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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY JUNE 22,1886
GUERRY’S SPEECH.
[Continued from Tenth Page.] .
hij'ory on live next pace shout this, attack, u
agreed on. "Gordon attacked with bis Infantry,
r-uppirtcd by Fit* Lee's cavalry and the artillery
battalon of Colonel Carter, and inch was the in*
pctnoslty of the advance that he drove the federal
forces nearly a mile. But at that point he found
himself In face of a body of infantry, stated after
ward by federal officers to number about 80.000.
Gentltmen and ladles, that was the last agony of
the army of northern Virginia. Who lead that as
sault? My brother asks you where was Gordon
■—When Bacon was In the legislature? Where was
Major Bacon then? [Immense applause.] At home,
in Mahon, with his wife and children in hla com
fortable bed, hut asleep, for, you see, it was three
o’clock in the morning; the last day. you might
say, of the confederacy; faithful then, but now to
be condemned npon the falsehood* of anlnterlo-
K and an enemy. [Applause,] Colonel Sam
m, of Americas, states the whole case in a nut
shell when be rays that if you were to ask him
why be was for Bacon be could not tell, but If you
were to ask nim why he was for Gordon be would
"" [Applause.!
and dealing the confederate front. This was
the 5th.
. Be fought another great battle with still more
brilliant results the next day, the 6th of May.
late in the evening he was permitted to make
the movement which be desired to make early in
the morning. He threw hla command across
Grant’s extreme right flank and assailed It with
such a furious charge that he broke to pieces the
federal corps (I believe Sedgwick*) capturing Gen
erals Seymour and Shaler aud a large unuxberoi
pihoiere and leaving the woodtbiue with the
federaldead. These movements were so brilliant,
so much like Jackson’s, that he was at once called
"The Young
His next fc
jext battle was four days later, on tl
of May, wheu the enemy bad carried the <
rorkr by storm at one point near Bi
atd Slot try lvania, and Petersburg, and
Appomattox. And there they will remain forever.
( Great applause.} The viperous brood of petty poll-
icians may smirch his political record and sting
bis personal honor, and an Augusta mob may
drown, with fiendish yells, the voice they trembled
to hear; but when all his enemies shall have moul-
euuiui uiumu uujitl .. . .
J1 be perpetuated in marble, and his fame will
live through future ages, to illustrate the manhood
and the chivalry of the south. [Tremendous aud
long continued applause and cheering.]
JOHN B. GORDON.
The Born antic Story of Ills Career from the
Fen of a Comradr.
Mr. Jasper L. Herben, formerly of tho Thirty
eighth Georgia regiment, writing from New York,
says: "The following very condensed sketch of
General John B. Gordon was prepared for another
purpose, but seeing that General Gordon Is now a
candidate for gorernor of Georgia, I have con
cluded lo tend it to you, as it may at this
time be of special interest. 1 can only wish that
be may be triumphantly elected, aud that I
could be again in Georgia to vote for him. Bom
and reared in tho grand old state, my grand
mother still living among the mountains of north
east Georgia, enlisting with all tho. ardor of my
nature in the army when a mere boy, carrying
theiUgci the ’lhlrty-elghth Georgia of Gordon’s
brigade during a good portion of the war, I feel, o 1
course, like a Georgian still, although I bate been
away from the state for a number of years. But I
love Georgia and I love General Gordon, as did
every sololer who ever fought under him, and I
sinr ercly wish for my beloved statethegoodfortune
vf having as her next governor my beloved com
mander.
cordon’s r atilt career.
The career of this extraordinary man in every
department of life where he has been called to act
ia remarkable. His military teeord told in the
simplest terms is like a romance. Beginning a
captain, be surrendered a lieutenant general, com
manding one win*of Lee's army. Without mili
tary education oe training, be rose through the
grades of major, lietenant colonel, colonel, briga
dier general, major general, to lieutenant general,
literally fighting his way np against the prejudice
in favor of Wset Point aud against bis own yonth
until he stood where Jackson stood—the friend and
reliance of Lee. Whatever the fate of other por
tions of the army in any battle, success with Gor-
had lasted six montha longer Gordon would have
been the most noted of the confederates." I be
lieve that a plain statement of hla record, wbicnl
am about to give, will show a larger number of
victories nnderdesperate clrcumstauce3 and few
er defeats than the record of any man on either
side. Bis success was almost without a break, and
the army learned to think that there was scarcely
any task which Gordon or his men could not ac
complish. His men trusted absolutely to his gen
ius. loved him with manly devotion and would
follow him without hesitation into tho most
deadly breach. Ho created wherever he role In
battle! the wildest enthusiasm. Ho seemed the
pet of fortune and was the idol ol thoarny. Why
was this? The simple story of what be
explain It.
its first heavy battle was at "Seven Flues,
In
command of a regiment, lie stormed and carried
tbe enemy’s works, driving everything before him.
although more than half nls men were killed and
wounded, his lieutenant-colonel killed, Ills major
-IrtlfeOyblaadjurenyJrUtod,-every AoM officer, ex
cept himself, killed, every horse ridden Into the
fight killed, his own among them,and all clothing
tiddied with bullets.
hi At, a few days thereafter, at Malvern Hill he
led the charga across the open field where tho en
emy’* cannon aud small arms literally plowed tho
ground. His dead were left nearest the enemy's
guns. Mi pt-iol handle was shot off*on ono side,his
cantt eri pierced by a ball on tho other aud tho
bn ast of his coat carried away by a shell.
In his next bsttlo at South Mouutaln, in Mary-
lard, he won as usual great distinction. His per
fect self-iosrestlon under most trying circum
stance*. hi* brilliant maneuvres when almost sur
rounded, his exposure of himself encouraging his
men t at all points, so impressed General K. K.
