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Tlie Weekly Enquirer.
JOHN H. HASTEN ninw.
OOLtTUBCB >
TI’ESDAY ArorST fi, 1072.
—Term* of Sah*crl|»1lo»—
On* Vmr In adrano tUO.
ran preswexv,
HORACE GREELEY,
OF KRW YORK,
you VICE PRESIDENT,
JIESJ. GRATZ BROWN,
or Missovm.
STATE ELECTORAL TICKET.
ron RTATP. AT T.AItOE :
Though the report* are general nnd
evidently founded upon only partial re-
turn* from counties, and though the Rad
ical refusal yet “to give it up" in Hugest*
ivo of the possibility of Home fraud in
voting or counting, wo huppo*o there in
hardly a doubt that the Conservatives
have carried North Carolina by n deceive
majority. It was the first fight of tin
l'resiiliUitial campaign, nnd the friends of
Greeley and Brown have donhtloHR won it j
gallantly. They have won it, too, over
all the power and money of n Federal Ad- I
miniM ration fully aroused t
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DIRTRIOT ELECTOR*.
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w. j. Hudson,
•’A.MRS SI PACK,
N. It CAHKV,
J. N. DORSKY,
K. I>. ORAIIA.M,
J. RIVRR8,
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A. M. ItODOKItS,
L. ,1. AI.I.RKD,
R. A. ALSTON.
/;o 177/.n o// of a Font;ia ,
JAMES M. SMITH,
•e of making a lormidable showing
strength in ilH first engagement, and over
Slute Executive Administration fully in
necord with it. 'I he advantages were «»IJ
oil the side of the Undimls, except t. e
public sympnthy, and that has under dif
ficult ien given the victory to the Con
servatives.
The result must depress the Radical
canso all over the Union, and in tho same
ratio enthuse and encourage tho support-
era of Greeley and Brown. The Federal
electioneering strength was concentrated
to carry North Carolina, and tho Federal
Administration can by such a con con t ra
tion light its battles more effectively in
detail tlmn in a general engug
The We
Wo have before ns the evidence taken
out and the reports on the Stats Road
mi. We shall givo the pith of them.
i wil* detail the evidence by subjects,
o object of the inquiry was to learn it
re was fraud connected with the lease.
<> teuinmny in conflicting,
ndrow Bunn, of Forsyth, testifies that
i iend Holt, of Macon, President of the
>Uthw ‘Stem Railroad, and one of the
so es told him, about the time the lease
ns m .do, that Governor Bullock had art
teres* m one share. General Holt de
ed in king tho statement to him or any-
. , body Jso. Judge Cabaniss, now de-
tlio impor- i ,. ftJWC , f j i testified tout he would not believe
nnd gave
that M . Bonn had left property out of
the sv.oin schedule of hia bankrupt assets
and irgbt to sell it afterwards secretly.
Col. J' eples was not inclined to give full
credence to Mr. Gunn's statements, deem
ing i* • m extravagant.
K. J.. Cowart, of Atlanta, swore that
Mr. Hooks, a Representative from Wilkin
son co inly, told him that ho had been
employed by Governor Brown to get men
to vote for the lease, and had twelve men,
among thorn Br. Maull, Zollars, Watkins,
Evans, and others not remembered.—
Hooks while not using the word “bought,"
left that impression. After the hill
passed witnessed suggested to Hooks that
he got well paid, and Hooks winked ami
said “you know how these things ure.”—
Hooks afterwards offered to give witness
something not to testify against him.
enbnrgs and Wocrthsof August j <’«»wnrt saw Gov. Brown and Kimball lob-
Wo have only time to direct attention
fo Mr. Sumner's letter, which wo copy
to-day. There are statements and ex-
predion* in it objoctiouablo to Homo,
crate, and others offensive to Radicals.
But aa a pint of the political record of
tho times, nnd because it should exten
sively reach tho oars of the colored popu
lation of tho South, it claims attention
hero.
Tlie ton in enhlonal Snmlnatloa.
When wo suggested yesterday, that the
Bistriet Convention for tho nomination of
n candidate for ('engross should bo bold
ns early ns the 2 2d inst., wo were under
the impression that tho Legislature would
provide for tho election of Congressmen
at the satuo time when it is proposed to
bring on tho election for Governor and
members of tho T.egialature—early in Oc
tober. Wo are now of tho opinion, from
what we hoar from Atlanta, that the oloc-
lion of Congressmen will not come off
until tlm ]‘residential election. Perhaps,
therefore, we suggested an oarlior day
than ih necessary for tho mooting of the
Bistriet Convention. Let the Bomocrat
paper, of tho Biatrict express their opin
ions.
Tho World says that in tho Htato of
Now York there are fourteen Republican
paper- advocating tho election of Grooley
nnd Brow it, and one Gomooratio paper
that has gone over to Grant. Wo bolieve
that thioughout tho country tho proper
lion of Conservative gains to lossos by
the union with tho Liberal Republicans
Mill bo somewhat similar.
Cards of colored men (generally Haid to
l>e among tho most worthy and intelligent
of their race; constantly moot our oyo in
our Southern exchanges, announcing
their determination to support Greeley.
A Washington dispatch (July 28th) fo
the New York lhrald, says, in reference
to the “archives" purchased of Piokott,
* 'it ia tho npiniou of those in position to
judge, that the publication of the records
of tho Confederacy will unite the Houtli
for Mr. Orculoy more effort ually than all
the speeches that could bo niado." The
dispatch does not nuiko specifications,
but thin remark is made in commotion
With int(illations that the Grant parly will
aeok fo influence the North against Groo
ley bv showing that his visit during tho
war to Niagara to confer about pence wiih
undertaken against the judgment of Pres
ident Lincoln, who thought nt tho time
that it was necessary to show a hold front
And Mas opposed to any compromising
policy. ^ ^
Tho following “interesting if trim"
Rtatemcnt is made by a Washington re
porter of tho New Yerk Herald, on tho
28th: “Admiral Homines now offers to
tho government all the documents in his
possession regarding tho Alabama and
other cruisers. It is said by those who
liavo vxtiuiucd them that they do not
compromise tho British government in
the slightest particular. Louis Napoleon,
it appears, in eorresjHindouoe with Hlidell,
not only iuvited tho Uoufcdoracy to build
war vessels in Franco, but offered Hlidell
Humorous facilities for arming and equip
ping the rebel cruisers in French ports. ’
Fifty or sixty persons assembled in At
lanta on Thursday, and formed what they
call a “Young Men s Straight-out Demo-
oratic Club." They resolved that tlio
Democratic party, by its action at Balti
more, had betrayed itself, and absolved
them from allcginuce to it; that they
would support neither Grooley nor Grant,
but tbo nominees of the forthcoming
Louisville Convention. That's the ticket,
is it ? But what a spectacle will the lately
powerful Democratic patty present, with
Ibis little squad as its only gcuuine
remnant '
The LsGrauge Reporter proposes that
the Democratic District Convention to
nonnustc a candidate for Congress iu thiH
District be held at LaGraugo ou the 28th
of August. But the Rc/torter presumed,
M we did the other day, that the election
would be held early in October : whereas
one branch of tho Legislature has passed
a bill to bring on the election in Novem
ber, and onr advices from Atlanta lead us
to believe that the other branch will con
cur.
The Htate Road Loanees continue to pay
promptly their monthly rental.
(eaiaisalrstloa.
Mr. Editor /—Tho time in approaohing
for tho meeting of the delegatee of this
Congressional District to nominato a can
didate for Congress; aud as the question
of convenience of place of meeting is
important, and of eourso will oomo np
for consideration, it is suggested that La
Gr&cge, being the most central, will be
the mod proper plaoe for holding the
Convention. It is easy of access to all
p« in • of the Distriet, and l doubt not
that the snggehtion, if maturely oonsid-
•rad, will meet the hearty approbation of
the delegates from the several oountiea.
