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MILLEDGEVILLE
TUESDAY. JULY 16, 1372.
FOR PRESIDENT.
HORACE GREELEY,
Of New York.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
B. GRATS BROWN,
Of Missouri.
for Governor.
JAMES M. SMITH,
of Muscogee.
Valedictory.
This issue closes our connection
with the Recorder. Six months
since we look charge of it, with the
purpose of “running it” through the
vacation of ihe Courts, and now are
compelled to give our attention ex
clusively to our profession. Our ed
itorial life has been long enough to
witness the consummation of our
especial hobby, a fusion of all the
elements of opposition to the cen-
tralizing projects of the Grant Party.
We entered upon that line on the
15th January. On the 16th March,
the Augusta Constitutionalist used
these words: “The most out-spoken
sentiment in favor of fusion we have
seen in the Georgia press, is con
tained in the last number of the old
Milledgeville Recorder, a paper of
most unimpeachable respectability,
of the Conservative school.”
At Baltimore the great Constitu
tional Reform culminated, in the to
tal overthrow of Parly ism. The
scales, that obscured the popular
vision, have fallen. The mists of
party prejudice, that clouded the
popular judgment and concealed the
encroachments of Despotism, are
dissipated by the rising sun of truth.
Owls and bats, bloated with conceit
and folly, still flutter ahnut and pro
test against the expanding day and
the new regime of deliverance. But
it rises still, displaying, in its sym
metric beauty, the noble fabric of
Washington and his compatriots.
The American people never willingly
forsook the principles of ’87. So
long as they are fit for self-govern
ment—worthy of the boon of Con
stitutional liberty—they never will*
Upon these the diversity of opinion
is more apparent than real. It is the
offspring of selfishness and passion.
Commercial embargoes and tariff
restrictions produce strict-conslruc-
tion State-rights men in Massachu
setts or South Carolina, according
as the local interest is affected. Par-
tyism is the putrid hot-bed in which
the |fungus flourishes—the dema
gogue’s breath is its native atmos
phere. The great Reform means
war on all these. It means the res
toration of the true sovereign, the
people of the Stales. It means
peace and concord, moderation, jus»
tice, wisdom. It means reverence
foi law, and the faith of covenants.
It means overwhelming victory in
November, and a faithful return to
the old land-marks of the Constitu
tion. We feel that vve have a coun
try again, in prospective, at least.
Our faith revives in the old tradition
of the “vine and fig tree.”
Dliring our uwGilJJdllcy Of tllC tri*
pod, in all our discussions, we have
sought to use rigidly onr own motto,
“soft words and hard arguments.”
We have admitted nothing into the
Recorder, that might offend the most
delicate sense of propriety. We
have indulged in no unkind remark,
with one exception, which we regret.
Our brethren of the quill have been
kind to us—i. e., they took very lit
tle notice of our little paper, which
is satisfactory. We have been very
much misrepresented in our own
county, which has not disturbed us.
We are in full sympathy with the
great heart of our Confederate peo
ple, panting for deliverance and
bouyant with hope. We are—what
the Recorder, for six months, has
represented us. We are, gentle
reader, Yours truly,
C. P. CRAWFORD.
m » w
Smith vs. James—Governor.
Our exchanges abound in commu
nications and editorials, commend
ing or denouncing one or other of
these gentlemen, in connection with
the nomination.
Long ago, when Governor Smith
was inaugurated, and the “Bond
war” begun, against Clews and oth
ers, it was suggested by papers with
in and without the State, that the
Bond Ring had money enough to |
carry the next election and buy the
Legislature, and that their interest
in the matter was sufficient to induce
l he effort. People, who had seen
little or nothing of the use and effect
of money, in swaying Legislatures
and carrying elections, were incred
ulous. What line the Bond Ring
would adopt was studiously con
cealed. Who should be their chos
en tool, the uninitiated knew not, of
course. Certain it was, however,
that James M. Smith was their
pet aversion. Sometime later, when
occasional whispers of Mayor John
H. James’ aspirations were bruit
ed here and there, and manifesta
tions of division, in the preference of
the true men of the State appeared,
we warned our readers, that the
James movement was much larger
than it appeared, and that concen
tration of the opposition to Bond
Rings, .would be necessary. The
published voice of more than one
hundred counties pointed to Gover
nor Smith, as the most proper man
to unite upon. We deplored the
suggestion of such names as Jen
kins, Wright, Colquitt, Hartridge
and others—men, worthy of all
trust—as tending to divide the true
Democratic forces, and furnish op
portunity to the adversary.
