Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1882-09-02

III noble pair of brothers and if fideli-
ty to duty. endurance Of trials, and
patient self-sacrifice for others can title
to place in the hereafter, then Davis
and Lee will meet where wars are not
waged and SANDERS are not heard. And
as heart to heart, and wing to wing, they
fly through the courts of heaven, ad-
mining angels will say, What noble
pair of brothers"
Hill was the ablcst and bitterest op-
ponent in Georgia of the reconstruction
measures, and, at the peril of expatria-
ton, delivered a speech Of the boldest
and most fiery inyective in Davis hall
at Atlanta in 1865, in which he
denounced the United States authori-
ties and fiercely vitnperated and defied
the northern soldiery, who, accompani-
ed by their officers, formed part of the
audience. Toombs, Stephens, Jenkins,
and other public men had been asked
to address the people on the situation,
but Hill alone had the audacious cour-
age to speak his sentiments in public.
lie continued his opposition to recon-
struction by writing his "Notes on the
Situation"-whicn are regarded in the
south as the finest philippies since those
Of Dcmosthenes- and at vast meeting
of the people Of Georgia, held at Atlanta
in 1868, he gave utterancc to his celebrat-
ell Bush Arbor nvective, in which he not
only advocated the social ostracism of
republicans in Georgia, but advised their
own wives to leave them. Howell Cobb
and Bob Toombs spoke at the same
time aud place, and at the conclusion Of
Of Hills speech Toombs arose in the
presence OF the vast crowd and congrat-
ulated him, saying: "Sir, it was the
grandest effort ever heard" Bullock
fled the state in 1871, and upon the COM
ing into pow er OF the democrats, in 1872,
Hill, Gordon, and Stephens offered for
the senate. Gordon was elected. Upon
the death Of Mcmillan. of the Ninth
congressional district, Hill, who lived
part of the time ut Athens, in that dis
trict, became candidate for the nomi-
nation. The convention broke up in a
row, and Hill made the race before the
people, beating his opponent, Estes, ter
ribly. His term having expired, he was
renominated and returned to congress
without opposition. In 1876 while still
in congress, he antagonizcd Norwood
for the United States senatorship. The
people held meetings in various parts Of
the state urging the legislature to elect
Hill, and he made three-hour speech
before The legislature advocating his
claims in mastery manner and then
left for Washington. Norwood remain
ed in Atlanta, buttonholing the mep,-
bers. The galleries were crowded dur
ing the three days balloting, and the
populace were for Hill Norwood held
his own pretty well, but the pressure
was too great, and when, on the third
day, Norwood man changed his vote
to Hill, the Norwood men stampeded,
and enough votes were changed to give
Hill the prize. The republicans and
negroes in the legislature voted for Hill.
He was elected for long term, and his
time will be out this fall.
1t has often been said that in oratory
Cicero was Mr.. Hills model, and it is
known that Of the great men Of this
country his favoritc was Henry Clay,
Hill himself gave the best definition of
the true orator mot excepting that Of
Demosthenes) that your correspondent
ever heard. He said: "rhe true orator
is he who has intellect to see the truth,
the heart to feel it, and the courage to
speak it," How could definition be
more concise or comprehensive? Mr..
Hill was great in civil as well as Grim
inal law, and received the largest fee
ever paid to lawyer in Georgia in a
single case. 1t was $4,000, paid by
Thomas Metcalf, one Of the wealthiest
men Of Augusta, in cotton claim case
argued ty Hill in the United States
court at Savannah just after the war.