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THE WEEKLY TELEG-KArxi: muKDAT, O OTNE 35, 1894.
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THROWS Ur THE SPONGE.
Wo republish elsewhere this morn
ing im editorial arllole from the At
lanta Constitution, in which that pa
per throws up the sponge for Gen.
Evans anil calls for a meeting of the
executive committee to arrange the
campaign against the Populists.
It will l>e seen that our contemporary
takes the Hogging which Mr. Atkinson
promised In his Monticello s|ieech to
eive It almost with gratitude. It no
longer regards him as “a bombastic
upstnrt.” a “Yellowstone Kit In poli
tics," but as a remarkably able cam
paigner who should be spoken of with
respect.
We are sorry that tills article was
not accompanied or preceded by a
letter from Gen. Evans announcing
his withdrawal. It is not pleasant to
sec a man of Gen. Evans’ dignity of
character—a m;tn universally re
spected anil loved by his fellow-cltlgena
because of his services to them In war
and peace—ostentatiously deserted ' by
those most bound to support him, be
fore lie lias himself admitted Sie use
lessness of Hie struggle. Ills will be
a forlorn figure If he continues to
travel over the slate making speeches,
ills struggle is useless, however, anil
we are glad to see our contemporary's
admission of that fact, even though it
bo somewhat precipitate. The admis
sion Is made gracefully, and the sug
gestion accompanying II—that the ex
ecutive committee come together—la a
wise one. It is time ttiat the cam-
ness and the prosperitw of tills coun
try on Hie depreciated level ol tne gold
monometallism of Europe," It must
lie suffering from a more than
usually severe attack off its malady.
There Is uot the slightest connection
between the two, that we are able to
see On tlie contrary. It seems to us
that it would be easier to establish bi
metallism If tile demand for money
Were not supplied by the tredlt notes
of the government. Tlu-se notes take
the place In the currency and in the
reserves of the banks that silver would
largely be called upon to till if they
were not in existence.
Under the pn-sent system, the treas
ury is always at the mercy of its note
holders. it is hound in honor and In law
to pay Its notes on demand and also
to maintain the parity of the different
kinds of money Issued by It. It can
maintain their parity only by paying
the kind of money demanded. The re
sult Is that it must keep on hand at
whatever cost a big stock of the money
which is preferred because of its su
perior Intrinsic vulue or wider curren
cy. Note-holders can at any time draw
from this stock, and if they draw iica\-
lly enough compel the treasury to ft-
plenish its stock by borrowing. This
is what was done a few monllis ago.
when tlie treasury was obliged to ls«r-
row $.V1,000,000 Of gold, and what Is
threatened now.
Under existing circumstances it is
absolutely necessary that the treasury
should keep Its millions of promissory
notes In circulntloa Without them
the country's money supply would be
utterly Inadequate, but they arc a
to the treasury. Denunciation of TV all
street and of hanks in general cannot
alter this fact.
RALLYING ON THE PLATFORM.
pnlgn against the Populists were be-
A SOURCE OF WEAKNESS.
Tec Allnnta Constitution snys that
■the Chicago platform presents at
present the only rallying point for the
pnrty that can Iks depended on to har
monize and unite and strongUi'U tlie
parly.” ■
We arc Inclined to think this Is a
true statement It ought to lie a true
one always. But In order that it may
be true. Id order that all Democrats
may rally upon the platform of the
party, It Is absolutely necessary that
all Democrats should know what the
platform Is and where It Is. They can
not get together If part of them say
the platform Is one thing and part say
It Is another and quite different •hlng.
It is in this connection that we think
the Democratic party has cause for
serious complaint against our Atlanta
contemporary. For many months It
lias contended that the Chicago plat'
form means the Independent free coin
age off stiver at the ratio of Hi to 1.
True, it hat been willing that the ratio
be somewhat altered, if free coinage
could not be obtained without a eon'
ard as for the gold, but who regard
ureakiog down of the present cur
rency system ns a necessary step to
ward be era of flat money which they
aiv determined to bring about
We do not believe the Democratic
party can rally mi the Omaha platform.
