The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-10
AMERICAN KINGS.

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i AMERICAN KINGS. .1
E'egnifcent Tribute to Samuel j.. TIL.
den:1 a..45 lf
| C5rreIpoadsnee Of he fSyfldnd argus
NEW York. April 6. z
He is o little dried ur old nian; he
will weigh perhaps lilo pounds; no has o
little. round head, O little round face with
no beard thereon; little, round nose,
but entirely large enough for the face /; a
little round bald spot On the back Of his
head. His hair is brown, and has way
of dropping down over the little round
face; his eyes are blue and rather soft
than otherwise the lid of tb left drops
at times, caused by nervous affection,
but the expression is to give one the Ina
| preston of cunning. He stoops little,
as little dried up old men viii do, and
his wall: is something of creep as though
stepping on eggs. He has no distin-
guished look one would never selest
him from crowd as o man born to COM
mand; oh no, he looks, more like q hard
working shoemaker with his good clothes
on than king, and yet id some respects
no king, nor emperor, nor priest, nor
other man of. any age, or country, has
been his equal. Ii L., ~. .-;.,
He has no friends; he never had blood
enough in his veins either TO feel the
warmth of friendship or to inspire It..
AS the few ounces Of blood which he IL
supposed to have is much too cold to be
quickened by the presence of lovely wo-
man, he is unmarried He never made O
great speech, never wrote o great booi,
I II, ot g
the admiration of mankind. He is not
magnetic; q wooden Indian in front of o
tobacco shop will create rs much enthu-
siasm as he. &c ,rrs is.ir .sii,:..
AT the American Institute Fair, when
open, is tc be seen great number of
curious and most admirable machines of
oil kinds, doing all kinds Of work. One
may spend days examining and admiring
these various machines. Away off at ane
side, unseen, unnoticed, rpthought of, is
the engine that moves these all. Nobody
secs it, nobody thinks of it. All notice
and admire the effect, mono notice nor
admire the cause. ~ j.isl- = si.,git.,.
This little old man is like that engine,
unseen, nnkri.wn, unthought of, but the
cause OF great events. True, for the last
few months his name has been upon
every tongue, but this was but an episode
in his life, and although his power will
be greater than ever, his name will no
| more he heard. He Is an honest and an
exact man; if he owes man q penny it
will be paid, and If penny is due him,
he wants it. He was once made Chief
Magistrate of great State, and after
| election the event was celebrated by q
supper, &c. When the bill came In, he
discovered an error of 88 cents, and sent
it back for correction. This was called
meanness by the free and easy politicians
and added to his unpopularity, for these
political gentry like only 'whole.souled"
fellows--a whole-souled fellow being enc
who robs the public crib and scatteIs O
good share Of the plunder among his
friends. No, this little old man was not
q whole-souled fellow, and was hated by
all politicians. ,it Il 30 ,ss4-ast
| Fessenden to me for the mean way in
which he lived at Washington. Said +.
"My dear friend, if Mr.. Fessenden was as
dishonest az Bome others, he could live M
WE'LL" o il we could have more mean-
meas like that of Mr.. Fessenden and this
little old man, what blessing it would
| be. sii. 'Hdi iiH ~
In the year 1874 the Republicans had
entire control of this State. General Dis
had made wonderful popular Governor,
and as he was candidate for reelection,
it was deemed impossible for the Demo:
Gratis to carry the State They made
| great efforts to induce one Of their lpopu4
lar men like Judge Church to accept the
nomination for Governor in opposition. to
Dix, but the case was 30 hopeless that ali
declined. In this emergency Of the Dem! !
ocrats, my little dried up old man offered
himself, and as defeat was considered
certain, he was accepted. Judge of the
blank astonishment Of the politicians
when they found that he was NOS merely
elected, but elected by .rcmendos.s ma
jority. That little old mans hand was
felt in eveFy county and town and soilooi
district in the State, as the result showed,
and he became "the Governor 'i'
In this State are many rings, among
the worst of which was the Canal Wing.
The Governor was hardly installed bei1re
he began war against this gang Of roS-
bers. This but made them laugh, foi
they deemed themselves invircible.A
Soon, however, things began to assume "a
se.i"us aspect for them, and they sent the
Governor a message something. in this
strain, to wit: 7es ,a:rW IA H..
"DEAR GOVERNOR You know illo7,
strong we are; you know that we hold
the balance of power in this State be.
tween the two parties, and can eleet
whom we will and defeat whom We will
You know that neither party. and NJ
Uovernor, nos eyen Dix, strong CD he was
dare touch US, You want to be Pfesi
dent, and you know that this State hoidI
the balance of powerin the nation; thst
whoever gets New Y cfk will be President
now If you will let us alone! ksa dix ant
all previous Governors have done; ~,
will guarantee this State So you 3 bu
ahonldiyo decline, ali make war upog
Ius, we will cause your political death a
: all hazards. u g. ys!}iH ssh ni ai,n9fTi sid
: loN "Yours t:nly9 ehi d j. fTsIEs R,s.s,,,
To this the Governor returned answe
i sorr. thing; as folle%s:i 'luTF'S eniss 9a'
"sIRs--Ycu. are an organized band 0
! public robbers, preying upon the com
inescial interests of the State: it Il 10,
: perish IN in y the attempt ! You're,
That showed the character &C the man
He had but 70 keep qniet as other Gov
: ernots had done, and the vote of th
Empire State was HE; e he made we
upon the thieves he Waa stlfet,so lese III
! 20 Iar as hr74,,G.Fi sya 1e'si5 zee, It. als
! shows tho marvellous poWc- oE the MAJ
that he both whipped tho ring and save
the State, /, It soon began to be seen, tha
Y the Governor would Be n ,candidat q ;tn
the Presidential nomination. The. rf1H