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Onicial Journal of the United States.
Official Journal of the State of Georgia.
OESERAL GRANT,
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THE NEW ERA
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Policy or the Republican Party, and Sup
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 27.
OUR TICKET FOR 1872,
(SaWect to U» action of too Republican National
Contention,)
FOR PRESIDENT,
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
FOB VICE PRESIDENT,
AMOS T. AKERMAN.
KEEP IT BEFORE TUB PEOPLE!
FIGURES DO NOT LIE!
WHERE IS THE EXTRA VAOANCE?
Who Squander it the People', Money J
READ! READ! READ!
When Governor Jenkins was inaugurated
the total debtof this State was oni; $2,356,-
GSo—when he was removed from office, hav
ing been in only a few months more than two
yearn, the debtof the Stato was $6,256,635
—showing an increase in the pnblie debt of
nearly FOUR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
Under the present State Government, the
pnblie debt has not increased a single dollar,
. ^(withstanding the extraordinary legislative
expenses forced upon the Stato by the new
Democratic rebellion of September, 1868, and
under which the colored members were forced
to secede.
The expenses of Gov. Jenkins' administra
tion from October ICth, 1866, to October ICtb,
1867, was $2,700,950,58 less *11,586,73
cash in Treasury at lost named date, making
the total expenses for the year$2,689,363,-
85.
The expenses for Gov. Bollock's adminis
tration from October 1st, 1868, to October 1st,
1869, were *1,444,895 00 less *116,695 00
eash in Treasury at last named date, mating
the total expenses for the year $1,328,.
200 OO being ONE MILLION THREE
HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE DOL
LARS less than tho expenses of tho econom
ical "Democracy” under Governor Jenkins for
the same length of time.
THE PUBLIC DEBT HAS NOT BEEN
INCREASED ONE DOLLAR UNDER GOV
ERNOR BULLOCK’S ADMINISTRATION.
Tire State Road.
Attention is invited to the address of the Su
perintendent of this Road, published else
where. Every fair minded and candid man,
of whatever party, will give it a critical perusal.
It answers many queries now uppermost in
tho minds of tho pnblie, and answers them
satisfactorily. It is a fair and full statement
of facts and figures; and abundantly sustains
our remarks of a fow days since, bearing
upon this important subject. Tho Super
intendent states the case plainly and pointedly,
and then leaves the responsibility with the
Legislature.
trannah aid Her “Democratic Ring***
The Veto Message of his Excellency, the
Governor, on the Savannah Bill, will be found
in onr reports of the Senate’s proceedings of yes
terday. It is a vigorous document, containing
some important suggestions to the Legislature,
and some startling disclosures to the public
respecting the manner in which the Demo
cratic Junta at Savannah have been in the
habit of enforcing fraudulent elections.
Tho Bill which the Governor returns with
his disapproval, requires a residence of three
months within the limits of the city, in order
to entitle a citizen to his ballot for city officers.
The Constitution of the State requires but a
six months residence in the State, and one
month’s residence is the county (or city) to
enable an elector to Tote for local officers.
Here, then, is a flagrant violation of the Con
stitution, proposed by the Democracy of the
State, in order the better to enable the Democ
racy of Savannah to carry the municipal elec
tion contrary to tho will of the legal voters of
tho city! This alone would folly justify the
Executive in his disapproval of the measure.
Then are, however, other features incident
to tho operation of this Bill, which show con
clusively that tho Democracy of Savannah
dread nothing so much as a ram suction.
The municipal election takes place in October
next - The registration of voters dosed in
September; and a foe of cm dollarwas demand
ed of every voter applying for the registration
of his name. This tax was not only extrnror-
dinary, but likewise unconstitutional. It was,
however, part and parcel of a scheme to dis
franchise a large number of voters, by exclud
ing them from the registration books. Its op
eration may be seen at a glance. For instance,
in 1868, there were three thousand five hun
dred and sixty-five ooiored voters registered as
living within the corporate limits of the city;
but by the snbaeqnent fraudulent registration
there are only one thousand and forty-four col
ored voters in the City! Hus mokes a foiling
off of two thousand five hundred and twenty-
one colored voters in twelve months! By tho
first registration, conducted by tho United
States authorities, there was a large majority
of blacks; by this last registration, conducted
by the Democratic “ring" of the city, there
are over twenty-five hundred blacks disfran
chised, and hence the majority is shifted to
the other side!
Now all that the real people of Savannah,
and the Republicans throughout the State, de
sire is, a free and untrammelled registration
and a fair and an honeat expression of the
will of the people at the ballot box. But un
der the operation of such laws as the one
here proposed, this is simply impossible. It
not only packs the votes and pre-determines
tho election by false registration records, but
it crowds the voters together at one precinct,
where it is simply impossible for ail to vote;
all this in order that such os are suspected of
being Republicans, may be drivea away, as
was the ease at the Presidential election in
1868.
and Iti, ath ndant uncertainties
and disadvantages, should not hesitate
longer to place themselves in hanhanv with The late
the will of the Government. A fraudulent
election in 1870, would do for Georgia just
what the revolutionary ttatioi^,of her, Demo
cratic leaders did for 1 the Stato In 1868. All
should remember that, outside of mere legal
technicalities, it is just as treasonable to at- j jy Nazareth. The latter was wounded by s
tempt the overthrow of the Government by I pistol bullet... .A white man tried to procure
ballots as by bullets; and that, to make popu-1 poison at a drug store, the other day, with the
lar government worth preserving, ample seen- intention of committing suicide. The drug-
rity must be thrown around the ballot-box. | gist gave him an innocent dose of something
and the party left in a hurry.
Southern Democratic Jo 1
COVINGTON.
The true status of the Southern Democracy J The College Chapel will elect a Pastor neq
is very foiiiy represented by the majority of I Sunday.... Interesting Methodist revival goiuj
its newspaper “organs.’’ If they rested upon | on under Bev. J. D. Myrick ; eighteen mem-
their merits alone, what could bo mid in their bog added to the Church... .Superior Court
behalf? Established in tho interests of dis-1 stm jn a^doo. Besides the local bar there
loyal men, for the purpose of spreading false were present: Judge Speer and Colonel Pee-
and dangerous principles, they have degen- pies, 0 f Griffin ; Judge Hammond and Colonel
erated into the sewers of sectional prejudices, jiynatt, of Atlanta; Colonel Glenn, Iawrence-
Intelligent Democrats, men who have some I Tine; j adg0 Hook, of Augusta; and Messrs,
claims to intelleetnal culture and refinement, Hutchison and Key, of Honticello.
view the degradation of their party “ organs ” dawson.
with mingled sorrow and disgust In all this Dr. A. L. Hamilton has been lecturing on
brood Southern kind, how many Democratic physical training,
papers ore thtre to be found that occupy macon.
a respectable position os neics journals ? They I ^ young man named James Raymond bug
are nearly oil published and edited in tho in ^ arrests for swingling Messrs. King t
terests of party; their columns are prostituted of Augusta, out of seventy dollars... W.
for partisan purposes, and their editorials ore c Smith, colored Conservative, spoke lait
a tangled wilderness of misrepresentation, and night j,, reply to Gen. Kryzauowski... .The
in some instances, of downright mendacity. Brass Band celebrated their fourth anniversary
There ore some honorable exceptions. ThnIs day .... Tho residence of Mr. S. H.
