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The following is the oIiHest oath
contained in the Uect»r 5,rucl10 ' 1
Old Test J(,tk -
r i . lipon chsfrancli
“1 hat I have uo\ l)LVU
crime of.a few? We overturn not : that all Democrats who cannot qualify
Knowledge have already been liberally j pt | { n a rtj c jp a iif)'i’ 1 any rebellion or Legislature mus( sl fi has no au turn all the social, .vith the political j with other prominent Democrats and
)*>,!• lint It Ic cnld thut bis share •, ‘ . hr TT - :, “-l Siates. nor . - - 1
rveuth C^g>*r! nl iw?’"’lT Ja5! ' I reu u arded; . hul * is S f iJ l l I hat 1 . ,,i3 share ! Civil war against
lamdmii. ^larke, P O. Alliens; I in the result of the valuable d.scover.es j for felonv fitted
ypnl^omery, of Madison, | he has made will be litile short ot £4,- ! () p a g ta
,he United States, nor j ^ n 0 fiirihe- it can not un- order, and all for what? A white; Conservatives whose opinions have
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yrfstinrn, P- O.
• REPUIH
reft oj the Hon. tYm
u the House of Rej.
6 ’69.
Ve give herein
ot the
Nichols, of | 000,000.
hee.
*' ro ° l more than Congress has done, it Senator o! Radical endency is killed j weight with the people, should meet
L'nue< ‘ l lte> »i can not re . e j nV 0( hc r officers than ; by a negro. This is reconstruction, j in Atlanta and take counsel together
of any btata- beeil « member of j 1,1
that l * ia Jry p^islaiiure, nor iield anv ' on =‘
U^e>~. 1 / V* * * nOVVPr
Superinte
[From the Constitution.! | any Sta^ P jj c ; a l office in any State },ov '’ er
ruferit Hulbert of the State j executive ° r J
aged
Cou- |
States, or as a
8evW, l extracts I son for the removal, a confidential letter / Q , , he Uni(ed
n the recent speech on repudiation, j wrilien by Col. Hulbert to John ^ ^
fe bv
Ol 0<"
iving 1
ntry, a
sional, while
ained no such
,.iis out clear
slitution and obev the lawfonh^Bai I lv 1 lhat Congress did rwt con-
ited State,, a „d will, the best of mv 5,d, ' r ,he hta,e a col,d ''
supported, for it to iiave the best
chances of success.
It has been suggested and desired
by many, that the Democratic Execu
tive Committee meet and discuss the
propriety of having an expression
of the party judgment, and that the '
4th of January would be a good time
for the meeting.
We call the attention of the Chair
man of the Committee to the sugges
tion. We are in favor of some step to
get the parry united and settled upon
a policy.—Constitution.
Georgia Never Tire.—Under the
above head the Charleston News ex
presses seme ideas, so concurrent with-
himself Provis- j Georgia vve become the violators or I amendment is ratified, it will be by j our own ^ r -1e edi 1.0l ia 1 of to day, thaJ^
-1 "* —fP ! rebels, whom we seek ,o subdue or | the lawless coercion the seme rev-
uppose ; in regard to the best policy to be pur-
the State from the
icss expressly dire* is, it is legally ; and the bill promotes this. Suppose | in regard to the
./less to interfere with the Stale • a majority of the people of Georgia i sued to protect
e I House officers, the Judiciary or the are disloyal to-dar, does even that dangers with which we are so immi-
Senatorial lepreseniation, nor can it} fact give the power to Congress?—i nently threatened. We need no longer
1 1 ‘ What of the rights of the faithful mi-; apprehend the humiliation and dis-
nority not in insurgency? No pur- grace which our enemies would have
r- pose, however good, no punishment, inflicted upon us. If our Legislature
however vigorous should mislead us. j is mongrelized, it is by the act of Con-
alls it a Provis- Jn seeking to reconstruct or redestroy ! gress, and if the iniquitous fifteenth
'pudi
cee.t I s
r euc\
Jontiiuntal Currencj Repudiated.
Iiavfin my possession one of those
con nieiiial notes, which I presen
several months ago, (l f ihe Mor-
i only wai' J d tor ? n Jifock says Hui-
KIP. Governor ' _ I• ' ir
;l cii for himself, and
■ i in, mi,i I...,. muni i [Mcat'ii : bd mac
t'i G«*n. Spinner, the Tieasurer of j },e . r, ,'Yo),Ve ! a nv tor •'
United States, and also to Mr. Me- atiicors of the road nre !
