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\ >\ CHAPMAN & ING1IRAM, PROPRIETOllS. Tuesday, August 17,1880. Kon president or this uniter states, W. S. HANCOCK, OP PENNSYLVANIA. FOR VICK PRESIDENT, W. H. ENGLISH, OF INDIANA. FOR GOVERNOR, HON. THOS. M. NOBWOOD, OH-CHATHAM. FOR CONGRESS, HON. EMORY SPEER. OF CLARK. YOUR CANDIDATE. GENTLEMEN, I Wil l. HE. The ooiiimUleo appointed l>v the majority of the convention to notify Governor Colquitt of their action ami request him to Iiecom? a candidate for re-election have notified ami re quested as per programme, and the Governor has replied that he will comply with their request to lie their candidate, lie does this in quite a long letter, but as the peculiar condi- tions under which he is a candidate cause.it to be generally looked for wi h interest and curiosity, we give space to it. THE COMMITTEE TO THE GOVERNOR. If ON. EMORY STEER. We put I lie name of this gentleman at the masthead of our paper with this issue, and will heartily support him for Congiess. The Banner is a paper published for the benefit of the people among whom it circulates, and not in the interest of any man or 3et of men; and, believing as we do, that the beRt interests of the people of the Ninth district will lie promoted by the election of Mr. Speer to Congress as again: t Mr. Bell, we slinll urge the former's election. We have never 1 endorsed and will never endorse a public man in every position he takes, regardless of onr own i iews, and say, “a king ran do no wrong; ’’ but we have strong faith, from Mr. Speer’s mauly and sound course in public life, that there will be few points in volving vital principles, on which we will be called Hpon to antagonize him. llis record in Congress deserves and we fee! confident will receive the en dorsement of his constituents. Renfrof. is right. He is part of the administration and should stand or fall with it. Atlanta, Oa., August 12,1880.—Governor A. It. Colquitt, Atlanta, On.—Dear Sir: The Democratic convention of tlic State of Georgia, which assembled in this city on the 4th instant, by a large majority selected you as the Demo cratic candidate for Governor at the ensuing election in October next, and the un- demtgued were appointed by the convention as ejc.mmittce to notify yon of its setion and re quest your acceptance of the trust. In the performance of this pleasant duty,per mit us to congratulate yon and the State of Georgia on the happy remit, and to say that the action of the conrention in your selection as the rtsndsrd hearer is but the reiteration of the pronounced voice of the democracy of Georgia lawfully expressed at the ballot-box,in the full est primary elections ever held in the State. Your administration, embracing a period of lour years, and complicated with great financial questions, and the formation of a new Constitu tion,«ud dealing with economy, reform and nationality,has demonstrated your ability, in tegrity and devotion to Georgia and evoked an overwhelming indorsement from the gra’efjl people of oar great commonweal h. We feel confident that the action of the convention in viving you a majority of 224 2-3 votes out of tlie 341*1 present is a clear expression of the wishes oftlis people and will be affirmed. Hoping that you will, at an early day, signify your acceptance, and with high personal con sideration, we remain, Phillip I.. Cornea, Randolph Kiooclv, K. Joses, Willis A. Hawkins, F. M. Losoley, Gxo. M. Nolan, Samvel Hall, David Bvcxorixit, Tylki. M. Pkeples, Committee. The Governor's Rrsponsr. hould be perpetually used as an open highway over wlfcli even- person and eveiy railroad comjiany should have an equal right to pare upon terms of perfect equality. To carry out this object, it will he very important that the State should retain at all timea the control of thia great highway In her own hands. I am, therefore, opposed to the tale of the Western and Atlantic railroad, and aliould not hesitate to withhold my signature aa the executive of Georgia from any act providiug for the sale ol the read, or of any disposition of it th.t puts it beyond the power of the State to keep it open alike to the uae of ell corporations and all dti- sons upon terms of perfect equality. While these remarks are probably not elicited by your communication, they relate to snbjeete or pnblic interest so momeutons in their char- acter that I feel I am due no apology for having made this public statement in reference to my poaition and policy on these vital issnes. Feeling grateful for the continued manifesta tion ol the retpeet and confidence of the people of Georgia, as shown by their indorsement in primary meetings, and the action of the Demo cratic convention, 1 take fresh courage for tlie work that is before me, and as 1 feel that 1 hare b- en true to the interest of Georgia in the peat, I will not falter in the discharge of duty in tho future. Very respectfully your obedient servant, A LIKED 11. COLQCTTT. WHO WROTE THE HAN- COCK-SHERMAN LETTER. Sa,s the World of Thursday; Some time ago the Republican journals were quite certain that Judge Black did General Hancock’s political writing. The Judge, they asserted positively, wrote lor the General those letters and orders to Louisianajuyl Texas politic ci.tns which art; so famous. Hancock, they were sure , was unable to set down such sentiments. “A mere soldier, yon know,” they said, “what does he knew about such questions ?” Well, here is Hancock’s letter of ac ceptance—an abler document than Garfield’s in the general opinion; who wrote that ? And then comes Han cock’s letter to General Sherman,writ ten in 1876, from a country town in Missouri. It wonld be delightful to think that Judge Black also wrote that; but unfortunately the Judge was not there. Unlike the Irishman’s bird, he could not bo at two places at once. Yet it is a very -good letter strong, sensible, conservative, shows Atlanta, Ga„ August 12,' 1880-Messrs. I aS aCCU,ate understanding Oil Hail- hilip L. Cohen, Randolph Kidgcley, R. Jones, j cock’s part of the constitution as the