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SUNDAY MORNING.. August 30, 1808
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Speech of Ex-Gov. Brown
AT THE
REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING,
IN ATLANTA, AUGUST 18, 1808.
Fellow-citizens .-—As I have lately been
nominated by the Governor and continued
by the Senate ns Chief Justice of the Su
preme Court of this State, for the term of
twelve.years, I am aware that the propriety
of my course in-appearing before you on this
occasion may be questioned by the so-called
Democratic presses of the State. And I
only allude to the fact here to say that I have
not yet taken the oath of office, nor have I
entered upon the discharge of the duties of
the high position assigned me. Indeed, I
know of no official act which I can he called
on to perform till the next term of the Court
in December. Ido not, therefore, transcend
the bounds of propriety when I exercise the
rights of a citizen and a Republican, and
Paise my voice to warn the people of the
dangers which now threaten, not only the
peace of society, but the very existence of
civil government throughout the vast extent
of the broad land. The issues before us are
no ordinary political issues: they are the
issues of peace or war, of life or death, of
government or anarchy. They arc upou us.
We can not avoid them. The Democratic
party, so-called, not the old Democracy of
former years, but the so-called Democracy,
led by the bitterest enemies of the old Demo
cratic party, avows its purpose, through its
chosen leaders, to tear down the government
lately established in Georgia and other South
ern States by tho sword ; which will, if at
tempted, light up the continent with a blaze
of civil war. On the other hand, the Repub
lican party, through its chosen leaders,
Grant and Colfax, has proclaimed for peace,
and declared its purpose to sustain the-gov
erumeuts now existing in this and other re
constructed States, and to restore and main
tain law, order, and prosperity in the same.
These are the momentous issues.now pre
sented for the consideration of the people of
this great Republic. Shall we have pence
and stability, or shall wo again plunge the
country into war, bloodshed and Chaos, with
all their attendant horrors, privations, und
miseries? For one, I am for peace. We
have had enough of war for this genera
tion ; and I confess I shudder at the prospect
of the renewal ol the strife in a ten-fold
more appalling form than that through
which we have just passed. It is not my
purpose to review the late unhappy struggle ;
nor do I intend to take up your time in a
discussion of the merits or demerits of the
reconstruction acts of Congress. I shall deal
with the present and the future. Recon
struction in Georgia is an accomplished fact.
Not upon the terms chosen by her people,
but in obedience to the dictation of the con
queror. We appealed so the sword to settle
the controversy which had long existed
between us and the people of the North.
The war was long and bloody. The decision
was against us. What then could the South
do? She had staked her cause upon the
wager of battle, and had lost the fight.
Hundreds of thousands of her sons, who
were earnest, conscientious and energetic in
her support, had sealed their faith with their
life's blood. Her resources were exhausted,
her cities were burned, her railroads were
destroyed, and her country laid waste by the
ravages of war. She bad surrendered her
armies ; her strongholds were in the posses
sion ot the Government of the United States;
her President was a prisoner ; her Governors
had been imprisoned, and her Legislatures
dispersed by order of the President. Not
only had her armies been paroled, but the
whole mass of her people had been required
to take, and had taken the amnesty oath
prescribed by the President, by which he
swore them in future to support the Union oj
the Slates. On the other hand the conqueror
had in the field at the time of the surrender
over a million of armed men, "with vast fleets,
and marine outfits. AU our own arms were
given up, and held by the Government,
which bad its troops in possession of every
strategic point in tha whole South. Under
these circumstances, what Was left to a
vanquished, impoverished, and exhausted
people but to acquiesce in the terms dictated
by the conqueror ? When further resistance
was the extreme of folly, why continue tb
throw obstacles in the vfay and irritate those
who had the supreme control over us ?
Every effort we made to resist the will of the
conqueror recoiled upon us, and added to
the stringency of the terms to which we
were required to submit. Our people at
length learned wisdom by experience, and
complied with the terms dictated in the
Reconstruction Acts of Congress, and we
have established a government which has
been recognized by the Government of the
United States as legal and valid, and we
have again been admitted to representation
in Congress. But just at the point when
the country looked for repose, and when
a wearied people looked for repose, a great
political party again sounds the tocsin of
war, and unfurls banners to the breeze,
with the open declaration of the determina
tion of its purpose to undo all that has been
done—to trample the acts of Congress into
the dust, and to dispose the Governments
that have been established, by the use of
the sword, in defiance of the laws of the
land. The Democratic platform and Sey
uiour and Blair letters mean civil war.
The Demoyatic platform adopted at New
iork declared that “we regard the Recon
struction acts of Congress so called as
usurpations, unconstitutional, revolutionary,
and void.” Mr. Seymour, in his letter of
acceptance, while referring to the resolu
tions contained in the platform, says “They
are in accordance with my views, and I
stand upon them in the contest upon which
we are now entering, and shall strive to
carry them out in future." Gen. Blair, the
Democratic nominee For Vice President, in
nw letter to Col. Broadhead, says, “There
hno possibility of changing the political
if the Democrats
of eect their President.and a majority
w the popular branch of Congress? We
cannot, therefore, undo the Radical plan of
reconstruction by Congressional action
the Senate will continue u bar to its repeal.”
