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C. H. C. WILLINGHAM, EDITOR.
LA GRANGE:
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For Governor:
CHARLES J. JENKINS
„ OF" RICHMOND.
The Cincinnati Times, condemning
the policy of President Johnson, in mak
ing a “too liberal use of the pardoning
power” as “ productive of &*** c *
mmmmi .11 ore. *'*
course of-hfe .-!*•*« ‘V*. ? b °‘
inclination to publish, make* the
following » i " 0 ’
for wincin'.' E * or JcscrVM lhe
thanks of all true friends of humanity :
“The wiping away of all responsibility
for p*»t transgressions, and the restora
tion of estates which have been declared
confiscated by previous proclamation as
amenable to the law, is almost ■«
to loyal men, who have been hunted from
their homes and forced to seek such sec
tions of the country as would not require
n 41...4 tt.Aii inQiilt the fl«*cr ^hieh had
not $o closely wedded to it a* to .
preference over any plan which thrffpW-
dom of tile Mgia%|nre might see fit to in-
•ngurate. I tbinpM,
inging relief
U> tkwpcopfrandjptbe s^ie time not in
jure tbs creditor Mpre tha*wr, vtlnder
the cimmnstanontof the fpann^r, o
to be willing to bear.
That policy certainly ought to be adop|r B
to come
profane Southern
Hon. Charles J. Jenkins for
Governor.
We, to-day, place at our mast-head, the
name of the lion. Charles J Jekkiss, of
Riclmicud county, *• » cand.date for Gov-
ernor. We take peculiar pride m tins,
because Mr. Juntm is one of the ablest
and roost patriotic men of the State. It
affurdu us peculiar pleasure, too, because
he is lo be the only candidate for that of
fice; aad because he seems to be the choice
of an undivided people, who recognize his
great abilities and exalted patriotism.
lucre ianono of f.ic demagogue in Ua ] amglefoyal roan
character; and this manifestation of con
fidence in him demonstrates that the peo
ple aro now only looking to lhe man to
guide them through the intricate and un-
T*. rert O^H-A C«clo,i»e An- [co-ars,cater]
Relief for the People.
Onr townsman, Ho%-B. D. Mux, on Iv- Tr*»cp Count*, Ga-, Not. 6, 1865.
Ing asked bis bpinioaSf the Congressional ^ b^.^1 u.y e |**n ninth aarprf* « ^ *
Test Oath, a few day* ago, made the fob ^ as mortified, at tfa* apathy and ■
lowing, as we think, conclusive reply : inlferSe, a*«iiif<gstcd£y paWic kuirnal-
“The oath » unconstitutional, because ; ia M- rtnljivc to tlibcotahliottof thi peo*
it adds to and wsries from the oath requir^ ^ ^ iJ 1B beginning"of the war the
ed. by Hie Const.tntiJlK Tins .s settled i»y \ q ^ va8l ,y i„ debt. During its
several adjudications. 1 ' f r j .. 0 7 -
“The oath is nowise, unnatural and an-; progress therefore a great many ebsta- ^ Legislature, and acquiesced tin
preccdented, because it is retroactive in . cle8 thrown in the way of the creditor the pe ople, which is best calculat^dfto
its requirements. It does n«»t seek to se-1 impossible, in manv cases, of * . r«dL»f to tile
enre^proppr conduct in »r. officer «UM» j" *J „ lei ’ r **„. 'ncvy Urn bo'* **° f*** 1 TJ** ”tL'“
charring the duties of hiB office; but does i . -. ,. .j- „ pe°pl c - narrow-minded, selfish plan
seek fo exclude him from the office alto-, at,on/or the support of indigent sobers ^ ^ ^ ^ tyra#nicrf
gether by reason of something done, or nffles was one. T!ie enactment oHaws , d t anotlier planf the car
not done, long before the office was con- j prohibiting^ the cultivation of cotton to a . , .
lered. j great exteut was another ; and the refu-
‘If Congress can prescribe one jcs\ u j gaJ ( f mai , y pcr8ons to take Confederate
money in payment of debt, was another.
Now after emerging out of uue of the most
desolating wars known in modern times
after having lost that species of property
our social communion, is, in mu-j
U ‘ de P , ored^5
^accordingly, with a reluctanc*
v ’ ^t pretend to conceal or d
re ^congratulate onr fellow,
Yojlfr on this contemplated
tions oi me biuuhj -- - .
of them that they insult the fiag «“ , * n | can prescribe any other test ; and thus,
protected their infancy, and waved : { , eK ; B | atioI1 destroy the right of repre-
them in their latter dajs. gentation.
Oh ! how the poor fellow is insulted — j ' •*! would vote for no man to represent
ITe feels bad no doubt. Wouldn’t he like j Georgia who could take this oath ; be- j ^
dewe and scalp tl.ee bon id and j G,e! for wkieh U» -« £
“fate- chief active nicanc poescssc. . j jutc.cat of said homestead, free Iron.
••I would vote for no man any wher.u , p ,„ „f the N.nlh with wh.ch to m»kc mo | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ten ^
ho icould take this oath ; because it is . ^ y debts, 1 Say I am not a little .
