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THE MACON "WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
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Dead Georgian*.
Within n brief period two Georgians
have died who hud occupied prominent po
sitions in the servfeo o' the State. They
were about the same ago and their eareers
had been contemporaneous. These | were
Arthur Hood and I.. J. Glenn, more famil
iarly known as.Iud Glenn.
Glenn was secretary of the Senate while
Arthur Hood was private secretary o': the
Governor. Both were unusually bright,
genial and companionable men. Both
achieved distinction atthobar, Hood reach
ing a judgeship. Both .were hon
est and devoted in their service
to the State, and neither received all the
honors due him. Glenn, a gallant soldier,
bearing honorable wounds, was defeated in
a district for Congresa that claimed tothe
Democratic.
But they both loft honorable records ho
hind them, such an the young men of this
day and generation may emulate.
We recall them both as members of the
Secession Convention of Georgia. They
were both active parliamentarians, as Pres
ident Crawford, who was not, had ample
opportunity to obaorve.
And this allusion calls np a reminiscence,
which had been refreshed but a few days
since. Glenn waa a delegate from Fulton
and reached Uilledgevilie days before the
assembly of the convention. He had with
him Jim Cooper and Jim Frierson, both
long since dead, and Sod rest Choir souls.
Ho also had Bill Barnes and Tom Dover
Wright and a small meiodeon. Barnes
played, an 1 he and Wright sang patriotic
songs, if they wore somewhat sectional. In
the hotel corridors, in the hall of the House
of Representatives, on the street corners,
crowds of delegates snd others were at
tracted by the novel and Interesting con
certs, which were at free as we all hoped
to be in a short time. •
The convention was closely divided in
opinion, and the atrrggle tor the mastery
was eloae and warm, tqongh good-natured.
Qomce Greeley contended that Georgia
was.raatly voted oat on « rainy day, the
Union men bciug kept from tho polls by the
weather.
But we have often thought that it there
was an dement (bat kept men ati red up to
the proper pitch snd until the opportune
time, more than another, it was the concert
company of which Jud Glenn was tho im-
presiorio. Poor fellow, was it the recolleo-
tion of this which made him analons to get
out of the capitol bailding in Atlanta when,
at a reoepUon to Goneral Meade, the bund
waa tailed upon to pluy Dixie? lie said the
building would fall. If it bad, it might
have changed the destiny of J ud Glenn and
of Oeorgia.
A Vlntllcatlon Campaign | Literature or au “Abaulutely bpuut.neou*"
is upon ns and in full bloom. General I Candidate.
Gordon's organs and paid stump speak-1 The Athens Binner-Watchman makes
ers make some curious admissions. They I public this epocinicn of ring literature:
say that the election of Governor Colquitt icosnosaTun.]
, , , ,, , „ , , , UrAIMJfiBTM* GonDOX CENTRAL C-tMIMIC.* COM-
absolved General Gordon from a'lof his po- s(ITIIl . g ATI 4NTAi OA-> u>; 23> ,
litic.ll sins, and e very time be carries a Lexlnsl n. Oa.-My Dear Sir: I writ* yon at Gen.
county with a brass hand, by bulldozing or I erst Gordon’, request. He want, your earnest and
with money (not hi* own) they claim that active snpport in the light at Oglethorpe. It la very
this is a vindication. Let ns look at the ‘“Portant to him, and I hope that you can give it to
facts. The General himself ha. declared £
thit he does not need vindication. That is tb»t I cam find a way to *bow mjr appreciation. I
right and proper. No vindication can help am very much interested in General Gordon'* auc-
any honorable man that ho does not make c®*«. and Oglethorpe is an important county, and
himself. Men who vote from ignorance, you important factor in Oglethorpe. If Gen-
... . .. eral Gordon could feel euro that you were earnestly
prejudice or enthusiastic associations, can- forhlm . . nd » t w( , rk for hIm ,« wou)a . gr J t
not nmke a foul record clean. help, jf y OU w m do it I promiio you that I will
The General, in almost the same breath, get even with you somehow orotber. Your*truly,
says he has suffered for years under fulse U. w. Grady.
charges, and calls upon his followers to The opening line fires the fall responsi-
vindicate him by their votes. His snpport- kility of General Gordon for it
ers may praise him aud insult honest peo- J l^e absenco of denial by him it must
pie and honorable gentlemen, but that will j be accepted as his own act. This is one of
not help General Gordon’s char.ictcrr It simplest principles of law.
