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MILNER & HARRIS,
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-<CARTERBVILEE, GA.
Oltice on West Main Street. julylß
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ATTORN TC Y - -A. T - LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE (up-stairs) in the brick building, cor
m roll M .ll n A Erwin street*. _ July 18.
W. T. WOFFORD,
A T'r OItMTCA" - A r r -LAW,
AND—
DEALER IN REAL ESTATE,
< \ss STATION', RAUTOW COUNTY, GA.
JNO. 1.. MOON, • DOUGLAS WIKI.E.
MOON & WIKLE, <l
A 1 torneys-at-Lfi w,
* UA RTKKSYILLE, GA.
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jf;>7v office in Bank Block, over the Postoffice.
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R. 11. TRU’PB. J. M.NKKL
TRIPPE & NEEL,
\\T ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS,
\ V both State and Federal, except BaUtow
•ounty criminal court. .1. M. Neel alone will
iraoU< vu* **aid last muntioued court. Office La
iiSTOBm*-! nu iit'f 01 court house hnildßig. feb27
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GRAHAM & FOUTE,
ATV r r O 1 1 1 ST Id YB-A T- LA NY,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Practice in all the courts tit Bartow county, the
Superior Courts of North-west Georgia, and the
Supreme Court! at Atlanta.
office west side public up-stairs over
Wfi. AV. W teft MMMM mnrfrwmmi door south *of
Postoffice. j uly is.
and A M ES b! CON VERS,
ATT <*> 11 N Id Y - A r r -Li A W ]
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Notftr*y Public,
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(Office: Bank block, up-stairs.) , .
WrTX PRACTICE IN THE COURTS OF
the Cherokee and adjoining circuits.
-Prortipt attention gtven to all business. (Jo 1-
1 actions made a specialty. june2oQy
F. M. JOHNSON, Dentist,
(Office over Stately & Williams store.)
CA KT Eas V ll,l. K, Ct EOIKi IA.
I WILL FIL j TEETH, EXTRACT TEETH,
and put in teeth, ur do any work in my line
at prices to suitt lie times:
J;r ,y*Work al. warranted. Refer to my pat*
ronk*all over the county.
augls-ly. -F.jir. joitnson.
JOItN T. OWEN,
(At Sayre .% Co.’s Drug Store,)
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
A l TILL sell Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
\\ Spectacles, Silver and Silver-Plated
Goods, and will sell them as cheap as they can
he bought anywhere. Warranted to prove as
represented. All work done by me warranted
to give satisfaction. Give me a call. julylS.
Traveler’s Ghiide.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.
'l'he following is the present passenger sched
ule:
NIGHT PASSENGER —UP.
Leave Atlanta 8:00 pm
Leovo (.'artoruville 4:58 pm
Leave Kingston 5:19 pm
Leave Dalton 7:10 p m
Arrive at Chattanooga 8:47 pm
NIGHT PASSENGER-DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga . . . . . . . 5:25 pm
Leave Dalton •. ... 7:10 pm
Leave Kingston 8:89 pm
Leave Cartersvillc 9:05 pm
Arrive at Atlanta 11:00 p m
DAY PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlanta 5:20 am
Leave t artersvillo .. 7:23 am
Leave Kingston ; 7:49 am
Leave Dalton 9:21 am
Arrive at Chattanooga 10:56 am
I)Ay PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 0:15 am
ijeave Dalton 8:10 a m
Leave Kingston 9:43 am
Leave Cartersvillc 10:11am
Arrive at Atlanta . v . . . . . . ,12:05 pm
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—UP.
Leave Atlanta s:lopm
Arrive at Cartersvillc • 7:22 p m
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—DOWN.
Leave Cartersvilfe . 0:05 am
Arrive at Atlanta . . . . . • . 8:15 am
(COOSA RIVER NAVIGATION.
Ou and after December 16th, 1878, the following
schedule will be run by the Steamers MAGNO
LIA or ETOWAH BILL:
Leave Rome Tuesday Sam
Arrive at Gadsden Wednesday . . 6am
Leave Gadsden Wednesday 7pm
Arrive at Rome Thursday . spm
Leave Rome Friday Bam
Arrive at Gadsden Saturday . . . . 7am
Arrives at Greensport 9am
Arrive at Rome Saturday 6pm
„L 18. EtUOTT, President and Gen’Kßup t.
<111: ID >K KI: RAILROAD.
On and after Monday, Sept. 1, 1879, the train
on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday
etywßU'dj: - * * _f *
tJSaveCarters vine 7:40 a m
Arrive at Stilesbora 8:80 am
Arrive at Taylorsville 8:52 am
Arrive at Rock mart 10:00 a m
Arrrive-at terminus 10:50 am
RETURNING.
