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Macon, Georgia.
luce TEI6R1PQ AKD HESSENSES
Tnx lata Congreaa was the moat bra
zen political courtesan of modern times.
Etzbt hotel seeking a ton-cent notoriety
Andean old box containing property be
longing to Qnlteao.
Thbbb U nothing, refreshing in the
of an oleomargarine a
margarine platform.^
It is proper to wi
Brown, charter
Jeffersonians, is
Tbs late Congress
all of the obscure creek
The people continue to
AeLoxo Bbamch hotel
A Southern man
after all of the attio rooms
Tb» King of Siam rides a bieydeV
Uncle Alexander H. rales, or will rale,7^'
from a roller chair. This pots Siam ahead
of Georgia.
Jurrrzn Pluttos oould newer be happy if
he should allow himself to be troubled by
the growling of people about too much or
too little rain.
Pabtxxb gain nothing by adopting the
policy of con cession and compromise.
Such n policy enoonragee the opposition,
instead of reconciling it.
Death of William W. Wedlejr.
William M. Wadley, president of the
Central railroad, died atO o'clock on yea-
terday afterboon at Saratoga Springs,
New York.
Words cannot add to the shock this an
nouncement will carry to the people of
Georgia. But a few days since lu these
columns there were published encourag
ing words from the physician who had
been consulted as to his condition, and
the hope wss raised tbst be would rally
from the nervous prostration, superin
duced by tbe exciting contest of last win-
ter in defonse of the property under bis
control.
Mr. Wadley hss been a marked men In
Georgia for nearly the half of a century.
He would have been a marked man in
any community where there was civiliza
tion sufficient to appreciate energy and
courage. Coming to tbe Stat%of hla
adoption from his Northern home lfcarly
manhood, as with btl strong right arm be
hammered and fa££oned the Iron upon
the anvil, so he ifYed Ins great char
acter by tbe mes^hits ol an honesty
and fidelity whi£. We never been sur
passed.
Every bar < Iron nailed upon tbe breast
of Georgia is monument to his foresight
land every engine which,
*, drags the rich abund-
•,-n tbe inland to the sea,
* ‘ inscribed with bis
I up Wro seen
'• .rfjio highest
; f pust be
J I ng roc-
J J* of the
p U.TOW of
r% that
I ustances
4i than a
It is reasonable to suppose] that "Tige”
la now pursuing the wolf, with "Tig®” a
feeffe ahead. Which is "Tigs" and which
is tbe wolf la more than we ean aey.
Ir the political uncles who want to be
Governor see proper to try a tussle in Ma
con they will be met by a large gathering
of mixed and uncertain sovereigns.
Ix tbe Western States divorce has be-
eomtso common that to distinguish a
man you have only to deeeribe him aa liv
ing with his wife. That always locates
Bomb of oor correspondents continue to
experiment with our rales by sending in
communications written upon both sides
of the paper. The rales, however, oontinne
Tub truckling poliey has sold out more
than one party. The present condition of
tbe Democratic party of Georgia furnishes
cumulative evidence of Its folly and wick-
J. M. Lbacb, of North Carolina, baa
withdrawn from the Democratic party. At
laat accounts, tbe party in tbe old North
State had not, on.that account, concluded
. Tna bi-furcatcd short-staple ticket for
tbe State-house offices, recently put forth
by the forked menagerie, at Atlanta, will
soon be flopping aroond loose, in the po
litical vineyard.
Panrui are arrested in Irsland for "as
sociating with suspects.” This is bring
ing tyranny down to a very floe point
Tbs Cxar of Russia can now take lessons
from Gladstone.
T*» Republican party of Oeorgia, ao-
cording to Georgia papers, is split into two
factions. Our neighboring States split it
into three, and when last beard from it
was still splitting.
Tub ‘‘336*' brass msdals might be filed
away in the government's medical mu
seum. In fact, they might be hangup
Gnitenn’s elbows end prominent joints.
The effect would be unlace.
Tbb river end harbor bill contained
about $3,OOOJJOO worth of downright steal
ing. Oeorgia Congressmen who do not
ran the "oommerci
against the plundering job.
Tbb jurymen in the Malley trial met the
other day. and almost In eight of the place
where tbe dead body was found, held a lit*
tie jubilee. It suggests to the public that
they are "flush'* about this time.
Tbb celebrated "Liberal contention,’
which is announced to meet in Atlanta on
next Tuesday, wiU not be apt to come to
time. If it should, it will hardly rise above
tbe dignity of a conference of cranks.
Oca stately neighbor, the Savannah
Afars, scene to have withdrawn almost
entirely from Btate^noUtisa. The truth U,
the outlook to saddening soough to induce
almost any paper to retire sfok at heart.
Joan Poo will also be an uncle,
"lively is the word.” The harmonious
Independents refuse to harmonize with the
inharmomoue Democrats. But the
prophets are nevertheless in a state of high
and unaccountable glee.
Gibus who engage themselves had better
marry quick. It seems to be the fashion
now to shoot the woman you am engaged
to. This saves a great deal of hard feeling
and throws tbs expense of the funeral on
four would-be mother-in-law.
Tnx present outlook Is not favorable to
the purification of political methods in
Georgia. The buying and selling of votes
will be lively between now and tbe elec
tions in Novtmbtr. It is a fsarfully cor
rnpting business, and ought to be frowned
Aided
'mustr.u, rl ,
times to his
_ \a<T little opportunity
■•nceship and friends
wiUutie wJJrlaT By many be was mis
understood, and was appreciated for his
full worth by few, but those who, like tbe
writer, had come clop to him for many
years, will not cease to remember and ad-
miro a character tbat was Roman in all
of the sterner virtues, as was the casket
which enclosed his great heart.
The employes under his control looked
to him as a father, and ho was to them in
gentleness and Justice at all times a
parent.
In sunshine and In storm Mr. Wadley
was true in every Instinct and feeling to
the State of his adoption, ana she has ta
ken to her heart no son over whoso loss
she has greater cause to mourn.
The frame of the giant has fallen and
the iron will Is subdued,but tho memories
of tbe virtues of Wm. M. Wadley, of his
honesty, which shone In the midst of cor
ruption, and bis courage,whidi roso In tbe
presence of doubt and danger, will remain
as a pleasant heritage to the people of
Georgia.
