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That is the doctrine which was affirmed by a Democratic Congress. Mr. Lawrence. I now yield to the genl min from Wisconsin, [Mr. Eldridge.] - Mr. Eldridge. Mr. Speaker, I hare never had any difficnlty abont these provisional gov ernments in the Territories. Bnt my friend from Ohio, [Hr. Iaiwrence] who is Teamed in the law, who loves the Conatitntion.'and would never willingly depart from it, will do me a favor it he will teU me in what provision of tho Constitution he finds any authority on tho part of Congress to put a Stole of this Union under a provisional form of go vernment, as h- calls it Mr. Lawrence. I w ill answer the gentle man. Congress has the power, Mr. Speaker, ••to admit new States into this Union." When a State government has been broken np and destroyed, so that there is no vestige of it left, as the State governments which existed in the rebel States in 1860 and 1861 were broken op and destroyed by rebellion, leaving those States, without any civil government at all. Congress then has the power to admit new States. Congress has the additional power to guaranty to the people of every one of those States a republican form of government Un der those two powers Congress may authorize a provisional government preliminary to the admission of the State, preliminary to the re organization of tho completely reconstracted State, jnst as Congress, under the power to admit new States, may provide a territorial government in a Territory, preparatory to the admission of that Territory os a State into the Union. Mr. Eldridge. My friend from Ohio is too good a lawyer to expect that any lawyer of this House can believe what he has just stated; and he is too good a lawyer to claim even that his answer is fair at candid, or is even an atten to answer the question which I put to him. have not asked him about Territories, and I have not asked him abont any State that may have lost its State Government; bnt I ask 1dm to point out to me the constitutional provision in which he finds the power given to " to ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MARCH 17, 1870. with regard to conquered territory; tho original question with reference to these States, although I do not admit the gentle man's position in regard to them. Bnt, sir, when the State of Georgia and also the State of Tennessee, to which the gentleman has re ferred, are placed In sneh a position aa they are, by, as I think, the usurpation of Congress, I ask him by what provision of the law or the Constitution he is justified in claiming that a provisional government exists in any State of this Union! Mr. Lawxenoe. Mr. Speaker, the gentle man's question is a little different from what I supposed the prior one to b& His inquiry now relates to the power of Congress to estab lish a provisional government in a State which was a lawfully existing government Mr. Eldridge. A State in this Union. Mr. Lawrence. A corporate as well as a ge ographical State, the gentleman means. I ssy candidly that Congress baa no power to go into Wisconsin and organize a provisional govern ment there until Wisconsin shall oease to have a republican form of government, or unless, in tho exercise by Congress of the power under the Constitution to preserve and protect as well as to establish a republican form of govern ment, it shall beoomo necessary to preserve the republican form of the government of the State. I do not think the gentleman and I -will differ much abont that One word in reply to the gentleman from Illinois. He asks mo why, if Georgia was a provisional State, were not the Governor, the members of the Legislature, and other State officers required to take the test oath. Mr. Speaker, the question whether these officer* were, under the laws, required to take the test- oath is a question about which lawyers differ. That subject, a few days ago, when Virginia was discussed in the Senate,- or possibly it msf have been Mississippi, was fully discussed, am the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Sunncr] made a learned, profound, and able argument on that subject He argued that under the existing laws these officers wsretxmnd to take the test-oath; bait the Attorney-General decid ed in the case of Virginia that these officers were not bound to take the test-oath. That was his construction of the law. But when he made it he did not undertake to decide that the government which existed in Virginia was not provisional; but the result and the infer ences to lie drawn from his opinion are that Virginia, to which State his decision more par ticularly applied, was a provisional govern ment; for he went on in his opinion to say the Legislature might meet merely to perform acta which the reconstruction sets of Congress re quired, to wit, to ratify the constitutional amendment and to elect Senators,-and that was all they could do lawfully under the recon struction acts. So far his opinion confirms the view I take os to the provisional character of the government His opinion of the law as to taking the oath is one which I do not feel re quired - to indorse or to controvert now. Mr. Jones, of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I am relnetant to throat myself In among these athletes of reconstruction, for really I have had little to say upon this subject; but I wish to understand what tho gentleman means by a provisional government His enunciations nre so new to me that I wish to understand him thoroughly. I believe in the course of his remarks ho said that Georgia waa a pro visional government, and that some of the other States lately in rebellion were also pro visional governments. Mr. Lawrence. Texas yet has a provisional government and so has Georgia. Mr. Jones, of Kentucky. I understood him to say that these provisional government* had ratified amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Lawrence. Georgia and other provis ional State governments did. Mr. Jones, of Kentucky. Now, I under stand that a provisional government is one not 1 wised upon the free will of the people, but ono established for the time being, arbitrarily or otherwise, by some superior power until the people have an opportunity to establish' a free civil government Now, if it be true that these provisional governments have ratified fitteentoeto or any other constitutional THE WEEKLY YEW ERA. Tfhe New 11 ra this week is presented to its readers as a lair specimen of what it will be in the future. It will be seen that it is printed in el< lr, new type, an 1 contains about thirty columns of • awfully prepared matter. This is no occasional number of the Eat, bnt ly the first gotten out with our new and great ly increased facilities. Every number here after will contain frilly the amount of matter -ntiined in this. Our object will bo to make the Wezxlt Nxw Ess a reliable oompend of the history of the times in which we live. It will give in each number a carefully prepared summary of the National, State, local and foreign news of the week preceding its issue. This news is com piled with a view to the enlightenment and in struction of the public, therefore, it will com prise that only which is reliable and usefuL Besides this, each number of the Warns Nxw Exa will contain all the leading editorial arti cles which appear in the daily. In polities the paper is determinedly and unflinchingly Republican; bnt it diaenaae* politics courteously, and accords to all men what it claims for itself; the right of free