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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 188G.—TWELVE PAGES.
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THE TELEOBAPH.
Macon, Ga.
Bosey ordera, checks, etc.. ahould be mode pays-
la H. 0. Hattaon, Manager.
The Eewiston Journal say*: “The man
\rhoee ha! ha! reaches from one end o( the
street to the other may he the same fellow
who scolded hie wife and spanked the baby
before he got hia breakfast, but his laughter
in only the crackle of thorns under the pot
The man who spreads his laughter through
his life, before a late breakfast, when he
misses the train, when his wife goes visit
ing and he has to "at a cold snpper, the man
who can langh when he finds a button off
his shirt, when the furnace fire goes out in
the night, and both of the twins come down
with the measles at the same
time, he’s the fellow tbst’s needed.
He never tells bis neighbor to have
faith; somehow he puts faith into him.
He delivers no homilies: the sight of his
beaming faee, the sound of his happy voice,
and the sight of his blessed daily life carry
conviction that words have no power to
give. The blues flee before him as the fog
before the west wind; he comes into his
own home like a flood of sunshine over a
meadow of blooming buttercups, and his
wife and children blossom in his presence
like Jane roses. His home is redolent with
sympathy and love. The neighborhood is
better for his life, and somebody will learn
of him that laughter is better than tears.
The world needs this man; why are there
so few of him? Can he be created? Can he
he evolved? Why is he not in every house,
turning rain into shine and winter into
summer nil round the year, until life is a
perpetual season of joy.”
‘The Senate
The Washington Star says
committee on military affairs have ordered
a favorable report upon the nomination of
General Fitz-Jobn l’orter to he Colonel in
the army with the rank and grade he held
when dismissed. Senators Sewell and Cam
eron, Republic ins, and Cockrell, Hampton,
Camden and Walthall, Democrats, voted
for a favorable report, while Senators Lo
gan, Harrison, Hawley and Handerson, Re
publicans opposed it. The majority of the
committee are determined to bring the case
np and have it finally disposed of in execu
tive session at tha sarliest day practicable.
The report will be submitted at the first
•xeentive session, but as a single objection
will then carry it over it cannot be disposed
of. At the next succeeding exeentive session,
however, it will be in the power of tho ma
jority to call np the case and confirm the
nomination. Senator Logan will not be pres
ent to Antagonize Porter in the final scene
of his long contest, bnt Senators Harrison
and Hawley trill oppose confirmation. Mr.
Harrison contends that as Porter is not yet
Cl years old (the age for retirement!, if con
firmed it will be in the discretion of the
President to assign him to active dnty and
keep him there nntil his filth year; that as
Porter, if confirmed, will be the ranking
colonel, he would, in case of a vacancy
higher np, be in lino for promotion as brig
adier-generel and would at least reach the
retired list with a higher grade than Con
grtaa Intends. Mr. Harrison maintains,
too, that General Porter would reap a large
pecuniary benefit from longevity pay and
besides attaining retirement as brigadier
wonld be entitled to a much larger salary
than Congress proposes to allow him. The
friends of General Porter do not attach any
weight to thin argument. They do not be
lieve that the President will seek to do any.
thing more than to carry ont the expressed
will of Congress in regard to General Por
ter."
It is about
Tbe Lanuuck of a Joke.
The Atlanta Constitution, which has
periods of mock virtue, of transparent
patriotism, of genuine spleen and of uncon-
scions humor, seizes the present opportuni
ty and gravely attempts to perpetrate upon
the pnblic one of the most stupendons jokes
ever set forth in the colnmns of a public
journal. The genial Cervantes, were he
living, would knash bis teeth from envy,
and burn his private stock of Don Quixotes
in despair.
The plans and specifications of this pon
derous piece of Atlanta humor are too min-
nte to be CTowded into the apace alioted us
for the consideration of curiosities; briefly
they may be described as follows: General
Gordon’s campaign coat less than $1,000,
and of this sum three-fourths were contri
buted by tbe General himself, and the bal
ance was obtained from sources other than
corporations. In proof of this the Consti
tution proposes to submit the books snd
checks of the campaign, as well as tbe
memoranda, to Hon. Patrick Walsh, and let
him report upon the same.
We hold that this is the triumph of hu
mor, and somehow we cannot hut help think
that the waggish Joel Chandler Harris is in
volved in the matter.
The sight of the Gordon managers array
ed in a single file and each presenting as he
passes Hon. Patrick Walsh's arm chair, a
handful of cancelled checks and declaring,
with bis band upon his heart, “This is all
the money that I have nsed, B'elp me,
God!" would lr^ke a fine cartoon for Puck.
