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BIU ARE <>N THU SITUATION.
“An* **• la Hiowr-Btt Vr
T ol Turin Ml it l
Ift’ou must excuse me, but it is impossible
tlsuppress myself altogether ftt this tune.
jKcf like a little crowin' will open the
Hres anti help digestion, and do me good
Bnerally. And didn’t we lick em; and
did you say his name vras Hayes/ Ami w
U the mail who said he didn’t mind it him
self hut his heart bled for the Door nigger ?
Priests and levites of Jericho 1 how much
will he bleed his pockethy, bless
your soul, the nigger is tree* He can go to
Ohio if he wants to. We havn t got em
penned up. If Hayes, or whatever his
name is, will £*ll em, they 11 come. Am t
it curious the darkies don t go to their
friends!' Ain't it curious their friends
don't come down to see them if they are so
everlastin' sorry ? Maybe they are intimi
dated. The truth is, Mr. Y\ atterson. them
Radicals gave the nigger suffrage to humble
us and out-vote us, but they never counted
on it givin' us JO more votes in makin’ a
President. The nigger voted for Hayes, if
that's his name, and elected Mr. Tilden.
Hurray for the nigger. .Next thing you
hear of those Radicals will be tryin' to take
jiway his vote, or colonize him in some
Sfurrm’ land.
i Hut it's too late—the dog is dead. They
Inav talk about intimidation and countin’
fcut and boldin’ on, but it can't, be did.
■uiavcs don't take kings in this game.
5 hey stocked the cards and had the shuttle
Ind deal, and we won it, ami the stakes we
Kre bound to have. We’ll fight on it, sur.
P es, sur ; if the worst comes to the worst
ive‘ll whip ’em agin. Two hundred and
ffifty thousand majority lias settled this
■question. As Gen. Gordon said: “Stand
tip, my countrymen, stand up ; don't wilt
nor wither;” we have met the enemy ami
they are ours that is if we can keep 'em.
I kiiow they are as slickcry as eels, but we
must hold 'em. The life of the nation de
pends on it. Liberty and free speech and
habeas corpus are all in peril. Four more
h ears of Radical rule and tiiis country will
•be as lifeless as an Egyptian mummy.
They must not be allowed to steer the old
ship any longer. Its agin natur. Its agin
the law of Moses, and Revelation, and the
Shorter Catechism, and the long-meter
duxology. My wife says if the fight must
come, the women ought to take a hand
this time, and she is ready to tare hair with
Old mother Hayes, if that's her name, or
any other woman who is mournin’' for the
jligger. . •;
I Mr. Watterson, sur, we have patiently
billed our time. We saw this galorious
event a cornin’. If it wasn't a star in the
East it was a roarin’ borealis in the North.
We knowed there was justice and generos
ity in the bosoms of Northern Democrats.
For a long time we’ve been listenin’ to the
rumblin’ thunder of their indignation.
Ever and anon it has vibrated upon the air
like the shake of n young earthquake, and
we've lived in hope and defied despair until
at last the peut-uu storm cauiu down, upon
■era like an Alpine avalanche, or a simoon
in the desert, or a typhoon of the tropics,
or a cyclone of the raging seas. Oh! it
Was terrible, terrible ! Excuse me for
■rowin’ eloquent, if you please, for it
guerfts to me i still hear the mighty voices
three millions of honest Democrats ex
claimin’ with trumpet tongues, “ Get out
these Augean stables and let us turn
the I ’otoniac in. The stench of your cor
ruption has overspread the land. Ye have
made the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Ye have smothered honesty, garoted indus
try and sown discord among kindred. Ye
have put your Southern brethren in a pit
and dyed their shirts in pokeberry juice,
and called it blood to deceive the people,
but like Joseph of old. they will yet be
put in power and save the land from ruin
and destruction. Joseph's brethren re
pented in tears and sorrow, but ye will
not repent. They did not steal his silver
Cup, but ye will steal and carry away in
your carpet-bags not only the cups, but
the saucers and the spoons.”
