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ATLANTA, OMMU, . MAY 25, 1870.
Very Hud In.l,
Even the Texas editors, proverbial as they
are for black bottles and butcher-knives, are
skockedatthe recent notorious quarrel between
the Cincinnati editors. A Galveston paper si
••Nothing within «mr knowledge of Texas
jonnulixm half so disgusting has ever oc
curred. * It is presumed, of coarse, that this
Texas editor has read carefully all his State
exchanges; and bonce the comparison be
makes is far from complimenLiry to Messrs.
Halstead and McLean.
I. Ibe Georgia Iteinoeraey a Hfylli?
That “the Democracy" as a National party,
is a myth, springing from the confused memo
ries of a Past Decode, and kept before the pub
lic through tbe.idiosynera(iea of eccentric gen
tlemen, who, like Hirins of old, find their
chief delight in “woeping over the rains of
Carthage," few sane minds are prepared to
doubt Without a National Platform of Prin
ciples, without organisation and without lead
ers; divided among t&em'sefves on all the liv
ing issues of the day; discordant and bicker
ing in the States when they an ont of power,
and caterwauling and exposing ’ each other’s
villalHies when they are in power (as in New
York, for instance,) they can have no claim to
recognition as a National otganiutiou.
But here, in Georgia, it has been claimed
that “the Democracy ” is something real and
tangible. And this claim wns perhaps good,
up to a very recent date. For the “party"
was nnited in opposition, first, to the civil, and
next to tho political rights of the freedmen; it
opposed, first, “My Policy,” and next the pol
icy of Congress; it opposed, first, the ratifica
tion of the new Constitution, and, next, the
enforcement of its plainest provisions, (ns in
stanced in the expulsion of eligible members
of the Assembly, and tho refusal to enact a
Free School law); it denounced the Govern
ment of 1868 as th* offspring of usurpation,
and therefore as being “null and void," and
then (one year afterward) sought to enforce Its
recognition as a legal body—in all this, “ the
Democracy" have been remarkably compact
and nnited.
Bat a day came wherein divisions arose
among tho •* faithful;" and these diacanvioTTH
have brought forth a brood of firctions whose
name is Logion, and each of which claim re
cognition ar the party! These discordant
firctions are so graphically depicted by a Dem
ocratic CO temporary, Ural we give place to his
own testimony. Hear what the Atlanta Intel
ligencer (one of the oldest and ablest Demo
cratic journals in the State.) rays of its party
in Georgia:
In OMrata tho party U iu Ik-In-, but not as la day.
of yore when It presented a united front. There aro
now Bryant Democrata. Caldmll Democrats. Mftaria
Democrats, who » oald dictste to the great mass of the
1-arty the pulley it -
l prcvrutlDs (bar nnlly which Is esrentlsl to sne-
«. Wo look, however, for the nesr approach of
that period when tho Democratic Party of Georgia will
tnoolld front, having lopped os all such
Now, when it is borne in mind that the
Bryan/, whom tho Intelligencer denominates
tho chief of a faction of tho Democracy, was
tho Democratic candidate for Speaker of tho
House in January, and that be lias subsequent
ly been repudiated (Hen by his chosen faction;
when wo reflect that tho CaUicdl, who is like
wise the chief of a Democratic faction, proposed
to betray his followers and join the Republi
cans upon the condition tlmf they wonld
nominate him to the United Bute's Semite;
when wa remember that this Alpena (soother
chief of tlie factions Democracy) was iu Sep
tember, 1868, dsnonneing Scott and Candler
tlie men who now recognise liis claims to
greotocsx—when we reflect upon all these od
dities, pecadillos;’ eveentnVitir* and bellleoso
demonstrations of its inharmonious leaders,
how can we conclude other, than that th*
Georgia “Democracy,” like iu National proto
type, is either a myth or a humbug?
A Kingdom for n King!
Spain has met with another disappointment
For months and months she has held her Im-
]ierial crown in one hand, and Reckoned with
the other, in tho vain hope that the tempting
. .. l.t dr.m .. ,i\ ,
the entangled mazes of Spanish difficulties,but
np to this time the effort has been attended
with tho most unflattering results. Wo see
that Esportero has c ourteously declined the
honor, and, unless tho Cortez will content
themselves with a third-rate monarchical pup
pet, there is every reason to believe that tho
thron* of the Bourbons will remain vacant
for a considerable period of time. There
one very simplo and obvious way to get out of
this humiliatiug embarrassment, and it is a
wonder that the Cortez have not adopted it be
fore, as they appear so wedded to the ideas
and customs of the post—let them offer tho
crown to tip- high, st bidder, after the good old
.Roman fashion. This wonidbe a source of
profit to the State, and, as the Royal trader
wonld doubtless lose his head beiVwahehad
tune to re-imburse himself from the treasury,
Spain would get “value received" for its glit
tering bauble, and then have chance to sell it
again, and so on to an indefinite extent.
l'olltlrnl Kdlforlal..
"Intense expression" is the latest triumph
of the orator and th.: writer; but iu (hose
days, of fluent feebleness and foreibl. im-
becillity, it is the rarest thing in the world to
find it in the colnmns of a daily paper; and
when it is found, it emanates generally from
some unknown man of the people, whose
vigorous ways of thought and expression have
not been corrupted by too intimate a contact
with the pseudo-reiiuem. uls of civilization. It
1« singular, but some nan no sooner originate,
borrow, or steal a thought than they begfh at
once to dilate it with the rinsings of their
memories. The indiscriminate way men have
of slinging their adjective*, converts me don
speech into na ef pragma nihil, and the edi
torials in many of our'gashing journals, n-nd
“like a talo that is told by an idiot" Webster
said that very strong langmge indicated a
com--gliding poverty ofije.-., and thi- ,
bo set down as a general truth, notwithst,]
ing whatever may be mid to the
The Trca.xr« I- ... 1,1.,I Iljr tlie
ipnolle,-S Itrp,.r(.
Cry.\nt Organ—from motives of pnro
disinterestedness, and without any partizan
design—has of late been studying, with unusual
diligence; the Comptroller General's Deport
Urgm in its zeal for the public good, has
given soveral * items of the Governor’s
xpenditnres, but has entirely omitted to note
the extravagance and unauthorized expendi
ture of public moneys by the Treasurer him
self.
On Thursday we published the fact that
Alton Angier (clerk in the Treasury) had
drawn, over and above his salary, one thous
and dollars; and this without any authority of
law. In reply to that charge, Mr. Angier pub
lishes a card in the Evening Edition of the
Bryant Organ of the some date, in which he
says that:
$850 of tho “extras" was for transcribing
records of the Provisional Treasurer, the same
amount having been paid to tho Comptroller’s
brother for like services in Comptroller’s
office, under authority of ibe General As
sembly.
