Show i m I Chats With Withof Great Men I I of the Civil War WarBy I. I t I By Mrs Gen Pickett I J I i 1013 l by br the Ir Press t Publishing Co tb th lb I New ew York World t I I I IU U 4 I GEN ROBERT TOOMBS Confederate Presidential Candidate I I i T r tho the Semmes charade party given for the tho I I A. A benefit of ot confederate soldiers a a a. number of ot I Cs' Cs uc A I tho guests had hotl collected around Gen Robert Robertt t T 1 Toombs among them Mrs Seddon Mrs Robert Quid Senator Hill of ot Georgia Gen Simon Buckner and Gon John Morgan General Toombs wa was of ot the visit of ot the Prince of or Wales to the I White House Such an amiable boy ho was watching his host and following his exam exam- pie In little litti social ways In deference to his new surroundings Fortunately the presidential manners ero not bad for a youth to copy And such a boyish chap Coming In late of ot nights and breaking true the presidential slumbers with the query Where Whelo are those cigars you promised me meT me Walking In the tho conservatory conservatory con con- Cr atory with his luls host li he asked May Ia I break a flower I want wont to send It home Break Brcak anything you yoc like lIte replied Mr Buchanan hospitably May I break hearts You have havo all ours to do with as alJ you will was the Presidents President's answer One likes to think of ot that pretty graceful happy lappy boy bor taking his first view of or a 3 republic and maybe mabo storing up some democratic Ideas Mens for use Ue when lifes life's April days das aro are gone President Buchanan never neer had as much appreciation as he deserved for tor his really earnest efforts to ward off oft this Infernal war wai It was vat the first time timea a a. President l of ot the United States had been met b by a problem of or that kind and perhaps It was not unpardonable weakness that thal caused him bUn to be led In one one I I lJ uy ana aria ana anu ana anu in mo tho opposite oy by Judge Black Tho The diplomatic weapons with which he put an end cad t tp the war In Utah In the beginning of ot his administration were so 50 successful that I believe belle bent upon war t as 33 we wore were If Jt he had bad had a little more time he lie might at lea least t have postponed postpone the the- evil moment Tine Tho United States state arm army lost most of Its southern officers remarked Senator Sen ator Hill Hm Yes Ics but there were man many who wiio remained faithful to the ti-ic old flag It de depended do- do largely largel the tho place where tho they born upon were Tho Virginians camo came wI with th us lie those who were most prominent except Scott and Thomas and th they y hesitated Scott was as born In Petersburg and had a. a Richmond wife lI He lIe loved Virginia and he lie loved the Union the pound of ot flesh l sh lay on the tho Union side I was Intimate with the 01 old 1 fellow and liked him I served sor with him In the tho Creek war Afterward when I was In Congress we wo met mot upon the level with no difference of ot rank rank between u us and became fonder still of or each other At a aI I pulse dinner at In Washington at which thArA r A Isla and sc secessionists the the majority voice however being rO for peace with peace c with th the cocktails Ben Hill proposed the Union and General Scott responded The Union the Union we wo must save sae the Union Eer Every course t arid and nd every glass of or wine I brought forth the same response The Tue Union must be e saved bayed gentlemen When the coffee was s brought In I said saM I I General Scott I can read your our in innermost In- In soul and I know tIne the Union is dear to you In a 3 steamboat explosion on the Mississippi when tho the passengers were In the water and the tho effort was of ot course to save sa tho the women and children first a a. woman half frantic ran up and down the tho bank screaming S Save we that j. j red-headed red man for tor Gods God's sake sakel r Save r 3 him Her appeals touched the tho heart of ot otone 4 one wino who at the tine risk of ot his life brought the red headed man to shore Tho frantic woman seemed to feel no further Interest 3 In him and when tho the rescuer expressed I surprise at her Indifference she replied Oh he owes me The Union General Scott cott owes you OU a year ear II I Toombs was a man of ot Ir Iron n will and I c so obstinate that It was not surprising 1 that after a n. quarrel with his party part he j with his friend Mr Stephens should vote 4 for tor Mr Ir Webster who had been for tor months dead ROBE T TOOM HO lio was as so flory fiery and eloquent a secessionist that the casual reader ilas has been I accustomed to think him an original But Buthen when hen tho the election of ot a president for the confederacy was held Toombs Toomb was IS thrown out so because ten years before ho Ito had stood for Union principles Remembering Remembering- him as ho he paced back and forth like a caged lion ISon before the door of ot the room In which President Davis an and some of ot the members of at his cabinet were preparing to give the signal for tor firing on Fort Sumler Sumter wo we cannot help holp wondering what would have been een the tho result had he lie been the guiding mind of ot tho the confederacy with th tho power po to withhold that fatal shot J |