THE S( RANTOIN TRIBUNE, MARCH 25, 1804. COL, ROBERT G, IN6ERS0LL. Varying Opinions as to his Abil ity and Sincerity. SKETCH OF THE MAN IN HiS EVERY UaY LIFE wiiui Hie tUmii t. Da w III Talnuure, ir. Leonard, tbo Uevi William Cart) slid Btheri Have i Naj n i CoMntl Ingersoll' Remark utile TvacbUwM in tog I than to Had the truth. II it were in my j poww to stay him, to-morrow I should not do 'so, for 1 know of no man Wild has had III" I I . ith shaken by hearing or reading Colon! Ingersoll. Those Already sceptical, and this ! Ii a stMptlcal age, art c 1 to get ready made arguments for Utah diebelief, and thaae are furnished than without thi necessity for thoughts, It i- not to me," sold Judge Freeman, when queationed on thla euhjent, "a question ai to whether Colonel Ingeraoll la right or wrong, or partly right and partly wrong, l I claim that he haadone good, The preachers and the people who follow than, if uudls turned, drop into the suuutltled and self-sat' iafled habit of accepting their religion with .hi queation. They will reaaon about every thing elae but their faith in Uie aupi matural, that i auaepted without queation, Ueltglmi i is us much h matter I progreea und evolu tion us the ivlencei, and the man who makes I the people awure Of this, mid Who shako I them out of their atagnaut and mossy conservatism doea good to religion and It has beon tho custom regard theli clergymen with a peoie oi niointry, who oj mme oi mew calling are mora teamed , wiser ami bettej than the average unaanetitled mortal, but when a man itkf lugorsoll eomeato laugh Tin' door o pane again and In comae a plainly , we shall see him and Ba mattert.' draaaod man "f thirty, who has evidently Ity at Ho'oloekthe twain returned Prompt to the de- getting tome Interview wttn uoiouel Moll, uo easy matter, b) the way, for though the most aeoeaelble, lie is the busiest or man, 1 hvo had excellent opportunities to study hi peculiarities, hie Uttenaely strong Individuality and thoae physical manifesto tions vf character by which uii man are liu praaaad. As a preliminary to the Interview I to truth, in auMtion. I have tried to learo how thai for people t clergy and iait regard the Colonel' polemki afforti and the effect hie teachings are having on the nsiii,' generation. Oh, Idonteare to talk about the man, their pretensions Into ridicule. aud to quae said Dr. Talmage, as he dry washed bis I tion the truth ol their dogmaa. It may cause hands, us if to tie rul of disagreeable sub-1 religious ludlguatiou tor tin. time, but the aet, "A tow years ago I delivered a series result must be to elevate tho pulpit and of sermons and lecture on IngersoUlsin. I broaden the congregation." Bead them and you will learn just what I Oolunel lngertoll htmsalf appear to be en think." I tiraty indifferent to the opinions ol the put "I recall the sermons, doctor, but I have j,,t or the pul'lic as to his own life und forgotten everything but the tact that you do- motives. He believe in the utmost liberty UOUnoed"al taacliing as Injurious.'1 Uir every man, woman und child and he "Parhape 'denounce' I too itrong a word, would have this freedom extend to their i tried to show that the man was threshing thought as Well as to their uets, and he old straw, that the attempt to overthrow ths holds that tins ehouid tntlueuee then Chriatian religion had beau undertaken by ut abler man, aud at a time, like the French Keio- lutiou. when the public Uliud was unhinged and ready for any new .-sue. Vet Christianity h..s advanced In a marvellous way. and the nine- ol the opponents are know u by reason Of their failure. The harm such men as Ingersoll do, is not in Influencing me reaaon of men. It he eat men thinking fll would be well, but there is a large elae of men eager to 1 disbelieve in religion, iu order that they may Bud au eXCUSe or ease the uoMcienoe as to their own misdeed. Then there ure the young, with tulnds susceptible and eager for novelt) . who are won over for the time by the speeious argument and attractive rhetoric of men like Colonel Ingersoll. II you car, fully study his addresses, the effort won't tax your bi'uiu. you Will see that he is a rhetorician rattier than a logician, "Than you think the Colonel hai done nothing to disturb the faith of the people?" No-, he may have changed or rather con firmed men who were alreudy of hi way ol thinking, but I have yet to hear ot a Christian I man. wno na renouneeu ni auegiauce i Cur. st by reason of anything that Colonel Ingeraoll has said or done, if it were not for blasphemy of luoh speaker the church might well welcome them as allle. Let the agita tion (jo on. All men have to do i to leek and they will surely Bnd : to ass aud it shall be given : to knock at tue door ot insp.red truth and it shall be opened uuto tii m." The Reverend Dr. Leman la not so sure that Colonel Ingersoll Ii a weak copy of Voltaire. Paine. Koiceau and Hume a i Mr. Talmagv, Of course, I deplore Colonel Ingersotl's course, be said, when queationed on this subject, "just as we deplored the course ,i' tho many trained and able army officers who felt it to be their duty tu go With their Stales at the beotnnlna of our civil war. 1 think Colonel Ingersoll Is radically wrong