Newspaper Page Text
THE GAZETTE
MIJMMKIIVIYXJS, <i.\.
-i. a. < ii;:N f r,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
I’HICK OK SIJIINCKII'TION.
For oil® year, •I*7/1; For (J iimuiUih, •I*oo
I'Mym®nt"ln*M4f vau®*.
Alvert Inlimc rw/N urn ftdJu*U)(l to v*l
of tlilaum u Hrculiitlnu; m**<lluni in
C’lmrokcw MMstlon of (iuorglA, Fatliniitim
wml term* givt'ii on application.
Voluntary I’oiiiinunluatloii* from tho read
oth of thin paper urit ulwayn welcomed. Now* of
all kind* I* preferred,®*puolally nouuty rw wm. If
you wi>b to Improve youraolf iu writing, |>rar
tlce can aid you. " Proctioo make® perfect.*'
Com mmi lent lon* nnmt bo accompanied by the
writer’* name, or they cannot be publlahcd.
TIHJIiSOAY MOUNINM, Jb'l.Y JO, 1K77
IM BE!!
I’iri'! Kir.l!
Wo have about half a thousand sub
scribers who are in arrears with their
subscriptions for their Gazette. A great
portion of these are behind since the last
el January, and someone year, and
others advanced into (wo years. These
individual dues to us are scattered nearly
all over the United Stales. Gentlemen,
please forward your yeur’s subscription
forthwith mu/ non: us. Parties wo are
owing, say they must, have money, and if
every one of you will send the amount
you owe us, it will make us perfectly easy
and we'll thank you, pray for you, and
hold you up as a mighty clever team of
subscribers.
Come, gentlemen, a strong pull, a long
pull ami a giull all together, and the load
is lifted from us. From subscribers in
reach of us, wheat will be taken at mar
ket price. Send it iu.
Railroad Meeting.
The citizens of Chattooga, Walker,
Floyd and Chattanooga, are earnestly re
quested to meet in Summerville, Saturday
■jstli inst., iu the Railroad interest as set
forth in a communication signed “Rail
toad,” in this issue. Ret. all come that
feel interested.
A journal edited with pre eminent
ability, reliable and trustworthy, contain
ing news and information upon the gen
era! topics of the day from all parts of tho
world -u paper of high literary caste, and
'containing an agricultural department
deserving the highest consideration for
she vast amount of scientific anil practical
information it gives; such a journal is the
Savannah Weekly Newt. To all our
readers wc commend it with the assurance
that they will get more than their money’s
worth.
“Coming events east their shadow bo
fore them,” is an old saying, and to some
extent is true What is now termed “tho
Grant sensation.” issuing from the ex-
Presidcnt's visit and tour in F.ngland, is
not all for naught, but is intended as
something of polical significance. It is
stated with a good deal of confidence as
looking to a certainty of his nomination
(or tho Presidency iu 1880. For it is
significant, says u Washington corre
spondent, to note the expressions which
aro dropped by the adroit and unscrupu
lous men who have controlled national
republican politics from this point sinoo
the war. Most all of these men are now
out spoken in thcii hostility and distrust
of President Hayes. They say that, ho
has ruined the republican party, and that
tho only man who can lead it to victory
in ISSO, is Grant, the man who has saved
it before.
Public Meeting in Floyd.
There was a public meeting held in
Rome on the 17th inst. for the purpose of
giving an expression of the sentiment of
the citizens of the county on the leading
questions which will he discussed and de
cided by our convention. Judge Under
wood, the chairman of the committee ap
pointed to draft resolutions, reported a
scries which wc think will find a hearty
response from every section ol this county,
and we hope all over the State. More
than this, wa sincerely hope the oppor
tune suggestions may be adopted and in
corporated into our new Constitution.
As there will be a large crowd here on
Saturday iu attendance upon the railroad
meeting, would it not bo well for our
citizens to take action on the subject and
let our representatives from this district
know our views? We hope every county
in the State will follow the example of
Floyd.
The following is the action of the com
mit tee:
“The committee retired, and, after
consultation, reported with appropriate
remarks from Judge Underwood, the fol-
Vjwing resolutions, to-wit :
The people of Georgia being at this
time by their delegates, assembled in
Convention, at tile Capital, for the pur
pose of amending and revising the Con
stitution, wo deem it not improper that
the citizens, in primary meeting, should
express their views iu relation to matters
of importance before that body, therefore
ho it
Resolved Ist, That, in the judgment of
this meeting, the General Assembly of
this Rtute ought to he very largely re
duced.