Again he says, “There is but one way.to
restore the Government and the Constitn
tion, und that is, for tho President elect to
deciare these acts null atfti void ; compel
the army to undo its usurpation at the
South; dispersp the carpet-bag State
Governments,” etc. Again be says, “We
must have a President who will execute
the will of the people by trampling into the
dust the usurpations of Congress known as
the Reconstruction acts.” Here then is the
distinct avowal in the Democratic platform,
that the Reconstruction acts are void. Then
follows the declaration of Mr. Seymour, tho
candidate of the so-called Democracy for
President, who says ho will strive to carry
out the resolutions of the platform. That
is that he, if elected President, will treat
these acts, and as a necessary consequence,
all that has been done under them, as null
and void. General Blair, who it is said led
.the house-burning wing of Sherman’s army
through Georgia, and who if elected Vico
President would have but the .brittle thread
of Mr. Seymour’s life between him and the
Presidency, tells us how these resolutions
are to be carried out. It is to be done by
the use of the sword. By compelling the
army to disperse our State Governments,
and to trample tho Reconstruction acts into
the dust. What docs this all moan? It simply
means that they intend if elected to set
aside these State Governments by force, re
gardless of consequences. Let us see how
jt,will work in practice. »Tlie Reconstruction
acts .were passed by Congress in the mode
prescribed by the Constitution—vetoed by the
President, and again passed by a constitu
tional majority. The Supreme Court of the
United States never has, and I predict, never
will, declare them unconstitutional. The
question is a political one, and in conformity
to tbeir decision in the Dorr rebellion ' case,
they will leave it with Congress to say what
is a legal State Government. The law of
Congress now on your statute lidok declares
the present Government of Georgia legal.
General Blair admits that it is impossible to
repeal that law, as the Republicans have the
Senate, and in case of the success of the
Democracy in the election of a President,
and a majority in the House, the Senate
would Utill be a bar which they could not
pass. In a word, the law which establishes
the present Government of Georgia is upon
the statute book, and he admits it can not
be repealed. Now, there are but two ways
of getting rid of a government established
by a law of Congress. One is to repeal the
law. The other is to tear it down by revdlu
tion'. General Blair sees the dilemma in
which he and his party are placed, and he
meets it like a bold man, and tells us that he
intends to compel the military to disperse
these “’State Governments” by force, by the
sword. As he can not repeal the law in a
constitutional way, be intends to destroy the
State Governments formed" under it, by
revolution. How will this work ? If JSeymour
and Blair are elected, they will order the
army to drive out Governor Buliock from his
office, and disperse the Legislature, and
destroy the J udiciary of the State. This
would be a bold usurpation of power, which
would be resisted by Congress and by Gov.
Bullock and every Southern Governor. The
Democrats, under the excitement, would
generally rally to the support of the Presi
dent ; and the Republicans, regarding him
a revolutionist and a usurper, would rally to
the support of Congress and the State Gov
ernments. This would light the torch of
civil war iu its most horrible form, from
Maine to California. Not such war as we
have just passed through, which was n war
between States and communities, in which
there was a front and a rear, and all behind
the armies was comparatively safe; but civil
war in the fullest sense of the term, in which
there would be contending parties arrayed
against each other in every State and every
county in deadly hostility, cutting each
other's property. No war on the pages of
history has ever been mere cruel or destruc
tive. Not only will neighbor rise upngaiust
neighbor, but brother will ipibue his hands
in brother's blood. May the Almighty Ruhr
of the Univer;te avert this dreadful calamity,
and spare our sin-cursed laud from this hor
rible doom, by the defeat of the guilty insti
gators of the plot, and the success of that
great man, General Grant,,who Says, “Let
us fihve peace.” *
TUB SQUTIIEKN' LEADERS MEAN WAR.
Not only do the Democratic platform, Mr.
Seymour’s letter of acceptance, and General
Blair’s letter to .JJroadlnSitd, threaten the
peace of the country, but the action and the
speeches of tho Southern leaders of- the
disunion party, styling itself the Democratic
party, indicate revolution beyond a doubt.
Jn 1860 I acted with those leaders, 1 knew
their counsels, 1 heard their popular
languages, and their-appeals to the preju
dices of the people. They touched the
popular heart, and they moved tho mass to
action. I hear the same expressions uow,
the same artful appeals to popular prejudice#,
the same keynotestorevolution. And 1 see
the people who have lost heavily by flic war,
and whose prejudices, as these leaders know,
are on that account the more easily moved,
shouting to the war cry, and moving forward
like sheep to Hie slaughter. Disappointed
ambition drives the leaders forward. They
once stood high in the national counsels.
They were indeed masters of the position.
They rode upon the storm and directed its
fury. Excluded from tire Cabinet and the
Senate, the fallen angels, some of them now
prefer to “ rule in hell rather than serve in
Heaven.” If they cannet govern this Country
they are determined to destroy if. And as
they are disfranchised on account of their
rebeUioiij and see ua hope of early relief
from their disabilities, and have no assurance
of popular favor if relieved, they feel that
they have little to lose, and may have some
thing to gain by another appeal to arms.
Who, that heard, or has read, the speeches
delivered in this city at the late Democratic
Convention fails, on sober reflection, to see
the animus which prompted tliose speeches?
BBS HILL.
I do not refer to the ravings of that poor
political maniac, Ben Hill, wliq is the
scourgeof every political party with which
he acts, and whose jwpular advocacy of a
cause never yet, in a single instance, failed
to produce its defeat. It is simply the mis
fortune of the so called Democratic leaders
that Ben Hill has obtained fellowship among
them, and knows tlieir secrets. If they
could control his yudcmeiit, th>y might turn
his diarrhea of words to account in exciting
the populace. But man conuot impart
judgment, coin n 5 on sense, and moral
honesty to those npon whom nature failed to.
bestow them. It they will only let Ben
canvass the Statu thoroughly, he will unfold
their secrets so fully that Grant’s election
can, I suppose, be questioned by u<» one, an
all will discover the revolutionary purposes
which lay at the bottom of their movement,
COBB, TOOMBH, AKO OTHEttS.
