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TO DB.UOIHATIC CLIBS IN UEOB-
CIA.
Rooms Central Executive Com
Natonal Dem. Party of Ga.
Macon April 2, 1868,
The attention of the Democratic
Clubs, of the several counties of this
State, is called to Order No. 48, of
Maj. Gen. Meade, prescribing regula
tions to be observed, as to the chal
lenge of voters at the election to be
held on the 20th instant, and the three
following days.
J t is prescribed in said order that “no
person, who is not a registered voter,
will be permitted to challenge the
right of any person to vote.”
In order that illegal votes may be
challenged, and to avoid any conflict
with the order above mentioned it is
suggested to the Democratic Clubs in
each county, and in counties in which
no Clubs have been organized, to the
Democratic Party, to appoint two pru
dent, discreet and intelligent challen
gers, who are registered voters, for
each place of voting, who will attend
at the polls during the hours of voting,
for the purpose of challenging all who
may attempt to vote illegally.
A strict watch will be necessary to
prevent illegal votes from being re
ceived, and it is hoped, and expected,
that no person, who may be appointed
challenger, will fail to discharge the
duties assigned him.
E. G. Cabaniss, Chairman
Central Executive Committee Dem.
Party.
Democratic papers in this State are
requested to give the above three in
sertions, and to call special attention
to it.
THE PERILS OF TUB HOIR—LHC-1
TI RE AT SAWTEK’8 BOOMS.
Mr. A. H. H. Dawson, late of Geor-
delivered a lecture last
loud peals of its answering thunder
have come leaping over the plains to
„ . , ^ , us, from the coast of the Pacific Ocean,
*la, delivered a lecture last evening j s „j tbe base f ^ Rocky J!ou „, ains
•t Sawyer a room., earner Jay street i_ for CnMforni , and Montana bath
and Fulton Avenue, upon the above! ke , once . xhe „ ext audible
subject The attendancei was lair and , „>„ tteH saItlled us from Iolvo a „ d
the lecturer was repeatedly interrupt- ^ a8 clou(Js t east ,
ed in the course of the lecture by hear-; „ d arker aud grander, its light-
y api’ uuse. . ntngs warmer and brigbler.aud its ful-
Mr. Dawson in commencing said: j P . „„
. . , . 'T, , : initiations louder aud looser, until its
An impenetrable pall of gloom ... i • . , • . f , r
, * , r , ' v ,, explosions shattered into atoms a lvaoi-
shrouds the future. T he nolitica ! / c . ,
, ... .. 1 . cal Senator s castles iq the air, in Ohio,
heavens swarm with evil omens anx.e- an d t|)e dreams of a Rai i ica i Mpiraot
ty and apprehension, doubt and drear t(J , he ho „ orsofthe ermine went down
quicken the throbs of the national 1, , , ■, , „ ,
i Tfi , , ,, . , |“unwept, unbonored and unsung to
heart. What sha lour country do to Li * u n i . , .? ,,
, j , ,« , , . - the tomb of the Capulets, beneath the
be saved, is the invo untary mterroga-• r- . e • r j 11 u i
.. . ’ . , J a fury of its wrath, in good old Pennsyl-
tion impulse propounds to reflection. ! - — - ° - —-
, , .auia. Then in New York and New
past we have silently j Jersey y,e whole face of the land was
1 : k -thed in a blinding blaze of old Con-
For months
watched the gradual growth of
cloud that is lowering now so darkly
upon onr land, and through the angry
frowns of which the smile of Hope’s [„
pale star struggles so faintly, and while
we agree with some of the views we see
daily published, about the immediate
causes which have conspired to force
our public affairs into their present
critical condition, we cannot agree
with those who insist that the appall-j^j
iiig danger now’ darkening the horizon
of our destiny, is attributable in a in
degree whatever, to the existence in
our midst of political parties. Pui
ties are the legitimate offspring of fi
government. They have flourished
temporally, under all forms of govern
ment and types of civilization, in all
nectieut lightning, and the founda
tions of Radicalism were shaken as by
an earthquake, by the thousand and
one rattling claps of young California
thunder that followed, and it takes no
prophet to see the opening next No
vember of the Red Sea of public feel
ing to allow God’s chosen people, the
true and tried friends of the Constitu
tion, to pass on to Washington, and
| the closing then of its whelming
| waves over the staggering and strug
gling hosts of Pharoah, clamoring as
ll ’|tliey flounder and perish amidst the
c< billows of public wrath for confisca
tion, impeachment, universal suffrage,
African supremacy South, Congres-
, .. * * . , . . . isionul supremacy at Washington, gold
ages of time and portions of the globe. \ c • . r , * A ° .- ° ,
, 8 l r ... . 8 ’! ior bonds, and a military despotism to
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1S68.
