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THE iuBUt SUN.
Wednesday Morning. January 8.
lir* Office'tri Bit bun TluUdinq, Weal
tiae of Broad tired, Seoona Door South qf
Alabama.
9SF Next Advertisement* al trays found
yn First Faye; Local and Business Notices
m Fourth Faye,
The Sun.
During the present year a President
end members of Congress urd to be
elected.
Liberty must be preserved or lost. The
Corruptionists of the Day—the Bond
Rings—the ambitious enemies of free
government—are artfully, persistently
paring the tray to the overthrow of the
Federal Republic, founded by Washing
ton, Jefferson and Madison, and the es
tablishment of a Centralised Empire and
a Dynasty in ita stead.
THE PEOPLE can prevent this if
they will. They can reUiu their free
dom, or they can become slaves. The
destiny of this country is to be decided
by the people votes!
If the Democratic piety will but stand
firmly upon its tinedwaered platform,
erect the standard of Li worry, and
honesty in the administration of the gov
ernment, a.glorious triumph will bo
achieved. Victory is within our grasp.
The enemy in giving way—U receding
from his utter disregarded of law and
constitutional guaranties. Now is tbo
time for a rigorous charge upon his wa
vering lines.
The Bun, has teen sowing tbo good
seed of truth. It has already brought
forth good fruit. We sludl continue
to sow the seed, and shall expect a rich
harvest to be reaped in the triumph of
honest principles in the next election.
We trast our patrons wilt aid us in ex
tending the circulation of Tnn Bun. Wo
have entered upon our enterprise to assist
in the great work of redeeming the coun
try from the control of robbers, tyrauts
and money-changer*, who Are infesting
the temple of Liberty. Their tables must
be overturned and public opinion must
scourge them from the public presence.
We riiall give all tho news from the
State Capital—proceedings of tbp Legis
lature—deoifrions of tho Supreme Court,
and all important news and event* con
neoted with the Slate liuvemmtut; and
shall endeavor to mako Tuh Bi n a wel
come family visitor.
Bee our term* elsewhere.
The Western and Atlantic UhII*
road Lease.
The Committee of the Legislature to
investigate the Lease of the Western and
Atleutio Railroad will assemble at the
Capitol to-day. It consists of Ilona
Wni. M. Reese and A. D. Nunnnlly of
the Senate; and Goo. F. Pierce, Jr., of
Hancock, O. M. Nethcrlaud, of Rabun,
tud^ jB- Hudson of Hebley, on the part
of the House. Judge Recso i* the Chair
man.
If we properly understand the matter,
tire investigation 41 a very simplo one,
aud oasily determined: Whether or not
the action of Governor Bullock in award
ing the lease, acted fairly and iu good
faith. The Road was given to the pres
ent leasees, at $25,000 per mouth, while
tho other company offered $3G,500 per
month for it Bullock alleged that the
hitter ooiuyany did not offer the necessa
ry security, and therefore ho awarded the
Jcusu to tbo company represented by
Gov. Brown; while tho company repre
sented by Messrs. Seago, Wallace,
Collier, Wyly aud others, ullege that
they wero ready to give a bond worth
$H,o0(),000; and further, that the security
given by the Company upon which the
coutract of lease was awarded, is really
uot binding upon the parties, and there
lore worthless.
Wlint >Vlll It Aniouitl to 1
When the Legislature meets on the
16th iust, it will proooed to couut the
votes cast at the late election for Gover
nor. It will declare Hon. James Milton
Smith duly eluctod and inaugurate him.
If Benjamiu Conley set* up any preten
tions to being Governor and trie* to hold
the seat he now usurps, it will still fur
ther disgrace him and tho Bond Ring,
and the party to which he is allied. No
laxly will recoguizo him in that capacity,
hut everybody will recognise Uoi. Boritli
iu Governor. With the Legislature aud
all officers of the Btute, aud the whole
)>eople of Georgia, officially recognieiug
aud with him as the legal
Executive of Georgia, Conley will mako
but a poor show playing Governor. Tho
LegfaMure will nolteceive any message*
from him, nor tend him any communica
tion*. The Treasurer will not pay any of
hi* draft* of warrants, and nobody will
respect or obey auy order or process from
him. Verify,'Hie dotted will he a meny
one—to outsiders who look on and wit
ness the ridiculous spectacle. Perhaps
Benjamin Conley will enjoy it hugely.
But adipose ho should try to phry the
role of Stanton, and bar himself up in
side the Executive office to retain the re
cord*. Tim rode provides that if rite jMivon
filling any office shall neglect or refuse to
torn over to bis successor the records,
books or papers of bis office after the
mffie are demanded, complaint can be
made to the Judge of tho Superior Court,
ybpAttat (Aftt *u flitter, setting a time
for a hearing, and requiring such tteiin
guent to show cause why lie should not
l>e compelled to deliver up the same;
that the Judge shall proceed to iuquire
into the dsenumimem, and if it appear
that soak hooka are illegally withheld he
must order the same to be delivered in-
btaoter to his successors, and the puffish-
uient of failure is due aud imprisonment
Oil Urn bpoku pffi delivsrod lp. 1
The Ways of Bin.
