The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-05

winch . large number OF the prominent men Of tho
State participated The general government presented
General Lafayette with township near Tallahassee.
Florida This land has since passed into tho hands OF
different partes"
what the population OF Montgomery at tho
time OF Lafaycttc's vistr'
Somewhere between l 900 and 500"
THE census OF 1870 gives Montgomery population
Of S. 4o5 whites and 8, 1873 blacks
.'rhe means OF communication at that time were
II remember the tmo when the nrst steamboat ar
rived here from Mobile. It. was the Tensaw, an ola
rckety and slow Affair." The bouts at that time carried
. small cannon, and on nearing landing they gave
notice OF their arrival BY dschargng IL There were
no steam whistles then"
FACILITIES IN 1890
'Your mail facilities equally slow and Detective
u 10 10 be supposed"
Judge BinB-rhcre . regular mall route from
Washington city to Montgomery. Tho mail was for
warded by stage coaches, and took fully ten days Tor
n letter 10 reach its destination. On the interior
routes Of which there very few. mail riders were
employed. The postage on q letter was twenty-five
cents and was usually paid at the delivery a. post
age stamps had not yet come into use TINS was about
the year $50 Correspondence then was very limited
and was too expensive luxury TO DO much INDUCED
Travelling, suppose, was also quite expensive and
"rhe only extensive trip J made in those early days
was when I attended the Free Trade Convention IN
Philadelphia in 1884, Myself and the other delegates
travelled Rom Montgomery 10 Baltimore entirely In
stage coaches We progressed at very slow and to-
dious rate, and the trip was exceedingly fatguing A.
Baltimore We took q steamboat up the bay TO tho
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and thence 10 Phila
delphia, which We reached in about two weeks from
Montgomery. II II interests yOu sir, give you
brief outline or the FREQ Trade Convention"
THE FREE TRADE CONVENTION or 1881 IN PHILADELPHIA.
sIn 1881 there was great excitement between tho
Free Trade and Tariff parties. A Free Trade Convcn-
ton was called by tho celebrated political economist
o a,'ne wss Sed 70 in October iss the Musical
Fund Hall, and was largely attended. The dele
gates from Alabama were:--General John A. Elmore
General Enoch Parsons, Alfred b. Scott, d. 5. Bihb
Howell Rose and several others whose names
cannot now recall l the only survivor
Of the gentlemen havo named Perhaps in the United
States thcre never met more dignincd more august
and more intellectual body. Virginia had sent Chief
Justice Marshall; South Carolina had her jeffrey
and Pettigru Indeed, the States seemed eager 10
send their most distinguished men. There also
presents Mr. Fish, Of New York. who, 1t Is probable
was tho father of Secretary Fish. committee OF one
delegate from each State represented appointed
draft address 70 the people Of the United States on
the subject Of iree trade John perrien, OF Georgia,
was the chairman OF this committee. The committee
adopted an address which largely circulated such
the profound logic and such the correct
stitutional embodied In that address that II
not without It's effect the public mind This effect
was however strong enough to arrest altogether
the tide OF protective tariff which seems to have per-
vaded the Northern manufacturing States
tons'
whom l was introduced by General Enoch Parsons,
who was 10 Intimate personal riend and had served
with him in the Creek war.
WHAT JACKSON THOUGHT or FREE TRADE.
"You and General Parsons having been delegates to
tho Free Trade Convention were the subjects Of free
trade and protective tariff mentioned when called
on President Jacksonp'
ut was the subject of quite animated discussion
General Jackson advocated judicious tariff being
the best method Of raising means for tho support o
the government, and being preferable to direct Taxa
ton In this matter Of the tariff, said General Jack
son, you Of the South far behind the age thu
North is IN ADVANCE
sJudge do you still remember tho personal appear
General jackson at tho time Of your visit at thu
White House ~
''Quito distinctly, sir; and must say that wal
agreeabiy disappointed. had conceived that tha
roughness which is engcndcrcd by the turmoil Of border
warfare would cling TO him still; but, to my SURPRISE
found him most polite, dignined and courty gentle
man. There and grace IN his manner tina
impressed me very iavorably indeed"