The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-04-26
ADVERTISEMENT
COL. MOULTRIE N. SESSIONS.

very fond of open letters and as
he does not get them as fast as he
wants them, from where he wants
them, he shall have at least this
one.
He has heretofore been known
az Colonel, but since entering the
political arena he has shown such
marked liability" I use the word
advisedly) in marshalling his for
ces and has proved himself to be
such a wonderful commander of
men that I for one consider the
title of Colonel entirely beneath
his dignity, and that he be and is
henceforth known as Brigadier
General.
| have before me the nine news
papers of this circuit, and in each
of them he has from three columns
toa whole page of himself, enum-
Grating his many accomplishments
and giving a most minute descrip-
ton of himself from the hour of
birth till he finds himself headed
straight for the bench. Here is
his list: ''He is an affable, genial
gentleman. " ability" "a lawyer
of prominence, "a man of con-
sentative habits," "a fine fnan-
cier," "honest, upright, moral,
sober, of progressive IDEAS" "a
man who would administer the
law impartially,' "who would
treat all men alike whether rich
or poor" who "is clean" much
ability" "has been auditor once"
lis fluent speaker" "a member
of the Methodist church, " "has
had two wives and is the father of
four boys" At the top of all
this we have his picture, showing
him to be most beautiful in his
happy young manhood.
Was there ever such specimen
of the Creators Art? No wonder
men bow down to him. He is
perfect god amongst men.
For whole month he has fairly
revelled In his glory as set forth
by himself, or someone else. in
the newspapers.
1t seems a pity to mar all this
happiness and he would be left
alone in his glory, but that he
begs for controversy,
Now, as there are always two
sides to anything, SO there are two
sides to the Brigadier; and in at
tempting to show the other side
of him, | shall not use any coarse
language or charge him with any
thing he has charged himself with.
| am neither a Jury Commits
sioner nor a brother-in-law to
anybody in the whole world.
neither do want my name in the
jury box. As an inspiration to
this pleasant duty, l have his nine
pictures before me.
First, | charge that the Briga-
der made a mistake when he
started in this race, in starting
before he was ready. He ought
to have known that this office is
not to be gotten on the low level
of mud singing, Of bitter accusa-
lions and newspaper notoriety.
The person aspiring to this office
is supposed to be man of learn
ing and of much experience in the
practice of law before a Judge and
jury and of some degree of mod
esty. Not so with this gay young
Brigadier. AT the first call of
the people, he darts forth like an
angry bull, paving the air, and
believing forth his many accom-
plishments, kicking and goring
everything and everybody who
dares get in his way. He is head
ed straight for the bench, this
"affable, genial gentleman"
Time and again he tells us of
his liability" until we wonder
how his carcass has held it so
long. This being his first oppor-
tunity to show it to the people,
he comes fully up to their expec-
tation. His ability" as a law
yer is nothing compared to his
ability" as n campaign manager.
| have watched him on public
days, when'a crowd of farmers are
i'll town. He swoops down OH
them like a hawk on a brood of
chickens. Shakes their hands
until they fairly ache. AS the
crowd increases, he is joined by
Brother. Not man escapes
them. The hand that is not
shaken by the Brigadier, is shak-
en- by Brother.
On other days they travel. If
the Brigadier goes north. Brother
goes south; if the Brigadier goes
east, Brother goes west.