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f(l to the I ' nir ' rf»n-I ®n«l Congress adjourned oil the 25th of the said LeggisUture who had been elected be once more
W;,? ^ ( u ‘ (l .■ * ,l,e ^ t'Ug m»n to rep ; ^ ^ thereto by the votes of colored men join- , constitution w
rc‘><n' tilt* C?tate m 1 le ni * ' %The Legislature, on the 29th of July,; ed in such action, and tliat twenty-seven upon the elec
bensle. ^ I IQGS, proceeded to the election of United disqualified while men liold seats in said ganization of
MHte bcnuU
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Ve«terdav he iTliis admission occurred in July. 1868. | of votes at the polls, and that'members ot 1 ter nearly ten years of wandering estray, i
will then become of force, and j
election by year now legal or*}
proceeded to the election of United disqualified while men hold seats hi said ganization of the oiEcsrs provided for by !
^ /v States Senators, when, by uniting the e»- Legislature, in violation of the Fourteenth the constitution, the Stale government will \
^ 4 qj, 1 tire vote of the disqualified members and ; Amendment to the Constitution and of become a government de jure: the mem- 1
_ PRYOR urr r Apr j the members who were opposed to the : the Reconstruction Acts of Congress; and j bers of yonrhonorable body will ensur up-
LltAUK ilLLLULK Q, )n g ress j 01)a | policy of reconstruction,! Senators from Georgia have nut been ad- \ on the terms for which they were elected, [jotirnment, and was called lo order by j ,ns ‘*
FIFTEENTH DAYS PltOOCEEDIXGS.
From the Atlanta Intelligencer.
SENATE.
Wednesday, February 2, 1S70
lion at some length, reciting the various •
acts of Congress on the subject, anti 1
commented upon the action of recent 1
i Legislatures. The immediate adoption !
of the 14th and 15th Amendments was j
recommended, and also the adjourn- ‘
PROVISIONAL GOV
— 1 TO THE—
ProviM'inal Legislature of Georgia.
Ihe Senate tnel pursuant to ad- i of ‘ he Legislature until the 14tb |
it, initted to the Senate of the United States.; and it is hoped and believed that nothing President Conley,
to Resolved, That the Committee on Re- j will ever again occur to disturb the liarmo- j Me^sa^e from G
with a few who had assumed to favor
{Messrs. Hill and Miller, were declared
have been elected Senators, the former for construction be ordered to inquire and re nious relations which should be forever
Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, offered a
overnor Bullock. resolution providing for the adoption of
After reading the message, 1 Gie 14th Amendment.
To the Si
o f t/u
finite ami House of Representatives j the term ending March 4th, 1873, the lats j port whether auy, and if any ,what further j maintained between this State and the : * Dunmne inquiretfif resolutions j Mr. O’Neal advocated his resolution
Provisional Lriritlafur* : [ ter for the term ending March 4th, 1871; i actionoughj to be taken during the For national government _ wars in order and on being answered 'It was unnecessary to enter upon a dis-
1 . “ . r ; although as has since been disclosed, if the ! tietb Congress respecting the representa- I transmit here with authentic copies of P vere in ,rder * an0 .. - i • «'-• »—- » - "
A coiresfKHidence with the Major Gen j (erenty-fivts or more disqualified men had j tion of Georgia in the House.
He offer- i
. . J.. [ iwcuij-uve or more uisqu.uueu wen ..»o f e the joint resolutions of the Thirty-ninth | w the affirmative by the President, m-, resolution in comnliance with'
eral commanding this District, is herewith ( been ^ xcju(led( ne ither of these gentlemen ! [ Adopted Januaiy 2S—ayes 127, nays I Congress proposing an amendment to ] traduced resolutions proposing the a- ed leaolutn n in compliance
tran.->uiitted by winch you.will be informed : cou jj j iave Geen elected, Mr. Hill's major- j 38.J ' the Conatitntson of the Uuited States ; doption of the 14th and 15th Amend- ‘ lie recommendation ol the Governor.;
tliat your oigaiitzaliou is recoguize' 5°‘ D • ity on joint ballot having been but seveu j While this action was being taken by ’ known as ArticleXIV, and the joint reso* | ments. He turned over the floor to Mr. 1 weedy.
t »-(lfn an Iteing one properly pieparei *° j an4 | Mr. Miller’s bu t fourteen- ; Congress, indicating plainly the desire, the i tion of theFortieth Congress proposing an : Mr. Candler promised the following: Previous question was called. \ea*
enter upon tim action required by tue sev- j qq,,, action having been taken arid the j judgmout and the purpose of the governs j amendment known as Article XV; also j ag a substitute : ! and nays stood—yeas 7!, nays none.;
ein! Reconstiuctmu Acts o ongreas^ | District Commander having issued his or- j ment, this illegal legislative organization ; the act of June 2-5tb 1868 which requires ’ Resolved That all that portion of the D emocrals not vot ' n o'
•*Ati.ant4, Ga., February 1, 1870. j dor relinquishing military control, it was j of ours, on the 13th Januaiy, LS69, re- j the assent of the State to be given to cer- j ft ovenK)r ’g Message except so much M r. Scott, of Floyd desired to know
JJievet M«j'*r General A. H.Tekky, coin- ; assumed that the requirements of Congres- ; assembled, and after being in session until tain modifications of the constitution of the j ^ rc f er - |q j|, e 14th Amendment be ! if the Speaker recognized Wilcher, o! i
referred lo a committee or three from { 1 ay lor, as a member.
