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A GREATSPEECF
DELIVERED BY A GREAT MAX.
SPEECH OF HOS. JOHN B. GORDON,
DELIVERED IN THE OPERA HOUSE
AT COLUMBUS, GA., ON FRI
DAY EVENING, AUGUST
27TH—A XOMLE DE
FENSE OF GOV.
COIAjUITT.
My Friends and Follow C'uulry
men: It Is my proud privilege to thus
address you. You are my friends, I
trust, as well as my countrymen. I
know of no acts no word, no thought
of nifue which should debar me from
the privilege of clamping the citizens
of Columbus as my friends I aui, here
at the invitation of some of your 'citi
zens to address you, but it Is to address
you as my friends. I am here to speak
not in my own cause, but in the cause
of truth and justice, of harmony and
unity, and of that great state to whose
welfare, honor and glory, we owe as
citizens, our best and most unselfish
services. I,ike old Paul to his breth
ren at Ooriuth, I am here to deprecate
dissentions and to bid you, my breth
ren of the same household of faith he
reconciled one to another. [Applause.]
In respect to national politics, it is a
matter of sincere congratulation that
we are,practicaVy united; and it will
be useless to detain you in the discus
sion of national issues. Suffice it to
say that the nomination of Hancock
was the naming of the next president
[Applause.) Oixjld you have wit
nessed as I did at Cincinnati the en
thusiasm which his nomination
evoked, you would have seeu in it the
certain presage of the coining victory
[Applauje.] As soon as it was demon ■
HtratcJ that Hancock was the choice
of a majority of the convention, dele
gation after definition foil into line;
the banners of the states were borne
to the front; the great brass instru
ments at one end of the mamoth hall
pea lei 1 forth in inspiring strains that
grand anthem,‘‘Should oil acqiiin
tance lie forgot,” the great
began answered back in grandest mel
ody and the whole audience, represen
tative amt people, on flout and gal
leries, rose a- by a common impulse
and mingled their voices in tin; swell
ing chorus until tire very walls and
arctics of that democratic temple
seemed to tremble with the impulse
that moved the vast concourse of peo
ple. [Applause,] Nothing can ever
surpass it in future. Yes, 1 mistake,
there is one scene in store for us,
which will eclipse it. It will occur
when Hancock is elected. [Applause]
It will occur when the true Amor lean
jubilee shall coiue —when sectional
animosities ail I dissensions Shall give
place to sectional oonuord and unity;
when tlio north and east and south
and west shall cease to hate and learn
to love; [applause] when all sections,
all classes, all creeds, all colors of
American citizens inspired by a com
mon love of country shall recognize
common interest In a common con
(4 ii lit inn; when the disbanded soldiers
of the south and tile disbanded sol
diers of the north shall rally to the
same flag, and with fidelity to the un
ion of equal states which it emblems
shall swear tiiat In this American
brotherhood war and bloodshed, op
pression, wrong and strife shall lie
no more. [Loud cheering.] Hut as 1
said at the outset, it is useless to ills,
cuss before this audience national puli
itlps about which we are practically
united.
I must turn, therefore, to another
field of discussion io which I am
grieved to know we arc not united.
I allude of course to the state canvass
for governor. I approrch this discus
sion with great reluctance, for naving
retired myself from office,! had hoped
(tip fime would never come when I
should find myself again in oonlrover
cy with any citizen of Georgia. I had
hoped that in my retirement l should
carry with me the good will and friend,
ship of all my countrymen. Outside
of my own State, north and south, I
lielieve J can truly say my hojies in
this respect have been abundantly
realized. But strange it is that in my
own State there are u few men—very
few X am glad to know—who have
never seen anything worthy of com
mendation in auy act of mine or in
the motive which prompted It. One of
this class of gentlemen has recently
made public in your city the animosi
ty toward me which he has long cher
ished. That man was Governor James
M. Smith. Now I never assail a man
until he assails me; but then I make
it a role to go for him. [Applause ]
Governor Smith sought this city to
throw off the bile that has long lain
heavily upon his stomach. Xlis ani
mosity toward me of which I have
long been apprised, is without the
slightest provocation and absolutely
without excuse. Not satisfied with
disparagement upon the street corners
while I was in my office, he assails in
a public assembly of the people my
motives in retiring from office.
Ex-Oovernor Smith in his public
speech delivered in this hall a few
nights i.ince wishes to “know why I
should want to retire from ‘one of the
most elevated offices to which a citi
zen can aspire.” He does not compre
hend how any man could get his con
sent to retire voluntarily from an or
ifice. Of course Governor Smith
would never have resigned. He has
just announced that he never does in
tend to get out of the office he now
hold- —that is, he says lie don't in
tend to gi. cut of it until Norwood is
elected and that amounts to the same
thing. [Laughter cheers and hisses.]
