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“WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION.”
YOLUME XXII.
ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 10, 1868.
NEW SERIES—NO. 33.
®fe Momt <£ourir.
M. BWTNTSIiL, Prop’r.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
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IS VARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
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nished gratis.
Clean Cotton Rags wanted in exchange for the
paper at threo cents per !b.
M. DWINELL,
Proprietor.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sales of Land by Admiuiotrators, Exectcrs or
Guardians, arc required by law to be held on
the first Tuesday in each month, between the
hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the
afternoon, at the Court Hor.se in the county in
which the property is situated.
Notices ol these sales must be given in a pub
lic gazette 40 days previous. ;
Notices of the sale of personal - property must
be given in like manner, through-* public gaz
ette 10 days previous to sale day.'
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate,
must be published 40 days.
Notice the papplicatlons will be made to the
Court of Ordinary for,leave to sell land must be
published for two months.
Citations for letters of Administration, Guar
dianship Ac., must be published 30 days—for
dismission trom Administration, monthly six
months—for dismission tram Guardianship, 40
days.
Rules for the forccloseure of Mortgages must
be published monthly for four months—for es-
ADDRESs OF THE STATE CENTRAL
EXECUTIVE CORJUTTEE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF GEOR
GIA.
:Com. )
y of Ga., y
7, ’68. )
Rooms Central Executive Com.
Of the National Dem. Party
Macon, March 27.
To the People of Georgia:
The Committee appointed in accordance
with the resolutions of the Convention, held
in Macon on the 5th and 6th of December
last, with authority to call State Conven
tions as oiten as may he necessary, and to
indicate, at the proper time, the policy
which, in their judgment, may be best
adapted to subserve and promote the pub
lic good, have deemed it inexpedient to call
a State Convention, upon the short notice
which must necessarily be given to consid
er and determine what action shall be
adopted in reference to the Constitution
framed by the Convention at Atlanta, and
to nominate a candidate to be run by the
Democratic party of Georgia in the election
to be held on the 20 th of next month.
Feeling the importance of diffusing early
information among the people upon the
subjects which will come before them, the
Committee, in the exercise of the authority
vested in them, resolved to proceed to im
mediate action, and to indicate the policy
which, in their judgment, is best adapted
to promote the public good.
Two questions are presented to the peo
ple in the election which has been ordered
for the 20th of April:
First. Shall the paper submitted by the
tablishing lost papers, for the full space of threo n '. .C r a . , , 3
months—for compelling titles from Exeeutoro or Convention, as the fundamental law oi
Administrators, where bond has been given bj
thcdcceared, for the full space of three months.
Publications will always be continued accord
ing to these, the legal requirements, unless oth
erwise ordered, at tho following
RATES.
Sheriff*. Sales per levy of ten lines or less $-‘i 00
Sheriff’s Mortgage fi! fa. sales, per levy, > 00
Tax Collector's sales, per levy 00
Citations for letters of Administration. 3 00
Georgia, be ratified, or rejected 7
Second. Who shall administer the gov
ernment under the now Constitution, if
adopted 7
Under the rules and regulations which
will govern the approaching election, and
looking to the necessity of saving the State
from the disgrace and degradat ion of a dom-
frage in the new organization, will hear Vit rHE BEU ^SS3S*£2S££ ^ ' Cre<EtOT9
little, if any, of this heavy burden. Almost;
its entire weight will fell upon those who
own the taxaole property. Will they stand
it 7 Let them answer at the polls on the
20th of next month.
Letter from Hon. B. H. Hill.
Athens, Ga., March 26, ’68.
My Dear Sir—Pardon me for so long
. Second. Who shall administer the goy- delaying to comply with your request. I
ernment under the new Constitution, ii j w ill endeavor to give you, in a brief space,
adopted ? ; the arguments against the “Relief fea-
Looking to a contingency that may oc- ! teres” of the proposed negro Constitu-
cur, the friends of order and good govern- (ion.
ment in all the counties and Senatorial dis_-! | J D the first place, all the provisions
tricts of this State are invoked to bring: 0 f the negro Constitution on this subject
out their wisest aud best men, who are eli-! ar0 contrary to the Constitution of the tjni-
gible to scats in the Legislature, and uot to . j e( j States, and thereiofe cannot afford the
remit their labors until they shall have sc-1 rc i; fc ;- promised. Now, lawyers and judges
cured their election. j have sometimes differed as to the validity
If the Constitution now to be voted off‘of what are culled stay laws; but the re-
sball be adopted, and become the fund;'.- j I,,;'proposed by this negro Constitution is
mental law of the land, the first Legislature ( () destroy private contracts, either by re-
which will assemble afrer its adoption will ] fusing the courts jurisdiction over them, or
have the most vital interests of the people by taxing them out of existence, or by ex
in their hands, and will control the desti- emptiug property already liable from Con
nies of the State for years to come. How timiing liable for tlicir payment. Now, I
important, then, that legislation, in the coin | affirm that no court, no Judge, and no re-
mcncement of the new government, take a speetablc lawyer has been found who will
right direction. How immensely impor- pretend that a State or territory can destroy.
tant that it be controlled by virtue aud in- private contracts in either of these ways,
tclligence—by “wisdom, justice and moder- qt iu any other way. The moment the
ation,” and not by ignorance, corruption question is examined, that moment it ccas-
and malignity.” ' cs to be debatable. The Constitution says
If the friends of good government pre- 1 no State shall pass a law “impairing the
vail and seeure a majority in both branches obligation of contracts.” Now, why was
of the Legislature, we may feel assured, at 1 this clause inserted iu. the Constitution ?
least, that our fellow citizens will not be jj r . JIadison says it was inserted because
disturbed iu the enjoyment ot their politi-; -our experience” taught us it was necessary.
cal rights. But if, on the other hand, the ■ What experience ? This : After the rev-
government should fall into the hands of olutionary war the people were in debt and
Citation; for letters ol Guardianship 3 00 ination which will carry ruin in its train,
Notice ot application for dismission from
Administration • 00
Notice of application for dismission from
Guardianship 4 00
Application to sell land 8 00
Notice to Debtors and Creditors 3 00
Sale of Land, pcrsquarc 5 00
Sale of perishable property, 10 days 2 00
Estray Notices, 60.days, 4 00
foreclosure of Mortgage, per square a 4 00
, .-an advertising his wile,"(in advance)10 0.0.
