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About The Cartersville express. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1875-18?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1878)
WORI>S OF WARIIKG. CtiI'XSEL TO 6EOHGII DEMOCRATS. Addreaa of tlie State Democratic Execu tive CoimnitUc-The D.itjr of the reo )>le of Georgia in the Present Crisis -I‘nltj of Action Called F#r. At a meeting of the executive committee of Uie Democratic party of this State at the Cap itol In the city of Atlanta ou the Bth inst., the following committee was appointed by the chairman to prepare an address to the Den.* James M. Face, chairman; J. L. Warren, W. A. Harris, M. J. llateher, J. T. Waterman, W. T. Trammel!, J. A. W. Johnson, and W. E- Simmons. It was on motion ordered that the name of Miles W. Lewis be added to the committee. The following is the address issued by the committee to the people of IHE ADDRESS. To the Democratic Party is Geor gia : The State Democratic executive com mittee of Georgia, animated by a sincere re gard for the welfare of the State, and viewing pilion to some of the regularly chosen candi dates of our party, deem it timely to address Georgia Democrats upon what it considers the imperative duty of the hour—the duty of true party allegiance and the importance of its discharge. We speak no mere formal words to you; we ask you to hear us for our common cause. The peril of party disinte gration is foreshadowed in a personal inde. pendetiii in that professes fealty to Demo cratic principle. The large numerical major- P n a feeding of security, and a disregard of the principles that won success. ThD sense of security appears to be drifting us steadily t .cards die dissolution of our party bond, and the ultimate triumph of our political cne- j mi, in our own State. Not only this, but the great national victory for which Democrats have been, struggling for more then a decade of toilsome years, and now for the first time w ithin our grasp, must be inevi.ably lost to us if our party unison ceases, if our party zeal wanes, or if our party strength is weak ened by ecHlpli aspirants or disorganizing 1 factioni>*ts. It is well lor the Democracy of Georgia to take soundings of iis cour-e, and ju this early hour before the battle of the bal lots, deliberate wliat is best to be done and what must be avoided. All sensible men must acknowledge the need of ec operation to secure a common aim, and to preserve and enforce a common belief. In war there can be no triumph without organization. In pol ities it is eju illy essential. There must be a common object, an acknowledged authority, a harmonious policy and a united action. These are the indispensable conditions of success, approved bj - time and trial, and their violation will bring revenge in sure over booking back over the turbulent years ■ since lsO-f, to their stormy coullicts, to their disappointments and humiliations, the con scientious champions of Democratic princi ples find cause for congratulation in their heroic adhesion to duty, and in the full re ward of victory which it has brought to them. | We saw then the upheaval of all society. We ; taw States raped of their sovereignty. We saw the caprice of conquest made the law of the general government. We saw the soldier become the arbiter of private rights, the cus todian of private liberty, the judge of private property. Worse even tuan these, wc saw a . party in power, seemingly enthroned, that sought to make these odious and fatal praeti- 1 cos the accepted and permanent policy of national rule. The spirit of our free govern ment was to be forever subverted and destroy- j ed, and the genius of liberty and law W'as to be supplanted by tbe demon of force and tyranny. In resistance to all this wicked in tent, in uudismayed bat'le with the heresy of an arbitrary centralism, tbe Democratic party did its grandest work. Vainly it fought for years. It suffered repeated defeat. It was derided and overwhelmed, but vanquished or silenced, never. Sturdily by the assailed cause of constitutional government, it stood like a stone wall. On every battle ground its forces were rallied, and Its blow was struck. It resisted force and fraud, misrule, menaces and tciuptatiou. Its courage grew, and abated uot. It wou, at last, small victo ries, and then larger ones. It redeemed pre cincts, counties, cities, States. One after another, it took citadel aud stroughokl of re publicanism. It carried its victorious stan dard into the Speaker’s chair, it but awaits in assured victory the forms of the Senate’s cap- ; itulation. It elected the President, but lost the prize by the superior genius of radicalism for fraud. In these hard won aud long de l. vi i! triumphs, it restored law, and order, and 1 race. To the conduct of public affairs, it brought new virtue, to official corruption it brought an end. For public extravagance, it substituted economy, it quickened the dor mant sentiment ot private patriotism, it re stored to life and vigor the spirit of constitu- : lional law and liberty, But its mission is not yet fulfilled. It has a President to seat before it can wholly impress its policy upon the government and make the next chapter in the history of the country. What has uot the Democratic party done fur our beloved State? Its benoliceut work is •ill too fresli to need rccouut. Consider it but a nn ment, aud let the pleasing reflection as semble its members in solid phalanx around i's standards on every field of conflict. Fellow-citizens of the Democratic party, the final consummation of triumph for our indi- , vidual and collective good can be accom- | plished only by the same united action which lias brought us our past successes. What we have gained can only be preserved to us iu tliis way. If Democratic principles arc to be' maintained, we must preserve our organiza tion. We cannot disband our forces aud con tinue to cor.quer. We cannot achieve no fur ther victory il division cotnes to ns. If wc break ranks, wc can win no battle. Wc can- j uot preserve our party by disintegrating it. - Wc sec iu Georgia, iu several Congressional districts aspirants, claiming to be Democrats, r; : b g outride of the party organization and n<’liust the regular party uoiuiuees. These as ii.