Well,l shall not quarrel with Governor
Hmitli about liis inability to appreciate
such an act. Perhaps if I had been a
long time trying to get into the senate
without taring aide to do so I might
also be annoyed that any man would
be willing to give it up. [Laughter.}
TEE WASHINGTON GAZETTE.
VOL. XV.
It is always puzzling to a hungry
man to see anothei person refuse to i
eat. [Laughter.] But he says 11
did it so ‘‘eland estlnely”—“not a sus- j
picion existed” that I would resign. !
Well, Governor Smith is m istaken |
about that also*. It is true that Gov
ernor Smith didn’t know anything
about my purpose: for not having gone
into office with his consent, I did not
think it incumbent on me to get his
pennies lon to ge out of it. [Laughter.
But there were very many Jmcn in
Georgia, and out of it. as patriotic and
as incorruptible as Governor Smith,
who have known for a very long time
of my purpose t> retire from public
life, who advised that course and ap
plauded that purpose . Dots Governor
know that Hon. M a rtin J. Crawford
your own distinguished townsmi n
and incorruptible jurist s’ if he will
ask Judge Crawford, lie will learn
from him thug, more than twelve
months ago I told him my purpise to
resign, and receive from him the en
couragement of a friend to do so. Has
be ever heard of the Hon. Sam Barnett
one of the railroad commissioners of
Georgia or of Judge Bleckley who also
recently resigned very suddenly,and 1
presume Governor Smith would say
“clandestinely,” as Judge Bleckley
did not consult him ns hr what lie
should do. If Governor Smith thinks
it his special prerogative to take care
of iuy conscience and Inquire into my
motives and if lie will consult either
of those gentlemen or a good many
othprs he might have his great grief
on account of General Gordon some- I
what assuaged. [Great laughter np j
piause and hisses.]
But Governor Smith says I ought to
have told tlie people kindly why 1 !
found it necessary to resign. Well, 1 I
thought I had told them kindly, very j
plainly in my letter of resignation I |
don’t think Ihftro i* anything very
obreure or very unkind in that letter.
L*t h see. Here it is ami I will read
it
{Copy of letter of resignation.j
Senate Ciiamuer, Washington,
D. C., May 14, 1880.—To his exeellen
i'y Governor A. H. Colquitt Atlanta
Ga.—Sir: 1 hereby tender my residua,
tion as United States Senator from
Georgia.
In taking this step, 1 am simply
carrying out a long cherished desire
to retire from public life 1 have hith
erto subordinate that desire to a sense
of duty, aud to a reluctance to leave
the service of a generous and noble
people who have honored me with
the most exalted station, and suppor
ted me in the discharge of its duties
with the most unswerving confidence.
Since April, 1961, fur nearly Iwt-rAy
years, my life has been of incessant
anxiety and great labor. More [than
one linlf of that long period has been
devoted to what I conceived to be the
welfare of the south, and the best in
terests of the whole country.
And now that the restoration of
South Carolina and Louisiana to the
rights ot self-government secures to
the whole south her full and rightf'il
repescn'ation in the legislative depart
ment of federal government, it leaves
me free to consult my inclinations and
the imperative duties of my family,
without detriment lo the public ser
vice. I give way to some successor
who, I trust may serve the country
with greater ability hut who lain
sure cannot do so with greater
devotion nor purer motives. I mq
with great ic.-i.eot, your obedient, ser
vant. J. B. Gordon.
1 do not think there is anything ob.
scuroor unkind in iliat letter. It con
tains tlie truth, tlie whole truth, and
nothing but the truth. But this does
not satisfy Governor Smith. Fellow-
citizens, do you thiuk that it would
have been quite so hard to satisfy
Governor Smith about my resignation
if Governor Colquitt had appointed
him to the vacancy ! [Laughter.] Do
you think if Governor Smith had
been appointed United States senator
he would have ever complained of ray
reasons for resigning or have ever
made the harsh, unjust and unwar.
ranted assaults to which you listened
a few nights since? I leave you tq
answer, liqt he says J resigned only
a short time before the end of the ses
sion; and lie does not understand that.
No, it does not suit his purpose to un
derstand it: und I want to whisper it
to you, that it is a matter of of the
most perfect indifference tome wheth
er he understands it or not. [Ap
plause.] But to you fellow citizens,
who are not angry because the
senatorial lightning tailed to
strike you, to you who did not expect
to he senators, and are therefore not
disappointed, to you who are ready to
listen to reason and want to do jus
tice, I am glad of an opportunity to
again tell you, ns I have already done
in a published speech months ago,
why I resigned only a short while be
fore the end of the session.
