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BS True Citizen, A Liy# Weekly Paper on Live Issues Published Kvery Friday Morning, at Way nesboro, (ju., bv the SUL L I V A_K BE 0 T H E E S. * It A TES Ob SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy One Year, 82.00 “" 11 Six months, 1.00 “ Three months, 50 l£!T’ All subscriptions must be accompanied bv the CASH. THE TRUE CITIZEN Yol. 1. Waynesboro, Ga., September to, 1882. No. 20. GOVERNOR STEPHENS. and ,Sweetheart.”—hounding h m down. We remember him in the mountains, when his voice rang out like a clarion note, and he told how proud he was to address the congregated thousands of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. We , , , , , , , remember him when the poor woman of darky who used to do the cleaning up n , , . . , , ', , . ” / ; Greemsboro was about to be condemn around the old Confederate Capitol in because of a bad Richmond. Possibly wo have forgot- Post-Appeal. We write this caption to see how it will look. Also certain things that we see in the papers remind us of a little story W e have forgotten the name of the old t< n what he said, but it was like this.— Mr. Stephens had just got in by way of Danville station, having been stopped by a Provost officer, who refused to re cognize the certificate from the Clerk of the Superior Court of Taliaferro j county that this was the Vice-President, j The old man had seen him, but did not know he was in earshot. Some one was pumping him os to the members of the Cabinet and the Executive. “Yes,” said the old man, “I’ve seen hefted ’uin pooty well.” name only, and and jury cry at his —politi al. financial, educational and and recommended Pledger for tint, place. phila tltrop'c. About his thin hair, In several conversations wiih gentlemen like an aureole about a aunt, gather [“ “J "“'P w j!° ca!le ? “/ all f nU »" , . , , c to the matter. 1 have stated, and now forty years of untarnished honor, spot- rC p eat the sta1ci nent. that no such pe- less integriiy. and ol ma ch'e-s glory, tition was ever presented to mo, and In him, as in Ji fferson Davis, is gar- none was ever signed bv me. nered the Innor of the Confederacy, 1 it Very respectfully, and God condemn the man that would [Signed.] A. II Colquitt. hurt him or hi. famo. i 1 ' he cur3 “ r >- *«> Now, let us g, t cool and say th.i we! Ilm G,,v Colqmtt declines to answer are not Stephens people, don’t believe | note ’ Mv i"q«"y » I in the success of the -organized lW | “* *h. _p.tyn.ph crary as a National hope, and that this IfoVSOdrout Presume, thy bolts to threw, Nor deal damnation round the land, On him 1 deem thy toe. We remember him in Burke county in 1855, when in sudden inspiration he ’um, and opened a Democratic camp meeti g, |called for mourners, and amid shouts “What do you think of President and tears combined, gave his hand to Davis asked the questioner. j the hundreds who crowded up in re- “Wel 1 , you sec, marser, Mass Jeff is nunciation • f the American party. We along, slim dog. He’s sort of a cross remember the poor negro woman who between a fox-hound and a wolf dog,! makes an annual pilgrimage to Liberty how he made judge appeal— Still gently scan your fellow man, still gentler sister woman. Though they may oft go kenning wrong, to step aside is human. And that his invocation for justice and | paper has expected to doits lest, for mercy arose to sublimity as he again ! Gen. Gartrell. We expi cied to “damn qu. ted from Burns— j him with faint praise,’ it he was let 1 , , . , r , . „ • i 'Pledgers endorsements Let not this weak unknowing hand, j alone. J>ut lie is our Geoigia pride ^ a | n , mi and darling, you rascals, and confound ' j furnished me hv the Department.— I It refers to an endorsement from Gov. Colquitt of Pledger’s character and standing. The endorsement is Gov. Colquitt’s from the Eag e by his authority ? Now. what is the truth. It is this : What I read at Gainesville was no petition, but an official brief of on file, for the Athens office. The brief was thin jaws, but mighty strong, long legs, with a heap of spring in ’um, and a sort of an eye like he might eat you if he got hungry.” “What do you think of Secretary of State, Mr. Toombs V 1 continued the person. “Ugh ! Mars Bob is a big dog.