The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-26
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once to take action regarding the chahseo
condition of affairs In the State IN con,
c,peion were these words, which J snail
oiwavs remember. I want you people 70
| come back and hang UP your ha.s vi 't'e
| same old pegs. ..o. ,,.,s
"But on the very night that let,er Ma wa.
| received. ! think" said Major Aiue,so ~,
| ,.the President was assasslha.eu, ' es.. ~,
| pIans for the government OF ,he oah ;,
| ,,t,inl; eecedcd were never carried out
Maior Anderson said that the letter was
| ,7dreese1 TO the Lieutenant-Governor ~,
| the reason that Governor Snl'h l'au t,a.,
| ~ fec from Richmond ut the evacuali :, !,
| Of that city, and President Li'leo''' Wv
not know where he was. .,.o- ~
! Major Alderson's wife. a dauBhtet ~
| c,avarnor price, was witness or the
conference between n Representative o.
| Ar, TJncoln and n committee from LIE
sacesslon convention. A delegation IRON,
the convention, elderly men WIZ
to keep Virginia In the Union, hhu co.
respondent with Mr., Lincoln on the SUI.
iect and probably came to Washington
- :. - hi,n Mr.. Lincoln was Informed
that IF he would pledge himself not 10
call on Virginia to coerce the States
which Ind seeded the State would not
leave the Union.
"Mr. Lincoln sent his representa- We, 70 :,
Richmond on the 18th OF April, leol,
said Major Anderson. A large NUMBER OF
men opposed to the States leaving the
Union met him that night In one OF
the parlors at the Exchange Hotel Inc
meeting was private. but my wife, VINO
was then young girl. IN Richmond Win
her father, and a female companion OF
about her own age. sat behind the por-
there's at one end OF the room, and hearo
and saw all that was said and uone.
General Powell I think, was Mr. Lin
Al
TO the gentlemen present. chiefly the
members of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee of the convention. The object OF
the conference was stated. and then Cen
eral Powell, ADDRESSING the conference,
showed the members that he had authorl-s
ty from Mr.. Lincoln to promise that II
Virginia would not secede from the
Union she would never be asked to aid
in coercing the States which had done
sc.
! when General Powell made this an
nouncement the effect was electrical. my
wife says" said Major Anderson. She
| has often told me how those old men,
who loved the Union better than any
| other class In the country loved It, danced
about the room like boys, embracing each
| other, and laughing and weeping by
| turns
General Powell returned to Washing
| ton the next day,' Major Anderson con-
| tinued, "and at once went to the White
| House and told Mr.. Lincoln what he
| had done. That afternoon Mr.. Lincoln
| told Mr.. Stanton Secretary OF War. STAN
| ton sent for Mr. Seward, Secretary of
| State, and the two remained with the
| President until after midnight. Tho world
| knows how the next day Mr. Lincoln
! issued his call for 49, 600 troops. and how
| the next day Virginia seeded from the
| Union. 1t was chiefly Stanton who made
| ,tnl, l.;
| plunge the country into four years of
| wal.
| Major Anderson says he feels sure that
| neither Of the foregoing stories have ever
| been published To me they were of the
deepest interest as evldcncing the love of
| Virginia for the Union. and the state Of
| mind on the part of Mr. Lincoln towards
the old State. both before ana after the
| wal.
| l have heard several Democrats sneak
| recently the eminent fitness of Senator
| i. M. Simmons. Of North Carolina for
| the position OF chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee. Ho has for
eight or ten years been the chairman OF
the North Carolina State Committee, and
1t Is claimed that he has made the ablest
chairman the party has ever had in tho
State. Colonel John S. Cunningham, or
I North Carolina, who is in the city to-
day, expressed sthe opinion that the Ma
t!onal Committee could not find In the
| whole cuntry man so well qualified for
the position Of chairman.
There Is no doubt OF the eminent fit
ness of Senator Simmons for the place,
but If Senator German Ia not the Demo-
cratic nominee for tho presidency next
year. he will almost certainly be made
national chairman.
The Virginia Legislature has hardly
ever done anything that so pleased me
as the passage of the bill appropriating
$500. o40 for the jamestown Exposition -
said Colonel Cunningham. 'Hrhe State viii
get back every cent of It. The exposition
Is going to be wonderful success as an
advertisement Of the resources OF Vir-
glnia. ] hope North Carolina will have
fine exhibit and ] believe she Will
Every State carved from Virginia terri
tory should have an exhibit of products
and the fact that Virginia gave to the
4 Union tho territory from which so many
States were carved should cause the Ma
] ional government TO make the exposl-
1 ton o liberal appropriation"
1 Colonel Cunningham Is much Interested
at present In the meeting at Rcky Mount
on May LIST, Of the North Carolina Farm
ers' Association. Of which he is the pres!-
dent
Although II is generally conceded by
alumni! Of the University OF Virginia in
\ this city that DIR, John Bassett Moore
/ OF New York, will he chosen president OF
the University by the Board OF Visitors
4 at the meeting next Tuesday, II Is said
that Prof. Il, P, Nenable. an alumnus.
hut now at the University of North Car
4 DINA has friends on the board who MIL
\ vote for him. 1t is not known here
whether the name or Conel George w.