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fhe Weekly Democrat.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1872.
BEN E. RUSSELL & JONES,
PROPRIETORS.
BBS E. HC9SELL, si it Editor.
Liberal Republican Ticket En
dorsed at Baltimore by the
National Democratic
Convention.
F« President of the United States i
HORACE GREELET.
OF NEW YORK.
For Vice-President I
BENJAMIN GRATZ BROWN,
OF MISSOURI.
Stbaiohtout Democratic Ticket
for Governor of Georgia :
The noble old Romnn who now so ably fills
that position,
RON. JAMES MILTON SMITH,
Of Muscogee.
Electors for the State at Large:
W. T, Wofford, U. L. Benning,
Washington Poc, Julian Hartridgc,
Alternates :
A. II. Colquitt, Edward Warren,
A. n. Hansell, George D. Rice,
District Electors :
Principals. AUerwiles.
1. II. G. Turner, 1. J. Rivers,
2. R. N. Ely, 2. A. L. Hawes,
JUDGE MAPLES.
This time-honored, battle-scarred
old Democrat is no longer a candi
date for State Senator, but has re
tired from the race in favor of Hon.
B. F. Bruton. The Judge wants
Radicalism defeated, and believing
that Bruton is the man to do it, sac
rifices his aspirations to accomplish
the result.
GOV. JAMES M. SMITH.
Let it be remembered that the
election for Governor takes place on
Wednesday next; also, and that the
noble old Roman whose name heads
this article is the Democratic candi
date for the position.
We want both parties to support
Mr. Smith, for in our opinion he
should be the choice of the whole
people, both white and colored.
3. W. J. Hudson,
4. J. M. Pace,
6. N. R. Casey,
6. J. N. Dorsey,
7. E. D. Graham,
3. B. E. Smith,
4. T. F. Newell,
5. A. M Rogers,
6. L. J. Alfred,
7. R. A. Alston.
DR. JUDSON A. BUTTS.
We predict that this candidate
for Representative will carry more
votes than any other of either party.
His influence with the colored peo
ple will win him many votes, and
every Democrat in the party will
stand square up to him.' We think
the party was peculiarly fortunate
in nominating him.
Second Congressional District—For
Congress :
GEN. GILBERT J. WRIGHT,
Of Dougherty.
The Eightli Senatorial District—For
State Senator:
HON. BENJAMIN F. BRUTON
Of Decatur.
Decatur County Nominations For
Representatives :
DR. J. A. BUTTS & J. L BUTLER.
A COMPROMISE.
Just before going to press, we
have learned that an honorable and
satisfactory agreement has been pro
posed by Major Bruton and accept
ed by Col. Gee, by which one or the
other is, on next Friday, to retire
from the field as a candidate for the
Senate.
To the one who remains in the
field, we pledge our wannest sup
port, and will do all in our power
to secure his triumphant election.
Brimbcrry must be beaten.
Let Bruton, Butts and Butler be
the slogan of every freeman on next
Wednesday.
People of the county, you must
keep Butts and Butler warm—we’ll
do our share in town. They must be
elected.
Vote for Bruton, Butts and Butler
and thereby insure the material and
political prosperity of our county.
Next Wednesday is election day,
and no doubt great excitement will
prevail, but don’t let intolerance
prevent any Republican or Democrat
from voting for Benjamin F. Bruton.
Mitchell county is for Benjamin F.
Bruton—there is no discount there.
Those people want Brimberry beat,
and they know that Bruton is the
man to do it.
NEXT WEDNESDAY.
From present indications it
probable that the election to take
place on next Wednesday will be
one ot the most exciting ever had in
this section. Political excitement is
running wild, and on that day it will
have reached boiling heat.
Therefore, for the benefit of all
parties we volunteer a bit of whol
some advice. Let every voter pro
pare his mind to come to the polls
cool and calm, and when there avoid
all heated political discussions. If
a man becomes excited, no matter
who lie is, shun him and then you
will be sure to not compromise the
peace of your community.
We want this election to pass off
peacefully, in order to show the
Yankee Government that our civil
law is equal to every emergency.
