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ATLANTA, OHOBOlii
BATDftDAV, MARCH 10, 1801.
Kx-Cov’uor Floyd and hi* Calumniator*.
Wo have jin! risen from a clone and dispas
sionate teview of Gov. Floyd's defence egamst
tbe Congressional Inquisition to which he b*«
been recently swtyeetod.
Wo confess that we h*v<; laid aside Clio paper
contaioiog this Tiudmation p-rf'cclly heart*
aick. We are forced t* conclude from th# dear
est internal evidence, not only that the Com
mittee which plotted Governor Flojd’sear jKtrlt,
arraignincut and trial were actuated by the
most deadly aud grovelling malignity them-
selves, but that the sacrifice •>( A noble victim
from the South was demanded by the foul fiend
of anti slavery. Aud it is, L.o, with distrust of
the usefulness and boasted character of the
press, that we here see a case of character pre
judged, ,an honored genealogy begrimed and
disgraced, a lie and (dander upon an exalted
name, with malice prepense stcrouty jud in the
public memory to all eternity ; and all through
the perversion of this gigantic power of the
press, that our people nro ready to fall
d *wn aud worship. Prom our experience end
observation of political plunders and lies of
Suite, wo have conic to think that of all earth
ly ills they are the most hop. less and ineradi
cable. The wily bad man will see that lie must
combat them not by opposing truth to false
hood, but by fighting tlio devil that vexes him
with his own fire, and that true science in the
infernal war of Blunder consists iu out fl nk-
itig the enemy who would destroy you with a
lie by bringing down upon him a bigger one
If you arc bo enrumlHired by coiiscier.ce that
you must decline these tactics, you have noth
ing then left for it but to live till y-'U die thank
ing God every day jvu do live, in the mean
time, that there is to U» a day of judgment,
aud that pail'sans and hireling pie-sea will
have nothing to d* with its decrees. As we
calmly recapitulate the argument* of this un-
an«w. ruble crushing r. joinder of Gov. Floyd,
a strong feeling of indignation rises up itx • ur
hearts against these Southern men and South-
era preescs that have lautilu irjaid to B ackP#
publicno mnligr ity in spreading its defamation
« f a deserving ofHchtl r i.tr.xef -r, to whom tbo
South is en much a debtor a* ibis eoletnn crisis
i-. our affair#, fiat ft r the ft reslght a d firm-
t.cssand patrioFc providence of Jo hr. B. r i y d,
in what >tress and p?r.i w *hl .r.eC/t nSiates
he floundering in ibis day. Ho kw toe iuevi-
ItModooruof the Cti : on. or the d*"m of his
For ro:-r,y '.h, |i»t, from
kit .land point, 1,2 lirit an rxpandrd li- 'ii nf
tli«m !■> rpri ld
ilia lkoamt,
wh.ffi fjavoV. tfca emtn
V W iMWaaari
_ 1o IW t. that J Cl« _
w,r» iHogaJ, rad k«»«r1 ihd* Ikay *•
r or imira ago. In
1 eottld nut tiara ' 1
my offii’ial liinff.Uun
'bo raialouc. of t
»«pr. lanfliHfr 1
preaaad. v> auy t
i IntrnUoo t.1 am
ntd at ib. iiu»«
intended to bo trrap
nnorptma
_ . _ — . wo. Hainan.niff Jrt-T*
iu *• disobedience of l*f?r.” I could never have ’ ■ . i —f-s.i <■.. isimOhm
Jvmfa.Md they worn ilirgal, for I n.r.r bolior- I thrTI^^I 2Td iSrr M BNL . >
ed they were: though I uever pretended that ; have^xplainedtnM?! BenjJmrJfT tn the ' Oflita gains by lh# p'under «f the g*v
there waa express law authoN*.ng acceptance, , WOf why th# ,i < bi riH i n . tioo j h.n mam, G,
,1 is rt*p< naibl^. ii an- fln-ir * >• • : • I
brAf forward come Icgislyiion to have him-«>f its]
tUt llJlpfint frnan jolt. But tLcy have not i c»!j» party puro^.-*, 1he BlackJt« publioa
don* »#,.«r>d their faUure ih a co!i!f8fci„n that Jr.* 1 -■ ^
23 thaw whol. auiomdnf oat tbo aubj.ot i. » b.ao l l'**w' m— tayol F,-d>r.l Snr.-t
IiVIi f.1.«bood: ii i.an admi—inn of wh.il. ill. iv.l
. faoi. that oaithir tha ao.ernmtat nor a «m
(toillian w111 lonaa dollar opon l lu'.r
I.iaax Qfiimi'b tat ...lid. Upon #i. bln. of
HlaffaryVrytriotiak. praaranlio >tSarS,a"'
ily*f daairimi; 4ha ratio.Hioo oi ^hfv.-ry, w 1
4 A ME* H. AI.EUpOKH.
ATTORNEY AT RAW
Id *4W«lt>a c. on
i ft- Hull, K ...
p.?..Vi'.?,.”A* l r ?T t Vf' l < ‘fll*| l '.lf ; «?«• *® °» l . funbar aaaiaujco «aa I Tl.r ..n.alion prr.a liamraia.d will, aiorira
lor nrgotiation , ,*,.dy ahown. It w« brlirv.X that Coni P?.** ",. .f n0 * *.*
, Gov. Floyd aa>a-
vhieh <
holow the horizon from
Vi’hen hia f.dthful loyait
peop’e began its labors
i t ■ s*-' «he great den
lut which wu Lil
•rtl» had t!
powder a
thing els
vy guti, tti-s
l ball, ju. f . ai the >\
that Wonred to IU
crnti
□ t. IIo
iinou Qo*
lifted lrcit
in • in S u
L'd belong i
rt; forts
,ja «!. Who a;i t 37,0c
«*ur soil who n.irrlit h
murder us at Abraha
mder tbeg .rri- na
which were w dc f r
else, but who a .1 s.
