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TIIE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, APRIL 11,1S84.
THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER.
Insincerity of Free Trader*.
Dally and Weekly.
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Agents wanted In every community to the
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AUoommunlcations should be addressed to
H. C. HANSON, Manager,
Macon, Ga.
for mere cheap houses, the Telegraph
suggested that capitalists individually
invest their money in that direction.
There can be no doubt but that this
An Improper Book for Southern Schools.
. . The Southern lliitonral Society Pa-
During the discussion of tlio tariff | amagaz \ne devoted to publishing
question in these columns xor the past | the true higtory 0 f t he l a to war, in its w
two years.we have steadily appealed to | Jagt numl)erf invites the attention of j combined action comes in the nature of
the reason and judgment, rather than ^ out j lcrn to “The Eclectic Ilis-< a desirable substitute, and as such the
the passions and prejudices of the peo-; o{ the xjnited States,” written by « —
pie. We have recognized the fact that Mjgg Thalheimer aod published by Van
this question can never he settled I Antw Bragl , ,5. Co., Cincinnati and
properly without an intelligent under-1 K#w Y(jrk It ig one ,
standingo( the principles involved. In
The Detroit Doji, in a hall column arti-
rltasks: "Alterwheat,what?" Wewould
.-•nlfeest flour flrst, and then bread.
The "colonel" epidemic always rages
-worst when the elections are on. It is a
-phase of the mouth disease that seems in
curable.
Hew Orleans ought to have an Ohio, a
Connecticut and a Pennsylvania jury on
exhibition at her great exhibition. That
-would leave nothing else to be desired in
the way of cariosities.
Tuexe fa a very general disapproba
lion of the weather by all the editors that
have yet been heard from. It is to be
noticed further that the weather doesn't
seem to be aflectcd, so far, by editorial
censure.
Congressman Willis needn’t have an
nounced himself aa being for "dear
whisky.” In common with the other
Congressmen from Kentucky, it seems
dearer to him than any other product or
interest of the country.
The country is again being desolated
by fires. Watchfulness and extreme cau
tion become ail the people, at ail times, but
particularly at a time when conflagration
seem epidemic. Prevention is both easier
and better that the safest, surest cure.
The American press lias a free and ca«y
way of characterizing and criticising the
official conduct and private dcpurtmentofl
foreign rulers, statesmen and generals
which is not always just nor in good taste.
Thb habit is the outgrowth of onr "fierce
dcmocracie,” and must, vie suppose, be
credited to the license of speech bom of
an excess of freedom.
Bome of the papers arc positive that the
fruit crop has been badly injured, and
others of their, are equally certain that the
outlook for a fall yield is excellent. It fa
sot a question for discussion. Fulfillment
or non-fulfillment fa the only measure ot
the faithfalnessof prophecies.
Bos Inoerholl's oratorical temperance
gem, tint still goes the rounds of the press,
fa said to hav. been stolen, bodily, from
the writing! of Dr. Gunn. This is written
with a riew to giving the devil his due.
Ingersoll la probably the greatest and
the moat unblushing ot literary and ora
torical pirates.
It will be observed that the Pennsylvania
Democrats continue to regard Sam Itnn-
dall as • Democrat, In good and able
standing. ItisnoaecretnowthatnandaU
will get a larger rote for the Presidential
nomination, in the Chicago Democratic
convention, than all the men that have
been reading him out of the party.
Ir what Atlanta deters say about At
lanta water fa true, and what its grocers
say about the food served out by them to
the people may be relied upon, the pru
dent pilgrim journeying in that direction
win carry with him a lunch basket and
water jug, both weU filled.
Tus New York legislature threatens to
declare war on oleomargarine. The Geor
gia Legislature brought forth a still born
law On that line. May better success at
tend the New York movement In the in
terest of pare, wholesome food. I’.eleut-
less legal war ought to be waged against
oleomargarine, food adulterations and
wnch like abominations.
No city in Georgii b making more satis
factory progress than Columbus. The
change* and improvements made within
the last few years are everywhere notice
able. The streets are kept cleaner and in
better condition than in any Southern city
we have viaiteikfor many years. New and
- elegant residences are being erected, and
new industrial enterprise* inaugurated and
carried forward. The people are animated
by a spirit of improvement, and seem to
be prosperous and contented. It the city
councils of Atlanta and Macon would go
in a body to Columbus and inspect her
streets, it would accomplish more good
than all the puflary bestowed upon the
one, and all the censure visited upon the
other.
Ora Gen. Gordon, not the Khartoum
man, fa certainly one of the boldest and
most picturesque financiers and specula
tor! the present century haa produced.