- i o',,..
. j- 1 he new
lloeh, wiien Secretary of the 1 reaa,^ lo [ )C :
t, for redemption; both of the^ j p OS [^ r Plodgel
ability, encourage others so to do; so i . . , . ■ . |i.n,
help me God ” ' j almost to a legislative assertion Inal
.crv r
“.iCt
as-
of
)linn of
t \i.1a
diaiion. Hut the xeff
Him ihhI eurreney i* i 1,1
>wih to ihis cuue O'
* repudiations.
ury to thr pids/’fi'ty <
d countri
Superintendent; A. I
L. Harris, Master of Transportation ; 1
VV'. i/- Stallings, Treasurer ; Henry O.
' j []ovt, Supei visor; James Mullen, Mas
ter Machinist; V. A. Gaskill, Attorney
for the Road.*
It is hinted that ihe new regime en-
io serions ! snres the payment of the Cole claim
d' dm j.ations I a S a ' n5t !h e State Road, and the Rail-
re/>udialifig. 'These j roa,! P ark l< > the heirs of Mitchell,
ltlemeu uiiormed me in a v
f manm r lhat lliere was rin
■tigress forbidding the rede
if kind of paper. That . . lhr
,tuition ot till
n retard the
nor did any of
Alew Test Oath.
I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as
the case may be,) that I Iiave never
held the office or exercised the duties
or Senator or Representative in Con
gress, nor been a member of the Leg
islature of any Stale of die United
States, nor held any civil office crea-; more nor less powers.
the fact dial punish. I listened to the gentleman olutionary and despotic power. Geor
Morion, said f rom Massachusetts (Mr. Butler) for gia will have no share of the treason,
the justification of this bill. He used none of the disgrace,
all kinds of fallacies—the argumentum; We have now only to protect our
ad populum which appeals to the pas- people from plunder and violence. In j
sions and prejudices of the multitude,, this effort we may have aid even from
and the art f > enlum ad miscrcordiam, to j the Radical party, who may not all be i
the sympathy of the hearer for wrongs | williug to be the passive instruments'
of the poor Radicals and negroes of; of Bullock and his faction. We find
i Georgia. This may all be admitted, j some encouragement in the following 1 ;
kVhen the. Legislature meets, there- j jj e ma y p rove what no one denies. It i hopeful views of a correspondent of
\ with the nogro members in, and j doeg ,' ut f 0 ]l 0 vv, however, that be- j the Macon Telegraph and Messenger.
lion, and it, on ihe contrary, amounts
the Siate is not Provisional.
W
foie
is purged under the 14th Amendment;
and when it has elected its officers and
acted on the 15th Amendment, it will
stand just in ihe position that the body
hdiioo »’ iI w u v * - * y v
approve of murder or negro exclusion
from legislature or suffrage. There is
not an honest man on either side but
io^s as at present organized, with no majr j p i n the gentleman in his horror
^ of outrages and his desire to remedy
cause we disapprove of this bill, we j The writer says:
But few men, if any, were elected
members of the General Assembly
who were not registered voters and
road park lo the heirs o
» U d,atie«;affected a lew of the cit’i-1 whereby the Stale will lose over one
„t i,„.H countries; pmiuqftbne in I «*' »«'»• of cloliars.
v thiMicatid, just as repudkiiion here j ^ reported that fcwayze. assisted
,ul(i- MU ihe's relieve die masses of I by an eddor of this city, will soon com-
. l>e’)iile (.1 the burdens of taxation, | me " c ^ publication of a “bitter-
m li were in every instance crush- | Pn <^r” Radical organ, wuh the earu-
, t of i hen»; ihey knocked ,n g s tlie S;ate r<nul to back «•
their wrists'and bade! A current junior on ihe streets as-
efleci was ilmt I C°L Hulbert as a candidate for
•y might be freed men, not slaves,f? i,e United States Senate, and know-
i eninv the fruits and rewards of | * ,n f? 0l,es predict his election on lbe
ir n di mil -md e,-,crov Thev ! br st ballot, by a large majority, over | , ■> »r . ' ^
ir own ton amt energy, it.es J e J J the United States, . or levying wa.
ve new life and buevancy lo the D1 " ‘fcf 11, „ , i acrainst thp HnltpH cn ui,, rnP
mns and countries. ’PI,ere will be j Moderate Republicans are express-, « , 6 ' 1 , IS ,n t V oen ilt of
ne bondholders and hankers, men I ,n S themselves freely m opposition lo | .» . 1 > ‘ ; . , P
.o have not gained ihrir wealth by j Bullock and Blodgett's ruinous schemes, i f 1 J
imlustry and honesty, in most cases ! Some ot ,h( ' m favor l he impeachment:
the life out
tellers from
in hone; for
them and yet vote against this bill.
