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N’ovtli Ooorg'ijin. i
Hellion, Gu., June 10, 1880.
Foil governor,
GEN. LI'CH'S J. GARTRELL,
or ritvon county.
■Subject to the action i>f tin Democratic
Gonvantton.
To any person -wading us six trub
■scribers and the money, tire paper will
be sent ftrklis one year.
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Elect ■Gen. Gartrell the ncxt'Gover
nor of Georgia, and we will have no
more Legislative investtigafions and
explaining Speeches.
General Gordon armctunced sn Iris
speeches that lie didn’t heed any de
fense himself, but ho thought Gov.
Colquitt did, and he proceeded to lay
the whitewash on pretty thick., says
the Athens Watchman.
Gen. 'Gartrell lias taken the field,
■and will address the people of Clay
ton, Henry and Fayette counties, at
Jonesboro,'on the tilth Inst. He has
received a number of invitations from
various portions of the State to ad
dress his fe’llo'w-citjizens.
Should Gen. Gartrell receive the
nomination for Governor, and we be
lieve ho will, the State, as well as the
democratic party, may congratulate
‘t hemsel ves upon naming for that high
•office one of the purest, most patriotic
•and intelligent citizens.
Horatio Scymowr, who was seventy '
years old on tfie 31st ‘of May, cede-!
bratod the completion of his three
score-anfi-ten years by remailing to '
a New York reporter: ••Well, if any- 1
body tbiivks I want to be President, I
they arc mistaken. Tell them lam;
■too respectable a man to desire the. i
•office.”
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'The 'Charleston News and Conrior
says .Senator Bayard is the' avowed !
first choice of the fourteen delegates I
from South Carolina to the National
Democratic Convention. The dele
gates arc unhistructed, but their pre
ference is for Bayard, and this w in
accord with the undoubted sentiment
of the State.
Maine can now lie set •down as an
uncertain State, the Democrats and
Grecnbackors having formed an anti
stalwart combination wlrieh,<t (is as
serted by those who ought to know,
will I><S wy hard to bent. It would
be rather curious to see Maine's elec
toral votes recorded for the Demoora
tic cimdiidato.
The Termor that Gov. Colqnitt will
Tun as -an independent candidate in
the event of ins fiuhfre to receive the 1
Democratic nomination, has been jvr
imitti'd to go uneontrad'icted by him
long enough—-so long, in Tact., that
the impression lias been made upon
the winds of many that Ute rumor is
not altogether without foandation.—
Augusta News.
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Public men should never consider
themselves above public criticism.—
The criticism of their servants by the
people and the people's press is the
life of the Republic, and when a pub- 1
lie man gels so mad because lie is
criticised, that be turns blind with
rage and curses his critics, the people
should consign him to private life.—
Darien Gazette.
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It is the current opinion in Augusta,
saystlie News, that the speech of Gen.
Gordon, on Saturday, did not increase
•Colquitt's chances for re-election.—
While the boy* all love Gordon, they
svre averse t<o Colquitt tor another
term. The enthusiasm nt the men
tion oil his name was lamentablv
■weak. Xlen. Gonlon has a hard job
*>f at—-defending Colquitt.
At tin- comity meeting of Hall,
held nt Gainesville, on Tuesday, Che
Ist inst.,X. C. Dunlap, P. F. Lnwshe.
A. D. Candler and John E. Redwine
were elected delegates tn the Conven
tion that met in Atlanta, yesterday,
to select. delegates to the Cincinnati
Convention, J. M. Fowler, of Bell
ton. was elected a member of the
county executive committee for Nar
ramore district, which was a good
selection.
It is now the Duke of Galena in
stead of the Duke of America. As
the former the silent man will no
longer be the tool of the syndicate,
and he van settle down to some use
ful and honorable employment. Or if
he has not laid enough of travel, lie
van go to Australia. the only country
he has not visited, where he can pass
the lime that will intervene between
this nnd 18S4. But let him then be
ware of bosses.—-At. Constitution.
