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VO I//ME XXII “ElillOH CEASES TO BE UAN'IEKOUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT "—Jr/lenon. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY^ 1871. NUMBER 2 Uiffkli) jatclligfflfrr ’’'ltd. u addition ’ man if I do not disagree will) vou When nny- i, lines *> r u • i Hung bee ones law, whether I like It or not, it IF,l> DULY AND WK-Kl.Y BY IRWiN WHITAKER, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, «ry O. I 870 natural ad van tag* road ronuert ««»r eiUea with those of the North ! I donot obey it, I am neither a good cit an 1 West. Our lands and labor c&unol now be ; an honest patriot. Power iu.kea law, and you mid. available as a basis o! currency -ac'rcu- I may argue forever, and alter all Ue question latiog medium. lu this, we aie depeudt-nl upon comes to* to this; the only safety in society, the East, the North, Worinefirtay und tough nothing had ever occurred to mar the j about hy the unaided efforts of our own p.-o- eace of any one, thereby demonstrating to the pie. It ih owing, in a grea' measure, to lib- orld how men can differ and yet agree. | oral minded and intelligent gentlemen from the ft will »klsn lie seen on reading the soeeeh North who. uuorociatiuir our advantages and We have tranaferr.d Irons the A- QUina of the iNTtfLLlGKNClt't, the a great Banquet given by bis Excellency G nor Bullock to the Hon. Columbus I) lano, Secretary of the Interior, at the H. I Kimbail House, in Atlanta, on Tuesday evening, the 27tb ol Daum’.ier, l>70, for the purpose ol put ting the sain, on the flic of the Intklligknckii. and we think it will be interesting and amusing to our rea leis to set- the lion and laiuiw gather ing together aro ind the festal board, eating drinking and though peac ' ’ how uieo Ciin differ and yctagr. rill also Im* seen on reading the speech made by Mr Hill that he took that opportunity of saying, “H I ever was a Democrat, 1 can honestly sav that I did not go to lie. I was not a Democrat certainly iroin choice, . il l if a Democrat at all, I was a Demo crai from necessity.” But this is not in harmo ny with what Mr. Hill said and spoke on form er occasions, and, especially, in his ‘‘Bush Ar bor ” speech, iu 1H08, when he Used the follow ing language: •• And these men are to make laws to tax dis franchis d property holders in this enlightened nineteenth century and in Ibis Christian country. Sh»me, shame! Is these a member ol t!.e Leg islature whp hears me today? Ah, to your shame be it said, more than a hundred of you have so recorded your names. Go, my friends, ard take .t back, im I charge you this day, in thi. bright sun and in the central city of Geor gia, that if that record remains as you have made it, whereby you have covenanted and agreed that these Southern States shall be un equal me nbers of this Union and that the in telligent men of this country Gia'l he disfran chised and deprived of their right to hold of flee, and ill it pauper sin sijsll fix the burden of taxation, and vim and ignorance make !»w« tor intelligence and virtue, you will go down to posterity so infunoui that when a legitimate Legislature shall tiave assembled some unfor tunate creatures, who may be compelled by Providence to call you lather, will hi.ply to tiie Legislature to have their names changed. I understand some of you that voted ! »r that 14th Article, and voted to expunge relief call yours* Ives Democrats. You are vain deluded creatur. s if you thin- that the Democratic door will lie ever open to receive you with such a n -me. Such a vote is directly against the Democratic, platform, and directly f >r the Rad ical platlonn, and must be repented ol and changed.” And again be said : " But we have a party now organised, a strong and a glorious party, with statesmen a» its head an l wi'h correct principles lor its plat form /rum Milne to California the gloriole tramp . I the D mocracy is growing more and more distinct, and by November a veidicf will be pronounced by the great freemen of America that shall irladdeu the hearts of patriots now bonds and securities that can be and are used I the foundation for a current credit. When we can secure this in proportion to our land and • our labor, the hand ol progress will bo set iu motion. New railroa will tie built and pro- ( Jected, and new enterprises of internal improvc- the col- j iDiut inaugurated. The genius of free labor unt ol the j inluscs into ;he spirit ol social industry new life, ami vigor, and strength The current of prosperity which will set in will fl >w on, its volume steadily aogn coted by the increase of each succeeding yar, unto it becomes a nighty overflow ol peace and plenty. (Ap plause) In this the distinguished gue.-t who is with ua, and his friend, propose to aid u and in this let us bid them “ God ►peed." And the present and future prosperity of Georgia h m not been and cannot be brought unaided efforts of the We.it, who have 1 the only security for pr >perty. the only protec- have yo and t Well, from Mr Hill’s own speech at the ban quet, it appears he is no longer a Democrat. Notwithstanding this, we tLink the Democratic party, and its principles, will still au; ,»ve Mr Hill and his opposition. GRAND STATE BANQU r T, Given at The H. I Xtmball Hohjc by tiov. Bullcck to the Hon. Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior. Ymk’T .oMj ty ivemug last, at 7 o’clock, in re sponse to invitations, about one fraud red of the most prominent gentlemen of this city and of the Htale, assembled in the elegant parlors of tue II I. Kimbali House for the purpose of paying their respect* to the Governor and his gu-*t tor the evening, Hon. Columbus I) lano After the usual cer«m<my of introduction, and the pleasant interchange* of conversational cour tesies between gentlemen in the pallors, tLe hour of 8 o’clock having arrived, the baud in the banquet hull commenced playing a grand march, and the guests passed into the room and stated ihemaclvt a at the tables. Ai the head of the table sat His Excellency, Gov Bullock. Upon his right were sealed the II >n. Columbus Delano, Hon John Krsktne, Uts H inor, May Kzsard aud Hon. Foster Bio !g»*ti, senator elect On Ins left was seated Hun II. K. McCay, ol the dunremo Court, Ex-Gov Joseph E B Hon. 1) G Coning, secretary ol Slate, and Gen. J It Lewis, State School Commissioner— all in the order in which we nave named them Along the tables were many of Georgia’s most distinguished sons-among whom we noted Hou. O A. Locbruue, Ho-. B H Hill, Hon John I* King, Gen II »!i, William B Johnson, Genera! Wilburn Phillips, Hon. J It Parrod, lion John Harris, Hon. Ephraim Tweedv, Mr. IS. W. Cole, of Naidivil i, Mr. Richard Peters, Col. J H. Pay lor, Col. Eddy and Maj. Burn ham, ot the anny, aud many others. The t»bles were elegantly ornamented with confectionery arranged in fanciful designs, pyr> raids, cak* s, fruits, etc., etc. A full siring band, in the orchestra discount* d sweet . iusic during the several courses of the dinner. The viands provided were most enjoyable, aud wi re par taken of with hearty zest, and amid jest and story, and the utmost good feeling, the sucres siv*‘ o< urges were served. Desert was then brought on, and the opening speech of the evening, was made by Governor Bullock, who rose and said: RBMAIIKX OF GOVKRNOK BULLOCK (Jentlemn; It gives me great pleasure to see before me to night, notwiifo'anding the in clement weather, the laces of so many ol Goor gia’s di.