Nor will it do to say that the recon
struction acts were violated, and there
fore Georgia must be remitted to her
. , old condition of vassalage. I chal-
hill declares to he invalidated. Am. j | eU gg an y one to show n syllable in
ted by law for the administration of! If ihe bill does not invalidate the
any general law of a State, or for the ' ratification of the 14th Amendment by
administration of justice in any Stale, j the Legislature, as first organized, it
or under the laws of the United States, j does not invalidate any other action of
not held any office in the military or ! the same body, save merely what the
naval service of tlie Uniled Stales and
there after engaged in insurrection or | it would be a clear usurjiation of pow- j the “ recon ' 8truc tion acts or amendments
rebellion against the United States, or I er fi»r the reorganized Legislature, to j where c ongress required Georgia to
gave aid or comfort to iis enemies, or j exceed the specified authority of lhe ' adm j t negro legislators. Poitft it out.
rendered, except in consequence of! bill.—Constitution. ^ ; i challenge anv one to show that Con-
direct physical force, any support or; a stko.xTsPEKCff. gress reserved the right to reject
aid to an insurrection or rebellion a- j sen-tor c«* vcniiiate. n.c i>.i«ititr ot | Q eor oia for the violence and crime of
gainst the United Stales, nor held any, 'titlp nf rhis bill some of its citizen?. Point oul
office under, or given any support to, j Mr. Cox said^: The title ot this bill,
any government acting in hostility to ™ Al ’
had taken substantially the same oath.
But fe\\\will be turned out. It does
not follow that their successors are to
be Radicals. Some Radicals have
died. Their places will either remain
empty or be filled by a new election.
Thera are but few counties now in
Georgia where, with proper manage
ment, good men cannot be elected.
Many of those who were elected
by General Meade, and who were
classed as Radicals, are not so now
and never will be again. Many others
representing counties where the senti-
meutsjof the people at home have un
condition. Negro office-holding is not dergone a change, and who themselves
one of the conditions. Negro suffrage j have (tea the degredatioii of negro as-
rnay be. That was conceded to the i sociafidu in the Legislature, will fee!
negroes. The Georgians wanted to j a just resentment at this mean stab at
bill should bo an”enabling act for her j conciliate you, gentlemen. They pass-1 the ho^r nn d integrity of the State,
HI be t,jal Q n*fssa
To promote the reconstruction of the
State of Georgia,” is a solecism. If :
Georgia is s * titate. tne bill is a usur- !
If Georgia is not a Siate, the ;
§
admission. If she is
State already, e< ^ a resolution to leave it to the court iand wi'l either abandon the party' or
r who hel-J «»‘nce before the war ! she has been reconstructed and can not ! a Radical court- and the Governor j take a conservative course.
VI i I be cutoff somewhat in ih-ir sur- ! °l Bullock for his outrageous conduct.. iP^wear that he did not give any sup-1 be over again. If she is not a State, vetoed it. There is no necessary con- The leaders of the party condemn
ulus wealth by repudiation. Phlebot-! Tlie Legislature is considered B " re \ v0 * to t>Je rebellion (such‘even as the the bill is absurd; for she htw no Leg- ; neclion between holding office andsuff- j Bullock and will not second his move-
j pui
>jtiv and cathartics sometimes are very
iteuefiiml to surchargeii systems; re
pudiation would have lhe same effect
on the purses of son e individuals, and
might even be of persona I benefit bo»>'
■ i i. ^ f ( , r [j (> hales j
t, and l hey vwiitd
fmore hurnbfe. I he j
iH beat livelier, 'a l >or j
-a Tree I v 4 «inl the]
ulil be greatly im- j
en of 8*146,000,000 ;
aually was taken off, !
more which goes to |
iliect it ; $392,000, '
aw load.
Radical pan.v-
and tlie no- , - V!i ,!am
nave been r w,nte,J 0,1 the State Road
Idler from Judge ('iibiinlix.