And in this connection, Mr. Editor, let
saa, as representing the numerous friends
of CoL James M. Mobley, plaoe his name
before the peoplo of the district for their
•Qpport as their representative in the
next Congress of the United States.
Col. Mobley in tho past has flllsd many
important and honorable positions in
Oeotgia,having served in our Legislature,
Mid in them all has shown by hia ability
nnd faithfulness his eminent fitness for
Mill higher service. Harris oounty hopes
fio set her favorite son reosivs tbs honors
hat so well deterred.
will bo tho Sedans of Novmnhc
tiona from tho Grant army, already
humorous and alarming to its leader, will
now increase until a general panic will
pervade the A dmi nisi ration ranks.
Hurrah for North Carolina!
iIG« ‘•ibie” nmcMiuiN m moih.ia.
We publish, by request, the call of
twonty-one gentlemen from several conn- 1
ties of Georgiu for a “Convention of tho
tnu Democrats" of the Htato to asHuuihln j**
nt Atlanta ou the 20th mat. Lost the Mi
great majority of the Democrats of Geor
gia should imagine that tin// are invited
by this call, we may as well say plainly
that it is addressed to only anti-Greeley
and Brown Demon at* the great iiiush
supporting Greeley and Brown being by
noeuMNory implication excluded as npnriouH
Democrats! Tho little squad ropiosentod
by the geutlemon who have made this coll
now assume to bo nil that is left of the
“truo" Democracy «f Georgia; and their
following throughout the (jin
b’. ing about extensively.
Governor Biown swore that the state
ments of Hooks were an infamous false
hood, and demanded to be confronted
w it b Hooks, and thut Hooka be mm it for
us a right in a matter involving hfc char
acter. ('.II. Hooks swore that Cowart h
statements wore wlioly untrue.
James Mullen testified that he left all
the o’d iron out of the inventory by Gov
ernor Brown's instructions. When con
front ml with Governor Brown he said he
did ii"t unde i*taml that he was instructed
to conceal anything. Ilo inventoried the
tutorial and pointed out the old to
tpraisera.
The testimony shows that the present
coinp. ny is composed of two wings, each
of w'.ich sought the lease, tho Brown !
wing nd the Hill wing. Brown's wing i
coiihi-'ed of Joseph E. Brown, lj shares; ;
John l*. King, I ; Richard Deters, 1 ; E. I
W ( ole, 1 ; Mr. Allen, of Missouri, 1A ; J
Mr. La/.lehurst, who took Mr. Stephen s
share. \ ; Mr. May, 1 ; Mr. Wall/.folder,
I; II Limbull, 1$; George Cook, I ; ami
Mr. i'Luit, 1.
The Hill wing consisted of Himon Cam
eron, ; John H. Delano, 1 ; 'I Lomas A.
Hoot I, f ; General W. H. Holt, 1 ; Wm. B.
G. White, 1 ; John T
lively no gvealei
Georgia. They
world what they
Louisville, Ky.,
miles
if as great) as it is in Cruiil. 1; Mr. Morrill, l; Mr. Walters, 1 ;
,0 hhuv .. Mr. V.llinK, 1, It. II. Hill, I.
. , Mr. Biiismoro had ono share and be-
in do in Convention at | ol ,gn to both wings. Cook’s share Hill
early in September, and Nutting bought for #1,500. Hill
of Kimball's shares, subject to
hypu'hecatiou to Grant, Alexander ft. Co.
Tho • tbnr liulf share of Kimball in uuder
attachment.
Hill gives tho fullost and cloarest
it of how the present lease company
| was ( »itiled. Hill was consulted by lion.
| Dunlap Scott about the lease bill, and
hud letreis from leading gen hinmi—Gon-
1 eral Thumbs and ilou. A II Stephens
Stool g the uilinb -r—re nmnionding it.
The bill wont IlitoUgh i*y the Democratic
no n as. w,.s dv. rtised, uu-
lu.t G .v.-r .or Brown wi»h
unp ny to Li t lor it in the
r tin- Georgia 1. an road and N»«sh-
a el
1 the result of tho election in
Kentucky on Monday next, and thoao of
two or three other Staten on the Isf, 2d
and fid of September should mlmonish |
them that the political field is nlready 1
fully oecupiud.
Wo recognize among tho signors of this
call several gentlemen who have hereto-
fore done good and effective service in
the Democratic ranks or ut tho head of ^
Democratic columns; alaosovorul talonl-d
and promising young gent lemon upon Rilling »q
whoso assiNtaiico in thiH contest for the
supremacy of civil and constitutional ovc r
military and despotic government we had
fondly counted. But prominent among
the aigticts most conspicuous nnd well ^
known so far as connection with high J
station can make him so is Hon. Janies jute* ii t
L. S.nvuitl of Thomas county; and isn’t ! midable rivals
Ac a “true" Democrat with a vim? Ih it j
, ; d ' ' ,,r *" of I unil „, tll |)llltl „ K
Greeley and Brown out of the party ns #25,<Mlu oh tho maximum rent that could
fi/mrion* Democrats? James L. Howard, j be p.iid, the Hill Company proposing to
lately a Radical leader in Georgia, end i 11 11 necessary, to
..on of II... ltudloul ooiupotilnn. of tiovar- i lUoi“*2S ...'.‘.Vh y'!«‘r"roi.. K w"-7.'!
Iinr llrown for llm notuinMlon of flint 1 in uould lm (jivm with H i.faly, nnd
piniy for I 1 . S. Konntor! Wo Ih w». King nnd lirniil rtdiinud to linvu
llinl] under Hindi londondilp, thoao otclu- f u ll ° “"J. 1 u “!. Ml “ K r !'“'er
VI 1 H 1,1 ■'i.Htlnli . K road, he g..l up an. ,
oil,l r .•unipi.iu, IliVi*.Vllig 11,0 Mam.II and VI '[T ‘.
yr'r: * "."err:: I u.m r„«"d
lieve that any undue influence was used,
either with the Legislature to pass the |
lease bill, or with the Governor to get {
control of the lease, or thftt anybody got .
any money.
Gapt. White also testified that he didn’t
think the Htate Road will ever pay more |
ilmn it is now paying, unless well mana
ged ; that as now munuged #25,000 per j
month is bettor thnn to have it in bad
hands like Rlodgett s.
In connection with the #50,000 matter.
Levi (J. Wells swears that he heard Hill, j
Nutting, Johnston and White talking on !
the Macon and Western Railroad. They j
discussed a claim of Kimballs for #00,- ;
ooo for buying off competition. Mr. !
Hill testified that no such subject w as dia-
cusited, aud Mr. Wells had stated what
was not so.
E. L. Jones, of the National Bank, tes
tified to the business relations of Bullock
and Kimball, believing that a partnership
existed, and Kimball kept Bullock anp-
plied with funds, and boasted that Bul
lock would help hirn. Kiinbull was sar.- ,
guine of getting the lease. Jones under
stood from Kimball that there wore large
expenses incurred iu getting the lease.
The testimony about the Heago-Blod- !
gott company occupies a good deal of j
space. Mr. NcKaught testifies that Bul
lock told hirn and Hesgo on the 27th of
December he had no doubt of their abili- ■
ty to give security, and did not tell them
the lease was given. That Blodgett was
taken in to get information from him on
which to base a bill ; that Blodgett was
told it Bullock desired any stock he could
have it. Mr. Dobbins testified that his
idea in taking Blodgett in was that he !
was intimate with Bullock nnd could in
fluence him ; that tho remark was mode
that if Gov. Bullock had any friend who
fiished an interest he could have stock;
that they had the idea that Bullock was
on the market; that they never made any
definite tender of security except tho
railroads, whoso Presidents declined to
stand; that if their scaling hid was ac
cepted, they thought they could ruu tho
road livo yours, and after that time, if ne
cessary, they might have a good exrnso ,
for applying to the Legislature to reduce
tho rental or givo up the road. Foster
Blodgett testified tli d tho company want
ed him to hco Bullock and find out wheth
er ho would toko an interest; that they
could have gotten tbo lease from Bullock
if they could have given good security .
that his idea wus to throw tho m*.! back
on the Htate if il did not pay.