-aflts make stout profession of their party fealty aud yet their only hope of success rests upon the solid vote of the opposition, the rad ical party. From such source comes their succoring strength. If their profession of political faith be true, it must be seen that a successful candidacy upou such basis makes the opposibou the balance of power between contending Democrats, humiliates our party, and by subjecting it to defeat, makes the re sult a substantial opposition victory. Will voting Democrats aid iu putting their party to nliame ? We entreat you not to do so. Let there be no self-delusion in this important matter. Let no man mislead you, or deceive YOU by specious pretext. The path ol duty and interest is plain to all who will calmly consider. Let Democrats refuse to give their couutcnanc e aud support to independent can didates, and the danger which threatens the : .arty shall disappear at once. They have no cl dins open you, they carry not the party standards, they seek not to advance the party interest, or promote the public good. They but seek to gratily their own personal ambi tion and love of office. No existing party a' lises invite tbeir reforming hands. For sel. li'h purposes they make profession. Their success will luma’ benefit to none but them selves and the party hostile to us. Let them ruu if they will, hut not under false colors. The Democratic party cau but dispute their claim to represent it. It can liud no pleasure, il can feel no sense of friend ship, in that sueccss which wounds and en feebles it, and arrests its conquering advance. Fpeakitig affectionately and earnestly for that r rand party, reucrable in patriotic service and . j- ... yyp 1, }, s retrained strength and honors, we arpeal to every member of it in Georgia • . .-laud inflexibly by its organization, and i ,pow to joyous and benign victory the men who hold i ! s commissions, and bear to battle “Once more unlo tlie breach, dear friends,onto J. M. Pace, of Cth Diet., Chm’u. Joseph L. Warren, Ist District. Wm. A. Harris, 3d Distric t. M. J. llatcher, :>d District. J. T. Waterman,4tb District. W. T. Tram meed, sth District. J. A. W. Johnson, 7th District. Miles W. Lewis, Bth District. Wm. E. Simmons, Oth District. The Democratic papers in the State are re spectfully requested to publish this address. VOLUME XIX.] HEAR HIM FOR HIS CAUSE Till’ FREE PIC ESS. HOW ITS EDITOR BLOWS UOf Ah it COLT. “Hast thou not spoke like thunder on our side V Been sworn our soldier bidding us depend L pon thy stars, thy fortune and thy strength ? And dost thou now fall over to our foes? Thou nearest a lion’s hide --Doff it lor shame And hang a calf skin on these recreant limbs.” Felton is dependent upon negro votes and such Democrats as he can slab off from the party candidate for an election. —Willingham,Oct. 19, ’7G. He who would tear down Organi zation, would break the shield of liberty and forge the chains of polit ical slavery.— iUililingham.Oct. 9, ’76. Isn’t it about time that Democrats were opening their eyes to the real purposes which influence Hargrove and his r.ialconents to support Dr. Felton. — IJiilingham’Oct. 19,187 G. ITill the intelligent supporters of Dr. Felton tell us why Zacharia Har grave is so anxious for the election of j Dr. Felton. Can they give us any , rerson for it except to “make an al- j liance offensive and defensive,” and by it “make war to the knife” upon j the Democratic party.”—iUilling ham, Nov. 19,187 G. We repeat here what we said to ! Dr. Felton’s face—that he is the most 1 artful trickster we have ever known, j lKillingham, Oct. 19, 187 G. The Felton ring of disaffected Democrats, Republicans and subser vient negroes combined together to j break up the Democratic party must 1 be broken asunder.— IPillingham, | Nov. 3,1874. If lrlle Col. Dabney stood at the front during the war, contending for Southern rights, Dr. Feiton stood be- i hind the pulpit as a shield against j personal danger.— IFillingham, Oct. i 22. 1871. Poor Felton who is lo be elected by the help of Radicals, if elected at all, seeing that the great majority of the true Democracy are against him resorts toduplicity and misstatements to bolster up his failing fortunes, — Ittllingham, Oct. 27,1874. Stand by the Demociacy of the Union, by the Democracy of tlie South, by the Democracy of Georgia and the Democracy of the Seventh Congressional District—all of which is thoroughly organized everywhere aud which would he nothing with out organization.— Willingham, Nov. 1876. Col. Dabney, one of the best and truest Democrats in the State, has been fairly and honestly nominated. His nomination was effected by no trickery, aud whoever says so, utters a downright falsehood, knowingly and wilfully.— Willingham, Sept 21, 1876. “United we stand, divided we fall.” A house divided against itself cannot stand. Will the three or four thous and Democratic supporters of Dr. Felton cut themselves off from the great body of the or, anized Democ racy of Georgia, and the country, at the merely deceptive cry of “ring ! ring !” when there is no ring in our Congressional District? — Willingham, Oct. 26, 1876. Felton by his course confesses him self too weak w ith the Democratic party to get to Congress, for he is de pendent upon negro votes and such Democrats as he can slab off from the party candidate for an election. Felton knows, and his friends know, that he will be beaten at least 8,000 votes unless the negroes vote for him. — Willingham, Oct. 19, 1876. FELTON, HARGROVE & CO. We call attention to this old firm, who entered into the general busi ness of politics in 1874, and have con tinued with unabated zeal up to this time. They now 7 have on sale a few post offices, marshall’s places, and in ternal revenue offices. Call and ex amine their stock before voting else where.—-Willingham, Sept. 28, 1576. Organization is our idea of Democ racy." It is our idea of perpetuating it. "it is our idea of the preservation of public liberty upon this continent, and if there be those who cannot en dorse such Democracy, we can only leave them lo their own convictions; but ior us, we shall always stand by the Democratic flag as it represents the party all over this country .—Wil lingham, Nov. 1876. Now we tell all Democrats that Hargrove has no interest whatever in Dr. Felton’s election, but is using that election to split the Democratic party. This every man can see w 7 ho lias a thimble fullof brains. Are the Democrats of this Congressional District willing to unite with Har grove in the accomplishment of this purpose.—Willingham, Got. 21, 1576- Cun Democrats really endorse the war to the knife that the Radical post-master at Rome —the most con spicuous supporter ot Dr. I elton in Cherokee Georgia—is making upon the Democracy ol this District? Can they really cl up their hands with joy when that man Stands brawling out denunciation against the Democratic party of the country ? And yet w e see these things in this campaign. We see Felton and Hargrove united in a war to the knile against the or gauiz and democracy. W e see and Lear it from every stump. We ap peal to all to lock to the interests of Democracy, and not to the personal interests of any man, nor pander to the bitter hatred of Z. E. Hargrove to the Democracy. Il you are Dem ocratic, repel Hargrove's professed ‘aliance offensive and dtlensive’ with scorn and contempt, and stand by your party, and no longer aid him in his war to the knife against it. V il lingham, 1876. Sow we would say to the people of Georgia outside of this district that tlie best and truest IFemoerats we have, are supporters oi Dr. Felton.