About The Bainbridge democrat. (Bainbridge, Ga.) 18??-???? | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1882)
. ■H ■ "SM JPUP 1 The Weekly Democrat. BEN K. RtiNELL, Editor and Prop’r THE ATLANTA CONVENTION AND THE NOMINATION OF ME- STEPHENS- THURSDAY. JULY ,1882. STATE TICKET. DEMOCRATIC FOR GOVERNOR, ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, Of Taliaferro. FOB SECRETARY OF STATE, N. C. BARNETT, of Baldwin. FOB COStFTBOLl.EB-OEyF.BAL, WM. A. WRIGHT, of Richmond. FOB ATTOBKET-OEVEBAL, CLIFFORD ANDERSON, of Bibb. FOB CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE, THOMAS M. HARDEMAN, Of Bibb. EDITORIAL NOTES. —The nomination of Alexander H. Stephens was carried by the conven tion by acclamation. lie will be elected. —Senator Brown has recently do* nafod 850.000 to the Georgia State University for the education of poor but deserving young men. The Sena tor has done many worse things for the State. —Every Confederate soldier will delight to know that Billie Wright the one legged solier boy, and son of the illustrious Conferate General, Ambrose R. Wright, was elected by acclamation foi Comptroller-General, —The “old commoner” does not ap pear in the best of health, but when we understand that he retired from public life in 1859 and has been retiring ever since wo can account for the fact that he will be Georgia’s next Governor. —It is said that the “bosses” con trolled the late nomination at Atlanta. If so, ‘they control well, and control Mr. Stephens has been nominated Gov ernor of Georgia: his nomination was made almost unanimous. There is no one better than we to un derstand the relation he occupies to the South'and to the Democratic party. Notwithstanding the fact that Jefferson Davis was President of the late Confeder acy. a man whose love and appreciation has been paramount to every ether senti ment that lived or lingered in the breast of the Bainbridge Democrat; Notwith standing that the Democrat loved Mr. Davis, still under the circumstances Deca tur eounty had to pnt in nomination the name of the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens. In the first of the Convention it was thought that there would be a row, and there was a row over the two-thirds rule. But the parliamentary practice which char acterized the chairnan of the convention, prevented that colision in the party that all Georgians deprecated. Mr. Stephens is an object for whom we have always had an aversion. Mr. Steph ens is a man whose name has clogged the Confederate States of America. Mr. Stephens, in the opinion of the writer, did more to defeat the Confederate States than any ten thousand men they placed in the field against us. Furthermore, Mr. Stephens has done more to foment inde- pendentism than any other man ine Geor gia. But, when, in the estimation of the great Democratic party of Georgia. Mr. Stephens could better lead the party to success than any other man ; then it was that the great Democratic party placed their flagon the hands of the great old comoner.. The people assetnbledM^'At- Innt a f *./* m nil n ■ I n nf i L n „ i ' I * ! ''L n* Democratic State Nominationt- Savannah JCeins. The State Democrttic Convention The Resolutions and Mr Bacons Letter-' Mr. II. R. Harris, of Metiwether, has finished its work and adjourned. | from the Committee on Resolut lanta from all points of the c’^P’Sps. They all unified upon the nomin*iiiiS^ of Mr. Stephens. The platform which is published in the Democrat today, will show the base upon which he was nominated. But there was another nomin^icr very mention of whose nanv\Js£Q4%a, the of joy into tb«i a thrill That p° ’ of every Georgian, i the party’s delegates almost by^f l ^ ic | .one and that fame had nerved motion. “Bossism” wbjw'fstate of.ra- objected to by 31L-* r ’ is only _ • i V1 n * n ehov? cause. if rotes out of 35U must bo^jiWSf^nd vox populi vox die. —One reason why the old cemmoner should be elected next Governor of Georgia, is because he was Vice-Presi dent of the Confederate States under Jefferson Davis. Another reason is that he is and always has been a better Democrat than Joe Brown. —The nomination of Thomas Har deman for Congress-at-large was met with more unanimity than anything else the Atlanta Convention could have done. Ho stands like the Chevalier Bayard, in the estimation of all true Georgians. Sans peur et sans reproacJie. —We are sorry to see that Col. Albert B. Lamar cannot harmonise cn the candidacy of Mr. Stephens. He is probably the best editor in the State, and should not. let his personal prefer ences go so far in antagonizm to the party, of which he is so distinguished a member. —Our friend of the Macon Telcgrph and Messenger, is under the impression that gallant Tom Hardeman, the nomi nee of the Democratic Convention for Congress-at-large, will not be allowed to take his seat if elected. We simply inform our friend that the county of Decatur will seat him at the point of the bayonet, if necessary. —What Bhall we do to be saved ? Vote for Stephens and the entire Demo cratic ticket. But we need not urge Democrats to do that thing- -the old commoner”s majority in the State will 80.000; He is not the best looking man TO ever saw, but has an immense ■mount of personal magnetism about him. —Hon. Thomas Hardeman is the Democratic candidate for Congressman- at-large. His nomination has given universal satisfaction. He is on the ticket with Aleck Stephens. Four hundred and sixty-five iron-ribbed Democrats tried