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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. AUGUST 23, 1887.
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Southern Pnnnere And thn Turlri.
Wa hove Already Alluded in these columns
to Ilia remarkable speech delivered by Gen
eral HI lea, of Mississippi, before tbo Inter
state Fanners’ convention of this city, In
deed, we have printed the speech Itself, and
have thus been thn means of placing before
the fanners of the south tlio common sense
views of one of uur moat successful farmers.
Combining the views of sn agriculturist who
knows all about tbo situation at, Aha south,
, . Qcncral Miles’s speech la worthy*)! the seri
ous study of southern farmers. ’ 1
lie touches upon some very sofTpiu and
severe subjects, and his comments throw a
flood of light on tlio situation. He presents
some facts that our farmers would do well
to consider seriously; General Miles tells
the farmers that It Is very convenient for
them to tnoo all their Ills to a protective
tariff. In this they only follow the cne given
them by the small politicians and tho dema
gogues who seelqto mislead.
There ts nothing more convenient) (or in-
ttance, than for the farmer who Is unmc
eessful to trace all his troubles to tho pro
tective tariff. Every llttlo cross-roads poll'
tlelau—every little whipper-snapper, who
wants to go to oongress, will convince him
that but for the tariff lio would be rolling
In wealth.
General Mile* makes abort work of tills
sort of poppy-cock. Uo tells the farmers
that If they expect to succeed they most live
quietly at home, wear level heads, and use
keen, bright cyos in Uielr business. The
tariff falls at heavily on merchants and bus
iness num as on the farmer, and yet, be
cause some whipper-snapper wants to secure
their votes for congress, tho farmers are told
that Hie tariff is ruining them. This is ono
of tho moat convenient of arguments, and
It lias been ding-donged Into the ears of
thoso who till tho soil until g great many
of them have come to believe that the tariff
Is a tax levied on them by the crowned
beads ot Europe.
General Miles makes short work of this
sort ot nonsense, lie shows that tins tariff
paid «Y»ry year by tho (armors on llielr libg
meat and mule flesh Is ten Uionsntul times
more than the tax Imposed on tWein by the
tariff. Compared wlththo taxes which the
(armor Imposes ua himself by Ills extrava
gance, the tariff tax Is but as a mote In the
sunbeam.
Since the war General Miles has paid a
debt of two hundred thousand dollars, with
ten per cent Interest. How did ho do this?
By sluing down ami discussing tho tariff?
Not at all, but by putting his shoulder tie
tbo wheel; by economising; by adapting Ills
business sense to hla farm operations; by
taking snch advautago of circumstances and
cvndltluus as any sensible man would do.
When General Miles roincs to discuss
Jie tariff, he puts In tome chunks of com
mon sense that are likely to provo some
what embarrassing to the pseudo-statesmen
who go before the farmers hereafter with a
lot ot gibberish in favor ot free trade. Gen
eral Miles wants to kuow what the tariff Is
on a Cincinnati hog, or on a Kentucky mule,
or on western hay and corn, or on northern
made fertilisers. These things are not put
down in the tariff Hit, but the tax they Im
pose on the farmer amounts to many thou
sands mom than tho tariff tax. But the
politicians never touch on these things.
They know nothing of them. The tariff Is
the thing.
Nevertheless, we advise the farmers of
the south to read tho address of General
Miles. Common sense Is always whole
some and refraabing.
' had called for a reasonable and Judicious
revision of the tariff, preceded by tbe repeal
or the modification of the excise laws, we
have no doubt that the convention would
have indorsed it almost unanimously.
But the south Is entering upon a new in
dustrial career; it is engaged In the
work of developing resources that have lain
dasmant for many years; It Is engaged In
building up new townsand folding to old ones.
Under all the circumstances it is no (wonder
that the theories of froe-trade find little
favor .here. Just at present the south, with
its new enterprises and Its Infant Industries,
esnnot afford to favor a free-trade experi
ment that may prove fatal.
In brief, if Brother \Tatlerson and Ills
esteemed friends cannot stay with ns nnlrss
we support thn free-trade Idea, we shall
have to hid them sn affectionate adieu.
Once more the newi comes that Henry
M. Stanley, the explorer, Is dead. A few
weeks ago there was a rumor of his death
hut this rumor was so vague ilia! the news
papers sad the public were justified In dis
crediting It.
But now the news reaches tho French
foreign office from Zansibar to the effect
tliat Stanley has been massacred by the na
tives after having been deserted by his es
cort.
