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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1880.
R. L. HICKS,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Senator Bnynrd'd Resolution.
Thefe lms been a great deal said
and written for and ngainsttbo reso
lution of Senator Bayard, of Dela
ware, to roijiovo from greenbacks
their legal tender qualities, and those
.opposed tp any such action make out
fi very plausible caso to show that it
would result in a tcrriblo monetary
panic, and be fraught with dire dis
aster to the entire country. A care
ful consideration of the subject,
however, induces us to believe that
all such ■ fears arc groundless, and
that, should conirress, after the pres
ent recess, determine to pass the
measure, it would, if not boncficiul,
certainly not bo harmed.
In the first place, tliero can bo no
doubt that tho senator has the Con
stitution of tho United States clearly
on his side. That instrument no
whore recognises paper money as le
gal tender; to the contrary, it ex
pressly provides that no state shall
make anything but gold and silver
coin a tender of payment of debts.
And though tho constutionality of
tho logal tondcr act was, after much
hesitation, affirmed by tho United
States Supreme Court still it will bo
rcmemborp4 that it was upheld os a
necessary war moosuro. So dubious,
indeed, was that court of theconstu-
tionality of tho act, that it declared
that tho act did not apply to ante
helium contracts, and such would
jiavo remained tho law of tho land
nil those years had not a Republican
Congross permitted Grant to appoint
on the bonoh two additional Justi
cos, for tho oxprosB purposo of rever
sing suoh docieion.
In tho noxt placo, it is very clear
that there is nothing in the gonornl
argument against tho Bayard roso
In lion that thoy should bo deprived
or their legal tondor qualities, green
backs would doprecinto in value, and
thus tho ilnanoinl system of the
.country would bo disturbed to the
detrimont of trnlo and commerce.
This can novor ocour so long as
greenbacks shall bo redeemable by
law in gold and silver, dollar for
dollar. Boforo tho war tho issuos of
tjio state banks woro not legal tondor
nor an* bank pptejs to-day such ton
der. Yot thero was nib serious diffi
culty over felt in paying the dobts
duo botwoon residents of tho samo
state in tho issuos of tho banks of
such state, in good orodit, beforo the
jvar, nor is thero any difficulty ex
nononood in this day and generation
?n the payment of dobts in national
bank notos. And just ns long
greenbacks shall bo rodoomahlo
gold and silvor, dollar for dollar
tho T . will bo receivable at their face
value, and no one will over for a mo
mont refuho to tako thorn, in any
amount, for dobts duo. Tho con
vonionco of transporting them will
mote than offset tho actual loss in
valuo which thoy might possibly
sustain in having thoir legal louder
qualities romovod.
Neither will tho volumo of our
rcncy at present in oiroulation in the
country bo reduood by tho passage
.of the Bayard resolution. It is ox
prossly provided that. Treasury notes
shall circulate as freely after tho ac
jtjQil proposed shall have been car
ried into its effects as now, and
therefore, as far as this objection is
concerned, it is untenable as any of
tho rest. Indeed, the only objec
tion wo have yot soon advanced to
the resolution, which strikes us tvs at
all sbrious in its nature, is that the
law provides that national banks
shall kcop a reserve of twonty-fivo
per cent, on tho amount of their is
sue in logal tondor money. This
might occasion considomblo embar
rassment iu our financial system in
caso tho reserve could not bo in
greenbaoks; but no doubt congress,
should it pass tho resolution, \vonld
make proper provision to prevent
guy serious effects resulting from
(his cause.
For those reasons wo cauuot see
that any spooial harm can result
from tho passage of tho Bayard reso
lution, and are docidodlv of the opin
ion that tho arguments so freolv,
pud even at tinges Qcroely, uttered
against the ipoasuro by its opponents
are found at ionlcss, and for tho most
mrt are merely tho effect of an over-
excited imagination.—Savannah
News,
Haj'Cii anil the Electoral Count.
Mr. Hayes is charged with having
said recently that tho Constitution
gives to the President of tijc Semite
the power to count the votes of the
electors of President and Vice Pres
ident, and that whatever might bo
the action of Congress on the sub
ject, bo should use tho army to seat
the mun declared elected by the
President of the Senate.
It is very natural that Mr. Hayes
should be in favor of uny fraud that
might be found expedient aa a means
of perpetuating his party in power,
but wc give him credit for more
discretion than to believe that lie
would make snch a threat us is
attributed to him. Whatever may
bc tho views of his frandulcncy as to
the powers of the President of the
Sonnto in the premises, tho people
and their representatives in Congress
will this time relievo Mr. Whcolcr,
tho fraudulent Vico President, Rad
ical returning boards and cight-by-
seven electoral commiasions from any
responsibility in determining who
shall be President from tho 4th of
March, 1881.
At Bangor, whon tho sun was low,
and chill winds whirled the drifting
snow, somo six and thirty hours ago,
there roso a fearful sound of woe;
louder than gongs or trumpet’s blare
it split tho circumumbicnt air. Old
Uncle Ilannibul was there, his hair
erect, his eyes agluro, his shuddering
neighbors hoard him swear until tho
very air was blue. lie told them
what ho meant to do with Garcolon
and “the wicked crow” who had
obeyed tho law, no dobbt,” and
thereby counted good men out, and
put into tneir sovcral places men
destitute of Christian graces. And
thon Uncle Hannibal, rising to tho
full hoiglit of the great occasion,
declared that tho action of tho Gov
ernor and his council was “tho result
of a stur chamber proceeding, such
as brought tho head of Charles II
to tho block.” As Undo Hannibal
was tho contemporary of tho unfor
tunate king who lost tho uppor sec
tion of hiu anatomical structure, he
must have known that his namo was
not Charles II. But a failing mem
oryuild his unseemly rage occasioned
momentary forgetfulness of tho
events of his early manhood.—
Washington Post.
That Malta! Business,
New York Evening Express, dem.
Governor Garcelon Iras a refresh
ing supply of clear grit.
Cincinali Enquirer, Dem.„
What do wc want with an obelisk
os long.as wo have Gov. Gorcelon’s
backbone? Long may it wave!
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dcm.
Maine is a sovereign 'state, and
she must be permitted to settle her
internal tronble in her own way. It
is only in New England that a pure
article of sovereign state can be
foun<\ now-a-days,
St. Louis Republican, Dcm.
Whatever else may be said as to
the merits of the main ease, there is
one thing, upon which both sides
unanimously agreed—that Governor
Garcelon has a good grip.
Newark, N J., Journal.
In 1870 James G. Blaine swallow
ed a gigantic camel laden with
wholesale frauds, forgeries, perjuries
and othor’ foul crime. In 1879
James G. Blaine strains mightily at
a pitiful Maino gnat.
Chicago Times, Ind. •
Ilayes announcing the Maine
frauds ! Lord, Lord,' how this
world is peopled with Pharisees! If
Garcelon were a Packard he would
be nominated to tho Liverpool con
sulship, tho richest in the gift of the
president. . •
New York World, Dem.
Mr. Chandler should,We died
hereafter. It would have been
worth a monarch’s—ijiatns to say, a
w Lauv/Uo wnnanm
Governor Garcolon is steadily proper
ing to givo tho Maine robols some
thing besides words. While ho
preparing a reply to Lot Morrill’i
effusion, ho is moving arms and
ammunition to tho capital, and
putting portions of tho militia on
war footing. Tho old man means
business, ns all will find out after
while if they keep on trying to
intimidate him with indignation
mootings nrnl incendiary harangue
Ho will undoubtedly soizo the first
man that he finds in aetual rebellion
against the laws of tho* state.
Gail Hamilton has armed horself
with a rolling-pin*and a tin boiler
cover, and invites tho Garcolon ghosts
to como and see her if thoy nro at all
anxious to find a common grave
to
All tho g : lt-edgcd promises
rontfioe homes, forty dollars a head
in cash, good wages and steady work
with which tho colored people wore
lured away from North Carolina
Indium, have dwindled down
“sixty cents a cord for chopping
wood.” It is an awful decline, bat
is roqorted bv telegraph from the
friends of tho exodus.
Mr. Blnino cannot givo up the
long cherished object of his ambition
To gaiu tho Presidency, says the
Hartford Times, ho lms sacrificed
many things, inoluding Consistency
and his position as a hard monoy man
He does not want to snrrondor now to
Grant’s desire for a third term—or
term fo life; and ho is organising his
forces for an oqcn war on Ulysses.
Tho first gun, it is announced, will
bo fired in Washington, probably noxt
weok. It promises to bo an intercs
ting fight, and as bittor and nnrelen
ting as tho “wars of tho roses.” What
an opportunity it offers for the Dem
ocrats to oloso up their ranks and push
forward to victory. Will they be
equal to tho occasion?
Whon the dovil put a tack,business
sido upwards, on a chair, and
waited for somo one to sit down, he
gravely called it “a harbinger of
spring.”
