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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1884.
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Some Georgia Tariff Views.
We take the following extract from
the Atlanta Constitution of Sunday.
The argument seems to be coming
home to our people at last:
The first special movement against the
Morrison bill. In this section, was started
by the cotton mill men this week. A peti
tion was addressed to Mr. Hammond urg
ing him to vote against the reduction on
cotton goods. Every cotton mill man in
Atlanta signed it, and many others, and
Messrs. Moore & Marsh for Trion factory.
Mr. Hugh T. Inraan, of the Exposition
Mills, said:
•‘We must have protection against the
cheap labor of England. If we don't get it
we must stop our mills or cut down our
labor to about one-third of what we now
pay. Of course we can’t do the latter.
Back of England is India with its teeming
millions, that may compete with us in the
manufacture of cotton, as well as In the
growing of cotton. I should consider it
verv unfortunate for the Southern mills
if this reduction ou cotton goods were
made.”
It is said that the iron men and other
manufacturers will follow, with similar pe
titions as to other reductions, and that pe
titions will be addressed to the other Geor
gia members.
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wtf
Why should all of the Georgia states
men take to the woods when Senator
Brown goes to pop a cap?
The belief that in five years there will
not be a bar-room in Georgia is an Instance
in which faith will not be “swallowed up
In sight."
Democratic Congressmen ought nbt to
out-Herod tho Republicans m seeking to
give Congress control of all matters of
Stute concern. There Is neither reason nor
consistency in such a course.
Georgia's future depends upon Its lu-
dubtrial progress, and its industrial pro
gress must be In spite of, and in opposl-
sition to, the vain theories of Impractical
and visionary men.
TiiKinterestof tho;«opleof Georgia in
an industrial school seems to grow strong
er. Technical training is necessary to fit
young men for tho duties of tho industrial
era which has d iwned upon Georgia and
which has come to stay.
Til ire was something graceful in the net
of Great Britain in presenting to the United
States the ship Alert, to be used in tbe ex
pedition for the reliefof Lieutenant Grocly.
The Alert was built with a special view to
service In the Arctic regions.
Democratic papers that claim to be op-
posed to protcctiro duties on tho ground
that they are not in tho interest of tho
farmers show their insincerity by being un
willing to the rctainlngof protective duties
on hemp, jute, wool, rice, sugar and other
commodities in which the farmers arc cer
tainly int*re«ted.
Tie Georgia tarmers don't object to
cheap cotton goods, as a matter of course:
hut they surely don’t expect cheap cotton
goods to be made out of dear cotton. If
they wish to have cheaper cotton goods at
the cost of cheaper cotton, they have neg
lected to gbre intelligent expression to the
fact.
Here we have some sensible home
views on the tariff question. The
whole argument is presented in a nut
shell, and any man may understand
and appreciate it. And there can be
no reply to it, unless it he to take tho
utterly indefensible position, that it is
cheaper for the people and better for
the country to let foreigners manufac
ture our raw materials for us and to
buy from them, than it is to do both
here at home.
It is singular what a difference it
makes, whether it is our bull that
gores the neighbor’s ox, or the neigh
bor’s bull that gores our ox. We have
here in Georgia and the Carolinas,
among the rice planters, tlie most ex
treme high tariff men, so far as rico is
concerned. In Louisiana the sugar
planters claim that it is the duty of the
government to levy a protective tariff
on imported sugar. The producers of
Kentucky and Missouri do not object
to a duty on hemp, tobacco and whisky.
Tho people of these States are ready to
maintain the wisdom of a tariff on such
sal and local products as we have
Hkrateil; bat if it is proposed
to extend the same protection
to the products and manufactures of
the rest of the country, they resist and
set up a cry of injustice. It is all very
well to make the people of Ohio and
New York pay a tax Qn the rice and
sugar they consume, but it is wrong to
require the rice and sugar growers to
reciprocate the compliment and submit
to a duty on such manufactures in those
States as they consume. In other
words, it all depends upon the fact
whether it is our neighbor’s ox or our
own that is gored.
But, under a well-digested and judi
cious tariff, nobody’s ox need be in
jured. In a country like this, with
such variety of useful materials, and
such illimitable agricultural possibili
ties, a policy that persists in discourag
ing manufacturing is the wildest folly.
The more factories, forges, foundries
and workshops we have, the greater
the demand for our raw materials, and
the hotter the wages we can pay our
laborers.