It is a sail ending of a very brilliant ca
recr; but all endings are sad. And tlio re
sult Is the same whether one perishes
obscurity, or whether one gives up the
ghost In the glare of notoriety. We push
our adventnrea, great and small, too far;
we tempt fate In all things, and dally fly
the faae of Providence with oar empty and
selfish designs. A turn of tho wheel, and
wo find honor and fame; another turn and
wo find oblivion; and in the end one is as
Inqiortaiitaa the other. When tho devour
ing years have swallowed ns, It Is nil one
whether we have been obscure, notorious or
famous.
Perhaps without Intending it, Stanley
has accomplished a great deal of good. lie
found Livingstone, and he explored the
heart of Africa, calling thn attention of the
Christian world to the possibility of redeem
ing and developing tho great continent.
To do rids was to win distinction, and this
was Stanley’s fortune.
A Splendid Escort for tho Prosldont.
President Cleveland will visit many places
before he reaches Atlanta, and will see mill
Ions of people, but nowhere will he fiud a
more splendid escort, and nowhere will ho
review a finer body of men, than when tbe
Toting Men’s Lcaguo posses In review be
fora him at the Piedmont Exposition, and
escorts him to the train when he leaves.
Ten thousand men in torchlight parade,
marching under Illuminated arches, and
amid general display and explosion of pyro
technics, Is an inspiring sight Itself, but
when tho president remembers that tlicse
ranks will hold the best young men of this
and adjoining elates, the young flower and
chivalry of the south to to speak, the men
who will largely fashion Its fortunes lor tho
next twenty years, he can bat look forward
to seeing them with Interest. This torch
light parado will be tho feature of exposi
tion week In Atlanta, and we hope to hove
contingents from five hundred towns or
counties In line, and under a captain of their
own ehoosiiig, paying thylr respects to tbo
first democratic prosldont that ever set foot
on Georgia soil.
A Freuds. outfits «-oo«Ju»fo».
The Macon Telegraph of yesterday lias
this apparently gratuitous Item:
As Mr. Cleveland will visit the Alabamaatate Iklr
the people of that state will meet him and exhibit
Itu-lr resources In Montgomery.
Then why ehouldn’t wo say “As Mr.
Cleveland will visit tho Piedmont Exposi
tion, tlio people of this stato will meet him
and cxhltdt tliolr resources at Atlanta.’’
Isn’t that a fair conclusion to the promise
laid down? The Telegraph In Its Insane
auxloty to aide-wipe tho Piedmont Exposi
tion, (nils to cover the Stato Fair, But wo
do not press the conclusion. Tho people of
Georgia ought to exhibit their resources and
turn out rn-masso for both the Slate Fair
and the Piedmont Exposition.
llrolh.r Wot tenon Surprised.
We desire to coll the attention of Broth
er Waturaon to tbe fact that his celebrated
free-trade movement, although It Is backed
by a few prominent democrats and by the
consolidated whisky ring, ts not making
much headway In the eouth. During tbe
session of Urn Interstate Farmer*’ conven
tion, which has just closed Us labors In tills
city, three several aUvmpta were made to
commit the southern farmer* to Brother
Weltenon’s scheme. The result Is signifi
cant. Most of tbe resolutions advocating
free-trade were wisely smothered In com'
mlttee, but tbe last one offered just before
adjournment, and Intended to practically
commit the convention to free-trade, was
teblod by a targe majority.
No doubt this acUon of the esm-
ventlon will be in the nature
of a painful surprise to Brother Wattanon,
bat It need not surprise anyone who is fa
miliar with the situation In the south. If
.the racdnUoi Which wusQsummarUj tabled
General lUlee’Speech an Vanning.
Tho epeech of General Miles, of Missis
sippi, delivered casually from his place
among tho privates, was tho notable speech
of tho agricultural convention. It wae to
the point, sruslblo and straightforward.
General Miles Is a typical tlgure. lie is
representative In the very best sense of all
that was best In tho old-fashioned southern
gentleman, lie la a model of the civilisa
tion of that day, which our critics say was
weak In Its trujnlng for adversity and for
precise methods. And yet General Miles,
handicapped at thn closa of the war by a
debt of $200,000, bearing ten per cent Inter
est, has paid every cent of thst with twenty
crops, and ts today a rich man. The story
of those twenty crops, bow they were
pitched, how cultivated, how harvested and
how- sold, would make a story worthy of
letters of gold. Tho genoral process he
gives in his speech, snd in words that every
farmer should hcctl. It ts tlio old story—old
as the hills, as true as truth—thst home-
raised supplies make thn fanner rich—and
that all cotton makes the farmer poor.
