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FRANKLIN C0UN Y REGISTER.
BY ELLEN J. DORTCH
GRADY’S SPEECH.
iiriiLK'AKS don’t like the use
IS PUT TO.
Mr. Henry W. Grady, editor of the
Atlanta Constitution, who made
spe.ch at the dinner of the New
England Society in Now York last
week, is already proposed as
Democratic nominee for vice-presi
dent. , . Cleveland and A Grady is the
.
ticket 01 w ic a eor B ia paper is
shooting and the news is borne on
the wires from end to end of this
great country. Mr. Grady’s sudden
fame’ is due to having said, in a style
of oratory especially liked in the
sect'on from which he came, in effect
that the South ’s all right, and it is
mean in the people of the North to
doubt their assertion and ask if elec
tions down here are earned by fraud
The courage that attempted to
change the issue from the question
whether the South is in fact faithful
to the constitutional guarantee of E
equal rights, to the question wheth: :
er the North is not discourteous in
i n suspecting the South of cheatiug
in elections, has provoked a great
wave of southern admiration. There
ate it seems, Southern Journals
which think the Vice-Presidency, or
at all events the Democratic nomi¬
nation to that office, is not too great
a reward for tho defiant orator.
But we can assure our sonthern
friends that Mr, ^rady’s speech has
not changed the question which north
ern men, who believe with all t aeir
hearts that equal rights under the
law are the fundamentRl condition
of Republican institutions, are de
termined'to discuss. Mr. Grady was
treated with all the courtesy that a
guest could claim, even if he some
what tresspasses on the properties of
the occasion, The northern people
will not take Mr, Grady’s word for it
nor for that matter the word of any
other man who is an interested party
that the south is squaring its conduct
by the rules ot justice and right,
while the fact stares us in the face
that R obert Smalls was counted out
by the Democratic election officers of
Seventh South Carolina congression¬
al district , nor while tne Shoestring
district of Mississippi is made to send
a Democrat to congress. We are
ready to laugh at Mr. Grady's wit to
confess tbe rhetorical charm ot his
sentiment, to accept bis declaration
that the south wants no more either
of war or slavery; but we do not for¬
get that men -it in the national senate
and bouse, as representatives cf
Southern slates, who would not occu¬
py these -cats except for foul crimes
against law, against iibeitj, against
humanity, by which the honest voice
of the majority is suppressed, and the
rights of ropiesei tation fraudulently
wrested away.
We do not dispute that Major
G rady’s heart beats warmly for a
native land, as did the heart of the
late Colon si Yell, of Yellville, Aik.,
in spite of the circumstance that he
was never able to account for all the
public money he received. We
must believe, for they all say so, that
the Southern Democrats accept the
constitution as it is, and are glad
they did not suceed in secession.
But the intimidation of voters, and
he manipulation of ballets cast in
order to make their report falsify the
will of the people, are matters which
CARNESVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 11 1887.
will not Js be overlooked because
any¬
body intimates that it is unkind to
question the good faith of the party
and the men who consent to condone
such doings while they profit by
them. There is an old proverb 10
the effect that those who would bare
justice must do justice. We com’
mend it to the serious consideration
of gentlemen from the South who
come North bringing with them their
weapons of oratory carefully loaded
a bd piimcd, to force us, at the peril
deeming to be rude to guests to
listen without retort to intimations
that question their , . honorable . and
we
p a j r ; 0 ^ c motives in objecting to the
dishonorable and corrupting practices
by Uich one party gains an unjust
ascendency and the. other is unjustly
defrauded of its rights.
Boston Herald.
-Editor Grady’s clever speech has
put him in nomination for the vice¬
presidency by those who are en¬
thusiastic with regard to it. A
bright editor ought to have a better
prizedffered him than is this one.,
The viee"presidency if a shelf for an
active man either in polilics or in the
press. It ought * to be reserved for
■
those , who , , have made rather ..
a career,
than for the men with a career be
:;ore them. The South cannot be
excluded from this position in the
government much longer, but when
it selects its representive citizen
lere, it will do well not to take this
action upon impulse primarily.
A GOOD SUGGESTION
A Virginian, writing to the New
^ ork World, makes this suggestion:
Now that it is the fashion, as evi
denced by Mr. H. W. Grady s speech,
f° r Southern men to praise Mr.