Willis A. llawkina, F. M. Longley, George M. I famous Louisiana order. So far as Nolan, Samuel Hall, David Bukofier, Tyler M. ; ^, e have not .ced the Republican or- Peeples, Committee—Gentlemen: I have the ; * honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, i Accept this letter as Ilnocock 8 TO THE PEOPLE. A Calm anti Trotlitul State ment BY THE MINORITY, OF THE REASONS FOB THEIR COURSE, AND WHY TRUE PATRIOTS CAS SOT SUP PORT GOV. COLQUITT. Ex-Senator Norwood to Bear Their Stand ard, and Lead the Fight Against the Ring. To the people of the State of Geors gia: The gubernatorial convention which assembled here under a call of the State Democratic Executive Com' miitee, on the 4th inst. aa you well know, failed to make a nomination ot n candidate for the office ot Governor. The duties imposed upon thatconven tion were to nominate a Governor, State house officers, and presidential electors. All the duties were per formed except that ot nominating a Governor. Before the convention there were four candidates other than Governor Colquitt, viz: lion’s Rufus E. Lester, Thomas Hardeman, Jr., Gen. L. J. Gartrell and Judge Hi ram Warner. Jt was apparent nprn the assembling of the convention that there was a majority for Alfred 1L Colquitt. How that majority was obtained is well known to you. Wbili all the other candidates remained mond. D E Butler, R P Tripp *, IT' V M Miller, N J Hammond, Joel A Billups, and stated to the majority that the minority were willing to accept any gentleman whose name was aon the list and vote fer him unanimously ; or for any other good man in the Stale whom the majority would agree upon, tins proposition was repeated times without number during the balloting tor Governor and was every time met by je£rs and laughs from the majori ty. On‘Friday JJbn. Pa rick Walsh, of Richmond, the general spokesman of Gov. Colquitt, made a speech in which he declared that the majority had come there “ to nominate Alfred II. Colquitt and nobody else!’’ On Saturday the minority, through Dr 'Carlton, offered the majority the name of iZon. Alexander II Ste phens, with the declaration that if., acceptable to tlie majority the minnr- ii y would vote lor him unanimously. This proposition was met by the de risive question: “By what authority is the name of Mr. Stephens presented to this body ?” and no further notice ot the offer was taken by the majori ty, except the cry of “ballot!’’ Again on Saturday, Mr. Reid, a delegate from Putnam, who was earn estly patriotic and deprecated the pos sibility of an adjournment without a nomination offered the name of Judge T. G.' Lawson, of Putnam, as a compromise candidate. Ho did so with the assurance of the ity that if Judge Lawson should uch a vote fi-om the adlier- overnor Colquitt as to raise home except Col. 7/ardeman an*l Gen. Gartrell, each of whom made a M ^fij^rhirnominationT'tho minority cnnainlina ililMnn tnn oa ti f*Ona I .oil osit rv ■ .a « . *1 J The Augusta Chronicle and Con stitutionalist is a Stephens paper—for the present- Attorney-General Ely was Col quitt’s especial pet. Why shou'd Attorney-General Ely have been thrown over-board by the Colquitt party ? The population of Kansas is nearly a million, and she will get seven rep resentatives in place of the three she has now. • But they will all probably ho Republicans. If the convention had only followed Mr. Stephens’ advice, and, when they found it impossible to nominate a candidate for Governor, adopted a suitable resolution remanding the question to the people ! The Montgomery Advertiser says the colored voters worked manfully for the Democratic ticket in nearly every county in Alabama at the 8tnte election, and that they will do the same for Hancock in November. •Ion. Wm. M. Hammond, of Thomas, elector for the second dis trict, was a leader and one ot the most eloquent and forcible speakers in the last legislature. He is a man of handsome appearance and graceful manner. Judge Clifford Anderson has accepted the nomination for Attorney General. Judge Anderson is, we be* lieve, a good man. We hope his nomination was not a tub throw by the majority to the Hardeman whale. Hancock is a revelation. He grows on acquaintance. He uecomes bigger as wo get near to him. Ev eiy utterance of his that is recalled magnifies -him. It looks like God had raised him up for the deliverance of the republic. Hancock, confessedly the hand somest man in America, isn’t showing himselt off at rural affair* at d school commencements and Sunday school conventions and political gatherings, but remains on Governors Island in the discharge vf his usual duties, de cently awaiting the election that will call him tc tho White Iloii-e. G ai;field has been a statesman for eighteen years, busy all the time elu cidating statesmanship with pen and longue; but be would give all the Credit M«hilicr shares he ever owned, a <1 lh<* DtGolyer pavement fee thrown in. it he could match Han- ctn k’- letter to Shenu in by anything he Innl ever written or spoken. Hancock is not a statesman. Ho is on'v a soldier. And the men who made Grant President eight years have a horror of soldier Presidents Hanouek is not a statesman. But more sound political maxims, more strong and w ise sayings, can be gath ered from his Louisiana papers, let ter of acceptance, and letter to Sher man, than can b« culled from all the utterances of any liyi»g statesman of wither party. Hancock U not a states man. But there is no siate«.nan in America who may not sit at hi* feet yjnd learn political wisdom of him. notifying me that the State Democratic Con vention of Georgia has selected me by a large majority ae the Democratic candidate for Gov ernor in the coming State election, and Thereby signify my acceptance of the trust. For the kind terms in which you have coached your letter, I beg to assure yon of my appreciation. Entering upon the duties of the executive office nearly four yeara ago in a period of gen eral depression, I was conscious of the unusual burden that I assumed, and I brought to the discharge of duty an earnest