Testimony allowed that Gov. Brown had
loaned Blodgett on a note. T ins
was rtiippunod to be a significant transac
tion ; but the evidenco explains thut it
was a loan paid up.
Appended to tho evidence is a racy cor
respondence between Mr. Hill utid Judge
Reese, chairman of tho committee. Air.
llill, hearing rumors of important dam
aging testimony, writes on the nth of July,
that if any witness has testified that tho
company ever authorized a dollar to bo
raised or paid to Bullock, or in any way
to procuro tbo lease, it ia untrue, and a
report on such testimony will be luijii'.t ;
aud that ho hears that Gen. Tooiubs, the
feed counsel of the Bougo company, w as
permitted au (J parte examination ot wit
nesses, and asked for hearsay evidence
and coujecturoH. Ho deiuuuds u hearing
Judge Rot'se replied, showing that the
inquiry was fairly conducted ; that Gen.
Toombs appeared not. ah Htuigo's counsel, .
but. a oitueu, who examined witnesses on
facts known only to himself ; that no evi
dence wus elicited to show wrong iu tho
Hill wing in procuring tho lease, but to
show that the company raised $50,(MM) to
HAtlsfyan unexplained obligation, to which
tho lessees owed their souts , that Browu
was told of the evidence, hut <- .id nothing
I it llie next day. Judge ib-oao thus
lithout fraud t
incomplete and under value, but they say ! ccrely desiring to labor with it, I had nsv-
the leasees are willing »o rectify it. | er uttered a word with regard toil, except
Appended to the volume is the state- in kiuduens. My early opposition to tho
raent of Dunlap Scott in regard to the treaty of annexation wm reserved, so that
facts of the passage of the lease bill, to j for so:ne time rny opinions were unknown,
show that it was carefully drawn, and , It was only when 1 saw the breach of all
an honest Democratic measure, ' law, human and Divine, that I was aroused,
- 1 wrong. and then began tho anger of the President
| and his rings, military and Senatorial.
I Devoted to mo Atrican race, I felt for
them, besides humbled, that tbo great
K * | Republic, acting through its President,
F.I» Hlfl ADVICE AS TO WHETHER THEY C uU!d sot HUOb Utl example, wht
ocoiit to HCPPOBT orant or oBEERSY. national Constitution, international law
... T “ _ . | and humanity were ail sacrificed. Eh pi- j Cincinnati. If Democrats are taken it i played in standing by the colored race
fi _ AH,,INOTOK » O. L., Jnly 2d, 1*,_. i cinlly was I moved when I saw tho iuaig- ! will he as Republicans at heart, recogniz- j iLrunghuut their prolonged trial so that
Gentlemen and rELLOW Citizens ; nt ty to the colored race, which wasaccoru- ing the associate terms of the settlement ihe two discordant races fiud kindred hos-
If I have delayed answering your comma j pRshed by trampling upon u fundamental i as au irreversible finality. | pitality in him, am^he thus becomes a tie
( lUKLIiS Nt XNLU’H IlM 1
COLORED MEN—-WHO f
Horace Greeley as President, with Gratz
Brown as Vico President, both unchange
able Republicans, will be the return of
the Democratic party to power. Ou the
contrary, it will be the iuangundiuu of
Republican principles, under tho safe
guard of a Republican President and Re
publican Vice President, with the Demo
crats ss avowed supporters.
In the organization of hn administra
tion. and in the conduct of affairs, Horace
Greeley will naturally lean upon those
who represent best the great promises
made of equal rights and reconciliation at {
an unprecedented victoty. without con
cert or propulsiou of any kind, can be
explained only by supposing that it ia io
harmony with a popular longing. That
Democrat«•, and especially those of the
Booth, should adopt a life-time Abolition
ist for President as an assurance of wil
lingness to associate the rights of their
colored fejiow-citizous with that reconcil
iation of which Horace Greeley was an
early representative. In standing by
Jefferson Davis at his trial and signing
his bail bond, he showed the same senti-
nt of humanity he so constantly din-
woring your comma i nRobed by trampling up
nicstiou of July 11, which was duly plu- I principle of international law declsring
'•'-d in my hands by your committee, it is j lht . f . qUu R. y 0 f nations as our Declaration
. . he proper coon* f„r yon I ot Independence declares ILe equably of
not l
seemed doubtful, but because I wished to .
reflect upou and bo aided by the informa- I
tion which time might supply. Hincethen 1
liavo carotully considered the inquiries
you have addres-ed me And listened to
much ou both sides,but my just judgment
now is iu harmony with my early conclu
sion. I am touched by the appeal yon
make. It is true that I am the friend of
your rac**, and am glad to he assured that
in your opinion 1 have held u consistent
course iu the Senate and eliewLere as the
special advocate of your rights. TLat
course, by the blessing of God, I moan
to hold so long as life las*s. I know your
infinite wrongs and feel for them as my
own. You only do mo simple justice
whi n you add a belief that tny council at
this critical juncture of your citizenship
would be free from personal feelings uud
partisan prejudices.
In answering your inquiries I can hawe
no feeling except your good, which I most
anxiously seek, nor cun any prejudice of
any kind be allowed to interfere. The
occasion is too solemn. Especially is , _
there no room for personal feeling or for j [
parti'-.in prejudice. No man or party can | j
I' 4 f,,r ll »> wel- tiDctli
This terrible transaction, which nobody
can defend, is among tho antecedents ot
General Grant, from which you can judge
how much the colored people can re.y
up ju bn “heartfelt sympathies."
Nor can it bo forgotten that shortly
afterwards, on the return of the commis
sion from this island, Hon. Frederick
Douglass, the colored orator, accomplished
in maimers as in eloquence, was thrust
away from the compuriy of the commis
sioners at the common table of the ru-.il
the Potomac, almost
. Tho hardihood of political falsehood ' of unio u .
| reaches its extreme point when it is a*- The nomination Ins been adopted by
i serted that under Horace Greeley the ; the Democrats iu convention assembled,
freed men will he enslaved, or that the ; This was the event which the supporter*
eolorled people will in any way suffer in 1 of Pre.mleut Grant declared impossible,
their equal rights. On the contrary they ' I do not see how it can he regarded oth-
: in his election not only the pi
if tL** platform, but also the splendid
• than us a peace ottering. As snob
of infinite vslue. It ib a revolution.
