Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-12-02
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER O. 1870

seen the country, and knew that it was i'm
possible to get nine miles from timber
What an actor he was That speech you viii
find recorded in the Globe"
"Bless my soul, thought Henry Clay the
soul of honor, earnestness, and truth p
$50 we all are OH paper and in public cs
timation, if We can only get there. After Clay
came Benton. lie only asked to hear from
tho author of the bill 1 responded, sailing
in the wake of old Harry and pleading for
the settler. This wouldn't suit old Bullion,
and he came at me again, and again 1 plead
for the settler. knew too much to be drawn
into controversy with the conceitcd old fel-
low When | sat down he arose in huff
and roarcd out, "Thc honorable Senator does
nothing but beg; never could resist a beg
gar" and sat down quite pleased with the
laugh that rung over the Senate and so my
bill passed"
ga good thing for Chicago, certainly, but
bad for the country. The Government has
not only squandercd the public lands, but
lent hand to build up corporations that in
Cllnc VIII control their creator.
every likely" said the Senator quickly F;
"but after all it is mere question of brains.
If the people have sense enough to care for
themselves they will snap these corporations 8
like sticks. If not, all the bills of right, con-
stitutions, and checks and balances, will not
save them. We may pick out this law aud
that aggressive act as cncroachmcnts on our
liberties, but such ale only evil when they
receive the sanction of the people; and when
this occurs there is no help for it."
"Truc enough. But, Senator, you have
given mo new light on the character of
Henry Clay. thought of all the men of
his day, he was the most honest"
"uc was consummatc actor, not so honest
as Tom Benton, nor in my opinion, SO able.
Tom had not old Harry's tick of oratory, but
he had most statcsmanlke views, and he was
dead in earnest. Old Bullion believed in the
Constitution and Tom Benton. Henry Clay
believed in nothing. I have no doubt but
that he used to laugh in his sleeve at his
great American system, as he called the tar.
if, and wonder how men could be gulled by
such shallow stuff, lie sworc like trooper
drank to excess, and was passionatcly fond of
gambling. lie was the most dangerous per
son for young mau to know, for he made
these vices respectable. 10 this day thcy
swell up in the South and say, .Bc Cod be
cause the great Harry would swell up aud say
BE Cod lie gambled in his rooms. and
shrewd observers used to say that he used his
fascinating powers Of conversation to win his
adversarys attention from his cards-or, if
young man, would awe him with utter coufu.
sion.,"
"What on utter sham and delusion history
is, and what asses we are. Have you ever
noticed, Senator, how man graduates III
prbic estimation First he is denounced as
fool. Then he comes to be knave And
after death he passes to be considered good
and wise man. All our living leaders arc pol
iticans-@-all our dead ones arc statesmen.
Certainly. have no question but after
my death / shall be called st. Stephen A
Douglass, and worshipped by tho very men
who now denounce me as q rascal"
These are my tecollcctions Of talk with
Sthepen A., and have no doubt but that
certain people who did not believe in him
much while he was alive, will denounco mo
as slanderer now that he is dead Will
they leave his monument unfinished
nea- DR.. j. Mar;on Sims, we'll lknown
surgeon of this State, has lately returned
from France, where he was Surgeon in. Chief
of the Anglo American ambulance corps,
which has rendered good service to both
French and Prussian soldiers. In regard to
reports concerning tho declining health Of
Louis Napoleon, he says that tho suppostion
that Napoleon is dccrcpt old man is great
mistake. His intellect was mover moro vigo.
rous than at present, and his physical health
is perfect, with tho exception of few triling
infrmaties lIo is occasionally subject to
sciatica, but to no disease that threatens life.
DR.. Sims spcoks of the Prince Imperial as
strong, rosy boy, id perfect health and very
Intelligent. Tho average physique of tho
Germans is spoken of as being superior to
that of tho French. DR.. Sims states that
the French ambulance corps is badly organ.
ized, that the surgeons arc often incompetent
or neglectful, aud that the suffering Of the
Fronch wounded from neglect has been terri