No purely agricultural country was
ever highly prosperous, whereas, in
those countries where agriculture and
manufacturing exist together and in
harmony, we may expect to find labor
more contented and remunerative, and
capital more abundant and widely dif
fused.
to'tlie same date, the total visible sup
ply becomes 5,063,606 bales, against
5,703,632 bales last year, showing a de
crease of the amount in sight, as com
pared with last year, of 039,030bales.
The imports into continental ports
this week have been 42,000 bales. Tlie
exports have readied a total'of 100,738
bales, of which 72,503 were to Great
Britain, 14,764 to France, and 13,471 to
the rest of tlie continent.
Relative to the speculations in cotton
for the week under review, the
Chronicle says:
Business has been extremely dull on the
Cotton Exchange during the past woek,
and to day was a close holiday. The dis
cussion and voting on propositions look
ing to reduced rates of commission have
occupied much of the time and attention
of members, and for two days telegraphic
communication witli the South lias been
almost wholly suspended. Yesterday there
was an active opening >n the very much
better reports from Liverpool, and indica
tions that tlie receipts at the ports con-
tinued small, and there was a further ad
vance, the final prices, compared with last
Friday, showing an advance of two to
fonr points for this crop, and no decided
change for the next. Cotton on tho spot
has baen quiet and unchanged until yes
terday. when holders were less disposed to
sell. Quotations were not advanced, but
the close was firmer at 30}ic. for middling
uplands.
Irour older Democratic statesmen In
aist oh being anonymous in tho preacnco
of the Georgia El Mahdi ol bossiam, may
be a later generation will furnish a man
aUetowear the armor and handle the
weapons of true iconociaam. The times
demand the man and lie must be forth-
Ex-Si-eakeb Brand, of tlie House of
Commons, was made a peer when he re
tired from office. On the other hand ex-
Speaker Keifer, of Congress, was
promptly investigated on his retirement.
And yet some people believe that
British methods are superior to public
methods in Uils country.
These is something decidedly marked
and spontaneous in the tone of the press
•f the State, in commendation of Congress
man Turner. The fact that he would
make a worthy Senator—one above fear
and reproach, is a matter worthy of pub
lic consideration.
The collection of Senator Brown's
speeches in Colonel Fielder’s campaign bi
ography of that gentleman doesn't contain
his earnest efiort in the Chicago Republi
can convention In 1863, seconding the nom
ination of General Grant for the Presi
dency. Possibly it was an oversight
Senator Brown's pretended intention to
withdraw from public life at tbe close of
Ids present term in the Senate Is a thin
ruse to draw out tlie anonymous states
men. Tbe anonymous statesmen don't
intend to be ‘‘drawn’’ for fear of being
“quartered." Still, there may be a states
man in Georgia that isn't anonymous, and
that doesn't take to the woods when ex-
Supreme Coart Justice Brown threatens
to burst a cap.
A 8aU Death.
A dispatch from Sparta brings the
sad nows of tho death of Georgo F.
Pierce, Esq., solicitor-general of the
northern circuit. It Is notolton the case
that death strikes at a more shining
mark, or strikesdown one that liud in
him more of tho elements of brilliant
and patriotio usefulness.
He wsb young and strong. His ca
reer was short; but it was long enough
to show that his mental gifts were
groat and that he knew how to serve
the State to the very best advantage in
any Btation to which he might be called
He nerved witli distinction in more
than one public station, and had ho
been spared the future would undoubt
edly have opened up to him still higher
fields of usefulness.
Tlie Telegraph and Messenger
united with the family of Mr. Pierce,
his thousands of intimate friends and
the people at large, in mourning the
untimely quenching of a bright young
life that had the possibility of so much
real greatness ahead of ft. It Is a sod
loss. M»y heaven deal gently with the
immediate mourners—tho gentle wife
and the fatherless little ones.
A rurroi U a dangerous thing In tbe
I,and of a desperado. If tbe taw could
ke.-p it out of bis band, it would be well.
But would human life be safe at bis bands,
even then? Tlie world is full of instru
ment. of death, and tbe removal of om
would simply be followed by tbe providing
ol another. Tbe earth will be cursed
by tlie hand of violence as long as free
jjSa is given to human passion. If sock
ty baa anyseeouree but ir> tbe serin and
-are p M-hnn Ni of offender! wc are Jg-
LVIULt ol its axutcnce.
Cotton Statement.
From tho CAronkle’i cotton article
of February 22, we gather tlie follow
ing facts relative to the movement of
tho crop for tlie past week:
For tbe week e nding February 22,
the total receipts have reached 63,013
bales, against 105,921 bales lost week,
111,481 bales tbe previous week, and
112,110 bales three weeks since; mak
ing the total receipts since September
1,1883, 4,263,731 bales, against 4,760,-
393 bales for the same period of 1882-83,
showing n decrease since September 1,
1883, of 502,662 bales.
