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Thk New York Journal of Commerce has
these courageous words to say about atrikes
and strikers: “It is about timo that this
contest w.is brought to an issue and settled
for the lifetime of this generation. Shall
any set of men, by whatever name they are
called, be permitted to question the right of
other men to engage in any useful employ,
ment? May the strikers anywhere say to
their late employers: ‘Wo will not work for
you, and no one shall take our places except
at the immediate risk of a broken head;
you shall not run your oars; you shall not
store goods in your warehouse; you Bhall
not refine your sugar; you shall not pur
chase your supplies; yon shall not even
cart your empty hogsheads through the
streets; you shall discharge all the men yon
have hired as substitutes for ns; yon shall
recognize us as an organization, and you
shall hire only the help we permit you to
hire now or hereafter!' There ought to be
spirit enough in the community to put down
such assumptions without debate or argil
meut. If a man is not a slave and has a
right to leave his employer when be is dis
satisfied with tho offered conditions of ser
vice, any other free man has the same right to
engage himself for the vacant place; and to
allow him to be molestod for tho exercise
of that freedom, or to doubt whether he can
be protooted in his equal rights, is to ac
knowledge n despotism a thousand times
more intolerable than that which provoked
the American revolution. What a pitiable
thing is the fear that has been exhibited!
Merchant.! afraid of losing their custom,
carriers apprehensive of a diminished pat
ronage, Jobbers of all kinds taking counsel
of their fears, newspapers afraid to speak
out lest the strike should extend to readers
or advertisers, everybody holding bis breath
for fear of what will happen next! \There
is no manlimss in snch oowarJly-fears.
All that is nuclei! is an outspoken public
opinion and cirt At ponding boldness rin no
tion. As long ns there is parleying with
wrong. It will not abate one jot of its as
sumptions. May tho oars run? May tho
minos, tho factories, the workshops, the
warehouses, the refineries be opened if hew
men are found ready to operate therein? If
any man dare say nay to these questions ho
is the open foe not only of law and order,
'but of human rights, and he ought to be
treated ns such by every friend of that lib
erty which is our priceless heritage.
A Ricnuoxo Dispatch says: “Oovornor
Forakcr of Ohio was chosen delegate to the
Oenerol Conference of the Methodist Epis
copal Church Sonth, which met in this city
tonlay. He was eluded as wbat is known
•a a ‘fraternal delegate.' Yesterday, when
the delegate* began to assemble, there was
a very general desire expressed that he
should not oome as a member of the Con
ference. Several of the leading members
of the body talked the matter over. They
thought that ns Governor l’oraker had
stood forward for several yean oa a bjjter
ftnti-Southerner and exponent of the bloody
shirt idea, that his presence at a largo con
vention, composed almost entirely of South
ern ministers, would bo in bad taste to say
the least This view was strengthened by
the production of some Ohio newspaper!
containing Governor Foraker's recent bitter
denunciation of Jefferson Davis and the
people who were honoring him. When
this speech waa road the opinion that he
wonld he ont of place in Virginia became
pronounced. The Conference will itself
tako no action in the matter, bat many of
the members expressed a desire to-day that
in some way the impropriety of Governor
Foraker's presence as a fraternal delegate
among the people he bail recently arraigned
so severely would be unpleasant, and that
the facts should l>e delloately hinted to him,
end this waa dona"
Tn* Valdosta Times dryly eays: “An At
lanta man asserted in Macon last week that
he wonld oppose any man for Governor who
was not an Atlanta man. He should be ad
mired for his candor. Drown, Colquitt and
Gordon have controlled Ocorgia about long
enough. If there waa no other objection, it
is full time for them to give way for other
competent and worthy Georgians. The un
written statute of limitation in politics
should bar them."
Tnw boston Herald thinks it funny thaw
New York should want to place forty mil
lions of dollars in the hands of ItolUn M
Squire to be laid ont In public improve
ments, but the Herald does not realize that
in New York a real poet is trusted with any
thing, especially if he has turned his bsck
upon Doston.
at
Aw oil painting of Thomas Jefferson, sold
at auction among the personal effects of the
late ex-Congreasinan Hi ester Clymer,
Beading, Pa., on Wednesday, brought fifty-
five cent*. Where was the great Tom Jef
ferson Democratic party on this occasion?
