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THE MESSENGER.
A. Meins, Editor.
K. A. McH*s, I’ul). nml Pro.
LAFAYETTE GA„ Oct. 28, 1880.
FOB PRESIDENT:
n i.ll ILM) 8. IIA AC OC K
Os Pammylvanl*.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT:
WlLLlin 11. EAUMSH, j
Os Indian*
■
>o* COSHREBS ilk DISTRICT i
Judson C. Clements.
Os Walker Couuty.
•
W EVIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
Fnr ihe Htate at large— C. C. ;
Black and R. K. Kennnn. Alter- j
nates A P. Adams and I. S. Glenn.
Firet district—B. D. Braswell, ol J
Liberty. Alternate Josephus
Camp of Emanuel.
Second district —'Vm. H. Hard- i
•«u, of Quituian. Alternate —11.
W. Hopkine.
Third district —C. C. 8 nitli, of :
Telfair. Alternate— Jemee Bishop,
Jr., i f Dodge.
Fourth district—!<• R. Ray. of
Coweta. Alternate—ll. C. Cumer
•n, of Ilarria.
Fifth district —John L. Hall, of
Spalding. Alternate—D. P. Hill, ol j
Fulton.
Sixth district —R. N. Mishit, of;
Putnam. Alternate—F. F. Dubig-]
non, of Baldwin.
Seventh district —T. W, Akin, of;
Bartoar. Alternate—P. W. Al«x- i
ander, of Cobb.
Eigtli district —Seaborn Reese, of j
Hancock. Alternate—James K. j
ilinea, n f Washington.
Ninth district—W. E. Simmons, j
•f Gwinnett. Alternate —M. G. i
Boyd, of White.
Mow for the home-stretch.
Let no friend of Col. Clement* i
remain away from the polls on the
2nd of November.
Col. Clements will be elected and
harmony will prevail in the Sev
•nth District once more.
S
If you have paid your tuxes up
to Jauuary, 1880, you are entitled
to vote. This year's taxea has
nothing to do with it.
i m
What Dr. Felton expecta to gain j
by unplea.-ant personals and public :
ridicule, of such men as Mr E. E
White, of this county : we nr.- at a j
loss to know.
There never was a better oppor- j
tunity to vote in the interest ol true j
patiintism, harmony and conserve- ]
tiam, than is ode red next Tuesday, j
by voting for the lion. J. 0. Clem- !
enta.
Gallant Ultle Chattooga —the
banner county of the District; God
bless her ; she is always right; but
we rather think she will have to
give up the banner after the 2nd of
November.
——
Lookout for all kind of lies, from
now until the election, us well as
tricks and sharp practice of all
kinds on election duv, and see to it
that the colored voters of the dis
trict, many of whom are Col. Clem
•:,ts friends, have a chance to vote
fur the candidate of their choice.
We hope the friends of Col.
Clements w : ll see to it, if there Kre
any of his friends, in their respec
tive localities who are indisposed
or unable to come out without as
sistance, that they are furnished
with conveyance or any assistance
they need. Let us have a full turn
out on the 2nd.
. '
Mr. S. N. Gaines, formerly of
Chattooga county, now of Taylors
ville, Polk court*’, passed through
LaFayette on last Tuesday, he re
ports that Taylorsville is now
booming for our Judson. It will
be remembered that this place has
heretofore been one of Felton’s
strong-holds. And thus the good
work goes on.
We leariud while in Cartersville
last week, that Col. Pledger colored,
had been employed by Dr. Felton,
for S2OOOO, to come to Cartersville
and make a speech iu his interest
•oine time this week. Well, we
have no comment to make on this ;
but the Doctor has certainly weak
ened on his statement that he
would heat his opponent 5,0(0 ; or
he would not be resorting to such
measures.
Dr. Felton’s votes in congress
places him with the high-tariff and
the monopolists and in direct op
position to the interests of his own
people. Let the volers of this dis
trict—the “hardy-handed" voters,
the men who "hold the plow han
dles,” remember this in November
next and vote for Jud Clements. —
fat*mi
. Dr. F«lton in Walker.
