[1] At a meeting held at Chickering Hall on the evening of November
12, 1891, to sympathize with Governor Nichols’s war on the Louisiana
lottery system, the late Abram S. Hewitt was one of the speakers. In
the course of his remarks in denunciation of the lottery gambling in
Louisiana, Mr. Hewitt said:
“I can’t find words strong enough to express my feelings regarding
this brazen fraud.
“This scheme of plunder develops a weak spot in the government of
the United States, which I would not mention were it not for the
importance of the issue. We all know that a single State frequently
determines the result of a presidential election. The State of
Louisiana has determined the result of a presidential election. The
vote of that State was offered to me for money, and I declined to
buy it. But the vote of that State was sold for money!”
[2] Read before the joint meeting of The American Academy of Arts and
Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, December 13,
1912. Now first published.
[3] I doubt if “Winchester,” previously known as “Rienzi,” could have
outwalked Sherman’s “Sam,” a terror to staff-officers, General Meade’s
“Baldy,” or McClellan’s “Black Dan,” for it was asserted they could all
walk five miles an hour.
[4] ~The Century~ for July, 1882.
[5] ~The Century~ for July, 1887.
[6] Federal Reporter, Vol. 110, page 660.
[7] Since this was written a device accomplishing the same purpose has
been placed in public service.
[8] Reprinted from “Scribner’s Monthly” (now ~The Century~) for March,
1874.