The sun., 1891-04-05
IN gEoRsIA,s PAST.

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/ IN 0EoR6LA'S PAST
Me~or,es 20 sAe Great Ne, whs Nave
| Made Oxietherpe's Colony Fssess.
Tcoryrisa..l
! The name Of jackson has always been hon.
! ored in Georgia. and long before that Of An
! drew OF the Hermitage was kno wn. During
: the Yazoo speculation the Ssnators in Con-
, gress from the State were James jackson and
James Gum. The latter was not only inter-
estsd In them. but BY virtue Of his exalted DO
sition became one OF their chief negotiatora
! While his colleague was in his place IN the
National Council he remained at home In or.
der to conduct these disrsputable sehemes.
repairing to Congress only few days before
| the end OF the session. partly to avoid the
| charge OF total neglect Of his public duties,
| but mainly for the purpose OF involving the
Federal Government. II possible. In them.
Fortunately for the honor Of the state. the
other Senator kept rigidly loyal. and that
after an offer Of 100000 acres OF land for
| his services or his silence. This he COM
bated with wrath which was kindled to tho
highest degree. These speculators he warned
| in most solemn words. They were mainly
| civilians who had borne little. most Of them.
| or no service In the late war. Reminding OF
| this fact. he answered their proposal. SAYING.
| among other things, that he. not they. had
fought for Georgia and the right to all OF It's
territory; that this territory belonged not to
| the General Assembly. but to the people, and
he threatened that. II they should succeed In
their audaoious designs. he would resign his
| seat 10 the Senate. and lose his life. or. with
the help Of other honest citizens. have their
action disappointed. This threat he actually
| carried out Leaving the Senate. he let HIM
self be chosen Represent ative In the Legisla.
ture in 1896. and In the matter OF the no'sd
| Resembling act was the mover and leading
| spirit For an instance equal in heroic patriot
| lam We must 20 back to that oldest period In
| tho histor, OF Athens. whom. In compliance with
| tho answer Of the Oracle. its King. descending
| from the throne and clothing himself In the
armor OF common soldier. sought for death
| in the front Of tho army Of his country. The
| report OF the committee appointed for investi-
eating tho huge transactions was written By
him. and It is q masterpiece Of righteous In
| vective.
| Yet the frst notable hostility had been be-
gun at homo. and:t was led by young man OF
| Columbia county who had just passed his legal
majority. In whom thoughtful persons OF his
acquaintance saw evidences OF the genius, the
will. and the temper which were to put him
above all others OF his time. There were two
| mon Of whom 1t 10 particularly to be regretted
| that no biographies wers mover written Abram
Baldwin and william Harris CrswioEd; the he
active in laying the ioupdatos. for making
away from his home the other 50 bold and
who endeavored to thwart scheme. which be
knew TO be i1r the welfare o. the m !s,o Whole NE ne
thsn for
counsels. in spite OF his overbearing deport-
WSo Ron saSe beon Tor
the sudden visitation which subtracted from
his giant strength when only little beyond
SS State 70 f Which many q sbess ysrs
pirinR: His enemies fought him in public and
Ta's was wounded. @ and in the othsr his adversary
was slsin. But he was pressing OF, onward I and nd
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loss. and to the last felt himself equal ,9 what.
sk might be % sna nsa S
Northern Circuit until the day when. being IN
O. hs lie no
shat IL re eontinspt oi SI NSi!h A@erIss ;a had
heard es s. Judge I Lsmpsip say that. having Known
him we'll and for n long time. his Indgmsnt
Clay Tho contempt which he ieIt. ior his
earliest adyersariee continued after hts iell. I
rsaty
\ is =
On sSsus tha: q what Ssepsncd s Sa sSs Z :id;
W. disSHs Pss hi@ 1 a %Ssn ,es
e"1d so: aiming e his iees. shut ny eyss. sPd
raising r.s my hand to horizontal fred at tho
His adversary vas slaip instantly. Van Allen
Sa %sh
sial pcssieiItiss 90 thsy believed ia tbe case
duel with whom Crawford WAS wounded in ono
raphies. nor autobiographies Of tho Leading
o, those early peri9ds; Mete re Wsts1
mas. a,ps Nj %Heh fsn saspsc. @ now Known that
great psr Of ths ;bose
linians who before their coming. had settled
the reGS%1 further Soun mss nnm1r Of
latter Thsro were The Lswises Nerve hers.
nets and ethers. os ioined aiterward By craword.
2, Vireinian. whn removed from Colum-
Most os :s.sa North
Carol!nians were tho Clarkes, Doolys. We!tons.
y s Of and
although in shs midst Fl to @ Tory Tbe
passions in the interval warnings were dire
aud yengeiul to the last degree. Death. aud
being captured alive. COL Dooiy was seized by
band 10 bic own house in presence OF his
Tree. In brief. nine Tories were captul ed:
and his son, q young lad had the happiness Of
them. This lad. when grown to manhood. with
tho ferceness Of his clan. went into tho politics
bis genius. but for "ns lnirnity Of habit, would
have made him the leader Of them all and the
dIiion. went that Of ali the notable mon Of that
period Judge ,Dooy was the ablest. except
| Crawford. and in oratory tar superior to him
and all Others. except Forsyth. He had little
culture even IN the study Of tho law, YET TAX
count. was q great Judge. ! have heard Alex
ender Stephens ,ell Of the occasion on which h
county. 1t WAS at a court In Columbia county.
whittier he had eome clad IL bone, me, made gar.
which had been dyed deeply in color known
as turkey-red. He had been taken somehow