The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-21
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An Appreciated Letter

boy, and I have been an admirer of
you ever since. Why, before your
election very few men knew what
Congress was; afterwards, every
school child knew something. | was
returning from a trip to Baltimore
and Washington city last August by
boat to Savannah and one of my COM
panions was a banker, Mr.. VIM. Nor
ris, of Stone Mountain, Ca, and as [
told him [ was from Warren county,
he said, why, you are near Tom
Watson's county" He soon inform
ed me he was keeping up with you
q don't know whether he is a sub
scriber to your papers Or not) and
thought as much of you as I did.
While one time I was entering the
smoking room, this Mr.. Norris had
met up with one of your townsmen,
young Mr.. Boatwright, and he was
anxious to find out all about you, and
while in a general conversation with
several they soon proposed this ques-
ton, Why did you, elected as Demo-
crat, quit the Democratic party?
am poor writer and a poor talker,
as you know our family to have been
very silent-tongued people, and es-
pecially among strangers, but I
couldn't help telling the crowd that
the Democratic party left the Demo-
cratic principles and that you stuck
to same, was the reason of separa-
ton. They had to admit it, and did
admit it. Mr. Norris went by Atlanta
to Savannah, but he came back by
Thomson to see your town, and
wanted me to tell him what part of
town you lived in.
Another time, while in the Ma
tional Capitol, everybody strangers,
| met up with guide who was show
ing large crowd the building We
came to the legislative hall. Each
one of the crowd wanted to know
which was their Representative
seat; some were from Ohio, some
Massachusetts, and all parts of the
Union nearly, mostly Northern and
Western States, and after all had in
quired [ asked the guide if he knew
which was Mr.. Watson's seat when
here. Every one in the crowd turn
ed towards me and seemed to eye
me closely and say to each other,
why he's from Georgia. So I knew
you were not a such a stranger in
INC Wi III WI. Hills WOu1u nave
you to be, and can say that the
Washington people, whom I had
much conversation with, admired the
Empire State of the South, and as
much on your account as anything
else. You need not doubt you are
opening peoples eyes, both from
your manly stand and from informa-
ton given out. May you continue in
your work until all the people are
informed, and if conditions don't
change it will be their fault and the
blame will be on themselves, for they
will know what they do" The sad
dest thing to me is, that as each year
goes by you are that much nearer
the close of life, but may you be
spared until the whole nation will
know what you are, and that the
whole nation will be as anxious for
your statue in the Capitol as L. Liv-
ingston was for Lincoln's.
The rural mail system is enough
to perpetuate your name.
With best wishes to you and your
undertakings, l beg to remain,
Very respectfully yours,
Gibson, Ga. J. S. HART
P. S.-One other thing. Why is
it that our county papers do not
copy your writings so that those even
prejudiced against you for something
they can not tell, and won't take