The total receipts at all the interior
towns for the past week have reached
24,303 bales, since September 1, 2,474,-
281 bales, showing a decrease of 33,574
bales, as compared with the receipts of
the same week last year, and for the
ason a falling off of 491,315 bales.
Among the interior towns, Macon is
credited with 279 bales for the week,
and with 58,130 bales for tlie season.
For the same week last year the re
ceipts were SOI bales and for the season
54,160 bales. These figures allow a
decrease for the week of 623 bales, as
compared witli tlie some week loot
year, and for the season an increase of
1,070 bales.
Taking the receipt* from plantation*,
tbe net overland movement to February
l, and the takings by Southern spinners
A Vicious Measure.
On yesterday a bill prohibiting the
carrying in the mails of such newspa
pers as may contain lottery advertise
ments was reported hack to tlie Senate
with a favorable indorsement from the
committee on post-offices and pbst-
roads.
This bill from its very nature will
arouse antagonism from the whole press,
and set many people not interested di
rectly in newspaper property to think
ing. Insignificant as it may appear, it
is a blow at the freedom of the press, a
great principle embodied in our consti
tution and undisturbed for more than n
hundred years.
By what authority does Congress
presume to dictate to American news
papers the character of their advertise
ments? Upon the ground of "public
policy” it has been stated. Congress
then is to be the censor of the press.
Can anyone imagine a more dangerous
assumption of power? “Public policy’
is whatever the ruling party may make
it. In the hands of a prohibitionist
party it can cloak an assault upon an
other branch of advertisements.
In tlij hands of a party
of religious fanatics . it may
destroy even another, or shut off Sun
day journals altogether. Under an
ambitious administration, for it is hut
a step from the advertising to the edi
torial column, it can forbid criticisms
of the government or of men in power,
just as it forbids these things among
poople equally as civilized and not
ten days journey from us. Step by step
the power and privileges of the press
may be trimmed until no man can in
print lift his voice for a liberty broader
than tho party in power chooses to
permit. And the last embargo placed
upon the public journals would be no
less unconstitutional than tho first.
New England was once the refuge of
those who sought religious freedom,
Its atmosphere became, under "public
policy,” more charged with fanaticism
than that from which the refugees fled
America is looked upon as the land
where speech is free, and tho press un-
trammeled. It is not beyond the
bounds of the possiblo, that it may yet
become, through;, .public policy,” Rus
sian in its methods.
This is not mere extrava
gance of imagination. Ambition is
boundless, superstition over
whelming, fanaticism relentless.
Noono administration can bind this
people. Bat if each leaves a chain
upon our free institutions, it is not
beyond tho range of possibility that
some day a hand may be found strong
enough to forge connecting links. It is
the duty of this generation to bequeath
its freedom to tho next, broader,
larger and stronger If it can, bat nnr-
rower and more circumscribed than
when it came to us, never. No civil
ized people ever lost their freedom in
one blow. The failure of free institu
tions is the result of many causes; the
logical effect of forces put in motion, it
may he, generations before. It was
this the statesman had in mind when
he exclaimed “tlie price of liberty is
eternal vigilance." Not courage, nor
blood, nor labor, bat vigilsm
watchfulness so complete that the
smallest innovation may not enter to
expand into a precedent and lengthen
into a chain.
The small measure before Congress
ought to be crushed out, not because
it is aimed against the press, but be
cause it is opposed to the spirit of our
republican- government. The only
“public policy” we recognize is that
which would preserve and defend the
constitution of these United States,
War Clouds in the East#
England's position in the East is be
coming more embarrassing day hv day.
The mission of Gordon has, if we may
trust the dispatches, failed as a coup
d’etat, and the spirit of rebellion mo
mentarily checked by money and fair
promises seems to have become more
general. Tlie repeated successes of
Osman Digna, the fall of Sinkat, of To-
kar and the defeat of Baker have stirred
the many tribes up to a belief in tlie
false prophet's religious pretensions.
It is stated that Lis emissaries have
been circulating tliroughont all Upper
and Lower Egypt, and that tho people
everywhere are ready for a grand ef
fort to shake off foreign bonds. Tlie
situation has been complicated by tho
Porte, which dissented from England’s
instructions to Gordon, and repudi
ated ilie recognition ef El Mah
di as Sultan of Khardofan.
Tho spirit of discontent and of war has
extended throughout all Mohammedan
tribes far into Asia, and a universal
conquest-is spoken of ns sure to follow
El Mahdi’s campaign.