Rhodes, who at tho ilmo was his commanding offi
cer, that ho leaves behind him in his official report
the remarkable declaration, that In this battle
Gordon handled hla men "in a manner i have
sever seen «r heard of being equaled during tho
__ ftt in* Pir.HT AT 8HARPSBUMO.
y*» Gordon again. Without any supports, he
burled back and shattered at least four lines or the
enemy, his men falling around him like wheat be
fore the harvester's cradle, shot twice through hi*
right leg he refused to leave his men; shot with a
third hall which mangled his left arm he still re-
r he Insisted on remaining at blspost;
w*u inm:u his adjutant and sent him along the
lines to reassure bis men, who knew that he h ad
been desperately wounded, and directed his adju
tant to tell tbe men that ho would not leave, and
to ask them to hold their j *■
•hot by a fifth ball in tbe t
" tnaiy
—*—,, aevouon, seu-
ed in history or
iral D. H. Hill,
he characterized
is battle as the
Hera In two
m two different
niwuuuurn inns very extraordinary tributes in
their official reports. (8ec reports published ot
the army of northern Virginia)
_ when nx didn't "BESTOW.”
Hanging for months between life and death, he
was back at his post as soon as.he was able to
mount hia horse and before his wounds were en
tirely healed. He was assigned to Lawton’s brigade.
His I earing toward officer* and men was to digni
fied and courteous that be won their confidence at
once aud soon their affections by his sincere in
terest In their welfare. His discipline was firm,
but »o Juit end enforced with so much tact aud
kindness that no harshness was needed. In one
month after he was placed in command of that
brigade he led them m battle. Stirring their blood
by eloquent words, be ordered them "forward.”
Seising tbe oolurs of one of the regiments, be rode
In front, which so enthused his men that they
stormed and carried tbe enemy’s works, rets
Mayra’s Heights at Fredericksburg, which
fallen Into tbe enemy's hands the day before.
His next battles were in Pennsylvania. Cross
ing the Potomac with Leo and moving far in ad
vance of the! army, Gordon reached the city of
}ork. Pennsylvania, on a hot July morning and
found tbe streets filled with the panlo stricken
population. Sitting on his hone he spoke to the
people and reassured them by telling them, that
the honor of sontbem'soIdlers would be a shield to
their wives and their daughters,*nd a pro!
private property and non?poinbatants.
moved on through the crowded streets a 1
ran to General Gordon’s side and pretei
"tthflnwers from the ladies.
Moving by forced marches, and twenty miles In
advance of other portions ofthe army, he captured
the town of Wrtghtsville, on the banks of the Sus
quehanna, and then with his entire command
bmtilng buildings which hadbera fired
bridge burnt by the retreating federal*.
Next at Gettysburg. Here he struck the
the 10th
„ i confed
erate work* by storm at one point near Bpottsyl-
vama, C. II. Gordon, by a bold counter-charge,
drove back ibe elated federal* and recaptured the
m orks and restored our Hues.
THK TWELFTH OF HAY.
Two day* later he fought aud won the battle "of
the 12th of May." one of the most desperate strag
gles aud mo6t brilliant achievements of
the whole war, known as "the battle
of Spottsylvania C H.” It was the oc
casion upon which General Hancock had In
the mist and darkness of the morning, stormed
our wc -1-- *■■**■■ *——*—*— ” *
ward J
that UV v».......... .. ..
don's line just as he was about to lead
desperate assault upon Hancock’s victorious col
umns. General Lee seemed determined to lead
Gordon's charge, to drive Hancock or fell in f*
effort, for upon the snccess of tbe movement
pended the fate of our army. Gordon spurred
horse to Lee’s side and said loud enough to
heard by the men:
"General Lee, this Is no place for you. These
men have never failed you; they will uot fall you
here. You must go to the rear.’ 1
With this the men r**~*"
rear.” "General Lee U
Still he would not retire until General Gordon
seised bis horse’s brl"
carry Mm to the rear.
as was his custom on these occasions of extreme
peri), addressed hi* men with a few thrilling sen
tences, placed hlno-elf in the front with the "stars
.— - — — * voice'
and bars” in his hand. Then with i
j which
land. T
none of ns who were with him can aver forget th«
familiar "forward” came. With a shout, in an
swer, that meant victory, these splendid brigades
imbed at Hancock's corps, driving them back
through brash and fields and recovering *'—
as far as Gordon’s command could ream..
on this field that General Lee announced to Gener
al Gordon that he was a major-general from that
day, It was this great victory tnatlcd that bravo
soldier and brilliant man, Captain Robert Falli-
gant, of Savannah, to hail General Gordon in verse
and song as "The man of the 12tb of May."
FROM VICTORY TO VICTORY.
But even this epitome, giving only the most im
portent battles, and In fewest words possible,is go
ing to be longer than I expeoted. 1 shall have t
defer for another article some acoount of hts re
maining career. The truth, however, Is as yet but
half tola, for there are his battles in the valley of
Lee’s army, and finally at Appomattox ...
home, where he ended as he began bis career.*
■■lots on that field inch fast friends. M
"WR WILL SAVE IT, HR!”
