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• «• The toiiisvil le,Ky., J effers onia n Democrat. W T e publish, in this issue of The Sun, -in article from the Jeffersonian Democrat, ‘ if Louisville, Kentucky, upon which we submit the following comments : The distinction which our contempora- iy referred to makes between an uncoil- slitutionnl and an invalid amendment, whether correctly made or not, does not, hi our judgment, apply to the Uco, so- called, amendments, which we hold to be invalid, and which, as we also hold, pre sent questions of a Judicial as weft as Political character. By unconslilidionalamendments, our co temporary very clearly shows, he means amendments on subjects not embraced in the amending Power delegated by the States in the Constitution. Now, in our view, the amending Power extends to all subjects not prohibited in the Vtli Article of the Constitution, by which the .-unending Power is delegated as therein set forth. In this clause there are but two restrictions imposed. Neither of the tiro late fraudulent, and, therefore, invalid amendments, as we hold them to be, comes within either of these restrictions, so far as the objects aimed at by them are concerned. It is trne, the Yth Article of the Con stitution was most grossly violated, by a Revolutionary Faction in the Congress of the States, in the manner in which these amendments were proposed; and also in the manner and mode in which they have been declared to be rightful pails of the Constitution. Still, if these amendments had been properb/ proposed, and dull/ Ratified, in pursuance of both the letter and spirit of the Constitution, we think they would be valid and binding upon all the Parties to the Federal Compact.— We think they are within “the scope of the amending Power,” if that Power had been properly and Constitutionally exer cised, and, whether the amending Power has been so exercised by Congress, in the matter ,of these so-called amendments, is, in our judgment, as clearly a Judicial question as the proper or improper ex ercise of any other Power by Congress, in any case whatever. This is, in short, our view upon that question. We know that many eminent men dif fer with us, in this view, and concur in the view presented by the Louisville Jfferstnian Democrat. We intend at present only to express clearly our own views.on the subject, and not to discuss the subject. Under the restrictions of the Yth Ar ticle of the Constitution, the Federal Union can never, by amendments, be changed into a Centralized Empire. It is only by such usurpations as marked the -history of these fraudulent amend ments that so calamitous ever bo apprehended; hence the impor tance of the question touching their validity, both in a Judicial and Political much concurrence of sentiment between Stephens’ opinions that , . G las been no room for discussion -.utea us. But, if we do not misun derstand Ins position, there is a differ ence upon the vital question of where tne power resides which can rightfully judge of the constitutionality of false amendments to the Federal Constitution. lUr. btephens holds that it is both a ju- cbcial and a political question—that is, mat there are two remedies to test the constitutionality of the fourteenth and nlteenth amendments, so-called. First in an appeal to the Federal Supreme n-onrt; second, in the event that remedy tau» to declare them unconstitutional, to the States respectively. We understand •jdr. btephens to favor a resort to the federal Supreme Couit first. If he makes any distinction between testing tne vfilidity and the constitutionality, we do not now recollect it. There is a dis tinction: While unconstitutional amend ments are necessarily invalid, invalid amepdments are not necessarily in them selves uneonstitntional. A proposed amendment proper in its scope may be invalid because of a lack of compliance with the forms through ■which the Constitution prescribes it shall pass. Y/e are not prepared to say that Bucli a-case is not a judicial one— one that the Federal Supreme Court might decide if properly before it—but we are most decided in denying that court jurisdiction of the constitutionality of pretended amendments. The great objection to the false amendments is not that they were irregularly proposed and adopted by duress upon certain States to obtain the assent of the required 'num ber, but that they are not within the scope of the amending power; that under the pretense of amending, they in fact seek to subvert the Constitution and form of government provided by it. Now this is the real issue, and it is purely political. The question concerns the reservedidghts of the peoples of the States. It is not a question between State and Federal