The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-11-30
CoBB'S RIGHT.

Cobb county and her people are not re-
sponsible for the Senatorial muddle in this
district because Cobb has violated no COM
pact infringed on no ones rights, insuted
no ones actions, but have pursued the even
tenor of her way, relying on the business of
her cause for vindication, knowing ''thriced
armed is he whose cause is just" We re
spectlully disclaim any intention to do in
Justice to any one when we insist on stand
inc by our own county and her people
and defending her against encroachments
and outside attacks. The question in this
Senatorial race is not whether this candid
ate or that candidate should be elected but
it is question of what county, Cobb Full
ton or Clayton, has the right to the Senator
at this election, according to the agreement
or compact, entered into by the three coun-
ties to rotate 1t is not question what is
the record of men, but what is the record OF
this matter The history of this matter
must by its very truth concede the right to
Cobb; certainly not to Fulton, for that
county has had the Senator for three sue
cessive terms certainly not to Clayton, for
that county gave her right away ut the last
election to Fulton, Then, surely, Cobb is
entitled to it by every right cffair dealing be-
tween man and man, and every consideration
of an honest compact that Cobb has never
violated or sought to violate, but jealousy
and sacredly complied with. Does any one
suppose for an instant that fulton thought
she had any just claim to the Senator that
she would have failed to elect delegates us
heretofore, and met Cobb's chosen dele
cates in convention and made n nomination
of one of her many worthy citizens. Ger
tainlv not. This very failure or refusal of
Fulton to select delegates, "and render unto
Caesar the things that are CAESARS S" is con-
vincing confession that she has no right ac-
cording to the compact 10 name OF present
the democratic standard bearer. Does any
one suppose that if Fulton had no more vo-
tiers than Cobb that she would break faith
and repudiate the mass meeting OF good
democrats that insisted on the right of Cobb
to the candidate? Not at all The rights
of our county should be paramount to all
personal preferences, for if Cobb yields
without protest this time, thenrshe yields
for all time to Fulton, for the precedent
will have been set that will deny to us the
privilege to right the wrong in the future
Right wrongs no man or county. We are
pleading for no man or set of men, but
contending that Cobb the banner county,
has rights that Fulton should respect, which
the Radicals did not respect when they dis
placed her candidate at the point of the bay
onet. Nomination or no nomination, Cobb
is entitled to the candidate and the mass
meeting gave authority to her delegates to
act, and they have acted, and Cobb has but
one candidate in the field for Senator and
that is an honorable and worthy gentleman
in the person of Maj. w. T. VIM. If the
voters of Cobb fail to stand to him, they ac-
knowledge that Cobb has no right to the
candidate and that is all that Fulton or
CLAYTON desires. 1t behooves our people,
therefore, to stand square up to Cobb's cam
didate and dare maintain their rights, not
that we love Fulton less but Cobb more.