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until of America that tball g'nideu the heuits
AT patriots not* ami lb’ever, ('bcera.) And
when the people shall l ove piotictn erd that
verdict, tho Court »i!l take courage and pro
nounce their judgment. Then, vt then, what
W II become id ymvye ’eofaiwit hypocrites -
ull post, r to Uneaten gone, treasury txhail.-t ■
ctf r Relief measures and Keconstractioo meas
ures both dead, the K idical pirty oul of Con •
grese, how on earth will you ti de yonr shame
tSus stripped naked to the g.re of the world
iu all your unhidden inftniyl wli.it will be
come of you? “Ye gin'ration of vipers, how
will you i scape the damnation of hell
Thai’s what is coming. Ob, it’s coming; thank
God, it’s coming—coming 10 ihcchper of pa
triots and the dismay of traitors. Yes, I tell
you victory is coming. We have suffered nnd
suffered tnucb ; our comrades are sleeping.
Ab, deeping! many ot them by the streams
and in the valleys of Georgia. They are
sleeping on the bank* of the deep rolling M‘s
rissippi; they are sleeping all over Vir'inia,
g.. under than the Egypt r.int rich
er than the mines of India. (Embusinslio
cheers ) Spirit oi out and ported brutes, we ate
not dishonored yet! and though the vi’c, the
low, the cnriupt and the purjured are seeking
to be our tuU-r", and have seised upon our
high places, the noble, the valiant and the
ttue are still lift to us, and through all our
t.ordeis are taking courage and hymning the
notes of coming triumph. Ye mist able
spawns of political aic«deiicy, hatched by the
putrid growth of revolutionary coirupliou ia
-10 an ephemeral existence—renegades from
ivery law ul God aud vialetora of every light
of man—we serve you with notice this day,
that thi9 victory is touting. The men of the
South and the melt of the Nt rth—patriots ev
ery whete—are sendiag up their vows to
heaven that this is and shall forever be a
Union of equal States, and never a Imteiul
Uuion of urn qual States. (Wild cheers, last
ing several minutes ) Men of pride, men of
character, women —thank God—without a
dissenting voice, and even children in their
plav-ground?, are proclaiming on hill top and
in valley that those whom God inaile supet ior
shall oot be degraded to tbe dominion of the
inferior.
A few more words and I will close. I f , as
I now bofe and believe, we shall again have
liberty ami law nnder the Constitu'ion, what
shall be done with those who have taken ad
vantage of these corrupt times to insult inno
cence, trample upon rights, and oppri-RS
helplessness? These crinvnaU will be among
ns, and must be assigned appropriate posi
tions. What shall we do with them? Yewha
have trav icd through the hi >od and
losses ands trows of war for asserting
nothing hut what the very framers of
the Constitution taught was your right;
ye who hate breu taunted aud reviled
as rebels aud taitors; ye who have been
disfranchi-ed in the land of your fath
ers and made exiles in the heme of your
birth When this victory shall conuo
and we shall once n ore be free men and
no longer insulted and oppressed by
miserable vagabonds and renegades,
what shall we do with the criminals?
I would not hurt a hair of their bead*,
do them no personal harm - and tie; rive
them of no right. Give them over—
ob, give over the miscreants, to the iu
tatinguishable b«ll of their own con
sciousness es infamy. But some things
you must do for the protection of your
children, and of yourselves, and for the
vindication of your honor. I atfi-n it,
and I want it hoard. It is going to be
the law of this country and a law in ire
irrepealable than the laws of the Mede-t
and Persians. Not one man that dares
record his vote for the inequality and
vassalage of the Southern Stat B aud
the degradation of his own race ought
ever to be received into a decent family
in Georgia or in the South-now or here
after [dries of “never."] Ana ibis
rule we can make now. If we have no
the power to help make the laws for
our government or for society, thank
God we cap at least passßOcial laws for
our own homes. I charge you this day,
aa you Honor your children and your
heusehold, and would preserve yonr
good name for your posterity, never suf
fer a single native renegade who votes
for the va s:ilage of these Sta'etand ihe
disgrace of your children and yonr race
to darken your doors or to speak to any
number of your family. [Cries of
“good,’‘that’s right,’ ‘hurrah.’] You
condemn tho poor vietim to the peni
tentiary who-steals a horse or a hundred
dollars, and yet these miserable crea
tures have sought to bargain away eve
rything that you have or can value.—
You scorn the criminal who has viola
ted the penal laws of your country.—
These miserable renegade are faithless
to every law of Heaven and of carth r
and have used every means to sell yon
to those who hate you and to place your
lives and yofir all iD the power of the
ignorant aod debased Another thing
I insist shall be done : A people who
will not resent such foul innovations o?
their right are not worthy of freedom.