Government, but a question between the people of each State in their collective ca/jacity and all their public functionaries and would-be mas ters. The Federal Supreme Court can not pass upon such an issue. It is part and parcel of the Federal machinery. To make it the umpire of questions touching reserved rights would place it above the Constitution and make it mas ter over the peoples of the States. ■ »-•-« 51A COX AND WESTERN RAILROAD CHIN-CHIN AND CHOW-CHOW. a a i SUN. THE TOOK OF AN AMERICAN WOMAN THROUGH the empire. Mis* King'. Adventures Among tUe Ce lestials—Her Conversion to Buddhism How She Worships Her New Dei ties—New Secrets from China, • Japan and A Negro Sleeping on the Track—Attempt to Throw the Train oil'. view. It is in this latter view that it becomes a matter of suck vast importance that the Peoples of the United States shall never giye their approval or sanction to the pal pable usurpations and iniquitous wrongs by which they are claimed to be valid parts of the Constitution, even if they should be held to be valid by the Courts. All political power, as yet, re sides with the Peoples of the States, and by its proper and peaccfuL exercise at the polls, all abuses of power, either by Con gress, or Judges, or auy other officials, may be ultimately rectified. This will be the final result of the harmonious workings of our matchless systems of Free Institutions, if the people everywhere will but be true to themselves, in the res cue and preservation of the priceless heritage of Constitutional liberty receiv- "from their ar> / ”' r ^ors. A. H. S. 'P i o' * From the Louisville (Ky.) Jeffersonian Democrat, 9tli September, 1671. Alex. H. Stephens and the Validity of the False Amend ments. ’ ’ r> V;.. Though not among those who rushed into print articles highly laudatory of Mr, Stephens’ advent as political editor of a daily journal, we nro now free to say that we are glad lie assumed a position so trying and responsible. We .looked on I the adventure with misgivings, lest Air. Stephens should lose, on the editorial tri pod, some of the great reputation he had secured as a statesman and book-writer. Very few of our public men could fill au editorial position without being shorts ly shorn of the honors bestowed as a re ward for mere party service. A man may be very shallow and pass party drill amazingly well, hut he cannot take the political editorship of a journal and hide from the exploration of his cotemporaries the quantity and quality of his metal. — No other occupation so thoroughly tests a man’s resources and powers of concep tion and endurance, or more thoroughly exposes his stock in trade to the open review of his fellows. "We can’t say that Mr. Stephens lias fallen short of expectation. If he has not yet risen above it, he has at least fearlessly discussed, with great candor, deep questions, in a maimer at once edi fying and suggestive. His work and ex ample have had a good effect through out the South. There is no doubt a deeper and better discussion of social and political issues in all that section than there has been for many years. We are glad Southern editors copy Mr. Stephens’ articles extensively. It is the best thing they can do, and next to it they had best spur themselves up to the discussion. It is more than high time the South should develop a high class of literature. Her power to recover her lost position in public affairs is depen dent upon her intellectual prowess and not upon foreign aid or immigration. We hay j almost invariably found si The up passenger train over the Macon and Western Kailroad miraculously es caped an accident at the 100-mile post, whiqk might have caused a terrible loss of life, as well as great injury to the run ning stock of the road. As the train, un der full speed, neared the 100-mile post, near West End depot, the engineer, Bill Mitchell, discovered a bar of railroad iron placed on the track, but was too near to take up the train. The bar was fastenep under one rail and laid across the other. The engine struck when running at a speed of result need twentyami fortn- nately threw the iron out of the way, without doing damage. The engine was stopped and examined, and found unin sured. This is a marvelous escape; and is another warning to the officers of this, road that there are devils incarnate en deavoring to destroy life and property on this road, and it will require great cau tion to prevent accidents. Conductor Croft says that he cannot account for these devilish attempts to throw off the trains, as there is no unkind feeling be tween the officers of the trains and the people along the line, that he*is aware «i bran About ten days ago the night freight train ran into a pile of cross-ties and bil