—f. 11. f • Wil lingham, July 25, IS7.S. In regard to the two Gretnbackers reported to be elected to the House of Representatives from lowa there seerns to exist, says a Washington special, considerable uncertainty as to which party they w ill act with, the Republicans claiming them as confi dently as the Democrats. It is prob able that one of them at least will act with the Democrats. It is settled by the late elections that the Greenback ers will not be sufficiently strong in the next House to hold the balance of power. The attitude which they may assume, therefore, on the ques tion of the Speakership will be incon sequential. In speculative circles at this time tlie straight-out Democrat {ic majority in the next House is ; placed at not less than thirty. GRAND BARBECUE AND BASKET DINNER. FOR THE SEVENTH CON GRESSIONAL DISTRICT. The friends of Judge Lester have de cided to have a Basket Dinner in con nection with the grand District barbe cue to be given at Cartersville the 31st of this month, and invite all persons who do not feel able to contribute to the barbecue to bring a basket. Let everybody turn out witn their bas kets and let us have a grand feast. The following committees were appointed to solicit subscriptions for the barbecue : CENTRAL COMMITTEE. A P Wofford, J N Dobbs, RL Rogers, J M Smith, M V Hollinshed, R L Sellers, Nelson Gilreath, F P Gray, GII Bates, J R ah, Jan A Sto ver, J M Neel, T F Gouldsmith, Geo S Cobb, Wm II Styles. Cassville District— B O Craw ford, J D Lawson, Thos Pittard, J M Wofford, George Ileafien. Sixth District— Red Floyd, II D Lewis, Jeff Murphy, M T Hays, Jharley Whitworth. Pine Log District—Thus. Gor don, W L Adams, Robert A Richey, Thomas Carson, A M Fite. Wolf Pen District— Silas Bell, Charley Wofford, Spence McEver, David Vaughan, Capt. J D Thomas’ Stamp Creek District—Thos. Jenkins, Joe Davis, Stant Rouse, John Davis. Altoona District— J C Wa'drip, Egbert McDaniel, Campbell Wal lace, Jr., O U Dodgins, Patillo Wal drip. Seventeenth District —Chris- tofer Dodd, B T Leake, John G Col bert, Morgan Rogers, Hayne Dodd, John J Calhoun, Roe Isbell, RC C Powell, J C Tumlin, W J Williams, S yles Phillips, T J Lyon. Kingston District— A Y Sheets, Mark A Hardin, Dr. Thos. F Jones, William Rainey, Benj. Kitckens, sr., Perry Collins, B F McMiken. Adairsville District—Capt. J L Neel, John W Bowdoin, J R 11 Gray, John L Chilton, B J Lews, Col John 11. Fitten, D W Louder milk. All committees in the different dis tricts are requested to report their subscriptions to A. P. Wofford, Chairman Central Committee, at Cartersville. Tlie following committees of ladies were appointed for the different dis tricts of the county to solicit contri butions. We want all the ladies lo give us a basket and see that their neighbors and their friends bring baskets. We expect this meeting to be the largest ever held in North Georgia, as the friends of the grand Democratic organization throughout the entire District will be here. Let us, therefore, prepare to entertain them in a manner worthy of the good cause that brings them togeth er. We hope none of the good la dies will feel slighted because their names are not on the lists of com mittees, for it is impossible to add them all. We here say that all from j every district are appointed to aid in the good cause, and we hope they will go to work at once in each dis trict and see that everybody attends ! with a well filled basket. The following are the committees : i FOR CARTERSVILLE DISTRICT. Mrs. Uriah Stephens, W O Bowler, A P Wofford, Thomas Simpson, T W Milner, W H Gilbert, FP Gray, R L Sellers, Wm II Styles, J W Har ris, S H Patillo, John A Stover, Nel son Gilreath, D Winburn, R M Pa tiilo, C M Field, Martin Walker, R L Rogers, James Lockridge, Itobt. Rowan, James Jefferson, James Sproul, James Tinsley, James Young, Joshua Kinnett, B K Carson, J M Neel, A M Foute, Abda Johnson, J N Dobbs, Thos W T A Word, J A Howard, D W Curry, Lindsay Johnson, W W Rich, John Hollins head, Wm Rowland, Jerry Fields, and Mrs R C Roberts. Misses Mary Lou Young, Virdie Akin, Flonnie Parrott, Caroline Styles, Mary Wikle, Lidie Fields and Lillie John son. CASSVILLE DISTRICT. Mrs. Dr Battle, James Wofford, E P Price, B O Crawford,Thos Pittard, James Luther, Sam’l Pittard, Sanford Venable, George Hayden, L E Price, II S Best, James Irick, J D Lauson, Hawkins, W S Battle, Eli Corshn r, and Mrs John A Matthias. SIXTH DISTRICT. Mrs. M T Thos. Stephens, Red Floyd, H D Lewis, Jeff Murphy, W A F Stephens, George Hendrix, C W Whitworth, and Mrs Ed Lewis. adairsville district. Mrs John H Fitten, John C Ay cock, John W Gray, Thos Johnson, T R Ripley, Jack Price, J C Martin, J L Neel, John W Boudoin, J L Chil ton, G C Gholstiu, J J Johnson, J D Bowdoin, J E Morgan, Jacob Mooney, and Mrs F M Durham. KINGSTON DISTRICT. Mrs Dome, A Y Sheats, William Raiuey, Benj Kitchens, Dr. Jones, Mark A Hardin, Hewson, J C Roper, J C Branson, J M Davidson, John A McMurry, B F McMiken, Alek Dent, and Mrs McDonald. SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT. Mrs Theo Rogers, J J Calhoun, Styles Phillips, Thomas Tumlin, Frank Calhoun, Robert Speer, Mor gan Rogers, B T Leake, Dr Stephens, Dr Beasley, T J Lyon, Dr Green, C Dodd, Roe Isbell, Hayne Dodd, R C C Powell, McCary, Lorenza Jones, John Hayney, Jack Yarboroug and Mrs George Yarboroug, Misses Hattie Sayre and Julia Tumlin. ALATOONA DISTRICT Mrs O U Dodgins, J C Waldrip, Patillo Waldrip,l O McDanuii, John Stegall, 0 M Jones, George Tumlin, and Mrs T M Webster. STAMP CREEK DISTRICT. Mrs W F Corbin, Joe Davis, Stant Rouse, John Baker, William Brooks. WOLF TEN DISTRICT. Mrs Silas Bell, C C Wofford, Spence McEver, Joshua Randolph, Frank Vernon, and Mrs J D Thomas. PINE LOG DISTRICT. Mrs. Thomas Gordon, Dr Fite, Adams, Samuel Dillaid, Sampson j Stephens, Isaac Thompson, and Mrs 1 Levi Pierce. CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1878. CURRENT PARAGRAPHS- Harmony must be restored, or the party will be broken up into fac tions.—[B. H. Hill. I am equally unable toseehow any man can promote the success of any party by fighting its organization.