It was at this stage of the great polit
ical game that Russia, ever ready to
acquire territory and jeatous of Eng
land’s success in the East, sud
denly and without warning extended
her sway over the Men- tribes of Af
ghanistan and found herself face to face
1th the British lion at Kandahar and
Herat in that country, and called upon
to answer for a broken treaty.
What will be the result remains to
be seen. A general war in the east is
imminent and unless the diplomats are
able to arrange affairs upon a new
basis, is certain. In which event we may
look for England to be pitted
against Russia, Egypt and, possibly
Turkey. With Russia and Turkey in
alliance, it would seem that India
must become a very warm region
for Europeans. But France is inter
ested directly in keeping open the
short route to the East and would not
be idle. Nor would Austria and
Italy, both ready to administer upon
the “sick man’s” estate, stand idly by.
The question shall the Turk leave Eu
rope seems once again upon the point
of being argued with the sword.
party candidates. Any one or all of
the gentleman nominated to take part
in tlie oratorical invasion, will meet
with a courteous welcome lu tlie South
and be accorded a respectful hearing.
"We hail with pleasure it return of tlie
era in which the Chicago Inter-Ocean 1
speaking for a vindictive class of people,
is willing to admit that a Republican
leader would be “favorably welcomed’
in the South. So signal a change lias
not come beneath our notice since the
war.
Speaking for the people of Georgia,
we extend in advnnco a warm Welcome
to any man of brains and ability, who
will come amongst us to discuss in
public the great business and political
issues of tlie day. The people have
much to learn of the tariff, the princi
ples of our government, and the pro
gress of the republic. And while they
have much to learn, they have also much
to teach, that will disarm calumny and
speed the restoration of the Union.
Let Messrs. “Conkling, Edmunds,
Blaine, Hoar, Frye, Hale, Hawley,
Sherman, Harrison, Logan and a score
of others” come with their wives and
daughters, and tarry for a season in tlie
Southern Empire State. Socially, tho
people will indulge them in
season of old-fashioned Southern
hospitality; politically with such men
as ox-Governor James M. Smith, lion.
J. C. C. Black, General H. R. Jackson,
lion. Clifford Anderson, Han. Thomas
Hardeman, Hon. H. G. Turner, Hon.
N. J. Hammond and General Phil
Cook, they will oppose them in open
discussion upon the stump. As great
ness dwindles as you approach it, so,
perhaps, may prejudice vanish in per
sonal intercourse.
Senatorial Ruse,
The Atlanta Sunday Record contains
the following paragraph, taken from
the “Lounger's” column:
I understand that Senator Brown will
retire from any aettvo participation in poli
tics at the end of Lis term. It is to be
hoped that this is a false rumor, for the
Senator is a man of ability, respected
throughout the entire Union and reflecting
credit on the State from whence lie hails.
His retirement at this time would result
only in harm to the State and to the party
he represents; hence, X would hate to see
him quit.
We don’t think onr cotemporary need
entertain any doubts as to Senator
Brown’s intentions. He is a candidate
for re-election, and is already os ac
tively nt work as any man in the United
States. Indeed .heliasbecnat work ever
since liia first appointment, and from
that day to this ho has never neglected'
an opportunity to push his canvass. He
intends to run now and hereafter, and
he includes In his present efforts each
successive Senatorial election during
tlie remainder'd his natural life
Shall he bo permitted to walk over
tho track alone? This is a question
which tho people of Georgia must an
swer for themselves. We trust they
have the virtue and the courage to
meet it fairly and decide it wisely and
fearlessly.
Tho report set afloat that tho Senator
would not be a candidate for re-election
was only a ruse—“springes to catch
woodcocks.”
Political cosslp.
There is considerable activity in po
litical circles in Georgia, and especially
about Atlanta. Candidates them
selves, newspaper correspondents and
tlie impecunious followers who pick up
the crumbs let fall from tho table of
this or that man or clique, think and
talk of but little else. This gossip does
not signify much, and yet it is not with
out interest; and hence we reproduce
some of it here from the well-informed
correspondent of the Savannah Timet,
In a late letter from Atlanta he says:
Politics, both State and national, seem
to l>e warming up in this section. It is
now stated that ex-Congressman W. E.
SmIHi hoffnr Irnnivn n« “Tntn"
prefer a greater variety and les3 highly
seasoned food.
There are but few persons, after all,
who relish strong and pungent condi
ments with tlieir bodily or mental diet.
