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persons who hare come to thi* city from the
mountain* in reference to the course that
we ought to pursue. They came hero as
representative* of the National Union; I
came here instructed by my people to voto
for Col Farrow, and 1 can not vouch for
(hem as to what thoy will do with the nomi
nation which you hare made. I can not
pledge my people to support the nomination,
as my friend Col. Broyles has done, but I
kuow that if they can they wilt do *9 lor the
sake of that harmony which is so essen
tial to our success. Whether there will
be another Convention to nominato an
other candidate, I can not undertake to
say. The lime is short, for the election
will take place in aomo forty days from
the adjournment of the Convention ; but
this I will say, without making any pledges
(or my people, that 1 believe it 11 best
for us all to uuite on Colßullock. [lmmense
applause. I We have all been denounced by
the opposition party in the State as sneaks,
skunks, negro lovers; but I feel that the
abuse is all unmerited, and that our earnest
desire is to secure the peace and prosperity
of our Stale and of the whole country. Lot
me tell you, gentlemen, there are no three
sides to this questiou. There is no half-way
ground which wo can occupy. You must
stand either for the Reconstruction party
and its principles, or in opposition to them.
As Qov. Brown aud Gen. McCay have told
you, the Convention has made a better Con
stitution than the people expected. This is
the universal sentiment in the mountains,
and many who expected nothing good from
the scalawag Convention now openly declare
that they will support the Constitution which
you have ntade ; and if Col. Bullock is the
liominee ol the party, I believe that my
people will support him. I urge upon all
the importance of harmony in the contest,
which I hope is to secure tor the people of
the State the blessings of peace aud pros
jerity.
Col. Wimpy took his seat amidst the
cL'ecrs us all.
Hon. W. S. Furay, on taking the stand,
wr&i - received with applause. He prefaced
Ms .remarks with an anecdote of an Irisb
uw who, when he had placed [an egg to
1 is mouth, for the purpose, as we may
xeadily conceive, of disposing very sum
marily of its contents, discovered that it
contained a chicken. Hesitating for an
instant to renlixe the situation, and per
ceiving no adequate cause for alarm, he
swallowed the chicken, coolly observing,
•‘you’re too late in spakin’!” Mr. Furay
then continued.
In view of the able speeches which we
have heard to night, and the thorough man
ner in which Georgia politics have been dis
cussed, 1 feel as though 1 was rather ‘‘too
late in spukio’.” In fact I scarcely know
to what point to nddress my remarks. Some
hind friends who had heard 1 was announc
cd to speak this evening, undertook to day
to suggest me a subject. One said I sffould
give a regular “Hail Columbia ” speech ;
another, that I should pitch into Audrew
Johnson, while a third suggested that 1
should pitch into the Democratic party.
This is, with me, always a labor of love; for,
during the last six years, and even longer,
I have been accustomed to regard that or
ganization as being the embodiment of all
the political evil that there is in our laud.
I say this, too, notwithstanding the fact that
I was mysclt born and reared a Democrat,
aud looked upon the Democratic party as
the very soul of patriotism. I was early
taught to believe that its policy was the only
one that could keep the country in peace at
home, aud make it successful iu its wars
with foreign nations. Two or three years,
however, before I became a voter, I began
to have some serious doubts as to the in
fallibility of this Democratic party; and
finally, when I perceived that that organiza
tion had fallen into the hands of men ever
determined cither to rule or ruin this Re
public, I concluded to bid it a last farewell.
When the Democratic party met in
National Convention at Charleston, and it
was evident that it was under the control of
and divide the Republic, then I concluded
that it was no longer the party for me. I
felt somewhat as Charles Lamb did when
riding in an omnibus. A gentleman put
his head in at the door and sung out, “ all
full inside?” Lamb, who was quietly
ensconced in a cozy corner of the ‘Bus,’
replied, “ I can’t speak for the rest, but
that last piece of oyster pie did the business
for me.” He was full inside, and so it was
with myself as regards the Democratic
party. - That last piece of Democratic pie
did the business for me. I saw that our
country would be lost unless the reins of
government w ent into the hands of some
other organization—unless some party
with strength and vigor should arise,
which could rally around it the young
men of the country, and arouse that
deep patriotic enthusiasm which dwells
deep in every American heart. I hailed with
indescribable joy the rising at Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, of that party which I see so
nobly represented here to night. I mean the
National Union Republican party. [Ap
plause.] That party, from the beginning,
had inscribed on its banner two mottoes,
which four or five years ago not a man living
would have dared to advocate in this Hall.
I mean the motto, “National Unity, one and
indestructible,” and that other of “Freedom
and Equal Rights for all.” Although the
beginning of this party was small—although
the cloud was at first not largerthan a man’s
hand, it began to spread in every direction ;
it loomed up grandly on the Northern hori
zon. It swept Eastward and Westward until
it covered the entire extent of the free States.
