The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1910-09-23
The Past and Her Men
"oLD TIME DEMOCRAT" TELLS
OF THOSE He KNEW.

Dear Mr.. Editor
] wrote to you several years
ago and spoke of bygone DAYS in old
Lincoln county and her men. all of
whom are gone. remember Judge
Napier, Judge Winfred Bailey and
Judge Cook all fine and good men
MILLER, Warren, Hill, WEIGH. and
George Saufley and his great father
than whom no nObler jurist and great
er orator ever lived and as brave
soldier as ever followed Morgan on a
battlefield. Who can TIE his place?
No one. hut hope you will select a
man who has always been his friend
and not mis- enemy. Hon. Geo. Stone
and 9. G. Fox and Charles Hardin
we're all his lie long friends and II
Lincoln wants a man she has Joe Pax
ton and Alcorn, all OF these would
make good men for the place.
II Col. Breckenridge could call back
a few years, how | would like TO see
him take Saufleys place: and Judge
Saufley would say, Amen, well done
my good and faithful servant" He
was my true friend. We ran against
one another, but we're always friends
to the last
Old Lincoln stick to your men IL he
is a good nan, dead or alive. Madison
county was the place OF my birth. Fay
cite of my manhood, but old Lincoln
and Garrard of my boyhood and ]
love them still. All of my boyhood
friends in Lincoln are dead except
Sam Baughman, Jim Ed and Mack
Bruce, George Warren and Bob Porter
Gone to try the stern realities of an
unseen and unknown world. We will
all soon have to go and want TO say
to my friend, that II should meet him
in that beautiful city above. v was
true to him while he was living and
am ready to die for him after his
death If necessary. We used TO talk
for hours of the past. at night when
ne was holding court at Danville. He
asked me one night If had been every
where / was telling him of what hap
pened to me at Mt. Arie, North Caro-
lima in 1870 when | was there with a
lot Of mules of Col. Helms. He then
told me of his luck there as soldier.
only know OF a few of my fathers
friends that are left-Uncle John
Bright. Il was at his wedding about
40 years ago. Or. Owsley Mr.. Sam
Embry, the is related to Judge Wal
ker) Mr.. Sam Shanks | met his &C
complished daughter, Mrs. Tate at
Crab Orchard this SUMNER knew
her mother in Madison county, Mack
Huffman ! remember when he and
MIR. Pulliam built the Tribble House
On the Danville pike. IL was burned
many years ago. ! knew Col. Lackey
and Col. Guest when boy. | stayed
With Col. Guests father when a little |
BOY going south and his mother gave
nae some cheese and light bread 20 |
AXE with me next day, and the Col.
has a warm place in my heart for Il
yet. ] remember all of our great men
n Crittenden-Dunlay. Bell. Breckin-
':dge, Stephenson, all great men.
)ne of the greatest debates We ever
,ad was between Mr.. Bell and Mr..
5reckinridge at Harrodsburg and |
'odsburg, and Mr.. Bell and Mr.. Steph-
.nson at antille-all great and nigh
y men. This was before the war.
lr. Bell and MIR. Steph-
richmond They were running for
Governor | have heard all of the
.reat men OF the South, stephens.
I'LL, Gordon and many others, hut
5ell and Breckenridge could come up
o any of them. Let old Kentucky
ONE back to the days of Clay, Crit
rndon, Marshall, breckenridge. Steph-
nson, Bell, MaRoftin. Beck, Dunlap,
mott and many others OF comedy
avs, and roll up 10000 majority next
mo for the old democratic party.
aceived a letter from Judge Saufley
few days before he died God bless
i'm. ! hope he is at rest from the
'ials of this life-one OF the greatest
nd grandest noblemen of them all.
You run the best country paper in
he State and | wish you much success
DEMOCRAT OF THE OLD