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MILLEDGEVIIaLE
TUESDAY. JULY 9, 1872.
The Next Governor.
The adherents of Mayor John H.
James may labor with even increas
ed diligence to divide the people of
Georgia in the Gubernatorial Con
venticn; great names may be pa- as the science and
raded in different sections to arouse i ——,
efl„rt on ihe line ol local and special ^ ^ mi RqmlV J, ei ._
preferences; the deservedly high a j-,j e aru { unanswerable speech
popular estimate of the ability and of Judge Stephens, delivered in the
A Philosopher, indeed.
“The only way I can swallow j
Greeley is by looking at Grant,
says the philosopher.
Since it. is evident that Georgia
Democrats will be called to vote for
Greeley, isn’t it the part of sound
sense and candor, to ‘look at Grant,’
or do anything else in reason, that
may reconcile them to the duly. Yet
we see papers striving still to make
it as odious as possible. Is that sen
sible? Is it honest? Do they really
profess support of Greeley, under
popular pressure, with the reserved
purpose to get up a ‘bolt,’ insidious
ly, if possible ? Or do they take de
light in begetting discontin the
minds of men, for the sheer enjoy
ment of human unhappiness? Per
haps that is their way of promoting
‘unity.’ Verily, some ‘unity’-mong-
ers in Georgia seem to regard unity
theory of No. 1.
virtues of such men as C. J. Jenkins,
Colquitt, Hartridge, Wright, Harde
man, Benning, Fielder, a..d many
others, worthy of any trust, may be
adtoitly used—and all, to divide
and weaken their rival, with the
hope of thrusting in the “Atlanta
man,” through the broken squadrons
of the people. Misguided pressmen,
adverse to James, may weakly take
the bait, and indirectly and uninten
tionally promote the Banker’s pro
jects. But in good lime the “trick”
will be patent, the folly exposed, and
the patriots, who unselfishly and
thankfully rejoice in the past deliv-
erauceofour Slate, will rally to the
support of their chosen leader, chief
agent in that happy deliverance.
And as it is in all Middle, South and
North east Georgia, so iL is in Bald
win county.
From Baldwin county came the
first suggestion of James M. Smith
for Governor. Baldwin connty sent
instructed delegates to the Conven
tion to vote for him. Baldwin coun
ty gave him the largest vote accord
ing to population. Baldwin county
is in full sympathy with Gov. Smith
upon evenj point of peculiar, or gen
eral interest to our people. The
Baldwin Demnrrary ic 5" f..U
palhy with all the State, in condemn
ing the political iniquities that clus
ter about Atlanta, and in cherishing
the memory of honest Government,
in the days ?nte bellum, and in the
indulgence of fond hopes for the
speedy return of the ‘good old times.’
Il is idle to name another name
for Governor here, however high,
pure and beloved. “Well done thou
good and faithful servant,” is the
general sentiment, and James M
Smith is the first and only choice of
Baldwin county for next Governor
Hall of the House of Representa
tives, in this city, on the evening of
the 13th June, has been more exten
sively published and read than any
thing else during the present cam
paign. The demand for it has been
very great—so great, indeed, that a
tithe of it could not be supplied. We
now have a single order from west
ern New York for 1000 copies!
The above suggestive rnorceau wc
clip from the Atlanta Sun of the 2d
inst. A query or two, brother Sun,
and please answer categorically:
1. Were those “thousand copies”
for the reading of one man, or lor
distribution by one party club?
2. If the latter, then was that a
Greeley club or a Grant club ?
As the New York Democracy has
declared for Greele}', and Stephens’
speech is bitterly anli-Greely, of
course they do not wish the docu*
ments. Therefore,
3. Is the Atlanta Sun furnishing
(‘at $2 per 100') ammunition to the
open enemies of the Georgia De
mocracy ?
Let us understand these things,
that we may know our friends. Show
your ‘chalk marks.’
Is it Democratic?
The Democratic Parly of Geor
gia, of the South, of the Union,
through its organized Conventions,
its official mouth pieces, has pro
claimed indisputably, that “the sup
port of the Cincinnati nominees will
involve no surrender of principle”;
that it is a question of expediency on
ly. A very large majority of that
Parly has advised the endorsement
of Cincinnati, as eminently politic.
Now, in view of these facts, we sub
mit, soberly, is it right for papers,
yrojcssedly Democratic, to strain their
energies to produce disaffection in
our ranks—to turn the hearts of in
dividual Democrats against the ac
tion of their duly selected delegates ?
Is il not treasonable to the Parly and
to the Southern people, for these
acowed Democratic papers, to strive
to beget discord and acrimony in our
counsels and so weaken our hands ?
