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10 THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES. THE NIMH GiOKGIA. ONE OF THE SLANDEItS AGAISSX MB. Bn.li.iN Hi FUlfcU. What The M.J ir of lli« K.glm.nt at tne Bnrreuiler liaa to 'lay— Ou* Whole Company NearlySollil f r Bacon —Other Campaign Items. Wasbinoton, Gi., June 17.—In his speech in Washington last week, Gen. Gordon made tho assertion of himself end his “neu tral" organ, that none of the Ninth Regiment would support Major It .con. To be mild, it is sufficient to say tbe gallant Gordon is rnibtuk. n. When the primaiies aie held here, there will be more than a corporals rnard oi Company A of tho first War regi ment organized in this Stale, to deposit, not from the rear, but opeiily and boldly, di- rectly in the front, the civilian's bullet— the ballot—against the man now pluming himself on his war record, and of which at one lime every true solditrl es been proud. This week I w»b in Monroe, Wultou county. Inerol metthe jlijor command, ing the ieg incut at the limo o: the surren der, and who bad enlisted in Company C, Ilillyer 1 ities, and of which Major Bacon was second lieutenant. Tho sol. ier 1 met is Major.I. W. Arnold, who followed the fortunes of the regiment from June 11, 1801, to the memorable April ll, 1805, except when four times absent on furlough from wounds. I urn Authorized by him to nay that, with two exceptions, all of the old campapy now living in the c, unty, one or two only hav ing left the county, will vote for Major Il.eon. Major Arnold and one of tbe Walton county offloisls assure me thut from one-half to two-thirds of tho remaining soldor element of the county (fuur com panies) will Bnpport Major Bacon. This support will be given for a two fold reason 1 , that he did not tnen (during the war) allow the wliito feather, and that he has proved easily met; and for the Btrong reason that tbe income from this roul is our rnaiu stay in sustaining the puldio schools, tunds tor which would otherwise flow into the treas ury by direct luxation did notlavor the State, as there Mr. DuPont Gii-i re’s Latest Statement Challenged and Ills P«Mltlon Denounced. immediately credit np General Gordon with three of the best counties in the Slate. This offer may be considered as always open. The Gwinnett Herald says; “Over five ovation of the people. Ue ^pW DuPont Owjtf.pl* lie road s being run by the “ ^ toda J ■ IznaonAPii, I Gordon's borne entered their protest at tbe iSLftSK. na'alS aTr; h TnM'Mormation of the conference That is significant right under the ring.” “If,” asks the Uarnesville Gazette, “the ating into u political maebiue and » source I 'i'nat in the formation of the conference Lj And these comprised such menus of corruption to tne public service. The i of eighteen in the convention of • /' Tompkins Donuld Bain Colonel It road should be leased and, in doing this, WfB ft was known by the friends of Major j. j Ill(1( | I!Xi p j’ J j0wery lln ,i 0 ’ther men of Htttt0 demanded I b»icon that tho delegftteR from Sumter were . tamn — • ... to every detail unfriendly to his nomination in any event. I,Sf w , „ Jjarge discretion | J t r - Martin, a delegate from Talbot, inter- 1 lne n08e 1 is vested the Governor, and he warned viewed Mr. Guerry as a personal act of, . , , . the people against electing a man for I courtesy to him in reference to his going I P«0PJ® ate spontaneous, why employ Secre- Governor who-e affiliations had been with U P°“ tbo committee. Whatever the lan- tery Grady s pen to write confidential let- those who desired to get posBeesiou of the 8»age used by him, it conveyed the same »» 1 Whyshoold the General come down roaj. He declared that the eyes of suecu-1 meaning as any pledge or promise would 1 10 confidential personal app-als? Why or- lators were already turned to this roaij. I have done. It secured a place on the con-1 K“ nlze debs, and employ tku pageantry of The Louisville atd Nashville road had fer. nco committee for Mr. Guerry by tho * ar t0 tir .°, '!? ft® hearts of the people, bought, and now owns, a large majority of fnends of Major bacon that he "ky should Secretary and Treasurer Oratly its stock. This powerful company dumi- never could have obtained otherwise ar ’l® , l r ® carriages, get the spontaneous iiutt-H roadu iu other Stated, uud bo ka to . I reassert what I have atated as occurring ^ P°. a * ll » send hiui th©bills? Voters control tbe same interests in this S;ato IQ the committee room, except that Georgia, «to|» nna tbiok of uucU metliodu luuviui tuv nnuia linn tats iu tun o-uio i , , 7— * —— x -- - • « lie was opposed to paying any part ot the pl ei jge ° r promise, literally speaking, was your suffrages, betterments claimed by the leasees, and I uiaue, but a voluntary statement in a con* | “rio far ns Major voluntary t wanted General Gordon to detiue his ▼national way, binding and effective position in no uncertain language on this aa y plod^e could be. Major B-icon individually is I concerned, the News cares nothing, but will take occasion to say that whenever the himself a true man and nn able statesman yet it could be shown that he wgs com I ^thime nZTiT" “don't envyiL these past twenty-one years, lie is without nected with it for nearly three years. Hh Let us see—took at it. Mr. Guerry i shame or reprosob, a gentleman of honor and ability. Under whatever eircumstnuces placed, he has been ever faithful to every trust He is a true GcorgUD, thoroughly identified with every interest of t!i«S ate. Even Gen. Gordon must hear testimony that “there need he no fear to put M-.jor Macon at the helm of the State, for the coming gubernatorial term." The severest oiitics and most persistent, and I uisy say cruel, prosecutors, as all old soldiers know, of cowards and skulkers, aro thosu of their immediate associates; and these skulkers never will, never have lxen ondnevtr will ho forgiven nor for gotten by the high privules who were as baling, us brave and as true as any general, no matter how many bars or eters graced bis coat. Jno. T. Wingfield, Formerly of Co. A, 9th Ga. Vol., of Army of Northern Virginia. IN COLUMBUS. Mr. Bacon’s Sprrcli la the tjilten City of the Chattahoochee. Columbus, Ox , June 10, 1886.