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ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Thursday Morning, July 18, 1807.
Hon. Ron. Hill’* Speech.
By requcit of a committee of citizens, wo
giro up most of our space to day to make room
for the speoch of the Hon. IIkn. IIii.l, delivered
I n Atlanta on Tuosday Inst
Political (ioMlp.
A correspondent writes tko Charleston Cbti-
ritr tlmt the Democratic Conservative party are
earnestly urgent lor the restoration ol the
Southern States to the Union and to tiioir
representation in tho Government, ovou under
the most despotic reconstruction laws that con
be framed. There was a time when all tho
Anti-Radicals supported tho President lu ills
courso of opposition to Congressional recon
struction.
“The President advised against the acccptanro
ot tho Constitutional Amendment, and the en
tire body of ids supporters united with him lu
this opposition. Then it was promised tlmt
tho President and antl-KadicalB would oiler tho
South better terms, and secure tho adoption of
thoso terms by the country. Congress 1ms acted
under the intlucnco of competition with tills
other oiler. 8o, while tho President's friends
bid better terms, the Radicals bid worse terms.
The latter wero supported by the people of the
Nortli even to a greater extent than tho Radical
leaders expected. No one man believed in the
promised Executive "coup d'etat" whereby Con
gress was to be extinguished or reformed. The
Democrats no longer advise that tho South
should wait for better terms. They earnestly
desire Southern acceptauce of these on any
terms by which they can be represented in
Congress, and take part in the Presidential
election. It will be the first and the most im
portant step to a great political reform in the
whole country. Without tlmt tho country
must plunge more deeply than ever into po
litical aud financial difficulties.”
Sumnku and uis Scheme.—Mr. Simmer’s
propositiou to Congress is, that pardons slmtl
hereafter be granted by the President to former
relx‘1 landowners, on condition that they shall
part with a share ot their estates to their former
slaves. He agrees to pardoning, then, on some
terms, says the Boston Post, and that is a step
forward. But he docs not insist that the slave
thus benefitted shall have been loyal. The
latter may have done all he could in his way
to aid and strengthen the Confederacy, as every
slave did who stayed on the plantation and pro
duced food for the rebel armies. That matters
not witli Mr. Sumner. He assumes, for the
sake ot giving a neat shape to his philanthropic
plan, that all the white landholders at the South
wero liostilo to the Union, and that all the
negroes wero its friends, lie is radically wrong,
in both respects. And his plan is, therefore,
only ono of confiscation and agrarianism.—
Sumner’s morals are of a very questionable
character.
Pknnslyvanta.—A gentleman recently vis
ited Tlmd. Stevens for the purpose of learning
his views on the situation. The following ques
tion and answer npi>cars in the published ac
count of the interview:
Question.—Is the Republican party well united
in Pennsylvania ?
Mr. Stevens.—I fear that we shall lose Penn
sylvania this next election. 1 do not think we
have earnestness enough in the State to unite
and draw out the Republican strength, while the
Republican portion of our Legislature lias been
so openly notorious and shamefully corrupt that
all tlie honest people in the State are dishearten
ed and disgusted. "This corruption will certainly
heat us here next election, unless wo draw out
the Republican strength by getting up a furor of
excitement ou impeachment. Geary, too, hurts
us very much. He is an unhappy tailuro, and
liis nomination was an unfortunate tiling ior his
DreMEMnSllMENT;— ri Leoof tho Charleston
Courier, thinks thero is danger of a disruption
in the radical party. He says : Tho Radical
party is shaken and may ultimately lie broken, -dil'di
up by this very impeachment question. Tlicre (
are signs of it in tho House. The opponents of
the impeachment men got an advantage in the
vote upon the question of fixing the time for
the meeting ot Congress in the fall. The ultra
Radicals wished to meet in, October, then to
make impeachment the chief subject of the
session. This was expected by those Radicals
who think the party will split upon this ques
tion. The Presidential tight opens iu earnest
at the next session, and it will complete the
dismemberment of the present all powcrlul
Radical Republican party.
Keep Yotm Tempeu.—As the lint suns of
Africa instil into her reptiles a still more deadly
venom, so may the natural milk and water of a
man’s disposition be turned to gall and worm
wood by the infusion oi splenetic bile. The
weather is quite warm, with the dog-star in the
ascendent, and we do hope the radical editors,
great and small, will keep in temper, aud eschew
all envious and ill-feeling. We know some ot
them have a hard row to hoe, and that they
must naturally feel a little mean at times. Bui
there is really neither occasion or excuse lor
such an exhibition of malignity and littleness as
a good muny of them make every time they un
dertake to indite a paragraph.
Rkuistiiation in Mon non County.—The
Monroe Advertiser of Tuesday says : Registra
tion iu this county closed on Saturday last.—
The total number registered iu a,608; whites,
1,000 ; colored, 1,050, This gives the negroes it
majority of 047, iu one of the largest counties
iu Georgia, and one whose population has been
noted for intelligence, refinement and wealth.
The registration must have lieeu general, ns the
white voto lor the last six years lias not ex
ceeded 800.
Family Difficulty.—Tin; Grenada (Missi-
issppi) Advocate says : Captain T. Mills, (or-
inerly of this vicinity, was shot and killed ou
tile 0th instant, by a Mr. Renlroe, tvlio was a
parluer in tho farm. It is said tlmt their wives
fell out about some chickens, while Captain M,
was absent; that upon his return she stated the
difficulty and therefore, Captain M. went to
see Mr. Renlroe, which resulted in his death.
rim New \ouk Hebald.—Secretary Sew
ard’s paper in relation to Mexico and Santa
Anna lias spoiled ull that pretty aensalion of the
New York Herald about a government raid on
tlie hails of the Montezttmaa. Tho old man of
tho greatest newspaper in tho world is getting
doty about the top when lie suffers himself to be
muddled so badly by tlmt wonderful institution
at Washington, the Statu Department.
SuMTKn.—The Republican of tho lflih says:
During tho pust two weeks, it lins rained every
day, more or less, in this section. Tho corn crop
is independent ol tlie contingency ol cither rain
or shine. The grass is gradually gaining on the
fanner, and unless it can bo kept dowu, the cot
ton crop will stiller materially. The pea aud po-
tutoe crops uro doing admirably, and bid (air for
an abundant yield.
New York Wheat Market.--By the fol
lowing dispatch it will tie seen that the New
York wheat market is getting a little sliuky:
New Youk, July 17,1807.
To A, K. Fsago:
Wheat market disorganized. Red %‘i 70.
W. H. Newman & Co.
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SON. BENJAMIN H. HILL,
OK THK CONDITION Of THE COUNTRY,
Oollverod In tlio City of Atlanta, Tnoadayi
July 10, 1807.
[narORTID BY J. UHM.r SMITH.]
ladies and Fellow- Citirens:
Human governments, like everything else hu
man, naturally tend to decay. They can only
bo preserved by constant watchfulness, courngo,
aud mlhercuco to correct principles. Thoso re
marks apply with unusual forco to frao govern
ments, which nro Uio most difficult ol all to
maintain. II wo, tlio people of tlio United
States, were tho first In history who had attempt
ed tho experiment of living uuder a Democratic
or Republican form ot Government, wo might
bo excused if wo failed to discover tlio symptoms
ol approaching death, and to apply tlio remedies
to preservo our liberty and the blessings wcliavo
heretofore enjoyed. But wo nro not tlie first
who have made this experiment. Other peo
ples and nations, lor thousands of years, have
had Commonwealths, Republics, and Democra
cies, which have risen and fallen times almost
without number. I but assert a great truth—one
which finds no contradiction or exception iu all
history—when I say that tlio great leading and
substantial causes oi tlie decay of freedom in all
countries, have ever been tlio same. How inex
cusable must wo bo if we fail to discover tlie
symptoms, and bow cowardly and recreant if we
fall to apply tlio proper remedy to prevent so
foul a death I
No people ever commenced to build up a free
government under such favorable auspices ns we.
