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The l h ‘i lanfeuM’d
The New Vork Jor.mnl of Commo of
th let inst., n,k.- r> h-nest confession of
the motive that led t” da- Oov.-rmnei.t pol
icy in Kans**- 1’ any* :
“Kansas a mi® Btatk.—J* -• a interest
ing fat Hint the Kansas Herald, late n strong
advocate for erecting that Territory into a
slnoehohlinn State, non■ Jails in cordially with
the Ilcmie ratic jniliey, ivhd'h is, to make it a
free State on a broad National basis, after
the exam file of California,
Hern in confession open and undisguised
from one of the first and most reliable jour
nals in tlie Union—one which has been usu
ally true to the constitutional rights and in
ti-rests of the South. The Journal of Com
merce openly acknowledges that the Demo
cratic puli’ y is to make K..nsus a free State
on a broad National basis, alter the example
of Calitornia.” It this be so, then have we
mistaken the whole purport and seope ol
Democratic policy, as embodied in the Knn
eas bill, in tne Cincinnati platform, in the
speeches, writings and acts ol Democrats
North and South ; we acknowledge ourself
deceived, wofully deceived, and shall not
hesitate for one moment, to bring to light
and expose the vile and traitorous plot by
which the South is to be sold, and its rights
trample i under loot.
We have never lor a moment doubted as
to the true design of the Walker policy in
Kansas- it is to bring Kansas into the Union
as a free State, and if this could not be done
by fair means, it was to be accomplished any
way, even il the law and the Constitution
bad to be trampled underfoot, and the rights
of the South utterly disregarded. We have
watched this controversy from the begin
ning —have scanned it closely, and think we
understand it luily. The object is to make
Kansas a tree State, and thus to save the
National Democracy of the North /’’—Shrievc
port Gazette, ( Democratic,) Tid ultimo.
Lights anti .Shadows of Political
Life.
J ndge Conrad, of one of the Phlla
adelphia courts, sentenced a man, named
Rump, to prison for two years and eight
months for the perpetration of frauds by
which James Buchanan was elected to
the Presidency last fall. Mr. Buchanan
now occupies the White House at Wush
iutou, and Hump is domiciled in a cell at
Moyamensiiig!
Our readers are of course familiar
with the gross and outrageous frauds re
ferred to. Tlu-ir enormity has never been
equalled in the country. Not even those
ut the famous Plaquetnine parish, Louis
iana, 1144, ly which Henry Clay lost
his election, and the country the services
of its ablest statesman in the Executive
chair, are at all comparable with them.
They were indeed sufficiently startliug
and gave evidence of the deep and utter
degradation of Locofocoism —of the vile
ness of the means to which that party
would resort tor the accomplishment of
its purpose ; but even beyond the low
est depths there has been louud still low
er a deep iti political infamy. It was re
served h*r the quasi Democracy of I hil*
adelphia to perpetrate the must enormous
frauds upon the purity of the ballot-box
that have ever disgraced the elective
franchise of the nation.
Those frauds wore practiced at the
State elections in October, and gave the
Stati of Pennsylvania to the Democratic
pstrlv. The influence of that election is
wall known. It was anticipated through
out the nation with the deepest interest.
Upon it hung the national result. Had
the Democracy then been defeated in the
home of its candidate, the battle would
have gone quite diflerently in November.
The Buchanan leaders well knew the im
portance of the ((ctober contest, and they
let no means untouched to accomplish
that which was of vital importance to
their interest. On tho ‘ day of the elec
tion Philadelphia was a perfect cauldron
of seething, boiling, noxious corruption.
Rowdyism was rampant. The voting
places were accessible only bv force.—
Ballot-boxes were stuffed. Democratic
judges of election acted only with an eye
single to party ■success. Bribery, chica
nery ami all the elements of political vil
lainy were brought to bear upon the
lower classes of tho population. Iu that
manner the vote of Philadelphia was se
cured and Penney Ivauiu rendered Demo
cratic.
What followed it is needless tor ns to
state. The South foolishly imagined
Buchanan to tie tlicir unit hope, and a
general re-action took place in ’his sec
tion of die country, most terribly disas
trous to the cause of Fillmore and Amer
icanism.