in his teachings, and that he is fostering religious discontent and working harm. But unlike many who i .ppose him in the press and pul pit. 1 tlru.lv believe in the honesty of his pur pose, tue parity ol ins private life, ami his arked ability ; indeed, as an orator I regard him as a genius. If such a man were to de vote htnuelf to the uauae ol rellgl n ba a mid do infinite good, as it is he takes away from the heavy of heart their only hope and sup port, and he gives them instead -nothing." "Conceding Colonel Ingersoll's honesty, doctor, would it not be better fi ir the pulpit to make puolie his addresses and to aoewer them logically, than to denounce the man. " -I do not believe iu denunciation, As t... giviug publicity to Colonel Ingeraoll' ad dresses that 1 another matter. It is easier x sow the seeds of a malignant disease than to cure it, and it is far sailer toaak queatlom thou to answer them. The trouble With all discussions on abstract questions Li difficulty of coming to an understanding as to the defi nition of terms, After all the universalltytof religion shows that the impulse :,, worship is innate. The Chriatian creed la not a system Of dogma, but Is based OH a few self-evident truths that even Colonel Ingeraoll bimtelf Would appr IV -.' Would you :h'ise th is leaking religious rruvn to read Colonel Ingeraoll' books, ..r to hear his leetur "To that I say ri" moat emphatieally. If u.xioiis for the health "f my children, I should not eare to siibj'-.-t tnem to the ii-k of contagious dlaeaae, Voltaire, and men .,f tiutti , u '" " ' i, IUnd erltl suttiors ir stuuenis m uieoiog) hi stuu.. The Bav.Willlam Carey believes th .t Colonel ' Ingeraoll, like every other power is raised uj ; for a Divine purpr ?. ' The Colonel is an laonoolaat, and in I emupaigu he would I Wstroy the admire I with the Objection able. He has, however aimed most of his; btowe at Calvinism, and I san but think that. opinion of himself. He lives Oil Fifth Ae BUe, ueur Ttttlty-alxth street, and his domes tie life is In every wa beautiful, His house hold consists of his wife and two lovely daughter, one ol the hitter la married aud her two children who with the huaband are of the family, an aunt, a lter-ln-law and two couatna are the permanent member ol the family, but at all time there la a crowd of visitors, an,', open hospitality without any striking formality is the rule. The Colonel la very fond of his home, and though counted a ublie man lie never visits club, and it is next to Impossible to get him to a dinner where speech-making follows tho dessert. NVt General Neul Dow himself is more tenur.ite than Colonel Imtersoll, thouirh an exception ahould be made in tho ease of tobacco. He is un Invents smoker. and even iu his olDcO he works and talks with a cigar between Ins hps, which, like General Butler, he hews when it chances t i go out. The i'- lonel' i fftce are in the Gertnania ' Building Ko. 39 Nassau atreet. There are three larrfe room on the lafiond story, piled up to the celling with law books, letter tile, unbound pamphlets and package heard ot the Colonel's habits Tor his manner partiiu 'il and the process la as self-eon lldent us his predecessor's was i c-.ird was repeat), but with obaeauioua, "Colonel IngertoU," ba begin, "I've bean out of work for otaetlme," "aorry t., m ar it," Interrupts the 0 ilonel, "und you dont know mo, continual the nam, "but I've just k',,1 Job ue conductor on a atreet car lino," "Glad to hear it," from tho Colonel, "And.'' the man goot on, "the oompany want thirty live dollars to in. put up aa soourlty before they'll give me tho place, N.. my friend have clubbed together and raised twatity-two dollara, but im short thirteen, and I was told that you might help me, and if you do. i n pay you back HrSt QDJUloe, with interest. "Can't It, m friend, I m not in Iba money i onlng buaineaa. Good .lay. The man ic-.-dt.ite-. scratohe his head a ii searching lor a more potent urgUUietlt thuli he had vet used, he gives it up as ii bad J"b, mutter au right boss," und stride out disappointed and defiant. At lomtth I urn taken Into the Colonel'! private room. More plloaoi book and crowds of desks, tho largest is u perfect litter of papers, There is only one named picture iii tin- room it Is that Of tho Colonel's dead brother Ebeu, ami below It the little tin sign on which are the name-. the brother as they appeared when the) were law i.,u uere. Besides Hit plot are t bore Iba large un trained photograph of Judge Calvin B, Pratt, ol the New York Supreme Court, who I a very dear friend ol the Colonel. Sow sit down here and let me have your question," aaye the Colonel. He lights an other Cigar, sees that 1 huve plenty of legal cap impel , and with my question ill liw hand lie take a turil about the room. I haven sheaf .d sharpened pencil before me and am prepared t" take down the Colonel's address Now, all right.' The Colonel draws in u loasj breath, flips tin ashes from his olgar mid 1 can sen tin- Ural word forming on his flexible and beardless hps. for he is as smooth shaven as ti monk, when a rap is heard a! the door. "Boms one to see you, Colonel," salts out a voice from the other side, aud without u word ol explanation, he