Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-06-27
(Correspondence Of the Bcacon.)
Augusta. Ga.
June l7th, 1877. [

MFRS Esiitors The heated term i
spon u. and our beautiful little city 10
lssily baking in the shade Of the vide
spreading elms sud stately live oaka that
adorn and beausify each street. and has
pade Augusta notorious throughout the
country - being one Of the most lovely
to~ns ia the South; veil deserving the
speculation of ..Rxs IN sySe." II 10 here.
- elsewhere ID The South. season when
theSvheela II commerce are stopped. and
only 10 the cool of the mornings and even
ings. ere seen Few ladies' sauntering lei
surely into the dry-goods stores. purchas-
ing fen yards Of Dolly Warden" cali
60. strip Of dainty ribbon or fan; and
occasionally the shrill jargon ola nonadic-
huekstering MIRO. Offering = few 'fresh
berr,es' Or i cai6sh' fur sale. breaks
the ,ouo.p Of the .al'ry day. Th. oos-
is packing up to seek some
Norsherp resort of pleasure. leaving few
dise0nstlafs clerks to issue supplies to his
countfy patrons; the cotton specula.or has
gone back to his home in the North or
Europe; and the planter is hard at work
on his plantation straining every nerve to
make the food Tor the two last mentioned
individuals. and pay up his enormous in.
deb,cdness. and assrious interest, that
commences to accumulate at the beginning
Of each year. and steadily increases 10 VOL
uwe every hour. and leaves him at the
end Of the season disconsolate. detected
and disappointed man! This is . birds
eye view Of the appearance generally pre-
scented at this time of the year; but more
life than usual has been observed this
Summer.
The Presidential campaign. 50 momen.
tous to us in the South. seems to have
stirred up little life even under the de-
prcssive influence Of our Southern climate.
Political parties are busily engaged devils
ing means to insure q victory to Georgia
that may add additional lustre to the rame
of the Empire State Of the South.
The initiative step was taken in this
city some weeks ago. in meeting where
resolutions were passed expressing de-
termination to adhere to the action of the
Baltimore Convention whatever it NAV
be. and send their delegates there untram-
me.ed; 50. that if the Convention should
deem i. sxpedient. with the lights there
before them, to nominate . Democratic
candidate. why then we should bow in
submission to their Judgment and support
the man chosen; If on the contrary. it
shall appear that the interest and future
welfare Of the South and the country ut
large, demand the acceptance of Horace
Greeley and the. Cincinnati platform. We
will readily accept the lesser of the two
evils and vote for. though reluctantly. tue
old nurse Of Radicalism. Immediately
upon the heels Of this action county after
county assembled and adopted resolutions
as various in sentiments and design as the
colors Of . Dolly Warden calico. Some
rushed frantically to Alexander II. Steph-
ems. for advice. and the old States Rights
hero shook the manuscripts of the "wsr
between the States" at them, and they
caught the infection. and Immediately
drew up resolution after resolution con-
demnatory Of Greeley. Brown set id omne
genus" and sworc upon the aforesaid sa-
cred volume that. none but Simon.pure.
State Rights Democrats could get their
suffrage or support. Others shouted for
Toombs; the old architect of ruin" s~i7-
led his rum and clustered around Atlanta
until the 18th Of this month. when after
the citizens Of that place had listened to
the Hon. Linton Stephens. in an able and
eloquent speech on the issues of the day,
he (Toombs) being called upon responded
in speech. that smell strongly of the bot
tie, and showed the venom that is infec-
ting him. after finding Georgia has passed
from his grasp. and no longer under the
lash which he has held over her for the
last thirty years. ] would give you a sy-
nopsis Of his speech but fear It would take
up too much Of your valuable space. 1t
was q speech calculated to disorganizc the
Democratic party Of Georgia, and some Of
his remarks were grossly insulting 10 bis
best and truest friends. He classified an
those who would vote for Greeley a.
thieves" and State robbers :" be furth-
er stated, that $50 far - the Government
Of the United States il concerned, I an it,
esemy. have trod under foot the flaunt-
ing lie hundred times, and I trust 10 do
il again" Such utterances are not only
calculated TO injure the Democratic party.
but likewise the South. So you see poll
ties in Georgia are anything but settled.
and no one knows how the Democratic par
ty of this State win act. We End array
ed on the side Of Greeley such men a.
Hon. Benjamin Hill We End on the non-
eommittal side such men . Gen. A. X.
Wright. Gen. Jno. b. Gordon. Gen. Hen
~ r. Jackson and Hou. j. b. Cumming;
and on the extreme Democratic side Hon.
Roht- Toombs. A. n. Stcphenx. all of