"" are edited by professional journalists— Holmes was robbed Wednesday night Tom
Tlie Republican Party
STATE NEWS.
of the Superior Court was
principally occupied with criminal business.
The Baptist revival netted fifteen Cot-
tod coming in freely..... A difficulty occurred
lost Saturday at Fellowship church, in a de
bating society, between Tom Smith'and Hen-
that the exploded dogma of State Rights may
be revived, I would say that tho sun which is
to shino upon this “Union broken and dis
membered”—the only legitimate consequence
of that pernicious doctrine—has not yet fallen
from the great'Creative hand, and while
justice and mercy are by Him dispensed, it
must- remain unformed. To yon then, I
appeal to lay aside the dead and embrace the
living ideas of the present; plant yourselves
on the broad platform of Liberty and Truth
which will bring you of necessity within the
ranks of the Republican party. Let the ani
mosities of the post be buried with the times
which gave them birth, and let Reason rule
where Passion has so long held sway, and you
will be Republican 1
In those who have been true to our party’s
principles, true to our country’s honor, need I
appeal to aid in sustaining and strengthening
anew the National and State administrations
and in bringing the good work begun to its
fullest and an everlasting completion ?
Therefore, to the end that reason may sup
plant passion—that truth may be triumphant
and that peace and harmony may prevail,
appeal to the young men of Georgia, without
regard to post party affiliation, to align them
selves with the Republican Party and organ
ize with us for the coming election that victory
may crown our efforts.
S. A. Darnell.
Th<
men who h»vo too high n regard for ihe dig-1 &llteri a remar tabIo horse, is
nit; and importance of the “ Fourth Estate” to
descend to the regions of political filth and | Gas pipe is being laid down on upper Broad
slime, in which the majority of their Demo- strect .Prayer meeting every morning and
•ratic contemporaries delight to wallow. It is I preaching every night at the Baptist Church
in vain to hope for a reform until the Demo- Four hundred and fifty dollars have been
crate of tho South aro ready to heed the “ sec rai3ed to porchage a prize for the Tournament
ond sober thought,’; which is, even now, Dr Ayer ig dc!M j T Jefferson Ponder,
speaking to them in# “ still small voice.” of Wa lker county, cat liis throat tho other
It is a matter of snrpriso that the .pnblie j a y > but b e “still lives,
should consider every man a journalist who is savannah.
able to control a font of typo and squeeze out Republican meeting the other night Mr.
of his torpid brain n dilated apology for an ggjjg llead It ia proposed to extend the
idea, at long and irregular intervals. Yet tho city southward,
majority of onr Democratic editors ia the CABTEBSTILLE.
South are just aneh men. “It is. needless for I Superior Court progressing with business
ns to enumerate.” We have examples in our I very quietly... .Judge Lochrane, of Atlanta,
mind from Georgia. I will deliver ihe annual addresss at the ap-
There is something, in all this, foil of poaching Fair,
promise for the future. Tho fact that
tho majority of tho Democratic journals of I The Sixth Congressional District.
Georgia and tho South aro unable to win a Basks County, September 20, 1870.
support, unless they pander to tho lowest and Editor Kew Era: Observing that you indi
edge. If there was another—a “caucus”—the 11 understood and. .appreciated; and while
onus of proof is upon him. If there was not, I was glid (o part with him I was not
then I dare him to prove his allegations, or willing to fast his ernjo notiak of Republi-
else acknowledge judgment in my favor for canism upon that growing, promising territory
willful lying. in tho north-west He did finally obtain the
With the foregoing statement I dismiss the personal and official influence of Governor
snbject, with the simple remark that if the Bollock, with Senators, to secure his confir-
said editor knows anything of the meeting he
knows his allegations were false. If ho knows I In that way, and in that way alone, he
nothing of it then he simply gave utterance secured his confirmation, and upon tho un-
what was a base, willful, ond slanderous derstanding with Senators—as he wanted to
country to participate in this exhibition. Wo
hope this invitation will receive large accept
ance from such of .our citizens as may bo able
to attend. Atlanta has ample accommodations
for 100,000 guests, and its citizens aro deter
mined to do olUhat is possible to make tho
visit of strangers pleasant and profitable.
THE HUNTINGDON (TEXN.) COURIER
Says that it is gratifying to sec the “desire oi
Georgians to Cultivate the acquaintance of
thfeir brethren from other parts of the Union.”
lie, and he knew it when he made them.
Jas. G. Maull.
Letter from lion- Virgil Ilillycr.
save himself tho mortification of rejection—
that he would resign immediately, or soon
confirmation, (at least that was my theory,)
everybody in. Washington, and other
sections outside of the Senate, were as
tonished at the unanimity or unanimous
I confirmation, but subsequent eventsrevealed
1 the secret of his success.
In order to make him .saleable to the Dem
ocracy, it was necessary for Bard to have some
kind of endorsement from President Grant
THE MARYLAND UNION
North Calhoun Street, )
Atlanta, Ga., September 26,1870. [
Says of our Fair that “tho arrangements are
ample and complete in every particular^”
THE BALTIMORE AMERICAN AND COMMERCIAL AD
VERTISER
Pays a high compliment to the managers of
the Riir.
*
over from Friday p. m. to Monday a. m., gives
me a leisure day, otherwise I should not think
of trespassing upon your columns.
It is amusing to see how “Bard” winces un- , ,. . a ,
der a simple narration of facte. His villainous oUtaul " 1 by his appointment and
inuendos I pass unnoticed, and commence at | confirmation, he returns hero under the title
THE NORTH ALABAMIAN AND TIMES
Says ample grounds, beautifully located and
adorned with taste, possessing every requisite
accommodation for the care and display of all
articles of every kind exhibited; together with
nicely prepared buildings and grounds ar
ranged for the comfort and amusement of all
-
once with other nuts for him to crack. Jndg- j °* “Governor,” and renews his efforts to da- visitors, are among the primary attractions.
