The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-02

at Esrio's Nest, ali fenced in, and lc lived in
schooj. both for his negro hands. adjacent.
lie gave the elected negro Makistrnte his
a dress Or something. SO he could resemble a
Justice Of the supreme Court. Then Alcorn
SUPERVISED his decisions. He also supervised
tended service In tho church. and v the doc
lrine did not meet his ideas would correct II
III an exhortatlon. Thus, he had n little king
dom TO himself like Baratarla. and he only
died about a year ago, leaving 4 reputation Tor
agreeable to our people,"
Wa Jefferson Davis POPULAR"
He wns considered n man Of great ability;
like many other people In Mississippi, ! was
raised In the opposite views from his radical
pWroEr9mmc; Ny father anne f from Dsnyt, He
teachings of our -whiR leaders. Prentice,
Word and Footc. SUPPOSE that mp to tho
crat could be an hon est man. Mr.. DAVIS wns
accused OF reteininG the prejudices and enmi,
Preesident, and OF not coneedinr himself where
no exacted CONCESSIONS. Alcorn was ahtaEon-
lied by Iavis or he would have become an
and had an altered bioiraphy;"
Who was YOUR states chief ~, General, hi.
military nature was fcrvid and .enterprisins.
He was like Gen. Quitman in the Mexican war.
most himself. or. q greater Individual In arms
than In peace, or like my last commander; Gen:
Forrest, extraordinary in arms above oil the
promise Of his pacific years..
Had you much service in the WARP"
II was SO young they would not receive me
for some time. but rs | had four older brothers
in the army. I visited them in Virginia and
time we heard OF the fall Of Fort Donelson;
my frat battlefield was Shiloh; and was on
OF South Mountain when tho Federal army
carried Crampton's Gap. and was n private
h Sro. the lines in ont ns 4 battis and ha lI' sw op %o S1 n %d
at An;ietam. where l procured a wagon and
drove them down the valley to stanton. The
son and Shiloh was pictorial in nv district.
which is Just. behind !Corinth. saw the army
of S TBsaq qaiIV Tn ana S Mri Bs ySess direaIion to shs re-:
cover tho line Of the Tennessee, and marched
with them; and l thought our victory of the
the Confederacy, as Il seemed that cur great
losses ut Antietam had lost US the vantage In
district. say, that he was present at q confer
ence after Antietam. called by Con. Robert
Lee. when every com nander wanted to recross
the Potomac that night. and only Capt. Rob
ert said We will not cross the river. tIet your
lines ready. collect ammunition. and, II the
morrow The slaughter at Antietam was will
full and without result. AT the close OF the
war I was less than Is years old. II is nov
extensive changes of every sort ensuing. but l
think political feeling is nothing like as fierce
and Democrats. intelligence, Information.
intercourse. have subdu"d, the tribal passions
Of the people in the time between Adams and
jackson and Davis and Lincoln"
scions Of distant Lmlnencep''
"Scnator Jones of Arkansas. Chairman OF
the National Democratic Committee. and Mr..
Bailey. the leader OF Congress. and Mt. New
lands Of .he silver mills. who represents Ne
sive emigration across tho Mississippi. and not
until six or seven years ago did the movement
active author was j. +. Ii. Claiborne OF Vat
chez. OF the family connection Of the first Gov
ernor Of Louisiana Territory rite t. He T n,,. the the
OF .Mississipp! upon 9. semi;b!oEraphical plan
later history OF the State has been published
by ex-Gov. Robert Lowery and his associate;
\; McC Ear Reuben Davis 3D. who no, was az q Colonel
Dayiss family. has written a book on the bench
and bar OF Mississippi James P, Lynch did
sissippi Scsnes' near the time was borI;:.
President Davis wrote his book. and the emil
neIt G s,In . 1o Tho served d. 10 R the late war For For
had their biographies done"
What was Mississippl's repudiationf"
according to my posthumous recollection of
the subject. o large number Of state banks
were chartered and otner real estate banks
State Govern G%overnment .n when our lands se we're I being
RAPIDLY settled. Imitation. speculation. ephsn-
eral riches attended them. a eonstitu-
Quitman forbade the State indorsing any
loan or debt except when passed by the ayes
anu nays III Two SucCeS5lN0 LCRlblhLuIeb. ln6
Union Bank issued Ave and a half million Of
bonds alleged to be guaranteed by the Lekis-
The people received no benefit from them.
The courts sustained tho bonds. 1 believe. but
the LEGISLATURE would not pay them. and after
make the issue a part Of carpet-bag politics,
our Constitution forbade the payment. The
politics OF the State was q good while run on
traya:ance of all the other States, and has no
deht.making legislative powers"
How do the Mississippi people now stand
on State hanks issuing currency or bills?"
II presume that is favored by the strict
Democratic people. But tho Populists. OF
m meDw at Wilmington ISSUING money one 1e direct
United states did do this, and tho supreme
There the history stands, and You know very
we'll that nothing tAkes so much with the
more plentiful money. They think that some.
how it will get TO every mans wants. These
people also o:come drowned in the, argument
that the bonds of the national banks arc evil
dences of taxation: that all the people are be-
hind the bonds: that 10 pay the banks interest
on their bonds. and let them also issue bills
which are legal tender. is mnch more COM
pick than to issue the money direct from the
PopuiistsY"
An increase of money is popular with both
banks. the Populists green backs: some favor
neither. ! omitted. in sketching Gov. Alcorn,
10 say tnat ne nhd o Currency or his own upon
his large and populous plantation. in the
shape OF checks, stamped like tokens or bag
gage checks, redeemaLle Mt his store in goods,
but not In money. A patent medicine doctor
came there. and. as the NEGROES are easily i'm
posed upon by representations. they bought
tho fellows nostruins. and he accumulated a
bushel OF these checks and presented them for
payment. Alcnrn gave instructions to pay
them in goods. bat to charge high: 10 sugar at
10 cents went up to IS. and calicoeE ut II went
up to 20. and the nostrum wonder met tho
other end of the market"
What do tho Democrats OF Mississippi think
of Grover Cleveland?"
"As n rule they look upon him with dislike
and contempt. Hero and there you find some
person. some banker. some merchant. some
planter or LAWYER. WAC calls Cleveland q great
and correct President. But Cleveland's last
term Is reprobated by the great body of tho
Democrats. and the Populists grew In num-
beers upon his record"
What do YOU think Of Clevelandf"
'He had cunning and he worked II for all II
was worth. He reemed to he Jealous of the
Democratic inAr.y. II y would work. for his
emoluInent. be his satellite. claim nothing for
itself Or its galaxy. he would lot IL exist.
You know that there Is a certain stamp OF
preachers. like Sam Jones. who bid for the
multitude by .belittlinR politicians. Cleve-
lands cunning took that in. and ne waA al
ways rejecting on the politicians OF his own
party, which was bad fellowship. and IL ulti.
mately swami Ihe namOcrattc Marty aa m re-