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EDITORS A¥l> FP.OPP.lf.TOR'-
•».c. SMITH. M. D- -..A380CIATE EEITOR.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA :
SUNDAY, DECEMBER V. 1SC2.
lABSSiST UA1LV CiKCLLATIU.V IV TUE Si A it.
irSKB F1KST i’AGE.'W
Speech of Hon. Ilerm hel V. Johnaoii.
SENATOR ELECT TO THE CONGRESS
OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES.
Delivered in the Hall of the U*i'C of Repre
sentative* on Thursday Evening, D:: r v\ber
the 4th, 1SC2.
Reported for I lie Soti’herii Confederacy by J. Heiily
tmitli, one of the Editor'
Some Hays ago a large number of the members
of the Legislature sent a written request to ex->
Governor Johnson, the newly elected Se.ntor,
to visit Milledgeville and deliver an address. In
compliance with this request he designated last
Thursday night. At the time appointed, though
it was ruining quite treejy, the. Hour of the
House was filled with members and citizens a«
long as there was standing room, and the gal
leries were crowded with ladies and their friends.
The distinguished orutor, statesman and patriot,
appeared at the appointed hour, and was gr°eted
with hearty applaus.
He was introduced to the audience by lion.
J. H. R. Washington, of Macon, who stated
that he had appeared in response to the call
above alluded to. Senator Johnson then arose
and delivered substantially the following ac-
dress:
Fellow Citizens : As has mst been stated. I
appear m response to the invitation signed by a
large number of members ol the Sena'e and
House ol Representatives, to address you oil
the condition of the country. The new lela-
tions which I occupy invest the public with a
right to know my sentimems, and impose on rue
a duty to express them.
I had supposed that my political aniicedents
since the disruption of the Charleston Convens
lion, had consigned me to private lile, and 1 was
content that it should be so. I desired it, be
cause I was honest in my views of the policy
that I thought we ought to have pursued at the
tinie. But the Legislature has thought proper
to assign me to the service ot the State in the
counsels of the Confederate government. W h le
I question the wisdom ol the choice which they
have made, I should be untrue, were I not to
express my gratification. Whilst I did not ex
pect it, it is source of gratification to me under
the circumstances, and is a mark ol confidence
of which any man might well be proud.
It is well known to you that I opposed seces
sion—not that I doubted the right of Georgia
to secede, for I always maintained that she had
that right; but on the score ot policy at the
time- I desired the co-operation ot all the slave
States in one more effort to secure our rights in
the Union or to defend them out of it. 1 believed
that the preservation of the Union was an ob
ject to be desired, and was worth an effort. I
had strong, hopes if success if :h*» elbvr had,
.cen inaae, ana mought the expeiinient worthy
of being made. My conn els were overruled.—
Georgia as she had a light to do, withdrew Irom
the Union and resumed her delegated powers
and separate independence. From that hour 1
resolved that her late should be my fate; that
her people were my people; that their God
should be my God; that whithersoever they went
I should go; that there would I live and die.
and there should I be buried, and nought but
death should separate me and them.
^The ship is yet fast to her moorings, the pas-.
seDgers are all on board, and everything is rea-
day to sail, but the sky Is stormy and o’ercast
with portentous clouds. The captain hrsrates
to put out to gea, fearing rough weather and
danger to the ship and the lives ol' tnose on
board. He submits the question to the passen
gers. and they promptly decide to launch out
into the deep and proceed on their voyage. Her
cables are loosed, and she gets under way. Soon
the storm which was expected and teared arises.
The ship is tossed to and fro as the migh
ty waves dash against her sides with all
their fury, and she springs a leak ! The cry is
“all hands to the pumps ! to the pumps ! Now
what would you think ot a man who would re
fuse to work to save the ship and the precious
lives of all on board, and wmild say, "1 knew
the storm was coming, and I voted against
starting on the voyage !’’ I tell you his, fellow
passengers would instantly hurl him into the
boiling deep '
Georgia was at an anchor. Some said it was
best to cut loose and launch out upon the sea ot
independent nationality. I slid. -‘No; pause
and wait and consider belore taking this serious
step.” The majority, however, said, “ Cut
loose.” Now the storm of war has come, ju»t
as I expected ii would; and the ocean is rocking
her from side to side! while the ihnnders ot des
olation are heard in the distance. The leak to
the noble vessel has already sprung, and the cry
of “all hinds to the pumps” has altcady been
heard ; and I say. wo ! betide that recreant hand
that wili not lay hold and work with all the pow
er ol which it ts capable. (Applause.) There
is work for us all. Let us all labor to bring our
noble ship, freighted, as she is, with 12,000,00b
ol precious souls, sately into port. Let us, oue
and all, rally to the rescue, and save our vessel
from being submerged in the boiling deep.