Samuel Bard ami lii* Mi*reprc«entutiou«.
House of Refeesentatives,
Atlanta, Ga., Sept 24,1870.
Coasl.tent In All Tiling..
Tho Democrats of Georgia aro consistent in
their opposition to the Federal Government
Their hostility extends not only to the Chief
Executive of the nation and his officers,
political personages, but it takes the form of
personal spite and shows itself in season and
out of season. In the nouse yesterday, Ur.
Hillycr, a Republican member, offered a reso
lution inviting President Grant and his Cabi
net to visit our State Fair in October next;
and a motion was made to suspend the rules
in order to take it up. The Republicans de
sired to do so, but, owing to the stubborn
resistanco of tho Democratic members the
attempt was a failure.
Now this is very little—the very qutates-
enco ol littleness. There was nothing politi
cal in the resolution. It was merely an. invi
tation to the President and his Cabinet to at
tend an Agricultural Exhibition which was
designed to call public attention to the won
derful resources of Georgia, and the enter
prise of her citizens. Bat the Bourbon De
mocracy, true to their original prejudices,
which servo them for principles, refused to
entertain the proposition. They regard their al
legiance to the Federal Government
compulsory, and will not by ' word
or deed, intimate that they regard its au
thority, or the officers exercising it, with any
thing like friendly feelings. And yet these
men claim to be loyal, and to “accept the situa
tion.” They consider themselves thoroughly
reconstructed, and demand, as a right, what
theyahouldsueforosafavor. In the present in
stance, as in most others, their impulses out
stripped their judgment; and they have pfoeed
on record on act which will he regarded as
conclusive evidence against them. Such is
the Georgia Democracy!
DI*qn.liAction, for Office.
As our Democratic friends just now are dis-
cussing tho matter of certain disqualifying
clauses embraced in the constitutional amend
ments and the act of Congress prescribing a
test of loyalty in an official oath ; and as those
friends seem to consider the action of Con
gress in this matter to be the “greatest out
rage ever perpetrated upon a free people,” we
would jnst jog their memories a little to
remind them what action was taken on the
subject of office-holding, only a few years since,
by themselves.
On the 141(1 day of February, 1861, the
Legislature of Florida passed an act providing
that any person convicted of holding office un
der the Federal Government should sran
death !! I!
Comment is unnecessary—we leave the mat
ter for the consideration of Judge Stephens of
Georgia, and 8am. J. Randall of Washington.
And in Virginia, the Secession Convention
passed an ordinance “that any citizen of Vir
ginia holding office under the Government
the United States, after the 31st of July, 1861,
should he forever banished from Ihe Slate-, also
that any citizen thereafter undertaking
represent Virginia in the Congress of the
United States, should inadditton to tho above
penalty, have his property made liable to con
fiscation !
The Pope has been invited by Cardinal
Manning, a former Protestant, to visit Eng
land. If his Holiness should accept tho invi
tation it is thought be will visit Inland, where
his presence would create a perfect furore of
enthusiasm. As the Italians have kindly taken
the hardens and cares of civil government
from his shoulders he might as well take this
Uttl. trip. It would do him good and the
hearts of tho faithful would be gladdened.
All political parties have their parasites and
their bummers; men who vibrate from one
ride to the other, according as their self inter
est or their predatory habits may suggest
Principle, they have none; they ore incapable
of entertaining an honest conviction, or of
forming a settled opinion upon any given sub
ject They are the mere creatures of an hour;
the puppets of circumstances, whose party al
legiance always accommodates itself to the
exigencies of the moment, and whose patriotic
instincts are pliant to the party of the highest
bidder.
The Republican party has bad its fall quota
of these bummers. In Missouri, for instance,
there is a “bolter's ticket” Its leaders
claim recognition by the Federal Administra
tion, and even assume, there os in Georgia,
that they have the ear of the President and
the confidence of the Government! Of oourse
no wall informed Republican can be deceived
by these ridienlons assumptions. Intelligent
Republicans know that President Grant can
never bo induced to lend bis moral support to
political adventurers who, while profess
ing Republicanism, are virtually, if not in
tentionally, conspiring to distract and divide
the party by factions and irregnlar practices.
This will apply with equal appropriateness
the hammers and suckers in each of the
States of tho Union; and, in regard to Mis
souri, where the foetionista assert some show
of respectability, upon the score of talent and
position churned for their leaders, the Presi
dent uses this very significant language, in a
letter addressed to the United States Revenue
Collector at St. Lonis:
I regard the movement headed by Carl
Schurz, Brown A Co., as similar to the Ten
nessee and Virginia movements, intended to
carry a portion of the Republican party over
to the Democrats and thus give the Demo
crats control. I hope you will all seo your
way clear to give the regular ticket your
support"
This emphatic language is characteristic of
the man. It was lolly justified by the occasion.
President Grant is a man of two much politi
cal sagacity, and is too true to the party where-
of he is the recognised head, to be cajoled and
misled by shallow pretences; and so he sup
ports the regular organization of the party,
even in Missouri where the foetionista and
schismatics have soma just claim to talent and
social position. And so of Tennessee and
Virginia. There are in those States on un
certain element claiming recognition as Repub
licans, but whose influence is all virtually given
to the Democracy.
In Georgia, we have hod efforts in the same
direction; but it has about died out for the
want of that talent which made the schismatics
in the other States named, conspicuous before
tho public. For a time, a few well-meaning
Republicans were demoralized by an insane
effort to construct a “middle party,” claim
ing as it falsely did the recognition and conn-
tenanca of the Federal Administration. But
time proved how utterly shallow and ridicu
lous were there assumptions; and tha fow Re
publicans who ever had any jnst claim to
recognition as such, have long since abandoned
this jack o'lantern faction, and ore now in per
fect accord with the regular organization, and
with the State and National Administrations.
This conld not be otherwise, in the very na
ture of things. All who would support Presi
dent Grant, most support the regular party
es. Thera is no other alternative; and
chief among these measures in Georgia is tha
Election Bill, revised And approved by the law
officer of President Grant's Cabinet, and en
dorsed by the State Executive Committee
the party. Thus folly endorsed and approved,
both by the regular party organization of the
State and by tha constitutional adviser of the
Federal Administration, no man or clique can
claim or expect President Grant’s approval,
who now foils to boldly advocate its passage.
Anything short of this, the President will just
ly condemn, as “intended to cany a portion
of ihe Republican party over to ihe Democ
racy, and thus give the Democrats control.