Lincoln, is it not about time for some
Northern men to have a good word
for Mr. Davis? I approve of this
commendation of Mr. Lincoln, but at
the same time I think it is time that
the learning, abilities, the patriotism,
f r0 m his standpoint, and the high
m inded qualities of Jefferson Davis
should meet with recognition from
all the people of our beloved Union.
I am like the Irishman in love, who
didn’t think die reciprocity should
be all on one side.
As we are certainly starting a new
year, and we are told that we re be¬
ginning a new era of brotherly love
and material development, will some
Northern gentleman of character and
ability rise up and propose a toast to
Jefferson Davis? Horace Greeley
stood as his bondsman when it re
quired qualification as to nerve as
well as cash.
Mr. Davis is a type of Southern
civilization, a gentleman of honor,
courage and accomplishments. Has
he North a man with spunk sufficient
to say so?
You ars feeling depressed, your appe¬
tite is poor, you are ootberad with h?»d
achr, you aie fidgety nervous aud gen¬
erally out of sorts, and want to brace up
Brace up but not with stimulants,spring
medicines, or bitters, which have for
their oasis cheap meau whiskey, and
which stimulate you for an hour and
then leave you in a worse eonditiou
than before, what you want you want
is an alternative that will purify your
blood, start healthy action of liver and
kidneys, restore yonr vitality, ana give
renewed health and strength, such a
a medicine you will find in Electric
Bitters, and oulv 50 cents a bottle at
Dr. H M Freeman’s drug store.
SELAUS, THE HUNTER
A fortune acquired with the ri¬
fle IN THE AFRICAN WILDS.
An erroneous impiession seems to
have gone abroad concerning Fred'
rick C. Selaus. the well known
African explorerand hunter of large
game. It has ha6 been assorted
that he is “only” a hunter,” gives
one the impression that he hunts
for a hying. This is a great mis
take. Horn of wealthy parents,
his father being an ex-chairman of
the London Stock exchange, and
worth anywhere from fifteen to
twenty million; was literally brought
up in the lap of luxury.
In early childhood he evinced a
passion for outdoor sports and was
a good game shot before hjg father
who resided a few miles from Lon
don, sent him to that famous old
institution, R ugby school
When he had finished liis academic
course he was one of the Rughy foot,
hall oau fifteen ntteen, and ana had naa won von his ms “blue” ome
at cricket . There is not a nook
nor a spinney which' Tom Hughe
ias made historic in “In Tom
Brown’s school Days,” that he did
uo t know thoroughly, and all the
fauna of the neighborhood as well
ag we ] k A restless being he at
once, although only sixteen years
determined to follow ,. w
of age, up
favorite pursuits. His father wanted
him to go to Cambridge, but finding
the boy , . . . . , ® , , ’°
so re uc an * yle
his wishes an provi e 1 m wi an
outfit and passage to Natal, At> ica.
In addition to this he made him a
quarterly allowance of $500, but in
the twenty years that have elapsed
since first leaving his father’s roof
tree he has never yet used a dollar
of it.
His exploits in Southern and cen¬
tral Africa are known all over the
world. As a hunter he has "proba¬
bly killed a hundred times rao:e
large game than any known sports-,
man. A practical business man as
well as a hunter, he utilized the vi£
tims of his rifle and amassed a large
fortune by their sale. Ilis two wag¬
ons aud retinue of Hottentot sei
vauts are ftnown to most of t,ne
tribes. The Matbeil, the most war¬
like are his friends, and in the re¬
gions south of the Zambezi he is
ever welcome, and he never goes
empty handed, and gives th# natives
what they want in trading for gsld
dust ostrich feathers and ivory.
1 he book of his travels and adven¬
ture?.published when he was at home
in London a few years ago is the
liest handbook of a comparatively
unknown country ever written. To
the geographer and explorer it is
invaluable; to the mincoogist aud
geologist it is full of information,
and the sportruan most entertaining
He soon returned to the seat of his
adventure*. At the present time
he is occasionally heard of, but it is
seldom mere than once a year,when
he visits one of the trading pests in
Transvaal.
Mrs. Logan is already proposed a 8
the successor of her husband. It is
held that there is no special prohibi¬
tion agaiust a woman being a Sena¬
tor.
WOMAN’S MISSION.
