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From the Chronicle &. Sentinel.
Why Democrats will Support Col. Akin.
Mr. Editor : The question is very fre
quently askt-d of Democrats, Why do you
support Col. Akin for Governor P
Living in Cherokee Georgia, as I do,
and haviug known Gov. Brown and Col.
Akin personalty for ten years, I propose
to answer that question for myself, and
many other Democrats in this region who
will most cordially vote tor Col. Akin.
Because there is no political principle
involved in the contest whatever, that ean
in any wise separate Democrats, and their
opponents of former years ; there is then no
violation of past principle.
Because the election of Giv. Brown
w* u.d only he a Broun triumph , and not
a victory of Democracy.
Because Gov. Brown's slate policy has
been unwise, unsafe, and unstatesmanlike.
Because Go\. Brown’s position relative
to hanks, it can ltd out, would bankrupt
iln* JSiait —make the little sul+slance of
the pooler classes an easy prey to a few
I Ini unatt money lioldi rs, and reduce them
t dial v a:. a <r serious want.
j. t<< us* Col. Akm is a s under and
j-ii a U Tit man, uj *n tin jSaiie Itighis
. and ictriia h.iii tj <\ Blown*
Bijcous i Gov. Bn wn refused to cull a
Coil veil i li in i bio* ini ti ;hc will of the
Lt Asia.me <Xj msed, atui •having taken
.::t it “tilt lllull v to eXecll.C t lie hIWS.”
BtcuusK G v. Bri vvn has not managed
\ln n . * it ad in a manner to make it
: o o ’ u. h money ns he said he would
—!s much money as it ought
, , r at. much money us Gov. John
n. i .it dvcissor, made it pay —while
.. i.a , rauoua ntly a*ml falsely represent
•o . in people, will mu lit to deceive
iiu: , i licit tlit lioud was now making sev
(i .ai Lu. usaiid dollars per month more than
; it hud ever done before.
B* cause Gov. Brow n’s recommendation,
ulat!ve to uppropi iations for Colleges and
Con.ti.oii {Schools, was a detnagogtiical
livuiiish—calculated to squander the peo-
I ie’s money and humbug classts
to catch their sup]tort.
Because Gov. Brown’s vetoes exhibit
him as he is —a senseless statesman ; and a
heartless one, as evidenced hv his veto of
she hill for the relief of the poor widow
and her orphan children in Augusta.
Because Gov. Brown appointed H. H.
Waters {Secretary in the Executive De-
I arum nt, after having refust and to give him
a cert ideate of good moral character, that
he might obtain license to practice law in
the Supreme Court —lifter implicating said
I Waters in a very unfortunate transaction
in connection with a mutilation of the re
! cords of the Court of Ordinary of Chero
kee county, to the satisfaction of a special
jury of Cass county, in a suit wherein said
W iters was a party .it interest, and Gov
ernor Brown his opposing counsel. With
this know ledge, and with the testimony of
the whole country, that said Waters was a
scoundrel, and unworthy the confidence of
any honest man-, he appoints him to an of
fice near his person, thus regarding him a
Jit companion.
Because Gov. Brown has been guilty of
political corruption, bargain and intrigue
to secure a re-election.
Because Gov Brown lias permitted Dr.
Li yis his Superintendent of the State
Road, to ship his own pig iron—he being
a large manufacturer of that article—from
Cnrtersville to Chattanooga, 88 miles, for
$1,35 per ton, while at the same time he
charged others from Kingston to Chatta
nooga, 78 miles, $?3,25 per ton.
Because Gov. Blown is a small man
even among small men. I have known
him well fir ten years, find 1 assert in all j
that, time he lies n<>t done one noble disin- \
tertsted act. His whole sold has always!
been absorbed with self; and all his con- !
duct governed by selfishness. And often ;
has he compromised his character tor honor j
and veracity to forward personal ends.