Independent, however, of mere party con
siderations, them is a powerful incentive,
the mind of every candid man in Georgia,
support this measure. It comes to them
the voles of the Government, and it simply
provides for a nix and rxra expression of the
Popular Will. It is easy to ibresco the conse
quences of an unfair and fraudulent election,
had before the final admission of
Stale; and all good citizens, who really
desire an ending of this probationary
basest passions, is fall of significance. The I cated some days since, the name of Hon. W.
people ore beginning to think. They perceive K. Bell, of Banks, as a suitable Republican
the rottenness of Democracy, and now under- candidate to run for Congress in the Sixth
stand why it is that Democratic “organs” aro I District, and since that time, an intimation
mere party “hacks,” without a spark of] that some objections had been made to the
independence. They now understand why I preference urns anown, l nave deemed it but
their papers reflect prejudices instead J an act or justice to Dr. Bell, and as a citizen
of principles, and deal in personal of his county, feel it my dnty to say that I
abase, instead of calmly discussing the know of no more fit and proper person to re-
questions of the hour; It is because these I ceive the nomination of the Republican party
inexperienced political scribblers dare not even of this district His public and private char-
state a question which will overthrow their acter are without reproach, and in all the pub-
poaition and expose its weakness. Their only lie positions he lias occupied he has shown ca-
safety, for tho present, consists in misrepre- parity, firmness, and a desire to promote the
sentation, Blander and seditious appeals. But true interests of the country. It should also
this is no time to “fire the Southern heart” I bo remembered that be has ever been a true
It bas been “fired” once too often. Let I and persistent Union man. As a member of
the smouldering embers return to cold the State Convention he voted against seces-
and lifeless dust The hand that sion, and all his efforts since the war have
again tans them into a blaze is been persistently directed to the restoration
the hand of a traitor, and is forfeited by its of our glorious old Stato to her true position
treason. Tho following lines, from an ex- in the Union. Dr, Bell is emphatically a peo-
change, slightly altered, give a faithful picture pies man, ever ready to promote their interests
of the majority of our Southern Democratic and happiness. Amidst the wreck of fortunes
journals: They have contributed more than all resulting from the war, the wail of the widow
the other papers of the South to lower the and the orphan, his voice and his vote have
standard of the public press by their personal been freely given to the cause of relief. North-
and malicious abuse, both of public and pri- cast Georgia, particularly, has reason to thank
vate citizens; by their miserable demagogism him for his efforts in her behalf For years
and bitter partisanship. They have been con- her interests have been neglected—her very
stoutly influential for evil, by arraying one I existence almost ignored. Now the sun of
class of tho community against the other; prosperity begins to dawn there—as the
pandering to the worst passions of the masses. 1 engineer and surveyors proceed in lo-
and at one time or other, they have denounced eating the track of that great enterprise, tho
and betrayed every party with which they have Air-Line Railroad, ond no man in Georgia has
acted.
ertinns since, nor will he until the great enter-
mocracy" is, to destroy what it cannot appro
priate to itrelf. It acts upon the hjJthesis. Mtll For somo Um0i ^
that government ts vrortklcss provided ,t does 1 of ^ ^ cntircly deati _
not recognize tho divine rigid of Democrats to • , .. ...... ' , ...
tute of mail facilities, and its people had to
recognize tbe mviue rigid of
role. And, when they can no longer rule.., ^ By his 1>ersi * t .
then Revolution and Anarchy are not only jus-1
... . , ent exertions, post offices were re-established,
tumble, bntUkewiaestnctly "constitutional 11^^ ^ opened> ana now that people
Thus fortified in their own consciences, they
resorted to revolution and anarchy in I860;
omuou ,um Although Dr. Bell has been a firm, consistent
and six years later, objected to ltecoustruc-1 j^bltam, und wanu snorter of the State
tion solely upon the ground that it did not re- administrat ’ ioI1 M weU as the National, in his
cognize the Southern Confederacy, and mvite ^ ^ ^ ^ no p» rt i-
Is.. J —— 1 .nd itn e..lwls* nZtVADOtfl I * * ...
its deposed officials and its early advocates to
positions of honor sud emolument in tho Fed-
mm. m mo n the contairy he ercr been ready to
eral Government! Two years later, it formed | ^ # hc]pfag ^ ^ commanltieK M wclI M
new alliances, and sought the overthrow of toe I v . dQaU> re(Jar(Ucs3 „f politics. No con.
State Governments, set np in vtrtne of the Re- wouM caa3e him to swer¥0 from his
construction Acte of Congress,^solely because liUcaI principlM> yet bis kind, benevolent
those governments were u. the hands of others incapaMc of h ence his back
than these same Democratic leaders! XniL ^^ tnnI0 a upon acoustituent.no
now, 1870, this same Democracy threatens a ^ ^
were, when called on
new revolution, solely because there is a rea-1 ^ and Ivent ure the assertion that no
sonable probability that tho election laws of ^ district would be likely to Whdd a
the State will be so amended and adapted to ^ bent . ficMin flueuce at Washington ia the
the new Constitution as win secure a free and interest of j, the ^ of our district, than
rant election ! | Dr. William B. Bell. “Banxs.
These demented leaders dread nothing
I done more for this enterprise than he has.
a member of the Senate of tho General As-
Oftting ucMirruic, ixueea. scmbly of 18G5-’C,his active efforts commenced,
One of the cardinal principles of tho “Da-1 ^^ ^ ^ Qr wered in bi s ex ..
enjoy 4 their former privileges in that respect,
zan prejudice has influenced his actions, but
much as the free anduntrammelcd expression An Appeal t* the Young Men of tlie state,
of that popular will which it has been their Headquarters Youno Men s '
.. . A . , . rri.nf wroii Republican Central Club op Georgia,
practice to ignore for years past. They well Atlanta, September 23, 1870.
know that the real people of the State have no Jn obc di c nce to the request of the State Cen-
aympathy for or confidence in them; and that ^ Committoe of th 9 Yonng Men’s Ropubli
when the time does con»e when every voter can ^ c< . ntral ci ab of Geoigia, of which I have
go to the polls, free and nntrammeled, and d[e honnr to the President, I beg to submit
cast his ballot in accordance with the dictates | tothe yonng men of the State an appeal for
of his own judgment, the days of these reck- their sapportofan d co-operation with the Re-
less leaders are forever numbered. publican party.
Therefore, in their desperation at the bare Young men of GeofBia ; upcn you ^ n0 dig.
prospect of the passage of the proposed Elec- (aQt - devolve the responsibilities of
tion Bill, prepared by tho law offioerof the I goTernmenL y on be recreant to the
Government, they get boisterous, even | oneron s duties and responsible trusts which
threaten ns with another Rebellion!