>e highest evidence of infidelity to the | ^ ^ 7 ^ ^ J siIent as the dead mean by such a homestead all the land.
„ ,i. , 1 Constitution The man who takes that niortnitu J f , ! belonging to any one individual.) During
“transgressors are under and he wants ^ ^ ^ ^ q ;)OUW . (;1 Congress lo destroy on a subject aftectmg the interest of t u -, ^ ^ ten years, all produce made upon
to crush them-to cxt.ngmsh them-to ewnj de]Mrln etl t Q f lhe Government, as j sands of our fellow beings. T on are cer- ^ e ^ lllJIU eg tea d beyond a corn-
blot them out. well as every right of representation. , tainlv not dead to all those noble feelin-s , gl , t of lhe farai ,y f ghoil ,a be
I ain a candidate for nouuke, auo win j ~ i r.»m»..i lv id»:trrioti»nsed von as a 4 .
^transgressors.’
wants revenge ; he is panting for it now,
that he didn’t fight for it. Oh, yes ! lie’s j
a valiant fellow. The fight is over ; the | the hi
rying out of which I think would bring
great relief to the debtor and, at the same
time, conserve the interest of the creditor?
This would be the creation of homesteads
exempting them, with a sufficient amount
of stock, working utensils, household and
kitchen furniture, and such other articles
necessary for carrying on the agricultural
interest of said homestead, free from levy
(I
[ooMKONtCSRh.)
ib :—I see that there are
imber of candidate* in lhe field
jTrfepreaent the pe*f(n*f
i next Legislative, jftccthfae
ipidly progressing Bfadfte Win i
ided who shall occ
lMl>Ie position ***B_ _ _
the people, of our old, yes, honored couu
ty, in that august asihinbly.
It becomes us, as good and intelligent
our ballots on the day of the election for --- P r
him who is best able to preserve the honor
•and dignity «f Old Troup, a* well a* leg
islate for onr good and the .good of the
whole people.
The questions that will come before that
body will be of the most vital importance^
questions in which the welfare and pros
perity of the people are greatly involved,
questions of no little moment, questions
that deeply engage the thoughts of every
comprehensive mind. 'And why is it that
these men who seek onr suffrages are so
silent upon these vital questions that will the Sute -
j ,v r vw . ... i idimv
Now the truth is, wc have not heard a j “I am a candidate for no office, and will j f„ rm ,.| !y characterised you as a
ngle loyal man South complain of the | seek none and de ^i/‘.‘IVTC-J 1 ?,*, 0 C‘w'-rt-Ks ! journalist. It‘cannot be that you arc
_ b J _ ., ", . .. u-idtes to l»e a representative in con^rtsa.j
liberal policy of the President in granting ^ ^ t j, e cither does not compre
He is doing more to win and j
1 P'*°- duties of that position, or has deliberate- • ^ (ia8j by a ritthless and cruel «
by your
wi m : "I w nii a inpi|M ^
*i«*4o th*fc? great metropolis. l»
orat ’thsi We aliould grant jrro.u! , * : L
what w*ij||Uu>ot afford to paitwj|ff l %?
in the pMVent case, we, thus
ly contribute a jurist of emioentrij*
ergy and acquirements; an ttri tnI U ' ! *
blends the impassioned fervor of P
with the laboriously informed
are foremost amongst those wlficu'!?
tratc the artistic resources of hw >3*
and last, but not least, a gentlemJ![r
amiable deportment and refined W
Georgia State Cobtcs^
_ NoVKUBts 6 J IK
TheConrention tret and wasopen^^l^
bj Rev. Wm. Flinn.
The Constitution cf the State wm wuL
Secretary, and, on motion, was adopted. ^ *
pardons.
regain the affections of the Southern peo- •
pie towards the General Government f- -
common cvcnl. wind, arc now trnnspir- ; single week limn the editor of the Ti
• would do in a thousand years by Ins
ing, instead of pandering to party preju
dices and submitting to the wily intrugucs
of demagoguism which have so long con
trolled the Gubernatorial elections of this
State. The people now choose to make
statesmanship aud souud discretion the
test for the high office of Governor
The name of
synonpm for purity
ter and true satesmauship
been too exalted i
acter to stoop
the demagogue
met with that political
been the fortunes
politicians. Therefore, this manifestation
of popular favor for this distinguished
■on of Georgia is a true indication, we
hopo, that the people arc “ returning to
first principles,” which controlled the pa
triots of “ the purer days of the Republic.”
