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Paving Poll Tax.
Some Idle talk is ailoat about a combi'
nation to resist the payment of. poll tax—
a thing which wduid ptove to bo not only
unavailing, but so'inidc'jsahly mean that
few, white or black, would entertain tile
idea after reflection. iTbe constitution
and laws of Georgia (as we show daily)
make an evasion^ of this tax impossi
ble by any voter. 'The managers of elec
tion most refuse to count the veto of a
non-taxpayer, or they are subject to pun
ishment, and the voter himself is liable
to a heavy penalty.
If it were possible to set aside this tax,
justice will demand the abolition of the
public schools. The property-owner pays
poll tax and also the tax on bis property.
The whole of the first and a large part of
the second tax goto support public schools,
in the grpatcr p'art'to educate the children
of people who, if they refuse to pay the
poll tax, pay nothing at all towards the
support of the schools.
This is an injustice which will prove fa
tal to the system. If the principal bene
ficiaries of the schools refuse to contribute
so much as one dollar a year to their cost,
tar-payers will inevitably combine to de
stroy them. m
The poll tax is levied not .so much for
the revenue it brings as in pursuance of
■a great principle that every Toler shall
contribute to the support of government,
In the case of a man who is supposed to
own nothing but his physical ability to
labor, Georgia returns it to him and much
more beside In schools for Ids children
But she docs not permit any man to as
sist in the administration of her govern
ment who refuses to take any pecuniary
interest in her—aveni so much as one dol
lar.
Every man can see, not only the pro
priety* and justice of this requirement,
hat also its extreme liberality. It is
hardly possible that, anybody -'frill be
mean enough to put himself on the pub
lic records as attempting to resist this
tax; but if done, they must bear, the
shame and defeat. The resolution to col
lect this tax is now almost universal in
the State, and it will be collected.
Brother Blaine’s Apology.
The question now is on the acceptance
of Brother Blaine’s apology for the at
tempt at a false count in Maine, and its
subsequent hasty abandonment. It is
true that Brother Blaine, as stated, was
in a strait. He had telegraphed many
glowing prophecies of triumph to alL the
‘political centers, and had added, at the
end of them, that the - brethren would be
- surprised when they received the figuses—
as much as to say, I have kept back half
of the story so that you may enjoy the tri
umph still more. ...
It is admitted that these telegrams lost
the brethren a good deal of money. They
bet heavily and lost woefully. It is not
denied, that when the figures did come
the brethren were surprised, disappointed
and angry. That bushels of letters came
to Blaine, anathematizing him. in all
forms of speech customary and unusual.
It is admitted that these letters made
Blaine feel like another sunstroke, and
he forthwith conceived the idea of saving
the writers by counting out Plaisted; and
worked to that end for several days, when
he found that it was.going to hurt pore
than it helped.
He found that not only would it destroy
the last chance for Garfield in the Pine
Tree state, nut be nearn rrom xnaians
and Ohio that the Greenbackers in those
States were getting theft _ backs up and
threatening to go bodily over to Hancock.
This state of things produced a pause,
and Blaine finally compounded the trou
ble by telegraphing that some of the re
turns were coming unexpectedly rough on
Davis, and some that had come in by tel
egraph were wrong, and, on the whole,
the thing was so close that it would have
to lie over for the official canvass wjien
the Legislature met. V
That was Blaine’s explanation and
apology for not counting that last frisky
pig in the Maine brood. Tho .question is
on its acceptance. It is certain that Re
publican affairs not only in Maine, but in
the West, are now conceded to demand
the most careful treatment. Repairs and
reconstruction are urgently demanded.
The condition is critical. The patient re
quires careful nursing and stimulating
treatment. . . - !
gentleman in Tineville who had a brag
patch of what he conceived to be the|cele-
brated Egyptian dotira, or rice corn. The
plant grew, to the height of twelve or more
feet and -put forth a magnificent crop of
Guinea corn—nothing-more- Still,there
was a fair prospect for an immense jyifild
of this cereal, which is the best of food for
chickens and stock, and he calculated
largely upon the results. But the intelli
gence was telegraphed, or telephoned (we
don’t know which, in the language of the
birds,) to their headquarters in the ivy-
covered Baptist church, and out they came
in serried ranks, by thousands, and
went to work. They mounted each head
of grain in that quasi “doura” patch,
fought and chattered over the kernels,
laughed at the attempts to scare them off,
and when firearms were brought to bear,
opened ranks and deployed right and left
like regular guerillas, so that the at
tempt to kill them was far more ex
pensive to the purchaser of tho necessary
ammunition, than damaging to them
selves. The proprietor soon discovered
this, and left the field to the tiny invader.
It is needless to say that when the fdrag-
ers disappeared, they did not leave (and
there is a grim satisfaction in knowing
the fact) enough of that bogus doura horn
to sow one sqnare inch of ground pext
spring. * ‘L ' *I
This sparrow question is far more im
portant than who shall be Governor.
Neither Colquitt or Norwood, If elected,
will eat up the people’s substance and
threaten them with famine. But inost
assuredly, unless something is done to
stay the ravages of these English immi
grants, ere long we shall have no grain
harvests at all. A neighbor who suc
ceeded in bringing down a few, said they
were as fat a3 little patties of butter, and
perfectly delirious. Pass tlie-word round,
then, and let us cany the war into Africa,
and devour the sparrows before they Jiave
the opportunity of gobbling up our grain
crops,
Solid Advice.
VOTE FOR TOE NOMINEES.
The Thomasville Southern Enterprise
writes these timely words: .
While our people are divided on the
Colquitt and Norwood question, let them
not forget that we have several candidates
about whose nomination there is no ques
tion. We mean the attorney-general, sec
retary of state, comptroller-general, and
treasurer. We have heard ol no opposi
tion to any of the gentlemen nominated
for these offices except Mr. D. N. Speer,
the nominee for treasurer. The present
treasurer, Colonel J. W. Reniroe, is run
ning against Mr. Speer—at least it would
seem from some notices in the Atlanta
Constitution— but we have beard nothing
of it. We are not among those who con
demn Mr. Renfroc so very barslily and
charge him witli all sorts of wrong doing,
but still, when he withdrew his name
from the convention, Mr. Speer became
tbe regular nominee of the party, and lias
a just claim to its undivided support. We
believe he will receive, as he should, every
Democratic vote polled in this county on
the Cth of October. '
The above remarks are equally appli
cable to all of our county nominations.
Where the party lias spoken at a fairly-
conducted primary, or through tho usual
mass meetings, conventions, etc., and ev
ery aspirant has bad an equal chance to be
nominated, there is no excuse for bolting
afterwards. Yet, we regret to note that
there will be opposition to the regular
nominees for both brance3 of the Legisla
ture In quite a number of counties. The . .
result will be the election of Independents J??> s Ai . fl ll& iS
w» nwviivaMi III pcmapS A SC0r6 or monfnrl flnnorjil RAhnrt TTatfnn. assiatef'
.DELAYED EDITORIAL VOTES
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Of a Trip to Nashville—-Xo. 3.