SATURDAY WORNING, Mar. 88.
Tlte Cartersvjlie Convention.
We copy, from the: Atlanta- Intelljgen—
a cer, the proceedings af.‘the Congressional
<4 'ZL. Convention. There_Wcre some mistakes,
r T V cl. *
whiehwe have CQrrccfed. J. A. Stewart:
■ received on the first ballot 6 votes, and af-
ter.-thoi.bis tiame; Was withdrawn. .
Democratic Meeting at Cedartown.
IL , '' ’■ The Democratic and Conservative party?
--- r '-of.Pok county, will 'have" a -nominating
Convent ion on Tuesday, tlie-7th'inst. Hon.
A; R. Wright has accepted an invitation
tokpeak on thatoecasiOn. Let there be a
grand'rally of white inch. Now is the time
toqave the. State. *
Assignee's Notice.-^--Jno. Gampseri,
Assignee in the case of ILL. Jeffers & Co.,
the policy best adapted to promote the pub
lic good will be to vote “against the Con
stitution.”
To enumerate the many objections,
which may be legitimately urged against
that instrument, would swell this address to
ah unreasonable length. There is one so
prominent and overwhelming that we would
be derelict in duty if we were to pass it by
unnoticed.
We call your special attention to the 11th
Section of the 11th Article, which is in
these words : “Should this Constitution be
ratified by the. people, and Congress accept
the same with any qualifications or condi
tions, the government herein provided for
and the-officera elected shall' nevertheless
exist, and continue' in the exercise of-their
several functions, as the government of this
State', so far as the "same may be consistent
with the action of the United States in the
premises.’
This, section presente’Georgiiria the at
titude of seeking admission into the Union
upon any gualijications or. conditions which
-the present Radical Congress, bitter and
malignant as it is, may prescribe- If the
• white people of Georgia can stoop so low as
to go before a Radical .Congress in that at
titude.,then^ indeed, tlyiy will have drained
J the cup of humiliation, to the very dregs.
~ Lost to eye: y sense of honor, aud recreant
to the dearest interests of his State, will he
our columns. -* — - --- - —r. -w - .. y.. - |jj - -
T -provision ... .
. i aad so forgetful of the honor o£ jus. : n*ti*e
- Jtjttfn- sJQia ” f ,-J- - wealth to such, humiliation ? Let tho in-
; .*>?'■ ' B. Biftjro.thjit we had,been misrufofraed .in . gtrament containing the infamous proposi-
'.' rsgard totlio-Office that he-was several " tion be rejected with scorn and mdigna-
i ‘. ; times t^Mteito jiiiMscQU- Cor.'tijn. ilt was^-tion.: We use stroMtWiage, but ; not
fcofe aPOIe* rf.
. .. .that: he filled,-Hot Judge of Probate a&.ste-j ^ arn ^ claS3 of - onr ' f e u pw oitizens, who
..ted. t are opposed to.the Constitution upon prin-
»»»—~ ciple, and yet feel constrained to,vote for it
MercSantCTajjqr,—We take pleasure . on accouqtof the ■ pecuniary -relief which
iu calling attention to the Advertisement j it will afford them, to beware cheat
c ’ tn La tmnncod ltDAD f.hom rhpr ftT.
of Mr. A A. Omberg, Merchant'Tailor.
He has a geuteel Stook of Goods and makes
Clothiug ia fin o stylo. The numerous
friends of N. J.-Omberg, deceased, .will be
pleased-with .jjis brother.
Violent Leaths.—Two of the most in-.
tense Radicals in the Atlanta .Convention.,
‘have already corne to violent deaths. We
abont to ^e. imposed upon them. Jfhey eir
cioe thefr vote-forratification sdely upon
the ground of obtaining relief from an in-
debteduess which, oii' account of the de
struction ef their property by, the govern
ment, they are unable to discharge. Those
who indulge in hope of relief from' this
source are doomed to be disappointed. But
their disappointment is not the worst part
of the matter.
It.is.the deception practiced upon them
have no feelings but those of the strongest which is most reprehensible. This decep-
kind of. condemnation for Mob Law, but hv men who once stood
the guilty may have reasoiis to fear. Provi
dence, works out its "own purposes,; some
tion is atfempted by men ' who once stood
high lip.in public favor. One who has en-
joyed,. to, a great er extent than Any - other
individual, the- highest honor the-people of
times in mysterious ways. Richardson' was j Geoj^a;Can bestow,, is urgent in his ap-
killed by his former friend, and. now Ash- j peals to the people to adopt the Constitu-
buru has-heeu slain, by Sftoiesfclttbj jJT ! tion on ; aceouiit-ofdhe:cliuise vAieh relieves
I them from itheir debtsr But he knows, and
A T^AP-a'DEADFALL-WHO WILL i^ kw*. ^ ^^ Constitution be sub-
BE CAUGHT* Umtted to Congress- with an invitation to
qualify or modify it, as-they may see prop-
" Article XI of ’the negro Constitution
reads as follows:
“XL Shouldihis Constitution be ratified ■
by the people,- aud. .Congress accept the
same with any. qualifications or conditions,
the Government herein-provided for, and
' the officers elected shall nevertheless exist'
and continue in. the exercise qf their sever
al fuuctiohs,''as the Government ^f thjef
’ State, so far as the. same may be'consistent
. with the action of theTJnitcd" State in the
-premises. . „ - ,. . . .... ■
Is not this a fine trap to catch giillsr
After the people of Georgia have gone
-rorwt^lfb'ntriai caT)f n 7&tteg-‘rf0r the Consti
tution, then Congress can accept it with
iiuy qualifications or conditions, and it w£ll
itiB he-hindingiipoo the pcbple bt Georgia:
Why not lct Congrcss make the Constitu-^
tion at once, aud not go through thernock--
: - ery of a : Convention) and then through the
farco of voting whether they will receive :it
or uot, when after ail this lbolish Ceremony.