— [B. H. Hill. Gov. Hendricks has been invited to deliver the address at the opening of the Alabama State fair. Senator Hill’s recent letter has act ed upon the Radicals like poison poured in a snake hole. The Republicans of the Fifth Dis trict, afler a full and deliberate cau cus, have decided not to put out a candidate for Congress. The deaths from yellow fever now exceed 15,000 and the list is being swelled at the rate of one thousand a week. “Professor” John H. Tice has won his suit against the St. Louis druggist for infringement on his patent weath er prophecies, and has recovered sl,- 980 damages. A true Democrat is he who is wil ling to sacrifice his personal ends and ambition for the success of his party, and which success he believes is the good of the country.—[B. 11. Hill. The Legislature convenes on the sixth day of November. It’s a puz zle to some of the members to know how they can vote on the fifth and be in Atlanta by 12 m. on the sixth. Republicans should remember the injunction issued by the National Executive Committee, viz : If you can’t vote for a Republican vote for an Independent. Democrats should also remember that both ot the above are enemies to tlie Democracy and vote accordingly. In the Seventeenth Congressional District of New York the unusual spectacle is presented of two brothers running for Congress. One has been nominated by the Republicans and one by the Democrats. The initial letters of their names are also the same. Senator Bayard is accredited with saying that in his opinion there will be three Presidential candidates in field in 1880—the Republican, Demo crat and Greenback candidates. It is possible, too, that the House of Rep resentatives may be called upon to elect the next President. There is a well defined rumor.at Montpeiler, Vt., that the Congress ional seat of J ames Tyler, from the First district, is to be contested by A. M. Dickey, the Democratic can didate. Some prominent Democrats claim that evidence is sufficient to warrant this course, though they re fuse for the present to state the na ture of the same. Secretary Sherman says he is cer tain resumption will take place Jan uary Ist, and that no repeal bill can pass the Senate over a veto before that date. Unless, he continues,Con gress passes a law for an extra session in March, resumption will have been in operation twelve months before tlie Forty-sixth Congress convenes. The immigration statistics for Sep tember show that 8,955 persons came to this country, arriving at NewYork, to permanently reside among us. Of the number, the greatest single fac tor is the German immigration, that alone amounting to 2,428. England follows with 2,077 and Ireland is third with 1,415. For the three months closing September 30th, the immigra tion was 25,263, against 20,109 during the corresponding season last year. Surely when Democratic voters read the following from the Atlanta Re publican they can no longer tolerate an independent movement. When the Radicals propose to support the Independents it is time for honest Democrats to let them alone. Here is what the Republican says : “But in the present weakened and dispirit ed condition of our own forces, about all we can do in Georgia Is to encour age the independent movement that issurely disintegrating the solidwhite vote of the state, and that promises speedily to give us the balance of power. Our support will be sought, aud we shall be able to exact honest terms from those seeking it, and in part recover what we have lost in ten years.” Gov. Colquitt recently received a letter from a committee of all the re ligious colored denominations of Lib erty and adjoining counties, inviting him to meet them at Midway, Octo ber 17th. They state that they desire to be instructed in the duties of citi zenship, and encouraged in learning to become better and wiser citizens. The letter is a gratifying evidence of the better understanding between the whites and blacks and the day of evil Radical influence is waning. The expressions of personal consideration in this letter for Gov. Colquitt are 1 very hearty, and show what a good hold his administration is gaining upon the good will of thecolored peo -1 pie! The general result iu Ohio proves that the State is Democratic when the Democracy is undivided. The elec tion of a majority of the Congression al delegation by the Democrats prove this. Besides this, there is the con clusive fact that the Republican plu rality in the State is only from 4,000 to 8,000, while 30,000 Democrats suf fered themselves to be deluded into voting the Greenback ticket. Add ing these 30,000 votes to the Demo cratic total demonstates the actual ex istence of not less than 20,000 Demo cratic majority in the State. Asa Republican paper admits, “it is not easy to dispute this reasoning.” The Hartford Times says : “Those Democrats who have allied them selves with the Greenback Labor or ganization can see in the light of the Ohio election returns what good they are able to accomplish. They were unable to elect a single Congressman, and succeeded only in defeating the Democratic State ticket and in help ing a few Republican candidates for Congres to slip through, who would otherwise have been defeated. Dem ocrats who vote the Greenback ticket simply aid in keeping the Republican party in power.” COMMUNICATIONS TUK TRAITOR’S CRIST— TOT DEAD OS TBE FIELD OF HOSOR. Messrs Editors : My attention has been directed to an editorial in the Cartersville Free Press, of the loth inst., headed “Citizen’s Decept ive Fgures.” I make no reply to its personalities. “Lie” seems to be that editor’s staple word. Let him be. lie must earn the traitor’s re ward. The mingled snub and sneer with which his master regards bis fawning must be sweet to his re membering soul. The fact asserted by Citizen, which this apostate decries, is that in tbe election of 1875, Bartow county cast 384 more votes than theie were polls within her borders. We are furnish ed with the following table : Number of white votes repoited in 187* 1996 Number of colored vote* reported in 1876 838 Total ol whole vote *,834 Then we are given this : Votes received by Dabney 695 Votes receiven by Felton 2,199 voies received by Sheats 34 Total of votes CRSt by Bartow in 1976 3,*!8 Both these tables are correct. Now if we take the poll from the vote we have 384—the number assert ed byCitizen. But the aditor says this is deceptive, because the tax digest for 1876 shows 196 defaulters, and 279 persons over 60 years of age, which ought to be added to tbe total poll, and which would make the matter stand : Total poll reported In 1876 2,8*4 Defaulters 1® Persons over 63 years of ng* *"79 : Total B*** Now, if Citizen’s assertion had been that Bartow cast 384 more voles than she had within her borders, then the editor’s table would bear the sem blance of a refutation ; but when we remember that his statement