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Opposition Platform. 1
r PREAMBLE.
Tb© Opposition Party of Georgia plants it- t
=elt upon the principles of State Rights : equal
privileges in the Union, and equal distribution
ot its burthens, anil the exeroe by Congress *
only of such powers as are specifically delega
ted in the Constitution, and those clearly in-
Vrrakde from, and incident to. the granted pow
•*rs>. and necessary to carry out such granted
powers.
1. Resolved, That the Union, as establish
ed by the Federal Constitution, if the latter be
la'thfuliy carried oat, is the surest nuaranty of
the rights and inter* rats of aii sections A the
country, and should be preserve*!.
2. Remdred, That as the institution of
Slavery existed in the States of the confed
eracy prior to the adoption of the Constitu
tion of the United States, and the right te
hold -laves as property was conceded by tho
framers of the Constitution and fully reeog
i:: cd therein, therefore, Slavery exists inde
pendently of the Constitution : and, as slave
ry is recognized and sanctioned by the
Constitution, Congress, which derives all
its jKJvrets from that instrument, cannot leg
islate on the subject of slavery, except for it*
protection where it legally exists ; that the
Territories are the common property of all
the States, an 1 therefore, the people have
the right to enter upon and occupy any
Territory with their slaves, as well as other
property, an-i are protected by the Consti
tution and Flag of the country ; that Con
gress has no right to legislate slavery into,
nor exclude it from a Territory, and that we
hold that the doctrine of “non-intervention
with the institution of slavery in the States,
Territories, or the District of Columbia, dots
not, nor was it intended to conflict with the
assertion of the power of Congress to pro
tect the property of the citizens of the sev
eral States who may choose to settle in the
several Territories.
We believe also that the farther agitation
of the subject of slavery will tend to no
practical good to any portion of the coun
try. and should therefore cease, regarding
the principle as settled, both by legislative
enactment and judicial interpretation, that
ther“on!eof the Territories, when they come
to lorrn a State Constitution, and at no othe
time , iby unfriendly legislation or otherwise)
shall decide the question for themselves.
We furthermore repudiate the doctrine of
‘squatter sovereignty” in all its forms as an
invidious and certain mode of excluding the
South from the common territory of the
Union, and stand ready to oppose sternly
and uncompromisingly all who advocate
that doctrine.
3. He*a/oetl. That the reckless extrava
gance of the preceding and present Admin
istration of the Federal Government, and
especially the unblushing corruption which
has marked the latter, by which the public
expenditures have been increased from fifty
to near one hundred millions of dollars per
annum, is a deep wrong that should be re
lated and iniu be corrected. We hold
Congress equally responsible with the Ad
ministration for this extravagance.
4. Resolved, That the mom mentation of
the Preaioeut that Congress should confer
upon him tee war-making power, and sub
ject the army and navy to his control,
coupled with the demand for enormous ap
propriations of tin* public money to carry
out his views, rail for and deserve the most
unequivocal and unqualified condemnation
of Ue; whole country.
5. Resol veil, The present representation in
the State Legislature we regard as cumbrous,
an unnecessary tax upon the people and in
imical to wise anti prudent legislation. We
advocate a decided i eduction and at thee*ai li
es t day practicable.
From the Atlanta American, 12th.
State-Aid Convention
The .State-Aid Convention met in Atlan
ta on Thursday last, twenty-one counties
being represented by delegates. The Con
vention was organized by the appointment
of the follow': ng officers :
President —A. E. Cochran, of Glynn: Ist
Vice President, J. L Whitaker, of Euliun;
2d Vice P. T J. L. Seward, of Thomas, and
J. S. Peterson and L. F. W. Andrews, Sec
retaries.
The Chairman then explained the object
of the meeting in a fexv brief and appropri
ate remarks.
Col. Nelson Tdt, of the county of Dough
erty, offered the following:
Resold a nd, That a committee of twenty
two be appointed by the President, whose
duty it shall be to suggest lor the considera
tion of tho Convention, a plan by which the
Legislature may aiJ the construction of Rail
roads where they are needed in Georgia, by
such means as will give equal rights and sa
c ii tics to all parts of the State, and which
r-hall be neither unjust or injurious to any
section of the State.
This resolution being unanimously adopted,
the following gentlemen were appointed by
the President, viz:
Messrs. Tift of Dougherty, Xorcross of
Pulton, Phillips of Cobb, Seward of Tnomas,
Hopkins of Mclntosh, Doggess of Carroll.
Webster of Floyd. Dyer of Walker, Atkin
son of Camden, Ph;dip of Harbereham,
Butts of Bibb, Green r f S[*aiding. Mathews
of Houston, Crook c! Who; eid. Gamble of 1
Chattooga. Law of Decatur, Whitaker of
Fulton, Diamond of DeKaib, Stulweil. of
(Comet Floyd, Andrew- of B.bb, Latham of
Campbell Styles of Glynn.
The Committee retired, and upon their
return, the Chairman, CoL N. Tift, read the
following Report and Resolutions:
Your Committee have considered the
subject referred to them, and submit the
following
REPORT:
We believe that the Legislature should
pass a law to aid the construction of Hail
roads by a guarantee of Bawls for the pur
chase ot iron and equipments, whicli woo'd
he equally applieatiie to all parts of the State
where Railroads are needed ; that it should
be n.ade pesfectly sate against loss to the
State, and that it thou’d be limited to an
amount not exceeding live millions of dol
lar*.
Such a law would give equal right* and
faeilities to every part of the State, whilst it
would do no injustice so any. It wonkl be
secured against all risk or !os l.y the State.
It would not involve taxation. The guarantee*
would be made as the roads should progn-p*.
and should the limit of five millions even lie
reached, there would probably be, at that
time, more than one thousand miles of road
huiit. ironed, equipped and in opperation,
wh-.ch, with all the assets of the various
companies and other securities would be
subject to the payment of such of the*e
Bunds as should remain unpaid when due.
The saiety ot the State under such a law
cannot be seriously questioned.
The constitutional authority of the State
to aid Railroads, is admitted by all. It is a
question of State policy which should l>e
considered with reference to the good of the
whole State and the best interest of her eiti
zetm
liatlroads are, all things considered, the
&I: ‘l best highways now in use.—
y are indiqienpabie to the profitable pet
it ’cent and improvement of all tliose parts
y ie Mate which are distant tVom the sea
naT*VMe rivers. Atlanta, the
thousand inhabitant*— with ~;r thrivin<r
commerce and manufacture and A,. lr S
prove.! territory which skirts JJe i:® of
rol which radiate from her. ru,ft* eflect
of our railroads. Talo- away these, ;in(l ,j
etty and the country would again become
what they were a few years since, a com
paratively uninhabited waste.