opin ion and freedom of notion. The subscription price of the Wezjxt Nxw Exa is only two dollars per annum. To clubs of ten or more subscribers it is sent at 81 60 each, thus making it the cheapest paper in the South, as well aa one of the beat As our people are generally interested in the discussion of what has become known aa "the Georgia Cose" in Congress, we produce this morning, from the Congressional Globe of the 6th, the discussion of the issues effecting the legal status of this State, which took place on the day previous, to-wit, Saturday, the 5th. It will be found interesting, end will abund antly repey a careful perusal The remarks of Mr. Lawrence, who is one of the ablest men in the House, will be found especially interesting. Creed-Bound, Independent Journalism. The Democratic Press Association of Louis iana, at its recent Convention, voted down a proposition to pledge the press to independ ence of existing political parties. There were not progressive men enough, not talent enough, not moral coinage enough, in the body, to take the initiative in a move looking to the emanci pation of the Democratic press from the thral dom of decrepit leaders and bankrupt politi cians. To have done so would, in the language of their report, have been “disrespectfrrl; 1 would have “east a alar upon Democracy. “Aslur upon Democracy,"indeed! Their action is a slur upon the intelligence of a peo ple whom they presume incapable of peering beyond the mere tinsel of a name, and recog nizing the decaying carcasses and antedilu vian effluvia of tire whited sepulchre known as "the Democracy.” It is a sad day for the fortnnes of the newspaper press when it finds itself emasculated by the octogenarians of past decade. Georgians Relieved, We published a few days since, the list of the names of the Georgians, whose political disabilities were relieved by the late Act of Congress. This list embraced the na many of those whose disabilities had been pre viously removed, as well ns those who applied nnder recent date. This created some confusion in the minds of many at the time, and we were then unable to explain how tho names got thus mixed np, as the list was copied from the bill as passed We now learn that the reason of thia confu sion was that the Committee in the House got all the petitions from Georgia, »eu> and okf, mixed tip, and sent both in together. Hence the bill was passed as reported by the Com mittee, and embraced the names of petitioners who had been previously relieved, as wen as others whose applications were of more recent date. The biU thus passed both Homes. Mr. Wil son, however, gave notice that ho would move to reconsider, but afterwards withdrew the mo tion, when Mr. Stunner renewed it This oc curred abont the time Revels sru being sworn in, and when there was considerable excite ment and tho error escaped the attention, even of the reporters. tho fifteenteeth or any other amendments, and if they are meh govern ments as have been considered provisional by everybody heretofore, are these amendments legal, and is the ratification such as was de signed by toe framers of the Constitution? Mr. Lawrence. The provisional govern ments organized nnder acts of Congress were organized by a vote of the people. The mili tary authorities merely protected the people in tho exercise of their right of suffrage in the establishment of a civil government. Mr. Jones, of Kentucky. Is there not a de nt! notion between a civil government estab lished by toe will of toe people and a provis ional government? Mr. Lawreneer A provisional government may be military or civil. Thepronsianal gov ernment of Georgia is a civil one under toe military control of the national authority. Tho government of Lamartine, in France, was provisknal, bnt was the resolt of toe win of the people. A provisional government us lawf nl as any other; It may be toe prr the free will of toe people as the present pro visional government of Georgia hi, or there might be a prorfetonol government mtabtished by superior power, which in time of war might be necessary. Mr. Jones, of Kentucky. Can a provisional government bo said to be sneh a government in the States as was contemplated by toe framers of the Constitntioa for the purpose of ratifying amendments to the Constitution? Mr. Lawrence. That would lead into a long argument on constitutional < which I have given my opinion so certainly I cannot be expected to go ovi whole ground again jnst now.' Mr. Beck. Mr. Speaker. 1 - rriasir insist toot the gentleman from Ohio, [Mr. lair 1 - * justice to the other members of the shall now yield th the commit**# has announced that he will call the ] Notion* question after tho morning hoar on Monday, and the gentleman from sin, [Mr. Paine,] and several other* desire to lie heard-after I shall have-addressed the House. The gentleman has bad an hour and fbree^martera. Mr. Lawrence. I do not desire to hold the floor any longer to keep other gentlemen from addresing the House. The Speaker pro tempore. The Chair will state the position of matter*. The hour_ of yield to the gentleman from MissSuri, [Mr. itenjamin?] One of the principal papers of Orlsaoa coun ty, in this State, is said to Melted by an elder ly female Copperhead. If her. head is to bo eon- sidered in the matter, we should say she was a Silver Gray.— Ohio Paper. t Belle Boyd Again. Belle Boyd is on her way from Son Francisco to Martinshorg, Virginia, where her mother rceidca. She is ill in body and mind, and des titute. About six . weeks sinco aho was dis- **The More Haste the Less Speed r* We ore told that too Georgia Bill, with Bingham's amendment, will probably pass the Senate, though objectionable to a majority of toe Senators, on account of toe anxiety to is- sno the proclamation declaring the adoption of the XVth Amendment Now we hold, and it is the opinion of all toe best informed Republicans in Georgia, that the passage of the trill as it went from toe House is practically a nullification of toe XVth Amendment Pass the bill in its present shape, and there is nothing to prevent toe party which it will place in power from deny ing the rights the Amendment attempts to guarantee. They ore prepared now to declare the invalidity of its ratification by toe present Legislature; and docs any one suppose that denying the validity of a measnre so obnoxious to them, they will not find means, when they have the power to render nngatory all its provisions? Let the history of toe XTVth Amendment in Georgia be a warning! Too great haste to attain secondary results, neglectful of great principle* and permanent benefits, lias been toe bane afthe Reconstruc tion policy. Of what great moment is it whe ther toe .ratification of the XVth amendment is declared now, or a month hence, compared with the vast and lasting evils which may re sult from too much haste ? Tile Bingham Amendment Is the Dentil Knell of Republicanism In Georgia. The Republican party in Georgia can bnt regard toe Bingham Amendment with great disfavor. It strikes at the very existence of the organization in this State. It practically nullifies the spirit and purpose of tho Recon struction enactments; and, besides being in consistent with the previous legislation of Congress, it virtually nullifies tho new Sfato Constitution, in that it places it and tho now Govemment, established thereunder, at tho merey of these who defeated Reconstruction in 1868. Should this Amendment pass the Sen ate, Geor-gis will be in no better condition twelve months hence, than