: ‘ THE STATE CATITOL./- • | '
Accompanied by oar whole-eouled
friend and cicerone, Mr. S. A. Cunning
ham', of the IHzic Farmer, Ibo. writer paid
a visit to the magnificent capitol build
ing of Tennessee, and made the acquain
tance of Governor Marks, who is a- fine
specimen of the Southern statesman and
courteous gentleman. * . . i *
The capitol building of Tennessee, per
haps with the single exception of the un
finished structure at Albany, New York,
is the noblest. State edifice. in tbe Un
ion.
•It is located in the very heart of the
city, 175 feet above the Cumberland river,
and can be seen by those approaching
Nashville for miles in any direction. As
a work of art it is justly regarded as one
of the most finished specimens of architec
ture in the United States. It is built in
the form of a parallelogram, 112 by* 2S9
feet in dimensions, and the altitude to the
summit of the tower measures -200 feet
above the bed of the Cumberland river.
The walls of the building at tbe founda
tion are seven feet thick; upper walls four
and & half feet thick; inner walls a little
less, 'lhe ratters are of wrought iron,
joined together -by cast iron plates and
cnees. The whole roof is sheathed and
covered with copper. i |
The material of the edifice is stratified
limestone, -very hard, and closely re
sembling granite. It is quarried within
a half mile of the site. The doors, win
dows, frames and sash are of Tennessee
oak. The banging stairways are con
structed pf stone, save, the spiral steps to
the upper departments of tho library,
-which are of iron. Most-of tho work was
performed by-Tennessee artisans.
The Representative Hall fa 97 by GI
feet, and fa a magnificent apartment. -The
speaker’s stand and screen wall are com
posed of red, white, and black Tennessee
marble.
The Senate chamber also is magnifi
cently fitted up, and surmounted on
three sides by commodious galieries'sup-
ported by Ionic columns of red Tennes
see marble, with blacx marble bases, and
architrave of red and white ’marble.
Splendid chandeliers afford almost the
light of day to both houses of the legisla
ture. The whole building fa lighted by
no loss, than tliirty-four chandeliers, em
bracing four hundred and twenty burners.
The beautiful tower fa fashioned after
the model of the “Lantern of De
mosthenes,” which was erected in
Athens 325 years B. C-, and still
stands. It is 30 feet square and 42
feet high, with a further elevation Of 37
feet, airily built and supported by Corin
thian columns. In the interior of the
building are located tbe State Library,
Museum of tbe Historical Society and
State offices.
Tills LIBRARY
numbers 20,000 volumes and many valua
ble MSS. and ancient works, long since
out of print. The wails are adorned by
full-length portraits of all thegovernorsof
Tennessee, and many of her most distin
guished citizens. Prominent among these
are the likenesses of Andrew Jackson,
James K. Polk, Andy Johnson, Felix
Grundy, Daniel Boone and others. •
THE MUSEUM-OF THE HISTORICAL SOCI-
which is attached to the library, contains
many relics of great interest. Among
them are the trusty rifle of Daniel Boone,
numerous specimens of the implements
and weapons of the aborigines, a perfectly
preserved mummy from the catacombs
near Cairo, Egypt; idols and relies of tbe
peoples of tbe pre-lifatoric age, discovered
in Central America and elsewhere; min-
eralogical, botanmeal and geological spec
imens of great interest; besides coins,
portraits, paintings and many tattered
lattle-flags of the late war.
Tennessee’s library is an honor to the
commonwealth, and we could have spent
days delightfully among those silent
tomes, which, when consulted, are wont
to speak so eloquently. The honors of
The English Sparrow.
What Shall he Done With Them?
When this little bird was introduced
into America, it was regarded with the
greatest favor, and became a universal
pet. Cosy habitations, sometimes of
. iron, sometimes of fancy wood woik,
j were suspended from ten thousand boughs
of trees, and the freedom -of ctery town
and village was granted to the chattering
stranger. Nay, it was made a penal of
fense to shoot or molest in any manner
onr feathered English imihigrants.
The New York authorities, who arc re
sponsible for their coming, asserted that
tbey would devour the insects which at
midsummer stripped the foliage from the
trees in the park3 and public TCsOrts of
the metropolis, and prove. 4 bonanza to
tbe horticulturist, by destroying I tbe_ my
riads of worms, which are his greatest en
emy.
After a while, however, some doubting
Thomases arose, who declared that tho
sparrows did not prey upon the insects,
hut were themselves the veriest comoranJLs
. ‘ in tho world, eating the grain crops before
they had germinated, and then attacking
them again when nearly ripe for tho har
vests. Our readers will remember what
animated discussions ensued as id the
truth of this statement. But gradually
as the sparrows multiplied, like the plagues
• of Egypt, and not only held their ground,
. ,but drove out by superior numbers the
other birds of the forest, and It began to be
noticed that caterpillars were just as busy
as ever in their devastations, ‘a rcactibn,in
public opinion took place, and now ourtiny
'European visitors are very senera!!^ ■ re
garded as an unmitigated pest. ‘
“ They make their nests, ia .the t eomices
of all tbe public and private buildings that
afford tbe slightest shelter; take absolute
possession of every ivy-djtyl wall, invade
the raiiroad depots, church spires, and
doorways of citizens knd 1 public institu
tions, and make thcrilselve* perfectly^a£
home everywhere. The irrepressible lit
tle fellows, having intrenched themselves
in Macon, (thanks to Mayor Huff) are
even sallying forth beyond its prec|nc ts
and evidently intend to jgid oyer and oc-
‘ cupy the whole State and country. The
writer saw them, a year ago 1 as tame and
noisy in the streets of Forsyth as they are , . r
we How much farther north they have J the,. National pemocraric Cc
, advanced, he is unable to say. t0 lhe cdll ° r ° f - lbC * ‘
To show how sharp and unanimous the
AndtvOIS) ixi pcnwjps
more instances, if these malcontents
remain in the field. The folly of thus
frittering away the strength of the Dem
ocracy and laying the foundation for per
manent division, cannot be too urgently
represented. The benefits of local gov
ernment were surely too dearly obtained
to be thus recklessly thrown away.
Octogenarians.—Tho Pittsburg Post
prints the proceedings of a Haucock
meeting in Monroe, Hancock county,
Pennsylvania, which fa of unusual inter
est. Colonel Benjamin Brownfield, a
wealthy farmer, who is one hundred and
one years old, presided, and on the plat
form with him were six Vice-Presidents
whose united ages reaeh five hundred and
nine years. Their names and ages are
a3 follows: John Troutman, 94; Colonel
James Gardner, 80; James Snyder, 85;
LottM. Clawson, 82; George Morrison, 81;
and Thomas Semans, 8L ' . ’/
« Southern Outrages.”—A Northern
correspondent of the Lancaster, Pa., In
telligencer gives a long report of outrages
which he has discovered In and about
Rome, Georgia; but as they all refer to
the indolence and unreliability, of brother
Sambo and bis wife Patsy, they are not
likely to interest the Pennsylvanians. The
whites and blacks of the South, faulty as
they may be, must make thp best of each
other; and get along as best they can r
When this fa fully felt and acted upon,
there will bje daily improvement.