What a climate, soil, variety ot productions and
material resources do wo possess; and wlinl an
ancestry aud what a common struggle for liberty
did our fathers pass through! Did any people
over bcloro commence with such advantages ?—
Rome commenced as a small city, and was de
spised by the barbarians around it. She extend
ed her power by her arms, and increased till at
last she bccamo mistress of the world. W e com
menced with such a people, country and produc
tions as no people over lmd before, and we had
fewer dissentions and elements ot discord ttian
any people ever sullcrcd from ; and Providence,
as if to separate us from tlie crimes anil corrupt
ing influences of tlio old world, spread out (Ids
great continent before us, with tlie wide sea to
separate us from them, with no influence ol
monarchy and oppressive systems to threaten or
make war upon us. If we fail, it will be by our
own tolly. What excuse can we render to our
posterity and to tho world, if we, iu this day,
with tlie lessons of history before us, allow frt
institutions to perish on this continent S' And
our race will have been the soonest rim. We
have not yet lived a century. It is but seventy-
eight years siuco tho Constitution was formed,
aud hut ninety-one years since independence was
declared by our lathers, while tiie Commonwealth
of Home lived lour hundred years before the
measures which produced her decay were pro
posed. Wlmt a spectacle! Tlie best people, the
richest soil, tlie most valuable productions, es
tablished as if by tlie Providence of God as a
new era in tile history ol the world—and bidding
fair to be the shortest lived of any free govern
ment in the history of nations I
There is no difficulty whatever—and I assert
it without fear of contradiction—in discovering
when and how a nation is dying. 1 cannot now
go into an analysis of all the symptoms of na
tional decay aud death. It is only important to
present the leading one which controls all oth
ers—which existing, produces all others, and
which being remedied, cures all others. Then
hear it: the great symptom of the decay and
death ol a government is the disregard of the
fundamental law oi that government. When
ever a people come to treat lightly their own
fundamental law, they liavo arrived at tlie most
dangerous point that is possible, short of entire
destruction. Republics, above all other kind ol
governments, are maintained by respect lor law.
If the people of the United States tail to have a
sacred regard for • lieir own law—which is not
like that ol oilier nations, to be ascertained by
argument, by decisions, or by searching, but is ’a
plain and wisely written Constitution—they will
deserve the awful fate that awaits them; and he
who disregards its plain language has no excuse
to shield himself Irom tlie infamy of a traitor!
[Applause.] Old as it is—trampled upon, torn
and tattered as it is—my theme to day is tlie
Constitution of our country and for all our coun
try. [Applause.J I charge before Heaven aud
the American people this day, that every evil by
ivhicli we have been afflicted is attributable ili-
UTS tfuni'TfatAjuu ■ fiAj)\
gogues may deceive, but I declare”to you tiial
there is no remedy (or us, and no hope to escape
tlio threatened evils, Imt in adhering to the Con-
Fellow-citizens: Pardon me while 1 say that
in presenting my views, I think ol no living man,
individually, to whom my remarks are to apply
I have come to talk freely to you about tlie dan
gers of the country. Little minds ascribe little
objects to those whose views they do not agree
'villi, and lie lias attained an unenviable reputa
tion whoso friends say "you mean him,” when I
' ‘reacliery
im speaking of treachery and showing tlio evil
consequences of a certain line of policy. 1 have
no personal attacks to make on an enemy, even
ii 1 have one. God knows if 1 could, witli my own
bauds, 1 would gladly place a crown of imperish
able honor on the brow ol my most bitter foe, if 1
could thereby rescue my country from tlie perils
that environ it I [Applause.] But if I have an
enemy, and have a vindictive spirit, and desired
him to become forever infamous, X could ask no
mure of him than that he should support the
hellish schemes of those who are now seeking to
subvert the Constitution and destroy our liberty,
lie is digging a grave for himself which posterity
will never water with a tear. Let him alone. J
have come to discuss tlio present phase of the
revolution.
'“'Wo have had a war which raged furiously lor
(our years. It originated simply in a difference
of opinion ns to our lights under the Conslilii
lion. This difference existe
d from the first. It
xisted among tlie framers of the Constitution.—
It could not be settled by argument, and an ap
peal was made to tlio sword. It was an open
manly tight. There was nothing secret or am
biguous iu tho issue. It was waged by men in-
lluenecd iu the masses by patriotic emotions on
both sides; and it was not to destroy the Consti
tution, but to assert on each side their diflerent
views. On our side it was assorted tlmt the
Slates were separate aud independent sovereign-
lies, and that the Constitution was a compact,
which eaeti party was at liberty to dissolve at
will, and so we seceded and declared ourselves
out of tlie Union. On tlio other hand, it was
contended that we were not out ol the Union-
notwithstanding our secession nets; and timtlhe
Constitution was not a compact, but a binding
law upon the States resulting from a compact,
and tlierclore no one of tlie number could dis
solve the connection at will. Upon this issue
we went to war. The war was fought till wo
laid down our arms and agreed to wlmt our ene
mies said—tlmt we were in the Union.
But there is now another question to settle.—
It is still within the range ol argument, ils pro
portions are huge. The issues are startling. It
is not a difference ol opinion as in wlmt the
Constitution means, and what are our rights nit
dor it ; but its object is plainly, immislakably, to
set aside tlie Constitution and provide something
else. I have never doubted Hint wo were coming
to tliis issue, in speeches made by me, five, six,
eight, ami ten years ago, I predicted this, ami
every page of our history since tlmt time 1ms
verified tlio correctness ot tlie prediction. Tim
people of tho North honestly Jove the Constitu
tion, but the leaders there hate it and intend to
destroy it, and the convulsion through which we
have passed lias thrown the opportunity of
making the effort into their bunds, and the pre
sent military hills and the oue which is not yet
promulgated as law, are the means adopted to
lu'rninnliuli lliiiis (louinn rpi.i.:n .
accomplish their design. These bills are prix
uec. There is a roinarka-
Hkavy on Horace.—Horace Maynard un
dertook to repeat at JacksoD, Tenn., one day
last week, the worn out lie about Kx-Presldent
Davis’ being captured in jietticoa'A. Col. Came
ron, a bravo Federal soldier, stopped him by
declaring that the story was a lie, and that he
was a liar for retailing it.
posed for our ucccptauee.
ble feature in these measures, that while force is
employed to execute them they nro yet nomi
nally submitted to us for our acceptance or re
jection.
