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ATLANTA OA, TUESDAY, HAY 23, IMS.
When Major Bacon was Interrupted at
Entonton, General (Jordon promptly
and Interposed in bis behalf. When Gen
eral Gordon was jeered and insulted 1>; the
crowd in Angusta, Major Bacon is not re
ported as saying a word.
TDK Fulton ronnly grand jury, HI to 0,
for Gordon, over Bacon, beats tbs Jefferson
county grand jnry, which stood S3 to 2 for
Gordon, over Bacon. The town of Lump
kin, in Stewart county, whicb stood 81 to
3 for Gordon over Bacon, beats the town of
Tecnille,in Washington county, which stood:
Gordon .'lit, Bacon tl. There are many other
towns lo hear from that may beat even this
record.
Those who have charged that General
Gordon is the candidate of the "Atlanta
ring” will have tronlde in explaining the fact
that he is supported by thcHpurtnlshmselite.
If any man has been ceaaelevsnnd persistent
in fighting the Intlnrnces that are only allu
ded to in this connection, His Mnjor Kidney
lewis, editor of the Iahmaclite. He re-
alires Hint General Gordon ia the candidate
of the people, and that Major Bacon is Iho
candidate of the Macon ring.
The Bacon men at Madison, Morgan
county, were wearing o remarkable badge
when General Gordon and Mgjor Bacon
reached that point yesterday. It Is white
satin and stamped with the following let*
ten: "Welcome to Beam the Incorruptible.
Twelve Yean Against Misrule and Hob*
bery.” The sentiments of this badge,
which was openly worn, strike with surprise In the /see of all this Mojo
the Mends of Governor Hmith, Governor writing private letters all over the state,
lory of tlio moves made on the political cb<
board at this particular juncture?
We will giro the history of it, and we are
prepared to pn>Te every word we say.
Major McDaniel had written a letter and
placed it In the hands of a friend on the com
mittee withdrawing from the race, and told
his Mend that whenever he found it neces
sary for the hsrmony of the convention and
the peace oi the party, it mast be read.
Thii letter waa unequivocal and meant Just
what it said. Ask Judge Albert
H. Erwin if this fa not true.
How what was Major Bacon doing
at that time? Ho forgot all abont this ter
rible "ring" he hail been denouncing. He
was for any port In a storm. Ha sent for
Senator Joseph E. Brown. They met in the
comptroller general’s office and had a confer
ence. Were there any promises that Senator
Brown wanted that were not then made? If
so, let them come ont Senator Brown frank
ly told Mi\|or Bacon that be had nothing to
ask of any candidate bnt to deal fairly with
him if elected—that be had had little to do
with the campaign—that Renator Boynton
voted for General Lawton and against him,
for United States senator, hot that he was
satisfied he ongbt In have the nomination
simply as the legal successor of Governor
Stephens-and that as between Mgjor Mc-
Dauie), and Major Bacon, be preferred
Major Bacon, and wonld not hesi
tate to tell any of bis Mends so, bat
that he waa not sufficiently familiar with
the mm In that convention to he of any ser
vice to him. That conference was known to
all the leaders in the convention before they
separated, and this waa understood to be the
cause of Major Bacon’s defeat by Governor
McDaniel, whose letter had been read be
fore the committee. The fact that he
bad worked np a following by ciying ont
against the Atlanta ring, and was
then almost in the presence
the convention trying to get
support from parties whom he had been accus
ing privately ol lining the head and front
of this ring—allowed members of that con
vention that there waa nothing in his clatn-
It disgusted many of his friends, and
made the nomination of Governor McDan
iel unanimous. Now ask Hon. W. A.
Wright, the comptroller general, if we have
not stated the facta about this matter fairly.
In the /are of all this Major Bacon has been
Colquitt, Governor Stephens and Governor
McDaniel, not to speak of the gentlemen
who have been associated with them In the
various departments ot the state government
for the peat twelve yearn.
Major nacon and the Atlanta Ring.
In Mgjor Bacon’s speech at Sparta wo
find the following:
General Gordon-"Wlm do you think of Mark
Blindfold?"
Major 8*eon-''Well, when s man foci about At
lanta, there's no tcillns what ho will do. When
the ring seta pushed tt enterics end takes In new
one* tosult Its purposes.” (Applause.!
This is tbs lint public utterance ws have
seen from Major llocon abont the "Atlanta
ring.” He baa lieeu frequently quoted aa
saying in private that then was a terrible
ring in Atlanta against him, and his organ
has been frill of these insinuations and other
uisrepreoentationa that require no answer
from us. The people of Georglr ider-
stand what Is ths matter with .: paper,
•nd its slanders aro harmless.
