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THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN. VOL. I. National Republican PUBLISHED DAILY (MONDAY EXCEPTED) ' Official Organ of the U- S. Government. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Ono Year, in advance $5 00 Six Months, in advance 2 50 Throe Months, in advance., 1 25 ,agrd paper furnithed gratit to any one send ing ut a Club of ten euiecrv&ere. The undersigned, hnvla- a completely furnished office, is enabled to execute all orders for Book and Job Printing, Book-binding, or Ruling cheaper than any other office in the South. E. IL PUGHE. SUNDAY MORNING.. August 30, 1808 _ ■" ■ . ■ - - ' "--i Speech of Ex-Gov. Brown AT THE REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING, IN ATLANTA, AUGUST 18, 1808. Fellow-citizens .-—As I have lately been nominated by the Governor and continued by the Senate ns Chief Justice of the Su preme Court of this State, for the term of twelve.years, I am aware that the propriety of my course in-appearing before you on this occasion may be questioned by the so-called Democratic presses of the State. And I only allude to the fact here to say that I have not yet taken the oath of office, nor have I entered upon the discharge of the duties of the high position assigned me. Indeed, I know of no official act which I can he called on to perform till the next term of the Court in December. Ido not, therefore, transcend the bounds of propriety when I exercise the rights of a citizen and a Republican, and Paise my voice to warn the people of the dangers which now threaten, not only the peace of society, but the very existence of civil government throughout the vast extent of the broad land. The issues before us are no ordinary political issues: they are the issues of peace or war, of life or death, of government or anarchy. They arc upou us. We can not avoid them. The Democratic party, so-called, not the old Democracy of former years, but the so-called Democracy, led by the bitterest enemies of the old Demo cratic party, avows its purpose, through its chosen leaders, to tear down the government lately established in Georgia and other South ern States by tho sword ; which will, if at tempted, light up the continent with a blaze of civil war. On the other hand, the Repub lican party, through its chosen leaders, Grant and Colfax, has proclaimed for peace, and declared its purpose to sustain the-gov erumeuts now existing in this and other re constructed States, and to restore and main tain law, order, and prosperity in the same. These are the momentous issues.now pre sented for the consideration of the people of this great Republic. Shall we have pence and stability, or shall wo again plunge the country into war, bloodshed and Chaos, with all their attendant horrors, privations, und miseries? For one, I am for peace. We have had enough of war for this genera tion ; and I confess I shudder at the prospect of the renewal ol the strife in a ten-fold more appalling form than that through which we have just passed. It is not my purpose to review the late unhappy struggle ; nor do I intend to take up your time in a discussion of the merits or demerits of the reconstruction acts of Congress. I shall deal with the present and the future. Recon struction in Georgia is an accomplished fact. Not upon the terms chosen by her people, but in obedience to the dictation of the con queror. We appealed so the sword to settle the controversy which had long existed between us and the people of the North. The war was long and bloody. The decision was against us. What then could the South do? She had staked her cause upon the wager of battle, and had lost the fight. Hundreds of thousands of her sons, who were earnest, conscientious and energetic in her support, had sealed their faith with their life's blood. Her resources were exhausted, her cities were burned, her railroads were destroyed, and her country laid waste by the ravages of war. She bad surrendered her armies ; her strongholds were in the posses sion ot the Government of the United States; her President was a prisoner ; her Governors had been imprisoned, and her Legislatures dispersed by order of the President. Not only had her armies been paroled, but the whole mass of her people had been required to take, and had taken the amnesty oath prescribed by the President, by which he swore them in future to support the Union oj the Slates. On the other hand the conqueror had in the field at the time of the surrender over a million of armed men, "with vast fleets, and marine outfits. AU our own arms were given up, and held by the Government, which bad its troops in possession of every strategic point in tha whole South. Under these circumstances, what Was left to a vanquished, impoverished, and exhausted people but to acquiesce in the terms dictated by the conqueror ? When further resistance was the extreme of folly, why continue tb throw obstacles in the vfay and irritate those who had the supreme control over us ? Every effort we made to resist the will of the conqueror recoiled upon us, and added to the stringency of the terms to which we were required to submit. Our people at length learned wisdom by experience, and complied with the terms dictated in the Reconstruction Acts of Congress, and we have established a government which has been recognized by the Government of the United States as legal and valid, and we have again been admitted to representation in Congress. But just at the point when the country looked for repose, and when a wearied people looked for repose, a great political party again sounds the tocsin of war, and unfurls banners to the breeze, with the open declaration of the determina tion of its purpose to undo all that has been done—to trample the acts of Congress into the dust, and to dispose the Governments that have been established, by the use of the sword, in defiance of the laws of the land. The Democratic platform and Sey uiour and Blair letters mean civil war. The Demoyatic platform adopted at New iork declared that “we regard the Recon struction acts of Congress so called as usurpations, unconstitutional, revolutionary, and void.” Mr. Seymour, in his letter of acceptance, while referring to the resolu tions contained in the platform, says “They are in accordance with my views, and I stand upon them in the contest upon which we are now entering, and shall strive to carry them out in future." Gen. Blair, the Democratic nominee For Vice President, in nw letter to