The New York herald., 1868-08-11

THE CAMPAIGN.
Prominent Politicians on the
Stump.
Speeches Of Howell Cobb and
Robert Toombs.
Chief Justice ChaSe'S Views on The
Fourteenth Amendment and
the Public Debt.
Affairs in Maryland and West
Virginia.
GENERAL POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.
SPEECHES OF PROMINENT POLITICIANS.
Howell Cobb. of Gc0rGis

Howell Cobb, of Georgia.
At Seymour and Blair ratification meeting held
at Atlanta, Ca, Howell Cobb spoke as follows:-
MR. PRESIDENT LADIES AND GENTIEMEN-I con-
graulate you, my friends, that the time has come
In Georgia when the people can meet together as
you have assembled to-day When l say "the peo
ple' mean just those see before me-these women
and children, these good men and true, who the
representatives OF the men and women throughout
State. | congratulate you, that you meet and
again hear the voices OF your ayOrite sonsthat you
can respond in your hearts TO the patriotic sent-
ments which fan from the lips Of those sons. While
the past casts It's shadows over the land, and my
own heart IS in full sympathy with the picture which
was drawn by my iriend yet do feel rising up in
my soul the promise Of brighter day not far
distant In the future. To-day, in common with
you, have heard the familiar voice Of one who
In times past, has aroused his cOuntrymeh
from the mountains 20 the seaboard. He speaks
feey and there is none, to make him afraid. God
speed day when the echoes OF that voice shall he
heard throughout all the land speaking from his old
standpoint IN the national legislature My friends,
the argument on that branch of the subject which
has been discussed by my friend has been presented
10 you So cOnpvehenslvely that shall NOT trespass
upon your time, nor weaken its power and influence
by recaptulatlon OF 1t. 1t Was exposition of
truths that VIII live when you and have passed
away and gone. The people OF Georgia to-day are
passing through trying ordeal which, trust and
believe, Will be Of short duration, and from which
they will emerge refined and purified like gold
from the furnace. They are living under gov
ii exists II is well that make the best we
can OF ii. shall offer some suggestions here in your
nearing FOR the Denent Of those who are called upon
10 administer that government In order that to
extent 1t is in your power, your rights and interests
may receive some protection. shall offer some ad-
vice TO Governor Bullock. Although he has sent
for summoned ne to his councils shall waive
etiquette and give him some advice which Will do
him good aud be OF great benefit to the state If he
follows 1t. II he does not follow It, 1t has him so
Itte he viii have no right to complain OF me for hav
ing offered II. would Just say to HIM, MIR. Bullock,
the people OF Georgia have done you no wrong 1t
Is your duty to innict little evil upon them as pos
sibe. Remember the circumstances under which
you have been called upon to execute the duties Of
your gubernatorlal onice, and my advice TO you Is
and education VIII admit. would say to him, in all
Kindness that Iii the matter Of character and repu-
tation you nave everything to make and nothing to
lose better opportunity never was offered to any
man. lie Is like an adventurous youth who goes into
gambling house without money to play at laro. He
has everything TO win and nothing TO lose. lie may
break the bank, but the bank cannot hurt hun. 1
would say 70 him, Mr.. Bullock, this constitution
which has been imposed upon the people OF Georgia
against their viii and without their approval invests
you WIN great deal OF power. Exercise 1t In
have got a Judiciary to appoint. l would advise
you 20 send for the onclal copy OF the al.