Forsyth, Dec. 2S, 1SG9
Stale office dor- ; islature to meet, take oaths, commit. I rage, and if it were so, there ii no meats. If tho proper effort is made
power here to supervise that possess- j and every man stands squarely to his
ed by the Legislature. Cox then | post—^-if moderate Republicans are
considered the war power is a juptifi- properly and fairly treated by* the
his seat in the present Legislature, ll the title, but the measure is incungru- cation of the bill.] The Governor is j peopleand by the leading Democrats—
he was conscripted, of course he can, ous. It will work harm. It is now to ca l l 0,1 the arrn y to enforce the bill. I proper efforts made even with the ne-
under the ‘‘physical force” clause, take 1 nearly five years since General Grant j Who is Governor ? He is already im- j gro members, to resign in defeience to
j against Bullock’s plundering schemes, folding of an ordinary Sir
j Bullock’s last move-J" ,s sum cet ' j j n g t be war,) or if he went into the ar- \ perjury, be reorganized, exclude or ad-
ed above Uldess be * 3 willing to siccar that mit members, or ratify amendments to
t> i be was f orce d ' n l° 't, he cannot hold I the Federal Constitute
C(d I IV Avery Atlanta Dear r* ie oatb * And. if he can swear and j asserted, in the “white-washing re-
ir: A pre, s ‘ of business prevents tne P rove '!‘ at , ,,c llid eer” or port,” the South to be content and fit
' Iron’) replying to but one question pro-1 en ' er a “ vobia ^er company” until for-1 for representation. I will not inquire
i jTounded ill your circular of the 27th | , t0 do so b J rhe conscript officers what has made the change in his opin-
! : I w ' 10 were at hand to carry him ofl as | ion. In his message he congratulates
j “What is the course lhat patriotic I a conserip 1 , in case he did not go into jus upon the closing of the work of
; members of the Legislature should pur- ! sa,d y oluul t e . e '; company—we are i
[sue for the interest of the Slater”
in-
reconstruction by the proceedings in
peached informally. I would not trust
him with the lives and fortunes of the
people. I would rather bring this
Bullock to the slaughter than the
State. With whom is Georgia at vrar?
What is the casus belli? Is the bill
; justified on the ground of the admis-
My opinion is. that ail who are cm-
i braced in the proclamation which has
been recently issued, convening the
Legislature, and are eligible lo seats,
should attend promptly, and qualify
; got through fraud- j and partake in the business of legisla-i
(Nidy contracts, &c.; j tion. It may fie in their power to pre-
e mostly bought for j vent much harm being done; from a
incalculable injury
inesthj obtained.
or of repudiating t4ie
this debt, because
cases out of ten dis-
bought for
fiuy cenls on the j contrary eourst
r, ftm-l Ayere bought by capitalists ] tnav result.
s reduced rate by a 'systematized j When the Constitutional Convention
jmpatriotic course of what 1 de j was called, the conservative portion of
j dined to think lhat lie can lake the I Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia; yet, sion of a new State ! She was regard-
oath and be eligible. But as we do in a previous paragraph, he advocates i ed as a State to vote for the fifteenth
not profess to be well versed in the j the undoing of the work in Georgia; , amendment. But it is “to guar-
science of law, ii there beany mem-1 While putting on the roof he under- | antee a republican form of goveru-
mines the foundation. The work, if ment.” She has it now. If she has
kept up at this rate, will take as much
time as the wanderings of Ulysses of
. . the Odyssey, and the modus operandi is
Lcca Rax. A Liverpool circular of very like the work of Ulysses’ wife,
ate date says : The public are per- j who unravelled by night what her ; P a y a certain tax. But this bill is to
haps not generally aware of the enor hands did by day, waiting for the ad- I compel the ratification of the fifteenth
her of the Legislature thus situated, be
fore acting, we would advise him to
seek legal advice.—Sav. News.
not, it is because of exclusion of vo
ters by reason of condition, etc. Is
Massachusetts republican? She re
quires voters to read and write, and
moos consumption of the above article vent of her lord, a very silly waste of i amendment, and its effect is to carry
m Europe, mid the pre-eminent value i time and labor. This high-handed
• . . J vuhmi, mu wii^nnuvt; hruoii Ul «• « IT *. 1 ^ * t tmixv muui. uig
Mute swindling, The capitalists i|, e j )eo p] e stood aloof and declined to ° ! e , ,>5ta l es supply. Inde- proceeding has no precedent,
e country did not advance a dollar j Jake any part in ihe election of dele-I pe . nd , >’° li,e ver - v iar S e of' i ug to the message, Georgia
e grverumeru until it was at its; gates. It is now generally admitted I f n,n . era . 1 and xe 8« labl « Waxes > Eng-j a]! that the reconstruction
to repeat t | ml [hat was bad policy, ft is hoped i ,anU aiQ [
is floor in (hat such policy will not now be rejieat-
i ed by the Democratic and
! land alone must consume
Const
I street brokers looking calmly on i i ng or declining to take ''their ?eat? —
^ 8 e Y ,ng weakrr from ioss . ol j Let every one attend, and let all who
dram upon its ; can conscientiously lake the prescribed
o uu curt i * - 1 ‘ 1 * **’'
led$am:
gies. Wall street broker says lo j oath, take their seats. Tiiev are verv
le
ins
Mr. Broket must have government jffie good of the State.