Col. Broadhead, says, “There hno possibility of changing the political if the Democrats of eect their President.and a majority w the popular branch of Congress? We cannot, therefore, undo the Radical plan of reconstruction by Congressional action the Senate will continue u bar to its repeal.” Again he says, “There is but one way.to restore the Government and the Constitn tion, und that is, for tho President elect to deciare these acts null atfti void ; compel the army to undo its usurpation at the South; dispersp the carpet-bag State Governments,” etc. Again be says, “We must have a President who will execute the will of the people by trampling into the dust the usurpations of Congress known as the Reconstruction acts.” Here then is the distinct avowal in the Democratic platform, that the Reconstruction acts are void. Then follows the declaration of Mr. Seymour, tho candidate of the so-called Democracy for President, who says ho will strive to carry out the resolutions of the platform. That is that he, if elected President, will treat these acts, and as a necessary consequence, all that has been done under them, as null and void. General Blair, who it is said led .the house-burning wing of Sherman’s army through Georgia, and who if elected Vico President would have but the .brittle thread of Mr. Seymour’s life between him and the Presidency, tells us how these resolutions are to be carried out. It is to be done by the use of the sword. By compelling the army to disperse our State Governments, and to trample tho Reconstruction acts into the dust. What docs this all moan? It simply means that they intend if elected to set aside these State Governments by force, re gardless of consequences. Let us see how jt,will work in practice. »Tlie Reconstruction acts .were passed by Congress in the mode prescribed by the Constitution—vetoed by the President, and again passed by a constitu tional majority. The Supreme Court of the United States never has, and I predict, never will, declare them unconstitutional. The question is a political one, and in conformity to tbeir decision in the Dorr rebellion ' case, they will leave it with Congress to say what is a legal State Government. The law of Congress now on your statute lidok declares the present Government of Georgia legal. General Blair admits that it is impossible to repeal that law, as the Republicans have the Senate, and in case of the success of the Democracy in the election of a President, and a majority in the House, the Senate would Utill be a bar which they could not pass. In a word, the law which establishes the present Government of Georgia is upon the statute book, and he admits it can not be repealed. Now, there are but two ways of getting rid of a government established by a law of Congress. One is to repeal the law. The other is to tear it down by revdlu tion'. General Blair sees the dilemma in which he and his party are placed, and he meets it like a bold man, and tells us that he intends to compel the military to disperse these “’State Governments” by force, by the sword. As he can not repeal the law in a constitutional way, be intends to destroy the State Governments formed" under it, by revolution. How will this work ? If JSeymour and Blair are elected, they will order the army to drive out Governor Buliock from his office, and disperse the Legislature, and destroy the J udiciary of the State. This would be a bold usurpation of power, which would be resisted by Congress and by Gov. Bullock and every Southern Governor. The Democrats, under the excitement, would generally rally to the support of the Presi dent ; and the Republicans, regarding him a revolutionist and a usurper, would rally to the support of Congress and the State Gov ernments. This would light the torch of civil war iu its most horrible form, from Maine to California. Not such war as we have just passed through, which was n war between States and communities, in which there was a front and a rear, and all behind the armies was comparatively safe; but civil war in the fullest sense of the term, in which there would be contending parties arrayed against each other in every State and every county in deadly hostility, cutting each other's property. No war on the pages of history has ever been mere cruel or destruc tive. Not only will neighbor rise upngaiust neighbor, but brother will ipibue his hands in brother's blood. May the Almighty Ruhr of the Univer;te avert this dreadful calamity, and spare our sin-cursed laud from this hor rible doom, by the defeat of the guilty insti gators of the plot, and the success of that great man, General Grant,,who Says, “Let us fihve peace.” * TUB SQUTIIEKN' LEADERS MEAN WAR. Not only do the Democratic platform, Mr. Seymour’s letter of acceptance, and General Blair’s letter to .JJroadlnSitd, threaten the peace of the country, but the action and the speeches of tho Southern leaders of- the disunion party, styling itself the Democratic party, indicate revolution beyond a doubt. Jn 1860 I acted with those leaders, 1 knew their counsels, 1 heard their popular languages, and their-appeals to the preju dices of the people. They touched the popular heart, and they moved tho mass to action. I hear the same expressions uow, the same artful appeals to popular prejudice#, the same keynotestorevolution. And 1 see the people who have lost heavily by flic war, and whose prejudices, as these leaders know, are on that account the more easily moved, shouting to the war cry, and moving forward like sheep to Hie slaughter. Disappointed ambition drives the leaders forward. They once stood high in the national counsels. They were indeed masters of the position. They rode upon the storm and directed its fury. Excluded from tire Cabinet and the Senate, the fallen angels, some of them now prefer to “ rule in hell rather than serve in Heaven.” If they cannet govern this Country they are determined to destroy if. And as they are disfranchised on account of their rebeUioiij and see ua hope of early relief from their disabilities, and have no assurance of popular favor if relieved, they feel that they have little to lose, and may have some thing to gain by another appeal to arms. Who, that heard, or has read, the speeches delivered in this city at the late Democratic Convention fails, on sober reflection, to see the animus which prompted tliose speeches? BBS HILL. I do not refer to the ravings of that poor political maniac, Ben Hill, wliq is the scourgeof every political party with which he acts, and whose