[A voice ‘true. 1 ] You have been help
less—your great m»n have been si
lenced ; you surrendered your arms to
what y u thought was gal’ant foe;
you surrendered them under tbe
assurances of protection, and yet these
men, your own citiz >ns many of them,
who harried you to war have taken ad
vantage of your poverty and helpless
ness, and of the presence of the bayo
net ; they have invaded your households,
they havo stolen your property ; they
have robbi and yea of year goods tie? tare
joined the negro and the stranger to
tax, insult and oppress you ; they have,
contrary to the lows of the land, forced
into dungeons and before military com
missions tbe proud freemen of this
country. You havo been powerless to
prevent these things. Bnt my vow is
recorded, and I shall redeem it if T find
the people willing to sustain me. Men
who have trampled upon the rights of
the citizen* of Georgia at a ttmo when
the laws were paralized shall feel the
power of that res'ored law when liberty
is reawaked. Ye vile miserearis of the
Convention, who stole the money of the
State to pay yonr per diem, I give yoi.’
notice that yon shall pay it back And
there is a legal principal which I want
you to remember, and that is that where
» number of men band themselves to
getLer for the commission of a common
purpose, each one is responsible for
what all the others do or get. [Tre
mendous cheering.] Aod, therefore,
every man who took a portion of that
stolen money is liable for every cent
that tegroes and carpet baggers received
and we arc going to make them pay it.
Ye constitution makers, ye men that
sprung atone bound from the peniten
tiaries of the country lo frame Consti
tutions for honest people,ye men who
oscillate from grand jury rooms with
charges of perjury upon you up to l«gis
lative balls and other high plooes in
the land, I serve you with notice to-diy
that tb? money shall bo repaid with
[the interest. And you who are depriv
ing the people of iibcity, threatening
and conspiring against tin ir lives, (hold
me responsible f r what I say) l te.l
you that the day is coming whanth.
Judges shall be in the t risouers’ box
and the persecutors shall he clamoring
for mercy. “Thou shait not take tho
life tr liberty or properly oft citizen
except according to the l-ws of she land
and by the jufgdement of his peers,"
is the first and great commandment in
liberty’s dialogue, and upon it all the
other coiotuandmont hmg. Itw.sgivm
in cjr>:ef'nioD from power t> the people
more than six hundred years ago at the
political Horeb of Anglo-Saxon history,
and no man from that day has violated
or disregarded it who was not a tyrant
or a traitor, or both. [Great cheers.]
No man in Eoglish history ever tram
pled upon those sacred rights without
being called to account. Wicked men
have the power now ; they have bayo
nets to protect them, and they feel they
can insult and eppross with impunity
forever.
I So did Judas feel safe when he helped
eat tbe L rds’s supper with the Lord.
Catalino held power in Home. Arnold
once held a commission in the Ameri
-1 can army. And y >u—you vile crea
tures, whose iufamy no epithet can de
scribe aud no precedent parallel—you
wiil find your names more odi< us than
those cf Gatalioe an -1 Arnold combined
[lmmense applause and long laughter.]
Keturn then, the day of grace is almost
passed. Reform now and wc will for
give you. Ido not want a single man
rxeejt r carpet bagger to vote for the
Chicago platform. And you members
of the Legislature, I will talk to you
kindly—you who voted for this infamy
the other day—tho Fourteenth Amend
ment—mark what I tell you. At the
p ril of your rcspcctab ltty, go and take
it back. It is a record whose stain will
re; oh ycur children.
And you, wh) call yourselves Dem
ocrats, and who yet are lying arouDd
here seeking and bargaining to get office
from a Legislature which every line of
Democratic principles declares to be ao
illegal and illegitimate body, shame,
shame upou yon. If this usurping Gor
vernor and Assembly had sufficient re
gard for tbe country’s welfaro to tender
posi’ims would jrescDt a question for «e
--rious consideration While I will not
condemn those who differ with me, I
must bepermited tr say for myself that
no earthly consideration or power could
induce or force me to so far recogn ze
than as to accept an office at their hands.
For myself, I held them to be nothing
but wicked, wilful and corupt usurpers
of power, by authority of none butstran
gers aod deluded oegroes; and wanton
conspirat irs to subvert tie legitimate
government of our State, and as such I
shall hold myself in readiness to visit
up.n them, by proper legal process, the
penalties due to their crimes. Ido not,
of course, include in then; remarks the
Democratic mombeis. These are there
to prevent the mischief I announce.
Tbeir positions arc necessarily unpleas
ant. But they are making sacrifices by
tko rotoj of uar }0 'plc,auU aic patriots,
doing all tbe good they can, or rather
preventing all the evil they can, and
merit our regard. But those who vol
untary come f rward to bi g office of
such a body, above all, thoso who, either
in the Legislature or out of it, make
bargains with Kadical usurpers to got
office for themselves or their friends—
to all such I repea*, shame, shame up
on you.
