Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

3 Analogies* BY EDO B FAWCETT. I lounge against my garden-gate; On one tide heaven the sun hangs low; Down one Bide crawls the exhausted B’orua That flit-hod and crashed aul hour a^o. I louche and ace with musing eye. Two roses and a buttcifly. One ?s a eumptnous langrid ro?e. That bows its heavy, lovely hiad, While each fresh petal's velvet curve Burns with the same deep, drowsy red; Circe, her subtle self (who knows ?), Plotting new sorceries in a rose l One Is a pale, pure bloom, with leaves Like satin in their iustr? s mild, 12alf*dots< and, and faintlier flushed than looks The chaste palm of a little child; Or pinks as some late sunsets are. That yearn to feel the evening star. The butterfly’s quick-quivering wings Wet* each the nleudings of such hues As lurk Hi some old tapestry’s Dim turmoil of golds, crimsons, blurs; Wings where dul ! , smouldering color lies, L t richly with \y.'o peacock-eyes. lie cannot leave th'N rreat red rose; He flutters near it, iwth to part From all the frugran- <-h\xm which girds That blood-drop warm imjn Hummer’s bec.rt! And . . . on tho pale ro;-o glimmering near, One rain-diop sparkles like a tear 1 GEORGIA JPOLI TIC 8 The Speech of Judge William M. Reese, Delivered at Craw ford ville, Monday, August 24th. A REVIEW OF STATE QUESTIONS. [ [JEFOETED SPECIALLY BY A HERALD HEPOTER. ] CRAV.TJIVD VILLE, GEORGIA. 1 Monday Evening, Aug. 24, ’74. J To the Editors op the Herald:— As I telegraphed you this evening, Gen. Toombs airived here on the 12 o’clock train, hat was wholly unable to speak. An im mense concourse had gathered at the court house, anxiously awaiting the hour ol his ar rival, and were sorely disappointed when they learned that he could not deliver the ex pected address. They, however, were assem bled, and wanted a speech, and seeing Hon. Wm. IH. Reese come into the court-house, they began to call on him lor a speech, in re sponse to which he rose, and delivered sub stantially the following address: Fellow Citizens : X hope no one will suppose that I shall attempt to fill the bill which was announced for your entertainment to-day. Gen. Toombs was to speak for you, and he came; but he is so indisposed that it is impossible for him to do so. He is quite unwell and has consid erable fever, and he asked me to come ami render his excuse, and say something myself. And several of your citizens have asked me to say something in lieu of the address which Gen. Toombs was to have delivered. Ycu know that I am not a politician, and do not iollow the practice of public speaking; but at the request of Gen. Toombs and several of your citizens, and hat those who came to hear a speech may not be wholly disappointed, I will say a few wolds upon the subject of the State election now approaching. Yon all remember the State election of 1870. In my judgment it was one of the most impor tant to the people of Georgia that evers took place within our limits. Quite a number? ot old persons remember the Presidential election of 1800, when Jefferson and Adams were ian didates, and when contrary to the expeeta- , tions of many, Mr. Jtft'c-ron was so tiium-| phantly elected. That election was followed i by results of the greatest importance to the country. It established political principles , and truths, those taught by Thomas 0 ff.rson, j wbich prevailed over vliis country aiui shaped j its policy for sixty years. From that time 1 till 1860, there were many eleclii ns, but none ihat followed it equalled in importance that of 1860, which as you all know, was a contest between the North ind the South.— , It was conducted and decided upon purely I sectional grounds, against the South. It; es tablished aseetional party on sectional princi ples, and resulted in a five years war and the subjugation of the South, and the overtnrn iug ot the great principles established by the election of 1800. Then came our State election in 1870, which I do not hesitate to say, was the r ost im portant one to us of any that ever had been held j save only those of 1800 and 18C0. Though there was no President or Governor to choose, . cs a Slate election; 'yet it was big with events *if Vie highest possible moment to the people of Georgia. In 1868 we had what was called an election. The Radicals had established themselves in power all over the country. They had taken possession of our State Government and held it as a conquest. The Governor was their Governor. The Judges of the State were the Judges of that party, and the Legislature was its Legislature, which subserviently registered the edicts of the party in every scheme to re tain their hold upon the power they had usurped and to plunder our people. When you cursorily look at tho mockery ot the election of 1808—its highhanded fraud and injustice, and the wickedness and oppression ww-h it fastened npon us, you will agree with me eq a t the election of 1870, which over vumed the tyranny of the band of plunder eiw—which re-esiwhlished justice and good gottrnment upon principles of truth, and placed good men in powtr, was most import ant indeed. The Radical party having established them selves in power, pa-sgd numerous law., and adopteirmeasufts inlonded to enable thenf to retain that unjust power indefinitely. They passed what they called “Relief Laws," which the Supreme Court has declared to be unconstitutional and which they, at the time nt passing them, knew to bo unconstitutional —all tor the purpose of debauching out peo ple—of making them dishonest, and theut o re incapable of setting up a good government, acinroisiered npon principles of uprightness and integrity. Then they passed laws in aid of these <sp. nailed relief measures, known as ‘'limitation laws,” which were intended and and moralize the | eople and delnuch pisi lie sentiment. t . Then they passed a large number of bogus Railroad State Aid'Quarters wbich had a two told object; one t debauch the people, the other to plunder tborn. Alorq than forty of these bogus, dhtionJst, plundering Charters were plenttd doefti in every sectiqp of tho State, to germmafc and bring lolßjtlieir fest ering brood of effruption agd deSoralization; This fascinating Jliarm—the hope of hiving a lailroad m every ieighborbood— was intend.d (o hitch our peow#, firmly, for all time, to the car of Radicalism and carry them along with ihe party, retaining it in'its power with all i;s' hands, plunderings and corruption. They adopted metsures to squander tho - people’s Ipjriptfyy into their own pockets the ia's<riuces and values of the State. They leased out ihe State resdfor s3(jo,oob a year, when they could have obtained more, and upon teims which they knew to bs uisad vanlugeaus to the State. Icm not oppes and to a lease of the road or even to a sale—pro vided it be done to best advantage—so tbat it be the best that tmn be done with it. And they sold Ihe State's property in front of the Kimball House in Atlanta; worth two or 800,000 dollars, for tlfirly thou sand dollars— knowing that they were defraud ing the Statb rind ihe people, and intending i Kng. It was all for the benefit c al party, and to fill the pockets i ders with plunder. t attempted to pnt the poo; le of t re tiny never could be relieved ! i from their foul ginsp, by passing tin election law compelling tvery citizen to stand off fif teen fee. lrom the polls, and allowing the peo ple at evety poll to have only one man to sit with the judges of the election. They were determined to hold cn to the power they had usurped and grasped and established in wick edness. It is worth while to take a little further review of their conduct. The Radical Legislature, from 18G8 to 1870 were in session nearly 300 days, all tho while doing every mischief they could. They spent all the money which they could possibly lay th6ir hands on, or raise by any means. They stole the School Fund, amounting to over $250,000 and pocketed it. They put out the bond of the State and the indorsed bonds of these bogus railroad enterprises, whereupon they could get any even money on them andjwhen they went out of their places they each bad about three thousand dollars for their so-called services to the State. And they had standing committees and spe cial committees without number, aud kept them in session; and the committees had clerks, and ali were drawing pay, whether they had anything to do or not, all drawing extra pay. Bullock spent over 5150.000 on the news papers of the State, tor which there was no necessity upon the face of the earth. The ob ject was to coirupt tbe press, and thereby to corrupt the people. He issued proclamations ofiering rewards, for every little trivial neigh borhood affair, and had theta published ex pensively all over the State. X recollect seeing a reward lor the arrest of "Jim Toombs,” who bad committed some offense away down in Southwest Ge. rgia, published in a newspaper in Elbert cornsly, aud kept standing there two months after Jim Toombs was dead. If any one was stabbed, it was quickly followed by a proclamation, put in as an advertisement in the papers all over the S'ate. A number of the best iawyets in Georgia were retained by Bullock and large fees paid to them where their services were not needed —simply to keep them from joining the peo ple in? any effort to oust them ftom power. Every trick, device or measure—to matter how reprehensible—was resorted to, to cor rupt, debase and debauch the people and ena ble them to feold on to power. And there was the outrageous abuse of the pardoning power ! whatever judges and juries might do to punish crime, there was no pun ishment for any criminal, it he or his friends had money which they were willing to spend to mrA'memM festdeserte. _ . aroused to a solemn sense of their desperate condition; and they arose in their might, in their wrath, in their infinite majesty, and crushed them out. [lmmense applause.] It was a stunning defeat, for which they were not prepared. Their corrupted press, and retained lawyers, and debauched adherents and apologists, and wicked contrivances—all, all, availed them nothing; for the people were not debased, notwithstanding the efforts to effect this, and they determined to put an end to Radical rule in’Georgia, [prolonged ap plause.] They put forth their might and achieved a glorious victory. And when your legally chosen representa tives were about g ithering themselves togeth er in 1871, solemnly to call upon tho party to give an account ot their misdoings, Bullock, their Governor, ingloriously fled from the State and left his robes of office hanging on Con ley’s shoulders. The people’s representatives quickly passed an act bringing on an election lor Governor, which Conley and the Radio ils tried hard to defeat, and strange to say they had enlisted in their service numbers of per sons regarded as good men, who were timid and deprecated the measure. They urged us to be cautious—to let Conley alone—said he could do no harm —his term would be cut in a year, etc., etc. I, for one, was opposed to this cautious policy, and was in favor of put ting Conley out of the way at the very earliest possible moment, and not keeping him a sin gle day longer than I could help. We passed an election bill and the people elected Gov. Smith, and then Conley went out. But before lie did so, ha pardoned | Blodgett for all the crimes he ever had com- j I mitted against the btote. When those vko ! advised us through timidity to let Conley alone, saw what Le bad done, the manner in which he had attempted through a pardon to save Blcdgett and others from punishment, j ! they yielded their timid policy and said we j | had dene right. We got clear ot Conley, and I that was the last of Radical rule in Georgia.— ( Appleuse.) Such wero some of the measures of the Rad ical party, and such the manner in which their yoke was shaken off. No.v, whatever was wen for us by that election of 1870 is now worth preserving.— You have now the same supreme inteiest in maintaining good government which you then had in establishing it. The Barns issues in a great degree, are now upon you. If you are not vigilant the men who robbed you from 1868 to 1870, and put $2,000 apiece of your money in their pockets for tbeir wicked work, will again get into power, and again govern the same plundering schedule. I have served four years in the State Sen ate, and have labored to discover what they did while in power, and to remedy tbe same and prevent its repetition in luture. I’ve careiuily investigated the ground—gone over all tbeir tracks—and I know what they did, and its enormity; and I am determined to do all I can forever to prevent that wicked crew from obtaining any ascendancy, or any foot hold whatever, in any department of the State Government. [Tremendous and pro- longed applause. ] [A voice in tho audience: “ Read that verse over again!'* (Immense cheering.) “ Bead it over again; its a good verse!] I tell you my lnends, I’ve not come here to talk of matters of which I know nothing. I’ve Scien it ail and I proclaim to you the solemn truth. I know the designs of the men, whom you thrust out of power in 1870. They are now struggling to ingratiate themselves into your favor the merits aud cS {he. issue, so that they may pat their hands in your pockets and help themselves. Their work is not all done yet. It behooves you to scan carefully the real designs of every candidate for the Legislature, and don’t allow yourselves to be deceived and cheated by any one. Don't cast a vote lor any ,mau whatever, unless you kmw he can be felied upon -that he will be vigilant—that Be is above temptation, and that he can not-be corrupted. t V. mtn wljom you 6-nt to the Legislature •£y tVe importjht .victory of 1870 labored to ov, lhe exten^ of tin? mischief that had a®®”* to punish the .perpetrators as far be detected, and to prevent the recusrence et eucli things iu the fntore, as far aB possible the only sure Eafety is in the sleepless wterTLil vigilance of the people ! We lqokjfd into ted matte; of the bonds very care fully, and scuatit.to finit how many and which were gooa and (ust and how many were bad unci unjust. In loing this we set the seal ot overlasting.-CDudehuution on nearly eiljht millions of their uniawt.l and iraiidnlent issues. _ Yet the men iffhom y,u hurled from power in 1870 lor doinf; this cry work are everywhere trying to fasten theio fraudulent issues upou us. If they bucceoQ Ju this, it will double our taxes; it will make oiu State debt twice as large as it is, and our taxes for many years will have to be double what they now are, to pay it; and if this unjust and in iquitous burdrn is put upou us it will not benefit the State or tbe country one cent. It wril only be robbing you and your children to fill the pocketed the same party that tried in 1808-70 to lasten tho Iraud upon yqu, come of tbeso designing men sny we don’t understand them, and are doing them injtts i ice in what we charge. Some say tbey are not in favor of paying thoso illegally issued and unlawfully inilorsed_bonds; but say [hey are in lavor of taking them all up and issuing other bonds in their place! They urge that these bogus railroad charters were by their terms, entitled to bonds to aid them, and they w inh to give them legally issued bonds' lor whatever they are entitled to under their ATLANTA WEIIKbY HERabu- charters, lu other words, they want to give them new Stale aid/ Now, X have no State aid for any of those who have defrauded us, or tried to do so. Why, the charter ot the Brunswick & Albany railroad, in its preamble, recite s five falsehoods! That charter is tainted and stinks with false hood and rascality, and I will cot trust them with any more State aid ! (Applause.) No; I say, if they have put their money in a railroad, let them taka the road and muke their money out of it. I don't intend to help them out of a bad scrape because they have deliberately tried !o defraud us and have failed ! I say let all railroad entetprises rest upon their merits, aud bo built alone by tho money of the stockholders, just as this great line pas sing through your midst has been done. If roads are constructed through sections of oonnlry and lrom one point to auotier which will not pay, let those who buildthem, and not the people of Georgia, bear the,'loss. The Legislature havo been tryinf for sever al years, to find out tho extent of'the frauds which this party of fraud perpetpted upon us, and have done what they co’id to have tho active perpetrators caught an( punished. We have found out a great deal, but few of the evil-doers have been punished: aid I'll tell you why this is sc>. In my opinion it is be cause of the death of Judge Lin tip. Stephens. His death was a calamity to the (State—a sad oven l , which I shall ever deplore—not only ; for the loss to bis family and kindred, but to j the whole people of Georgia. He was a tnan | without reproach, whose nature abhorred ev-1 erylhing that was wrong, lie entered upon a i vigorous prosecution ot the evil doers, but. I was cut down in the midst of his successful j work. When the Legislature assembled, alter flte . Ridieal party was expelled ftom power, v. e found the finances ol the State ui contusion and disorder, and the credit of Georgia down below that of individuals. It wots reduced so low that the State could not borrow' a dollar without personal security or indorsement be ing given; and Gen. Toombs, and M. Fiainazy of Athens, and Judge King of Augusta, bor rowed from three to four hundred thousand dollars on their own responsibility, aud pot it into the Treasury of Georgia; (and this is a