—Perhaps a few words from Columbus, et this impor tant juncture in the hiatniy of our beloved Slate, msy pruvo interesting to your read ers. Having lived in this city for jiearlj thirty-three years, and as it is the place oi my nativity, I feel that 1 am fairly compu tent to nndeistand the teaiprr and char acter of our people. No city in the State boasts a more generous, hospitable and in telligent community of citizens than the Qoe. n City of tho Chattahoochee. Within the last decade she haa\ furnished two speakers of tbe House of Representatives and two judges of tbo Supreme Court. In point of high intelligence ana business question. It seemed uu easy ttnng to say _ Huerry nowsayshe did vote for Maj. dirty methods ^biployed by tho Macon ‘e power be- “ lcon(dtt time when he thought it would Telegraph triumph iu Georgia we don’t no, but when you consider tbe power „v- , . . . . — — hind it, it btc.-mo a pretty hard task. He ? < ? uard hH nomination. I will exonerato Want to be living in the Slate."—Early ■ - 1 him Irorn al! responsibility that attaches to County News. Here is a charge that the spoke of TBE CONVICT LEASE this statement. He is mistaken; he did not Teleobaph submits to the people of Gt-nr- av a noli ical fundamental error and drairad I ttt ouy time voto , for ll ’j' Bic0 “ under aD y 8 ia * accompanied by a simple denial. Th< , c,ro nmsUnoes whatever, and to refresh his only dirty work “ "' f i - U , 1 '/ “ V!! 1 .*" H OUT1C J memory, I refer him to the seventeen gen- dulges in is the h V.!! 1 L7„ t i“ “L P . 8 .oa !..^ , i'o I tlenien composing the oommittee other penned the above The the Tjcleoraph ever iu- haudling of huoii a fellow uh above paragra|ib, HOW DKM CKAT8 DWAOHWK. | Leopno? Rave yonrseIves befnm "• I late! Destroy all evidence of v,,n r , 1 ‘V<8> ship; bind all you, comrades “ 6 V d *r- loeubnent of ilia fact that ' > J” Mfifl nnr O lh<. h , Governor Brown, III tViton anil the Be- inocracj. Editor Teleobapb: General Gordon's At- bers and e-tine out 8,ve v’“ a ->«- lanta organ seeks to array ths people of or l.e forever lost n decant 2.?.i‘V e v '' °o* Georgia against Major Bacon because Dr. own eelf-rcspect" (If iho 1 "‘“'U ttr Felton is making some speeches np iu tue tor" ot the Cc siiloWon will ’"'Htdi. .political issues of the day, at the re.;u st of impertinent, plain Talk coljK1Jt r it the people; and the words “radical, “ills, this quotation.) i intend GoverniM**'* organizer and kindred terms are thrown . shall now be hea d in his own ■ Bro ““ labor. The State should punish ita own (Man himself, criminals, and nut delegate tliu re-ponsi* hility to lessees. When a couvict could he bad tor $25 a year, uu houest mail could not, n, cnn acam , . — compete with him and fie ! little children Tl.l« iHuit’l..oIt!n.at*nnw and *.* X cr y, * a r8®*y responsible for Baron’s ma- at hinie, clamoring for t.read. He did not „ r ority Ma ™ u ’, aud Great and Good feel tliat General Gordon had dealt with the He nrewnted^ha ^ominaHon of MsinV t ELEr ' RAP ^ s ?“ da , congratulations." We people vitb eutlre candor in treating thin B.»con P in the convention of ’H3 bv verv f a i Ve a° n onbt .f ,iat the Recorder really question. As to himself, be emphatically I uecali „ ', h ods; that was not leriDmati ^5!?. ft? *°te but the paper in- ss. .Sr® — • ii . ,, The Teleoraph, on the dav sucereding I w, Guerry is seeking office for himself as Bacon’s victory in Macon county, published 1 honest man could not Baooi?* d “ 8 to dete!lt MoJ ’ | ? he following: “The Americas llecorder .<) ♦ i n ! 1'ttlu filiil/lpnlk I .... . . about promiscuously. Tbe peculi.tr prilitics of the managing editor would be a subject of interesting inquiry, about the time Gov ernor Bullock appointed him solicitor over Hon Andrew blosn. Let me quote Hon. Howell Cobb from a spot cb made iu Atlanta on .July 23, 1%8, to snow what the people of Georgia then thought of Governor Bul lock’s juHcinry system. Y-»;i *i‘l tind tho sptech reported in tho O romelo and 8^ ntintl of Au^u^t 12, 18G8. **l would just s<*y to him: Mr. Bulto>k, the Georgia have dore you wrong, tr.o cucuuistauceH under which beeu called upon to nxeente th« duties of your Gubernatorial office, and my advice to you is to behave your-*If just as well as your nature nod education will aduut. You have got a judiciary to apuoiut. advise you to send for t».e official the address ot the t-lnarma and Colfax committee written Joseph E. Br-iwu, in which he announce for you that the judiciary of Georgia will bo corruptly appointed to sub serve base and puitisau pu poses, and when you got it, make a bontiru of it, and blot from your memory the recollec tion of iis contents.” Nobody will dispute Hon. IIo*ell Cobb’s Democracy— but to make certain, Plain Talk procured at some trouble tho official copy, mentioned snail now be hea d in bis own i « Which appears in the Chronicle !ndt“?' nel August 1, 1808, the verv o U ’ Patrick WM-h became a-soci tte /ii.