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HAMILTON Wm JOURNAL
GUBERNATORIAL.
Opinions of the Press.
(Clipped from Our Exchanges.)
Houston Home Journal.
What, \ve need in Atlanta notv is a
man with just such a head full of
money sense as stands upon the
shoulders of one John 11. James.
Wo do not need a lawyer for the next
term, nor a merchant, but we need a
financier. Let us have him.
Toccoa Ilerald.
We repeat that we are not among
those who advocate his excellency’s
reelection, and at the same time we
know of no cause why he should bo
so warmly persecuted by those who,
with himself, together with all of
Georgia’s citizens, have one common
interest to advance and one common
cause to serve.
Gumming Clarion.
Every week furnishes us additional
evidence that Gen. Lucius J. Gar
trell is the people’s candidate for lie
governorship, and that if their wishes
are respedted, lie is destined to be
Georgia’s next governor. Gentlemen
may say, oh, no, this or that man, is
the more popular, but we say unto
them with the firm conviction o'
truth and soberness that the people
in north Georgia are for Gen Gartrell,
the noble man, whe has ever been a
democrat and has never done any
thing inconsistent with the strictest
fidelity to the principles implied by
the name.
Griffin Press and Cultivator.
Gov. Smith has doubtless made ut
a good governor, and if t he people of
Georgia wish to try him again, lien
say so. Col. II rdornan is one of the
most talented men in the south, has
but few' equals anywhere and we
question if any superiors. Do the
people wish him? If so nominete him.
The name of Gin. Colquitt is a talis
man, and thrills with sweet, mu.it' in
the hearts of a thousand old soldiers.
Do the voters prefer him? Then
place his name before the sons of
Georgia with its magic power. We
need retrenchment, economy, finan
cial ability to save us from ruin. Is
John 11. James the man for the place?
Nominate him and he will be govern
or. So with all the rest.
Cartersvilic Express.
The move for the nomination of
Mr. Johnson for governor fans not
sprung from office see ers—from
men who expect gubernatorial favors.
It. comes from men who do not desire
office and are oi posed to nil rings,
cliques and combinations attempting
to forest all popular sentiment. The
men ho are arguing Mr. Johnson
for governor would scorn to ask of
him pledges as vehemently and in
dignantly ns he would refuse to make
pledges The movement is on a
liigh u r and more exalted plane of pol
itics than for selfish purposes on the
part of those engaged in it. It is in
tended ns a movement of the people
if the peop'e endorse it; if they do
not it is not proposed to enter a
scramble to make it successful. In
short if the people desire Hershel V.
Johnson fo•• governor and express
that desire in the nominating conven
tion and at the ballot box, and in the
interest of the public good, he can
not and will not, as we believe, re
fuse to obey the voice of the people,
however much lie may be indisposed
to assume such responsibility. He is
too good a democrat and true a pa
triot to shrink from public duty
when called to it by tbe voice of the
people. The only question remains,
do the people of Georgia desire Her
shel V. Johnson as their next gover
nor ?
Bainbridge Democrat.
The people love and honor Gov.
Smith, and are not only satisfied a ill),
but are proud of his administration.
He has not only been tried to ihe sat
isfaction of the masses,and not found
wanting in any essential that tends
to make a wise and able ruler. The
falsehoods, insinuations and slanders
of anonymous writers, or the vora
cious attacks of* hungry editors fall
still-born before the judgement and
common sense of the people of Geor
gia. The great majority of tho peo -
pie are interested in good government
alone. It is a very small minority of
the population that are interested in
the holding of the offices, and who
“hanker” after the fleah pot?. These
are the fellows who desire new ad
ministrations, and who if they have
not capital to advance theircauipaign
with, must make it. Hence the at
tacks upon Gov. Smith.
Columbus Enquirer.
The bogus bonholders anil ring
thieves once had a fine time picking
from the carcass of old Georgia.