No man’s opinions should be tram
elled, be he Radical or Democrat,
but all be allowed to act as become
freemen and citizens of a Republican
government. Let nothing be used
to influence voters but fair persua
sion, and all will be for the best.
Remember, the Democratic party
is by no manner of means a unit for
the support of Gee—only a few gush
ing “patriots” are; so don’t fear the
party lash, but vote for Benjamin F.
Bruton, the people’s choice.
He Slaughtered the Negroes.—
Let every negro in Decatur county
repudiate Brimberry who furnished
the guns to kill their brethren in the
Camilla massacre, and vote for Bru
ton, who has always been their
friend.
Colored men, look to your inter
ests. Dr. Judson Butts is your man
for the Legislature. Have you for
gotten his kindness to you when
your bodies were prostrated by sick
ness ? We dare say not. Then,
vote for him next Wednesday—vote
for Bruton, Butts and Butler.
BRIMBERRY.
Brimberry, the Radical candidate
for the Senate, is a clever young
gentleman, who has occupied a high
position in the good will of the peo
ple of Mitchell county. Until quite
recently he has been an ultra Demo
crat and above the remotest sus
picion. It was he who furnished the
guns to kill the negroes in the Ca
milla Massacre several years ago,
remarking as he handed them out:
Kill the last d—n black son of a
b—h of them.”
Brimberry is also an enthusiast
on the theory that the negro has no
soul, but is simply an intelligent
beast. Such, colored men, is the
record of the man whom the Radical
party calls upon you to support. If
you do not believe us, write to your
colored friends in Camilla, and be
thoroughly convinced.
Now, will you vote for him in
preference to Mr. Bruton, who has
always been as true as steel to j ou ?
Don’t be afraid to vote for Bruton,
lor he’s no Democratic decoy to en
tangle you—but a sincere friend of
your race.
nON. B. F. BRUTON’S SPEECH.
In the meeting held at the Court
House, in this city, on the day Gen.
Wright addressed the people of De
catur, Mr. Bruton was called on and
responded in a few disconnected re
marks which plainly showed even
the most stupid, that he was very
much embarrased, and that speak
ing wasn’t his forte. His enemies,
however, have been very busy in
torturing some of his words into
great bugaboos in order to prejudice
public opinion against him. If Mr.
Bruton was misunderstood it was on
account of his utter inability to make
an extemporaneous speech; and we
give here the views that he attempt
ed to express there—that he was an
independent Liberal Republican
candidate, wanted the office, and
would win over all other competitors,
if he could. This remark has been
construed by at least one of his over-
zealous opponents to mean that he
spurned the Democratic nomination.
We heard Mr. Bruton’s speech and
we don’t see how his meaning could
have been so misconstrued.
In refering to the Congressional
election Mr. Bruton spoke of how
much more important it was to have
good men in Congress than in the
Legislature, and remarked, rather
jocosely, that if either went to the
Devil lei. it be the latter. This ex
pression the nomination head-lights
pounced upon and tried to force it
to mean that he said * ‘let the Legis
lature go to the Devil anyivay." We
advise the people of Decatur county
to close their ears against such hot
headed partisanship, and to record
their votes next Wednesday for B.
F. Bruton, the man who will work
in the Senate for the interest of his
section.
AND
While two policemen of Atlanta
had a negro under arrest on Satur
day, he was shot and mortally
wounded. The negro made a dying
declaration in which he stated that a
cripple man shot him, and the pol
icemen had nothing to do with it.
The Macon Enterprise comes to
us - considerably enlarged and im
proved. Dr. Hicks, the editor, is
one of the most brilliant and vigor
ous editorial writers in the State,
find he is making his paper lively.
COL. W r . 0. FLEMING’S MANI
FESTO.
The burden of this gentleman’s
reference to Hon. B. F. Bruton, in
his address to the Democracy and
Liberal Reput?)icans of Decatur
county, is, that he would not allow
his name to go before the nomina
ting convention, and, though ‘ ‘hav
ing no strength, spurned our nomi-
tion."