Wc therefore regard attempts to prove
that the Chicago platform, In spite of
all evidence to the contrary, is In fact
tlie Omaha platform as necessarily
having the effret of dividing the party
Instead of rallying It.
A POPULIST LEADER'S PLAN.
Col. C. C. Post comes as near as any
one man, perhaps, to being the origin
ator of the political movement in Geor
gia which has resulted in the third
party. He was for a long litre recog
nized as the ablest and most he,nest
leader of the Alliance. More clearly
titan any other leader, perhaps, he
knew what the movement meant. Col.
Post has been little heard of since he
Joined with Mr. Watson in establish
ing the People's Party Paper, the news
paper organ now published In Atlan
ta, but he now appears again In hla
own character, by means of a cire.ilar
letter which Is being widely dis
tributed. ,
The letter Is long and we have not
space for It, but It is possible to give
the sense of it In small space. The
purpose of the writer Is to Induce the
formation of what bo calls "clubs of
investigation” all over the country,
which clubs will keep up communica
tion with n “head centre,” who will be
Col. Post himself. When the clubs
have become many and the membership
im* ’Tenoned an enrollment sufficient
to compel the attention of the world,”
delegates will ho elected to a "confer
ence which shall tlx the time, some
years in advance, when all debts of
whatever nature shall be considered
outlawed, the year of jubilee ushered
In and all interest-bearing debt forever
abolished.
The purpose of the movement is to
conflscate ail the property which one
citizen may have lent for hire to an
other, or to n corporation, a city, a
state, or the general government, and
the authority which Is to do the con
fiscating la to be an assembly of the
representatives of voluntary club#
scattered about the country. The gov
ernment, representing nil the people,
and deriving it* authority from their
consent, Is to have nothing to do with
the execution of this vast scheme, but
Is to stand Idly by while Col. Post's
clubs wipe out nil the obligation of con
tracts to pay money and suspend the
functions of the courts.
This sounds like the proposition of
n madman, but though Col. Post may
hnvo several wheels In his head, he Is
not mnd. On the contrary, he Is
man of very considerable ability,
good writer and speaker, nod, Judged
by the ordinary standards, a good clt-
eesston of that aort; but the Client In! Iren. If ho Is In this matter visionary
The associated hanks of New York
have decided to furnlah $1.1,(00,000 of
gold for export, should It bo needed,
lu older to shield tlie treasury from a
further drain upon its reserve. This
action Is praiseworthy, of course, but
the motives which prompted It are not
•eoiiinent«l. They are purely prac
tical. The Interests of the banks of
New York and of tlio treasury—that
Is to say, of -the people—arc In this
matter the same. A financial shock
that bankrupted mid discredited the
treasury would hardly fall to bank
rupt and discredit them. At the beat,
they would suffer greatly, along with
the other business Institutions of the
country. This Is the result of making
of the treasury a sort of ham’s of. issue
anil curreury clearing bouse, as It is
undiv the present system. The treas
ury Is not a member of the banking
association, but as long an it has notes
to the amount of hundreds of millions
of dollars outstanding whh-li It must
redeem on demand anil these notes
are the money with which tbo lianks
do business, its fate must be closely
Identified with that of the banks. It
cannot play an Imleiiendent part be
cause It Is the debtor of tlie lianks to
the extent that they hold Its notes and
laust pay on demnnd. They can take
Its gold for shipment to Europe be-
cause of Its outstanding notes, and
every other note-boliler can do the
same thing.
In view of this state of facts. It
seems to us that Atlanta Constitution
Is nnduly excited over the statement
made by some New York newspaper
that the gn-enhack* nnd treasury notes
ought to be withdrawn and destroyed.
Of ranine they cannot be withdrawn
how. They moke up the bulk of the
enrrmey of the country, and as the
laws now stand there is no possible
way by which money to take their
place could provided. Nobody wants
them withdrawn now, and nobody has
promis'd that they should lie with
drasm under existing cotdltloos. But
that they will eventually be with
drawn, when a proper financial system
has been devised, we have no doubt.