Tni Chinaman is * blooming seraph com
>nred with the Polish imports.
Gen. Gordon'* Candidacy.
From a dispatch from Savannah to the
Atlanta Constitution, wbioh we publish
elsewhere, it appears that Gen. Gordon hns
entered the race for Governor of Georgia.
While this announcement will not sur
prise, it will fill with regret many of his
best friends. The stop is both unwise and
unfortunate. It may be said with justice
to him, that the people of Georgia have
neither demanded nor desired that he
should run for Governor. On the contrary,
they have expressed a decided preference
for Major bacon, and against their wishes
Gen. Gordon lias thrown himself ss a fire
brand intj their ranks for the purpose of
provoking a heated and hitter personal
contest.
Wo uso tho term “for the purpose" ad
visedly, because it is admitted on all hands
that such a contest is bound to attend Gen
eral Gordon's canvass.
How far he is responsible for this act we
will not attempt to say. Wo are confident,
however, that ho has been influenced largely
by those who have no higher purpose
than the defeat of Major bacon. For weeks
certain parties have been writing letters to
gentlemen in different portions of the State
in tho interest of Gordon's candidacy. They
have circulated petitions for signatures,
asking him to run, and have manufactured
an artificial demand upon him in this wav.
This work has boon so transparent that the
purposes of those who were engaged iu it
have been discovered, and public opinion
has settled down to the conclusion that the
main object is bacon's defeat.
We are loth to believe that General Gor
don would lend himself to snch an ignoble
scheme. Be this as it may, he will not
escape its effects, and should not, in view
of the foot that bacon has always been his
personal and political friend. If this were
not true, Bacon's character and record, ns a
public and private citizen, entitle him to
better treatment than this at the hands of
General Gordon and all other honorable
Georgians, beyond this fact the wishes of
the people of the State, as expressed in
their known preferenco for Bacon for Gov
ernor, as well as in their very natural and
praiseworthy desire to avoid BUch a contest
as General Gordon’s candidacy forces upon
them, should have been respected, and it
will ho difficult for him to justify his course
towards Bacon and the people of Georgia.
From the nature of tho caso his canvass
will be a defensive oue. This is rendered
necessary by the ctosing not of his former
official life. It is also contemplated by
those who have the matter in hand that the
cry of persecution and a demand for vindi
cation shall be raised.
The truth of this proposition will not bo
modified, appreciably, by the fact that Gor-
don's opponents do not propose to justify
this position before the people by making
other than a legitimate and proper opposi
tion to him. It is not neoessary in dealing
with him to sot front presumption. The
record of cold unquestioned facts will he
sufficient to show tliht ho has no clniitas
upon the people of Georgia, justly eutitlin'g
him to preference over Bscou at this time.
This is the issue, and Bacon and his friends
do not propose to obscure it or permit it to
be done by others by raising false or ont-
sido issues.
If General Gonlon feels aggrieved because
of criticisms passed upon bis last and un.
fortunate official act, ho should remouber
that tho people of Georgia are in nowise re
sponsible for it This was his own act.
He has no right to force the people of the
State, whether they are willing to it or not,
to re-open and rediseuss the resignation of
his seat in the United States Senate, We
mistake public sontiment if ho will be per-
mitted to do so in snch manner oa to grati
fy the enomics of Major Bacon by the de
feat of this gentleman.
Appreciating Geuornl Gordon’* splendid
career as a soldier, Georgia sought to honor,
and did honor him above her most favored
sons. One term as United States Senator
was followedby an almost unanimous elec
tion for a aaeond. The latter had. scarcely
begun when, without notice or warning,
and when the session of tho Senate wa
within a few week* of its olose, he resigned
bis office for the purpoee of entering into
bnsiness on his private account This is Us
own statement He further said that he
was tired of pnblio life and that the pay of
Senator was inadequate to the financial
necessities of himself and family.