There are now large sections of Georgia
which cannot be profitably cultivated, and
must remain barren until Railroads are built
to them. Mauy citizens of Georgia who
would gladiy settle these lands if they were
penetrated by railroads, are driven to seek
lauds in the West, where they devote their
talents and their property to the improve
ment of ‘other States.'’
Should the plan of State Aid, which we
propose, be adopted, and the road* be built
which would be provided by the limit sug
gested, it would be safe to estimate the in
creased value of property consequent upoo
their construction at a hundred millions, and
this would materially reduce the ratio of tax
ation in the whole State.
I tie only plausible objection which we
r*' e heard to the proposed plan of State
K , ‘h* l any other roads which may be
II m the Bute would take aopae ot the ,
business of the roads already built, and that,
consequently, the State ought not to aid
them in any way.
There are two conclusive answers to this
argument —
Ist The State, in granting charters to ex
isting roads, defined the exclusive privilege
which they should possess and enjoy, and did
not give them a monopoly of the carrying
trade of the State, nor bind any part of the
State to sterility, nor her eiiizefK to poverty,
for their l*enefit: and left herself free to pro
mote the welfare of every part of the State
in such manner as her wisdom might sug
gest.
2d. The assumption that existing roads
would be injured by the competition of new
roads, which might be built under the pro
posed system of limited State Aid, is found
ed in a short-sighted and erroneous view of
the position ot Georgia and her Ra Iroads,
with reference to her local resources, and
with reference to the trad of the West—
Railroads carry population and improvement
wherever they penetrate, and we doubt
whether a road could be built in Georgia
which would not create local traffic
that would be equal to its profitable em
ployment. But when we appreciate the
fact that Georgia Railroads are the nearest
and best avenues to the Atlantic for an al
most unlimited trade from the West, and
that nothing is wanting but the competition
and reasonable price? if freight which com
peting roads would produce, to crowd our
railroads and our seaports to their full Rapac
ity with a profitable trade, then, these vain
fears of competition will vanish, and we
shall devote our energies to the fulfilment of
our Fiigh destiny. This accomplished, our
Railroads would al’ be profitable, our sea
ports would become large cities, and every
j part of the interior wouid become the abode
of prosperousand happy eitzens whose indus
tiy and patriotism would be the pride and
strength of the State.
Many of our wisest statesmen and our
citizens in every pait of the State have, iu
one form or other, sanctioned State Aid to
Railroads. Governor Jobuson in his mes
sage recommended the poi cy. and Governor
Brown in his Inaugural, after mentioning
the success of the Stale Road and its im
portant benefits to the country, say-: “ Tne
example is worthy of iiniation, and, in my
judgment, the Legislature taking care that
the State is amply scoured bevond the pos
sibility of a doubt, should not"hesitate to ex
tend that aid winch ra necessary lor the de
velopment of oilier section?.’’ This opinion,
we believe, has the cordial sanction of a great
majority of the people of the State.
It is sometimes asked why Railroad com
panies who cati give the security asked by
the proposed plan, should desire the guar
antee of the Stale ? The answer is that the
Bonds of new companies which are un
known to capitalists,are always at a discount,
whilst Bonds guaranteed by the State would
be at par, ami thus a saving would be effect
ed in the pur el use of iron of from fifteen to
twenty-five pertsent. Tne cheaper Railroads
can l*e constructed, the cheaper they can
afford to carry freights, and the better it will
be for the companies interested, and lor the
dtizsns of the State.
We uuglit extend the argument in favor
of a safe and limited State Aid to Railroads
by referring to the statistics of Georgia and
other States, show iug the increase of popu
lation. industrial resources.wealth atid power,
consequent upon the construction of these
“Iron Pathways” of commerce: but they
are generally well known and we deem it
unnecessary to the present purpose.
We recommend the adoption of the fol
lowing resolutions:
1. That it is tl.e interest and duty
of the State to aid in the construction ot
Railroads by a limited, afc and equitable
plan, as the best means of promoting the
prosperity of any part ot the State.
2. Resolved, That the construction of new
Railroads in Georgia, is necessvry to the
prof*er development of our territory, to the
equal rights of the people of the various sec
tions of our State, to the proper regulation
i of transportation upon our Railroads, and to
the concentration of Western Trade upon
our seaboard, t bu ilding up of our cities,
and the promotion of all the best interests
of the State.
3. Unsolved, That while we waive any ex
pression of opinion in regard to the amount
lor which the State should become liable—it
is the judgment of this Convention, that the
State should in no event go beyond five mil
lion of dollars. That the question and amount
| of credit is properly confided to the Legis
lature, and we have confidence to believe
that there will be no abuse ot power, which
will impair the credit of the State, or impose
! unjust burdens upon the people.
4. Resolved, That ‘he security offered in
: the proposed legislation upon this subject at
the last Legislature was ample, and in our
opinion was satisfactory to the people of
Georgia.
5. Resolved, That the proceedings of the
Convention te transmitted to the Governor
with a request that they be laid before the
Legislature.
J Xorcross then moved that the Report
and Resolutions be received, which was car
ried.
It was then moved that the Report and
Resolutions l>e adopted.
A brief and somewhat animated discus
sion followed tins motion,-m which Messrs.
Tatum, Bar.k-ton, Sewaid and Dyer partici
pated. On the motion being put, the repot t
and resolutions were unanimously adopted.
L. F. W. Andrews moved that ail papets
in the State, be requested to publish the pro
ceedings oi this Convention which was
adopted.
J. Xorcross then moved that the thanks
of this meeting be tendered the President
and other officers of the Convention—which
was carried.
The Convention then a ljourned sine die.
A. E. COCHRAN, President
J. 8. Peterson, D, . .
L. r. Andrews \
From th* ljn (tranoe Itrportrr.
Western and Atlantic Railroad Earn
ing*.
Mr. Eiutor: That ste.ling journal, the
Savannah Republican, indulges in some re
flections upon the fact, that for July, 440,000
was paid into the Stale Treasury from the
Western Si Atlantic ltaihead, making an ad
vance of several thousand dollars ujkih the
snm paid into the Treasury monthly, before
Gov. Brown's nomination. He a'so animad
verted npon the fact that the earnings of
July were announced some days before the
month expired. Some editors in Georgia,
disposed to ridicule what, they cannot an
swer, have thought proper to make them
selves merry over the article; but it is based
upon sound common sense. They have ask
ed if the editor of the Republican, whom
they call sapient in derision, does not know
that the passenger travel increases greatly in
the summer? The reply s, yes, he and the
public both know that this is the case; and
from tiie statistics of the re ad common sense
would draw a conclusion unfavorable to the
management of the road. By propounding
the question it is admitted tluit the sums
monthly {mid into tho State Treasury should
follow those received by tin* oflijers of lload.
