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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1884.—TWELVE PAGES.
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i the crow<J, the rausfe ceased, ami everywhere
SPEECHnprABT « » nov . * wuperfwsllence. He then, commenced, "fcej-
.Z, wr* OFCAPT ' HA URY JACKSON . low citizens of Buffalo: Word* cannot expresh the
AT DOUGLASVtLLE, JULY 21,
2a jHiich His Claims for Congress from th* Fifth
District Are Fully Set Forth-A Binginjr
Argument From a Brilliant Bpeaker-
A Magnificent Bffort.
feelings (hie) I have ou this ’cation. If aujr of you
I ever come to the blue grass (hie) regions of keu-
1 in.Vn T ...III chmp yOU WHftt
t ^ ‘Speak louder.
(Ailed some one. ’ “*** '
fstcnographteally reported by A.F. Cootelge.]
After an enthusiastic introduction by Ftofezsor
C. Holmes Clark, ot Douglass county, 3fr.Jhcksou
spoke as follows:
Fellow-citizens;—Japyrnr before you to-day fn
a somewJtat embarrassing position, kecause I am
about (« make what may prove to ba, in its refer
X n my futur ^ ,lle ra0st speech
' * uSalways embwensslng to one inclined to be
N>itfiW,ve to talk About himself, end yet tbjro
•are occasions frequently In life when it be-
<‘oirrs an absolute'necessity todo »o, and If over
>ur,; an occasion lies been presented in thehfetory
o! .politics in this-pountry, that occasion is before
mr to-day.
«ontly.in thc*county of Henry,Mr Havmond
•' ad I engaged Ir a Joint dteewtion. Thor* it was
is apiHiintmont. Iheardof U^u the rosds and
"voods of the equity of Henry. as I was 'moving
•i(jout among<bo people,rndw'voriug to vindicate
myself from the base i/andc-ra so industriously
•circulated, and to secure their support Ir the eoa-
kst iu wbichd am now eugnged. A messenger
followed me end to my eorptfse informed me th»l
Mr. Hammond was to speak <u MeDoueugU on a
Wrtain day. I went there‘to meet h#m, and he
forced fo divide time «dth**ae. We hr.d a Joi**
V mscassioa.
■ Recently ihe lins made a speech -rt DeGirrr.
opera houa3, In the city of Atlanta. I again
h- ked him'to divide timewith me upon that ec-
* urion, bu* for certafu reasons, satisfactory to fetal-
self, he declined.
This*> f a« myappolumscit,made in the county
of Douglas, where 1 .practically commenced 'the
campaign in which I am now engaged. He lias
conic here, as has also Mr. Mynatt. vinothor oandi-
dateiopthe congressional nomlnar'on. aud I-havc
agreed-t* divide time-ivlth them. The court has
allowed us four hour*. There are but two tickets
' in thefield, one knooui os the “Brople’s Ticket,”
I believe, upon whlofe is a Hammond delegate and
a Mynatt delegate, tn other words, a. delation
opposed to my namtaatton. The other ticket will
consist of gentlemen who will support mr-should
they bo sent as defecates to the congressional —
venticn.
Therefore, in the division of time, Messrs. Ham
mond and Mynatthave been treated as represent
ing one side of the question to be dlsecssed to
day* that is, having two hour*lime between them
whilst I have two hours, an hour and a half *'•
open and a half-hour to conclude.
New, 1 may bnfedlous, but i nsk yo« r patlfcnt
•ottifotion, for titis Is to me, if rot to the people of
this cougression*! district, a mostlinpoorfaut occas-
tfoc.
Mr.IIammonAppenedhls remarks iiiHcnry coun
ty i as he did those at the opera house at Atlanta,
with an aneedate personal to himself,-In which he
stated that under the new widenee allowing
.oarties to be witnesses, an incident happened
..... mw
ttbatmau!” "‘.‘Yes,” said Mr. Hammond. *‘\Nhy
•don’t you object, he is a party to the case?” Mr.
.Hammond replied, "That is the law of Georgia,
-the legislature has passed Mich a law, and wo have
«to submit te-it.” ••Well,'' said hlsrlieut. “if that
is the law.it. will often compel * gentleman to
• swear to lies In self defence.” He stated that he
. trusted that be would not be carried that far. 1
know that'J will not he. I know that I propose
i to speak to this people to-day the truth hh J
know and believe it to be, and to - demonstrate to
• this people, that not always the truth has been
. spoken eoneeruing me.
It Ls an honorable ambition to represent thin
• district in the House of Representative*
•of the United States, it is nr honorable urn-
bition to serve your people. 1 trust that there is uo
man within the sound of my voice who does not
. think that I desire to be of service to my people iu
my day and generation. If, upon consideration
they deem that I cannot. serve Ahem as well a
others, they have slmply.to say so at the ballot
box: and m 1 have always done in the past, I will
do in thMuture—I wUlcomcU" like a man and'
support him whom they preler-so me. Hut because
1 wish te gratify what I trust 1* an honorable im-
pui.se In my heart, ls no reason- why the country
should be hlled with slanders aud lies, attributing
to me conduct that ought to buvo lauded mein,
the peutlentiary ten years since, and have kept me
there for the balance of my life.
34rv4fcjf- tATivrfr make, m
tucky I will show
Kentucky hospitality is.” open*, wuuu.
called some one. ‘‘Fellow citizens (life;
Buffalo: I am overwhelmed with this mark of^re-
opposed
. the rceplo of my native state. My feilow-citirens,’
if that be sin, if that be treason, make the most of,
lit. (Applause.) If I had the .power, I would go .to'
,ever’ man’s house In this congressional dUtriut.
If i Had the time, there is not.a man, nor a woman
In these eleven counties that.L would not talk tol
dkbout the Issues presented In this campaign.
Now, I take up my record. It may be a very poor
one; lam afraid it is. I am mj great man. I naive
•done nothing fu my life, that elevates me wav,
.above my fellow men. I am ,-iust like you ore. I
.haveattempted to tbi ‘ ‘ ' —
full duty iu whatever . — , . -
placed. I have done many (things that I regret.!
.Would to God I could recall them f Who iuu not?.
Where Is the man within Hm sound of my voice
that lives without a regret? Jf there ho Much,
lie is ,a man without »a conscience. J
have said a gn»t many things
•that I wish had mot been said.
Whew Is the man present here to-day who has
not? for “Let him that ,Js without sin
«ostthcjirst stone;”and I feel aaavred that If none
but those ^without sin are to throw the stones at
me that I will staud before jun, unscathed and
unharmed, though both my blether Hammond
4ind my toother Mynatt may fcr.present. (Loud
laughter and applause.] Iaax no saint; I have
never claimed to be. 1/ you wanv* saint to repre
sent this congressional dutrlct I tan- not the man.
My heart beau as your hearts bee* .my blood Hows
as your blood Hows. There was bom m me all the
Imperfection* that are Inherited .torn the fall of
Adam. I trust to God. as I gmw older and
wiser J may be purified .until some
day J will become a* good and
as perfect as my purified brother, .Hammond.
there
I. tome Find In me, ud that If you Bill only Five
met« little time, poaibly I ma,r becomepure,
auil iaaome other world there may be toend wme
, jmie to my credit; tt may be but a mite, but wnen
they are bestowing the big gulden crown,
ami the big golden f arpa ahore for aay learned an-
tfl-onlshi toplayupon, poutiblyirameltlndhearted
angel may aay: "why, my brother /a. low, hero
1, a little hit of a crmrrn, and here fa a little bit of
a harp far you,” and.ivblle they are rounding forth
the melodious mnrle, accompanied by .the grand
choral of the henrem, 1 may play a little tune
upon my little hugP and be crowned rylth
a little bit of a crown. [Immense aw>l»n-e.j, II
true that they (Hammond and bfynattl will proba
bly not agree with me In thl.- They may probably
orient rotor a. the big crown, and harp, to them,
but they will hardly agree that I will have aay
harp or crown at air. Tou cannot expect er«j--
body to be .atlafled- I fwrl tbat lf impartial peo
ple will gire me a patient hearing, I nan «at-
Ufy almcdt any dbdntereabxl perron. All 1 ask tJ
you who have come here with your feeling, btared
mmlnit me. t« to give me a*lr hearing,amt whll*
I may not convince eltherof my learned, aud ot-
compuehed, and sainted antrgonbu [laughter], 1
may he able to convince a few of you.