They spare no effort to bring odium
upon the large, able and patriotic
Convention lately held in Atlanta.
They vilify leading members of the
Party. They proclaim whatever
will please our Grant adversaries.
They denounce the instructed action
of the National Democratic Conven
tion. They prate of political prin
ciple, (?) showing utter disregard of
moral principle, and they call them
selves Democratic. Some of them
loudly denounce the New York
World as a ‘traitor within our camp,’
whilst wielding the ‘olade of Joab’
with a vim that the World never
knew. For shame! Georgians, spot
these fellows, and bear them on your
minds. They will want profit and
plunder, through your support ere
long.
The Southern Cultivator for July
is excellent. Subscribe for it. Ad
dress W. & W. L. Jones, Athens,
Ga. Terms, $2 per year.
Extremes Meet. Why?
Why do the Bourbons and Granl-
iles emulate enrU *1.0;. an
nunciations of Liberalism and their
anxiety for the Democratic Parly ?
Do similar motives prompt similar
conduct? Every blab-mouthed Rad
ical orator or organ wants to know
if the‘Jeffersonian Democracy will
trail its ancient battle-scarred ban
ner in the dust’ ? Be swallowed by
a little gang of deserters ! How co
sily these fellows bunk together! A
wise adage says, ‘Take not counsel
from an enemy.’ For our part, the
sooner these extremists get into the
same bed and cease to bore mode
rate people the better for the coun
ty-
The Macon Telegraph says, H. V.
Redfield, the roving correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial (Rad.)
has traveled a good deal in this
State with his eyes well open, and
he knows the thing called Georgia
Radicalism to the hollow. So he
takes this picture ol it for the Com
mercial’s album. It’- fidelity to na
ture and fact, all will at once recog
nize. Says the correspondent:
“The Republican party of Geor
gia is of no account. It is nine
parts ignorance and one part rascal
ity. There is not intelligence enough
in the parly of the whole Stale to
support a respectable local newspa
per. The New Era. of Atlanta,
died as soon as the Stale passed into
Democratic hands, and the official
pap was withdrawn.
The plain truth is there is not
enough intelligence in the Republi
can party in the State to rule with
common decency, even if in power.
Il has been given a fair test and
failed miserably. The parly here is
so weighed down with ignorance,
stupidity and rascality, that it ought
never to have been in power, and
now that it is out the interests of the
State will be best served by keep
ing it «ut. It is a sad commentary
on Southern Republican rule that
after a three years’ trial in Georgia,
the most notable achievement was
the stealing of three millions of dol
lars.”
A Collapse.—A correspondent
of the New York Express says a
sweet young creature, elegantly
dressed and pacing the street just
before him, suddenly collapsed, and
left behind her three Heralds, one
Sun, the Christian Observer and a
fragment of paper muslin, all lied
together by an old black shoe-string*
A negro named Minott, a member
of the City Council of Columbia, S
C., is reported to have won $27,000
recently from Gen. W. J. Whipper,
also a negro, at faro. The papers
comment mournfully upon the fact,
as the loss is considered certain to
fall only upon the tax-payers of the
State.
From the Marietta Journal.
A SCRIP OF HISTORY.
The old aphorism that “Republics
are ungrateful” and that “mankind
generally are envious of the good
names of their fellows” especially
when won by meritorious action,
have been instanced in the beggary
of Belisarius and the ostracism of
Aristides: The approbation of good
men is greatly to be desired, but is
evanescent, while the approval of
ones own conscience, tor the proper
performance of duty, is a consola
tion that he carries with him to the
grave. This is ever present and
sustains one under the reverses of
fortune and the frowns of fate, the
other passes away from the memo
ry of men and however imperious
the duty, or perilous the performance
the occasion loses its importance,
and the action grows dimmer and
more dim until the mention of it
may be thought irksome, and its
performer an immodest egotist if he
mention the matter or claim a merit
for the doing of it.
_ These thoughts occurred to me
last winter on hearing a member of
the Legislature, a native Georgian,
and a Democrat, suggest that the
State of Georgia and particularly
the Democratic Paity, owed a debt
of gratitude to Dr. Angier for doing
his duly (which by the way would
have been criminal in hitn to have
neglected) in protecting the interest
of the State, in exposing the rob
beries of Bullock and his gang, and
that he ought to be re-elected to his
present position if he desired it. I
tried to ask myself as to the extra
merit a public officer could claim
for the performance of that which
he has taken a solemn oath to do?
And further, what risks has he run
or danger dared in the doing of it ?