If anything would lend an
additional flavor to the scene it would be
the editors of the Constitution themselves,
mixed np in this managerial column, pledg
ing their sacred word that the accounts are
correct. We must confess that the Tele-
baph's sense of humor, usually quoted as
fine, is somewhat stunned by the sudden
ness with which this Urge affair has been
burled upon it; yet not so stunned that its
companion instincts of criticism and sugges
tion have been paralyzed. Broad and
comprehensive and generally original as is
this joke, it is open to comment It has a
smack of the circulation affidaviU of the
pressman, for one thing, and this ought to
have keen carefully avoided. Again, the
idea that General Gordon contributed $3,000
ought to have been elimiryited. It weighs
down the joke in the middle and causes it
to sag below the line of credibility, thus de
stroying the very lesqpn sought to be
inculcated, for it is obvious that
nolhiog is gained by defending people from
bribery with a statement suited only to the
understanding of fools. The Gordon item
U too heavy for humor. The public can
laugh over the thought that vehicles and
buggies and emissaries were hired all over
tbe great State of Georgia and its 137 coun
ties on fonr thousand dollar*, but it cannot
see anything funny in the charge that Gor
don put np the money to do it. There is,
however, somo humor in the idea that the
Constitution was involved with such a pov
erty-stricken hand of innocents.
Bnt the joke is abroad, and we ssy let it
roll. It is a fit ending ‘to the campaign,
perhaps, coming from the source it docs.
The publie is at liberty to langh and will
not be surprised if, wben the remaining
seventeen accused New York aldermen are
brought np for trial they shonld lay their
bauds upon their hearts and say, “We are
innocent s'elp ns God, and we are willing
to submit onr papers to Mr. Dane and let
bim state if there is anything in them tjiat
reflects upon ns as the perfect gentleman
thst we are.”
The Boston Herald says:
time to organize a movement for prevent
ing the intemperate nse of 'temperance
drinks/ The manner in which mineral
waters, acid phosphate, ‘nerve food' and
‘lactart’ are swallowed at all hoars of the
day, and by all sorts of men, with no real
knowledge of their nature or effects,
qnite as astonishing, and in many cases, no
doubt, almost as. pernicious, as tbe habit
which it in smcuure'auper*ede*,the taking
of the matutinal cocktail, the midday beer
aud the postprandial wine or spirit*. Mnch
of this guzzling is due to tbe mania for dot
ing, which is almost a national characteris
tic. If, oaring to improper eating or any
other cause, a man ■doesn't feel just right,'
the first thing be does it to take s drink of
somethin/, kit or miss, while, if he ‘feels
bad,' a dose of patent medicine, or some
other nostrum, follows. Some of tbe
preparations are perhaps harmless, but
others are obviously of to potent a nature
that they shonld be rued sparingly, ami
commonly ouly npon the advice ot a phy
sician. To bum tbe stomach with acids,
or purge the bowels with mineral drinks,
in tbe bap-hazard manner often indulged
in it to trill* recklesiiy with the health.
For a person in an approximately normal
condition there is no need of either stimu
lants, tonics, ‘nerve food,’ purgatives* or
other disturbers of nature Good plain
food, trail in abundance, milk, eggs, with
a moderate supply of water that is cool,
without being iced, or tea and coffee for
those who most have ‘aotue'.’iing else/
constitute a rammer regimen that is not
improved by dosing of any sort."
The .Mexican IuibrocUu,
Our telegraphic columns of late have con
tained repeated references to tbe imprison
ment of an American editor in Mexico and
the excitement and complications growing
out of it. An El Faso dispatch gives these
particulars of the affair: “Cutting, who pre
viously published a paper called the Bulle
tin on this aide of the river, moved his oflice
to Paso del Norte, and continued to issue it
and do job work. He got along well ■ and
secured influential and wealth*’ friend*
among tbe Mexicans. Emeghio Median, a
Mexican, who has figured in the newspaper
business, and who bears a bad reputation,
undertook in an underhanded way to dam
age Cntting, as he did others. Cntting ex
posed him in the colnmns of bis paper.