Dr. Felton in his speech at Rock
Spring, personated Mr. K. E. W bile,
an old and respected cilixen of our
county, and held up to public
: scorn and ridicule, a# a specimen of
, the democracy of this part of the
. district.
At Davis’ Cross Road*, he com
pared Hon. Judson C. Clements, to
a "runt pig that wns trying to find
| "a teat, and couldn’t."
At Cedar Grove, hs compared
him to a polecat, and said, "lie was
j “a man without brains, ’ and asked
J th« people if they were going to ,
| "vote for that kind of s man."
! Citisens of Walker coui.ty ! You
are not stranger* to Col. Clements:
He was reared in your midst; from
■ childhood up to the present time.
. lie ha* been, so to speak, under
, your eyo mid the very shadow of
your wing. Twice you have hon
ored him, by sending him is your
representative to the Oeorgia Leg- ,
islature, and once to the Benate
from this district. Has he been
untrue to you in one single in
j stance? Has he ever deceived you?
i On the other hand, lias lie not hon
| ored you, and himself too, by feith-
I fullv and efficiently representing
you? His official record—that is
without a single mistake—answers
the question. His spotless charnc-
I ter, and his bright estucheon, witli
' out u stain, answers the question,
j Then fellow-citiaens, this attempt
! of Dr. Felton, to throw mud at your
: honored son, is a thrust nt you ; a
direct charge upon you, and a re-
I flection upon your intelligence and
! honor.
I Hus Dr. Felton all the brains of
i the Beventh Congressional District?
i Haven't the people of Walker and
I adjacent counties, sufficient intelli
gence to choose between opposing
; candidates? Voters of Walker, by
l your love ot the principles of true
j manhood, truth and justice; by
j that self-reHpect you owe yourselves
j and your fellow-citizens ; as well aa
! the gratitude and love, you have
‘ for him you have honored in the
j past: answer the above questions
i by your votes at the ballot box, on
! the 2nd of November, and answer
j them well.
If Dr. Felton wanted to divide
j time with Col. Clements, why did
| he not accept Col. Clements’ offer
! soon after the nomination. No ap
pointments then would had to have
j been withdrawn, and the people
could have heard in joint debate, j
| the record of each of these gentle- j
! men discussed. But I)r. Felton at
I that time, declined a joint discus
| sion, and said nothing about it uii
j til lie knew tin t Col. C. could not ]
i accept his proposition without
j great inconvenience to himself, to
say nothing of the disappointment
I of a great many good men of the
district, who are anxious and eagi r
j to hear him. The lb niocrats of the
' i Seventh Congressional District nev
| er had a more available candidate
than Col. Clement). Hu is a man
! whom all the people love and res
pect. He is so good that the Doc
tor is accusing him of not wanting
the birds killed.—Oilhoun limes.
Jud Clements, the peoples’ favor
j ite and most popular leader iu this
i district, is not only a patriot and
j statesman ; hut he is a man of iron
will, and as brave as a lion. Where
others feared to go he has gone, and
when our banner was trailing in
the dust, with a strong arm he
grasped it and flaunted it proudly in
the breezes of heaven, and is now
hearing it safely through to victory;
not as a partisan leader; a Demo
crat it is true; hut conservative to
Ihe last, with broad views, and
generous in principle, and with a
heart and soul large us a world,
and with "Peace on eartli and good
will to all men" enscrihed upon
, his banner. Independents and con
; servative Republicans have rallied
; to his support, and will join in the
shout of victory for our Judson as
! ter the 2d of November.
This is our last issue for this
campaign. Our next issue will
carry the good news of Col. Clem
ents election to Congress by a hand
• some majority. Many of Dr. Ksl
l ton’s warmest supporters almost
concede it. Everything points to
it; but many a victory lias been
lost by inactivity and caielessness.
