Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-01-23
A TALK WITH F00MBS.
THE LEoNINE GEORGIAN .UNBosoMs
HIMSELF AS TO THE STU
ALTON.

swore he would never yield until h
called his slave,roll at the foot o
Bunker Hill, is in the city, attending
to important business before the Su
preme Court. For the last three
years he has been visiting Washing
ton frequently, called hither to argue
cases before the Supreme Tribunal
His law practice is very extensive
and is said to be more lucrative thar
any other private practice in th'
South. He never touches case fol
less consideration than $5. As {
brilliant advocate and an able anc
calculating jurist his reputation is al
great now as in his. palmy spolitica
days when he fred the Senate by hi,
burning rhetoric and inaamed thi
Southern heart string by his lmpaS
z-teSaTarlatIon. We met him al
he left The Supreme eou4ss y. -ylt.y
aud on presenting our card as pre-
liminary for little talk we took a
survey of the illustrious character
while he was considering our claims
for an audience. He is man of FIVE
feet and ten inches in height, with a
full ITO pounds mathematically dis.
tr;buted over his several limbs; his
physique is not imposing, but it is
impressing to one on the frat meet
ing that within the casting is an iron
soul, steel heart and a golden brain;
his face is broad and clearly cut; his
eyes are still gray, and shine with
but little dimness, though sixty-fve
years have passed since they first saw
light; his hair shows the pencilings
Of time and the approached the grave;
it is not snowy white, but thoroughly
gray; in quantity it is abundant, and
hangs in long, straight locks almost to
his collar; it is roughly kept. showing
that comb and brush are not the most
favorite utensils of his household.
His head is unusually large; the fores
head is broad and almost excessively
high; it is not retreating but pro.
.jecting and overhanging one; the cere-
bellum is full and roundly developed,
making the intellectual portion of the
gentleman symmetrical and we'll
fashioned. Age has shown its mark
in another particular by stopping the
shoulders that were once so straight
and strong. His clothes are quite
common and III rather loosely. His
shirt was not the cleanest we have
seen, and his tie could certainly have
sustained better Chesterfield twist.
well" says he, after glancing at our
card, with very polite bow and a
warm grasp of the hand, II am glad
to see you, but l do not Want to bs
asked any questions of personal or
fsGet fsi Gf sfAT.SS rnSt lam not citizaa~ Of
this country, so l should not be used
as the oracle of the views of any sect
or organization" After giving as
surances that no personal questions
should be introduced, we ventured on
the broad question as to the condition
of the South. "The South" said he,
sis poor, not on the verge of bank
but clear down in the abyss
of poverty; not one decade, but two,
it will take to restore the South to
her pristine glory and position. The
war left us in a horrible condition,
Tut by perseverance, economy, edu-
cation and the restoration of local
government, we will in time fully re-
cuperate, "Who is the South in
favor Of for President in 1880 on the
ticket; bndif the Repub-
licacans are to have an executive who
would the South prefer?"
"Well, L will answer your last
question first. If, by the DEGREES Of
Omnipotence, we are not to be free
for four years more from Radical
power, then 1 should say give US a
full lion, nota sucking sheep. Grant
is lion. l have respect for the man,
because he kills or wins. | have
never forgotten how gracefully he
treated Lee and our soldiers at APP
pomattox. No. Grant is better,
lion though he is, for the South than
is sheep who strives to make a bear
of himself" II don't understand
your figures, general" "0h, well,
then, l will not explain further.
''But you have not answered my first
question" mo, sir; l must beg not
to do so, for there are so many adml-
rable gentlemen, both in. the North
and in tie South, that are so emf
nently calculated to become the De-
mocratic standard-hearer that | m@st
forbear to speak of them by name.
What you rn1nh-~c- THURMAN.
general? Il think Judge Thurmaa
is great man, man of wonderful
judicial capacity, gentleman OF fine
manners, of polished education and
a statesman of extraordinary charac-
ter and foresight" :"
"Who is the choice of Georgia,
general, for the nomination."
Georgia wants the man who can
win-the strongest man in the whole
feld-a man who can weld enough
strength to demolish at one stroke the
whole system of rotten Republican.
ism. But will you excuse me, as l
see my friend, Representative Hooker,
and l desire to see him?" And so
the old, but still vigilant and invincl-
BILE defender Of State rights, the ultra
leader of the South, the last con-
spicuous survivor Of decaded Calhoun
Gonfederacy, slowly, but maj ajestlcally,
moved away, and was soon lost in the
great hall, where he so often pleaded
Tor his principles with an eloquence
like unto McDufie, Prentice, Choate
and Webster.
A young lady, after passing the
Cambridge local examination, sudden
ly broke off her engagement with
her sweetheart. A friend expostula-