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Published Every Thursday y HbRE ■'HALL TUE PRES* THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UXAWED BTINFLUENCE AST) UXBRIBED BY GAIN.” AOlume V. •i Two Dollar* Per Abmub- |, The Weokly Democrat BEN. E. RUSSELL, - Proprietor. BAPBR1D6E, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBEB14,18re THE PATEIOTIC SACRIFICE Or, Grantism Under Another Name IVumber 48 Bainbridg-e. Georgia Sept. 14. 76. HALF WAY D01N S Bciunoed rellow-ttabblcrsIn boldin' forth to-day; I doesn t quote no special verse for what I has to suf'j I)r Mormon j - A, e berry short an 1 die here am de tex’: I>it half-way 'loin’s aint no oennt for dis wori’ or de nex’. Dis worl’ dat we’s a-linbin’ in is like a cotton row, * 1\ liar cbery cullud gentleman has got his line to hoc; And ebery time a lazy nigger stops to take a nap, De grass keeps on a gmwiu’ for to smud- der up his crap. When Moses led de Jews acrost de waters ob de sea. Dey had to keep a goin’, jes’ as fas’ as fas’ could be; Do you ’sposc dat dny could eber liab sue. ceeded in deir wish, - And reached de Promised Land ut last— if dsy had stopped to fish? [From the Courier-Journal.] [Time, one week after the Cincinnati Convention. Place, the White Home. Enter Chandler to Grant.] Grant—1s t done? Am I ahead? Tell me the truth. Chandler—Great King, you are ah^n tS At mentfon of yoifr name the peopity roared and— Grant—Nominated me by acclaim? Chandler—On the first ballot—nay, so eager were they in their love for you, glorious name before you politicians be deviled it. Chandler—Undoubtedly. Before you fell in with Bristow and Jewell Mr. C, H. McCall, of Marian county, j SHALL sends the following communication to Hon. Thomas Hardeman, President of the State Agricultural Society .• “I saw and that crowd you were all right; but, • in the Atlanta Constitution of recent evil associations corrupt good manners, j date that the Agricultural Society had You should have had those fellows shot long ago. Grant—True, too true. It is D - y in fernal good nature ; cut I was a soldier they brides all precedent and with.mi^h- j v ’P ers 3ri tnw^ Jewell .asdjheir spawn, My frien’s, dur was a garden once, whar Adam libbed wid Eve, Wid no one ’rou.id to bodder dum, no neighbois for to thieve, And ebery day was Christmas, and dey | how to say ’tis Hayes, got deir rations free, And ebery ting belonged to dcui except an apple tree. ty shouts proclaimed you their choice Grant—I knew they would, I’ve won—send Bristow off, and all his pack ; but strange the papers speak of Hayes. Chandler—The papers lie. You know how grossly they have lied about y°u. Grant—And now they suppress this great fact-—pretend that Hayes is nom inated instead of me ? Oh, for an hour’s power on the tented field. I’d drum head them all, I’d suppress the press. I’d buck and gag George William Cur tis and all the rest. I’d teach them You ail know ’bout de story—how de snake come snoopin’ ’round,— A stump-tail rusty moccasin, mi de groan’— How Eve and Adam ate de fruit went and hid deir face, Till de angel oberscer lie corns and drove ’em off do place. Now, s’posc dat man and i mpted for to shirk. But bad gone about deir ’tended to deir work, Dry wouldn’t liab been loaiin bad no business to, And de tiebbei nelA r’d got a tell ’em what • n ftn crawlin’ and ooman hadn’t hardenin’, and whar dey chance to brtdrcu! It'll neb- h it, and den's de N i half-way doin her do, I say! Do at your task and fin lime to play— Fur ebeii if de crap is Vile de boll*} | 1 :•)<•*» you keeps a-pickin'm de ob v nr souls. Keep n-pl twin’, and a lioein’, and a scra- piu ob de rows, • iuniifs ober you can pay Aml when dc up what you owes; Bat if you quits a workin’ ebery time de sun is hot, Dr .sheriff's gwiuu to lobby upon oberyting vou’s got. AYhatcber ’tis you’s dribin’ at, be shore and drive it through, And don’t let nutlin’ stop you, but do what you’s gwine to do. For when you sees a nigger foolin’, den, as shore’s you’re born, You’s gwine to see him cornin’ out de small end ob de iiorn. I thanks you for dc 'tentiou you has gib dis afternoon— ster Williams will oblige us by a-raisin’ ob a tune— 1 see dat Brudder Johnson's ’bout to ass aroun’ de hat, Ami don’t let’s liab no half-way doiu’s when it comes to dat! Chandler—’Tis true the press is giv en to lying. Even I have been assail ed by that vile power, but now we must submit. This is a