Major Bacon lias keretoio .,iJ to
who talked with him on tin. subject that he
ought not to bo blamed for what injudicious
friends wonld door aay. no has at last
thrown off the cover, and comes to the front
* on bis own account.
Without the fear of typhoid fever in our
family, we propose to answer him,
Everybody, it appears, who has been op
posed to Major Bacon since he liegan to want
to be governor of Georgia, belongs to the
"Atlanta ring." Thera is no other Inter-
cure to lie drawn frum the insinuation
against that incorruptible old hero, Judge
Maik Blandfonl, who is to be branded with
being in the "Atlanta ring" simply because
he prefer* a gallant, eommde who led tho
last charge at AppomattoA to a lax-in.kind
gatherer, who waa on this duty according to
his own admission (a duly that old men,
disabled eoldlrr* and boys could perform),
limply because typhoid fever was a danger
ous disease. Is this gallant nun, Judge
Blandloid, who swings an empty sleeve as a
tokrn of his daring gallantry in one of the
best regiments Hint ever left Georgia, to be
stabbed with the insinuation that any
"ting? ever formed can coerce hia big head
and courageous manhood? Such s charge is
made against every mao, high or humble,
who refuses to bow tho knee to this new
Baal.
Now, what has any ring outside of Mgjor
Baron’s own personal ring dune to distnrb
the politics of this state fur the past flvo
years? Name onr thing, one act, except to
refuse to support Ilsron?
Mr. Stephens was dtnounced ns the tool of
this alleged "ring” became Major Baron
wanted the office he was running for.
This grand old man, who had de
voted his life to the people of
this state—a nun who bad stood
in front of bis own party when he thought it
was acting unwisely—who, after years of ar
duous doty for the public, with not a single
thought lor himself, In the national councils
as tbs honored represantative of this state,
wanted to lay aside the laborious
duties of a congressional Ufa, and wind np
kb political career aa the governor of a great
stats he had loved as a father does his child,
and anid it was the last office be ever ex
pected to fill—this great and good man was
badgered and berated by this same cry ol
being the tool of tho “Atlanta ring.” At
hi* death, and before his funeral was over,
Major Bacon was in the field, and than be
cause it was thought that J udge ltoynton, a
gallant confederate soldier, who, In ths Awe
of ballets and typhoid fever, had bared
his breast to the storm, and fell in the front
tanka badly wounded, gallantly leading hia
regiment—and who was, ns president
Ol the senate, the legitimate sac-
Censor of Governor Stephens, should
he permitted to serve out his anex-
pired term, this was denounced ns the work
iff the Atlanta ring, and he waa besmirched
all over by Major Baron's friends with every
calumny that could be raked np. Have the
people forgotten this?
There was n short loll in the deadlock
that waa on the convention that first nomi
nated Governor McDaniel. It occurred just
before the committee of conference retired to
tiy and nettle the matter. There were then
four find (dates before ths convention—
Major Bacon, Judge Boynton, Major He-
Daniel and General Cook WbaHatb* bu
ying be was tricked ont of the nomination
before the lost convention.
To resume: If Governor Stephens was the
tool of a ting, let Major Baron rclcr to one
thing in his administration that he attrib-
ntea to the influence of any ring. What did
Governor Boynton do that did not miet his
approval, other than oppose him lor tho
nomination? What has Governor McDaniel
done that ehows the influence over him of
any ring? Now let ns see abont tho sena
tors. Is Senator Brown legislating to salt
tho ring? Is Senator Colquitt? If so, cer
tainly something can be pointed out that is
wrong. Wo may differ, and do differ with
three representatives on some of their rotes,
bnt they are onr representatives and have to
stand by the record they make. Wcro’tlicy
influenced in the distribution of federal offi
ce*? Two important offices have been till
ed in this state besides postmasters. The
collector of Internal rcrenae, and the Uni
ted States marshal. Did ths Atlanta ring
have anything to do with tho appointment
of either? If ao, why did Major Bacon help
Collector Crenshaw make hia bund? Wo
have been informed bo did this He ia a solid
Baron man now—has appointed Major Ba
con'* ft lends almost entirely aa liis deputies.
He came from ono Of Major Bacon’s native
counties. With but one or two exceptions his
depntles are for Bacon, or neutral. Major
Bacon was in favor of tho appointment of
Maiebal Nelms, and lias told him so, and
b*s asked and said he especta his support for
governor. Did lie ever file any charges
or objection against his appointment
as marshal? It so, when and where? U
the ring had anything to do with making
this appointment, why did he not come to
tho frout and pat the people on notice of the
ihet, and stamp it ont?
