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GO EAST, YOUNG MAN,GO EAST!
THE MANY ADVANTAGES OF NORTH
EAST GEORGIA.
The Great IJefelopiiif IWWtts of the
A. k C. Air-Line, Elberton Alr-IJn*
and Hartwell Railroads.
the dWITIEBIABD OF AMERICA.
Ilnrtnrll n I‘nrailta*-Elbert nd Hart
Count!** Kofure IW (hr DlxrMCd.
Written /or The Uarheell Sun.
For many years there has been one
continuous tide of emigration to the
West, and the eastern parts of Middle
Georgia now, especially Elbert and
Hart counties, presents the new aspect
of frontier and almost unsettled country.
I was utterly surprised to find so much
fine timber and forest land in these old
counties, where my parents even were
raised a century ago. It seems that
the restless population are never con
tent, but travel westward to make their
homes in the wilds, and prefer to brook
the disadvantages of anew and untried
country rather than stay and enjoy the
blessings of an old and well tried
country, where there are all the advant
ages of civilization, health and pros
perity. By this course many hundreds
doubtless have found an early and un
timely grave, many more have lost their
health and found, to their sad mortifi
cation, that while they indeed could
make some more money in the \\ est,
they had only to spend' the more to live
as well as they did in their native sec
tions.
The Air-Line and the Elberton Air-
Line railroads have already begun to
re-develop Northeast Georgia, and so
has the little Hartwell, which is only
ten or twelve miles in length. Beauti
ful farms are already opening; pleas
ant cottages are building; and small
towns dot those railroads every few
miles ; some of them arc very neat and
pleasant, and supply maiket for all the
various products of the industrious
farmers who are cultivating the soil in
this most delightful section of Georgia.
As healthy localities, these towns will
afford homes for any and all who may
desire to leave the insalubrious portions
of this or other States.
On the Air-Line R. R. there are quite
a number of fine summer resorts, and
at eacli one there are the best of hotels.
Mount Airy is the most elevated, Bel
ton and Toccoa are perhaps the next
in altitude; and at all of these places
there arc the very best accommodations,
and finest air. There is no place this
side of the Blue Ridge where there is
so much ozone in the air, and conse
quently, no place so favorable to the
recovery of health when lost.
Toccoa is a beautiful town, and is
fast improving, and the hotels there
will accommodate quite a number of
boarders ; and they are furnished with
all that is essential to comfort and
health, as well as all that ministers to
pleasure and comfort. To young men
who wish to purchase a very cheap
farm, there is no section of the South
that I know of, where land is as cheap
as in Elbert and Hart counties. Land
may be bought at $4 to s'o per acre,
and it is quite productive gray land,
the easiest land cultivated in the South,
and is adapted to the growth of wheat,
oats, corn and cotton. The air is clear
of any malarious effluvia, and hence
they are exempt from remittent and in
termittent fevers. The water is pure,
cold freestone, and as good as can be
found in the South. The ' people are
intelligent, kind, obliging, sober, in
dustrious and remarkable for their hos
pitality. The impression upon the
mind of many persons in Western and
Southern Georgia has long been that
Eastern and Northeastern Georgia
would not compare with the southern
and western portion of the State, but
that is a mistake, they are equal, if not
superior, to many portions of the State.
The religious element predominates in
most places. Ilart county abounds
with churches and fine schools.
Hartwell is a Paradise! It stands
embowered amidst its native forest
shades, upon a beautiful plat of land
just undulating enough to convey off
the heavy floods of water in excessive
rains. Its buildings are rteat, tasty
and commodious. It has a large Bap
tist and a Methodist Church, with many
of the most prominent men of the place
in each. The “Nancy Hart” plies
-tlong her iron track daily to carry the
products of the many thrifty farms to
market, and returns with the goods to
supply the necessities of the people.