jwpular advocacy of a cause never yet, in a single instance, failed to produce its defeat. It is simply the mis fortune of the so called Democratic leaders that Ben Hill has obtained fellowship among them, and knows tlieir secrets. If they could control his yudcmeiit, th>y might turn his diarrhea of words to account in exciting the populace. But man conuot impart judgment, coin n 5 on sense, and moral honesty to those npon whom nature failed to. bestow them. It they will only let Ben canvass the Statu thoroughly, he will unfold their secrets so fully that Grant’s election can, I suppose, be questioned by u<» one, an all will discover the revolutionary purposes which lay at the bottom of their movement, COBB, TOOMBH, AKO OTHEttS. ButJ do refer to Howell Cobb, General Toom", and other lesser lights who revolve •round them. They are representative men AUGUSTA, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1868; of their party. Their utterances have a sig nifiention. Who has not known Howell Cobb, an original professed Union man, as the enemy of the Government of the United States from the day that the lamented Douglas got the inside track of him for the Presidency ? Since that time, with the treason of a Cataline wrankling in his heart, he has sought, by insidious and other means, to ruin that he could not rule. The personal abuse he has poured forth against me I pass with silent contempt. 1 will not bandy words with a blackguard. I will not exchange epithets with a man who, at. the end of the war, swore to support the Union of the States, and now again plots revolution, bloodshed and carnage for its overthrow Gen. Toombs is a bold, open, frank enemy, who left tlie country rather than surrender at the close of the war, and stayed away till the President of the United States permitted him to return, it is said, without eveui requiring him to take the amnesty oath. Ho "is still ou the war path, as liis speeches, which are almost identical with those of 1860, clearly indicate. He is still the enemy of the Government, unless he can engraft upon it his own policy. Seeing the Democratic platform, and the published utterances of the Democratic nominees, ho does not hesitate to array him self with that party, ami to assume its leadership in Georgia, ns the most successful mode of accomplishing his object. Whatever he may say, he certainly can not complain, in view of his past course, that the Govern ment lias dealt harshly with him since the surrender. These, and others like them, are the leaders of the Democratic party in the South, who, charmed with the declarations of the Democratic nominees, that they will trample the Reconstruction acts into the dust, by force, iu defiance of Congress, and without the sanction of the Judiciary, spring to the front, grasp the Democratic standard, and bear it aloft. Union men of Georgia, will you follow them ? Farmers of Georgia, who have lost all in the late revolution, but the lauds from which you now make your living by the sweat of your brow, are you ready for another revolution ? Merchants of Georgia, whoso fortunes were wrecked iu the late struggle, are you prepared to risk .what you have by hafd labor accumulated, since the war, upon another civil commotion? Mechanics of Georgia, are you ready again to close your shops and shoulder your mus kets, and rush to the fluid of carnage ami blood ? Mothers, and sisters, und wives of Georgia, arc you ready again to send your sous, and brothers, and husbands, to the battle-field, to die there for the chance of undoing what is already done? Colored people of Georgia, are you ready for a revo lution, the avowed objects of which arc to deprive you of the rights you now enjoy? Whv the necessity of another revolution? That ambitious men, now out of power, with no prospects of promotion in any other way, may again be clothed with the robes of office. Here lies tho true secret of this reckless movement. Follow ambitious revolutionary leaders, who are all disfranchised by the Constitutional Amendment, and they will elevate themselves into office, or sink you into bloody graves. >, ORIGINAL UNION MEN. I nan aware that some who were original Union-men now act with the Democracy. They labor under a delusion ; they are led astray by a name. What can they expect from Toombs, and Cobb, and Ben Hill as leaders. Union men, you may disapprove their sentiments, und think you can control the party over them. You are egregiously mistaken. By following in their train, you only give them power to drag you, chained to their erratic car, down the steps of revolution and ruin. They do not follow, they lead their party. If you act with them you must follow them. Their political fortunes are wrecked, and as they have nothing to lose, they arc ready for bold adventures. War may .again give them position. Peace leaves them in retire ment, with none to do them reverence. THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM MEANS ANARCHY. We have passed through four years of bloody war. We have since been three years in a transition state, between war flagrant and peace, without any recognized State Governments. Wo have within the last month . organized a State Government that is recognized by the conqueror, and we arc again represented in Congress. The wheels of the next government, just put in motion, are moving off smoothly. If left alone it will afford protection to life and property ; and peace and prosperity will speedily resume their ancient swjy. At this movement which has been so anxiously looked to by the sober-thinking people of the Stale, the Democratic platform and its nominees declare all that has been done absolutely void. What is the effect of this? If it be true, your Governor is a usurper, and every act he does is illegal and void. Your Legislature is an illegal, self-consti tuted assemblage, and every act it does is void. Your Judiciary is unauthorized and powertess, and every judgmeu it renders is a nullity. If you recover a judgment against your neighbor fer a debt, it is void, and the Sheriff who attempts to execute it is a trespasser. If the murderer is put ou trial and convicted, the judg ment is a nullity, and, if executed, the Judge who passes the sentence and the Sheriff who executes it are alike guilty of legal murder. In a word, if this doctrine be true, you have no Governor, you have no Legislature, you have no Judges, no Justices of the Peace, ao civil officers of atty sort. You are without government. You are in the midst of anarchy, and the law of