The sun., 1891-05-10

oveIbearn1S y hi. hi. physical ipiir9itisR mSds
such sudaclty that hs wss never again % Su6.
mad opportunities OF knowing well this n.
traordinary man. whose genius. In my tudAs
an" b.
Rsss s$ s .s:l g. ssss $.s:
4 long sneoch, vr. to dwell upon other then
ss 90 feeT GpS HShs % e ss sy.| xs S
DO ,fta remembsr be to have ever heard Si and:f:
mere merits OF cases. and 10 such manner and
sevss sIn Upon srsi them own eoed ssass sad
ing 81 verSes whe,hsr 9 they wers sp ssnsbs sa
or fools. Just mep or scoundrels He seemsdte
H vssy hs aoss ss s1.as IF s and
beHns hs qom os him snH wnS Mss
lew few Sonrs before at the reausss @ q aresne ~:
ter who had be. been &C. called away hS h; tex his
Who had hardly doubt Of preysilIne. foomSs
eSsd that sns .'psfs osis srhi ' @ q
to saq Co.. 'Ssn ssose
case wherein the heirs Of Q man nnmeo john
seus Ss O
to a half brother. The only bit Of evidence
considered OF any serionsnsss ~ the dsfendaps
ness who had little = rerusation for ysrssls.
The speech Of Cone was very powerful, While
Ras
much wrought, by excitement. Just bsfore
s1H iconsHdsd he said to Stephens in ~
sAeck. i'd like to get hold Of that Jury"
who answered readily that he would yiSid
~h iRousht 10 % Dawson vas to reply" said Cone
No. sir" cried Toombs. and in high wrath
advansing to the Jury boz; already full Of pas.
tS % find our 4 there are twelve honest men II
rent Of oratory which upon all cars and heart4
sSa snE at es s' oss da this
IL 8 sssa asss:s ssa ssn
they did nor Quickly find as Toombs had COM
sH before dA had counted apon UOS
settlement which had been aequiesoed in
1n'cn .eid me- ao 81 Esas Ss 'sS $
xsi sr T. esSe
standing seeking damaees for ,punishment
WHICH, III u mpIu0QL Oh p2bSlOu. uAO O60u I0s
tho trial had proposed to settle for $500. fss
s se7.a w S Yss Ga ID h;
amount claimed: $4,000. Linton declared thsti9
his opinion such an outpouring Of speech had
Of Rss ssr The renIsf
ing f the n orGs yGsrdc m one q the
Obtained: i unon NO other grounds, that Il
Motor God Almishty's sake. mol rd
rather pay even more than the jury found than
has
more Just and iaIEin the settlsmsnt Of cases
D sE assos ss s
OF the Observation-Disclosures and disputes among
men. Then he had dsdain OF taking advan:
he ssns
fused, he. would threaten to retire from the
cases. Many. and many compromise was
1t would be useless for me. to more than
refer to tho actions Of his public life. Ardent
mate conservatism which would have. made
him safe ruler ALL hays Alex
enough ior the government Of the whole North
American continent. and again and again did
ti1s the Frssaen ea q tie % @ stsses
rns y G wbos
has not produced man moro dauntless In the
maintenance Of what he regarded right IN
politics or In the morals Of civic and social
life. Often lnisun erstood because OF appGr-
On recklessness Of speech whom not In serious
mood. he was deyoted to truth In every shapS.
ness to take risks and mako sacrifices for it.
saw him twice thai time he was sndesvor.
ing. after the surrender OF the Confederate
armies. to make his way out OF the county.
With Col. A. Lane and another OF my neigh
bors. Major Edgeworth Bird. piloted him one
night over some by roads east OF Sparta. a. ho
was traysl!1g n{SEthward Nc. i9nK after.
ton, he fs,urned. sccompanlsd; as before. 81
his dear friend and neighbor, Mr., Irwin. with
whose father, Isaiah Tucker IRWIN, once
Speaker Of the Georgia House OF Represents.
tiyes. l, when lad. hal been q aschoolmate and
friend in Powelton. Again these neiRhbor0
and I role with him until. wnen far in the
night, We conducted him 20 the Sandersville
some some domestic afiictions which had bsia1sn
us both he wept much II was sad to part
from him there In the deep OF the night. .
fugitive from the failure OF q cause which he
believed. and until his DYING DAY continued to
believe. ought to have succeeded.
To him 1t wasa yet moro poignant sorrow
when, shortly after his arrival at Paris. he was
mott flied Of tn" death OF his only rem mainlnG
child. Rejecting the amnesty offered By The
exile In which he lived ever nfterward. spend.
Ing and being spent In repairing the wasted
resources Of the state. which, In his unvAn.
Iushel pride he claimed as tho only coul.
try left for him
RICHARD MALCOLM JOHNSTON.