In no other way enci the treasury be
brought fully under the control of the
people ns represented In eongrr**,
and lie- connection, harmful to lioth,
between It and the business affairs of
Individuals ami corporations lie broken.
Onr contemporary D a moBotnanjic
oil the silver question, anil I* pretty
apt to sit in any currency scheme
which diM‘9 not originate west of the
•"‘*“i<«l|>iil river a covert attack on
►fiver, lmt when It saya the proposl-
t.,m lo withdraw tin- government - :
"* “grows naturally out of the sin
gold standard and in one of the
point In its contention has been that
the pmtform demands or authorizes
free coinage at that ratio, and the pur
pose of its argument to prove that no
change of ratio Is necessary or desir
able.
Now, as a matter of fact, the Chi
cago platform doc* not demand or au
thorize the Independent free coinage
of silver at 10 to 1 or any other ratio
short of that which would put In the
silver dollar a dollar’s worth of silver
at the weird's price of the metal, Just
us a dollar’* worth of gold Is put In
the gold dollar. It Is true tliat the
platform authorizes free coinage at
any ratio which may be named In an
International agreement, hut free coin
age on such terms Is rejected, sneered
at, ridiculed, declared Impassible by
the Constitution. Hie platform also
authorizes free coinage if safeguards
of legislation lie provided which will
preserve the parity of our gold and sil
ver money, lmt the Coustltution has
never suggested the form which such
safeguarding legislation should take,
and it Is obvious that the parity of the
two kinds of money could be preserved
only by the trirasury continuin'- under
vastly Increased difficulties, its pro*,
eut policy of making thvm practically
Interchangeable. Tidi* policy, » u in
Its present limited application, b«4 re
ceived the Horrent maledictions of mu-
contemporary, which has not hesitated. !
In Its anger, to asperse the motives and
attack the political. If not the personal.
Integrity of the men responsible for It.
Under these circumstances, we think
we are Justified in saying that the
financial plnnk of the Chicago pint-
forra means nothing to the Constitution
but the Independent free coinage of
silver at the ltl to 1 ratio, and that It
has presented this view of It persist
ently, arrogantly, even angrily at
times, for many months, and has dur
ing the same time questioned the pa
triotism, loyalty to the party and Intel
ligence of those who saw la the plat
form a very different thing.
Now there la no disputing the fact
that wbat the Constitution says It the
Chicago platform Is actually the
platform of the Populists. The latter
demands in to many words the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio of 10 to 1. It is on the Omaha
platform, therefore, and not on the
Chicago platform that the Constitution
l* trying to rally Democrats for united
effort, unless It can be shown that the
two platforms are the same. This can
not lie done, for the reason that the
platforms are as radically different as
the purposes of the men who made the
two were far apart. The Chicago
platform is an bbnest effort to define
in a few words the methods by which
bimetallism ran be restored in tbe
United' .States, and It was made by
men honestly in favor of bimetallism.
The Omaha platform Is a demand for
equivocally for the man they thought
was beat fitted to fill the high office
of governor of Georgia.
Air. Atkinson owes a debt of grati
tude to the country newspapers, and
Georgia has reason to be proud of
them.
ROAD IMPROVEMENT.
The agricultural department la using
it influence in behalf of a national
confertnee on road Improvement, which
will be held at Asbury Tark, N. J„ on
July r> nnd 0. It is desired that till
commercial bodies, road associations,
agricultural societies, wheelmen's or
ganizations, etc., will be represented.
The conference, however, will be in
formal, aud all who arc Interested lu
the matter under consideration will l>e
welcome.