There is much talk of woman’s
suffrage and doubtless it should ami
will come to us in time, but already
we wield a mightier power than the
ballot box ever was.or will be. To
us is given the bearing and reafoig of
the rulers, the judges, the statesmen
and the workers of tho nation. They
lie in our bosoms they climb upon
our knees, they chug to our skirts,
they hang upon our words, they
watch our looks, our tones, our ges¬
tures; we are to them as God. They
believe in us; we mold their charac
ters, they draw from us sustenance
both for mind and body; what they
are and shall be, we make them.
Let us so labor that we may not be
ashamed of our handiwork.
S. A. M.
BARNOMS ADVICE.
Addressing a body of business
men at Bridgeport the other dav, P.
T. Barnnm said: “You do not, auy of
you, advertise enough. You ought
to use printer’s mk every day. l r ou
mess to
run itselt. Standing advertisements .
in a paper command confidence.
The man who for a yea^mes in one
community and leads a reputable life
even though he be of moderate
a iitj.wi e 1( ^ 1,1 the con Heme
and esteem ot his lelows. On the
principles ... advertise¬ ,
same newspaper
ment becomes familiar in the eyes of
the reader. It may seldom be read,
still it makes the name and business
of the man familiar and its presence
in the columns of a paper inspires
confidence in the stability of its en
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NOl ELIGIBLE.
—
The Washington Post, in nomina
ting Mrs. Logan for Senator to fill
her lata husbaud’s plare, says:
“There is no express constitutional
prohibition of such an electfon and
such service; nothing but tradition
precedence, aud inference could be
qnoted against it. If the Legislature
of Illinois should elect Mi's. Logan to
the Senate, that body would probably
indeed undoubtedly , admit her as a
member.”
The Rfchmon 1 Dispatch urges
against this the fact that the consti
tution always speaks of a Senator as
“he,” but this in realty ,counts lor
noth iug since in law “he” embraces
“she” as often as in social life. But
there is a valid reason why Mrs. Lo¬
gan should not be Senator and that
is she is not fit for tlie position.
J. J. Atkins, Chef of Police
Knoxville, Teun., writes: “My fam¬
ily a nd I nre beneficiaries of your
most excellent medicine, Dr. King’s
xew Discovery for consumption:
having found it to be all that you
elrim for it, desire to testify to its
virtue. My friends to whom I have
recommended it, praise it at eyery
opportunity.” Dr. King’s New Dis¬
covery for Consumption isguaran-,
teed to cure Coughs. Colds, Brou
ehitis, Asthma, Croup ani every
affection of throat Chest and Lungs
Trial Buttles Free at H. M Free¬
mans Drug Store. Large Size $1.00.
Every good newspaper subscribed
for adds another wind aw to the house
it enters, a window through which
the inmates may gaze out upon levely
prospects, and the sunlight of noble
lives stream in.
YOL.XY. NO. 2.
GORDON AND FELTON
THEY make friends and bridge the
CHASM OF ENMITY.
The Macon Telegraph’s Atlanta
correspondent sent his paper the fol
lowing incident of the amiable meet
j n , T 0 f Governor Gordon and Dr. Fel
whioh he says has not hitherto
been generally known, lire wntei .
says:
“The incident is nothing more than
the complete reconciliation ana bnri
a i p f the hatchet between Dr. Felton
q{ Bartow> an(1 Governor Gordon
The political and personal antngon
ism between the two gentlemen has
been of long standing, and a matter
of public knowledge. Tho Doctor
has felt the Governors blade, and the
readers of the Telegraph, the vigor¬
ous attacks which the doughty par
son raade on his excellency.
Some weeks ago mutual friends
became interested in bringing about
a reconciliation, and their offices
doubtless had much to do in tenmer
. the exlstlD klttcr eelin
ln S S * S
At the first reception at the
utive mansion a break was made
theTee, wh»n Dr. Felton received an
j nv it a tion to be present on that
s:ou.
0n Saturday last, while the Cover
nor was in his office saddened over
the intelligence of his wigwam venerable fath
e r, Dr. Felton called sym
, „ , . ■
^ 01 ll<i ovarnorB i
and took occasion to >thank him tor
ths kind iavitation to attend tho ro
ception at the mansion. Thc gate
was thus opened for friendly feeling
and the two men clasped haads across
the ancient chasm of antagonism, and
agreed to bury the past and let by.
gones be by-gones. The meeting was
a pleasant and friendly one, and the
difference between the two may be
considered entirely obliterated,
These be strange times, and strange
things are happening in the new ad.
ministration. If the signs are not
deceptive there are stranger things
yet to happen, and the peopio will
not be sufferers thereby.