Fifth Volume*
1868.
AN IMPORTANT SICCKSTION.
Have you registered ? asks the At
lanta Inte'ligencer, and have you con
sidered the vital importance of going
to the polls on the 20th of April, and
doing all in your power to save Geor
gia from the domination of negro rad
icalism, and political adventurers from
New England ? Georgia will need
every vote her true sons can give her,
and it is vastly important that all who
have not done so should go and regis
ter.
The Registration Books will be
opened on Monday, the 6th day of
April, and remain open for a period of
five days, during which time it is hop
ed that every man who is in favor of
Georgians ruling Georgia will go and
have his name enrolled. Many good
men did not register when the books
were opened before, but they certainly
will not neglect it now. The follow
ing is an extract from General Orders
No. 39, dated March 14, 186S, issued
by Gen. Meade:
V. It shall be the duty of the Boards
©f Registration in Georgia, in accord
ance with said acts, commencing four
teen days prior to the election herein
ordered, and giving reasonable public
notice of the time and place thereof to
revise, fur a period of five days, the
registration lists, and upon being satis
fied that an)’person not entitled there
to has been registered, to strike the
name of such person from the list, and
such person shall not be allowed to
vote. And such Boards shall also,
during the period, add to such regis
try the names of all who, at that time
possess the qualification required by
said acts, who have not already regis
tered.
In deciding who are to be stricken
from or added to the Registration lists,
the Boards will be guided by the acts
of Congress relating to Reconstruction,
and their attention is especially call
ed to the Supplementary acts which
became a law July 19, 1867.
It will be seen from this that all
who have failed to do so, heretofore,
now have an opportunity, and no true
son of Georgia will neglect it.
Judge Stephens on Relief.—The Augus
ta Constitutionalist, commenting on
the speech of Judge Linton Stephens
in that city, Thursday night, says :
“Mr. Stephens was particularly hap
py in his illustrations of the folly of
relief, comparing the parties who be
trayed their country for a bribe to
Judas, who had the satisfaction of get
ting his money, a consumation which
would be denied to those consenting
to treachery on a false pretence. He
demonstrated that though Congress
and Georgia Judges might wink at the
relief ordinance, the United States
Court, under the bankrupt act, would
explode all ordinances militating
against established laws. Creditors
would be still empowered to force
dehtnrs into bankruptcy, Bullock and
nis i -iief bill to the contrary, notwith
standing. He further proved that
the only parties actually to be relieved
were rich men owing small sums (un
der $500) to poor widows and indi
gent men.
The New Era denies that Col. Bui
lock ever took an oath to support the
Constitution of the Confederate States.
There are parties in Atlanta who were
present when he took that oath. A
denial of the fact by the New Era
amounts to nothing.
We observe, moreover, that not
The Friends of the Black man.—'Out even the New Era denies the report
of one thousand tickets of admission to; that Col. Bullock held an office at the
the Senate gallery for the trial of Mr. 1 North before the war, and that he took
Johnson, not one was bestowed by any an oath to support the Constitution of
Radical Senator upon any colored man the United States. If these charges
or woman. Social equality is a differ- iare all true (and they have not been
ent thing in practice from what it is in denied) Col. Bullock is clearly ineligi-
but the history of Republics is more j j.