Taking part in tbe Intervening skirmishes and
1 smaller engsgrmenu—at Shepherdetown, Mine
Son, etc.—hla next great battle was in tbe Wil ier
■ess at the opening of the campaign. May 5, 186b
He was moving down tha old plank road towards
the battleraglng In front, when General Ewell rode
- Jh» to him and pointing to the retreating confeder
ates raid; 'General Gordon, the fate of tbe day
depends opoo yon." Gordon replied with charac
teristic promptness, "We will save it. sir.'” and be
did. As quick as said be wheeled his men into
line la the dense underbrush, and giving
tbe command which rang out above the din ol
battle, "By regiments in eocbeloo, forward!" and
•gain seising the colors and sparring bis horse to
the traoChsMfilled his men wlthtbe wildest enthu
siasm, that bore down everything before it He
broke the enemy's charge by a countercharge, and
hurled them back In coofhsion. He broke a clear
meats which only a commander ot m
cooid execute oeeoocefve. He it one.
tl» Use In two p,
rectlcna, back lo!
flank,. killing,
tests
put*. (Mac them to oppoalte dl-
toberk, ud chirred dona anoaiM
routing ud captaring thi federal*
iry in the same con-
dented form, and also follow it with a brief review
of his career since the war, which seems lame al
most if uot altogether as brilliant as his
soldier.
J cannot consent to laydown my pen without
adding that General Gordon’s soldiers not only had
unbounded faith in him as a commander: but
they loved him as a brother. Many an old sol
dier's heart in Georgia and in the south will palpi-
d his eye will moisten as ho read* again of
_. _ - commander and recalls his care for the
sick and wounded and the frequent occasions
when on the march he would dismount and wade
through mud and slush with blames fn order to
place some sore footed or sick soldier on his horse.
A Plain Statement.
Maccn.G*., June 6th.—Editors Constitution:
urely these are degenerate days. We old men
have lived to see strange times, indeed, when ev
ery little ruffianly scribbler or political wire work
er, may dip his quill plucked from the vulture's
wing In the slimy pool of slander, and proceed
under the sate mask of some high sounding nott
de-plume, to besmirch the folr name of our own
noble Gordon.
As for Mr. Bacon be has been a chronic
seeker after gubernatorial honor! since w
He has been Lord Bacon during times of qi
Mr. Bacon ns soon as the revolving cycle „
brought around before hla hungry vision tho gilt*
tcring object ot his ambition, honing to hear tho
wheel of fortnno man cry out, "Bacon on tho red
side l” As for what ho has ever done for Georgia
or Georgia has ever done to him that he should lay
such arrogant claim to the highest, office in the
gilt of the people, we fall to remember it.
Why is it that tho good people of Bibb came so
near ridding themselves or his unwelcome leader
ship in his last canvass, and why Is It that ho has
not been serving seme useful purpose for the last
few years instead of being on the dead set for the
governorship?
Somebody in a Bacon organ has remarked,"strip
General Gordon of his war record and ho would be
as naked of qualltlrs commending to the people as
the ordinary man.” By the "ordiuary man" the
wriur probably means this Bacon whom we adore.
You might say the same of a great many good men
with equal justice, were the proposition tenablo.
His wsr record of itself is enough to place his bon
ded name on the muster roll of everlartlng glory
ong after such lawyer-politicians as Bacon
buritd deed in [the unresurrecttbledustofhope
oblivion. Not content with tbe strained methods
of handling the great democracy of Georgia in
the manner ho has. Bacon must needs
ally himself with tho disturbing
agency. He must rail to his aid the arch enemy
ot democracy, tbe mugwump leader of anarchy and
disorganization, W. H. Felton. "You tickle me, 1
ickie you," Is apparently his motto, and he bases
ils operations on this nlco little plan. In a similar
instance, when hard pushed, he tried the same
" .. ... - Governor Brown,
m )r. Felton has all
to win and nothing to lose, and Is willing to cham
pion any cause that promises him that notoriety
which ho covets.
General Gordon Is a man whoso greatness
ofsoni and generosity of heart are proverbial.
Both qualities have been thoroughly ter* ^ —*
only by tbe bironao flic or in the hosplU. «.»•»
with suffering soldiers, but even in the very sanc
tum sanctorum of tbe council hall of the nation.
Among the burned ruins and despoiled and devas
tated homes of Georgia, when there was none
other to bear aloft the standard of patriotism, he
walked, a young Sampson, and smote the Philis
tine carpet baggers hip and thigh on hla own na
tive heath; and then in after year* it was this
samt disinterested patriot who answered to the
call of down trodden Carolina when menaced by
the armed legions of malice and revenge. Strip
*■* *■* A bigger Job than
1 whatever to cover
r wishing to keep them in
a good many
ever hear General Gordon refer to one of those
comrades In arms in eny but terms of the tender-
eat affection ? While you are sneering at these
veterans and their devotion to their old leadtr. ho
Is grasping their honest hands and all the white
sharing equally with them the credit of those glo
rious achievements in which he figured so bril
liantly.
Major Bacon. In subsume* rises op and says.
"The place of governor is mme. It is my right I
am Lord Bacon, and when I assert my claims let
no Georgian enter a protest. 1 have fixed tbo
thing this time and I have got you. Down with
free bufftsge.”
Here is -another picture. I now present for elec
tion to you e man who may Justly come before the
people of Georgia; one who was really cheated out
of a hard-won victory In the dark days of recon
struction. Not because he pulled the wires too
tight and they snapped asunder, but because he
was oppesed by overwhelming odds in his unequal
combat. One who has suffered five years of un
merited abuse, the only foundation for which was
tbeiealous surmising* of a few disappointed office-
#e Thtt*'man who gave the best years of his life to
the service of hlscountiy; he who marched forth at
the head of hla brave legion at the ttmeof his man
hood, and who came hack with the unhealed scars
of bullets on his person to serve in year councils.
This man now comes to you asking only the privi
lege to offer himself for gorvernor of Georgia, and.
behold, the Baconian bull-pupa are set free and
encouraged to bite at hia heels and to worry and
haiTass him with every vile slander that the most
miserable miscreant can concoct or tbe blackest
ingrate may dictate.
Look on that picture and then on this and tell
me "Plain -Talk,” "Stick in the (Mod,” "Fuss and
irhiUvM *aii <>hnnM (amII vMin.1T
whid
&ii .
