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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1884.—TWELVE PAGES.
BOLTING BLAINE.
THE INDEPENDENTS TO NOMINATE
A TICKET AGAINST HIM.
Interviews With Prominent Bepublld&M Who Will
Not Support Him-Tho Chicago Newt Joins
the Column—The Enthusiasm Which
Will bo Quickly Dropped, Etc.
Chicago, Juno 0.—There is already a per
fcctly well-defined rumor that prominent
«dependent republicans have inaugurated
movement for an independent convention
the purpose of nominating Edmunds and Lin
coin. The names of Conkliug, Schurz, Roose
velt and other prominent New York politicians
are mentioned in connection with the proposed
bolt. Franklin McVeagh, of this city, says
“I am too good a republican
work for Mr. Illninc. lie does
represent the best sentiment of
party. I have the right to speak as I do.
me ns an old republican the convention did
fearful thing. The delegates lost all sight
the moral aspect of their nomination. It
my opinion that the heat way to teach the pol
iticians that the party is losing rapidly al
moral sense, is for the independent repuhli
cans to vote for the democratic nominee. This
would be n shorter way than to have another
ticket in the field to administer the rebuke/
Theodore Roosevelt admits that he has bccu
consulted upon the subjoct and says: “The
question has not been fully discussed. 1 have
stated and repeat it, that under no circum
stauces will I support Mr. Blaine/*
Andrew I. Draper, of New York, told a
respondent that lie doubted whether Wain
could carry Jfew York. He added: “It would
be very difficult to secure the Sherman vote
New Jersev would undoubtedly go democrat it-
It was useless for tho republicans to try '
carry it/'
It is understood the independents Lave aji
appointed a meeting for next Saturday in Net
York for discussing the subject. This meeting
will bo attended by prominent epposod-to-
Blaine republicans fr«m» all over the northern
states, it is said. The general impression here
is that the bolt will be 'consummated. Mean
while democrats here are jubilant over the
choice of the niun from Maine and consider
his defeat in November a foregone conclusion
“I have been convinced from tho first," sni»]
Mr. George William Curtis, “of the weakness
of the anti-Blaine field."
“Many of them announced before coming
here that they would not under any circum
stances support Blaine. After that announce
ment I do not see how they con do it. I do not
believe that Mr. Blaine can poll the indejieii
{lent republican vote."
“The independents wrecked all," was the
comment of Melville K. Stone, editor of tho
News. “If they had come to Mr. Arthur'
support, or if they had not attempted others t
lend in their strange paths, wo would not now
be handicapped ami cursed by such a ticket."
■♦‘Will you support the ticket, Mr. Stone?"
“No, I will not. It docs not voice the wish-
■of the republican party. It is false from ^pgii
ningto end. I shall oppose it?"
Tfae views of Mr. Stone are well worth co:
aidering. He speaks for tho strongest republi
•can paper, in point of circulation, in the conn
try. It circulates over 100,OUU copies daily
throughout tho northwest, aud will make seri
ous inroads into the Bluiue and Logan boom
eforo the ides of November.
DENOUNCING BLAINE.
■Massachusetts llepublicnns Meet nnd De
clare They Will Not Support Him
Boston, Juno A»—Tho Massachusetts reform
•club, at its meeting Saturday, passed rcsolu-
ttions denouncing the nomination of Blaine ami
Logan, and voted to request the indcncndcut
vote throughout tho country to join them in
.acti ve and immediate cllbrt to sceuro tho nom
ination by the democratic party of such men
as can command--their support, nnd failing !•*
•that, to call a convention at th
earliest practicable day to nomi
nate candidates in full sympathy with tho re
form element of .tho country. A committee
was appointed with full powers to take such
steps by corresjjoudcnce or otherwise as they
may deem best calculated to carry into effort
the’foregoing resolution. Tho committee were
.authorized taincrease their numbers if desira
ble, and to co-opcrato with the organization of
the .independent republicans and others to se
cure candidates pledged to reform. On motiou
of Colonel T. W. lliggiuson tho following res
olution* were passed:
„ 1Hllvu v _.. ... Boston at as early _
«lay as possible to express the opinion of the inde
pendent voters In till* vicinity In regard to tJ»<?
recent Chicago nomination, uud to prepare for
i fiiuro action.’ *
Dispatches were received from tho leading
New York independents requesting early con
sultation in regard to taking decisive action
toward repudiating tho Chicogo nomination.
The meeting was largely attended, and letters
were received from several prominent inde-
ticndents who were unable to atteud, all of
whom condemned tho Blaine and Logan ticket.
CHARI.RH FRANCIS ADAMIt'S I.KTTICR.
The following from Charles Fraucis Adams,
Jr., won rend:
June 7.1881.—J. W. Garter, secretary MasnopIiu
setts reform dub-My Dear Sir: I received your
notice of tho reform club dinner this afternoon,
and In view of the nominations of yesterday,
which are to be the subject of your discussion t*>-
day, 1 regret extremely my Inability to be present.
I presume there I* no quest ion as to the uttituic
.of the members of the reform
.club toward the republican nomina
tions. We will, at once organize
to defeat them. On this point, It seems to me oi
.response canpot be too explicit or our action tut
.quick. Steps should bo taken with tho least possl-
hie delay to enable us to exert whatever Intlii
•cnco we can on other ami coming conventions.
•Wo have uow less than no standing
before that convention for Massachusetts
goes to it pledged to the support
of her own political mountebank, whoso nomina
tion would actually drive many of us, a* a choir
*>f cvllsi, to vote for Blaine. Wo should do what w
can to prevent this, and wo cun do much. Could
.the democratic party be galvanized to that degree
oi momentary good which would lead it for once
to aatontali the country am) lUeU by pllttiu. for-
wiinl Mich n ticket n* Cleveland nnd Carlisle, tho
result In November would not be In doubt lorn
imoment.
••Experience tells us that the bisk Is desperate,
but so is the situation. Blaiue 1* the other horn of
.our dilemma. If we v
think to galvanize the — ... --- -- - .. -
must act. 1 hope, .therefore, that Immediate stepa
will be taken under the auspices of the reform
4dub towanls calling a confeaence of those who
think us we think. We must lie represented at
Chicago In July: if we fail there also, then, os the
Italian Forestieri or ‘dweller* in ttbe wood*/ so far
mm I now can ace,we must meet together lu sylvan
shade* ami name our owu men. lor whom we will
east a self-respecting i ote. I am. etc. ,
••CHARM* Y* ADAMS, Jr.’
