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THE ALBANY NEWS
Some Inquiries lor
Tlir New X <»rk II.
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Call il parly la-*h**»r wlint you
w!ll. smile |H.nrr i« -tini j-hlcning
in .tin's political licicsbiuil-; mm.I we
fclmlI lit-m- very li'llc m.iir mi tin- In-
ilrpcmlciil Hue.
The Stale officers In I lecti-il by
the |.n.|.lr of Georgia next full are,
llir liiiiriiinr, Secretary nf State
Treasurer. I'»>in|.II..!I.-I -Iaeneral, :m«K
Attorney -General.
at the
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TliC lt:illiinni|. Sim. nlilii'.l
amtminl industries of I In*
|irnlirl'tlull in a few years a
current of immigration .will set in
toward (In' Snlllll from tin* more
populous territory of tlie Xorlli.
There are seventy-four thonsaml
fimr huiiilreil amt tliirly-nne Federal
ottlrcs, with salaries amounting to
thirty-nne million two liiiinlreil ami
•eveu dollar, ami twenty-si* cents.—
Ami the people still are hleil. still
are bleeding.
Itnh Ingcrsoll is for Grant. Ilesays
this is “going to In* a snhlier year,
ami tirant tills the |M>|inlar eyre." To
whieh the August* t’hrnnii le ailils :
‘’Then let the Democrats make it a
civilian year, ami put Judge Field
against 'the sashe.l ami girded
Sphinx.*"
Mr. Ilayes has noniinateil Mr. II.
I\ tiatehell as I'm-us Supervisor of
the First Georgia ilistriet in place ot
Siliinions, rejected. tialeliell is an
Atlanta Ui'pnl'lii-an. Nothing !>•*-
yon.I that objectionable to him is
known here. lie will probably he
rontirineil. lie is nmlcr*tnnil t.i he
the choice of Fellon ami Stephens.
The I'hristian Imlex aminnnces
that e\-tiovernor Joseph K. Itrovvn
has presente.I to the Southern Itapti
Theological Seminary at I SHI isville.
hr., tilly Ihousaml .1..liars for the
emlow inent of a professorship. The
whole amount ot this has been paitl,
ami is now in the hands of Rev. James
P. Boyce, D. !>., chairman of the fac
ulty.
We are glut! to note a weakening
of the opposition to the organized de
mocracy in thi- section. That's right
Pull back to the shore, and remain
with us, at least till we get through
with the interesting game of 1380.—
The power w hich has produced this
change in sentiment is perhaps as
well known to the reader as it h
us. Isn't it strange ?
The province of Cerea, in Brazil, is
•uffering from a famine worse than
that in Ireland. Out of a population
of 900,000 it is said that 500,000 have
died of disease and starvation. The
cause of this famine is a drouth which
began in the summer of 1376, and has
lasted for thirty months, changing a
once fertile country to a blackened
desert. An appeal has been made to
the United States for help.
The Darien Gazette puts the Xews
on its list of papers in favor of hav
ing ‘tie Governor pardon Sam Hill
The <*azette is a little too fast. The
News has not expressed itself on this
matter; but we are inclined to the
Opinion that the case is one whieh
merits careful consideration before
the sentence is carried into execution
It is a delicate question.
The other day General P. M. B.
Young went to Washington, and »e
cured aeveial guns for the Rome Ar
tillery from the Ordnance Depart
inent, and shipment of the same was
ordered at once l.y the government
Mr. Felton didn't like it, so he went
to the Chief Ordnance Officer and
raised such a row that he succeeded
in having withheld the guns for the
Koine Artillery from shipment to
Governor Colquitt. He said that he
had a bill transferring these guns of
the Artillery- ready for passage, and
he regarded the action tl.at secured
the order for shipment, without the
bill, as an intrigue of bis opponents
to injure him with bis constituents
He lias been greatly exercised ovi:
the matter, ami rushed around pro
miscuotisly to nullify what bad I
accomplished by General Young,
was spile work.
Kearney, the sand lot agitator and
roinmuuist, who come to the E;
last summer to win over to his ill-
perate plana the working men in the
old hay State, has at last been brought
to know and feel that there is law as
well as liberty ill this fair laud of
ours. Judge Rix, of California, sen
fenced him after conviction by the
police court for the use of oln
ami threatening language in refer
ence to Mr. Glaus Spin kies, rot
detuning him to six months* inipri
oniiient in the House of Gorrection
and to pay a line of $1,000, which is
the full penally provided by law. I
passing the sentence the Judge saiil
it was not his duty to punish the
prisoner for similar ofb-nres in the
past, but lo coiilim- him-elf stictly to
a consideration of the present 'as.
He would pass judgment. without
prejudice, feeling or vindielivene*
but the sentence imposed would i
di# ale Ids estimate of the gravity .
the offence, lie then passed semen
as before stated Kearney received
hi* sentence in silence, Init his fea
lure* expressed the ill inn-1 siirpriv
and indignation. lie had prerion
ly slated that he expected to get off
with a tine of 120 or thereabouts.
