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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY JULY 13 1886
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ATIAMTA.' (IA, TDBteAT. JULY 13. Itofo
Con. Gordon tbs Democratic Nominee.
General John B. Cordon it thlo morning
tbe doneenittc nominee tor governor of
Georgia.
The contention will bo compoeod of 350
delegates. It requires 17« to moke a major
ity. General Gordon baa this morning 106
voter. It fortunately happen! that tbore la
no donbt about a single vote. In every
county the iaane has lieen made Cttrly and
(tj no rely between the candidates—and in
every single case tbe Gordon delegates are
elected and instructed as eneh. General
Gordon is therefore as mneb the nominee of
tbe democratic party ns he will be on the
26th of July when tbe votes are recorded.
This being the oass, we are nnable to see
what is to be gained, from a democratic
standpoint, by further opposition to him.
Tbe resnlt coaid not be changed ««Ihreethe
nomination is concerned if every oonnty yet
to act sbonld go against him. Tbs only
pwsible effect of Author democratic opposi
tion will ba to intensify tbe foeling naturally
existing between the two wings of tbs party,
and to invito tbs enemies of the party to
profit by it. If General Gordon lacked even
two voice of a clear instructed majority, tbe
friends of Mgjor Bacon might, in sincere
loyalty, accept that desperate chance and
light on for their favorite. Bat with tbe
majority line actually peas ad and lha nomi
nation ns mneh a matter of fact as if it wen
already recorded, we confess wo can see no
motive higher than personal animosity or
passion for cant inning the contest farther.
It most bo remembered that no charge of
' fraud ran rest against tbe manner of obtain
ing this nomination. The contest has been
the fairest within onr memory. Simply bo-
canto it line been the moat general and the
most open. The primary, with tbe
open democratic ballot box in
every militia district, bos been the rale of
tbe campaign, and the mass meeting with its
cut snd dried programme bos been tho ex
ception. Tho democratic vote has been large
beyond precedent. The mamas have turned
ont and the majorities have been overwhelm
ing. Largely over two-thirds of the coun
ties tbnt bare acted hare declared for Oar-
don by tru\)oritles that ore without parallel.
In only one comity—Coweta—has there bean
dvri tUeinggedflbn of a contest, and in that
county Gordon hoe an undisputed popular
majority of 05 votes, tho contest bingingona
purely technical point.
Thera ran be no charge Umt snap judg
ment has been taken oti the people. Gener
al Gordon’s competitor hai been In the Held
for two yean, and had preciously made two
races Its has, therefore, had a fair and Aril
bearing. The pram was overwhelmingly on
bis aide, and against General Gordon. Tbe
public baa, therefore, been (tally advised as
to the objections to General Gordon, and the
importance of electing Major Bacon. Tbe
fight baa been fklrly fought, on an open Held,
after tbe best democntlo methods, close to
the heart of the people end fairly end bril
liantly won.
We submit these considerations to tbs dem
ocrats of Georgia with eonlldence. General
John B. Gordon ia this morning tbe fhlrly
declared nominee of tbe democratic party,
and assuch is entitled to all that that implies
from good ami patriotic democrats.
Dustncan and Craps.
Onr views of the business outlook, pub
lished during the latter part of June, have
been strengthened by recent development!.
The July circular, issued by the mercantile
agency of It. O. Dun A Co., givco tia the
best of reaoono for looking forward to a pros
perous autumn.
From Don A Co. ’s figures we loam that
the failures in the United States for tho tint
half of I860 were 5,150 in .number, os com
pared with 0,004 for tbe same period last
year, showing a decrease of 848. Tbe lla-
bilitico also tor tho Best half of tha present
year show only 450,000,000, as compared
with 474,000,000 for tbe flrat six months of
tost year, s marked and gratifying decline.
LVe quote tbe following from tho circular:
There appears to he a better adjustment of val
ues pitvakal this Air soma years pass, offering
surer opportunities tor a profit In the transaction
d business. A certain settled standard has suc
ceeded the shlruag.uaknown bests which has hith
erto prsvslted.snd ta a posrerfut aid to lbs establish
ment ol tha cioaSdancs now being
gradually restored. The earning powar
ol large corporations, whom securities
are held widely thmugheet the country,
•uch ta railroads, manutlclurtng concerns, bank-
lug, and otbir representative InaUtuUons, Is now
apparently moss amend than at this Uses last
year. The steady tmpseivsmsaS la tha railroad BP
uatk'B Is the best Indication la this direction, re-
porta show lug, cm suly an luerassad tonnage. hot
at rales that yield fair returns, a mesa certain
Income foe t terse clam of security holders may,
therefore, he relied upon, snd a mote settled con
dition cf trade among this class Is thereby tender,
cdpcaslhla. These la a great lnciaam In the clam
of security holders, and the number of people In
the Polled Stems whs now live upon tho Interest
of their tnvctlaatnla and loana haa of lots years
enervously Increased. Whatever contributes to
pcncauercy and eoitaluty of Income for this class
helps general trade now toe greater extent than
ever before. Herrs, Use cessation of tbe great
railroad wars, w bleb, last rwar, wees so destructive
of valuta. Is of Importance as indicating that the
immense raplial Invested ta this means of comm s-
nteailoo, Is BOW likely to earn a fa'r return a mat
ter ol treat importance to tho general trade of the
country.
