Candidate For Governor of Georgia
The Hon. Jonathan Norcross was the Republican nominee for Governor of Georgia in 1876, he was defeated by Democrat Alfred H. Colquitt. Norcross states in an impassioned speech, of which an excerpt provides an enlightening insight, a position which evokes a true spirit of his party.
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