After leaving flu- court room
freely expres-. d his anger and cl
grin, denouncing the penally as out
rageom. and claiming llial lie wool
beat it. Ili- inmi-cl then tiled ai
appeal to the superior court, furnish
jng bonds in the sum of fXfXXfc
There is an air of insincerity in
th>* olijt-i-lions urged liy the paper--
o are arraying themselves against
ganixalion." Their reasons enn-
ist in stereotyped deuiineialinns of
irrupt rings,** “cliques." “abuses,"
parly lash,’’ etc., hut w ith a unity
and vagueness that is untulde, they
:it of such evils purely in the nb-
irt, and do not. specify- their
charges liy giving particular hi
ts of tin* "abuses" they i-om-
pkiiu of.
Now. we belong to the organized,
and have for years approved ol* it-
methods, labored for its successes, and
rejoiced in its victories over the ra
bid Radicalism that so long on r-
sh ..low ed Georgia with it- infamous
rule. H c la-long to no ••rings," nor
nines,** nor have we been a parly
any "abuses." nor the smarting
i.-liui ol any "party lash." Nor are
ware of I he existence in llie or
ganized Democratic party of these
much vaunted, and —if the afnremen-
■d papers are to he lirlii-ve.I-
norinous evils.
In a spirit of honest inquiry, there
fore, we ask these papers to specify
and prove llieir charges. We u»k
who ••.institute the "rings" and ••cli
ques?" What is their object ? When
ami where did they originate? In
what instance have they ever con
trolled the political affairs ol’ the
Stale, silencing the voice ami over
riding the will of the people? What
are the abuses ol* which so much com
plaint is made? Ilow many oftlicm,
and what their character, and what
tinrm has resulted to the people, or
likely to result, from them? And
the "parly lashwhose is the mighty
hand that wields it with the fierce
and terrify ing force these papers
aid make believe? Wlm are the
tortured and lacerated slavelings il.at
have fell the power of its cruel sting?
Who the cowed and dispirited herds
■riven before its cutting thongs?
We n-k in all sincerity. Il is easy to
charge abuses upon any system,
whether political, religious or social.
But let the charges he substantiated.
These vague, indefinite, and often ill-
natured accusations prove in.thing.
Analyzed, they are hut the shallow
pretexts which personal ill-w ill nr
disappointed hope seeks to offer as an
.-use for its selfish and unpatriotic
ili-affeelion toward the only party to
which Georgia may look, for many
ars to come, at least, for salvation
from the reckless and ruinous rule ol*
Radicalism. Therefore if the 1 ti-
lepeudeiits, ami those in sympathy
w ith them, he honest in their objec
tions to the methods of the organized
let them be out-spoken in their dis
closures. We do not believe that
these hideous and destroying evils
exist in the Democratic parly. If al
all. certainly not to the extent the
disaffected would have it appear ; and
if they do exist, we are sure the mnss-
ol* the party are in ignorance of
the fact, and we pledge them, when
ever the abuses are made plainly to
appear, to use our feeble efforts to
purge them from the ranks and keep
the grand old party united, strong
and pure.
OUR ATLANTA LETTER.
M tTTKRS tililKKN ITINUAL—COM ItKSSlMS-
1L--MTKAMliK—K.MUtO.Ut— 4M>
ALMOST A HUE.
Atlanta, lit., March 23. 1880.
ili toys Albany .X etrx :
There has been a lull in the slorm
ol*affairs appertaining to the Gulier-
niitorinl race. i.« the Independents
have not an available man that they
ran spare from present places, whieh
they hold by chance. There is no
ilouhl that the 7lh District Is going
lo rim a man independent for Gov-
riiar, ami that man is going to be
determined upon very soon, nnd will
he one of three—Fellon, Wollord or
Wright. If they have to go outside
the Seventh, il is thought that they
will try lo gel Dr. Miller, who would
make flu- most formidable man in
the field : hul parlies who know the
Itoctor well, say that he rnnnot he
in.Ineeil to run, that he is not an In-
lcpendent, and will net with our pnr-
ly and support the nominee. Wo
look upon this talk of an Independ
ent running in the next race for Gov
ernor against the Democratic noiui-
nee just as we looked upon old man
iloiiHthun Xorcross Tunning against
Governor Colquitt, and ’twill he jnst
about the same kind of a race.
If is now well understood flint
Judge Underwood will be a candi
date for nomination for Governor in
the convention. I hear nlso of a
warm support of the many friends of
Muj. A. O. Bacon going into the con
vention, while aouic of. his warmest
and truest friends think he will in
jure or weaken his chances hcrealtcr.
One of his tried friends am! associates
in the last two sessions of the legisla
ture said to your correspondent the
other day : “I would go barc-hcadcd
and hare-fooled all over the State to
stump it for Gus Bacon, hut I tell
you Governor ('nlquitt is going to be
iioiniualod,” and lie is a man who
understands these affairs—a red-hot
organized Deuioerat from the Sev
enth District, and lie used this argu
ment to me: "Gov. Colquitt has re
duced the taxes of the State on the
general I’ednclioti, which amounts to
$280,000. lie has hail paid into the
Slate Treasury different ninnun's al
ilill'erent times, several large amounts,
ill ull about $360,000. He is pushing
some other large lax claims against
the railroads in the Stnte that will
aggregate some $460,000 more. When
you put these amounts together, they
make a big bundle of arguments lo
More Trouble with the 31 & B.