TAave terminus . 1 3:00 pm
Arrive at Rockmart 3:40 pm
Arrive at Taylorsville 4:45 pm
Arrive at Stilesboro 5:13 pm
Aarrive at Cartersvillc 6:00 p m
liOME RAILROAD COMPANY
On and after Monday, November 17, the Rome
Railroad will run two trains daily, as follows:
MORNING TRAIN.
LeAve Rome daily . . . . . . • • 6:30 am
Return to Rome daily . . . . • • .40 00 am
EVENING TRAIN.
Leave Rome daily (except Sundays) . 5:00 pm
Arrive at Rome 8:00 pm
Both trains will make connection with W. & A.
R. U. at. Kingston, to and from Atlanta and
south. KIIKN
Jas. A. Smith, President.
G. P. Agt.
I) uF F oBE E X HOUSE,
Dalton, Ga.
THE BEST and CHEAPEST HOTEL
On the Ken nosaw Route.
BREAKFAST AND SUPPER HOUSE FOR
PASSENGERS.
Spec ial Attention GiVen to the Comfort and Con
venience of Lady Passengers and guests.
Reading and Sample Rooms tor Commercial
Travelers.
Board per day, $2.00; Meals, 50 eta.
Railroaders, County and Stockmen, half
fare. | !
THEO. E. SMITH. J. W. PRITCHETT.
SMITH A; PRITCHETT
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
PROPOSE TO BUY AND SELL ALL KINDS
of Real Estate in Cgrtersville and Bartow
■county, on commission. They have on hand for
sale several desirable farms located in different
parts of the county.
They respectfully solicit Business of all par
ties desiring to sell or buy town property or
farming lauds. Their terms will be reasonable.
Office in Planters’ and Miners’ bank, Cartors-
Ue, Ga._ 9e PU
tiie national hotel,
The only llrst-blsss hotel in
DALTON, GEORGIA-
Rates per day : : : : • : *
Rates pa-week : : : : • ; no
Rates per month : :
Lar'e Sample Rooms for Commercial Travel -
ers. L'ostotlice in the building.
jWJ ° j. Q. A. LEWIS, Proprietor.
VOLUME 11.
M. LIEBMAN & BRO.,
Going out of Business!
POSITIVELY SELLING OUT AT COST.
TIFING FULLY DETERMINED TO GIVE UP OUR BUSINESS HERE WE WILL SELL
J ) from now on until our ENTIRE STOCK of
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATB,
DRYGOODS, CLOTHINC, HATS,
DRY COODS, CLOTHINC, HATS,
mb # % %, P $
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, VALISES,
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, VALISES,
BOOTS. SHOES, TRUNKS, VALISES,
. , A
Is Sold at and Below NEW YOHK COST.
nwunnwimnii—nfr imiiiiimniirVMli — ’ 4
If possible we will wind up our business by the First Of September next, but any goods
Hve may have on hand then, . *
WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION.
We mean business this time— no child’s talk, so if you want to secure BARGAINS you nad,
better call early and secure choice of goods while our stock is complete yet.
Bear In Wlind Our Whole Stock will Have to be Sold by the First of
September, and any Goods left on hand will be sold at Auction, to
gether with Store Fixtures:
Show Oases, Eoolving Glasses, Bedsteads, \Vai*d
robes, Desks, Chairs Etc., Etc.
Our Business in Nashville requires our Full Attention, which Com
pels us to Give up Here. Respectfully,
M. LIEBMAN & BRO.
Cartersville, Georgia.
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P. S. We will Positively from now on not sell any Coods except for
CASH.
Those Parties indebted to us will please call at once and settle
their account.
All Accounts not settled by the first of July next, will be given in
the hands of our lawyer for collection.
3-iB-2m M. LIEBMAN A BRO.
- ■ READ THIS PLEASE! I
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REMEMBER WHEN YOTJ GO TO BUY:
: YOTTR :
SPRING AND SUMMER DRY GOODS. CLOTHING, —
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Notions, Shoes, Hats, Etc., Etc.,
BOYD Ac HARLAN, ;
•Romo, Greorgia.
We are offering a fffoek, which for magnitude,-quality, style and beauty is not surpassed by
and equaled Vy hut fewrin JJorth Georgia,
jgigjg*SPECIAL ATTENTION is called to our enormeus stock of
Scotcli Dress Gingbams, Dress Linen, Grass Cloth,
Figured Lawns and Piques, White and Col’d, Hamburg Edgings
Insertings, Marseilles, Quilts, Etc., Etc.