Our country is scourged by a war which has
no parat'el perhaps in the annals ot history—uu-
pariflleled in the vast extent of the territory over
which it extends its pall of fire ; unparalleled m
the important interests at stake, and the fate of
republican liberty is suspended in the issue. I
have spoken under the figure ot a storm. We
gaze with silent amazement and wonder at na
ture as it uproots the sturdy trees and shakes
the adamantine hills: but J stand appalled at
this great revolution—its stirrings, its terrors,
its wrath and carnage ; and it rnay be destined
yet. to shake nations of the earth I feel pro
ioundly humbled at the gteat responsibih v
which your generous confidence iias imposed upon
me. W hat'Parf I do * Fools rush in w here angels
draw back. As for myseli, I would have been
gratified if some one more capable of dischnrg
mg me duties had be-n called to the task by the
Legislature; but it has been assigned tonic,
and in the tear of God. and to the' best ot my
ability I will endeavor to do my duty.
plausc.j
Why is there such a xarasthts 7 What have
we done to tne North ? What wrong have we
inflicted upon them ? Do we seek to ourn their
cities, towns and villages ; to rob and plunder
the people of their substance ’ Why is our soil
invaded, and pressed by the leet ot a vandal loe •
M hy are our ports blockaded, and a servile in-
surrectii n to be stirred up among us ? Why ? It
is because we are true tothe great American doc
trine that all governments denve their jus. pow
ers trom the consent of the governed ;*and that
whenever the government becomes destructive
ot the great ends it was intended to secure, it :s
the right of the people to throw it off and se
jp a new one for themselves, as they may think
proper. The government at Washington is
seeking to establish a despotism, and to rule
over us against our consent. Our fathers ol
’T6 repudiated a government that was attempt
ing to do the same thing towards them—to vio-
80TJTHELU OJNt H 1 FEDERACY
, their independence, and through the blessing ol
Heaven, we may hope to triumph also.
I In order to succeed in the prosecution of this
war, i’ is important that our people have a clear
conception ol the object in view—that which un
derlies all the principle of the revolution that
which is primary ana without which it degener
ates into an aimless war. Then what is that
object ? It is two-fold : it is to secure indepen
dence, and a good government; independence
n« th<* means and a good government as the ul
timate object. The one is to bs acquired by the
sword—by our military leaders, the valor and
endurance of our army, and the patience and pa-
trioiism of our people at home; the other by
wise, comprehensive statesmanship, on the part
of our government, and an indomitable adherence
to the pole star of liberty, and a cardinal, out- 1
mist support ol the government by the people in
all its mst efforts to carry on this war to a suc
cessful termination. It is a great mistake to
confound independence with good govern
ment. Ir.iependeme brings only nationality ;
good government brings the best political organ-
oreumzation to secure popular rights.
A people may be independent, and yet the
victims of ft despotism. Mexico is indepen
dent—she is recognized as such by the na
tions of the earth, yet she is cursed with a
had government. The nations of Europe
are nearly all independent, yet the people of
nearly every nation on that continent, are
crushed beneath the iron heel of tyranny.—
It is possible for us to swap off our liberty
for a despotism. Throughout all this strug
gle, the polar star must be good government
in the end. If *r,ot, the revolution is more
worthless 'ban rags. Consider bat a moment
the v'rtue ol good government. We are en-
gng-d in a irreat war—a mighty struggle, in
which all our energies and resources are de
manded—to achieve that independence; but
we all know >nr object is to have a good gov
ernment in the end It implies the largest
liberty of every individual citizeD, compati
ble with the general welfare - a universal and
loyal obedience to law that protects private
property and personal rights; and, in our
system, i’ implies the unyielding, unswerving
mainiaiuanco of the Sovereignty of the States,
without which we shall be a ccnscdidation of
some kind ■ and a consolidation of no kind
is acceptable tu me. We have abandoned the
old Union, because we believed the Tights of
the States would not be safe in it; therefore
we have - -t up a new Confederacy, that the
r:gh‘.s and sovereignty of the Slates, which
secure individual and private rights, 3hould
be secured and perpetuated This is the
great object of this revolution. I counsel
you Dever, never, to lose sight of it, but to
look to independence as a means of securing
good government.
Feliow citizens, in the prosecution of this
war, it. is the great and patriotic duty of ev
ery citizen to give a hearty support to all
measures ot the government, necessary to
secure for us the object iu view. We may
criticise the action of our public functiona
ries, and of our commanders in the field,
-but it should be done in a sjirit of candor,
-truth and patriotism. While I maintain this
positive duty of all our people, individually
and collectively, to give to the government a
fair and generous support in the prosecution
of the war, yet I do not mean to convey the
idea that we are to bow in un’nvestigating
submission Lo every measure of our govern
ment or the conduct of the commanders of
oor armies. We ; te to look narrowly to the
aciion8 of our government, and square them
by tjie Constitution under which we live, or
wc need not expect good government. I do
not approve of ail that has been done by the
yovernmeel hv our military leader; but
1 hold that we should give a gei erous confi
dence to tne one, and withhold our criticisms
from the other, lest we do them injustice, as
we are far away from :he places and circum
stances surrounding them, and not as well
calc-ula eulo judge of allthelfdo asweshould
be, in pronouncing against them.
I can illustrate this by reterence to the
Conscription laws of Congress, because my
opinion on them has been sought. I do hon
estly believe that these acts are in violation
of the Constitution o>f the Confederate States;
but at the same time, surrounded as W6 are
by perils on every baud, struggling for inde
pendence. I cheerfully waive my objections
to Conscription, and yield to its enforcement
a eheerlul acquiescence.