“Bride goeth before destruction, and f
haughty spirit before a fall.” The day
of reckoning for the Bond Ring and the
gull of organized official ulunderers
thrmigbout the country, is near. The
people are taking this matter iu the r
own hands, and tho gnilty parties will
meet a deserved fate. Tweed, the great
Head Centre front of the Amsrioan
Rings, will, no doubt, be expelled from
the Bute Senate of New York, as soon as
that assembly meets. Wrong-doing cer
tainly brings its own punishment. It
produces its legitimate effect-, as surety
as the cold of winter brings death to ve
getation.
The New Yolk World, of the 28th De
cember, commenting ou Tweed's great
fall, says:
“Except Louis Napoleon's, Tweed’s is
perhaps the most sudden and impressive
fall that has happened in our time. Last
winter and the winter before, this for
sokeu aud humiliated man wus'omnipo
tent iu our State and city politics. II
dictated the legi*latiou of the most im
portaut State iu the Union, moulding it
to his will, and shaping it as he pleased.
His influence was quite as great over the
Republican as over the Democratic mem
bers. Iu th® government of this great
city he was an autocrat. His political
influence was reiuforced by the influence
of great but ill-gotten wealth. And now
this powerful man, whose vulgar success
i .zzled so many vulgar followers, is a
Hiking fugitive from justice l He is
like the foolish man described in thegos
pel who built liis house upon the sand.
4 And the winds blew, und the floods
oame, and beat upon tbat house, aud it
fell, and crest was the fall thereof. ”
HM «
Dr. Bard's Chattanooga Paper,
We bear it stated that Dr. Bard is
about to abaudon his Chattanooga enter
prise, and therefore, that city will not be
blessed with the publication of a Grant
Radical paper during the coming cam
paign.
The truth is, Graut stock is running
low, and Radicalism is on the wane all
over the United States.
■ -»♦-<
The Auditing Hoard Investiga
tion
The committee appointed by tho Leg
islature at its late session to investigate
the conduct of the Auditing Board of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad meets
at the Capitol this morning.
Tho committee'* consists of Hons. L.
0. Hoyle, of Dawson, and John A. Jervis,
of Morgantown, on the part of the Ben-
ate; and John W. Wofford, pf Bartow;
W. J. Head, of Harulson, and J. II
Woodward, of Dooley, on tho part of the
House. Mr. Hoyle is chairman.
Tho Bullock Legislature, in leasing
out the State Road, provided that the
floitfng debts or liabilities of the road
should be paid out of tho Treasury of
the State, authorizing the Governor to
draw his warrant upon tho Treasury for
that purpose, and having tho following
provi
Provided, That tho Governor ahull,
in no case, draw liis warraut
on tho Treasury in favor of any
such cluimunt, for any unliquidated de
mand, until the claim is audited und
affirmed by a Board of three Commis
sioners, to consist of Benjamin Conley,
Dawson A. Walker and George Hillyer,
Esq’rs, or a majority of them; * * 9
but uo claim shall, in auy event, bo al
lowed by said Commissioners, or paid by
the Governor, that has been rejected by
the judgment of the Court having juris
diction of the case, or by the action of
the Legislature; nor shall any ola m be
paid which falls within the doss rejected
by the decisions of tho Supreme Court
ou account of tlicir connection with the
rebellion, or which is embraced in the
Ordinance of Repudiation passed by the
Convention of 1805.”
Wo lay tho foregoing synopsis of the
act creating tho Board of Commissioners,
before our readers that they may under
stand fully the case.
The Board thus appointed—Messrs.
Conley, Walker and Hillyer—audited aud
ordered nearly a half million of claims to
be paid out of tbo Treasury. Bomo
claims thus allowed and paid lmvo turned
out to bo fabricated, unfounded aud
fraudulent; and on ucoouut of this, uud
for other reasons, tho present Legislature
have uppoiuted a committeo to investi
gate the conduct of tho Board.
We forbear making any comment*.
Wo shall await tho result und let the facts
developed speak for themselves.
Tim A>lr JfirN has hauled down the
uuiiic of Graut aud Akerman, which
long flouted at its masthoud, a* candi
dates for tho Presidency uu I Vice-Presi
demy, ami lias never given * word of ex
planation. It was quietly done—done or
tbo sly—no reason givtn.
But it keeps Iho motto mounted by Dr.
Bard, at the head of its c.-lmnu—some
thing about Grunt being a pitot of some-
kiud; and some of the friends of tbat pa
per point to Bard's old motto standing
up there, and triuuipbautly usierttbat the
Fra has not baa lot I «Jp*u Gnu t* name.
It keeps Bard's idea up there—declar
ing that Gniut is a pitot; but it uo longer
keojM) his name hoisted us its choice for
President.
Thctfftth W, Grant stock is ruuniug
low, aud Radicalism is ou the wane.
— —-
RADICAL HULK IN TEXAS.
Sperrli of Bill, John (•. Conner,
M,C.
Au Expose of Radical Frauds,
Below we give an address delivered l*y
Hon. John C. Couner, Member of Con.
gross, from Texas, at his old home, at
XobhMviilo, Indiana, on tlte 18th of No
vember, while on route for Washington.
The speoeh is ftidl Worth perusal by tho
reading public, m it WH* some whole
some truths of how tlio Radicals have
fnlstnimagcd affairs in the South.