There was on authority from the General
Assembly for paying the Comptroller’s broth
er; there was pone whatever for paying the
Treasurer ji son (except a mere recommendation
of a committee, which was not adopted by the
General Assembly;) but the immaculate and
vigilant “wabih dog” of the* Treasury refused
to pay a warrant for services rendered by act of
the General Assembly, junlcss “my son’’ should
receive pay for services rendered, and with no
authority of the. General Assembly therefor.
Will the Treasurer now publish the Act au
thorizing such work done in his office?
Attention was also called to the following
items from the Comptroller General’s report;
f 882 65
January 20. N. L. Angier, for Stationary,
printing MUr-head*. telegraphs, ex
press. *c",...;
July 1ft. N. I*. Angier for Stationery, Ex-
Mige, Exprcaacharges, Ac 785 40
December SI. N-1*. Angier, Telegraph.Sta
tionery and personal expenses, self and
Alton to New York 1,937 00
Total 1 $3,COS 85
The Treasurer’s son meets these items (which
ere taken from the Comptroller’s Report)
in this wise:
Two-thirds of the amounts named in the
first two warrants, drawn in favor of N. L.
Angier, was for Express charges on the nu
merous packages of money received at the
Treasurer’s office and Exchange on the money
sent to New York to meet the State’s indebt
edness. The other one-third was mostly for
the postage, accounts paid by the Treasurer,
for the Executive, Comptroller General, Sec
retary of State and Treasurer’s offices.
Now the Express and Exchange charges
may be correct os stated, bat alas for the clerk's
knowledge of book-keeping! when he cannot
tell for ichat his expenditures were incurred.
For, with the exception of two dollars paid
fbrjpostagc in the Treasury Department,not one
dollar of the above warrants was expended for
postage, eithar in the Executive, Comptroller
General’s or in tlie Secretary of State’s Depart
ment! Here are the items for postage from the
Comptroller's Report, viz:
January 20. N. L. Angier. for account* paid
postage, box rent, 4c.. for Executive De
partment, Comptroller’* and Secretary’s of
fice $106 06
April 15. N. L. Angier,postage for Executive,
Comptroller's and Treasurer’# offices. Sta
tionery, 4c 1,343 53
May 19. N. L. Angier, postage, 4c., for Execu
tive Department. Comptroller's and Treas
urer's offices as per account rendered 424 77
Total. $1,931 36
Is it any wonder that mistakes of a mere
bagatelle of a thousand dollars or so (erroneous
ly charged os money paid out,) should not be
discovered for more than a year, and then on
ly by outsiders?
will Mr. Angier how givo the items for pos
tage not embraced in the warrants above, and
included in the two warrants, “one-third of
which was mostly for postage ncconuis, etc,
as he states in his cord?
Mr. Angier says $175 embraced in the last
warrant 4 ‘wens the expenses of myself going
to New York, etc.” Fare fo New York and
back docs not exceed $75 ; and the “dear peo
ple” have an idea that a single man might live
in New York for a week at less thftu one hun
dred dollars. r
These facto are brought to the notice of the
Committee of Investigation, because they em
brace a matter of public interest, one in which
the tax-payers of the State are deeply interest
ed ; and not for the purpose of putting our es
timable Treasurer and his Clerk to
it, plain, common-sense people seem so be
under the impression that the Treasurer should
plnck the beam out of his own eye before at
tempting to arraign the Executive.
The Investigating Committee*.
For mouths post the Democratic mouth
pieces liavo made the atmosphere heavy with
ohargesof corruption against the Executive,
and the managers of the State Road. They
evinced a manufacturing skill in this line that
was startling to contemplate. Their “galls
coined slanders like a mint” and they piled
them np nntil' Pelion toppled on Ossa, and,
to avoid being crashed, were" compelled to
look around for something to steady their
fragile structure. In this dilemma Governor
Bullock, with an alacrity and earnestness of
purpose that could only spring from a con
science void of offense, proffered his assist
ance. He proposed that Committees be ap
pointed to investigate the charges brought
against- him. as well as ihiee against the
State Road management This part of hia mes
sage finally wns presented for consideration in
the Legislature. For three days the Sen&t-
listeucd to the senseless mouthing* of a Hone
gerford, remarkable only as an exhibition of
insanity never before witnessed outside of a
Lunatic Asylum. The House was entertained
with a proposition to declare itself unworthy
of confidence, and by going outside of its own
body to find honest men, simply to flatter the
tender sensibilities of those who had trumped
up these charges; to commit a feto do se un
heard of in legislation, and which any body of
men, with a modicum of self-respect and com
mon sense, wonld spurn, as on insult, which
for grossness could only be excelled by the cool
presumption and impertinence of the thing.
Suffice it, tho Legislature survived Hunger-
ford and only toiled in their dnty to that Hon
orable gentleman by not appointing Bradley
and Bryant as his custodians—thc-v . ?i wnnt
iryant as his custodians—they even went
so far os to declare that, notwithstanding the
wishes of a few considerate outside friends they
were not ready to admit themselves bankrupt
of honesty. So mneh, in brief, for tho history
Committees of investigation were appointed,
arrd are now toirly at work discharging the
duties imposed on them. The men compos-
=
It was not enough to their own |o?e, |
and make no Inllowaa^Hkjmq f :lc t that they
are, or claim to be, interested parties. Their
unreasonableness does not stop there. To
cover anticipated defeat they now endeavor to
party iu Georgia pledged to.
thus provided, did Mr. HilV
to speak a vword whereby we mlgli
where to place him. His first public
in Georgia/on that issue, was made,-
blind the eyes of the good people to tho real mi*tnk,not,dn Atlanta February, ISO*.
ftllllM/’f/'r nf (tin Icon ft of e4oVn Vo* >•«/. _ /l * ! I t.
character of the issue at stoke. Not the 'bug
bears of corruption in the Execntixe Depart
ment ; not the shadowy embezzlements, etc..
ad IQAtwm, on the State Road ore to be probed
until the light of truth shines through them.
These are the evil spirits they at one time de
lighted to invoke, but which do not seem dis^
posed to dawn at their bidding. The commit
teemen themselves are on tried. Starting ont as
jurymen, these gentlemen are favored with
seats in tho prisoner’s box. Such a dodge, but
for its baseness and shallowness, might be con
sidered a clear one.' As it is, it adds nothing
to the reputation of the Democratic press of
tho State, however much it may strengthen
their claims to all the political honesty in the
land. Let them proceed in their virtuous
Made virtute.
The Bryant Organ on Evidence.
Capt Bryant’s Atlanta Organ, like the poor
old toady in Hamlet, “is still liarping” away
upon a mythical something which it denomi
nates 4 ‘evidence.” Alluding to an article which
appeared in tho Eba of the 19th, the snbject
of which was “A Matter of Evidence,” our
sorely puzzled and perplexed little neighbor
says:
Tho noticeable point is the remarkable
statement about General Terry’s evidence.
Now what is this matter which the & O. is
pleased to style “Gen. Terry’s evidence?”
Simply an article in the Louisville Courier-
Journal (date not feiven,) an extract from
which was published in the B. O. some ten
days ago! The burthen of Ibis article, as it
originally appeared in. the Conrier-Jonrnal (but
perhaps not as it appeared garbled in the B.