to be likewise. There fore, let us all unite and elect the en tire Democratic ticket. —We still hold to the idea lately expressed in The Democrat that Hon. William E. Smith would have been the *st candidate for Governor the party could have nominated. His vote on the electoral commission ought to have made him Governor. But the conven tion declared that Mr. Stephens should lead the party “on wheels.” and Hon. W. E Smith will give him his unani* mous support. —Our friend, Mr. Pendleton, of the Valdosta Times, is hereby informed that neither Bill Harris or Ben Russell had the slightest idea that lightning would strike either one in the Convention, for Congress-at large. They did think * that the harmony of the Democratic par ty was paramount to every other con sideration. Worth county was instruct ed for the lion. William E. Smith. Decatur county was and is in favor of the two-tbirds rule, and sent her dele gates untrameledand uninstructed. ibBsM-. oeorgiatis on the battle field of his country and since on the civic institutions of the land. We stand in delivering the name before nearly two million of people. And that name, above other names in Georgia, is the name of Thomas Hardeman. The nomination of State officers hardly merits comment. The dilligent and effi cient manner in which they have perform ed their duties, showed that the people of Georgia were willing to entrust them to the end, if necessary, with their affairs. Their names apperr in the Democrat of to-day. and it will not be satisfied until they are triumphantly elected. Now men of all colors and of all conditions, previ- vions or otherwise, come to the polls and stand by the great comoner, whose name was put in nomination by the county of Decatur. senator hill. If there is a man in the world whom Georgians delight to honor, that man is now lying dying in Atlanta. The man we refer to is no less than the distin guished Statesman, Benj. H. Hill. Rome had her Cicero, Greece had her Demosthenes, Georgia has her Hill. Grand, majestic, lovable; he sits in the bosom of his friends and his country, waitiug for the summons to go. There is only one man in the world who has ever approached him and he never approached him to rival him, that pair were par nobile fratum, and their characters were so unspotted that they were like the Chevalier Bayard, sans peaur etsans reproaehe, knights without fear and without blemish. South Georgia owes her greatest debt of grati tude to the gentleman whise name we have just spoken of. When she stood under the deep damnation of recon struction there was hardly any hope ; our country was crushed down, thiot- tled by bayonets and iuvaded by assasins; there was no chance, but we saw among our deliverers the form of Benj. H. Hill, the greatest orator since the days of Cicero and Demosthenes. The writer had the distinguished honor to call upon this great man, whose life is fast fading away. He muttered the love that he bore for Decatur county and his dear wife expressed it doubly through her tears. God bless Ben Hill! God grant that he may live out his days. The people from one end of Georgia to the other—the people from the South—frotp the Potomac to the Rio Grand would be proud indeed to kiss the hem of the garment of the dy ing Statesman. The old state house officers were re nominated by the convention by accla mation. We believe Billie Wright, the Comptroller, smiled sweeter after the result was announced. The unani mous nomination of these officers for three terms shows the sobriety of the Democratic party. Fx-Goventor Hubbard, who weighs three hundred pounds and who is combat ing General Weaver’s Greenback argu ments on the Texas stump, began a speech at Mineola the other day: ‘-If I s : .t down on Weaver I'll crush him.” The audience all cot so uproarious that it was necessary to adjourn for drinks. The result was the nomination of Hon. A. H. Stephens for Governor on the first ballot by a well-nigh unanimous vote, the selection of Hon. Thomas Hardeman as Congressman-at-Large, and the renomination of all the old State officers. This action of tbe convention will we doubt not, meet with the sincere and hearty approbation of our people The utmost harmony prevailed, and the spirit which seemed to take possession of the body was to preserve the unity of the party. During the preliminary campaign previous to the assembling of the convention, preferences for and against the Gubernatorial candidates were freely and unstintedly declared and the friends, both of Mr. Stephens and Mr. Bacon, lost no opportunity and relaxed no effort to incline popular opinion towards their special favorites- When the convention did meet, how ever, the spirit of antagonism seemed entirely to he forgotten ; all bitterness of feeling was oast aside : as soon as the will of the people became positively understood there was a general acquies cence therein, and every idea seemed to have been absorbed in the one desire to preserve peace and harmony, and present an undivided front to the foe. Especially is this determination on the part of Mr. Bacon and his friends to be most highly commended, and it must redound to the future advantage of that gentleman. From th first the opposition from ->* w—-*•**"*' w nim proceeded personal or unfriendly feeling tiis ability was recognized. his loyalty to the Democracy unquestioned, and he'himself stood—as he still stands— high in the estimation of the party. When it was known, however, that Mr, Stephens desired