Exports for Europe.—The steamers
sailing from New York for Europe, Satur
day, were the Brittanic and England fbr
Liverpool, the Alsatia for London, the
Ethiopia for Glasgow, tho Otranto for
Hall, the Somerset for Bristol, the Suevia
for Hamburg, and the Main for Bremen
The passenger lists were light, but all car
ried liberal cargoes of freight; and it was
noticeable that in addition to the usual
standard commodities tberd was consider
able fresh meat and the new erop apples,
while many of the vessels had cattle on
the upper deck. Of these latter, there
were about 710 head, together with about
250 sfteep, and also about 3,4SQ quarters of
fresh beef and600 carcasses of sheep. The
33;
bis official conduct, and was being exten- ! Indiana!
sively quoted by public speakers andUie !
press, to prdve that he had been guiity-of t - - T,icy appear to fte geitipg up adesper-
gross official negligence—not to assail the ,.■1® state of feeling in Indiana, as witness
•integrity of the chief justice or his assoc:- . the following finin'the Louisville Courier-
ales, but to plead in Ufa own behalf before J <ntrna i of t i je 21sfc *
the people, that the farts of the transac
tion as they really transpired, and which
would exonerate him from blame, were
not in tbe evidence or before tbe court,
and that the facts that the court acted
upon as true did not in reality exist.
He, as a recently retired member of
the judicial bench, was not restrained
from a labored effort to prove the Gov
ernor guilty by arguing the same facts
when he knew they were denied, and
without giving the Governor the benefit of
a reference to his denial.
He was not restrained, when discharg
ing the judicial functions, from the gross
est and coarsest imputations of guilt and
corruption upon all the departments of
the govermuont— not even treating his
own with decent respect, when the ma
jority of tbe court differed from him to
the extent of exciting liis wrath. He con
cludes a labored dissenting opinion in
December, 1868, in the presence of the
chief justice and bis associate, which has
been a blur on tbe reports of tbe court
from, that time to the present, (vide page
391, 38th vol. Ga. Rep.) in this language:
“I am unwilling to embalm myself in my
own infamy upon tho records of this
court as a debauched judicial officer, in
holding that act to be constitutional. I
therefore dissent from tbe judgment of the
court in this case.”
The chief justice (lJrown) bad then re
cently been appointed, over hisown appli
cation to Gov. Bullock, for a term of
twelve years, and the associate justice
(McKay) to a te:m of eight years; and he
had been reduced from the chief justice
ship conferred on him by Gov. Jenkins on
the death of Judge Lumpkin, by Governor
Bullpck, to a term of four years. From
this degradation, in order that he might
retire (then being in feeble. health it was
expected ho wpuld soon do so) it was one
of the early acts of Gov. Smith to raise
him. At tho first term of the court, Jan
uary 1872,1laving for the first time receiv
ed Democratic recognition after recon
struction, he turned the vials of bis wrath
upon.the governor who made him asso
ciate justice, and the senate that confirm
ed him in|180S. The one had approved
and the other passed tho .act of which he
was speaking when dissenting 'from the
judgment ofMcKay and Montgomery (4a
Ga. Rep.,'page 355) in such gross expres
sions as these—those judges having de
cided the act constitutional: “This act of
1870 is a part and parcel of a concocted
scheme of unconstitutional legislative
enactments, calculated Xo debauch and
demoralize the people, etc. * * The
sooner this putrid carcass of unconstitu
tional legislation is buried out of sight,”
etc. ,
In view of his past career, exemplified
as above, the people will bo slow In re
garding themselves bound by hfa edicts as
to what is due from one department to
another, or to follow him at this stage of
his life as a political prophet. In hfa de
crepit judgment, as now printed and
widely circulated, it fa proper to review
the actions of the' governor, either on the
bench or stump, and for tho legislature to
review all the departments, and for him
to denounce debauchery against the legis
lature and his associate judges from the
bench; but when he wears the ermine,
and a governor on the stump ia self-de
fense presumes '■■■'
mented General Robert Hatton, assisted
by her polite and agreeable daughter,
Miss Emma Hatton.
THE GROUNDS
around the capitol are laid out with ex-
quisite taste, having broad approaches
paved with granite or composite, while
the intervening spaces are covered with a
rich carpet of blue grass. Here, at tha
principal entrance, has been erected the
magnificent equestrian statue of 1
ANDREW JACKSON.
It represents a colossal horse of bronze,
rampant, and faultless In construction,
upon which is seated “Old Hickory” in
a 1 his majesty. Tills was the work oi
the celebrated sculptor, Clarke Mills, and
cost $30,000. Other ornamental
statuettes adorn the capitol, hut
we cannot pause to describe them.
No stranger should visit Nashville with
out dovotiDg at least one day to her state
ly capital. ’ • H. H. J.
Review of Judge Warner’s Resig
nation. , •
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Plac
ing hfa right to retire upon the same foot
ing as that of Judges Trippe, McKay and
Bleckley, Senator Gordon, or any other
office holder, and not intending here to
take any part in’ discussing his opinion
from the bench or stump on the payment
of the Alston fee, I desire to draw the
attention of the leading minds of the State,
and of the people specially, to the reasons
given by him for resigning the chief jus
ticeship—without regard to the effect of
the act itself, or the review of it, may have
upon the pending gubernatorial election.
I regard it as imperative that its fallacy
should be shown, because it fa essayed by
a part of the State press to set up hfa
example as worthy of Imitation—hfa views
oi judicial propriety, thus expressed, as a
standard for the profession of which I am
a member, and this act as a precedent for
the guidance of others. I quote from the
extensively circulated printed copy of his
Greenville speech that part referring to the
suit against the securities on the bond of
the lamented R. A. Alston as public
printer, which was before the Supreme
1 Jourt at the present term:
“The Governor thought proper to take
an appeal before the people from the Su
preme Court of the State, of which I wa3
at the time chief justice. I had no in
tention at that time of resigning. I was
able and willing to perform the duties of
the office as I had been for the ten years,
so far as I knew; but when I saw one de
partment of the government arraigning
another department of the government
before the country in a manner calculat
ed to weaken public confidence in its ju
diciary,! felt that I could nojonger,'with
honor to myself and credit to the people,
over 800 bales of domestic dry goods for
the British markets
Times in New York.—The city at this
season, says the Bulletin, was rarely so
full of visitors and strangers as at present..
The hotels are overrun, and some of them
are obliged to turn away applicants for
lack of further accommodation. Tl.c
great majoritv ‘are merchants and business
men, who are making their fall purchases,
and the effect of their operations Is seen
in the lively aspect of the streets and
thoroughfares throughout the entire down
town wholesale section. Salesmen, clerks
and other employes are on duty in many
instances far into the night; while the
long lines of trucks and drays along the
river front, waiting their turn to transfer
their loads to the steamers show that the
forwarders and the shipping people are
not less on the alert than the merchants
sparrows are when there fa work on hand,
we have only to give the experience of a
Missouri Solid fob Hancock.—Mr.
» John G. Prather, member for Missouri of
* tbe-National Democratic Committee,
writes to the editor of tbe World that
“Missouri will give Hancock 65,000 ma
jority, and will probably send a solid
Democratic delegation to Congress.”
manufacturing industries were represent- bold that position. * * * * , I
ed by quantities of machinery,' and also * Therefore I tendered my resignation
so as to give the Governor an opportuni
ty to appoint a personal'judge who might
be willing to decide upon hfa Official acts
in accordance with hfa' own personal
wishes, and thereby save him the trouble
of appealing to the people to review the
judgment pf the Supreme Court.” j
' It is with the reverence due to. a jjubllc
servant who entered on hfa career, nei^r
the time my father did, who has 1 long
since died in advanced old age, tha; I
study to find the mildest words that; can
sufficiently expose this new departure—
this attempt of a retiring jurist to make 1
code fur official protection in this Demo,
cratic age and coufatry., His judgment is
protected frond severe criticism by the au
tobiographic mention fn tbe conclusion of
his speech that he was a legislator fifty-
two years ago, a judge of the Superior
Court forty-seven years ago, and a judge
of the Supreme Court thirty-five years
ago.
