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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1868)
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST. The Presidency. PATRIOTIC LETTER OF SENATOR DOOLITTLE SVrrORT? DEMOCRATIC TIC KET. • Washington, July 13, 1868. O H. Ostrander, Penn.: Dear Sir: I ani in receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, in which, speaking for vourself and forty-eight othei Conseia a . a e Republicans of your town, von express a! '•.sense of disappointment and regret that . uo better names had been offered by the Democratic party to lead the conservative . and patriotic masses of tae people to vic-f tore, and the Radical Republican party to deserving and merited defeat. As a gentie man and a statesman Mr. SeVmonr holds our respect, but as a Peace Democrat wo < are indisposed to vote for him. and you are pleased to say that if my name, among others, had been placed at the head m the ticket, -all would have gone well, ami vie-; torv would have been certain. lon de sire my opinion upon the situation and • "the prospects ot a third party. I thank vou for the confidence thus re posed in me. and shall not shrink trom the responsibility of stating frankly my ( opinion. . .. I do not think the organization ot any I third partv is wise, or can work any prac tical good' to the great cause in which we j are engaged. In the very nature of things, | when great principles are at stake, there \ are. and there can be, but two effective ! political parties. “He that is not for me ‘ is against me.” in politics as well as in ; religion, is a truth upon which every wise man is compelled to act. What. then, is the great and paramount ■ issue? What is that great and unpardon- ’ able wrong for which the Radical party is ; now arraigned and should be overthrown ? I It is substantially this: In violation of the Constitution—in vio- • lation of pledges made and often repeated, ’ from the first battle of Bull Run to the end ; of the war; pledges to the North to get men any money; pledges especially made ! to the Democracy to get their support in : the field and in the elections; pledges made : to the South to induce them to lay down their arms and to renew their allegiance ; and pledges to fore ign powers to prevent 1 intervention —in violation of all these solemn pledges, upon which we invoked the bless-j ings of Almighty God upon our cause, and by which alone we gained strength to mas ter the rebellion—in violation of the natural and inalienable right of the civilized men of every State to govern themselves, and in violation of the clear provisions of the Constitution which leaves to each State for itself the right to regulate suffrage, this party has. without trial, bv e.r p«f facto laws, disfranchised hundreds of thousands ’ of the most intelligent of their citizens, and has forced upon ten States and six millions ’ of our own Anglo-Saxon race the universal , and unqualified suffrage of seven hundred 1 thousand ignorant, and, in the main, half i civilized negroes. This is the great wrong for which that t party is arraigned at the bar of public judgment, and for which it should be over thrown. To consummate that great wrong, they have abolished all civil government, and civil liberty, even in these ten States. Titty have established five absolute mili tary despotisms, wheren ail rights to life, liberty, and property, are subject to the will of one man. They have kept the Union divided. They have prevented the restoration of industry. They have kept down the credit of the Government during three years of peace, to a point so low, that, to the shame of every 1 American, the six per cent, bonds of the i United States sell for only 76 in gold, while i the bonds of Brazil, bearing only four per ■ cent, interest, bring over 90 in gold. They have encroached upon the just rights of the Executive. They have threatened the independence of the Supreme Court. They *ave unjustly, and without cause, impeached and put upon trial the Presi-1 -dent himself, and, by every species of de-! nunciation, and even by threats of assassi-! nation, have endeavored to’force the Senate j to convict him, in order to place in the ! Executive chair one who will use all its | power to consummate that gigantic wrong ' against the Constitution, against our' plighted faith, against civilization, and ; against our own race and kindred. The convention in New York met for the | purpose of organizing to overthrow the i party in power for this great wrong, and to I restore the Union and the Constitution and ! the rights of the States and all the States i under it. Now. I do not say the nomina tions made at New York are the very best that could have been made for that pur pose. Ine elements to be organized into a vic - i turions army were fourfold. To use a military figure, there were four Army Corps to be organized into one grand army: First. The great Democratic Corps. Second. The War Democratic Corps. Tiiird. The Conservative Republican Corps. Fourth. The Civilized Southern Corps. The first, or Democratic Corps, was fully organized, with ranks well filled, but not in sufficient numbers to secure the victory. There was the War Democratic Corps, which supported Lincoln in 1864. but which, in consequence of the great wrong above mentioned, was ready to sever itself from the Radical army under Gen. Grant; and there was the Conservative Republican Corps, of which you are pleased to speak of me as a leader, who, for the' same reasons, were ready to join the Grand Army, and do all in their power to bring success tc -our cause. The two last are the recruiting corps.