Scarce* day pease* that the Journal* of
the country do not chronicle him aa* the
leader of some startling financial enter
prise. His latest appearance fa in connec
tion with George C.Oorham, the dethroned
leader of tho Republican party, and
one Max Marx, in the Drawbaugh
Telegraph and Telephone Company,
capital $10,000,000. The name
the company fa carious, it not inau-
apicious. It would be ominous
In other hands than General Gordon's.
The line* of the company of the South are
to ran, according to the programme, trora
Net York to Richmond, Va., and thence
to any and all ot the cities and towns of
Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, MUtfa-
aipti. Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennea-
see, Arizona and New Mexico, and Nath-
Till*. Tcnn. The line* of the company of
the Northwest are to ran from New York
to Detroit, Michigan, and thence to the
cites and towns of Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri.
Kansas, Dakota. Montana, Idaho, Wyo
ming, Utah, and to the city of Denver,
Colorado. To a Georgia editor sorely
trembled about a summi-r straw hat, this
'Drawback Company is enough to take his
'breath away.
a spirit of earncBtncSB inspired by con
victions of right, we have advocate-1
the doctrine of protection.
So far we have no cause to regret onr
action. The judgment of a large num
ber of intelligent men, who in some in
stances have differed from us, is, that
so far the ngument fa with us.
There is a class, however, who, while
perfectly impotent to meet the q*uCct:o:i
upon reasonable grounds, have not had
the manhood to own that they were un
able to comprehend its simplest princi
ples. These,insensible alike to the argu
ment in the case as well as a decent
regard for the principles, rights and
opinions of men as honest as them
selves, have sought to evade the force
of logic they could not answer, by as
cribing unworthy motives for our posi
tions, convictions and principles.
More than one paper in Georgia, of
late, has sought to array public preju-
Uice against this journal because one of
its stockholders, who is also president
of the company that owns it', is one of
the owners, and manager of the
cotton mills in this city. If the
brains—if they have any brains
—of the men—if they are men—from
whom these foul aspersions emanate,
were of a quality to warrant the slight
est comprehension, they could see that
if their theories are true; the mills of
this city have been, taxed beyond any
interest here by virtue of the protective
policy of tho government. The duty
on cotton machinery amounts to some
40 per cent, when it is imported
into tile 'country. The mills of
the Bibb Manufacturing Company of
this city arc equipped wholly with
American machinery. Why should
the owners of this property advocate a
protective policy that subjects them to
payment of forty per cent, more for
American machinery than they could
import English machinery for, hut for
the tariff, if they are aetingfrom selfish
motives? If these columns are tilled
from time to time with protective arti
cles, and these are influenced by the
motives that have been ascribed to us,
why is it that no word of complaint
has been uttered here against a law
that has necessitated the expenditure
of so much money by those whose inter
ests we are accused of serving?
We address these questions to men
of reason, in answer to one and all of
that class of logicians who aro without
principles or convictions themselves,
whose actions arc inspired by mercen
ary motives, and who jttdgo others by
themselves.
If one man interested in cotton mnn-
facture is a protectionist and for this
reason—when his convictions cost the
expenditure of largo sums of money
which he cheerfully pays—his motives
must be assailed, what is to be said of
another, having like interests, who fa
vors free trade? Docs tho latter favor
this policy from pure benevolence, or
does lie act from interested motives? If
the latter, is he leu culpuhle than the
former? Or does the fact that he agrees
with these newspaper Solons wl)o sit
in judgment upon tho motives of other
men, entitle him to immunity from cen
sure?
Aro these political Pharisees ready
to come to judgment upon this line of
reasoning? Or will they in keeping
with their ignorance and aelf-sufllcicn-
cy, deny the correctnesa of a principle
when applied to men who agree with
them, which they insist governs those
who differ from them?
Tho unreasoning prejudices of the
Southern people on this question, in
times that are past, have
cost tho South hundreds of
millions of dollars. These preju
dices, that camu through tradition to
this generation, arc dissolving under
the discussion ot this question. Tiie
social and industrial conditions that
are prevalent in tho manufacturing
States of the Union are being traced to
that diversity of interest prevalent
there. These results havo come to
other States by means that we have
heretofore neglected. That neglect is
fairly attributable to false conceptions
of the tariff question. Ignorance of
this question lias been largely
due to narrow and bigoted
men who havo unfortunately •suc
ceeded through the agency of the
press—an agency that they were in no
wise fitted to direct—in creating erro
neous sentiments and opinions amongst
the people. The absolutely blind have
attempted to lead those who could have
seen, hut for their presumption, and
all have fallen into the ditch of poverty
together. Thank God, the days of tho
small politician and the smaller
editor, who have sought, not the
truth, but the current ot pop
ular prejudice and popular
ignorance, aradrawing to a close. They
are powerless longer to bind the peo
ple of this State in stupid, stolid folly
and error. They die hard, it is true,
and in their impotent rage and despair,
they may he expected to malign and
traduce the agencies that ore destroy
ing their power.