If so, how can it be thought regular and
business-like for the nett earnings of a month
to be ascertained before the month expires? j
The Republican is right in noticing this ab
surdity.
Again. Below I present to your readers a
of monUily earnings carefully prepared
by me some time since, whicli every voter j
in Georgia would do well to examine
carefully and lay aside for future reference. j
By releren:e to this table you will see
that the earnings of the Road vary with each
month and that no month is exactly like any I
other from the Ist of October, 1.854, to Sept.
.‘JO, 1858, through w hich periods the table
runs.
In the fiscal year, ending in Sept, ISSG,
the earniDgs of July are exceeded by those
of October, November, February, March and
April. i
In the fiscal year, ending in Sept, 1857, |
I the earnings pf July were exceeded by those ,
of October, December, February, March and
April
la the fiscal year of 1858, (Gov. Brown’s
Ist year,) the earnings of July were more
than SB,OOO less than that of either of the
preceding years and was less than Decem
ber, March, April and May.
How happens if then that in 1859 an in
crease is so suddenly anouneed in the sum
that s paid into the State Treasury? andthat
too before the end of the month 1 The
-Republican is not out of proper reckoning
after all. Hurrah for Mr. Sneed, its editor
His position shows him a inAn of sound bus
iness qualifications, whatever may be said
to the contrary. But here is the table of
earnings:
A Statement of the monthly earnings of the
Western <f Atlantic Rail-road for the fiscal
years ending respectfully on the 30 th of
September :
1355 1858 1357 1553
ivt. avion m :i tTv.aesi so t 55 .77107
Ku*. 44.993 63 71. MS SS 6',447 13 MJM 01
O.C. SlWSrf 6C7SS-S 75.:~4; 9 71.078 08
.lan. 6'.66 ‘ 77 63.880 61 53.18-1 76
ft-;.. 80.0*1 M 63 B<r. 33 75.-113 00 30 .
Mar. frills OS lln.iea aa efr u-J 75.87S *3
Apr. fr.. 633 6* 73 t 57 fr* TO tOr'l 46 7-4.764 97
May. 47.188 77 66V.6.V 51.6*3 13 fr'.ISS 91
■Vne. 43.- Hi) 67.60* 8-3 90651 *4 4-1.91'! 3S
J'ly. 67.63S 32 63.7 61 65.711 37 58.010 75 )
An*. SI.IB-1 s5 S-1.-HH64 118 541 49 54.14S *4
S')4. 77,57s 79 lUIr.M 84 95,745 4-1 92..15 !9
frss,*c ui. 51. OnOD.tM 95 8-00,101 S8
Now by the examination of this table it
will be seen that the earnings of the Road 1
in the fiscal year ending in 1858, were less
than those of the year 1857 by $100,807 07. ,
Why this great falling of! when every other
fiscal year shows a steady advance?
In 1857, $263,557 47 were paid out for
contracts of the preceding administration. In 1
1858 only $172,110 74.
By Mr. Spurlock’s Report the Road bed
and superstructure were left in “excellent
condition.” and Dr. Lewis says the supply
of cros-ties was “very large,” and admits the
supply of wood “ample;’’ and they both
agree that the most important account for
moneys paid out, to-wit: “Tho construction
account was to be wholly closed in 1858.’’
Now how comes it that such meagre returns
have l>een made, to the State Treasury in
1850? This will not do: the returns of this
Road to the State Treasury should be doubled.
It is admitted on all hands that this Road
possesses great advantages of location, be
ing “the great link by which a number of
Roads are connected with the Mississippi
Valley and the South t 'Atlantic Slates.” So
that by authority of one of its Superintend
ents these things “will necessarily make it
one of the best paying Roads in the South.’
This Road, thus located, is 138 milvs long
The great Railroads in Georgia directly or
remotely connected with it are:
The Georgia R ilroad, 171 miles long.
Central Railroad, 191.
Macon and Western Railroad. 102 miles
long.
These are its Georgia feeders aud to them
the Western <t Atlantic is the main trunk
Now it is capahle of demonstration that these
Roads average more than 10 per cent, to the
Stockholders. Can it be expected then that
because we have heretofore got nothing in
the Treasury, the people of Georgia will be
satisfied with what i3 not equivalent to more
than 0 per cent from this Road ? No never.
Gov. V- wii, we give you credit for paying
what you do into the Treasury. It is well
so far as it goes; but you must go farther to j
approve yourself a faithful public servant
The Road must at least yield double your
figures. It would be creditable to your ad
ministration to make these monthly accounts
balance to “1-4 of a cent,'* and to pay into
ihe Treasury according to the amounts you
receive, and not upon any arbitrary sum se
lected by yourself. What the people want
is that the Road shall yield what it is capable
of yielding, and that that sum be promptly
paid into the Treasury and then safely kept
until their representatives draw it out in ac- 1
cordance with the Constitution. Come, Mr.
Brown!
Facts are Stubborn Things.
From the Snmpter Republican, Extra, 13th.
, Second District.
Amkkiuus, July 27th, 1859.
Marcel Ins Douglass , Esq :
Dear Sir: The Opposi
tion Congressional Convention of this i
District, in session here to-day, appoint
ed us to the agreeable duty of notifying
you of its action. You will perceive,
iroin the enclosed copy of “proceedings,”
that the Convention, with unanimity,
selected yourself to bear its standard in
t lie present canvass.
We confidently indulge the hope that
you will respond promptly to this call
of your co-laborers ; accept the trust—
assume the position—thus gratuitously
assigned you, and that success may
crown our itiorts to disenthrall this
portion, at least, of our much abused
country.
\\ ith assurance of our individual grat
ification at the action of the Convention,
and our high personal regard fur your
self, We are,
David 11. Janes, j
Cha’s P. Crawford, r Com.
Jonathax*Davis. )
Ci'TitiiEkT. Ga., August 10th. 1859.
Gknti.enkn : Your letter of date 27th
ult., informing me that 1 was on that
day, by tie Convention of the Opposi
tion Party, of the 2nd Congressional
District, “unanimously selected to bear
its standard iu the present canvass,”
’ icached me at this place to day, having
been addressed to me at Washington arid
forwarded thence.
For the purpose of this letter, gentle
men, it is sufficient for me to say, I ac
cept the nomination so generously ten
dered, not however with alacrity or
pride, l'>r I beg to as.-tire you that of all
characters on earth that of a candidate
for office, is to me, the most distasteful.
My worldly ambition has never risen
higher than to acquire an honorable rep
illation in my profession, and departing,
leave a good name behind me.
Having yielding inclinations to the
wishes of devoted persoal and party
I friends, and in advance of the Conven
tion consented to the use of my name, it
would be di-h< norable and ungrateful,
now, to refuse to respond to their gen
crons call.