ButJ do refer to Howell Cobb, General
Toom", and other lesser lights who revolve
•round them. They are representative men
AUGUSTA, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1868;
of their party. Their utterances have a sig
nifiention. Who has not known Howell Cobb,
an original professed Union man, as the
enemy of the Government of the United
States from the day that the lamented
Douglas got the inside track of him for the
Presidency ? Since that time, with the
treason of a Cataline wrankling in his heart,
he has sought, by insidious and other means,
to ruin that he could not rule. The personal
abuse he has poured forth against me I pass
with silent contempt. 1 will not bandy words
with a blackguard. I will not exchange
epithets with a man who, at. the end of the
war, swore to support the Union of the States,
and now again plots revolution, bloodshed
and carnage for its overthrow Gen. Toombs
is a bold, open, frank enemy, who left tlie
country rather than surrender at the close of
the war, and stayed away till the President
of the United States permitted him to return,
it is said, without eveui requiring him to take
the amnesty oath. Ho "is still ou the war
path, as liis speeches, which are almost
identical with those of 1860, clearly indicate.
He is still the enemy of the Government,
unless he can engraft upon it his own policy.
Seeing the Democratic platform, and the
published utterances of the Democratic
nominees, ho does not hesitate to array him
self with that party, ami to assume its
leadership in Georgia, ns the most successful
mode of accomplishing his object. Whatever
he may say, he certainly can not complain,
in view of his past course, that the Govern
ment lias dealt harshly with him since the
surrender. These, and others like them, are
the leaders of the Democratic party in the
South, who, charmed with the declarations
of the Democratic nominees, that they will
trample the Reconstruction acts into the
dust, by force, iu defiance of Congress, and
without the sanction of the Judiciary, spring
to the front, grasp the Democratic standard,
and bear it aloft. Union men of Georgia,
will you follow them ? Farmers of Georgia,
who have lost all in the late revolution, but
the lauds from which you now make your
living by the sweat of your brow, are you
ready for another revolution ? Merchants of
Georgia, whoso fortunes were wrecked iu the
late struggle, are you prepared to risk .what
you have by hafd labor accumulated, since
the war, upon another civil commotion?
Mechanics of Georgia, are you ready again
to close your shops and shoulder your mus
kets, and rush to the fluid of carnage ami
blood ? Mothers, and sisters, und wives of
Georgia, arc you ready again to send your
sous, and brothers, and husbands, to the
battle-field, to die there for the chance of
undoing what is already done? Colored
people of Georgia, are you ready for a revo
lution, the avowed objects of which arc to
deprive you of the rights you now enjoy?
Whv the necessity of another revolution?
That ambitious men, now out of power, with
no prospects of promotion in any other way,
may again be clothed with the robes of office.
Here lies tho true secret of this reckless
movement. Follow ambitious revolutionary
leaders, who are all disfranchised by the
Constitutional Amendment, and they will
elevate themselves into office, or sink you
into bloody graves. >,
ORIGINAL UNION MEN.
I nan aware that some who were original
Union-men now act with the Democracy.
They labor under a delusion ; they are led
astray by a name. What can they expect
from Toombs, and Cobb, and Ben Hill as
leaders. Union men, you may disapprove
their sentiments, und think you can control
the party over them. You are egregiously
mistaken. By following in their train, you
only give them power to drag you, chained
to their erratic car, down the steps of
revolution and ruin. They do not follow,
they lead their party. If you act with them
you must follow them. Their political
fortunes are wrecked, and as they have
nothing to lose, they arc ready for bold
adventures. War may .again give them
position. Peace leaves them in retire
ment, with none to do them reverence.
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM MEANS ANARCHY.
We have passed through four years of
bloody war. We have since been three
years in a transition state, between war
flagrant and peace, without any recognized
State Governments. Wo have within the
last month . organized a State Government
that is recognized by the conqueror, and we
arc again represented in Congress. The
wheels of the next government, just put in
motion, are moving off smoothly. If left
alone it will afford protection to life and
property ; and peace and prosperity will
speedily resume their ancient swjy. At
this movement which has been so anxiously
looked to by the sober-thinking people of
the Stale, the Democratic platform and its
nominees declare all that has been done
absolutely void. What is the effect of this?
If it be true, your Governor is a usurper,
and every act he does is illegal and void.
Your Legislature is an illegal, self-consti
tuted assemblage, and every act it does is
void. Your Judiciary is unauthorized and
powertess, and every judgmeu it renders is
a nullity. If you recover a judgment
against your neighbor fer a debt, it is void,
and the Sheriff who attempts to execute
it is a trespasser. If the murderer is
put ou trial and convicted, the judg
ment is a nullity, and, if executed,
the Judge who passes the sentence
and the Sheriff who executes it are alike
guilty of legal murder. In a word, if this
doctrine be true, you have no Governor,
you have no Legislature, you have no
Judges, no Justices of the Peace, ao civil
officers of atty sort. You are without
government. You are in the midst of
anarchy, and the law of physical force is
the supreme law of the State, and the weak
and the helpless, and Ute peaceable, are at
the mercy of the strong, the powerful and
the violent. WK! you sanction this doctrine,
and thereby stop all progress, all develop
ment, all prosperity, all peaceful pursuits,
and burl the country down to the level of
Mexico, with no government, no stability
.for the future.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE CANNOT BE IH.STROYEI)
WITHOUT WAR.
You may flatter yourselves that by this
course you will rid the country of negro
suffrage. You cannot do it, without a war
of races. The negroes have been enfran
chised by act of Congress, and by the Con
vention of your own State, and of a number
ot other Southern States. They have exer
cised the elective franchise ou more than
one occasion. They now regard it their
right, and they will never yield it without a
struggle. When, in the history of the past,
did you ever know 4,000,000 of people, with
the ballot in their bands, surrender, it with
out bloodsteej I It «ost retoletion to give it
to them, and nothing short of bloody revolu
tion can take it from them. If you will
allow them to exercise it without disturb
ance, they will do it peaceably. If there
are any outbreaks and disturbances, they
will grow out of the attempts of the white
race to deprive the colored -race of this right,
or to interfere with its free exercise. I .warn
you, my friends, to be cautious on l>oth side*
how you put your lives in jeopardy, anti your
homes and families in peril. And I espe-
cially warn my own race of tho extreme
danger to them in case of collision. The
colored people have but little except their
lives to risk In the fight, if it should come.