One thing more will be necessary to
a proper expression of the abhorrence
of our people so - the infamous attempt
to destroy the Uuion by destroying tho
equality of the States, and for the meas
ures, authors and advocates of this
whole scheme tn degrade the States and
people of the South. When liberty
shall return, when the law shall be again
respected, and good men shall again be
our rulers, we must gather ail the jour
nals, and constitutions, and enactments
and records of every character of tbe
conventions and assemblies, thus forced
upon us by force and fraud, aud usurp
ation, and, tatching fire from Hoaven,
burn them up for ever !
And right here, my eouDtrymcD, I
want you to understand that 1 am a
candidate for but one office on earth.
[Several voices “name it aod you shall
nave it.”] When tbe glorious day shall
como and the free women, and the tree
men and tbe laughing children and tho
proud youth of Georgia, shall gather
together to fire tbe miserable, hideous
record of infamy, let the office be mine
to kindle the flames* [Tremendous
cheers lasting several minutes ] That,
is all I want. I would have my chil
dren know, I would have my children’s
children to know, if my humble life
shall be remembered so long, that from
first to last,.through thick aud through
tbin, 1 fought this attempt to disgrace
out people and that at tbe sequel 1 kin
dled tbe fire that consumed tho iufamoue
record of its cxistenoe. That will be a
proud day, my countrymen, that will be
a glorious day when you can look each
other iu the face and feei as uo Grecian
ever felt—as no Roman ever felt, that
wc have passed through .he most trying
ordeal in the anna aof humanity, aud,
as a people, have ootne out gold—puro
gold. Take courage, my couutrymen,
that happy day shall come. Tbe Uuion
of equal *States as made by our fathers
ohalt be ours again. Tbe disunion cf
2 ej'tal States wh e'i Radical treason
seexs to make shall not be. With the
records of the vile attempt, wc will build
the bonfire .of iae Gonslitution’s try
umph. By its Light we shall read joy
iu each others faces. Around the burn
ing pile we shall gather our wives and
little ones and strike up a Bcw soDg of
our deliverance, and at tbe as“6»dtog
smoke shall rise high in tbe skies, it w>H
-wake the notes of our heroes in bliss,
aud Heaven aud earth shall rtog with
the uuivevsal symphony: ‘Well done !
Well done ! noble people I Through
sorrows (ho most bitier, through trials
tbe most severe, through mufortuoes
multiplied aud prolonged, you bave pass
ed with your honor uusullicd growing
brighter and brighter. Euter again into
j the joys of freedom hera and finally into
the realms of tbe good hereal'er.”
§)afoSoit ijoitnial.
J. L. I>. PEKRTKIAS, )
> Kioto ns.
TI. TUCKER, )
n a if* a tt jr, «.i.,
Thurstiay , .liijud 13#'?, IK6N.
toy- Heading multi r on cverg jiagc.'^id
“I hold that this Government win made on
the white basis, bv white men, for the bene
fit of white men, sml none others. Ido not
believe that the Almighty made the negro
capable of self gove-.ment Stephen A.
Douglas.
BTKev. C. A. JftowKLL is authorized 10
receive nnd receipt for any monies due the
Dawson “Journal’ Office.
FOR PRESIDENT
HON. H. SEYMOUR,
Os New Yoke.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
CEN’L. F. P. BLAIR,
Os Misbo'Jbi.
STATE ELECTORAL TICKET'
FOR THU BTATJS AT LARGE.
Gen. JOHN B GORDON, of Fulton
lion. JOHN T. CLARKE, of Ran
dolph.
ALTERNATES I
Gen. W T. WOFFORD, of Bar
tow.
T. M. NORWOOD, of Chatham.
FOR TUB DISTRICTS t
1. JOHN C. NTCIIOLS, of Pierce.
2. Col. CHARLES T GOODE, of
Sutn’er.
s. Raphael j. moses, of mus
goe.
4. AUGUSTUS O. BACON, of Bibb.
5. Mnj J B. GUMMING, of Rich
mond.
6. H P. BELL, of Forsyth.'
7. Col. JAMES D. WADDELL, of
Cobb
ALTERNATESi
1. J. H. HUNTER, of Brooks,
2 WM. G. FLE M ING, of Decatur.
3. WILLIAM O. TUGGLE, of Troup.
4. Dr. HENRY WIMBERLY, of
Twiggs.
