The New York herald., 1871-08-21
iEORGIA POLITICS.
IRE About the Third Party
Movement.
new DEPARTURES FATHER.
Hill an Aspirant for Senatorial Honors-
Foster Blodgett in the Cold-Joc Brown To
Be tho Third Party Candidate for Gov
ernor-Has President Grant De-
bauched the Republican Party7

ATLANTA, Ca, August IL, 1871.
ne exposition made in the HERALD OF the game
| cn the Southern politicians are playing has
ated genuine sensation, not only in this State,
| throughout the South generally. What IS re-
rkabe Is the fact that although the new political
4 vement. as well as Ben Hlll's conversion, was
| pwn to many persons IN this city Tor some time
vious to my arrival here, all Of the papers re-
! med profoundly silent on the subject And yet
uld you believe ts--One Of the editors OF Atlanta
4 to me yesterday, "Why, my dear fellow, have
own all that is contained IN that letter for several
eks past!'
4 THE rKuK FATHER OF THE NEW DEPARTURE.
still remain under the conviction that there is q
E ,spracy to break up the republican party and
.vent election by the people next year. Much
pends upon the result OF the elections this
I whether 1t win be formally made known
the public. Should the democrats gain
)und ia the North you VIII see the movement In
lugursted Immediately afterwards. So far as
lOrga Is concerned, the 'new departure" has
Ken immensely with the republicans. This re-
lnds me that Ben Hill claims to he its father. AS
Q story goes. Ben went to Washington. where ne
d an interview with Senator Hendricks, to whom
impaired his idea.
"By Jove. ninp' exclaimed the Indiana leader,
give expression to them you have DONE"
After this gushing confession OF mis- paucity of
0rds, Hendricks Is supposed to have written to
r. VallaIrUgham and persuaded him to act as
)stetrlcIan TO the "new departure" Now, lest Hill
I'D Hendricks deny this story, l must here state
lat was told to me by one OF the most prominent
.dlcal leaders In Georgia, as coming from Hill
imset
SENATORIAL ASPIRATIONS.
the latest political infant, it certain that he is
esperately In love with the babe. In his recent
ddress before the Alumni OF the Georgia University
e departed from the customary forms and modes
fspeech" aud delivered regular political Grafton.
or this he has been, and still Is rOundy abused by
he democratic papers; but the Rip Van WinKle
fdtOrs OF this State. III their mental somnolency
lOn't perceive what Ben aims at He has the United
States Senate on the brain and the disease Is really
pad. You must know that The Legislature which
meets here In a few weeks will elect senator TO
succeed Dr. Miller who, by the way, said TO have
irawn $4,000 for four days. services, his term ex.
pirng four days alter his admittance. Well, a part
Df the plan Is to get the Legislature to elect Ben
ana to bring this about the new departurists'
are working like beavers. II they can find suf-
among the members they may succeed but oonnt
very much II they can.
wrote in my last letter that Joe Brown had been
brought the front, and now express the oplnlon
that he WIN be the third party Qale republican,
Joe is "a burned rascal;n but I have never heard
any person say that he is "a burned fool" He Is
an adroit politician. Furthermore he Is :as mid
hammered MANI as the old Greek pirate in 'Don
Juan ana Is as sleek and oly as an applicant for
missionary TO the FIJI Islands. 'JOe, sir,' said
North Georgian to me yesterday. as he squirted
gallon or tobacco juice into an adjacent corner,
r'Joe Brown Is just about the cunnngcsJ scamp In
Georgia.; and believe he is right. True enough, he
mas more enemies in this State than any man
know OF IN public life; but he is virtually master Of
the Western ana Atlantic; Atlantic Railroad, which
pegroes and many white men, He also has the
lnnuence of the "Air Line" road at his back, and
the suppOsition Is that the Brunswick ana Albany
and Macon aud Brunswick influence will be gwen
him. Joe Brown Is On ambitious man. He would
the present Legislature won't loucn him with a ten
foot pole: hence he has resigned his Senatorial as
cnar naa e Is etans aSr Nor
Georgia which was formerly hls favorite battle
ground He attends all public meetings in that Sec
lion, participates IN the discussions at the sessions
Of agricultural societies, and the style In which he
c0ddles the farmers is caullon he longer tells
Ghem as he told the Republican National COnven-
ton ~ Chicago In 1888. that havine been seces-
eionlst In 1861 1t was only natural for him TO be
lngly conservative and escnews politics in word,
winnie recommending himself POLITICALLY In intent.
HIS speeches are essays on wnas ne nnows
Erass ana make their own hay he Is really hard at
work "making hay while the sun Shines for him.
Sell. - -
Josnua Hill, of the Senators in Congress, also
get 1t. Brown has the wires IN his hands and is
pulling them energeticaly. Should he be nOmi-
ness the most exciting campaign ever held in
Georgia Joe and his allies are making desperate
exer'ions to split the democracy Rumor has !, Inat
OF The state. which Will, at the proper time, come
out in their lavor; but doubt the story 1t Is
BALM, however, that the democracy Of Georgia are
not united on the new departure" question. An
Overw helming majority or them oppose 1t, and they
headed hy such influential men Toombs and Ste
pnens, viii control the convention which nominates
The candidate for Governor, and you may depend
upon 1t that the platform VIII Insist upon an ad-
1883. The ''new departuriss' are manpuvring
bring about the withdrawal from the convention OF
Gil those delegates who believe In accepting Mr..
Vaandigham's platform, and perSuadng them TO
fCoalesCe with the third party.
BEN TRYING TO GET INTO BL0DGETrs SHOES.
In tns new deal Ben Hin aud Joe Brown are the
great Mogus OF the Blue Bottles. Poor Foster
B!odgett has been thrown overheard. Excepting
the pOsmasters and otner federal Offcials ne II
about the only man LETT IN the republican party OF
Georgia lie still sticks TO the old love ana Is In
favor OF Grants reelection. He Is also trying hard
to get recognized as a Senator from this State;
hence, although he says ne Is no more a republican
than any man who advocates the ''new departure,
movement, he must he excluded nom among the
list OF the third party leaders. Should Ben Bill
succeed IN gettng elected senator, Fosters former
him and nelp kill his already dying chances OF ever
getting seal. But can Ben be elected, am very
well aware that soIne papers VIII term IL ''sensa
tionr bur I am not responsible for the statement
that democratic members Ol the Legislature have
been already sounded" on the subject Ben, n is
believed will enter the lists as candidate OF the
new departure" democrats and not as a republican
The republicans will voie for him ea mdsse, and the
hope Is to get a sufficient number OF democrats TO
support him. once elected ne Will probably per-
suade Congress To remove his disabilities ana TO
admit him, ON the ground that he would have been
q fulblown radical rose had not the TACT OF the
Legislature being democratic 'nipped him IN the
bud" Ben Hill is the most agile political acrobat
IN Georgia. He can leap from one camp 10 the other
with perfect ease, and do II with the smiling counte-
nance peculiar TO those who perform virtu0us or
mertorious actions. You Will remember how demo-
cratic he was IN his late interview vii your Corre-
spondent-how he used language indicative oil a
belief that the reelection OF Grant would be most
calamitOus event. Would you believe 1t that thls
same Ben Hill did express The conviction shortly
after he made his great somersault last fall that the
reelection OF Grant was necessary Tor the salvation
'oi GeorglaY Should he deny this am ready 10 give
vim my authority for the statement.
Neither Brown nor hill can succeed and simply
because the great body Of the whites are bitterly