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National Republican
.AUdUHTA, OA.
FRIDAY' MORNING April 17. 18«8
For PRESIDENT
Ok the United States:
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
For Governor
OF GEORGIA :
lloy.il B. HULLO UK
OF RICHMOND.
FOR CONGRESS:
J. W. Cuft, First District.
K. H. Whitkley, Second District.
Wm. P. Ed w Anns, Third District.
Samuel F. Gove, Fourth District.
C. H. Prince, Fifth District.
Jobs A. Wimpy, Sixth District.
J. Atkins, Seventh District.
Richmond County Nominations.
For Stale Senator (18th District.) —
llon. BENJAMIN CONLEY.
For House of Representatives —
EPHRAIM TWEEDY,
J. E. BRYANT,
TIIOS. P. BEARD.
For Clerk of the Superior Court —
E. M. BRAYTON.
For Ordinary.—SAMUEL LEVY.
For Sheriff. —A. G. RUFFIN.
For Tax Collector.— W. T. PAGE.
For Tax Receiver. —J. B. VAUGIIN.
For Treasurer. —W. H. STALLINGS.
For Coroner. —W. P. RHODES.
Fur Surveyor. —E. W. BROWN.
PLATFORM.
Resolved, That tee pledge our support to
<hc Constitution framed by the Coiisiilu
lutional Convention of this State note in
session.
Resolved, Thai we present to the friends of
Reconstruction in Georgia this Constitution
as our Platform, and tre urgently request
them to ratify it.
Resolved, That we pledge our support to
the llon. R. B. Bullock, our candidate for
Governor, this day nominated.
Resolved, That we earnestly request the
fmends of Reconstruction to ratify the
Nomination of the Hon. R. B. Bullock in
their Primary Meetings, and sustain him by
their votes.
GOOD NEWS FROM ALL PORTIONS
OF GEORGIA.
We arc in daily receipt of tlic most
cheering accounts from all sections of the
State. Tlic good old Union feeling,
trampled under and almost extinguished,
is blazing forth again. The people have
not forgotten how they were cheated and
deceived in 1860 aud 1861 ; how they were
oppressed, conscripted, and murdered
during the rebellion for their patriotic
sentiments. All upper Georgia, always for
the Union, will rally to the support of the
Constitution, ratification and the candi
dates who stand on that platform. The
L nion men of that section remember the
horrible persecutions they endured under
tlic rule of those very men who are now
seeking again to hold power over them.
Middle Georgia will cast such a majority
for Bullock and the Constitution as it
never cast for any candidate or any
question before. The blood of the mur
dered Asiibukn is bearing fruit in Western
Georgia, aud the Union men, now assure C 1
of protection, will take a peaceful rever ,g C
at the polls for his assassination. j n
Southwestern Georgia,.Ben. Hill La s been
making a circuit, and lias nr-.m suit the
haters of traitors’ and treason to the
necessity of exertion. Ilis efforts will
redound , a9 they always Lid, to the benefit
of those he opposes.
Men of Georgia, arc you ready ?—ready
to save your State from the rule of traitors
and aristocratic tyrants ? Laboring men!
mechanics', are you ready to assert the
dignity of labor and llie right of every
man to all the privileges of citizenship ?
Are you ready to overturn that aristocratic
clique of lawyers which, under the name of
Democracy, has hitherto practically dis
franchised you, denied you the right to
aspire to offices of trust and profit, and
only accorded you the privilege of voting
us they dictated. Now is the time to cast
off your shackles and assert your man
hood.
Rally to the polls on Monday next, and
show these hungry Democratic oftice
seekers that you have still the independence
to vote as your conscience and the welfare
of the country dictates. One hearty and
brave straggle and your discntlirallment
from the chains of those who arc now
ravening like starved wolves at the loss of
their prey, is assured forever.
BEAR IN MIND,
That it is useless for any man to run
for office in Georgia who cannot take the
test oath, or who lias not applied to be
relieved from disfranchisement. The gov
ernment of Georgia, until the Constitu
tion shall be ratified by Congress, is mere
ly provisional and under military au
thority; and being such, every officer,
from Governor down to Constable, will be
required to swallow the test oath. In the
case of those who have applied to have
their disfranchisement removed, if they
are candidates for office, they will be
relieved, provided they heartily contribute
to the work of reconstruction and assist
in placing Georgia under the rule of loyal
men. This great nation has determined
that its several parts shall be reunited,
and will not be balked of its object by the
puny efforts of unrepentant traitors, who
exist only at its mercy.
Let it be distinctly understood, then,
that the Government of this country has
determined that all its sacrifices of blood
and treasure shall not be in vain. It has
determined that the administration of the
Slate Government shall lie in the hands of
loyul men, uml of those who give assur
ance of future loyalty. It is useless for
any others to be candidates.
This seems a severe course on the part
of the Government, hut is only what all
of us would do in our private business.
None of us would give our stores or
dwellings in charge to a known incen
diary; none would trust our lives to an
insane homicide; none of us would trust
to an enraged mob to build up what they
themselves have destroyed, and the Gov
ernment only takes such precautions as a
prudent man would take in his own
affairs. The Government has, with a
leniency unexampled in the history of the
world, remitted, even to the most guilty,
all punishment for the past. All it now
asks is security for the future, and it will
have it. It will not allow its enemies to
hold office, and thus give them again an
opportunity to plot for another era of
bloodshed, devastation, and ruin.