This was over six weeks ago, and he was
taken before the local conrts and forced to
sign a reconciliation and ordered to pub
lish a retraction, which he did. He knew
that Medina possessed influence. The
humiliation to which Cutting was subjected
angered him, and in the following issuo of
the El Paso Sunday Herald he published a
card in both languages, in which he re
newed the charge against Medina, and of
fered to fight him on American soil. When
he crossed the river he was arrested, hauled
up before an Alcalde and charged with tho
offense. A clipping from the Herald con
taining the cards was appended to the
charge. Cutting was not permitted to have
lawyer. He stated that be was an Amer
ican, that his offense, if he had been guilty
of any, was committed in America, and
that he did not recognize the jurisdiction
of the court and would answer no questions.
He was pnt into a dungeon, and has been
there since. From the first he maintained
the position that the Mexican courts hail no
jurisdiction, and whenever he has been
taken out to answer questions he has
ignored the rights of the officials. He was
sustained from the beginning by United
States Consul Brigham."
The unconditioual release of Cutting has
been demanded by our minister to Mexico,
and it is said that the Mexican minister of
state acceded to this demand and instructed
the local authorities to discharge Cutting.
These authorities, acting under the direc
tion of a local court, have so for failed to
obey tho order from the minister of state.
The attention of the United States Senate
has been called to the matter, and a demand
has been made for the diplomatic corre
spondence in the case.
If Mr. Cutting is not speedily set at lib
erty, it is more than likely that American
troops will be ordered to the Mexican fron
tier, and there may he a revolution, consist
ing of something more than a pronuncia-
rnento and the raiding of a few haciendas.
Sunday Recreation,
A lady whose practical piety we would be
willing to pnt ahead of all the traveling
evangelists we know, and aiongsideof mafiy
pastors, and who has in her lifo been accus
tomed to Sunday recreation, complained to
tbe writer some time since that Macon of
fered no advantage in this respect.
There was nowhere to go out of tbe city,
and near by, after the religions duties of the
day were performed.
A ride in the street cars b the only open
ing offered, and thb b not particularly in
viting.
Tired people and children desire some
recreation on the one rest day of the week
other than going to Snnday schools and lb-
tenlng to aerinous. Savannah baa alway
been well fixed in this respect, and every
Sunday shows a large number of vbitors to
Tybee, Thunderbolt, Isle of Hope, Mont
gomery rad other eubnrban resorts. Re
cently ether innocent attractions have been
provided within the city itself.
The Morning News of Monday last says
Thirty or more paraona vlalted lha Telfair Arad
am j yesterday afternoon. II wee the second Han
day the bnildlnf he* been open to the public, end*
number ot ciUaane end stranger*availed tbemeelvea
of the opportunity to loapect the art coUec-Uon
Many were tha expreealone of admiration at tho
feme by citizen*, who coafeeted that they did not
know Savannah poaaeaaed each n gallery.
Tne Historical Sodety'e library had considerably
mote iintor* than tbe Academy. Being conren
lent to the perk many who were ont for e walk
dropped Into llie library lor a half hoar or so.
Mont of these doubtless were people who
had no leisure to visit these pieces during
the week. The art gallery b well worthy
of a visit and will entertain and' instruct
ail who go, tbecebeing no finer collection of
art, considering its size, in thb country,
Much opposition was made to the open
ing of the library on Snnday, bnt tbe at-
tendanee which has followed thb new
privilege shows that the people spprecbte
benefit*. The physical health and good
order of New York rt it claimed has been
advanced by tbe bet that her population
can be emptied on a cool sea beach in
abort space of time and at cheap rates.
am tit to pop. Now let me My somethin | about
the mutton. It is fresh an* fat an' I hope you will
enjoy it One of my neighbor* loat * sheep the
other day an' be accused me of stealing it. He has
bad me arrested an' I am now In jail/’—ArhauMW
Traveler.
The other evening s patrolman found * well-
dressed woman sitting In an open hallway, next
door to a marble shop, und thinking she might be a
stranger In trouble he accosted her with: “Any
thing wrong, madam?" She came out to him and
replied: “No, sir; nothing wrong. I'm waiting for
my husband." “And he-!" “He is in the marble
•bop figuring on a tombstone.” “And you don't
want to go in on account of the gloomy surround
ing*?" “The gloomy surroundings wouldn't affect
me at all, air, but I hope I know what belongs to
the proprieties. He's In there figuring on a tomb
stone for his first wife, who's been dead three
years, snd I presume you can appreciate the occa
sion."—Detroit Free Press.
What Will Major Bacon’s Friends Do?
Editor Telegraph: The letter of Hon.
