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FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1882.
Tub mortgaged mule bells the cutting of
the oat crop as the “equity of redemp
tion.” c k*«’ lily .. - . ' -,i
Thx syndicate haring crushed CoL Mar
cellos E. Thornton is now muter of the
situation. -
AaoTHzn attempt haa been made upon
the life of Guitean. Dr. Mary Walker has
called on him.
Tux Atlanta Constitution greets the aril*
ml of n brace of thoroughbred horses for
GoTernor Colquitt. ■
Got. Bbown’s health it improving, and
he expects to return to his seat in the Sen
ate by the 15th proximo. ' . .
Crox examination, the infernal ma
chines mailed to Vanderbilt and Field
proved to be entirely harmless.
Hibbisqv, the “boy preacher,” claims to
have converted five thousand Cincinnat
ians. In such good missionary ground an
infant divine could not fail.
Bob Inokbsou. offered to bet one thou
sand dollars in open court that he would
dear the star route thieves. Benny Brew
ster most have given Bob a dead point
Gobham flies the storm signal. He says:
“Tho Republican ship is in great peril.
The navigators should look at the chart,
unless they have decided to abandon it"
CoxasrssKAX Jxo. B. Clabxx, of Missou
ri, has gotten rid of his Washington wife
by decree of divorce. John will steer clear
Of Washington widows for the future.
....
Abthub was a prominent figure at Bar-
nnm’s circus. It is not reported that he
flirted with (he premier eanestrienne under
the back canvas, bat it is to be presumed
that he did.
The New York Tribune says of Jeff
Long's caucus: “This hearty co-operation
of the colored people with the independents
gives the liberal movement a more formid
able aspect.”
Fabbow evidently desires papers for the
coalitionists/ John Conley is to start one
in Atlanta, one Is already nnder way in
Waynesboro and rumor promises another
one in tins locality.
Bauicai. journals have been beslabbering
£. John Ellis beesnse he voted for John
lynch. And now it tarns ont that the
new recruit oonld not face the music and
did not vote for him. Let ns all howl.
Matob Ganxt OwjbnA of Pennsyl
vania, urges the Germans to “unite in a
body against American intolerance.” And
Parson Felton and Farrow et al. call npon
the negroes to nnite against the white
folks.
The Democratic tally scores well. In
Jeffersonville, Ind., the Democrats gaioed
two members of council. They also gained
two in New Albany. At Terre Haute they
gained three. At Bt. Paul, Minn., they
bent the Republican treasurer 1,800 votes.
In Raleigh, N. 0., the independents were
severely crushed, and similar returns come
from all the cities and towns of tho State.
Dsox the reception of a telegram from
Sam Lee, the negro contestant of Hon.
Mr. Biehirdson’s seat from Sooth Caro*
Una, that Sreer had gone back on them in
the Lyncli-Chalmera contest, Jeff Long's
caucus appointed a committee of one from
each Congressional district to meet in
Athens on the 25th proximo, to inquire
into the matter and to suggest action.
This is fragrant.
“Gists, wrapped np in sheets so as to be
unrecognizable, were sold at public auction
to the highest bidder at a Congregational
, Church sociable In Clear Lake, Iowa, the
Other night. The bidding waa spirited,
and some of tho boys got bsdly fooled."
There’s nothing strange In that. Boys
who buy girls usually find them wrapped
up in sheets, quilts, frilled pillow-sUps and
•od^ things, after the bargain is struck,
and often get badly fooled.
Gobham distributes this carte de visits of
political reformers:
The sore-headed, hungry, office-seeking,
‘non-partisan,” flatulent, Pharisaical, canting,
■elf-laudlng pretenders, who. not content with
claiming merit they do not pnisni. are
crammed with malice against gennlno people’
whom they never weary of alandering. We
have no faith in any scheme to atop the dirndl
whine of the reformers which does not Include
official mush.
The picture has all the color of a South
ern sun. Gorham has the negative, and
parties in Georgia may be supplied with
oories cheap for cash.
The negro 1ms enjoyed the baUot for
many years. Ho is capable of calling and
managing conventions and caucuses and
tho other agenoies of political action.
He l»oa developed many men in edu
cation, intelligence, accomplishments i.nd
cha racier far superior to Farrow. Yet
Farrow flippantly proposes to trade away
eighty thousand negro voter-*, just as ho
would dicker for a plug of tobacoo or t
bottle of whisky.
Ought trie negro nnder such circurn-
stanoes to oomplain at Republican Sena
tors when they say he does aot understand
his responsibilities and cannot appreciate
the advantages which have been beeiowc-d
upon him ?
The Na*hville World gays:
Governor Colquitt, of Georgia, recently told I
a New York rei wrier that tho independent
movement In that State was of no particular
importance. He is also of the opinion that
Mr. Tildcu would make the strongest candi-
dats for President in the next race.
And the New York Tribune adds:
Judge Lochrane, formerly chief justice of the
Georgia Supreme Court. -ays In an interview
published in the Chicago Tribune, that rvlill-
Uht*. is widespread dissatisfaction with Bour
bon rule In his State, he doe* not think the
present independent movement has a pron.!.-
lag outlook. He fears that there Is incapacity
and a want of financial influence among its
leaders.
1 hero jcu have the opinions of two
prominent Georgians. In the expressive
and emphatic language of the Cockney
showman, “You pays your money and you
takes your choice.’’
rill**- Clajtaa va Furrow, -o — *1
We can scarcely do onr readers and the
Democratic party generally grea'er ser
vice than by reproducing the moat sa
lient portions of the controversy between
Mr. Smith Clayton and JL P. Farrow, as
it appears In the Atlauta ConstUuUon.
When Mr. Clayton withdrew from the
coalition and exposed its designs some
thing had to be done. Farrow, tbe leader
and manipulator, undertook the task. To
a reporter of the Constitution, he said:
“Yes; I have read his Interview, and I was a
little surprised. He had been to see me a num
ber of times, and had been urging me to raise a
fund with which to enable him to mn a paper
In the interest ot the independent move
ment. He seemed exceedingly anxious, and
promised all his time and energies, and that he
would do everything he could do to make the
movement a success. On the 12th of last nr on th
he wrote me a letter, in which he laid down a
specific proposition. Here U the letter, you can
rend II for yourself."
The reporter took the letter and read it One
of the names signed to the letter was that of a
well known young licwipapfl^oM^sjwtdan*
here. Tho other was that of Mr. Clayton.
The letter was as follows:
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ATLAXTA, Ga., April 12, 1882,—Tmjmnry P.
Farrow et of., Atlanta, Ga. -Sibs: WWhe un
dersigned propose to publish a weekly news-
pajoir in Atlanta, Ga., in the Interest of the po
litical movement £n Georgia, known as the In
dependent movement, and represented by Hon.
