The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-24

the Congress of the Confed-
crate States net at Richmond, under
what was known as the permanent
constitution, 1 had the honor to make
the personal acquaintance of this elo-
quent and mighty statesman. He
was a emb of the Confederate
Senate and took foremost ran among
the civilian chieftains of that illustri-
Gus body. Although he had been
brought up in the Hamiltonian school
: of party politics, and was devOtedly
! attached to the Constitutional Union
of 1888. as the sheet anchor of our
safety at home and peace abroad, he
espoused the cause of secession after
1t was an accomplished fact. with all
the zeal n energy of his manly ma
ture. He had been earnestly opposed
to the withdrawal of Georgia from the
Union, and had exerted all his great
powers for its prevention. He did
not believe that the election of Mr..
Lincoln to the presidency without
some overt act was a sufficient justifl-
cation for such an important step.
But, when Georgia cast in her for
tunes with those of the South. and
took her position in the Confederate
column. he did not hesitate, but went
with his own people with all his heart
n soul. He and President Davis be-
longed to a different school. but the
cause Of the C~onfederacy had no more
earnest and Jealous supporter han he
during all the trying Ordeal trough
which he Wa5s called to pass.
Hill, the Faithful.
Such was his loyalty in the support
of all the measures of the administra-
ton for the vigorous prosecution of
the war that he was called Hill, the
Faithful 1t may be truly said that
h was faithful among the faithleSS."
He fought the battles of the admins
tration against the combined assaults
of William l.. Yancey of Alabama;
Louis T. Wigfall, of Texas. and others.
The debates in the Confederate Senate,
as a rule. occurred in secret session
FOR OBVIOUS reasons. so that little can
be known of wha happened when the
doors were closed. 1t is said that a
most animated and acrimonious debat
occurred between Hill and Yancey in
secret session, during which. accord
ing to common rumor, Mr.. Hill threw
an inkStand at the head of Mr.. Yancey
and injured him quite seriously.
On the 18th of March. 1868. the
Senate passed a bill entitled an &C,
to organize the Supreme court Of the
Confederate States 1t provided that
the Supreme court of the Confederate
States should consist of a chief Justice
and four associate justices, any three
of whom should constitute a quorum,
and hold annually. at the seat of gov.
eminent, two sessions, the one COM
mencing the first Monday of January.
the other the first Monday of August.
the respective sessions to continue
until the business of each session
should be disposed of. This bill was
duly communicated to the House of
Representatives and referred to the
committee on the judiciary: but it
seems that nc action on it was ever
taken by hat body.
Confederate Supreme Court.
The failure to establish a Supreme
court for the Confederate States has
excited interest. and it has been sug-
gested that it was due to the fact that
q large majority of the members of
the Confederate Congress had been
reared in the States rights school of
politics, Of which Mr.. YanceN was an