-uing d~h d citizens, eminent in almost < very department of life, and locxtcnd to you a:l, a sincere and heartfelt welcome. The pleasure that I feel is aolnnced ten fold when I r member tin object for which we have astern bled We n »v»* come from various sections of the State, not f >r the purpo-e oj indulging in a noisy and useless controversy, or of giving play to passion and stirring up suite, not lor the nur pose ol awanening buried memories, anu ol discussing old qut-tiot h and dead issues, but laying a-* do loi a lime the differences of opin ion and jil lernent which exist between us, we have met tinre lor a e mmoo purpose, actuated b a common sentiment ol re-pect tor a b gh * llic«r, a Cabinet Minister of the National Government, who has honmed us with his presence to- night. He comes among n*., gen tlemen, wuh no evil intent, aod no purpose of in) ry or of wrong but be comes to seek in our midst an invest men* of his capital, and that ol h * trien Is, and to aid in building up the inter- • r* of our state and in promoting her adv&nce- u.int and prosperity. [Applause.] We are a [x*or people. I lie *v»r stripped us oi that wh ch was once property, and the basis lor a credit, and left in i's train desolation and destruction. Its results are yet felt, but we are rapidly recovering from them. We lack means to inaugurate and pros* cute to a ■mccessful ter mination, those agencies and those enterprise* by which wealth Is produced and prosperity engendered. W h ire this want exists in a com - rnunity, the energies and capacities cf its people an* necessarily crippled, the avenues ol trade obstructed, and the advancement of ail branch es ol commcicial industry iminded. But while we are a poor people, we sre rich in land, and tich in labor. Th«re : .s still .. „ 'ed. their capital and their busma-s experience and skill It affords ine great pleasure, gentlemen,to intro duce to you, aud to ask you to drink with me the health ol the Hon. Columbus Delano, Sec retary of th- Interior of the United Slates. The whole company rose to their feel, and with “bravos” ur»nk the health of tho lion. Secretary. Mr Delano then spoke as folio*..: UKMAHK8 OF HON. COLUMBUS DELANO. I desire to make my acknowledgments this evening for the hospitality, lor the friendship, and for the kiudnesa which I have, not only upon this occasion, but on previ us occasions uniformly, with -ut execception received in the State of Georgia. [Applause.] It ’here is a person here to-night who thinks 1 have any un kind feelings towards anybody in Georg a, that gentleman had better take an other glass of champagne. [Ypplause] And what I sav for myself, geotleinon, 1 my lor a great many others rho do not live in Georgia. You arc greatly inistakeu it any of you believe that tho e of us whodonot live in Georgia have not a lively in terest and a sincere affection for tho meat Slate for which you may very justly bo -.-"id. I b;i.c been thinking while recurring to this subject, ol the Christian account of the Jrra- tion, wuicli reminds us ot the fact th.it our Great Master left lor tiie last work lie had to perform, the most perfect and complete speci men of his labors, our mothere nod our wives, and it has occurred to me that this account ol .he Creation is notenti- .-ly inauafogons to the tact that in the great work of placing It to the family relation and sisteihood those States which iiad severed 'heir connection with it—In the work that we call " reconstruction the brightest, and perhaps the one destined to be tiie most powerful of the States thus treated — an the one that is to be restored last 1 Appl owe ] When I travel over your extensive territory, whi n I behold the fertility of your soil and its l>eculiar adaptability lor tiie production of that I fair off-hand sp _ for life, the only hope for the futuie, is divided, honest, faithful submission to the law, whether we like it or not. [Applause ] That is the only Idea I have ever had on this subject, ari l it is worth a life time to have that ‘dca. If men woti'd not submit to the law because they did not like it, Hu n ivtry man’s wish would he his 'aw, and the ou!y law known to them. I ’.J not like some of our laws. I am free to say i. I had had die making of them they would never have been made, never, never, never, but being made, lam pot ashamed to w»y that it is my duty to obey them, and it is your interest and your duty to obey them also. I want to say something to the people ol Georgia, but I cau- not d< it now. 1- is said that a man’s mind always runs in tho direction that he is most in terested in at the particular time in which he is speaking. I trust that our quarrels are over; I trust that out sufferings are over; 1 trust that every man can rise »o tho high dignity and the glorious liberty of sayi g that he has buried the past, and purposes to live for the future. [Ap- .Tu»oJ Georgia is n great Slite - a vory stale — great in her material res rare*.**, great m her en t rprim s, great m the valor of her son®, great in the memory of the p*bt, great iu what she has resolved to do in (tie future. But, gentlemen, now in this day I fe»*l a pleasant, eomiortabie feeling creeping over mo; lor, upon aiuiost every breeze that sweeps by, is borne the glad tidings that war at i asL is over; that faiths may not he renewed ; that disorg mv.ition has ceased ; flint belong to a profession which was honorable vising ways and moans lor the construction of ‘ ’ I iu the day ^d Greece and ol Rome, | the Western & Atlantic Railroad. There fouled lh<< being hti-hed; that reason is re-asserting her sway; that kiudly feelings arc returning; and tha' the genius aud the power that strengthen us lor the preseul, and inspire hope for the fu "ire, is the law, and obedience to that law, [ Applause.] Tnerel'ore, I do pot know that 1 ran more properly conclude what I havb to »ay than to guc you, as a toast, the tribunals of the r-ouutry which must deiormiDe what is law. to wiml is law. I may have m> opinion as to what is law mu will iliff r, individuals will differ, com munities will differ, Slates will differ, but some agency must determine which is right and which is wrong; and the higho*t tribunals in the country to settle these questiou* are to be found i the c and a'l through the middle age But, gentle men, 1 ae«j that its days are waning. You can - not, it is true, get along wTWmt uh, but this age has giyen birth to a new profession. A uew set of men, e, uew train or thought, a new train oi effectiveness, is springing up. Lawyers aud warriors and statesmen, ol the past are giving way to the men ol aoti 'iynd oi business—to tin* railroad men, to the ir<w» men, to the cotton men, the men who are developing the physical world. [Applause.] I look tlong this lino and I set* moil who have made tl^pr mark upon the community. I know tho history of nearly every one ot them, and there is i-Ciujcely one who has not made bis mark rather) by bis business ca parity tha i by his learnhuL ! Applause ] 1 will make' this one BUggraWf.' & gentlemen from the North. They will had that we have in Georgia to-day, men tha ^ 1 Id adorn and houor any busmen. Tho *»i!i is, Georviaus are pretty smart [Applaus* j At. old Dutch man once tame down here who had lived iu Switzerland. He said the . ; »co|i]e there had n proverb that It took ten Hfh* to cheat a Jew. When he came to New York Uny had a oroverb there that it took ton Jews to vheal a Yankee, and now ho had come to Govirja, and he be lieved that it would take ton Yankees to cheat a Georgian. [Applause and kmflHpr \ VYhen you look along this Hue of P«vjjCns, lhe meu ol strength which you gee ut^e, Abether they be lawyers, or railroad meu, or iron men, or cot ton men, or men of any capacdy, you will And there is tcarcly a man of them who is not tho arbiter ol bia own f >rtuue.