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Newspaper Page TextTHE ATLANTA SUN CONTENTS VT THK “ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN,” rOB THE WEEK ENDING WKDSKSDAY. JUNE 12t»«, 1872. EDITORIALS BT MB. STEPHENS— •'Some Kind Talk for Mr. Stephens;" or Reply to the Constitution, page 5. The Taro BesoluUons-Be- ply to tho Rome Courier, 1, POLITICAL ARTICLES— EditoriaU.—Pages 3 and 4. J CesMMuiieationr.—Letter from 'Augusts; {.Voice from New Hampshire, page 3. A Voice from Illi nois—Letter from J. M. Davidson, 4. “Let us Counsel Together"—Letter from Hakinsville, 5. Xhe Chronicle «£• Sentinel—Reviewed and Criticised— .Letter of Democrat, 1. In Union there is Strength —Letter of J. M. A., St. Mary’s. Ga., 4. Letter from Judge P. Reynolds, I. Letter from “Ger- mania," 1. Selections.—Card from CoL It .an ton Duncan, page £ The Democratic Preas Of the Country in Oppo sition to Greeley and Brown, C. COUNTY MEETINGS— Pike County, page 3; Htneock, Chattooga, Brooks, 2: Doug's*. Walton, 1; Morgan, Gwinnett, Forsyth, Oglethorpe, Fayette, Elbert, 8. ON THE GO— Letter from Acworth, page 4; From Marietta, 4. MISCELLANEOUS— Despair, Murder, Suicide, page 6; The Gallows, 7 Emory College Building, Good Farming, 2; More Discoveries, C; Gainesville, Old Times in Georgia, 3; The Eu-Klaz Prisoners In South Carolina. 8; Re ported Killing of M. K. Palmer, 4. IMPORTANT TRIALS- The Case of W. P. Siler, pages 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7; H. O. Hoyt, 8. TELEGR VMS—Page 8. ADVERTISEMENTS—Pages 7 and 8. VOL. 2, NO. 52.| ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1872. ( WHOLE -| A TT \ NUMBER, 1UD. about the nature of the General Govern ment, or the source of its powers, and not a word about the “ limitation ” of these powers. As his proposition stands, all power is in the central head under the Consti tution. In his view, as we understand his Resolution,the General Government, under the Constitution, is a consolidated one. Whatever privileges or franchises are to be enjoyed by the States respect ively, under his plan of local govem- Communicated. Editorial in CUronicle and Sentinel Re. viewed and Criticised. Democratic Meeting in TValton. At a meeting of the Democrats of Wal- • sweetest communion, by taking him, un- ” * repentant, and unrepentiug for past sins, their the Presidenc’/, and PUPiBIUBj Messrs. Editors Atlanta Sim: I propose invest him with the pure white robe of * on coan ty» &t Monroe, Ga., Dr. Francis to review and comment upon an editori- Democracy, as was the custom with the S. Colley was called to the Chair, and J. al which appeared in the columns of the Romans—with this declaration upon his P. F * Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel of June ““^canted, (or not taken down as t ' - - - - — - I far as the writer has seen), viz: I J “When the rebellious Traitors are overwhelmed in the field, and scattered like leaves before an an. ject of the meetin" gry wind, is must not be to return to peaceful and | * . . contented homes. They must find poverty at their firesides, and see privation in the anxious eyes of mothers, and in lhe_rayi e/children." 6, headed, “The Brooks County Demo crats—Rash Action/’ The following paragraphs, taken from that editorial, have a purpose too jilainly P. Edwards requested to act at Secre- ry. Rev. G. A Nunnally explained the ob- A committee of five to report business was appointed, consisting of the follow- Yes, Democrats, this is what the Citron-1 ing gentlemen: Rev. G. A. Nunnally, A. indicated to be mistaken. They show such an anti-Democratic spirit or tenden- _ _ ment, are to be by farm- and grace, at the I cy, to say nothing of the reckless disre-1 daily, by not speaking out” boldly against I aidtt and W pleasure ol the central authority, and not gRYd. for consequences, plainly manifest- so ionl an atrocity. ’ ed, not to have been expected from that " j icleand Sentinel is asking you to do, W. Clay, Archibald Tanner, H. T. Col as mailer of right. “He that is not for you is against _ , _ , . _ . .. old and time-honored journal. It should you.” ’Greets* with us'l Until the Under the Pennsylvania Resolution, meet ^th a prompt rebuke from all who Chronicle and Sentinel can bring from the Congress has no Constitutional power to are Democrats from principle. The great Apostle of Radicalism — Mr. Gree- ty, confident that the only hope of se il. _ H-# a. A TT TTY I nnpfifTVonlio