vanishes. Five, ton minutes pass, then l take out my note t k iu which there are u number of anecdotes of Colouel Ingersoll wMIch I want t,. huve verified. Here was 0110 of Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania: 1; was slated that the Keystone "Boss" had called on President Harrison to obtain u "tut Job" for "tie of his followers, The President was not iu u generous mood, and Mr. Quay "put th" screws on him' in the usual vu , saying that His Exoollency enjoyed the oc-l cupancyol the White House "by the vj-illufj Quay." II is about time that you and many others should ceaae to worry ue with such re quests," said the President. "And you might as well understand now that I am President of tho United States by the Will of Cod." "Matt" Quay was not prepared tor each a Shock and ho staggered out into open air. On the portico of the Executive Mansion he sending in a chanced cf- fs !si-:i m h A iu '! in. m Wk i Li 1 If sot of thu Father of the ,('01110 lu at any time and make yourself light j at home. Oh, Hi i interview, that's all right, I We'll flX It Up in goad Shape, It never does: !t"urry. The saecdotes, ah? Well, all Birthday : 1 1 , , ', -, I , T .1 ..oil ).,,.! , .1 .,it,'u.. tt'ti ' Butletme tell yft,.i dmi'i want mj hlogn icmperante Movement phy written till I am dead, and lis I am only i sixty und lag (health, i tm not antielpat lug tnat event very ooh," M.WXXD II. UiLROl'X. ORIGIN OF THE FAMOUS MAINE LAW. ThO growth of Ii II Bl itOB may I lllfe within ssjventy-llve sei,, ol liavs iuori osi loopbthy in the united red from t!ia faol that ears t;... Cnctors of thai il fron thing to 30 00 I, Morning apehi miii ii His Pleasmil Home in Portland Reeollections i :i Long, Kiwy and i scral Ufe M Ise unit Xoble Word ui the Vunna'. Portland, Me., Maroh 17, The most pi nrtugeport, ( onu I lite greatest corset ln.llin l.l.'t u t i.il eel,:.,, In I! u,,r!,l II Inn,, . ui o,otw .. dnj'j and koopson band a stook of jsuw,Kla' ''WI"'L' "' tl"' w""lu B,w " fhrm, Oiw.nut), T i. to are over iqijfl girls i mployed to-day, Is General Meal Dow, of Portland, Me., .in the bueiuerr, a maloriti ol im mi are so the originator of the Maine taw. who amid i wed formed ai to seres as models. ll.liU.t.tM. MTillti til Mil '.: derate titmiii iik- ti Meet, Bcipio Lt:n POLS To UO'l "The secretary," exelaimed "was busy und could not be semi." Away Went the tWO gentlemen. Colonel III gers..! feeling s uuewhat annoyed ut hi, fail ure t. reaeh the "plumed knight." A con sultation was held and the next duyColohel Ingeraoll went t.. the Uepartment, and failing to obtain an audience through the same ' Uaiing iiiiu: Ciiiik i oniuanlon Would , "Longntn loug seudlug one brigade after another up against our line he was reported eleven years ago by Colonel Frank A. Burr (who died over iii Philadelphia a tew days ago,, m an m tqrvlew published m the Cincinnati Enyuirii: Next to the 38th Ohio Infantry, my regiment, the lilst Ohio Infantry, was the largest In Um hi my ol Die Cumburlaod that day- .t was the I UOtli du) ol Beptamber, isuj, and tho -"eu,: was Chiekamauga. IValiadMI men and Hi commissioned ofttesrs aa very well remem ber, for I aetedas adjutant (besidei uommand ling tw unpanles) for several weeks aftei the battle. Kut on the morning of September 21st wo could muster "ii the slops ol Mis sionary Kidgu Heal' RoSSVille, only 270 men, counting ihose we knew were in hospital, and 15 commlislonod officers. The reason why we were able b, hold the , hill against tobgstrcet's brigades (for we were detached from oui division sarly In the day and fought, all alone, without the sight ol u I man who ranked our Lieutenant Colonel Who commanded as, till late In the afternoon) was I because seven of our companies were armed There was a struggle over this and the truffle hiding from the light of day slunk uway in cellars und back alleys. So high bad Feeling run, that in June, 1MB, what was known as tho "Rum Kiot," took place iu Port land. The Maine law provides for agencies, no In each city and town, to Eell for medici nal and mechanical purposes. General Dow says: "I was mayor and chairman of a committer) Author at! o! the board bl managers and aldermen, to I purcbassj necessary liquors '.for tho City I Agency. Thla tha committee did, and tho li'pjorr, wore deposited In the collar of the City Hall, under the apartment on the ground floor, which hud been assigned for the Agency. The rummies swore if they couldn't sell nobody should, and so they made complaint that the liquors ho purchased, und deposited, were the Mayor's --Intended for bale on bl account und swore to It. "Thy mo), e&qouraged by the political bosses of that time, made an assault on that place, U destroy the liquors. The police force was i the congratulations or his numerous friends, lebrats th ninetieth anniversary ot his I birth, next Tuesday, March 30th. a large, "'"""'" ow-tlms brlek house, in the vary small, and. unequal to oope with the rascals "i una v v. ii, a ui i juih:"H r u lul ;o itfiu t ha been hammering us all day n"""i" '. "'" oi me uanenu, J 1 ii It.. ,ii I iu4. i .. tn ii Him nuih u ij.uiv,'j i-.ira Kif. f rvn la trout w iniiijwsj, torosi th wtrvet, you look OVfcf tO tb liulLir -.'I l.i i sou