W. H. Felton, A. H. Cox et al., who Issued an
address to the “people of Georgia" recently,
and we will give onr time and energies to the
.’enterprise, and will do all we can to make It a
success. If you gentlemen will pay fifty dollar
the first week it Issues and thirty dollars per
week tar each succeeding week until the 7th
day of next November, and If any question Is
to X rats id as to the conduct of the paper,
such question is to X submitted to a committee
chosen by you and us as follows "You select
one man anil we select one, and these two se
lect a third, and the committee thus chosen
shall decide tbe matterend their decision shall
be carried out, and we agree to send, to such
subscribers as you may direct the paper sent to,
the number of-one thousand coplea each week
In consideration of said weekly payments of
thirty dollars per week..
[Signed] Smith Clayton.
* • *
“I submitted this proposition," continued
Colonel Farrow, “to some of mv Republican
friends, and we concluded that "was not ex
actly proper for os to own, control and run a
Democratic paper, although Mr. Clayton was
willing to do It for us and his proposition was
not accepted. He was under a mistake as to the
relations between the Republicans and the In
dependents. We don’t propose as’Repnhlicans
to interfere in any way with the Independent
movement or seek to control It, mnch less do
we propose to establish a paper to X ran as the
organ of the Independent party and to dictate
to that paper Just what Shall go In It, and In
that way shape the policy of that party. We
don’t propose to do anything of that sort We
simply propose to support good men whom tho
Independents put np for office against Bour
bon Intolerance, proscription, violence and
fraud. This we propose to do, and we proposo
to bring 80,000 Republican votes to their sup
port What has occurred to change Mr. Clay
ton's views other than onr refusal to set him
up In the newspaper holiness, I cannot imag
ine. He says that he was offered a little office
—a postal route agency on one of the roads
leading Into Atlanta. Although he does not
say who offered' him the office, I have Inquired
of Mr. Terrell, superintendent cf the railway
[mall service, if such a position hod been ten
dered to Mr. Clarion, and ho said nothing of
the sort had occurred.
Through the same channel, Mr. Clayton
replies as follows:
He says that I wrote him a letter on the 12th
of April, This is a willful misstatement. He
drew the proposition, a copy of which appeared
in the Constitution yesterday. We signed it In
his presence. He then drew the agreement by
which the money to rnn the paper was to be
raised. He signed said agreement in our pres
ence and stated that he would at once get one
or two of his Republican friends to sign it.
There wju no question, he said, that the signa
tures cojild be obtained, nesald further that
we migl't consider it settled that the money to
ran the paper would X forthcoming weekly,
and wanted to know where to place It every
Saturday. We told him in tho bank. He ob
jected on the ground that the public might
know the source from which It came, and said
he would leave it for ns each week at the
United Mates marshal's office. “This money,'
he sald, ! “wfll come from the salaries of Federal
I office-holders." We left him. AXnt a week
later that agreement, which be held and still
holds tf be has not destroyed it, was signed by
another!prominent Federal official of this city,
As Felton and Albert Cox and Judge James
Hook would probably X candidates on the lib
eral ICne, we stated to Farrow that
we thought of writing to them and ask
ing thj-.m to rapport the liberal organ.
“All rirtht," said the stalwart Colonel, “If yqq
sec proper. If they decline you still have a
thousand subscribers a week to begin with.” It
was ale* understood that the paper was to be
come (|ir property after the 7th day of next
Kovcmter. Such was the precise stato of af
faire wtien, upon consultation with my part
ner, wtj decided not to call on Felton, Cox and
Hook. -Such was the exact state of affaire when
I decided to abandon the liberal movement’
Now, what becomes of the stalwart Colonel's
willful misstatement that we made a proposi
tion which was not accepted! Fending the
stalwart Colonel's written agreement to see that
the money was forthcoming to ran the paper
with the prospect of making money ont of the
paper, and the further prospect of Xlngapart
owner; of the paper at the close of the cam
patgu, I abandoned the liberal crowd. And we
heard not one word from the colonels, either
by pen or tongue, in further reference to the
matter until hu article of yesterday, in which
he makes public a purely private business
agreement, and says: “It looks as if Clayton
bad gone back on the movement simply be
cause we refused to set him up In the newspa
per business.”
“What about that officer’
“The Colonel says that Terrell says that it
was not tendered me. The office was offered
me by Major John Longatreot, who had the
authority and made the offer in perfect good
faith. Mr. Terrell Is not tho man who names
men for Federal offices In Georgia.. Bo yon see
I was treated mighty well. An office actually
■ought me and I had the promise of a news-
' What else 7"
. “In conclusion, the stalwart Colonel does not
combat—he does not even deny-* single point
in my interview. He reaffirms my main propo
sition, that tho fight will X between Bourbon
ism and negrolsm by saying 'we proposo fa
bring 80,000 Republicans to their rapport.
This means the solid negro vote—an Important
admllslon from an appointee of Arthur."
Premising that an issue of veracity be
tween C'ayton and Farrow can scarcely
X called an Issue, it being altogether one
sided, tbe revelation presents soms in
teresting reading just at this time.
The coalition scheme is laid bare. Far
row offers to bring eighty thousand negro
votes to the aid of tbe independents, so-
called. He further agreed to establish t
paper, to X supported by a tax upon Fed
eral office holders, which was to X run,
so far as. the public were advised, as an
honest independent journal, and in
order to keep up the delusion
tbe funds were to be deposited
in the office of James Longstreet. Mr.
Clayton declined tho journal and an of
fice, quitted the coalition and exposed Its
objec's and methods, and it will require
something much stronger than Farrow’s
statements to break tbe force of bis dis
closure.
This ding is timely and Important
to the people of Georgia, so much so that
! we throw aside other prepared matter to
' make space for it.
■r.SMpSMS sad lb« tMrmwnUp.
In our issue of Sunday morning last
we undertook to intimate the position of
this journal In relation to the proposed
candidacy of Mr. Stephens for governor.
In onr Issue of to-day we reproduce, In
#bole, a well considered editorial from
tX Atlanta Constitution of yesterday,and
bare to say that we most fully Indorse its
language, spirit and meaning. This issue
has reached a point where silence or any
uncertain sound upon the part of the
Democratic press would X criminal. We
repeat now what we have before announc
ed, that If Mr. Stephen* desires to X
governor and seeks the position as other
aspirants do, Is placed upon an accepta
ble platform and is nominated by tbe
coming Democratic convention, he shall
have the support of the Telegbaph akb
Messexoek lu no half-hearted way.
It is useless to attempt to disguise the
fact tSht the attitude of Mr. Stephens in
this connection for many weeks past, has
been tbe source of anxious and painful
apprehension to bis many friends and to
memXra of tX Democratic party in every
portion of tX State. r il \ , l ’? 1
Georgians have been unaccustomed to
have daily utterances claimed to X based
upon his confidence promulgated by a
journal which Is relieved from obecurity
by the simple fact that It is the only
outspoken and recognized organ of the
Arthur administration in the State. Mr.
Stephens bss heretofore dealt with his
friends and constituents In a manner so
frank and open that we bare not attached
\Hm importance to those outgivings that
they have received from others. But the
Impression prevails, and to no limited de
gree, that the coalition convention which
is called to meot in Atlanta on tho first
day of June, will nominate Mr. Stephens
as Its candidate for governor, and
that the Democratic State conven
tion which is to follow Is expected
to* indorse and ratify this action. Tbat
this will X considered the voice of the
people, and that Mr. Stephens will ac
cept, and an election will foliow without
contest, save as to General Gartrell, who
has announced bis determination to stay
in tbe field as an independent candidate
until the votes are polled and counted.