Perhaps it has never occurred to him
that the people of Georgia should have
been considered, It they were not consulted,
touching this important matter. They had
always treated him generously, and were
entitled to his fullest confidence. If his
necessities were snch that he could not af
ford to servo the State aa a£enator, because
the pay waa inadequate, why did he not
make this tact known to them? Why did
he not inform the Legislature, at whose
hands he sought re-election, that he conld
not afford to serve ont the term he was ask
ing because of the poor pay attached to the
office of Senator? Did ha not know when
bo asked a re-election what the office paid?
Was his salary reduced after ho was re
elected and before he resigned? Will he
not admit that he possessed at the time he
waa n-electod all the information touching
salaries and expenses which he had at the
time of his resignation?
If a sudden change in his financial
affaire surrounded him with embarrass
ments when ho resigned, which did not
exist when he was re-elected, why did he
not hold on to bis commission for the few
remaining weeks of the session of the Senate
and then return his trait to the people who
had honored him with it?
These are legitimate questions growing
ont of General Gordon's own act, in tam
ing his back upon the highest position the
Stats conld confer. They bear directly
upon his claims upon the people at present
by reason of tb* manner in which he dis
charged the duties of his last high commis
sion. In their discussion be will find it
necessary to explain to the people of Geor
gia how and why it was that he did not put
them upon notico that he conld not serve
them, when through the Legislature ho was
receiving their most generous support.
They will also want to know how ho can
live on threo thousand dollars a year when
six thousand waa insufficient to meet his
expenses.
Another phase of this question will pre
sent itself to Gen. Gordon, or at any rate to
tlie people of tho State. So long ns he
found it to his interest to stay in the Sen
ate be remained. When he concluded he
could best serve himself outside,he rosignod
his seat and went into private bnsiness.
Now that Ids business, either by reason of
large success or the reverse, does not In
terest him further, he finds it convenient,
or imagines that it will amuse him to he
placed in the office of Governor of Georgia.
Whom did he consult when he left the
Senate, tho people of Georgia, to find out if
it would suit them for him to retire at the
time and in the manner that he did? No.
He consulted his own wishes, interests and
inclinations, and the people who had hon
ored him knew nothing of his plans and
purposes until they were consummated.
Why has ho entered the race for Governor,
at a time when his best friends have urged
him to keep out of it? Is it on account of
public demand for his servioes in connec
tion with this high office? Has he been in
fluenced in taking this step by regard far
the wishes and interests of the people? We
imagine not. Every fact of the situa
tion is in conflict with snch
theory. It seems, rather, that he
regards the people of Georgia as pup
pets, who have no broader policy nor
higher purpose in bestowing tho honors of
the Htuto than to consult his wishes, whims
and caprices. Ho seems to take it for
granted that they will thrnst the highest
honors npon him for the asking, and that
whon thoy cease to please and interest him
he can cast them aside as a spoilt child
would discard the toy of which it had tired.
What assurance have the people of Geor
gia that General Gordon s»nld not grow
restless and resign the office of Governor
should ho be elected to it? His resignation
of bis seat in the Senate and the oiroum-
stances under which ho enters this race,
make the inferonoe reasonable that he has
been and is influenced by personal consid
orations. He did not consult the interest
of the publio in his retirement from tho
Senate. Upon his own statement he re
garded only himself. May he not under
similu/circumstances abandon tho Govern
or's office after ho has been elected?
We submit this line of argument os fatal
to the claims of General Gordon upon the
people of Georgia in the pending canvass,
and furthermore call attention to the fa6t
that Major Ifeeon has fully and faithfully
executed every trust confided to him by tho
people of the State.
Hot by Wire.
Tiir. NnnbviUs |Uniou pnhU^Vea ikis spe
cial from Atlanta;
Tbs contest for tbe Governorship of Georgia m
Intensified by the formal announcement of the
candidacy of Gen. John B. Gordon. Ex-Speaker
Bacon haa been a defeated candidate before the
lest helf dozen convention*. On one oeeaslon he
wee defeated by tbe entrance of Hon. Atez. H.