In fUnatmtloa of thlc Idea that you
cannot please everybody, I will tell an anecdote:
It to *5d of Tom Mori hall, the great Kentucky
lawyer and orator, Chat upon ore occasion he wsr
traveling through the north, and arrived at the
elir of Eadklo, where be was met by all of the
lsimn;andasl.tbe custom with lawycn to oue
of their own profession, they extended to him the
covrte.lt* of the town, and by the time he reached
the hotel that night, (I am mortified to say U
abogt one of my own profemlon.) he was very
drank. Ills not ctmontsry for Isnyrra to get In
tbst condition I know, especially win this circuit.
.turn .auuw, ejniu. *v,„ ,-vtiL„i,.
fLauzkierl. Here they do not drink at all.
f Laughter.) This is a temperance etrcult. [Ba-
uewed ttuihter.j Bat Tom Kanhall came from
where the eld Bourbon and the old Robertson
county whisky cornea, and 1“ memory of Ken-
tuckyfpossibly, in that dlsunt city In Kew Vork,
he ImbUssl too mneh. and at ropper Him he wss
{nno condition to make a speech. But here came
■ bond of MbSle, and about tea thoasand people
p. roe ttegreat Keutdcklan. Tb* Baf&Io Uwyen
iid. "You maet.bow yourself. Yon mn« .peak.
Our whole city artU be wounded if you do trot.
Come oat." "But.-- said hamhall, “I are too
drunk, I would like In apeak, but It isemtof tbe
aaestion for me to do to. They urged. ”Cowe
oat w<J. my wmetWiif.” 80 be wtm *ml <m ifc*
spect. (hie) If any of you ever come to thu *\uc
grass regions of Kentucky, I will show yon whnt
gcnulue Kentucky hospitality is.” Some onr cried
••louder!” “louder!” “Fellow citizens of luH'alo:
tallty moans." ^
of Buffalo; Wht — r .- ,
scroll, and time Is no more, and the ocigel Gabriel
blows the hut trump, somed—d fool from Buffalo
will baUo ‘Louder, Gabriel; louder!” iGreat
laughter mid applause,]
Nmv, -I will uoi Intimate that -eltJier of these
gentlemen is the fool from Buflhlo. I will not
pretend to put them lu«ich a.position; for they
are-both very respectable gentlemen, butthey
will he inclined to hallo to roc, “Louder, Jack*
am, .louder!” (Laughter.] "That was not right;"
“t-hte is wrong;” “youmight not have done Unit,or
yoveught to have done this." But if I show you,
zny (fellow-citizens, that I have acted to the tK»t
««l-ny ability in all the positions of life tn which I
have been placed, I claim -t-o be worthy of your
-wmfidence and your sunpect.
dir. Hammond, In his speech in Atlanta, gave
ibis record, what he had done.
•I will present, modestly, I hope, my humble ca
reer before you.
Iu the spring 1861.4 lacked three months of
being sixteen own of age. On account of the
dcatn of my mother, which occurred when I was
a little boy oj eight yean of age, and the terrible
shock to jny father, who had. for a change of
scene, accepted an appointment abroad, I bad been
carried with him. When ho had recuperatodaiittlc
I was put at aplaim country achool in En
gland, just mtch a seftool um Mr. Camp teaches
here; and yet writers In the papers *ay I was
born in a palatial residence oeside the sound*
ing sea,.and sent -tull-handed abroad to becdu
cated, and was there imbued with ideas
at war with the.principles of government In this
country, having been educated beneath
monarchical end imperial Institutions.
Thu writer war in the interest of my learned
and honorable friend just beneath this desk, Mr.
Mynatt.
My fatlmr hardly knew iu hla early days where
the bread wn* to come from that was to ’feed hi*
wltc and little ones, and I was sent
to a country school at nine years
of age. I there remained wt school uu-
tll wliiaporfugs of war started lu thfecountry* 1 was
tlieu brought home. I came back a l'ni<t£ boy.
For 11 vc.veers l had upheld abroad, to the best of
my humble ability, the honor aud dignity of the
United States Hag. I wo* too yooug to understand
state sovereignty and states’ rights. 1 simply
knew diuit amidst English boys, rough, hard,
1 was muilien, au American cRuten, and to the
best of my ability 1 defended wy country and my
country's flag. (Applause.] I-came homo aatou-
Ished'to hear that there was te bo a dissolution of
the American Union, ldid notiunderataud the
principles of state sovereignty, the right ofseces*
siou. coercion, and ail those duestlons that the
oldowtentlemen who are present will remember.
But when the hour came, aud when the sover->
oiputy of my state in convention assembled, pass-
«d .the ordinance oi seccsHiou, boy as 1 was. my
blood burned within me.aud to use a school boy
phr.ise, I determined to •‘shinny on my own
aide.” [Applause.]
Before 1 was sixteen year* of age, I was In Virgin
ia, and with the exception of <a few mouths
sendee upon James and .Morris Islands, near Char*
Jcston, probably as hard sorvtce os I was in. and
at .Savannah,I speut the whole four yean with the
Amy of Northern Virginia, -endeavoring to de
fend, as best I could, these old ron ciay hills. (Ap
plause).
Ah! iny fellow soldier*, who are present here
•tonlay, they will tcii yox “the war is over; wc do 1
not want soldiers iu congress, we want statesmen.
We-have enough of this clatter and talk about the
war.” My fellow citizens, when the hour comes
‘that I can forget the recollection of those four
; yeurs, when the time comes that the peoplo of
•Georgia iorget the sendees of her soldiers, 1 hope.
my tongue will cleave to- the root of tny mouth,
and my right arm may be palsied. [Applause.]
But where were my distinguished opponents
during those years? Where- was Colonel Ham
mond?
“Ah! but he has gam Wed—Jackson is a gamb
ler!”—Where was he .then? Echo answers:
“Where?” Truth answers* “In a bomb proof, at
homo in Georgia.' ’ ] Applause.]
Where was my other distinguished autngoutot
with the geiitleroob
.. tot me. I *
ne'er uttered a word tlwt rellected .,
them In the slightest degree,xrccpt so f.irasthuir
records ns public ofilccm required and demanded.
But us toon its It \nu discovered ihnt probaolyglie
people would Millport me in- Mils contest, the wlr-
js tilled with, "Theysay, the; say, they nay this
ll Fm31y, the.se Hlaiulcror/whlspcrlngs npjK-JT Ir i
the nowspai'crs; and .ft .Sunday school
. celebrations aud elsewhere. • papers are surreptl
tiously circulated couuJiHrg imputatioils upon
me and uiy character; aud. I am now here beiore
you,.fellow citizens, a* u Jury, asking that yoc
llml the truth, and that (to county of Ihmglaviw
did the county of Henry,-will put It* foot uuoi:
such a mode of coiulnetlwt r. political cum palm
It 1* said in words of criticism,
“ Why l.e goes around uaddtdks to the people. 1
Have I not a right to talk to. the people? Have
, not the right to stop you at your plow, <>r to walk
, along by your side as you arc plowing the cotton.
or hoeing the corn ami talk to you, my brother*'"
A a* we not nil Georgian*, born of these old red,
■ clav hills? [Applause.] Haws we not all RUttereik
for. the defense of Georgia? ..Have wc not stood-
to our guns when it took men to stand'
■■Rw yet, lam to be criticized because Leo, l
around and dine, and cat, aim! sleep, and Ulk.to; -of that bought railroad,ticket* to Athens, where,
’ f my native state. My feilow-citirens, 1 .1 had relative* who had more mean* than I po«
just now? Theu a native and a citizen of Ten
nessee, In either the Quartermaster or the couiIb-
‘-;ry department. I do imt know which, but ot*e or
the other, wlrere he ecu Whither i*sar the Italics
wnlstie nor the shell shriek. [Applause.] And
yet to-day they comn Atnong the people of n?*’
state, where from before-the revolution that gave
us imle|K!iidencc utdil now, I and my family have
lived, working as best^Jiey could to do theirdufy,
and suy; “ He is no man to represent you; he re ay
have friends and all •that, but ho Is a gambler.",
Alb shame!