We have endeavored to make the
statement of the case plain. The De
mocracy of Georgia cgnnot afford to X
made a party to this transaction in the
manner indicated. WemakeXld tv go
a step fiirther, and say tbat it will not be.
The coalitionists have announced that
they intend to overthrow .the BonrXu
Democycy, by an alliance Xtweeu white
Republicans, disappointed and dissatisfied
Democrats and a solid vote of 80,000 ne
groes. That they are to X backed by the
power, patronage and money of the pres
ent Federal administration, just as these
political agencies were used to overthrow
the Democratic party In Virginia. They
make no secret of their great desire and
hope to accomplish their purpose under
the name and leadership of Mr. Stephens,
whose great abilities, eminent character
and long service have made him a tower
of strength in Georgia.
Mr. Stephens is yet to be beard from
definitely upon this proposition. No one
in Georgia would more deeply regret to
see him placed in such a position than
ourselves, for we should feel it a sacred
duty to oppose him with all tbe energy
and resource at our command. It would
be more than sad to see him In tbe ful
ness of his years anl fame, after a service
coeval with tbe Xst and most troublous
periods of the history ot the country,
embark In a contest which would estrange
the friends and admirers of a life-time and
embitter his declining days. Age may
not have dimmed bis keen appetite for po
litical strife, or cooled his ambition, or
dimmed bis intellect, as it has enfeebled
bis frame, but in such a contest be has
nothing to win if successful and much to
loose whether in triumph or defeat.
The contest to which the Democracy of
Georgia is challenged cannot be safely or
honorably avoided or compromised. The
part) that has made Georgia what she Is
to-day, that ba3 preserved to her what of
liXrty and prosperity she enjoys, is not to
X driven by threats or cheated by subter
fuges. It is compact, united, confident
and defiant and stands ready to do battle
with all comers for Its position and its
power.
It fronted solely and successfully dur
ing reconstruction tbe same elements
which threaten it now, aided and sup
ported by Federal patronage, money and
bayonets, and triumphed In the end.
After years of desultory effort these
agencies, without tbe bayonet, are again
combined and seek to recover the power
tbat was wrested from them. The Dem
ocratic party Is ready and folly prepared
for the onset.
It will have nothing of diplomacy or po
litical legerdemain. It means to raise its
banners inscribed with its principles, and
will follow no leaders who are not loyal
to both.
We have yet to see or to hear from a
single Democrat in Georgia who dirsenU
from the views to which we have given
hasty and feeble expression.
his cause becomes IX cause of the people
of this eoantry. He is imprisoned by
force bat his jail bonds most speedily X
broken, and those guilty .of this great
wrong mbit and will X brought to ac
count.
No wonder tXt It haa flashed to the
country tbat great excitement and indig
nation has followed this outrage. It
speaks volumes for the law-abiding and
peaceably disposed citizens of New Or
leans, that they had not torn the jndge
from his Xnch, and the doors of the pris
on from their hinges. TX suggestion has
Xen made tbat the Legislature of Louisi
ana, aXut to X assembled, postpone its
session until the coming fall. This
should notX done until this judge, who
disregards law and violates bis oath and
tX constitution of his State and oouutryjs
duly impeached, and deprived of power
for further mischief,
The John Brown subscription in Phila
delphia is about at Rn *nd, aa the ambi
tious Africau who was engineering tbe
scheme is posted as an impostor. The
colored brother hands around the hat for
tbe benefit of the colored brother.
The Liberty of tbe Frees
From a reading of our noon dispatches
one would readily conclude that military
law was still of force in the State or Lou
isiana, thatFhil Sheridan was the supreme
dictator of tbat unhappy province and
was in receipt of a dispatch from Grant’s
Secretary of War informing him that “we
are all for you.” But a few days ago we
were complied to allude, in a humorous
way, to tho ridiculous attempt of Mayor
Sbakespere, of New Orleans, to suppress a
newspaper whose criticisms upon his offi
cial conduct were distasteful to him.
Fortunately for Mayor Sbakespere, his
Xtter sense came to bis aid, or the coun
sel ot wise friends was heeded. One or
the other agency, or Xth combined, ex
tricated bim from his untenable position,
and probably saved his official head and
a suit for heavy damages. Bnt now a
district judge, a man who is presumed to
know Xtter, finds himself in a far worse
positiou than was Mayor Sbakspere. This
judge was induced by some influence,
certainly not by Ids knowledgo of law or
his sense of official duty, to issue an in
junction restraining an editor fronTthe
exercise of his functions; in other words,
forbidding him to publish in bis journal,
the Mascot, any criticisms upon
the conduct of a prominent and perhaps
wealthy and powerful citizen. The despot
who rules Russia has not dared to do any
thing worse than this. The act cannot be
supported by any authority found in the
jurisprudence of the United States, and a
more forcible and unwarrantable inter-
, ference with the rigiit of the press cannot
j be found of record or conjured up in Im-
: agination.
i The enjolue j journalist disoXyed this
writ as was his right and his duty, and
' i ‘ ; ASlBrMSnatsr Hill.
The usually fair and correct Washing
ton correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
takes occasion,under the mythical form of
a convenient and surreptitious Senator, bo
cast this pitiful slur at Senator Hill, who
Is past the power to reply:
A leading Senator, tn conversation with your
correspondent to-day, remarked that there had
scarcely been a ripple ol political antagonism
stirred up On the floor of the Senate during
this entire session of Congress. He ascribed
this to the absence of the three Senators who
had always been eminently conspicuous in
fomenting discord—Messrs. ConVling, Ed
munds and Hill. Mr. Conillr.g' is no longer a
member of lhe8en&te, and Mr. Edmunds and
Mr. Hill have been out of their seat* most ol
the time, on account of sickness of themselves
and of their families. The quiet of the Senate
1* refreshing.
TX fact that Mr. Hill, to the knowledge
of this correspondent, was out of his seat
by reason of great affliction, should have
silenced the flippant and untruthful re
mark of some Senator who perhaps re-
memXrs with no pleasure a tongas now
silent.
The farther fact that Senator Hill was
not accustomed to foment discord should
have spared this infliction from tbe corre
spondent of the Baltimore Sun.
Senator Hill, by his boldness, eloquence
and power of debate, has, on more occa
sions than one, sltenced the fomenters of
discord in tbe Senate. The “quiet of the
Senate” may be “refreshing” lq the cor
respondent of the Baltimore Sun, as Ed
munds, Ingalls and Hawley wave tbe
bloody shirt, because a page in tX Con
federate Senate prays to have his political
disabilities removed. ^
Doubtless it was refreshing to these
Senators to know that they might safely
indulge in their splenetic and venomous
assaults npon tbe South, without fear of
punishment from the able and eloquent
Senator from Georgia. It is not to be ex
pected tbat Senater Hill’s condition will
stay the tongu63 of Radical Senators.