He oommeuoed by stating that five
years ago ho was appointed a Captaiu iu
the regular army of the United States
and aent to Texas, and being thero in the
days of “reconstruction,” was familiar
with its whole history aud the practical
workings of the carpet-bag aud scalawag
gov«vu»eipVs which upfqBcded it
He said: The crimes which I have wit-
uqssfd tlicrc against Immaiity are so
shocking and revolting that you could
hardly credit ilia facte should’I repeat
*v '‘rebei.” roNsnmtyrr.
I know that yoa have come to hoar
what I have to say in behalf of my “reb
el” constituency, who have twice honored
mo with an election to Congress. And
let me say lb the outset (and in that I may
unless, perbap*, it may be in electing me,
a Democratic Union soldier, to Cougrew
over a loudmouthed, whining Radical,
who served on neither side.
I shall make nwrieclamtion in relation
to the condition of the South that I do
not know to be literally true. I could
have no object in deceiving yoa. While
I am sensitive to public opinion, and de
sire the confidence and res]>ect of good
j ople enrjwh<re, y« t yoa will pa don
me for saying that your likes or dislikes
could not effect me in tho estimation of
a hair either on the one side or tho other.
My home is iu Texas. Her people have
honored toe, and / am not going back on
them, come what may. Their hope is
my hope, and tbeir destiny is mine.
REASON RESUMING ITS SWAT.
For five long yjars f have watched with
anxious solicitude the beating*f the pop
ular pulse of the American people. I
have putie.Atly awaited the hour when
the people shall think and reason, rather
thau act from impulse or passion.
I am mbnonDied by the changes that
arc gradually taking place in our form of
government, that the revolution is still
going on, and that a large number of the
honest people of tho Noith do uot under
stand or appreciate
THE MOUTHERS SITUATION.
Your sources of information are through
the public prints that are always more or
less parti.sun, or puckcd Congressional
Committees, that, like Military Commis
sions, are organized to convict You have
never had, and probably never may have
a full understanding of the official cor
ruption that prevails throughout the
Southern States, and that has, since the
close of the war, disgraced Republican in
stitutions in this country. I find iu your
paper (the Noblosville Ledger) published
here, in its issue of yesterday, the follow
ing characteristic aud signiticant para
graph:
••l'ho Washington Chronicle. whoso editor, Gover-
Iloldeu, in a personal friend of Attorney General
Alu-ruuu, laid week had the following paragraph in
relation to thla Cabinet officer'* opinion of the South
ern situation: ‘Attorney General Aki-rnmu, iu dls-
cunalng political aUiurs laat evening, remarked that
poraona who had not deeply looked into the matter
could not realize the extent of the Ku-klux organiza
tion m in aoine auction* of Gie Southern State*. lie
aaya that having been aeaociated with tho i*coplu of
the South, ami having recently traveled about lu that
couutry and obaerved fur himself, that ho 1* satisfied
that it la tmpoaelble to govern the people with local
courts, Juries, etc.’ M
Can that declaration be true? Cau the
statemeut, coming from a member of the
President’s Cabinet—liis legal aud con
stitutional adviser—that the juries uud
the local courts of the country are unequal
to the administration of justice, be true?
Tho Constitution of our couutry says:
“No person shall bo held to answer for a capital or
otherwise iufamou* crime, unless ou tho present
ment «r indictment of a Grand Jury, except m case*
arising In tho land or naval forcea." etc.
A Graud Jury selected how? A Grand
Jury selected iu uocordnnco with tho law
from among the qualified grand juror* of
the county or district in which the crime
bholl have boon committed. Again your
Constitution mjkl
“In all criminal prosecutious the accused shall
enjoy tb« right to a speedy and public trial by an
Impartial Jury of the Statu aud district wherein the
crime shall have been committed, which distri> *
shall have boon provioasly ascertained by law," ct
A jury aolected how? A jury selected
according to law from among the qtiuli
fled jurors of tho State or district wherein
the crime shall have been committed.—
That, gentlemen, is what our Constitu
tion says. A jury i« tho ouly constitu
tional tribunal before which an American
citizen cau bo called to answer for au
alleged violation of the law. Aud yet
Mr. Akerman, tho Attorney General of
the United States, says that it is impos
sible to govern the people of the
Southern States by and with these
constitutional tribunals. If his state
ment bo fulse, it is an official amt a
malicious slander against the people of
the South, designed to prejudice und
mislead you, gentlemen of toe North;
aud tho administration that could resort
to such a contemptible subterfuge is un
worthy the respect, much less the confi-
d«*u v, of tho American people. If hi*
declaration be true, 1 present it to your
com nou sense judgmeut: Are uot Re
publican institution* under Graut a fail
ure?
Again, I find in the same papor, of the
same date, the following:
“The jour*
tou fi*s boon received at Jiuliauapoli*,
Senator Scott, Chairman of tliu Ku-klu
ha* Intimated that hi* report to Cotigree* will uni-
brace facta which will be a hinting diMgracc
country."
THE DISGRACEFUL RETORT OF THE KU-KLUX
COMMITTEE.
There, gentlemen, you have the key
note. The report of Senator Scott is to
contain some startling revelations. The
way is being paved, aud your minds are
being prepared to receive facts which
will bo a lusting disgrace to the country
My opinion is that the investigation by
the Committee, of which Senator Scott
is chairman, is the most lasting disgruct
tho country has sustained siuce the ear
best organization of our government. -
But, be that as it may, i am willing to
hazard my reputation upon .ho predic
tion that Senator Scott’s report will con
tain nothing move startling thau the re
port which I find in the Indianapolis
Journal of to-day of crime* committed
in your own State this week. 1 will road
you a single paragraph from au Putin
column of the Journal:
••TUB CLARK COUNTY TRAGEDY.
halftnllr* on the Lexington r<ad. Thu
ommlUoo won whits mask*. They demanded tin
ojaol tbo Jailor bud ataontf, Imt were refused.—
hey then forced tho door*, broke the iocki
hinges, and took the primmer*. Two of the p
* were hung to '♦ne tree, a
loUier ti
durable resistance."
KV-KLUXISM IN INDIANA.
Now, gentlemen, what ore you going
to do? Hero you have murder* one day,
und an organized band of Ku-Klux over
powering your officer* of tho law the
next Iu South Carolina the President
declares martial law iu couuties where it
is alleged that lawless band* or orgur.iza-
tious arc too strong for ilia civil power.
What will he do here? Will he exercise
his power under tho Ku-Klux bill and
suspend the privilege of the writ of ha
beas corpus in Clark county, Indiana?
If lie is a pure uud a just man lie will
guard the interest* uud the lives of tho
loyal people t1f Indiana against combina
tions of desperate and lawless men as
rapidly and us willingly as he doe* those
of the people of South Carolina. * *
MORTON, TUK AUTHOR OK THE KU-KLUX BILL,
AND HIS OBJECT.
Gentlemen—this whole Ku-Klux bus
iness is a flimsy farce, gotten up by your
own Senator, Morton, for the purpose of
fauuing into a flame the dying embers of
au extinguished volcano, and to divert
the public mind from the consideration
Gf the true issues. Bo U>ug as tk« war
feeliug prevails, he aud hi* confederates
in crime can plunder the public treasury
with os much impunity a* they could
gamble away the State funds on the
gold board in New York during the war,
and charge it to the account of tho sol-
diors. He does not core if you do p*y
three thousand dollars per mile ss a roy
alty to Pennsylvania ou the railroad iron
that yon are to lay upon the new road
which you are constructing. He does
not care it yon do pay two hundred per
cent to New England ou the woolen skirt
on earth when his party obtained power,
has been driven from the seae and your
American whips left to rot on the dry
docks. # # * # #
THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR DAVIS
OF TEXAS
Differs in but few essential particulars
from the other carpet-hag or scalawag
government* of the South. With it I
am familiar. He was elected or declared
so, at an election held ou the 30th of
November, 1st 2d and 3d days of Decem
ber, lbGff; and on the 31st day of March
following the State was declared, by a
joint resolution of Congress, to be in the
Union, and hi* administration went into
effect. At that time there were four hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars [$450,-
000] in the State treasury; the State wo*
out of debt sad the taxes were assessed
at fifteen [15] cents ou the hundred dol
lars. He Has a partisan majority of two-
thirds in the Legislature* They have
had control of the State less than twenty
months, and in that time they have squan
dered the $450,000 in the Btute treasury;
raised the tax from fifteen cents on the
hundred dollars to two dollars and twen
ty-five cents [$2 25] on the hundred dol
lars; and the contracted debt of the State
to-day is fifteen millions of dollars [315,-
000,000.] That is summing up briefly
iiuuucial transaction* of twenty
mouths Radical misrule iu Texas.
All that we could staud with our im-
incuse resources uud still live. But there
arc other crimes—crimes against society
—crimes against the orgumc law of the
land—that no State can long survive.—
For instance, the terms of office for mem
bers of the Legislature is fixed by the
Constitution—that of the lower house
for two years from the date of the gener
al election. As before remarked, the
election closed on the 3d of December,
1809, and as a consequence the present
Legislature of the State of Texas expires
by constitutional limitation on the 3d of
December, 1871, and yet, would you be
lieve it, no election for members of the
Legislature was held this fall, but on the
contrary, a special enactment provides
that no election shall be held until the
full of 1872. Thus you see we are to have
au interregnum of one year, when His
Royal Higliuess the Governor is to rule
without a parliament. But I imagine he
thinks, with hi*
ARMY OF STATE POLICE,
That he will be equal to the emergency.
A state policeman is an individual to be
found in but few sections of the Union
—iu fuct, I believe he is confined exclu
sively to the Stato of Texas. But there
he is to be found iu great abundance. He
is distinguished from the unarmed citi
zen, whom he often iusults, by the do *o-
ration of a six shooter and such other
deadly weapons as it may suit his fancy
to carry. He draws a salary of $75 or
$100 per mouth from tho State, and
makes negroes vote the Radical ticket on
election day. Ho cost the people of
Texas this year a half million of dollars.
He was very efficient at the
LATE ELECTION IN TEXAS,
in enforcing the provisions of the order
which I hold in my hand, as well as many
others of a kindred nature. This order
is a peculiar document, and will sound
strauge to you men of Indiana, who are
unfamiliar with the ciauk of the bayonet.
But it is simply a pioneer, blazing out tho
path for Grant’s second term. It will
become a frequent visitor with Grant’s
re-election, rtud under the Empire it
might become ft necessity. Murk my
prediction: If Grant i* re-elected it will
cross your threshold uninvited, without
even stopping to knock at the door. But
I must read you the order. It begin*
“Headquarters State of Texas.” Who,
in the name of Heaven, ever heard of au
election order emanating from “Head
qua: tens” anywhere ?
“Heaikjuauteuh State ok Tkxah. 1
“Office Adjutant Gknkhal and Chief Police, \
Avans, Texas, AognatV, 1S71. J
[“Clrcutor.J
“To the end tii.it there n»»y be no disturbance oi
whig regal*
ed for the government of the offl
■Tit oi tho ejection, slid of peace officer*. Stale guard
id militia on duty by
jtfh registry and electh
•-1. Ail itcrNoiifl coming to vote ahull deposit their
kllot* with the leant possible delay, uud a(t<
uu nt, and peace officer*, K'ate guard or militia oi
duty at the polls shall sue that this regulation la com
plied with.
•TI. Ail peruonn are forbidden to shout, jeer at, o
in any way iuault or atinoy voters or candidates fo
office, during tho regiutrutiou aud election; am
peace officer*, State guard and militia ou duty, ar
directed at once to arrest such pernm*. aud to hold
them to be dealt with according to the proviaioi
section 11 of the act for tho protection and purity of
lasembling of
cr* at or ueur uie county *uat Uur-
■egiatratlou i* being made, or the
rction iu going ou, and for tho purj>oeo of jutimb
county,
aid pur L
fleet of die a
jx-rson* ii the pretext Ihereot
Mato guard and militia on duty lu auch county arc
directed to disperse aucli persona, yroruied However,
that iu this regulation it is not intended to interfere
with person* pjacoably aud quietly walling at the
registration office or ut tho poll* tor tlicir turu to
ilisapixjiut some of yon) that I have no i worn by your little daughter to school,
deft u*o to make for them, for they need He does not care if American commerce,
none. They have committed no crime, I which was second to hut one nationality
register or vote.
E' VI. Tho Governor hereby assume* command for
and during the election, ot all iwacc officer* in the
State, including BhoniT* and their deputies, and city
or town police or marshal* and their deputies, aud
those officers are hereby directed to plaoe themselves
under the direction of the officer dc*iguatvd or to be
designated by tho Governor, a* set forth fn circular
order* from this headquarters, and to aid him iu
forcing thess regulations ami the laws of this *1
and the United * tutor governing election*.
EDMOND J. 1)AVI*,
Goveruoi
Official; James Davidson.
Adjutant and Ohlef of Pol 03 »f Texal."
That document lias all the form* of a
military onlor. When au order is issued
to tho American army it ia dated:
•' 11 KArlHjl' ARTKUS ASMY OF THE UNITED BXATES, 1
Ot KICK OF THK ADJUTANT GKNKEA1.. J
Washisorux, D. t\, Nov. —, !&7I. M )
And it would uud with tho signature of
• W. T. BHKKMAN. General.
“Official: E. D. Towasknd, Adj'l Geu'l."
You meu who were in tho army have
not forgotten that. This order is dated:
Hs iDgcABTima State or Texas, )
Ul r.VNT UlR'L AND OUIKF OF lVUCE, ]
Austin, Texas, August *, UU.” )
And it close* with the signature of:
“EDMOND J. DAVIS, Oovcrnor.
VICUA: Jamk* Davidson.
Adj 't Gen. and Chief of Polios of Texas.
CHARACTER OF TUK ELECTION ORDER.
But it i* to the eonteute more thau to
the form of this document that 1 would
call vour attention. Our people were
commanded to deposit their ballots with
the least possible delay, aud forbidden
under any pretext to remain about tho
polls or at tho county seat, but wero com
manded to return to their homes and
usual employment, that is to say go to
work. Where a Methodist Conference
or Baptist Association was iu session dur
ing those four days of election, it was
compelled to disbond, adjourn or remove
from the county seat, because all persons
w®re forbidden under any pretext to re
main. Aud when they arrived at home
they * * could uot even enjoy the luxury
of sitting down under their own vine and
fig tree and cursing Radical usurpations,
but were compelled to go to work that
they might thereby bo enabled to sup
port the State police, State guard, aud
militia, whose duty it was to see that the
oniera of Governor Davis were obeyed.
The registrat ion continued for ten days
and the election for foar, and daring all
that time • * # our people were for
bidden to shout under pain of being ar
rested and held to be dealt with. * #
Here in Indiana it ia not held to be a
very serious offence for a man t-» shout,
either at an election or at a Methodist
camp-iuceting, but down in Texas it was
quite different.
On the morning that I first received a
copy of thia eleotion oiroular; or, rather
when I first observed it in the public
prints, 1 met Governor Davis at a town
called Bonham, an important point in
my district. We both had appointments
to address the people there on that day,
and after sons® little parley it was ar
ranged that we should both speak from
the same staud. There wa* a large
crowd in attendance. The Governor spoke
first am’ T followed. Finally I came to
the discussion of his last election order,
and before thut assembled multitude I
read the document which I have read in
your hearing, aud advised the people to
obey it. Aud then reading for the sec
ond time a clause from the third para
graph, I turned to Governor Davis and
said: “Thia will interfere with my cau-
vusrt. I have appointments to spesk in
several county towns during the days of
registration, end this order prohibits the
aattemUing of the people to hear me. I
am the regularly nominated candidate of
the Democratic party for Congress in this
District. From time immemorial it has
been the custom for all candidates for
tho high office to which I aspire to meet
the people and discuss with them iu a
spirit of candor and fairness the political
issues upon which they M re called to act
in their capacity a* citizens of this proud
und mighty republic;” and folding my
arm* I continued: “I humbly beseech
your gracious majesty that I may be per-
mittedto continue the old time custom.”
