Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-17


is decidedly rich, rare and racy:
WASHINGTON. d. c., August s-Colo0sl
Thomas Hdrdendsa, Macon, Ga.-DEAR SIR:
l tender you hearty congratulations upon
your nomination by the Democratic party
for Congressman st-large. As the Repubi.
can party OF Georgia in convention at At
lants recently nominated me for the same
ofnce, trust you will consent to a Joint
campaign OF the State with me- | will
visit Macon within ten days to arrange with
you the details OF the campaign, provided
you are willing to discuss with me, before
the people, whatever issues NAV be involved
As viii be here but few DAYS, YOU NAV
address me, care Of Mr.. ". w. Brown, Macon.
am, with great respect, your obedient SER
want, r u IocKE
MACON, GA August IA, 1SS2.-Mr. r. D..
LOcbe-DEAR SIR: l am in recent of your
letter OF the Sth instant, from Washington
City, rendering your congratulations upon
my nomination by the Democratic party for
The position Of Congressman at-Iarge, and
asking II l will consent to a Joint cam
paign OF the State with you," as ''the Re
publican party OF Georgia, In convention at
Atlanta, recently nominated" YOU for the
same position. While thank you for your
Kind congratulations, you will permit me to
express my surprise at the information con-
Republican party of Georgia" have b1s
tore me the National, August 10, 1881 =
political paper published in Atlanta, 0a
and said to be the organ of that party, CIV
ing the proceedings OF ''the Republican
State Convention" which has at the head
OF its columns the following:
"REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
''FOr Secretary of State
=" "Wm. White,. Of Richmond.
ffFOr Aff0rDaxv nono..1
'0"" d. G"""',.9'Gm; : Of Fulton
"REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET
"For Congressman at-large,
''Jd'nss LOngStreet, Of Hall"
am therefore constrained to ask II the
nominee of the Republican State Conven-
tion. James Longstreet, has been with
drawn, and II you have been substituted in
his place? That paper speaks OF a conven-
tion OF "bolters," comprised. as Il asserts.
"of few gentlemen and represen 'atives Of
every other grade of society, from the ex-
convict down TO the strOlliDg Vagabond from
Skowhegau, E" which was opened with PRAYER
$50 1t aftirms) 'by a convict lately dis
charged from the Georgia penitentiary.
and wound up by putting out a
bastard ticket, to be set down upon
by honest Republicans" but It does
not inform the public VINO were the nomi-
nees OF that convention. While | do not
adopt as my own, nor have / the heart to
approve the very harsh aud acrimonious
language OF that paper against "the bolt
ers," yet am forced to the conclusion Won
are one ofthe nominees of that body of men
alluded to in said paper, "who, to ssre
themselves from utter rout, bolted the con-
Vention and organized another body" ard
placed in nomination that "bassar5 fieket1'
IN opposition to the one nOmipeted hv q be
Republican State Convention! ~ ur wblef 4
h1f the name OF "James Is0austrekt, fof
"CongrGssman-st-large." I would there
fore respectfully but Kindly suggest II
these facts as stated by the organ of the
Republican p5rty be true (and it does not
become me to deny them), that vou
are opposing James Longstreet for
CoDgressmsn-at-large and not myself, |
and that you should have addressed vour
communication to him, asking him to can
Vass with you before the people OF Georgia.
the claims of the candidates of these re-
spectlVe conventions, and that If he consents
TO tne arrangement, | know you will agree
with me that it would be exceedingly unbe-
coming In me to advise you to neglect, for
this purpose, your public duties, aud stfil.
more ungenerOus to take sides with either
wing OF the party in their ''labor to have
all past differences between the Republicans
honorably and amicablY adjusted" so that
YOU might be enabled as you say, "to move
forward together to win victory over the
common enemy, Bourbon Democracy.
AS will not be in Macon at the time vou
say you will reach our city, have answered
your very kind letter through the coldmns
OF the IeSegTdph and Messenger of this city,
hoping that it will be copied in your organ
the National, in Atlanta. am, Sir, very re,
spectfullY, THOMAS HARDEMAN.