>wr. ui every ring pouiicia
Nickajack cry "bow the :
I Gordon of lying, your own
rt to it as long as be has so
a from
kneel”
many
di»cover what sen of fowl they are. 1
iToottl I Mf a
JJ US .
. te II^L
Act.u?“ General
hiiDodomortMMRPMHBHHn
experts in bis train. Even accuse him of stealing. I
We will see that Lord Bacon does not steal tbe
governorship without e show of resistance. Call
Mm i raitor. renegade end everything else. You
dare not cell him coward for even tbe ghosts of a
hundred battle fields would rouse themselves end
cry "for shame.” Strike! strike! the kingly eagle,
you miserable shrikes end bee martins. Only re
move your villainous claws from the throat of
I tbe neople and they will forever settle the quev
tion of your persistent candidate’s chronic candi
dacy. Jack Faoar.
THE TRUE ISSUE.
The Convincing Test ot General Gordon's
Statesmanship.
Babnwell, 8. C. % Jane 19,—[Special.]—
Editors Augusta Chronicle: In Saturday’s Chron
icle you say editorially:
"The people have little to dojuit now with Gen
eral Gordon's heroic war record,or his distinguish-
cdirresence in Columbia during the Carolina
Tbe point is whether he Is the man to look after
the great interests which are likely to come up *“
state aflkirs during tbe next administration.”
As a candid observer of current events, I will
ask you If you think there is likely to arise In the
affairs of Georgia daring the next administration
or Indeed daring tbe balance of yonr natural life
any graver or more con plicated political problem
than obtained In Colombia, 8. C., during t‘
winter of 1876? As a carefhl chronicler of facta
will ask yon if the man who displayed sufficient
statemansMp to solve that problem In such wise
as to bring the state a happy issue from her
troubles has not the requisite qualifications. Judg
ing by example, to make a good governor in
din ary or even In extraordinary times?
Now, althoughtho situation at the capital
South Carolina, December 1876, la thoroughly well
understood by yon.it may not be so bv the majority
of your readers, and 1 desire briefly to picture
for them.
We of "the prostrate state” had been for months
under a most severe nervous strain, commencing
with the "Hamburg riot" which our friends in
Augusta are familiar with, and continuing through
the Ellenton uprising, which they will likewise
recall. After a terrific campaign, straining every
nerve and taxing every faculty we succeeded in
carrying an election in which was involved white
supremacy or perpetual negro domination in South
Carolina. In the midst of the rejoicing over our
hardly earned victory and just when the tense
nerves were yielding to the reaction whloh suc
ceed* supreme effort, wo were horrified by tho
rumor, which became fact, that republican states
man from the north supported by bayonets were
among us with the determination to "count out”
and drive forth the representatives ofthe people
and continue in power the carpet-bag, scalawag,
negro enemies of "the civilization c t the cavalier
and the puritan.”
When Virginias, tho Roman father, failed
fair argument and impassioned pleading to rescuo
his beloved daughter from the despoiler of vlrturo,
two thoughts arose in hla mind—whether
should rath on an bury his glalre In the heart
hia oppressor, or sheathe it in the fair body of his
child. He chose the latter. In nearly as dire i
dilemma we, maddened and goaded by tho recol
lection of yean of insult, Humiliation andtymany,
decided once for all to make an end and an exam
ple of our alien end traitorous taskmasters, rather
than submit to further outrage. It was just
uhkBieaitfgMkBkfeatl) c
cm, u » Manfotatt Into rat anp and
bad, IU paw aid wait and Mt If, perchance, one
animated bp a ioptem, detire to aid at might not
avert the commlaalon of what the purest and tho
earlier would likely aUimatiie as a crime and
act the train of Innumerable woea. HU name and
lime made na know that he waa able to he a pres
ent help In time of trouble, and hU prcaeuce un
solicited in tho hour of our soro dlatnaa and peril
caused ua to fbelaaaund that he oema to atay wltn
and to wand by us even unto tho^consnmmatlon.
WUh Implicit faith we left everythin. In hla
hands, and by able mans cement, skillful diplo
macy, wise statcAunsblp and dead asms coasBift'
be brought us safely, triumphantly aud peacefully
through every difficulty ud danger ud restored
home ml. to the state
Now, that thU episode of stateemu-
ship transpired In a stater slate and
not In Georgia, cannot alter
tact of lie occurrence, nor detract from 1U
merits as a master pteoe of atau craft. No move
soldier, I car. not what hla eioellance In war, eould
have compassed It. The conjuncture roqulrad
for 1U peaceful solution the Interpostion
of one who combined the dualities and equip
ment of soldier, statesman and diplomat It was
a crUla in the ad'alrs of a sovereign state. Tna
noun usd cone, and pleaae God, the nan waa not
wanting.
With this tingle perrormacoo It Mem. to me that
General Gordon might well go with Hr. Huron
befora the people and with full aaauruoe of tho
decision lay, “Hecldo between ua on the true
ttaue.” F ju.rr.rro.
GORDON IN CUSETTA.
11a Addresata the Clllzena of Chattahoocha
County,
CrsETTA, 0e„ Juno 19.—[Special.]—A. pro
vioutjy announced General John B. Gordon ad'
drcistd tba clllzena of Ihlacounty yesterday, ud,
noiwlthatudln, the fact that our Duenna are
very busy, the courthouse was taxed to Its utmost
capacity to hold the crowd that had galhertd to
Koiud hear the grandest man south of the Poto
mac, About 10 o’clock, accompanied by lion. J.
W. Hewell, ex-Govemor Smith, Uou, J, C. P, Mc
Cook, Mr, Silas DeWolf, Kugeno Wynn, Dr. F.