Telegraph readily indorses it.
of the McGuffy
series of readers, and it is said that
Southern men are canvassing for its
sale and that it is being introduced into
Southern schools.
The editor of The Southern Iliitorieal
Society 1‘apen says:
We propose to review this "History” in a
aerie* ot papers in which we shall show that
however pure may be the motive* of author,
publishers, agent*, school boards or teacher*
who have adopted it) the book Itself Is full ot
errors, mlsrepresedtations, talse statements,
partisan coloring and talse teachings—that it
exalts the North at the expense of tho South—
that It misrepresents the character, motivi
principles awl deeds of our Confederate gov
ernment, leaders, soldiers and people—and
that if our children are to team their "htsto-
from this libel upon the truth, they will
grow np to despise the land and cause which
their fathers loved, and for which they freely
risked, and many of them gladly gave up,
their lives.
We would not ask to entrust this
task to abler or more faithtul hands,
and if the book is amenable to the
promised criticism, the work cannot be
commenced too soon or prosecuted too
vigorously. The North educated to a
great extent several generations of
Southern men and women. When this
was not done in schools and colleges,
it was done through the text hooks
printed in that section and often by
teachers male and female who had
migrated South from New England.
Possessed earlier of the means of
printing and distributing books ami
periodicals, the North impressed her
ideas upon the youth of the South.
While some good came of all this,
was also accompained by much that 1
was evil.
Every educated and intelligent man
and woman of the present day and gen
eration,can recall the struggle each en
countered in after life in removing the
wrong impressions made upon their
minds during school days.
The sermon of Eliphalet Nott on the
death of Hamilton was the opening
cry of persecution against Aaron Burr.
Most Americans still regard him as the
worst of men. The truth is that he was
in many respects the superior ot Hamil,
ton and his inferior in nothing. If tiie
duel, which wasonc of tiie most justi
fiable ever fought, had resulted differ
ently, nothing would have been heard
of it from pulpit or press.
It is of the highest importance that
our children should he taught the
truth, and with the facilities within
our reach it will be criminal in us, if
we permit their young mindsto be poi
soned against the memories of their
kith and kin.
Now that the municipalities, the
State and tho national governments are
all striving to take from the parents the
education of their children, and before
the struggle has culminated In submis
sion or defeat for the parents, we should
make an etl'ort to have the truth of his
tory put into tiie hands of our hoys and
girls.
The multiplication of text hooks in
schools and their frequent change, is
already a burden to parents, and a dis
advantage to children. It is said that
all teachers do not share tills disadvan
tage, many 01 them receiving larger per
centages upon the sale of school books
which are cheaply manufactured and
sold. There should lie some responsi
ble head or body in a school system, to
guard against the introduction and use
ot such books as the one upon which
we have commented.
Tins subject is a most important one,
and should demand and receive tint
immediate and earnest attention of
every parent and guardian in the land.
A Statue of Mr. Wadley to be Erected In
Macon.
It lias already been mentioned in
these columns, that the employes of
the Central railroad system, in grateful
appreriation of his services to the
.State and his kindness to them, have
determined by voluntary contributions
to erect a statue to commemorate the
name of Mr. Wadley.
On Saturday lost a meeting of the
committee having the matter in charge
was held in tho city of Savannah. We
learn from Capt John A. Davis, of Al
bany, who hoa taken a lively interest
in the matter, that arrangements were
made with an artist for a life size
statue in bronze of Mr. Wadley, and
that it will be erected when complet
ed, in Macon.
Tliis question would have been so
decided at the meeting referred to, but
it was deemed proper to consult the
wishes of all of those who had contrib
uted to tiie memorial. There can be
no doubt as to the final result.
In behalf of the citizens of Macon, we
take occasion to say that they will feel
honored by this action. A suitable
site will be donated, and everything
will be done to cherish the memory of
a Georgian by adoption, whose wisdom
energy and Spartan virtue won for him
a warm place in tho hearts of every
citizen of the State.
Tbs friends of Mejor Bernes, who fa a
member of the committee that inaugu
rated a late campaign, appear to be quite
previous. They are moving towards a
Congressional convention already. If
Major Barnes baa a walk over, there need
be no burry, and if the tenth district
An Importune Duslness Item.
Elsewhere in this issue is presented
tiie plans tor an organization in process
of formation to be known ns the Mucou
-Ileal Estate and Improvement Compa
ny, so fully set forth as to need but
little attention in this department of
tho Telegraph. It may not lie amiss,
however, to emphasize an idea therein
touched upon.
