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D A X L Ijkjfti < l* bvenhstq- n* i i •»■"» 9, OSi o 338 H«Mliyi24i ■ -• ■ Ei©0 . . Savannah ♦j ‘ Pf i ~ ■> r ~4W . [// 'R©ES *0W'- JU # vw .Jf 8011$ - iOi X **s y l >aa &!.««*»• • . . . fl .■ M TTTT IY^—No. 117. : , v. , , . - ■ THE SAVANNAH RECORDER H. M. OBME, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, » * •* ‘ (Saturday Excepted,) t lex BAY STREETi 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. ____________; . ii .; 4 ai.w t I _ 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. . - V ■ 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, _ PRICE THREE CENTS