It is reported in New York that ex-
Governor Seymour will short lv come
out in a letter declaring in favor of
Mr. Bayard as the strongest, Demo
cratic candid.ite for his locality. Mis
sissippi. South and North Carolina
are said to be solid for the Delaware
Senator, who will secure the active
co-operation of tile delegates from
his own State, and it is believed from
Maryland and New Jersey, as well as
Massachusetts, and a part at least of
the delegates from Conner dicut.
i WHY NOT ELECT (URTIiELL?
j We fake the following well written :
I editorial from the Brunswick Seaport
i Appeal, to let our readers know what
is thought of General Gartrell in the
lower portion of our State. The peo
ple are aroused throughout our com*
I monwealth, and on the 4th of August,
Gen. Gartrell will be the nwst popu
lar man in Georgia. Mark* our pre
diction. The Appeal says:
That Gen. Gartrell has served his
State faithfully, and that he has al
ways been true to the best interests
I off Ms constituents, none will deny;
’that be has ability of high order and
■ unassailable integrity, Ms opponents
mu.«t admit; that lie possesses great
legal learning and unswerving fidelity
to Iris -trusts, his life-long record of
i public service and practice in the
courts attest; that he. lias been a
quiet looker-on but close observer of
State affairs since bis disabilities were
removed In 1873, o«r political history
i bears testimony; that he has kept hiiu
' self aloof from ‘rings,’ ‘cliques, ’ cont
i binations and entangling alliances nil
men do know; that ho is in no sense
an office seeker, is dcnrrnistratoti by
his genCrous withdrawal several times
! from prominent canvasses into which
■ he had been forced by zealous admit'?
era; that he is a gentleman of high
moral culture and social accotnpWsk
nrents, his genial nature and unosten
tatious hospitality at homo and abroad
not one living creature can gainsay;
I that lie is the poor man’s friend, in
| every sense of the word, both the
[poor and the rich will bear willing
i witness; that he is unalterably in
I‘favor of good government, honesty
(•in office, strict accountability to the
I people, and the administration of the
I State’s affairs in a manner that shall
i bring no discredit to her' people or
j stain to her escutcheon, an honorable
, career of fifty years, and his untarn-
■ ished record of school-boy, collegiate,
] student at law, young practitioner,
■prosecuting officer, early political
•training, statesman, soldier nnd de
fender of t-he rights, lite honor, the
Wbettzes and lives of Iris people,
abundantly attest.
Gen. Gartrell has quietly and nobly
struggled on and upward, fill he has
reached the topmost .round of the lad
der, in Iris profession, and the zenith
of his manhood, withcWt ever turning
to the right or to tire left to clamor
for place or the emoluments of office,
i True he has held offices of high trust
and great responsibility', but Pitch time
the office sought the man, and he was
selected for his virtues of intellct'lnnl
I superiority, sound judgment, mag
! numinous manhood and exalted in
tegrity in all the affairs of life.
The architect of hrs own fortune.
Gen. Gartrell is under no obligations
to the miserable little local cliques of
family or faction, or to any of the
monstrous mammoth political com
binations that have so often raped the
commonwealth and saddled frauds
and whole families upon the backs of
the people, lie is a y’rrr man.' and is
in alliance only with the principles of
; his party, the good of his country, the
I liberties of Iris people, the love of Iris
1 family and the religion of his God.
; Why not elect him Governor?