desire that my ad ministration might bring material results of benefit to the people of our beloved State. In every act I have performed as a pnblic servant since 1 have fllhd the post I occupy, the inter est and the honor of Georgia bavo been my nspiration, and not to the extent of “ one poor scruple” have I betrayed or slept over my trust. It lias been gratifying to mo to see a steady improvement in individual welfare and in every phase of the public condition, and I am not insensible to the compliment oonveyed in yoar letter that you accord to me credit for these results to the tnll extent that an executive may properly claim in our scheme of public polity. Among tlie valnable results wrought in these years ure, on elevated Slate credit, a diminished pnblic debt, a decreased rate of taxation, onlarged sources of income, exaltation of tlie State's dignity abroad, and an abatement of sectional strife through Georgia's influence. To these may be added kindlier relations between the white end colored rices, due to a liberal spirit in the encouragement of popular education and equal justice in the pro tection of all races in every right ol citixcnship to the fnllcat extent of executive authority. I consider it the dnty of e’l the patriotic peo ple belonging to either race to encourage cor diality and kindness between tlie races. It is especially the duty of the white raoe.heviug the advantage which they now possess in education and in the possession ot property, to ace that full and impartial justice is done to the colored rare by overy department ot tlie government. 1 will say further that the Jitsta Government should do all that can reasonably be done to promote popular education, and tha: each race ohoald participate eqnally and fairly in the dis tribution of ill public moneys raised for that purpose, in proportion to the number ot children belonging to each, within the ages arliicii enti tle them to the benefits of education at public expense, as provided by law. 1 may mention as an evidence of increased prosperity tint it the returns from the one hundred counties heard from by the Comptrol ler General afford a basis for judging, the wealth of Georgia will show an increase of fully ten millions of dollars thia single year. It may not lie inappropriate in this connetion for me to s*y something on tlie subject of oar system of transportation, as it is one that very materially affects the interests of oar fellow-cit- ixens. Mnch complaint having been made in reference to the inequalities and di criminations in oar railroad system, tlie lust G' nernl Assem bly took up that question, and alter greet de liberations passed the act now upon onr statute book, a leading feature of which was t e estab lishment of a railroad commission. It was not to be expected tliat the commissioners could in asliort time so adjust the whole railroad syst -in in Georgia as to prevet.t all diaeriminatious an*’ do justice alike to all the people and to the rail road companies. I am gratified to learn, who ever, that very gr at progress hns been matte toward a satisf..elory solvtion of this whole question. I cannot doubt that the able and intelligent gentlemen v ho have the matter in charge aa eommlsaloners, will during the com ing year J>e able tn harmonize the different conflicting elements, and to so systeinixe the whole buslne-s of transportstlon by rail in the State aa to place it npon a just and equitable basis. I tr >st that both the transportation com panies and the people will he content to await developments for a reasonab'e time until the problem has been fairly salved. Tlie people of tho Slats have the right to demand that their freights be carried at the lowest figure that will assure to the atosklioldara who have invested their money III railroad enterprises reasonable and jnsl dividends upon the investment, While on this point I das Ira to remark fur. Cher that 1 am aware that considerable disquie tude hga been manifested by onr people in reference to our great state property, tlie We* ternjand Atlantic railroad .growing out of the ex- to sirs combination] and aonaoiidstions of tlie railroad interests, and t he rapid ahepge* which have bean aisda in tha ownership of the differ ent lines connecting with our State system, and especially with the Western and Atlantis rail' road. I have looked carefully Into the lease and to the set providing for the lease of the Western and Atlantic railroad, end I find that nil dis criminations against persona or corporations in thia State are positively forbidden by that act. It will be my pnrpoae to see that tills not is faithfully carried ont in letter and spirit. The Western and Atlantic railroad ia a great p tblio highway, connecting the transportation own. This is encouraging; perhaps by and by they will give him also the credit which belongs to hitn of the ans thorship of the Louisiana ofders ana letters. The theory that General Hancock is a mere dummy does not seem to prosper, 1UE BROWN QUESTION The Coweta county Democracy have resolved to pursue, in the elec tion ot members to the legislature, tlie course advised by the Banner some days since; that is, let the candidates be voted for without reference to their favor ot or opposition to Joseph E. Brown, with the understanding that whoever is elected pledges him self to observe the will of a majority of the voters on the Brown question, such will to be determined by the writ ing of “Brown” on the tickets of all those who favor his election, and anti-Brown’’ on tho tickets of all who are against it. It “Brown’’ ap- penis on a majority ot the tickets the candidate elected must vote for Brown’s return to the Semite; if “anti-Brown” bo written on a major ity of the tickets, he must vote against it. In either case the will of the ma jority of his constituents must control his action, regardless of his own pre ference. By following this plan the Brown question will be prevented from causing strife and unpleasant* n -ss, and discord in the State. IT WONT DO. The majority arc striving hard to foriity