O.,) was, to show a ease of inconsistency, by
quoting Gen. Terry against Gen. Terry! If
the B. O. will furnish us with a copy of the
Coorier-Jonrnal containing the entire article
referred to, we will undertake to show conclu
sively, and beyond the possibility of doubt,
that the language (or statements) attributed
to Gen. Terry were represented os having been
made prior to, and contradictory of the Gen
eral’s official Report, and therefore .some eight
months ago!
So much then, for this feat ur i of the Organ’s
evidence. The next point is for tho B. O.
to show such a connection between General
Terry’s statements (or what is said to be his
statements) and the Atlanta dispatches to the
Washington Chronicle, both as to their matter,
time and venue, as that the former contradict
the totter. This point established, it will then
be necessary for the B. O. to prove that, as
between the contradictory statements of the
two witnesses, one is conclusive as to the
falsity of the other. The Organ wonld thus
have to moke an . issue of veracity between
General Teny and tho Chronicle’s Atlanta
correspondent; and, at this stage of the pro
ceeding, the Louisville Conrier-Jonrnal (which
the B. O. endorses) wonld be found an
unwieldly witness; for, as before stated, that
paper assumed that it had proved an irrecon
cilable discrepency between General Terry’s
verbal statements (to which the B. O. refers)
and General Terry’s official Report, aftewards
submitted to the President!
We ore glad to sec the B. O. interested i:
this matter; and, now that it is studying the
rales of Evidence, let it prosecute the work
until it shall have sufficiently mastered tlie
subject to comprehend that mere bald asser
tion by the plaintiff, or vague, indefinite and
slipshod statements, predicated upon remote
hearsay testimony, is not such evidence as
wonld warrant a judgment in bis favor! Least
of all, is an ex parte statement of a general
character, made by n third party for the
pnrposo of invalidating the tptimouy of a
main witness, to be accepted as conclusive
against a statement made at a subsequent
time, having an essentially different venue,
and relating to an entiely different matter
Convention’ that was to nominal
* '**£!
Failing to get the nomination for G
he again relapsed into metoncholly and
so quiet during the canvass that nq
seemed to know whether he wa
Kamskatska. But, after the
over, and tho Legislature, (as organize
prepared to go into an election for
States Senator, Mr. Hill again ai:
the surface; and, at the eleventh hour, 1
fall fledged candidate for the United
Senate against the regular! Republican
nee] and he was elected liy Demoe
elected as the champion of that partj
three weeks afterwards, expelled the
members and filled their places with ii
persons!
Is it any wonder, under this stole oiMtals,
and considering Mr. Hill's excess! v. w ■’
for office, that he should now helobl
Congress, and acting in full concert
Georgia Democracy whereof Bryan t a
ley are leaders, to the end that the Act
cember, 1809, be practically nullifi
that the State Government which eln t-
to the United States Senat
legal and permanent? This was not
pected. But that desperation wliic
driven him to tramp up false charges
the Executive, and institute an Invest
purely for political effect, and which L
minatetl in disclosing a harml*
and in the complete acquittal ol
live, was something which Geoi
so fully prepared to expect And y
most fitting denouement iu the career oi
minded but ambitions man, who in
hour permitted himself to toll into
of a party which, though it may
traitor, does not even reward the treat
The
Joshua
limit*.
The card of Mr. D. C. Forney discloses a
state of affairs at the National Capitol that is
anything but creditable to those members of
the Senate Judiciary Committee, who, in an
unpropitious hoar, lent themselves to the
work of that faction in Georgia whereof Mr.
ry trouble. For, litQe as he may about- Bryant, Mr. Hill ami Alpeoria Bradley are
leaders. So tor from being an Investigation,
conducted upon fiiir and equitable premises,
the Committee, it seems, turned the whole af
fair into an Inquisition, instigated by Hon.
Joshua Hill, tho pnrpssc of which was to
break Governor Bollock’s influence and de
stroy a bold and fearless Republican journal
for daring to advocate the rights of Georgia
Republicans before Congress.
In this connection, the letter of his Excel
lency, Gov. Bollock, addressed to the Repub
lican members of tho Senate and House, (a
synopsis of which appears in our special dis
patches this morning,) is rather specific if not
justly (though mercilessly) severe upon Mr.
HilL That tho- Governor states nothing but
facts, every well informed Georgian will at
test Mr. Hill, in his efforts to obtain a seat
in the Senate, has not only been guilty of the
grossest inconsistencies, but be has disclosed
an amount of personal malevolence and enmi
ty toward the Governor, and an instance of
bad faith and treachery toward his party, that
is truly marvelous.
We say “hia party,” because Mr. Hill, in a
speech delivered before the members of the
State Constitutional Convention, in 18G8, open
ly proclaimed himself a Republican; and yet
within.lcss than four mouths thereafter (toiling
to get the nomination for Governor) he was
the candidate of the Democracy for United
States Senator, and now claims his seat in vir
tue of <in election over the regular Republican
Mr. Hill belongs to that class of po
liticians who deem office essential to bodily
existence, and who will not scruple at sacri
ficing all political principles (if indeed they
have any) or hesitate to betray the most sacred
party trusts and pledges in order to obtain
it Claiming to have been a consistent Union
man—able to take the “Iron Clad” oath, and
therefore above the necessity of relief from po
litical disabilities by Congress—he stands un-
blnsliingly in the face of his record of 1863,
wherein he writes himself down an uncom
promising opponent of Reconstruction, a pro
nounced enemy of the United States Govern
ment, and an unequivocal supporter of-the
Davis Administration at Richmond! Failing
of an election, he relapses into that chronic
metoncholly which marked lus career through
ing them set up no claim to infallibility of 1SG1 and 180.2, and puts himself not forth
judgment that we have heard of, mt we feci
iu saying that they pride themselves on
their integrity of purpose, and wc know that
has yet presumed to question the right
individual member to do so. They
ven no intimation of what the result of
Iw.rs will be- whether the charge* pre-
uiil i-e sustained or falsified. They
ot it they u ould. But these facts weigh
ing with those who exhibited such ex
fern d
could li
traon
again until tho. inauguration of the Andrew
Johnson-Democratic Legislature of 1865,
when he again puts in an appearance and
claims the nomination to the United States
Senate!
Having no confidence in the mau'ri siucurit v,
the Drniorr.u-y tavr.rc -1 ui nil. t :,nd tiu-r m .n
in the pt r >n of Ex-<lo\rn i Mni.vm. and
a- Why, there arc in Atlanta alone, Republicans
tore of wealth and Ligh social position, wlio (
although for private reasons, are not known
active politicians, give liberally—some
might say extravagantly—of their ample means
for political purposes just as the Democrats
of Albany did in 1868; but, as we take the lib
erty of thinking, for a far more noble purpose,
because it was iu behalf of Peace and Order!
i. that
P Iv-
Jtim
The Case of Georgia.