5 Gen D. M. DuBOSE, of Wilkes.
6. GARRETT McMLLLAN, of llab
bersham
J. J. TURNBULL
7. Col. V. A. GASKILL, of Fulton.
tZT In the pvlmiest days of the
old Dominion, among whose timo hon
ored traditions, was, “to great the com
ing, spoed the parting guest,” tho light
of genial welcomo and hospitality blazed
never more brightly than it does now
in our own proud Empire State. Oac
tide the feeling of love, which should
units the common Lrothorhood in nno
load of union, we are candid to admit
that a irue policy prompts us to exton and
the cordi 1 welcome to those who will
come amongtt us and be one of us. Far
it requires no l’hythonie power, nor still
less, Ithuriel’s spear, to diviue events,
that are destined to characterize the an
nals of our future history, unless there
be a change in our surronnding9. We
are vet in the midst of revolution, not
the tragic era when the cry is for bio id
and tho darkuess of the hour is lighted
up by tbe foam of general frenzy, but
(here is b-iog waged a war ia tho moral
elements, and that inevitably leads to
political revolution. Human interest
too often controls human action, aud
whether it be tbe geueruus purpose and
high resolve, or small and personal ad
vantage, the principal gives something
of its own strength to tbe minds that
conceive it. Political virtue, alas, has
become a kind of Utopian dream, des
tined it seems never to bo realized, and
tbe country is it'll in tbe leading strings
of a party, whose every action, is ani
mated, fomented, and maintained by
ambition.
But we would feign enshroud the
Death’s Head that is high bung in the
South’s grand picture gallery, and drape
with Hope’s radiant robes an image
which shall be the embodiment of our
most sanguine dreams. We look not
to Congress for the rcrlization of rights
justly ours, for it has become an engine
in the bauds of those, who carried away
from all sober sense, by the wildest and
most fanatical prejudice, are determined
j that political persecution, and their own
“god and morality principles,” shall be
tbe chleflegacy that they bequeath to
posterity. Georgia, though down trod
| den ie Georgia still, and with the true
spirit ot chivalry, that has ever placed
her in the van, of all that is noble and
grand, she yet aspires to assort her su
premacy, and be reinstated in her native
grandeur. To obtain this boon, there
must be a development of her natural
rosourocs and intrinsic advaafges. For
eign or Northern aid must bring to
light her almost exbaustless veins of
wealth and garatness, for it requires a
monied capital to do this, aod not at
homo can this capital be fouud. Our
hearts and homes are ready to receive
those, who, casting aside all sectional
a.nd party principles w llcomo hero and
lend ft helping hand toward the reaiiDg
of • new cdidco of power and might, up
on tbe ashes of the old. To carpet
baggers, scalawags, and Radical Bu
reaus, we df:r no fellowship, indeed,an
incrustation is formed over every ave
nue of the heart, effectually barring
their entrance, for their presence but
j ereates a spirit of contempt, strife and
animosity.
But to Ibc enterp risirg »ad and pa
| triotic capitalist of the North, who seeks
his country's as well as individual wcl
j fare, here is the field in which he may
j labour. Our wide spread and valuable
| lands are fast becoming a wilderness
I for tho want of enterprising monied
I men. Our manufactories n quire but
an impetus to be giveu by gold or green
backs to make them as fiourishmg and
lucrative as any in this vast western
domain. Our institutions of every
grade which once ranked second ti
none, are uow languishing for want of
proper stimulus. We can but congrat
u’ate ourselves, however, upon the
brightening prospects around us, sot tho
tide of emigration is turning to our State
and we can already see the dawn of a
better day Our immediate vicinity,
and Terrell county, in general for some
time, have been visited by men of tbe
North, who have expressed a willing
ness to cast tbeir lots amongst us, have
igunred the present political status, and
endorsed our deter uination to be an
enterprising, independent aud free peo
ple. To all such we bid a hearty wel
come. And, to our lato visitor, Capt.
Botsford of Conn., who purchased lauds
aud expects soon again to be in our
midst, to make a permanent home for
himslcl and fimily, we uuite in wish
ing abundant success and speedy roturn,
with tbe hope that he may induce oth
er* of like calibre to come with him,
that our interest, maybe tueir interest,
and our people, tbeir people.
Hear, Hear. —We cull tbe atten
tion of all Radical-stricken negros and
mean white men to the honest confes
sion of W. Styles, colored, below
Wo Lope be will prove a little hav
en.
Tlie President of a Loyal
League Gives Ilia opinion of
tlial institution.
[From the fumter Republican.]
Mr Editor'. — Allow me a column in
your paper to announce to th« people of
Sumter county my position politically.
Formerly I was a memb r of the Union
League of Americas and was President
of tbe same. For several moo h 9 I have
boen tliiokiog over my position, aud
consulting with others in the best way
I could, whde laboring on my farm and
during my leisure moments, and after
due rdLctian I have come to the couclu
sion that said League is corrupt and
dangerous (o the p ace aod good order
of any town or neighborhood in a eivil
iz and country where its meetings are
held. For th ; s reason, andto'join with
those who seem to me to be working for
the best good of all persons in tho coun
try, 1 hereby solemnly withdraw from
jatd League, as a member nr Pretideat
of the same. I shan’t disclose any of
i»o ocorcto j hut to pronounoo (beta un
sound and corrupt in thei. - tendencies
Some may think aud will sav that I
assumed this position because I was de
seated as a candidate of this League in
tbe last election. They are mistaken.
