The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-06-15

and so,emn appeal 10 the people at the next
Presidential election, warning them OF the
,,lot +, DESTROY their liberties. Ii this were
annc. he WAS confident that there was yet
honesty and sense enough among the peo-
nin To cause them 10 rise and hrIrl the
Jacobins from power" rs he expressed IT,.
In the course of the conversational negro
man came in, presented Mr.. stephens WIN
a basket of apples. and asked h,s auvsce
about selling his peas ut the present inilkeS
price. After he had gone MI. Slcpheps N.,'' ~,
that all his former slaves still hVcd upon ms
place, md worked the land on shares. t1c
found 1t mere profitable than slave anor.
The negroes divided the crops themselves
and brought him his share. He depend
ed entirely upon their honesty, and
did not believe they deceived him:
The negroes were not as well on
for comforts as In :he days of slavery, he
said; they were not as well clothed, FED.
or housed. but he presumed they preferred
freedom to slavery with more comforts. IN
one of the brief intervals in his polltlcal
talk Mr.. Stephens spoke of the civilization
Of Georgia before the war rs the highest IN
the world. Pauperism, he said, was almost
unknown. and In all his practice ut the bar
he had only known one case Of deliberate
murder but no admitted that cases OF
Ill Nefc
Nearly all Of our two hours talk was on
the political topics indicated aboye-I
should say, rather, his talk. for most Of the
time Mr.. Stephens seemed nearly oblivous
of the presence of his auditors. With his
eyes fixed upon one point on the wall, be
would talk as steadily and consecutively
as if repeating wcjl-learned oration, and
he seemed impatient Of questions or any
Interruptions. 1t was as if he were re-
hearsing from memory the chapters Of his
book, and felt bound to get through with
them all. Sitting In his disordered room,
surrounded by confusion of old books,
manuscripts, bottles, walls, and ancient fur
ni'ure, and discussing questions, many OF
which were long since settled and are nearly
forgotten, he seemed to be q sort Of necro-
mancer trying to revive the spirit of the
dead past. He has been on invalid for the
past two years. and is obliged to use crutches
III walking. He never expects that his health
VIII permit him to again take any part in
public tifc. In spite Of his infirlnitics, how
ever, he makes his influence widely felt by
means Of conversations with men who come
from all parts of the South to see him.
Scarcely a day passes that he does not
receive visitors from n distance. In
this way be keeps up his acquaintance
with public men throughout the South,
auu Is Sllit pOteDC III cOutTOlijuS Gue dCllOu
of the Democratic party in this State, and,
to some extent, in all the southern States.
Probably no man in Georgia wields the in
fluence that he. does with the class that still
refuse to accept the situation. The people
of the village have great reverence for
him, and seem to rely upon him for advice
and assistance. His charity and kindness
Of heart are proyerbial in all the country
round, and he is beloved alike by white
men and negroes, who, when in trouble,
come long distances to get his counsel.