The action token yesterday by the Recon
struction Committee of Congress, with, refer
ence to Georgia, gives promise of a definite
conclusion being arrived at before the ctos
the session. The foct that the Committee
agreed to report the original bill, without the
Bingham Amendment, and with the clause' of
the Senate bill allowing a State militia) force,
shows that the views of its members hare un
dergone a change. * It is to be hoped the bill
will speedily be reported and that the siatnsof
Georgia will be definitely settled. Almost any
settlement of the case is preferable to a perpet
uation of the existing muddle. -X. Y. Times.
18//*.
Result of tlie Inx-estlgatlon—“Wliere Bid
tlie Money Come From !”
The evidence, os summed np by tho Judi
ciary Cimmittee in their Report on the Geor
gia Bribery Case (so-called,) discloses that, of
the $14,500 which Governor Bollock drew
upon his Bank account in Atlanta, $6,000 was
for a private business matter, entirely sepa
rate and distinct from any political purpose,
and having no connection, directly or indi
rectly, with the matter before the Committee;
that the Governor, nevertheless, proposed sub
mitting this transaction to tho Committeo if
they desired, bat which even they declined.
The evidence farther shows that, ont of the
$14,500 aforementioned, $4,008 was paid Mr.
Forney, and $505 to tho Globe, for printing;
that $1,500 was loaned to the colored delega
tion, a part of which had been already return
ed—thus leaving about $2,000 for personal ex
penses, for himself and family, for a space of
nearly two mouths in Washingion.yinolu<ling
traveling expenses, Ac. ^
Even the Majority Report of the Committee
wholly exonerates tile Governor of all blame
in tbe entire transaction, except in the fact of
his paying what they conceived to be A high
price, or an extravagant price, for printing! It
docs not appear that the Governor had any
understanding or agreement with the Pub
lisher of the Chronicle; but that he sent them,
the printing to do, and when the bill was pre
sented, paid it without caviling over or dis
puting the prices charged. It is not improb
able that the Governor may have considered
the charges high; bat when the circumstances,
as set forth iu Mr. Forney's card (elsewhere
published) arc considered, they do not ap
pear unreasonable; and Gov. Bullock is not
the man to cavil over a business transaction
when the prices charged ore within the
bounds of reason. Nor does the Minority Re
port of the Committee concur in the Report of
the Majorty wherein they attach blame to the
Governor for paying this account, since the
publications were all legitimuto and proper,
and since there was nothing sought to be con
cealed from tbe public. The Governor simply
4 ‘paid the bills, asking no questions.”
Thus, it will be seen that iiio Committee are
agreed in their' exoneration of Gov. Bollock
from all blame, excepting merely as to tbe
prices paid Mr. Forney for printing. On
this point, the Committee arc divided in
favor of the Governor—the minority folly sus
taining him in the payment of the bill as pre
sented.
Tbe question lias been asked 44 Where did
the money come from?” And, without await
ing on answer, jhe Augusta Chronicle and Sen
tinel, with its usual recklessness, jumps to tho
conclusion that
Bollock drew and used for the unlawful and corrupt
purpose of influencing legislation against the interests
of the people of tbe State their own money, which, by
virtue of liia office and position, he wsa enabled to
control through the agency of the Georgia National
THE .U iiUsTA cunoxicmc AND tUCSXKI* (DEM.)
fendfr the euphonious oaptiofi of “Organizing
” discusses the bill reported by tbe Itc-
IML*
XiCttcx
Correspondence’ of th« New Era.)
Washing'
construction Committee to the House in its
usual chaste and dignified style, and takes oc
casion to say that,
If Bullock shall attempt to place upon the
people of this State the supremacy of a tugro.
militia, he had better call, in advance upon the
President of the United States for a targe
Tlie Future of Parties.
The Democracy can’t get over its antipathy
o the “blasted nigger” sufficiently to
Lationolize the Virginia and Tennessee affilia
tion with the newly enfranchised, and which,
in the tost named State, had been so success-
faL In Delaware, for instance, the “Deinoc-
5 made a foolish effort to organize
‘white man’s party;” and, although
its failure was too complete to become con
spicuous, it nevertheless served to place that
party beyond the pale of hope, so far as tho
colored vote is concerned. And the same is
true of tho Democracy of Maryland and Penn
sylvania, and of one or two other States,
whose colored citizens are now voters. Tho
Tariff question caimot in the very nature pf
things become a rallying point for a National
party; even if it should, Free trade in 1872,
will not be to the Democracy what “Free trade
and Sailors Rights” was in 1840. The South
has become thcronghly revolutionized upon
this, as upon other issues that gave the
Southern Democracy’ such strength a quarter
of a century ago.
Thus it will be seen that the Opposition will
bo even more destitute of tbe means of sue
cessfal political warfare in 1872, than they
were in 1868. They will also labor under an
additional disadvantage, iu this that
had the Executive on their
side, they will now IIave~lO Egnx
ecutive and Congress. In 1868, the. Republi
cans labored under many disadvantages, but
they now have the Administration with them,
and the head of it as the embodiment of the
party for the succession.
In the elections for Congressmen this fall,
the Republicans will enter the campaign upon
the policy of the President, and will be sup
ported by an organization more compact and
more powerful than at any previous time in
the history of the great National Party. In
the Administration, the Republicans liavc a
vantage ground quite as strong as that held
by the Democracy under Old Hickory Jackson;
and, in view of all these circumstances, the
exhortations of the radical Democratic press
of Georgia to renewed oppostiou to the XYth
Amendment, and to what they are pleased to
style “Centralized Radicalism, ” looks very
much like madness personified.
Federal force to protect his loil melish in their
attempts to oppress and di-gradc our people.
Georgia will not fall behind any of her sister
Southern States in the attempts of her people
to protect themselves from the marauding
kMfcaa'sfi PaBiwh’sMqsifcittMffidiarien .«JQm
thing of organizing military bonds of different,
races, with the open and avowed purpose'of
humiliating the opposite race, can be produc
tive of but one result—a fearful sanguinary
collision, in which the weaker raco must go
to the walk
[The Chronicle proceeds upon its idea that
the “militia gf the State” will embrace none
but colored men between the ages of 18
and 45!]
THE LA GRANGE REPORTER (DEM.)
Joins in the Democratic hue and cry against
General Longstreet. It says:
When a man once starts dowiPtho declivity
of ruin, he descends with great rapidity to the
bottom.' Gen. Longsfreet once held a warm
place in every Soutnera heart for his great
bravery and lighting qualities and devotion to
the Confederate cause.) " evil hoar he
Yielded to the temptation of 'Federal pup and
become a Radical, for which he was made an
officer of the customs at New Orleans. Bat he
has let himadf down, down, to a lower depth
of political degradation!
[Gen, Longstreet ought to have known bet
ter. He ought to have known that “peace
men iu war, are invariably war men in peace.”]