® 011. Unit valnahle paper Ask him, if Pla ^l does not speak from the record. Tdk Governor Brown, in an on. n' i lislied on the .late given, used Ui so i?.’? 1 ' “Yon have lutely published s * r “‘ word,; notes ou the situation'—by ”b ,|f L aiU i,in which h« th inght proper to altack | niuie, which ui «kes it pro; denied ever having had any connection Si* ttr*? fe.n u L? ,a „r rf ..rt i peculiar methods; that was not legitimate. wiiuto He is now boosted by his friends as ahero I Montezuma itecord! by Gav. Cobb, and it lies before mens I rinblio J "" u,,r 111 a write; and it sets torth the fact that it was Bonfederat. ttsn* if zi ,ll « thut General Guidon had no right to engage in the business, but it was simply a matter of says ue went in merely as if he wns an important factor in this cam- Bo it so. taste. Gmerid Gordon P jf t i, era l, e honor or glory or patriotism I c,l, ’b n ' t ' liluio ° ,( - ! ft...? 8 V.I iu . W? political conduct in_ the convention .i tended was really the county paper, Ihe Montezuma Itecord. To this admirably conducted jonrnal the Great and Good Tel egraph sends another and a larger batch of Chronicle soys: “Tho total vote of Macon county yesterday was 832 nested with it for nearly three years. Hu I ”*£ct us'se'e—looi^st it.* Mr. 'onerrywau I n.°re than was cast in either Greene or in bel eved it legitimate to discuss the views lrBtttC(1 with the consideration and 8amter ’. whi ®h d»vo four votes each, while and merits of the candidates. In discussing 00urte8y in tUo f„ rmftt i„n 0 f the conference Mttcon ha3 bnt two votea - Thu »“ « certain umtlera relating to hia competitor, he would ilo ho in a perfectly respectful manner. The facta which he do^ired to I t 0 * K ‘ btat-j in reLrenca to committee, which he originated. i, .v . **“o «»- He was interviewed by his personal friends J ore P e0 P“** M Bbperhunmn efforts bad two votes. This was „ strong test of Major Bacon’s standing be- iim lutvi vionLU uj utn iictoiiuiu iiiuuus I • —“ if, in any event, he would uct in con* S?? 11 . ®J**y theconnty. Both cin- cert with three-fourtha of the delegates with had spoken in Montezuma, and the whom ho was associated. Upon the report P e( ?P* e who had heard each nrin present bis . .. * . • * . I nlAiina tt’prn in n n»n.l t., : — .1 GORDON S BESIQNATION .uu .tpu.. , . , —_ . were from a speech made iu Atlanta by that ot this i ntorview, another poraonal friend r?‘P 8 f ,? 5od Position to judge • > da ro.lgnallon. He | -ood sponsor for his good faith and integ-1 Whether he made a pledge or promise or geQtleuiun juhI alter would not deny tint a man hnl right to resign office, but in djing verdict according to their best conviction. The Macon county victory was a significant _ “Otup* “O tnntio u ui juuiuno UI I . . _ w .0 so that office" should 'he delivered into I not, he did make the impression that he u, . « pre8 ? 10 .? of a ar l“ tho confiding bands that gave it—into the would support Bacon in the very contin-1 __ ym »°ntnweat Georgia. ' ■ ' • putting aside the gency that was expected and that did hands of the people! question of corruption he would discuss come. Haralson Banner; When General Gor do 1 spoke in Buchanan there were present that of official duty. Gen. Gordon resigned Ho secured a position that enabled him something near 500 persons. Nearly all three weeks before the adjournment oi thrust his poniard to the hearts of his w ih remember thnt he said something like Congress, aud, by his own admission, for friends, tbe sake of pecuniary gain. Why had unto tho following: “The oldest inhabi- r D „ GloAtov.r it as he may, exult as he may, taut can’t remember when Bacon was not General Gordon resigned so suddenly y I the facts remain the same. A most fearful I a candidate for Governor." Genoral Gor- Wby, a certain Colonel llogg, as the Gen- deception was developed, and consterna- don was a good soldier, and no doubt a erul calls hitu, of Oregon, offered him a I tiou and amazement came to his friends. I Christian gentleman, hut the above bus on salary of per year, coupled with How he appreciated tho courte-y, the de- H* face a misrepresentation, and wo can. the condition of his immediate resignation, ference and kindness shown him, tbe result not see bnt one > cason for tho General to Gordon knew that Hogg knew that ha can answer to the public while Mr. Guerry make the assertion, and that is to preju (Gordon) was no railroad man. They both communes with his conscience. **”■ “*“■*- ** “■ 1 ’ ' - - - - - ... .1 J5 KX< U.inpatEU Notes, knew that he could have gotten leave oi absence aud paired for the rest of tbe aes- sion; bnt no, nn immediate resignation was wanted. Hid Gordon no suspicions | that th „ .. n - utlar pop6 „ ar0 - te d.h 0 t of nltenor roouv.s on the parrt of Qordon dice the minds of the people against Major Bacon. Stooping to such low down insinuations will not make n maa friends with the fair minded men of Geor- Htd Gordon nostupicioEMI t b S; D ri\*SlJ^qmntorf’ , t)aDer»^?