Because 1 have been iniimatelyacquain
ted with Col. Akin for ten years, and know ,
him, as do thousands in Cherokee Ga.. to
] e a whole soul* and jemrous Christian gentle
man, • >ss< Ssing abilities as a lawyer and
tinancier, e e.*nd to no man in the S ate, ,
on* wiio <u all his acts and conduct is
g< veined by n.l>le impulses. A man who’
has raver stuo] ed to do a mean ihing to
s cute promotion or for gam, one who as
Governor would do houm to Georgia, his
na iv S ate, and who would stand unliineli
u. |\ by hir in the hour of trial, it trial
coiue. . *
L i luse reasons, and others that might
Ik giw n, 1 am opposed to the re-election
ot G vt iiioi Browu.
1 h. ve been a Democrat for eighteen
wars, and in all that time the Democracy
iK\vr have presented a candidate for my
Mithage that in my opinion was so un
worthy >f it as Governor Brown. 1 am
no disappointed office seeker-—never asked
for, nor held a political office in my life,
and never expect to. These are only the
reasons of a private votir in the ranks of
the Democracy ; and they are the reasons
which will induce thousands of Democrats
i in Cherokee Ga., to cast their votes on the
Ist Monday in October next for Col. W ar
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‘THE UNION OF THE STATES: -DISTINCT, LIKE THE BILLOWS; ONE, LIKE THE SEA.”
THOMASTON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 18-19.
From the Atlanta American.
Glorious Letter from a Glorious
Old Patriot.
We are indebted to a friend in this city
for the following copy of a Letter received
by him from an old and distinguished
Whig of Middle Georgia. We bespeak for
it a calm and careful perusal :
“ , August 15, 1859.
“My Dear Sir : I was opposed to run
i ning an Opposition candidate for Govern
or, against Gov. Brown—not because Isaw r
or even thought I saw any worth or mer
it in him ; far from it ; for I think he is a
I man upon a very small plan—a little heart
i less, selfish demagogue; and j*ot, I saw
that his re-election was inevitable, and I
: did not wish to see a good man of ours
beaten by a steer. The organization of the
Democratic party is such that it is inipos
i sible to beat it in Georgia. [We disagree
withdbe writer. We believe that we shall
“throw 1 ’ them this Fall. — Editor.] This
organization, to he sure, is disgraceful and
: degrading ; hut still it is now inevitable.
Just 1 ook at it. Some short time back,
Mr. Stej hens declared that the Democrat
ic party was dying with the dry rot—for
the want of principle ; arid with this declar
ation, and without taking it back or ex
plaining it, or apologizing for it, he un
blushingly went into the Democratic par
ty, and they received him with loud huz
zas, and put him at once at their head !
There was infamy, degradation and dis
grace all round. When Mr. Toombs was
about joining the Democratic party, he
was asked if he was going to vote for John -
son, the then Democratic candidate for
Governor. He said he was going to vote
for him. He knew Johnson was a damned
low down scoundrel, but. heshould vote for
! him and would if he were to catch him with a
stolen sheep on his back. And upon this
declaration of principles, Mr. Toombs was
received in full fellowship.with the Demo
cratic patty —Johnson and he kissing and
making friends, without explanations ar
apologies on either side. More infamy,
degradation and disgrace all round. All
novffilfatjs necessary to make a good Dem
ocra¥ft,to take the name and vote the tick
et —<ven Tl you vote for an absolute Free-
A bolit ionist.
“And look at the party, as connected
with Gov. Brown. The Legislature—two
thirds of both branches of which was of his
own party —did not sustain him in a soli
tary measure of any importance that he
recommended to the Legislature. First,
they overruled him in his desire to put
down the Banks, and with them the com
merce and property of the country. Sec
ondly, they failed to carry out his recom
mendations to make large donations to cer
tain Colleges. Thirdly, they refused to es
tablish Free Schools, as recommended by
him. Fourthly, they refused to give State
Aid to Railroads, as recommended by him ;
and, fifthly, they refused to establish the
Cobb Sub Treasury, as recommended by
him, and which was to prevent the circula
tion of anything under $lO and S2O hills.