The white men have the same risk, and in
addition to this they have their property to
lose. Your houses, your villages, towns, and
cities are all pledged to peace.
REPUBLICANS ARE FOR PEACE.
It is the wish of the Republican party to
couduct this canvass fairly, quietly, and
peaceably, relying upou the weapons of
reason ami tho good sense of the people
alone for success. They will neither disturb
nor in any manner interrupt any Democratic
meeting. They will inflict no injury upon
any one for opinion's sake. But while they
make these concessions to their opponents,
they are determined to enjoy the same rifftta,
and will neither submit to be driven from
the field, nor will they allow others to inter
rupt and disperse their meetings. They will
stand on the defensive, but they wilt stand
firmly, and, in ease of bloodshea, woe be to
him that strikes tho first blow.
REPUBLICANS OF UPPER GEORGIA.
The while Republicans in Upper Georgia,
who were the original Union men of the
State, have stood firmly by the party, in sun
shine and in shade. They have scorned the
threats, and spurred the attempted social
ostracism of the Codfish Aristocracy of the
so-called Democratic party; und they will
stand as immovable as the granite base of
their mountain homes, by Grant, Colfax,
Congress, and the State Governments.'They
will maintain reconstruction as it is, cost
what it- may. There are in Georgia over
30,000 of them who are reliable, brave, amL
true ; the cause of their opponents has driven
them, in self defence, if for no higher reason,
to stand by the colored race, and maintain
their rights.
COLORED REPUBLICANS.
There are over 90,0.00 colored Republicans
in this State, who owe their freedom to the
Government of the United States, and their
enfranchisement to tho Republican Congress
and the stubbornnesi of the Democratic
leaders of the South. . They know full well
that they are the allies of the white Republi
cans of the Slate, and that the Democracy
are striving to bring the one into disrepute
and destroy the other. Why this outcry for
Seymour, Blair, and'another revolution?
The object is to drive the colored man from
the polls and place him. back into the condi
tion of slavery, except the name. Remem
ber this, my colored friends. The white Re
publicans arc the only trustworthy friends,
politically, you have in this State, or this;
country. If General Grant and Colfax are.
elected, your rights are safe, and our rights
arc secure. We shall then have peace,
quiet, and prosperity. If Seymour and
Blair are elected, they will try to crush
you arid destroy your rights. We shall
then have revolution, war and blood
shed. Every Republican, whether white
or black, must therefore sec the ne
cessity'of rallying under the banner of
Grant and Colfax, iyid marching to the
music of the Union, till success shall crown
their efforts, and bear their chief, on the
4th of' March next, in triumph to the White
House. To accomplish this you must labor
earnestly and actively. You* must form
clubs in every county and every district of
the State. You must set that every Repub
lican enrolls his name. You must get
them to the club meetings as often as
possible. You must warn them of their
danger, and on election day you must see
that every one is at the polls, and that they
are neither deprived of their votes by .force
or intimidation, nor swindled out of them
by fraud, artifice, or trick. My colored
friends, the Democrats—appealing to your
appetite and not to yonr understanding—
threaten to buy your votes with haius, corn,
meal and Hour, and dresses for your wives.
If a Democrat offer to buy your vote scorn
him. His object is to buy your freedom
and your future right to vote. If you make
the sale your Wife should scorn you.* If
you sell your vote for a dress for her, she
should burn it in your presence as the price
of her children’s liberty. On election day
go in companies to the polls: act peaceably
but firmly. Let no white man drag you
about, and be sure you arc not cheated in
jjekets. If you cannot read, get your
tickets from trustworthy men of your own
race who can, or from white, men whose
Republicanism cannot be questioned. If a
Democrat gives you a ticket, tear it up and
throw it away. But use no unkind expres
sion, and offer him no ru eness, unless he
attempts to use force, or do you a personal
injury, and you arc them justifiable in
resisting him.
THE I’L.frFORM,
But it is objected by the Democracy that the
Republican platform is unjust to the South, that
It declares negro suffrage good enough for tlsn'r.
gia, but not good enough for Ohio. Why is this ?
Georgia was in rebellion, Ohio adhered to the
Government. Georgia was tho conquered, with
other States. Ohio was, wilh other States, the
conqueror. Georgia, with other States, has had
to accept terms. Ohio, with other States, dictates
the terms. It is the usual and simple case of
difference between tho conqueror and the con
quered. As a further illustration : the people of
Georgia, at tho dictation of President Johnson,
in 188$, met in Convention. That Convention
was controlled by those who are now shining
Democratic lights. The President, as tho repre
sentative of Ohio and the other conquering
States, dictated to Georgia that she should abol
ish slavery, and destroy some s4o(',OOfl,flHO of
hor wealth. These Democratic leaders said
amen ! and executed tho order. No such require
ment Was made of Ohio. The destruction of four
hundred millions of dollars es Georgia property
(these Democratic, leaders being judges) was
good enough for Georgia, but no: good
for Ohio. Again, the Presinent dictated that we
should repudiate the Georgia war debt. The
Convention did it. No such demand was made
of Ohio. Repudiation, says the Johnson Con
vention, controlled by Democratic leaders, is good
enough for Georgia, but not goqd enough for
Ohio. And ia tho face of all this, those same
Democratic loaders, who cringed before President
Johnson, when he diMrimiua'.ed between Geor
gia and Ohio, and humbly did bis bidding, bow
hypocritically arraign the Republican party for
making a distinction between Georgia and Ohio,
between the conqueror aud the conquered.
Shame on such hypocrisy and inconsistency.
THEY ARE NOT BEMOVBATS IN ANYTHING BUT
THE NAME.