[General Gordon here related the
circumstances of his resignation and
purpose to accept an arrangement in
Oregon, the reason why it became
necessary for him to decide upon the
matter just when he did, his resigna
tion consequence thereof, and tlie
changes made in his plans after his
resignation which enabled him to re
main in Georgia. He llien proceeded
as follows:]
There areone or two other points
in Governor Smith’s assault to which
I call your attention.
He says I was in the face of the ene
my and he asks why did I lay down my
“commission and retire from tlie con
test before the battle closed ?” Now,
fellow-citizens, before answering that
question, I wish to ask you one.
Don’t you think if you had laid down
a commission in the preseuco of a real
enemy with guns in their hands, say
about 1883, in order to find a bomb
proof place in the confederate con
gress, you would have been a little
WASHINGTON, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IT. 1880.
cautious how you assailed other men
for laying down civil commissions ?
[Cheers, laughter and hisses]
Now, I have nothing to say about
| Governor Smith’s going to congsess
jin order to get out of the army. It
was very natural for him to want to
go there. Congress was a much safer
place to be in 1803 or Cl and the
spring of Go. There was more money
in congress, more food, more comfort
and a good deal less danger. [Laugh
ter] Ido not say this to excite indig
| nation toward Governor Smith, but
only to caution people who live in
very thin glass houses not to be
throwing stones mound promiscuous
ly. [Great laughter and chetring]
Now, you are all my witnesses that
i have ever made any reference to my
services in the army so long as I was
a candidate. I never spoke of my re
cord in order to get votes, and 1 would
not refer to it now but for the inex
cusable warfare with which
Governor Smith lias seen
fit to make upon me. But
ns lie has called in question my patri
otism and sought to prejudice me be
fore the country by reference to my
laying down a civil commission, I
may be permitted to say that what
ever other commissions I have sur
rended I have laid down the one
which called me to your defense from
1861 to 1805. I did not lay that down
ill 1800, “before the batlle had ended.”
[Great laughter and cheers] That is
one of the commissions which not
even a seat in the confederate congress
i could tempt me to lay down. [Great
[laughter] The commission was giv
en me by a struggling government,
and it was never laid down until that
young republic itself went down in
gloom and glory. [Loud cheering]
But why should I not have lain
down my civil commission just when
| 1 did? Gail any man give a sensible
! reason why ? Was there any strug
i gling country which specially needed
\my services in those two weeks ?
I Wlint great public measure was to lie
settled in those two wosks ? What
' danger confronted you in those two
I weeks ? Was not every southern state
| restored lo the union? Was not tlie
' autonomy of all these commonwealths
I perfect ? Did not pence reign in all
our borders ? Was not the power of
I the senate and the power of tlie house
j pledged to your protection ? I grant
j you that no southern representative
I ill whom the people had special eonfl
j deuce could wit propriety resign as'long
las tile South was still in the agony of
reconstruction. But such was not, the
situation when 1 resigned. The
! southern States had all passed from
; ‘senco-Di Ihe yoke, Georgia, Alabama,
j Texas, Tennessee, one after another
j they were all relieved until ut last the
j shackles fell from tlie links of Louis
-1 iaoa and South Carol Inn. [Cheers]
And the whole southern sisterhood
i was raised from its ashes, clothed with
j sovereignty and seated at liberty’s
i feet, proud, grand and free. [Loud
j cheers] Then why should I have re
iindned two weeks longer without any
possibility of doing a service to you,
and with gnat loss and inconvenience
to me? There is no reason for it.
Then why all this bellowing and
bluster? Why nil this effort to mis
represent me before tlie country for
whose interest and honor and liberty
X have watched for nearly a quarter of
n century V | Applause.] X repeat that
I only make fifcrgupp to these person
al matters because of the unprecenden
ted and unpardonable warfare made
upon me by Governor Smith and a
few others. But let. him do Ills worst.
He will not succeed in creating a pre
judice against me among this people;
for these men and God are my wit
nesses that from the time I enlisted in
1801 till I retired in 1880 I have labor
ed with all tlie powers which God has
given me fur the protection, and
peace and freedom of these southern
States. (Great applause and hisses)
(At this point the disturbance which
had repeatedly been made was so great
that it drowned thepipeaker’s voice.
Mayor Wilkins arose ami requested
the audience to allow the speaker to
proceed. lie said that General Gor
don was a gentlemen, amt had been
invited here by eitizous of Columbus,
and he hoped their would be no furth
er disturbance. We regret to say that
Mayor Wilkin’s request was not com
plied with, though it had a good ctFoct
in stopping it to some extent. The
speaker thanked the mayor, and pro
ceeded as follows:)
I come now to a question of great
interest to us all. What is your duty
and mine in the coming election for
governor V (A voice, vote for Nur
wood) My opiuiou is that it is your
duty to yourselves and to your
state to vote fur Alfred If. Colquitt.