Gubernatorial honors from the hands of his fellow citizens as a fi'ting close to a half century dcvited to their service, and when, besides his long years of public life, it was remem bered that he had declared that he would unreservedly abide by the action of the convention, as a true Democrat, and that lie had positively lefused to accept the nomination of the Independ ent opponents of the Democratic party —thereby effectually crushing out. that mongrel organization, when by accept ing he might have invested it. with some claim to respectability and enabled it to.have given the Democracy some trouble—his claims upon the conven tion could not be ignored. Popular sentiment rapidly crystallized in his favor, and it was generally concede^ ions, submitted the following report, which was unanimously adopted ; 1. Resolved, That the Democratic party of Georgia, through its accredited representatives assembled, reaffirm with ail emphasis and fervor tbe time- hooored principles . expounded by the sages, Jetfiersnn and Madison, and able men who have their teaching® and practical enforcement of their political faith, advanced the glory and promoted the prosperity of this tJuion. 2. Resolved, That we will renew our exertions to give fresh and increased power to the operation of these princi ples, being well assured by actual expe rience and the teaching of history that the triumph of Democratic doctrines aud methods brings peace and prosper - !- ty*to the people, and insures honesty and vigor in the administration of the government, while the exclusion of the Democratic party from the pubi.c ad ministration encourages contempt for the Constitution, opens wide the door for a ruinous waste of public treasure, engenders a flagitious disregard ol re sponsibility, aud begets a lamented indifference to that common fraternity which should unite us as a people. 3. Resolved, That we charge the present administration with an undig nified, partisan and corrupt interference with local elections; with a proa of executive patron that his laudable ambition should be gratified. It is alone to the peculiar chain of circumstances which governed in his case that his success and Mr. Bacon’s defeat are mainly to bo attrib- uted, and the latter gentleman has no cause to feel mortification at his failure. To the contrary, we believe he to-day occupies a higher position in the estimati in of his felluw Democrats than he did before the convention as sembled. The selection of Hon. Thomas Har deman as Congressman-at-large was also judicious and just. Several of Geor gia’s distinguished sons were aspirants for that honor, and had it been confer red upon anyone of them, the position would have been ably filled. We had hoped that the claims- of the seaboard would have been recognized, and that the Congressional mantle would have fallen upon one of the gentlemen who we have advocated for this nomination. The convention thought differently, however, and we acquiese in the deci sion. Mr. Hardeman is known through out the length and breadth of the State as a gentleman of undoubted ability sterling integrity and great public- spiritedness. It is needless to say that the interests of Georgia will be well guarded by him in the Federal Legis lature. The prompt renomination- of all the other State officers is also worthy of commendation. They have prffren by their acts that they each possess the Jeffersopian qualities of public servants, viz .* Honesty, integrity and capacity. It was wise in the convention to deter mine in their cases “to let well enough alone,” and, with them retained in office, there need no apprehension felt lest the State will not continue to prosper daring the next two years a9 she has during the present adminis tration. The convention, therefore, has done its work patriotically and well. It now behoves every Democrat in the State to heartily indorse its course at the polls on tbe 4th day of October next, and pile up such a rousing Democratic majority as will convince Independents, sore heads and Radicals generally of the^it- ter hopelessness of any attempts to Ma- honeize the Empire State of the South, Button •ie in States for the purpM^aR* ^ , „ ’^■^..use of extending us lease ol power, and under color of the collection ot in ternal revenues, with setting on foot armed raiding parties, who, ranging at pleasure through whole communities, subject the inhabitants to arbitrary ar- re.-t-i, often involving the innocent in loss of liberty, property and even life itself. 4. Resolved, That we cordially in vite and earestiy solicit every good citizen of Georgia to unite with us in the effort, by all honorable means, to restore the ascendency in the Union of the party of the Constitution—the par ty which subordinates its policy, its measures and its aspirations to the re.