We hope therefore the friends and
workers for Col. Cements will r.ot
slacken their energies or ground
1 their arms ; hut work earnestly and
| faithfully, until the 2nd of Novem-
I her. Then let them come from the
j mountains, and front the hills, and
the valleys, and the plains, and let
not one be left behind, and in a
grand rally at the polls, vote early
and late for North Georgia’s hero,
Hon. J. C. Clements, and a grand
I and glorlotrs vintore rg
Bartow’s Monopoly.
| For a long series of Bartow
county has monopolized the Con
gressmen hum this district, and it
certainly seems that the time has
about come when some other por
tion of the district should he
awarded this honor. Let us there
fore retrospect a little and see how
it is.
In 185.3 Lewis Tumlin, ran
against Hon. K. A. Chastain for ,
Congress in the 7th District and
carried the county of Bartow by a
large majority, and almost unani
i mouely. Iu 1855 Tumlin ran again
a* the "Know Nothing” candidate
agai.ist John H. Lumpkin tin
regular nominee of the Demo
cratic party, and again carried Bar
: low county. In 1857 Bartow pre
sented to the convention of the 7th
Congressional District ns a proper
person to he nominated, by the
Democratic party, the name of
Lewis Tumlin, hut failed by a few
votes to secure his nomination,
withdrew his name and dictated to
the convention the name Hon. J.
\V. H. Underwood who mi» elected.
In 1863 Col. W. Aiken was elected
to the Confederate Congress, de
feating in the race Major John M
Jackson, of Whitfield, Bartow vot*
i ing almost unanimously for Aiken.
' In 1865 Gen. W. T. Woffowl, of
Bartow, was elected. In 1868 Gen.
P. M. B Young wrs elected, Bar
tow giving him a large vote. In
! 187*1 Gen. Young was again elected,
Bartow sustaining her own candi
date with a large vote. In 187-t
j Hon. W. H. Felton, came forth
from Bartow as an Independent
| candidate in opposition to the reg
i nlar nominee and was elected, Bar
j t w vo‘ing fnr her own candidate
j with her usual solidity. In 1876
Dr. Felton was again an Indepen
dent candidate and he was again
elected. In 1878 he was again
elected, hia own county giving him
a very large majority, and now in
1880, we find Bartow county again
clamorous for the flesh pois anil
totally unwilling to relinquish the
i grasp she has held so tightly fur lo!
these many years.
Let us therefore, pause ami con
sider. Is no other county ever to
be considered and is Bartow to for
ever monopolize the entire district
i as far as Congress is concerned. Dr.
| Felton has had it long enough and |
| Bartow county has had tin* monop j
! oly long enough, jhall we have a |
| change? Let the voters of the dis- !
] trict answer at the polls.— Rome
j Tribune.
- ..
The Cartersville Free lb-ess pub
lishes Gen Hancock’s sensible let-
I ter on the tariff question, addressed
j to Hon. Theo. Randolph, of New
; Jersy, and says:
I "In comment we will siy Gen.
; Hancock goes a long ways ahead of
Dr. Felton in tariff reform.”
You are rigid on that point.— j
Gen. Hancock does go a long wavs |
ahead of Dr. Felton on tariff re
form, for Felton voted with the mo- 1
nopolists at the last session of Con- 1
gress against any reform whatever
voted to let the monopolists bleed |
the | cop e for over a hundred per
cont. on salt, and about the same
on steel rails and other articles. —
Gen. Hancock, on the contrary, fa
vors tarifl for revenue only, and if
his views prevail there will he a
tariff reform sure enough. If Fel
ton's side succeeds, a protective tar
iff will stop importation, all reve
| nue from a tariff' will cease and the
Government will have to resort to
direct taxation. Rt me. Courier.
Fallen From (trace.
Dr. Felton at the outset of the
campaign was very pleasant, and 1
even complimentary in his remarks |
of his opponent —the "young man”
ss ho was pleased to call him. But 1
when the tide set in for our Judson,
and in response to his earnest and I
eloquent appeals to the reason
and judgment of the people, lode
pendants and conservative Republi- 1
cans, begun to rally to bis support
all over the district, Dr. Feltongets
mad, ami throws mud at his oppo- -
lient, by culling him hard names,
and making ridiculous comparisons,
and what is still worse by wilfully
and maliciously mi representing
his record. Oh ! shame, where is
: thy blush ?