ample for a full generation, during which ; ami its success in pacifyng the country
wavered iu the asset tion
tbe-e rights. To suppose that Horace
Greeley, when placed where he cun do
them the most good, will depart from the
rule of his bouest life, is au insult to rea-
xill be in proportion to iu acceptance by
1 dare not neglect tho great opportuni
ty. nor can i i-tand aloof. It is iu harmo
ny with my life, which places peace above
all things, except the right of man. Thu*
It is none the less idle to suppose that j far, itx countaut efforts for the colored
Deiuorrsts supporting Horace Greeley ex- race, I have sincerely sought the good of
ght of the Executive Mansion, simply on ' pent or desire that he should depart from j all, which I was sure would be best ob-
tho.se principle* which hie the glory of | tained iu fulfilling the promise* of the
his character. They have accepted the Declaration ui Independence, making all
Cincinnati platform* with its two-fold equal iu rights. The spirit ia winch I
promises, and intend in g' od faith to acted appears in an eurly speech, where I
maintain it. The Democrats cannot tarn "rid; ‘•Nothing in hate, nothing in ven-
him back, who at Ihe convention adopting geanee.” Never have I asked for pnn-
at the time, and this platform, sang Greeley songs to the ; ishment. Most anxiously I have looked
nus repeated tue luuiguuieH. I tune of “Old John Brown, liis som i-, | fur iho time which seems now at hand,
mher things might ue mentioned show- ; marrhiug ou." Becking always the e. tab-
rig the sympathies of the President, hilt i lishment of character in tbo National
unt of his color. But th-3 1
ut whose iuxitation he had joined th'
rotnnr-HHion, never uttered a word in con
damnation of this exclusion, and when en
tertaining the returned commissioners a
dinner, carefully omitted Mr. Douglass
who was in Wushingt
I tho
il rights bill, wh
jf that equality bef
tin- .-luiniard
• brought U> j presid.nt (,,
«ly for
""K b
ying that tho cln
| assiduo
full of
the
entirely without dis-
ould lobbi
Domingo scheu
uld be reconciliation, not
ly between the North and South, but
’resi- between the two races, so that the two
here- sections and the two ruces may be lifted
olored race, would ; or reaso
Ho
A do
•y
of the
you
vile
jiiflgment between them, asking mo •
periiilly whieh of the two, judging from j
their antecedents, as well as present posi-
lion, would enforce tho constitution and |
laws, securing your civil and political j
rights with tho most heartfelt sympathy, |
according to luy judgment.
I no nothing lor this beueficeut measure. They are attempts to avoid what you
; During a long session of Congress it was , recognize as tho truo issue, being the
I di-eusscd constantly, and tbo colored poo- J question between tho two candidates, or
I pic everywhere hung upon the debate, but 1 perhaps they may be considered as scare-
I there was no word ot “heartfelt sympathy i crows to deter the timid. Nobody wLo
from »ho President. j votes for Horace Greeley will go to the
j At last, just before the nominating con- ( Democrats, nor do 1 btliovu that, when
I vouliuti, he addressed a letter t<j a inert- > elected, Horace Greeley will be under
got' colored citizens in Washington,
billed to udvnuco tliis cause, where he
ivernment they will exj
j dent to be ahvay’s true hi
i lore, 1 put aside the partisan allegations from the ruts and grooves iu which they
that Horace Greeley has gone to the Dem- i now fastened, and, lugiead of irrita-
! ocrats or that he wiil be controlled by tho | Hug antagonism without end, there shall
nocrats. Each is without foundation ; be sympathetic co-operation. There
id tic
lh.it
i tin
cutest vigor. He
nark.
rights in tli
having most
you naturally put
ground. Bo do L be-
■ely that the best inter-
whole country are associated
unpletest recognition of your
hat the two races shall live
unbroken harmony,
link tiiai y -u cull attention to
tno antecedents of the cundi-
I y, their present posi-
sh
kno
avoided tho question by declining birns
in favor of iho oxcrciHj of those rights to
which every citizen should bo justly * nu
lled, leaving it uncertain whether colored
people are justly entitled to tlm rights
secured by the pending bill.
1 undcrs*and that Horace Greeley has
been already assailed by an impracticable i dent,
Democrat as friendly to this bill, but uo- Gree!
body lias lisped against President Graut i I o;
igbt to
the
which gi.es assurance of the m
felt sympathy and greatest vigor in the
maintenance of your rights; in other
woids, win h, judging from tho past, will
be your truest friend.
Tho communication with which you
ot tlm i
plu and
effort and
lobbying
nut alo
ou, M
Walters were b.<
Ihmiuiuo they
• raiirnsd inter
filial, y
g that tho policy of leasing
ms a wiHo policy—that your
company was entirely rehal.lo that it
j harmonized all the railroad interests—1
, • , _ , . | have felt inclined (though I did not think
«ml W.r. ,un.,ln g |hu r#n „, h l> 0I1 „„ « h ,
hnW..". ;, unJ would be Or- j llllllltllH „ jour loJ ,u.h
b.u.u lto,d ... b. i altulatl<>ll> ,„ lt ,
.. j ° owul P" n, ® M Wt,rH tl,« testimony of White and Holt has been
m.. d idler . conferooou. ! ht , ar>l . , bo f i(!vo „ u dllB
of the State that there should be an in
vestigation before u legal tribunal, and if
I were ii lessee, as you ure, with tho con
fiiet of opinion about the lease, with tho
great suspicion in the public mind of its
uiitniriHHH and fraud, I would at mice
accept tho offer of investigation before
the t ousts ami their decision upon the
Scott, nnd
light in to this coni
ine commuted
sive “true" Demo/rats of Georgia should
at least amend their party title by adding
to it a word somewhat notorious iu the
late political history of the South, and
make it tho Hi count meted Truo Deinoc-
"»<*>’ !
“Ogeocheo," tho Atlanta correspondent
it h tlio lo.
Several, Mr. Hill among
agreed to put in a bid for any amount to j
keep the load from going into the hands j
of rival roads. Tho mam object of this j
company seemed to be to unite all tho
railroad interests so that all should have
an e ,ual showing.
Bullock told llill ho didn't want tolonso
the road, but wanted it to “soak." Bui
lt wo itod Gordon to bo a lessee, as ho
of tho Savannah Xcirs, writes, July filst, , had boon his gubernatorial opponent
oonnerulliK the Htato U., B d loum.: "I ru- On Titmluy tho bid of thin company
pc, wha, W.H at,id in a former I,dt.r, that 3
the louse will not ho sot aside or declared
void for any cuuso yet brought to light.
Anothor aud fairer inventory of the prop
erty of the road may bo ordered, aud a
more perfect bond required of the lessees;
hut lioyond that, it is not likely thut any
change will ho made. Tho sentiment of
both Houses of tho Lcgislnturo is believ
ed lo ho decidedly opposed to tho abroga
tion of the lease itself."
Of the Toombs aud Brown difficulty,
he writes: “Tho report that General
Toombs is sick at home is an entire mis
take. He is in his usual good health, aud
is not detained at home by sickness or
business. The quarrel between him and
Browu stands where Biown's scathing
card left it. There will he no fight; the
mattor is at an end, though the friends of
one of the parties are intensely mortified
by tho result."
We hear some accounts of tho sppeAr-
unco of the caterpillars, and more about
tho rust, in tho cotton of the Uchoc sec
tion of Alabama.
Call tV*r
Tho gentlemen whose names are hereto
annexed have been choseu a Committee
of the truo Democracy - those who still
adhere to the well established and time-
honored principles of the Farty—who re
pudiate any action that will tend to the
uheyancc or subversion of those princi
ples, hereby to tally to their auciout
standard of principles’ ami orgauize; and
to send delegates to a State i'ouveutiou,
to Assemble iu Atlanta on the 20th Aug.,
for consultation aud advisement us to the
best course to be pursued in tbo further
ance and luaiuteuauce of the principles
of the Party and of Constitutional Lib
erty :
Jack Brown, Sumter county; T. L. Gu-
errv, Quitmau county; A. B. Atkiusou,
Cobb; J. L. Seward, Thomas; 0. 11. C.
Willingham, Troup; G. II. Teddy, Heard;
H. L. W. Craig, Telfair; A. Hood, Ran
dolph; 8. McNeil, Raudolph; D. H. Johu-
■ou. Striding; W. P. Ratuscy, Harris;
J. 11. Furmau, Kaldwin; Isaac P. Bush,
Miller; E. P. Edwards, Elbert; W. L.
Merahou, Glynn; Pcrmedus Reynolds,
New tou; W. H. Weems, Fulton;* G. T.
Fry, DeKnlb; \V. M. Bray, Fulton; H. K.
Shackleford, Fulton: Jah. A. Anderson,
Fultou county.
te’Oor exchange* throughout the State
are respectfully requested to copy tin*
call.—Atlanta Sun.
