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THETHOMASTON HERALD. CJ IIAH. G . 15 EAR CE, EDITOK AND PROPRIKTOB TIIOMASTON, GA., DEC. 17,1870. Tin* TIIOMASTO.V HERALD ha* a Large < iicir lutioit in l p*on, Pike, Meriwether, Talbot, Spalding, Monroe, Bibb, Muscogee a ml Butt*. FOR OOVOBK9S-FOUITII DISTRICT. HON. W. J. LAWTON, OF 8188. FOR STATE SENATOR— 2Sth DISTRICT, WILLIAM P. MATHEWS, OF TALBOT. FOR REPRESENTATIVE—UPSON COUNTY. NON. .TOTTTV X. NAIN,. NOMINATIONS FOB ( OXGitESS. First District—A. T. Mclntyre. “ “ W. W. Pa : ne, list Congress. Second District—Nelson Tift. Third District—William F. Wright. Fourth District—Winbnrn J. Lawton. Fifth District—D. M. Du Bose. S. 11. Corker, 41« t Congress Sixth District—William I*. Price. Seventh District—Pierce M. B. Young. WATCII THE BALLOT BOXES! Sec that they are clear before tho voting begins, and that no tampering "with them is allowed during the day. Lord Bacon said more than two hundred and fifty years ago : “ Usu ry bringeth the treasure of the realm into a few hands." We know not what the wise man would have said of the present usurious system of the United States Goveonrncnt. It is said that the great mass ot the property of England is owned by less than three hundred thousand men. Let the present system go on in this country twenty years, and almost the entire property of the land will be in the hands of less than one hundred thous and men. VOTE FOR "COL. LAWTON And thereby vote for common hon esty and the interest of the common people. A NOBLE FELLOW. In connection with an extract in another part of this page, we copy the following from the Constitution in relation to our candidate for Rep 0 rcsentative: John I. Hall, having been nomin ated by the Democracy of Upson county for the Legislature, and some dissatisfaction having been expressed thereat, he publishes a card offering to re-submit the matter to the democ' racy, or do anything that will unite the party, and secure the people’s interest. A noble fellow, this, and worthy of imitation. And a stunning rebuke to those whose resolute. desire for office will be gratified, though it de feat the party and injure the coun° try. All honor to Hall. VOTEeTrLY ! When your vote is safely deposi ted in the ballot box, there is no danger that it will be lost by acci dent or forgetfulness. Vote Early. COL. W. J. LAWTON. Our candidate for Congress is a strong man, in every sense of the word. lie is able, energetic and de termined, yet modest and unpreten tious. He is a true Southerner—his interests are indissolubly bound up with our State. Originally educated for the bar, he was a successful practitioner of law for twelve years in the middle and eastern Circuits of Georgia—from 1830 to 1861. In 181*2-3 represented Scriven county in the representative branch of the Leg islature. From 1815 7he was in the Senate from the Bth district. Again, in 1819 he was a Representative of Scriven county, and in 1850 was elected a member of the Constitution al Convention from that county. In 1855 he represented Dougherty in the State Senate. Democrats! if you would be rep resented at Washington by one of intelligence, culture and wealth, vote for Col. Lawton. REMEMBER THEM. ‘ l I wish the Southern leaders were in the penitentiary of Hell guarded by bayonets.”— The late Thad. Steph ens, Radical member from Pennsyl vania. “The Southern people are the most blood-thirsty in the world,” — A. J. Hamilton , late Radical Gov. of Texas. Will you vote to sustain such men as these ? RADICALISM. \ote to destroy the party of offi cial corruption, high taxes, extrava gance, and high tariff. PROPHETIC. “If these fanatics and abolitionists ever get power into their hands, they will override the Constitution, set the Supreme Court at defiance, change and revise laws to suit themselves ; finally they will bankrupt, tho coun try, and deluge it with blood.”