But, now, more grand and glorious still, it
has swept on Southward, and promises soon
to cover the whole Republic. I found men
here—men who stood true to the cause of
the Union during the recent war, and men,
also, who stood true to the Confederate cause
during the same period, uniting these two
glorious principles of National Unity and
Equal Bights. The Democratic party is
opposed to these two great principles. '1 hat
man who, during the war, suffered degrada
tion and almost death, because he would not
raise bis hand against the banner of his
country, aud that other man who battled
uuder the flag of Jefferson Davis until it
went down in a sea of blood—these men
unite to day in declaring their adherence to
the principles of the great Republican party,
and understanding tbe issue to tfe, whether
the glorious principles of tbe National Unity
aud Equal Rights shall prevail, or that of
secession and class aristocracy. [Applause.)
The National Republican party advocates
the one; the Democratic party holds fast to
the other.
And, iny fellow citizen*, it is n fearful
and Holeiun truth, that in thin great
Republic, under thin beneficent government
of ours, under a Constitution framed for
the very purpose of securing liberty to the
men who framed it and to their posterity—
it is, 1 say, a fearful and solemn truth, that
there exists a strong, well organized party,
whose only basis is that of national
destruction of class aristocracy—of tramp
ling one class pf people under foot for the
aggrandisement ol another class. A party
whose principles are opposed to the Onion
of our nation, and which has no other
appeul to make to the sympathies of the
people than a prejudice against color. This
is all the capital they have. Their uni
versal cry, from the extreme southern
limit of Florida clear up into the northern
most little peninsula that shoots into Lake
Superior, is—“ Nigger 1 nigger! nigger!”
1 appeal to you who have heard the prin
ciples of the Democratic party advocated,
and ably advocated on the tioor of this hail,
from that comer on my right, which shall
remain celubruicdMbr all time as the corner
of the Hancock Democracy, whether their
only basis ol action was not prejudice against
color—n prejudice of race'-Jagainst race.
Why, 000 of these gentian**, whom, per
sonally, I highly respect,, and worn, I
believe, yon will yet have wii& you in your
contest, once arose froitehi* seat and foroaido
you, as he said, “to grind one class of people
beneath the heels of another." Did he for
bid you to Isy your band sacrilegiously on
tbe flag of your country ? He ought, indeed,
to have for hidden that—forbid you to arouse
human passions or prejudices? I would
have been glad had he done it. But, no; he
arose and forbade you to give all the citizens
of this State a fair and equal chance in the
race of life; for, on Monday, when your
newly framed Constitution comes before you
in all its completeness, and it is read to you
section by section and line by line, you will
find that the only thing iu the world which
you have done, to which that gentleman can
object, is, that you have resolved to put
down class aristocracy, and give all men in
the State of Georgia a fair and equal chance
[Enthusiastic applause.]
I infer, from some speeches made here to
night, that the Democratic narty in this
State has fallen under the leadership of
some new fledged Democrats—gentlemen
who once belonged to some other orgauiza
lion. Was this not the case with Ben. Hill,
Jenkins, Cabaniss, and others? I think so.
Why do they go to that party now ? They
could not bear it when under the leadership
of Andrew Jackson; they would not'cast a
vote for Martin Van Buren ; they did not
believe iu thu money principles ot the
Democratic party-then. What has ren
dered it so popular with them now ? It
reminds me of the old lady who said she
never was very fond of the article rye,
whether in bread or in pudding; but since
they had got to making it into an article
called whiskey, she could manage to get
some of it dowu. These Whig leaders
could not stand Democracy in the shape of
a revenue tariff, or of free trade, but when
that party has become thoroughly opposed
to American Unity and Equal Rights,
they can manage to swallow it. It is for
you, gentlemen, to say whether these men
are to succeed, or whether the Union Re
publican party shall do so, under the leader
ship of him whom you have selected to-day.
I have watched carefully, from day to
day, the proceedings of the Constitutional
Convention. I have seen how earnestly
they have labored, how diligently they
have sought to perfect the Constitution
which they are about to present to the
peoplo of this State, and which I am
satisfied will become the rallying cry of the
people from the mountains to the sea.
1 wish to make a few remarks upon the
nominee which the Convention to day
declared should bo the standard bearer of
the Republican party iu Georgia, in the
coming election for Governor. I have
carefully observed his course in the
Constitutional Convention, and havo dili
gently scanned every vote that he has given
upon every question that has come
before the body. I have listened
with much interest to his expressions
and opinions upon the various ques
tions discussed; and as a friend of
the country ; as an enthusiastic friend
of mv country; as one who believes that the
destinies of the nation are involved in the
success or failure ol the Republican party,
I can say, truthfully and honestly, that I
believe Col. R. B. Bullock is a true and
faithful Republican. lie is a standard
bearer of whom any party may well be
proud; one who will give character to the
Republican party, not only in this State, but
throughout every State of the Union. When
1 was up in Ohio during the holiday recess
of your Stale Constitutional Convention,
after you had passed a resolution recom
mending Col. Bullock for Provisional Gover
nor, l was equally pleased aud surprised to
find that throughout the whole State of
Ohio, there were a any of our most promi
nent men who were well acquainted with the
Colonel, and were exceedingly gratified to
umted'tficiV Tn favor of so excellent
aud talented a gentleman.
I havo one word of advice to give you,
my friends, and then I am done. Beware
of the Democratic party.