— Railroad men, Iron meb cotton men, working men—these h'#» they who are going to make the future of £*jorgia. Railroads! Who can estimate their imp'nance, not in tho mere physical development of Ihe country, but their iufltience is most largely felt upon the government <d tho country. Why, gentlemen, San Francisco i§as near Nr.7 York to day as Liverpool was to London thirty years ago. The whole ol this continent, 3,000 miles one way and 2,000 miles another, bvineaus ol tho rail road and the telegraph i/]n?l as much within tho control ol one mind to day as was a terri tory lOu miles square thirty years ag>. Why, ly a day or two since Lpood on a beautiful palace car that had been to. 8ao Francisco, and this thought occurred to nie This beautiful car started from Now T"fk; il has rushed through populous cities of ike Middle States; it has careered like a thiu*, ot lit: over tho broad prairies of the West; it has monnted the tall hurried irts of the Utiife*.| States. I give you, a l lo P‘‘ ,, tlie l^ky •ropriate conclusion to all down their precipitc**** I ho Cv»uits of the United beside the peaceful —d,and that 1 hrve S r Atcs.” [Vpplanso] This toast was responded to by Hon. John Ersklne, United States District Judge lor the State ot Georgia, who spoke as follows: HKIPOMSS OK ,TUDOR KltSKINK. Qov. ilullock, .\fr. Ue.l.m and Gentlemen: It was said by Lord Bacon that a much-talking Judge D no w< II timed cymbal. This maxim is undoubtedly a wise one, and I feel that I ought de any lengthened remarks upon , it has i,mb \ until it hi waters of the I’aci fle, this audit ifter this wi J from one of our Cabinet Mln- to-nfgbt, n good, sensible, with r/ben I i lid fro r country r ry othel habitants aud reciive their congratulations and friendly greetings, and enjoy tic ii hospitality, I feel that 1 atn not paying an i or undo- served compltmo.i r - ;• ’ - l > «'*»t tan -t„u* is one of the mo *"J f- a ‘'.'L ne ™ J'f m T' progressive Hi 1 bnion, and in the Union she is a. ** ^ ^ ' XtT [Applause J 1 say to you, my friends, ^h itev r you may think of it, wo aro going to pitf| friends; ye are not going to be in any other ■* /° than that • ii friendship. Wo ail have an attachment for | vhe glory of the uatjon , and it you r«cur i*.r n 1 s.ngle -4.. io what has transpire/, on 1 another Continent within a i. *v months past | and behold what has been done there bv f\, I united Germany, or rather by a united peopir you will at once we what remain * to be u. <*• u plished !n America to set up and establish the glory of the United States. [Applaus .J I know of no place in me Unl’cd States where there is more physical, moral And intel lectual power to cement this unity, to promote the p.osperity, and to instill this love of the glory oi' the nation, than there is in the State in which 1 now am. | Applause.J My friend on my left paid me *ar too high a compliment when he intimated that it whs in my power to do much, pecunt- rily, toward the devi lopment of th*- great resources of this Htute, but I tell you, gentlemen, that he did not very mach overrate the sentiments of my heart when he said 1 desired that this prosperity and this power in the .State of Georgia should be devel oped. [Applause.] And what 19 true of my self I know to be true of many others. J want to see day by day a progressive work which shall bind by the cords ot a common interest a wide spreai intelligence and a pure morality, the people ot the State of Georgia, with tho peoi '•) of ail the other States In the United Stabs of America. [Applause ] lcould goon, gentlemen, in these remarks, for the subject upon v .ich I am speaking would justify it, nut at this hour oi the evening it is perhaps best that I should ''lose. I I'esire now to give you, gentlemen, as my sentiment, “Georgia—may she soon have in the Uui'in, in all reB|>cciM and in all particulars, the place she deserves ” [ Applause J Gov. Bullock fn-iiig t ailed tor, said : The sentiment which our honored friend h i just exprea“'-» :s one to which I surely gone t « the he This gi ntlcmen Georgia for the | aid he has me LAi>pl.m»^ 1 Y. mg, a speech fr. 1 tti ry man who is on-sent hero to the State of of knowing the people, them and appreciates them. have heard, also, this evrn- nt tho first minds in n.d of language properly to isspoud, I pei and therefore, with your pcrmi* ion, genilemen, gr* I will ask her distinguished ->n, the Honorable la Bejaimn li. Hill, to respond loi U orgia. [Great ' hoi applause. Georgia. Whether we differ or not with him in political opinion, wo must ail acknowledge that he is honest in his convictions. [Applause.] Re.netnbciiiiL' the prominent part that he lia-i takeu iu the affairs of this State, I iccl that the Courts of tho United States have the regard and confidence of the people when iio offers the sentiment lust proposed. know his tempera ment. and that he t• »:rA the wllarn ot ;hr j nation and the wtdlarc .if/the State of Georgia. ! B ii i men, for iu<*t». • *ak d the Courts I of the United 8*.ate>, nj? tho Slate of Georgia, 1 holding the Judicial poslro-u which I do, would be mmhi*< But , u we consider what the Supiome Court of Uio United Slutoe, the highest tribunal in the land, is, to-day, aud what it has t«‘on since it was established—when we look at the world-wide celebrity of it* just aud wise decisions, the character, and dignity; aud learning, oi its Judges, to attempt to por tray or illustrate its greatness, would be “ to gild reiined gold.” Wo have peace and quietude. The wish uttered by the great aud magnanimous Chief Mag -..ate ol the United States, “ Let »• luvn Peace,” hue been realized. Gentlemen, 1 asit you, have we not peace to-day? The State ol Georgia will stand, once moro, after a few pre liminary inaders have been ad lusted, within the galaxy ol States ot this great nation. With her read mission and her restoration io her old posi tion, will be solved forever the last rerna.nirg problem <>! reconstruction. The great family ol Staits will once more ho joined together by the tics of a common inlere»t and a common cause, a thousand fold stronger,and more enduring than over before. The nation cemented by the remembrance and tue results ol the deadly strilc that alunwt rent il asunder, will go on Btoa.lily loereusiu” in greatnees, aud glory, and strength. Each c.’owmng year wil. add Us io» tneraaoe to bless the people, ud prosperity, like a mighty r nd on, throughout the length breadth ol the luui, bearing plenty, aud glad- and joy to every hearth-stone. Let us not forget genii' .n*-u, that vo-n'ght, peace upou all the land. WhcuCiinst cam" into the Id p arniihed almost lay it let the hands of its maker. [Ap plause ] With such means of communication, of mingling one portion of the country with another, is developed its material, its educa tional, its religious interests. What a future is before this country S By means of railroads, and the telegraph, art A -other means of commu nication, a territory 8,000 miles square is capa ble oi being as easily —" --r — was a tcintory 100 m ago. It is the genius, energy, it is the ui'»»rminatlon of the railroad men of this country, hy whom this must be done, supported hy the statesmen, the lawyers, and tho Intelligent men of tiie land l there fore give you, gentlemen, n* u toast, “The rail road interests of Georgia and oi the United Statu.” I do not know, among the many rail road. Presidents, whom to call upon to answer to the Hcnliiucn . *•! here was ono man here a moment, ago whom I woti'd suggest, but he seems to have disappeared -a man who might he called the father of rdlroad interests in Georgia, tho di/lugiilaln > lawyer, stabuman and railroad in b ot Ac. ida, Mr. ’ n P. 