One of the most difficult problems of gov
eminent hap never been solved, and pzr.iaps
never will. It is to so organize a govern
ment fha; i» shall contain some provisions
that give the minority a check on the aggres
sions of the majority, consistent with the
structure of the government—its vigor, growth
and durability ; this is the most difficult
problem of government, especially of repub
lican government. The old Constitution con-
taine i no such provision. The South has al
ways been strugggling against Federal en
croachments—the encroachments of the ma
jority -South Carolina passed ber nullifica
tion act in 18 >2, and contended it was com
patible with the spirit and durability of the
•government : but it was soon discovered it
would lead to war. For more than a quarter
of a entury we have protested against the ag
gressions of the North upon Slavery, but in
vain The tide of fanaticism - rolled on till
we took our own destiny in our own hands
for our own safety. Now suppose we com
plain of the acts of our own government;
take lor instance the Conscription acts, which
I honest'y believe to be unconstitutional;
suppose w.- undertake to resist them ; what
will he the result ? The history of this coun
try affords but two instances of resistance to
the government; they are nullification and
secession Nullification ie folly, and seces
sion is disintegration. I theretore acquiesce
iu the em^rci rnent of the Conscription acts :
but 1 would bay-- Georgia to recor i her firm
and honest protest against it, to the end that
it may never b e quoted as a precedent in fu
ture days.
I b ,- g leave to counsel my countrymen
against the fell spirit of party. Let us en-
iertaiu honest differences of opinion on theo
ries : but let us make no war upon men,
in or out of ofiic\ merely for opinion’s sake.
The exigency requ res the uniting of all
hau is, heads and hearts to secure liberty, in
dependence. ai d go-. 1 Government. There is
no room i«r schisms end jars, but the crisis
calls for u> ail to be of one mind and heart.
If it is not sufficient to fuse us into odo har-
mcni'-uv brotherhood, we are but playing a
game of chac.ee un cur mother’s coffin.
I should net tail to mention what Iso often
se in the columns of our patriotic press, that
wc should make ample provision for the com
fort of - .he soldiers in the field as far as po--
-ib!e. end for their lamilics at home. Upon
the courage and efficiency of our noble army*
we are dependent ior our success Therefore
do not hesitate to Jo everything in yoiy power
that is necessary for their comfort in the field,
and theirconteutment while undergoing these
hardships by looking after their charges at
home. And upon nothing do 1 pride mvseif
more than the self-sacrificing spirit and labors
ot our noble and patriotic women T/ieysew
and kmt and weave, day and night for our
soldier*. while they drop tears for their loved
on ? who have fallen on fields ot buttle and
by the fatal touch of diseases, yet they toil
on T-’ps will constitute ne ot the brightest
' tnrv
care lor cur wives and Little t
realize how the soldier will f
his wife and children are sufli
be liberally provided for.
I have heard a good deal said, and seen a
good deal in the newspapers about the dan
gers of a military despotism. Some see indi
cations and tendencies in that direction.
While I also see them, I am bound to believe
(hat no man in the field with our armies has
aspirations for a crown. Revolutions are al
ways dangerous to public liberty, and always
tend to centralization. Our safety is in our
selves to determine to maintain popular law
in all its power and integrity. The great ob
ject of this struggle is good government. I
don't fear a military despotism, so long as
good government is kept in view. Despot
ism aiways springs up iu anarchy or iu the
corruptions of unbridied power. So long as
we are harmonious and resolved to keep the
preservation of the Constitution and our lib
erty in view, «s the end to be attained, men
there can he no danger. Anarchy cannot en
sue, till confidence m the integrity and fidel
ity of the Government shall cease, among the
people, or till the army shall lose confidence
in tha Government. Then there may be dan
ger of a military despotism—there will be.—
A crown was once oflered to Washington, but
it waB not until the army had lost confidence
in the Government, and if any body but
Washington nad been C jmmander-in-Chiel at
that time, we would probably now be under a
King ; and God grant that we may have a
thousand Washington’s, if occasion shall call
for the exercise of such virtue and devotion
to principle, who will in all crises effectually
preserve our liberties (Applause. ’
One other subject and I am done In this
fearful contest, we stand solitary and alone.
We have not the heartfelt sympathies of a na
tion or this globe. The delusive hope of for
eign intervention has produced mischief in
deed. I presume that is the reason our gov
ernment did npt at the first provide for us a
]q a vy—an indispensable arm for us to be suc
cessful in this contest. But we n^ed not in
dulgeany hope of intervention. We never
shall have it. It was at first thought that
France could not do without our cotton; that
the self interest of these nations would com
pel them to remove the blockade and bring
about a speedy close of the war. 1 never in
dulged in these hopes- 1 never believed that
foreign Governments wouIk! waste one throb
of sympathy for us or do one thing to put ar.
end to the war. They glory too much iu
seeing the Union dissolved, and the great and
overshadowing republic that then existed
broken in twain. . They rejoice that the North
and South are cutting eacn other’s throats.—
They were not only jealous of us as a great
power, but popular liberty is a standing re
buke to monarchy—a consistent appeal to the
people of Europe to rise up and thrown of
their oppressions. It is a glorious and con
soling rffiectioa to the crowned heads of Eu
rope ; and the hope is indulged by them that
we shall .continue to cut each others throats
till both’ sides land in a confirmed tyranny.
I say this outside of the Slavery question
—if Slavery had nothing to do with control-
ing the actions and motives of the. govern
ments of Europe But Slavery has the most
important influence upon the action of all
those governments, especially Great Britain.