That party is ready to change its front
at any moment for the purpose of party
success. That party has not a single leader
who would not sell out in fifteen minutes
every principle he ever held —unless indeed
you call hatred of the colored man a prin
ciple.
I warn you, colored men, particularly, to
beware of the Democratic party. It will
promise you anything, and declare to you
anything that they think will secure your
votes. They may possibly tell you, and I
have no doubt they will, that they are your
best friends, and that they have always
been so.
You, loyal men of the mountains, who
stood true for four terrible years of war, I
advise you to beware of the deceitful, lying
promises of the Democratic party. Stand
fast to your principles—the principles of
the Union Republican party.
To day you have erected a standard, and
npon its folds you have inscribed the glori
ous motto : ‘ Loyalty and Equal Rights for
All.” Fling out that standard to the
breeze, and O, be true to the motto thereon
inscribed. Fighting for it, you can not
fail. The prayer of the holy men, the
sympathies of angels, and the intercourse
of the saints will all be with you; Heaven
itself will smile upon you, and every good
influence will fight upon your side. Range
yourselves with the great Union party of
the nation, and all together, North and
South, we shall fight this contest to a
successful end. Fearful may bo the storm
clouds that will gather over us, lurid may
be the lightnings, and terrible the bellowing
of the thunder. Our nation may bo tried
by fire, and fire seven times hotter than
that which glows in the oven.
But the end of all this is peace. The
enemy and his legions must at last succumb,
the sword of the Lord and of Gideon will at
last prevail, and the government of our
fathers, purified by the fiery ordeal through
which it has passed, will shine again re
splendent as the sun in Heaven. The world's
earnest prayer shall not fail to call an an
swer from the skies. The present aspira
tions of the human race shall not be disap
pointed. The flag of the Union, that sacred
symbol of all the blessings of the past, and
all the glories of the future, shall still kiss
the passing breeze. The exile from other
lands shall still find a refuge here, and shall
kindle the sacred torch of freedom which
he shall bear back ia gladness to his own
abole.
The joyful hum of a mighty nation of
busy freemen shall arise during the duy,
cheering the world ; and when night’s sable
curtain falls around us, the sentinel who
paces the walls of our National Temple shall
ever and anon announce in a clear and
earnest voice, swelling through the land,
and echoing like a strain of celestial music
over the star-gemmed sea, “God prospers the
Republic, all is well I"
Dr Bard, editor of the New Era, was then
vociferously called for. The Doctor ascended
the rostrum, coolly surveyed the sea of up
turned faces, and began.
Mr. l’i esident and Gentlemen :
I will bo very brief, as 1 sue by my watch
it is nearly 11 o'clock. I wish, in the first
place, to reply to my friend from Ohio (Mr,
Furay), who, in the course of his remarks,
let fall some things entirely out of place on
this occasion. lam sorry iny friend gave
utterance to them. We want, in the canvass
before us, no violence, no hatred. We do
not wish to resurrect the dead. I myself was
raised a Democrat, and, as Paul would say,
was brought op at the feet of the Gamaliel
of the great Democratic party, and while I
folly agree with Governor Brown io his
remarks aboot theso called Democratic party
of this State, it was rather grating to my
ears to bear old things resurrected, which I
consider irrelevant to the question before us.
About tbe gentlemen who are now running
the so-called Democratic party in this State,
I have nothing to say on the present occa
sion, but there is no necessity for reviving
aud bringing up old issues, and opening old
wounds which ought not to be touched. I
propose that we start out in this campaign,
as my legal friend, Gov. Brown, would say,
de novo. We do net wish to resurrect the
dead. Let the dead sleep.
On last June, I raised at the head of my
paper the name of Gen. Ulysses Grant for
President of tbe United States. It took a
little pluck to do so at that time. I raised
the namo of Gen. Grant because I believed
that his election would promote the best
interests of the South. My interests are all
in the South. I married in the South—my
children were born in the South, and
whenever I forget her interests, may my
right hand forget her cunning; and more,
may my tongue cleave to the roof of my
mouth 1 I stand here to night the defender
of the best people that ever lived on the
face of tho earth—a generous, noble, proud,
high-minded people ; and I raised tho name
of General Grant to the head of my paper
because he treated Lee nobly and generously
after he had surrendered ; because he said
the Southern people were a noble people,
and treated them as such. I have been
abused and denounced because I raised the
name of Grant to the head of my columns.
I have done it for your good, and to morrow,
right under the name of Ulysses Grant, you
will find, in large letters, the name of
Bullock (immense applause,) and I shall
support him with a will and determination.
I have adopted reconstruction because I
believe it is for the good of the people
of the South, for the preservation of the
South and the perpetuity of tho Union.
For four years of war I fought the Union.
The Southern people went into the war be
cause they thought it was right, and they
fought as men not as cowards. I do not
believe that I was a traitor, or that the South
ern people were traitors because they fought
in that war, aud I never shall believe it
(prolonged applause), but we fought and
were overwhelmed, or, os Joe Johnson said,
were whipped, and now here is mv sword,
my hand and heart, for the preservation of
the Union. (Applause.) I have been to
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York, aud the most of the Northern cities
since the surrender, and I have seen Wilson,
Kelley and other distinguished men of Con
gress, and I tell you they always have respect
for the man who dares to say he was a true
and faithful Confederate soldier. General
Grant has a high respect for those men.