LAST GA Tins.
Formerly, when tlic Democracy was much
more honest aud patriotic than at present,
ti.cr oonLi manage to beat their opponents
not only in numbers at the polls, but in
manceuvcring and trickery. One of their
most successful tricks was starting some
falsehood, or making some move immedi
ately before the election, which there was
no time to contradict or counteract. We
may expect something of the sort to crop
out during, or just before, the election next
week. The present party, calling itself
Democracy, is ten-fold more “tlic child of
the devil” than that which formerly went
by that name. It is led and managed by
a set of old politicians—chiefiy Whigs and
Know Nothings—whose usefulness for good
ceased long ago, but whose capacity for
evil still subsists. These men add to the
experience derived from the defeats of
former times all their own unscrupulous
cunning.
The contest which is to come off next
week is a fight for political life with them.
They are hopeful, however, for they have
on their side, not only all the assassins,
all the rowdies, all the disorderly and dis
reputable elements of society, but have at
their command all that skill and chicanery
that delights itself in the practice of politi
cal swindling ami fraud. Accordingly we
may look, [not only for such violence and
intimidation as they will dare to practice
under the orders of the military govern
ment, and there will he thousands of in
stances which the military orders will be
powerless to prevent, but a resort to every
means to keep voters from the polls. They
will in some cases turn out of employment
such as dare to vote, and the excuse will be,
not that they voted, but the dismissal will
be founded on other grounds, of which
plenty can be invented.
They will guard the roads, to prevent
voters from going to the polls, as was secretly
proposed in some counties. They will de
ceive the voters with forged tickets, or
with false reports, and in every way possi
ble will they try to prevent a fair expres
sion of the will of the people at the polls.
Let the people beware of, and believe not,
any reports which may be started by tlic
Democracy on tlic eve of the election. We
have had information that a very telling
“last card” is to be played by them in a
day or two. Utterly unscrupulous and des
perate as they are, there is nothing they
will stick at, to deieat the Constitution and
Col. Bullock. Their whole reliance during
the progress of the canvass heretofore has
Leen falsehood, slander and vituperation ;
they have used no other arguments, because
they had no other, and they will continue
the same course to the end, with the addi
tion of violence and intimidation wherever
they can be safely practiced.
M ODEUM DEMO CRA C 7.
An old-fashioned Democrat of the Jeffer
son and Jackson school would be excusa
ble *in refusing to recognize the modern
party which has usurped the name of Demo
cracy, ns the one in whose ranks lie for
merly battled. He might truly say, our
old banner had no disunion motto cni
blazoned upon it—our Governors did not
go wandering over the earth plotting
disunion, and praying (if they ever pray at
all) the prayer of the old Scotch free
booter in time of peace, “Lord, turn the
world upside down, that wc gentlemen
may live!”
In all seriousness, we call upon those
who wish to sec their country arrested in
its downward course—who dcsivc to have
the institutions, won for them by their
ancestry, perpetuated for their children, to
interfere at once, and actively, in the pres
ent contest. The decision of that contest
is now not many days’ off, but there is yet
time to do much, if patriotic men would
consider and realize to themselves its im
mense importance. We know that any
allusion to revolutionary times and is
considered l>y modern Democracy to be
old-fogyish, Fourth-ofJuiyisu, —a „u
that; but we think it can do no harm,
occasionally, to refer to the examples and
precepts of the Fathers of the Republic.
There was once an old gentleman named
Thomas Jeflerson, of high and well de
served reputation as a statesman during
his life, in the estimation of many men,
and whose name was revered by some old
fogies after his death. Standing upon the
brink of eternity, and looking, with the
eye of a prophet, far into the dim and
misty future, lie predicted the dark period
through which we have but recently
passed, and from the gloom of which we
are now seeking to emerge.
“I regret,” said he, in his letter to Mr.
Holmes, “that I am now to die in the
belief that the useless sacrifice of them
selves by the generation of 1770, to ac
quire happiness to their country, is to be
thrown away by the unwise and unworthy
passions of their sons, and that my only
consolation is to be that I live not to weep
over it. If they will dispassionately
weigh the blessings they will throw
away, against an abstract principle, more
likely to be effected by union than by
scission, they would pause before they
would perpetrate this act of suicide on
themselves, and of treason against the
hopes of the world."
Are tlic voters of Georgia, anxious for
restoration, willing to follow party leaders,
blind with rage at the probable loss of
the power they have enjoyed so long ?
Will they trample the “blood of tlic gene
ration of 1770" ruthlesily under foot ?
MECHANICS' TIERS.
Any mechanic who votes against the
Constitution, votes against liis own in
terest. It is the first among Constitu
tions which Georgia has had, which pro
vides that mechanics and laborers shall
have a lien upon all the property of their
employers for work done or materials
furnished. Heretofore it has been neccs
sary to go through a tedious and expen
sive process before they could recover
their just dues, and the rich employer had
the power to delay or defeat the collec.
tion of their claims. Now, the Legislature
is required to nns« i<>“ -
.uinnvary enforcement of mechanics’ and
laborers’ claims. If those whose depend
ence for an honest livelihood depends
upon a just and speedy remuneration for
their labor, suffer the Legislature to fall
into the hands of those who have declared
their enmity to the Constitution—if they
suffer the candidate for Governor, who
stands upon the Constitution as his plat
form, to be defeated—they deserve to
suffer the loss of their hard earnings.
