The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-07-26
a KENTUCKY JOINT DISCUSSION.
How II Republican Orator Was met Whom
He Assorted Historical Facts.

at the close of the war old WolGord
settled down and became Democrat,
and most of his men did the same thing.
When the Democrats gave him the nom.
inatiOn for Congress last Fall the Rcpub.
lican S'nte Committee sent General Speed
Fry into his district to counternct
IT," rces of old Wolfnrd's war re.
started of, intending to rc.
&c district six weeks and speak
W0lford did. He was back in
toul
"M nat's the matter, General?" asked
the Chairman, in surprise, rs he stalkcd
in, black rs q thunder cloud.
Matter! Why, matter enough. IF
you want man to 60 into the Eleventh
District to talk against that-old
scoundrel Wolford you will have to find
somebody beside me. I'm done. When
/ agreed to stump the district supposed
would have sensible men to talk to !:
instead lind them ali Il lot Of blankcty
blanked fools and liars and scoundrels. -
Didn't they treat you rightly"
Treat me right! Oh, yes, they treat
ed me right. They treated me like a
prince. When reached the first town
old Wolford met me with n cordial well
come, and, to my surprise, he gave the
opening and closing of the joint discus,
sion. spoke for one hoET and halfon
national issues--the tariff, finances and
the standing Of the partics-and dwelt
with special emphasis on the magnanim-
ity shown by the Federal government in
liz treatment Of the Confederates ct the
close of tho war. About half of my
audience had served in the Confederate
army and | saw was producing q good
impression.
Nov what do you suppose that old
hook. nosed rascal of IL Wolford did {?
Why he got up and began talking, never
paying the slightest attention 30 what I
had said on national issues, but after IL
brief introduction taking up my good
will plea. Don't you believe word
General Fry has told you about the mag.
nanimity of the Federal Government
and the Republican party he shrieked.
It's all lie. What did they do with
General Lee after the surrender of Ap.
pomattox? Why they took him out
and hung him right between the lines in
plain W
"'Hold on, shouted, that is not true.
General Wolford, you know you are per-
verting facts
ihotoutiy wv VI tutcc VI TIC Olu IoeC'
ond Cavalry boys sprang to their feet
and swore that they had been on the
ground and seen General Lee hung, one
of them remarking. with n swagger, that
if any body questioned the statement he
would have to chew on the barrel Of a
six shooter.
"'What did they do with JEFF Davis
after he had surrendered p continued old
Wolford. Why, they tied 1900 pounds
of iron to his legs, threw him into dun.
geon and starved him for eight monthr
and then took him out and hung him
That's what they did with him. a HI
of magnanimous government that
81 interrupted 10 say that JEFF. Davis
was alive now and healthy, but two ol
three Second Cavalry liars stood up and
swore they had seen him hung, and tha,
if any man disputed it they would make
him cat his words or six inches of cold
steel. And there the old scoundre
stood, hanging Alex. Stephens, Long
street, Joe Johnston, Hampton and eve
ry Confederate Of prominence he coult
think Of and proving what he said by
eye witnesses from the Second Kentucky
Cavalry. What show did have talkin(
10 such crowd Of Ananiases as that?
quit then and there. If you ever get m,
up there in those mountains again yol
may shoot - Washington Republican