Again, I, and many of those who act with me,
are denonne -d as renegades from the Democratic
pariy. What Democratic party ? Not the old
State Right* Democracy, with which I have
acted all my life? The present ’* sb called’*
Democratic party does not profess a Single prin
ciple,nor entertain a single Sentiment in common
with the old State Rights Democracy. If, to,
what is it? ' All know that the very foundation
upon which that organization rested was the
doctrine of State sovereignty, primary allegiance
to the State, and the right of secession. This
the doctrine of the Virginia and Kentucky
resolutions which ware the text books of the
Democratic party. But this is no part of the
creed es the so-called Demisarucy us (leorgia.
The sword has decided against this doctrine.
Who now claims that the State of Georgia is
sovereign ? Who says she ie entitled to his pri
mary allegiance, or propoees to yield it to her ?
She lost her right to primary allegiance by her
inability to afford protection, and maintain her
sovereignty .in the field. Who now maintains
the right of secession ? We not only lost in tn
the battlefield, hut We wore compelled before
we coaid receive pardon to swear to abandon it!
Each of you who has taken the amnesty oath
swore to support tho Union of the States- When
you did this, you gave up State sovereignty
primary allegiance to the State, and the right of
secession. Hero then the whole foundation was
knocked from under tho old State Rights Democ
racy. What other Damoeratic principles does
this now organization profess? Do they oppose a
high tariff? No; it takes all tho money that ean
bo raised by tariff and direct taxation to pay the
expenses of tho Government, and the interest on
the public debt. All agree, then, that it
is well that the rich, who consume most,
pay on their luxuries and necessaries sifch
tariff as will lighten our direct taxes. Do they
oppose internal improvement by the general
. government ? No, they do not. As we pay our part
of the tax, and as the Northern States »re
SonstanUy getting internal improvements, why
should wo Hot take our part? When they ask
' fori;>,0004*011 for the Pacific Rrailroad, let'us
askf'dr as -much, if necessary, to rebuild tho
icvies'oft the Mississippi river, and reclaim that
magnificent country from inundation. When
they ask for a million to improve tho harbors on
the lakes, let us have a million to iinpteve tho
harbor of Savannah. In a word, while wo |iy
♦ur part of tho burdens of tho Government, let
us have our part of tho benefits. Do they
Mtpppse the distribution of tho proceeds of the
pusiK' lands uHiong the States? No. After tho
annual expense of flic Government is paid, there
Is puuo. to distribute. Do they oppose ■ a
national btmtf ? llSsany one of you a dollar in
bispoeket that is current? If so, is it natioiwl
issue, ortho bill of a national bank ? Tharo-is
now no other currency: Tho war has firmly
established tho aystoru of national banks. No
party now opposes it. I affirm that the preseht
so-called Democracy does not' even profess lo
stand upon a Single principle of the old Stale
Hights Democracy. How, then, do I, and those
who act with me, betray party faith, when *e
refuse to support tho new organisation ? Is it
tho friendship of tbe . Northern Democracy,
during the war ? They promised us that the
Abolitionists should pass over their dead bulits
bolero they cams to conquer us. How did they
keep their pledge ? Some ol tho leaders received
high commands in the United States army. A
few were imprisoned because they aloud by
Most of them sought as easy places as possible.
But tho mass of tho Democracy, tho rank and
file, canto down by hundreds of thousands witli
gnus in their hands, und puuroi deadly lire into
our ranks till wo wore cujjqimred. Without their
aid again'st «s we would* never have bi-efi
subdued. But niy bld Democratic friends may
feel bound to follow old Democratic leaders. Let
us see how this stands. Except Howell Cobb,
what old Democratic loader in Georgia now loads
the so-called Democrats? Who arc yoifr
loaders ? Gen. Toombs may bo put down at the
head of the party. He furnishes the brains’
to it, aud it follows his bidding. Till
a short limo before secession, Toombs was
the bolfei t and bitterest opponent to the
Democracy. When ho saw it was necessary to
aeoduiplish secession ho united with the Demos
racy. Who else are leaders? Ben. Bill, John 1).
Gordon, David Irwin, Augustus Reese, E G-.
Cabantas (Chairman of tho State Central Cup
unittco',, pour old Buee.d, Secretary; Kans Wright,
Hus. Wright, E. A. -Nesbit, I’. W. Alexander, and
Ciucinualus Peeples. I beg your pardon, 1 bad
forgotten Warroti Akin. These are now the
acknowledged leaders of the sn called Demo
cratic party iu Georgia. These have been the
life long oppononte'of the old Democratic party,
and the loaders <rt tho party opposed to.it. OH
.Etuo-Righta Democrats, look at your leaders!
They have lung been your lutterest revilors,
your most determined political enemies. Why
have th»y- u.ow taken ebarge ol you ? Il is bo*
cause they know tho so called Democracy is not
tho Hue Deinoeraoy. If the party in Conven
tion at New York had adopted the old Detno
craAic principles, they would have Iclt it like
rats from a burn on lire. There is not a drop o£
Democratic blood in the veins of either of them.
Uow do you feel, my eld State-Rights Demo
cratic 11-110145, following them and throwing up'
your lists and shouting al their Aitteranees?
You may tell mo they profess tho name Deuvi
era!. T hat is true. The jackass wilh tho Hou’s
skin on professed to be a lion, and alarmed all
the beasts of the field till be brayed, when all
saw there was no cause for alarm, as ho was still
a jackass. No with Ben Hill and some other of
your Democratic leaders—you Bed them in the
lion's skin of tho old Democracy, aud you feel
great reverence fur them. .But when they bray,
if you will notice them, it is still the braying of
the old Kuow-Notbiug jackass, and not the
roaring of the Democratic liot\. Those who will
may follow these strange gods, but I must bo
excused for refusing to tall down and worship
them. When you follow these leaders, without
a single old Democratic plank in your platform,
sake do not accuse any one else of
being renegades to Democracy.