That is uot all. Tho war one;,
I landed at Savannah. I tried
to get employment 4r. my native city. My father
was u prisoner of war m/^ort Warren. I did not
have a dollar in the world. My grandmother, an,
old lady of nearly «ighty> years of age, and tin*"
little children had to be supported. My father'*
house was occupied by'tbe |>olice department-df :
the federal army, and it was impossible for ine.to
get possession of it, and the only employment!
could obtain in thu city «m» to clean out the gas 1
lamps. That was offered me through the kind '
ness of a friend. 1 .thought I could perhaps do-
better by going to where my father came from, to
his relatives in the up eocntry. 1 took n satchel
.with me, and with tny i»oor brother
Davenport, who has recently died, 1
walked from tho city of.t'nvnnnuh to the city of
amwaanl Its purpose, thevei
paswjil that bill j sowed the cl
,v/hieh Governor Mcf>anicl was
the very same
wlw
cieotion law under
ts elc-ted to illl the
vacancy created by the death o! Mr. Htephciis.
lAcsacd, We went to Athca* where my father avor- j? wa^d!Si.!DtlM < ta^mri!53tl£t , Kd
|Lorn and rained; in Hie.language of iny friend! .ltvra%\ctectnreifl
.underneath here (rolone* Mynatt), “WIicj
Ancestors came from."
orefry.” Tho day wllf never rome when I .will! of ore
not be proud of my ancestors. Where Is the man. to*theecunt rt and hov
er the boy who is not proud of tlicll 4 ^ 1 ?:™
father or grandfather Indore him,
poevided they lived honorable lives? Thank
people of.
tain cast
God, all of mine harelived emougst you peon
Georgia, and there tayot to bo the first stain
wpnn any one of them.
l.Lwcnt to Athens, aidMMMMRMII
relatives who took me to thafr. home. Chief ius*
ItlceJ.umpkin, then the head of the judicial de
nar* incut of the state uf Georgia, said: “There is a
hoard, I cannot pay you tuition.” That grand old
marvwtld: “31y young friend, never mind the tuH
•tionor the Ijoard. Cowe ,ti» ny home and stay]
tultkm /ree, and see if you caiuiot become a racial
■jj' of mji|
passed creditably through the lazv / oursc there, and
I settled in Atlanta. I carried with me to the eltyi
of Atlanta a letter of introduction from Chief Jus
tice .Lumpkin to the Hon. N. ..J. Hammond, f
walked into hi* office, in a new city, without
friends,azeept a few relatives, the Plcuns. 1 went
thore for Advice, for sympathy, and
hauded my letter frocn the -Chief Justice
Ito him. He was then ,Mie leader
of Che Atlanta bar. During the wfto.’e war he hail
|been engag'd in a large aud lucrative practice. Ue
I was theu dir-ing the largest practice at the Atlanta
bar, and 1, penniless with my ohl. clothes on,
walkted into the office of this great man with jmy
humble introductory letter. He read the letter
through and Baidj “Well, sir, what car. I do for
youT I said. “I don’t know that there is any
thing you can do for me. I hove com? here a
fttrungeS. nnd any assistance you ran give
me will be appreciated." Ue said: *Wenr
am very busy now. Good morning.”
said
ray introduction to that distinguished gem lemauj
wno my friend fUdwell says stands cecoud only to
Henry Clay, as JJ.valked out of that office, 1 won*i
tiered in my heart, "will the day erar come when
-ouwiii tie as great, as big a manias my small
•lend Mr. Hammond?” [lAUghter and applause.]
Jgoon after that .we organized the Young Men’s
DemocmtieC’Uib of /bat city. We orrasuized it as
beat we could, and matle a fight against reps bll-
wiil remember the soldier* were railed to .the
polls to present violence, and to restore
peace. We had a throe days* fight of ii. It took
men to be at the polls theu. You remember that
in their might and determined, “Como whal aay,
we will throw otT this incabus upon us/* and the
white men of Georgia, shoulder to shoulder, band
in hand, arose and at every coat redeemed our
state. I can recall the names of the men in Ful
ton county who took part In that great contest, bat
were l to call them, there would not be tho names
of Mynatt and Hammond among them, [Ap
plause.]
I renumber them all. During /he pistol firing,
when deputy marshals were tofng disarmed,
when men were being knocked down, when the
whole population almost of Atlanta came to the
polls to iuutd by tt* against the military, if my
distinguished brothers came, I am unaware of it.
The auk hat was in danger; the gold headed cane
was in danger; the silk umbrella woo in danger,
(laughter) bat they protected them so well, that
if they ever Approached the place where we were
endeavoring, os we had done fn Virginia, and as
yon bod done In Virginia and the west, to guard
and protect the honor of Georgia,
vauncK, governor ot ueorsna men. ten me state,
Conley, who was pwiWest of the last senate, was
sworn in. When the legislature met, Cor.ley was
in office. The constitution of Georgia nays that
the president of the senate shall exercise the du
ties f»i governor iu ca«o of death, absent*;
or (Usability of the governor. Confer being presi-
dftMof the senate when Bullock loft, was entitled
t<\ discharge the duties of the office, I thought,
traly until a new president of the senate was elec
ted. I thought that the privilege of discharging
the duties of governor attached to the office of
president of the senate, and whoever happened to
!>e president of the senate, in case of the death or
absence of the governor, should discharge those
duties. Therefore, when Trammell was elected
presldcut of the senate, 1 iusisted that ho was en
titled to discharge ttic duties of the office of gov
ernor, nud together with forty-odd democrats of
the bouse of representatives, voted that way, to
immediately oust Couley aud to put Trammell in
positiou. The older men said, “Do not do
this thing. The military are all
around us. The i»eople of Georgia
wish to get from beneath military government,
nud wish to hare charge of their institutions ouce
more, and If you precipitate trouble by turning
out Governor Conley, they will again seize the
reius of government, and the perimi before our
respiration to the (Jnfou will be prolonged.” They
voted down the resolution. I voted for it, bemuse
when I took the oath of office as a sworn legisla
tor, I swore that I would support the constitution
ot my state, nud I believed then, and I believe
now, and all lawyers agree now, that the
constitutional positiou that I theu held was
sound; that Trammell ought to have been recog
nized ns governor, but for tho purposes of policy.
Conley wo* voted In and recognized as the head
of the executive department of the state. 1 would
not violate an oath to support the constitution of
my sfate upon a question of expediency.
A few days after, some ten days or two weeks, a
bill svas introduced to provide lor an election to
fill Governor Bullock’s uncxplred term and to put
Conley out of office. That bill passed. The gov
ernor vetoed it and it came back upon Its passage
over tho governors veto, and I made the speech
that my learned friends have referred to.
Colonel Hammond says this: “Captain
Jackson wild that when It was right
to be a rcpabllcau, he was a republican,
and when it was right to be a democrat he was a
democrat. Captain Jackson afterwards wrote an
explanation, iu w hich he put It in this form: • I
am a democrat and will always be found at my
r ust when I'approve that party s |»ollcy;and when
am convinced that the republican party Is right,
mv duty is to support on that occasion Its policy.