I especially the history of the successes j | )OU „j 1{
and reverses, rise and fall of parties,
where powers from, awes thought,
they come aud go like shadows on the
wall.
outrol ali ballot boxes that cannot be i
Earnestly as I have insisted j
that rival parties are indispensable, 1 J
am not prepared to deny that the very j
perils that make the crisis in which i
we are trembling now, are in truth i
attributable alone to a political party,!
to legislation that has lost sight of the {
Constitution, the Union, humanity,
justice, mercy, the will and the wel
fare of the people, and also the will
. ... e . - - .and the precepts of our Heavenly
the press, it 16 often the proud province! T , , J
of bold words to hold power itself in | F “ ,her °“ ly t0
awe. Then discussion takes a wide j
range, the public mind becomes bet- j
“ Like tlie Borealis moe
That flit ere you can point tbe piaoe.' :
Without a mission they come, and
without a sign, depart, but where I
neither edicts, fiats, or statutes fetter
feeling, silence speech, or proscribe:
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Address SCOTT tr PITTMAN,
Atlanta, Ga.
Jan. 20, 1868 VOtf
MONO FOR THE DEMOCRACY.
BY MAX MOXCKTON,
Ho, Georgians ! Ye who cherish still
The Dimes yonr fathers bore 1
Ho, men who dare to maintain
Your manhood aa before 1
Come rally round the dear old cause
Before its flames expire !
Coma from the field, the wood, the town,
And light your ancient fire .'
Ho, strong of Heart! The hour has como !
Lift up each drooping lid :
Let’s stand upon our brethren’* graves
And there the wrong forbid.
By all the hopes a patriot feels
Let’s strike our cause to save 1
The dallier is the dastard now,
The laggard is a knave.
What, give the slenth-hound* leave to coma
And pillage, rule and rob
Where lies the dost rf grand old Troupe,
The dust of patriot Cobb 7
Is there no hand to stay the tide 7
To save the old renown 7
To lift the good, the true, the brave,
And drag the caitiff down 7
Ay 1 Ay ' we still have manhood left,
To battle for the right 1^
The recreant Georgian is a slaTe—
A coward in the fight.
Crushed, wretched, still we've strength
To make our blow* complete.
And drive them till the bead of wrong
Is reeking at our feet-
I.ook, youths, into your sweetheart’* eyes,
Which now the tear-drop lave*,
And swear that those dear maiden breasts
Shall never nourish slaves.
Then rally, rally, till the air
Is ringing with yonr shout!
Exalt the brave, the good, tha true.
Drive interlopers out.
Atlanta, Ga., April 4, I86S.
ter instructed, national wants more
thoroughly understood, and threaten
ing perils more gratefully appreciated,
and therefore, I must respectfully beg
leave to dissent from those who de
plore the existence, and denounce the
utility of political parties. I hold that
they are not only unavoidable because ! 1
while men’s passions are the same,!
their intellects are not. Parties are
the result, and a fortunate result it is, I
perpetuate the rule[
and reign of a party.
Mr. Dawson then went on to speak
ol negro suffrage which he described
as a pet project of the Radical party.
He said, 1 am certeinly not willing to
stand off and fold my arms in cold and |
lifeless apathy while a political party, |
whose sole aim is power, is seeking to !
thrust the African race into a snare i
through the perils of which it can '
ever pass and survive. The same
reckless partisans who now unlieed-
ingly tell him he ought to vote at the
r , , i • l* i i oouth, where he is not educated, after
lor, however much their bickerings , , .. . ,, , - , , , ,,
’ • >. xl • • i ° having abruptly told him he should
may annoy society, their jealousies j
guard the government, and they atone
for the toleration of weak and wicked
demagogues,iy the production of good
and great statesmen. Moreover, no
government can be administered with
out an exchequer, aud wherever
there is money that may be stolen,
there thieves will swarm. National
treasuries then, must have vigilant
sentinels, which the party in power,
of course, will always claim the right
to select. But, peradventure, it may
become necessary to watch the watch
er, and it takes the party out of power
to do that faithfully. Did not topics
of paramount practical importance
claim our attention, we. might spend
an hour profitably, perhaps, examin
ing the causes which have hitherto
not vote at the North, where he is edu
cated, lose no favorable opportunity
to instill into his benighted mind, the
poison of prejudice against his white
neighbor, which if kept up, must
eventually end in a deadly war of races,
and when that war is inaugurated the
African will learn, when it io also too
late, that their total obliteration is not
only a foregone conclusion, but that
the army that will be organized for j
their extermination will swarm with \
Radical quartermasters, commissaries, j
sutlers, chaplains, bummers and camp
followers.
