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GEORGIAN: MARCH 13, 1877.
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H. H. CARLTON, - Editor.
For Congress: .
HON. H. P. BELL,
Of Forsyth.
Democrats of Clarke County res
member that the organized democracy
redeemed your county from Radi
calism, and then move solidly to the
polls to-day and cast your ballot for
Hon. II. P. Bell, the nominee of tbc
Democratic Party and thereby pre
serve the organization.
Bullock was driven from our State
by a nominee of the Democratic
Party. Nearly every county in the
State has been redeemed by a nomi
nee of the Democratic Party. Demo
crats, will voU kill a system which has
been so effective in the past ? Will
yon destroy the organization 'which
has saved you? We hope and be
lieve not. Then turn out en-masse
to-day, and vote for Hon. II. P. Bell,
the nominee of the Democratic Party,
and thereby preserve the organization.
Every vote cast for him is a vote to
preserve the party, and every vote,
cast against him is one to destroy it
Which will you do ?
corruption and oppression, we shall
behold democracy, strengthened by
adherence to party organization, and
added to by the conservative ele
ment ot a party, who now sickened
l>y the increased and growing cor
ruption within their own ranks, put
ting to route the despoilers and dc-
farners of our government, and tri
umphantly assuming power and sway,
safely anchor “ the old ship of State”
again in her moorings around the
Constitution of our forefathers.
We hope, we believe, such will be
the determination of the Democratic
party against the deceptive and de
structive policy of Hayes and his
party, that not the slightest aid or
comfort thereto will spring from our
Democratic ranks. A terrible feud
is now rising and raging in the
Republican party. Blaine, Morton
& Co., are becoming furious against
Hayes. Let the schism become
wider and wider, until it is absolutely
incurable, altogether unbridgable.
Let the Democracy act wisely and
prudently. Let us stand together in
one solid, unbroken phalanx. Let
Louisiana and South Carolina find
relief through the eternal vigilance
and never-ceasing energies of our
representatives in Congress Then,
indeed, will the whole South be solid,
and four years hence, we will march
proudly and victoriously into power
and possession of the government.
Death of Col. Wm. M. Morton.
Rally Democrats Rally.
Democrats, renumber to-day is
election day, and it is the duty of
every true Democrat, every true
lover of Jiis country to rally to the bal
lot box and by electing Hon. Hiram
I*. Bell, sustain the Democratic. Party,
our only safety and protection against
corruption, oppressioA and radicalism.
Let independents, disorganize!* and
all parties whose course is directly
antagonistic to true democracy, and
whose course is ruinous to the party
•which has redeemed all onr state
governments, be retired to the rear
by your response at the ballot box.
Let the liydra-lieaded monster—the
Litter enemy of organized democracy
—be met to-day by a solid phalanx of
true Democrats, who have illustrated
their devotion to party principles by
Years of solid aid.
mis
won.
' thinks the ad-
', of Louisiana,
ryes.
Tv
to get
Hill.
JSnory Speer tried
ecu H. P. Bell and Ben
w he is trying to get be
tween 1^. P. Bell and the Democratic
Partv. -
Reply to Judge Thomas.
The Republican Policy.
Prom the best evidences before us,
indeed from the highest authority at
Washington City, there can be no
earthly doubt, that Hayes is fixed in
liis policy, to be liberal and conser-
tive towards, the South. This policy
plainly, unmistakably and unquestion
ably shows it to be the purpose of
the present administration to disinte
grate the Democratic Party and build
up a more powerful and respectable
Republican Party in the South. In
this accomplishment, should such a
policy succeed, the Republican Party,
Leaded by Hayes, and with renewed
vigor a* d strength, especially in the
South, will be enabled to perpetuate
its hold upon, and control of, the
government, not only for the con
tinuance of Hayes’ term as President,
Lnt for the absolute continuance of
Republicanism. The ruin to result
to the country from the success of
such an insidious policy towards the
South, must at once present itself to
every intelligent and thiuking mind.
Not only will it prove the disintegra
tion and destruction of the Demo
cratic Party our, only safe-guard and
protection against future Radical out
rage, ruin and oppression, but it will
utterly destroy all voice and power
which the South may have in the
management and control of our gen
eral governmental affairs. Let the
policy be rejected, and let the Demo
cratic Party stand solid, patriotically
shielding itself against every disinte
grating approach of Radicalism, and
four years hence, instead of wit
nessing a new and ruinous lease
given to the party, which knows
no rule of government but
power, and no principles bat
Col. Wm. M. Morton, a native of
Clarke county, departed this life on
Saturday morning, the 10th inst., at
the residence of his son-in-law, Mr.
