The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-01-17
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promising boy, just after his elec>
tion as President.di 5sa4ois1 ed0
. In conversation with a 'Sontb
Carolina gentleman, President
Fierce said, Immediately afteril,is
inauguration, that if iie had lived
in the South, He,, too, would have
been a secessionist. iaI thought
this very strange language tor q
President to- use. Bit it was an
honest confession of his, impulsiye
heart, and in character with the
man. - he detested oppression and
wrong, and thopgbtihat Northern
interference with our domestic i'm
8 itntions most understandable -
Under these wrongs, expressions
and inierferences, his. feelings, and
not his judgements, would have con
tro'led his actions. '-nm >" .beb
Since writing this sketch of
PRESIDENT Pierce, be has departed
tlfs iife, and no Northern States
man has left behind him a repata.
ton more endeared to the Sontlr.
He was faithful to his; political
principles, Inherited from his Rev.
olntlonary ancestors, amidst, Tie
faithiess North, in our civil war,
which denied to the Southern
States, in their, felly, the right of
self government, at the sacrifice of
half a million of human lives.
ras rHa ,arf EDWARD EVERETT. .,..t ..
first saw Mr. Edward Everett
at his own house, whilst President
OF Harvard G,llege. Mr.. Poin-
sett had given me q Letter of intro
duction to him. He was then in
feeble health. He was mild and
soft in his manners, showing a re-
fined and most, polished gentle.
man, full of varied information and
extremely Interesting in eonversa
ton. Ills person seemed fragile.
'' He spoke Of the cultivation of
the grape in the, United States.
aud said it never could be success
full. He Thought this, was proved
by the history of China. Although
The Chinese were a very industri.
ons, pains-taking and ingenious
people, greatly devoted to agricul
ture through necessity, they had
never been able to succeed to any
extent in making wine. He said
their climate was that Of ours, and
their country similarly situated.
If the Chinese could not succeed ia
the culture of the grape, he did
not think the Americans ever
could. He said that the flavor of
the grape in Europe was very diff
ferept from that Of the sam 6
species in,the United States. r,...',
In speaking of the rich lands
near the lakes, through which had
just passed, on my trip to Niagara
Fails, he told me that his faith erin
law once owned all of those lands,
had purchased them in the early
history of New York, for few
cents an acre, and disposed OF them
for q very !. incopsiderab1e sum,
thinking they were TOO remote ever
to be sa!eable. These lands were
then worth fifty and one hundred
dollars pei acre. Such has been
the progress of society, and the de.
vel"pment OF the country, brought
about by canals and railroads. I,
20. Mr. Everett was once a Unita
rian preacher, andI noticed lying
open on his centre. table, a large
ands,magniticently buund Bible.
For many years lie was a member
of; Congress, Governoraof the Stare
of Massachusetts, Minister to En-
gland, United States Senator, and
President of Harvard College,
Since this visit to him in 1846, lie
was the Wing candidate for Vice.
President. J." H1F s.a,r.
i In. one of. lis speeches in the
House of Representatives, many
years ago, and before Abolition was
So popular at the North, Mir.
Everett declared that he would
shoulder his mnsket, and march
to the South 70 assist in suppress
ing amy insurrection of our slaves.
Mr~Rlcbard Yeadon, of Charles
ton, told me that he once referred
to this speech in the presence OF
Mr., Everett, and he had, or aztec.
ted to have, forgotten it. slu,E
When the ladies of the United
States, undertbe lead of my friend,
Miss /, PAMELA Cunningham, of
South Carolina, undertook to pur.
chase Mount Vernon, Mr.. Everett
dslivered, throughout the Repub-
lic, in aid Of the Association, lis
| famous Grafton OH the life and char.
acter. OF Washington. .i From this
dotle effort OF, Mr.. Everett's, THE
ladies realized fifty or sixty thou
sand dollars. The enterprise was
mainly successful owing to Mr..
Eysrett'si exertions. Everywhere