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New News of Yesterday |
3 By E. J. EDWARDS t
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How Grant Made First Speech
1
(Persuaded by Rawlins, He Addressed
a Meeting Near Galena to Re-
cruit Company After the
Attack on Sumter.
When General Grant became presi-
ent' on March 4, 1869, he made John
A. Rawlins secretary of war. Shortly
ter he had become a major of
volunteer Illinois regiment in the
rst year of the civil war, Rawlins re-
signed- that post in order to assume
the duties'of assistant adjutant gen-
ral on General Grant’s staff. From
jthen on until the close of the war,
(Rawlins'served on Grant’s staff. He
[was the youngest of all the men who
(served with the great commander, but,
(nevertheless, he was one of Grant’s
^closest advisers in military matters.
iHe also was his chief’s intimate
■friend; and it was most natural for
(Grant, when he knew for a certainty
(that he would be called upon to make
(up a cabinet, to turn to General Raw-
(linst as the one man to fill the office
jot secretary of war. But that post
(General Rawlins occupied for a few
{months only. He had contracted con-
sumption as the result of exposure
(during the war, and in September,
{1869, he died.
i One afternoon in 1901 I met the late
{General A. C. Chetlain, then of Chi-
cago, who, as a resident of Galena,
iPll., in 1861, had enlisted In the first
(company of volunteers that left Grant’s
home town in defense of the Union. I
isked General Chetlain if he had
nown well General Rawlins, who was
resident of Galena at the time of
the war,
“Indeed I did,” was the reply, “and
[ remember well the intimacy that
existed between him and Grant prior
to the outbreak of the war. I -have
only to shut my eyes now and see
them in memory as they sit together
tn Grant’s father’s leather store earn-
estly discussing political questions,
and, most earnestly of all, the one
great question of the day—would there
br war between north and south?
“But though they often differed on
other questions, on the question of the
possibility of war they were fully
agreed; and of all the men who gath-
ered in the leather store from time to
time to talk the matter over they were
the only two who felt that war was
surely coming and that it' would be
a prolonged struggle. Rawlins thought
that it would take as much as five
years to overcome the south, while
Grant would declare that no one could
tell how long it would take to do that.
And then they would have a time of it
trying to convince their fellow citi-
iens that they were wrong in the be-
ief that, if war did come, the north
would be able to subdue the south in
90 days—an opinion commonly held
throughout the north at that time.
“And well I remember, too;” contin-
ued General Chetlain, “that it was
Rawlins who persuaded Grant to make
the first speech he ever delivered.
“As, soon as we had received the
news that Fort Sumter had been fired
on, I immediately began to recruit our
first Galena company, of which I
was elected captain, and with which
Grant went from Galena to Springfield,
the state capital, where the company
was mustered in. It was thought
worth while to have somebody go to a
little suburb of Galena, some three or
four miles beyond the city limits, and
make a speech that would _ urge the
young farmers round about to enlist in
our company. Rawlins was well known
and liked in that community, and I
asked him if he would undertake this
task. He replied that he would be
glad to do so, adding, as an after-
thought, that he’d take Captain Grant
with him.
“Well, at the appointed time Raw-
lins and Captain Grant drove out to
the suburb, and Rawlins told me after-
wards that he made a brief speech
and then introduced Captain Grant,
saying that the captain had already
served in the United States army in
Mexico and was therefore more compe-
tent:: than - any civilian to address a
meeting called to secure recruits. ‘Youj
know how backward the captain is ex-,
cept before his friends,’ said Rawlins.:
‘Well, without the slightest hesitation]
he stood upon the rostrum and made a
very plain and simple but earnest
speech, about 15 minutes in length.,
After he had finished four or five of
the farmer boys came forward and
said that they would, on the following
day, come to our recruiting office in
Galena and enlist.’
“So it was John Rawlins who In-
duced Grant to make his first speech;
and it was Grant’s success as a speak-
er in that little village which led to
our making him chairman of the great
mass meeting which a day or two later
was held in our Galena public hall,”
(Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Arthur Wanted Western Man
Story of a Chat With Him Just Before
the Convention at Which He Was
Nominated for the Vice-
Presidency.
One day in the first week of June,
1881, I was compelled to wait at the
railway station at Albany, N. Y., for a
train from the west that was reported
two hours late. The day was warm,
an<T the station platform was almost
deserted except by employes.
At last I heard a step approaching
and, looking up, saw Gen. Chester A.
Arthur. He carried a gripsack, which
he set down ip order to remove his
hat and wipe from his forehead the
profuse perspiration which the heat of
the day had brought out
General Arthur seldom failed to
recognize any one with whom he had
acquaintance, even the slightest, and
his greeting of me, therefore, was
most cordial,
“I suppose you are on your way to
Chicago, general?” I asked, having in
mind the fact that the Republican na-
tional convention was about to con-
vene in that city.