'I, That the Missions thereof should he
hi-ennial, except when convened by tho
proper power in extra sc sion.
a. That such sessions should he limited
to forty days.
4. That the comp?ns.ation of each
member thereof should not exceed four
dollats per diem.
We express these opinions in the in
terost of economy. We sincerely desire
to reduce taxation, and to do this, the ex
pense of the government must ho dimin
ished. This reduction must be to tho
amount of half a million dollars annually,
and it is believed that this can bo done.
The lir.-tstep of importance i- the jc
dnetien of the General Assembly. The
present number W members is two hun
dred ami nineteen; reduce the number to
one bundled, which will save more than
half the expense of a session (not count
ing the clerical force, whore number and
expense we hope will be regulated). ili
cnniul sessions w ill save half the remain
der, waking tho expense l<;.-;. than one
fourth the amount at present expended.
A reduction of the per diem to fiiur dol
lars will save three .sevenths of that—
thus saving about seven-eights of tin ex
pense (if that department. Wo think
greater raving of expense can he made in
tho otlnr tli.j an men's of the Govern
nieiil.
it is a vain thing to expect the logi-li,
tore, as now constituted, to reduce their
own number or their own pay. We ‘.ir
nestly hope that tho Onnvontiou will pr .
vide for uniformity in the government of
enmities; requiting all laws regulating
county affairs and for county purpose) ,o
be uniform and applicable alike to every
county in the Stale; and forever prohibit,
local legislation, which, in our judgment,
is a great evil and ought to he suppnvso I.
When this local legislation is, by proper
provision in the fundamental law, pro
hibited, there will Is; no local interest of
counties to attend to, and the arguin ml,
so potentially used iu the past, that each
county must have a representative to at
tend to its Mi; posed local interest, will
lose much of its force and power. H i e
number of Senators and Representatives
should lie thus reduced persons will lie
elected who will in out ally mid eiorally oc
cupy a higher p'une than u ual in (lie pa
Tlksc will, in all human probability, he
more ton icrvativo/in character and of
/, t {
greater integrity, and thereby iueia.i- •'
purity in legislation, leave less room lor
influence by the lobby, make the legisla
ture more unapproachable, and with less
di 'position to waste in extravagance iho
public fund. It i a fact that liir the last
ten years the amount of money raised by
taxation ha> fallen far short of meeting
the demands upon tho treasury of the
State. The deficiency has been mot by
the issue of bonds, bonds, bonds.
How many of the people know that the
legislature at the last session thereof
authorized the issue and sale ofabout six
or seven hundred thousand dollars of
bonds to meet such annual deficiency, and
at tho end of the present fiscal year we
shall have $500,000 deficit, loss tho
amount of SIOO,OOO, received from the
United States for rolling stock on the W.
&A. R. It. This deficiency will have to
be provided for either by taxation, bonds
or a reduction of expenses. Bonds or
further taxation is ruin to the people.
(>ur only safety is the reduction of ex
ponses. This can only he achieved by a
reduet inn of the legislature. If this is not
done, ruin is not only coming, hut has
arrived.
5. That every unnecessary ofliee in the
State to which a salary is attached ought
to he abolished.
(i. That i t is the duty of tho Convention
to place beyond all hope of resurrection
all tho bonds of this State which have
been declared fraudulent, null and void.
7. The issue of bonds by the State, ex
cept to pay or provide for present existing
indebtedness, or for public defence, should
he prohibited, and also making and issu
ing of bonds by counties, cities or towns
except to pay or provide for existing
debts.
It was also moved and adopted that the
journals of the county be requested to
publish these proceedings, and that a copy
bo scut the delegates from Floyd county
in Convention. Meeting then adjourned
sine [ lie.
From present developments, it is likely
the Homestead bill, the adjustment of
future legislative representation and the
Capitol question, will excite more interest
and elicit greater discussions than any
other matters that will come before the
Convention. In reference to the second,
there is a decided influence to reduce to
about 75 representatives; though the re
duction will be bitterly opposed. Gen.
i Toombs and others are in favor of giving
I each county a representative.
The homestead has its favorites to let it
: remain as it is at present, while others are
i in lavor of reducing it to $700; while
Milledgeville, Atlanta and Muon. prob
( ably will be rivals fur the Capitol.
Will Hay ß3 Out ?