M. Gordy, Colonel H. Burney, G. E. Thomas, Jr.,
Price Gilbert, ud others, he entered
tha court room, the walls ofthe house vibrating
undrr tbe volumn oftpplans. that grened him.
_Th. meeting waa eaUedtoorder by Kou. J. W,
Hewell. Eua.no Wynn, a brilliant young
lawyer who will cait hit maiden vote for General
Gordon, Introduced the Illustrious speaksr. The
Introduction was couched In luguage bloseomf
In the choicest flowers of rhetoric, and glowl
Withltho fervor of youth. It wait hetatifultrloi
" otGeortlt to the great southern
».Td“th^uW^
rai u open, muly talk tog brave
people, and it stirred to the utmost
heart, flit scalhlnc aliualoni to
ffftttjt
from a tine son ot Georgia to the
leader. General r—*
shoots, and for two
tentlon.
Hlispereh was an
ad chivalrous people,
i V r er lu«^*Su.ni!SSl D lLf, a h. p„
dlsorgulter, were greeted with wildest enthusi
asm. The who), thing waa if regular love ft--
participated in by the fair daughters or Ghgtttl
rbee aa well as her brave sooe. You can place
TUB FIGHT IN MUSCOGEE.
CoiUMBVe, Ga., June 19.—[8peelal.] —Gor
don won In tho aklrmlah today. It waa eaagwhgt
of t surprise to the Bacon men, tot they evidently
thought thsy had the meeting until the vote was
taktu. The light waa over the perauneat chair
manship oftho men meeting. The Bacon men
pot la nomination Captain J. J. dado, ud tho Gor
don mm ci-Governor Smith. Tho vote resulted
l the election of ex-Governor Smith by HI tone.
The first business after tbe orgulratua p the
adoption of regolutlout declaring Hon. Thomas W.
Grimes the choice of Muscogee *b(niy to
.Chappell were rch&autSff&rttXtsltSSi
-»ss
tions providing for a primary aiectlon for guber-
latorfal delegates on tbs first Haturdajr lo Jiuj.
- — -i- irtotfe.
isl delegates on tbs first
R. H. Estes, a Gordon ra
tion, as a substitute, that tbs
opened et once and remain open
ten ensued an exciting debate. In which etch
d, charted tho othA 1 with being afraid of
primary election, gad each as-
H. 'noJWSlJ&tofid SSSlm^
wnusuPM
ttV'SKLTAI!!
Wilcox Probably Ordars
Hawkinsvilu, Oa* Juno 19.—[Special.]—
A awswnger wbo left tha county slta of WUoox Jam
as tha mam taeeang was amembllng, states that
tbe Gonloo assn were In the majority, ud that tha
probable course which they would adopt
would be the ordering of a primary election.
indistinct print
A WORD TO DB. FELTON
OwwxvBTVILLr, Ga, June 14.—[Special,]-.
Dr. Felton declaret that he will not support Genov
Gordon If he Is nominated. Well, then. Dr.
Felton Is left. That's all of ft. Tho action ofthe
eleven counties lam Saturday shows that the peo
ple of Georgia do not believe Dt Felton, and it
also shows John B. Gordon will hatha nominee.
The pore, simple truth la that Dr. Felton ladoing
Cenenl Gordon more good than any man In the
.JgJSnEXVRr s/*- -
mere than tbev believe Dr.
Heard, Troupe is going solid for
Troup, Heard to going solid for
mensaj they see tbe handwrtl
and (bat ihejr are whistling to kc
up.
You attacked Ben Hill, doctor, whilst he lived,
and tbe people went right oo honoring hia, ami
now j on can goon, if you Piesae. with your vi
tuperation and aereeam about Gordon, and we
will honor him. Me people down tbke way look
upon you as tbe old beil-weather of tbe backsliders
from tbe democracy, and they are asking when
and where were you reinstated. You are now re
garded aa tbe degenerate spotUe when you go
a toutproclaiming from every housetop that you
... corruption!
be !not stay there, for suvw uuuwu
good opportunity might not present itielf.
Are you not mad with Gordon, doctor, because
be went np there end helped to defeat you in tbe
Clement* race f Yon carry a very rickety record,
doctor, end when you come down here to dictate
terms to tbe democrats of Troup and Heard on tbe
idea that tbe sun, moon and stars may vary, but
Dr. Felton, never, you will find the woods in both
counties foil of Gordon men. I see General Gordon
ia going to speak in LaGrange next Baturday, tho
lfftb, aud w e are going to bear him, and our wives
are going. My wife cays she wants me to provide
a way for tbe children. She says abe will never
die satisfied till rbe and tbe children see the man
they call "Lee’a right arm.” County Lug,
ANOTHER BLANDER NAILED,
Arlington, Or., Juno 18.—[Special.]—Sev
eral weeks ago there appeared in the Macon Tele
graph several slanderous statements, derogatory
of General Gordon's life during tho war. Mr. W.
A. Bcckcom, of this county, enclosed the slip In a
letter to General Jubal A. Early, and asked hie at
tention to it. In reply he has received the follow
ing from General Early.
Lyxcbbvro, Va., June 0.1886,-Dear 8fr: Tours
of the 2Cthi of May was duly received, aud I have
had some herRation about replying to it, but havo
concluded that mv silence might be misunderstood,
and 1 bare therefore determined to write to you.