Road
An Atlanta correspondent of the
Augusta Erening Xews gives that
paper some information which may
or may not he true. He says that
the Macon and Brunswick Railroad
• going to Mir up trouble again. To
morrow, or by Tuesday, Col. E.
Paine’s company xvill file a hill
the United Slates Court against the
present company. I do not know for
i-ertain. blit I have tin inkling that—
in fact, there is nothing in the world
to hinder Hie Central Railroad from
now purchasing the Macon und
Brunswick Railroad from the pres-
•ni company. The bond that was
given by them for the lease contain
ed in the last clan ‘to he void,’
when purchased. So, the very min
ute they paid the first instalment of
the purchase money ($250,000) the
bond became void. Now, if they do
not build the extension, how will the
Stale proceed against them? They
can sell to the Central, and the Cen
tral can try to get the next Lcgiala-
ure lo abrogate the clause requiring
them to build the extension.”
The Grand Banquet.
fine of the largest banquets this
country ever saw look place at Music
Hull, Cincinnati, last Thursday even
ing, in honor of the completion of the
.'Oiithcrn Railroad. The contractors
for the banquet, who got $15,000 for
(lie feed, advertised for four hundred
wailera for the occasion. To give an
idea of the magnitude ol the spread,
the Cinciiinnli Enquirer furnishes the
following figures: There were 9,1X10
pieces of glassware used, 9,00Odiuiu-r
nnd desert plates, 2,000 soup plnli-Sf
2.000 l.-e cream plates, 3-1 salad howls,
3*10 compels for table ornaments and
4,000 knives, forks and spoons. The
amount of solids and liquids that
were devoured upon this occasion is
simply enormous. For instance,
there is tin- iicni of 10,800 oysters on
the half shell, lo say nothing of I In-
beef and other lucals. To wash this
down il required 3,520 boll leu, of
wine--three enskn of sherry, sixty
ease, of .Santi-rne, seventy-live cases
of M. Julian ami one hundred and
twenty-five cases of champagne.
Il will hi- remciuhered that several
years ago the aged and wealthy Sen
ator I hri-lian. v married a poorl.nl
hi-auftiul Tren-iiry girl. The Sena
tor i. at present Minister lo |Vrn
but hi. lovely wife has relumed to
Wa-hingfou, where s.-audal i- l.n-v
with hei name • It is said the Sena
tor will -in- f»r a divorce Mis.
Chi i-liuncy, on the other hand,claims
that her husband lia-* gros-Jv abused
her, and promises to make some lire
ly disclosures of political wire-pull
ing and jobs.
go before the people. No man who
knows the sentiment of the people
will dare risk his poliiieal life against
an adversary with such defence
thrown around him.”
The Congressional raee in this (the
5lh) district promises to be a hot one.
I see from some articles in papers in
tlie lower end of the district, or near
the center (Monroe Advertiser and
Griffin Xews) some rather pert and
impertinent propositions as to iiow
and who they propose to send to Con
gress from this district.
We just want to put the gentlemen
on notice that Fulton county is nol
going into any cut and dried con
vention, but propose to bare a con
vention, and one of the people, not of
any ring or any set of men, for the
advancement of any individual man
but for the good of the democratie
party. And while that end of the
district is raising the question of sec
tional rotation, I will just give them
a piece of history. Since the war
that section has had tlie ropre.senta-
tivc in Congress, such as lie was, tin
til DeKalh furnished Candler for a
w hile. Now Fiiiton county mines in
and has a representative for
years, and -lie has a voting popula
tion of nearly one fourth of the dis
trict.
There arc many rumors from the
7ih district. It is currently reported
Hull Author Gray will he nomiiintrd
and put forward to meet Felton. If
he does, he will hold the i’arson a
lively time, and allow up all his Sim
mons and iron business to tlie 7th.-
And it is strongly believed that lie is
the coming man to walk over tlie big
Independent parson.
Samuel If. Hoyle, Tax Collector of
this county, absented himself some
two weeks or more from this State,
and when it was discovered by ex
amining Hie hook it was found hia
aerounta were in the neighborhood
of $99,000 short. Bill as the commit
tee arc at work on the hooks, ilia im
possible In aseertain at present what
he is short. Sonic sav it will lie $50,-
0*10; while others say his eredils will
redIire il lo $20.000. Be this as it
may. Hoy le has done a great wrong.
The authorities have sent to Califor
nia for him, and he will he brought
ha.-k in ./milnee vile. He has uiunv
sympathizing friends here who re
gret the mutter all they can. I, for
one,do sympathize with him deeply,
from the fuel that he was a brave and
noble soldier that fought for his
country when merely a hoy, nnd
when Radical rule mid hiildozing
run high, anil men were intimidated
al the polls from voting by marshals
ami bayonets, Sam Hoyle wns always
found nl his post of duly. This fart,
however, cannot relieve him of hia
troubles.
The Railroad Couiuiissioiiei-s have
made llieir rales, and some of the
roads think il will bankrupt llictn in
one year; lmt Hiauka lo the I’omuiis-
sionei-s for the rale, and we know
they will have to have good reasons
lor changing, and everybody who
knows the iiii-ii on Hie commission,
knows that they lire going in ,|i, ||„.
heM they ran for both tin- railroads
and lhe people.