physical force is the supreme law of the State, and the weak and the helpless, and Ute peaceable, are at the mercy of the strong, the powerful and the violent. WK! you sanction this doctrine, and thereby stop all progress, all develop ment, all prosperity, all peaceful pursuits, and burl the country down to the level of Mexico, with no government, no stability .for the future. NEGRO SUFFRAGE CANNOT BE IH.STROYEI) WITHOUT WAR. You may flatter yourselves that by this course you will rid the country of negro suffrage. You cannot do it, without a war of races. The negroes have been enfran chised by act of Congress, and by the Con vention of your own State, and of a number ot other Southern States. They have exer cised the elective franchise ou more than one occasion. They now regard it their right, and they will never yield it without a struggle. When, in the history of the past, did you ever know 4,000,000 of people, with the ballot in their bands, surrender, it with out bloodsteej I It «ost retoletion to give it to them, and nothing short of bloody revolu tion can take it from them. If you will allow them to exercise it without disturb ance, they will do it peaceably. If there are any outbreaks and disturbances, they will grow out of the attempts of the white race to deprive the colored -race of this right, or to interfere with its free exercise. I .warn you, my friends, to be cautious on l>oth side* how you put your lives in jeopardy, anti your homes and families in peril. And I espe- cially warn my own race of tho extreme danger to them in case of collision. The colored people have but little except their lives to risk In the fight, if it should come. The white men have the same risk, and in addition to this they have their property to lose. Your houses, your villages, towns, and cities are all pledged to peace. REPUBLICANS ARE FOR PEACE. It is the wish of the Republican party to couduct this canvass fairly, quietly, and peaceably, relying upou the weapons of reason ami tho good sense of the people alone for success. They will neither disturb nor in any manner interrupt any Democratic meeting. They will inflict no injury upon any one for opinion's sake. But while they make these concessions to their opponents, they are determined to enjoy the same rifftta, and will neither submit to be driven from the field, nor will they allow others to inter rupt and disperse their meetings. They will stand on the defensive, but they wilt stand firmly, and, in ease of bloodshea, woe be to him that strikes tho first blow. REPUBLICANS OF UPPER GEORGIA. The while Republicans in Upper Georgia, who were the original Union men of the State, have stood firmly by the party, in sun shine and in shade. They have scorned the threats, and spurred the attempted social ostracism of the Codfish Aristocracy of the so-called Democratic party; und they will stand as immovable as the granite base of their mountain homes, by Grant, Colfax, Congress, and the State Governments.'They will maintain reconstruction as it is, cost what it- may. There are in Georgia over 30,000 of them who are reliable, brave, amL true ; the cause of their opponents has driven them, in self defence, if for no higher reason, to stand by the colored race, and maintain their rights. COLORED REPUBLICANS. There are over 90,0.00 colored Republicans in this State, who owe their freedom to the Government of the United States, and their enfranchisement to tho Republican Congress and the stubbornnesi of the Democratic leaders of the South. . They know full well that they are the allies of the white Republi cans of the Slate, and that the Democracy are striving to bring the one into disrepute and destroy the other. Why this outcry for Seymour, Blair, and'another revolution? The object is to drive the colored man from the polls and place him. back into the condi tion of slavery, except the name. Remem ber this, my colored friends. The white Re publicans arc the only trustworthy friends, politically, you have in this State, or this; country. If General Grant and Colfax are. elected, your rights are safe, and our rights arc secure. We shall then have peace, quiet, and prosperity. If Seymour and Blair are elected, they will try to crush you arid destroy your rights. We shall then have revolution, war and blood shed. Every Republican, whether white or black, must therefore sec the ne cessity'of rallying under the banner of Grant and Colfax, iyid marching to the music of the Union, till success shall crown their efforts, and bear their chief, on the 4th of' March next, in triumph to the White House. To accomplish this you must labor earnestly and actively. You* must form clubs in every county and every district of the State. You must set that every Repub lican enrolls his name. You must get them to the club meetings as often as possible. You must warn them of their danger, and on election day you must see that every one is at the polls, and that they are neither deprived of their votes by .force or intimidation, nor swindled out of them by fraud, artifice, or trick. My colored friends, the Democrats—appealing to your appetite and not to yonr understanding— threaten to buy your votes with haius, corn, meal and Hour, and dresses for your wives. If a Democrat offer to buy your vote scorn him. His object is to buy your freedom and your future right to vote. If you make the sale your Wife should scorn you.* If you sell your vote for a dress for her, she should burn it in your presence as the price of her children’s liberty. On election day go in companies to the polls: act peaceably but firmly. Let no white man drag you about, and be sure you arc not cheated in jjekets. If you cannot read, get your tickets from trustworthy men of your own race who can, or from white, men whose Republicanism cannot be questioned. If a Democrat gives you a ticket, tear it up and throw it away. But use no unkind expres sion, and offer him no ru eness, unless he attempts to use force, or do you a personal injury, and you arc them justifiable in resisting him. THE I’L.frFORM, But it is objected by the Democracy that the Republican platform is unjust to the South, that It declares negro suffrage good enough for tlsn'r. gia, but not good enough for Ohio. Why is this ? Georgia was in rebellion, Ohio adhered to the Government. Georgia was tho conquered, with other States. Ohio was, wilh other States, the conqueror. Georgia, with other States, has had to accept terms. Ohio, with other States, dictates the terms. It is the usual and simple