coup d’etat. We keep your nomination secret from the press. Grant—Eight. I always kept my plans from the reporters when I was in the army. There i- nothing like the military way of doing things. Chandler—That is true. You are the nominee because your genius in forms the campaign. Hayes is only an other name for you "We callyou Hayes and Wheeler. What of that ? A rose by any other name would sn oil as sweet. • Grant—None of that—no poetry; no literary stuff. Chandler—God forgive me if I was literary. What I JSiean is Bourbon would >od, de rain 11 j taste as well if you called it ’rater. (/rant—[ don't know about that ; ! but that is more comfortable thau your j poetry. 1’cu may be tight; but l lik ■ not to be called Ly another name, let | alone two other uauies. Will I be Hayes d Wheeler through all the third 1 Afoul 3 not to-day be obliged to make this sacrifice, I hate to change my name. \ Chandler aside—(He has some'S^se left.) My Lord, I beg you not to trou ble yourself with this. It is an affair of State. Such things fatigue you. I have done your bidding. The third term is yours, and if we call you Hayes and Wheeler, be sure the party need dic tate it. Oh, that such rascals as JJristow and Jewell can breathe the air of heav en ! but I am nearest to your heart and- Grant—Nut nearest; next to Shep herd. Chandler—Oh, fortunate Shepherd ! but “ven a second placo iu Hayes and W heeler’s love is joy and blessing for ever. Grant—In Grant’s love, you mean? Chandler—Of course, in Haye3 and Wheeler’s love. Grant—Is the third t^rm certain ? Chandldr—As my purity. Grant—And I shall have the sal- offered a premium of five hundred dol- cure of hog cholera. Bavins had ten years’ experience in the trer meut- of once aryl tried to serve my country. I' the above named diseasef I Save con- did not know you or Cameron or CoDki ling or Butler then. I was a plain, blunt soldier, no judge of men. If I had only clung to you and kept aloof the iry made meeting of cotton exchage. s ivaxnaii, September 2.—A large feting of the members of the Cotton Evehange was held to-day at 10 o’clock tl the following preamble and resol uu- m were unanimously adopted: hereas. The sickuess prevailing in ties city excites apprehensions here and ■here that business may be interrup ts:!: and, whereas, vessels are on the way !a, l nearly due in Savannah to load with ttou for European ports; and, whereas, . are assured that the Central Railroad Company will continue to send two stea- aiers per week to New Y'ork.and that the anks and bankers can and will buy all e Northern sterling exchange offered, ■bus «nab!iug exporters to fill their orders ad factors to sell cotton; therefore, be it olved, That notice be given to all sttcerncd through the Savannah News ! the Associated Press Company that interruption of the cotton business of ivannah has occurred and that, in the Pmion of this Exchange, none is likely occur.—Sac. News. Albany Netcs: Richard II. Whiteley, S. Barker, E. C, Wade, B. F. Brimberry, ,r pet-bagger Pierce, Scowhegan Putney ■i two or three others will be quietly re- wl to private life after November- But ■t>re that time, we have a little verse to ~ 4te concerning each of them, which shall forth at the proper hour. Die two great bodies of Methodists North ■3 South have removed all obstacles to 4100 ani1 fraternal relations between the churches. Chandler—It is absolutely necessary; Jewel! and Bristow have iven you a bad name. They are the wretches who have soiled the fame of Grant. Came ron. Morton, Butler, Conkling. Bab cock and myself oft warned yau against them, and now we are obliged to call you Hayes and Wheeler. Grant—I’ll not bear it. Where ia the army ? Call the marines, call Fred; put the oob-tailed clam Yankee in irons. Chandler—Not till the third term— wait Augnstean Warrior ! We— Grant—Augnstean Warrior! another name : I’ve a notion to tie you up by the thumbs. Chandler—Strike, but hear mo. Au- gastean Warrior is a kingly title. Cx- sar was called Augustus. Grant—If that is so all right. I am like Caesar aint 1. Chandler—As two peas. Grant—I thought so ; but must all uiy brotl.er-in-laws, the Dents, Tom Murphy—all change their names ? Chandler—All, even Shepherd and 1. Grant—Certainly, certainly ; disci pline would require that. Chandler—How well you express it. Grant —Oh, I’m a dabster at that sort of thing. Let no guilty man es cape Twice two makes four. Integri- ty is the—the