The conference Is for the purpose "of
promoting organization for road Im
provement. where such orgaulzatlou
does not already exist, for strengthen
ing tbe hands of existing organiza
tions, mid for the gathering and diffu
sion of general Information on the sub
ject of rood Improvement." '
It is in New Jersey that systematic
road improvement has made most
progress. Several of the counties of
that state have now complete road
systems, and road building by state
aid is fairly inaugurated. Full details
of experience in Now Jersey will be
furnished to the conference, and those
sufficiently Interested can at small ex
penditure of time and money see for
themselves the results of the New Jer
sey system.
Wo believd tho matter la one of the
first Importance ;*> 8a in-vpie of every
state, nnd particularly to the rural
population. For a great many yearn
nearly all the energy nnd capital de
voted to the constructlivn of highways
has hem given to railways. This was
natural nud Inevitable, but it has
caused tbe common roads of the coun
try, hardly less Important, to be neg
lected. Now that tho railroad system
of the country has reached something
like perfection. It Is time that energy
and capital should be diverted to tlie
creation of a good system of common
roads.
We hope some of our most enterpris
ing citizens will attend tbe Asbury
Park conference nnd bring back prac
tical ideas In road Improvement that
will result in great benefits to Georgia.
GETTING TOGETHER.
which he would naturally he -im
ported.
The two are practically making tlielr
race before the iieople. This is a wide
departure from tho Ideas off the men
who framed the constitution, but II has
Its advantages. The people of South
Carolina will know when (bo series of
delxites is ended exactly how each can
didate stands on all public questions,
and will know more of tho merits of
thexe questions.
Why not a similar debate in Georgia?
J
OTJR ADVANTAGES.
Secretary Hoke Smith ntteuded the
Southern development congress at the
Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, and
the Information which he Imparted to
encourage investment in ibis section
was of a very practical kind. "The
gross returns from rlie agricultural
lauds an-ouutcd In 1S00,” lie said, "to
24 1-10 of tlielr value, while In the bal
ance of tlie United States the returns
were put 13 1-10. The net profit was
at least In the same proportion. 'Die
Smith's agricultural nnd manufactur
ing product lu 18S0 yielded $1,000,000,-
000; iu 1K00 the amount was bi.NJo,-
000,000, an increase which is as re
markable as gratifying to the citizens
of the country. The cotton Industry’s
condition la an object lesson to the
rest of the country. Labor is quiet
nnd factories are running aud declar
ing regular dividends. Living nud la-
bor nre cheap nil through the South,
good agricultural land can be pur
chased for $5 an acre, nud I confident
ly look for an era of great prosperity.”
The comparative cheapness of South-
century. They tell u « ^ m el1
was delivered and Ik> w
paring him *o revive tl,,? Wa « ■
to be a flaming ®S«Ww.
flaming ovanvei ,-iC ur '
of the apocalypse/
tahttng Gospel to preach 11,t ‘
that dwell on -the S. um °
It Is to Miihodlaia a aui,»
thanksgivings thu '?
cued -his Chosen evangels, , 01 •
Shackles and fetters wi i! ■
was -bound at Oxford^ h an ? hlch
fluently In Savannah. Never . ,ub l
time, was emunclpauion dj
Piste- In Savannah n ? "'i
high churchman, and Immersing° nl *$
a believer tn txvpttamil rag^!'!' H
the stpaiitest sect. We
his views of baptism w.-re 71. * i 'l
high church sacra.men.turlan in'v* 1 'J
of Oglethorpe, as Sven.,
Fass in
Let us now present Wesley's / ?•>
oonvlCLtons 1n Wesley's awn
“A Treatise on Ba T ). tan ,*7'''.
