Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-01-20
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Buckingham.

Ma. EniroR--Ihe article copied Into the
Hast HERALD commenting on a recent
speech In the United States Senate,
lby one Buckingham, In which, among sun
adry other bitter things, that obscure Sena-
flor expressed his deliberate regret that ex.
apresidenr Jefferson Davis and Gen, Robert
u Lee were not hung NJ the conclusion of
he war, calls mp reflections both painful
2and Notifying Painful that an A nerican
9citizcn can be- found Mt this dpy-seven
Slong years after the South surrendered the
nsword-seven years in which we have
I been disowned and at the mercy Of the VIC
gtor--to entertain, much less give public
Suterance 10 such abhorrent sentiments
land m0riifying, that such n man eau occu-
Spy n seat in that body rendered famous by
great names from its organization In 1889
10 1860. The query will arise who is this
dBuckinsham, and where comeh he? |
apropose to throw some light on the subject.
We read in authentic history, written
since by a historian to the manor
1born that In the year 1918 an Indian We
Hmsn named Betty, taken captive In King
Phillips war in We colony OF Connecticut
land enslarcd, was given by the authorities
to Capt. james Avery, In reward for his
3gallant conduct. Capt. Avery sold her to
aMr. Charles Hill, who in turn sold her TO
Hthe famous Chief Uncss for several hun
Sarsd acres Of land. The city Of Norwich
gin Connecticut partly stands On that land
abought with that Indian slave, and this
n Buckingham lives in Norwich. IL the
& fountain be bad, the stream, However long
its course, is apt to betrsy its origin.
Then again there was once horn, lived
. land tlourished in that same town Of Nor
(Which man whose name was Benedict Ar
Enold. lie, like his disciple, Buckingham,
Nbclieved in the summary execution OF those
Gwho fought on the side ofrebellion (so-call,
8ed) believing it was the siie ofliberty and
4 good government. Deserving to the side
aof loyalty he returned to his native heath,
3at the head Of a loyal force Of msrcena aries,
attacked fort Ledford, within IA miles Of
4his own former home, and after the brave
/ land noble rebel defender, surrendered to
lShis overwhelming for,e, he deliberately
Hput most of them to death an d threw the
crest, bleeding, and wounded into those
n foul loyal prisons ships in New York Is
; there no parallel between the acts of Ar
! mold and the sentilnen is Of Buckingham?
Forty six years ago, when Connecticut
Twas good democratic State, the State
asrected on the spot q towering monument
: Of granite, to the memory Of Ledyard and
q the rebel patriots who fell on that memoir
asble 9th of September 1881. On its walls
Sare carved the names OF nine bearing the
name Of Avery, BESIDES two wounded and
Hcarried to the prison ships, all lineal de-
Sscendants of that Capt. James Avery who
u l03 years before, sold the Indian slave wo-
Sman Betty to the man who traded her off
n flor the land on which this Buckn ham
q lives. Mr.. Colfax, who presides over the
5Ssnate, Mr.. Horatio Seymour aui some
aoiher men Of more or less distinction, are
slslso descended from that brave old Indian
Fighter and slave trader, Capt. James Avery
3-indecd he has six lineal descendants in
Sthis town of Dallas, another in Houston
and one in Brownsville, Texas, all Of
swhom are proud Of his memory and proud
err still Of the impcrishable record carved
in the granite facings of that monument,
swhose towering shaft can be seen from the
town where Arnold ilonrished aud Buck
I Bingham now lives. His relentless snd
bloody regret that Davis and Lee were not
hung, is at war with every revolutionary
glory enshrining that monument and the
fescutcheon of the noble little state he dis
sgraccs by occupying the seat long s nce
1honored by Roger Sherman, Oliver Wolcott
land Jonathan rrumbull lie is blight
30D the American name-too insignificant
4 o have his nose pulled-too obscure to be
remembered a full moon after his death
land may be described in brief as tho quint.
Sessence Of malignant bitterncys-the poor
apuppy o