ova oq -T/\l 1 rvtircj • I I i • l i I ? il _ « , A . « The following resolutions were adop ted: The Democratic Party of Walton conn- pass the Fnforcement Acts, Ku-Klux I paragraphs are as follows : I ley— some evidences of his changed I curing to the country a return* to local Bill, or anything else of the same sort. ui?! 19 for e tho C ira^>ose B of 0 Beiecang r .iciegates to the jV in f E ftfpd the Democrats, like unto self-government, the subordination of r-j™ tr, state convention, inspired more by teeiing than tuat wliicu the Christians .can bring of the Military to the Civil authority, the Under ilir. tneeley S Resolution, Uon- deliberate judgment, they adopted a resolution the “Great Apostle’"” - * ±--—3 I -r XI u. -o Tr r . J, r, Y t 11 a Y A- — A1 I A a/>l jrimf 1 » « ^ * _ decUrinji . ■ - | — — s” repentance toward preservation of the writ of Habeas Cor- • 2d. That under no contingency can we aid in the God, aud. faith in Christ, wneu he meek- pus, and the checking of the centralizing •• election or Horace Greeley, the father of the Rad- ly confessed himself the least of the tendencies of the Federal Government, ••t^ l ^f MagUtm 1 cyir d th f ^UnitedluteA" y ’ t0 l a P ostles «- becanse he bad stood by and I lies in the harmonious action of the The Two Resolutions The Cincinnati Conven tion puts forth the following: “3. That, subject to our solemnconstitutional obli gation to maintain the equal rights of citizens, our X>olicy should aim at local government and not centralization; that the civil authority shaU be su preme over the military, the habeas corpus should be jealously upheld as tho safeguard of personal tree- dom; that the individual citizen should enjoy the largest liberty consistent with public order, and thero shall be no Federal dictation of the internal policy of the several States, but that each shall be left free to enforce tho rights and promote tho well being of its inhabitants by such means as tho judg ment of its owu people shall prescribe." This tho Atlanta Sun assails because it is subject to the Constitution. The Democratic Convention at Pennsylvania puts forth tbo following: "Resolved, That tbe Democratic party, while In . tbe future os la tho past, firmly upholding the Con stitution of tlie United States, as the foundation and limitation of tlio powers of tbe General Government and tho safe shield of tho liberties of tbe people.de- ruands lor tho citizens tho largost freedom consist ent with public order, and for every S ato tho right of self-government; that to nphold the former and protect the Utter, the Democracy of Pennsylvania can find no better platform upon which to stand, than the gre;:t leading principles enumerated in the Inaugural address of President Jeflerson and the farewell address of tho immortal Jackson. Upon tlieso two great Stats papers we plant ourselves and enter the contest of 1872.” This The Atlanta Sun endorses in tho following - words: “Three times three cheers for tho noble Democra cy of Pennsylvania. Read tho Platform in our tele graph. No New Departure—no Passiveism—to Gree ley; but sound, old-fashioned. True Democracy." Now. we would llko for The Atlanta Sun to show tbe difference between tho two resolutions. Tbe one says “subject to onr solemn Constitutional obliga tions,” and the otter says “while in the future, as in the past, firmly upholding tho Constitution of tho United States as tho foundation and limitation of the powers, etc.”—Rome (Ga.) Courier, 6th June, 1872. We clip the above from onr highly es teemed cotemporary, the Rome Courier, of the Cth instant, and say to him that, in our judgment, there are several very wide differences between the resolutions quoted by him. One ol these we will now briefly state. 1. The Pennsylvania Resolution dis tinctly affirms the great truth tjiat the Constitution of the United States is the foundation of all the powers of the Gen eral Government, and that in it is set forth the “limitation” of those powers; also, under the “limitation” of these powers, the great Right of Local Self- government is secured to the States re- . spectively. As we understand the Pennsylvania Resolution, it means to say, that the • General Government is one deriving all its powers from the States nnder the Constitution; and that under the “limi tation” of those powers therein set forth, it cannot rightfully interfere with the re served sovereign right of any State to regulate