Tho Alabama Election.
The State election in Alabama, which
basjust been bsld, presents two phases
for political students.
In tho black belt, tbe Democratic ma
jorities have been sustained though, there
was but little excitement or effort, while
in North Alabama tho Independents
Green backer*, Liberals, Republicans and
mongrels generally have been successful.
Some ten or twelve counties in tte Con
gressional district represented by
»• guuo outturn tno us-
mocracy. This cannot be attributed to
tbe personal'iitfluencc of Lowe, who is
properly named, and is a trifling aud vag-
a bon dish fellow who does not enjoy the
confidence or respect of anybody, except
Itobeson, ol New Jersey. Lowe took oc
casion last winter to announce that he
believed In stealing, and slnoe that time
Robeson has clung to him as dose as the
barnacles upon the bottoms of his useless
isaels.
There mnafi be some reason for this
thing outside of Lowe. Tbe people of
north Alabama are not belter or more In
telligent than those of other portions of
the State, and we do not know that they
are any worse. There, are many distin
guished and able Democsats in tbat
section. Tbe governor elect, Gen. O'Neel,
bails from tbat quarter, and there live Uie
Clays, tbe Walkers, tbe lTyors and other
distinguished families.
Perhaps the fact that tbe Federal* took
and behl tMt country, off and on, during
thr greats: portion of tbe war, may have
something to do with tbe unsettling of a
sound political sentiment. Be this as it
may, the Alabama Democracy has been
confronted there by a successful foe.
The same state of things exists In north
Georgia. Dr. Felton wm the first to raise
the bannerol revolt In Cherokee and wm
•ncceeslul until defeated by Mr. Clements.
Emory Speer Imitated bis example in
northeast Georgia, in a district which had
been considered tbe Gibraltar of Democ
racy.
Both of these are In tbe field agaiu.
The friends of Mr. Stephens, when plead
ing for bis nomination, pledged blm tbat
he Mould destroy these independents. In
view of tho succcm of their hind In north
Alabama, we shall look with Interest to
tbe coming campaign and the results, m
between Independentism and "Jeflersonl-
William M. Wools* fo gone and Benja
min H. Hill is going. Who eaa fill their
places? Amongst Georgia's thousand*
there an abU men, in the departments in
vhi:hthose two giants labored, butthers
is nooe that ean folly stand in the lot of
the giant that is gone, or in that of the giant
that Is going.
Tbb Demoeratie party hM survived more
betrayals than any other party that ever
had an existence In thin country. It will,
undoubtedly, survive its present eomi
nor «in Georgia, end be purified end
I .. by IrAoonseqoeace* of thewteked
folly of filing It on!
This i« "the -ilrtr lining to the
> Hillsdale drew, from
If th-> V-l
th« Kng.wl
bluffed mV
m English
odtfh for th
ship, given by stupid, shameloM Keifer.
He has, doubtless, a feeling of personal
gratification at robber Robeson's capture
of swag, u tbe bora pirate on the naval
committee. Tbe position of bora flunkee
naturally creates a fellow feeling between
Gorham and Robeaon. It would be be
coming, if that word could be used in any
such connection.
It would be singular If the Republican
were not Impatient of criticism of the
work of tbe Inglorious session, which hM
just dragged "its slow length along" to a
disreputable end. But it Msumes for
itself, and tbe cause It represents, an sir
of injured innocence. It afleets to be a
sort of breakwater against floods of Jour
nalistic violence. Listen hoW the organ
preaches:
fit claim for tho press the right of free critl
clam, but we regard as most vicious and Inju
rious to the public food that unceasing railing
against the people'i representatives, which
would, if half of It were true, make revolution
a duty and dcs|>otlsm a boon. The attempt
of a dozen editors, who echo each other like
dog* In the couutry at night, or barnyard fowls
in the morning, to educate the people down to
the idea that all who can command their suf-
fragcsarc to be despised, and that tho men
who make our laws arc public enemies—this is
a vile mission, and would be dangerous to so
cial order if those who eugago in it could inako
themselves believed. Tho |«oplc believe in
their choten representatives, and the ncwi|*-
pern which always abuse them are really abus
ing the people and denying their capacity for
self-government. We enter here our opinion
that the people have felt no anxiety growing
out of the session of Congress, and will not,
therefore, experience any sense of relief be
cause of Its Anal adjournment.
All this would be very fino If there
were any truth In it. The boM flunkee
overdoes tbe thing. No sane man believes
that there Is any denial of tbe capacity of
the people for self-government involved
in’the disgust or honest and decent papers
over the corrupt jobs of the late soMlon.
If a denunciation of legislative robbery is
s reflection on the chosen representatives
of the people, then the chosen representa
tive* of the people ought to be sent to the
penitentiary. The papers have abused
none of the honest work of tho put ses
sion; but there was enough dishonest
work done to justify Use people In rejoic
ing over the adjournment.
It is getting to be a serious question
how far religious tolerance will go. Not
long ago a few religious fanatics organ
ized themselved themselves into a Salva
tion Army, arrayed themselves in a spe-
cles.of uniform, and paraded the streets
singing and exhorting. The move
ment spread like wildfire, and
numbers of men, women and chil
dren flocked to the standard. Tbe
army thus swelled goes down Into
tbe lowest haunts of the large cities, the
bars and gambling places, the stores and
manufactories. Everywhere stopping
men at their business and urging them
to be uved. In numbers of our large
cities gospel tents are pitched and boy
evangelists and distinguished revivalists
of all types and den6mlnations are hold
ing forth. At numerous watering
places camp-meetings are being conducted,
which ministers uot in sympathy with the
movement say are run |for the joint pur
pose of worldly good and spiritual profit,
of saving sinners and making summer ex
penses. The Hpiritualists are in open
air session, proclaiming their so-called
luspired doctrines, and takiug In the gul
lible by bogus interviews with departed
ancestors and notables.
There have been sot!5<l times when re
ligions revolutions and departures from
regular religious dockings and modes of
worship have been productive of good.