»ud rege* t*» y«-t p »^s»
stand of arms t » Gcor.j ’i ? 11 w ••snoi 09,000
rn>re prime death dcnH.'g r fl b ot J.ick->>n,
Mistituippi ? A»ul, in short, why have w i any.
thing at all iu the S mtb to mail the stri og
hhi.tis of the rons of tha Smith h.Ui a* this
hour when ev*ry heart and head and arm vf
her children i re needed in Iit da.-fence. Truth
di'iuandfl it of us, to decluro (Lut ws owo to)
John B Floyd un cU rnal tribute « f gratitude
f *r all this. * H J he bxn l? t s the put.i. t th^n
ho whs, w*» migh ii w Lave been disarmed and
ut the mercy ot u i'.ati>>u • f cut tl r<. K tA a*.d
piuoderor.-*.
Vet, we stand by in tilvi.ee. and suflbr the
whole Abolition herd*, whothirrtf'r Floyd’s
bloodbecuuae Ii.-haF bafllod (In in, loasperseand
outrage his Ibir fanie. How inuny Southern
papers havo osk. J for Gov. Floyd eveu the
poor charity of a short ailcoce. A jeanitical
pretense, on the part *»f his do fa m era, of de
cent secrecy kept those silent who niivh* have.
»s friends, began even in the race wiih
I loyd’a enemies. While thil s»al of *cer cv
’vua etill arcr.iingly ke[*t on the acts of the
Committee, tho wnole North were gloating ard
snarling over a miserable, g*rblcd eccoutti of
Gov. Fhyd’a imputtd villsLite, while to ^
word bed bom w-t-cd for. . r waiUd In*, fnm
the other aide.
We very mu'h r«gr«-t, o« sincere admlrcrtof
the late Secretary of War, that we find it im
possible, from the pre-s <*n our columns, to pub-
li-b this triumphaiit vindication in Governor
rioyd'e own lurgucgc. From the rxtrccU w«
cro enable i to furnish, however, our renders
nu.y see with what culm strength the paltry
pack that, assail him nr*» crunched and ground
to pieces under Gov. Floyd’* rciut. We are
perfectly sincere when Wr s»y t!i»t we regard
this reply ns a perfect nn-w* r to - very c'»
and spi-ciilcatiou made ngiiinsl the ofli *!U char
acter r.f cerretary Fl .yd, and that in tho whole
dreary range of purtina mrndecity, «o nev^r
knew uu instance ol irjuelicc, brotili'y and
outrage tho equal of that which is manifest In
the pretended inYeettyaticn * f the Ccmrohv*e
of the Jest tongresv, c f wh : ch Morris o** IllJ.
nois Wiis Chrirman.
In a word, cui iu
were deaigued by this
nothing else was thoi;
tlio feme of a Souther
lend himself, like poirfieott, to be'tlio butch-
r of his own people, ai d. secondly, to d
k tr I a
of: firnt,
in®, who
■o things
d we think
* blaeken
s-ornsd to
r'.o.K^tlS pnxetfee UPQ1 trier master* to drtw
upon the Quartermaflier General in favor of
creditor* ot the Government, and for the latter
officer, in'tho absence of foods, to accept the
orders; whereupon the paper went into the
herds of cepkeUsts. I suppose three eeeep
lances amounted tv millions of dollare, for it
Iihs been said (though doubtless with exagger
ation J that the Mexican w*r was carried on by
this uieuns It is also a notorious fact that,
wit. tin the last year <»r two, claims upon the
poateflice Department to a very large amount
havo been put into form to be made the sub
ject of negotiation OoiDg back to an earlier
period of the Government, it will he found that
this practice was very early adopted. Indeed,
paper precisely of the kind isaued by tne, drawn
in tho very language of the unconditional ac
ceptances which I gave, in repeated instances,
passed even the ordeal of the courts unscath
ed. During the Administration of Gen. Jack-
s »o, the Postoflico Department issued accep.
tuDcea. unconditional as well as conditional.—
Not only did it accept in favor of contractors
to whom it owed money, but it induced con
tractors, who cr j >yed high credit with the pub
lic, to drew upon it in order that it might ac
cept aud raise money on the paper for its own
use-i.
eeeeeeee
If this be so in the case of the Postoffice De
partment, a fortiori, it is so iu that of the War
Ddpxrtmi'nt, which is expressly authorised to
contract, without the authority of specific law
tor the case, by the act of 1820, in these words:
Bee. C. Aud be it further enacted, That no
c.intract shall hereafter be made by tbe Secre
tary of Bute, or of the Treasury, or of the De
partment of War, or of the Navy, except un
der a law authorising the same, or unuer <n
appropriation adequate to its fulfilment; and
excepting, also, contracts for ihe subsistence
aud clothing of the Army and Navy, and con
tacts by the Qiisrterniest^r’s Depertinent,:
which may be made by the Secretaries of those
Department*.