The opportunity is too good to be lost.
But It is shameful and cowardly that a
Southern journal should strike him a
blow at such a time.
Fnblle Health,
Onr sister city, Atlanta, oniy one hun
dred miles distant, and in daily commu
nication with us by railroad trains, Is af
flicted with the small-pox. Notwithstand
ing her efforts daring the winter and ear
ly spring to guard against its coming, by
general arid free vaccination, it has ob
tained a lodgment in her midst, and we
regret to be forced t» the conclusion that
she will find a difficult and expensive task
to get rid of It. The disease seems to be
of a virulent type, and the death rate, so
far, Is high.
This should X a warning to Macon-
one that most be heeded at once. If we
are visited with it tberois no estimate that
may X safely made'of the loss of life and
the damage to business interests, which
will surely follow. There is no known
preventive^ save vaccination. Tbe
board of health has recommended the
prompt adoption of this method, and we
cannot too earnestly enforce this recom
mendation upon the city authorities. It
will not do to delay until the disease ar
rives, or to attempt to silence apprehen
sion by saying that small-pox will not
spread in warm weather. The conditions
being favorable, the food for it to feed on
Xing convenient, it will spread in any
kind of weather, oven though warm
weather may be the best in wbicb to treat
this, as i3 the case with all eruptive dis
eases.
Money which may be spent in tho pres
ervation of the public health is well
spent, and the amount now re
quired to furnish freo vaccination to all
who have not availed themselves of this
precantion and who may not X able to
do so, will be small as compared to tbat
which will be called for If pest houses
have to X established and capable nnrses
employed. The importance of this mat
ter is imperative and the city council
should not neglect it for a single moment.
It has been brought to .ns tbat some cf
onr city fathers are disposed to resect any
suggestions cf this character coming from
this journal. We can only assure such
that they cannot possibly feel a livelier
interest in all tbat appertains to the wel
fare of Macon and its Inhabitants than we
do, and that they are taking a very nar
row view of their duties and responsibili
ties, when they assume to X controlled
by any such idea. A wise and sensible
suggestion is ent itled to consideration, no
matter from what source it may ema
nate.
We do no not propose to indicate the
necessary details to be prosecuted In tills
work. This may bo safely and properly
left to the Xard of health. .
Bnt wo would make a suggestion, in
all kindness, to the colored people. In
Atlanta and elsewhere they have been
"the first and chiefest sufferers by reason
of their surroundings and modes of life.
The rule will certainly follow here. From
ignorance, or uuder the promptings of the
mischievous leaders of their own race,
they have refused to X vaccinated, upon
the utterly groundless pretext tbat the
white people were trying to disseminate
disease amongst them. If they persist in
ibis, among their other follies, they must
expect to pay the penalty.
If our authorities ere alive to the exi
gencies of the situation, every person in
tbe community who has not received the
benefit of vaccination should have it
placed within his or her reach before tbe
coming of another Sunday. This is an oc
casion upon which the truth of the adage
"an ouuce of preventive is worth a pound
of cure” may well be put to a prompt aud
practical test.
Ssat&sra Tara Trad*. S
The present condition of the yarn trade
in this country la such as to render t im'd?
a few suggestions Xaring upon this now
important Southern Interest.
Our people have Xen accustomed to
gauge this business by the representations
of a sanguine press, which b&s published,
without allowance for exaggeration, the
wildest statements in reference to profile
of cotton spinning. From this habit the
impression has gone abroad tbat the only
thing necessary to make money fast was
to put Into operation cotton machinery of
any clast or condition, aud produce goods
of any description. The' result, as
might have been expected, has
Xen in many instances waste
ful investment of money iu high priced
machinery and Xdly constructed mills,
which ate not adapted to such production
as the trade requires. TX goods pro
duced in many instances are nnsulted to
tbe trade, and in others, have been pro
duced In such quantities as tq completely
destroy all paying demaud, by over si p-
plying its legitimate wants. —
These evils are aggravated at the pres
ent time by the swarm of so-called com
mission merchants,that are sending circu
lars and writing letters to parties who are
spinning In .the South, soliciting consign
ments and making representations in
reference to.: demand and prices
tbat ; arc not 'ct justified by
actual sales of tbe very description of
goods they seek to c->ntrol. Many of these
men are as ignorant of tbe quality and
value of these goods as any uneducated
negro is of the intricacies and complexi
ties of the solar system. Some of them,
who are ambitions for consideration as
large merchants, cannot reel and weigh a
Xbbin of yarn aud tell what number It Is.
They are equally ignorant as to the items
of laXr, findings, raw material, waste,
fuel, etc., that go to make up the aggre
gate cost of a pound of yarn of given num-
Xr, style and quality. To them the dif
ference is sma’l, whether the goods
are sold at fair value |
5 to 10 per cent. under
cost. They are working for commissions,
and these are lessened in light degree,
when compared with the spinners' loss
of many times the amount. To wasteful
purchase and construction, to which we
have above alluded as applying to many
mills of recent cunstinction, as well as the
ignorance and general incapacity of the
so-called commission merchants who han
dle their ;producls, may be added, in
stances that are numerous,utter ignorance
on the part of the mill manager of the
kinds of goods that are demanded by the
trade, or tbe special [mints in manufac
ture that will commend them to the trade.
These are a few ot the more glaring
evils tbat exist at present, and to remedy
them the thoughtful attention ot all con
cerned may well X concentrated upon
this question.
This Interest is of too much Importance
to tbe South now to X bandied in this
haphazard way. Not only are the inter
ests of novices and Incompetents at stake,
bnt the Iaige capital > vested in this tradu
is Jeopardized by these conditions.
Without delay, Southern cotton spin
ners should come together at Augusta,
Ga., or some other central point, and
effect an organization for their mutual
benefit and protection. They might each
bring along their account sales for the
months of March and April, and by
comparison of the same de
termine who are tbe cutthroats ot
the trade. Organization would enablg
them to profit by interchange of thought
and experience, on occasions, of meeting
together, and at small cost to each they
could collect and disseminate mnch infor
mation of Incalculable value to all.
We make these suggestions trom an in
timate knowledge of facts tbat bear out
the conditions at which we have hinted,
with the hope that this matter will be
taken up, and proper measures adopted
by Southern spinners to protect and foster
In its inception an interest upon which
the South has bntlt many of her hopes for
success iu that general accumulation 'of
wealth and power for which she is so
earnestly struggling.
The General Conference which mot ju !
Nashville last Wednesday re-elected him j
secretory,although physical feebleness was !
apparent. His strong stentorian voice rang
out over the the church with its o!J-timo
charm, as he called the roll. He was
elected by a standing vote, exhibiting the
high esteem In which he waa held by his
brethren. In returning thanks for this
expression ot confidence, he said: “ I will
X able to do all tbat could X wished.”