Everything looks prosperous around
this most beautiful little town, and the
people owe that great boon—the rail-
,oad to the foresight and good sense
of ft fftw of Hartwell’s citizens. But
for the railroad the town would have
gradually dwindled away. This tact
being apparent to Capt, Craft, Judge
Bowers and Mr. Henson, they, with
some help, eoronwiced the little nar
row.gauge at once, and have now com.
pleted it, which saved their beautiful
little town from desertion and ruin.
Hartwell is very healthful! and is des
tined to become a favorite resort for
persons in the low. marshy districts of
Florida and Houtli Georgia, who want
to recruit their health. There are hun
dreds of families in those malarious ro
gious. who could recruit their health
and prolong their lives by selling out
their lands and pqrchasing land in
Elbert or Hart counties.
The country from Jz!lberton to Toe
£oa and above to the line of Tennessee
is quite healthy. The lulls above Toe
poa for miles will some day be a vast
fppilinij ground for sheep and cashniere
both ol' which CQUW ho raised
The Hartwell Sun.
By BENSON & McGILL.
VOL. IV—NO. 41.
there. The hills are covered with grass
for sheep, and herbage for goats. And
many of the hillsides being very rich,
will, ere long, be covered with luscious
crops of grapes. This part of Georgia
is destined to become the Switzerland
of America. It is well adapted to the i
grape and other small fruits. It is also
well suited to the rearing of sheep, cat-1
tie and goats, and our markets ought to
be supplied with lambs and kids from I
this region.
This country, which hitherto has been
overlooked, has a bright future. Those
mountains which loom up in majestic j
grandeur and strike us with awe and
admiration, were not created in vain.
Doubtless there are hid beneath their
rocky beds, precious treasures, yet to
be exlmmed and swell the vast wealth
of our Empire State of the South.
Young man, then go East!—where
health and wealth may both be enjoyed.
There are thousands of broad acres of
virgin forest in Eastern and Northeast
ern Georgia, awaiting industry to de
velop them into fertile fields of golden
grain and snowy fleece. Then, instead
of going to the malarious swamps of
the West, go East, and purchase land
where no foul breezes taint the health
ful air to push you into an untimely
grave.
I. J. M. Goss, M. 1).
His First (’all.
I reached her house, and walked all
around it four times before I summon
ed sufficient courage to approach. By
some remarkable nerve power I rang
the hell, and a female apparition, with
an odor of boiled cabbage lingering
! about “it” appeared. “ What do yez
| want!" it asked. At last I conquered
it* and asked if Miss Susan was at home.
The apparition replied, “Yis —your
card.” I was sure I had one some
where. In my haste I gave her a pawn
ticket, restaurant check and a jack of
clu hs.
Finally, in desperation, I handed her
a card, but she returned it with a grin.
It read : “Guudling <£* Cos., All-Wool
Pants, §1.00.” At last I was ushered
into the parlor, and sat upon the piano,
a spittoon and a case ol wax flowers
before I found a chair. When I did, I
was surprised that I missed it and sat
upon the floor. As I was rising Susie
entered. “Won’t you let me put your
hat on the rack?” she asked as she saw
me grasping it as if it were my only
friend on earth. I murmured a faint
“ No,” put my hat on the sofa, and to
my consternation, sat down upon it.
For the first time I realized what an
awful thing it was to he alone with a
strange girl.
She said it was a nice day. I replied
“ Yes.” If she had said it was thun
dering and lightning, I would have
made the same original answer. Then
we grew silent, and you could have
heard a house fall. I was in trouble, I
chewed tobacco then, hut don’t know
why I did it. Just before entering I
had taken a big chaw. My mouth was
gradually getting full, but I did not
spit in front of Susie, who said she de
tested it. I began to pray for a fire so
that I could spit. Meanwhile Susie got
affectionate. She drew her chair closer
and closer and said: “ Will Brown
kissed me at school the other day.” J
grew pale. Supposed she would want
to kiss me.
She would get an unexpected shower
hath of tobacco juice. “Do you ever
kiss?” she asked. I murmured that I
never did except my mother and vener
able aunt whose age was traditional.
