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We counted six negroes to .ttr^ white men coining froib "Speer's speech Sat urday night. A prominent gentleman from Oooijee tells us that Emory Speer can’t 'p&tei- bly get twenty white votes iu tljnt county. Allen I). Candler will be the only farmer who was ever elected J to con gress. He will he the representative of our yeomanry. ' ■£" Mr. Sj^er never shows his head at tlie stations up the ruilroad tltat are solid against him. He crawls upon hi.- seat ami keeps hid. -t—s - Can you, as an open, candid man, vote for Mr. Speer witli his political letters to radicals and his negro pets screened behind that Injunction? 'i'lu* election is only two weeks of! from to-day. Let every Candler man organize himself inton eofnmittee of one to put down this new inroad of rad icalism. ' '' Tom Riddling lias Jiu*t~ returned from a trip t6 Jackson* county, and lie tells us that ho found tilings consid ers 1 l.v mixed. We should blush to murmur. -now us a revenue officer, a sj.y or a radical, and we will show you a Speer man. ll.i you wantyonr representa tive to owe his election to such an element I.et the Candler men in every coun ty prepare a li-t of names who arc not entitled to vote, and see that we have a fair election! This is an imperative Fearful Arraignment of Treacherous Friend. Mr. Bridge Christy Tells How Speer received and Betrayed Him. An Affidavit That Silences Emory’s Plea About “ My Dear Mat.” Christy Followed the Advice Speer Gave Dr. Orr and Got Left. Speculating Upon a Helpless Family that Had Befriended Him. A Story of Ingratitude as Damning as It is Treacherous. Let Every Friend of the Lamented Col. John H. Christy Bead, sit v: Knur out of live ot tlio sons of the lat<■ Joint H. Christy are solid Candler men. They know how he lius betray ed their family, whose inlluencc tirst elected him. “My Mcnr Mat" was down in Oconee the other day drumming for his Emo ry among the darkeys. Mr. Speer don’t pass Mat oil for a white mail where he is known. A! Flowery Branch one hundred men ranged themselves on the plat form ami gave three cheers for Can dler as “Our Emory" passed on his wav to Oainesville. If Mr. Speer asserts t hat he lias re moved the injunction from this office, we van have the hoast Battened in hi* teeth by an affidavit from tlio (Jerk's office of t larkv county. If Mr. Speer is not a n publican, by \\ bat right does lie claim the solid col ored vote? And yet his friends say that Candler will not receive fifty ne_ gro votes in Clarke county. And See How MS*. Emory Speer Has Treated His Helpless Family. Can You Trust Such a Man ? Answer, “No!” We Two Speerites attempted to inter- i runt Dr. Carlton's spccoh al Harmony i how Saturday night, but we are told I that the gentlemen present politely j pitched them down the steps. Farmers and oid soldiers, remrmher that den II. fm.Ih r is your candidate. F: it ten in the teeth of Hitt Sp ■el ite' their t’ tv ■ f “ the olie-eye 1 plow bow" Hois; a p'. is hov worthy of your siitfrage. 1 >r. t :ii lion made a ringing Candler I -pet eh in Harmony drove, Saturday night, to u packed boose. We believe! tlnat Jackson will overcome the ma- * jority that Speer u ill get in any two | counties. And Mr. Ben Martin failed to come I tip with 11i- money, after accepting it wit h a big Moorish of trumpets through Speer's Atlanta organ. The Candler From the lSmielsntltc Monitor. Fellow-t it i/eiis As von are all aware, during Mr. Speer's former campaigns for congress 1 w as with him heart and soul, and u-ed what iiitle intliienee I had in trying to secure his triumphant election Some of you may think it a little strange l at I am opposing bint so strenuously in tlit- present canvass, and ill order te set myself right before you. • 1 will explain sonne of t he reasons which ! have induced to take this step. I There can Is; no ijiiestiou of the fact I that very great wrongs b id crept into , the party machinery, by mentis of which | designing men were enabled to get Con- | trot of nominating conventions and fre- ! quently thwart the will of the people by manipulating these convention* in the interest of certain parties whom the | people did not want. So when Mr. Speer came out as a candidate for con gress and announced that lie was as good a democrat as anybody, hilt simply opposed tnilio convention system, as practiced, you and I, though firm and consistent democrats, flocked to his sup port-believing this to be the best and surest w ay to correct the evils w hich had obtained in the convention system. It amounted to nothing more nor less than a choice between democrats anyway, as Mr. Speer claimed to tie and was recog nized as a thorough democrat—only run ning independent of a nominating con vention. Fp to the beginning of the last session of congress, though he could not he call ed a very pnonniucrd democrat, lie had done untiling which we as good demo crats could very decidedly object to, ex cept to fail to go into the democratic iod all their oilers. ell have never as yet failed to make I CH " t-,l! “' s ' hist session, however, lie- cast several votes which showed very plainly that- hs was in IcHl sympa thy with the republicans. One of these was, when he voted with the ultra re publicans in favor of a hill appropriat ing a large amount of money to build and ci|uip a lot of iron clads, when it » as shown that they could lie of no ser vice lifter completed—thus robbing the people to till the pocket* of a few radi cal naval edhtracturs, w ho must he pro vided for on account of tln-ir devotion to 'tin- party.’ Another thing was Hie. very energetic manner in which lie tailored Wo hoard Mr. .Speer’.