lb nut ooMi^yu*i*‘o
-is gaid/'StasjiuRajhe Constitution to^^ena-
blc 'Congress to; sfrik'e out the «b-calleff rc-
•* 1 vl " - r diCali iff "Cbugross dSrw
not sanction the Oohsritution with the Rd-
lief law-in ;it; it-WouM’rfiiin' their parly.
nal &
deceased
in this city, f w
der the care
Jones, about
y ; ^Thc
,.of.yesterday.
i wife aml sc
y have resided ain--
kinauanj ^ladisen-
cr, it will come back shorn bfita relief meas
ure,.and the expeotations which he so in
dustriously labors to excite will never be
realized. Those who may vote for the
Constitution, under.the delusive hope of ob
taining relief from their indebtedness, will
rush into the net which is spread to catch
themjbut when in, the bait which lured
them on will disappear, and they will be
entangled in meshes from which there will
be no escape. '
There is but one course for honest men
to pursue,-and that is to reject indignant
ly the bribe which is offered for their votes
and with it tho men who would deceive aud'
betray them;
One -other objection to the adoption of
the Constitution and the government it is
ihitended to organize, we beg leave to urge,
and that-is-the heavy.expense it will entail
upon the State....
•It.inay.be safely affirmed that if the
mew:government shall go. into operation ao-
cording to the. provisions of the proposed-
Constitution, jt will, .upon a moderate esti
mate, cost the State bot less than $3,000,-
■000. ' ■ '• -' ',r
Why throw this heavy burden upon the
people in their present impoverished-condi
tion ? Why do it, when thereis no actual
place of one already in operation, and with
men elected by an ignorant, irresponsi
ble constituency, having no interests to be
affected injuriously by unwise legislation,
but having power to inflict injury upon
others by an improper choice of legislators
—without wisdom or discretion to direct
them in the choice of rulers, or virtue to
withstaud the approaches of corruption—
we may become subject to all the wrongs
and oppression which a venal, corrupt and
malignant legislature can inflict.
If any person shall affect to believe that
such danger is not to be apprehended, let
him look at the condition of the white race
in Tennessee, aDd let the white people of
Georgia be warned by her example, and
save themselves, while they can from a like
fate.
If your judgments lead you to ratify the
proposed Constitution, uuite with us in the
election of honest and pure men to make
laws and administer the government under
it. The organization whieh we represent
meets the people of Georgia of all parties
and views'and feelings-in a spirit -of concili
ation and harmony.
We present to the people .no candidate
for Governor, as opr nominee and the rep
resentative of all our views. We find, r'
hard pressed. Therefore, says Mr. Madi
son, “In the internal administration of the
States a violation of contracts had become
familiar, in the fi^rm of depreciated paper
made a legal tender, cf property substituted
fot money, ofinstallmcnt laws, and of the
ocebtsions of the Courts of justice. Now,
reader, what is meant by the occlusions of
courts of justice ? Why, closing them up,
or denying them jurisdictii n of certain
debts! So, another distinguished author,
giving the reason for this clause in the
Constitution, says that it was because,
among others “laws shutting up the courts
for certain periods and under certain cir
cumstances were not iufrequent upon the
statute books of many of the States com
posing the Union.”
So this clause was put' in the Constitu
tion for the express purpose of preventing
tho States from doing exactly what this ne
gro Constitution proposes to do! I find
the authorities high, numerous and direct
on this point. And to show, that the au
thority covers all the modes of repudiation
mentioned in this Constitution, including
the veiy dirty' and contemptible device of
taxing debts out of existence, I will quote
one more sentence : “The great object of
tho declension of Judge Reese,..whe-e the framers ofthe Constitution, undoubted
ble,-wise, and self-sacrificing, patriotic id- !y was to secure the inviolability of coun
ter is before you, a Georgian already in the tracts ”' 1 ’ ‘ *
field—an honest, pure, upright Christian
gentleman, Judge David Infin, of the
county qf Cobb. We believe he will ad
minister the government of Georgia, with
an eye to the interests of all the people
without regard to party or class, or race,
should this Constitution bo ratified, and he
TheprincijJe seas lobe protected m
whatever form, it might be assailed. No
enumeration was attempted to be made of
the modes by which coutracts might he im
paired. The intention was to prohibit every
niodc.or device for such purpose." A very
great writer on this subject speaks of the
devilish ingenuity of bad demagogues, who
ny live on credit; but*havmg shown them
selves willing to defraud, no sane man will
ever after trust them. The rich man can
live without credit, or get it on his prop
erty. The poor man is dependent on his
character, and when that is gone he is ; ‘“erauy consmermg me men mau,
iuIucJ ; and the measures they adopt, the ends tuey
^ . .... fith Those who are aritatin" this dues- i P^P 03 ® themeans they employ, I fear-
bo elected. We believe ho will administer i-always beset republics, watching every op- h - c r „ t tl.e^nnrmen nr i lessiy»and with earnest warnings, affirm,
it honestly. Born in Georgia, thoroughly: port unity to take advantage ofthe passions or ^ men P P f indnstr y.’ or ,hat the “ ena ‘ Washington who are cn-
traiaed in the wants of her people, ana in-i or iuislortnne3 of the people to make co *-; u ,cu of anv class who deserve relief
tiinately acquainted with her Bench and ; rupt promises for no purpose but. to push
Bar, wc believe that he will appoint an I themselves forward.
will be compelled to hold on to their debts
until the laws can be enforced, and all the
time interest is accumulating. The time
will come when courts will be opened and
law administered. These creditors, out
raged by the efforts of the debtors to get
rid of all the debt, will exact the last dol-
lor and listen to no comprmise.