For the thousand politicians in Georgia,
big and little, who read this journal,
there are nine thousand others who
take hat little interest in political dis
cussions, and for whom the average
party newspaper is dreary reading.
These nine thousand men and women
are entitled to some consideration at
the hands of tho editor.
Counting all who read tho several
issues of this journal,the fathers, moth
ers and children, and the friends who
borrow it, it is safe to soy it numbers
at least 50,000 readers. This is a large
audienco which we address from day to
day, and from week to week. It is a
mixed audience, including all classes
of people, male and female, old and
young, rich and poor, wise and sitnplo,
and they all differ in some degree at
least as to the intellectual pabulum de
sired.
It will not do, therefore, to edit tlie
paper for ono class of readers alone.
In other words, wo do not think it
would be wise nor just to address our
selves exclusively to the one thousand
politicians who may happen to
bo in the audience, and to
slight or disregard tho wishes
and feelings ol the fifty or seventy-five
thousand other persons who desire to
hear us on other matters.
But the political reader may rest as
sured that wo have an abundant supply
of ammunition stowed away in tlie lock
er, and that our supply of arms of all
kinds is ample from the parlor rifle
up to tho heaviest columbiad. These
guns we keep in good order, and our
powder is dry. But we do not deem
it wise to shoot in tho air, nor to waste
our ammunition. Nor do wo consider
it prudent to begin firing before tho
enemy appears, otherwise the wrong
man—perhaps a friend—might ho hit.
Premature firing only serves to dis
close one’s own position. Great battles
are sometimes lost In this way.
i injury will he
Smith, better known as “Tete" Smith, of
Albany, Judge Thomas O. Simmons, of
At aeon, mid Hon. Louis F. Garrard, of
Columbus, will bo in tlie race for Gover
nor, As a matter of course. Gov. McDan
iel will stand for re-election. If ail of
these are in the raco a lively contest will
bo tho outcome. Bacon, I hardly think,
will try it again, as I learn that recently lie
has been employed as counsel in some very
important suits that will command ills un
divided attention and pay him far better
than the Governorship. His name, how
ever, lias been mentioned verv favornbiy
in this connection by many of the now-spa-
K rs of the State, and it is a well known
st that his numerous friends all over
Georgia ate as determined as ever to put
him in tlie executive choir as soon as an
opportunity affords It.
With regard to the Congressional dis
tricts, the correspondent gathers the
following rumors, without vouching for
their entire accuracy:
Northern Speakers In the South.
There is a movement on foot tn the
Republican party looking to a change
of programme in tho conduct of the
next Presidential campaign. If we may
believe the leading journals of the
North the contest should be a hand to
hand one. For instance, the orators
instead of rushing from point to point
throughout doubtful States in the
North waving the “bloody shirt” and
horrifying audiences with fearful
scenes of blood laid away off in South
ern settlements, and gloomy pictures
of legislation under a reinstalled Dem
ocracy, should come down here among
the benighted people and address them
upon great business principles and
leading questions of to-day. Says the
New York Herald:
We advise leading Republicans in Mis
sissippi, South Carolina, Louisiana. Vir-
e nia and other Southern States to formal-
and publicly ask the Republican cam
paign committee to select and send North
ern men of prominence and ability into
these States to speak during the coming
summer and fall. It is true tlie Republi
can partv should cease to be a sectional
K irtjr. It has no excuse for longer retain-
g that character.
Upon the same line says the Cleve
land Leader:
It Is said that in the first Congressional
district, the Hon. A. P. Adams will make
tlie race for Congress at the next election.
In the second, the Ifpn. C. B. Wooten Is
spoken of as tlie man who will try to cap
ture Congressman Turner's scat. Judge
Crisp, ot the third, now in Congress,
Will, it is sold, find an opponent lor ins
scat In tlie person of Judge A. C. Pate.
The fourth-has always been abundantly
supplied witli Congressional timber, and
Buchanan will no doubt find plenty of op
position when tlie time comes. It Is sug
gested that Hon. W. A. Little, of Colum
bus, or P. F. Smith, of Newnan, may cntei
the race.
Coming down to tlie fifth, It is predicted
on ail sides that an interesting fight will
take ploco for Hammond’s sent. Colonel
Hammond is now here, attending to some
law business and looking over the field
with an anxious eye. He is much exer
cised over Captain Jackson’s candidacy.
* * * A close observer tells me
that he thinks Jackson will get the dele
gates from this county, but even then the
chances arc that he will be beaten by some
man from the lower port of the district, os
there is a strong feeling among the masses
of the district that Fulton has had the
member long enough.