There is no sincerity in the blatant
profession of the Radical’s affection for
the African. Affection is the offspring
! of taste, reciprocal sympathies, kiu-
i dred sift3 and similar habitudes of
precipitated the downfall of political, , P , , , ,
u * * thought, and who could be more un-
parties, for man was not more certain- ... °
f , ’ ,. xl x x- like, utterly and totally dissimilar than
ly born to die, than that parties rise; . ’y, J - m T > •
J ^ r „ rjM. - • i i-x . the Puritan and African. The Puri-
only to fall. The political probity oi j
the people is proverbial, but they are
too frequently and too easily misled bv ! 1
demagogues, one hundred per cent. ol| j . ^ ^
whom are born scoundrels, who as i
long as they can control constituencies
that will cancel their corrupt contracts
and connive at their crimes, never . . - - .. ., Af . .- .
. , x x, x hi giously pragmatic, the African is not;
pause to count what they cost. When ° . -\. 1 8 ., , ’ . . , ’
*. li i . one is thoughtful, the other thought-
the masses are manageable enough to |. , ^ ?
tamely consent under the lash of the j e8sie , ? K , ,i
i x ^ „ i. xi -in i gy, the other lethargy: the one is pro
law to pay all taxes, as the middle and i.
tan is educated,'the African is illiter
ate; the Puritan is metaphysical, the
in only physical; the Puritan
futuie, the African is
behind the present; the Puritan affects
refinement, the African is innocent of
that hypocrisy ; the Puritan is prodi-
humbler classes of society are doing
now, to enable their party leaders to i
hold all the offices, the resurrection!'
blast of Gabriel’s golden trumpet will j
startle from their dreamless slumbers
gressive, the other retrogressive; one
is impulsive, the other repulsive ; one
is restive and the other is restless ; one
is parsimonious, the other prodigal;
one is a miser, the other is a spend-
,, , x i t x, x i i r ! thrift; one savesall he makes, the other
the deepest stepere of the tomb before | nothing tJ save; the Puritan
you will ever find one ot these patriot-1. °
ic office-holders indiscreet enough to
explain to the people how the success i
of another party than his own would 1
lighten the burdens under which they J
may be bending and groaning. When j
driven‘to the wall, however, nobody
kuows it quicker, feels it more acutely
or resents it more indignantly than do
the people. That point, however,
reckless demagogues sometimes fail to
recognize wheu they reach it, and re
strained by the recollection of no pun
is niggardly, and the negro is not pu
ritanical.
The lecturer then proceeded to dis
cuss the motives alleged to be the
cause of the Radical desire for negro
suffrage, proving them all to be insiu-
ccre. lie also gave a description of
the peculiarities of the African race,
founding upon them a statement that
if the question of repudiation should
ever come up, the black votes would
be the first to clamor for it.
At the conclusion of the lecture, Mr.
son announced that it was con-
theory.
ble.—At. Opinion.
ishment in the past, and awed by the! £ >aw
dread of no penalties in the future. ' 1 v , . , , . , f ,
j . , W, - xl • j tempiated to start a course of lectures
they drive headlong on .0 their mad ;for l, b ()f 0Mara , Lee’s scheol,
career of stupidity and crime, until: , . . . . ,
they cut open their golden egg-lnying I “P 0 ” al1 P re6eDt t0 lel P 10
goose, exhaust the Christian charity ot j *_
the people, trample rudely under foot i ji dge irvin.
—not only the law’s sacred spirit, but From a private letter from Judge
its literal letter, conspire perhaps to Irwin to one of our citizens, we make
cunningly circumvent the constitution, | the following extract for the benefit
until they torture patriotic patience | of our Clubs in this part of the State:
into frenzy, aud draw down upon their j “The accounts 1 have received are the
heedless heads a storm of popular in-[most flattering from all parts of the
dignation and condign retribution, and [State except yours, from which 1 hear
if I possess any weather wisdom wliat-' nothing definite. Bullock can easily
ever, there is just such a storm brew- 1 be beaten by 25,000 votes. I shall
ing now, and has been steadily brew-1 publish an address to the people, re-
ing for the last twelve months. I commending General Gordon. I hope
We have seen the warning flashes [every friend of our good old State will
of its lightning playing along the'exert himself for him. Cherokee will
horizon of Connecticut and Maine, and | do her whole duty.”—Chron.SpSent.
