Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-10
Affairs I'm lsearxis.

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fiClAs-1HE DEMOCRATS AND rHg rNprrssr
T.. esos"iANs BELIEVE THAT GRANT aNp
TORS. eVA' NH
tco'rss7'ondtno' or The Ec1,ing Snr.l
ATLANTA, "a, Aprll Sth Iss,
The sunny south Is now ripping with music
and gladreSs. For 10, the winter A. mast IN.
rain r. over ana gone. the flowers appear ON the
earth and the time OF the singing OF the bird.
has come" Flora Is fiinging abroad h~ bean
ties with generous hand, and Ceres has in
augursted her peaceful reign over those vast
regions so recently desolated by the bloody
footsteps OF Bellona and Mars The peach or
chards are I'm fun bloom. the fields are growing
green again and the forests are beautiful ia
their spring robes The fruit crop In the south
promises 10 be abundant n the buds are not
hlpEed by untimely frosts The sudden cold
spell which has burst upon ms is omlnolIs 10 Ihe
oichara and garden.
The climate IN this section OF the state Is SUI
pero oold ridge on which Atlanta Is set,
ana when eliminates at Nj. Airy on the Air
Lie -, Is; y ,aIHdged by saniis-ans 10 be tho
are several counties lying along this great thor
oughiare where not a Case Of consunptIou has
ever been known within the memory OF man
Armies of NaetCdinarians are destined 10 march
10 this famous mountain NJ health ana II reng A.
The Peabody Normal lnstitute uf NaSnyina
Tenn: is about Ia be removed 10 this place a.
;noi her ornament 10 the city. The stat has
appropriated SIS oGe, ana the citizens are SUP
plementing this with gin OF 500. so that At
iahta pFohiseSto hAcon'e a great educational
center aS wei as a political, and commercial
mar. The public sci COL System fnaugurat,sf
by TIE lamented Maion is a source of untold
blessings Ia TINS community. The Atlanta
NV ersity, fouhded by the New Enylasd Con-
gregatioBaiistS for the education OF coloresi men
aba omen, VIII compare IN scientific classical
ana moral excellence with the best colleges In
the south.
The gubernatorial question is beginning 10
boom again in Georgia. GOV. CoiGHItt II con-
ceGed by all 10 be q Christian gentleman OF biyh
character and worth. But n has been hts mis-
fortune 10 be surrounded by a set OF dishonest
officials who have damaged his prospects for
the future. Then there are those who ungra-
ciouSly aver that he Is a better Methodist ex-
horteT than state executive. Gen. Gartrell an
eminent lawyer OF this city. member or Con-
greSS before the war. and popular brigader in
The confederate army. VIII be strongly support
ed Tor the Office or governor. He belongs 20 tho
democratic school. but Is understood 20 be I'm
high favor with the independents ana colored
people OF the state.
The sentiment is daily Strengthening here
that Grant and Tiiden VIII be- the chosen COM
petltorS in the opening campaign. IL is held
on The one hand. that the latter. though not n
fayortte with the southern people Will. ID nomi-
mated, secure the solid south, ana that n ) great
wealth and tact are essential To Success in New
York; and, on the other hand IL Is affirmed Tn AZ
the former Is strong enough TO carry the united
north and 10 bind several OF the southern states
10 his chariot wheels. Time viii test the accu-
racy OF these political prophecies. w.