its internal policy, in protect ing the rights of its citizens as it please3. If there were any doubt as to one’s being tho correct understanding of the true meaning of this rcsolntion, it is set tled by the authorities to which express reference is made, for its fuller exposi tion, to-wit: Jefferson’s Inaugural and Jackson’s farewell address. Without re-produoing, as wo have so often done recently, Jefferson’s Inaugn gural, we now submit au extract from General Jackson’s farewell addrfss, to which reference is made and which may be considered ns a part of the resolution It is well known that there has always been those among us, who wish to enlarge the powers of the General Government; and experience would seem to indicate that there is a tendency on the part of this Government to over-step the boundaries mark ed out for it by the Constitution. Its legitimate authority is abundantly sufficient for all the purposes for which it was created; anil its powers being expressly enumerated, there can be no justification for claiming anything beyond them. Ev- • ery attempt to exercise power beyond these limits, should be piomptly and firmly opposed. For one evil example will lead to other measures still more mischievous; aud if tbe principle of constructive powers, or supposed advantages or temporary cir cumstances, shall ever be permitted to justify the assumption of a power not given by the Constitution, the General Government will, before long, absorb all the powers of Legislation, and you will have, in •effect, but one Consolidated Government. From the extent of onr country, its diversified in terests, different pursuits, and different habits, it is too obvious for argument, that a single Consolidated •Government would be wholly inadequate to watch over, aud potect its interests; and every friend of our free institutions should be always prepared to maintain unimpaired, and in full vigor, the rights and Sovereignty of the States, and to confine the ac tion of the General Government strictly to the sphere of its appropriate duties. In the Pennsylvania Resolution, there fore, the doctrine is unqnstionably pro claimed, that nnder our Federal system the General or Central Government has no Constitutional power to deprive any State of its sovereign right to govern itself in all local matters pertaining to the rights and well-being of its own citi zens, os it pleases; and that this right not in any way “subject” to the central authority; moreover, that this great sovereign right should be maintained; unimpaired, in its full vigor by every friend of onr Free Institutions. 2. Now, in Mr, Greeley’s Resolution there is nothing of this sort. Not a word gress has foil power, not only to pass the Enforcement Acts and Ku-Klux Bill, (which he approved and still approves), bat also to pass Mr Samnart. Billof,™|stepto. qua ahen hUraca was n^lyl" 1st. That this aieetiag appoint niae abominations, (which he htewnse ap-1 fc fTt. *» as a delegates,to the State Convention of the , the following lugubrious strains: sacrifice to his Master s Cause-sending Democratic party, with instructions to the central authority may see fit to im- f<If tho Bru0 ° De ° ocracy mean what they say, , bal ° ° f ft more trapscendantly stove to preserve the harmony consistent nn«;A nnon tlie conntrv even bv bayonets they ought not to participate in the selection of del- blight uLan that ot any of Ins illustrious with the principles of the party, by the pose upon me country, even oy Dayonets cs J ea ^ Baltim0 / 0 . Th * actioll of that convention brother apostles. selection of such delegates to the Balti- under suspension Of the writ of Habeas should ba acquiesced in by all those who are repre- — _ : sented there. Those who go there and those who Corpus, when necessary. r - - Is it not this a very wide difference be tween the two resolutions ? Is not the same distinct difference which existed between the principles of Mr. Jefferson and the principles of the Centralists and Imperialists in 1800 ? We earnestly entreat onr contempora- ' delegates __ auuicui umo. O.UWOU „„„ —w.w How stands t"he case with the Great more Convention as may be safely trusted send them! are,"by the rules of party usage, tound I Arch High Priest or Apostle of the more to represent the Democratic party of ™i^pr r No e nar'tv”orea^ziuon a ?an be^nreS^ed adva “ c f d phasefcf Radicalism? Where Georgia upon the important questions mine). No