The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-07-24
BILL ARP,S pHIL0SOPH7.
atlanta Consultation.

said tIiat Richard Henry Lee deliver.
ed the eulogy on Washington, and used
the famous expression, "First in war. first
in peace, and first in the hearts of his
countrymon." That was mistake, and l
rise to apologize for it. I trusted too
much to memory. Richard Henry, the
statesman, died before Washington. It
was the soldier, "Light Horse Harry"
who delivered the eulogy.
wish that / lived next door to Judge
Richard I'll. Clark, so that when I got
tangled up. la history, 7 could hail him
and say, ,"Judge; how is this, and who is
who, and t7hat IS what" It would save
me the trouble of hunting over the books.
In fact, be is more reliable than some of
the books. He never makes q mistake
He is the best historian in the south, end
yet he IL hyt m old man. he is not de-
cayed OF fcsailifsrons, but seeus to grow
brighter with advancing years. ! would
like to live by him, and day b7 day listen
TO his lucid "reminiscences of notable men
and notable events, and l would take
notes and DE his Boswell, and together we
would write book that would be treas
ure to the nouthsrn people. 1t would be
an authority and would revive and per-
petuate much of history and biography
That will SOON pass away forever. In a few
Jears there will not be man left to recall
and relate 4he unrecorded history of our
noble tnen.
Just see low tsnderly sarcastic Is the
Judge in tile note that hS writes me.
NJ DEER FRIEND hasten to thank
you for correcting my impression that it
Res Light Horse Harry" who delivered
the eulogt on Washington. I really
supposed that Richard Henry 1ee.died
before Washington. 1 have SO long re-
garded you as authority on such matters
that I mustuurrendor my own Convictions.
A man can believe an error so long that
his belief ia almost as good as the truth.
1 learn also from another writer in to
days C5ntAhlt;dn that Mrs. DR.. FELTON,
was before marriage Mids Swift. For
many years I have supposed that her
maiden name was RebeCea Latimer.
stand corrected. Your friend,
R. b. CLARK.
But I'll tsutnp him yet. I'll pay him
of. I'll try him on the authorship Of
Junius, and who wrote the book of Job,
and was William Tell fact or fiction,
and who Was the father of Zebedee's
children. I wish that he would write a
book so that / could get at him. I'd cure
him of his sweet and tender sarcasm.
A habit of study and good memory
to preserve what is learned is q combina-
ton that makes the most interesting class
of men. We we're talking about General
Lees msmory, and one of his pupils as
sured us that he knew every one of bis
400 students in his college by sight and
by name and where he lived and what
was his standing in his class. a gradu-
| ate of Princeton remarked that DR.. Nc
Gosh had similar gift, and be never
knew him to forget anything but once.
He forgot 10 give notice before he began
the chapel prayers that he desired the
senior class to meet him in the class room
that morning. He never thought of it
nntil he was actually engaged in the
prayer and he knew that he could not
give notice at its close for the whole mob
of 400 always bounced out with racket
before the ''Amen" was said-and so he
concluded bis prayer with "Ant oh Lord
let thy daily blessing rest upon all who
are here aasem bled and incline the second
division of the senior class to meet me in
the class room Immediately after prayers
for Christ's sake. Amen. These old
Scotehmen have wonderful resources, and
where there is no way open they chop out
one. Our preacher was telling of his
grandfsther-a stern old Scotchman, who
had ways ard eccentricities peculiar. His
grace at the table was more important
affair than the meal. In fact the best
dinner was not fit thing TO eat until it
had been blessed in John Knox fashion.
One day the old gentleman was late in
coming to dinner, and did not respond to
the call. Tom was awfully hungry, and
had to go back to his work, and said he
couldn't wait any longer, and so he
pitched in and was in q good way when
the old gentleman came forward, and. af.
ter the family were all seated, and Tom
had paused, he raised his pious hands,
and said.
sob, Lord, wilt thou let Thy blessing
rest upon us all, and upon the food that
we are about to partake of, and especially
upon that portion of which Thomas has
already partaken in an ungodly manner,
for Christ's sake. Amen.
But it locks now like history will soon
be all that is left us to boast of. We
thought that the reform of the tariff was
big thing, but that is now dead issue.
That pension bill, and that force bill has
killed all prospects of tariff reform. Mr..
Cleveland's surplus has gone glimmering,
never to return. We thought that maybe
the Alliance might do some big thing in
the way of purifying politics, but the AL.
lance seems to be concentrated on big
warehouses and a sub-treasury full of
money, although there will be none to
lend. If the senate passes that force bill
that has just passed the house, then we
may bid farewell to States rights and
Southern rights. 1t will make no differ
ence whether we elect q new set or re-
elect the old, the south will be as helpless
as painted ship upon painted ocean.
This Republican Congress under the cast
iron rules of Tom Reed began early to
unseat Democratic members so as to have
good working majority. Judge Jackson,
of West Virginia, was the first to fall.
Next Pendleton had to retire and then in
swift succession they turned out Cate OF
Arkansas, Wise of Virginia, Turpen Of
Alabama, and Venable of Virginia.
Turpen had thirteen thousand majority,
but they said chat fourteen thousand ne
groes were inundated and didn't 60 to
the polls. In .his way they have increas.
ed their working majority from eight to
twenty and now seem satisfied for
awhile.
Then they passed q hill requiring the
President to appoin. seventeen new cir
cult judges, who, of course, are to be all
partisan Republicans and will hold their
Offices for life. And next came the
crowning infany-the force bill that
clinches all the nails and makes fast and
permanent our humiliation. These cir
cult judges are to be election supervisors,
who will hold their Offices for life. The
chief supervisors are to appoint three
subalterns for every election precinct, and
two of them are required to be republi-
cans. The other may be anything or
nothing or man or a straw. They will
hold the elections and count the votes
and make returns to the chiefs in that
district. The chief selects one Of the
circuit judges to appoint a returning