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About The Independent South. (Waynesboro, Ga.) 1860-186? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1861)
j) fid : ‘ 1!ps ‘ ,,vi "> ”**» I uloll, idissolveil her connection with the but lms been drivnn out by j tbo trrnnicnl rule of her Staten Rights Governor, ami tlu> scourge of party lensli. Then we tnav nnlioi- |iate to have our coast infesletl this winter with Lincoln myrmidons seeking plunder and their old friends, jiiov. Drown and his followers they j at leastwill be chary of meeting, | while nil lovers of the Union will 'receive the right hand of fellowship. We ask, does not such a position 1 i THU PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE ’ 1 For Governor of Georgia, ; ol ' Gnv - “l‘P on «“» "Pr™ unjust and unieasonable? and now ;! JOSEPH E. BROWN,! to abide their dicta and exclude Gov. ! Drown and his colleagues from the OF CUKUOKKE COUNTV. ,. „ . , I — j directory of our institutions, who v.txnin vrus.— wmmmmimMit. or Can-j have'(by tho admission of their cue j — ■ . .. inu-s) forced Georgia to the nssuinp- 11ion of her State Sovereignty and | nt j the declaration of her independence not alledge it? for Georgia lias al ready awarded judgement against them on this score. We prophesied that Gov, Drown would sustain onr sister Stale in her assumption of her sovereignty, and that Georgia would sustain her Governor, and we now hold the faith, it he shall be re pudiated so will Georgia’s position, and her enemies when given nccess to her hulls of power, will east down the sword of our Homan Governor and like the champion in the Eastern tale, seizing the horn of ruin will summon at its blast the vandal knights of our relentless foes, nnd then riot and revel will hold carna- vn] over our bartered liberties anti honor. ; The Weekly Independent South. We nre plcnsd to see that, lc j the “must head" of this independent jlind who still declare they willmain- f.l. i.journal, the name of Joseph E. tain her nt all hazards? Wo saV is! Drown, tor Uovenor. is unfurled to . , ’ “''not such a step farcically nnrens-! onnble, and farther is it not snicid-1 the breeze. No city, nor caucus influences, prevail over a ma jority of the good people of that patriotic old county, “Burhe." Wo are sat- |i- ! isiied that the South not only ; a dvnnsfv which has wrought out; speaks its own independent views, I,... «l...i ... ... r ■ .1 al fo all the principles of onr repub lican government that in excluding j onr liberties nnd equality against our enemies even in onr own ranks, | that wo should now give the rule lj and power to those men, who liavr but that its position favoring the re-election of Gov. Drown will be ' j responded to at the polls, in a way. |‘ j that will give no hope to “King f Guucus” and his conclave of long lift- j strove to defeat all our efforts, until [ in Georgia. Atlanta■ Iutclhycacer. 11h»»i r farther opposition was dcclnr- In reply to our friend of the Intel- Lfl dislnvnltv to their birth ri-htnml Li/cacrr we can say, that our little ho.isnn (o „ lcir cmintrv ? W |, M „ mlr ; sheet from Us first issue announced , Southern Governor and his noble its position to be antagonistic to the compatriot, Gov. Harris of Tom,os- rotten and unholy Union, to wbicl, L, c W1W taking possession of our for- wo had long since finished our term, j (i f Icntio ns nnd armory, thus savin,, ns hewers of wood and drawers of j „s tlic millions it is now costing ,,s water. \\ a have owed no liege to ; f or Pickens and has cost for Sumter, 11 Hie dicta of any jailing caucus' * - - - and not even respect to those cluli- I room conclaves, usually proclaimed | as “no partyconventions," hut cnlist- Icd in the corps with our banner em blazoned with the Independence of the South, and an eternal hostility I to her foes. For these reasons we (were in our first issue a Drown man. and if the mercenary Jacobins of t he I day can find nothing stronger against | him than thev have so these very Islimaelites were shout ing the glorious Union, and de manding. that the sword should be wrested from these rampant South ern Governors, for thus to restrain! Federal aggression was vneonstitu- j tionul. This testimony we have laid * aside in the archives of our vigilance- court. . ° k We say .again, is it not unreason able and suicidal? that those ene- . f,u ' alleged, mies in our midst who have strng-K, | we shall die a Brown man, if even j gled to destroy those cherished prin-! 