Thu is tin: simple, true -ter ■. It
needs no cmbellishmcm. The nturilnig
nakedness of thu facts is sufficient to (
bring home to every true American
heart a sense of depression, and to thrill (
his frame with a shudder for the safety of ,
a government whose destinies can be thus
lawlessly controlled. There can be no ,
question of the tact that the present ad
ministration owes its clevatiou to power •
to a gigantic scheme of fraud and vio
lence, winked at, encouraged, and author
ized, too, by men who assume for them
selves honorable po-itiolis in society.
There is some atonement to injured
justice and the outraged rights of freemen
in the punishment that is being meted
out to these villainous authors of these
wrongs. Hut it is mno wise adeqnate.
Rump and his confederates might linger
in prison the balance of their lives, but
will that deter men high in authority
from committing similar outrages through
the agency of such miserable wretches?
As long us the Democratic party has vi
tality enough to make battle, its leaders
will resort to just such agencies for the
accomplishment of their purposes. It is
the party of radicalism, of turbulence, of
revolution, of individual aggrandizement,
and shrinks from the commission of no
felony that success may crown it efforts.
This Philadelphia case has a great
moral, but it is to patent to reflecting
freemen to need elaboration. We leave
it to tile good sense of our l eaders.—
They will see how foreign scoundrels,
under the authority of Democratic cham
pions, ruled the election and turned the
scales last November, defeating true A
mcricanism and its candidates. Mr.
Buchanan in the White House and Rump
in his Moyainensing cell are widely sep
arate in position, but there is between
them the smallest, aye, an almost imper
ceptible line of distinction to the pure
political moralist. Both have wronged
the American people.— Louisville Jour
nal.
From the Mont. Mall.
Taking hi* Picture.
Ed*. Mail: You have hoard tell of Atlanta,
the rail roud city ot Georgia. We were there a
lew winters ago, and were present in the office
ol a celebrated divine, (who also ministered to
the physical debilities of such of the human kind
as requested his services.) and with several
friends were engaged in the examination of an
electric machine, just arrived from the City of
Notions when in stepped a specimon of the gen
uine unterrided denizen of the hog counties of
Cherokee Georgia, who enquired of the compa
ny present what sort of a contrivance we had
before us.
One of our party, who had fought through
Mexico and had done his share of delving in the
minos of California, and who subsequently’ eu
listod in the cause of the South in Kansas, was
“armed and equipped,” iustanter, for a practical
prank ou this verdant sprout.
The aforesaid David immediately replied to
greeny's question, by politely and gravely in
forming him that it was the futuous invention of
Mousier Daguorro, for taking the likeuoss ol the
doad or liviug.
‘Well, if you will not charge too much, I will
have mine taken,’ replied our rural visitor; and,
after a few minutes of deep thought, ha contin
ued : ‘a man’s life is not safe, no how, since the
State Hoad is managed and engineered by the
unterritied Democracy. Dive or die, I’m in 1’
Tho price being agreed npon, (David officia
ting as operator, or ‘ professor,’’ as the title ia
now-a-days,) the optics of the subject were stead
ily placed on a nail hole in the wall of the off
ice, his hands were entrusted with the poles,
and the words “be steudy” and “all ready” be
ing given and assented to, Professor David seiz
ed the crank of the battery, and began such a
eeries of quick revolutions, that the gentleman
from tho swine country of Georgia resembled a
veritable shaking quaker going through a portion
of the motions which characterizes and partly
affords the nonenclaturo of that rreed.
In the meantime, the gentleman who desired
“to secure his shadow, ere the substance perish
d,” began a series of shouts of the words,
“Hold up, Professor! hold up I You will break
me to flinders or burst your machine, if you
have to turn so hard as that in taking my pic
ture I In fact, you have nearly jerked me out
of my boots I Take what I have paid you, turn
my grip loose from your machine, and I will
break for home faster than a wild barrow would
run through a crab-upple thicket I”
The electrical current was checked, the gen
tleman from the hog district was let out, and
the amateur daguerreotypist adjourned to a ‘free
and easy’ place, and a jovial and spirited elbow
crooking was kept up until the “three scads”
received from the first customer were perfectly
annihilated in the payments for “corn juice.”
TATTLER.
rott tuk o corgi a I’lmrt.
A Last Appeal.
Mr. Editor: —Gratitude to our fath
ers, safety to ourselves, and protection
to our children, ought, it seems to me, to
induce a careful examination of the posi
tion of political parties in Georgia.—
V\ hat i- the difference between the De
mocrat “• arid American party in Georgia’
Doe hall of the Democratic leaders and
j .ro.sses in Georgia openly endorse Walk
er and Buchanan. ‘I he other half blames
Walker but defends Buchanan. Look at
the condition of things in Kansas, and
what do you read and learn from the
pen of such men as Atchison, Ben Brant
ley, Dauforih and Woodward, leaders
of the pro-slavery party in Kansas—men
whose fidelity to principle and the right*
of their own sunny South has never been
questioned. Who do they blame?—
Walker, no/ They blame Mr. Buchan
an. They say, Walker is only acting
according to Mr. Buchanan’s directions.
The Democratic leaders in Georgia say
Mr. Buehauen is not to blame, and some
of them go so far as to say ■ uat Walker
has done nothing wrong. Jit three weeks
the Democratic press will endorse Milk
er's course in Kansas ! Note it, people
of Georgia. The Times, a the Georgian,
the Constitutionalist, all stand ready,
nay, anxious to do the bidding of their
masters.
What is the position ol the American
party in Georgia ! It stands shoulder to
shoulder with Atchison, Ben Brantly,
Datiforth, Woodward and the pro-sla
very party in Kansas. Unlike the lead
ers of the Democratic party, it does not
denounce the robbery and defend the
robber, but true to the rights of the
South aud the country, it demands equal
ity and justice in the Territory of Kan
sas. Mr. Toombs openly defended
squatter sovereignty and alien suffrage in
the Territories. He said it was an A
eriean idea. Never, never! It is an
Abolition and Freesoil idea, for Seward,
Hale and Chase uniformly voted for it.
It never was a Southern idea. The
South has steadily opposed it. The
South was always a unit against the idea
of squatter sovereignty end alien suffrage
in the Territories. Are Chase and Se
ward pro-slavery men? It they are,
then Mr. Toombs is right.
Men of Georgia, let us guard the ballot
box with earnestness, it is the wonder
ful agent of good, or the genius of wrong,
according to our usage of it. The mat
ter of voting is, or at least ought to be,
a solemn affair; and 1 do think every
thinking man is responsible to his God
for its exercise. 1 wish we all felt that
we were so—if we did, the condition of
things would soon be materially changed.
Men might still differ as to men, but
principle would be the rule of our actions,
principle being the motive of action, truth,
unchanagable, would prevail. We should
all goto the polls, thankful for the bene
fits conferred. We shonld all under
stand the right, and knowing the right,
be determined to vote for principle, and
sustain truth by acting with and voting
for the Hon. B. 11. Hill for Governor.
LOWNDES.
GEORGIA CITIZEN.
MACON, Q A....OCTOBER 3, 1857.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
American Ticket.
FOR GOVERNOR.
HON. BENJAMIN H. HILL.
FOR CONGRESS.
lot. Dint—lion. F. S. BARTOW.
2nd. “ —Hon. S. C. ELAM.
3rd. “--lion. n. P. TRIPPE.
41 Is “ --Hon. M. M. TIDWELL
Tth. “ —lion. JOSHUA 111 Ll*
Bth. “ —Hon. TANARUS, W MILLER.
Bibb County
American Ticket.
FOn TIIK SENATE,
THOM AS P. STI’HBS, Esq.
FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE!*,
THOMAS HARDEMAN, Jr,
DR. EDMUND FITZGERALD.
Wrou* Day*.—The outbid* date of yelerdxy*s Daily
ibould have been Friduy tbe 3d. Instead of Thursday the 2d,
*nd to-day’s .should be Saturday the 3d, Instead of Thursday
the Sd. The out.-lde Forms were worked off before these er
rors were discovered. The dates rc right but not the days.
To Corrmpoudent*.—” Many Voters” Is respectfully;
Informal that It is too late to introduce new issues Into tho,
County Canvass, on a subject about which there is touch
diversity of opinion. We therefore deem It beat to decline his
communication.
Our last word*
Thin may be the last word we will have it
in Our power to say to our readers, b, fore
the day arrives, when the people of Georpv
wil, uk called on to ejercise tVyjJr eov - P > n
privilege of tho cleetivclcanehi.se. ’ An,Two?
therefore, embrace the opportunity to a:>>
our American friends if they ar- -ready for
the last struggle, on Monday next 7 Are
vou prepared to give onp day to your coun
try,*™! to advance the g-eat principles which
nave for their object the salvation of the
South, from the anda! aggressions of the
Freesoilers and Abolitionists? Are you
ready to rebuke the Buchanan-Walker pol
icy in K-usas, by which that Territory is
lost to the South, in order to save tho Na
tional Democracy, ninety-nine hundreths of
which, (at the North,) are dyed in the wool
Abolitionists t If you are thus prepared, go
to the polls on Monday, and cast your votes
for Benj. H. Hill, for Governor, and R. p.
Trippe, for Congress.
Southern Righto Democrat / Do you de
sire to sustain the 3d Resolution of tlio De
mocratic Convention, which demanded the
recall of Walker, in “fidelity to the princi
ples’’ which carried the President into pow
er ? If you do, unite with us in electing
B. H. Hill, Governor of Georgia, and you
will find us willing to stand by you on the
Georgia Platform” when the contingency I
arrives which called It iato being.
Philanthropists and Christinas / Do yout
wish to see every child iu the State educat
ed and brought under the influence of a
Christum enlightenment, vote lor Ben 1 1 ill,
ns he is committed to the work tis educating
ami christianizing the poor and uul'orluuate
people of the State, who are now destitute
of the menus of literary and spiritual ad
vancement.
l‘oor men of Qeoryia / Do you wish to
elevate youraolves in the scale of being—ed
ucate your children, and place them m a po
sition to live useful lives, vote for the man
whose whole influence will he exerted to
bring about so desirable a result. That man
is 11. H. Hill, of Troup.
Adopted Citizens ! You who have volun
tarily come to this laud of Freedom, and
have taithiully performed all the duties re
quired of you, by the laws, aud have become
citizens by virtue of your oath of allegi moe
to the Union and the Constitution, should
calmly consider the result of your vote on
Monday next, before you cast it. Remem
ber that the great doctrines of “ religious lib
erty” and “liberty of conscience,” are engra
ven upou the American banner, in this con
test, and that toleration of all opinions is a
cardinal feature of tne American faith. If
you, honest adopted citizens, who liave pass
ed through five years of probation before
being entitled to Citizenship, are not willing
to be degraded by association wiln FBLLONB
and convicts of the Old World, as Mr.
Toombs prop ises then vote for Hill, Trippe,
Stubbs, Hardeman and Fitzgerald, and net
lor Brown, Bailey, Bass, Gresham and Lock
ett—as the latter three are believed to be
pledged to the re-election of Toombs, who
wishes to confer equal privileges upon the
scoundrels and paupers of Europe, with
those conferred upon you.
W hat need to say more. Let every
man do his duty, and his whole duty, on
Monday next, and we have abiding con
fidence that the canse of truth and right
will prevail over wrong and injustice.—
Whatever may be the issue of the con
test, however, we feel that we have la
bored in a good cause, and that if the
American party do not “command suc
cess,” they have done more—“deserved
it.”
Our County Candidates.
We are justly proud of the ticket which
the American Party of Bibb has presented
for the suffrages of the people, on Monday
next. The names of our candidates are al
most as familiar household words, in every
family in the county. They are known and
respected as possessing every manly trait
which endears man to man, and makes us
think better of humanity,
Ist we have T. P. Stubbs, Esq., an emi
nent lawyer, who has risen from poverty to
affluence, by his own persevering efforts,
kind consideration for the misfortunes ol
his fellow-men and active and gratuitous la
bors for those who needed his services, hut
who had not the wherewith to make any
return except that of gratitude. Pete:
Stubbs is beloved by all classes—especially
by the poor man who dwelieth in the hum
ble log cabin of tho country. He does not
need Grand Jury certificates of his benevo
lence of heart, or of his disposition to aid the
widow and the orphan, nor would he, like
his aristocratic competitor, engage in the pit
iful work of circulating hand-bills setting
forth how benevolen t he, as foreman of the
Grand Jury, would have been with the pub
lic money, if it only had been in the treasu
ry, when the Ladies’ Charitable Society ask
•ed for a donation ! No. T. P. Stubbs is
uot the uiau to trumpet his own praises, and
that constitutes a strong reason why liis
1 friends should remember him on Monday.—
That they will do so, wo have n i earthly
t douhf. for gratitude is a principle which yet
liveth in the human heart, and worth, talent
and honor, siit-h as belomr to our candidate
, for Senator, deserve their just reward.
Next we l ave tho gallant and accomplish
ed Hardeman, one of th- most promising
young men of the State. He Is also well
known so the people of Bibb. He has serv
ed his country with ability and zeal, iu the
Legislature. He is eloquent and efficient. —
(He is worthy and well qualified. He is al
to the poor man’s friend, and is not one of
those who will shak( poor man’s hand just
[before the election and never afterwards, hut
Always the same clever man, who makes no
•eiher distinction among his fellow men than
what merit will justify.
| And last, we present the name of Dr.
Edmond F zgerald, a gentleman not so well
known as his colleagues, hut none the less
Worthy. He has been a citizen of the coun
ty for years, is an accomplished practitioner
of Medicine and Surgery, and partner with
Dr Nottingham in the Drug Business. Those
who know him best, say he is the soul of
honor, probity and truth—one of those mo
dest men who would blush to hear his own
praises, and whose kindness of heart and
nobleness of character have endeared him to
all his acquaintances.
.On the whole, our ticket will compare fa
vorably with that of the opposition, the bulk
of which has a little too much of the “ upper
cruit” of society in its composition to con
stitute a Democratic ticket While we,
therefore, have not one word to say against
the ability, integrity and worth of these
gentlemen, as men and citizens, we still are
compelled to give our preference to those
who are not only their equals in every es
sential of manhood, but best represent the
principle* we advocate.
“Slander refuted.”
Under this caption, the last Telegraph
contains un editorial article, pm porting
to refute a charge against Col. Bass that
he was not a friend to the poor, which i
the “locum tenens” of that press pro
nounces a “ malignant slander” and “low
and contemptible trickery” of some op
ponents of that gentleman. Now we
don’t believe a word of this cock and
bull story. It was only hatched up by
the Telegraph to make capital for Col.
Bass, by an indignant denial of a charge
which never was made, but which Col.
Bass was probably conscious of deserv
ing. But the strangest of all is the
manner Col. Do Grautfenried proves the
benevolence of Col. B. He quotes
a passage from the report of the Grand
J ury of Bibb, of which Col. B. was Fore
man, regretting that they had no means
at their control to respond to the request
of the Ladies Charitable Association, for
money ! Why did not Col. B. a rich
rich man as he is, head a subscription for
the money needed and get his fellow ju
to follow suit. That would have been
true benevolence, but sympathy on pa
per never did cloth the poor or feed the
hungry. Try again, Colonel, and while
you arc about it don’t forget to tell how
much charity Col. Bass has had towards
the poor widow Stubbs whose husband
was killed last year by Col. B’s. negro.
Stubbs was overseer of the wealthy Mr.
Bass at the time he was murdered!
Look out for Roorbacks.
We understand that the Telegraph
will be out, this evening or early Mon
day morning, with a fresh batch of
“ Roorbacks ” designed to operate on the
election and circulated at an hour too
late to be answered. We caution our
friends against all reportt of whatever
character calculated to prejudice the
claims of the American candidates to
the suffrages of the people. The Dem
ocratic candidates are making desper
ate efforts to win, but we think, clever
gentlemen as they all are, they “ can’t
come in” this time—notwithstanding
ihcir ardent ambition to serve tin coun
ty. Again we say. beware of big re
ports, just on the eve of the election.
An Irishman’s Two Reasons!
L —A good joke is told of the Democratic candi
’ date lor the Senate, which, for the fuu of it, we
shall tell, as it was told to us. The Colonel was
■ “bobbing around” hunting qp votes lor Mondayi
> and among others made himself familiar, for the
nonce, with a ‘ naturalized citizen” who had al
l ways beeu a “Dimmycrat” and nothing shorter!
- Alter a little blarneying had passed between the
parties, the Colonel dropped an “insinivation”
that, of course. Dal would vole and use his influ
ence lor him, on Monday next, but was rather
Set back when Rat informed 14m that he didn't
intend to do any such thing I “Why not,” says
the Colonel, “Are you not a Democrat.” ‘Yes,
be jabers,’ says Pat, “but I have two reasons
why I can’t vote for you, Colonel.” “Ah in
deed, ” says the Colonel, “what are they ?” “Why
111 tell you” says Pat. “One reason is, Colonel.