A declaration agvinst the nomination of
Blaine and Logan wai adopted in the following
The Massachusetts reform club regard .the nom
ination of Messrs. Blaine and Logan by the repub
lican party as a distinct and unqualified repudia
tion of all Its professions of reform aadaa an In
Charles Francis Adamr, Jr., i* chairxan of
the committee io advance tho independent
movement, with Moorefndd Storey, Levvn-tt
Sals ton stall, William Bvuvtte, James Free
man Clark, Josiah Quincy, T. W. lliggiuson,
Winslow Warren, Richard II. Dana and
others associated with him. The apeohes
were many and vigorous.
THE CAMPAIGN FROM CHICAGO.
The Democrat* Preparing—Tlie lllnine Plan
of Hattie.
Chicago, June 9.—preparations have already
begun for the democratic convention. Colonel |
R. J. Bright, late sergeant-at-arms of the sen
ate, is here in charge. The local committee of
arrangements, which is to prepare for the na
tional democratic convention, Las directed an
architect to make plans for a rearrangement of
the convention hall, so that the seating capac
ity will be enlarged te admit 10,000 persons.
The accommodations for the press will afoo let
enlarged.The local manager# confidently expect
a larger outside attendance than was the care
with the republican convention. The demo
cratic political clubs from all ports of tbecouti-
try have announced their intention to be pres,
ent.
THE BLAINR MAVAGBURNT. *
Sonic of the details of the managemeut of
the Blaiue canvass have come to the surface
since the nomination of Friday last, and prove
to be of tho most thorough and efticieut char
acter. Before the convention met, over 800
letters had been received giving the personal
nnd political status of 810 delegates, leaving
but four unaccounted for. These letters were
epitomized into a ledger, so that the record of
every delegate could be fouud at a glane<
When any question arose, a sub-committee
was detailed to confer with the delegate
to secure certain pledges nnd promises.
It was partially through this scrvico
that the motion to adjourn after the third
ballot was defeated.' There were a great many
delegates who would not vote for Blaine as a
candidate, but who were willing to vote on
certain preliminary questions not affecting, ns
they thought, verv directly, his interests,
while there were others who were not unwill
ing to hedge n little for a possile contingent in
Blaine. Besides this personal knowledge of
each delegate, committees were selected to wait
on nil the delegates known to be
doubtful nnd to influence them to join the
Blaine column after the second ballot. White-
law Reid aud ex-Seuator Platt rendered such
excellent service in this direction by assurances
that Blaine could carry New York, that ninny
men who were in doubt, were thus captured
nnd held, nnd requested not to vote except on
the second or third ballot. 8o certain was this
strength that even if it had not changed, the
fourth ballot would have shown an increase of
29 votes for Blaine, and tho column would
have risen till all possible combinations had
been defeated as the result showed. In addi
tion to all this the Blaiue managers had vigl-
lunt men detailed to watch each delegation
where votes had been promised them. The
course of the stalwarts also hud great influ
ence. Geo. C. Gorham and other well-known
and intimate friends of Conkliug worked un
ceasingly for Blaiue, aud it hnd the desired
effect of cutting down the Arthur column.
On tho other hand there was no
good mnnnger in charge of Arthur’s campaign.
All Efforts that were made for the combiuu-
tiou failed utterly, ns is known, nud like the
Edmunds managers, tln*y were at aea half of
the time.
TWO STATES FOR TILDEN.
California and Nevada Hem! Delegate* to
Chicago far tho Old Ticket*
Stockton, Cal#, Juno 10.—Tho democratic
state convention met hero to-day, John H-
Wise, chairman. Wise, in an eloquent speech,
said: “Let us democrats of r/nlifornia send a
delegation to Chicago for ti!ie old ticket—Til-
den aud Hemlrk-ks. If TiWon is nominated we
can pledge California agr.iust the “plumed
knight" of Maine. The mention
of Tildon's name -was greeted with
tremendous applause; 4tll present jumped
their feet, <oaia waving their hats, hautike
chiefs and -canes for several minutes. .The
peaker wae. unable to (proceed. When <qti let
was rrstoreit. nominate lis for temporary •r'liai
man were onlicd for. Stephen W. WttiVa,
Lm Angelos, anti-monopolist, was elected by
acclamation. On taking the chair, White said
ip the course of his speech, “that it was the
duty of the democrats throughout tAwwntire
country to nominate Sumtiel J. Tilden for
president;”
Aftor tbs appointment of the vsrim
niittces. the convention ndjournod aintil to-
orrow.
The third congressional district? elected
Warren VB. English' and M. S. Tar per-delegates
to tho democratic national convention. Both
pledged to Tilden' and HeudrivkM, will
Tbmnx.ii ns their sucoud choice. John U,
Gliisnwk was uiianiinously nominated for
Congress.
THR N KVA DA DKHOCBAT&.
Auht’n, Nev., .Juno 10.—Tho democratic
state'-convention met here nt up n to-day
George -W. Baker, of Eureka, was elected tem
porary chairman. Tho platform r.doptcd af
firm* do votiou to the principles of the demo
cratic, party .as laid down in the national demo
cratic. platform of 1876 aud 188<L It demands
the nomination of Tilden and Hendricks, and
thcrssnoval of all restrictions on ati rer coinage
Jt opposes the acquisition of large* acts of pub
lic lands by aliens, nnd demaude .the absolute
exclusion of the Chinese.