A. O. Bacon in‘Sunday's Telegraph is
worthy of profound consideration. There
is tuoa for thought in every line of it. If it
is true (and we all know it to be true) that
three men, “two of whom ore United States
Senators, and the other Governor of the
State," are in “intimate, personal and polit
ical alliance and association, with identity
of purpose aud action" to subvert popular
government, it is plain there should be no
delay in making a vigorous protest against
the coalition. If it is also true that their meth
ods “are utterly debasing to the manhood of
the State," then it la also plain that imme
diate action is necessary. If it is likewise
true, as we all know it to be true, that this
The Value of a Good Fxttmple.
Editor Teleobaph: A wise man onee
said, “The richest bequest which any man
can leave to the youth of his native land is
that of a shining, spotless example.” It is
safe to say, no man will ever regret his ef
fort to leave to posterity a good and upright
name. This axiom will hold good in re
ligion or in politics. Men, may struggle for
the success of a principle, und then be
forced into defeat, by reason Jof numbers,
but no patriot can afford to condone a wrong
or to hide corruption when he is called out
publicly, either to commend or rebuke.
To-day the Democracy of Georgia is put
to a severe test. I( the entire party
acquiesces in tbe nomination of General
Gordon for the G ivernorship, by a unani
mous vote.it says to the country,we subject
principle to party, we care nothing for
measures or for the publie character of our
candidates; success is the test of merit, and
we coalesce for paity supremacy and party
spoils only.
There ure twenty thousand young white
men in Georgia to-day who will watch the
proceedings ut Atlanta with intense inter
est. The men who cast tho ballots will be
held to a strict accountability in the years
to come. It is said the Yazoo fraud went
through a Georgia canvass without serious
hindrance, manipulated throughout the
State by United States Senator James
Gunn, but the moral sentiment of tbe
country was so soon outraged by bis open,
unblushing corruption that a perfect storm
of testimony, of assertion ami of denun
ciation overwhelmed tho traitors in the
succeeding Legislature. That indignant re
volt against bnbe-moDey left a deep and
lasting impress upon the youth of the time.
Odetospring-A heavy cold.
United States Senators all lik» u .
plenty of it. 11 1188 “Wle,
sSvsaaar* 1 *"--
uxsssjs’jr - ‘ ■*"«
absolute power is usurped and absolutely .... - . ——
controlled to fill their pookffs with , tbu P atn< ? tl 8m ot the men who brought
the lawful revenues of the State, corruptionists to exposure and con
The Crop*.
A careful examination of and inquiry
into the condition of the Goorgia crops re
veals tho fact tbst the small grain harvest
was not as satisfactory os was reasonably
hoped for, still • a quantity sufficient for
home consumption was obtained.
Cotton to-day shows no signs of damage,
speaking for the whole cotton belt. The
weed itself is well grown, locks plentiful,
and prospects fair. The expectation that
the hot ran would, owing to the
late exeeaaive rain*, cause i
dropping off of leaves baa not yet been real
ized. There are many reasons for believing
that a drouth will soon set in which will
burry up tbe crop and perhaps give ns a
short season, in which event we may look
for an average yield of lint classing as mid
dling. The avenge rain fall here for twenty
years, as pointed ont recently, is abont forty,
eight inches. Of this arnonnt Middle Geor
gia bos received np to date about thirty-eight
inches, leaving but ten to be diatribn’ed
over the next five months. Subtracting
from this the certain rains of November
and December, there will be left but a small
amount for August, September and October.
Tbe corn crop is made, and excepting the
lowest bottoms, is a fine one. Georgia,
nnder this statement, may be considered on
safe. Farmers will have plenty to eat and
a fair yield of good cotton for tale.
Now it the time and the opportunity for
saving hay shonld not be neglected. Tbe
yield of grasses this summer is immense.
Let si! hands utilize every spare moment
from tbe cotton crop to lay by bay. It will
more than pay for the trouble.
SHREDS AND PATCHES.
Canal dlgglog la alow business. A railroad can
be bnllt, pnt in tbe bend* of n receiver end eold
out before n canal could be pnt la piece.—New Or
leans Picayune.
There te n crezy man In Buffalo who Imagine, b*
la in umpire. And there nr* lore of baseball play
er* who Imagine tbetr umpire is n crazy man.—
Ptttsbnr* Chronicle-Telegraph.
Accepting the terms: He (rntreatlngly)—“Won't
you giro mo Ibis neit wells, Mias Vlolat!" 8b* (co-
qu.ti.hly!—“Perhaps, if yon press me." The bold,
horrid thing—’'I’ll do that as we dance."—Life.