lets of wood, near Jonesboro, placed there to throw tke^trpin off, and narrowly escaped a bad accident. There are doubt less parties engaged in this obstructing business in hope of.robbing the freight trains, but why they should attempt to throw off the day passenger train, we cannot account. It is hoped that Capt, White will offer reward sufficient for the capture of these scoundrels that will in duce parties to make efforts for their ar rest. The same train yesterday came near running over a negro, who was asleep on the track, a few miles this side of Griffin, the train turned a curve, andwasintwen ty-five feet of him, when he rose and sprang off. It is a great pity that even a negro should be so silly as to go to sleep on the track of a railroad. ^ The following, which appears from the New York Sun, is from the pen of Mrs. -^ r - Geo. Battey, a lady well known in this city and State. She is a sister of Mrs. Col. Prather, of this city: , Miss King, the adventurous lady who I fifteen months ago started to China to establish a Woman’s Tea Trade with the Celestials, has returned. Yesterday she was visited by a Sun reporter, who found her at her residence on West 105th street. Miss King is one of the plainest-manner ed and most unpretending women that ever lived. Some people might think lier blunt; but she is neither rough spo ken nor stern countenanced. She is no longer a young woman, but evidently on the shady side of forty-five. Her com plexion is bronzed and her countenance weather-beaten, like that of a man who has led an outdoor life. Her blue eyes, deep set and earnest, sparkle with natu ral intelligence and shrewdness, united to a kind and genial nature. She smiles when she addresses you, looking you straight in the eye. She dresses with the utmost simplicity, like a working country woman. Her stout leather shoes are neither Ligh-lieeled, buttoned, nor laced at the side. They are honest OLD-FASHIONED LEATHER SHOES, that tie on top, and are broad enough to enable her to walk with perfect ease and comfort, She does not wear her hah in chatelaine braids nor a French twist and curls, but in a little old-fashioned coil at the back of her head, and plain and smooth on her forehead and temples.— She is a woman without the education given by schools or books, but she has acquired an immense amount of knowl edge of various kinds, and she certainly excels in the knowledge of human nature, and has made a practical application of that knowledge for business piuposes.— In fact, she is a rich woman, a million aire, who has made her fortune by the same talents that enable many an un educated man to succeed where an edu cated ignoramus would fail. B.ut we will let Miss King speak for herself. As soon as she saw the Sun reporter she exclaimed: r ^ iradH .iQ. “You are the last representative of the press I saw before! left New York for China: I remember you well; you are a Southerner and a native of Augusta,*Ga. You hept your promise not to write any thing about me in the Sun while I was gone, and I won’t forget it. ” The reporter had seen her but that once, yet Miss King not only remem bered the facis she immediately men tioned, but several others, showing that her memory of the smallest events was wonderfully accurate. She proceeded at once to business. . I know what you’ve come for,” she said, speaking in her usual rapid man ner. “You want to see what I’ve brought home and hear all my adventures. I cannot tell it all; you see it is too much* Why l’VE BEEN ALL THROUGH - China Proper, anu umnese~xartary. I can’t show you my cargo of tea, for I’ve been sick ever since I got into the port of New York, and my teas are still in the- Custom House. I’m not well enough to go down and attend to it myself, and no pmn shall have anything to do with it, and my Woman’s Tea Company is not in full operation yet. I have a few of my birds and monkeys out here, and my cu riosities up stairs, but they are allin con fusion, and I would not let many people see them. But-you may come along.” She led the way from the sitting-room, where she had received the Sun reporter, through another room full of all sorts of Oriental images, baskets and Japanese lacquer work, into a third, where hung INNUMERABLE BIRD CAGES filled with a variety of strange birds, Parrots and parroquets there were, too. chained to their perches, and the chirp ing, twittering and cawing made a per fect bird babel of the room. i “ What are these black birds with yel low beaks ?” asked the Sun reporter. “Those,” said Miss King, “are the Minn, birds. “They can talk as well as you and.1^1 Jasta! adT j 4 Sun Reporter—and these brown birds that, look like short-tailed mocking birds, what are they? Miss King—They are the celebrated