she was on toe 22d day of December, 1869. It is natural, therefore, that tho same class of desperate political leaders who sought the defeat of toe Sherman Bill in 1867; who ex pelled nearly one-third of the eligible members •f toe Legislature in 1868; and who sought to nullify the Act of tho 22d December, 1869, should ban this Amendment ss a rallying point in 1870, and look forward to the time when they can repeat too outrage of 1868, in theyear of Grace, 1871! This Amendment is practically an ex port facto piece of legislation. If not absolutely il legal, it is clearly inconsistent with the previ- Acts of Congress, as well as a palpable contradiction of the doctrine of the Butler Bill itself Th* State Government of Georgia, under a plain and legitimate construction of tho Con gressional enactments, has been Provisional (and only Provisional) rinee March, 1867. The Act of December 42,1889, will bear no other construction; and the Butler bill itself, now before the Senate, logically proclaims it. And yet this Amendment proposes, practically, to recognize one deportment only of the State Government as Provisional, and to establish the other as permanent; and this by a retro spective action, dieeriminating between toe officers of the Provisional Government appoint ed by toe Executive and confirmed by a Sen ate which Congress itself has held to be illegal; and those elected by a joint ballot of both Houses,whose " T g nT1 ’ Tn tinn* were likewise ille gall By nullifying the tenure at officers elected by toe Legislature of1868, toe Amendment pro claims that body to have been illegal; and yet toe same Amendment would incorporate into toe new Legislature, two years of its illegal (provisional) predecessor! In other words, the illegal body of 1868, was sufficiently legal to confirm appointments for a subsequent, legally organized State Gov ernment; and yet it was not sufficiently legal to entitle toe State to representation, or per form toe ordinary duties of legislation! And finally, this Amendment proposes to regard toe appointments of a Provisional Governor as sufficiently valid to hold good nnder a subse quent, legally organized and permanent Civil Government; while it nullifies those of a Pro visional Legislature! Tried by a rule of Common Sense, the con clusion is irresistible, that, sinoe toe present •is. toe first legally organized Legislature since the war," it began its existence, not two years ago, but from the date of its organization, to- wit, on the 2d day of February 1870. And, by the same rule, a Provisional Legislature and a Provisional Executive should be placed upon the same legal footing^as respects their pow ers to elect or appoint officers for a subsequent Civil Government So much for toe legal absurdity involved in *1,# passage of the Bingham Amendment As a matter of pnblie polity, it is even more absurd. An election this fall, just upon the heels of toe organization of a legal Govern ment, would stir np all tho hatred, strife, and bitter animosity which has reigned su preme for three years, and which, otherwise, would be allayed by the snooese of toe new Government and a faithful enforcement of tho new Constitution. Practically, the Amend ment re-opens toe canvass of 18C8;ond will en gender toe evils, seven fold, which sprang from banding the State over, hound hand and foot, to those who are still inimical to each and every Republican provision of the Con stitution, and who will improve every oppor tunity to defeet any legislation inaugurated by toe present General Assembly. Let thia Amendment become a law, and the people of Georgia may bid a long farewell to ell those schemes of Pnblie Schools wisely provided for in the new Constitution. It will undermine all those destinctive features of the new Government that'give* hope to toe-toiling masses. It will hand the State over to toe tender mercies of those political influence* which have kept Georgia infho jungles for yearf, and which ever looks, with wistful eye, to toe “good old days" of yore, when Govern ment was held to be a provision for a privileg ed class, rather than as a protectin' of the weak and toe gnardian of the humble! and pronounced against the of President Johnson, with his and patronage, many of the old Secession came ont from their rc- Thcy again began their cant it States Rights. As a means of proino- their personal schemes they assiduously endeavored to arouse toe prejudices of men of their section by denunciation of th* agents of. the lawful government, on account of their place of birth or the fact that they happened to belong to tho armies of the na tion. Neither did they abstain from denying the legal force of too principles settled by toe war. Tho great body of the people of the South, since toe surrender of the Confederate armies; have been disposed to accept toe situation. Bnt for the mischeivons example and perni cious advice of the disappointed and inju dicious instigators of the war, the reconstruc tion of the Southern States would, ere this' have been an accomplished fact, and peace and good will, as of yore, would have characterized toe intercourse of partisans of different or opposite opinions, instead of that disgraceful habit, which many of the disappointed have fallen into, of defaming toe personal character of political opponents. Like drowning men, the ambitions leaden of the old regime, caught at toe straws thrown to them by the Presidential usurper referred to. It is in accordance with the law of natural se quences that they have snnk while relying for their political salvation upon promises of aid from a President, whose schemes of self-ag grandizement prompted him to encourage \cn- Georgia. In tho cotton-producing Btatcs, in ante-bel lum times, tho pursuits of the people all tended to tho promotion of a single interest All the capital of this section was either invested in labor, or was tributary to the interest of those who owned the labor of the country. The permanency of the tenure to involuntary labor, was a tonchstono by which the orthodoxy, of any line of proposed policy was tooted. No pripr-iplAff of political economy patient hearing, if in any way they seemed to jeopardize toe interests of tos slave owner. Theories the moat novel were concocted to popularize the peculiar institution, toe inter est of which overshadowed every other. Poli cies toe most suicidal were marked ont by men otherwise of well-balanced minds, who seemed possessed with n mania upon tho “vex ed question,” the tangled knot of which was at last cat by a sword of their own furnishing. This preoccupation of toe mind on one sub ject caused Southern statesmen to overlook other great economical interests. While many of them exhibited genius and skillful state craft in regnrd to toe one subject of their de light, so actively and exclusively were they em ployed in toe effort to stave off the practical execution of the judgment of the civilized world, which was, early in this century, une quivocally pronounced against toe pet institu tion of the South, that thoy deigned not to look out with liberal eye upon the progressive field of humanity, in which co-operative, com petitive and ever antagonistic pursuits, with out number, were diversifying the occupations of the busy .world. Countenanced, if not directly, at least indi rectly, by too harrangaes and letter* of aota» of toe antiquated leaders of secession, ed men have dared to disturb too peace and good order of society by outrages, novel in their degree of atrocity and