The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-14

many Of them Wituout SnaiacteI anu capaclty, shall continue to hold the in- portant offices of the stateF Do you wish fo avoid such scenes and outrages as have recently occurred in North Carolna7 wbere old and respectable citizens have heen lawlessly seized and subjected to torti,res to compel the admission of crines never committed by them? Where tbe writ of habeas corpus, the writ to sacnre the liberty of the citizen issued hv the Chief Justice of the State is con- tsn nnti,ously disregarded and trampled in tha dnst under the advice of a radical Governor. and citizens innocent of crime rudely throwh into prison? if you do register as voters, attend the polls, and ! by your votes elect honest and capable Linen to govern you, and keep out of office every radical politician or alder or abettor of radicals. In this cricis of our affairs refusal to register and vote is treason to the best interest of our State and to the liberties of the people"
 The Conditions.
 | rb,s address of the flower of the ctizen- shin of Alabama, names that have since governed and controlled the State, shows inc true conditions at the time the words were written and the young men of Ala hama may read it and know what their fathers felt and had to bear at that time. They had met to counsel together and devise means and measures to bring about a change. to drive the adventurers from power and to bring the State back again to the control of its own people.
 Read the address and think what a state of affairs they then confronted.
 But, they had determined to have a change and they did, they triumphed at the ballot box and the ticket they nomi- nJ ipdn ad into office.
 Speaking of the speeches before the convention, The Advertiser, day or two afterwards said that Among the speeches made in the convention, beside these of Mir. Vaughn of Tallapoosa; Colo nel Woolsey of Dallas; Major Waddell of Russell; Captain Coleman of Limestone; Major Francis of The Gadsden Times; Major R. W. Henley of The Elyton Sun; {Captain Kennedy of North Alabama rec fiected the highest credit on the oratorical abilities of these ardent. unselfish and promising young patriots. Nor should we forget to allude to the efforts of Messrs Whitfield of Tuscaloosa; Lawler of Talladega: Walker of Calhoun;t Cooke of The Marion Commonwealth; Kennedy of The Opelika Recorder and others whose names we do not recall. No party can fail to triumph sooner or later with such material in it ranks" How It Was Received. The ticket was well received and from | all parts of the State came the news that l the people were very enthusiastic over the naming of such honest and true and l tried men for office.
 The Advertiser said of the nomination of Colonel Lindsay: His speech to the convention was eloquent throughout, and I@A kss kho z0hA proscriptive and liberal towards all citi- zens. 1t proclaimed the emancipation of the white race In Alabama as a matter of propriety and necessity, and urged the common deliverance of all the people in the State of whatever condition from the depraved rule of the ignorant and cor rupt faction which has been so long dis honoring with it's foul presence the of- ficial chambers of our Capitol He spoke of the brave and patriotic spirit of tho citizens of North Alabama, and of their determination to do all in their power to restore the State to that honorable repu- tation which it enjoyed in those better and happier days. when Alabama was recognized for intelligence, integrity and worth throughout the Union.
 Colonel Oates, MT. Barnes and Gov ernor Watts then addressed the conven- tion. and those who had the happiness to hear them will not soon forget the lessons of unselfish patriotism so eloquently taught by them. There was not a word to indicate vexation or disappointment. of any who were defeated. but everything to indicate 8 manly and faithful support of the action of the coh- vention. MT. Barnes possesses the char acter and abilities to grace any station whatever, and we trust the day is not far distant when Alabama should be ahtc to show him the high appreciation In which he is held by all who know him, and no one is better known in the State. Colonel Oates Is yet quite a young man. and can afford to wait a year or two yet before being Governor of Alabama; man of his type cannot fail to reach in time distinction and honor.
 ''It would not be proper to close these brief remarks without expressing tho pleasure We derived at witnessing the fairness, the dignity and impartiality which marked the department of the gall lant Pettus as the President of the con- vention. It Is enough to say that he cx- hibited as elevated a bearing in civil life as he was brave and devoted as sol- dier."
 Men all over the State who had opposed secession and the war came out for the t.,ket The following correspondence, printed in The Advertiser at the time. will be read with much interest and VIII give more ght into the true conditions. and tell how the people were being aroused:
 Montgomery. Sept. G. 1870 "Messrs Editors.
 Please publish the accompanying let ter from my old friend, Major Fillmore. slept under the same blanket with him In the Mexican war, when we were boys, and know him to be an honest man. Be- ing an intense Union man. he voted for Grant, but he Is only now doing what his friends expected in this emergency. Bibb, Saffold. billiard. Albright. Metcalf, Berney. Hatchett, Wyatt, and, last but not least. honest. venerable Francis Bugbee. all of whom opposed secession and the war, have also declared for Lind say and good government. The Radical party in Alabama will socn be reduced to a few offlce-holders and their black dupes Yours truly,
 U. H. C,anton.'
 Mobile, Ala, Sept. 4. 1879.
 Dear General-Your State nominations are excellent. The Democratic and Con-