Later still, James and his advo
cates have thrown their banner to
the breeze, without commitment to
the State Convention, and though it
does not clearly appear that Wall
street is backing him up, yet suspi
cion points strongly that way. Lo
cal interests and personal interests
are combined for a strenuous effort,
on that line. If the money-interest
is in the same alliance, it is but one
step further to Radical alliance.
And this combination is fraught with
danger to the State. A victory over
such adversaries will be hard to win
and demands a cordial union of all
the true friends of Georgia, ignoring
all considerations of personal favorit
ism, local politics, or whatever tends
to divide, to distract and to irritate.
Let us deliver our old «-<>*,
and then settle these minor family
controversies afterwards.
Should Baldwin county liberally and
generously and manfully aid in this
so devoutly desired consummation,
the result will be, that she will come
out of the contest, not only victori
ous a in a glorious cause, but in live
ly sympathy with the dominant par
ty, whilst augmented odium will
rest upon the Atlanta influence, by
her association with the stupendous
crime, attempted against the State.
Then will be the auspicious time to
demand of our friends and allies,
restitution for the great outrage upon
Milledgeville and Georgia, in the
removal of the Government from its
ancient and lawful seat.
Upon this last point, we add, that
the return of the Capitol can be by
amendment of the Constitution only.
The Constitution of 1868 took its
validity, according to the Supreme
Court, from the ratification by Con>
gress. ■■ As such it is part and parcel
of the “lie-construction measures of
Congress.” The whole argument
for Grant’s election is that the South
does not acquiesce in those meas-
uies. The attempt to revise that
Constitution at this time would fur
nish evidence of the “RebeJ Spirit”
to the minds of Northern Radicals
and tend to thwart the late happy
alliance between Lih*>rol all
sections and parties. Besides, opin
ion in Georgia is divided on the
“Removal question,” and the intro
duction of it into the present cam
paign might furnish ground lor
schism. And further, our local de
sires will speed better, by silence
for the present. There are many
points, in which the people desire
the Constitution changed, and upon
these, we may, with able represen
tatives in the Legislature, secure a
Convention, from the January ses
sion. Liberality and sound discre
tion and earnest effort and cordial
union with the rest of the Slate,
holding selfish eqds in the back
ground—these constitute the high
road to our speediest success. Men
of Baldwin, bear these things in
mind and permit no rashness to stab
our cause in the house of its friends.
And remember, too, that a two-thirds
vote is necessary to a nomination,
in a Democratic Convention, and if
our follies and divisions shall enable
James and the Bond Ring to achieve
one obstinate third, it will be in their
power to “rule or ruin,”
Greeley and Brown.
We hoist to our mast-head to-day,
the names of the Democratic nomi
nees, with especial pleasure. We
A New Folly. Let it Alone
The pclitical mischief-makers seem
determined to defeat every plan for
uniting tie true men of Georgia, in
rejoice to feel that good sense has | t hj s urgert juncture. The prospect
found the way to the successful de
liverance of the South ; and we glo
ry in this the greatest victory of our
grand old party. The ancient “iron-
ribbed” has triumphed in many a
contest in the past, and over adver
saries worthy of her steel. To-day
she has conquered herself, her pas
sions, her prejudices, her selfishness.
Animated by the spirit of Patriotism
and magnanimity, she has put her
foot upon Party ism, and the whole
country applauds. The little nar-
row-souled politicians, whose con
ceptions of “principle” are, that it is
all embodied in a name, and means a
selfish appropriation of government
spoils, are amazed at the indications
and incredulous of the reality. A
generous motive is above their con
ception, and hence they slowly and
reluctantly follow the great Reform.