I hope those who labor under such
opiuions wil seoa be convinced that such
is not true. It is a mere mental con
viction of mind aod pure intention of
heart that caused me to change my po.-i '
lion. With a full oonvictiou that Rad
icalism would ruin the white race, and
mine also, therefore, through tho sense
of duty and for the protection of my
race, I was forced to abandon those ne
farioDS principles, and have nothing
more to do with tho L'.aguers. After
looking at the question fairly, I deem it
more honorable aud better for myself
and race, (I wish it understood that 1
am speaking of the colored race,) to con
nect myself with the Democratic patty
aod would advise them to do likewise.
The Democratic platform allows all a
fair chance and protects each class We
are obliged to live together, aud what
hurts the goose must hurt the gander
too. and what is good fur the goose is
good for the gander.
The Radicals may think hard of mo
for leaving their party, but honesty and
justice force me so to act. There has
been a great deal said about my leaving
the[*-ty, and if the corrupt Radtc 1
party get the upper hand in this coud
try, a great deal more will be said. But
as I hope to live aDd die in tbe right, I
appeal to my brethern of color especial
ly, to give up their corrupt Leagues
and go with me and connect themselves
with an honorable party —I mean tbe
Democratic—for the good of us all. 1
am a laboring mao, and work for what.
I get with my own bands in tho field, I
neither wait on bar-rooms nor engage in
any other loafing occupation for my sup
port. as a great many pretended Demo
crats ot my race do. When they are
to the white mao’s face they arc Demo
crats, aod when they with the black
men, they are notoiious Radieals.*-Bueh
is wrong. 1 can prove my position by
the best colnred and white citiz - ns of
Americas. When connected with tbe
Radicals, I fought for their principles
because 1 then thought I was right. But
having been convinced that I was wrong
I am now opposed to its prineiples and
connect myself with my white friends
who arc tbe only ones that protect us.
I have said so much about Radicalism
I wiah now to say a word about the Ku-
Klux Klan, and will say in the outset
that I coodemn it wholly. I know noth
i ing of its secrets, but it is said that tbe
i Democratic party has it. If such he
1 so I beg the party to drop it and have
j nothing to do with it whatever. I find
all such secret institutions injurious to
j the country.
In conclusion, I would say to the
white and colored iu tbe next campaign,
to throw aside all of your secret pulitioal
institutions, and express yourselves
openly and publibly as to your political
positions iu the next election. I think
! by that means we can harmonize the
two tacos with more case, and that we
will nil be united together more readily
I on the great principles I now advocate.
Yours Respectfully, Wji. Stvi.es.
TUc Logic of Abuse.
The New Y.nk Tribune , Forney’s
Press, and tfic o_thcr cl eans aud expo
rt nts cf Radicalism ns personified by
(Irauttind G !&x, at expressed it
the Chicago platform, give encouraging
signs of tbrrr own consciousness of the
weakness of their cause by the violence
and scurrility of ibc abuite with which
they daily assail tho loading Demoera s
of the North aDd Bauth, When ] ar
tios, liko individuals, feel that they are
driven to abandon the logio of reason
and of facts, and to employ the logic of
abuse it is a sure sign that they feci they
aro on the losing side.
According to the Tribune, Seymour
is a ‘-liar,” whose mendacity should be
punished by a cowhide ; Blair in a ruf
fian and a renegade ; Hampton is a red
handed rebel, who evinces an unparal
lelled audacity in presuming to take any
part id the affairs of the Republic; and
our own distioguisci citizen, Howell
Cobb, is specially singled out as an ob
ject of peculiar execration, because be
presumed to respond to tho invita
tion of his fcllow-oilizecs and express
his cpinins upon the condition of the
country.
The object of this foul language and
thoso infamous slanders is to excite the
fears and tho passions of tho people of
the North, and to make them believe
that because Cobb, and Hampton and
others, were prominent in their advoea
cy and support of the “lost cause,” that
they have not accented the situation)
but are laboring now as then to dissolve
the Union and precipitate tbe country
into another war, and that this is the
meaning—this tho purpose of the dem
ocratic party, should they succeed in ob
taining power.
The Radicals feel that they are upon
; trial before the grand inqiust of the
American people. They feel that the
popular verdict will eon lemn their usur
pation", despotism, corruptoin, extrava
gance, and open violations of the Gon
j sti»u - ion. Tbpy feel that tl-c popular
; verdict will pronounce their so-called
j measures for tbe reconstruetion and
[ restoration of the Uuion as cala
mitous failures. They feel that
the eyes ot the people have been opened
to their hypoertey, selfishness, and revo
lu ionary acts, and they feel that the
voice of tho people demands their being
driven from power, and their being
compelled to surrender the goverr rn nt
into honcster and more patriotic hand--.