ASSOCIATED PRESS.
We caution the public against believing
anything but bare facts announced by the
telegraphic reports of the Associated Press.
Not many facts are reported, and the few
are colored to suit the Democratic tenden
cies of the reporter. Most of the reports are
made up of opinions which would be utterly
unworthy of notice if they were not intended
to do harm to the cause of Reconstruction
and the country. It ought to be understood
that the Associated Press is exclusively a
Democratic concern—that the agents in
Washington and other points are agents of
the Democratic party—that as to anything
pertaining to politics, not the slightest reli
ance can be placed on the Associated Press
reports. We except the agent here, whose
reports are very fair, but, we not now recollect
another who should be excepted.
TO THE FRONT!
The contest approaches. While it is one
of the brightest privileges of a freeman to
exercise his suffrage, it is among the most
important duties that devolves upon him,
and should never be neglected when it is
possible to perform it. Every man is inter
ested in the permaneuce of free institutions,
and in the manner in which those institu
tions are administered ; all are sincerely
desirous for good government —hence all
should contribute their efforts to secure such
government. This can only be accomplished
by a wise aud prudent exercise of the elec
tive franchise. It is, therefore, the duty of
every man to vote, and to vote for those who,
in his opinion, are most capable, and to
whose guardian care the right and interest
of the people can be best committed. These
are self evident truths which no sane man,
not blinded by prejudice, will gainsay or
controvert.
It may, and sometimes does happen, that
men are proposed who are not satisfactory
to all; indeed, it would be strange, passing
strange, if it were otherwise. In such case,
what is the duty of the patriot citizeu ? To
our mind there is no room to doubt. There
is always a choice, and the voter owes it to
himself and his country to select the most
capable.
We have a word to say to our Republican
friends, and we beg that they may hear us
for our cause. An important contest is now
at hand in the election of Governor and
Members of Congress ; the more important
because it will foreshadow the result of the
effort of Georgia to be restored to her place
in the Union. Every Republican should,
therefore, be on duty at the four days’ strug
gle. He should not only vote himself, but
he should see that his Union neighbor also
votes. This is his duty to his principles)
and it should be performed faithfully and
zealously. Falter not, lag not by the way,
for the price of liberty and equal rights is
eternal vigilance.
INTIMIDATING VOTER, S'.
A committee of the citizens of Columbus
waited on General Meade a few days’ since,
with some complaints relative to the conduct
of the Registrars. In the course of the con
versation, the following occurred. As it is a
most positive declaration of what General
Meade intends in case threats, intimidation,
or dismissal from employment is used to
keep voters from the polls, we think it best
to give it the publicity of our columns, that
none may say they acted ignorantly:
It was then suggested to him to give the
negroes assurance that they would be pro
tected in the free exercise of the franchise.
He replied, I have already done so, and
referred to Orders 51, 52, and 57. One of
"? stated that Order 51 was supposed to be
directed to me r,,„„ Ho id he
could not help what persons consiaerea ;
that he did not believe there was any such
organization as the Ku Klux Klan ; but he
believed bad men, as was the case in Co
lumbus, took advantage of the general
impression that existed as to such an or
ganization, and by various means intimi
dated voters; and that his order was in
tended for all colors and all persons who,
by intimidation or threats, attempted to
influence the free exercise of the ballot.
He said further, bring me an instance of
any man intimidating a voter by threats
of violence, and I will have him arrested
and punished if he is the most extreme
man in the State, of either side of politics;
it will make no difference about that. But
I cannot act on general information ; bring
me a particular case, and I will deal with it
promptly. •
This is substantially the conversation that
occurred, and throughout our interview Gen.
Meade was frank and unreserved, and
evinced an evident desire to secure to the
people of Georgia, without distinction, a fair
and free election.
Twenty thousand French seamen are
engaged in the fisheries on the Grand Banks
of Newfoundland.
Special Correspondence to Nat top a Republican.]
REPUBLICAN MEETING AT LA W
ton, clinch couvry.
A I»rce Republican meetinf was held
here to day. Ihe gathering ms addressed
by Dr. J. W. Clift, Republican jaudidate for
Congress, G. Lassinger, and Vra. Clifford,
both reconstruction candidate for the As
sembly. A large Republican Club, presided
over by Win. Quarterman, waitalso addressed
by the Doctor.
Our friends are pleased witl the prospect,
and predict that Clinch will jo Republican
by a large majority.
Lassinger will probably oe elected, as
Clifford is a recent convert toratification.
Several parties, engaged i» the riot at
Valdosta, were arrested by tie military and
taken to Savannah last night.
K. K. K. notices have peen served on
several in this vicinity lately.
Dr. Clift, Hon. J. L. Sewird, and Isaac
Scelv addressed a large meeting at Tltomas
ville on Saturday. Old Tbofias will give a
rousing majority for the Republican ticket.
Our friends are busy everywhere. Many
whites in Coffee, Thomas, Irwin, and John
son counties will not vote. The working
men’s Constitution a«d their candidates will
sweep everything before them next week.