The venerable Bishop Paine, in the chair,
turned to bim aud said: “ The only fear
I have is tbat you will do too much. Pro
tect yourself.” To which tho Doctor re
plied: “I wish nobody will ever say to
me that I have been doing too much
work. I can talk, lecture, and quarrel
too.”
On yesterday morning, at six o’clock
at his lovely home on the Yauderbllt
University campus, this veteran Christian
minister closed his eyes in death. We
have no particulars, save the simple an
nouncement of his death, from Rev. T.
T. Christian.
Dr. Summers was a man of varied and
profound learning. He was the author of
several works of merit* Among them
his commentary on the New Testament,
perhaps stands foremost. He has con
tributed to the literature of tho church
In various ways, and hla name 13 as well,
if not Xtter, known to the entire connec
tion than even those of the bishops. In
fact, X filled a sphere that but few men
coaid Xve filled, requiring peculiar and
more varied capacities than any other po
sition 1q the entire church organization.
His industry was marvellous, and
his achievements perfectly wonderful.
Tbe secret of all this was, that he was
never Idle. He worked by system, and
every hoar had its duties prescribed. A
groat mau has falleD, and if there is a
man in the entire connection prepared to
fill bis place, his name has not been re
vealed.
This denomination has Xen greatly
Xreaved by the death of its prominent
msn within the last two weeks. First to
fall, was the veteran Dr. L. M. Lee, of
Richmond—soon followed by Dr. S. S.
Rozzeli, of Baltimore, then Dr. A. Alex
ander, of Texas, and now the greatest of
them all, Dr. Thos. O. Summers, of Nash
ville. *
So far as the returns have been received,
they are sot at all favorable to the Ste
phens gnXraatorial movement.
C'oxqbessscak Joxes (Groenbacker), of
Texas, has signified his willingness to play
the rolo of Billy Mahone in tXt State.
Greenbacker Jones will X left.
Bon Inoebsoix was bettins on n cerf.in-
ty when he offered a thousand to one that
tho star route thieves could not ba con
victed. The Honorable!,?) Robert upirite
one of the thieves away, and calls a gentle
man a liar when called to account. He
had a dead point. Tne court was with
him.
Death ot Dr Ttos.O Hnmmers.
* We received a special dispatch from
Nashville, on yesterday, announcing the
deatiLof this well known mininister of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Thomas Osmond Summers was born in
the Isle of PurXck, Dorsetshire, England,
October 11,1812. Ho came to America
when quite a youth. At the age of 23 ho
was received on trial in tho Baltimore
Conference of tho Methodist Episcopal
Church. Hero he remained for five ye^rs.
Itj 1840 a call was made for recruits to go
to* Texas. Yoang Summers responded
with promptness Here he spent four la-
borions years in that then frontier field.
In 18-14 he was transferred to the Ala
bama Conference, where h!s memXrehip
has continued until death removed him.
The year of 1844 was a memorable one
In the history of Methodism. Tho Gen
eral Conference was held that year In
New York city, when the separa
tion of tho two branches of Meth
odism took place. Dr. Summers took
great interest in all the struggles of
that day. His influence was felt In
the councils of the church. He was elected
a delegate to the first General Conference
of tbe organization of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, South, in 1848. He was
elected assistant secretary of that Xdy at
that session, and has b3en secretary of
every subsequent session. At the general
conference of 1840 Dr. Summers was
qlected assistant editor, with tho lato Bish
op Wiglitinan, of the Southern Christian
Advocate, then published in Charleston,
S. C. Here he remained four years. In
1850 he was elected editor of the Sunday-
school Visitor, also printed at Charleston.
In 1854, at the General Conference held at
Columbcs, Ga., he was elected as editor
of boots and periodicals for the Southern
Methodist Church, which at this session
had determined to establish a hook con
cent, or publishing house of their own
at Nashville, Tenu. Dr. Summers took
np his residence there that year, and lias
been connected with tho publishing inter
ests of the church from that time until bis
death. During the war herefugoeil to Ala
bama and taught in both Greensboro and
duscaioosa. At tho close of tho war, he
returned to Nashville as the editor of the
Christian Advocate and general book
editor. He continued in Hint relation
until 1878, when lie waa succeeded by
Dr. O. P. Fitzgerald on the tbe Christian
Advocate. In the meaatlme,he was elect
ed professor of theology in the Vander
bilt University, tbe duties of which posi
tion I10 lias Xen discharging in connec
tion with other laXrs. Ee wan Dean of
♦lie University. And three years ago he
was elected editor of the Southern Metho
dist Quarterly Review,a position which he
stiil held when he died. j
Wmex Duke Alexis saw Lieutenant Dan-
enhower, he begged to X rememXred to
the boys in America. All right, Aleck,
shake. How’a the gal that robXd yon of
tho diamonds ?
Con. Cop* Wisslow passed through the
city yesterday. He goes to spend the Sab
bath and attend church with Hon. Fleming
DoBignon of Baldwin. There was a sus
picious looking fishing tackle protruding
from his rear pocket.
Ex-Govrexon Fuanbxtn J. Mooes has
risen to the prominenoe of furnishing the
1,601st portrait for the rogues’ gallery of
the New York police. Dorsey, Brady and
Howgate will fill in numbers two, three
and four. All Stalwart Eepublicans.
It is said that th? President would not
sign tho bill for the relief of the parlies
claiming remuneration for the destruction
of the brig General Armstrong, Xcanse it
was said that some of the Xira were
rebels. What a super-loyal President ?
The official records of tho Grand Army
of the Republic show a membership of 85,-
000 men, all of whom were honorably dis
charged from the United States service.
And yet the oommandor of tho Grand
Army of the Repnblio. in Pennsylvania, a
few years back, had never Xen in an
army.
Washington Post: Mr. Chandler, the
new Secretary of the Navy, has been tak
ing an account of stock and finds tXt only
about onc-Xlf tho entire fleet is in fighting
condition. By fighting condition is meant
the capacity of floating long enough to X
blown out of the watt-r by the enemy.
The Greenville (8.0.) Keurs asks: “Will
somebody or cna anybody give an idea of
the present whereabouts and prospects of
tho now party wo were to have?” Tho last
wo heard of Senator Fishburne he was
dtnnk and in the Cohunb^p jail. Ask os
something hard.
The retirement of Bishop Paine severe a
connecting link between tho primitive
Methodista and those of the present. For
sixty-five long years he has borne tho cross
and worn the earthly crown of au itinerant
preacher, devoted to his Master’s cause and
l&Xring in any part of tho vineyard in
whirh the welfare of the church required
his services.
Chattanooga Times: SamX and Jumbo
and Qaimbo, of Georgia, are willing to
jine any movement that will “overthrow
Bourbon Democracy.” In the opinion of
these able dusky statesmen tho overthrow
of BonrXnism means a return to the good
old days when the legislative halls were
filled with field hands, who were as pur^
chaaib'.e as so many blaok cattle.
The New York Herald makes this an
nouncement : “The famous four-ia-band
ooftcb, Taliy-Ho, radiant in a new dress of
primrose and black, with its proprietor,
Colonel De Lancey Kane, handling the rib
bons, opened the public ooaohing season in
New York city on Monday,” and accompa
nies it with a leading editorial endorse
ment. Snobbery has culminated.
