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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOB STMT, CONVENTION.
J'Jp’ Wc arc antliMlzoil tn announce the name of
Jinlj4ct\ 11. SUTTON, of JlaliiTMlnun County, ae a
('anilhkite to represent tin; 318 t Senatorial District in
the State CoiiHtitutioual Convention.
| P ihr inn it > Maudi af Dr l> o OSBORNE
announce him ns n Huitiilile man to represent them in
tlie Conatitutional (Convention.
Tb friend* of M if. .1 11. SKKI.TON an- j
liotinco liim ns u candidate lor tlieConatitutional Con
volition.
J if’ The friends of Cait. JOFI X PEEK anuounee
him as n miitable man to represent thia County in
the Constitutional Convention.
Augusta & Knoxville Railroad.
We learn that the Elberton Air Line
was adopted as a part of the route from
Augusta to Knoxville at the meeting
held in Augusta on the 9th inst. The
Knoxville delegation promised to put
the part of the proposed road between
Rabun Gap and Knoxville under con
tract in ninety days, and the Georgia
delegation agreed to grade the road be
tween Augusta and Toccoa City. These
promises are pleasant, and we like to
hear them, if we can’t believe all ol
them. If* Augusta is able, she ought to
do this work tit once. We had rather;
hear the whistle of the iron horse on
that road than to hear Gab hi el’s trum
pet, with all the solemnity of its bugle
blast.
nimliiiiiraiis Items.
Hon. A. 11. Stephens gained the case
which he recently argued in the supreme
court of the United States.
The people of one precinct of Lumpkin
county voted solidly against ratification of
the bogus bond amendment. They aimed
to vote against the convention.
Miss. Mildred Lee, daughter of the late
General R. E. Lee, is on a visit to New
Orleans, and was serenaded a few evenings
since by the battalion of Washington Ar
tillery. She was also presented with a
boquet of flowers, and the Picayune says,
“ Miss. Lee, in eloquent terms, returned
her heartfelt thanks to the battalion.”
It is reported that in deference to the
high position held by ex-President Grant.
Queen Victoria will honor him with a per
sonal visit upon his arrival in London. As
Grant was lawfully elected and inaugurated
President, her Majesty's courtesy will he
accepted as a compliment by all citizens of
the United States. If however, Mr Hayes
should visit England after his retirement
from office, he might discover that the
moral judgment of mankind touching his
fraudulent tenure of the Presidency is the
same on both sides of the Atlantic.
The war news is that desultory opera
tions are in progress at Ibrail on the Dan
ube ; that the Russian and Turkish bat
teries on the opposite sides of the river
there are in play; that the Russians are
preparing to assume the offensive there, if
the musketry fire heard at a distance of
twenty miles is not proofofits assumption;
that the Grand Duke Nicholas says the
military movement is undisturbed, and all
is well; that the Russian port of Odessa is
fully protected by dynamite torpedoes;
that far up the Danube, at Kalatat and
Widin, the Turkish and Roumanian bat
teries have been exchanging compliments,
to the disadvantage of the Roumanians;
that a body of Turkish irregulars have des
troyed several British lighters on the Dan
ube; that the Turkish monitors will
harass the Russians crossing the Danube ;
that the various corps of the Russian army
are concentrating and taking up positions
on the lower Danube; that the Turkish
commander has drawn up his plans for de
fending the Dobrudscha when the Russians
enter Bulgaria; and that the Sultan is
about to proclaim a holy war.
From the field of action in Asia Minor
there is news that the main body of the
Russian invaders have reconnoitred the
neighborhood of Kars ; that the three col
timns of the Grand Duke Michael’s army
are yet making their wav to Erzeroum ;
that Mukhtar Pasha is prepared to contest
the Russian advance toward Erzeroum.
while holding Kars; and that the Russians
have gained a victory—the rumors of which
however, are very like the unfounded ru
mors of last week.
From other quarters there is news that
the military and naval activity of the Brit
ish Government is kept up ; that arrange
ments are completed for the embarkation
at short notice of considerable bodies of
British tooops ; that the German ironclad
squadron is to sail for the Mediterranean ;
and that a body of Mohammedans in south
ern Russia have risen in revolt.
( <llll 111 1111 l<‘ll lion.
EniTOKS Sun : When Lord Byron had
prepared for publication his splendid pro
duction, “ English Hards and Scotch Re
viewers.” his friends attempted to induce
him to forbear its presentation to the pub
lic. lie refused to comply, and as a result
!of their importunities, he prefaced the
1 work with the following pointed lines :
* * * * “IH publish, right or wrong;
Cools ure my tlicnie, let satire lie uiy soli}'.''