The movement in Macon real estate
during the last three years and the
permanent improvements effected are
facts almost unprecedented in the his
tory of any Southern city. They force
themselves upon the attention of every
one who takes occasion to make a tour
of the city, and have drawn from
Uraditreeti, a comparative statement
of improvements in Georgia cities, by
which it appears that Macon stands a
the head of the list with a total expen
diture of nearly $3,000,000 in the di
rections indicated, an excess of nearly
$200,000 over Augusta, second.
From the park to the laboratory lie-
yond Vincvilie, from “Block Ankle'
to the Seven Bridges, can be seen im
provements in every shape, otul the
sales of real estate, as the books of lead
ing agents will show,have not only Itcen
enormous, hut at an advance in rates
that will not fall below a fifty per cent,
average. Within the city limits prop
er, the tendon^ now is generally to
the subdivision of large lots and the
building of fine resiliences or cotn-
modions stores', on anil near the
suburbs, the improvements take the
form chiefly of neat ami inexpensive
resiliences for people of moderate in
comes. The only drawback that has
hitherto existed was the lack of a con
stant market, or steady demand, where
by persons who invested in real estate
might easily divest themselves of such
A Plan of Campaign and a Leader.
Now that the official exponent of the
Georgia Democracy has inaugu-;
rated a campaign, it becomes necessary
for the party to take counsel ns to a
platform and a leader.
For many years the Georgia Democ
racy was looked to with great solid-*
tude and interest. The party was
strong, harmonious, possessed of lead
ers of strong and practical sense. The
cotton States of the South were content
to follow the lead of Georgia. Oppor
tunity is afforded,her to rcassume the
proud position.
It is safe to say that the Georgia De
mocracy, in common with the majority
of the party in the other States,will in
sist upon the Cincinnati platform
at Chicago, as embodying the
best conservative sentiment of the
party and ns calculated to bring about
the most liarinonius action.
The selection of a leader is likely to he
accompanied with greater difficulties.
In these days of booms and boomlots,
when active politicians arc largely con
trolled by their personal preferences,
and presses are subsidized by the tap
ping of “bar’ls," a wide divergence
of opinion is manifested.
Fortunately for tho Democratic par
ty, the Presidential candidate is indi
cated to some extent by the plan which
promises success.
Mr. Tilden was nominated in 1870
upon the idea that lie could carry New
York, the pivotal State, and that this,
with the support of the solid South,
Connecticut, New Jersey and In
diana, would secure his election.'
it was a plan as opposed to the sugges
tion that there was between tiie South
and West a community of material and
political interests. The result vlndi
catcd the wisdom of the plan. The
election really went to tiie Democrats.
It may lie observed that Sir. Tilden,
in the midst of the diplomatizing,
dancingand sparring attributed to him
by sundry reporters and politicians,
has firmly adhered to tlio idea that tho
Democrats must nominate a man who
can carry New York. The Republi
cans admit that it is the pivotal State
—tiie real battle-ground of the Presi
dential campaign.
There will be 401 votes in the electo
ral college. . Of these 153 will be east
by the following Southern States: Ala
bama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary
land, Mississippi, Missouri, South Car-
rolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Tex
as, Virginia and West Virginia.
Besides these 153, the Democrats
will need 48 votes to have a majority
The States which are counted as doubt
ful are New York, Ohio, Connecticut
Indiana, California and Nevada, hav
ing in all 01 votes. To this
list the Republicans would add New
Jersey, with nine votes, althpugli,
it may he safely reckoned as Demo
cratic. In 1880 Nevada, California and
New Jersey cast their electoral votes for
Hancock. This year they will probably
give their total ot twenty to the Demo
cratic nominee, leaving twenty-eight
secure. Ohio and Connecticut would
supply these, with one to spare, or
Ohio anil Indiana, with ten to spare.
But New York alone, with its thirty-
six electoral votes, would elect the
Democratic candidate, and allow the
loss ot Ohio, Indiana and Connecticut,
besides California.
If these figures may be relied upon,
they show the absolute necessity for a
leader who can carry tho State of New
York.
It may \>c assumed tlist Mr. Tilden
is an impossible candidate. His physi
cal condition is an insurmountable
harrier to any hope from him. There
fore, if the Georgia Democracy pro
poses to enter the contest with a desire
or intention and a hope to win, the
lime has come when it shall cast aixrat
for a leader who can meet the condi
lions referred to above.
The Alternative*.
In the course of tho debate in the
Houseof Representatives Monday last,
with regard to the duty ou wool, Mr.
Kurd, the'ahlest Democratic free trade
advocate on tiie floor, let off the follow
ing high-sounding sentence:
I don't care that the party to ivhleb I belong
shall come into power unless ft shall he to
give tree trate to the people, better prices to
capitalists, larger wages to the laborer and
great glory to tbe American name.
This reads very prettily, but it docs
not smack of statesmanship.