8tepbena tn the field. TTp to a month ego It seemed
to he admitted that ha-wonld have n clear field for
the nomination. The azndldeey of Gen. Gordon,
however, makes Bacon's chances uncertain, as all
the old aoldleis will rally to tko support of Oordon.
Every intelligent man in Georgia will
understand who sent it and why it was
sent. Tho only wonder i» that so olean
and respectable a (journal as the Union
should have giveu it place.
The name and chums of Maj. Bacon have
been presented to hut two gubernatorial
conventions of Georgia.
In the first his name was withdrawn
when representatives wore induced to dis
regard the instructions of their constitu
ents in relation to the two-thirds rule.
In tho second convention Major bacon
went in backed by nnlear majority of votes,
in the hands of men. from the very best
constituencies of the State. How and why
he was defeated it a part ot the history of
tb* State, and of which it is nnuooozasry
to say more at this Urns.
It is neither dear that tb* old soldiers
will or should rally to General Gordon.
Iiocent demonstrations have failed to nuke
this statement bold good. Thoro htve been
great gatherings of old sad young soldiers
very recently in this Stats. They gathered
to do honor to JoffenonDavis, to the mem
ory of Nathanid Grew to, a revolutionary
soldier and patriot, and to participate iu on
honorable oentcnnial. Major Bacon was
soldier, not so high in rank as General
Gordon.
There were less honors and emoluments
sttaohed to hi* position, but not less danger.
The humbleet private who faced the ene
mies of his people, musket in band, is as
much entitled to the gratitude and support
ot his com cades as any officer who covered
his person with gold lace and toe bottle huV
letins with his deeds.
The Visit of .Tefftiraon Itavls.
To-day Mr. Jefferson Davis leaves Geor
gia soil and returns to his home in Missis
sippi. He has received iu the Euipite State,
and indeed in each State he has honored
with his presence, such a reception as no
man in this conntry has before enjoyed.
Generally his reception was unattended by
formalities, the peoplo pressing close np
beside him and surrounding him with the
fervor and enthusiasm that springs direct
from the heart.
Mr. 'Davis has been a hermit for twenty
years. We do not remember a man in histo
ry who so long and while charged with such
vast thought and stirred by sucli sentijpents
that have swayed him, hns refrained from
public speech. He has been the butt of
political abuse from the enemies of his sec
tion. Straggling newspaper correspondents
have invaded his home and slandered him.
Men of his own section seeking office hav/
cursed him and the cause upon which ids
best years were spent in order to gain f gVor
with parties in power. /
By what seemed apparently universal
consent, Mr. Davis became the living per
sonification of “the lost causo.” The South
was praised for its new life and progress,
and only that stern old man'at'Beauvoir,
separated by publio judgment from hi*'peo
ple and linked to principles called dead, re
mained to represent the Southern Confed
eracy. This division, this accumnlatcd re
sponsibility, together with tho utterances
of a new and unscrupulous race of politi
cians iu the South, who claimed to repre
sent a “regenerated” and a “repentant’’
people, and tho constant din of hostile
journals must have made a deep impression
upon M*. Davis. 8tror.g ns was his faith in
the great mass of his people, in his mind
must have crept at times a doubt. Twenty
years reflection and isolation in not healthy
treatment for any mind, hut with the weight
of a great sorrow upon it end tho gloom of
changeless future in front, it must indeed
have tho attributes, the breadth and scopo
and the elements of a superhuman strength
to resist disturbing doubts.
Wo think it more than reasonably certain
that whon Mr. Davis left Beauvoir he did not
realize in what respect and veneration the
Southern people held him. The bursts of
enthusiasm that greeted him at every sta
tion, tho tear-dimmed eyes turned- up to
his, the hand shakes, the embraces, tbe flow-
era, the old-time Southern cheers, and the
boundless hospitality he encountered at
every pause in his long journey, swept
away the gloom, the sorrow and tho doubt
of twenty years and ponred precious oint
ment upon his open wounds. Instead of
finding himself separated from his people,
he saw them about him and felt tho glow of
their-honesty and love. This was why he
trembled and broke down so often; this was
the stimulus that caUed him to his feet
score of times, and caused him to yield his
hand to be pressed until it was raw and
swollen.