(Applause) But as you difftr with
me. U( us reacon together as friends.
Let prijpjfWJi; for Hie time perish.
I-etpasHi j'jiie and reason live. Let
the spirit of an unselfish patriotism
preside ovtWCur deliberations, and let
personal animosities be banished in
order that justice may be done, (Ap
plause.) Why should you not vote
for Alfred H. Colquitt ? Yoa say be
cause be paid the Alston fix*. Colonel
Alston was but one of the many law
yers employed in the case Some of
the best in Georgia were associated as
counsel. Among them were General
Garlington ami General Henry It.
Jackson, of the firm of Ijuwton, Jack
son & Bassinger, of the city of Savan
| nali. It is to be supposed that suclt
! illustrious citizens and upright men
| would have accepted the payment of
I this money if it were a wrong or frau
dulent fee? Suclt a supposition would
! lie monstrous. But why call it the
! Alston fee? Is it because Colonel
Alston Is dead and his tongue cannot
■ epeakV There is no man living who
j knows any more, if as much as I do
j about this entire case. I wrote and'
I introduced the bill to pay back to
Georgia a portton of the money which
had been collected by the United States
government from Georgia after the
war for the use of the Western and
Atlantic railroad and the sale of cars
and engines. I was a member of the
military committee to which it was
referred In connection with Colonel
Alston. I induced that commute to
recommend its passage. I fought for
it on the floor of the senate and fol
lowed it to the house of representa
tives. I remained in Washington af
ter Us passage laboring with the war
and treasury department to induce
them to pay the money. And in an
swer to the charge that Colonel Alston
did but little service, I tell you that
but for ins persistent and long-con
tinued eilorts that bill would never
have become a law. There was not
a member of the congress who be
lieved that the government of the
United States could ever be induced to
reopen an account on which they had
received the tnonoy and given receipts
and readjust the accounts and return
the money to Georgia. If any lawyer
ill this city thinks the fee of 25 per
cent, agreed on by Governor Smith
and the attorneys, was an extravagant
one, let him undertake to get thrjugh
congress similar one, for other rail
roads.
(A voice—lt was 12i per cent.) No,
sir, it was not 121 per cent. The con
tract with Governor Smith was that
commissions should be paid, uot to
exceed 25 per cent. There are a num
ber of other railroads in Georgia with
similar claims. If you think 25 per
cent, agreed on by Governor Smith
and paid by Governor Colquitt was
too much, undertake a similar bill at
the rate. Try it. V’ay your own ex -
ponses in Washington until you get
the bill through, and you will wish
that you had continued your practice
in Georgia. But Governor Colquitt’s
enemies charge that the money should
have gone into the treasury and have
remained there until the legislature
met and appropriated It. Such is not
the law. T'lvcry attorney is entitled
to his fee first, and after deducing Ids
fee, the remainder belongs to Ids
client. But this whole case is so plain
ly and fully stated by Governor Col -
quitt hiliisdf, In his address to the
pooplc, that I need not dwell any
longer upon it.
I conic next, to the indorsement of
the Northeastern railroads bonds.
Governor Kmitil severely criticises
Governor Colquitt for ibis act. But
in doing so lie is in conflict with Gen
eral To,mi Ids , General Lawton, Hon.
A. O. Bacon, speaker of the house of
representatives at the time the reso
lution upon which Governor Colquitt
relied passed the legislature. Gover
nor Sinill l is also in conflict with I. J
Simmons, of the superior court and
at tlic time the resolution was passed
presided over the senate, and also in
conflict with nearly every lawyer of
prominence wits was consulted on tho
subject. But Governor Smith places
his chief objection to Colquitt’s in
dorsement on (lie ground that Attor
ney-General Hammond, the
former attorney-general of the
State, had advised against tlie
indorsement. Well, if Attorney
Hammond’a opinion ought to liavo
controlled Governor Colquitt, who
ditl not appoint him to ollloe, it cer
tainly ought to have controlled Gov
ernor Smith who did appoint him to
office. Mr. Hammond was Governor
Smith’s legal advisor when lie was In
the executive chair. Mr. Hammond
was not Governor Colquitt’s legal ad
viser, sittoe he occupied that chair.
