Wilmington journal., 1875-12-31
10liInliIlytoa 5o''iI''l'
Gordon
example ia Rs-f"si"g 80
.,s good ar.euf n Govern.
Let ,,ena appointment

. ,,ngt,,n JoT e'' Gnu
F''D''S ,ntrr il already quite pleas
The co'I 'nsr with the name OF 1oh''
et, taiIl'n' ann # Georgia, erstwhlie
GoFdo",, .n,rt general Of the Con
trhup8 IA uoG n thoroughly recon-
saeracy, onstor 'r Of the United States.
rleies !; i is too much to say that IL
PtrnaP0s s,crrr l If Jobn s. Gordon is en-
ss eta' .'"ra aor true manhood aud genu
saced .nU. Nv than can be found IN any
ne honU ,.J,dIhg Imporrant position
autr Hlen e.n,rarGmen:; but II Is not to"
re sy that IL these parh ;uiar@
,acl - .re.lled by any clt1zun OF the
> ho' t1ras eI,her III public or pr
sc .hs' 'o,rion is not rlch, On the
'sn' bsnd his circumstances are SO
f:l f-at4 r. that he hnds it necessary to
lodeT"oe oo~ners pretty closely to aToid
at hi' ~ his d mestic accounts at
,dshci' + zach year. Large-hcarteo
5e ehu nitabie enough to spend the in
ad 10 duk, If he enjoyed it, thu
,ale (,eug!eman il compelled to rr.-
sants t;t impulses Of generosltJ to the
s,i'' nf very lj'tl", il anythlng' be-
r1- h,s senatorial salary. lie has a
f3bu In,o.,. 49,, lie eldest of wh' N, Hugh
bs a n . Young man Of much prom
GJio'51' ',n,.,jion, now eng ged Ia the
|Hu ,a,. ,aw here III Washington.
$ao!! c,sslty of strict economy under
lle -. faiher .uburs Is ii serious EN-
sH - .m,nt 70 tie young man, and
5-..js him TO fore8o many OF til.
.n1m5pest pl, usuEcs OF il e: Lust
eL'',, -,,.s. Fr,tltt a AIMS. MIR. r'r> nch,
T', 'Ioroan who's exc, lient impulses
.$e freareutI: suggested to me that
''s -, the wlung pew POLITICALLY,
i .,,.bt 10 JON lue balarce OF good
-. OHIO make uy tie bulk OF the
a',o ',',c,,cv. learned Of the rm barrahf;-
~ n,i,r which young Gordon IL
~rII clatlng the sterilng qua
.as # tue younE man, and tuil oi
.,,..Wortby desire to assist him, no
for lbs own tEan tor ills father
:, Nr French went outside the reg
,,,I. Il HIs partv caucus and ten
.,.d ~ Hugha pos?tiOnin the Senate
L,.b,.r. which would pay about
- sIll 3 wear, aud the dntles of which
" III ha ,!:sria-sed G!jhuut seriously
,gr,ai.irg III opportunities for prose
.nt;,., hi, icau, s;uIIes. lie youuS
',- gas ainn- to accept OF the posi-
--n when 9unat9r GUfdou learned OF
rhe Senator immediately sought N1.
c.,nct and tod him he could not CON
A., n,,-uF4pE fGpnt
"God bless you, Mr.. French, for
z,ur kind Intentions. SAID the Sena-
:,r "but cannot consent TIC have ny
an ,.ensi0ued on the Government. Do
mt imagine that | object to the ar
:. cement yuu hav@ 2een SO kind as to
cfer upon merely parts an grounds:
+ is not because this position Is Ctfored
+, nv sor by Republican officer that
object Z MS acceptance of 1T Oh
ct becauS / am opposed utterly to
he dcctriuv that Senator SOU should
be entitled - any consideration, and
B4caust [ cannot sanction any ap
2roach, how~ver indirect or remote, to
1eDotism. My owD resources, though
inn ed, are sufficient to enable ny son
complete his studies, AID II by rea-
.cn ii my comparative lack of re-
ources he should be con PEELED to OBJ
erye economy and frlignlity, 1t will
De 10 disadvantage to INN IN the long
un.
So the appointment was withdrawn.
When A.r. Fifzhugh was chosen
loo.Aeeper OF the House, 1t occurred
. inn uliat he wouid nov have an Op-
ftuni;y to rtciprocate, III part at
cast, tine many klndnesse8 OF VIII CT
le had been the reclI lent at the hands
f his Old Confederate commander,
ien Gordon, III times past and gone.
Ie knew OF the situation of young
Ingh Gordon. ard also of the fact
hat tie Senator had objected to his
Of tie appointment from
dr. French But he thought the
ame objection would not prevail as to
positions ~lthiu the gift OF the Demo
rate yarty, especially since III this
,ase ths place is not Ill the branch OF
he Government with which the Sen
ste is connected. SO Fitzhugh ten
Tered Hugh Gordon one of the best
places Ill his gilt. and the young man
ask 4 his fathers Consent 70 .ccept It.
"Wrie immediately to Col. F4tZ-
hugh, nj son" replied Senator Cor
len, "und thank lin ior lis cOnsid-
And say, in addition, that
Dy reason of circumstances over which
yuu have no control it would be i'm
proper 10: you to accept any aPPoin-
i've office under the auspices OF any
polite party. And to settle this
matter, once for ali, let 1T be under
stood that 50 long as L hold a position
)f tlust aud influence by virtue OF the
'ufrages ot the legislative representa-
tlves Of the pt ople of Georgia, you
cannot accept any appointmant what
ever. + the people OF Georgia should
ever require your services they Will
sso1ify the fact by eiectlng you to the
position they may desire you to fill.
But the fact that they have chosen me
to represent them in the Senate does
not slgnify that they require your
services Ill any capacity"
80 this appointment Was declined,
! repeat that in this era of scramble
ior Office aud OF shameless nepotisn.
ln all branches OF the government,
TINS little episode in the career of the
ueofgla SenatUr slards out i'll bold AMI
s'rlklug relief, uud s..ouId be set up as
an example for ali our public servants
70 Initiate. Men who confronted the
division that Goldon led twelve years
ago 90 not need to be told that he was 81
soi4:er 1T 10 rank with LanEes, Soult
or Maasena. And those WHO have been
hoaCTed by his acquaintance since do
Aot ltQmrt assurance that lie is man
Ah9 gentleman OF the purest aud
hhopiest L type extaut III the present or OF
A''oiy. but as there are great many
people IN the North wLo ne> or resisted
us charge III battle or graspad his
nah9 n;. IL Scc4ai Intercourse, [ have re-
ti'e'' t thls little anecdote tltat tney may
'oi IN some idea OF the character Of The
LNa' nSi.' som7tlme- wouder at the fex,.
pi!'y o. these political institutions
"I %nlch sent meu lik" john B. Gordon
@H,oAgside He OF JOIN Logan and Simon
1urm+fon. "a: aud John Sherman and
npple Mitchell, and Spencer and Johr
oi, "''eIs Is0h, representing, as they do
A.. Stades ot human depravity from
oot,TLuonesty VI to felony, and all stages
e,dI.Ii IsInan degradation, from the dis
0ieoltabie to the Infamous.
TENNESSEE TRAGEDY.