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Stephens, Alexander Hamilton -1883
Statesman; born near Crawfordsville, Ga., Feb. 11, 1812; was educated at Franklin College, and graduated in 1832.
Being left an orphan, he was indebted to the care of friends for his education and youthful training for usefulness.
He was admitted to the practice of the law in 1834 at Crawfordsville, and soon rose to eminence.
His first care was to reimburse expenditures by his friends and to purchase from the hands of strangers the home of his childhood at Crawfordsville.
In early manhood he adopted the doctrine of State sovereignty (q. v.) in all its breadth, and always believed in the righteousness of slavery.
In this doctrine and belief he always acted consistently.
Though small in stature about Mr. Davis's nomination for President can be told in few words.
Robert Toombs and I, as we got upon the cars at Crawfordsville, on our way to Montgomery, met Mr. Chestnut.
The latter said that the South Carolina delegation had talked the matov