Mr. llaramend says that I theu put it in that
form, seeking to throtv out the Insinuation that in
this explatuition, as he terms it, I changed tho
language tliat I used when making tho speech on
the Conley message. If ho had taken the trouble
to read theapeeeli, as reported In The Atmhta
Constitution at the time it wu* made, he wrutld
have found the exact lauguago precisely as it i*
given here.
As a swoon legislator, docs the gentleman pro
pose to go go the cougress ot the l tilted 8tales and
support tho democratic party in unconstitutional
legislation? If that is tho sort, of representitive
you want, send him, don’t zona me. [Applause.]
If, wheurcer a measure come* before that con
gress, and I believe that it -isomconstitutifla&l, no
mutter whether it is supported by democrat* or
upheld by republicans, I intend to voto to the
b- st of my ability In accordance with the dictates
of my a*)iisclence nnd my oath. I hat always
learnod/my fellow-citizens, -from the time I com
menced reading law books-to the presont, aud It-
appeal? to your common sense, that lawsnre made -
to operate for the future,.that special lat/s should*
not be.passed. The coutlitutfou forbids it, and
the idea of passing a special ,oct of the
legislature to turn a man *out of office who hod
becK recognized as In, will never receive my sup
port. Why, It was alleged, 1 understand here tke
other evening in a epet-ch, that l was the only dem
ocrat that voted for that measure. Thc-gcntlc waii
does not know what he fe talking nkout. Herne
twenty democrats. J believe, voted with me. and
some who believed -with me dodged, and did not
vote at all. 1 never’dodged anything in my'life.
I thought the inorsuro uncor.stitutwnaL
I thought it urwlse; I . UhougfaL it
inexpedient, and J 'voted in accordance
with my honest opinions. Mr. Conley’s regular
/err: of office woulfi have boon or.t in
eight or nine months. A democratic
treasurer was in position. Wc tiad it
majority of the aerial and of the .house,-un<l to
.quote from my own *trceeh, “though Coni jy was
a -usurper, he was a usurper- in chains, and
•cocId do ns no harm."
My fellow-citizens, my learned friend, also,
•understand in a spoetii made at Conyers Mr. My-
nattsald I voted to -perpetuate republic* nIsm in
Georgia; that J toteoto put upon Georgia nil these
,fraudulent botuta, ard all that sortsd till* g. I am
si* informed that he made those allegations against
me. I do not clalar.- to be Immaculate. I may
make mistakes. I Believe that I bavo tho sympa-
tbs’aud support of all tho democrats 'vho were
ir..that leglslatujrcvpon that occasion, audit re
mains for these gentlemen, when ! conflict with
their aspirations. f«* the first time* to Intimate or
Msc-t that I dealw*? to perpetuate rudicullsm la
Georgia. Who evarJicard of tt before?
Since then I havu-been the chairman of tho
^rrowional dJstriot committee, prwddtoitof the last
state convention, add for two yeans* chairman of
the-state democratic executive eommltteo that
conducted the campaign that poO-Tr. Stenhens
into office; and-yet ft. remains noW-t be said that
I. twin ted to perm lcatc radicalism.
Mr. Myimtt-if you will allow «(, I made
such statement. „ „
Mr. Jackson—tfc-y well, sir. «Mr. Hammond
also raid that I woe-obliged to have voted against
the constitution, because afterward? 1 voted for u
measure amendatory of thnt bill. The statement
has also been inado that -the same case
arose when (Governor Mir Daniel was
put In office. Why, that was under
general law poored to govern k 11 coses to fit!
committee ou cducatlou. The gentleman (CoS
onel Hammond) in Iris speech fn tho
opera house tho other evening (what connection
there was between it and going to congress I do uot
see), said in substance: £*I amline fatherjof the pub
lic school system, of free uduentlon.at my own ex
pense.” Just think of it, “at his own expense.” He
ptttd for the theater; at his own expense he ad
dressed the people of his county lu favor ot tree
education; and also he Introduced the measure
that gave free education in tho University of Geor
gia. Home of our people in Atlanta and Athens have
opened their cyea upon that subject. Governor
came to Atlanta, aud went before the finance com
mittee, and obtained the money tlmtenabled us to
have free education." He certainly did not
do that ns a part of hla congressional duties. If
ho had devoted that time to tho work fn congress,
it would probably be better for the people or this
d H wo* a part of my duty nnd pleasure, when a
member of the legislature of Georgia, to obtain as
much free education fqr the youug people of this
state as I could,and as chairman of the committee
vacancies In toe ^office of governor, tho very j«,the Henry county Weekly, flat was emulated
measure that I eJairwl should have been passed lu, . -..
the first Instance, end the very uex‘ session of the
same legislature., tv.which 1 IhiIoij xsl, lassedthc
I act rut>eaUng thc/knifey bill, and A'ok it off of (Ac
rtiituf* books of Ibfs state, becaurs it waa rccog-
Lnized/hnt it waswaly used to meet one of the exi
gencies of a revolutionary penwl, nnd having
lire U) «iwi!'(«rucuw / nuu uw w
mnendhd. Here i«a..whut I said about that: I
■Tlmunh I differed#: 1th the house as to the wia-
.zjnets win
, trouble «7as expected.
a-ml as in ■Brass . I waa not for
secession as a boy, latood by her tide. 8o then I [
Letood byitbe party, ami I said: “Gome, weal or woo,
I,my fortUMe is your'c.Ajnil your’* i* mine, and I uni
with you.”
J But scribblers for (he. papers in the interest of C*»I-
uael Mynatt, have al«. said that kvoted to perpc-P
PZte the fraudulent bend oil debt on Georgia. No w
Hr. ten to what 1 said in .the debate an Mr. Bacon**
rcwdutiim/o declare xt,h\ tho stale's indorsement
of-railroad .bonds: “TBe.feaoIutiondJd not look to I
repudiation, but I wuubl alwpys. oppow paying
itwed* lUegally and frnwliilentfy. baued,' f aud 1
Lvwted for the resolution.
Mark yuu,/hese fraudulent bonda-that the scrih
lifen forroyk’earoedfriendMythtiiJ Attempted to
fasten upout eorgia, wiijiout Ukirg; the trouble
to took to ray record. I moved to pass the blit, and
the bill that relieved Uhc state ot Georgia of those
bonds was passed on myrrollon. lu making it, J
hmAEiIs language: I
■“7 did not contemplate Jbe qucstlen of passing
I the biU, iiotwLtiistaiirling.Uic executive veto, with
us mu-'h solemnity as J .would if .the veto had
■come from onet**ightfijlJftiMmjmgM|imigmglniM
or 11 iLe bill r«-*lly prop<
•repudiation' ii.not theb
.... .. 'ly taking thL IPM ■
i-ontrACts into which she never enter-
■IP o > * “Ceutracts made under
legislation in which /he gentleman
nviv M-cupying the executive chair, (Mr,
Conley) bore a prominent part.” * * • *
“In the^rtcral cleaning out of ibe Augoan iu-
blest would wish vo higher honor than to bear
the tore tulbut should set fire to the pile of radical
I fnkptity. ’ <•»# “/u the veto message
reference lie s been made to the *Xalr name of Georf
{ jf La.* The fair name of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, be!
longs to history. The only stain that .Iim ever]
[been placed I hereon ihos been by the radical ad-1
nifnh4ratiiqi/»f the lait few yean. Before a few
months elapse (referring to the election lam I
hopeP>oee,tbr wanting Jink In tb* chain of dis
tinguished governors t iled by a Georgiau “to .the
manor born.” Then wJU the loir name and feme
of our noble old sute chine forth lu history as
purely and britiiantly^s the icicle from Dina's
temple.”
And yet it Is seriously charged that l, the man
upon whose morion thrt bill was pasied. that
I was for fssteuiug nine millions ot fraudulent
I bonds upon the people of Georgia, ft came, fel
low-citizens, from a Teinessean, who did not
know the tmeta: it did not/mne from a Georgian.
[Laughter and applause.) Thank God. the man
does not livein&bu;old sfete, who would rise up
and intentionally or ignorantly charge me with
any such crime as tbst, though I am charged with
being a gambler! (Immense .applause.]
But that U not all of my legislative career!
They do not aay anything about other matters.
Tie main argument that mydietlngalabed friend.
Colonel Hammond, used to show that he should
be sent back to eongtgM tor a fourth terra—
muU you, gentlemen, he has been there
three terms: be has been elected, cot
sstisfed with that, he lias been intoned; not sat
isfied with that, be haa been vindicated; and not
sttbffed with that, he now goes before the people
of Douglas and asks to be sanctified by a fourth
M I ' And when that fourth term
■■■■■■■■■now he only wants one more,
.When he hod two he only wanted one more) when
that fourth term la out. If you send him back be
I wilt be down here amongst you theo And will wont
to btongeUAed. [Laughter.) The English Jon-
gnsgewiU be exhausted. We cannot find words
enough to expee-* the idea, for thp gentleman's
ambition to hold office fa os inexhaustible as the
plan of solvation. /Applause and laughter.]
But another point on the legislative career,
before I gat done, l wm chairman of the
education I drew the common school bill, and
did in v best to get u sufficient appropriation,but we
were so i»oor that the legislature did but little;
but that bill was the fork of ray hands. I worked
at it. and I appealed to tho general assembly, and
all the money that wss obtained, I and tho others
on the committee of education, not I alone, se
cured. There were tome other peoplo who de
served credit there, [applause] and we obtained
the money that put In operation tho common
school system of this state under democratic
administration. They don’t say anything about
11 Now, my fellow-citizens. I am going to touch
upon a matter that mortified me, humiliated mo
more than anything that has ever happened in the
course of my life. It has brought toe blush of
shame to the cheek of ray wife and to my little
children. It has been circulated through the city
of Atlanta, from mouth to mouth, in tho public
schools where ray fitlhlrcu go, in the church
where iny wife worships. In the stores where she
purchases her dresses, that “your husband, your
father Is a gambler." At your Sunday school pic
nic, In the county of Douglas, on lost Saturday, I
was down there for tho purpose of becoming ac
quainted with your people and taking part, as best
I could, 1» the exercises, and yet they
had newspapers circulating them about,
denouncing and slandering me.whilc.thc children
were singing hymns to their God. Why,
when my wl/c.went to purchase an article In a
store In Atlanta, the head of the store said, "Mrs.
Jackson, we arc going to glvo your husband two
thousand majority lu this county, though they
did have him up for gambling/’ Thnt was the
first my wife heard of It, and It was os a bullet
passing through her heart. These gentlemen aay
they ai*o not responsible for It: that their friends
are carry Ing it on. And It cosies upon me, from
time Co time, to rise up and grind them Into pbw-
ders. Nothing but the g»oe of God has kept mo
from it. and t«>-day, gentlemen o! Douglas county,
I ask you, fn the peaceful mode of tho ballot box,
toomneupand, for the sake of my character, if
not for congress, to stamp the foot of indignn-
tfon upon this. Old Henry county has done it,
tho first county to act, and I apnea} to you, old
men and young pen. let the roll of the confeder
ate soldiers be called, osd let them come up ami
put the ballot Brio the box hat is to
seftd me cither to -dbgTace or to honor. .Now,
what is there In this gambling? As 1 say, 1 have
been Inexpressibly mortified, but I have to speak
about it. Shortly before last Christmas, the pre
cise tint® I am finable to state, but about Christ
mas my fnmllj was-away, and I was Invited ton
game of cards with a party of respectable gentle
men. I went, 1 played, I lost, and paid what I
lost. „Wh«i t was asked, “How tong before
that, utdysu 'beemno liable to a «{mtiar charge?’*
I could not toll. I knew of one other game in
which I bail played, probably a year or tw* be
fore, and I do not think I have been liable to a
similar charge Within six or eight years; yet it is
Impossible for ne to remember. Bat, my fellow
citizens, I becnmo a candidate for congress. It
was suppiscd’that I Imre a respectable character.
The grand Jurors were flooded wHh amraymous
contmunlcatit us, giving my name, and tto names,
of the *cher fpntlemeu. tke whole party, nnd all
the persons^to were discovered, -wore indicted-
and it Jvupoe the record of Fulton superior court:
that I playctl a game of cards for money. I pleaded
guilty, anu-WA* fined twenty-Jite tlollara, and pall
It was hint lllatlng to we. I whh that tho gumo'ff
pokor hodw.:»t been played. Jt was unwise uad
improper^ me to play the game. Au waaastaed
once of Gtr.cral Toombs by a-mlze» when he-riU
address ingrin audience, “General, didn’t you vote
so asd sot pun this question*?” Tho gencwtl—
piled: ‘»Yfs,I did." He was naked- “What,
ypnmyih ’tbht voter* General Toomba reap* nd-
ed: “well, liar It la a d-r. bad Vife. What
yonaaJ^V- that7” [Laasghtei,] Now, oopyitu*
my huii’bl^wny whnt the great Toombs said,
sgt It w«t»laid piece of buvlnc**. I ought U')t
hare pig-, ou'lt. whnt do .you say to that?
fjfVrtWir^’ Are ttetermlnwHo go your \
and play no more?’’] Captain Jackson—Oh>'Js.
■air cured of playing pokor. fLoaghtor L and
plansct] I would rather hnvo died, much m I val
wc life—ah I love my family, I world rather have
died thou subjected themuo the infamy of f-nving
This i thing, through these gentfemen’s
trlentU.dlscused frota oue-ond oitho state»l Geor
gia u»:tk o other. There never was a game of poker
phiyad ir “
riventlitj»u<uiH-mro »» w «.ro.. ...« ... -
raid that I won twelve Jbeusaml dollar* fiwci Arch
4nswt ho shot himself in Atlanta; that I was
destroying young men; when I never saw tl o man
a Jay ugamoof curds in ny life; and it there ever
was a y mug man tknt-came tier.* losing whenever
he toothed curds toplOflhom/it was myself.
Again, sending whisky to flennr county. Where
uu-rtosuiKiii, KM* many .mu iiooiii m-rc tut
■■■■■■P litf. l nroer hYve Ijcen lutoxica-. [Much laughter.] There IsVPMIPBPMSi
igtl -btr; twice In mylUe-ithe first time when l was 1 Tho other Nat la net Mynatt, but he conics,
S loriocsly drunk. (Load laughter.] \A voice:
ou’Ublaroe you."
(^piafn Jackson—Arom that than until the
iiresent>< and that was back fin .Vebruagy-,* 1«»-
Jrom Gint tlmo until (be jmaent, J have never
fbcenti ndcr tho InSucace ofdlpuor to the slightest
degree, and the raundoes not .live who con say It.
Why, there Is my fritud Ww.d who kucw me|
during the war, when anost jiegple drank, and he.
vtUDprobably tell you that .he , never kites mo to
tekoa drink in my Ufa.
Who was the leading maronpen Mr..Hammond’s
ticket in the county ol Henry* \Who was tho man
swrryiig hi* campaign? Mr. John Rountree.