G. W.* Cassidy was nominated by acclaum
tlon for congress; W. M. Sewell for supreme
, udge. D. E. McCarthy, E. P. Hardesty, John
ll. Dennis, R. Sadler, T. Lemmon aud Matt
C'onovan were elected delegates to the Chicag<
democratic nntional convention. All are
pledged to Tildcu fund Hcndriohe. Adjourn
Washington, Juno 10.—[Special.]—Demo-
cratic presidential candidates ‘are springing
up.in Washington every day, or-their faith in
the report thut Tilden will defJinc. General
Slocum’s friends have recently been indus
triously canvassing his claims. It is *aid he
bail a consultation with McDautid to-day, and
agreed to allow the use of his isr.uie for the
second place on the ticket, with McDonald at
its beau, which should receive tho su
their friends in tho convention. Gene
cum has gone to New York to rally his
strength there. He has the presidential fever
in the-most pronounced form. McDonald, it
is said, is much encouraged by .assurances he
has received since he came to Washington.
Conspicuous among these understood to be
warmly advocating his claims are Speaker
Carlisle.
The first district democratic convention oi
Maine te-day chose Cleveland delegates to
tho national convention nt Chicago.
OrORGlA POLITIC* IN WAXH/SOTON,
Messrs. Holden and Walter Joi tison have
renewed- their efforts to have Mr. Farrow nom
inated ibr district judge. Messrs. Buck, Bry
ant aud ^pear arc expected here to-morrow to
aid in the-advocacy of bis claims. The presi
dent can have no reason for delating action
now, that the convention is past, uud I look
Facrour-’s nomination within Ike next tei
days.
From lheNeiw York Evening Post
Washington, June 8.—Representative Ly
an, of Massachusetts, who was .elected to
engross,ns an independent repukL'eun, was
asked teuday )iow he regarded the aomination
of JUtune. and what in uis opinion would be
the effect upon Massachusetts politics. Mr.
Lyman replied:
“Pcrsoually, I do not like it. I regard Mr.
Blaine as a friend, but 1 doubt the propriety
of noraiuating-him. 1 should like toane repub
lican polities raised higher each year. This is
a dropdown. I am not in a position to sAy
what the effects will be in Massachusetts, but a
ntlemaa who i* in a positiou to judgatold me
before the convention met that if Blain* should
succeed in sacuring the nomination, and the
democrats should jdK?e a good man at (fee head
of their tickctjrtiisaackusetts will east its cute for
the democrat. The democratic party, howev-
, has a reputation foe* blundering, and v. hen
big blunder is necessary it may be depend-
ujwn to moke it. If, however, Bayaml or
some other good man, a mud on finances, civil
service reform, sud other national questions,
daced in nomination, I urn iaformed on
AN INTERMEDIATE STATE.
Wlmt Do The 8cr%itures Tench ns to This
Popularly Received Doctrine?
Paper read before the Preachers’ Meeting b
T. A. Goodwin,
I have been requested to prepare a paper for
this meeting, on that doctrine knowu in theo
logical circles as the intermediate state,a thing
which, in fact, is not now, never was and
never will ho—a sheer figment of tho middle
ages, invented by the fabrication of a false
system of eschatology to supplement its lack
of consistency, and which, notwithstanding
it* absurdity and its conflict with the doctrtne
of tho futuro life os taught by Christ and his
early followers, has been perpetuated through
tho oges, thougo undergoing many inodifica
tions from to time, and which even yet has
some friends,
The fourth century may bo regarded as al
most the beginning of associated Christianity
certainly as tho birth period ef dogmatic the
ology, until these Christians seemed to have
lived without a historynnd without any adequ
ate comprehension of the scopes of tho mission
of their Master. Their knowledge of Him and
His teachings was mostly traditional, aud all
along they were certainly expecting a sudden
termination of ull earthly things. But
with tho beginning ot this century
began the preparation for extending
their religion turough tho ages. Four his
tories out of the many that had been written
by thoso who hod been more or less familiar
with the Savior during his stay upon earth; a
short history of some of tho sayings and doings
of a few of the apostles; suvcral letters, ex
planatory and hortatory, aud the thrilling poem
of John, on the isle of Putmos, were collected
together, and invested with the sanctity of
inspiration and called the New Testament;
becomo thenceforth ultimate authority.on all
questions of life and doctrine. As a part of
the work of thut period there was
prepared n short amt coinprohensivi
creed, which assumed to embody i
summary of the doctrine* taught by the apos
tle*, nn<i hence it was called the Ano*tl<
Creed, though lio npostlo had had any hand
its huikliug. Within a few ceuturics this Was
modified by changing the phrase “Resurrection
of the dead," so ns to rend “Returrectim of the
body," trtiut it might conform more to tho
growing materialism and ■ensuousness of that
|>eriod, and soon followed the expurgation of
the phrase “descended into hell, t>y many
copyists, in which form it now most frequently
appears in the Protestant churches of the
world, though the origins! form isvtill used in
unny.
To that age may bo traced alsr tho concep
tion and birth of that qsiirtctte off cschntologi
cal dogmas which, blending into ono grand
•vent, by their assumed simultaneous occur
rence may lie called one act in four parts,
namely, the second -oeming of Christ, tm
surrcction of the deni, the get oral judgment,
and tho end of the'-world. Jt did not require
much critical examination ef this scheme
discover * fatal void—a perplexing hiatus iu
To use a forceful modern expression, it did net
“consist." All the icnchingsHif Christ, whether
trad it ions 1 or documentary represented
tho soul ns -passing at onco into *n
state of conscious joy or misery, while this{
scheme implicdmntoULnpics intervening be
tween tho earthly and the eternal. To ■•flply
this missing link wan no great task in -that
age of dogmatic invention, hence these was
interjected-into the scheme the dogma Wf -an
intermediate #iate—a -kind of half way Jionso
between earth and heaven or hell—ax ante
chamber, as it were, to both. Of course, hav
ing invented the dogma iu order to bofotwr u
the system*of eschatology, it w*ns not -fiiflh'ti
to find 'Scripture to sustain it. N<
dogma wa'.*ovor proposed so absurd Hint this
could not ha done. Even that most horrible
doctriuo, infant damnation, invented -about tho
same time, could be so nmply defended by
porverting.-ftcripturo that it was never disturb
ed by quoting eoantef Scripture until Scrip
turo cxergesU called to ita aid common senso
and iud(ip«mlonnt thinking; nottuatil the pew
began -to teach' theology to tho pulpit.