The growth of wealth and money earning ca
parity of this vast country In the last few yean Is
Illustrated by tbs gradual decline In tha rate of In
terest, tha ccosequeacee of which art likely to be
very Important. Tbe rases acrw pet valent of four
and tvs par coat are almost as unlvetsal aa are
yean ago were six and wren percent This cheap
aaas of money, while on tha oco hand U Indicates
a greet ehosdsBC* and an approach to tha bsqo
ury conditions which prevail la tho wealthiest
ewatrtea uf the old was Id, B likely aa this aew
continent to haTO most Importontconsoquencsa In
the extension of undertakings tmpcaeibls In osun-
trtea less fa lira and with restricted resources.
This cheapness of mosisy.wUh confidence restored,
snd a fairly prospecoos condition of affairs exte-
leg throughout the country, is likely to stimulate
all new enterprises,while lha economy with which
bualnau can now to transacted, owing lo tbe low
raise which prevail, Is lull of
the future.
Tho condition of the crops la not altogether
desirable.
In the Carolines, Georgia, Alabama, Mis
sissippi and Arkansas the heavy rains hare
been disastrous. Cotton, however, baa not
been irretrievably hurt anywhere, snd noth
ing has becr£de.strayed in any locality with
tbs exception of oats. Tbe report from tbe
ores of territory tributary to Atlanta, ia en
conraging. It is osloUows:
Owing to latanaas of planting, snd prolonged
oool weather, the ccadiUoo of cotton and oorn
crops la not as favorable aa the corresponding pe
riod of ISfis, snd In asvenl localities the crops hevs
been seriously damaged by raosnt heavy rains, hot
with two months of warm days and nights the
crops will yield agoodaveragt. Small grain, sooh
ss wheal snd cats, have been fklrly satisfactory.
Fruit promises to be abundant, and oomin* at |ho
dullest period of the yoor, helps considerably.
Cartful Inquiry Into tho ooodlUoos of trade Indicate
a ecmparaUvely healthy stats of lha commercial
body. There la a growing tendency among oouo try
merchants, to cat off credits both ways, and tha
percentage of cash buyers hat been greater than
during any previous period lor many yean. In
place of large purchases of provisions snd staples
on credit, now small oath order* are given, and
coo tracts lo pay usually mot promptly. Out of the
results of this system Is smaller stocks in tho bands
of country dealers, with a corresponding reduction
of liabilities. There Is an evident Inert see of self-
attaining Aimers, Indicated by tho decreased de
mand for western grain and a healthy contraction
of expenditures among all classes. The ooodltioo
of our section generally A hopeful and encourag
ing, and Indicates a reasonable prospect of safety
In the extension of business and enterprise.
AH of tbe trade circulars and statistics in
tbe commercial papers arc of a similar touor.
Without saying that there ia a boom in sight,
it la safe to say that wo are again entering an
era of good times.
The Dead Poet.
The news comes to rut that Pent Hayna is
dead. The skill of tho physicians availed
nothing—nor tbe ministration* of love, nor
tbe prayers of bis Monde, nor tbo hopes of
bis friends. In spite of these bis gentle
spirit passed away, soaring beyond tbo sub-
limeat heights aver reached by human song,
and penetrating tbe mystery of mysteries :
" A star
Divinely bright.
Waned In the deepen Ins heavens afar,
HU-loat In light."
We may be sure that h* faced this mystery
with tbe simple faith of n little child. A
soul ss pure as his could not harbor doubt.
Years ago be wrote:
"Too vaiue, loo faint for mortal ken
Thst far phantasmal Future Ilea;
But, sweat I one sacred troth I read.
Just kindling In your tesr-dlmmsd eyas—
That.states may rise and stalsa may tel,
W ith ago earth's tottering pillows bow,
But hearts like ours ecu ne'er forgot;
And though we know not when, nor bow,
Our con-clous loro thtll blossom yet,
A thousand years from now I"
Wo can add nothing in this place lo what
we have already said of Mr. Hayne’a genius.
Wbntbis llfowos bis poetry is and will
eonlinne to bo. While bin work, covering
aa it does, a wide range of thought, and a
wonderful variety of moods, to not nil up to
his own higb standard, nevertheless, there
is not in the slightest of his patina a trace of
affectation. There is no straining after effect,
no attempt to portray a passion that is not
fait. lib work was genuine, and though ifa
range is limited, no fulso note is struck. Ills
sit b exquisite, bnt not mote so than the
thought it embodies, and both art nnd
thought hold for the reader the precious
suggestion of truth. This, niter all, is tbe
teat—the teat by which all literature b
Judged.