Our stock in these goods surpass anything in this market. Our stock of
Dress Goods, Custom Made Shoes, . Cassimeres,
Straw Hats, Millinery Goods, GenDC Furnishing Goods,
is extensive and varied.
We have some extra bargains and will make prices so low on everything, that you can t help but
bciiv2 nleased. Come to see us or send for Samples and prices. Respectfully,
4 15-2 m BOYD Sl HARLAN.
CAMP, GLOVER Ac C 0,,
51 and 53 Broad Street, ROME, CA.
OUR SPRING STOCK OF STAPLE DRY GOODS, BOOTS,
Shoes, Hats, Carpets, Etc.,
Is unusually large, and merchants will find our prices the very lowest. Large stock of
Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Ladies’ and Gents’ lies,
Kid Gloves from 20 cents to #2.50 per Pair,
Lace Top Kid Gloves, Latest Style.
Our Spring Stock of DRESS COODS hare been selectee, with mat care, and is the lar*e.t
in North Georgia. TRIMMINGS to match every piece of goods.
Ladies ordering by mail can rely on getting what they want.
B. aeHck* Patterns A>r sale. • Samples sent on C
tom prices. ( 3 ~l s ) ———
Notice to Debtors anti Creditors.
A LL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE ES
TATE of S. M. Franks, deceased, are here
by notified to come forward and settle, and ail
persons holding claims against said estate ar .
notified to present them to us properly pr? v ®J>
within the time prescribed by law. w • ’* •
Padgette, atEurarlee, Georgia, is authorized uy
us to receive and receipt tor all money duer saui
estate in our names. This March 25th, 1880.
KENNEDY TAYLOR, Adm’r., and
ELIZA J. FRANKS, adm’n’x of
0 S. M, Franks, deceased.
■ mpm • * - * * ■■ ■- . .• —- - . j. . , - _ % .•* -• . i
ST. JAMES HOTEL,
(Cartersvflle, Georgia.)
milE UNDERSIGNED HAS RECENTLY
I taken charge of this elegant new hotel. It
lias been newly furnished and shall he first-class
in all respects.
SAMPLE ROOM FOR COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS.
Favorable terns to
panies. fjanlS] L. C. MOSS, Frofijeter.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1880.
STEPHENS AND GORDON.
Hun. A. H. Stephens Replies to Senator
Gordon’s Certificate Letter on the
Census Appointments.
Washington, D. C., 17th April, 1880.
—Mr. Wm. 11. Nroore, Editor Evening
Xews, Augusta, Ga. Dear Sir—l no
tice in the C hroniolc and'Constitutionalist
of the 9th inst. a communication frpaa
Gen. Gordon, reviewing my letter to you
of the 27th ult. in vinaTcatlpp of myself
against charges involving my personal
integrity. Upon this Communication I
wish to make some comments for the
public, and must again avail myself of
your proffered kindness in tendering me
the use of your columns for that purpose.
Gen. Gordon sets out by stating that it
was not his purpose to be a party to any
controversy with me. This Is certainly
a strange announcement by him in such
a paper; All the controversy I have had'
upon the subject was lie gun by him. He
was flie original moving party. I was
the defender. Whatever of dispute there
may be between him and myself in this
matter he originated. He was the ag
gressor at flrst, hor have I said or written
anything upon the questions under dis
cussion except in defense of my own
honor and integrity against his assaults
and the assaults of his friends, receiving
his countenance, if not his sanction. • “
Gen. Gordon’s publication assails two
points in my letter of defense, and to sus
tain these assaults, four letters', one from
Senator Morgan, one from Senator Har
ris, and two from Gen. Walker, superin
tendent of census, are produced with
something of a flourish. On these letters
F have some comments to make, but for
a clear understanding Of these comments
and all the questions involved, some pre
vious matters must be presented in a
preliminary way.
First. Then, let it be borne in mind
that I made no charge against Gen. Gor
don for his conduct in the matter of the
appointment of census supervisor iq our
district. That was a matter of too small
importance to me. I simply defended
my own conduct; his I did nOt under
stand, nor do I understand it yet, but
more of .this when it comes to be viewed
us it appears in the tangled-web of the
records he has produced.
Second. Let it be remembered that a
telegram was sent from this city to the
Savannah News on the night of the 14th
of January, a few days jjd’ter Gen. Gor
don’s interview with me, stating that the
nominations 6f the supervisors of cenStis
would be sent to the senate the next day,
and giving the names of the five from
Georgia, stating that “the selection of the
two democrats is due to the efforts of
Representative Nicholls and Senator
Gordon.” Further on in the same tele
gram is the statement that “McWhorter
is the choice of Mr. Stephens.” This
telegram, sent by a friend of Gen. Gor
don, was extensively circulated in that
class of Georgia papers which are usually
as extravagant in.their laudations of him
as they are in their censures nf me.