We ere somewhat shocked to bear that ona of onr
e. teemed young men eo far forgot hie manure u
to tab* nine pious of pto on bis plate at on* time
while dining at n neighboring town recently.—
Loyalton (Dak I Journal.
Quits n difference. Wktnky—“I don't aeo ranch
difference between n woman 1 , spring he! end n
church steeple." Wbenky—“I do." Whlnky—
“Wail, now Jut tell me the difference.” Whmnky—
“There Is n Umlt to tbe height of church steeples.”
—'Tld-Blta.
Stranger let the restaurant!. Beg pardon, sir. bat
you have spilled soap nit over your vest Fogg—I
wish yoa would mind your own business. You've
been sluing on your lighted cigar for fifteen minutes
and have burned n bole la roar coet-uil e» big ns
my bet, but yoa didn't beer me shouting It el you.
—Pitt*burg Chronic!..
Judge Loch ease's conduct is catching.
A London letter rays that William Green, of
High gate, president of a temperance society,
s few day* ago destroyed his cellar of wine,
shunt 2,600 bottle*, valued at $3,000, by
pouring it into the rawer.
Jeer now it is hard to decide whether
Sir Charles Ditke i* the Beecher of Eng
land, or Beecher the Sir Charle* Dilke of
America.
A blank crop raport was Mat out by n Cleveland
p-l«r for tha fermtrs to all out, mud the tuber day
one of them cam* bask with t!>. fallowing written
on the blank aide In pencil: "Alt we're got In this
neighbotbood In three widdere. two achool ma'am*,
* patch of wheat, tbe ho* cholera, too mnch rate,
about fifty tens of 'tetara. and n dura fool who
matrted n craoa-eyad gal becaaao aba owns ai«hty
akaop and a taula. which tha aamo U ma, and no
atom at pvaa*nt"—lb. Independent.
"1 send you by John Cobbtetma, on# of my neigh
bor*. * quarter of mntlou and n mete of young
eqelrrtU. I do this because I like the conn* you
have always look. I killed lb* eqalml* ylatidy
aa'I know they air fresh. Thar ain't nothin'nicer
then young equlneU. t eat ’em some Urns* till 1
then a revolt from these methods is a
patriotic and Christian duty. Now, I wonld
ask, is there no relief? I know I differ
with the Telegraph in regard to the ad-
-i.-iabiiity of n revolt “inside the party,"hut
a six years' trial has shown the people of
Georgia there is no hope of reform ineide
the party organization against the syndicate
wLich Mr. Bacon has so thoroughly con
demned in his late letter. 60 long as the
Atlanta ring can force tht minority to ratify
the:r decisions they seek nothing better for
themselves. They can always override
public opinion in the county primaries and
mass meetings, as they did in the last Col-
‘ uitt canvass and in the present canvass.
There is no question about it, it is an ac
cepted fact. Ah Major Bacon aptly re
marks, “They grow stronger with every
effort." There can be no relief by con
tinuing to protest in a mild way when the
matter is definitely settled before the ring
candidate’s name is announced. The moral
flense of the country was thorougly aroused
when Governor Colquitt forced a re-elec
tion, and tho popular will was overthrown
prevailing methods at that time.
Stephens yielded to tho
pressure, and thus assisted iq
torgiug the cliuins of their despotic sway,
but no man in Georgia could have imag
ined the length, breadth and strength of the
power of corrupt money, vigorously nsed,
without all the facts of the ptestnt cam
paign before hiu eyes. It is not well to pay
attention to all the pessimistic views of *a
uisappointrd constituency, bnt tbe Dem
ocracy of Georgia will make a grave mistake
if they fall to redress substantial griev
ances, aud to dial summarily with euses of
actnai guilt. Pure uu I stainless lives are
ever a shield against scandal and malice,
but corruption, trickery and bribery should
meet u rebuke whenever and wherever en
countered. A party that ha* no power to
correot a single abuse withiu a space of six
years, and which retrogrades in efficiency
nil that time, has outlived it* usefulness.
Party organization is uaefnl to carry out
correct methods and principles,
but no party organization ahould
be used to piomote bad
men for selfish purposes. Whene'er it la
thoroughly understood that purty fealty
ranks higher thun party boneity—then u
publie protest against party corruption is
silly anil hopeless sf any ami ail times.