If th' II idicals could scare the people
into the belief that there is greater dsn
! eer of ‘ a renewal af tho rebellion” by
the accession to influence and power of
I the Southern leaders, than there is of
- danger ?o the C mstitunton and Govern
meut from the renewal of their lease
of office, they will have attained tho i b
ject of tbeir abuse anl misrepresenta
tion. Therefore it is, if a iStuthorn
naan of any note takes any part in the
present contest, the howl of abuse goes
up at once from the whole Ilvd’cal pack)
and the more prominent the Southern
man the louder the howl, the more foul
the abuse, the more maliciously and in
ingcnuonbly false the misrepresentation
If a Southern man denies the justice or
legality of'he reconstruction acts, the
people of tho North aro lDs’antly told
that the rebels are again “sapping the
foundations of the republic.” If he
venturi s to censure a Georgian of South
Carolinian who for filthy lucre went to
Chicago and there agreed to the Radi
cal doctrine that tbe nigger ia good
enough to rule Georgia, but not good
enough to vote 'n Ohio, the Tribune
straightway points to the “villain*’ who
is again “attempting the life of the na
tion ;” and if he ventures to disapprote
of the freedmen’s Bureau as a “benevo
lent institution,” or to doubt the capac
ity of corn-field negroes to vote, sit on
juries, and fulfill legislative trusts, the
Radicals’ fury is in a blsze, and the
men who fought to save the Union are
called upon to see to it that “the results
of the war are not surrendered to the
rebels” who fought to destroy it
The Southern man who speaks or
aets during this canvass, and is not de
nounced as a traitor, ruffian, thief, mur
derer,&j., by tho Tribune and its oo
iaborers, must not only be an avowed
Radical, but he mu3t say he loves the
Kadical, tbeir man servaot and their
maid servant, their ox and their ass.—
Tno second artioie of his creed is that
the negro is, aDd of right ought to be
the superior of the ruler of him and
bis people, while he is not good enough
to have any political right in Michigan
or Kansas. He must talk, aud write,
and work, and pay his money, to elect
to the highest representative offices—
indeed to every offiea of trust and crnol.
urnent—dishonest army sutlers, carpet
baggers, and adventurers, who havejust
escaped vagrancy by being made Bu
reau agents and tax-gatherers, ami
Southern men who have agreed to be
i tray the interest of their country, and
| cast dishonor on their fellow citiz ms,
in order to secure for themselves th.
meaus of living without honest labor
j If be fails in any respect to como up to
the standard of loyalty, ho has fail'-a in
the wbolo and is denounced from Dan to
Bcrsbebi as a red banded robel»
j Tbe honest ruassia at tho North, arc
not infants to be deluded by tucb htpo
critical cant aud mendacity; and those
who really fought to preserve tho Uoion
and tbe O institu'ion, can be do longer
cheated into the belief that tho pasty
which has practically diigolvcd tho one
and confessedly acted of the
o’.her, ought to be trusted any longer
with the management of tho affairs of
government. By those honest massep
the acts and speeches of our representa
tivo men wili be judged, and we have
no fears as to the judgement, notwith
standing the rabid denunciations of tbe
Tribune and tho futtl mouthed scolding
es Forney’s “dairies.”— At. Intelligen
cer.
i>4‘ii<>riil Goi'iioti's f.ettv-r of Ac
ri'liluiicc u* Male Clcclor.
Atlanta, July 27, 1868.
General John JJ. Gordon :
Dear Sir :—Tbe Democratic and
Conservative Convention, which assem
bled in this city on the 23d instant,
placed in nomination yonr name as an
E ec.tor for the State at large, in sup
port of the nominees of the National
Democratic Party of the United States
in tho p nding Presidential election,
and charged the unders gned with the
du'y of communicating v itji you and
knowing your pleasure in reference to
accepting said nomination.
Please signify the same to us at as
early a day as may suit your conven •
iettce.
Very respectfu’ly,
A. H. Colquitt,
C. Pkeples,
R. E Lbsi er,
J. M Russel,
Dr (.eland,
B. F. Harms,
S. J. Smitu.
Atlanta, Ga., July 29, 1868.
Messrs. A. H. Colquitt, (5. Peeples,
R E, Lester, J. M Russell, Dr,
Lrland, B. F. Harris, 8. J. Surra.
Comfnitteo : •»
Gentlemen : Your* of tbe 27th in
stant is received I embrace try first
. leisure to reply I had supposed that
si ence gnv» consent, and that no for
mal communication was needed to sig
nify my acceptance.
It the wisdom of ant'qui’.y has pro
nounced neutrality in civil dis-entions
mcompa'tble with the duties of good
citizenship, surely in this particular
crisis, so full of perils and so fraught
with hope for the Republic, indiffer
ence or refusal to lend ad possible aid
for the rescue of the country, would
involve more than ordinary criminali
ty.