At last I tried to say so, but I am afraid
I only made a few inarticulate sounds.
“ What makes you talk so funny?” she
asked. I did not say. “ What makes
your mouth so big?” she interrogated.
“The mumps,” I gasped, feeling as if
there was going to be a flood at any mo
ment. “ Ger-ger wooi-ger-wooi.” I re
marked, meaning that I was sick and
wanted to go home.
“ Your cheeks are awful red.” Prob
ably Susie spoke the truth. Why did
no't some of my friends die so they
would send after me?
Poor innocent Susie didn’t know how
I was suffering. She thought 1 was
bashful. “ Let me feel your cheeks, she
asked.
She did.
It broke the reservoir. For a second
I didn't know whether Susie was drown
ed or not. She started back in a sort of
paralysis, and—the door opened and her
mother entered. I grabbed my hat,
and whether I went out by the door or
through the wall. I don't remember.
Anyhow, ‘'Susie and I are out.” We
don’t speak. Hut still, it’s nice to be in
love, ain't it, boys?
A few years ago, a coon hunting
Kentucky major had a fine piece of
land which he desired to sell. He told
a friend about it, who remonstrated with
him und said: u Why, Major, you
ought not to think about selling that
property now t it will be very valuable
some day.” ,f Valuahle, the devil,” re
plied the major; “ I've not caught a
coon off that land for ten years,"
The contented man is rich,
H ART WELL, GA„ WEDNESDAY. JUNE 9, 1880.
A SERENE VIEW
i\nn.t:n i* by william ahp. ■
ll* niNroiirM** at I.ii*tli l |>n lb* I*l*-
Ht'ulll** ol Politician* Onl of Of
lire. Who tan Find no (Cl
lu Politician* Who
ore NlMly Fl*
mI In Of-
Hr*.
Sometimes I think man is a great in
vention —grand, noble. Godlike. '1 hen
again 1 think he is a contemptible pup. !
Sometimes I hear of his making some '
great sacrifice or putting his life in peril
for the good of his fellow-men, and then
again I see a whole passel of ’em quar
reling like dogs over a bone. What
kind of a thing is he on an average? j
Are we all alike on a pinch, that is
when we are put in the same situation
and surrounded by the same circum
stances? I’ve been reading the papers
diligently about the Colquitt and Gor
don and Joe Brown business. I’ve
been reading all sides so as to get at the
bottom facts if I could and I think I
have, hut I don’t know yet what the fuss
is about. One paper is mad with all
three of’em, another is mad with Brown
and Colquitt, another is mad with Col
quitt and Gordon, but thinks Joseph is
all right. That last is an independent
paper that a few months ago was abus
ing Joe Brown like he was a thief. I ;
don’t understand it. When did the in-:
dependents turn over to him and what i
for? One man is dreadfully concerned j
because Governor Colquitt said the man 1
who accused him of making a bargain j
was a liar and a thief. He write's like
his feelings were hurt and tries to prove
that there was some sort of an under
standing about something. Suppose
there was—what’s wrong about it?
Where is the poor man, who wouldn't
swap oft' a 86,000 office for a 815,000
one? The only question I see in it is j
whether Joe Brown's appointment was j
one fit to be made. That’s all; and the
Legislature can settle that when it meets. !
Joe can’t do any harm in the next ten
days, I reckon, and then the Senate
wiil adjourn. If the appointment was
one lit to he made then nobody was hurt
—and it don’t matter even if Joe Brown
is to help Colquitt and help Gordon too.