Dr. C. speaks in Quitman Friday, and at
Savannah Saturday. A. Republican.
- ra=.,M. w-- 14th, 1868.
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THE TAKERS OF TEST OATHS'.
The Chronicle seems disposed to enlighten
the public in regard to oaths that have been
taken by certain officials. Will he please
publish the oath taken by Mr. John A.
Bohler, as Assistant Assessor, who, by the
way, seems to be a favorite with the Ransom
Wright Democracy. If the iron clad is to
bo made a test, why not apply it equally to
all?
I will farther intrude upon the editor’s
kindness to ask that he publish the two
oaths taken by Gen. George W. Summers—
one to the Confederate Government, after his
voluntary return within the lines—which
may be found in the Chronicle & Sentinel of
the 28th December, 1864—and the other, as
Special Agent of the Post Office Depart
ment, and now Acting Postmaster of this city.
My reason for asking this favor is, only a
few days’ since this bright intellect from
Jefferson expressed a preference for his con
tinuance in office.
Jacob R. Davis, Esq, I believe, has also
taken an oath. For the sake of those who
wish to be consistent, it might be well to
publish that, too. It is veil known that both,
Davis and Bohler, were officers under the
Confederate Government. Upon the whole,
if the white people, and especially the Dem
ocrats, allow this old Know Nothing to pull
the wool over their eyes, by such villainy
and demagogueism, they have little room to
speak of the ignorance ol the freedman or
any other race of people.
llow can any fair minded man come to any
other conclusion than that this is persecu
tion. This Ido not say to benefit Mr. Blod
gett, for he is not a candidate for any office;
and as for the Te»t Oath, he can take it as
much, or more conscientiously, than any of
the men named above. Fair Play.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Cuthbert, April 9, 1868.
Mr. Editor : An attempt was made last
evening to assassinate Mr. James A. Jack
son. He went out of his house about eight
o’clock, and was shot at; the ball passing
within a foot of his head. He got his gun
from the house, and went to the fence near
the house. Just beyond the fence, he saw
five white men, who fell on the ground as
soon as they saw Mr. Jackson.
The news immediately spread through the
town, and in a few moments fifty colored
men were ready to protect him.
Mr. Jackson was a member of the Con
stitutional Convention, and is a candidate
for the General Assembly. The men who
attempted to murder him, no doubt belong
to the Ku-Klnx Klan, which has been
organized recently in this place ; and it
appears that they intend to defeat us by
assassination. Our leaders, however, will
do their duty, regardless of the Ivu-Klux
Klan. Republican.
From the Atlanta New Era.
GEN. J. B. GORDON IS INELIGIBLE
JO THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR,
AMD CANNOT SERVE IF ELEC
TED.
We will proceed to demonstrate the above
proposition beyond all doubt, by reference to
the Reconstruction Acts of Congress.
The first section of the Sherman bill lays
off the ten rebel States into five Military
Districts.
The second section makes it the duty of
the President to appoint an officer of the
army, not below the rank of Brigadier Gene
ral, to the command of each.
The third section defines the powers of the
Military Commander, and gives him authori
ty to try citizens by Military Commission, etc.
The fourth section provides that persons
under military arrests shall be tried without
unnecessary delay, and defines the powers of
the Military Commander, and of the Presi
dent, in approving the sentences of Military
Commissions.
The fifth section provides for the assem
bling of a Convention, and the formation of
a Constitution, and for its submission for
ratification to the registered voters of the
State, and contains the following language :
“And when such Constitution shall have
been submitted to Congecss for examination
aud approval, and Congress shall have
approved the same, aud when said State, by
a vote of its Legislature, elected under said
Constitution, shall have adopted the Amend
ment of the Constitution of the United
States, proposed by the Thirty Niuth Con
gress, and known as Article Fourteen; and
when said article shall have become part of
the Constitution of the United States, said
State shall be declared entitled to representa
tion in Congress, and Senators and Repre
sentatives shall be admitted therefrom, on
their taking the oath prescribed by law, and
then and thereafter the preceding sections of
this act shall be inoperative in said State.”
A careful reading of the foregoing will
convince any one that the Legislature,
elected under the Constitution, must meet
and adopt the Constitutional amendment,
and it must have become part of the Con-
State is entitled to" representation in Con
gress.
After this, the Senators aud Representa
tives are to be admitted, on taking the oath
of office (the test oath), and then and there
after, and not till then, are the preceding
sections of the act to be inoperative. That
is, then and thereafter, the preceding sec
tions, which define the powers of the Military
Commanders and establish Military Districts,
are to be inoperative, and the power of the
Military Commander is to cease. In other
words, then, and not till then, the Military
Commander is superceded by the permanent
State Government. But his power is abso
lute till the permanent State Government is
fully organized and accepted by Congress.
This is clear when we examine the sixth
section of the Sherman bill. It uses the
following language : “Aud uutil the people
of said rebel State shall be by law admitted
to representation iu the Congress of the
United States, any civil government which
may exist therein shall be deemed provi
sional only, and in all respects subject to the
paramount authority of the United States, to
abolish, modify, control, or supercede the
same.”
The first section of the Supplemental bill,
passed on the 19th day of July, 1867, de
clares it to have been the true intent and
meaning of the Act of 2d March, 1867 (the
Sherman bill), that the Government of these
ten States were not legal State governments,
and that thereafter said governments (if
continued) were to becontinued subject in all
respeats to the Military Commanders of the
respective districts and to the paramount
authority of Congress.