For a moment all was profoundly still.
The Governor looked con fused; aud then
the shout that went up from two thou-
gaud of au brave ana generous men as
ever trod the earth, and whom no power
on t*ui th cun enslave, had the desired ef
fect. The next morning a friend of
the Governor handed me thia document
which I hold iu]my hand. It is a rare
specimen. It is alone in this cold world
with no mate to keep it company, and as
such I am going to preserve it and hand
it down to my posterity as a memen
to of these times. It is a permit
duly and officially signed by direction of
the Governor, by hi* private secretary,
Mr. Britton, authorizing mo to canvass
my district, and disclaiming any inten
tion oil the part of the Governor to inter
fere with inj/ canvass. Of course I then
felt secure, and proceeded with tho can
vass, which resulted in my return to
Congress by twelve thousand five hun
dred majority, and I have the Governor’s
certificate of election in my pocket, for
which I thank him, and only regret that
he has not treated my Democratic col
leagues who were elected as fairly us my
self, with the same degree uf official can
dor.
THE MILITARY TAX.
Strange os that election circular may
appear, I have yet another document here
that will strike* the honest men of Indi
ana with still mere foroe. I suppose it
is the only one of its species that has
ever found its way this fur North. I
found it sticking up in the office of tlie
hotel at Groesbeck, where I had stopped
for tho night on my way North. Here it
county. I fiu ordered t
d county, as per aBHesknient roll of 1871
“AU pnr*ona owning proporty in Limetdouc
ty arc notified to appear at my office iu the city of
Groeabeck immediately and pay the aame. All per-
a »u« refnaing or failing to pay said tax within three
13) (lava from above date ten (10) per cent will be ad'
(led and tneir property levied upon and aoid to aatia-
fy aaid tax.
‘‘Oeohob W. Faeeow,
“Special Agent, State of Texa-i, for Limoatone
county.”
From this you will see that thero is to
day a military commission sitting in
judgment nnon the lives and fortunes of
citizen* of Texas and the Uuited Btute.*,
and thut u mj ecial military tax of three
per cent, ad valorem is being collected
from the citizens of Limestone county to
defray tho expenses of that commission.
And these tuxes are being collected
AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET,
not by an officer known to the Constitu
tion and the laws of Texas, not the regu
lar t&x collector of Limestone countv, but
by a special agent of tbe State of Texas
appointed for the county of Limestone.
And by what authority are these tuxes
collected? By virtue of any statute of
tho State of Texas? No; by no means.
Have the taxes been assessed by auy legal
or competent authority? None whatever
But they are being collected by virtue of
and pursuant to orders received by Ma
jor General A. G. Maloy, commanding
State forces in Limestone county.
THE OBJECT OF MARTIAL LAW IN TEXAS.
And now, my countrymen, what do you
supposo was the occasion for martial law
in Limestone county. You will hardly
credit the facts when I tell you of the cir
cumstances thut led t<K vhis most mon
strous and damuable villainy. I will re
late them briefly. Limestone county is
strongly Democratic in politics; that is to
say, tho white population is greatly in
excess of tho negro, while it forms a park
of the Third Congressional District,
which it was thought would be very close
at the late olectiou. Both parties were
expecting to curry tho district, Tho Re
publican*—uo, they are not Republicans,
for you Republicans ia Indiana would not
acknowledge or recognize the relation
ship. They are the cast-offs of all politi
cal organizations, seeking political power
and official plunder through the ig
norance and superstition of a semi-barba-
rons race. In Texas we call them Radi
cals, while they call themselves Republi
cans, aud look to the administration at
Washington to sustain them in their
frauds. I will cull them Radicals. Well,
they liegau to realize a few weeks prior
to the election that their cause w s weak
ening; that the German element could
not be relied upon to support their little
man, while the Republicans of standing
and resi>ectability, numbering among
then Bcuator Hamilton, who is a violent
Republican, but an honest mau in fiuau
cial matters, was openly opposing Clerk,
the Radical nominee. Something had to
be done. According te an elec:i m law of
theft own framing the state Board of e m-
vossers,composed of the Governor, the At-
torneyGeneral and Secretary of State,both
ot the latter holding their office* by virtue
of an appointment from the former—bad
power to throw out the votes or refuse to
couut them in counties where, iu their
judgment, a free election was not hodou
account of fraud, intimidation or vio
lence. Thqy kfiew that a quiet election,
with'Do man killed or injured, would re
sult in the defeat of their candidate, and
the consequent election of a Democrat.