themselves in the good opinion of the people hv ranking them believe that they—the majority—acted in accordance with the views and ad vice of Mr. Stephens in taking the course they did. They did no such thing. Mr. Stephens advi-etl the convention, it they found they could not nominate a governor, to pass oa to the nomination of the other State House officers and a strong electoral ticket, and then adopt a suitable res olution remitting the question as to who should be governor back to the people. Instead of following the conn-el of this patriot and statesman, the majority proceeded, in toe very spirit of intense Colquittism, to adopt a very unsuitable resolution; such a rssnlulim v Alexander H. Stephens would never have counseled, and men of wisdom and patriotism would never have adopted. Tho minority would willingly have followed Mr. Stephens’s advice,hut the ColquiMttes would not permit it. DICKENS'S FIRST LOVE. When Dickens was a law reporter about the courts he tell in love with a pretty, thoughtless little thing, ai d wanted her lo be b : s wife; bat the suit was thwarted, and a half-healed scar was all that was led of the old and painful wound. Perhaps it would have been better for Charlee Dickens if she had married him, Many yean after he wrote this nmkwPopisode of bis life; “Just a- I va» never open that tiook as I open any other book, t cannot sec the face,cyan St tour-ands forty, or bear-the voice, without go* ing wandering away over tho ashes of alt that yonth and hope In the wild* net manner.'’ He bad made of b|a lost love tlie dear little child wife, Doro, in “David Copperfield.’’ Mr Augustus Shipp died in Cbal- JhM* bWwp til* eo»t ana tho vo-t .aa ft tahoocheo county tlie Ulb inst. speeches during the canvass, Govern or Colquitt took the stump, and aided by his friends, canvassed the State :it large. By appealing to the people on the ground that he was persecuted for religion sake, and the bearing be ing ex/xtrte, he succeeded in getting :i majority of the delegates to the convention. We will not pause at this moment to show the utter fallacy of the position taken that lie was per secuted but will content ourselves liy simply referring to the fact that in 1876, the minority delegates in the late convention, and their constituen cies over the State new bitterly op posed to Governor Colquitt’s admin istration,unanimously assisted in elect ing him by a majority of 80,000 votes. Nothing was then said about his re ligion, . and nothing has been said since then except by a few individuals scattered througbout^the State, who have made reference to the fact, that he has too frequently left his office to attend religions meetings in the South and in the North. The true issue be fore the people then and now, which is the inoompetency of the executi’-e and the scandals which have grown out of liis official acts during his ad ministration, was not discussed in that canvass. By earne-t and persunal ap peals to friends throughout the State, that majority was obtained. We be lieved that it was not a fair expression of your opinion, and yeti, though so believing, if Gov. Colquitt could have obtained a two-thirds vote of that convention, the minority representing the tour other candidates named above, pledged themselves u)>on the floor of the convention, that they would not only abide by the nomina tion, but would support him at the polls. On the assembling of the conven tion, Gen. P. M. B. Young, a dele gate from Barlow, in advance of the report of committee on rules, nounced on the floor of the conven tion, as the friend of Governor Col quitt, that the majority desired the adoption of the two-thirds rule for nominations, and that he was author ized to say it was Gov. Colquitt’s wish that it should be adopted, and Thu Gov. Colquitt would not aecept a nomination unless it was made by a two-lhiida vote. The committee then reported the following rule, among others, and the convention, without debate, adopted it. as the law of the convention. 1. No vote shall be counted fo* any person whose name has not been previously placed in nomination as a candidate for The office voted for. 2. No name shall be p’aced nomination for any office, unless the delegate proposing shall state in his place that he has the authority of the gentleman proposed so to do. On the first ballot for Governor on Thursday, Gov Colquitt received 208 votes. During Thursday, Frid iy, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday thirty-two ballets were had, and from the first to the thirty-first ballot, Governor Colquitt’s vote fluctuated between 205and 212 and a fraction. The last ballot which was had under peculiar circumstances, which wo will hereafter narrate, gave him 220 and a traction, as reported by the clerk, though the minority claim that there was an error in the count in his favor. Yon will observe that by one of the ahove rules of the conventiin, and which were strenuously objected to by all the opposition to Governor Colquitt, the convention was limited in its balloting to a choice of one of the five gentlemen first named for Governor. Hiese rules were, of course, adopted by a majority vote, and that majority were the friends of Gov. Colauitl. Tluir object in adopting tliat re-trictive rule, was clearly to compel the minority in the end to accept Governor Colquitt or nobody. They believed they wonld and could thereby force the minority to abandon their oonviclions of right and duty and to accept a candidate whom the minority opposed on prin eiple. The minority saw their pur pose as the sequel proved, nod solemn iy resolved that, as freemen charged with a high trust by you, they would never surrender so long as they were denied the right which belongs lo every freeman in America, to cast his ballot for any man he may pre fer. That undemocratic, tyrannical rnle enforced The gag law and de nied to the minority who opposed Governor Colquitt freedom of the bal lot—a right which, even under Bnl- luck’s administration, was never de nied to a citizen of this State. On the second day of the