1 like Peter Stubbs a great deal better than Ido
you, and the other is, I don't like you near so
wejl as Ido Peter 1” We believe the Colonel
gave it up |
• - ■■
False Report.
We undei stand that during tho ab
sence ofT. P. Stubbs, Esq., at Macon
Court, Col. Bass visited Rutland District
and reported that Mr. Stubbs had said
that he held a mortgage on the people of
Rutland, and could buy the District for
S2OO. We are authorised to say that
Mr. Stubbs never made any such remark,
although others say he has done enough
charitable work for the good people of
that District, to purchase the whole of it
at the usual rates of lawyers’ charge*.—
But Mr. Stubbs is not the man to boast
ofhis benevolence, nor make any such
remarks concerning thoso whom he has
benefitted, and it is a shame for his com
petitor to be engaged in such kind of
electioneering.
Kev. Or. Burin*? for Hill.
Some falsehoods having been circula
ted, at Atlanta, that the Rev. Dr. Jesse
B ‘ring, now of Lagrange, but still a Pro
testor in the Atlanta Medical College,
intended to vote for Brown for Governor,
the following reply was obtained to a
letter addressed him by Dr. John M.
Boring, making enquiry on the sub
ject :
“ Dr. John M. Boring:
Dear Sir : —I have just received your
favor of the 28th inst., in which you say
that a report is circulating in Atlanta, to ,
the effect, that I will not support the
Hon. B. H. Hill for Governor in the ap
preaching election, and my name in this
connection, is being used for the purpose
of influencing voters to the Democratic
candidate.
I have never, by word or act , given
cause fer the report referred to, but on
the contrary, have, upon all proper occa
sions, expressed my settled j>"rpose to
cast my vote for B. H. Hill, and while I
am disinclined to enter into the political
bUftflwtt Os tbs j carmnr
that any me should he made of my name,
by which the slightest inflnenee may be
derived against my conscientious views
and principles, as a lover of my country
and its institutions, or in favor of those
principles, which, while I of course allow
to those with whom I differ I cannot ap
prove.
If those to whom you refer, suppose
that my personal knowledge of B. H.
Hill, (living as I do in the same city
with him) has changed my vote, 1 ljuve
only to say, that had my purpose been
otherwise, to know him would but guar
antee the certainty of my vote for him.
Yours, JESSE BORING.
Lagrange, Ga., Sept. 30th, 1857.
From the National American.
How to get Distinguished.
Did John W. Duncan at the Mem,
phis celebration take a seat on the stage
erected for distinguished visitors without
invitation ? Did he, after being request
ed to retire, go round to the rear and
get upon the stage again, by CRAWL
ING under a rope which had ‘ been
stretched to keep off intruders ? If he
did, ought not Congress to allow him a
pension for life for having discovered the
“ short-cut” to greatness ? Could he not
be prevailed upon to write to Mr. Bu
chanan 1 Surely the old federalist
would “depart from his usual custom” to
notice a communication from such a “dis
tinguished source.”
ANTI-MUGGINS.
The John W. Duncan who is
thus spoken of, as having crawled into
distinction or notoriety, at Memphis, is
the proprietor of the Atlanta Intelligen
cer, who has become so notorious for his
abuse of the best men of the country.—
He is a nice chap, isn’t he, to be placed
in control of a public party press !
(From the Atlanta American.)
The State Road.
We append an article from the “ Savannah Repuh
u?n.” ln reference to a email tranaactlon connected
with State Road Management.
From it will be seen, that after a delay of two yean
a northern l.ouse asks for the payment of a halance due
them of twelve hundred dollars, and that \few weeks
ago only, it was arranged to pay it in instalments.
Let it oe remarked, first, that the amount is twsltb
uondhkd dollars, just about the amount of extra pay
allowed the “ Intelligencer” for printing for the State
Koau. That had the printing been done at tbs right
price, enough would have been saved to pay the above
debt twice , since matured.
Let it be remarked, secondly, that the arrangement
was made only a few weeks ago. That only a few
w*eks ago, it *as inconvenient to pay the small sum ot
twelve hundred dollars. Yet, about the same time, on
'y a few weeks ago, the ‘‘ Intelligencer’ l told the peo.
pie that sßo.ooo would he paid into the State Treasury
f>efore the election. It so inconvenient to pay a debt
of only $1,200, how can they pay 180.000 into the Trea
sury ? If they have the SBO,OOO, why npt spare $1,900
of it to pay* patlept cretfitpr, instead of making him
wait, and t|,e State pay interest on it. At any rate, If
the large sura could be promised to the Btate by the
first of October, why could not the small sum have been
promised also ? Wht ?