This sensitiveness is of recent origin,
and wonderfully striking when displayed
by Judge Warner, as to the obligations
and restraints from and upon the depart
ments of governments, as to each other.
He was induced to resign'hfa office be
cause a candidate for the Democratic
r.ointnatio’n for Governor in opposition to
him—pot in the discharge or executive
functions, although he was governor at
the time, but in a public political stump
speech, in which he was forwarding his
canvass—referred to & decision,, then
lately rendered by him, which related to
Indianapolis, Sept. IS—The Journal
13 malignant and bloodthirsty this morn
ing. It is furious at Governor Hendricks,
and wants some ruffian “Co rub his head
with a brick.” . The Journal never will
forgive Mr. Hendricks for the flogging lie
gave it and Fiekl-gar a-jim. It was the
crushing speech of the campaign, and,
was called out by the Journal’s attack
upon Mr. Hendricks. This is what hurts
the Journal. The “organ” also howls
this mprning about “fraud” and imported
voters. This is 80 absmdj rooming as it
does, from the representative of a party
that has imported five thousand negroes
into the State to vote and work against
the interests of tbe poor white working
classes. The. truth is that Porter is beat
en and the Journal is desperate. It is
trying to stir up the worst passions .of its
party so as to get several hundred negro
repeaters killed in Indiana on election
day. The Journal should not go too far
in its present bloodthirsty course. Dem
ocratic meetings are stoned nightly in
this town by negroes, and the Journal is
responsible for it. Only last night Cbas.
Otto, a German bricklayer, was badly in
jured at a Democratic meeting by being
struck in the head by a stone thrown, by a
negro, who ran off, and, • though pursued;
was not captured. If ex-Governor Hen
dricks fa struck in the head with a brick,
as the Journal advises, there will be h—1
to play in Indiana, and by "the time it is
all over there will not be half a dozen
negroes left ia the State. iT
ft»9-
stanees do alter cases. New England,
which will read and, doubtless admire- the
How Big will It ,Be?—Gicinnett
, ^ . Herald: The only question now ii, the
Senator’s speech, may congratulate her- 1 majority for Colquitt. It is believed that
self that lm fa not a Southern or a Wes- ! he will carry from ten to twenty thousand
tern man, using all hfa powers to in- ! majority of the white vote, and if we add
flame the passions of other sections against' to this anything like the full negro .vote,
herself. .... bis majority will run up to from thirty to
, There is but one means left of putting • fifty thousand. Colquitt’s race fa some-
down sectionalism wherever it lifts Us thing like Hancock’s. It fa a spontane-
Conkling AND Hayes.—In hfa oration
of last Friday evening, says tho H ew
York Sun, Senator Conkllng took especial
care to express hfa opinion respecting the,
contemptible character which the fraiidur
lent President bears in his eyes. -The
passage was the most striking of the whole
speech: »»—« .
candidate,’if he .ho? Ah bonesY, 'gen
uine man, will not seek and accept a par
ty nomination to the Presidency, Vice-
Presidoncy, or Congress, and after he is
elected become a law unto himself. (Few
tilings are more despicable than first to se-
cure elevation at the hands of a party ain'd
then, in the hope of winning pretentious
non-partisan applause, to affect- superior
sauctity and meanly to imply that those
whose support and confidence were eager
ly and deferentially sought are wanting
in purity, patriotism, or some other {title
to respect.” .r-u } :* £ J
L r f, J
Sectionalism—Mr. Conkling’s Speech.
From the Xma Fork Journal of Commerce.
Senator Conkling is nothing if not sec-
* innol TT?o Aoeilomu nf Afiicto enno/>Ti
to publish that the court,
deciding a case derogatoiy to his' ad
ministration, did not have the proper
facts before them, his dignity is so offend
ed that his honor and that of the people,
requires that he sliould resign.
No one knows better than Jttdgo War
ner, if age or passion had not withdrawn
from his memory for the time tho fcorn-
monest part of bis country’s history,-that
judges everywhere have been reviewed in
the fiercest manner by the press, the 1 bar,
and each other, as well as by statesmen
and politicians. Tbe rulings of the -Fed
eral judges have formed the weapons-Of
attack and defense between political i par
ties from the earliest periods of the i gov
ernment. So of legislators, congressmen,
presidents, -cabinet officers and governors.
And siniply for tbe cause as above sta-
reaigns, Sut makes hfa reason for doing so
a part of the means of assaulting his suc
cessful rival for popular favor. If hfa
theory of government were generally
adopted; every department would be
armed with the power of destruction
against the others, by forcing thfeir retire
ment, in the face of the constitution,
which expressly makes them separate, and
ndependent of each other.
* Judge Warner was a true Democrat
from Ills early manhood, and was suc
cessful in his early aspirations before the
people to public office; but, with the sin
gle exception of an election to Congress
over Mr. Hill twenty-five years ago, it has
been nearly fifty years since the people
ever elected him to any position whatev
er. His promotion to the Legislature
was by tlie sparse population-of Cranford
county from 1828 to 1831, and to Hie con
vention of 1832. Since that, ex
cept one term m Congress, his
appointments have come from the
legislature, either by election of joint as
sembly or senatorial confirmation On ex
ecutive nomination. But such honor
have not been the limit of his aspiration,
He was an ambitions seeker of tbe honor
when jhe venerable Mark A. Cooper was
made the' Democratic nominee in 1843,
thirty-seven years ago, and seems to have
had one eye on the prize at various periods
since, ne wa3 defeated in 1857 when
Brown was selected; was extensively ad
vertised in.1871 when Smith was put for
ward, by whose executive favor he re
ceived the bright judicial prize just tlikown
aside, in anger at tlie failure, after months,
of advertising, to step with eight votes
out of three hundred and fifty fronr Hie
position of chief justice to that of chief
magistrate of tbe State.
Tlie weakness that retired him from
that office will excite .the sympathies of
the old men who have known him so long.
But tbe present generation will not be
willing to fellow him as a politician and
party leader. It is pleasant to contemplate
that he lias, ample means, derjved from
tlie public treasury and otherwise, upon
which he can live in ease, and make room
for some other of Georgia’s -worthy .sons
in public office, while the consciousness of
having labored for the pnblic good-, 43 ho
understood it, will boa reward and solace
whenever, forgetting his passionate e:
he opens up the treasures of nerr.orj
the field of honest and faithful p
service, it will be rich for its vast extent
and fraught with the vivid presence of
thousands of the long since dead. !
tional. His Academy of Music speech is
saturated with sectionalism. From begin
ning to end it fa an effort to embitter the
North against the South by burning ap
peals to old sectional jealousies and hates.
Why does the Senator hate the Soiitli?
The civil warwa3 ended fifteen years, ago.