dress OF the chairman Of the Grant and
by one Joseph Il. Brown, IN which he assumes to
announce for you that the judiciary OF Georgia VIII
be corrupty appointed TO subserve base anu parti-
san purposes, and when you get 1t make bonfire of
the paper and blot from your memory the recollec-
ton OF It's contents BE not deceived with tue idea
that because your predecessor, the author Of this
paper, was partially successful in adding to his
strength and popularity by corrupt use OF his Of
hoial patronage, that like success Will attend like
corrupt course your part. II the argument based
on considerations OF patriotism and duty cannot
reach you, let HE warn you. matter of policy,
not to resort to course OF conduct unworthy, SO
base, and which, III the end, VIII be OF no benefit to
you, but must produce calami,ous results for
The state. The appeal make for thoNappointment
OF an honest judiciary IL one Which should
commend itsell 10 the favor Of any man holding the
high position you occupy, even though he reached
that position by not over credtabe accident, the
details OF which Will not stop TO discuss beg
you 10 remember that since the organization OF the
supreme Court OF Georgia one mas been ap-
pointed TO that bench who did not command the re-
spect and confidence OF the people. No one has
ever filed that nigh station whose integrity and
honesty the shadow off doubt ever rested. IL re-
mans with you 10 determine whether tae high cha
racter OF that bencn VIII be maintained or whether
II SHAH become refuge for destitute and discarded
politicians. whose inlaIny and treachery have made
them outcasts from the cOmpanon5nip oil honest
men. In tie name OF the people OF Georgia
i call upon you TINS day to drive from
forfeit the Only claim you ever have to public
respect and confidence by the appointment OF SUCH
men 70 Offices OF trust and honor. ria yourself ON
the miserable vermn who fastening themselves
10 you, who are calling on you TO appoint them TO
the Supreme Court, the superior Court aud the Dis
lie would never have presumed 10 solicit the ap-
pointment OF docrkeeper or q messenger-men
whom you know TO be unworthy and whose only
claim TO the positions they at your hands is the
record OF their own infamy 2 How strange and
startling Il will sound 10 the eaf Of those VINO live
beyond the limits of state to hear an appeal
made by the people Of Georgia " him who
exercises the highest executive power to grant
the State an honest judiciary And yet, strange as IL
may appear, startling II is the runiors winch MI
the atmosphere OF this capital justify the apprehen
sion upon which the appeal B based. Therefore,
say TO you, Mr.. Bullock, be warned In time. Commit
not these outrages upon people who cod knows,
have suffered enough at the hands OF their Oppres-
II you heed not this warning voice to-day The
time Will come when you will repent In sackcoth
and ashes the degradation which you vii have
outrage upon q brave, generous and an honest
people In whose conduct toward you you can Dnd no
Justification for the injury you VIII have done. All
ask OF you is to appoint honest men TO these hign
positions, men who will administer tho laws Of the
iIons Of their oatSs. FIJI De' ali iSe V%"ss. o,,'sss
with honest men, Protect the Treasury
from the robber band who are assembled
here to break In and steal Do those things and at
the end Of your service you will have the consolation
OF knowing that II you have done the state no good
you VIII have refrained from doing IL any serious
harm. And for you, this would be result which
your warmest admirers could not have reasoEably
anticipated: And now, return from an an appeal 20
your aid and cooperation IN the great work before
us, OF lifting State from Its present fallen cono
equality among her sister commonw wealths OF the
Union. II Is noble work. worthy OF the best efforts
to unite With an earnest % al and cordial % good viii will The
day OF arms has passed. We look for the dawn OF
day OF peace-such peace as carries healing
TO you at the point Of the bayone is contained in
tne findings OF military commission, but fle peace
which founded justice, Is supported by the law,
Is accompanied by liberty and brings rejoicing and
which viii follow the election OF seymour and Biair
ana the restoration OF the constitution--a peace
which VIII be Tor to-day. tomorrow and for al time
10 come because II Will be peace that would calm
an tne tf9pled waters quiet all apprehenslons, re-
store confidence and security In all the departments
oI me- ana cause every one, everywhere, feel that
tne good old Gays OF ie republic had returned. Such
peace worthy Of the best efforts of patriots, the
prayerseof Christians and will command the blessings
or Heaven am mere to-day to invoke your aid and
cooperation In carrying forward this great and good
work.
THE WORK FOR THE TRUE GEORGIAN.
NY c0untrymen, care not who you are I care not
what mas been your past party history look 10 your
status to-day. want W know what you intend 10
do for your country In the future She has suffered
much, she has been wounded deeply her body Ia
covered over with the evidences Of these wounds
and this suffering. This old state-that has been
% kind TO you, 50 generous TO me, beyond all that
deserve, beyond, perhaps what you deserye-ths
noble, gallant, bleeding old state calls upon her sons
to- "a ard nj fhn