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ATLANTA, QEQBGIA, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1871. no. :m Buuannut). Shipping lino. MURRAY'S LINE—NEW \ IRK 6t SAVANNAH, EVERY TUESDAY ruou uoh p 1 INSURANCE BY KTEaMERB OF THIS LINE, ONE HALF FLU CENT. , OABIN P488AGE $30 FOR SIMPLICITY, DURABILITY AND BEAUTY DECK, with *uUi«Veuoa The flret oIam *’<-ain«hlpa 1**0 DEARBORN, Commander VIKUO, BULK LEY, Commander, Compose this llue, uid one of those steamship* loaves each iH.rt KYSBY TUESDAY. Through tills of lading given by these steamships by all railroad connections, and also through bills lading given In Savannah on Cotton destined for Liverpool and Hs'i.burg by first class steamahips.- For freight or i-aiuiage, apply to HUN 1KR A OAMMLLL, 84 Ray Krwt. PHILADELPHIA AND SAVANNAH MAIL 8TXAM Ml IP COMPANY. ,i.*d ai- EVERY SATURDAY from each port. INSCRANCK ON COTTON BY 8TSAMEH8 ON TBU USB ONE HALF PER CENT. CABIN PA8HAGK *» DKHL aith Biibsistenue V This Hue is composed of the first class steamships W YOMIMi TEAL. Commander. row A \V A \JJ A BAKU LIT, Commander One of these steamships leave each port KY'ERY SATURDAY. Through bills lading furnished by ■jc*e steaiuehips by all railroad connections. Tor eight or passage, apply to HUNTER k OAMMKLL, 34 Bay street. P’or I tow ton. CABIN FAKE.. DROK Through bill* Boston, and in filial points !■ Capt. F. M. Swan. Capt. 8. H Matthews. $30 00 10 fill of lsdlug given by railroad agents to ou by Steamship agents to pnn- eecured in advance by writing agents in K1CHARD80N A BARNARD, Agents. Savannah. P’or IVew Yoi*L. Z. THE GREAT SOUTHERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. BVKBY THURSDAY. Insuranoe by this Line can be effected under oar open policy at one-half per oent. CABIN PASSAGE $30 0 The first class steamers rmsn Livingstone, Cheese roan, Com a. Usrnci F. O. Mallory, Com. 1U sail as follows: LIV1NU8TON June 1st, at 8. 9. u. GEN. RAItNES Bills of lading given hereon cotton and wheat thro, Liverpool and Hamburg via New Yort hv first lass steamers. For passage or freight, apply to WILDER A FULLARTOH, nov 0-tf No. 8 Stoddard’s Upper Range. General Huporlntendont of BuIldltiRH, and all Manner of Carpenters#* Work. T HE undersigned would respectfully announce to the public that he haa loca ted himself on the corner ol Grubb and Spring streets, near Rice A Mitchell's Lumber Yard* where he propose* to receive Contract* for BuildRht »nd general Carpenters' Work, which he prop-mas carry out to the satisfaction of all concerned , and as low figures as any one. lie makes s sociality of Stair Building, and proposes to give satisfaction. If BANKSTON. Whitehall street, between Mitchell and Peters mh 31«d3ni B. Z. DUTTON, PRACTICAL ST^SCIL CUTTER, UESKJXER AXI> E.NUKAVEH! Foi’ Baltimore. L C M : C(_., iTANTLY JJRASS ALPHABETS, DRY AND FLUID STENCIL INKS, Stencil Dies, Steel Stamping Dlea, Railroad and Hotel Checks, Marking Brands, 1c.. No. 61 Whitehall St., a few doors below Hunter street fiV N. B.—Particular attention paid to Brands and Stencils for Merchants, Millers. Tobacconists and Distillers; also, to Name Plates, for marking clothes, which will be sent to any address for seventy-five cents, including Ink. ho. saplvlj- Utfreslimcnia. CITY BREWERY. Corner Collins and Harris Streets; Feclitor A Mercer, Proprietors. Office In Old Post Office Building, next Gate City Bar, ap G-corpla. T. 1\ GHADY’W R. R. ALE HOUSE* 2 a Alahsmn Ntrcet Atlanta. Oa. J UST received, a flue lotof Champaign, Jersey Cider. Families supplied at their hotaes. A fine assortment of the beet LHIUOHS WIIVliH, and sogars always on hand. BotUed Ales and Porter aspeciaRy. Ales. Boor an 1 Champagne Jersey Cider on fraft. Call on Gradv and sway pleased, detlf Uncle Jack Coughlin, H AVING disposed of his interest in th. old •'« iWoon," on «.n «mn <* ■> auu Alabama streets, has located himself under the old Post office, corner