* addicts to Il ls mob or Zulus and a few* w hites Sat urday night, and it was without doubt the puniest effort we ever listened to. Mr. Speer's bearing and words allow t! at he recognizes Ids defeat. Mr. exploit 'peer 1ms never attempted to i the charge that lie tried to buy j t he indiiem-e of tlio Franklin County I Register for $2.’i. Is a man who uses such means worthy of an holiest man’s | support We should say not. I.et us again caution our readers to look out foreampaign lies on the' e\c of the election, w lien it is too late to mash them. ibis lias been Mr.] Spoor's former tactics, and he w ill try . that game again on a grand schedule. Mr. Speer cannot shirk those Chris- ] ty letters until it is too late to "have them translated, printed and circu lated. and then remove his iujnno- i tll , >u . r |, u republican tion. He has Imd them wrung into j milll!e d gentleman of cult! iM,. and that these three should translate those letters and have them published verbatim. The other parties were also to give Mr. Speer a bond in the sum of $100,000, tlmr none of these letters should be published ex cept such that referred to public and political matters. Now, fellow-citizen*, don’t you know lie w ould accept so fair a pro|>o-itioii as this if lie was not afraid for tile people to see the contents of tiicat^JeUars? And if he is afraid,isn’t this prime facie evidence of tile fact that It' has been guilty of seme actions which lie hfcuurttie people will condemn? About the time of the opening of the last session of congress, II r. Speer an nounced publicly that he never intended to go into another democratic caucus and could not hereafter be tainted w ith a iack of party fealty, for he intended to owe fealty to no party. He thus uncondi tionally declares himself independent of democratic principles. AVIiat is the mean ing of the word democrat? It means one who is governed in his political actions by a certain code of imlitical principles, wlicit, therefore, Mr. Speer declared that lie owed allegiance to no party and refused to go into the party caucus, where a course of action was to be decid ed upon which would liest carry out the principles of the party, lie certainly showed that lie was devoid of democratic principles, and can no longer even claim tube a democrat with any consistency. You and I, fellow-citizens,are independ ent democrats, and should be juss as in dependent of Mr. Speer as anybody else. He lias proven to us by liis actions that lie is no longer t democrat, and ! don’t <ee how- we can Consistently support him further. Basilic*, the issue upon which lie made ids successful campaigns—that ol corruption and frond in party nomi nation—is dead one. Xn mail can charge, with any show of truth, that there was any fraud practiced in the iivention which nominated Col. Can dler. It w as the spontaneous .-xprt s i of tin* voice of Hie people, calling him as their standard-hearer, and so unanimous was it that no other name w as mentioned la-fore the Convention. So this knocks Mr. Speer’s strongest prop Irani under hint, and you and 1, who only found fault with the frauds prac ticed ill ndiiiiiiatUig conventions, have no tu»tPer right to complain, but must, as g'lfal democrats, goto the polls on the *tli of November and east our ballots for Allen I). Candler. 1 will now mention one or two private ■a sons why I am opposed to Mr. Speer, Inch would never Imd come to the pub lic ear if lie had treated me with anv de gree Of justice or common decency. You snow that my lamented father was sev eral times elected as representative to congress from this district, and was kept out of his seat in the house by the repub lican majority voting solidly against his admission. Ho w as told by "quite a num ber of members of congress (among them the illustrious Ilili) that lie was certainly entitled to his salary, and would get it as soon as (hedemocrats came into power. Just before his death he was preparing to put the matter in tic hands of Mr. Hill, w In n that gentle- main was elected United States senator. •Alter Mr. Speer’s tirst election, lie uild me lie was satisfied he could put that claim through successfully and would take pleasure in doing so". Sol collected all the datta I could iu refer ence to the matter ami placed it ill iiis hands. He made iirst one excuse ami then another for not attending to it, hut did nothing. In the latter part of lSsO 1 toid him my father’s estate was embarrassed to some extent, the creditors were pressing, and, though there was plenty of money due, 1 was afraid 1 would not bo able to col lect It, on account ol tlie scarcity of taoney. He told mefb be psHecUyeasy, as lie feltcbnfldent lie would sqcurit the claim before that session of congress ended. He did not even attempt to do it, and the Southern Watchman (to which paper Mr, Speer is indebted for Iiia scut in congress to day, as he could never have been elected without it* sup port, on account of the inline me given it bv my father’s poison il" uopnlaritr’,) had to lie sold to pay tlie debts. This shows his feeling of gratitude for favors d"ne him. it is truly said, that all which raises humanity above the brute creation and allies i’ to Deity, is tlie fact that it is capable, of exmvisin now for three months, iiml he ' | P>!11 | attain,ncts-having for a number his still keeps behind the law. M r. Speer say is i.nl:/ working ill his letter that he for “Mv Dear Mat” id three or four others—anil yet lie ] pohifn.ent of Madison Davis as poslina«- asserts that the colored vote should he solid for him. The darkeys are tired of being sold by their leaders, and will hereafter vote a* they see lit. Remember, farmers, that Speer men are ridiculing Candler because lie started life us a poor plow hoy. Old soldiers, bear in mind that Allen Candler's one eye—tlie oilier being shot out in the war—is used by his enemies as a contemptuous taunt. We have enough lawyers now in congress. Let useleetCandler and we will haven representative tii-t springs from the people. Emory fS|wcr lias no sympathy or affiliation with the great-working luasse* of our popula tion. Candler is the people’* candi date. Mr. Speer 1* trying to regain his seat ill congress, with his constituents blindfolded as lo iiis political acts. Remember that he has not removed that injunction, and dare not face his love-sick, conspiring letters to/rsdi- cals and Iiis negro pets, in which lie pledges himself to again turn Georgia over to the republican party. We w ould like to have photograph* of “My Dear Mat,” Pledger, Heard, Fleming, Mrs. Tolbert, “Mr. Lamar and lady, ” and several other of -Mr. Speer's friends and appointee* t>1'cir culate among “the iuouu)ain Qicii.’’ w hom he counts on Ills mulutto -post master controlling. Wonder H^lie would try to pass them oft for white folks? ,j i’. ,. / r Any one to near Mr. Speer’* speech in Alliens .Salnrday night would have seen that lie appeals only to the passion . nil prejudice of'lie blacks for re-elec tion. He and his friends are endeavor ing to Incite labor against capital. • lie knows that his clatm of friendship pi Hie working men is false. All Its cares for is to get their votes, and then lie will be tray them wbeliever he finds it to Jj|s In. terest to do so. ■— the confirmation as 1 . *>. dis- ini’* of graUtudulur favors shown ami re- ‘ morse for wrongs committed. Mea- -ured by this standard, Mr. Speer would certainly bcX mud lacking. Well, the property was lost, owing to Mr. Speer’s negligence, hut thank iJihI! we preserved our integrity and self respect, and hope w e httvo uot (erf cited the re- pect of our neighbors. Just before the meeting of tlie Iasi session of congress, lie told uie agaiu that lie felt not a doubt that he would Isiable to get that claim through last winter, hut again lie failed toeventrvto do so. Then I became onvineeii that he was just holding the matter over our family in order to “bull doze” il* into Iiis support, and I feel that I would have lost my own self-respect if I had not determined to do all I could honorably against iiis re-election. Below I append an affidavit, showing Mr. 8, eer’sffeling'if gratitude tow ards me personally; and if lie is impervious to tlie feeling of remoise iu its peniten tial and ennobling sense, I want to lie, at least to some extent, instrumental in mnking him feel it in its baser sense of disappointment at defeat. Yours, res|ieet fully, . E. J. CiiMgiir. trlet judge for <ieorgin of James Atkins, ono of the most ultra radicals in the Stan—a man who stands charged w ith the commission of high crimes against the law*—an i who is totally unlit for the position, as lie cannot rise to tlicdig- tiitvnf n respectable justice court law- : yer. He worked in tlie interest of this ] man against Judge II. K. McCay, who, berally • id high j of years graced our own supreme bench , i a' one of the associate justices. Another tiling is his securing the ap- ter at. Athens, when lie had not even applied lor it, and w as, in fact, not a cit izen of Alliens at tlie time, as he was holding a federal appointment at At lanta. Mr. Speer savs lie is not re>q>oii- aihle for this; but it seem* very si range to me that a man who never failed In- fora to secure the appointment of any one he desired, and who had sufficient influence witli tlie administration to se cure tlie removal.of Andrew Clark as in ternal revenue collector and the noml- iintHin of James Atkins, (who possessed told him that being c not a single qualification for the posi- qjjpynient, I would In Mr. Thomas A. Hodgson saya tliut we did him an injustice In’our editori al of KundAy. It was not our Inden tion to wrong this gentleman, and would not do so intentionally; hut told him that w» made a good argument, any way. If Mr. H. can show us where democratic con gressmen have U. S. government clerks at home Viking for them we pledge ohraelf to J*>nt stmlg'it. lion) as U. S. district judge, could not have n man appointed postmaster at Athens who would have been accepta ble to the people, I call secure the affi davit of* perfectly reliable gentleman of Alliens, Pi the elfeet that W. A. Pledger told him last winter, just after Ins (Pledger’si return from Washington City, that before he left there the Presi dent, Mr. Speer and lilupielf iiad u talk in regard to this matter, and the Presi dent told him lie must not urge hi* claims to the position, as it had Im'cii de termined to give it Pi Madison Davis, Iweausr l,e mold eouCndrute the republican rule un Mr. .Speer. Pledger said lie was promised the snryeyorshlp of customs st Atlanta, but refused it, and came hack to Athens with tlie pur|n>se of run ning a newspaper in opposition to Mr. Spe*T. In a short time, however, he wont to Atlanta and accepted tlie posi tion at the custom house. Uf course he w as “*ugnred*’ by Mr. Speer or some ope else. ^ <7 j-;, Mr. ipwr did make o^||weelf|ttj| east one vote with the democrats, dur ing the last session of congress, loop po sit ion to Chinese immigration. But lie can claim no credit for this, because he dill it solely in Ills urn personal inter est. Know ing that the colored .people were opposed to the Chinese on account ol not w ishing to lie brought into Compe tition with them ns loiterers, he voted against the bill to encourage Until' immi gration, io order ta centre llp- colored vote alone. A not Inn strong objection to Mr. Speer is tlie tenacity with which lie Insists up on lViaintnlniughia injunotion nginst the Banner-Watchman and Henry 1*. Chris ty, after he had voluntarily promised, while ip Vw^iiigtoi), that he would Hoi’’) it ne'Soon as. he got Imam to defend himself. He is evidently afraid for these letters to see daylight under any circumstances, or he "would have lUscep ted the proposition made by Col. That Hoards of Howling Zulus Once More to the Front. Lead On by Emory Speer, They In sult Private Families. (■KonniA, Madison Cduntv/ I hereby certify, that only a few 'lays la-i'ore the meeting of tlie last session 61 ingress, I went to tlm office of lion. (Emory Speer, in the city of Athens, and . u ■> - ’ ’-“entirely out of cm- under lasting ol- iigatlnu lo liiiii if lie would recommend inr for the position o( postmaster At Athcn«.*^He told me that he Imd had no conference, either verbally or other wise, with the Administration since the death of President Garfield, and did not know wipe would lie its tone towards him, bnBl might rest nssnred he would do all hcxiould for me, as he felt under groat obligation to me. 1 asked him if I had better get lip a petition with sig natures, and he told me no; that his recommendation would he worth more than all tlie petitions I could get, and 1)0! would certainly‘do all he could for me. lie never mentioned my name at all in^ connection witli the appointment, hut now says he did try to have Mr. A. II. Hodgson (who never applied for il) «p- lioiuted. I understand he says hedidn’t try to have me appointed, lieeause lie knew I couldn't give the required bond. 1 venture the assertion that 1 can give as good a bond in Clarke or any other county oi the uiiithrdistrict, ss can Mr. S|*ier or Iiis “Dear Mat,” .He may and doubtless will deny the truth of this atateiueut, but I aiu porfoclty willing to go before the people of the ninth dis trict U|M>n an issue ol veracity t*-tweeu our extinguished representative and my- GxotrOu, Madison County. PenwnsHy came before me, a N. P. and ex-offlein J P. in and for mill coun ty, E. J.Christy, who, bringdnly sworn, says the above statement is true in every particular, j - - \f R; J, OtUtnrfT.- Sworii fo und suhw- ilied " before me, tills IMtli October. ISAS. E] X. Hcluk. X. P. slid ex-officio J. P. Having learned that- soma of - Mr- Speer’s followers, since the appearance of the above letter, are rirciilaling tlie reisirt that Mr. E. J. Christy is unwor thy of belief, we.The undersign!d. eertily that we have known Mr. Christy for a number of years, and that he is a a gentleman in every way wortliy til re- Miect and belief, an" that we would be lieve liim a* soon as any man wlio lives in Clarke county. S- C. Diihhs, J, 11. Hl'IiUINS, H N.Tsvlou, J. M. Ohs, VV. B. Burnett, J.J. Thrbi.kriii, W.D. O’Favuell. Scenes Even Hore Disgraceful the Opera Hous^ Bow. vhul The Course of the Candler Iten Com- „ pared ■with ^iis Outrage. " = TV?