But for tbe most part these occMlons have
been due to corruption of the clergy,or tbe
manifestation of a deal re on the part of
those possessed of sacerdotal authority to
coerce the psople Into customs and be
liefs distasteful to them. It is not claimed
tbat any sueb conditions now exist. Busi
ness men are apt to fall into a regular
routine system, which it Is hard to rouse
them from. In order to bring tbe subject
of religion lairly before them, it mty
sometimes bo neceMary to resort to extra
ordinary measures. But to suffer ary
crank who may have the power to attract
a crowd to assume the authority of tbe
church to boldly declare untenable
and almost blasphemous doctrines,
transcending legitimate bounds,
countenance all these wild, fanatical
schemes of saving men Is to bring religion
iulo rid 1 nils, to disgust the thinking men
whose support it most needs, and to ut
terly destroy tLe effectual usefulness of
church organizations. To tbe pure all
things are pure, and there Is no doubt
tbat many honest ministers are imposed
upon by these religious tricksters.
We can only hope our Southern churches
will maintain their old stand, and refuse
be drawn Into any movement which is
but a travesty on religion and a reproach
to those sustaining It.
'Urgnulxed llotirhon Democracy.
Houth Carolina Is a while man's government,
lust a* Tillman said, and Just as Pennsylvania
Is. The knave of the Press would have African
government* In the Houth and' Caucasian gov
ernments in the North. That Is his pro-
me, hut it Isn’t oqrs. It Isn’t Houth Caro-
Nigger governments have no place
It wasn't respectable «
Penny Wise nuil round foolish.
The sluggish August dsys, which mark
the lloe between tho decline of the last
busineM year and the beginning of a new
one, have caused a dullness to drop on
the noisy Stock Exchange of Philadel
phia. Tho bulls aud bears, with sea-
sucker suits, palmetto fans and limp shirt
collars, have not bad life enough for some
time to raise a mile. But on Saturday
Jpt, before the closing hour, one or tie
members with an Insatiable thirst for
gambling proposed to another that they
match pennies. No sooner said than done,
and in a brief season Uie challenging par
ty had all of the pennies within reach.
He tlien proposed to raise the rate to fire
cents. It wm taken and the
half dimes were planked down
until the stock wm exhausted. By this
time the gambling genius of both had
become warmed up aud dollan took the
places of pennies and half dimes. At
tbe end of an hour the ‘losing party wm
out of pocket fifteen hundred dollars. At
this point there wm a lull. Then tbe
winner said he would give bis opponent
three chances to double or quit. This
wm accepted, and on the first match he
lost, IncreMing the sum to $3,000. The
second chance Increased it to ffl.ono, aud
Mid m 44£,ooo. Tula uruugUi the
game to a cloee. The man who lost gave
his notes for tbe amount.
The penny-wise man went liome better
off for twelve thousand dollars, and the
pound-foolish one is perhaps studying out
some plan by which he may catch a
sucker and get even.
tV bat Hamer Raid
Jeffersonian harmony is still Inbarmo-'
nious in tbe troubled fourth. The troubled
political sea CMts up mire and dirt. The
whales are perplexed, and tbe minnows
are cowering In *tbe shallows. Our ven
erable fnend, Josiah I’ou, Is abroad on
Ito 1*1* .ipu*, harpoon m band. hMB(4WmDcU-ttt
Joriah L Cairo—u calm as Neptune, tri
dent In hand, and riding tbe ware.,
Homer wae prophet, u well ae poet,
lie foreeaw true dap, and wrote of It in
that thrilling, galloping etplo to peculiar
to tho “blind old bard of Scio'a rocky
bio." And hoc. la wbet llotner said:
The D«. ITnalte. to th. Keerne.
Tbe editor of tho Waahiogton Btpublt-
cn» haa agrleranca agaltut thoao who
either tap or think: “Tho people breathe
more freely now, ae Uongneehae adjourn*
lie write* about it at If expressing
or entertalnlrg inch views were persona!
reflections on himself. Tbit far-lelched
flew of the quettlon bp Oorham grows out
of the feet of hi, position a. manager of
th, Pretideot’a kitchen organ, and a,
flunkee of the etal wart faction of th* Jaco
bins. The Jacobins an in control of
both Housca of Congress and tbe stalwart
wing of the organisation shapes the policy
of .tho lefUlatire branch of th* govern*
ment.
Under this showing ofthacaae, Itbnot
■trange that lb* boca flunkee should con*
alder any exhibitions of rejoicing on the
part of tbe people over the adjournment
of Concrete, aa a thing to be rtproUud.
It necessarily implies popular condemna
tion of tba methods of tbo Jacobins, and
of the record that they have made; end
tbe boet flunkee cannot sea bis way clear
to the enjoyment of any euch sentiments,
ilia allegiance to corrupt political
methods if shocked and outraged by any
thing which may he construed Into a coo-
(km nation of Kctferiia ac4 IT obtain lam
—the one embodying (taptdUyand the
other roguery—and both of which wen
rampant daring the seedoa Jaet doeed.
Tbe hoea flunkee te naturally ptoodof
tba record of the last aeaakm. 11s Is ex*
ceedlngly ,!a!~! at the <vhibillon—the
ihamcleta fra* ehowa, of btama partisan*
There was a voon, man named Joeiah,
Who cbtrlsh'd a irrmandotu dealab
To trr a new way
To ret him soma pay
By running (or an office (or hlah.
Bhouldjhey wish to rtiafranchUe tlw ne-
groes’.’ What harm doea their voting do?