Listen to me. Who was he? A man whose
xuiutr had been taken out of .the juryhox
at hfe county, and who bad been .forced
to resign tho poakfon of .county com
laisaicuer because of hatdtual drunkennos,
Uearw< the man who headed tho Hammond con
(est In tho county of Henry ; wbo<could not *try«.
ten-dollar Jury case; whose telloWfCltlxena had
disfrai>*hlsc«l him and had put him under .the
bans; «rhocould notafton the Jury amongst hfe
own rfwople. He waa the man seltcteil by my
kznivd aud distlnguishod brother, Colonel Ifarn-
morale try me! What doyouzay do that? Who
uext? Next, Mr. Warren. The second tlmel went
to Henry, he argued to no that Hammond ought
to be elected, insisting that Hammond ought to
lie elected, when be waa so drunk tiiat he had Jo
hold on to a post to stand up. [Laughter and ap-
^Sud' who la down here to-day f J see him look-
lug at me from the window yonder. A prom Incut
liquor dealer in the city of Atlanta, here for the
osteiudble purpose ol selling goods, but for the real
purpose of electioneering aud lobbying for Mr.
Haimnopd—Mr. Frank Foil*. [Great applause.]
A delegate on bis ticket in the city of Atlnuta,
who k scouring that community from one end to
the other, for tne purpose of bringing Ignominy
upon me and my family. [Applause.] Who fur
nished Honor ftitbe county of Henry? He can
answer. ]Mr. Folia.—'"Let me correct you. lean
not answer. I hope you will not get personal,"]
Captain Jockson-I am only going to be personal
os long as the tacts ol my case justify it. I am
going to speak the truth to this people, by the
grace of God [prolonged cheering], let tbeconso-
a uenccs be what they may. I am able to stand
lem. It U astonishing thut I live to day.
fstbataJJf This delegate of Mr, Hammond, Mr.
Warren, whe* golug around abusing me, went
up to a livery stable kept by a gentle
man by tfe* name of Tomlinson, in
the city of McDonough, with two bottles of whla-
ky beneath bia buggy seat, lie knew that Tom
mson was for Hammond, because he was com
mitted to him before 1 came into thu race. He
voted for Ham mood, in accordance with his prom
ise, but his heart was with me, like yours are. Ho
went to a young clerk there and aald: “Here.
Bowden, take adrink. It is aomegood Hammond
whisky.'' lie said, “Now pu t these bottles in your
■table where the Hammond men can get the
whisky when they want it/’ Ue said. "Let me
•bow you a Picture book,” iu which he bad uames
written. “i>o you see these pictures, I got all of
them today. They are names ol llammoml men.
Bat sold Bowden,"I am
tor Mr. Jscfcson.” “Well,” said this man, “I hope
you won’t say anything about it.”
There are the parties who are charging me with
deluging the county of. Henry with whisky.
Again, I hear ft whispered that I am Interested fn
a barroom in Atlanta. My fellow-citizens do I
look like a man who would lie to you about any
thing? Do you believe I would come up here and
Ue? X never was Interested in a barroom in my
life. I never sold a drop of irhisky in my
life. Home kind friends last evening, said they
might refer to the feet that I was a member ol the
Capital City dab ol Atlanta. That If what they
mean. 1 understand that another gentleman
down here baa been ver~ — —
log a barroom. Is be wii
broad as a fence rail, and 1 charge you that this
ls the law." fLaughter.] I tell you, to-day, if
you will take tne coats and shirts and vests off* of
these men, you will find a streak of eowardico
running down their bucks as broad as a fence
rail. [Applause.] But it was explained to me,
that you are a member of tho Capital City club.
A year or more ago, some gentlemen of our city
came to • me and said: "Mr. Jackton.
wo need the formation of a club here,"
This club ls for tho benefit of
the commcrdftlintercst* of tho city. Will you sub
scribe to It?" As I have given to almost every
enterprise, according to the best of ray ability,
that has started In Atlanta, I subscribed to that
club for the entertainment of tho public. Since
subscribing tojt, perhaps a year or more ago,
there are books and where von can play games,
hut not for money. Gambling Is not allowed.
The last president of tho club was Mr. Stockdcll,
MKtWII. II Ut UUC Ui IUV itui.iiiiv.itu wim-
paign clubs rand a number of the first citizens of our
community have subscribed to that institution, to
help build up tho city. They have recently bought
the James mansion on I'lSlchtrco street.- When
you want a dinner, or breakfast, nr supper, your
friends can take you to the club, and if you want
to, you can take a drink. Perhaps none of the
people of your county ever do that. I Laughter.]
I do not know how that Is, but If you should want
It, there is the club, and to assist that enterprise I
subscribed to It. And for this they »iy I am in
terested in a Isir room, and have thereby broken
up a respectable house In the city. , ,
Now. otfkln. Mr. Hammond published a card that
with the circulation of this paper In thei county of
Henry, he had nothing to do. Fellow citizens, ten
days ago I would have taken anything that that
S ent fern a u said ns true as gospel. However I may
avo differed from him, ho has always had my
respect and mv esteem. I have admired
him as a lawyer; I have admired him as a man; I
had never In the whole course of my life uttered
nn unkind word conrcrulnghlrn. He spoke against
ine in the county of Henry on Thursday. On Satur
day the election was to !>e had. Keep these dates
In mlml. for they are important. Thursday ho do-
hated with me. as he will do to-day, In the coun
ty of Henry. On Saturday the election was to be
had. On Friday I was to come homo to Atlanta to
sock a few hours rest In peace with my family.
Our debate was, I trust, a courteous nnd pleasant
one. He was fair In what ho said coucernlug mo.
A little, perhaps, upon his side, os you may ex
pect; still I had no complaints to make. Nothing
about any of these charges. But its I reached the
depot at McDonough on Friday evening—mark
It-the evening before tho election whs
to be had, ' to get on tho
train to rctu n to my home and my family, tho
telegraph operator, m the traiu came blowing
and whistling up, halloed to me, "Captain, here
ffan important dispatch," and handed metiii.n
telegram: ”Kd Hammond." tho gentlemans
brother, "of Qrlflln, Is down In Locust Grove, cir
culating a paper that you are a regular gambler,
and is turning all the boys agnlnst you. Tho dis
trict Is lost, unless you come down In tho morn
ing, bring your friends and set the matter right."
It im* supposed that I was out of the county, it
wss a shot from behind tho fence—It was n
shot from ambush. It was nfit an open and
fair fight. HR hud been, tho gentleman would
havo attacked me on it in his speech. But now,
after the dantttgc has been done, after that district
lost ky two votes. He published “
... hlit., and work for him; but
+• honever they are guilty of on act that would be
despicable In the eye* of rill honorable men, can
lie stank up before a popular audience of this
vounty uad deny his responsibility for It? Whether
he knew about It or not, I do not know; the son
Ctutt wot begotten by his father, whose blood /lows
iu his-velns, was the man who slipped up behind
me Anti through two districts of that county cir
culated a paper denouncing mo as a gambler, as
if it was the habit of my life to gamble. I went to
Atlanta, not knowing what to do, but upon consul
tation with friends awturned the next morning,
to faraj these slapd* si-rs, and drive them from the
face i f the earth; but after doing the fiirty work,
they tnut slunk away. And you know what the
county of Henry dW. Tho gentleman says seven
districts went for nre, nnd six for Him. Eight
vreut for me. soil five tor him, and had it not
been for that infamous attack, circulated in this
Infamous manner, ho would not have obtained
I wit one dlstrlot >in the county.
Mow, people-of Douglas, you havo to para upon
thrno matters 'Rut there paracs upon the scene
“the Mtltou Mngby. Mynatt Combination." [Loud
)a» ghter.J fefrastho coalition "f the power* of
Fa rope that hurled Napoleon, the man of deathly,
from his throne. It was the coalition of the pow
aw of Europe-tliat prevented ttnsrin from iflsiraim
faring Turkey ; It will beafltfelmbll Of tho /pow
er* ofEurope that will dispone of Tnrkoy, nod Jt
a mains fertile Milton Magby-Mynatt combina;
l‘on to dispose of mo. [Laughter and applause.]