the disguises of those who commit them. To the indiscretion of the class of leaders struct the civil government of Georgia. Ex hausted in the legal argument, upon the points, in issue in the plan of reconstruction decreed by Congress, those leaders have resorted to toe undignified and discreditable policy of traduc ing the private repute ton of tho agents entrust ed, by the loyal people and the Government they represent, to cany ont that plan. What next shall be toe policy and mode warfare of the advocates of the effete ideas ol defeated and defnnot leaders ? Wo shall see. The lent*—Relative Position of Parties. hopes, without foundation of law to justify . Sad, indeed, it is to remark, that some of them. ,i those who hnvo survived the transition pertftl This paper;.:which is somewhat pi the use of big cuss words," speaking of the action of the City Council af Atlanta in awarding the contract to fit np the Fair Grounds to Mr. H. L Kimball, says: Kimball is a “dam Yankee," and, therefore, should not be allowed to take this contract! It is true, he wiU do the work better than any- 'iiference between and tho Macon disgrace that came off last fall! Bnt then what right has a “dam Yankee," and the builder of the ‘-Opera House Swindle;” to undertake to “do” toe State Fair of Georgia? Of oonree Bro. Tamar and Gen. Rancid will protest! Bnt we hope they won’t stay away from toe Fair, as that would break np the whole con cern. THE AUGUSTA OONSTITUTION1LIST, (DEM.) Has an amusing episode upon the recent speech Mr. Dawes, whom toe “Democracy” want- to christen ns the “coming man," and ap propriate os a future standard bearer of its party. The Constitutionalist is, however, dis gusted—deeply disgusted—with both Dawes and Sprague, and thinks their speeches were feint movements, designed to steal Democratic thunder, and to delude the “foithfol" with false hopes! THE COLUMBUS -ENQUIRER, (DEM.) Thinks that in any event, whether the Bing- or not, there will be id that thenceforth the locratic. JOURNAL, (DEM.) Discoursing upon the effects of tho Bingham Amendment, should that measnre become a which began near ten years ago, have not real- and obstinately refuse to realize, that toe policy and the interests of toe people they have a chrome desire to influence,are changed; and that in their economical and social ideas and habits, they must now conform to the normal requirements of the free-labor system. Those, whose opportunity of arousing popu- referred to, is due the fail are of the efforts of Jar indignation ugninat. toe Abolitionist has the authorities of the Nation to fully recon- passed away, now by their skill at making a sensation, by opposing the recognition of equality of right before the law, on the ground of danger of the miscegenation and social equality of races. Whenever did these gen tlemen, before the war, practice social, equali ty with the unworthy of their own race, or in ty cases with their iess fortunate neighbors ? er in their partizan manipulations, in to and county Conventions, they dictated, resolutions and preambles, ready ent and the platforms of parties. Hey so stocked ic delegations to conventions as to win a „ . nomination-for themselves or those they de- Tennesseo Democracy seeks to remain in ‘rignated. Tins they often managed to do by the Union upon the basis of Universal Amnes- 'raghtening their less wary neighbors inre- ty and Impartial Suffrage; and Georgia Bepnb. |g“j to Ul0 Bafoty of propcrty in fobo,.. licanism socks admission to the Union upon Kow theJ wonld ^ np the ghosta of ^ dcad the same basis. Ps**> that they may retain tho influence they Hence the remark, by a Democratic editor ^ po,.,^ OTer too willing masses of Tennessee, that “Georgia Radicalism, is then unitedly interested in one subject Tennessee Democracy!- genUemen, and such as they, would Those in Georgia who denounce an Admin- a more judicious and patriotic part, if istration based upon Impartial Suffrage and tUoy would give more of their attention to the Amnesty, applaud, in Tennessee, an Adminis- deTelopmont oftho TM { resources of the Em- tration based upon tho same principles; and -Estate, by encouraging now pursuits, and •Vi is called “Democracy!" Jtiding the people to edueate.'themselves in the In Mississippi toe Democracy nominated J E~7 ideaSj whic h the system of free labor carpet-bagger" to the highest office within JE^^Iy How weak and silly the gift of the people. In Georgia, the De mocracy make war upon on Executive because y maze war upon an uxecutive oecauses^ receiTe the , e880ns of th0 he was bom North, and has been a citizen (Njidthatimi snmrests! the State not exceeding fifteen years In Iowa, the Democracy held a Convention, which was split into smithereens over the XVth Amendment, at a time when the Georgia De mocracy was clamoring for toe “ Constitution as it was! ” What Kext 1 The status of political parties in Georgia is worthy of the serious study of every citizen, who earnestly desires the development of the various interests of the State To the right understanding of it, to* following brief history Political Toleration. | L J The enlightened man, whatever may be his Mr. Benjamin. Will the gentleman yield opinion upon political or religions topics, ever to me for a remark? . . regards those, who honestly differ from him with respect The altitude of bis stand-point „ „ , can never be ao great aa to obliterate toe line shall now yield the floor.- JTbe chairman of that separates the known from the unknown, 1 ” tho certain from tho uncertain. The higher he climbs the intellectual scale, the deeper be comes hie conviction oftho fallibility of human jndgment ~ The Art .of Killing. Machiavel soya, “War is a profession by which man cannot live honorably; an employ ment by which the soldier, if ha would reap any profit, HeUiyed to be false, rapacious, and erne). A woman, recently elected Justice of the Peace at South Pass, Wyoming, is tons de scribed; “Mrs. Esther Morris is the wife of a respectable man and mother of three She is above the average stature, and weighs 180 pounds. She has strongly marked and masenlinc frainraa her whole appearance in dicating strength of both purpose and mdseto. She is 67 years of age, and acknowledges it, and is, perhaps always has been, one of the strong-minded. She never delivered any lec tures, (away from boms) bnt she writes for the Revolution. On the occasion of her find coart day, she wore a calico gown, worsted charged from the insane aaylnm at Stockton, J shawl, green ribbons on her hair, ami a green '■’alifemia, uncured. ! necktie." Is 1861 toe State chimed the right to secede from the Union. It united Us fortnnes with toe Southern Confederacy, which during four years of war resisted toe authority of the United States. The Nation triumphed. The armies of the rebellion were surrendered to toe power which claims to be the para mount political sovereign over this people. In assertion of this claim, U waged war against the States in rebellion. By the law of nations it is the province of toe victorious power to make secure toe fruits ofvictory. It would bedirelect to fail to do for ware never ought to be waged, ex cept to accnre the blessings attesting peace. The doctrine of the rigit of Seccaeioa, im plied in that of the paramount sovereignty of toe individual States, gave to the Rebellion the only moral support it ever had in toe minds of intelligent men. It sprang the mine that de vastated much of the country, and destroyed many valuable lives. This doctrine, so