If Thk CoxsriTi'Tiox did no more than
coax this admirable gentleman from hit re
tirement and produce this sensible speech,
H earned Its right to hold the attention of
the people for a woek
Abolishing l’nvrrtjr.
Henry George and I)r. McGlynn are
wasting time and labor In their attempt to
build up an anti-poverty society.
Tbe met it, the American puople consti
tute an anti-poverty society, and they have
been running tho concern so satisfactorily
that they are not likely to turn it over to
cranks and self-appointed leader*.
We have not entirely abolished poverty In
till* country, and wc do not look for *uch a
result. So long ai it I* poaalble for misfor
tune* to occur, *o long a* men violate the
lam of natnrel, social and political economy
poverty will bo the penalty.
Bnt th* condition of tbe manes today,
when compared with their condition for tho
thirty year* *uceeedtng the rtrolnUoo,
•how* that we have practically abolished
tho woixt effects of poverty. The laborers
of the present generation are wall clothed,
well fed, well housed, and they can be well
educated if they will, and U la within th*
ability of the poorest to own a home. U be
cannot becomo a land owner In on* place,
be can In another where land* are cheaper,
and U he ie without money but la willing to
work he can tUll ncur* government land
for nothing.
In the «U*r stale* lb* annual statistic* of
the sayings banka point unerringly to (he
condition of the working people who are the
depositor* In these institution*. According
to the latest report of the comptroller of the
currency the savings banks deposits last
year amounted to $1,141,630,578. This
gives each depositor on an average $301.36,
as there are 3,198,030 depositors.
In the south there are but few savings
hanks, but this is practically a section
without paupers, and It Is only necessary lo
call attention to a few facts and figures to
show that we have anticipated Messrs.
George snd McGlynn In the grest work of
abolishing poverty. We get $400,000,000
annually for our cotton. There are 230,000
more artisans at work than were here In
1880, besides thousands who are just be
ginning new enterprises. We manufac
tured last year $213,000,000 worth of arti
cles heretofore purchased from tho north
and west. In tlx years we have built 173
cotton mills with 1,000,000 spindles. We
am manufacturing our own fertilisers, and
In seven years our iron output has Increased
450,000 tons. We have diversified our
crops, and the value of each crop Increases
every year.
With such progress and such results It
will be seen tliat we are traveling the qfti-
paverty road with all tho speed that could
reasonably be expected. Our methods may
be different from those of Messrs. George
snd McGlynn, but we are getting there,
and, best of all, getting there honestly.
conditions. They will not succeed. Be
fore our working people would be Euro
peanised, they would rise en maase, and in
augurate a revolution. Fortunately there Is
little danger of such a calamity.
"The New whisky Insurrection.
The Courier-Journal still labors under the
delusion that there are democrats In this
country foolish cnongh to be misled by Its
wild shrieks In regard to “free whisky.”
We do not suppose there is an intelligent
person In either party who can be deceived
by such arguments as onr Louisville con
temporary employs In behalf of free trade
and the whisky ring.
To remove the federal tax on whisky Is
not to make It “freo” In any sonse of tlw
word. States in which the temperance sen
tlment is In a condition of active and ag
gresslve development, as In Georgia, would
bo free to take tho whole whisky business in
their hands anti deal with It as they might
deem proper.
As tho Courier-Journal well knows, the
government tax on whisky has not operated
to decrease the production. On tbe con
trary, In tlio face of tho fact that the market
and the distilleries are controlled by an as
sociation of distillers, there has been over
production to such an extent that the mem
bers of the ring liavc gone to tlio expenso oil
exporting their whisky in order to esenpoj
the payment of taxes justly duo. The tax,|
therefore, has not limited tho production/
nor has It lessened tlio quantity consumed.'
The temperance people can have no sort
of reason for opposing the repeal ot tlio
whisky tax; on tho othor hand, they must
know that whisky Is even freer now, with
the government taxon It, than It would bo
the states took chargo of the matter.
The Constitution has no objection to the
whisky tax as a tax, but, In common with
an overwhelming majority of tho people of
this couutry, It does object to the operations
of the law under which tho tax Is collected.