bottom fact of honesty, etc. Chandler—Jjreat Heaven ! What an intellect, Grant—I should think so—2:14, at least, a good one to go; but I must Chandler—We’ll double it. Giant—And Fred shall be Commatader-in-Chief? CTuwffiler— 1 The people clamor for it. Grant—And Belkuap, McDonald. Babcock and all the boys shall be taken earo of? Chandler—The platform provides for that. It approves your administration and they were part of it. Grant—Then I consent to the sacri fice. Here (he writes, repeating the writing alound). - Let no guilty man es cape. Bristow, Jewell, Pratt, Wilson. Dyer and all other rascals who have polluted my administration will get out, Our faithful Chandler, Babcock, Came ron, Belknap, Conkling and McDonald will run the campaign. IIAYES & WHEELER. Chandler—This is the greatest act of your glorious earger. Victory now is certain. Grant—What, will all the distille ries open ? Chandler—All. Your third term shall float- to glory in seas of Mononga- hela and Bourbon’s best. Tbe gods shower all gifts upon you. Grant—Then is Hayes and Wheeler (that’s me) content. Oh, Chandler, what a blessi' g ’tis to have sueh brains and such a purse as yours to lean on. You gave to Bab., our darling Bab , whom ruthless Bristow would have stricken down, of your plethoric cash. to it now that all the rest get out of—of—exile ; suppress the press, ex pound the vulgar word reform from every lexieon, and gag the brutal work ing horde who cry for bread! Why, bread ! There’s plenty of it. I see it on my table every da;. Whenever I dine with you, with Fish, or Murphy, you have enough to eat, and so I see this cry of want is but a vile sedition— a false pretense like that which says I am not nominated for a third term. Chandler—Your mighty genius doth embrace the truth. At every rout and festive gathering your own eyes see that luxury appeals every form, that* diamonds flash, and Worth’s best silks rustle the music of plenty. It is a lie eluded to compete for the premium, and herewith submit my preventive and cure : For the preventive of the disease. I use, viz : Lard }, tar i, car bolic acid J ounce, and sulphur 4 ounces, to one gallon of the lard and tar mixed. The tar and lard should first La thoroughly blended, then add the acid in small quantities, and lastly the sulphur, constantly stirring until tneSjbole is intimately incorporated. This in fnT^frTf 01 "r[‘ l: " a ' : "’ "" A the hog should ba thorougly annotated with it. I claim to have discovered more than five years ago that hog chol era was produced, or resulted from the ravages of the parasites (commonly known as hog lice). I hold that the skin contains many little glands, and these glands have duets, the orifices open up the surface, and, further, that they are channels through which aque ous and gaseous material are excreted ; or, in other words they are the means by which effete material are thrown off from the system. Krause, and other microsoopist8, have estimated that cn some parts of the skin these orifices number 2.000 to the square inch. The wheats produced by the bites of these insects, together with the contraction of the muscular tissue of the skin, olose the orifices of the glands and thus pre vent excretion. N w, when we add to this the nervous irritation and constitu tional effects produced by thousands of wounds upon the skin it is not st all surprising that prostration an'i even sudden death so soon occur. We not only judge of the secretions by the skin, but by it we also judge of the charac ter of the blood, the activity of the cir culation. and of the condition of the sys tem at large. Should the excretory organs fail to eliminate the irritation substances from the system the blood would become poisoned, then nutrition, secretion and innervation would ha per verted. After the disease has develop ed itself I use sulphur flowers in table spoonful doses every twenty-four hours (to be given in buttermilk) for its re solvent and diaphoretic properties. I also use the ointment for its soothin'* and parasiticidal effect. With the bare remark that myself and neighbors have not known of a single failure to cure when the case was taken in time, I en ter the ranks as a competitor for the premium, and respectfully submit my paper to your generous criticism. THE 1 GEANT SEIZE PRESIDENCY ? It is not improper to remind the coun try frequently that Frank. Bhdr in 1868 predicted that if Genera! Grant ever