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ALBANY, GA., - - - J«uh» l’i. 1SS0
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1 might go furtlHT in tlnw fwli*. I»ut
tin-re U * |M*rw>iMil alliiaion mail** chvji-
rioniilly to tliii*limiter,uIim-Ii w:u*llH»»ig1it
to !*• v*tv strange, ami that is GvihtiiI
GonlouV sinlih'ii ivsigiiation. You "n«v
sur|>ris«*il at it!” Yon “were astonlslieil
at it !” You ‘Van’l account for it !”. It
is mysterious that a man sliouhl pi out
of a |»la«*e of that kiml; no will grant It.
Ilis resignation was in my ollUv; tin* va
cancy existml; I w as to make the nfe*
poiniuieiit. ••But,” you say, “you
ought to have known* all almut it, you
ami Gonlon wen' such gr»*at friemls.”
Very well, I Imre given you my version
of It, he w ill give you his; you * will see
It in tlie i^iers in a few days, lie rvach-
ed Atlanta last utelit and agiveil to *|**ak
there. It is fair tlial he explain all that
he IumI to do with it, and It is fair to leave
it in his hands and uphold your judgment
until alter you hear him.
But I h:»*l his resignation; it was ac
cepted, anil tin* vacaney was filled.—
Could I have done anything else! Sii|»-
pose there had l»een something strnngr
iu his resigning, was that a question foi
me to tauisider? Was it mavssary for
me to write down to dudge Butt ami tell
him he "miist not r»*sipi; you must n*-
limin. I will u«»t allow you to do it; ami
I won’t make tin* ap|M»inlmeiit w ithin
four months for fear somebody will say
something alanit its heitlg a bargain and
sale,” ami tilings like that. Why, If I
was guilty of that sort of tiling I might
lie put in the pillory and my ears chopp
ed close from my head.
Here’s the vacancy, and I have given
von the reason why I appointed .Joseph
fe. Brow n. and I might go on and give
more if I didn’t feel that you an* satisfied
with all the reasons I have .given; hut
l**t me say this, I have no a|»ologies to
make, lieing well annum! of this fact, tluit
l»c!bn* the I’rc.-itleiuial election then*
will not lie an li«im*>t, fair-mimUsl man
in tin* State of Georgia that w ill not say,
•'You wen* right, Upvwntor, for doing
so.” ('IVriiiemlous Applause.] 4
But I have lieen told. **Why didn’t lie
hokl Oil? If lie had only held oil loup*r.
Ain’t it strange that he should have n*-
sigm*«I ten tiny* In-fore Congress adjourn
ed?” Well. I have no doulu that in* will
fell vou tl# reason for It, ami don’t you
think it would have lieen just and fair to
have waited until you could have heanl
him before taking up these scandals?
^ If General /SonIon and myself wen*
strangers in the State of Georgia and
charged with some corrupt act, *would
yon not have said, "these men are enti
tled to our charity ?” But a mail who
had been lioni in Georgia, and against
whose name and character In public or
private, there has never been a breath of
• suspicion, ilon’t yon think that these men
should have waited twibn* tJiey went
about wln>|«erihg these ealuniliies and as-
pervions U-fon* they heanl him? Would
it not have In-cii fair? [laxul Applause.]
He w ill speak for himself. 1 have no
doubt he spoke in Atlanta last night, and
you will hear from him.
But 1 do not believe that Gen. Gonlon
could have resigned at any’ time that
would have saved me from these attacks.
