, 1879-05-12

1850. The people Of Troupe County, tn whlcl,
he lived, requested him to scrvu as itlcr dele.
aerpted thu trust In lutter. ln wicl, hc sali
he would consent to a dissolution or tue Union
rs he would to tho death Of his father.-pnly
from Necessity: TINT bal ntul extreme men
wcre lighting tl'e Union. which never harmed
from those who were destroying, tue Hnvcrn-
Metlt IN t.csr folly than to give his children
better nne. FILA pcoptu sent them 10 thr. Con.
ve1ltion Without opposition. In january lie had
tesnluttaD In fnvnr Uf seUesHtuil. On the 18th
VI that mouth, when Att nsdtnAncu Wns framed,
ha wrote letter tn n fttenA telling him tho
deed WAS done, h,"l that ucorgia TINT day
LEFT TIN UNION.
Tie streets werc Wild with excitement; mar.
IT, catnc tt, eerrnate him a. It had others, tnt
,a room was uark Ills heart satt, nt,tl his tongue
silent. No matter WIN was In the wrong, lie
ead tn Tint letter, the Unlon had fallen. lh
a ro osapo reeev al oens
10 build up tslr Republican party than
any nthcr man In America. Greeley WIS honest
in h!s convictions, nInl boldly dDclarGn them. III
Als letter to ihnt gentleman in rcplr to somc-
thtnE tllat had been eatd concerning him, he
wrote he was entitled to MI al1iltuncc Of tire
readers of the Tribune, having In Tie winter Of
lSH) warmed thc. .reopfc uRatnat secession. nntl
told them the War would come an nn'qun',
nercc. vindictiyc. n,1l llcsoattn9 war. Many Of
tile Frec-Soiers said II the South desired to
scccdc It could do 40 In pencc. The people OF
tllg South dbl not sercdo htcauec nt hoattltty 10
tic Constitutions. They pledged themselves TO
South scccdesl because wur was made on its COLI
sttntional rights BY the extremists Of the
North to destroy Its proutrty, ntstl hecausc tl'0
Northern people, through their Republican
leaders, said that sccesscn
siIorID lie ACCOMPLISHED TN rEAcg.
y tu,l, f,,51 ~
Ee,hcr xitl, bayoncts. There were hundreds Df
tionsAntjB OF pcrsuns who believed tint the only
way to nvoId war was to seredc. They believed
flat they had ,l!c right to protect amf preserve
would result they never wonltl hare sccct]rd.
Tic Georgia Convention sent .tln il1t'I to tho
Provisional Congress: TIE pennlc believed that
II there could be delay Of few months n war
out Of the Un!on. and she 'ssi!ed proc1amn-
lion for n peace conference. Its heart warmed,
nnd lie hoped for sicccts. Seven states hal
then game out, aud therefore they could not
every movement With sntcrcst. These very men
who mako tho chnrgcs Of tnllaeltty aga!nst the
Southern people went to Washington to defeat
the purposes of Virginia.
LITTER PROM ZACH CHANDLER.
In this connection Mr. Hill read tic following
letter:
WA4usa7os. Feb II, 1ss1.-s DEAN Gov.
Saturday NJ flr rrtuaat NJ An.sachrsnfts and En.v
Ynrs 10 send delegates to the praen Cnmpromiso
CDngrcss. They admit we are right AMI they arc
wrong, and that no Republican Slate shonld huvo
sent dclcsates but that they aEG hcru and cannot
re- n~ay. Oh!o, Indiana, and i!hndo Island nre
they hey uH for tsou's snke 10 come to their rcscno
,,a lhsx III, s.,,i .,T @ ~ ,,,
wi'pic tEnv was vol M against nv iuIrWcnt. nn,l
viii end In thin sttoke.
thopc. ny a matter of courtesy to SONG Of onr
AAt Jry nj ERn{1 1a1n flag
Truly Yous itsfnd, ZACH cHsSpLEn.
!" ti's Exeellency Austin blA'f.
To this letter q postscript was added, saylng
ths Northern . lsopc think ,: lut t!Eht would hc
Union will not, in my estimation, bc worth q
rush."
THE representatives Of the South must ho
trusted. The South sought to ayors tho War,
THE NORTH TRIED TO nRlNu 1T ON.
Tic ftiti) knew thu Rrpub|icans CHIN, tn hnve
saved The u1Iio, but II there lad lev,, no I{c-
publican party Tic Uuion would mol have been
Returning Hunrts, md Electoral I,nmmissEon.
Teupio want uur|ty nnt. in,cIixcur,s in iis ,Irr.
bnr, tu kcsp tho trupps nway from tie 6Uiis,
nml bcral1se tl,ey wanted tu sny to tic Statcs:
,,era,l.o thv representatives Of thr ao,tl stnnd
hers nH bulwurk auuin.t finse WIN
woUll DESTROY tl,c Constitution by
Destroying liz States. II y.,,l mist Iaye war
ilcy wuuii maintain their rights in thr tJnlnn.
Hltt hu tr1ls,rd thcro wnud be M wnr. 'Ti,.
,npn OF tic South wu,,l,l vo With lie Stars md
wuuil Take c!,urec of tic question. He assmFrJ
lt,usu who heard hln,. tint the North need not
he nlurtncd on account Of the South, l,ut they
hnl rn,lse 10 be alarmed BY s,,ct threats "a
haye been made by leading Republicans DEM
ocsnts would take THO position TO promote the
glory Of the unIon ind pcrpetua,c Its honor.
tr411t NHrji*oit