Coloutl Tt9& N ' si OENEBXL SE4L low at TBS PStSgXT llut. Dow, the house In which he was bom. Here, in this pleasant home, the old tem perance hero is ripening lor the distant home, "Where all Is made right that SO puxcles Ut In. I'm '' S l-r. ,,"i.. tuna r,..,..,u.l ,.",1. .. .... Colonel Bob was red In the face wheu be Always reliable Enflelds. .., ,... '. , , , . , , i, ,, i i im, i , ,i i . k m i i. ,i . , i fusion of snowy white hair, an alert look, a 7 , "h f . ,CT,m ''"'8"-,'ct s men , ,yan m,p 0, the hand, and you arewel- turned ,,v, wh. n. attel an al. -en I sovela had n civeil i.ur I fst enll.iv than ,,!. . . .. . . . ,. .. ... , . .,,,; ,,la jejune in. i. ii ).;ii icaie your i i u-siu-u ivrwaiu won a great accession oi CUSe, sent a ear, following : "Will the tecr a time when he ii which was penciled the with Colts revolving rifles taoh could be j loaded in all Us Qve chambers as quickly as1 tary of state please Indicate'11 Enfield while the other three companies an see Mr, IhgersoUr' I were mads up ol men quito expert with their 1 f several I had the man returned und handed him , sf: . .- " .' jjwts s io I lit I I lli.lil . IVl'I'ULWl mlnuti a card on which was legibly written : "Mr, Blaine cannot see c , lonel Ingersoll I ' "Hell!' exclaimed Colonel Bob. "But you say there is no hell," interjected his friend, who felt budly because he had been the innocent cause "f this contretemps. "Ain't there!" retorted the agnostic Kob ert. "Thla is hell and no mistake I" tad the smell of sulphur cold luivo been strongly detected in that atmosphere, sure enough. It is well known that Henry Ward Beeoher, to whom Colonel ingersoll bears a striking re semblance, was a great admirer of the fa mous agnostic. To ouo of his purishoncrs who was denouncing Ingersoll, Mr. Bteeher pencil said : ,1'"li "Brother, tho foundations of your faith must be "nock-kneed and you ought to be ob liged to Ingersoll i, rimy man who would sweep them away, True faith and true love cannot be disturbed by logiciun.inlldel or InCOnOClast. That which is not tiue ought to go. and if there Is anything 1 do enjoy it is to see a brave and able man pitch into the supersti tions of the age. He can't whack 'em too hard to suit ma." a At another times gentleman waa relating a store of Ingersoll s egotism. An admirer of this gentleman desired him to visit hi.-: mother, au old lady of seventy, who was an ardent Presbyterian. Mr. Ingersoll declined u the plea of not wishing to Unsettle ,the be- . cigar behind you. Short of stature and corn- speed and confidence thinking they would be pactly built, he is till springy of tap, and on i" us oeior.- w.- . ..iiM reload, lint would scarcely pas-; ten paces befoi would catch another volley and nrhll wore turningthls over in their minds we would let them have,.. bird ! This was felt to be quite a peculiar circumstance, requiring delibera tion, better conducted Oerhaps haek In Uie rca: and out ol rang, be ii generally hap pened that with the mud volley the Johnnie had come to u dead bah and were beelnnina take the back truok, which they no longer situteu i, in. ut when tnej got the fourth and they Illustrates the philosophy that bus curried they him through life, and u.ude him the central thev Dgure of a remarkable reform. Follow him to hi den, as he enii- his library, and 'you shull see him at hit best off the Dlatlorm. ami the Mayor culled out a military eompuny, und ait. i long sulfating from the mob's throw ing stones, 1 ordered the men t" betaken into the apartment, and to defend it at any cost In doing this one ot the mob, tins loader was killed, several were wounded and the mob dlspsrasd. j "Tha bosses organised a second Inqusst, and I tried to hulo me indicted for m Older but lulled. I "B was a yasj befoie that, when my Uousjj was assaulted, and two years before when I WSJ hung iii effigy, and Ave or Hi yeurs before. ; when I was assaulted in the streets by a hired bully." At the outbreak of the War, (ieneral l)ow. at the roquest ot Governor Washburn, began to recruit a regiment, lie was commissioned colonel ot the- Fifteen th Maine Volunteers, and sailod in Butler'b expedition for New Or leatib, but was wrecked on the way. The storm rose ko Wgh tnut it seemed very evi dent that the ships must go to the bottom. A lot was drawn lroin hoadloss matches, and the captains ol the regiments were required to draw, to seo who should go from the over loaded ublp to the Mt. Vernon. Five Mumo companies were drawn to go over to the urge: and saler ship. Butter said : "Colonel Buw, yoq had better go with these men, on board the Mt. Vernon. They will be safe there.'' "And leave you here, General?" "Gh yes, I must stay here.' ' Unless you order It, 1 shall do no such thing. I shall stay with the majorit ol my regiment, and stand Dy you. and butler adds, he did. He was afterwards with Butler when he ran the forts, and later helped Butter to en force the Mrmgent laws that made New Or leans a healthy and orderly city, He w-u commissioned u General by Abraham Lin coln, and at the siege of Vitksburg In 1863, was taken prisoner bv General Josetili K. General Dowoome Of good "Id stock, being jJohii'ton. Captain L. T. Mitchell of B I lief of so venerable