It won Indeed a bhloyon semen foz Jet-
forson Davis, In it he received the bene
distion and tears of his countrymen. Every
hand that clasped his lifted Its own share
of responsibility for the South’s misfortune
from his shoulders. Every voice that rang
out in cheers recorded an avowal that gave
him company. He found himself again
nnited to his people, not os a leuder of arm
ies, but as a guest whose hosts loosed bis
sandals, bathed his woary feet, spread the
board and ponred the wine for his com
fort and honor. It hod been a long jour-
noy, a journey of twenty years; and the
path had been over burning sands and
•tony pfitlis, with no resting places npon
the way. But rod came at lost; rest in the
midst and by the hearthstones of his peo
ple. He hm seen the flowers bloom upon
his own grave, and felt upon its sod tho
tears of his friends, the gentlest dew that
heaven sends to sparkle here.
We regard it os providential that Mr. Da
vis's visit was permitted and at this time.
It showed and shows the strength of the
whole country; it is a pledge for the future,
It revealed, too, the feet that no fatal blow
had been-dealt the spirit of this people, for
howevor vast tho rain war may inflict upon
person and property, that country only
wreckod whoa* spirit Is crushed. We have
seen nogromlcv sight since Uto armies moved
on Manassas than this people honoring the
head of the late Confederacy, and white
abiding by th* terms of their pledge at Ap
pomattox, straining nerve and resource to
lift from his shoulders to thoir own in tbe
presence of the whole country the load he
has been carrying. Henceforth no man may
say. that Mr. Davis is the embodiment of
tho “lost cause." Its responsibility rests
npon tho Southern people. They can bear
it proudly and be none tbe leas friends of
the Uni an which lives to-day.
General Gordon's Hotter,
Formally announcing hinsolfos a candi
dato for Governor appearedbn our issue
yesterday. The late ho*? at wbioh it
was received Saturday nylt prevepted ap
propriate comment aimiB*neonsly with its
publication.
After carefully ny&yzing his letter, we
think it is fair v sum up his position
l riefly by saying mat he consents to run in
response to wlAt he considers an almost
universal anijccrtainly a spontaneous de
mand uponXim by the people of all sec
tions of tfid State to enter the race.
While/e does not say so in terms he evi
dently Vesirea to make the impression that
he recorded the wishes of the publio in the
matter as clear and his duty thus indicated
as-imperative.
' General Gordon may have been deceived
with reference to both the uniformity and
spontaneity of the call to whioh be appears
ipond in a spirit of commendable duty.
We believe this is true. Whether it is or
not, it is certainly true that for many weeks
an industrious correspondence has been
going on in his interest between certain
parties in Atlanta who have been urging
him to enter the race and influential men
in nil ports of the State. One of the inqui
ries made in some of these letters, and no
doubt all of them, was, “How will General
Gordon's candidacy be received by tbe peo
ple of your county and section?” (We
quote substance, not language of inquiry.)
It is within our knowledge that some of the
best men in Georgia, and in same instances
friends personally nud politically
General Gordon, have respond-
that the people did not
favor his re-entering political life, and
wonld not support him if he made the race
for Governor. Petitions have been circu
lated for signatures asking him to ran,
which it is said were prepared in Atlanta
and sent to different parts of tbe State to
trusted agents of tbe cabal whioh has had
tbe construction of this universal and “ab
solutely spontaneous” demand in charge.
General Gordon has probably been kept
in ignorance of the unfavorable responses
to mauy of these letters which hnvc been
received in Atlanta, by those who have
probably deceived him, and who are cer
tainly attempting, through false impressions
mode upon him, to deceive the peoplo of
Goorgia.
To those lea* sanguine, emotional and
impressible than General Gordon, it
of
ed
does not desire vindiotion
he, or at least hi. friend., ,'^7
drag this hideous skeleton front th
in whioh the people of Georgia had ? P
mon consent oonsigned it to dish
sepulture.