Cis to the aitaount n| S1.000 000 f,,r i r T .u ,i .
SVW.OOO; must have f W ,, r Jem i • 1 ^ " lhcr I 1“« 1,n " l»ropo«n,Ie,I
rest pavahl,. sen, -:m„ua"lv i!" f”' C . ,rcular - ' have ."S* "“.>■•”«
i . e,, J 3. - . . "> ! now to give mvxiews. All that fchave
t" say is, that me members of the Leg-
should meet the case as it is
im nve to twenty i PO ; , P f siate accordingly. If the
must have money ern 'tl’ -f ' S . prov,s,< ; n ;' 1 'merely, ac-
to accent ihi|?i P - lth * tuaUon ’ and <1° l *ie best in
Jeff [ Davis ' r" P v wer '° r lhe inlerest *>' State.
^ Mv policy is, prevent harm from being
<W ; that cannot be accomplished by
Very respectfully,
he $1/)()0,000, and must l>e exempt
ri the payment of all local and
nicipul taxes, and then the notes
v bt payable in from five to twenty
rs. Government
die, arid is forced to accept
idling proposition
3o., looking on, say: “A government
red ilia) condition, forced to accept
•h letrns, cannot stand long- Let us
>c. Her capitalists are doing more j
^reak their government down than
Confederate forces can do by fighl-
of an. Old Georgian —The
mdcrat shys: Our enm-
the death of another
filed citizen Col.j Ste
irris, after a long and
rmn pulmonary dis-
av afternoon, at Ids
i:y, in his*52d year.
islaiuK
and I
the will o f r!:e people they represent—
the probability is that when the As
sembly eenveues there wifi be a work
ing majority in both houses ; if not so
at first it will be very soon afterwards.
I would not be at all surprised that
this very Legislature he has labored so
hard and spent so much money to havfc
convened will not only have the evi
dence to authorize it, but will, ere it
adjourns, actually impeach him for
gross corruption in office.— Sav. News.
Reduction* of Taxes.—Such is the
popular demand fora reduction of the
taxes that even the New York Times
has been forced to take partin it, not
withstanding in so doing, it arrays it
self against the policy of the President
and of Secretary Boutwell. In a late
issue of that paper we find the follow
ing very significant paragraph :
“We publish further expressions of
Republican opinion in favor of a large
and immediate reduction of taxes. All
the journals from which we quote are
influential in their respective neighbor
hoods, and are entitled to considera
tion at Washington as consistent, un
flinching adherents of the Republican
party. With the best possible feeling
toward the administration, they are
obliged to dissent from the views ex
pressed by the President and Mr. Bout-
well in relation to the continuance,
even for another year, of the present
burdens. The interests and convictions
of the great majority of the people
, . ., . , ... ., , . point to reduced taxation as the great
lightning ranidilv and in ' P l>, / er ’- By tins a prudent is set by , spine was in harmony with the best ^. ant of tht! time; and Congress will
they arc all shnjVtane ns". Inflamed ! i W P C \ C *" Tf 6 *">*!* ! **”"* ° f fw 8 1 '™ e8s “" d j blunder egregionsly if it fails res-
As the link burns and ignites.eadi’caiJ • °‘ ‘?, r ®* ates whenever it rrtaasea. For ■ *
ii i . 6 . : , , jStmilar reasons tt may do Hie same. : “the situation in ceokgia"—
die, unci agreeable odor is emitted, and t , a. \
c ’ , in not by one or two, or ten Stdtes, but;| •• what are we to do t”
the aparments at once from one end to i u . , „ , ,. .
1 , | by as many as the remaining Hunted ■ Such .are the head lines that meet
; us m every exchange we open, and va
rious are the suggestions and recoin-
strucV mendations of the course to be pur-
ture of the government is to be re- sued in the present emergency of our
the Federal police into other Stales.
