The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-03

civil law. Our military presidents
made good presidents. Old Hickory
was arbitrary and fearless, but he
was unseltish and had tho good OF
the country at heart. Grant had
moro consideration fol tho rights OF
the States and Of the Southern poo.
pie than Stanton had or Andy John
son. - ...
But the late civil war has passed
into history and the one we are now
engaged in will havo to bo called
something else. 1t is continually
spreading and no one can foretell
what it will grow to. OF course it
has got to keep on until after the
next presidential election-that is
our politics, and Spain has her poll
tics, ,too, and must preserve her
dynasty. And SO it is politics on
both Sides The starving Cubans
were in it at the beginning, but they
are not in it now. Tho Monroe doc
trine didn't apply to Cuba, but it
seems that it does to the Philippines.
We don't know whittier we are
drifting, but must fall into line and
exclaim, with Decatur: "My country
right or wrong-my country"
That sounds we'll of course, but not
SO we'll as Davy Crockett's motto:
"Be sure you are right, then go
ahead" What we want is peace on
earth and good will among men. 1
was down at Unadilla the other day
"A sweet little village about fifty
miles below Macon--and there met
an ex-major Of tho federal army. He
had but ono eye, and strange to say,
had found tho man who shot out tho
other ut the battle of Franklin. He
has been living in south Georgia for
twenty-five yoers and says they are
the best people he has over found
the kindest, frankest and most hos
pitable. "Whcn I was first sent
down here" said he, 81 was some
what dubious about my safety and
was cautious and rcticent, but soon
got over it. 1 have travelled over
this region for the Standard Oil
Company as purchasing agent for
twenty-five years, and am content to
spend the rest of my life here in
Georgia. Not long alter 1 settled
in McRae 7 met man whose face
seemed familiar. It haunted me
and perplexed mo every time I met
him. One day we got to talking
about the war and he askedmo where
1 lost my eye. At the battle of
Franklin, said. For q minute he
looked at mo very earnestly, and
said what part of the field and whose
command. I told him and added it
was in hand to hand engagement
with some Geoagia troops. That
was our command, ho said We
fought right there and it WAS hand
to hand and l shot federal soldier
in the eye and we saw him fall and
we rushed on ovor him. Now this is
no fancy, but fact. We have dis
cussed it over and over, and strange
as it may seem, 1 have found my foe
and he is one of my best friends.
Sometimes when I am asked which
side I fought on say L cont know,
for surely l wouldn't have tried to
kill such a good, whole -souled people
as these I have mingled with for the
last twenty two, years. Maybe it
was some other war was in. l said
that TO the Fitzgerald folks not
long ago, and thoy laughed and one
Of them spoke up and said "maybe it
was the old revolution you was in
and some Britisher punched your
eye out" Well, J liked that man
and SO does everybody who knows
him. He has no family, but is rear.
ing and educating three nieces down
here IN Georgia. They arc good
people who dare to come down here
from the North and settle among us.
They keep on coming and my fear
is the good society mp there will soon
bs broken up. | tell you, my
brethren, there are good people in
every countrY--kind people, who