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, Welch, and
George Saufley and his great father
than whom no nobler jurist and great
er orator ever lived and as brave a
soldier as ever followed Morgan on a
battlefield. Who can IKE his place
No one. but ! hope you will select a
man who has always been his friend
and not mis- enemy. Hon Geo. Stone
and 9. c. Fox and Charles Hardin
we're all his life long friends and Il
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
few years, how | would like to see
him take Saufley's 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 were always friends
to the last.
Old Lincoln stick TO your men il be
is a good nan, dead or alive. Madison
county was the place OF my birth, Fay
cite of my manhood, but old Lincoln
and GarTard OF my boyhood and
love them still. All of my boyhooc
friends in Lincoln are dead except
Sam Baughman, Jim Ed and Mack
Bruce, George Warren and Bob Porter
Gone 10 try the stern realities OF an
unseen and unknown world. We vii
all soon have TO go and / want 10 say
TO my friend, that il ! should meet him
I in that beautiful city above, v was
true to him while ne was. living and
am ready to die for him after his
death If necessary. We used TO talh
for hours of the past, at night wher
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-
liza in 1870 when | was there with a
lot Of mules of Col. Helms. He then
told me of his luck there as a soldier
only know OF a few of my father
friends that are left-Uncle John
Bright. q was at his wedding about
20 years ago. DR.. Owsley Mr.. sam
Embry, The is related to Judge Wal
kerr Mr.. Sam Shanks | met his ac-
complished daughter. Mrs. Tate at
Crab Orchard this SUMNER knew
her mother in Madison county, Mack
Huffman | remember when he and
Mr.. Pulliam built the Tribble House
on the Danville pike. II was burned
many years ago. ] knew Col. Lackey
and Col. Guest when a boy. j stayed
with Col. Guests father when little
boy going south and his mother gave
NE some cheese and light bread 10
take with me next day, and the Col.
has a warm place in my heart for II
yet. I remember all OF our great men
in overwhelmingly. Bell, Breckin-
ridge, Stephenson, all great men.
One of the greatest debates We ever
had was between Mr.. Bell and MIR.
Breckenridge at Harrodsburg and
rodsburg, and Mr.. Bell and Mr.. Steph-
enson at Dantille-all great and nigh
~ men. This was before the war.
Mr.. Bell and Mr.. Steph-
Richmond They were running for
Governor I have heard all OF the
great men OF the South, stephens,
Hill Gordon and many others, but
Bell and Breckenridge could come up
to any of them. Let old Kentucky
come back to the days of Clay, Crit
tendon, Marshall, Breckenridge, Steph-
enson, Bell, Alagoffin, Beck, Dunlap
Knott and many others OF comedy
days, and roll up 10000 majority next
TIM for the old democratic party. !
received a letter from Judge Saufley
a few DAYS before he died. God bless
him. ! hope he is at rest from the
trials of this life-one Of the greatest
and grandest noblemen OF them all
You run the best country paper In
the State and wish you much success
A DEMOCRAT Of THE OLD
SCHOOL.