Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-05-29
HISTOE.IC HEA0C JkRTCRS.
Where the SouthCrncr Used To Fen
devious in New YORK.

Where the Southcrner Used 10 Fem
devious in New York.
in passing the New York hotel the |
Observer CHANGED Ia recall IN interest
ing piece of wartime history. At the
outbreak of the REBELLION this house
became the stopping place and neal
quarters of those who were engaged III
plotting treason and preparing to dc
strov the nation. 1t j. SAIL that Hiram
CranSton fed great plumbers OF r'b'iS
who came 10 New York during the war.
and that he was the custodian of large
amount of personal property belonging
to leading SoIthcricr>. 1t was sal"
that the money which WAS raised III
New York in 1856 Tor the purpose OF
carving Pennsylv;l lia against the re-
publicans in the sta e cicc1on-thc con-
sccut;ve results of which m"ncuvcr
were the election of Buchanan and the
defeat of Fremont. the rebellion and
the abolition of >lavery-was manly
obtained through the efforts of PoStmas-
ter Isaac Eowlel'. and was taken To
Philadelphia on the engine and tender
| that carried the nc tOr-w;lS II not I'd
win Forrest who played in New York
| and PHILADELPHIA on the sam, night.
This money bought up the native Amer
lean party, for whose alliance the re-
public us had been barge ming, and car
ricd the ,Iav. The democrats won the
state election in PENN ylvania by the
aid of the know-nothins ;. Buchanan be-
came president. AID p or Isaac Fowler
wa, left in Il sorry pos ton. being una
bic to repay borrowei money. Blu
chanan knew all ab )ut the matter.
would not lend Il he lping hand. and
Fowler fed the cOup try after having
! been the direct mean of clcctlng Bu-
chanan.
Many New Yorke rs remember the
Lincoln campaign and the Wide
Awakes. The der Iocrats, especially
the breckenridge factiOn. made the
New York hotel. heir headquarters at
that time. Then Il was that gangs of
southerncrs and orthcrn sympathizcrS
blocked NJ the str ects around the hotel
bv day and made night hideouS with
their wells. The Lincoln and Wide
Awake headquarters were in Il building
directly opposite the hotel, and during
the whole campai IN the antagOnistiC
parties did not engage In single fStl-
cuff, but took it out in yelling for dear
life. The Wide-A wakes with their
torches charged upon the incipient
rebels whenever the latter attempted
to trespass on the formers side of the
, | inht of nlo
when Lncoln's election was assured,
the Wild .-Awakcs cleaned things out
generally.
Immediately after Lincoln's election
the southerners began to gather in large
numbers in this city. the leading ones
putting up at the New York hotel, and
the smaller FRY meeting nearly every
evening at little saloon opposite on
one of the side streets. Here Were
laid The plans for the attack on Fori
Sumter. and here the calculations were
made for dividing the republic and eS
} tabli<hinU the southern cOnfcderacy,
J which We're subsequently carried out as
far rs possible. lr was said that many
southerncrS left their money. jcwelry
A; and other property with Mr.. Cranston
1 and that he kept it all safely and after.
: ward delivered it over to the owner,
4 without fee, reward or hope of reward
r Mr.. Cranston struggled through the re
e bellion, carrying the odium AMI oppro.
brium of union men. He kept his owl
cOunsels and was silent, but suffered
I very much in the loss of property
e Very few union people patronized tn,
hotel, and though New York was filled
T with rebel sympa thizcrs and those who
: wished to disme oibcr the nation. We
these mon did not stand by and aid Mr.
: Crans.on by giving him their custom
t as one would suppose they would hav,
+. done. They even neglected his bar
= and drank wine more freely at tn,
g Metropolitan. 81. Nicholas, and Fiftl
u avcnuc-all strong union houses thar
J, ut the hotel of their iirn;est friend
: Well. this is the WAY of the world!
, At the time the attempt was made Z,
o set fire 10 the hotels in this city b,
means of inllammable materials contain
d ed in hand-Sachcls il was sIid tina
l. those engaged in the pot held their ii
nal m ,eting at the New York motel be
u fore separating and taking zip thei
!, lodgings at the house intended to n
n burned. After the attempt, thousand
II of patriotic citizens assembled in tn
e streets. and the feeling against the New
L York hotel was simply terrible. MI
p CranSton undoubtedly knew nothin
II about the plot. nevertheless it was ce:
IL tain that a work of command from som
y leading union man would have incite,
u the populacc to sack the hotel.-Ne,
n York Graphic.
lo A Truthful Gentleman.