TUe Freedmeu’i Burcan*
The question presents itself lo the
minds of many, Will the Frecdmnn’s Bu
reau still be continued in the Southern
States after they shall have taken their
former position in the Union? Wc regard
the freedmen now as citizens of the differ
ent Spates in which they live, and arc sub
ject to sucli laws as are operative and in
force in those States; and, therefore, we
contend there is no right on the part of
afraid of the few remaining Nabobs in our
the very unpleasant and very heavy j l a „d. The basis of the creditot thiscoun-
• r— duties of that position, or has deliberate- j ^ j (a8 by a ftithless and cruel war, been
t in a ! ly made up bis mind to hold the position ^ from " tllC pcop I e . Do you, by yo,
Tl ,„„ w„l.„»tdi 8 elmrK,„ K ,l S d»l.e« l« erther , givc c ,„ ia e„t that ll.e little pro
i case, he is uot nt to be trustru. . . , . . . . ,
i 4 poll- j ‘-There is no danger now from any spirit , cr ty now left, without the achocat
[ 1 ft ** 1 ^ T A • * / ' .. : ., ’ j | | 0 ^ j || | y ^ J|- ' /• 1 • I* 1 1 t. a, A. . m A f 1 1 . . . 4 1 I fk lk ki O I' t ] 4 4 I
. i ” I here »n iiva --
cy. The President is actuated by Chris-! 0 f rt , s j slalice (j,. ol gia
tian motives and the Times by the spirit j ger comes from an opposite directum
of the de
restoring
Southern people,
tives and the Times by the spirit j <r«. r comes from an opposite ilirrction cre ditor, sold for a poor pitiful
evil. If the President succeeds in ' Servility. I intend to beloxal ni>sr . I*' 1 thousands of homeless wanderer
g the Luton in the hearts of th< ‘ i til>n j a8Sun ,ed—even when unwillingly j unwilling slaves ot the anst
u people, his policy is right. If j agsuI „ e d Until resistance was hopeless Troup county ? No! No! Y
. .1 nvnen (a 1 wk nut llit/k />nD. T . * .1 O lul llfltll I'PSlSt iiUCC « * a M.. ..4 I.. ... .... ... ..#.1
appropriated toward the payment of debt*
— each indebted individual being requir
ed upon oath to make an annual rctnrn of
the number in family, also the amount of
. produce made upon the farm. The surplus
: should be put upon the market from time
. ^ \ t j to time, consulting the convenience of the
. V °., L | farmer, sold by an officer created for the
of relief shal. be seized by the heartless f
’ • r i i purpose, and applied to the liquidation of
ditor siild for a poor pitiful stun, and ; v i r . . . , ,
’ ^ - - the debt of the individual whose produce
f ! had been thus sold. Thus the creditor
tocracy ot t .
would be infallibly secured from the lm-
i ; n.isition of individuals disposed to evade
r sanctum and con- ► _ , , , , ™ • i i
1 the payment of the debt. Tins plan also
.ires to the farmer ample time to pay
s debts, and prevent him being harrassed
creditors and deprived of the means
if paying bis debts. The next Legislature
do something of this kind for the
of both debtor and creditor. This
no wise injures the creditor, and
same time the debtor will be assur-
that his family will not, on account of
r , . , „ oppression, be deprived of the common ne-
i and distress, that the people of the South j 11 . f ...
,. ! cessane* of life.
! are destined to realize provided no means ; _ t
f relief are afforded by onr Legislature
A Message wa» received from the JWy.
Governor In relation to the Colton
Colton
comparei
Reuf.f.
friends, and in older to give our readers j Vi , rt tb . lt Constitution
a fair quid'pro quo for tlicir subscription j “Each House of Congress is the sole
money, we have enlarged the Oi.n Rf.i*or- judye as to whether persons seeking seats
tkr It is now the largest and best sus- fhave the qualifications prescribed hy the ...
tained weekly paper in Georgia Not- I ConsUtotwn, and have been elected «'>d ! of rt -,ief are afforded by onr Legislature j [coaaMicsTsn.]
of 1> faefi-15^ v^;„u‘ ”Z.: ~ 1 ««-
ties our subscription list is steadily ! jfication ! Otherwise, Congress can mil-j most of the cam 1 ates ou ns su jec , ^et Justice be done though the lltueem fall l
increasing. Our advertising patronage , lifv or even destroy the right of election what they piopoM to do or t ic pi [ “ . Mr. Editor: Now that Mr. Bigiiam is be
speaks for itself. There is no dead matter i , tl * lllL * pt^pfo afone and thus in my opinion, inadequate for such a pur- ^ the j c of Ulia Congressional Dis-
i,, ll,c paper. NcUni.g appoara in « "' ak « “ f ,,tTiU allow ^ ^ ‘riot .. » candidate for a neat in .W Con-
advertising columns unless paid fi r. i the Congress to destroy the Right of Rep- j s p * ^ ^ b) -i gress of the United States, his enemies
To a discriminating public we submit resentation s> clearly secured to the Now any ni.in, wit i ia t ic sense ., f a || men have enemies,) are secretly en-
onT^paper in its enlarged form. If the ! by the Constitution. 1 resident mun had, knows this wmi ( > * j 1 l eA vorine’ to tarniah hi» eharacter by re-
• I-. *. . -ii I -i ,1 ihnson was for the l uion against the whatever. ’Twonld be no stay at all. i , ., . , . • »• ■ t
people like it wc hope they will subscribe . , . „ ,| 1(1 ; , ,, . , newmg mid agitating reports prejudicial
11 * - - I .South : aud iny opinion is, when the issue j j, j 1)ts „f ;in y size cannot be collected , , , b , ■ •
- " - 1 t » Ins election in reference to Ins cornice-
for it; if they do not like it, we will not j ^ wiiuhliw'iilmself'for ‘.he Un ., R .
blame them for not subscribing for it.— ! ion against Ma*.-ia<husettx. He is equally j m “ ' /' ‘
Our efforts shall be directed to the sole : for South Carolina end Massaeuusetts, ao- ^ expiiatinn of that time eornpr m< •> to pay
I cording lo the Constitution ; ami he w ill one-third of their indebtedness.
tinii with the “ Planter’s Salt Company
.IS its President: endeavoring to induce
lation of the States and protected therein
aa the rights of all other'citizens are pro
tected. When the Southern States shall
have assumed their position in the Union,
they are constitutionally guaranteed the
right of controlling their own local affairs.