True the hand ling of a large amount
of money is very tempting to an
avaricious, unprincipled man, but to
one who has sought the office, and
contracted with the State to serve
her for a settled salary, if the temp
tation suggests itself it is waived
away without an effort or even a re
gret. No man however, not soured
with envy, will withhold the meed
of honest praise to him who passes
through the danger of these temp
tations without having some of the
dust of office sticking to his clothes
Small sums claimed by him over
and above the stinted salary allow
ed by the State to her public ser
vants, in the shape of interest on
deposits or rather a bonus from the
Banks for the use of the public
money, or extra pay for signing
Bonds authorized by law, notwith
Standing iflR warning nf hi« i-nn
science that the signing of those not
at the time proper or authorized by
law. But to return to the main
proposition. “That the State would
be guilty of ingratitude if the pres
ent incumbent was not re-elected if
he desired it.” Now, while I would
accord to him every commendation
a grateful people could Jjestow, I
must ask are there no others in the
State, native and “to the manner
born” to whom Georgians should
feel grateful and bestow favors or if
you please rewards for faithful per
formance of duty ? I have a re
collection of a scene which occur
red in my presence in the “old Cap
itol at Milledgeville a little over four
years ago. The Convention then
sitting in Atlanta, after passing an
ordinance to raise a tax for pay of
its members, discovered that the
money would be tardy in coming in
and ordered, by Resolution that one
of its members, whom it had made
financial agent should go to Mil-
ledgevilleand drawForty Thousand
Dollars to find themselves in vict
uals, clothing and refreshments un
til the tax could be collected; and
to make the matter sure they got
Gen. Pope to endorse the Resolution
with his order to the Treasurer to
pay the money.
The Financial Agent, who by the
way is the present Treasurer, pro
ceeded to Milledgeville and presen
ted the Resolution with its military
endorsement at the Treasury. 1
happened to be present, and I wish
you could have seen the quiet smile
and poliLe manner of the old Treas
urer when he handed back the pa
per and informed its bearer, that he
had no money in the Treasury ap
propriated for that purpose and that
he could not pay it. The Finan
cial Agent seemed rather sat back
and to think that he might not be
believed when he went back and
told the Convention that the Treas
urer had dared to disregard their
Resolution and disobey Gen. Pope’s
Order, so he requested and the
Treasurer gave him in writing, his
refusal in these words, as near as I
can remember, seeing them in print
in the papers at the time, “The laws
of Georgia, the oath of office I have
taken to support them, and good
faith to my Securities prevent my
obeying your order to pay money
from this Treasury under Resolu
tion of the Convention now silting
in Atlanta. Very Respectfully, &c.
Well, sir, I was also present
when, Gen. Pope being removed.
General Meade took command in
Georgia, and on the refusal of Gov.
Jenkins to draw a warrant for the
payment of the Convention, issued
an order removing him and Treas-
rer Jones from office. I saw Gen.
Ruger and Capt. Rockwell when
they were introduced by Mayor
Williams, and the Treasurer rise
to receive them. At hia request the
officers took seats. The General
presented the order of removal. The
Treasurer received, read il and re
marked, ‘Having no power to re
sist you, sir, I have nothing to say
but that here is the office and its
furniture, the vault key is in the
door.’ ‘How much money is in the
vault V asked General Ruger.
‘None,’ was the reply.—‘Where is
it then?’ ‘That I can’t tell?’ Don’t
you know ?’ ‘Yes, sir.* ‘Then you
won’t tell?’—‘That is it, if you oblige
tne to say so.’ ‘We can find means
[>erhap3 to make you tell.’ ‘You
rave the power, sir, to use those
means, but having determined on
my duty in this matter, I can give
you no other answer.’ ‘Well, sir,
says Ruger, ‘I shall hold this matter
under advisement, meanwhile Capt.
Rockwell will relieve you from
further duty in this office.’ Capt.
Rockwell inquired what clerks were
necessary in the office and request
ed to ba shown how the Books of
the Treasury were kept. Col. Jones
asked his clerk to open Capt. R. a
set of books of two or thee years
back on a desk in the front office.