balloting Dr. H. H. Carlton, a delegate from the county of Clark, presented to the convention the following list of names of distinguished gentleman in the state, py-T one of whom you will reoognije at sight of bis name, to be a man ol the highest character an- in every way fit for the officer of Gov., emor: Gcu Lawton, T M Norwood, J C C Black, M H Blsndford, M J Craw ford, Cliff Anderson, James Jackson, Geo Hillyer, H D McDaniel, A T Mclnyre, M A Candler, John { Sail, T G Lawson, A h Stephens, J Q Blount, (Jen Jackson, J B Camming, J M Smith, P VV Alexander, A O Baoou, H G rume*-, Aug Reese, G T Barnes, W H Dabney, W M Ham* YooNt-change their votes to h\m. Tlie ballot resulted ih only votes actu ally cast for Judge l*awson. On Monday Mr. Imboden, a dele gate from Lumpkin and a supporter of Col. Lester, made the proposition to the majority that they might name any suitable man in the State of Georgia and the minority would ac cept him unanimously. Again on Saturday a proposition was made by t he minority to raise a conference committee, in which there should be a majority of the friends of Governor Colquitt, for the purpose of agreeing uj>on a name to be presented to the convention. This proposition also was met by laughter aud cries ot “ballot!” On Monday aud on Tues day this proposition was reueate lly renewed and every effort made to in duce the majority to consent to a nomination of some one else than ei ther of the candidates before *lie con vention. All lh. se efforts were met by a res olution offered in the convention, Tuesday morning, by the //mnrable Patrick Walsh, which was as follows: “Therefore be it resolved, That this convention recommend to the people of Georgia Gen. A. II. Colquitt as the Democratic candidate for Gov ernor of Georgia at the ensuing elec tion, provided that this resolution does n*’t go into effect until three ballots shall have been taken under the two Thirds rule and it is demon strated that no nomination can be effected thereby.’’ Upon this resolution the majority called the previous question, thus pre venting all discussion, and it was adopted against the protest of the minority by a strictly majority vote, excepting the votes of Colquitt dele gates from two or three counties who were unwilling for the convention to adjourn without <• nomination. That resolution of recommendation was adopted on Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday morning tlie elector and State officers were nominated, and the work of the convention, ex cept the nomination of a candidate for Governor, was finished. The majori ty instead of adjourning nine die, took a recess until 3 p. M. Their object was a caucus secret, and was un known by even some of the Colquitt delegates. The minority supposed and hoped their purpose was to res cind the resolution of recommendation and to resume the ballot for Govern or; but. after the adoption of the usual complimentary resolutions, a Colquitt delegate moved an adjournment sine die, which the minority opposed and demanded a call of the counties on the vote. Every delegate of the minority voted ngninst adjournment and all the Colquitt delegates v ted for it except about ten. After the vote on adjournment was taken and 1 efore the chair announced the result the delegates from JTiirris county changed their lour votes to Gov. Col quitt, which added to the last ballot for Governor taken the day before, gave Gov. Colquitt 223 18-30 votes. These tacts are stated that yon may understand under what * pre-sure that number of votts were obtained The object of the recess till 3 pm. was not to give the convention an opportunity to ballot again for Governor, but it was as we aft r- wards beard, to have time to learn if the minority were intimidated by the prospect of adjournment without a nomination for Governor, aud with the hope that they would cravenly surren der to the one-man power tytanny, which from first to last, subjugated that convention. We have thus laid before you in detail the actions of the Colquitt dele gates aud the various offers ot the minority fora compromise, and to presorvo harmony and the organiza tion of the D* mocratio party, that you may judge who arc to Mam* for the schism produced by the failure to lUfikjg. a. : nomination for Govsrn-ir. We, speaking for the minority, were not sent to the convention as the tools or slaves of any man. We cam -* as representatives to nominate candi dates for the united suffrage .of the demooracy, and not to disorganize and divide the party, because* our claim or prefereneu was not nomina ted. We belong to no man. We set no man above his party. We hold the unity of our party and the peace and prosperity of our St *.te dearer, to us than the gratification'of the ambition or greed for office of any one man, oreliquc, or eyndicate. We loath and detest one man-power l We would not then, and we will not now, submit to it. When we were pot npon notice that the Colquitt delegates came “to nominate C >1 - quilt or nobody," we accepted the d> fiant declaration and inflexibly re solved, to a man, that we would nev er consent to his nomination. To have done otherwise would have been degradation and a surrender o your rights. Goy. Colquitt is your ser vant, not yonr mister. You made him, and yon have the right to . un make him. That deflation was t<* you, a 4 the convention was only the people ofGoorgia assembled by. rep resentation. And had yon Iteen uni tedly assembled, evon though you might have come together unanimous Iy in favor of Gov, Colquitt, we. mis- t ike yoar manhood and patriotism and Rid(-r.