It will hereafter be strictly proper and
pious for United Presbyterian Churches lo
s<ng to the accompaniment of organs
French horns or any other musical instru
ment, the law forbidding their use having
Xen repealed. A change in the vote of
six presbyteries out of more than twelve
hundred would have left tho organs in
their original ein.
Mb. Pahnklg says of the pacificatory
policy of tho British government: “I X-
lieve the chan go to indicate a desire on tho
part of tho government to examine into
and discuss this great question with ns
with a viow to its solution, and a growing
belief on their part that upon tho satisfac
tory solution c-f this question, after the
; land problem has been worked out, must
depend the peace and prosperity of Ire
land.
Tue Illinois statesmen find redistricting
tho State au ugly job. The attempt to ger
rymander the Democrats out has given ri.-e
to a difplnyof “plantation manners” so-
called. In the House, when the previous
question was called, there was a disgrace
ful scene. A dispute arose between M esr-.
Herrington. Parrish, and many others
which degenerated into a light, l’arrish
called Herrington a liar, and Herrington
knocked Parrish down. Parrish was
dragged out and the blood washed from
his face. Herrington then apologised to
the House, but Parrish on returning to his
desk dencuBocd Herrington as a brute and
a coward.
He Has Been Tliere Before.
n,ieago Times, Ind. i
It is understood that Blaine is not making j
any organized effort (or the Republican r.oml- '
nation In lfwt. but will content himself with
having his llghtiilng-rod in readincaa should
the nomination conclude to strike in his dl- |
reetlon. lie is profiling by two unpleasant cx- 1
pcrie-ncea.
The Color Vine.
Washtnffton Post.
Thu blac k mau, Xing in so small a minority,
which yearly grows less, 1* much more interest
ed than fiie white man in abolishing tbe color
line, yet such proceedings as these in Georgia
show him to be the one most determined In Its
maintenance. His future, a* a part of the gov
erning power in tbU country, wiil be far bright
er, when he cchm* acting solely as a black man,
and makes up his mind to think and vote as au
American citizen.
A Warning to Isdspeodcnts.
LaGrnnoe Reporter.
Woe to tho party or the men who precipitate
a nice issue npon the people 0! Georgia at this
time. Tho recent killing ot a young student at
the State University by a negro lias created A
ouict but deep feeling throughout the State
The people of Georgia want no ArUiurUm—no
more negrolsm. They will not have it. They
want peace between the races, and politicians
who are stirring up and massing the blacks in
opposition to the whites may a* well prepare
for a big political funeral. Many corpses of
such will be interred beneath a mountain of
li°o P u! Ur indignation at the approaching elec-
Claaafea tit the sierra Nevada.
Territorial Enterprise.
Tho name of the post-office at lone, Nyo
county, Nevada, has been changed on account
of the trouble they had with the mail matter
going to lone. Cal. It i* now called Midas.
When it was proposed to call the ;«st-office
“Midas" there was a hot time in the town about
the meaning and derivation of the word. One
thought he had heard of a dye of that name,
while another said It was the name of a heathen
god who stole the golden fleece. A Montana
man, however, settled the question. He said
the name was neither new nor curious. Up in
Montana he bad seen a mule called Midas, and
a blanked mule he was, too.
Arthur's Mrnagsr.
Gath Interview.
“Are you sure the President has made Don
Cameron his political managert” "Yes, per
fectly sure. Arthur has the Itch to be re elect
ed, and, being but a small politician In large
things, ha looked around among the different
bosses to find one who would use his patronage
for renominatimi with ability. John Logan
has lost his health, and is off at the Hot
Springs. There is no political manager in New
York equal to Cornell, who is not Arthur’s
friend: and there seems nobody left but Xu
Gammon. So Arthur has given him full con
trol of Ills patronage, and he Is appointing pos^
master* to-day In'Ker.tueky, and fixing up the
State tor Arthur next time.”
• Hie Original Ravel.
Philadelphia Times.
Gabriel Ravel died only two weeks ago at
Tonlonse, France, at the age of seveuty-two,
and though younger members of the family
still perpetuate its fame in pantomime the or
ganization which was familiar to Americans
broke up sixteen years ago, after an unsuccess
ful! season in New York. Gabriel was by far
the most remarkable of the family, and as a
contortionist and acrobat with real dramatic
talent he has been considered without a rival,
und his estimable character made him a gen
eral favorite. He first appeared in Paris at the
S of fifteen and was In active work on the
0 continuously for over forty years, about
of which time he spent, with the other
memXrs of his famous family, In tbe United
States. In this country they made most of the
money on which they have lived in comforta
ble retirement at Toulouse, and thousar.-Js who
Xve witnessed their performances with almost
hysterical mirth will hear of Gabriel's death
with regret.
Germany la Arms.
Philadelphia Record*.
Germany docs not yet see her way toward
turning the spear Into a pruning-knife and tbe
sword into a sickle; on the contrary, she Is
launching ont into extravagant works for of
fensive and defensive operations, apparently In
haste lest they may soon X wanted. The new
Ifortiflections of Stras)iuiB are to X completed
this spring, forming with those of Metz, May
cnee and Cologne the great western bulwark of
the empire. Eleven distinct forts, at distances
of from three to five miles from the centre of
the fortreas. Inclose Strasburg and Its five sub
urbs, twelve villages in Alsace and four in Ba
den and aXut 6,000 acres ot farm land. On the
eastern frontier the present fortresses of Posen
and Thom are Xing enlarged, while a second
for reserve line is being formed from Glogau to
f Hustrln. In the north the great naval port of
■lei is to X made one of the major fortresses of
[the empire. Simultaneously ten large and
twelve small torpedo boats havo Xen ordered,
and there is an evident Intention on tho part
lot the Kaiser that If a war should break out
suddenly it will not be Germany that trill X
unprepared.
Thu Story Tellers In ronncll,
O. Timet-Democrat.
It would have Xen a*Ti(c.ture for remem
brance If one could have taken a peep Into Mr.
George W. Cable's study in his cosy cottage on
Hghthstrect on last Monday afternoon. Group
ed together tn the room, with ths balmy south
wind coming in through the many open win
dows, laden with the musky roses blooming all
aXut, were Mr. Samuel li Clemmen* (Mark
Twain, Mr. Joe Chandler Harris (Uncle Remus),
Mr. James U. Osgood, the Boston publisher, and I
the author of “Old Creole Days" and "Madame
Delphine." In the zoom, alto, were Mr. Cable's
little Hock of zwcct-faced girls and the children
of hit artist sister; tho younger ones, with
childhood'* wondrous intuition, nest ling about I
"Uncle Ermas'" knees, while the XX of three
years old crawled up and found closer lodg
ment in his lap. wore ever any children In
the land In Xtter form to beg for storiesT Andl
they did not havo to plead very long Xfore
MarkTwain was reading for them, as perhaps
no one else can read, some of '"Uncle Remus' “
stories, saving for tbe climax that one dearest
to the heart of every Southern-born child, the
inimitable story "B'rcr Rabbit and the Tar
Baby." . .
llow tbe Chinese Uo.