Here tho Secretary of War is expressly au
thoris'd to make contracts for the Quartermas
ter's Department without the authority of ex.
prvs^iaw, aud i accordingly dismiss the charge
of the Committee thnt my conduct wss in dis
obedieureof law. I will now explain the reas
ons which dictated
TUB CltAiriSd OV ACCKPTASCRB.
This wss an act of merit for which 1 d*>§-jrve
the commendation of the country, rather than
the censure of Coegressions I Committees. In
the history of tho world, there is nothing tor
which CdbinetA and Ocnenls have been wil
lin' to make greater sacrific 1 ** than tor the
safety of armies against any want of provis
ions: and, under similar circumstances, 1
wou‘d do Jg in, for the comfort aud security of
rur Army iu the remote West, dependent tor
it* existence upon the transportation trnir.a,
wiiHt I di-i do ut the cxneusc «.f eo mucu unjust
clamor und vituperation.
The transportation for this service required
ua immense outlay et the outset, for wagons,
tencis, mid perishable stock; such as fow men
,[establiche i capital would venture upon, aud
r.v. o but nii»u of exlra.rdioary ruterprise
would think ol risking. The stock thus pur-
oliii-ijd be sent > ut iu the distant wildernexs
to c counter uiu’.tipliel hvzardA, itself furnish
ii) bia s of credit, f *r i f could not bo insur
ed ; and the very fuel thnt men efuharked their
morns :»nd credit i.i such adventures, tended
to iliscr’dit them with capitalists, a class pro.
Wblnlly timid an i cautious. Tho outlay,
n o e tver. was all rtqu?red iu tbe fitting out
and starting oil of those Irair.s, while theesrn-
irgs could not ho collected until the train had
traversed immen>o distauces. occupying sever
al month!-; i or until the bit's of lading could
r»ti*iv tie Mm« tedious journeys in returning
i • he p.sv o{ the accounting cflicsr* of Gor-
eroiccr.t. The s -rvire was peculiar, also, in its
immense magnitude, involving millions, whore
Lllior contracts < f Government <>p!y involve
tbopsr.nds or hundreds of tbousandN. Russell,
Msj-irs aud Waddell w ere the only bidders for
this dangerous contract. under the advertise-
I:r..? .t published by the department. Thus, in
the heaviners of outlay necesenry in the out-
•et; in tlio dangers encountered by the stock
• mplcved, from stampedes, Indian attacks,
amt accidents ol fl >od and field, rendering it
useless as a basis of credit; in the extraordi
lusry lapse of time requisite f.,r collecting the
I esruings after the expenditure was made; in
jthr magni'.uda of the undertaking iteelf; and
in tho uitfieuilv of obtaining contractors at all.
this service d flVred from any other ever before
known in the history of military ouerations or
Government contracts. Under this wholly
nuomsloua state of things, the question arose
in the very beginning, and continued to pre
sent itself in the progress of the service, how
-hall these men be enabled to anticipate their
earnings thus uuustially delayed, deprived, as
they are, of the means of ob'aining credit up
on their stock, from its perishable character,
aud the extra-fdinsry hasirds attending it nt
every step? It was plain that they could ob
tain credit oniy upon their ro .tract; and the
acceptances I gave seemed the only mode
available of providing them with the ireuns
ne»r# ? arv for their operation*.
• ••• a a a a
Ti e country cannot have forg< tteu that, at
M.o tin e t M.ao acceptances were given an ae
•uni rebellion was un foot in Utah; that the
ub 'io United Btaiai force was in a most peril
ous cjndition irutn the fear of slarvatiou. The
troops were * thousand miles beyond the Itiu
its ot our settlements, in advert country *f.
t<<rding not a solitary supply of any sort, mii4
annoyed constantly by au active, daring ore
my, » ho hit' g coritiuualiy around them avow
edly for cutting off supplies The couutry re
collects that our army was reduced to such ex
tremity that only a single week’s provisions
saved them Iruu th« necessity ol eating their
mule*. What would have been the censure of
the country upon me if I had from any cause
allowed the army there losuff. rlor profitless.
I wrj bitterly abused for the risk the troops
were exposed to—what would hsva been the
just condemnation heaped upon me it the im
pending dangers had factually befallen them?
Gov. Floyd thus notices the liability rf the
government on account of the acceptances:
Tbe Cnmmt.tc* could also have learned, if
they bad pursued their ir.ouirics lar enough to
embrace the whole truth, that the outstanding
acceptances had been provided for by the con
tractors iu *n essignmeutof property believed
to bs ample for their prrteetion, and that no
ultiinato loss to tho government is likely to
rntue on account of them, indeed that a large
portion of them had been secured hv doub’.a
assignment*. Thus the Committee’s magnifi-
cent bubble of six or eeren millions of accept
- :ea, likely to fall upon the government, cel-
l «*|*blr.lifJ U.Uut, l>> will. dixtjijMilUM- tn > I 1,1,1 #_■> .
