, 1865-11-15
THE GEORGIA STATE CON.
VENT1ON.
Reputation Of the Rebel War
Debt.
THE NOMINEE FOR GOYERNOR
AND THE CANDIDATES FOB
SENATORS.


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Cbaracterofthe ConventIon'sU UnIoal.,n
-Record of tho Last Four Dnyp, Pro-
eeed1ngn-Death Of Z Lead1ne ne,o-
rate-memortal 10 the pr,,1dan,Na1.
tournament OF she ConventJon~
,r,on ~, e.a.,.1 c.-..
tf''1 0ut 'pes4a. eof1e'ponaentl
MnIED0EvyLIs, Nov g.
That Judge Charles i. Jenkins of tba Or.
nrcme coma will fo ~ 49,. cana ~ ~ 80 -
ps Ea.-s,s ..a., 49, W suH neAt governor oi
ueofsia, seetns no" Settled TACT. as have
already had occasion to say, be was one Of the
Union men Of the State In the terrible winter
of 1880 n evervwharc rnoy.,, =. s,,s4. 49,,
was defeated for The convs,t,a, ae1os1 s ~ ~
dliecl issue Of LIS unionism That be stwent
With the state,' as the phrase is here, after
secession, Is, probably. in mild eense trne.
That be iorr aon ba,o,, g., ,,-.1n III III
60. 49,. ~ mse "hnotA"A.
no" ne eoutnefn Confederacy and
return to the Union as soon rs
possible, Is beyond uuestion. He will
t1irnsfv The of1ca ~ corazo- "nS
h.;,oro l.,
o!.Ne he app1enenos ING pisssu1
shnatton as well as any man in the State He
does not desire the ofIlce, and only allows
himself to be named for II at the ur1rcnt r..
Quest of more than three.fourths of The t1e]c-
sro4n, T.. H., r.nu,.tsan
sa'ss ~ tnc eonsent'ons aoo large numoet
Of public men from various. sections OF the
State. An effort hns been making to get
Alexander n. s,enhcns IN nm ac,inst bf,u
,,,a ~. .Iaoo,, .r.,--...t -1,.,, :.
.A an' eus .noecu 1eey"t."' ".ie" - lns teaa-
ing paper ol Central Georgia, not only POSI-
lively announced that he would accept the
nomination, but mpliedly said that he de-
s'fed 1t. Ihls language somewhat demoral-
Ted various papers md persons, md quite a
Stephens fnrore was rising, when he set the
go :. ~ .,".sr.,'N', -, "nen 4.a9
4ouau :. 40 WY .nlo psmt, "nete'a ue Sa5s.
WISH II genernl1y and Immediately known that
! positively decline to allow the use Of my
name In that connection. and 1 trust that no
mn nn;,er tbe oirc',mstancas 49, .aas.,, =
,m's " t.a,,ue. @ .r,, I ssau, ,.lso, "no 'eas IT.
my ieei,ngs, Will atsfesafa my WISHES u TINS
matter at rest, and leaves the field clear to
Judge Jenkins,
NJ ,a,,5,,7atos f,r ,bo 1y,,+,, 1totsz eanoto
ae s ,s.s.a s.saa.t,.s ~ 49,
arc numc'ous' - 1ntse p5opole.on u 'ne
delegates OF tie Convention Wish to give one
sent to Nj. Stephens. Whether he would ac-
ccpt the proffer of that position Is not. how
avn rna,r,, +b,rof II. o,,,o,,,no. ti,,t h.
w;Ii not RIM lar thc iower Tnnse of fconcrcss
Provisional Governorships seem fayorlte step
plng-stones to tho Senate, and Gov. johnson
will not be loath TO follow, the example Of his
contemporaries In Mississippi and South Caro-
linn. He makes but an Indifferent Governor,
though he was always considered lawyer ot
ability and sound judge. lie could not
command the vote Of the Convention If that
had the giving Of the senatorahip- Ex-Gov.
Joseph E. Brown Is o candidate, aud does not
mean to be beaten, md think will not be,
except by outside in2ucnce-and this people
does not either readily or willingly heed ad.
monitions from even the President. A good
many persons want to re-elect Brown to the
Goye1norshlp, but he positively declines be
ing a candidate and has written q letter
pledging bis support to Judge Jenkins.
t have already Ind occasion to say
that Herschel " johnson Is man without
many warm personal friends, though gener-
ally respected as lawyer, ii juEst, and a
statesman. Quite number Of delegates
would be glad to sec him In the Senate, but
he says he l. now too poor 10 hold office, and
used. Joshua Lii, Of whom I hare had fre-
Quent occasion to speak as one OF the leading
men of the Convention, Is exceedingly anI-
Ious for the honor of d eIx years' residence in
Washington, but be couldn't carry the Con-
vention on that Issue. Various delegates tell
nc that hc has hurt himself since he came
here; but he is a strong man before the peo-
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has such personal strength that he could
command the votes Of men who were heartily
for the war as soon as secession was an nc
comPGshed fact. Dir. Benjamin H. Hill, for
mcrly IN the lower house Of Congress, has
some friends who will press him for the SEN
asoFship but cannot diss1ye. tat he Is
rvoov .oa,pup rpowx
D.. .-.-..t ~ .,-.,..c
voe nio" y. ~ eees5 ooay s".1s tnc NY ooS'
cinoI, nas 1htee points tuat tne Lucy unoo-
SET r'ult ooeSset cateAcs q tae ntst Eianee1
'Mge mouth 1oliS aeeh, ann nas.um ..,1 aad
nolo" ens. oesse ,t w, He - ~ a.an
veIy F'ln, En nas peaSan. iaG a. courteous aaa
shc ~ ~, @ ooay, ~ .a.S ~ Ei st. uy1f, III,
ai GATE gcs eSe aha gooa la iofSeaa, m ni y
st nat ~ Jus. us - - ;,.n =; ~ sa. "s ~. :.
t a1no 'ts .uu reant ~. tSro.t
neeM; H ~, - Gnan casePk Pta, III r.,
oh NnGH nu "eals sno.L Rte5 mmsAcl. LIZ ~
manneI f. Is easy, ano ais ta,k Is lIauA aug u
sG1 of te Presisnts ,cennstrnrtinn % noicP md
has moE personal popularity than any other
man =, ~ u 1col. ~. hv.e1yooay W seems TO- 10 concur
III M me assertion lion that he managed her nnan.
Ns eSs!er tnan I ..MS my olntE noseinol tncy
eyer aaa. ne SUI occupies lae executive
Mane'on' tha1e eoS' johnson SIMPLY na''ns rooms
'ne.c. Tnr n,,ox,s>, or .,u oo>,x,..,o.
The delegate who, In the carly debate on
reputation, declared that he wouldn't 70
an inch further than he was obliged TO by
military force, was not Tar from Expressing
the real feelings of q layre body Of thcss
delegates. There are scarcely a score OF
soldiers stationed here, but mauy mcmbcrs
have serious apprehens1ons that somebody
will be arrested Tor words used In debate;
ard Am well enough satisfied that the
speeches Of some Of them would hare been
worse than they were bnt Tor fear of'the con-
sequences. The Gag haa not only not been
rnised either on the State House or on the
hns lived, but no proposition has even been
suggested that It would be we'll to hold the
sessions under the old banner, Further, |
know OF my own knowledge that when m
outsider remarked one morning to knot Of
four delegates that 1t would look vel!
IN rnfse The f1np mn the rapftot fo yrns