* 1 "'T! r I . i r.i The Depths of Infamy to Which a White Han Can Stoop. Saturday night Mr. Emory " Speer reached Athens via the North-Eastern train, and was met at the depot by 176 —actual count—of his supporters. Two-thirds or more of them were ne groes,and the country for miles around the city hud been drained of Speer sympathizers to get up the receptiou. Mr. Speer had selected Saturday night, t©«, ftTlnie VrttetChfe friends vRUild^c at leisure. But in spite of this his crowd was ridiculously small, but what they lacked in numbers was made up in enthusiasm. Forming iu line they marched to tlie depot, but on the way were guilty of an act beside which the disgraceful scenes in tlie opera house, tlie night Col. Candler spoke, pales into insig- tiltler.nce. Tlielr march lead by the private residence of the editor of this paper, where were only his wife and children, tlie writer being from home, not deeming it necessary, as we had no idea that a human being in Ath ens could sink so low iu tbo depth of brutality ns to wantonly and mali ciously insult an unprotected house hold, simply because the head ofthe family Jittered from them politically. But we soon discovered our error. When this Spewmob, in human form, passed our home, yell after yell went up for Speer, that was meant as an iiisultaml a taunt. But they preserv ed their worst for that return trip, when they marched back with Emory Speer at their head. It was then that they made the street in front of our residence hideous with their discord ant screams and insults, heaping tlie most contemptuous epithets upon os; and this, too, when only the unpro tected wife and little children ofthe writer were present to receive them. There were white men in tills profes sion—and men. too, who claim to lie our personal friends in spite nt politi cal ditlereuce. In fact, we heard ol ine or two instances where they at tempted to stoo the nioh, hut without: avail. IVe cannot believe that a white man would lend his aid and voice to such an infamous transaction. We do not think a white man iu Athens lias sunk that low in the scale. We believe this disgraceful proceeding to have eminated from that same mob of howling, brutish Zulus who attempt ed to break up Col. Candler’s meeting, and bad to be suppressed by the May or. And yet at the head of this mob rode Emory Speer, whose simple word or jesture would have quelled the insult. But did he make any such attempt! No! He rode in front of this howUng mob, and encouraged by his presence this act of shame. It is in keep ing with his late acts. A man who would stand across the street ami encourage a band of black outlaws to break up an honorable opponent’s meeting woultl not stop at anything, lie feels that he has sacrificed his self- respect upon the shrine of a selfish ambition, and we can conjure up no infamy lo which he would m>t stoop, judging from this crowing insult to a private family on Saturday night. Weaskthe reasoning, good citizens of tlie ninth district ran you, will you endorse a mun who heads a mob of drunken negroes to insult iuiiocentla- dies and children? Is there a deeper degradation to which a human being can stoop? With Speer elected what protection have our families against being insulted by his hirelings and mob? We pen tills not to make po litical capital, for we hold our private family as too sacred for such an infa mous purpose; hut as an insulted hus- bandand fattier we wish to express, in unmistakable terms, our indigna tion at such a villainous proceeding. Is there a decent Speer man in the dis trict but who will endorse us? We sav not. In comparison with this treatment we wish to cite the steps taken by the Athens Candler club tlie night Mr. Speer was to speak in our city. Al though that man had intruded* upon the appointment of our standard- bearer, we respected his rights, and it was agreed to iu our meeting that in the event of Mr. Speer’s address be ginning before Col. Candler’s arrival from DuniclHville, the route for our toreli-light procession was soclianged as not to pass the opera house, as we did not wish to disturb him. The route was also arranged so that the house of XI r. Speer was not to be pass ed, as we considered that a display gotten up for a rival would be disa greeable irtlaunted in the faces of his private family. In fact, the Candler men have always impressed upon their followers the iui)Kirtauce of preserving a respectful silence wi.en passing near tlie house where resided Mr. Speer's parents and wife and chil dren. This is certainly a happy com mentary upon the treatment that Mr. Speer metes out to his opponents, through Iiis howling, drunken ne groes. Mr. Speer 1 stating that as he hud se cured for Christy a certain office iu Washington,he was to do all his writ ing for this favor. Mr. Christy said then*was no such understanding and as tM work was laborious und had to be performed at night, he should be paid for it. Mr, Speer refused to pay Christy, und the other kept his letters bndei* the idea that as they were tlie C oducts ofhh own (Christy’s) labor, i* like any other laborer, had Allien upon them until paid for. Mr. Christy is a poor man with a family, and needed every cent due him by Mr. Speer to live upon. He wrote Mr. Speer letter after letter urg ing and begging him to pay him his money, till finally becoming exasper ated at the treacherous and contempt uous treatment of Mr. Speer, he wrote '•letter telling lilm as he had fooled and betrayed one who had worked and toiled botbday and night for him he Intended to publish his letters and E rove to the public that he likewise ad fooled and betrayed tlie people who had trusted and elected him. But the public has nothing to do witli tlie private quarrels of Mr. Speer and Mr. Christy. Thb question Is, lias not the constituefite of Mr. Speer the I lit! contents of these letters? "’He says not, lieeause they were obtained by improper means. Suppose a man living in Athens tins entered into a conspiracy with some one living in Atlanta to burn up Ath ens; and suppose lie has written a let ter to his accomplice appointing tlie night and giving all the details of the dastardly plot. The letter is directed, stamped and scaled, and he gives it to his private secretary to mail, a person (or whom lie has