Gov. Gr.lipiitt is making his defense
; ou the wrong line. The press unit the
! people oppose him because be is a
I Christian, but because his administrn
, tion has been a failure from beginning
ito end. With one or two exceptions
i he has been surrounded by men who
I were as utterly incapable of tilling
I their positions as himself: and the
! tax payers of Georgia have bad to
1 foot the bills of a careless, incompe
, tent Executive, and they are deter
| mined to have a change. The record
lof tire present administration is be
fore tlx: public, and even the most
; obtuse observer of State afl’airs can
see that there is a link in the chain
missing—Atlanta I’ltonogmph,
Garfield, it should never be for
gotten, did not pass through the
credit-mobilier era of bis party with
; entirety clean hands. He was, too. a
visiting statesman and a member of
j the 8-to-7 commission, and all the
; crime of stealing a State lies at Iris
I door just as much as it does at the
! door of the dead and gone Chandler,
or of the notorious Bradley. Against
• ■ such a man, kind as he undoubtedly
. is personally aud strong intellectual-
I ly, the Democracy have nothing to
■fear. They can win, but in order to
do so they must be at Cincinnati as
wise as serpents. The very best man
• ; of the party is needed ax a leadcf to
accomplish the task.—ktlanla Con
stituthm.
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We congratulate the Stone Moun
tain Sunday-school Convention tipou
the selection of its secretary. We
speak advisedly when we say that uo
man has contributed more efficient
service to the Sunday-xehool cause in
the Slnte than W. G. Whidby, the
man selected. But for him we would
have never had a State Sunday-school
Convention in Georgia, and to him
alone, and single-handed, are the peo
ple indebted for bringing the Interna
tional Sunday-school Convention in
our midst. Chti-tian Ir.dex.
THE CHLCAGO CONVENTION.
Gen. 'James A. Gartiekl, of 'Ohio,
'was ■nomitia’ted; last Tuesday, tfe riie
36th ballot, as the Republican candi
date of the United States; and C. A.
Arthur, of New York, was nominated :
on the first ballot as the candidate for ■
Vice President. Grant’s friends stuck '
to hini to tht last.
We give the resYift of the first and
tlic. last ballot. Eirst ballot—Grant ■
304, Blaine 284, Sherman 93, Wash
burne 30, Edmands :J4. Windom 10.
Thirty-sixth ballot—Grant 306, Gar
field 399, Blaine 4'A Shprinan 3, and
Washburne 5. Garfield received 11 :
[ votes on the second UiUot. and then
dropped t<i 1 aud 2 until tire thirty
fourth ballot, when he received 17,
, and ou the thirty-fifth 50.
The Journal of Commerce says:
■“This is undoubtedly the strongest
'nomination that could have been j
1 made. It is an out-and-out defeat of
!tfte third term idea—a complete frus
tration of the entire machine manage
ment, and an emphatic seal of con
demnation ou the corruptions that
| marked Grant’s adininisiiation.’’
Tire Journal concludes as follows :
| “If tire Democrats at give
i ns a <nau of ei{Uaßy high character,'
I the pgople of. tins country may
I breathe tuor-e freely jji regard to
thoir political fatiue |Uan they have
.before for many years.’’ ■“
Mr. fiarlield is a member of Con
gress, and is recognized as the leader
of his party in that body. January
i last, Mr. Garfield was elected by the ,
i Dcgislature of Ohio to Succeed Allen
(«. Thurman, in the Thriled .States
Senate, his tert* to begin 3d,
1881—Just one day before the inaiigu- !
ration of the Deinocmtic Prysiilent.
The Convention “snubbed’’ Hayes,
as he only received one vote for four ,
.ballots. And poor (!) Grant—ho and
Fred got “set back” fdr allftime to
come.
Rk iimoXTi, June B.—The nomina
i tion of Garlichl created conuderablc
excitement here, the gene|d setili
! ment of the Democrats being that of
! pleasure at the defeat of Grant. The
! third term is killed forever. There is
1 now no danger of a tlividJd South.
’ Our whole section will be |nited as
one man upon a candidate nfwriuatcd
at Cincinnart. who, if he be’tlre right
man, will have an easy vl<( ty. Gar
field, it must not be disguijed, liow
eVer, is a strong inan—tlie Atrongest
civilian, probably, the Rrbablieaus
could have named.
to the vtrrr.RN
JltUToi: Geohoian: I have been
asked by Home of the voters of Bank
emmty.linw I stand on the political.