“Yes,” he replied. “I am to take
here the special train that is running
from New York city. I came up to Al-
bany yesterday to attend to some per-
sonal business and to visit my sister,
Mrs. McElroy, whom I have not seen
for some time.” She was the sister,
who, a little over a year later, was to
Poet Who Peddled a Classic
William Cullen Bryant Had a Hard
Time Finding a Publisher for
Richard Henry Dana’s “Two
Years Before the Mast.”
One of the great sea classics of
English literature is Richard Henry
Dana, Jr.’s “Two Years Before the
Mast.” As is well known, the book
was the outcome of a voyage that its
^author made as a common sailor
['around the Horn and up the Pacific
boast in the fifties of the last cen-
tury. He left college to make the
trip in the hope that the hardly life
on the deep would cure his weakened
eyesight, caused by an attack fcf
measles. His father, Richard Henry
Dana, the poet, was fully able to send
his son on a health seeking sea voy-
age as a passenger, even on one ex-
tending around the world. But young
Dana, as a lad, had conceived a great
fascination for the sea, and It was his
own idea that he sail before the mast-
At that time he was still in his teens.
Young Dana wrote the story of=his
experience as a sailor partly on ship-
board and partly after he returned to
[his home. The story finished, he
jhowed the manuscript to his father.
“The old gentleman was delighted
ivjth it,” said the late Col. George
Bliss, for many years a prominent
politician of New York state, and an
Intimate friend of the Dana family.
“He was so delighted with it that
about the first thing he did after read-
ing it was to hunt up his warm friend,
William Cullen Bryant, and give him
the manuscript to read. Bryant grew
almost as enthusiastic over the story
as the boy’s father had done, and
when Dana, Sr.,' asked Bryant if he
could find a publisher for the story
Bryant gladly replied that he would
make every effort to do so, since he
considered the book a second Robin-
son Crusoe,’ and was equally sure that
It would net its writer and its pub-
lisher each a fine profit.
“Bryant entered upon his love’s er-
rand with great enthusiasm. ^But pub-
lisher after publisher refused to be
tempted by the poet’s enthusiastic
praise of the story. They could see
nothing in the book, they said, that
would attract the public to it.
“At last Bryant carried /the manu-
script to Fletcher Harper. He told
Harper what he had told other pub-
lishers about the book; among other
things saying that though it was the
Work of a mere boy, it was, never-
theless, in his opinion, a second ‘Rob-
inson Crusoe.' Harper was decidedly
reluctant at first to give the book any
serious consideration, but at last he
told Mr. Bryant that he would buy the
manuscript outright, including the
copyright, provided he did not. have
to pay over three hundred dollars
for it.
“Bryant, remembering what he had
been through, thought that was a
pretty fair bargain and he let Fletch-
er Harper have the manuscript for
two hundred and fifty dollars, I be-
lieve, and twenty-five copies of the
book. You know the hit that the
book made in this country as soon as
it was published. And it was the
first American work to be widely
translated. If Harper had accepted
it on a royalty basis that would have
meant a small fortune for young
Dana. But Dana never regretted that
he did not reap a fortune out of the
book. He was satisfied with the
fame that the story brought him—
much more satisfied than he would
have been with any pecuniary suc-
cess.”
(Copyright, 1911, by R. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
ALBEI
BY.
PASQUAL
TERriuNE
become mistress of the White House.
As we paced up and down the plat-
form, General Arthur, .whose train also
was late, spoke with great frankness
of the probable result of the balloting
for the presidential candidate.
“I doubt,” said he—and he was one
of Roscoe Conkling’s stanch support-
ers in the Grant third term movement
—“I doubt whether we shall be able
to secure the nomination of General
Grant. Judge William Ci Robertson
of this state seems to have his bolt-
ing delegates well in hand, and I am
convinced that the delegates from
Pennsylvania who have stated that
they will not support Grant’s nomina*-
tion will stick to that determination.
All this looks to me as if Grant can-
not be nominated.”
“In case you do not nominate Gen-
eral Grant,” I asked, “who, then, is
likely to be the choice of the conven-
tion? Blaine?”
“NO, not Blaine. But for him Grant
would be nominated.. If Grant can’t be
nominated, Blaine can’t be.”
“Does that mean a dark horse?” I
asked. “Or John Sherman?” Sherman
was an avowed candidate.
General Arthur looked at me queer-
ly for a moment before replying.