1 object to the whole scheme, because it is un
constitutional. A distinguished limn—pardon
me, 1 ought to say a notorious individual—said
to me a lew days ugo, tlmt i ought not to waste
lime to prove the unconstitutionaUty ol these
measures—a tiling which every man, woman and
child iu the country knew—mid yet he wiu fur
accepting! He spoke truthfully. Tlmt tottering,
gray-lmired candidate in Pennsylvania Tor per-
|»etual infamy, who is building for himself a
monument ot malignity that will overtop tlio
pyramids of Kgypt, said the Constitution lmd
nothing to do witli it. 1 shall never get done
shuddering, and horrors will never cease to rise
up iu my mind, when I see men tuking an oath
to support tlie Constitution, aud then legislating
to put in force measures which arc outside of it
A great many ot our own people flippantly say
the Constitution is dead. Then your rights, and
hoiics for the future, and ull liopo for your chil
dren are dead. I ask every nmn, if tlie Consti
tution is dead, why ure wu always, every day,
aud at every new step, required to take an oath
to support it ?
Now, 1 affirm lliut these military hills are not
oniy contrary to tlie Constitution, hut directly in
tlie lace ot the amnesty oath you were required
to take after the surrender. The Government
thought projier.iu accepting your submission, to
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h to support Uio Constitution a/ villi them. These they will re-*
atui too Union of the States. Why Cftlvo. I cure wit wlmt may have been tlicir sins
” '* heretofore; if the vory worst secessionist in all
was tlmt oath required if tlio Constitution was
But It Is said tfto Constitution does hot apply
to us. Then don’t Bwcnr to support it.
But it is said ngaiu that wo nro not in tlio
Uhtoq. Then why swear to support tlio Union
of these States f Wlmt ‘‘Union" docs tlmt mean ?
when you took that oath wns it tlio Union of
tho Northern 8lak* alone that you sworo to sup-
pert ? What business liavo you witli that Union ?
No, It is tho Uniou of dll tlus States known to tlio
Constitution tlmt you liavo sworn to support.
But they say tlmt oatli was prescribed by tlio
President, and tlmt lio is not loyal. Then I must
uiiswur a fool according to liis lolly, and a traitor
according to ids treason. Wlmt do tliuy require
who passud these bills—this military Juggernaut?
They require every man who registers ids namo
to voto, to swear to support tho Constitution, and
counsel and jwrsuade others to do so—ami still it
is said the Constitution hag nothing to do with
it I Tlioy say the scheme is outside of tlio Con
stitution, and yet in tho process of carrying it
out, tlioy require an oath to support tlio Consti
tution and to counsel atul persuade others to do
so! Tlmt is more limn Mr. Johnson ever re
quired in tlio oath which lie prescribed.
It is my business to support tlio Constitution,
and my duty and pleasure to persuade others to
do so. Some of you who favor the acceptance
of tlio military bills take an oath to this effect,
and still intend to voto for a convention which
you admit to be ordered contrary to the Consti
tution! How is Ibis P If you liavo a conscience,
I Imve said enough. If you vote for tlie conven
tion you are PKRJUllED! [Tremendous ap
plause. | O! I pity the race of colored people
who have never been taught wlmt an oatli i>8-
nor wlmt the Constitution means. Tlioy ure
drawn up by a selfish conclave ol traitors to in
flict a dfalli-hlow upon the life of the Republic
by swearing them to a falsehood I They are to
begin their political life by perjury to accomplish
treason! I would not visit tlio penalty upon
thorn. They are neither legally nor morally re
sponsible, Imt it is you—oduented designing white
men—who thus devote yourselves to the unholy
work—who are Hie guilty parties! You prate
about your loyalty I I look you in the eye and
denounce you! [Applause.] You are morally
and legally perjured traitors 1 You perjure
yourselves and perjure the poor negro to help
your treason ! [ Immense applause.] You can’t
escape it! You may boast oi it now, while
passion is rife, but the timo will come when the
very thought will wither your soul and make
you hide irom the face of mankind.
I shall discharge the obligation oi the amnesty
oath. It required mo to support the Constitu
tion and the emancipation ol the negro, and 1
do. I will not bind my soul to a new slavery,
to hell, by violating it, I talk plainly, but 1
simply want to strike through the incrustation
of the hardened conscience, and make men feel
and realize their true situation.
1 Imve proved that these military hills violate"
tlie Constitution, and tlmt you, in carrying them
out, violate it and your amnesty oath and your
registry oath. And wlmt is your purpose V It
must lie a great good you seek to induce you Jo
commit so mucli crime and lolly.
Sometimes men wink at wlmt is by strict tech
nicalities wrong in tlie individual, to accomplish
some great good to the public. 1 do not recog
nize tlio correctness ol such action ; Imt wlmt do
you propose by trampling upon tlio Constitution
and violating your own solemn oaths? Is it to
save the State and preserve liberty ? This is not
tlie object, imt the purpose is as infamous as Hie
measure resorted to to ollect il. You first pro
pose to abrogate your State governments by au
thority of tlie so-called Congress—ft mere con
clave of a portion of tlie members ol tlmt body.
Jly whom is this dictated? Tlie principle tlmt
whoever forms a government should forn^it lor
themselves as well as ior others, is it correct one;
Imt the men who propose this for us do not live
in any of the ten States to lie affected try their
legislation. It is not made to suit cither black
or white, or any other class of our people, hut to
suit themselves, while they are not affected by il:
and if you act upon their proposition, iu a man
ner to suit yourselves, you will not be accepted
by them; nay, you violate tlio Constitution to
subvert the Oovcrnment. And by carrying out
these measures you disfranchise your own peo
ple. Suppose we concede, for argument, tlmt it
is right to enfranchise all tho negroes: il this lie
right, by wlmt principle of law or morals do we
disfranchise the wiiite people? “(), but," you
say, “the whites have been rebels." Then they
should all lie disfranchised, arid not a part ol
them. Besides, tho government you are to frame
is to bo a civil government, and fast (or all time,
and for peace, when there can be no rebels. I
see it staled that General Sickles 1ms advised
that the disfranchising Icaturo be repealed or mod
ified, and for tlio reason that the enfranchised
•■fires w,-woHfrflk ifiif At antf itttfi*' Srro’wrt
himself capable of appreciating one truth. And
it is a great truth—one that will hide a multitude
of sins; and it might be well for liis fame if tills
recommendation alono could be remembered ol
liis administration. In the face ol the (act tlmt
« republican government can rest upon and bo
perpetuated only by the virtue and intelligence
ol the people, you propose to exclude the most
intelligent from participating in the Government
forever!
You will by these measures inaugurate a war
of races. A people who will abrogate their own
government and disfranchise the most intelligent
of thorn at the dictation of those who are not
to be affected thereby, and live uudci tlio dicta
tion of a foreign power, have no conscience; but
il you have a conscience i hope to reucli it. By
nil you hold dear 1 warn you tlmt. by accepting
these military bills you inaugurate a measure tlmt
will exterminate the African race. Some ol you
who liavo come among us ate taking the negro
by the arm—telling him that you me liis tricud,
and that you gave him liis liberty! 1'e hypoerites!
\ E whited sepulchres!! Yc mean in your
hearts to deceive and buy up tlie negro vote lor
your own benefit. [Applause.] Tlie negroes
know no belter; but 1 would ask them: II tliesi
men are faithless to tlie Constitution of the conn
try, how can they be faillilul to you ? Yet tliesi
men admit in Hie very act tlmt tliuy arc disrc
gardingllio Constitution! They take an out!
the land will whine around tho streets and say
ho is radical ww. lie is as good as the saints lit
Heaven for radoal purposes. [Applause!.] lhoy
caro not for race or color, nor for antecedents t t
you now favor radical sclicmos you nro loyal,
nnd it you oppiso them you arc disloyal!
