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THE SAVANNAH RECORDER
H. M. OBME, Editor.
PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING,
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By J. STERN.
niOEITT NOKHATIOir.
Ei-SeiiiitM Sorwflnfltfip. Standard-Bearer!
HIS J.ETTKR OF ACCEPTANCE !
V.
JilUKtss BV THE COMMITTEE.
ARRAIGNUENT of the acts and meth¬
ods of the majority.
A STIRRING APPEAL TO THE
PEOPLE.
To the People of the State of Georgia *
The GaSernatorial Convention which
assembled democratic here, under a* call of the
fltafce Executive Committee,
on the 4th instant, as you well know,
failed to make a nomination ot a can¬
didate for the office of Governor. The
duties imposed upon that Convention
were to nominate a Governor, Sta e
House officers and Presidential electors.
A If jt he duties were performed except
that of nominating a Governor. Be
f re the Convention there were four
candidates other than Governor Col¬
quitt, viz.: Hons. Rufus E. Lester,
Thomas Hardeman, Jr ; General L J.
Gstrtrell and Ji^dge Hiram, Whrner. It
was the !lapjoareiit 0brM|i»tk)Q u r •that p«n the'assembling of
jority Colquitt. there, was a ma¬
1OT Alfred H. How that
majority frkflq was obtained is well known to
a. 1 * Gift
e
deman an artrell, each ol
canvass,’Governor wh^jn made a few Bjjaechea Colquitt during took the the
stump, and. apted hy his friends, can¬
vassed th# State at large. By appeal
in g t# th»4>eople on the ground that ho
persecuted for religion sake, and
being exparte, he suocaedesT
in getting a majority of the delegates
to the Convention.
WaHriAuat pauseat this moment to
•how tha utter fallacy of the position
taken ihat he was persecuted, but will
oonte$t onraelve# hy simply referring
to thaiaet that in 1876, the minority
delegates constituencies in the late Convention, and
their over the State now
bitterly opposed unanimously to Gov. Colquitt’s ad
ministration, assisted in
electing him by a majority of 80,000
votes. Nothing was then said about
his religion, and nothing has been said
since then except by a lew individuals
scattered throughout the Bute, who
bavd made reference to the fact that
he has too frequently left his office to
attend religious meetings in the Bouth
an d in th# North. The true issue be¬
fore Um people then and now, which
is the incompetency of the Executive
and the scandals which have grown out
of his official acts during his adminis¬
tration, was not discussed in that, can
vass. IWWfifriilboultpej^tale, By earnest and personal appeals
t0 that
£d. majority We in believed Convention that it was obtaiu
was not a fair
th°!^^ •xpxessiqn jb#*i^ifcg, of your opinion, and yet,
if Gov. Colquitt
coil IcnuMre obtained a two-thirds vote
ot * that Oonvention, yie .. minority . .
repre
seating the four other candidates nam
•a aeovt, pledged themselves upon the
floor of the Convention, that they
the nomina
tion, hut would support him at the
Vn i Meemblwg ot 4 the . ^ Conven
tion, Gen. r. M. B. loung, a dtlegate
from Oartow, in advance of the report
°f kfe®.,v9flUSUlle^ OQ Rules, announced
on the floor of the Convention, as the
inend ot Governor Colquitt, that the
majority deeired the adoptiou of the j
two-thirds rule for nominations, ami!
that he was authorized to say it was |
Goveau^Caliinitt’s ^ wish that it should|
aD Governor Col-;
quilt • would accept
not a nomination
unless it was made by a two-thirds
Vv. e. The committee then reported the
Convention, following rule, among others, and the
without debate adopted it
aa the law of the Convention:
1. No vote shall be counted for any
person whoee name has not been pre
didat# vious^r for placed th# office in nomination voted for. as a can* j i
2. No name shall be placed in nom*j
ination for any office, uulees the dele
gate tharBN proDoaiag ^g th shall authority state in of his the place
e
tlemau Ou the prMft^^2to &ratba!^N||A do. Governor
Coll^ai^received on
Thor#duy r Govarnog
208 votes. During Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, Monday and Tuesday and from thirty- the
two ballots were had,
first to the thirty-first ballot Governor
Colquitt’s vote fluctuated between 205
and 2|2 and k a fraction. The last
ballot, which was had “under peculiar
circumstances, which we will hereaftei
narrate, gave him 220 and a fraction,
as reported by the clerk, though the
minority claim that there was an error
in the count in his favor.