They are both poor and need help and j
I wish they could get lots of it. I wish j
everybody had help that needs it —I
would like some myself, and if I ever
get into office I want it understood now
that if I can trade it off for a better
one lam going to do it. That’s my
understanding of what political office is
—something to trade on. Folks have
been trading in ’em ever since 1 can re
member, from the president down. I
don’t reckon there is an aspirant in the
field now that hasn’t been trading—fix
ing up his slate for his cabinet and the
best officers so as to get as much influ
ence as possible. Politicians make com
binations and all sorts of promises. How
does the clerk of the House or the sec
retary of the Senate get elected or any
other officer, iu fact? It’s like playing
a certain game of cards —every man
goes into the game with his hand, and
if it ain’t a winning one he can throw
up or turn over his best cards to his
partner and divide the winnings. Sup- j
pose a man goes into the Governor’s cod- |
vention with twenty counties for him
and there are several candidates and
nobody has a majority, why he combines
with some other fellow. They pool
their votes, bank on their friends, and if
they can’t he Governor they sell out for
something less—ft judgeship, or attor
ney-general, or something. W by, here
in my county they fix up a slate for all
the county officers, a sort of “ you tickle
me, and I tickle you” concern, and it
generally wins. All sides do it —Whigs
and Democrats, Independents and lie
publicans. That’s where independents
all come from. When an ambiguous
man is left off the slate lie gets mad
about it and bolts and sets up a little
state of his own, and there’s generally
so many of ’em left out, they can make
up a prettv good outside ring. T Hey
pool tlieir disappointment and sometimes
whip out the regulars. That’s all of it.
But you see Geueral Gordon and Gov* j
ernor Colquitt and Joe Brown all three
deny this pooling arrangement,.and I
believe ’em. They say that one tiling
didn’t depend upon another thing —that
it wasn’t a treaty with three corners,
and they know better than I do. In
tact, they know better thay Mr. Probo
nopublico or any other man. I don t
like that name. One of the worst |
frauds I ever knew used to write for
the papers under that name. Giey say
it means “ for the public good,” but I II j
bet that fellow is a sore head and is mad
because the mortgage was foreclosed
without public notice, and gave him uo
chance to hid or to trade. I tell you
Governor Colquitt is a thoughtful man.
He knew how many hankered after the
place and if he hadn’t made the appoint
ment beforehand he would have been
bedevilled mighty nigh to death. I
don't reckon anybody is making a fuss
except them who had an axe to grind, or
haven’t got over their hatred for Joseph.
I used to hate him myself, but I’ve got
over it. I’ve abused him till f got
Devoted to Hart County.
tired and he just went straight along
like I wasn’t about and so I’ve quit. If,
a man smothers his feelings he can stay
mad forever, hut if he will just explode
and tare around, the reaction will come
on after a while. Sidney Smith said
that “a little morsel of slander was
mighty sweet to indulge in,” hut no rea
son is Justified in making a hog of him
self and guzzling down groat hunks of
it. That’s what some folks are doing
right now—making hogs of themselves
—eating more slander that.they can di
gest and it not only makes them sick,
hut acts like an emetic on their friends. |
I’m sick right now from reading the pa
pers. It’s too much fuss for tln f size of j
the thing—ten days in office ain’t no !
birthright. Governor Colquitt hasn’t
fixed no chains upon the people. Their
time will come when the legislature!
meets, and the big issue is not on Gor
don nor on Colquitt. It’s going to be j
on Joe Brown, and I reckon ho can
stand it. One thing is certain, we cant
be worsted up in this district. Our
folks have been in purgatory for six
years ami we can’t be sent much further.
Maybe Joe Brown will throw bis lasso
over these independents and haul ’em
up to the rack and tie em. I hope so.
lie’s got some of’em already, but I don’t
know what he is going to do with them.
But it’s all nothing to me. I ain’t
afeerd of Joe Brown now. There ain’t
any war on hand. If there was I reck
on we would disagree smartly for one
thing is certain, one or the other of us
fails to understand what a patriot ought
to do for his country when she is fight
ing for life and liberty. But in time of
peace I reckon we can all get along. At
least we ought to try to, for there’s a big
ger thing on hand than filling these lit
tle short-lived vacancies. We’ve got to
whip out General Grant and save the
republic. That’s what we’ve got to do.