James R. Lyle, of Watkinsville,
Oconee county, in the seventy niutl
year of his age. The funeral services
of the deceased took place at
the Methodist Church, in Watkins
ville, on Sunday morning, from
whence jhis remains were followed
by a large concour.-e of relatives and
friends, and were interred" in Oconee
Cemetery, at Athens, that afternoon.
The deceased lias been so long and
so favorably known to our people,
that we feel it unnecessary to say
aught in behalf of one who lias left,
behind him many imperishable testi
monials of bis true nobleness of heart,
his genuine charity of soul, and his
true merit as a worthy citizen.
Col. Morton leaves a large circle of
relatives and friends to mourn bis
loss, and though }>ainfully afflicted for
several years past from injuries re
ceived from a fall, such as incapaci
tated him for the more active duties
of life, yet, his generous and genial
nature as a friend and neighbor, bis
loving, devoted aud most affectionate
counsels and associations as a father*
and relative, constituted him such
a link in the happiness of jhe family
household and the circle of many
attached neighbors and friends, that
his death creates an irreparable loss—
a breach which can only be healed by
the softeirng and plastic hand of
time, a wise and happy ordination of
an«over-ruling Providence.
The bereaved and distressed family
circle, the many heart-stricken friends
and relatives of the deceased will
share the unfeigned and universal
sympathies of our whole community,
who are bowed in sorrow at this sad
dispensation of Providence. Leaving
a more extended notice of the death
of one so' highly esteemed and so
much beloved, to some one better
able to do full justice to our worthy
departed fellow-citizen, we can only
add, “ peace to thine ashes.’’
Mr. Morton will have to
back seat, says the New York Sun.
Mr. Blaine proposes to do the -Sena
torial bulldozing, and if anybody is
"going to wave the bloody shirt, he
will be the man.
The St. Louis Times says that
Justice Bradley looks like Andrew
Johnson, but adds: “There the
resemblance ends. Andy was obsti
nately honest.”
John Sherman, of Ohio, has been
confirmed by the Senate as Hayes’
Secretary of the Treasury. He got
the solid vote of the Republican side,
bat the greater part of the Democratic
Senators voted against him.
Athens, Ga., March 7, 1877.
Fellow-Citizens:—“A howl oTin-
dignation has been raised all over the
United States because a President
has been counted in by fraud,” and
those men who forgot their patriot*
ism and honor, by procuring the
fraudulent count, will live only in
history beside the dishonored names
of Jeffries and Benedict Arnold.
We can but believe and hope that
the older, manhood of the South, who
have illustrated their patriotism on
an hundred battle fields, and the
proud young chivalry of onr sunny
land, whose blood leaps to the mr9*o-
ry of their forefathers, will live long
to hold in execration, and “condemn
at the ballot-box,” if necessary, Joe
Bradley, the arch traitor to honor,
and liis setfen infamous associates,
whose partisanship made the fraudu
lent count.
Fellow-citizens, the above chapter
in our National history has been ad
verted to and used in a card by
Judge W. B. Thomas, as an arma
ment why you should not support the
regular nominee of the Democratic
party in the Ninth Congressional Dis
trict. Now, to some of the facts in
reference to the Convention, and in
answer to the remarkable document
from Thomas Speer’s brother-in-law
and avowed partisan:
By reference to Thomas’ card, it
will l>c seen that his whole argument
against the Convention rests on what
he “ was creditably informed.”
Thomas does not prove in a single
instance, except one, that meetings
were not held :n the counties, and
admits that : 11 the delegates held
appointments from members of the
Congressional Executive Committee,
the only recognized authority in the
democratic party. So imicft pi i<n-
swer to the argument agaiusfc the
“ upper counties” of one who went
into that Convention, the secret friend
of Emory Speer, and quietly allowed
himself to be committed, in a speech
by Mr. Rucker, to the repudiation of
his brother-in-law, and who sat in
the Convention with his honor
pledged to abide the action of the
Contention.
Now, let us examine his argument
in reference to proxies. That dele
gates may be represented by proxy, no
intelligent democrat will deny. This
action finds precedent coeval with
the existence of the democratic party,
and it will not be necessary to inform
Judge Thomas that Emory Speer
himself sat upon the floor of what is
known as the “long Convention,’’
during the memorable contest for
Mr. Hill, as a proxy from Gwinnett
county.