related to polls alone, it is evident that the number of parties over age has noth ing to do with the question. They are voters. Nobody ever denied it. They are not polls. No one but an idiot would assert it. They must come off then. And that makes the figures stand : Total reported in 1876 2,814 Defaulters 196 Total poll iu 1676 3,030 The vote being 3,218, and the poll 3,030, we see that Bartow, according to this table, cast 188 more votes than she had polls, allowing a vote to every defaulter for 1876. Now the tax digest for 1875 shows 262 default ers. If the defaulters for 1876 could legally voted at an election in that year, the unrelieved defaulter for 1875 could not. Take your choice. If the words, “the year preceding the election,” of the oath required to be taken by a challenged voter in 1876, relate to 1875, then the 292 defaulters must come off, and the matter stands thus: Total poll 1br1876 including all defaulters for that year 3.030 Number delimiting in 1875 and conse quently excluded from voting in 1876 29i 2,7138 The vote in 1876 was 3,218 The legal poll was 2,788 Excess of vote over poll was 480 Number of persons over 60 279 Numberol votes in 1876, excess ot voters in the county 201 But if,as Citizen evidently thought, it would be more equitable to con sider the 196 defaulters of 1876 as be ing about the number disfranchised, we are remitted to these figures : Total of 1876 *.218 Poll of 1876 2,834 Excess of vote over pole 3,84 But it may be said that the 202 de faulters for 1875, relieved themselves by payment befoie the election in 1876. That is for tho-,e who allege it, to preve they stand in the tax books as defaulters for 1875. A con dition ouce proven is presumed to continue until the contrary is proven. They are prima facie illegal votes if they voted at all in 1878. If you claim the defaulters for 1876 you must repeat the defaulters of 1875, and this saddles you with 96 more votes to account for the n Citizen charged against you. A word more and I have done. The peculiar anxiety of this apostate to account for the remarkable vote of 1876 is very suggestive. It savors of the writhingsof guilty conscience. Dr. Felton has been invited to unite with Lester and his friends to secure a fair and honest election. He knows of tlie frauds suspected in the election of 1876. He knows how dear to every freeman’s heart is the purity of the ballot-box. Yet he re fuses io do tlie only thing which can prevent fraud, and satisfy the aroused suspicion of the people. He is in formed that his friends have asserted that he spent all his salary, except actual expenses in the last two pro ceeding campaigns, while all the time ho pretended to be the un biased, unbought and unforced choice of the people. He knows all this, and yetissilent, “while suspicion strengthens to be lief.” As for the editor, remember ing his nobler days in silent charity we leave him to his traitor’s crust — his shame—his bitterness. It were better to have your old comrades at the roll call, answer to your name— “dead on the field of honor,” ;han to live and hear it said, “deserted to the enemy, aud fawning at his feet. Wool Hat. The five transatlantic steamers which left New York for Europe Sa turday, took out among other freights 133,000 bushels of grain, 19,775 boxes ot cheese, 3,220 barrels of flour, 8,983 barrels of apples, 3,330 packages of butter, 5,190 bales of cotton, 5,831 cases canned goods, 1,569 quarter* and 60 tons fresh beef, 175 carcasses sheep, 176 head horned cattle and 26 horses. Three of the steamers were destined for Liverpool, one for Glasgow aud one for Bremen. Senator McDonald, of Indiana, is sure the result in that state places Hendricks foremost among the Dem ocratic candidates for the Presidency in 1880, because it shows Indiana to be the “only reliable Democratic state in the Northwest.” He thinks Hen dricks is not so extreme on the finan cial question at present as the Eastern Democrats are, since his platform is a national currency convertible into coin. CE\. TIM)!IS ON ORGAM/ATIOX. A Caaitic Letter upou the I’elltleel Isswe. Eds. Express: Geo- Toombs cer tainly does not understand the situa tion in the Seventh Congressional District, else he would not say “the head and front” of Dr. Felton’s “of fending” is “he don’t follow us.” His offendin? “hath this extent and noth ing more.” The most serious objec tion to this statement is, that it is not true. Dr. Felton hates organized De mocracy, and has consecrated all his great talents and made an unholy al liance with Republicans fer the avow ed purpose of defeating his party. And to this end be has traduced aad slandered an bouorable man. capable, experienced and pure—a maimed sol dier of the lost cause, and that with out a hearing —denying the battle scarred hero the right of self defense. The exponent—the standard bearer of organized Democracy—cannot be heard io joint discussion on the issues of the day in the Seventh Congres sional District! The subject matter of the General’s scripture reference is in Luke, chap. 9, verse 49-50. “And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy i name, and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us.” And Je sus said unto him, “forbid him not, for he that K not against us is for us.” I am aware that this quotation can he found iu another place, but I quote from Luke because I think be more fully expresses the meaning, and be- • sides, Luke was a “doctor” aud made , a good “record.” Acts of the Apos-; lies. The ground of the objections made 1 by the disciples to the one casting out devils ia the name of Christ is, his supposed want of loyalty to Christ. 1 “He followeth uot with us.” Hence when they see Jesus they tell him about it. When the General burls a shaft at the organized Democratic j party barbed by a scriptural quota tion, he ought not to be so economis tic in the use of language as to allow an ellipsis, to throw out the only ! prominent idea there is in the whole transaction. “He don’t follow us.” But Jesus put a negative upon the objections of the disciples. Yes sir, 1 and gave a reason for it. “For he that is not against us is for us,” and , besides, this one was casting out dev ils in the name of Christ, aud was not therefore disloyal as they had sup posed. Gen. Toombs says, in speak ing of the Republican party, “this party must be destroyed,” and Bro. Brewster deems these words so im portant that he, in publishing his let ter, italicizes ail of them. Now it will be admitted that the mission of the Democratic party is to do this, destroy the Republican party, accord ing to Gen. Toombs. The real ques tion therefore, is who, what and where is the Democratic party. It it the organized Democracy, or is it