Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-01
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

The colored people in this section Of the State
are justly indignant at the speech Of the noto.
rious j. e. Bryant. who minated that they
were prepared to Join the Southerners ia a new
rebellion. Bryant is gay deceiver in poll.
/ tics
1t is evident that the inharmonious harmony
that pervades the ranks of the Independent
| Liberal Republican coalition is q signal of dan
ger ahead for the success Of the movement
| There appears to be no head to the concern
/ It is all TALL and as resul of this misfortune
It is constantly wiggling about. 1t lacks sta
with which it is loaded.
The syndicate finds it hard thing to please
| all seekerS-only one out of twenty get
ting satisfaction. And what is still worse, the
| offices will soon be disposed of, and when that
/ time arrives look out for a general breaking up
| of the coalition and free fight all around
General Longstreet with Buck and Wilson, is
| standing on the verge of an awful political vol
cano and in due time it will pour forth its ''red
hot" Indignation.
There are no new developments from the
last markham House convention %, and on all
SIDES hear but one opinion-that the handful
Of excellent men who met in that assembly
represent but very little besides their own in.
| terests and the desires OF a small body of per
sonal friends. As popular movement, or an
outourst OF the people, 1t is more and more re-
garded as dismal failure. The June roses will
hardly give it healthy and vigorous boom.
THE LATE COLONEL THOMPSON
have looked in vain for single feature in
the life, labors and death of the late Colonel
William Tappan Thompson to call for regret
or sorrow. True, 1t is, that we shall all miss
him, but we can hardly mourn his departure
at this time
Ripe in years. full of the honors that pertain
to his profession, esteemed and beloved by his
associates, surrounded by family circle to
which he was most tenderlY endeared and
comforted and sustained by an unshaken faith
IN God, ne passed from earthly scenes and
labors and associations to a world of never
ending bliss
He might have lived few years longer but
at the peril OF infirmity and pain as his con-
slant companions. There were no higher
honors to be attained, no greater worldly
wealth to be accumulated, no errors of the past
10 be outlived. no enemies to be obliterated, no
broken ties to be reunited. Death came to him
peacefully and kindly and in good time.
With his mind clear and bright his heart
warm and full of Christian love, his devoted
wife to comfort him In his last hours, and his
loving children to stand about his bedside-all
these were granted him in the home where he
had lived so long as a fond husband, a tender
father and a beloved Deighbor. How few have
all these blessings and privileges to make
smooth the pillow of their dying rest and shed
halo of peace and joy around their death bed
His was gentle, loving life, and its close
was In keeping herewith. Socially, editorially
and politically, / knew him well We were
members of the National Democratic Conven-
ton that nominated Seymour for President.
and were together in the Georgia Constitutional
Convention Of 1877, and the last Democratic
correspondent In all these conventions he
was quiet. modest participant, making no
speeches but faithful in voting and in commit
tee work.
frequently differed with him as to certain
men and measures, yet can recall no instance
in which he ever treated me as other than an
equal and with the utmost courtesy. Beneath
his mild and gentle demeanor there was
strong undereurrent of armness. and he was
unTielding when he believed himself to be in
the right His long and successful connection
" ith the MORNING News is the best tribute to
his worth and ability as an editor.
In social life his genial, gentle nature more
thoroughly asserted itself. A stranger would
hesitate to pick him out as one who had won
extended fame as the author of Major Jones'
Courtship'' and other popular humorous works.
On many occasions noted with surprise his
modest retirement when these literary ven
lures were referred to In terms OF high praise
by men Of culture and standing. never heard
him speak boastinngly Of his own literary pro-
ductions, but frequently did he commend the
labors of Others. His last message to me, only a
day or two before he died, called my attention
to the beauties of new story by Florida
writer.
close, as I commenced, with the expression
of an opinion, that in Colonel Thompson's IS death
we have no cause for mourning. Such calm
and beautiful hfe-public, professional and do
mesto-with close so full OF peace and Joy
and comfort. Who of US whom he has left be-
hlnd TO miss him in many ways can hope for
such an exit from earthly ecenes-s0 little
OF pain and sorrow and regret. and 30 much
OF peace and hope and love. Long win be live
in the hearts that loved him so tenderly in his
own home, and long will his memory be rev.
erentIy cherished by his old associates and
friends. And when the name we 50 honored IN
life shall have become obHterated from the
marble monument above his grave. both his
name and his fame will be kept fresh before
the world ln his rare Literary productions.