oc cupied the Presidential chair, ha would not surrender it alive. If, therefore, Grant chooses to control the elections in Louisi lars for an infallible preventive and ana > Mississippi and Florida, by the use of the army, and the elections in New York, by the use of fhe public money Is bribing voters undarihe pretense of mak ing deputy marshals of them, people will put this and that together, and wonder whether he is providing a life office for himself. For if he can persuade the House of Representatives that Hayes was not elected without the votes of tho States which the President controlled by force and bribery, and the Senate that those States were carried for Hayes fairly, aDd thus induce one House to refuse to allow Hayes to be counted in, and the other House to refuse to allow Tilden to be counted in, Grant will have nothing to do but to hold on to the office. The question which we have here mpjjj tioneJ, alioT> inkfrav’ii have’ tried to bring before the minds of the Northern people, has recently attracted some attention in Washington city. A letter thence to the Cincinnati Commercial says: ’’A great deal of speculation is indulged as to the difficulties that will be encount ered in coounting the votes of the electo ral college if either Tilden or Hayes shall have but a small majority of them. “Under the law the objection of either House to the reception of the vote of a State is sufficient to throw out that vote without debate. The assumption is that if Hayes is elected by a small majority, carrying such States as North and South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Ar kansas, or any of them, the House will object to counting the votes of one or more of those States, or as many of them as will suffice to oust Hayes and elect Til den. On the other hand, the Democrats profess to be equally apprehensive that if Tilden should carry those States, or some of them, and should have a small majority in the electoral college, the Senate would object to the counting of some of the votes, and thus defeat Tilden and elect Hayes. ‘T'v<> could play at that game of coarse, and for each State thrown out by the House the Senate could disfranchise one. It would come to be a question of deter mination, with the chances in favor of the most belligerent, till the list of doubtful States should be exhausted.’ “Curses like chickens, come home to roost.” A government of force for the Sou'll means a government of force for the whole country. We are all in the same boat, as the Northern people will perhaps find out before long .—Richmond Dispatch. DEMQCfiATS WILL YOU SUSTAIN US! IN OUR ENDEAVOR TO PUBLISH ALL GO TO WORK AND HELP US TO GET UP A CAMPAIGN LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS PASS IT AROUND. J. R. Holloway, a leading colored maa of Clay county, writes to the Cuthbert Messenger : “I was for a long time a strong re publican and felt that in that party was the salvation of the country, but since they have been in power fifteen years. I have become satisfied that their prom ises are as t e winds, and that we need i he considered the Democratic Banner A Challenge From Texas to Every State in the Union. Dallas, the Queen city of Northern Texas, sends forth, in behalf of the State of Texas, the following challenge: AY e challenge each and every State in the Lniou to meet us in friendly contest in November next, to see which can roll up the largest majority in favor of Tilden and Hendricks, the prise to be a splendid silk banner. The term3of the challenge are these: If any State gives a larger majority for Ti - den and Hendricks than is given by the State of Texas, then Dallas will send to that State a splendid silk banner. But if Texas gives a larger majority for Uncle Samuel than auy other State, then the State giving the next largest majority must send a banner to Texas, Dallas to be its custodian. Whichever State wins the banner is to reform and that the Democratic party is the only one that can or will give us the needed reform. I have therefore decided to throw migmtSiiJe influence with them and will address my friends of Clay county, at 9 o’clock p. m. at the C"Urt house in Fort Gaines on August 24th 1876. State of the Union, and is to hold on to the flag until the next Presidential elec tion. and then give it up to any other State which may win it by giving the lar gest Democratic vote. Now, while this challege is given