The advent of Gov. Smith put them
to flight and made them drop much
of their plunder. They have tried
hard “to slip up’’ on the Governor
and get a grab, but he was always
on the alert nd thwarted them in
every moment. They are in a sad
fix. There is only one course left for
'.hem to get into the treasury and re
fib their empty coffers, and that is to
get the peoples guardian out of the
way and substitute a more pliant
watchman in his st* and. 1 lie villian
ous letter to the New York Herald
has been followed up, as we predict
ed, by more assaults and vile flings at
itifc Governor. This time in the shape
of a communication to the Augusta
HAMILTON, HARRIS CO., GA„ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1876.
Constitutionalist , These scribblers,
no doubt, imagine they are pouring
“hot shot” into the Governor, but
they are using such poor powder
that their shots fall harmless to the
ground before reaching their mark.
The explosion ofthese pop guns does
not even make noise enough to give
the Governor a scare. We think it
very foolish for these bogus fellows
to be trying to make a muss. Somo
body may tell the Governor what
they are trying to do, and ho might
not like it. Then they will be forev
er cut off from the use of his “pardon
ing powers.” It may be the man
ner the Governor exorcises his “par
donint; powers’’ that they dislike,
and, like prudent thieves, they are
guarding against the chances of be
ing caught. “Go slow, Bogus.”
“Soldier” in Constitution.
A number of gentlemen of distinc
tion have been named in connection
with the office for the next governor
of Georgia, and I believe that none
stand more prominent on the list
than that distinguished and Christian
gentleman Gen. A. II - Colquitt. In
southwestern Georgia where ho lias
been well and favorably kno w n for
many years, bus a host of warm sup
porters. Gen. Colquitt, formerly
lived in southwestern Georgia for a
number of years, his high character
for honor and integrity, and his splen
did genial, social qualities have much
endeared him to ttiose people; having
held many places of public trust in the
army, iu the national councils, in pri
vate corporations, in public enterpris
es, the same stern integrity and gen
uine manhood has ever characterized
his course iu life; and as the com
mander of the famous Colquitt bri
gade in the array of northern Vir
ginia, and the hero of Ocean I’ond in
Flarida, his chivalry was commensu
rate with his distinguished services in
civil life. It o. curs to me that with
the prestige and influence that Gen.
Colquitt would carry into the cam
paign. that he could not only wipe
out radicalism, iu the governors elec
tion, but in those counties where the
democrats have had to struggle hard
to carry the election for members of
the legislature, the name of Colquitt
would add great strength aud 'enthu
siasm to the ticket-
—The Atlanta Constitution says that
Gov. Smith’s action in the case of
Brinkley is vindicated by the decision
at Newman, a few days since, grant
ing anew trial. Our Coweta friends
who hastily blamed the governor for
his conduct in this case, should now
see the wrong done to him, for their
own court has declared Brinkly enti
tled to anew heaiing. Human hie
is too sacred to be debarred the least
possible legal right, or opportunity
for legal defense.
—There is some twaddle, says the
New York Sun, about starting a
third party for the Presidential elec
tion. It can’t be done, and won’t bo
tried. In a short time the main issue
will be joined between the t wo exist
ing paries, and into them will be
whirled all the political forces of the
country. In the campaign of this
year no third party could do anything
but guerrilla skirmishing and black
mailing, and no such business can lie
tolerated under the present circum
stances. One of the twaddlers about
a third party says “the people are
mad enough” just now to rush into
it. There are somejpeople who are
often mad enough and silly enough
to make fools of themselves; but even
these will keep clear of the foliy of a
third party this year. Two parties
are sufficient for the present.
President Grant’s la'est indignity
to the South, and indeed to the
whole country, is assigning to duty
at the Centenial Exposition the infa
rnous Major Lewis Merrill, whose
pranks in South Carolina and Louis
iana have made him so notorious.
Even the New York Tribuno is forced
to say : “There will be so much cu
riosity to see this remarkable officer,
whose operations in Louisiana during
the political campaign of 1874 were
the theme of general comment all
over the coutry, that we trust he wiil
be given a conspicuous place in the
United States Government building.