THE WEST POINT SHIELD (DE1L ) l
Speaks a friendly word for schools and school
teachers. Of the latter, it
We believe that as a general thing, in the
Sonth particularly,that they are harder worked
and more poorly paid, than any set of profes
sional men. We are glad, however, to know
that the profession is being elevated through
out tho entire country, and we hail with pleas
ure, the dawn of a new era, which shall reoog-
nize and appreciate the teacher, as one of the
most important adjuncts of a correct and true
civilization.
THE CUTHBEirr APPEAL (DEM.)
Gives us the latest unadulterated sample of
personal journalism and indefinite Syntax :
We (ad interim) having had tho mighty re
sponsibilities of editor, publisher and boss
printer upon our shoulders in the preparation
of this issue, crave the indulgence of our read
ers for any apparent lack of interest
[This “apology” onght to lie satisfactory.]
THE MAOOK JOURNAL (DEM.)
Hopes that
The committee at Atlanta will (may ?) be
come possessed of backbone enough to escape
-> .
Tlie Plillliiis.ilill Difficulty.
Cok D. P. Hill came out in the Intelligencer
of day before yesterday evening withdrawing
his card, published in the same paper, of the
previous day’s date. It will bo remembered
that the affair grew ont of a report of the pro
ceedings of the Railroad Committee, furnished
The Constitution by Cok R. W. Phillips.
This report stated that, when certain resolu
tions were before the Committee, Cok D. P.
Hill, clerk, opposed their adoption, and that
the Committee overruled Mr. Phillips’ point
that the clerk was not a member of the Com
mittee, and therefore not entitled to speak.
Cok Hill came out in a card denouncing these
assertions as false, bnt in a subsequent
card withdrew the language used so for os
it had reference to Cok Phillips. Iu with
drawing this second card Cok Hill says that,
The unpleasant affivr between myself and
Mr. Phillips, of Echols county, I supposed was
adjusted when I signed a note indicating as
much, consenting to the publication of Mr.
Phillips, which apneared in the Intelligencer
pLxcateiday evening, together with my note.
^TTwas ngreedDyTtti. Prioci-u^fe^a*rmv
Phillips, and myself, that the whole-affair
should be published in the Intelligencer and
Constitution. Two issues of Tho Constitution
have appeared, and the xchote affaia has ap
peared in neither. My note and garbled ex
tracts from Mr. Phillips* communication have,
however, appeared in The Constitution, to my
disparagement, which was not the agreement
As the agreement was an entirety, and part of
it failing, to my injury, I withdraw all I have
said anywhere abont the affair, except my origi
nal card.
In the Intelligencer, of yesterday morning,
Colonel Phillips expresses his surprise at the
action of Colonel Hill, and says:
“The facts are before the public. Mr. Hill
may withdraw his card hnt ne cannot with
draw the facts. If he oan bo satisfied with the
silly course he lias pursued, the public can
well afford to be. I oertainly oan have noth
ing more to do with atm whose conduct would
ill become a child’s play.”
He akso publishes a letter, from Hou. W. P.
Price, wliicli states that the publication of the
card in The Constitution was no part of their
agreement He agreed with Colonel Hii' to
request the editor of The Constitution to pub-
lish it, bnt in the event of a refusal, their
agreement was not to be affected thereby. So
tbe matter stands at present
left Mr
a party
nillto
whose
mourn over th
tandcnl ho e;
abont 4 ‘logic set on fire by th
ctioi
Tin
the beads and lies
will avoid these
powerful
ardor of con-
list who studies
sntsido of books,
be all the
d Subp.
chrug. s. and on which the inv
based. Knowing the weakness
their credulity being sta*gere
ness of the accused to mee t <
assertion in the only way recogi
custom, they have already adop
j warfare that will be as puerile in
e : chro
stigatious ar
if their cause, j made
by the readi- lookiii;
eh and ever,- which
zed by tow or so he :
•d a mode of March
ra.-»ull.sns it 1 b,,l :in
Mr. Hill ;
the
titnde
\ two
fisappointnient, and that
• which followed defeat,
isy convert to any scheme
rthrow of a government I f Q]
Now the Georgia National Bank is, (as the
immaculate Angier said,) “where the deposits
of the State Road are kept.” Bnt this is not
alk Those deposits ore made in the name of
Isaac P. Harris, the State Read Treasurer,
who is a bonded officer of the State; and no
man, not even the officers of the Bank, nor
the governor, nor tbe Superiutemtont, nor Mr.
Angier, nor any one else on earth except the
Treasurer or his legal representative, can
draw out those deposits for any purpose what
ever. Nor were the amounts drawn from the
Treasury of the Stale, since therein stands
oar faithful "“watch dog,” who in his zeal for
the welfare of the State positively refuses to
pay the warrants of the Governor or other
legitimate drafts nntil “my son” gets his extra
pay!
Where then did the money come from? In
the summer of 1868, the Democracy of the lit
tle town of Albany and vicinity raised $10,000
for political purposes; and this was spent, we
understand, in hiring negroes either to vote
for Seymour and Blair, or else to 6toy away
from the election entirely! And did anybody
ask where the money came from ? Come from !
Why, it came, from tho private exchequers of
gtinl-min who were interested iu tin? success
of tlie Democratic ticket, and consequently
who were interested in the overthrow of the
K-• iistim tiou scheme in Georgia. And tli< -
same Democrats have been steadily at work to
rob the Republicans of the fruits of the victo
ry then achieved, in efforts to nullify tho Act
of Deo uni »erl8i;‘>. and to remand tlm State to
the tender mercies of that “Democracy” which
resorted to Revolution in September, 186S, aniT
ith tin
bad toiled to r
fll iu easily •
2d, 1867, known a
I in making Georgia the
ords and political outlawry
o\r, wbej^the Republican:
Pressed to the Wall.
Since the truth of certain special dispatches
from Georgia recently printed in the Chronicle
has been called into question, it may be proper
to state that the Atlanta (Ga.) New Era, about
two weeks ago, printed in double-leaded type,
at tbe head of its editorial column, a standing
offer, in which it was stated that it was author
ized by a responsible party to give to any per
son disproving any of tbe statements in tbe
dispatches referred to the sum of $500 for
each and every statement disproved. This of
fer was kept standing for one week, and ap
peals were daily made in the editorial colnmns
of the Era to such persons as had denounced
the statements contained in the dispatches as
untrue, to come forward and prove their asser
tions. The proffered reward was unclaimed,
no one having the hardihood to attempt to
deny the tacts as set forth in the dispatches.
The truth is not palatable at all times, and in
this instance the rebels of Georgia were forced
to swallow it, thus virtually confessing their
utter inability to refute a single linp. in the dis
patches referred to.—Washington Chronicle,
17/A.
SPIRIT OF Tine GEORGIA PRESS.
> :i rT THE ATLANTA SUN (DEM.)
Predicates a long .editorial essay upon - the
statements (and opinions) of the Washington
agent of the Associated Press, sent over the
wires on the morning of- the 20th inst, in re
lation to the Georgia Investigation at Wash
ington. From these Associated Press reports
the Sun concludes that
The result proves that means to influence
Senators have been adopted, and reflects very
little credit upon those who employed the
means in question. The unwillingness with
which some of the witnesses are reported to
have testified, is also a bad indication.