'I it be 111 the courier;,eric. j ciples upon which onr lihcrl ics, our 'l 1 erhaps no faction has ever ns-j equality nnd our holiest rights are' j sumed a more unjust and unreason- ; erected, should now, after onr noble i able posit,oo, than the one which patriots have won. their tri If! .(has just recently issued its fiat for he called to maintain and cherish I , t ie expulsion of Gov. Drown from them? Will thev do it lbllow-eiii-'t j "‘ u Executive chair, because a third zens? Can Mr. Neshit or Mr. Lew- ! . ! I' 0 ''"’ f,t °f 1Ce 1 " 0llld b< ' '‘ ,0 lon S to I is to-morrow consislenllv will, llieir j | be encumbered will, a faithful and high cast of inteiligeiice'aiid misul- successful officer. It is admitted .Ind integrity fearlessly advocate a! ie has idle, every demand Ids conn-1 free toleration of religious sentiment | try, 1ms made of him, and that too and the sovereignty of Georgia’s' lor four years, comprising the most rights? perilous crisis of her ige and the most remarkable transition of her history, lie has not only sustained the prestige of her former glory, but If they can they are then reel cant to their political status and j unworthy the confident;., of the free-1 man of Georgia. If, fellow-citizens j von have determined that you will j {..e nasadded bister to tho n.ffiiiity never he of he, independence and mngnani- of the Lincoln despotism which is j .mty to her patriotism now plundering and despoiling 0 „r I . ' HS0 8 lee,s and their cou/rcrie fair-land,a, S nsi„a.i„gand imprison. - . . . liriso II ,t • . r?"’" * rrV,Ce <llel ingonrsons, fathers nnd even in. ,'|,J ll L “ ,0n * " lul0 Gov ’ Brown ill""-j sisters in diseased du,w„„ns I || which were si. Union, while tinting tlie sovereignly of Georgia ,, v ' ' u '-” r N r »b “ ,,u '“‘King now (lie most unholy •y < xpt llmg the L m.m vandals from and fiendish war against us we sot fntbtlt olZ’.f ll ' U <ilSl r US 1 ' fy °" IUn F" :orn tll:,f Georgia wiil i cord” to assume T" 3 ’, 1U ” f°"' \ liiss th « Gan.I .hat lms 1 new fledged wlopcnS j 80 b,u,,,ll V ^nckd her, and bend Gov. Brown had “snuffed no taint j spurned her, then como to the I of treason in the gale” lie was the 1 first object of repugnance to their I Southern loyally. We say this is | unjust and unreasonable, for if Gov. ! Brown was the first to inaugurate Georgia’s dissolution from the unlio- | ly alliance, those who were the last j to absolve themselves from the bands, should not in the ardor of their new j devotion denounce the successful I leaders in the cause. Were wo to no discord in our ranks, now when] polls and cast your votes for t lie man who lms perilled his all to sus tain her, and not only spurn from your trust,.but bur! from your affili ation his enemies ns yours, and yet teach them that JEmiius lms chos en his part, and that Varro and his colleagues shall answer yet before tlie Senate. In the nnmo of high j Heaven 1 if these politicians desired assign the position of these Union ■ I worshippers as Mr. Lincoln’s cabi- I; net lias, the ired spirit of Georgia’s I patriotism would soon settle this i party faction of Drown opposition, - and we prophesy, if it should defeat the re-election of Gov. Drown, that the moral effect upon tho Republi can vandals, will bo to prove the de clarations of their cabinet, that Georgia has not Willingly and freely all should be united, why have they interposed with the well being of tho | present administration? We know! they wore opposed to Gov Drown | because be .hired to interpose bis executive shield between the people and the chartered monopolies of the j land, by which they have been long plundered and despoiled, und | who doubts but that this is tho now | existing objection, yet they dare |
