The weekly loyal Georgian., 1867-08-10

, was on the Electoral ticket, supporte,
! by the Know Nothing party of Georgia
. and was defeated. In 1857 he was tn
, Know Nothing candidate for Governor
and was defeated As | was th
Democratic candidate, probably tn,
latter defeat had not been forgotten b,
him when he prepared his Notes OF
The Situation" In 1859 he took posi-
ton in advance for icar, without wait
ing ior an orcrt oct Of oppression BY
the Federal Government, III case tht
Republican party should elect their
candidate for President the next year
In the fall Of 1859 he was elected State
Senator from Troup county, for two
years, the most distinguished honor
ever conferred upon him by popular
0ote. After Mr.. Lincoln was elected
President, he backed down from his
position for tcdr, and was candidate
in the winter of 1860 for the Convention
on the Union or Cooperation ticket.
He was elected and took his seat in the
Secession Convention. He at first
| opposed secession. Before the passage
Of the Ordinance Of Secession, after it
was known that majority of the Con-
yention favored it, it began to be dis
cussed in private circles who should be
elected to the Provisional Congress in
case the State seeded. The Ordinance
was put upon its final passage and Mr..
Hill voted .fo, II and signed it. A few
days afterward he was elected to
Congress by the Convention. Whether
by voting for the Ordinance he BETRAYED
the people Of Troup county, whose
voice was against secession for the
causes then existing, do not pretend
to inquire. At any rate he was not
elected as q SeceSsionist, for the then
existing causes he voted for the
Ordinance, and was elected to Congress
by majority of Secessionists. What
important measures or prQctic0{ states
manship he inaugurated, or carried
through Congress by his ability or
influence during his whole term of
service, have never been able 10
learn.
While the Secession Convention was
in session at Savannah, Mr.. Hill, then a
member Of both the Convention and the
Provisional Congress, made speech to
the people, in which he said, ''the North
would not fight There trostla be no
lrar. But if the North should be so
foolish as to 60 into the contest, there
never was people on the face Of The |
earth SO well prepared for it as we were.
It should be an aggressive pcar. The |
war should be carried into Africa and |
when the cities of the North were laid /
in ashes, and the country devastated |
and laid waste, then we should find that
the people OF the North were the ones
to ask for terms and sue for peace" |
He pictured the rising glory Of the new
aud went on to say, that +
wniIg rnls became more compact ttnttg4
secure, disintegration would come as
sure as fate upon the old Union, and
they would seek entrance into this.
And he very graciously added that ''if
they came humbly enough as 'hewers of
wood and drawers of water they might
come"
When the next Legislature met, there
were in it majority of the old Know
party, and Mr.. Hill was elected
10 the Confederate Senate over General
Toombs.
While in the Senate he voted, under
oath, against the first Conscript Bill.
As is we'll known, | opposed the measure,
when made public, as unconstitutional.
Not long after this was known, Mr.. Hill
made a speech in Milledgeville, in
which he intended to be very severe on
me for my opposition to measure
against which he had cast his vote
lnder oath and said the country would
have been ruined if it had not passed.
After that time he became the Jealous
a1vocate Of the conscription policy and
denounced all who opposed it. l.
During the war, when call was made
lpon the people, not subject to conscrip-
ion, to volunteer and organize 70" home
defense, when it was doubtful whether
hey would be called out for active ser-
lice, Mr.. Hill made speech in La
Grange and encouraged all to volunteer;
md as a means of giving force to his
appeals, and Of showing his own patri-
)tic devotion to the cause, he enrolled,
)r authorized his name to be enrolled,
Is a private in one of the companies
being formed, and pledged himself to
% if they we're called out. Soon after
ward, upon the advance of the Federal
army, the company was ordered to the
ield for active service, and Mr.. Hill not
being one Of the "dupes who showed a
Will to lose blood backed out and re-
used 10 go. The reason reported at the :.
ine, as given by him for his refusal,
vas, that he was Confederate Senator
lraWing d salary, and that while i'll his
it would be unconstitutional
or him to draw the pay of a priUate sol
lier. So it appears that the present is
lot the OILY occasion when Mr.. Hills
MOTTO has been TO stand by the COnstl.
ution as his only safety. As he would
have been entitled 10 the pay
IF private shoulder if he had shoui-
lered his gun and gone with the com
,anv. and as it was wrong for Senator
q violate the Constitution, he was not
arrested and compelled to serve.
All true Confederates are expected !
" him to admit, that Mr.. Hills
of those who wilfully
desertion or evasion OF
,eryice, By any who could enter the
,nlIet department without rtotdtion Of ,
he Constellation, is most just and
,roper. But no one is expected to
,lnme Senator for refusing to shoulder
musket as private soldier, in
ISOLATION Of the Constitution, after
,etting "our people," whose intelli-
renee and virtue" he says he has
often overrated," into the service, any
nore than tho world was expected to
,lame the lame captain for starting in
he retreat in advance of his men. 1t
nav be, in view of the above incident
Il Ills life, that Mr.. Hill exclaims in
No. IA Of his notes, Z" never feH
made war on the Union"
Mr.. Hill now says, II was willing
svery hour Of the struggle to stop the
light and negotiate" When and TO
whom did he proclaim that willingness
during the struggle? All remember
in Georgia that he was stumping
the State when General Lee sur
rendered, assuring our people that