But you say ym are in favor of going into tlio
Union, Irecauso 1 you do not your property will
be confiscated. A gentleman of tins,city a low
days ago said to me that lie wns in favor oi the
acceptance of thoso military bills because no
thought it tlio lest wo could do. I said to him;
“ You do not siy Hint ior yourself, but for your
brick stores!" [Applause.] But you nro not
half so wlso as you nro knavish I Y ou would
lose the Gonstllution and tlie country to savo
your brick stores, and then by your very courso
you will lose your brick stores also! I am
ashamed to talk or use arguments about confis
cation in time ef peace ! It is a war power, not
known to international law except as a wai
power, to bo used only in time of war upon au
support it with the purpose anil iniont formed
Imtoio hand to violate it, aud vote for measures
contrary to it! They are not tit to he trusted by
any animal, dog or man I [Applause.] Such a
man would betray his pointer, and such a w
man si ll her poodle I They are not capable ot
being Hie friends ol anybody but themselves. I
don't pity the whiles so mucli who are tosulierby
those measures. “ Yon knew your duty mid did
it not,” and it you ure beaten with many stripes
we have the authority of scripture for say log tlmt
your punishment is just; Imt to see the Africans
led off by a claptrap which tlioy don’t under
stand, aud used because they don’t under
stand it, mid llius led to the slaughter by men
who lire faithless to every principle—under
the belief that they are being elevated and
exercising God-given rights, is enough to make
any man feel sick at heart aud experience the
deepest pity lor Hie unfortunate race.
This is not the first time tlmt such tilings Imve
been attempted. Unfortunately, there Imve be
fore been both fools aud knaves in the world,
and some of you, il would seem, w II not learn
wisdom bum the lessimsnl the past. Il the Gun
:-l it tit ii >11 is dead, we are outside ot it, mid, pray,
wlmt government Imve we? We liuve nothing,
in Hmt ease, but the will of an unlawful con
clave, and don't you know this means only an-
areliy mid then despotism and tyranny? Wlmt
inducement is held out to you to accept tlicir
propositions? You say it is to get back into the
Union I mid lor this you are willing to submit to
disfranchisement aud the inauguration ot a policy
tlmt tends to a war of races! all to get back into
the Union—just where yen are already, and al
ways were I
Wlmt do you want to got back into tlmt sort
ot a Union lor? If you are not now in it, wlmt
can you expect by gening in such as they pre
sent to you ? You say it is to get representation
in the Union ! Is not Kentucky in tlie Union?
1 Ins she any representation ? Tho telegraph in
forms us that a resolution 1ms been introduced
into Hie so-called Congress making inquiries
whether Maryland, Delaware ami Kentucky have
Htato Governments or not! Are you so stupid
as not to sec wlmt all this means ? The result
will lie tlie substitution of tliq Radical party tor
all governments, both State aud Federal; and
the substitution ot Radical will tor all law I Take
tlmt home with you and digest It. That’s where
you are going I Kentucky is excluded Irom rep
resentation because it is alleged her representa
tives were voted for by disloyal men. Wlmt is
meant hy disloyal! Every mail who docs uol
support the Radical party will soon lie declared
disloyal, and every State which does not vole
the Radical ticket will be disloyal, and tier gov
ernment illegal. 1 tell you, unless luitrioHsm
shall wake up from the stun which tlie horrid
confusion of war bus given it, tlie Radical parly
will Im our only government, ami Radical will
our only law.
1 look for this revolution to go on. Whoever
thinks this war upon tlio Constitution will slop
with the ten Stales is a madman or a simple
ton to he pitied, or a knave to be despised. I
have expected them to tukc charge ol Connecti
cut because she dared to elect a Oovernor tlmt
did not agree with the Radical party;.and sure
enough Sumner in a late letter strikes that key
note. He says a similar hill for oil tho Slates is
a short cut to universal suffrage. Tlie so-called
Congress immediately on its meeting took charge
of Iveutucky and excluded her whole delegation
with one exception. If they can reject lliese,
they cau reject every ouo who differs with them
mid they will do so; and they will receive only
vncint/ «■> t/i/i/iwi j ,
neither more ncr leas than iiobiiehy !
But you say tlioy have got the power and hoy
, .will exercise it, unless we do as they bid ns.—
"And will you, n this ease, abandon yout only
protection? It h like going out into tlie highway
nud surrendering your purso to the robber to
keep him from taking it I ,. .
I could introduce a great deal of high author-
ityto establish this point, but I will not insult
tlie radical portion of this audience l>y reading
from any authority for them, except from a Mas
sachusetts Judge. Here is wlmt lie says:
“ It 1ms been supposed tlmt if tlie government
have the rights of a belligerent, then, after the
rebellion is suppressed, it will Imve Che rights oi
conquest; tliata Btato and its inhabitants may
be permanently divested ol all political privile
ges, and treated as foreign territory acquired by
arms. This is an error, a grave aiul dangerous
error. lkUigercnt rights cannot be exercised when
there arc no belligerents!'
That is what I said: “ Confiscation is only a
war measure, and ceases with tlie war.” Again:
“ When the United States take possession of a
rebel district, they merely vindicate tlieir pre
existing title. Under despotic governments tlie
right of.confiscation may ho unlimited; but
under our government the right oi sovereignty
over any portion of a State is given and limited
by tlio ‘Constitution, and will bo tlie same alter
the war as it was before."
There is one Lot in Massachusetts, aud if
Abraham were alive to-day I would Imve him
pray to God to spare tlmt State and trust it—not
only to ten men, hut—even to one. There Is at
least oue good man in it, iindjie is a Judge, and
dares to proclaim to all tlmt security to property
is given by the Constitution, the same alter as
holme the war. And now 1 will rend for tlio
patriots ol the audience something from the
most distinguished of all writers on international
law;
"When a sovereign, arrogating to himself tlie
absolute disposal oi a people whom ho lias con
quered, attempts to reduce them to shivery, lie
perpetuates the Slate ot warfare between that
nation and himself. Should it be said Hmt in
such a cose, there may be peace nnd a kind of
compact by which the conqueror consents to
spare tin; lives, of tlie vanquished on condition
tlmt they acknowledge themselves his slaves:
lie who makes such an assertion is ignorant tlmt
war gives no right to take away the life of an
enemy who has laid dowu his arms and sub
mitted. But lot us not dispute tlie point: let the
man who holds such principles of jurisprudence
keep them for liis own use and benefit; lie xvcll
deserves to be subject to such a law. But men
of spirit to whom life is nothing—leas than noth
ing, unless sweetened with liberty, will alwnys
conceive themselves at war with that oppressor,
though actual hostilities are suspended on tlieir
part, through want ot ability.”
My friends, this was written by a man who
lived in despotic times, by a man who was taught
under a despotic government; and how liis love
of liberty and law slmmcs tlie praters aliout loy
alty in tree America I
But 1 will dwell no more on this subject. Con
fiscation is Hie law ot enemies in war, and in
peace it is the law of tlie robber. It they Imve
tlie will to rob you, you will never escape by sub
mitting to tlieir power. If you submit, give up
the law and substitute tlie will of tlie robber, lie
boldly avows that il is Ills purpose, not to give
the black man ids rights, but to bring about such
measures and so to shape tilings ns to perpetuate
the, rale of the Jbidiail partg ! Every man who
joins tlie party ami can satisfy them that be will
sincerely help in this work, will be accepted.—
They will put tlicir arms around your necks and
call you brothers. [Applause.] You can make
a friend of tlie devil upon these same terms,
[Laughter and applause,] nnd there is but little
VtfhT«8mafi nirtsro; ■yntnn, mutiauge-].. if
L am not sure but you will get wlmt you deserve,
hut i object to your taking the country witli you
[Immense upplauso.]