LET rs PRESS FORWARD.
The present is a time of peculiar
trial to our Southern people, both
politically and financially. As to our
political trials much has already been
said. But the political madness
which rules the hour is also hurtful to
the financial interests of the South.
We, in common with the people of the
United States, are suffering from the
piostration of trade and business. The
Northern people, however, are rich
enough to bear this evil much better
than we are. And furthermore, the
great interest of the South being agri
cultural, the derangement of labor
and the sudden depreciation of cotton,
have well nigh destroyed our lately
risen hope of financial recuperation.
The consequence is that there is much
despondency throughout the country
in reference to our material prosperity
in the future.
But we must not succomb to such
depressing influences. We must “ learri
to labor and to wait,” and by this
means ultimately surmount difficul
ties that appear at first as insuperable.
Our material prosperity, despite all
our troubles, is only a question of time.
No such country as ours, with such
vast wealth ©nly awaiting develop
ment, can long remain depressed.—
Capital and population are certain to
flow into it ere long in immense vol
umes. Our present plans and efforts
may not be as successful as we desired
and expected. But the native wealth
of the country will inevitably attract
it to the means and the facilities of
its developments, and the difficulties
growing out of the present condition
of affairs will be obviated.
What we most desired to say is,
that the two duties now most incum
bent upon all the Southern people are
hard labor and economical living.
These two valuable lessons we learned
and practiced most successfully during
the war. Let us return to them now
when they are as much needed as ever
before, and even more. Let them be
imprinted upon every heart and faith
fully adhered to, and we shall ulti
mately become a happy and prosper
ous people. Let us press forward in
the great struggle against adverse for
tune with the determination to achieve
success, and to do this we must “ bide
our time” with that magnificent cour
age which distinguished our ancestors
at the close of the Revolutionary war.
History teaches us that they put their
hands to the plow and never looked
back. We should be instructed and
encouraged by their noble example.
[Exchange.
GEN. GORDON AND THE COLORED
PEOPLE.
It may not be uninteresting to the
colored people of Georgia, to know
something of the past history of this
gentleman towards themselves.
During the latter part of 1866, the
colored people of Georgia were build
ing a church and a school house for
themselves at Brunswick, where Gen.
Gordon was then residing. General
Gordon contributed quite liberally to
aid them in their work. In the early
part of 1867, he was a member of the
Grand Jury of that county, and advo
cated a pro rata distribution of all the
funds raised in the county for educa
tional purposes, between the white
and colored people of the county,
each to have separate §phools. He
also introduced a resolution, which
passed the Grand Jury, appointing a
committee to solicit from Northern
people aid, for the purpose of educat
ing the colored people of his county.
In view of this course the colored
Trustees of the Brunswick school
wrote a letter to the General asking
his advice upon their educational and
political interests. The General re
plied quite at length, declining how
ever, to give any political advice. In
this letter he advises them to educate
themselves and their children, to be
industrious, save money and purchase
houses, and thus make themselves
respectable as property holders, and
intelligent people. In this letter he
also advocates their rights in every
particular, and their full protection
under the law.
This was all done before the negro
was admitted to the privilege of the
ballot; and at a time, too, when the
General had not the remotest idea ot
ever becoming a candidate for their
suffrage.
We publish this simply as a matter
of information to the colored people,
that they may see the difference be
tween one who was their substantial
friend without a motive, and one who
has only become their acquaintance and
professed friend since he has become a
candidate.—At. Opinion.
Tiik Duty of White Men.—The
Wilmington Journal says with force
and justice: “The time has now come
when good men 'must not and cannot
afford to sacrifice the right to vote to
a natural and commendable repugnance
to mingle in the motley and disreput
able concourse around the polls. The
vote of every decent man is now of the
utmost importance, and a failure to use
the franchise now may result in ina
bility to do so in the future. See to
it, that none entitled to register fail to
do so. A white man who voluntarily
disfranchises himself in this crisis is an
enemy to his race.”
Louisville has a trotting mule which
has made tbe mile in 9.2i.
