The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-28
HON. A. y. HEWITI'S STORY
HIS sTRUE GILES FROM BOYHOOD
TO MANHOOD.
A Leaf From che Life Of . Noble
Citizen an Example for Fat
uro Generations.

The speech OF the Hon. A. 8. Hsw'
IT,, the Democratic candidate for May
orr ( New York, at the County Demo
crAcy ratification meeting 10 the
Cooper Institute Frid y evening, was
worthy { the distin. uished ca didate
and Of the great audience he ad.
drtsad. Ia Rnswer TO the charge OF
Mr.. Heary George, the labor cshdi-
da'e, that Mr.. Hewitt owed his riches
TO tere3 OF "happy accidents" he
q id: Il have never pRraded my per
sonal history before the people OF tnie
city, and / hesitate TO say a word
about It now, but under a the cir
cumsisnces l have concluded tina
some 20 d msy be done to 8 me strug-
Cling young man il some of these h sp-
py accidents should be recounttd.
Tee Il st e these happy accidents, and
Il was one / think you will agree with
mo ! cou d not help, WIS my birth.
krow that il Henry George
h d discovered his safe curs
Tor all the evils of society that
accident could not have happened.
Bat he was not On hand at that time,
and 20 ! was born OF IN Their who
WAS a Turner's daughter AID tf a
father who was mechanic. They
wers GOOD, honest ST. ck. i was not
brought up on q bottle. You see |
show come 6igus Of my nurture even
now a. O. yeaia Of age, when / am told
,ha' my bilth was an accident. The
next Happy accident was thst they
wrIe rot rich, bat poor and honest
peop e, who earned their daily bread
and br IL 1ht their children up to rev.
eTenoe God and to give ar equivalent
TO TO lie for every hour OF their lives.
MY education, the next happy acct
dent, was In the public schools Of he
city of New York. Then learned to
meet my qusls and to measure my
capaciti g, such as they were, with
these who begin life with equal
oh0ncss with mysslf, which were an
hone mind In an h 1nest b ,dy. The
next accident was that Columbia Col
legp, that lime honored institution of
you're, gave two Scholarships free fJr
compettion among the boys Of the
public schools, and 10000 OF us went
up for those, and ona OF them was
piven to me. l was admitted to col
lepe, and honestly supported my
self from the time l en-.
tered till l wsB graduated in
four yea SO by teaching these whom |
could Il d 10 Instruct. Not dollar Of
burden was imposed upon my parents,
who, under other cllcum stances.
would have been glad to have met the
Necessary charges. 1t happened, by
another lucky accident, perhaps,
that passed through college -aud l
a,y it In no vain spirit OF glorifi atom
at hs head OF my class, aud by
auo her happy accident | bee me
nearly blind, snd was compelled to
pass year in Europe, for which l paid
out of the Gaming which had lid
up from the lessons had given. Ga
my wy homo another accident oo.
curred-the slip on which 1 was vent
to lhs bottom, and was saved ny
another accident in one OF the boats oil
thet snip ia company with q man who
has been Mayor OF this city, who was
and ia my friend and brother, and wi !
b. to tie end OF my life. l landed In
midNiuter in O borrowed suit OF sail
ora clnthes-not t1iog OF my own
aud | had three silver d1llars in my
pocket, which constituted my en-
tire worldly wealth l was "
years Of ege, and that acnide.
WAS the turning point OF ms. llie IL
taught ms much, and fist OF all that
could aud In the presen0e OF deaf
W thout fesr and wi h u hinching. II
taught me another thing, that my 10,
viii h h, d been miraCulously rescued
btlon ed not to me at al, and tina
hour gave II to the work which
hev. since folio we'd to do the best /
could to promote the welfare OF my
fellow Citiz ,ns. For thirty years
have never turned aside from tina.
tisk. The task which / set to myself
was to contribute nc far as | could +
the empl yment OF men, go that they
cuu d / elp themselves, and not be
m d subj cts OF public charity Az
pDsusa,l Self.help is the remedy fol
all the evils Of which men complain.
have had to help myself from the
ear lest year eau remember, snC
every struggling young man WIN
choos "a 10 low the same rule wi
help himself, and not b come dc
pendent upon public or privat'
charity, aud can achieve measure
OF success that ought to hStlsil
every independent cilGen" Alnos
every sen ence ultsTtd by Mr.. Hewitt
was VIC frrouslY appauded by tn
audience, aud q great shout Of app ,,ov
Al swept over the immense hall wheI
Re exc aimed, in a dramatic manner
"WLo should ru o this country Me-
who 'abor for their daily bread, VIII
IN Gil their obligations, or those who
coming here from other lands
OF cp ression aud tyranny - woul
unje ta6e to subvert our governmtn
by he method Of anarchy, social Y II
aod communism am astonish"
that all New York, Democratic an
, Republican, has never ri'en to Il
fee, aud said to them; Begone-sac
70 tbs Damned, TO the hell from who
you emerge"
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