The Panola weekly star., 1882-09-02


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laftd hlnAelf s##flEasa NJ tWHNrr4H ~ s#e
Fourth UlMT eafgsnai IHHglet and n A. ~
nfmal mtttiHH et representatives ~ tiie
Wits psilt heia IN ihe tueH N aH0man. Ne
eahdlitff WaA lHaseash N ihls esmpslfH
nf illu Has n lesltf lhe candidate N The
tmetean ~ HKnaehnthae" pafty. whleIs
hsd lnsi lahen shape IN ueusla w. ess ~
rulet IN % fhlel fHslloe iiifam Warner. ~
llfpcnylllr. who fHa - flle numlnse N the
llrinNcfHile .rafif IhH fHer NHs WHflu aHd
rnsvlf tuHlef eftHh. Warner winnlna Nv iiiH
No democratic mAafitf " lan votes IN
lrt vUlati fllIwafs Il ". d"Iine M. tssf
wsc W. i .easa H. s. .ne .s,"".sse sea s
nating met ahh tanqushad h0th Alestndef
w. .ltphnss and Iisbeft fpumbs IN aehata
" ne ipwn ut faslastrn, OHisshnlse
lounsN, to0inbs didht ears w. hEht hilHl
nav Hfrai man whu had iHrfaiis in'u him ont
on hls uwn stamping ground that hr forth
riill chnllrnHvd hiu. IN tcply iiIl wrote that
celebrated nuie which y liow 4 part N tho
Words ~ wifi not fiHhi y0u, / hayv i run
sclc lgr aud family You have rrifs,nf.H IN
lsbr mn was istaihed ~ defend William A.
vhol.e, who killed the bniilH, Webb, at Aien.
n. Tho c"i" ne !, gs ssgcr,.dL - !" ;. oso,Es and .
man ~ mood education and innikcd ttisft.
| belonging tu ona af thu best families of loine.
ua. While On . visit TO Atlanta ho nnt On y
spree, aud while drinking with some i'lends
ilicn stood where tho kmhaii House new
stands, James Webb. the Justice coutt bailiH,
handed him notice showing that had
been sued for $40. THIS 90 aprag.d choiee
spot, but was prevented BY bystandefs.
tariy tho following nnrning, frcsh irufn tho
nlRhtA debaueh, Choira walked into Prior
street. aud, seeing Webb standing on the up.
| potiie -ida OF the street. several hundred teet
away, diew his pistol, and having taken de.
hbarato aim, shot him down without the slight
a few minutes, aud many Of the best eli.
kcns were 80 outraged AZ Tho act that they
iccrs, saying that he would NIL the flrst man
who laid hands upon him. ifo wns nnaIiy
captured by strategy and safely lodged In tha
lock up Just before the howlinx mob. rlamor'
Many able lawyers we're cnEassd 10 defend
him, young ifili among tho number. Public
opinion was against tho prisoner The dc.
Tense pleaded insanity, and after the longest
county Ss, s.sns s poao9 r n wss ss couy s@:
hud throv.n his whole Boul into tho ease, and
WIS bent upon saving hts CLIENT In those
days the phrdonlng power was vcstcd ~ ths
State senaic. mn went back 70 Troup ooun'
~, made the Choice case M issuc IN tho cam
paian and wes elected 10 tho state Senate
where ha made his celebrated speech for the
pardon OF Uhoics. Of this remarkable effort
State senator william Harris, Of Worth Coun
ever Tell from human lips. Mrs. Choice. tn
good and lovely mother 81 the prisoner, dress
cd In the deepest black, leaned upon the arm
Of young iliii, as. pale, slender, and thouaht
were pncked, and tho excitement was sluoth
cred hut intense. Hill spoke many hours
His tongue seemed 10 drop mamma, for rurci
such exquisite strains of pnthos never fell ~,
onthe afr. Tho senate was In tcars. The Presi
dent wcpt aloud. The women screamed.
