The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

many hundreds of miles. The horse must live on grass and weeds except where the hospitable red men might supply corn or widely separated white settlers The end of the Journey was reached some four miles southwest of the ham, let of Russellville or Greensboro. and the land selected. The fourth generation probably holds possession now.
 Returning over the paths that had led him away, MT. Stickney chartered schooner on Pamlico sound. Upon this vessel he placed his slaves, his farm anil mals, farm tools, wagons. etc., and household furniture, including a heavy mahogany dining table yet in possess sion of his decendants. The item of freight included also an iron grist mill turned by hand. In the autumn of ISIS the vessel set call for Mobile Meantime the master had repeated his horsebacS journey to the purchased land Onward 1 he rode his horse to Mobile to await | there the arrival of the schooner. For | tune favored. The schooner unloaded upon fiat boats that took the slaves. teams. etc, up the Bigbee. up the War rior.
 1 At Mobile Mir. Stickney met General Lefebore-Desnouetts, the renowned sol dier of Napoleon's, who was the leader of the Bonapartist immigrants to Ala lDdiIld IH6 lWO pcBdH lile nOrSeDaCk journey back, riding side by side. Thus the men became fast friends.
 A log cabin for the abode of his young family was built and Mir. stickney mounted his horse to return to North Carolina By wagon he brought the wife and infant son to the home pre- 1 pared for them.
 Under this roof of clapboards, held in place by the weight of poles, often came the great French soldier and came always with manners so graceful, con yersation so cheerful and intelligent that to husband and wife within he brought a certain intertainment which was most grateful. The first son born to the stiekneys in Alabama was given the name of Charles Lefebore. The tender heart of the warrior was never lost
 Flood, bloodr' he was won't to cry out. May I never again see the blood of chicken" On his return voyage to France the vessel and all on board were lost.
 To MT. and Mrs. stickney Ii children were born, ten in the Alabama home.
 JOHN RAFFIN COOKIE.
 unfounded prejudice naturally attaches itself to the life and character of an element of society whose ancient i'm portance is overthrown by violence
 For example, we find in literature read In Alabama, whether produced here or without the state, very superficial sug- sestlons of discordant relations that ex- isted between the cotton planters of southern Alabama and the non-slave holding farmers of the upper counties. treating of a limited cotton plantation area, and of the comparatively small population, the purpose here has been 10 place on record evidences of type q flo
 cultured democracy.
 The constitution and laws of A1abaua were competent to maintain harmony in the population, from boundary line to boundary line. From the earliest period the Tact Of territorial features within the state was recognized and laws were writ ten In wisdom. Here is a memorable case In point. The legislature in 1s3s- 40 was advised by Governor Bagby. A dem ocrat from Moproe county to cut out rom congress the two whig representa- tives, so as to give the entire delegation ol nVe 10 the democrats. Under the southern Alabama governors counsel the northern Alabama majority in the leg l1slature abolished the Congress districts and established what was known as inc general ticket that Is the entire dele gation of five to Congress was to be chosen as the governor was, on general vote of the state. If it be rememhered that the whig party In the United states was led by Clay and Webster. poth anti-slavery, and that the whigs III lo4o' elected Gen. William Henry Har- rlson, an open abolitionist to the nres. idency, does it not appear A. littIe nara. doxlcal that northern Alabama farmers III lsS9-4O, with alleged prejudice againsi the cotton planters should have eIim. mated the whfg members from the Ala. bama delegation to Congress? The tbInp was actually done. Crabb, from the tuscaloosa whig district, was thrown out and Payne, democrat. put in his place; Dellet from the Mobile whig dis. trict was thrown out, Shields. democrat put in his place by the general ticlTe, system. Harrison, the abolition Presi. dent, soon died, Tyler, vice president. q Virginia slave master succeeded to the | office and at once the northern Alabama democratic legislature restored the Con. sress districts. Many and conclusive indeed are the evidences that the dom. mating cotton planter influence was moi under the ban of the non-slave holding farmers.h Up to the down fall of ths Confederacy IS governors had been ir office; five only of these were from northern Alabama or the hill counties. The supreme court had contained in all 50 members and nine only of these were from northern Alabama Twelve men had been federal senators up to that | time and seven of these were from north. I ern Alabama.
 How did Houston come upon the fear ful issues of the dark days? Pugh and Baker and Cochran of Eufaula, Clanton and Hodgson and Holtzclaw and Sanford of Montgomery, Morgan and Shelley and Pettus and Johnston of Selma, Lyon and l Clarke of Demopolis, Forsyth and Lang don of Mobile compelled him, against his personal wishes and against the | counsel of his northern Alabama friends to lead the way. All these statesmen from the cotton plantation region re- fiected the confidence which southern Alabama reposed in northern Alabama in the day of clouds and darkness. and the triumph was theirs
 Another important misconception, as palpable as false and astonishing. hangs around the history of the cotton planters This class of citizens led the way. tbe non-slave holding farmers joined them and the Southern Confederacy was or l ganized. Because Alabama led tha way | the place of organization was selected at the Alabama capital The Southern Confectionery had but the single source | of origin-the resolution to prepare inc states to escape the immlnence of the social and political equality of the negro race In the United States. Let Mir. Tafts recent appointments of negroes 1 to high office. preceded by MT. Roose- velt's and MT. Cleveland's similar an- | pontments, let the recent amendments of election laws in Georgia, oualifyinx negroes for the electorate, led the effort | of both parties to the angry political contest In Alabama last year. and ren- | nessee this year, to control the negro