party organization can be preserved which permits its members to sit and act in the party councils, receive what benefits they can, and then, through mere caprice, refuse to sanction the action m which they have participated." Well may its readers ask: Is thisDe mocraey pure and simple ? Is there no adulteration of truth here ? Let not the ry to beware of the Greeks and their tra P’ It has neither principle nor sound _ _ I policy to rest upon. It does not rise higher in dignity than a half-truth, and stands Mr. Greeley ? With the Demo- to be there determined, crats ? JVb; but echo answers, with the 2d. That we approve of the adminis- Hon. Charles Sumner, and his supple- tration of His Excellency Gov. James M. plemental civil rights bill, foisted into j Smith, as honest and wise, the Cincinnati Platform—holding up lo- j The following gentlemen were elected cal self government, subordinated, to the as delegates to the State Convention, °/- Congress!—making the States with power to appoint alternates: Democracy be deceiv d _y_ uc clap_ | mere einhers. nninmninna nmi rmniintn I Judge Orion Stroud, Calvin ,G. Now- offerings. A. H. S. ••All Quiet Along the Potomac. Rev. Hugh F. Oliver, of Madison, Ga., publishes in the Savannah News, of the 4th instant, a letter from Frank Davis, giving strong evidence that the author ship of the celebrated Poem entitled "All Quiet Along the Potomac,” is due to his father, Thadeus Oliver. Mr. Davis refers to Mr. A. Shaw, who was a mem ber of a Texas regiment, as one who, if living, can establish the fact conclusively, Can any one give any information as is therefore more dangerous than a whole falsehood, because more insidious and seductive. That your readers may see how far true, and how far false it is, let the ac tion of the Baltimore Convention be likened in its results aud workings, to that of the Southern Baptist Convention, which, when its delegates meet and organize, they should resolve to send Methodist or other Missionaries abroad, Roman Catholics, if you please; and resol ve that their churches shall sustain them. mere ciphers, automatons, jind puppets, _ tobe ginned around or obliterated, at the I ell, Chas. L. Bowie, John M.’ Ammons, will of that most immaculate body; pro- John J. Hammons, Wm. Smith, Senior, claiming amnesty as one of the ingredi- Oscar L. Graves, Green W. Smith and ents of the sugar-coatings of this, the Thomas W. Sheats. vocating the great doctrine of Constitu tional Liberty,os handed down by Thomas Jefferson and onr fathers, under which we have been a great and happy people, until this corrupt party came iuto power. And now Mr. Stephens is desiring and advocating, as far as poftible, the return of the Government to original princi ples, contending for the rights of the States, opposing and exposing, the Radi cal rule, their violations of the Constitu tion, their usurpations, not only of rights, but liberty and property. And after all Mr. Stephens’’ patriotism, love and desire for the welfare of his section, there are persons- who criticise his course, and say. he is wanting in fidelity to tho party—is “dictatorial,” “arbitra ry,” &e. For what?. Because he will not consent that any set of men should transfer or commit him. to Radical prin ciples in the support of Mr. Greel«y on his platform. 'What ought Mr. Stephens to say ? What else could he have said than “never—no, never?” I endorse the sentiment, and say “never—no, never I” P. Reynolds. bitterest of bitter pills to true Democrats in principle. Amnesty! There may be a charm ini the word lor some politically—to be par- j doned for being devoted to the principles of the Government of our fathers, and seeking to preserve them, as the courts had expounded them. It presupposes guilt. Some may wish it for one pur pose and some lor another. Some may covet Mr. Belcher’s position, or Captain Copies of the proceedings were ordered to be furnished the Athens papers, The Atlanta Sun and Constitution, and the Walton Journal. ‘ ttt ... ,• , ■ ■, . „|Prince’s, or some othG*/we icolnotof. Would this actum bind the churches . Uj owever that may be, the price toob- Certamly not, any more than that of the tain it is too great Do any ot our nnmerons Texas readers | nominate Mr. Greeley, Charles Snm-1 ||s _, auestion or two. Havo -Jon over I ^ ormer da y s > have acted when we were know anything of him? If so, they will confer a great favor by giving their in formation