shall carry IN the grave two sentences oi tin
marvellous speech. They ring In my ears eve
now, and that scene was enacted twenty. nv
years ago. lie said, speaking Of Choices In
oV ps ,as ns pSr rnSsr II ao an anss
spirit of Webb will whisper In your ear. Spar
him for he knows not what he did An
4 again II you hang william II. Choice, In
scribe upon the gailows In letters OF hioo'
0 Gcorpia's Lunatia Asylum" Choice was d
clnrnd insane by an Overwhelming vote an
sent 10 the asylum, lIIll was the nbiest ail
4, bttcrcst opponent In Georgia of the reco'
= trtation. delivered a speech Of tho boIds
: and most fiery inyeciiye In Davies Hall
Atlanta In lsB In which he denounced u
United States authorities and nercely Y
: tupcrated and dcncd the Nothern o.
o diary, who, accompanied by their q
hcors. formed part of the audience. Toomi
. stephens, jenkins, and other public mon HI
!. been asked 20 address tho people On =
4 situation. bat lIill alone hnd the nndacitY
- speak his sentiments In public. lie cont
ucd his opposition TO reconstruction by wr
Ing his Notes ON the situntion"--whirh q
regarded In the south ~ this nnest phllippl
4 | since those OF Dnm0sthonos-nnd nt. a VI
r. mceting Of the people o. Georgia, held At
brafed Bush Arbor invcctivc, In which ne y
only advocated tho social ostrncisni OF u
s publlcans In Georgia, but advised their o,
o wives 20 leave them. Howell Cobb and y
!. and at theconcluslon Of iInrs speech Toom
r arose In the presence OF the vast crowd a
congratulated him. saying. .sir y was
grandest eifurt overheard" Iiniiock ned
sss x. 4 bsmsss @ ns aHsn H. iaa.'S a Sop ssS po. !.
Stephens offered for the senate. Gordon y
4 elected. Upon thu death of Mcmillan. Of n
Ninth Congressional District, Hill, who liv
: part Of the tins a. Ashsns, " that as'rI' 4
4 convention irpke up IN row. aud liill ma
the race before the people. brnting hfs opp
0 ncnt, Estos. Ills Term having expired. he v
0 rcnominaiad and returned 70 Congress Wit
!, out opposition. In is7s. while still In ConEcl
= he anfasonized Norwood for the United stat
: senatorship. The peopIc held meetinrs
various parts OF the State, urstng the Legal
turc 10 clect ffiII. and he made . three bo
speech. advocating bis claims In n master
manner. and then left for Washington. No
wood remsined In Atlanta, bustonholiI
, tho members. Tho snIieric. we're crow
ID during the tbfcs days bsiiotin
, and the populass wcrc for Hill No
wood held hIs own pretty veii, but d
. pressure was too great. and on the third da
! q Norsood man changed his vote 70 Hill, u
, Norwood mon stalnpeded. and enough sot
. were changed 20 give ifili tho prize. Tho X
, pubiicans and neKroe. IN the IL cdsiature Va
J "a for IIill. II has oftsn been said that
oratory Cicero was Mr.. mr. model, and u
known that Of tho great men Of this coant
Z his favorite was Henry Clay. Hill himss
gave the best definition Of the true oraf
D mot excepting that af Demo.fhcnesl the co
. respondent ever heard. lie said 'eThe frl
orator Il he who has the intellect 20 see q
truth, tho heart 20 feel u. aud tho coufazs
speak H." How could dennitton be mo
concise or eomprehsnsivcl Mr.. Hiii vas di
finruishsd In fisii as well ~ criminal In
! and received tho largest fee ever paid 70
lawyer in Georgia IN q single case. II "
fsodl0, paid by Thomas Mcscaif, ons Of q
vrnitiffrst men Of Augusta, In cotton cial
m a<o nrwttei nv Ilfl IN the a. ulfnI %fafr4 f1yN