In Mr. Hayna’s poems, aa wa have before
suggested, the various phase* of net ora in
the sooth And sympathetic interpretation.
He loved the pines, and found in their
•ombre nnd melancholy aspects a never-fail
ing Inspiration. Wa present two of bb
potmsoo the pines. The first b entitled
"the Voice in the Hites
"The more Is sofUr beautiful end stlU.
Its light Air clouds In pencilled gold and grey
raure motionless shove tho pint-grown hill,
tv has* the pints, trassd aa by a wlserd's will,
Vptlte, ss mult sad motionless ss they?
Tea t mutt tad moveless t not oat dickering spray
Flashed Into sunlight, nor a gaunt bough ttlrrtd:
Vet, If wooed banco beneath these pints lo stray.
We catch s Alnt, Ihtn murmur far away—
A Unifiers voles by grosser sacs unheard.
What voice It this; What low and solemn tone,
W hlch Ihrouih all wings of all tho winds teem
lurlcd,
Nor even lbs sephyr's fairy Unto b blown,
Makes llmi forever Its mjilerious moan
From out tho whispering pine-tops' shadowy
world:
Ah! canIIl>e tbs aoUqoe talcs art trust
Doth some Ions Dryad haunt the breast
Fronting yon bright Illimitable blue.
And wildly breathing all her wild eoul through
Thst strange, unearthly musio of despair T
Or ran II ba thst ages since, storm tossed.
And driven far Inland from the roaring les-
fotte twittedoccsn-iplrtl, worn and lost,
llcio through dry summer’s dearth and winter’!
frost.
Yearns for tho sharp, sweat kisses ortho me ;
Whste’cr the iptll, I hearken and am dumb.
Dream-touched and musing la tbs tranquil
morn;
All woodland aooadt-the pheasant'! goaty dram,
The mockblrd’s fugue, the droatng Insect's hum-
Hcsrco heard for that strange sorrowful voteo
forlorn I
Beneath the drowsed sense tnm desp to deep
or spiritual llfo Its Bsooraftil minor Hows,
Pltvamllke with p-oMre tide, whose currents keep
Low-murmuring ’twill tbs bounds of grief and
sleep.
Vet locked for aye from slswp'i divine repose.
The other b entitled “Tba l'ina'a Mys
tery”—
lines: the sombre foils** of tbs Pino,
A swart aliens of the woodland trees,
Is answering what wa may hot half dtrlns,
To tbore soil whlspsri of tbe twilight hncssl
Psmbn and mystery manner through the lesve!
rsmlon snd mystery touched liy dealblsm pstn.
Where monotcus of bog. low tngulah grbres
For lomethtng last that shall not lire again!
highland moccasin or a rattlesnake In their
pockets ready for instant use. Of conns
these venonona reptiles could be muzzled
after a fashion, or they could be bottled, bat
mo gentleman of refined feelings carat to
travel with each a load. We have great
respect fbr the Spanish doctor, bnt after
caraftally weighing tha merits of hto discovery
wa feal that wa cannot recommend it to tbo
public in general. From another point of
view, however, we can sag something useful
in it. It b understood that a good, business
like nip from a mad dog will cure a snake
bits. Now, here b something that may be
tamed to practical account. A man is liable
at any moment to be bitten by asnnko, and,
aa we seem to be rapidly approaching the
time when every dtiaen will have a mad dog
in bis back yard, it b well to know bow. to
utilize these interesting animal* to tbe beet
advantage. Our advice* indicate that tbe
mad dog supply will keep pace with any
demand that b likely to spring np in conse
quence of these remarkable revelations.
Very Bad Policy.
All tine Mends of temperance will re
gret Ibe action of tbe Alabama prohibition,
bb in nominating a candidate for governor
and a full state ticket.
Thb movement seems to be against tbe
better judgment of tba prohibitionists in
Alabama. Only a few are engaged in it,
and it is very doubtful whether their ticket
will bring ont anything ilka a full vote.
Unless wise counsels prevail this bad
break will result in undoing tbe work of the
prohibitionbb. Here in Georgia they have
had tba good sense to keep ont ot politics.
Kscb community b permitted to carry ont
tbe home-rale policy and settle the "wet and
dry" liana. No attempt has been mode to
organize a third party in tbe slate.
Tbe success ot the Georgia plan speaks for
itself. Temperance men elsewhere may ac
complish much by following in our footsteps,
bnt any attempt to organise a political party
will result in disaster.
A Disagreeable Remedy.
People view mad dogs with sneb horror
that they will stand almost anything in the
shape of a remedy for hydrophobia. Pea-
tear's method of inoculation bos been favor
ably received, and soma interest b shown in
the beetle cure, said to Iw so effective in
liuiaia. *
Bnt Mine remedies era worse than tbo
dixsre, or equally bad. The cure for
rabies discovered by s Spanish physician b
on* of them. According to this authority
tbe bite of a tuad dog should be followed with
tbe bite of a snake of some poisonous spe
cie*.