With tho character and results of these ope
rations tho pooplo of this republic are only
too familiar. Tho repeal of tho law would
also do away with tho largo and active army
of spies, Informers, agents, gangers, store
keepers, deputy marshals and what not.
Tho dispersion of this ImAicnae army would
bo a great roliof to tho pcoplo, and result In
considerable saving to tho government.
But Editor Wnttcrson’s paper, with that
fine sense of tho fitness of things which
scome to characterise It, declares that the
movement to repeal this obnoxious and an
democratic law Is “Tho New Whisky Insur
rection,” which “must and shall bo sup
pressed.” Our contemporary alludes to tho
old whisky insurrection and calls this tho
now. We nro thankful for the allusion. In
tbo days when men wore animated by the
spirit of liberty, and their hearts were glow
ing with patriotism, they did not hesitate to
revolt against tho infamous and un-Ameri
can excise law.
Tills is the new whisky Insurrection, but
is not a revolt against the government; it
a movement directed against the whisky
ring. If tho democrats In tho next congress
fail to road tho signs of tho tlmos—if they
fail to carry out tho wishes of the people
by repealing these odious laws, there will
be a revolt against tho democratic party.
This much is oertain.
The Ladjr and the Tiger.
The inskle facts about Senator Riddle-
beeger’s release Irom the Woodstock Jail by
a mob are just beginning to come ont.
The jailer was sick in bed, and his wife
had to meet the mob. When the brave Ut
ile woman fonnd that the rioters intended
to break In, she requested Senator Rhldle-
beiger to speak from the window to tbe
crowd and ask them to disperse.
“Let me out,” pleaded the senator in
persuasive tone, “and I will go down and
speak to them.”
“Senator,” was the lady’s severe reply,
‘I supposed yon gave me credit for more
sense than that. I cannot let you out.
Speak to them from the window.”
‘Won’t you trust me?” asked the artful
statesman.
“No,” said the jailflfs wife, “yon, nor
anyone else under the circumstances.”
The excited desperadoes outside heard
the altercation, and the swish of feminine
garments. For a moment there was an ex
pectant hnsb. Would tho lady come
charging through the front door, or would
tho senator make bis appearance ?
In a moment all doubts were settled,
convenient ladder was utilized In the
back yard, and the faithless prisoner rapid
ly descended, and placed himself In tho
hands of his friends.
Tho plucky defender of tho fortress was
not prepared for aggressive measures,
was two o’clock In tho morning, and she
was la her night dpess. Under the clrcum
stances, what conld she do but sknrry back
to her room and Indulge In a hearty cry?
It was hard for the lady to lose her men
agerie, but she has come ont of the affair
with flying colors.
Mr. Streeter anil the Texas Delegation.
The Hon. J. A. Hitmsey, of Williamson
county, Texas, formerly a prominent mein-
of the legislature of that state and pres
ident of the Williamson County Fanner’s
Alliance, and a leading man In tho best in
terests of the stato, called on us yesterday to
explain tho appoaranco of Mr. Strector un
der the alleged auspices of the Texas dele
gation. Mr. llumsoy said:
“The Texas delegation knew nothing of
Streeter’s purposes, but tome of the
members have a personal ac
quaintance with him. Tho Texas
delegation heartily disapproves of any third
party movement or anything looking that
The Farmer's Alliance le not apolltt-
organisation. Its constitution provides
that It shall deal with neither politic* nor
religion, and tho sentiment of the members
indorse this constitutional prohibition. Mr.
Streeter uses tbo Texas Farmers’ Alliance
a tail to fly hit third party kite and
against litis I protest ss a member of the
Texas Alliance and a democrat. The third
party movement means disorder and tnr-
iuoil In the south, end the Texae delegation
ts square against It.”'
Mr. Oswald Wilson, organizer of
F. A., for Use state of Florida,
accompanied Mr. Burnsey and Indorsed all
be said.
A niownr Picture.
Senator Frye, who has just returned
from a trip to Europe, does not give a very
cheerful account of life in the old world.
In Scotland he found laborers working
for s!xty-l*ro cents a day. In Venice he
girts working (or from five to twelve
cents a day. Female farm hands all over
Europe earn twenty oente a day. The sen
ator found women doing most of the field
work. He saw twenty women at work in
one field, with not a mau In sight.