^teS3iot *®^ or nuerior moiivts on tno parrt ot Q or don orenn. Colonel llogg? BeforeGencrM Gordon had ’ time to accept Hogg's offer, Victor Now. comb, of the Louisville and Nashville road, come* to tho front and makes a tempt ing offer, tho conditions ot which are that Geueral Gordon should resign at once. It is thought that Gordon's business sagacity | support Mr. Bacon if he is nominated, did not tench him that there was a conspir- people the trnth in this particular matter? Why did he not toll them that Major Bacon What bos General Gordon ever done to was st first a candidate in the year 1882, help tbe cx-Confederate soldiers who made and since that time the very men who are his war reputation for him? Gordon’s most urgent supporters have de- We have received no intimation yet as to frauded Major Bacon ontof tbo nomination, whether Gordon and tbe Constitution will I We are surprised at General Gordon for The American says: using such insinuations us tbe above on an Bartow connty I honorable statesman. Is it honorable to aey to oust him from bis seat. Yet when I can. with perfect assurance, be put down *®H 8u ®h atnl1 aa l h® nhove? It strikes ns the resignation tad taken place General I j n tho Bacon column. that if we conld not obtain votea by telling sagacity, her merchants,'her professional Gordon did not go to Louisville, bnt to If General Gordon conld nnlv have snoken Huths, wo would not sloop to such mis men and laboring clauses compare favora Georgia, and ot once engaged in a polilical , n SUcon county onco more, y jl.con’s ma r “P*«**“hitlohS. canvass. The sneaker then stated his nosi-1,—i, *—•—« - I The Talbotton New Era says: “And lily with tboso of any city in the South, canvass. The speaker then stated his posi-1 = ri , ld h - . , hundred . There is ever, on tbe part of onr people, a llou iu regard to the llailroftd Commission, H y , . ‘ further, be it said to the shame of General positively declaring that-he wa. not ; opposed «;<» J a j d ‘hH Mr. Glenn sspeech>>t Social q rdoD> h „ ^ tn partioal . r pain, in spirit ot fairness asi firmness in the cob- sRlerntion of all political and social issttea, and on no occasion have we seen that spirit so clearly exemplified as on tbe occasion of Major Bacon's speech lit the op-‘ra liou.t last night Tbe house ws» packed witli reprimutative citizens of our city aud connty; men who own the brains and prop- A-rty of the land; men who are not idlers or tpecnlaton, bnt serious, thinking men, en gaged in solving the great questions which make law and order possible and who have exalted our connty to her preseut position of high hooor. Throughout Maj. Bacon's entire speech be retained the cl.rn eat and most undivided attention of tbe vast audience. The dutingnished speaker was introduced in a straightforward, grace ful manner, by Hon. L. F, Garrard, for merly Speaker of the House of Representa tive*. Mr. Garrard said that, in auooeed- icg Major Bacon, he conld never hope to exeel him, and that now he could not hope to present the claims of the distinguished S cullsmau So ably »< had already been done. y our friend aud fellow-citixnn, ex-Oov. Ja*. M. Smith. “For the firat time in my life," said Mr. Garrard, “I appear before a Muscogee county uudieuoe to make another man speak tor me." He then proceeded to read the speech of Governor Smith before the convention in 1883, in which that gentleman heartily and elo quently indorsed aud nominated Major Bacon for the high office of Governor. Mr. Garrard earnestly hut briefly argued that the same qualifications whicu fitted Major lk — .. f i.ne.ii,.'* oliiuf nienlsf rath Ih.m such commission, but was emphatically in favor of it. He said he did not own s dollar's worth of stock in any road. He declared that corporations hail lights aa w> II as rndiv.it SulfoeLk there* to-dav C' ho^won’fdo ."ce the cl^e of the j^di*; i?!* f btd b ® wou 1 do | enssion to allnde to the facts, ask why M 'jot Bacon is not present to meet him, and then Mr, Glenn any good. Strip Goners! Gordon's canvass of ego-1 states that lTe mado itTso warm for him turn, brass band, vain glory, fnatian aud (Bacon) in the joint discussions that his uuls, and that ho desired to see simple jns-1 bnrrab, and it is as empty sa a balloon.— I iriends proposed to declare them ended, *2 AA -1. — .. A.. —II IT. L,.li.. I'l-.l tte I 'niAtnnuoitl* VnS**l\M*A I —. - i A-—. ..... ... 1. .. .......... — .1 . V. .. 9 fcice (lone to all purtieH. He bflinvecl iu I Thomasville Enterprise. proUeling the weaker ah agAinHt the Attong mitten* uot who propotted the endiug ot the j.raw wuicn m .Rea n proper that f 7 -J people of , them aoprujitiutely. hi Nil. 14 l Lu A 06 It member . f .Bowing :;'Snmner and bteveiis Bruu-i, you have Holden ate nut accidents nor are they cri 14 inal char.,eters. Such men have ever £?’ tri-achenms t;i principle, faitldess to 2°. aud deceitful in professions, bnt ...t, xou consistent iu the cSmmon end of^dul r ‘„S!” • ^ S? 'J'^rnmcnC • Thereupon OoZltl copy of 1 Browu p ovea that “Mr. Hill „i!u. ! t, ? r I ir the Grant | life prot. s-mg to he a Democrat dif. i*5 ■men by one f ut Cougro-s as a KoowNutning in is” 4 be. assumes to defeated on the eleetrasll Vrae 8 .