All this legislation taken together, amounts
to simply this: the Governments of these
ten States are illegal, hut may, in the discre
tion of the Military Commanders, be con
tinued, subject to his authority and the para
mount authority of Congress. But the Com
mander or the Congress, may, at any time,
set them aside, and make the Government
purely military, till the State is reconstruc
ted. The State is not reconstructed, and the
military authority is not to be superseded till
the Constitution shall have been approved
by Congress, and the Legislature elected
under the Constitution shall have assembled
and adopted the Constitutional amendment,
and it shall have become part of the Con
stitution of the United States. Then the
State is to have representation in Congress,
on sending members who can take the test
oath, and then the work of Reconstruction
is complete, and the authority of the Military
Commander is at an end ; but till then the
Government is provisional only.
Then conies the 9th section of the Act of
July 19th, 1807, which is in the following
members of said T&tfruS' l That all
and all persons hereafter elccte(r‘of t: !!]j)-
pointed to office, in said Military District,
under any so-called State or municipal
authority, or by detail or appointment of
the District Commanders shall be required
to take and to subscribe the oath of office
prescribed by law for officers of the United
States,” which shall be as follows :
“I , of , county of and
Stato of , do solemnly swear that I have
never voluntarily borne arms against the United
States since I have been a citizen thereof; that
I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance,
counsel or encouragement to persons engaged in
armed hostilities thereto; that I have noithcr
sought, nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise
the functions of any offieo whatever, under any
authority or pretended authority in hostility to
the United States ; that I have not yielded a
voluntary support to any pretended govern
ment, authority, power or constitution within
the United States, hostile or inimical thereto.
And I do further swear that, to the best of my
knowledge and ability, I will support and defend
tho Constitution of the United States against all
enemies, foreign and domestic ; that I will bear
true faith and allegiance to tho same ; that 1
take this obligation freely, without any mental
reservation or purpose of evasion ; and that I
will well and taithfully discharge the duties of
the office on which lam about to enter, so help
me God.”
Now, it must be borne in mind, that theie
is no permaiftnt State government, but only
a provisional or so-called State government
in each State, till the above terms are com
plied with, and the State is admitted to re
presentation in Congress. Then the power
of the Military Commander is at an end, and
the Military District created by the Sherman
bill at an end, and so declared by the fifth
section of the Sherman bill, but not till then.
Mark the language of the 9th section of the
Act of July 10th, 1867 : “All persons here
after elected to office, in said Military Dis
tricts, under any so-called State authority,
are to take the test oath.” And the language
of the 6th section of the Sherman bill, that
the government is to be provisional, or so
c ailed, not permanent in these States till they
are “admitted to representation in Congress,”
and that the section creating the Military
Districts are to become inoperative, so soon,
as the terms prescribed arc complied with,
and the States are admitted to representation
it Congress, but the Military Districts are to
continue till then. And mark further, that all
persons hereafter elected to office in the Mili
tary Districts are to take the test oath, and
who can doubt that every officer elected or
appointed must take it so long as the “Mili
tary Districts” continue in existence, and
there is a so-called State Government, or in
other words, till we are readmitted to repre
sentation in Congress, aud again have a
permanent legal State government, recog
nized by Congress.
Now, it is clear, beyond all doubt, that
the Legislature must assemble and adopt
the Constitutional Amendment before the
State can be admitted to representation in
Congress. Till she is so admitted, the
State Government is provisional only, and
the “Military Districts” arc still in existence,
and the Military Commander is supreme,
and there is no permanent State Govern
ment. During the existence of this state of
things, and until reconstruction is an ac
complished fact, every officer elected or
appointed must take the test oath. The
Governor must he inaugurated, and the
Legislature sworn in, before they can act
on the Constitutional Amendment, and
there is therefore no escape from the posi
tion that the Governor and the members of
the Legislature must all take the test oath.
And, as General Gordon was a Lieu
tenant General in tile Confederate Army,
and voluntarily bore arms against the
Government of the United States, he cau
not take it. He is, therefore, ineligible, if
elected, as are all other State and County
officers who cannot take the oath already
quoted.
It may be said that many persons who are
running for the Legislature, and for county
offices, on the Reconstruction ticket, cannot
take the oath. No doubt this is true. But
wc have assurance that Congress will relieve
such as in good faith support tho Constitu
tion and Col. Bullock, the Reconstruction
candidate for Governor, from political disa
bilities, which will enable them to hold the
offices to which they may he elected. Those
who oppose the Constitution aud the Recon
struction candidate for Governor, and thereby
still show a rebellious spirit, will not be
relieved, and will not be permitted to hold
office if elected. All candidates (or the Leg
islature and for county offices would do
well to consider this, and act understand
iugly. Congress will relieve its friends, but
not its enemies.
As long as the Military Districts remain,
and the Commanding General has control,
the Government is provisional, and all per
sons elected to office must take the test oath
before they can act. General Meade has no
discretion in this matter. He is bound by
the act of Congress, that is superior to his
authority, to require all, effiftfffts foTaSe
?Jc ai ®W.'' '"'lie has no right nor power to
dispense with it.