— Tney hold the balance of power. As a matter of policy, had the first office been given to a chief of the one or the other, it would have made our victory more easy, if not more certain. Everybody knows that the result of this ' contest is to depen.l upon the important i question whether we shall be able to re-1 emit those two corps in sufficient numbers, j and carry them to the hearty support of Mr. Seymour. If we can, victory is with ’ us. R' we cannot, victory is against us. ! r In my judgment, it is our duty to do so. , Tne very life of the Constitution is involv- ■ ed, and with it the rights of the States and ; the liberties of the people. 1 cannot hesitate for one moment ; my judgment is for it; mv whole heart is in it. ' So far from relaxing, we should redouble ' our efforts. Bear in mind that the war was ! ended three years ago, when a new era was ; opened in political affairs; that Mr. Sev-1 mour is a man of high character, of uiiques- < tioned patriotism, of great ability and ex’- : perlence, wholly with us upon the living and paramount issue ■ and that, if elected 5 he will make a most able and dignified • President; and certainly no Pennsylvanian will forget that, but for his promptness and energy in forwarding the forces of New York to Gettysburg, that great battle might have been lost and Pennsylvania overrun. While, in General Blair, we have i a civilian and soldier whose promptness i and indomitable resolution seized Camp Jachson, and saved Missouri from seces sion, who always stood among the foremost; ®f the War Republicans, in council and in 1 the field, while the war lasted ; and. when it was over, was among the first to demand that for which the war was prosecuted— the Union of the States under the Consti tution. with their rights, equality, and dig i nity unimpaired. Let us unite for a victory 1 Let us have pt ace —-a peace which comes not from a : violated Constitution and the despotism of i the sword, but a jieace which conies from a restored I mon and the supremacy of con stitutional law, by which alone liberty is secured. J Respectfully, yours, J. R. Doolittle. — The Georgia Legislature. " e extract the following from the letter of Quondam to the New York dimes : those who are counted as Radicals because they are not declared Democrats t.icre arc s yeral who are not as subordi nate and docile as their friends desire, Rud great tears are entertained that on the joint hailot mr senators in Congress the present Radical tavonties for the high offices will b< defeated. I think that the constitu tional amendment will be adopted, because a number of declared Democrats will vote mr it in order •• to get back in the Union.” But when it comes to the election of Sena tors. these same men will oppose Joe Blodgett with all their rMV* election of the Democratic Lark oi the House has caused great con sternation. and has completely "upset the calculations which have been made since the April election. I know mysell three or tour men who have been elected to the Leg islature on the Radical ticket—anxious re lief men—and who declare openly to-day that they arc sound Democrats, and one of tnem has stated positively that he will vote against the constitutional amendment. I mention the fact to show that things are " considerably mixed up,” and that it is not sale this early to describe the political complexion of certain Senators and repre sentatives. One of the chief things to be done after the adoption of the constitutional amend ment and the election of Senators will be to set apart the homestead for each head or a family—realty to the amount of $2,000, and personalty to the amount of SI,OOO, and both in specie. I have no doubt that the provisions of the new constitution will be fully carried out, and that notwithstanding the action of Congress in relation to relief, the homestead exemption will be made to apply to past as well as future indebtedness. If this be so, and the present depreciated value of all property be taken as the basis of the assessment, there are not many who want relief who will not get what they desire. In order to make assurance doubly sure, and satisfy the most importunate clamorers for relief, it is proposed to pass a fifteen or twenty years' stay law, and by a judicious selection of judges, to insure the success of relief so far as Georgia is concerned. I am not so sure as to the adoption of the proposed stay law, but I think it stands a very good chance of pass ing and becoming a law, until the Supreme Court of the United States knocks it on the head. The Radical leader of the House is J. E. Bryant. He is active, energetic, and intel ligent, but he has not the smooth sailing, the unquestioning support and the pliant following he had in the convention. Even among those who are Radicals of undoubt ed fidelity he is not popular. The negroes and what are called the “carpet-baggers,” take their cue from him, and work with great docility. But the native Radicals think “ the fellow is too pushing,” and are vain enough to imagine that one of their own number is entitled to the honor of leadership. It is difficult to sar who is the Radical leader in the Senate. Mr. Conley would have had that position had he not been called to the chair. Mr. John Harris, of Newton, is, perhaps, the “ smartest man,” but there are several of about the same size, and then the notorious “ Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, negro,” is there, and he is ambitious ami fond of asserting himself. Mr. Holcombe, of Milton county, is the Democratic leader. He was a member of the convention, is a man of high standing, considerable intellectual power, is a ready and impressive speaker, and has the