[ Why. sur, the first official advertisement
Mr. Tilden will put into the Washington
paper will be tixin’ a day of thanksgiven,
and callin' for sealed proposals for a peni
tentiary big enough to accommodate 30,-
000 Radical thieves who have stolen a thou
sand million of dollars from the national
treasury.
Mr. Watterson, sur. Uncle Sannny Til
den is going to take his seat in that cheer
—if he lives. There’s doubts about a heap
of things in this subloonary world, but
there ain’t no doubt about that. Let ’em
rip and roar and snort and cavort like a
dyin’ allgator if they want to, but my pri
vate opinion is a heap of ’em had better be
marshallin' their assets for transportation
to some furrin and unknown clime. Intim
idation ! Oh, my country! Ainazin im
pudence ! Who has been intimidated for
the last ten years ? Haven’t they kept us
under bayonets all the time? Haven’t
they divided the army about half-and-half
between us and the Injuns ? Let 'em hunt
for intimidation nearer home. Why, sur,
.there was thousands of humble Democrats
in Ohio and Pennsylvania who wanted to
vote for Mr. Tilden, but their bread and
meat depended on not doing it. How
about all the workmen in the shops, mills,
factories, that belonged to the Radicals
who made their bloated fortunes out of the
late war? There was no intimidation of
course, but the boss calls them all up and
says : “ you vote as you please, but if you
don't vote for Ilaj'es (didn't you say that
was his name.) you can come to the cap
tain’s office, and settle, and get your
walkin' papers.”
The truth is, Mr. Watterson, those Rad
ical cowards have been afraid of us so long
that they have got intimidation on the
brain, Ben Butler was invited to go to
New Orleans to help count, but he didn't
go; he replied by telegraph—‘‘Great
spoons ! I can't go. 1 feel intimidated.”
Now the worst case I have heard of is
Jack Allen’s. He had three hundred ne
groes on his sugar planation. and bein’
pressed for labor he ottered every darkey
who stayed at home an extra dollar in sil
ver, anil they stayed. The shine of the
*1.50 A VEAR.
IB.. ■■ - " * ,
coin intimidated ’em. and so louisiana is
to be set down for —did you say his name
was Hayes?
Now for the other side of the picture.
These Radical rascals made the poor nig
gers believe that if Mr. Tilden was elected
they would all be nut on the block and
sold into slavery. They were made to be
lieve u lie and put in fear of losin' their
liberty, and that wasn't intimidation was
it? Why. sur. in the last ten days 17 of
’em have axed me to buy 'em when the
sale comes off; hut I'm afeerd to do it.
They have follcrcd these Radicals so long
I'm afeerd they would steal everything I've
got. Sur, if there was some high and
mighty arbiter of these issues who would
speak to us from the clouds—some great
and supreme judge a settin’ on the ton
most peak of the Rocky mountains a look
ing down with majestic wisdom upon this
bedeviled and bewildered land, he would
throw out every nigger vote that such in
timidation carried to Hayes, which they
say is his name. Sur, the intimidation was
all on the other side. Even the carpet
baggers and scalawags who roost around
us like buzzards watchin' a sick horse,
would have voted for Uncle Sam il they
hadn't been afeard of loosin' their offices.
They were intimidated, and now they are
lamentin' they didn't do like Sam Hard,
and dec from the wrath to (jome before it
was too late, and make thciqselves unani
mous.
Sur, T know that all of us, more or less,
are livin' under a measure of intimidation.
The fear of the law, the fear of society,
the fear of the devil, or some other feir
keeps us all intimidated. There are some
men 1 would lick if I wasn't afeared they
would lick me. There's mighty few m<Jn
living in a state of perfect freedom. Our
domestic and commercial relations give the
lie to it every day. You know how it is
yourself; but are all these relations to he
busted up on that account? No, sur—hy
no means. A reasonable quantity jo f in
timidation is a wholesome tiling forecast
and man.
No, let ’em count us out if they (fere to.
I know they can beat the almanac awl the
multiplication table and the devil uiimself
on a count when they want to. Tljdronly
chance to get out of bis kingdom when he
gets ’em is to fool him on the coffrt some
evening at dress parade. J
But we’ve not some lone
mg of era, and they’ll be caught at their
rascality. Jot Brown and Sam Bird have
gone to Florida, and Joe is a whae. He’s
some on a count himself. He’s counted
votes before, and hain't forgot the lick.