We rise to explain. Those who
have taker, pains to examine in to the
accusation know it to be all “bosh.”
Maj. Bruton never refused to allow
his name to go before the conven
tion: and how under Heaven could
he have “spurned” a nomina
tion that never was tendered him ?
In the conclusion ot his manifesto,
Col. Fleming says: “Now choose
ye—we leave the issue to the hones
ty, the intelligence, the manhood of
every voter in the District.” We
shake hands with him there, and ap
peal, ourselves, to the very same
principles, believing that they will
tower so high above party lines, dis
tinctions and prejudices, as to tri
umphantly elect Bruton over all
other candidates, and inaugurate
the era of general good feeling so
long wished for by our section.
LET US ELECT BUTTS
BUTLER.
Democrats of Decatur, ou next
Wednesday you again have the priv
ilege of making one more gallant
fight for your long-cherishcd princi
ples at the ballot-box. Will you be
true to yourselves on that day ? Aye,
that you will. Much is at stake and
now is the time to win. Now is the
time to defeat the arch-fiend Radi
calism and send its minions terror-
stricken back to the foul places from
whence they sprung. Let us all go
to work with our might and main to
secure this desirable victory.
Butts and Butler head the county
ticket, both men of the true metal—
plain, practical, thinking men, who
know nothing but the good of their
county. In the Legislature their
weight will be felt, because of their
calmness, their coolness, their integ
rity. It may be truly said that they
are the representatives of the new
party fast coming into power—the
vigorous Young Democracy.
Great questions will have to be
decided by the next Legislature, in
which the interests of Decatur county-
are particularly involved. The bill
granting State aid to the Atlantic
and Gulf railroad will be brought up
again, and in order to secure its
passage, our members of the Legis
lature should be men of capability
and unflinching firmness. Butts and
Butler are, we believe, the men for
the emergency.
To the colored men of Decatur, we
would say that should they vote for
them, they will never regret having
done so; nor will they, in the least,
compromise their principles, for in
voting for them, they but help pro
mote the general good.
A LAST WORD ON THE SENA
TORIAL QUESTION.
The Senatorial election is now the
general topic of every conversation,
owing to the peculiar situation of
matters. The Democratic party is
badly divided between Col. Bolivar
H. Gee, the caucus nominee, and
Maj. B. F. Bruton, the representa
tive of the free and unfettered sover
eign people.
It was well known, long before
the nomination of Col. Gee, that
Maj. Bruton was the man for this
particular contest—that his course
as Senator had made him a favorite
with ail parties; and it was sincerely
hoped that the Democratic party
would make no nomination, but sup
port him as the representative of the
liberal element of all parties:
This the convention tailed to do,
and hence the general dissatisfac
tion. Bruton we think is the most
popular candidate, for the reason
that nearly all that we have talked
to who are abiding the nomination of
Gee, do so only in deference to party
will, for they honestly believe that
no nomination should have been
made, and Bruton allowed the field.
Judge Maples, the independent
Democratic candidate from Mitchell
has come down in favor of Bruton,
and will lend his influence to seenre
his election. Mitchell county (Maj.
Gee’s home) will give Bruton a
handsome majority—if the freely ex
pressed sentiments of that people
avail anything, and we have no
reason to donbt them.
If, now, Maj. Gee would retire
from the race there can be no ques
tion as to the deteat of the Radical
candidate with Bruton—but the ob
stinacy of a few rule-or-ruin leaders
of the Decatur Democracy has ve
toed that movement on his part; and
should Brimbenf-, the Radical can
didate, be elected, upon them will
rest the responsibility.
Major Bruton is now the strongest
candidate opposed to Radicalism in
the field, and notwithstanding the
denunciations, threats, intimidations
ot the stick-lo-the-nomination-be-it-
good-or-bad Democrats, we believe
it is the duty of every man in the 8th
Senatorial District, and the county
of Decatur, to vote for him—because
1st. It would be a practical re
cognition of the Liberal Republican
element, and i an invitation to
others to join if.
2d. I would be a just apprecia
tion of his manly services in the
Georgia Senate for the past four
years.
