Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-11
The Nomination Of Mr. Siephens

The Nomination OF Mr.. stephens.
From evidence accommodating daily,
we gather the assurance that the cordial
nomination of Mr.. Stephens by the
Democratic Convention to be held to
morrow week, as the next Governor OF
Georgia, will be received by the Demo
Gratis of the country, and by the intelli
gence outside of the party. as an une
quivocal guarantee that the Empire
State of the South has accepted the
decisions of the civil war, and taker
her stand firmly for the National Unior
projected and proposed by Mr.. Madison
in the convention of 1887 (which
framed our Constitution, but which
proposition the States New Hamp
shire and South Carolina excepted) re
iected sensitive as they were then in al
matters relating to State sovereignty.
But in spite of their decided opposition
At the start, the changes wrought in the
country by immigration and the devel
opments of steam and electricity made
changes also in our political thoughts,
and the acute perception of Mr.. Madison
as expressed by him in this connection,
has been practically realized by the civil
war-tbe United States constituting now
a national unit in regard to the States
themselves and foreign nations. The
Madisonian theory had been accepted by
the Northern and Western States before
1850 and by the issues of the appeal &c
arms was determined in 1865 for the
Southern States, bringing back South
Carolina to her original status in favor OF
such political organization.
Declaring ourselves then for Mr.
Stephens as our Governor will define
Georgias position in the Union, which
Mr.. Madison claims she took with South
Carolina in his support in 1897. For while
positively a Southern man in all cases
involving Southern rights, Mr.. Stephens
was equally patriotic and decided il
questions involving the honor. dignity
and general welfare of the NatiOna
Union of which his State was member
The people of the United States know
this. and recognizing in him one who
will honorably and faithfully discharge
his national obligations, and will regard
him, and properly too, as the exponent
of the Union sentiment of Georgia
Again. is not Mr.. Stephens the mos
thoroughly educated, experienced and
astute statesman in Georgia? There may
| be keener politicians, but politician j:
not necessarily a statesman. Now, Mr.
| Stephens is, and has been for thirty-tivt
wears. a statesman-in point of knOwl
edge. practical sense and judgment tht
, leading statesman from Georgia in &C
I tive public life. This is no idle assertion
| for it is sustained by his record and by
general history. He has differed from
| his people and constituents on some Oc-
casiOns. the conclusions of his more ma
tured and wider thought looking Ovel
and beyond the excitements of crude
popular preiudices-and invariably hal
he proved to be light though
perhaps not popular. The bes
testimony to this fact Is the confidence
uniformly placed in him by his OWL
people, who, knowing by daily persona
intercourse, his superior requirement.
and his brilliant integrity, have yielded
prudently to his differing judgment
And have they not, in so doing, acted
wisely?
In all occupations there are different
tools for different purposes, exactly fitted
to them; and SO in politics, there art
different men for different duties; and a
this present time what man is bette
qualified to be our Governor than thu
veteran proved statesman, Alexander IL
Stephens?
DEALnCRAT OLE TIE OLD SOHOOL.