Tho following from the Baltimore Sun,
predicated upon the prosecution of Wells
and Anderson, of Ixmisiana Returning
; Board notoriety, is very suggestive:
“'I here is an undoubted consciousness
: | revnding Administration circles that tho
( situation is exceedingly grave, and it is
within the range of probability that the
outcome may he the voluntary or involun
tary rnliremcntof President Hayes from
the White House. The President con
tinues freely to comment u| on the pros
ecution as a violation of what had been
understood all around. But lie certainly
has given no one the right to say that he
considers that ho personally made any
bargain for the safety of Wells and Ander
son, no matter what may have been done
by bis friends.
“The President realities very well that
hlioiiM lie put himself iu such a position
as this it would he a concession that ho
knew he was not elected, and knows it
now, and therefore fears to sec Woils and
Anderson brought to trial.
“It may be settled that the prosecu
tions aro to go on to the end, and it may
be safely assumed that the secret history
of the manipulation of the electoral vote
of Louisiana will be brought to light.
Although tho two colored members ol
the hoard have been included in the suit,
it is well understood that there is no do
dire to | unish them for the wrongs in
which they were no more than pas; ivc
accomplices, and it is thought the oppor
tunity may be offere i them to turn State’s
evidence. When the evidence that, the
Electoral Commission would not receive
is given to the world, it will inevitably
produce a sensation.”
Is the War Over?
Isit possible that the distance is so great
from the Southern States to Washington
Pity, the capitol of our Union, that the
news has not reached there during the last
twelve years that the war of is
over? What have Our Senators and Ilep
lesentativos in Congress been doing that
tncy have not imparted to “the powers
that be” tho fact that all is peace and
quiet in our Southern land? Or is it, that
the President and his Cabinet are so eager
to make all the money they can out of the
government? or are they so busy in laying
plans for their retention of the reigns of
government lor the future, that they can
not recognize the fact that the war is
over ?
It appears from the tact that there aro
retained so many soldiers in the South,
that tho information of peace has not. yet
rwached Washington; or that,the North
ern people are afraid of Southern men.
For else how can we account for the fact
that in Texas there are twelve companies
of tho Eighth Cavalry, twelve of tho
Tenth, two of the Fourth, ten companies
of the Tenth Infantry, ten of the twenty
fourth, ten of the twenty-fifth, and one
of the Nineteenth? Iu Louisiana there
are ten companies of the thirteenth In
fantry. In the Carolinas, Georgia and
Tennessee there are ten companies of the
Eighteenth Infantry, besides a company
of the Second Artillery. In Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana there are ten
companies of the Third Infantry. In
Florida and South Carolina there are
eleven companies of tho Fifth Artillery-
Now we ask in all candor, why are all
these companies quartered upon our
Southern, peaceful laud? Can there be
any good, substantial reason assigned for
it? Why not send these nun in the
regular service to the Northwest to look
after the Indians, instead of enlisting
volunteers? Will not Gordor, Lamar,
11 ill, Felton and other Southern Congress
men explain to Mr. Hayes that the war
is over?
The first tmmherof the Congregational
Methodist, edited by Rev. L. J. Jones,
Cave Spring, is oil our table. This paper
takes the place of the Cave Spring En
terprise. It is well gotten up, and is well
filled with communications, good selec
tions, domestic and foreign news and
editorials evincing the fact that the editor
is a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed. Wc trust that not only mem
bers of the editor's own church, but the j
people will rally to his support. We wish
the Methodist great success and pros
perity.
American Bible SodtSty.
We have been requested to publish the
following report, which was read before
the Society last Sabbath evening, at the
annual meeting of the Society, which
will speak for itself:
To the officers, members and friends of
the Chattooga Auxiliary Society, of the
American Bible Society:
Dear Brethren: —Your secretary lias
to regret that nothing so far as he is ap
prised, has been done in tlus-oommunity
or county during the past twelve months,
for or iu behalf of tho American Bible
Society. Why this is so, can be attribu
table solely to neglect, and for which we
should.humble ourselves before God, and
implore His forgiveness. We presume
there is not one of us, but considers the
great objects contemplated by the society
paramount toallotlurs; that is, when
ever we stop in our every day career, and
give but a moment’s serious consideration
to its vast importance-
To think that there are one billion, two
hundred millions of human beings on
this earth, and that but a few of thorn, a
mere nominal amount, that have the
Word of Life in which they may find the
way to escape the certain and fearful re
sults of their alienation from God, and
| their wickedncs in his sight, is distressing
not only t j the Christian, but also to the
true philanthropist.