Whilst it may be true that in fulfill
ment of my friend Gl errt's prophpey
and demonstrating the justness of his
surmises, my race will be a practical as
set tion of i lie Latin adage, Duke et deco
rum ext pro jHitria tnori ; 1 take this op
portunity to assure him and others that
I shall not, as he on a recent occasion
did, politically die—unprepared, but,
that on the contrary, if I shall have the
honor to bring down the boasted major
ity ot 1500 or 2,000, I shall return to
my ‘‘gray goose quill” and let another
till the office I never coveted.
Were it in the power of my dull in
genuity to indite one of those India Rub
ber acceptances that only democratic
candidates can invent; 1 would state
to you my principles in such a
manner, that you could stretch them to
meet any emergency, and to .cover any
hvpothasis of facta ; but my pen shrinks
from the task, and 1 simply say, that 1
hope to have the honor of meeting my
fallow citizens of the District at various
points, and personally giving them my
views on the political topics of the day,
and should they not approve those views
—what then 1 Why I’ll stay at the
home I love so well, and Mr. Cbawford 1
will go to the place he loves so well.
For the kind manner, gentlemen of j
the committee, in which you have seen
fit to address me, to you, and through
you, to the body you rep resent, for their
flattering testimonials, are returned my
heartfelt thanks. Your good opinion is
worth more to me than voices (votes.)
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
M. Douglass.
To Messrs. David 11. Janes, Charles
P. Crawford, Jonathan Davis, Commit
tee.
GEORGIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
MACON, AUGUST 19, 1859.
FOR GOVERNOR
COL. WARREN AKIN,
Os Cass.
FOR CONGRESS,
THOS. HARDEMAN, jr„
Os Bibb.
For Congress.
I#L District.
2J. “ Marrellus lfonglass, of Randolph.
3rd. “ Thomas Hardeman, Jr., of Bibb.
4th. “ Wm. I', Wright, of Coweta.
sth. “
Gih. “
7th. “ Col. A. 11, Kenan, of Baldwin.
Bth. “ A. R. Wright, of Jefferson.
Col. Akin’s Accept ante.
We publish to-day, Col. Akin's letter, ac
cepting the nomination for Governor, ten
dered him by the late Opposition Conven
tion at Atlanta. It is short, but beautifully
chaste in language, and modest in the digni
ty of conscious worth. It is a model letter.
There is no boasting in it, but in the unselfish
spirit of a pure patriot he has yielded his
personal desires to the political wishes of his
friends, and is willing to lead the hosts of
the Opposition against the spoilsmen, whose
long reign has lost the South many of her
dearest rights—and degraded her in position
in the Union.
AYo feel now that we are ready to do bat
tle in earnest. Under such a leader as
Warren Akin we do not fear defeat. —
And we say to our brethren of the Opposi
tion press, that if there ever was a time that
called for the strongest and most united ac
tion on their part, it is now. Look to the
gloi ions example our friends have set us in
Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina and
Texas ! Let us emulate them! Pass the
word down the line to “ Fix Bayonets 1”
and prepare to come to close quarters !
•lli District.— Mr. Shackleford, De
mocrat, is out in this District, ns an inde
pondonteandidate for Congress, in opjmsition
to Hon. John 11. W. Underwood.
Our Book Table.
Messrs. Richards have placed upon our
Table anew novel, by Miss Marryatt, enti
tled “Temper.” The authoress is a daughter
of C’ajit. Marryatt, the author of many very
interesting works of fiction. AYe have not
had time to read it, but from a hasty glance,
here and there.it appears to be well written.
Godey’s Ladys’ Book.
The September No. of this popular and
elegant monthly is on our table. It is liter
ally teeming with gems of art and the beau
tiful in literature. Excellent, exquisite and
“ excelsior are adjectives not misapplied,
j when used in reference to this book. No
lady can afford to do without it.
Something; worth Noting,
The enterprising House of J. B. fc W. A
1 Ross, of this city, have, within a few days
past, sold three lots of goods, for distant
markets; one lot to go to the interior of
Texas : another to Louisiana, and the third
to Hartford, Connecticut! We were aware
that thole gentlemen were extensively en
| gaged in the “Wholesale Trade for the sup
ply of Georgia, Florida and Eastern Ala
bama, but did not suppose their fame had
extended quite so far as the above stated facts
would indicate. We congratulate them upon
the success which has attended their efforts
to make Macon a wholesale mart for the
South. The salubrity of our city, at all
seasons, and our accessibility to the whole
region West and South of us, give to Macon
superior advantages over all other cities, in
this respect.
Planter!*’ Convention Fair.
We had the pleasure of an interview, on
Monday last, with Col. J. V. Jones, of Burke
county, one of the Committee of the Plan
ters’ Convention, charged with the duty of
providing for an annual Fair in this city,
embracing an exhibition, ns well of Foreign
fabrics, as of American Manufactures and
Agricultural products, on an extensive
scale. This project is already in flattering
progress, two cargoes of foreign goods, one
from Bremen and the other from Autwerp,
being already shipped, or soon to be, direct
for Macon, via Savannah. It is contempla
ted to hold the Ist Fair in this city on the
Ist Monday of December, and to continue
one week or longer, according to circum
stances. The second Fair will come off in
December, 1800, and continue throe weeks—
the exhibition to consist of three divisions—
as follows : Ist week, devoted to the dis
play of Foreign goods—2d, to the exhibition
of Mechanical and Agricultural products of
the South—and Bd, to an exhibition of Stock,
of every description. This is, we think, an
excellent plan, and cannot fail largely to
benefit this section, generally, as well as our
city, particularly.
We are glad to hear that some three thous
and dollars have already been raised by sub
scription, in Macon, for the purposes of the
Fair, and thatour City Council will do what
they can to carry out, in a liberal spirit, this
most important enterprise.
The State Road —That $36,000-
After all the boasting of Governor Brown,
and the blowing of Democratic trumpets
every month, when the nett earnings ot
the State Road are paid into the Treasury,
it appears that he lias done no great things
after all. The. ostentatious parading ol
these payments la-fore the public, not only
for political effect, but to impress his party
j with a lielicf of the superior order of his
administrative abilities over those of his
predecessor, Gov. Johnson, lias waked up
the ire of the friends of the latter gentle
man, and induced a scrutiny into the facts
of the case, by both sides. The result of the
investigation is rather unfavorable to the
“ model Governor.” The figures which a
writer in the Lagrange Reporter place* be
fore the public, and which Tor its careful
compilation, and clear statement, we copy
into the CYtee;,will be useful for future refer
, once. Let every man read it attentively,
and we think he will be satisfied that this
lust and only claim which Gov. Brown ad
: vanced for re-election, is entirely unfounded.