seme streets, in the BKK-mil'K Wtm EVERYTH I»a IE READY tm tt accommodatuiu ol bis old friend*, end a* iua'-ty no ouessa may think proper to gtvg him • <***• John pajs eapecial atte.iUou to the iu-.er man, both DRINKK J.VI) COLD LU jrCNES LE BON TON, jTh. 14 Peachtree street, near the National Hotel. DAN. LYNCH'S OLD STAND, FRKK LUNCH FROM 10 .A. M.TO l P. M. EVERY DAY. FRCHTEB A MERCER'S DIO DORA WHISKY. PREMIUM BEEIl. at it .a punches. SUMMER DRINKS OF ALL KINDS. THE 0RLEBRATED AMERICAN DRINK, • NIP UP. New Lumber Yard, JUNCTION OF MARIETTA AND WALTON STS., all kinds of B B HI ON HAND. I Attention to Orders. M. A. HARDEN. LANDSBERG'S LUMBER YARD, OPPOSITE GEORGIA RAILROAD DEPOT. ATLANTA.GA. S.wod Slilnclea »nd UatUa. White Pino SMh,Wludow. * Blind* III Kindi ol Dressed and rraming Lumber. f.MI-ty W OABIN PASSAGE »» tff Th* Baltimore and Savannah Steamship Go's, steamers sail from Savannah during December as follows: Ssrsgoras Thursday,February *d America Thursday, *• »th Saragossa Thursday, “ 18th America, Thursday, " 33d Saragossa Thursday, March find JAH. B. WE8T h CO., nnriMf Bay street, foot of Whltakw. SAVE YOUR FRUIT! A. LANDHBERG k CO.. Propriet 1HOS. HAMPTON, B. D. SALMONS, 9. A. BAMOUB. Drake's Creek Mills. F. A. BARBOUR & CO., |READERS IN FLOUR, MEAL, V SHIP STJJFF, rsJ.YMi.i.r. iKimnr. HIGHEST PRICK PAID FOR WHEAT. ,11 protluoe delivered at the depot free of charge. spri:i-*m To Parties Desiring to Build SAFEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST FRUIT JARS In the market McBHIDB CbOO., ASUFACTUKKRS' AGENTS FOR THE DAILY STTV ! HON. ALEXANDER H. 8TE- ■JbL PIIEXS AND THE NEW ,b>». *«'. YORK EXPRESS. PoMhfce* bjr the Atkata Sea Pablk-hiuK eenpaay. Aletssdsr H. Msskesi, dnKar*.5r , « hu ’ J. HEMLY SNITH Manager. Tisvsllsg Afsats i J. M. W. HILL. J. W. HEARD. MOW TO MKMIT HUNKY. We «ril to rsspaaslhle for the safe arrival of all mousy ssat as by Registered Letter, by Express, or by Draft, bat not otherwise. If money sent io an (tateiot Mfitgr Is lost, it must be the loss ol the paper will be seat from the office till it Is paid for. and namea will always be erased when the time paid for expires. Maks mp Cftwks. We shell make Tns Sun lively, fresh and inter- eating—containing all the latest uews. We shall All It with good reading matter, and shad have In each Issue as much reading matter as any paper In Georgia, and ws shall soon enlarge and otherwise unprove U, ao as to give U s handsome appearance and make It easily read and desirable to have In the family. We ask our friends to use s little effort to make up dab for us st fivery post office. 8ee our club rates. 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Train leave# 8:16 a. iu Carters villa Accommodation arrives 10:80 a. ni Oartersville Accommodation leaves 8:00 p. m no 0 BOBO LA (AUGUSTA) UAILBOAD. (JVs Day Ttaxn on Sunday.) Night Passenger Train arrives 8:40 s. m Night Passenger Train leaves 8:15 p. m Day Passenger Train arrives 6:30 p. m Day Passenger Train leaves 7:10*. m Stone Mountain Accommodation arrives . .8:06 s. iu Stone Mountain Accommodation leaves... .6:46 a. ui MAOON AND wuitbbn bailtoad. Night ruNstugsr Train arrives 10:00 p. m Night Passenger Train leaves 3:38 p in Day Passenger Train arrives 3:10 p. iu Day Passenger train leaves..... 6:00 a. in ATLANTA AMD W*ST POIHL RAILROAD. Night Passenger Train arrives 10:07 a m, Night Passenger Train leaves 3:46 p. m Day Passenger Train arrives 6:oo p. m Day Passenger Train leaves 7:10 s. m ATLANTA AMD BICHMOND AIM-LINK UAILBOAD. Regular Passenger Trs n arrives 4.30 p. m Regular Passenger Train leaves 7:JU s. m St. Law Is, Memphis, Nashville nnd Ohstisaossfa Grant Central Thmagh Lina. ..440a.m. and 8:UUp.n ..9:30a.m. and6:00p.n Memphis train haves.. arrives. 