It will be seen that tbe snake care for by-
dro phobia is inconvenient as wail aa repul
sive. lander to be wall heeled It waoMba
secretary for men to cany an abb-badied,
Tbe Situation In Arkansas
Oar advices from Arkansas describe
threatening state of aflkira.
Tbo negro Knights of Labor in tbs neigh
borhood of Tate’s plantation have refused
to return to work trader the order of their
muster workman, and ore organising for a
campaign of revenge.
In self-defense the whites have been com.
pelltd to prepare themselves for active hos
tilities, and any chance collision may precip
itate a bloody race conflict.
Tbe knights who organise secret societies
among iba vicious and ignorant shoulder a
fearful responsibility. Tbe negroes at Tate’s
plantation did not hesitate to disobey their
master workman as soon aa they wen ready
for insurrection. They forgot that they
were knights and readily accepted recruits
from tbo outlaw hordes who are always on
tbe watch for plunder and mischief.
There ia bnt one policy to be panned in
Arkansas nnd in other states. It ia for tbe
•nlhoritire to strike a decisive blow at the
fiist appearance of trouble. It is much bet
ter to visit a revere punishment upon a few
men than to daisy action until the malcon
tents number hundreds. In such c
prompt action saves innocent people, and
serve* aa a warning example to bad men. It
is to be hoped that this unpleasant episode
in Arkansas will imprest upon the Knights
of Labor tba Importance of organising
lodges composed of nono bnt law-abiding cit
izen*. Any other coarse will wreck tha
order.
An Italian Sam Jones.
Just now oil Italy Is in a fever of exdto-
incut over a new cvangollst. The name of
this remarkable man to Agostino Di Montc-
frltro. Ho ia spoken of as a second Savona
rola, and his converts number thousands.
liecontly Di Montefeltro conducted meet
ings at Fisa. Daring bis stay all ordinary
business wan suspended. Tbe stores closed
np and tbe professional men left their offices.
At tbo universities all lectures were post
poned in order to allow tic students to bear
the great preacher.
The congregations were laments, and in
cluded all classes of society. It was no un
common thing to ace all tbo listener* in
tears, bnt at times their entbnataam led them
to forget the sanctity of tba chnreh, and
break ont into demonstration! of applause.
When be left Fisa 30,000 persons accompa
nied him to tba depot to bid bim farewell.
It is safe to conclude that tbe Italian evan
gelist is a foreign edition ofSam Jones. Upon
no other hypothesis can his phenomenal
popularity be explained. When Di Monte-
frltro tells bis bearers that “it ia tbo hit dog
that always yelp*,” bo labors under the dis
advantage of having to say it in the world's
moat musical language, and it cannot have
the force that tt baa when it is plumped ont in
onr Sam’s gritty Anglo-Saxon monosyllables.
Still, he manages to get there. Even in his
liquid opera bouffe tongue ha doubtless finds
melts)intis equivalents for the rasping words
in which Mr. Jones heaps obloquy and scorn
npon the miserable fellows wbo “Ain't fit-
ten ter git fitten.” Despite the difflcnUloa
in the way, we are satisfied that this breexy
apostle baa transplanted tbo unique and vig
orous methods of our Georgia preacher to
bla ow n classic land. It ia a pleasure to
think so. Every country needs an earnest
and honest reformer, a nun who is not afraid
to utter unwelcome truths. Such man should
not be tot down aa “offsnslva partisans.”
They haves mission.
State Banka.
Tiik CoNSTmTioN was hooted at some
time ago by many of its ill-informed eon-
temporaries when it suggested that the needs
of the people call for the re-establishment ot
a system of state banks. Bnt tbe idea has
taken root, and It is likely to grow until the
needs of tbe people are satisfied. Those who
do not oadentard the subject are prompt to
•tart tha cry of “wild eat bonks,” under tha
inipremlon that this settles tbe whole matter.
We can answer for Georgia. Under tba sys*
tern of state banking in vogue In this state
before and daring tha war there were no
mors failures in preportion than there are in
tbe aational banking system of today.
We do not claim that the old system was
perfect, bnt it achieved tic results which it
was intended to achieve, amt gave the people
ot Georgia a sale and sound currency. Bat
we do claim that this system, w ith tba im
provements snd additiocs which tbe ex
perience ol tha post twenty years c mid sug
gest, would give the people of th* ststo pre
cisely what they need, a sound local currency
ss good ss gold.
8e consnvative a paper as tbe New York
Independent declares Out "the systam of
•late banka ia not dead by any means," sod
It adds this important Act, namely: that tbs
national banking system, excellent aa it ia,
depends for its existence, in its present form,
on the existence of a public debt to an
amount sufficient to furnish guarantee bonds
a* tbe basis for the issue of bank Dots*. As
tha Independent suggests, when this dabt
shall be extinguished, os in tbe course of a
very few years it most be, then there must
be some change in oar banking system.