You will observe that by one of the
above rules of the Convention, and
which were strenuously objected to by
all the opposition to Guvernor Col
quitt, the Convention was limited in its
balloting to a choice of one of the five
gentlemen first named for Governor,
These rules were, of course, adopted by
a majority vote, and that majority
were the friends of Governor Colquitt, restric
Their object in adopting that
tive rule was clearly to compel the
minority in the end to accept Governor
Oolquitt or nobody. They believed
they would and could thereby force
the minority to abandon their convic
tip ns of right and duty and to accept
a candidate whom the minority opposed their
on.principle. The minority saw
purpose as the sequel proved, and
solemnly resolved that, as freemen
charged with a high trnst by yo« s -they
would never surrender so long as they
were domed the right which belongs to
every freeman in America, to
ballot for any man he may prefer, Ihat
uu-Democratic, tyrabhic&l ahildemed rule the en
iorced the gag law to
minority who opposed Governor Col
quitt freedom of the ballot—a right
which, evep under Bullocks admims
nation, was never denied to a citizen
uf this State.
On the second day of the balloting
Dr. H. II. Carlton, a delegate from the
county of Claike, presented of to the
Convention distinguished the following gentlemen list names the
of m
Stale, every one of whom you will
recognize at sight of his name, to be
a man of-the highest character and in
every, way fit lor the office, of Gov
e Wl. -k a
Gen Lawton, Gen. J. Jackson,
tf.<«aaShJ» T, MuNorwood, ga*gr^:rg $. Cumming,
M H. Blaudford, A. TW 0. Bacon,;
M* J. Crawford, H.' G. Turner,
Cliff. Afidersou, Aug. Reese,
Jatqes Jackson, G. T. Barnes,
Geo. Hillyer, W. H. Dabney,
II D.'NoDauiel, W. M. Hammond,
A. T- McIntyre, D E. Butler,
M. A. Chandler, R P, Trippe,
John I. Hall, J.M. Smith,
T. G. LawsoD, H. V. M. Miller,
A. H. Stephens, N. J. Hammond,
J. H. Blount, Joel A Billups,
a..<l stated to the m.jorit, . that the
minority were willing to accept any
gentleman whose name was on the list
and vote tor him unanimously; or for
any other majority good man would in the State
whom the agree upon,
Tilts propoat lion was repeated times
without number during the balloting
fox- Governor and was every time met
by ieers and laughs from the majority.
On Friday Hon. Patrick Walsh, of
Richmond, the general spokesmin of
Governor Colquitt, made a speech in
which he declared that the majority
had come there l( to nominate Alfred H.
day Colquitt minority, and nobody else I” On Satur
the through Dr. Carlton,
oflered the majority the name of Hon.
Alexander H. Stephens, with the de*
claration that if acceptable to the ma
jority the minority ThS would vote for him
unanimously, proposition llnhenl met
amhnritv'irihe n\me‘n?Mr
presented ■ i to t this thlfl hn body U ?” ? and an 1 no nn furth- fVirfli
er tK)tl ee of th '\ ^f er wa8 b T ?»
majority, , except the cry of ballot! f
Saturday, Mr. Reid, ^
ou a
delegate from f Putnam, Who was earn
estly patriotic and deprecated^ ths pos
sibxhty of an adjournment without a
nomination, put in nomination Judge
T. G. Lawson, of Putnam, as a com
promise candidate. He did cj with the
asssurance of the minority that if Judge
Lawson should receive such a vote from
the adherents of Governor Colquitt as
to raise a hope of his nomination, the
miuoli^r would change their votes to
him. The ballot resulted in only 2$
votes actually cast for Judge Lawson,
Ou Monday, Mr. Imboden, a dele
gate from Lumpkin and a supporter of
Col. Lester, made the proposition to the.
majority that they might name any
suitable msn in the State of Georgia
and the minority would aocept him
unanimously.
Again ou Saturday a proposition
was made by the minority to raise a
conference committee, in which there
be a majority of the friends of
Governor Colquitt, for the purpbse of
agreeing upon a name to be proposition presented
to the Convention. This
also was met by laughter and cries of
“ballet !’’ Ou Mouday and on Tuea
day this proposition was repeatedly re*
newed and event effort made to in
the majority to consent to a nom
of some one else than either of
the candidates beiore the Couveu
tion.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1880.
