The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-08-24
CRATE BROWNS REBEL RELA.
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GRATz BROWNS REBEL RELA. |
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The Men who Call Him ssCousin
Gratx,,--A Thousand Southern Rel
, atives. and not a Union Man Among
Them.
From The Cincinnati Gasstte.
Who is Gratz Brown-in his
family what are his blood ties ?
Who are the eminent men Of his
genius ? Who are his natural sup
porters His natural friends are
the men who could claim his at
tenticn by a community Of blood.
His numerous kinship has been
mentioned. The extent of it has
not been overestimatcd. 1t is
probable that he hiss more than
one thousand cousins living. close
enough of kin to claim his recogni-
ton by calling him sCousin Gratz.'
and il is probable that nine hun.
dred Of them have been and ere
rebels and Democrats. So when
Grstz went back to Democracy he
went to his old family, and they re-
ceived him as they did back the
Blairs, who are OF the same family.
Let us see who they are that have
received him and become his warm
supporters.
l. The Breckinridges, John c.,
VIM. C. p, Robert j. were all
officers of the rebel army. We
know of but one nan Of this name
now living who is at all prominent
that is an opponent Of cousin Gratz
Hon. Sam. Breckinridge. of st
Louis. The family is a large one,
very large, and only few of them
were Union men, and still fewer
are now Republicans. The sub
divisions Of this family, the Cry
sons, Bullocks, CANDLES. Watts
etc, were all or reariy all rebels
as is Hon. j. P. Holcomhe, rebe
agent in Canada, who married s
cousin of Gratz Brown.
2. The Brown family proper
| OF this one the vast majority wer'
Southern people, shareholders, ant
nearly all of them rebels, AM
among them is the noted names o
the Yersers, Of Mississippi. Graf
Browns father was q Union man
and SO were his brothers, but the
are all now with him-gone bac
to the old family roof.
3. OF the Preston brancn tner
are host, and it is difficult thin
to find a Union man among them
but rebel officers were plentiful
William Preston, of Kentucky
rebel.G eneral; William B. Preston
of Virginia, robel confederat
States Senator; John S. Preston
rebel General; A. S. johnson, th
great rebel General; William z
johnson, Confidential Aid Of Je
Davis; John b. Floyd, OF gres
notoriety. the Prof. Holmes, an
Prof. Venable, of University
Virginia, who are engaged in pre-
pariEg series of school books fe
Southern children, are connecte
with Gratz by the marriage Of h
cousins. What shall we say ,
the Lewises, Carringtons, Peyton
Johnsons, etc., of Virginia and Il
South2 They are the choice
names of Democracy and rebe
lion.
4. OF the Smith branch OF Ii
family VIC have the Bla;rs ar
Marshalls, of Kentucky, all no
with Gratz, and the most OF the
rebels.
8. Then comes the Howal
branch, with the same result, mer
!. bers of the best Southern societ
! shareholders, generally Democrat
and rebels-Wickliffs, Woolley
!. Paynes, &c.
| We omitted to mention amor
his kin, General Wade Hampton
!. We believe it was Hampton al
, Blair, both cousins OF Brown, til
, alarmed the North four years a.
by their rebel utterances =
: If the South had motive in g
= dncing johnson; ii John Bseckil
ridge would have made the Pres
!. dent they wanted; if Buchan
could have been gotten out CT t
J way, SO will the very incarnati
n of rebellion and pro-slavery po
= :. tics; in its coolest, wiscst, me
i determined aspect, have a repr
|. sentative in the White House,
, Greeley should die, and Graft
4 luck should make him Presiden
J. What would old man Greeley, va
10 and weak, be in the hands of the
men? :? Frank Blair knew what
was doing at Cincinnati.