When I came into this Hall this morning, I
went to my reporter and instructed him what
to do. I went immediately out, and did not
come in any more, for I felt that I could not
long remain in tho Hall while you were
engaging iu nominating a Governor, and I
left the Hall leaving the matter entirely in
your hands.
As soon as you had adopted a platform
which commands my most hearty approval,
I felt that victory was sure, and what a
victory—a victory that will secure peace and
prosperity to the State, and the opposition
may kick and butt their political brains out
against the rock, but the party, with the
platform which you have adopted, will come
out triumphant over all opposition. Sir
(addressing the chairman), do you stand
upon that platform? (Col. Harris iu the
chair.) Yes. Then, sir, allow me to say
that it has a good weight. [Laughter.]
And, sir, I hope that the weight that will
balance that Constitution may never grow
less. [Renewed laughter.] Now, gentle
men, 1 do not abuse my old Democratic
friends, but policy requires of us that we
should now support the Reconstruction party
for such Democracy as Ben. Hill preaches.
Ben. Hill a Democrat!
“Great God ! what a wonder !
Andrew Jackson, hell and thunder! ’
[Applause.]
In Louisiana I heard of Gov. Jenkins, but
it was always as a Whig, and now he wants
to be a Democrat I If he is one, then all
history is a liar, and she ought to be buried
so deep that Gabriel’s trump will never be
able to awake her from her iufamous slum
bers.
But I do not ask now what a man’s politi
cal antecedents were, if he is right upon the
reconstruction question. But the Democratic
party of this Slate are doomed to become a
laughing stock. They are like the boat of a
certain hoozier on the Mississippi. He ran a
boat against a snag, and barely escaped with
his life. When he got to New Orleans he
told his tale in this wise:
“She heaved and pitched, and pitched and
heaved, and up her rudder flung,
And every time she pitched and heaved the
greater leak she sprung,
[laughter] until the boat went to pieces.
That is the way the so-called Democratic
party in this State will go. To those so
called Democrats who would roll any schism
in our ranks, as a sweet morsel under their
tongues, let me say, I love you with a holy
love ; but let me give you this piece of ad
vice : “Quit your nonsense.” Ben. Hill
knows that I love him, but I would say to
him : “Quit your nonsense, and aid in re
storing this State, so rich in mineral wealth,
so abundant in agricultural wealth, and
possessing so many means by which i[ may
bo rendered great as a State, to her pfoper
position in the Union. You can have no
prosperity until that is done. As for my
self, I have no aspiration for office. There
are but two things that I ardently desire ;
one is to have the leading political paper in
Georgia, and the other is to get to heaven.”
[Laughter.]
I have no political aspirations; and if
anybody wants a fight on his let him
say so, and I am ready to accommodate
him, that is, provided, I feel as brave as I
do now. (Renewed laughter). I once had
political aspirations, ana used to go up to
the amen corner, but Ido not now'. Now,
I will just say to my so called Democratic
friends, the Ben. Hill Democracy, we want
to conduct this canvass kindly, prudently ;
but I don’t want our people to kick against
the pricks any longer, and to be believing
every miserable humbug. I call upon you
all to work for the good cause. If you
can’t be a standard bearer, boa high
private, and look wise, stand firm, and
if you can’t stand, as the Yankee
said: “ lay down.” (Laughter.) J ust
one word more. I have placed the
name of Bullock, us the Reconstruction
candidate for Governor, at the head of my
columns, under the name of General Grant,
and I wunt the people of Georgia to give
Col. Bullock and the Constitution, which
you have nearly completed, at least 40,000
majority; but 1 want the canvass to bo
conducted in a kind, affectionate, and for
bearing spirit. I hope we will conduct the
canvass like men, like tho gallant and fear
less wnrriors we have proven ourselves to
bo. Then unfurl the Reconstruction banner
to tho breeze. Let it float o’er mountain,
plain, and vnlley, and the (so called) De
mocraey in this Slate shall find their plans
frustrated, and the evils which they threaten
forever averted.
The Doctor closed his romnrks and took
his soat amid immense applause.
Every mention of the name of Colonel
Bullock was received by tho vast crowd
with enthusiastic demonstrations of approba
tion aud delight. His diligent and persist'
cat efforts in the Constitutional Convention
to secure the righte of the laboring masses
has endeared him to tie working men and
the thinking men, who are overjoyed that at
last they have a candidate for the Executive
chair who, being tbe architect of hia own
fortunes, can and does sympathize with the
people, and will disregard the old political
dogma of Georgia “that Lawyers and*
Judges have a divine right to rule.”
Upon the breaking up of the meeting, the
vast multitude gathered around their candi
date and accompanied him to bis hotel.
National Eepublican
AUOUSTA. OA.
SUNDAY MORNINO. March 16, 18«*
For^^MMtNT
Os the United States:
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
For Grovernor.
OF GEORGIA :
Hon. R. B. BULLOCH
OF KIOHMOND.