would b. in fund, to rxieuutba u.il huhii 7 . i iu« »m«r pnnmil,i.» ofilfirciTp.. with u«n |„ Sl.vorr. >*J d-i,.. », HI* * "" UM «
work -HbMi b»lp. Th.«>,KH*i»w,in tuilnl. ik"A.*V»f"‘»« lo*
Tho .O..OD f*r w«o.p.,ri»v,u t.rn. on. Their | rtt-.renr- TI(oji» »l«i lu.i'w ■in vlh/n,
embarraslmentl continued, grid rhe credit of; my affifrs ktro# tlikt ft is grossly and i-nf
their contrsmt, in Jta^aystiUhle form, ttecaina | false; kuow that 1 ^o out uffice a pour i
pen.
pie wh »tolersto t_ie system. If the Black Re
publicans North were sincere in fliefr pfofes*-
ed batrcil to dlarrrf, as practiced iu the Cot-
lotfstaSei. tliey’C^-tliuly would not desire fel-
SEVERAL Good Workmen could fl D «| n n
1 fd«y»f»e»tA, Ht iitverwl prices, eilh
13 -dfiwl. LAVfAHE A rCRTEbl
REACH & HOOT
and harb'tn't'i
• •« eking, by »
a: still, they
• wuer* of fllHve*.
n, to protect th
nwilliug to Icav
— • vwm.. —o, luiiu. urtauio , iifttov , fcUUw l II IU 1 Lil uuw uiii.o U pool IU III , •
esientlir th them In brtTer to enable them tfr» M'diTtitr'feAdny be ffSTO fo‘'Any seafi'I.H thrfrnttsW Warery. If the Free *tnte« were
supply the troop* upon the plain*. For these , monger in Congress and scaveagtr cf the press 1
H*®*®.®* * *K H,n sHorded them the asSistnijce w |, 0 delight* in suoji inquiries; and thin fs*t
asked lor ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ j is the ootiolusive and hwtornblu von«iier I
hold Against all iheir hrutaf charges.
TH* gpi'POigD axsi tTS or pitoTr.sT. . . .. ,
Muoh la nsndnof th# lallacioua suppoeiU«»n 4 In conclusion, iuy. Floyd siyg
that, if the acceptances I gave these conirac- I A great fuel elands prominently out iu
tore bad gone to protest, 1 should have been 1 spits of all calumny and detraeiiou. It is tbi*
officially disgraced and have hail to retire from 1 —(bat l hare aihumisiered the War Depart
the Cabinet. Tbe acceptances were legal and j rU enl upon die i.ppropiiaiioiis made by Con
were demanded t,y ihe interest, ,,f the public , |,„ vt . „,k,.| f„ r no diflicienev hill
•ereipe. The protest wnnld bare been annoy. | ", g „ rr , a „ . Tlie „f J.ery
mg to me, and have aubiected tbe transporta- ; T • . . _
ti. n service to embarras.ment; but further \ ,,R ’ e ' ee, ‘ lh ? •Pr-ropnaii°m.
than that the simple consequence would have “Bhougli the estiiuaies of ihe Bureau Imre
been an order shipping tho payments from the ! been mod tuattnany reduced by ( ongre**,
Quartermaster’s Depariineui to the contractors. | Under circum-tUiicea Cdlulmvl grea'ly to eui
To suppose any graver consequences was very barrass the faervice.
tgregiously to exaggerate the case. Acceptao- \ These appropriations, ii must be h^rne iu
ces did go to protest In boptember, and still 1 j mind, have all been made upon specific oaii-
remained in the Cabinet. Thus tho imputed \ males for each branch of tbe service and for
object of the abstraction of tbe trust bunds , evt ., y j t m Congres* could not fail 10 under
proved tebe failnoiou.: bat Mill the eb.trec^ I d ,,, orougllli , n ,i nl „ e ly everyibinK
non went on. Yet il ■■ upon tbe f«il end I .... f./ ....
■ SPRING GOODSji
upon
s# total ,
consequences of protest to my reputation that
the whole fabric of Imputation is built. Mr.
Drinkard’s conversation with Mr. Bailey, ex
pressing very gloomy views of th# oonsequen-
ces of protest to my official standing is promi
nent! v adduced by tbe committee. I doubt
rot that Mr. Drinkard’s convictions on the
subject were aincere, imaginary as they were:
but the fact that he t<>nk to exMtfip-ra'cd a view
ot the cafe proves that be could have had no
conversation with me on the subject, and spok#
wholly without iny authority.
The greater part of the trutt bonds we*e ts
ken in July and September. My acceptances
were not deposited by Mr. Rutseii with U.iiley
uutil the middle ot December Tbo bulk of
the bonds, com# half a million, having then
already been takceu, I should have been a very
simpleton, if I had bud in truth any ktiowl.
edge of the abstraction, to Lave allowed the
*-’eeptancee to he deposited in their place. Is
there a man In aM the world, beside* tM* com
mittee, who could entertain so improbable 3
supposition ?
