Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-30
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characser There ia r-+hing negative
about hlta. His convittious are al
ways strOng, and hi~ autiUtI is gov
erned by them. When he deter
mines upon any line Of policy,
he pursues it with all his eneT-
gies, openly and boldly, without re-
gard to opposition, and with very lit
tie inclination to win by Cancellation
those who differ from him, whether
in or out of his own party. His join
ing the Constitutional Union Organi-
zatiou in 1S5C-jI, and other like acts,
had caused strong personal opposition
to him in the Democratic party, ever
when there was no disagreement upon
a common line of policy. This kind
Of opposition existed not only in this
State, but in the adjoining States.
From his general course aud charac-
Beristics stated, there was generally
more opposition to him, on bare per
SOnal considerations, in the ranks of
his own party than out Of it. But Tor
him and his influence, / think the
Georgia platform would not have been
adopted in 1850; and, but for him and
his influence, / also think that seCes-
sion would not have been carried in
Georgia, in 1861. Apart from his own
active agency in this latter matter,
his influence / have no doubt con-
trOlled the action of his brother, ThOs.
r. r. Cobb, and brought to bear upon
this question his tremendous agency,
to which ! have alluded. He and l
have been on the kindest personal re-
latiens all our lives, ever since our
college days at least. We have often
been thrown in concert Of action pO-
litically, and often in opposition. We
have often discussed questions during
the most exciting times before the
people, occupying opposite sides, but
never did q word pass from the lips
Of either, on such occasions, to inter
rupt even for a moment our personal
kind feelings. In all our differences,
1 considered him a truly honorable
and magnanimOus opponent, and not
only esteemed him personally very
highly, but regarded him as one of the
ablesC men in the United States. His
election as President Of the COnfed-
crate States would have received
my cordial approval, as did that
Of Mr.. Davis. But Of all the
men in the Confederate States, /
thought Mr.. TOombs was by far the
best fitted for that position, looking
to all the qualifications necessary to
meet its full requirements.
Whether what l learned about the
matter in reference to this indispOsi-
ton on the part of some of the dele
gates to support Mr.. Cobb, which thus
induced the presentation of the name
of Mr.. Davis, was really true or not,
I do not know. l did not inquire
specially into it, but from what 1
heard and the sources from which I
heard it, I believed it to be true, at
the time, and hence the opinion l
have given you. There was, how
ever, no canvassing or eleCtiOneering
in the usual sense of these words, /
think, by any one. Ofthis, indeed, 1
feel quite confident: General harmO-
ny next to the Obtainment of a COM
petent man was the object OF all. By
all Mr.. Davis was regarded as emf
nently a Conservative man.
This embraces substantially all the
facts L know about the election of
both President and Vice President,
and how in each case it came to be
made a it was.