The truth is, we never hear of tho "At
lanta ring ” until Mqjor Baron is pressing
his undefined claim fur governor. Then wo
bear of It everywhere. If any " ring ’’ hail
worked as he and hia Mends have worked in
all the counties of this state, trying to poll
down some worthy man by e
drr and abnie, that he might
rise on his downfall—if any
ring in the stale had called packed conven
tions in counties that had been flxed mouths
and weeks before the execuUve committee
of the party had assembled to call a conven
tion, for tho purpose of booming their candi
date for governor, and were doing all they
could to prevent a fair anil inll expression ot
thrdreiretof the people as to who should
be their candidate, it would be a ring that
ought to lie condemned by every good till-
iten of tho state. And It will be. It has
come to a sod past in Georgia if it requires
the work of any kind of n "ring" to elect
Gtnenl John B. Gordon, who made the
most splendid record made by u confederate
soldier outside of Virgiuis, in tho days of
typhoid fever, blood and carnage,
if aha will elect over him for
any office he wants a man who
held a tat office of tax-gatherer In those
days, and since then bos been the leading
attorney ol the richest railroad corporations
in Georgia and Chicago. It is a slander ou
the propl* of this elate to charge that thsy
bad to bo led by any ring to honor Mr. Ste
phens, the great statesmsn of Georgia,
whom the people always honored, and whose
memory they love to honor now, or to hooor
Governor McDaniel.
Give the peopl* a chance to vote, and let
the verdict be nude on the tartiinouy. Let
n* have no ex parte trials before picked
men in the ronnly towns, who have received
favors se members of the legislature that
makes it necessary to repeat the slanders
of their bones, and wear their rotors year in
and year out to the state conventions to
compensate for those Gtvon ; who era willing
lo deny anybody Ibc right, even their own
local candidate*, to rnn fur governor, so
gleet is the buttlen of thsir obligations.
" hat ring is it that ha* been working as
siduously around the rapitol here promising
to retain certain men in office, and cajoling
and pewuading these officers that Major Ba
ron * as dead sure to be the next governor,
and that it area all fixed months before the
execotive committee meet* to call a conven
tion, *o the people could express seme prefer
ence. "'as it the "Atlanta ring?" If so,
let the people stamp it oat.
What ring is it that baa bean arguing and
persuading end badgering members or this
executive committee to have the convention
held in Aognsta, on one tide of the state, so
that men in the northern, western and
southwestern parts of the state will he pnt
to the trouble and expense of traveling
twice the distance, merely to serve the par-
pose of this ring ? If it is the Atlanta ring,
we say, stamp it ont.
What ring fa opposed to the people meet
ing fairly and quietly in their counties—
holding primaries, ao every man, whether be
baa made a promise or not, can express hia
choice fora candidate? If itia the "Atlanta
ring," stamp it ont. If there fa any ring
Dying to perpetrate these wrongs, merely to
serve an individual, in the name of the dem
ocratic party, and lor the sake of harmony
in the fritnre, let it be denoanced and de
feated.
The Former Bears the Barden.
The May report o/ Commissioner Dodge is
an interesting document.
In this report the southern state agents
present very clearly tlio status of onr plant
er*, their indebtedness, the interest they are
compelled to jiay, and the per cent over cash
prices paid for their supplies when they buy
on credit.
It is impossible to glance over these facts
and figures without coming to tire conclusion
that southern farming pays better than any
other industry. IVcrc this not the case onr
farmera would soon be crushed to earth under
their heavy burdens.
The rejiort from Georgia presents this
showing:
Ass general rule the Indebtedness of fanneta if
to the merchant, m the banka do not advance to
tbcmltoany considerable extent The supplies
chiefly bought on credit are bacon, lard, flour, corn
and bay, and fertilizers. The averase cash and
credit prices of corn and bacon during the laat
growing season (average or the state) were about as
fellows:
Cash.
Credit.
iao
Tho average length of credit ia about four
months, buying commencing abont May 1, and ex-
tending tbouxbout July, payable November 1. This
would Indicate a rate per cent per annum for com,
H, and bacon, «2, over the cash prices. I think
It wonld be safe tossy that tba average rate per
cent added to the e.-n prices ot all good! sold to
farmera is 50 pc r cci. t per annum.
The past-due I ndebtedneis la carried over el very
varying rates, there bclug no general role, butat
not leas thin to per ceut per annum. (The legal
ret* Is s per cent. If stated In writing; otherwise 7
per cent) 1 will remark here that probably one
reason for the high percentage charged for supplies
•old on credit la the Improbability of the mer
chants being able to collect more than 7 per cent
(or s et moat) In ease of suit at taw to enforco pay
ment. The average rate per cent on loans by banks
to fotmere ia not leaa than U per cent pec annum,
ranging from 10 to 23 per cent.