••But,” you say, “Govcrm?.*, I think yon
are the right sort of man, hut really if
Gordon li:ul just waited ten days then it
would have tieeti all right.” ilut that’s
a great mistake. My idea was that if he
was going to resign lie had lietter resign
at once, and not wait until after the ad
journment of < ’ongress so far as anything
I hail to sutler from it, hut ”to liold ou,”
I think that was my dispatch to him, not
to resign until the Legislature met—wait
until the legislature assembled then they
could choose his successor, but if he was
going to resign before the legislature met
there Was no time that lie could have
saved me of any more aspersions than at
the time he-did resign, because if he had
. held on until Congn - < was over and then
have resigned, then ihe question would
have been, “Shall the executive fill the
vacancy yet?” And every man in Geor
gia that was an aspirant or had the faint
est, most distant hope that lie might be
selected as such, would have been saying,
and their friends would have backed
them in saying, “You ought to make the
appointment for the reason that Georgia
is entiled to her representation in Wash
ington, ami there are various reasons at
stake just as well during the recess' of
Congress.” That would have been the
cry. Well, suppose I bad said, "Gentle
men, you are mistaken, I w ill not make
it; 1 will wait until the Legislature meets
before I make the appointment,” then
these men, who are never ready to make
any sort of excuse or apology or to con
strue my motives, would have said, “This
Governor that is holding the prerogative
will not appoint a successor to Gordon
because he himself is desirous to leave the
matter open until the Legislature meets
so that he himself might lie a candidate.”
[Tremendous Applause.] Y'ou know
that would have been the cry of these
men bci a ise they have never lost an op
portunity to pervert my motives. That
W’ould have been a tender point with me
that they were touching.
Well, then, on the other hand, suppose
I had appointed eomeltoriy a.*”, successor,
why as soon as I had appointed his suc
cessor they would have turned right
aroumland said, every man who was a
friend to the defeated applicants and the
defeated applicants them-clves would
have said, "You have ap|roiufed a suc
cessor when there wgs no reason to ap
point a snceeStor,” and if I had ap|»oinL-
ed one out of a half dozen applicants, the
other five would have said, "lie has gone
and filled the vacam-y when then* was no
reason to till it, but lie ha- put in a |x-t
in order to give him an advantage ov
us five.” (Laughter and Applause.]
Now,'then, gentlemen, that was tl
dilemma, ami 1 was to he impaled upon
the horns of ii, and therefore 1 say that
Gonlon could not have resigned at any
time that w’ould hate sav«s| me these as
persions. Ilis reasons for ri*signing .lie
will give yon; I have nothing to do w ith
that. The vneaney oeeiirred, and it oc
curred without my advice or counsel, for
there was no word that passed in-tween
me and him, except what he stated to me
time and again, “that In* was sick and
tired of public life, ami that lie would
avail himself of the very first op|*>rtuni-
tv.” Ami may |ieacc go with him to the
ahailes of private life, [Applause,] and
gladly would 1 follow him to its shades
were I allowed to do so, carrying w ith
me what I know I deserve,, the enter
ami coiifidem-c of my fellow-men.-
[Tremendous Applause.)
1 have talked to you long enough here
to-day u|ion this subject. My mind wan
ders upon a great many others that might
be mentioned in thi- matter, lint I shall
talk of this iio longer. Ilia very hard
matter to me to think that there could
mu lie a little of quiet amt of js-aec in the
execution of public ollir. s. That me
are disappointed; that men whonrc|
eonally enemies; that men uhohavejohs
that could not Is* gratified, that th>
should abuse an officer. I am not stir
fibril, lull hr 1*0 liinU (MV.li. .natty In
and there a Hire man. a atH.I man, wlm
had been fm mi rly hi. friend, ivlii.e mind
had lieen former!)- |uvjn,tHi-d ag.-iihM
him. Nour, my fellon you
mm of S»al[Jiwr-l. rii Georgia, whatever
luay have been your ■inprc.iekiiia of the
ki>I, I have nothing Uwoinplaiii el. Jp111
f you have a soinw of jiietiw in yonr Ikp-
aoins; if-voll have trie sense of this gr:i-
ioiis passage of scripture. “IK* unto nth-
rs as jam wonhl have Ihem iWniiilii jaw,”
' you 'would not ms* vour w ife's Imsom
irn will* apprehension; if j*ou would
■ml have your little eliildren cowering
aloiut your Knee, as though some vague
and nnt'ertain calamity that was iui|aai(l-
injt, let me la'g of jam to do him the jns-
tiee and ehnritv not to accuse, and indite
ease ol any oilier man, piiblie or private,
have some res|>eet for that whieli is t#e
dearest of all things on this earth, that
iiuist precious of all jewels, a (Iihiiinamk.
| Applause.]
Governor Colquitt and Ills As-
Kuilauts.