: issues of the day :
Ist. f am in favor of the best policy
. for the peace of our country and its
future good to the coming generations.
2d. 1 think a statesman ought to lay
aside all persouxi mxl work for the
general good of his cvnstituents, and
his State, at large.
3d. 1 am in favor of <xir legislators
working as day laborers, and every
day he is absent from his seat, with
: or without leave, his pertliem to be
sent to his county and added to the
! county school fund.
i 4th. lam opposed to free railroad
tickets, entertainments and pleasure
trips. Legislator- laive no more right
; to loose u day or an hour than the
mechanic, the farmef. the clerk or
the most humble day laborer. Adopt
thi- as a tule, and our long se—ion
will be at an end.
.’>Ul. 1 am opposed to personal at
tacks of rival candidates, and shall
u.-e no unfair mean- to sceme my
election; but a<u willing for the peo
ple to have a .alm and unprejudiced
election, ami as far as .-tumping the
county is concerned, 1 do not think it
is necessary, but prefer it to riding
all over the county and stopping men
from their work, who don’t care who
is elected, ami causing the women to
cook and never a.-k. how ihmh their
meals are worth, nor the baby's name
Better advertise in our county paper,
6. I Imve been questioned in reg,n d
to the stock law. This, the dog law
and all others of the same nature,
should be left to the people. Let
them vote on it. and if a majority
favor it, ask the Legislature to make
it a law.
7. I do not think it was good poliev
in nur last Legislature to interfere
with the interest on money. lam in
favor of a free currency.
Sth. Our free school funds are bad
(lv managed. There ;We too many
large salaries paid out of it. If the
men appointed cannot serve for no
less—try the mail route plan—give it
to the lowest bidder ami take good
bond for the fulfillment of the con
tract. The people have never given
this question as much attention as
they should, for it belongs to them,
and bus. in my opinion, never been
what it might mid ought to be.
9th. I am in Favor of religion, edu
cation, railroads, manufactories and
immigration. M. I’. BitoWX.
The Colquitt •boom’ is not ‘boom
ing’ very rapidly. Packing conven
tions to forestall public opinion don't
pan mi worth a cent.
THE EXODCS INVESTIGATION, i
The Exodus Committee has made
its report, vindicating the people of!
the 'Southern States from the calum
nious charges of Messrs. Windom &
Co., who, when detected in their nefa
rious political colored pipe-laying in ■
the West, endeavored, but in vain, to
escape pursuit and detection by cloud
ing the investigation with ejections of
black and filthy aspersion- upon the /
good name and conduct of their white
fellow-citizens of the former slave
States. It is to be hoped that when
Congress shall meet again in Decem
ber next, a purer and sweeter atmos
phere will pervade the catritol, and
S I V 1 '
that we shall have uo more investi
gating committees thereafter to pol
lute the air In both chambers. <Jf this
we shall be assured if the nominee of 1
the Cincinnati Convention on the 22<i
inst., shall be in preparation to take
possession of the “White House” on
the 4th of March, 1881. And what a •
purified, glistening “White House” it
will be in xuch cose- in comparison
witli the Augean stable it ha- been
for the past twelw years!
That the colored citizen has a right
to change his place of residence when
ever arid to wherever he pleases, no ,
one can deny. It is his inalienable
privilege. But the motives or induce
ments Tof him to migrate are fair j
matters for inquiry, if they are nut
ostensibly and presumably free from
suspicion of undue tind injurious in-;
fluences. That the colon 1 citizens
will emigrate largely from the eman
cipated State- a- the race become
educated, more intelligent .and mote
self-reliant, is an inevitable deduction
from their f;•<•«' condition : ami we may
regard the recent political exedits a
the shadow of an important coming
event. The Creator has, by distiuc-
Hons of color and of constitutional
rri'ganUatioit, made a wide diifcrcnee
between the two races, which cannot
be briilgeil over; mid. as ’ the weaker
party gmes to the wall.” the negro
must remain here in a condition ot
inferiority, <>T move to some other
Uounlfy where he can assert his man
hood, mfiiiita'm Ids self-respect and I
gradually, but surely, rise in the so
cial and political scale. Liberia bold
out her hand to him. st. Domingo In
vites hi-attention to her rich domains
and delicious climate. To one. or the
other the stream of uegto emigration
must eventually be turned to avoid
Iris natural subjection to the whites
mt this continent. gi> where he may. 1
This conclusion i- tm fanciful vatleina-
Hon, but the corollary nr facts, wtucli
we are to encounter, and at nodi-tant I
■lay. lull tU e our people doing to j
i meet the emergency that our agricnl
-1 tural and domestic interests -hall not
materially sutler from it ?