The contrast presented by the condition
of American wage-earner* b most encour
aging. In thb country every man with av
enge health and rtnsifthkaa It in hi* power
to accumulate a modest competency at
lead. Tat, as Senator Frye remark*, wa
have among m Individual* who are trying
to htrodoto Fiiropron Htfud
Natural On* at Chattanooaa.
Tho people of Chattanooga arc wild over
the discovery of natural gas, a few miles
from that city.
For days and weeks tho work of boring a
well has progressed, and all sorts of rumors
have been circulated as to the result. A
few days ago tho Chattanooga Commercial
created a sensation by positively declaring
that tho well was yielding n good flow of
gas. This was promptly denied by the
Times, bnt It was strongly Intimated that
the gas was there all the same, and would
In dno time he turned loose.
Last Monday was the day fixed for tho
final test. Tho excitement in the city was
Intense. Large parties of excursionists
went to the well. Bets were froely offered,
one man offering to wager $1,000 that a flow
of gas had been struck. The work of un
plugging the well progressed slowly, bnt
finally, when all obstacles wero removed, tho
gas gnshed forth. A match was applied and
a lurid flamo darted up fifteen feet. Tho
flame had to be extinguished to save the
machinery, but the match was applied six
times, and each tlmo tho flame leaped np
from eight to fifteen feet, burning brightly
for soveral minutes.
It is now settled thst tho gas b there.
The only question b concerning the quan
tity. The owners of the well nro confident,
but to satisfy all doubts they nro boring still
deeper. So groat 1s the excitement that six
wells have already boon located, and work
will commence at once.
Tho discovery of natural gas win be the
making of Chattanooga. In Ohio and
Pennsylvania it b coming Into general use.
The New Orleans Tlmes-Demoerat says:
"Of the value of this gas in manufactures, partis
ularly in many manufactures of iron, we have
already spoken. It hu almost revolutionised foul
ness In Pittsburg and has been a gnat boon to that
town. The search for this gas has bcoa almost uni
formly auoccssful. Wherever It has been needed
and been well bored for, It has beta brought to the
surface. Thore has bcon no difficulty In getting tho
gas throughout tho vast mineral region of Ohio and
Pennsylranla, and as tho mineral district* of Ala*
heme, Tennessee and Virginia Is but a contluation
of that of Pennsylvania, there Is no reason to doubt
thstgsswiir
be found ss abundant around Chatta
nooga and Birmingham ns around Pittsburg. Eton
If the present fold does not prove to bo all that ts
wanted, there Is no reason to notithlnk gaa will yet
heffound ample for all pnrpiwss. It U quits certain
Rom the character of the land, that natural gaa Is
Imprisoned In the earth aonth of the Ohio as well as
north of that stream, and that It will he utllliod
sooner or later in the southern fkctorlea”
As tho matter stands now, Chattanooga
leads Birmingham, hut It Is altogether
within the range of probabilities that the
enterprising developers of tho latter city
will go to work and prod* the bowels of the
earth until they meet with similar good for
tune.
Atlanta has an Interest In -his discovery
also. Tho flow ot natural gas in any con
siderable quantity in Chattanooga will cause
mains to ho laid between the two cities.
In Ohio and Pennsylvania It has been found
profitable to transport the gas for hundreds
of miles, aqd it wUl be done here. It b a
big thing. No more gas works, no more
costly arttflcbl appliances—nothing to do
but to top old Mother Earth and seenre all
tho gas that we need for light, beat and
fuel.
by other judges throughout the stale. Onr
dispatches yesterday contained a too brief
synopsis of his remarks. Judge Boynton
said that “the only way to stop the coward
ly practice of carrying concealed weapons
was by presentments by the grand juries,
and correct and honest verdicts by the trav
erse juries.”
This is a practical solution of tho whole
matter. Let those who arc selected to rep
resent the people do tlielr duty In enforcing
the laws that public sentiment has caused
to be placed In the statute books. When
this Is done we shall hear of fewer murders
as tbe result of the loaded hip-pocket.
Death Irom Anaesthetics.
Much comment has been made on tho
death of Mr. Dill, a very prominent citizen
of Lewizbuig, Pa., which occurred a few
days ago.' The patient was undergoing a
comparatively slight operation at the hands
ot Dr. Agncw, one ot (lie most distinguished
surgeons in America. As Is usual in all
such cases, an amesthetlc was administered:
To the surprise of the surgeon his patient
died during the operation. A brother of the
unfortunate man was inclined at first to re
flect upon the management of the case, and
from oilier sources there came criticism.