— He’s a heavy dog, he is. When he takes holt, the seat of your breeches is I an( j Hall, to see Her Oracle, her Delphie.sbrino, llcr Mecca of the mind, because lie saved her life, when under the false charge of poisoning a family. We have seen men of both colors that lie has saved from execution, and one you if you hit him ! There is an old story of a cavalry horse that was thou Jit too old for the troop, and was put in pasture to die of j age. A year, or years afier, the regi ment c me and camped near. In the morning the long note of the bugle, “like a meteor in tune.” went thrilling along the hills, and the old horse heard it. He broke the hedge and galloped to the line, and riderless and dying, took his place in the ranks of s rvioe. We, too, are o'd and turned out to pasture. Put well we know the bugle note That bids the squadron close. We went to hear but Stephens to find him ’-'got to come out, sure ! He’s a hand some dog, too, is Mars Bob, and it he loves one ’ommip, it aint because thar ain’t pojfiibww-loan get. He’s a fine dog, and gib me a dollar like I w.is somebody, a-d gjye?ro$ i V l diam, too.” The interlocutor* more ques tion: “What fh> you think ofVice- Presicf&it Steuben s'?” Tho old man had not taken greatly to the small Midi, and bad not yet tasted of his generosity. So he answered sol emnly : “He ain’i no dag at all ” We agree with the old African, al though some of the Georgia press are treating him as if he was the meinestdog that ever “.bayed the moon.” Between the late second officer of the Confede rate States and the oldest and most hon ored of American Congressmen and a j Confederate general^ it was expected that the rqpe would be only an ex change of oour'fr-ieift 1 It was to b? ex pected that petty politicians, and even small scribblers, would recognize the fact that they were in good company, and not spit on the carpet, swear, nor indulge in grogshop talk. He is a rough fellow who won’t clean his shoes and take off his hat when he comes into a lady’s parlor, a> d if the sturdy man hood and full flush of middle age in General Gartrell, do not inspiro deli cacy and respect, the thin Bairs, the wrinkles of s> venty years, the hurt limbs and the delicate health • f Mr. Stephens should be ft It. Much of the tensation of being with a refined, elder ly lady, has alwa'O belon.ed to associ ation with this old man, with soul in eternal youth, and to his beardless face. Ho is too old, too great and too Chris tian to now demand the stern alierna- tive of retractiod or the pistol ai of old, and it is not manly to offer abuse that will not be resented, and where the one wha gives it, $ too obscure to punish. We are Liberals and • it seems we were mistaken in supposing that Mr Stephens was, or wanted to be. in our boat. Our wish may have fathered the thought. But it will take only one more abusive sheet, to elect him, and a few weeks more of personal a'tuck will rally to him -every old soldier, every <n|td Democrat, and every old personal fiieud in the land. With the b at heart in the world to abuse him our- Helvcs for not “toting our skillet,” we have our objections to seeing the whole paok of w rd mongers—Tray, Blanche to of them a white member of the Georgia 1 an( ^ ^id, but nou to see Legislature. We remember him in abused. Liberal and National as we 1859, when he retired from Congress, ! are > ar| d utterly hope ess of old Democ- was soa-cely able to stand and hid rac y if our oldest and best man is to be farewell to his constituents on the plat- a public dog, the dog of curs, we will form at City Hall. But how, at the go with him if he leads straight toper- farewell banquet at the Waynesboro ; Gition depot, there was a transformation scene. His brain has always been to him like Ponce de Leon’s fabled fountain of im mortal youth, and to plunge into its vital bath was to emerge a young god Some patriotic toast called him up. The dishes were pushed back and he 1-ION. EMORY’ SPICKR,. HE MEETS AN