wrote, November U, i 76s ^ lch I
Yearn «ft«r he left Savannah
•The matter of Ithls sicha-nZ., ,!‘ 3
Usm)." he writes. "Is w.uer, ” h l <N|
It lias a natural power of ole,. ' ”1
the more fit for this symbolic u,. *' 11
Ham la performed by washimr s-
or sprinkling the person, i„ *he? ' n N
of «he FakhlT, Son and Holy nV w
who 'Is hereby devoted to the
Ing Trinity. I say by washing din V ; T
or sprinkling; because It Is
mined in Scripture in which „* ’/ r 'k
w-ays it shad be done; neither L®?|
express precept, nor by » ny , u i n, l
ample as clearly proves It.; eo r v.^l
fores or meaning of the word k. ,*•1
"That there l/no expre",l e b c J
calm men allow. Neither i. P th „ ?' *»l
conclusllve example. John's I
Th<
ers differed from It. ’But’'ir'cann„. 0 ’. h |
certainly proved from
It la true that he fiapUstd in EnM P 2j£
Salim whert* there was much water’ .
this might- refer to breadth ralhVr Z
depth, since a narrow place would . J
have been sufficient for so great a muWL
tude. Nor can It be proved that the L
timn of our Havlour nr
lands couiu in- shown in ho more by his disciples, was by Immersion" v?
nor that of the Eunuch bantlzei
striking method than rhat employed
by Mr. Smith, and what ho says of
other advantages of the South la true.
He is a man who spenka with au
thority.
BIBB'S TEACHERS.
and impractical, he Is so only becauss
he accepts nnd pushes to their logical
conclusion certain theories In regard
to debt nnd evltlchces of It which
many politicians have accepted and
which are really at the Imse of tho
ropullst policy.
Col. Fust till alts his plan Is the Only
one which will prevent a bloody revo
lution, provoked by excessive debt.
Tlie people who owe, ho says, cannot
pay. and ho thinks they will go to
kllllug—presumably their creditors—If
they are not relieved of their debts
without having paid them. Ills sym
pathies are entirely with the men who
have recoin'd property from tbelr
neighbors and not at all with those
who have parted with It, nnd conse
quently he thinks that drills ought to
lie wiped out. But what he object* to
chiefly Is tbe payment of interest. Ap
parently he regards the taking of In
terant as morally a crime and the man
who refuses to p$y a debt v% acting
within bin rights.
CoL Post's plan will never las
adopted. In operation It "v.nld de
stroy livlllznttoa ;w, tern the world
back rooravi* bur bittern; but It Is well
enough for the , - .vnl» to kne-vr what
are tbo ultima's, purposes of a reo -
nised exponent of Populist Ideas.
The Telegraph Is sincerely glad that
the end of the race for the Democratic
nomination finds Democrats disposed
to forgive ami forget the unpleasant
Incidents of the past few weeks. Tho
letter of our Atlanta correspondent
shows that this disposition Is widely
manifest In that city, where disappoint
ment In the result of the contest Is
naturally keenest.
We hnre been confident nil along
that the result would Anally lie ac
cepted In good humor and lnynlW by
all Democrats. It was natural that In
the heat of the contest excited nnd
over-zealous partisans, who were far
too numerous In this campaign, should
say foolish things, but It has been our
observation In former contests that
these same partisans, evhn when dis
appointed In the result, lieratne earn
est and honest workers In the party's
cause. Their fault generally springs
from temperament and not from con
viction. It is fortunate, however, that
In this instance the healing of the
wounds Inflicted during tho family
fight begins no promptly. The cam
paign against the common enemy can
not 1h* delayed, nnd the' pnrty needs
to get together promptljr.
We expect an even sharper contest
with the Fopullsta than the Inst, hut
wc do not doubt that the result will
be n complete victory for the Demo
cratic party.
The Telegraph contained yesterday
the names of the teachers elected by
the Imnrd of education to serve tho
schools during the next year! Tlie
names are those of an admirable cents
of teachers, os the work of the Inst
anil former years tins already proved,
the board having jnade but few
chungcs.
The practice of electing tbe teachers
for the next year at an early date—at
the beginning of the summer vacation
—seems to us an admirable one. The
teachers ought to be able to begin thtlr
season of rest nnd recuperation re-
llevcd of anxiety as to their Irntnedlnte
future. Many, If not most, of them
are dependent upon their salaries and
cannot be free of anxiety If the elec
tion be delayed until shortly before
the next session begins, when those
who fall of re-election will have little
chance to secure employment else
where.