Gov. Johnson’s administration was con.
deni ned by many of his own party as faulty,
in relation to the State Road, —but Gov.
Brown’s is decidedly worse, if we take into
consideration the advahtages It possessed in
equipments of the Road over his predeces
sor’s. If Governor Brown’s boaxt of beat
ing his opponent,whoever he might be, 30,-
000,votes is based upon no better foundation
than his bragging gain of $30,000 of State
lload earnings, we can tell him now, War
ren Akin will take bis place next October.
Tfec Nominee,
We lake great pleasure in pro'cnling the
namo of Col. WAR REX AIK EX, of Cass,
the candidate of the Opposition party of
Georgia for Governor. The announeement
of his name by the committee a j (pointed to
the duty of selecting a suitable standard
bearer, was received with tumultuous and
protracted applause. He is a lawyer of tine
talents and most unimpeaehable character—
a self-made man, who has risen, by bis own
indomitable will and strong intellectual
powers, to the head of his profession, in
Cherokee Georgia, from the very humblest
walks of life. From Elbert County, where
he was born, he worked his way, in early
manhood, to Lumpkin County, where, by
the toil of his hands, as a miner, he dug out
of the bowels of the earth the means to ed
ucate himself for the business of life. Pig
ging gold by day and pursuing his studies
by night, he soon acquired his profession
and was admitted to the bar. From that
hour his course was upward and onward, un
til, by his extraordinary diligence and mark
ed integrity of purpose, he secured the en
tire confidence cf the community and sec
tion in which he established himself, and
retains the proud po-ition he lias wo ft, al
most without a rival. Like Gov. Brown,
his origin was obscure and humble, hut un
like that functionary he had no rich patron
to take him by the hand and extend to him the
means of an education. His name, charac
ter and fortune are all of his own carving,
and therefore he is a man deserving of all the
honors which his fellow citizens are dispos
el to confer upon him. In the present in
stance, as in all others, the office has sought
the man and not the man the office. Col.
Aiken is no political demagogue. He lias no
partizan animosities to encounter in the race
before him, but is a whole-souled, upright
patriot, who will look to the good ot the
country in the discharge of the duties which
may devolve upon him.
To show in what light Col. Aiken is held
by men of all political prejudices and pro
clivities, we will add that under every suc
cessive State administration, he has been em
ployed as counsel to conduct and manage
the litigated ca<es of the Western 6c Atlantic
Railroad, and is this day better posted in all
matters touching this property than any
other man in the State. In short his hon
esty, capability and thorough financial qual
tications eminently point hint out as the
man to preside over the destinies of this no
ble commonwealth. We hope that the peo
ple will rise in their majesty and elevate him
to the Chief Magistracy, in lieu of the very
small man but very great braggart that now
encumbers the office.
Flaying Fast and Loose.
Our readers, no doubt, have some recol
lection of an excitement which prevailed to
some little Extent in several sections of the
State last year, consequent upon the Anti-
Bank Brown meetings, gotten up in several
counties by the friends of Gov. Brown. It
turns out, as we learn from a correspondent
of the Augusta Chronicle <{• Sentinel, writing
from Atlanta, that our boasting Governor
suggested the meetings himself. He is said
to have urged his friends by letters, to get
them up, for the purpose of making his ad
ministration popular among the ignorant and
poorer classes through the country. When
he had set that ball in motion, he turns
round and writes lettersto the Savannah and
Augusta Banks, “giving a construction to the
act of the last Legislature, which entirely sat
isfied the Banks.” And notwithstanding he
endeavored to incense the people against the
Banks, lie is sr.id to have declared that he
never wished to injure the Banks; “but that
he always intended, when the proper time
came, to see that the Banks were not injur
ed.” If this is true, and it is said to come
from Democrats, this contemptible braggart
deserves the execration of every honestman
in the State of Georgia. We could bear
defeat with some philosophy, from au up
right, high-toned, honorable man, but to be
beaten by such a miserable schemer, even
the thought is intolerable.
The Bragging: Governor.
There is a strong disposition manifested
by the tax-paying voters of both parties in
this State to ascertain what becomes of the
$30,000 or S4O,(MJO which Gov. Brown brags
his management of the State Road pays into
the Trersury every month as nett earnings.
“A Tax-paying Voter,” in the Independent
Blade, (a Democratic paper,) wishes to know
i how this money is spent —and calls upon the
Governor, or the Treasurer, or the t Comptrol
ler, lor a plain statement—“not in double
entry, but plain so we can all read it and
understand it for ourselves,” The writer
does not know why our taxes are not reduced,
if there is even an average of S3O,(MM) paid
monthly into the Treasury, which would*
j make an aggregate for the year of 8300,000.
The taxes last year brought S4OO,O<M). There
is something about this the people do not
understand ; and the writer fears that the
“model Governor,” with all his boasting,
“has most beautifully humbugged us all.”
Not a doubt of it, “Mr. Tax-paying Voter,”
but your Democratic leaders and presses will
not let vou tind it out, if they can help it,
till after the elections.
What'* the Oillcrcnce I
The New Orleans Crescent thinks that any
man who voted for John Letcher for Gover
nor of Virginia, can vote consistently for
Mr. Seward for President. We think the
Crescent is right. And with the Cincinnati
Platform under the Douglas construction,
upon which the leaders of the Democratic
party, beaded by Governor Brown, so confi
dently rely, and their support of Mr. Bu
chanan's administration, we can see no j>os
itive difference between them and the Black
Republicans. Between the platform which
Mr. Douglas promises for the Charleston
Convention, and Black Republicanism, there
is certainly no practical difference. And
those who vote for Gov. Brown will he sup
jiorting, virtually, Stephen A. Douglas, his I
doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty, and Terri
torial Legislation upon Slavery. They will i
have taken, as Gov. Wise remarked in his j
late famous letter, “the short cut to all the ■
ends oj Black Republicanism.” Take the re- j
suits of Mr. Bwchanan's administration,—
the platform of Mr. Douglas,—and the de
signs of Mr. Seward, and examine them
carefully, and there will not be found the
•‘toss of a copper's” difference between them.
And those who support Gov. Brown in 1559
will find themselves consistently prepared in
1800, to vote for Douglas or Seward.
Appointment* of Mr. Hardeman.
We are requested to to state that Col.
Hardeman, the nominee of the Opposition
for the 3rd Congressional District, will speak
at the following places :
Talhotton, Saturday, Aug. 20.
Bartlesville, “ 22.
Kebulou, “ 23.
Jackson. “ 27.
Hamilton, Sept. 0.
