San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-26

mol give NE "a warm welcome. bub
soon disabused their minds of this i'm
preston. saying to them:
Men, you heed have no fear Of me.
come TO yon as friend My brother,
now dead. was for eight years citizen
| of Vicksburg As soldiers far away
from your homes some of you may be
in need. Your Confederate money is
worthless, and yon may not be fortu-
nate enough TO have coin. If there is
any man here who will permit me to
help him as an individual and not as a
staff officer IT the Union army my purse
is at his disposal
"Tbis was replied to by tall Missis-
sippi soldier. who wore the epaulets
of brigadier general In little speech
which showed him TO be man of learn
ing and Of heart he thanked me in be-
half Of his comrades for my offer and
said such a spirit on the part Of the
copquerors was something they had
never dreamed Of He added that if
Union soldiers were to treat their de-
feated foes in this manner the bitterness
engendered by long struggle would
the sooner be effaced. He spoke with
deep feeling, and the scene with these
dusty and tattered veterans gathered
around me and looking up into my face
was one long to be remembered. Accus-
toned as we all were to scenes of blood
and suffering, something about the elo-;
quent remarks of the Mississippi briga-
dier touched our hearts. There were
plenty of moist eyes in the throng"
did you ever learn who this briga-
der was, General Curtis?"
Yes His name was Lamar, after
ward senator, cabinet officer and justice
of the supreme coulS In later years /
often met him in this city, and we had
many dinner together at which we
talked over the old days"
An Able Roasting.
81 had a strange and funny expert
ence with a constituent a short time
ago., said Congressman Richardson of
Michigan. II won't tell his name, but
will call him Brown for short He had
been employed in the government print
ing Office, had been discharged and
came to me for reinstatement He called
on me many times, and during one of
these calls placed in my hands bundle
of Endorsements which I promised to
file. His importantly was so great that
at last one morning I started to 60 to
the printing Office. had already put on
my overcoat, when it occurred to me
that had better glance over the papers
and Endorsements so as to be able to
make an intelligent presentation of the
case. ran through them, and among
them found letter addressed to Secre-
tary Morton. wondered what that was
doing among the papers, and glancing
at it saw my name mentioned in it. /
read it, and the contents of the docu-
ment made my eyes open, can tell
you. 1t was evidently not intended to
be included in that batch of indorse-
ments. The letter was from Brown, and
stated that he had edited a paper in
Michigan, had afterward gone to Ne
braska, the secretary's home state, and
there consistently advocated the triumph
of the doctrine of Democracy. This was
the preliminary. 1t went on to ask an
appointment in the department Of agri-
culture, and then the remainder of the
letter was devoted to very able roast
ing of myself.
ut stated was no Democrat ard
didn't amount to shucks at home, never
earned enough to keep the pot boiling,
that the nomination to congress was
given me only because no one else want
ed it and that there was great regret in
the district when was elected 1t went
ON to state that / did not amount to any
thing here in Washington, paying no
attention to the affairs of the district,
and that it was owing to my indiffer-
ence that Brown had not secured the
position before. As a specimen of the
process of frying conceit from a man
over literary slow fire the letter was
worthy place in a scrapbook. After I
had perused the curious document took
off my overcoat and postponed my visit
to the printing office. The next day
when Brown called there was a scene.
He was speechless when confronted
with the letter. told him he need
have no concern, however; that my in
dignation was lost in admiration of his
shrewdness, and that he must have put
that letter among the others by design,
for he could not have adopted any surer
way of getting an appointment at the
hands of this administration than by
abusing Democratic congressman. Mr..
Brown, said 1, 4 will allow myself to
be persuaded that you designedly placed
this letter among your recommends
tions, and, with that understanding and
knowing you are in desperate straits to
secure place under the government, ]
will see the printer and recommend your
appointment. recommended him,
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