Third. Let the telegram of this city to
the Baltimore Sun, of the 7th of Februa
ry, to which I replied through your
paper on the same day, not be forgotton.
This telegram gave a one-sided and most
unjust account of what had occurred in
the committee the day before. It evi
dently emanated in matter and substance
from Gen. Gordon.
Fourth. Let it also be borne in mind
that after the occurrences in the census
committee on the 6th of February, and
my reply to the version of it in the Balti
more Sun, there appeared a telegram in
the Atlanta Constitution, of the 24th of
February, with the heading: “llow it
Was the Quarrel Took Mr.
Stephens Allowed a Friend to Fall by
the Wayside, Making the Appointment
of a Republican Possible —The Real
Cause of the Quarrel,” and in which,
among other things, was the following:
“Dr. Casey, of Columbus, applied for
the position of supervisor, and was re
commended by Mr. Stephens. Dr. Ca
sey and Mr. Stephens have been life-long
friends, socially, personally and politi
cally. Mr. Stephens also recommended
Mr. McWhorter, who received the ap
pointment. Gen. Gordon went to see
the commissioner to urge, the appoint
ment of Dr. Casey, and was told by the
commissioner that Mr. Stephens had en
dorsed both Dr. Casey and Mr. McWhor
ter. He told Gen. Gordon also that he
had determined to' appoint, one or the
other of these two gentlemen. Gen.
Gordon immediately called at Mr. Ste
phens’ rooms and urged him to go and
seethe commissioner with him, saying:
“I have my carriage at the door, Mr.
Stephens, and if you will go to the com
missioner and say you want Dr. Casey,
you can have him appointed.” Mr, Ste
phens declined to g 5, saying there were
complications in the matter, and he
would not go. Gen. Gordon again urged
him, and lie then said: “You tell the
commissioner Casey is my flrst choice.”
“No,” replied Gordon, “that won’t do
any good; you must see him in person,
and we Cali go now.” Mr. Stephens
still declining, Gen. Gordon left. A few
days afterwards McWhorter was ap
pointed. Now, when they met in the
committee room, the matter was brought
up, by Mr. Stephens,saying that Gordon
had been talking about him and interfer
ing in his district, or words to that effect.
Gordon then said: “Mr. Stephens, this
will force me, in justice to myself,, to tell
this committee what did occur between
us.” Gordon then detailed substantially
the foregoing account. When Gordon
reached that part in which he sard Mr.
Stephens had recommended both Casey
and McWhorter for the same place, Ste
phens interrupted him, saying: ‘I de'py
that I recommended both of them.’
‘Beware of what you say, Air. Stephens,’
replied Gen. Gordon, ‘for the records
are near at hand, and we can see who is
right.’ ”
This telegram-was sent by “C. H. W.”
(Charles Howard Williams), a close,
personal friend of Gen. Gordon, then
bolding an official position in one of the
departments here, mainly, if not entirely,
through Gen.. Gordon’s influence. It is
not presumable, therefore, that this tele
gram was sent without his sanction or
that of some of his immediate friends.
The general facts of the dispatch I
promptly announced as untrue, but if
Gen. Gordon has ever dented" any por
tion of it, so far as he is concerned, I am
not aware of it. But his last publication
under review seems chiefly to have been
made with a view of establishing the
truth of all its essential facts.
With this premise as 'to antecedent
facts, setting forth the real issues of this
controvercy between me and Gen. Gor
don, the object, purpose and scope of my
letter to you on the 27th ult. was utterly
to deny these statements, coining from
his known and intimate friends, if not
directly by his authority. In doing this
I made five distinct statements as fol
lows :
1. It is utterly untrue that in the ap
pointment of the supervisor in the sec
ond district I “left my life-long friend,
Dr. Casey, on the wayside.” During a
long life I have never turned my back
upon a foe, and much less upon a friend.
2. It is utterly untrue that I was in
any way “complicated” in General Wal
ker’s office with a “recommendation of
Dr. Casey,” aud “endorsement of Judge
McWhorter.”
J. U utterly untrue that when Gen
eral Gordon stated to me in tbe senate
census committee that I was so “com
plicated,” and 1 denied it, that he said:
“Bewarej the record is close at hand.”
Nothing of the sort occurred at that
meeting.
