. Southern heroes;. ISHAM COX JOHN H. ( RHXSIIAW i^ *^.. ALLEN U. TOMLINSON SOUTHERN HEROES. 127 against these unrighteous laws, and to plead for therelief of their brethren. Speaking of the occasion, John B. Crenshaw said : It being a warm summer night, the meeting wasarranged for the evening, and we were requested tohave seats out on the Capitol grounds to avoid theheat from the lights inside the Capitol building. Thecommittee was comjDosed of some of the ablest men inthe Confederate Congress, most of them men who hadserved in the Congress of the United States. , of South Carolina, w
. Southern heroes;. ISHAM COX JOHN H. ( RHXSIIAW i^ *^.. ALLEN U. TOMLINSON SOUTHERN HEROES. 127 against these unrighteous laws, and to plead for therelief of their brethren. Speaking of the occasion, John B. Crenshaw said : It being a warm summer night, the meeting wasarranged for the evening, and we were requested tohave seats out on the Capitol grounds to avoid theheat from the lights inside the Capitol building. Thecommittee was comjDosed of some of the ablest men inthe Confederate Congress, most of them men who hadserved in the Congress of the United States. , of South Carolina, was chairman. It was thefeelintr of the delegates that Nereus Mendenhall waspreeminently the man to present our case. It seemedimpossible, almost, to secure his consent, owing to hisnatural reserve. Finally, Chairman Miles said:V^ Gentlemen, the committee is ready. Please state your case. A dead silence followed. In a few min-utes, fearing the committee would not understandor appreciate our holding a silent Quaker meetingthen and there, I reached over a
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