entire confidence of his party. The Democratic members of the General Assembly have met to deliberate on their j future conduct and policy. They have j adopted a set of resolutions pledging them- ’ selves to lay aside all old differences ofj opinion, and unite cordially to “ make and i keep Georgia a white man’s government.” ! The Democratic party includes those who favor reconstruction, who will vote for the constitutional amendment, who favor re lief. who were Union men during the war, and who voted for the ratification of the constitution, but who are opposed to negro supremacy, negro juries and negro office holders. The lead’ng Democrats seem very cheerful, and speak most hopefully of de feating the election of Brown and Blodgett to the Senate, and of Mr. Kent McCav to a seat on the Supreme Bench. Indeed, oppo sition to these individuals is. I believe, one of the resolutions to which I have referred. T.ie struggle for the Senate will be very earnest. The negroes Bradley and Turner are spoken of as the favorites of their col ored colleagues, on the ground that “ de color’d folks hadn't ought to do all de votin’ and get none of de big offices.”— Brown, Blodgett, Farrow, Bryant and Par ; rott are spoken of as the white candidates jof the dyed-in-the-wool Radicals; and Judge Garnett Andrews, of Wilkes county, : and James L. Seward, of Thomas county, ! (at one time member of Congress from the Second District.) are casually talked about ias “ safe men for the place.” Rumors cross ■ and jostle each other at every street corner, lhe latest I have heard is that Brown has agreed to secure a Judgeship for every vote won for him from the opposition. This ru : mor is publicly circulated, and said to lie ' perfectly authentic and capable of abundant , proof. By to-morrow this will be cast in j the shade by some new discovery of soine thing Blodgett or Parrott contemplates. [From the Chicago Times, July 11. Behavior of the Southern Delegations j No one who has read the proceedings of the Democratic National Convention can j have failed to remark the behavior of the ! delegations from the Southern States. Eight years had passed since the repre i sentative Democrats from ail the States met ; together in a deliberative assemblage. In 1 1860, at Charleston, they met as political j enemies rather than as party friends.— Botii Northern and Southern' Democrats i entered that convention in the spirit of fac tion. A large portion of the North came i with the name of a man inscribed on their ■ banner. He was a representative of Dem ocratic principles, and, in the view of his supporters, the truest exponent of those principles that the country contained. But their demand for his nomination was met t .' i - ? onth in the spirit of defiance. Un willingness to be dictated to by the North became an attempt, or what was regarded i as an attempt, on the part of the South to to North. High words, fierce i passions, anger, hate, an open rupture, di- I v ision and defeat of the party, a bloody and devastating civil war—these were the sequences, and the downfall of Southern political power the end. M ith that end and the history of eight years preceding it, in view, the behavior a- V l /-, delegations in the New i ork convention must have impressed all observers as the highest possible expres sion of good taste, gentlemanly breeding and superior common sense. Feihaps the best possible description of it was given by Mr. Campbell, of South t arolma, in his very neat prefatory re marks on rising to cast the vote of that State for Horatio Seymour: “ We were in structed by the convention that sent ns here to behave with the proprieties that be long to the well bred guest, and not to as sume any of the functions of the sympo siasts of the feast.” Not only the delega tion from South Carolina, but the degation trom every Southern Sta e seem to have acted in the spirit, and to have fulfilled in tneir behavior the sentiment of those in structions. Solicitous for their own wel fare, and knowing that that welfare was involved in the action of the convention, the Southern States came with no demand to make and no candidate to propose. They came to accept, without murmur or criti cism, whatever the voice of the convention should pronounce; not to ask to tender ad vice in divided councils. And right nobly did they fulfill their self-chosen part. They have commended themselves to the praise and admiration of every American gentle man. [From the Cincinnati Enquirer, (Mr. Pendleton’s organ ) Mr. Pendleton’s Organ on the Candidates. For twenty years no man has exerted a wider influence upon public affairs in the Democratic party than Governor Seymour; no man is better known or more admired ; he not only has no equal in any party, but he has no rival. Gifted with fine presence, with a remarkable and copiou-s flow of language, with elegant diction, he is unsur passed as an orator. He is the pride and ornament of the Empire State. He com menced life as a Democrat and has never wavered in his advocacy of that political faith. In his private life there is no blemishhis morals are pure; his reputa tion untarnished. He was not a candidate for the nomination for the Presidency, but re peatedly declined, and it was only upon the solicitation of the He,st unif the unanimous voice of the convention that he accepted the nomination. TPAy, then, should he not be sup ported by the Democracy of the entire country? M hat objections can reasonably be urged against him ? His character and qualifica tions are eminent; he is an eminent orator; he. is distinguished as a statesman. There is no comparison between him and Grant, either politically or.personally. He will be supported by the Democracy and will be tri umphantly elected. He was not originally the choice of the West, as is well known. They preferred with extraordinary unanim ity Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton, but owing to adverse circumstances he has been defeated, and the nomination has fallen upon Governor Seymour through the action of Mr. Pendleton's friends. Me do not hesitate to pledge him their cordial support. One-Half of the Ticket Upon the Other.