PLATFORM!,
Resolved, That we pledge our support to
the Constitution framed by the Constitu
tutional Convention of this State now in
session.
Resolved, That tee present to the friends of
Reconstruction in Georgia this Constitution
as our Platform, and we urgently request
them to ratify it.
Resolved, That we pledge our support to
the Hon. R. B. Bullock, our candidate for
Governor, this day nominat'd.
Resolved, That we earnestly reguest the
friends of Reconstruction to ratify the
Nomination of the Hon. R. B. 15 0 . lock in
their Primary Meetings, and sustain him by
their votes. '
THE DEMOCRATIC"PROGRAMME.
If we may judge by the utterances of
the disunion press and of the foul-mouthed
blackguards who take the stump in Demo
cratic interest, the programme of that party
is to procure the rejection of the new Con
stitution by the people. If the Democratic
leaders had any regard for consistency they
would, of course, have put up no candi
date, for the absurdity of running candi
dates who can only hold office under a
Constitution that they are striving to de
stroy, is ridiculously transparent. To vote
against the Constitution, but for a Gov
ernor who will be pledged to disregard
that very instrument under which he holds
office—an instrument he must swear to
support before be can take the Gubernato
rial chair—is a complication of nonsense
that could only have originated in the
brains of men insane from disappointed
ambition. Suppose they attain their object
—defeat the Constitution but elect their
Governor—we rather opine their candi
—» wr»» ?—. - - r i .
time in finding the Gubernatorial chair in
which to deposit himself.
What do they expect to gain by defeat"
ing the Constitution 1 It is undoubtedly
their idea that if the Southern States can
be kept out of the Union until after the
Presidential election, the Democratic can
didate for the Presidency, if one can be
found rasli enough to run, will stand a
better chance of success, and this is proba
bly tlieir only reason for opposing recon
struction. Thus the whole country is to
be kept in continued state of turmoil and
ngitation that some Democrat may attain
the Presidency. If they arc not insane?
this is their whole reason for their conduct,
inexplicable upon any other theory. Now
we can not suppose that people, especially
the people of Georgia, will submit to make
themselves the tools of these men’s destruc
tive ambition. It is not supposable that
they arc so blind to their own interests
that, at the bidding of the same old party
hacks who have once before led them to
destruction, they will refuse to travel the
path which leads to peace and prosperity.
We trust the people have had their eyes
opened by past experience, and will repu
diate the old politicians and tlieir policy.
Trouble Among the Demagogues.
Beu. Hill, the great “Conservative”
Apostle, warns his converts that lie who
votes or acts under the laws of Congress
for Reconstruction is, and should lie,
doubly damned.
Ransc Wright’s “Conservative Demo-
Disunion Committee says that the new
Constitution will give the people “ Re
lief” and “Homesteads,” and prevent “Im
prisonment for Debt,” and therefore should
be defeated, but the scent of office is too
strong and their appetites must be appeas
ed, so they solemnly declare that, be the
Constitution good or bad, duty to them
selves require that they should grab for tile
spoils.
Steady.
New Hampshire has led the way of every
great Republican victory for tho lust
fourteen years. When she broke from her
old political moorings in 1854, the Domo"
oratic party was instantly aectionalizcd, and
nearly every other Democratic free State
followed her example. She lias never
wavered since. Hade tho leader in every
great subsequent struggle, because com.
polled to rcceivo the first onset of the
enemy, she has nover lost her foothold, but
has always maintained and defended tho
flag which has been confided to her
keeping.
Still They Come.
In addition to the splendid victory in New
Hampshire, we have news of decided Repub
lican triumphs ia the town elections at
Council Bluffs and Oentralia, lowa, and New
Brunswick, New Jcisey. A. J. has tijked
of appealing to tho people. Does the news
look as if ho had much encourageioient to
expect in that direction ?
aUR CANDIDATE.
The sore-headed, self-constituted ‘Governor
makers object to our nominee, because ho is
not a Judge, a Lawvck, or even a Justici
of tub P eacc, but simply an “Express
Agent.” We rather like their objection,
because we all know that the Express Com.
pany never have any but the very best talent
in their service, and when a man rises to
high position with that Company, it is evi
dence of superior administrative ability.
Our candidate it not ashamed of tbe
fact that his owu efforts have brought
success. Honest industry is worthy of
reward, and with the same practical
management of the affairs of our State
that has brought'prosperity, popularity and
success to tho Express Company, all honest
men—not political backs—will be well
satisfied. Let us have economy, enterprise
and energy as our watchwords.
Slight Mistake.
The Agent of tho Associated Press at
Washington telegraphed all the newspapers
South, on Friday night, that Ilarriman
(Republican) had received 39,531 votes for
Governor of New Hampshire, on Tuesday
last, and Sinclair (Democrat) 46,293 votes
for the same office.
The figures should read 39,531 for Ilarri
man, and 36,293 for Sinclair. Majority for
Harriman, 3,238.
Our Candidate.