1 luring the year wc have been in re
ceipt of documents showing the necessi
ties pressing upon the Parent society and
urging to diligence, and calling for belli
iri the great work to bo accomplished.
This work not only has reference to sup
plying tho vast heathen world with the
Bible, but also has reference to supplying
our people at home. For many of our
own neighbors aro but poorly, if at all,
accommodated with a respectable looking
and readable Bible. This ought not so
to lie, is the response of every true man
and woman. Tho field is white to tho
harvest, and be it said to our shame, tho
laborers arc few. Can we not then,
brethren and friends, shake ourselves
from the dust, and ral y to the help of
the Lord agains tho mighty? The work
of the Lord is before us, will we not arise
and perform it?
Respectfully submitted.
James V. CLEMENT, Secretary.
Warning Against Mormonism.
To the Kei ilor oj (hr G/~<tte.:
i see my name In y iur paper, used in
connection with “Hxpositiron of Mor
monism.” Now there Is nothing wrong
m what you have tlai ptibli. lied iu rela
tion to the matter, only that you should
have designated the oYganizati in more
particularly as the Brighamite branch of
Mormons —for there is another distinct
braach of Mormons known a<the “Joseph
ito or re organized church,” with hea l
quarters at Piano, Illinois, ofwhicli 1 know
little and i could not recognize the use of
my name against a people of whom I
know no harm.
But as to the doctrines of (he Brigham
Young wing, I profess to be pretty ex
tensively posted, and would caution the
poi pie to beware oftbeir elders; for they
are as wolves iu sheeps clothing; a
wicked and dangerous people. I know
whereof I speak, having tried them. For
For they say, they are apostles; but I
have found them to lie liars, murderers
and blasphemers. All of which, l am
prepared to prove from their own doc
trines. As for Elder J. Morgan, if the
man is large enough to contain tho devil
in lull, no's there; and if the people will
just chain him down, the millennium will
set in forthwith. T. J. Rvumt K.
Haywood valley, July 14th.
Our brother of tho Cartersville Erprcss
says: “The following named gentlemen
ol’tho convention were appointed a com
mittee on a final revision of the various
parts of the constitution. It is a good
eeuuuittoo: It. Toombs, L. N. Tram
mell, J. L. Seward, J - R. Brown, L. J.
Gartrell, J. I). Mathew, A. R. Lawton,
W. M. Reese, A. 11. Wright, J. R. Res*
pass, A. 11. Hansel!, N-J. Hammond, S.
W. Harris, A. F. Underwood, T. J. Sim
mons, J. W. Roberston, It. B. Nisbet.
T. G. McFarland, J. M. Mobley, W. G.
Johnson, P. L. Mynntt. J. M Guerrard,
Abda Johnson. T. F. Newell, W. T.
Thompson and J. C. Fain. It is enough
to say that Gen- Toombs is the chairman,
and that lie is a true Democrat and a
noble Georgian who will permit nothing
to pass his station that is not square work,
true work and such as oughtto be received
for the building of our great temple of
Georgia justice. Such an overseer is to
be trusted :u all points.”
This brother has certainly been “some
whar.'' He intimates his being able to
utter tho true “shibboleth” aright, and
understands the new name upon the key
stone of the temple-—II. T. W. S. S. TV
K. S. Do you?
Trion News-
Elder W. L. Shattuck was re-elected
Pastor of the Baptist Church at Trion, at
the regular conference on Saturday night.
Ho was elected by acclamation; showing
that his ministry has been acceptable to
the church, and that his services are ap
preciated. Owing to his suffering from
an attack of sore throat, he was not able
to protract the meeting longer than Sun
day night.
Had a fine rain yesterday; it, with the
rain last Wednesday night, has made the
faces of farmers wear a smile, and delight
to talk with their neighbors and friends
about the tine rains, and the prospect of
a good corn crop. A few more such laics
during the next two or three weeks, will
insure a heavy crop of corn. A good
crop of corn following a good one of wheat
will place farmers in a comfortable posi
tion as regards bread; and if the cotton
crop does as well as other crops, it will
start the people once more on the road of
prosperity.
I would be glad to see published in the !
Gazette the number of bushels of wheat I
| that was threshed this season by each!
: machine in this aid Walker counties.
■ July :14th. Twos. j
*
The Cartersville Express.