—Colfax Upon Gen. Grant.—We find the following going the rounds, and think there is a great deal of good sense and justice in the reasons assigned by I Speaker Colfax why Gen. Grant should not i be elected President: Just before the Fall elections, Colfax and his friends prepared a “circular,” in which they gave s’xteen reasons why the Radicals should not run Grant for President. We give a few of the reasons, to show what opinion Colfax has of Grant; The first is that Grant “ has all he de serves at the hands of the American people.” 2. “He could not deliver an inaugural address.” 4. “ Because at this peculiar period in the history of our great country, we need an able and experienced statesman at the White House.” 7. “ Because he (Grant) has proved a fail ure *n every capacity outside of the mili tary.” 8. “He claims to have no knowledge of politics or national affairs.” 12. “We have one hundred better men for President.” These were very good reasons, then, and they are equally good now why the people should support the Democratic candidate for President. Democratic Club of Oglethorpe County. Ratification of the New York Platform and the Nomination of Seymour and Blair— Appointment of Delegates to the Atlanta- Convention. Lexington, Ga., July 14, 1868. There was a large meeting of the Demo cratic Club of Oglethorpe county to-day. The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Col. B. F. Hardeman, in a few eloquent and patriotic remarks. He re viewed the iniquities of the Chicago Plat form, and called upon all true lovers of liberty to r illy to the support of Seymour and Blair, the standard bearers of the De i mocratic party and the champions of con | stitntional liberty. On motion of Jno. C. Reid, Esq., a com j mittee of twelve was appointed to report ; business for the meeting, to-wit:' Jno. C. Reid, J. D. Mathews, D. D. John : son, Z. H. Clark, TV. Willingham, L. G. I Johnson, Dr. Kinnebrew, John Hurt, B. A. ! Gresham, S. R. Maxwell, A. Dozier, Rob ; ert Mitchell. i The committee, through John C. Reid, j Esq., chairman, made the following report, which was unanimously adopted : The Democratic party of Oglethorpe county resolve: Ist. That we unanimously endorse the platform of the Democratic Convention of the United Stages, which lately assembled in the city of New York, and the nomina tion by that convention of Horatio Sey mour for President and Francis P. Blair for Vice-President. 2d. That all Democrats should, from this time till the close ot the election, work with energy and system in our organizations; to canvass our cause everywhere, and win every possible vote; and every one deceived heretofore into voting with the enemies of the State and the Federal Constitution, be invited to return to the true interests of Georgia ; and that conciliation is our proper policy to win back these erring people of ours, led astray by a few prominent, and bad, and treacherous men. 3d. That if the State participates in the Presidential election we will leave no stone unturned to retrieve the April defeat of force and fraud, and that we confidently expect to carry Georgia for Seymour and Biair, in spite of the unrighteous recon struction acts, omnibus bill and all. 4th. That the following gentlemen, viz : B. F. Hardeman, Brewer Smith, Willis Willingham, Dan. D. Johnson, E. C. Shackelford, Mark Willingham, John C. Reid, J. D Mathews, Y. 11. Clark, Dr. Kin nebrew, T. 8. Gresham, John F. Smith, George Callaway, Royal Fleming, Pat Mul chy, W. M. Lane, A. Dozier, J. J. Callaway, S. H. Hardeman, Pope Barrow, Robert Mitchell, J. M. Poiner, T. 11. Dozier, John H. Tiller, W. C. Gilliam, John Hunt, Mark Jewell, D. W. Patman, L. G. Johnson, W. B. Brightwell, W. W. Davenport, George R. Markham, E. L. Sanders, B. B. Faust, George Lumpkin, R. Monteith, Matt Jack son, S. R. Aycock, S. R. Maxwell, J. Mil ner, T. H. Hawkins, Thomas Howard and Wm. M. Brown, be appointed delegates to represent us in the State Democratic Con vention to assemble in Atlanta this month, any member of this delegation having the right to appoint an alternate in case he cannot attend himself. On motion of John. C. Reid, Esq., it was further Resolved, That as many citizens of this county as can possibly do so, be requested to attend the mass meeting in Atlanta, and raise a cry for Seymour and Blair that will be echoed from the mountain to the sea. (In motion of Dr. Willingham, the dele gation from this county were author ized to appoint from their own numbers delegates to sit in the convention in case of restricted representation. Ou motion of Col. Mathews, it was unani mously Resolved, That the lions. Robert Toombs, Howell Cobb and Benj. H. Hill be earnestly requested to address the people of this county, at Lexington, on the second Tues day in August next, and the Secretary noti fy these gentlemen of this request. The Secretary was instructed to request the Chronicle <£• Sentinel and Constitutionalist, of Augusta, to publish these proceedings. After listening to eloquent addresses from J. C. Reid, Esq., Col. J. D. Mathews and Dr. Willingham, the meeting joined Mr. T. S. Gresham in three cheers for Sey mour and Blair, and adjourned