Governor Colquitt’s legal adviser
(Major Ely) did not advise against
Governor Colquitt’s- endorsement of
the Northeastern railroad bonds, and
Governor Colquitt therefore, with the
advice of the ablest counsel gave the
endorsement. Governor Smith's le
gal adviser did advise him not to lo
dorso tlie bonds of the Nortli and
South railroad, but Governor Smith
turned a deaf ear to his legal adviser
and indorsed them notwithstanding,
Governor Colquitt, with the advice of
able lawyers, indorsed for a broad
gtiage road at tlie t ate of SO,OOO per
mile. Governor Smith, contrary to
the advloe of his own attorney gener
al, indorsed for a narrow guage road
the amount of $12,000 a mile. Gov
erner Colquitt’s indorsement never
oost tho State one dollar i t money.
Governor Smith's ind irsement cost
the State tlie loss of nearly or quite a
half million dollars. [Cries of “give
it to him. Hurrah for Gordon,”
“Hurrah for Smith Liughter and
cheers.] Governor Smith endorsed
for the North and Smth ria l to the
extent of $210,000 irt all. Two hun
dred thousand of this was lost as prin
cipal besides tho interest for twenty
years on tlie Ikiipls which you arc
bound to piy. Hit tlii* is not all.
Governor Smith indorse I, again it tho
advice of the attorney general, for an
other railroad, narrow guage at that,
called the Memphis branch up here
at Borne, and lie lost the State nearly
every dollar of that money. [Laugh
ter.} This railroad lias long since gone
“where the woodbine twineth.’ [Great
laughter, cheers and hisses.] It is
among the tilings t'l it were. [Liug i
ter.j The eis not a car, nor engine,
nor liar of iron, nor cross tie left to
mark the place wli;re it was. [Laugh
ter.] Colquitt aceirling to Governor
Smith, is a very weak governor.
Well, I am glad he Ins left n i suclt
monument of strength as this. [Ap
plause.] I rejoice that lie was not
strong enough to brave the advice of
liis own attorney general and pocket
such a loss for Georgia. [Great ap
plause.] Oh, my countrymen, what
do vau think of this warfare made
upon Governor Colquitt toy an ex
governor, wloo indorsos one narrow
guage railroad, $211,000 and then buys
it in for SIO,OOO. [Cheers ami hisses]
and who indorses for another narrow
guage road aud loses it all except the
pittance for which the iron and cars
sold, leaving nothing else save the
bare Slid gullied earth where it once
was. [Loud cheering.]
But another reason assigned by
Governor Smith for assailing Gov.
ernor Colquitt, is what lie cills the
abuses of the convict system. Now
Governor Smith is us unfortunate in
his reference to this, asjlie was in the
endorsement of railroad bonds; for lie
is himselt the high priest of the
whole system. [Laughter.] Now In
asmuch as Governor Smith endeav
ored to c ipture the e.ilore I vote by his
attack upon Governor Colquitt, 1 am
resolved that these colored people
sh ill know the truth about this mat
ter." [Cries of “that’s what we want
to. hear,” from the colored gallery.]
I am glad to see you here, my colored
friends; for as this matter was intro
duced here by ex-Gov. Smith, I want
you to know upon whom the respon
sibility for the law and the contracts
under it rests. Didn’t you think the
other night when Governor Smith
was speaking that this responsibility
rested on Colquitt ? [Cries of “yes”
and “no.”] Well lam here to prove
to you that Govern or Colquitt had no
more to do witli the passage or the
signing of that law.uor with contracts
made under it than one of these col
ored men in the gallery. [Cries of who
did “sign 1 1V”J James Milton Smith
approved the law and made the con
tracts. [Groat applause ] Here is
tlie book which contains the law.
1 want you to got, this book, laws for
1876 and on pages 40, 41, 42 i t 11 and
45.—the last page you will find tlie
words “approved Febru iry 25, 187t>.”
This you know was nearly a year be
fore Colquitt became governor, and
you know also that tlie name of Hie
gentleman who was governor before
Colquitt, was Smith. [Groat laughter.]
You know another tiling, that ibis
Governor Smith could have vetoed
that, iaw if lie had not approved it.
[ ‘That’sso” from (He colored gallery.]
Now I repeat that 1 should never
have referred to this matter, but for
the effort Of Governor Smith to prej
udice, by his own reference to it these
white people and those intelligent
goto red people, [Great laughter]
against Colquitt. Well my white
friends do 1 need to apologize to you
for not referelng to you as intoli
giiit ? Is it necessary for me to use
nil adjective ill speaking of this peo
ple whoso culture, high breeding and
refinement is known wherever the
name of Columbus Is known? [Loud
applause.]
•Fjh#. soys Governor Smith, if there
srftFnfaisoa Colquitt is responsible for
them. Well let us see about that.
Here is the documents, the public
records. They tell tlie whole story;
and that story is that the deatli rate
lias decreased under OolquittJ nearly
one-half; that more deaths occurred
in every hundred of the convicts in
the best years of Smith’s administra
tion than occurred under tho worst
years of Colquitt’s administration.
