The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1886-02-10
,onnessoo and President Of the United

/ anu HAItUAtN INH DONNOeIIba Ol Nlh GguublE s
BE planted the laws OF the Union upon the
shores of the Pacific His influence and coun-
sci tended to organize the National Treasury
on the principles Of the Constitution and Co
apply the rule Of Freedom TO trade and in
[ dustry.'
It has not yet been forty years since
the demise Of Polk, and yet he is vir-
tually forgotten, though the country he
served really had much to thank him
for. They are very few who can remem-
Der whom he succeeded and who was
his successor, and they are fewer still
who can enumerate the particular ser
vices be rendered What a fraud fame
is, after all, and there can be no better
eEemplifcation of it than the story Of
James Knox Polk, who, kind, generous,
magnanimous, able and intellectual, is
remembered-merely as one who was
once President. His companion who
has survived him, so many lonely years
now a very old lady, resides in the old
brick mansion that was their home to-
gether so long ago, where she can look
out of the window and see his tomb all
the day. The old house shows the rava-
ges Of time, but is nevertheless good for
many q year to come.
From Nashville we proceeded to Pu-
laski, a place Of 5000 people, passing on
the way Franklin, where there was some
warm fighting during the war Hood
came through Pulaski on his "dash, 80
and dashed back again faster than he
went up. From this place we make a
good little jump of 235 miles to Mont
gemery,
THE CAPITAL OF ALABAMA,
a place of-at least they claim it-3O, 600
souls. Two weeks before we were where
the thermometer was % degrees below
zero, and here it was warm enough to 90
'in shirt-sleeves." But they had felt
the cold snap at Montgomery-the cold
est within the memory of the "oldest in
habitant." Montgomery is full OF remi-
niscenses and memories and reminders
and one tning or other. After dinner
Mark and I (he's one of my chums)
started out to explore the city, first 60
ing up the broad street at the head OF
which, upon a natural terrace, stands
the imposing white edi6ce that was the
first headquarters Of the Confederate
/ government. We stood upon the same
balcony from which was delivered
JEFF DAVIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS,
and, talked OF and tried to comprehend
the great changes that have occurred
since that day when southern chivalry
thronged the terrace and street below
and accepted the silver tongued Missis.
sippi for their chief OF a nation that
never was. We sat in old wooden arm
chairs on that same balcony-we OF the
once-hated NOrth-and looked not on
enemies and the trappings Of war-but
upon peaceful laborers and tradesmar
down the long avenue; and far across
the country we could see the serpentint
bends of the broad Alabama, and on its
bosom-glistening like silver under the
rays of the warm sun-we saw the busy
steamers OF commerce. All, wha
changes come with time
For a long time we sat there. 1t wa.
so warm and pleasant. But by and by
we went into the building and into the
room on the right-now the House o
| Representatives-where the first Con
federate Congress met. Across the TO
tunda is the present Senate Chamber
where Davis and his Cabinet-Lee, Ma
lory, Benjamin, Toombs, Walker, Men
minger, Reagan - and Vice-Presiden
Stephens used to meet. A new wing
has Of late been erected to the building
and in this is the library.
While in the State House I saw som,
monuments over on a hill, half-hiddeI
by trees, and we decided to pay thp
place visit. This, the city cemetery
is a quaint old southern graveyard, an
cient in appearance, with yellow
stones their olden epitaphs oer
grown with moss and haltcovered will
the dust of age.
We went over every corner Of the ol
burying-ground and copied ever s.
many inscriptions that were interestin
to me, but might he less to the reader.
One stone / must mention is tina
erected to the memory of William Lowr
des Yancey, a Brigadier General in tn
Confederate army, VITO according to tn
epitaph inscribed on the brown-gra
= granite that marks his last home wa
"born at the Shoals of Ogeeche, Ware
county, Ga, Aug. 10, 1914; Died nea
Montgomery, Ala, July27, 1868" Ger
Nancey is remembered as a gallant off
Ger, man of high intellectual wortf
and a flower of chivalry.
Aut there is near the Yancey monl
ment one that touched me deeply, for
told such a sad story-a round colum
of clouded marble and on the squal
block supporting it were these lines;
In memoryof
n WILLIAM ID. BALDWIN, JR.,
b Captain Of Co. G, % Reg't Ala. Volunteers
4 Born Nov. 28, l845.
Is Killed at the Battle Of Franklin, Tenn. on d
night of Aug 80. 1864, 10
l. years Of age,
Poor bOy-I think can see him as
It looked in his gray uniiorm-and I thir
he must have looked noble and han