may gratify him and appeal to his vanity General Gordon promises to “get even”
and self-love, but the charges, which he ad- with tho party whose help is asked, if the
mits have stood against him for years, ftl( l * B given.
are still unanswered. He has had years of J How? General Gordon is believed to be
opportunity, in which to meet and disprove I ft puuper.
them, bat he has been dumb and is silent H he should attain the Governorship,
s tin. there will not be patronage sufficient in his
It is freely admitted that were these hands to pay tho debt with patronage, not
charges incredible on their faces, or ad- ev cn counting in the State road, if many
vanccd by those unworthy of belief, he such fetters havo been scattered throughout
conhl afford to ignore them, lint they are the State. Ilow will ho get even? If the
advanced by men whose characters lose voter disregards this appeal will he stil.
nothing by a comparison with General Gor- to got even. And will it la-
don or any man who may support him. I the one way in which General Gordon's
They ere fulso or they ure trne. If they manager gets even with people who op-
are false, he should bo able to establish thf P 0s ® the ring?
fact. If he fails to do this they must stand Georgia has fallen upon the days when
a* true. No man is acquitted at the bar of snch stuff may be called legitimate cam-
justice or the bar of public opinion upon I psign material by those who do not care
his simple denial. A plea of nit guilty ih what they say, but what a fearful answer
only preliminary to proof. General Gor-1 it is to the boist of tho man who claimed
don affects to be a lawyer. He ought to I to have tho “absolutely spontaneous” sup-
understand this simple propohitioo. I P° r t of tho people.
An election to tho governorship cannot The General lilm.e f
vindicate him. The people who make the | Has been indulging in campaign literature.
TheJUampaign.
We were In error yesterday in supposing
tli'.t Rockdale county was to »*oon the
12tb, and our special from Clay county fail
ed to reach this office in time ftr publica
tion. The table now sfacJs .
The Man on the Monument.
18*2 (iftta.isdj.
Cm roll...
Gordon
For* y tli.
Murray
Lumpkin
Catoosa
Columbia
Pickena
Bibb
Clarke
Coffee
Dodge
Ytclutoih
Quitman
Cauiden
Burke
Charlton
Dooly
Mitchell
White
Richmond
Liberty.. -
Clinch '.
Douglas
Montgomery.
Bulloch
Screven
.McDuffie
Fulton
Sumter
Clayton..
..I o...
2 ..I 2
Spalding
Oieene
ayne
Paulding
hoi*
Clay
Fayette
"nlon
The chairman of tho executive committee
of Gilmer county, say* to the people of that
count) -. "Eternal vi|. dance being the price
of liberty, and as all power U vested in a
free people, how highly important that yon,
ths people, take more interest than yon
have in the fast in selecting your rulers an 1
law makers. I desire that all come oat and
take part In laid meeting. I entreat yon to
come and lets have one truly Democratic
meeting. I deem it highly important, and
trust that yon will, for once, lay aside all
other business and come." These words
are full of wisdom, and the invitation put
forth in Gilmer should be read and accept
ed by the people of the entire Slate. It
will be seen that the bnldozer and the brass
band are not included in the invitation.
Okk of the jokea with which Senator
Davis enlivened the 1’resident'e homeward
trip was this: “They have some original
characters in these mountains. Once
heard s really eloquent sermon at a church
ten miles north of the park. But yon can
imagine my surprise when, in the midst of
a burst of rhetoric, tbs reverend orator
clasped his hands in ecstasy above hU head
and lilting hu eyes heavenward like s saint
exclaimed, -My friends, all the world
shouted tor joy when the good nows of
Christ's birth flashed over the wires.'
A Wasmxotox correspondent is respon
, sible for this the latest gossip about the
Secretary of the Interior: "An unmarried
lady, with whom the Secretary of the In
terior hat been well acquainted for sev
eral yean, meeting him as he was leaving
the Executive Mansion, said to him banter-
ingly: 'Now, Mr. Secretary, yon most be
the next one of thf administration to mar
ry.' That's for yen to determine,' he an
swered gallantly, sod she laughingly an
swered that then it was all settled."
On gratifying feature of the campaign
ths fine advertising given to the Crest snd
Good TxueoEArH by the hired agents of ths
Gordon. managers. For our part we are
sorry that life is not one long unbroken
gubernatorial campaign.