Tbe Son then re-arranges the statements
(and opinions) of the Associated Press agent,
reviews the testimony as reported by him and
concludes (therefrom) that
The evidence shows that somebody has fall
en iu with the impression that money rules the
world, and have made lavish offers of this po-
tent motive pow»-r to influence the action of
legislators in a certain direction. It is but an
exposition of a solitary instance of bribery
and corruption, which are too frequently re
sorted to when important ends aro to be gain
ed or thwarted. Future investigations may
show* the full reach of this effort, and show’,
too, more precisely, how* deeply the different,
parties are involved iu it ^
[Wo think the Sim might have very nppro-
ny 17}g870.
GENERAL AMNESTY
Was quite thoroughly diacussedin the Senate
yesterday, * during the consideration. of Mr.
Stewart’s bill to enforce the amendments, or
nffie? their'observance. Nafurutiy^moiigli
from tne partizan and executive thraldom that
has hitherto controlled them and give an un
biased and independent report concerning all
matters of which we have heard so many com
plaints the past two years.
[The Journal of course refers to the Demo
crats, of the committee. It would hardly ex
hort reprobates!]
THE SUMTER REPUBLICAN (DEM.)
Has discovered that
The word “Democrat” as applied to the
Democratic party of the present day is a mis
nomer. According to Webster the significa
tion of the word is “One 'who adheres to a
government by the i>eople, or favors the ex
tension of the right of suffrage to all classes of
men.” Is not this the doctrine of the Rad
ical party?
[When a party becomes bankrupt of Princi
ples, and disgusted even with its name, it is
time for it to throw np the sponge.}
THE ROME DAILY (DEM.)
Has trade another blunder. It has tagim an
unprovoked war upon the Jews.
THE SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN (DEM.)
Says:
I)r. Samuel Bard is said to be part owner in
the Daily Sun, recentlv started in Atlanta, and
will soon take editorial control.
'Waafelnsti
must, understand that everything is peace, and
the National flag is honored everywhere!
Why, sir, the Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South have just adjourned.
The Church North sent down the venerable
Bishop Janes and other distinguished mem
bers for the purpose of effecting a reconcilia
tion; but they were received .’coldly, almost
with scorn. Tricar 'Wnmdnr were ^repulsed;
and while the Methodist Episcopal Church
not to surprise any one, the qnast-Repnblicaiis
of the Judiciary Committee arrayed themselves
on the side of the old rebel leaders who are striv
ing for a return of their political power and
prestiges. The Ohio Democrat undertook
the job of ridiculing the bill out of counte
nance, and succeeded about as well a? he will
when ho comes to explain the consistency of
his vote to put Georgia back under military
rule, with liis previous record. What tho few
Democrats remaining in the Senate have to
say occasionally, don’t matter much, though.
It is only with the utterances of the tirne-
serviug Republicans that I care to have any
thing to do. The bill contains the following
clause: .
That any person who shall hereafter know
ingly accept or hold any office under the
United States, or any State, to which he is in
eligible under tho third section of the foui>
teeuth article of amendments of the Constitu
tion of the United States, who shall attempt to
hold or exercise the duties of any such office,
shall bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
against the United States, and upon conviction
thereof before tbe circuit or district court of
the United States' shall be imprisoned not
more than one year and fined not exceeding
$1,000, and shall forever be disqualified to
hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under
the United States or any State.
You see that this wonld effectually cut off some
of the old leaders of secession which are still
living in. your State, for instance, gasping for
a new lease of* political power, while the hand
of justice grasps their jugular organs. Ferry
then charged on Senator Morton that the state
ments contained in his late great speech on
the Georgia question were taken from old re
cords of 1868. This brought about the fol
lowing conversation:
Mr. TIIAYER. I wish to ask the Seuator
question if it does not interrupt him.
Mr. FERRY. Not at alk
Mr. THAYER. I do not wish to interfere
between the Senator from Connecticut and
the Senator from Indiana; but as the Senator
from Connecticut charges that those were quo
tations from the reports of the Freedmen’s
Bureau made some years ago, I should like to
ask him what he thinks of the reports of Gov
ernor Holden, of "North Carolina, and tho re
cord of the courts there, the report of Governor
Senter, of Tennessee, and the report of ’Gen
eral Terry, made only last year?
Mr. MORTON. The nnited testimony from
the South! 1
Mr. THAYER. Yes, sir; the united testi
mony from the South. Is there peace and or
der there, or have there been murders and out
rages such ’as are not known in any civilized
community within tlie last six months ?
Ferry tried to creep out of the small hole he
had built for himself, but the temper of the
Indiana giant was np and he didn’t permit his
friend t from Connecticut to escape quite so
easily as he anticipated. I give you some of
his heaviest hits:
Mr. MORTON. Mrz President, I thank the
Senator fromConnccticut lor making the speech
that he has made at this time, as it will en
able me to say some things that I had no op
portunity of saying the other night after the
conclusion of the Georgia debate. The Sena
tor repeats what was that night said by the
Senator from Illinois, [Mr. TrumbuU,] that
the violence in the South had not existed
since 1868, and that I referred to reports of the
Freedmen’s Bureau in 1868, and ho gave the
lOflatttoy to understand that since that time all
things were lovely, and there were peace and
security in the South. I read the reports of
the Freedmen’s Bareau in 1868, to prove that
the Ku Klux organization existed as early as
tbe beginning ef 1868. I showed its existence
there tyro years ago. I showed what it had
done as long ago as the toll of 1868: and I
appeal to every Senator present if I did not
try to bring down the history of each State
that I referred to at this time. I went on to
prayed for the South and for tho world at
large, there was ho prayer uttered for the Gov
ernment of the United States; there was not
one word said that recognized the existence of
the Government of tiie United States. And
yet men who entertain those feelings are invi
ted to come upon the floor of the Senate and
to take part iu the Government of the United
States. .
I would keep these men out of office for
their crimes. If the Senator admits that it
was a crime to originate and carry on this re
bellion, then he admits that these men have
no right to hold office; and because of their
crimes I would keep them out. We cannot
deal with seven or eight million people; but
when we find a class of men well defined, who
were tho leaders and the originators of the re
bellion, we can, by every principle of justice
and sound policy, put our hands upon them
and say, “You shall not becomfe the law-mak
ers of this land.” I say to my friend from
Alabama that if the policy he indicates should
become the law of this land, my opinion is,
that the seat which he occupies soVorthilyand
so much to my satisfaction, would soou know
him no more forever.
So you sec the true metal still rings. Phy-
eal disease may prostrate our noble Senator.