Accord- ! ^ i s ‘I° ne by coercion. It is the Turk-
has done I isb system, which allowed the ulenas
acts re- ' t0 interpret law’, but if they did jot
some two 1 quired. She has ratified the constitu- [ interpret it as the Grand Signor wish
i co inIfnLI } T ar ’ U> ! lie va!ue ,,f tion and elected officers. The Gov- ed, they were pounded to death in a
! say $2,100,000. Rs worth is assess- erDor rtn( j Legislature iiave been in- mortar. The incongruities of this bill
are absurd. . Georgia is in and out;
dead and alive ; in for negroes, out for
whites; io for taxes, out for represent
ation ; in for peace, out for war. This
reconstruction is like that of the clas
sical sorceress who cut up the body of
her parent and boiled it in a cauldron
to renew his youth, the result was not
iwt'cmi!y. Permit me to repeal
Is .-pokeiiv by me on ih
la v last: > ^ W|
i//eminent struggling for its life; j t7ve~me«.^ ed , b ?; pUrit * and me ! l , in S stalled The President says she has
ami the latter process readily exposes j done all required by the Reconstruct
mi era ion or oreign matter. As an i [j un acrs> Subsequently she unseated
instance ol the consumption, u niiiv be n, i . i i j * u , ,
,• i .. . r- ’ T uc colored members, and as is alleged, she
mentioned, that one European pa ace i , , „ , , ° .
i • , . * », c admitted white members who were not
alone is said lo burn ten thousand wax ] qualified Tl
candles nightly !. The method of light- j 2ffUdiu« F
ing them is iugenioir
The
re#pec jturned.
ins is the extent of her
or this she must be over-
For this, and this only. The
live npartmenis being prepared with precedent is set for all time, that a '< satisfactory. Mr. Cox then read from
C wpI Td’ a, " nflammable am scen ' i State recognized as such, to nomine, by ; the decision of Judge Chase in the
frLl \ • ( r n "Tl runs ! every Department, and bv Congress, Texas case, and appealed from the
end of hi lb.k u k i;» I , r r m o < iale y V nejand b 3 r this bin, is. to be suspended pulsations of the hour and of this
he link is lit,, the flame rushes and ma j e t j, e captive of the Federal House to the Supreme Court. That
round the con elected wax lights with | DOwers . B y this ^ or - I—• - — - — —
the aparments at once Ixom one end to , u ,
.i . I by as many as the remaining tJjnted
lhe other are thus not only ,Hum,ne,l,: s { ates , after elimination bythosXo-
but perfectly refreshed anti perlome,l,|^ determine should beX
1 1 ma 8 ,c * carded. For this the form and struck
non-action
E. G.‘ CABANISS.
Letifr from Judge Rcrsr ! Effect of Ibe Georgia Bill. modelled on centralized ideas. If this
Washing! on, Dec. 29 i860 ! Congress considers valid the ratifica- be no ^ vvor8e than secession, I do not
Editors Chronicle Sf Sentinel- ’ ‘ | lion of the I4th Amendment by [| )e : understand it. It is the gospel of an
Gentlemen—As you arc L- i , ; P resPrU of Georgiu as first arch . v ’ and the philosophy of dissolu-
in a recent issue m allude hi ° U8 , ° r8an,zed * Tb e action upon an amend-i tlon ' Was for thl8 the soldiers
one of the Political Leaders. *11,™? „ a ? ! L"/" 1 l ?. tbe Fe _ deral Constitution is one i fou S ht y ’ 000 battles ? Was it for this
to
I oiunuer egregiously
; pond to the demand for relief.”
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PROBABLE CHARACTER OF THE LEGISLATURE
The Constitution has been looking
carefully into this question, and sums
up the strength of parties as follows :
.me ot the Political Leader* alW ! T T /• , reaeral Constitution is one I ‘ ‘V ur 11
to correct you. I have hjffierio »"'? \ ° i 1 ,e h, .8 hpst f unclions ot a State Leg-! that a quarter of a million died ? W
and now have but little to do with Im! e t Rlure \ n ‘. ls sov ereign capacity as a lt /or l,,is that the immense war de
itics, possibly too little. I have' |,L.* ^ Iale ' n ,8 . s P meth i"g that a Territo- . was made? Mr. Wells tells us the vv
Ur. I ii.wl on • 1 r .V ■ rovisional Slnfo . » pnfct Iianirw>^*hmicnnf1 hi i 11 mna of dnl 1« :
ever, nnd and now have very decided
opinions as to the course to be pursued
by tlie members of the Legislature in
Stephen W. Harris, a ihe present condition of public aflai
political affairs. We have, pending
the discussion of the new Reconstruc
tion bill, and since its passage, -ex
pressed our views as to the manner in
which that vile usurpation should be
met by the Legislature and the people
Was ! of Georgia it it were possible to
debt ; prevent a quorum of tbe Legislature
0 ,, war from assembling under Bullock’s pro-
Provisional State can not do. c° s t usninethousand mil lions of dollars, i claination by any legtl action on our
ul . cr 8a,d the (Georgia bill did rio i in Ibe sacrifices of life, limb and money i part, it was and is still oar opinion that
elecfion Wll 'pi 1 -" r pnvinns Senatorial 1 are the cost of the unfaithfulness of • it ought to be done. But since it is
° n * his was said in the debate men the compact of the Union. ; very doubtful whether the absence of
SENATE.
