Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-06-17


tosent join him. It was my purpose, however,
TO continue in public life until tho Lcgisla.
turo should moct, but the letter which hand
tho reporter will show why it became neo :.
cssnry for me to decide at once.
COLONEL uooa's LETTER.
New YoRK, May l, lSSO.-My Dear
General Gordon: trust you will pardon me
for pressing for an early decision as to your
purpose in respect to rcsigniug your scat
in the United States Senate and accepting
tho position rendered you in Oregon. /
am compelled by my own negotiations to
know as early as possible what 1 can say as
to your action. May again remind you
that in pecuniary sense the certain COM.
pcnsatou is more than double that which
attucbcs to your present position. The
business opportunities you will enjoy in
Oregon will enable you to accumulate u
fortune in comparatively brief epacc
beg, in making your decision you will keep
these considerations in remembrance as well
as tho minor collateral ones.
Trusting for an carly response and that
it may ho favorable Que, am, my dear,
General, Faithfully yours, TIE. uOGG.
GEN. y. Is. GORDON.
10 accept this offer and one which I wos
arranging for my sons, sent my rcsigna.,
tion to the Governor. While in New
York, comforting after my resignation with
Colonel lIogg, ] received intelligence that
Mr.. Ncwcomb wished to obtain my services
us shown by his letter which l also hand
the reporter:
MIR. NEwcoMp's LETTER.
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE II. II. Co.
New York Office, No. 50 Wall street, Nos.
8 and 10, May 10, 1SS0.--My Dear Cen.
cral Gordon: nm informed you are about
resgning or have already resigned your
sent as Senator FROM Georgia to accept
some position in Oregon. If this be true,
let mo see you before you make up your
mind to leave Georgia. am sure | can
make it to your interest to rcmain in the
South and do not doubt, on reflection, you
will find it moro agreeable to yourself and
family to remain among your own people.
At any rate, would like to soc you before
you decide upon taking this step and sec if
we cannot reach conclusion mutually
agreeable. remain yours most truly,
II. VICTOR NEWCOMB.
GEN. j. B. GORDON.
ut once saw MIR. Howcomb and changed
my plans aud SO notified my friend, Coloucl
llogg, whercupon he wrote me this letter
which asked the reporter to incorporate
in my remarks ut this point:
New YoRK, May 10, 1SS0.-NIy Dear
General Gordon: While feeling dccply
disappointed at your decision not TO accept
the propositions made you in rcsrcct to
Oregon, | can fully appreciate and under.
stand the feelings prompting you to accept
proposition to which less remuneration is
attached than the Oregon ono. Yes, | do
recognize that there is vast difference
between your position as a married man,
with family aud the tics to the people of
your State aud section aud that of mine.
bachcor-who for years has been rcsid-
ing on the Pacific coast. I am glad that
have had the opportunity of submitting the
business propositions TO you to testify my
willingness to further your interests. Be-
licvc to remain faithfully yours,
n. j. nOGG.
To GENERA GORDON.
How these vile insinuaions against Gov.
crnor Colquitt now vanishl How puerilc
these efforts to defeat him must now be-
comc How intense must become the
abho'.oncc Of the people at snch unwnr-
rantcd assaults upon private character.
l have stopped to bring before tho public
even my private letters, because Justice to
Governor Colquitt seemed to require it;
but DO language can adequately describe
the contempt hayo for the means cm-
ployed to defamc this upright executive.
1t ia aad Commentary upon the tendency
OF tho times. Is character so cheap and
oilicc SO dear as TO justify the effort to
destroy the one in order to attain the other?
(Applause.) If nothing were due Alfrod
Colquitt as vindication at tho hands of
his pcoplc--if nothing were duo the exec
uhve who has done as much ns any cxocu-
two within the past half century to give
your State proud position among the
sister States of this Union--if nothing
were due the man who has served you in
:Wo wars, and whose whole life has been
devoted TO the highest interests of society,
tho lolt!est aims o. the church aud to the
most exalted ends of government, still it is
due yourselves that you rally to his support
and crown him with your approval. (Grcat
applause, and cries Eve will.") 1t is duo
to these young men who arc soon to become
tho gua-dians Of our roliticsit is duo
these old men now tottcring to the grave,
it is due thcso women so deeply interested
in purity in al departments Of life, it is
due to society, to the church, to tho State
and to liberty, that you rise in your majesty
and by tho omnipotent Fat of an cnlight-
ened and inoxorablc public opinion rebukc
and Danish forever from our politics these
unholy methods. (Lound md prolonged
chccring.{ Ah, my countrymcD, am not
mistaken in your verdict. If these facts