Dr. Felton? Gen. Toombs furnishes us with thesigns that follow Democratic work. “The casting out of devils— the destruction of the Republican party. I-s Dr. Felton casting out dev ils in the name of the organized Dem ocratic party ? Is he casting them out in the name of Dr. Felton? Is he casting them out in the name of anybody or of anything ? Is he cast ing them out at all? Is he trying to destroy the Republican party? If not, he is not the Democratic party, and ought not to be supported by Democrats. But Gen. Toombs is a statesman, and maybe he cau tell us how Dr. Felton is going to destroy the Republican party. Is he to be tray them with kisses. And is capi tal punishment to follow. We have suspected, by the fraudulent \ote of 1876 and the signs of the times now, that there has been and will again be some capital punishment used. Is it right to destroy any party whatever without notice? To kill them with out a hearing ? But then they are no better than the standard bearer of organized Democracy. Go on, Dr. Felton, with the execution of that party, but upon you and General Toombs be their blood. For “Dr. Luke makes one say in his beautiful “record “For it seemeth unreas onable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.” We thought that was the law yet, but this Independent movement and its direct and collat : eral urines have tangled us up some. Maybe Gen. Toombs can tell us when this law of self-defense was repealed. J He will also let us know where he and Dr. Felton get their patent rights for killing Radicals. If we have to love that party, was to seal our lips about their errors or their virtues, unless we are “cheek by jowl” with them, and to unite with them in the propagation of falsehood and slander against a good and true man to make us Democrats, then, as for me and my house, we will serve ! other Gods. Canton. I Reports occasionally come to hand of the condition of poor ex Empress Carlotta, the unfortunate Maximil ian’s widow. She still resides at Ter venren, near Brussels, and none now see her except by permission of the Queen of the Belgians, as strange faces great excitement in her mind. One of her hallucinations is that an attempt was made to poison her in Mexico, and that this design is still directed against her, and so she re fuses to take ail food which the Queen does not taste. Sometimes she puts j on her most splendid dresses, lights i her room brilliantly,and goes through the form of receiving famous guests, by whom she thinks herself surround ed. A true democrat is he who is wil ling to sacrifice his personal ends and ambition for the success of his party, and w hich success he believes is the good of the country. He neither wires, nor begs or pushes himself in to the high seats ot responsibility. He sticks to his party, and waits to be called higher. He regards the of fices as places of service, and not as occassions of pleasure or profit, or for the gratification of personal vanity. In a word, he neither seeks these high offices nor declines them, if he is in the condition to discharge their i duties. —B, H. Hill. IXDEPEXDEXT CANOI DATES. W hat Kffoel will their Movement* have Upon the Country?—Wh.tt tbe South ha* at Stake.—The difference between In dependent and Nominee. A letter from an old aud observant politician, says : “I believe all can did and intelligent minds will admit that whatever relief the coun try, and especially the South, has had from their embarrassments has been brought about by the efforts of the organized Democratic party, and that without organization the party would have been utterly powerless to accomplish anything in that di-j reel ion, In the absence of thorough ; organization in the Democratic party, the entire South would to-day be subject to the degradation mod dfe grace with which South Garoifwa aad Louisiana have been afflicted far the last ten years. And while much has been done to give relief to the country, there is much to ho done. Forward ! should be the battle cry of the party, until it shall be restored to power, and the doctrines of local- | government and the rights of the 1 South under the Constitution, and protection to all classes and all sec tions shall be fully recognized and restored. The Republican party is thorough ly organized and marshalling Its forces for the struggle of 1880. They aver their purposes to lie the restora tion of Grant and his dynasty to power, which means uot only cor ruption and plunder in the adminis tration of the government, and bay onets tor the South. I ask all true Democrats, is it the part of wisdom and patriotism to disband in the face of such a foe? The Democratic party by the help of God Is the only power upon which we can rely to defeat that powerful organization seeking to crush us and enslave our childreu children after us, and Gid does not help those who do not help them selves. I apprehend it is not neces sary at this late day in the world’s history to make any argument before an enlightened people to satisfy them that we cannot meet and successfully contend with a party so powerful aud completely organized as tho Re publican party without organization on our part. If, at the time the Federal army crossed the Potomac and made its first forward move on Richmond, some public speaker had announced in an address to the peo ple that the army of Virginia should be disbanded and disorganized and let every man who might desire to command lead such portion of the troops as he could induce to follow him, all men of sense would have said he was a fit subject for the Luna tic Asylum. And if his advice had been followed, the army changed in to a mob would not have been much obstruction to tho march of the Fed eral. Aud yet there would have been as much hope of success for that disbanded army as there would be for us outside of ihe Democratic or ganization. No great object required the co-operation of a large number of men lias ever been accomplished without organization and concert of action ; this is true in church and State. If, then, it be true, as I assume it to be, that it is impossible for us suc cessfully to contend with the organ ized Republican party without or ganization on our part, and that the political salvation of the South and the liberty of the whole country de pend upon the success of the Democ racy, does not every principle of pa triotism aud self protection demand that we place the party in a complete and perfect state of organization at the the very earliest day possible? Our Democratic friends at the North have been struggling for years, against fearful o<tds, and with a heroism that commands the admiration of the world, to give us equal rights in tlie Union and to restore the Government to