B!l>b county hns as fine a corps of
teachers as any other county In tho
South, and does the proper thing by
making their vacation os happy as
she ean.
ths Eunuch baptllej by p'h,i I
" h " *“"■ -,.wn to ,£l
"wy vine I
water,' far that goins
to the chariot, and Implies no d-i'emf I
irate depth oC water. It mlaht b» „n !l
their kncea; It might not be abort • 1
ankles.
And aa nothing can be determined fro* I
scripture precept or example. m neitti,,
from the force or meaning of the sort
For the words ''baptise” and 'tMpiiw
do not necessarily Imply . "dipping."
are used In other senses In severs! pie-/ I
Thus we read that the Jews -were ui
baptised In the cloud and In the leg
ist Cor. x 2; hut they were not plunrtd
In. either. They could therefore be r,r.i»
sprinkled by dropo of the sea water, It,
they went over on dry land.nnd the wv
term were a wall unto them on ettbtr )
hand, and refreshing dews from ■
cloud." '*•
"Again; Christ said to hts two dedpln,
‘Ye ahall be baptised with the haptlan I
am baptised.' Mark x, 39; but neither hi
nor they were dipped, but only sprinkle)
or washed with their own blood. "
After giving the above, and some other
example! taken from the. washlni ttht
baptism) If pots and cups, and tables cr
boda, he says, that "the word 'haptlin,
tn Its natural sense, la not taken froa
dipping, but for washing u cieaniini.
And, that this Is the true meaning ol the
word 'baptise,' Is testified by the great**
scholars and most proper judges In tha
matter.' "It Is true,” he adds, "we MB
of being 'burled with Chrlit
baptism.' But nothing can be inferrel
from such a figurative expreslon. Nar. II
It hsld exactly, it would make as inch
much more, for sprinkling as for an plump
Ing; since In burying, the body la nil
plunged through the substance rf the
earth, but rather earth Is poured or eprln.
kled upon It.”
“And, as thert Is no clear proof ot
dipping In scripture, so,” be add* "there
COUNTRY EDITORS AND
CAMPAIGN.
THE
AN ASSISTANT POPULIST.
‘■Y'* 0 ' ,lu " '"'‘••'Iff «* 'kv cf- silver monometallism, made by mrn
,u pUc * ,bl> <wtmcy, ibe bosl-1 wbo care a. utile for tbe silver stand
The fight for the Democratic nomi
nation for the governorship Is prac
tically ended and Mr. Atkinson has
won. To no single cause can bis suc
cess be attributed more than to the
loyal, earnest, Intelligent support
given to him by tbe country press of
the state.
The men who run the country pa
per* are dome to the people, they know
tlielr needs, their aspirations and their
feelings. They are of them nnd with
them. When early In tbe campaign
the Telegraph discovered that a ma
jority of the country papers of the state
were with Sir. Atkinson It had no
doubt but that he was the choice of
the people sad that bis ultimate stu
evsa was agre.
The Tdegraph has watched Its ex-
chingis dowdy during thia contest,
and it takes this occasion to say that
tbe flglit conducted for Mr. Atkinson
hy his newspaper friends hss been fair
and manly, earnest and effective with
linnlly an exception, from tbe begin-
iilng of tbe campaign to the finish.
These men have been hi* champions
I Krause they believe.! his deration to
tbe governorship meant greater pros-
IH'rity to tbe state and the Inatpira-
lion of s now era In .Southern develop!
moot which was good for the people
they represent A* a g-neral rule they
have indulged In no vltaperattotr
against Gen. Evans. O 0 the contrary,
they have recognized bis hue charac
ter as j Christian, as a soldier, as a
gentleman, simply preferring and stat
ing their preference* plainly and oa-
Sunator Irby not only represents
South Carolina In the senate, but is
tbe distrman of tlie Democratic ex
ecutive committee of his state, and
therefore the officii! head of the par
ty; but, strange to say, nobody knows
whether he will voto as a Democrat
Ip the senate on the tariff bill. He la
quoted as saying that lie "bos not con
fided lo any one how lie will vote on
the Anal passage of tbe bill,” and, fur
ther, that “his people do not care how
he volet and would not find fault with
him If be should vote against the meas
ure on Its Anal passage."