8t Louis train leaves 4:00 •• arrive 9:80 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Shelbyville train leaves S :30 p m. •• arrive 9:40 a.m. The 1:60 a.m., 13 m , and 8:30 p.m. trains do not run onPundaya. The 4:00 a.m. and 6:46 p.m. M A r UUIT J A US and JELLY TUMBLERS. WANTED! u. t f\t l Il/IA IN COKt EDERATE CUB REN* •t> 1 ‘ " r," M H t CY. nl all denominations, for which s fair price will be paid. Apply to MOORE'S ACITAL BU8INE88 COLLEGE. msy81*3t Cor. Whitehall and lfnnter streets. $ 4 50 for Clmko of Elf hi. $‘4 for Ctmkt of TsecnIff. THE PLANTATION .in .ifriroltnral U'eeklp of NUUen F#f«, Published in Atlanta, Ga„ »——r ******"! EVERY SATURDAY. Iks Vinfohin* /Apwrlmsnl only, of nmp fired Cium Mono* Ikrp mop teioh to rmU'M—kd prr .innum for Mng-le Copp. Mroeis u. hu *t Mi command s picked set of hands, soil “* Roti.rD Mtl.fjcUon. | REFERENCE—Co). John L. Grant, Longley k uobtnsoo, and Fay k Corput, Architects. JO DAT C. A'It'HOLS, OFF1GI HI AIR-LINK HODS* PRYOR gTBIET i A.,t) mMlnm tt h„ f,w -qntl*. M il. | bona fide «irculation Is Five thousand, and steadily Thomas G. Simms, yyrrH shbtook k Rowland, Floor mod JSnnnfottnrsd Toboreo, PURE BOURBON AND RECTIFIED WHISKIES. GHKESK, FISH, OK ACKERS. CORN MEAL. HOMINY, BOaP. candles, coal oil, A Man Die* from the Bite or a Do* Rderived Four Year* Pre viously. A correspondent of the Scranton (Pa.) “Republican,” writes: The street* of Ashley were thrown into a fever of eiciteinent yesterday by the report that a man had died trout hy drophobia, and ala*! the report pro- - ed too true. The case is both remark able and horrible. About four year* ago, John Bennett was bitten iu the hand by a mad dog. He has been in good health, and was of sound mind, and no unnatural mud actious were noticeable until a few days ago, when the men at work with him in the mines noticed a wild expression about his face and a peculiarity in his man ner. At times he would stare rpHIS paper is edited by Rev. C. W. Howsr I Hinted by Col. R A Alston, aud la equal 8 Journal of the kind in the United StaUe In p ii increasing. «%. SEND FOR A SPECIMEN COPY. -«$ ggr GOOD AGENTS WANTED. Wholesale Dealers tn 1 ADDRESS, mylft-lra In ike District« for the North Drt MORRIS k HOWARD, <*r 31, Atlanta. Georgia, ut ike United Htntas District of Gcor* AND FANCY OBOt KRIF-m. Also—Commission MsrchanU for the sale of Fork. Bacon and Lard, and general planttUon sopplkw. No 316 Oommarclai str#M, and 3U9 and 310 North »8T sprit 6m (In—In Usnkruptry. ATLANTA GEORGIA, THIS LOUIS, MO. 37th day of May, HTI, The undersigned hereby gives notice of hta ap pointment s* . *-‘ijnee of Jones A Harper, t'harie* M !i if Home, iu the county af I and HI I.- oi vleo.gta. «ithui mid IHstrict, who hat* I" _ ! bo-n • 11.nig. J Bankrupts U|-..» the petfOou of (Mr LAWY r. U 8 Crtsllkus. by the Di»tn. MOO _jid Count) »ific*sPi gVN Office. AUaiiia. Ga nu>36-law3w Mr. M«i»lit*in* 1 Political Viewi. From the Chronicle and Sentinel.) We clip th<i followiug from a late issue of the New York Express, and give it to our readers, for the purpose of com- meutiug ou some of the singular errors iu it, according to our understanding of Mr. Stephens’ position: He considers the 13th Amendment as fully rutitied aud valid, as the natural re sult of the war. The 14th and 15th Amendiueuts he considers as * grooBusur pations of power, passed by force and fraud,’ with seven of the original thir teen colonies unrepresented- He did not, nor did any one, propose to do away with negro suffrage, but desired to avoid what now exists—hostility of race to race. The whites needed the blacks, and were dependent on them for labor. It was to tbeir interest and advantage to treat them well. The blacks were igno rant and dependent, as is a child on its father, and us a mass, they acquired knowledge with great difficulty. They sought ‘white’ advice and counsel al ways; before every election they came to him from ull over the country, seek ing advice and a clear statement of the issues at hand. Notone of his negroes had left mui, and the feeling among them was general that they were better cared for, and prospered better where they remained with their old musters. "With emancipation agreed upon as a fixed fact, and negro suilrage admitted as another fixed fact, we do not see that the record can be changed, or that Mr. Stephens proposes to change it. He de nounces the usurpation ol power and the traudulent manner in which it was accomplished, but can he point any safe way out of it. The act ol secession, at a time when the Supreme Court was a Court of, us well os under, the U. 8. Constitution, when the U. S. Senate was Democratic, when the tide of aggression was set hack—as witness the vote of the resolution iu the House after Mr. Lin coln's election—were the incipient steps to the 14th aud 15th Amendments. They took out of the Union all the States south of the Potomac, and ren dered powerless all the conservative men north of it. We neither see nor ex pect any practical movement towards re storing what was then lost forever, and the consequent usurpations of powers. Policy aud duty, interest and patriot ism, seems to us now to demand that we unite to prevent new usurpations of pow er aud new infringraents upon the rights of the people and the Hta tea.” How such words, purporting to convey his ideas ou some of tue subjects allude< to, ever could have got luto au editorial of the New York Express, we cannot imagine. It is well known, by all who have read with any attention, Mr. Htephens’ 2u volume upou the War between the Stub s, that he does hold aud maintain that the 13th Amendment of the Consti tution of the United States—that by which slavery was abolished—was duly ratified by the Southern States, after they abandoned the cause of secession ami resumed their obligations to the Federal Union. This Amendment, having been thus duly ratified by the constitutional con- stitueucies of these States (though they hud no voice iu its proposal by Congress, because of their voluntary absence), he nevertheless regurds us a valid part of the organic law. It is equally well known, by all those conversant with the same work, that Mr. Stephens does not hold either the 14th or 15th Amendments, so-called, to be valid aud righ’tul parts of the Constitu tion, because they were and are nothing but the offspring of gross usurpations of power, passed by force, fraud, aud por- tidy. The Reconstruction measures, upon which they rest entirely for their foun dation and support, were passed by Con gress upon the assumption of powers avowedly ‘‘outside” of the Constitution —ten of the States of the Union at that j time claiming representation in Con gress (and not “seven of the original colonies”) were arbitrarily aud most wrongfully denied a voice and hearing in the Congress of the Htates npon those amendments wuen they wore proposed, aud that too, iu the very face and teeth of the Constitution which declared that “ each State shall have at least oue Rep resentative” m the House, aud that “ao State, without its consent shall be do- j prjvcd of its equal suffrage iu the Sen- | ate. ” On proposing these last two amend ments, ten States were thus most wrong fully anil unconstitutionally denied a voice. It is well known that but for this palpable und avowed usurpation by which they were denied a voice, these so-called amendments never would have L>eeu proposed foradoptiou by the States of the Union. Hut besides this, it is also well known that it was a part of the plan of the con spirators agaiust the liberties of the peo ple ot the United Stutes, by whom these fraudulent amendments were concocted, m their first step towards centralized em pire, that they never were to l>e submit ted for ratification to the constitutional constituencies ot these disfranchised States, as required by the Constitution. They, tlnrvlore, not only originated in au attempted revolution of the Federal Government by those who then bore sway based, and those upon which solely they | to work well, it will hardly be disturbed are claimed to have been passed and in- . iu auy 8tate. If it shout l bo found not corporated as valid parts of the Cousti- to work well, of course it ought to be tutiou of the United States. changed, and will be. Suffrage of ail These, as we understand them, are Mr. ! kinds emanates from Democratic priori- Stephens’ views iu regard to the last two | plea. Free Government itself, which is amen Intents so-caH<*d. In the views thus ( baaed upou suffrage, uw* s its existence entertained, we suppose the editor of the entm ly to Democratic principles. Ruf- Express concurs at least iuthe main. All i frage iu its every modification is the uat- true Democrats at least do. But he seems urul offspring of these. May not the off- to look upou the results of these usurps-! spring, therefore, be more safely in- tions aud the exisriug status under them throughout the limits of the Uuiou as “fixed facts” not to be changed 4 or even assailed, and gives out. that Mr. Stephens looks upon them in the same light. Iu this we conceive consists a difference, small or great, as it may be, between them. While Mr. Stephens advises, aud has from the first of these usurpations, as we know, advised that there should i*e no resistance by force or violence to their execution, aud that the only sure ulti mate remedy for them and all like ••!§ <>f tyranny under our system of government, is the peaceful rectification of wrongs through the hallot-box; yet he uiuiutaius that his rectification cru never be brought about except by au exposure of thewrougs, and au arraigumeut of their author be fore the people for their condemnation. It cannot be done by an acceptance of the wrongs as rightful impositions of, as in this case, by an acknowledgement of the validity of measures so founded en tirely upou usurpations, fraud, violence aud perfidy, as these are known to be. The only “safe way out,” according to his opinion, is the peaceful mode of au earnest appeal to the sober second thought of the liberty-lovmg masses of the peo ple, in all the States, to rally at the polls and there protiouuce their crushing judg ment of popular condemnation against their authors. If the party iu power are to be turned out, it ought to be for their misdeeds of some sort. What misdeeds have they done, or aru likely to do, compared with these? This party ought to be condemn ed, if at all, for what they have done, as well as for what they are likely to do— judging the future by the past. New usurpations can only be justly apprehend ed hereafter from those which have gone before. Mr. Stephens, doubtlessly, agrees fully with the Express in the last sentence ol the article quoted, which is that “|K>licy, aud duty, interest aud patriotism, seem now to demand that we unite to prevent new usurpations of power, aud trusted, in this ease as iu all others, for its well-being, to the hands and keeping of its parents than to the custody of its known enemies V Those who now claim to lie the exclusive champions of “negro miffrage,” are but acting a part. They are, in truth, the enemies of all suffragt Their present plan of getting rid of sul frage, is by lowering its standard. Tin 1 object is to bring it into contempt, extending it to those w ho are unfit for il stercise. They are, indeed, opposed to all Governments supported by suffrage, either w hite or black. Hence their con tinued usurpations with a view of over throwing the free institutions of this country, as established by "the fathers,” aud the execution of a consolidated em pire instead. Their professed friendship at present for “negro suffrage*' is only, to use a common phr.ise, to run suffrage “in the ground.” It is with no view of permanently securing the right of voting to the negro, baton- ot their tricks, wily aud bland, for ultimately biking away the right of the w hite man. They be- helieve in no elections except those car