— Dan* iel Webster. Ilow literally has this remarkable prophecy of an intellectual giant been fulfilled. The Radicals have indeed set all law at defiance, overridden the Constitution, &c. Not on’y this, bnt in their infamous at tempts to acquire and retain power, they have disregarded the plainest dictates of justice and decency. They have filled the land with the weeping widows and orphans of thousands of slaughtered men ; im posed onerous taxation upon a suffer ing people; elevated irresponsible and ignorant men to office ; elected a partizan administration ; paralyzed our commerce; created a large stand ing army ; voted away millions and millions of acres of land to specula-* tors; disfranchised intellegent white men solely for political effect, and enfranchised a race of semi-barbari ans to make perpetual the rule of the dominant party; rolled up a national debt that may never be pai I. These are only a few of the numberless curses inflicted upon our once happy country by the ascenden cy of a sectional, party. Lmless the sovereign people rise in their might, and throw off the yoke fastened about their necks by this despotic party, the foundations of our government will be undermined, all our sacred rights as freemen filched from us, and what is knovvn as American Liberty will exist only in name, and in the eyes of the world will be simply a magnificient mockery. As surely as night follows day, the continuance of Radicalism will bring anarchy and destruction. REMEMBER THE DAYS. The citizens of Georgia will be called upon to vote on Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday, the 20th, 21st and 22nd of this month. From the columns of The True Georgian, we clip the following edi torial remarks in reference to the action of our candidate for Represen tative, in expressing his willingness and desire to pursue such a course as will tend to strengthen and unite the Democracy: The Right Spirit.—Mr. John I. Hall having been nominated by the De mocracy of Upson county for the Legislature, and some dissatisfaction having been expressed thereat, he publishes a card offering to re submit the matter to the Democracy, or do anything that will unite the party, and secure the people’s interest. This is the right spirit. To place country above self shows the true spirit of moral heroism. Such men are an honor to the party and to the country. Let this spirit predominate during the campaign, and the tri umph of Democratic principles in the Empire State of the South is as cer tain as that the sun rises in the east. Action and unity must govern our people. WHERE THE MONEY GOES. Twenty thousand dollars were paid for legal services by the present Gov ernor of Georgia, out of a fund from which he had no right to draw it. HOW WE ARE TAXED. The highest financial authority in England, the London Economist, says of the American system of tax ation : “Every sort of industry— almost every kind of available and conspicuous act —is seized upon and taxed. — A ninety-ninth part of this interference in England would have caused a rebellion." It must be re membered too, that at least one-halt of our taxes are made necessary by the extravagance of Congress and its determination to Africanize the South. The English people are no smarter than our own, but they cer tainly have more spirit. nexTweek. Democrats of Georgia. If you will give next week to the good work, and get out the full strength of the party, all our candidates can be elected. Shake off all apathy, and on next week work ! work !! work !!! ONE*VOTE! May elect the Democratic candi date in your senatorial or representa tive district. See that every availa ble vote is secured and that not one is lost through negligence. The Atlanta papers publish a full list of the managers of election, for all the counties in the State. We have not room for the entire list, but give the appointments for a number of the counties. Upson. County —Allen J. Williams, Josph Allen, Guilford Speer, James Bell, Charles 11. Corbin. Harris County —Rolar and A. Russell, James 11. Huey, J. C. Beall, Albert Hall, Aaron McAfee. Crawford CoUnty-&. P. Culver house, Josiah Ililsman, Eugene W al ton, Harvey Lacklayer, Austin Per sons. Bibb County —W. Krzyzanowski, J. C. Swavze, Willis Epps, W. Lee Ellis, W. P. Goorlall. Monroe County— Monroe Clower, Jefferson Dumas, J. W. May, W. 11. DeLvon, Moses A. Potts. . Meriwether County —M. C. Robert son, Win. T. Ilevill, D C. Gresham, C. F. Humphries, J. W. Black. Spalding County —S. W. Mangham, Geo. A. Cunningham, Thomas W. Thurman, Alex. G. Murray, Clark Gilmore, Pike County .Hartford Green, G. W. Milner, Marcus L. Billingsly, Win. Perkins, William Fincher. Barnesville Precinct James B. Hanson, T. T. Huguly, Augustus P. Turner, John T. Blackman, Charles Fambrough. Talbot County —M. Jeter, James T. Phillips, Me McFarland, Calvin But ler, Wm. Reedy. Geneva Precinct —Ansell Turner, Hope 11. Hammock, J. T. Mcßyrde, Jas. P. Miller, Wm. Cosby. London , December B.