But the People are in earnest. They
have learned by bitter experience
the truth of Jefferson’s greatest max-*
irn, “The price of liberty is eternal
vigilance.” Fondly trusting that
the blessings of good JGovernment
were self-sustaining, they left it to
politicians, fearing no harm. By
long, steady encroachments, Power
gradually infringed upon the rights
of the people, under the veils of pre
cedent and passion, ’till the spirit of
Republican liberty seems nearly ex
tinct. The terrible fact, that Des
potism is possible and practicable
under the forms of a written Consti
tution, is at length recognized.
Hence this wonderful revulsion.
The People rescue their own herit
age, administer their own estate.
The halcyon era of Monroe returns,
and Peace and confidence and pros
perity are in the future.
ienHilL
On our first page are two artic
les, from the Savanmah News and
Republican, relative to this distin
guished gentleman. The Republic
can, ably appeals for justice, against
his tiaducers. The News replies
with a bill of indictment against Mr.
Hill. We are pleased to see this,
and urge a careful perusal on our
readers. Mr* H., has been the “best
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
for an immense and harmonious ma
j&rity against Grantism, at the ap
proaching elections, and exemption
from the bitterness and other evils of
a spiritei contest, is marred by self
ish and ndiscreet politicians thrust
ing forward every bone of local con
tention, t}at their pigmy minds can
suggest. The great necessity for
cordial unity is overlooked. Person
al favoritism, local desires, specula
tive rings, pot-house statesmen con
tinually rise to the front and jeopard
the general good. The last phase
of this evil spirit appears in the form
of the “State Road Lease” question.
Joe Brown, in a strong letter, defies
the enemies of the lease and lenders
an “issue at the polls.” Nearly all
the great !Roads of the State have
endorsed the Lease, many strong
men are interested in it, a whole
Convention of Georgia R. R. Stock
holders have approved it, thousands
of disinterested men have commend
ed it. Indeed, it is very doubtful
if a majority of the Democratic vo
ters are not favorable to it, as taking
a great and corrupting matter out of
the politics of the State. Most cer
tainly this issue will, if persisted in,
divide our people, perillously and
needlessly. Let the Bond Ring and
the Radicals throw themselves into
either scale and the result will be
uncertain, probably disastrous to
the State. Is it not wicked, very
wicked, indeed, to force these fami
ly quarrels into the present cam
paign, replete as it is with the fate
of Georgia ? We solemnly protest
agaiiist it as treasonable to our race,
our State and our section. Leave them
in abeyance until an honest Presi
dent and Governor shall assure the
permanency of our institutions.—
Then these minor matters may be
enquired into and settled justly, fair
ly, calmly, without raising a “ripple
on the surface.”
specific charges against him. The
News, for the ablest of Mr. H’s. ene
mies, and the best posted, sets in
order charges and specifications.
This is well, for it is tangible, and
affords opportunity for defense. Be
sides it raises a strong presumption
that Hill is innocent of all other
slurs and innuendoes, pointed at
him, without positive assertion.
And what do these charges a-
mount to? First, that he “wined
and dined with Joe Brown and
Cameron,” at the Delano Banquet.
And, Second, that he is a “partner
of Joe Browns” in the Rail-Road
lease.
Seriously, is that all the justifica
tion for the mountains of abuse
heaped on this most faithful servant
of Georgia ? Are these charges not
supremely childish?
Ben Hill, A. H. Stephens, John
P. King and others owned stock in
a Rail-ltoad lease, wherein Brown
and Cameron also own shares. Is
each stockholder respor.sibfle for the
moral obliquities of all the others?
Then there is not an honest Rail-
Road stock-holder in Georgia. But
he spoke at the Delano Banquet!
Does that make him responsible for
the moral and social conduct of eve
ry one at that table, or does it
argue a personal intimacy with all ?
Recently at the Press Banquet in
Atlanta, Mr. Hill and Col. B. C.
Yancey delivered addresses, by the
printed programme. These gentle
men are not on speaking terms at
all, yet the logic of the Neivs would
infer intimacy and alliance between
them.