It Is now clearly established that no de
gree of surgical skill could hare foreseen the
complications which caused the fatal result
from the use of ether. At the coroner’s In
quest the examining physician, who is one
of the most skillful pathologists in America,
demonstrated that the cause of Mr. Dill’s
death was wliat would be popularly described
as apoplexy. The patient’s brain was in
a condition which rendered it dangerous to
give him ether, but it Is almost certain that
the shock of the operation performed with
out an anaesthetic would also nar$ keen
fatal..
There is absolutely nothing in iM case
which should weaken the popular faith in
anaesthetics. A prominent Philadelphia
physician says there is undoubtedly danger
in taking ether, just as there is danger in
riding In astrcct car,and probably about In the
same proportion. The same cerebral ob
struction which produces death during an
msthcsla might occur In the performance of
the most ordinary actions. Deaths from
the use of anmstlictlcs are very rare, by for
too rare to shake the well-established popu
lar confidence in this method of treatment.
It Is impossible to conceive how great a
blessing to mankind has haon the Introduc
tion of anaesthetics. An accident in one
caso when ten thousand have been success
fully and pamicmly treatoa will —t hai-a
any weight with sensible people. It Is, per
haps, a great deal safer to (pip ether than It
Is to travel on a railroad.-
doubtless doing some of the profotwdesj
thinking of Ills life. Theoretically he had
the right and the power to have Riddle-'
bergor and the mob arrested. It would b«l
proper to proceed against some of them as
rioters,and against others for contempt, and,'
it necessary, tho judge is authorised to call
upon the entire state at large for assist-
once.
But it is not likely that anything will b«
done. The citizens composing the mob
had their own crude Ideas of justice. They,
thought that the judge was In the wrong,
that ho had displayed his contempt for tin?
whole community, and they went to work
to teach him a lesson. It will torn out all,
right. Y/hcU the judge understands thafi
the people of Woodstock propose to rentals
in perpetual session for the correction of lri4
errors ho will proceed very cautiously, tit
is a bad thing to have a court defied in thig'
way, but matters will quiet down, and thri
judge will wake np to the Met that hid
power to punish for contempt Is In reality
greatly restricted by pnblie opinion.
THE PIEDMONT EXPOSITION.
Th* Hip-Pocket.
Wo print elsewhere a communication
from Dr. U. H. Tucker on the subject of
pistols. Dr. Tucker presents his views
with his usual vigor of expression, and they
are worth attention. It Is a question whether
a severer law would deter Individuals from
carrying concealed weapons, or whether It
would operate to make the hip-pocket, with
Its deadly pistol, an object of sympathy;
bnt there can be no doubt that Dr. Tucker
Is right when be say* that what we need to
suppresa-the evil of pistol carrying la a more
wholesome state o( pnblie opinion, and a
more active boldness on tbe part of our
court*.
There can be no doubt that II the pnblie
sentiment of the state remained in a state
of active opposition to pistol carrying, we
should have fewer violations of the law,
and fewer killings.
We believe that the pnblie sentiment of
the state Is opposed to the practice, bnt
thoso who are chosen for the purpose of
representing that sentiment are derelict.
They do not do their whole duty by tl-e
people. The grand Jnriet hum and haw
over tbo evidence of pistol carrying, the
judges ere lenient in their charges, and the
petit juries culpably careless in their ver
dicts.
There Is no doubt about pnblie sentiment;
the great troabla Is that the Instruments
eelwtod to represent that public sentiment
very frequently, as in this matter of carry
ing pfstots, misrepresent it. Judge J. S.
Boynton, of tbe superior court, recently de
livered a charge to tbe grand jnry of Rock
dale county, which is worthy of emulation
The Virginia Idea.
The fact that the Now Orleans Flcayune
calls for united action on the tariff question
by congress impels the New York Herald to
remark that it is a “strong point.” This Is
very true, for It is Indeed a strong point.
But Is it not the free-traders and tho whisky
ring that have heretofore been jqjtrnmcntal
In staving off unltod action?
The Herald is right when it ssys that “the
people demand an Immcdiato redaction of
tho revenue.” The nerald Is perhaps nearer
right than it intends to be. The pooplecer-
talnly demand a reduction in tho revenue,
bnt not in the direction of free-trade. They
demand the repeal of the excise taxes, and
when this is accomplished, tarlff’rednction
for purposes of revenue will follow naturally
and as a matter of course.