The ajtdreca given in McCabe’s "Life of General
: Fisher’s HilL As I rode forward after tho
8?p5v1
a suppoeitlous case to make the point stronger; and
I hare no recollection that any such thing was re
ported to me in regard to General Gordon. 1 cer
tainly did not see any such thing myself. It Is
porsible that ho may havo placed a guard over
some wagon, but I can understand very well that
it might have been done to prevent plundering on
the part of the men. In regard to tho piece
clipped from a newspaper, which you enclose. I
hare to ray that I did not issue any such order as
that referred to on the 20th of October, 1864, or at
any time thereafter. On the 20th "
day after tbo battle of Cedar i ...
moving back all day, and I had no leisure to issue
any order. Theonly thing I issuod In the way of
•u order or address on the subject was that ol
which McCabe gives a eopy, and that was dated on
the 22d of October. You can use this as you think
proper. Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. A. Early.
When It is recollected that there issome personal
feeling between General Early and Oenoral Gor
don tbe value of the above letter will be greatly in
creased.
It Is now about time for the Macon Telegraph to
givebl^th to another slander,
Gordon Men In Marion,
Bitna Vista, Ga., June 11.—Editors Con
stitution: In the Maoon Telegraph, of the 10th
izmant, I notice an article signed "Baconians,” in
whldrAptc&rs the statement "that there arc only
two Gordod men in Boons Vista and three others
in the county." This statement I pronounce un
true. I have made a careful estimate of the
&
votra In Gordon's favor.
lands, ray, that the chant or ■•bar*aln and tale”
nlnn General Gordon, la untrue, a* do man/
inera, who wlIHupport Mr. Bacon.
'—’-‘.uiofthhi county, at well at tho acntl-
"rc'MSStph" mte " ,re -
Ottia.niXP Dtxoct at.
PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Eastman, Ga., Jane 17.—Editor, Confu
tation : It nnbrdn me immenso plonturn
to mi in yoar columns every day how
General Gordon in succeeding and gain
ing ground continually in hi, gubernatorial
race, and how tho aboard and unreasonable
chargee brought against him by hUenamie,
arc treated with contempt ud left to bo an-
•weredhy tbo peoplo tbomeelvm at tbo bal
lot box. This ia aa it (bonld be. Bccently I
of delegates had not been put through with
auch ucitllcw haate before tho state conven
tion was called. I have heard aeveal gentlo-
men wbo voted for Bacon delegates say re
cently, that it tbe election were to bo held
over they would vote to lend Gordon dele-
galea, because they do not like the tactic, end
method, of General Gordon’* opponents.
I havo alto been Informed that on the day
and ,t tbo tliuavf Ibeuiection of delegator,tho
chairman ofthe man meeting,Dr. E. U. Bacon,
wbo watalao chairman of tho oxecntlvo com-
mitt#, ud a kinsman of Major Bacon, had in
hlitOaMt a telegram from General Gordon
urging him if poealbie to postpone tbe man
meeting if only for on, day. In order •Imply
that General Gordon might have time
to reach here and eocure a fair hearing before
the people. If Dr. B^con had auch * telegram
he did not open hla month reboot It to tho con
vention nor havo tha falneaa to submit it to
tbo people in tnnn mooting uoUnbled and 1st
them ray whether or not they would poatpono
the election of delicate, ud give General
Gordon n hearing. If Dr, Bacon did not havo
auch a telegram I will cheerfully correct this
etatement, Mldoaotwlah todo him or any
other mu u Injustice. Bot tho talegraph
operator at tbit placo any, such a dispatch waa
delivered to him that day. I would at
least ha glad if everybody could road tho pro
ceedings of that mail meeting and obaerre the
arbitrary ud no parliamentary ruling, of Dr.
Bacon, tie chairman, in the interest of hia
Unman, Major Baoon. J. Biauop, Jn.
Tan Bacon paper at Camilla, danloa that
vote, wero bought ’
don money.
AmB Gordon’a nomination, It ft raid that
Felton will bo an indopandant candidate. No
democrat could aak uy thing bettor than thft.
will hold her primary elao
at for the purpose of eleetlngdal-
— latorial convention. The Gor-
tfullr confident ol tba glorious tri-
bar bad tbo dry grin, erar lines tho
MagoatHon when be wu editor of
abowa the confidence of Richmond
tbo election of General John B.
A bit or KOIk
Are hundred dollar, that General
will be .nominated by the demo-
: * ' W. B, Harley.
The flrwnrboro.Journal, a Bacon paper, makes
tbe following good point:
TO tbe point aUrtnpted to bo made that both
paper, la Greensboro ware for Bacon, aud that
uot fact ought u> hart tlected him, wo aprwtr
tbit tuch baa not ben tbe fact etuwbere. If our
critics will can their eyas over tbo whole state
tkar will dbcoTtr that Major Beooo la being rnp-
porudbjltbo local pnar In Marly every county u
which General Gordon ft getting majorities.
Tbe Ciuabort Appeal thus defends tbo right of
’aSmocqnjan?Jjjjfded byltarcaljor a djlnj
., chiefly
ilnoe the war and men
tpbsmmt bring a sails
MIhMnBGu
flB
tv*very sad manhood, tnen we confea* that we
band shaking took place, when tho general was
- escorted to Btuart's hotel by the committee, follow
ed by a large crowd. By two o'clock the opera hall
wa* packed to its utmost capacity, fUlly 1,000 peo
ple being present.
General Gordon's speech we* a masterly effort,
refitting and ov< — '
again at him, and —
tbe State road lease, the convict lease, and show-
log clearly that there was no bargain
and rale in hts leaving the
United State* senate: that If bo had wanted to
make money by aisle of his office, the place to
get rich would have been to stay in the senate aud
sell bis veto. He wound up by asking all who
wanted Bacon for governor to hold up their hands.
Not a man held up hia hand. When he a»ked all to
hold up their hands who wanted General Gordon
for governor there went up three-fourths of the
audience, and tbe general declared be was elected,
and invited all to come to his inaugural In Norexn<
ber next.