It would not be a bad idea to exhibit
with him a copy of Lieut.-Col. Mor
row’s report to Gen. Emory on Maj
Merrili’s behavior in “impairing the
reputation of the service of conduct
in the delicate arid-responsible duties
it is required to perform in conjunc
tion with the civil authorities in the
Southern States.”
—i—■
The Editor of the London Times
wants to know, if all the thieves and
rascals are to be kicked out of the
Republican party, “whose to do the
kicking?” That rump Congress,
Colonel, of which you spoke recently,
will do the work, and not only kick
them out of the Republican party,
but into the Penitentiaries of the
country —that is, it they don’t Maran
off to Canada.
How a Maiden Lady Softened on
a Soldier.
During Lie war there lived in the
vicinity of a city a solitary maiden
of sixty summers, who had no one to
protect her agsinst the rude buffets
of the world. If any flower of affec
tion for the other had ever warmed
and beautified her maiden heatt, it
bloomed in secret and “wasted its
sweetness on the desert air.” At
that time which “ tried men’s souls ”
she continued to live alone unterri
tied by the evils of civil war. One
day while the ci'y was occupied by
Federal troops, a soldier went into
her potatoe patch, and commenced
helping himself to the potatoes.
She soon discovered his presence,
and rushing out she screamed, in a
high, shrill key:
“ Get out of tny potatoe patch, you
vagabond.”
Soldier—“l shan’t do it; your
sons are in the army fighting against
ns now, and I am going to have all
the potatoes as I want.’’
Maid—“ You are a liar, sir; you
are a liar.”
Soldier —“ Well, if your sons aint
your husband is, and I am going to
have these potatoes.’’'
Maid—“ You’re a liar, sir, I’ve got
no husband.”
Soldier —“Well, if your husband
aint your sweetheart is.’’
Maid —“Well, I declare (softening)
who told you I had a sweetheart?’’
Soldier—“ Never mind.”
Maid —“ Well, I reckon you can
have a few potatoes, but don’t take
no mote’n you need for yonr own use.”
The Crooked Alphabet.
A—stands for Avery, clerk of the
ring,
B—for Babcock, who had a big
thing.
C—is for Conduce, surnamad
Megrne,
D—is for Dyer, who made them
feel blue;
E—is for Everett, gone to the
South,
F—is for Fitzroy, who talks with
his mouth;
G—is for Grant, whose pardon
they crave,
ll—for Henderson, gone to his
grave;
I—is for Int, Rev, hard to col
lect,
J—is for Joyce, who has time to
reflect;
K -is for keno, on which they
all bet,
L—stands for liars, unpunished
as yet,
M—for mischief they try to keep
mum,
N—for the nuisance the ring lias
become;
O—for Orville, who wont bo put
through,
P—is for Pcddrick; the peniten
tiary, too;
Q —the whole business, decided
ly queer,
R—for rectifiers, who hope to
get clear;
S—stands for St., Louis, where the
ring catne to grief,
T —is for Treat, of just judges the
chief;
U—is for Uncle Sam, whose an
ger is hot;
V—is the virtue the ring hasn’t
got; 1
W—is for w hiskey, of corn or
of rye,
X—is the cross on which thieves
ought to die;
Y—stands for Yaryan, last but
not vile.
Z—for zebra, whose stripes are
in style.
A farmer living just out of Vicks
burg was reading in an agricultu
ral paper, the other day, an article
headed—“He Kind to Your Cow.”
He went out to milk with a heart
fuil of kindness, and, as he sat down,
he whisperer!: “So boss—stand
round—good creature —hoist a little,
there, you intelligent, kind hearted
old boss.” About two minutes afier
that, his wife heard him yelling arid
whooping, and as she ran to the door,
he called out: “Bring me the axe,
Maria, and the spade, and that big
club, there, and tha butcher knife
and that shot gun, for I’ll be darned
if this old hellion shall ever ive to
kick me in the jaw again !’’— Vicks
burg Herald
—TO • -<► • •"*-
A Kentucky judge has decided
that a man has no right to harness
his wife to a plow, no, not even with
a mule. And yet women complain
that they have no lights.