Now, wo come to the two delega
tions from Clarke, and, we confess,
that we write in sorrow upon this
subject. That Judge Thomas, who
is conceded to be intelligent, and
who has been honored by the people
of our graud old county, should ad>»
mit fraud in the admission into that
Convention of the two delegations
from Clark, is but to write the viola
tion of his own plighted fealty, relied
on in honor by the mountain delega
tions. The two delegations from
Clarke were uninstructed as to candi
dates, and when the first delegation,
a ..composed of Rucker, Thomas and
Lester, went before the Gainesville
Convention with a clear statement of
the tacts of their county meeting,
and a powerful speech by Mr. Rucker,
repudiating the independent candi
date and .pledgiug himself and dele
gation to abide the actiou of the
Convention, followed by the adop*.
tion of a resolution by the Conven
tion, binding every delegate in honor
to its nominee, all cause of differ
ence between the, two parties in
Clarke was removed, and all were
glad that the matter had so happily
terminated.
Bat, fellow-oitizens, while the
Convention was relying - upon the
honor of this delegation, whom it
had allowed one and a half votes in
its body, one of them, by his own
admission, was secretly conniving at
the nomination of Hon. Hiram P.
Bell, whom he considered the weak
est mar.—that Speer, his brother-in-
law, might triumph. When Thomas
was asked afterwards how he could,
consistent with honor, fail to vote
for the nominee of the party, he said,
“there was no honesty in politics.”
This is the man wiih the history of
the High Commission fresh upon his
mind, and who would condemu
Hayes, but fain would forget the men
who committed the fraud. There is
a similarity of action between the
action of the two bodies, with this
difference in favor of the High Com
mission : The partisans in the High
Commission were outspoken in their
partisanship, while the Gainesville
Convention had to meet a secret foe,
who had pledged them his honor.
The outspoken friend of Speer now,
is W. B. Thomas, County Judge of
Clarke county, and his own pen, in a
silly circular, has signed his own in
famy.
Here, fellow-citizens, is the secret
of Mr. O’Farrell’s remark, that the
party had “ been sold out.” Here is
why Mr. Moss and others said that it
was a disgrace to a “civilized com
munity.” Mr. O’Farrell takes it upon
himself to say that lie,could not de
sert the Bell men who had been de
ceived by a lie, as lie looks upon
them as being unconscious of the de
ception practiced upon them. He
also desires to say that, while he
considers the charge that “he
jumped up into, a chair’’ in the
Gainesville Convention, very silly, it
is also false.
We present herewith the following
figures on the relative and actual
strength of the candidates from this
end of the District, which we can
prove by the delegates from the re
spective counties:
Carlton—Clarke 1£, Oconee 3,
Jackson 3„ Gwinnett 5, Habersham 1,
Lumpkin 3, Union 3. Total 19i.
Billups- Clarke li, Franklin 3,
Jackson 2, Madison 3, Morgan 3,
Banks 1. Total 13^.
We leave this end of the District
to say whether or not, we could have
uomiuatcd either one of the above
.gentlemen.
We support Mr. Bell, because lie
is an irreproachable Democrat and a
higlitoned Christian gentleman, whose
word is as good as his bond. We
support him because lie is the no
minee of the party in Convention as
sembled.
We support him because the
fraud in the Convention was in
troduced by Speer’s friends, for which
Mr. Bell, can, in no wise be held re*
sponsible.
We support liim because we know
“ reform ” to be a hollow platform to
bolster up an ambitious independent
candidate.
We support him because we know
that in “ union there is strength.”
We would say we are glad that
Thomas has exonerated Speer from
any knowledge or connection with
his own action at the Gainesville Con
vention. This was necessary. That
Judge Thomas should have attacked
Hon. H. P. Bell as a preacher of the
Gospel, will not be astonishing after
reading the foregoing facts. Bell’s
voice is raised for “ honesty in poli
tics.” Judging from iiis stand point,
it is not a matter of wonder that lie
attacks him as a lawyer.
'■ Let the people of Clarke County
tnm out en masse, on the day of
election and rebuke those indepen
dents who attack the nominee of the
Democratic Party because he is a
preacher. Let the champion ot
morality and the Democratic Party
be sustained by the people.
We deem it doe to Mr. ifncker
and Mr- Lester, the associates of W,
B. Thomas on the first delegation, to
state that they are earnestly at work
for the nominee of the democratic
party.
vention Mr. Bell was iioraiuated, has
seen fit to piiblish a most remarkable
card, or circular, and this card is
chiefly remarkable lor the following
reasons:
1st. When the -Convention or
ganized and the question was being
discussed as to which of the delega
tions from Clarke were entitled tC
seats, Mr. T. W. Rucker, a member
of the first delegation speaking for
himself ami Mr. Thomas, who was
also a member of the first delegation,
made an able and eloquent speech,
in which lie stated so clearly the
position and the intention of the first
delegation, that neither could possibly
have been misunderstood. He stated
that they came in perfect good faith
to abide the action of the Convention,
and to support its nominee. Mr.
Thomas was sitting close by Mr.
Rucker, heard every word of his
speech, and so far as I know never,
complained that he was misrepresent
ed.