I will so shortly be imposed upon you.
Speaking of this bill, a prominent Demo-1 thcae duties, it will bo neces-
cratic journal in this State (tho XsiGrange -1 sar y y OU should^be guided by the enlight-
porter) says: I ened principles of Justice, Liberty and Union.
believe that, if Ahennro'. bill Leconte, i law, no com. they have been nurtured, by and through the
munlty ahonld snffer auch an outracein their midst Republican party.
It it p~d cause of rrtrtrom «! rrrry pe Lfiwf. - It la an [ it has been through the agency and hercu-
taanlttoth. PKpte. I ‘teaa»»9dn«,fliaera<»t«eiv.j 1<#nefrorteof Union of
flteim and the canao of fro. government It is a
Republican fraud ought not to bcanhlnitted to,"
Now we respectfully invito tha attention of
the Northern Democracy to such utterances as
our Fathers has been preserved, and stands to
day a protecting haven for ihe down-trodden
and oppressed. It is through its agency that
Zs^^s^U^^n wtihUmtate *bis institution of slavery ha. been displncodb,
Uus. It reans weu moonmicHon wuninu mie h rtl;wt uui tho doctrine of State Rights
revolutionary letters of Judge Stephens! The - frrevoca-
Election Bill to which the above extract refers,
was prepared by the ta. officer eff the Govern I - ^ri^” bTrtTf?^ to^dyfog
numt «nd ih Kimnlv ilcsiLmcd to nrotcct flocb * * .. _ . .
forever buried with the errors of an irrevoca
ble past. It is through its agency that the
| deeds of valor and patriotism on the field of
battle lives to .nim.to and inspire the heart of
ment, and is simply designed to protect each
and every legal elector in Georgia,in the excr-
cfoeof his eonAUufional right to rote for the, ^ ^ deeds of moral heroism and loyalty at
men and the measures of h.s own free choice. ££££ £ £ ^ ^ instrumental .
Thism all thero is at it And^yot this, says ho bcantifnUdeas of HumanLiberty
the Georgia Democracy, is ‘.‘good cause for | 'y , , „ \ ,
rebellion at every precinct!” . Peaceable and
order-taving citizens, nmnlnn longer be ex-. Mul upon onr enjoys the priv-
borted to abandon the lead nfffifoh. reddess ^ humanities cud pri( , e or an American
and revolutionary junta as this rotten Do- J
citizen.
..... . . , . _i These few of the party’s many noble deeds
mocracy;" and menof soundaense will seo the
wisdom of keeping out ofpowsr-ji class of men
who threaten to go into revolntion lo regain it!
Progrrs*.
Bavaria leads tbe movement for a / new Con-
history, appeal to the reason of every honest
nian~for his cordial and earnest support
Of the opposition, I have but few words to
federacy under the title of “The United States ] say. Its record is written in the devastation
of Germany.” That hits the nail directly on of bloody war, and its principles warn us that
the head. MembenTof the House of Hohen- the record is but begun if they aro triumphant
Editor Era: Mach as I regret to appear in a
newspaper controversy, should I remain silent
when I seo my name used in connection with
premeditated slander and villainous falsehood,
it would certainly be considered by all good
men as highly culpable. Therefore, I take
this occasion, and throngh the medinm of
your paper, if yon will allow me, to make some
statements showing the position I occupy rela
tive to certain publications by Samuel Bard, in
reference to a “ caucus ” of the colored mem
bers of the Legislature, which he says was
held in the Capitol on the 13th day of August
last, and, also, as to what the author of those
publications has stated was said in a “speech’,
made by his Excellency, Governor Bullock, to
that “caucus.”
At my own solicitation, a number of the col
ored members of the Legislature met in one
of the rooms of tho Capitol, at 3 o’clock on
tho evening of the 13th day of August last
My object in requesting them to meet with
me on that occasion was, to get them to har
monize on a measure then before the
House, and soon to come up for action, and
NOT for the purpose of consulting in refer
ence to the action of tho House of tho previ
ous day upon tho “prolongation” question.
Nor was it in any-wiso connected with the
election or election laws, as intimated by the
author of those publications.
About half after 3 o'clock, I arrived at tho
room designated, and found several members
there, and in the course of half hour longer,
several others came in, numbering in all about
fifteen. The Hon. Virgil Hillycr, though not
having been invited by myself, came in, and
was invited to remain, which he did. After
some discussion as to the object of the meet
ing, some one, (and to the best of my recollec
tion now it was Mr. Hillyer,) proposed to in
vite Governor Bullock to be present This
was unanimously agreed to. The Governor
was notified of the wish of tho meeting, and
he did meet with us, coming in about half af
ter four,-or nearly 5 o’clock. After Ihe .Gov
ernor came in, somo conversation took placb
upon different topics, in which most if nk$
all present participated, but “prolongation”
was not the theme discussed. It is not my pur
pose to defend Gov. Bullock against the shafts
of calumny and falsehood leveled at him, ns
in this instance, nor 'do I believe he would
have me do it, from the fact ho is more capa
ble than m3’self s^uld he stoop to notice the
source from which it emanates. The Governor
always looks to the source, and his good sense
teaches him to say, “Go it Bamboozler,” and
thus lets him “slide,”
Unnoticed, nnhonored and unming,
As the greatest liar now unhung.
Nevertheless, it is but justice to the Gove-
nor that I should say that he made no “.vpeec/t, 1
nor was he called upon by any one to make
•a speech,” nor did he make use of the lan
guage attributed to him by this Samuel Bard.
Having accomplished the object for which
had invited the members to confer with me,
the meeting dispersed, it being then near
sunset.
I have been thus minute to show that if this
was not the meeting to which Bard alluded, and
which he called a “ Caucus,” then there must
have been a caucus of tho colored members
held, either before throe o’clock or after sunset,
on the 13th of August last That there was
caucus” of the colored members on the
13th day of August, is well known, aud can
be cosily proven. Hence, that the meeting
above referred to, and which Bard called a
caucus,” was the one to which he referred,
there can be no doubt Hence that he has been
•ither egregiously imposed upon by some
liar more lucky than himself,” or has
most wilfully manufactured a tissue of villain
ous, time-serving falsehoods there can be no
question. But to show that the latter hypothe
sis is correct, it is only necessary to advert to
his publication of yesterday, where the same
allegations and interrogatories are pro
pounded to the Hon. Virgil Hillyer
that were propounded to Governor Bol
lock in a previous publication of his;
thus showing conclusively that the meeting
which I had called together on the evening of
the 13th day of August, in room No. 48 of the
Capitol, mast have been the one, and tho only
** caucus” of the colored men that Bard, ever
knew of or heard of os having taken place
tkat day, and therefore the identical one he in
tended his allegations to apply to.