*srect. if .you wpu)d not have met such a demand by a unani mous and indignant rebuke It it be said that Gov. Colquitt was not re- s|M>nsib]e for that declaration, we re ply that Mr. Walsh was a recoguized leader of the Colquitt delegates; that the declaration was known by Gov. Colquitt, and he never author ized any one to deny it in the con vention; that. his course during the convention corroborated the state ment of Mr. Walsh, and clearly proved tliat he was resolved that no other man in Georgia should be nominated except himself. This is proved by tlie fact that he attended the caucus of his de’egatcs on Satur day night, and made a pathetic ap peal to them never to desert him and by the fact that the Augusta Chroni* cle, Mr. Walsh’s paper, announced on Sunday morning following that caucus that no nomination for Gover nor would he made; and by the far*- ther fact known to you all, that when Gov. Colquitt and his delegates be came convinced that his nomination by a two-thirds vole was impossible, they determined to pass the resolution of recommendation, and he agreed to go before you as a candidate on that certificate alone. Besides this proof we present the further facts that Gov. Colquitt had a brother on the floor though not a member of the conven tion, every hour of its sitting, closelyn observing and actively at work, and that an advisory caucus was held in the executive offic° during each sit ting, and after each adjournment. In view of these facts wc submit tho grqvc question of the responsibil ity of a failure to noirfmate a candi date for governor, to your decision. The Colquitt delegates proposed the two-thirds rule and the convention adopted it Mr. Walsh, on the first day of the convention offered a resc. lution de'ciaring it to bo the sense of the convention that the majority rnle should be iidnpted by all future guh ernatorial conventions.. • On a call of the counties, whioh is virtually a vote by ayes and noes, the convention re fused to endorse the majority rule. Thus the convention declared the two-thirds rule to be the law of that body and that it ought to be the law of that body and that it ought to be tho law of all future gubernatorial conventions. The law of the convcn ti»n,therefore, was that no man could go to tlie people as its nominee ud ’ess and until he should obtain two- thirds ot the votes cast Tiint vole Gov. Colquitt nev°r got. He is, therefore, not the nominee of the Democratic party, but is a self-op pointed candidate with the endotse- inent of the Colquitt delegates. Those delegates insist that as he is almost a nominee, therefore he is a nominee. They say lie hail a large majority in tlie convention. That is true: but they enacted the law that no man should go out of the convention and tell you he is a nominee unless they gave him a two-thirds vote. That law was not repealed; and when the Colquitt- delegates aud Gov. Colqui’.t claim for him the right to your sup port as a nominee, they and he are doing so in defiance of the law of their own making. For, while he had a personal following of a now rival majority, he had a minority and re-, ceived a minority vote under the law which required a two-thirds vote as a majority. Gov. Colquitt, therefore, conies before you not as the nominee of your delegates, but as a candidate reccomracnded by a number ot the citizens of Georgia. After the adjournment ot the con • veniion. the delegates who constituted the majority, remained in the Repre sentative hall, to consider what course should he taken to give you the op- portuuily to have a choice of men tor the high office of .Governor. With Governor Colquitt alone in the field, yon could not do otherwise than tamely aubmit to what we leel to be a great wrong. We had agreed in the convention to give you a nominee, a9 a candidate for whom a united De mocracy conld vote. We were will ing ami anxious to present to yon any one of over a hundred good nnd true men in Georgia. Gov. Colquitt held bis delegates with ar iron hand for six days amf would not consent tor you lo have any other man in Geor gia but himself. Crushed under his grasp the convention broke up, and unless another candidate were pre sented, you would have lieen left with no right to choo«e. We believed it to he our duty to you to give yon the opportunity to express your choice between Gov. Colquitt and some oth er man. As yonr representatives h id failed to make a choice ont of so large a number of able ami honorable men in the State, it is yon - right to exer cise the power which you delegated to them, and which tin v refused to exercise for you. We, therefore,deter mined to consult with citizens from different sections of the State in order to decide first, whether you desired another candidate, and secondly, who would probahly be yonr preference for Governor. We soon Inard an almost universal demand for a Democratic candidate' to opjiose Gov. Colquitt, and we decided in a large meeting of uitizens of the State, including many of the minority in the late convention, in the Representive hall,that the peo ple for the good ot the Stale and in assertion of the manhood of the Dem ocratic party which jtersonalism had ruled and had rua-tcred in the con vention. should have another candi date. Wfi say tor the good of the State,because the 6oandaU which have grown out of tho very poculiar ad ministration of aflhirs of Stale in Geor gia, during the last three years, <*11 a'oud for.aotion and) redress The in- oompotency of the administration does not admit of a doubt! The division of opinion is not tloue on the inoom petenov of the present admiuisi ration but refutes to still graver maUere,and when criticism on the administration made, by a large portion of the Demo cratic .party is as severe as was made on Bullock’s ndm'nistraiion, it is time for Demooracy Mo move for reform and purification. What the acts of ti e present Executiva aro that have provoked such grave charges, are fa miliar to you, aa they have been pub lished in the press of tha Slate and undergone review,.anil discussion utr til tlie opposition to an Executive al most unanimously elected, in 1876 will, we believe, work his defeat in the coming election. In order therefore, • that ' the faots herein set forth, may bo prJperiy represented (o tbf> people of Georgia nnd thavtlie voters and tax payers of the State may have an opportunity to pass judgment upon the ad in inixt ra tion ot Gov, Co'quitt, it is * deemed proper and necessary that« onndMate .hie brought forward who' will reflect, not only