Jolinsou Items.
Christmas lms passed, and every
body lias onjoved themselves finely—
and especially the little folks. I
don’t think the whiskey was as mean
as it generally is.
Mr. Elijah Brantley and
Martha Clark were married
Wednesday.
Miss
last
Mr. John M. Hightower claims
the gallon of whiskey—he caught
the fox last Monday that had never
been caught before.
I was invited to a splendid dinner
at Mr. Joe Smith’s last Friday. I
wish that turkey lmd' lasted a week.
Rev. J. M. Wood was called on
Tuesday to marry a couple in Wash
ington county. Joseph has had
plenty of that kind of work to do
for the last week or two.
The little man was in Wrjghtsvillc
last Thursday: lie weighed only 95
pounds.
Daniel Powell and Nancy Ilicks,
colored, slipped off to Rev. Spencer
Meeks’ and were made one last
Wednesday night. Crofford was
pretty mad next day.
Lucy Hicks, colored, fell in the
fire and was dangerously burned last
Thursday. It is supposed that she
lmd a fit. Tho skin all slipped off
of one hand aiid looked like a glove
THE TEET BEST!
ONE HUNDRED TONS ON HAND!
JOHN MERRYMAN & CO.’S
AMMONUTED
DISSOLVED BONES,
Best for Cotton,
Best for Corn,
Best for Sngar Cane,
Best for Potatoes, Peas,
And all other Crops.
Dan’l Outlaw lmd a child burned
to death lust week.
Mrs. Thos. Carter died on Sunday
morning hist.
Messrs. Jim Pournello and D. M.
Hicks have each a fine boy, and Mr.
W. J. Hicks a fine girl.
member of returning,boardIs ransom
to seo and hear tho old i gentloman
during tho first ten minutes after his
reception of intelligence ’ that the
democrats lmd set up a little return
ing board in Maine.
Washington Post, Dem.
If Messrs. Hayes and Sherman
actually think they can see a fraud in
Maine, where no fraud exists, we
can understand their contempt for
Governor Gurcelon. It is tho same
feeling that tho millionaire whisky
crooks of tho big distilleries in Illi
nois have for ton-gallon moonshiners
of North Carolina and Georgia.
T onlsvillc Courier-Journal, dcm.
Tho southern people ai'o sick of
tho habitual tendency uf tiielf north
ern follow-citizens to rebellious,
fraudulent and revolutionary con-
duot. The New England people are
always disturbing tho ponco of tho
union, and tho Maino rumpus is only
another proof of this. Whon they
can’t get up a row at homo they seek
to get up one. in congress or try to
steal an election in a son thorn state.
Tho chief Now England products of
late have been ballot thieVbs—noth
ing more; and the brazen boasting
of Now England men at the recent
dinners on “Forefathers’ Days” was
as ompty of truth as a burst bladder
is of wind.
Alfonso is now a king. Ho has
held the title for some time, but no
one is much of a king or emperor in
Europe now-u-days until he lms bean
shut at. The man who shot at the
youthful king of Spain was clearly
one of those who consider .royality
good game. The poorness of his
shot proves this.
More Treason.
Lemurs (Iown) Sentinel, rep!
For a nigger to vote any othor
than the stalwart republican ticket
is not merely ingratitudo, it is trea-
on, and should be puuishcd as such.
of
to
Making Cotton by Steam Power
Vicksburg Herald.
Tho stock of tho Wesson mills
cannot bo bought at any price.
This shows how cotton factories can
be made to pay in this state.
Coudor Items.
Married, on the 25th ult., by Rev.
J. T. Chipley, Mr. Louis Outlsw and
Calcy Williams; on tho 20th ult., by
Rev. J. W. Clemens, Joliu Odom
and Martha Horton.
The work of nihilists goes on m
Russia. The latest phase of it util
izes the ignorance of the Russian
peasantry, who were formerly serfs,
and who are not really much more
intelligent than our Utos. Acting
upon false ixifovjnufckm ftmriutrcd by
the agents of the nihilists, they be
gan to sack country seats. Tho
condition of Russia is certainly de
plorable.
One Hundred Pounds of the AMMONIATED is equal to 200 pounds
of many other Fertilizers, and is therefore fully 100 per ceuTcheaper, ( a j
It has proved its superiority over all other Guanos, so I say to evervrffj
farmer, ''
Give It a Fair Trial and be Convinced.;
For Particulars and Price Cali on
THOS. H. ROWE r
Nov. 2C-ts
DUBLIN. GEOHC
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GLAD TIDINS, GLAD TIDINGS!