dan gerous to toe peace of the nation, owed its successful propagation among a large class, of people at toe South to their interest in Slavery, which toqy were induced to believe was jeop ardized by the opposite doctrine of an indis- solnble Union—on indivisible Nationality. The surrender of the Confederate armies wrought the overthrow of the doctrine for which they had fought. The XHIth, XTVth and XVth Amendments to the Constitution of toe Union, are plainly declaratory of toe para mount sovereignty of toe Nation, and provide against toe possibility of the opposite doctrine ever obtaining countenance from the people, by abolishing inequality of political right on account of race, color or previous condition. The defeated States, in accordance with public law, were at the mercy of their con queror. These States acknowledged this law ful right when, with alacrity, they obeyed the command* of the then Executive of Nation, Andrew Johnson. They erred In this: They recognized toe Executive aa the law-making power. Andrew Johnson had usurped the power which alone belonged to the Legislative branch of the Gov ernment. Tho people of the South were tho victims of misplaced confidence in an artful demagogue, whoso every act as a public man has been characterized by persistent selfish- L. 'When the only eonatitntlonal representative of toe conquering power essayed to assert I vainglorious is that obstinacy, that refuses ■ftatii Skilled labor in all toe arts of life should be encouraged. The elevation of our less for tunate neighbors, by seeming to them toe .countless blessings of education, opens afield for benevolent and intellectual effort, broad enongh to fill toe measure of toe ambition of In Ohio and Illinois, toe Democracy is for ft* highest stylo of man. The profitable di- pnndiation. nnre and simnla In how-Xork r .. ... . .. Repudiation, pure and simple. In Now-York and Massachusetts, this same “Democracy ” pledged to toe support of tho Bond interest and tho Gold Interest Exemption! In Virginia, the Democracy elect a United States Senator who writes to a friend in this State that Georgia acted badly in heeding the leadership of her “Democratic” manipulators, and in expelling the colored members of the General Assembly of 1868! In New Hampshire, the Democracy is sol emnly pledged to the policy of protection.— In Missouri and Wisconsin this same “De mocracy" is pledged to unqualified hostility to protection! In Georgia, toe Democracy oppose the doc trine of negro eligibility to office. In Texas thia same .“Democracy" rocentiy nominated a foil blooded African to the office of Consta ble ! What then is the real issue between the Democrats, so-called, and the Republicans ?— Is it Free Schools? The Democracy of Con necticut and the Republicans of Georgia are upon the same line as re9pecta pub lic Education! Is it negro suffrage? Rev els of Mississippi was a compromise can- didats, and Was elected to the UnHed Btatoe Senate through Democratic influence! The tact that this was done through motives of spite against Congess, amounts to nothing. The fact remains, and it places “ Democracy” upon its record! The issue is simply this: Ono is in, the other is out. One advances, toe other either opposes or servilely follows! One has office, toe other wards office. One is an organization based upon Principle*, the other is an organi zation without Principles. One has a National, platform, too other has none. One deals with living issues, the other weeps like Marins of old over the ruins of departed greatness! One is a political organization in the interest of a new Civilization, the other is simply a con spiracy against fair (flections 1 The Blngliam Amendment. The news fyom -Washington gets interest ing! Mr. Bryant ie in the last agonies of de spair. He impedchcs the integrity of hie new allies; and charges thorn with collusion with Gov. Bullock 1 This is cruel in Mr. Bryant 1 If he was uot elected Speaker, it was not because “the De mocracy” failed to support him ; for “tho De mocracy" made him their ohampion. Now, he thro* upon his own party press, and says toe Macon Telegraph and Messenger (a paper that supported Mr. Tift's scheme in December, and the Bryant-Scott faction in January,) has been “subeidizod by Bollock T Verily, the viper gnaweth his file! It is not probable that any action will he had in toe Smite during the present weak. The tide Is 6ettxnffin against tfw Ping^ffm Amendment; and whilst toe discussion win cause delay, it wiR, in all probability, remit in the utter de feat of that amendment; perhaps in toe sub stitution of an entirely new bill. Meantime, Mr. Bryant has our condolence; and the Bryant organs in Georgia havo our best wishes! His charge against the Telegraph and Messenger is a new wrinkle! WhatDem- cratic paper will oolne next? The Guillotine is at work, and Bryant is the Robespiero of the Georgia Democracy! The ghouls of the Ku-Klux, like the Marats of tho Cordeliers, are seeking ont tho Barna- ves and the Lameths for execution and immo lation! Moderate Democrats, stand from un der.! Robespiero and Dahton; Bryant and Caldwell; toe union of the Jacobin and the Cordelier; Tiftcnd Bingham; “and last of an camo Satan also!” Alas, for the “ Democracy ” of Georgia! versification of toe pursuits of the people pro- nnmerous interesting problems, thq so on of which would redound to the fame of [he most ambitions political economist Deep down in our urines ore hidden untold treasures that the expert eye of toe scientific geologist and mineralogist is needed to point ont enterprising capital Scientific Agriculture demands intelligent labor to ensure that perfection of dovetep- ment that the natural advantages of Boil and climate so happily unite in encouraging the farmer* to aim at, and strive reqeh. Not only' on the land, bnt upon the sea, there ore great interests to be developed. With a sea-washed shore, where numerous in lets and valuable harbors ore at the service r' Commercial enterprise, tho encouraging of mercantile marine, the bnilding up of a direct trade with Europe and the rest of the world, are subjects well worthy of the ingenious thought of any lover of his State and Section. Nor can the public-spirited man want for pa triotic employment in devising schemes to in crease toe railroad facilities of the Stete by ranltipljing lines of railroad within the State, apd extending toeir connections. The glories of the intellectual awakening, and the arous ing stimulation to every interest and industrial pursuit which the screaming loeomotive pror dfices, who can estimate ? In this new era, who dares to dream, to sleep on, to lazily stand still, or madly to oppose tiro onward progress, which is now demanded by the interests, the comfort, the happim all classes, tho highest as well asthe.lowest? Mrs. Stowe. Mrs. H. B. Stowe writes from Florida some of tho discomforts of a Southern Winter life, and remarks “that a country cannot laid flat down under a war, burned over w fire, and all its pleasant things laid waste,- and come np again so as to stand even with the undisturbed civilization of Northern towns, in. one, two, or three years. Yet,., os we come down hero, year after year, we seo mors and more how rapidly the rears of the old destruc tion are healing, and how a new era, with warm, flesh life m dawning.on tho Southern States." XVth ftmeadauat Proclamation. A draft of the proclamation of the XVth Amendment was prepared and signed by the President on tho 11th. The Irish Land Bill, Whereof we have heard so much in connection with English politics, was debated at its second reading in the British Parliament, on the 11th inst, in which Messrs, Disraeli and Glad stone participated. The measnre passed this critical stage by a vote of 422 to" 11. Itmay thus bo regarded as safe. It is an important aud decisive victory .for the Gladstone Cabi net, one which the House of -Lords will scarcely dare to attempt to mar by a class op position. The Kew Hampshire Election. The result in New Hampshire, according the latest returns, in: Republican—Steams Democrat—Bedell....... Labor Reform—Flint Temperance—Barrows Total opposition. . .33,544 Republican majority over all. ... 