Tfao doctrine of an intermediate «6nto nssum
for; nn*true the four-event juit-werrw
teach’.' that > the soul goes, lit to *om<
place above or beneath, to there await the
grand -consummation. By some it ds assumed
to bo a place of conscious joy or aaltxry, but by
others, and logically by all, it is hold to be an
indefinite ;period of sleep. So inevitable
is tkis •conclusion that McCEittock and
Str*r£, in their vnluahfo encyclo
pedia, iin one of the latest aud-ablest dis-
cusiicns of this whole question, aftor valiantly
assailing the soul-sleepers, a* iu dii£y bound t<
do, adds the following: “We conclude, there
fore, that the intermediate state will pass to all
its subject*, as nn instant, and thflbeone will be
aware of-the length of the inters al." This is
the liogicof the best argument pasaible on this
subject. Given an intermediate ctate, and the
sleep of the- soul during its entire existence ii
inevitable. It is soul-sleeping, 'however re
pugnniit-that doctrine must be to.avcry think
mg Allilld.
It require* no great skill of analysis to see
that (this whole thing is but a bungling at
tempt to -revamp the old pagan notions of
linden, ahool, infornus, tnrtariis anki clysiuni,
and to engraft them u)>on our Christian views
of immortality without one single improve
ment at iuiy point; lbr, from the whadcs and
caverns of their intermediate morlt's, the de
parted wero to cmcrae in some way, at some
lime, to Nome sorb of future life, ami none of
their iuothods of escape were one whit more
absurd nr improbable than the mothod* pro
vided by the inventors of the iuterine«lii)t<
world for-the escape of souls from this Chris
tiuu prison. The paradise and purgatory of
this eschatology pro the crudest possible recon
Htruetieii of the clysium aud iufermis of the pu
gan poets, not having even the merit of such
modification ns tho discoveries of acienco render
necessary. The hell of the middle ages, when
this dogma of an intermediate state was lu fhll
force, was a pit or cavern beneath the earth, nnd
paradise vn* the happy end of thesume luonlily,
separated 'from tin? purgatory end by a vast
gulf. Into this coinunm receptacle of the
dead the theory taught thnt Christ
went at death, accompanied by the
peuitcut thief, whom he left m the
paradise department while he croraetl the gulf
to preach to|tho spirits in the purgatory end.
Later, aud since even the church nan come to
admit that the earth is roiiud instemi of flat,,
and that there is no west end, behind which
the sun goe* down, nnd beyond which the
agan poet* located their (dvHiutn, tho pnra-
Ue of these ropyists has been transferred to
some undefined .region aliove the star*,.and the
ragan riber Styx, with it* faithful fiv-ryman
ius been deposed by a turbulent Jordan, and
a convoy of angel* now carry the faithful to
their temporary c.bcde. finch, with variations,
!. J .e .:i ...i.„ _i: .us,
lent authority that his chances for carrying
Massuchuseets would be good."
Flowing With Honey.
From the Jackson, Georgia, Herald.
A week or two ago some one on Mr. Jno. Ml-Dau-
ploce* in Chandler's district, noticed some
bees coming out of a large dead walnut tree that
wac In one of Mr. McDaniel's fields.- That night
McDaniel went to the tree for the purpose of
takitia the honey out if there was any In It. Cut
ting into the tree near the ground, they soon
found a/i abundance of honey, and every available
vessel or the place waa filled, and the suopljr
seemed to be inexhaustible* , A
stick was shoved up the hollow in tb« tree, and
just a* far a* it reached there wa* honey. Ho. Mr.
McDaniel decided to stop up the hole and come
liack the next night for the balance. The bole in
the tree was stopped up with old clothe*, and the
party returned home. The next night when they
returned they found nothing but a pile of ashes
and a stream of honey extending about twenty
feet from where the tree was. The fire in the old
rags used in the first night's raid had not been pat
entirely out, and by aouie meant bad Ignited the
tree and burnt Jt up entirely, and wasted aJl oi thv
honey.
ceiving according to the deeds done in t'.e
body. That their abodes >vere not intermediate
places, or their conditions nn intermediate
state, between the now and the hereafter, will
appear not only from the narrative itaelf, but
from a study of other recorded teachings of
Christ and his apostles. Christ said to
tho dying thief: “This day shalt
thou do with me in paradise"—thou, thy
personality, thy essential self, not some
part ofthee, while some other part is left
uchind; but thou shall be with me in paradise,
not with some part of me, while some other
part is left behind. To catch tin* full force of
this, wo must know in what souse tho word
paradise/vus used at that time, not Imw it was
used in the middle ages, or how it is uow used
by careless people, who have a false dogma to
bolster up. The word occurs iu only two other
places iu the whole Bible. Fortu’nutciy, in
each case, the context define* it beyond ques
tion. Paul say* that ho was caught up
into paradise. Repeating the narrative
in slightly different language, he says
that ho wauglit up to the third
heaven—that is, he was caught up above the
first hcaveil, which, in the language of that
day, meant tho atmosphere which surrounds
the earth and through which the birds move,
and hence are called the birds of heaven. He
was caught up, also, above the second
heaven—above that stratum of sun, nnd moon,
and star*, which to the philosophy of that
day, seemed to be a dividing region between
this nud the far beyond, and which was called
the starry honven, ami about which David
sang when he said: “The heavens declare the
glory of God;" “When I consider thy
heavens, the work of thy hauds"—he was
caught up akovo all this, and to tho third
heaven—the home of the soul—the reputed
throne of God. Let John define it: The Alpha
nnd Omega, the first and tho last, authorized
him to say thut tho overcoming church in
Kphesua should eat of the tree of life which is
in thenaradiseofGod. What this means will lie
plain from what follows: He says that the
overcomingchuroh in Smyrna should have a
crown of life and not be hurt with tho second
death; the overcoming church in Pergninos
should feast on hidden niAiinn, find liave-ji
white stone: the overcoming church iu ThyiP
tira should have dominion over the nntiona ami
receive tho morning star: the overcoming
church in Sardis should be clothed in
white raiment nnd have a name
not to be blotted out of the book vit
life, but siumid bo houored before the Father
and before tho angels; the overcoming chu/vh
in Philadelphia should become a pillar
in the temple of God, nnd go out no loorc,
In-aring the name of God nnd “mv new name,"
the overrenting church in Lnodicia should sit
with Christen his throno us Christ had over
come-and was then sitting with the Rather
«n His throne. Is there any hiut of nn inter
mediate state in these unvciliugs of the future
of those struggling churches. Dare wo to di
vorce the church in Ephesus from lur.* sister
churches nnd send her to some Imlf-wny place
while her sister churches mto the vepy throne
-of 6#d? '
•Itat this is not all. Boon after Christ had
overcome, and had sat with tho Father on his
tkrpne, Stephen was called to diu, amidst n
shower of stones, seeing liio hen veils opened
nnd tho Bon of Man standing on the right hand ■
of God; not in some half-way hoxse, but i* 1
heaven it«<j|f, and remembering Hi* promise— '
I go, and you shall come, thut ▼vhere I aan
ye may be also/’ he left the world breathing a
prayer that the Lord Jcsu* wouhl receive his
spirit. Tho writings of Paul abound with this
faith. When wearied witli the Burden* of ftifo
he desired to depart aud bo with Christ,-not
in some cavern, but whore Christ sitteth at 'the
right hand of God. To liis faith, to be uncloth
ed wus to be instantly clothed upon, to-drop
the earthly "tabernacle wiis to catch tip the
building of God, the house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens; it wo*<not to
dwell for a short-time or a long time ia some
intermediate stnto.