It requires, say, $300,000,000 per an
num tosupport the federal government,
pay the interest on tiie public debt,
pensions, etc. This vast sum can he
raised in only two ways—by direct tax
ation and duties on foreign importa
tions.
“Free trade,” which Mr. Hurd
advocates, means the abrogation
of all tariff laws, and the raising of the
$300,000,000 annually required by tho
government, by direct taxes wrung
from the people. The present internal
revenue laws may he properly consid
ered as of the nature of direct taxation.
Of the amount now needed for the sup
port of the government, Georgia’s quota,
under a system of direct taxation,
could hardly be expected to fall much,
if any, below $10,000,000.
Are the people of Georgia, in addi
tion to their present State, county and
municipal taxes, ready to contribute
this amount annually to the general
government? If not, then they are
not ready for free trade and direct tax
ation—for the one cannot exist without
the other, unless Mr. Ilurd can point
out some way by which the govern
ment can be carried on without money.
The money must be raised in some
way; if not by imposts, then by the
present obnoxious internal revenue
system, supplemented by direct taxa
tion.
Such are the alternatives, and since
this is a free cou itry, the people can
take their choice. Will they have a
protective tariff, or free trade and di
rect taxes?
Ohio Lost to the De nocrats.
All hope oi securing the electoral
vote of Ohio for the Democratic presi
dential candidate, was deliberately de*
stroyed by Democrats in the House of
Representatives on Monday last.
The bill revising the tariff laws,
passed in conformity to the report of
the tariff commissioners, reduced the
duty on wool, large quantities of which
are produced in Ohio. During'the
gnbernational contest in that
State last year. Democratic speakers
and newspapers, in order to
secure tho votes of the wool
growers, promised that the duty should
be restored, and .1 hill having that ob
ject in view was introduced- at tho
present session. A motion was made
on Monday to suspend the rules and
pass this bill. The motion was opposed
by Mr. Morrison and Mr. Hurd, leaders
of the tariff reformers, and defeated.
An appeal was made to the Democrats
to keep their pledge.” They were
told, in the course of the discussion,
that “they had gathered tho fruits of
the people's faith, and now they ought
to keep their promises.”
It is true that the article ot wool
is embraced in tho general tatiff hill
reported by the ways and means com
mittee, but no ono now anticipates
the passage 'bt that bill. Tlio defeat
Let Ceorpta Democrats Speak.
. It is now no longer an open question
ns to whether or not the action of the
Democratic free trade clique in Con
gress has damaged the party’s chances
in the approaching Presidential con
test. It is openly stated on all hands
and believed that, without prompt ac
tion on the part of the national Demo
cratic convention, there can be no
chance of success. And not only must
this action ho prompt, but so vigorous
and complete as to forever disarm sus
picion, and convince the business men
of the eountty that neither immediate
free trade nor a policy looking toward
a gradual approach to it will ever lie the
policy of the pnrty. Unless such ac
tion is had, the Democratic party
might just as well go into the contest
upon a pro-slavery platform and expect
success. • When Mr. Carlisle was elect
ed to the Speakership of the House
and became the quasi-leader of the
party, the Telegraph pointed out the
probability of having to call upon the
people to withdraw their trust, and
bring the party back to the proper
issues. What was prophesied has come
to pass.' In their efforts to pass the
infamous whisky bill, the men who
had the leadership to control, have
suffered it to fall into the hands of a
junto of cranks, who havo spawned the
present abortion called a tariff bill and
seek to foist it upon the country. Prin
ciples, business interests, party hopes
have all been threatened, almost
sacrificed to afford these men
an opportuni'y to demonstrate
an improbable theory. It is time Ju
piter wrenched tho reins from the
hands of Phteton and resumed control.
The Democratic party must realize
that first of ai! the interests to he con
sulted, are tlio business interests of the
country. If it requires surgical opera
tions to get this idea into the heads
of Hurd, Morrison & Co., the
sooner the surgeons are called in the
better. Their blatant appeals to tho
ignorant prejudices and unreasoning
artificial sentiment of the thoughtless
must cease, or tho party should so ar
range it that they echo only from tho
private walks of life. The man who
hates tho whirr of the busy wheel, the
roar of the furnace, the sound of tlio
FROM ATLANTA.
MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN STAT
CONVENTION.