till the second Tuesday in August. B. F. Hardeman, Chm’n. Samuel Lumpkin, Sec’y. Democra' ic Meeting in Burke County. Pursuant to a call from the Democracy of Burke county, a large and enthusiastic meeting was assembled in Waynesboro’ on the 18th in stant, and, on motion of Judge H. H. Perry, Col. M. P. Green was unanimously elected Chairman and Edward A. Carter Secretary. The object of the meeting having been ex plained by Capt. A. M. Rogers, he moved that the Chairman appoint a committee of five (5) to draft resolutions suitable to the occasion ; which being adopted, the following named gen tlemen were appointed: Capt. A. M. Rogers, Hon. J. J. Jones, Judge H. H. Perry, Judge T. T. McElmurray and Wm. R. Cox. After retir ing for deliberation the committee, through their chairman, reported the following resolu tions, which, on motion of R. W. Scales, were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we cordially approve and heartily endorse the declarations of principles recently enunciated by the National Democratic Party, iu convention assembled in the city of New York. Based as they are upon the Con stitution itself, vta accord fully with the prac tice of the Government in the earlier and bet ter days of the Republic, aud, constituting in the present posture of political affairs tbe only means of preserving the country from central ized despotism, they command, aud should re ceive, the support of patriots throughout the length and breadth of the Union. Resolved, That in the Hon. Horatio Seymour and Gen. F. P. Blair the Democratic party has presented to the American people statesmen of the most distinguished merit aud patriotic worth of the high and exalted positions to which they have been respectively nominated. The selection of such inen for the offices of President and Vice-President of the United States increases its claims upon our confidence aud support, aud affords additional evidence that the party is resolved, in case of success, to administer the Government inside and not out side of the Constitution and the laws made in pursuance thereof. Resolved, That tbe movement thus inaugu rated, constituting as it does the first National effort that has been made since the close of the war to rally tbe people of our commou country to the standard of the Constitution ; tbe auspi cious circumstances attending it, and the un bounded and unprecedented enthusiasm with which it has been hailed in all sections of the country, inspire the hope that the time is not distant when we shall rejoice again in the bless ings of a Union fully restored in all of its orig inal strength and glory, and the obliteration of all traces of that unhappy struggle, which, but for the evil genius of passion and sectionalism, would never have been waged. Resolved, That the Democracy of the county of Burke, in its own behalf, and in the name of their fellow-citizens of Georgia and of the South, tenders the homage of its gratitude to our political friends of the North, East and West, for the interest which they have mani fested in our distressed condition, and for the bold and patriotic position which they have assumed upon the subject of reconstruction. More deeply interested in this question than all others, and suffering as we are under the galling yoke ol a military despotism, with no power to cast off its burdens, the people ol Georgia and the South had almost despaired of relief. But we aie now assured that our countrymen are alive to the dangers which beset the Government and our political insti tutions, and being fully aroused, are deter mined through the agency of the Democratic party to burl from power all those who are not in the nation’s welfare, and placing the Government once more under the guardian ship of wise, honest and patriotic sratesmen, restore the Union and every State comprising it, to their rights under the Constitution. Resolved, That in a contest of such vital im portance, there can be no compromise of prin ciples ; that the success of the party anil tri umph of our principles demand unqualified opposition to Radicalism, and we cannot recog nize any man as faithful to our cause who lends his name or influence to tbe opposition. Resolved, That for the purpose of co-oper ating more effectually with our fellow-citizens of Georgia in redeeming our State from Radi cal mis-rule, we recommend the appointment of the following named gevtlemen as delegates to represent us in the State Democratic Con vention and Mass Meeting at Atlanta on the 23d instant, and that said delegation have pow er to fill any vacancy that may occur, viz: Hon. E. B. Gresham, Dr. Alexander Martin, Dr. B. B. Miller, Henry Dawson, Robertson Tarver J. A. Rosier, Wm. Byne, Elijah W. Gor don, Dr. R. E. Fryer, E. Ponder, Hon. W. W. Hughes, James Robinson, Dr. E. J.R. Caswell, John Rollins, Jethro Thomas, Col. M. D. Jones, H. J. Blount, Dr. W. C. Musgrove, J, S. Key, Hon. J. B. Jones, Q. Squire, Dr. W. B. Jones, George Palmer, M. 8. Brinson, Dr. L. D. Johnson, J. Inman, Sr-, Capt. R. Bill Roberts, Col. Jas. Grubbs. Sea born J. Beil, Thos. J. McElmurray, T. J.'Bur ton, Geo. W. Sapp, E. Caglaud, H. C. Glisson, Esq., R M. Herrington, Alex. Lively, Esq., B. F. Barzeron, A. F. Graham, R. C. Chance, J. M. Whitfield, Judge J. W. Carswell, Dr. Thos. Buraell, Dr. D. 8. Perkins, E. A. Carter, Hon. J. J. Jones, Capt. A. M. Rogers, T. M. Berrien, Gen. W. 8. C. Morris, J. D. Munnerlyn, R. W. Scales, D. B. Hadley, Dr. VV. Barton, B. M. Blocker, J. G. Glisson, Capt. S. J. Heath, B. R. Odom, James Rowland, Wm. R. Cox, W. J. Wimberly, Hon. R. T. Jones, Hughes Walton, J. J. Boyd, Col. M. P. Green, W. McCollum, John C. Fulcher, John