2d. Very unfortunate bitterness of
feeling will spring up among oar people.—
Efforts which ought to be given to produe
tion. and improvement- of property, will be
given to conceal, hide and cover up prop
erty. There are unscrupulous lawyersnow
engaged in encouraging this business. I
know some foolish debtors who arc paying
lawyers amounts to defeat debts, which the
creditors would accept and give up the
debts. %
Why, you will say such men are crazy !
So, in one sense, they are crazy with a pas
sion against creditors. They preier to paj
money to lawyers who flatter them, than to
ereditorrwho trusted them. So, many
men are run crazy! Every man who so
votes is selling his children’s hopes and his
wife’s happiness for a cheat—worse than a
cheat.
Why, some of the banks offered forty
thousand dollars to the negro convention if
they would frame the relief so as to include j
their stockholders, and put it in such form
as their attorney would say the people
would ratify it! I speak advisedly. Men
are urging the people to ratify this Consti
tution who arc to get fees from interested
parties if this Constitution is ratifiea, and
Judges can be put on the Bench who. will
New England whites will not appropriate ! And lastly. Wa fitting cap for 'this pyra- j Congressional
to themselves. Also we shall have Sew mid of shame, Georgians and Southern ‘ Washington, April 1.—In the Senate,
hngland Governors; 2Sew England *Con- white men— aye, some who have had high ! after the reading of the Journal, which
gTessmen; New England Judges; New honors in days past—have been employed was interrupted by Sumners ineffectual at-
Lugland superiutendents of our great Hail- to bring their nativities and ..their honors * n "
roads, of the Asylums for our lunatic, deaf. to gfro character to this movement, and are
and dumb, and blind; New England tax hired, paid, tolcad this charge of ■ traitors,
collectors; New England treasurers; New cowards and hypocrites upon the liberties,
England teachers, and New England adven-: thc i; vcs and tho fortunes of our unarmed,
turers in every other position not occupied ; unresisting, unoffendinc. impoverished peo-
by a negro, or not given to some miserable pj e .
Southern renegade who has agreed, in con-; The blackest annals of revolutionary
sideration of getting the office, to be dirtier ; Jj^( c and crime in countries civilized or
than a corn-field negro and meaner than a | savagc woa ]j be searched in vain for a
New England Radical, and to go further | parallel
and lie more unblushingly than both, in the | white men! you who are still conscious
work of degrading acd robbing his own j t h at Gcd made you white, will one of you
people. As the direct effects of this rule, we join in such a work, and only in Order to
shall have our property depreciated; nearly j g e * a chance—a hopeless chance—-to cheat
half ofourStatc rend’od unfit for the resid’nce l jour neighbor?
Yours . very truly;
B. H. Hill.
J. R. Sneed, Esq., Macon, Ga.
of white people; our orphans robbed ; our
widows impoverished;our soeiefy demoraliz
ed ; our credit- at home and abroad destroy
ed ; our taxes doubled; our laws incapable
of protecting persons or property. Strang
ers will be oar legislators, and perjury and
bribed criminalsonr judges. We shall have
no peace save in the prescuec of a perpet
ual military power, and no hope of recove
ry fro a our fallen condition except through
a despotism accompanied with the extermi
nation, banishment, or re-enslavement of
the African race.
And what is the consideration we get for
all this degradation and ruin? This—only
this: a promise from rogues that we shall
not be required to pay our debts', and which
promise we know beforehand these rogues
are neither able r.or willing to keep, which
they do not intend to keep, and which they
Iil. Dis.,
and Fla., V
ril 4, '68. )
agree (some have agreed) to take contracts ’' lc f, - .
to commit perjury by holding the relief! ®« r ely make to entrap us! Georgians, read
constitutional; What a state of things we ! ^ Turn back and read rt agarnl
shall have ! Debtors and creditors every I, of J our ” 1TCS ^Jdren; our
day getting poorer. People every day get- | buneddcad; our glorious past and our once
tingmore embittered and impoverished.- bngl.t futnre^nd read agarb- Then you will
be able to understand this wild, mad, brig
and promise of “Relief!” relief from honest
ting more embittered and impoverished.
Judges every day committing perjury.—
Hope every day dying; and lawyers, rob
bers, and New England outlaws every day
growing fat on the universal ruin of all lion
est people !
3. Wnile all this isbeing done, we shall
have negroes and Yankees in the Legisla-
latore establishing free schools for
debts by putting your wives, your children,
your property,your all into the protection of
rognes and under the dominion of the ne-
AU nations, especially all republics, have
their days of trial, trouble and revolution.
negroes, to be supported by taxation upon Always at such times “artfnl, restless dis-
the whites, and taught by New England : indmduals, deceivers rather than
i r v-a ” ai., ! deceived, stcc forth tor Blunder, or the sake
races; and, while mir industry will be par-! f* little notoriety to inflame public discon
.i ’j „i m X=i ,w.„L,i tent, and to flatter popular delusions.
alyzed and our products almost destroyed,
our taxes will be fully doubled. Property
will also be depreciated still more and.
more, and our people will loose more in in
creased taxation and by the loss of proper
ty values than would be sufficient to pay
thoir debts three times over.
4th. In the meantime the Bankrupt
act will have expired, and thousands will
have failed to avail themselves of it.