mattter you would do well to bear in mind) and in this way the State began to make pay ment of honest dues. We slopped giving its obligations for nothing—quit inderseing for schemes to plunder us, and in this way we have built up a credit for the State which to day :s better than that of any corporation in it. The bonds oi the Georgia ana Central {Jjjlrqads are selling at 93 or thereabout, while Think of this! Recollect what a bad condi tion we were in financially, in 1872, and how proud is our position in the financial world to-day ! But there.are some who are doing all they' can to have us adopt measures that will again ruin our credit and burden us with debt and taxation! And some of these designing men are urg ing that the selectien of our best men for the Legislature is not so important; but if it was tor a Judge of the Superior Court, or for Con gress, it would be worth while to be more circumspect. My friends, this is a great mistake. How many persons in Georgia are ever affected by auy law of Congress? Some such a law as the Civil Rights Bill, or a bankrupt law, may interest us; but nine-tentbs ot l ha laws of Congress never affect us perceptibly. But it is the members of your Legislature, who make tho laws by which you and your in terests m life are daily affected. It is the law IciColll 11IG eiic oupcivi*. -xi w making power which protets you by day and by night—which gives you a sense of security j while life lasts, and comforts you in death, i with the assurance that the provisions ot year j will, for the distribution of your property j shall be faithfully carried out. It protects j your wife while you are gen-, t-.nd provides j guardians miiiOiHbhihir-in, and caves j your property for their benefit. Tjieseaie the kind ol laws enr.c. vd by cur Legislators. It is the exercise of a power vastly more im-1 portant than nine tenths of the acts of Con-; gress. Shall we iuliust these great r.nd im portant powers to techie rr uutrostworthy hands? And the importance of looking well j i to the men whom you select for this work, is i | shockingly illustrated, when you thick of the | unexampled amount cl power of this kind ' confided to a senator. The man you send to the senate is one of only forty-four persons, who have this vast power, so directly affecting your interests and your lives confided to them. This is a very .large share of the sov ereign power of the bh-.te, which is conferred on one man. See to it, that he is in every in stance, honest, capable and faithlal. I wish our very best men could be prevailed j upon to go to our Legislature, and that our | people would rise up in their majesty and send them there. I want to see such great talents and virtues as are possessed by Air. Stephens, Gen. Toombs, Mr. Jenkins and Judge Benning, in the Georgia Legislature, and the people ought to send them there— taking no denial, and refusing the importu nities cf the great swarm of men who are not well qualified. Tha Legislature is the point to wbich all thoughtful, patriotic men should turn their attention and seo thaU the best men in Georgia are senfl there. There is now more at stake righM there, than anywhere else. Tne raide.M are coming upon us. They are swarms from Germany and France (I the foreign bond holders) and from the They are not going to give up upon u.s lor eight iniition of dollars! struggle. Every thing that can fair m* ans or mill —by fraud, by bribery, di c-.-it or any scheme *r lainv. will be resort' dt< ! ?.nd ij|fl t ' have in n in the L-gisl ■i\ Oj’tibb .. 1 h'/; , U.d W.:i- V, :i ; . Jsgg t .ill aSi .'. ■/ tz>. n.ity ! ( lium* >• Mk And, in are other matters t'ire fthielyn'gbt ifl -j' !. ;*:iid i Ivill nauio Jauvicbi. 'I JIM rriel 1 10.-jH ;it^B ’ j . ~ .RB wilflH - “f convicl.i mb I o ■ iin" <B; 1 "•; m ’ii m ■;i jp| M '■ v.i; ' ®8 Now, L 1 .1. V la^fc.lJS'* I Oil', or .oO)'- E;. 0,;.J i H .. -i. M • Cl; Ai ii \i a 1.: I oil V in-icne, i iio r.. ;aiv| or.cl ova, 1. in otbS. kept separate, aftH from it. V/ til M and properly trdtJH prove ivonderfallyJ in many of them. I 'W work skilfully audjmifl porting. I I Now, I want the co* at the building of an 1 and have them all care treated in that inetitut Ami there fire many find to keep the convii constantly working at, riled up and scattered many who are not pro] age them,-* I . m ii | ■ 1 i ill'.-* :....! t I i. ! .'I :11 1 1 - Y( 11. 111.-.7, V^H li. 111 i .