Whether he learned from Bulloct or Bul
lock learned from him I don’t know : but
Joe didn’t jine Gideon's band for nothing,
lie slipped in and slided out just as easy,
and nobody knew when it was done. Sam
Bard doesn't do that way. He tumbles in
and tumbles out with a regularsommerset.
and makes as much noise in doin’ it as a
school boy jumpin' into a millpond. But
Joseph is all right now, and our folks are
bettin’ on him.
One thing is shore and certain—we are
not going to have that other feller to rule
over us—and did you say Lis name was
Hayes? Yours jubilantly,
Bill Arp.
Items of Interest.
The commercial journals from all quar
ters, we notice, unite in saying that the
prospect now for an amicable settlement
of the presidential controversy is having
a favorable influence in commercial circles
in their respective localities, and that there
are but few merchants who are not look
ing forward to a brisk spring business.
The Centennial Exhibition was open 159
days. During that time the paid admis
sions were 8,004,325. The free admissions,
were 1.785,067. Total admissions, 9,789,-
392. The total receipts were $3,813,749.75.
The average daily total admissions were
01.508. The average da;ly receipts were
$23,035.85.
Reports from different sections show that
a large grain crop has been planted in Geo
rgia and South Carolina, and that the pros
pect is excellent for a fine harvest. With
plenty of grain produced within her own
borders, the South can he practically inde
pendent of the products of other sections*.
Sunday night last in Marion county. Miss
Sarah Smith shot and killed herself with a
rifle, had eight months before mar
ried one Sheppard of Taylor county, whom
she discovered had a former wife living
near by and whom he still visited. She
was about twenty-four years old.
Judge Carpenter has decided that neither
Chamberlain or Gen. Hampton were legal
ly inaugurated as Gov ernor of South Caro
lina. that Chamberlain holds over until his
snccessor is legally qualified. Judge Car
penter's decision will be reviewed by the
Supreme Court.
The Turkish war is to be brought to a
close. The basis of peace offered by Tur
key to Servia and Montenegro is moderate
and very conciliatory. Russia’s attitude
towards Turkey doubtless brought about
peace.
Hon. John P. King, of Augusta, is the
oldest ex-United States Senator living. He
was in the Senate in 1833. Hon. A. Burt,
of South Carolina is the oldest ex-Rcpre
tentative.
General Phil Cook, of Georgia, is one of
the tellers in the count of the electoral vote.
Morally, politically, and physically. Mor
ton is on his last legs.
HARTWELL, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY U, 1877.
Ann*or to “TkolMrlii Period.”
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BY A SCHOOL <JIRL.
Wrillen/or The Sun.
“ Nasty, good-for-nothing pole-cat!" is
what a rosy-cheekcd maidbn said as she
dashed into our office just as we had sent
the last paper to the office. Why. what
have we done?" we said as we dodged be
hind the stove-pipe, while she indignantly
brandished her parasol in close proximity
to our beloved nose. “ Oh, T don't mean
you." she said, smiling at our alarm ; “ I
mean that slink that wrote that old mean
thing about * The Girls of the Period.* I
have brought some poetry for you, and if
you don’t publish it. I'll set our big bull
dog on you the very next time you pass
our house —so there !" Dashing the man
uscript on the table she vanished through
the door followed closely by an enormous
bus , er we are not afraid of the dog—
but here’s the poetry :
Though I'm a girl—a young girl too —
I like to get the papers;
But after 1 have read them through,
I cut them into tapers.
While looking o'er The Sun last night
Some stuff 1 happened to see.
And some perhaps will think me right
When I call it poor- try.
As I'm a girl not out of school,
I know 'twill not become me,
But lynust say ’tis but a fool
That will write such poetry.
No doubt he came from foreign parts ;
The poets —he has seen them.
As for the girls, ’twill break their hearts,
Because lie's turned against them.
Perhaps 'tis not too bold-for me
To say to this young poet.
However smart a man may be
lie should not try to show it.
Again, I would advise the bard
To change his occupation.