5th. Every man who votes for this ne
gro Constitution to avoid paying his debts,; 7 . ,
win never be able to get credit again. Ma- ^ arms had vainly attempted the task.
tent, and to flatter popular
They follow and worry an oppressed people
as certain fiics do the victims of woundsand
putrid sores. They divided the Je#3 and
despoiled the Temple of Solomon, forming
factions combinations to rob and ride, while
the public enemy was in the very act of
battering-down the walD of Jeruselam, and
women and children and old men HCre per
ishing in caves and hiding places. They
undermined and destroyed the common
wealth of Borne when the combined world
They brought power, and pride,and beauty,
and wealth, and inen,and women, and maid
ens and children to the guljotine in France,
and washed the streets of Paris with the
blood of the gifted and the good. But al
ter carefully considering the men who lead,-
honest and pure judiciary to expound .what- j It was upcnthUjrcry subject of relief
ev^vmay be made-the'UoiiStitwte-uatid the f that Shays rebellion m Massachusetts was
Taws. Between such a man and his oppo- i stirred up.-. Andit is significant that the
bent, we cannot hesitate a moment, nor do; demagogues in the Convention, and tlicir
we believe -the - overwhelming majority of- dirty Advocates now on the stump in' Geor-
the intelligence aid worthof the State can; gia, are using the very ideas and borrowing
hesitate. Wi{h him, as Governor, and the very speeches of the wicked jnen who
with wise and good men. in the Legislat ure,
—even should the-Constitution be adopted
Georgia may survive. With the adventu-
stirred up Shay’s rebellion! Bat these
creatures in Georgia are much worse than
were the men in Massachusetts, because
rers and plunderers installed.' into office,; there wat.no,Constitution ..to he violated in
what is-left of blood in her-, veins will be; that day. and thc.clauto we are consider-
drawn'obt- by theiri avarice and• lust fuj- f ibgwas put in the.Constitution to prevent
spoils; and-the State rnffst- languish out'.' a l life recurrence of such; filthy demagogues,
miserable existence, K and die at last of coiu- E Tlib creatures haxe reappeared in Georgia
plete depletion. : ; Jo rudoet'rinatoafewRnglaud ideas intoour
Fellow citizens: The issue is before you.
Willyombo ruled by wisdom,Tirtue find4u“
tclligence, or by ignorance, stbpidity, ve
nality and corruption ? Choose yoot fate.
Recollect the immense patronage that
will -be placed in the hands of your Gover
nor by the new Constitution, if :it should
he adopted ': The control of the Western k
Atlantic-Railroad, with its income of over
81,000,000 annually; the nomination of the
Judges of the Supreme and Superior
Courts, the' Attorney General, .Sqjicitqr
General, .the Senatorial ^District Judges,
and Attorneys, the State School- Conimis-i
sioner, and to appoint and commission No
taries Public, not to exceed one for each
Militia District, for a term of four years,
by the Governor—and jurtronage is power.
Will ytu place it in the hands of a na
tive Georgian, in whose integrity you can
confide, or in the hands of a /stranger from
another State, with whom you are' unac
quainted, and of whose antecedents you are
ignorant?
-If you select honest and intelligent men
to. legislate for you, and put an incorrupti
ble patriot in your Executive Chair, all will
bo well, but if-your legislative halls shall be
filled by men--elected' to represent an- ig
norant, debased, degraded constituency.
1 and if your Chief Magistrate shall depend ■
upon the same power to put Him in. .office,'
whatother result can be expected but that.
people. -What'a shame that they should
have fouhd’alrcady here men. far meaner
than Themselves !
Readers who desire to fully understand'
this whole'subject can do so by . reading
'Minoris history of tbe insurrection in Mas
sachusetts,-Eliette’s debates on ratification
uf the Constitxitidii'itt Virginia, Massachu
setts and-other-States, Madison Papers, 1st
and tjdyola.,-Story!- on - the Constitution;
and the decisions pf tho Supreme
Court/' of.' . the. "United. - States, re-'
ferrecT lt.' by llndge Story. IJChere is al
so a short. hut forcible, passagd .in the Fed
eralist,'No/44.' . See also 5, Marshall’s
‘Iiift;. ‘of* Washington, aud 3j Hildreth,
P‘S: . ■ ' " : J/'V ' ' ;.V -; ' ; ;-
.-II But in.truth, it is well .knawn that
who shall be eri-offiobJustiewofthcPrado, But in.trum, it is wcu known i
This is part of the patronage to be wielded* 2 teho'were chiefly instrumental
- * - •••"-• patang'these'.rolief provisions in this negro
Consfitntion'-.flid not ' intend they should.
v rr - in ^ ’ i.T J-
have effect. They "were deliberately' de
vised as a cheat. "This is now well estab
lished. I have heard-men engaged in this
cheat admit It I have the lughert author-"
i^lorsayihg that'assurances Iwere sent
from the Radical leaders ‘; m ' Washington
that relief might’be'put in' tlie Coiistitu-
tioniogttnotes;but'would be tlricken'oiU
after the votes roerc ■obtained T cannot al
lude to thes6;fi>cta:withant foclingsvindig-
,nant) ,I cannot see thoughtless.people gd-
irig i-i Hear men .-peak who are notoriously
2. They are unprincipled, ambitious dem
agogue-3, who are seeking to take advantage
of tlie people’s misfortunes, to-inflame their
passions and create false hopes, to enable
them and the thieves who always follow
them to obtain the offices of the country
and get possession of the resources of the
people. ' 3. They are the men who have
defrauded widows and orphans and wards,
and have made fortunes using trust prop
erty, and now wish to live in luxury and
tuni off these orphans and widows with
nothing. 'A special provision is put in this
Constitution for. this vary class. A just
God ought to burn up a ; people with fire
who would ratify a Constitution with such
a provision in it. I repeat, by this Con
stitution a trustee who has preserved and
taken care of his ward’s property must ac
count for it; but the trustee who has wed
the orphan’s property and made a fortune on
it for himself, however rich now, is rdieved
at,dll accountability. It is a crime to vote
for such a Constitution, or to approve it,
whieh ought to send every man gnilty to
thepenitentiary for "fife. Isa man who
would approve such a Constitution St to be
trusted
left as executor
7th. The Homestead feature is so arrang
ed Ahatartch man in a -oily miy be worth
a hundred thousand dollars, and not one
dollar of it be liable for his debts; while a
poor man may have only property worth
two or three thousand dollarsand he cannot
use one dollar-of it to enable him to get
wnatomer result, can. ut: ciptitu U—....... ■ _ - . ■ v — >
venality .and corruption will fill your offices j *P r '
and bis scattered broadcast oyer the land ? :.<bc developwente rffrec m
jpdrmit su<ffi fil{hy_ deceiv-
laws - * '»' 4-«s^^iit6r thcir llonsca, associate with c * uc
. .* . * -4 iPttls fTvotv* /sTllMrltel .? QWM
thwrtfiimilies tir talk"vrith their children,?