Tribute of Respect.
Mountain Hill Lodge )
No. 297 I. O. G. T. f
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty
God to take from our midst, our
beloved and worthy sister, Mollie 11.
Boles, wife of W. B, Boles, and
daughter of Porter and Mary Gr.id
dick, and in the death of our sister, the
lodgo lost one of its best and most,
faithful members, the church, one of
its most devoted aud constant mem
bers, the housbaud, an affectionate
wife, the parents, a dutiful child; we
greatly mourn the loss of our sister,
but while wo thus mourn, we meekly
bow to the will of Him who doeth
all things well. While we mourn,
we mourn not as those who have no
hope, for we have bright evidences
that our loss is her eternal gain.
Sister Boles united with the Bap
tist church at Hamilton in her thir
teenth year, and was baptized by the
well-known Rev. M. J. Wellborn do
ceased. She lived as she died—full
of faith and love, Therefore be it
1. Ilesoloed, That wo sympathize
with tho the bereaved husband and
parents of our deceased sister, and
offer our sincere condolence to them
in this their sad bereavement.
2. That these resolutions be sent to
the Hamilton Journal and State
Line Press for publication.
3. That a copy bo presented to tho
husband and parents of the deceased.
4. That one page of tho secretary’s
hook be dedicated to tho memory of
our sister.
5. That we wear tho usual badge
of mourning twenty days.
W. D. Cook,
J. M. Moon,
L. C. Hargett,
Committee.
Tribute of Respect.
The committee appointed by
Mountain Hill Lodge, No. 297,1. O.
G. TANARUS., Harris county, Ga., to draft
suitable resolutions in reference to tho
death of sister Hattie E. Massey,
wife ofWm. C. Massey, and daugh
ter of Rev. S. W. Bartley, beg leave
to submit the following:
Whereas, it has pleased an All
wise God to reinovo by death, sister
Hattie E. Massey, from our Order
and society, and as she was a kind
and faithful Christian, even in life’s
warfare upon earth, as well as at the
hour of death. Therefore be it
1. Resolved , That we bow humbly
and submissively to the will of God.
2. That in the death of onr sister,
society has lost a good woman, and
her husband, a kind nnd faithful wife,
aud this body, one of its best mem
bers.
3. That wo truly sympathize with
her disconsolate husband and little
children, and the bereaved parents of
the deceased in their irreparable loss.
4. That these resolutions be enter
ed upon the minutes, a copy sent to
the husband and parents, also, one
lo the Hamilton Journal and Stale
Line Press for publication.
5. That her death be recorded by
the secretary.
6. That we wear tbe usual badge
of mourning fwenty days.
L. C. Hargett,
C. A. Martin,
J. M. Moon,
Committee.
What Georgia’s Got.
Dr. H V. M. Miller in his speech
upon the reception of the North-west
visitors, did up Georgia in the follow
ing manner. His speech was replete
with good humor and good sense.
He said in his remarks: You talk
about \our fine country; you have a
fine country, I have no doubt about
that. But if there is a better place
than the State of Georgia upon the
face of the earth, I never saw it.
(Laughter.) I love the people of the
old commonwealth, ana I love the
commonweal!h itself. It is a tine
country. My friends, we have got
gold enough in Georgia, to-day, to
pay the national debt. VVe have got
iron enough in Georgia to bind to
gether every section of this country.
We have got coal enough to melt it.
We have got slate enough in Georgia
to cover all out doors. (Laughter
and applause.) We have got inarb e
enough in Georgia to lance in all of
out doors. We have got copper
enough to furnish the brass of the
whole Yankee nation. (Laughter
and applause.) Weil, that is not
half of it.