, This is a \jftesiion worthy of our,
• consideration, and we shall recur to
lit.—Savannah News.
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When the Atlanta Constimtion be-j
gins tocomjiile “facts and figures'' to
show Low the press anil people of
the State .-land in relation to the
j Gubernatorial race, it slashes and ,
.cut- away in a very reekle-s manner.
. For instance: In it- issue of the Ist
inst.. it puts, among other pajters, the
Hartwell Sun a- si Colquitt paper,
when, in fact, the Sun is among the
staunchest supporters of Gen. Gar
trell. Another fatal mistake in the
. same article is that it puts down (>ur
'Comity, of Warrenotn, when that pa
! per has been dt nd mid out of existence
’ four months. We merely cite these
, instances to show with what reckless
ness the compiler of “Among the
Papers” darts at facts. Gen. Gartrell
■is the strongest mnn in Northeast
Geor-i t, beyond all doubt, while bi
following in Middle mid some por
tion- of Southern Georgia is second
I to no Plan yet announeml tor the
! position. In Elbert. Hart, Wilkes.
1 Banks, I'nioti. Town-, and all that
section, the people and paper- know
no man for Governor but Gartrell.
Augusta Evening News.
The Atlanta Post, of the 4th inst..
. publishes the decision of the Supreme
Court, ih the Alston case, mid says it
was suppressed IVom the columns of
the Constitution, because it reflected
on our Governor. The Post says "it
is a scathing crilici-m of Gov. Col
. quitt's actions, and is enough to cute
viuce the Governor's best ftiend that,
however honest he may be, he is not
capable of overseeing the finances of
the Spite. The.opinion simply recites
the law and the facts, ami leaves the
public to judge whether gross and in
excusable ignorance or an intention
to defraud prompted the Governor's
acts. In cither case it is a decision
from the highest authority that he is
not tit to he Georgia's executive guar
dian.”
The Gainesville Southron says that
Hon. W. P. Price will be a candidate
for the State Senate from Lumpkin,
White and Dawson counties. Col.
Price is the man above all others we
should select for the place. With
such men as him in our law making
bodies, we need not fear fraud or in
competent legislation, as he is pre
eminently honest and competent.
Gov. Colquitt speaks in Athens, on
Saturday. The campaign has opened.
NEWS ITEMS.
Nothing important from Congress.)
’Quite a number of the citizens of 1
Marietta have sent North for White
servants.
The complaint of the scarcity of
day laborers come from alt parts of
the State.
There is a Boston Bible class with
a teacher on a salary of otic thousand
dollius a year.
On the 28th of May there wei’e
twenty-eight deaths from sv.nstlnkes
in Plriiadelplwa.
White county refused tn endn» -e the
ii’ppohitmrtit -loe Brown t>- I trited
States Senator.
A census enatnenGor has fotliu! a
negtc> woman in Macon who says she
is 115 years old.
The commencement eXscreises of the
Georgia Baptist Female Seminary will
begin on lhe 18th hist.
Yesterday tlm State Convention for
selecting delegates to the Cincinnati 1
( (invention met in Atlanta-.
Gen. Toombs says he didn't think
the fools had so unteli sense Us to
nominate a man like Gartield.