to Rev. Hugh F. Oliver, Madi- Ga., and contribute largely to the J settlement of a very important question in our literary history. A. H. S. Letter front Purmedus Reynolds oil tile Political.SItnation. Covington, June Oth, 1872. To The Atlanta Sun:—I thought I I would drop you a few lines and pro pound a few questions to my Democratic friends in Georgia, many of whom I neroranyone else of that respectable see^th^firs^sincle' uaraKranli ^ lire 1 1 tr y^“g to maintain the credit of the array of Sore-Heads at the North, yclept wr j tten p, y jj r Greeley "or any one au- State, secure to citizens all the rights ‘nor^the rS Church^ thorized by hii^ that he was with the a “ d Privileges of a free and happy peo- J .i ^-i ? .1 . .. Democrats in sympathy or feelings? Did Pi e > and reb ®y e i bem i 1 ' 0 ? 1 & ii ^ ur ‘ would be under any moralor other obli- Qr nofc j|£ Qveelev in his paper. dens o£ taxation except what was neces- , inQvo'cafelhe pa-oago bv’Congress of the 1 aaiy to support _ 1 "Rill onr? flio TTii-TTTnY A of- t tKltlOH Ol tllG v gations to sustain such action.' The whole of it is simply this: All per ic ', , . . i t» id/ , Enforcement Bill and the Ku-Klux Act; sons sent as delegates to Baltimore,, and | and aa e 0 e raian0t Ms paper famish n ftn economical adminis- Government. Oh! how changed is onr-oondlHonJ. those sending them, are under very high I I now, and how desirable to try as far as ntuvwu. —j | moral obligations to sustain the nominee, i ^ Qrmthpvn niiti-iwaiinmi possible, to redeem onr State from rain •They Demand a Straight-Out Demo- ifh e be a Democrat! for tbe call was made 9 citizens noon which the President and our P eo P le from political oppression. w ..urn|, or . DEMOCRATIC..Convention. BKdtKSSrto<? »edona? ! _ . Communicated. The Views of n. German. Atlanta, Ga., June 10,1872. Messrs. Editors of the Sun: Tho political agitation is becoming very exciting, and why? What is tho reason so far? Noth ing, only this; Part of the Radical Party have taken the bait off of the Radical hook, and are now offering the hook bare, aud so many Democrats, who have objected aud scorned the Radical hook with Grant as the bait, aro now inclined and seemingly eager to nibble at the bare hook, which Greeley, no doubt, is. Has he not urged all the measures that Grant had to carry out? Grant wa3 only the tool while Greeley was the head and leader; and now some Democrats pro pose to take the boss in preference to the servant; on account of the deeds of tho latter, which tbe former made him do. | That is my understanding of it; and is not the boss to blame for all? I take none in mine. I want something straight —something pure and undefiled. No Civil Bill in mine; no compulsory equali ty of anything God has made different. Political equality is enough—is all I can screw my conscience up to, to tolerate. For any more I say, “don’t.” Now it is surprising how Democrats can choose or contend for the election of Horace Greeley. If Grant be nominated at Philadelphia and the Radicals thus have two candi dates in the field, then let Democracy rally to its colors, right dress in the front, close up the rear; let us fight in earnest and all together, and let there be no jhogbacks, no stragglers, no bush- whackers;but honest, fearless, determin ed white men (for the negroes are di vided and powerless) whose intention it is to have a government lit for all to live under, that do right, but shall be a ter ror to tlie wrong-doer, and where every one shall be treated and recognized ac cording to what he is. If we suoceed, we can resign our souls happily, with the conviction that we have left to onr posterity tho fruits of manly, honest efforts, and stimulate them, by the example we gave them, to do likewise. If we fail, let us sink with our banners flying, unsullied, and with out a stain. The Democracy of eighteen States will be victorious, if united. * — n —*•(»!> _ Democratic Meeting in Douglas County Railroad, etc. is expected that its action will be in ac-1 Wool a wuutu say mu avemucrauc jrariiy not the colomns of tho ?WW fnU of *onU bo nailed on prinmple, wd otand Hon. Linton Stephens to Address tin People of Atlanta Thursday Night. I would say the Democratic Party Douglasville, Ga., June 8,1S72. Democratic, and not Radical—otherwise A meeting of the Democracy at this the Democrats will not and ought not to such stuff about that time? together as a band of brothers united in ... And if vmtfWt. nr if rpfn<?otnftnqwprtn love and sympathy for each other, and place on last Tuesday adopted the fol- indorse its action. They will not consent ., 3 ’ _ never sacrifice principle for an uncertain lowing resolutions: fco be translated into the Radical camp, weKhe ofd^preXbttSt “he tt£t P 0 ^ maintain our manhood and honor; rruof.