a matron "The arrogance of supposing hlmsell to show uu oldfCbrietlan like that the error of her ways.' said the critic with a sneer. "I don't believe ha ever said it." said Mr. Beecher with some irritation. "It is not in harmony with bis character. If the lies that ore told about public men could bo material ised they would wall in and root whole earth." There arc some who believe that Colonel IngsrSOU'S cole purpose in lecturing Is to make money, ami that bo. lawyer like, would be quite as ready t" talk on the other side, if he found it profitable, "If," said a gentleman to me, "Colonel In gersoll were not an infidel, there is no posl tion In tho gift of the American people to which h mid not aspire with good chances of success." The Colonel once had such am bitious. He says : When 1 was a yo:.ng ni in I had ambitions. 1 have found that the cures which come t" a t I by the time we sent them the llfth our Hew after Hying fi as we nso peculiar ammunition it huu- it had to happen, being one of those that always do hairneti that nielli about noon s mielKidy ordered the wagon iu which our cartridges were hauled to the tear-. We found, however, that if we kept the bayonet oh the gun to prevent the splitting of the muzzle, we could use the F.nllcld cart ridge, even If the ball wa a little bit larger than thoso made osn.-cially for the CoTt'l rifle. And 'as 'fust a'' men using the revolvers were disabled or killed soma one would Swap his Enfield for the better piece, so that ut iast nearly every man in our line was equal to five, so far at least us his shooting was con cerned. Under tha circumstances it was not remarkable that late Ifl the afternoon we ran outol ammunition, l don't know bow any bode found it out or who it was that gave the order, but about Hint time two regiments came up tho hill ir im the rear to relieve us. We were sent down, just far enough to be out ot range, and lying down to rest began to I reckon up the sad havoc in pur ranks, We nun not oeeu at it vers long, However, till word came for us to gather Bp those 01 oar men who still had ammunition -and take them sj uescenaant on nia fathei side in the seventh generation, from Henry Dow, Who came to this country from Norfolk, Englan t ; in lGlt" : and on his mother's side from Cbtis- I U..II ...i n , , . balls ' ' "'"I. who vaiue irum r.ngianu m ioso j His extensive reading and tulking with men everywhere, has refined und polish, j hi style, and given him u command ol English quite unusuul either upon or offthe platfoim. His pronunciation is clear and distinct. He was a successful business man, dealing In real estate, was a tanner before the war. and has been connected with many buslnssi enterprises. At the age of seventy-five, he met with misfortune that would have crushed most men. Rev. D. B. Peek got himself elect oil Treasurer of the State. sndthen began to play with the cash and finally defaulted to the er.tcnt of $100,000. General Dow, Who was on Peck's bond, hsd to make up the amount. Next Cashier Gould, a favorite, followed In rock's footsteps with S20.1WU. which the Gen eral had to make up. He honorably stood up under these losses. A Whig, while that party lasted, he helped to organize the BepubUcan party and elected Mayor ot Portland has twice represented the city in the State Legislature. Much diseus- ome. G was put in charge ! the trisoiitr. and ordered to take him to Richmond. Captain Mitchell adds; "DoW hud been in command It i I' " DOW AT StrtNTT. cf a brigade of negl troops, and was at tached to General Butler's division. All the si'jii has ensued as to the origin of the Maine up totne front to right it out. I had three or xw. uencrai janiesAppietoii.Bsfarhftek as naniel(,ss outrages of thieves, guerillas und tour m my company und went witli them. ' 1S32. urced the restriction , l the traffic In in. j. j, j. , n... .p .... ii'Ai'.'iuniK ui iiiis. ami in loao ue maae u re- Wf had not been then came aware of the old. familiar long litte of t fact remains, that until Nea! Dow framed the Maine law. there was no similar enactment on the statute book of any nation or state. Sitting in his library to-day he described the origin "f thi- remarkable law us follows: it was a good many year- ago. and 1 was lie- . oc -uicie uie i a. -. i, ... nfodnnt. ,.,.,i i, lonil"'" wnwruia un uoie saoieei. uu. uie Ver the I'.thecbarce. In st a thov iwil In ftia rlnht place, in good range of our rides, all ut once i, man was seen t" spring OUt of their ranks and to come leaping up the hill towards US swinging his hat over his head us he came. When he got hear enough we could heuT him Shouting "c.-ase tiring I" while the brigade followed him with steady step, the men enr rying their pieces tit a right shouldor shift. At last the messenger reached -ur lines and was taken to tic commanding officer who ho was 1 never learned ,1 illnitely. Here 'u explained his errand. He said that the Johnnies coming up the hill wanted to sur render and asked us to cease firing in order thai they might do so. The Colonel ques tioned him sharply, but lust, sat is lied that he was telling the truth, gave the order and ler and Dow, with a childishness born of ig norance, and prompted by malice." When Mitchell reached Selma. Ala., there were a lsrp- nuruber of refugees from New Orleans there. Somebody teiegraphid to Selma that Mitchell was on the way there with Bow iu custody. Mitchell's coolness und bravery narrowlv saved him from death at the han is fining in mis same Uouse quite late OM 0 a mob. At WeldoD, S. C, his hie was evening. In answering u knock at the door 1 IMin thmti I found a lady whom 1 knew very well as the wife of a government official in this city. He was a periodical drunkard, and on this very night was down town ,,,, a spree. His Witt He wa.