Year: 1876

FORK 10 protect the interest ofGeorga at the sale The
Governor paid Of attention 70 this letter and
took no steps whatever 10 protect the interest OF tho
state The consequence was that number OF bonds,
that had been redeemed by Cews and others were sold
ana again put IN circulation. or the redemption or
these bonds their numbers dates &c., record was
kept and no notice given Mr. Jones by any one After
having been sold by Mr. Clews they presented 10
pr. Jones Tor redemption. He consulted with Gov
ernor Smth, and by his advice and consent they were
redeemed


Mt Jones has not yet fully disclosed his defence
de mas done 80 partially, and tar IL is reasonable
enc The investigation has been er parte and Mr.
Jones has not been heard. He has clamored for
hearing but for some reason II has been denied him
The people OF Georgia have long and avorably known
Mr. Jones BE has been in official life for many years
and up to the time OF his alleged dealcation never be-
traved trust connded 70 him. In troubled and dan
gerous times he stood like lion the path OF plum
derers and II is believed by his friends thai he will
pass through this fiery ordeal with integrity unim-
peached and honor untarnished. we believe his de-
fence will bury Governor Smith Is boasted as


faithful guardian OF the peoples interest forever out
of sight


He may be honest and II may be that all the disasters
State attributable solely his want OF ability one
thing at least Is certain


NEGRO TROUBLES


The other branches of His Exeeilencys admnistra,
traton while they have not been disastrous as his
financial policy, have certainly been as arcical Your
readers will remember that in August last the whole
country stirred up the supposed existence of
q negro insurrecton in Southern Georgia The true
history OF that insurrection been written and
we propose now TO give IT, crazy negro wrote
foolish and threatening letter, which some one trans
mitted to His Excellency His wild and distempered
imagination Immediately took fire. He snulied danger
from afar. Being in warke mood he called out the
military donned his cooked hat, grded on his sword,
and, like another Bobadil marched TO the scene OF
action and by the foot of Pharaoh that the nsur
rection must and should be put down. He went 70
Sandersvie, Waynesborough and other places, where
ne found an excited people all up in arms over oosn
and baseless Instead OF attempting 70 alay the
excitement he could not resist the impulse to play the
demagogue and he barangued the multitude in q
OF m @
assumes great credit for the part ho took IN that AFFAIR."
but II is time the people of the United States and OF
Georgia In particular, should know that, had II not
been for the good sense and WISE patriotism OF Herschel
" Johnson thousands of innocent negroes would have
been massacred and the State plunged into all
the horrors Of an insurrectionary AS II
one was convicted. 1t proved conclusivey that
there never was an nsurrecton thought Of and
so this State escaped this great danger Voltare, In
burst ofindignaton, once exclaimed ''What that
people be whose god is a monkeyS' Some people, in
view OF the deplorabe state of affairs, may be tempted
TO PROFOUND similar interrogatory, but they should
not judge quickly or censure harshly. The people of
Georgia are shrewd enterprsing and this
be said in their behaf-the fault is theirs At
the they placed their destnies under the control
OF Governor Smith his towering imbecility not
pronounced in its character or aggravated in Its mani
festations We admit that so long as Governor Smith
is Governor relief can be had for has IL not been
written, Against stupidity the very gods battle in
vainH" There nothing to be hoped for from tho
childish tinkerings OF ambitious mediocrity placed in
positions OF great responsibility But at the next elec
ton the people Of Georgia will kindly and gladly permit
His ExceIency to retire forever to the shades OF pri
life and they will pass again under tho dominion
OF men OF ability and genius. Then Georgia will re-
gain her ancient supremacy the Empire State of the
South, and her people will be prosperous, contented
and great they were in the glorious days of old.


The election OF Senator TO succeed Senator Nor
wood is booming up into Importance AS wonderful as
it may appear, Governor Smith is candidate. The


large crop Of minor @ candidates. But it can safely bs
predicted that tho Senator from this STATE Will be
either Herschel v. Johnson Benjamin H. Hill, as
the embargo on brains has been forever raised In
Georgia