-f I even though Greeiey should be the norm-1 p t ’nby and meddletil with strifebe- an overruling Providence; feel XL. that before Him we have the approval of 1st. That it is the sense of this meet ing that the National Democratic Con vention to assemble in Baltimore on the Oth of July next, should nominate regu lar Democratic candidates for the Presi dency and Vice-Presidency. 2d. Resolved, That we indorse the Political Position Advocated by the Hon. A. H. Stephens, in the columns of The Atlanta Sun. The following are the delegates ap pointed by the meeting to attend the Atlanta Convention: though Greeley should be nee, under the assumed State of facts, that he is the only person who can beat Grant. longing not to him (strife between the 1 ueiore fllul . w “7 ¥B . "^approva 1 « Grant and Greeley faction*) is like one a clear sense of duty to Him and our that takflth a dn* hv th« Pat4 ” country, and trust him to sustain But those who hold this hypothesis to ^betli a dog by the ears. __ 5 true are hereby called upon to prove Cease to ■write then and speak in such be true are hereby called upon to prove, , , ,, -. , . it Is it a fact? If so, let the Chronicle % mauner as to show that you desire and those affirming it, prove it. I call for the proof; and if the can’t produce it let them cease to assert it. Greeley—the Great High Priest, and | Apostle of Advanced Radicalism—nomi nated at Baltimore, and that you are stu-1 McGonick, E. Polk and E. jray. Al temates, 'J. W. Brown, J. O. Bowden, J, H. Winn, W. A. Brockman and J. F, Glover. But I am pained to see such is not the case with us. We are living in an evil day, and strange events are transpiring. I now ask who could have thought that a Southern man would ever have advo cated the election pf Horace Greeley to the highest office in the gift of the American people to rule over them? A man that was one of the leading spirits and most prominent yet stands with the burning declaration I .^ he Democracy, If true to themselves, I ^^ncwiipaw^amd who ^has°advo- upon Ills °? -nslUntional law snmtorfc nr snffpr oi humanity, and of every principle of Greeley, the only man who can beat diou .s 1 y working for it though you don’t Grant! how does he expect to beat him? “J ^ so many words. If this is not Is il by raising the Radical colors higher case you ought to recant, and 'take A T r T nrmJ°0 P Bowen W tc \ than Grcmt 1ms dons? Yes, and homing ^ck what you said in the foregoing quo A. L. Gorman C P Bowon W. N. JJemoo-aUc vo!es, whffoh! rather than a Democrat shall be elected.’ Democrats, think of it! Chronicle 'and | defeat—which woffid | Sentinel, ponder it well! Think prop- While many of our voters will indorse ft ® SSt I solemn and well-considered utterance of 1 acmoraiizaiion, or aisoanameni on! lgg.aa BcS” V thT^v gg rights have nU been iwept means by which the principles of our Y- b °i ^® £uses to stand npon the demorolize and disband tlie awa y P ar ^ be has sustained and Pitrf-.v J-n nreserv^d. Th fi oaouIa I Cmcmnah platform as adopted and pro-1 ! brought in power. I say isit not strange icals themselves, without interpretations by himself or faithful ally, the Hon. Charles Sumner. Bat again, Messrs. Editors, this self- I same paper, in said editorial, holds forth as follows, to-wit: -the f£d- Democratic Party, is to kill it, at least & Southern me Party can be preserved. The people I here heartily indorse the course pursued I P^S^d y. 1S °wn progeny by Governor Smith The Atlanta Sun,” is rapidly gain ing favor, and will soon be the leading paper in our county, Crops are looking well; many of onr farmers are harvesting their wheat, and. , ^ 11U . uu „ iU . C00 A 0 . capacsoiv i . . n . 0 . z - say that the yield is over an average.— “We ean wen imzpino the feeUngs and pn-judices aisclaiming auy unkindness towards the s uPP ort ot , brrejsiey. Is it not also Tuere is a large amount of corn planted 1 which exist amon ' SouUiern men a =“ UBt Horace 1 ~ 1 «.at^ T)A mnm! ,i, - tw r.