Editor* A Wiwy yews:
Is it nol Uni, for this senseless and
iinni,nly iibnse of Governor Colquill
o cease? Have not the good people
ol* Georgia stood it about long
enough? Is it not lime that it should
1m> relinked ?
The animus of ail litis abuse is easy-
to be perceived. It will er.op out
under the thin disguise wills which
his persecutors seek to conceal their
motives. It is hatred to t’olqiiitt's
religion more titan to C’oh|iiitl him
self: lie is a Ttliiiions man, and that
is the point ol his oll'emling. In proof
of the alalemoiit, listen to the brag
gings of that “Aniia-miite” whose
stall is in the otliec of the Atlanta
Post, and who is so familiar with the
instincts and “love” of the long-eared
tribe. Xoliee, too, the insidious way
in which these attacks are made. If
Gov. Colquitt lias done wrong, wliy
is he not openly and boldly arraign
ed at the liar of public opinion? Why
are not direct ami specific charges
brought against him ? Why is lie
assailed with sneers anil scull's a) his
religion ? The reason is obvious: his
religion is the trouble; it is that more
than the man that has excited their
opposition. If Gov. Colquitt was a
frequenter of liar-roonis and broth
els and cock-pits, instead of an at
tendant upon churches and .Sahhalh-
schools. we would not hear ail tins
hue and cry against him. If lie was
a brawler, a blasphemer, or an infi
del, instead of a consistent Ghristiau
cutlemau, lie would no doubt be far
more congenial to some of his tra-
dttcers. Out which style of a man do
the people of Georgia prefer? Which
style of man will they choose?
. There are now no great |H>litieal
questions dividing the people of this
State, and if the enemies of Governor
Colquitt wish to make his religions
character the issue before the people,
let ns accept Unit issue. Let the
Christian voters of Georgia rally to
his support, and endorse his course.
Let them rebuke this spirit of oppo
sition. Let them show that they pre
fer for their chief magistrate a man
who is not ashamed of his religion :
a man who does not think it benca'h
the dignity of the Governor ofn gre.it
State to visit the Sabbath school and
to labor for ihe teligious welfare of.
our children and people. The pco
pie of this State and county have been
too indiHcrcnt to the character and
moral qualifications of the men they
put in office. That is why politics
have become such a cess-pool of cor
ruption and iniquity. It is time there
was a change. It is time for a relig
ious people to say, we will have none
but good and pure men to lie pur
rulers. Gkoiuiian.
A Review of tlie We
riiv. action ok T1IK COPNTIKS
onnions ok tub roi.iTtc
TIIKUKliroN.
Krom the Atlanta t'oiisliliilioii.jl
This lias been a heavy wij
skirmishing on tlie stale rn
although the busy tiring l|
opened yet.
We are enabled this mori
present a review of the week
give a fair account of what It:
pelted, and also seme iden of tl
ing of tli.c friends of somu of 1
didales.
THK I.KSTKU VI KN.
In actual votes the Lester in
probably led tlie van. In I hi
day meetings they carried W
Ion, four voles, and it is said i
Hit* two votes from Taliaferro
rlaimed that the Washingtoi
will be contested by a ilelega
leeteil by uuofhcr meeting to 1
ed. Tlie Lester men claim tin
got eight votes as the result
week’s work and say that M
and l‘ike will furnish the l]
over what wo have given ahoy
THK COlAjinTT VIKN
. The German Carp.
HOW THEY ARE KROSI’ERINO IN Ot'K
OEOBGIA PONDS.
Atlanta Constitution ]
At the agricultural department we
learn that tlie German carp distribu
ted some time ago, are reported as
progressing amazingly. There were
iess titan 200 of them sent to Georgia,
but those given out are progressing
finely, some having grown already to
eight inches in length and are lusty,
hard.v fish. Commissioner H^udcr-
son has been in correspondence with
the United States fish commissioner
to secure a large supply of these fish,
and has been promised, after the next
hatching, such number as can be
spared to Georgia. In view of this
fact, and considering that so mam-
applications are made for tlie fish, the
commissioner suggests that owners
of ponds get Ihem in condition for
the reception of the tish. As they are
distributed for experiment and prop
agation, those who have the best
ponds for the purpose will be given
the preference.
AS TO SHAD.