Go up to the Capitol and look into
the specimens of mineral anil
agricultural wealth. I shall not ttiu
morale all these articles of small val
ue such diamonds; (laughter;) but
iJown here upon rite sea coa-t, wc
can raise rice enough to feed the
Chinese empire. \V e have down
there live oak forest enough to build
the navies of the world. And you
will see before you return from your
excursion trip, fields enough to clothe
the world; and not only so, but we
Lave water power enougu to spin it.
I jor tli© Journal ]
Another Programme.
The lorivs of Georgia presumo a
poor man and his wife can live on
50 acres of lanff, wriih five for each
additional child. Less than that
might do, but wo will put it at 100
to a family. Two-thirds or three
tourths of the laud in Georgia is at
present dead enpital to its owner,
but an investment on which nn average
of 1 per cent is paid for support of the
Government. The only benefit .from
it accrues to theoflioe holders. A man
in Georgia 40 years ago, bought 2,000
acres of land and gave |20,000 for it.
Ho used only 1,000 of it, and after
40 years sold tho other for SIO,OOO.
That 810.000 laid dead to him for 49
years, or suffered an annual lots of
8700 at 7 per cent., or n total loss of
828,000; or, if compounded, about
8300,000. lie used it alone to value
it yearly and pay tax on it, I saw a
report lately (mislaid it) which said
there were about 27 millions im
proved land (I suppose settled) and
a small amount of wild lands com
paratively, which at the time im
pressed ine as leaving about 10 mil
lions acres unaccounted. It Georgia
contains 65,000 square miles, it con
tains about 37,000 millions of acres.
Ten millions hid out, and of the
oilier twenty seven millions only
about nine millions cultivated, and
18 millions dead capital to owners,
but a government fund to pay taxes
on.
Now, in connection with tho above
the failure of tho Degro, and the cot
ton as a general crop, and the conse
quent exodus of the negro as being un
profitable here—hisjinevitable destiny,
that of going where he may be most
profitably used by tho white man,
the necessity of calculating the
changes, of preparing for them is
apparent. Then, the substitution of
other labor and modes becomes a
necessity.
Labor has been employed, since
the war, under every conceivable
variety of mode, by the while and
black man, from the more independ
ent renter to the cropper and com
mon laborer. The renters hare been
mostly white. Thirty-nine out of
forty have broke down at it; not
one in 40 now able as renter in the
proper sense of that term lo run a
farm. No man can farm and pay 40
to 50 per cent on the value of the
land he uses; and add to that the
high per cent on suppplieo, if on credit
and a year or two will finish him.
Two and 21| halos cotton to the mule
or $l2O or SIOO for the use of thirty
acres land worth S3OO for one year,
is a per cent too big for any body
but a government contractor. This
sort ot business lias broken up rentors
proper and all now run on mutual
downfall schedule. We’ll never im
port more negroes, and the hope of the
country is the settlement of it by the
white race. Anew era is sotting in.
How now shall we best use our
chances? My plan is to suggest
that every man that owns say 1,000
acres, is to sell 500 to 5 mon—each
100 acres. Give them 3,4, or 5
years to pay in, in money and pro
duce yearly. At tho end of tho term
their land and improvements couldn’t
bo bought for double the price paid,
nor could tho seller’s 500 acres left
be bought for less. At $4 per acre
(the present average in Georgia is
♦3.38) tho seller would lake in year
ly say SSOO from tho purchasers, and
his own remainder would increase
in value, yearly, SSOO ; and at the
end of 4 years, the 1,000 acres, now
worth $4,000 would bo worth SB,OOO.
There would be five permanent
citizens in lieu of transient sojourners
to become interested in schools,
churches, roads and everything con
nected with the general improve
ment of the neighborhood and coun
try. Taking all the chances of rent
and cropping, tho man or present
owner of the 1,000 acres does’ut now
realize SSOO. By my plan he gets
SSOO yearly, and SSOO additional
value on his remainder, anil forming
around him society on a permanent
basis, from which spring all the in
ecu lives to the building up and im
provement of tbe country in all
j respects.