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All these efforts were met by » re
solution offered in the Convention,
Tuesday mor.niog ? by *the Hon. Patrick
Walsh, which was as follows’:
Ihereforebe j Ihereforebe recommend it it Resolved, Resolved, the That That people this this
Convention to
of Georgia Gen. A. H. Colquitt as, (the
Democratic candidate for Governor
Georgia at the ensuing election, provi
ded that this resolution does not go in
to effect until three ballots shall have
been taken under the two-thirds rule
and it is demonstrated that no nomin^
*JLion can be effected thereby.
called Upon this resolution the majority
up the previous question, thus
preventing all discussion, and it was
adopted against strictly the protest majority of the mi
nority by a vote, ex
cepting the votes of Colquitt delegates
from two or three counties who were
unwilling for the Convemion to adjourn
without a nomination.
That That resolution resolution of of recommendation recommendation
was was adopted adopted on on Tuesday Tuesday the the afternoon, afternoon, Electors Electors
On On Wednesday Wednesday morning morning
and and State State officers officers were were nominated, nominated, and and.
the the work work of of the the Convention, Convention, except except
the the nomination nomination of of a a candidate candidate for for Gov- Gov
ernor, ernor, was was finished. finished. The The majority majority in- in
stead stead of of adjourning adjourning Their Their sinedie, sine die, toek took a a re- re
pess cess until until 3 3 p. p. m. m. object object waa was a a
caucus secret* and was unkftcywfi by
even some of the Qolquitt delegates.
The mino rity sofmorUd *ud hbped
tk e irpurpose was to resciudihe rSuuie roeolu- olu
rscdinffiendatiOhafid ‘to
tble^baHot for Governor; but after the
a d optlon 0 f the usual complimentary
re80 i Qt i on ^ a Colquitt delegate moved
aQ adjournment sine die, which
lhe minority oppo86 d and de
mande< i a call of ..uountiee
on tfae vote ^ very delegate of the
minority voted against adjournment
and aU the Colquitt delegates voted
fa ifc exC ept about i fen. After the
vote on adjournment was taken, and
before the chair announced the result
the delegates from Harris Q^Snor Manty
changed their four votes to
Qolquitt, for'Governor which, added 4he to thtT day he- last
ba ]] 0 t taken
{ol>e gaV e Governor Colquitt 22f 13-30
votes. These facts are stated th*t you
may understand under what oi)taffie«hfi pl^ure
IdbiecroTThe"recess^nrypTm that number of voteajras
/was not
to give the Convention an opportunity
to ballot again for Governor but it
was as we afterwards heard, to have
time to learn if the minority were in
timidated by the prospact <if^ admurn-*
ment without a nomination for Gov
ernor; and with the hope that they
would cravenly surrender to the owe
manpower and tyranny which, from
first to last, subjugated that Conven
tion.
We have thus laid before vnn in dele; Ip
tail the ao.iofa of the Oolqhitt
gates Verity and the various offers of the mi
for a compromise, aod to pre
serve harmony and the organization thft of
the Democratic party, yon may
judge who are to plamefqr the sohism
produced ^nation by the failure to make a no
hr Governor. We, speaking
f or the minority, were not sent to the
Convention as the tools or slaves of any
man . We came as representatives to
nominate candidates for the united
suffrage diSnize of the Democracy, divideVie and not 10
and party,
caU se our claim or preference was not
nominated. We beloug h»W to no man. We
9et no man above 'Ve hold
the unity ot our party and the peace
an q prosperity of our Staae dearer
us " than ^or the gratification foroffice of the ambit
on ohqn", greed of We'loath any one man, and'
or or syndicate.