the wishes of onr eenstito- ents, but of a large number of the people trholitve thus far ‘ajten no part in the present contest. Upon thi* point of selecting a suitable can* didate, we have happi y found but little difficulty. The occasion i sell indicates the proper person to be pre sented to the |ieople fc.r their suf frages ; bnt if we nnd be**n in. dqubt, the manifestations of public opinion jn all parts of the State would have dis pelled that doubt. JThe people in.the cities and towns, and along the lines of rail n ays, as well its in the country where they eould l*e ranched, have not been content with a -ingle expres sion of their p 'eference. but they have resorted to the rails and the telegraph to swell the popular voice. Yielding, then, to the'unudstakable voice of the people of Georgia, and in obedience to its mandate, we here with present the name of that spotless patriot aud gifted statesman, the HON. THOMAS M. NORWOOD, OF CHAT HAM. Whilst we found no difficulty in making a suitable choice of a candi date, it is but just to say that it was only after repeated calls and earnest appeals that Mr. Norwood gave his reluctant consent to enter the contest as the standard bearer in the cause of reform and good government. He had no thought or desire to occupy the position of a candidate, and it was only Bt the last moment that ho con- aented to sacrifice his personal feelings and business interests, and t-i take the position to which his fellow citi zens have called him. Should the call now made be rati fied by the people at the polls,- we feel -ure that they will never find it necessary ti “investigate” Mr. Nor> wood’s official conduct at every turn, nor to aubmit to snch painful scan dals as those at which they now hide their faces ; nor will he, at the close of his administration, come before the country and ask for a i-enomination in order to “vindicate” himselt against the criticisms of his friends and sup porters who shall have elevated him to the high and responsible position of Chief Magistrate of the State. Josiah L Warren, Chatham; R F Lyon, Bibb ; H H Carlton, Clark ; P W Alexander, Cobh; D B Harrell, Webster; F G Wilkins, Mnscogee; J W Staten, Echols; F M Imboden, Lumpkin ; II T Hollis, Marion ; Geo M McDowell, Pike; Walter R Brown, Fulton. A Leader Worthy of the Cause. Hon. Thomas M. Norwood— Atlanta. Dear Sir: As the repre sentatives of the large and patriotic minority of the late Democratic con vention which assembled in this city on the 4lh inst., and in obedience, aa we believe, to the wishes of a ma jority of the people of Georgia, it becomes our pleasant duty to inform you that yon have bee i selected as their candidate for the office of governor at the ap which should niftrk their footsteps ill private li.e sh, uld gn-ird their con duct in public' life, ff successful in this alone my reward will be full. , In qpiiclu.ion it is proper that I should sin' e the policy I shall adopt should the pe**pie of the State call me to discharge the duties ol Governor. As education is the source and -up- port of good government, and as no |>eople can bo truly great aud (ree who are ignorant, I should favor a liberal provision lor the education of the children of both races. I shall oppose the sale <>f the Wes tern and Atlantic railroad, ns well as any attempt that might be made by any |iersona or corporations within or beyond the State to get such control of it as would enable them to use it to the detriment of the citizens or the corporations of this Plate. I shall endeavor in all official action to foster the kindest relations between the white and colored races. I shall advise such legislation ns will impartially protect the just results of capital and labor. In the matter of transportation I shall seek to establish the equitable mean which imposes no unjust bur dens on the shipper nnd secures to the carrier a fair and reasonable return on tho capital invested in his road or oth er means of transportation. - I shall endeavor in every way to prevent the repetition of the cruelties growing out of the convict system of the State, which in 1878 and 1879 were brought to light and caused a thrill of horror, in every humane breast in the State. Any system which works such cruelty and mor tality must be radically wrong and should Vie corrected/ * Thanking you, gentlemen, for the confidence in me implied by your re quest, I remain, very truly, your fel low citizen. T. M. Norwood. Lively Newspaper Items. Some supposed friends ol a news paper have peculiar ideas as to what kind of items a paper really requires. Not long since a gentbman came into the Galveston News sanctum and said: “Look here! you miss a heap of live items. I’m on the streets all day; I’ll come up every once in a while and post you.” “All right; fetch on your items; but remember, we want news.” Next day he came up, beaming all over. “ I’ve got a live item for you. You know that infernal bow-leggeu gorilla of a brother-in-law of mine, who was in business here with me?” “I believe I remember such a per- sotT,” sa d the editor, wearily. “ Well, I’ve just g»t news from Nebraska, whe:e he is living, that he is going to run for the Legislature. Now, juit give him a blast. Lift him out ot bis boots. Don’t spare him on ntv account.” ^ Next day he came up again. “ My proaching election, and to request I little item was crowded out. I brought that you allow them the use of your you some news,” and he hands in an name for that higli and responsible item about bis cat as follows: posit on. j “A Remarkable Animal.