No, citizens of Georgia, thil transaction proves that
when the “ Intelligencer” made that bluaterlng prom
ise, that SBO,OOO would be paid into th* Treasury be
fora the election , it well enough knew it could not and
would not be done. It was a trick to prop a linking
cause, and deceive the people. The Road has not been
andican not be managed bypartlaani! The propiisw
or the money was made for effect, made to deprive, fpp
undoubtedly t£ey have pot got it—pr, If have, they
owe if, and will pay it to the State Treasurer to deceive
the people at Ut*t , hy a pretended .how ©f profit which
does not exist in fact !
“Much has been said of the wretched management
of the fiscal affairs of this great work, yet we feel sure
not the half has been told. Prom what little has al
ready ome to light, the people are astounded, and wa
hav- reason to believe have determined, by a large
majority, upon som* speedy and radical change.
Two years ago, at the close of a modern Democratic
administration, the cars of the road were in the hands
of the sheriffs of Tennessee for debt, and the great
Btate of Georgia *as gctpally reduced to the mnrtTfic*;
tion of seeing her property put up at public outcry and
knocked down to the highest bidder. This, too, when
the road was doing a heavy business, and the friends
of the administration were boasting of the surplus ear
nlng it was paying into the Btate Tieasury.
Two years have elapsed, and though the business
of the Road for that period has been unpreoeden*
ted—even beyond the capacity of its rolling stock
for a great portion of the time—-we have reason to be
lieve there I as been but little if any improvement In Its
financial management. We will cite a circumstance
in justification of the opinion, and we do it on our own
responsibility, even at the risk of being denounced for
“calumny” and “falsehood,” as Mr. Hill has been.
There has been due, to a Northern establishment, and
lying over for twelpe or more, a balance of
some \ twelve hundred dollar i, qp aeeopnt of engines
mruished the Btate Road. This small amount, it ap,
pears to us, might, and should, have been met promptly
at maturity. Bucb. bow~, r ,wa. not the case. The
northern manufacturing house wrote out frequently to
the authorities of the Road urging the payment of the
amount; but could get nothing satisfactory from them,
Discouraged by the result of these applications by letter,
they eventually, and but a few weeks ago, despatched
a member of their firm all the way to Georgia to look af*
teethe debt, and If possible, to procure Its payment.—*
Arrived at Atlanta, the creditor presented Ms claim,
and wan told they were unable to meet It. Negotiations
commenced, and not wishing to return without making
definite arrangement for its payr ent, he finally agreed
to allow further time on the debt, and for the conve
nience of the Hoad, to receive it in installmenta.
What think the people of Georgia of this transaction ?
The facts arc given upon th* very best authority, and
we have no idea that they will belied in *ny ma‘e:
rial particular. If they should be, we are ready to pr>
dace the proofo.” r
MR, lIILL AT BUTLER.
1000 People Present I Great Enthusiasm ! I
Dr. Andrews :—I was present at the
meeting at Butler, on Thursday, and
heard Ben Hill make one of finest
speeches. The crowd was very large
consisting of at least 1000 people—and
the enthusiasm very great. If Hill could
make the same speech he made at Butler
in every county in the State, his majori
ty over his competitor would be immense,
The candor and fairness of the man, his
irresistible logic, and the matchless elo-
quenee of his appeals— not only attract
the admiration, but win the hearts ofev
ery unprejudiced hearet. Trippe was to
speak in tne afternoon, but 1 had to take
the train for Macon before he commeno.
ed, and did not, therefore, hear him. I
no doubt, though, he made thenar fly (as
he always does) every lick he made. 1
was pleased to see Bon Hill looking so
| well and in such fine spirits. He told
i me his health had never been better than
during his trip through South-Western
Georgia, and 1 learn from other sources
that ho was greeted in that section of
the State with an enthusiam never be
fore equalled. At the conclusion of his
speech in Butler, he told the people that
he should sleep as quietly on the night
after the election, as he had ever slept in
his life —that he had been true to the
people, and whether defeated op elected,
he should feel conscious tlat he had
done Ms duty to bis country and to his
Wive State.