[Loud applause and hisses.] My
friends your hisses will not avail
you. They are not half so dangerous
as tlie hissing of minnie lulls [great
applause] and 1 intend to get tlie facts
before this people, if I haye to stand
here all night. [Applause ] Besides,
your hisses will not change tlie rec
ords of (lie overwhelming vindication
they furnish Alfred C dqultt; nod 1
rejoice that the evidence of ids integ
rity and efficiency and wisdom is not
the “ipso dixit” of myself or any other
man, but that evidence is furnished
in the permanent recods of his State
[Loud cheers and hurrahs for Col
quitt.]
But Governnr Smith makes his
climax against the present adminis
tration when ho charges that Gov
ernor Colquitt does not proxch to con
victs. | Laughter and applause.] Of
ail the marvelous things wlilen have
transpired in this in irvelmi cam
paign, tho most remarkable an l farei
cal is the spectacle of James Milton
Smith lecturing Atfrjd 11. Colquitt
Upon his duty ns a Cttrlstinn. [Great
laughter ami ohecring 1 Why, I
thought the charge against Colquitt
was tint he spent too inuih time
running around tojSumliy.schools,and
was neglecting on this account his
duty as governor; but it seems that
this was all a mistake, and that the
real complaint is that lie did not do
enough running about. [Laughter.]
Fellow-citizens, it would take forty of
tlie best lawyers in Georgia to toll him
wlint Governor Colquitt’s opponents
wliould have him to do. In one
breath he is wasting too much time
on religion, and in the next tie is not
wasting enough. [Laughter nin[ up--
piause.] Well, that is about on a par
allel with another criticism made by
Governor Smith on Alfred Colquitt.
He says in one p irtlou of Ids speecli
that Colquitt is “very weak.” He
says in another that Gordon and Col
quitt weot about tlie State miking
speeches, and that they thus secured a
majority of the con vention. He then
adds that the wood ;r Is that tlie dri
ven tlon was not nil in Imlu s —til it we
did not get every!), |y. Si.v, and ies it
not occur to yo't, m y friends, that by
Governor Smith’s own statement, lie
Is making of this “weak” governor
about tlie Strongest one that ever ap
peared before the people [Applause.]
But there is one thing which Gov
ernor Smith says oocurre and in tills re
cent campaign before tho people to
which lie especially seems to object.
He lays 'hat I spoke of Colquitt as j
“floating the banner of the King ofj
Kings” and ns being at Olustee. I Fell, 1
I did not make any such reference 1
in the connection in which he puts*
It, but f suppose that Is a matter of no
consequence to Governor Smith.
[Laughter.] I did refer to Governor
Colquitt as a Christian and a soldier;
bjt Ido not intend by tli it reference
to m ike any reflections ujon Govern
or Smith. [Great.Laughter.] I did not
say, and I reps.it it here, th it I did
think it was evidence of weakness in
auy executive to seek strength and
wisdom in the government o.f a great
common wealth from the source of
all strength and of ail wisd ini’. [Ap
plause.] I did say, and 1 repeat it,
that I believe the patriotic people of
Georgia, whether prolessors of religion
or not, would join in the expression
of tlie hope that the day was far dis
tant when it should be thought incon
sistent for tlie occupant of any, tho
most exalted, political station to
recognize his duty to God. [Loud
applause.]
I did not say that Governor Colquitt
was at Olustee. I did say that he was
tlie hero of that gre.it battle, and that
notwithstanding the shots fired at
him t lien andtho hot shots of this polit
ical warfare tho hero of Olustee still
lives. [Great cheering.] I said then,
and 1 repeat here, that from eyery
drop of bio ad drawn from his veins in
tills politic tl warfare there would
spring a champion strong, bold,invin
cible. (Cheers.)
But, fellow-citizens, I cannot follow
Governor Smith through all his
charges against Colquitt nor is it all
necessary. They are tlie same charges
that were made and met before the peo
ple prior to the late election for dele
gates. Besides, they have been abun
dantly [refuted iu the address of Govern
or Colquitt to the pc pile j Ist pub
lished. Suffice it to say, that there is
notan act of his administration which
submitted to fair and unprejudiced
discussions for which lie can bo hold
justly responsible, that nois not merit
your approve! One or two general
observations, and f close.
One is that this ought to be culled
the cumipaign against “motives.” I t is
tue first campaign I have ever heard
or read of in this country in which
the unfounded suspicion of bud mo
tive- for good nets furnished one of tlie
pi line reasons foi* condemning. I do
not object to tlie most critical scutiny
into the public acts of public men.