Such men. must,ho driven fro.
influchcqi; qr society , will bo .di
decency i; ahd free£ovom?ncn
aR hope-of continuance.-
ied^^fill -before in a mviUaed’cqnntiybv 'Vram-now.oap.
Tour Legislators being corrupt,
and malignity willenaot your ’
To avert such a calamity wil
utmost exertions, and at this time, ai
this crisis, it is absolutely necessary that all
who have not -registered should do so at
. t. Vi. /tion bv-a falso nrovision of relief, and the
" --- -- j-been hfehfy&np.redbv our,people.'leading
,' and promptingTh' all the lies by Whieli the
Andrew iJAPKEON Jamison;.^ thq
I But the halfiA^t yet.told. This falws
nthArticlo-inlo saVe tlie LqnWM^ ,£yoh*he p»ple ak-oohW.? M-hy must i andidatff
and.to pye the-^adirol |. yy-Tf. i&said that the Baltioitrfeainsinter-. j merate soran ofthe* evib that must - result
Meiitenant Governor: ^ j^^an* rehef, andprevent ocr"peo-
j pie Ironi doing what they .otherwise would
i doito improve:their condition.. Letus enu-
1. a rtf rt rt*.!In tlirtt nsnrl ■ vneiiTt
nr'e to he invested
msfit' this reconstruction Up the arrival ofthe first vessel establisnmg f now.wuifflg-wacvro^^
ipon the State,' and/whq I direct communication, with Enrqpm Naffgh-j-ors, and take a reason ahle^faen^thar
yrith the-rigbt ofsatf- |ty Ralrinwreans 1 •/■ S debt. But debtors, by this relief agitatum,
any class who deserve relict and
ically merit protectiori. They are, 1. The
wealthy onenfin debt whor desire to l.cW ■***?* ?
their property, and evade their debt also.- ffien at . 102 Sou,h g ald,n K 1
gaged in the daily work of trampling upon
tho American Constitution, and destroying
> *-—“ l3 aivfc'iWT!—-
in that
work, by countenancing the oppressions
heaped upon their own people; aud most of
all, that the men in Georgia who" are addi
tionally engaged in devising schemes and
making-false promises of relief in order to,
entrap and deceive our people into the ac
ceptance of a Constitution which they hate,
are exhibiting features of depravity far be
yond any which revolutionary malcontents
have ever before exhibited,andareleadingflie
people-blick and white toscencs cf blood
Military Orders.
IId’qrs., 3d Mil. Dis.,
Dep't. Ga., Ala., ~
Atlanta, Ga., April
generalorders |
No. 51. j
I. The recent assassination, at Colum
bus, Ga., of the Hon. G. W. Ashburn, late
a member of tho Constitutional Convcn-
tiou of said State, and other acts of violence
aud atrocity committed about the same
time in various parts of this District, aud
the simultaneous publication of incendiary
articles and the receipt by many persons of
threatening letters, indicating a - concert of
action, by violence and intimidation, to
alarm and overawe a large part of the pop
ulation, and by this means affect the re
sults of pending elections in this .District,
all of which acts apparently emanate from
a secret organization for ho good purpose,
which seems to be rapidly spreading through
these- States, make it necessary for the Com
mandfug General to warn all persons
against the commission of such acts, the
publication of such articles, the sending of
such letters, or connecting themselves with
such evil organizations, and to assure all
the good people of this District that he will
use all the powera he possesses to protect
them in the peaceable enjoyment of their
homes and property and in the exercise of
their personal rights and political privi-
leges. . 0M
II. He therefore directs all military and
ivil officers, in this District - to' take the
most prompt measures to arrest and bring
to trial all persons who may hereafter print,
publish, or in any moaner give circulation
and publicity to such incendiary papers or
threatening lettera, and furthermore to ar
rest all persons who may be known to have
participated in any such acts pf violence as
above referred to, resulting in breaches of
the peace and injurjr to persons or. prop-
erty. * * • v ‘
IIL The Commanding General further
more forbids the conductors of all newspa
pers, job printing- offices or other presses,
from printing or poblishihg any' articles or
papers tending to produce intimidation; riot
or bloodshed; and any newspaper contain^
ing any such publications, pr press publish
ing the same will be stopped, and ifs pro
prietors, editors and. other parties con
nected therewith, on being con victed before
fine 'and imprifonmeut or such other penal
ties as may be deemed suitable to., the of
fense committed.