We see and hear tell of British sympathy for
us, but it is utterly worthless and insincere.
British pretensions of sympathy for us are
as hollow-hearted as a bag of gas. England
has been opposed to slavery ever since it was
profitable to us; and when she sees that
slavery is building up a monopoly of the
production of cotton, that can never be bro
ken down if cur government is firmly estab
lished and our present gocial system contin
ues, eill she step in and help, us indulge
in nc such dream- So long as she can feed
her starving poor by public and government
charities, she will stimulate the production
of cotton in her own dominions, aud hope
for the downfall of Slavery and the end of
tree government in this war.
Some of us sneer at the idea that Great
Britain dreads a war with Lincoln ! I think
she does—not that she apprehends that she
would be v mquiaaed ; but it would disturb
find cripple her commercial relations, which
would be more disastrous to her than war.—
This war cuts off her supply of cotton; but
a war with tbc United States would cut off
breadstuff's England receives six millions
of busheis of corn, a half million of bushels
of wheat, and immense quantities of flour
from the United States every year, which a
war would cut off from her. She does not
desire to be dependent on Russia and the
grain growing nations of Northern Europe
for her bread. These British statesmen sur
vey the whole field. They say that we are a
nation of negro drivers : that we have a cot
ton monopoly, and are seeking to establish a
government which is a standing reproach to
monarchy and dangerous to its permanency.
They will never intervene till they can do so
for their aggrandizement and our humiliation.
I tell you, we are alone ; and if we achieve
our independence, as I trust we shall, it must
be by the valor of our arms, the oourage ol
our troops, and the endurance of our people.
I have always dreaded foreign intervention
more than I have hoped for it. 1 would not
give a groat for it, Decause I know it will be
coupled with conditions that will be aggran
dizing to England and damaging to us. She
is waiting to come in and dictate terms of
peace. Who will say, judging from her past
history and her interests, that she will not
come in with a proposition for prospective
emancipation ; or the importation of some
miserable spawn of royalty to rule over us
as a King ? These, it is true, are but shad
ows that flit across the mind. They may
never be anything irore than shadows ; but
it will be well to prepare for the worst, as if
we knew it was coming.
No popular Government can be permanent
without the preservation and practice by the
people of the standard virtues of economy,
truth, fortitude, temperance, tbrbeeranco and
industry. These great principles underlie the
whole s'rncture of popular Government without
wnich it cannot survive. If you refer back to
the past, you will see the cause of the disrupt
ion of the old Union- That great public virtues
are indispensable to the prosperity and power
of a republican Government, need not be argued.
Then how utterly dead it was and is at the
North, and what 8 feeble flickering ot its Iio-ht
existed at ’he South in the later years of the re
public' Every thing was swallowed up in the
great scramble for the spoils. Public virtue was
forgotten and subverted by demagogues. But
lor that - .ve should have had harmony and peace
forever.
But when is this struggle tc end ? Shall we
conquer the North ? No : we have no desire to
c!o this. Shall the North conquer us ? Forbid
it, Heaven l Bat I tell you that this war will
never be ended, till we are aii conquered by the
chastising hand of Providet.ee, and we are
brought back to the virtues of onr forefathers.
Though our armies have been vi -serious in near
ly every battle, ye; almost every man and woman
is bathed in tears and cast down with sorrow
at the loss of some triend or kinsman^ -stdear
Every hearthaone is reft ot its enjoyments by
mourcing and weeping and the wails 0".' i*
ness are heard all over the the land. Thts'is
the chastisement of God. inflicted upon us for
Sgieparture from ihe paths ot vn.ue. This i*
lit lesson of the hoc 1- . Then let us r» - urn w ; th
|ility to the pracTit^of those great virtue.
whif /"v.'fathers cherished, and wiihout which
our ^ Vies cannot be maintained.
i*%^or Johnson here retired amidst long con
tinued antf'enthusiastic applause.
Immediately thereafter a vociferous call
was F ade for “ Stephens : Stephens ! ! S;oph».
ens A\* As the Vice-President in response
arose and ascended the Speaker’s desk there
went up a wild shout of enthusiasm from the
vast throng, whose demonstrations ol welcome
were unbounded. Mr. Stephens said:
Fellow Citizens : I rise simply to make my
acknowledgment for this compliment, and not
to make a speech. I teel that I would be tres
passing on the oeeassion, were I to make any
extended remarks. My presence here was to listen
to the speech of the distinguished Senator. He
has given us enough to rtflejt upon. I theretore
beg to return you my acknowledgments lor the
compliment ot this call, and ask you to excuse
me trom making arty further remarks to-night.
Mr. Stephens then retired amidst the hearty
applause of the audience, and the meeting dis.-
persed. He has been urgently solici’ed by many
to deliver an address while at the Capital, but
has uniformly declined-
Speecb of lion. «. \V. Beolluck.
Bentinek is a name that is associated with one
of Hie proudest epochs in English hi3'ory. An
anistor of he whose name stands at the head
of^urla article was the companion of William
H^Jfhird, who overthrew the tyranny ot James
thJ&eeond. the last of the Stuarts that regned
in fcgland. It seems in harmony with the his-
torwuf liberty that the descendant of one who
had participated in the great English revolu
tion should appear as the advocate of the South
ern revolution and the denouncer of that Lincoln
tyranny which may be rompaied to that that of
the second Janies, as Butler, the infamous agent
of the former may be fitly pa’alleled with the
bloody Jeffries, the minion of the latter.
