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Newspaper
Cassville Standard
Location
Cassville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1855
Page
2
The Standard records disclose errors involving William T. Wofford and Thomas A. Burke. Officials acknowledge inaccuracies in filings and initiate corrective steps to resolve discrepancies affecting related records and subsequent actions.
Cassville Georgia declares for governor Herschel V Johnson of Baldwin and lists congressional candidates for the first eight districts including James L Seward of Thomas and M J Crawford of Muscogee in the 3rd district James M Smith of Upson in the 4th district H Warner of Meriwether in the 4th district John H Lumpkin of Floyd in the 5th Howell Cobb of Clarke in the 6th Linton Stephens Hancock in the 7th and A H Stephens of Taliaferro in the 8th district.
The document accuses the Know-Nothing Party of Georgia of slander against Governor Johnson and Congress candidate John H. Lumpkin, cites platform alignments with Philadelphia and Macon conventions, and criticizes the party for religious tests, abolitionist ties, and anti Catholic and anti slavery stances while praising Northern Know-Nothings’ controversial actions. It references Garnett Andrews, Kenneth Rayner, John Bell, Sam Houston, Henry Wilson, and Loring, and denounces efforts to subvert the Union and constitutional rights.
The Fifth District invites the public to Cartersville Cass County on Thursday August 20 for a mass free barbecue and political topics discussion. Speakers include JOHNSON LUMPKIN WISH KERR GOHNRON STEPHENS COBB and others with reduced fare and special trains.
The Know Nothings claim a second Declaration of Independence from Philadelphia. The article notes secrecy, hidden principles, and secret oaths, arguing the public opposes radical changes to the Constitution and distrusts the movement.
The article denounces the Know Nothings as more than a party, calling them a self governing body with salaried officers and assemblies empowered to levy taxes and punish dissent. It warns their secret oaths and platforms threaten constitutional order and vows to crush this movement through patriotic public action.
A Cartersville reader reports rivals tearing down political handbills and warns such acts are contemptible. The letter urges all parties to attend the Mass Meeting and predicts a large sovereign gathering on the 80th, promising Sam will face a blow and asserting voters will resist manipulation in the fifth Congressional district.
A reader from Everett's Springs reports the Standard has arrived there only twice since last June. The fault is not with the paper nor the local post office. The paper is mailed weekly, and the neglect lies somewhere between here and the destination. We will investigate.
Mr. F. M. Sorge, formerly at the Southern Masonic Female College, has been elected to the Professorship of Music at Cassville Female College to fill the vacancy created by Prof. Scherzer's resignation. A fuller notice will follow next week.
The notice invites attention to Mr Thomas advertisement in another column. It describes a highly desirable location in the county and urges readers to consider the offering.
The paper notes no room to comment this week on Major Cooper's letter which rebuts the charge against him and Gov. Johnson. It is published elsewhere and the editors hope no further comments arise for decency's sake.
In Kingston Judge Summers refutes the Atlanta Discipline claim that Gov Johnson ordered Algerine Law copies from the Southerner and refused payment. He recalls a 1853 Rome canvass discussion on handbill circulation, says Johnson did not commit to printing, and notes printing was paid by Cass and Floyd supporters. Summers, a veracious American party member, urges papers to publish this rebuttal.
The Cartersville Mass Meeting promises notable figures with Gov. Cobb Gov. Johnson of Georgia Judge Lumpkin Col E W Chastain and other leaders expected to attend Louisiana support implied. Rail fares will drop and extra trains run to accommodate attendees and crowds urged to come in large numbers.
The Georgia Platform, Moss G J Fain and W W Wall propose a weekly family paper in Calhoun Gordon County Georgia devoted to civil and religious liberty and the Constitution. It opposes the Know Nothing order and supports the Georgia Convention 1850 fourth resolution as a unifying base for the South. Terms are $2 yearly.
Our Book Table praises Putnam's Monthly August 1855 in strong terms and notes Harper's Magazine August issue with articles such as Virginia Illustrated Porte Crayon and his Cousins Scott's Battles in Mexico and Mysterious Occurrence in Lambeth. Terms are $3 a year.
The Cherokee Baptist College announces a meeting of its Trustees on Wednesday the 20th inst to select or organize a faculty and arrange tuition rates. A full attendance is earnestly solicited by the Board.
Henry Hunter denies circulating Know Nothing secrets after joining and leaving the order. He accuses a Cass county source of falsehoods and slander and urges honesty across Gordon Cass counties and the state.
The Cassville Female College Board of Visitors reports a highly satisfactory Commencement. Rev James E Evans of Augusta delivered an exemplary Sabbath sermon. Miss Mary E Carlton led the Preparatory exam with credit to teacher and pupils. College classes examined by Miss Breadon and Pres’t Rogers showed general success. Music by the department and Prof Scherzer delighted a crowded audience. Junior readings and Miss Sallie Jolce Hooper’s graduation as alumna drew praise. Rev Charles A Fulwood of Rome closed with a fitting address on womans proper sphere.
Delegates from Carroll county Militia Districts met at Carrollton Court House on Tuesday November 7 to nominate candidates for the next Legislature. William H Antny was named for Senator, and William H Johnson and R L Richards for Representatives with all major roles accepted.
A Cedar Town Republican Union report notes a newly formed Long Face Party rising from the U N party wreck in Virginia and spreading to North Carolina Tennessee Alabama and Georgia It claims K N members have merged into it and criticizes local figures Miller Cone and Tidwell amid Mass meetings in Cartersville Polk County and Cass County with subscription asks lingering.
In a long Texas letter, Tom Hooper recounts tensions over filibuster talk along the Rio Grande, rail road policy and the state debt issue. He praises Gov. Pease and Ex-Gov. Bell while attacking Know-Nothing strength and defending himself against alleged favoritism in freight rates at Etowah and across the Georgia-Tennessee rail lines.
Browan Georgia August 7 1855 Dr Jer Branham Eatonton Dear Sir your letter of the 4th inst was received yesterday You say you are surprised that some of my friends and Gov Johnsons also have not given to the country a true statement of facts in relation to the alteration of freights on the State Road That various articles in almost all the Whig and Know Nothing papers charging bribery and corruption on me and Gov Johnson have been published and are used to the injury of my character as a private citizen and to the injury of Gov Johnsons election I am prompted to reply to all this and I have a distaste for egotism The circumstances which call on me to speak are my extenuation for this apparent egotism They are all false and untrue in every form and to every intent and purpose If true they would be ample grounds for impeaching the Governor and indicting me and that would be in that
Maj Cooper details alleged favoritism toward through freights and against way freights on the Georgia road, claiming 25 percent tax hikes on Etowah freights and higher costs to Atlanta and beyond. He cites Governor Johnson's partial intervention, notes ongoing higher rates for flour and wheat, and asserts state interests require fair, uniform pricing across routes amid political tensions.
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