' While in this article we don’t propose to
indulge in satire, yet we cannot hut note
| the close resemblance of our theme to that
of the distinguished writer above mention-
I cd, when we undertake to reply to a re
| markable “boomerang” of “Independ
ent ” which appeared in the columns of the
Franklin licyister under date of April 28.
1 And, inasmuch as the particular attention
of the “ yeomanry ” was called to the
“ boomerang ” aforesaid, it might he in
ferred that we had proposed something that
would restrict the liberties of the “yeo
manry or infringe upon their rights. In
deed, “Independent,” after virtually ad
mitting the truth of everything contained
in our article of the 11th of April but one.
sets out with the declaration “ that nine
teen twentieths of the people of Franklin
I County arc farmers and mechanics,” there
by attempting to convey the impression
that such being the fact, the idea of a Con
vention to nominate delegates—one from
each County—to represent this District in
the Constitutional Convention was a horrid
proposition and a terrible thrust at the
rights and liberties of the “yeomanry ” of
this District. Now, we have no idea as to
the identity of “ Independent,” except
what wo obtain from his article of April
28. From this, and this alone, wo judge
him. Hut the tone of this, like the voice
of the ass in the fable, proves his real po
litical character. lie resorts to the same
petty schemes in opposition to organized
Democracy that are usually resorted to by
the office-seekingdemagogues, and attempts
to arouse the prejudices of the masses of
the people and array them in solid phalanx
against a wise and beneficent system.
Now, we are not surprised at the com
munication of “Independent,” but wc
venture the assertion, that if the people of
this District will examine the political re
cord of “ Independent,” they will find
that it is not the kind to serve as a beacon
light for the guidance of the true Democ
racy of the country. It is just such men
as “ Independent ” that bring about dis
ruptions of party and disorganization; it
is just such men as “Independent” that
arc always found battling against the will
of the organized Democracy and raise the
cry of “cliques” and “rings” as bug
bears to frighten the timid ; it is just such
men as “ Independent ” that will go into a
nominating convention, help to nominate a
candidate, pledge their support to him, and
then turn their backs on him and help to
defeat him.
The law calling: a Constitutional Conven
tion gives our District three delegates. It
don't provide that one of these delegates
should come from each of the three re
spective Counties that compose the 31st
District. All honest and fair-minded men
agree that each of the three Counties ought
to have one delegate. This is justice,
equity and right.
Inasmuch as the law failed to do this,
the three Counties by their chosen dele
gates should have had a mutual under
standing about the matter. They had the
power and means to do this. The people
are supreme and they could have accom
plished for themselves what the law call
ing the Convention failed to do, but which
was doubtlessly assumed would be done.
Now what assurance has Ilart County that
Franklin and Habersham will support one
of her candidates? and what assurance
have Franklin and Habersham that Hart
will support one of theirs? Outside of the
fact that a Radical might be elected by the
multiplicity of candidates, anyone that can
see a foot before his nose can see that
from the way the thing is mixed up one
County may elect all three of the dele
gates. Now would not Franklin and Hart
feel sweet after the election, if Habersham
were to conclude 41 to take three in hers ?”
44 Independent ” appeals in behalf of the
44 yeomenry ” that there is no necessity for
44 the fraud of a District Convention,” when
this same 44 yeomanry ” may by the time
the election lnuzas die away awake to the
reality that they have no representative in
the Convention at all. One County has
elected ail the delegates. It was on his
line, that the views of some of Franklin
County's truest citizens were given and we
believe they were acquainted with the
wants and wishes of their county and whose
statements are as much to .be believed as
those of 44 Independent.” As to their de
mocracy w 4 presume it is unquestioned
which we dont think can be said of ** Inde
pendent,” in view of the letter he has writ
ten. We submit to the people of the Dis
trict if the “ whiskey bottle,” of which
■■ Independent " speaks is not brought to
j bear more in these scrub races thun in any
other. It is in these races where office
! greedy dolts, whose small mental calibre
and little qualifications have never com
mended them as fit persons to he nomi
| nated, do their most dangerous work. Com
| mended by no party and planted upon no
principles, they attempt by treating and
other low praciidKs to obtain enough votes
to elect them to an office which wisdom,
intelligence and virtue would never have
obtained for them. They rush forth into
the field under the favoring auspices of no
organized body, impelled by no laudable
motive, but allured on by the deep seated,
greedy insatiable thirst for office. Such
characters and tlieir followers corrupt pol
itics and bring about demoralizing results.
As to the little advice which “ Indepen
dent ” suggests, we will very frankly state
that when we need that commodity we will
seek someone more capable of advising
than we take him to be ; and as to getting
information from reliable sources, we
think we had it, and the public had it,
before “Independent” ever dipped his
goose quill in his ink bottle.