Tien-Tsin larks, the finest singing larks in the world. Here is a cage of Japan ese wrens, and-here one of. Java sparrows. You see their plumage is softer, liner and brighter-colored than the birds we call wrens and sparrows. Sun Reporter—Yes, and I notice they have softer and sweeter notes and a more Senator Elect. We rejoice at the triumphant election of Hon. Thomas J. Simmons, in the 22d Senatorial # District, which occurred on the 13th iust. This was to fill the unex pired term of Mr. Speer, who resigned the office of State Senator, when elected to Congress last fall. Mr. Simmons is sound Bourbon Democrat. The Macon Telegraph says the election was a one-sided affair—the rads being thoroughly demoralized. It seems that the rads took a New Departure, and ijomi nated a Mr. James Tinley, who has been a life-long Democrat. This damped the arder of the rads, and they did not make much fight. Let New Departure Democrats think of this. The Sun Job Offlf*. Is now under the sole management of Mr. W. F. Clark. Mr. C. has abandoned music as a profession, and will give his entire attention to bis job office. Its ca paoitv will be enlarged until it can com pete with the best establishments in the State in the execution of book and plain and fancy job work. It is the purpose of Mr. Clark to add the publication oj music to his business and he will shortly have the necessary material on hand for this purpose. We commend him as a most excellent young man and a good printer. Mr. Moorefield remains in the office. gods. I don’t see why we should be so conceited about the Christian religion when we have records of only 6,000 years and the people who worship these gods have histories extending back AO,000 years. Why is our history any better than theirs . The story of Jesus may be true, and their stories true also. On thing is certain, their civiiizotion is su- penor to ours in many respects. I like some of their customs better than I do ours. There are some things Christians do these heathens, as you cal them, would be ashamed to do. Yes, I CHIN-CHINNED THEIR GODS and the people chin-chinned me. Sun Reporter—What do you mean by chin-chin ? Miss King—Chin-chin means an act of respect or worship. Sun Reporter—How did you chin-chin their goas ? Miss King—I will show you. She looked around the room, and selecting an image, placed it on the floor, after clearing a space sufficient for her pur pose. On each side of the image she placed a small bronze vessel, and another and another and larger one in front. She looked and found two pieces of wood that were flattened on one side and rounded bn tue other. Then she hunted up an other implementof worship or tamborine, with a handle shaped very much like u battle dore. Then some incense paper, covered with gilding and silvering. “Now a match,” said she, “and I am ready to chin-chin.” All this was done with the utmost grav ity. Miss King—Imagine that we are in Japan in the Temple of 500 Gods. The god before us is the God of Travels. I am going on a journey, and I wish silver and gold for my journey. This paper represents silver and gold. She fell on her knees and seiz tambourine. She struck it with her clenched fist several times. “This,” said she, “is the way the priest calls us to chin-chin. We go in and I prostrate myself thus before the God of Travels.” HOW THE JAPS. WORSHIP. She threw herself at full length upon the floor, touching it with her forehead several times in succession. She then rose, struck the two flat pieces of wood together several times and dashed them on the .floor. They fell with the flat sides up. “Bad luck,” said Miss King. “This god will not grant my prayer.” She drew a stick out of a case and tried her luck again. This time she ad dressed herself to another god or image. She pounded the pieces of wood togeth er, and casting them down, they fell in the desired position, with the flat sides down. “Good luck ! good luck!” she cried, dancing as we might suppose the . Japs do, and now she chin-chined in earnest. Crawling toward the image and lighting the incense paper, she placed it in a bronze incense boat, wavingit under the nostrils of the god. She made some old noises and rose. Now,” said she, “that is chin-chin, and I will go on my journey and feel sure that I will have plenty of gold and silver. That is the way they worship in Japan.” She then showed how they worshipped in China. youhhin-cIn5‘'£fle golfs of"CmBit T tS—^4^ as those of Japan? Miss King—Certainly I did; and I went to see the Jesuits and the Protes tant missionaries also, and worshipped with them too. That is the beauty of religion in China and Japan, All relig ionsare tolerated, and you can believe in an and offend nobody. They do not quarrel about their religion there as you do here. .There is very little vice in either China or Japan, except on the coast, where vices have been introduced by European and American Christians. She then showed the Sun reporter the manner in which they performed the op eration of TTABI KARI, OR RIPPING UP A MAN in Japan. She drew a double sword ttMwiMS jrre* nn -■ & tiatua Sun JJroapcrttre. THE ATLANTA DAILY AND WEEKLY, Live Paper o FUBLISECEED BY TBZE nninn* nEfPil jaj ATLANTA, GEORGIA II. STEPHENS, ARCHIBALD >1. SPEIGHTS. • ULEVXiY ISMDLTII, ’ Pro pi-Icl oi'i Alexander H. STEPHENS, A. R. WATSON* - - - - Political - News Editor, Editor.- J. Henly SMITH, General Editorla: Manager. id EBusiness TERMS OF* SUBSCRIFl;lON. X>aily Por Ammsri Single Copy Six MEontlis SV oo 4= OO Three Mor, tils One Month GO W«B S3KLL Y Single Copies of the Daily and, WTeekly. at the Co%:n.ia\ - 5 Cts. 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What are these little things that look like quails ? out of its sheath and went through with the operation—in the air, however, and on an imaginary crim inal. She next exhibited photographs of her travels, taken by her own photo grapher all along the way. They illus trate almost every step taken by this truly wonderful woman, and confirm every account she gives. There is no doubt that Susan King’s progress through China and Japan was one of the most wonderful achievements ever heard of. She was treated with almost divine hon- Tliose simple people, won by her simplicity, gave her all she asked for and a great deal more. The most beautiful thing about the whole matter is, the sim plicity with which she tells her story. She seems unconscious of the greatness of her feat. She seems only intent on doing something for the women of Ame rica before she dies—establishing a large industry and extensive foreigh trade that will give employment to the ambitious _ _ feminine spirits of her native land; some- These are the fighting thing that will divert their attention from ... the field of politics to something they How to BLemit Money a We will be responsible for the safe arrival of all money sent ns by Money Order, by Registered Letter ■ by Express, or by Draft, but not otherwise. If money sent in an unregistered letter is lost, it must be the loss of the person sending it. No paper will be sent from the office till it is paid for, and rames will always ba erased when the time paid for expires. Persons sending money by Express must prepay charges. IT© Oorrespondents: Mr. Stephens will remain In Crawfordville. His connection with THE SU ,\i will not change his res idence. All letters intended for him, either on private matters or connected with the Political Dcpartmen- of this paper, should be addressed to him at Crawfordville, Ga. All letters on business of any kind, connected with THE SUN, except its Political Department, should be addressed to J. Henly Smith, Manager, Atlanta, Ga. , Miss Kini_ , . _ H quails of Chinese Tartary.'. Two of those cock quails will fight over a grain of corn till one or the other is dead. But here are some birds as gentle as the quails are fierce. These are Japanese doves. Are they not beauties ? Sun Reporter—Indeed-they are ! Why, they are not half so large as our doves, and yet they are certainly doves. They coo, and are shaped like a dove, but slen derer and more graceful, and they have many rings around their slender necks and extending over their breasts. Miss King, did you pay a great deal for these things ? Miss King—Pay! -Why, everything that I have, except the tea, was given to me. I intend to be as generous as the people of China, Japan and Tartary were to me, I intend to give all these birds and the monkeys I have in the yard to the Central Park collection of birds and animals. And as I have no use for the greater part of the curiosities I have up stairs, I will also give the greater part of them to my friends. She then led the way up-staire to the third floor. In two large rooms the curi osities were collected. Beside the usual motley variety of tilings seen in a shop of Chinese and Japanese goods, there were great numbers of JAPANESE AND CHINESE GODS and joss houses, or little cases, for the deities. And how the reporter learned why Miss King had been so successful in her expedition. Sun Reporter—Really, Miss King, one might suppose you had become a hea then, judging from the number of gods you have brought home. Miss King—lam a believer in these THE DAILY SUN Is the CHEAPEST DAILY NEWSPAPER in Georgia, while it giveB as much Reading Matter as auy. Its price l-as beeaput down very low, for tho purpose of placing it within tho reach of ail who would like to take a Daily Paper. can accomplish ; women’s trade