done many and last ing favors and in whom he has long confided and trusted. Suppose this person, instead of mailing the letter, breaks the seal,’ opens it, becomes possessed of its contents and gives tlie information to the people of Athens. X'ow, without going into the ques tion whether this man did right iu opening the letter, or whether it was linj duty to give the information thus obtained to the public, we simply ask have uot tlie people of Athens, after learning the contents of the letter, the right to aet upon the information, and save their property and their lives without stopping to inquire from whom or by ivliat method tlie informa tion was obtained? So with Mr. Speer; we charge that Mr. Christy has placed in our bands certain letters of Mr. Speer’s which show that he has entered into a foul conspiracy witli tlie radical party to capture this district. Now we ask. haven’t tlie voters of tlie fitli district the right to know the contents of these letters, and Knowing the coutents. Iiaien’t SPEER’S GRATITUDE. <•>/ 3f)flPW»wfwijfifH • NEW REASON FOR-1 APPOINTING “MY DEAR MAT- coutents, Iiaien’t they the , right to get upon the information, and Urse * JIr ' was lM » rn so,ue safe their pafty and their country, without stopping to enquire from whom or liy what methods tlie infor mation was obtained? The people have no interest iu tlie private quar rels and misunderstandings between Mr. Speer and JIr. Christ v. They de sire to know tl,e contents uf those lettees. And know On,,, the,; will or Hold Mr. Speer responsible at the ballot-box for withholding them. Let us consider Mr. Speer’s second, reason and see if there is any more substance in it than his first. In bis speeches Mr. Speer asks with greut assurance, “Would a merchant, a lawyer, a farmer, or any business man care to have iiis corres pondence laid before tlie public? And argues no more does a congressman care for his correspondence to he made public. Tlio diflic HE WAS HIS OLD NURSE AND OUR CONGRESSMAN FELT GRATE- T" ful •|:t v ! ?m I 1*4143 - -he; 1 The Kind of Taffy He Is Trying to Run Down The Throats of the Wool- Hat Boys- Evidence to Convict Emory or Devin ting From the Truth. Mr. Speer has already given about fifty reasons for appointing his “My Dear Mat” postmaster at Athens, but has never 4s yet touched upon tfie right one-s-that be thought by gi ving Iiis mulatto pet this olll6e he could con solidate the colored vote upon him. But by far the most ridiculous and far fetched reason yet given by “OurEm ory” was in his speech at Norcross the other day. He stated that his “Dear Mat” had nursed him (Speer) when a young and tender iufaut, and he owed him a debt of gratitude that he eould only repay by kicking a white democrat from the Athens post-office to give this friend of his childhood place. Now we can almost see a smile of sarcasm pass over tlie faces of our ol der citizens at this startling statement. l]he truth is, Emory’s intimacy with “My Dear Mat” is of very recent date. In fact, if we are not misinformed, it only began about the time Mr. Speer deserted the democratic ranks aud took up the independent banner. Mat Davis was a red-hot republican aud of course accepted Speer as a tool by which he could split the democracy. “My Dear Mat” was sold a little over 35 years ago to Dr. It. D. Moore, of this place, by Mr. Isaac VV. Woodridge, of Watkinsville, aud about 30 years ago he was sold by Dr. Moore to tile Hodg son Bros., and at no time was ever a MR. SPEERS INJUNCTION. Was Mr. Speer justified iu enjoining tins ollh-mfrom publishing ills politi cal I'l-iimi ? Tlie question is not whether he had the legal right to en join us; but whether the people of this district have the moral right to see them? A congressman could write a letter to a radical president selliugout himself and party, and yet tlie publi cation of tliis letter, as a matter of law, could lie enjoined, because it would be his property. But who would, for a moment, deny that this congressman's constituents would bavo a moral right to see such a letter? Mr. Speer there fore oan make (lothing’out of tho fact that Judge Erwin, as a mere legal prop osition, decided that we ooalil not pub-; li*h bis letters now in our possession. Judge Erwlu did uot decide* that it was not the duty of Mr, Speer ^s.* pub lic officer, as the ageni of the people, as a true man and a true democrM, to give the public these letters. He de cided a mere question of law. Mr. speerhas given three reasons why the lieople should excuse him for 'tiling this injunotion: 1st. Because, he says, the letters were obtained by improper methods; they were stolen by Mr. Henry Christy. 2d. Because they are his private cor respondence. and Iiis constituents have 110 right to see them. ,T ' 3d. Because, if we were permitted to publiah them, we would not pub lish the letters as they are, but oulyi garbled extracts from them. Now let tis take up each of these rea sons (and they are the only ones Mr. Speer has ever given, and view them in a calm, dispassionate and unbias ed spirit, with no intention of doing Mr. Speer any injustice, aud see if they are sufficient to the minds of fair and just men, of upright and intelli gent voters, to excuse him for with holding these letters from bis constit uents. First, as to their having been *;■ The difficulty with Mr. Speer’s illus- Jt. ; crA*.Aft* p hs'tirat*it is'not an antilagous ug case. The ease of the merchant, tlie lawyer, the farmer or the business mau is not the ease o£ tlie congress man. Tlie former are in no public position.s They hold no offices. They are not tlie agents or trustees ofthe l>eople. They are simply private citi zens engaged in their private and indi vidual avocations iu which the public has no interest and therefore no right to know anything about. But not so with tlie congressman. He holds an important public office. He is tlie agent—tlie trustee of tlie people. And his every word aud aet of an official character is not hisprieate nrnjwrtg—it is the property of the people. And this same people who have elected und trusted him have the right to know iiis official acts and words, whether in the congressional record or iu letters written to diflerent per sons, and know them they will or hold Mr. Speer responsible at tlie ballot- box for withholding them. In the third place, Mr. Speer says the people should excuse liim for en joining tliis office, because, if lie would permit us to publish his letters, we would not publish the truth, but only garbled extracts from them, and that he has made us a proposition