There is no redress for grievances, there is
no condemnation, and there is no authority
to withstand corruption. Submission is
then the least of evils, und yet how shall
the munhood ot Georgians scoept such a
dire alternative? There is a remedy, and
the feasibility and practicability of any re
lief shonld be considered. We owe it to
the young men of Georgia to consider all
reasonable chances for escape from such
ring-rule and unfuir domination. Let me
call attention to one notable example in the
history of modern politics that may bo aug-
gestive : William II. Tweed perfected in
New York etty (backed by the political
power of Tammany Hall) jnat inch ring-rule
und corrupt methods aa now exist in Geor
gia. Year after year ha drew to himself un
limited power and absolute control of pub
lic offices After every deal, he raised the cry
of “peace,” “peace, ,r in the presence of but
tled and indignant tax-payers. He succeed
ed in capturing every valuable office in the
metropolitan city and transferred s clean
million ot dollars into his private pocket,
all the time yelling with all bis might for the
supremacy of party organization. Now it
it u clear, there was no relief in that situa
tion without a revolt inside the party. No
help could come, so longaas Tweed could
ratify his nominations by placing party
fealti above party honesty and when the
people aroso in their might and shook off
the bonds that were only nsed to their
injury then relief quickly hove in sight
But says one, “wo are afraid ot tho ne
gro." Such a cry in the face of the prereut
situation reminds one of the demented,
shipwrecked sailor, who sprang from l
wrecked vessel into the jaws of a hungrv,
waiting shark.
Suppose the negro shonld vote for a good
man against the convict riug and tbns outwit
convict boodle, will any sane man in Geor
gia say the end does not justify the mean*?
Will anybody rise up and ray, that negro
votes in prohibition or anti-prohibition
contests affected the question in ray par
ticular, rad is it not a fact tbst colored
votes are as acceptable at the polls, with
rival Dcmocnt*,it* with anybody else? But,
auvs another, that will give license to the
colored voters to do something terrible at
another time and in another canvass. Ah,
dear lovers of sentiment and short-sighted
political seers, colored vote* hsve elected
•very Governor in Georgia sines 1870, rad
colored votes hsve defeated every man who
opposed tbe Atlanta ring during all that
time. If the negro at any time threatened
the public safety it ia now, when money ie
indiscriminately used by one side to de
bauch the impeennions voter, and when a
mistaken sense of political dnty blinds the
other side to the danger tbst is growing
daily and hourly, until it threaten* the ex
tinction of every honeat political ambition.
Let the reader* of tbn Telxotapu ponder
thesiln ttion to-day. Let thew . ar. fully go
over tbe point* in the case an t a-k them
selves how loLg will they submit to the At
lanta ring, which banks on the chivalry
and political honesty of its opponent*, and
which laughs to scorn the virtu* and prob
ity of (men who despise the available
means within their reach while they them
selves an willing to boast ot their political
Infamy to obtain success. Plain Tale.
“Tbe feller at the store told me it was
music-stool," remarked Und* Josh, “bnt
l'v* been twieting the darn thing ever/
which way far an hour ami rut a got darned
bit of mimic kin I get ont of it nohow/'
detonation we owe the great names of
Georgia, who illustrated her honor and
high chnraoter for nearly three-quarters of
a century afterwards. There is no ques
tion bnt that this brave resistance to wrong
doing, moulded public opinion to »uuh ,,
degree as to give to tho State a galaxy of
true and honorable statesmen, who served
her faithfully in high positions, and died
without a stein on tneir public and private
characters.
History repeats itself. We ore face to
face to-flay with anotber test, with an
other trial—painful and embarrassing, but
there is no doubt that portentous results
bingo npon the events of the 28th of July,
188(5.
Young men are naturally ambitious.
They have an instinctive desire to take pait
in the business of state. It is a laudable
ambition—one to be commended. The
young are both honest and,courageous.
They are hopeful and zealous. Physical
courage will make a man brave in one way
—bnt it ie moral courage that makes really
(rest men, in another wav. To bo morally
jreve a boy must be right No real con
stancy can or will be fonud, except in an
honeat cause. To forsake the right for a
temporary advantage is the worst species of
dishonesty. “That which la won ill, will
never wear well, for a curse attends it that
will waste it.” It may be an unhappy man
who sinks under dishonor, but it is cer
tainly un unhappy one who survives it.
The political decay of Georgia politics
has grown to be a desperate disease and
it ia obliged to have a deepi rate remedy.
There is no sort of use to shut our eyes
to tho inevitable. We shonld be ignoble
descendants of our revolutionary sires if
we should ratify wrongdoiDg for the sake
of policy. No man has ever appeared on
the arena of State politics for high office
who carried with him such indisputable
marks of iucompetency aud unfitness for
the place he seeks as General Gordon.