4. It is utterly untrue that . General
Gordon called upon me at any time with
his carriage at the doot* and asked me to
go with him to General Walker’s office,
that we might secure I)r. Casey’s np-
I ointment.
5. It is true that General Gordon did
call at my office the day before tbe ap
dointment of supervisors for Georgia was
made. It was about four o’clock" in the
evening. Quite a number of friends
were in my parlor at the time. He came
in hastily and asked my company to ex
cuse him for asking a conference with
me for a few moments on business. I
immediately rolled into my bed cham
ber, where he entered, and said: “Gen
eral Walker is about to appoint the su
pervisors of census for Georgia, and
asked me to come up here and see you
and know whom you wish for tbe sec-'
ond district.”
I replied: “I have seen General Wal
ker myself on that Subject. I called to
see ldm soon after my arrival in this city
last November. ItSvfcs after I had learn
ed that the state yvas to bp divided into
census districts. 1 told, him I had sev
eral persons who* by the division of the
state was embraced in the second census
district, and while I had not a word to
abate in anything 1 had said as. to the
competency and ability of any of them,
yet, as Dr. Casey was the flrst whom I
recommeded, perhaps, of any applicant
in the state —having the recommendation,
in addition to mine, of both senators,
with the governor of the and sev
eral of the most prominent nietnbers of
the legislature—T should insist upon his
appointment for the second district.
“General Walker,” I said, “fully un
derstands my position.”
Tfleh I asked Gen. Gordon, “Whom
are you for for that district?”
He replied, “I am for Casey.”
“Well, then,” said I, “go back and
tejl General Walker I say appoint Dr.
Casey. lie was my first recommendation
and is my last.”
General Gordon immediately left'my
room. The interview did not last over
three minutes. L felt perfectly satisfied
that Dr. Casey would be appointed. Gen.
Gordon made no report to me, and I
have never jtet seen him from that day
to this, except in the senate census com
mittee,,on the 6th of. February
I might have added that of the several
applicants whom I had recommended as
stated to Gen. Walker, who by the divis
ion had fallen in the same district, Mr.
McWhorter was not one, nor was any of
them a republican. They were all dem
ocrats. It is proper to also state here
that in my Letter of the 27th ult. as pub
lished, tbe word “when” was somehow
improperly transposed. This error is cor
rected in the copy I now send you.
Gen. Gordon waiving all notice of the
others, selects the second, third and
fourth clauses, of these “positive state
ments” of mine, and in confutation of
them simply submits the letters of Sena
tors Morgan and Harris, which I give in
full, that he may have all the benefit he
can derive from them :
Washington, April sth, 18S0.— Hon.
John B. Gordon. —Dear Sir: In reply to
your note of this date, I give you my rec
ollection of what was said by you and
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens in refer
ence to Dr. Casey and Mr. McWhorter
on the occasion to which you refer. You
stated that you had a conversation with
General Walker, superintendant of cen
sus, and went immediately to Air. Steph
ens’ room and informed him of your con
versation with General Walker; that you
requested Air. Stephens to go with you
to Gen. Walker, and unite with you in
asking fer Dr. Casey’s appointment; that
Air. Stephens declined to go with you,
and gave as his reason that he had rec
ommended other persons, of whom Air.
McWhorter Was one. Thereupon Mr.
Stephens denied that he had recommended
Air. McWhorter. You said: “Take care,
Mr. Stephens, the records are close at
hand.” Air. Stephens rejoined that he
“had endorsed Air. McWhorter, but he
had not recommended hint, and he had
so stated to you.” Air. Stephens further
more stated*that he had said to you that
you could say to General Walker that he
preferred Dr. Casey, or that he was his
flrst choice.
You then said that you had stated to
General Walker what. Air. Stephens had
said to you, but that it was unavailing
and Air. McWhorter was appointed.
Very truly yours, John T. Morgan.
[ Endorsement of the foregoing by Sen
ator Harris.]
Alv recollection of what passed upon
the occasion referred to above corres
ponds with that expressed by General
Gordon stated that when lie called at the
l-oom of Air. Stephens that Air. Stephens
invited him into a private room, aiid
thatrwhen in the room he said to Air.
Stephens that he believed that if he would
go with him to see General Walker, and
that each of them join in an earnest ap
peal, that Dr. Casey would be appointed.
Air. Stephens said that he did not re
member that General Gordon had ex
pressed such an opinion, but that be had
asked General Gordon to say to General
Walder that Dr. Casey was his flrst
choice. Respectfully,
I sham G. Harris.
These two senators say that when Gen.
Gordon charged me with complications
between McWhorter and Casey, and I
denied it, that he did sav, “Take care,
Air. Stephens, the reoords are close at
hand.” I had aver rad that nothing of
this sort had occurred —that is, that Gen.