But, <)! il is sad to see tlie Constitution
trampled upon and tlio country destroyed, only
to perpetuate tlieir hellish dynasty; and then to
see some ot our own people join iu this uuholy
work, calling upon us to submit and become tlie
agents ol our own dishonor! This is siui, sor
mwful, and fills mu witli slmme I
These hills propose at every step to abrogate
tlie Constitution—trample upon tlio State and
its laws—to blot out every hope—to perjure
every man who accepts them, with every prin
ciple ol liottor, Justice, and safety disregarded,
Iramplcd upon, and despised—all to perpetuate
the power oi tlieir wicked authors. Can this
scheme succeed ? Will it succeed ? That is the
question. I leel truly thankful in uiy heart tlmt
1 Imve an answer which lifts my soul amidst all
tlie gloom and apprehension of tlie hour. Some
of you may not appreciate it, but to me it is the
only oasis in t his desert: This scheme wlllnstw,
never succeed, aud I proclaim its ultimate fail
ure to-day iu your hearing. [Unbounded ap
plause.] I know tlmt £ome think it will. Tlie
air is full ot tlie words ol those who proclaim
Unit there is no power to prevent il. Men have
before this been weak and foolish, and cowards
and trailers Imve before believed us you talk
now, hot 1 have a reason for the faith that is in
me, which is absolutely sublime in tlie slreugtl
of its foundations.
1st. It will tail because it is not possible to
perpetuate a government ot force under the
forms ot a democracy. It may take some time
to comprehend this thought, hut you will not
forget it. That which is now proposed is force.
it is proposed hymen who do not live in this
Slate, and whose agents do not live here; aud it
is sought to be accomplished by military power,
but under tlie pretense of your sanction—not to
please youselves, but them! There is not mi in
stance iu history where a government of force
has been perpetuated under Hie forms ot free in
stitutions. It is an impossibility, and can never
succeed. [Applause.]
fid. But it is sought to be accomplished liy de
ceil and trued, which cannot much longer escape
detection. The umssesot tlie people ot tlio Nortli
love the Constitution nml fought for it and tlio
Union, but tlie leaders did not tight lor it, and do
not love it; and they now seek to destroy it under
pretense that we must give some lorther guaran
tee lor our future good behavior than merely
supporting tlie Constitution. As soon as tlie
means by which tlieir deceit and [mud Imve beeu
covered tip are removed, the scheme will be
crushed to death by the people. It is a double-
slmped monster, like Hie sentinel at Hell-gate,
which can live nowhere except in a political
pandemonium.
Ami what must tie tlie results? I do not say
we will come out of all this with free Institutions
preserved, but this scheme can never succeed. A
despotism over the whole country and over all
Hie people guilty and innocent alike may ensue.
You’ll fall hut you may bring ruiu upon all.—
Whenever you poll down the temple of liberty,
you also will be crushed by tlie lull. Y’ou enu-
not level or lower us and elevate yourselves.
Wc must either all rise or all go dowu togetiier.
Despotism may come, empires may rise and full
among us, but whether they do or not, we shall
not have the reign of a Jiailicul party. Under
stand me: II 1 say a man cuunot live high up in
the air, I do not mean he cannot go up iu a bal
loon and remain for a time; or ii I say a nmn
cuunot live under water, I do not say lie cannot
go down in a diving bell and remain a while;
but tlio Radicals will as certainly fail to perpetu
ate tlieir power under this scheme, us that a man
will tail who attempts to dwell in the air, or
drown who makes Ids home under water. Buck
a government would bu unnatural—a political
monstrosity, and cannot possibly lust; but you
may destroy tlie forms as well xs the principles
ol tree government, and then you will have a
monarchy, an autocracy, an empire, or a des-
potUm, as the ease may lie.
I liis very scheme was attempted iu Romo by
much belter men limn you Radicals are, and for
u much better reason tlum you give, it is not
original with you. You are but jiaaiarmny
traitors at best, and get your scheme Iroui tlio
criminals ot long ago. It 1 did steal, 1 would
try to steal something better and from a more re-
S|M etahle source.
it you will examine, and compare with former
Dram* l' r ‘>» lucl i | )ii3 of such men us Blevens,
1 liillipe, ana Buniuer, and their lesser followers
am second-hand plugiarizers down Houtli', you
will lmd nil their miserable jargnu a!>out “liberty
uml equality, (he "natural rigtit of man," and
the bora right of manhood suffrage, ’ are bor-
rowed Irom the men who fomented social aud
civil wars iu Rome, and which have been repeat
ed iu every age since, by those who have no
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rijMmsm
nubllcnn Rome lmd ah immortso number Of
slavcsand freodmnn, mid non-voting citizcns.-
Blio had a landed aristocracy embracing com-
jB'ativcly few of her |>eo|ilo. ,
^An acrariaa law was proposed, and for a timo
a great goncral became the leader oi tho Radi
cals of that day, and lie lmd more fame and
merit and ability and honesty limn a 1 the Itaa -
mi nurtv of this day combined, but he also fail-
e ‘ A?d why did they all fail ? Because they
wore attempting to engrail a government of
force and robbery upon republican forms at-
empting the absurd task of making equal tilings
which God lmd made m,cqal-a temping equali
ty by taking that which industrious and frugal
men bad made and giving it to limitless vaga
bonds, owl by depositing in t ie keeping of igno-
rauco and vice, powers nnd trusts which intelli
gence alono can know how to exercise and pre-
BC Bui by tlio struggle Republican Romo perished
and never knew liberty again. Nor was this all;
her history Irom Hie beginning of tlio Agrarian
attempt was one of blood, arid tuctiou, and waste,
(inti ruiu, until tho goal of Nmpiro wns reached.
In tlie social and civil wars which marked the
struggle, more tlmn seven hundred thousand or
her best citizens were slain, and besides these,
whole populations oi some ol licr most popu-
ous territories were exterminated.
tlio truth—tlmt ihcsn men only desired to ottcour-
ago tho Boutli to disunion for tlieir wicked purpo
ses to.destroy tlio Constitution t and that» great
government could cot he dissolved without Mood;
and wlmt lmvo Greeley and Wade done since
tlmt timo I nnd now I advise soil to reject tiffs
schemo of forco, fraud and deceit, which Congress
has devised. If you, of you? own free will, sub
mit to it, ybu will see tlio consequences or it.
