The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-23
CONFEDERATE BRIGADIER" SEN.
ATORS.
The supply Not Exhausted - They
Also Make Good Congressman ant
EoNern nrS

The supply Not Exhausted - They
Also Make Good COngressmen and
Governors.
The retirement Of Gen. John B. Gordon
from the United States Senate on March
4, to be succeeded by a young civilian, viii
not lessen the number of so-called ICON
federate brigadiers" in that august body.
Senator Pugh of Alabama will at that
time be succeeded by Gen. Edmund w.
Pettus of Selma.
South Carolina. before she fell under
Tillman rule. was represented by Gen.
Wade Hampton and Gen. NJ. c. Butler, the
former, like Senator Gordon, having been
a Lieutenant general in the confederate
service.
Tennessee has for her junior senator Gen.
w. 3. Bate, who first served as governor,
and whose colleague, Senator Harris, was
the famous war governor of that state.
The same honor was held by the late Sen
ator Joseph E. Brown of Georgia.
Missouri and Mississippi have in the
Senate Gen. Francis M. Cockrell and Gen.
f. C. Walthall, the latter returning on
March 4, after a short voluntary retire
ment from that office to seek restoration
of his health.
For many years Gen. S. b. Maxey repre-
scented Texas in the Senate, and think
retired voluntarily to private life. That
state prefers to keep her "brigadiers' at
home and make governors out or them,
or put them in other high places of honor.
The same is true of Virginia, whose last
''brigadier' in the Senate was Gen. Will
liam Malone, whose career was anything
but fiattering to the sold Dominion" the
'sNTother of Presidents" whose loyalty to
party was never called in question.
Gen. Matt. w. Ransom was North Caro-.
lina's last senator of the "brigadier"
class, and his retirement was followed
very closely by his appointment as minis
ter to Mexico.
Gen. John S.'Williams and Gen. Randall
L. Gibson, both deceased. represented
Kentucky and Louisiana in the Senate,
the latter dying in office.
The lower branch of congress, the
House of Representatives, at one time
"swarmed" with so-called confederate
brigadiers,' which gave rise to the pro-
test and criticisms of northern news
papers. At the present time, however,
Lieut.. Gen. Joseph Wheeler of Alabama,
reelected after a prolonged contest, is
the most prominent of that once numer-
GUS class in the House.
Some years ago Alabama had there
Gen. w. H. Forney Gen. c. M. Shelley,
Gen. ]. H. Forney and Gen. George p.
Harrison, Jr. Georgia had Gen. p. NJ. b.
Young, Gen. Dudley NJ. DuBose and Gen.
Phil Cook, while North Carolina sent Gen.
Robert B. Vance, Gen. A. NJ. Scales and
Gen. William r. Cox.
Florida had there Gen. Jesse ]. Finley
and Gen. Robert B. Bullock and from Mis-
sissppi came the noted Gen. James r.
Chalmers; from Tennessee came Gen.
George G.. Dibrell, and from Missouri
came Gen. John B. Clark, while Virginia
sent young Gen. Robert Lee.
The above are all / can call to mind
without reference to the records, but
am sure that there were "a few more Of
the same sort" whose names 1 do not
now recall
Gen. Robert Toombs of Georgia, Gen
t. L. Clingman of North. Carolina and
Gen. Robert ]. Breckenridge of Kentucky
swere United States senators before they
became confederate brigadiers." Gen.
Lucius ]. GartreH of Georgia was also
member of congress.
The favorite place for the generals has
been the governorship of their states, and
Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri
Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida
Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia have
hpnored many such heroes with guberna-
torial laurels. and with hardly an excep.
ton they have made excellent officers.
Sidney Herbert.
Rosemound Cottage Fla