I relate the incident with some con.
fidence, as it was given to ms by a
very reliable and well informed gen.
tleman.
SHALL WE MEET AGAIN?
The following is one of the most
brilliant paragraphs ever written by
the lamented George D. Prentice:
“The flat of death is inexorable.
There is no appeal for relief from the
great lair which dooms us to dust.
We flourish and fade as the leaves
of the forest, and ‘the flowers that
bloom, wither and fade in a day have
no frailer hold upon life than the
mightiest monarch that ever shook
the earth with his footsteps. Gene,
rations of men will appear and disap.
pear as the grass, and thc mullitmde
that throng the world today will dis.
appear as footBtops on the shore.
Men seldom think of the great event
of death until the shadow falls across
their own pathway, hiding from their
eyes the faces of loved ones whose
living smile was the sunlight of their
existence, Death is the antagonist
of life, and the thought of the tomb is
the skeleton of all feasts. We do not
want to go through the dark vally,
although the dark passage may lead
to paradise; wo do not want to go
d own into damp graves even with
with princes for bed fellows. In
tho beautiful drama of ‘Ion’ the hope
of immortality, so eloquently uttered
by the death devoted Greek, finds
deep response in every thoughtful
soul. When about to yield his life a
sac, '*^ ,(Je 10 fate, his Clemanthe asked
« ^y should meet again, to which
ho re-ponds: I have asked that
dreadful questiou of Ihe hills that
look eternal—of the clear streams
that flow forever, of tho stars among
whose fields of azure my raised spirit
1 1!VV walked 111 S 10 ^ - AU are duml: “
But, i as 1 gaze upon thy living face, i
feel that there is something in love
that mantles through its beauty that
cannot wholly perish. Wo shall
meet again, Clemanthe.”
W lien Gen. Sherman entered oolds
boro, N. C-, after his march to the sea,
on liia way to join arant before Bich
moud, there dwelc in that town a cere
tain col. X. Who was one of the most
iu bid secessionists that could be found
His house was situated in the North end
of the city and at tje north end ot a
8lreet > 80 that aI,Y one cominng into
town would see his residence as poon
as h* would enter the south end of this
^ gtreeh When oeneral she rman and
8taffcaui0 nt0 the town they came up
his street and stopped just in front of
C ol. X.’s residence; tbs col. who was
■
out bis . porch, , greeted , , them, and
on an
officer, saluting him asked what his
^nthnents were in regard to the war
I am a strong Union man, answered
the co1 ^ 1 with a dry smite,
Ah, indeed, said the officer,and how
long have j ou been a Union mau?”
I have iecn a Union man, said the
coJ . slowly, as if considering his words,
‘ ever since I saw you and your staff
come in to the end of that street, about
fiftceu minutes ago,”
i lie cantl °r in the colonels reply
p/cased oen. sherman, and he ordered
n guaid placed around col. X’s property
and during the entire stay of the army
in ooldsboro, not a thing was mo'ested
iu or around hi* premises although many
private as well as pubhe buildings were
burned and pillaged.
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Don’t forget, gentlemen, that the
constitution and this government are
rooted upon the “Old South.” That
thc “Old South,” furnished tho men
and her commanders whipped every
fight in which the country engaged,
We are outgrowing certain features
of the “Old South,” and our systems
are changing. God fgrant Jthat we
never outgrow its honor, courage,
ability, faith, manh ness, chivalry and
simplicity,
AN E.RA OF PROSPERITY.
The dawn of a new era of pros¬
perity threatens to break upon the
dark depression of the South. If it
be true that tho darkest hour is just
before dawn, then we know that the
morning of a bright day is near. It
is said that the eye of capitalists all
over the world are turned to the
South as a land of promise, and they
propose to come and possess them¬
selves of xt. It will be an easy con
quest, as a conquest bought at the
sacrifice of gold ususally is, Under
the policy of protection and other
militating causes the agricultural
interests of the South are at very
low ebb, but revival in business gen¬
erally will necessarily stimulate fare
mers to renewed exertions. The
iress has labored to inspire the coun¬
try w’th hope, and it may be reward¬
ed with the increased prosperity that
follows in the train of its exertions*
—Albany, 6a., News.