The freedmen aro citizens of those States,
and ought to be held amenable to their re
spective States for their conduct as free ,a -
blacks were prior to the war. The Gener
al Government can only claim the right,
iu our opinion, to see that they are pro
tected in their rights of person and prop-
erty, and can confer upon them no politi
cal right*. This being true, it appears to
us that tho existence of the Freedmcn’s
Bureau, after the time referred to, would
bo wrong aud unjust to the States. The
Southern States have adopted, or will
adopt, Constitutions and Law* protecting
tho rights of the freedmen ; and, in the
reception of those State Constitutions by
tho General Government, it thereby re
linquishes, in our judgment, all further
control over the negro than is exercised
over other citizens of the United States,
and no more. If this position be correct!
then it follows that the Freedmcn’s Bu
reau must be abolished and the freedmen
left to tho sole protection of the laws of
the States in which they reside.
Wc must confess we are anxious to see
the military removed from our midst.
They are now doing no good, but many
of the soldiers, we fear, are doing mischief
both to the white man and the negro, by
creating ill-will upon the part of the latter
towards the former—inducing them to be
lieve that they ought to be, aud will be,
a lowed to share the property of their for
mer masters, and that justice will not be
done them unless they do. Such instan-
a Z* °T an ^' We 806 fro * papers,
• R ? ’ ^ Fr< * dra ' n ’" Boresn-that
.,«Ju, 0 po n the P ro.p crity , ndh
of both races ami remove tho
aid we believe afar greater deg,*of
heiTOODj will 'list between tbe freedmen
and their former masters.' We believe
there is, naturally, a feeling of reciprocity
between the negroes and their former
owners, and that it will finally and faHy
dcvelope itself, if the sole management of
the freedmen can be left to the State Leg
islature.
Bioham was
a small
conicim mere is no r.gn.oi. u,c pa.au. , ^ / j cordin- to the Constitution ; a..,I he w ill : one-tl.inl of their indebtedness. Tliis « [ ... . T , ..
the General Government to retain any , object of making a good weekly paper- | c°m n„ ...... ; .. • i v-jters to.belicye.that Judge Bioi
.. .. . r La.— otoriUv ol au nit»nw——i , lion in Congress is the clearest of all flic f "" rwarorm possession witli wh cli to make appiyru? pardon. As
special supervision over tbe black.rgije.jlf l.9l!fi 1 iffHl l fe w r'inir Dollar, per annum. To | right, under the Uunstito.i.u, ; I is j „,„„e v for ,l,e ektiegeisl -nt of ,l,e ,, . i -' •rt'-older in the said Salt Company w,
maiiiiiig twn-tiiirils. I cannot sc<- how such
necessarily come before tbe legislative as
sembly ?
I for one, cannot support any man iu
times like these, when clonds of adversity
are hanging arouud the old ship of State,
threatening to engnlph her in a whirlpool
of difficulties, from which time, talent and
integrity alone can extricate her, until his
plan by which he hopes to stay the threat
ened danger is defined.
It is useless for me to mention what the
questions are which I consider of so much
moment. The intelligent people know them
full well. It is useless to refer to the un
happy past, we have all travailed through
' that mighty struggle and have been
swamped together. I care not for past
political sentiments, whether this, that,
or the other candidate was a whig, know-
nothing, or democrat—whether a recon-
structionist, unionist, or secessionist—or
whether he supported Douglas, Breekcn-
ridge, or Bell. These differences should
be buried with the past and no scrambling
office seeker should ever be allowed to ex
hume them from their graves. We have
had enough of party strife, and God grant
I that its revival may be strangled in its
infancy and never more be allowed to blow
its foul breath upon onr already ruined and
desolated land again. The future, the
mighty and hidden future, should now en
gage the attention of every honest and
candid voter.
It is very desirable then that we should
know the future policy of him who seeks
the guardianship of our interest and hap
piness. We are personally acquainted
with every candidate in the field, and be
lieve them all to be honest, high-minded
gentlemen, with whom we might with
safety entrust our interests, however vi
tal they may be. Yet, we know not their
views upon the question* that are now
agitating onr country, and we think it is
tine every voter that they should define
I their opinions on *•»«•“ Wsst t'oixr.
»vrsr'Fofnt, Ga., Nov. 6, 1865.
a Club of three persons it will be. sent for r '}?bt without which no otlu-r right can
Ten Dollars, and to a Club of five persons
it will be sent for Fifteen Dollars.