Doea It not increase Democratic repre-
acntaUon in Congress and In the Electoral
College? Doea tbe editor of tbe republi
can tuppoae that the negroes of booth
Carolina can bo diaJrancblaed? Doea be
aappose that there is any purposo on tbo
part of the Democrats of that Stato to de
liberately throw away the only advan
tage gained by them in the enfranchise
ment of the blacks? *
Tbe Republican la either stupid or in
sincere. The South Carolina Democrats
are going to maintain tbe light of the no
te vote when tbe Jacobins, in the
near future, shall attempt to deprive
them of that right They are going to
to It, too, that they have tbe right to
vote the Democratic ticket. There are
more negroes running for office in 8onth
Carolina, to-day, on the Democratic tick
et, than have ever held office in ali the
Republican States of the North, since
they were made citiaeua. In the face of
this fact, the hypocrisy of the position of
tbe Republican is apparent. Shame on
such a whited sepulcher 1
But South Carolina la a white man's
government. The whites own tbe prop
erty there, and they are going to assume
the responsibility ol its protection. They
are going to enact tbe lawa upon which
persona and property may depend tor safe-
They are going to maintain In their
purity the institutions of free govern,
ment, and transmit them unimpaired to
their children, and to tbe children of the
negroes. Further, they are going to re.
slat, In every legitimate way, the evident
purposes of tbe Jacobins to deprive the
negroes of the ballot, merely because
redounds to the advantage of the Demo,
crate.
Wo have said enough, perhaps, to make
this matter plain to the Jacobin that edits
the Washington Republican. What la
true ot South Carolina is true of the other
Southern States. The ballot wm con
ferred oq the negroes, under tbe impres
sion that they would use it to tbe utter
humiliation and destruction of the white
race in tbe South. It wm intended m a
refinement of Puritanical torture. It wm
an exhibition of diabolical revenge.
Tlie invention of these caricatures on
honocgble manhood hM returned to curse
its originators. Let .them howl. There Is
niffsic in it.
Tbe Democratic majority in South Car
olina will be very large this year, and it
will be due largely to tbe negro vote.
There is something exquisite in auclr re
venge, and we are going to eqjoy it much
more than the ungodly editor of that Ja
cobin sheet, the WMhington Republican,
KramiT
Tina's. ~ ,—
hero. There Is room tor them In Africa—room
(or them In the North. II the /*rrss dcslrea it,
but there isn’t room for them hore. and here
ther will not ba tolerated.
What has the constitution got to do about it 7
1 to keap the edi-
Ami the people sai l
lie was »irr Sad
And ol tbe verdict lift hopes ended.
Extraneous Kellffloa.
It hM alwajs been asoorca of congratu
lation to us that Southern people have
been alow to be carried away by the
^■of half-crazy
Whether It la that we are by nature less
dlspoMdto meet the aeftance of new
ideas, or whether It Is because we are
thoroughly satisfied with our own opin
ions and systems, we ca*inot My. But
certain It Is that tbe South hM devel
oped fewer cranks in proportion to popu
lation than any other section of the
Union. Few isms and schisms have ever
taken root here, and none have gained
permanent foothold.
Thlsdoee not Indicate any lack of
mental activity, for our people study
calmly tbe theories which in other sections
of tbe country ore accounted as orthodox,
amt laugh at their absurdities. In the
absence of densely crowded cities we do
not catch .that communicated nervous
force, which is converted into blind
enthusiMm and overrides reason aud re
flection,
Every Southerner who needs tbe men-
tal excitement of a contest plunges into
poUtics,either on his own account, or that
of bis friend, fights M hard for the candi
date for alderman, m governor, works off
his superfluous steam, and settles down
contentedly to bis routine work.
But in the North and East, politics and
religion seem alike productive of cranks.
Tbe political crank is familiar to every
ooe. Given an undue prominence by the
crime of Uuiteau, tbe eye of tbe people Is
always on him, and there Is a generally
expressed desire and Intention to keep
blm suppreeeed. Ills arguments respect
ing his divine appointment and fitacM for
certain work are aniwered by the police
man's baton, and his views are changed
by reflection In the station bouse.
But dealing with tbe reUgkme crank Is
a much more serious and difficult task
A man's religion and his mods of worship
have been productive of *» much dlscoi J
asdbleodthad tbat ws have learned the
lemon, and now have no disposition to in
terfere. Tbe result Is that a pleauoos
harrast of cranks bm grown up, and un
molested hM strengthened till now they
run riot over tho conn try.
.. inch t
tor ol the Prt*9 and tha other robbers of the
North from stealing tha negroes when the;
were profteriri and Its supposed provisions wll.
never tie down the white |>eopIe of the Houth
to l>e robbed and oppressed by these stolen and
liberated slaves.-Mmeou (C/a.) T*U§rapk
• Now that sounds something Ilka iL That la
the regular thing. It Is the old kind, brass
mounted Democracy. "What ha* the constitu
tion got to do about It r’ If the • resulted De
mocracy do not fancy the constitution, why
should they be required to respect or obey U7
The proud Caucasian, If he Is an "organised
Democrat," must havo hU own way, despite
constitution and laws. A government In which
negroes vote, even If they voto for Caucasians,
Is, in tho estimation ol the Bourbons (organ
tied), a "nigger government." Houth Carolina
Is theoretically a State of the Union, under
constitution which forbids her to deny the right
of suffrage to the blacks. South Carolina has
no more right to obstruct th# exercise
of the right of negroes to vote at her elections
than she has to coin money, make treaties with
foreign powers, or divide herself Into four sep
arate States without the consent of the United
Stales. A Suite government created In that
State at an election from which the blacks
excluded has no more claim to havo Its
thority respected than would a gang of conn
terfcltcra. The Slate of Houth Carolina has
Just as much right to re-euslave the blacks, or
Import sUvea from the coest of Africa, as she
within her bop
ders or In any manner abridge their right to
vole.—Watkbmto* Republican.
Editor Gorham appears to be down
with a severe attack of. devotion to the
constitution. We uso the word "ap
pears," simply because It !« all in the
seeming. He cares nothing for tbe con-
rt'tutlon. He bm never cared anything
for U. His party leadsn have denounced
it in tbe pMt m "a league with bell and
covenant with death and the history of
his party during, and since tbe war, la
principally made up of attacks upon the
social fabric of tbe Southern States, and
deulals of their political rights, in utter
defiance of that instrument. Tbe only
friends that the constitution ever had In
tbe Republican party left tbat organiza
tion long ago; and It Is literally true
that there Is nothing within ell tbe range
of human affection and regard for which
that organization, m at present consti
tuted, hM less respect than lor tbe consti
tution of tbe United States. It hM never
had any frieuds in this country outside of
the Southern States, where U wm faith
fully observed for generations, while tbe
other sections were robbing tbe treasury
in tbeir own Interest, and In defiance of
te provisions. It le to be regretted that
tbe houth now shows a disposition, in
many quarters, to join In tbeee thieving,
unconstitutional raids on tbe treMury
an evil resulting from tbe precepts and ex
ample of the Republican party.