Taking this for granted, it is impossible for
him to get around it in any other way than by
a characteristic flank movement, which implies
a total disregard of troth. An instance will
suffice to show his dexterity when about
to bo “cornered.” Soon after his first pub
lication had appeared, I took occasion, meet
ing this Bard in the Hall of Representatives,
to coll his attention to his false statements,
and stated that, if he alluded to the meeting
which the colored members had on the even
ing of the 13th of August, in one of the rooms
of the Capitol bnilding, that his allegations
were false j that I was present at that meet
ing; that it was not a “caucus;” that Gov
ernor Bollock made no “speech,” and that he
mode use of no sue/* remarks as he (Bard)
had stated that he did. Bard then took me
by tho arm, in a very soothing and friend
ly manner, and complacently remarked
that “it was not that meeting that you were at,
Doctor' that I alluded to; it was the ‘caucus 4
which the colored members had on that day.
You were not at it.” I told him that I was
not aware that the colored members had had
any caucus on that day. To this ho replied:
‘Oh yes they had, and Governor Bullock was
at it, and did make a speech, and said jnst
wlxat I stated ho did, and I dare him to deny
it, and then I shall prove it upon him.” Thus
he “flanked” me, and thus the matter ended;
and {here, so far os I was concerned, it should
have rested but for seeing my name in connec
tion witji the Hon. Virgil Hillyer in Bard’s lame
defense of yesterday. This last publication of
liiti aAnalnci valtf nmYPQ tfr IB A tllfit til A ‘'ftltlftlls"
tag from the others, they will keep him the «*« KeptiWican party of Georgia,
balance of the session at work. On tho 21st Thc bargain and sale lias beenaccomphshed,
inst, I addressed a eommnnication to your P”* *B«ta takes sides with bin old allies, the
paper, in which tbe misrepresentations of rebe,8 ‘ in <kvorof for °taS a “ olocUo f‘ “ tUe
this Samuel Bard, relating to the Governor, on this foil, and, as is alleged, with Demo-
the 20th of August last, were corrected. In I craUc attem I' t8 to establish, another
that communication I used the following Un- nOTr W“ tcre anJ re8Qmc ' i ^ ori 8hml prac-
gua^e* tice (tries to repudiate his contract in relation
No “speech” was made by the Governor or to U * c P QbUc ‘ printing) losing the Gov-
any one else, and no conversation was held by I croor and misrepresenting the Republican
the Governor that would even give color to party in trying to create the impression abroad,
the charge made against him by the individ- wher0 Ue and his sheet aro not as well known
ual who has had no other political capital for .. .
two years post than personal abuse of Gov- “‘hey aro here, that there is a division or
eraor Bollock. I disunion within the party lines in this State.
This refat&tion of Bard’s misrepresentations I Refuses to sustain the^Election bill prepared
was signed l»y every member vho imu present at I by Attorney General Akerman aud endorsed
the meeting referred to, and is, I think, suffi- by tho Republican party, keeping up through
cieatly explicit to leave no one in donbt that I it all a pop-gtm paragraphic fu si lade of feeble
tho allegations m*da hy Bard, on the 20th of I hurrahs for Ooiwrul Grant which serves him
August, and reoeated by him almost every I as the sheeps* clothing to hide the wolf within,
day since that time, is flatly contradicted. I Here, where Bard is known, tho soubriquet
Bard hits frequently asserted that if the cor- given him, by a cotemporary of “Social Evil, 1
rectness of hi« report was called in question, j is fully approved and appreciated. To those
he had the pro*/ at hand to sustain himself, who do not know Bard I commend it as being
and would publish it the very best possible exponent of his political
In a publication of his, however, on tho day | character, record and influence. I am done.
succeeding my publication, he labors in a long I But from his hypocritical Republicanism “good
articlo, again snarling at tho Governor; bnt he I Lord deliver us” and ouroommon conntry.
officers of the Western and Atlantic
Railway feel an especial interest in contribu
ting, by facilities of transportation, everything
s “ their power towards consummating the de
es of the Society and the people of the State;
and, in aiding this purpose, arrangements
have been made with all the important con
necting Railway and other transportation lines
of the country, by which any and all articles
intended for exhibition will be transported to
Atlanta at existing tariff rates, and return til
free.
does not produce the proof. He, however, in
forms the public that I am on the witness
stand, and proceeds to repeat a scries of ques
tions, all of which ore fully answered in the
quotation which I have made from my origi
nal communication, And in his publication
Virgil Hillyer,
Representative Camden county.
the city chronicle,
Published at Kniglitstowu, Indiana, says that
our Fair will bo one of the most extensive ex
hibitions of the kind in the United States
during the preseut year.
THE EUFAULA (ALA.) BLUFP CITY TIMES
Predicts that the Fair will far surpass the ex
hibition in Macon last year, and thiuks that it
will be something mognificen
THE ELVIRA (N. T.) ADVERTISER
Wants to visit our Fair. It is convinced thut
will be a “big thing,” and compliments At
lanta, the Kimballs, the hotels, the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, aud everything else.
THE PONTIOC (MICH. ) GAZETTE
Says:
Judging from the programme laid down, and
from the libemlity of the premium list, this
THE GEORGIA STATE FAIR.
What Our Exchanges say about It
THE MODEL FARMER,
of the 24th, ho devotes much space to myself I An agricultural periodical, published at Cor-
pcrsonally, in which thero seems to bo no I inth, Miss., says of our State Fair:
point, except that I once ^sucked my mother, I We havo no doubt but that this will be
and am now old, gray-headed and stoop-shoul-1 grand affair, and we hope as manyof our rea d-
rxvv v . „ • „ • I ers ns possibly can will attend. Tho reduced
dcred. Then. .o«r days having intervened rate3 ^ ^ ^ the railroad will enable all to
since my letter, and the proof not having been I attend with very little expense. Political and
presented to the public by Bard, I would leave I other conventions are usually largely attended
him precisely where Colonel Styles left him in at considerable cost, and often with little prof-
hl. card where I »*• Here is something all are interested in—
hiuoara, where he SWK something designed tn advance the great agn-
Dr. Bard announced lus ability to prove the I cultural interest of tho country, which is par-
charge, in the event Mr. Kimball denied it, and I amount to every other interest
asserted to mo the evening after its appearance I
that he had positive proof, and would produce 1 ™ newbebry (s. c.) herald
it if the charge was denied. He not only failed among other complimentary things:
to produce tho proof, but craw-fished out of I ^ . . .. . , «
his dilemma by saying that he made no charge, | . ^ ° expense, or labor, or ingenuity is 1 •
and denying that a charge conld he embraced doae P™ tha largest amount of ^faction
in an inion.T^.in.. ® I and proht to the immense number of visitors,
m an interrogatory. | from *' all parts o{ the coantry , who w m be
He stands self-convicted of r. bold slander, ! ™ 1
and la UlArofnrAnnttelu, believed in nnvntter. I tfierO. The accommodations ta_ the Way Of
i thereforenottobe believed in any utter- '“-ceimuounuu ^
ances about the gentleman he slandered. Such I k°t®ls at Atlanta are ample, the KimbaUH use
-laftsssa-fis
_ , _ . , , . Park, will, it is said, afford room for at least
Bnt Bard says that I am on the witness I j00,000 guests, and wo havo no donbt of it.
