The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1892 Page: 6 of 16
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6
SOUTHERN MEBGVBT.
Aug. II, 1892
Gen. Weaver's War Becord In
Tennessee.
The following letter clipped
from the Toiler puts the defamers
of our leader to shame. No one in
Giles County will doubt for a
moment the statements made by
Col. Harris.
Near Fayettvillk, Tenn., |
July 20, 1892. /
Editor Toiler—Dear Sir:—
Your note enclosing a clipping
from the Pulaski Citizens, in re-
gard to Gen. Jas. B. Weaver's
course toward the citizens oí Giles
county during the war of the re-
bellion, and in which which you
state that "I understand that you
contrdict," came to 11 ! last even-
ing.
I have neither contradicted nor
affirmed anything about it, for I
had not heard of its publication.
Perhaps you got your impressions
from me direct, when you lived in
our family and taught school.
I have often spoken to my
friends, of Gen. Weaver; of his
kindness, firmness and exalted
piety; of him as a Christian gentle-
man, for I knew the man and had
ample opportunities of Lknowing
him. Ilis tent was on my premi-
ses, within sixty feet of my dwel-
ling house, for one whole winter.
Ilis tent was headquarters until
he was ordered to the courthouse,
which was in full view, to take
command of the post, which duty
he performed until his regiment
was ordered to Chattanooga. He
was commander of the post say
about half the winter of 1863-4,
but his tent was not taken down
until he made his final move. He
was a Colonel then, and was the
commander of the Second Iowa
regiment. Col. Weaver was un-
der the immediate command of
Gen. G. M. Dodge, of the left wing
of the 15th Army Corps, of Gen.
W. T. Sharman's forces.
I had built my house in the
edge of a grove of tall trees, the
nearest grove to the town of
Pulaski, looking to the eastward.
It was a grand grove I felt proud
of it. On the evening of the day
that the 2nd Iowa took posession
of and camped in my grove IPsought
Col. Weaver and plead for my
grove, telling him that I had been
raised in the country amongst the
trees, and liad it not been for that
grove 1 should not have remained
in the country; and more than that,
that I intended to preserve it for
the benefit ot others as well as
for myself. Just at that moment I
spied some soldiers passing, each
with a couple of fence rails on his
shoulder. I remarked if my fen-
ces are burned they can be re-
placed but if this grove is destroy-
ed I cannot live long enough
to grow another. Col. Weaver
straightend himself to his full
heigh and declared with emphasis,
"It shall not be cut."
I am now twenty-eight years
older than I was then, but I never
think of that'grand man but it ap-
pears that my heart grows big-
ger; it appears that my heart
would coutinue to enlarge if it had
the room. He did not go back on
his word. He gave me to under-
stand that he did not make war
upon the citizens.
While Col. Weaver's regiment
remained I came to ^regard it in a
great measure as a protection
against the soldiers of other regi-
ments.
I am aware that many a bad
man has used his office as a mask
to hide rascality from public view,
in peace as well as in war. Citi-
zens both North and South had
ample reasons to complain of the
enemy's soldiery during the civil
war. I remember oue case of the
kind to the amount of twenty dol
lars myself, but it took place be-
fore my acquaintance with Gen.
Weaver.
Giles is a magnificent county and
Pulaski is det idedly the very best
town I ever lived in. Well,a gentle-
man in blue, or rather from the
Blue-grass reigon, happened to
stay there one night, and he wish-
ed to remain longer; and to sell
goods, wares and merchandise to
the kind citizens of the town and
country. That was while "John-
nie" was temporarily absent from
home; but when he returned he got
mad and went and gutted the store
so he did. And that old military
governor, A. J., decided that the
citizens of Giles county should pay
for the store. That's what went
with my twenty, yet I did not get
"from a thread to a shoe-latchet."
Col. W eaver was a good man
then, and I believe Gen. Weaver is
a good man now.
Yours, etc., Theo. Harris, Sr.
. — <*
Weaver at Denver.
Z. E. Stickler under date of
July 27th, telegraphs as follow to
the Indinapolis Non Conformist:
Tne reception of Gen. Weaver
and party in this city last night
was something wonderful. The
old parties in Colorado have prac-
tically disbanded and are solid for
the Omaha nominees. General
Weaver's meeting at the Coliseum
was crowded almost to suffocation,
fully 6,000 people being packed
into the building. Every allusion
to free coinage met with rousing
cheers long and loud. The Gen-
eral's masterly arguments touching
the sub-treasury plank were
cheered throughout by the entire
audience. Large overflow meet-
ings were also held, in addition
with fully 4,000 people. Colorado
is solid for the People's party, and
all the silver states will follow her
example. This brings all the
states west ot the Missouri river
into our column.
« —^— 4
The largest farm in the world is
in Louisana. It is 100 by 25 miles
and embraces 1,000,000 acres. It
cost $50,000 to fence it.
Congress should pass a law to
enable National Banks to extend
their circulation.—New York Fi-
nancial Record.
That is just what Wall street
wants—and Cleveland and Harri
son both favor such a policy.
When the Democrats at Chicago
nominated Grover Cleveland they
drove the nails into the coffin of
free silver and clinched them on
the inside.—Sioux City Journal.
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Park, Milton. The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1892, newspaper, August 11, 1892; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth185477/m1/6/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .