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The Tariff and 'he Trusts.
We extract the following utter
ances of Judge Samuel Lumpkin
from his charge to the grand jury
of Wilkes county:
He said: “Gentlemen, there are
three offenses known to the com
mon law, called forestalling, regrat
ig and engrossing, widen you will
not lind described in ©nr code, but
which a> - e, nevertheless, offenses
against the laws of Georgia. The
law against them has stood for
years practically a dead letter, and
I doubt even now if tho courts of
this state have the power to pun
ish these offenses, because they are
perpetrated by persons and corpor
ations residing in different states of
th# union, who can. probably be
reached only through congression
al legislation and federal courts.
Although this may be true, I will
venture perhaps a little beyend the
exact line within which this charge
should be confined, because the
law aghast these offenses suggest
reflections upon a subject of the
very greatest importance to the peo
pie of this country. Taken collec
tively, these offenses* consist of any
sort >f combination between capit
alists, tho purpose of which is to
increase the price ot the necessities
of life beyond what that price
should be, under fbe law of supply
and demand. The truth is, of En
glish ancestors on tho other sileof
the Atlantic centuries ago, had
naore wisdom upon this very sub
ject than our law makers have, ev
en in this boasted day of learning
and advancement. They deerped
and adjudged those who were guil
ty of this offense unworthy to live
in their grand old island, and trans
ported them to Australia, to India,
and the remote islands of the sea,
as criminals and felons; while on
(he other hand, in this country,
such men may be found in the sen
ate of the U aited States, and in oth
er high stations, and even as min
isters from this government to the
coflrts of other nations. Yj u had
an illustration ot what the evils of
these offenses means to the public
when what was called fhe bagging
trust was perpetrated upon the far
mers of the south. In the name of
all that is decent, what a' misno
mer to call J liia combination a trust!
The word trust, as we commonly
understand it, carries wit!, it the
idea ot a high obligation, but as us
ed in modern parlance, it means a
trust organized to rob. Gentlemen,
lha people ol this country are op
pressed every day by combinations
nr less wicked, but not so plainly
perceived, as this bagging trust,
Such combinations are possible on
ly, because of the present tariff sys
t cm. It is not my purpose to make
a political speech, or to discuss the
tariff question, but I simply allude
to this -••abje-t to arouse yor atten
tion to this great question,- and to
awaken through you the people ot
this country fo the assertion of
their rights. There arc more than
sixty raillir- people ia the U,
S.. of wh ps eighty perch
arefanre ing nothing but
raw mat' n which they
have no pro ■ ~j, and paying
either to the government or to a fa
vored class an enormous tax upon
| every manufactured article they
j use. Relief will never come until
.congress, by suitable legislation,
gives it to the people. You have
| the power to demand this relief,
and you will receive it when you
I > J
demand it in the right way. Ido
not mean to assert that the people
of Georgia, by themselves, can
bring about the result; but I mean
to say that whenever the agricul
tural masses of this country, from
the takes to the gulf, and from the
Atlantic to where fhe Pacific meets
the setting sun, in the magnitude
ot their power, demand through the
ballot box relief from their griev
ances, it will come like the mighty
waves of the sea. It is said that if
the tariff be thus revised, the man
ufacturers ol this country will be
ruined, Ido not believe this. But
even if it were so, the farmers of
this country will surely be ruined,
beyond hope, if fhe present system
continues. Th® question therefore
is, shall the vast majority be utter
ly wrecked ter the sake of a small
minority? I wish the people to be
aroused upon this matter, and to
sea the day come speedily when
the many shall cease to bo hewers
of wood and drawers of water for
th© favored few,”
The New Justice—His First Job
And a Long Ceremony.
Messrs. Editors:—The sum was
just sinking to rest a few evenings
ago, when a neighbor stepped up
to where I was plowing my new
ground corn, awd says,
“How yerdo, Sqar!” You know
the good people of my district saw
fit in the dispensation of offices to
make me justice of the pearce.
“Weil, there is a couple down at
my house that want t® be jined to
gether. Can yer do it?”
“l'es, I guess lean,” says 1.
‘•Well, Squar, the fellow that’s
going to marry is sorter scary, sol
would drufher you wouldn't bring
a crowd with you.”
Now, that just suited me, for lam
not fond ot gathers, nohow, and it
always makes mo a leetle shaky to
pertorm a duty for the public any
way, so I told him I wouldn’t.