Congress, with its usual indifference to
public opinion, baa been allowing this im
portant matter to remain where it is. Tba
representatives of tbo people, instead of
looking to tbe future and preparing for tba
inevitable, are doiog all in their power to
postpone action. It seems to ns that tha
best thing that congress could do at this
juncture would be to repeal the ten per cent
tax on state bank notes when pat in circu
lation, thus allowing each state to provide
laws for establishing a circulating medium
oi its own.
As tha Independent says, tba best thing
that state legislatures can do, with reference
to tbe state bank system, is to pass good
laws for tba organization and regulation of
•tats banka. When tbe states do this, then
congress will be bound to act. The repeal of
tbe ten per cent tax ia only a matter of time,
and tbe states, especially Georgia, should be
gin to make preparations to take advantage
of it
Injurious Speculation.
It Is reported that a few men in Chicago
have arranged a big corner in July wheat
These speculators bave purchased such an
enormous quantity for delivery this month
that it is next to impossible for tbe sellers to
find that much grata to deliver. In the
same city several other speculators are lay
ing their plana for a simtlaroperatioa in lard,
There is money, big money, in such con
■piracies against tbe people, bnt thebusloeas
is all wrong. Under the old English law it
was called engrossing, forestalling and re-
grating, and was severely punished. These
offenses still figure on tbe statute book* of
this state, bnt fortunately there has been no
occasion for their enforcement
It is in the great centres of trade that UioM
laws are needed. When men conspire to
gether to raise the price of articles of fool
they are pnblie enemies. They make it
harder for tho poor man to live. They swin
dle him oat of his bread and meat. The
Chicago specuiaton will find some day that
tbeyare playing a dangerous game. Tbe
people will not snbmlt to everything.
"Colonel Swallow.”
Sometime ngo several war papers of rare
interest in tbe Century and tbe Son thorn
Bivouac attracted the attention of the read
ing pnblie. It was difficult to ascertain the
whereabouts of the author. At last it came
to light that he was a convict in the Nash
ville penitentiary.
Tbe facts of the case came ont the other
day when the governor pardoned the man.
Tbe convict is known ns "Colonel Swallow.”
He is a man of culture and refinement, and
belongs to a wealthy and arlstocratio family.
He was in tbe same clan at college with
President Arthur,nnd during the war served
on the staffs of Generals Early and Breck-
enridge. He came out of the army all bro
ken np. Tbe problem of life was too much
for bim. In the straggle he became a moral
wreck, and after an extended career as
forger to Kentucky and Tennereee, landed
to tire penitentiary. Tbe Nashville Amort-
can closes an extended account of him as
follows:
"The steps by which the couregeoot end cultiva
ted southern soldier fell aro as a scaled hook.
With fortuno swept sway by the strife to which he
hsd nearly offered np his life, may U not have
been that the broken-epirlted, morcurltl tempera
ment In one temptation lost Its high estate and
Irani evil to won* beesaw another aid monument
to the run wrought bv wart’ However that be,
Mooing grievously, he has grievously suffered.
The tied man now seek* only to hide his retreat
from the g*se or his fellownutn. Hehtia sou in
Florida who thinks him to Eoropo, and ho it u to
whom be will probably tom. Ills form ta now
bent, his locks are while and hla step treble, and
belongs, u ba wrote to the governor, to pare his
list days In rest. Conn ting good time, ba had
reread fire yean o I tbo fifteen allotted him, and
few will ha fouad who will deny that tha oh tel ax-
eeotlva ol Tennereee erred in (ranting liberty to
thla suffering acton of • wroogod household."
We cannot imagine anything more pa
thetic than tbo story of this gray-hatred con
vict. Whlla It may serve to point • moral
it most also exdta sympathy. It is not to
human nature to stand by and see n gallant
veteran descend from epaulets to prison
stripes without pitying his untoward fate.
It to to be hoped that “Colonel Swallow”
will yet do something to retrieve his char
acter. .
Standards of Honesty.
Tba Beaton Advertiser is a clever newspa
per,bnt sometimes it goes it blind end gets off
a statement that will not bear eernttoy. Tha
other day tbo Adverttore made tho following
absurd delivery:
It wfll take a long time to engender In the
(outhera states the same standard of honesty
a hlch prevails In the mercantile! commonlllea
of the north. Bnt until inch a standard Is crea
ted and maintained, tba farmers and merchants of
that lection cannot hope tobafree from tho heavy
interest charge! of which such loud complaints
have recently been nude.
Aatandard of boneety must bo judged by
its fruits. Our Boston contemporary has
freqoently epoken of tbe American colony
Canada. Tba colony to composed of
swindlers, defaulters, the violators of pub-
lie trusts, bribe-takare, and man who are
steeped in frand. How many aontbarnen
aro to ba found in that community of refu
gees!