A WoXDKRlTL PnRACHFK.—Those who
were nt the Methodist Church ou ImI
Sunday, had a rare opportunity to hear a
prodigy of a boy preacher, in the person
of the Rev. Mr. C>amnbell, a Youth scarce
oat of hi* teens, and but just out of
Athena University. It has been onr good
fortune to hear many of the first pulpit
orators of the day, and in our opiniou
young Campbell should already rank
among them. Should he live a score of
years, we predict he will become very
famous as an evangelist. The sermon of
Bundey last had little or no theology in it,
bnt in onr opinion, so far u oapable of
judging, U contained e vest amount of
true piety. It most forcibly elucidated
the oootrast between the preeent end
future of the godly end the ungodly.
The effect upon the large congregation
wm vary marked and impreasive.—On /Hn
Rtar.
llill, who, in answer to a question, did
not know what disposition had been made
of the .natter. Hill testifies that he had
been told that Scngo was a dangerous
luan to talk to, that he didn't talk to un
reliable men, nnd ho simply evaded con
versation w itli Scngo.
There is no evidence to hIiow that Bul
lock had any interest in any of the shares.
The point about which the whole in
terest of the matter hiuges is certain tes
timony of Capt. A. J. White, who swore
thut Governor Browu aud Mr. Kiinbull
brought to the notice of the Icnnoch the
fuel Unit them was a claim for services
reudered in connection with the lease
that should ho paid, aud that $50,000 wan
put ut the disposal of Governor Brown
to pay these services. Cupt. White sojd
his iu * crest and afterward* added to his
testimony first gi\oii. He swore that
Governor Brown said this $50,000 was for
outsiders, ami not for road expenses; that
he understood that this money wa* not to
be rccoguizod as a part of the legitimate
expenses of tho load ; that it was to pay
the obligations incurred by tho Brown
wing prior to the partnership. The fifty
thousand was raised aud paid out. Thu
Troiisuicr was directed to take Governor
Browns note, as President, for this fifty
thousand dollars, and hold it ns cash.—
Governor Brown refused to say where
this sum went. Governor Brown said
$180,000 would bo needed, but a portion
was uot pressing. Kimball bad said that
tho lessees owed their scats to these obli-
gatious. Browu thought if better to sur
render tho lease than not pay this $50,.
000. Geu. Wm. 8. Holt testified that
Kiiuholl said tlut it would tako $180,000
aud declined to divulge what the amount
wan for; and that there was a heated
discussion over it. He did uot suppose
tho money was for the ordinary road ex
penses. Iu the report of the operation*
for 1872, he could uot tell where this item
of $50,000 could be found.
Ou the other band, this tran*action is
thus explaiuod. Mr. Hill testifies that
the proposition to rsise $50,000 as
broached by Kimball and Browu was to
E »y outsiders who bad been a part of the
rowu wing, but had to be dropped when
the combination was rnado. The Hill
wing would not cousent to this, though
Captain White and ncveral others agreed
to give their dividemh* awhile for this
purpose. The antu of $50 000, however,
Mr. llill replitMl, contending against the !
ex partr cxaiiiinatioi^as being unjust to 1
the facts, to the interests involved, and
to the witnesses, uud it was too late to
remedy when the examination wiih over,
the witnosseH gone, aud “blustering brav
ado" about “bagging rogues" was login- ,
iiiug. The pretended suspicious of frauds >
grow miL of no patriotism, hut out of !
selfish and designing ends. The lease i
company was ready to meet the charges, i
and show who offered bribes and attempt- 1
ed to “Yazoo" the people. T hey were |
ready to surrender to the people, hut not '
to stnuderers, bribing contestants, who ;
seek to serve their owu interests, lie j
asks will the State embarrass the com- 1
pany with a suit and indemnify them for
damages if it fails. Mr. Hill then con
cludes :
“Destroy tho combinations and conncc- j
lions effected by the lessees to avoid the 1
effect of competing lines now being com- '
pleted, aud tho road would pay nothing.
No, sir. 1 shall ueither consent to such
folly, nor allow Niich wrong of my own
motion. Envy, avarice, and ooutiugent
attorneys may make up their tuiuds that
those of ns who rescued this road from
one t>Hnd of selfish intriguers, will not
voluntarily surrender it to another.'
W. M. Reese, G. M. Nctlierlniid, C. It.
Hudson and G. F. Pierce, Jr., made a
majority report, and A. D. Nummlly a j
minority report. The testimony has been
ably and impartially taken. The majority !
report declares the lease unfairly obtained. J
As the security is by railroads, the com- !
initteo hold that railroads are unable to be i
security under tlieir charters, and there-
fore the security is invalid. The combi- J
nation of the two wings of the present
company was an unlawful agreement not |
to bid against each other and stifled com- ;
petition. The testimony of White ami j
Ilolt shows that money was used to pro- I
euro the contractor lease. No evidence !
shows fraud in procuring the lease act. |
But $180,000 was used alter the lease act
to procure the lease contract, and the crkc 1
is made out that Kimlmll manipulated Bul
lock ill getting the lease. It is true there
i* coufliet between White and licit and
the witnesses Brown, Hill and Johuston.
but White is uot impeached, and is disin
terested, and they place more reliance in
his testimony than in that of heated cou-
testauts.
The minority report discusses th* vari
ous bids made, that of deOraft'enried, that
of the Seago company aud that of the
present lease company and argues thut
uoue but the last complied with the law,
aud Bullock had to give the lease to that.
It contends that the railroad security of
fered is good, the boards of directors hav
ing acted authoritatively, uuder their
charters, the stockholders have refused to
interfere. In regard to the unlawful com-'
bination to stop bids, tho law of auction :
sales doe* not govern. In regard to tho |
money for “outsiders," tho testimony does
fellow-citizens hi ntbur puiis of ihu cuun
try, I may say iu nearly every Bute ul
Mm Union, have undo a similar request
and some complain thut 1 have thin fm
kept silent. I am not iuseiihiblo to Mm
appeal, but if my opinion must be givei
it miiHi bo candi lly, according to my cou
so.once. Iu this spirit I uuhw
quiriuH, beginning with ihe antecedents
ot the iwo candidates.
Horace Greeley was born to poverty
and eitucatftd himself in a printing office.
President Grunt, fortunate in eariy patro
nage, liouame a cadet at West Point, nnd
was educ .ted at public expense. One
star led with uothiug but tudustry and a
character; tho otLer started with a mill-
tary comiuisniou. One «a* trained us a
civilian, the other us u souiior.
Horace Grooley stood forth as a Re
former aud Abolitiouia .
President Grant enlisted as a pro-slave
ry Democrat, and at Mm election of James
Buchanan fortified by his vote ail the pre
tensions of slavery, including the Dred
Scott decision.
Horace Groeloy, from early life, was
earnest and constant against slavery, full
of sympathy with the colored race, and
always foremost ill the grout buttle for
their rights.
President Grant, except as a soldier,
summoned by the terrible accident of
war, never did anything against slavery,
ue shown any ayiupa-
your iu- , bft . akl
Second,
ih Mm
Horace Greeley earnestly desired that
the colored citizens should vole, and ably
championed iuipnitial suffrage, but Presi
dent Grant was on the other aide.
Beyond these contrast*, which are
marked, it cannot he forgotten that Hor
ace Greeley is a person of largo heart
and large understanding, trained to the
support of human rights; alwaya benefi
cent with the poor, always reudy for any
good cause, and never deterred by oppo
sition or reproach, as when for long years
he !>• friended your people. Add to these
qualities, compicuous in his life, untiring
industry, which loaves no moment with
out its fruits, abundant political knowl
edge, acquaintance with hutory, tho in
stinct and grasp of statesmanship, an
amiable nature, a magnanimous soul, and
above all, an honesty which no suspicion
has touched, utul you have a brief por
traiture wherein ure tho antecedents of
Horace Greeley.