In short, the-whole tenor of Christ’s teachings
is opposed to the,pagan notions of immortality
which were prevalent in His time, nnd before;
his special nii«-,ion being-to bring Ufonnd Im
mortality-to light,-aud whether he is disputing
with the fiaddueevs,or comforting his diseiplos
at the last aa£fTcr, or dying, or ascending, ev
ery losw*n 11 ii-.oVr :irtW'l.i 1 gl’l Mjeiii the unseen
audkbrteL^-0' »y«ii i-.v.mm. • i»» . .uth, instead
relegattt^K io'somd in termed into state. Thero
is not a sentenco, not a word in tho whole
Bibjn that give.i countenance to this fig*
ment of man's invention, colled nn inter
mediate state, nor has it any foundation iu
any philosophy.that con be applied to it. But
even better than *the fragmentary illusion*
this question in-theiBiblu is the experience
dying taints oil along tho ages, who, like file
pneu, have had thair spiritual pyc* opened be
fore their eye* of llotdi were closed, and who
have had aglimpsoof the life beyond while
yet able-to convene with -those on this side.
These hnvo never spoken back of any inter
mediate stole, hut always of visions or angels
and of God; ami like l*aul they have expected
to be'ferover-with tho Lon!.'* Away, then,
with this relic of paganism, so bimglitigly
engrafted -on to our higher nnd purei
system of faith in a futuro life,
as taught by-Christ and his qpostlcs, and os ex
perienced by the confwsor* and innriys of
earlier days, nnd no less conspicuously by
thousand of tho cultured and uncultured of
owr owu day, and preach, in ita stead, the sub
THE CONSTITUTION OF 1877.
Wherein It Slioulil be Amended nnd the Ken-
noun Why.
Ennous conktitition:-The constitution adopt
ed by tho people of Georgia Ih 1877 has been In op
eration fora period of nearly seven (7) years. It ha*
in some respects worked well, particularly those
in which the constitution of Ihgk, and the preced
ing constitutions of this state, were defective, vfc:
Tho protection of tho people of tho state from all
abuse of the state's credit by the legislature, and
the protection of the Inhabitant* of cities, towns
and counties from all abuse of their
credit by municipal government*. Its
provisions as to principles of taxation aro sound
and command the homage of all honest men. Its
provision* as to the regulation of railroads will lie
heartily Indorsed by a great majority of the people
so long ns the regulations actually made, whether
by the legislature, or by a commission created by
the legislature, are based on principles of wisdom
justiet'nnd inqderation. In other respect* the con
stitution of is,, has worked badly and contrary to
tho expectation of it* framer*. (Vc propose to dis
cus* some of its provisions which have worked In-
for ^the ' .practical remedies
ui»/, uiiii iirvw.ii, iu biiu-
limer truth of the Bible.‘Commit to the flames
all sermons and part* of seruious thnt niuy In*
in the leaatiinetured with it,-though this inay
rfiquiro theaacriflco of many a favorite pro
duction ; nay, more, though it may require
a substitution of Bibfo eschatology fur
the eschatology of the middle nges in
vented by man; though you must hereafter
“preach the ruaiirrectiou of-tho dead” ns I’niil
ircachcd it, nnd as it appeared for centuries 1
he A pool lea’ breed, instead of the sensuou*
doctrine of the “resurrection of the body ” of the
darker ages; nnd of tlinae whose notions are
still derived from tradition nud the poet* more
than from the Bible; though you must preueii „ ,. •
the Bible doctrine of ii judgment “after death"* J^v^tiTl henaSwge ’
instead of “a generarjudgment attended with ,,( „|| the meinlM-rs of
much pomp and -display; though you must
preach the Bible doctrine, “the end of tie
ige," instead of man’s invention, “the end
he world," no graphically portrayed by se
satiuiml f*w-t* fa-iI pn-u<‘hor*; nnil though you
must prcuch the noiseless coming of Christ “ii
like manner," to his quiet nsron
sion from Jbe Mount of Olives
instead of that tumultuous scene of
lyimati invention, the o'|>cninir of grave*, the
I * sounding of truiniM-ts,
burning of world*, Abo „
the falling of start, and the obliteration of the
sun, all attended by a retinue of angels nnd
men. Return to preaching the wholesome
doctrine of a Bible hell a* well as a Bible
heaven; preach eternal punishments a* well as
eternal rewards; for there is no heaven if there
is no hell; there are no future rewards if there
are no future punishments. Let the sensuou*
hell and heaven of the middle ages sleep eter
nally, side by side, in the rouiiiou grave to
which enlightened Scripture exegesis and good
common sense hare consigned them, an«l toy
no more with papal purgatories, or pagan in
fernos. or pagan elyaitmis, or with man in
vented intermediate states, for these are not,
never were, and never will be.
A Loving Tribute*
From the Quitman, Ga., South.