For him 'twill be extremely hard
To build a reputation.
'J-aA tbwik of such a little goose,
As I'm certain he must be,
The first time his mammy turned him loose
Trying to write poetry.
Now, don’t he think he’s very smart,
A man of consequence too,
With his poor little chicken heart,
And white mustache peeping through?
When he dyes this fur with blacking
And puts on his daddy’s boots,
There’s nothing that is lacking,
But a drink and some cheroots.
And when he has procured these things,
((). what a lovely creature !)
He shows the world how little brains
lie has received from nature.
’Tis very plain why this poor dupe,
With so much violence hurls,
This very harsh rebuke
Against us innocent girls.
Some girl who dresses in the style,
And who has heard of courting,
Fooled him by her lovely smile
While she was only sporting.
He even dared to ask the maid
With him—the goosey—to wed,
But the bundle of lace and braid
Kindly gave her foot instead.
We girls have now fixed up a plan,
We will not let him know it,
We aim to make this smart young man
Regret that he’s a poet.
When we by chance the sage shall meet,
In order to deceive him,
Kindly we will his presence greet,
And make him think we love him.
But when he asks to see us home,
To the poet we will say :
“ Tucks and ruffles can walk alone—
Stop ! , a verse I pray.”
And if he should be bold enough
To ask a kiss or two,
We will reply : “ What? kiss such stuff!
Why this chalk will poison you !”
And when he trys to make amends,
By begging our pardon,
We’ll tell him “ No ; all of our friends
Admire the Dolly \ arden."
Plows and Plowing;.
Southern Rural Gentleman.
On the subject of plows and plowing we
ask the especial attention of our readers.
The success of our plantation economy is
dependent almost entirely on the plow.
Thus you perceive there can scarcely be
too much importance attached to the plow.
A good plow drawn by a good team, and
held by a good plowman, not only develops
the hidden treasures of the soil (its pro
ductive fertility) but it may be so used as
to prevent entirely the washing of the soil,
and furthermore, which is perhaps its
greatest advantage, may be made to coun
teract almost entirely’the disastrous ex
tremes and droughts, either way, which
the planting interest of the country depre
cates every year more or less. The only
remedy in our climate, ib the absence of
irrigation, for those and certain evils—
drought from dry weather or drought from
too much wet—it is to he found in the use
of good, the best of plows, connected with
level culture.
We fondly hope, and we expect to see
the day, when there will be such improve
ment made in our plows and our system of
plowing, as to enable us to plow oiir lands,
in preparing them for the crops, many
inches deeper. A remunerating crop every
year from the land so treated is one tiling
that may be relied on. We are quite
aware that there is an opinion among
planters generally antagonistic to this po
sition. Its truth, however, when developed
in the progressive improvement of the age,
will like the glorious sun unclouded, shine
none the less bright.
l*nrHftrHjlis ol' tli<> Period.
In what place gre two heads better than
one? In a barrel.
All women are good—good for something
or good for nothing.
Georgia has forty-five cotton factories all
in active operation ami paying dividends.
Col. E. Y. Clarke, late of the Constitu
tion, is engaged in writing a history of At
lanta.
Ex-Governor Smith is being urged to
accept the presidency of the Atlanta cotton
factory.
The Catholics have twenty-five priests in
Georgia, seventeen churches, one college,
and a number of academies.
A boy of twelve, dining at his uncle’s
made such a good dinner that his aunt ob
served, “ Johnny, you appear to eat well.”
“Yes aunty,” replied the urchin; “I’ve
been practicing eating all my life.”
“A passive verb,’’ said a teacher, “is ex
pressive of the nature of receiving an action,
as * Peter is beaten.’ Now what did Peter
do?” “Well, 1 don’t know,” said the
scholar, deliberating, “unless he hollered.”
Josh Billing says : “There is one thing
about a hen that looks like wisdom—they
don't cackle much till they have laid their
eggs. Sum pholks are alius a brnggin and
a cackling what they are going to do before
hand.”
A venerable young gentleman, four years
old, recently threw his maternal relatives
into a tit of admiration by the following
speech: “I like most all kind of cake, —
pound cake, sponge cake, and jelly cake—
but I don't line stomac-ache.