Few of these appear in tho President.
Hia great success in war and tho honors
he has won cannot ohungo the rocord of
his conduct towards your people, espe
cially in contrast, with the life-time fideli
ty of his competitor, while there aro un
happy antecedents showing that in the
prosecution of his plans ho cares nothing
for tho colored race. The atory is paiu-
ful, but it must he told. I refer to the
outrage he perpetrated upou llayti, with
its eight huudred thousand blacks en
gaged in tho great experiment of aelf-
govoruwout. Hero ia a most instructive
antecedent, rovoudug beyond question bis
true uature, and the whole is attested by
documentary evidence.
Conceiving the idea of annexing Do
minica, which is tho Spanish part of the
island, and shrinking at nothing, lie begun
by seizing the war powers of the Govern
ment, in flagrant violation of the Consti
tution, and then at great expenditure of
morey sent several anued ships of the
navy, including monitors, to maintain the
usurper Baez in power, that through him.
he might obtain tho coveted prize. Not
content with this uudacious dictatorship,
he proceeded to strike at the indepeml-
•f the black Republic bv open me-
time for all things, and we ure admonish
ed by a wide-spread popular uprising,
bursting tho bonds ot party, that the
tunc has come for the estruugemenl to
cease between peoplo, who by the ordi-
uuuco of (Lid, must ii\o together.
Gladly do I welcome the happy signs,
nor can 1 obscive without regret Iks col
ored people in organized masses resisting
utliifcuce except that enlightened j th« friendly overtures oven to tbs extent
conscience which wil. keep him over truo . intimidating those who arc the other wav.
to tho principles ho represents. j It i* for them to cousider carefully wheth-
Gcnileinon, in thus answering your two j c r they should not tako advantage of the
inquiries I havr shown why you as col- i unexpected opening and recognize the
oitd fellow-citizens, and also a* all who j bail bond given at Baltimore as the m-
would uphold your rights and save tho j surnneo of peace, holding the parties to
colored race from indignity, should refuse Ihe full perf finance ot its conditions,
turn tho re-election of the Preai- : provided always that their rights are
aud put your trust iu Horaco I hx-'d.
y, i I am sure that it canuot be best for the
add. that with him will be I colored people to band together in a hos-
*A Vice President, Gmtz ble rump provoking antagonism and keep-
ntccodcnt* 1 deem it my duty i Brown, whom I have known for years as a ■ big alive tho separation of races. Above
the hula capacity or ijUustry ‘ most determined Abuliiiouiat. The two all there must bo uo intimidation, biu «*v-
d* nt in pi electing colored po^- I together will carry into tho National Gov- ! ory voter must act freely, without con-
iiiug peace at too South. No- I emu.*.nt au unswerving devotion to your Rtraiut from league or lodge.
t that a small portion of tt.o rights, not to ho disturbed by partisan Much better will it ho when the two po-
dictation or soctional prejudice. litioal parties compete for your votes.
Besides all this, which may fitly guide ««ch anxious for your support. (July
you iu determining between the two can- then will Mist civilization by which you
hich we deplore, so i didates, it ia my duty to remind you that 1 are entitled to tho equal rights of all luivs
ve been no pretence | as citizens of tho United States and part »** natural fruits. Only then will the**
tor further legislation by Congress, but ho j of tho country your welfare is indissolu- ; ^ ,e that harmony which is essential tt a
was doubled, both by tho character and i bly associated with that of the whole ! true civilization.
tho drawback of m^own conduct. At* I country. Where all are prosperous you $ The present position of the colored oil
ier \lohitiug the Constitution and internal | will bn gainers. Therefore, while juslly >*en is perilous, lloisexposedtoinju-
caref ul of your own rights, you cannot l*H nous pressure when ho needs support,
indifferent to the bleHsing of good govern-| hut I sec no early extrication except in
incut. I» i* for you to consider whether the way now proposed. Let him out
tho time has uot come for something bet- ' drift Irom the managers who would
teg thnn the RWord, ami whether a char- him merely as a political force, with
acter like Horace Greeley does not give \ little regard to his own good, and bravely
stronger assurance of good government K,n,l d by the candidate who haa stood by
than can be found in tho insult er of the him. It Democrats unite with him so
colored raco already famous from tin* much the better. The association once
rings about him, and his plain inaptitude , h‘ , g , in must naturally ripen into common
for civil life, ; friendship nnd trust.
Tho supporter* of President Grant com- ! * ft, “ for peace in reality, as in name.—
pel us to observe hiH offences and shmt- f From tho bottom of m\ heart lam for
comings. Tho comparison they challenge ; !»«■«», oud 1 welcome all who work fo*
cannot he decliued. It will be for ntbt rs pence.
in the present canvass to hold .t before : NVit *‘ ‘l e0 P folt R*tisfaotion I remember
the American people. Spooking for my- j ll'ri no citizen who drew his aword
of ! self, I have to say that my vote will he | "grinst ns has suffered at the bauds of ths
its | given for Horace Grooley. but iu giving j executioner. Iu juatas-ociation with this
it I do not go to the Democratic party, nor humanity will lie the trinmph of equal
nin I any less a Republican. Ou the con- I rights, when the promise* of the great
trary, 1 am so much of a Republican that Declaration are all fulfilled, and our peo-
I caunot support n candidate whoso con- j 1*1° nro united as never before in the en-
duct in civil life shown an incapacity to | during fellowship of a common citizen-
appreciate Republican principles, and ' Hbi P* To this end thcro must bo recon-
wbf»«p administration is marked by acts ! filiation : can I withhold my hand'" Free-
of delinquency, especially toward tlio col- 1>* I accept tho hand (but is offered, and
• •red race, by the side of which tho allega- reach forth my own in friendly grasp,
lions on tho impeachment of President ! ^ h,,, against the policy of hate ; I am
Johnson were technical and trivial. j ««*»inst fanning ancient flame* intocontin-
Unqnentionahly President Grant de- ! nt ‘l * »>» against raking in tho aahes
t impeachment for high crimes and j ‘/f Hm past tor tho coni of fire yot burn
eat will, eveu
Duly given to tho Ban Do- ,
ii me, would have averted tho
rr
insult tho black Republic, uud sot
ting au example of insubordinaiiou, ho
not iu u condition to rubuke ihu law-
Passing from antecedents I
o<»mo now to tho present position of tho
two candidates, whim is tue subject of
your next inquiry. Ii in any former par
ticulars the i>»n are (»u an equality, yet
iu all substantial respects the obvbms ad
vantage is wiih Horace Groeiey. Each
was nominated by n Republican conveu-
ion, ono iu Ciuciuuftli sud the other at
Philadelphia, m» (hut in Mas respect they
may acem to ho on equality. But it will
uot r.iil lo be ohsorved that the convoti-
tiun at I’lnciinmti was composed of able
and acknowledged Republicans, many of
whom have acted with tho party fr<
first formation, who, without previous * r-
gutiizutiou, came togethor voluntaiily for
tho s.iku ot reform uud purity iu tho gov-
oriimeiit, while on thu other hand, the
convention at Philadelphia was composed
ot delegateschoHon largely under the in
fluence of oflii'eholders, wno assembled to
Militant what is known as Grantisui, being
ihe personal government nnd the preten
tious of General Grant, involving nopo-
ti**'». repayment of gills hyofgcial patron-
Uge. neglect ot public duty, absenteeism,
military rule,diirug*rd of the constitution
id laws
dtgn
nace of war. And all without tho sanction
of Congress, to whieh is committed tho
wnr-uiakitig power; sailing into the liArlmr
of Port au Prince with our most powerful
luouiti ‘‘
this
consort and other monitors in their train.