- put in tabby Prison, and then delivered almost daily temjrame lectures Dow'i temperance matinees wen- very pop ul.it . and the "bovs" would cheer him to the man in a place like that "f President f the Instantly everything became still, save for the United States are enormous. After Garlleld ''Ustan: d.-ing. Which by this time had be- Was nominated 1 said to him one day, 'Car- i tap. Th'-re are desks and chairs ioi a nonn .u.i yers, ''Ut Mr. Griffin, a handsome young man of thirty, associated with the Colonel, and ths secretary are the onlj persons in the of flees who sp.-ar to bo busy. The freedom that prevails at the C' lonel's h.eis-. extends to his office. There i- I,,, sending in "f cards ..i .vaiting foi un audience, the latcii- -.trill,' Is always hanging out and it pulls easy. I imd beard tha Colonel on the platform hut hud hot ne t iii m personally for many y ,m, so that heat first regarded me aa a it ranger, There were three men smoking .,nd chatting in that ti .fit office, one of them was th" secretary and all the others wore hats. On" of these men sat with his feet on a shall in front, his hat pushed buck from a massive forehead, ins neck-tie askew ami his hand buried in his trousers' pOOketi, Tho bluelah gray eye told ol klndnsss, but tim ii"S-. Is combative and the chin denotes lorce. "Want t . Interview me, ehf Well, sit down and 1 II JMS ab rut it." i I ilonel istntht midst . f a story he Is telling the Hon, Dwignt Townstgd who tepi Rrst New York Blstrlll ID .-.uigi the war. Mr. Towns. ml, by the way. is quite as full of anecdot" and remlhisoel as the Colonel himself. Th" seer. tary lights his pipe und Joins In, as he .v alid be sure to do if the president ol the United Kiutes were a caller, for there Is no hero w .rahlii permitted lu til" Colonel's 'iffiou. Th .Colonel Ih discussing orator.-, and he Is giving. his opinion of (inittun. when the door opens and a babbtly-dreeaed old man domes ill With Iheupologetlc mullliel UIld obsequhiU- bearing of a miin about to ask a favoi. "Well, What Is ItV" asks IhoColoiiel, brusque ly. The mini begins the stereo'yped story ot hard times, no work and rimt unpaid, but th.. Colonel stops him, ut tie. same time In that ho has done good. His denunciation Withdrawing one hiiml lroin his pocket. of Calvin la masterly, and ha has earned atten-1 "Yea, yes. my mend, ns says. the tlon tii the lifo and teachings of that bitter timea aru hard and 1 am sorry for "iithiisiimt as no ntli.r man has .lone. But lit. H" reaches out his baud to tic "Id he has tried to link the teachings of Culvln 1 BUM, who glances down ut the crumpled note with those of such names as Luther, Muluneh- In his iulm and Is about to pour out h torrent ton and Michael Servitus. Hs shows the Of thanks, whan the Colonel bids him good oramping and orusl trend of Calvinism, and day, ami relighting his cigar gdes on wrttti his then unjustly draws the infere that tho story, ending It with liquidation from Gr.ittiin isumo holds good us to till Christian sects and ' thut would have thrilled the heart of thogreat IsMhen, After ail, what wew.mt la the truth. Irish orator, If he could have heard the feeling It has struck me that Colonel Ingersoll do- and the rich iiiiisu il voice lu which tho ex llghts more In his power to puzzle and d.awte tract was given. metOol, Roberto, Ingttsoll Hello Mat .' what are you tooUnf so blue about7 Une would think you had Juat come outol an Indig" factory Instead of this white Washed mansion." The Senator mournfully related his griev ance, not omitting the President s Ingratitude in attributing his success to the Almighty. "What!" exelaimed Col. ingersoll. "The President says the Lord sleeted him to office! Well' I have said some pretty rough things, but I neve! charged the Lord with doing such un net us that." Among my papers I had a copy ot Colonel eloquent speech Ingersoll' powerful and When ha nominated Blaine in 1X70. andap plied to him the name "Plumed Knight" which -tuck and subsequently became the rallying cry of the Republican party, and a fertile thome for cartoons aud caricature. Subsequently, as they say over In Jersey. Bhiino "soured on" his dbafhpion, and he gave the first Intimation of it In the following Way, The story Is In the main corroct. ft to happened that shortly alter Blaine's Installation us secretary ot state Colonel nt' d tic lug I il was induced by a warm personal during , friend to accompany him t., the statH depart meld und Inter la with the premier h' DVOllI In', a pending matter of public bttSltteSS, Arm in arm they entered the Sdiflee, and full of son fl denes Colonel Hob proceeded with seven leaga" boots to entci Mr. Illalno's come very irreguiai' on on our left, and the l.iiic. inn, ',. l,v- tl,.. ,,,'iv..l,i,.,. 