It ia Impossible to arrive at any confident esti
mate, even a near approximation, of tho gross In
debtedness of farmer*. Ilia probable that the total
la not leas than 110,000,000, or more than <30,000,000,
The total of tndabtednem baa certainly not in
creased during the last three or four years, and It
la probably less now than at any time In tho last
five years, and about the same as It waa ono year
•go.
Well may the statistician remark that this
record for Georgia and the other southern
states "makes a harden of interest that is
unendurable.” For Georgia it is fifty per
cent in the prices of advances, and ton per
cent interest on past-due Indebtedness. In
North Carolina it Is twenty-live per cent, in
cluding tlie advanced price of supplies far.
nished; in Konth Carolina it is fifteen per
cent; in Florida it is sixteen per cent; in
Alshsnut it is fifty percent increase in price
of goods, and twenty per cent on mortgages;
in Missiaeippi it is fifteen per rent on ad
vances, withont reference to increnso of
pricis, and ten per cent on general indebted
ness; in I/OUliiana it is fifteen per cent, be
sides higher prices of goods and advances by
country merchants; in Texas it is tweivo
per cent nominal interest forenppllcscburged
at an excess of trout twenty-five to fifty per
cent, and in Arkansas it is ten per cent by
contract, on supplies charged nt an extra
profit ot forty per cent.
Everywhere we find that the great major
ity of cotton planters in debt for enrrent
supplies. Tills absorbs the profitsof produc
tion, and in mot o than on* state the farmers
suffer a loss of 000,000 yearly, a sum liter
ally ground ont bf them by the commercial
classt*. What Commissioner Dodge says of
the mortgage system is worth quoting, as it
ia line of debt in general:
It la a hletrtnit when It ensues a poor but Indus
trious young man to recurs a home and a prolltabta
buslnrrs and to pay for It In lure and easy Install
ments; it Is a withering cures when tt makes pro
duction dear and difficult, consume! a cron before
It I* made, and render! Indebtedness hopali
A Slanderer Denounced.
One of the most miserable features of tlie
present campaign is the deliberately plan
ned slnndois upon General Goidon.
The first notable instance of this kind
happened in Americns. It was pnbltahed
by certain sensationalists that General Gor
don bad cast aspersions upon the memory of
Mr. Hill, the intention being to prejudice
tlie Mentis of Mr. Hill.
In another column will bo found a refuta
tion of this foal report, signed by a large
number of respectable citizens. The word
of any single one ol these citisens is worth
that of s hundred such men ns could boldly
forge nn expression which General Gordon
never used.
General Gordon and Senator Hill.
The most stnpid and senseless trick of the
campaign is the attempt to array the friends
of the lata Senator Hill against General Gor
don, by insinuating that General Gordon
made e deprecatory all niton to Mr. Hill In
his Americns speech, In regard to Mr. Hill's
attitude in the State road lease.
This insinuation wee promptly and fully
corrected by a correspondent In Sunday’*
Constitution, who heard tbeipcech, and
wrote to tebnke the attempt that was being
made to misquote General Gordon’* words—
to distort his meaning. General Gordon,
himself, allnding to this matter on Snnday
morning, said: “A non shameless and ont-
ngtohs wrong was nsver committed on the
living and the dead, than the misrepresenta
tion of what I said about Mr. Hill. I in
troduced hia name with the most aedeot and
glowing eulogy, and spoke of him from lint
to laat in the tenderest terms, and with the
highett admiration. I stated in terms that
I rejoiced that a men ol his high integrity
and bis aplrudid character bad taken an in
terest in the lease. That it was a guarantee
to the state. The most devoted friend of Mr.
Hill wonld have bean gratified at every
word that I uttered, every aeutiment
that I expreaeed, and every thought
that I suggested in regard to him, or his
life. I understand, perfectly, the attempt
that i* being mad* by my enemies, and by
tboee who were bis enemies, while be lived,
to injure me by pretending to defend him.
Bnt I cannot understand the malignity that
wonld suggest or sustain sach a coarse.”
General Gordon has repeated to the closest
friends of Mr. Hill what he said abont him
in Americas, and stated that he would repeat
the same thing whenever occasion offered,
and that it had nothing which could, by in-
direction, deprecate Mr. Hill’s glory,
throw a shadow on bis character ; bat that
on the contrary the words that be spolce
would, if inch a thing were possible, pro
mote his fame among his people.