Hon. G- VV. Bentinek is a member of tne British
Parliament, whe made an address to his con
stituents at King’sLynn on the 30:h uit. In the
expression of his opinions on the contest be
tween the North and Sq>.uh. there is not only
that sympathy and admiration that belongs to a
noble nature, but there is blended that moral
courage and manliness that denounces despot-
ism and rebukes its authors and agents with a
sarcastic power that will be felt by Lincoln and
his myrmidons. We have uot space for the
whole of this edmira'-Is speech, but we wi l pre
sent its most striking passages. The orator
commences by saying:
I contend that the question of-slavery has no
thing whatever to do either with the leud that
is now going on between the Northern and
Southern States, nor has it. nor ought it to have
anything to do with the light in winch rhat leud
ought to be regarded by the people of this court-
try.
'There is & very distinguished statesman,
who now holds the portfolio for foreign af
fairs, who on a former occasion, in lulhiug of
the feud between ihe Noithern^nd Southern
States described their position in these words
—“that the Nortn was fighting lor empire
and the South for independence.” I quite ac
cept the latter assertion, but I deny that the
North is fighting for empire The men of the
North are fighting for what ra s. nicu fight,
and ior what unfortunately most men fight
with the utmost zeal—they are fighting for
dollars. [Hear ] Their position now is ex
actly.’.heTflrrm-se, in my it aa MV opin i on .of
what their position was in the days of what
was called the American rebellion, w/ien they
were themselves fighting to evade the taxes
imposed by the mother country.
* * * * * _ *
I do net beg the question, but all I can sa t
is, that so far as my experience goes, through
out the length and breadth ot the land, where-
eyer I have traveled, 1 never yet have met a
man who has not at once said, “My wishes
are with the Southerners.” Why is that? I
think there is more than one reason tor it.—
In the first place, the good sense of English
men has shown them that the question of sla
very must be entirely eliminated from the
discussion; that is, altogether a thing apart
ami that is mere hypocrisy and frauu to try
to introduce it. Tnere is no reference to the
question whatever iu considering the relative
position of the North and South, or the rela
tive position of this country with reference
to those two belligerents. Then, why i 3 it
that we sympathize with the South, and ven
ture to think, from the way in wnuh vou havq
received my remarks, you agree with*me that
we all do . V? e do so for these reasons—first
they have fought, to do them justice, with a
degree of gallantry almost unexampled under
circumstances of the utmost difficulty, under
every description of privation; they have
fought like heroes for their homes, their wives
and their children. [Cheers.] That alone
is enough to enlist tne sympathies of En
glishmen, and I trust in God the time will
never come when it will not enlist their sym
pathies. But there is still a stronger feeling.
dhe turn ot events has resolved into this
Englishmen ! ve liberty, and the Southerner
is not only fighting for life, but for that which
“ dearer than life—his liberty. [Hear, hear.]
He is fighting for his home, for his liberty]
he is fighting against one of the most grind
ing, one of the most galling, one ol' the most
irritating attempts to establish tyrannical
government that ever disgraced the history
of-the world. ^ r -
few weeks ; and that is enough in itself to dts-
gtts' every honest man with the author ofsuch
a document.
From these general themes the orator makes
a descent, and what a ; jdescem ! to the persona
ges w ho as.anther ana instrument of thedegr,v>
ding tyranny which his been established where*'
vet the Federa armies have had an ascendancy;
Mr. Bentinek thus excoriates Lincoln and But
ler :
But there is werse than that. I ask you.
is there anything upon record that can be
compared to tbe barbarities practiced by a
certain Gen. Butier [hear] upon ihe defense
less inhabitants of New Orleans Recollect-
that the inhabitants of that unfortunate town
are reduced to the old men, the women aud
children. Surely, iu the nineteenth em ury,
and in h country that claims the slighfest
right to call itself a civilized nation, the po
sition of old men, women and children would
have established some claim to sympathy and
to toicrauce, at least, if not kindness. But
what has been the effect upon this barbarian t
Why,, there has been m act ot brutality
which he has not been prepared to advocate
aud to practice ngaiust defenseless women,
and he has followed that up by encouraging
in every possible way - the butchery of the
whites by the blacks. This hus been done in
cold blood and in open defiance of all hu
manity and of all civilization; and 1 say
that so long as such acts are perlorraed, and
are avowed by the government of the North
ern States, they etas* to have a claim to be
rinkedj among civilized nations [Hear -
hear j I am n“t asserting that there are not
hundreds and thousands of men in the North
ern States who are men of r-dueation, of
right and of Christian feeling, of civilized
habits and" ideas. Far be >t from me to make
so unfounded an assertion. But there is fur
ther lessons to bo learned. The result ol
these much vaunted institution?, which we
had heard praised before, and which we shall
again hear praised by the hired spouters of
associations, is this—that tbs nation became
so brutalized, that the civilized man disap
pears ; he is afraid to put himself forward ;
he is ashamed of his country ; he has no
voice in the conduct ot her affairs, and the
whole nation is turned over to the control of
men such as Lincoln- and Butler, whom I do
not hesitate to* denounce, after their conduct
in the last lew month?, as men rvho are & dis
grace to civilization. [Hear, hear.]