'ting, But as '..e is not ujW present V distinguished men there from all parts ol Geor gia, and among them my honorable friend who was sitting there a moment ago, Judge King, of Augusta. In that convention tho plan was con ceived and was put on foot to build the Western & Atlantic Railroad, by which a market was opened for us, not only to tbe Cherokee country, but to the Western States. Prior to that time there was no communication between Tenues- see and Georgia except by traveling across the mountains on mules or on loot. Bu* when this road was built, which was then called the Great Trunk—the “Great Snout,” some termed it, mountains were pierced, and communication opened with the Western country, aud our pro ducts found a ready market and swift means of transportation. You set*, gentlemen, what has been done within tho last fifty years. You see tlict the city of Atlauta, not a very long time ago sn nnkroken forest has risen to be tbe sec ond city in the Btale in population and commer cial import mce. This pros,unity and this advancement is trace able directly to her railroad communications and to tvviking else. But gentlemen, 1 did not intend to make a speech, but rose simply for the purpose of giving you my personal observation, and expelieuce >n relereuce to tho growth aud improvomeut o' Atlanta. In conclusion, I give you, gentlemen, this sentiment: “Mr. it. I. Kimball, Ihe constructor of this magnificent temple, may his name never perish while his works remain I” [Applause J Mr. II. I Kimball then respondod. He said KSSPOM8R OV MU. II. I. KIMBXLL. Gentlemen: It gives me great pleasure to acknowledge the high compliment paid to myself, but it was certainly very unexpected. I had not the slightest idon ol being callod upon iu any way to speak on this occasion. It is generally known by my friends, and it would be very soon known to every ono present were I to attempt it, that as a” speechist ” I aiu not a ‘ success. Therefore, as tho genllomau has paid so Ugh a compliment to my management in connection with this bouse and other enter prises iu Atlanta, let tho matter rest where ho has placed it, and in conclusion, permit mo to give you ns aseutiment,“ Tho Bar ol Atlanta.” [Applause] Hon. O. A. Lochrano rose and responded, lie said: RKBIMNSK of .TUDOR LOO (THANK. I thank you, gentlemen, tor the call you have ado upou mo, and as a law-abiding man. 1 suppose I must respoud to it. But I am more, permit me to any, than a mere law-abiding man line Yes, I feel the biller pings of sorrow on account of that defeat. But, those tilings arc pa t, and all I waul now b the highest advance ment of my Stale—Inr present peace and her future nro8|KTily and glory. Mr. Delano's toast WHi ‘ To O' orgia.” He said that she was In the sist rho>>d ol Slates, ai.d ffeUined to be one of the brightest jewels in that sisterhood. I thank you for it. It you speak fur the Cabinet, ii you speak for G' neral Grant, ii you speak lor the Government, when you aiv that Georgia be longs to th- - l* rb .nd ».l State 1 )—that nhe is to be received in o the Uu »n upon terms of equal ity, her rights secured t-» b«r and her interests guaranteed and protected as a Georgian, 1 thank you I »r it, aud, for myself, accept the position, and b- heve that Georgia will, and that no State in tl ii Uni >n w ill uo truer to her obli gations than she. [Applause.] Mr. Delano then roue and said: A’.i. w me a word right here. What I said In reference to Georgia—of my dor re that she should take her place among tho sisterhood oi States, my estimation of the importance of her position and of Iter power, I know to bo the sentiment of tho President of the United Statos. Three cheers were then proposed by Gov. Bullock, and given with a hearty good will, for tho sentiments expressed by Mr. Doiihno. Gan. Phillips, reiuw.ug.saiu: Bo I understood vou, sir, aud so I accept the position, aud 1 thank you, sir, tor the sentiments you have expressed to-night. Mr. Hill says wo are almost over with recon struction and that Georgia is soon to ho restored to all her rights as a State. I am glad to know that at last she is to take her place among lb? othcrStat’8 oi *he Union; that her rights and her interests aro to by secured to her and hence forth preserved inviolate. Wo desire this pro tection, and alicr such assuruncos Iron) such a source, I believe that we shall receive this pro tection ; and us < .io ol Georgia’s citizens, 1 thank Governor Bullock for the opportunity that has been afforded me to listen to the words of Mr. Delano, and to thank him in person tor their utterance. Having said thus much, and seeing bc.nru me gentlemen representing tho arinv, who, wlille unknown to me personally, yet whom 1 have Been applauding the sentiments of Mr. Del mo with reference to Georgia; and the army l>eing for the protection ol the Govern ment and for Uio protection of its citizens, I propose a toast, “ To the Army.” [Applause. | C’ol. J. II. Taylor responded for the army I nieut of Georgia. I might reler not only to tbe Judiciary ol Georgia, but to that of the United States. We are honored to-night with the pres ence of representative* of each Judicial system, I know them all, and they nonor alike the pro lusion of the law, and tho Bench which they have adorned so long. But, gentlemen, I will not weary you for I am admonished of tbe lateness of the hour. There is much that I would like to talk about. J. have listened with pleasure to tho upeeches that have been made hero to-night, and especially to the sentiments expressed hy too distinguished cab inet minister who i, wth us. [Applause.] As tny friend Gen. Phillips has well said, ?n r fyrence to his position, 1 too, belonged to the secession Democracy before the war. I enter tained the States Rights doctrine, and tbe 3tat'- Sovereignty theory, 1 apprehend, with & tnnr h zeal as any ono ever entertained the oppn-ue view. The crisis come when in my judirment as well as iu the iadgmont of the entire <*' * il was proper and right that should a 1 tv sever my connection with the Un /0 States. Tho effort wag made a very uni one I grant it wai. But eveu the passioi men can some times bo made to serve the compUshment ol ib« grandest flerpote* in the gnat designs ol Omnipotent Providence. But tor tho struggle that we had, we would stiJi have been wrangling over uio question of ’’ - very. Tho lime has come in tho dentyrs wt God, when this institution should disappear an.) be wiped out iroin tho territory oi tho Uaited Btaloa; and I am led to believe that t’. i pas-- sion i of men vie directed and br.*ug .. to serve thi! 1 purpose, alllhv’ we had to *> tar.mgh rivers of blood lor it.j accomplishment. [Ap- pl«nw(».j As a former slaveholder, I utter but the honest sentiment oi my heart to night when I ftc-uro you that, il ihe Government oi the Uni ted States were to raws an act to-morrow re storing mv : laves, 1 would not accept of it. [Appl a' The ! bef' sea, my friend, f * upon hi*; to relf Mr. Richard 1\ lows: railroki **-rpri tla$tOi I cai irosi He said: :sPONSR OF COL. J. IT TAYLOR, ADJUTANT OKNKHAL DKl'AUTMRNT OK THIC SOUTH. . — „ In rising to respond to tho toast just prop Bed, The love ol the laws ol one’s country is tbe I labor under a peculiar embarrassment, from deuce or the sentiment that carries it forward the fact that I am hut a young officer, having to glory. ThfBcythian obeys tiie laws ol his been in tiie service only fliteen years, 1 would “" ,u * - J ‘— *- *- - ' 1 if I wore able, gladly transfer this duty to some one oi my brother officers hem to-night of greater ago and larger experience than myself, Irom whose lips would be heard an acknowl edgment ol tiie courtesy of tho gentleman who has Just taken his seat more eloquent and graceful than any words ol mine can frame, and whoso riper years would enable them to pay to that brunch ot the Government under which llioy have served ho long a tribute more worthy and appropriate than my tongue can express. But your fl ittering courtesy, gentlemen, has im posed thin duty upon