associa tions, and mercantile and business pur suits of every kind. Though a single woman, she is NOT A CROSS OLD MAID, living by herself. Her aged mother and a married sister and her children live in the house with Miss King, and she seems unaffectedly attached to them,.and the; seem very proud of her. She took the Sun reporter through her garden and grounds, her extensive grape- riesjand dwarf orchards, and seemed anxi ous to have her possessions enjoyed by others. Among the many beautiful pres ents she received is shown a crimson and gold lacquered, chow-chow box, present ed by theDaimio princes of Japan. Such a piece of lacquer work has never before been brought out to Japan. Money could not buy it. A large chow-chow tray or water was also presented her by the Em peror of Japar. He gave her also a large trunk full of chow-chow. The trunk is a magnificent piece of laqcer work, and was carried on the shoulders of six coolies aU through Japan down to the coast for Miss Kiug. The Sun reporter asked what chow- chow was, aud was informed that it meant any and all kinds of food. Miss King related many anecdotes illus trative of the habits of the various people among whom she had been; but it would take a volume to tell her story. The New York Globe says: “The truth is, President Grant is as popular to-day as he ever was,” and the Globe might have added, a great deal more so with his kin. The Weekly Sun Is a large, 8 page sheet (in quarto form) filled witU tbe choicest readieg matter. It contains the cream of the Daily—everything which appears in our daily issue that is of general interest. All of Air. Stephens' Editorials appear in the Weekly THE STJNjs the organ of the People, the Advocate of Justice, the Defender of Popular Rights, and the opponent of burdens heaped upon a tax-paying people, and Oppressions of all kinds. It. will adhere to the old, safe, time-honored landmarks of the Democratic Par ity, and sternly oppose any “Departure” therefrom. Mr. STEPHENS is thoroughly enlisted in the Work, gmd^will contribute to its columns almost daily, We ask the friends of liberty, everywhere to aid in extending cur- circulation. Cur Weekly is a very cheap paper, and its Club Bates are particularly favorable. The Presidential contest for 1872 will be the most important in- the history of Amer.’ca. The issues in volved are momentous, and all that patriots hold dear is at stake. n«TT-WSI SUN WILL ENDS A VOJB To disseminate truth, sound doctrine, an<f correct principles—laboring earnestly and zealously XOV, BE FORE IT IS TOO LATE ; utterly repudiating the do-nothing, say-nothing, be-quiet, dead-asleep policy advocated by some, while we are being rapidly borne down the current^which is rushing into the whirlpool of Radicalism, Centralism and Imperialism. The Radicals, with the aid of bayonets, have thrust upon us the unconstitutional and wickedly oppressive measures of the so-called 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution and the Reconstruction Acts of the majority Faction in Congress. The Radicals have asked us, as Democrats, to pledge ourselves to ac cept, indorse, stand by, defend and build upon these measures forever. Those Democrats who give this pledge of course must ^depart" from the faith of their fathers. Some of them have already gone over to the enemy's camp ; and while they and the Radical cohorts which they have joined are calling out lus- til> for us all to go with them, a few others are advising ’is to hold our peace lett we disturb the harmony and distract the counsels of the Democratic Party! . . . Verily, if we should hold our peace, “the stones would cry cut." We cannot remain suent. >> e cannoi thus counsel our people to accept and welcome their own ruin, and thank God for the privilege I ,*„ v : na It is of the utmost importance that these issues be discussed now ; for the adoption of a f ** departure ” by the General Convention of the Party will he, not only wrong in principle, jodgment it willbe fatal in policy. „ , „ . . rftrnfrn i 70 PV erv Fidelity to the Constitution is the true lest of Democracy in every State of the Union, and n n ^ .* ma whrt l a m ima Manil in lli.i n« inalnimani na a. PiY.U'1 il'k'br V.' 1 111 11H 111 tliC >1v< * ■— one wno is a true menu to uiat sacred instrument, as a cu-wumw vmu ° t ha Liberty. The rights and liberties of the whole people are jeopardized—not any more in the North; and we of the South have no interests at stake in the momentous »s->i - * ' 41 ' are not common to North and South, alike. * We respectfully ask s fair share of public patronge. All communications or letters on Business should he addressed to J. HENLY SMITH, Manager, ATLANT A, GA, We respefily ask our Weekly fc-xchagnes to ,