The Senator is not a weak sentimentalist.
He doesqiot cherish an unmanly; impla
cable hatred of a vanquished foe. He'does
not hate the South on account.of slavery.
For slavery is as dead as the lost cause.
He lias but one reason - for hating the
South, and this he does not state, lor it
.would be tlie instant antidote of all tbat
fa baneful in Ills speech. .He bates the
South because her-people, by a veryjeon-
siderable majority, are opposed to Mr.
Conkling’s party. Mr. Conkling chooses
to regard this opposition as personal to
himself, as in some, sense it is. HC i 1 the
bright and shining lfgbt of Republican
ism. He fa the exponent and oraeije of
Republican methods and aims. He 'is a
standing Republican candidate for- the
Presidency. To-day ho fa, by* all odds,
the leading Republican of the country.
Tho South fa politically hostile to him.
Therefore he hates the South with all the
intensity of Lfa.nature.
How different it w f ould all be if the
South were Republican to the ’ dkeiit of
its present Democratic majority. Then
Kr«GftlfrH0? l Y8H. M JS*e the South. Then
population, with poverty and with igno
rance. Then lie would not fling Inj her
face lief misfortunes such as they are.
Then he would make the “3olid South”
a term of praise. Then he would point
to her Republican unanimity as a model
for the doubtful North. Then he could
not commend too warmly thp political
enthusiasm of all Southerners. Y'ords
would fail even him in flattering the de
votion of the South to politics—if, its va
riety were only Republican. We cad im
agine the eloquent Senator contrasting
the profound interest taken by the Sputh
in polities—the profoundest of all by her
ablest men—with the languor and indif
ference of the North, where our most
capable citizens too often shun politics as a
pestilence. But, alas, circumstances alter
cases. The South is overwhelmingly Demo
cratic. Therefore Mr. Conkling bates
her, and tries to make everybody else
hate her, too. Cold-blooded polity har
monizes wither personal feelings.* In
ponriugouthfariateof hatred upon the
South, he runs no risk of losing electoral
votes down there. Tho Republicans ex
pect no vote3 from tlie South. They are
making no contest in that field. • T -f J
only battle-ground is the N orth. And
they hope to win here by arraying a ma
jority of Northern people against tvliat
they call a solid South. Their wdi,.
are those brandished by Mr. Conkling m
his great speech—misrepresentaoons,
taunts,' sarcasms. This fa sectionalism;
The white girl who married a negro at
Galesburg, Ill., was Nellie Chase. Her
grandfather was the first Episcopal Bishop
of the West, and her father was a candi
date for -Bishop of tho diocese at Chicago
at the time the present incumbent Was
elected. Miss Chase’s brother is Horace
Cha3e,a well-known lawyer of Peoria,and
her sister is the wife of tbe Ilev. G. H.
Higgins, rector of the most lashioiiable
Episcopal church in Galcsberg. > Sam
Monroe, whom riie married, is a coach
man and-uneducated. On the evening of
the elopement Sam took the girl ani her
a marriage ceremony. On the follower
day the bride was captured by her relatives
and started for California. The bride-
.groom, was arrested, the pretext bein]
that he had stolen the satchel.
The .Northern C|il Field.—The
September .issue of Stowelus Petroleum
Beporter says: “The ,draft of nearly
8,900 producing wells on the 60,(XX) acres
embraced in the great Northern field is be-
einning to be felt, and signs of weakness
gre becoming more and more apparent
each month, which fa especially noticea
ble in the failure of many of the wells
to flow as formerly, and now have to be
pumped in order to obtain their yield of
oil.” | - <[|
The clothing ot a workman was
caught between cogwheels' in ■ a mill at
Davenport, Iowa, and he was bein£ slow
ly drawn in, when two comrades grasped
hi* arms, and a desperate “tag of war”
ensued. ' The wheels would not let go,
and the men braced and*pullrf8'"with all
their might. The workman was- finally
rescued, but without a particle of clothing
about him.
as cruel and unjust in its way as any! that
preceded the late war on either side.
And it is full of dangers, - as sectionalism
ever fa. Southern slavery has ceased to
exist.' But, if Northern sectional!
to take its place a3 a disturbing clement,
the peace of the country fa again threat;
Cued. |
IVe repeat that Senator _Cpnkling is
nothing if not sectional. He is no more
natipnal than he is-a stAtesman. ' HA fa a
brilliant politician -with narrow sectional
view s. If he were a Southerner he would
make to Southern audiences red-hot
speeches full of hatred of the North.! He
would juggle with facts and figures and
be a3 voluble In deprecation * and sneers
at the expense of the North as he npwfa
with the South as the target of big elo
quence. Mr. Conkling now pretends to
fear that the South may obtain entire
control of the gdyerniAeut. But if
he were a Southerner, he could lay tre
mendous stress on the fact.that the North
hag had complete possession of the govern
ment for nearly twenty years. He iould
aud would demand tbat this sectional
monopoly be overthrown. He would ap-
peal in glowing sentences to tlie pride and am
self-interest ot the South, and summon her
to resist the continued domination of an
other section. As a Southerner, the] Sen
ator, with hfa peculiar qualificationa,
would shine more lustrously than 1 as a
Northerner. The fiery nature of the
Southrons would respond to his Invectives
more readily than that pf the qooler
Northmen. He.fa the right man t in cth*
W Suppose an accident of birth had made
Mr. Conkling a Westerner. , He ;Wimla
then have hated .tlie. East as thouptigtaly
as he now batcs.the South. He would
satchel out of the house through a window.
They lias cned to a justice, who performed^ the very man to plead that
head. That means can only be supplied
by a UnioB.party. There ■ fa but one Un
ion party in this country. That fa tbe
Democratic party.. It is the only party
which Is alive and strong in ail sections
of the land. It has its faults, bqt'lhe
greatest fault of all—sectionalism—can
not be imputed to it. Its strength fa more
in the North than .in tbe South. It has
nearly twice as many voters here as there.
In these populous Northern States ft di-
vidcs the votes so evenly with the Repub
licans that a few thousands, in many
States even a few hundreds, tiirh the
scale at every election. This is the party
which, literally and truly; knowa*no
North, po South, no East and no Westt
and consents to no sectional injustice i,
lias tbe power to prevent.
■ub Campaign Notes.
The -venerable Mark A. Cooper, ope of
the fathers of the States’ Rights party in
Georgia, in his remarks introducing Got.
Colquitt to the people of Cartersville re
cently, said:
“This fa Walter T. - Colquitt’s soil. I
knew , Alfred when he was a baby and
often.rocked his cradle, and I know' I did
not rock the Cradle of a bad boy. "Alfred
was a good boy and he fa a good man and
a good governor,” He further said: “Gov.
Colquitt fa a native Georgian, and that if
he fa corrupt he-had gotten hfa corruption
in Georgia; that corruption came from
blood, training or association, and that
through neither source could Colquitt be
corrupt. Tbat hfa Wood was good, his
training was good, and. that his associa
tion was good-; arid -that the insinuation
tbat Alfred H. Colquitt is 1 corrupt cannot
be true—fa false.”— Carlermille Exjiress.