A Public Enemy.
For some years past we have tolerated tbe
weather prophets. We have borne patiently
with their vagaries, dealt gently with their
mistakes, and thrown the mantle of charity
over their nnmeroo* shortcomings.
Bnt it ia time to change onr policy. Un
less we stand on the defensive, tbe weather
prophets will rnn over ns and ruin what lit
tle cliniale we have left. Mr. DeVoe, of
New Jency, is a case in point. He calls
himself a meteorologist. He ranks well
among bis brother scientists, and his predic
tions have heretofore commanded respect.
Instead of growing more discreet muter this
encouragement, Mr. DeVoe has recently
shown a disposition to “go it blind.” Take
his bulletin issued on tbe 11th instant. In
that document he said:
From tho lflth to tbe 23d, we shall have genu
ine summer westher, snd your readers should
make tho most of It, for we shall not hare much
weather this year tin September.
"Genuine summer weather!"
Think of that, ye miserable! wbo, for the
'-past four days, have been getting back into
winter flannels and overcoats!
Evidently Mr. DeVoe’s idea of summer
weather is borrowed from the Icelanders.
It does not suit the dwellers along onr At
lantic coast.
Even if we felt disposed to overlook this
bad break on the part of the Jersey scien
tist, the latter part of his bulletin wonld
November,. I provoke onr resentment. Here is his
ill] prediction for the next few weeks:
Alter the 20th, It will grow decidedly cool. The
prevailing wind will blow from east northeast,
with cloudy weather shout four days out of five,
and June will enter cold and cloudy, followed by
{hinder showers on the fllh, and a very cold
northeast itorm on the 8th. And men who em
bark In sea shore enteiprises during the month of
Jnne nill tie very likely to be out and Injured,
for It will be a cold, Wet mouth, with strong east
erly winds, and Icebergs will drift manually near
the New England cosat, snd overcosta will feel
comfortable for the Fourth of July.
This is too much. And the aggravating
pert of it is the fact that the weather of the
poet few days inspires ns with a lurking
dread that there is something in this chilly
forecast. The outlook is gloomy for the
summer reporters. And it is worse for the
Payable.
In the midst of onr doubts and perplexi
ties the oldest inhabitant looms np. He
joins hands with DeVoe and babbles abont
the famous yenr withont a summer, and the
big enow storm in Tennessee on the 31st of
May. IVe must shake the oldest inhabi
tant. He has gone over to the enemy,
The subject fa frill of fascination, jbut it is
unprofitable. Its study leads only to wild
conjectures. All that can bo done fa to lay
in aUcsh supply of coal and patience.
An Outrage In August*.
The outrage committed on General Gordon
in Augusta, where he was so hissed and
jeered that he could not oonclndehb speech,
will show the good peoplo of Georgia the
spirit that animate* the opposition to him,
and the legitimate result to which it fa boing
driven by those who have determined to de
stroy General Gordon.
Let ns be exact abont the extent of this
outrage. It is already indirectly hinted
by the Bscon men that the reporta of it are
overdrawn. The tacts do not show this. It
was so indecent and so flagrant that Mr. J.
C. C. Black lelt called npon to protest, al
though he is a Bacon man, and in'tebnking
its perpetrator*, to aay that "no cause de
served to succeed” that had to reeort to
•neb means. The indications are that this
ontnge was not only flagrant bnt deliberate.
Tbe Bacon men organized at Clara Hall be
fore tbe speaking, and tlie reports say “they
had a lively meeting there." It is
reasonable to suppose that the programme
for the night wsS arranged at that pre
liminary meeting.
The scene was a disgraceful one. Tbe
tnrbnlent and intolerant spirit that is luck
of it, is worse. The ecar on Gordon’s cheek,
won in honorable hettle, most have rebuked
who were not crazed with
excitement, as a Georgia crowd in
Georgia city denied him the
right ot tree speech. We era much mis
taken if his old comrades in arms—if every
man in Georgia wbo love* fair play—if every
conservative and right-minded citizen—
doe* not make this tebnke in the most em
phatic manner. General Goidon has done
nothing to deserve snch treatment at the
hands of GcorgWM- No living man has
done more todeserve better treatment. And
the people will see that he has it, and
that those who pnt this crowning Indignity
on him are mod* to understand that snch
methods will not win in Georgia.
The People Against the Politicians,
Let it not be forgotten that General Gor
don and his friends favor primaries, and that
Major Bacon end hia friends do not favor
primaries. General Goidon instate on elec*
tions in every militia district, ao that every
man can vote at bonie without going to the
county seat It is a busy time with formers
and many men are obliged to lose their votes,
because thsy are unable to ride twelve or
fifteen milee to the ctranty town, in order to
participate in the little court house meeting.
