National Republican., 1874-05-07


22s,) referring to former notices, she says Tin
someVhat pAtroni.ing aif,) AIR. Dowiing, (whon
promised to bring on the stage, have seen bu
once since. believe, however, he continues Il
merit esteem, and Will doubtless, with encourage
ment, make useful member OF snciety, am In
formed he is handsome writer, both In prose
and poetry" &C.. In her Southern Tour (p. M
she expresses the great pleasure she had eajoyed
In meeting my brother Tom, (now OF Terrs
haute.) In Lawrenceburgh, Indiana, which %
overJoyed her as to "drive even her mother and
brother, (whom she was about to visit after an
absence Of years. out OF her head ~ and expressed
her qualification that he stood socially and politi
cally so high, and that was at the same time
Qsso,) making friends and progress in Kentucky.
She delighted to call rs "houseless orphans II
and never appeared to lose sight Of us from the
timo we first met.
Gentlemen, mover knew q man or woman des-
titute Of gratitude who was not naturally mean.
and whose heart was not rotten at the core: and
1t Is for this reason that dwell on the uuuayer.
ing gratitude Of Mrs. Royal for the smallest IA
vors received. have told you how little she was
indebted to me. and will now, as am giving nv
own reeollections Of the eccentric but
lady, tell you how her excessive gratitude bene.
hted me in o quarter that did not expect and
could not have anticipated. I went to Indiana in
July, 1885, and In Isn was q candidate for State
printer, at the request Of the Hon. Caleb B. Smith
and other kind friends then in the Legislature of
that State. During the two or three days can.
vass amonI the members preliminary to the cleo.
tion was informed that Col. James Butler a
member from 0aes county, whom did not know
and had no recollection Of ever having seen. was.
in despite, believe, Of difference Of politics.
one Of my most zealous and enthusiastic sun
porters.
In fact, one of my friends, said he, twas crazy
about me, and had DowIing strongly on the
BRAIN" was perfectly at loss to account for II.
but the noxt morning, after having been intro
duced to the Colonel in the rotunda of the State
Capitol, lafter most sincerely thanking him for
his friendly zeal, entirely unexpected \ he in.
formed me that he twas tho halfbrother OF the
good-hearted, but eccentric, Mrs. Anne Roysll.
who knew myself and my brother when we were
boys, and was never tired taking about and prais
Ing a." and that sin gratitude for our kindness
to her there was no office In the gift Of the people
that he would not vote for either OF us to fll.
party or no partyi'' Col Butler was q gallant
officer in Ohio during the war Of lsi2-l4, and had
moved from Virginia to Kentucky then to Ohio
and from thence to Decatur, vermillion and
nnaIiy to Cass county, Indiana where he died
lew years ago. He was as modest, simple and
mild hammered man" as I ever saw. and I'm
this respect was the very opposite of his more eel
eorated andenergetic sister. He had during life,
seen very little OF her, (of whom he was ten or
eleven years younger,) they having separated
and taken different directions early in life; but
bis kind treatment Of me as her friend showed
that in despite of long separation, warm broth
eriy ahection continued to animate his kind and
genial heart. i
The Colonel was poor but very honest man
al his life, and bis sister, when she visited him In
Decatur county in 1880, commented upon his want
enterDrfaa In tha Il
great drawback and misfortune for himself and |
amiiy.
Mrs. Royal died on the 1st Of October 1854 in
he words of the National InteHigeneer, sat very
advanced age" being then, understand, ninety i
wo. notwithstanding her free and frank |
vay Of treating those she did not like, she grad
lally gained in the estimation Of all who knew /
Ter intimately, and among the large number who /
olloWed her mortal remains to the grave, I un- /
erstand (for was absent from the city at the /
ime) were many Of our most respectable citizens
Ter deep sympathy with and tender regard for L
he poor and the distressed, as they became
,noWn, did away, or greatly Modified, the pre]u l
Ices Of many, who, twenty-five years before, L
Tould have reJoiced at her punishment as seold L
nd brawlet. Three Thousand dollars received |
rom her husbands estate two years before, with /
ef pension as the widow Of Revolutionary
older, saved her from want In her latter days.
1t Is not my intention to dfiate upon her
Tritings, because they were as accessible to any
{ my associates as TO myself. They consisted Of
Letters from Alabama" from 1917 to 1872;
Sketches Of History, Life and Manners in the
United States" "The Tennessean," three series
"The Blackbook," embracing travels North
nd South, and the "Paul Pry" and "Huntress,nI
1o weekly papers published in this city, devoted
0 personal and political sketches Of men and
hings about the national metropolis.
Now, gentlemen iatter myself that as much
s has been said and written about Mrs Royal, I
ave told you many things that you have not.I
card before in regard to her origin and family
marriage connection and the singu-
lr romance Of her early life. also hope that I
ave said enough to mitigate and mollify the
rejudices Of many who imagined she was nothing
ut q termagent and common scold, with no re-
eeming qualities to save her character from con-
emnation.
1fthis has been accomplished, gentlemen, and
have shown that, in spite Of her eccentricities,
he had noble and generous soul, In full sym
athy with everything charitable and benevo-
ant, am satisfied. Peace to her eshesi She was
lore sinned against than shining, and has gone o
title time before us, to "Hhere the wicked cease
-om troubling and the weary are at rest" and
here the Infallible Judge OF the quick and the |
cad will pass upon her motives and Intentions
egardless Of external appearances or mere out
de show, and Judge her accordingly.