The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-29
TERNS.
UNWRITTEN HISTORY.
Alexander H. Stephens replies to ThurlOw Weed.
LIBERTY HALL, CHARLOTTESVILLE, GA, Jo l 1STG

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 ow Weed, entitled, An Unwrit- oen Chapter of History" in which Afr. Weed gives a narrative of how the Heralds influence was obtalned for President Lincoln's administration" After relating the incidents which preceded his arrival at MT. Bennett's mansion Dn the Heights, the following sen scnces occur:
 "We then walked for half an hour around the grounds, when q servant came and announced din ner. The dinner was frugal ono, during which, until the fruit was served, we had genera. con versation. then frankly inform ed him of the object of my visit, closing with the remark that Mir. Lincoln deemed it more impor- tant to secure the Herald's sup port than to obtain a victory in the field. Mir. Bennett replied that the abolitionists, aided by 'whig members of congress, had provoked a war of danger of which he had been warning the country for years, and that now, when they were reaping what they had sown, they had no right to call upon him to help them out of difficulty they had delib- erately brought upon themselves. { I list t-ned without interruption for ten minutes to bitter denun- clation of Greeley, Garrison, Sew ard Sumner, Giddings, Phillips and myself, as having, by irritat- ing and exasperating the south, brought war upon the country, l then, in reply, without denying or attempting to explain any of his positions, stated the whole question from our standpoint. l informed him of facts and cir cumstances within my own knowledge showing conclusively she deliberate design of severing the unlon to prevent California from coming into the union as a free state. l gave him the then unknown particulars of an inter. view of Messrs. Toombs, Stephens and Clingman, members of con gross from Georgia and North Carolina, with Gen. Taylor. The object of that interview was to induce Gen. Taylor, a southern | man and slave holder, to veto the bill permitting California to enter the union as q free state. It was stormy interview, with threats ol disunion on one hand and hang. ing on the other. The facts were communicated to Senator Kamlin of Maine, and myself within ten minutes after the interview clos. cd-"
 put the last part of this ex, tract in italics. It is the only matter in this chapter of history that 1 wish at this time to notice and the only notice that l wish tC take of it is to assure Mir. Weed and all your readers that no sucl interview of Mcssrs. Toombs Clingman and myself ever tool place with Gen. Taylor. How ht and Mir. llamlin could have beer informed within ten minutes aftel of the particulars of an interview which never occurred l do mol know; but 1 do know never ask
 cd Gen. Taylor to veto any bil whatever during his administra ton. 1 know. also, and the rec Ords show it, that the blll permit ting California to enter the unior as a free state did not pass con gress until after Gen. Taylor, death; l do, moreover, know tha ] and my colleague, Mir. Toombs favored the admission of Calilor, as q free state under her then constitution during the whole ol