as follows: If we will turn iiis letters over to him lie will have them pub lished. In reply, we -ay, as .Mr. Speer cannot trust us, and fears that we would publish only such extracts as suit our purposes, what assurance have we, if these letters were turned over to him that he would only publish inch extrude as mit his purposes. But to show the public our good faith in the mut ter, aud that we .would take no uufair advantage of Mr. Speer if we could, we, through Col. Candler, when he spoke iu AtheuH, tlie* night after Mr. Speer had first made his proposition, made him the following one: We would select a man, Mr. Speer select oue, aud these two select a third. We would turn over the letters to these three and let them write them our, line for line, word for word, just ns they were dictated by Mr. Speer. tVe would then give Mr. Speer a good aud sdiveut bond in tlie sum of one hundred thousand dollars, never to publish oue sentence or one word in any of these letters of a pri vate nature. This proposition was made nearly three weeks ago. Mr. Speer was in Athens at the time and lias been here three or four times since; besides it has repeatedly ap- peared ill the columns of tliis paper. But not a wi l d from Mr. .Speer. Ye lumest (lemui-rats of tlie Dtli dis trict, read the two above proposition aud say as fair men, which is tlie fair er? If there is nothing in these letters Mr. Speer is ashamed or afraid for his constituents to see, why don’t he re move iiis injunction under our propo sition? His wail about private letters, garbled extracts, etc., goes for naught under our proposition. And every fair and honest mail will so decide. And remember Mr. Speer told tlie people before leaving Washington, through hi* organ at Gainesville, so soon us lie returned home lie would re move his injunction and let these let ters come; that all he wanted was to be here in pengm to explain them to Uie people. He lias returned. He has been over the district twice, and it is now tfbly two weeks till the elec tion ; and still the people are ignorant’ of what the letters couiain. We who hold these letters; who haveseeu and read them, have charg ed Mr. Spudr with having entered iuto a foul conspiracy with the radical, party, and that if their contents could only be made: public, there is not a white mun .in tlie district who would sup]H>rt him' Now there is but one conclusion to which honest, fair- minded men can come, and that is a* Mr. Speer has refused to lift Iiis in junction lib stands to-day convicted of having entered Into a foul conspi racy with the radical party, to radi calize and Africanize his district. . Democrats of the grand old ninth, read and poniler over these Lines lie f ire casting your votes- They have been penned in no spirit of enmity tofirarad Mr. Speer. ’We have uot ut tered one single word of abuse against him. The time has come when all true'and honest patriots must vote for principle! and not men. And when tbey|then vote It will be for A. D* Candler, against Emory Speer. where in the middle portion of Geor gia, and when an infant Mat was making big money for his owners as a blacksmith. It is not reasonable to suppose that they would have taken a first-class mechanic from his work to hire him ont as a nurse. Mat never belonged to any of the 8peer family. But this newly discovered trait of imaginary gratitude in Emory is touching, when we compare it to his treatment of the Christy family, who had sacrificed a valuable property to elect him. But it does show the ends to which this man will stoop. Hate he makes a most ridiculous assertion, when he knows it will be contradict ed, with the faint hope that a few of hishearers may not find out the-truth before the election. We are anxious to know the next reason Emory will give for “My Dear Mat’s” appointment. Why don't he come out and tell the whole truth and then throw himself upon tlie mercy of the people? Let him say that lie 'bought he could pull the wool over tlie eyes of tlie mountain boys,,and also consolidate the colored vote In the lower counties by giving his mu latto pet the best office at his dicta tion! But he lias failed in both direc tions. DEMOCRATS, READ AND CONSID ER. Notwithstanding tlie dark cloud of treachery under which Mr. Emory Speer is making his campaign, we are sur prised to see some reasoning, educated men who still cling to liim. It is true that they are few and fa.- between, but nevertheless yon find such in nearly ev ery neighborhood. In most of these in stances you can trace tile hand of selfish ness. Either tlie party himself holds or expects office from Mr. Speer, or some of their relatives do. Such men, of course, look upon politics as an object of gain, and sensible men will value their politieol advice at just what it is worth. They are simply talking for of fice—not for tlie good of tlie country. Other men are tied to Mr. Speer by im aginary debts of gratitude. While lawyer lie got them or their friends out of some serajie, and although lie was well paid for his services they feel hound to Support him. There is auoth- class who are brought over to Mr. Speer through tlie touch of flattery. “Our Emory” knows thecaihre of such men, and tuakes them believe that his success hinges upon their individual support. Then there are the min who never change from a stand when they take it. They conscientiously voted for Speer tlie tirst time lie rail, and would consid er it a degrading concession if they now hungi'd. It is tliis class of men who first said a house was sixteen f-ot high and stuck to it. And last comes the in dividual who always waits (or his neigh bors to take a stand, when lie deliber ately climbs on the opposite side of the fence. He is not a bad man, Imt would sooner lie caught stealing n sheep than agreeing with the great mass of his peo ple. These heterogeueons elements, iu a great measure, make tip Mr. Speer’s leading supporters. Their friends and neighbors know exactly theirinlibrc ami weigh their words accordingly. Add to this a fair sprinkling of honest laborer*, who have nqt posted themselves in the politic* of the country, and are conse quently tlie victims of tlie] Qrst .smooth tongued ' politician that comes along. They are a* honest in their convictions its yon or I,“bat when they once take a stand are the haidcst element to move. They close their ears to nny argument except <>n their own side, aud It is difll cult, jjO .Change them—although when you do there is not a truer set ol voters umler the sun. Now most of the classes we have enu merated above are