PERSONAL ABUSE —MY OWN COURS*:.
’ Probably no ono in Georgia ever bad to endure
more personal abuse, detraction ahd injustice
than has tailed to my lot within-the last eighteen
months. But my consciousness of the rectitude
of my motives and the correctness of my course
has been so strong, that 1 have felt more of pity
than nngcr for my ealumuiators. In what have
I offended ? I fought the Government of the
United States earnestly and faithfully as long as
we bad armies in the field. When our armies
were overwhelmed, and 1 was compelled to sur
render, 1 did so in good faith. I took the amnesty
oath, jvbicb-buund me in failure to support tho
Union of the Stales,'and, God being my helper,
I will observe that obligation in good faith. I
have advised aCipiiusceuce in the teruts dictated
by the conqueror. All know that each refusal
on our part has boon followed by harder terms.
Aly advice, therefore, was good, as results have
Shown. When the Convention met, my enemies
held mo rcsp-jitofble for Its good conduct. I
wielded all the influence in my power to get the
best Constitution of any Southern State. And
I challenge comparison with all the others, ex
cept in ono or two points. We now -have the
very bast Constitution wo over had in this State.
While other State Constitutions disfranchise
large clasps of white' persons, the Constitution
ol Georgia disfranchises no one, unless he is an
idiot, a lunatic, or a criminal lon thousand
intelligent white men in this State, who are
voters"in the election this Pali, would not now
enjoy but for the course taken by mo
on reconstruction. Studs the existence ot mili
tary government in the State, 1 have used my
influence, a hater of Ji was, in favor of clemency
and personal liberty. Hundreds of citizens in
this State can testify to my agency in tbefr relief
in matters seriously ilffecHug their rights or lib
erty, without fee or reward. I have written
thousands of letters, at a cost to me of a
very considerable outlay of money in postage
and otherwise, and of great fatifcue and labor, to
aid those in distress, or give them information,
which they sought, connected with their cares
or interests. And 1 oan truly say, that I have
never, in any single case, received one dollar of
compensation, directly or indirectly, in money
or other things, except in such cases as required
me to render actual professional services, iu cases
set down or about to be set down for trial before
Military Cota missions 'or ether courts. For all
this I have received in return from the newspa
per* and politicians of the Stale nothing but
vindictive abuse, slander and vituperation. Bat
this has not changed my course. lam satisfied
it was right to do all iu my power for <he relief
of my fellow citizens, and 1 am glad 1 was placed
in a position te b* •iaeftfl them. Had I been
honored with a shat in the Congress of tho
Hailed State* I should have used all the inftu
ence and power I possessed t» sweep from the
Statute book all test oaths and disabilities.. These
were war measures, justified by the war; but
measures which are not adapted to a state of
riace, and should be repealed as soon as the
nioti is fully restored. The Republican party
will no doubt And it to it* interest to adopt this
course. Even the most revolutionary and frac
tious leader of the more popular
sympathy, and move influence, while he can cry
out that he is victimised, and a martyr, than he
will ever again have alter his disabilities are
removed. 1 look to the time when reason will
resume its sway, an,) 1 am then willing to abide
tho just verdict of enlightened public opinidh.
When I advised the white people of Georgia to
take part in the election fo< delegates to tho
Convention, and select their wisest and best men
tv represent them, I was denounced, and .oth«* ■
counsels prevailed. Who now double that I was
right f Time baa Convinced nil candid men. Se
it will bo with other adviee -which I bare given,
that has been scornfully rejected. Timo will
again d<> its perfect wotH. My enemies have <
bad their time. Mine will come.
’ CONCLUSION. .
In conclnsidfl, I call upon every Into Republi
can to rally to tho standard. Your candidates
merit your highest confidence. General Oran!
was the ablest and most successful leader of the
Union armies, during the great struggle thro«gh
which we passed. As a foe he was bravo,
magnanimous and generous in the highett
degree, never descending below the level of tho
accomplished gentleman, and an able General,
ard never transcending tho limits assigned him
by the lows and usages of war. At the surrender
of tho great and good man, General Lee, vfho
commanded the Southern armies, the generosity
and magnanimity of General Grant were mtut
conspicuously displayed. What Noulhcrn soldier
on his return from Vicksburg or Apjfomntiolt
did not speak in terms of eulogy when the name
of General was used ? Sine e the surrgn
dcr hia course towards those ’who were his
enemies in war, has been high-toned, liberal and
just. In a word, he is an able General, and an
accomplished gentleman, possessing all the
qualities necessary for a successful statesman
and a model executive; with prestige and poqer
by his word—peace, bo still, to calm tho turbid
waves of the pelitiesl oeoan, which now lash the
ship of State with bo much fury, and cause her
to ride triumphantly into the haven of safety,
peace, quiet and repose. Os our candidate for
Vice President, I need only to say he sprung
from tho people, and has the people’s confidence
and sympathy. From an humble beginning, by
his indouitable energy and great talents, he has
won his way to tho front rank of American
statesmen, and now stands tho proud representa
tive of the young men of America, in the full
vigor of life and manhood, able, if any emergency
should require, to seize the helm of State as
Chief Magistrate, and guide safely the destinies
and protect tho interests of a great and growing
people. Then rally, rally to the rescue, and
boar aloft your proud banners, with Grant,
Colfax and peace inscribed in burning letters of
living light high upon their sacred folds.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
1 United Slates for the Northern District of
Georgia.