me, and I shall discharge il briefly by saying that hitherto the army lias sought only to act within the limits of ihe laws ".stallJahed by the Government lor the preserva tion of Uh dignity and glory, for its protection againat a foreign loe, and lor the raaintuinance ol internal peace -to compel their striot observ ance to onforce their provisions, aud to punish their willful violation. To this course ol action the army has ever been and is now committed, and to this policy it will in tho future, us it has in the past, unhesitatingly and uulalteriugiy ad- heio. [Applause.) General J R. Lewis, Public School Commis sioner, being called lor to npeak on theoduca- country, and liie Indian iu bis leathers does the same. But obedience to tbo laws of one’s country, that springs from tiie love of them, is the element and tho mark ol its civilization. I therefore lor/e the laws oi the country in which I have the honor this day to stand. [Applause.] I came to It, gentlemen, an exile wrecked from lv « .ate/.Ueil and directed fW ■W'Uion of my childhood, and I found mites on v a e w veare U iudeed ^ ol Ihe emigrant, and the asy- ssr 5 can take his child upon ids knee, and as its curia falls upon hj« breast, feel that there is no bar !c that child’s success. Every avenue ol iamo and distiucliou is open to him and nothing to prevent his rising to the highest positions in the gift of tiie people. [Applause ] Without referring to tho past, for tho past is behind us, I find that where we stand to-night hut tour years ago was naught but ashes and palace rises. [Applause] Lion. B. H. Hill responded as follows: BICSPO0SB OF IION. P J. HILL. In one respect I am verysuie that I am flic proper person to respond to the roast. ‘ The State of Georgia,” for 1 effect no merit when I nay that I love that State. I have loved her iu , I have loved her in her wisdom, I I her in her prosperity, I nave loved days of her adversity—the duys of rb arid trials, and thank C id, 1 shall o ihe end. [Apprise] 1 that the toast was given. “ Phe State of Geor gia.” I like the toast. I like it because it is ol Georgia. I bke it because my friend sjJ'Ke >f it as the .SUte of Georgia. Ah ! that is a beering word. It hja been a very long time lince we knew whether we w«re a State or not. But w<* are a .State now , we have it from high luthoiiiv, Irom the lips of a member of the Gab- net We are a State at la-*'! That means re construction is over. Thank God [Applause] i been a long time geiting over; it has be -n .1 sin-ggle to get over, b it it is ov t, over, atlast. I l.ke that toast because it came the distlnguise l geuikraan who is a mem- I Gen. Grant's Cabinet I like him, and if all the numbers of Gen. Gram’s Cabinet are tik j im, I like them all. Applause] Uo spoke t the prosja niy of Georgia. These words re mind us ol the days that are gone, and 1 hope they are the happy augury ot days that are to come. For m\sell, I feel to-night that I am ten years behind where i really siaud. I remember about ten years ago, l w »a abie to >ay, an l say conscientiously, that this was the State of Geor gia. Just ten years ag » I was a Bell and Ever ett man Ten yiars ago the platform ot the Bell and Everett P»rty was ‘tha Constitution, the Union and the enforcement of the Laws " That is about all the points that I have n< am back where 1 was tei ytarr ag* , up> pla’.'orm of the Constitution, a 1 the er men* of the law [Applause ] Some | say that I have c«-tne to t« a radical. Th terrible mistake. That can never be, n< never. Borne people say that l itbod to Li. To uigut that >on ia ours. Let os enjoy it to the utmoct. proud of Georgia as any man npou her soil and it gives uu great pleasure to avr so in iny *1 her distinguished citizens here to-night. We have h r#* with us, a gentleman, [turning to Guv Fifljck,] tor the pant two year Chief Ms ."irate of this Bute, of whom friends an 1 lie people may well b** nrord uud whom ad Abouid honor Io: what lie has done lor U. orgia. [Prolonged applause J In conclusion, 1 give you, geudcm«n, in"i cordially and cueertuliy, “ 1 he Buprnne Coui of the Sta'ool Geirgia.” Ex Governor Brown, late Chief Justici il. K. McCay rose an lid. Ho HR8P iNSR oF JIJDOK M CAV. Very much to my sui.irn**!, gmllenion, I have learned ooty inis evening tint d anytm ly pres ent in this company ran respond to this toast — “The Supreme Court ol the Bute of Georgia’’— il is inyst-lt In other word", that the distin- gulslud p« n't-man who'or the l ist two years has adorned id ixmch as Chief Justice, Ian rented to - * member of tha' eouii, and there fore, lx!ing l»u- *mi> (XT-on c mnteted with that court [lie. *i. •' is my province to reply. My Inch : Mr lldl, in some r> marks which he made, has auggeitcd 'Ins thought to my min i : the experience through which he has passed is n >t a uew one to me. I have passed through il twice in my life. Perb«|*» ::**arlv every Georgian in this house hits paused through ce in h:s life, and. in my opinion, it will not very long tune before every Georgian in this b*>u«e w'l. h*v passed through it ficuss in hi* file, (submission to the inevitable, that is experience through which my friend Mr. I and myself have paa->**i. Why, in 1M0 at did you d«: > what did I do? Who loved flag of th» Union better than I did? Who, when inevitable events pm me in opposition to is" j it, fought it fiercer than I did? And when ia- I j evitable events made the flig of the United the Slate* again triumph over me, who loves it mors rce- • than I uo to day ? [Applaus*- ] Submission to ip e I the in«.;l-th!e is not only the duty of the edi ts \ I y. n, but it is the duty of ev* ry mau in this com munity an i in this whole Mtate. I can under IlEBPONiR OF MR.' UlCnAUD P Genilemen: After "the mun» W' aceful tilings you have hearj tbut u would b" iiiappropnatd ror n" anything further. 1 will only way tu*t I can help estabiiNh and carry on railroad enterprises, hut I am not prepared to make a speech upon them on thin octagon, only to thank the distin guished gentleman who Jhas proposed the toast lor Ids very able, eloquent and complimentary remarks concerning railroad men and railroad interests. [Applause] Mr. E. W. Cole, President of the Nashville it Chattanooga Railroad being called upon, HjMikc os follows: RKMARR) OK MR. U. W. COLK. In responding to this toad, it does not, I ap prehend, make any difference whether I ant a Georgian or a Tennesseean; for il is very ex'*u- sive in its application—“The railroad inter ests v i Georgia and of the United 8tates;” and ns the duty lias f.llon upon me to respond to this toast, so gracefully made, I feel that it is u.y duty to say a few words on tho subject. M v life has boeu one ol action rather than of words. 