Tbe editor of the Republican Is badly
ported m to tbe claims and purposes of
the South Carolina Democrats. Thera It
nothing strange In this, lie is badly
posted on purpose. He doesn't want to
know tbe truth. If he knew It be wouldn't
tell It. It would not be palatable to his
readers. Read this: "South Carolina hM
no more right to obstruct the exercise ol
the right of negroes to vote si her elec
tions than she bai to coin money, make
treatise with foreign powers, or to divide
herself Into foar separate States without
tbe consent of tbe United States.”
South Carolina hM no recordon tbe
subject of dividing States, without tbeir
consent, or without tbe consent of the
United States. Tba only record, on this
line, tbat hM ever been made In tbe
United States wm mads by tbs party
which the edti;»r ot tbs Republican be
longs. South Carolina does not Indorse
tbat uncoortltnUoaal record, and will
not ne apt to attempt to Imitate It. She
Is not going to make any effort to cola
mooey, at leant during tbs coming
enter Into treaty stipulations with foreign
powers; tboogh^U she sbould ever eater-
| tala suck a purpose, she will not be at
loss te find New England precedents
lojoaUfy her course. Further than this,
sbehMBO purpose to obstruct the rights of
tbe nsgrres to tote. Tbe Democrats
South Carolina an not Ms. Wb
A Word For tlio Sfntroun.
In s valuable exchange, we find the
query, "Why do so many Southern ladies
grow old early In life ?" No solution is
attempted, and we are led to believe that
tbe interrogator really seeks information
upon the subject.
We are inclined to think the true rea
son is too deep seated to be understood and
appreciated generally, even after having
been stated clearly, and partaking too
largely of psychological causes to be ca
pable ot cmj statement. If we might be
allowed to supply a partial reason, we
would say that there Is too much monoto
ny aud routine In tbe lives ot our women;
too much repetition and too little tariety.
Of course we speak of tho lives of married
ladles. Let us illustrate by this city of
Macon. There is no lack of amusement
and recreation provided for the young la
dies. {Society furnishes balls, parties, so
ciables and social entertainments general
ly, while the theatre, public
gatherings and church services
fill up the gaps In their every day exist
ence. Daily, or at leMt weekly, they are
brought Into contact with new faces, new
IdeM, new happenings and fresh emo
tions. There is no unlifted burden lo
their living. If they have wearisome du
ties to perform, and few there are tbat
have not, they fiud recreation, not in Idle
ness, for IdleneM la never s recreation,
but In change. Thought la dragged from
its old ruts and given new paths in which
to wsuder. Care has no unbroken years
in wLich to bend tbe form and line tbe
face. Not so Is it, however, when they
marry, and, to uso tbat oxpresslve phrase,
"settle down.” At the very time when
life's duties become heavier aad cares in
crease, all that tends to vary end brighten
their every-day existence passes out of
reach. Their sole diversions are visiting
end charcb-going, tbe former growing nar
rower and less pleasurable as the years
come on end topics change,.the letter
generally becoming e metier of duty
When we state that these era reinforced
by one or two tripe to the theatre during
tbe season, the whole situation has leen
outlined. We do not mean for the reader
to lufor that home hM no pleMures. On
tbe contrary tbe bulk of pleuure Ues
within tbe home. But It has little or no
variety—the* element which someone bM
aptly described as tbe spice of Ills. Even
at home, with all Its pjcMures complete,
a woman may soon grow old.
Here In Macon we have abandoned all
of thoM pleasures of society once to popu
lar. Tbe old fashlooed sociables, In which
tbe man of busineM and tbe young matron
figured so happily; tbe yet older tea drink
ings, the "old folks” parties, tbe little aid
societies, which brought all the ladies
together, and lbs little neighborhood
gatherings that knit the people Into one
large family and broadened tbe interests
and purposes of life.
We well know tbat tbe favorite reason
ascribed Ibr tbe absence of all these things
Is "poverty.” Tbe truth Is, however, tbat
poverty Is not tbe reason now. When tbe
war dosed natural Instinct drew tbs veil
of privacy and concealment over the
empty -parlors and slenderly furnished
tables. Rut the cauM hM almost entirely
disappeared. The people of this city are
more prosperous and thrifty than those of
any Southern city we can name.
Tbe bouses ait moat all of them well
kept and many of them elegantly fur
nished, yet tbe old customs reign no
more. Where ooce the experienced young
mstron set tbe fashion and ruled in sod-
ety^tabds cow the Inexperienced girl,upon
when more money is lavished than in the
olden days the entire family required for
Nlato A|f rlt'iilturnl NttClrty.
This body met in its semi-annual ses
sion in Marietta las' Tuesday, August Dili.
Tbe purpose and designs of this organiza
tion are too II known to be reported
here. Tbe wisdom of these gatherings
has been demonstrated by thi public in
terest manifested in these semi-annual
meetings, and by tbo character and the
attend xnce of the membership. All agree
tbst much good hM been accomplished
by this coming together of tho sons of toil,
although it cannot be denied that in some
instances tbe influence of these gatherings
bai been used for other than legitimate
ends.
It is impossible tbst so many Intelligent
men can come together, mingling socially
and in public, without gaining many im
portant facts and truths connected with
the cultivation of tbe sol).
In fact, tbe most profitable part of
these proceeding are the experience meet
ings, and the private consultations upon
matters appertaining to the agricultural
interests. The set essay and the popnlar
declamations may contain a great deal of
buncombe, while at tbe same time may
throw out a great many practical sugges
tions and present some novel theories;
yet the wisdom of the aseembly is not.al-
ways seen In them. It is to be found* in
the more impasslonated utterances of tbe
quiet and thoughtful who use more mus
cle and fewer words.
The recent session was, Uken altogeth
er, one of the moet interesting ever held.