War nntU ths Uscjo counties thunder
—then, r.ts to year holes!
ch irge-s and tho peoplo who believo them U Vo give a specimen;
cannot be put out of the forum of good I ’ [Confidential.)
conscience in this way. Mr. Blaine went I Headquarter* Qqiidom central Gampaiom cou
th rough a terrific campaign, under a storm I ***ttke, Room No. 2, 35*£ Broad Stuckr. Atlanta,
of accusations that ho did not answer. I May 19, C * E>q ‘” Cedtr
...... . . . , , .. , - • I Spring*, Ga.—My Dear Sheffield: I feel that 1 have
Millions of people voted for him. lie lost . t , sht to Mk Jott Jottr , upport ln „ m .
tho presidency by a handful of votes, turned I paiga. It the men of my old regiment don't *up-
by the foolihb pottering of a weak old man. 1 port me. I do not know where 1 can look to for aup-
But tho charges stand there still. They P ort * 1 "member with gratitude your earnest
will run with Blaine's life and becloud his * rton4 * h, P * a * "f* *" tbe “ d l f° ho P«
..... II can count on you ln thla race. If I ever deoeived
memory after (loath. I the cgtat . m ftn ,i confidence of my people, I pledge
M.tny of these charges were worse than I yon my word I deserve it now aa much as ever, and
thoso laid at the door of General Gordon. I I aay to you. my friend, that I need it more. 1 can-
Iq the estimation of many, thoy ar© not so I u °tand I will not be whipped in thla fight, and 1
bad. Millions of voters ' could not make com# “ • 0 “ urt * * nd “ k f " r
... . , , . ... , | your support. Let mo hear from you. Yours very
Blaine clean. A campaign by editors and lruly Jon* B. Ooanov.
speakers that has never been equalled in Mo.t, of people will fail to notice any
thin country did not vindicate him. Can thing of "soldierly frankness" in the "con-
General Gordon expect that Dupont Guer- adential" appeal of the General. But a
ryand Glenn and Bob McWhorter and blind man will not fail to see and compre-
Ueub Arnold shall sanctify him in the I b en a bow hard he is pressed,
estimation of the honest people of OeorgiaV This thing bears the impreie of the same
The General cries slander, but furnishes no oU type-writer, which scattered far and
corroborative proof. If ho can meet bis wido . >Uj0 throbbing of a great people's
accusers with facts he overwhelms them I heart" to "business tuen only.'
and drives them into min and disgrace. The business men hire not responded
What an opportunity to a man whose wails im{ j t h e General does not know where to
and whines give evidence of his suffering g*,* f or support, except the "last man in
and punishment? Is tho man who makes t h 0 rogiment" shall be marched up.
millions os a pastime, builds railroads for This letter etrnck the wrong mun and in
amusement, saves Htates for recreation, th B wrong place. Tho General cannot look
afraid to face facts in defense of Lis repntn- for support in this quarter. Through the
tion? I medium of the Great snd Good Telkobafii,
He calla this a campaign of slander. lie th e General hears from the old soldiers,
opened it with slander He rlanderod the what a miserable, pitiful exhibition is
dead Ben Hill aud denied it. The trnth wus I ibis for a man who cluims that he ia a can-
quickly fixed It upon him and ho ie silent. didate, because he could not resist the ap-
He slandered what he pleased to term "a pe al a 0 f the people. The brass band will
Msoon boy" and a man and soldier aroso at I pjerne perform something plaintive and
once to denounoe him, and he is* silent, j melancholy like. Let the drama he
Ilia organa and Ida hired orators are | mD tn e d.
busied ret tiling slanders on his opponents,
and yet the man who aspires to rule onr
Georgia cannot And opportunity to defend . , „ . . ..
* ... . ,|to arrest the attention of every thinking
his ovn reputation, which U in mortal | >m , rMj|nif „ mI1 Th „
peril.
An examination of lb© comparative tab It k
Rhovrs that Bacon stands now abont as he
did in 1SH2. The combined anti-Bacon
vote, which included th« nuinstmeted as
well as those irj-trnoted for other candi
dates, amounted to 61, while his own vote
wm 43.
In 1883 the combined anti-Bacon and
nnimitracted vote was OS, while his own wa*
bnt 38. Yet the vote In the convention
gave him then a plurality, and tho best
of political authorities conceded him a ma
jority of the sc ittering voten.