stand—a volunteer witness—and being so, I
propose to testify to a few facts in relation to
'Ttar
THE NEW TOUK EXPRESS
Jifrd’s history which will not need “additional S P eaks in haud30mfi termH of lhe e ? er S7 and
proof,” because they aro well known by almost enterprise manifested in the preporatioos for
every man in this section, and better known at I ®" a * r ‘
the North among all classes of politicians. I TnE SUMTER °*) NKWS
Bard, originally hailing from the North River I Gives a lengthy and very complimentary
in New York, and after living in various parts I notice to the Fair, and speaks of tho elegant
of the South, came to Georgia after the close j grounds, hotel accommodations, etc.
of the war, and connected himself with the | TUE merchants* and travelers’ guide,
New Era newspaper. In this^paper he was | Pablished at Richmond, Va., notices the Fair
at some length, and in very high terms.
will be one of the grandest exhibitions of the
iroducts of American industry and skill ever
ield under tho auspices of a State Society.
We take pleasure in calling attention to it,,
and hope the gentlemen who have the matter
in charge may realize their most sangniuc ex
pectations concerning it
THE AMERICAN RESCUE,
Published at Shelbyville, Tenu., says in its
notice:
The approaching State Fair of Georgia,
which assembles in Oglethorpe Park, two miles
from the city of Atlanta, is making prepara
tions for the accommodation of at least 100,000
visitors on tho most gigantic scale.
This fair will open on the 19th of October, anil
•will probably continue ten or fifteen days.
The grounds are elegantly fitted for the pur-
] x>se, and well watered. The completion of
lihe H. L Kimball House, having 317 rooms,
exclusive of offices, with the National, St
James, United States, American and Tremont.
Hotels, besides numerous boarding houses and
five hundred tents to be erected in the Park,
will afford ample accommodation for at least
100,000 persons. Trains will leave Atlanta for
the Fair Ground every fifteen minutesduriugt
the day.
THE JASPER (TKNN.) TIMES,
Speaking of the management, says:
They have in their resolutions ignored al
sectional feelings, and extended an iuvitatiou
to all to meet them, and, as a band of broth
ers, exhibit their mechanical and agricultural
skill. And the clever and gentlemanly officers
of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, ever
awake to the interests of tho State, have made
arrangements to carry parties to the Fair at
Atlanta, and return, for half fare.
l Meriwether
THE WASHINGTON SUNDAY GAZETTE
Mentions our Fair as one of “exceeding impor
tance.”
THE NORTOLK DAY BOOK
intense in his denunciation of the radical con
clave known as tho United Stifles Congress.—
When, however, that conclave passed the final
act of reconstruction, Bard abandoned * ‘Andy”
and claimed to be. in favor of reconstruction,
at least that part of it which did not embrace
the enfranchisement of the colored ]>eople, I Gives the Fair a lengthy notice,
and daring tho campaign which ensued he
claimed to be in favor of relief and recon-. . at „ , 4 .. „ .
.. , , I Devotes about half a column to the State Fair,
struction, but indignantly repudiated any con- 1
nection with the Republican party.
Tho election having been carried by the Be- Has a long article nbont the Fair,
publicans, and Bard being on aspirant for the I the moroan (va.) mercury
office of public .printer, he immediately ad-1 Prai,** the liberal and generous spirit display-
dressed a printed circular to-etcnrj&epnblicau I e d in the orrancements aud calls the Fair
positive success.
THE SUNDAY MOENINO NEWS,
elect, and on the day before ins
ination published an article claiming to be a
Republican. ,
Political events progressed, aud the question | Ptblishefi at Cotamb^ Ohio. say, :
of the right of colored members to their seats,
his conclusively proves to me that the “caucus’
to which he referred was'the identical meeting
which I called together, and the only one of
An Act
To amend on Act entitled “ An Act for tho Re
lief of Debtors, and to authorize the Adjust
ment of Debts upon Principles of Equity.”
Section 1. The General Assembly of tho
State of Georgia do enact. That in all suits
now pending in the several courts of this State
for the recovery of debts created upon con
tracts made prior to tho first day of June,
Tho Georgia State Fair commences on the
_ . , ■ _ . . ,, _ , 19th of October next, at Atlanta, and the peo-
was agitated in the General Assembly. Dor- I pj 0 0 f that imperial State seem inclined to
ing the contest not a line was published by I make of it a demonstration that will show the
Bard sustaining the right of the colored men I world the vast commercml and industrial ad-
. , . * . • * - . vantages which the state possesses. We a<
to their seats, or denunciatory of the outrage receipt of an invitation and - . F ~ .
which was abont to be, and which subsequent- costless passage to attend it, and regret the in- referred to, or included iu, tlie abo\
ly was perpetrated by their expulsion. ability thatpreventa the acceptance, for noftfo wsM.Ant.ao conit shall be
• WlnTr great oa.rage was brought to the forSttSkSTtSSi^ -
attention of the country, by a speech from nu<vr in ^ perfect operation that it would be %
Governor Bullock, in September, 1868, pend- 1 comfort to ride over it; and, from all repre-
ing tho Presidential election, then it was that sentations made by guest^ the Kmballlloaw
a x ,. ' a- . .. . . . .. at Atlanta, inst completed, wouM be a hotne.
Bard—true to his native instincts, true to his I j r
former fulsom articles, which appeared in his J TUE NEW TORK evenino i*o8T
paper denouncing “niggers” (as he called I Gives its readers a fqll account of our Stato
them) for talking politics on the corners of the I Fair audits arrangements,
streets of Atla^a—took tho rebel si do of the I Tint Cincinnati chronicle,
cause, and denounced the Governor and all After men ti on j n g the State Fair in highly
others who were in fovor of Congressional ac- comp i imcnU ry terms, says:
tion for the restoration oi the expelled mem- ^ g ape rintendent of the State rood, him-
bore. I self a man of indomitable energy, has freely
When delegations of Republicans went to given his wannest personal and official assut-
Washington to lay the case before members of -c toihe ff
Congress, they were villainously denounced by unrem ittiogly to tho work of preparation, and
Bard, and this gave rise to the murderous wish I ; n addition to his direct efforts, for the fair, has'
expressed by him that they might “peris/, fcy in an incredibly abort spaoe of time erected at
* on their way home. In fnlfii- * **?
ment of this wish, good old Dr. Ayer and ben- 1 buyqtuxm men ot Southern Ohio Cannot
ator Adkins did “perish by the way-side.” I afford to neglect this opportunity to advertise
Bat, Bard like, when held responsible for this to the great crowds who win attend this expo-
ingnago by a member ^delega&ta he
'crawfished" and, like a good Christian man, in tho way of xnaenu. 'iy« iron-ware,
asked forgiveness. wood-work, agricultural implements etc.
In December I»t, when Congress passed “Open to the World,” is the motto of tha
tho act overcoming the revolutionary action of I TOu’to'fOrWid tom^draWy!
tho Democracy, and restoring colored and ex-1 our chamber of Commerce, and Board of
pelling disqualified members from the General I Trade, quite a liberal supply oCpremium lists.
Assembly, Baril feeling himself utterly and en
tirely defeated “crawfished” again, and plead .
that ho had differed with Republicans and Speaking-ot tho Fair, says:
with congress as to the host course to pnrsn„
but that he was then ready fully to sustain the J turning, will offer visitors the best, of opportu-
action of the Government and of the President, I nities for visiting the great fair, and at the same
and would bchavo better in Ihe future ; that bmc ofmeeting and mingling with the thon-
“ . .. , .. sands who will be m daily attendance. Tho
he was very anxious to retire from the pro- cUy of AUanta u now one of the most attract-
fession of journalism—that he had made a I jyn piop^a in th ft Its immense growth
record that he was ashamed of, and could no I and extensive enterprise is the wonder aud ad-
longer conttane tho management of his paper, miration of all.
changing its tone to an honest support pf tlic I the.suenandoah (va. y herald
National anil State administrations, and by I Mentions ju couiplimentory terms the prepar
ing pleadings and his beseeching* ho succeed- I ations fij>r *h A visitors,
ed in indneing Republicans to bay the New I the advantages of attending the Fair,
Era establishment, and recommnnd him for ^ , AWIWrA oonstitotionaust
an office which would fortunately take him b^ | yea a , noticc , nnd keepa ita
yond the pale of civilization. Upon the rccom- I _ , _ ”
mendation of Gov. Bullock, Hon. Foster Blod- J ers posted,
gett, Gen. Terry, and other Republicans, Bard the quitman banner
was nominated by tho President for Governor Thinks that 100,000 visi^i^ wftl be present
of Idaho, and after his nomination had been the I yoar •{
foot-ball of the committee in the Scnato for J g^yg most liberal arrangements havo been
several months with a very strong probability made for the accommodation of exhibitors,
of being rejected, ho sought iny influence. 11 nnd the general public, and the exhibition
was courteously invited to his room in ’Wash
ington, but did not go—his former h;
.cause, upon the groins that said picas do not
connect the plaintiff with n»« loss of property
of defendant; and no court shall revise to hear
all evidence under said plea, offered the
reasons aforesaid. •
Sec. 2. Should any plaintiff move to strike
the picas of defendant, or object to the intro
duction of any evidence allowed by said above
recited Act, or refuse to submit to the adjust
ment of the equities as contemplated by said
Relief Act, then it shall bo the duty of the
court, upon motion of defendant, to require
plaintiff to prove that all legal taxes have been
paid upon said debt, and no plaintiff shall
prove tho payment of taxes by his own oath,
from the time of making said contract to the
time of said trial, and before the passage of
tiiin Act; upon failure so to do it shall be the
duty of the court to strike said cause from the
docket.
Sec. 3. That the same rulo shall apply to all
.^ues found upon the trial of causes when tho
said debt has been reduced to judgment: Pro
vided nevertheless. That nothing herein con
tained shall apply to causes already determin
ed by said Relief Law, where no objection was
made to the adjustment of the equities of the
cause, as contemplated by said Relief Act
Sec. 4. That all contracts in renewal, and all
judgments founded upon the renewal of debts
created prior to the first day of June, 1865,
shall be, and they are hereby, included in the
provisions of this Act •
THE OPELXXA REOOBDSE,
Republican Meeting i
. County.
At a meeting of a large number of IlepuW
licans of Meriwether county, on the 20th in
stant, at which George W. Martin presided as
chairman, the following delegates were ap
pointed to represent the connty in the Conven
tion to be held at Geneva, on the 8th of next
month to nominate candidates for Congress:
H. AbelTurrentine, Warner Johnson, Isliam
Harris, Jacob Wimbish.
The following resolutions were also uuani-
lonsly adopted:
Resolved, That we recoguize in Rufus B.
Bullock an able, conscientious and upright
Execntive, the unflinching and uncompromi
sing advocate of equal rights and of human
progress.
Resolved, That we believe economy, justice
and wisdom characterize our National Admin
istration, and that it is the solemn duty of ev
ery true Republican to maintain and defend
the same.
William Henry Hunter, Sec y.
American Women Abroad.
A correspondent writing from Paris, admin
istered a severe but deserved robuko to those
republican women of America, who act as
snobs and fawners upon royalty to such a nwc-
ulous extent. One of tho most lamentable
failings of our American women traveling, is
their, admiration for rank, buttons,
jingling of swords, and the clash of the poor
people** money in tho cash-boxes of smutty
tyrants. Boston women, and the best of wo
men they aro too, become quite frantic over
the Tuileries receptions, and struggle for a
place at a court into which very little of mo
rality or sincerity has ever entered. It is a
court of parvenus too; of shoddy men and
women; ot hybrid Spaniards, like those of
Offenbach’s last play; a court at which Pierre
Bonaparte would not be entirely out of place;
and, singularly enongh, at which bat few real
worthy Frenchmen are to be seen. “See Rome
and die,” should be changed in these days to
See Paris and become demoralized.”
A Bloody Mnp.
The New York World publishes what it calls
a “murder map” of New York, in which, by
daggers and pistols, it indicates the locations
where seventy-eight murders have token place
within ten years. These include only those mys
terious butcheries which may be called tho his
toric murders of New