That Is to say, the pooition of Dem
ocratlc Senator Irby Is exactly tho
same as that of r.qmllat Senators Pef-
fer, Allen and Kyle. He has no sense
of loyalty to the Democratic party,
though he calls himself a Democrat,
and no doubt will be guided In his
vote by tbe apparent interests of tbo
Peopie's party. He Is a Democrat of
tbe Kolb kind, and would not call blm
self a Democrat if it wore not good
pulley to do so.
We shall not be surprised if Irby
nod all the Populist senators vote
against the tariff bill They are free
lances, and though they profess s de
sire to reduce tariff taxation, their
chief desire la to keep alive popular dis
content. Among a happy, prosperous
people tbelr party would have
Chance to lire.
As wc have said before, there Is but
one Issue In this campaign, and that Is,
shall we stand by tho President, or
■hall we give aid and encouragement
to our enemies by repudiating him and
his administration. This Issue, as tlie
case stsnds, dors not affect the matter
of s choice between tbe two Cuudidaic*
before the people.—Valdosta Times.
There Isn't a candidate In tbe state
aa popular aa President Cleveland. It
makes no difference whether Evans del
egates or Atkinson delegate* arc se
lected by tlie counties, an endorsement
Is heartily given to tbe national admin
istration.- Alpharetta Free Press.
Tho Atlanta Constitution against the
people of Georgia. It is not a difficult
task to sec who is ahead in the race.—
Cordelc Sentinel.
The last resort of the anti-adminis
tration organa In Georgia Is to |ht-
■uade the state convention to conflno
Its endorsement to the Chicago plat
form, bolding with a line air of sin
cerity, which decclrcs nobody, that an
endorsement of the Chicago platform
does not mean u defeat of the admin
istration. The trouble with this fac
tion Is that It doe* not want the ad
ministration endorsed.—Columbus En-
qniror-Sus.
The Democratic party of Georgia,
when It meets In conrentlon. Is going
to endorse Cleveland nnd the admin
istration. So far all the counties that
have expressed themselves have en
dorsed him fully except Richmond,
Trtsip and Fulton, and perhaps one or
two others.—LaGrange Graphic.
BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
The candidates for senator over hi
South Carolina, Senator Butler and
Governor Tillman, are on tbe stamp,
along with the candidate* for gover
nor. They are being met by large
crowds, and though the debates are
warm and somewhat personal in tone,
there has as yet been no disorder. Till
man seems to be nuking a winning
light, os be has tbe solid support of
bis faction, while Senator Butler has.
by hla concessions to tbe ldea.1 of tbe
same faction, cooled tbe ardor if not
alienated tbs conservative dement by
GOOD DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE.
It is highly probable, the spoitl** the*
selves baptised great numbers, not If
dipping, but by washing, sprlnkllnc or
pouring water. Thle clearly rrprwnti
the cleansing from sin, which Is tritel
by baptism. And the quantity or water
used was not matsrtsl; no more this the
quantity of bread and wine tn the Liras
supper. The Jailer and all "hla house were
baptised' In the prison. Cornelius sad hit
friends (sad several households) at horn*."
Now, It Is likely," he adds, ''that all three
had ponds or rlvors. In or near tnrlr
houses, sufficient to nlunxe them ell
Every unprejudiced person must allow the
contrary Is far mors probable." And he
he asks, "where was ths stream In J*m-
totem sufficient to plunge three thouem
In one day. and five thousand on another?
Except ths gentle waters ot Blloam.' he
tells us there were the waters ot ee
other stream In Jerusalem.
This Is enough. Awl for whst puqwe
Is It written? For what, but to show Mr.