Governor Bullock was a fine express agent
aud bad business qualifications, but General
Gordon has failed in everything he ever
undertook to manage, whenever connected
with other people'* money. Will the dele
gate ■ now oaBembled in Atlanta jeopardize
the Suite's money by placing him in the ex
eentive chair? The men who dare to do it
will ulao be forced to prepare for tho here
after. I have seen tne record—the page
where the names of tbe Yazoo corruption
ists were inscribed by State authority—as a
living, never-ending punishment for their
official unfaithfulness, rto long as the
government at Washington stuuds the
patriot may there reud tho name* of those
who ficeoed old Georgia, without mercy,
when they were trusted representatives, and
allowed to vote away her reveuues, A dis
mal record it i«-a sad memeuto of official
cupidity and treachery. It is a fearful,
miserable page to look upon.
General Gordon is an avowed convict les
see. A strict construction of tbu law wonld
most likely debar him from holding an ex
eentive office. Whenever a public officer
can beelloweil to fill his own pocket* with
the revenues of the State—himself amena
ble to no restriction or higher authority—
we have taken a step foil of danger and in
justice to the taxpayer* of tbe HUte. Will
the delegatee give this matter a thought to
day, and protect the people of Georgia from
an injustice that will be suro to breed cou-
tagion among office-holders and pecuniary
ion to the hard-working men who pay tne
texea of the State?
If this matter is excused snd condoned,
what a fruitful crop of official speculation
and official speculator* will spring np all
over the Stale! If General Gordon can
thus manipulate the State's property for
hi* own benefit every man m the State
holding a State commission is duly author
ized to violate law in tbe name way and fill
. Boston proposes to borrow toira.
internal improvements.
The forming of projects f„ .
in Washington there L no end. *
All London talks about Mm Win-
Vanderbilt's SlOu.OOO n/cklce ^
People seem bent on inarrvi*.
nch man s son to soma actress J ™
Why is it that the bills which ,
an handles are always “crisp.’’ '
A question that is often asked l,„i.
answerea—"How do you do, sir.-’
When a young maa wants’protect,,.
lady he puts his armor round her. 1
Vanity rules the fools, and often,
simpletons of those who know kefir
In a few more weeks preliminary no
the autumn fashions will be sounded
Washington Treasury youta ladieeu
rich—if they save up for twenty j (ari
What we believe is right is more ok.
because it griuds our axe thanolhervi
A Bored of Education—The hot vh
to stay in school when he wan file
mg.
hi* own pocket*. When once tbe barrier .
let "down the evil will grow with It*
ft hi T.Slrn aa e eo —eee 1 ■. — Wi ...X .-f. X
E rowtli. Like a crevnaso in a Hiakisaippi
vet*, the destruction will soon become un
controllable. Shall our young men be thus
led into temptation? Oh! men ot Georgia,
think before it is too late! Is there no tim
ber in tbe State oat of which to make l
Governor that such a frightful example
ahould be placed before onr tons who are
live here in Georgia when our
beads are under the sod? Shall we place
a premium on dishonest methods, and by
our consent and connivance elevate such
politics to State control? It will be prudent
to heed this danger befoie it is too late.
The State has s virtual promise from onr
Democratic friend* that their nomination*
■dull be so acceptable that reaiktanc* will
be practically impossible. Mark the pre-
dtplifinl Ilr»r>oral fliiv.lnn'u n.in.in*lia> .. » 1
diction! General Gordon's nomination and
possibly his election will make tho Demo
cracy in Georgia a thing of the past Iu
glory has, l fear, deported already, hut
there will be rerolt, disorganization und
certainty contempt for the mi n yrho, for
5 resent success, condemn the State to po-
tjcal degradation. Dare yon show to yonr
children that you are thus unfit and un
worthy to be trusted with the selection ol
an executive? Freemen! Georgiana! pre
serve yonr integrity to-day!!
Fate Plat.
Itenninn uf ibe Second (ieorgla.
To the Surviving Member* of the Second
Georgia regiment: Company A at iu
nuion hut year, by resolution, request.,
me to coll for a meeting of tbe entir* regi
ment this summer. I have fixed npon New
Holland Spring! a* (he place, and the 2f)ih
•lay of Augoat next ra the time. Suitable
arrangements will be made for reduced
fare on the railroads and at the hotel*.
Comrades, let ns all meet st ain.
Enoas M. Bett,
Late Colonel 2J G*. Keg'L
Bcena Vista, July 20, 1886,
Ot interest to all—Government bonds.