The hatred of Mr. Hill having
taking tangible form, displaying such
childish imbecility and groundless
malice, it is to be hoped that expres
sion of it will die out, in chagrin and
shame, We have long believed
that it all arose from the old ante
bellum, indignation of Demagogues,
at their exposure by Mr. Hill. The
wisdom of Georgia will yet avail
herself of the services of her match
less son.
A “James” Trick.—Some friend
of J. H. James states in the Atlanta
Constitution, that Gov. Smith declar
ed, in his speech here, that he favor
ed the removal of the Governmenf
to Milledgeville, and denounced At-
lanta, as full of rings, &c. The
Governor said nothing of the sort.
Our people extended their hospitalir.
ty to him as an honest Democratic
Governor of Georgia, and made no
selfish effoit to pump him on local
matters. The whole interview was
such as would gratify a true Geor
gian from any section of the State.
A suspicious character is apt to de
serve suspicion.
The Talbotton American make;
this explicit ch arge :
* We are more fortunate than many
abused man in Georgia,’ without Q f [jjg would-be constituents, in the
means of knowing this gentleman’s
position on that point. Mr. James
himself, in the hearing of a respec
t-tio citizen of Talbot county, (our
informant) stated in the city of Ma
con last week, that if he was not
nominated, he would be a candidate
anyhow; and more than that, he would
be elected; and we are prepared to
furnish the proof, when called on.
Care for Snake Bite*.
To the Editor of the Courier Journal:
Having seen the notice of the
mad dogs rampant in Louisville a
few weeks ago, 1 have felt Irequent
promptings to give you a few facts—
five facts. When a boy I was snake
bitten. The snake was called a
house snake. Various remedies
were used. The third night I be
came partially delirious. The neigh
bor silting up with me waked my
parents, thinking I was about dy
ing. My father, as an experiment,
mixed me a dose of epsom salts.
They gave immediate relief, and I
soon got well. The next year I
had a younger brother bitten by a
copperhead. One dose of salts on
ly was given (when three, four, five
or six ought to have been adminis
tered.) He got well in half the time
1 did. The next year I was bitten
by a copperhead on the 6th day of
August. One dose of salts only was
given, and I got well in half the
time of the first case.
I told these facts to a physician,
Dr. John B. Whittaker, a member
of my church in E.'B. parish, Louis
iana, Plain’s Store P. O. He told
me of two other facts. A lady was
bitten by a rattlesnake’s pilot. He
gave her a large dose of salts and
applied aqua ammonia to the wound.
She soon got over it. A terrier dog
was bitten by a large rattlesnake af
ter dinner in the cotton field. He
sent a negro to the house for a large
dose of salts. When the negro re
turned the dog was helpless. He
made the negroes hold him up, pry
open hisjaws, and poured the salts
down. He left the dog lying sliffon
the ground. By sundown the ani
mal came in wagging his tale of re
covery.
If I were bitten by a rabid dog,
I should certainly use epsom salts
every day as a cathartic for two or
three weeks, as the doctors don’t
know any specific.
Veritas.
Canton, Miss., July 3, 1872.
FOREST CITY
FOUNDRY,
FENWICK STREET, NEAR GEORGIA R. R.,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
JOSEPH NEAL, Gen’l Supt.. GEO. R. LOMBARD, Prop’t.
MANUFACTURER OF
PORTABLE & STATIONERY STEAM ENGINE
AND
BOILERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
LOCOMOTIVES FOR WOOD TRACKS, SAWMILLS, WITH IMPROVED
RATCHET HEAD BLOCKS AND
All Kinds of Plantation and Mill Works.
Portable Grist Mills,
SHAFTINGS, PULLEYS, HANGERS,
Gearing, Gin Gearing, Mill Spindles, Hoisting Screws,
Rattle Staffs, and Lighter Screws,
IRON RAILING FOR CEMETERY LOTS AR AI,CONIES
CAST IKON LINTELS AND SILLS, IRON FRONTS FOR BUILDINGS,
Castings of every kind, in Iron or Brass, and
FORGINGS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS,
NEW YORK SToYg
Grand Clearance Sale!
BIG BARGAINS!
BIG BARGAINS !
BIG BARGAINS
Immense Redaction on
our Whole Stork,
THE LARGEST STOCK IN TBs
CITY
LOWEST PRICES.