* defeated aa a KonwNothiug candidate t,„ Governor in 1857 uml elected as Senator in 18o'J, from Troup, when he nil vocated tear. When Jlr. Lincoln made President, he was l„ t ,|A “ ud °PP°« d t secession in tho convention, but voted for t and signed it. In tho secession eon veutioD, he said there would be no ,r,, r j, l a The Constitution claims Charlton county. Joint disenssions, it was heartdy agreed to er, and, in this esse, ho considered th> I The county it supposes lo be purchasable. I ny both parties, represented by their friends, people the weaker. He soil he oousiilereil I Wo slmll seo if the organ’s estimate of the I with the distinct understanding that it a man’s career and merits legitimate snb- I character of the Churlton people is correct. I wns not to be used I j either candidate jecta of discussion. General Gordon had to tho prejudice or injury of the people, proven a “succ-kh as a business failure” in M l ^ 8 o®^i W *p«Bon « aSorion son Thus it is that General Uo'rdon stoops too uunierons enterprises into which he had iu-1 ’ { w ld , ' Wn tt beantlfnl nolilical ,ow 4n hla method of conducting his cim- dneed his. friend, to. put money. | point. And now comes General Gordon and peakcr brietty reviewed a unrulier of (all ures -euti rpnses which had collapsed dur- ing a periial nf fifteen years. U, said that it remained for the people to decide if the business ot the shows that be is driven to desperate meth ods in order to carry his poiul, and if we should bo struck dumb iu ouo minute for Stale woiilu he safe in such hand,. Gcu-1 Umity of gsll. d ‘lies that he ev- r invited anyone to his the utterance, wo would declare that no “January inauguration. This is the snb-1 nittn who baB acted thus unfsiily wilh aa era] Gor on will ue here next Frr lav, m-tl I honorable competitor is worthy to become A snb.ciber writes to ns that Dr. Felton's I tbe Governor of a great State. General when asked way ho n signed his seut in the I strong letteis to the Constitntion are kept I Gordon may ride into popular favor and be Senate, ho would never answer saiisfocto-1 out of tbe weekly edition. We don't blame I given tbe reins of the State government rily, hut will amuse you with some anee-1 tbe Constitution. through the influence of a briUiaut militiry doles that are old, and some that are older. I q- bn Constitution sccases Mr. Bacon of I record, but never will tho fact be altered He will grow very eloquent about bis war hnncbiua s half dozen conutirs for next that b ® “ an unfair man in this contest, record but he cannot wiU not. deny the LSSeIm, This is funny. We do notmiud 1 ' ' " ' " charges brought against him. Major Bacon lucu r, ferred to Bays the Gwinnett Herald: What are tbe raying that next Saturday is not the date I qualifications necessary for a Governor of I chosen. S'liiother Saturday. Georgia. First—He should be sufficiently skilled in tbe laws of tbe State to be able to Bis own aasuiNATtoN. I „it la getting to be right hard to lead a I skilled in tbe laws of tbe State to be able to lip was not fond ot talkiug shunt himself. CO unty in by tbe nose,” ssys tbe Constitn- discriminate between tbs legislation onr hut this attack made it necessary. Hu had tiou. So we supposed. After July 0th the peculiarly situation demand,, and what it lUcon as Georgia's chief magistrate then certainly characterized him now. Major Bacon rose to speak, And every eye turned to him with respectful and interested attention. Ue at once assured his hearers of his appreciation of their intellig- - w juppofted. After July ...» .... b< cn examined by the board of surgeons, Constitntion will find it hard to even drag dlM * Dot r ‘quire. He is so essential part of after eighteen mouths' service, and sent a county in for Gordon by the tail. 1 * k * 1 — *— home as nolle for duty in the field. Koow- 1 the law making power—either approves or vetoes every bill before it becomes a law. i appreciation ot tnerr inienig. ence, as indicated by the chara.'ler of the faces before him; that he bod not come for the soke of oratorical display, bat to discuss grave sad important issues of vast intersst to the commonwealth; that he should indulge no mnd-slingiug, bnt deal only with subjects touching his opponent, which he believed legitimate and purely incidental to this discussion. 11s disclaimed any wish to wound tho feelings of either Geueral Gor don or his friends. Every man in the andi.nce mn“t have been impressed, at was your eurttwpoudent. by a oeuse ot great frir .« and graceful cuur,e*y on the part of lne tpnaker. Continuing, he said be deeded to bs exceeding!v careful in all his statement i, especially so in General Uor- dju'a absence. Ttffi office of governor was not'.l- nhich ought to be bestowed as tewa.il, bnt .nrolved grave bus in,-, responsibilities, direct y affecting the pio^- erty of the people. The oomiuct ot In-' Fate's affairs embraced many important fe—ures. *■ qairiug expriienoe and clear- horded otnnni vs ssgadtj^ Oue of the must important questir La is im DisrosmoB or ms m.te bo ad, which is the most va'ubis property ot tb* h* le. IVbila ills true lit: t ptireut Wie iloea rot expire darn mil t» yr r., tue disprsulion ot tbe l.-l win pi ably be con ider.it. It wouhl not do put off bu.mi s» of such vast proportions till ths present terns expires. He tn.n bre Sy ami pointadly rtvrawad the three pt-^.siin.A ss to what should dona wtth ths road. First, to it; seeoad, to teoet it; third, to let the Stal run it. H. opposed .abihg it L-sum th IlSsta did wt used ths pv, ceeds, Ita d-.t Mag mB s*d Its pews.ul obUffvHeP* nome a, nnne ror uuiy in me oeiu. nuuw- — , *. ■ t rx.„—,u —in I vevoes every oux laiore n oecuuiea a isw. ing this to ba true, was it honorable I -Z® “ y **1^ IKE£.