ADDRESS
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
We cordially commend the subjoin
ed address from the Chairman of the
Democratic Central Committee to the
the people of Georgia, to the earnest
consideration of our readers. It pre
sents, briefly, but comprehensively,
all the facts connected with the with
drawal of Judge Irwin from the caD-
vass for Governor, and the adoption,
by the Committee, of Gen. Gordon as
the candidate of the party, for that of
fice.
Rooms Central Executive Com. ^
National Democratic Party of Georgia. /
Macon, Ga., April 7, lsii8. )
A recent change in the candidate
for the office of Governor to be run
by the Democratic Party of Georgia
in the election ordered for the 20th
inst., having been made, it is proper
that the reasons which induced the
withdrawal of Judge Irwin, and the
immediate substitution of another in
his place, should be known.
When Judge Reese declined a can
didacy for the office of Governor, the
Central Executive Committee found
Judge Irwin before the people as a
candidate, and knowing him to be a
man in whose bands the interests of
Georgia, might safely be entrusted in
the event ot his election, and not rec
ollecting the fact oi his having been
on the Electoral ticket of his State
which voted for Jefferson Davis for
President, and A. II. Stephens forYice
President of the Southern Confedera
cy, in 1S61—and riot being aware that
giving such a vote as an Elector, and
the holding of the office of Judgcof
the Superior Courts of the Blue
Ridge Circuit before the war, would
render him ineligible to office, accord
ing to the Reconstruction Acts of
Congress—the Committee, without
hesitation, recognized him as a candi
date in whose integrity, ability and
moral worth the people might confide,
and advised all who have the honor
aud welfare of the State at heart to
cast their votes for him.
The facts before stated, that he
held an office before the war which
required him to take an oath to sup
port the Constitution of the United
States, and that in 1S6I he voted as a
member of the electoral college of this
Stare for Jefferson Davis for President
and A. H. S.tephens for Vice President
of the Southern Confederacy, having
been brought to the notice of Major
General Meade, commanding the
Third Military Department, he has de
cided that the giving such vote comes
within the purview of the constitu
tional amendment, commonly known
as the fourteenth article, and renders
Judge Irwin ineligible to office under
the reconstruction acts of Congress,
and If elected by receiving a majority
of the votes cast, he would not permit
him to be qualiGed aud installed into
office.
Uuderthe circumstances, and yield
ing to this decision, Judge Irwin deem
ed it useless to permit his name to be
used as a candidate for Governor, wheu
hiselectiou, if effected by the votes of
the people, would be unavailing. He
immediately withdrew his name, and
so notified the members of the Com
mittee, to whom he then had ac
cess.
The three members of the Commit
tee who were then in the city of At
lanta, and were notified of the with
drawal of Ju !ge Irwin, and the reasons
therefor, saw at once that, owing to
the short time to elapse before tbe
election, the immediate substitution of
another candidate in his place was
necessary—aud for this purpose, they
proposed, by telegraphic dispatch, to
the members resident in tbe city of
Macon, who, with themselves consti
tute a majority of the Committee, the
name of a distinguished Georgian as a
candidate for the office, and asked their
concurrence.
This was given in the afternoon ol
the same day, as soon as the members
in Macon could be consulted; and there
fore, the Chairman of the Committee,
who was then in the city of Atlanta,
immediately announced that, by au
thority of the Central Executive Com
mittee of the National Democratic
Party of Georgia, they recommend
Gen* John B. Gordon, of the county ot
Fulton, as a candidate for the office of
Governor of Georgia, at the election
ordered for the 20th inst. And the
Committee felicitate themselves that
they were thus able to announce the
name of asuitablecandidate timuitane-
ously with the withdrawal of the oth
er.
Before proceeding to do so, howev
er, in order to guard against a like con
tingency to the one which threw
judge Irwin out of tbe canvass, a let
ter was addressed to General Meade,
stating that General Gordon had never
held any office before the late war,
which required him to take an oath to
support the Constitution of the United
States—that he was a Major General
in the Army of the Confederate States,
and has not been pardoned, and his
opinion as to bis eligibility was re
quested. He answered by letter, that
according to repre»entations male, be
considers General Gordju eligible to
office.