to each and every State in the Union, yet we would smgle out the great States of Ken tucky, Georgia and New York, and invite them to the contest. AYhat says Louis ville. will she take up the glove in behalf of Kentucky? And what do you say, Atlanta, in behalf of your grand old goo ber grabbing State of Georgia? Come now, New York city, we dare you to enter tbe list. Every city or StaZe which accepts this change uiy tune. I know it will help j every poor man’s table. xMcKee. and McDonald, and Babcock,) Grant—It’s so !’Twas different when and Shepherd, aud Belknap. It helps ! I was poor, but now I see how blessed has been my reign. a fellow out of a scrape to assume an alias. Chandler—That's it That's where it will help all of us. You know the fel- not consent to the approaching triumph of lows who bore our old names were gr^at rascals. We must give it to them right and left. We must abuse ourselves. We must begin with your former name of Grant. Grant—I don’t like that. It was a As Gov. Hendricks well says in his Let ter of Acceptance : “The man who would arouse or foster sectional animosities and antagonisms among his countrymen, is a dangerous enemy to his conn try.” Such are the men who, for the last eight years, have had the control of our National Admin- that men are poor—a petty Democratic j istraiion, and as such they must be remov- j challenge, will please make it known by '• ’ ’ 1 publishing their acceptance in the Demo cratic papers of New York, Atlanta, Louisville and St. Louis. James B. Simpson, Pres’t First Ward Tilden and Hendricks Club. Barnett Gibbs, Pres’t Second AYard Tilden and Hendricks Club. V. W. Cleveland, Pres’t Third Ward Tilden and Hendricks Club. J. D. Kerfoot, Pres’t Fourth Ward Tilden and’Hendricks Club. de—the incendiarv rage of demagogue. ed - You know the best of turtle soup and . The ealls for th " Congressional Conven- . 1 tions are now complete, and we, therefore, an imperial meffs palate in every | present the ^ , ist thn3 . First District> place vou dine. The same are now on September 6th. Jessup ; Second District, September 13, Thomasville ; Third District, September 6, Macon; Fourth Di strict. September 14, West Point; Fifth District, September 13, Griffin ; Sixth District, Sep tember 6, Miliedgeville ; Seventh District, September 7, Dalton, Eighth District, Sep- Logan, Sherman and Morton have recent ly intimated that the Republican party will tember 6, Thomson: Aiuth District, Sep. the Democratic party. AVe suppose, like tember 13, Gainesville. Hon. Sam J. Randall has been renomina- Rutherford B. Hayes and Gen. John A. 1 ted for Congress. The country is to be Dix in I860, they will want to secede. Well I congratulated upon this fact. He saved the the country can spare either Logan, Morton people $30,000,000 this session, and will or Sherman. continue the good work. jj^riThis paper is only 50cte. J^Take our campaign paper. The man who declares that he is not able to take bis county paper certainly deserves the sympathy of all good men. After paying for his whisky and tobacco, there is nothing left for the publisher,and consequently the poor fellow is forced to borrow his neighbor’s paper. We pity him.—MonticeUo Constitution. ^ ARE PREPARED and ready for the fray, but we must have the pil|ttt encouragement at the hands of the Democratic party. We have entered upon the meet important politioal campaign ever witnessed by the American people, for it is honesty and reform against venality and corruption, intelligence and virtue against ignorance and rM* cality. In this great battle for right, the Democbai purposes playing no unimportant part, and in the carrying out of its convictions of right, in the advocacy of the party of its choice, will endeavor to become an instructor of the people in the great lesson of polD tics as enacted in the Union, in the State, and in the county. To that end we desire * full audience, and we here earnestly appeal to the Decatur Democracy, and to the friend* of the paper generally, to assist in extending its circulation. In this fight a newspaper is of the most vital importance, and we shall try to make the Democrat just such a paper as the people need and desire. Advertisers should bear in mind the extensive circulation enjoyed by the Diyoon** during the campaign, and avail themselves of its advantages, THE DEMOCRAT FOR THE CAMPAIGN For Only Fifty Cents, WE WANT FIVE HUNDRED NEW SUBSCRIBERS,