Old Books! ’ said Ruger. ‘Where
are the Books of this year?’ ‘Pardon
me, General,’ said the Treasurer,
until I make my settlement with
the Stale of Georgia as required by
law, the Books of this office are my
property, and upon their proper
preservation depends my reputation
and perhaps the fortunes of my se
curities and of course I must refuse
to deliver, or exhibit them, except
to those who put me here.’ Again
a hasty threat burst forth and was
answered in the same firm, quiet
manner as before. For several mo
ments not a word was spoken, eve
ry thing still. I scarcely breathed;
at length a bright manly smile pass
ed over Ruger’s face and with genial
frankness turning to the Treasurer
he said, ‘How much money have
you under your control?’ and was
answered in the same spirit—‘A-
bout Four Hundred Thousand Dol
lars.’ ‘What are you going to do
with it?’ ‘It was appropriated to
pay the interest on the public debt
and take up a few State Bonds ma
turing this year.’ ‘Will it require
that amount to do it?’—‘Yes.’ ‘Are
you sure it will be devoted to that
purpose?’ ‘I am, unless its deposito
ry is discovered and a seizure
made.’ ‘Well, go on,’ said Ruger,
‘I see no reason to disturb its desti
nation, L am here as temporary or
Provisional Governor, don’t know
how long I shall remain, but your
State shall suffer nothing in public
or private by any act of mine.’ The
two then walked out of the Treasu
ry together and I could see that each
had inspired the other with that sin-
vcio icspoetihat true gentlemer. al
ways entertain for those who prove
their gentility by their bearing. A
few weeks thereafter, Col. Jones
was arrested by order of Gen. Meade
and parolled by Gen. Ruger to the
limits of the Slate.—He remained in
arrest until the session of the Legis
lature in July, 1868, when the pres
ent Treasurer was elected by the
‘Piebald Assemblage* of that year.
And now, Mr. Editor, let me ask
when we lack of gratitude for offi
cial duty faithfully performed; where
is there better occasion for its exer
cise, than rewarding the brave man
who risked imprisonment and prob
ably his life in saving the money and
credit of the State, even when urg
ed by good friends that he could
not suffer in person or reputation by
yielding to arbitrary power. Sup
pose for the sake of the argument
that each, had done the same duty
and braved the same dangers. I
hold that the meed of praise or (if
you think it due) gratitude should be
bestowed first, on the first sufferer
for duty’s sake. The former Treas
urer was removed, deprived of his
office to which his fellow citizens for
the fourth time had elected him as a
tried, capable and faithful officer, to
make way for the present incum
bent, elected by the ‘Carpet Bag
gers,’ scallawags and negroes, for
whom great merit is claimed and
gratitude is invoked because he did
not help Bullcck, Blodgett.’ Kimball
&Co., to steal what remains of our
poor old Georgia. Mr. Editor, there
is said to be reason in all things.—
The present Treasurer has held his
office almost four years, has drawn
the salary allowed him by law
S2000.00 per annum; according to the
report of the Comptroller General,
last winter h« drew on Conley’s
warrant $7415.26 interest on depos
its of public funds. Prof. Orr says
on the School fund, which he appro
priates to his own use under Resolu
tion of the last Session, ‘that the
Treasurer should not be held ac
countable for interest on deposits,
and he has (according to Gaskill) re
ceived remuneration from private
parties for singing Bonds which he
seemed to think it improper to sign,
all which extra pickings brings his
pay for services to over four thou
sand dollars per annum. Finally 1
would ask did the present Treasurer
lose by the war? If any thing, I have
never heard of it. Col. Jones* dwell
ing and out houses were burned, bis
stock driven off, his furniture des
troyed and his plantation devasta
ted, while he in obedience to the or
der of the Legislature had taken the
Treasury of Georgia to a place of
safety out of the reach of Sherman
and his maruders, and which he
brought safely back to Milledgeville
without the loss of a dollar.
But what is the use of talking?
What 1 write is to be read by South
ern Men, Georgians, Democrats and
ponderered on. Right is right and
wrongs no one. Fiat Jumyu,
NEJf Advertisements
NEW YORK STORE
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AND
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Portable Grist Mills,
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Immense Redaction on
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CITY
LOWEST PRICES.
Greatest Inducements
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S. WAXELBAUM & BRO
Have determined to tell their inimtnie i?««k of
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FRENCH LAWNS at
DRESS GOODS at I5«, worth
DRESS GOODS at 20c, worth
DRESS GOODS at 25r, worth 31*
DRESS GOODS at 30e, worth 4v t
We hare made the following redaehon osnr
BLACK SILKS:
Formerly Selling at 91 50 now |1 li
Foraaerly Selling at 9) 75 now |1
Formeuly Selling at 9^ 00 bow $1 7.
Formerly Selling at $2 25 new a,
Formerly Selling at 9^ 50 new $2 £
Formerly Selling at $2 75 now $2 Ui
AND
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AND
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CIRCULAR SAWS, BELTING, SAW GUMMERS,
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WATER WHEEL,
Another lot of those beaatifai
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AND
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WHITE PIQUES at 25*, worth
WHITE PIQUES at 30e worth *•
WHITS PIQUES at 35e, worth ^
A full line of
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Elegant Black Lama Lace Point..
Elegant Black Lama Lace Sacqaea.
Elegant White Lama Lace Points.
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Dolly Varden Calicoes,
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Dolly Varden Catnbriei,
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Dolly Varden Lawn?,
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Black and Gilded Fais,
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