All this he recommended, and all this his
own party refused to do. Now, if his re
commendations were right, they ought to
have carried them out ; if wrong, they
should vote against him for re-election. —
Look at this shameful inconsistency ; but
it is Democracy : take the name and vote
the ticket —sustain your Rulers, no matter
what they do !
“And how, m v dear sir, can we overthrow
this shameful and disgraceful state of things,
and to which is added the equally shame
ful and disgraceful humbuggery in regard
to Brown’s management of the State Road?
I say, what are we to do with a party so
shameless, so infamous, so degraded ? Our
only hope is that the h mest patriots in
their ranks will see the infamy and degra
dation to which they are being carried and
withdraw from it.
“But, my dear sir, our party has put
Col. Akin in the field, in opposition to
Brown, and we must give him a warm, a
hearty support. He is worthy of our con
fidence and worthy of the office. You must
rush tin* figure for him up there. We will
do our best for him here.”
The Printing Office. — “A well con
ducted Printing otficeis the best ot schools.
Go with me to the Executive and Legisla
tive Departments of ‘he Government, and
I will point you, in each of them, to some
of the most competent and useful public
officers who started in life as Printer’sdev
ils. Cross the ocean, and we will find such
men as Guizot, DeTocqueville, and Lamar
tine of France, Lord Palmerston, D Lsia
eli and Macauley of England, have all dis
tinguished themselves as journalists. Let
young men especially look to these high
examples and rest satisfied with nothing
short of positions in the front rank of so
ciety. This can4ie attained only by the
most indomitable industry and persever
ance and study, and by a strict regard to
truth, honesty and virtue. Never for a
moment think it disreputable to labor.-
Honest toil, however humble, never ye dis
graced any mau ; but too many, we aresor
-1 rv to say, suffer disgrace rather than work
‘fora livelihood.
From the Atlanta American.
A Patriotio Letter from a Patriotic
Democrat.
have pleasure in laying before our
readers the tollowing patriotic le ter from
Dr. E. N. Calhoun, one of lie oldest and
most itifiueutial Democrats in this section
ot the JS’.ate. It will be seen that he comes
out openly and boldly in favor of the elec
tion of Col. Akin as Governor of Georgia.
Dr. Calhoun, until recently, acted as Chair
man of the Democratic ExecutiveConimit
| tee. and, for several years, presided over
nearly all the Democratic meetings held in
j this county :
Atlanta, Augusta 25, 1859.
Dear Sir : I have received yours of the
24<h inst., and hasten to reply. You say,
that in conversation this morning with a
friend from abroad, on the probable chances
to elect Col. Akin, Governor, you had oc
casion to refer to me as one of Col. Akin’s
warm supporters; that he ex pressed surprise
and great satisfaction at learning my pres
ent position, and said that he felt confident,
it’ the fact was generally known, it would be
greatly to the advantage of Col. Akin in
tile State ; and also that you are aware that
1 can have no desire to appear conspicuous
in the canvass, but ask, in view of t lie great
influence it may exert in behalf of Col. Akin,
permission to use my name, publicly, in
connection wi.h his candidacy. In reply, I
can assure you it is far from my wish to
appear conspicuous in this, orot her canvass,
as I aspire to nothing more than toconscien
: tiously aid my fellow-citizens in elevating
I to high and responsible offices, truly worthy
i and honorable men ; and I can say to you
land my Democratic friends, with whom I
have acted for the last thirty-four years in
’ this county, that I am confident, in my own
mind, that I am in tin* discharge of a high
and responsible duty to myself and country,
when I ai.d in elevating to the Gubernato
rial Chair of Georgia a gentleman of such
eminent qualificationsas Col. Warren Akin.