M. u. dark Mads Temporary Chairman..!
Proceedings Begin with the Usual ""
Wrangle—The Negro In tho
Ascendant Politically.
ltrtCUL CORRESPONDEXCE.I
Atlanta, April U.-Tlie State Republic:,,
convention net at noon to-day in Itepre-I
sentativc hall. Before the hour of i*eetin„l
tiie ball was crowded, ami the geneSil
complexion of Hie crowd indicate!] tb? I
the colored brother would largely predo* I
inate in the convention. Amins tl','.I
whiles scattered here and there over n!!l
Hull, Buck. Bryant and Walter Johnson I
were prominent figures. The seats in tbs I
gallery were fully occupied, mid antonSI
that body of spectators were quite a mn31
her of the new "Whig Republicans,"
wore upon their patriot faces a settlml
look of interest. The crowd upon th»l
floor, white and black, were, in the main I
funiiliur faces—time-honored delegates nil
Republican State conventions. “ *
PROCEEDINGS.
The convention was called to order bv I
A, E. Buck, chairman of the State central I
committee. He congratulated the pa-trl
upon the meeting, the harmony that nr/. I
vailed in the party and committee ntwt 1
ings, and believed tbe convention would I
get through ita work without dissension or I
any disturbance of that harmonious feel. [
ing. He then read the call of the State 1
contra! committee under which theconven-1
tion had assembled.
W- A. Pledger moved the election!
of M. l . Clark, of Macon, as temporary I
oliairman. Wright, of Augusta, seconded I
the nomination.
Jackson McHenry, of Pulton, put in
uralnation Smith Easley, of Fulton. 1
As Pledger had stated that the taro
didates, right and Easley, ha 1 volantv I
irly withdrawn in favor of Clark, and as I
Wright bad seconded Clark’s nomination I
Pledger rose nmi reaffirmed his first Mate-1
ment and called on Easley to withdraw, or
he would break his faith. |
There was a lively discussion over this
grave matter, which threatened to start ofl 1
the convention in a commotion. Friends I
of Easley repudiated any arrangement ■£* [
which his name had been been withdraw^,
and urged him to make the race. * l
lhvaux took tho tloor as Easley’s cham
pion, und made a break against the “ring,” l
who, he said, had tiie whole matter cut I
ami dried, and lie was with the Hfcly ot
delegates who would smash the ring if they I
could. |
Major Easley rose to a personal privilege.
Ho stated that lie would not be the cause
of any discord in tiie party which his can
didacy might create, and famish [
food for the Norcross crowd, who I
were standing on the outskirts with I
gaping mouths, “parasites” and “cat- ]
throats.” He therefore reluctantly decline I
being a candidate. Pledgerahoroaetouuur- I
sonal explanation,assertiugthat Easley had
hammer and the ringof the woodman’s Bft
axe, cannot tepresent the Democratic j thrust at Devaux for attempting to ent-
party of tho country.
The check upon the present leaders
must come direct from the States—
from the people. Let Georgia speak
next. Virginia, West Virginia, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, New Jersey and Con
necticut have spoken. Titeir unani
mous verdict is,’that the business in
terests and manufacturing industries
of this country need protection—a tariff
so adjusted as to supply tho wants of
the government economically adminis
tered, and afford protection to the in
dustries of the country. In little more
than sixty days will bo held tiie State
convention to nominate delegates to
the Chicago national convention. Let
the people semi to it delegates who
will declare that the prosperity of
Georgia shall not bo checked nor her
industrial growth dwarfed by men w ho
misrepresent her. Let the voice of the
laboring men ito heard, and their
demand for complete protection lie re
corded.
nto discortb Dtvanx then rose to his |*r-
sonal explanation,.which was on the same
line as his previous remarks. The mottos I
was then put on the call for the previous ]
,■ tlnsti*,n n»A.l IT f’laelr tinanimmisl. I
question ami M. U. Clark unanimously I
elected temporary chairman. I
W. O. H. bhepnard, H. H. Rucker and I
K. A. Johnson were elected temporary
secretaries.
Chairman Liark was conducted to tb*
elrnir. He made a brief speech,
thanking tlio committee fer
honor, addressed himself vigorously
to the “Norcross faction” with a dis
sertation on the mission of the Republi
can party, and counselled harmony
proceedings of the convention.
A wiregrass delegate asked the chair
man to make ids su&xh short. gAnother
delegate nut in on tne same line.
The chairman promptly concluded,
and announced the convention ready (or
business.
Wright, of Richmond, moved the ap
pointment of a committee on credeutiaU
to consist of ono from each Congressional
district, and one from the State at large.
The motion was adopted..
Tiie chairman appointed as a committee
ts „.iul*.,iti.itn . A# laeittt II ’A’vislit*
WHO Is Responsible '
Tlio New York Sun is jegarJctl as
one of the ablest ami truest friends tlio
South has among the newspapers of
tiie North. Wo may not always Ito
able to agree with it, hut its frankness,
of the motion to suspend the rules and I fidelity and ability cannot be ques-
ott credentials: At large, 1L IL Wright;
first district,James Bine; second district,!'.