As to complicity with Bailey. Mr. F». yd rays:
It must be borne in mind that during cil ti e
time fr> m July to De.-cmtor, whilst Mr. Bsi-
l«y professes *0 hove boeti moved by such a
lender regard lor my chsrscter, be never
thought once of intimut r«g to me what he wui
doing for iis protection. Besides this, the com
nv.tLce knew, or could have ko'>wu by asaiug.
that there wss no n rt f intimacy whatever
between Mr. Bailey and myself; ou the con
trary. that our sanoaiaticn was of the most li»r
mafkinJ. I did net cv- 1 know until Mr. Hvi-
l*y disclosed hia defalcation to me in Decern
ht-r li st, that he occ picil m y sjwci; I p4*sition
ol trust in the Interior Department. I did not
know that su< h b nJs were in his cufaiody. or
eveu in the office of tho department,
was not a solitary cir.-uu.vi.i <. b.
a fort which usually bit •• o- s < A
bonds uf friendship; t.o bnuM *« koJ
pruikt**,
| they were doing. The expenditures w*re
in conrurmiiy with the esiituaies mid
(he appropriations, nnd every comraci and
every order for purchase, specifying (he arti
cle* contracted for or bought, the exact hums
of money expended, and the name* of ihe
ponies 10 transact ions, have nil been regular*
ly (ranemitted (o Congrers So that a perfect
imp of 1 lie whole transactions of ibv Denari-
meut has been regularly laid before ib*t body
every year, nnd not one ►ylluble of censure
has ever yet been tittered agaiu-'t a single
iraiifaftctton. I arrogate nothing when I * iy
that greater amount of set v?c* was never ren-
lendcred 1 efore to the United .Siui'ca f. r ihe
faitniH emu ol n.oi ey Tbe army hss. during
my whole term of office, been on >t w<»t footing,
and not dial uf peace, snd have l* v. cairyiug
on active cutnpuigus froai Texu^ in liie Sop h
to thn Brinsh pmtseshiou* in »h« N rih. wiiilet
the transportation required nnd pi-rlurmi d ha^
been beyond nil precedent greater thmi at any
former peri** 1.
During at) iliia (tiue. ernid diflicuides aris
ing from * distrustful and hostile course of
legitd.»*b»n. not «*ne dollar has h^en expended
beyood the approj riad* na ot Congress, not
onedniifai L »t to the govcrniivnt fioin fraud,
peculation or theft. 1 here Hand* the accounts,
plain, clear, distiuor. inviting *inve*iiga»:on.
defying horeH security.
If them facte, which neither malignity nor
falsehood cin overthrow 01 cliake, nro tn*:
’ ^isoL'rWso'*
honest in Iheir professions, it seems to ns that ’1 ' ^ La '
ihey would gladly part with those so*fa/Wand I JlABKtJK A&tffsMfdf ^
hm bariouH.
Tti*» trutli is, there is no sincerity in North
•rn hostility to negro 8tavery it is the result
of fanaticism, and the lu«t of pdlticil p>w#r.
Ami the anxiety now manifested to hold tbe
Union together is but additional evidence of
the justness and Divine origin of tbo system \
As yet, we have had no war, and. in our judg
meut. there will bo none, and tbe fruits <>T 3»- j
cession, at no distint day. will eradicate the I
isms of the Free State*, and the agitators of
the day, with the innumerable mvwI* nt n«r- •
chy already sown in their midst, will bo swept
iuto oblivion.
Having crossed the Rubicon of 3e>.aaio«,
the proud temple of a Botuhern Ojufadersny |
will be for tbe future tbe great bea.'on of ad
vancing civilization.
OROAND/KH, / ' <
PRINTED JACtiNXfS,
A.lllXs*
DE CHINES,
CH ALUCS,
SUES,
PRINTS,
GINGHAMS.
Cllgb
shield 1
hv Mr. Bailey should
his prospect
f shielding mia
nnd
n*peril iii* character,
•« ever for t «
f rud .1 lent con»rao's and count I,
mentv, it will be owing alone 'u
P -rgreas shall lend iirflf » * th
* ' f Such lepnita ».re ll.e ofl-pt „
Tli.ro i l<"Mi n , ,i 1 igni!,v, ir.-i.vl "I I’.rl i
1 (.-* «.| i high ft'.d n.tbl * duty of upholding ll.e pu in’
;t r in inivreets by Misiuiuir g, or at least shielding
xt i n. I from idj :*t ami Ii, liiosc who have been faith
ful to tntir public trusts.
propagation
r g of labe
lling the
IHd 1
1 foundati
da.- K -r
Abu
JOHN 11. FLOYD.
March 4, IH’.I.
Be Have Crossed the Rubicon.
Tl.o secession .»f U.o Cotton Slates is tho most
markable event, in many respect*, 'list isre-
rded in the Book ol T:m-.
8evcu ol the great Ctspic bUtea of the Ile-
| public have discarded the Federal Government
Mr. Hailey’s letter to me, dated the lOili ol
Decemlwr, revealing the fn* t of Die abstraction
of the bonds, and his possession rf the accept
ances, hears upon its face, in every tine and syl
lable, conclusive pr.»of that l.e \\.i*» revealing
lads to me that he knew* I «s* icnornnt of.—
Tl,». .I,r «l.ol. old-, » ». ll.e .ole j wi|hlllll . u , rcll , or .rd h»e f.
object ol this letter; written fur unv other ob- ,
jctft it would have been iioiiseuce. No man ! ed a Government up--n the uiequahy ot the
would have written such a letter a- this utiles* races, which, in the eloquent language of the
to another ignorant ol the subject di-rlosed, and j ., alr j„ t tta'osmaii, the first Vice PresideDtof
so every honest mau will decide. Mr. Hailey, ‘ . , . .
