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Abrnm 5 Hewitt says Her UnHttest
Mon Arc In CnnErrsn

Abrnm $ Hewitt says Her UnHttest
Men Are IN Congress.
New York. February 3d. Special to the
Plcaylne.) IA speech made by ex-Mayor
Abram S. Hewitt at the dinner of the
Southern society last night in which he
criticised the Southern statesmen in Wash
ington, and indirectly referred to Senator
Hin and his connection with the rejection
of men for the supreme court bench, ere
ated considerable talk yesterday among
the Southerners In this city. and among
other people. too.
j. c. Calhoun eaid that there was MOTH
ing the Southern peopie admired more
than franSness. and that when criticism
was given in a friendly spirit and came
from such q friend OF the South as e&
Mayor Hewitt. it could be received IN
nothing but a friendly spirit Dispatches
from Washington this afternoon were 10
the effect That the Southern statesmen
were indignant at the unoomplimentary
things said of them by Mr.. Hewitt. Mi.
Hewitt today seemed surprised that MS
remarks had become such a topic OF con-
versahon. He said;
II wish IL clearly understood that my
remarks last night at the Southern society
dinHer were not intended TO be an attack
upon the South would have said the
same thing about some OF the men Of the
West and the North [ did not mean 10
intimate that there are no good men IN
the South. but / do say TINT the best men
IF the South. as well as the beet men OF
the West and North. are engaged in pur-
suits other than statesmanshlp The repre-
sentatives OF the South In Washington are
the uniittest that the South could send
4 responded last night to the toast. The
National Credit SO much gross ignor-
ance has been displayed by the represent
tatlves Of the South In congress in refernSc
to this toast that | was forced to say what
] felt in M heart to be the truth Many
OF the representatives In congress from
Other parts Of the country. as wen as from
the South, are a set of ineompetent dema-
gogues. we are under the domination OF
the unnttast. l said that some representa-
tiyes or the South had succumbed to the
falsity that q position on the bench OF the
supreme court of the United States IS
local question, 10 be settled by the demand
OF some local politician upon the president
70 consider how the appointment will affect
his political prospects,"
Mr.. liewitts speech contained these
sentiments among Others Southern men,
as a rule are accustomed to take RESPONSE
bilitles ana l have observed that yynen
they come mere 10 New York they take
all the responsibilities they can lay their
hands on, They came here at the close OF
the war without money, without influence,
without prestige Of any kind and vet to-
day there Is no Profession which is not as
sdmed by men of Southern birth But
sometimes think that perhaps what we
nave gained has been the loss of the Sec
ton from which you cRme. FOR comparing
the men whom we see Ia public life repre-
senting the South today with the race OF
giants who, from the foundation or the
government to the breaking out Of the
war, represented the Southern portion OF
this Union in the senate and In the house.
comparing these giants with The rcpre
sentatves who now Sit there. and apply
ing the gauge OF statesmanshtp which Is
only to be derived from the study Of hts
tory. ! am compelled TO say that some
great change has come over the south.
either In the loss OF its best men, or in me
diversion OF its best men 10 ether pursuits
besides those of statesmanshlp. one
southern man IS battling today IN congress
Tor something IN which he profoundly be-
lieyes and has absolute faith. lie wants
70 coin the seiniorage lie might as
wen Try % coin vacuum. Worse than
that. u IS like trying 10 coin the NEGATIVE
quantity on the other side OF vacuum
Go and tell Your Southern senators tbat
Calhoun and Benton. and Crawford ana
itFrFes, ana the other great men, who for
50 many years represented them In the
senate OF the United States have aban-
aoned even The nigh position OF senator
ana gone home in Haekc.oth and ashes
rather than to have degraded the great
commission which they held from their
States into the mere servitude OF a poll
uelan' without reputation. without char
acser' without right 70 speak for the state /
q New York. The representatives VINO
~ N congress from The South are not up
70 the STANDARD, either OF the great men
VINO formerly sat there OF. the demands
OF me situation. How do you account Tor
TX account for It In this way: Al me
close OF the war everybody In the south
was ruined Every man who had any
apilty Immediately hatook himself 10 some
ana q business by which he could sim
port himself and his family. The man
Who had the most brains got Out az fhe
south These who could not get out STAYED
ana devoted themselves 10 the deveIop-
mtnt Of the reaources OF which nave
spoken Those who could not get away.
ana could not make living III home IN
any regular branch OF business went INTO
politics and they were MOSTLY men WIND
been nav
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