The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-09-18
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Gonoral Bcaurogard at tho North
Political Views, go.
Lone BnANoH, Aug. &c.

Political Views, go.
Lone BnANoM, Aug. &c.
Having noticed in your issue OF YES.
erday the arrival at Long Branch o,
tGcnerol Bcaurcgard, who held com.
mand in the late Confederate army.
was induced to seek, see, and converse
with him. found him quietly cnscons,
cd III the vicinity Of the Mansion House
whcro he was surrounded bya few So
lcct souvenirs OF other days, and in his
conversation expressed himself feclinglv
and frankly III relation to trying ordeal
lhr..gh which the country had passed,
and the equally terrible one through,
which it is now making it's transition.
l. found the General to DO in manners.
person and appearance a far representa-.
tive "cSGoiidaiic u Tic iIuguciiots. iIo
IS rather below the medium height, and
OF slight but muscular physique.
had the pleasure Of meeting him in tho
winter OF 1851, on board Of a fiat boat
on his way to Now Orleans to be ono
of the counsel in an important case be-
tween prominent members Of tho bon
ton, viii Ii many Of tho disciples OF Black
stone may yet remember. His locks
were then raven black. now they aro
touched with the frosts of tlmo lie ,s
sangulnc Of TIL, future if concila,orv
measures be adopted, and that the Gov.
ernmcnt will for ages present an undi-
vidcd front, standing as monument Of
terror. and receiving tho homage OF an
aprrcciativc world.
\Ntno ,n,n,,,o,l,1 .,
Mexican affairs, he very frankly dis
claimed having at any tine sympathizcd
OF encouraged the Austrian-t'rcncl
alliance for the possession of Mexico,
and looked upon tho INVASION as cuto-
plan idea generated in the brain ofLous
Napoleon. lie also entertained hope
that there would yet arise ono that
would in timo bring out Of chaos tho
distracted elements now existing i'm
Mexico, winch would eventually become
an integral part Of the American Union.
lie spokc Of General Grant in very
complimentary terms, aud pronouncca
him thorough military tactician, but
in square stanlup fight, with equal
numbers, ho considered Ice his supc.
rior.
In making allusion to somo of tho
generals connected with tho latc robcl-
sfr',ru vi vu'nurunU. n, "",vIt, ,,,a ,.rv.m',
defenders Of The Confederate cause, al
though at times he was led to believe
that through raS!Incss aud rcckessncss
he sacrificed unnecessarily the lives OF
many Southern soldiers. lIu cherished
thc hope that through the instrumental.
ty OF President Johnson and tho conser-
vativc reconstruction policy inaugnratcd
by him the Government would be again
restored to lis primitive purity, as
transmitted by the fathers Of tho repub-
lie. Tho General, iii conclusion, cx-
pressed desire that The American pco-
pie i'll future would in tho language of
Clay, know no "Norlh, no South, no
East, no Wcst," aud that they wcro OF
moo common family, Pledged, for veal
or woe, in support oil the only true sys-
tcm OF government cxtant, and that
the past should be forgotten while we
cling TO tho shelter Of tho same old vino
and fig tree, away from kingly misruIo
where nothing can mako us afraid. Tie
trusted that Mt no distant day Congress
would gently yicld to a systom ofrc-
construction in accordance with tho
wishes OF n majority Of tho people of
tho several Sont horn States. This
agreeable interview with ono OF the
most distinguished among tho Gonera'm
the late Con(edoracy terminated much
too aoon.