an honest and economical adminis tration. And to disorganize the Democratic party at tlie South is to | cowardly abandon our friends at the North, and leave them to be crushed out and politically destroyed by their enemies and ours. This would be ingratitude which does not comport with the chivalry, dignity and man hood of Southern Democracy. It takes all our friends at the North and solid South to succeed, and weeauuot hold the South outside of the organ ization. This is patent to all reflect ing minds. Hence, Mr. Key, (who is in Haye’s Cabinet) and other Re publican leaders, advise their friends to support Independents in all di rections in all districts where they are in the minority as the only means of keeping the Democratic party out of power. They admit that we will have a Democratic Sen ate and it is generally conceded that we will elect the President in 1880, and they base their last hope upon capturing the next house of Repre sentatives through the disorganiza tion which is to be brought about by the agency of indepeml nt Democrat candidates. If Washington had dis banded the American army in sight of Yorktown after seven longyearsof toil, privation and bloodshed, in the struggle for independence, the civil ized world would have looked upon him in contempt. Aud yet after about eighteen years of sacrifice and toil to restore the democratic party to power and the administration of the government to the honest, equal ity and justice practiced by our fath ers, when we have almost reached the goal of our ambition, when every patriotic poise beats strong ivith bope, when we are marching up to the last grand and glorious charge that will carry the citadel of the ene my, and when the shouts of the democratic millions are about to ring out all over our common country, we are asked by men claiming to be democrats, ambitious oliee-seek ers, self-constituted candidates, who claim to be the people’s men, and who follow the party like Peter followed the Saviour, afar off, and for tbe same purpose that another class 101- j lowed Him, to disband the party and [NUMBER 39. follow their lead outside of tlie or ganization. To encourage the inde pendent movement is to en> courage discord in the demo cratic ranks. This emascu lates the party’s strength and plnees it at the feet of its organized enemy. This restores the Govern ment to Grant and his plunderers, and theßouth to the rule of bayonets andearpet-bagg*s. The independent movement necessarily divides the party, and so long as the doctrine re mains true that “a house divided against itself cannot stand,” we will suffer loss by following such leaders. Having said this much upon the ef fect of the Independent movement uf>oit the country and the party, I desire in conclusion to say a few words upon the subject of Independ ent candidates. The man whose aspirations for office are so strong jthat he will divide and hazzard the Mcoesß of the party for the political position is not worthy of the eonfl dinoe of an enlightened and patriotic people. But is said that abuses, frauds and corruptions get inlo these nominating conventions, and the best men are not always selected. I ad mit this to bo true. They would not be human institutions if it were not so. I ask what organization, society or institution is free from abuses ? We find them in the churches, and everywhere in this world* But all i intelligent men admit that a party cannot succeed without organization, and no man has yot suggested a bet ter plan for selecting candidates. The only remedy suggested is Independent candidates, which is not only a violation of that legal maxim founded upon the experience and wisdom of ages, that no man shall lie judge in his own case, but it divides, demoralizes and defeats the party. 1 notice that those men who head the Independent movement are always wilting to accept a nomination when it is tendered to them. If they arc nominated all is right, but it not they nominate themselves, set up in defiance of the party, and call them selves the people’s candidates. And it so happens that the man who inaugurates the Independent move ment in any section of the countr; , and talks the most abont rings, tricksters and party lash, always has the selection or nomination of the Independent or people’s candidate. And knowing that he is the ablest, most patriotic and best qualified man the people have, always selects him self. Andifoneof thesi Independ ents should happen to succeed, when the time comes to select his successor, seeing it is vastly important that the people’s man should be endorsed, and knowing tthat the peo ple have no man who is equal to him, who possesses so many virtues and qualifications, lie again selects himself as the people’s can didate. And when a third term 1 comes along, being very desirous to : remain at home with his wife and I child (if he should happen to have one), and having a great aversion to ! public life, but being a self sacrificing patriot, and knowing that “his record is perfect,” and that no man ever made such a record before, and being 1 perfectly satisfied that no such disin terested embodiment of wisdom will j ever ever come after him, tor the sake of vindicating the people, and manifesting the wisdom of their 1 ohoice, he again selects himself as the : people’s candidate and graciously consents to stand for ret lection. And for the love that he has for the people, and feeling the inspira | tion of the old Roman maxim “Dul> ' ce decorum ed partria more" —it is sweet and glorious to die for one’s ’ country—if the salary were doubled ! he would still (if he should ever hap pen to die) be willing to “die in the j harness.” The New York Nation (Ind. Rep.) ! is curious to know w'hat inducements were used by the Republican mana agers with the Florida returning board in 1876, that “neutralized or overcome the influence of the money the Democrats seem to have been so ready to spend. There was clearly a good deal of corruptible material in Florida connected in one way or another with tho count and the board, and it was really more impor tant for the Republicans to secure this than for their opponents for, from what we know of Florida, from the independent testimony of General Barlow, the State had really voted but a slight majority for the Tilden electors.” The Nation fears, however, that its curiosity will not be grantifled “until we know'what the Republican agents did between the 30th of November and the sth of December, 187 G, and get a glimse of the secret dispatches on their side.” the New York Tribune having stated that “the God of nations saved this land from the ruin and dishonor” of the bribery of the Florida returning board to an honest count of the votes. The Nation