The Advertiser hss been misled by tbe
t waddle and bosh ot tho long-haired fanat
ics wbo have ao long dominated that tac
tion. No doubt it to not aware of tba fact
that tbo United 8tatee census statistics
show that tbe per centage of crime to the
north to greater than it is in the soatb. Let
ns look at the figures. In the entire New
England population tho proportion of crimi
nals to eleven to 1Q,OOOl In the entire
southern population to is eight
in 10,000. In tho native New
England population, it is eight in 10,000.
In tbe entire white southern population, na
tive nnd foreign, it ton little over four and a
half in 10,WO. in tbe foreign New Gag-
lard population tb-reare tirenty.jlx crimi
nal* in 10,000. In tho leathern negro
population thi rti are thitieen in 10,000.
In the south there is a natural conserva-
tittu favorable to orthodox religion, reap rat
for law, and reciprocity between individu
als and communities, lienee our people do
not prate about standards of boneety, bnt It
Will be noted that their business transac
tions do sot render it necessary to jobs tbo
American coloay to Osiada As it stands,
we have every reason to be tetisfled with the
situation.
Looking Southward.
A special correspondent of tho New York
Commercial Advertiser, who has spent six
months in Virginia, the Carolinai, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama and Tennesroe, has made
a remarkably imtereating report.
To begin with, this correspondent pate
down the transit of travelers as a consider
able item in the revenue of the south. Dar
ing five or six months of tbo year crowds of
people are going to nnd from Florida and
Texu. Along tbe lines of the through route*
tbe residents have their hands fall in serv
ing, feeding and transporting tba tourists.
Daring tbe past winter more than 200,000
persons passed through tbe city of Jackson
ville, Fla. In tbe wake of this tide of travel
follows a big traffic. Food, clothing and
furniture have to be shipped in immense
quantities to supply these winter sojourners
in tbe sontb.
The tobacco indnatry in Virginia, North
Carolina and Tennessee, strikes the northern
traveler as a big thing, and it shows no in
dications of diminishing. Sapid transporta
tion to revolutionizing tbe market garden
ing and fruit business. Tbe seaboard of
Virginia and North Carolina now finds suc
cessful competitors in southern Georgia and
northern Florida, whoso products can now
reach New York and Philadelphia tables in
forty-eight boors. North Carolina to slowly
losing her grip on turpentine, tar and rosin,
but South Carolina and Georgia are doing
splendidly in this line. The timber enpply
to another great resource. Tbe finer hard
woods will not long be able to withstand the
onslaught of tbo saw mill brigade. Foil
rigged vessels from all parts of the world
crowd tba harbors of Brunswick and Pensa
cola to seek tbo matchless eighty foot timber
shipped from those ports. Northern and for
eign capitalists have their eyes on tbo south
ern forests, and every now and then we bear
of vaat tracts of timbered land being scooped
in by syndicates or speculators.
Tu Alabama and Georgia the strong yellow
and red clays of the cotton districts are be
ing washed away, and tbe farmers aro
slow in stopping tbe mischief. Debt
causes tbe almost exclusive culture of
cotton. The Inexorable demand of
the creditor clam for prompt returns nat
urally drives the debtor class into tbe pro
duction of a “money crop." Still, thereto
a steady movement in the direction of diver
sified farming.
Tbe great coal and iron industries and
other manufactures are on n boom that can
not be checked. One great attraction in
connection with the development of south
ern resources to tho absence of the irritating
and dangerous features of tbe labor problem
now causing so much trouble in tha north
and west Already there to a growing dis
position among well-to-do and enterprising
northern people to get rid of the perplexities
and drawbacks incident to tbe situation by
moving sontb. In an editorial on tbe sub
ject tbe Brooklyn Union suggests thst going
sontb will at least stave off, if it will not
wholly avert, the dangers impending. It
says:
The proper way to meet this problem, which Is
sot Imported but hss come with the greater pres
sure or urban llfo, which is not a psmlug grievance
end whlcn will not bo solved by Innumerable
convictions, Is to look about tor meant of relief
from tbe tncresting pressure of our Industrial
organisation, no small part of which pressure is
the presanre of the boycott ltaeli higher np In thla
Industrial otgaalsaUon. Hitherto tho west, with
Its unoccupied lands end the thoroughly organized
fkcUlUaa for reaching and profitably using them,
not by agriculture only but by the eeeoadsrytn-
duetrite which a constantly expanding area o
agriculture demanded, has given onr groat cities
relief tram the steadily accumulating discontent.