To-day it Is authoritatively announced
that Boynton is no longer in the raco for
Congress in the fifth. This announcement
was received with much surprise, inasmuch
as it was pretty generally believed that tlie
complexion of the district was favorable to
him. Along with this announcement
conies the statement that Judge John D.
General Longatreet.
General Longstrcet, United States
marshal for the northern district of
Georgia, was examined in Washington
yesterday by the committee appointed
to investigate the expenditures by the
Department of Justice. Tho reader is
referred to our noon dispatches from
Washington for his testimony so far as
it had been given.
It will be seen that General Long-
street testifies under oath that a
combination had been formed to
effect his removal from office,
and that Bryant was to he appointed
as his successor and Baltin as his dep
uty marshal. Bryant is well known in
Georgia ns ono of the most pestilent
and vindictive carpet-baggers ever
turned looso upon tho State. Onco
firmly fixed in tho marshal’s office,
no man in his district, however inno
cent and well-conducted, would be
safe.
Ballin Is one of the corps ot official
examiners sent out by tho administra
tion to overhaul tho accounts ol officers
of tho government. This man, having
been sent to Atlanta to investigate
General Longstreet’s accounts, was
recently examined by this same
committee before which tho Gen
eral testified yesterday. Ballin rep
resented tho accounts of tho mar
shal’s offleo to bo in woful condition—
enter that ho had made over-charges and had
misapplied tho funds of tho govern
ment. Other charges equally gravo
were made, and some Democratic pa
pers were quick to publish them. But
Gen. Longatreet testifies that thissame
Ballin, the examiner of Ids books and
the witness agaiqst him, under the
combination hatched by the Atlanta
court houso ring, was to be the new
deputy marshal!
What are the examinations of such a
man worth? And to what credit is his
testimony entitled? Absolutely noth
ing.
Speer and Arthur.
A telegraphic dispatch from Wash
ington to the New York Timet informs
the world “and the rest of mankind/
that “Di»trict Attorney Speer promises
an Arthur delegation from Georgia.”
Sir. Speer could not secure the Re
publican delegates from Georgia for
Sir. Arthur, it he was a Democrat. It
is understood on all sides thst he has
gone over to the Republican
party, and that he will
act with that party in the
future. There can be no objection
to this But now that he has become
*n open and active Republican, it U
hoped that the Democratic papers in
Georgia will recognise the fact,and treat
him as they wonld any other Republi
can. It will not do to support and de
fend him >u the future as has been
done in the past. The paper that
hereafter coddles u Republican who ia
devoting himself to the getting a Re
publican delegation for Arthur, and
who is working to overthrow ihe Dem
ocratic party, will be apt to hear some
thing drop.
The coming Presidential campaign
should (litter from every other that has
ever taken place In this country, in the
(act that in this campaign Republican
meetings must beheld and protectionist
speecher must be heard throughout the
southern States. There can be no restored
union in fact to long os one of our two
great political parties, ami that the one
which controls tlie government, muit re
main voiceless and speechless throughout
the Southern States,
The Chicago Inter-Ocean thinks that
“speakers like Conkling, Edmunds,
Blaine, Hoar, Frye, Hale, General
Hawley, Sherman, both the Harrisons,
Logan, Depew and a score of others
would be favorably welcomed.” All
tliia means that the votes of the South
ern Republican delegations at the next
Chicigo convention are worth strug
gling for; in (act, may become the bal
ance of power in tlie contest for which
so many prominent Republicans are
pluming themselves, and that lie who
has a personal influence in the region
to be canvassed moat necessarily bare
increased chances in tbe convention.
It ia ol little moment to the Southern
people whether tbe motive be baaed
upon the high ground of a restored Un-
that distract who want to go to Congress,
and want to go there bad.
Tlie Eighth, now repercsented by Hon.
Seaborn Reese, has not develo;>ed any
candidates so far, and petsons from that
district who take an interest in politics tell
me that Reese will hare no opposition.
He is a remarkably popular man. always
making friends and rarely manufacturing
enemies.
In the ninth I don’tknow whether Cand
ler will have any opposition or not, but
the chances are that he will, os he has not
developed as much as his friends hoped
that he would. The redislricting of tbe
Ninth has thrown into that district new
Congressional-timber, and this fact many
complicate matters to some extent.
The Tentli, which is the new district,
seems to bare settled on Hon. George T.
Barnes as the coming man. That district
has plenty of Congressional timber, erery
stick anxious for Congressional honors.
Still Another Word to tha Reader.