1 have been identified with the railroad intcres's oi tiie country lor more than twenty years, and 1 cannot allow this occasion to pass, now that I have bee . called upon to speak, without expressing my grarouue J, » you, fellow citizens, for the interest that yor have j I ways manifested, and the ai l and encouragement you have so litierally extended, to railriad enter prise. You will, tl'- »*, I feel u-mn d, bear with roe all the n. ne oaiuntly while I allude, tor a few mommls, to tiie stain of railroai in terests leading irom Atlanta to the West, a compared w.th what they were eighteen months or two years ago, when a barrel of flout or a hogrhetul ot bacon Irom tbo great West oi Northwest required a long lino of river trans portation, occupying two weeks in transit Irom the metropolitan city of the AW to Atlanta, the groat distributing pen'. > I the State oi G. gia. A t that time railroad enterprises extended only to Nashville—at least, sioCe that time the line ol railway then terminating at Naabvill has been extruded, connect lug with the large cities throughout all the country. We have now a line ol rai roid, iu uctual operation, fro the c.ty of Atlanta, in Georgia, to Hi. Louis in Missouri; fo that corn and bacon iioiigi.i iu 8t. Louis piuacsovtr a long line of railway to the city ot Atlanta. Aud tho great Father ol Waters subosrv':* and aid-* tills great enterprise Produce comes down upon its t*twoin from the North we stern States to the city o' Ht. Louis; theu Iroui 8L Ijouis on ward, connecting with tiie Mobile aud Ohio Railroad; then upon the Northwestern and Nas.ivillc B .ilroa I; tlience upon the Naibville and Giiattsuooga Railroad, and, finally, uiiori the Western and Allaulic Iteilroad to Uie city of Atlanta I refer to them practical matters, gentlemen in response to tiie sentiment expressed. These various lines ol railway and their connections to which I have referred, centering in Atlanta, pour into her lap a continual stream oi wealth 1 prosperity. The rapid growth of the city i been a marvel to us all. Krerywhere sub- *'Hl and elegant structures are being reared, 1 upon every hand the marks of improve- nt an*. a<lvs .icemerit are plaimy manilest I e yot', therefore, gentlemen, in conclusion, “ The prosperity of Atlanta.” [Applause.] His li»nor Mayor Ezzvd th u responded u follows: RJUrONfcK or MAYOR CZZAHD. It gives *ne great pleasure to respond to the ntim*xit which hai been utured. Wuen I ok around tbe place winch I now stand, id remember tiie many connecting roads tiring this city with the principal cities ot the No. til and West and E**', my mind is carried buck io the time when I sett ed within six miles it this place, forty-seven years ago. Nearly ne-hslf ol iny life has be* o np-nt within six, miles of tbe spot where we now stand. When 1 first came to this country it was an unbroken forest. 1 was one of the early pioneers of this section of Georgia I started cut m a young to look tor a location, and I settled down in tbe village oi Decatur. At that time, gentle men, rad roads had not been thought ot. It hod desolation. .. _ i _ _ _____ Venice upon the Adriatic did not show a lalrer picture than that presented to the eyo that now Beans lids a**ernbly ami its surroundings. Cor- reggio i.r Titian have drew upon canvas a scene liko thin, I find hero tho railroad interests and *'! I the ra : r >ad meu referred to by Judge McCay— ro j mm wii' nave cdntriimic-d mote to the roatc- | rial wealth of Georgia than perhaps tiie Bar of Atlanta or the Bar of any other section of the j Stato. I fled here before mo bankers, me % whose money ma«'e the plows go In Gcorgi when war and disaster stopped almost every avenue of trade. I see before me gentlemen from Macon, whose purses were opened to the n.Viciiant, tbo mechanic and the planter, and who employed the influence of their wealth to make tho Htatc of Georgia as prosperous as it was In 18fl.*» and IMG I see before mo legisla tors of Georgia. I have Senators here upon my left—referring to Hon. John Harris—“grave rovorend soignors ’’—men who have stood by the interests ami tho honor of Georgia—and 1 stand to-day proud to acknowledge them as members of the last Legislature aud ldcnUflud with tho Htato internal improvement of Geor gia—tbo brightest leaf in tho history oi tho 8tate. [Applause ] I will not go back, but forward. I And do I ore mo members oi tbe House—Tweedy, of Richmond, [applause] a gentleman who was born, like tnyselr, in a land poor in everything but her fame. [Applause ] 1 might say something of its women, because their purity is, I sapposo, proverbial. But us to its nun, I think tbe sentiment Moore once ex pressed that, “Whet Ther’r rosy bo very appropriately applied to thorn. Tweedy, of Richmond, not an exception. I stand by him as one who was a State aid chain- pjon in the Legislature, and successfully strug- leit to us. We h .?«• the wi !, and th" energy, and the capac ty for lab*»r. A never. Some people say that l am not a good stand bow one who res sted secession with all vast an<l ferule inritoiy lies waitiug for culti- Democrat If I ever wa* a Democrat, l can I big force might, when his people had determined vat ion and development hooenlv «*%y th.. I did not go to fx!. [Ap- to secede, stand by his State with all his might Our mountains aro nature’s depositories of I piaose ] 1 w-»a not a Democrat, certainly 'r*>m 1 con ala<> understand precisely the senttmeoU tli. g« precious, la their fjowels lie n;.id* n i choice, and il a Democrat, at all, 1 was a Dem- ; which lead bun and every man who occupied min*"* t untold ricboets, waitiug ouly for the ; ocrat irom necessity. l*eo;»le talk about my such a posttioo; who, when inevitable events fund of capital and enterprise to bring their | having changed. 1 have not changed a single I have placed blM under the flag of the Union treasur* - >r h to lie liftht, to swell the volume sentiment you ever heard me express, not ono. j to love the flag ot the Union as he loved and < t il»e world’s wealth and the nation's prosper j but times change; circumstances change; issues Ought lor Uk* flog ot the Confederacy. Why,a such things. The nearest market that ity. [Applaun ] We have every variety of change; events change; interests charge; rights | man who stands at this day holding bock, look- to obtain our iron and our steel and ail the » .il aud :!itua r. io the middle, southern, and | chaugt; renasities change; ao*l wesaoU[dadapt , ing back, grumbbng, sniffling, snsrung over tbe necew!ariasol iife, was the city of A igusts, luO h-uthw.sien »c*:ii ns of the 8tote, the low, I ourselves to 'hem if we expect to prospc . j past, beloucs to the pa t, and not to this day. mi lea by Wagon road irom here. That was the Uv 1 s.v ty land—the long, hot, and burning [Applause ] I [Applause ] Peace bas been «pokcn of. Peace J condition o; :hL country when I first became summers—ore favorable to tn« rapi! growth) sir, when you return to Washington, honora- It made by business. Christianity is diffuoed • acqnUnted with It. A few years after Macon a>.d aDun laut > ei i of the great at&p’c, cotton , ble and bonore as 1 know yen to be, from os- ovr tbe world now not S'> much by Ibe lips of l sprung up, and we bad a market near* r, by a ui« iu North Georgia ’he husbandman gath- | sociaiion, say tbet the people of Georgia have the proacber of the gospel as by tha sail of the fifty- miles from Augusta, buv still we •■•-from tie fertile vvh-ys and monnuin sides, three ideas The first is to reaizt wrong; tbe shp w'uch carries commerce to the heath* i ia/| no roilr<»adii. A tew years later tbe h nthil harvest- o» the c* reals, and rejoices In ! uecond is to resent insult; and the thi id is to l Peace among meu is mods by interchange in I Cfitrok^e country wss quitted and there was th hea’-'i. sad v g»r with which the pure mouu submit to ihe law. [Applause I Tue highest [ business, bv tho mingling together of Htotos. | rmened i» the t\r:nen of Georgia a rich territory t.m br*-» zes are ».ten. Water courses o» inex- j type of manhood ic exi.ibited in submission to I And when I stand as 1 do in Uiis presence, and . ahoonu ng with Strramt, and valleys of rich h'UJlib.* puatr, affording unrivalled facilities j the law. The mout dis*»rganizing i-atore of I look akiug that line and this line, these thoughts ' soil, but there was no market for the produce, ror mamifiicturing purposes, be. as yet inutil— j manhood ia exhibited in disregard of law. Pec- I have snggestetl themselves to my mind. | Own could be bought for 10 cents a bushel, but Usd, per.aeate* tv. ry section of the 8tate i p>e do not draw distinctions. When you pro- I am a lawyer. 