To-day Mr. Bacon’s vote is 44, hia com
petitor’s 54, with 6 votes for J. J. Jones
and two unioRtructed. As compared with
1883, ho has gained 6 votes, which can be
shown as follows: He has gained five and
half counties, or 15 votes, aud los
three and a half counties, or 7 voles. One
connty that instructed for him in 1883 in
uninstructed in 1880. Total net gain, C
votes.
These counties are:
UAXNKD EIGHT.
Richmond.. (j
Columbia a
Clarko a
Ffc-kaua ...
McDntfio
Wayne
One Feature
I In this campaign cannot hava
failed
aud reading man. Tho contest lias now
.. , .... „ . , been on for weeks, and wo have never
It is vithiuthe memory of young men kcowQ the pnl) , |o mim ,
to be more 'deeply
when a Georgian so Msoiltd won d ‘>‘« cono4rnei ^ Wa hnTe ioen gtcttter .J,'
been compelled to vindicate himaeU or go have witnessed fiercer chargee and
beyond the borders of the State. In addi- ’ 8
tion to maehine methods are we to suffer |
from machine men?
countercharges. There have been exhibi-
tiunsof popular enthnsiosm, far beyond any
so far displayed in this canvasr.
But this one great feature stands out
well defined, and loses none of its proper-
The CongrcMloua! Campaign.
One cannot have failed to notloe an an-
nsaal activity in the Congressional districts I lions under scrutiny and criticism:
early in the esnvaas. Major Bacon appears before the people
It is clsimed that this has complicated to whose snSragea he seeks without a stain
some extent the gubernatorial contest. upon his record or a charge against hia
The lower part of the fourth district, character. Men may not like him person-
which has been inoxplieably quiescent so ally but they ate forced to admit that he
far, is likely tu partake of the excitement. I has been able and faithfnl in public life.
Mr. Harris, the sitting member from that They may entertain great prejudices
district, has placed himself in tho hands of I against him, bat they cannot conjare ap
his friends. The publication of this fact an accusation against hia character,
has called forth these observations from the I liis opponent has been compelled to admit
Columbus Enquirer: that he is honorable, wise and capable,
U. cannot nter lb. praaratconlMt without vlo-1 fully equipped for and deserving of the
■sung utilisation, which w. 1-1 conlM.nt h. mad. ffi f which he U being supported.
In good faith. Wh.n ha bacuna a candidal, for "
the scat ha now occapiea ln Congraaa, be auted in I Tbb Mobile Register felicitates its read-
dtalluct terms to the .dltor of thu paper that >» et a over a state of affairs which must excite
priruallt.. This was npMted Urn. and a«dn In 11 «y»: “Onrown State is fortunate, in
various parts of the district, and we believe tbe in- that the font gentleman whose names are
finance of tbie promise more then anything else presented for the gubernatorial nomination
smsed for him a nnanlmou. nomluaUon. In o( Ule DeIU<>cnk tic party an tuen of whom
KST:tb* -W — Be proud. Each would
honorablo and t way. make an excellent Governor; each has tho
Perhaps Mr. Harm may be in sympathy I intends of the ^commonwealth at heart;
with tbe faction which follows a leader each would cany into the office the esteem
who "will do many thing* to get voteo.” It and respeet of hia fellow-citizens. It is
U possible that tho fourth will now famish simply a question of preference at regards
some campaign music. I the snpport given each of the candidate*, a
—~ ' I question of personal friendship, a question
The Constitution's big effort to Irlghten of loc , uty . This being the cate, wo may
the Bacon men with * handful of block iadu ige J u the comfortable assurance that
type proves a ridiculous failure. Black I whichever one is nominated he will receive
type carry no force with them nnUss there I (be undivided snpport of ths party, and
happens to bo somebody behind them I bare the best wishes of the people."
whom the people believe.
defending
letits’csiss.nx'.tt
Gsast wrote that Blanton was a coward,
■ meddler, a dictator and “a man whom tie
enemy need uot have feared If he hod been
at ths front,” and many Federsl^aoldiers
used to ornament their letters home with
Btanton'e picture with a rope around his
neck.
Alabama not being sal j-ct to ring rule
hu nominated a private soldier for Gover
nor. There was no bnus bond, buldozing
or dodging records in the campaign, end
one of the promim nt can elide tee threw off
hia judicial robes before entering the con
test How an honest Georgian mast blush
injlhe presence of snsh a record.