In my opinion we can do it with General
Hancock. I believe it was predestinat
ed before the foundations of the earth
were laid that we should whip this fight,
and we must all pool our prejudices and
stand up as one man. I’m preparing
to pool mine, and if they was to put
Alek Stephens on the ticket for the sec
ond place I’ll vote for him. My fear is
that general Grant will take him before
\te do. " '•But all is well that ends well.
So mote it he. Bill Ahp.
Another Candidate.
Gkkknvillk, June I.—Editors Con
stitution : At a mass meeting of the
Democratic party held at Greenville to
day the following address to the people
of Georgia, presenting the name of
Chief-Justice Warner for Governor,
was adopted. The meeting was largely
attended and much enthusiasm prevail
ed. You will oblige by publishing the
address in both your daily and weekly
editions. John L. Dixon, Chairman,
T. A. Atkinson, Secretary.
The Democracy of Meriwether in
convention assembled, would respect
fully recommend to their brethren
throughout the State the Hon. Hiram
Warner as emphatically the man for
our next Governor.
The honorable Chief-Justice of the
State needs no introduction to the peo
ple of Georgia. His name is a house
hold word from the mountains to the
sea. He has been tlieir public servant
for almost half a century, and every
trust confided to his care lias been dis
charged with ability and fidelity. His
genius is stamped upon every page of
our jurisprudence, and his name will
live as long as our laws. It is fitting
that Georgia, the State that has honor
ed him so often and so well, and which
he has so faithfully served, should add
the crowning glory to his long, useful
and illustrious life by placing him in
the Executive chair as Chief Magistrate
of the State.
Do the people of Georgia desire re
trenchment in the public expenditures?
his whole life has been a lesson of
economy. Do they wish an honest ad
ministration? the tongue of calumny
has never charged him with corruption.
Do they want a Governor dissociated
from rings and cliques, and a stranger
to the arts of a politician? he lias worn
unspotted the ermine of a judge for
nearly thirty years. Do they admire
ability of the highest order? his career
at the bar, in the forum, on the bench,
even in the management of his private
affairs, displays a judgment that rarely
errs.
Let no one think we magnify our fa
vorite ; we speak the words of simple,
sober truth. But we gladly admit our
partiality. We live at his home; he
has gone in and out before us almost
all his life. We have been taught by
his example, counselled by his wisdom,
and long ago learned to love and revere
him. Indeed, our love for him prompts
this address. Though he is now in the
enjoyment of vigorous health, we fear
that the duties of his present laborious
position are too wearing for hiss yeurs.
and that he needs repose. We want
him to find it in the discharge of the
easy but august duties of the Execu
tive chair; an office that will be at
once gratefuL to his feelings, and hon
orable to his ambition, and which his
$1.50 Per Annum.
WH£LE NO. 107.
more than Unman virtue will illustrate
ami adorn.
We would not depreciate the merit a,
nor pluck one laurel leaf from the
brows of any of thaw worthy gentle
men whose names have been mention
ed in connection with the place. Gar
troll. Lawton, Underwood, Lester. Ba
con, Reese, and Hardeman, are Geor
gians nil, and Georgians of a noble
breed ! Koch has done good service to
the State; and we hope that each will
one day enjoy her highest rewards.
But in the course of nature, many
vears are before them, and they can
safely await the future. Either one of
them would now. make a good Govern
or, still they would all, doubtless, most
cheerfully admit that they could dis
charge the duties far better, if they had
before tlioir eyes for imitation, that
perfect model of an administration,
which the great Chief Justice, when he
fills the chair, will leave behind him.
We have not named among the aspi
rants for the position our present Ex
ecutive. 11 is Excellency, Alfred H. Col
quitt.. We desire to state distinctly,
that, we have no sympathy for the as
saults that have been made upon bis
administration, and still less for the
;charges preferred against his character.