Where ;The Shoe Pinches.—Athens
Banner: TJhpre 13 nothing that, galls the
Norwood papers so much as the fact thal
they can’t get the colored vote.' They are
actually beginning to: abuse the colored
men who are speaking for Colquitt. ! Per
haps they want- all such “cut down” as
“cumberers of the ground.” 1 j
How the Case Stands.—Cartersville
■Express:. The charges that were brought
against : Gov. Colquitt—slanders which
were meant to blast hfa public reputation
and to .stigmatize hi* private character—
have been met by the righteous.judgment
of the'people and made to recoil uponthe
men who originated-tliem for the purpose
of destroying a good man and building up
themselves upon his downfall.
Yet it seems to be a foregone conclusion
that, notwithstanding the many charges
that have been - -brought against Colquitt,
he will;be elected: by .an overwhelming
majority.
ASmall Business.—*Albany Eiewi and
Advertiser:. Tlie “organs” are npw quar
reling over the Brown-Westmoreland
affair, the .Colquitt papers claiming that
“Brown got the best of it,” and the Nor
wood papers that Dr: Westmoreland came
out first-best. And just so it is in this
whole campaign, aud with everything
growing out of it. The organs of one side
say after every joint discussion that their
man “got the best of it,” and those of tlie
other side claim the same tiling for'theirs.
It all reads - like twcedle-de and tweedle
dum, he did -and be didn’t.
The News from Elbert Phacks,”
the correspondent of the Augusta Chron
icle and Constitutionalist, says:
I find Elbert county, almost solid for
Colquitt. It has been my habit to (con
sult both sides in this campaign before re
porting the status and, after obtaining
10th opinions, to strike a medium be
tween, hut here it has been difficult to
discover *a Norwood man of whom to get
figures. Elbert has a voting population
of 2,000, and will doubtless cast fully
1,800 votes in the October election., ; Tho
one of two Norwoodites I have been able
to. discover don’t claim more than 300
votes, and tliis to-d,
Colquitt ‘ wifi Vuen carry "the'’ c’oufify “By
1,200 majority. .Colquitt supporters, say
ho will get 1,000 of the 1,800 votes. Say
that the Norwoodites cast three hundred
votes, and you have more than a quintu
ple vote for Colquitt. As with Elbert, so
with Hart* Several citizens of that j fine
little county said to-day. that tjiere were
not one hundred Norwood men in it.
Taking the reports from both sides as
criterion in tha counties recently visited,
and Norwood will be exceedingly fortunate
if he receives Jonathan Norcross’ (vote
over the State.
Shameful, dut Harmless.—Brutus,
“blood and thunder” correspondent of
the Thomasville Enterprise, arraigns! and
Impeaches GovuColquitt for almost every
crime known to the calendar. It is the
most sophomoric production we have seen
for.a long time; and will prove a capital
document for the Governor during the
campaign. It is just such persecution
and abuse that reacts upon tho pates of
those who utter them. The Enterprise
says: 1
Our correspondent,. .“Brutus,” writes a
good letter, but we think he makes a-mis
take in publishing so strong and bitter an
article.. When we make very heavy
charges against an opponent we .hurt onr
own cause if we do not sustain them.
ous uprising of the people, setting aside
old political leaders and rallying tbe
masses to bis support." Mr. Norwood re
lied on the influence of men like Gover
nor Smith, General Lawton and other
leaders, to control the vote of tlie'paople,
but they are finding out that the people
think for themselves.’ So -mote it be!
A Discordant* Firm—Alliens Ban
ner : Gen. Lawlou lias two partners—
General Jackson, and Mr. Bassinger—
both of whom are far Colquitt. This is
about the way.it will be on the 6th' of Oc
tober—two to one.
Information Wanted.—Constitu
tion: We have never heard from Mr.
Norwood or any of his organs in regard
to tbe extension of tbe Macon and Bruns
wick railroad. Mr. Norwood, it fa well-
known, represents interests that are op
posed to tbe completion of this enter
prise, and the people would like to know
how he stands upon tbe question.
.. The Senatorial Nominee in the
First District.—Mr. JP. W. Meldrim,
of Chatham, was nominated for the Sen
ate in the Democratic Convention oif the
first’district, which was held at Edcp on
the ,22d instant. The name of Senator
R. E. Lester was presented, but it was
known that he did not desire the position,
though several delegates persisted in vot
ing for him. |j, ••
There were five ballots as follows (we
clip from the News):
First' ballot—Smith 3, Lester 1, Mel-
driiaO.
. Second ballot—Smith 4, Brewer -Les
ter 1, Mc-ldrira 2. : . .1 ...
Third ballot—Smith 4, Burroughs 2,
Lester 2, Meldrini 2. '“ -
Fourth ballot—Smith 4, Keller 2,. Les
ter 1, Meldnm 1, Burroughs 2.
Fifth ballot—Smith 2, Lester 1, Mel
drim 7. , -1
Bryan changed her two votes from
Smith to Meldrim, giving him nine, two
mor^ than the requisite two4hlrds. ; ' jun.
Mr. Raven'el said in explanation of the
action of the Cb'alham delegation, that
they were guided 1 by the knowledge
that Mr- Lester .would .only take the nom
ination if it was artualiy necessary, but
it, would be at a great personal sacrifice.
There were personal reasons why he did
not.desire it, and the Chatham delegation
did not think they had the right to force
i:m against hfa inclination. Mr. IMel-
drim had been nominated by the delegate
from Effingham, and believing that he
would satisfactorily represent the interests
of the district, they supported him.
THE nomination unanimous.
Mr. Williams moved that tbe nomina
tion of Mr. Meldrim be made unanimous,
which was carried with, enthusiasm, j
Oil motion, the chair was requested to
appoint a committee of three to dotify
Mr. Meldrim of his nomination.
The chair appointed Messrs'. James H.
Biitch, of Bryan,vT. P. Ravenel of Chat
ham, and Dr. C. J v Burroughs of Effing
ham, as the committee. ' ( >
Mr. Meldrim 13 a brilliant and rising
young lawyer. «- r
Norwood in Jefferson.—Athens
Banner: Colonel Reuben Arnold, of At
lanta, spoke in .Jefferson, Monday! for
Norwood. Hfa audience, we a:'e inform
ed, did not number thirty men, of whom:
all except tyvo were Colquitt men. po,it
may be imagined tbat he got cold com
fort.
What the Convict Catechism Has
Accomplished.—The Constitution says:
Mr. Fairbanks, father of the well-ktiown
engraver, called at the Constitution office
on yesterday, and stated that his son had
been applied to by prominent Republi
cans, to famish a fac-sunile of the cut of
the sliackled negro on the first page of the
Convict Catechism, “that fa printed' and
circulated by Mr. Norwood’s friends.”
These Republicans stated that they want
ed to print the “catechism” by the thou
sand and circulate them through Indiana,
New York and Ohio as Republican cam-
mi mat
^Taking this view of the mhtte?, and being
and Montgomery wuuucs, am*
say that - 1 am inord tbib'pleased'wijh the
Western movement which is fast gaining £££?• jjyjg®frwin
pretensions. The whole strain 01 ms ar „ 0 foi . x,- orW00 d. The colored vot „
gumenton Frid^r, n^ht would apply ad-, 89 Colquitt. * Judge Neil MiLeed tittery people and the Savannah Recorder
limA wweJl totUe New England btates c i aintS ftr t ootquitt 40,000 majorly at most not get mad because peeple will ro
es to the South,- New Er^land makes as BalWchcountywill give. Colquitt member that Mr. Norwood was a member
little’progrew 1 ^from 400 to 600 majority. Tatn.all rtmnty pf that company, and was not at Olustee.