But General Gordon is clearly ineligible
on another ground. He has not been a
citizen of the State of Georgia six years, as
is positively required by the Constitution,
and without which he cannot serve.
When the war commenced Gen. Gordon
was a citizen of Alabama, and reside ! in
that State. He went into service in com
mand of an Alabama company, and in an
Alabama regiment. He was claimed
during the whole war as an Alabama
officer, lie acquired no residence nor
citizenship in Georgia during the war. llis
family spent most of their time in Virginia;
but he had no homo in Georgia. If so,
where was it? No one can point it out.
Whether he remained a citizen of Alabama
or not, is not material. He did not become
a oitizen of Georgia, aud had no visible
home in Georgia till after the war, when
ho engaged in business in Brunswick.
Upon this ground, his ineligibility is
unquestionable. If he is half as con
scientious as the papers that support him
pretend, he will never swear, if elected,
(of which there is not the remotest danger,
however) that he Ims been six years a
citizen of the State of Georgia.
Then, why vote for Gen. Gordon ? The ef
fect is simply to irritate, to widen the breach,
to show factious resistance to the will of
Congress, which controls this whole matter.
I t seems to be reduced to a moral certainty
that the President will be convicted by the
Senate and removed from office, and" that
Senator Wade will take his place. Mr.
Wade is a radical of the strictest seot. Then
both the Congress and the Executive will be
on that line. They have, again and again,
said these States shall never he readmitted
till they form loyal governments, composed of
men who were loyal during the war, or who
have been relieved from political disabilities
by Congress since the war. Those who adopt
and in good faith support the Reconstruction
plan of Congress, may expect such relief, no
others can with reason expect it. Then,
why elect men to Congress who cannot take
the test oath, if they oppose the Congressional
plan of pec-o ustruction ? All know they
will not be admitted. Their election will he
regarded ns a taunt and insult, and will only
widen the breach.
Who believes that a Radical President
and a Radical Congress, in reorganizing the
government of a conquered State, will allow a
Lieut. General of the Rebel army to be
inaugurated as the Governor of the State.
No reasonable mail can expect it. It wi 1
never he. s
Col. Bullock can take the test oath. He
accepts the Congressional plan of recon
struction, and acts in harmony with the
Government. Ilis election will he satisfac
tory to the Government, and will securo the
of the State to all her rights
Under these' m?cun?ifc?fleeo, ...
WilTyou'vot a"ma n ofcarK- i 1 *" • ui U *^
insult the government; or will you vßie id. 2
man who is eligible, and who cau speedily
restore your lost rights ?
The rebel papers all over the State
are urging upon the females, to turn out en
masse on tho 26th clay of April, and make a
grind display in honor of the men killed in
the rebellion, and to otherwise make treason
as honorable as possible.
We have over aud again said we have no
objection in the world, ajtd in fact we like it
should be done, for relations and, friends to
honor the graves of the dead in the way a
sacred and holy love dictates ; but for the
rebels, either male or female, to make a
grand display, not induced by love and
affection, but to make a crime honorable, we
enter our solemn protest; aud we believe it
as much a duty for tiic military coinmandets
to prohibit such, as shouts for Jeff Davis.
One is as pernicious to public sentiment as
the other.— Daily State Journal.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Rooms of the Union Republican )
State Central Committee. -
Augusta, Ga., April 16th, 1868. J
jfrgpALL REPUBLICANS WHO MAY
bo elected to the Legislature, or County Offices,
next week, who may not bo able to take the “Test
Oath” according to Gen’l Meade’s order No. 61,
are requested to forward their names to tho un
dersigned, at Augusta, Ga., as soon as the result
of tho election is made known, that stops may be
immediately taken to have their disabilities re
moved by Congress.
FOSTER BLODGETT, Chm’n,
Stato Central Com. Republican Party.
Republican papers please copy. ap!7—tf
CONSIGNEES PER SOUTH CAR
OLINA RAILROAD, April 16, IS6S.—D Stcll
ings, Mosher TIS, J Kaplan A Bro, 0 F Cheat l *
ham, J D B A Bro, G J Shoppard, AV C Jessup A
Cos, O’D & M, J iM Clark A Cos, Levy A A, A 8
Ivcs,L B, Sibley A Sons, J J 11, J McAndrew, F A
Mauge, Vaughn A M, John W Mooro, [B], J W
Murray care Jennings <f- S, W 0 Gibson, R C
Kerr, [M], Z McCord, M ifyains A Cos, J 1 <fr W,
Isaac Levy, Z, C A Rowland, Oetjen A Doscher,
P C <fc Cos, E Must-in, B S A Cos, B, A A Iv, P Jen
nings, Rufus B Bullock, T E Dalwick, J O M <£-
Cos, Goo Rappold, L J Miller, Chas Raker, E F
Gallaher, B. IV Maher, J T B, J C Galvin, [II],
W B G, Fisher A L, IVymau A May, Geraty A
A, Branch A Sons, Gray A Turley.
CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL
RAILROAD, Aprii 16, IS6S.—P AS A Cos, J D
B it Bro, J Stogner, J 0 M A Cos, J M Clark A
Cos, J L, it C It, Russell A P, Beau <f- A, T It It,
R S A TANARUS, J G Bailie A Bro, J T B, W M J, Bar
rett C A Cos, W E Brodnax, E T M, C A it, Pol
lard Cox A Cos, C A Cloud, J No’.son A Son, John
Hanoi, Mrs L Brochman, (J), D L Adams, E
O’Donnei, L G Holloway, C A Rowland, F. C
Bateman, S D Heard, J B A J W Walker, I T
Heard A Cos, 17 D Bowen, J B Walker, S T Eoth
well, J T Mcßeatb.
ARE AUTHORIZED TO AN
r.ouncc John U. Meyer ns a candidate for Clerk
of the Superior Court of Richmond, Crunty, at
the election to come off on the 20th iust.
apll—td MANY VOTERS.
F*;?. - notice THIS.—J ACOB It. DAVIS
is nominated as a candidate for Congress from
this (the sth Congressional) District by both
ap9—td WHITE A COLORED.
CITY TAX DIGEST FOR 1868
has been placed in my bauds for collection. No
in diligence beyond that provided by tho City Tax
Ordinances can bo extended.
I. P. GARVIN,
a?r? —lOt Collector & Treasurer.
J*@-FOR COUNTY TREASURER.-—I
respectfully offer myself as a candidate for re
election to tho office of Treasurer of Richmond
County at the ensuing eloction.
apr7—td* HENRY E. CLARKE.
B@-WE ARE AUTIIORIRED TO AN
ncuDce the lion. John IlAttms, of Newton county,
as the candidate of Relief and tho Constitution,
for Senator from the 27th Senatorial District
which is comprised of the counties of Newton
Walton and Clark. a pr7 td
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.—WE ARE
authorized to announce JOHN A. BOIILER as a
candidate for re-election to the office of Tax Col
lector of Richmond County, at the ensuing elec-
AUTHORIZED TO AN
vnT-vr-I.' the name Mr. MATTHEW
as a Candidate for re-election to tho
office of Receiver of Tax Returns for Richmond
County at the ensuin'; election. apt—td
THE Hon. HENRY W. HILLIARD
will be supported as a CANDIDATE FOR CON
GRESS from the FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT of Georgia, at the election on tho
20th of April next, by MANY VOTERS.
mh2l-td
MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY,
AND THE HAPPINESS OF TRUE MAN
HOOD—An Essay for Young Men on the Crime
of Solitude, aud the Physiological Errors, Abuses
and Diseases which create impediments to MAR
RIAGE, with sure means of Relief. Sent in
scaled letter envelopes, free of charge.
Address Dr. J. SKILLIN HOUGHTON,
Howard Association,
fel— 3m Philadelphia, Fa.
W anted.
\ SITUATION, EITHER AS ROOK KEEP-
J\- Ell or SALESMAN. The best city refer
enecs given. Address
BOX 131, Post Offico.
aplO—2t ths&sun
Wanted.
A HOOD COOK, WASHER AND IRONER.
Nono nood apply who cannot come well
recommondod. Inquire at this Office.
apls—3t*
funeral notice.
Friends and Acquaints. .
Capt. T. N.Philpot and family, and c. A ~,.,
and family, ara invited to attend the r„ ‘ l " n
MRS. T. N. PIHLPOT, wifeofthe h fi r «n* N " f
from her laU residence on Ellig street *h m ****’
noon, at 4 o'clock. ’ Io a;t * r
NEW ADVERTISEMENT- 1 .
Roo^g
MUST BE
Closed on Election Days-
MAYOR'S OFFICE )
Augusta, Oa., April Iftth ispo i
p CONFORMITY TO ISSTRUCTU.I-v i
1 ceived from Military Headquarter?
pnetord of all BAlt ROOMS and other ,1 Pr “
the city of Augu3ta where Spirituous Ii 1 ’* 1 ** 1
retailed, are notified to keep such Bar |> ”’ lri
such other places closed on the 2i)th '2?°* “i
23d, and until 6 o’clock a. m. of the
instant. z,t!i April,
William C. Dillon, Chief of Police w ; H
the above order is rigidly enforced. ’ * * !et t!l,t
FOSTER BLODGETT
ap!7—7t yU
Notice.
PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
1 the undersigned till the 30th instant i
erecting a Powder Magazine on 'he Wat./w ’ ! ir
Lot, near the Basin., according to nL, **
specifications which may be seen a; m/-.
123 Broad Street. 7 ' tore -
The Committee reserve the right to aecer.
one of the proposals offered, or to reject ’
STSSF ,l ” "“•’'“■'‘•“‘•-t,
U. S. MARSHAL’S OFFICE,
Atlanta, Ga., April 15 ISfis f
rpiIIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: Thatfnli
JL 13th day of April, A.D., 18pS a Wan '
in Bankruptcy was issued against the estate ni 1
CALLEY 4- SELMAN,
of Monroe, in the county of Walton and S’ -,
of Georgia, who have been adjudged Bunkum,
on tliiev own petition; that the payment o'
any debts and delivery of any propertv be'
longing to said Bankrupts, to them'or for their use
aud tho transfer of any property bv them are' ■
bidden by law; that a meeting of the creditor! of
the said Bankrupts, to prove their debts V
choose one or more assignees of tbier estate t
be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be hoiden
in the Court House, at Monroe, "in the county ol
Walton, aud State of Georgia, before Garnett An
drews, Register, on the 7th day of Mav An
1868, at 10 o’clock, a. m. 1
CHARLES 11. ELYEA
apir—lt U. S. D*p. Marshal as Messenger
IN BANKRUPTCY.