gotdamt true citizens and souml fn their democracy. They indignantly resent the charge of helping to radicalize their section, and it wouldn’t tie healthy to accuse them of it to their face. But some of them may be yet open to conviotlon, and to such we indite this editorial. Mr. Speer says that he is as good a democrat as Col. Candler. We ask you does hia record show It? When our con gressman refused to go into a democratic caucus he then put himself beyond the pale of party affiliation. That unity of action is necessary to the success of every organization, any sensible map there a ejnMch^a cor- potatlon . or any i maimer of orp body but is governed by the majority? Where will you find bet ter organization than in the republican ranks? and if tiie democrats ever hoi>e to regain power it must be by meeting a solid front with unbroken ranks. When Mr. Speer refused to unite with his party, he that day forfeited the Bupport of every democrat. But this is not all. After deserting the flag under which he was elected, Mr. Speer refused further cu-operuticm tion with his party, except in eases when they had an unmistakable majority and It would have been wasting bis vote to have gone with the republicans. By examining the Congressional Record we find that he in many instances not on ly voted in direct opposition to the in terests of his section and party, but lent his aid to some of the most disreputable steals of public money known iu the cor rupt history of the republican party. At a time, too, when a fair issue was made of democracy vs. radicalism Emo ry Speer deserted his post of duty. These are no false charges, but every one can be .substantiated. Mr. Speer’s friends boast of his great influente-with the stalwart administra tion, anil erven Mr. Speer has touched up on this matter iu hi* speeches. Do you not know that ’.he republican party nev er gives unless they expect to receive something in return? In wliat way has Mr. Speer to repay them except by be traying the party that elected him ? This we have evidence in our possession that lie lias done,and had lie lilted his injunc tion from tliis office the people, too, would have tit-een convinced of the fact. It is not republican patronage that we are asking for, but Hie political right of otir section. It a few offices for Mr. Speer’s chosen frienns and his negro pets i* nil that we expect of a congress man then why not centre upon aud elect an out-anil-out republican at once? Had we n it f ir better have an open p >- litleal enemy in congress than a traitor- our friend? For the sake of perhaps a dozen men receiving office, must we elect a man who openly boasts of his friendship and influence with the ene my ? Mr. fqieer has never satisfactorily cleared his skirts of Mat Davis’ appoint ment. Ilehas tried to extenuate this act by harping upon the garbled Pledger ndorsement signed by a few men, and reading a letter from Gov. Colquitt en dorsing Pledger’s private character six months before Dr. Orr’s time expired: hut with their acts a* private citizens we have nothing to do. Mr.Speerto- day stands convicted of having a color ed man appointed postmaster at Athens simply for the reason that lie thought it would consolidate the negro vote for him. Were that injunction lifted we could show you oth.-r instances where he has promised iiis black leaders office ever democrats. He cared nothing for the humble colored voter, but counted upon them being led like sheep by the chosen few. Another grave charge against Mr. Speer is his determination not to let his constituents see those political letters, that convict him of conspiring with the radical party. We have sufficiently ven tilated that matter in another column, which we ask you to carefully read. Now not ns a partisan, but as a demo crat, we ask you to carefully study these arguments. We do not see how any reasoning man can longer support Mr. Speer, cloaked, as he is, by oue of the blackest and most vulnerable records tlmt ever disgraced a southern congress man. Remember, when you vote fol ium you vote to radicalize Georgia. This we know aud can prove, if the above tes timony is uot sufficient to convince you. Are you ready to see the horrrs of Bul- lockisin revived? Are you ready to -urn your district over again to a party that insulted our people and robbed our treasury? Are you willing to see our highest offices filled with Emory Speer’s black pets and unworthy men? Are you so lost to reason und argument as to blindly follow a man who stands before you reeking with tlie corruption of rad icalism? We believe not! If you are still open to reason, examine for your self Emory Speer’s record before it is Fio late. The Speer-Davis Banner Flaunted in His Face. The Mountains Wild with Enthusi asm for Candler. The other day, when Mr. Speer pass ed Flow ery Branch, he was met at the depot by n delegation of over one hu'i- A'led fpjijt. £»!U)J$r men, who ranged ., thctueelve* "in a line^iod gave three rousing cheers for the-''one-eyed plow- bov” as Speer’s smiling face appeared at the window. They had also along a campaign banner, with “My Dear Mat’s’ picture on one side and “Our Emory’s” on the other. From the mouth of the latter was protruding the words, “keep an eye on Mr. Pledger.” The crowd boarded the same train with Speer, and kept the banner that spoke of hia depre dation suspended o’er Ills head. At every station he passed he was serenaded with the tune of “My Dear Mat.” He W;is the worst hacked man ever seen, for lie saw that the great mass of intelligent people were a unit against him. His speech in Dahlonega was a failure and lost him votes. Judge McDonald arose in theuudicnee and repeated the propo sition that Col. Candler made about the Christy letters. Mr. Speer denied hear ing it before, although we have wrung it in iiis ears every day and he had several of hi* friends present at the speaking, hut when pressed Mr. Speer would not say that he would accept. He is telling iu the mountain counties that Col. Can dler was a secessionist, but this was prov ed by Col. Caniller to be utterly false. We learn that the mountain counties are ablaze with enthusiasm for Candler, and it is now doubtful of Speer carrying a single county north of the Air-Line. ALLEN D. *CANDLER. Banks Co., Ga., Oct. 23d, 1K82. Editor Banner-Watchman:—Think ing a history of the early life cf Col. A. 1). Candler would bo of interest to your many readers, I thought I would write it out for publication, as there are many voters in the ninth district that would he interested in hearing nil about