The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-04-04

An Editorial Opinion From The Augusta
Chronicle on the Race.

"A
Chronicle OH the Race.
! The following editorial, taken from
F., The Augusta Chronicle of recent date,
! is review of the joint debates be-
| tween General Evans and Mr.. Atkinson,
which shows how the Chronicle sums up
The claims of the two candidates for the
nomination. The Chronicle, under the
caption "Trip Bites at the Army says:
1.-THE arrogance with which Mr.. At
kirson is conducting his camp align not
only places him in an unenviable light as
COMPARED to the modest self-estimation
of his opponent, but often leads him in
to vainglory at the expense of the
riva, candidate which makes the gentle
man from Coweta appear absurd.
'The one clear harp of divers tones
which Mr.. Atkinson fingers with such
facility is himself. He is thoroughly
convinced of the greatness of his own
achievements and his Legitimate right to
any reward within the gift of the people
of Get rgia. He thinks of himself in
capital letters and speaks of himself
with orchestral accompaniment. He is
playing he same fantastic tricks before
high heaven which are but too frequent
among men who are dressed in little
brief authority.
Chow much does he want? He has
rendered the state some service, to be
sure, but is it any greater than that
which many another man his render q
without reaping half the honOrs? He
bases his claims on four things which he
has accomplished in the Legislature dur
ing his eight years of service-at 81 per
diem. As General Evans well said in
Athens: With good deal of help, he
mas succeeded in doing one thing every
two years
''Buy aside from the per diem and the
check for 81 900, to both of which we
do not deny he was entitled, was it not
an honor Of which he might be proud
and grateful to sit eight years in the
general assembly of the state of Georgia?
Has he not been honored twice with the
craftsmanship of the democratic commit
tee of the STATE i? Has he not been elect
ed speaker of the h use of representa-
tives? And do all these count for nc tn
ing?
To quote his own favoTite Burns,
"'If self the wavering balance shake
IT'S rarely right adjusted, ,"
''But his most deplorable and inex
cusable error is in insttuting a cOmpari-
son between his own services and the
services of Gen, raj Evans. He asks
with scorn, what has General Evans
ever done for the people of Georgia?
And refers fipPantly to the fact that his
opponent is a minister of tae gospel.
''Mr. Atk n son should kno " that cOur-
in every land and time. The man after
Gods own heart was not only servant
of God and Il ruler of men, but man of
arms. What has become of the exalted
sentiment when a candidate for glbern a.
torial honors in Georgia dares impugn
such a record as General Evans has
made?
"No conflict since the beginning Of
history was ever hall0wed with purer
patriotism or S stained with more heroic
courage than that which gloritied the
civil war. The undiscIpiined battallions,
outnumbered and poorly equipped, who
entered into a four years strug - e for the
sovereignty Of their states were made OF
stuff as stern as that which carried the
eagles of Napoleon to the icebOund walls
of Moscow or fought back the Persian
invaders on the plain of Marathon. Dec
mated but untlaunted, ill-fed but fel vi},
overwhelmed but never conquered, they
fought on till the fortunes or war babe
them to lay down their arms, as immedi-
ale as when they flashed in the sunlight
OF the first skirmish
SIT was a war which arose from cOndi-
tons which had never existed before,
and among a people who can never exist
again. The SOU herner of that period was
"'The knighthest of the knightly race
Who since the days Of cid
Have kept the fires of chivalry
Aglow in hearts of gold
Gle was baron who scorned the ii tie
"a chevaljer whose honor needed neith-
er lance nor shield. He loved his coun-
try, but he loved his state and the pTin-
ciples which Yorktown bequeathed it.
Aud when tn 'se principles were disput-
ed lie defended them with the last life
drop of his cart. Was thege ever a
chiValry like that? Was tn re ever a
nobility with the patent more direct from
Almighty Go7.
''Of that unique and important period
in American history General Evans
stands out as a true exemplar He was
in that struggle a man of magnificent
daring: and like the Bal nd lie is not
only without fea", but without rerroach.
HIS valor upon many hard fought field
and fOe-fenced camp was as great as
that OF any man whose name glitterS on
the roll of immOI tality.
"But the brayest are the tenderest,
the loving are the daring In the midst