Hu idee t
ot applause.. Lowndes will send a Gordon delega
tion. Tho ladles were out iu full force, to whom
tbe general paid a glowing tribute, thauktug them
for their presence, and stating that if they could
vote be wm >*fe>
Ubeen Villr, Ga., June 14.—[8peclaL]—Old
Meriwether declared today for primaries on the
26tb instant, which means delegates for our gal<
laut hero, J. B. Gordon. Wo lovo him I
shall cast our votes first, laat and always fl
Hons. T. A. Atkinson and W. J. Barnes made a
noble and manly appeal for a free expression of
tbe voters, showing the trickery and unfair meth
ods of court house cliques. Add four votes to the
Gordon tablo at once.
Lary Gantt la bard to please. Notwithstanding
the "sharp and quick” manner In which Bacon
began plucking unwilling counties even before tbe
convention was called, Larry is now mad because
be did not go into the work in a wholesale man
ner, and now proposes "brats buttons” for the
Bacon managers. Laroy veems to forget that the
outrages of tho courthouse cliques might reach a
limit where the people would no longer submit to
them. Mr. Gantt even goes so far as to charge
. — ■ -- - • - - inooilu-
nn ms enemies lo derust mm.” Hh
to fay
s enemies to defeat him.” He proceeds
Lr. Felton should never have been permitted to
speak In southwest Georgia, where tho people lmte
an independent worse than they do sin. Kvery
word that he spoke weakened Major Bacon's
old independent
itrci-gth, and the very sight of ihoo
bull. Dr. Felton could hare done someg<
mountain counties, and there he should have ex
pended bis eloquence. He baa already fori Major
Bncoii mere than one county, and will
chances if not silenced.
This suggestion that tbe peoplo of southwest
Georgia should havo been lulled Into folio security
by confining Dr. Felton’s work to tbe mountains
•mounts to the perpetration of a fraud upon “ —
Let tbe people of wutbwest Georgia take wl
from thu declaration and sco to it that they are
"played” into tbo bands of Independents and
•rgatiizert. Let them remember that Dr. Felton
. T Jajor Bacon’s obown and personal standard-
bearer, and that, wMleoccupying that posltion.be
boldly declares bis purpose to bolt the nomlnstlou.
Mr. Gantt also publishes a "roorback" to tbe ef
fect that tbe Gordon managers bad attempted to
bribe the editor of tho Hartwell Bun to support
Gordon. Tbe Hartwell Bun thus disposes or ihe
Tbe editor of this paper wants It distinctly un-
trttood that be docs not consider and has never
-j stated, that any attempt has been made to bribe
him In tbe gubernatorial campaign by au agent or
Tii* Atlaxta Constitution, or anybody else, and
P The Llneoloton N»wj, Burn organ^ uka tbo
.he will
bleb he thereby Inflicted
unnn tho dead u«<wm«i>.
Griffin tare 233rotrafor Gordon, and only two
/0 lft?w»Air, Ga.. Jon, 17.—[81
withstanding tho net that Hteflh’, I
chiefly notable forth, denumatratk _
hand which waa hired for the ooca,!on,the Gordon
men are moreiangnlno than aver and am court-
deal or carryln, tao county, lr Dr. Felton could
he Induced to coma down and mako a speech them
could not be the moet remote doubt aa to tho nault.
t-pon the whole, the speech ot Mr. Bacon hero
waa nothin, more than •npetltlon oftho speech
that he baa delivered at every other point when
with them when
lfllecon mode
of weunpl U
addlat. la this eoonty
> turret BMra Jnulft
.county who made m
Yatfcraiirh.’llal Beall, rat Price, Dr. ClerS
. , Jack Grubba. J. T. Day, D. R. Stewart, Jar.
Italy, and an hundred more of our elder chi*
mm what kind of a bomb proof they occupied
dit .nr the w>errand whether or not Major Bacon
BtAcS-HnAffi 11 Ga„ Jane Hi.—[Special.]—
General Cordon's mpportera met at five o’clock
last nlaktond effected a permanent gubernatorial
craanlaatton by elactln, ex-UKurmnan J. V.
Nicbolla prrrident. Captain E. D. Hendry vice-
president, and Dr.Jt. J#. Fuller aerrrtary. Com
mittees were appointed by tbe chairman, on tr-
iSSSSH-S
TeasrSJfcjtft-arta
I, and was mat at tna depot byaUrga
wfcc cheered bim b
they left as wfien ibey came.
verts they are very slow in expressing their con
victions, and if a tingle voto was changed by tbe
speech tho fact has not yet come to light.
• Coweta is stronger Air Gonion today than sho
was two weeks ago, and if Felton eould only be in
duced to como here and deliver one of his abusive
harangues the result would bo sealed. Tbe grim
oracle of Indcpendcntlsra has few admirers here,
even among tho Bacon men, and nothing would
• utterly confuie them as to receive a visit from
ie doughty parson at this critical Juncture.
Mill ray, Gr, Juno 17.—Editors
Constitution: I see In tha list of ooantlosyou
ut ibis week Bullock Is for Ilscon. Now let me
ell you bow it was carried by a tow lawyers, an
* * v raso-
—_—, „t they
through chairman ruled It out or order and forced
an Immediate election. If the resolutlou had
* ,vo been put to the homo It would havo boon
itled and we would have sent Gordon delegates
and they knew it This delegation is the aame
delegation that foughtiCoiquitt.
Thomasvillb, Ga., June 10.—[8peclal.]—
Thomas county democrats assembled in mass
meeting today, aud resolved to hold a primary
election on 8atusday June 3rd, to soloot delegates
to tbs gubernatorial convention.