—lt is re affirmed that Russia lias ordered, from Ameaica, one hundred mitral leuses, and one million metalic car tridges.!* o BE PUNCTUAL Be at the polls early and see that nil your neighbors are there too. Remember that “procrastination is the thief of time.’ 5 RADICAL IIATE. At Arlington, on the Ist of May 1870 —Decoration Day—private sol diers were stationed in tl*e Cemetery to prevent the decoration of the graves of Confederate soldiers buried there, and this in the presence and with the approval of Gen. Grant wnd his Cabh net. Will you sustain by your votes, this wicked, partizan administration ? TAXATION. If you are for relieving the people of burdensome taxation, vote for the Democratic candidates—Col. Lawton, Dr. Mathews, Col. Hall and others. If you wish to be ground to the earth by monopolists, and have ever} 7 thing you wear, everything you eat, in fact, everything that conduces to comfort bear a heavy tax, sustain the Radical party by voting for its candidates. THE DIFFERENCE. Buchanan’s administration spent $60,000,000 in its last year : Grant’s economiccd administration is spending $300,000,000, just five times as much, --and this in a time of profound peace. If you wish this extravagance to con tinue, vote for the Radical candidates. If not, vote for Lavrton, Mathews, Ilall and the other Democratic can didates. waste" The New* Y r ork Tribune admits that u there is money enough stolen and wasted by government officials, local and national, to pay the public debt." To put an end to this wasteful ex travagance, let us vote for Democrat ic candidates, all of w*hom are pledg ed to an economical adminstration of the affairs of the county, State and nation. The Most Expensive Government in the World. —Ours, under radical rule, is the most expensive in the world. The civil service of this government costs $10,000,000 per year more than that of England. The cost of the War Department, as stated by the Radical authorities, was $123,000,- 000 last year, while the British army only cost $71,000,000, and that too, with a force nearly four times as large as ours. In round numbers our army is composed of 60,000 men, while the British army has 213,000 men. Such facts as the above explain the neces sity for high taxes. Funny isn't it ? —A grumbler ex plains the present system of raising revenue as follows: “Now you see, in the first place, they git the amount of a feller’s business. That is first taxed. Then they find out how much he earns every month, and that’s taxed. Then they find out all about his profits, and on that they lav their tax. Then they manage to get some tax on what he owes. Next comes what they call income, and that’s taxed. Then, if any thing is left, the preacher calls around and gits it to sustain the church and convert the heathen. PARTY OBLIGATIONS. Political parties are worth nothing if they are not able to carry elections. A creed of principles is but a patch work of nullities, unless they can be reduced to practice. Parties are or - ganized for the express purpose of practicalizing certain theories of gov ernment. Party nominees are, for the time, the impersonation of party ideas, and their support is as much an obligation as is a confession of party faith. Ideas that will not ce ment an organization are predicated upon some sort of an error. If the creed is correct, the man is not so much a matter of question. Under our socialism the idea is the primary consideration, and the duty of parties is to cling to it in all its ramifications. A wrong man nominated does not prove the creed wrong, as it is the measure upon which the party unites much more than upon the man. Our political education has been of that kind which places treachery to party v-ery nearly in the same cateo gory with treason to one’s country. True, the former is not a crime in the