Within the past month a million
and a half of shad hare been placed
in the Oconee, Ocmiilgee and Chat
tahoochee rivers. It will take two
years for them to reach a size to tit
them for fishing and table use.
A hatchery lias been elablislied at
Augusta as an experiment, anil if it
proves a success, the Georgia rivers,
says the commissioner, will be as full
of line fish as they were in the days
of the Indians. Still lie thinks the
carp tlie bettor tish for propagation
and for stocking tin*southern streams.
Spirit of the Press.
IIII.I.AMl Rltowx.
The Chattanooga Times thinks ex-
Goverimr Ill-own will be like a fusty
ten penny nail in the side of lion. Ii.
II. Hill, at Washington, and adds:
“llill hates lirowu with a wrath and
vigor which seldom rankle in the
breast of any except a Spanish Don
or an Italian Conn' of the old school:
“This is a great error,” say* the Au
gusta Chronicle. “There is no feud
between the two, but on the contra
ry we believe a well established
friendship, such as ancient foemcn
have who liglitand survive for better
tilings.”
NOT SO IIKORAOEO.
(jiaiiUMvillc Knjjlc. ]
The traducers of Gov. Colquitt are
bowling after him and bellowing like
mad bulls. Now we would ask them
to specify some charge, to produce
testimony that is sufficient to cause a
reasoning man to doubt bis varur.fv
and ability. The people of Georgia
arc not so degraded as to consider a
man unfit for llieir Governor, be
cause be “loves God and Utile chil
dren and the only objections that
some of bis antagonists oiler is that
lie is a Sabbath school lecturer.
are, though, the most em-otirn
the result of the week. It is a
secret now, that they feared tit
ings of last Tuesday with n
dread. They felt that with .
one hundred counties meeting
volition, under tlie unprerrden
cileuiciil whipped up bj- the
appointment and its utt
changes, and with tliu example
nished by Muscogee nuil l’ike,
might cleet delegates, pass ini
tiou resolutions and run over
tiling. The result lias shown
there was nothing of Ibis sort d
A pi-ominct Colquitt man sau
ever you saw nervous melt it w
Colquitt men Monday night,
wore afraid that the Governor’]
lilies would take advantage o]
temporary excitement and rush
with a score or so of enmities,
hail Ilia mo I abundant, evi
that a rapi-.l reaction was
place, and no 'bat if they could
any general m.inn on Tuesday
were safe Their whole hope v
delay, so dial tlie whole people
become ajvakcned to the real i
and the false issues be put dowi
“flow did they like the rest
the day ?’
They were more than pica
Here is the synopsis: Only
counties, Talbot, Taliaferro
Washington, elected dear ant
quilt delegations, and oue of
will be contested. In MrDuffii
I'ikc tlie delegations will lie dii
and in I)adc there was n solid
quitt delegation. So at the very
only 10 anti-Colquitt dciegnlcs
elected, and 3 nr 4 Colquitt dele*
We were afraid 40 or 50 dele;
would he chosen in the midst ol
anti-Colquitt excitement/ You
remember, too, Hint Talbot and
liaferro were against Colquitt
lion;. So we lost nothing liy tlx
citemcnt over Brown, but pari
McDttflic anil Pike—we will
much more than that.”
“But how about indignation
lutions?”
“That showed a clear victor)’
Colquitt. Only one count)-—Tl
ferro, always anti-Colquitt—pai
anti-Colquitt resolutions. We I;
information that attempts were
in Troup, Coweta and Taylor,
Ihej- were not passed in a single
On tlie other hand, Lee, Un
Whitfield, .las per, Murray and Gv
nett passed resolutions indorsing
quitt. This result was exactly
opposite of what was feared ami
course gratified us very much.”
“What is the outlook of the c
paign ?”
“That would be telling. I
enough to say that SO,000 copies
Gov. Colquitt’s speech have been
ciliated, and that 100,000 copies
Gen. Gordon’s will follow. The.
pie sliaU know the whole truth'
the mailer before there are any nt
meet ings. With the truth in
homes of tlie people, wo do not f
the result.”