We have been permitted to make the fob
lowing extract from a private letter received
by a gentleman in this city from a distin
guished citizen in Middle Georgia :
“We will keep our end of the rail up to
the right standard, and believe that the vote
for Colonel R. B. Bullock will be larger with
us than ever polled before for a Gubernato
rial candidate, and double that of Cobb over
McDonald ia 1850. We thiuk that Colonel
Bullock’s majority will be at least 40,000
over any person the opposition may put upon
the track.”
Colonel Farrow.
The Atlanta special to the Cincinnati
Gazette, says that “ When the Convention
took its noon recess, Colonel 11. P. Farrow
was introduced, and in an eloquent speech
gave his allegiance to the Constitution and
to the nomination of Colonel, Bullock for
Governor, and declared his intention to
stump the State for both. Thus is all the
schism in the Reconstruction ranks healed,
and success awaits the Constitution and
Bullock, with 40,000 majority.”
The Good Work.
While the Republicans of New Hampshire
were routing the Copperhead hordes, and pre"
paring to send joy to every loyal hearthstone
in the land, the Republican House of Rep
resentatives were passing a bill lifting the
taxes from our great industries. This im
portant measure was passed w ith but two
votes in the negative; and we trust the
Senate will take it up at the earliest moment
and enact it into a law.
—— ♦♦♦-
Horrible.
Georgia is to have a Governor who has
been independent and wise enough to rise
by his own efforts ; and of course the would
be leaders, who have heretofore lived upon
other men’s labor, have a horrible disgust at
tins rnnuvaiiuu.
Quinine Wanted.
The Hills tremble and have a shake :
“So many thoughts rush upon hie that I
actually shudder, when I see the possibility
of the people of my country seeing what no
civilized country ever saw before—the funda
mental law of the land making those things
equal which God declared unequal. Pictures,
dark and horrid, flout before my vision,
night aud day, when I see people going
along as unconcernedly as though there
were no danger ahead. People of Cherokee I
do any of you hear me? Will you permit
me one word ot remonstrance ? It is said
that this Constitution is to get its main sup
port from your region of country.”— Extract
Atlanta Speech.
-»-* tt—
Hen Hill’s
Opinion of the platform upon which his
friends of \lie Macon clique propose to elect
somebody:
“Now, my friends, I say—and God only
knows my feelings when I say it—that (he
adoption of this Constitution and its final
establishment will bring ruin to your coun
try, and blast the hopes of your people. It
will condemn the poor negro to inevitable
extermination. No pen can describe—
no language can express the horrors that
shall ensue, socially, morally, and politically,
whenever there shall be a forced collision
with the negroes.”— Extract Atlanta Speech.
Ben. Hill
Objects to the Macon clique trying to get
office :
“And, people of Georgia, the issue is made.
You ore to be called upon to determine
whether you will have truth or falsehood.
I know that now, and, indeed, for many
years back, the air is full of policy, policy,
policy—the making of this bargain and of
that bargain. I will venture now to say —
and I hope I shall offend nobody—though,
indeed, I don’t care if 1 do, in telling the
truth, that there are over fifty men this day
in Atlanta, who have come here to see if
they can not make some office by going
from one party to the other.” — Extract Hill's
Atlanta Speech. _
Good.
Ben Hill, in his speech at Atlanta, lec
tures bis Macou committee as follows:
“The great difficulty with the times is this :
the people have no regard for truth ; they
have no love for it—not a particle. You
think no less of a man who notoriously,
avowedly, clearly, and palpably engages in
deception, provided he be a politician, than
you do of a Christian gentleman. I rather
think you think more of deception than you
do of truth.”
The Macon Junta
Is well described by the following extract
frotn the incorruptablo Hill's Atlanta
speech :
“It is not Truth that has brought them
to it. Passion alono has done it—wild,
uncontrollable passion. Passion —cap-
tured and controlled by the fatal ambition
for office, of tho wily politician, is what
has brought this people and this country
to its present verge ot ruin.”
lien Hill Sjwaks to the Aristocracy.
“And my friends, you who are lifted above
the common herd and common masses of the
people, and think that iinpudenco never dare
assert itself in your company, I pray you—
I pray you, save the honest unfortunate poor
people of this country (rom such foul contam
ination.”— Extract Atlanta Speech.
NE W SONG RECONSTR VCTIONI
Tu«a— “Hally Hound the Ping, Hoyt.”
sr w. a. hour.
O, Reconstruction is the rage,
From mountain to tit tea,
Let ever; man at onee engage
To help our nominee.
Cbobus—Then rally, boys, rally,
From mountain, bill, sad dale,
0, come from every valley.
For Bullock mast not fail.
0, Reconstruction is the cry,
And peace throughout tbe land,
Then hoist the banner to the sky,
And join the Bullock band.
Then rally, boys, rally, etc.
0, Reconstruction we demand,
And peace and harmony,
Let friend and foe come shake their hand,
And help our nominee.
Then rally, boys, rally, etc.
0, Reconstruction, sonnd it load,
In every place and spot,
And Bullock’s name in every crowd
By none mast be forgot.
0 Then rally, boys, rally, etc.
The Reconstrnction flag must wave
From mountain to the sea.
We’ll bury the past in deepest grave,
And help our nominee.
Then rally, boys, rally, etc.