The Atlanta Post ha-rlonnerf a new
dre—. and give- every evidence of re
newed prosperity and sncces*.
It i- thought in Texas that the tax
■on commen-ial travelers there will I
yield the Suite 8r,0.i«.H) a year.
During the. month of May, Ati.tH.nt!
immigr Hits arrived at New York, the
.largest, ever known in puc month.
Judge Field -Cetus to lie g.lining
Strength daily all over the eoimlry.
while Mr. Titden is rapidly losing Iris
-ripe
Wonder if Grant don't wish he had
remained in Siam arid held on to the |
< rown.wlrieh.it i- reported, hr was j
I oll’ered while there.
A counterfeit trade dollar, bearing
the dale <4 1880. has made its appeal-
■ alive in Oglethorpe comity. Tire gov
ernment. has issued no trade dollars
at all this tear.
Every man, woman and clrihl in'
i this broad land is now wmiii two
iemits—to the cetisn- enumerator, and
that is about all some of theta ate
worth to anybody.
General Johnson Hagood has been
nominated for tiovei um'of the M ile
■ of f-outli Carolina by the Demictalic
Convention, lie i- a good man, ami
i we hope lie will be elected.
Accounts from nil pin t- of Ireland
give great pronti-e of ;,li abundant,
harvest of the present crops, and the
situation is more hopeful Aud cheer
iri‘4! fcjr thrtt Hirivkvtt
The widow of the late J. Green
’of New York, civen to
the American Sunday-school I’nioti.
to be used in devclopim* n higln i
oudre of Sunday-suhotd literature.
Arcordin j to a A[iNsi>sppi exvhanc'
the credit of that State at par; hi r
I warrants are tupHil to currency, and
arc paid on demand, and her bonds
I command a premium in' the market.
Sow York pays more for tobacco
than for bread. Healers <ay tliere
arc snn»k(‘T'* in the city who aver.i.t
: one hmnlTed er.rar'ia wrpk. and nu n
whose cL'.u- l-ilis run up to thou*aiub
of per annum.
A laiire emigration of English farm
ers lo the United States is predicted
by the l* st informed writer*.
of those who propose coming are
men of some means. They are send
ing out huviHs t«> select suitable tracts
in the Northwest and in Texas
Gkorgla. Banks Coi nty.
Jntrn A. Headen-, th** surviving adinin
, istramr of Samuel ltea<!» n, iutr of- ii<|
county, drvoaseil, applies io this < »»uft
for discbArge tYoin >a <1 adnnnistration
Thvidoit . al! |»< rson* < on<*« i ihml. aic
hereby notified said disHuir-e will
i»r granted tlie epp.leant at ll:e Scph n.-
1m i term of th.* Court ot < hdin:ir\ of sa d
, roi Dt \ . to be he’d on t h • til st Monday ot
said month, n’nb-s.« go*»d • au<e to the con
trary be then T. 1' HILL,
Vidaiary.
GEoK<;I.\. B.Wks t'iH NTY.
B. E. Xuthhitb. adn hr>tra*.>r of Itiissci
H<»!r«»nihr. la’c of -a d vnuitv. demised,
applivri to »*>•• b»i 1« nv<- to srd all the h a,
estate belongni-4 to the estate vi Mill
deceased :
Notice is hereby given that su'd leave
will be granted the applicant at the July
term of the Court oj < >rd iiarv of said
county, to be held on the tirst Munday ot
said, month, uiuvss gouA c ause to the con
trary lo then shown. T. I'. HILL.
iumT-ttl Ordinary.
Gkopgi Banks C<h ntv.
Itobeit J. Hyar applies to me for tin
guardianship ot the ostate of A. S. ami
Isaac Vaughn, minor ehildtvu Us Abel
Vaugliu. deceased :
Therrfoie. notice is hereby given thut
letters of guardianship v di be granted
tht-applicant, as prayed t»»r, on the tirst
Monday in July next, unless good Cau.lc
to the eontrarx be then shown.
junc7-td T. F. HILL, Ordinary.
