The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-01-22

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Eany, For my part preferred 70 talk
to The young ladies, ana while doing 10
had tho misfortune 70 spill some red
Vince on the table cloth. This, you know,
amongst polite people 10 regarded as an
objectionable offense. know enough
10 know that, and felt bad about IL. But
q little salt, quickly applied remey-
cd the stain, and the Generals kindly
aud c%onslderate lnlerp silion removed
my embarra aement.
After being admitted TO the bar In
Pennsylvania | went Ia company with
General Disha and james X. Polk To
Nashville with the intention OF making
that my permanent place OF residence.
While there / made q visit TO the Her
mitage, that great mecca for domestic
pilgrims, On my return from 10 q
Vicious horse that / rode managed 10
land me fiat on the road. Az q mements
OF that visit | feel occasionally 10 this
day q twinge OF rheumatism In my
shoulder. The General was not there;
bnt his spirit seemed 10 peryade every.
thing and everybody about The premises.
Order, Kindness hospitality reigned
throughout tho household. IL was q
pleasure 10 breathe the atmosphere Of o
locality, 10 which its illuatri0us owner
was deeply attached by social and
domestic ties, where no loved 10 enjoy
The society OF hia friends and a good and
gentle wife, q p'oua lady, whose life was
shortened by the brutal attacks OF q
scurrilous partisan press, and whore
the purest sentiments Of virtue, patriot
ism and religion prevailed.
He was then In Washington, faithfully
performing the duties OF his hiRh Office,
a0d battling for the right aud for the
people against the ptions OF =
Gigantic mOnied power. II waa q fear
ful conflict, and no other man In
America could have fought tho battle
successfully as no did. When no laid
l~rreyerent hands on that idol OF the
monied aristOcracy, the United States
Bank, and removed from Its vaults the
government deposits, ~frightfnl howls
from its wOrsh'p ers was heard through
out the length ard breadth OF the land.
His Secretary az the Treasury resigned,
being opposed To the measure, His
friends were greatly alarmed. IL looked
40 N he and his administration would bs
| compelled 10 yield 10 the fury OF his
assailants. But he lowered In tho
midst Of the storm, and dened ite power,
He came out Of the conflict In triumph.
And the American people are 10 this day
Indebted 10 him for much OF whatever 10
left OF the cause OF popular. foyereign'y
after twenty Ave years OF public plumber
and corruption, and Of the reign OF mo-
nopoly aud capital.
/ was only a. out 22 years old when no
appointed me u. y. Attorney for The
Western District for Pennsylvania.
That good and great man, Gen. Caes,
then Secretary OF War, was my voucher
and iDt0rrer. On this morning on which
my appointment was announced / WAS In
the reading room NJ Gadaby's Hotel. A
gentleman. a stranger, spoke to me and
said, IL see the PRECEDENT has app0inteda
District Attorney for Pennsylvania
They cay he Is a mere boy" without dis
closing my identity ! replied..'Yes no 10
. very young man. ! know him. And
| am sure he will endeayor by study and
application 10 make up for his want ofngs
aud experience. Whether that .promiso
was red emed II Is not for me to sly.
But the Young incumbent probably did
not disgrace himself In the office, nor
discredit the ~ pointing power, or he
would not have been promoted nc the
lgo Of 20 10 tho President Judgeship
OF The Pittsburg ID trict,
Ny official duties sometime, called
me w Wuahing' on. On one Of these 0ccass
| sl0ns | found myself one morning shortly
after breakfast sitting alone with the
"old hero" In The Executive Chamber al
the White House. Mr.. Webster had TO
| Gently made q famous speech AT N,rces-
Ter, Ma1sachusetts. IL was a terrible
attack on the Administration. Gen.
Jackson was aware OF tho fact. That
m0rhing tho speech made Ito frat ap-
pearanco In the WASHINGTON papers, A
paper containing II was on the table.
He cal cd my attention TO II, and TO-
ques cd me 10 read the speech 10 him.
or course l complied with the request,
expecting 10 see, before ! got through, q
fearful disploy OF temper, and 10 hear
some mad and bitter de~nunciati0ne, but
throuoh out the reading he smoked his
| pipe, and remained as calm as q sum
mor's morning He interrupted but once,
and that was TO sly III would not mind
what the. fellow says, N he only stuck 10
the truth" remember distinctly the
words, whore no rat, and how he looked
with his pipe Ia hts mouth. can al
most recall the tones OF his v0ico-the
same voice that gave the word OF COM
mand, when foreign foes, who had In
vaded our soil, we're 10 b. defented and
rep ilaed-when dOmea 10 treason was
10 DO atrangled In ite cradle-and when
| the peoplo were 10 be rescued from the
fangs OF u monitd y wer that aapired 10
the entire control OF the government.
was IN the habit OF sending to him
from Plttebu'g the returns OF The Penn
eylyania elections, esp cially on occas-
lots when no world DO absent from
Washington, aud on n visit 10 tho Her
mitago. The first returns that came In,
especially from the larger towns and
0 tios, we're gen orally uDfavorable TO our
side. Ny good friend, Mrs Judge
Catron, OF Nashville, who was for
many years o bright ornament 10 the
society OF Washington while her
husband, Judge Cutron, was on the
benco Of the Supreme Court, 10
responsible for the flowing III
tlo incident, ~ che related II 10 mo
Tho GEN raj rode into Nashville on one
occasion mainly 10 hear the result OF
the recent election In Pennsylvania.
He set great store by Pennsylvauis,a
State that was always true az steel 10
him and his principles. She seems 10
have turned her back on tho teachings
that governed her actions In the better
| days OF he Republic.
The General met n large party OF
| friends at Judge Catron's house. Some
ona said 10 him, General, tho news
| from Pennsylvania looks rather discour-
| aging" He replied walt till l hear
from my young friend Patton. Then
we will know oil shout H." IL no
recognized the young man No being true
TO him and his then, tho young man
now, having. reached the season Of the