1,270 War Sermons and Preacher*. Jeremy Taylor says: “H men be subjects of Christ’s law, they can never go to war with each other. As contrary as cruelty is to merey, tyranny to charity, so is war and blood shed to the meekness and gentleness 6f the Christian religion." The latest rumor about Adelina Patti is that she will sing a year more in Europe, then visit America, and then retire forever from stage. The last clause of this item is tho most improbabte. SPIRIT OP THE_OHC HXFTtN I xLon :r, whic Speaking of the the press of other Atlanta is the w distribution point large portion of th TVliy should these other cities stibr up their bile on the subject? Whilo Atlanta excels in this and work on the fourth pier This bridge vroa commenced by and Augusta Railroad Company the early part of last summer, but the *“ was conducted, for some reason j slowly. A few months since the Carolina Railroad united with the Char- Colnmbia and Augusta Railroad for the purpose of building the bridge, which is to be used by them in common, and since that time particular, Savannah is the great ocean out- operations have been carried on with a little ““ * “ * * more rapidity.—Ibtd} 4 W ^ ' -ff V law, says: The day of restoration and power is return ing, and, when it comes, what to do with homebred carpet-baggers will be a difficult question. Veng|^^Bpelongs to God and therefore we mu4^H|jKurp it. And yet— what shall we do Witli the rascals? Draw black lines around them dike Benton did with the Expunging Reflation? THE THOMASTON EK^jJBFEISE (DEM.) Has this tit bit; " «- No Rndical if he uttcra, can stick to the truth. If he did it would be his ruin among Radicals, and no Radical has thqjnoral cour age to attempt it. \ 7. These remarks are applied t^M. Dawes, whom toe “Democracy” have been cultivat ing- - ..THE SAWSQH JOUEHAL Urges farmers to plant less cotton and more com. [Farmers, like merchants and other men, wiU conduct toeir business with a view to the profits.] THE MABXETXA JOUEHAL, (DEM.) Announces the discovery that we are indebted to the Feudal System for the right of political representation. THE ALBANY HEWS, (DEM.) Has “no confidence in Congress, and therefore bnt tittle hope that Bingham’s amendment means a quietus to the demand of Bullock and Blodgett,” Ac, THE SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN, (DEM.) Thinks that if tho unfortunate Golladay were 'Radical," instead of a Democrat, Speaker Blain would allow him to take toe seat once vacated by him. That is a charge easily made! THE SAVANNAH HEWS, (DBM.] Is very indignant at. the recent petition of the colored members of the Georgia Legislature, addressed to the.UmtedStates Senate through Mr. Hovels. It thinks the negroes hod better subside whilst they peaceably may, and culti vate friendly relations with tho real people [Democratic politicians] of Georgia. THE TOLBOTTON STANDARD (DEM.) Rejoices at the-gtoepcct of toe passage of the Bingham Amendment, and thinks “tho day of reckoning has come.” [Make haste slowly !] THE COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, (DEM.,) Hopes tho Bingham Amendment may be ac cepted as an indication of returning reason, and of a disposition to let Tennessee alone, to End to allow all the Southern States to mind their own business 1 let, Macon is the great cotton center, and Au- is the seat of great wealth, as well as jasessorof prestige, as the oldest city in the State, except Savannah. Why cannot tho people of Savannah, Macon and Augusta rest content with their laurels, fairly won, without making unworthy flings at Atlanta, the great central city of the State? What neceo- sity is there for these, repeated flings at Atlanta ? There is room enough for all. For Heaven's sake, let these unworthy bicker ings cease. We will odd, that the .Capitol question may have much to do with this agita tion, but the geogrmihical situation of the State requires a new Capitol We regard that matter settled. Atlanta, toe present location of the Capitol was fixed by Radicals, yet they mode a wise decision, and one that three quar ters of toe people of the State endorse. Atlanta is the Capitol, and will bo tho .Capitol for the next half century. Those who hope anything else, will be highly disappointed. Then, why waste time and ink upon toe subject We hope that those unjnst and ungenerous reflec tions upon Atlanta will speedily cense, and if they don’t there is pith enongh in our goose- qnill to stand np to toe right, under all cir cumstances. THE MACON TELBORAPH AND MESSENGER, (DEM.,) The paper which Bryant says has been sub sidized by Governor Bullock, tons pitches into Judge Avery, of toe Brunswick Railroad, for his recent dispatch to certain Senator* at Washington: Wo do not know who tho W„ L. Avery is that sends the dispatch to “ two Senators,” found in our telegram column, but wo do know that he lms perpetrated a most infamous slander upon the people of Georgia. He claims to have taken no part in politics heretofore. Certainly bis first venture shows him to be sd- SAVANNAH. Additional Particulars liej Thursday HighL—The build „ of brick, four stories and an attic, and con tained two hundred bales of npland and three hundred bag)* of soa island ootton belonging to Messrs. L. J. Guilmartin & Co., all of which was insured for sixty thousand dollar* in various companies. The bnilding wss owned by Messrs. Wilcox, Gibbs & Co., and was insured. The building adjoining on the west caught fire, bnt was saved through the exertions of the firemen, who worked with a zeal that never flogged, many of whom had narrow escapes from injury. The fire is sup posed to be the work of an incendiary.—Re- publican. Savannah rnns special street car* for colored people. AMEEICU8. Rev. Jasper Hogne, who has boon absent ir China for toe past twelve or thirteen years aa a Missionary preacher, arrived in this city Fri day.