— in the county, and from present indica tions the yield will be abundant. The cotton crop, I consider inferior to what which exist among' Southern men against Horace Greel- y. It ia true, as the Brooks Democracy have stated, that' ' ' .... -- ... Democratic _ give shape and existence to the Old Abolition Party; that he has in the past wielded a greater influence for the present; aud you cannot hold your skirt3 clear of this horrid sin. You may cry, “Out, damned spot! Oat, I say! One, two; hell is murky;” but the blood will not out at yonr bidding, any more than it did at Lady Macbeth’s. And now Messrs. Editors, expressly editor of the Chronicle and Sentinel or that Southern men should advocate such a man? What a delusiou 1 Is it not also strange that any Demo crat should ever think] of conferring power on delegates to the Balti more Convention to transfer them over to the Radical party, to the strange that any Democrats in that Con- 1, y that he has been a life-long defame/if the I any hostility to his paper, or any motive I y. ou ^ d presume to transfer the that ‘of elucidating and SI ^rty over_ tothe Radical it was last year; many of our farm era not against Southern institutions than perhaps any other having worked over the first time as I £h? yet. j Southern men should hesitate in the selection be-1 elucidating and evolving I truth, I remain as ever a true Democrat. The effort to induce the Cincin- party? Are we now holding primary meetings to send Democrats to Balti more to nominate a Radical candidate? I hope not, it would be unauthor ized and unprecedented if they do The Georgia Western Railroad will he tween them. _ r located through the edge of our county, no'Snwh/we should op^^^^whe^n he Ea ft Convention to nominate Adams, I not nominate a good Democrat to whose and will add much to our convenience is with us; and more particularly when, by so oppo- "wren tlie intention of trying to transfer support we can rally as^a Party united in the Legislature in not giving us a Re- prosperity. accept, party preseutative, as theAct which created our 1 I SQ PP orfc Greeley-all these and* much county only allows one Representative for Douglas and Campbell, and does not give us a voice in the choice of that ono. While we highly appreciate and give all honor to Dr. Goodman, member from Campbell, for his efforts in our behalf in the last assembly of the Legislature, we would much prefer to be directly repre sented, and think it would only be an act of justice for the Legislature at its next meeting to so apportion the members from the State at large that we may be allowed a Representative in our General Assembly. Yours, etc., •uiu uieluturoare to be hept from contemplation; i i _ L i. , , . 3 ., then, indeed, there are no inducements offered for I -«U?6 6«HU6St attempts to lDducc the the correction of error. This is not the doctrine of party to “abandon its principles.”—At- common sense; neither Is it in accordance with the 1 - ~ L spirit of Christiaiuiy. Those who oppose Greeley for his past conduct would, fer the same reason, have opposed the great Apostle; and while he wa3 I t t . giving himself away daily lor the good of mankind P0Yt-ry . \ erily, yea . ^acd also rCCOm- ’ s tiding? of his Master’s mending Davis, a Radical office-holder, or” " ’ a *■'“ ' because he was at one Christian religion.” lanta Sun. Even so, gentle and cherished contem- Close or the Hendriks Cass.-Yesterday morning, Judge Erskine, of the United States District Court, issued the following order: “ It appearing to the Court that no appeal lies to the Supreme Court of the United States in this case, which arose under the Seventh Section of the Actoj March 2d, 1S33, it is. therefore, ordered and ad judged by the Court, that the original judgment discharging tho Relator, H. TV. Hendricks, npon payment of costs, remain of full force, 49 tfe > jqlg j ment of tbe Court in this case." in spreading the glorions _ _ work and honor, they would have denounced Mm I to Democratic support!—Atlanta Consti- because be was at one time *a defamer of tbe ... ^ ^ iuiion. Democrats—look at the foregoing ex-1 recommended Judge Davis to tracts "carefully, closely, scrutinizingly; Democratic support ? What good Demo- for truth is made to bolster up error and crat ever said more of him, than that for Si & mflf aad’for !