Our friends should make every prepara
tion to give Col. Hardeman a full hearing—
and they and the people at large may be as
sured they will be well paid to listen to his
speeches. He is a sound, practical, clear
headed man—with no sort of fancy clap
trap about him. Just the sort of a man to
show up the rottaness, corruption and bad
faith of the leadert of the Democratic party, i
Col. Speer at Talbot.
The Columbus “Times,'’ of Saturday last,
gives a report, through a correspondent, at the
tq>eech delivered by OoL A. M. Speer, of Tal
botton. on the 9th inst., from which we gather
that the gallant Democratic Candidate tor
‘ Congress in the Third District, is dispos
ed to carry double, or wear tiro faces be
fore the people in the present canvass. For
example : In review of party movements up to
1850, he gives all the credit of resistance to
northern aggression to the Southern Rights De
mocracy of that time, of which party he was
one. That is ; the Colonel was a ‘‘Fire-eater”
and “Coffin Regiment” man, of that period, and
his organ of the “State Press” has brought up
against Hardeman as a reproach that the latter
could not go with that disuuion crowd, but re
signed his post as Secretary of the Mass Con
vention, when he ascertained their ultra ob
jects.
From this we learn that Col. Speer is run
ning for Congress on the disunion sensation, in
some parts of the District, while he ignores
that subject entirely in other portions! This
is riding two horses at the same time and is
1 not a fair shake. Let the Colonel coma out
and say Le is lor disunion and the Union men
will know where to tied him.
Again, The “Times” correspondent says that
Col. Speer is charging Hardeman with being a
‘‘State Aid” man, with having voted for the
purchase, by the State, of the Military Institute,
and to give endowment to Medical Col
leges, &c.
From this we discover that Col. Speer wish
es the people in the Western counties to be
lieve that he is against State Aid and never did
anything in favor of such measures. We uu
deistand, however, that Col. Speer used all the
intluence he had, while Clerk of tie House, in
favor of these projects ! lie is understood in
Houston, Bibb, Ac., to be in favor of ‘ State
Aid. ” Here be is again riding two horses !
How can such a Janus-faced politician ex
pect to win a seat in Congress, by such political
legerdemain ? We guess not. The fact is,
Colonel, you will not bo permitted to go on,
after this lashion. We weie disposed to let you
circulate., without interruption, but if this is the
way you seek the advantage over your adversa
ry you will require some little attention. You
ought to know, sir, that the question of State
Aid is a local or State affair, altogether, and
that Candidates for Congress have nothing to do
with it. It is a question that belongs to the
people in selecting Candiates tor the Legisla
ture. Morever, it is a question to which as
many of the Democracy of this section are
committed as of the Opposition. Hence, you
are cutting the throats of some of your friends,
every iick you give to Hardeman with your
tw s o-edged sword !
Again your Talbotton Reporter says, that
the ninjorily of the Northern Democracy
favored the admission of Kansas as a slave
State and that the measure was defeated by
six Southern Americans. This is a stale slan
der which we will let your own Southern
Rights. Senator IversoD, nail to the counter. Tn
the speech cf the honorable gentleman, at Grit
fin, which you heard, he said as follows :
“They” the Squatter Sovereignty elements)
“were enough in themselves to produce that
result, but as a part and parcel of the influ
ence and power of the Free Soil sentiment of
the Northern States, the Administration of
even Gen. Pierce gave way to its bold and im
pudent demands aud put over Kansas a batch
of Freesoil Governors and other Federal offi
cers to warp with official patronage and influ
ence, the sentiments and political action of the
people. Nebraska was a Northern Territory
given up by all parlies to tree institutions—
Kansas was a Southern Territory and ought
to have been subjected to Southern control;
but yielding to the pressure of Northern Anti-
Slavery hostility and the strong current to
make Kansas a free State—to appease the
morbid appetite of the Abolition monster, who
shook his bloody linger at the President, he
reversed the natural and appropriate order of
things and appointed Southern men Governors
of Nebraska aDd Northern men for Kansas!
And the present Administration, though pro
fessing the greatest regard for Southtm Rights,
and the most profound indifference as to the
political fate of Kansas, has followed the ex
ample of its “illustrious predecessor,” and be
hold the array ot Northern Free Soil Govern
ors of Kansas —Reeder, Geary, Shannon, Walk
er and Medary, all hailing from the same section,
all of the same materials made, and all conse
crated and devoted to the same gfbeat end of
making Kansas a free State, —and thus Kansas
was lost to the South
tST READ ! READ 1 1 READ M 1 Colonel,
this remarkable and truthful ipassage, and
blush for shame, that you should charge the
Southern Americans with a fraud committed
by President Pierce and Buchanan, though the
free soil Governors, Reeder, Geary, Shannon,
Walker and Medary—to “appease,’ 1 as Senator
Iverson justly says, “the morbid appetite of the
ABOLITION MONSTER who shook his
BLOODY FINGER at the President.” “AND
THUS KANSAS WAS LOST TO THE
SOUTH.” When Doctors of the same school
ditler so widely as to a great public measure,
we and the public will be pardoned if we pre
fer to give our credence to the views of the
experienced Senator rather than to those of an
unfledged would-be congressman 1
‘ Democratic Extravagance.”
We were not a little amused while readiDg
the article iu the Daily State Press of last
| Saturday on the above subject. Such a jum
j bling and mixing up of ligures would do credit
!to a Wall street financier. We bad no idea of
; the proficiency of our cotemporary in that re
spec'.
It is a little funny to set down the expenses
of Mr. Polk’s Administration, annually, at
$30,000,000, during the Mexican war—or $3,-
000,000 less than Mr. Fillmore’s, which suc
ceeded ; and point to it as a matter of pride,
aod exultation for the democracy, when it is
notorious that Mr. Polk's Administration sad
dled a public debt uf>on the couutry of over
$00,000,000, which Mr. Fillmore had to pay ;
making in good truth, his administration, cost
auniully over $15,000,000 less than Mr. Polk’s
with the public debt!
And the attempting to make the readers of
the Daily State Press believe, in one biealh.
that the “opposition’’ (as it is pleased to term
those who have opposed “Democratic Extrav
agance” ‘in Congress, I are the came of the
reckless waste of the public money, while iu
the next, it boasts of the almost universal tri
umph of Democracy, is in good keeping with
the humor of the whole burletta—for the arti
cle is nothing else—upon Democratic finan
ciering.
We will whisper in the ear of our ncighl>or
over the way, one or two facts of Mr. Buchan
an’s Democratic extravagance. It is well
known that the Post Office department is in
solvent. The Democratic party made it so—
the opposition had no hand in it—the whole
honor of the blundering belongs to Democracy.
What is the result ?• Why, that almost every
small mail route through the couutry is discon
tinued. These were very useful and conve
nient to the people who live away from the
great thoroughfares of trade and travel. One
hundrod thousand dollars would probably have
kept up the greater portion of these small
J routes, if not the whole of them.