The new* wo rcceire from all parts ot
the .State with regard to the course of
the Telxuuapii and Messenoer is alto
gether gratifying. We are glad to note,
also, that It has met tlie (arorable con
sideration of the press. Wo hear, occa
sionally, s discordant note among oU
subscribers. These friend* have been
fed on “strong meat" so long that
tariff discussion is forced, the
simply irreparable. A prominent North
ern manufacturer, an earnest and const,.
tent Democrat and a representative man
of his class in every particular, assured me
tl-.at if free trade speeches are made in thh
Congress which tlie Republicans can use
as campaign documents, New Jersey will
be lost to us.
It maybe that the threatened discussion
can be averted. But one appropriation
bill 1ms been passed. There are a number
of contested election cases to be disposed
of. Both these and tlie appropriation bills
will be productive of long debates, and
Congress may tire before tlie tariff bill is
perfected and reported as ready for the
attention of the House. As yet, not a line
ot it lias been written, tlie committee of
ways and means being engaged in hearing
arguments from tlie representatives ot
various manufacturing interests.
PRESIDENTIAL SPECULATIONS.
The Presidential probable and possible
candidates r.my be thus aligned: Tilden,
Bayard, McDonald, Payne, Hoadly, Ran'
•tall, Hewitt and Flower, As remarked
above, Mr. Tilden is a candidate. In event
of failure upon his own part, it is conceded
that his next effort will beta name the
man.
Mr. Bayard is spoken of by admiring
friends, but it is known that Mr. Tilden
will not permit him to carry Now York.
McDonald docs not grow. Payne and
Hoadly are backed by Ohio, but Ohio is a
Republican State, and may bo ranked
alongside of Vermont, Illinois and Iowa.
Mr. Hewitt destroyed himself in the
O’Donnell affair. In matters of this kind
explanations are worse than tho original
offense. Mr. Randall is understood to be
pleasing to Mr. Tilden, but Mr. Randall
has just been crushed in tlie municipal
contest in Philadelphia, and enjovs the
hostility of the free traders and tiie whisky
ring to a high degree—it may be said,
above proof.
Many cling to tho idea that the battle
may be won upon tho Cincinnati platform, ®
with New York ns tho pivotal State, with
tho “Solid South" and the sinews of war,
in otlier words money. It is a disgraceful
and deplorable fact, that the Presidency of
tills ration, one hundred years after its
birth, is put up to the bid of gold; but it is
a fact nevertheless, a cold, solid, stubborn
fact, and wo cannot close our eyes to it If
wo sodcslrcd. Apart}- outof power cannot
commence the work of reform. Tho Re
publican party, entirely sectional in char
acter, methods and purposes, has held
power for twenty-four years by tho power
of gold. Can it be overthrown save by the
agency which has given it life and success?
It is claimed for Mr. Flower, that lie is a
gentleman of good abilities, os is shown
by his success, that he is unobjectionable
as to his record and public service, and
that ho can carry the State of New York.
The "tidal wave" Governors, Cleveland
and Pattlson, have not panned out satisfac
torily. No mention has been made of Mr.
Morrison, wiiomay bo set down at present
os a presidential impossibility. But a new
man looms up, Mr. Edward Cooper, for
mer mayor of New York city, the aon ot
Peter Cooper and tlie brother-in-law of Mr.
Hewitt. It is claimed for him that lie is
capable andean carry New York.
This is the sitnation, as it appears after
a careful and impartial survey. No success
enn como in the absence of harmony and
unity, and tlie sacrifice of personal pref
erences for tlie general good.
THE HEVCBLICAXS.
Our Republican friends are not so happy
as they seem. Edmunds, Arthur, John
Logan, the two Shermans, witli Grant and
Blaine lying off and watching cucli qth-
FROM WASHINGTON.
Stewart, of Spalding, wl'l enter the contest. The Tariff Question and the Presidency,
R l Judge 1, Stewart («‘™a.At. cossespondinos.]
will poll -the strength of Boynton, WlBWWIOSf, February 23.-—The wires
carry mg the same counties ami capturing have alrpudy announced the time and place
& selected for the neEt meeting of the De-
Etie votes of'Newton and Rodidaio rouro moeracy of the country. This action was
ties, and will go into the convention with without political motive, though it may
four votes. If Hammond is be«tenand tend to shape results. The session of the
in which event the contest will be a lively through the best part of a day. The dis
one from beginning to end. cussionwas exhaustive but entirely fair
Blount ortheeixth.itisiiaid.UlosInga and good natured, and there was a dispo-
good deal of sleep, caused by Hardeman's _*.» ® ., ’. . ,,
prospective candidacy. He feels that if on aN sides to yield mere personal
lUrueman U in the race ho will not have predlUctlons and pride of opinion to the
the walk over that he ha* bad for some general good. AlUdlscusahm of the tariir
y sTfi£ciemcnt»does not seem to have Wa ’ pretermitted as untimely And out of
any fixed opposition in the seventh. Be
fore the hall opens, lionever, he may have
his bunds full, as there area dozen men in
they have come to require it st every
meal; whereas there are probably an
ion or tbe mere personal ambition of hondred times as many reader* who
place. The final conclusion was reached
in this way: the friends of a later day
for bolding the convention voted for Chi
cago, to secure this result.