IV. All public writers and speakers are
enjoined to'refrain from inflamatory ap
peals to the passions and prejudices of the
people, or from pUdl.hing-or sayiug any
thing calculated to produce Breaches ofthe
peace, or to intimidate Say persons froth
the exercise of their political privileges.;
V. Military Commanders of Posts, Sher
iffs of Counties, Mayprs-and other munici
pal officers, are hereby required tq. .organ-
ten, pfs-to declare Chase’s casting a vote
illegal; the question of evidence which in
terrupted yesterday’s open proceedings was
resumed. Both managers and counsel
consumed tlicir hour, and Chase was sus
tained by a strict party vote ■
Pending the discussion the managers de
clined answering what-use they intended
making uf the disputed . evidence, as it
would expose their plan of prosecution.
The question at issue was, whether what
Thomas said dud did could be received.
Under this ruling it was proven that
Thomas said he intended using force, and —<
to break tho door .down, and that after
wards he was deterred from using force by Jj
his arrest. “
The next contest arose over .the ad- .
missibility of what Thomas did and said
previous to receiving orders to take the ,
War office. Chase ruled it out.
Drake appealed, and the appeal was sus- / J
tained by a vote of 28 to 22.
The managers stated previous to the vote j
that they intended proving by this evidence ’
that Thomas, in the line of his conspiracy,
attempted to corrupt employees of the War
office. Butler violently assailed General
Thomas during this, controversy, as haying^
been disgraced by Lincoln and Stanton, and /
that aside from assisting the President in
his conspiracy, gratified his revenge.
Under this ruling it was proved that | ”
shortly after Thomas’s reinstatement as
Adjutant General, he called upon ‘the
heads of bureaus and the chief - employees
and informed them that the strict rules j
would he relaxed. •“S
The cross-examintion elicited tho fact
that those Speeches were confined to tLe
employees of the Adjutant General’s De
partment, and that no ullu3io was made
of Thomas probably becoming Secretary J
of War. This point created quite abuzz.
Further evidence showed that General
Thomas said ho intended applying to Gen
eral Grant for a force to put him in po-
session. ,1
But three witnesses examined to-day.—
Adjourned.
SB
From Blacksliear, Ga.
Blacissheau, Ga. March -31'.—In the
Conservative Convention to-dajHonZ H. S.
Fitch was unanimously nominated as a can
didate to represent the 1st Congressional
District. i A
W. SI ThompswL of Savannah,
Pendleton, of Valdosta
Democratic Convention.
Quitman, and J. M. Mosh
as Alternates.
The greatest harmony
prevails.
Col Fitch accepts.
Col Harri.-:.
address. . ,
^ Fr
Augusta, March 31.—I
Convention of the-Fifth <
trict assembled here ta-da;
The action of the Cen
recommending Irwin /for C
' Trocana
O. -A. Loehrane was nominated by the
Democrats for Congress jh tho 4th T z - L ---
and P. W. Alexander'in the 3d I
, ' . .. From Wilmington.
Wilmington, April 1.—Political excitel
ment is iiitefisd all ovcr tlio State,
candidates for Governor, Writ. '
aud Ex-Gov. VanCC, and other h
are canvassing the State.' It i
that not less than two hundreds
day are being made in
Both parties appear C
but the GonserVatiyc3*are e
energy than the Raflieals.
- ■ V -
and horror which have never before been * ize patrols and ether means for the 'detee-
experienead in any age or country. tion of snch persons as avail, themselves of
In the first place, revolutionary leaders in ; the secrecy of the night for executing their
other times and countries have been sup- j criminal purposes. Military Commanders
parted by the people of their own race,color j of Posts are required to see that this order
or blood, and who had grievances more or j is duly and faithfully executed by the civ-
less real to redress. But the revolutionary ] il authorities within their jurisdiction, and
leaders of this country are using the igno- j to promptly report.any failure or uhwil-
rant, -semi-barbarous and long enslaved ne- j iingness on the part ,of said authorities, .who
gro to‘destroy the liberty and government! will be held subject to tic penalties at- circular, causing consider
of the white race. Without these negroes j taclied to disobedience of the orders cma- ’k&bq'ce^-Alibad ,mc
what support wouldthe Radicals in Gcor- i nating from thesejleadquartera.' -Military Savannah'whq * "
• From Savannah.
Savannah, April II—A. A",
the Boston negro, is cii'cuT! -
city and qyunty the foil
gia have? They have literally no decent j Commanders are authorized and directed.- l oade rs andnomin-
native white supporters.' The report that
over thirty thousand whites voted for Con
vention is the dirty lie of a England Radi-
- - . ... . , cal. It is well known that those whites
again with an orptons property or ^ iQ souiC
xecutor -or adv^er for a widow l ^ to fe vo ,e for or against Con
vention because they wished to be counted
on'that qutstion with those who did not
vote, were falsely counted for Convention!
There are not, this day, one hundred white
Georgians in favor of negro suffrage or the
reconstruction measures of the Radical Coii-
when in their judgment the same, may be
necessary, to organize, from the reliable and
law-abiding citizens, posses-to aid -in the.
preservation, of.law.and order in their re-
spoctive districts; tlie expenses tending the
payand maiuteaance of these posses to be
ty, presidents' and members' o£ the U
League of America, if you should str‘
blow, the man or men willlic followeu
the house in which he or'they take she
wi]l be burned to tho ground. Take. he
Mask well 1!. Members of' the" .Union,
credit to buy a pound of meat or a. bushel
of meal for his family I A man;may have
n vacant lot set apart under tJiis Homestead-
law, and then he may ripend all 'his other
property improving it, arid huild a. lactoiy,
a foundry, a hotel, or anything else he may
choose, and not on a dollar. of it can ever be
taken for hisdebts, and the Legislature.ean--
ndt passu law to make it liable ! A poor
man may have his land, and iio inulc or pro-
•jimqnS i to erialile fam to. work it, yet be, can
not.use that land to get either stock or pro-
visions to enable him ; to’make his land sup-
ibr.lumberor work on a palace, but the’ far.
kens and butter sold Ao the people' who
Was 'eyer .such p/:Qo?HEftaiftn ; h»rd of
charged to the several comities or munici- l> a lly! Rfifly!- Rally! for Hod, life, and :
polities; as the case may be. liberty !” ' ....'. . ■ : .P 1
In the next place these revolutionary
leaders, Of this countiy, do not permit even
the negroes to act. upon their natural in
stincts, or to vote according to their volun
tary preferences.