There is nothing of the demagogue about
tin’s truly worthy man. 1 have known him
from his boyhood, and favorably all t he time,
and to-day I feel still more attached tohim,
after his able and truthful defence (in his
speech of Tuesday night) of ihe Hmi. Her
seh. i V. Johnson’s management ot the Wes
! ierh A Atlantic Railroad. His traducers
all over Georgia will he astonished when
Akin tells them (which all may see for
themselves by examining Col. Spullock’s
report,) that under Gov. Johnson’s Admin
istration, the net earning of the State Road
overpayed seven thousand dollars per month
more than under Gov. Brown’s. I have
been astounded, as well as indignant (as
the friend of Gov. Johnson) at the decep
tion practiced on the people ot Georgia, in
relation to the money paid into the Trea
sury from the S ate Road, by Gov. Brown,
when 1 know, and every one who examines
for himself must see, that all the credit
that Brown is now receiving is justly due
to the Hon. Hersehel V. Johnson ; and if
Gov. Brown had had the manliness to have ;
said to the people ol Georgia, I am only
enabled to pay this money into the Trea
sury from the perfect paying condition the
Road was put in by my predecessor, and
not from any great generalship of mv own,
he would have told a truih, and done Gov.
Johnson and his friends justice, and made
himself a little more popular with the De
mocracy. Very respectfully,
E. N. CALHOUN.
C. R. Hanleiter, Esq.
The Lion and the Cock. — Chapter 1. !
—Once upon a time there was a bad fight
between a cock and a lion, and the cock
flew inro the lion’s face and pecked his eyes
s that he could hardly see, and scratched ]
his nose so that it bled badly, while the
cock was so spry that the linn could not
catch him nor do him much harm. But
the other beasts were afraid that if the cock
should beat the lion he might, next tight
them, and so some of them helped him ; j
and at last they beat the cock and broke j
his spurs, and pulled out his fine tail feath
ers, and bit otf iiis comb, until he was a
sad bird to see.
Chapter II —Some time afterward the
cock’s spurs and tail feat hers grew out again,
and Ms comb grew up as fine as ever, so
that if any of the beasts growled at him lie \
Hew at them and taught them to let him ‘
alone. One day one of the beasts that had .
helped the lion beat him got saucy and the J
cock gave him a good drubbing and drove ‘
him back into his den, and got his dinner
irom him and ate it himself; lmt the lion |
never once came near to help the beast that i
had helped him. Then the cock turned
around to go back to his roost, and as he
had stretched himself up and held up his
head to crow he saw the lion, whose hair |
was just beyond the cock’s roost, and the |
lion was shaking and trembling, and every- j
body saw that he was in mortal terror for
fear that the cock was just then coming to i
fio-ht him again, when the other beasts ■
nno-ht not care to come and help hint as !
they did before. But the cock, after laugh
ing* from ear to ear, took pity on him and
did” not crow, but went quietly home about
his business.
Now. all you little boys, don’t you think
that Waterloo avenged! —Boston Post. 1
uaa®a.
From the Washington Constitution, August 13,
A Glorious Record.
A few days since we published the names
i and ages of such revolutionary soldiers as
; were living and pensioners on the roll of
the Bsate of Georgia, and now give such
leading incidents connected with ther ser
vices as possess any interest.
Mictijah Brooks, sr., born in Chatham
county, North Carolina. As an orphan
j boy, was hound out to a widow. At the
j age of fourteen years, while on an errand
j to Hansom's Mills, met with, and was in
! flueneed to accompany twenty to thirty
others, then on their way to Wikes, now
Warren county, Georgia. Was actively
employed as a scout against the tories, and
on one occasion a body of seven hundred
or eight hundred tories was discovered.
Although a much larger force, they were
pursued, and, under cover of the night,
attacked by Col. Eli jay Clark and defeated j
at the junction of Kettle creek and Little
j rivers. He was also in South Carolina
• under General Greene ; with Gen. Picken’s j
| in his march through the Cherokee conn
| try, to and down the Tenneesee river. At i
the siege of Augusta, then in possession of
! tlie British, commanded by Gen. Greeson,
! saw that officer shot in a balcony, by Jas.
Alexander, a whig in disguise. He also
states that when Augusta surrendered, the
British left the tories in the hands ot the
whigs, and were slaughtered by them with j
out mercv.
