The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-07
WHAT GEN. TOOMBs SAYS.
He liz Not Reconstructed. Hut Conforms
to the situatien-Mr. Hayes a Patriot.
lltifnnre Gn1ette.l

On Saturday evening Hon. Robert Toombs. OF
Georgia. also visi ed Col. Johnston. and spent
persons called upon the two Georgia states men
during the day, Among them were Mr.. John
King, Jr,, and Col, Jos. Blyth Allston. During
ns day s Wry n CLUB net at s
their RESPECTS to Gen. Toumbs. They were in
PRODUCED by Malcolm Johnston. son of Col
Johnston, and were received most cordially by
Gen. Toombs.
A reporter of the Gazette had lengthy CONVEX
sation upon political topics with Gen. Toombs
h. said !, the !, Dsmoeratie party shaud sustain Mr.
He released South G Iroina and Louisiana, and
IN so doing # was no new ley policy. but simply
for years commended for, Itrwas the whole duty
Of the South to sustain the President. Ill
thought Mr.. Hayes an honest man and pa
trios; ana these who oppose him were the peo-
tipnal hate, The course Of Mr.. Hayes in abol-
ishing the government Of force has been very
leaders had ma ie Q great mistake. They. wish
to,govern the South by the hatred of The North.
while Mr.. Hayes proposes togovern the country
honestly and fairly, and will restore nationality
try BY q section while Hayes proposes to gov
err, by the whole country, The Radical leaders
they propose, but we will go together and sup
port national government. Gen. Toombs said
he was not reeonstructed. but conformed,
between three and four hundred slaves by the
war, he would not restore. slavery II he could.
He further said that he had never uttered the
call the, roll of his slaves at Bunker Hill. It
was, like thousands Of other statements
a sf Il the story s Fl IL Y Sad a 1s
50 repeatedly in the Senate. and in
other ways. but the story was still circulated
Only few days ago he was compelled to write
TO the President of Brown University. asking
him upon, what authority, he. made such state
ment, and he denounced the author of the
Islander. Gen. Teombs said he was impotent
astonishing hat people would believe the silly
stories crsuIa t about him His father had
b been so.ap IN the s army and
him as 2 gentleman. He had not entered public
eord e Known nd the puSs shoa nj
diseredit these continued reports of silly ut
terances attributed to him. He said
the on the SUPREME sH Bsneb he M IF
that John A. Campbell of Louisiana. the great
est lawyer. without any execution. on the CON
which he had retired at the beginning of the
war. There ia no man more fit for the place in
oil the land ard It would be 4 most happy thing
not to be questioned or inquired into. Good
things come out of Irregular revolutions. and
4 / does not become the south to inquire into
He is a.. great deal better man than
Tilden,. The General said he had voted
for neither. While he could not vote for Hayes.
Tilden because he had been Van Buren, man
IN 1s4s, He had no desire to return to public
life. as he had run his career and cannot run in
him and had never been removed. He would,
however. serve his country in any way that
war. but not In the national councils as there
he cannot play new role He wanted neither
titles nor money, but wished to serve his coun-
try and humanity without any reward, political
or otherwise.