But however much the people were incon
venienced, the Democratic nabobs took good
eare to provide for themselves. These fine
promise-making gentlemen while they refused
to make the necessary appropriations for the
mail service for the convenience of their con
stituents, very liberally appropriated seven hun
dred thousand dollars to pay for the carriage of
FREE MATTER FOR THEMSELVES —Such trash as
Democratic members of Congress send about
the country to enlighten the people upon De
mocratic economy.
At this very moment there are thousands of
poor meu throughout the country, who have
carried tlieae small mails for the Government,
through sunshine and storm, and are now told
that there is do money to pay them, aod they
must wait; while the Government is squan
dering thousands upon favorites about the
Capitol. Some“of these mail carriers have had
to give up, while in many instances the people
becefitted by ‘these routes, rather than do
without the mails, have continued them by in
dividual subscriptions. Never did the Oppo
sition do as bad as that, when they spent only
$43,000,000. And yet Buchanan Democracy
does it, with an estimated expenditure of over
$80,000,000. It costs the country something
to support Democracy. Wo shall take the
trouble iu a few days to show with exact fig
ures. the truth about “Democratic Extrava
gance.”
Won’t Support Douglass.
Col. Gartrell has already expressed his deter
mination not to support Douglas for the Presi
dency should he be nominated at the Cuarleston
Convention. Every inau in the District should
make a note of this tact, and watch that gen
tleman next year as, no doubt, he will be
advocating his election. — Lr Grange Reporter.
Don’t wait till next year to watch the gen
tleman—watch him now—he needs watching.
The declaration that he will not support
Douglas for the Presidency, is only made to
wheddle some honest voters who are unwilling
o swallow the little Giant to'please a vacilla
ting doubtful party. Besides, a year is too far
ahead for a Democratic leader to tell what he
will do. Some of them have very short memo
ri es.
The Opposition Nominee.
One of the Editors of the Augusta Dispatch,
it neutral paper, with Democratic proclivities,
and who appears to have been present at the
late State Convention, thus speaks of the
nominee of the Opposition:
“Warren Akin, Esq., is a successful and
prominent lawyer in Cassvilie. He is a man
of irreproachable character and substantial
talents, and is without doubt, the strongest
man that could have been induced to accept
the nomination. He is a good speaker, and
Gov. Brown will find him a gentlemanly and
able opponent, and will have to work hard
to beat him 30,000 votes, as he expects
to do.”
An Inquiry.
Dr. Andrews :—How is it you do not
support Governor Brown ? You and he
are in favor of State Aid and the re-openmp
of the African slave trade. You and he
stand together on those two ideas. To be
consistent, you ought to 3upport Brown.—
It is not right for you to oppose him. You
want more negroes from Africa, and so does
Gov. Brown; and I am with you and the
Governor on the African sensation. Now
be consistent, and come over and support
Brown; and that may help us to get the
laws oil, and then we will get the negroes
from Africa. I take it as hard you should
oppose those who stand with you as Gov.
Brown does on the African slave trade. I
am in for that thing first and last. You
mus’nt think lain interfering with you in
your voting matters. I know you always
think for yourself and do as you thiuk.
WI REGRASS.
Reply. —We were fully aware that his
Excellency, Governor Brown, was with us,
on the “State Aid” question and on the re
opening of the African slave trade. For
this we give him credit In fact, this is
about all that we can say in his favor—but
the fact is, Wiregrass, Joseph E. has no in
fluence on either of these subjects, even
with his own party. He is too small a man,
every way, to tie to—and while he is deci
dedly wrong in national matters of great im
portance,—and while he supports Buchan
an's corrupt administration and stands ready
to support Douglas for President, we are
obliged to oppose him, albeit he is sound on
the Slate Aid and African sensations! These
latter, moreover, are side issues, and are not
paramount in the present canvass. There
fore, we do not support Gov. Brown, for re
election. We would, about as soon, support
Stephen Arnold Douglas or William Seward
for the Presidency!
Win llie South lia<i Lost.
The Democratic party has struggled hard to
maintain itself in tact, and has scrupled at no
vile hold to accomplish that object. The reason
for this is, that it might continue in power. The
Northern wing is the strongest, and if its de
mands are not comp.it and with, it will “kick up,”
as Mr. Wise says of Douglass. The North liad
to be pacified at somebody’s expense. It was
found most easy to gull the South. All that
was necessary to be done, was to make a pre
tence of fairness—giving every section an equal
right to settle the Territories. The Democratic
politicians set to work to convince the people of
the South that this was the very thing for
them, and that it was & concession from the
North , obtained through the influence of the
Democratic party. They even went so far, in
this State, as to denounce any man as a traitor,
who did not favor the principles of the Kansas
and Nebraska Bills. The Democratic party
North and South pretended to be united. But
the North said those principles would make
Kansas a free Slate. The Southern Democracy
said they would make Kansas a Slave State.—
When the question was decided by making Mr.
Buchanan President, the Northern Democrats
soon showed us what the principles of the
Kansas and Nebraska bills were, practically.
By Ibis Democratic President sending Fret-soil
Governors to the Territory, the South lost it.
Now the Northern and Southern wings *of the
Democracy are at logger-heads, once more.
Look out, people of Georgia, to be duped agaiD,
when the Democratic leaders tell you the North
has made concessions. They have deceived
you for eight years, noth withstanding the Ame
ricans and Opposition leaders and presses have
done their best to guard you against the decep
tion.
Crocodile fcigli*.
Some of the Democratic Editors are la
menting in very doleful groans, the loss
which the South will sustain on account of
the recent defeats of the Democracy in Ten
nessee, North Carolina and Texas. The la
zy, greasy, fat-fed scamps don't care a fig
about the South—its all pretence. They are
sighing over the losses of their own party,
and the dread of what is to follow. They
have, for six or eight years, completely hum- j
bugged the people into believing that the
Democratic party and its leaders were the
only hope of defence to the South against
Freesoil and Abolition aggressions. They
attained and held power from that belief.—
The people trusted them; but year after year
the South lost power. Congress after Con
gress, the demands of our enemies became
more insolent. We became weaker, they be
came stronger. The’ Democrats gave up
California. They promised the South, how
ever, that they were now safe. That Free
soil and Abolition could prevnl no more.—
The “Great Democratic party” hud stayed
the might ofthe aggressor. The people trust
ed them again. Presently Kansas came
up. The jieople looked to see what this
“great party” would do. Democratic lead
ers said all was right—trust us—elect Mr.