I d ran back to the old „„
idSemmes," he .aid Bentl ^ 4
i I saw him, ha carri V ".^l * 1
a of clothes in a sailor's t> **** k
leeps in an unmarked o ' *° d •«
r tbe blare of a brass hand”' * la *
:omrades to come out .ns' 4 ’ 1 '"* !
s snd manhood to a ' S ' U ^
r. Oh, my friend, does*” 11
icy of the convicts go (- 016 11
lie men who lost all in
rthatonea and honor?
The other day as .
pt from across tho fields bt,<
there waa borne hither 1 ^
th of a stomp orator as’ h kcl1
en to three, ha! ha ! ha! V* 1051
■e.' What does it mean? j, 8 *’®
ember tho down cast ^
yonra when this °' 1
ndod with the w ,
seven, eight to seven.' Are »
ated again, bought with politL* 0
i sold for political power? Ar
o never quailed before the fire* i '
lid and ashamed to be honest
and blood?" 1Ult
did not like the mood of the no
rate above me, and no m ‘j° l ' el
Ie. But the precaution wal ^
. Like the murmur of a !oi°d°t
it returns in our dreams like LJ
ies and mother-songs that fl 7
, of childhood and m.lt noon onr h
ue bis voice again. It seemed a V
ly, but the words it bore were cl* M
tinct. ' e ”
‘The war had martyrs and it hud li
t the war's grandest heroes are tfcos!
wived aud faoed poverty and mi
erwards without slain or reproach-
twenty years labored for wives ,7
sn and old mothers iiml help's,.,
rown upon their hands; who inn
tnforls and whose bed were thorni'
res; who gave half their saving, to
te their children to believe in the 8,
d lmlf to insure their loved ones,
rt when death struck down their p r(
»; who, conquering all, wrought out,
dependence, and who in placing
uutry on her feet again gave to the’
ch a picture of courage and devotion
selfishness, as it had never beheld:
history, bright as it is with the reco
iman triumphs. These are the here
The words died away, but
hurs came, so faint, so far, ao pitu
lew not if I dreamed; "Friend, G«
ve the mnn, if suoh there be, who <
11 of comforts and surrounded with*
id honors, laid one burden mori
esc struggling people. It is well, in
at auoh a man has no need of nijin
:ss.”
The moon no longer vexod by It
onds, sailed forth iuto the unhrols
sky, and flooded the street atm
he marble soldier seemed to itilii
■OW cold in the whiteness of her tig;
ondering at the change I left him
K gasrd silent anil still, "above th
lao of the boys who slept." X.
"Unerry's Oili” Turo.il la 0,lt
We invite particular attention
ird which appears below. It expos
[the worst feature, of tbe earnm*
Enquirer-Sani In th. AtUnto Conitlt,
month, under tho haadliu. of "Oiunt'i
r. Ouerry U reported tn a ipMch ant,
»T.jr si follow.: "Mr. Oaerrjr then cmttt
lowrt from tb. Journal of th. UnnM Ml
let th. railroad committee of tb. Be,
Dlntrt by Major Bacon aa 8put.r, Ut
ran In Ih. Interoat of tho mllri-ul,, ul ha
•y tho voice of thopcople liul bren drlriti
Th. abov. most b. a ralatak. of tb. wport
ran In tb. best of d. ,.to Mr. (Inrrr, c«
eve ma-lr thu cliugn, for It U not true,
umber of the Hou*. of RepraunUtiTr,
«», lHttj and 1SSL I »u a nunilur of
ud committee during tbow ,nn.
TUa me tuber* of tbe railroad commltt*
m.ion of 187Smmunw.r.M follow.:
ort. Alston, Itanbln, 11*11, Aduna ■
Iroote, Colley, M.h.t, UulMy. Ourut
nd l Ike. Of tbl. committeo AUton «m h
or. th. railroad commU.l-m bill wa p—
nd aaj whether thi*y w»re put on *aU cc
i th. InUraat of ratlromla and "In 00*
ole of Ih. pMpl. in defeaUd.- TW
bat thta committee reported favor,bly n<
°AdCb.’MMkmof lSSO-Sl tb. rutlroui «
•p|>oioted by Hpraker Raroo wm m
iIn, Garrard, Raw, Bacon of I'Ulhou.
on of Richmond. Eeaean. Lane. Umar, tef
)uBI non Brannon, BnU.ctartO
MilUr and Umih. Again I aay th. ebars*
ru. aa to thU hut named commltuv.