3d. It would be a merited com
pliment to a man of a moral courage
that impels him to act for the gen
eral good irrespective of party.
4th. It would institute that era
which sooner or later must come,
that will sweep aside the Bourbon
leaders, and give the people a chance
to act for themselves.
5th. The extension of the Atlan
tic & Gulf Road so vitally important
to the city of Bainbridge, the county
of Decatur, the 8th Senatorial Dis
trict, and the State at large demand
his return to the Senate.
6th. The completion of the Bain
bridge, Cuthbert & Columbus Rail
road, now lying dead with thousands
of money sunk into it, demand the
election of Mr. Bruton.
7th. The material interests of
our district call for his election.
8th. When in the Senate lie was
no drone, but a worker who spent
his money as well as his energies
pressing his bilis for the interest of
his constituents.
9th. He lias done more for the
development of the resources of the
city of Bainbridge than any other
man in it.
We have yet to hear the first man
say that Ben Bruton has not made
the best Senator sent from this Dis
trict for years past.
We have yet to hear the first man
dissent lrom the general opinion that
our Railroad interests will suffer
if Bruton is not re-elected.
Now, voters of Decatur county,
Democrats and Republicans, how
can you forfeit principle by voting
for a man who entertains the most
liberal political views, and who can
do so much for the benefit of your
pecuniary interests!
Let us sec what the extension of
the A. & G. R. R. to Pollard would
do for our section. First, it would
make Bainbridge an immense depot,
for being situated at a central point
between Mobile and Savannah, large
car shops, iron works, &c., would
necessarily be put up here. Also
would the value of lands increase,
and the farmer whose thousands of
acres are now worth scarcely noth
ing would bring him a hundred fold.
When we say that Bruton can do
more to bring about the extension
of that road than any other man in
the District we but express a gener
al sentiment.
Shall we, then, on next Wednes
day for fear of the party-lash and
cut-throat prejudices of a few, vote
against Bruton and our interests at
their option ? We answer—Never !
Never! Never! |
TO THE VOTERS OF GEORGIA.
i
A correspondent writing to the
Savannah Advertiser, over the sig
nature of “An Old Georgian,” writes
as follows:
“As an old man, devoted to the
best interests of Georgia, and deep
ly concerned for her future, and not
as a politician, I desire to address
you a few words for sober reflection.
“The election for Governor will be
held ou the 2nd day of October.—
There are two candidates for that
office—one*a Democrat, nominated
unanimously by a large and intelli
gent convention of the people, be
cause of his patriotic, wise and hon
est administration of the State gov
ernment; the other a Radical, nomi
nated by a few white men in a con
vention of negroes, because these
white men and negroes, and their
candidate are opposed to an honest
and patriotic administration of the
government. To prove this propo
sition, I ask your attention to the
following facts:
“Keep it before the people, that
Bullock went into office with this
declaration on his lips: ‘I am on
the make.’
“Keep it before the people, that
Governor Smith went into office with
this declaration on his lips: ‘I be
lieve in the omnipotence of honesty
“Keep it before the people, that
Bullock and Kimball plundered and
robbed the State of millions of dol
lars by issuing spurious and illegal
bonds!
“Keep it before the people, that
Fullock, Blodgett & Co. robbed the
State road of hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
“Keep it before the people, that
Governor Smith, during his short
administration, has been busily and
successfully engaged in making these
rogues disgorge, or in having them
brought to justice, and that, by his
honesty and vigilance, aided by a
Democratic Legislature, he has
caused many thousands of the peo
ple’s money, thus stolen, to be re
turned to the Treasury!
“Keep it before the people, that
Bullock used the pardoning power
for corrupt political purposes, and
that during his administration, the
verdicts of juries and the judgments
of courts were a nullity, and crime
was rampant!
“Keep it before the people, that
since the election of Governor Smith,
the pardoning power has ceased to
be used for corrupt purposes, the
judgments of the courts have been
respected, and there has been a di
minution of crime!