The Admiral acting under instructions | °^®“'
from Washington, proceeded to tho Ex'
utiv "*
his
nil unfitness,
lored race--alt of whieh
ii as to muku it* support
luipo.nsiblu for true Republicans, itiero-
fore, the convention at Pniladelphni,
though culling itself Republican, was less
Republican in reiurty thau ut Cincinnati.
'I no two plutforms, so far as concerns
especially ihe colored raco, aie uliko in
substance, but that at Cincinnati is ox-
pressed in terms most worthy of tho equal
rights it stales and claims—“Wo recog
nize tho equality of all men before the
law, and hold tnut it is tho duty of Gov
ernment iu its dealings with the people to
mete out equal nnd exact rights to all, of
whatever nationality, race, coloror per-
suasion, religous or political."
In other n.npectK the platform of Cincin
nati is the most Republican, inasmuch as
it sets itself against those uurepuhlicuu
abuses which have been nursed by the
Provident into pernicious activity.
From tho two nominations aud two
pin'forms 1 come to the supporters of tho
candidates, and here 1 look first at those
immediately about them, and secondly,
ut tho popular support behind. Horace
Greeley has among nis immediate support
ers iu all parts of tho country, devoted ami
consistent Republicans, always earnest
for reform and purity in the government,
on whoso lives there is no shadow of sus
picion, being a contrast in character to
those riugs whieh play such a part in the
present Administration.
Tho country knows too well tho milita
ry ring, tho Senatorial ring, and tho cus
tom ring, through which the President
acts. Such supporters arc a poor rccoui-
mehdotion.
Looking at the popular support behind,
tho advantago is still with Horaco Gree
ley. President Grant has at bis hack the
diversified army of officeholders, drilled
to obey tho word of coiutuaud. Tho
speeches praising him are by officeholders
uud members of the rings.
Horace Greeley finds flocking to hi*
support large numbers of Republican* uu-
w ill ing to continue tho cxiw.ing misrule,
aud, as allies with them, a icgenerated
party which comes forward to unite in
this Liberal movement.
The Democrats iu joining Horace Gree
ley have changed simply aa President
• | misdemeanors rather thau a rennuiinntio
I ing. Pi e up the ashes, extinguish the
and on the trial it would have been enough ‘ flame*, abolish the hate, such is my de-
to exhibit the Reizuro of tho war power | fl- ~
lignity to tho black Republic,
with Hi population of 800,000, iu th
lation of the national Constitution and of
international law, and hero a contrast
arises between him and Abraham Lincoln.
Tho latter, in his first annual nio^sngo,
recommended tho recognition of what he
called tho independence and sovereignty
of llayti. But it in at these that I*
And now turning to tho Democratic
party. I hold it to all the covenant* sol
emnly given in the ndnption of a Republi
can platform with Horace Greeley a* can
didate. There can bo no backward step.
With no common sympathy I have ob
served that Mr. Hendricks, a leading
Democrat whom I knew and esteemed in
the Senate, has recently announced hi*
ptance of the (’onatitutional amend
lent Grant lias struck. Ono of Abraham :
Lincoln's first nets whs to put the black »««»*", xvi,h ,ljt *r logical results. He
Republic oti Ail equality with other l’ovv- j propose* as a proper key-note to the ex-
ora; one of President Grant's was to do- ; tntordinaty movement now swelling to a
grade it. j sure triumph, “Just laws nnd public vir-
I am so much a Republican thut I wish i This is a worth}* aspiration, en-
> much n Republican that I w
tke Presidential chair n life ti
Abolitionist. I also wish a President
sincerely devoted to civil service reform,
beginning with the one term principle,
which President Grant once accepted,
hut now disowns. I nls
tit on this occasion. My key-note
is, “The unity of the Repnblic, and the
equal rights of all, with reconciliation."—
Such is my cry, and wherever my voice
can reach there do 1 insist upon all these.
Humbly iuvoking tho blessings of Di-
dent who acts tho oxntuplo of industry | v * no Providence, which I believe must
and uuselfish dedication to the public
good, and I wish to see a President
ort an 1 mice with our most powerful , , , °. „ , r f
itor. Ih.' Dictator, proporlv n‘iu, ,l for V lha "B ei ' “ le “ h .* J°medth. Beuub.
service: ..Is,, the fri K mte Seven, os ho * n “’ • ““t* «»• «»• «•
. ... I once with u high office. Tho change is
,1 'ytiug the Republican platform,
whs raised and a committee appointed lo not “»riie a fraud.
*©e to it*, disbursement. Gov. Brown tea-I It show** that one wiug wished to pay
titled that $40,.KM we. t to the Ohio Falls | disappointed geutlemon who couldn't get
Oar C' .ipatiy » nd #5 (Hki hr retaining in. Tho lease act was a Democratic mens-
fees to Mr. Hi i sud 0- I. Doiighor'y. ure. Fair uotice of the lease was given.
Mr lli. tea ificd M at n * other $50,(HH) Oue company only fulfilled the conditions
thau tbo one thus aoc U ited for had uud gave the security. It pays punctual-
boon appropriated. Gov. B own and ly « rent, generally said by railroad weu,
Wm. 11 JoLntob corrot., % r*»'e Mr. Hill. — . to be satiafActory. Mr.’ White himself
Ot v. Browu iu< ntioued Dr. George D. j *»y» he known of no improper iufiueuce
l’t '.lips and Gone al Gordon aa among used to get tho lease, or that anybody got
those who failed to get in, and to whom improper mouey. And Holt, Johnson,
something was due. In Gen. Gordon's 1 Hill and Browu all explain the tisiiRcetion
oust l a over, ss tie hid fiually decliued and show that no mouey was raised or
anything to do with it, there wm no obli- I paid to nrooure the leaso aot or lease cou-
S ation to pay. Gen. Holt, William B. | tract. Mr. Nnnnrily argues that this is
ohusoD. Mr. Hill and Governor Browu . tue best thing that can be done with the
are in conflict with Capt. White. They road. The road hM had appropriations
know of no note being ordered to be tak- j of $4,354,823, and paid into (he Treasury
en or being taken from Gov. Brown for . $2,188,550 or $2,165,270 less than appro-
the $50,000. The Treasurer, Morril, tea- ations. In the twenty years of tho lease
tifiea th'.t he knew nothing of such note, the Htate will get $6,000,000. In the last
William B. Johnsou testified that no oth-! twenty years the road has paid nothiug.
er $50, 00 wm authorized to be raised; If taken back, the State must pay tbe
that tb disposition of tbe $50,000 wm $60o,000 paid out by the lessees in im-
looked uto, and that it was properly ap- provements. The minority report offers
E lied to the expenses of tbe company.— , a resolution that tha lease ia a good one,
Ir. llill testifies that he made the motion : aud if tbe appraisement ia deficient for
n Washington, proceeded to the Exec- r i . 1 ?. V r - 71 «* .? . ,
re Mtuisiet.. nooompuiied by officers of i 'ybich places tiro equ^ r.ghu of all uuder
squadron, aud there pomting to Ihe ! , ‘ i « safeguard ot irreversible guarantee.,
great ivar ships iu sight from the imdo.vs ] “ nd l ' t , ,Le time ^ accepting the
dealt ids menaces of war. threatemu.' to uonlm s* lon °t a htetnue Abolitionist, who
s.uk or capture llaytieu ships. Tho Pros- preeminently the sentiment of
.... I t 1. .. *. . , 1 rest .... I dutv lo the colniuii rHOI*, thov havu not
idem was black, not white. The Admiral ! d “'>’ 10 ,be coloi " d «<». they have set
would have dono no such thing to unv : ,llelr cul l HinHe to ,h ® sacred cove-
white ruler, nor would our countrv have i n ‘ u, • . lht '-T m “? <onUuu ? D«nrocrata in
tolerated ai.ch menace from anv govern- name, but they aro ia reality Mepuhlieaus
uient in the world Here waa' indiguitv ! ^ ,b “ u,le . tL “ s8 ' , ho
uot only to tho black republic with its P rlu «P le » “ re Hepubl.cana, or
populatiou of cOO.OdO, but to the African r “ lbtr tbc . v “ r “ Pemocrata aecordiug to
race evervwhero, especiaUv in our country ! tb ® oiig.ual sigu hca.iou of that word,ded-
Nor did ‘it end here, i'or months the 1 lcaUd ,u ,bo r ‘« hli! ol lbe people,
navy of the United States was hovering 1 It i* idle to say that Horaco Greeley and
over the coast, koepiug that insulted peo- <be Republicans that nominated him are
pie in constant auxiely, w hile President I any less Republicans because Democrats
Grant was to them like a hawk sailing in i unite with them iu the support of cherish-
for
to raiae Ihe $50,000, and that it
legitimate pturpoees.