And the Committee, with pleasure,
annouuce that General Gordon had
yielded to their recommendation aud
the solicitations of a large and enthu
siastic meeting of his fellow-citizens of
Fulton county, held in the city of At-
tanta on the evening of the 4th inet.,
and consented to be a candidate for
Governor at the approaching elec-
tion.
And now, fellow-citizens, the Cora-
mitteee having promptly discharged
with fidelity to your interests, the
delicate duty entrusted to them, and
with a desire to subserve and promote
the public good, as far as their power
extends, it remains for you to perform
your duty, end do your part of the
work.
We trust that we have recommend
ed to you a candidate worthy of your
confidence—a Georgian who has never
turned his hand against his native land,
aud upon whose bright escutcheon no
spot or blemish can be found—-one
who in sterner times than these illus
trated the character of Georgia, and
gave ample evidence of the pure and
bright patriotism which burns within
his bosom. We ask men of ail parties,
names and faith to unite in honoring
this native son ot Georgia, and by hon
oring him, to honor themselvea.
We especially call upon the young
men of the State, and invoke them to
work constantly, vigorously, earnestly,
zealously, faithfully, to secure the
election of him whom they have
often seen tried and never found want-
ing.
Vie request the Democratic clubs
and the Democratic party in each and
everv county in the State to use all
lawful means in their power to bring
the legal voters of their respective
counties to the polls; to canvass their
counties thoroughly, and see that none
fail to vote, and, as far as this appeal
can be received in time for action, to
see that all who are entitled to register
and have not done so, attend to that
duty without failure and without de
lay. We repeat the request for the
appointment of challengers for each
place of voting, who will not leave
their posts during the time the elec
tion is being held. Afid in order that
the challengers may act understand-
ingly, and not violate the order which
has been issued for their regulation,
we will add definite instructions as to
the grounds upon which challenges
will be allowed.
No challenges will be allowed at the
polls but upon two grounds, aud these
are identity and non-residence. If it
can be shown that a porsou offering to
vote is not the one whose name he
professes to bear, or that he has not
resided in the county the time requir
ed to entitle him to vote, either will
be a good ground of challenge, and
will be permitted to be made- But
no objection for any ground existing
prior to his registration, will be heard
at the polls. All such objections are
presumed to have been heard and de
cided by the Registrars at the time of
registration, and are not permitted to
be opened afterwards by challenge at
the polls. If any one has registered
improperly, upon due proof thereof be
fore the Board of Registration while in
session, his name may be stricken from
the list. For instance, if one under
twenty-one years of age has registered,
the fact of non age will not be al
lowed as aground of challenge, but
the objection should be made to the
Registrars while in session for the pur
pose of revising the lists, and upon due
proof thereof it will be their duty to
strike the names.
These regulations for challenges
have been prescribed by the Major
General commanding the third District,
add all persons who may be appointed
'challengers on the part of the Demo
cratic party, are requested to observe
them strictly and conform to them. If
any persons are known to have regis
tered improperly—minors, for instance
—let all who are cognizant of such
cases make the necessary proof to the
Board of Registration, and have the
names stricken. The objection in
such cases will come too late at the
polls.
In conclusion, we again invoke all
who desire that Georgia shall retain
tbe exalted character she has always
borne, to go to work at once, and to
work for victory.
One united and vigorous effort by
all who have the honor and welfare
ofthj Mate at heart, may yet save
Georgia from disgrace and degrada
tion.
E, G, Cabaniss,
Chm’n. Cen. Ex. Com.
Nat. Dem. Party of Ga.
Terror Among the Colored Peo
ple.—A planter from Twiggs county
says that the “raw-head and bloody
bones” procession and speeches in this
city, last Monday week, has inspired a
great many colored men with terror.
They believe that if they don’t come
to the polls and vote on tbe 20th of
April, they will be bunted down by
Radicals and some terrible punish
ment inflicted upon them. Many really
desire to have nothing whatever to do
with the election, aud all such are in
cessantly intimidated by threats.
An organization has been effeefbd in
that county, each member being re
quired to pay twenty-five cents does
every month. The explanation given
the planter’s carriage driver for this
collection, was that “when a colored
man killed a sheep or stole a hog, this
money was to be applied to defending
him before the law.”—Jou. Mes.
Wear your old clothes till you OTf
able to pay for new ones.