W. Colson, Thomas H. Blount, 8. A. Gray, Hon. H. H. Perry, J. P. Thomas, Col. John D. Ashton, John 8. Byne, Dr. E. J. Carter, John Scott, Dr. A. G. White head, Col. Smith. Resolved, That the President of the meeting appoint a Central Committee for the county, to consist of ten members, and a similar commit tee in number lor each district, which commit tee, with such of our citizens as shall associate with them, shall constitute the Democratic Club of Burke county; and we earnestly request our fellow-citizens of each district to form clubs and operate with us in the Presidential campaign. , The committees appointed in accordance with this resolution, are as follows: Central Committee—Don. J. J. Jones, Capt. A. M. Rogers, Col. John D. Ashton, Jud»e T. J. McElmurray, Judge 11. H. Perry, John si Byne, T. M. Berrien, Gen. W. 8. C. Morris, R. Steiner, 8. A. Gray. Sixty-seventh District.— Geo. Mixon, E. M. Wiuberly, John W. Coltson, Col. M. P. Green, R. H. Allen, J. J. Gresham, P. D. Cox, Andrew Graves, A. H. Anderson, O. Danniels. Sixty-sixth District.— Wm. R. Cox, J. J. Boyd, James McNorrell, Hughes Walton, K. P. MeNorrel, Robert Gordon, J. M. Jones, Maj. J. J. Dobbins, W. J. Wimberly, Oliver Milton. Sixty-first District. —J. D. Perry, Geo. War- 1 nock, Dr. D. 8. Perkins, G. A. Jackson, Edie A. Carter, James Brinson, F. G. Godbee, Wm- Murphy, Newton M. Perkins, M. 8. Bronison. Sixty-eighth District.— B. M. Blecker, 8. J. Hath, Green Glisson, Russel Mobley, Wm. Bates, W. R. Dixon, Martin Godbee, B. 11. Odom, Jas. Rowlaud, Win. Chandler. Sixty-third District.—\l. C. Glisson, John McElmurray, 8. G. Bell, J L. Smith, R. H Dar lington, Simeon Reeves, Geo. Sapp, R. W. Seales, Dr. James H. Oliver, J. Jenkins. Sixty-fourth District—Drew Reeves, John B. Lewis, Bery Herington, Frank Bazemore, E. Roberson, Alexander Lively, Reuben Chance, S. M. Herrington, Capt. W. B. Hankinson. 73rf, 7ith and7F>th Districts.— Dr. W. B. Jones, N. Bullard, J. M. Reynolds, J. B. Jones, M. D. Jones, F. A. Jones, W. C. Musgrove, Col. Jas. Grubbs, Sr., W. H. Jones, W. H. Chew. Sixty-fifth District.—D. B. Gresham, Robert Tarver, Df. B. B. Miller, Wm. Byne, Amos Wiggins, James Palmer, James W. Rhodes, Dr. B. F. Fryer, F. A. Bradshaw, John W. Rayney. 71 st and 72d Districts.— John A. Rasier, Lee ton Wimberly, Jack Rollins, John McCullough, E. Gordon, E. Ponder, Jack Tinerson, Henry Dawson, John Lewis, Q. Squire, Dr. L. B. Johnson, Dr. Alex. Martin, Frank Brown. After the appointment of the committees, the meeting was appropriately addressed by Capt. A. M. Rogers, Hon. J. J. Jones, Judge H. H. Perry, H. C. Glisson and Judge Corker, who were responded to by the audience with great applause and enthusiasm. Upon motion of Judge McElmurray, the proceedings of the meeting were requested to be published in the Chronicle Sf Sentinel and Constitutionalist, of Augusta. After which, the meeting adjourned. M. P. Green, President. • Edward A. Carter, Secretary. [From the New To;k Times, 11th. Seymour and Blair. FORMAL TENDER OF THE NOMINATIONS. An universal gathering of the Democracy took place last evening in Tammany Hall and vicinity, the occasion being the formal tender of the nominations to the chosen standard bear ers of the party—Seymour and Bl nr. The meeting was announced for 8 o’clock, but long before that hour the great Hall was filled to its utmost capacity, and a scene was presented on the floor and in the galleries like that which has so often been described during the past few days. On the outside the people who could not get in gathered in the street in front of the stand, and before the hour of meeting a dense throng extended from one side of the street to the other, and from the Third avenue far up to the Fourth aveuue. Such an assemblage was never before witnessed here at a public meeting. The very lamp- 'osts and the posts of the great arch were occupied by men and boys. Hon. S imuel J. Tilden presided inside the hall, and in a few well chooseri words intro duced General Morgan, who was selected, to formally tender the nominations; Governor Seymour at this point made his appearance on the platform. His presence was the signal for an outburst of enthusiasm that fairly shook the building to its foundation. Cheer after cheer was given, and it was some time before order could be restored. Gen. Morgan then addressed Gov. Seymour in the following words: SPEECH OF GEN. MORGAN. Governor Seymour: On behalf of the com mittee appointed for that purpose, 1 have the pleasure, sir, of presenting to you a communi- announcing your unanimous nomina tion as the candidate for the office of the Presi dent of the United States, by the National De mocratic Convention, and on behalf, sir, of the Conservative and Democratic people ot the States whom we have the honor to represent, we here, pledge their united and cordial efforts in securing relief to the country from the thral dom which now possesses it, and in placing; you, elr, as the Chief Magistrate of the United States in the Executive chair. Tremendous cheering followed this address. When this had subsided, Governor Seymour replied as follows: SPEECH OF GOVERNOR SEYMOUR. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee: I than you for the courteous terms in which you have communicated to me the action ot the Democratic National Convention. [Cheers.] 