There was an aeeidenlal lire in Hie
Treasury vault the other night, lull
fortunately no damage was done.—
The fire was another often repented
ease of matches being left where rats
* Id gel al them. There is a law in
the Stale of Tennessee against the
l*ai tor mat.-in*-, and you see nothing
hul tin- old fashion sulphur mat. I. in
Use. I think it a good law. T.
State Xews unil Comment
Mr. -E. A. Sotillai-d, ofSavaminh. is
dead.
Mrs. Geo. I*. Fletcher, id* Titlon,
died Iasi week.
Talhollon is working hard for a
i-ailruad In Genera.
Brunswick is agitating Ihc question
of h rail road to Darien.
Iloyte. lax collector of Fulton coun
ty, owes the Slate $28,900
Macon is pretty sure of a new ope
ra house. It will lie a very line one.
An interesting revival is in pro
gress in Trinity M. E. church in Sa
yaiinah.
The State cleclinns in Georgia this
year lake place on the 6lh of next
t h-lohcr.
Mr. IV. E. Collier and Miss Lillie
Byinglon.of Fori Valley, were mar
ried Iasi week.
lion. James II. Blount has intro
duced n hill in Congress making Ma
con a port of entry.
Another railroad wanted ; this time
it Is to run between Gainesville and
Monroe, Walton county.
Mr. Hinton A. Helper, a well-
known journalist, lias become (lie as
sociate editor of Hie Brunswick Ap
peal.
Mr. Alton Angler, of Atlanta, is
the chief clerk of the passenger de
part incut of (lie Cincinnati Southern
railroad.
Major Haynes, In eliargc of the
Flint river improvement, informs the
Bninbridgc Democrat that lie will
now clean out Hell's Gate.
High water continues in the north
ern portion of the Stnte. ltivcrs
overflowed, dams broken, ami other
damages arc reported.
Bowden College lias 117 students—
49 of these being boarders. Under
the presidency of Col. Beck, this old
institution of learning is renewing its
youth.
Rev. T. DeWitl Tnlmagc will lec
ture in Marou on Friday, 2d prox.,
for the benefit of the Ladies’ Memo
rial Association. Ills subject will be
‘Big Blunders.”
The Berrien Comity Xews reports
farming operations in that section
ns progressing finely. Early oats arc
seriously damaged liy Hie rust, but
late oals promise well.
An old negro woman in Savannah
lias gone crazy, because her employ
er, whom she nursed llu-nugli tlie
yellow lever and lo wlioui she was
fondly ntlaclied, speaks of gelling
another servant in her place.
Hawkinsville lias bad another fear
ful fire, ilcslloving nine stores on Hu:
corner of Jackson and ('oiiiillei i-esls.,
and eniisiiig a loss of $25,000, about
half of wliii Ii was covered by insu
rance.
Tin- Berrien County Xews will go
halves with iis. Its last issue says
“If we were a betting man, we would
plank down a heavy wager that there
is a bright future lying in wait for
Albany.”
Ex-Governor Smith ami lady are
expected to visit Berrien county soon
to spend a month at Bank’s mineral
spring. It is not generally known
that Berrien has one of the finest
resorts for licallh in America.
The Brunswick Advertiser leaves
us in doubt at its true meaning in
beadiiig recent articles clipped from
the Albany papers “inconsistent.”—
Will the Adrcrtiser point out the in
consistencies in our article?
It is reported Bishop Pierce is im
proving in health under Hie treatment
of l)r. Ciilliniin, of Atlanta, who says
that, by nursing and rest, the Bishop
cun he entirely relieved nf the throat
affection which lias so seriously troll
bled him.
On Hie 17lli in Rome all business
from Ooslauaiila slreet to tlie depot
was closed. The telegraph company
delivered their messages in boats,
anil the post office its letters on horse
back. All trains were abandoned.
Business was resumed next day.
The work of removing the remains
of the Confederate dead from zVu-
dcruonvillc to Americas began on
last Monday. The work is in the
hands of the Ladies Memorial Asso
ciation, and the Southwestern Rail
road granted free transportation to
the Association and the hands neces
sary, nnd also (o the remains.
The Bninbridgc Democrat is of the
opinion that if Gen. IV. T. Wofford
eotnes out ns an independent candi
date for Governor he will lie so had
ly beaten, diinifomidcd, demoralized
and scattered, that it will take his
friends until the next centennial to
pick up tlie pieces, ilc is a nice man
and we would hate to see him sit
down uyon a keg of political dyna
mite.
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Simmons Defeated.
In the I*. S, Senate, on the 19lh,
Senator Hill roiieliideil his argument
In favor of the eonfirinntioii of tlie
nomination of T. J. Simmons ns cen
sus supervisor for the first Georgia
district. After ft review of tlie docu
mentary evidence, lie claimed that
Simmons wns shown to he a good
mnn ; Hint lie belonged to one ol the
most respectable families iu Georgia
and wns recommended by good peo
ple; that although his orthography
was by no means faultless, lie was
quite competent to supervise the tak-
of census; ami that charges of
slander, etc., were not of sufficient
gravity to warrant hia rejection.—
Senator Gordon closed the debate
with a brief lmt earnest speech
against Simmons’ confirmation. He
said lie was willing to rest Hie case
solely upon tlie proof of Mr. Sim
mons’ incompctciiry and unfitness,
which were contained in Simmons’
own letters. He laid especial stress
upon the (act that Simmons, iu ids
own autograph letter of application
to the l’residcnt for his appointment,
-stated that he (Simmons) wanted il
because it would give him victory-
fiver Hie “corrupt secession traitors,”
and General Gordon confidently ap
pealed to Senators of both political
parties to decide whether or not any
man who based his application for
office on such unworthy grounds
should be appointed.