It was at beBt the last refuge
failing of any defense for ind e[
public acts, appealed to charity to ^
their private motives from public cm”
and publio judgment. It ig t, est „ .
should sleep well and soundly Jj
know a waking in the political camnzi^l
the State. However well it
served the purposes of those who in, v
it as a shield and defence, the timt°v
passed when it can be successfully drj
out and made to do effective duty
Will General Gordon adhere to hi s JJ
mondablo though only implied puiposTl
confining the campaign to a discussion ]
his claims upon the people of i '
We hope so, nud we shall see."
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SHREDS AND PATCHES.
The fifth too of we*rtng*bttetlee wilt make It very
' difficult for girla to climb fenceedurtug the picnic
a.-Philo. Herald.
Boyle, the Philadelphia sculptor, has art
adiaa group in the Paris Salon in
Indian, group in the Paris Salon in similar
conception to tbe group he exhibited two
years ago in this city. A strong limbed
a uaw stands with one foot on a recently
lied grizzly bear. She brandishes a stone
tomahawk. The work is powerful, and
thoroughly artistic.
The man who wants to to to Cougnos moat haa
not jet been mentioned tn connection with tho
office. If bo done not eommonoo hitting la bio
eUU soon tbe Haem will overtook tbe met that be
. dark bore* K. O. Pteejnno.
William Anderson of Cincinnati refused
to pay hack hire unless the hackm-m proved
himself the better man. The bookman
drove Mr. Anderson to a retired spot and
there wiped the ground with him. Thun, to
his disgust, he found that Mr. Anderson had
not a red cent and could not pay, though he
bed been well thrashed.
■Wee your Tin it tn Chicago a incceae r aeked a
friend of "Rev.'' Sear Jones, upon, tbe 1st tec's ra-
tara to the Sonth. “Oh, yee: a grand success, 1
replied, proudly. “I left tbe rity with $3,000 oe
my abafc of tho raeolpte."—Morristown Herald.
City men looktac for s country hootc—"It seems
to ms that your rent Is rather high, cons uterine that
yon an to fuswsy from tbe principal betels asd
tbe mala road.” Country landlord—"Bnt yon won’t
hear the brass bend—that is worth so ms thing—and
yon won’t be disturbed by picnic procceslonletn—
that Is worth more,”—Pncb.
W. C. Pitman of Bangor was a conductor
>n the first Maine rail read forty yean ago.
fVv rainy morning he eta rid from Watsr-
villc and, on arriving at Soith Belgrade, a
dag station, not seeing any Hug, ran by the
station. Just as th* u*m had pasted the
red flag wea ran ont for some passengers to
getoa. Mr. Pitman stopped hie tram and
aeked Stephen Richard eon, the station agent,
why he did not display the flag before. Ur.
KichanlaoD replied: “Be you a-goin' to run
your train in rainy weather? I didn't think
yon wonld."
General Crook hex won the robtut, old-fashioned
leeearhnietta dislike of Secretary tadicott by bis
rather loo frank talk nbont the utter geo tic dish's
cosbpnkeaelva Igaonsee of the Indian question.
tey bestnlc-l. howe'er, that Jndge Esdleott is
folly convinced that the Indians coald be aubisga-
lad and Intimidated torn perfect ohodleacw to lew
by simply enabblag them socially and refer log to
rsrogatie say of them ears thorn who css show by
documentary evtdeace that they am descendants of
members of tbe reception comm It toe that greeted
the emeel of the excursion party of Pilgrims who
1st. D.1 et Plymouth Keck.—Philadelphia Prase.
very dear that the builders of his boom
could easily havo brought a “pressure" to
bear upon him by appoals or instructions
to their correspondents to write to him
directly, advising and demanding his can
didacy.
It will be seen how easily he could have
been impressed in this way, and i'ne truth
of his statement verified, that “I (General
Gordon) have not written one letter npon
the subject, except in answer to those which
have reached me, and I have solicited the
aid of no one, nor conversed with,any who
have not introduced 1 the subject.” - *>
Wa believe this statement is true, and in
view of tho manipulations whiclt wo'have
suggested, can readily understand why it
was not necessary for General Gordon to
havo brought his candidacy to tbe attention
of his friends through personal correspon
dence with them. We also account in this
way for the fact that ho refused to heed the
advice and appeals ot ids life-long friends
to keep out of the present contest.