Ao/<’*t tn Debtor* and Credituts.
GF.onniA. Ban ks ( oun'ty.
Notice is hereby gi\en to all persons
having demands against E. M. Smith,
late of said county, deceased, to present
them to me. properly made out, within
th* time prescribed by law. so to show
their < haracter anti amount. And al!
persons indebted to said deceased afv
required to make immediate payment to
me. P. F. M FI’UR. Adm’r.
juneH-lJt
Ao/tre tu Itebfars tind Crcfliturs
Geokgia. Ban ks Covnt% .
Notice is hereby given to all person*
having demands against Mary Tapp, late
of sa.d < uuntx, deceased, to present tb*m
to me. properly made out. witbin the time
prescribed b\ law. so a> to show their
character and amount. And all persons
indebted to said deceased are required to
make nnnivd.ate pavmviit to me.
M< M. X HARDY.
Adm’r de bonis non u! Marv lanp. dt c j.
4. Rbu.
FROM FLOWERY BRANCH.
Deali Georgian: A line from this
part of the moral vineyard may not
prove unmtfciesting to your readers.
We have no news. We are warring
Against the grass with all o>tr might,
and are having good success, If we
can only have a week or so more of
dry weather, or weather that will
permit its to work all the time.
Well, that Gordon-Colquitt-Brown
job! Did you ever know the’ like,
frieml Blatsr -Joe BroW.i a D’ltlo
crat! Well, sir, I have to pi ,ch mv
self when 1 think of the Btillock-
■ tionton campaign, wbi. h took place
only a few -hurt year- aw, to -ee if I
,am not U Itadieal and Jn ■ Brew i a
simon-pure Democrat. My n collec
tion is. that Joe Browli wax then a
red-hot Bullock man; that he mail :
-peeehes for Bullock—oWe notable at
Marietta, tn Which lie “ wafme I the
wax’’in the e«rs of Iri- old tiien l,
fol- not Ivlng still and allowing the.
chariot wheels of Radicalism to > rtt-a
; out the lA-t vestige of—well, all iliac
is dear to patriots—ll was
‘published to the world at that time,
tb it through the manipulations of .! ■■•■
Brown, Foster Blodgett, and a ma i
whose name ha- now -lipped my
j memory, called “sharp and quick’’—
the num who counted .he vo!t> —1<
15. Bulli ck was made Governor of
Georgia, and the ('gallant, if I should
-till u-e the term.) John B. Gordon
Aril* left at Kirkwood to provide for
bi- t'anillv mi a much .-m iller -aim
! than he was rite icing as a l uiteil
—ta;e- rieliaK r, when ii" re-ier.ed a
■tew day.- ago. hec.an-e bi- -ala: v wa<
inadeqßFtif to ttie dcmatols ot hi
faniily.
I -ay at the time of the B illock
■ election-Joe Broivn w:;- <• m-id-T •<)
Radical, lie was burnt in effigv 1 c
lhe piaiple if .itlatna. He tri <1 o
be elected United Stites S.mtuor lv
, lhe Bullock !.■ I-lattiie. wli 'ti Fat.
Haiti-, Joe Mill- and McWhorter, of
i Green, were holding hi ;h carnival in
"Kimball'- Op na llott-e,” anil was
deli ated. Bullock coti.-i b red 'hat. lie
■ought to have something fm h - ser
vice- and he was given the pmee • f
Judge of the Supreme Court. II ■a
- cepted.aml remb t ed the first deci-ion
, •>:> that cro.cuing piece of rascality
the hmm stead law pi-seil by th
■■'niemigerie'’ of 1868, hnlkltng that,
, law ami coiixtltutl mal provision good
again* - <t<'l>t- eonVACteil prim to th :
eiiailincnt if the const itrttiou, ,-how
i ing that Jo-ev bits not always been
-'ini'! in a- claimed i •
some of bi- ilupcs.