-i •: . ~ I;::.: ir.itit-vlm' THE SCRAMBLE FO|’ Our Candidates fr tllo Tegis^^ We do not it necessary to say afl| thing'abco' che candidates for the Senate the Jeiegatt s, • who are to select a candidate for the party for this office, have already boeu selected, aud on their votes depend who is to bo the nominee. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. There has never been such a heated contest for the Legislature since the war as the pres ent. We have mote candidates, and they are working harder than ever before, in our knowledge. Who will bo the nominees next Friday, no positively say, . Every candidate has a hostot fiit-ndt, and almost every man interviewed on the subject, numes a different ticket to win the race. We have, as candidates for the nomination, ha following gentlemen: Col. Hoge, Coi. Hooper, Col. Thomas, Cupt. Calhoun, Judge Wilson, Col. Hulsey, Col. Abbott, Capt. Young and Col. Siduey Dell. COL. HOGE, ' one of the present members ot the General | Assembly from this county, is making a i strong race. Ills speech on tbe Constitutional i convention was considered by many as the j ablest argument made by any member during ! the last session, and caused him to be fre j qusntly alluded to as the peer of any man in either 'branch of the Legislature. COL. JOHN THOMAS, | the politician, has cccupied many positions of trust in this county. He has been in poli ties and in offico ever since 1845, and has never yet met with defeat. Ho was once a member of tho Legislature, and we ate in formed by his contemporaries that he wielded a large influence iu the House. Ho lias many friends, and is probably the bestelectioneerer iu iLo county. ~Xvdatrfrom the cGTTfiffyi . _ an’ehviaole reputation for honesty and integ rity, and is said to be a man ot indomitable energy. This is his debut in politics, though he has passed the meridian of life, he never before solicited the suffrage of the people. He has a large acquaintance, and will make an excellent race. SIDNEY DELL, ESQ , is a young lawyer of decided ability, and has many friends who are advocating nis claims strong. The indications are that he will poll a large vote. 808 YOUNG is probably the most popular man in Fulton county. Ho has for a long time since served tho city as alderman in such a way as to gain the confidence of tho people. His friends claim that h will distance all of his opponents, and arc willing to back their judgment with money. MR. E. F. ABBOTT, the drafter of the new city charter, is one of the ablest members of tho Atlanta Bar. He has lived in Atlanta for years and at one time was a prominent merchant. His friends are numerous-, his chances good. CAPT. OALWOUN, rtno of the fotiiwtv 2Scp,r*-‘:v riteiiyaa fiom this bounty, is a maa of strength ar.d • r fiucnc!*, I Ynd it elected will make a true and faithful representative. We meet many vho prefer j him to the IL id. ii COL. \< It. HULSEY, j the youngest Major Atlanta ever boosted of is S | a lawyer of decided talents and goodpropects. \ ! lie is well-known ia tho county as' well as in ! I the city, and is making a good rode. COL. TOM HOOPEP. who is loved by ail who know him, on account j ! of his record in the late war is a popular can- l didate. He lias been an active Vraember of j I the Atlanta Bar for tho last Jm may o ars. He | moved to Atlanta about a halt ! a - ' 1 spF Hffl| mm \ t -- \ M? ' • % P mo. prTirv 'l,l ;■ Tin B^Flofh. WtioNNcKirrii.N ion Govr.uNiiit - a way's SMALL FARM l-lIINUT ■ILE—THE IMPORTATION OF PAUPERS AND WKU VILS— ETC., rejoices 113 to see Col. Tom Howard walk into our sanctum ! His coming is like the coming of a strong breeze blowing from the mountains, full of suggestions of strength and inspiration. Before his quick irruption Dullness retires abashed, and the swoon-y airs of the sanctum are scattered inn jiffy. Tom Howard never walked a step in his j life. Always astride some lusty hobby, care less of rain, with spurred heels stuck close to ribs, ho sweeps uloag at a pace which keeps his blood a-fUme and his eyes a-sparkle, and beside which Gilpin's ride was a canter, and the journey from Ghtut to Aix a snail's pace. Every morning, he seltcts from a bountiful stable some sturdy idea, innocent of batb and swift of foot, and mounts it lor the day's juarneyings. Thence nothing can shake him, no tilt dismount him, nor cir cumstance persuade him. He sticks to his i hobby till he has run it