Gen. Gordon's sensitive regard for tho
wishes of the people, ns expressed in tho
“absolutely spontaneous” demand tor him
to run for Gov or nor, is in striking contrast
with his utter disregard of their wishes, at
tbe timo he voluntarily and without notice
to them gave up the high position to which
tbsy last elected him,
When he loft the Senate li» did not stop
to consult the wishes of the people with
retorcnco to this importsut change in the
publio servants to whom they had com
mitted the interest end honor of tho State.
What change has come over ‘be spirit of
tho Genoral’s dreams? But a few years
ago ho turned, his hack upon the highest
position within tho gift of tho people.
Without notice of his intention to abandon
the honorable post assigned him, oml with an
announcement that he was consulting his
personal interest, he quietly and secretly
armDged to vacate hia seat iu the Senate
and to eachange their service and their
love tor the tordid cumulations of Mnmmon,
Has his gold turned to dust, und haa he,
like tho prodigal son, who would “fain have
filled his belly npon the husks upon which
the swine fed,” concluded to return to his
first love, his father's house once so firmly,
grandly and bountifully built in tho affee
tions of tho people of Georgia?
If this surmise is accepted, hie position
now is not consistent with forgiveness,
because he is not rep-ntanL Us says
•ska no vindication at the bands of tha
peoplo of Georgia. Why? because if
wss ever worthy of their confidence
is worthy of it now. Then, it
not wrong to abandon his high office with
out consulting them. If it was not, why
is he so obedient to the wishes of the pub
lic at this time? Are public demands any
more obligatory npon Gen. Gordon now
than when he left the Senate without con
sulting the wishes of the people? If he has
been so carofnl ax his letter indicates to
certain what is desired of him with refer
ence to hia candidacy, and consents to run
simply because the people demand it, why
did he not exercise the same patience, dili
(fence and caution before he left the Senate?
Is the expression of a public demand
him to enter the canvass for Governor more
forcible or clearly defined than was an
moat unanimous re-election to the Senate?
- There is inconsistency between his
THE GUBERNATORIAL OUThOoJ
Seme Significant Pointers from thel
Press,
From the Ft Oolnea Advertiser.
The Advertiser in this issue runs nn ti
Bacon flag. Georgia has no trueror «■'
son, nor one whose distinguished set
and ability render him mor» worthv an
honors. ’ ‘
From tho Dalton Citizen.
Bacon stock in the gubernatorial
seems tn be on the advance all the u,
ond this too in the face of the fact that tn
horses are being groomed and trottedinJ
every station oa the line. ’
From the Americas Recorder.
Gen. Gordon has just as good a riAt J
run for Governor ns any other aa;, t .
the peoplo have just as good a right to.
down upon his aspirations aa any c,.v_
man. They have paid him all they oil
him, and honors are easy. 1
From the Rome Courier.
The earnest people of Georgia are tired j
•vindicutiona" that never sufficiently rj
dicato. If the triumvirate must each Q
turn he vindicated, and the vindication |
to be repeated whenever an official trim J
one of them expiree, when may we hoi
see tbe end of this vindication and <
business?
From tho Milton Democrat
Unless we be greatly mistnken, Oeort,
next chief magistrate will he Hon. A(
Bacon of the county of Bibb Oar peopl
as far as we can loarn, will be abranlat
satisfied with him. Tbe honor could .
upon Bhouldbrs for less worthy to weuij
but upon few more worthy than he is
From tho Etborton Gazette.
It seems from present indication* thattt
city of Atlanta wonts Genorral Gordon I
Governor, while the peoplo of the b
I the Stato would prefer Hon. A. 0.1
some other good matt. The qn«_
arises as to which shall prevail—shall i
lantn control the State, or will the :
control Atlanta?
I Ass*'
ktrson
lioat on the two points end occasions
question, and in discussing his claims npon
the people of Georgia now, which is
real issne in this contest, this incontistency
is fatal to his professions of loyalty
obedience to the popular will.