“Keep it before the people, that
during Bullock's administrations,
scores of our people, all over Nort h
ern Georgia, were dragged from
their business and their homes, under
trumped up Ku-Klux charges, and
carried to Atlanta to have their
liberties sworn away or imperilled
by prejured witnesses!
“Keep it before the people, that
since Governor Smith’s accession to
office, the Ku-Klux organization, if
it ever existed, has melted away,
and peace and quiet now reign
throughout our borders.
“Keep it before the people, that
Bullock believed in subordination of
the civil to the military authority;
that he invoked the aid of the latter
in arresting so-called criminals, and
desired and secured a large garrison
in the State to protect him in his
villainy !
“Keep it before the people, that
Governor Smith has demonstrated
that, under a wise and impartial ad
ministration of the laws, the civil
power is ample to protect the lives
and liberties of the people, and that
in recognition of the fact that they
are no longer needed, the Federal
soldiery in this State have dwindled
to a ‘corporal’s guard.’
“Keep it before the people, that
Governor Smith’s administration has
been the very opposite of Bullock’s
in every particular!
“Keep it prominently before the
people, that Dawson A. Walker, the
Radical candidate for Governor,
voted for and helped to elect Bullock;
that he was his supporter, advisor
and counsellor while in office, and
now attempts to justify Bullock’s
thieving course ! ! !
“Keep it before the people, that
the election of Walker would be a
vindication of Bullock and a con
demnation of Smith—it would be an
emphatic endorsement ot corruption
and villainy, and the rest*, ration to
power and respectability of those
who have plundered the. Treasury
and disgraced the State. Bullock
and Ulodgett, with their thieving
crew, now hiding from the minister
of justice, would joyfully catch the
signal, and hastening back to the
theatre of their crimes, would defi
antly flaunt their pardons in our
faces.
“Democrats, Liberals, and all true
men of Georgia, who desire an hon
est and good government, and who
are opposed to public plundering,
remember this, and stay not away
from the polls! Remember, too,
that the enemy is thoroughly organ
ized, and will bring every man to the
front on tne 2nd of October. You
can .carry the day, if you but will it.
Victory is within the reach of earnest
and manly effort. I appeal to Dem
ocrats—both ‘Straight’ and ‘Greeley’
Democrats—to defer the Presidential
question, and unite as one man to
retain in the executive office the
present incumbent, Governor Smith,
in whose hands the interest of all
will be safe.”
GEAND MASS MEETING
OF THE PEOPLE OF DECATUR AND ADJOINING
coirnr® k*
IS BUING H B B D DAIL^
AT
T11EMAM0TI1 FLINT RIVER STORES
OF
*3Cr|
* r
MESSRS STEININGER & ENGEL’
lorofj
BROAD STREET
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA.
OVER
50,000 WORTH OF DRY-GOODS
GROCERIES, NOTIONS, FANCY GOODS, &C. &C. ’
THE LOWER FLINT RIVER STORE
IS DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE DRY-GOODS TRADE, AND
MAY VERY APPROPRIATELY BE TERMED A
A GRAND DRY-GOODS GAZAR,
AND
E MPOIIIUM OF FASHION,
Where all manner ol folks love to assemble andjmake their purchases, i
THE UPPER FLU RIVER STORE
IMMENSE
IS AN
PR O VISION
REPOT
and a repository for the more Staple Dry-Goods, and Plantation
Supplies.
Our Stock for the Fall and Winter Trade is complete in all Depart
ments and fully prepared to meet the demands of everybody.
EIGHT FIRST-CLASS SALESMEN ARE EMPLOYED TO ATTEND
OUR CUSTOMERS.
All we ask is a trial; so conic and inspect our stock before goinj:
elsewhere.
A MERCILESS WARFARE AGAINST HIGH PRICES
IS BEING WAGED
BY I- M. IJOSENFiiLD,
AT HIS
A FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR
STOCK OF
DRY-GOODS, GROCERIES, CLOTHING, II Y.RD WARE,
BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS, CAPS, &c.
