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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1884.—TWELVE PAGES. ' JACKSON--CONGRESS. I-Stt 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 i Tenth Page, sixth (