eye of the law, but it is a gross and immoral wrong at the bar of public opinion. Parties are understood to advocate certain theories of govern ment—that is, they place certain constructions upon articles of gov ernment, and direct their machinery to the end that those articles may be mobilized as they are construed. Hence, faith to party, is, by construc tion, faith to country. In other words, it is patriotism. Hence, its breach becomes a moral wrong, and is so held in American po'itics. If, then, the creed of a party is worth anything, the nominations un der that party are worth as much. It is not the individual which claims the support of an organization, but the theory of government embodied in the platform. Opposition to the indi vidual is hostility to faith under all circumstances. It is not the minister upon which a church unites, but the articles of faith. So, in politics, it is not the leader, that should be expect ed to hold a party together, lie is simply an impersonation —a nucleus of opinions which are to be supported. And if the opinions are not supported through him they cannot be supported at all. Ours is a government of parties and always will be. The government is shaped to the similitude of the views held by the party in power. There fore the party is the government; that is, the country is governed, not specially by any unequivocal article, but by a party construction of the established principles. Therefore, we find partyism elevated to a greacer dignity than would be assigned it by a mere casual observer, and, at the same time, a breach of party faith becomes an offense of more important consideration that it is usually held to be. It is not only a violation of an implied obligation, but it is treach ery to the avowed principles of one’s government, and a smart assault upon patriotism. Policy, if no higher motive, com mands the strictest party unity. A party has no object, if its object is not to win. It can win only by the closest adherence, not only to pre cept, but to nominees. The men who have the favor to receive the nomi nation, become at once as important as the organization itself. Their suc cess of their party, and their defeat. Personalities have nothing to do with a campaign. # lt is platforms that run and are elected, and the member of a party that goes back on a nominee, goes back on every principTe of his faith. —Atlanta Sun. The Democracy. —If the signs of the times as set forth in the result of the recent elections indicate any thing, it is that Radicalism is defeat ed and falling back, and Democracy victorious* and advancing. The ad herents of the former may indeed have good reason to sit in sackcloth and ashes, and beg for another device to be inscribed on their trailing banners, but the disciples of the latter are satisfied with the flag which has led them to glory, just as it is, bearing the old legends unmutilated and un changed. In short, the Democratic party of the United States, while not disposed to waste time and strength on dead issues, want no new princi ples or new name to assist them in the future. That name and those principles they have clung to in days of fiery trial ; in days of disaster and persecution ; in days when every hope of relief and redemption seemed lost; and they emphatically decline to abandon them now, when fortune smiles and the skies are bright. The triumphs won in Oregon, Indiana, West Virginia, North Carolina, Ala bama, Tennessee, Florida, New York, Illinois, and Missouri were Democrat ic triumphs—the battles were fought and gained by and with Democratic principles, and will contribute to the advancement of the Democratic cause. If Messrs. Trumbull, Logan, Field, Bryant k Cos., are tired of the Radi cal synagogue, they are welcome to enter the Democratie church and bring their friends with them. The seats are free and the invitation cor dial. WHY TAXES ARE HIGH—RADICAL CORRUPTION AND EXTRAVAGANCE. GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE! UNDER GRANT, COMPARED WITH DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATIONS. | ADMINISTRATION. PERIOD.I TOTAL COST. COST PER ANNUM, jPOPULATION. j * COST PER CAPITA. : J ; Jackson s 8 A ears. $14.>.792. 