Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-20 | Page 41 | Chats with Great Men of the Civil War

I II I CHATS WITH I GREAT MEN of Ii i I the CIVIL WAR WARI WARBy I I By Mrs Gen Pickett rt I t Copyright 1313 by The run Press Publishing Co 1 Ct t JUDGE L L. Q c 0 C. LAMAR Confederate rate and Congressman F l N years ago aJo m my lear dear I madam said ald Mr 11 Lamar to rno Tilo I left my scat In Congress and went out to obey the call of ot my mr beloved state Mississippi She Is m my state though I first saw tho the sunlight In Geor Georgia lEl Her r claim I held as more mor I binding than that of ot the nation and I stood firmly b by her bel when the parting comeIn came come In resigning I told my colleagues that the great groat state of Mississippi re regretted regretted re- re the necessity which Impelled i her to the course which she had adopted adopt adopt- ed ad but which course met with our most i heart hearty and unqualified approval and that sho looked back with tender re regret regret re- re gret to the union whoso destiny we had wished to share and under the protection of whose whoRe broad nationality we fC had hoped to live and die dlo It must have havo seemed strange to you to bo be hero here a again aln Yes thirteen eventful c years Jear had passed paRsed when I was elected to the Forty Forty- third Congress When I 1 wont In who lo do you OU think was the first one to greet me roe Alexander II H. Stephens He lie looked mo me up and down and then simply said Back again Bc-aln I looked him over OveX and said Yes Mr Ir Stephens back again again- both of or us 4 Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus said Mr Ir Blaino one da day reading my signature signa signa- ture tOre aloud Yes Mr lr Blaine Blame I replied that gentleman wa was a a. favorite ta of ot m my undo who named me I shall t try tr to live up to tho the name though I shall doIt do doIt doit It In secret as L. L Q C. C You left lett the United States Congress to enter the I confederate firm arm did you not l' l Mr Ir Blame Blaine continued Yes Ye I proudly an- an I wor swore swore-d I ent entered red the thc confederate army as colonel of or a Mississippi regiment Perhaps I should have gott gotten n back Into Con Congress ress earlier If It you oU had joined tho the opposing arm array army as colonel of a Maine regiment Mr Ir Lamar was an orator or of unusual ability and eloquence and could do anything with words worda to the utmost possible limits of ot th their lr value H Ha Ire was probably the only man living who was linguistically lIns subtle enough to Clel deliver ver vera a eulogy upon Charles Sumner which nal a tho the admiration not only of ot Congress but of ot the entire north and at the same Bame time did not displease the south Sou tho Ho He was a n. man of ot apparently opposIng opposing opposing ing qualities his dreamy dreams poetic mind bel being g capable of ot the most practical views and methods Though Ima imaginative lna- lna tive the and minded absent and und with an anair anair air all of or reserve as If It enKa engaged cd in deep stud ho he henas was n yet considerate affectionate affee- affee and well weli fitted for tho the winning of ot friends Faithful to his constituents constituents and nd the institutions of or his hie state he ho was as an admirable figure ure in southern southern south south- ern era politics One of or his colleagues ues said Bald of or him There 1 Is I strangely admixed In the mind of Lamar JAlmar with AVith his t typical Americanism m 50 SO per cent of ot orl oriental oriental- ism Is ni The last IsIt time I r saw Rat Mr I Lamar amar was In hi his office when ho was wa as secretary of ot the Interior In Mr r Cleveland's first administration A vcr very beautiful child was standing on his liis desk dealt and tho the secretary sec see was kissing the thc little hands and feet and the golden hair I r remember r Mr r Secretary said Raid I when hen I S saw lW you OU l kiss iss Mr 1 C C. Cia Clay anti and I shall never or forget torget the loving heart lett letter r you wrote rote to him him Just after hiM release from trem Fort Monroe Mon ron ron- roe roc which bich Mrs Irs Cia Clay showed me mc pleading pleadIng plead plead- ing lag with them to come and make m. their abode with you saying that tha t you had a Do ahouse large house houM and that you would share sharo It and ond your jour OUr last dollar with them Dear old Clay De Dear lr old Clay Cal smiling smiling- In tender memory Then he caressed the little child and said Mid If It anI only m my Nellie could have ll seen en him referring to his beautiful wife