“ S ^ ot lumnwiy «ad «»%, hejoald what ? Because the Apostles and early be ’® rdba g to join in supporting him, 11 Christians received “the great Apostle I he would agree to stand and run npon a gone, it will never again rally and unite. The last hope of Constitu tional government gone, forever gone, and one great Centralized Despotism established; the rights of title States obliterated, the South demoralized, the worst dissensions and strife following, and all that without a hope of electing their Radical candidate. My opinion is, onr chance to elect _ Democrat is better than it would be to elect Greeley. Be that as it may, I would rather a thousand times suffer defeat and adhere to principle, than bow down and lick the hand that is and ever has been smiting me and onr people. Is it not strange also, that gentlemen who thought the election of Mr. Lincoln, without any (of the Gen tiles most probably,) ipto : sound Jeffersonian Democratic platform? I overt act on his part, was cause for their fellowship and communion, after the most unmistakable evidence of his Georgia to seceede from the Union- Governor Pierpont, of West Virginia, should now be willing to support Mr, regeneration and reclamation from the \ a delegate to the Philadelphia Conven- Greeley, the man that was then at the dominion of sin; and Christians of a j tion, withdrew from that Convention to j head of the Lincoln party, hmerperiod, even down to the present j support Greeley.—Atlanta Constitution. Pierpont being an original true blue Radical, why shouldn’t lie? Grant is day, have not hurled his former unre generate state, and acts committed dur ing its existence at him.” But should Democrats receive Mr. j a neophyte; Greeley 15 the master I Greeley iotg their fondest embraces, and. spirit of bis party. party, Bnt the strangest of all to me is to see the press and hear persons censoring the Hon. A. H. Stephens, a man that has, anu is, giving his time, talents, experi- . • A.'lanta, Ga., Jue 8,1872. Hon. Linton Stephens: The undersigned respectfully ask you to deliver an address at such time as may suit your convent* ence, some evening during the coming.week, to the people of the city on the political situation in the State of Georgia and the United States. We are sure the peoplo of all shades of political opinion, would be glad to hear you express your views. We hope you will find it convenient to com* ply with this request. Very respectfully, Luther J Glenn R F Maddox, John U Nicholls, Joel Branham, C L Redwine, J R Simmons, J J Meador, AC Garlington, Amos Fox, S C Williams, A WBLowe, A R Watson, JT Meador John M Harwell, Charles Pinckney, G W Jack, John MC Reid, W F Jack, Daniel Pittman, T B Binyon, W A Wilson, T S Reynolds, S P Wells, F M Richardson, J L Cohen, H Cohen, Willis Peck, H Muhlinbrink, M L Lowe, N A McLendOD, T T Smith, JF Alexander, A K Seago, A L Fowler, T R Ripley, * Max Franklin, J H James, W L Wadsworth, J G Thrower, Wm Ezzard, EDL Mobley, J J Toon, P Clayton, George H Force, AW Force, B W Force, Henry C Pope, FB Palmer, D Mayer, WPPatillo, P L Mynatt, John Collier, James V White, W J Garrett, AD Adair, W R Phillips, GT Dodd, P Lynch, WL Abbott, J W Rttcker, R L Massey, T L'Wells, H A Fuller, i L D Carpenter, J.F Kiser, John Andrews, A A Nolan, W F Peck, E E Rawson, Fred Hope, J O Bruckner, SamnelWeil, George Hillyer, 0 M Payne, J M Dickey, James E Godfrey. W L Calhoun, JosH Smith,' E F Hayne, J HKetner. Er Lawshe, Messrs. L. J. Glenn, R. J. Maddox, and others: Gentlemen—Yonr request is just received, and in compliance witb it, I suggest next Thursday nighfi as tho time for the address. This 10th June, 1872. Most resgectlully, Linton Stephens^ We learn that the Hall of the House of Repreeen taUves has been secured, and that tho address -will be delivered there at 8# o’clock Thursday evening. Call for a Meeting in Milton County to Nominate Delegates to tkc Democratic State Convention. The Democrats of Milton county are requested to meet in convention at Al pharetta, 15th instant, at 12 o’clock, M., for the purpose of organizing for the campaign, and at the same time to select delegates to represont the Democratio party of Milton county in the State Con vention to be held in the city of Atlanta on the 2(5th instant. X letter from Pom fret, in Con necticut, to the Editors of The Sun, says enceTand'adrice to hfelw/utrymea,^ | G^eley men in Vnatsectioi are few an ing them to be united OQ principle^--iy.l- far between,

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The Weekly sun. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1870-1872, June 12, 1872, Image 1