1 fielong to a profeuiion that t&ere was no market for il. In Ibid, a con ven- l>*u our sea coast ore found hariw:; whose pose to do what|I dc not approve, I am not a 1 for centuries Las been honored in tha world. J 1 lion asci-mblcd ;c Macon, for the purpose of de* gle»f to develop her rcHourccs. [Appl; But coming back to tho Bar ol Atlanta. I must con teas dint I am but un humble member of the Bar, but may justly «ay tor the profes sion, that none ban given more Hublime names to history, none contributed more grandly to the glory and civilization ol the country, non in all ages produced higher and nor*' . types oi statesmanship and patriotism thar. it. And while w** cun appreciate the nroru material ad vaneement of a people, und m-emore constantly tin* evidences of enterprise and labor, yet in tin* potent though slle.it iml lences *»f thought that, like nature, prod >"o iimunn the great changes which give cbmacter t*» tiie season and the ages, I may congratulate the Htato u| on that inspira tion which intelligence has given to the people, ami whicu must still go i.n until tins iron sg<* shall reap the golden ears from 'tie ri|Mjned cen furies, and fill the whole state witii tlic pro ducts of a great and glorious prosperity. | Ap plause ] When national giory becomes a sentiment, national prosperity soon rises to overflow th« ciianncis of trade and enterprise. Capital ex chang'S with every other interest, sections unite to iwel' the tide of power. And this accoin plishment, this grand achievement, belongs to the effort ari l influence ol ever, profession and every trade. (Applause] But especially may I, in conclusion, present the claims ot those whose lives are spent upon the farms and plan tations of Georgia, as contributors to the result. have done more to advance Ueotgia than those whose hands bold the plough, and meet the vicisituans of the seasons with Spartan philosophy. [Applause] None have laid deep er the !< un iaiions ol ah our m U« rial proiperity, none have sirujgled under gr.*at*r disadvunta- ges, and none have triumpued with prouder re suits over them. [Applause.] I therefore give you “The agricultural inter 's ol Georgia,” and call on my friend General Phillips to respond. Gtti. Hhilbps re-pmded. He said: KLftf* N“K OK OKNKHAL PIIILLII'S. Wlty, my friend, Judge Loehrsne should have imposed this duty upon me I do not know. What his motives were in thus oJiing upon in*! to respond to the toast, “ I'fie Agricultural Inter ests of Georgia,” and to make a S(>eech ujMin this occasion, I cannot determine. It is with feelings of the moat sincere pleasure that i look around upon the assembly hero to night aud upou it* many happy and congenial surroundings It ih a-> entertainment given by the Governor of uu- Stale to the .'secretary of the Interior of th*. United Htatc*, Mr. Delano. I am very glad ro nr him here to night, and to hi'.cu to his kind and friendly sen'iinents in tie- half ol Georgia, and saying this, I am sure I utter the heartfelt sentiments ot all who are not entered into the tuind of man to conceive of | present I am glad to ace so many of Georgia’s ^fe^wnoiit distinguished citiz* ns, a great majority ot whom are Grangers to him, assembled to do him uonor an 1 welcome hu pies *nce among us. There are here in* ri ot every shade of political tionai 1 mores 1 RRM Gov Bullock, Mr. i). h aid: LKWlS. iOentUeetHt 1 had hopos that so.uo other gentleman would have been called upon to respond to this senti ment, inasmuch os iu tho succession ol events, it has but lately become my duty to be connect ed with the educational interest of the Htato of Gocrgio. 1 feel that tbe educational interest ol the State of Georgia lias become one of itn most important Interest.*.and it is pirticuiarly flitter ing to me to bo honored with the direction and control of that interest, and more especially when it comes, as It does iu a measure, through the charity, the benevolence, and the philan- throphy of this great G ivtmment of tho United Htatca. Haviiiu become so connected, l ftel that Georgia, represented ns the Empire Htnto of tho Houth, is well entitled to that name, from the interest she has exhibited in this miller. From an Investigation, and from inquiries which I have made recently in connection with ttm •duoaiioaol interests of the Btato of Gc gia, and of many ol the other Ho ithurn State*, i find that Virginia has exhibited a greater in terest in this most im[»ortant subject, and bat. taken liold ol il with an energy not excelled Ity anyol them. While il is true that there are many men here who do honor to the universi ties and colleges of this State, and while the State has cre U pride in the alumni of their in- .. 'utionH, I trust (hat the time will soon come wi**.. qhe will have a greater pride in the thou sands and tens of ihoutamD of tho alumni of her public schools, and these schools will be the greatest pride and honor to the State of Goor- gi*- led to reflect that education commences with childhood aud vhe cradle, an 1 that it is to lliers and to the ladie* of tho land to whom we are indebted, and must lie indebted, for the formation ot tho character of every man in the community, and, th* refute, 1 will give you. as my sentiment, “ Lidies of Georgia,” and I call upon the Gov* rnor to respond. I App'ause. ] Governor Bull >ck responded ax follows: Itu I'ONSR OK QOVKIINOR HULLOCK, My friend, Gen.nl Lewis, has taken advan tage ot r ol)-*. i-In I r i lor diffl he results of the war Lave been exceed in gly disastrous to the Southern people, but 1 appre hend we are, withal, a better ;?e<iplc. Wc will raise our sons to habits of Iniustry and energy , instead *«f to habits of effeminacy tad falsa pride; and the next generation, whatever may bo the sufferings ot this, will bo a more honor able, euergetic, Balt-po&iotaed and self-reliant people. | Appl tune J While wo me kit poor, we aro still left in poe- •slon of a splendid domain. The territory of Georgia bus been referred to. Not ouiy that of Georgia, but of ail tho other Southern States, from Maryland to Texas, may well be referred fo in this connection, ilere is n grand domain, lit re is a territory susceptible of in dnlsiningits millions of teeming people, a moro templing, more bless* 1 nu t more fruitful, perhaps, than any other part*.! tho continent. Agriculture h k l» on referred to. 1 will say that hero it is tho cottou aud grain regions over lap each other. L t mo s ty to you, that in Up per Georgia, iu tliia Cherokee country, you may raise cotton and gram within 200 yards of each other. II -ri is a country tor you, susceptible of woudcrlul deve'npment. We hare tho muscle and energy to develop it, and we intend to do it. [Applause ] We inay ho poor-in truth we are poor—t.ut we live still under the influ ence of benign laws. Tho issue oi secession has been abandoned by mo and those who act with me. In conscious good faith l return**! to mv allegiance to the government, and hence* h>Hh, God being my he per, and this question being settled, I never expect to depart from It again. [Applau*.* } Tnen, my friends, under tho «quat laws that the distinguished gentleman present assures ui aro iuteuoed tor us by tbo government, we can again build up our lallon fortunes; and although we aro now a poor people, we intend again to become a rich peo ple. [ Appluu-c] I welcome the distinguished stranger to-night J am glad to sec him here. I welcome capitalists irom the New England Hiatus, and tho Middle ttiaie*. and iho Western and irom any part oi the world, who come here to cast their lot among us and lnve3l their capital with us. I greet them as friends, aud bid them God speed. [Applause] My friend, I am glad to fico you hero in Georgia. I extend to you th" right band ol welcome. Come witii your capital; direct your friends to come. The Days of madness arc, I trust, past here in Georgia. Come here with us, and help devel op the resources of tiie country. Social ostra cism is no more. Come aud help us, and unite with us to develop this country, and wo will grasp you cordially by tho hand. [Applause. 