Capt. White himeelf testified that ha
Jydid not know or ha?t any reason to ba
the Governor to reappraise.
The majority make a supplemental re
port, showing that the inventory and ap-
praieement of the property was partial,
the air, and ready to swoop upon his prey.
This heart lea*, cruel proceeding found* a
victim among our wnite lellow-citizens.
An excellent merchant of Connecticut,
praised by all who knew him, w«6 plunged
into prison by Baez, where he was im
mured because it wa* feared he would
write against the treaty of annexation, and
this captivity wm prolonged with the oon-
nivonce of two agent* of the President,
one of whom finds constant favor with
him, and is part of the military ring im
mediately about him.
That such an outrage could go nnpnn-
iahed, shows the little regard of the Presi-
dent for human righto, whether in white
or black. I confess my trials aa I wm
called to witness these things. Always a
supporter of the Administration, and ain*
ed principles and tbe candidate who rep
resents tLem. Conversions are always
welcome, and not the less so because the
ohsnge is iu a multitude rather than an in
dividual. A political party oaunot if it
would, and should not if it oould, shut
the door against converts, whether con
verted by the score, the hundred or the
thonsand, and so %re fiud that the sup
porters of President Grant announce with
partisan triumph the adheainu of a single
Democratic partisan or a single Democrat
ic newspaper. For equal reason and high
er pride may the supporters of Horace
Greeley announce the adhesion of the
Democratic party, which tarning from the
thingatbat are behind presses on to those
that are befora.
It is alto idle to say that the flection of
h a cause, accept my
best wishes for yourselves personally, and
through whom wo may expect peace and j ^ or ^ 10 I ,eo l , l° \°u represent, and believe
harmony instead of discord. Strangely, | 1110 gentlemen, your faithful friend,
President Graut seems to delight in strife. | Charles Sumnek.
If ho finds no enemy, ho fulls upon his j
friends, as when he struck at the blac k r,IE Fall Election*.— Previous to the
Republic, insulted Russia in his annual i Presidential contest in November,
message, offended both Franco and Ger- tbe following States and Territories hold
many, uud Mien in personal relations ciuur- j elections this fall: North Carolina, Au-
rellcd generally. j gust 1; Kentucky, Montana and Utah,
My own personal experience teaches August New Mexico, September 1;
how futile is the chargo that because Hor- i California, Beptembor 2; Vermont, Kept,
ace Greeley receives Democratic votes i * Maine, September «.♦; Colorado Terri-
therefore ho becomes a Democrat, or i tor Y» September 10; Dakota, Indiana,
lapses uuder Democratic control. I was j f° wa » Nebraska, Ohio. Pennsylvania and
first chosen to the Sonuto by a coalition 1 District of Columbia, October 8th;
of Free Boilers and Democrats. Demo- | s “ l ! th Carolina, October lfith; West Vir-
cratic votes helped to make one Senator j Rinia, October 24. All the States vote for
from Massachusetts, as also they helped Presidential Electors on tho 5th day of
to make my excellent friend, Mr. Chase, | November, and on tho same day the fol-
Seuator from Ohio, and will help to mako l° w * n R choose State officers: Alabama,
Horace Greelev President. j Arkansas. Delaware, Florida, Georgia, II-
But neither Mr. Chase nor myself was, j linois > Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland,
on this account, less faithful, as Free- j Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Boilers, and, auswering foe myself, I know , Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jer-
that I never became a Democrat, or lapsed ‘ "®Y* New York, Tennessee, Virginia and
under Democratic control. I do not doubt Wisconsin. Arizona holds her Territorial
election on the 8th of November.
that Horace Greeley will be equally con
sistent. The charge to the oontr&ry, so
vehemently repeated, seems to reflect tbe
character of those who make it, except
that many repeat it by rote.
There is a common saying, “principles
not men," aud on this ground an appeal
is tuado for President Grant, feeling jti.-tly
that in auy personal comparison with
Horace Greeley he must fall. But a bet
ter saying is “principle* aud men." I am
for the principles of the Republican party
in contradistinction to Grantisui, and I am
for the man who truly represents them.
By these principles I shall staud. for them
I shall labor, and in their triumph I shall - , . .. _
always rejoice. If anv valued frieud sep- f? r Radical nomination tor Congress,
urates from mo now, it will be because he Ahis Rapxcr is a two-edged sword.
Items from tho Montgomery Advertiser
of Thursday :
The boll worm has now attacked the cot
ton crop. This worm boro* into and de
stroys the grown boll as well as the young
aud tender one. The caterpillar or anny
worm destroy* all the immature boll*.—
Between the two, therefore, we may con
fidently expect a crop shorter by 5uo,000
bales than the crop of 1871, unless tbe
worm belies his antecedent* and die* oat
without innumerable issue.
From tbe latest indications we judge
that Rapier (cold) is ahead in the contest
places a man abovo principle
Early in public life I declared my little
heed tor party aud my indifference to tbe
name by which I am called, and now I
confess my want of sympathy with those
who would cling to tbe firm after its
spirit has fled. Allow me to call attention
to another aud controlling consideration,
which ounuot be neglected by the good
citizen. Watching the remarkable move
ment that has acted in the double nomina
tion of Horace Greelev, it ia easy to see
that it did not proceed from politicians,
whether at Cincinnati or Baltimore. Evi
dently it wm the heart of the people sorely
wrung by the war and the controveniea
it engendered which found this expression.
Sir Philip Sidney said of tbe uprising
in the Netherlands: “It i* tbe spirit of
the Lord and is irresistible," and such a
spirit i* manifest now. Notwithstanding
the counteracting influence of politicians,
Republicans aud Democrat*, iu the face
of persistent ridicule, and against the ex
travagance of unscrupulous opposition,
tha nomination at Cincinnati wm tri
umphantly adopted at Baltimore. Snob
Death or Jidoe W. B. Spaiw.—From
a passeuger on the Muscogee train last
night, we regret to lea r n that Judge W.
B. Spain died at his rt i lence in Talbot-
ton, on Tuesday night at 12 o'clock.—
Judge Sjvtiu was an old and honored citi
zen of Talbot county, and was well belov
ed by nil who knew him.—Macon Tele-
•jra/J,, Ut.
Longfellow Improving.—It is report-
ed that the horse Longfellow ia so muoh
improved that he is able to walk, end hia
leg shows signs of returning strength.
John Harper is at Long Branoh with the
balance of bis stable. It is also reported
that Col. McDaniel hM decided to put the
speed aud endurance of Harry Bassett to
a great test, viz: To run him against hia
sire'* great time, 7:19}, for four miles,
during tbe next meeting of the Saratoga
Association.
The Plainfield (X. *■) Constitutionalist
declare* for Greeley end Brown, making
the Democratic preM of New Jersey a
unit for the Liberal oause.