One of our citixens had a colored woman for
rook who was universally kind to the chil
dren and very obliging, fihe hail, before leav
Ing the family been complaining, yet looked
remarkably well. She determined to go to her
parents end wait upon them a* they were oM
-She grew worse after leaving and in a few
/Jays died# The daughter* bear
ing of her death made two
beautiful wreaths and a cross to place on her
coffin and started to where she died with their
mite, yet eloquent and beautiful floral offering,
on reaching the braise they found she bad
been removed to the depot to be carried to an
adjacent town for burial, they hastened to the
depot and reached there before the cars start
ed, aud modestly and with true maidenly dig
nity laid upon the coffin of their so recent
servant their offerings of nature’s fairest ami
loveliest flowers. The recording angel saw ami
the faith to-day of ail who clingto tbi*
modified fatgan notion—a senseless figment ef
the dark ages.
Iu contrast with this pagan jargon, so Jittlc
improved by it* transfer to our Christian sys
tem, let u* study the siews of death ami im
mortality that are presented in the gnapel.
First, w« have a personal interview with Moses
and Elijah—not with their ghost*, or spirits,
or souls, a* only a port of their personal iden
tity, awaiting in come intermediate state a re
union with the clay they once inhabited, but
uith the veritable Elijah and Moses, clothed
net with flesh, butelothed with their heavenly
home*. Then we hare Christ’s reference to the
living Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, not as
unconscious entities, awaiting the end of time,
that then they may go to God ami dwell with
Him, but according to ('hrist, the
are not dead even, but living ai certainly ami
as truly ns when they dwelt in clay and pitched
their tents in the wilderness. These examples
teach not immortality alone, but they discredit
all theories of any half-way place between the
now and the hereafter. Again, when Christ
would teach the doctrines of future rewards and
punishments he gives a chapter of history—not
a parable, as serne allege—and he tell* how ...
the faithful and suffering Laxarus entered at servant their offerings of nature's fairest and Patti, it is said guards herself carefully
once into conscimis joy and rest amidst the • loveliest flowers# The recording angel saw ami against cold, fihe evidently doe* not believe
society of the good who had gone before, I made a record of which these fair ones will • in free concerts, but doe* believe in the free
while*the selfish and worldly rich man went not be aibfilfied when all things done are ! use of I>r. Bull’s cough syrup, as it has cured
immediately to n place of torment, each re- , known. * j her several times.
intended to be biennial under
this constitution by an abuse of the adjourning
iiowar Imve become aiiminl, nnd nre lonVr thnn
tivu #nim#l kmIuiih M furmrrly held. CnmuerliiR
,o»lun» of the general tuwmf.ly held under the
eunntitutltm ot 1M(7 with pewdnnN held
r .n th0 *on,Ututlon ot inw from
!» , ., oro the restoration until
the cfltuthiitlon of imvt wiw »et luldeeml there-
,u*t utnuild. ui. Tho mwI.hi of 1871 continued
forty-thedit>s: tlmt of 1H72, held fit midsummer
(one of tho mot-t raumrknhlo in the history of the
state), continued forty-six days, in widen seventy
geiienil, four hundred nnd seven »p<vlnl nnd lend
neta nnd forty resolutions wero tmssed. Tlio ren-
end assembly of ls'lt eontfnued lu session forty-
}s , 0 ' forty-three days; thnt of
lh : ,t "-■« forty-four days;
t int ul 1*77 forty-threo liny-. The session of i.sts-'.i.
the first under the eoustituf Ion of 1x77, eontlnue<i
SI? , lofty-thrco daye, nearly
Iho months. Of this session it nut bo suld
thnt tho great length whs imrtinllv necessary,
ns u|mn It devolved the tm|nirtaut duty ot exe-
eutlng ninny constitutional provisions mol of try
ing two tni|H-arliments. At this session 1M nets nt
n general nature and '.-a-, of n local and special
"V UniipourH that this session
of |s,s- 70 exceeded sessions ot 1X71 nnd of 1N72 by
Thoaeralon of ISJSI 'M eontinuisl
ll.> dnyw, tweniv-flvo duyn more than the two sen-
s ons ol WTI nntf HTi The Into session nllsjc-.-Kl eon-
t lined Ifflite, tli rty-iilue days more than the ses
sions of tail nml W72. It enntmt bo snfd
of those sessions of IIWM. l«K!-:i; that sueli iinpor-
«StTo?!o! ,or .f l !' , i r ’’S' 1 lonifth existe.1 ns In
ta<s-o. In tho siljolnlne state id Smith Carolina the
hit stature "f I HU hided thirty itays, during which
lirty-tliree general nml onenuiidnsi local midsiwe-
nl nett were pasm-il. In tin- mine statu the leglsln-
live session of tasa ■smtliiiinl thirty-two dnys'diir-
ng which two hundnsi nml tlfty Jett nndthlrly-
ttmr hilnl rnwlml-ms were iwsscd. While some
ot this enornioux consumplh time, nnd of
isiunw! money, (iu the leglslntiiro usually costs
nboat oiiothnuiand dollars dully) by tho general
assemblies of taso-l, taiti-;i may be
rfansxed lo ntiseneo of iiicmtieis
fraui the enpltol ntti-iuling to tirlvnti*
hiislmsnntlumie mill elsewhere, this cntise will
nid fully answer the question constantly asked by
thinking meu throughout the slate: "Why are
legislative sessions now so biogr- The true nn-
"[® r !?-5Am' * ldrt ' ,l ' *‘ lm - -o consumed Is
J°l7im . 1 ! l i 10 i t<l |'°1 i* | wW |l “» "< tho constitution
EWS* ,s - seetl"" 7, article II of fids can-
stltiition regulating the lutnaliieilou nud tstssiige
sit basil nnd spoclnl bills a iimmliieut isiuso of
these priilractcd sessions. tVhllo under nil of the
ninstitutlons ol this state from Hie ilrst until IKTi,
bs-nl mid Special hglslnthin orhilitalisl in either
branch of the legislature uud wits acted upon with
out the Intervention of a siicrlul committee. Nmv
under said isiragrapli IA, Im-nl nnd aia-s'lal bills
<"""«» originate lu the senate. All ba-ol nnd sias--
lul bills must ortaluatu In the house, must be re
ferred to n sins-lnl isimoif u<s- mol must lie n-tairtisl
ll|sm by tlmteoiamlUee mile-- by a tvvo-tlllrds
vote such reference Is wiiiTetL The eoneludliig
teen dayaol Urn IcgblatlvuMnlon lion laa-ii
llenlly expungeil, as the sumo inay lie m
a Iwo-thlrds vote. The nsult of this
-.iiilrliig (lu Uic house) so many (wo-thlrcls
ites on tho w-tlon of a s|H-eial eommitfiH-, jtnihils
‘ cla
tha
ItelIovc*s and cures
RHEUMATISM,
Neura!ffla (
Sciatica, Lumbago,
BACKACHE,
HEADACHE, TOOTH ACIIE,
SORE THROAT,
QUINSY, SWELLINGS,
NPBAINS,
8ersnass, Cuts, Bruises,
FROSTBITES,
BUBN8I, RCAI.D8, *
And all other bodily achea
and pains.
FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLE.
bold by dl Druxxist* and
Dealers. Directions lo U
languages.
The Charles A. Vsgeler Co.
(SfMOMMrt la A. VOOZUR S CO)
HiA Baltimore. HA, V.Afo
THE HISTORY OF
Brewer’s Lung Restorer
Its CInims Upon the Public—Why it Should
be Univeninlly Used.
It Is very often the case that treasures remain
hidden for year* right under one’s eyes and only
discovered at lost by accident Such was tho case
with Brewer's Lung Restorer#. This remedy was
used for nearly forty year* by a little neighborhood
of people who either did not appreciate its true
value or did not have tho mean* or opportunity to
proclaim Its virtue* to the world. When they had a
' • .L a In thn
by its use and never thought of it any more until
it wo* again required. However, thing* have*
clmnsetl slneo tluwo days. Such treasures aro ensilr
sought after and do not long remain in obscurity-
Tho present proprietors of this old remedy haying:
tiy accident learned that Ita cure* were miraculous*
determined nt once to ascertain for themselves
what merit it really possessed, and haying tested i».
in a great number ofease*, in all of which It proved,
efficacious, they purchased the right to manufac
ture nnd sell the same under the name of Brewer*
Lung Restorer and it ha* become so widely known
under their management that it is to-day recog
nized as the greatest throat and lung remedy of thci
ago. Containing no opiates it con bo taken wltn|
perfect safety by the most delicate. Being «mtirelv
vegetable Its effect* can in no way bo harmful and',
even in the event that It fall* to cure the general!
health of tho patient is greatly improved. It can
he given to six month’s old infant* In tho pro
scribed doses with lieneflclal effects:yet full grown*
men are surprised at Its magical effect on them
Those who suffer from wasting diseases, such as •
consumption and dyspepsia, rapidly gain In flesh
and strength by tho use of Brewer's Lung Restorer
Many Instance* of patlunt* gaining 7 pounds oi
flesh from cvenr bottle they took haye been re-
iMirtcd to us. Testimonials from tho best people
In tho land are found in every newspaper oi con
sequence and such testimonials from tuchi
men must convince tho public that
tills remedy posesse* great merit. .This medicine,
Indorhcd by such men, hss done more to break
down the prejudice existing against patent medi
cines than any other remedy known. For the va
rious reasons mentioned we call upon suffering
humanity to give Brewer’s Lung Roatorcr a trial#.
It I* almost Infallablc. Its effect* are wonderful—
In tact miraculous.
LAMAR, RANKIN A LAMAR,
MACON. GA.
" - •'hi’iiiinffvwiiiii mix ik’cii pr
V.?I*i U "FS? 1 ’ mmo inay lie set asido
provision,
two
LVni* '"'?•**>'' •f-thcaenoto ii)nhi lorn! iiiic/minIh*
blllN tiuicMN Uicy have been first acted upon by *
house; leaving the senate with nothing to do
so many days In the teglnniiig of tho session
Uiereby protrucitlng tt* lalxir at the end of (lie ses-
of ***»«. Paragraph
15 should be stricken from the constitution at
?5*S n,, !j * P^vlslon liiNcrtcd in Its place allowing
nUhirVir.illn w ! ISfiBilotlnn to l»o Introduceil into
. nr1 .* ot D»«ireneral assembly within
end not afterwami,.
ptpmlMtUctme ot the length of leglsl*-
• v .? wssIods under the constitution of 1K77
#a#i fomiulred by It
elw t Judges of the superior court aud Nolicln
general. The people oYthJs state should be willing
i °! l,,n< ’ ""d money rts|iilnsi
by these elections, if the offlceni elected were lu
any respect superior to those nominated by the
governor and approved by the senate. No one,
liowevec, cliiltiiH any six-h thing for legislative elee-
tlons and It Is not tlicfm-t. A* inemlierN ot ttio
legislature are required to vote for Judges in every
one of the twenty circuits, it Is pJalu that each
nieiulier fts.to nlnctrcn of the rlrcult* i* voting
without luformniloii exiwjit such a* may l>edc-
vlseil from tNirtisaiis ami opponent* oftheenndl-
date*. JlcsidTM these object loh* to the
P*n ,<d leglsUtlve elerifons of Judges
and solicitors, there aro others, *ueh a» the combi-
fiat loo* between eandldates qn purely iiersonn
and selfish ground*, and thnt hiimlllatlnir, ropul
s vo and demoraUzing system of |>crsoiMl sollclta-
tlon, foy inlliienne and Niip|M»rt, which are part
and parrel of tlte legislative system. Tho general
***. .rolensedof this duty; Judge*
and solicitor* Ahoukl lie np|N>liitCN| by the govern
or and vwnUrmed by the senate. Try strikIng from
the constitution of 1*77 Hirngrapn ii.