1. .,,,., l..- rtj ,1,... Ileld.'you are going to be elected President 1 1 WHded through the thick underbrush. I re- I member that th sound was like that of the wind playing thri Meantim the brought. I don ; know winch, near t" whai lieutenant Uunb.ol my regiment and 1 were, ! without men. He was .Vtall young fellow, chid in "butternut" and slim and lithe aa a hound quick und courteous in hi- movements und gestures, handsome ami of good presence ; He lav down at the fool ol u tree, having it, 1 1 observed, between him und his advancing comrades, His quick eyes darted about con stantly, taking in everything that was hap penlng and they gloweu with an evideut en joyment "f the situation. And still the Johnnie eaiue caddy on With their piece at H right shoulder shift, and some one made tiie remark that u they wanted to surrender they ought to lay down ' the. I aims. Ijjii.b observed that the thing was u trick Hia! the Johnnies didn't intend I iui , rendei . and turning to his men ordered them I to follow him back to the regiment, I observed ; the young Johnnie aa Ills piercing naze rested ' I, ,, ,, ,,,,, ,,,,,! I ,.,,,).- 1 1, 1 1 1,..,,. .1.1 ..I....... I of amusement in in- eyes which forthwith I traveled swiftly ahead to -co what effect I laiinb's move had upon the lest. but. except that I gathered my men togeUlSI mid fol lowed i.amb. everybody stood with hi mouth open, stupidly gimiie at the oncoming Con f".s. At last, just iis we reached our regl ment, someone sang out "it vou want to tillATTAN WAS WONDIlirit. Ugfa a Held of ripe wheat. That all may be.' I replied, 'but here is this messenger came or was gentleman, w ith a large family depending on him for support. It he g. SS ! i hts OflBl to morrow, diunk. he will losshi place. 1 wish vou would eell him no more. He became UKI.I. AMi M MISTAK1 oiib iai sanctum, a sabla-hued halted tie gulUiit Colonel and. with hows and scrapes. Informed him that the rules required that he Hhould first send In his card. , "All light, ". heartily replied Colonel Inger soll. "Vou muAt do your duty us you lire ordered. Here'n my enrd, nurt tell the secre tary Hint I am somewhat In a hurry. Belplo Africenus took the pasteboard ami disappeared! While meantime Colonel In gerSOll paced Impatiently up and down the miirbi" Hour uf theoorridor. Minutes long us hours pa-sod when llnullv the messenger emerged and eommunlcated the fact that 'the secretary begged to bo excused us he wus engaged." "Very well," said Colonel lugers-ill. "1 will hope, but by the time you huve been Presl- meeseuger dent a month rou'U wtsli sou warn runnlna an loe-hpuss in Hades.' Weil, l saw him after he had been President allttls while, kno i said, 'Well, Garfield, how does it gm1 And hu mi IWered, '1 donl know but I'd prefer the loo house business. I tell yon II " hardest tilings young miin tuuteendajl III this world is sue cess. Success to a young man, coining to him when he Is young, Is one ,,f the hardost things he eiin have to stand and keep Ids potSC. Kanie Whv. think how few. how v, rv few of the ana cans "t msmay, and the two regi ments dams piling, panlc-atrlksn down tn Wished me to got him home onictlv. bivause I eo'1'- They would crowd around, and sign If he was drunk nSXt day, h might lose his i I'ledges c onditionaily, "till this cruel war 1 out a"j '",,nd hmi to fc0M;kf u aU or "ti1' the back room ol one 01 the down town I One day. in looking out of the prison saloons. 1 said to the keepet in a quiet way I Window, at the risk ol his hte. he saw a nearly T Wish you would sell no m..re liquor to Mi 1 bai "foot Yankee prisoner being let along by Blank. ' Whv, Mr. DoW! he sold, 'this ,s ''ve Contederates. Dow called to him from the , ', . ,., window and threw down his v wn shoes and m. buaineaa: I must mpplv mv customers. L,...,L.iJ Klne months in Libby, and he was ex changed tor General V.tr.huirh l.ee. and re turned to his old home, amid the congratula tions ot thousands ol friend Smce then, b has been very active in temperance meetings, in lectures, and meetings on both sides ol the Atlantic, anil in ISSji he was nominated foi President of the United states by the Prohibi tion Party, Courageous, temperate hopeful, without worry, he has done the work that God has bet to his hand and he bus done it well. Said he today . Mine Was q long lived race SSVetal of my ancestors passed by ten t. twenty years the thn-e -core and ten limit two reached 100 one passing 104, w hile tn honored tathor lived to Within three mouth, 'of j with hardly, a sick day iu his life. Fo at icsst three gonerettoue, my progenlton lived the trugal quiet, well ordered lives ,. Friends andths) ttansmtttedtomethetamll tandem v to kvngevtty, unimpaired by di-.