The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-26
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AND JUDGE BLACK.
Very soon after this the sou,t.-,
members went out. We eot Ces. nv
IN norafio King in and we hsd com
r-.@.1slsely plain sailing from tl,at tir,.,
ID uas - -''-'i Is @si9a reiiev-
Gen. Dix ana I son N. q. .o5
.s.as and he often wrote me after h.
f,.- ING nc the Republican PARTY. and Ne
- uiae worn portfolio. full Of nrs.
p-Ss, p-Se 4eeterS Written 10 and ~ J,,aga
n-Ack which he gave 10 me- n. ~ ~.
.seeru OF that eventful time I s;,,5 ~,
siNang Sen Dix,s ousnion 81 - -
met as Il was At the elose az Rr,s1s,,--,.s.
administration. As 3 noSt ir,tr-.,-,s..,.
uistorlcAl uocl.ment. bearsnr ID. 49,.
upon Judge Hack reference ~ 49,
mLnls.rston, give here thr or;-;-
nai, WITH an Endorsement in Tudsp pissi,.
handwriting on the back. -
SwEsr TwExTy-FrRsr srsrrr
To the Hon. J. S. Blacl:
Ny DEAR SIR-I did not intend ,h.,
our recent association should terminsta
without taking leave of YOU. But 4 leff
Washington suddenly. and immedi-
ately after surrendering the Treasury IN
A-. Chase. / shall look back 10 our
brief but gratifying connection with the
late administration with sincere pleasure
anc cannot bnt think things might have
been left on better footing if the Cab
met, with which it closed, could have
had six months instead OF six weeks 10
shape its policy. ffut l beg you TO IN
derstand that am speaking in behalf
Of my associates rather than my own.
| shall be very much chagrinei anu
offended If you come to this CITY without
letting me know it. Hoping 10 see Won
am, dear sir sincerely yours.
JoRS 4. DIX.
Endorsement.
Gen. John 4 piz : - ''esi-siss
.nln1.s Noald hate basf ea 81 |tf fees
|1g i the lale Cabinet nnIst IS ! M
- months insIeed q IS weeks Is ,.|s
8 sa'lc1
Here also s copy of lis tiIsrtf Is
his letter Of Gen. Dix. Al another
ime ! propose to produce other interest,"
nc documents that he has permitted nc
q take from his musty book Of i.
private Letters, written in the past which
he march Of greSt events has made dis
ant.
70 the Hon John A. Dix.
My DEAR SIR-Your kind note gave
ne great great pleasure ! should GER
ainly forget myself if went TO New
York without seeing you, providing YOU
yere visible.
The friendship created by association
n such service as that from which we
ave just retired ought TO be as endur-
ng as life. Ii pains me therefore, 10 see
he difficulty between Holt and Tompson.
)f course you know Mr. Holt well
nongh 10 make You sure that he is not
My an incorruptible, but 4 very able man
'ompson is, in my estimation, as upright
rue and honest man as ever lived:
ne of the most efficient executive
tticers this government ever had, and
lways true to his duty, as he apprehen-
ed it. They are quarreling on a point
here they are both right and both
'rong. The order in question was given
nd Holt heard it and Tompson did not.
What is there in this TO make an issue
bout? | think also the construction
pom Tompson's dispatch, that it was
iolation of official confidence, Is very
arsh one. On the whole this business
ught 10 be dropped just about where it
ow is, and If you meet Mr.. Holt, /
mink you ought to say So l have DO
lRuence with either Of the parties.
Things are In q bad condition with
le new Administration. They are afraid
} make war, and ashamed 70 make
eaee. The border States must not be
riven out of the Union, nor New En-
land expelled from the party. =
am most truly yours etc,
J. S. BLACK.
He cLosE-woRK CUT OUT THAT WAS
NEVER BEGUN.
The conversation between Judge
lack and myself, Just upon the eve Of
his fatal illness, was long and earnest
never saw him in better temper, better
ealth, his mind clearer, or his wit or elo-
uence more forcible. When il came
me for me to 60 he said:
IF You do not hear from me within n
eek, come again, for Iiam.healthierand
lzier now than have been for twenty
ears, | get up in the morning deter
lined to work, but walk out and look
the fruit and crops, come in and sit
y the porch awhile and 20 oS.s-ssi5sss---
'ok at them again. Night comes, and
have done nothing but enjoy myself"
l suggested that | would return and
ct as his amannensis in preparing what
e wanted to say, if he did not fell like
riting hinself.
No said he I've just got big boun-
IN great railroad case in Kansas.
nd must give that attention first. The
have absolutely stolen the
ulk of that magnificent agricultural
Dmmonwealth, and besides the prom
es OF big fee, | have got my heart in
finishing them for it,"
The judge then stopped, thought 4
oment and then said:
II tell you what to do. Send me
Dur scrap-boOk containing all you have
ritten.on this subject within the past
20 years, want all that Davis, Holt
Ompson, Thomas, and Jerry Black have
I'd to say. Send it so l can get II to
GROW and / will agree to telegraph YOU
'eAah a HtNhB uRlcoo tDHcluQt 10
,me to the city and in that event you
i'll meet me"
The sun marked high noon; the powers
the old man full of years and vigor,
emed TO stand at their full meridian
hile he spoke these words with which
closed his review of the political his
rical questions under diseussion-his
1t utterances, whose faint outlines /
IRE traced. Affairs of the moment,
inverse Of the day, Of his own life and
his home followed, and on each fell
Ie light Of mind as powerful az il
as brilliant, for it was not 50 much to
iorn as to illuminate every subject he
uched. We shook hands, left, not
,ain TO meet his equal. The next day
sent him the records be asked, and a
eek later was summoned to write the
ST record Of his Life FRANK A. BURR.