“Independent” presents the late race
in the Ninth Congressional District as a
fair representation of the feelings of the
people of Franklin and Habersham on the
subject of nominating conventions. We
reply, that there was but a small portion
of the voting population that attended the
election, and the independent candidate’s
supporters rallied their full force. If the
voters had turned out en masse , the result
would likely have been different. And
again, a large portion of those who sup
ported the independent candidate did not
do so from actual opposition to nomina
tions, but because there was a “vote
catching ” principle embodied in the plat
form of the independent candidate under
the name of “reform.” It was the reform
they were in favor of, and not particular
hatred to nominations. Hut it would seem
that “ Independent ” was a donkey bray
ing on the independent track, not for the
sake of fealty to party, devotion to princi
ple, or hope of reform, but pure hatred to
nominatians. lie was like the old man
that would not sue on his notes, and while
the statute of limitations was actually
barring them, he took them out and gazed
at them, saying he “just wanted to sec
the d—n things die.” “Independent”
wanted to see the thing die, hut it didn’t
tlie, and a heavy majority was rolled up
for the nominee' of the Democratic party,
notwithstanding the small vote that was
polled, and “ Independent,” in his great
prejudice against nominating conventions,
lias only given a living, actual proof of the
sentiment of Katie O’Hara : “ When the
judgment’s weak, the prejudice is strong.”
But we now come to the most amazing
statement of “ Independent ” —a statement
which not only gives us his voice, but
which tears away the lion’s mask and al
lows the ears to stand up, viz : that nomi
nating conventions are subversive of Dem
ocratic principles. If this be true, “ Inde
pendent ” is right and the Democracy of
Georgia is wrong. But in order to determ
ine whether or not the statement is true,
let us examine for a moment how the nom
inating system lias worked in our State.
The war left us prostrate, business par
alyzed, trade suspended, and the galling
fetters of political thraldom fastened upon
us. Thieving carpet-baggers and political
adventurers came down like vampires to
feast upon the oppressed form of our old
Commonwealth. Our Prometheus was
chained to the rock and the insatiable vul
ture kept gnawing at his vitals. The reign
of Bullock came and all its attending evils.
Georgia’s credit was reduced to almost
nothing and the broad way to bankruptcy
was opened up unto her. She was rapidly
advancing towards the maelstrom. The
good, true and honest people of the State
became alarmed. Something must be done.
Radicalism must be checked, and all over
the State the slogan shout of “ organize !”
“ organize!” was w afted on the breeze.
From the cold, bleak mountain cliffs to
w here old ocean beats the shore, the peo
ple were aroused and began to organize for
victory. The first battle was fought under
the leadership of the gallant Gordon. The
radicals “ counted him out,” and held their
firm grip on the Legislature. Still the De
mocracy quailed not, but continued to in
crease their organizations and nominate
candidates, and in 1870 they were so well
organized and arrayed for battle they
achieved a sweeping victory, and Georgia
stood redeemed and disenthralled “ a peer
among peers.”
What, then, have nominating conventions
subverted? They have subverted radical
ism ; they have subverted Bullock and his
crew of thieves; they have subverted the
darkest and most infamous reign of tyran
ny to which any proud, noble and free
State was ever subjected; they have sub
verted the schemes and villainies of politi
cal pirates, who were holding high carnival
amidst the ruined temples of our crushed
ami fallen Ilium; they have subverted
bribe-taking, office-selling and a thousand
and one other deviltries that were afflicting
and ruining our State, All this the De
mocracy of Georgia through their organi
zations have accomplished, and if it be a
j subversion of Democratic principles we
glory in subversion. Indeed, we exclaim
; in the language of Father Paul, “ esto per
pe.tua ” — let it be perpetual. M.
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GEORGIA—HART COUNTY.
vj ORDINARY’S OFFICE, May 7, 1877.
Whereas, D. C. Alford applies to me for Letters of
Administration on the estate of Lodwick Alford, de
ceased, late of said County—this is therefore to cite
and admonish all and singular the next of kin and
creditors of said deceased to show cause at the June
term next of this Court whv administration on the
estate of said deceased should not lie granted appli
cant. Given under inv hand officially, this May 7th,
1877. U. C. STEPHENSON.
Ordinary.
Hart sheriffs sale.
Will he sold before the Courthouse door in
I Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia on the First Tues
day in June next, it being the sth day of the month,
within the legal hours of sale, the following property,
to-wit;
Fifty-Seven Acres of Laud, being situate and lying
in the County aforesaid and joining lands of G. W.
Reeks, J. W, Suit, and others, sain land being the
property of J. W. Suit. Levied on to satisfy a Jus
tice Court ti. fa. issued from the 1,115 District G. M.
of said County in favor of Jonathan Welden vs. <l.
W. Suit. Property pointed out by Defendant in ft.
fa. levy made and returned to me'by T. E. McDou
gal. L. C.. of said County. This. May 7, 1877.
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