I
I Phrenologists say that I)r. Felton
is out of In* calling and away from
1 his proper element, that God inten
i ded him to preach the gospel ; and
that in justice to himself he ought
to retire from the strife of politics,
recuperate his wasted health and
strength, quiet is easily agitated
and already shattered nerves, and
then if he lias anything of health
and strength left he ought to devote
it to that business and office to
which God has in his wisdom call
led him. ' 1
Our Candidates for Congress and Their
Views.
Cherokee Advance.)
Dr. Felton him announced that
he is in favor of the repeal of the
revenue laws The entire sweep
ing of them from the Statute hooks.
Mr. Cl-nrients makes the same an
nouncement.
They sav there is no difference
between them on this subject? Yes.
a wide diflerence.
Dr. Felton has heen in congress
five years and has never done one
thing looking even to the repeal of
these iniquitous laws, except, as In
now lioasts, that he has a Idll he
fore Congress, which provide- that
violators of these laws shall lie Hied
on indictment arid not on informa
tion.
Mr. Clements is In farof of (lie re
peal of these laws and has been,
and while he has not been in Con
gress he haa hern doing all he
could do to work the relief of the
people in this matter.
When a member of the. Georgia
Senate, on August 23d 1879, lie in
troduced the following resolution
memorializing Congress to remove
the revenue from tobacco and dis
tilled spirits.
To memorialize congress to repeal
or modify all the laws of the
United States imposing taxes on
tobacco and distilled spirits and
requiring license fi.r the manu
facture or sale of the same, and
requiring stamps itc.
Whereas, the genius and spirit of
our institutions require that the
people should he left free to anil at.
liberty to pursue such industries
as are adapted to their wants and to
raise, productions and manufacture
such produce by their labor and
skill so as to add value to the same,
j And, whereas, a tax upon tobacco
; and its sale and manufacture oper
ates only upnr. a few of the States
and a few localities, being a tax up
on the productive labor of the plan
ter and manufacturer in a limited
portion of the vast territory, inter
fering greatly with the pursuits of
the people.
And, whereas, a tax upon the
manufacture of distilled spirits is
also a hurihen upon the farmer and
producer, injuriously fettering the
pursuits of labor and is odious in
the extreme, greutly oppresses the
poor and working people in favor
of large monopolies and has no
tendency whatever to diminish the
quanity of distilled spirits, but de
teri -rates the quality and tends to
augment the fortunes of the capita
lists at the expense of labor. And,
whereas’ each arid both are oppres- ;
sive in their operations, odious and j
ty rank's 1 in their enforcement, j
breeding discontent resulting in i
broils, homicides, murder and death, j
making widows ar.d orphans, and i
filling the land with grief and woe. i
Therefore, he it
Resolved, By the Senate and
House dr Representatives of Geor
gia, that we most respectfully
memorialize the Congress of the
United States to repeal and
modify the said laws at as early a
day as practical, and that we con
demn said laws and their enforce
ment in the manner practiced, and
that we request our Senators and
Representatives in Congress to use
their best efforts to cause a cessa
tion of the evils complained of.
And in keeping with it, is the
sentiments sent forth in Mr. Clem
ents letter of acceptance. In this
letter Mr. Clements says :
If elected it will be my earnest j
determination to discharge the du
ties of the high trust in the spirit
of our constitution, which declares
that “public officers ife the trus
tees and servants of the people, and
at all times amenable to them.”
It is my decided conviction that
the welfare of this country is not
promoted by political, partisan dis- ,
cussion and agitation in the hails
of congress. There should be more
earnest devotion to a policy of ac- i
tual reform and real retrenchment
in the collection and disbursements ;
of revenues. The promotion of the
material prosperity, peace and hap
piness of all the people, regardless
of race or color, should he the para
mount object of national legis
lation. Such policy should he
adopted as will allay existing bit
terness between the sections and
remove as rapidly as possible the
present grevious burdens upon la
bor and industry. The existing
revenue laws in regard to tobacco
and liquor, as they ure enforced,
are unjust and oppressive, and
ought to be stricken from the stat
ute book. The few surviving vet
erans of the Mexican and Indian
wars ought to he pensioned. Fed
eral officers have been multiplied
until they now number large
ly over 100,000, and the number
b*g bo*» for fovn.« years rapidly in- ■
creasing The immense army of
office holders receive extravagant
salaries aggregating many hundred
thou*a> d dollars. All department*
of the pun lie Service demand
thorough iit.d rigi'l it wstigeti- n
Tlmiisai ds of these officer* tire un
necessary and oppressive, and
should tie abolished, and there
should be a reduction in the salar
ies of those found to he necessary.