case of difference between tho conqueror and the con quered. As a further illustration : the people of Georgia, at tho dictation of President Johnson, in 188$, met in Convention. That Convention was controlled by those who are now shining Democratic lights. The President, as tho repre sentative of Ohio and the other conquering States, dictated to Georgia that she should abol ish slavery, and destroy some s4o(',OOfl,flHO of hor wealth. These Democratic leaders said amen ! and executed tho order. No such require ment Was made of Ohio. The destruction of four hundred millions of dollars es Georgia property (these Democratic, leaders being judges) was good enough for Georgia, but no: good for Ohio. Again, the Presinent dictated that we should repudiate the Georgia war debt. The Convention did it. No such demand was made of Ohio. Repudiation, says the Johnson Con vention, controlled by Democratic leaders, is good enough for Georgia, but not goqd enough for Ohio. And ia tho face of all this, those same Democratic loaders, who cringed before President Johnson, when he diMrimiua'.ed between Geor gia and Ohio, and humbly did bis bidding, bow hypocritically arraign the Republican party for making a distinction between Georgia and Ohio, between the conqueror aud the conquered. Shame on such hypocrisy and inconsistency. THEY ARE NOT BEMOVBATS IN ANYTHING BUT THE NAME. Again, I, and many of those who act with me, are denonne -d as renegades from the Democratic pariy. What Democratic party ? Not the old State Right* Democracy, with which I have acted all my life? The present ’* sb called’* Democratic party does not profess a Single prin ciple,nor entertain a single Sentiment in common with the old State Rights Democracy. If, to, what is it? ' All know that the very foundation upon which that organization rested was the doctrine of State sovereignty, primary allegiance to the State, and the right of secession. This the doctrine of the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions which ware the text books of the Democratic party. But this is no part of the creed es the so-called Demisarucy us (leorgia. The sword has decided against this doctrine. Who now claims that the State of Georgia is sovereign ? Who says she ie entitled to his pri mary allegiance, or propoees to yield it to her ? She lost her right to primary allegiance by her inability to afford protection, and maintain her sovereignty .in the field. Who now maintains the right of secession ? We not only lost in tn the battlefield, hut We wore compelled before we coaid receive pardon to swear to abandon it! Each of you who has taken the amnesty oath swore to support tho Union of the States- When you did this, you gave up State sovereignty primary allegiance to the State, and the right of secession. Hero then the whole foundation was knocked from under tho old State Rights Democ racy. What other Damoeratic principles does this now organization profess? Do they oppose a high tariff? No; it takes all tho money that ean bo raised by tariff and direct taxation to pay the expenses of tho Government, and the interest on the public debt. All agree, then, that it is well that the rich, who consume most, pay on their luxuries and necessaries sifch tariff as will lighten our direct taxes. Do they oppose internal improvement by the general . government ? No, they do not. As we pay our part of the tax, and as the Northern States »re SonstanUy getting internal improvements, why should wo Hot take our part? When they ask ' fori;>,0004*011 for the Pacific Rrailroad, let'us askf'dr as -much, if necessary, to rebuild tho icvies'oft the Mississippi river, and reclaim that magnificent country from inundation. When they ask for a million to improve tho harbors on the lakes, let us have a million to iinpteve tho harbor of Savannah. In a word, while wo |iy ♦ur part of tho burdens of tho Government, let us have our part of tho benefits. Do they Mtpppse the distribution of tho proceeds of the pusiK' lands uHiong the States? No. After tho annual expense of flic Government is paid, there Is puuo. to distribute. Do they oppose ■ a national btmtf ? llSsany one of you a dollar in bispoeket that is current? If so, is it natioiwl issue, ortho bill of a national bank ? Tharo-is now no other currency: Tho war has firmly established tho aystoru of national banks. No party now opposes it. I affirm that the preseht so-called Democracy does not' even profess lo stand upon a Single principle of the old Stale Hights Democracy. How, then, do I, and those who act with me, betray party faith, when *e refuse to support tho new organisation ? Is it tho friendship of tbe . Northern Democracy, during the war ? They promised us that the Abolitionists should pass over their dead bulits bolero they cams to conquer us. How did they keep their pledge ? Some ol tho leaders received high commands in the United States army. A few were imprisoned because they aloud by Most of them sought as easy places as possible. But tho mass of tho Democracy, tho rank and file, canto down by hundreds of thousands witli gnus in their hands, und puuroi deadly lire into our ranks till wo wore cujjqimred. Without their aid again'st «s we would* never have bi-efi subdued. But niy bld Democratic friends may feel bound to follow old Democratic leaders. Let us see how this stands. Except Howell Cobb, what old Democratic loader in Georgia now loads the so-called Democrats? Who arc yoifr loaders ? Gen. Toombs may bo put down at the head of the party. He furnishes the brains’ to it, aud it follows his bidding. Till a short limo before secession, Toombs was the bolfei t and bitterest opponent to the Democracy. When ho saw it was necessary to aeoduiplish secession ho united with the Demos racy. Who else are leaders? Ben. Bill, John 1). Gordon, David Irwin, Augustus Reese, E G-. Cabantas (Chairman of tho State Central Cup unittco',, pour old Buee.d, Secretary; Kans Wright, Hus. Wright, E. A. -Nesbit, I’. W. Alexander, and Ciucinualus Peeples. I beg your pardon, 1 bad forgotten Warroti Akin. These are now the acknowledged leaders of the sn called Demo cratic party iu Georgia. These have been the life long oppononte'of the old Democratic party, and the loaders <rt tho party opposed to.it. OH .Etuo-Righta Democrats, look at your leaders! They have lung been your lutterest revilors, your most determined political enemies. Why have th»y- u.ow taken ebarge ol you ? Il is bo* cause they know tho so called Democracy is not tho Hue Deinoeraoy. If the party in Conven tion