^l. 0 bbS* Second-uJ U the specud gusrdUn of tho in Oeutrul Gordon lo go about over iht* phuruM OaT^rnnr^nf fSSi. treAiury ami bAH the man*gemeut of our Stite Aud defame hi* character? No nmu utn rioht aud therefore nhonld be dares to d.ny that which 1 have stated ¥L?H.A h ?L fto/.l^odS * nL familiar with^^the bonds and other liabill- sboutmy resignaUon to be true. U it Th. State has not domended so low. Ue. of the State; her public wbool system, were I should be unfit to take tbe band of Felton spoke in Macon county, and the Uie proper expenditure of the money ap- any honorable man in mine. Here th,-1 county went for Bacon. The result spoiled I proprixud to build the capitol, our .ysteui speaker grew most earnestly eloquent, and I a beautiful sditoiisl in the Constitution a I a f taxation and all the queetions connected it was impossible to doubt the sincerity of sanctum. It should be given s new bead I sith the revenue. Third- lie should be the man. st ones and fired off st • baseball umpire. disconnected with the penitentiary lease Maj jr Racnn doted bis speech hy declr r- The Gordon organs still continue to talk I and be in a posiUon to hold to s rigid su ing that his record was before the people, of file ''wholesale abuse sud slander heaped I countability tbe men who control the 1,400 and he was perfecUy willing to stand or I upon Ocntra! Gordon." This is somewhat I convicts. Fourth—He should be in a post- fall by tbe testimony of his past He de-1 irregular, since by silence their candidate Uon to watch the State road leasee This dared that, if sleeted, be would know no confesses every charge brought against | great property wdl be sold, or teased, to dique or ring and no man who stood in bis | him. way in the performance of doty. Ho would have no master save ths people. ,. _ I have given you only an imperfect ac- Dr Felton against General Gntdon by say- f°ad, which will have to be paid out of the count of Major Bacon's gr,a-. speech io 1d( . that Felton slandered Hid. \v e have hard earnings of lbs people. Tbe income Columbus. 1 doubt if s more cogent ad- vet anythin" to equal it lor a ol tbu 70(4 “ I» a, ly expended in ^>5 pnb'ie schools and otherwise. These are adopted at a meeting held iu Atlanta ou the 25th day of June, 1808," and is signed by Joseph E. Brown, chairman of the ttt- , publican executive committee. I find these words embodied therein: “Assem ble at your respective county sites and other eonveient places on the -itn of Jnly aod send up one united, patriotic shout which ahull be heard from Savannah to the Chattaboocho and from the seaboard to the Cbickamanga, reverbratiog from the moun tain to the bill-top, echeiug and re-echoing through every valley and upon every plaiu —Grant, Colfax, victory, p; ogress.” Gov. Brown had a perfect right to his opinion, And Gov. Bnllock hod a perfect right to appoint the “managing editor" of the Atlanta Constitntion to n solic itor's place, but I do protest that it dots not lie in his month to cull anybody a “Bad- icol" or “disorganizer." Nobody blames Governor Brown for taking the seat in tbe Senate when General Gordon left it lying around loose, but the people do blame Gen eral Gordon for not retnrniog the office to the body which elected him ouly six months befo.e, and tin y do blame Governor Col quitt for making an appointment surrepti tiously to help his own political tortnne. Tho election ot Governor Colquitt that year may he described in tbo words of “Joseph E Brown, chairman Grant aod Coltax ex ecutive committee," and adopted by tbe Kepuhlican party on the 25th day of Jnue, 1808. Hear him: “The ttepuhlican party elected several negroes to the Legisla ture, and the so-called Democratic party regularly nominated two ne groes in Houston connty os its candidates, one for tax collector and the other for re ceiver of tax returns. Tho former was elected. The tax collector of Houston county, one of the largest and wealthiest counties in the State, is a negro, elected us tbe reijular nominee ot the Democratic party. They feign contempt for a white man who votes tho ttepnblican ticket, hot embrace cordially a negro who votes tbe Democratic tickot. Why should you longer bend the knee to tho pietended aristocracy of ths Slute? 7Vo- God of nature made you tlieir equal. Arise and assert your equality." Now, Mr. Editor, I defy a living man to assert or to produce a tine from a dead man, which will conple Dr. Felion with sentiments as strong as those copied here from tbo “official copy,” which lies here before me ss I write, Yet M-j.ir Bacon is n dlionjanlitr because Felton makes some speeches at the call of the peo ple of the Slate! Consistency, then art a jewel! I will not copy here Governor Cobb's deunuciatiou of the chairman, tor Governor Brown holds hia present seat by the votes of Georgiaca, who formerly de nounced him, utid 1 have no unkind feeling to Senator tiro an, aud feel gratified that the seat in tho Seunt) is occupied by a mun who is not obliged to vote with Uimtiug- ton to support his family, or to “shu.