his early life. Whilst quite young, his father moved to Jackson county, in the neighborhood of Mays- ville. Whilst the family lived there, the ohl man, Daniel G., taught a school iu my neighborhood. I pat ronized the school. At the close of the school he sent Allen around to his patrons to collect. He came to my house, quite a small boy, and told bis business. I was astonished to see such a small lad going round attend ing to important business. I soon found, however, upon talking to him, that he was very sharp, and well cal culated to do all such business. That fall Cajit. D. G. Candler moved down to my neighborhood, for the benefit of a good school we had tlu-re, when I took Allen in as a copartner in selling goods. From that time on, for six or seven years, l was with Col. A. I). almost daily, except when he was oil' teaching or going to school. He staid iu the store a great part of his time, when at home, and I have often re marked that he was the most correct boy to do business I ever saw. If I was gone from home and had left Allen in the store, I knew everything would Vie carried out correctly. He was raised very poor, and had to work and teach all the time, as his father had a large family to support. Allen’s greatest ambition was to get a good education, anil he used every etl'ort in his power‘to succeed. He would teach awhile and then gc to school awhile, until he prepared himself to enter college, when lie went down to Pen field and entered Mercer Univer sity, where he graduated with honor. As soon as he came out of school he went to Jonesboro and commenced teaching a high school there. I thought so much ot him that I sent two of my children to school to him at Jonesboro. After he got his educa tion, with the first money lie made he put upa good house at Homer, and gave it to his mother for a home du ring her life. When you see a child have such reverence for a mother as Col. Candler had for his, you may know his heart is in the right place. Col. Candler is truly a self-made man, never having had any opportunities, except such as lie struggled and made for himself. When the war broke out he went with a company of volunteers from Banks, and was attached to the 34tli Georgia regiment, under Col. John ston, where he staid until the surren der. He was with Gen. Bragg in his march through Kentucky, and was at Vicksburg during the siege there— was then transferred back to Georgia, In his Dahlonega speech Mr. Hpeer stated that Col. Candler is as compe tent to represent the district as he (Speer) was four years ago; but he lias now the experience on iiis side. Yes, “Our Emory,” but the people have a 1 and in the battles around Atlanta— little experience, too; and that expe rience will consign you to oblirion. Lawslie’s team in last week's Filth- Slinger is just the team that “Our Emory” is riding out of congress on, with Lawslie as the third 1.allied ani mal aud “My Dear Mat" as the sor rel mule, and, although it is a sorry team, the load is light and they go at a headlong pace. • Several of Sir. Speer’s white friends expressed themselves as mortified at the disgraceful action of his Zulus, on Saturday night. They say that after the negroes got hold of whisky they eould not longer control them. And yet of such are the great bulk of Speer’s supporters! Candler is to-day elected by a rous ing majority if iiis friends will only keep up their good work until sunset on the 7th of November. We have not a moment to lose. Speer and his men are desperate, and will stop at no ends to strengthen his forlorn hope. Let the democrats in every militia district be thoroughly organized for eleotion day. We want tiot only chal lengers, but a good working Commit tee at every precinct. See that we have a fair election, and that no ille gal ballot goes into the box. We heard several parties announce that if Speer was elected their proper ty In Athens would be for sale; as he had so worked upon the passion and prejudices'of a certaiu element that it would be very distasteful to longer live in the city. “Gentlemen of the Banks County Guards,” what do you think of Speer's assertion that Col. Candler quailed be fore him? A man who has braved as many dangers as Allen Candler would scarcely tremble in the presence of “Our Emory.” t 1- . >. Mat Davis receive* a salary of $2,000 a year, Heard $L000and Pledger about $1,200. Thus you see that Mr. Speer has given the moist lucrative offices at his dictation to his negro pets. He gives his white friends the most mi nor positions. ■ was in the battle at Jonesboro, where he had his eye shut out. He made a brave soldier, and since the war has done well for himself; and if you want a man to do well for you, take one that has done well for himself. If he attends well to his own business, he will attend well to yours. Col. Candler is, and lias always been dem ocratic to the core, aud as firm in his principles as a silver dollar. If lie is small iu statue, he lias a head full of brains, and if you elect him, we will have another commoner in congress, in place of Mr. Stephens. Allen will certainly represent his constituents with honor, and will not be afraid for any of Iiis public acts to eonte before his constituents and fellow-citizens. I am done. You can plainly see by my manner of writing, that I am not iu tlie habit of writing for the public eye, but 1 feel the importance of this election. I am a hard-shell democrat, and have never followed oft any other party. I reckon I was born a demo crat, for ever siuce I cau remember I have always loved the old Jeffersonian democracy. And now, my indepen dent friends, stop before you are led in the ranks of radicalism; come back and see if you are not deviating from tlie principles taught us byCobb,Hill- yer, Jackson, and hosts of others; come back to the fold of good old Jeffersonian democracy, and walk up to tlio polls oh the 7th November and deposit your vote for A. D. Candler, the laboring man’s frieud, and the Commoner ofthe Ninth district ar.d I don't think you will ever regret it. Banks is all right; there are four districts iu the county solid for the plow-boy. John W. Pruitt. Little do the good people iu the country know the dire curse they are inflicting upon the citizens of Athens when they vote for Emory Speer. He has demoralized our elections and turned Athens into a political hell. His snceess would be a fearful calami ty upon the prosperity of out city. A man who will try to buy the edi torial columns of a newspaper will , not hesitate an instant to buy your vote. Such a man is Emory Speer.