Woodville Republican., 1902-11-01
WANTED BY BILLARP
Speech Delivered in 1881 by Gen.
Harry R. Jackson.
Sage Of BartOw Thinlxs 1t the Most
Notable, Instructive and ElO-
Quent Address Heard in GeOr-
gia Since the Civil War.
copyrighted by Atlanta Constitution, and
Reprinted by Permissionl

copyrighted by Atlanta Constitution, and
Reprinted by Permissionl
Wanted-In 1881 Gen. Henry r. Jack
son, of Savannah, delivered in Atlanta
the most notable, instructive and elo-
quent address that has been heard in
Georgia since the civil war. The sub
iect was "The Wanderer," slave ship
that landed on the Georgia coast in
1858. But the whole address was an his
torical recital of many political events
that led to the civil war, and of which
the generation that has grown up since
were profoundly ignorant and still are.
1t was delivered by request Of the
Young Mems Library association, when
Henry Grady was its chairman, and l
supposed was published in pamphlet
form and could be had on application.
But l have sought in vain TO lind a
copy. l have newspaper copy, but 1t
has been worn to the quick and is al
most illegible. l wrote to Judge Pope
Barrow, who is Gen. Jackson's eX-
ecutor, and he can find meme among the
generals papers. Can any veteran fur
nish me a copy? Iwould also be pleased
to obtain a copy of Daniel Webster's
speech at Capon Springs, which was
suppressed by his publishers, and to
which Gen. Jackson makes allusion.
Gen. Jackson was a great man. He
won his military laurels in the war with
Mexico. Hewas assistant attorney gem
eral under Buchanan when Jeremiah
Black was the chief. He was the vigi-
liant, determined, conscientious prose-
cutor of those who owned and equipped
and offcered the only slave ship that
ever landed on the Georgia coast. He
was a man of splendid culture and a
poet of ability and reputation. Strange
it is that this magnificent address has
not been compiled in the appendix OF
some southern history as land mark
for the present generation. 1t is sad
and mortifying that our young and mid
dle-aged men and our graduates from
southern colleges know so little of our
ante-bellum history. Thenorthern peo-
pie are equally ignorant Of the origin
of slavery and the real causes that pre-
cipitated the civil war. Most of them
have vague idea that slavery was born
and Just grew up in the south-came up
out of the ground like the 17-year-old
locusts-and was our sin and our curse
Not one in 10000 will believe that the
south never imported a slave from
Africa, but got all we had by purchase
from our northern brethren. L woulC
wager thousand dollars against ter
that not a man under so nor schoo
boy who lives north of the line knows
or believes that Gen. Grant, theil
great military hero and idol, was
slave owner and lived off of their hir'
and their service while he was fight
ing us about ours. Lincoln's proclama
ton of freedom came in 1868, but Gen
Grant paid no attention to it. He con
tinued to use them as slaves until Jan
uary, 1865. (See his biography by Gen
James Grant Wilson in Appleton
Encyclopedia Gen. Grant owne,
these slaves in St. Louis, Mo-, where h,
lived. He was bad manager and jus
before the war began he moved to Ga
lena and went to work for his brothe
in the lanyard. While there he caugh
the war fever and got good positio
J under Lincoln, but had he remained i
St. Louis would have greatly preferre
; one on our side. So said Mrs. Grant
few years ago to a newspaper editor i
St. Augustine.
How many of this generation mort
or south know or will believe that a
late as November, 1861, Nathaniel Gol
don, master of New England slay
ship called the Erie, was convicted
New York city of carrying on the slay
trade. (See Appleton.) just think of
and wonder. In 1861 our northern brett
rem made war upon us because we el
shaved the negroes we had bougt
from them, but at the same time tie
kept on bringing more from Africa an
begging us to buy them. How man