Tlie vote was then takcu ou the
question of confirmation: Yeas 10,
tin vs 29.
It is stated that the tariff adopted
by the railroad commissioners will
make large reductions iu the freight
receipts of the Georgia anil Central
raHroads, in Hie former, one hundred
thousand dollars, and iu the lattcr
over three hundred lliousniiil dollars
reduction in local business. In order
to make up the deficiency, it is said
Hie railroads will advance rales on
through business.
Quitman Reporter: “There was a
gentli'inaii here a few days ago from
Boston, who made particular inquiry
for crude sugar. He would have
bought a hundred thousand pounds
or more if il could have been had.
He advises Hull our planters ronvei
in fuluri*, all nf their surplus iulns
gal'instead of syrup. lie said Ilia
arrangements can lie made with III
refiners of Boston for every pound
that inn he raised al fair prices, ili
livercil al (lie depots here,or throng
our nierehanls. It makes no iliffer
euro how crude the Hiigur is, so il is
sugar. The truth of the matter is,
the refined sugars are all mnih- from
llie i-riulo or unsalable sugars. IVe
do not wish lo he unilei-stiinil ns con
veying the idea that the poor sugar
i-au he sold for as much -is Hu- best
grades. We mean lo say that all
grades w ill find a ready -ale al llieir
market value, and at prices that w ill
pay llie fanners generally better than
syrup.”
Tainmniiy Determined.
The Xcw York Tribune publishes
interviews with a number of Tamma
ny leaders in regard to the attempted
reunion ol’the rival Democratic fac
tious in that Slate. Mr. John Kelly
said : “Under no circumstances will
Tammany Hall consent to support
Mr. Tildcn as the nominee for llie
Presidency. And Tammany Hall
has the sympathy and support of
many Democrats throughout the
Slate in its opposition to Mr. Tilden
Tammany Hall will send a delega
tion to Cincinnati opposed to Mr.
Tilden." General Spinola said : “The
feeling against Mr. Tilden is very
bitter throughout the State, anil if he
is nominated at Cincinnati the rival
Democratic candidate will receive a
greater vote Ilian Mr. Kelly when he
ran against Governor Robinson.—
Shoo l.i, however, some other candi
date than Mr. Tilden receive the
nomination there is no power that
can prevent a onion of all the Demo
cratic elements on the nominee.’’ E.
D. Gale, Col. John H. Mooney, and
other Tammany leaders endorsed
these sentiments.
Gov. Colquitt at Cincinnati.
s nr.sroNsF. to tiie hum, “the
sot Til ATLANTIC STATES."
I confess to von, my friends, that I
am at a loss how to respond to the
aentinieiit which has been uttered,
and how to respond to Hie welcome
which has been given us ol the South
Atlantic .States. It is hni-dly to lie
expected that after such an occasion
I should attempt lo speak of the re
sources, the climate, the productions,
the mountains Hie streams', the best
of products—the men nnd the women
of the South Atlantic States. But it
■nay be that in speaking for them,
too, I should say to these people of
the State of Ohio, and of these Stales
that are contiguous to it, that the
multitude of men that arc here from
those South Atlantic Stales give lie-
very highest testimony of llieir ap
preciation of the Stupendous work
which Cincinnati lias contemplated
ami achieved. [Applpiise.j Grand
ami bcnificent to you as are the ad
vantages which ai-c to Ilow in a ma
terial sense from this great work,
llicy are hut insignificant compared
with the grand moral results that are
to be gained in bringing these mice
estranged brethren together. |Great
Applause )
It may lie a noble boast upon the
part of this enterprising oily to sav
Unit she has ut-romplishcd an rnlui--
prisc whieh will cheek monopoly. It
may he a great boast to sav that she
lias accomplished an enterprise whieh
will give fairly advantages to honest
enterprise. It may be a great boast
upon the part of this great city to say
she has ai-conipli-hcd results which
will retiii-ii in ten-fohl, and duple ulc
year after year to organized capital,
which has been invested in this en
terprise. But the grandest, most glo
rious, most triumphant boast that
Cincinnati can make is that in the
exercise of audacious courage she
lias untcrlakeii what lias lain dor
mant for fifty years in the minds nl
the people of Hie West and Hu-South.
[Renewed applause.| It is not well
—I know that the ladies and tin: men
who have families will accord to this
scntimt-lil llieir licnrly appndnlion
il is not well for iiii-ii to lie alone iu
any sense. 1 I^mi«;hl<‘r-1
Isolation is a great evil per -s-e. For
men to love one another, we must s..<-
with our eyes, we must hear witli
our cars, we must understand with
our hearts. Anil Cincinnati lias
opened up a highway by which yon
and we of the South Atlantic Slates
and those States further north tlian
Ohio may he brought f-.ce to face
and learn what there is good in each
other. [Great applause.]