-'.p.i tion ana excass. In youth, isring fond . athletia sports and having opportunity :. reasonable lnd.Ulgeoce In them, I thSTSb added to my Inheritance uf health am strength i have been particular in the mutter a diet, so far, at least, ns to avoid eating to sa tlety of meats, and altogether of whai I hav lound hurtful l hue niways abstained Iron intoxicating liquors and tobacco, and ait convinced that such abstinence hns grektlj contributed to my health, l haveborns phy sieBi and mental attain uadai which aaao elates as strong naturally, have failed, be CatlSe, as 1 believe, they resorted to stimu lante. This has been due In part to prudence h diet, but more In my trying to bear In mln that 'sufficient unto the day Is the evil there of.' In wasting no regrets on the inevitable In trying to endure what could not lie cured uii.l in borrowing no trottUle, 1 have save. f health and strength, wind TK,V.- lL' 0KM lt.lt. DOW 1 HIS NTl-lVY. surrender, uy down your arms i and some- somewhat angry, and told me that he too 1 "'.e'1!":1, l '"i'l'c'"" U",i" hud a family to' lu'ppbrl and that he had a 1 a volley followed, and then another. ,, . V , . . , cashing and rearing tlirough the w led unwtoeunquortowhomewhepleaiMa, lull-, there was the rueh and soramble of 'So yotfuavealloense, have you'.' und you liu.ny feet, sharp cues, orders, oaths, s'nrieks suiiport vour family bv destrovins that inan's. Weil see ab. ut this.' I went home thoroughly detormtned to devote my hie to suppressing The ohngrlntd imander who had been j th Hquor traffic in the best way possible. mad,, tn... victim ,,t th.- shallow art! Hoe .,r- The Maine Law originated In that nun-shop.' deled our lush major to charge up the lull 1 In 1846, the Legislature ol the State enacted 1 Hi" steal wust with the 'JUt and retake il . ami we poor ., iM. i,t n .li.i ,, ,,.. ,,,ii, u itj ,ic .alwavs attends us doss aiixletv devils, le-s than 800 in number with only , .'.,.,.,, '., v "Jhava always been busyi 1 think Iteaa one round ,.r ammunition, charged :,'"' cilorcei ient. iiinliseouiagcl. truthrnllv sa'itl 1 nevei willingly pasasdak ngiiinst that brigade tliree times, und Dow roused the loroea of rsmperanoe, and t,)e hum iii my life. Books haw been u. reckon wodld hav,. beaii at it yet if somebody together in ism they went before the people. closest companions, lu their oompany, con hadn't told Micky to stiiu, ' with their nronositlon of total nrohlbitlon. Tha tent and Pleasure has been found, when a:! lint I never heard anything more of the daring young Cpnfedeiate. I would like to meet him, lo talk the Hung ..i, r. Wilson Vaxck. iiwing to consanguinity, it is said fully thirty per cent, ol the marriages among the num. sot the great, irrand men ,.f Rome luce anstocHury of Biugiano are childless, bsen watted along down to us acroas the oen-1 Owing to, ths Doyetty, which is reit In8paln ot the session -to be enacted and upon its SUrieSi And the men themselves, winre ISjgj wsll us In oilier purls of the world, brigand-! pionipt approval by Governor Hubbard, to, k their la mo.' Who kuo,vs them.' Who thinks i ll(a it Dn (a Inniwaae and snarahv Issniaad- cfT.et from that moment. The Maine law re election showed the defeat of nealiv everv member ot the Legislature, who had voted against prohibition. The new Legislature were enlightened by tin- discussion thut took place, and which was led by Seal Bow. It wasacruotal moment. But it was passed through nil Its stages in one day the last day of them? Th" im 'ii of this world, how last they go, how littlu they leave behind thtttt. And 1 tell you, when a man grow- to be a ther conditions tended to discomfort and unrest, Bo, that time has never hung heav ily on my hands. "YOU ask what adwee I would give to the ypuog, aa essential to success In life, ideas o itt0CSSS vary. 1 can conceive of no higher i tin, la id than the full discharge of one'sduty to God and his fellow men. No higher re ward can com to muii than the content at tending ii consciousness of that duty well and faithfully done.' Wuir Aulaxd. Call again," Sind he Suggested to his friend ; great man. then does he begin to feel le w lit tlmt possibly Mr. Blaine was busy with Some! tie he le. The greater he Is. the less he of the (ofolgu ministers, whose privacy could knows." nut be Intruded upon. "Hut," hu continued. I 'Hhe colonel returned t' me after two hours "we will come back at I o'clock, when the aud then, without a word of apology, said : secretary is about tigning hi mall, aud then "I've got a client who wants thi room. j11(t- I versed ue policy oi license, umi sunautuud I lor il the policy ,,f absolute prohibition of the 1'ully sixty per ei nt. of the maisSjge be- manufacture und sale of alcoholic liquors, c- tWesn American hstrtsses and titled (oreigti eept for medicinal and mkohahleal purposes SHarc failures, and but few of the forty per ami the arts. eent. uie said tube happy, yot American Thus eume to puss one ol the most remark siiobs sell their daughter.; and Kuroptntt able laws ever put upoti the siutute book, and udveiiturors tin J it market for their tawdry one that has Sfltotsd the legislation of the competitors from titles lu America. world- 1 muami n UngUslnan Who Should know, says, that within twenty-live years the people of tho British Umpire will wonder -not that she House of Lords xvii abolished but that suclj un Inherltanoe ol icudaiism and barbarlsi shi aid be permitted to exist so long. Mat fair in Belgium u large price has b?pii olfured for the highest man, and theie aio all nations, Ameriru lu-
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