Vft thank General Gordon for saying
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From the Athena Banner-^Watchman.
Dr. Lyndon has just returned fnm|
visit to Newnan, his old home. He i,
that Coweta county is considered ;
Gordon's strougholds. but he saw e t
of ten counted audit the race narrows a
between Gordon and Bacon that eight 1
the latter and only two the former {
roan.
From tha Greensboro Homo Journal.
At Atlanta, tho other day, it wee ;
that certain parties were endeavoring U
turn the Jefferson Davis ovation to at
in favor of Gordon for Governor,
one asked Bacon if he wouldroakeaip
His answer was worthy of the next t
nor of Georgia: “I will not, sir; fort
is not tbe occasion'." This answer wad
fine con trust with Gordon, who mounted q
chair and began a harangue.
From the Mootezams Record.
The press stands almost a unit
Gordon. While at the convention wea
it a point to approach a largo number*
them on the subject, and they all og
him. Among tbe number of iuflnei
dailies are tho Macon Tkmuikapu, Aui
Chronicle, Savannah Times,
News, Athens Banner, Albany Nere, 1
Iuinbus Enquirer, and til thepesdiag w«
lies.
h»
Many old soldiers say that General Gord
has been honored by the people nt no ot
Georgian has been, anil that he should u
he a candidate. They will not rapport h
Because he made a good soldier is no rat
that he should have a mortgage on the p
pie forever.
The triumvirate have commenced
old tricks again, nnd tho people ere del
mined to bust them higher then a kite.
From, tbe Ksstrosn Times.
The boom, originated by the Atlanta ri
in the interest of General Gordon for geh
tutorial honors did not pan cut in Atlubl
hut Saturday as was expected, but, up-tl
the contrary, ooems to have collapsed. “I
wss intended by those grooming him for tal
racu to enter him for the contest at the ti»*|
of tho excitement over ex-Fresidsnt
and the unveiling of the Util monument, h
their efforLs were futile, its the peopl'd ■
npt enthuse on the anbject, Tbe peopleh*JI
assembled there to do honor to their di*
tingnished statesman, Ben Hilt, and to ■
Davis.
It is evident that the people of G* 018 *!
for oue time at least are determined toB**!
their own selection of a Uoternor wiUioo|
dictation from anyone. If the P*°P; e «l
Georgia mean what they say, Hon. AJA|
Bacon will be tbenextGovernoroi G* cr w‘|
The people desire a man in whom they c * 3 1
repose confidence, and who cannot be P*l
trolled by the political ring in Georgia
trary to the wishes and interest of “Jl
people. Hon. A. O. Bacon has ever pro"* I
himself true to the interest of Georgia, ttmi
spective of and contrary to the wizha*■
the ring, andf or thin reason strong
are being made to defeat his aouun*h*l
He has ever stood by Georgia, both in **l
ia hours of conflict »»l
and in peace, both iu uuui» os .
oppression, and os it is the desire cft»l
people to call him to the Gubernatorial
chtur, wo trust that their wishes
gratified.
THE CAUSE OF NKUIIALUIA.
is I
Why the Fair S»z Is so Ultra Altsd
With It. . ,
The London Lancot says that the pain
neuralgic headache experienced by
is generally located in one ormorebranes"
of the cervical nerve, very commonly tt
terminating in the scalp attheoccipat-
nerves of the scalp are irritated by th* ***
being drawn too tightly beck and p nl
tha strain, not as a whole, in which c
tho strain would he spread over a
of tbe surface, but by small bundles ot ir-
which ore pulled hack and held in P**” '
hairpins. Relief is often consUo*' 1 ?.
pcrienced a» n result of removing :
pins, bnt this lias only s ti mnorsi?
partial effect. Tee infojydone D
iu iucon-qui nc *. The present «J“,
dressing hair should be discontinued,
probably, in pari, accounts tor th*
prevalence of neuralgic headache.
Pasteur haa look. .1 tureugii in; r ""’.ri
■omnch that his ejes cr- .enoitzl}
and biz f. curiously wrinkled shout