Vacancies 2
Democrats IS
Rad’s and Rep...24
44
HOUSE.
Vacancies 11
Democrats 84
Rad's and Rep..80
175
dizen of Georgia, who Mv advice is not in withdraw or resign j We li'ive^here'i' 13 ^ as ? a ^ e ‘ I It is a thousand millions a year for ; every Democrat in the body would
ie was born at Ealon-
, June 8th, ISIS, grad
: first honors in his class,
but to hold on and do the poor old ; upon which to b a « P
State all the service possible—not to j of the bill,
run away or “stand mule.” There is
rsity of Georgia, studied j enough mateiial in the so-called Radi-
d the practice at Wei- [cal party, united with true Democrats,
t followed the profes-j to save us from further misrule, per-j with the status of tl
years. He married j haps from ruin. We held aloof from
wrence county, Ala. j an election for members to theGonven-
<1 the law and turn- t ion and what did we gain by it r We
ilanling. | held ourselves aloof in many pla^g
- — from the election for members to the
a ihe fall in printed | Legislature—places where we could
aked out. Sprague, j have elected Democrats by good work,
in bis employ a and hence the dangers now surround-
med PrafI, who not; ing us. While no man abhorred re-
a method by which | construction more than 1 did and do
cloth tn the Prov- [now, I have never seen tbe Hay since
e at a saving of j it started, that I did not think it best
say
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authoritative data ; °ine years. It is the wages, at $500 accomplish that end, the next best
uterpretation . P er yeir of two millions of men for ! thing in our judgment is to adopt every
The direct 1 ,• i nineyeate. No compensation is to be j possible legal means to reduce the
fere nee from’ a ? d irrPS 'Stible in-: found in the establishment of prece- .Radical strength of that body, and by
dam is that the ^P, ICatlon .°f these cent wliiclv allows a Federal Congress | the adoption of every honorable meanl-
e hill only interferes to disband tWi States. There must be ! either to control it or neutralize it for
organization to the extern P »r eSeU [ an overruling reason to justify such harm
• • ■ eni °t its exnress action.
provisions—that nml.ir, “ c , rx press «vt.on. What\s it? That the Legis-
by implication—and that Ml u ™ <lone f•’ tu I° . of G ‘ ior ° a actua,1 >: had P rac -
directed to he changed is To hJi r* 1 ? d V- 1C ° L rd,nar J usa « e of P re,1 fP* na '
done. The hill is a son „f 3°'f 7 bo, l'®' h ? j ud S»« of , tho
Oe to be construed striedv 3,, !„ ! !L , °. f ■ ' Clr , “'J'" Members. I know
i;,. .• ,, y ! an<1 n °Mt-. that it is said that tlore has been vio- as they would be
tets Lo /hinh^rj T rho ! '««* end murder inXrgia. A white i ineligibility. Vari
e^ns fo°r\ll S g^ y ;r e ";t e fl Pr ° I T k l!¥ * f » r |
i. .i ° "uy mpse tsso things, i ample. Doubtless, sn ns had Lemslature under
It reseats the negro members and re-| government continues iW> under
Zendme 6 ,,, I ft™' "ci,d mJest.Id
ard. While ] to get all we could for ourselves out of j Congressional repiegentat^m^In^o. 1 ! 0 ! So thJVhasTeeT’ viofence dS crime
" r,£>n,r, “” ” 'in other States. But who is to judge
nDfrrnrc if
With this view we have advte«d
the resignation of such Democrats as'; th e 14 hav
cannot qualify under the new test | rferooved, an
oath, in order that their vacancies may j would be fi
not be filled by the minority Radicals,! next highest
as they would be when excluded for; In additio
arious estimates of the publicans of
This show
very cheeritx
nearly co-
Making the total vacancies 13—Demo
crats 102; Republicans and Radicals
104. In the Senate 9 Republicans are
considered sure to oppose Bullock’s
Radical plans, and in the House 13.