I ndviso you to register. There is no dishonor
in that. Itis nnnlng yourself with an impor
tant power to bo wicmctLsgalnst tlio nclarious
scheme, but don’t vote for a Convention—don’t
go for anything Whatever which is an assent to
tlio scheme, but bo against it at every step.—
Never go half way with a traitor nor compro
mise with treason or robbery. It they bold a
convention,vote against, ratification—vote against
all tlieir measures and men, and indict overy onti
it nmy lie tlmt we of tlie United Btntes have
. 1.... nln» {I in (Irvnutif iifinn—tli(*
who, under such void authority, invades your
_l-.I.i- —1! I A avLiImm Utills, lntlla TUftt/ 0
New -A-di'ertifieraenU
in a liuoratlve Bu N | ncsi
T O take onc-hstr Interest In s city Tltlrr „r.,i , ‘
flne Blooiiort Cuttle and Ilo s ;. Homnlftj'**•<!
tits partner. Terms will ho inadociwy (J IhS V-
of man. . "set kt« '
)y!8-8l » _ _ OARNKH ATHUASriKIt ^
HIGHLY INTERESTING TO ALL ' !
any onS of Its great utility. umcleilt *« omlm B|
llnb«rlptions received by the week c" “
statesmanship but the devilish ability of exciting
iguorunl men to culeuch others’throats. Ite-
beeu so crazy in leaving tho Constitution-
only Ark of salety—tlmt our Heavenly T'atlie.r
has doomed us to perish, imt I am gratified witli
a hope that it is not so. if not, there is but ono
method for our rescue, and tlmt is by a prompt
rentoration of the Constitution. Will it coinc!*
Will we escape an agrarian war, with resulting
despotism, and save our institutions lor our chil
dren? I hope we shall ; I believe wo shall.—
Though a great effort is being made—a designed
(■Hort—to destroy us ils Rome was destroyed, I
believe the effort will fail. 1 imve great faith in
the Anglo-Saxon blood. 1 derive great encour
agement from Anglo-Saxon history. Our liberty
was not born in a day. It is not tlie work ot
ono generation. It is the fruit of a hundred
struggles, nnd its guaranties Imve been perfect
ing tor eight hundred years. Many have been
tiie efforts to destroy it,. Often the English Con
stitution was trampled ou. Often traitors sought
to substitute arbitrary will for well-established
law, aiul often have the people for a time been
misled. But thus far they lmvo always waked
up and called the traitors and fnctionists to ac
count. Charles I. trampled on tlio Constitution.
He lmd judges who dpoided tlmt liis will was Hie
law, and all who [resisted tlmt will and defend
ed Hie Constitution were punished us disloyal.
And it did seem as il his power was irresisti
ble. No doubt il you weak-ku.ccd Radicals oi
the South lmd lived in Hmt day you would imve
said, “the Constitution is dead and wc must con
sent to wlmt we cannot resist." But John
Hampden would not consent. lie resisted. Ho
WIU) tried as a criminal (nr resisting, and was
condemned. But wlmt was tlie sequel ? The
people finally asserted tlieir power. Charles and
his ministers perished. Tlie very judges tlmt
condemned Hampden were themselves tried and
Condemned as criminals, and Hie very officers,
even the sheriffs, who executed the orders oi
Charles and liis Courts, were sued by tlio citizens
for damages, and lmd to pay nearly a million oi
dollars for executing the processes of a void, un
constitutional law I For a time traitors held the
power and trampled on rights, but vengeance
came, and porpetual infamy tollowed.
So Cromwell and liis Parliament violated tlie
Constitution, and though they also flourished lor
a season, they too were overthrown. So Juhics
11. trampled on the Constitution, and lmd lo tly
from liis kingdom a lugitivc for life. In all these
struggles good men, ior a time, suffered, and bad
men, lor n time, ruled, but the English racu have
never yet failed to rescue tlieir Constitution fro.u
the power both of traitors and fauatics.
1 tell you tlie American people will not always
bn deceived. They will rise iu defense of tlieir
Constitution, aud traitors will tremble. They
who rallied three million strong to defeat what
tlioy considered an armed assault on the Consti
tution and Union, will not sleep until a few hun
dred traitors from behind the masked battery of
Congressional oaths and deceptive pretensions ol
loyuTty shall utterly batterdown the Constitution
and Union forever. I warn you, bonstful, vin
dictive Radicals, by the history of your own fa
thers, by every instinct of manhood, by every
right ol liberty and every impulse of justice, tlmt
tlie day is coming when you will feel tlie power
of an outraged nud betrayed people. [Applause.]
Goon confiscating I Arrest without warrant or
probable cause; destroy habeas corpus; deny
trial by jury; abrogate Slate governments; de
stitution is dead I On, on, with your work ol
ruin, ye hell-born rioters in sacred tilings I Imt
remember for all these things the peoplo will call
you to judgment. [Prolonged upplauso.] Ah I
what an issue you lmvo made tor yourselves.—
Succeed, and you destroy Hie Constitution! Fail,
and you huve covered the land witli mourning.
Succeed, and you bring ruin on yourselves and
all the country! Fail, and you bring infamy
upon yourselves and nil your deluded followers I
Succeed, aud you are the perjured assiessius of
liberty 1 Fail, and you are defeated, despised
traitors forever. Ye who aspire to bo Radical
Governors and Judges in Georgia, I paint before
you tiffs day your destiny. | Unbounded ap
plause.] You are but cowards and knaves, aud
the time will come when you will call upon tlie
rocks aud mountains to fall on you aud the dark
ness to hide you from an outraged people. [Ap
plause.]
Does it do you good to trample on tlie Consti
tution—deceive the negroes and ruiu tiie coun
try? It nmy be sweet now, but I tell you tlie
sulphurous tires of public iiilumy will never be
quenched on your spirits. | Applause.] I pity
you from my soul. Would tlmt the lime had
never come when I lmd to stand upon Georgi;
soil and thus talk to Georgians. A struggle is
coming. It may bo a long aud a bloody one,
and you who advocate tiffs wicked scheme will
perish in it, unless the people now arouse nml
check its consummation. Let evgry true law-
loviug man rally at once to the standard of the
Constitution of his country. [Applause.] Come,
Do not abandon your rights. Deiettd them.—
Talk lor them, and if need be, before God and
the country, light and die (or them. [Enthusi
astic and p> jlonged applause.] Do not talk or
think ol secession or disunion, but come up to
the good old platform of our fathers—tho Con
stitution. Let all, North and South, come ami
swear before God that we will abide by it in
good faith, and oppose everything tlmt violates
it. The man who loves the Constitution now,
and is willing to live nud die for it, is my friend
aud brother, though lie come from the frozen
peak ol Mount Washington; and the nmn who
is for trampling upon it is my enemy, ami I shall
hold him so, though he come irom the sunny
clime of the orange and the cotton bloom. Tlmt
is my issue.
0 how sorry a creature is the man who can
not stand up for the. truth, when the country is
in danger. There never was such an opportu
nity as now exists tor a man to show of what
stuff he is made. How can you go about Hie
street and say, “all is wrong hut I cannot help
it?" You want courage inv Iriend! You area
coward I Yon lack courage, to tell the truth anil
would sell you birthright lor a temporary mess
ot pottage, even for a little hit of a judgeship or
a Bureau Officer's place.
But some oue says; "How will you resist it?”
I will resist it first by not approving it. II every
body would do tlmt it would lie effectually re
sisted so tar us we are concerned. But the so-
called Congress lias provided a cover for itscl!
in advance, under which to hide Irom Hie odium
attaching to this scheme. It has provided
tlmt you can vote either for or against a con
vention ami again vote for or against what
ever constitution it may frame. It is sought
to make us responsible tor whatever may be
the consequences and relieve them. Alter a
while when you bccomo alarmed at the results
they will say, "We did not do this: We only
gave you a chance ami you did it.”