I accept tbe appointment, and feel
honored t>y your choice of mo as an
elector. Several of yonr committee
w re delegates to the New York Con
vention, and can testify with me the
profound convictions and glowing pur
poses of our Democratic brethren of
the North, tn view of the perilous nnd
sublime reap risibilities of the present
hour It : urp ssod our most sanguine
j IN r ovor, pv.-h(i(.n, in the
hhtory of the countiy, have the old
Democratic, altars appeared to ilanie
with so blight a glow of unselfish and
unmingled patriotism The South
tnu-t and > what she can to hold up the
hands ol the North in this groat effort
for the liberties of both s< ctions
I have very little pit ience with the
language of sbu 1 >w far,(ties or petty
fnlso alarms, 1 u it is painfully appa
rent th .t we are face to face will), or
ra her surrounded by, the most stu
pendous political peril. We have,
however, only re ched she capt of
“Good Hope,” around which the tem
pest thunder and fearful ] hantorus are
to loom upwatd to the skies; hut where
if we keep our band on the chart of
the Constitution, the every whirlwinds
that rend our canvas and threaten
our wreck, wili only drive us the more
rapidly on that haloynn sea on which
fortune and felicity will attend oor
sails and mark the termination of our
voyage.
But we are the perils that environ
us? Why do we ask to displace the
party in power?
Because it tramples under foot till
the tn/txims of liberty and all the tra
ditions of the Fathers.
Because it has inflicted taxation
without representation, a tyranny at
the bottom of every revolution in the
history of the Saxon rp.co.
Because it has enthroned military
power nnd made civil government sub
ordinate to the sword.
Because it has practically changed
the distinctive fea’ures of the govern
ment, by subverting and setting aside
two of its co ordinate departments, and
dragged the Executive and Judiciary
at the wheels ol a mad and reckless
revolution. #
Because tt has p’led a national debt
high as the pyramids, which threatens
like those monuments of despotism to
become the tomb of tbe nation’s liber
l y-
Because its language is equivocal.
When it says “Peace” it means “War”
—war between tbe races at tbe South
—and when it says “Union, ’’ it means
‘Disunion.’’
Because it has turned a deaf ear to
the honest proUstatiovs of acceptance
of the results of tbe war by the South,
aDd made obedience to tLe behests of
party, the only test of the loyalty of
her people—thus discouraging the
honorable and conscientious, and tempt
ing by bribes of power, tbe weak aud
ambitious.
Because its ndltcy tends to perpetu
ate ill-will between tt.e sections, uad
to an inevitable war of races at tbe
South.
Finally because it has let loose and
clouded the land will) a locust flight
of wrongs nnd abuses which I have
not time to particularize, and which
could only live in the utmosphere of
despotism.
Believing, as I conscientiously do,
that the success of the Radical party
would defeat pacification, imnigugrate
the reign of thesw-rd, and subvert
the liberties of the land, f sbull con
tinue, by all lawful means, to do my
utmost for the defeat of its candidates
and its principles.
I conjure all who are proud of the
name of “American citiz n,” and who
sincerely desire to inaugurate an era of
I good will among all the people, to j >in
with us without regard to past differ
ences, and labor sos the ioecess of the
Democratic pasty; for its succea*
means peace—harmony between the
sections, justice to both races, and pros. 1
peri'y to our whale country.
I am, gentlemefi, Very respectfully
yours- Gordon.
JTeU) •ft/vcrfisettietits,
TOB ACCO I TOBACCO (I
\VR are now sole agents in Sou thwert <Jeor"
11 gia, for Messrs. J/oore Si Lewis.
EXTRA LOW GRADE,
North. Carolina
TOBABCO,
THE VERY ARTICLE FOR TIIE TRAD4
G.Y H-i.rii .if.VD
FOR SALE,
-5 Boxes A, At B.
BRAND, of the above, at Macon and
Atlanta prices.
Also, a general assortment of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE,
QUEENS WARE, Ac. kc.
which we offer «r low as any houss in tbe
city. Don’t fail to call before purchasing
elsewhere. • *
ALEXANDER & PARROTT.
Augl3 :1m
aEOKGIA. Terrell County:
Whereas, Joseph Stevenson applies to
me for letters of administration on the estate
cf J/ts. Jf-ggie Stevenson, late of said coun<
ty, deceased.
These are to cite and admonieh all perewfc*
concerned to be and appear at my office with
in the lime prescribed by ta*q and show
cause, if any, why said letters should not be
grauted.
Given under my hand and official siena.
ure, this Aug. 13, 1868. T. M. /ONES,
augl*-30d* Ordinary.
Model School for Girls.