We are always glad to receive a copy
of this sterling Democratic paper. In the
path or out, Charley Willingham, its
editor, never utters an uncertain note on
Jeffersonian Democratic principle-. True
as the needle to tho pole, he never runs
I out after “new departure” doctrines, and
take him all in all he is the Nestor ot
genuine Democratic journalism in Geor
gia. Any community in favored to have
such a true, wide-awake man as its organ
to give tone to public sentiment on all
subjects affecting its interest. They used
| lo suy in Koine, be was fond of lager beer
—well what of it—a better lellow, a truer
Democrat, or a more thorough gentleman
ever brightened his ideas with that much
used beverage.
White Replies to Hamilton.
To the FAUot of T hr. Gum, tie .
I notice in your issue of the 12th inst.,
a communication over the signature of
J. T. Hamilton, in which he attempts to
reply to my circular; but it is so vague and
indefinite 1 would let it pass unnoticed, if
lie had not made anew issue. For that
reason I feel u my duty, in self defense
to make a brief reply to bis absurdities.
When 1 charge him with political in
consistency he does not deny it, but says
his course has ever been known to his
friends all over the district
When l charge him with violating
every promise he made to feed the wives
and children of soldiers, if they would
volunteer iu the army, and be left them
helpless, he replies his course was in
perfect harmony with the .Southern Con
federacy; and says that 1 was one of those
noble patriots that armed myself with a
sledge hammer and fell back under the di -
! guise of a blacksmith to keep out ol the i
war. Now, when ho wrote this charge ;
he knew it wa- a base falsehood. For
before he eft die country, be knew that j
I volunteered in the *1 Georgia cavalry j
and went to the front, and alter l had j
been there some time, I paid Andrew 1
mine SI,OOO to take luy place, who was
received and made a good soldier.’ I then
cauie home and did go into the shop
simply to have work dme for the good of
the country.
In many instances I worked for soldier
wives without reward or the hope thereof,
and lie knew all of tins when he wrote the
change. When 1 charged hi .. with swear
ing off a note given by Dr. J. M. Hamil
ton and himself to William White, he
replies, that lie was security on a note
given by J. M. Hamilton for SIOU to 1.--
paid iu gold, and that note was the one
that Dr. Jim pai l off with the cotton note
on Brown.
New, this statement is a- fa! as falsity
itself, anl he knows it. I calculated
the interest on that note myself when my \
father took the Brown notes in exchange j
for it, and 1 know that J. T. Hamilton's !
name was not on that note, which I will j
show by the following certificate from the
gentleman that write the note which was
given to William White payable in gold
“[ hereby certify, that I was called on
by William White to go to bis house to
do some writing between himself an! Dr.
J. M. Hamilton and Wilson Seattight,
and that at the request of William \\ bite
and Dr. J. M. Hamilton, 1 drew a note
for about S4OO payable to William White
in geld coin, which Dr-J. M. lfttinilton
signed and handed it to William White.
Wesley SmtorsimtE.
July 21st, 1577.
“N. B.—This note was signed only by
J. M. Hamilton. J\ T. Hamilton was
not present.”
The truth is simply this, J. M
Hamilton and J. T. Hamilton borrowed
about S3OO from William White. They
paid $55.70 which is credited on the note
in the hand-writing of J. M. Hamilton in
William White’s life-time.
J. M. Hamilton went into bankruptcy
and doubtless put assets in the hands of
J. T. Hamilton to pay off iho note, and
left for Texas and died; William White
also died, and I became the administrator
of William White. I asked J. T. Ham
ilton for the money due on the note, lie
did not deny the note then, but requested
me to get all I could out of the Brown
note, which was to be paid in cotton at
12j cents per pound, and all it brought
over the 12J cents was to be credited on :
this joint note of J. M. and J. T. Hamil
ton, whieh-Idid; but when found it im
possible for the note to be paid, or any ;
part thereof from the Brown note, lie
then refused to pay off the note simply, j
because William White was dead and he :
knew I could not prove that he signed it,
and that Dr. Jim was dead, and he knew j
I could not get at him for forgery. After
all this, he now intimates that 1 torged the
names of J. M. and J. T. Hamilton to I
this note-
He knows that no man on this earth
never intimated a ba.-or falsehood than
this. He then charged mo with forging
a name to an instrument in which I was ,
pecuniarily interested. Now he knows
this was all a positive falsehood, and :
leaves the impression that it was some-1
thing serums, and never states one word 1
what it was. But I have seen so much I
of his meanness that know him as well as I
the gal knew her daddy. These are the
facts in the case.