Compared with -lhe. mighty West pne is „j be near]y so pJ f 0 Yh;in. Then wete Two weeks Bence none of us will care for
weakm number* of. 'jweaebora at oAHfe district afiy efthese little facts. So we must
“■T‘ _ “ W J **■ keep cool. Tha Artillery people were
clever, and did not like to turn Mr. Nor-
4g..bP LwooaoutouR -- _ _ 1 „
Taiy^ Yourii very tHify, ’ • • 1’oor Alston again. — Columbus
aXhtoAftKRt h.” Tones: The ease fbr which Alston got bis
flow rr Leaked Qut—- Constitution: fee, of evhich you ha>« heard, »o much
Politicians sometimes overdo the’ busi
ness. But for the fact that the navies of
three Colqfiltt men while unadvisedly
used by the Ndrwood club fn Blackshear,
and not tlie East fa the great fentrfe
of material wealth. And yet tuej
England States will not reliqqafah
their desire and purpose to-• •Control,
as far as they can, the policies and,
destinies of the nation. ; In this resolve
New England acts up to a noble
ambition. Though she may be over
shadowed by tbe rising power of the
West, she iSTSttlf the prolific mother of
political Ideas, and she- his sons with
themJblves upon tue ■ national character.
So hairt.be South. Why (should - one sec
tion be denounced ft* ambitiously Stri?:
ing t6 make her Influence fett,* While an
other sectionfts pnfisetfto- the skies (by
Eastern men like Senator Conkling) nor
doing the same thing? Truly, circum-
Georgia—except securing that extra $5,-
000 of back pay for himself ? Where was
“Tom?”
"Oh, Tam, oh Tam, you’ll get your
fear’n.”
We refer to Bums , for the balanee of
the poetry.
Wanted at the Helm of State
Bhmswick Advertiser: Gov. Colquitt
will go into office with an overwhelming
majority, and our people are to be con
gratulated especially upon the certainty
of his election, for it is all important that
the man who sold the Macon and Bruns
wick railroad should be at the helm of
Stdte'tfi’scc fo ft -flftt ttift puipojss for
(vbich It was so)d are. not defeated by
railroad combination of any kind, howev
er powerful.
Con. Yancey’s Hoisting by His
Own J’utakd.—It will be seen by our
Atlanta special that Governor Colquitt
has been under tlie necessity of refuting
another vile slander. If ail tbe lies and
slanders that have been uttered against
Governor Colquitt by hfa enemies could
be turned into votes for Norwood, our dis
tinguished fellow citizen would be*lected
“by a large majority.” But it ia. more
likely-that thasmeampaign lies will count
pn the other side on election day—that,
like chickens, they “will tome home to
roost.—Savannah News.
Norwood Rally at Waynesboro.—
Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Tho
Norwood rally yesterday at Waynesboro
wasascompl4te,a failure', as ever was
known—as to numbers and enthusiasm.
About 1 o’clock yesterday the friends of
Gov. Colquitt were nocified that we would
be allowed a division pf time, and that
Gen. Wofford would speak at 2 o'clock,
giving us just one hour for preparation, for
up to 1 o'clock we had thought from the
numerous pi acards at the street corners
and cross roads that Norwood, Lawton
and Wofford would be present and ex
haust not only the time,hut the patience
of any meeting, so we intended to give
them the entire day, add had no idea of a
division of timewmtil-notified’ as before
mentioned. Upon tbe notification, the
friends of Colquitt, reposing the utmost
confidence in Hou. J: . J. Jones, even
though called upon without hardly, a mo
ment’s preparation, accepted the challenge
and at the appointed time met. • General
Wofford opened in great labor, and con
tinued without; one single demonstration
of applause for one’and a half hours.
The entire audience numbered 76 by ac-
tual count. Dr. J. A. Polbill will verify
this statement, as well as others present,
and three-fout ths of the’ meeting were
Colquitt men. Ge!n.' Wofford attacked
Gov. Colquitt on the convict system, and
directed most of his remarks to a few col-
ored men in flip^audience.' _ The General
was on the wrong side, and he looked like
lie felt it. s "r
Col. Jones’ answer was a complete refu
tation of all the charges made. M
Information Wanted.—Columbus
Times: Ben Hill docs not seem to be
doing what the Norwood wbippers-in ex
pected of him, and hence we see “Bill
Arp” making, the inquiry in the Atlanta
Pent “whether he has been retained in
the case vs. Brown ,?” And “it Ben’s
tongue has got well yet,” etc. We wisli
Mr. Hill could please everybody.
Ben Yancey Surrenders.—Special
dispatch to the Constitution: Athens,
Sept. 24.—Gov. Colquitt satisfactorily ex
plains liis disposition of the seventy-five
tmndred dollars of agricultural money.
I promptly render hitn justice.
m m Yancey. ■■
tEey i’erTdgmgifiajgiSW 11 uSffi as prov
ing the inhuman treatment of negroes in
Georgia.'
Comment is unnecessary.
Norwood in the Towns.—Gainesville
Eagle: Some of Mr. Norwood’s most ar
dent supporters claim that he will at least
carry the citie3 and towns. We grant that
the minority’s strongest support and loud-
est-noise-wiU-be.found in the towns, but
then there ,fa a. loog ujiy* more country
than fowns'ill Georgia.
’ We Hoks So.—Seaport Appeal: The
neighbors and personal friends of Colonel
AVm. A. McDonald, are quite confident
he will not poll a , thousand Democratic
votes fbr Congress in this district. Black
will get the Democracy nearly solid. :
Mr. Stephens and the Jacksons.—
Constitution: A subscriber writes to ask
us if Mr. Stephens, Mr. Hill, Judge Jack-
son and’General Henry R. Jackson are
loi Norwood—staling that the - - .Norwood
men claun them. 1 • i i J •'
W> do not know as to Mr. Stephens,
but hq distinctly stated that Governor
Colquitt was entitled to the nomination
of the conveatlbn and said that if he had
been in the -convention he would have
voted for him, after he found that be had
so large a majority. We have certainly
not seen a word from him In favor of Mr.
Norwood. • 1 ’ I ’
. Mr. Hill has not said anything for Nor-
wood and wet do not believe that he ; will
vote for him.
General Konry R. Jackson is for .Col
quitt and so fa Judge James Jackson.
The Norwood men claim a good deal that
they ain’t entitled to. , . I
How Houston County Stands.—
Home Journal: In reference to the re
sult of the gubemational contest in Hous
ton county, we believe the white vote
will he nearly equally. divided between
Colquitt and Norwood, but tbe negro vote
will go almost solid for Colquitt. The
negro leaders are all for Colquitt. > 1 •
Col. Blount Booming—Griffin News:
Hon. Jame3 H. Blount has been cam
paigning in Butts coynty. Buttscounty
: s solid for Bibunt.
• Not so Sure.—Seaport Appeal: 1 Col,
Collins will not ‘s get quite a number of
Democratic votes in Brunswick.” There
might have been a ragged contingency,
but the nomination of Col. Black smooth
ed the situation, and the lines will be
sharply drawn and iinperfahably carved.