U. S. MARSHAL’S OFFICE, |
Atlanta, Ga., April 15, 156$ i
rituis IS TO GIVE NOTICE : That on the
, A l lth day of April, A. 11., 1868. a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against the et
tate of
MOSES FRANK,
of Atlanta, iu the county of Fulton, and Slate
of Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bail
1-upt oil his own petition; that the payment of an
debts and delivery of any property ’belongiac:
said Bankrupt, to him or for his use’, and thetrai
ferof any property by him, are forbidden by law
that a meeting ot the creditors of said Banknp
to prove their debts, and to choose one or more
assignees of his estate, will be held at a Conn «!
Bankruptcy, to be hoiden at the Register’s office
in the United States Hotel, Atlanta, Ga., befon
Lawson Black, Register, outlie 30th dav of April.
A. D., 1868, at 10 o’clock a. m.
CHARLES 11. ELYEA,
up 17—It U. S. Dep. Marshal as Messenger,
IN BANKRUPTCY.
U. S. MARSHAL S OFFICE, j
Atlanta, Ga., April 15,1868. i
npIUS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on the
A 14th day of April, A. D. 1868, a Wa:nil
in Bankruptcy was issued against, the estate of
LAWRENCE W EARNES,
of Dalton, in the county of Whitfield, and State
of Georgia, who lias been adjudged a Bankrupt®
his own petition; that the payment of any delis
aud delivery of any property belonging ’to said
Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the transfer
of any property by him, are forbidden bylaw
that a meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt
to prove their debts, and to choose one or r :»
assignees ot bis estate, will be held at a Conns!
Bankruptcy, to be hoiden at the Begisud
office in the United States Hotel, Atlanta, Ga. A
fore Lawson Black, Register, on the 3Uih duyof
April, A. D., 1868, at 10 o'clock a. m.
CHARLES 11. ELYEA,
npl'-lt U. S. Dep. Marshal as Messenger.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
U. S. MARSHAL S OFFICE. )
Atlanta, Ga.. April 15, 1868. j
'T'lilS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on the
1 rill day of April, A. I)., IS6S, a War
rant in Bankruptcy was issued againsttheestatet!
BENJAMIN V WILLINGHAM,
of Lexington, in the county ofOglethorpe.Stateo!
Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt®
his own petition: and that the payment of any dew
and delivery of any property belonging to ffii
Bankrupt, to him or for iiis use, and the transfer
of any property by him. are forbidden by law;
that a meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt
to prove their debts, and to choose one ortw
assignees of his estate, will he held at a Court
Bankruptcy, to be hoiden at the Register'so®«
in the Conit House, in tho city of Madison, fe
gan countv, Ga., before Albert G Foster,Kepset,
on the 28th day of April, A. D., ISOS, at 16oclock
a. in.
CHARLES 11. ELYEA.
apl7—lt U. S. Dep. Marshal as Messenga
IN BANKRUPTCY-
U. S. MARSHAL'S OFFICE, I
Atlanta, Ga., April 15, 1865.)
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That OS?
14th day of April A. !>., 1868. »
rant in Bankruptcy was issued against toe -
tato of
WILLIAM P KEinVINE.
of Fayetteville, iu the county of |Favette. **
of Georgia, who has been adjudged ;i BantoW.
his own petition : that the payment of
and delivery of any property belonging
Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and
any property by him, are forbidden by
a meeting of the creditors of said BankruP' *
prove tkeir debts, and to choose one cr f
assignees of his estate, will he held at a L VJ -
Bankruptcy, to be hoiden at the Register s'
in the city of Nownan, Ga., before bun: -
McKinley, Kegister, on.the Mth day
IBGB, at 10 o’clock a. m. . _. r .
CHARLES 11. ELYEA
apir—lt U. S. Dep. Marsbal as
Ranaway
FROM THE
5* 3 a week since, a fellow narued^
*34 DINGY. He was purchased and m
Atlanta, and is supposed to he
i.Yii by the Democracy—a crowd who >
always steal a negro but never
man; ), e l)!
three times and puked up ®S® in bii
been, politically. Ho has no On ■ jjj,
own; may bo known by bis foul me j,
shirt tail sticking out. One cent rew
paid to any one who will keep nun
his rightful owner ktY.
THE REPUBLICAN 1-*D
Augusta, April 16, 1 S(>S.
Horse Power
AND
THRESHING MACHINES 1
WE ARE MANUFACTURING Tl,E jsj*
Machines of our own pattern, »
wobolievc arc superior to any of t
or any other market, ~
M'ltOMh miUI»,R A A DC* l
We also build y*
STEAM ENGINES, GRIST -’coI
MILLS, WROUGHT IRON Sthh,
TON PRESSES, COTTONI BAN
Din gear, iron b-GR. 1 ;
AG RICULT UR AL 1M PL EMLN i-
IRON and BRASS ta
aud all other kinds of Machinery ’ nW J «j
South- Plan ton will do well to call
auaking contracts. „niltl))lD'
PENDLETON J BOA**,*
Engineers and M* (t „,p.
Foundry and Machine Work?,
posite Excelsior Flour Mills.
aprs—3m