almost daily; Frank, geninl, coniiding, over
hopeful on all subjects but one, ho was rare en-
tho porpetnity OF Tho Union, which no declared
WAS on impossibilit}. "Tl!ors was, :" ho said, m
unsonSonlalIty between tho SECTIONS that could
CONTACT would turn tho attraction To- an explosive
S t9rce akin 70 ntro-Fiyeerinc." Whom Lincoln was
elected, he told mo tbs last hour had come " Tho
Is impossible. Tie 4tb a. tbo enS az thin
Union Laughed a no % osi hSs;
ppSdict Sd nt was catastrophe "You can laugh ho
T'bgt to me tho matter is too seriods for even
SMILE have loved this Union but you OF tho North
not apprcciate the Sonth. Our Institution is nc
eessity 70 us, domestic nccessity which yon ought
70 lot al9no 70 DO managed by those who understand
an 15cuso for you; bnt in running u.s. you arc ru n
Ing tho negro also. You undertake an impossbili-
with tho whites and to coihe them viii, in % pdIiten
power" 1 romnrkod that lo mstook tho aim of
the North on tho qucstion-it was not political
dom. "You may think so, said Mr.. H., t'6nt
there is no middlo,gIound. Agitation will follow
agitation al wavo follows wave until all barriers
points You to tho inoritablo result" noyor saw
him 80 agitated as when no pronounced those last
words saw that ho was honest and sincere, and
could not but respect what seemed to mo hs or
For It gavo mo an insight into tho feeling Of tho
nStter class OF Southern statesmen, whioh Las
tempered my cnnsnres Of them over aimee. Tho
cnt symptoms OF "agitaior following agitation, as
wayo iollows wave;" will uot swoop nway tho re-
manning barriers,
sentative OF tho Charleston District in South Caro-
INA. he represented tho samo Diptrict for twelve
continuous years. He was empathicaly working
always watehful OF Southern interests. Party
never could bind him. III that long and bitter
contest Tor the spcakarahip in tho year whom tho
".
Mr: Holmes was the loader of tho Opposition, by
which John Quincy Adams Was appointed Chair
man to displaco the contumacioils Clorl, of tho
1iouso, opd II; Al. T.. Hunior was finally elected
Speaker Of the House.
;, Tho Bulletin is wrong when il snys that Mr..
Holmes left California to Join tho re.oatcrs Of the
south. After MIR. CAss resigned tho Sccrctarv-
slhp OF State. and whom Efforts wcrp being made
70 compromise differences ut Washington, Nit,
ii;. Eimes BECAME impressed that thero posi-
Mlity OF hearty, at lolst temporary rcconcilin-
ton OF tho contonding factona. Ho told mo that
no was formerly intimate with Sir. Seward, and
1egrosted that DO Was not In Washington 70 hAvo a
once" said ho, "but fear | shall DO too iSto to
elect my object II 700 thoro to-day, could
90 IT. cout DO H.; but mouth hence will, 1
iear be 100 late. Ii blood in shel--Lir the flag ia
rSa np9nEe VIII be signal for bloody fields Of
Ho wont at onco, and hid several conferences
WIN Mr. seward, who received him very cordially
and consulted with him couhdontiaily. Ho was
S SaaGs.ea WIN mission to leading mun in South
Caronna; but as he fcared it was too llto-tho in
syitable day had comc blood hnd been al,ed, tho
blood' followed. ~ '''N'
At tho flrat dawn OF pcace hir. Holmes took tho
s,as ~ peace and .roe''nciliatlon. with Gov. Orr
@ g S & Sas tho T rsaeS Il 3
visonal Governor for the Bhte of South Carolina,
which VII resulted in tho appointment Of Mr.. Porry.
MMie Mt Washington ho had the first attack OF the
disolGo which finally carried him OF. Ho returned
home, and mover afterwards left Charleston.
Ihus has passed AWAY another OF the abba men
OF south Carolina, who wero made 70 fill a higher
nicho in tho temple OF their cauntry's fame Than
they
ITO party saye up what was meant for mantind;"
or, in simple prose, thoy gave to South Carolina
what was duo to their whole country; ",
Alameda County, April "a 1857