There can be no excuse for voting against
the nominee, and the Democrat who does
it will be the author of hfa own damna- era.
.Best;.posted persons say concerning the
ninth district Congressional face, that it
will be very close between Bell and Speer,
with chances’ decidedly f in favor of Bell
Ti&ZCbnitihttlon-ltfss; A very ob
servant and.dfapassioaate young man-
strong supporter, of Norwood—has just
reached Atlanta from a three weeks’ tour
of the"ninth district. He has been study-
Willing to g*ve both ’sides a hearing
through our columns, we yield space to
our correspondent with the distinct un
derstanding that we do not indorse the
sentiments. ; ' : e ■
Ahead of the Music.—Unto? and
Recorder i The gubernatorial campaign,
in Georgia, now progressing, is one in
which the people arc far in advance of the
politicians. Indeed, they have takea the
leadership entirely out of the hands of
the politicians. To be thoroughly con
vinced of this fact one lias, only to look
over, the State, and see who are the promi
nent followers of Mr. Norwood, and lie
will find every one of them,' to a man, a
partisan—the great majority being broken
down political hacks, andL the balance
prospective place-hunters. This is no po
etical license—it fa' solldirath. " j. 11
Not less -than 25,006.—Thomasville
25.0C0 majoritv for Governor C. on Octo
ber fitb. * Anybody who wants to take
him up on this can flqd him. In his own
languor, “My money fa not a fool if I
Corti'uiTT 1N THE WlBEORASS.-j Cojl-
stitulion:- ''The IbUowing fa .from
one of the best judges of political
titers in Georgia. His . op'nionj are
ighty hear Correct, as a gqneral
ing, and the following is hod «far
wrong, in our opinion : Hu Writ®, “I,
,t Colquitt will carry the ninth district
a good majority. He attributes this
state of affairs to tbe fact that the Meth
odists and Republicans of that district are
almost without exception Colquitt men.
It is a combination he says which never
fails to'sweep the district,
Columbus "Times: The Chatham Ar-
iftt
T&tnall, Appling, Liberty, Dodge, Tplfair •
and Montgomery counties, and I j must
brains and e’nergy enc^U te linpnhf ««™>uld probably
irayer have-heard of tbe system of, affida
vits by Which it u proposed ’ to bind the
ffiore Ignorant of ttfe Norwood voters. It
remiWis to be seen whether even a vee-
1 portable minority o( the conservative
people of the, State will indorse such prac
tices the polls.
lately, was being prosecuted during Mr,
Norwood’s term as Senator. Now, will
it "be properttef inquire why that model
statesman did not rush to the aid bf hfa
State, end get the meney due from the
United States government, and save, to
Did Mr. Norwood ever do a thing to se-
oAe that tlflOjOOO to hfa State ? If he
did, why not let us know it ? We would
ask Judge Warner what “Tom” was do
ing all hfa six years in the Senate for
Mr.’Yancey can "With the same proprie
ty “render him justice” in the matter of
every charge that has been brought
against the Governor during the canvass.
All have been as signally refuted. But
he won’t.
A Good Move.—Columbus Times:
The managers of the election 1 to be held
in this county on the 6fti of October at
the Nance precinct, have given notice that
the sale of intoxicating liquors will not
be allowed within two -miles of- that place ,
on the day of the election. That is right.
The occasion will he exciting enough it
self without adding the fire, of alcoholic
drinks to the heated blood of voters and
permitub uujiag-wum—cr
That’s right! i ■ rt .? • ■ .1 {
Constitution: A Norwood organ rather
boasts of the fact that no personal attack
has beemnade.upon the minority candi
date. It is a fact that is creditable to the
suppo: ters of Governor Colquitt. Chaiges
as reckless as those that have been made
upon the Governor by the Norwood party
can be made against anybody under the
ann... t r..
Col. B. D. Evans, of Washington
county, writes that, though a rejected ap
plicant for tbe Middle Ctrcuitjudgeshiplie
will still afford Gov, Colquitt hearty sup
port. This fa magnanimous and right.
Burke County Solid—Mr. J. D.
Munnerlyn, of Waynesboro, says:
■ In the recent primary election, the gu
bernatorial question was entirely left out.
Mr. Heath snd Mr. Bates are known Col
quitt men, and- Dr. Perkins lias written
several letters showing that he fa certainly
for Colquitt. Now, where fa the Norwood
victory claimed? '* f ‘ .
Dougherty Nomination.—An Alba
ny dispatch says :
The Democrats of. Dougherty to-day
nominated Capt. John T. Hester for the
House. Captain Hester accepted, and in
a speech announced himself publicly for
Colquitt. The Republicans nominated
Ishmaei' Leiion, colored, and the two
parties fUso with Hester and Lenon'.
The people of Girard are well nigh
unanimous for Colquttt. They have or
ganized a Colquitt club with over two
hundred members. .-1.1 ■
wausttat. Fitzsimmons and; His
Bondsmen.—A special dispatch to the
Wor(d, dated September 19, says th,at the
department of justice has been infoimed
of the practical workings of the Demo
cratic split in Georgia through an applica
tion for relief from further service from
the bondsmen of Marshal Fitzsimmons, a
well known Democrat. The bondsmen
were aiso Democrats, but all supporters
of Colquitt for Governor. Fitzsimmons
supports Norwood, and out of theip pref
erences grew the trouble which resulted
In the application of the bondsmen. They
were relieved as requested and Norwood
men took theirplaces. Fitzsimmons has
retaliated on liis bomfamenby discharging
two Colquitt ltifeu who were under him.
and reducing the salaries of several oth-
—Sir Frederick Roberts’, great march
across Afghanistan, and crushing victory
on the banks or the Argandab, have
rather dimmed the exploits of Sir Garnet
Wolseley. The Continental military
critics regard Roberts’ work as superior to
anything done in refcent years by a Brit
ish General, and, all told, his military ex
ploit has more military merit than any
thing since Lord Napier, of Magdala’s
overthrow of the King of Abyssinia—and,
in certain obvious respects, it fa superior
even to that, for the Afghans are much
better soldiers than the Abyssinians.
Talbotton Fair.—We have been fur
nished with a copy of the premium list of
the second annual fair of the “Talbot
County Fair and - Stock Association,”
which fa to commence at Talbotton on
October 26, and continue four days. A
large crowd and a good time are expected.
Talbot county fa one of the best counties
in Georgia, and tbe people are enterpris
ing and wide awake on agricultural Hit
ters, and they will do their level best ia
making their fair a success. The pamph
let was published at tbe Register, office,
and as a job fa well done.
—The latest begging letter fataied by
that sturdy beggar, Mr. Jay A. Hubbelf,
of th« Republican Congressional Com
mittee, begins, “To.the business interest*
of this country the success of tbd Repub-
lfcan party lYmdispeusable.” The clerks,
x-'y-r Q A1 ,, nn , n(1 others' watchmen and charwomen^o whom the
Georgia t_e p_ , circular fa addressed will woe* - sadly
why, in that case, the bogiuejAjnen of
the country don’t. suhstf/bfflo’Jjbe cam
paign fund and sxW*th«Ii WroTCfe hoc
leech.