But ii we deieat this, it is said, military rule
will continue. Certainly -until wicked men
shall bo driven from [lower. But let it be so
General Hope seems to lie a gentleman, and 1 in
finitely prefer ids rule to the rule of such men as
you will get under tiffs scheme. Besides, the
new government, if inaugurated, will not be able
to live a day without military protection. It is
safer to be governed by power limn by treachery,
1 crimps you will think I lmvo overdrawn the
picture of the fearful consequences ol accepting
this scheme. 1 recollect un incident which oe-
currcd over six years ago, when I was urging
tlie people of Georgia not lo secede, because tlie
country would thereby fall into tlie bands oi
Radicals, and predicted war and its attendant
sufferings as Hie result—though then deemed
visionary. I would tie almost ashamed now to
read my remarks of that day—my picture would
he so lame ami so farsliortol tlie dreadful reality
tlmt lias followed. A very prominent gentleman
replied to me, urging tlmt there would be no
war, ami to prove it, bo read an article from
Horace Greeley’s Tribune aud old Ben. Wade's
speech declaring the South had a right to secede,
and it bIio chose to exorcise that right, they
should be allowed to do so in peace. Hu then
said that Greeley and W#du were belter friends
uf tlie South than 1, who was born hero ior 1
was trying to frighten tlie Southern people from
the exercise of a right which they conceded
and they were representative men ol tlieir party
Wlmt could 1 say in reply ? 1 could only tell him
rights according to existing State laws,
my policy. Fight this scheme all the time. I
have no more idea of obeying than John Hamp
den lmd of paying ship-money, becauso I have
taken an oatli to support tlie Constitution, and I
intend to keep it.
Tiffs whole scheme is in violation of all the
issues oi tlio war—all the promises during its
progress—nml nil Hie terms of surrender. More
than a hundred thousand men abandoned Lee's
tnrmy because they were assured that if they laid
down tlieir arms they would bo iu tlie Union
again with all tlieir rights as before. I knew the
promise was (also, and warned you against tlie
Beductioiis oi the Syren. The people—the sol
diers of the United States—were then willing to
fulfill the obligation; butthe politicians intended
to deceive you. Such men as Sumner nnd Ste
vens never intend to carry out the pledge ol tiie
nation. They would acknowledge the indepen
dence oi Hie Confederate States to-day, before
tlioy would agree to restore tlie old Union,“even
with slavery abolished. I respect tlie Northern
man who honestly fought for the Union, but I
despise tlio traitors who, under the name of the
Union, lmvo used tlie Northern peoplo to destroy
the South, and then to destroy the Constitution.
Tlio people of the North have been long discov
ering this deception, but they will be compelled
to see it before tlie traitors cun go much further
in tlieir work.
How many people in Atlanta belong to the
“loyal league ?" [Laughter. | I wacn all decent
men to abandon such dens. I know tiie times
have been such that many good men imve natu
rally gone astray. But save yourselves before it
is too late! Destroy all the evidences oi your
membership—bind all your comrades to mutual
concealment of tlie fact that you wero members
and come out. You are pardonable for the past;
but if you contiuue you will be covered with
slmme, and your very children will disown you.
[Applause.] Como, join the Patriots; League.
Our only pledge is lo support tlie Constitution—
love its friends and hate its enemies, and pro
claim our love and hatred at noon-day and from
the liouso-tops. Save yourselves new, or be for
ever lost to decent society and your own self-re
spect. All the brave and true men, even at the
North, respect me tiffs day more than they do
you.’ The very radicals will use, but even they
will <t.x.pion itm Southern man who becomes
tlieir sycophant.
My colored friends, will you receive n. i>™i »r
ndmonitifrn ? Ul all the people, you will most
need tiie protection of tlie law. You will tiiost
sutler by anarchy and usurpation. Do you be
lieve tlmt tlie man who is iaillffess to tlie Consti
tution of Hie country will be faithful to you ? il
a man will take an oath to support tlio Consti
tution and then violate it, can you rely upon liis
keeping any promise to you ? No; I tell you
such people are friends to nothing but tlieir own
interest. They arc betrayers of tlie Constitution
Ui keep themselves in office; they desire to use
yon to help them get office, j applause] aud tlioy
will betray you 'whenever they find il to tlieir
interest to do so.
They tell you they are your friends; It is
false; they are your very worst enemies. They
toll you they set you free. It is false. These
vile creatures who come among you nnd put
themselves on a level witli you, never went with
tlio army except to steal spoons, jewelry and
gold watches. [Great applauso.] They are too
low lo be brave. Tlioy are dirty spawn, cast
out from decent society, who come down here
and seek to use you to further their own base
purposes.
They promise you lands, and teach you lo Irate
the Southern people, whom you Imve known al
wnys aud who never deceived you. Are you
foolish enough to believe you can gel another
man’s land lor nothing, and tlmt the white peo
ple will give up their land, without resistance?
If you get up strife between your race and tlie
white race do you not know you must perish ?
You are now ten to one tlie weaker race. You
will grow weaker every day. You can imve no
safety hut in the Constitution and no pence cx-
ecjil 1)^ cultivating relations ol kindness with
aud who are willing to protect youf
The same experiment which is now being at
tempted with you by these Northern knaves who
seek your votes, was attempted by similar peo
ple in France for the negroes in llayti. They
liassed laws to give tlio negroes political equali
ty—abolished ail distinctions ot color—and wlmt
was the result? There was first a war ot class
es ; then a war between the whiles on one side
and tlie blacks and mulattocs on the other. Then
there wns a war between the blacks and tlie mu-
laltocs, and neither white, black nor mulatto
have ever seen peace or prosperity in llayti
since.
These men intend your extermination. Some
of them are writiug books in favor of your ex
termination, and 1 Imve myselt heard some of
them avow that you ought to be exterminated or
driven from tlie country. These are the same
people whose tattlers found the Indians here.—
They declared the Earth was tlie Lord’s and be
longed lo his saints, and that they were bis
saints. Then they killed and drove ofi tlie poor
Indian and took liis lands, it you do not make
ami keep friends of the Southern people, your
fnto is that ol the Indians! Woe lo your race I
You well know your race is not prepared to vote.
Why do you care to do wlmt you do not under
stand ? Improve yourselves. Learn to read
and to write; he industrious; lay up your means;
acquire homes; live in peace with your neigh
bors; and drive off,‘ns you would a serpent, the
miserable, dirty adventurers who come among
you, and who, being too low to lie received into
white society, seek to foment among you hatred
for the decent portion of the white race. Yrtu
can always know a gentleman, whether irom
Hie North or South, and all such respect and es
teem—tor such will not deceive you. Do not
desire to vole until you are qualified to vote, and
then look for the right to he given, not in a man
ncr that violates the Constitution, hut in accord
nneo with it, and through your own Slate Gov
crime-tils, i feel more deeply for you than I do
for the white race. White people ought toknow
better limn to disregard the laws and expect any
gooff. But you do uol know tlie laws; von il'o
not understand deceivers.
lam willing, anxious to welcome among us
gooff and true men from tho North who come to
help build u|> our country, mid add to its pros
perity. 1 wish they would come on and come in
multitudes. They will find us friends. But
when I see the low dingy creatures—hatched
fi oni the venomous eggs of treason—coming here
as more adventurers to get offices through negro
votes—to ride into power on the deluded negro's
shoulders—and creeping into secret leagues witli
negroes and a lew renegade Southern whites, mul
talking flippantly about disfranchising Hie wisest
and best tnuu ol thu land, because they know il
is the only |iossililu cliunee for knaves and tools
like themselves lo get place, 1 am hut led
work delivered In parte
catalogue prices.
