The New York herald., 1872-12-09
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CAMPBELL ON yAkcEY.
| I'll IN Rivinp theSe remarks OF pure aud dignifed
ssn am seeking TO be as neai ly corIecs as monl-
vny ."y VIII allow, and pursuing the same class OF
things, asked him about Mr. Yancey who was n
= ie.ow Aabamian with himself.
sa, mr; iancey l have heard speak several times.-
i Esiu Judge Campbell. ''and vas never satisfied
| n"ve ueen TOLD that when much aroused he lad
Sm. inheiesng he sag countenance aud musical voice,
pus p mc ar,Ways seemed TO me to be a termagant.
neaaine ms speeches thought he talked ike
n" nns snnw un~.i sne hhnence OF an opiate lie did
| not KNOW what ne said when he got into
elocntion, but was the mere creature Of his fac
ON @ ewaehng an speeSh ana suppose that he went
thought" o' w '''e
CAMPBELL ON HUNTER.
Looking over the Southern field sought IN seek
| out some person In whom Judge Campbell reposed
the confidence OF his experience, and was Inter
~ ested TO hear him say as to ex-senator Hunter as
"Mr Hunter had one Of the finest minds in the
natures You win recoect that he s1 WAS nsvsr
but sought within his opportunities to do
tlon g the country under its old conditions.
according to the trnest civilization OF which
when our mtsfortunes pressed equally upon us and
around u.s. and learned to love HIM. He has time
enough on his side OF the clock to be OF innu
ence, and one OF the speeches which he made
during the last campaign was pleasing to me be-
cause cause u - showed that he retained the vigor ana
tT e CAMPBELL ON MASON s
-, soon after mentioning Mr.. Hunter the name OF
lact tnat, after his strong and imperious llre he
6,ed upon pon,o q little farm near Alexandria
Tay rsch seemed to sGSw
ambition. 'Masons domestic life,n said
Judge n sor.Is Campbell was peculiarly beautiful
owned the mansion and grounds where the battle
Of Germantown ragged In the Revolutionary war;
city until it filled up with the troops OF the United
fe eanSon a s ny sRReySh RRsshbss
crate fre all the letters which her husband
% an married. e e In 'ar All ,hSs yeats time or she ne
said that Mr.. Mason was never out OF her
company S,9n 2 day but he wrote her letter
with punctuality, and when he was Senator in
Washington the school exercises Of his daughters
were mailed to him every. day in the week, and
had kept all her husbands letters, but believing
ina tnat the sodiery would ransack her house. she
names She had also destroyed many souvenirs
Oh . character precious to her in domestic vlew
GsS snsa, was sWopd given to her father by
and conceal for she thought her husbands house
was more exposed to peril than my own. / was
not very firm In my mind about carrying weapon
through the streets. but she solicited me SO earn
estly that lput the weapon under my cloak, and,
wrapping the cloak around me, walked through
the city, touched by soldiers on almost every side
| and when got home put the sword up In the top
OF the house among the rafters, ana Kept it there
until could return 1t with safety"
:. THE ARMIsTICE AT HAMPTON ROADS.
ooM MT: Campoei ~ ha gave ~ some Interesting remns
armisticc with Mr.. Lincoln and Mr.. Seward near
the close OF the war. Mr. Campbell said that in
whether II the South laid down its arms and &C.
cepted the Union again, the people there would
slaves. To this Mr.. Lincoln replied that he could
not promise ON wnat me attitude OF the government
hearV Ve yor Cn rne oG or himself nm ne would
the North was as responsible for slavery as the
south, and had abetted IN It, traded in il anu de-
Tended 1t until slavery became a vast public ques.
ton and invited war.
THE PREED NEGRO.
AS to the negro with the ballot in his hand, Mr.
Campbellexpressed no resentment nor feeling OF
reaction on the subject, but said that 1t was truly
W6at
the excheauer Of " the ''vs southern snencs States
sideraton Of new issues. He intimaied that in
the States where the black vote was represent
Southern society had much chance to be brought
to the court OF public reason. He alluded to the
the majority o5biSck men scarcely understood the the
Sss,.Tsr creditors asSn. t,s and nS1nS
taxes and public credit. He also admitted that
the great bulk OF Southern men were without
consideration OF any new questions as a Northern
community might do.
Inquired, in the light OF some OF these adr1is.
sions, II the old Legislatures OF the past in the
newer ones He thourb Il as som as ese
shook his head.
'In Alabama" said he. al recall but a single
instance where there was attempt by the
Legislature to do dishonest thing, and that was
scribed that only certain number OF shares or
stock might be taken In the name OF any one per-
Of the State were sent into neighboring s states
| to get the names of persons to enrol themselves
and take stock for our citizens to own and profit
by. At this general rum0r and belief our Legisla-
ture met together and took from the bank its prv-
leges even for so slight an evasion Of the purpose
OF the law. No." said Judge Campbell, emphati-
| cally, political society may have been anomalous
In former times but the purity of our Legislatures
in most southern States was never queStiOned.n
THE wARMOTH MATTER.
Inquired as to the present condition OF legislative
matters in Alabama and Louisiana AS t. Alabama,
Judge Campbell said that l.. Il. Parsons, q leading
republican, had always been esteemed q man OF
brains and probity. As to Louisiana, he was mildly
to entertain little hope that things could be
Strengthened out under existing conditions. He
where the Governor had been maniiesty Interested
IN bills and franchises OF scandalOus nature, and
said that he was the lrst Governor, even in these
tines to set the example OF delaying bills after
/ they had passed both Houses and the Legislature
had adjourned so that he could make his own
nearly q year after they had been passed. He ad-
mitted that Warmoth had some dramatic qualities
OF which the chief was audacity, and said the
condition Of things In Louisiana was almost anar-
chical.
PROTECTION TO INDUSTRY.
On the question OF national policy, such as pro-
lection, &C., this dispasstonate jurist expressed
the belief that the United States was the richest
country in the world, and he said that the question
Of protection was probably solved already by the
fact that are exporting iron and coal to Europe
He said that the minds OF the older politicians OF
the South had been cast with reference to exter-
minated conditions OF society, law and commerce,
and that which was new was strange to that class
OF men which the North expected now TO come for
ward and make the new year cheerful. whereas
they were incompetent to deal with AFFAIRS entirely
altered, and were benumbed and paralyzed In the
presence OF the new century. Judge Campbell In.
directly intimated hts belief that the war as
1t began was worse than Q blunder-tAat
was msaness; ana Also tnss after y nsd eesun
and that Its fall after eighteen months had passed
was perfectly plain to be foreseen except to the
blind. He outlined some OF the horrible CONNER
cial nAceaaifiaa Of the SQufh After the heQan