ANDREW FEMALE COLLEGE,
CUTIIDF.RT «A.
fptJH popular ms'itu'inn will eu'er upon its
I NEXT SCHOLASTIC YEAR of TEN
J/ONTIIS, on the FIRST MONDAY (7th
day) of SEPTEMBER. Faculty composed of
superior Teachers—Course of Stsilv thorough
Discipline perfect—Bearding Hanae elr
p-i t -Heilth of the town vety fine—and
PHYSICAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT
all ready.
tiG-titit .i.m TvtTtojr
For CASH. Payments to be mtde tfiuir
ter!y iu Advance.
School r'gidly Non SKcranmy.
For add tioit.lii fo>naiior, • pi ly to
REV. A. L. HAMILTON, D. D.
PuKSIDXNT & Tri PRIKTOR.
aug 13:!m
latflj 1 lOf% .
r UHE Firm of Raushenbcrg, Rogers & Cos.
1 whs and "solved on the Ist insr., hv mutual
consent. The business will he continued by
ilr. C. Jordan. A. RitissrsnißO.
Jksss Rooms.
B. H. Brown.
augfi'fiStf C. Jordan.
I*ONl pout'd
TERRELL SHERIFF M LEB
\\ ’ ILL be sold before the Court Hou e
V V door, in Dawson, said county, on the
first Tuesday in September next, within the
legal hours of sale, the following property
to-wit: One half interest in four Store Room*
in the Loyless Block, Noe. 1,3, 4 and 6 : No.
1, occupied by W. M Peeples, No. 8, by Har
rison Rogers, No. 4, by William Wooten, and
No. 5, by Loylesa & V\ all. One half interval
in the Ware House, and lot known as ihe re*,
idence of E. B. Loylesa, containing six acres,
more or It s" ; one house and lot, known at
. the McLin lot, and now occupied by Mr*.
Sanders, containing one more or less ;
one house and lot known as the hou*e and
lot where J. E Loylesa now resides, contain
ing two acres, more or less"; one house and
lot known os the Brantley Academy lot, con
taining five acres, more or less ; one lot con
taining ten acres, more or less, lying North
ot L. M. Roberts. A’! of the above being it»
the town of Dawson, Terrell county, Ga., lev
ied on as the property of Elliot B. Lnyless Uv
satisfy a fi fa issued from the Superior Court
of said county, In favor of Deleware Morri*
vs Elliott B. Loyless, maker, and John Boyd r
endoraer, for the use of John B. Crim. Prop
erty pointed out by John B. Crim.
an*6:tds S. ¥. Labsv.tr, Sb'fF.
ASIATIC CHOLERA IN CHINA.
Almost Every Case Cured Witfr
PAIN KILLER-
Read the following letter front Rev. R. Tel
ford, Missionary to Chiia, now visiting bis
borne ia Pennsylvania :
Wasiiingtox, Pa , Jnue 25, 186«.
Messrs. Perry Davis 4 Son, Providence, R-
I.—Dear Sirs : During a residence of. some
ten vears as a missionary In Siam and Cbm*.
I f"n«id your Vegetable Pain Killer a tree*
valuable remedy for ibat fearful scourgd tbe
cboleia. In administering tbe medicine, I
found it. most effectual to give a teaspoonful’
of Pain Killer in a gill of hot water sweet
ened with sugar; 'hen after about fifteen
minutes, begin to give a tablespoonful of the
same mixture every minute until relief was
obtained. Apply hot application! to the ex
tremities. Bathe tbe stomach with Pain Kil
ler, Clour, and rub tbe limbs briskly. Ol those
who bad the cholera and took the medicine
faithfully in ibe way stated above, ciaht oul
ot ten recovered. Truly yours, R. TtLreRS.
In an attack with Diarrhoea, Djaenterv, or
Cramp Cholic, don’t delay the use of the Pain
Killer. Sold by all n.cdicini dealer*. Frtee
•16 cents, 90 cents and fl per bottle.
Swaiow, euisA, Sept. 22, 1865.
Messrs. Perrv Davis 4 Son : Dear Sirs —f
ought to have acknowledged long ago the
box of Pain Killer you had the goodness to
st-nd ns lust year. Its coming was most prov
idential. I believe hundreds of lives were
saved, under God, by it. The cholera ap
peared here soon utter we received it.
resorted st once to ibe “F»ie Killer,” using
as dirw.ied for cholera. A list was kept ol
all to whom the “Pain Killer” was g ven, an
oar native assistants asaurea as that eight ou
of every ten to whom it waa prist rib) and re
covered. It has, too, been very useful in va»
rious other diseases. It has proved an ' , C3
cniable blessing to multitudes of poerpeop
tbioughoul all this region. Our native pre*«
ers are never willing to go cut on then' *
cursions without a supply of the “Pstn
i r.” It gives them favor in thee/cao
people, anti access to families aud
by whom otherwise they would be luib
ently received. Believe me, dear air, g l3
fully and faithfully ypurs, etc. .
J. M. Johnson, Missionary m Chin*
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