The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-13

/ country citizens of the fathers coun-
try, the case of DIR. Patton is not in
that particular class. He himself adj
mits this fact in declining to assume
| legally the full status of a citizen, Civ
ing as a reason that if he did so his
children would lose an estate in Ber-
muda, which would escheat to the
crown. To call such man a citizen of
Great Britain and the United States
is simply ridiculous.
Many people have wondered why
Robert Morris, of Revolutionary times,
who was not a general, nor a states
man, should have such a conspicuous
place in history. The truth Is, briefly
stated, he was the backbone of the
American cause. But for his great
financial ability and patriotic response
for funds with which to carry on the
war in many crises, Washington and
his army would have gone down" be-
fore the British forces. At one time,
when Washington said with money he
could do everything, but without it.,
nothing, Morris came to his relief and
raised nearly a million and a half dol
lars by his own personal notes. know
of no better estimate of such service
than that given by Seth S. Hawley
of New York, during the Civil War,
in discussing the case of Mr.. Andrew
Low, a wealthy resident of Savannah
who became a political prisoner of war,
and who was charged with aiding the
financial affairs of the Confederacy. Mr.
Hawley considered him more dangerous
than military prisoner and said: THE
man who can raise the money to carry
on war is of more consequence than
he who commands the armies" Any
person familiar with the history of
warfare knows that money alone fur
nishes the real "sinews Of war" Nor
ris, the financier, made Green, the SOL
der, the South'S deliverer from British
invasion.
Ny editorial brother, Revell, was a
little off in his poetical speech at the
convention when he said that Georgia
had been most happy in her choice
of governors" and then named "Boyn-
ton" as one of the chosen. Unfortu-
nately for the truth" of his poetry"
Bro. Revell must have forgotten that
Boynton was rejected, not chosen, by
the gubernatorial convention, and Nc
Daniel won the prize. Boynton, as
president of the Senate, became ex-
officio governor when Mr. Stephens
died, and remained so until a special
election could be held "Only this and
nothing more" The reported
death at Cordova, Mexico, on June %,
of Col. A. A. Russell, who commanded
tilC II Jul III AID Ddllld ElcSlIle III the
Civil War" is not sufficiently explicit
as to his command. 1t was not the
ordinary Fourth" regiment. which is
always infantry, but 'Russell's Fourth
Alabama Cavalry" from Jackson
county, one of the best fighting COM
mands under Forrest, Wheeler and AL
len, from Fort Donelson to Atlanta;
and Russell was twice severely wound
ed. After the surrender, like Gen c.
c. Crews and other officers, he went
to a foreign country never to return
to take the oath of allegiance. He was
an able lawyer and. 1 think, son of
James Russell, the first county judge
of jackson. 1t. was in this county
Gen. John B. Gordon, then a miner,
raised his company of "Raccoon
Roughs" for the Sixth Alabama Infan-
try. of which he became major, lieu
tenant colonel and colonel. His broth
err, Capt. A. M. Gordon, also became
major and lieutenant colonel of the
same regiment and met an heroic death
at Charlottesville. Sidney Herbert