After I had put on ray best coat
and rubbed up a leetle, I tucked
my Georgia form book uader my
arm and started for the appointed
place. When I got there I found
the house full, the yard full and
several scattered about in the
woods, all wanting to see the new
justice perform, I put on my most
dignified look and walked right in
After I had procured a good torch
holder, I opened my form book
and soon found a place that I
thought would do, then I told the
candidates to come forth, and be
gun: “I John Doe of said state and
county, being of setind and disposing
mind and memory, do make this my
last will and testament—and give—
About that time the gigling had be
come immense, bo I paused to turn
round to give the crowd a look of re
buke. Just then a young, upety
looking teller whispered to me and
said. “You are ia the wrong place."
Well l thought I would please him eo
I turned over a few pages and begun
Ail t ravelers
Whether by land or sea, who are
liable to ho out of reach of drug stores
and doctors, would do well to have a
supply of Ayer’s l’ills at hand. For
this purpose, tho Pills aro put up in
bottles as well as boxes, and may bo
conveniently carried in one’s pocket.
Six of the most distinguished physicians
of Syracuse, N. Y ; , in giving their joint
testimony as to the excellent medical
combination of Ayer’s Pills, make this
point: “ Their beautiful coating of gela
tine and sugar is a great advantage, in
that it protects them from change by
time or climate, and renders them pleas
ant and even agreeable to take.”
“ During the twenty-five years I have
lived on tho frontier,” writes John
MeDowall, of Sweetwater, Col., ‘‘Ayer’s
Pills have been my best friend. I have
lived, mostly, where there was no doc
tor within twenty miles, and have been
hard sick several times. I always kept
Ayer’s medicines on hand, and with,
them, and the Almanac, have pulled
through. I have also doctored others,
and believe I have saved some valuable
lives by the use of Ayer’s Pills.” *
Ayer’s Pills,
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Cos., Lowell, Maes.
Sold by all Dealers in Medicine.
again. VWhereas, fciaum Still lias
made oath before me that he rented to
one William —.” That same spider
leg says "you are wrong again.” I
says to the candidates, that as they
looked fatigued, we would take a re
cess for a few minutes.
Now that young smasher plundered
round end found a little black book
whijh he called a Methodist Bible,
and told me I Would find it in there.
I had noticed that (be paper what
the ordinary sent me said sonaeihißg
about fioleiMniaing the affair. So when
I opened the little black book I seed
I had the place at once, so I begun,
(after asking the candidates to take
their place, in a solemn, dignified man
iwr.) “I am the resurrection and the
life, he that believeth in me, though
ho were dead yet shall—.” Just here
that same annoying chap whispered to
me—“ Squire they ain’t dead.” I
know that, says I, but if we keep them
up here much longer they will be.
Mr. Editor, like Brutus, I am a
plain, b hirst man, and Siy what I
think. That young man was the most
ignorant fool 1 ever 6eed, but remem
bering “that it is hotter to please a fool
than to be plagued with Lira.” 1 hand
ed him the book and told him to find
the place. Well ha found the place
(and 1 reckon it was the right one for
ho found no farther objections,) so
soon they were linked together. Af
ter all the interruptions which 1 en
dured, 1 found that 1 had only been a
fraction over one hour and a half on
the job. Party quick for a job that
is likely to last a lifetime—eioo’t you
think?—[New Justice in Franklin
Tribune.
A Peculiar Wound.
Mr. James M. Wiley ot Gwinett
county, who applied for his allowance
under the maimed soldier aet a few
days ago, has a peculiar wound, from
which he still enters acute pain at
times. He was a member of Com
pany H, 11th Georgia regiment, and
rt the battle of the Wilderness, May
6th, 1864, a minnia ball pierced the
muscle of the back of hi3 neck, plough
ed under the skia and imbedded itself
in the aule of his right jaw hone, di
rectly under his ear. The bulk of the
ball became encrusted, and for 2©
years he has carried it in the point of
his jaw bone. The but of the ball
slightly protrudes, and may be plainly
seen. The Wound still suppurates at
times. The ball is firmly incased in
the clinging caitbilage, and tbo doc
tors say that to extract it would load
to decay of the jaw-bona sad probably
ieeult in death. Mr. Wiley enjtffa fair
Leal'.h, auu will probably g > to his
rrave with the bullet in his bone,—
[Atlanta Constitution.
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