Rapa {Cat.) Reporter.
The Examiner publishes a dispatch dated
Martinez, April 26th. of the following purport: I
Signs have been appa ren( here for «me days
that vigorons measures would be taken by our
citizens to rid the town of the Mongolism lo
cated in our midst, and this feeling has been
Intensified by the recent employment of Chi
nese In tbe local canneries to the exclusion of
white labor. The climax was reached this
evening, when, as if by a common understand
ing and with one mind, the citizens turned
out «* matte and assembling in the vicinity of
the house occupied by the Chinese, demanded
that they should vacate tho premise*. The
Chinamen were slow to oXy these orders when
a general onslaught was made and the building
was completely demolished, the Celestials
fleeing ln\ all directions. The Chinese wash
houses were alto visited and the Mongolians
compelled to decamp. Resists new was offered I
In many cases by tho Chinamen, aud tho rc .
non of firearms was frequent. At this hour
U9-.ro o'clock, p. m.) it Is reported tharttliree
have Xen kilted and several wounded. Tne
voice of Martinez U that the "Chinese must
go," and the most effectual means have been
adopted to enforce the unanimous verdict.
Cal, Kane Opens Stic Spring fee anon.
Sew Tork Telegram.
Wc know that gentle spring has come to
stay, for that energetic *cab driver, Delnncey
Kane, has not only "tooled” his four-ln-han-1
on the same old route, but has advertised daily
trips, except Sunday, during the entire Mason.
CoL Kano (his stable experience gives him the
title) always wears, in addition to the correct
uniform of a stage driver, a bunch of yellow
flowers on the left lapel of his jacket, which
saves the expense of one lantern.
Travel by rail from New kork to Fulham is
decidedly quicker and somewhat cheaper than
by the Kane stage line,as tn addition to the ex
tra charge for transportation, the coachman
and guawi expect a shining apiece fat order to
drink the passenger's health. However, Kane
may do some bu.-iness, aud if he doesn't make
much money, will doubtless contrive to pick
up enough to make the staging account bal
ance. He ought to X encouraged, though.
Any ambitious young man, of Industrious hab
it*, who undertakes to be a stage driver In ac
tive competition to a fast railroad, ougnt not to
XtraoUd Water thrown upon such awocthp
attempt t> cant an hone>t living.
hiillt-aii's Serenade.
Washington Critic.
The'Critic prints tho Incident* Of a visit of a
band of revivalists to Uuiteau, the assa-v-in,
lost night The religious tan-! fi rmed in the
main corridor of tho building, With an an li
enee of soldiers, jail officials a.id pritoners, the
latter peering through the grating which cov
en th* corridor; like a netting, resembling a
huge chicken coop. Bentley and Jones re
moving their htlti, stepp-fl into tbe tuid-t
of tiie group, and, with uplifted hands,
started tho revival hymn, -i-ring tn the
f-iu-aves.” At the conclusion of this hymn,
which was song with great fervor and sweet
ness, Bentley -tarted the thrill'..--' revival tune,
“Adieu, my friend-. Adieu," and il. the unto.,
swelled high up to the dome end into the cor
ridor*, they reached Guiieauin his cell, ami
the axiom, "Musi" hath charms towioihe the
savage breast," wa.- verified, for Gultcau came
ont of his cell and beckoned to the warden.
"Let them iu hare, let them in here,” he --1111.
while large tear drops coursed down bis
cheek*. The large iron floor lending to the
corridor In which Guiteau's cell was situated
anged themsclvee n; .ngtne corridor in three-
rows facing the cell,' Kcv. Joseph France
in the centre, fronting ijulteau. who stood
close, to the door, his right hand
resting on the bars. At a word from the re
vivalist fourteen voices united in Itnrton'-
s-fiemn "Walk In the Light” revival hymn,
Guiteau’s head dropped to his breast, and. cov
ering lii-. fare with his hands, he wept tike *
: hild; nor did he cease weeping while the
I and continued the .-.hove tune, merging it
into “I Long to Meet You There,” which waa
beaittliullv snug with f ill chorus. At the con
clusion of this tunc Rev. France—kneeling
"I-,-," to the cell door, while the a-szatstin sank
upon his -net's his far* still covered—offered a
fervent prayer, lu which ho said: "We thank
Y'.u, O. »f ,ti. that Thou didst so love the world
as t > give Thine only begotten Son that who
ever should believe iu Him should no? perish,
but have everlasting life. We come now as
humble suppliants for Thy mercy, through
Thy Son. ami pray that whatever may X the
future of Mr. Gutteau that Thou, in Thy in
finite mercy, «euld giant him repentance nr,to
life and salvation in. our Saviour, Lord Jesus
Christ." After the party left the jail Uuiteau
sat in tbe earner of ills cell with bowed head,
evidently In deep metirnlne.
Hr. Stsplwo* semI Site Oovtrsonisfp,
Atlanta Const tuiicn.
We have a few words to say to Mr. Stephens.
In what w* have to say we cannot be thought
to threaten him. His prestige and our rorpcct
for his character and service* alike forbid *uch
a sutplcion We speak, because it In our duty
to speak, and we speak plainly because the sit
uation demands plain speaking.
Mr. Stephens is practically a candidate for
governor. The coalition movement claims
him as Its candidate. The "mass rnmmg"
caller! by the caucus ot that party to meet on
the first of June will doubtless officially declare
him the candidate of the coalition and put him
formally In the field. Mr. Stephens will then
X celled upon to decide between that 'action
and the Democratic jvarty. It la upon this
point that we have some-tiring hi raj'.
Mr. Stephens must not X deluded with tho-
belief that he can carry the standard of both
parties. The so called Independent movement
is not a spilt within the party ranks It is not a
quarrel between Democrats, w ho will remain
Democrats when the- difference Is nettled. It i»
a coalition Xtween certain Democrats who
have left the party openly and definitely, and
the Arthur wing of the Republican party. The
Independents of Georgia have almost unani
mously repudiated tne movement its sr-.ti
Democratic, as a league with negroes und Re
publicans fer the purpose of overturning tho
Democratic party. The Independent press
ha* abandoned it and denounced it, leaving
but three papers in the State tit its support—
the IbJst-Appeal, maunped by Mr. Thornton, a
professed Republican, the LaOrange Southron,
managed by a Federal postmaster, and the
Cartcreville Free Press, Dr. Felton'* personal
organ, But m e Is left to support Dr. Felton.
Of the thirty odd papers that opposed
the organized Democracy two year*
ago, but the three above mentioned
indorse the coalition. Tho Augusta -Vwi,
which encouraged Mr. Stephens u> defy the
edict of a convention a few veArc ag,>, and
which has Xen steadily Independent, ha*
turned its back on this ntongrei party. As with,
tbe press, *0 with the mas* of the Independent
Democrat*. We engage to print on demand a
list of one hundred prominent young men in
this city alone who have voted the indepen
dent ticket formerly, but who hart turned
their backs on this movement. The issue is
squarely made. It 1* itemoeratie or anti-Dem
ocratic. There 1* no split la the Democratic
ly In Georgia. The Colquitt and Nor-
, ->d factious which threatened to disrupt If
two years ago—the "organized" aud “lndepeti-
der.t” wings which have menaced it* unity for
years—have Joined bands heartily In the pres
ence of a common danger, and stand shoulder
to shoulder, confronting n common enemy.