—Thelam- We are aware that you do not de- j ity cat of our worthy and distinguish- sire and have not sought the nomi- ed fellow-townsman. Smith, who nation, yet we trust you will yield" to the general wish, and permit your name to be presented to tlie ;)cople of yonr native State for the highest office within their gift Meanwhile we remain, dear sir, Yours, very truly, Josiah L Warren, Chatham; R F Lyon, Bibb; H H Carlton, Clark ; P W Alexander, Cobb; D B Barrel 1 , Webster; F G Wilkins, Muscogee; J W Staten, Echols; F M Imbodcm Lumpkin ; H T Hollis, Mariou ; Geo M McDowell, Pike ; Walter R Brown, Fulton. Atlanta, Aug. 13, 1880. Messrs. Josiah L Warren, R F Ly on, H II Carlton, P W Alexander, D B Harrell, F G Wilkins, J W Staten, F M Imboden, II T Hollis, Geo M McDowell, Walter R. Brown : Yonr communication inviting me to be a candidate before the people of Georgia for the office of Governor, is this day received. As a delegate to the late Guberna torial convention I earnestly desired and imped up to the last hour of its session, that a nomination for Gov ernor wouldjbe made.which would har monize the Colquitt anti-Colquitt wings of the Democratic party. But the hope proved illusive, and the |>eo- ple of Georgia arc now left without a nominee for that high office. My des*re. as you know, was t\> is sue a call tor another convention which could silence all dissension, lint I was met by two objections First, the want of authority, as the Democratic State Executive Committee was the constituted authority to call the peo ple together, and, second, the want of time for concert of action in all the counties. Your decision, finally, was to act and request some Democrat to consent to be a candidate, in opposi tion to Governor Colquitt and leave the questions of another convention and of a choice between the two can didates to the people. No man in the StiUo regrets more than I do the po sition in which the people of this State are placed by the refusal of the ma jority in the "late convention to nomi nate a man about whom there would have been no division or discord. But the lamentable fact is before us, a*:d the Democratic party must either meet in convention and heal the breach by nominating a man who would silence the discord in its ranks, or the people must accept a candidate, by whose acts in his official capacity, and during tho late canvass and the late convention, the division in the party has been caused. In reply to your request I will say, that haa I not been a delegate in the late convention, and had I not taken so active a part in maintaining what <wo ° l I conceive to be the rights of the peo ple; "their right to vote for whom they please ; their right to freedom of speech; their right to rule them selves and to choose their vuler tvom the whole State J their right to judge ol the fitu'-ss or unfitness of a candi date, and to carry out their convic tions <f duty; I should, from oousid ■ crations of great personal moment, decline to ho a candidate. But it is urged that the logical sequence is ter me to oontinuo to laboi in a good cause, and prosecute it to corapli tion. I consider the cause worthy of the ambition and ' patriotism of an) Georgian. The issues involved in this contest are of great moment tc the State,"and to every citizen of it. Their effects will reach beyond and affect for good or evil, the lives o. men in the Slate now in the vigor ol youth. Is assuming this candidacy I have no motive, or purpose, or am Un ion beyt od gory ing my Stat e and endeavoring' to instil into th* minds oftl o young men of mv St-it. who grill .soon wear tlie robes of of fice ■ the important truth that ti>< same eircumspeolicn and avoidance even “of (he appearance of evil” u*y as-dArtm keeps the boss grocery store of Ward No. 13 (beer always on tap), yester day became the mothe" of five singu larly marked kittens This is not. the first time this unheard of event has taken place. We understand that Mr. Smith is being favorably spoken of as a ctndiilate for alderman.” The editor groans in bis spirit as he lights a cigar with the effort. It is not long before he hears that Smith is going around saying that be has made the paper what it is, but it is not in dependent enough for a place like Gaiveeton. Many readers will say this sketch is overdrawn, hot thousands of editors ail over the country will lift up their right hands to testify that they are personally acquainted with the gnilty party. Miss Jennie McMurray, of La- Grange, has be -n elected principal of the musical and art departments of the West Point schools. Hon John I Hall, of Griffin, hav ing been placed on the electoral tick et, will not be a candidate for the State Senate. James Nosewortay, boss of the card room of the Columbus factory, was stabbed and killed in an alterca tion with John T Atkins, one of the hands, the night of the 12th inst The killing seems to have been wholly in excusable. New Advertisements. T. S. MELL, OfficeCorner Broail and Jackson Streets, Atuuns. Georgia. aagl7*\»2m Administrator's Sale. P UBSUA.NT to an order of the Court of Or dinary of Clark oouuty. will he sold t»eforu tne court-nouse door of i*aid coauty, on tin- first Tuesday in October next, during the ie£»l hours of sale, eleven shares of the ca]*i'Al mock of the new High Shoals Msnu sveinring Company, \o be sold as tlie property of Louise A. Welch, dccei8jd ? for the purpose ot paying debt* of estate of deceased and division among her heirs. Terms cash- KICHAKD R. SA.ULTER. Adra’r. Aug. 13,1880. augl7-w4t Notice. I N PURSUANCE of a request of the Gntud Jury of Clark county, Georgia, at the May Perm, 1880, of tho Su|>enor Court of naid coun ty, contained in tho prebcutmente of *aid jury, notice ia hereby given of the intention 01 the undoreiffncd to apply to the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, at its next session, be ginning on the first Wednesday in November, 1883, to have a bill passed, of which the follow ing is tlie title, to-wit: An act to repeal tn act emit led “un act to provide for tlie compensation of sht-rilT* for summoning of grand ai d petit juron* iu tho couutv of Dougherty, and to levy a t»x for the same,** approved November 22d, 18.^9, so far as the same extends o or applies to the county of Clark. AbA M JACKSON, aug\7-wlt Ordinary ot Clark County, Ga. Wanted, Everybody to bu; tbeirj Summer ; Shoes • FROM BALDWIN & BURNETT. Lost/ A Golden Opportunity if yon dou'tbuy|tyour low crow esoas FROM BALDWIN & BURNETT. Found, A Mammoth Stock of Sttxjsh Goods At Bottom I’ricea at) BALDWIN <& BURNETmi