That is proper and essential to the
preservation of liberty; but whenever
the doctrines of this campaign became
the established political methods under
this government it will be a dark day
for America.
Of alt tho black and bloody chapters
in history tlie blackest and bloodiest
of all ages, civilized or barbaric, are
'those which record tho condemnation
of man upon causeless suspicion. Itwas
this which at onejjperiod filled France
and England with prisons, arrests,
convictions, death and terror. Of
course 1 do not fear tliatnny such expe
rience is ever to be ours;liut I say that
such a doctrine Is abhorrent to every
lesson of Holy Writ and to tlie genius
of our free institutions. (Great ap
plause.) No hyperbole can exaggerate
tlie folly of iutroductlng such methods
into our politics and no condemnton
by the people can he too swift and
and overwhelming. (Ct.eers.)
My country men, this war upon
Governor Colquitt is all wrong. It is
a wrong to (tie Slate, it Is a wrong to
you, ii wrong to our politics and form
of government; for to teach the young
men of the Country that such methods
arc justifiable in politico! contests as to
the public service, to drive the best
men from public life, to bring disre
pute on popular government and
thus to stab popular liberty. (Great
applause.)
But who is your executive that lie
should be thus pursued and persecuted?
You have known him from Ids boy
hood. In his youth he was held up
as an example for young men. In Ids
early manhood was obeying the call of
his oountry and following it to its
flag in Mexico us it floated ovey Mon
terey, Chepuitepej and Clierubusco
(Cheers.) Where ivas he next ? Kent
to congress from Sou tli west Georgia
ulmost before tie was old enough to
take his seat. Where next? Leav
ing congress with oneoftlie best records
ever made by one of his age, he de
clined a nomination tendered by ac
clamation. Where next? Again at
the front when the war of 1801 came.
Yes. Alfred Colquitt was at tlie front
from 1801 to 1865, where bullets flew
and Idood flowed (Cheers.,) and where
proud patriotism made her monu
ments in the bodies of her dead heroes,
(Cheers.)
IFliere next ? At tlie head of the
agricultural society, giving his time,
talents and energies to tlie develop
ment of that grett interest upon
which ail others depend, (Applause.)
Where next ? Chosen by the
unanimous voice qf the representa
tives of the people tq lie your govern
or, and elected by an unprecedented
majority, Wluit of his administra
tion ? Rook at the results, Your
floating debt paid ofiT, your standing
debt decreased, your taxes greatly re
duced, your credit at a higher point
than has ever been reached since Geor
gia was a colony. (Loud cheering.)
What think you, my countrymen, of
tlie warfare made upon such a man ?
What think you of the effirt to stain
tlie reputation of suoli a citizen ?
(Cries of hurrah for Colquitt.)
Fellow-citizens, the war did not
leave us much. If left us tho hare
soil, the balmy air and the blue skies
which a benignant God still bends
above us; hut it left us little else tllari
these heaven give.i blessings mid un
tarnished honor. (Loud applause.)
Will you seen to roll Alfred Colquitt
of that priceless boon of an honorable
name which ’is above price, higher
than office, better than property, dear
er titan life ? (Cheers and lilssc —a
voice—ho has brought that on Hi in -
sqlf.) Hir, you are not the man to
to whom I addressed tlie question. I
am talking to these men who have
characters to lose and who know wlrat
character is worth. (Great laughter
and cheers.) Ye men of Muscogee
county, are you going to lend your
selves to such a crusade Us this ? I do
NO. 88.
not believe it. I cannot believe it.
Bring tills question home to your
own hearts and hearthstones. Think
of it as you look into the faces of your
wives and children. 1 know not how
others may feel; but a3 for me, God
grant that this right arm mny wither
in Its socket and this tongue become
palsied and speechles rather than I
should become a party to au unjust
warfare upon any man. (Cheers)
God grant that at least I may never
contribute to the pulling down of the
reputation of any one of those brave
men who were ready to give property
and life for conscience and country.
(Loud Cheers.)
But, fellow-citizens, I have done.
May those unfortuuato dissentions
uot break the friendships which have
existed among you. May better and
wiser counsels prevail. May pence •
aud prosperity bo the lasting heritage
of each and all you, and may Alfred
Colquitt be elected by 40,000 majority.
(Loud aud prolonged cheering, and
hurrahs for Colquitt and Norwood.)
Hotter Time*.
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E. R. DORsEY, Qen. Push. Agent.
Administrator's Sale.