Aliserable agents flood our State, whose
only business is. to organize machinery to
f et control of the negro, and compel him
y force, fraud and deception to vote the
Radical ticket. We all saw this work ia
VI. The commanding General calls on
all good.citizens to aid-in the preservation,
of {he peace, and to assist'in the arrest and
punishment of violators of.this order and
the criminal laws of this State, and he ad
monishes them that unless acts of intum-
Rliodc Island Election. .
Providence,R. I., April 2.—Burnside’s
majority is a trifle, over 4,000.
dation'aad violencsare checked and pun-..' New York, .
isbed, bloody retaliation may, he provoked,
the peace ofsociety endangered .or subverfc-
ed,. and much innocent blood shed.
VII. T1 e commanding officers of all mil,
itary posts in this District will, > immedi
ately om recciptof this order, cause its con
tents to be generally made known and_ de
liver copies thereof to all civil officers, edi-
cent better, closing quiet after i
ment.—Sales 14,P00 bales at 28c. .Flour 10
to 15.o lower; State $9,30 to $11 25. South
ern $985 to $14 76; wheat dull- at lie
lower.. Com heavy;2clower; white SoutI
'em, «lTTto $i 1R/'&
15}tol6}e. Turpentine
in $3 25 to $7 00. Frc‘
.the elecriSn lof Convmitibn and the encour- tors of newspapers arid, presses and other
n<*ftirient:snm>brt and countenance given to parties to be specially affected thereby,
genient,'support and countenance given
it by Gen.. Pope. And now dirty agents
... , are going oyer the State employing black
. ,, ... . .. ,nt andwhite hifeff subordinates to manage
ain't collecthis debt for peas, potatoes, and ilgjJuj the conntiy,'’ and
crimpel^arid deceive and frighten unwill
ing' negroes/'to ' help in .this work
of politicair social arid moral destruc
tion. a
In the third place, over twenty thousand
intelj%eri£,'ediicated white then'are disfratf:
j chised and' riot allowed to vote on the Con-
sy are to be forced
doubt it was riiadeby negrocs, felon3j carpet
baggers and renegades todcoeive and destroy
all honest,decetrt arid 1, Tespectafilri people,
mid to-p,rovide prefer for rogn^^Bbma,-)
tltiev<» and New England vagabonds: - - —
within the limits of their commands..
By order, of Maj, Gen. Meade :
:. S, F^Rarstow,
aa.a;g.
OrnGIAL: : ..'V*:- ’
H. Dodt, Lieut. 334Inf!y.,_
■ • • - ■ • Post Adjutant.
ii J ' - j .’I Rome,Ga.
-Sixty-Two Coupons Sj.
new 67|... NojribEarolinsPl
new,49- Gold 38f.. .Sterling 9J.
Hovf-'A. -Negro <
po the .Vijters.^—Tv?»n
l son arid Anthony Cobb, ]
ted for the Legislature '
• Tho former made a f
freedmen that all who : r
Thb^Ischwic.—The following beautiful
^article is from The Carpenter of-Rouea;
i5v«arid New 'Englaind.wg^ipri*/ ? : by negroes arid- Sfiaflgers to' live! Igno- . The mcchaiic, sir, is God’s nol
Pardon me, piy dear sir, d I rice arid -pauperism of-evcry. grade Whrit . hqve taechariics. not done?
my tnjf lettera longone.-: I could increase „,.,i ebaracter are to bo forced, frightened 1 thev notonened the secret chamber;
the damning, features ■ and' effects of Strapped" to the mils, arid; intelli-
negro Constitution until not a hook could’- “ - >"’>• ■ ■ 1
contain . the’true'record. I cannot-elose
him should be “drowned in .
Creek.” Whowillsay that 1
not!
We have!
piripOsed'tqAur peopIq-Tf they -Srill ratify
this Constitution; because of this -promise
.of relief.
Hf-we establish' the Constifution ■ wc get
negto voters; negro jurors;, negro
tots; negro j:
gro mayors and
sheriffs, clerks; oi
militia and ml r '
everyotherpe
s ; negro magistrates ; nc-
gence, virtue and property arc forced
away. : ' ' •. '
Jn.the fourth place, if *B exclusion of
intelhgent whites, and dccml and force of
•ignorant blacks, shall ngt be sufficient to
accomplish tho. work, then a false couu^ is
to' he again relied on, and those who are
.knowritohave been guilty of this fraud
•before areeonti:.ued in their places, and
arekfldifiocally .promised -lucrative pi
a^i. .,
mighty deep; arid extraci
made the raging billows ...
which they ride as on-a tame steed?
those
to the crank, and at the
compelled to turn it ? Have not mechanics
things bo. dono-im the green trce/vl
'“chained we seeiu the.dry ? Macon fdegnip,
anic’s. bidding .
opened the bowels of the earth, and made da t e p or
, . - are auauaucaiij jirumiaeu
ley cere, °°3:°! jf Const ituG.ii caribe forced upon the
(people and thea vowed .'Candidates-Tor rob-
the.products contribute to their wants?
Tlie forked lightning js their plaything,
and thej ride-triumph aritlyori the wings P the la 1
the riiighfy winds. To the wise^ they are sandv ,
‘ " UL ’Uf >Wa,
that a a
in. i
rity of the c
vote fori
grit fremt
that
i bery shaft be proclaimed as chosen id ad-
I minister it.
r of- from
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