Our reports have covered the actions of
the body. The several subjects discussed
presented a wide range of thought to
farmers If they will only take it In. The
difficulty with tbe tillers of the soil has
been tbat they are slow to comprehend
slid still slower to adopt the improve
ments in their systems of farming sug
gested by those who have made a study of
these things. They err doubtleu on the
safe side, for it would be more diiMtrous
to adopt the wild theories of soma specu
lative agent than to continue in "the way
tbeir fathers trod.” But the experiments
made by practical men and tbe lessons
gathered therefrom are so easily demon
strated that it is sheer folly to continue in
tbe old rule, irrpovei iahing their land and
becoming financially Involved more and
more ovary year.* The discussion of the
subject of "Cotton seeds, their products
and uses,” by Prof. White, the State
chemist, wm timely and will, no doubt,
prove beneficial to tba agricultural inter
ests of the State. Judge Vason's effort on
tbe "Probabilities of an Income from a
cotton plantation in south Georgia,"
while containing many facts and wise
suggestions, must have been a little off in
arithmetic, if ho is correctly repoited.
The sage suggestion "that figures won't
lie," hM been relegated to the dark ages.
Their tue in this department may be a
modem Invention, nevertheless they de
ceive the very elect. Our faith it put to
1U utmost tension when Judge Yason
says (hat on an investment of $4,0)0 a
man could have after paying all expenses
a net balance ef $4,335 In one year's
time.
Col. F. C. Furman’s IdeM of "Intensive
Farming" have the virtue It is said or per
sonal application, and. therefore are of
Intense interest to the farmers. Still it
will not do for every farmer to apply
these theories In tbe same way. Tbe
character of climate and so.l have"
much to do with tbe successful prac
tical working of any thaory.
The convention did wisely In (he re-
election of Col. Hardeman m lu preai
dent. And it alto did a very graceful
thing when expressing sympathy
for the dying suteaman, Hon. B. H. Hill
Withal, tbe convention hM left a good 1m
presslon upon our upcountry friends, and
we hope they wjll come to Albany iu
February next and see for themselves
wbst Southwest Georgia is, and cau do,
under an Intelligent system of farming.
fashion, and fill our entertainments and
our gatherings with oor matrons, amid
whom, watched over and guarded with
tender care, tbe "jewel” of tbe house may
able* all tbe brighter for tbe setting.
Tax New York ihruld fotmi to be de
terariaed «o brinw yooac Jodge GCbeoa, ot
rates of freight, induced by an unprece
dented railroad war. If they were poorly
paid before this advance, we are not in
formed of any demand mode upon the
corporations for an increase ol pay. It
appears that their demand wm made in
view of the advance In freights,
that It had no reference
s question ot either fair
wages or equiUble rates of freight. A
glance at tbe stock quotations from day
today,mwell m a knowledge of the
charges on shipmenU of goods from New
York to Chicago, for . instance, would
have convinced them that tbe old rates
of freight were not only not payings
profit, but were seriously affecting the
value of railroad sba-es, in view of the
effect bound to be produced upon railroad
property by the fearful cutting so long
prevalent. They could cosily have seen
that an advance of freight from twenty
cents 'per hundred ;to thirty cents per
hundred from New York to Chicago was
not calculated to pay the companies at iMt.
Any man can see that this latter rate Is
too low to pay profits, when tbe distance
considered. The strikers did not rea
son this way. They looked only at the
fact that freights had advanced fifty per
cent. Thepresiof New York city, the
pnlp't and tbe general public all express
ed their sympathy with the strikers, aud
indulged the easiest and cheapest of all
abuse, that of corporations.
There is danger in such a development
of public sentiment. Utterances, such os
have filled the columns of various news
papers, and quoted m coming from the
pulpit, abusing the corporations, without
stopping to ioquire Into the facts, tend to
destroy that respect for tbe rights and
preperty of others that sbould mark the
operations of public conscience. It may
be said that tbe railroads could pay better
wages and better dividends if they only
Issued stock for actual capital in
vested aad employed. Doubtless this
argument is of force in many in
stances. It is known tbat the stock of
many companies bM been largely in-
creMCd,in some instances doubled lue
night. This is all wrong, and should be
prohibited by law. There are other cor
porations whose issue of stock represents
only honest money, and this is entitled
to tbe same protection before the law, at.d
for iu owners the same returns,
as though the amount invested iu it
put Into any other shape in which pri*
vate interests are kept.
Tbe only other fact to which we will
allude is that nearly every strike that hM
occurred in our knowledge hM been In
■ligated by tbe leaders in tbe labor socie
ties ot tbe country. The laborers have
been damaged in almost every case.
Take the strikers at Cohoes. They have
lost four months time. If they should
now gain all they demand, it would re
quire forty months at the rate demanded
their wages to equal
amount they would have received
the old rates. Tba mills
have suffered proportionately, no doubt.
The high officials connected with the la
bor organizations get tbeir salarics,nev*r-
thelcss. They have not suffered,
them pay is important, but is impossible
without place. It is to their Interest to
foment discord lu order to maintain tbeir
own Importance.
The Labor SlrlkesaodThcir Lmum
The great labor strikes or this year pre
sent important features and suggest
valuable lessons. Tbe South hM been
free from the excitement and disturbance
they create, an«j hM escaped the annoy-
ones that would have come with any forced
suspension of valuable Improvements, go
ing on in all the cities and towns In this
section, as well as In tbe country. For
this we should be thankful. It hM not
been a matter of accident that we have
escaped. The causes that make up the
difference both In coudltlon and feullog ol
the laboring clssoea South and those North
are marked. They have bad tbeir Influ
ence this year. We have net space In this
artiele to enumerate them. They have
frequently been detailed by correspond
ol the Northern press, who
have looked Into the conditions that ex
ist here, and have compared them espe
cially witbtboM of tbe Midd'e and New
Eugiand States. Of the many suspen
sions of labor, on account ;of disagree
ments between employer and employe as
to tbe rate of wages demanded, we shall
refer to those of tbe operatives of the Har
mony mills, at Cohoes, and tbe freight
handlers' strike 4n New York. Tbe for
mer hM continued now nearly foor
months. The amount Involved wm 10
per cent, of wages paid to tbe operative#!
which they demanded and the company
refuted to pay. We know nothing of tbe
equities of thti cate, and ahall not at
tempt to apeak upon this point. We do
know that tbe operatives assure tbe pub
lic that they cannot live on less than they
demand, and tbat the company insist that
they cannot afford to pay the last 10 per
cent, of tbe amount. The operatives
•till live, after four months
of Idleness. A portion of their
subsistence and other expenses lias doubt
less been paid from tbe ravings of better
days. This most be a small part, how
ever, of tbe aggregate outlay necessary to
keep tbe whole force from suffering.