1 have no words adequate to express my grati tude for the good-will and kindness which that body has shown to me. Its nomination was unsought and unexpected. It was my ambi tion to make an active part, from which I am now excluded, in the great struggle going on for the restoration of good government, ot peace and prosperity to our country. [Great cheering.] But I have been caught up by the whelming tide that is bearing us on to a great political change and I find myself unable to resist its pressure. | Loud cheers.] You have also given td me a copy’of the resolutions put forth by the convention,. showing its position upon all the great questions which now agitate the oountry. As the presiding officer of that convention, I am familiar with their scope and import, and as one of its members I am a party to their terms; they are in accord with ray views, and I stand upon them in the contest upon which we are now entering; and I. shall strive to carry them out in future wherever I may be placed, in public or private life.— [Cheers.] I congratulate you and all conserva tive men, who seek to restore order, peace, prosperity, and good government to our land, upon the evidences everywhere shown, that we are to triumph at the next election. [Prolong ed cheering. ] Those who are politically op posed to us flattered themselves there would be discord in our councils; they mistook the un certainties of our views as to the best method of carrying out our purposes for difference of opinion with regard to those purposes. They mistook an intense anxiety to do no act which should not be wise aud judicious for a spirit of discord, but during the lengthened proceedings and earnest discussions of the Constitution there has prevailed an entire harmony of inter course, a patient forbearance, and a self-sacrific ing spirit, which are the sure tokens of a com ing victory. Accept for yourselves, gentlemen, my wishes for your future welfare and hap piness. [Cheers.] In a few days I will answer the communication you have just handed me by letter, as is the customary form. [Tremen dous and long continued cheering.] Mr. Tilden—l have now the honor to pre sent to this meeting Major General Francis P. Blair, Jr. The appearance of General Blair was the sig nal for renewed enthusiasm, little if .t all in ferior to that which had greeted Gov. Seymour. General Morgan took advantage of temporary quiet to speak as follows : GENERAL MORGAN TENDERS THE NOMINATION . TO GENERAL BLAIR. Gen. Blair : The committee appointed by the convention have made it ray pleasing duty, sir, to announce to you your unanimous nomi nation as the Democratic candidate for the Vice-Presidency of the United States—[ap plause]—and in tendering to vou, sir, this nomination, I feel sure that it w'ill not only be hailed by acclamation by your fellow-citizens throughout the United States, but by thousands of your gallant comrades on many a well fought field—[applause]—and who will once again rally to the stars and stripes and the de fense of free institutions. | Applause.] MAJOR GEN. FRANCIS P. BLAIR, JR., ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION. Gen. Blair, after the tumultuous applause which greeted him had subsided, said • Mr Chairman, 1 accept the platform of resolutions passed by the late Democratic Convention, and I accept their nomination—(great cheering with feelings of profound gratitude; and sir 1 thank you, for the very kind manner in which you have already conveyed to me the decision of the Democratic Convention. I ac cept the nomination with the conviction that your nomination for the Presidency is one which will carry us to certain victory—[ap plause]—and because I believe that the nomi nation is the most proper nomination that could be made by the Democratic party. [Ap plause.] The contest which we wage is for the restoration of constitutional government— [cheers]—and it is proper that we should make this contest under the lead of one wh“ha« given his fife to the maintenance of constitu tional government. [Applause.] We are tn make the contest for the restoration of those great principles of government which belon« o our race. Great applause.] And, my low-citizens, it is most proper that we shoffi i select for our leader a man not KI? tary life, but one who has devoted himself to civil pursuits; who has given himself tn the study and the understanding of the Const" tution anti its maintenance with all the force of reason and judgment. [Applause.] My f e i. low-citizens i have said that the contest before us was one for the restoration of our Govern ment: it is also one for the restoration of our nice. [Applause, long continued.] It j s “o prevent the people of our race from being ex fled from their homes-[ch6ers]-cxiled from the government which th'ey for Jed and created for themselves and for their children and to prevent them from being driven out of thP country or trodden under" foot by an interior and semi-barbarous race 2 le “? r country „ ,h«l, hll'n man who is worthy to belong to tho lApplanse j eitlS would refuse to associate with themselves in all the lights and honors and dignity of their country such men as Lee and Johnson. What civilized country on earth would fail to do honor to those who, fighting for an erroneous cause, yet distinguished themselves by gallant ry in that service ? [Applause.] In th?t con test sot which they are sought to be disfran chised, and to be exiled from their homes—in that contest they have proved themselves worthy to be our peers. (Applause] My fel low-citizens, it is not my purpose to make any long address—[cries of “ go on ’’(-but simply o express my gratitude for the great and dis tinguished honor which has been conferred upon me. A voice—“ You are worthy of it.” General Bair—And from my heart to reiterate words of thanks that fell from my lios when I arose. Blifr e r n e e tfred.] Cheering ’ dUring Whieh General The President then introduced General Pres ton. lhe General spoke at some length, warmly endorsing