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Communicated. For the Observer:—l well remem ber the great contest of 1840. I wms then a boy politician; discnssed the tar iff question abont the seme way the democrats do now: “Of cooree if a duty of forty dollars a ton is paid on pig iron, we consumers must pay it; if fifty cents is paid on a blanket, we poor folks have it to pay.” Then I waa a staunch democrat. When 1 ■iw Richard M. Johnson at Ackron Ohio, then the democratic candidate for vice-president, r >ll aphis sleeves, show the scare from wouods received at the battle of the Thames, and heard him relate h>w he killed Tecumseh; I thought, what a wonderful democracy! I heard Gen. Harrison speak at Wooster. I well remember how he looked. An old man, clean-shaved, h*ir combed straight down in front, almost in a peak above his nose. He looked feeble and wrinkled. Hie ar gument was protection, for fostering home industries, and for benefiting the American labor. He had been a feder aliet, and referred to the causes of his resignation from the U. S. Army af ter his tiiu nph over Proctor and Te samseh in Canada. During that cam paign I heard Tom Oorwia and Won. O Allen, both of them giants in their respective parties. I remained a dem ocrat until I was able to buy go and oali co at five cents a yard, and a good, all wool enii of clothes tor ten dollars. I then thought, jt that was the way pro tection worked I would bereaf er be a republican I believe what Bob. Icgere-d nave: “Tbe country that raises raw material and cells it as snob, will alwnys b< ignorant and poor. The labor to raise raw material, is ignorant labor, bat it reqnin-s intelligence to work it into fabrics, into fashion and heanti'nl shapes. The greater number of industries, the more intelligent the population. Ordinary labor is always cheap. La bor commands a price; as mind is mix ed with n ufo'e; as thought is mingled with effort. To vote against protection, is to vote for poverty and ignoranee in America, and for wealth and intelli gence in Great Britain. When men pursue bnt one industry tney become stupid. When the industries ere diysrsified, every part of the brain ia developed; we have use for any sptitnde, for every kind of genius. . Protection hae made us ingenious, in* tolligent and rich. It haa enabled ns to have better homes, better elotbes, better food and better sohools on nn average than any other nation. 1 ' It will put a roof over the head of every prudent man and enable bine to educate his children. The condition of the South at the war, demonstrate# the nnwise policy of strictly raising raw material. An initiate population with incompetent t< ackers and blatlar-skitt preachers. Thos Hayden. The doctor's history of the Coon >kin campaign sf 1840 is quite inter citing, yet somewhat strange in com- I rehesion, especially the protect iv# part. Tbe doctor says he remained a democrat until he could buy good cali co for five cents a yard, and all wool suit of clothes for ten dollars. Ti n ho thought if that was the way prot.ee tion worked he would be a republic n But, doctor, hew was it in ’6B up to ;he going out of the republican party? Did you continue to buy at these fig uret? Again, doctor, how was it the people were so poverty stricken? How was it industries of every kind p rang up, and were controlled by foreign oapital and syndicate ? How was it the no cbanic got less wages than now? How was it more money was required to run the government? How was it competition was less than now? how is it that the effects of protsetion still linger io prices and the inferior artiolf? But, doctor, let ns go back to the fonndation of protection. England sprang protection against American barter. England’s tyrancy failed to rule Americtf. At this early day the United States was depmdeut. Eng land had a grievance- her littlenea must be put forth io the shape of pro* teetion. Bat America was Dot long overcoming this, and to day is the must prosperous nation under the sun with over 60,000,000 of people. h-t exports to foreign countries will balan * the scales with any of them She is not a nest egg to be centralized by proteo tion. Whenever it fakes protection t • run the democratic party and theg< v einmen*. the country will go into bankruptcy. So far as the South requiring le*o inte'ligeane to raise the rav maieriri to be worked up in the North, tie truef Bat is it fair and honest to sh s pound of lint cotton to the North for almost hall what they return it hen g-1 an ifsrior i tie’e? I* the '>o: - est mode of intelligence to take and *n tige of ignotaoce in this shap f Again, doctor, yoa speak o h blsther-skite education in the sen \ . From your views, of course vou are favor of the Biair Bill This B 1 means that ea’b state shall rca**'T- > in* pro ra'a share of thv $70,000,000 in accordance with its illiteracy and th amount of taxes paid. Bat each state is not to have control of her fund. He schools must be snbj ot to governin' discipline. Do you think this would bring within the south’s reach a com patent education? As to the south’s religious qualites, ■ta istios will show there is more im morality in the north then ever was in the south. A Terrible Afifair. Oo Wednesday Mr*. Josephine Morike, a Polish lady, residing in Allegbaney, Pa., admiais tired a dose of atrycknine to tack of her three children, aged respoocively 8, 5, and S years, then took a doss of tl e poson herself. [Exchange. The dead body of a man was fonnd os the Louisville and Nashville JR*il road track, at Mississippi City, with the head lying on the rail and the skull crushed in. The body was idea tified as that of a carpenter, who has been working at Gulfort. He had been there during the afternoon drinking. A flaak of whiskey was found on his person. Es FREE TO ALL. Call at the Store of General Mer chandise & Plantation Supplies, Dry Goods, Notions, ’^Qo.vlujb’vv, Flour and Meat, Sugar and Coflee, for Cash, or Country Produce Taken in Exchaoge at Highest Market Price. W. C. J. GARRISON, Homer, Georgia. Cheap Cash Store, "fcewwvw, General Merchandise & Plantation SUPPLIES, DRY GOODS&NOTIONS. Keep on hand a full stock of Groceries, Flour, Meal. Meat, Sugars, Coffees, Teas, Molases, Tobacco and Cigars. Country Produce Taken in Exchange at Highest Market Price. When in town call in. Notions and Groceries, J. E. STEPHENS, HOMER, GA. A Nice Line of Confectioneries, eKWtfe, etiO.CC© oaaA Oun ry Produce Taken in Exchange at Highest Market prioea.