110 " . J 1 /* r !! r,w , allow-
Ihu wwIimi of the leglNtatiire to lio ex-
temte^ and Inserting a provision which woiib
limit the length of « hwIo:i to eighty days, stll
retaining in the coiiNtltutlou the power of the gov
ernor to convene tire hvlslnturo whenever an
emerge"* »«»y nrls«*. ample time would |»e allow-
ri to trniouiet tho liiisineMi e.f legislation. The
udgmeiU at public men In the state familiar with
egiNliitlon Is that M elons of forty days annually,
or eighty days biennially, Is a* much time «*
should tx- allowed to nn ordinary session of the
general assembly. The history of annual sessions,
tho opinions of public men, the history of aninml
session* fin our Mister shite ot South
aroiina nil demonstrate that tlm length
f n wglsbUive m-ssIoii is not an unknown
quantity which cannot Ihj fix.il by n eonstltu
tlomd provision beyond the power of exjeuslou,
|N||B|| I *" I [lion 7, article U, whir*
cnls the iMwsage of any taw unless a majority
1 tho meml#er* of each house vote for ft, the
constitution shmild prolill.lt any legislation by
eliJh r branch of tho general assembly utile** live-
sixths of the member* of each house wero present.
This would allow an nlmvnt list of twenty-nine
representative* *nd seven senators, n mtmWso
small n* not to Interfere with the transaction of
business.
In conclusion then wc say tlmt the provisions of
the constitution of 1*77 which should he rc|*-Hkil
md s|M-ejal legislation, the election of
adge* and *o leltor* and the power of extend*
ng the legislative session, lie would Insert in their
place* the protection of preceding eonstltntlonsiui
to local aud special f— 7 -*- - * • — *-
Ing the time within w ,„ MWHW11
the provision of tho constitution of Jw* as to elec
tion of Judges of the so|«rlor courts and sidleltors-
K nef**l • provision limiting the length of the
iDlativp session to eighty .lays, with no power
pi extension and a further provision that no legl*
latiou of ally kind could l/e transacted nnlem five-
Ixths of the member* elected were present.
. .. . ,, Wm. ftsng.
V ashlngton, Ga.
— -•
THE OEOnotA RIVERS.
Ineffertiml Efforts to Increase tlie Appro-
piintlons,
Washington, June |0.—[8pecia|.]_Tho
Georgia member* did their be*t to-day to in
dtice the rommittee of the whole to inerea*i
th«* amount* re|/orte<| for the Georgia river* and
harbor*. Mr. Hardeman made a specially
strong plea for Brunswick, which receives only
110,000, though the engineer's rejwrt is thnt
$76,000 i* needed# He had a good vote with
him, but failed, because the house seems to
have made up it* mind to stick to the commit-*
tee's figures. Savannah get* $60,000. and #Mr.
Niciioll* found all effort* to iuerea*e it una
vailing.
Mr. Nicholls told me to-day that he had on
idea of being a candidate for re-election. He
thinks some Savannah man will bo nominated.
Ex-President Eno. *
Qrr.nr/', June 10.-Kx l*rcsident Eno, of the See-
ond National bank of New York, was liberated
lay under a writ of habeas corpus. He was fra-
1 i*t<*ly arrested upon a warrant charging fora-
Issued In Montreal. * *
I3a;o::tiyzcu3S ■*
For Fcninlo Complaints nnd>
• Wit !' iic/i«<-h no common to
our best fctunlo population*
It will euro entire ly tho wont form of Fcm&lo Cbn»-
plalnts,all OrarUn troubles, InfUinm-itlon sad Ulcera-
tl'in, Fulling and Dltnlnccmcnta, and t’-o conurquent
HylnAl Wrjikni n i, and Is jMirllcularly adapted to tha -
Jt will dlssolrn and c»pol tumors from tho uti
out. Tho tendency to rmna
\yry speodfiy by Us uso.
—_ _—
and hackaclie, ia alwajit p. rmanentiy ctimljiy IU uao.
It will all firm* and unitor all cireumalanco* art lo
harmony with tho law* that goraratha Femalo sjatem.
For tho euro of KMney Complaints of either ser, this
Couipouud 1* utwurpajijtd. l*rlo*|L0a. Six bottles for $5.00^
No famUj should bo without LYDIA E. riSKlIAM'H
IIVER PILLS. They cwro coastl[«tlo:i, biliousness and
torpidity of tho llrtr. t9 cents a box at all druggists.
will t
V literal ion {■> lol.u.t hr.«UU
iARSTON* BOLUfi!
' h dru^i-ing nor
hulv arrant.>f
l.l II ty and
successful because l.v d on irrlcc^j+jm*^
netr nntf stlreet- wictl.oda
ouchness. Fall Information and Trealiae fre*.
Aadresa Consulting Ilirsirian of
MAR8T0N n£MI!nyC0..40F/.KIh«».. WewYorfc- |
piTbosaaadasrcaaaaaf I*rvaa« DaMSIf, w«a-
CD Ia Cui and pkrakalenekmme,ImI aateW-Mr
ri|B_E*[ •■•*'-(( s, i > rinitlaevftUas,
I ■ ■ "■ $■■!> «*■#« or an/ r«u*«.cureil t'/ N £ R VIT A .
•n nmpl af IS raalflH
6? uua -'
■aTee^’ccB
Leal A Weakness
Munhaui P 1/roaS
Afovorito f)r««cTip*!oa ef a soiad spadalUi (now re#
Nnd.) Drur*ntaeaa0IIU. Aterasa
e.». UfARO A CO.. J.OI ISIANA. lift
I{ STOVES
HE BEST IN THE MARKET!
7 Different Sizes and Kinds
LEADING FEATURES:
Rouble Wood Duon, I stent Wood Grate, Adiiptn-
c-co, Dutiblo Hbort (k?nton,Hcav]
Inniliiatcd lire Doors, Nickel Knolw, Nickel
*ancls, etc. Unequuled InjnutcrlaJ, lu FluUb, ami
10peration.
fiend for Descriptive Circular to
UNNISUTT & BELLINGRATK
Cor. Fenehtrro and Walton Htrccto.
ATLANTA, CA.
ThU IIKI.T or ftevenera-
tor ia mads rxprewdjr for
the run- of derangements
of thejpasrafiso ormuHi
thuTnstnjmrnL^bew!*
Urn/Ofth the jarts meat
restore ihsttlwlff
tlto ufl pph pirpem
t.KH ffilE, together »Jth a VA t
(.KTKKATIFK on thie iliaaOM. Li an* .uff.rar. Ulre Mt
Mr. O.addraaa. 1/h.t.A.HLOCIN,liiraarlft.,N. y.