Wealty's matured views on t>sp!l«M
And for whst. but to remind those who
quote Mr. Wesley, whlls he arms s hl»h
JOHN WESLEY AND BAPTISM.
To ths Editor of rite Telegraph: In
the Wesley memorial volume, edited
by tbs writer, is an article by C. D.
Foss, D. D., LL. D., one of the blah-
ops of the Methodist Episcopal church.
The aitUde is entitled "Weeley and
Personal ReMgtous Experience." In it
Bishop Fass bos occasion to Show
somwhtag of Mr. Wesley's experience
while he was a high church ssers-
msntartan at Oxford, and in Savan
nah. before bis no-caked conversion tn
Aldergate street. Qiuting from Mr.
Tyerman’e “Life of W«sl*r.” who was
ons of the great Methodist retormer's
most devoted sons to the Gospel, he
says that Wealey, in Oxford and Sa
vannah. was in point of fact a Pusey-
Ke. a hundred yeirs before Dr. I'usey
flourished. And inunedUUiy after tne
abovejthe bishop gives the fo!lowing
from Dr. Rlgg, another true and emi
nent fatlawer of the founder of Meth
odism: "Tbe resemblance off hie prac
tice* (while In Savannah) to those of
modern high Anglicism Is, In most
points, exceedingly sinking. He had
esriy srtd also forenoon, service every
flay; he divided the morning service,
taking the litany aa a separate service;
he inculcated fasting (real hard fast
ing. his was) and confession and
weekly communion; he refused (he
Lord's supper to ar.l who bed not been
Eplreopslly baptised; he insisted on
baptisms by Immersion; he rebaptlael
tbs children of dissenters, and be re
fused to bury a3 who had not re-
c rived Episcopalian baptism."
Snob were John Wesley's vliwa when
be was s high ehurobama. These era
foots i» nf # to 5, f 0ttn< i to
"Journal.'' and, perhaps. In every bt-
fegraphy of the great M- bodtst re
former wrfcten by on* celled by hla
nnsno. They ere not suppressed, but
may be known and read of all. They
are given to show wbat John Weal
was before grace had made him too
J. O. A. Clark.
Macon, Ga.. June 19. 1>M.
church ritualist and blsot In Bavantah.
that they ought. In ell falme.a «» gtw
hie matured convictions? And for what
but a gentle reminder, that those wao
publicly refer »o any published work sa
authority for this or that, ought. In■ uj
condor, to atato the object of the iuthor
and the "•» which ha makes of It?
I will add. that Mr. Wesley's Tmtue
on Baptism la found In volume vt ot sa
published works, pp. U-H.
In some remarks on Mr. Bills
of (he doetttnes taught by Mr. John W*s-
ley,' In Mr. Wesley's works vol. vt p. R
Mr. Weslsv. tn some former writing, to
which Mr. Roland Hill replies. kadM
■aid. "Christ, no where sa 1 can find, re
fuses dipping, but only baptising; ««»
word nlgnlfiss to pour on. or wrinkle, ts
well as to dip; hs la taunted by Mr. HU
with ths quastlon. "Why. then, dM f«
at Savannah baptise all children by Isr
meralon, unless ths parents certified tkef
were weak?” Mr. Wesley assure* that
be did It "In obedience to the ruble.
From * lavish obedience tothh rvMe.
which commanded the hlgh-churuh hunt
and sacrunentartan. John Wesley. toM
as he did In Savannah: Methodists rejoks
that the evangelist end reformer. Jons
Wesley, subsequently was completely s»o
forever delivered. , ,
Ws wish but to remind the reader «>«
this Is written In no spirit of conlroiew.
but with the sole purpose to plsve
facts In the clear and while light
toric truth. Any answer that ■*?"•»
this will provoks no notice from tne »>*•
ter, unless the facts are questioned.
The Valdosta Telescope tells.of *
that woe caught down there a few car
ago that was half lanl and half IWJ- *[*'
a frying pan Had around hla neck
a package of salt and pepper hidden ti»
hie glUa. H
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