I earnestly desire, arid if elected,
shall fait fnllv labor for a return of
the old fas tom-d lne.es* l , vfoip'iei*
• tv and eonrr inv It. (tie practical ad
ministr ition of the government
that character!* I H in its better
da i s -io tln -t t s d \t 1- *
J ff rooi. in it other pa r
st«t>-*inen. when even cit:z> n • -> •
1 hi* country, boasted of hi* govern
ment and felt that it was his pro
tector and not his oppressor.
Cheering News for* Our Judaott,
We have just returned from a
trip through the lower counties of
the district, and we are glad to he
able to ref ort, that Col. Clements
has made a most brilliant and suc
cessful campaign in that part of the
district. We were creditably in
formed that he will make large
gains in all the lower counties of
the district. Now let the upper
per part of the district work quiet
ly and faithfully the few ren aining
days between now ai d the election,
and on election day do their whole
i duty and victory is ours.
i If an editor omits anything, he
is lazy. If he speaks nf anything
:as it is, people are mad. If he
smooths down the rough points, be
|is bribed. If he csillb things by
i their proper names, lie is u fit for
! the position of an editor. If he
i Hops not furnish his readers with
I jokes he is a mullet. If he Hoes he
; is a rattle head, lacking stability.
If he condemns the wrong, he is a
gootl fellow, but lacks discretion.
If he lets wrongs and injuries go
i umnentioned, he is a coward. If
j he indulges in personalties, he is a
‘ blackguard. If he does not, his
paper is dull and inspid. — Calhoun
Times.
Legal Notice.
Notice is hereby given that at the
next session of the General Assem
bly, beginning on the first Wednes-
I day in November next, application
will he made for the passage of a
hill to repeal so much of an act re
lating to the Co mint School rtvs- ]
ti in iti the countv of Walker, State j
of Georgia, and for ot’ er purposes, j
, This Oct. 19th. 1880.
John B. Whkbi.kb.
A romantic marriage took place \
iin Barnesville the ether dav. The !
J
! contracting parties were Mr. Lee j
i Dallas, of Texas, and Miss Lula 1
■ Goodman, of Monroe county The .
j courting was done by letters and
photographs. They had never seen
I each other until Wednesday last. — I
!On Thursday thev were on their
way to the Lone Star State as man !
and wife.
Col. Clements is a man of the
people, having worked Lis way up
from the lowest round on the lad
der. He understands the wants of
the toiling masses, is in full sym
| pathv with them, and if sent to
I congress will scrupulouls/jLrepre
! sent their interests. — North! Georgia
Tmes. *
There is » hole in Penitentiary
; Cove, in Fannie county, from which
there constantly issues a volume of
wind and smoke. has
never heen fathomed. Large rocks
have been thrown into it, but no ;
Sound of them striking the bottom
ever readied the ears of the listen ;
The Coltimhu Enquirer reports
: that on Wednesday there were re
ceived in that city two huDs of cot
ton from Harris county, which
! were ginned and packed in 1857.
i twenty three years ago, and three J
years before tlm war. The hugging j
i and rope are in good rder.
The news we receive from the ;
I lower counties of this Congression
‘ al District leads us to believe that j
1 the people generally are of the
opinion that Felton has been in
i Congress long enough.— Rome Cour
ier.
~hvr
■ ><
The bombastic, emtio, phlogmat-'
tc, aristocratic hag en
dorsed Dr. Felton ; and now what
we want to know is who in the
d—l in going to endorse Ben. Hill?
The C ements attachment is one
of the most popular things that
wits ever introduced into this sec
tion. It will prove u wonderful
success about the Ist Tuesday in
♦ November.— <
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