one-man-power I We would not
fb 0 When “» we W1 ^ put not know notice submit that to
x we were upon
the Colquitt delegates nobody, cam# “to accepted nomi
nate Colquitt or we
the defiant declaration and.’mflexib y
resolved, to a man, tnat we would
never consent to his nomination,
To have done otherwise would have
been degradation and a eorrender of
your righto. Governor Colquitt is your
servant, not your master. You made
him, and you have the right to uns
make him. That defiance was to you,
of as the Convention was only the people
Georgia assembled by representation,
And had you been unitedly assembled,
even though you might have come
together unanimously in favor of Gov
hood ernor Colquitt, and patriotism we mistake and self-respect, your man
if you would not have met such a de
mand by unanimous and indignant re
buke. If it be said that Governor Col
quitt was not responsible for that de
claration, we reply that Mr. Walsh was
a recognized leader of the Colquitt dele
gates; that the declaration was known
by Governor Colquitt, and he never au-,
vention; thorized that any one his to deny during it in the the Con-j Con
course (
veution corroborated the statement of
Mr. Walsh, and clearly proved in
was resolved that no other man
Georgia should be nominated except
himself. This is proved by the fact
he attended the caucus of his delegates
on Saturday uight and made a pathetic him,
appeal to them never to desert
and by the fact that the 'Augusta
Chronicle, Mr. Walsh’s paper,
nounceff nounced. on. on Sunday Sunday morning morning I following following
that that caucus caucus that that no; no nomination nomination for for
Governor Governor would, would, be. be made; made; and and by by the the
farther farth#rfapt fact Jmawjp^to known to you you , all,, all, that that
wkeu,Gov#rnor when.Governor became,cqj||ineed pqjqpitt (pqjqpitt and and his his dele¬ dele
gates gates nation nation became,convinced by hy iwo two thirds thirds that that his his nomi- nomi- im¬ im
e a determined vote vote was was ;
possible, possible, they they determined to to pass pass the the
resolution resolution of of recommendation, recommendation, and and he he
agreed agreed that that to to go go certificate certificate before before you you as as a a candidate candidate
on on alone. alone. Besides Besides
this this proof proof we we present present the the further further facts facts
that that Governor Governor Colquitt Colquitt had had a a brother brother,
on on the the floor, floor, though though not not a a member member of of
the the Conventign, Conven.tien, every every hour hour of, of,its its sit?, sit
ting, ting, closely closely observing observing and and actively, actively at/ at'
Work, Work, and and that that an an advisory -advisory cauens
was was held held in in the the executive executive office office during during
each each sitting, sitting, and and after after each each adjourn- adjourn
me|k mept, ixvilo.-;' ; 1 Ui/ls.iri. • .... '*»
ha ha riew^rf viewed these these factswa facts we submit submit the the
|;rave 3 g ra failure failure ve question question of af the the .responsibility responsibility of of
a a to to nominate nominate a a candidate candidate for for
Governor;.to^.onc Governor;.to.y.ouc dfecision.3i dfecision.^ The The Col- Col
quitt quitt rule rule and and delegates^toposed delegatesiphoposed the the twoi-thirds
the the jCoavdnfcion Coavdnfcion adopted'ii adoptadf ic^ v
Mr^alsb, Mr^Walsfa, on on theffitetday theffitetday-of.the of theCom- Com
vehlion vention r r offered offered a ta resolution resolutum declaring declaring
it it to to be be the the sense sense ofi of. the the ri.ouvenGom rUoavention
that that the the majority majority •lllfcliinB^.^abCrnatqrkih uroleUahMc&d' jrnle alwdkf. <.fan r be
adopted conventions.'On adopted by by > all ^qalains. a^^ .gubernatorial;
conventions. On a '* of " the " counties;
noes,|k,|iMlV wfiich which is |f v^ vir|naily^ fl|tfly ^fte*hy-ayes and,
■ noesjmt mljq mljcwffty *****^**' , hUtfotf tefufe‘<} ; t^eh!dot : sd
the mte: Thoe the
tidn tidn die «cl»A»#d ‘ the-twokfeirds rble
be ought* thdipt of that &W ‘W, and that -it
, be ' TaW of
future^ ^abernkto^Slv^c^nVenricms.