ISSUE WITH GOV. COLQUITT Post-Appeal. Atlanta, Sept. 8, 1882. To the Public: I have endured, as long as I pur- in my possession, in proper handwriting. It is as lows : STATE OF GEORGIA, ) Executive Department, n A lanta, Ga., April 4th, 1881. ) Mr. Wm. A. Pledger, a colored citi zen of Gergia, is well known to me. I. am acquainted with him as a private citizen, and I know him also in the more public character of an editor, and one holding high rank as a representa tive of his party in the State. In every relation which he has sustained to so ciety, so far as I know he has conduct ed himself wi ll a most commendable re gard for the duties of a good ci izen. I regard Mr. Pledger as one of unusual intelligence ami culture for one of his race, his opportunities having been good and well improved. Signed : Alfred H. Colqu'tt. On the back of which is endorsed “No. 55. G >v. A. H Colquitt en dorses the character and general standing.” If this is not an endorsement of Pledger, what is it ? The Administration knew him to hold the highest position in the Re publican party in Georgia. If the organized Governor of the State could indorse him otherwise, he is at once most formidable as a candidate. With this paper before them can the people be satisfied that Gov.XJolquitt has not, as stated in his Gainesville organ by his authority, “ever” en dorsed or recommended W. A. Pledger in any manner, shape or form f<>r any office whatever.” If this is justifiable in the organiz ed Governor, why should I, an In dependent Democrat, be hounded as if I were a felon ? All of which it is well that the people consider. Respectfully, Emory Speer. Cochran Banner r Messrs. W. G. Clark, of Colev’s Station, and John Anderson, of HawkinsviUe, passed a portion of the day Sunday last, by charitably furnishing ten of the coun ty convicts on Mr. Walker Jordan’s plantation with a free dinner. It was done through a wager between these two gentlemen that the ten immortal gods, uo;r populi, vox del \ His Excellency^ Gov. Colquitt, ex- 25 P° u, ’ d ‘ lf « ‘ ur > ... ,. ., . . , the .-ame quantity <>i meal, 2 gallons \\ e saw him often amid intervals of plains itself. bloody battles, and knew him iruc to j Kimb\LL II USP, ] the South always, if not always think-1 Atlanta, r-epfc. th, 1882. ] ing her lealers wise. We saw him de- Gou. AlfredII. Cuhjnitt; ! Dear Sir : I find the following i,,and the right of hatm corpus at h j„ th , ( iaiM , vii i e Kag l“ the time that the imperiled land made n , W8 p U|H . r 0 f yesterday: “We are very little of personal liberty. We saw' authoiized to -tate on the au’hority of hitn on his way to pris m, calm and Gov. Colqui t, himself, tint Mr Speer’s ! of Cave Spring, Gh., brought into «»ur sen no and still in his integrity. \y e 1 statement that he ever ndoisod or ro- office yesterday a perfect natural ... , ,.. . . ‘ *, , commended W A. Pledger in unv man- pitcher, which he had found in Texas were with him at the Slate oupitol when „„ . ... /• „ ..." «• r. I K .. ’ f I ner, shape or term tor any ornee or ap-1 a tew months ago growing as an ex on the bir.hday of V\ ashiugton he began , pointment is unqualifiedly f lse.” \\ ill 1 cres°nce on a red elm tree. Its pro to relif’t from the dust tho three fallen (you kindly inform me if this statement; portions are accurate, and it is about pillars of his State, “Wisdom, Justice j * n trut ^ made by your authority L twelve inches high, and nix inches in CARRIAGES, BUGGIES A Repaired at Short Notice aud in the Best SB : 0 HE undersigned begs leave to inlorm the public that he is prepared to do black- smithing in all its branches, at his shop, opposite Mr. S. A. Gray’s Stables, and asks a share of the public patronage. He makes Horse Shoing a Specialty, and does his work promptly and well. He has secured the services of a competent carriage maker and Wheelright, and is prepared to make your broken or worn Carriages’ Buggies alid Wag ons as good as new. Prices to suit the times. Give him a trial. apr i4t-o-o T. O, BYRNS. ft i fug*'.* z ^ " S " a, in S CO £ t 8S55’?' H 2 it. 3/ 2 g?. if* p s»* 3 v oo . 