I hare written tho foregoing tn the
ru'h. and tf tho chargo waa made M r>|C-r
loul rutectton on tho member* of tb*
mdon. which cannot pa«
' * ’ : ,
Olu Wells can be put to volutin -
both aa cyclone pita and baromeUtt
I. 8. Harding writes to Kj»°V
tanrological Magazine celling »•>*«
I» nse which he. been
land of old wells for st
pose*. He quotes Irom. r^
bulletin of the Meteorological u
of the Royal Institute of
village of M.jrin (canton offon.
disused well, have been
to *erve « barometer, to th« ^
orifice of .bout su inch ludum^
tn the cover of the wc » j[^he wil
tenml Mr is put In
extunaL Wh<,n tbo *
diminishes upon the pp ^
the air in the well escapes and
whistle in cofumettonwith
thUwa, noUe. of * UoV ^
gtveu to the inhabitant*. H>" (
SSS'
into the well, and the p.oUU
weather is announced.
Colonel Duvet Guiaat
is
Lon.
Dooly X
W«re -i
Hcmven -i
Clay 1-
csisurnocTEn.
Charlton
These are the pi tin figures and illnstrate
cold fasts that all the headlines and hraau
bands in Georgia cannot conceal. Mr,
Baoon to-day stands a better chance than
in any provions race; and in both 1882 and
1883, ho entered the conventions with an
asanreil plurality and a conceded majority
when the contest waa limited to only two
candidates.
The Teleoiufh analysts and illustrates
these facta and reiterates them daily as tbe
best answer to tbe tactics punned by tbe
Gord n orgar*. On Saturday it ha!t* bet
arranged to voto nine or ten Gordon conn
tieh to give him a send off; this was done,
snd the faot was flamed forth on ytsterday
under the heading “Routed,” etc., etc.
Tbe result in Qreone connty, which lias al
ways voted against Mr. Bacon, snd which
was conceded to Gordon by the Augusta
Chronicle, Banner-Watchman aud W. D.
Tntl, who had spoken there, was hailed as
remarkable victory, while the resnlta in the
others, which have been on file for weeks,
were seized with apparently frsnlio joy and
announced in a deluge of printer's ink. All
sorts of conclusion! have been set forth
npon tbe strength of the matter of-fset ac
tion of these counties, tbe Oonstitntion go
ing so far as to declare the election over
and Gordon Governor.
Ninety-odd counties rre yet to set; the
campaign ia only thoroughly opened, and
Mr. Bacon haa not only held hia own
against the packed dates of hia adversary,
bat gainid six votes. These ere tbo as-
sand facts of the campaign. His friends
cannot be stampeded by brass bands, head
lines nor lie* Let the light go on.
Mb. Wattkbsoh it writing letters from
abroad to the Conrier-JonmaL From the
first of the scries we make this interesting
extract: “The other night, Mr. Cbamber-
s ‘nation.’ Mr. Gladstone’s sympathy with
Mr. Davie was not ill-chosen. Two men
more alike it wonld be hard to find, and
tbe likeness ie personal as well as intellco.
ttsal and characteristic. Graceful, undoubt-
ing and imperious, the Premier has as com
plete faith in his Iiish scheme as his South
ern prototype had in tbe Confederacy.
Labouchere, witty and blasphemous, n .id
at a dinner table the other evening, 'It ia
absurd—positively absurd—to sit down to a
game with Gladstone. He always haa three
aces up bis sleeve. And the worst of it is he
actually believes the Holy Ghcst pat them
there.' -
Mb. Duron Gveket says that if tb* con
victs were colonized the Muon Txi-koslvh
could be sent to flood their mind* with the
light of truth. Th* Tkugeami will do its
beet i» > missionary in whatever field that
opens, bnt it desire* to state right here that
it doe* not regard either the convicts or
Mr. Gnerry ea among th* probabilities of
reform.
poor old sarYiriog comrade* who drire by to sUml any better at home
h*re some day* a peddler’s cart snd are elsewhere. Tbe Americas B
driven by on other* in the pan per'• hearse ? him np thuly: “We can a*.
Sometimes I think tbie pedestal rocks bn-1 ‘column* what we oennot
test? me. It mey be the New South wente I Mr. Oueny'e cempeiyp
this little lend I occupy for a great inter j it eUHils perpendicular end ^ p
national retire 1 depot." ; ing bnt recorded facte, a I' ^4
Ue wee silent n moment or two. His • statement wither* ecloring or ""