I’ntny; third district, W. E. King; fonrth
district. R. D. Irecke; fifth district, W. II
Johnson ; sixth district, B. O. Hose ; hi-
enth district, Jsck Hargrove
pass the bill above referred to, may
therefore, be considered as the defeat of
nil measures looking to tiie restoration
of the former duly on that article.
This disposes, not only of the bill In
question, but of the vote of Ohio, and
probably of Indiana.
tioned
Let us see what this well-informed
journal has to say as to the responsi
bility for the present condition and
prospects of the Democratic party. It
tells us;
The rent authors of Democratic hltintcr* at
this session ot Congress have been the free
traders who have hail voles In the House ot
Representative*.
There, the Democratle majority hail the op
portunity, by aiming at an honest and exleu-
slve reduction of taxes, In* investigating Re-
puldlean (rand* and eofrectlu, abuses, to
make tho election of the next Democratle
dldale for President a virtual certainty. Hut
our tariff reform Glenda, hllud tu all practical
consideration*, for the sake of emphasizing
their convictions on thu theory of free trade,
Rsmarkabl* Coincidence.
It is “a remarkable coincidence
Mr. 1’eter Magnus would say, if he
were here, that both tho temperance
advocates and whisky distillers of the
West concur in the desire to retain tho
tax on that exhilarating and intoxicat
ing beverage.
The temperanee people advocate the ,
fax in order to increase tho cost, and I
, , , , . # I tie iactions over *n abutnutiun whiuh, In the
thereby lessen the conmioiption, of j prenent *tato ot *fr*in, raujoi be i xuited Into
whisky. Indeed, they would he glad a reality.
to tax whisky out of existence, and ! ’^* 10 r »?*pon*lbllIty tor the prm-nt uufortu-
tint, prohibit the production as well as ! rn7-^m^»uu^ra^hV^
property when ready money became a
rushes into a campaign at this earl, dare, yw 1 *- Tbe new company,!!! soon
tbe whole Mat* way be convulsed before ’l^Mtrate tbe wisdom of its organ-
k'-Meort.tfami Congressmen ran get bom* to look sfter I i,en ’' I >ave tl,e wa - v for rival *' In, chance of bfight, and if the ;
two Intern, beeves. One wcfgbSi | ^*° <.'ongre..tooM cooven- thi* manner will mwhoCtte old Iron- ^^^gSSS'*todta[to r f
near a ton. and John paid $80, for him don should be ripecnaugh to pick before We be .lone away with. 1 ptarhft.apple*, etc.rTill bt t
■* — I Recently, in treating of the necessity | {„ tld*region.
fodder pulling lime,
Fruit Crop In HalL
Gainesville Southron.
The fmit crop is more promising this
season than in several years. Owing
to tbe late spring there is no possible
chance of blight, and if the yiAd i*
held thy looking
plentiful
tho consumption of the article.
The whisky distillers, on the other I
hand, advocate the retention of the
present tax, because they are aware
that its removal would encourage hun
dreds of other persons of small means
to engage in the business. This would
lead to over-production of whisky, and
a reduction of profits. As long as the
business can, by high taxes and license
fees, be confined to a few rich and
powerful firms and individuals—the
whisky ring, in other words—the dis
tillers feel reasonably certain that there
will always be a sufficient demand,
notwithstanding the tax, to insure sat
isfactory profits.
The whisky men and free traders of
the West—the men who controlled the
organization ot the Ilonsc of Represen
tatives and inaugurated the so-called
tariff reform movement—are pulling
together for the some goal. The whisky
clement has become rich and powerful,
and is now grasping for the control of
the politics ot the country. It already
dominates the Democratic party in a
large section of the country. It has
raised its dragon’s head in both
houses of Congress, and though ita
demands were refused, it evinced a dis
position and power for mischief that
should arouse the apprehensions of
thinking men everywhere.
If the government would remit to tbe
States the power to levy taxes npon
whisky, tobacco and other articles
from which its internal revenues are now
derived, and would encourage the la
bor and industry of the country by
raising the means for its own wants by
impost duties,
■hool uotr la Congreat,
We commend the remarks of tho Sun
to the thoughtful consideration of the
reader. It must have become evident
by this time to all observant men,
that we are indebted to the impracti
cable theorists in Congress and on the
press for the present unfortunate con
dition of the Democratic party, and the
probable defeat which awaits it in the
near future. The election in Ohio two
days ago shows too plainly which way
the tide is setting.
- eighth dis
trict, Madison Davis; ninth district, W.
T. Wilson; tenth district, P. H. Craven.
Tbe convention then took a recess d
one hour to allow the committee on cre
dentials time to discharge Ita duties.
TIIE AFTERXOOX SESSION.