Tho next baby that Is born will be named JClton
llagby Mynatt. [Great JaugUter.l He Itan the
i.atncof the great poet MUton. Hilton was blind,
•Mid ho prayed that his sight might be turned ill
ward, that ne conld admire tire Internal man, as
ihe was shut off front surrounding nature. I do
■not think Milton Maghy is blind, but he hit* a
rrreater franglnaton than even tho poet, ffc la
juiid to have the poetic feocy, which may aocount
for his imaginative facts concerning me. i think
he may ho the author of this plcco:
"You make a mistake, If you think 1 can uot make
A rhyme on your naroou'Mr. ting bee;
If you character tear, amt false witness bear,
llow un-Chrlstlan must yom-hat Ira."
he is both. 1 .soy tlmt he hns been returned bv the
people of this district throe times to congress, nnd
thnt to entitle him tou fourth term he should be
able to point to a record tlmt stands way abovo
the average congressman. The average congress
man goes there and does bis duty, but he in not
tho man to put in congress for life. Remember
tho Toombs, the Stephens, tho Browns, the. Ber-
rfeus and Forsyths, that class of men; and I say
that when you stand the political career of Mr,
llammond beside tho careers of those men. how
ever much you may differ with them In politics,my
fellow-citizens, it is like comparing the gnat to
the greAt American eagle. He has done doubtless
all that he could, but Isay when he was elected to
congress he was uot a representative man. It may
be due to his feeble health In his youth. lie f«
not now a representative man, and ne never will
i do not claim that I am any
great man, as Mynatt would say, Who has an
nounced any such proposition here? I have sim
ply i-omo bofore you and asked you to give me nn
opportunity of going there, and ascertaining If l
cannot do somcthlug.
Mr. Hammond says that I am young enough. I
am 3!) years of ago. Before Mr. titepnens was of
that age, he was chairman of the committee of
ways and mean* of tho United States congress,
tho most important committee In the house. Mr.
Toombs soon after that was In the United States
senate. Political reputations Are made long before
a man reach is tho age at which I am. To do
effective political service, you must send represen
tatives there before they are on tho shady side of
life, because they must build up. The proof Is
conclusive that the distinguished gentleman
(Colonel Hamuiond), never has had a following
In congress, nnd has none there tivdoy. Mr.
Hammond vs not even chairman of tho
committee on the state of the republic.
He attributes It to his nnd health. It Is true that
was o fibred
but Mr. Hammond felt that
tho Imaginative
Mpnntt, you perceive.
_ . Mynatt, but ho comes,
Magbr, rfiito year midst
tlmm about Jackson being a gambler, and distrib
uting whisky. He go<* shout slandering, that you
may come up to the ballot box onto-morrow and
•tamp Infamy upon me. Are you going to do it,
my fellow citizens?
(Captain Jackson's time having expired at this
point, he yielded the stand for toro hours to the
|ragi— — "•— ”-mmond and
_____ "pooches he
resumed (lie stand amidst an outburst of applause,
and continued as follows):
FeHow cltlzcns-I have to me very rapidly
through my concluding remarks. One word on
the Conley matter, and i have done with that. I
want to show you briefly (be difference between
general law filling uncxplred terms, and a special
.jw filling an uncxplred term ol a particular gov
ernor. Tho constitution ol WM* provided for au
act proscribing for filling tmexnir«d tenns. I claim
tlmt the legislature did not bavo—und I do not
think now that they had the right to pass a s|>oclal
law applicable to a particular governor- to turn a
particular man out of office after ne hud been rec
ognized as being iu office. The next legislature
repealed the law, and passed a general law. I’ndcr
that, McDaiiic went into office.
Now, my brother Mynatt, In hfe Interesting ar-
„ttnenf J ' “
takes.
wm
then.
. election
never charged that
polls In 1WH,
In ibe election between Gordon and Bullock. The
gentleman bus the political history ot this state
fearfully mixed lit his head. I have no doubt
tlmt be fought most gallantly for the election of
Gordon. And why? Because Colonel Campbell
Wallace', hfe father-in-law, the gentleman who.
according to Ilfs statement, so liberally supported
him When became to Atlanta, waa superintend
ent of the State road, and he was attorney ol iha
rood. I am proud to acknowledge that Colon*
Wallace la one of my best ami most esteemed
friends, and were not hi* son-in-law, Colonel My-
uatt, in the field, he would Ira my ardent suppor
ter now. I feel that his heart Is with me In this
struggle. Then was made the lauds of Mynatt’*
fortune, and ol course be fought to keep the dem
ocrats in power, to keep Bullock out, because
when Bulhrak came in he went out. That la the
reason. That is where there waa rotation. He
was rotate*! out; Campbell Wallace waa
rotated out; and I expect he did fight In WA;
but In D*7U, the three days election thatallofyou
remember, when we were all interested as citizens
... , WM about those polls 1 must have
■ IP r I was there every morning before
the sun came above the horizon, and I never left
until dark.
There has been one advantage of this discussion.
H has caused Colonel Mynatt and Colonel Ham
mond to nhoot at' each other a little. Up to this
time they have been all the time shooting at me.
I referred to the Mllton-Magby-Mynatt coalition
he was too big for that, and Carlisle thought that
ho was too little for tho chairmanship of tho Judi
ciary committee. I admit his ability, I admit his
honesty, but he does not rise and soar abovo nil
tho rest of the people In this congressional district
so na to eutltlc him to be there os a permanency,
and I ask you to give me a chaueo. 1 will guaran
tee that 7 cannot do less than be has done.
[ Laughter and applause.] I may not do more, but
If I do not, I shall not come before iny fellow-
cltlzens of Douglas county and ask to Ira sent
there for a fourth term In congress, that I may be
sanctified. Is ft not strange, when the gentle
man’s record Is before you, thnt he alludes to
Mauray's wonderful discoveries in physics, meto-
roology and geography—about tho gulf stream
and how it flows?
Has he told you of one single measure tlmt he
passed through congress nnd how It pawed7 I
hold lu my hand copies of every one of them, sent
to mo from Washington, that he lias Introduced
during his whole congressional career. He said In
Henry that he had passed many laws; I have been
utiablo to find them. Tho only two that I have
been able to find are about the appointment of a
district Judge: and the other, my fellow citizens
was to authorize tho chairman of a committee to
swear witnesses that camo before them. That is
all so fnr os I know. Now, he read a letter from
L. q. C. Lamar. You will find it hi that speech of
his. I tell you. If ho wos here to-day, he would be
making a speech forme. If he ever dreamed that
that letter would have Iraen brought to Georgia to
be read iu a political campaign against me, his
band would have palsied before ho would have-
written It. [Applause].
In congress It Is like killing crows. If you waul to-
kill them, wound aero wand tie him to a stick In a
field.and ns soon ns you get him tied,they will flock
around him, and you can kill them by the thous
and*. Just give AOonfrMcman a wound, and all
the other congressmen come Hying uparound him.
I should not wonder If Buchanan has Iraen writing
letters to you to help Hnmnumd out! How many
have been written Ut you. asking your support and
assisteDoe? I write o you and come to sc* yon too.
He sits down and guts Buchanan and these other
men to write letters hero, and theu says that "Jack-
son pennies n mode of electioneering not to my
taste.' It won’t Ira to hfe taste to morrow, 1 hope.
Invito you to read hi* spcecch In Atlanta, and
when you get through, ask this question: What
does tills man show that ho has accomplished in
iu thu house of representatives, in six yearn service, <
for which ho has received thirty-six thousand dol
lar* In money? What has he done? Whnt does ho
claim to have done? Ho pointed you to two
things: lie whitewashed Mr. English, of Indiana.
He, It was charged, had used his presence upon
the floor of the house of representative* to assist
Ills son, I believe, Inn contestedcloctlon case,and
the other was his tariff speech. It starts out this
way: VA surplus ol anything I* bad." Is that
true? lag surplus ol cotton and corn a laid thing?