The west Itself, however, now bat Its groat cities
which need .relief. But the greet etatee to tha
sooth or us will hold, snd they Invite, millions of
tollers snd hundreds ol mill tons of dollars. Homes
end proflu swell them then, end careful manage
ment end Industry will get Urn same rewards they
have hitherto got In the weet. The pitiable boy-
cotier of a baker or of a beer-cellar oan rear chil
dren there wbo will boycott commercial rlvaUand
be "cepllaUtte," to be earned by the lower order
of their own kind—If we shall not by that Ursa
hare found a real remedy for boycotting. This
moving southward le not a remedy, but It to at
least another postponement of tha wont stage of
this conflict, which. In tha way wa are going, will
hr come more terrible than onr present optimism
allows us to admit
Tba rash southward to not a thing of tbe
ftiture. It to not a prophecy. It to now in
progress. The Baltimore Mannfitotnron’
Itecoid, in its semi-annual review of tho
wrath's industrial growth, gives some aston
ishing figures. Take this anmmary:
gumming np the amount cf capital and capital
stock represented by our list or now enterprises,
the enlartement of old plants and tho rebuilding
of mills after being horned, for tbe first Mx months
ol UM, end comparing tt wtth tha figures for the
correspondfog time oritas, we have:
--Fust six months of-.
Alabama
Atkinses.
Florida
f4,80M€0
U.JSJ00
981,000
•'’SMS
375.000
479.000
Kentucky .....
-outoUna
Sfaryl«ad».... m .. M ..ro. N ...
MlnUlppl....
17,220.700
1,302.000
s.mono
467,000
Mgg
10,621,000
1.407.000
4.633.000
North Carolina.
South Carolina.
1,526.030
427.000
1802,000
1.319.000
2.0CR900
6.352.000
vfc::;::™—
West Virginia......
*2.906,000
ftsMgoOO
6.12UOO
Total Kfi.eu.300 toe,m 1,000
These figures show en Increase for the first six
months of MM over the seme lima MSS of gn.ooe,-
000 in capital and capital stock. The industrial
activity in the south daring the last Mx months,
aa Indicated by there statistics, has been for
greeter than during the corresponding period tost
yean hi feet, the aouth has, wa believe, made
more solid and substantial industrial program
•Inc* January 1, UH, than ever before la the somo
length of tine, the dcv Industries fteMlshod
•hawing s wider dlrenlly end a larger number of
wry rxtrntive and coolly enterpclaei then In the
put.
It would be interesting to note all the
(pedal features ia this report, bnt onr space
will not admit of it In tbe matter of mar
ble alone, it is stated that one Georgia com
pany baa decided to spend 4200,000 in
enlarging its operations. Of conns the
iron interests tn north Alabama and Ten
nessee appear to overshadow everything else
on account of tbe large blocks oi capital
inveatfd, bnt then to • steady growth of
enterprises embracing pig iron farnaces,
foundries, maqhine shops, steel works, cotton
snd woolen mills, cotton seed oil mills, cot
ton ctmpmses, fruit canning facto-
tit", earring* nnd wagon factories, agri
cultural implement factories, flonr rnllU,
grist mills, saw mills, planing mills, sub,
•Iror aud blind foctories, shuttle factories,
handle acd spoke tnctoricn, barrel factories,
shingle mills, ftirnitnre factories, tobacco
fictorics, brick yuds, ice factories, fertiliser
tutor its. stove foundries, lima works, soap
factorin', tanneries, gas works, distilleries,
potteries, electric light works, marble and
slate quarrying com posies, and comp infos
to mist coal, inn ova, gold, silver, mica,
natural gas, oil, etc.
Onr Baltimore contemporary remarks, in
Concluding its rsview:
The mistake to sometliasi mad* of supposing
that became the manufacturing sad mining InteM
ests ol the south are increasing so rapidly, that
tnls growth most be visible In every pari ot tha
south. This Is not yet tbe case. The sontb to am
immense country tn size, and while one portion
may be Improving, some other part may be stand"
Ing still. Moreover, a few tndutries here an&
there, while not indlridotlfy attracting mneh
attention, srfaen aggregated in a grand total fbr
the whole sooth, make the magnificent showing
presented today. As this industrial growth con4
tlanes to spread it will soon reach to every part ot
tbe sontb, and tba whole section will feel the bras
efita ol it.
If tba moat enthusiastic southerner to noE
satisfied with this bird’s-eye view of tha
progress of his section, ho moat be one of tba
impract ienbies. It items to n* that wo aro
entering npon an almost ideal era q(
progress. '
Hon. Pat AValsh'a Protest.
The CoNsrrrnmoif haa no desire to pro*
long tbe dtoenaaion of tba lata state corn*
palgn and its tones. The democratic rotors
of this state have put these matters beyontl
the necessity of discussion. They have sets
tied them definitely at the ballot box. Tha
Hon. Patrick IVolsb, however, in the Au
gusta Chronicle, insist* in a vague and mya-
terions way on continuing the discussion.
