The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-08-25
TWO CONVENTIONS IN GEORGIA.

TWO CVNtENIlONS ~ WhVAsoAAe
Two important state conventions have
Just concluded their labors at Atlanta, Ga.
The one was q " State Aid Convention
and the other an Opposition Conven.
tion," that is opposition to the democrat
ic party of the country and Georgia.
The former represented twenty-one
counties. The chief of the resolutions
are as follows:
/. Rcsolred, That 1t is the interest
and duty of the State to aid in the con-
struction of Railroads by limited, safe
and equitable plan, as the best means Of
promoting the prosperity of any part OF
the State.
2. Resolred, That the construction Of
new Railroads in Georgia, is necessary
to the proper development of our terrific
ry, to the equal rights of the various sec
tons of our State, to the proper regula-
ton OF transportation upon our Railroads,
and to the concentration Of Western
Trade upon our seaboard, the building
up of our cities, and the promotion of all
the best interests of the State.
3. RESOLVED, That while we waive any
expression of opinion in regard to the
amount for which the State should be.
come liable--it is the judgement of this
Convention, that the State should in no
event 60 beyond five million of dollars.
That the question and amount of credit is
properly confded to the Legislature, and
We have confidence to believe that there
will be no abuse of power, which will i'm
pair the credit of the State, or impose un.
just burdens upou the people.
a. Resolred, That in the security of,
fered in the proposed Legislation upon
this subject at the last Legislature was
ample, and in our opinion was satisfacto-
ry to the people of Georgia.
The resolutions were adopted nnani-
mously. The members ofthe convention
were very respectable and influential.
The Opposition Convention adopted
no platform. Its chief purpose seems to
have been to select candidate for Gov
ernor, which was done unanimously by
the nomination of the Hon. Warren Aiken,
of Cass county. Over seventy counties
were represented on the occasion.
A Macon paper gives brief biography
of the nominee, from which we extract
the following:
"He is a lawyer of fine talents and
most unimpeachable character--a self
made man, who has risen by his own in
domitable will ard strong intellectual
powers to the head of his profession in
Cherokee Georgia, from the very hum
blest walks of life. From Ebert county,
where he was born, he worked his way,
in early manhood to Lumpkin county,
where, by the toll of bis hands as mi
ner, he dug out of the bowels of the
earth the means to educate himself for the
business of life. Digging gold by day
and pursuing his studies by night, he
soon acquired his profession and was adj
mitted to the bar. From that hour his
course was upward and onward, until, by
his extraordinary diligence and marked
integrity of pnrpose. he secured the en-
tire confidence OF the community and sec
ton in which he established himself, and
retains the proud position he has won
almost without rival. Like Governor
Brown, his origion was obscure and hum
BILE, but, unlike that functionary, he had
no rich patron to take him by the hand
and extend to him the means of an edu-
cation.
"To show in what light Col. Aiken is
held by men of all political prejudices
and proclivities, we will add that under
every successive State administration he
has been employed as counsel to conduct
and manage the litigated cases of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, and is
this day better posted in all matters
touching this property than any other
man in the State.