Gordon had said to me on my denial ol
his charge, “Beware,” or “Take care,
the records are, close at hand,” or any
thing of the sort. These senators say
Gen. Gordon did so reply tome. Be it
so. Other persons in the room assure me
they did not so udderstand it. But I
shall go into no squabble on this point
by producing contrary letters. Alen of
ten disagree in their recollections of im
portant facts in conversations, as well as
of actions. This i3 almost daily seen, not
only in private transactions, but in the
court house, where questions of life and
death are Involved, in legislative halls
and in religious assemblies of the highest
order. What I say in answer is, if Gen.
Gordon made any such statement as “Be
ware,” or “Take care, Air. Stephens, I
have the records at hand,” I did hot heai
it. But waiving questions as to the ac
curacy of memory and the array of testi
mony* in this case, there is quite enough,
and more than enough, iu their state
ments for my vindication even if liq did
make this reply without my hearing it.
The real issue between Gen. Gordon and
myseit is not what was-said in the com
mittee-room, but the fact of my compli
cation as charged. Gen. Gordon, by the
publication of those letters, virtually
avows the truth if not the authorship, of
the telegram to the Constitution. By his
own testimony he establishes the fact that
he did say to hie, whether 1 heard it or
not, that I had so complicated myself be
tween Casey and McWhorter, and that
I had so complicated myself between
Casey and McWhorter, and that he had
the proof at hand to establish it. Now,
then, this depends not upon recollections
or the frailty of memories. That issne
dwindles into insignificance. The great
one—the real one—is, was I any degree
whatever complicated between McWhor
ter and Casey ? Did I “leave my life
long 1 friend 611 the wayside?” This is
the substantial and practical issue be
tween (Jen. Gordon and myself. He
says he told me he had the proof—record
pi oof—that I was so complicated. Then
let him produce it. That will settle the
question. I defy its production.
Another of the “positive statements”
of mine which Gen. Gordon assumes to
disprove in these words:
When Gen. Gordon agreed with Gen.
Walker that it was fair and-just distri
bution of these appointments to give two
of them to the democrats and three to
the republicans, and this agreement had
beon acted upon by the two democrats—
’ Clifton in the third, and Harris in the
fifth—this, of course, settled the matter
of the political character of the supervis
ors of the first, second and fourth dis
tricts. They must, according to the
agreement, he republicans. The re
marks that Gen. Gordon made in the
senate census committee, about having
Simmons rejected with a view of getting
Mr. Griffin, a democrat, or my friend,■’
Col. Mark W. Johuson, appointed. I
looked upon as entirely illusory. Ac
cording to the agreement and under
standing between Gen. Gordon and Gen.
Walker, two only of the districts were to
he filled by democrats.
This statement G.en. Gordon charac
terizes as • “another instance of those
strange abbe(rations of intellect into
which Mr. Stephens is too often betray
ed by the intensity 0/ his prejudices
A singular expression, this, indeed, eom
ing-from one who has so recently, to say
nothing of former occasions, passed
through the painful ordeal of apologizing
for extravagance of language used in
the hS.it ot passion or prejudice, with
an application of it to one who has never
in his life been subjected to such a hu
miliation ! Mirabile dictu !
Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed,
That he has grown so great!
What has so puffed him up with empty
vanity and arrogant insolence? Is it the
Southdown mutton from his sheep
ranche established by means received
from a source so questionable? Accord
ing to the ancients, “beef genders bile,”
while “mutton produces gaseous infla
tions.”
But to make good his assertion against
me of “intellectual aberations,” he pro
duces two letters from Gen. Walker,
which I reproduce in full, just as they
appeared in his communication, dates and
all. We shall see what conies of them :
Departmeot of tiie Interior, Census
Office, Washington, D. C., April 2,
1880.—Dear Gen. Gordon —Your note of
yesterday Is received. 111 reply, I would
say that at no time was there any agree
ment between us, as to the manner in
which the five supervisors to be appoint
ed in Georgia should be divided as to po
litical affiliations, nor was the matter
ever the subject of conference between
us. I simply announced to you, as a
thing determined upon, that of the five,
three would be republicans and two dem
ocrats. You remarked that you would
have preferred that, the proportions
should be reversed—that is that there
should be three democrats and two re
publicans, but that it was a matter for
the executive to decide.
This was upon the occasion when you
called to urge the' appointment of Dr.
Casey, of the second district.