Many of them, ai is always tha case
among large numbers of working people,
are Improvident. The thrifty ones are
the exception to the general rule.
Tbe presumption is fair tbat
Urge portion of the amount
necemary, for tbe purposes mentioned h* 1
been contributed by labor organiza
tions at oiber points. Tbeee, In turn, an
composed ot people who an conplalnln,
tbat they an poorly paid, and in many
IneUneea say they cannot lira on tbeir
wafes. If Ibl* b true, tbe question arises
as to bo. they an enabled to make con
trlbutton* for tbe auppoclof hundreds
men, women and children, for months to*
flat bar, who an wholly naomployod!
Tho freight handlers struck for an ad-
. „ Tans* of wages from sesanleen cents
AognSs,sqeantylottofnmi. ttsayst Ihnn, ti.. n i,1,^.1
Tb. Amtbcraynenf erne hss llwtoently sed "f*?**_*™"
aejmety been .-rttldmd lor not be. tnt Urstthey could not line at tbs former rale,
tarn phone! his leesmihw* But thertbsa Tbeir demsnd was mad* when It was
Aegasm youth who, herfat hot iwoety-tra known that lb* rarloua tracipHtatfoa
CQMsIStafloi aarehMtow *“* I linn centering at New York had agreed
' Jl^l^IW.k*d mm?- .«(">»■ *dun« of fifty fer not. In lb*
mihoi
The Crank or the Republican.
Tha editor of the Macon Tr.i.Koa.u-ii lias
nnask-nse about him. lie sajrs just what hlf
political associates think, but refrain from
saying, llo speak* lor tho Bourbons of tbe
whole Houth, an<l presents the national tssua.
which must bo settled before any ether ques
can be dcrblctl. The ballot box Is thi-
yardsllck by which the popular will Is 1<
measured. With the black vote excluded the
Democrat# only have to deliver two feet
yard, while the Republicans have to deliver
three feet It Is a simple ca»e. Are two Dour
bon Democrat* equal In politics! power to
throe white Republicans? If only tho Bour
bon* ore allowed to vote In the South, wb)
should any but Kcpublld-aiis be allowed
In the North? Another question arises. II
the Macon editor la only babbling In bis chll-
like way, the real sentiment* which his men
prudent nclghl>ors concval, then the nrgnH
still slaves In law, because the thirteenth
amendment Is only one of Ihe "supposed provls
Ions" of tbe Federal Constitution. If the atm
manta are. In Bourbon estimation, only "sap
provisions" by which tho white pcop’
of the Houth are not to be Ued down, tnen
slavery Is only suspended temporarily and
tU the Bourbon restoration. Tbe anti-hour
bona who are leaving tba Democracy in ibr
Southern Stales are doing so became of tbb
refusal of the Incorrigible to sea that
slavery has bean abolished, and that the negrt
is a citizen by national decree.
This la not a while man's government,
la a white man's government lawful or lc
In any State In the Union. That th>-
whlto people will control the national and
State governments by the free consent ami
suffrage of the blacks ts as certain as that civil
lsed society will eventually yield to barbarism
In ftutm where the majority are ruled by the
minority without tbeir consent, and through
tha organised violation of law.-ITaeMagfoi
tho requirements of the Jaw, w)i.< b i.iakn
no distinction! between block* and wMira.
Why, the negro is even allowed to «..r*
tbe Democratic ticket—a high and pre.n-
llarly exalted privilege, which • «•-'.*#! to
certain grades of white men!
Rut tho l J ti bllcan is tn-ubl.-d xhou
our statement that "this Is a white *n*»
government.'* if moat of tho white men-
in the couutry were like the editor of tho
Republican we would, perhaps, bo e -nry
that it la a white man’s government: but
even that would fail to alter the fuie lu
the case. This liawbitn man's govern
ment because it cannot help being so.
The country wm discovered by white men,
settled by white men, colonized by while
men and by white men was liberated
from British domination. Its civil insti
tutions were founded by wldto men f?
the perpetuation of tbe liberties of them
selves and tbeir children; and while the
boon of freedom aud the privileges of dti •
zeusbip have been extended to the black
race, and may in time be extended to other
races (u tbe antipathy of Jacobins to the
yellow and copper-colored races dies out),
yot it is none the lets true that It Is now,
as it was in tho beginning, and m it will
continue to be unto the end, a white
man's government. Iu the closing para
graph of the quotstion from the Republl-
can, this fact is admitted iu the statement
"that the white people iflU cn: trol the
Natioual and State covcrumc* fa t y the
free consent and suffrages of the I- n
That being admitted, the Rrpubjo tn
concedes all that we claim. If «it i'«at
the Democrats claim can be arrnirpH lu
ed with "the free consent and ruffieg x of
tbe blacks," as Editor Gorbtnt «<?r« 1%
and m the Southern Democrats claim to
be already tbe case, it Is Impossible pi *eu
any necessity for, or any poiut In, the
howl which the crank injects into his
closing acntence.
If the country survives tho "barbarism"
which counted Hayes Into an ofllco to
which he wm not elected—subject in-; ihe
majority to the Infamous minority*™ c
fo# four ye and, in addition, survives '
tho "barbarism" of a minority rule based
upon "the lottory of assassination,"It will
not be much shaken by aay probable or
even possible "organised violation of law’’
in the Democratic States of tbe South, to
accomplish what the ungodly Republican
admits can be attained through "the free
consent and suffrage of the blacks."
i’hyalciau, heal thysell I”
Tbo Tribune's PonUentlnry Mtnnd-
point.
The adjournment of Congress*gives equal
pleasure to lta members and to the people.
