From the Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer. Democratic

Jere. Haralson was a slave until 1865, when he

was emancipated with the rest. He was a slave

of Mr. John T. Walker of Columbus, and on the

death of the latter was sold on the block, in this

city, to Mr. J. W. Thompson. After his death he

was purchased by John Haralson of Salem, Ala.,

to whom he belonged at the time of emancipa-

tion. He was raised in Muscogee county as a

common field hand. He was born here in 1845.

Upon inquiry we find a number who knew him

when a slave. He deserves credit for the infor-

mation he has acquired, but he was made what

he is, not by any superior motive power above

any white man, but the prejudices of ignorant

negroes controlled by United States bayonets.

He lived in a strong negro district, inhabited by

the most unlettered of the class. In 1870 he was

elected to the House of Representatives of Ala-

bama, and in 1872 to the State Senate, and in

1875 to Congress from the Mobile district. He is

superior to his own race, but inferior far to the

white man he defeated, and his seat is now con-

tested. His success is attributed altogether to