The convention was called to order at
3 p. m. Mojor Easley took the floor toil
referred to the tact that four yean ago. u
a meeting of tbiaiionreiitlon in this lull,
Amos T. Ackerman and Edwin Belcbet.
prominent members of the party, addrem!
the convention. They had since died,and
it would he protier to appoint acomniiii**
to prepare resolution* ou their death. Ik
moved the appointment of a committee of
five, of which W. A. llc lgt r should bs
chairman. Tbe motion was adopted.
On motion of Jackson McHenry, tbs
committee was requested to add a memo
rial resolution for the late John M. Brows,
of this county, a departed editor of the
Priinnre. The folio wing cmnnilttee was se-
lointcl: W. A. Pledger, A, K. Buck. W.
W. Brown. J. K. Bryant, John Dorcaui.
The convention was then l-ermanenl'r
organized by the election of It. D. Locke
S Tma'icnt chairman, and Smith F.adey,
axwdl Manning anti E. A. Johnson sec
retaries.
The chairman coa anted a few minotts
in eulogizing the Republican party, bend
ing Democracy and counseling party
Tiie convention then elected the follow
ing delegates from the State at Urge to tbs
national Republican convention, which
meets in Chicago June 3d; A. K. Buck,
W. A. Pledger, L. M. Pleasant* and C. D.
Forsyth.
Tbe following are tbe delegates from tbs
Congressional district* to Chicago:
First district, A. N. Wilson, James Bli
Second district, C. W. Arnold, C. Fa
Third district. K. 8. Small, Elbert Ileai
Fonrth diathtWiEMnisonj. C. ~
Filth district, W. D. Moore, J. R. Bryant
Sixth district. W. W. Brown. P. O. Holt
Scvenlh district. G. It. Burnett. J. O. Gas-
sit; Eighth district.M. Davis, M. A, Wood;
Ninth district, W. T. it. Wilson, James &
Gaston: Tenth district, It. IL Wright, \T.
The Weather.
Just now the weather is neither an
uninteresting or unimportant subject of
Conversation or journalistic discussion.
April has Itecome very breezy and the
temperature in this section has been
sufficiently chilly tocxcito the appre
hension of the gardener and truck
farmer. A violent snow storm in the
neighborhood of Bsltlmore and Wash
ington City on yesterday would indi
cate that the spring is not disposed to
be gentle. There is a monthly journal
published at Rockford, Illinois, devot
ed to the weather, and from ita April
number we make some selections os
follows:
The wont storm and earth disturbing days
should occur about (he
al to 6th—Wedncsd«y to Sunday,
oth to ltth—^Wednesday to Monday.
Istb to mb—Friday to Wednesday, the mb.
Rzmzrks.—The teir.p..>rature la likely to av
erage below tbe mean of tb* season, both in
•h* I'nlted States and Europe—in fact the
planets seem to b* situated so aa to make
April tb* cool, stormy month of tbe ywtr ISM,
far ita season, both toe wide-spread and lone
continuing storms, tofetbar with earth eon-
F. Holden.
Tbe convention elected ..
committee and referred to it th* cirri
end State ticket, with power to net,
adopted the following resolutions:
The national government fa
K me; the equality of all
ore the law; Btaleeducation; aboliti
of the convict system; porsonsi amir '
r* hid vuiitiLS nteiiiu , uiauitai rain*
nl freedom, free ballot tnd faire
rapid payment of the national and L ■
debts; internal improvements of a nation-
til character by the government; abolltloo I
of tbe poll tax os aconditton of *uT to 1
doming tho protective tariff and
tbe administration of Arthur.
The convention adjourned at 13:30-
NOTEM Of THE CONVENTION.
Mr. Jonathan Norerott. in bis eonven-1
tion to-day. disclaimed the authorships* [
of the cerebrated "address’’ which
been attributed to hfa trained and it
trious pen, tnd Uhl that interesting p-. ,.
ntthedoorof Judge A. O. Murray, ■ I
Griffin.
The Whig Republicans will meet again j
at 10 o’clock to-morrow.
Bibb was represented in tbe 1_, „ ,
State Convention by W. W. Brown, P.
Holt, SI. U. Clark, K. W. Wright
The Georgia Republicans send S I
Arthur delegation to Chicago.
The convention, with tbe ext
few ripples,commen with moat
venlions ot that party, dispatched it
ness in an orderly manner, which a
that the hotly was held well in hand.
vulsions and electric sgttsllosi. May was the
a great service wouhl j stormy mouth far lssa. as July was ter DOS—
be rendered the people of every class! 104 “ A|,rtl ' “fected to h*, far its
*iuj section.
-which wees painted out by this syt-
At noon to-day at the bride's i
to Wheat str. < t. Mr. Chirk - Wd,
Memphis, and Mbs Ads Brya“._
charming daughter of Mr*. Mary *•
an. tbrtdented editor of lhe #*»«
and well-known author. The bridal c