in ibi, I’tl-r, ..U for . iht-oo.I inUrvi-w mil, the IWI-o-r.t- Slain. I. th- mi-l.„„ ,.l
ro« Itefore 1 should make my disclosure. With | p'rctiiat will expand N«»rthwnrd. Eastward,
this letter to me he sent a eopy of Ins pr*q*o*e*l j Westward and Southward, until it will coutrul
Inter to Mr. Th,m,p«>o-i„ which I* drirr- th ,,, ti : , lbj , ,, t Thu.ib.oro.
mined to conceal the transaction until the dose . *
of the administration. Immediately alter ins I phctic statesman maps upon the canvas i.f the
interview with me, which took piace according : present ihe chiseled features of destiny us she
r-qu-.t. h« d-lcrntinrd 10 di«.lo»e lb. j ,, r .»id-t „v. r th. future gr.nd. ur of lb. South-
irunsaction nt
of the abstrarliou,
slightest degree in
would it li
persist in iii* plan of roacealnient. Ami as, nt
that tunc, ihe committee assert, *• Mr. Bailey
the exercise of lorelhought, prudent to
If 1 iiad known anything
l*ml been implicated in the I oro Xj,u I ?,,, ' rui '7 •
or fi.lt any interest wh.it- Although there has been threatened cullis-
it. how easy and natural J ions between the seceding States aud the Fed-
t^lo urge Mr. Hailey to , era ; Government, public sentiment, thus far, of
the two sections, revolts at the ides, and has
been more poteut with cabinets than the diplo-
detection, mad# up his Mock account for last j macy of radicals or the lust* of jwiwer. And
year, .bowing on ,t, that lb. bond, were j , ul . b h „ h , f ,, r „., ia , tridrs „f ,, ro .
safe 10 his custody, nothing could have been I ... ...
more easy than to continue the concealment.— 1 t5 re<,> BD '' “l* pertains to a high eivilm-
Hut immediately alter this interview. Mr. Bui- | tmu.thut the world to-day Is the witness of tbe
l-y .hangrd In. |,r.v,o„.ly i on,■, «..! plaor. „„,l unexampled ann la-l- of lb» fr—„ people In
made hia disclosure. -Mr llailey docs not leave . . . . . .
the reaaon lor thia change iu L plan, in any I,n..r,n, tb. b«.t ,n,.rn„unl known
doubt. He said, m his converaations with va- 1 t > nun. aud taUblishiug one ou the Diviae id#u
riou* witnesses and others, ••that he never I of the inequality 0/ the ram In thn S •ntliero
ould have .hanged l„. plan, ol .■onc-alinent | Coufe.I-ru-T thn Anglo-Norman, or Anglo-
uperiyr r*cc, have established a
lor the conversation he held
would not cousent to lie the depository of snvh
a secret, and therefore Mr. Hailey concluded
very properly thnt farther concealment was ut
terly impossible ; and, consequently, on the tery
day of his interview with me, lie directed Mr.
Wagner to deliver hi* letter ot confession to ■
Mr. Thompson immediately on Mr. Thompson's I
return to the city. It was not owing to Mr. I
Dailey's inability to arrange Iuh uoupqu uccouui
pt, the corner-stoLc of which is ihe
j orj eUijl enslavement ol the descendants <•!
Usiii, an inferior rsc#. Upou this idea, iheu,
the Goverumeut is baaed, and from the experi
ence of the past, tl« comprehensiveness of the
system ns indicii'e*! by Southern statesmen in
duced them to discard b Government of quasi-
tqvihty and Hfatublir-h one ■ f <liatiu< t im q mli-
ty, with tho cutaiuty rf the moat hemlic.nl
rot-ulta to civilization. And although the civ-
i.i/c I world has been opposed to African ncgr<*
JalaveHr (• practiced iu tie Sou Lorn States of
out thu w hole truth, they have omitted to record j America, yet. we witness lb# rcnarksbl# *p- •-
lb. mai.nni f*.t ibn. Hr. Thompmn d,d give Ucle tilWB Soulb.m SlM-4 ihrnwhig .IT a
the certilicaie, which wa* hied ou the 14ill De- ( , .... / . .....
.-iiib-rj u»d thill ihe bond, wrr- in hi, pn,.-,. which reiuw. i„ pr-tect tbe in, 1 ,,
siou nt tke very tun# when they had been ah- tution, for tbs purpose of catab.ialiir.g a Gov-
stracted. ' crniu#Ht tbst is based upon tb« great ides of
- ^ — n| - perpetuating negro slavery, and that without
that caused th# “early dieclOHire* nnd i
cominiltes knew perfectly well. The fominit- I
tee knew that Mr. Hailey find gotten Mr. Thoiup- |
son, the Secretary of the Interior, to certify that
hia accounts were all correct (as an in«tnuee of
comnuitee'a neglfact or mdi»|»oailion to bring j
Official fkuprr-^ervlreoblenfaa.