Let human nature alone. Let ihc
noble instincts whieh belong In ii- as
men have llieir natural results, and
in spite of blind prejudice anil bigot
ry*, the men who have, common hon
esty, common sympathy and common
love, will come together. [Applaii-e.]
The speaker believed a- the people
of the North knew Georgia belter,
tliev would love her more and more.
The Two-Thirds Utile.
As the unwritten law forms the
English Constitution, so precedent in
ll>i- country rules with the tyranny
ol'ilie statute and every departure
is regarded as an innovation.
At no time in the history
of the Democratic party lias
the method of 1‘i-esiilcntial nomina
tion boon more important than at
present, and upon it, we feel assured,
depends the harmony and success of
the party. It is well, therefore, to ex
amine into the record of the past up
on tin- subject and see how far we
arc justified in the conclusion that
the two-thirds rule has become the
si-nled policy of the party and from
which it has only occasionally and
unfortunately departed. National
I) mioci-ntic Conventions, we learn
from statistics prepared for Hie Xew
Orleans Democrat and which wc re
gard ns reliable, have been held com
mencing with tlie year 1832, as fol
io w
Itnh.
, IK32
/Vnce.
.......Haiti inure
IVe Reetirtd
^.Two-thirds
May, 1
Hall i more
Two-thirds
M»v 1*|(»
May *27, is««....
May ’ll, HUH....
.luite 1, 18.V2
Haiti more............
Baltimore
B.illiniore....._..
Baltimore.....
—. Two-thirds
... Two-thirds
... Two-thirds
... Two-thirds
June 1, IH*'»i; ....
Citicinnili
....Mainrlf.tr
April 21,
..“.J -harleaton No nom’tn
July 1,
July y. Ih72......
Di*i u more..
New $Wk CUy..
.^Majority
... Msjority
.—Majority
...Two-thirds
..Two-thirds
June27, lb7.;„..
St. Louis.............
Strike by Negroes.
Says the ('oliimhtis Enquirer: Tlie
first on record iu this ronntry- lias
lieeii aiir.oiiuced. It is on the order
of tin* railroad riots in 1877, when not
content with refusing to work, the
strikers destroyed the properly of
former employers and placed ob
structions ou Hie track that trains
with those witling to labor could not
pass. Tlie negro is nothing unless an
imitator, aud so he lias patterned Ids
action after the northern brother.—
This colored strike reported from a
quarter iu Louisiana where the blacks
nrc largely in the ascendant. The la
borers demand higher wages and
threaten, if their wishes arc not com
plied with, they will burn gin houses
and sugar mills. Governor IViltz has
forwarded state troops to the scene
of disturbance, and it is expected or
der will be restored. This is a new
departure; and it should lie as
promptly suppressed as were Hie rail
road rioters in Pennsylvania. In Hie
latter case U. S. troops were employ
ed. Tlie Louisiana outbreak is tlie
result of tlie workings of the Radi
cals iu that section wiio forment
trouble among the ignorant blacks
that their selfish political ends may
be subserved. They have shown by
their actions they cure nothing for
tlie colored race, nnd use them as
dupes (o plunder nnd tools (o mount
to power and secure pelf. Their main
object is to instigate violence that the
northern mind may be influenced
against Hie southern whites, that by
means of unreasoning passion and
prejudice national Democracy may
be Injured. The blacks, who know
no heller, arc Hie pliant tools of these
designing villians—just the class (hat
plundered Hie freedmen through the
bureau, the hank established for them
anil llie promise of forty acres anil a
mule.
The Uoviiiglon Enterprise heads a
column “Stolen Waters,” and pro
ceeds lo till il up thus;
“To thine mvn sell' lie true.
And il iniisl follow as the ilay tin- night.
Thou can'sl t»- false to any man."
The Enterprise never stole that
Ironi anybody. Il is wluil might In-
called an “original quotation.—Sa
vannah Xews.
The f Iglelorpe Echo says the gohl-
hcadcil cane carried a round by Judge
I’ntHe is of iron wood aud was tnkeu-
from a house in SI. Augustine, Fla.,
the lii-sl building ever erected on llie
American coiiliiu-nt. Tin: bead was
moulded from some very ancient
coins.
How Parson Simmons’ Case was
Disposed of.
The Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun, ili his iii-eoiiut nf
the filial action of the Senate on Par
sou Simmon’s nomination for Censii
Supervisor, says:
‘ After oei-upying the he-i part of
lliree days in miisiilcring llie • i-e of
Simmons, llie Georgia I Vn-u- Super
visor, the Senate In-day reje.-l-
nomination hv a vote of twenlv-niue
tonine. Seven Ri-puhliean- only vo
ted to roufirm. Senators Kalon and
Hill were the only Demm-ral- in lie
affirmative, and Judge Davis ina.ti
the teuili mail mi that side. Among
the Republicans <qqio-ed lo Simmons,
several of whom, however, were pair
ed anil did m l vole, were Don Cam
eron, Jones, nf Nevada. Illaim*. and
tlie eolnred Senator. Itruee. ol Missis
sippi. Senator Hill made probably
tlie longest speech he lias delivered
since Ids entrains* into tin- Senate, in
favor of Simmons, going thoroughly
over the whole history of Simmons,
and making the argument Hint il
would be most disastrous lo the Dom-
Thc argument of this writer and
■ lie conclusion to which lie arrives
an: of sufficient importance and in
terest to invite the 'alien lion of our
readers:
of eleven National Democratic
Conventions for nominating a candi
date for tlie Presidency, four have
formally adopted llie two-thirds rule,
and seven of the nominees for Presi
dent have received a two-thirds vote,
only four being nominated by a mere
ujorily.