comments: “We know from ttieir own appearance before the Potter Committee what manner of men the Florida counters were; that some of them at least were marketable the cipher telegrams show, and we therefore have our curiosity roused as to the precise means employed by the God of na tions to make them give the Presi idence to the right man, and yet sat isfy the longings of their corrupt nature for money or goods.” ■ Beast Butler is working very hard in his campaign. He delivers a speech every day, and often two speeches in a day, besides doing a great deal of underground work. The October elections have rendered hard work a still greater necessity for him than it was before. The small Greenback Labor vote in the 1 West has greatly discouraged the Greenbackers in Massachusetts. They see the movement is not a “ti dal wave.” Judge Simmons; of St. Louis,holds i that as crosswalks are made for the j convenience of persons on foot, it is the duty of drivers, including those of horse cars, not ojfrly to check their speed when a person )3 on a cross -1 walk, or even approaching it, but to stop where there is the least danger of a collision. The Judge fined a driver who, expecting people to get out of the way, drove among them. IT CMS OF INTEREST. Gov. Colquitt has been in demand j at Slate Fairs this Fall. Every (Jafftc killed in the i• ■ •■ it war in Africa, cost England $625. Eight hundred b iles of cotton fro n | the new crop have been received in ! Atlanta. Widows over 50 are not perinith and to marry again in Portugal. Houston has sent thirty-two nur- a to the yellow fever districts. Ex President Grant has given j - -0 to the yellow fever sufferers. A Connentieut manufacturing company has receive-! an order from Soutli America for 85,000 plows. A re-union of the third Georgia regiment will bo held at Macon div ing the State Fair. Jeffersou Davis, Jr., only son of ex-President Davis, died of yellow fever recently at Memphis. The Democrat says that Cohen, ti o Washington labor agitator, used t-j keep an ice cream saloon in B.iK bridge. More than 6,000,000 human beings have died from starvation within i year in Asia, The Macon relief society has con tributed over 15,000 to the yellow fever relief fund. Six Spanish joui nais are being sued by the government for insinuating that the late Queen Mercedes wan poisoned. A Justice of Lafayette, Indian i, has decided that spanking a baby in rude, insolent, or angry manner ren ders a mother liable to prosecution for assault and battery. Beauties of quarantining the mails —Three thousand pounds of mall matter accumulated at Denison, Tex as, and ten thousand pounds at Tex arkana ami Marshall. Athens has contributed to date, for the fever sufferers, $1,083.55 in cash, besides liberal contributions of cloth ing, provisions, etc. Rev. Mr.Richardson, of Tennessee, is delivering a series of lectures at the City llall in It >me, in tho inter est of the Murphy temperance move ment. A portion of the Georgia Railroad, between Atlanta and Augusta, is being relaid with steel rails, and tho manufacturers are said to get S4O pec ton for them. The plague is distinctly traced to the steamer Russia, which came into New Orleans from Havanna on tho Bth of June with 1,000 boxes of sugar. An old Indian, out towards sun down, has predicted that the coining winter will be the hardest one that has been experienced for years. A Virginia woman offers to sell her husband by auction and apply tho proceeds to tlie liquidation of the State debt. “I can recommend him to purchasers,” she adds, “as a man possessing all the qualities 4 woman capable of controlling him. could desire.” It lining rumored in Atlanta (hat a case of native yellow fever had ap peared there, a Constitution reporter called on Dr. J. G. Westmoreland, and asked him if he had heard the report. “Yes,” said the doctor; “but let me tell you : whenever there is a single case of fever in this city I will come and tell you. I won’t sto*> running till I get to you, and the i you must tell the people. Why, ain’t my honor pledged to this, and my honor is dearer to me than my life. It is impossible for any case t i get a hold here; hut if one should happen to do so, I should at once let the public know.” If, through tho arts of de signing men, as is often the case, evil spring up in the organization, then the purification of the organiza tion, and not its destruction. I have therefore always taken, and shall al ways take, my place in tho party and with the organization. Independ ence in the formation and expression of opinions istheduty of all men, and especially of public man and leaders. No man lias asserted this independ enca more fearlessly or more fre quently than myself. But it has never occurred to me that I could promote my opinions by fighting my party. On tho contrary, I have al ways thought that the best way to promote the success of correct opinions is to do all I can do to bring the party to them. In this a man may some times suffer temporary personal in jury or even wrong, but in the end lie will be vindicated. —B. IL. Hill. I cannot see how any par ly a practical, effi cient existence without an organiz - tion. I am equally unable to see bow any man can promote the suc cess of a party by fighting its organ ization.— B. 11. Hill. The Beaufort (S. C.) Tribune of a recent date says : “A letter from New York to one of our citizens says: ‘Who do you suppose came to beg for some money to buy food, and this was the second time he had come ? Poor devil! I felt sorry for him in his abject misery and gave him enough to carry him through the day. The fellow was your ex- Gov. Moses. He pretends that ho wants to return to South Carolina, but has not the means to return.’ ” Senator Conkling made a two hours’ speech at Ithaca, New York, Thursday, in defense of hard money and the national banking system. During his speech he asserted the Democrats and Greenbackers were , affiliating in platforms and on candi dates, and that the Republican party was the party of honest money, op posed by Democrats and Nationals. The talk in Leadville, Col., is about a vagabond of a miner, Bassick, who tramped into town without a cent in his pocketand jumped into an income of $2,000 a day. He began to dig in Tyndall Hill, and three feet below the surface struck a rotten, chalky substance that formed the entire em inence. Everybody laughed at the beggar, and derisively called his find “Bassick’s Whitewash Mine.” But Bassick found the stuff rich in carbo nate of lead carrying silver, and, dig ging down, found boulders and peb bles coated with silver chloride. From the surface down 200 feet the mine has paid richer than other in the county, yielding thus far $64,000 i> er month.