—fopubtieon. nrirably fitted for the business of Radical poli tics. We advise him to qnit railroading and run for Congress. To utilize and reward such capacity for atrocious falsehood, Bullock and the Georgia Radicals would spend the last cent of the people's money. We denounce Avery os a graceless, shameless, deliberate calumnia tor, and his dispatch, os an unutterably mean and malignant effort to prejudice tho Senate njTnirfiffr Bingham iHWAnifmont. THE COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, (DBM.,) Grows facetious over toe rumor that General Terry. refused to sanction a resolution of the Provisional Legislature suspending executions, &c.; and then breaks ont in this wise: An act of the so-called Legislature of Geor gia is of no effect, because a Federal military officer has not approved it! —There is a great deal comprehended in this terse announcement We ore still, five years after too dose of the war, living nnder a military despotism ; and this is still the oondition of things in Georgia after so many years of Radical reconstruction, and pulling down, and reconstruction over again. Truly toe prospect is not a very cheer ing one. In an article a few mornings since, the Eba attempted to show who was responsible for toe delayB and botherations complained of by toe Enquirer. Now, if that paper will reproduce our article, and answer it in toe same issue, we promise to copy its answer without com ment 1 THE AUGUSTA CONSTITUTIONALIST (DBM.) Has a column and a half pnffatoriol on the Univeisity Publishing Company of New York city. STATE NEWS. THE ROME DAILY, (DEM.,) Wants toe Usury law* of the State repealed, and hopes that when the present “Radical Government ” shall have nffl its course, De mocratic politicians may be able to bring abont this desirable result The Daily does not know, of course, that the “Usury laws” are heirlooms of a former Democratic dynasty! THE BOMB COURIER, (DBM.,) . Exclaims: “We do love to deal with facts 1'' Accepting this as a premonition of healthful re form, we shall look for its “facts'' within- creased interest. Tho same paper has this item: After Bullock.—Mr. Williams, an ener getic member of. toe House, was in onr city a day or two ago.-- .He waa engaged in the laud able occupation of hunting np little tricks to worry Bullock -with. He gained some good points from Mr. Crawford, toe expelled mem ber from Bartow, and will doubtless make-fine use of them when the time for balancing ac counts with Rufus B. comes. Spooking of the Bingham Amendment, the same paper says: We heartily advise toe irresponsible crea tures who desecrate; the. Legislative Halls at present, to make the moat of their time, for we will strike them from their places next No vember es sure os there is a sun in the heav enly system. We do not believe that five counties in toe State of Georgia will return (heir Radical Representatives to toe next Leg islature. - As for Bullock—why look out Skow- hegan for the retain of your prodigal son. THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, (BRYANT DEM.) Is still fussing about its circulation! It is one of the half dozen papera claiming “toe largest eirchlation in too State." Qf course, every body knows what that means 1 We hope onr facile eotemporary may havo a prosperous ca reer, and that tho time may come when it will not find so mnch horn blowing essential to its existence! A good newspapor ought to be able to live without that! [It is hoped that most of toe readers of toe Era, in this city, may be induced to buy the Constitution also.] THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE (DEM. j Dismisses Whittemore, but “naiywoid” about Golladay; the Simon Pure Golladay; the un impeachable Golladay; the Tennessee “Car pet-Bag" Golladay; toe chivalrous Kentucky Golladay; him of yard sticks and cadetships 1 THE TORT GAINES MIRROR (DEM.) Mirrors the joy of its editor over the Bingham Amendment. THE AUOUSTA CONSTHUTIONALieT (DEM.) Advises its friends not to’rah for Bingham and his'“Shoo Fly* Amendment,’until,tijey are ont of too woods, and winds up by saying; Again we caution onr people to restrain even the moderate “delight that some of them may have manifested. Bingham’s amendment, nmy-poa in the Senate and an election may be held this year. Bnt suppose that election should be held under toe control of Tony’s bayonets and Bullock’s band? The time for rejoicing has not yet come. Georgia is still the victim of rival sharpers of toe same com mon party. THE ATLANTA rNTZLLICIRNCEB (DEM.,) Exhorts the peoplo to renewed interest in agri cultural pursuits. - In another article it urges the importance of an equitable distribution of tho banking capital whereby the Southern State* maybe relieved measnrcably of too present monetary crisis which it just now peculiarly oppressive. THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, (BRYANT DEM.) Thinks tho “Atlanta Slander Mill” has estab lished a branch at Savannah. . It was tho dis patch of Judge Avery that led to this sago conclusion.-’'' 1 nr ’ Another Attempt at Wholesale Murder. We learn that one day last week a deliberate at tempt was made to throw from the back the train on the Fort Gaines branch of the S. W. Railroad. A number of cross ties and pieces of timber were placed upon the rails, but for tunately discovered in time to prevent tho ca tastrophe. One negro who has been anested confesses the deed and implicates others. We trust toe affair will be sifted to the bottom, and an example made in the premises. We are called upon also to chronicle still another case, in which childish mischief might have resulted in the saddest conse- S :es. Several days since, some little nr- nt the Y turnout near this place, to seo how tho thing would work, were detected put ting obstructions upon the railroad track.— They were brought before his Honor, tho May or, and on account of their extreme youth turn ed over for punishment to the parent, who promised to administer proper correction the presence of the City Marshal.—Appeal BOMB. ' - We team that toe accommodation train from Jacksonville ran off the track near Pa to na, yes terday morning. Eight box cars were thrown from the track. No serious damage resulted from toe accident—Commercial, llf/i. Oh 1 but would't you like to know why ? Because we had a visit on Wednesday after noon, from two of the prettiest sweetest little ladies that onr city affords. Whoopee. Don’t we want them and some more just like them to come every day or two, and two times a day or more.—Ibid. The New Post-Office.—For some weeks past, toe Rome papers have been jnhilant over the new post-office in that village. The Daily describes the edifice as follows: The inside of the building has been divided into three comportments, the first, a general reception room. Immediately in front of the entrance has been erected toe boxes; on the left ore the lock boxes and money order de partment—in the center is toe general delivery department—and on the left are a neat lot about two hundred boxes and a private deliv ery. Underneath of this tier of boxes, are about twelve large drawer boxes for toe accom modation of publishers and news dealers. On the left of the main entrance, this room has been neatly fitted as a news depot. The second room has been neatly and conveniently arrang ed as mailing room, with all toe modem ap pliances for toe rapid dispatch of business. The third room will De used as the private of fice of Mr. Sheibley. Tho entiro building has been prepared for the reception of the Postoffice with a view toe easy, prompt, and careful J! — multifarious duties of the large Cheoks arc worth only 40 cents on the dol lar. The papers in that county have been la boring earnestly to convince the people that the country is going to. the dogs,” and this on* of toe legitimate results. The San Salvador brought to thi. port on Wednesday last eleven German emigrants, who remained in thia city until Thursday last, when they departed foe toe interior af Geor- l ;ia, having purchased lands on the line of toe lacon and Brunswick railroad on which to settle. JThey^ were a sturdy body of young We loam that the able message of His Hon or toe Mayor, transmitted to the City Council at its last regular meeting, stating too nrgent necessity of providing hospital accommoda tion for indigent colored persons in onr city, is being acted on by toe special Committee appointed to investigate the subject, and they -mil report folly at the next meeting of Coun cil, which report, if adopted, will meet this pressing need immediately.