ried by the bayonet. This, their whole pa*t history clearh indicates, and this the future, if they be imt arrested by popu lar condemnation, will abundantly verify; to l»e successfully arr. sted, they must be arraigned and comb not for their ttilla otfmxot, but tor their most daring acts of usurpation the’T highest crimes and misdemeanor against tin* (Constitu tion. If these bo permitted to pa.ss not only unrebuked, but if th-y are to l>e accepted and endorsed as valid acts uot to be questioned, then the people will hardly be much aioused ns to the danger of any other additional claims of power they may set up. It they are made to believe that what li.is been made “in the green tree” in this case, is all right, they will take very little interest in what is apprehended will be hereafter done in the name line “in the dry.” They will look upon all the appeals of that sort more iu the light of demagogues eager for s(M)ils than theearnew euticaty of patri- new infringements upon the rights of j ots devoted in principle and right, and the people aud the States.” J wuo really feel that our free institutions Hut where is the policy, it may well be | are iu danger from either old or new asked, of attempting to mute the peoph iu a rally to prevent new usurpations, if the existing ones, which strike at tiie cit adel of the “right* of the people,”as well us “the States, ’ are to be utterly ignored? In view of policy alone, with wnat confi dence or face could any man go before the people of any State and appeal to them to unite and rally for the preven tion of new usurpations, who should be gin his appeal by advising them to re ceive and accept as “verities” aud “fixed facts”—not to be now or ever hereafter questioned or assailed—the foulest usur pations that have ever yet been perpetra ted upon the rights of any portion of the American people ? Could the earnest efforts of the people, anywhere, be ex- l>ecfced to be enlisted for the prevention of neir usurpations of auy sort, at the call or eutreaty of any party which either wiuks at or connives at, much less which favors the sanction of those greatest of all outrages upou popular rights—these highest of all crimes against the Consti tution—these fellest of all blows ever aimed at public liberty in this country, by which ten commonwealths were strick en from the roll of States, and the lives, with the rights of person and property of nine millions of freemen were put uu der the absolute dominion of military sa traps ! It the party in power are to be asaailed for their usurpations, as the Express evi- deutly thinks they should be—if they are to be put out, to save the “rights of the people and tile States” from their grasp of usurpations—is it not the dictate of patriotism, as well as of sound policy, to assail them fore and aft—root and branch —pointedly and most vigorously, for their most mischievous and iniquitous acts of this character—those aimed at the over throw of the entire structure of American free institutions ? Whatever may be said or thought of “dead issues” in the coming contest, all tme friends of the Constitution now seem to be ooming to the conclusion, though some of them tardily, that the whole will, iu the end, be narrowed down to the siu- glo issue of whether ours is to be a Gov ernment of bayonets or a Government of laws. “To this complexion it comes at last.” This single issue, like Aaron’s rod, must and will swallow up a11 ques tions of tariffs, revenue reform, taxation, “negro suffrage,” or what not With regard to the special subject ol “negro suffrage,” to which the Express aud seveial of our exchanges seem to at tach so much importance, we understand Mr. 8tephens’ positiou to be that it is a question wliioh docs not belong to Fed eral politics in auy way. It is a question which belongs exclusively to the States. The Federal Govern raeut has no more rightful control over “uegro suffrage” than over “woman suffrage,” “minor suf frage,” or auy other sort of class suffrage. And “ the safe way out” of all the troubles attending this question is to leave it to the Democracy ol every State to set tle it for themselves bj acting in refer ence to the existing status as they thiuk best for their respective States, without the slightest reference to the usurpations by which the existing status has beeu at- in the Congress of States, but wi re based j u-mpted to be imposed forever upon tho for their assumed future validity upou a States. like projected revolution of the govern ineuts of Urn of tho States of the Uuiou which was lo be carried out by the force of arms. This revolutiou so proj»H.ted was carried out iu these teu Slates. Their rightful or de jure gnvcruiueuta were overthrown, aud tie facto governments es tablished by bayonets iu their stead, wh>ch siill exists iu each of tnem at this at them with a ferocious look, similar to that of * mad dog, but, <h the* t, “* > imPmllncut8 thll , origiaulillg ... symptoms of mania were oi but «i were submitted for ratification moment’s duration, it was not men- . 0 a constituency iu the^e States uot em tioned. On Wednesday, he was taken | draced in their Constitutions and uu- sick and confined to his bed. Alter kuown to the Constitution of the United being confined to his bed he could not 1 States. They were carried not entirely *1 «« h * rtj'L f iio^io -i intuit, in fnvur o, the ..tau-on ... . .»■ short time it was evident he tvas sul- j ^ llllVt , Lerni carried), but by a violeu. it d and q ialunaUun.age to the colored fcnng from hydroyhobm. day ^ ijoeUK . ut of tll e reguJar guveruiuc. r** among us. He w.d then opposed, passed and the suffering increased.— the8e aud the erection in thou and doubtles *till is, to the policy ol ai- The Fifteenth Amendment, as we have said before, and now repeat, is not held to be invalid by those who denounoe it, because of what it ouutaius, but because of the usurpations and outrages upou the Constitution by which it is claimed to be a rightful part of the organic law. Those UMirpations should never be permitted to pass without proper rebuke and condem nation, eveu by those who favor the ob- j *ct professed to be aimed at by them. We do not understand Mr. Stephens as opposing “negro suffrage” per le. We, aud all who have read his testimony be fore the Reconstruction Committee in 1865, know that lie was then, after the ratification of tho Tairteeuth Amend ment, in favor oi the e .tension of a lim- The suffering had become so intense 8 toad of a military despotism in each of that he formed At the mouth and last them. Their de jure governments are night he expired. A few miutttes be- still in a state of repression. This is the fore he died he said he was iuttering troth of the case, and the annaU of no r . .. _ i„ the breast <*> nn »7 ™ W "how gro«or or mow P*l- f f°® •“ “f 0 * !*“ m “3 , . ' p-.hlo usurpation* ofg'«; showing th»t ho wa* *en*ihle to ll» ' >. . , mud *od last It «M said by thoee who saw | p^gay ou the part of tnure in authon- him die that it wan the most heart I t y—than to those meavui-s npou wine lowing the general suffrage of the present older of Ihingjfto that class of persons; believing it not to be for the best interest of society in view of their general condi tion mental aud moral. But in his opin ion, “the safe wav out” of all difficulties attendingjihis subject, is to leave in with the Democracy of each State to rnauagi ud ooutrol lor themselves. If, upon oaiirpatious. The appeal in this instance to be effect ive must not only be earnest, but it must uot wink at anything, connive at any thing, much leas sanction anything, that is founded upou fraud, perfidy and usurpation of any sort. “The safe way” out of all the difficul ties, no only on the “negro suffrage” question, but of all other evils now af flicting the oountry by reason of usurpa tions, including the