Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-17
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so by fair count of the votes of the people i That count can neither be fair nor honest l unless it be had under interpretations of the Constitution long accepted and by methods of procedure long established The party | that now demands new interpretations of Q new form method of count will be party in rebellion and treason against the Consti- tuition, the Union and the people, I am, therefore, in favor of a fair and honest con- stitutional count of the votes of sthe people I am laboring to secure that count, and when secured I shall abide it's result, and so will every other man, North and South, who is not willing to destroy his country"
 Mir. Hill seemed, however, to fail to have the courage necessary to support his convic- tions. In October 1878, he wrote public letter in which he said that Mir. Hayes ob- tained the Presidential office by means as infamous as those which gave that office to Andrew Johnson. In May, 1879, he made speech in which he placed on the North the blame for the rebellion and for the southern disturbances since the war. In October, 1879, he addressed a long letter to Mir. s. B. Chittenden, of Brooklyn. defending the South and saying, among other thingss
 ''It Is curious fact we'll worth study that the South has not made one dollar either by slavery slave labor. Tndead the state of the account shows that the South has lost untold millions both by slavery and slave labor, while the North has made and pock- eted every dollar of profit there was in sla- very UT tnaG WAS realiZsQ on Lil6 pTOQucCS or slave labor. The North sold 3he slaves to the South and then, keeping the price. denounced the idea of property in human beings as bar barous'
 His failure to act up to his principles was strikingly shown in connection with the sill yer question. He and Mir. Lamar, alone among the southern men in Congress, de- nounced the Bland bill and exposed it's here sies; but he ended by giving his vote in favor of that measure.
 Mir. Hills illness began more than year ago, but at first thought to be by no means of a serious nature. He submitted to several operations in Philadelphia, after each of which @ complete cure predicted. His malady was, however, of cancerous character, and it went on steadily until it has ended in his death. AS private citizen MT. Hill possessed mary traits of character that endeared him to those with whom he was brought in contact As husband and father he was kind, affectionate and generous to a fault. His income from his profession was large, and he generally spent his money freely as he received it.. His wife and chil- dren had only to express wish to have it gratifed Moreover, in an unostentatious way, he spent much in charity. For years he has supported number of necessitous and worthy persons who had no claim but their distress on his pecuniary help. AS 8 result of this improvldent habit of living Senator Hill leaves only small property, though his family V i'll be suitably provided for. He had an insurance policy for $1O,- 900, and this, with the senatorial salary for the year and other cash assets, will meet the heavy expenses caused by his protracted ill- ness. He owned two fine residences in Atlanta, beside valuable cotton plantations in the western part of the State, and his four children are in addition well provided for in their own right.