Patient though weary, be may sit in his Sena
torial seat watehteg the Coarse of events, but
lay a hand upon a loyal man, touch tho old
flag with defiling fingers, or call up the ghost
ly apparition of the dead and lost cause, and
in a moment his eye regains its old fire, his
limbs obey tbe volition of his . mighty brain,
and as the thunderbolts of Jove were hurled
among doubting heathens, so Morton’s voice
rings ont clear and loud for justice to man and
to master.
THE RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
Have agreed to report a bill for the admission
of Georgia precisely similar to that originally
reported for Virginia. An additional clause,
however, provides that the four States, Virgin
ia, Mississippi, Texas and Georgia may organ
ize militia forces for the maintenance of law and
order. The passage of the bill will no donbt
be telegraphed to you before this is in print.
Index.
show what had been the condition of Tennes-
[This we bellevo to be wholly grouudlf*:.]* 'vc. from that time to the present, and of
THE MACON TELEGRAI'II (DEM. 1 'CfeorgEt,
MACON TELEGRAPH (DEM.)
Says:
We are one of those who believe that the re
moval of Mercer University to Macon, would,
within a reasonable time, return the amount
of this subscription annually to the people in
the trade and business which it would bring
here; but that mere fact, if true, would not
conclude the propriety of a city subscription
for the object: That is a point which the peo
ple should and most decide for themselves.—
The objections suggested by “Caution”
in another column, are entitled to just
such wieght as the people shall
give them. They may or may not be of prac
tical force according to public sentiment on
the snbject Tlie writer, for example, though
no Baptist does not attach a particle of weight
to the denominational objections; but others
might The fact that the College is under the
auspices of the Baptists would constitute no
objection to it with us as an institution of
learning, while it would probably add much to
its efficiency by bringing to it the pecuniary
support of a large and powerful denomination
in Georgia. The point is to get a strong, well
endowed institution, and we think Mercer
University,in Macon, would probably be abont
the strongest in the State.
[These remarks are not'without application
in Atlanta.]
THE AUaUHXA REPUBLICAN (BRYANT DEM.)
Says:
Has not been settled by Congress, and it is
impossible to say when it will be. The
a uestion to be settled is, shall tho members of
io Legislature hold office for two years
longer than the time, for which they were
elected, or shall the people have a chance to
elect members olthat body next November,
as onr Constitution,requires?
[This is simply untrue, jjhe question is,
shall the Legislature be permitted to hold its
legal term os prescribed in the Constitution
and this is all that Republicans ask. ]
l of Texas; and was I not sustain*
THE AUdUSTA CONSTITUTIONALIST (DEM.)
Discusses the Sorosis. Its editor lias “woman
on the brain.”
“Specifications.**
4 -The Committee appointed for the purpose
of investigating tbe charges that have been
made against bis Excellency the Governor in
relation to tbe use mid misapplication of Vic
public funds, etc.," will undoubtedly have a
happy time in leariog the connection between
their line of duties and tbe following specifica
tion of Treasurer Angier:
In violation of section 76 of tbe Code of
Georgia, which states: “The Governor shall re
side at the seat of government daring his term
of office," a great jiortion of this tirno he has
resided in Washington City, and bos
been absent more than half his time
since ho was inaugurated Governor de
faming the people of Georgia, and con
gratulating Senators and Eeprescntalives
in Congress in their slanders, representing ns
they do, “ no safety to loyal men in Georgia,"
anil “ the ground covered with their dead
bodies thicker than the slain on the field
of battle,” and as he and they allege all the
work of secret organizations in tho interest of
disloyalty; and ftirthermore, the Southern peo
ple in general, (as represented by Hamilton,
nf Tfiriw. I motif. nnmiHlv viplnul
of Texas,) “the most ungodly, wicked, aban
doned wretches on tho toco of the earth. ’
Still the Governor of Georgia, as if not to be
outdone in this infamous work, extends his
Ihand of congratulation, and the smile of np
proval and praise to these calumniators, am
nothing could more folly give the denial to
.. - fo
these slanders and more forcibly show the pa
tience and forbearance of the people of Geor
gia, than that this tradneer goesnuinjured.—-
With such a record, he cannot expect the re
spect of the good and patriotic. A Governor
with the spirit of a true man wonld take pride
in defending his people against wrongs anil
calumnies, but we 1 -
ing one who counte
those who are vilest in their slanders. Tur-
to some extent did prevail, caused by
ed by tho declarations of Southern Senators?
Bnt now the Senator would make tho im
press* on, ,as did tho Senator from Illinois, that
I had read from tho report of ihe Freedmen’s
Bureau of tho condition of things in 1868 to
prove what they were now. I did no such
thing. I read from thoso reports, and the
Senator ought to understand it, to show that
more than two years ago those infernal organ
izations had tneir existence and had taken
root I endeavored to trace their consequences
down to the present time; and I referred to
the evidence ol' it from time to time. I was
not met by tacts; but I was met by a repre
sentation that all that was violent and bloody
was in 1868, while those States were still under
military rule, but since they have been restored
all had become peaceable, and there was secur
ity for men of all classes, of opinion, or poli
tics. Sir, I denounced thnt statement then, and
I denounce it now, as wholly untrue; and I
tell those Senators it is not in their power to
throw their mantle aronnd the blood that is
flowing in the Southern States and conceal it
Sir, while there are three million people to
day in the South who have no security for life
or property, who have scarce any redress in
tho State Courts—and the testimony of Sena
tors aronnd me will bear me out in what I
say—while murders are committed from time
to time here and there, we are told that all is
peace and security, and that I was misrepre
senting the condition of things in the South.
Why this desire on the part of those Senators
to cover np the real condition of things?
The Senator from Connecticut says that my
speech on the Georgia bill was disingenuous
and unfair. That speech is on the record. If,
I misstated the facts he has the right to cor
rect me. If my argument that I deduced from
those tacts was not a fair one, he can correct
that. But, sir, whilo not meeting my tacts,
while not disputing my evidence, and when
the concurrent testimony comes in from nearly
every Southern State from day to day and
from week to week, it is not legitimate for him
to come in here and say that it was disin
genuous and unfair. I simply intended by
that speech to state to tbe country the true
condition of the South. Instead of exaggera
tion I believe my statements were short of the
troth. The truth was so terrible that I hardly
dared to tell the whole of it to the country.
Then, again, the Senator says ho does not
want to remove all disabilities for the sake of
conciliation. I take it in that the Senator
contradicted liis own argument All his ar
gument after that was for conciliation, and to
show that it would conciliate the people of
the South by taking away these disabilities.—
But he says he does not want to do it for the
sake of conciliation. He intimates that there
are three hundred thousand men embraced in
the fourteenth amendment Where docs he
get his evidence? No, sir; there is not the
one sixth part of that number. I have never
heard it estimated at over fifty thousand. I
do not suppose there are over forty thousand
men embraced in that amendment And who
are they ? They are tho old politicians ; the
men who before the war had held oflico and
taken an oath to support the Constitution of
the United States and afterward went into the
rebellion, thereby committing perjury. They
are the very men who got up tho rebellion;
the old politicians whoso characters are
formed, and who can never change. You
may bring them upon tho floor of this Senate,
and they will bo just what they were during
the rebellion.