SAVE MONEY. THE BEST GOODS AT^HE
ALL WHO WOULD
LOWEST PRICES.
<T_ X. DBBSE Sc CO.
It is strange how the sudden opening
of a parlor door will send two people
to tho ends of a sofa and sot them to
counting the figures in the carpet.
Thero must bo something powerful
in the draft of air to blow humau
beings around in that way.
Truth crushed to earth will rise
But if it be crushed to earth,
And if it lies it cannot be
Therefore, it cannot rise
Q.E.D.— Philadelphia Bul-
agum.
it lies,
truth,
again,
letm,
Mr. Thomas Gornto, a worthy
Confcdorato soldior, has received
#65 from tho governor for an arm
lost in tho defense of Dixie.
Rov. J. W. Clomons is entitled to
the blue ribbon. Sinco August of
last year he’s, joined thirty-four
couples.
Tho trial of Andrew Brown, col.,
for tho murder of Jim Smith, col.,
lost Friday and Saturday was the
event of the week.
Saturday night, 27th ult., was the
regular term for drunkenness. Even
hogs woro drunk noxt morning.
Two young men, aspirants for
collegiate honors, put a bale of cotton
in the water during the late freshet
to bring out some nogs. The barge
sank, losing cotton and forty hogs.
Wc are nndor obligations to friends
of the Post for items furnished ns
this week. Thanks.
Condor Academy opens 3d Mon
day, inst., Rev. * B. R. Calhoun,
principal.
• The house in Which John Sherman
was born is still standing in Steuben
ville, Ohio. The one he would like to
move into in 1881 stauds in Washing
ton.
Blaine is ahead of Edison. His
electric lie it has been in full blast
Maino for ton days.
Grunt has eighteen dry goods
boxes full of presents. But for all
that it isn’t safo to offer him any
more, with tho expectation that ho
will decline them.
The Milledgovillo factory was
burned by an incendiary tho other
day. The loss was mainly covered
by insurance.
The glorious old county of Bntts
got upon her hind legs and ondeav
ored to Climb in the air last Thurs
day. as she-always does on Christ
mas. Thera was considerable fuss, a
good deal of fun and a killing affray.
“Does insurance insure?” inquires
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Yes
indeed. It insnras the company,
Go to. Giyo naosomething that re
quires contemplation and research.
A telegram received from Hon.
Emory Speer yesterday says that the
statement made by Chicago Times’
interview with him, in which he
said that he was not a democrat, is
utterly unfounded and untruo.
A Philadelphia preacher inadvert
ently admitted the other day that
the Savior was a greater man than
Grant, This has aroused the ire of
the republican press of that city, and
it is thought that Mr. Childs will
prepare a reply to the statement.
TOOMBSBOltO, GA.,
Have now on hand and arc constantly receiving heavy stocks of]
General Merchandise
-Such us—
BACON, LARD,
COFFEE, RICE,
BOOTS,
FLOlp SUSAR,
TOBACCO, CIGARS,
SHOES, HATS,
Tin, Wood and Willow Ware
PLOWS, HOES, SPADES,
FORKS, SHOVELS] PLANTATION TOOLS,
BAGGING, TIES, CALICOES, DOMESTICS, BLEACH
FINE CUTLERY, PERFUMERY,/TOILET AND FAN
NG,
GOODS,
One Car Load Salt $1:00
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF THE OLD
BAY STATE SCREW FASTENED BOOTS AND SHOES.'
Wo are the only house in tho place that can keep this make of boots-
i’ —
and shoes, and WE WARRANT EVERY PAIR. "If not as represented
you have but to bring them back and wo will return your money or give
you a now pair. $2,000 worth of this Celebrated Shoe* now, in
stock. TRY ONE PAIR.
We buy onr goods direct from the manufacturing companies, and
hence get better terms than smaller houses that deal with middle men, ;
The benefit of our advantages in prices we share with our customers.
To our friends and the citizens generally of Laurens we offer a cordial
invitation to come and seo us. Wo will make it to your interest.
cr= i-
Toombsboro, Nov. 26, 1879*3in
XDeese Sc Co.
FOR CLOTHUsTG- and HATS
GO TO
WINSHIP & CALLAWAY’S
For 22 Years the Leading Clothing House of Middle Georgia!
No. 50 Second St., MACON, Ga*
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CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, HARNESS, WAGONS,
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