General Goidon doe* not want to be gover
nor unless the people want him, and he favors
primary elections by which svery man can
vote at his home precinct withont incon
venience or loss of time. If tho “court
house meeting" is sustained in this campaign
aa the proper method, it will be*a long time
before primary elections are held in Geor
gia. Tbd people abonld protest for their
own sake* against little cliques iu the county
town* taking control of the county and ear-
tying its vote in their pocket. Abont tho
easiest thing to do is to beat out the little
politicians if tbe people will only make np
their minds to take bold of the matter in
earnest. One of the most important issues
in this campaign ia whether tho people shall
he heard and shall select their
delegate* or whether it shall be
done for them by a few politicians
who live around the county towns. General
Gordon favor* a frill, popular vote, and if
tbe people will sustain him there will be an
end of the little cut end dried programme
that has brought the 'demeciatie party into
disrepute and encouraged revolt in its ranks.
Let the people in every connty make np
their minds to take this election into their
own hands, and select delegates by their
own votes,{and whether they are for General
Gordon or hia opponent, he will be satisfied
when the the people have spoken.
In the Intereet of Temperance.
Senator Btair’a bill, which has just passed
both house* of congress, will do more to ad
vance the cause of genuine temperance than
can be expected from'snch prohibitory legis
lation as we are familiar with in this ooontry,
The bill provides that tbe papils in tlio
military and naval academies, the poblic
schools of the Dietrict of Colombia, tbe
schools in the territories, snd all schools sup
ported by the government, shall be instruct
ed in tbe nature of alcoholic drinks and nar
cotics, and their effects npon the human sys
tem. It fa more than probable that the vari
ous states will, in a short time, extend this
instruction to other schools not embraced in
Senator Blair’s bill, and the next generation
will be educated to take a practical, rather
than a sentimental view of tho liquor evil.
Reasonable advocates of temperance will
readily tea the natnral consequences of a
course of sensible and systematic InitrucUon
in physiology and hygiene. Education forms
the common mind. The man will not forget
the lessons learned in boyhood. We cannot
educate onr young people np to a high tern,
peronce standard simply by staffing them
with sentimental gush, silly falsehoods and
lying statistics. IVe mast teach the truth
and nothing else. As an illustration of the
kind of teaching that will form a healthy
temperance sentitaent, wc qnote the follow
ing from a recent 'scientific article:
Alcohol, In amafi doaez, stimulates both the
heart and the nervdui syitem, making the circu
lation more brisk and inceaalng the activity of tho
brain: In large doaea, It paralyzta both brain and
heart. Toaccrlaln- limited extent It la a food;
that la, it may be burnt In the sjntem like food,
keeping np the vital action when nothing elae la
available. Thai It ia a precious Ufo-savlng agent
in blood-poisoning,, aa by the biles of venomous
reptiles, by the microbes of putrid fever*, and
when the citadel of life la about to capitulate to
pneumonia, etc. Uqllke other foods, however.lt
cannot build up waited tisanes; It rather retards
waata, and, by long-continued uzo. permits worn-
outlmatcriala to her stored up and prevents the
formstlon of healthy structures In their place,
"'ben taken undiluted Into tbe empty stomach It
goes at once to the liver, almost w concentrated
as when taken Into tpe mouth, end by lta Irritating
action lets np acbroglc Inflammation. TMveralng
Ute fort Mage or lta i Journey, U travels along tho
blood veeieta, always In contact with their coata,
which become Irritated In their turn and undergo
degeneration, whlch-enda In making them brittle
and dliposed to break down. Thus aneurisms of
or the targe arteries *ro produced, end those of the
brain are disposed to.rupture and pcrtnlt bleeding
—apoplexy—to occur, If Utto does not cause death
very shortly, It leaves softening of the brain, par
alysis end weakneaa of the mental power* to tes
tify to the power of Bug alcohol.
Impress these troths npon the popular
mind, and the results will be satisfactory.
Prohibition may not prohibit, bat when
men are taught from childhood that alcohol
is a medicine, and a very dangerous one;
and that it can never bo used to excess with
out had and perhaps fatal effects, they will
voluntarily let it alone. Pooslbly some of
onr reformers will object to all this. They
will object, then, to what fa reasonable and
practicable. Unfortunately this line of
policy seems to he characteristic of most re
formers.
The Result of the Joint Discussion.
There can be noidivided opinion as to the
result of the joist discussion for the put
week. It boa frilly borne ont the promise of
Lee connty, where, in the first tilt between
the candidates, General Gordon reversed a
county that wu literally solid against him.