Delegates were selected to the congressional and
senatorial conventions. Tbs former were instruct
ed for Hon. R. G. Mitchell, the latter to vote for
whosvtr should be brought forward by Brooks
county. Under the rotation system Brooks county
hss the rignt this year to claim the senator.
5K& lwertl
, [Advioea from otheTaouroessbow that the meet-
In, wu largely for General Gordon, and that the
ail forprimarinwudnntothem.]
8h.vm Cheek, (la., Jnna 19.—Editor, Con
stitution: Perhaps It ta not generally known that
Mr. A. O. Bacon wu for nine yean, daring hit ur-
vice, u representative and speaker of tba house,
the hired attorney for tbo Georgia H tot null Ip and
tbe organization of tbe railroad commission of
lemta, and when questioned u to tho propriety
oflhe action In tho matter, replied In toll man
ner: "When I am In tbe chair I au apaaker and
repreientmycoaistUunnts, and when befora tha
commlMlon 1 am an attorney and repnaent my
Tha foregoing facte and the language quoted
an u. new u I can remember
from tho aialemanta of one of our
moat worthy and dbtlngubhed mini,ter, oftho
Gospel, who wu my Informant, and who wu per
sonally vqulnted with Mr. Bacon at the time,
SSffd esj
•Ince Mr. BacoD la lUll tbe attorney for the rtU-
rejd. an^Wr|n t . mac^ft^'y uj^
if eheled governor, la U probable
ho would now forego tha larger, ulary tor
lerrer wife* u governor, or would not moat likely,
a, l.e ha, done ever tinea ha hu been in offioe.
continue to serve a, railroad attorney and gov
ernor, too, Herein, I think, lie monel worthy of
raflectlonfo-G-"— whom
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T7AYETTE COUN
J* be sold before t
of Fayetteville, Fayette county, Georgia, bclweeu
the legal hours ofuleoiUho first Tuetday la July.
18b6, the following lands, to wit: Ono hundred
and twenty-one acres, more or leas, being tho west
ern portion of lot of land No. 151, and sovcntcca
acres being a fraction of lot of land No. m, all la
the lower Seventh district of said county, lovtod on
to satisfy a fl. fa. luitird from Conreta Superior
—gk in favor of N. B. Glover agalnat Kate K.
’roperty pointed out In said fl. fa. Tenant in
po«ftCMloii given written notice or said levy.
Alro, attnosamo time and placo, will bo rold
one hundred and thirty acres of land, more or lo*t f
off of land lot Na 7. In tho 4*.K»tu «iuin -t, if.;
said sounty, bounded aafoHowsr no th” noun by
lands of F. P. Brapell, east by Whitewater crock,
south by lands of J. M. Arnull and O. J. K lnioiid-
ron, west by B. F. North, Levied on to satisfy lUreo
Jmtlco court fl. fo.’s IwoitHl from tbo Justice Court
of the toMli district of Fayntte county, ono In
avor of O. B- Banks vs. O. J. _Edmondson ana two
Iralnlitrah
it o. J. 1
i Robert
to. J. *
tr pointed out 6y 0. B. Ranks Touaut 1«
t>*session hotlflid In writing of Mid lev/, .
Alto at tbe same time and place will bo *o!4
forty-eight acres offend, more or lens In tbe north
east corner of lot of land No. 135. bound *
Roed, 1
ld< li At fol-
Bwanron, south by John Btliu hcomb, east by [feta
Lucinda J, fe|tafefifetatafe|j|
lows: North by Matthew
“iby John Mill—
, Lahdrum. levied on
ahd l.uriDUR <f, Miuuniin, *»vi«n ui
cost fl. fo. Issued from Fayette Hup
favor of officers of the court rs. Luel
rum, wife of L. L Landrum. Levlc
property of Lucinda J. Landrum. Property pomiea
out by Lucinda J. and L L. Landrum, they being
served with written notice of said levy.
Also at the samo time and pr
forty five acres of land out of tot«
east by White Water creek, south t
Son a:
Prim to aatlaiy a Juitloe c
i.iiuiu lie jnatlof mart 493th dhtilct, C.
M„ of itlri county, la fneor of M. II. Coucli. v»,
C "-o at the tan, time and nlaoo will be wld
BsSisasS-pH
XSJSJ
d.* Ibe prohibition!,II are vai
r lucceaa In the oonteat. The
a conference fteaterdejr with eevenl lawyer,,
hut it wu Impoimble to learn what they did.
jEWKiauuioti, Butte County, (In.. Jura 14.
—... ■ — - — eniefolly polled tbe vet, —
The
&Bi?
—[h'pc.ctaLHWo havo carefully
ti.is place and Immcdiato vicinity.
Thirty ^Gordon tr^fourfoMJMol
hr. Felton is M
corrupt. A:.d bo
corrupt. Uowd
Dr. Felton hid a mortgage deed to the aeventh
cougreraienal dUtriet. He beet the democratlo
lumlnre for congreee four tinea, we believe.
Fvery dlatrict in Ueortla, except Feltona, wu
repreteutedlncongrenbya democrat. The eru
ofthe people of Georgia wen turned upon the
CTenth. Uemenu wu the democratlo nominee;
Felton wu tbe Independent candidate, tad he.
tbou,bl he bad e walk-over, dnd fee would have
had, but for General Gordon, who went Into thu
dlatrict and rpokefoe Clementa, and relton wu
dertroyed. The oM
ic .nr.j lug
■ . i-!..11. Theter,,
iM,«:..t.
on tbs goUrnatorfel qtrestton. In on a tbo vote
stood Gordon thirty-two, Baoon thlrtson. In tire
Fiji tbe Dalton Arvit:
General Gordon uye, u
Sjk/SJbS L
oounty. levied on u the property of W. I
levied on lo utlriy a tax fl. <a,_ln five
Kamo this paper.
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