. In the matter of )
JOHN O. STEWART, 4IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. 1 No. 313.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the
Court for a discharge from all his debts prova
ble under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867,
notice is hereby given to all persons interested
to appear on the 4lh day of September, 1868, at t!
o’clock in the afternoon, at chambers of tho said
District Court, lieforc Alexander G. Murray,
one of the Registers of the said Court in Bank
ruptcy, at the Register’s office, in tiro city of
Griffin, Ga., and snow cause why the prayer
of the said petition of tho Bankrupt should not
bo granted. And further notice is given that
the second and third meetings of creditors will
be held at. the same limo and place.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
[seal] Judge of said Conrt, this 19th day of
August, 1868.
_aug9l-law2w W. H. SMITIIJJterk
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF TUB
United States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In' the matter of J
ROBERT CARROLL, > IN BANKRUPTCY,
Bankrupt )
Tbe updetsigned hereby gives notice of hta
appointment as Assignee of the estate of Robert
Carroll, of Augusta, Richmond county, Georgia,
within said District, '.vho has been adjudged a
bankrupt upon his own petition by tbe District
Court of aaitl District.
JACOB R. DAVIS,
, au27—law3w Assignee.
Atlanta Era copy.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States lor the Southern District of
- Georgia.
In tho matter of )
Cohnblivs R Hanleitbr !• IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. J
To whom it may concern : The undersigned
hereby gives notice of his upimintment as As
signee of the estate and .effects of the above
named Bankrupt.
Dated at SavanrfUh, Ga.. this 6th day of August.
A. D. 1868. JOHN 8. HIGGINS, .
auß-law3w- Assignee.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Northern District of
Georgia-
Tn the matter of )
TYRUB T. SfiHTH, VIN BANKRUPTCY.
, Bankrupt. )
, Toe undersigned hereby gives notice of his ap
pointmenlak Asriguee of the estate of Tyrus T.
Smith, of DeKalb county, Georgia, within said
' District, who lias been adjudged a Bankrupt upon
his own petition by the District Conrt of said
District. NOAH R. FOWLER.
auH—law3w Assignee.
> QOUTHKRN DISTRICT *OF GEORGIA.—
> 0 Americus, Go., August 10, 1868. •
i The undersigned hereby gives notice of his
: appointment as assignee of ROBERT E. MANN,
> of Americus, county of Sumter, ami State of
Georgia, who has, upon his own petition, been
, adjudged a Bankrupt by the District Court of
said District.
W. C. MORRILL,
an 15— law3w Assignee.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of J
THOMAS ADDISON, UN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. J
To all whom it may uoueern: The under
signed hereby gives notice of his election as
Assignee of the estate of Thomas Addison, of
the city of Savannah, county of Chatham, and
State of Georgia, within said District, who has
been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own peti
tion by the District Court of Mid District.
F. D. BARNARD,
auß—lawSw Assignee,
STATE OF GEORGIT-
' Richmond County.
Whereas, John Dosiier applies to me for Let ters
of Admiuiblratiou ou tlie estate of Frederick Von
Spreeken,' laie of said county, deceased :
These, are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred aud creditors of the said
deceased, to beandsniiear at my office on or before
the first Mc-tahy in October next, to shew catiae,
if any-they have, why said tatters should net be
granted.
Given uuder my hand aud official signature a
office in Augusta, tliis2('th day <>f
an 21—Im _ Ordlneey.
STATE OF GEORGIA—
RicKmond County.
Whereas, Usury Jones applies to me for Letters
of Administration, with the will annexed, on the
estate of Green B. Red, late of said county, de
ceased:
Theos are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said
deceased, to be and apjiear at my office on or before
the first Monday in October next, to shew cause,
if any they have, why said letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and offfi-ial signature *
office iu Augusta, this J9th day of August, 1868.
SAMUEL LEVY,
an 21—Im - Ordinary.
ESTABLISHED 1855,
o
THOMAS RUSSELL,
fc‘fEWE-LRY‘I
1984 Broad St.,
. HKXT POOH BKI TUB FUBIVCH STOEB-
WATCHES, CLOCKS, 'and JEWELRY MF
FAIRED at the shortest notice. All work war
rented.
AH orders will bo thankfully received, and
promptly attended to.
jeSS—lawly
Piano Fortes Tuned.
MEET THE TIMES, 1 HAVE RE
-1 DUCED the eharge far TUNING to
THREE DOLLARS.
Orders left at Mn. GEO. A. OATES’ J 46
Hrpjd Street, or at my Shop, opposite the Post
Offl.-e. promptly attended to.
el -ly» ROBERT A. HARPER.
NO 337
Administrator’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD, ON THE FIRST TUES
DAY in SEPTEMBER next, at lbeto w , r
Market House in the city of Augusta, between the
legal hours of sale, pursuant to the order of the
Court of Ordinary, passed at July Term. 1868, all
that lot of Land, with the improvements, consist
ing of one Brick Store, belonging to the Estate of
Sarah May, on the West ride of Centre streyt, in
the cityof Augusta, between Broad and Reynolds
street, and known ae Bridge row—bounded North
by lot formerly F. Murray's, East by Centre
street, South by lot of Thonuw B. Phinizy, and
West • y lot of John 11. Mann, having a front of
twenty-nine feet and a depth of eighty-two feet
six inches, conveyed by John Phinizy to Thomas
May, April 26, 1858, and turned over to Barati
May, solo heir of Thomas May, July 5,1866.
Terms cash, purchaser to ''
iyl~—4ot Adminietraior.
V. 8. Marshal s Safe
UNDERAND BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF
fieri faciat, issued out of the Honorable the
Fifth Circuit Court of the United States, for.the
Southern District of Georgia, in favor of The
Plaintiffs, in the following case, towlU Wood
gato & Co. vs. Thon. F. Hampton and Frederick
Burts, partners, I have levied upon, asthe
property of Thomas F. Hampton, one of the
defendants, one block of Briek Stores, situate,
lying and being in the town of Bainbridge,
county of Decatur and' State of Georgia, and
known as the Hampton Block, adjoining the
premises of King A Lester, Lewis <fc Waters; and
D. J. Dickinson,Jon Water street in said town and
county; and will sell the same at public auction,
at the Court House in the city of Macon, counter
of Bibb and State of Georgia, on the frst
TUESDAY in September next, between the
lawful hours of sale.