The da# -* of«tlfe i1 Cohvention,
therefore,Was 5 * as^trtacminee -no man could
go to the people unless
and until W sheu|db.nfbtiin twrfnhirife
of the votes‘ca9t.vW4 : b* therefore, not
the nominee self of ikb^dMotleatie parly,
bnt is * appointed* candidate with
the endorsement f%6ee' uf*tl» Colquitt dele
gates. alm^ltir^iominee, delegates insist that he
nomiofe.TThey therefore be is a
||i^the say he had a large ma
jority Convention. tHV That is trn^,
but they^»»aCtSd daw that n<!»-mair
Retold go out of* tfttf Couventiob and
tell you lie is a nominee unless they
gave him a two-thirds ^vUtei That law
^aftt^i^ates_and Was t oot repealed, and when the Col
Govern or
ior him the nggrtcT your sup
P°rt as a nominee, they and he are
doing so in defiance of the law of their
own making. following For, while he had a per
sonal of a numerical? ma
i orit y» he had a minority and received
a minority vote under the law which
required Governor a two-thirde vote as a majori
ty. before Colquitt therefore, comes
yon Dot as the nominee of your
delegates, but as a oandidate recomi
mended by a number of the citizens
ofGeorgi?.
After the adjournment of the Oon
veution, the delegates who constituted
the m,nority, remained in the Repre
eentative Hall, to coneider wha! coorse
should be taken to giva yon the oppor
tonityto have a choice of men for the
high -o°r Colqmtt office of Governor. Witji Gover
alone in the field, you
c° u,d n °t do otherwise than tamely
submit to what we feel to be a great
wrong. We had agreed ii the Con
venticn to give you a nominee, as a
candidate for whom a united Democra
could vote. We were willing and an,
icm® to present to you any cne of over a
hundred good and true men in Geor
R«- Oov. Colqnitt held his delegates
with an iron hand for six days, and
Dot consent tor you tp have auy
man in Georgia but himself. Crushed
under his unless* grasp the Convention broke
up, and another candidate were
<«•■> Uft Wltlta
8
We belived it to be our duty to give
you the opportunity to express your
choice between Governor Colquitt and
some other man. As your repieaenta
tives had failed to make a choice out
of so large a number of able and hon
orable men m the State, it is your right
to exercise the power which you dele
gated to ; them, and which they refused
to exercise for you. We, therefore, de
termined to consult with citizens from
different sections of the State m order
to decide first, whether you desired
another candidate, aud, secondly, who
would probably be your preference for
Governor. We soon heard an almost
universal demand fora Democratic
candidate to oppose Governor Colquitt,
and we decided in a large meeting of
citizens of the State, including many
of the minority iu the late Convention,
in people, the Representative for Hall, that the
the good of the State and
in aesertion ofUe manhood of the
Democratic party which personalism
had ruled and mastered in tlje Cooven
tion, should have another candidate.
We sav for the good of the'State,j
because the scandals which, have grown
out of the very peculiar administration
affairs of State in Georgia, during'
the last three years call aloud for ac-j
tion and redrese. The incompeiency of'
administration-doe# noi admit ota,
doubt. The division of opinion is not
on the incourpetency of the present ad-|
ministration but relates to «*i 1
aad when criticism on the ad-!
made by a large
As a delegate to the late Guberna
Convention I earnestly desired
land hoped up to the last hour of its
session, that a nomination for Governor
ize W9uld the btTihade, Colquitt which and the would anti hfftmqn- Colquitt
whigs of the Democratic party. But
thb hope proved illusive, and the peo-*
pli of Georgia ate now left; without a
nominee fdr that high office; 5
My desire, as you knwpwas to issue
a call for another Convention which
cohld sjjlence ohjdctilhfc all dissension, bnU I was
met bv-tftb The .fyst, the, wapt
of authority, as ‘D*emocratm State
; tutqd ^ecutive authoxity Committee was theednsti
to call the people to
"for gather, anSl/eecoud, the want of -time
fconcert ohactipnr^n all the caunties. 4ct
was- to aad
Teqiest be i some Democrat to conseot to
candidate, in opposition to Gov
ernor Colquitt and leave the question®
chmce
between the two cai|didate^ to the peo
pfe.j IS o Watt4n thd‘ State regfitd more
jt^f u I do the position, which the
11 in
people of JfcfeiStftta placed by the
{ififiial ..viplion of to^nom#4p thamajord^ a;R4jaabaut i« the Jate whom Con*
fherje 3rd. w^ald^ffiase But .Jffie Jawent^re po^diyiaion fapt os is ‘
[be|qr^ mqsjt*-eitbe»>i*«e^ Hhu iv 1 Ddmbfefatic’jmitJr ]C§aysft*loi •
jwhd ^ jtho would., beqaeh si^esce ffiydioihiaatisg.'AjiaftB u
ranks, or the people must accept a can^
didate, by whose acladfi hie offipial ha- 5 ‘
aod pacity, and lute during the isfcte -‘Clmvltss
thd Oowratitiohi
in the partyt b^s .feeen ; oqupedw*.! o v;
that ‘ lb yeply had 1 ,toyoui; not been rpqupt delegato'ih r I the
a
late. Convention, and *had‘I not' iMia
so active a part in ma'infainiug what
conceive to be the rights bflthe; peo-.
pie; their right to yote fof whom
speech; pleased; their, thp right right to, rule tq . freedonpi of
and td chtoste^'tlmr-TulW from
whole State* their right to*
fitness or unfitness of4 oandidd
to qavrv out iheir convictions ol
fr0 “-^ considerations 1
iianf‘Bob peAgyl mMneoy it
logMil sequence laJ^H
to ygr-itt ft gfiod-c^PTL— V
jt wor|thybf to? completion. the ambition I an*
pi ahy Georgian.’ The Issui
md-hia contest are of gr«^t I
the State, and to every nil
#ect.ft>r Their.efffote epod W4U .e^I, rqach the heypl ,lil
or
m the State now 111 the yi^Oj
In assuming this bandidacyj
Berviog motive hr purpose State anfi or ambit^ endw
my.
of my gtaio effio. who will so_
tob * of to
even the same , "of oiromnvpectioo the^ appearance ast^H ■
in ptivatq It, , Srmfl^viard onld guaid tl W
this alone my regard will mm! be ful|||
3 shodlfi the.people if'Z of s t^e BUte fitlt call
to discharge the duties of Governor,
iU education is the soatce and Bup
people monle can can be be truly great Anl and & free fraa S JkK *
provis pn for the eduqation of Ue cH
drerj of botfi aces th^fc j_, ■
, lb a oppose of the Wd
ern Z S ctpT?^ ^ u “thm J
bpyolfd the State or to P g«t such coSol
it as would enable thefii’to use it 'tfl
the detriment of the Htizens or
corporations of this State. alj
l shall endeavor, m official
to ffister ^he kindred relations
the ' white advise and colured races. M
I shafl such legislation as
impartially protect* thh just
capital and labor
In the matter of transpor4tiou
shall seek* to establish the utojui
mean which imposes no bur
dens on the shipper and eecures to the
carrier a fair and reasonable return ou
the capital invested ia his road or oth
er means of transportion,
I shall ondeavor in every way to
prevent the repetition of the cmeltW '
growing out of the convict? system df
the State, which in 187$ and 1879
brought to iigut humauT and opusefi a
thrill tlie^tate. of horror, in ewiy breast
in such ertiefty Any and sys\em which work’s
ra.UqsUy uroithirty nktefc corrfect- be
'.wrong and should be
ed. u . _ ,
confirhnceTn * Tuaulfing you, gentlemen, for the
1 remain, merimplied by your
quest, verv T. tmly, vour
' M
. » % # » ■ ■ r
rl^asures Oi Hope.
When the body is bowed wuh ^
an intense 3 loeging for relief
hope* Thnuuiiy brighten A he
butit does D^t-fu. Ax.» itpn^,
tiua how w*l : om^ u.^^cj| # A
Warier’s S i-e i>. «juey nn I
bringing Ld^i.i>eairh ifnM
and thejuysoi
of the Democratic party is as severe as
was made on Bullock’s
it is time for Democracy to iwev# for
reform and purification. What,the acts
of the present Executive are that have
provoked such grave changes, been are
familiar to you, as they have pub
lished in the press of the State and tin
dergone review, and discussion until
the opposition to an Executive
unanimously elected, in 1876, will, we
believe, work his defeat in the coming
elepCioti.
In order,-therefore, that the facts
herein sefifbrih r .may |ja properly re.-,
and presented to the people of
that the voter’s taxqiayera ot
the Steteuauay. judgment haw|'|ti| f qpgo|tqr^| ^
pasfs upon theaaministration
of GeTOErttr
per and hecfe6f^.rg([thB34]Can^i<iat®d#f reflect,
Ahly brought foiward who vTOikl not
the wishes of our eonstituents, but
e thus *b. us for taken—no.part taken_. no,part in in the the
spli^g 8£l|«$,uga P P r r 4^n,t 4aent contest. contest. a.‘suitable suitable Upon Upon candid^ta pandffifttA thispoipt this poipt of
we we
Tbk'ocQario^.it^ltlniica^atjiq^}!^ The ba^pily h ’oc
^prjtteir p.efisaq4o ferepjjq. suffrages; M be» probated but if to the had people bqqh.