Very respectfully,
Francis A. Wai.ker,
Superintendent of .Census.
lion. John B. Gordon, U. S. Senate,,
Washington, March 14, 1880. Dear
Geh, Gordon —In respense to your letter
of the 13th inst., I take pleasure in saying
that no one at the capital urged Dr. Ga
se3 r ’s appointment more actively or zeal
ously than yourself; tnat you urged his
appointment, alone, in the Second Cen
sus District, confining your recommenda
tion to him exclusively, so far as my
knowledge or belief extends; and lastly,
that I did not, so far as.l recollect, at any
time ask you to ascertain Mr. Stephens’
wishes respecting the appointment of
Supervisoi in that district, or request you
to confer with Mr. Stephens for that or
any other purpose.
L may add, beyond the scope of your
inquiry, that, from first to last of our
conversation respecting the appointment
to be made in Georgia, I derived the im
pression that you desired the appoitmeut
of Dr. Casey more than, that of any other
gentleman in any district of the state;
and 1 that if it had rested with you, Dr.
Casey would have been appointed in
preference to any other person.
It had, however, at an early d;ite been
determined to appoint a republican in
that district, and I so informed you.
Very truly, yours,
Francis A. Walker)
There is something quite notable in the
dates as well as the substance of these
letters. These first in order—though not
in date —written the 2d inst., is prouuced
with quite a confident air to overthrow
and demolish what 1 had said about the
necessary consequent result as to the
political character of the supervisors in
the several districts in Georgia after
what had oceured between Gen. Gordon
and Gen. Walker touching the number
of the democratic and republican super
visors to be appointed, and their action
upon it. Gen. Walker very distinctly
says there was no “agaeement” between
• en. Gordon and him on this subject,
or even any “conference,” and yet his
letter shows that that did occur between
them which I very properly characteriz
ed as an “agreement.” lie says he sim
ply announced as a tiling determined
upon that of the five, three would be
republicans and two democrats, and that
Gen. Gordon remarked that he would
have preferred that the appointments
should be reversed —that is, that there
should be three democrats and two re
publicans—but “that it was a matter for
the executive to decide.” lie yielded
and acted upon this basis. -Does not this
show something like a “conference ?” A
“conference” signifies conversation or
talking over, and comparing ideas be
tweento or more upon any matter. Gen.
Walker, according to bis own letter,
shows that lie and Gen. Gordon did con
fer upon the subject—‘talked it over—and
the end arrived at was that there was to
be two democrats and three republicans,
though Gen. Gordon would have preferr
ed it otherwise. On this basis, or under
standing, or conclusion after conference,
call it what you may, Gen. Gordon acted
in the selection of the two democratic
noininess, Clifton and Harris, whom he
pressed upon Walker. An “agreement”
does not neeessarsly signify a bargain or
trade. It is simply that accord of' mind
in human action which brings two or
mofe persons into mutual co-operation
upon any settled basis. When, therefore,
NUMBER 42.
after Walker’s, determination was an-
I nounced, whether by “agreement'” or
j not, that there were but two democrats
I to be appointed in Georgia, and Gen.
Gordon had through bis influence, ac
cording to the telegram sent by one of
J bis friends, secured those two appoint
; ments to Clifton and Harris, this utterly
j preeleded the possibility of the appoint
j ment of Casey. This is what I asserted,
! and this very logical conclusion is the
! upshot of ray “intellectual aberration,”
so grandiloquently and superciliously
j announced by Gen. Gordon.
| There is something very singular about
j the second letter of Gen. Walker so pro
duced by Gen.- Gordon. It was written
on the 14th of March in reply to one
from Gen. Gordon on the 13th. What
could have been the cause of that corres
pondence? 'This Was before I bad* said
anything about an “agreement.” It was
before I had ever heard of anybody
questioning Gen. Gordon’s having rec
ommended Dr. Casey, and long before
my letter or anything from me was 'pub
lished giving any account Ot his visit to
“my room. What was the motive for his
early attempt to secure proof that he had
recommended Casey? Who had ever
questioned it? Was Banquo’s ghost
haunting him? Or was he, like Lady
Macbeth, trying to wash out the blood
stains of Casey’s slaughter by the ap
pointment of Clifton and Harris, even
before there was any discovery Of the foul
deed?; Another (Singular feature of this
letter of Geu. Walkqr, thus produced by
' Gordon for the extinguishment of
my defense against the charge of having
“left a life-long friend on the wayside,”
is that Gen. Walker distinctly says that
he “had at an early date determined to
appoint a republican in that- district,”
and had so informed Gen. Gordon. It
appears to me, in the “aberrations of my
iutelh'ct,” somewhat- extraordinary that
Gen. Gordon should have produced these
letters to prove my infidelity to Dr. Ca
sey, or his earnest effort to sneure his
appointment, even up to the day that he
called, as he said,,with his carriage, tin
me to go and secure his appointment.