Mr. Seward and tiik Coxuressionai. Test
Oatii.—lhe Chai lottesville (Ya.) Chroni
cle, gives the following as a conversation
Mr. Seward had with Mr. Rives, of Virgin-
Tlic Chronicle, states that it has the
; exist, and no obligation can be imposed
1 have an abiding faith, that the President
will not permit its destruction by Trst-
O.iths or otherwise.”
e. unfess, as I have all the time acknow-
be j *' 'lo e ‘L Ibat I am and have been satis-
a measure Could be managed so as to . , _
of material ben. fit. If all the means J, t - ! Iud with the result* of that enterprise,
has tor making money is to be seized and <>,,C * dca ^ presented to every
Adjocrnmext Zf Tttk~(!itxvKVT!nv —TUe *' "* j co “ Wi "S "■«
sole „„ “"'""It a W, ! ' ° f Bk »-» '» “'."•piTcd,
-' ' M,u ‘ ’I IH this: If lie acted unfaitiifully
i I . ; ••■••■*** iiiwiu- ri II 1^ v .,v.% i lo men mi | ...
‘ trifling I acct > ,, i t mil show up liia Unfuith-
. . 1 If tlinv LnntD Kim 4.. 1... 1 •
said stay, it leaves him w ithout a home
Wednesday, at 12 o’clock m Mihi. ct , | a,,<1 ' consequent^- without any means to ( .
the call of its President, ’o.,! next issue ! ,,,: ' ku property is then a „ ; w ''-V don t these aggneved st^kholdcis
gone—sacrificed, perhaps, for a ,
: sum and the man still in debt, with no j If they know him to be such it
— 1, "P< > b' future life, «itlier for himself or
that lion, family.
report of the conversation from Mr. Rives ' " ill contain the new Constitution adopted
himself: j hy the Convention.
“Secretary Seward told Alex. Rives, I - —
Esq., that he wished to make peace be-j -
twecu tho North and South ; that ns to FoRter Ingram has declined'running for ! So far as I have consulted candidates I
iVtei! t '"" Srt - in _ i — •» ..f Tli is , |
I 10 ’ tbe °ath is a law, and any Congress-! A neighboring Country exchange
lonal district in the South “had better send j boasts of lev' <- ,! > . " ^ ^ wii _
an idiot or a child to Congress, who can j aM accomu iT 8 'i 1 , "| C tXoZ ' r, ^ 8litution of l, 'e United States declares that ' rcport wiU bc made which wi!l doubtless
take it, than to senu a wise uian who can-1 . ^ 1 tr - Ibe inechani- | „ pjate shall n-»ss anv ernov/ I '*'■“ — - r * * —
not.” cal execution of the paperis a libel on the •' , • P ,? 1 ftlCt ° ' aW or
We heartily agree With the Aagneta ! 'J-WM-h.art. The “acc.npli.l.ed ,,ri„.! CwTI""?- “i T'"’" °'
Constitutionalist in tbe following seuti- 1 tcr ” P ,,t8 ,,is talents to a very bad use *' ^ a ,dl »ff Jbis barrier something
roent: ' ° ! , can and ought to be done for the relief of
is their duty to have the mutter investi
gated. Why do they bring up this sub
ject prominently, only when he is a can
didate? W c like justice to previai. A
presume would be impracticable on ac-! S ent,en j an is I,ow Virginia winding up
count t«f Constitutional barriers. The Con-! b,,8,HC * 8 °f tbe Salt Company, and a
■ ■ —’ ■ • j ■=* ■ CULT OI
“If the men of ,„„t i I. Gens. Loxgstreet and Hood were 1 be people, better than any thing propos-
elected to Congress bv onr%*opfo are’ cl | *° W °. , ‘ IuaM8 the othcr d:, - v - witl * their ed h 3’ tbe candidates asking the suffrage
eluded by this obnoxious test oath, Wf i p3ld ' ,ns ,n tl,e,r P ,, cki*l« Gen. Lung- I uf l,RJ People. I am in favor of greater;
had better remain unrepresented than to ! STUEET ’ S n >bt arm, it is stated, is hopeless-1 extension of time for the payment of debts i °! B !° ,UM « h J “o n
n-a.- a . .. 1 Iv paralyzed from ,Sav five -f a * ^ . t ^i°i tbeT0 H r, . of h i ,d « , r«t. Furthe
put the calumniators of Judge Bigiiam to
shame.
While on this subject I take the liber
ty of asking yon to publish the following
from the Columbus papers, to show the es
teem in which Judge B. is held abroad.—
The Sun says
«« hy no meant
pant
Tho President is daily impressing this i factorage "and commission ^Lsiii"^^their debts could never do so. In the : ten ioa, he the ie^rto riih?*
sentiment, as a fixed principle of Amcri- i ! Z S ’ meantime, were I a candidate for the fog- A correspondent .1 T 8
can politics, on the popnlar heart of the * <K «-iEr for the Peopi.e.”—We com : | 8,ature I would advocate the killing of all i “ Weadmire a man • who ft j 0 *t
country. Senato.* Wn^o.v, of Mass who mfvn<l to tbe attention of every reader, es- j Inie,cst accruing ou debts during the war 1 uo[ P iT** W ^° m ,he * rd ® r ° r hi*fellow-citizenican
al first, urgently demanded the extension f’ etia,, y candidates for the Legislatn.c I and a | ar " e d -i«cti..«. of the lawful per j of.yran^cTn^eTr-r^.nrS Ban -^
nftlw«l«»i._. f 1 - - • i*i“ «-*-1- ~ c “ T> •- • - CCIlt. till the exoir.-ilirm uf «..r mi ! “.Jnitltichamm . .. ation.
of the elective franchise to the negro ,he a,titdft of “belief.” under the foreg,> Cr,,t ,in «*e expiration of ten years. The i veterB of th Th[ rcpcc.ee
n)*4mn 4l.. Li a » ^ ' ° infnroef «.-1.7^1. 1. . • - ouTiwn
ulation of the South, during a recent visit i,1 ° ca P tior '-
i: --.— ■.u ui»aeierminalion. ”
,-iasi auch a man u preaented to the reanectml
- A. d • - •_ ,
to the President, has returned home and Tnr P ^ '•“r five j ears is a vast amount itself And in da . t . e / or the V 01 *" 1 8h*tes Congre*i. ’ 1
now onstains rc S ,„ ra , iun 7, \ J“ C f *~ 1 «0*.-IT. p„b ; | M , nuc „ .. mciins for j 2 T
wttw Josssott. Tito K ulic.U" occupation i article f ‘!, r P v Ce Vt' 1-“* ’ K, " l,!a -i dcbls »' ,d «"PP'»g intercal were trarrerl ' rtTl" r ° r “' Y"" *“* if
'» nearly gono. |^ ! ^ ^ ^ I
•e- Uon. A. Ii. Mr.r.a, „f Alabama, dirai I "' c “ anl ' vor . v l'<' d y to read it. | persona to'take in paymlmto^/^ '“''Kn?
^ ^ | , M—r/nd* ^ RKn :iaa been I ^ |
-1 -5^: I
bo remembered as one of tbe bri-ltteat; >J llle I-y»l«tnre of Mntonorppi. ! f „ . . '"“I'lo men to emerge «« * candidate for the rw«Co^I2 ll * t ' i 1*““ 1
s2r mi,si "»u,"• ° f " ,ia i ti, “ t » i ""x' " J '
Zt-1 zx. ar i . But *"»<
*" c vr " ,o ;' ,o
nig on what w.ts due hint, storfic
IP8.
Hence, we hope and trust that the
Frcedmeu’s Bureau wHl bc removed as j delivered the
soon as the State shall have resumed their speech ever ma<fo ; n Kn w *^ lot l 1I »g”
former relations with the General Cover- ad ° “ ^
nient
o.Sd»to°“for^“ T f a " , ?’,!‘ I Pre *"* * 'VbndcHPUmp
once' * Governor of Alabama, was — . : *“® wa « a«e him, sfrtTTie should
be wasefoct^ * n Tuska, ° ( ’ sa - In 1854 Gex. Beacrecard.—This distinguished | lo * K ‘ ar t,,i8 *°«* for the good
, grc88 b >' ‘be Ameri- S e »“lemau is now the Superintendent of j fv!Iow “‘“"-for the benefit of soci-
the New Orleans, Jackson and Great for the relief of a people who, in the
nmrtw Amen-
in the o^nion *" d .
delivered tho .. J Journal,
Ths National American.—This papsr.
will be remembered here as one of the 1
finest printed and best conducted papers
in the Sooth. AJI wbo admired the high,
toned editorials and chaste selections of
that paper will be gratified to learn, as
tfrej will from an advertisement in the
‘be American, is soon to be
resumed, 4»y-i4a-for»BeiLeditor^i»d-proprie-
tor, Col. 0. R. Ba nt. cites. Jt wilfbc poll
ed from new material and in fbc^it stylo
of the art. *
speech ever made in Congress;
tbe largest Country Week,, p,^, '
Georgia. We hope the friends of tl* pa .
per will make what effort they can to ex
tend its circulation. We intend to exert
every effort to ®ako the Rfiremrsa a good
paper. (
Cotton Thieves.—Several negroes were
arrested near Macon last week on a charge
of stealing Cotton from plantations in
Houston and Monroe counties. The ar
rests were giade by the military and turn
ed over to the cirif authorities. ‘
Northern Railroad.
ThedH 0f d' ,Ch a ' d ’ fDB8t be ^ uod
A correspondent uf the New Era, j heads duringTfo ^Bu^sio" ra,8ethc *
Atlanta, suggests Cren. JohnB. Goroam as j nre of relief be gran to, l * % ^
a candidate for OoTerbor.
at tbe (Hrdof twchre mouths, fore. .po«
to ™*ot oodof tbo hammer of tho Shor-
'• ,' C I al ' ds . S««lo and chattels of tie'
pcoplc f byo oo besitaacy io asserting
£ T c. U ‘ C >«oM ii
TTAsniNeTox, NoV 7 —Th.*p ,, ~ wfiifot the prevalence of ailier
Provd
dereU to be hanged on Frid£ the'UkVuZt. *
Hon. A. J. Kequier.
it e stated a few weeks ago that .Mr.
