The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-03

ton makes any difference. 1 get my
three meals day and sleep quite as
soundly My business prospers as 1t did
day before yesterday In a word you
will find more enthusiasm and obtain
more signatures to-day than you will To-
morrow"
CAN righ t," he said, we will begin as
soon as we reach the Office of the Morn
ing News, and if you meet any friends
invite them to join us, so that we may
begin with number of signatures to the
call before we post it up
On the way we met Dick Guerard and
Robert Grant, who Joined us, and were
enthusiastic over the opportunity offered
them. Calling for pen, ink and paper,
Gen. jackson wrote as follows:
"All those who are opposed to the cleo
ton of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal
Hamlin TO the presidency and vice presi-
dency of the United States are requested
to meet at Masonic Hail on Thursday
evening, the Sth of November, at S
o'clock
He then signed his name in full and
handing the pen 10 r. d. Guerard, he
signed it, to be followed by me and Rob
ort Grant.
The deed was done. and secession had
begun, for veal or woe, we knew not.
The tiny pebble had started down the
mountains side and the avalanche had its
first impulse. How rapidly some things
are known is a mys cry, but the ink had
not dried on the pen before a score of
men had discovered what was going on
within the Morning News Office and had
rushed in to afflx their signatures Then
began a day the like of which had never
before been witnessed In this staid, con-
sentative city-the like of which no one
will probably ever see. All day long
there surged a crowd of men, estimated
at fimeS to run into the thousands
around 1.-THE doors of that jour
nal, regarded as the bulwaIk
of our cause. Business was almost
suspended throughout the town. The
merchant forsoSk his shop, the lawyer bis
brief, the mechanic left his bench, the
physician his patients. Even the clergy
strove with the laity, all anxious to add
their names to the rapidly increasing sig
natures. Sheet upon sheet of paper was
filed up. The call was duplicated and
quadrup.icated, and still the signers jos
tied each other in their efforts to show 10
their fellow-citizens that they too. were to
stand shoulder to shoulder with them in
any emergency which might come. 1t was
estimated that al noon Two thousand men
of every degree and calling had put their
names upon the roll of honor, which wa
to make treason respectable, and stiu
denser became the. crowd. Women by
scores came down in the afternoon to wit
population giving their time to politics.
Amid all this throng, which changed In
personnel every hour, not rude word was
spoken. That could moi have occurred be-
cause every man was of the same opinion,
and so there could be no cause of argu-
ment or of quarrel Night came on and at
last the crowd. hungry and tired, began to
dissolve only to reappeaf the next day. 1t
looked as though Inc enthusiasm would
not die out. AT the end of the week. 900
names had been signed TO the cali. There
could be no more, because every man who
wished to identify himself with the move
ment had done SO. OF course
the Union men and the co-opera-
tionists Ga corpcrars guard held a,oof.
l remember seeing a prominent lawyer
standing in his Office door regarding this
seething mass of humanity with a. look
something between a defiant scowl aud a
knocking leer. Look at John" said Jack
son. DO you know what he is thinking
of ?"
No. said friend.
''Well, he is thinking that IN this move
ment he may lose his slaves and rice
fields, and therefore he is a Unionist.
wonder If he remembers that live oaks
still flourish around Savannah from the
limbs of which Tories were hung during
The Revolutionary War."
Some Amusing Incidents.
OF course there were amusing incidents
connected with the tragedy we were
placing upon the worlds stage, some men
were too feeble or too much engrossed to
come down into that crowd to pace their
names on the call, so lists were prepared
and copies of the call were carried around
to various offices and houses whose in
mates were only too glad to sign with
their fellow-citizens. One such list was in
the hands Of a committee headed by Capt
John p. w. Read. They took 1t over to the
Bank of the State of Georgia, where they
encountered Mr.. l. x. left, of all men the
epitome of conservatism. Who will ever
forget Papa left with his Pickwickian
personality-Dickens' immortal imperson-
alton was fulfilled in him, even down 10
his CATERS and up to his glasses. Taking
the paper in his hand he began
in his purring voice and gentle
manner to read it, and at the
same time to carry on running CONVEX
sation. "Al those who are opposed-a-
hem-yes-how much you remind me of
your grandfather" he went on. Dear
me- ! remember his bringing me just such
a paper TO sign in 1sS6-opposed to the
election of Abraham Line oln--let me see
was 1t, '36 or IS? oh, yes, it was IS. Well.
he brought me, as said just such pa
per TO sign-and Hannibal Hamln to
the presidency and vice--God bless me!
when Gene to think OF IL, twas 36, 1T
least l think so-no-it must have been
35-but. VIII you permit me to consult
the Majcr?' Maj. Porter was president
of the bank, and almost worshipped by
that singular combina lion Of men who,
by some occult law of animal chemistry,
had crystallized around the State Bank.
1t was the stronghold of old fogeyism,
and / knew when Papa left, and the
Major consulted, their signatures 10 the
paper were lost. Sure enough, he returned
within five minutes. He did not come out
into the vestibule where he had been
standing, but opening the little window
under the sign discount and exchange"
the window from which so many a mer-
chant had heard his doom IN the words
'The board declines your paper" he psered
out and said capt. Read, the Major is
opposed TO IT, I shall sign no such paper"
Rapidly slamming the little window he
disappeared and his name was not on the
call 10 protect his country's rights, as
we all fervently believed we we're doing.
Plan to Seize the Forts.
The second day ended as have said.
wi total signature of some 5000 names
and the next thing in order was the nlan