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August 2011
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 * Scratch that; I see you were correct. Let's get a reference in there, though. TJRC (talk) 15:25, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Alexander Stephens and Francis Cone “Two unfortunate events took place in Atlanta concurrently with the Taylor-Fillmore mass meeting in September, 1848. First was an altercation between Alexander H. Stephens and Judge Francis H. Cone, in which the former was seriously injured. . . “. Garrett, Franklin M. Atlanta and Its Environs, Volume I. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1954. Facsimile Reprint 1969 by University of Georgia Press. page 272

“. . . I am a little mixed about my dates, but I am sure it was this year that the regrettable uncontrol of Judge [Francis H.] Cone and Mr. [Alexander H.] Stephens took place. Judge Cone, a northern man and a Democrat had said that if Mr. Stephens favored the Clayton Compromise, he was a traitor to the South “The fiery little commoner said that if Judge Cone said that to him he would strike him in the mouth. As bad fortune would have it, as Judge Cone stood paring his nails on the steps of Dr. Thompson’s hotel, Mr. Stephens walked briskly up from the car shed. He saw Judge Cone, and at once asked him if he said ‘he was a traitor.’ Judge Cone said he did and Little Aleck struck him. The infuriated Judge stuck the knife in hand and knocked Mr. Stephens to the floor and stabbed him repeatedly. He escaped the fury of the mob by a quick flight. Then gave himself up and stood his trial in December and was fined. “As soon as he was able to be moved, Mr. John F. Mims, the first agent of the Georgia Railroad & Banking Company, had him taken to his house where the Constitution Building is now. When the convention came the horses were taken from the carriage and men drew it by long ropes to the scene of the speaking. I remember the pale face of the little man as he sat in the carriage.”  Garrett, Franklin M. Atlanta and Its Environs, Volume I. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1954. Facsimile Reprint 1969 by University of Georgia Press. Page 292