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d rlAMILTON JOURNAL.
THE ORGAN OF HARRIS
VOL.
Ail Important Epoch.
Governor Smith and Col. Harris
both in their speech here T uesday
erected men of straw and then pro
reeded with proper diligence to de
molish them. They both pronounce
this the most impoitant crisis in
American history. if people were
not wrought up to the highest pitch
of excitement both would be laughed
at. The earnest appeal of “Cousin
Henry” for the people to support
( leveland and Hendricks, in the face
of the fact that their vote here, where
no voice is raised against them, will
Le overwhelming, seemed to us
puerile in the extreme. Of course it
was gratifying to his hearers to know
that he, who it can be guessed has
had so much spare time of late fer
gathering information on the status
of the campaign, is of the opinion
that the democratic national ticket
will win. Yet despite his confidence,
he declares this the most important
crisis in our history. J
Viewed from the standpoint 0 f
both these eminent gentlemen, whose
ability and worth we are CTQ to
respect, the war on he 0> jn
twrests of the [ournai, by one or two
zealous partisans of the nominee is
fully justified. A free press is one
of the mythical things of history.
But the world moves and truth
must triumph. The time is coming
when men'will settle questions of
government in the light of reason,
and with minds unbiassed by pas¬
sion. Until then we shall not
surprised to hear ex Governors and
honored Congressmen pronounce
each and every campaign in which
they engage the most important of
history—the very turning point in
the nation’s destiny. j
Prohibition in Taibotton.
Aside Jiom the nior.il aspect** of
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the traffic in liquor, it stems to us
the good people of Talbatton ought
to sustain their city council in
mg t h e whiskey license at a
figure. There is a solid
about LaGrange, since she has
come a dry town, that ough to com
mend here example to every
nity in Georgia. Money, that had
been devoted to breaking down
enervating every good influence,
now devoted to building up the town.
Its prosperous condition is the
0 f all and there is no wonder that,
in the language of one of her eminent
citizens, there are no advocates
the whiskey traffic left, Talbotton
and Hamilton might profit by her
example and we hope they will,
The whiskey traffic must go. Such
j s the decree of the people of Geor
g j a and all good people should sus¬
tain it.
An Honest Confession.
At no time have we endeavored to
induce any man who thinks the nom
ince of the democracy a superior man
to Capt. Persons, to come to the sup
port of the latter. We merely insist
tlmt if > otl do think Persons would
mak <= ** better conggresman. it is
duty to support him.
» a principle of law that he who
asks equity must do equity, and it
may be insisted that he who urges
you acquiescence in the action of a
party convention must show that he
has subjected his will to the same
P mver - Now in his speech here
Tuesday Col. Harris admitted that in
1878, according to his best judgement,
he ought to have withdrawn his name
in favor of party narmony, and that
he proposed to do so, but considera
Lon lor his friends—not for his party
—forbade his doing so. He could
not sacrifice his friendship on the
altar of his party and he ought not now
NO.
to ask others to do what he declined
t; do himself.
Water Works for Hamilton.
During the past ten days the ques¬
tion of water works has agitated the
minds of some of our citizens. When
the cost ot a complete system, that
would fully meet our present
ties or any probable demand of the
future, is considered together
the advantages to be derived, it is
great wonder that the water works
have not been built long since.
Within the corporate limits of the
town is a limpid mountain stream,
with a fall at one shoal of
feet. It affords at this time about
six hundred gallons of water per
minute. Between this water* fall and
the courthouse, on half-way ground,
is a hill, the top of which is above the
level of the tops of three fourths of
the houses in the town. To place a
tank on the hill, to be filled by means
of rams at the falls, would be but a
simple problem of engineering skill,
This tank would supply by one three
inch iron mam water snlhcient for
a » purposes and for any fire enter
gency...... Half a mile of this main
a "d one thousand feet ol hose would
lea ' e unprotected not a single dwell
|"g or bus,ness house m the town
1 he whole works can be complet.d
for less than five thousand dollars.
At a very moderate estimate the
property on the public square, sub
j ect to thc greatest risk, is worth
$fio,ooo. Jn tne lull and winter.
when the danger of fire is greatest,
th e risk is greatly larger than this.
Much of this property cannot be in
Sl| red at any price, while three per
per annum is thc lowest rate at
which any of it is insured. With
such a water supply as we have de
scribed, the risk on the whole would
be not more than one per cent per