Dated at Savannah, (la., this 30th day of
July, 1868.
WILLIAM G. DICKSON,
augl—law4w , U. S. Marshal.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the. Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of 1
THOMAS G BARNETT 5- IN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. J No. 105.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned thp Coeit
for » discharge from all hie delrtu provable under
the Bankrupt Act. of March 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given to allpersoim interested to appear <>n
the 3d day of September, 1868, at 10 o'eloek a. m ,
at Chambers of said District Court, before Alex
underG Murray, one of the Registers of said
Court in Bankruptcy, at the Register's office in ■
the city of Grifliu, Georgia, and show cause why,
the prayer of the said petition of the Bankru)4
should not be granted. And further notice is
given that the'second and third meetings of cred
itors will be held at the same time and place.
Witness the Honorable John 1 Erskine,
[seal ] Judge of Said District Court, anffthe
seal thereof tbisßtl> day of August, 1868.
* W. B. SMITH,
null—law3w" Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT' OF THE
United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of >
THOMAS SWINT, >IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. J No. 255.
The said Bank nipt having petitioned tire Churl
for a discharge from ail his debts provable under
the Bankrupt Act of March. 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persons Interested to appear on
tlmSiliday of September, 1868, atlOo'elock in the
forenoon, at chambers of tho said District Court,
before Charles G. MeKinley, one of the Registers
of said Court in Bankruptcy, at the Register’s
office, in the city of Newnan, Ga., and show cause
why the prayer of the said petition of the Bank
rupt should not be granted.
Witness the Honorable Jphu Erskine,
■fsE al .] Judge of said Court, and the seal there
of, this 28th day of July. 1808.
W. B. SMITH.
nnll--law2w* Clerk.
TN TftE district” COURT OF THE
1- United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of 1 IN BANKRUPTCY.
JokatHan J. Mii.nkr, >
Bankrupt. J Nd. 7.
Thb said Ikiukrupt having tmtioned the Court
for a discharge from all hjs debts provable under
the Bankrupt! Act of Mhrch 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persons interested to appear
on the Ist day of September, 1868, at ten o'.cldck a.
m., at chambers of said District Court,* before Al
exander (1 Murray, Esq., one of the Registers of
saidUourt in Bankruptcy,at the Register's office in
city of Griffin.Ga.,and show cause why the prayer
of the said petition of the Bankrupt should not
be granted- And further notice is given that the
second and third meetings of creditors will be
held at the same tune and place.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
[sbal.] Judge of said District Court, and the
seal thereof, thisSlh day of August,
1868. W. B. SMITH,
null—lawSw” * Clerk.
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
1 United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of 1
GALKS JENKS, >LN BANKRUPTCY.
Bankrupt. J No. 37.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
; lor a discharge from all his debts provable tinder
[■ the Bankrupt Act of March ad, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persons tutereUed io appear on
tire 4th day of September, 1368, at 10 o'clock, in the
forenoon, at chambers of the eaid District Court,
before Alexander G Mutiny, Esq.,-one of the Reg
isteryof the said Court! in Bankrnptc-y, at the
, Register’s office, in the eity of Griffin, Ga. and
. show cause why the prayer of the said petition of
. the Bankrupt should not lie grouted.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
[»Mt] Judge of said Court, and the seal
thereof, this the Bth day of Angasi,
1868. W. B. SMITH,,
aull—law3w* ■ Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
L United States Ibr tho gon 11 tern District of
Georgia. • • v '
In the matter of ) s
OTHO F. BEALL, LIN BANKRUPTCY.
, ’ Bankrupt. |
At Cuthbert, Georgia, this the 31st day ol
Angurt, (868. , .
The undersigned hereby gives notice of his
appointment as asaigneeaof Otho P. Beall, of
Cuthbert., in the county of Randolph and State of
Georgia within said District, who has been «d
--indgedaliaukiupt upon his ow» petition by Ihe
District Court of said Dietrict. -
. • COLUMBUS Q. BROOKS,
an3l—law3w Assignee,
TN THE" DISTRICT (X)UHT OF THE
1 United States for tjic Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of i
JOHN F. ANDREWS, ’ r IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. )
To all whom it may concern : The undersigned
hereby gives notice of his appointment a» As
ignee of Jobu F. Andrews, of Washington, in the
couuty es Wilkes aad State of Georgia, within said
District, who has been adjudged a bankrupt upog
his own petition by the District court of said Di*
trict.
Dated-at Washington the 7th day of August.
A. D. 1868. -HENRY K ANDREWS •
jMt2l—laWi*v Aaaignoe.
IN THE DfSTRfCT COURT OF THE
United States for the Southern District of
Georgia. » 8
1 Iu the matter of 1
J. & A. J. SETZE, > IN BANKRUPTCY-
Bankrupts. )
To all whom it may concern; The midereigned
hereby gives notice of bi. appointment as As.
signee of J i A J. Betze, and of John Seize aud
Alphonse J. Seize, of Augusta, Richmond county,
Georgia, within said District, who have been
adjudged bankrupts upon their own pelilkm by
the District Court of said District.
MILO G. HATCH. i
»n?l—law Aw , Assignee.
FT THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United Blates for the Southern District of
i >
EPHRAIM EHRLICH, IIN BANKRUPTCY,
y
To all whom it may. concern; The under
signed hereby give* notice of his eteetta® as
Assignee of Ei&ralm Khrtrcb, trf tbe city ot
Savannah, county cf Chath&tb, and State of
Georgia, within said District, who baa be®
adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own petition By
the District Court of said District.
, F. H. BARNARD,
auß-law3w Assignee.