Buchanan, and will be a Slave
i State. The South trusted the Democratic ‘
party, and elected Mr. Buchanan. Years
rolled on. The game of swindling was play
ed out successfully. One fine morning the
South woke up and found Kansas prepared
to be a free State! The ]>eople cried—“the
deuce!” and called the Democracy to ac
count. The Democracy said, u Six confoun
ded Americans did it Oh, ah—well, if
the Democratic party is not equal to “six j
Americans,” we think the people had better 1
try some other party.
The Harmonium Democracy.
The Democracy of Georgia nre now waging
a “Kilkenny Cat” war upon each other. i n
several ixiqiortant respects. Senator Iver
son has made himself obnoxious to several
leading prints, on account of liis Griffin
;>eecb, while he is lauded by other*. Tin
Constitutionalist, Fediral Union, Georgiy
Telegraph and Atlanta Intelligencer are anti.
Iverson, while the State Press, Kinpire State
Cot ambus Times and other lesser lights nr*
for him.
Again, the Democracy are divided on the
questions of re-opening the African Slav..
Trade and “State Ail,” and they are foolbh
enough to bring these dde issues into the
present canvass. txovernor Brown is a
“State Aid” man and so is Warren Akin
and so are the people of all parties, in Mid
j die and South-Western Georgia, as well as
in Nort-East and Cherokee Georgia. In
the South-Western and South-Eastern jH, r .
tion of the State, especially, is the •* State
Aid” fever running high, and we think it
will over-ride all other questions, in the lej.
islative canvass.
Why will the Democracy then play faq
and loose upon these side issues ? Col. S|.eer
is doing it, on the principle that all is fair in
polities.
Again, the Democracy are divided on the
Presidential question. The Tci-grapk, h'td
Union and Constitutionalist go for Steph.-n
Arnold Douglas?, while other pre?e. are
hostile to his pretensions.
Once more, the Democracy are divided a?
to the re-election of Gov. Brown. Thou
sands of Democrats in Cherokee and other
parts of Georgia are anxious and ready t.
vote for some other man and will do it. <y
sure as the Ist Monday of October arrives.
Now, under these circumstances, what
course is best for the Opposition? Whv
simply to ignore nil such issues as the Afri
can Slave Trade, State Aid, Ac., and unite
in overthrowing a State Administration
which stands upon the Cincinnati Platform
and supports the extravagance and imbecili
ty of the National Government. If this i<
done, we verily believe, that the Democracy
can be overthrown in Georgia, and our no
ble State will be able to take position in 1 Wifi,
with other sound members of the Confede
racy,alike against the corruptions of modern
Democracy and the foul machinations of
Black Republicanism.
The Texas Flection.
The result of the election in Texas is of
the utmost importance in many respect?.
Taken in connection with those in Tennessee,
Kentucky and North Carolina, the fact is
revealed that a great chaDge is about to come
over the j>olitical sentiments of the people.
The true character of the Democratic party
Ls becoming known to the masses; and they
are losing confidence in it. The people are
rapidly becoming satisfied that Denna-ratic
leaders have deceived them badly. The elec
tion in Texas by its results, repudiates the
principles of the Kansas and Nebraska Bill,
the groat Democratic bobby. Gen. Hous
ton was the only Senator from the extreme
South-west who voted against the Bill. He
was most unmercifully abused by the Dem
ocrats for so doing, and when he ran for
Governor two years ago against Runnels, he
was beaten on this issue nearly vote-.
He wdll now boat the same opponent, near
ly the same amount of votes. This is
most surprising result: and is mostly attribu
table to the re-action of public opinion on
the effects c-f the principles which are found
to be embodied in the. Kansas swindle. We
predict that, in time, the advocates of that
piece of Democratic treachery will be de
tested as much at the South, as ever the per
petrators of the Yazzoo fraud were in
Georgia.
Col. A. B. Wright’s Lelter of
Accept since.
We regret exceedingly, that the very
crowded state of our columns prevents our
publication of the able letter of the gallant
opposition nominee of the Eighth District.
Col. Wright is sustaining himself nobly,
and if our friends in the District will but lay
aside all other matters not particularly pres
sing, just now, unci devote a few weeks to
the thorough canvassing of every county,
there is not a doubt but he can be elected by
a handsome majority. There is everything
in liis fearless and gallant hearing to inspire
confidence and insure triumph—and it will
be a glorious thing to redeem the old Eighth
from the hands of the vandals.
We see, that notwithstanding Mr. Jones,
lii- op|(onent, attempted to avoid canvassing
the District with him, by putting out hi*
appointments without consultation, (’oh
Wright has bravely determined to grapple
; with his opponent, confident that he can
fling him, “and give him an under-hold.
! and has, therefore, called in his former ap
i p tintments and accepted those of Mr. Jones.
This is what we call carrying the war into
Africa —and we confidently predict that it
will l*e successful.
Bibb County.
| As Col. Washington, the Chairman of the
i Opposition meeting in this county, was etn
■ powered to call a county meeting for the
purpose of selecting candidates for the next
Legislature, and as he is now ahsent, w>*
would respectfully sugggest that no further
action he taken in the matter until his re
turn, which will he in a few day*. There
will be time enough for us to move, after the
Democracy show their hands on the 27th.
If they will unite on a good Compromise
i ticket, without reference to party question
we will be willing to meet them half way.
7 tli Dist ict -B* G. Harper Xawioatrd.
The Democratic Convention of the 7th
Congressional District assembled Tuesday,
10th inst., at Milledgeville. Mr. T. A.
Jones, of Newton, was selected President.
Resolutions approving the nomination of
Gov. Brown and regreting the retiwy i*t”
private life, of Hon. A. H. Stephens, were
pa.-sed. Mr. Robert G. Harper, of Newton
county was then nominated.
feUT In Thomas county, a compromise
between the two political parties has been
proposed, and will probably be agreed up*
It is to run Hon. James L. Seward, Deni.,
for the nate. and Judge Hamel 1. Opp
the House. •
Houston County.— GnSuturday la. t
the Opposition Party of Houston met i' l
council and placed the following Ticket in
nomination for the Legislature:
For the Senate —Dempsey Brown.
For the House —John H. Hose, Mm. “
Brown.
This is a strong Ticket and can he elected,
if our friends will only do their duty. The
proceedings of the meeting will he publish®*
as soon as received. We understand that
full and hearty endorsement was given m
the Opposition Platform: also to Hardeman
for Congress, and Akin for Governor.
Texas.— -Sam Houston has been elect*
Governor of Texas by a large majority•”
The Telegraph claims Sam as a “National
Democrat.” but, we think, without good
authority. We never heard of his renunci
ation of Americanism, though he may ha' 1
changed for something more akirf to Black
Republicanism.
llarau County.—On the first Tuff
day of August the opjiosition party of Mc< 1 ’ 1
placed in nomination Philip Cook, Esq
for the Senate, and Dr. A. M. Pitts for the
House of Representatives,