Those features ot Its record which are bad are
so conspicuously censurable tbat thejr over
shadowed much good that was realty accom
plished. Tho action of the Forty seventh Con
gress In unseating the members from tbe South
who occupied seats obtained by fraud and vio
lence, and held by trickery and perjary w IU
always be quoted to its credit, sod will cover a
multitude of small sins.—AVw lork Tribune.
It would not have been difficult to
locate tbe above wretched paragraph, even
if we bad omitted the credit. It would
be eMy to* trace it to the SWbtme—a pap.-r
which hM bravely recovered from ti e
abort apell of decency with which it im.
Inodulcated during the Greeley campaign
Tbe venom of the Tribune U a matter
ofsma^concern down 'his way. its
slandeiron tbe people of ti e South are
looked upon m the necessary result of tho
character of Its editorial management.
Wo do not often Indorse tbo opinions of
tbe WMhlugtoo Republican, but them h
every reason to believe that it d ies not nn-
deiMlimato the malignant and hypocriti
cal baseness of Ibe'rtall town" p nple.
We should naturally expect the Tribune
to consider, m merely venial, tho <li<-
graceful robberies of tbe treasury tbit
were perpetrated at tbe last session. 1*
cot "part of tbe pork,” and this fact U
sufficient to incline it to only w k an.t
meaningless censure of the Ungraceful
-legislation referred to above.
The Tribune does nor believe that the
Dtinocrate, who were deprived of t’jelr
veals lu tbe forty-seventh Con^ti' ^. by the
Jzcoblns, w.ere guilty of the crimes which
it charge*. It does not believe tbst the
Jacobins had any right to turn them nut.
It la related to Anaulu. Itialyli g u. rely
to keep Its band In.
Hut just think of this: It %• -tally
claims that the turning of Democrali
of tbeir rightful Mots lu Cougrr«s ami the
tilling ef their places by Jacobins,
were unquestionably defeated, ii a virtue
which "will cover a nmHlt-.ih of
•maillira”ofstealirg. 'I: up .u(t
Tribune doctrine. Nothing v, hUi. InP
to tbe advantage of the North it wrm*
itv estimation. That "tl. 1 J 1
the means" embodies the « h >!« of J
bin philosophy aud morality, from
Tribune's penitentiary standpoint.
lag-
TlX may-
fife foa^ss^
The editor of the Washington Repub
lican hM a great deal of nonsense about
him, m tbe above paragraphs abundantly
prove. The editor of this paper dora not
tty much that he is accused of Myiug.
He hss said nothing remotely kin to what
tbe Republican charges with reference to
excluding tbe black vote from tbe polls.
lawful vote cau be excluded from tbe
polL In Georgia; and ir tUre Is a Demo
crat in tbe .State who maintains any other
opinion we are not aware of. the fact
There are people in Georgia who volunta
rily disfranchise themselves. Outside
this doe#, the polls are open to all lawful
voters who are free, black, and tweuly
oue—and, we regret to say, to many who
are not qualified vc ten, under tbe laws
of tbe State.
Tbe Republican drivels about tbe
amendments. It tries to misrepresent
the position of this paper with reference
to them. That Is m small matter.
Jacobin paper would !•*•: its distinctive
features if It sboutd become fair and ho
ert. It is never itself, except wbeu n
elllngin suppressions of tbe truth a
suggestions of falsehood. Th* re a
strong evidences In tbe Republican «
tract tbat IU editor U a confirmed enn
No really sane man could hays wriU
the following sentence: "TLe tatl-ll*
bone who are leaving tbe Democracy
tba Hoothetn States are doing so because
uf this refusal of tbe incorrigiblee to see |
that slavery hM been abolished, an 1 Uui
tba negro la a citizen by a Ballous!
We do not know any Southern Demo
crats who deny "that the negro Is a cil*-
xeu,” and all such talk Is but tbo absurd
mouthing tin crank, who does not know
tbe truth, or of a knave, who does not ^
care to tell it. Foeaibly it may be simply a |
sharp Jacobin device to "3re tte Northern j y n _ s Mm ,~., ( .
heart;" but in no event ran it be eo&sid-! fcc a lost »'*t
ered a sincere nlteranre nf opinion on the [ mJTth^tha mwSSne
part of tba Bejre&Wean-^leM lu edi'ror, ’
Ly long political association with Guilreo, "rank C/iu V
ha become lllta-tnloded. NoboJ, here
denies the freedom ol the negro, or
rigid to vote when be hoe complied '
RRRVMTH. *•'.
Sf.kki'ivo on his arm paralyzed the a
of a mam In Albany, N. Y.
A PiTTsuuao firm Is turning out gl
slabs for use on furniture In lieu of marble.
Or tbe 1,518 cases of small-i-ox in (
coco lost year, l.lot proved fatal. Tfcrse sUtU>
Ues sue. 'it an Important t : f--: **- •.
A 5t. Louiarailroad cmh'.u •- .-awoke
to And that ho had overslept, rad that t
train had gone without him. lie at on
killed himself with a platoL
Ax American prims donna. Hits Lilian
Norton, with tha stag* noma of Nordics, has
just mode her. debut at the Grand Opera
Paris in "Faust," and woe much applause.
A aldy at Newport wm recently in
vited to nine dinner parties on the same srtn-
of he
of Deadwood Lu be*i
a to assist lu reeling i
Ax exchange puts a sol-nm truth in
a ravel and effect!re way when ft mys tbst
"some men wear their beat trousers nut In tbo
knees In winter getting religions, and the seem
of their pants out In aummi-r backsliding."
"Josii Billing s' Pulpit" I* tbo name
given by the historical society of Rutland, Yt,
to a enrieasly rounded knob of slate-rock,
some twenty feet bleb, at Mason's KHnt, Uke
hombsae, and the aaeml phCeeepber says he
bora* to rood from it hla letters on •ThelVob-
abilities of Ufa."
A young SOU Of tl.* u V. Edward
RvetettBrtBef Rartpe. who is at work In the
Muon Machine ffurh, at Providence, learn
ing to pat engines together, and stiHtlag
Hpaalsh in hts spare bean, lo fit himself for
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