Why, Mr. President, so tar as these men are
concerned, what ground have you for encour
agement? I understood the Senator to say
that our flag was now respected in the South.
Mr. DRAKE. ‘ ‘ Honored. ”
Mr. MORTON. ‘‘Honored” iu the South.
Where? I will say my friend was mistaken;
and tho class of men that ho proposes now to
relieve and to give tho privilege of coming
into Congress will never honor that flag. Why,
sir, only last year, down iu Georgia a State
Fair was to bo held. I do not know whother
the Senator was there or not; I think he was
- not, or perhaps ho would not entertain hi3
fortune of hav- I present views; but I know a great many were
-'-mtulatrs j invited from the North, and I think some
northern members of Congress went down
there. It was expected, of course, that iu a
The Georgia Case in Congrcu.
Tlie Committee on Reconstruction, ob elW
17tli, agreed to report to the House tbe Geor
gia bill as first reported from tho ConmitW
to the House, with an additional section pro
viding for the repeal of an act approved March
2d, 18G7, prohibiting the'raising and arming
a militia force.
The following is the bill, as it it will be re
ported:
An Act to admit the State of Georgia to rei>-
resentaiion in tho Congress of the United
States.
Whereas the people of Georgia have framed
and adopted a constitution of State goveru-
ment which is republican; and whereas the
Legislature of Georgia, elected under said con
stitution, has ratified tho fourteenth and fif
teenth amendments to the Constitution of the
United States; and whereas the performance
of these several acts in good faith is a condi
tion precedent to the representation of the
State in Congress; therefore
*Be it enacted, Ac., That tho said State of
Georgia is entitled to representation in the
Congress of the ftaftufrOtatesc JfrgvHbd, That
before any member of tho Legislature of said
State shall take or resume his seat, or any
officer of said State shall'enter upon the duties;
of his office, he shall take and subscribe, and
file in the office of the Secretary of State of.'
Georgia, for permanent preservation, an oatlu
or affirmation in the form following; “L.
, do solemnly swear (or affirm)
I have never taken an oath, ns a member of
Congress, or os on officer of the United States,
or as a member of any- State Legislature, or os
an executive or judicial officer of any State,
to support the Constitution of the United
States, and afterward engaged in insurrection
pr rebellion against tho same, or given aid or
oomfort to the enemies thereof. So help me
God.” Or under the pains and penalties of
peijory (aa th« ca-c may be.) Or such person
shall, in like manner, take, subscribe, and file
the following oath or affirmation: “I,.
, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that 1
have by act of Congress of the United States,
been relieved from the disabilities imposed!
upon me by the fourteenth amendment of tbe
Constitution of the United States. So
help me God.” Or under the pains and penal
ties of perjury, (as tho case may be;) which
oaths or affirmations shall be taken before and
certified by any officer-lawfully authorized to
administer oaths. And any person who shall
knowingly swear or affirm falsely in taking
either of such oaths or affirmations; shall be
deemed guilty of peijory and shall be pun
ished therefor by imprisonment not less than
one year and not more than ten years, and
shall be fined not less one thousand dol- •
lars and not more than ten thousand dollars..
And in all trials for any violations of this act
the certificate of the taking of either of said
oaths or affirmations with proof of the signa
ture of the party accused, shall be taken anil’
held as conclusive evidence that such oath or
affirmation was regularly and lawfully admin
istered by competent authority: And provided
farther, That every such person who shall
neglect for a period of thirty days next after-
tho passage of this act to take, subscribe and
file snch oath or affirmation os aforesaid, shall:
be deemed and taken to all intents and parpo -
ses to have vacated his office: And providstd
further, That the State of Georgia is adxtitiud
to representation in Congress as ol the
States of the Union, upon the follcanteg fun
damental conditions: First, That tfe Consti
tution of Georgia shall never L* so amend
ed or changed as to deprive any citizen or
class of citizens of the United States of the
right to vote who ore entitled to vote by the
constitution herein recognized, exoept as a
punishment for such crimes as are now felo
nies at common law, whereof they shall have
been duly convicted under laws equally appli
cable to all the inhabitants of said State, J
vided, that any alteration of said constitution,
prospective in its effects, may be made in re
gard to the time and place of residence of
voters. Second, That it shall never be lawful
for the said State to -deprive any citizen of the
United States, on account of liis race, color,.
or previous condition of servitude, of the right
to hold office under tho constitution and laws
of said State, or upon any such ground to re
quire of him any other qualifications for office
than such as are required of all other citizens.
Third. That the Constitution of Georgia shall >
never be so amended or changed as to deprive
any citizen or class of citizens of the United-
States of the school rights and privileges se- •
cured by.the Constitution of said State.
Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That so *
much of the ne* entitled “An act making ap
propriation for the support of the army for the
year ending June 30, 1868, and for other pur
poses,” approved March 2, 1867, as prohibit.-
the organization, arming, or calling into ser
vice of the militia forces iu the States of Geor
gia, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia, be, and.
the same is hereby, repealed.
An Eloquent Outburst.
This is the mortification the great *\Ehipifoi
State of the South ” is reduced to, el
Governor who prates londly of elective- fran
chise, while he has tailed to place hit-self in a
condition to be entitled to tho oexamon privi
lege of the ballot by reason of aot having paid
even a poll tax, except one of two dollars last
year, under city execution for double poll, for
failing to give m. Where do nis tens of thou
sands spent in Washington come from? The
tax-payers would like for the committee to in
vestigate this point
lie who speaks for the “ Empire State of the
South” will probably survive his mortification
—especially if he gets his “extras.”
Greenbacks are said to have a very soothing
effect on “ mortification.”
i th.-
propi
“Slat
i Bill,
pt
priafpy deferred au opinion, uutil after the
s^^y do nmuy of the } Report of tho Committee is published iu au
dio State, undertakjg^o de- j thentic form; as a (partisan) telegraphic synop-
of Anarchy, and a fund id j als of the evidence of the ltejiort, is hardly
the receding tides of war, but for tl
and last six months, no State in the
lias been, more peaceable and lax
md no people moro industrious and energetic ; national flag wonld
iu their efforts to retrieve their lost fortunes, would not hoist
The Code says something about tlu
urer absenting himself for a time
thirty days. Perhaps our estimi
[ State Fair gotten np under such auspices, and
i- s » intended to represent every part of the State
; of Georgia and every part of the South, the
over it; but they
the flag. I believe tho Sen-
| ator from Pennsylvania can testify to that
•ding j When he refused to speak and others refused
speak,
How We Apple* do Swim!
There is no telling what further amounts he
(the Governor) would have drawn and appro
priated himself in violation of law. If I had
not sent to the bank a synopsis of the Consti
tution and laws of Georgia bearing on this
snbject—Treasurer Angier.
Cheapest and Best.—Mrs. Whitcomb’s
Syrup for children, is sold by Druggists for
25 cents a bottle, and is an admir.i