If the surplus now flowing Into the treas
ury is to bo reduced, It must be by tho re
peal of tho Infamous Internal reve
nue system. When this system
has been abolished the tariff ‘ can
then be reduced to something like a revenue
basis with no Injury to American industries
or to American laborers.
What the Herald says about tho attitude
of Mr. Randall it altogether wrong. Surely
Mr. Bandall has as much right to stand up
for a principle which he believes to be cor
rcct as Mr. Morrison, and It Is to be borne
mind that even tho followers of the latter
acknowledge that hit meotoro was merely
tho entering wedge to prepare tbe country
for free-trade.
Well, the test has been mado in various
ways, and it baa been found that the country
stands squarely on tho protection plank in tho
democratic platform. Mr. Morrison was de
feated, Mr. Carlisle cscapod by the skin of
his teeth, and there 1ms been a significant
collapse of the free-trade movement in Ken
tucky, which has been considered to be its
stronghold.
AU these things ought to satisfy tho Her
ald that the country la not running on Mr.
Morrison’s lines. The Virginia Idea is the
democratic idea.
The Greatest Show Ever Seen la tlieSonth-
The President and Bis Wife Will be Pres-
ent—A Grand Military Pageant.
The Piedmont exposition grows every day/
and it Is now assured that It will be tbe great
est show ever seen in the south. The bttild.
Ings cover seven acres, and every foot will be
filled will. Interesting articles of exhibit. Volt
will see every article of industrial or agricul
tural products, and a great exposition.
The sight seeing will bo tmeqnaled. Presi
dent Cloveland and his wife will certainly bo
here, and will spend two days end three nights
in Atlanta: reaching hero October 17th. Thoy
will bold receptions Constantly, so that every
body can see them and get a chance to shake
their bands. Think ot this I To see tho first
democratic president ever seen in the south,
and tbe most popular and beautiful mistress
ot the white honso, only twenty-two years old
and a picture of grace and beauty. Tho presi
dent will make an address In tbo-expesitfon
grounds on Tnesday, nnd will review the troops
on Wednesday at 11 o’clock, and will review
the torchlight procession Wednesday night, so
that everybody will ace him and hear him.
Tho military pageant will bs gorgeous.
Over three hundred companies -have been In
vited, and thousand! of soldiers will be in lino
WlfVl II? InaS? 4 wanG, 1,naaa lusesAa fft|.
The Cot too Market.
A correspondent of the Galveston News
bas an article on the line of an editorial,
that recently appeared In The Constitu
tion, relative to tho price of cotton. It
was suggested In that article that the south,
Instead of buying cotton futures should sell
them, and that the bulk of tho crop should
bo placed in tho hands of responsible factors
for sale.
The correspondent of the News sees the
point In this suggestion and hastens to lay
tt before the fanners of Texas.
It Is entirely worthy of their considera
tion. As matters now stand, tlio small
towns undersell Uie larger ones, and In sell
ing direct to the spinners, they bear the en
tire crop. What the south needs Is coope
ration In this matter, so that 1U only money
crop may be sold at something like Its real
market value.
For several years the market baa been
broken and paralyzed by the agents of spin
ner* baying their •applies direct instead of
through the factors.
A Judge Overruled.
Woodstock, Virginia, is a nice town. It
Is full of law and order-loving people who
will make any sacrifice In the interests of
justice, even to tbe extent of raising Cain.
Take a recent case. Judge Newman took
It Into his head that Senator Rlddleberger
was guilty of contempt of court. He fined
the senator and sent him to jail for five
days. In some communities this would
hare ended the matter, but the people of
Woodstock still hold to the frontier Idea
that they are the sovereigns, and that
a judge Is to be tolerated only when he is
on thetr side. Oar dispatches give the out
come of the affair. The people rose Is their
snath, swept through the jail like a small
cyclone and restored the senator to the con-
stitnento who were lamenting hla disappear
ance.
What will the judge do about U? He is
with ot least twenty brass bands. These
troops will be reviewed by the president. The
torch light procession will be grand. Ten
thousand torches will be In line under tho
auspices of the Young Mon’s Democratic!
league of Atlanta, and all visitors will be fur
nished torches and fireworks and requested to
take port in tbe precession. Tho whole citjfi
will be nominated with red fire and firework*
will no discharged from all points along tha
line. Triumphal arches will bo thrown across*
the streets, nnd the scene will be ono never
surpassed In beauty nnd brilliancy.
