The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
Rr GEoRGE G. HENNING.

BY GEORGE c. HENNING.
IN his "reminiscences Carl Schurz ira
duces the people OF Washington. He
says:
But the multitude Of Republicans as
sembled in the city were not satisfied that
the danger was over and saw treason
able designs in every scowling face And
OF these there were a good many
He is referring to the period Of Lin
coins first inauguration. Schurz was
not here at the time. He must have got
his impressions from Henry Wilson.
whose military patriotism ended with
the fret battle OF Bull Run
The fact is, at the beginning Of Lin
coins administration and fo- some time
thereafter. the people Of Washington
were loyal TO the Union. as evidenced
by the large number of troops 1t sent into
the field. Besides. the uniformed militia
turned out in full force the day OF the
Inauguration 10 defend Lincoln's right
to his seat
In my company but one man failed 70
turn out on that occasion I knew the
people Of Washington pretty well and
have no hesitation in saying that only
4 few were scOWIers, and they stayed in
the background.
But the native population did change
their sympathies. later when the con-
fiiet assumed a war OF sections. The
Northern people who came here treated
every native as a rebel. That had the
inevitable result Of driving the sympa-
thies of the natives away from the Union
cause.
1 met George H on the street one
day and said to him:
Il understand Bill B is in town"
Yes" said he. he has been up 10 see
Dan Voorhees,"
I asked II he got any money from him.
NO; not a d-d cent. He hasn't any.
I've just been there myself
voorhees, was noted for his Hberality.
When the Republicans some years ago
got majority OF two in the Senate, the
question came Up for the election OF a
successor TO r. J. Bright, as sergeant-at-
arms.
Senator Hoar was attached 10 Col
Bright and proposed 20 vote for his re-
IentiOn- When the colonel thought the
matter over he went to the Senator and
told him he abSOlved him from any prom
ise in hls behalf; that he had accepted
Office as a political Office, and that the
Senator as a party man could not afford
TO differ with his party
I saw in a newspaper recently the pub
lioation of two old letters, one from a
young man. named Cropper. 10 John
Wise. Of Bowmans Polly. asking permis-
sion 10 address Wise-s daughter
The CrOpper place and the Folly, az it
Is now called. are situated on Folly
Greek. which takes its rise near Drum
mondtoWn and flows eastward 10 the in
! let and to the sea. The name Folly was
not uncommon in England and Ireland.
given TO any old unfinished buildings
( which seem TO have been undertaken
without consideration Of the cost.
The name Of CrcppeT is now, / think
extinct on the Eastern Shore. Singular
" is TO be found the name Cropper, a
rather unusual one. on the stones in the
old graveyard at Nantucket as Well rs
here. showing how nearly related were
the Cavalier and the ROundhead.
The John Wise, Of BOwmans Folly.
mentioned above, was, 7 believe, the
I grandfather Of Henry A. Wise, who set
/ tied on a fine situation on Onancock
I creek and called his place ~Only'-not
/ ''Onley," as the railroad time table has il.
for the nearest station In WiSe's es-
/ timation his Only" was the only place
John seems 20 have been favorite
name in the family There was Dr. John
II Wise. Of DrummondtoWn. a nephew
OF Henry A. Wise John B. Wise. now
treasurer OF Northampton County; John
H. Wise, collector Of the port Of San
Francisco during the Cleveland admins
tratiOn. whose father was Tutly Wise.
an auditor Of the Treasury under Polk.
and John S Wise. now OF New York, a
younger son of Henry a. Wise.
John :. Wise established q place at the
extreme point OF Cape Charles which he
called Heaven" but he never could per-
suade Mrs. Wise OF its felicity.
\ gentleman whom I knew visited
Henry A. Wise on his deathbed at Rich
mond. To him Mr.. Wise talked freely
as he was a family connection. was
interested in my friends recital and
asked him 10 write it out for me. but he
failed TO do so, and soon after died
The salient point, I remember, was that
WiSe was not responsible for the Graves