The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-17

There is an old man In Georgia named
STEPHENS a H. SrErHrSs ALEXANDER
HAMILTON STEPHENS the first two names
evidently having been given to him 10y Il
mistake at the christening, instead of AARON
BURR, which would have been much more
appropriate. Mr.. STEPHENS is ut present
Representative in Congress.
Whom HORACE GREELEY served part Of
term in the House Of Representatives, many
years ago he became acquainted with Mr..
STEPHENS. then u Representative from
Georgia and, for some reason or other, took
a great fancy 10 him. In sketch Of some
Of the members OF the House which Mr..
GREELEY wrote. and published in the Yrib-
me, at the close uf his torn. he spoke In very
complimentary Language of Nj. SrrpIrNs.
whom he rockoncd 10 hc the very ah!r-t
man at that time in Congress. This did
great deal to give Mr.. STEPHENS q national
reputation. The sketch was in Mr. GREE
LEY's very host VEIN, and his estimate OF
Mr.. STEPHENS no one dissenting Yves gem
orally accepted a. correct. 1t appears to
have been In large degree through the
friendship he then formed with Nh. Srl-
purNs that the influence was cNortrl which
$50 strongly t.nsol MrGaErLEY ia the most
c,eutiul periods # the war with s-ce s.. D.
sentiments.
Mr. Gurrrrya Judgment Of Mr.. SrrrHrSs
has had litle to justify it in the suu-oqu 49,
cnrcor If that gontleman He waea blatant
Union man only To Wind mp his grulllo-
Qurnt tr.hiut. to the ,ld fa., hy lo.uu .luls
Nice-prosidcut Of tine saathcrn Caufcloracs.
We do NOT know. however. That he rcl. log. a
though hDld.ae ono of its highest Offices.
For the past icu ye.u Mr.. SILpnlS5 has liz
ucd largely in the newspapers, principally
through letters and tcl"gaus representing
him as lying ut tll' point Of DEATH then as
conyalr.ceut and slowly recovering; themes
| quite weil then as iowa anal very III again
and not expected to live. His reputation as
n man Of ability apuear- to- have hrou .,icat-
| Is exaggerated. and To have had very little
to sustain it; while his boostcd loyc of the
Union must have been shallow indeed to adj
NIT Of his going TO sleep on it at night and
waking up i'm the morning Nicc-prcs.dcut of
the Conlcderacy.
Mr. STEPHENS very appropriately winds
| M his turtuous career a. q HAYES man. BY
protesting devotion to the American Union
| he sought the more cflcctually 10 destroy IT,
| Whet sgnally failed when attempted by
force Of arms, he now seeks to accomplish
10y duplcty and fraud. When the people
elected LINCOLN President, STEPHENS said;
"Ilc shall not he President of the whole
Union we will have JEFFERSON DAVIS for
President of the South and myself will b,
its Nice-prcSidont" lie tried an armed re-
bclion for this, and failed. When the poo
pie elected TILDFN President STEPHENS
stil hating the Union he had once be-
traycd, said: 81 will defeat the choice of the
people; they shall not have TILpES; they
shall take HAYES"
1t was very fitting when the resolution d
the Maryland Legislature looking to the
unseatng of HAYES was introduced into the
House of Representatives, and Mr.. GAR
FIELD attempted summarily TO smother it
that Mr.. STEPHENS, though pretending +,
disapprove Of the action Of Mr.. GARFIELD
should be the first feeble and on crutchcs a.
he is, to rush to his support. The country
has had about enough of patriots of the
| STEPHENS type.