Taking these 24 moderate Republi
cans from the Radicals and adding them
to the Democrats would leave the
strength of the parties, Democrats and
Republicans 126 ; Radicals 80.
Allowing that 4 Democrats in the
Senate and 10 in the House may be
ineligible, and which is believed to be j
au extravagant estimate, and their j
places filled with Radicals, u'ouid leave I
lt2 Democr '
Radicals. 1
The "Wreck of Matter and the
Crush of Worlds'—We stop our din
ner to let our readers hear what we
have just learned on the streets.
First, Hulbert’s head rolls into the
hamper. That prince of chivalry, Blod
gett, takes his place.
Old reliable John Flynn walks uo
more his old rounds that knew him
so well, but a Mullens, once ot the
Georgia Railroad, takes his baton.
One Harris—a light weight—has been
therash man thatsteps intoE.B Walk
er’s shoes.
But steady our pen while Wewf
whisper it, just whisper it on the streets'*
of Ascalou ! Varney Gaskill takes Far- 1
row’s place as Attorney General.
W “ B ^ nnn nntu.p fhp arnalt
tide came by mail some hours after our
editorial was writ ten:- Tel. Mess.,30th.
The Washington Chronicle of yes
terday says that the order promulgated
on Friday, assigning General TefryUo
duty as Military commander of Georgia
remands that State to the condition
occupied under the old Reconstruction*
acts, and is signed under authority de
rived from them. The administration,
according to the Chronicle, construes
the recent acts of Congress on the
subject to be “ a virtual repeal of all*
laws passed since the first organization!
of the State government after the
war,”
It is nothing new for Congress to
claim absolute pow r er to change, by a
simp’. enactment, an independent State
into i litary province, or a military
pro^ u a into a radically independent
Str’r*; but in the case of reconstructed
Georgia, the dominant party have not
even the poor excuse which justifies
their conduct toward the whole of the
Southern States, at the time of the
pas. ing of the Reconstruction meas
ures. Georgia, as the Nation distinct
ly states, “has been already admitted
to the Union, under a solemn act of
Congress, or, in other words, under a
pledge of the nation, after having for
mally fulfilled all the conditions exac
ted of her by the original Reconstruc
tion Acts.” And now the supporters
of the Georgia bill claims that the
State is not in the Union, because her
Senators have not been admitted to
their places in the Senate ; something,
as the Nation says, that “ might happen
to New York to-morrow.” Because
the senators have not taken their seats,
Congress overturns the State Govern
ment “ puts the people under martial
law-, and imposes f resh terms of recon
struction.”
Certain it is that the Radicals will
make nothing out of Georgia by their
latest outrage. They may, with the
assistance of Federal bayonets, hold
dow r n the people for a time, but as soon
as the troops are withdrawn, Georgia
will be just as much a white man’s
country as it is this day. The white
people of Georgia cannot be overcome
by a legion of Bullocks, and, if they
were a minority instead of a majority,
they have dash enough and pluck
enough to give them the control of the
State, and nerv es enough and brains
enough to keep it.
A Strange Story.—“Leo,” the
Washington correspondent of the
Charleston Courier, says:
Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, asserted that
the President uever wrote nor authori
zed the line requiring test oaths to be
taken by members of the Legislature
of Georgia. Mr. Bingham asserted
that he knew the fact of his own knowl
edge. It is presumable that the Presi
dent himself stated the fact to Mr.
Bingham. It Is really worthy of an
inquiry how- this line, requiring the
test oath, got into the message, and
whether the Georgia Force Bill was
based upon a fraudulent interpolation
in the President’s message.
It is to be observed, and it was re
marked in the debates on the Geor
gia Bill, that the President's recom
mendation in relation to test oaths,
w-as inconsistent with the views taken
by Attorney General Hoar in relation
to the Virginia Legislature. He ex
pressly waived the requirements, of
test oaths and this was in conformity
with the President’s know views at the
time. Is it likely that he changed
them in regard to Georgia?
It is believed here that the Geor
gia Coercion Bill will produce great
exasperation in Georgia and other
Southern States. They are all in the
same danger.
of parties in the
Doubtless,'so long as bad | Legislature under the new law are
*’ 4 ' ’ made, but it is impossible to deter
mine the political complexion of that
body until it has assembled. E”
with a Republican majority **
be a Bulled T '