Again they have TOet for £?"•*•
Brave ifaroM and 1
Impelled by the old
mpeiled by tbs old SwUf 0 ® 0 '*.
They .tffibjSSHKfci
hey wonder, m *,..«„vi “ of lor*.
auoj raou by tLe e
wonder, so uuicklr tinf ^
Ail days into tJSSSS J?'
* r '*" “mold "ffy-
He presses her hand.
“I trust, 1
That
it," he speaks low **.„
The last that ; ou P w h", *'P ««!»,
"The time I recall," ’
“\ou snake In * »«_ “l®She(;
We Btood,
But—r
th.word..d.i,t^ 0 .
■aSSSSSr^
She answers in H ‘»"
■•'And that, Mr. Brown‘ui I”', 10 *;
That man you cell »'l-
That men you call 'fooml 0 ° 1 '
I married laet rell” * 'MW
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ALL 8<)KTS.
Why is a bald-headed man like t hi
Because he makes a little hare m a
ways. 8
“What did yonr father leave jot
he died, Pat? f “Faith, he left atu
phao.
Not a few "nice" families are stillia
njoying home comforts, conTenitaM
lUisine.
Maids of honor at Queen Victoria's
are forbidden on pun of dumuiill
chewing gam,
A majority of people of summer h
appear to be prejudiced agaiast era
church on Sunday.
The small boy learning the tith'
very much like the postage stamii-bc
gets stuck on a letter.
Some men have greatness Ihmt t
them, especially when a fat penantu
to them in the street cars,
"Slippery l’ote, the sneak thief, ia b
city," said one detective to anotltr. "
incog? 1 ’ "No, he is iu jail”
A shrewd boarding hon»kwpuil
like* her young men to be in Iota
live so steadily on toothpicks
One important difference betweeni
and a woman is that a man puts bu
on bim, while a woman puts beneli
clothes.
Teacher (to the class in cheni
What does sea water contain beshhs
sodium chloride tbst we hare meath
Head boy—"Fish.”
‘ ‘Man is tbe noblest work ef GoL',
know about that—the woman who nil
at home and attend to her domestic
is a noble work also.
To be a successful baseball umpire
necessary for a man to have a cool
good aud quick judgment. Eienth*
apt to get "ail balled up,"
“A middle-sized boy, writing a M
on on “Extremes," remarked that
tion on “Extremes,
should endeavor to avoid extremes
ally those ot wasps and bees.”
There is an organist in Norwalk,
who reads mtuio very sccnrafilj, *»
it is alleged, nearly broke tbe choir “
Sunday by playing a fly speck.
You can always detect a bachelor!
way he handles a baby, but to tew
loss it is si ways best to use aborrovr
in making the experimental test
—Nevada connty, Nev., 1* tryiaj 0
up a rush of prospectors to that con
claiming to have been ths Men* °- 1
discovery of several valuable diaaw
It U said to take 1,000,01)0 ponai
bacco to supply tbe American natj-
year, and pretty soon some foreif* 1
will come ovei here to try to "cte**
There is an economical man in®
sack, N. J., who, after haring mte*
fire, stuck a cork in the end of tW *
to save the little wind that wrt >
them.
Some one wants to know If Sw
was an srk angel. She meat n*’*"
tlSVm InziVz.#! nniul.nmtnPMllT ftitt? “
have looked good-nstoredly sftcr
family in a rain-storm which Xtp 1 w
indoors.
A scientist lays that the red tA 1
bird, will catch DUO flies io an tea
ls nothing to brag of. Any bo hcim
sugar bowl will break that reeorJ
half try.
It is entirely unfair for * J
a woman's inability to undent* 8 " —
ball game nntil he has pro*ente*
ity to grapple with the myste nc *
quilt social.
A Minneapolis milkman
died*
da, frorn dnuking the milk .1*^
dairy. Water on the brain
krocked bim ont adcordrng te
cian's certificate.
A small fire in Chicago the teMV
was put out by the hou*«b««' ^
to the flame* a pitcher of o«*‘ ^
bought. It was easy to see
wm no Anarchist. ,,
The pretty maiden fell oreiw^,
lover leaned over the atde of “*
rose to the surface snd arid:
hand." "Please ask pap*. “*
sank for the second time.
Advice ta Motto*
Mrs. Winalow’a Soothing
aoffid for children taatMl*#* ^4 *0
•otteu* thm fumr. IlMjB ^ 1
adlatlMUal *
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