“Do you really think that the New
York delegation would support the
nomination of Sherman in view of
what has happened?” he asked. He re-
ferred to the fact that it was John
Sherman, who, as secretary of the
treasury under Hayes, had caused
Arthur’s removal from the office of
collector of the port' of New York—
an act that greatly angered the New
York organization.
“For myself I should like to see
some one nominated from one of the
states west of the Mississippi river if
we can not nominate General Grant,”
Arthur continued.
“The temptation will be great, Gen-
eral Arthur,” I said, “to publish the
fact that you, and presumably your
friends, have some Republican who
lives west of the Mississippi in mind
as second choice in case you cannot
nominate General Grant.”
“It wouldn’t do at all,” he replied,
hastily; “it would mix everything all
up.”
“Well,” I said, “in case you nomi-
nate a far western man for president;
the convention will probably come]
east for its candidate for vice-presi-J
dent,”
General Arthur smiled. “The vice-
presidency Is so remote a contingency
until the candidate for president is
nominated that we haven’t given it a
moment’s thought,” he said. “Almost
any good Republican who lives in the
east would make a good candidate for
vice-president. Personally, I should
be inclined to name some one from
Pennsylvania or New England, but the
matter at this time is not worth a mo-
ment’s consideration."
That was the attitude of the man
who a few days later was himself to
be nominated for vice-president and
who, aS we paced the platform to-
gether, tacitly admitted to me that he
was contemplating his election on the
following winter as United States sen-
ator from New York to succeed Fran-
cis “Kernan.
Who General Arthur’s far western
choice for the presidential nomination
was I never learned.
(Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards.- All
Rights Reserved.)
Pasqual was war-chief of the Yuma
Indians (who called thmeselves “Sons
of the River.”) The Yuma river, for
much of its course, runs through a
desert. Vegetation (before irrigating
ditches were made) was once to be-
found only along the river banks. On
these banks the Yuma savages lived
For to venture far into the desert was
to court starvation.
Yet the desert trails and hiding
places were known to the Yumas, and
(the sands were often reddened with
their battles. Pasqual—typical desert
warrior, gigantic in height, thin, wiry,
stolid—knew every inch of the sand
wastes and each strategic advantage
offered by them. His father was a
chief, and was killed In battle against
the Tonto Indians on the Gila river
early in the nineteenth century. Pas-
qual was chosen in the dead leader’s
place as Sachem and war-chief of the
Yumas.
Then came the Mexican war. And
in its wake came soldiers and white
settlers. California was conquered
and an era of bustling progress set
in. The land on both sides of the
Colorado river was invaded by the
home-seeking frontiersmen.
Arrow Versus Rifle Bullet.
Pasqual had no idea of letting the
white man steal the most fertile parts
of his wide domain. So quarrels
sprang up between settlers and sav-
ages. And,-as usual, the pioneers sent
a call for help to the soldiery.
Accordingly, In 1848, Capt. Heintzel-
man (later a general in the civil war)
was sent with a force of troops to
overawe the Yumas. The conflicts
that followed were terribly- unequal.
The troops were well-trained veterans,
armed with the latest and best guns
and carrying cannon as well. Pasqual
understood only Indian warfare, and
his wild warriors had no weapons ex-
cept their bows, arrows and native
spears.
Yet the splendid generalship of
Pasqual and the fierce courage of his
Yuma braves aljnost made up for
these defects. In fight after fight
Pasqual hurled his red legions upon
the advancing white men with such
reckless fury that the far better
equipped soldiers were driven back
before the hail of native arrows. For
a time primitive savagery threatened
to block the path of progress, and the
old time arrow seemed -to hold its
own against the modern rifle bullet
and cannon ball.
Yet in the end, of course, the gov-
ernment forces triumphed. In the
skirmishes the troops made but a poor
showing against the horde of fear-
less, gigantic Yumas; but musket and
cannon in open field engagements left
only one result possible.
The Yumas were mowed down like
grain. Their ranks were steadily
thinning, while there were always
new men capable of taking the place
of fallen soldiers. Pasqual was at
last forced to give up the one-sided
struggle.
The desert warrior was obliged, for
his people’s sake, to lay aside his
weapons and teach his braves to be-
come farmers, traders, etc. As set-
tlers and nearby Mexicans cheated
them and undersold them, the Yumas
yearly grew poorer. At length, coop-
ed into their barren reservation, they
became a ragged, miserable gypsy-
like crew.
A Savage’s Odd Journey.
When he was ninety-four years old
Pasqual journeyed to San Francisco
to plead for his people’s betterment
It was his first visit to a large city.