New Advertisements.
Sl iAtt FOR SALE.
Ilk iiObr-UKADS VERY CHOICE BROWN SOGAi•;
r 10 h.igshe da goud Crown Sug r-
Eor sale very chtap. .
F. K. tiSK,
decT-lvr V>liltchatl stte6f, Atlanta.
TAKE NOTICES.
IS; E »igi ed a note for A2C01 doe tfc-th December instan*,
YV payable to j. C Camp, or hewer, and dated about
the V5th oi Ootober lait. '.tbs eo a nictation of said Dote
having ailed, we do not idle d to pay it unless cemj ;licd
bylaw. M. A FEARS,
daclC-w3t -J. C- CULPfcFPH’q Security-
O'
LARGE SALF IX WILKB3.
V THE FIRST TUESDAY I.J JA 'UAKY NEXC will
/ bs sold, (unless previously, dispoeedo at privatt taie)
one cf th« Plantations of the late Hon . T. Irvin, con
taining 1700 acres, with ail the conveniences of a Comfor -
nble home. Also, Stock, Provision, c.. and about foriy
Negrces. SAMUEL BARNETT,
•ieclo-wtd Executor of 1 T Irviu.
ADJHSHSTRATOR’S SALE,
- fJVSoEA -pt
L be sold before the G urt House door in U<v ;.;tiir- Pe
ualb county, on ihe first Tcesdey in Februar, nea t v-ith-
ii! the bg-il hours ot sale, the following pri-perty, to wit;
four hundre I and five acies of Land, more cl les«, tying
tn tha fifteen fit di.-trict o* oii<inally Iti-nry now DeKalb
county, the earns be ng lots No. 1-39 and 117, with the
widow’s dowel- excepted. Also, two Negroes - Jam er, a
umu about 22 years of age, and John, a Imyab ut 14 yeir*
oi age. Ail stfUJ for th. benefit of the heirs a a c-jditcrs
<f the cs’ate of Wil iam At. Ragau, late ol said cotnty,
itieea-id. Terms ctan.
declO-'.d A. L PITTS. «dnrr.
A. C, WYLY & CO,
lliAtiUrARTiRS ISPARZitSXI No 2,
Murfreesboro, Tenn , Deeea her 1 1SC2
Garter 1 O.d r No-152.
1 THE unmet of I officers ’‘abssnt withont iaave" fir* m
# any muster, will be promptly reported through ths,e
lloadiuiarte s tothe Pajm tders of t! ; srir.y, t< the end
that iheir pay may be suspended uttii tl e ao-ence Is sit-
:s »(toiily explained
2. The atteutlon of officers, espremii.- of tie qzirter-
ruader’a Dspa-tmeat, is calls I lo , aragraph 1, General
Order No 81, dated Adjata ?.nd Inspector Gener is «<f*
fine, Ricbno ■.<), Va, Nov. f,Igfiz, as follows: ‘-The jr.y-
ruont of cwr.-mssio- ed officers b> anv<tbsr Qua*iermae.
ter thin the Qi'artermaxisr of Ihe commend to W'dcb they
belong, 19 her by j robib!ted. i.nl gg they exhibit to the
Quarternia-jter to w! oin upulicaticn for payment ts made,
•rders from their commanding. flic rj, or fr- m thedcpari-
meut, showing them to be absent on detach d dnty, or
leave <f absent e front the commandmg < - rn>.’-«' ui dsr
whom they are serving.” Quaiteimosteig wli > may pa
absentees in violation of this order, will be report'd?, r
stop: age of their pay, besides being amenable to trial by
Court Martial. Bycimmandc Genetal L Otrg.
^ v O oAu. FR :
deeg-'-w Aavistaat v.Jutxnt (jencral.gf
ATHENJSUM.
SECOND NIGHT.
MONDAY NIGHT, DEC- 8, 1862-
SUCCESS
MAGO DEL MAGE
The celebrated
SOUTHERN vFlZZARD Aft'D MAGICIAN.
In his
TEMPLE OF 1 MAGIC.
, . !Tyr \ <t .‘. [Cheers.] I venture to think I T’ARCB, FROLIC! AND FOrBLES—MAGia wnrTH
tJmt in ltsslf is suffiuieut ground for what I a:SI> .mesufrism, 4:,’
b«ieve is the universal sympathy, with one t
or two exceptions, which is felt on the pres- i
ent occasion toward the men of the South.
This frightful struggle has been going on
lor nearly two years, and I would aek whether
it ;s possible m history to tied records oi such
attimpts at the establishment ot an undivided
tyranny as is to be lound in the history of the
last two months ot the Northern States. Th ei e
is no doubt that the great mass ol the En^lirii
men loathe tyranny in ail shapes, burthey
loathe mere especially the description of tyranny
wmch has been prac iced on the inhabitants of
the Southern States during the last t.vo years by
what is called a republican government * And if
that alone were not sufficient to explain the
strong Irehng in favor of the Scurh which ev
ists in this country, there is a tenfold stronger
reason .or it, and that is in the downright bar
barism end btutality—I use strong words but
1 contend that they are justified bv Them—wffieh
has characterized those who have had the con-
uuc; of afla.rs in the Northern States.
I have already advened to the proclamation
which was iaieiy issued as a tardy and lame at
WHOLESALE
GROCE it
f
AND
Commission Mercha
At tireir Oiii Hlairl.
Corner of Peach-Tree and WaLV
ATLANTA, GEOEGlA,
1 u(] FfilluE TO CHOICE OLD ritOCr.x-
lean* Sugar, for gait- : y
OU-
A C WYLY & CO.
1,500
COaLS x(W.CC0 jOi* ''ALL. - B\
A 0. WYLY * CO.
50
iiL..Cii? RICE iiC?,
i 5XB EY
A. C, IF tit a 00.
0
youFiE".' jeans
ros SALE BY
A- C. b YLY A CO.
5(> BARRELS TANNER'S ;>Ib TOR S*
v C. WYLY A CO.
Cl BAGS Rio COFt uc. xOR ili.
4. c. wvr y £ og
150
cAC&G GAT-1 TOt. GALE
j C WYLY. 4 Co,
■5-ij Ccxsfigaion Me-ch-r.'?, AC:
PROPOSAL S FOR COPPER AND
C. =. NAVY DEPARTMENT. ,
.•mcicr OEMfixce axu h.-i.rmiravuy
Richmtiu.i, Ya, Nov. lit, IfcOS j
EaLEi> TR0F03AI.S will be ia:eiv,vj ,;t ihi* Ofli.,
uuiil 3 o’cxicfc on Saturday, she Z'Jili d-iy oi ILo.-n,
1362, »er tarnishing aud de'veiing. f r tne n-e of u.<
Navy for the year emiluir DoCcUU e; 'JlV, l t>:, the ! •!
lowing quantities and descr ipti
Viz:
ISO toos of Ingot Copper.
10l0 tons o, accepted Gun Iron
17 l) toDS of No. l cold blast Ira
HOC tong of No- 2 do
1 00 tong oi No. 3
■, 2000 ton of h't bits' IroL
| |160U tens of charcoal i iooir.
2000 tons of Iron Plat** for .,
—-xrr* - 7i7hi5sfr"‘' *-—
Tcs wnole to be imbject *• insp '.l
Pers ns ' flY-ting win it tj tb ;>i:
of Co
ni D
Entitled
A SIGHT IN WONDER WORLD.
, For parti u!«r* see Small Bills.
H FORREST, Business Agent
t
deco-tf
TROUT HOUSE.
New GioiJnu^ Store.
fllHE subscriber having recently located in this city i-
J_specitully invites attention to hie large and '-in I *•
si rtmeut of Goods In the Empire Hon-*, on Wliiu i. .
street, formerly occupied by Dr. Cleveland ’ u a h:;
Hoods and Clotting store. The stock is principally
dy-Made Clothing, mostly made to order- and tl’" v
warranted.
My assortment corapriiea almost every garment ■
sary tor Men, Youtns and Boys, irom w- ’limn t" tii’ ri —
quality. A good variety of Buttons, general as-
of Mole3kin and Castunere Hats, boys Sli <at and I
misses and children’s Shoes: a quantity ol LiglCG.
and a variety ol Trimmings for Ladies’ Dresser: a •
assortment of faucyor Show-Case Goods, from cor::a: •’
the finest ia the marke’. Xn early call i» gr'.irited.
sep2tf A.C VAIL, Agcr-
A CHAUfCE FOR OlSTiJSCTlUlVEt*
MORGAN’S,. CAVALRL
J AM authorized by Gen John H Morgan to rrire * Cl
pany of cavalry. I am wanting forty aMe-bed.-'d •
lo fljl it out—none others need apply. A chance ;n > <f - -l -
mg exploits and daring deeds is now presented 1
who would win fame and distinction X shall rr sir*. 1
town only one week. Recruits can apply to Co‘ « 4 ' '* r
OAPT. ISAAC NKWXGIv.
ocZo-tf G on John ti .viorgar: coin no: -
-n o r i c e
U A vING thoroughly renovated my Hcii.' - -. I erg leave
_> inform my old pan our and the travelog public
Miwtte House vat be open on and utter Wednesday, 3d
G. McGINLKY, Proprietor.
^ . Ang ' JS / a b'jastHcUonatht. Knoxville Register Ma-
['■degraph, Chattanooga Rebel, g v.nnah UepuH c*-,
teM? WeSk ' ir,C bi!l Home
Ok:
found.
•iXing of the SOth ' uven er . near Ari*--
. 4 dark gr, en 1 e the BUCKET BO / - . on
“I 1 ™ Kud 5,414111 biiY Ihe
- r 19 - u -i t«d* -ube property, r ay 4 vpe S3; , .-. ud
OFFIOl OF ASSISTANT yUAeTlMtA
Columbus. Ga^ Sept. ■>, ldo-. I
t r’ order cf Quartermaster General. I have been« ;-
t trusted with eniire couin >o,l ol ccheetir iv-- ’
J. the beeves killed for the army, for Uuniag, »» - l u,e
purchase of Leather for in tnuiactur ns T •.iiB-V!’ ■■■"'’;
Leather on hand smi waning Hides. Will d • " ‘ ! '
n ess me with proper references. To army must W ; -
md it ie the onty c r ail patriotic a >■" ’ v '
icing. All leather held at unreaeonabi- u
□pressed v pit'-AHi-',
-ep'Otf - ^ yn)
take it away.