Kequier would soon remove t* the city of
New York to enter into the practice of
law. .Mr. It. has been a resident, or rather •»
refugee,in this place for two years,or more.
As a friend of his, appreciating, true and
manly merit wherever found, we give th
following notice of the gentleman fro
tic Mobile Tribune, of October 28th nit;
"Notable Removal North -It i« witl ,
feelings of unaffected regret that we re
cord the fact that the Hon. A. J Rrn„,Vr
one of the most esteemed and distinguish'
ed citizens of this community, is, under
the influence of reasons no less connected
with the health of his family than with
the sad vicissitudes of the times about
to remove to the city of New York a* a
place of permanent residence, and with a
view to the exercise of his profession.
“ Some fifteen years ago, this gentle
man, then a youth, came from South Car
olina, his native state, to Alabama and
established himself as a lawyer among
tiis purity and earnestness of character
his steadiness of habits, his conspicuous
assiduity and energy in the pursuit of his
calling,—but, above all, bis varied and
commanding intellectual endowments al
most immediately attracted and fixed’the
public attention. In a very short time
his name became equally familiar, and
his superiority equally acknowledged in
the courts and on the hustings. He was
appointed District Attorney of the United
States in little more than a year after his
arrival, and, in the important and difficult
causes which claimed bis official attention
and 'others that arose in the liue of his
private practice, he came into memor
able conflict with combinations of tbe
ablest and most experienced counsel of
the country, and asserted in and out of
his profession his right to rank among
its most prominent votaries. He was rec
ognized by everybody as embodying, in
whatever he attempted, the singular!y
rare an ^ powerful union of a creative in
tellect with concentration of,purpose and
the faculty of continuous labor; and,,
wherever aud whenever bis voice was
raised—whether in discussing a dry legaj.
principle before a court, or illustrating
• , •” ry vongrsw. its application to facta in tbe hearing of a
by electing this -ln , v t B llI' onor ‘® *h«n»eTvrB W/or amid the tumultof popular asscra-
'^.*hW«assrz2S2LL'St . bi “J n times of high party excitement—
“ Onr enuatry bas b«ea e^pt b - -tbe-rfriVsterious hot unmistakable pres-
Ieft in a Pirated cooditW- e,, °e <jf gc»»us was instaiilly and electri-
call, felt. His inlcna. mental , cliv j,,
»iw»)d aliTild. b, Utkl?.™ 1 ',! l ‘*C'fe>»nl [,ie b'llllills bf liia immediate
should u. rftr»cit../.._j .7*. w “T e ’ 0,11 ***** «»ue* avocation, and filled with literary and
in th ® Federal ifnion.
ii «nmg in ttrtaoes m siffind Ml? h? dim.
da.s,n 8 to take in tenet I* thTsSSSJ? Jf ZnZ
i - ro copscquence.
no mens- f Of ioBnenee bavea dety 4o per-
„ UL-lGk-'! .h‘ to** we* gloom and d.reto
On motion of Sir. Reynolds, the Orditta^
regard to tbe p»«y of members w u rtcoejtj
aud riytioted—Yeas, 92; Nays, 167. *
The Convention, during the afternoon kr.
farther debuted the Ordinance repudi*^.
“War Debt” of tbe State, and adjourned vi*.
disposing of it
,'Nuvtnsuj.’ s
CJThe Convontioa met, and was opened si: *
Prayer.
The following ordinance, submitted bj Mr.Cy
pell, of Murcogee, was taken up end p—^
Yen*, 133; Noye, 117:
AN ORDINANCE.
Be it ordained by the people at Genty
in Convention assembled, That all ^ ;
debts contracted or incurred bv the Stii
of Georgia, cither us a separate Stntei
as a member of the late partnership, • ,
Confederacy of States, styled the Conf
er;* te States of America, for the pnrp<»
of carrying on the lute war of secem.
against the United States of America,
for the purpose of aiding, abetting or p>
moting said war, in any way directly
indirectly, be and the same arc herobyi
dared null and void, and the Lcgihlats
is hereby prohibited forever from, ig tt
way, acknowledging or paying theim
debts, or any part thereof, or frump*
ing any law for that purpose, or to*cr
or provide for toe same, said debts,
uny part thereof, by any approprisfom i
money, property, stocks, funds or i*
of any kind to that object.
2. Be it further ordained, Tint rw
much as the annual income of the Sut
before and during said war, from Ut
tion and other sources of revenue, tt Vj
amply sufficient for the support of the;
dinary civil government of the State.t
for the payment of all its expensed, is: #
dent to a state of peace, and as the nr
nary expenses which led to the cm:
of a debt, wen; the offspring and rest
of the war, it is therefore the jndgme
ordinance .and decree of this Conreutr
that all debts of the Slate incurred fl
ing said war shall be considered, lr
and treated as debts incurred for or (
ing on tbe war, except in cases wine . j
shall be satisfactorily shown hy iirpjr;. js§
.1 .*^’utCr'■ 8ted proof that any pariicu «
m i»t or debts were incurred torotiicrb
poses than that of carrying on, aidin*
abetting the war, directly nr indir*. -?
