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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.— < At the Balloon! 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