The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-26

E@4nt yOua;fRfL ba srFc8Gefiy Jaofni1R
replied he thought psto0 "A fesE dayts
aftef' he was summoned to Generai
Johnston'ssteIft to attend a counsel of
va aaG II WAS BEtiaaA. that. he. was
the only brtKadier In the COUNSEL. en-!
Johnston Afterwards remarked that
Toombs wassthe biggest and the BRAY
eat man In the Confederaey.
longstreet5 heard OF Tloombss. JnaiI-
Ing stump speeches 10 the army; re-
ferTing In anything but compliment
tary terms, tofhis commander and he
ordered hiHS under arrest. He after
wards said that Toombs had the kIud-
ling eye and. rare genius of soldier.
and that i6-he5had had military dis>i-
pine he woatdl have made q great SOL
der.
Now here was praise from two men
whom Toombs had severely criticised,
yet they were big enough to accord
him proper credit for his merit. In.
this day OF pigmies,tif you differ Yromr
them, they. cry out cruelty him. His.
speech in the: Senate in: defense of ae+.
eession was said ..by Mr.. Stevens to.
have been equal toatiie 5psech of Per-
icles OF the nDening of the PeIopone-.
sian war. Mf. Blaine In his great
book says that Mr.. Toombs was the
only SOUTHERN rstatesman,who put up
on record the: grounds upon which and.
the grievances for which destruction
of the Union could be iustified."-; l..
sat one day at the White SULPHUR
Springs auds heard llim talk for five
hours, During all of that time IneYer
moved out OF my seat, but remained
aR IL rooteds to, the spot He held the
audience speli4bound- like q magician
with his wand: No, one moved or ,av-
en- spoke. E.neyer saw such a copious
flow OF spaFkiing wit, of burning sar-
casm, of classical allusions and such
perfect scattering of the. diamonds Of
the mind. f-remafketi to- azgentfefaanS
what pity: these inteilec aiait Jewels
that he with Sd little: effh, & threw at
our feet could not be treasured up: andi
transmitte dIto po5teyity. AS he spoke,
he would move nafvonsly In HIS chair
with an unlit cigar In HIS hand, every
muRele of his frame seemed to. crawl,
: and his bosom wouldrTise and swell
as his mighty mind threed, to deliver
forth HIS thoughts, his eyes blazefl
like burning suns and when he. would
wUFA' mi5 sO1sis :::s:. r:s: cd. iaan.ls &c,
seemed like. a tilt hammer of Yui-.
can beating out thought for the gods.
He would .straighten himself up MS if.
to give emphasis to what he was going
To-. say and shake his big!h head. until;
his hair looked like the main of a
war horse: and when- he reached the.
climax he would utter some fiery de-
Bunciationl and thA foam dashed from
his lips. The effec; was electrical up
on the audience and it: stunned them
like o clap Of; thunder or dazzled them
like fash:o3 lightning. 1t almost
took your breath and 1t required some
minutes for. You to recover. 1t was as
brilliant as n display of fire. works
or the falling OF celestial shower. 4
was SO awed by the graadsuR OF his
big thoughtsgi5y the brilliant; ianguagel
ard the gihMilig eloanence that. felt
that coulntnot speak. yrhss mateyiaIi
which he threw away ON, this occasion
with such lavish prOdigHlits was like
tha mighty waste Of Niagara. I. was
forced 10 throw up naXI hands and exF.
claim, ''WhatsR mani"
a Georgia Judge Eaid of him: s.f1is4
leansk are like kangaroo and his
bDeeehs gave me tfei headache. His ep4]
igTatns were Eerse anu ne thTU y; tiI5sii
cut Ike pToyerbe = His homo and dor
Iliestic life was pure and s5SSautifuls
9s;;;;;iia = csFosiss aud i,isErah with the
boys in day btit &c night he would re-
Dose in the; bosom oe his family. and
enjoy the SAweets of welded love-. No
man was more iogal or devoted tol
his wife than he was. remember
seeing them at the springs after they
had passed the meridian and were go-
ing fastly tcwsrd the western. declixi4|
ties and we're e9proachihe the, cham
hers OF the: setting sun, wal king toe
8ether with burly form towering above
her like soma, lofty mountain peak ami
she, modest, gentle, aBIiable, clipging
20 him like n tenariis The majesfiG1
uak. She was q typical Southern ma-
fron OF the. old; school, plump off, fiEnfa
ana with trace of loyeliness. in. her
race, which indicated that in her early
days she must have been beautiful.
The GENTLE Christian example of this
lovely woman had soothing, Statutory
effect upon4tile soaring, stormy spirit
OF Eobert Foambs and when she died,
IL seemed TO steady him ard like the
pfodigaL hee came to fiimseiG atsd heI
threw himself ut the foot of the cross
and made IAN open declaration of his
faith In the Christian religion, This
man who detied president aFIsrS
ais and whrgn no mortal could intims
idate, could shs goVeslJsGis llS nod o.
S the head oTeisle gentle touch of the
HAND OF hia wife. j Witnessed, au, ina
inRtanee myself when his tefnper lilkaJ
the pent fires OF q volean Sgaa about
to burst forth, she touched Hi1p aIs1
the should and he becanle az quiet
as o. lamb. lie waBs always. lyEfDt liilE1
and overilpgTing with kindness aud
geferosityf While he was Sent ter ilE
Washingtou he wrote n letter to his