The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-15
KINDNESS TO AN ENEMY,
CHANT IVAS I BELIEVER IN THE
 GOLDEN RULE.

Reminiscence of the War--A Secossionist Who Fled the Country When Grant Be- came President is Assisted to Return by tho Great General.
 Judge McBraw, as they call the pas tor of the Christian church at Fitz- gerald, the new town started by Grand Army colony down In Georgia, tells @ good story about General Grant, which shows that the great commander had a tender heart
 The judge is a southerner, and he sided with the confederates, but when the war ended he quit fighting and &C., cepted the new order of things in good faith. In point of fact, he joined the republican party, and became a man Of considerable influence in local circles. One of his fleighbors was 0 preacher, who boasted that he was an unrecon- structed rebel.
 Andrew Johnson went out and Gene ral Grant was elected President, receiv- ing during the campaign the active sup port of McGraw. Shortly after the elec- tASik li1C SCtSSblpl pJCltCIlSI NlSllGu HIS nelghbor and had an earnest talk with him. T am not willing" he said, Ito live 1n this country under a government with General Grant at its head"
 What do you propose to do?" asked his friend.
 T shall take my family" was the re- ply, and settle in Brazil. It is a fine ,Jo ;s, r4;1I ;o ;a+o there. I shall buy a coffee plantation and become a citizen of that country. An emperor like Dom Pedro is better than General Grant.
 LEAVING HOME.
 McGraw argued with him long and earnestly, but he could not persuade the confederate sympathizer to change his mind. The bitter southerner carried out his resolution. He sold his proper ty, and with his wife and children went to Brazil, after strongly advising his as- sociate to follow his example.
 Judge McGraw at that time had not entered the ministry. He remained at home engaged in business and politics, and in the course of time became we'll acquainted with President Grant, and strong friendship grew up between the two.
 At the end of three or four years bad news came from Brazil. The preacher had been the victim of various misfor- tunes. He and his family were made to feel that they were strangers in a strange land, and the Brazilians did not treat them we'll. The new settlers were swindled and oppressed, and in their ig- norance of the language laws and cus- toms of the country they had no re- dress. Slavery was abolished soon af- ter their arrival, and they lad to utilize free negro labor.
 The exile worked manfully, but he lost money on every hand, contracted debts, and finally he was mortified to find he was utterly helpless. His cred itors had no pity. They persecuted the unfortunate man; sold his property and under the law sold him and his wife and children into penal servitude for term of years or until their indebtedness was settled. This was the sad story which came to- McGraw, in a letter stained with tears:
 GENEROUS HELP.
 with the help of God and General Grant, I will save those people," ex- AlEtlliiCd lliC Jud6G WLSil liC lSebd tAiC iSI- ter, and he kept his word. He went to Washington and called at the White House. The President was frankly told that the preacher had opposed recon- struction and had left the country be- cause he was too violent confederate to be willing to live under the admins tration of a Union commander who had received the surrender of Lee at Appo- th11o ipor hn of the south. He was also told the facts about the mans character, birth and family connections, and n strong plea was made for his wife and daugh- ters, who had been forced to share his hard fate.
 Tears came into Grants eyes" said the judge in giving an account of The interview, "an1 he brought lis fist down on his desk and exclaimed: "It's 8 shame, McGraw and I am determined to get those people out of their trouble" "
 Judge McGraw went on to say that the President corresponded with the proper authorities in Brazil, and out ot his own private funds furnished the money necessary to secure the release ot the prisoners and pay their way back to their old home in the south, which they reached at last, broken in health but happy to find themselves under the old flag which they had once hated and scorned,
 That's the kind of man Grant was, continued the judge. ''As soon as he understood the situation of his old enc my he sympathized with him as h. would with brother, and never rested until he had rescued him from his wretched bondage. He had pig heart and many a southerner found 1t out."- Wallace Putnam Reed in the Chicago Times Herald