General Gordon deliberately chose for
the week’s campaign the strongholds of Mr.
Bacon. He selected the comities that were
considered “solid'j for that gentleman. Ho
has, therefore, been fighting all the week ou
Major Baron’s territory, assailing him in po
sitions that had been considered intrenched
beyond the possibility of capture. No man
of observation doalited a week ago that the
conntivaof l'ntnnrp, Hancock, Richmond,
Greene, Oglcthorpo and Morgan wore uni red
btyond reasonable doubt to lUcon. They
wtraTiia strongholds, just as mochas Leu
wa* ten days ago.
Throw who have read the admirable re
port* of The Constitution, models in their
fairness and impartiality, eanuot doubt that
tbe situation in those counties is reversed.
The people who live in thorn counties hare
•till leas room for donbt. In every connty
in which Grneral Gordon was allowed to
speak he rallied a following that will prove
imiistible in tho primaries. Withonlyone
connty on tbe ronte—Rockdale—even par
tially favorable to him, he will now carry
every connty in which he wu heard. Rich
mond county refused to bear him through
bnt his friends will carry that county if the
opposition will allow them a primary, which
It will not dare to do.
In every other county his reception was
cordial—in some casts it was phenomenal.
In every connty it wu enthnsiastic to a de
gree that wu convincing to every impartial
observer. The Constitution’s accuracy
in election matters has passed into a pro
verb. Leins make a prediction which wo
uk onr Minds, and all others who are so
inclined, to clip ont and save anttl the dele
gate* are elected—viir: in the counties of
lfatnam, Hancock, j Greene, Oglethorpe,
Morgan and Rockdale, of which n week ago
General Gordon wonld have carried bnt one
connty, he will now lose not mors than one.
Now, cut this ont and paste it in yonr hat!
Calling (M Convention.
If Aognsta had ever had a chance of se
curing the state convention, the treatment
received by General Gordon on Wednesday
night wonld have effectually disposed ot it
The only possible reason urged for Augusta’s
having the convention wu the ihet that it
wonld offer a more Impartial field for its
proceedings. The fact that it had declined
to allow one of the candidates to finith tbe
speech he had been invited there to deliver,
left little room to hope for impartiality. The
proposition to carry the conventim there
wu vety prefer! y voted down.
The date of holding the convention is
fixed for the tint time prior to August. Tne
date fixed is a compromise, an attempt
having been made to call it on July 14. The
effect of the date on tlie campaign is about
this: Major Baron's ft lends, feeling that he
bad things pretty well lixrd np, wanted the
convention called before they coaid be
changed. General Gordon’s friends, noting
the overwhelming revelation being effected
in hit favor, wanted time for that revelation
to do its perfect work, end the people to be
folly informed u to the .fames of the cam
paign. The friend* of Bacon were anxious
to hurry the convention up and cut off /br
iber debate. The friends of Gordon wanted
the convention called at the nsntl time,
whicb wonld afford time for fall discussion.
The result wan a compromise, which won
better than wu expected.
The Four New Bishops.
The new bishops wbo were ordained at
Richmond yesterday have long been re
garded ** bright and shining lightsin south-
era Methodism. 1
The Rev. Dr. William Wallace.Dnncan is
a native of Virginia, and is now forty-seren
years old. He fa president of Wofford col
lege, at Spartanburg, S. C., and fa con
sidered one of the ablest ministers in the
church.
The Rev. Dr. Eugene. Hassell Hendrix
wu born in Missouri in 1817. He accompan
ied the late Bishop Marvin in his tour
around tbe world. For several years he ban
been president of Central oollege, Missouri.
Tbe Rev. Dr.j Charles B. Galloway is n
native of Mississippi, and for the past fonc
yean hu been editor of the New Orleans
Christian Advocate. He is a yoang min of
abont thirty-seven.
The Rev. Dr. Joseph S. Key fa a Georgian.
He graduated at Emory college in 1848, and
hu been engaged in pastorial work since
that time, being now stationed at tbe First
Methodist chnrch in Coiambus. He is a
man of distinguished learning and piety,
and his elevation to tbe College of bishops
fa highly gratifying to the methodists of
Georgia.
From every quarter cornu expressions of
tbe strongest approval, showing that tho
choice of the general conference gives com
plete .satisfaction,
Don't Mind the Abase.
General Gordon’s friends, and the public
generally, are warned that In the next lbw
weeks they will see all sorts of charges
against General John B. Gordon printed and
circulated. They will see these abusive
missives brought into their very doors, with
the purpose of poisoning their minds.