We rcceiiei through !b« Post Office, this
morning, a most promising envelope stamped 1
“ Depart ment of the Interior, Census Office,.
and franked by John G. Kennedy. 8. C. [
The precious enclosure was dust snd ashes j
on the lip, and proved to be a miserable so- '
phfslicsted piece «*f Yankee special tdeading, 1
stod entitled, “D s'ii.ion and its ffeWts to the !
doutb.” Tiie drift of this argument, if it may J
be called one, is to prove that the 8«*uth is. af
ter all, not so indiepeuHihle tn any body in j
particular, nnd, with the usual mend .city of
Northern figures.it shows, *ouclu«*iv#iy, that |
EMDROIDKklEH,
LACKS,
Ar., tix.
uplete and large, and
CASH,
at as low , r
fall
We
start led by the no
fresh, that the Frci
ti**u »*. the produci
iSMily warring f-
then she will pitch
l*h dominions, ail
,seil-elected guard ii
to bosoiicitmu* to *1
■.try.
1 S.a?*
vhteh ihe writer thinks 1
ure turning iheir atten- [
.*• l>tton. Ejvp*. too. |
“i.irrwid y irer and J
to.*; ditto of the Turk- )
1 short, this provident, 1
f the South, seems only
• save us.o* the deluded South, |
ruin, ft doe-* occur to us that •
gn*fie.iat hs thut embraced in :
1. might be spared without all i
FLEMING
<fe CO-
But we dot n>*t intend n
cious, intermeddling, and in
We only cull attention t-* th
cer of tho United State*' g >
high place, is a’lowed t* s
incite opposition to tbe cm
things in tiii* government,
tbst ti.o charges of SciihI*
(dbers against (his 111 an K
an*! thul he deserv
try for his pragmatical
liiioti rule.
the c
eview of this spe- ,
sidiott* piimphlcl. j
- fart, thut an ntfi-
ernment, filling
iw dM.-ontent and
ahlo*hed order of
Wo bo vc BO d> 11 bt
>r Clingtitau and
enuc*fy were just,
sure of the coun
in behaif of Ab*.*-
WHOLESALE
Produce Dealers,
AND ftKSFRAt
: | COMMISSION HEICimi,
MASONIC IIALL BULDIN0.
Post Office Department
United Siaies Gotcrnmeni co
se sovereignty in the Seceded
1 to
Hy the
liiHt ner
ery
empire to
es, at
Post office is concerned —
1 istublisltiiig i'osl routes wo find
ouies have burn eatabiished in #«•
the Seceded dlutCH. When is the
ceise, or ure we ucv*e in get fully
We subjoin (he new post routes in
(Opposite Passenger Depot.)
ATLANTA, GEO.
PROMPT ATTENTION -Pr
1ffl~ PAID TO-Hr
,TS KILLIN'(l ORDERS. *-4
f
My. viu Camilla,
ie, Colquit couiih
» Oillins'
But lor the knowledge of this I
itig to me os it did on the 'JOth
tug to me as it Util on the Vbltl m December, I ' , r -
these whol# traMsucticas would hsv# lawn s« i htnd#ran## from any quarter. This
completely concealed now as they were ut any : fact but demonstrates that cot only tbe pro
**•»« Hl ,l,e P'wwdinf. d«c* of nqro »I»*«fy control, c.bio.U ,ru:
th# co?( n vcT etf tbx coxMiTTrK. diplmi.acy, but that th# ctktiBW #f civi
1 com# now to tbe eoumitite iifa«lf, and how ‘ n T»d#f#nd*it up**» its lualutefiarce at d i
•hall 1 ebaraet#vi*# th* eourse U hat pursued | P#rpeltufion. If such be the fact, Airman or
towards not 1 venture to assert (hat, io all J negro slavc*y aa pi sc'iced in the Soatlicru l>n.
(hehisttry of secret ir.qasiiiona there has j *»d#raey, is <le*»tioei u» control the commerce
f they co«i!d, tho" Ysuhe# monopoly ro *,g ] nodi lb "tX ***!u* n ‘ns.snce in which he.vicr Im- ' of nation*, and ritk it th# system of O *verr-
ci-j .yc! of all Oe . IR. iul ro ity whi.-b li*» j liiintlr.d i«ur*d ky »,.i S nm. n i of jjd ^"bJcTupon," tuT) t’dMillufloB’lr I , “ , ’ , ' nn whi, h 1( " m,l “ “ u 1 »m«»kr.
I.nr.-c<l tli. Amrric.n n.m-. Ihcy marttry | TT** <r * .apprcnlcn of f»ot.,_ j ul " “ ,4U <■* "*0
*’w"’ '•*’«'>< ! of lou e*n fell «| on fo* wauclt w ' *° d lV ll *‘ fn<1 N T «'I"T brought oil tlcir J**««-
T/# onaH, for w .nt of epsce, th# impressive corn ml ite# reoort six m ID loom If th# g*>v#r«-, 1 of rr* : TTave (ney proposed any ; oec.*»siun •/the Cptum State*, t^h^n. Meg
prefatory remsrks cf Gov. Fluyd's vindication, , meut shall permit the earnings cf the (rains pro?** fur the ca#* imputed? They t for th» perpetual, a uf Negro Slavery, » firm
and, at th# aUrt, introdno# the m rc material {ir ! “ 81 l ’ ^ •Lpl'fi to **£*•!uuUUnding ac- 1 [»*▼• propoted noihiog, they have don# Bolb of society which Ini heretofore received th#
i..... u. ,c«pt»r.«*.th.)-nM- i i',l4-irvft* 1 ..ul w ,rT0 1 li». They b.w not even deemed |k,lr ow« | 0 « n , !etan « t r 0 n^.oflho ,rr,l ni J!oo, of tk,
ceded
Gcorgi
F’rrun Newton, Baker coi
Miichidl cout ty, aud Mouh
•y. io Nashville, Herrun c.i
From Milford via Furlo#
From Americus, Sumter county, via Ellas-
vilie, Schley county, and Buena Yivta, Marion
county, to Geneva. Talbot county.
