National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-06-08
A Pen Picture Of Robert Toombs.

The great and sole ambition Of RoBT TONES,
of Georgia, Is TO be considered the great I'M
rcconst ructed.' lie is still, according 10 his
own announcement, a rebel, aud will accept
no flvors himself from the United States Gov
ernmcnt, and would prefer that the people Of
the State in which he lives should accept none.
TooMRs has never felt happy since the lerions
of the Union thwartcd his desire TO call the
roll of his slaves at the foot of Bunker Hill.
Immediately after the close Of the war, when
TONES first gave uttCrancc TO his extreme
views, and denounced the United States Gov
eminent in bitter terms there w,r those who
applaudcd him. But his then admirers have
got over all that, and the people Of the South,
as a rule, now regard him as pCstiicTcus old
extremist who is doing them inc:.lculable harm,
and " hose views are neither a pleasure nor
a profit 10 any one In fact, his speeches
are now denounced as mere dTivel, for the
sensible, thoughtful people Of the South re-
member that il was he, more than any other
single one Of the leaders of the South who
! lurcd them into the notion of slaveOTracy. TO
| be achieved 10y secession upon the ruins Of the
| Union. ToOMBs is soiourning AT the Hot
! Springs, in Arkansas, and he recently made a
speech there, in the course Of which he said:
The South never sought any Tc,HniaTy advan-
| tArC from the Government " III" tLIl,d States /:
she ought Ia seek hone now. wa IN CnnCGvSS
| seventeen years and In my own district in EA>VFn
| Gc,'rIsin. and say to You now that never Ct a
| dollar out Of the Treasury Tor one single sput in
| ihnt district was not s,lt there to steal Ever
| dollar taken fr,m The Treasury Tor ,srticts>r
locality l. injustice To the est Of the clUntTy.
and can tell y'u. 1" the glory Of iny commitments,
that In the seventeen Year ui my public service III
! CUngTc~s no man IN Georgia EskCl me 10 do 1t.
The Louisville CoWrirr-JOHrHoI Prunounces
such language twaddlc; declares that n new
generation has sprung up in the South which
will not he governed by such advice, and
draws the following exquisite pen picture Of
the pestiicrous Georgian:
In tie old time II" one was - bid Gs no one was
~ brilliant rs TunNTs IN riding the glory wh h
awaited the southern states a. snun a. they should
dcla, themselves from The N"rtvrn states and >ei
NJ n CunlrlvU'y ni their own. Cotton, IN lGcrhar-
aCtCr Ui king. was Ia Tulc the world. The black
population va, h. 4" all ihCWuIS. once ont II the
tuiuu, the white man M"li'. have n hing 10 do
but Ill on hi NCTtIdd and suck iced drinks. That
was TuuMU~ Utopia. Wei, The iug ui war CLnlr
and how WI, il, The south lot IT. all Mt
IUuNn- Wa .hiCnl enough 10 ave his PORTION II"
came ont y tn 10th hi LIE aud fortune. tie Eu>
never known 'taywi want or COTTON. Tirh MAJ,
! e. Lv-'n with. he Is rich man today. \ se.:sh
c2'tIsl with an nnGncnrhANr vanity. he has 20
N',d III, Last ten year lu sI,h uIt,TauC'- 80. ty
their Nin,n.' 'hvuld Keep him. at the expense u
Ii rnr'f- rnd hs P"ric hCi"Ic thr IWhilr
There Ina loru no tEnc since the war ".,u Lc
| could ht elected to Ah office IN &c. r-iG H." Els
had nothing - lose, Therefore vs. H. s"uHlitua
uurpNug- which are deliberate and la,s,i ME-.
not q, nr wuud hnNv us lCl.cvt the cAuliitiou> ui
! an cXr.lrl scr.u 0t wrui,y. lie was hurl with a
silver pom In Nj, mouth. HI cNTyrivuc, e.. d e
hu. been ,,uur,d with golden ladlr He made
hinI.clI leader during Wild Iy1ud " ta,vlIi> "I
! the Inu sIrvy. Nig'Iuu, Uuu Trtkl,ss kEd-su,h
talent, rs have marked the canrvr Of h.s
uIul",ypr IN current ISlIli,s SENIOR Mos
iuN, uf Indiana. lilo PLAYED luT great Stake and
Lost. hut he rd away with enough u maze nim
Udifl,1t r.t T., ;hv Gi,u,~s Il, had done Sd much o.
hTiug ul,puL Iu LAY that hc is essentially an uu'
wise man !, o. Pul won him lie aSruPion which
. lie universally brus Going deeper into III char
| actcr he Il q cold pl'lrss man, WIN cate for no
| Luly bu' him ell lls life uB. been one long pub
lie curse II b. not necessary for such Vt.IUria
/ t. tell u. bu,Nmrll, that he served seventeen
| year In tnhGI"'s with ul dy.ns any ,W'siau. .a
, SlNI,, for hi Constituents. That would IT, taken
for gIaulrd without hi testimony. lie Is gu'l IA,
I man To 60 L. Washington. draw hs pay aut
mileage, aud waste Ii" people. time ami muUr!
| upon his own glunhCHuun, making h.ati.'T,k3t,
sivcCAvs iu.l Ci misleading rudvm ntiay, settling