- quirentents of law and the exactions of eleguted morality, aud, by the adminis tration of justice equally to all, brings peace to communities, thereby securing to our common country the saving efficacy of a puli''can faith an 1 practice, which h ive so stg-aliy vescu d our be loved e iimnotiweahh and placed her up..u such an enviable eminence. Mr. Harris, of Metiweiher, further submitted the following, which was unanimously adopted ; Resolved, By this convention, that for the purpose of effecting a more com pact and thorough organization of the Democratic party ol’the State of Geor gia the system of organization recom mended by the National Executive Committee be, and the same is hereby adopted, by which the member of tbe Na’tonal Executive Committee from this State is made ex officio a member of the Stale Executive Committee ; the member of the State Axecu- tive Committee from each Congressional District ex-officio a member of the Congressional District Committee ; the member from each county constituting the Congressional District ex-officio a member of the County Executive Como mittee, so as to preserve a complete and intimate connection through the State organization with the National, District and County Executive Committees o f the Democratic party. THE VOTE FOR GOVERNLR. The regular order being the nomina* tion of candidates for Governor, the call of the roll was ordered, when— Mr. Barrow, of Clarke, said when the vote on the rules was announced he, in common with other friends of Mr. Bacon, reeognized the fact that tbe contest for the nominations was practically settled. Mr. Bacon had, therefore, authorized him to with draw his name from the nomination, and in doing so he desired to read the following letter.* Atlanta, July 19, 1882. lion Pope Barrow, Atlanta, Ga : My Dear Sir—As you placed my name in nomination before the Guber natorial Convention, now in session, I ask to say'the following to you, to be cammunieated to the convention : There are but two candidates before the convention, and it is conceeded that a majority of the delegates selected will vote for the nomination ofMr. Stephens, I regard the abrogation of the two- thirds rule, and the vote of the cooaen- tion had thereon, as a practical settle ment of the contest for the nomination. The taking of a further vote would be a useless formality, which would not change the result thus already definite ly ascertained. There is no practical end which would be subserved by such subsequent vote, and it would be un reasonable in me to ask for any more formal expression of that which has already been thus announced with sufficient certainty. With my sincere thanks to the many friends iD the convention who have given me their eare;t suppo 1.1 remain, yours very truly, A. 0 Bacon. Messrs P. Houston, B. M. Burrongs. A E. Willard and E. W. Blair have organiz ed the Florida Fish Oil and Fetilizer Company, with a capital of 825.000, in shares of 8250. each. The objects and pui pose of the company, as set forth in articles of incorporation, filed June 27tli. A%the manufacture and sale of fish, oil fiish fertilizer, fish scraps, and the buying, catching and sale of fish, and all other things incidental to and necessary to fully and successfully carry out the objects of the companv. We learn that the incorporators propose to onv a suitable steamer and establish their enterprise at a point on the Golf coast where the business can be most, successfully and pmfilaly conducted. This is an enterprise that will certainly yield very satisfactory return*, and v e hope 1hese gentlemen will make a grand success. —Floridian. Keep Cool! Keep Cool! ICE ALWAYS ON HAND. Strictly o Asm* leap To Charge. GEO. D. GRIFFIN.. M. KWILEGKI. -AT THE OLD- 'W a, i* fie id Store. A NEW SUITLY OF Groceries and Grain, Hardware & Wagon Material, Paints, Oii and Putty, JC@"Agent for Sashes and Blinds.“^33 Sheriff’s Saie. GEORGIA—Decatur County ; Will be s tld before the court house door in the town of Bainbridge, during the usual hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in August next, the following property to-wit : Three-fourths (5) undivided interest in the Steamer Newton, to satisfy one mortgage fi fa in favor of Weston & Davis, vs button & Owen. Also, one undivided 4th interest in the Steamer Newton to satisfy a mort gage ti fa in favor of N. & A. F. Till & Co. vs C. U'Barton, Tne entire interest in said boat being hereby levied upon and adver tised for sale to satisfy this an I other exe- cutims in my iiauds*tevie I on the Steamer Newten. L. F. BURKETT, June 29, 1882.— Sheriff. For Sale! Attention Land Dovers. The Fickling lands lie ten mile? below Bainbridge, on the west side of Flint river. Mr. C. F. Fickling lived on the plantation until a few years since* and made money every year. He bought the lands before the war at a cost, of .<110.000, and they comprise five whole lots and five fractional lots, the whole aggregat ing (1485) fourteen hundred and eighty- five acres, all lying in the 21st District of Decatur county, Georgia. There has been cleared of this land 500 acres, leaving 985 acres of heavily timbered pine land. Its location on the Flint river, a stream of perpetual naviga tion, makes it valuable for its timber and terpentine ; while for cultivation it can hardly be excelled. I am authorized by Mr. Fickling to dispose of this property at the lowest fig ures for half cash—balance in one year. Call on or, address, Ben. E. Bussell, July 10, 1SS2. Bainbridge, Ga. I S 8 2. E. A. POHLMAN, THE LIVE CROCER Will run a lightning schedule thejiresert year, and will keep on hand for the benefit of tlie public the beat and most select as sortment of GROCERIES, Ever seen in Bainbridge. Also, FRUITS, CANDIES, CONFECTIONS. Conntry produce bought at highest prices. All I ask is a trial, after which I know rf ou will be pleased. E A r*olilm»n, s TO -ARE THE BOSSES IN THE- Dry Goods and Grocery Trade -AND THEY ABE NOW- Selling* at Rock Rottoin Prices Is supplied with Wines, Liquors, I ger, Ales, and in fact everything goi for the«imier man to drink. -CALL AND SKE- II. Xi. 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