In an editorial in Saturday’s Chronicle ha
insists that General Gordon’* nomination
will not be mode unanimous, and should not
be. General Gordon will manage to gob
along without n unanimous nomination, if ■
few delegates to the convention aro deter
mined to deny it to him. To make a nomi
nation unanimous to simply the hearty ex
pression of a mere acquiescence by tbe minor
ity in tbe declared will of the majority.
It comes usually from a sincere desire to wlpo
out party divisions, and restore party unity,
and promote party harmony. H over can
didate won tbe right to unanimous nomina
tion, General Gordon to that candidate. Hla
race otnnds without parallel in its brilltonb
and decisive results. No sane man can
donbt that he to the overwhelming choice of
the democratic voters of this state. Hejia
therefore entitled to all the courtesy that ■
democratic convention ever gives to a demo
cratic candidate. Mr. Walsh insists, how
ever, that ha shall not have this.
It is not our business to inquire into Mr.
Walsh’s reasons for refusing to accord to Gen
eral Gordon what to given to every candidate
wbo cornea into tbe convention with a defi
nite and fairly declared majority; bnt there
are reason* why we should like to know
what bis motives are. They most spring
from reasons personal to General Gordon or
bis Mends. If Mr. Walsh was sincere in
what be wrote of General Gordon ia the
editorial columns ot tbe Chronicle before
this campaign opened—if be was sincere in
what he bos add about General Gordon
since this campaign oponed—titer* is noth
ing in Gentral Gordon’s character that
would justify Mr. Walsh in protesting
against his having n unanimous nomination
at the bands of tbe convention. If Mr.
Walsh’s objections, which clearly caonot ba
possible on grounds peraonsl to General Gor
don, rest on bis aversion to those wbo have
been supporting General Gordon, we would
be glad to know It. Mr. Walsh baa been os
tbe closest terms of intimacy with theta
men, and bos repeatedly expressed bis con
fidence in them. We should be pained to
learn that be bod found reason for a per.
manent estrangement, or for a chaugo of
bis opinion concerning them.
If Mr. Watoh’s objection, however, ta
making General Gordon’s nomination unnnf-
mous to not booed on reasons personal to
General Gordon or to his Mauds, tbe next
reason that suggests itself would be hia ob
jection to the methods of this campaign. We
have shown repeatedly that there can be no
valid or intelligent or reasonable objection
to tbe manner in which General Gordon and
his Mend* Have conducted this campaign.
From first to last they have appealed to tbe
people. They bave asked for a popular
vote. They hkve urged tbe calling of pri
maries. All their energies havobeea di
rected towards getting out a frill vote. Tbe
result to that tba vote to many times over
tbe largest democratic vote overcast in
Georgia in a nomination. Mr. Walsh says
that “not one-half of tba damociata voted-'*.
Our reply to, that more democrats voted—
twice or throe times over—in this nomina
tion than bave voted in any nomination be
fore, and we have the figures to sustain this
assertion. The vote has not only been tha
largest ever cast In a democratic primary,
but General. Gordon’s majority to tbe most
overwhelming ever received by any candi
date in a contested race. It to hard to say,
therefore, where Mr. Walsh can find any
ground in the methods of tba campaign on
which to base bis protest against General
Gordon’s nomination being nude unani
mous.
It must be borne in mind that wa are not
appealing to General Gordon’s enemies to
forego any further protest that may suggest
itself to them. His indorsement by the
democratic voters of Georgia has bran so
overwhelming that he con get along without
any formal compliment from the convention.
It, therefore, Hr. Walsh finds in tba points
that ore discussed above, or in any others
thst may suggest themselves to bim, suffi
cient reason for standing np in tbe conven
tion and solemnly recording bis vote against
tbe proposition to unite the democratic party
by a unanimous nomination of General Gor
don, be to nt perfect liberty to gratify this
impulse, and we shall not say him nay; but
we shall contend to tbe last that Mr. Watob
haa no valid reasons for refilling to General
Gordon a courtesy that to usual with tbe
party, and that was never won more fairly
than by the race he has Jnat made.
A Texas Lynching,
Moxoan,Tsx„ July 10.—While the prelim,
lusty trUl of Sidney Diets, colored, was In pros
grass here this morning s mob, too strong, overt
IVcxth.r Proverbs tor July.
From tbe Boston Journal.
If tbe 1st of July be rainy weather,
Twill rein more or less for three wesks together!
If It reins on the 2d, then It will min th* next
four weeks.
If it mini on July 10, It will rein for WTSS
weeks.
irthncdsysorsTlousto St. Jscob's Dsy (30th)
ire clear, then the rye will he food.
Clear on St. Jscob’s Dsy promises plenty of rraltl
Dost days bright snd clssr.
Indicate a good year:
But when aeoosnpanted hy min.
IVe hope Mr better times In rein,
Jffhsivmrlnlyand August do notkoUSeptatf
WlmLJuty and Augcit left undone In cooking
September will have undone In routing, (dec-
July, God rend thte otla and felr.
And mm lotiodmsy thsnkfulbe.
As Jaly, ao Us next:
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