COLONEL BULLOCK.
Editor National Republian:
Dear Sir : I see that the “Governor, east
of the Oconee” so to speak, is down on our
Candidate, Col. Bullock, because he is
not a lawyer by profesgiou, etc. With all
due respect to the respectable members of
Legal profession, I must say—that to my
self, and no doubt to a large mass of the
people of Georgia, that he is no lawyer, ia
his best recommendation. We, the people,
have bad enough of the pettifogging,barristers
and shysters, God knows it is time that
we should have been thoroughly cured of the
mania ; it ia time that we should have had
tbe staring fact puuched into, beat into, or
drilled into our heads, that this class have
been the “authors of all our woe, which
has cost us nearly all our property, and
in a great degree our manhood 1 It
is time for the people to act for them
selves ; and I do hope that the next
General Assembly ot ttoorgn. -;u
to the world the fact that it is not cursed
with a class whose life-long work it has
been “to darken couusel with much
knowledge,” and to hamper and bury
Justice, Equity and Truth, so that we, the
people, have neither comprehended “the
plain letter of the law” or sonceivcd the
subterfuges by which our laws have been
trammeled ! We want no “oily gammons”
in any office; give us plain, common-sense,
business men— just such men as Col. R. B.
Bullock. “ Old Wilkes.”
March 13, 1868.
To Go to Washington.
The following paragraph occurs in the
report of the last day’s proceedings of the
Convention:
“Mr. Whiteley introduced a resolution that
Hon. Josiah R. Parrott and Hon. Foster
Blodgett be appointed to go to Washington
and recommend the pardon of the persons
recommended bv the committee on the
removal of disabilities. The resolution was
adopted by a vote of yeas “5, nays 47.
We wish the gentleman every success in
their important and patriotic mission. Both
are gentleman of fine standing and influence,
and we presume will have no trouble in
convincing Congress of the prudence ot
removing the disabilities from the parties
recommended. We commend the Committee
to our friends—the friends of Reconstruc
tion—lll TY’aaUluj'tuu. May their mission
result in the accomplishment of all that is
desired.— Atlanta Era.
Personal.
Gov. R- B. Bullock left for his home in
Augusta, last evening. Mr. Bullock has
been emphatically a working man in the
Convention. As Chairman ol the Auditing
Committee, his labors have been arduous,
but he has discharged all his duties to the
satisfaction of every one. We shall wel
come him to the Executive Mansion in
Atlanta in ninety days.
Hon. A. L. Harris left for his home iu
Savannah yesterday. My. Harris, as Chair
man of the Committee on Printing, has also
had work to do; but he has been equal to
his task and has given satisfaction to the
Convention and all concerned.
Both of these gentlemen have ouf warmest
wishes for health and plenteous prosperity.
— Era.
Grief.
The tribulations of the Washington city
Copperheads and their rebel sympathizers
over the result in New Hampshire are inex
pressibly pitiable. They were so confident
of triumph, that they had even called a
meeting Wednesday evening, at which the
redoubtable Montgomery Blair, that angel
of disaster, was to appear clothed in his
prophetic robes to rejoice in the fulfilment
of his predictions. But at an early hour in
the evening the flag was withdrawn, and if
the meeting was held it mast haye been
indeed a funeral eratjieriutr. Tt m--
some or the other conclaves during the war
when the news of some great disaster caraied
gloom and dismay among the conclaves of
the disaffected.— Washington Chronile.
Ben. Hill
Speaks the truth by accident. How
well he lectures his churchmen :
“Only three years have elapsed since
then, and you have seen your rulers—the
leaders of the political thought and the
political sentiment of the country, going to
Washington City, laying their bands upon
the Bible, swearing to support the Consti
tution of tho United States, and at once
violating every principle of that Constitu
tion, and setting at naught the whole issue
and the result of the war.”— Ben. Hill's
Atlanta Speech.
Wa}its to go Home.
Gen. Hancock has asked to be relieved
from his command at New Orleans. If the
reports which ns from that city are to
be relied on, Ins supercedure cannot come
too soon. It is charged that his recent course
lms depreciated the city currency to such a
degree that a popular panic prevails. Tli'e
Mayor, apprehensive of trouble, has issued a
proclamation, in which the responsibility for
whatever may occur is indirectly charged
upon Gen. Hancock and the lending Rebtd
spirits around him.— Tribune.
Ben llilVs Legal Opinion on an Important
Point in the ticto Constitution.
“I assert, and I assert it without fear
contradiction, that this Constitution makes
the races politically equal in all respects. It
makes them equal as to tho right of suffrage,
and equal ns t> the right to hold office. It
draws uo distinction whatever, and provides
for nono to be drawn.”— Extract Atlanta
Speech.
“What did you think of Ben. Hill’s
speech ?” said one Democrat to another, the
other day. .
“Ob, it was nothing but a ploco of bom
bastic lexicon from origin to termiafttiODi 1 ,
was tho magnificent reply,— Era.