Then Joe. Brorfn's (Vvif’edcrate re
ord i- not altogether -ati-faeforv to
my mind: but maybe nij jml-ge-mce/
i- defective. Then I did not lik t
■ part he p! V •<! in frying to convict
innocent pople of ('olutnlms. G.i., i f
' i crime that thc\ wet imt guilty of,
, 'efol'e a drum-head eiiCrt martiil.
; But Joe XTv- lie was tint tint to l.i
--' Jient then. Cult he confederated with
'leiier il Mead • Io >e/v the parti- -
barged with the murder of Ashburn,
hu- rc/a* < ntin'i oiw -ide and /<//. !, i
I ffi from the other. More jmlgi
no-iif!
I tepi At w!len Bullock was (deeted
loe Be >wn ivas A Radical --trim ;
■notigh to svi port Grant. Bnlloe ~
Foster Blodgett. Fatty Harris, et al.
I lie was a member of the Convention
that nomi inteil Grant. In 187tt.hu
was A little mole liberal. Ami sup
ported Horace Grech'v for Pre-idctn.
1 During that yenT a li'ieral repnblica i
■onventfon iriet in the Senate Cham
ber of the capital, in Atlanta, while
the demount lie cmiVeii'inn was in se--
ion iti the 11.-.1l of the House of Rep
resentative-. Tile liberal fe|Wll>liean
bo<lv made applhatini to the dem-.
rilie body for A IniiltalicA or fei-ogui
ioii, and they were i*/''/.-ed Ae'A
Now on top of all these stet-. Col
mitt steps to the front and puts Joe
Brown in the highest and best place
.in his g<ft! For what nm-po-e? Ah !
there's the rub. Fraud is changed. It
is hinted that there was cn)!ii-ion
bargain and sale! Well, how does it
look th any sensible man. for A. 11.
’Colquitt to jatt Joe Brown. With bi
record. int ■ John B. Gordon'* place?
Gen. Gordon i- not a- easily J
in this instance .as he wa- when h •
told th-' Pre-l.'lent that the Appoint 1
■ inent of little Pete Lawshe to be
census sitpervi-'or of this district,
would be a /ir-rsniirt’ iastllt to him.
Well. Mr. Blais, when yoli see i t
the Gaine.-ville Eagle that .some
in Hall are for Colquitt, don't yon
inmghie X r.T. are that way. lam an
old Democrat. I love Demoura -y.
and love to tell ih}‘ children of the
; purer days and pilfer men of the Re
public—but they are- passing away. 1
am An organized—an old. deep-died
in-tlic-ivi>t>i—but I ean't go a Colquitt
pill any more. I an! Ini«EPKnl>hnt,
’not of the Democratic party, but of
Colquitt. He can't leftd me tip to the.
rack and give jue a hand full of
and tell me its and make me
believe it. lie can’t give rrte a
l>i"n and tell the its a #•/'■ aud make
me believe it. Neither can he tell me
Joe Brown is a Democrat—(l mean a
representative Democrat, Such as de
serve the places of honor and trust in
Georgia,l and make me believe it.
Gov. Colquitt should not be stuffed
up on the idea that his war reeoiill
can save him from all kinds of blun
ders. That “Hero of Olustee” cry is
getting stale. Thousands of as good
nien as Colquitt fought as muc h as h<:
did for the Confederacy, and many of
them killed non e yankees, and are not
asking any office or anything else on
their record.
Let’s try somebody on their merit.--.
Let’s try Gartrell. or—just anybody
to break the Kirkwood grip. If we
don’t, the Democracy of Georgia liail
jn-t as well go over "baggage and
all” to Norcross’ white re[M»bli<-an
party, an leave Joe Brown with his
Senatorial boots to paddle round in
the dilemma in which lie lias been
placed by the Democratic Governor
of I ieorgia.
This is a little of the judg-men? of
au ex-rebel Clou Knocker.