AND
Caterpillar.—A private letter
from Gordon, Henry county, Ala.,
received yesterday by Messrs, Sol
omon, Bowdon & Belser, and writ
ten on the 5lh inst., says that the
caterpillar is increasjng to an alarm
ing extent in the fields below that
point, and where rain has fallen ev-
ery day during the last week or ten
da} 7 s. They have riddled the cot
ton in various places. They are now
pretty general on both sides of the
river, from Neel’s Landing, Fla., to
Columbia, Henr/ county.—Eufaula
Timet, 7th,
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO REPAIRING BOILERS IN THE COUNTRY,
Wrought Iron, Steam Pipe, Brass Yalves, Cocks, Fittings
AND
STIEU^JVI G-^XTG-JEJS, WHISTLES, efcc-,
On Hand and Furnished to Order!
CIRCULAR SAWS, BELTING, SAW GUMMERS,
Steam Pumps, Babet Mettle, and all kind of Mill Findings
Furnished to order at Manufacturers’ Prices!
I GUARANTEE TO FURNISH WORK OF AS GOOD A QUALI.
TY, AND AT AS LOW RATES
As can be had in New York, Philadelphia,
OR BALTIMORE.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED ECLIPSE DOUBLE TURBINE
WATER WHEEL,
AND
Pickering’s Governor!
June 11, 1872.
F. S, JOHNSON,
CLINTON.
S. DUNLAP.
Macon.
JOHNSON & DUNLAP,
Greatest Inducements
Ever Offered.
S. WAXELBAUM k BRO.
Have determined to sell their immense stcik of
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES, .t«.
At close figures, and have accordingly mark
ed down everything in their stock. Wa sell
CHINESE CLOTH for suits at
FRENCH LAWNS at
DRESS GOODS at 15c, worth
DRESS GOODS at 20c, worth
DRESS GOODS at 25c, worth
DRESS GOODS at 30c, worth
25c
2«c
25c
35*
4Ve
DEALERS IN
Hardware, Iron, Steel, Agricultural Implements, Car
riage and Wagon Material, Varnishes.., Ac.
AND AGENTS FOR THE
COTTON OIBJ\
■7S THIRD STREET. MACON.
GA-
r a}>ril 96a
We have made the following redaction oo oar
BLACK SILKS:
Formerly Sellinf at $1 50 now $125
Formerly Selling at $1 75 now Si a
Formeuly Selling at $2 00 now $1 TJ
Formerly Selling at $2 25 now |2 jj
Formerly Selling at $2 50 new |2 25
Eormerly Selling at $2 75 now |2 52
Another lot of those beautiful
JACONET EDGINGS
At 25 cents a yard.
WHITE PIQUES at 25c, worth 30.
WHITE PIQUES at 30e worth 35c
WHITE PIQUES at 35«, worth 45*
A full line of
Satin Striped Victoria hw,
Elegant Black Lama Lacs Points.
Elegant Black Lama Lace S&cques.
Elegant White Lama Lace Point*.
Llegant White Lama Lace Sacque*.
At astonishingly low prices-
Dolly Varden Calicoes,
Dolly Varden Percales,
Dolly Varden Cambries,
Dolly Varden Cretones,
Dolly Varden Chintz,
Dolly Varden Lawns,
Dolly Varden Batiste,
Dolly Varden Muslins,
Dolly Varden Jaconet Lawns,
Dolly Varden Organdies,
Dolly Varden Japanese,
Dolly Varden Grenadines.
Dolly Varden Silks.
A beautiful and full line of
WALsnra-sncz ahd toubist paroscls
Just received.
Blaek and Gilded Fans,
And a fall variety of otber styles.
PLAITED SWISS RUFFLING’
Handsome line of
SASH RIBBONS.
A new lot of
Fique Embroidery •
All at exceedingly low figures-
This ia positively a rare opportnn'ty
and everybody should avail tbem*«‘ vf
of this chance.
DON’T FAIL,
BUT COME AND BUY GOODS A?
S. WAXELBAUM * BBO’ s
45 and 47 Second street, TriaBgol"
Block. MACON, GA.
■ay 11* tJ*