Tlio fireworks themselves will be unoqmUcd.'
r" -f the features will he id- r/liil „e
NiagaraT
long and fifty It*..,.. J'^SJ’midspnrkllngj
in tho white light jJan, „„d
tnmbles In the white foam. have ucuee
dreamed of snob effects in the an ., those
fireworks will give. Besides these there will
be balloon ascensions, bicycle races, baseball
matches, pigoon shooting, and all the snort*
of great fairs.
Ten thousand dollars have fidtffi offered in
purees for racing and two hundred race bones
will be hero to take part in the different races,
both trotting and running. In short. It will
be two wocks of nnaliowcd enjoyment and
slght-ecolng. v It will be a liberal education to
your children and yourselves, and it will ba
your first and only chance of seeing tho demo
cratic president and his wife.
Abovo all It will be a cheap show. The rail
road rates are tower than ever before. They
are one cent a milo each way from your near
est railroad station except on tho Central rail
road Where tboy are three dollar* for the round
trip from all point* above UO miles from At
lanta, and one cent a mile on all points nenror.
Tho directors of tbe exposition will themselves
manage tbo restaurants at the grounds and
wilt guarantee that there shall be no charge
greater than fifty cents for breakfast or din-
nor. In no way shall the people be robbed ox
mistreated. The admission fee It fifty cent*
which yon psy when yon get your ticket. It
coat* yon twenty-five cents to goto tho gronnd*
and bock, which you pay when yon bnyyour
ticket. It your railroad Btatlonts a hundred
mites from Atlanta, It will cost yon two dol
lars to get you? ticket, fifty cent* for your ad
mission ticket, and twenty-five cents for your
transfer ticket, making two dollar* and seven-
ty-flvo cents for nil. For any other distance
from Atlanta just multiply the number of
miles by two cents for tbe round trip, and add
aeventy-five cents for vonr admission and
transfer.
Now do not fall to come to the exposition. I*
is a great chance aud-ono that yon will not
hero again. Besides seeing the exposition yon
will seo Atlanta, the brightest city in the
south, full of interesting sights. The iilnml-
nation of Kennesaw mountain with butteries
ot artillery firing on Its crest where tlio battW
was fought, will be a sight long to be remem
bered. This monntatn is twenty miles from
Atlanta, and excursion trains will be ran to it
for fifty cents for tbe round trip. The moun
tain will be illuminated from top to bottom
and three thousand rockets will be fired by
electric match from Its crest. Do not fall to
come to tbe Piedmont exposition. Make yoox
plans at once.
EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT.
Arrnn the watermelon come* tbe oyster.
Tbe deadly mr-rocxxT continues to get In
its work.
YYnxx Jay Gould heard that he was •
grandfather he smiled. It was the first emit*
that had spread over those stolid features In
a long, long time, snd we hope that It went
down as deep as die eoul of tbe money king.
Kansas City Times: Perhaps the coroner’*
jury at Cberewocth will bring in a verdict ot
“death by tho hand ot God,” bat clearly in th*
minds of the people it Is pretty well established
that rotten culverts and railroad negligeno*
mainly contributed to the disaster.
A corrasneKAX-nucT from * Louisian*
district died a few months ago. A special
election wae ordered. The successful can
didate who wae chosen has just died. In spit*
of those two warning* there are • dozen men
in tbe district ready to contest for these dead
men's shoes at th* (Joining special election.
Thanks to Bechet assy Lama*, 80,000,000
under this •
porn t ions, but they will not be allowed to grab
wliat does not belong to them.
Goyebkok Gordons address to tbe people
on the subject of tbe ceutcnnfal constitution*!
convention has struck tho Philadelphia papers *
very favorably. The Press says: In his ad^
dre&* to the people of Georgia in regard to tfcd
. Georgia In regard t
constitutional centennial and thst state’* rel**
tions to it Governor Gordon speaks the lahj
guage of a true patriot. He gives do niggsra
or reluctant support to this great event in thid
city, but sets forth in eloquent and fitting
terms the nature of tho celebration and thn
reasons why Georgia should bear an important
part in ft. His address, which appears elsej
which appears also*
where, ought not only to Inspire the people ofi
“ ' iselvesbk the comin$
Georgia to interest them.
or* of some other states to concern t
more then they have done with th* port whictf
Haefr state* nreto take in this port historical
I indistinct