This Is good so far as it goes, but the
lint of September would have been much
better, and a discussion of this point by
the press might bare carried ft
Ohicagodoes not mean McDonald nor
Morrison. It has destroyed the unity ol
the "retributive justice" scheme. It was
proposed to take St. Louis, the old place,
and the old date; the old ticket and the
old platform were to follow in due course.
Just here it may he said that Mr. Tilden
a candidate, has been all along and in
tends to be at the convention. He will
knife all who stand in his way and may
again stampede the convention by his
tactics and put a candidate upon the
party under whose leadership defeat is as-
sured. Mr. Tilden is more powerful than
popular. Is be os patriotic and unselfish
as he is powerful? We shall see.
DEMOCRATIC CHANCES.
Opinion here varies widely aa to Use prob
abilities of Democratic success. It wool
be wrong to diguise the fact, that thinking
men are in distress and doubt, soma of the
eldest of them in despair. Those who
take a cheerful view of the future adm!
that everything now depends upon
action of the House of Representatives.
If the epproprfai * ‘ “
an early adjournment
will be (reed
do not make tho situation clear and se
rene. Tho colored statesmen of tlie South
will soon have an opportunitjr to swap
tlieir inilucnco for favors of some klmj,
but it is claimed here that Artiiur, witli
his hand on tho Federal machine, most
capture the Southern delegations.
Washington is bright and clean, and
crowded witli. visitors, who aro enjoying
with zest tlie last festivities before Lent
demands that society shall make atone
ment for its sins of feasting and frivolity.
Beyond the new residences going up in
the western portion of the city-,
tlie growth of tlie Washington
monument is most noticeable. It would
seem from rumors, or something really
more substantial, that the Atlanta Demo-
cratic-Rcpublico combination will succeed
in plsclng tlie official bond of General
Longatreet in acliarger. Tlie patronage of
Ills office U n-e-ird for the patriots in the ■
coming campaign.
The Macon folks are well and happy.
Congressional dinners have caused Colonel
Hardeman to limp a little, but not enough
to keep him from his publlo duties or at
tention to visiting constituents.
Much sympathy Is fcltby Georgians here
for the sufferers by tlie late cyclone, and
anxiety as to tlie condiiion of Mr.
Humber.
A rattling thunderstorm and rain last
night has caussl apprehension that anoth
er storm may have fallen upon our people.
Georgia lias ranked fourth in the list of
States for destructive storms. The t-xI-e-
ricnce of the twelve months past must give
her the unhappy prominence ot first place.
Tills letter may scarceiv he called new.y,
A. R. L.
but it la true.
to auatcRiBcaa.
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Weekly Teleuhai-ii and Mesh:noee
with ono year’s subscription who will
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SALE OF LAND.
GEORGIA, Bibb CotJKTY.—VHttreti, on tb*
Cthdayof Jane. Ism, K. J. Hanks, of said
V” u „ ri £ ttQj Sj nuke tad erectile to
Roffbltn*, also of said county and hutte, a cer
tain promissory note for the sum of one hun
dred and sixty dollars principal, <lue on tbe
tint day of October, thereafter: anil for tbe
I*, tt* r securing of said sum «>f did ere. uto
and deliver to the said Sffimi a mort£S£
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”( Mu -.’,1 -u'.'l ((.unit A'ft ''.xi.'. disii,)--.1.1,1 A
in tbe plan of said city as lot So. J i y. block
No. 7, i
(iilmer street,
did stipulate and
upon hi* failure
and .*
It at pub
simple t<
1 fronting 111 feet
wk raas, »i
In Raid
d K. J. lu
five noth » that on the 6th day o’f March,
1“M, -aid l«it of land and
will be sold at public outcry before the court
hou*c door in >*id county and Mate, and with-
I “t*» the bighctl bid-
in;' nia’l" to-AtUfv*
In tbe Wal hours of i
1 " sale b
ft int.”
of which ha
vhich will be full
Miy explained ..r» the day
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