-k off" hia Senatorial rolu s in the dark, at the bid ding of Victor Newcomb. Tbs State ot Georgia ia to he e-ingrutuluted in securing a nmu in General Gordon's place who can manage his own private business, without entailing suspicion and disgrace on bis cou.titm nts, by hecouiitg Huntington's “msn," in the Senate. If onr Sen ators are able to live v/ithont the Hilary, perhsp. Victor Newcomb cannot entice another one into bis employ when there is irepoitaut legislation before the State nf Georgia, l'crlmps Governor Col quitt is rich these d ijr-i. Who knows? It tue fox books of his county show Lis wraith, wo may dismisH our tears us to an other “sell-out." ltut wo should he very sure to examine- iuto General Gordon's realty and p r-oui.lly btf- re he is allowed to go into ILe Governor's office on u $3.1.00 sa'ary, when SO iso) “would tot support bis family.” Itentral Gordon made his private affairs the exc ise for retiring from the Senate, tbe: .fore his private affairs are legitimate su-jecta of ciuicisni, and it is tbo duty uf tbe State convention to sea bow and where he hopes to support his family, as the $3,000 wonld other ponies in a short time. Governor Ssys the Tslbotton New Era: •'The At- Brown and other lessees ore claiming an lintsConstitution snswers tbe charges of enormous sumraslbetterments put upon the •trees wa* ever mads before an audience of suture 'crawfish.' Wtvuannaa e.niiitv ntlivans fli* fvlsni 1 * *•■<) I * Muscogee county citizens. His friends and admirers are entirely aatisfiel witn iu., ,, „ - . effects, f. r se.d boa been sown which will “ ^hn*v!frtlnBin« spring np and hear f.uit when our meeting !* The Conatttntion just now i< whistling to “In heaven’s name," some of the are some of tb. important qualifications; these lb. practical questions that sag- DAme, i (o eYtry thinking mind; pnbgnpaml hear Bait when our meeting I "!"/"• these ore ths questions that will come np H held belt Friday. The young meti her. | to «o»r Th* ilex tjhingwe hearwillbe ^ the flQrry ‘ of c. mp .ign is ov.r. ora .trTJi ii'l:!:, "StaSE 5 s— *» ^ TT. ,r ? ?I a ulT. Ithe Bacon counties wiU cease to act. iur older cit:E* ns would like to vote (or Gordon because nf his war record, but... . . . under txialing circumstances, feel that they think that the Great sod Good Txi.cokAFB I j u „ in a show window. _a I It* . : L ...... I (aa “A—" lifll Wff Irtillal,, tiA jiao. I 1 Scv6nil trained rtU AttiAct crow«l* in Tb. funny ConsUlnUoni. worried to I tt Zn t 0 ( a store io DaneUIe, Ui., by catch- cannot support him. We think you msy I is “discouraged, but we violate bo con-1 - put Muscogee in Ihe list of Bacon counties I ffdenee in saying that so long ss Mr. Bacon Vice-Frsaidsnt Hendricks's estimate of “Blits Bell*." ! continnes to gain, onr discouragement will I Mr. Holman w*s that “he is worth $25,- “PLAlN BlLLTUfT." How Us U Uetag •> >•• ach the People ot Ltocoln. WboiiNoTo*. Ua, June 17.—The young bo concealed in the vest pocket of our I UOO.OUO * year to this country, able bookkeeper. "When the campaign opened, the Macon A baseball player in New Jersey is nunM Lonfedera-e Senate ov.u General Toomta as a Know Nothing. While io the hZm' he VO. ed, under oath, for (he conscript bill. In Miiiedgevilie, be was v,ry sever., on (Brown) and said the country would h, lv » been ruined if that bill had not i„,k.Ji During the war he (Hill) volunteered a»a puvate in LaGrange, aud then refused to go, because it would lie uucoustiiminnal tor a Senator to draw the pay of a Kiiva'n soldier. Yet iu No. 14 Mr. Hill says; 4 never felt I made war ou the Union.’ This recklecs calnmnialor denounces the Con- gress of the United State-, the President t-f the United States, the Supreme Court- asserts that Beauregard, Longetreet and’ Hampton are no better than a burglar- who denounces General Lae, General Johnston General Uordon, anil all other Confeder ate generals who passively submit to the same acts of Congress,” etc. Nov, Mr Editor, why does not the Constitution’ iur. uish some extracts irom this vigorous cor. respondeuce to its readers while it is seek ing to arouse Mr. Hill’s political friends against Dr. Felton, to the injury of Mr. lii- eon? Why does it not quote Mr. Hill-uben he said of Governor Brown, in his “Notes ou the Situation “He cans not for the suffering of the people, or the subversion tt tlie people hj he may reap and rule. Ue was a traitor to Ihe Uoion, a traitor to tbs Confederacy, and would sell the honor of the people who trusted him—all for greed and for place; first, from his own people, and then from his people’s ‘oppressors.’! How can such a mnn he moved hy the voie. of honor or be made to listen to the appeal, of patriotism ? How can he, a traitor to truth, be eonvinced by argument? Huwcaa he, whose ambition seeks only his ova good, lie turned from his porpoeo by the exhibition of the wrongs ot others? Tbe fiery flatnrs of sulphorous hell could not burn out ihe lasts of power and pelf from Ihe ininds of ambitious Lucifer and his fallen follower.? How can truth reach or shake the pnrpose of the hardened wretch—this political Lucifer — who i* willing to make a pandemonium of tl>ia country, b* -anse to reii/n is worth ambition, thowjk in hell.'" 1 copy from tbe "uotee" which I hold. I only quote these sparkliug gems of eloquence from both Senator Brown and Senator Hill to refresh the memory of ih. Constitution, and to aid it in its vsln.kl. work. I will also furnish nn extract from an open letter of Governor Brown, written in tho year 1874, directly after the Inde- pendtnls elected their candidate over Trammel! and Dabney in Ihe Seventh dis trict, some of whom had requested th. president of tho W. A A. railioid to drop off some lurch pine to celebrate their vic tory, ns he won banting it b.v the car-loud into Atlanta to celebrate Democratic? victories, and he granted their requeat in those words: "Ulltors Daily Herald—I see in a newspaper in this pity, which support- pii the Uadieal candidate in the Seventh dis trict, there is great rejoicing in C..rt*r-villo over the result, and thero is to be s grand torchlight procession there to night, and I am requested to fnriiisli a car to i tiug the pine down from Dslton to be n.nl io the procession. Thanking the correspondent w ho makes the