Under llie present apportionment
of delegates, the adoption of tlie two-
thirds rule at Cincinnati iu June
nld he eminently lilting nnd.prop-
Imt under any apportionment
which e:ivi«prnpi-r voting power to
S ates which are to furnish the votes
to elect the Deniocralie nominee, I
n.oild certainly lavor the inajority
rule. To adopt the majority rule is
to open llie door for Hie nomination
of Ho* li.-Uei by- anti-Deniocratic
Slate.. A majority of the convention
is 970, and a two-thirds vote 492.
The sixteen Southern States and
Indiana gave Tildt-n 1,838,596 popu
lor votes, a plu-ality of 512,799 over
mid of 153 electoral voles
Tilden received 134, according to tlie
award of the 8x7 commission. They
lia vc :«.«i delegates to the next conven
tion. and will almost certainly cast
159 for ,82 7 per cent) of the 185 rotes
necessary to elect the Democratic
President.
Maine, Xew Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts Rhode Island, Penn
sylvania. Michigan, Illinois, Wiscon
sin, Minnesota. Iowa, Nebraska, Kan
sa=. New Jersey, Colorado, Nevada.
California and Oregon gave Tilden
1.564,114 popular voles, and Hayes a
plurality over him of 384,093, and of
tlii-ir 153 electoral voles Ilayes re
ceived 144. These Stales also have
309 delegates, and of the 185 electors
required to win tin: fight, the Demo
oral- ran only hope for those of New
Jersey. Colorado, Nevada, California
and Oregon, twenty-four, or al>outl3
per cent. Here, then, I find the
strength of seventeen Demoeratic
States, which gave Tilden over 6,000
votes for each delegate they are to
haveal Cincinnati, nff'-set by eigh
teen Suites. nearly all of which are
hop lesslv Republican, which latter
will have one delegate for every 5,113
t I temnrrntii- votes in 1876.
Tin* New England Slates (Connect
icut excepted) with Pennsylvania and
Hit* North western States exclusive
of Ohio ami Indiana, have 264 dele
gates, ami under tin* majority rule,
they would lack only 106 votes to
give them control of llie nomination,
and the voles of New York (70) anil
Ohio (41) would give such a combi
nation full conti-ol, with eight votes
to spare. But if a two-thirds vote be
required, the Republican States need
to obtain 22S votes to overpower tlie
Democratic States, and to secure
these must get the undivided vote of
New York. Ohio, New Jersey, Con
necticut. Colorado. Nevada, Califor
nia and Oregon. eaeli of which is
The Trite Meaning.
Washington Post.)
It is an old anil tried Republican,
Gen. John B. Henderson, of Missouri,
who says that if Grant lie a candi
date, in tlie present temper of politi
cal parties, lie fears an effort to inau
gurate him whether elected or not.
The danger of Mcxicaiiizing this Re
public is greater, in ids judgment,
than the temporary success of tbe
Democratic party.' When the rule of
tlie majority is once broken, the re
sult is either anarchy or monarchy.
In preference to cither of these give
ns the peaceful rule of any party.—
The one may l>c remedied without
blood; the oilier, never. In connec
tion with this candid avowal, take
the statement so frequently made by
the third termers that they favor
Grant because lie will be sure to get
in, if elected—that is, if he thinks he
cither lias or ought to have had votes
cnougli to give him the office. Re
member, there lias been no threat of
counting out. . Bear in mind that the
only instance of fraudulently putting
a defeated candidate into the Presi
dency was tlie Republican crime
which gave Mr. Hayes the place
which lie now irregularly occupies.
Putting these expressions and these
facts together, and scanning them iu
the light of the “strong man” theory
so persistently paraded, and we get
a hint of tlie real purpose that lies at
the base of tlie Grant movement.—
Tlie party that lias held executive
power for twenty years, tlie party
that has trodden tlie Constitution
and laws under its feet when neces
sary to insure its grip, the |iarly that
now holds all it possesses by no
stronger tenure than fraud, has no
intention of yielding to tlie will of
the people in 1881 any more than it
had in 1877. This is what Grant’s
candidacy menus. This is what' the
third term leaders intend. Mr. Hen
derson’s fears arc based on a substra
tum of solid fact. But for all that,
Grant will not take possession of the
White House. The man who is law
fully elected next November will be
duly inaugurated next March. And
any mail or set of men who under
take forcible resistance will be elim
inated from the troublesome scenes
of this mortal sphere.
— « m
Bainbridge Democrat: Judge G.
J. Wright, of tlie Albany Circuit, has
publicly- announced that he will re
tire from his position at the end of
this term. This will be good newt
to the forty aspirants for the place.