276 20 $18.224,0.34 52 14.000.000 $1 10, Exclusive of Interest and Principal of Public debt. |Van Huron's 4 ** 120,729,810 15 30.182.452 5.3 17 “ “ | 1 78, ‘ * Polk’s 4 “ 147.342,853 34 36.830.713 33 21 u “ 1 75, ‘ ‘ ‘ Pierce's 4 “ 212.000,228 94 53.014.055 78 27 “ “ 1 00, ‘ <■ ‘ * Buchanan's .... 4 “ 268,661,197 76 66.915.249 44 30 u “ 2 10, 4 4 ‘ * Total 24 Years $889,592,366 39Dem y. g, . *‘,H ’ * ' G PANT'S T Year,’ ft 190. 700. 355 00 $100,796,355 00 40.000,000 $4 76, 4 ‘ * * Average cost per capita for 24 ypars under Democratic Administrations. $1.77, (including expense of Mexican War.) Cost under Republican Administration, per capita. $4 76, (Excluding receipts for Property and War Material Sold.) Whole cost for 24 years under Democratic Ad ministrations, $889,592,306.30! Amounts of Revenue collected from the people by the present Ad ministration, per annum, $411,255,- 477,03 for 24 years, $9,870,131,463,- 12. An expenditure of $1,77, (the av erage per capita under Jackson, Van Buren, Polk, Pierce, and Buchanan) with our present population (40,000, 000) would be $70,800,000 per an num. Grant spends $190,790,355,00 per annum , exclusive of principal and interest on the public debt I The total cost, including principal and interest on the Public Debt, dur ing the above named Democratic Administrations averaged less than $2. per capita. Amount of Federal J axes extorted by Grant’s adminis tration during the last fiscal year $411,255,477,03, (as stated by the Radical Campaign document styled, ‘•National Finances.” page 1,) which is an average of $10,28 per capita , estimating the population at forty millions. Note. —The Lincoln administration is omitted, for the reason that the extraordinary expenditures of that administration were occassioned by the war, and could not be fairly com pared with Grant’s or previous ad ministrations, —although the cost of the Florida and Mexican Wars were paid by the above named Democratic administrations. WHY IT IS DONE. Boutwell is said to be frantically in earnest in bis Presidential aspira** tions, and hopes to beat Grant “on! of sight” for the nomination. All his doctoring on the public debt state ments is designed to manufacture pub lic opinion in*his favor. Taxing Flour and Potatoes. —The Radical Congress, not content with the robberies of the people which for the last four years, they have been guilty of, are now fiercely engaged in adding to our food a tax that for shamelessness is unparalleled. “Congress is now taxing food. The House has voted a tax of 25 cts. a bushel of potatoes; wheat 30 ets. a bushel ; rye 20 ots ; barley 25 cts ; oats 15 cts; flour, meal, &c , one cent a pound. It is called “a bill of abomination,” and it is. In case of a failure of any of these crops—the necessaries of life—in this country, the taxes imposed would take a vast amount of money from our people and put it in the pockets of the Can* adians, Nova Scotians, and the agri> cultrists of the Black Sea. The people of the Lmited States are pa* tient with tbe set who rule them by caucus, who are smothering the life and spirit of free institutions, and who are now burdening the princi pal articles of food with heavy and unnecessary taxation.” VOTES! VOTES! See that every town is liberally supplied with votes, which may be obtained at this office. Be sure that this matter is attended to in season. Buffalo , December 10.—The Na tional Convention of the Board cf Trade is discussing tbe resumption of specie payment. Item Jfodcrtiscmr&t. Notice to Teachers. Oi.imn art’s Orrtrr r^. r rE.\niEß*„ t ,h.u2;T.; ,n * I notified tr. file their account* r . ~n' y on.ro by the lf,h day of -I.no , v n*Vt J* **»'•• " . J a participation in the Poor , , ■ declT '* L WM A. coan, Cnih*, INTERESTING TO ALL; A oms ! °‘ ° f Be:ect »f DRY Groceries and Provision? jnst received and intake*) to s. 1! at p, w . st Correspond with cheap cotton. Now u . : r,,es - T* goods very low. Come and see. deeU-fm 0. A Wk Uk , THOS. F- BETHEL w ) DEALER IN drv coons m croceimi WOULD inform 65 customers ▼ ▼ frienfe th:»t I.is fall stock is now conn;,*, solicits from t hem a continuance of their fori' l . ‘ age. at his new fire proof store un Mttiu street ton, Ga t J. J. HECKT. (Uonticello, Oa.) 