n quest aud ills editor who nitbl aims it, I have to remark that, foresee ing the general reanlta, I had provided an excellent oer-load ot nioe for the use ot th» Dctiiocr icy last nigut, on the occasion ot the brilliant prncwudon which cuuie off in this city. I’arl < f it ia left, and as the Ridi cule have triumphed in but ssingle district in Georgia, I feel that they are entitled to lie jubilant over thut cn 1 celebrate their victory hy a torchlight procession. A. ths Democrats will not need ffi I cortiallv tender to the lUdirsu of the Seventh district the torch pin* that was hit by the Democracy last nisb'i r -. r ing only a stick or two, which a IU Il eal triend begs me to allow him to tue p the celebration of great ltidical victoiie* ® Washington Territory st-d Florida Re spectfully, Joasrn E. Uuowx. At the sun* time, Mr. Hill was writing* congratulatory tetter to Dr. Felton.^ TO* be the merest bagatelle for his family pur-1 open letter appeared in Mr. Henry GrsJy * poses, lint to retnrn to “onr sheep.” Tue paper, tbe Herald, and here is proof p°>>- Com titutioo seeks to make great capital by ttte in this article that the great Democrat. harping on tbe Markham House conference, who are now "whooping np” General Dot- forge fog who were present, and whs don sro not always harmonious. U««f are now m their own ranks. To show their I the Constitution discredits its own »>*■ inconsistency, let me recall to their notice m sees, let it bring them all to the front to speech made by Goverm r Bto.n on June I prove Felton's disorganization and Bacon* 0th, 1807, in the city ot Atlanta Perhaps radicalism. Neither the Republican. or when that able paper is somewhat rprieahed I the Democrats ot Georgia con sfford t® it can see clearer through its present dim support General Gordon, or they will only — -»*- —■ r- *■■- — - ——• I ■ '‘i'jT'M v vri-urini viuiuuii, u. j glAKiKS. The Governor t»id: *1 bilongto do hive a **»tick or two” allowed them to <* ie * partj orgsnizition of any character, except j brats their vintorv. Will the Constitution the r.-cu'usit notion party of Georgia, Jfjr I be kin t enough to copy? Plain Tale- platform i-> the Sherman act, with tbe Wit- pitaixorui h in* nnvrnuii act, witn tue wn- j - - ■ — . . honameodaH Lt.’ I copy from tto |>nbli&hid! JV>nn^t pin* be«*ome Ur^er Ana 1a*KV BuuffiuBuuuubi. i vnpjr ixuui fc pnuiuuitu < pius ucumo pAXnphlet— tboUMUidu ot wbiclt were acai- &ud in ore otatiy. homo Udie« h»reu*t ttr«tl broadcast over the State- one of j upped vitit various precious atone* which I fortunately hold Let us quote I „„ ; , <u ThaCeuaiHaii. ere quite w.lcom* •°\~ fortunately hold Let us quote Mr. Hillou that reconstruction part)—be cause Mr. Hill is the Constitution'a witness | against “the Markham House conference." I On July loth, 1867, sbont sis weeks alter I Governor brown mule bis speech, llou. I ot our fi-berinen if we can only havu Uie smsexa of the Canadian $!>•*- When s man fells in love ho courts W* .-.s'. ... t t. » ...1. ami IU! • men's lUc-u club met st the skating riok! that now it hasn't got the spirit lo claim tbe ball la.1 bight ami Usteued to a short but | t tir * ita R*ck! Con»Utution The T*l*ii»af* “claimed" X etth. It he. 1 .. H » ought toU ?t oodaranfor aged by saccemivs defeats | ^ »“‘ a<ld where most of the flies go. There is but one Chinaman left xt Sno- Constitution , by ••l , ioiu Bill\aiL" who | Tmjuin.ro, howexer, clrims that ita epee was ou hia way to Lh c .in in tne interest Wi are uot written in ita own office. f M-j bacon. 1'iara Bill >a>s that he is Tbe fnony C institution continues to botuWb, Wyoming Territory, and he ia mar ried to an Indian squaw. Well, hia pnoiah- ment has lean sewers enough; let him stay. going to talk puiillcs to the people of hi* charge that the TELwaars has claimed I Tb- highest quotation for human hair .iu c >naty it be has to get him • abort- [ everything. Oar file* are open, and 1! the I ws have seen recently is in Arizona, where bamilet b— and chop rxAten with them. He Constitution will same a county claimed for I $2,0u0 i« offered for Gvronomo'e scalp lock Bacon bjr the Tguononi and lost, we will I —end it isn't particularly prsUy Lair,either. 11 peeks io Dat,’,nig Saturday. Do Xot Its Isrtrli. L KjrpfH filj k WW|ilgim YtoA W IlKleMleXh u tbo e'CNU(»tUuff..'. folu.ff th# cbr. of ** trrltitfd »». l and try Ur' ij, lWnj. IL nill deliver, d another .psech m ! hrr’lovr. the city ol Atliota of which I sIsHrid e l promise and court* her _ copy. Hear him ; " You wiU by these I mcHsurci. iusu-jur M n w„r of mete. Sims | ot you arc tax’ s. tl-e uc-*ro 1 y the arm. ] tel ing him you -r-, his tri-:;-d, -.list y«.»i \ pivc him his lii t>. 15- • l yy m-’ra* 1< whiled sepulchres! You ii.t-il in yot.r heatta to ilsciva and buy up the ti-yro vote for your owd licueni! If l Uadan rne- my ant’dcsircit him to hecoc.c forever in famous, I could a.k no more of him than he khould .upport tbe bcl!i-li scii: u-.es of thooe now or-wkieg to subvert the cumula tion and destroy onr liberty. He is dip-pug s grave for hioiaelt wfci-1. posterity will never water wilh * tear. Uow many people in Atlanta belong to the Lo/al •ladu." • Vopakniu." -V ., MW." 'X^j tar*. wL’. tna euiiiat auntk* w-c? c mutastv sue buUtJ to .Ma ions *s* pic .rr l.i.i-tto— •.-ri-Ln.ea Iwswlkd >“*' •*. ea Is pUra of tb. |W' . •taker a bn futa* tsU vucataa. hun—__ H st tkpalal, the -eflMl of Crt•*£!**?%&* •fulls rits tmps-U n s sola, swan»kltok*, 1 ^, ^ (It*. UAC iWu r kind. to {