Hen’s eggs hatch in from 19 to 21 days,
turkeys in from 26 to 26 days, ducks in 28
days, Guinea fowls in from 25 to 27 days,
pea fowls in from 28 to 30 days. Fresh
eggs will hatch one or two days sooner than
those which are two or three weeks old.
The following appears under the head of
“ a wife wanted :” “Any gal what’s got
a bed. a coffee-pot, skillet, knows how to
cut out breeches, can make a huntin shirt,
and knows how to take care of children,
can have my services till death parts both
on us.”
“I went to see my girl the other day,”
says our Dan; “I kissed her repeatedly,
and when I finally ceased the tears came
into her eyes, and she said in sad tones,
‘Ah. Dan! 1 fear you have ceased to love
me!’ ‘Oh, no, I haven't,’ I said, ‘ but I
must breathe.’ ”
A good, convenient and effectual remedy
for stings of wasps, bees and other insects
is simply to place a key over the spot stung,
press it hard into the flesh, and when taken
off the poison will be on the surface, where
it can do no harm. A thimble with a closed
top will answer the purpose but not quite
so well.
A North Carolina negro thought he could
outrun a locomotive the other day on the
Air Line road, and when he picked himself
up, after being thrown twenty feet and land
ing on his head, he said :
“ Yer don’t ketch dis yer chile doin dat
agin. It’s a right smart wonder I didn’t
tear dese britches clean off.”
A Pocket Piece.
1. Always speak the truth.
2. Keep good company or none.
3. Never speak evil of any one.
4. Live up to your engagement.
5. Save when you are young to spend
when you are old.
(5. Never be idle, if your hands can't be
employed usefully, attend to the cultivation
of your mind. Make no haste to be rich if
you would prosper.
7. Drink no kind of intoxicating liquors.
Never run in debt unless you see a way to
get out.
8. Good company and good conversation
are the signs of virtue.
9. Keep yourself innocent, if you would
be happy.
10. Good character is above all things
else.
11. Your character cannot be essentially
injured except by your own acts.
12. Read over this pocket piece carefully
once a week.
Also the same new way ! anew
principle ! for the cure of Catarrh, Sores
in the Nose and Throat. Dr. J. 11. McLean’s
Catarrh Snuff. It soothes and heals. Trial
boxes, 50 cents, by mail. Dr. J. H. Mc-
Lean, 314 Chestnut Street, St. Lonis, Mo.
“ I take my tex dis morning,” said a
colored preacher, “ from dat portion of de
Scripture whar de Postal Paul pints his
pistol to de Fesians.”
THE MAKING OF CONSTITUTIONS
Tt) lint cm, l'an nnd t'lftiirca of Cumll
t utltiu-.1l ii kin ft In Itaorftl*.
from tAe Atlanta Ci>n*Muhun.
On June Sth, i7J2, the charter of Georgia
was granted, surrendered in 17*)l, and in
1754 what was termed a ” New Constitu
tion ” was authorized by the King of Eng
land.
A “Provincial Congress,” composed of
delegates from the Parishes, in April, 1776,
framed certain “rulesand regulations" for
the government of Georgia, and was the
germ of the first Constitution,
In accordance with a suggestion hy the
Continental Congress, made in May. 1776,
Georgia held a Convention and framed her
first Constitution, which was signed and
“ratified in Convention,” February 5, 1777.
This was the first Constitutional’ Conven
tion, and there have been eight others down
to 1868 nine in all.
The Legislature of 1788 selected throe
delegates front each County, who met in
Convention in November, 1788, framed the
second Constitution, and distributed copies
among the people, and called a Convention
to meet in January, 1786, at Savannah, “to
adopt, ratify, or reject” their work. This
“ ratifying ” Convention, composed of three
delegates from each County, elected by the
people, proposed certain amendments, and
another convention was called and met on
the fourth of May, 1781), sat three days,
ratified the work of the two preceding
bodies, and twenty-two delegates signed
the Constitution on the sixth of May, 1786.
The fifth Constitutional Convention, com
posed of three delegates from each County
elected by the people in 1764, met in May,
1765, at Louisville, and made six amend
ments. It sat two weeks, and the names
of fifty-six delegates appear on the records.