Mr. Stephens ha* eurely outlived ambition.
Ho says that his earnest wDh is to retire from
public- life, and he consents to serve bis people
once more only In the hope of bringing har
mony to the party. We assure him In all earn
estness and sincerity that he cannot do 1I1I-, by
compromising with the faction led by Farrow,
l-ongstrect and Felton, at-.d hacked by 00,000
negroes and the Arthur administration. While
we shall support Mr. Stephens witn pleasure If
he is the nominee of the Democratic party, and
if he plant* himself squarely on the Democratic
platform, we shall oppose his nomination and
election with all the strength that In u» lies. If
he accepts the nomination of the meeting in
June. If he doe* this tho Democratic j-arty will
nominate some one in opposition lo him, and
a bitter fight will X the result We may bo
beaten in tills contest. All right. We had
Xtter be beaten than bullied. The Democratic
party of Georgia can meet defeat ami still pre
serve Its self-respect. It cannot do so if it per
mits itself to X bulldozed by a few soreheads
and negroes fighting in tho rbadow of * great
name. We cau X happier in such a defeat. If
it should come, than Mr. Stephens could X lu
such a victoiy when ho found out too late
from whose hands it came and at what sacri
fice it had been won.
We have written thus plainly because our
<Wy to the Democratic parlv require® that WO
Mould write. We do not believe that Mr. Ste
phens will allow himself to be used by the coa
lition party. That he has permitted tin :r bad
gering use of hi* name thus far is doubtless due
to a disiuclinatlau to interfere until definite
action becomes necessary. We believe that bis
patriotism, his sagacity and his loveofthoold
Democratic party will prevent hts putting him
self in tho hands of a faction openly devoted to
ft* destruction. If. however, we should 1k-
mistaken, then the sooner we have printed
what is written above the Xtter for all con
ceive
al we-
ix some*
The Stephen* movement.
LaGrange Reporter.
Will Mr. Stephens compel the Stale Demo
cratic convention to nominate him— thus re
penting the tactics employed by him tn hrc own
district a few years ogot I* Mr. Stephens "a
bigger man" than the Democratic party—the
great mass of the people of Georgia T We pause
fora reply.
Rome Courier.
Wc would like for Mr. Stephens to
the support ol the Democratic party
would X willing for tho party to re!
what .its rigid discipline or adherence to for
malities to brlnxaXut stub a support. This
we think can b^ffect.-d If Mr. Stephens docs
not accept the nomination of the liberal moot
ing in such a way a* to mnke himself the
special candidate of that party, and, ire .-arid
aborc, we have no fear of his doing so.
Griffin Sun.
We regretted to hear, a few weeks e.-ro. of Mr.
Stephens’ intention to retire from the public
service, for so long as lri< health is spared him,
it will X expected for him to remain In public
life. He has Xen a faithful servant to iris-
country, and hts people have always delighted
to do him honor, as they will ever do. It is
onr opinion that he 1* now In-fats sphere, ill*
ideas must, from so-long a connection vith
Congress, X foil of topic* of national char "
and so long a* he has concluh *
it would please a greater nun
for him to remain a member of Congress th
for him to become "overnor ol the State.
Hamilton Journal, jrc
The people of Georgia will do themselves
honor in honoring one so eminently worthy an
Alexander H. Stephen*, and we shall X glad of
an opportunity of demonstrating onr apprecia
tion by giving him our ballot for gov
ernor. In no other w*v can the entire people
of thcState testify so directly their love anil es
teem for onr cmineut slate-man. The premie
are glad of his consent to allow the u.-e of tfs
atone. Other candidatt s will *tau 1 aside.
Port Valley Mirror. s-i
Mr. Cgnphenala virtually a car, i . -
ernor. Butlfhe allow- hi- name to go out to
tiie people as being first nominated bv the new
movement convention in June, his old friend.*
and supporter* will leave him fa-tcr lhan tint*
1-ive the carcass of a dead dc*, and his
long end, «> far, nnsnllied career a- a public
man will bo stained and blotted v
advanced in years to work it- red-
Stephens is a good and u-eful man,
noble man, atn). under a Democratic nomina
tion, we would X glad to ste him a candidate
for governor, but the prospect is searcelv prob
able as the coaHtiuui-;- al ready claim him a*
their candidate, and as hi.-, long and successful
life Is dmwlng to n clo-c. we could not do Xtter
than to crown his last public service with the
honor 'of hts State's representative at large.
Th 1- would be a grand ami beautiful tribute of
the people's appreciation --f a grand and glori
ous old man. Let Mr. Stephens he the people's
candidate for Congressman from the stale at
large.
Saruh rtcille Ihrald
Hon. A. If Stephens, on being Interviewed,
States that he has received numerous letters
urging him to nurecid to x 11 candidate for
governor of the State. While he dtrire-ti- re
tire to private life, yet hts health is not such
now as to demand Ms retirement, cm! he rev
ognizes the obligation everv. citizen is und<; tit
respond to the calls of his cunnir.-: he there
fore may reconsider his determination, and, if
still desired, make the race lor Governor,
McDuffie Journal.
If Mr. Stephens 1c the-noeesrorof the present
incumbent of governor of Georgia, the rid
will witness tho singular phenomenon of an
ofileial mantle descending upward.
Dolton Citizen.
Hon. A. II. Stephen- ha* signified his will*
ingne-K to X governor of Georgia, if the people
want him. Me are om,- of the people and we
don’t want him—not that we have u:tv ;-articu
lar objection to Mr. Stephens; but we just don't
want him for governor. He is ton oM and
feeble to discharge properly the routine duties
of the executive office; nml then he It ire hod
office enough— haa held office ever rlnoc we
can recollect, and we are a tolerably oldish
man—and we are decidedly in favor of hi*
doing what he proposed some weeks ago. retir
ing to the shades of "Liberty Hal!” for the re
mainder of his life, after the expiration of hit
present term in Congress. V.'e have too
many of the-*.- old p-oliUreri hanger* or. in
Georgia iviin think they cannot live without
office, ami we want them to "step down and
on!" an.llet 'Young America" have a taste of
what they have Xen testing 30 lonir.
DeKalb lt.ee.
No-.v, wl-.en it revii-.- probable tlint he wiil
rut* tor governor in response to the call* of
Marcelltt* Thornton and a few other-* who are
yelling themselves hoarse for him, Inst tho lac!
that he w ill take anything tlsat is offered him
doesn't make i: 1 -nluiely incumbent upon :u,
to offer him something. With all due respect
to Mr. etephcii- ami hi- supporters, we think
he has had bis day, and ought to be allowed to.
retire 1:: peace.
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