at New York had adopted the old Detno craAic principles, they would have Iclt it like rats from a burn on lire. There is not a drop o£ Democratic blood in the veins of either of them. Uow do you feel, my eld State-Rights Demo cratic 11-110145, following them and throwing up' your lists and shouting al their Aitteranees? You may tell mo they profess tho name Deuvi era!. T hat is true. The jackass wilh tho Hou’s skin on professed to be a lion, and alarmed all the beasts of the field till be brayed, when all saw there was no cause for alarm, as ho was still a jackass. No with Ben Hill and some other of your Democratic leaders—you Bed them in the lion's skin of tho old Democracy, aud you feel great reverence fur them. .But when they bray, if you will notice them, it is still the braying of the old Kuow-Notbiug jackass, and not the roaring of the Democratic liot\. Those who will may follow these strange gods, but I must bo excused for refusing to tall down and worship them. When you follow these leaders, without a single old Democratic plank in your platform, sake do not accuse any one else of being renegades to Democracy. PERSONAL ABUSE —MY OWN COURS*:. ’ Probably no ono in Georgia ever bad to endure more personal abuse, detraction ahd injustice than has tailed to my lot within-the last eighteen months. But my consciousness of the rectitude of my motives and the correctness of my course has been so strong, that 1 have felt more of pity than nngcr for my ealumuiators. In what have I offended ? I fought the Government of the United States earnestly and faithfully as long as we bad armies in the field. When our armies were overwhelmed, and 1 was compelled to sur render, 1 did so in good faith. I took the amnesty oath, jvbicb-buund me in failure to support tho Union of the Stales,'and, God being my helper, I will observe that obligation in good faith. I have advised aCipiiusceuce in the teruts dictated by the conqueror. All know that each refusal on our part has boon followed by harder terms. Aly advice, therefore, was good, as results have Shown. When the Convention met, my enemies held mo rcsp-jitofble for Its good conduct. I wielded all the influence in my power to get the best Constitution of any Southern State. And I challenge comparison with all the others, ex cept in ono or two points. We now -have the very bast Constitution wo over had in this State. While other State Constitutions disfranchise large clasps of white' persons, the Constitution ol Georgia disfranchises no one, unless he is an idiot, a lunatic, or a criminal lon thousand intelligent white men in this State, who are voters"in the election this Pali, would not now enjoy but for the course taken by mo on reconstruction. Studs the existence ot mili tary government in the State, 1 have used my influence, a hater of Ji was, in favor of clemency and personal liberty. Hundreds of citizens in this State can testify to my agency in tbefr relief in matters seriously ilffecHug their rights or lib erty, without fee or reward. I have written thousands of letters, at a cost to me of a very considerable outlay of money in postage and otherwise, and of great fatifcue and labor, to aid those in distress, or give them information, which they sought, connected with their cares or interests. And 1 oan truly say, that I have never, in any single case, received one dollar of compensation, directly or indirectly, in money or other things, except in such cases as required me to render actual professional services, iu cases set down or about to be set down for trial before Military Cota missions 'or ether courts. For all this I have received in return from the newspa per* and politicians of the Stale nothing but vindictive abuse, slander and vituperation. Bat this has not changed my course. lam satisfied it was right to do all iu my power for <he relief of my fellow citizens, and 1 am glad 1 was placed in a position te b* •iaeftfl them. Had I been honored with a shat in the Congress of tho Hailed State* I should have used all the inftu ence and power I possessed t» sweep from the Statute book all test oaths and disabilities.. These were war measures, justified by the war; but measures which are not adapted to a state of riace, and should be repealed as soon as the nioti is fully restored. The Republican party will no doubt And it to it* interest to adopt this course. Even the most revolutionary and frac tious leader of the more popular sympathy, and move influence, while he can cry out that he is victimised, and a martyr, than he will ever again have alter his disabilities are removed. 1 look to the time when reason will resume its sway, an,) 1 am then willing to abide tho just verdict of enlightened public opinidh. When I advised the white people of Georgia to take part in the election fo< delegates to tho Convention, and select their wisest and best men tv represent them, I was denounced, and .oth«* ■ counsels prevailed. Who now double that I was right f Time baa Convinced nil candid men. Se it will bo with other adviee -which I bare given, that has been scornfully rejected. Timo will again d<> its perfect wotH. My enemies have < bad their time. Mine will come. ’ CONCLUSION. . In conclnsidfl, I call upon every Into Republi can to rally to tho standard. Your candidates merit your highest confidence. General Oran! was the ablest and most successful leader of the Union armies, during the great struggle thro«gh which we passed. As a foe he was bravo, magnanimous and generous in the highett degree, never descending below the level of tho accomplished gentleman, and an able General, ard never transcending tho limits assigned him by the lows and usages of war. At the surrender of tho great and good man, General Lee, vfho commanded the Southern armies, the generosity and magnanimity of General Grant were mtut conspicuously displayed. What Noulhcrn soldier on his return from Vicksburg or Apjfomntiolt did not speak in terms of eulogy when the name of General was used ? Sine e the surrgn dcr hia course towards those ’who were his enemies in war, has been high-toned, liberal and just. In a word, he is an able General, and an accomplished gentleman, possessing all the qualities necessary for a successful statesman and a model executive; with prestige and poqer by his word—peace, bo still, to calm tho turbid waves of the pelitiesl oeoan, which now lash the ship of State with bo much fury, and cause her to ride triumphantly into the haven of safety, peace, quiet and repose. Os our candidate for Vice President, I need only to say he sprung from tho people, and has the people’s confidence and sympathy. From an humble beginning, by his indouitable energy and great talents, he has won his way to tho front rank of American statesmen, and now stands tho proud representa tive of the young men of America, in the full vigor of life and manhood, able, if any emergency should require, to seize the helm of State as Chief Magistrate, and guide safely the destinies and protect tho interests of a great and growing people. Then rally, rally to the rescue, and boar aloft your proud banners, with Grant, Colfax and peace inscribed in burning letters of living light high upon their sacred folds. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE 1 United Slates for the Northern District of Georgia. . In the matter of ) JOHN O. STEWART, 4IN BANKRUPTCY Bankrupt. 1 No. 313. The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court for a discharge from all his debts prova ble under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, notice is hereby given to all persons interested to appear on the 4lh day of September, 1868, at t! o’clock in the afternoon, at chambers of tho said District Court, lieforc Alexander G. Murray, one of the Registers of the said Court in Bank ruptcy, at the Register’s office, in tiro city of Griffin, Ga., and snow cause why the prayer of the said petition of tho Bankrupt should not bo granted. And further notice is given that the second and third meetings of creditors will be held at. the same limo and place. Witness, the Honorable John Erskine, [seal] Judge of said Conrt, this 19th day of August, 1868. _aug9l-law2w W. H. SMITIIJJterk IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF TUB United States for the Southern District of Georgia. In' the matter of J ROBERT CARROLL, > IN BANKRUPTCY, Bankrupt ) Tbe updetsigned hereby gives notice of hta appointment as Assignee of the estate of Robert Carroll, of Augusta, Richmond county, Georgia, within said District, '.vho has been adjudged a bankrupt upon his own petition by tbe District Court of aaitl District. JACOB R. DAVIS, , au27—law3w Assignee. Atlanta Era copy. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE United States lor the Southern District of - Georgia. In tho matter of ) Cohnblivs R Hanleitbr !• IN BANKRUPTCY. Bankrupt. J To whom it may concern : The undersigned hereby gives notice of his upimintment as As signee of the estate and .effects of the above named Bankrupt. Dated at SavanrfUh, Ga.. this 6th day of August. A. D. 1868. JOHN 8. HIGGINS, . auß-law3w- Assignee. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE United States for the Northern District of Georgia- Tn the matter of ) TYRUB T. SfiHTH, VIN BANKRUPTCY. , Bankrupt. ) , Toe undersigned hereby gives notice of his ap pointmenlak Asriguee of the estate of Tyrus T. Smith, of DeKalb county, Georgia, within said ' District, who lias been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own petition by the District Conrt of said District. NOAH R. FOWLER. auH—law3w Assignee. > QOUTHKRN DISTRICT *OF GEORGIA.— > 0 Americus, Go., August 10, 1868. • i The undersigned hereby gives notice of his : appointment as assignee of ROBERT E. MANN, > of Americus, county of Sumter, ami State of Georgia, who has, upon his own petition, been , adjudged a Bankrupt by the District Court of said District. W. C. MORRILL, an 15— law3w Assignee. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE United States for the Southern District of Georgia. In the matter of J THOMAS ADDISON, UN BANKRUPTCY Bankrupt. J To all whom it may uoueern: The under signed hereby gives notice of his election as Assignee of the estate of Thomas Addison, of the city of Savannah, county of Chatham, and State of Georgia, within said District, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own peti tion by the District Court of Mid District. F. D. BARNARD, auß—lawSw Assignee, STATE OF GEORGIT- ' Richmond County. Whereas, John Dosiier applies to me for Let ters of Admiuiblratiou ou tlie estate of Frederick Von Spreeken,' laie of said county, deceased : These, are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred aud creditors of the said deceased, to beandsniiear at my office on or before the first Mc-tahy in October next, to shew catiae, if any-they have, why said tatters should net be granted. Given uuder my hand aud official signature a office in Augusta, tliis2('th day <>f an 21—Im _ Ordlneey. STATE OF GEORGIA— RicKmond County. Whereas, Usury Jones applies to me for Letters of Administration, with the will annexed, on the estate of Green B. Red, late of said county, de ceased: Theos are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and apjiear at my office on or before the first Monday in October next, to shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand and offfi-ial signature * office iu Augusta, this J9th day of August, 1868. SAMUEL LEVY, an 21—Im - Ordinary. ESTABLISHED 1855, o THOMAS RUSSELL, fc‘fEWE-LRY‘I 1984 Broad St., . HKXT POOH BKI TUB FUBIVCH STOEB- WATCHES, CLOCKS, 'and JEWELRY MF FAIRED at the shortest notice. All work war rented. AH orders will bo thankfully received, and promptly attended to. jeSS—lawly Piano Fortes Tuned. MEET THE TIMES, 1 HAVE RE -1 DUCED the eharge far TUNING to THREE DOLLARS. Orders left at Mn. GEO. A. OATES’ J 46 Hrpjd Street, or at my Shop, opposite the Post Offl.-e. promptly attended to. el -ly» ROBERT A. HARPER. NO 337 Administrator’s Sale. WILL BE SOLD, ON THE FIRST TUES DAY in SEPTEMBER next, at lbeto w , r Market House in the city of Augusta, between the legal hours of sale, pursuant to the order of the Court of Ordinary, passed at July Term. 1868, all that lot of Land, with the improvements, consist ing of one Brick Store, belonging to the Estate of Sarah May, on the West ride of Centre streyt, in the cityof Augusta, between Broad and Reynolds street, and known ae Bridge row—bounded North by lot formerly F. Murray's, East by Centre street, South by lot of Thonuw B. Phinizy, and West • y lot of John 11. Mann, having a front of twenty-nine feet and a depth of eighty-two feet six inches, conveyed by John Phinizy to Thomas May, April 26, 1858, and turned over to Barati May, solo heir of Thomas May, July 5,1866. Terms cash, purchaser to '' iyl~—4ot Adminietraior. V. 8. Marshal s Safe UNDERAND BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF fieri faciat, issued out of the Honorable the Fifth Circuit Court of the United States, for.the Southern District of Georgia, in favor of The Plaintiffs, in the following case, towlU Wood gato & Co. vs. Thon. F. Hampton and Frederick Burts, partners, I have levied upon, asthe property of Thomas F. Hampton, one of the defendants, one block of Briek Stores, situate, lying and being in the town of Bainbridge, county of Decatur and' State of Georgia, and known as the Hampton Block, adjoining the premises of King A Lester, Lewis <fc Waters; and D. J. Dickinson,Jon Water street in said town and county; and will sell the same at public auction, at the Court House in the city of Macon, counter of Bibb and State of Georgia, on the frst TUESDAY in September next, between the lawful hours of sale. Dated at Savannah, (la., this 30th day of July, 1868. WILLIAM G. DICKSON, augl—law4w , U. S. Marshal. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE United States for the. Northern District of Georgia. In the matter of 1 THOMAS G BARNETT 5- IN BANKRUPTCY. Bankrupt. J No. 105. The said Bankrupt having petitioned thp Coeit for » discharge from all hie delrtu provable under the Bankrupt Act. of March 2d, 1867, notice is hereby given to allpersoim interested to appear <>n the 3d day of September, 1868, at 10 o'eloek a. m , at Chambers of said District Court, before Alex underG Murray, one of the Registers of said Court in Bankruptcy, at the Register's office in ■ the city of Grifliu, Georgia, and show cause why, the prayer of the said petition of the Bankru)4 should not be granted. And further notice is given that the'second and third meetings of cred itors will be held at the same time and place. Witness the Honorable John 1 Erskine, [seal ] Judge of Said District Court, anffthe seal thereof tbisßtl> day of August, 1868. * W. B. SMITH, null—law3w" Clerk. IN THE DISTRICT COURT' OF THE United States for the Northern District of Georgia. In the matter of > THOMAS SWINT, >IN BANKRUPTCY Bankrupt. J No. 255. The said Bank nipt having petitioned tire Churl for a discharge from ail his debts provable under the Bankrupt Act of March. 2d, 1867, notice is hereby given to all persons Interested to appear on tlmSiliday of September, 1868, atlOo'elock in the forenoon, at chambers of tho said District Court, before Charles G. MeKinley, one of the Registers of said Court in Bankruptcy, at the Register’s office, in the city of Newnan, Ga., and show cause why the prayer of the said petition of the Bank rupt should not be granted. Witness the Honorable Jphu Erskine, ■fsE al .] Judge of said Court, and the seal there of, this 28th day of July. 1808. W. B. SMITH. nnll--law2w* Clerk. TN TftE district” COURT OF THE 1- United States for the Northern District of Georgia. In the matter of 1 IN BANKRUPTCY. JokatHan J. Mii.nkr, > Bankrupt. J Nd. 7. Thb said Ikiukrupt having tmtioned the Court for a discharge from all hjs debts provable under the Bankrupt! Act of Mhrch 2d, 1867, notice is hereby given to all persons interested to appear on the Ist day of September, 1868, at ten o'.cldck a. m., at chambers of said District Court,* before Al exander (1 Murray, Esq., one of the Registers of saidUourt in Bankruptcy,at the Register's office in city of Griffin.Ga.,and show cause why the prayer of the said petition of the Bankrupt should not be granted- And further notice is given that the second and third meetings of creditors will be held at the same tune and place. Witness, the Honorable John Erskine, [sbal.] Judge of said District Court, and the seal thereof, thisSlh day of August, 1868. W. B. SMITH, null—lawSw” * Clerk. TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE 1 United States for the Northern District of Georgia. In the matter of 1 GALKS JENKS, >LN BANKRUPTCY. Bankrupt. J No. 37. The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court ; lor a discharge from all his debts provable tinder [■ the Bankrupt Act of March ad, 1867, notice is hereby given to all persons tutereUed io appear on tire 4th day of September, 1368, at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon, at chambers of the eaid District Court, before Alexander G Mutiny, Esq.,-one of the Reg isteryof the said Court! in Bankrnptc-y, at the , Register’s office, in the eity of Griffin, Ga. and . show cause why the prayer of the said petition of . the Bankrupt should not lie grouted. Witness, the Honorable John Erskine, [»Mt] Judge of said Court, and the seal thereof, this the Bth day of Angasi, 1868. W. B. SMITH,, aull—law3w* ■ Clerk. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE L United States Ibr tho gon 11 tern District of Georgia. • • v ' In the matter of ) s OTHO F. BEALL, LIN BANKRUPTCY. , ’ Bankrupt. | At Cuthbert, Georgia, this the 31st day ol Angurt, (868. , . The undersigned hereby gives notice of his appointment as asaigneeaof Otho P. Beall, of Cuthbert., in the county of Randolph and State of Georgia within said District, who has been «d --indgedaliaukiupt upon his ow» petition by Ihe District Court of said Dietrict. - . • COLUMBUS Q. BROOKS, an3l—law3w Assignee, TN THE" DISTRICT (X)UHT OF THE 1 United States for tjic Northern District of Georgia. In the matter of i JOHN F. ANDREWS, ’ r IN BANKRUPTCY Bankrupt. ) To all whom it may concern : The undersigned hereby gives notice of his appointment a» As ignee of Jobu F. Andrews, of Washington, in the couuty es Wilkes aad State of Georgia, within said District, who has been adjudged a bankrupt upog his own petition by the District court of said Di* trict. Dated-at Washington the 7th day of August. A. D. 1868. -HENRY K ANDREWS • jMt2l—laWi*v Aaaignoe. IN THE DfSTRfCT COURT OF THE United States for the Southern District of Georgia. » 8 1 Iu the matter of 1 J. & A. J. SETZE, > IN BANKRUPTCY- Bankrupts. ) To all whom it may concern; The midereigned hereby gives notice of bi. appointment as As. signee of J i A J. Betze, and of John Seize aud Alphonse J. Seize, of Augusta, Richmond county, Georgia, within said District, who have been adjudged bankrupts upon their own pelilkm by the District Court of said District. MILO G. HATCH. i »n?l—law Aw , Assignee. FT THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE United Blates for the Southern District of i > EPHRAIM EHRLICH, IIN BANKRUPTCY, y To all whom it may. concern; The under signed hereby give* notice of his eteetta® as Assignee of Ei&ralm Khrtrcb, trf tbe city ot Savannah, county cf Chath&tb, and State of Georgia, within said District, who baa be® adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own petition By the District Court of said District. , F. H. BARNARD, auß-law3w Assignee.