down. And when he 1 has thrown it aside, woe to the man who buys j it as “sound of mind aud body.” He is always delightful; instructive without j being didactic; learned and not pedantic; i witty aud not trifling; humorous and not coarse; earnest but not fanatical. He never leaves you without leaving you richer ot thought than when he came. He is full to the brim of honest, earnest re form, and we esteem him one of the most use ful as well as one of the most entertaining men in the State. Yesterday he was full of the question of j to ' wttß P re P ar i u ß a spleen vantages that a -*<> • . the ad- , $7.75 BARREL OF FLOUR possesses over a sl2 barrel, as a healthy and wholesome article of food. We reproduce his remarks on this subject— such of them as we can remember. Of course in this lame reproduction of his winning talk—as bright and sparkling as the moun tain brook that ripples from a hoary rock— wo will lose that delicious flavor of emphasis, accent and gesture with which it is seasoned when it comes Irorn Col. Howard’s lips. But suah as it is we offer it; and feel sure that it will pay perusal. He savs: “My friend, why don’t you quit all foolish ness, and devote your powers to the good ol your State—materially and morally. 'The foolishness of white folks is marvelous, and so prevalent that I have an unbounded admiration for Carlysle’s definition of Leg land— “England has a population of 28,000,- 000, principally fools,” says he. As tbe ex hort er says: “I leave you to make the appli cation.” Now here i3 the inauguration of the Bureau of Agriculture,i for which Governor Ho.itt. i deserves to iiaye Stone Alountaiu cut into a statue, iu honor of Lis sens* uud patriotism. ISOW you Jrjvr M-.-Ttch nf Ui.t Stall*, nna tee wb*l notice they are going (o take ol it. The last case of nigger rape, somewhereont I in Arkansas, will attract iar more notice tban this scLievtiii ot o! real statesmaii“bip, for which v.’e al! ooght to fael proud anil thank ful. Then look'at the last State Agricultural Convention. Wh.it uo you alt care üboir Pendleton’s splendid lecture, or about Bob Hardaway’s demonstration of tho small farm principle, or Stewart's common-sense talk on flour. Do you know (uo, I know you don't know), that Hardeway proven, YES, JPBOVIS, that in mules, seed, expense of cultivation, that high farming in small places will first save iu outlay about THIBTY MILLIONS TO GEORGIA EVERY YE4E, and next, will make provisions so superabun dant that we will have to import paupers and weevils to eat up the surplus. This, though, is so small a matter that your fraterrity wo;, let any remarks on the subject shut ont a ... you have to Soy about Beecher’s lulling sea son, or tho last nigger hanging. “THE LITTLE QUESTION OF BREAD.” ■What are you preparing on Stewart’s essay late Stone Mountain Conveniion, BLlittle matter of one’s bread? Why, Hjmke everything dons m the wlmie p'oiiio , irom “I’roup an.i V to l; ,|| Tii'iuils' eon-criptttin Snd Hardw..y "iisiudl farms, mu’ ■ l hoiiKis. ; :. 1 ' No ill n’t >. o hr - '#l i ■ A-1 o:ta I . ■i, ifH v ■>. .01, tL. ■ tali '•! H Abraham, . atid lie Hie t, J. I- : dot. lt le • c, \ hi!' I Li:. jjfiblD it I M lo.ii.iii v. ..lie; Hln h ol gi,;j. i oio. ii.il' ftlwav. ■: “ •*, r i. : He. Don’t imw tl.'i' ni ol- oie:.': ... lur fflhii"-- o': ii ■ .I'd n tor t.m 1: Mir . Ii at a c -utiuy o ; house, and I’ll give you (he best and biscuit you ever put into your moulb, aIHQ then I’ll show $3.75 in the bottom of i(y ” clock that I have saved by the pm chase of my first barrel of second class floor. The man of the day who is the true hero, is he who fights “shams.” Who holds up to scorn the man who wears a shirt without a back to it, in order that the bosom may be fine; who does without socks, to put a gloss on his boots; and puts his monih’s wages into a pinchbeck decoration for his little finger. I’m on a crusade against him and his sort; against “shams” of all sorts and kinds—and fiist of all against your “fine” flour, thev bastard product of an honest wheat grain/ seasoned with dirt and pipe-clay, and whitened np to the ghastliDtss of the charnel house. Aud then the Colonel with Ihalt" lo'yj- lack of adaptation of their practice totfthei/ preiush iugs, lit a $2 meershanm pipe,.< *ob pipe is sweeter, healthier aud cheaper), pljcked up his $8 hat and departed. However, wfce have de termined to nee $7 flour ! | TOOJVESiS. .A.'