2d. After a full and fair discussion
of the question as to which delegation
should be admitted to seats, the
whole matter was referred to a com
mittee on credentials, and that com-
mittee decided to admit both dele
gations, giving to each, one and a
half votes in the Convention The
first delegation consisting of T. W.
Rucker, W. B. Thomas and Tolbert
N. Lester, voting steadily (with the
exception of a few ballots) for Hon
II. P. Bell, the man who was nomi
nated.
Third, A resolution was passed in
that Convention without a dissenting
voice, pledging the delegates not only
to abide the action of the Convention
and to support the nominee, but
pledging them to use their influence
to secure his election at the polls. 1
was not a member of that Conven
tion. I never expect to be a mem
ber of any Convention, I have had
very little to do with politics, but the
little I have had to do with it, has
given me an uticonqnorable and an
unalterable aversion for it. Mr.
Thomas in his card which I repeat is
a marvel and a mystery, (seeing that
he is a young man of intelligence,)
has seen fit to publish a letter which
he wrote to me and to quote some
expression which I made use of about
the Convention. Mr. Thomas was a
conspicuous member of the Conven
tion which he denounces in such
unmeasured terms, gave material
assistance towards the accomplish*
ment of what he says is so gross a
fraud, to-wit, the nomination of Mr.
Bell. But read Mr. Thomas’
circular, which is very boyish and
therefore very foolish and then I
submit to au intelligent public, if
this cry of fraud and corruption does
not come with peculiarly bad grace
from a man who was a part of the
fraud which he denounces, and the
warm supporter in Convention of the
man he ridicules.
Very Respectfully,
C. D. Hill.
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fair dealing, and will find it to their interest to
give me a call.
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EORGIA OCONEE COUNTY —Ordinary’*
Office—J. I. Hailes has applied for exempt
ion of personalty, and I will pass upon the same
at my office in Watkinsville, at 10 o’clock a. m.
J. R. LYLE, Ordinary.
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Fellow Citizens:—Mr. W. B.
Thomas, a delegate to the recent
Gainesville Convention at which Con-
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/GEORGIA, OCONEE COUNTY.—Ordinary’s
\JT Office—Noah Thrasher has applied for
exemption of personalty { and I will puss upon
the same at my office in Watkinsville at 10
o’clock a. in. March 31st 1877.
niaichl3-2t. J. R. LYLE, Ordinary.
G eorgia, clarke county.—Whereas,
Elizabeth A. Talmadge applies to me for
Letters of Administration on the estate of
William P. Talmadge, late of Raid county de
ceased. These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all ooncemed, to show cause at my office
on or before the first Monday in May next why
said letters should not be grunted.
Given under my hand at office, this 6th day
of March 1877.
ASA M. JACKSON, Ordinary.
marebl3-S0d.
G eorgia, clarke county.—where**,
E.' J. Christy applies to me for Letters of
Administration on the estate of John H. Christy,
late of said county deceased. These are there
fore to cite and admonish all concerned to show
cause at iny office, on or before the third Mon
day in April next, why said letters should not
be granted.
Given under my hand at office this 7th day of
March 1877. t
ASA M. JACKSON, Ordinary.
marchl3-30d.
G EORGIA, CLARKE COUNTY.—Ordinary
offlee, 7th March, 1S77.—Sarah A. M<-
Curdy, wife of Joseph T. McCurdy (her sai !
husband refusing) has applied for exemption c'
personalty aud I will pass upon the same at 1
o’clock a. m. on the 81st day of March 18771
my office.
ASA M. JACKSON, Ordinary.
marchl8-2t.
C LARKE SHERIFF SALE.—Will be so
before the Court House door iu the City v,
Atheffs, Clarke County, Georgia, on the flit
Tuesday in April next, within the legal bon i
of sale the following property to-wittr >
hundred acres of land, aituated, lying and beink
in the county of Clarke; there is a line dividin
said land in to two one hundred acre lot*, enui
will be sold either way, which ever vrill suit
purchasers on the day of Bale; said land lying
7m the left hand side ot theL Lex ‘“S*"“. n ^*2
leading from Athens tq Lexington, W nn *“f 5*
astonf corner on said roadlherc being 575 E.
to 100 8.. 60 E. to 970, to a three corner at the
cross road, leading from the Georgia factory to
Beaver dam thence along said roadjto
tion wood road thence along said road lead to a
pine ^omerthence 840 15 W. 2800 toa stone
oorner thenoe ton pine, thence
nine corner, a stone on the Lexington roaa,
All to^ satisfy the above stated.fl.fr. I have a
plot of said *nd-anrone wiring to see aplat,
call on me, this M«J. Stb^mL