The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-03-30

Datis "as man also patient OF details
and though have no rason to feel an,
gratitude for him-far Otherwise
DO not lift my voice to condemn him
lie was not put there by the people anc
1 know he acted up to his unfortunate ca
pacities faithfully"
What kind Of men are Brown, Hill
and the Georgia delegation ?"
Brown is probably the shrewdest mar
OF the present day in the South. He
possesses marvellous sense of prophecy OF
ioresight-to know how anything is com
ing out years hence. He has been the
leading character of Georgia to carry on
her affairs since he came into public life
twenty-eight years ago. He has watched
his own interests we'll, but has been also
faithful to Georgia. do not take issue
with him f.bout opposing the confederate
c,onscription acts; they did us more harm
tran good. They disciplined our volun-
e, = to the spritiess machines who fought
The iirst two years Of the war so grandly,
Brown properly opposed the pro. federal
acts OF Mr. Davis's government, too. We
seeded for violated state rights and fed.
erai oppression, and the Richmond gov.
ernmcnt soon began the same things.
Brown was faithful to the idea we EN-.
barked upon. and he has always drawn
his inspiration from that mountain race
he sprang among, in the upper parts of
Georgin aud Carolina. He has always
been strong there. Not admiriug many
features OF his mind, concede his hard
brain, practical faculties and political
acumen. He is the head of the demo.
cratic party in Georgia to day, and l think
IL mas been asseptcd to, unpAlatable as
some OF her apparent alterations and
amalgamations have been. His courage
and pugnacity are matters of standard in /.
formation.
ben Hill is the most intellectual man
III Georgia. His sheer intellectually.
separated from any elements Of charac.
Ter, has sustained him for thirty years l.,
though he has been inconstant and in.
consistent to the last degree. lie can
speak SO elegantly and shed so much light
ana ILLUSTRATION upon any given issue on
little or no preparation that he has made
q great Impression on thousands of our
Georgia people, who pay no heed to his
regeneration and want of personal re-
aiity, III admiration of his intellectual
temper and brightness. Mr.. Stephens
appeals to the people Of Georgia as an
idealist, .optimist, one who is scholar
dignity, but rather blameless life and
conscience void of Office. He responds
70 good treatment SO equally that he has
losL his political power to offense either
faction III Georgia, letting tho battle of
ambition go by him because both factions
entreat him kindly. He is o quality in
Georgia rather than force-the 'Hamlet'
OF the state, Toombs was The Hercules of
Georgia, the prodigal son of the common.
wealth, till his splendid gifts were lost in
excentricity and buffoonery, and vet there
are features in him which are pleasant
and pathetic even now, as he plays the
Satyr in the ruins of Hyperion. His
fondness for Aleck Stephens. for in.
stance, is like the love OF Jonathan for
David. He has thrown himself outside
OF all political elements in Georgia. and
scenes not to know his own relations to
these times. He and Brown were long
friendly, till they nearly had duel"
is Longstreet man of ability ?"
NO, rather loggy. dull member of a
generally clever family. His military re.
putation was made by his soldiers"
10 the above fragments Of conversation
add few from Mr.. Evan Howell, of
Atlanta.
will the state of Georgia put forth n
democratic protectionst delegation at the
next national convention ?"
NO, l don't believe it will. Really
the tariff makes no great showing in Geor-
gia either way. 1t has not been discussed
among the people with any interest 10
them. In our effort TO pick ourselves up
and put ourselves together, we have not
yet reached the tariff issue, bu. l do
NOT think we are going to take any de-
cided stand for or against it very soon.
Inc position of the democratic party is
ratner against excessive tariff"
W!il the present independent move.
ment IN Georgia amount to anything ?"
NO because it is not based on any living
issue or want, but on ambitious discon-
tent. Governor Brown is more progress.
slve and liberal than any of thess boilers.
Georgia would be glad to see division
OF parties, which would also permanent
~ divide the two sections, but it is not
worth while TO throw away the present
sound influence of the state for n guerrilla
division, which will demoralize our peo-
pie and lose in the respect of friends and
enemies.
DO you have any regret for slavery ?'
Not On the white mans account. II
had its domestic pleasures, and in some
respects was we'll adapted for this scction.
but the loss of it has been the making Of
the white race wherever they have gone
to work heartily. Yet the negroes. as an
average, have not improved under free
dom as was expected. There is tine vet,
however, for more satisfactory results. |
may say, in general, that aristocratic
communities in the south, like the coast
parts of South Carolina and the first
families Of Virginia, have not recuper.
ated like the poor white race in upper
Carolina and Georgia"
"Could the south have succeeded in the
rebellion ?"
Not after the frat six months. Had
our confident and impetuous troops been
marched into the north and west while
they were in the first flush OF success we
might possibly have succeeded; but the
moment they began to take months Ia
drill the young soldiery Of the south
they took the fire out of them, and the
conscriptiOn system was needless cruelty
and suspense. Our political authorities
over the confederacy were dead failures
A STRANGE IF TRUE Story ABOUT
Santa ANNA.-Judge Major, of Keb.
lucky, recently related the following
story of Santa Anna, the Mexican Die.
tator: "Did You ever hear" he said
that he was q Kcntuckian 2" confessed
that never had. "Well, that is beliey.
ed by many old people about Frankfort
l have heard it from boyhood 1t is said
that Santa Anna, afterward President OF
the Mexican Republic, was an illegiti.
m a nG No