So they flooded the district with negro
militia and State police, who wore inso
lent, overbearing, and insulting, thereby
hoping to provoke the white people to
some demonstrations of violence. In this
they failed. Our people moved above
them. T^iey wero determined not to be
insulted by them, or be betrayed into a
reaisteuee which would give their ene
mies the slightest shadow of an exouse to
contelt the election. Maddened and
provoked at th® forbearance of the white
uitMetw, and becoming desperate iu their
endeavors to carry Ute Third District,
the Radical leaders resolved that some
life should be sacrificed. They knew
that martial law would follow, und the
conucqu 'nt throwing out of tho vote of
the county where the disturbance should
occur. So they settled on Limestone as
strong Democratic county, without
which they felt certain of a victory. The
oity of Qroesbook is to be the scene of
tbe tragedy—the murder. The day ar
rives. A negro State policeman display
ing the badge of official power ana au
thority, shoots down, in cold blood, an
unarmed citizen. The Mayor of the
oity, also an appointee of the Governor,
summons a posse of citizens to arrest
the policeman-murderer. A show of re
sistance follows, but no one is huit. A
Ku-Klux bulletin, previously prepared
for the occasion, is telegraphed to the
Governor. He answers with a procla
mation of martial law—a military com
mission is organized, taxes collected, the
people robbed, life and property rendered
insecure—anarchy is established.
And now, gentlemen, yon have the
history of martial law as it prevails to
day in Limestone county, Texas. And,
ofter all, Colonel Giddiugs, the Demo
cratic candidate, is elected by 2,000 ma
jority, independent of the vote in Lime
stone county, though he had not yet re
ceived the certificate of election when I
left tbe State. Ik remains to be seen
whether he will be foroed into a contest
the face of all that has oocurred.
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Atlanta & New Orleans
M II O 11 T LINE.
ALL. RAIL,
[Except Trauaftr at kIobti«.J
PASSENGERS FOR
MONTGOMERY I
Selma, Mobile, Blrmln Ch.ni,
mmiI Tutkalooaa, Alabama.
MEHIDIABT!
Jarkioa, Grenada, Vicksburg,
Okaloaa, and Coriath, Miss.,
NEW ORLEANS
Shreveport, Jefferson, Monroe, La,
Galveston.
Amt All point* iu Texas aud Northern aud Central
. MUsiaeippi. Leaving
Atlimtii Twice Dally !
At 0:50 o'clock p. m., and at 7:00 p. m., via
ATLANTA AND WEST POINT B. B.
Will mako Direct Connections with -tho above
place*.
03 Milos Shorter
To Montgomery, Mobile and New Orleans than
Ditto Mountain, via Kingatou and Rome,
or any other route, and
280Milea Shorter
Tliau by Uluttanooga, Grand Junction am
Corinth, to New Orleana an l
Galveston.
057 Milos Shorter
To Shreveport aud Jefferson, Texas., than
by Chattanooga and Memphis, avoid
ing CU miles Mississippi
River Steamboating.
Passengers leaving Atlanta at 7 o’clock, p. I
_ in Montgomery
bour and tweuty-flve minutes earlier than Blue
Mountain Route.
P< rsous leaving Atlanta a 7:00 p. in., will
rivo In Coliuubur at 4:10 next morning.
A*- 47 miles shorter thau auy other route to £
m*. Meridian, Jackson and Vicksburg. Every
attention paid to the oomlort of passengers.
Baggage handled and checked with care to all
terminal points,
ViT Fare at low as any other route. Through
Tickets for sale at tbe office of the General Ticket
Agent iu tbe Uuion l'asseuger Depot in Atlanta; also
Guo Thousand Milo Tickets for tho accommodation
of merchants aud families at reduced rates.
MouiuoHhoop,Poland Chi
nn Pigs, Pure Bcrh-
teillil*C PiffN,
SUPPLIED BY
Mark W. Johnson’s,
Cotton Warehouse, 42 Broad Street.
BKAMAII FOWLS.
E A U |L V. RONE
Early Goodrich and Ruaaett Potatoes.
GARDEN HEEDS!
In immense quantise, from David Landreth and
Hon*, are daily expected aud will be aoid on reason
able terms, at wholesale and re tad.
Guano and Superphosphates
Mark W. Johnson’s,
Agricultural Warehouse*,
41 and 44 Broad Street,
34-ly P. O. BOX *30, Atlanta, Ga.
The Palace Dollar Store.
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ruoi'Rinoii.
flnilroab ’Aboertieemente.
TO EMIGRANTS.
THE ROUTE FROM
Atlanta to Memphis
Western and Atlantic
Memphis^ Charleston H.JE.
NO OTHER ROUTE OFFERS •
Double Daily Trains
TO ANY POINT ON THE
Mississippi River
SOUTH or- CAIRO.
73 MILES SHORTER
Than Anj Other Line to Memphis,
LITTLE. ROCK
Starting from Atlanta at 10:30 p. m., you vo
hattanooga 6:30 a. m., arrive at Memphis If p.
m , leave Memphis for Little Rock 7:50 a. m.
If any one ahonld offer inducemeuta to you to go
via Naahville to LitUe Rock, remember that there
is bat one train on that route, which leaves Atlanta
iu the Morning starting 12 hour* too soon, yon are
on a tedious Journey 9 houra longer, and arrive in
Meruphi* ouly to meet with 7 hours more detentiou
than if you had left Atlanta on the 10:90 p. m. train,
and goue direct by tbe only RELIABLE ROUTE.
If you are to go by boat from Memphla, leave Atlan
ta iu the morning, arriving In Memphla 12:15 p. in.
Boat* leave at 5:00 p. m., allowing ample time for
transfer aud avoldlug confusion. Finding our
Agents who will g*ve reliable information, and allow
no one to deowiv# you.