'Watchmaker and Jewelb TIIOMAKTOn, \\ T OI t LD respectfully inform th#» ciH z n , ? T "f Upson and adjaeeat mini located in Thoinaston for the purpose of un vin'- „ Jewelry Business Will keep constantly on (T 5 suppi.v of WATCHES, CLOCKS, etc,‘as the mV: will justify. i? ig r* v i is i tv a , of all kinds, in mv line made a specialty. A’l » warranted. A liberal share of patronage licited. Rooms, fur tho present, at Webb’s tlou-l decl7 ira Bcwdon Collegiate Institution, Bcw&cn' Carrell County, Ga. r IMIE exorei*Ps of r tis fnatiOrion *i; 1 open January tfith, IS7I fi r tlu* Sir; rT, and August 17th for the Kali Term The citizens of Bowdon having assume I nil by ample endowment, the Trustees have ew; * lull corps of instructors We congratulate the friend-of the Ins ftutii n on' happy consumatlou and ask f r it a c ntlnuance < f liberal patronage heretofore extended For t atalogue and Supplementary Circular > 1 all particulars, address Rev F. 11. M IL nIT • ' Fiesidcnt. J J). \|ooi:i: j di-cIT-tf. Secretary Board TiUm / 4 EOR' II A—Upsov county M s Mur \ S Ann Fertnson of snrfd ronnty, widow of (i Ferguson, deceased, h *8 this day filed her p.-titl n 5 exemption of personalty and wiling apart an I * , tb>n of homestead, ands will p-ms upon the. Time »* 12 o’clock m . on the 27th day of l>.«c.. m |„. r ret me oihce in Thomaston. w. a (him; decl? 2t—Rrhrter's fee $2. Oidimry. ( A GORGlA—rrsox mrxTY. Crnrt of Ordinary * December Tenn, 1870. Whereas Atno< Wnrfi applies for dismission from the administration of i! . t'late of Barrel VY. Jackson, deceased. It i> tho’ ordered that rule ni si he published in the TWia.-M Herald fur thrye months, returnable to this t ourt ■ - the first Monday in April next, that all per-.ns mi,- Cernetl may have notice thern*>f and act sccniinely. A true extract lroiu the minutes of said ( «• .n. W \f. A. COBB, Ordinary, dec! 7 Bm—Ft inter's fee 1*7,00 $lO K.E'W^IR.D! [HAVE lost rnv Ror ket Rook containne papers worth several thousand dollars to r i ; i.t valueless to any other person. 1 will give the; .fy* reward to any one safely returning these declO-tf J \ M hr) SIIATTI.E3. FLOUR EMPORIUM! 17 RESIT FLOUR reeoived daily from the Mills, in Quarter, Half and Sacks—guaraoted t.:« and good—at MILL PRICES FOR CASE Il tTe just received another hill of dedrnble M.\ GOODS, Notions, &c. Che;iper than the ch ■!*•- '"t Gash. doc3-lm G. A. WEAYF.K. M-UIiES! mules: I WILD soy to tfio r ,p„ptn tff -3 and adjoining counties that I will off. r at PUBLIC OUTCRY, on the first Tuesday in January m xt.intU hs" TllO.Vf ASTON, a fine lot of KENTUCKY MI’LKo a few plug Horses. All you who want stockh tion to the present price of cotton, come along..' get them without money and at reasonable pric , *s Pales positive. t S. H. UAYU-*' Talboitou Standard copy two times and >«n llekald. decl • JAf/iES W. AT WATER. DEALKIt rsr DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES. OF ALU KINDS. J. K. A.DA3JS, S;i losing"* West Boom, V. bite’s Iluilding, THOMASTON, GBOUGH* oct22-Biu G. V/. MoKENNEY & CO, MUVU IJS GROCERIES, PRODUCE. ETC. TIIO3I AM ON, GA -1 r- ' ■ TN this Lire will r.ot Te . J We wHI ftiwavs keep on hand * ? \n OOP'FEE, BUG A It, TEA, SYKI FLOUR, BACON, LAUD, BAGGING, COS, CIGARS, WHISKIES, BRANDIES, Also a large stoek e-f CONFFUI thing found in a first chest. Grocery TWO GOOD BOOKS- Should be Had in every Fami'E ,I^l Devotional and Practical iff u FAMILY BIBLE, containing; » t,'one*,rdHnee. Dtctionary of Biidieal * er: ! '' r .s r( ical and Historical Index, Ac Fourteen furnished in three styles of hi ding ,v e f L V WS of BUSINESS for all the States »«« ByTheophilua i’arsons, L L D Tbit 1 ■ forms for men of every trade or j r ’ deeds, bills of sale, leases, b«*nd, artif i* - - shi)», wi!L awards, &c I’ub)i»bo*i by tne * lisiiing ( o , NeotphLs Tenn. ... irtnfU Mr JOHN A CO< IIICAN has taken the Upson and I’ike counties, ami wi Ica 1 >o’ Cl r.' f ' with th.se invaluable books iuimcdiat* r | AIIE Law lirm of Hart Aj 1 day dissolved by mutual consent, s® . ner having temporanally retired \Lh fV Nov. .9, IS7«. HAKI Mr. ALLEN will continue the practice I *‘ y *iftice oecupitsl bv the firiti Tb**nktu , ~ extended to utyseif, 1 cordially recoiutmj 1 [jyhl - my friends. SjOVID-Im