—JSeicr, 12th. We had the pleasure of a visit yesterday from that veteran editor, A S. Abel, of the Baltimore Son. Mr. A has been spending the winter in Florida.—Ibid. ROME. Dre. Holmes and Underwood have been elected city physicians by the City ConnciL It will be a luxury for. the pepper to get sick now, os they are ensured- capital nurses.—Cbu- rier. The Courier evidently apprehends sickness in its family. Rome evidently has a good set of “City Fathers,” if the testimony-of toe Courier may be credited: The old Market House was considered an eye-sore, and was whisked away os if by magic. The streets needed lighting, and a row of lamps twinkled on Broadway. The streets and stores needed numbering, and they are numbered. The city needod Water Works, and a contract for $28,000 was instantly made. The floor in the City Hall was not deemed a good one, and to-day hammer* are nailing down a new one. AUOUSTA. The Hibernian Benevolent Society of Augus ta are making toe most complete arrangement, for the fitting celebration of toeir third anni versary on Thursday next, St Patrick’s Dev. An invitation has been extended to an accept ed by Hon. 51 P. O'Connor, of Charleston, to deliver tho address on the occasion st Girar- dey’s Opera House, at 12 m. The pleasures of too celebration are to be made complete in a magnificent ball and supper at the Augusts TJatal *«* AWaaini* Hotel in the evening.—Constitutionalist. Augusta has gone into toe divorce business. Leaves to quit, has been granted toe follow ing, by the Superior Court; now in session. Tallulah J. Sheer vs. G. W. Sheer. Catharine A Sherwood vs. Abram fiber- ■ wood. M. Alice Crnmpton vs. John B. Crompton. FORT GAINES. We have again been visited with a cold •snap” which is likely to destroy the garden vegetables. We have had some fine warm weather this month, and a good many per sons have planted seed jnst in time to havo them frozen by this cold spclL—Mirror. We learn that stops have been taken to erect a neat and commodious Court Eznae in Fort Gaines, and that a large quantity of lumber for the purpose has been received by railroad. Mirror. WASHINGTON. We regret to announce toe death of two of toe citizens of Wilkes county, Mr. Wylie H. Pope and Mr. T. C. Anderson.—Gazette. From tb. WllhlBgton Republican, 11th.] Georgia—The Protest Against Mr, Bing ham’s Amendment. The following was hid before toe Senate, yesterday by Senator Revels : Atlanta, Ga., March 10, 1SW. . Hon. lliram R. Beads, United Shiites Senator from Mississippi, United States Senate Cham ber: The undersigned Senators and Reprenente- tives in tho General Assembly of the State of Georgia, desire yon to proeent this protest to toe Senate of the United States when tog Geor- gia bill comes np for discussion, as yqo are toe only representative of ont race and color °f in that 1 We urge you to do aU in your K wer to prevent tho adoption of Mr. Bing- m’s amendment to the Georgia biU, toe re sult of which will bo to deliver na bound band and foot into the hands of our most bitter and relentless enemies. Wo ask yonr aid and in- flnenco. Shall wo ask in vain? Atlanta; Ga., March 10, 1870. To the Honorable the Senate of the United States: Wo, as colored men and- members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assembly of Georgia, • represent ing over ninety thousand voters of lira State, desire .earnestly, and solemnly to protest poebdservires at this point. ” An ideaeTthu tuge business done ot this office may be gam- the House by Mr. Bingham, of ed from the fact that it returns a net revenue to the Government of about $5,000 per an num, and the business is increasing. The business in the money, order department fat the last quarter of .1869 exceeded that of Au guste or Macon, and is now doing a business equal to the former. - The lock boxes are the latest and most im proved style, such as are used in Atlanta, Washington, and all the largo cities—they are ninety-six in number, each furnished with two keys, and no one key will unlock two boxes. In each of these boxes a small glass at the bottom enables parties to see-inside without unlocking them. An iron railing will be placed in front and around the general delivery so as to prevent too large a crowd gathering at toe delivery, and tons causing confusion. The Courier grows dramatic over it and Bays: • r 1 ' . We will assert from personal experience, tint wo havo too handsomest post-office in the State, We will not attempt to describe it, for that is impossible. We adviso every ono of onr citizens to go at once and examine il It will amply repay tho trouble. Eveiy part is simply—pei/ecf. Mnch, honor Is due to P- M. Sheibley for the energy lie has displayed in this particular, and congratulate him on his excellent taste. We are willing^ to admit that Rome has a snug little post-office, and a moat excellent and efficient post-master, but when the Courier claims “the handikunest post-office in toe State,” w;e tell it to. “stick” — to the truth. Atlanta has net only toe “handromest in toe State, ” bnt toe handsomest in the Sonth. f J', AUGUSTA. Ranvnma—Mr. King, 'to* batoon man, had his machine ont again on yesterday morn ing, and attaching it ton rope, sent np the curious at so much per head, bathe afternoon, having gotten everything ready, the balloonist, himself; mado an ascension minus the ropes, and when lastsoen was moving slowly mn westerlv direction. We suppose that lie will descendsomewhere in Edgefield district, South Chrolina.— Chronicle and Sentinel, UtA New Railroad Bridge.—A day or two since the third pier of toe bridge across the Savan nah river, at the foot of Washington street, tal 468, Ohio, and we do so because that to give pre-c H tection and the enjoyment of equal righto 1 ' tel „ all classes of our citizens, it is nqcossarjt. that such legislation shall be nod aa. rolL aeeffto. the passage of such jury tews » ran uuwe justice to toe colored men. of a bail for the promotion of education among all class**, and also such amendment o( tho (lection law* a*,* will give a fair, free esjaessioR of each citizens’ V*j political views. If elections tetre plao* this fell the passage of such bills which are nocetsary for omr raba- tion will engender toe moot bitter stnfo and hostility- on the pert of the white citafons against onr race and color. Violence and bloodshed will mark toe coorae of raoh elec tions, and * fiur expression of the will of the people cannot be had. We shall be driven from the polls, as in the Promdeotial etection, by «med and orR»ni*ed4»ndJi pf rebeht nod onr State given pverto too guidance end con trol of the most sxtreino men of theDemo- cratic party. We respectfully ask your honor-, able body that-the bUl passed December 22; mtgrbe(pvenfuUeflect ^ ul 'xteen em berS •-■■•««> e--—. Strength of the Masonic Order. The strength of the .Masonic order in the United States and British Province*, as' set forth in the following.stateraent, is said to be u nearly correct as can tea necticut, 12,784; Deiawaw L 722- u District ^of Qo)]\?i]t>ifl) 7Mi Florida, 'ljiu" * " ,l * 167; Idaho, 225; Illinois, 3Q.2! 205: Iowa, 11,462; Kansas, 2 18,929; Louisiana, *“ - ‘and, 4,791;Ma....... 18,016; Minnesota, 108; Missouri, 14,872; 3 jko, 986; Nevada, 921; i Netr_. L312; New Hampshire, 8,032; New; Jetwy, — ” ” ’ "■ “" North Carolina, 11,- 7,736; New York, 74,079.- ..—- 184; Nova Scotia, 888; Ohio, 8,403? RtfsjJvaaW »,««>?. 4,253; South Carolina (cstu