L. P. GUDGER, Agent, Dalton.
W. J. AKERS, Agent Atlanta.
B. F. PARKER, Agent. Chattanooga,
Or Address :
A. A. BARNES, General Tioket Agent,
octMMm. M-mpbia
New Haute te Nobile, Now Orleans
ViclMbnrg nnd Texas.
Blue Mountain Route
V I A
SEEM A, ROME, ANO DALTON
Railroad and its Connections.
T>A8SEXOEB8 LEAVING ATLANTA DT THE
I rai“roaoZMZtt*
at 10 A. M., making close connection with
FAST EXPRESS TRAIN
Of Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad, arriving at
Selma at. 8:10 P. M.
aud making close connection# with train ef Alabama
Central Railroad, arriving at
Meridlau 4;00 M.
Jackson 11;50 A. M.
Vicksburg 2:55 P. M.
ALSO, make close connection at OALBRA with
trains of South aud North Alabama Railroad, arriv
ing at
Montgomery 7:10 P. M.
Mobile 7:4* A. M.
Now Orleans 4:26 P. M.
The Road has been recently equipped and ita
equipment Is not surpassed by any in the South
for strength and beauty of fiuiah.
AT No change of care between Rome aud 8elrua.
PULLMAN PALACE CARS
NO DELAY AT TERMINAL POINT8.
Fare as low as by any other Boot*. ./
S&~ Purchase Tickets via Kingatonal the General
Ticket Office, or at th* H-1. Elm bail House.
E. G. BARNEY.
General Superintendent.
BEAU CAMPBELL, Local Agent,
eeptlMf No. 4 Kimball Home
Office Selma, Rome A Dalton R. R, Co.
REAU CAMPBELL, Local As’t
NO. 4, THE H. I. KIMBALL HOUSE.
Atlaxta, Ga, October 12th, 1871.
I jlKEIGHT AND FARE over Blue Mountain Route.
. via 8. R. A D. R. It. and ita connections to all
termiual points, aa low as by any other route, via:
To MONTGOMERY. SELMA, MOBILE,VICKSBURG,
JACKSON, CANTON, MERIDIAN and NEW OR
LEANS.
REAU CAMPBELL, Local Agent 8. R. k D. R. R..
No. 4 Kimball House. octlldif
Goods tout to any part of the country.
angiMm
STEAM SAUSAGE
man ufactory.
KlUEHH BEEP. PORE. MUTTON; PBIEH PORR
A In cu. or uulM; Bolofu ltoo.ni.,
Umam,., HuJ Cher... Ur.r PnJdm,, Blood
“ Bn«d or Otod. to order, of, abort
noUeeaadiaan/qnantity. JOSEPH Far *
nov2*»2m Knexvlite, Twq
Atlanta Beal Estate!
8100,000!
I HAVI OX SALE, FOR CARR, LORE THAN
One IIuedroff Thanaanfl Dollars Worth of
AtlaftU Real Lstate.
Fte»t-ctM» Stores. Dwelling*, Cottages, and no-
naerous unimproved City LuU. The people of Geor-
gta have marked with pride the steady advance in
Atlanta pnq* rty for twenty years past. I a!s» have
several hundred acre* oi laoda adai.Ud to orchard*.
tmc>ar<ia. garden* and dairies, near the city for sale.
r'aniMiitoSto —f —mu. and those desiring
Capitaliou seeking
in or near th# city, will pieZmeeddr
R«al Fatale, Atlanta, Ga.
decl3dAw2m
nlCAGO, Dealer ii
Macon & Brunswick
HAIL.UOAD COMPANY.
HUPRRIHTBXORNT-* OFFICE, I
Macon, Oa„ October to, 1811. j
Change of Schedule.
AND AFTER SUNDAY. OCTOOBU S9TU
1871, the following schedules wUl be run :
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN
Leave Macon
Arrive at Brunswick
Arrive at Jacksonville, FI*...
Leave JacksonvUle, Fla
Leave Brunswick....
. 2:28 P. M.
. 8:00 A. M.
. 8:45 P. M.
Arrive Macon
Conweets closely at Jessup with trains of Atlantic
4 Gulf Railroad to aad tram all paints in Florida.
T II It 0 UM H FAS8KNUEK TRAIN,
Leave Macon SilOF. M-
Arrive at Savannah .... 7:45 A. M.
Arrive Jacksonville, Fla 7*k»P. M-
Leave Jacksonville, Fla. 7*M A. M.
Leave Savannah 7:0® P. N
Arrive at Macon S^® AM.
Connects closely at Jessup with tmiaefor 8avsn
nah, Florida, aud aU point* on tbe A- k G. E «•
At Macou with the M. k W. R. R. Wains to and from
Atlanta.
No ehaage of can between Maeou and Savannah,
aad Macon sad Jacksonville, Fla.
HAWK1NSYIDDE TRAIN*
Laev* Macon passenger shad 346 P. M.
Arrive at Hawkinavtile «=«» *
Leave HswkiBSvill* «:*» f »
Arrive at Maooa M** * *•
WM. MAMAS,
General Hnp*rtnten«tan t
NICHOLS* DANCING ACADEMY-
SKATING KINK.
H ours for oexib at s p. m.. on Thurs
day aud Friday.