.Thrilling Keminiscence of in IH-10. N *| Hark From The Toombs ! , To the Editors of the Herald: U Koewledge depends on memory; knowledge la the remembrance cf the things wo havo seen or Learned —bo knowledge was defined by Socrates. Now, among the men and things wiih which I became acquainted more than thirty years ago are Robert Toe mbs and tho scenes in which he was a central figure and prom inent actor. Tho first time I ever b< ard Toombs on tbe aluiup was at Macon, daring the “Harrison freshet’’ of 2840. During that memorable campaign, which young cion cannot remember, and old men cannot forgot, there was a more genoral political excitement throughout j every part of the United States than has ever been knswn before or since. It wia the hiutoric*! period i of rod-pepper, hard cider, eoomkins and log cabins. Miniature log cabins were mauehetnred into every shape and aize; they become fashionable •rofelems CTWj *'" v - they adorned the matftle-piece, tbe trav eling carriage, the bar-room, audtweie worn osgeideo ornaments by the ladies. If you' passed a cabin on auy road in the country unadorned with a coon akin and a string of red pepper over or at the aide #f its fr ju t door, you could easily guess the political complexion of the proprietor. He was sure to be no “good whig anyhow!” It was in time* like these that* great mass meeting was called at Macon, in the latter part of tho summer; The whole country of Oeorgii retp nded; the people came from f very town and Lcmlct, from every Jois cabin with a log cabin, to mingle in tho graud festivi - ty. Never, before or since, baa Georgia witnessed such a day 1 Some dee'ared there were forty thous and people at Macon on tbat occasion. Orator: wera there from all parts of tbe country, and ike people were in a burner to hear them. Various u’tnuH were erected with a view of accommodating the anxious i.rtu. fna-~- ' ' On f:Rch atand was a Kefarate improvised organuiatloo, William C. Proton, of South Carolina, the gt-*/ tti* cf tx.. ago. '.Vftß Xlirr -i <f. •..*, k\ n was there. f A Bob wa j a sp'endid y;?ung fellow then ! “H.k 'odk wero bke rho raven ’ then J and be wore them long to sh /W them, or to shak e them, as be hid a right to o. II * wore them, and be tbook th e to some pwpoae, as it proved, ilo soon became io that vast mmUituda of excited men the orator of the day—the central fig ure ot the whole. U s spieaiid volci, b a flue gestic u ation, Lis commending personal appearance, caught tbo eye3 and ears of that anxiwua throng. Wherever Tot mbs went, there followed tbe crowd; some ot thdi boys cried out ‘ Hark from the Toombs ! ’ and aH tho’ i other boys took up the cry, and rushed after him wherever he went. He spoke at every stand; he up oka | everywhere, and all other orators seemed to sink into . | msignific'.Tico. Tcombs was adapted to tho crowd ftuij the occasion. The writer of this reminiscence heard I | Col. Preston say, “That young man is the greato J stamp orator I ever heard.” v /Tl Since then I have seen Toombs io many p • uht tcouct: —in the Lrigislature, on the smm; a|d CongrcEn, and elsewhere -’ ut ihe roene at pretsed me like a dream. I remember tbe strii iHg figure in the centre, with iw gestures and it* pl#y/u! locks, but cannot remember its utterances. However, what was >aid then and there was not designed for “all time.” lam happy to learn from your piper that lot mbs (now Oeurral Toombs) is yet alive and well; and, if I can help him, be will keep well. Baldwi* . Marital Felicities. The beat and worßt thing one can say of marriage is that it is, a tie. i A colored conplc who, last Christmas, ob tained a license to marry from the ordirary, on Saturday astonished that officer by apply ing for a license to “nnmarry” A lather consoling his daughter who had lost her nnntrana, Haiti; *‘l -,io not wbuder you grieve for him my child. You never will find his equal." X don’t knoidas 1 can." re sponded me sobbing widow; '‘hut I'll da my best.", N'ln: lather went home comtorted. It is a beautiful eight to attend an Arisons wedding. The bride in white—the happy grooio the solemn minister—the smilihg pa (rents, n n j from twenty-five to thirty shot-gong ■H|i' U) Kagainst the wall ready for use. make ■teuoiiima not soon forgotton *’ Bjfi I'OOBle, newly married, marebed 4 and called for conn) nula Bfeßilging eleilc inquired what in when Ue swam object In li J, JUt su- M ’ hi jH m. I