. THOM Ac UTTII All.
ivy Crczk, Gwinnett Clie ,rg
tempt to induce the people of this country to be-
t this is an “abolition” war, because,
T
Y\ A a TED IMMEDIATELY.
«0 BUY Ur hire, a good C<
r r and Current »r The
mm.' ar.n iTin.l * tn * ®Whits
ai.dk. or Carpenter.
de 0-lv
__ F. :«£. fi;-K,
vt u’tehill street, Atlanta
Iizve that this
after all, their legislation anTall their acts have
reterence to us and our opinions of them. They
think of nothing else. The only idea they have
is what is said ot them in England, and they
mactl t,iat wril Please them, J
9homd think, lor. sonic time past. [Laughter.]
That proclamation really was a pin e 0 f daD _
-rap in the first rlace t'i c,.h u , p
England. Look £ e l ’ “ ? pe ° p 6 of
real bearin'- tu rn- - ani Dg ana its
,h “ irl -
"“'A h « »** i zsfisssi sax* - -»
LOST.
k ity Property For
A ’-’ 3NE ACRE CITY LOT, op which is « ue v - '• '
. Gothic Cottage, containing six r l* xi ' v '.‘,
fire place iu c.tcli; a usw titebv ti. v itb two r * ff»- l? ?
and doable chimney: alec, a tv.-..-*tory stab!” and c-»o •••
h-nse; a good we,l of wat^r, ,.c T’la ivt ! b - '” !li:! :"'
situated on the bill otpo.iie a-j-i e-r.fb U;
and ’routing the property of J.tm»< Clerk* t-- J -
Douough street fhe irn, - veTueut- ou t' is 1> ’ ' .
ai d in good order. Pstce$»,0Nou*- but a • w!l cu!
mer need apply. Possession .'Tec iince-ivt’If•
apply to >• J. HAMM^-VD, Solicitor flw-
Or on tt - cre.-sis-s t
rovz3.fr ' MRS. J. a. HOLMES.
F. 31- FISK.
\VILL pay the highest price fur the fc I Joking si u
’’ Lard. Batter, cfoeen Apple?. Dried •
Peaches. Flour, iiye, Tallow, uu! all bin is of L u
Produce.
Also, he Las lor saia. frhite and Brown Sos*r. [j
sels ant hogsheads, r.ics »ul IU j Mour, i‘ r , 11
lard, Tobacco, cf superior brands. L 1 Oil “
Lard Oi! I imps. t. M fl K.
At tne ;'.i stand f Ai U: a Ur- “ ,
dec?-2w ’.v;i,Mi:.” 5t '—'
Kiitciio:-, Try*- N'*- v - 6 - L ‘ ' ^
N OTICE H hereby given to at] : nienil" 1 ' - •
lough, or paroled, of Cumpan; LUduGt
to report immediately to their command «t Mm " "
Tenn. The sick are repair, d to forward from r ‘«■ r
a certificate of d'sability.
By order cf Col. C. C- CRE»
Ccm'd'g 2d UeorgM ‘ ^
Lieut. K. M- ALLk- ,
aovll-lro _ Ocamaniing Co. II, zi Georgi- L
l
•eg vessels, ptimli I
:i aart ,upp.
* per ton ”1 2-10 9)3.
price p. r P ’Und lo
ti tney will ng-f"
autiiy >t C >pp> r
for the Pig lion aud Bl cm.* c
the lion r'.’ites aud C.’ppat, and hew 3
to de’ivir. wit in tne year the wuole
and iron which they may "Her to iiin.-j.
Tne deiiveri s are to be mad* ’•> »o n niitfcorized (•-gen
p.t ths manat Ea - lruad n i Canal r.tiin tu the places
where the Copper aud fro- are m ”,u . tnred
Each proposal mast b.. accompanied with a written gus
ron.se, signed by two respotieil’le p.iriiea, of the abihiy .,t
the per on offerii y .o tom ly wi Ii his Ltd, siioulu it l
acc pted.
Bjnlc with api ruvfau sure le in twice the amount of the
contract, wi‘i be rupnred.
jsacb pr -posil u,u*i Vr s sled, endorsed “Proj gal
Copper" or -‘Iron” as the ctec may l»e. and duectcd ’
•Jomiuander VKORGK MINOR, Oi.ict o Ordnance i.jj
Hydrogiarhy, Richmond. V ». • ec4-3twl2 ”lcc
CENTRAL FEMALE sEifi.’.AIti
Washington Htreet- uA.tlant:v- t*u.
'IIHE Kxercisesot this School will be resumed o" d
day,' 18th A ugust.
Rooms large, any aud well lhruisheu. Gratc-.a. -u; tr.
very liberal patronage bestowed during the past nit"
years, they hope to merit a coutmu.iuee - us iucrej. <
the same, as they have greatly increase : tlieii red-t’
ana means of advancing their pupils
For terms, please see circular, c: will at the at* :u
K'uom o’ the Centra! Bresbyteriau Chu:xh, opposite fily
Hall. J. VV MK.l
aueft tiiianIdMv MARY L. MiL*."-