The sixth Convention, as arranged hy
the preceding body, met the eighth of May,
1798, to revise ami amend the Constitution.
The session lasted twenty-two days, and on
the thirtieth of May, 1768, seventy delegates
signed a parchment copy of the Constitu
tion— two delegates, Glascock and Gunn,
NUMBER 25.
declining to sign, as they were interested
in the Yazoo speculation. This body “rati
fied and ordained the Constitution in force
and operation from date,” 30th May, 1798.
They provided that two Legislatures could
amend from 1798 to 1875. Twenty-nine
Amendments have been made, by the Leg
islature, to the Constitution,
The seventh Constitutional Convention
met at Savannah the seventh of March, 1891;
was in session seventeen days, and the
names of 299 delegates appear on the re
cords. One secretary and one assistant did
all the writing, with a little hired help, but
were allowed forty-five days to finish the
work. The Constitution was submitted to
the people on the first Tuesday in July,
1891, and on the twentieth of August. 1891,
Governor Joseph E. Brown proclaimed
that 11,490 votes had been cast for “ratifi
cation,” and 19,704 “against ratification ”
commanding!” It was then submitted to
Congress, “to accept with any qualifica
tions, or conditions.” Congress accepted
it June 25, 1898, on condition the first and
third sub-divisions of section 17, article 5,
should be stricken out, and on motion of
Bryant and Merrell (par nobile Jratrum!)
the Legislature asssented to the “ funda
mental condition imposed!” Imposed is
good quite and imposition —and few can
tell what part of said 17th section is now
of force ; for the journal prints one way,
Conley prints another, and the code of 1873
still another; and two Supreme Courts have
amended by striking out.
As to the basis of representation, in 1790
the population of Georgia was 82.548. and
in 1789 there were twenty-two delegates, or
Ito about 3,752 inhabitants. In 1798 there
were seventy-two delegates to about 102,08(5
inhabitants, or 1 delegate to about 2,259
people. In 1801 there were about three
hundred delegates to about 1,057,280 inhab
itants, or 1 to 3,424. In 1808 there were 188
delegates, or 1 to about 0,000 inhabitants.
As to cost the convention of 1801 cost
for members, printing, and other expenses,
$98,852.50.
1805 —cost, $45,390.35.
1807-B—cost, $101,392.47.
The session of 1801 was 17 days; that of
1805 was 15 days ; that of 1807-8 was 63
days.
The recent constitutional convention in
Alabama was composed of about 100 mem
bers, and cost for members and officers
about $26,000. W. O. T.
February 3, 1877.
Judfce Havin' SBcrenwir.
From the Atlanta Cormtitution.
If Judge Davis holds on until the fourth
of March, which we hope he will do, his
vacancy will be filled by President Tilden.
If he resigns before that day, Grant will
fill the vacancy and John A. Logan will be
the man. Gen. McDonald, of St. Louis,
the whisky man recently pardoned by
Grant, would make as competent a judge
as Logan—and it will be for the good of
the whole country for Judge Davis to hold
on until the fourth of March. Mr. Tilden
will select a judge from the South. The
South has had no representation on the
bench since the death of Justice Wayne.
If he makes the selection from the South,
we call his attention to Georgia—and to
Logan E. Bleckley, now* on tne supreme
bench of Georgia. Wc have known him all
our life. He is pure, just, able, upright,
and the peer of any judge on the bench of
the Supreme Court of the United States.
—a majority of 795.
The eighth Convention was in session fif
teen days, in October and November, 1895,
at Milledgeville, and the names of 284 dele
gates appear on the journal. This Consti
tution was not submitted to the people, but
the people submitted to it. owing to certain
moral suasion emenatingfrom Washington.
The ninth Couvention was held in 1897-8,
at Atlanta, was composed of 188 delegates,
and was in session sixty-three days. This
band of patriots submitted their work to
everybody; first to the people, (?) the whole
licople, a protracted carnp-mceting-election,
leginning the twentieth day of April, 1898,
and “kept open from day to day, and night
to night, at the discretion of the General