the nomination of Seymour and Blair. He was followed by Gen. Green Clay Smith, of Ky., who concluded his remarks as follows: I, as a soldier, and as a member of the Sol diers Convention, here endorse it fully, freely, and wiih all my heart. [Great applause.] You have thirty-six States in the Union to-day. There is a preat western country which is look ing to you for protection and for aid, and ex pect soon to add a number of other States to this Ufiion. This is, indeed, a great country. Uplift it, kneed it up, make it grand, make it e better than it has ever been before. [Great cheering.] Go back and look at the dust of Washington and his compeers. Thirteen origi nal colonies of three millions of people. They worked, they labored, they fought, they bled, they died upon every plain, on every hill top the bloody foot prints were seen upon the crusty snow, of those gallant and glorious men who fought for national independence and national liberty. So let us fight to maintain the Constitution intact, and the integrity of the Union. [Cheer.] After further remarks by Mr. Tilden and Gen. Morgan the meeting adjourned. I A Wonderful Invention—A Solid Hub stance of Universal Utility from Cot ton. —The conversion of the soft and 'fleecy fibre of cotton into a hard and solid substance like horn and ivory, is one of those remarkable discoveries which distinguish the inventive genius of the present age. This surprising transmutation of vegetable matter has, how ever, been accomplished by different persons almost simultaneously, both in Europe and this country, like many other great inventions. • These inventions are all fundamentally alike in treating cotton, flax, and other vegetable fibre, by first converting it in she usual manner with nitro-sulphuric acid into pyroxiline or gun-cotton. The gun-cotton is then dissolved with ether and alcohol to produce collodion same. The solvents are evaporated from the solution of pyroxiline or gun-cotton by slow and difficult processes, and the residuum, when in a plastic state, is subjected to pressure in moulds to form it into a solid substance in any desired mass or shape. This new material is a substance as distinct from the original vegetable matter of which it is composed, ascaoutchouk, or India rubber, in its natural state as a gum is from vulcanized rubber. It resembles’ horn and ivory in texture and quality, and like those substances may be applied to the manufacture of combs, buttons, and various objects of use and ornament. In its pure state it is transparent like amber, and admits of any shade of coloring, from pure white to jet black. Dr. McClelland has made a special application of it to dental plates in imi tation of the natural gum ; and for this pur pose the purity of the substance, as well as its great strength and the beauty of the color, ap pears to adapt it admirably. Perfect imita tions may also be made of coral and tortoise shell. This new discovery, indeed, promises to fur nish to art and manufactures a most valuable acquisition. The Bible.—The Edinburgh -Review, refer ring to the space which the Bible occupies in the history of literature, says : We see nothing like it, and it may well per plex the infidel to account for it; nor need his sagacity disdain to enter a little more deeply into its possible causes than he is usually in clined to do. It has not been given to any other book of religion thus to triumph over national prejudices, and lodge itself securely in the heart of great communities, varying by everj’ conceivable diversity of language, race, manners, customs, and, indeed, agreeing in nothing but a veneration of itself. It adapts itself with felicity to the revolu tions ot thought and feeling which shake to pieces all things else, and fixedly accommo dates itself to the progress ot soeietj r and the changes of civilization. Even conquests—the disorganization of old nations, the formation of new—do not affect the continuity of its em pire. It lays hold of the new as of the old, and transmigrates with the spirit of humanity, attracting to itself by its own moral power in all the communities it enters a ceaseless inten sity of effort for its propagation, illustration and defense. Other systems of religion are usually delicate exotics, and will not bear transplanting; but if the Bible be false, the facility with which it overleaps the otherwise impassable boundaries of race and clime, and domiciliates itself among so many different na tions, is assuredly a far more striking and won derful proof of human ignorance, perverseness and stupidity, than is afforded in the limited prevalence of even the most abject supersti; tions ; or if it really has merits which, though a fable, have enabled it to impose so compre hensively and variously on mankind, wonder ful indeed must have been'the skill in its com position, so wonderful that even the infidel himself ought never to regard it but with the profoundest reverence as far too successful and sublime a fabrication to admit a thought of scoff and ridicule. Crops in Upson.—We have seen a gentle man from Upson who gives a most glooniy account of crop prospects in that county. He says the long continued drouth has exhaustea corn, and that no yield may be expected on y from that planted late in tbe bottoms. [Talbotton Gazette. The Talbatton of the 9th says “tor the first time in eight weeks enough rain ieii here to run in the streets. Early corn is nea *D r ruined, and as gardens were about burnt up, the prospects for starvation in this immcdi. t vicinity was very flatterinff. We h ’ f tantalized, scores ot times, by ra.n in » . us, but until tc-day, have been denied its b.ess ings. •