LETTER PROM C OL. If~p
To the Friends of Reconstn^
We are now entering upoa »
campaign of greater moment th M -T”*
before participated in by any portioT'' ? **
American people. W e have beenA* *
upon the stormy sea of reTolatioJiS*!
once more in sight of the beacon r 1 *
peace, prosperity, aud happi Qel ,
within our power soon to exclaim
“We are once more safely anchotidTj
moorings.” W
The Convention has completed iu
and has presented to the people for 2*
tion a Constitution superior in **
to auy ever before presented loth. J?*
Georgia. Within a few day,
printed and sent throughout the Staut!
the people to scrutinize and py, *
Read it, consider it, ponder over j t
the proper time come forward by thehj!
thousand, and proclaim iu tnampW*-
fi cation.
Your passions and yonr
appealed to by those who hare Weii *
ruined our once happy land, tn *1
from returning to the Government**
Fathers. Those who will ihssim *
you to aid them in defeating thiiCo2
tion, you will find, by looking
their past, history, are those who 10JSI
tear down the proud fabric resredWf
sires of 1870. By their attempt to]*
the Constitution and the Government*
which our fathers lived and r.rospenjt
nearly one hundred years, as no others
ever prospered in the history of n «Z
they hav3 brought upon the
tion evils upon evils, which will notorisk
felt by those now living, but will pron
perpetuating evils, entailing their**
throughout time upon millions and mil*
yet unborn. Heed r.ot their wire*
Resolve to return to the Government *4
Flag of onr Fathers, by the overwhelm
ratification of the Constitution, and tcaiq4
aut election of Hon. R. B. Bcliocl
It is with the most profonndseaeofmi
fude to my and zeak|
and supporters, that I remember n w
public meetings throughout the Statedm»
tbe honor to express a preference foraeit
the high position of Governor of Gap;
The pride and gratification experienced!*
endorsement is the greater when I ran
that it is an endorsement of
that those expressions, coming from a*
portions of the State, were not alone I
voice of the white man or the colored r®
but tbe voice of the people of Geaji
Yet, my friends and fellow-citizens,te os
ever bear iu mind that, in all great "W
ous movements, such as that in which** •
now engaged, the wishes and pre'erencsoll
one individual should be held paramouft
the vital interests of the common cam. I
is with this feeling, and the desire toss
fice all personal considerations for the*
cess of a cause so dear to us all, andi
success of which will once more retfmk
our weary people that peace, prosperity,s!
happiness which we lost by the emu
1860, that I proclaim my unqualified *
earnest support ol lion. R. B. Bruncil
Governor, and call upon my friends if
portions of the State to unite with me*
dialiy iu his support, and bear him triajl
antly through with a gCtttflC.il
that by which any previous Govern#l
Georgia was ever elected.
Hesry P. FirmM
Atlanta, Ga., March 12, 1868.
From our Special Correspondent]
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Late Republican Success in Sett H&jt
— Hour it Ajjccts the Prciidcst—Mumi
Buehwhaekcr, threatening Washington—Jfl
of the Freedmen in Georgia, ArfaimM
Worth Carolina—Extensive laud op<rm»
Department oj Agriculture.
Washington, March 11th, MR
The Republican triumph in Ne»H*
shire, it is believed, has pot anelM
quietus upon any attempt of the
frieuds to disturb the quiet of the ftp
That quite recently the President hiWW
decided upon a course cf action in MM
the War Department and hia ow<
which would have brought about a diM
the nature of which is well
in the best informed circles.
Mr. Johnson was promised the
not only of an organized element oli
in the District of Columbia and Jlu™"
across the Potomac in Virginia
the notorious rebel bushwhack®,
assembling his clans with the avow
tion of aiding Johnson “to
“ ss 1 ;:
Valley are on file in this city,
that Mosby lias been mustering 1 j
weeks past, at a rendezvous
more. At a meeting ot the tog
held one day last week, near l
some four hundred armed men■
aud the leader ot them boast P
he could muster any day LOO
clearing out the Capital. Th
come souurulyof late thatthe
that section have applied to the
either a military force to p v,
their rights, or authority g
their own defense. A reign i ,
in Northeastern V lr^ n, ?', he “presi#
sight of the Capital hut the DgJ
actually appalled at tho lean g,
shire. The parasites about te***
had led him to believe that to !
were sure of a victory in , jj q
and hence he is much
today, and in one ol hism°°«
dangerous for his-best fnends»Ji
him? The President is su *
clique ot men who are lead m o
and deeper into the quag l > t
realizing the fact; he doea t«
for himself, but employs a B 4
for him such articles »s may
interest. These articles aD j e
by the Blairs and the Bl *. ,u(t
quently he hears oniy one si ' tkt
and is completely m the and » no j
situation of affairs. ~
been permitted to know the
Hampshire, only the < ac ‘ s y. 9
and could not easily be j
tinnes to insist that the § t ,a!
Treasury shall not rec°gm*e» h|j ,
Secretary ot VV ar by yet
udqu tho Treasury; t nauC ial
about a derangement m fi» { , &
Ad interim Thomas »
meeting yesterday, rc l ud n0 it#
Department. He has issueu
yet, but every one is
do so at an early day.
election opens the “ o twith#
the fact that the people are no
FKKBDHSN S ÜBitßAt^
Major General Howard ha J i