They will embalm and cherish “Old
Gib’s” memory forever in their palpi
tating and expectant hearts. Judge
Wright has made a fine officer. He
lias committed some errors perhaps,
but through all of his term of office
he has shown himself to be a consci
entious Judge, and what is better, an
honest man. May your declining-
years be your best'nnd happiest,,
Judge, is our simple but sincere wish-
JJdverjiscmeuts
Albany Chapter, Xo. 15, R.
* A. M.
ocratic partv iu Georgia anil in tlie ,
country at large if lie should lie re- , ! ,ul ’’ _ or Icss douhtfnl, and all ot
jeeted. Ilc said his colleague (Gen.
Gordon) would one day regret mure
than any other act of his life his ac
tion against .Simmons. Gen. Gordon
in opposing the confirmation of Sim
mons, did not speak more than half
an hour, replying briefly to the state
ments made by his colleague. lie
took Hie view that the confirmation
or rejection of a Census Supervisor
in one State was not a question of
national importance. Ilc did not
think the people of the North made
pets of such men like Simmons, w ho
only vaunted their loyally when they
linti claims to get through or otiicc-
to seek, llis efforts were mainly ili-
reeled to show that Simmons was
unlit for the position, not only as a
blind partisan, lmt as a malicious <lc-
fatner of his own people, and of a
character unworthy of respect. M r.
Blaine made quite a humorous speech,
lie said Simmons hail established,
beyond any doubt, in his letter to the
I’rcsiitent asking for the appointment,
that lie was a firm ami iiiilliiii-hiii:-.
Republican, and in his subsequent
letters anil declarations, seeking enn-
firiiialinti at llie hands of llie Senate,
that hu was a red hoi ami iiueoiii|>i'o-
misiiig Democrat. Further than Ibis
he had proved himself lo have been
an unwavering loyalist anil an enthu
siastic I'oiifederali*. -I regre.l,* said
Mr. Blaine, ‘that I have not two
voles, for then I would take great
pleasure ill giving one to i-oniii-iii
this devoted Unionist anil
Republican, aud equal satisfaction in
giving till* other lo reject this active
rebel and this anient Itenioerat. A .
uiifoi-lunnlely. I have lmt one vote. I
think il perhaps best Hint I -li.ml.l
mil east it ni all.’ Afterwards, how
ever, Mr. Itlaino voted ill the atliiliia-
tivc, lo make a quorum."
The Albany News of last week j
t-oiitnineil ail article headed. "Shall
we have (^inventions** which ex
hausted the subject of Iinlcpciidcnl-
ism. Il we were troubled with inis
givings as to the soundness of Dcino-
emlii- principles before, that article
would have converted ns.—Bcrncti
County News.
R»itTI.ABML-NTINi;«rAII>liivmx|«sr Xo IT
R A. M.TO-MORROW NIIIItT.rUrfdS Wort
Iu the Murk Ik-.-rc* ilsml.cn ivalfca toolMJ
A. SI'KUN R, H. e.
Dissolution Notice!
Tbe Ann of Collier A Barnes liu tbn day beet:-
dissolvol hy mutual souacnl, S. A. lltriHsi rattrtiw
l.oorgo Col isr, the tstuaftiing nonnsr UHonilk
llAtilUties and collect, all outitanjinic accouata.
OEUlaiK l-ol.UKR,
„ ,, . SIlERil. A. IIAKKik
Albany, Ga., Marsh 19, tssa
them having 17 delegates in the next
convention, aud oven then they would
fail short of two-thirds just forty-four
\ otes, w hich would have to be drawn
from tlie Democratic States. The ar
gument in favor of tlie two-thirds
rule is that no nomination can be
made against the protest of even
one-sixth of ihe delegates from the
1 Iciuocr.-itie States. Against Hie tua-
jorily rule ii tnav he probably urged
that these Republican States, with264
votes can. Iiv uniting with doubtful
States, rear a platform and nominate
a ticket in spi'c of the wishes of the
Dfiiioi-rnlic Stales. The two-thirds
rule gives the Democratic States the
halai.ee of power; the majority rule
leaves them at the mercy of States
hopelessly Republican.
An Independent Flirty.
Let us hear no more about an in
dependent party in Georgia. Such a
thing is entirely out of tlie quostion
aud must not In* thought of. Right
here we would like lo put a period to
ilii> miserable twaddle about indc-
peuileiitisiii. If nominal ing conven
tions heroine corrupt ami the party-
lash is too freely applied by corrupt
leaders, let the people arise iu their
might and crush 11n* offenders-, hul
let il In- done iii'iile the party, inside
the oi-gaui/-itinn. The house must
lint lie divided against itself. Ia'I
oui- enemies raise the hue anil cry of
a --olid South" as much as they please.
V olid south we must have lo ena
ble n- the more ctl'ci-tunHy to protect
and dcli-mi ourselves. ('umiptioii
creep into alt patties and all organi-
/ations, even the churches are tint
free from it. The Democracy ot
Georgia ha- I terribly afflicted in
r lately, anil in many- in-
wilness llie late ilisgrnec-
ros in Atlanta, the perpe-
c met with condign ptin-
J I el no mo-seek reform by
an aiL-mpl lo disintegrate llie dcnio-
! cralic | arly. Il reform we must have
' and iln-parly I i.-li piust he applied,
■ let ii he applied to purify not to
[ drive.
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