TIIE HARDEMAN CAMKAION
is, it is claimed, in snug shape t
with a hopeful outlook. Ilis frici
are not making much fuss hut tl
are busily at work and say that tl
will show results whenever the rl
of the convention is called. Tli
have drawn their first blood aireai
having captured Talbot county’s t
votes and having one in Effingh
and two delegates, or one vote fn
Pike. They claim a one-half vi
(or one delegate) in McDuffie. Tl
gives a total of four and one-h
voles. Col. Hardeman is a popu
speaker and has many calls from I
counties. lie has filled several
pointments.
THE OARTRELL MEN
claim tliat they have not opened tin
campaign yet, and that the clecti
of delegates held up lo this time is
regular and in violation of the spi
and letter of the resolution of t
stale committee, which urged tli
each county should meet on the fir
Tuesday in June for the purpose
electing delegates to Cincinnati, t
on the 23d of,Iuly for electing dele]
gates to the August convention. Tlie]
have ’unde no efforts to carry any
counties, but have discouraged all ef
fort to have any committal made ex
cept on the presidential election.—
General Gartrell will formall)- open
the campaign on the liltli inst., and
liis friends claim that he will lie as
strong as the strongest iu the eonvoti
lion.
THE WARNER CAMPAUIN
is tlie campaign about which little la
known, and the most must lie guess
ed. Ilis candidacy lias benn an
nounced no l.-ilcly that there is little
chance to get any idea of how it
strikes the popular mind. Ilis friends
elaii I the two 'Taliaferro votes and
one vote, or two delegates, Ironi Pike.
They claim t hat ho will have strength
in all sections, and will he especially
strong in the fourth congressional
tlistricl.
Time alone can tell what will come
of all Ihe tumult and turmoil that is
abroad.
XVK.I.I. I’l.KAHKO.
Karly County Ncwm.J
So well pleased arc we with the ap
pointment of ex-Gov. Brown to the
U. S. Senate that we cannot lint give
expression to the hope Unit the Leg
islature will ratify the appointment
by electing him to fill the place for
the entire lime for which Gordon
was elected. Should there he anj*
trouble in counting the next olectorn'l
vote we want Joe Brown there to
help do the couutiug.
lie ecs
luesday
iliilions
for ap-
lo the
lived lo
J. Pin-
cried
as not
id said
was
lission
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It, that
•laspei- .loins
Monticki.i.o, .Line I.—The Linno-
isratir. convention of Jasper county
nirl pursuant to call. On motion (if
lion. George T. Uarlletl, A. G. Hub
erts was made ebuirmnn ami Bolling
Whitfield secretary.
I’he chairman slated tlie object of
the convention to ho lo appoint dele
gates lo represent Jasper county in
ihe Democratic convention to he held
in Atlanta on Jnne’Jth, to select del -
■gates lo represent Hie Slate in the
National Democratic Convention to
nominate candidates for President
and Vice-President of the United
Stales.
.The following werescleeleil asstlcli
delegates to the state rbiiveulion from
Jaspereoiluty : George T. Bartlett, It.
C. Barnes, J. G. Elder, K. y. Goolbv,
J. M. Pre-Ion, W. II. Thompson and
(1. W. Jorduu, ami the secretary ill*
struelcd to notify llicin of their tip
point incut.
Du lilotioll of Bolling Whitlichl the
following resolution was adopted :
Whereas, there Inis been recently
in this stale some adverse criticism
and insinuations of corrupt action on
the part of our Governor null Ihe
lion. John B. Gonlon, growing ottl
of Hie resignation of tlie batter of his
seal in the United Stales Senate, and
the appointment of his successor liy
the Governor; licit
Resolved by lids convention, Tliat
our confidence iu the high integrity
of Governor A. II. Colquitt and lion
John B. Gordon is foil ami complete,
and Hint we view with regret the at
tempts made in some quarters to itn
pair the usefulness of these cminhnt
Christian statesmen.
On motion of Thomas J. Smith, tlie
Atlanta Constitution ami .Macon pa'
per* wore requested to publish the
proceedings of this convention, and
the secretary directed to furnish
them with copies thereof.
The following was ofl’ored bj- Ed'
ward II. Smith, and .adopted :
Resolved, That we favor the con
lintinncc of the two-thirds rule.
The convciilion Mien adjourned.
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