I would say to the people of Decatur and surrounding counties that I have in store and
am daily receiving
A LARGE SUPPLY
OF ALLJGOODS
Of any and every style and variety needed by the city or country people.
LADIES DRESS GOODS
cannot be surpassed in the city, as regards quality and prices, I would also call special
attention to my stock of Embroideries and Trimmingr.
BAGGIG ANDiTTES will be sold at Savannah prices. I. M. ROSENBELD.
My stock of
L. J. GUILMARTIN.
JOHN FLANNERY.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
EXECUTORS SALE.
By an order from tie court oi Ordinary of Deca
tur county, we will offer for Bale on the first Tues
day in Nc vember. in the city of Bainbridge, the fol
lowing lauds belonging to the estate of T. P. Fain:
Lot No. 332 aDd 9}^ acres of lot No-333, and 12 V,
aeres of lot No. 348, and l. r »0 acres of lot No. 347,
and 125 acres of lot No. 335, and 50 ocres of lot
3*59, in the 2 Hb District, on which there is about
40 or 30 acres of opened laud, a good dwelling-house
containing 9 rooms and other out buildings- A
lies nine miles South of Bainbridge, on the road
leading to Quincy, it is convenient to churches and
a good school, and is one of the most desirable set
tlements in the country, it is also tolerable lair
farming land, Also, lots No. 358 and 399 in the
21 District, on which there about 30 ecres of
opened land, two settlements an an old set of mills,
and it is a very good situation for a mill to get cus
tom. Terms one half cash the other half on twelve
months time with interest from date, secured by
mortgage. The purchaser pays for deed.
J. T Fain,
Wm. Wilson,
Sep. 10.1872 Executors.
Thomas Branch k Co.,
Richmond, Va.
Branch, Sons k Co.,
Augusta, Ga.
L. J. Guilmartin & Go.,
COTTON FACTORS
General Commission
MERCHANTS,
Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
JS5?" Agents for Bradley’s Phosphate, Jew
ell's Mills Yarns and Domestics, Tobacco, etc.
BAGGIXG and IRON TIES
always on hand. Consignments solicited.
Usual facilities extended to customers.
(aug22 4m
BAINBRIDGE
M. BOLEY.
F. X. BINGEL.
Branch and Sons,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Savannah, Ga.
Market Prices Coi-rected Weekly by
BRANCH & SONS.
Corn, white, prime 90
Corn, mixed and Yellow “ gg
Corn meal fresh ground gg
Bacon, clear rib sides 12al21
Shoulders g|
D. S. C. R. Ssides 9a9T
“ “ Shlds. none in market
Flour, from new wheat family «1<U
oiSoj
Extra “
Choice, * * •
M. BOLEY & CO,,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
PARLOR, GH^MBER and
KITCHEN
FDRI1TDBE,
186 BROUGHTON ST., Corner Jefferson
and Broughton, opposite St.
Andrews Hall,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
All’ the latest styles kept on hand.
Mattrass renovating and repairing of furni
ture executed promptly and at reasonable
prices. mch21 ly
GEORGIA—DECATUR COUNTY.
On the first Monday in October next, I
will apply to the Court of Ordinary of said
county for leave to sell three lots of land,
belonging to the estate of Emery Lassater,
deceased, namely: No. 129; 150 acres in lot
No. 152, and lot No. 153—all situated and
being in the 20th District of said county.
L M. GRIFFIN, Administrator.
September 3rd, 1872.
SOUTHERN-MADE
CLOTHING.
NOEL GAINEY & GO..
—FEELING—
That unless the Industrial Pursuits couli
be sustained the country could never he tndf
prosperous, have determined to manufact uri>
their ENTIRE STOCK in Bainbridge.
j£g- THEY WARRANT THEIR <iOO D *
CHEAPER AND BETTER THA*
THE EASTERN MAKE.
And challenge comparison in Quality, Styl*
and Price. They also keep the
best quality of
GENTS’
good.
SHIRTS AND
FURNISHING
t&-A LINE Oi’ SHOES AND HATS.***
Appealing to the people of Decatur.^^
say achieve your independence by bun
up your own institutions.
mch7 ly