His administration upon the whole has
been prosperous and creditable to the
State ; and we have the most, profound
respect for the grandeur of the name
he bears, the purity of his private life,
his patriotic services in the past, and
his lofty Christian character. But his
election to another term, now, would
violate, not the letter, blit the spirit of
our new constitution. He hasalrSadv
hold the office four years, the full peri
od of two terms; and every one liere
.after, after holding the office for four
years, will be disqualified to a re-elec
tion, for four years. Did the framers
of that instrument intend that he alone
should be an exception to the general
operation of the fundamental law? The
indignant mutterings occasionally made
against bis administration, are in a
measure, doubtless owing to the unwise
zeal of bis friends, in attempting to
force another term upon him, against,
the spirit of the constitution. Let them
cease their clamors for Colquitt until
after the lapse of four vears', (when tie
will again become eligible), and the
: murmur against his administration will
i lie heard no more. It will be better
for his fame, better for the unity oft,lie
i Democratic party, and better for the
j peace and happiness of the people.
We close this necessarily short ad
dress with t,he request that the papers
I of the St ate will publish it, and that the
people will instruct, their delegates to
vote for Warner, in the approaching
gubernatorial convention; and with the
hearty wish that the grand old Com
monwealth of Georgia may for the
| next two years experience the felicity
i of an administration, under the guiding
I hand and intellect of the great Chid'
Justice.
John 1.. Dixon, Chairman.
T. A. Atkinson, Secretary.
BcKjiect,
ny and. c. A.
Written for The llartwell Hun.
Respect is the foundation of all pri
vate friendship. Mutual respect should
always prevail. It is a duty of para
mount obligation for ns to cultivate the
sentiment of due respect to our fellow
man. This feeling should be cherish
ed with zeal and pride. If it is done
great good will be accomplished. Hv
its practice all our cords and ties of
affection will be strengthened. It will
imbue us with unfaltering devotion to
our companions and friends. Such re
spect and devotion may save someone
from degrading inferiority. It, is cer
tainly one among the greatest errors
we commit when we refuse or fail to
show our companions and friends due
respect. We certainly practice deceit
alone when we refuse to respect them
until they are dead ‘ let us show them
some respect while they live. It cer-
tainly is right to watch over the little
mounds that mark the place where the
bodies of friends are sleeping : to keep
them neatly ornamented with flowers,
&o. We believe this is neglected too
much in this part of country. It cer
tainly is our duty to respect the last
resting place of our dead companions
and friends. While we believe it is
right and our duty to respect the dead,
we also believe it. is right to respect
our friends while they live, and much
more important. The dead need not
our care—there is a God. We are
commanded to love one another while
we live. True love cannot exist with
out respect, and it is no dumb, dead
carcass —it will seek expression. Let
us show them at least enough to mani
fest the truthfulness of the respect we
try to show them after they are dead.
Seaport Appeal : If we could only
keep politics out of religion, religion
out of politics, and hypocrisy out of
both, we should have an admirable
world to live in. It is the unnatural
admixture of these three fiery elements
that makes countless millions mourn.
THAT APPROPRIATION.
EiMTOits Stn : You will allow me
space to reply to *• Stockholder” again
under anew name, “Old B.’’ He says
•• The letter of mine last week, aigne<F
“ Stockholder,” has provoked a couple
of replies, which appear in this issue,
and they are altogether of a different
currency from that I had hope* 1 to get.”
I answer for myself, that 1 never was
stamped but once, and that was by the
God that made me, and if he expects
to get. any other currency out of me he
is mistaken. I simply asserted my
right ns a freeman, and I expect to re
main ns such, unless fate decrees oth
erwise, until f die. He says •• and the
object of tnv writing certainly was not
to precipitate learned disquisition of
law.” To this I answer, that lam not
learned in the law, but referred him to
the constitution in defence of my ac
tion. That, instrument emanated from
the brain of the most eminent men and
learned lawyers of Georgia, and if tlie
act of the Town Council voting otic
thousand dollars of stock is unconsti
tutional, as I have shown you by refer
ence to the constitution of 1877, it is
illegal Sec Georgia laws of 1855-6,
incorporating the town of Hartwell,
page ,182 By Laws, Sec. 3d. And be it
further enacted, that, said commission
ers shall have power and authority to
pass ali ordinances and by-laws for the
government of said town corjmration
not in conflict with the constitution and
laws of the State and of the United
States. Under this act it is illegal; if
so how can it be just in a legal sense.