1 • ■ ^ 77ctq y* ® ^ Sf S’ ^ = H i-iv 3 A r ft III D y 'u ^ it j —o -• S'/-, 6 o Jj * r: C-- r/5 * w c ^ > cr. 5 3 » 5 f o- rLft-SS<’-35-2 rr =- " r 15-25! w s lif ed to the head of the table, over | po«e to do, the crusade against me the five thousand in and about the de-! because of the appointment of a col- pot. It was then no studied speech. 1 ored man, Madison Davis, to the No reporter could have kept his wits | Athens Post Office. It when I saw and pat it dowu. The wrinkles were! that the appointment of a Republican gone. The feeble form stood like a' to that office was* intended by the steel sprint. The gl rious eyes shone | Republitfhn Administr tion, I gave like twin stars. The very motion of my support to a true man who was my friend, it is also true that certain ihe hands seemed to bear to us the winged words. The service-worn man was gone, and it seemed the shape of a organized leaders had given such en dorsemen s to Pledger, Chairman of youth of eighteen, with the braiu of a i the Republican party, that, in spite. sage, that stood theie, as he closed amid a breathless hush, the most magnificent climax of oratory ever heard from hu man lips. It was his grand metaphor, drawn from the vision of Ezekiel, of a Federal Government of complex, yet related parts, of the motion of, “as it were, a wheel wi hin a wheel,” diverse in detail, yet uniform in progression, and the proclamation that when the in tegrity of the State and the perpetua tion of the Union thus moved harmoni- H J® a m ^ ft ^ ? a m G 3 - 3 2k. .-n'* fra S'* ■ ■ r 2 - > * HS Oft ■§'« i 5-7 S-W ? r M It £ o g-s ^ I of the protects of the press and peo ple of Athene, his appointment was so imminent that he could only be defeated by one who stands as fairly ill tiie confidence of the Administra tion as Madison Davis. If the High Priests and Levites of the organiz'd party endorse negroes, is it not hypocritical for them to assail me because I defeat their col ored candidate, who was my enemy, and defeat them and him with a col- -j ”• ; 3 w c. ^ H ■2 2. is.CC -11 «E B9 5' ^ PROF. UAKMI8' [RADIO ALCURE > NERVOUS DEBILITYi ORGANIC WEAKNESS. —in- TOVW&, MIDDLC* AGED. MEN., 4, }• rj>* . ouslv together, that indeed the voice j ored man who is my friend 1 of the people became the voice of the J The following correspondence with of syrup, and 5 pounds of bacon. The negroes failed to accomplish the feat, but were blessed with a square meal, a'l the same, while Mes-o-j,. Anderson and Cl rk wero satisfied with their *mounc of fun. Rome Tribunei Mr. D. W. Ford; and Moderation.” We have he n at. Liberty Ha l wlien he was scarcely able to give corn bread and b >con to his guest, and have been there wh n he had enough, and gave of it like a prince. Wo have staid there foi inonths at no cost. We have had his confidence and are ashamed to say have not always do served it. But with the name of Ste phens is interwoven the best^nd bright est hititory of Georgia and of America Itt spec:fully yours, Emory Sp | diameter, i» hollow, and has a p**r er, j tect handle and spout. L is a curi- j osity and an ornament, Mr. Ford ‘ | having had it nicely varnished. STATE OF GEORGIA, i ttXEUliTlVK GKI'AIITMKNI, [■ Atlanta. Ga., Sept. 8, 18S2. ) j Elder Z. T. Sweeney, pastor of the lion. Emory Speer: . Christian church at Augusta, has ac- I)ear Sir; In response to yourjeopted a call from the Christian enquiry, I have this to say: It was (church at Columbus, Indiana. report*#! to me that, in a speeuh at ■ — - Gainesville, you held up a petition for! Four Amerious sportsmen on Wed- the appointment of W. A. Pledger as ne*day killed over fifty pounds of postmaster at Athens, and that you de- squirrels while hunting on Ltae creek, clared th it I had signed the petition twelve miles from Atnoricus, I neat boxti, J I of three Nice# | No. 1, (euo«gh to XV* mJ* I lost o month,) $3 \ H | Nat t, (suffioieut to oflfoct ^ 11; permanent cure, unless iu X. I acrvtre cases,) fS; No. 3, (laatlnr^N^^ lover three month.*, will restore tnoseX^G^ [i« the worst condition,) ®7. Sent byNjJV j mull, iu pluiu wrappers. 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