3 11e. it further ordained: That all U
bonds, note* or evidences of debt wh 'M
ever, issued by the State, payable onh
Confederate currency, or on a contingw %
<>r contingencies which have never In
oened, and can now never happen, hr 1
ceased to be debts at all, either in wh '
or part,-rind are hereby wholly prohibit'
from being paid, even though origirui — f-
issued for other purposes than that of a
, rn J3 ,n t» on the said war or aiding or esU.
it, directly or indirectly.
4. Be it further ordained: That this-'/
dinance .>haH be - part of the cunstitori
and fundamental law of the State.
Mr. Jenkinw, from the Committee of Sixten.n
ported the following addres* to the I’rwidat
the L. Staten—which was adopted aod ordcret;
•»e signed, on the part of the Convention, bj
President :
To His Excellency, Andrew Johnson, Tn
ident of tbe United States of America:
The people of the State of Georgia, w _
in Convention, having repealed ail on
nances and resolutions, by them here
fore adopted, with a purpose to eepvt
tiiemselves from tho United States, and
enter into another confederacy, and bi
ing adopted a constitution strictly rept j
lican, wherein the supremacy of the fs
stitutiou, Constitutional laws, and treat* |
of the United States of .America are i 1
tinctly affirmed, having therein recogi j
ed the emancipation, hy the United Slits
Government, of persons previously be. 1
as slaves in this State, and ordained,s
the fundamental law, that neither slaw \
ry, nor involuntary servitude, (save *
punishment for crime,) shall hereafterfl
ist in Georgia ; and having, as they »«•
ceive, done all things necessary and pr?
er on their part, tw the full and complef
restoration of tbefr State to hei light* «<
privileges, as a State, and as a member^
tlic American Union, respectfully reque^
that all needful executive and legi»lwli f{
measures be taken to effect such reitw*
tion as speedily as possible.
We, the delegates of the people, ft'l f
informed as to their purposes andde*^
assure your Excellency, that it is thairfr
ed intcnt.on to perform their whole di|J
as citizens of the United States, that
desire is to live under the Constitution."
peace and harmony with the whole po®^
and to see sectional strife banished bn^_
fnnn tho ostion^l councils.
We moreover express to yon, sir, ti* 3
entire confidence in your just and kiiti*'
tentions towards them; and their
patjons of your conciliatory and
consideration of tlicir sets and doing*®
this Convention.
. “ Tbe Devi! will never get his dues
«ntil he gets all the Radicals. We wish
J a8Uce to prevail,
^Wl is. said to be black. Tbe
JsSgv ». 4rU« sms lor lhe
(imes—a man who. whatever bis laolts—aod who
oaathom not—will
ergias, ’
cause of
applied to oar cowatry .
In concldsion, Mr. Eorros, it sbotild be
remembered that Judge Biqb^ while %
member of tbe i^gislatsre, was appointed
on Ibe treat important ooamittoes. Ha
is faibsstrioas, and looks only to the in
terests of bis consti tbeuta. If elected to
G^fje****#if( repreadnfU^f r ijy H
he win be satrsfied wltfi Nothing else
Do.lO-n A Votkr’
scientific researches even tlie moments
which *re ordinarily devoted to recrea
tion j and while he could be seen, during
tbe sittings of the counts, thoroughly *b-
sorbed, among piles of book* and groups
of witnesses, in breaking up Cuban or
Nicaraguan expeditions, exploring grave
constUijtional questions, or vindic^tinir
pqrate intereste and .rights-he would
return horns from a sunfiner
$&*<* ‘r*"—A'IbbUc
«ber czhiciL Into on
stinted admiration, with a ‘ .
Silo dr,U ^ Wh , oa ® fogress he
Sutes for JS°«. n 7 °/ W (^federate
wkiok'b. ‘ e Alabama, orf for
offence h« llj
P^JP««ioncdl)Y the President.
mlmntri r^° * MM ‘ worthy w- man theipoblic
Uld be compelled to withdraw from wilTbe ima
Highly Important from WASHi.icw , ‘'
Tlie following highly important
gcabo fioni Washington was tcleg**P^
to all the Norther*) and Western
on the 1st inst., by the enterprising P**"
reporter in that city:
“ Jeff. Davis has ordered s new be»*^
cloth overcoat of a merchant tailor I®
city, who .Was Ilis old-time servitor. *j
manufacturer of the garment coro® eB ?5|
this morning from measurement t*ke*’
1860, and insist* npoa an advance f*T
ment, leaving Jeff, to lake all ebanceh .
A siibseqacut dispatch stales that &
bistorrcaLbvcrcoat cost $150, and
has been paid for by some of the
ington friends uf; Mf-'Davis. If tb'* I**"
Hem an shonld eiiance to.purcbase s i*\
ter*s worth of postage stamps at *nj-
■■may rtly npon it tlW^
immediately Pnfunded of t““