He savs that “It is pretended
that it is unconstitutional to pay
this just debt.” I answer, that, I
am bowing to the law, and not to the
writer’s desires or opinions. He says,
“ admitting that town councils are ordi
narily restrained from using public
revenues too promiscuously, which I
think is n very prudent constitutional
restraint, the fact that this an extraor
dinary case, a wise appropriation of
public money, <(•<•." I answer by say
ing, with all the keen foresight of those
learned men who framed the constitu
tion thev could not. see this extraordin
ary case, and therefore did not make
any provision for it. lie says, “and
there were no citizens opposed to it,
then circumstances I say ought, to plead
into silence those who would throw in
surmountable difficulties in the way and
bar out imported professionals, who if
only paid will undertake any case.” I
answer, that there were citizens opposed
to the Town Council taking the stock,
and opposed it in a public meeting;
others did oppose it that, said nothing
publicly. lam one of those that was,
and am still, but not the man now op
posed to the citizens paying that ille
gal subscription to the road. I think
that the citizens are morally bound to
pay it. They voted it, and it had to
come out of somebody's pocket. Now
if the licenses had to be raised over
and above the amount that was neces
sary to carry on t he government of this
town to meet that demand, I ask in the
name of Justice, is it right that the two
grocery men. Mr. Pink Harris and John
Snow should be taxed directly or indi
rectly to pay it ? And yet this is the
only way that the Town Council, if they
were disposed to, could raise the one
thousand dollars. He says again, ‘‘lt
is not. pretended that this debt is not
just,” and that “the people have passed
ii|von it.” f srty the mot ivc from which
the Council acts is not the justice or in
justice of the debt, but we refuse to
pay it because we have no legal right
to pay it ; and if it is morally just and
the people have passed upon it, let the
people pay it. They have the same
right to do so that they had to pass
upon it.
The writer of' the piece signed
“Stockholder" refers to Mr. K. I’. Ed
wards as art imported lawyer, and iff
the next Issue undef his more illustri
ous name uses the following language
to-wit: “ These circumstances ought to'
bar out imported professionals, who if
only paid will undertake any case.” If
he means to say that lawyers as a class
will, if only paid, undertake any case,
the assertion will no more alarm the
profession than it will prove that the
Town Council ought to pay out money.
It is generally known and admitted
that the members of that profession as
a class are high-toned and honorable.
I know that there is a class of weak
minds that are in the habit of looking
upon the profession as being unscrupu
lous and addicted to falsehoixl, but
when a man who pretends to carry
brains makes the assertion, it will re
coil upon his own head with a weight
sufficient to drive him from the estima
tion of men of veracity. He had as
well battle against the winds or sifrge
against the ocean, lie has piled a lit
tle chaff in a powerful current. He
cannot dam the Euphrates with a straw
rt- raise the Alps with a grain of pow
der. If lie means fo assail the integri
ty of Mr. E. I*. Edwards, the thou
sand voices cry him down, and an un
broken community is ready to hurl
back ttie assault, and a bright and hon
orable record stands between him and
the slanderous pen. With regard to
this imported lawyer, I have this much
to say. as I was the importer. lie is
not only a gentleman, but above doing
anything non-professional, and does
not love money to that extent that he
would advise me or the Council to do
an unlawful or unconstitutional act, as
Old 11. would have me to do.
Now. I leave this subject with unbi
ased minds to justify or condemn my
acts as they see fit, feelirg that I have
done mv diitv as a citizen and Coun
cilman/ A. .T. Mathews.