When the option law required a certain ,
number of signers too petition to allow a
person to sell liquors in a district, I got up
a petition in terms of the law, and pre
sented it to A. M. Jackson the first man;
he gave Bit- to understand that he would
sign if, hut he did not use spirits in any
way and did not want his name first on
i the petition. So I got trie petition pretty
j well filled out, and it was not convenient
for uie to see him again. So I put his
I name to it from what he said wlion I
presented it to him, as he and 1 had
always been good friends, and I had
transacted business for him and knew it
1 would be all right with him. For this, J.
! T. Hamilton had me .presented to the
Grand Jury, and had Mr. Jackson colled
before them; but after a full and final
examination of the case, there was no bill
found. J. T. Hamilton was one of tho
jurors.
Now what could be more corrupt than
this charge? Now, my friends, in this
whole transaction J. T. Hamilton has
satisfied my mind that a more corrupt
heart never throbbed in any man’s breast
than in his, siucc the days of Judas.
If all the facts could bo known, lie has
covered himself all over in falsehood and
infamy. Now, iu conclusion, l will only'
remark, that at the outset of this eoiitro
versy between J. T. Hamilton an,l myself
: my object was only to let the people of
! this Senatorial district know what sort of
a man J. T. Hamilton was, and if they
voted for him they would do it with their
eyes open. Milton White.
Subligna, Ga., July 23d.
Alabama News.
Our correspondent, “Non Resident,”
writing from Fort Payne, >a, :
Crops, genorlly speaking, .are good.
Vi heat is rather Is-low the e.-timat j ;
I ut the grain is fine, and yields from 4t>
to 44 pounds nl flour to tho bushel.
Crops have not suffered material injury
I for the want of rain, although we had a
lung dry spell. Since the rains, however,
they are looking better.
Threshing machines are piling straw
lively, and there is no lack of competition.
Ti e memorable 4th, the anniversary
of “what not,” has come and gone.
Chattanooga wallowed in the .ourth, and
not a few of her guests wallowed in tho
mud. Venders of lager became unani
mously industrious. The calaboose, al
though not desirable as a place of resort,
tailed to accommodate the applicants of
its cla-sic shades;.
Wills' valley was well represented, both
n Chattanooga and along the line of tho
A. A ’ railroad- There were six oi
seven full emu lies of passengers, and not
one but could boast of its fight. A more
boisterous crowd, it ha- not been my for
tune to see. I opene i a dour, and saw
two men ehok'ng each other as affection
ately as Twin brothers. In another car
were two negroes sitting before an <q on
door, bolding by their arm-, and both
landed on their heads iu the ditch.
Further along, tlie conductor finding a
negro brakesman drunk at bis pvust, took
bis Kittles from him, and then pitched
whiskey, negro and all off together.
Day before yesterday a fight occurred
at our county site, growing out ol one of
the down train fights of the fourth. One
May struck Jacoway on the head with a
rock, and he was to all appearances dead
fur an hour; but has since recovered.
May left for parts unknown.
Messrs. Wofford and Wright, of the
42d Senatorial district have expressed tlio
opinion that North Georgia is t. it in
favor of reducing the homestead. Upon
which the “local” reporter of the Consti
tution makes, wo think, the following
very pertinent comments:
“With all due respeet to thse gentle
men, we beg leave to insist that they ate
mistaken. In our opinion Nortii Georgia
is for a reduction of the homestead. Of
course we will have to wait until the vote
is taken to see whether we aro right or
they. In the meantime we suggest that
our opportunity of judging is quite as
good as theirs. And to suggest further
that Mr. Sheppard, whom we quoted on
the subject yesterday, is neither a “money
changer” or the “satellite'’ of one, but a
hardworkiu ;, clear headed, horny-hauded
.old farmer. ' And to further remark that
the committee oil homestead has already
agreei|upon reducing the homestead just
one,-half—all of which looks as if Messrs.
V dfford and Wright had ‘gone off at
half cook!’ ”
We have long entertained the opinion,
that no man who does not help to support
a government by paying his taxes for the
support of said government, should have
any voice in the selection of its officers by -
his vote. And we would much regret to
see incorporated into our Constitution
any clause guaranteeing to every un.ii
in this --(ate the right tj vote, whether
he has contributed to its support or not.
Rut wo see that General Wofford has
introduced a resolution into the Conven
tion, “that no citizen of this State shall
be deprived oi the right to vote on ac
count of his inability to pay his taxes and
that disfranchisement shall only be after
conviction of crime.” Iu this tho G neral
has gone off at a tangent, and we trust
the Convention will not entertain lor a
moment any such suicidal policy.