1 At tho con* liH'on of Governor Brown's re marks, Gov. Bullock rose and said : . 'n i ik you, gentlemen, for the l iho courtesy of tho sentiments >• ».-n expressed here to-nigh*. I trust that inuen :*• *>d limy come from our ming ling tog"! her, h'i I I am suro ihat when our hon- I fri'-nd, tiie Cabinet .Minister, returns to tho Capitol ho will carry with him the asauranco that the nmj >rity of Uio pooplu ol Georgia are now in earm si iu tiroir disposition and desire to b« restored to tho Government, and that they intend in goo-1 luith to carry out aud obey all ihe law. which Inyo been enacted. [Applause ] — Aud flint tho nulliffurs and iacUonisia who counsel resistance to tlx roc* laws, will be frowned down and rtpudiati-u oy tho people. H ui. O. A. Lochr.iuu thou pnqxtsed the fol lowing toast: “To the ['resident oi Iho United States: Long mtj the atom loi remain BsehipM in the quarry, dentine J to'rear the epitaph com- inemorativcot lm tun ( Appl cue. | Colonel W. \V. T »ylur, of MaryU.i*i, camo h* ui: h * bo bra We hu ongr,- op'uion and belief, dffl-ring widely upon ques- (dosty, iu culling upon me directly to respond io a toast which requires all the elo- quei.ee that can be po'sesse*! hy an> mm, and all tbe poetry that has over bceu wii tcu, to place properly before this, or any other audience, tfi« tneriU, tho iwauty, an 1 tho virtue ot th" 1»- Htatc. And having said thus much, I shall certainly not attempt to speak further on lids «uh|> cl. But, lx*mg up, I deiire to give you the health of one of Georgia’s distinguished cit izens—a gentleman Who has ornamented the Supreme Bench a* its Chief Justice, but who. within a day or two past, has retired from that high and honorable (vnition. I give you, gen tlemen, “The health and prosperity of ex-Uov. Joseph E. Brown, tale Chief Justice.” [ Ap plause. ] Alter the applause that greeted the announce ment of his name had subsided, Hou. Joseph E Brown rose and said : RKkl'oN'H OF HoN. JOSKPII E. IIROWN. Gentlemen: ilaving heard so many very in teresting s|x*«ches here to-night, f had hoped '.hat one so humble as my»"lf would have t>«:**i: passed without immg ca!lc«l to tho fl »ir His Excelloncy tho Governor has thought proper, however, to allude to my rttiromenl from '.he Supreme Bench in so kind and courteous a manner, that 1 have thought it my duty to nuke a response. Within the fast three or tour days, 1 have been placed in a position where, in my opinion, it was proimr that I should sever my connection with tha'. tribunal. In some re- s|*?cui. I part with it with much regret. I ho ve that 1 have a n iliiral fondness for the law i the administrate u of tho law. Whik ' s engaged in thu practice of the profession, pursuit unl< as ii was the pursuit ol tho farm during my earlier days, ever afforded me more satisfaction. But, uoro»oria'«*:y, pvrlujw, I waa •h r young man has been, lured into the palu ot p <iitics, and 1 hive spent acon- israk'o time in tlio public service. I cau say that wi..i- upon th*- I’ nch lafoircd faithfully and honsatiy to discharge u, duty. The re cord which 1 ha?" m.**k must fcp«.ak for itself in the future. 1 have at all times a;tempted to do what I believe*! to ho right in the adminis tration of Uio law. I have attempted to servo **■••■*- Georgia on tho Bench, as in every position In discharge. <: not lot gotten this even- -4 g asses, to drinit to ha ry of the late- iu . Let i s w drink to the mtuior health ol the 8ccro- The toast was liouorcd with the luartiost good will; alter which, to the music oi “ Home, Sweet Homo,” the party dispor-ed. Fr m it.ime i.'oumerclal, Jan. 3. The l*ollllonI NUuailon. Tho late p.crohatic per'oruianco of Mr. B. ri. Hill gives a now acliv.ty to political nutters. It ix suspected by tbo e who reckon them selves slurp in such things, that V-. Hill will ticket that oppose the Democrats, for It > il l t Fill ( ugli Bulbuck and company, the uegg? and Rtdical vote, and that he will control, prejudices, the old Union Whigs, and thus carry tin: Htato. Ttiis combination, possible it not probable, in the near lullin'. :*au-ea m my t-» ask “ What is I)' inocracy ? Upon what platform decs the party *md ? Wimt m the difference between tlio If.i iical and tho Democratic party ?” And it mu«t t)c C'>Dfi h-c* that some ot our cotcrapo- raries *»t tho 1'resa are a little shy ol these q '03- tious, and answer them with a spirit as unwor thy r : it is gingerly. They are p xtsihly climb ing the mountain from whence they can see the 1st lands, and tue rich prize*, and have neither breath nor inclination to answer such quet- tiona. Ferh.ips (to take a charitable view of the thing) they are afraid to take the stand that is the nci-. -• *ry p Gti n all good itemuernts — For ourselves, without claim tug a sup r amount of either honesty or political cooroge, we do not hesitate to declare our position boldly and em phatically. Here it l<: Wc *Uand upon the two gran 1 princlpl* s c >ntain**d iu these words, l'hts is a white man's country uud white meu must rule it, and one currency alike for ihe poor man aud the bondholder. This is our Democracy, and wo are proud to declare it and ready to utaint :ia it, let come what wi'L We know no conservatism, and wc wont to know none. Anu when wc forsake the high position "med above in justice to the proud prestige of th** par*,) w*» now serve, we shall change <>ur political name—teariu b - >wn from mr banner the grand word, Democrat,and Htstuiii.se therefor a name, it not leu honorable at least more appropriate. which I have been placed, to tho best ot my humble ability; and in separating from rny hon ored associate here, (Judge McC »>) I say to him and to tbe other members ot the Court, 'hat I ot State and National policy, but uiii'ed j wish tor them eminent success in the faithful in a common sentiment of rea;>ect toward a I and impartial administration of the laws ot the cabinet minister of the United States who friendly to Georgia My friend Hill hu stated that he never was a Democrat, but a Bel! and Everett Union man. As for myself, I always have been (and l be longed to the Breckenridge party] a straight-out accession Democrat. [Applause ] I fought on Ihat line, and wu defeated on that line, and 1 feel sorry to sight that I was beat upon that Stale iu the future. The politician can do much, the statesman can do much to advanco the in terests of the people. Probably there is no tri bunal that does more to protect the right* and the intcroU, and the honor ot the people th-n tha Judicial Department *>i the government, j Applause | I.ei it degenerate, and there la Uttle ho;»e for tbe future honor and thu future Accidentally Killku.—An aged n*gro runiuri was accidentally killed by her stepson, i Saturday last, tour .m os irom tho city, on tho Crawford road. He kept a loaded gun. While capping it bef .re the dre, one Iwxrroi was l. Tha l«»ad catered the right aye, 11>ack through mo skull, carrying the glass ot the spectacles tho old woman was wear.ng before it. The boy was aged some sixteen years. Tho accideut occurred on the Tom McAllister plor- - •'Wamios tun, Uexeiml 8ciiK.scit am r-.ign hi? smt in Congress about th** lOiU of January, and has takeu passage for England on the 18th. No election to till ti*v Mum vacancy ia likely to be ordered. He will uot ro'urn home tiefore aali- lLg. ilia daughter, Mis* 8a ly, will accompany him to JfioglnnJ, 'he fhbt two following in tittle nope fr the future honor and tbo future April. Mi. Mono, SccitUiv ot tho LeeatiOR safety and the future prosperity and advance- will remain at Loudon |