def<ido governments alluded to, in Mr. Stephens’ opinion, is, first by such an appeal as that stated at>ov6 to arouse the people in all the States, and cause them to rally to.the polls and turn out of their places the party uow iu power which Inis so abused their high trust.; and then leave all these mat ters with the administration of the Gov ernment in the hauds of the true friends of the Constitution and free institutions, who will instantly withdraw the bayonet, and, through the proper use of the bal lot, upon Democratic principles and doc- taines, will soon effect a thorough rectifi cation of all these existing wrongs, with out violence or injury to auy class or per son. The'revolution thus to be effected will be as thorough aud as peaceful as that accomplished by the Demixiracy in 1800, under the lead of Mr. Jefferson, when our liberties were then rescued and saved by them from a like centralism which is now threatened. We have uot undertaken this exposi tion without cousultiug Mr. Stephens; aud we are authorized to say that it is oorrect. He does not wish his views to luterfere in any way with the harmony of the Democratic party in their next general convention, llis own opinions, however, he freely gives all who ask them. We simply wish that ho may be correctly understood. Tuese, therefore, are his views upou the prcbcnt situation, and the proper course to be taken by those who would save the liberties of this oountry, both iu reference to correct prin ciples and wise policy. On this line we know he believes that at least twenty- three States, ousting over two hnudred and thirty electoral votes, may be cer tainly counted upon for the maintenance of the Governnn nt as oue of law, aud not of bayonets ; while on the liue indicated 4>y the Express, lie dot's not think one Hundred and fifty electoral votes can be obtained against the ruling dynasty. Platform of the Taw Payers Con vention of Sontli C'.irotiua. The Tax-payers’ Convention of the State, representing to a vary large extent its property and intelligeuoe, aud com posed of men as gallant as auy who fought iu the Into war, and as patriotic as breathe any where the breath of life, without a dissentieg voice, resolved: 1. That we meditate no resistance what ever to the Govern iu -ut of the Uuited States, under its present administration, and inland iu respect thereof, to con duct themselves as peaceful law abiding citizens. 2. That however distasteful the recon struction measures have l>eeu to the Southern mind, we now vi*»w them as dualities, and recognize the duty of obey- iug them in the letter and iu spirit, aud as far as in our power lies to make that duty pleasant. 3. That we look to time, and to peace ful measures only, for the .solution of any difficulties that uow exist, or may hereaf ter exist, in the administration of affaire of this State, aud wo entertain the belief that all the changes and modifications that may be d.aured in that connection can aud will! be effected by the quiet in fluence of au eulighten id pul die opinion. 4 That the exigencies of the times demaud from the people other efforts thau those intended to promote the suc cess of any “ party ;” their true interests consisting iu their uuitiug with good citizens of auy and all parties in promo ting the welfare of every section and of every class of the people. An old Connecticut lady who was very much troubled by tho prospect of the introduction of gas in the village, aud the consequent disuse of wh ile oil, asked with much earnestness, “ what is to be come of the poor whales?” drSh,— ; him die thlt it was the most heart ty—than t«» those measure* you wi*icu t *na comro or HoURi* i i. UAooRovic^ J goeuc they ever witnessed. I solely these so-called amend menu \.v. . uial, the existing }«te A special to the Athrnta Hr.N eW lW Gen. Toombs and Gen. Forrest willlx) summoned to testify before tho K,u-Kliu Committee at Washington.