From Wareahoro* fo Ilolmesviilc.
From Blackshear. Bierce county, via»Sirick-
land ami Bsgby'a Store, t** Douglas, Coffee
county.
From Albany, via Moul'rie and Taliukas to
Quiimati.
From Spiing Phice • * Bill Ground*. Mur
ray county.
From Elij iy, via Jasper, in Pi keas county,
fttlJ Hft l tli’oiiil is, to CatlUMl, r*l* r JXe » c » iu
ty *
F'rom K *n*e, via the Coosa lliv r ami Green-
port. to 1’HlladegH, Alibsmii.
m From 8teplt*n*ville io Dublin. 1.
«y-
From Atlutita, via Kosweli, Alpburena an*l j
Ctinuniog, lo Dahh negH.
From Uowtlen. via (ioggiu nnd Wall hall’s j
Store, and Tallapoma. to f * fartown
From AiUn'a. via Turner and Mason’s Fer !
ty, Povxler Springs, Villa Rica, Mimhanau,
and Tallapoosa, to Jacksonville, Alabama.
From Trader’s Hill to YeVieiuvIRe, on th** 1
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.
F'oui S'ateuville, Echoh county, toValJos J
tit, I.ownde** county.
From Newton to Bond's Miite
From D.iotortown. hyihe Minniabi r<*ad. to :
OcmulgeeviMe
From Ueid-vili# to Johnson’* Flaiiun.
Ft mil Valdosta, via ililiira. Deny Wells, j
and Avt. to Moultrie. Colquit county.
From Way s Staton. *a *•■# Alahnuu and j
Gulf Railroad, via l’.u>»*> - Store, Valeotiae |
Ci i -. William Kennedy's ,. d HarrilFaHtore, I
in Hulinch county, i * S:a*c horo'.
K»oni Jdck-onvil c, in Te ‘sir mun'y, to 8u- J
t ar Creek.
From II ir uory Gr> vc, h* .1 ichson connty, !
Phidetia. Bushviile, **nl the county siie of !
Hanks, Well, Creek, llollinswor.fi, to Clarks- I
viile, iu Habersham e *uo»y.
LIBERAL ADVANCES
MADE OX CONSIGNMENTS.
$ i
DC8I.NESS TRANSACTED OX THE
CASH SYSTEM
E-X-C-L-r-S-I—V-E-I.-T!
j]
Prices Currcut mailed
March 9, 1901.
• weekly-
J. W. HE WELL,
.» and arrku. dsaia* i
c*y anil Staple
DRY GOODS,
MARKHAM S BLOCK,
Comer Whitehall Ac Alubama Sta^
ATLANTA. GEORGIA.
Feb. Ifi—ly.
THOMAS M. CLARKE, J
Successor to Clorko Ac Lewia
IMPORTER A DEALER IN
EVfiLlSil tunica IHIMlIl
—T-V- fa- T- r<
r-olBla iu Ui!i U. R um Of Hi, main U.u, ko |
g-n ob (o »»y
1 Ubor, wonky of oocultntlok by th. Bout,
Btfor, -kftrtetori^'ng th««lr»or<Ilo»ry pro- I r.l-kr.t.J unnUin-.
-odluy. of (hi, CoAralltM, I will rx.oilo.
»ud r.tut. thrlr okargM ,g»in»t m. In ..try I MCUmrroil to git. bc-iamui.
c*«o in »J)lch tjio— Sir, Tcntured to rtdu^, , It it ,^g*d (h.t f pro'oil,'*J
Bo much for III, logallty mil txl-at i f Him* ' ** N«far*»,ni»llT»,. They Ii.t, not d,r*d I,
••!>}«* thBf report io Bin union io op,n U- | ">•»**« Ju.t.m, lb, pro|.ri.ly, .n,i thoDi
rithoui .nareliy or o..|II>lon, u coucluiliu to
If, ,4 thkyTror.ib, pnbllo to IxlUfC, j uothority of the iottitntioo imlf. h« 'y i further partlou : ll/Bt8XTI-W» b«Tihfa,rel
i:onr. l. tnAWLEY,
\Uolrsalf nml Rftail Tlfalcr ii
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS,
-AND-
Genrral liusin^ A sent.
U f ILI, attend promptly t«* any busine
if u “ “
, bu rr l
FOR HAtlk
A rouse md L»u *. , '»aic4 «n th
c. ttcr of. W**hT*g "n and Farr
Btreefs, fir sale. .
Trass ; One ball' «u»h, th# balsoc#
A LSO, BW«e ,» KixUh rad Aiu-'i'' 1 '.^
fust, (German. H.ister snd Flow
ro. Guts, Rifles, sad Pistols, Farmers IJT;
inenis,-Carpenters’ TNmfe, A# , <*arrisg# "TT
ware. Bptiegs. Aites, Hni#. ffpoltf«.a" d - k
y s tii.H-s, j g«>le Agent t.*r Fairbsnk’s Scabs., <# -*
util ly j price*. Peach 1>*« f»m t. Allaata,Gs. t
Bide* is