Will my friend, to-morrow, think a surplus of
votes Is a laid thing? [Laughter,] v
Now, I want a surplus of votes very bad myself.
[Renewed laughter.] Because I think as o the
three candidates before you. that of all tho claims
tlmt a man can havo upon his party, I nin en
titled to your suffrages. If I did not believe It. I
would not be here.
In thocourseof that tariffspejrh (which I think
was a most unfortunate one to have been made- at
the time) occurred this debate. Mr. Hammond,
In hfe speech In Atlanta, lu referring to a lettet
written by a northern protectionist, uses this lan
guage. quoting from tho letter:
“'The north will uot permit the pauper south to*
war on her Industrial Institutions, and If you wish
to bo pollticcDy successful, It woul&bc well for
you to make a note of this fact.* Fellow-citizens,
there Isa lirllnj offered to tho ambition of a con-
f :ressmaii by a northern man, carrying with It nn
nsult to the section which I havo the honor, in
part, to represent."
Now. there was an occasion when Mr. Hammond,
could havo hurled back an Insult to his section.
Listen to this, Mr. Hammond saying to Mr. Chase:
“1 know more farmers than you do.”—How many
funner*do you reckon Nut Hammond knows?
llow many of you gentlemen present does ho
know? Why, I understand that when htj
comes here, lie even don’t know his old friend*.
“I see more lu ono day than you havo In your
state/*—Up has seen a good many to-day, but 1
expect ho has seen more farmerssinco thf* contest
aroto than In the balance of hfe poll t fen I c xfe-
tency.—“I see more fanners Iu iny district than
you have voters In your state. You com# Ju re,
with every laborer in your state driven from tb-
ballot box, to preach tho dignity of labor.”
Mf* Chase—“Tho gentleman fs now slating ono
of bis freo trade facts when lie says every laborer Is
driven from Ihe ballot box. That Is about m
true—”
Mr. Hammond—“I should havo said every
faborcroi foreign birth. You know whnt I mcaut/*
Mr. Lhac»--“I denounce tho statement.”
ilr. tUmmoai—"Onlr 10,000 men voted In tho
liwt election In oil yonr itntc.”
Mr. (therc-'-Yim drive ten from the hollo! bo*
where Rhode Island does one, and you do it with
the shotguns.”
Mr. Hammond-“Jn the south some are driven
.jr In —* “* * ’
tec*. I till iron, nr ftUow citizen., that It te wltn
■och perron., oo Jodie Irennli P. llammond told
otwui the moil who corricd ronreolcd we*poor,
lie rold: -Uentkmen ol the Jntftldmne yoq
that the men whoimrrie. Ivwie lulvei *nd dlrte , . _ . — —
wdptetolea-idtllltweeeortol thing., that run. Uwper end rwpccuble gentleman. I think
You might coll them -before end after taking. 1
‘ u*r) like the advertisements of three paten
ne*. forar, sickly fbtmrmind, appealing to
rnijmthlef, on account ot hut decrvpld <
ion “before taking;” and “after taking, 1
burly, handsome Mynatt [Laughter.] You might
call them fat aud anti-fat. [Renewed laughter.]
But whenever it comes to obtaining ballot*, you
nave the MynaU-Magby-ffammond coalition talk.
Continued laughter.]
“— to Mr. Hammond'# ree-
thank the gentlemen for
their complimentary olliulon. to me. 1 am triad
that they think that 1 am a rcpcctahli; man, and
I would hcatadUMr. llammond. when he waa
writfm; thoae lettero home, had thou.bt about
writink to that brother lu tirifhn. He fonrot that
he bail a brother living In Ortllln—the ordinary of
the county, 1 believe, lie la the man that cfrmi'
lated Ihe paper for which Mr. llammond aay. he
la not raponathlc. Hut what la the effect upon
me whal they may Individually do, II their friend,
and lupportera are .prtadlnir thew ecaudate and
Ilea from one end of the cnnttreaaloua! dlatrict to
the other. Tome the harm la done, and It te nat
ural that I abonld apeak to my feUowcitbena with
feellBg upon the eubject, for I am feeling It amt
Tne 'real bane between Mr. llammond and my-
•elf i« thb: I do not «y that he b not an able
gentlemen from lthoduliland charged upon
your reprcwntallve that tho people ot Ida mu-
gremlonal rif.irli t, you, iny fellow-citizen., drove
away the voter, from the laillot-iKix with .not-
ffooe, and thcgentleinuti cljently took ft and ad
min- -I It.
(A voire: "But It waa a He,")
* opt- Jeckaon—Hllentlytook Hand .aid: "In tho
nitli aorno am driven oirin violation ol the lew.”
" e hooded thou a voice that would have rung out
n clarion note,; wo needed Benjamin HVHIOI
(linmen»eapnlauaoJ When he entered the mu
groaaof the l olled Hlulei hi- liul not been there
■ty daya before ho had cllmlnali-d from national
tie. one ot the great Imuc* of the day, and Mr.
llarumond now elalma that It takeaa man alz
ream to learn how to do It! Joe Brown hail not
been In tho United finite, nutate
(whether we were for him or naliut
him), alxty dujni before ho wan a recognized leader
ol the deinoeratlc party In the aenatel And an,
Hid.
Now there were two meaaurea before eonrreaa
that my learned brother waa expected to pexx and
dl.iMiMMif lieforL-hc came home. In Wellington
he hail a very Intcr-cated newapapcrcormiiondent
who wanted to keep him In congraa, ao whenever
there wm anything good ho would rail It Ham
mrifld’a bill, and anything had waa Homebody
elae a. The innate hill, Introduced by Uovemor
Brown, for the laymen t of the Trexevant claim,
waa alwaya called by [hla Intereatcd correanmd-
ent, "llammond'a hill." When It aeemeil that It
wouldpa<a, ft waa Mr. llammond'a Mil. But tho
hill did not pern, and In Henry county bo aald It
waa Uorernor Brown'* bill. Thlrty-ffre thousand
dollar, for (Jeorgia gone!
Another meaaure, known aa llammond'a, waa
(hat to erect permanent barrack* at Atlanta. Ateo
lortl I auppow now he will alao charge that to
Uovemor Brown. The aenator-a abooklan arc
broad, and ho can .tend the weight; but we all
know that Uoraaor Brown never (alb. Ham
mond, congnwakmally .peaking, rarely iiieeeed*.
At -teat auch te hla record,
my fcllow-cftlzena, If you taka the reeont of thoae
men who have arisen to honor and dlatlnctlon,
and brought glory and credit upon their dl.lrict,
they all ifld ll without waiting .lx yearn, and ask
ing another term of two year.. In ruder that they
may be aaectllled. (Applause.)
The gentleman uy.: -When wa.heever guilty
of any dereliction of dntyr* I will tell you: Wo
haveliad a celebratml Inauranee caae in thl* state.
I bare the honor to he upon one side and thcvi u-
tl'-man (Colonel II immoiol) upon the other, it i,
known aa the Kouthero Mutual ease. Itcamcupln
the supreme court of Oeorgla, and the gentleman,
h-lt hi, seat In the United Htatea tongniw,
and lor a P.VVW fee, came home to argue It, tail
■pent, be mya, ten daya In the city of Atlanta to
argue a eaae that conaumed only two day*. When
I take my mat in the bouse of represeuutlvui of
the United Ktatc*. you will ice that my law onico
b eloeed until I cease to reprev-nt tie: people.
-No man can eerve two roaiten." It was written
centuries ago. Ills true to-day; aud when i m
there aa a reprmenutlve of the people, though n
will be at a ffnaneUI sacrifice to me (money i, not
(he only thing In this world) my practl. .- 1C ,- to
the winds. The gentleman has referred u> It aa a
large one. I/ltcommaaded|loj«s>« jor. J would
throw It out of the window and gay,-do, 1 am a
representative of the people!*' It I, not money
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