From the ground springs all wealth,
and if the foundation is secure, all
else is sate; and appearance* of pros
perity above and outside of it are
fictitious and delusive, if the fillers of
the soil are unprosperous. On the
production* of ihc land are bottomed
all values. If the soil or land eau
be increased in value a hundred ibid,
$2.00 A YE AR
everything elso makes its tneinure
ment thereby. Tho property of
Georgia is now $261 millions. It
would then be worth $522 millions,
which, at a tax of 1 per cent, (which
it will soon reach,) will yield a reve
nue of 5,220,000 dollars, or together
with specific taxes, about six millions
for tho state, and a hundred per
cent on that for county tax, would
be 12 millions, instead of 5 or 8 mil
lions now;and we can then give the
Governor 810,000, and bis clerks and
secretaries 16 or $20,000; judges of
Supreme Court Bor 89,000, and of
Snpefior courts 6 or $7,000; Secretary
of the Senate $2,800, Ctork of the
house the same. Clerks, generally,
from 14 to 18 dollars per day, and mem
bers of the Legislature the same and
Bor 10 dollars for every 20 miles
traveled; collectors in counties like
Harris 1,000 to 2,000 dollars, and
County treasurers from 1,000 to 1,600
dollars, and county school commis
sioners from 1,000 to 1,500 dollars.
I know my plan will be readily ac
cepted on all hands.
Old Farmer.
A Slippery Place to Pop the
Question.
Sho came tripping from the church
door, her face flushed with emotions
awakened by the just uttered dis
course, and eyes bright w ith loving
expectations, lie shivered on the
curb stone, whore for an hour he
had waited impatiently with a burn
ing heart fairly palpitating in his
throat, aud frozen fingers in his
peckets. They linked arms and
started for the residence of her par
ents. After a few moments hesita
ting lie said : “Jane, we have known
eaoli other long. You must know
how I feel. You must have seen
that clear down at the bottom—Oh,
Moses
He had slipped down on the iee
with so much force that his spine
was driven up into his hat, and his
hat was tipped over his nose, but
she was a tender-hearted girl. She
did not laugh but she carefully helped
him to his feet, and said;
“You were saying, John, when
you slipped that foundation—Oh,
goodness!’’
She had slipped herself, and saw
little stars come down to dance be
fore her eyes, but ho pullejl her up iu
haste and weut on.
“ Yes, just as I said, clean down at
tho bottom of my heart is a fervent
love, on which I build my hopes.
That love has helped me stand face—
Thunder 1”
lie was down again, but scrambled
up beforo she could stoop to help
him, and she said breathless :
“Yes, yes, John. You remember
you just said a love which helped
you stand and face thunder. Aud
that you founded your hopes on—
this pesky ice!”
There she sat. John grasped the
loose part of her sacque, between the
shoulders, with ono hand, and raised
her to her feet,-as one would lift a
kitten from a pail of water by the
back of the neck. Then he said with
increased earnestness:
“ Of course, darling, and I have
longed for an opportunity to tell my
love and lo hear thorn sweet lips
whisper—Whoop 1”
Somehow John’s feet had slipped
front under him, and he had com*
down like a capital V, with his
hands aud feet pointing skyward.
She twined her taped finger* in his
curling lucks and raised him to the
statue of a man, set his hat firmly
over his eyes with both hands, and
cried iu breathless haste : ,
“ I understand, and let me assure
you, John, that if it is in my power
to lighten your cares and brighten
journey through life to —Jerusalem I’
John stood alone, and said with
breathless vehemence:
“ Oh, my precious 1 and thus shall
it be my lifelong pleasure to lift you
from the ru ie assaults of earth, and
surround you with the loving atmos
phere of—Texas!”
And there they both sat together.
They had nearly reached the gate,
and, hand, in hand, and with hearts
oveiflowing with the bliss of young
love’s first confession, they crept,
along their knees up the front steps
and were soon forgetful of tiielr
bumps on the softest cusbiou of the
parlor sofa.
The Loudon Rothschild is dead,
and every poor devil of an editor re
marks witb satisfied complacency that
“money could not sav* him.” Poverty
don’t save a man either.