WILL bo sold on the Ist Tuesday in November
is4o. before the Court h.mao door of Wilke 1
ounty, Ga., betwoou legal hours of milo. a valuable
plantation iu said county, ou tho waters of Little
Bivor, known as the Ficklen place of Josephus Ilill
miui. doc'd, and containing 2325 acres more or loss
It is situated on the Washington Brandi Ua. It. R.)
ami has all the improvements necessary on a large
plantation, and is one of tho llnost tracts of land in
Middle Georgia. Tliore is a commodious depot on
tlio place. This property will bo sold as part o
the estate of said deceased, and under thA order o 1
the court of Ordinary of Taliaferro county. On 0
third cash and the balance on time without interest*
3C.2tn A. L. HILLMAN, Adm’r.
Wilkes Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL be sold on tho first Tuesday in November.
* ' 1330, bstweefflogal hours of sale, be torn the
Court house door of said county, a Jot of furniture,
consisting of beds, bedsteads, bureaux,waah-stands.
Carpets, chairs, and other household furniture.’
The said property being levied on and sold as (he
property of Mrs. Laura J. Arnold, under and by
virtue of a fl. fa, issuing from Richmond Superior
Court upon the foreclosure of a mortgage upon s:iM
property, in favor of T. P. Branch vs. Mrs. Laura
J. Arnold aforesaid, of Richmond county, Ga.
86-Bt J. J. GRAFTON, Sheriff W. C.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA, WILKES COUNTY.
TKTUEREAB, Mrs. M. B. Moss, executrix of James
▼ ▼ Hilling, represents to tho Court in her peti
tion duly filed and entered on record, that she has
fully administered James Huling's estate. This is
therefore, to cite all persons concerned, heirs and
oredtors, to show cause, if any thoy oau, why said
oxeeutrix should not he discharged from her exec
u snip and receive letters of dismission on the
fl Monday in December,lßo. This Sept.lst. 1330.
36*Slu GEO. DYSON, Ordinary W. O.
Notice for Leave to Sell Land.
GEORGIA, WILKES CoIINTY.'
A IMPLICATION will be made to the Court of Or
-/ .V dinary of said enmity, at the flrst regular term
after expiration of one month from this notice, for
leave to sell the lund belonging to the estate of
Elijah Boss, late of said county, doc'd. for the ben
efit of tho heirs and creditors. This Sept, lst.lßßo.
11. Q. lIAItPEB.
30-lt Administrator Elijah Posh.
Notice for Lowe to Soil Land.
GEORGIA, WILKES COUNTY.
A PPLIOATION will lie made to (lie Court of Or
j A- dlnury of Wilkes county, Ga., ut tlie lirst reg
ular torni after expiration ol'ono month from this
notice, for leave t sell th. l land* and personal
property, belonging to the t state ol Abndtam Bur
ton, late, of said county, doc’d, for tho benefit of
heirs and creditors of said dooeasod. This Septem
ber Ist. 1830. JOB. 11. STOVALL,
1 nior o! Mnaliam Burton.
Citation for Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA, WILKES COUNTY.
TI7TIEREA.S. John A. Sutton, executor of the oa-
T lute of Sarah Sutton, late of said county, rep
resents to tho Court in hi petition, duly lilod aud
entered .-.i r : •orfl, that li 1 lias fully administered
Nurnli !'i.t ton's et-tiil”. This in therefore to cite all
person- Miii-cnied, Imir: and creditors, to show
ciiuwe. i my they c omyliv raid executor r.hould not
be dis e.d from his executorship, and receive
letter* • dismiimiou on the Ist Monday in Decem
ber, 14M. This ‘2*itli day of August, lK.su.
, GEO. DYSOJ*, Ordinary W. C.
Citation for Permanent Letters of
Administration.
OEOItOLA. WILKES COUNTY,
rno all whom it may concern, Clark Mattox, hav
-1 mg in proper form applied to 1110 for perma
nent loiters of administration mi the estate of Nancy
A. Burton, late of r.aid county, doc'd, this is to cite
11 and singular tho creditors 11ml next of kiu of Raid
doc'd, to bo and nppo ir at my office, within the
time allowed by law, ami show cause, if any thoy
can, why administration should not bo granted to
ti e applicant on N. A. Burton’s estate. August 13,
1330. 33-1 m GEO. DYSON, Ordinary V/. C.
Notics to Debtors and Croditors.
X'( ITlf'F, 1h liotvby ylvim to all persons fiovlnn
demands against Elij h Pom. Into of mid County
(I- -M, t>jH . gunt them to mo properly made out
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IHB i. 32-Gt Jl. Q. HAItPEFt, Administrator.
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of J. W. Lathrop k Cos., County Treasurer,
Havannah, Ga. W. D. PiEneß, Sheriff
Ed. Jackson, Col. C. U.Duncan,
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A. H. GILES. Ordinary II union Cos., Ga
D. H. CULLEB, Clerk Superior Court,
Houston, county, Ga.
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