John MeMillion entered the service ini
1777, in Pittsylvania county, Virginia,and j
immediately marched to Guilford, North
Carolina, after the tories. In 1781, under
Gen. Greene, was wounded in an engage
ment with the enemy at Guilford Court
House, commanded by Lord Cornwallis,
and followed in pursuit of him almost to
Wilmington ; also, at a subsequent period
Lord C. and his forces in Virginia.
John Haines, sen., born in Mecklenburg,
Va., entered the service in 177(5, in Union
District, 8. C., was in several skirmishes
j and engagements with the Indians in the
| Cherokee country —at Blaekstock, when
General Bumpier was wounded in the
shoulder by a bullet ; at the siege of Fort
Granby ; at the Little of Eutaw Springs,
under General Greene ; at the Cowpens
when Tarleton was defeated ; under Gen.
: Greene, at Caif!bridge or Ninety-Six—
: leading a vew act ive life, well suited to his
; roving and audacious disposition. Colonel
! Henderson was severely wounded at Eutaw
I Springs, and Humes carried him on Ills
back from the field to the camp.
When oil a scouting expedition, under
C >l. Brandon, of N. C. fell in with Gen.M -
j l ion with his troops neat Granhv ; unitedly j
j followed and defeated a large body of tories
j camped on the Podce river, pursuing them j
; down Broad river, which was to he crossed
by a bridge. Pivvi-.us to passing over,
General Marion ordered the soldiers to
spread their blankets oil the bridge in or
der to prevent tin* tories (who were sup
| post'd to be near,) from bearing the tread
iof the horses. Before all had passed over,
I the tories commenced an attack, hilt were
repulsed, leaving behind several prisoners.
Can our candidate, WARREN AKIN,
be elected ? We answer emphatically, he
can, and will. Col. Akin is placed before
the people of the Empire State.of the Sti h
j with an escutcheon untarnished, a name
j and a reputation for all that constitutes a
man and a gentleman in the highest and
! noblest acceptation of that term —a man
whose antecedents challenge investigation.
If tube a Christian gentleman is the high
est style of a man —if an American genth -
man is the highest order of nobility, then
j our candidate comes fully lip the perfect
stature of a man. In li s business eapar
ties he stands unsurpassed by any man who
; has ever occupied the office of G ve uor. —
In his moral manhood he exhibits a pat
torn to which the s:res and mothers of the j
land may point exubinglv to their io le
(•sons, anil say — “Go and do likewise.” We
venture to remark, without any fear of con
tradiction, that if the people of Georgia
elect Warren Akin that they will not re
gret their choice, and that the affairs of
our great State Road will be conducted*in
a manner so successful and sat siactory that
at file expiration of his term, the people
will clamor for his re nomination and Con
sequent re-election. \V esay he can be elec
ted triumphantly , if every voter in the
1 State favorable to his election will, from
this timeout, just determine that Warren
1 Akin shall he <>ur next Governor, and will
: put their shoulders to the wheel, and every
man persuade one other man to vote tor
him, we say he can and will be elected. —
| Does any man doubt the practicability of
! the thing, just let him make jthe attempt
land success will crown with glorious results
.our efforts. Gome friends and compatriots
what say you \ shall we do it ? \\ e think
we hear but one response from seaboard to i
mountain : \Ve will! \\ e will ! ! We can
| elect Warren Akin Governor! ! !
Atlanta Confederacy.
A tew days ago Dr. Lew
| is discharged seven young men of non-age ;
employees on the State Road, and filled
i their places with seven voters,
Duty to the Press.
ft is not often that we indite a para
graph on this subpet ; but we think the
occasion now exists tor an appeal to the
friends of the Opposition throughout the
State.
During the past year a large number of
j new papers have been set up, in various
portions of the State, and we have noticed
the romaitable fact, that, almost without
• exception, they are devoted to the cause of
Democracy. To such an extent has it been
t carried, that there are now more than a
paper to every two counties in the State.