The populace gazed in wonder at the
solemn, shriveled old giant who stalk-
ed in wonder at theitas ianidluwyppo
ed so unconcernedly through the roar
of traffic and through a bewildering
succession of sights that must have
seemed stranger to him than would a
visit to Mars to most people. Riding
on the cable cars was the one pas-
time that seemed to excite his won-
der.
(Copyright.)
HENDRIK
Women can’t think, but they sugar
the brains of every man who can.
An Indian whose lank figure was
iiidden in the padded depths of a Brit-
ish officer’s scarlet uniform, and whose
coppery face peeped out from behind
the meshes of a coquettish black veil,
was standing in conference with Col.
Ephraim Williams, leader of a body
of Colonial troops. Theweiled man was
Hendrik, one of the foremost chiefs of
the Mohawk nation. : ,
Williams with 1,000 soldiers, and
Hendrik with 200 Mohawk braves, had
been detached from the main body of
the English militiamen who had hur-
ried north to meet a large party of
French soldiers, Canadians and their
•Indian allies who were invading New
York. The detachment learned that a
flanking force of French ^were ap-
proaching.
“Are our numbers sufficient to meet
them?”asked Williams.
“If we are to fight,” retorted Hen-
drik, “we are too few. If we are to
be killed, we are too many.”
The Savage With the Veil.
Williams then proposed a plan to di-
vide his 1,200 men into three detach-
ments for the attack. Hendrik by way
of answer picked up three sticks, and
bound them together and strove to
break them. He could, not do it. Then,
taking each stick separately, he broke
all three with ease.
“Three sticks tied in a faggot,” said
be, “cannot readily be broken. One by
one they are easy to break. So with
our forces.”
It was by such quaint, common sense
phrases that Hendrik had won
throughout the colonies a high repute
for shrewd wisdom. By far his chief
claim to greatness lies in the impor-
tant services he was forever render-
ing to the English colonies, not only
In the French and Indian war, but
among his own people.
Hendrik was born in 1680. He was
the son of Wolf, a Mohegan chief, and
of a Mohawk princess. As was often
the custom, he became enrolled In his
mother’s tribe and later strengthened
his bonds to it by marrying Hunnis,
the beautifnul daughter of a Mohawk
chieftain. His bravery and wisdom
soon raised Hendrik high in the coun-
cils of the “Six Nations.”
It was a dangerous period 'for the
British colonies in North America, for
France was planning to sweep those
colonies from the face of the earth
and to claim the whole North Ameri-
can continent as a huge French prov-
ince. In Canada and in the west the
French were all-powerful. They had
made allies of many strong Indian
tribes, and were trying to lure to theii
standard the “Six Nations.” Had they
succeeded in doing this New York and
other colonies would probably havs
been overrun.
He even raised hundreds of savaga
warriors and took part In the battle ol
Lake George against Baron Dieskau’s
invading horse of French and In?
dians. It was during this—bis last-
campaign that he gave his celebrated
advice to Col. Williams—wise coun-
sel which the colonel leader tinfortur
nately had not the wit to follow*
Hendrik formed a lifelong friendship
with Sir William Johnson, who was
superintendent of Indian affairs; John-
son understood Indian character as did
few white men. So when he appeared
once in a gorgeously embroidered suit
he was not surprised to hear Hendrik
say:
“I dreamed, Sir William, that you
gave me that suit as a present.”
. Johnson (knowing the significance
of dreams and visions among the sav-
ages, and realizing he was being trick?
[ ed) obediently took off the gorgeoui
suit and turned it over to Hendrik
Next ddy Sir William sought out Hen-
drik and said: “Last night I dreamed
you gave me a deed for such-and-such s
tract of land.”
Hendrik, taken aback, but equally
well understanding the trick, grunted
sullenly in reply:
“The land shall be yours. But I will
never have another dreaming contest
with you!”
Yet the incident did not sever ths
friendship with Sir William. Through
the FTench and Indian War he foughl
at Johnson’s side and did valiant deed*
in behalf of his white brethren. H«
wore a British officer’s uniform and
for some unknown reason, alway*
went into battle with a veil on his
face. In the expedition on which
Hendrik and Williams led the detach,
i ment of 1,200 men and during which
Williams refused to listen to the
chiefs sage advice, their camp wai
pitched for a time near Fort George
N. Y The two leaders with a small
body of men went out September 8,
1755, on a reconnoitering trip to Rocky
Brook, about four miles from their en
campment. They were ambushed there
by a larger force of Frenchmen. Fifty
of their followers were killed oi
wounded. Hendrik and Williams both
died in that battle, fighting desperate
ly to the end.
(Cofyrlght)
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 3137, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 16, 1912, newspaper, January 16, 1912; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth889519/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.