Gen. Walker says he told Gen. Gordon
at an early d:ue that he was going to ap
point a republican in Casey’s district.
This is a matter between Gen. Gordon
and Gen. Walker. 1 kuow Gen. Walker
did not tell me so as late as the 10th of
November, when I called to see him in re
lation to these appointments, lie told
me he had not tnkenJup the question as
to appointments in the several districts.
When I asked him specially about my
district, he said expressly that he had
pot considered the political character or
individual merits of any of the applicants,
and should not take up this question
until early in January. But if it be true
that Gen. Walker did at an early date—
say even early in January—tell Gen.
Gordon that lie had determined to ap
point a republican in our district, and
Gen. Gordon admits by the production
of the letter that it is true,* then why di 1
he go through the farce of calling on me
when he did about the time the appoint
ments were being made to go and try to get
Casey appointed? This was certainly
worse than a “fool’s errand.” Gen. Wal
ker’s letter shows that it was impossible
to do what Gen. Gordon proposed to do.
How, too, does this statement consist with
that of Gen. Gordon, in the Williams tel
egram, that Gen. Walker told him the
day he called to see me that he intended
to appoint either Casey or McWhorter in
the Second District?
Gen. Walker also says he did not ask
Gen. Gordon to consult with me upon the
subject. This is another matter between
Gen. Gordon 4ml Gen. Walker. 1 only
know what Gen. Gordon told me. This
I do know as well as I know anything.
Gen. Morgan says in his note that
Gen. Gordon stated to me in the com
mittee room that lie had delivered my
message to Geii. Walter, but that it was
unavailing, and that Mr. McWhorter
was appointed. I have no recollection of
his stating any'such thing m the com
mittee room to ine. If I had heard any
such thing T should certainly have asked
him why he did not come back and let
me know it, I had told him distinctly to
say to Gen. Walker that Casey was my
•first recommendation and my last. How,
now, in the face of his own showing,
could Gen. Gordon give countenance to
the telegram to the-Savannah News that
through his and Col. Nieholls’ influence,
Harris and Clifton, the two democrats,
were appointed, and that McWhorter, re
publican, was my choice for the second
district? And how, in the face of all
these facts could Gen. Gordon counte
nance, sanction, ov even fail to deny (as
he has done) the correctness of {he tele
gram of “C. 11. W.” to the Atlanta
Constitution that “the inwardness” of
the altercation between me and him in
the census committee room was that 1
had left my “life-long friend, Dr. Casey,
on the wayside” and that I had declined
to go with him to irave Casey appointed
liecause of my complications with Mc-
Whorter.
A few words in conclusion. These
will be in reply, briefly to those newspa
per assaults which have been made upon
me in my district about my being an au
tocrat and setting myself up as a dicta
tor, and that I do not consult the Wishes
of the people I represent in my action
here. To such charges I now simply say
I think they are unjust. When, or on
what occasion did I ever assume the
character of autocrator dictator? When
or where have I ever neglected the inter
ests of my constituents. I have been in
Congress now nearly twenty-four years.
It is true that during this long period l
have, in the discharge of my puolic du
ties, been governed solely by my own
judgment as to the best way of guarding
and protecting their rights and interests.
I have never yet written home to know
what any editor or other person thought
of it. It was my business to know my
duty, at least Iso regarded it. I have
often been bitterjy assailed and de
nounced for my course by the public
press for the time liking, hut never have
the people failed to sustain me at tin
polls after a full hearing upon the hust
ings. I have often said that I, hold my
position in the house from no. Objects of
personal aspiration or ambition, and Hint
I would not hold it a day longer than I
saw a hopeful prospect of doing good to
the country. I now repeat it. How
early the day may come when this pros
pect shall be extinguished, time and
events must disclose. But one thing all
who are thus assailing me may rely on,
and that is that I shall never be induced
to abandon my position by tlieib unjust
attacks, misrepresentations or vitupera
tions. Alexander 11. Stephens.
The Athens Banner reports an accident
to Tuesday’s afternoon train on the Ath
ens branch of the Georgia Railroad,
which came near being sc ions: “M hen
between Antioch and Maxey’s the rear
trucks to the middle or smoking car,
jumped loose, the left hand wheels tak
ing the middle of the track while the
right revolved in opened air Inching no
where. The jar and shock, as well as
the fright to the passengers, were terri
ble, but fortunately no serious damage
was done. The train was soon righted
and came In on time.”
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