— r month, and a.
emplcto, at Hie poblkh^ j
Pamphlola Illustrative at^lle woriemav h?s’,
anil the different atyles ol binding seen fivr.un! },a, “
Book and Music Store or J. J.&ft/p
Block. Alabama street. ' 1 ' tori
A tr.o TION
hale,
. T. Ii. UOMillS
W ILL HELL TilIH'(Thursday) MORNINO
menctng at IU o’clock, a large stock of “’
family anovEiima
Consisting or Lard, Syrup, Meal, Floor W. u-.
Whisky, Snuff, Tobacco, Copperas, Soda, (wi ’ " ie *
many, millII, rooacco Copperas, Soda
Also, an extra FAMILY IIAItNKSH UottsB
old
jyls-lt
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w. M. HILL, Auctions
.Attention! Everybody.
P. L. BIERCE & CO.,
Of Memphis, Tern., will Hell
AT AUCTIOIV,
CO mb’It WUITKHAI.L AMI) ALABAMA UTS,
Commencing Monday, June 24t,h,
A Large Stock of
(Mil, Bits mi Stas,
HATS AND CAPS, D It V (.(Mills
NOTIONS, DOMESTICS, PRINTS,&c.
These Good* will be cloned out nt LOW FIGURES
Regardless ol* Cowl
fSfSdloB will commence at!( o’clock, A. M., him! c
tiune until 8.(101*. M.
Now in your time to got your goods for n email atnou
of money 1
r. L. BIEKCK & CO..
Comer Whitehall and Alabama Strata.
jel8—3m
VAN EPPS & TIPPIN,
GROCERS, AND
OommiHsioi 1 iVLoi’cliants
A LA HA MA XTREET,
ATLANTA, -
- -
f*i Afore nnd to Arrive
FLOUR,
CORN,
SUGAR,
COFFEE;
/?.(CON,
And a general aeHnrtmeut of
Staple and Fancy Groceries.
VAN EPPS ,fc T1PPIS
HARDWARE AND IRON.
75
COILS MANILLA ROPE.
75 dozen Short Handled Frying Pans,
yu colls Pa.cut racking X to 1 Inch,
‘-.*00 dozen Hhovels and Spade*,
1600 dozen Pocket Knives,
Ailmimtri tlmt such monsters sire to be cousidcreil
ns belonging to the human species. 1 warn you,
|»y colored friends, it you would he respectable
ill society, or prosporons in your parse, or decent
in your own tcelings, to avoid all such people.—
'I hey will hug you and call you friend, and talk
about your friends, hut they will pull you down
to degradation, to sorrow, to poverty, and to
slinme. They Imve white skins but black hearts,
and will ruin your characters if you associate
with them. They are creatures born ot political
accidency mid treasonable conspiracy, and arc
the enemies oi all good governments and of ull
docent people. [Applause ]
And now, my friends of nil races, of all colors,
oi all nations, oi all sexes, oi all ages—let us re
solve to stand by our Constitution, nnd surren
der it to no enemy. This is our country. Let
us resolve tlmt wo will never be driven Irom it,
nor ostracised in it. f
Mr. Hill concluded amidst rapturous and pro
longed cheering. When it had somewhat subsi
ded a gentleman in the rear of the audience pro'
posed three cheers lor the 'only nmn South ol
Mason and Dixon's lino Hmt has proclaimed Hie
truth Irom tho seaboard to the mountains, which
the vast assembly gave with a hearty will.
Wheat. Tho Southern Cultivator says that
over one thousand bushels oi wfreul were har
vested from lots and gardens within the cor|Kir-
ato limits of Alliens, tho past month, all of ex
cellent quality.
Gen. Quant,-—The radical papers uro jubi
lant over Gen. Gram’s ostensible endorsuiout of
Sheridan’s higb-lianded conduct, at New Or
leans. Il is a somewhat questionable matter to
be joyful about.
Loyalists.—!A l’itUaliulU, Massachusetts, wo
man wore thirty thousand dollars’ worth of
diamond* at a wedding party lately. Her bus-
hind wa* a quartermaster of tlio loyal stripe.
150 boxes Tin Plate,
2000 pounds Block Tin,
1000 pounds Bar Lead,
500 Dags Sli t,
30 bundles Bright Iron Wire,
300 dozen Iron Wire-Sifters,
60 Anvils,
75 Vinos.
4nno pounds Smoothing Irons,
2000 pouude Uritlln’s I torse Nailn,
500 dozen Files—assorted,
8000 pounds Galvanized Sheet Iron,
3 tons Cast 81 eel.
20 tons Plow Steel,
800 tons Swedes and Reflned Iron,
(•(i Ions Band, Hoop, and Horse Shoe Irmi,
15 toiis Oval, Hall Oval, and Half Round ln»n
*£* Ions Boiler, Plate, and .Sheet iron.
l*or sale by
WEEDS & CORNWELL,
Nos. 150 and 101 Broughton Street,
iiiayiu Pm Savannah, Ot
C. W. ADAIR, Auctioneer.
MARIETTA STREET LOTS.
I WILL SELL ON SATURDAY MORNINU NEXT
tile 30th instant, at s ..’clock,
Two Bountiful Lois
or the sub-divisions of that beautiful grove on tlie north
fmluol Marietta street, opposite tlio Opera House, vu
No. 1, corner lot, next f)r. Westmoreland’s, fronting
Marietta street ‘J-l feet, and running back HC. iVetto*
No. 3, fronting 38# feet, ami running back lift feet W
the same alley.
Terms: Half cash; balance 1st November.
-ALSO-
A quantity of Stone, Brick, and Building Material
G. W. ADAIR.
Real Estate Agent,
ie«r the Railroad Cronin*
FLOUltl FLOUR!
K are constant y rocri ing a superior article of
FLODII PHOTO NEW WHEAT!
From several or the best Merchaut Mills lu UeorjfU ***
Tennessee, in Barrels nnd Sacks,
At Wholesale and by the Single Package.
laT’Orders filled for any quantity.
Jyl3—3ra van KPPS & THTIN.
COTTON PLANTATIONS.
M Y
Northern Correspondents are making luqttlr^
for Collou Plantations. Persons having such P r ‘*
iui ' t’llUII I tllll lUl ttlllrt, I'LTSOUB IMVUlilou'-**
perty for sale, may ho able to have the same disposed «
through me, by sending me a full and correct deacrlptu*
of their property—Ute whole number of acres, uuniw-r
cleared, In cultivation, lu woods, bottom, worn out,* 0 -*
with condition and description of fences and lmpn>*£
•mints; the location, what rouds on or near, convenient*
to mills, churched, schools, post offices, markets, ueares
depot, steamboat lauding, dfcc.: condition of title,
lowest price.
Let all accounts be full cuui fruitful, so that when tP
property Is examined no disappointment lUfi £ AltL*"
Real" Estate Broker
Office Whitehall Street, near the Railroad*
Jyi6-
The Glory of Man is Strength.
fJHIBKKFOltK, the nervou* end debilitated thould ha-
»• mediately use Usuuvu>’e Extract Jiccuu.