we
dft d^ubt, the v> u^nifeatations of pubBc
parts of tfie. State
1 pfeifi/Uie bajq l ^p4ledfthat cities and .doubt. town* and The aloctg vpft
the, litres of*railw»?s, as well as ip the
fcoqnfcry, have not where, been they could with be reacW single
content q
expression qf thmr, preference, but
they^bave resorted to the rails and the
talegraph to swell^^tfie popular voice.
Riding, ^en, ( to the unmistakable
obedjeV® voiC|.q| ; .the ^^'“andate, peoplapf Georgia, herewith and in
we
presfdl the name of that spotless patriot
an(i statesman, the ;
hon. thomas m. Norwood, of Chatham:,
Whilst we found no difficulty in
making a suitable choice of a candi
date » it ia hut juat to say that it was
Qoly after repeated calls and earnest
appeals that Mr. Norwood gave his rp
luaant consent to enter the contest as
.Btaudard-bearer iu the cause of
reform and good government. He
no thought pr desire to occupy the
.?.*.» t candidate, and
o^Ty KtVhe last totimeot-thal lie ,it was
con
stmted to sacrifice his personal takq feelings
and business interests, and to .the
position to which his feltyw-citizens
have called him* r *fi t-viu- ,-J *. , . :
Should, the call now made
fled by the people at the polls,-we feel
sure *hat they will never find it
woods ceseary official . "mvesfigate”.. conduct m Jlqri.
at every turn,
u 9 r to spbmit which to such painful hide scandals.
as those at they no# their
faces, uor will he, at the close of bia
CWtafatot. tlta W.t.t
r J * d fo J■? «“ominationtin order
0 “"»*«t. himself agamst the or.
fiends and supporters
-*« bU '' hove derated h.m to the
° f Cbl6f Mjg ‘ atrate of
l h, e S.ate. - ,
§* „ ?E‘ £’ C b^oys, Bibb. ^ l ^
^ LToN > * r e *
£ D. B. wSSUf? Hakrell, W VVebster. P°x
r. >. Wilkins, Muscogee.
£ J, W. tt^ Staten, f? Echols oif ^'
T 'u S t
vU-vn ^’s7/ rv LTE J R B'S'Lftoe a N ’J pi
^ Ij^niqs 0 M. Nutwood, A^lmdu; /
’ iR : As t ^ e re P re - 8eDt arivps
, atr -
P ‘°' ,C
b LotouS? f i dthtlf
i D pbe'dieoce, as we behove, ta the
w^hes of a majority of the people of
Georgia, g it becomes our pleasant ffeen duty
t0 ; JftiheSr Q rol you that you have select
ed candidate for the office of
Governor at the approaching election,
and to request that you allow them
tbe U3e 0 f your name for that high and
responsible position
-\y e are aware that you do not de
^ re and have not BOUght tha nom i Qft -
t i 0Q) yet we trust you will yield to 1
the general wish, and permit your name
to, be presented to the people of your
Q^tive State for the highest office in
tbe ; r „;f t
Meanwhile we remaio, dear sir ’
Yours L.’ very truly,
Josiah Warren, ’' Chatham.
p ^ Lyons, Bibb.
jj Carlton, Clarke.
P W. Alexander, Cobb.
D B. Harrell, Webster.
F. G: Wilkins Echols. Muscogee.
• J. W. Staten,
F. M. Imboden, Lumpkin- -
H. ’ T. Hollis, Marion.
q l 0 m. McDowell, Bike. r
Y'alter R. FoKon. .
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Atlanta, A ognst 13* 1880.
M-ssn. ^ Jonah L. Wunenf ft. F. ^
Lyon:, H. U. Carltons JP. W
~ under . T). B. RarrtlL, I.tG. WilLim,
J. TU isfottn, F. M.'Jbtnbochm, H. T.
JJo'i&.i Go-).' M*. McDowell#-Walter
R Stywfi*, ..U.,1 ,:>k *»
Your i,ommuuioation / ipviting.medo
a caali U-fe- before n “ people cL
Georgia, for the offico oi Governor,
day received,
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