The hatred and malice that hu panned
General Gordon for six years will, stop at
nothing to destroy hia good name and poison
hfa reputation among the people. It fol
lowed him into private life, and when he
wu engaged In work that looked to the.de-
velopment of eon them resources, it attempted
to injure hie private bnsines* while it black
ened hfa public character. It hu attempted
ridicule and denunciation in torn. He hoe
borne it oil with dignity and the forbear
ance of a brave and decorous gentleman.
Now that he hu announced himself ft
candidate, this abase will be redoubled.
The stronger he shows himself to he with
the people, the more flagrant will be the
rage of his enemies. As he knocks down
the little tricks that have been fixed np in
county after county, the breeder will grow
tbe volome of sbtise.
The people will not bo misled by this
sort of stuff. All the printing pressu in
Georgia can’t print enough papers to con
vince the peoplo of Georgia that John B.
Gordon, the knightliest of the knightly,
ever did a dishonest thing. Let General
Gordon’s friends, let every fair minded man,
whether he be for Goidon or Bacon, rebuke
the slanderers of General Gordon. A braver,
a cleverer, and n more honest man nevet
lived—and the men who know him best—
the men who knew him In the days that
tried men’s sonls—know that this is trnc.
look ont for tbe abase, and stamp it ont
when tt comes.
Let tho Records flhonr.
The Macon Telegraph, putting aside the
railroad commission issue, uya the most
important issue involved in this campaign fa *
the securing of purer method* in poli
tics.
Agreed. Now, which side in this cam
paign is standing for purer methods? Gor
don’s fricudsdidnotget up the little court
house meeting in Clarke. Bacon’s friends
arc responsible for that remarkable stop in
the direction of “purifying our political
methods.”
Guidon’s Mends Insist on primaries, so
that tbe jieople may apeak. There is noth
ing that jmrifles politics like popular elec
tions; nothing that corrupts them like little
‘ring” meetings. The Gordon men pro
pose to purify by tbe ballot box. The Bacon
men, by the caucus—which fa really the pu
rifying methods?
The Gordon men are opposed to snap j adg-
ment, and ia favor of primaries; the Bacon
men hurry everything forward and oppose
primaries. And yet the Bacon organs claim
that they want purer methods tn politics.
Tbe public will not be deceived.
Tho Southern Presbyterians. •
The southern Presbyterian general assem
bly is now in session in Angusta, where it
was foimally organized a quarter of a cen
tury ago. This organization grew ont of
the necessities of the civil war, bat the re
tain of peace has not convinced the sonthera
churches np to this time that it ia either
neceamry or desirable to rc-nnito with the
northern churches.
The sonthera branch of the Presbyterians
has grown steadily. It has now 2,100
churches, more than 1,000 ministers and
135,000 communicants. Its territory in
cludes the Ute confederate states, and Ken
tucky, besides numerous mission stations.
Among the questions of intereet coming
before the present assembly may be men
tioned the following: An amendment de
fining and limiting the method of altering
the doctrinal symbols of the chnrob; the
original jurisdiction of presbyteriOT, when
sessions cannot set; the power of the foreign
evangelist; the right of ruling elders to pre
side a* moderators over chnrch courts; the
revised Directory of Worship, and the ques
tion of the teaching of tbe standard of the
chnrch npon the (abject of the origin of
Adam’s body. The hist of these will reopen
the famous Colombia Seminary controversy
over the evolntion theory of the Rev. Dr.
Woodrow. Tbe session will last abont ten
days, and will be one of mors than usual in
terest.
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
Chicazo Ilcrsld: Mr. B-echer's idea that
"our air, our public lentlmem snd oorlastUutlons"
will »oon cure the antrchlstt is reassuring. I'hic*-
go om an institution which it trust* will prove
equal to the task of curiug some of then. It him
two upright porta, a crow bar, and a neat, but not
gaudy, pttdatia.
ChicagoTribune: The prince of Wales, who
is OTsrwhelmcd with debts, u yet sbls la wllto his
roj si mother Isnd which she wsats to mid to bee
Bslmorsl estsie, and tor which ths qnesn nan
Wales <123.(00. By sad. by ths people wbo are
rtnifsltns (or cottaess snd potato patches, will he-
(la to ssk where these royaltfolks fatal! theta
Isnd snd plenty of mooey tobuy store?
Louisville Coerisr-Jonrnsl: The Hon. John
A. Lease is snsonaced to tasks * speech is Rhode
Island sow. Ws may, indeed, expect a mate?
Ion on that occasion. Bunding oaths lorstioU
or Rheds blsod th* Bee. Johnean spesk ud nit
Into five Mates andene octaa.