; Th? effect of these additional means of
! communication with the people is obliged
jto be felt in the elections. Men are apt to
i believe what they lnar and read when there
j is no body to contradict it, and hence error
1 and falsehood obtain currency and influence
j the opinions and conduct of men.
It behooves our friends to take immediate
1 and effective steps for counteracting this
adverse condition of affairs. \Ve would
not advise them to establish more papers,
I tor the business is overdone and money now
! put into it must prove a ruinous invest
ment. Ihe true plan is for every member
| ot the Opposition to patronise the presses
j already established that advocate the doc
! trines and candidates of his partv. By
j patronisin') we do not mean that heshould
| simply take the paper himself and read it
j for ills own information, but that he should
j resolve himself into an agent and enter the
i held actively for the purpose of extendin'*
; their circulation in every county in the State.
When the voters are unable, or unwilling,
to nay the price of subscription, lot a fund
he raised by men of means and the papers
bo distributed gratuitously. It will re
quire but a small amount of money and
exertion in each county to effect this im
portant end, and we hope our friends have
the spirit to enter upon the undertaking
forthwith. It is due to the great cause we
advocate, and will do more for its success
than all other agencies combined.
Let the Opposition of Georgia then enter
the field in behalf of their press, and do it
at once. We do not confine our remarks
to the Savannah Republican—though wo
need all the aid our friends can afford us—
but to the entire Opposition press of the
State, which, for ability, energy, patriot
ism, and devotion to truth, is excelled by
the press of no other State in the Union.
This appeal is a just one, and we hope it
may not be in vain.
Savannah Republican.
Reminiscences of Daniel Webster.
The following conversation occurred at
j .he dinner table wle-reMi. Websier for the
| first time met Colonel Preston, then anew
: Senator from Smith Carolina :
“ Colonel Preston,” said the great Mas
sachusetts lawyet in lus s ateliest manner,
“ I am happy to greet you as a member of
the body to which it is mv pride and honor
to belong, but 1 regret t see that southern
gentlemen so often stand aloof from me.”
Mr. Preston answered in polite and defer
ential terms, when the other continued :
“ The truth is, I am far more a Southern
than a Northern man, and I think that I
should be treated as ‘hail fellow’ by all my
Southern colleagues’’ “May l beg to
know,” said the otiier, “the grounds upon
which y- u make this claim.” “CVrraiuJy,”
replied Mr. Webster ; “In the first place,
1 am very fond <f a horse race, and I be
lieve the turf is a southern institution.
Secondly, 1 have m my cellar a hundred
dozen of the best wine, unpaid for, and
that I understand to trait of Southern
life. Thirdly, before daylight I shall bo
under the table, and 1 suppose you are
willing to admit this to be characteristic of
Southerners.” “Enough,” shouted the
other, laughing, “you have vindicated
yo tr claim to he mv compatriot.”
Some of my readers will recollect the ex
quisite manner in which Mr. Webster used
to relate the following : One night, before
railroads were built, he was forced to make
a journey by private conveyance from Bal
timore to Washington. *The man who
drove the wagon >. as such an ill-looking
fellow, and told so many stories of robbe
ries and murders, that before they had gone
far Mr. Webster was somewhat alarmed.
At last the wagon stopped in the midst of
a dense wood, when the man, turning sud
denly round to his passenger, exclaimed
fiercely : “Now, sir. tell me who you are.”
Mr. Webster replied in a faltering voice,
and ready to spring from the. vehicle, “I
am Daniel Webster, Member of Congress
from Massachusetts.” “What !” rejoin
ed the driver, grasping him v.vrmly by the
hand, “are you \* coster ? 7 hank God !
thank God ! You were such a*u ugly chap
that I took you for a highwayman.”
XfST The Providence Jo urnal says that
an organ of the democratic party-should
he published daily, with three editions, and
every faithful Democrat should destroy the
paper as soon as he reads if *est what ho
sees to-day may interfere with what is ex
pounded to him to-moirow.
Why is an overworked horse like au um
brella ? Because he is used up.
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