Speaker replied that he did not
MILLEDGEVILLS:
Tuesday, February 8, 1870.
mantling District ot Georgia :
sional law had become imperative, and \ the IStli day of March following, refused State
. - • ,1 1 . . i that the National authority was no longer i to heed the recommendations then repeated j The party in this State which lias pro- .
"Genera ^ (v'nmiiuee' ^rom the two 1 effective in Georgia. j to perfect its organization in accordance ! moted reconstruction, may properly be j the Senate, and such number as the |
that a J !,' 'jq J^ional^e.Sslature have ! On the 8th day of August, 1SGS. a reso.- j with the laws of Congress, by the exclu- : mentioned in a communication of this char- j House may appoint.
limines "i "" t'Vbe 'seua^e aud^ llouae | lotion was olfered in the House of Repre- I sion of the disqualified persons and the res- acter, because party lines here, as in al ! Mr. Candler, in an eloquent manner, : voting.
lnlornet me w. i > l sentatrves of the General Assembly, ,dc-' toration of members expelled on account ■ the Southern States since the rebellion
have perfected an oigamzation l»y tue elec- \ . J ’ i , .. . 1 i. . , , . .
tion ut the piopi i otticers, a. er exe u ing , llimn r | 1H n f t | 1(> • „t j All that has since been (lone could then i vored restoration of State Government ut»- | " B r0 ck fivored the immediate j gavel rapped him down.
Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before.”
Mr. Dawes, a Representative of Masga-
Mr- Bryant gave his reasons for not j chusetts, and a Radical republican at that.
The amendment had been
lioin the roll oi members persons disquali
fied miner ilie Acts of Congress from liold-
<itbv.e. I be two Houses stand in re-
VV itiim sday next, the 2d instant.
llion | slalef i his reasons for his opposition to j adopted, and he believed the House to
J° 1 Mr. Dunning’s resolution. ! be illegally organized. The Speaker’s
article.
Mr. O’Neal offered a resolution pro-
Ct3b* Util
at i2 M
“1 an
ii
4 If
ieral, very respectfully,
••Kut'l.- lb liui-LOOK,
••Frovisional Governor.
(lying the eligibility of colored men to i of their color. j have been drawn between those whe
I saats upon the floor of the House,* who up I All that has since been (Line could then i vored restoration of State Government uti-
to that time had been acting as members, j have been avoided. We all knew what j der Congressional enactment, and those; . • j- ,
i a,,(1 0,1 tl,e Gdrdday of September follow- 1 was reqired of us. and should have prompt- J m ho opposed such restoration, the former j a( °P’ IO ' i “ ‘■ . ,, , nrevi J viding for the expunging- of the repudi-
ing twenty-six eolored members were ex- My complied. j parly being m favor of compliance, and ! Mr. &peer OCSireu c l pr vi | o . ‘ .» Constitution of
■pelled. On the 12th day of September, Valuable lives would have been saved, j the latter paity opposed to auy settlement ; ous qtiesMon, but gave way to j .. . .
: similar action was perfected in the Senate,! The peace, good order and good uame of i which did not practically yield al! the is- | Mr. Wooteii’s substitute : j Georgia, in t on ormity to tue require-
| and all the colored Senators were expell- : our State would have been maintained,and j sues which the General Government had j Resolved, that as the Georgia Legis- j rnenls of the reconstruction act ol June
' *d. ()t\ the Gth day of October, 1868, this j our material prosperity greatly enhanced, j established by force of arms. j lalure has adopted the 14th article, it I 1SGS.
organization adjourned. : by following the dictates of wisdom and; This party, therefore, has been Rnd is ' j 3 unnecessary for further consideration j The } T eas stood 71 ; nays 1. Dem-
•11 , us Mu iTvitr l)irr ok Ga., 1 • Congress reassembled outlie 7f!i dar : c-asin o l,sel « s s and fruitless opposition to j the party of peace, and the other the or- j ,j on ocrats not voting. ! bare recital of simple truths. On the con-
Ait'mJ* Ga Februniv 2, 1870. | I'd December, 1SG8. when the creden- ' ,he bievitable. But unfortunately other | gunization of all the elemeuts of discords, j ^' r< Q an ,j| er stated that Mr. Woo- I Mr. Bryant made a point of order.— trary, Mr. Dawes in rejoiuing, seem* to
. , . p_ * : i tjnv.,. tials of one the Senators uleet, Joshua ! co,,l,8e l s w « r e heeded and the policy of re- • discontent, and defiance. And I speak of | • aDDrov- Promptly disregarded. j have great confidence in Queen Catli-
„.K u. I «cl,u„ .,,,1 re »i„.,,c, prevailed .1 th.t | ,1,. p.r.y f.vori. B lh. „c„n.tr«ct,on m.M '7 _nd d^ire.l t^witlldraw Etl- i Mr O’.Neal, of L o»
ures, now to recognize the fact that its | dl anu t,e>ire(l 10 wiuiurdw ms suusu 1
has opened fire upon the wasteful extrar-
agance of President Grant’s administra*
tion. He evidently aims at more than a
mere friendly or family expostulation;
else General Butler who, as a Radical
ichiffier of the House, trimmed and gafifed
with a slashing speech, would not have ta
ken so quickly aud methodically to task
his bold and honest colleague ; as if he
feared to trust himself to memory or a
Jvui.i
»i Gt
C/ or
‘
1 Lave the honor to aeknow- 1
> Hill, were presented, and. upon objection
j being made, his credentials were referred j ,,m f
T>
I your communication of 1
.j oining tut that a joint com* ]
,j the Is o H
ind
to the Judiciary Committee. This com- i Congress assembled again 011 the first j course ha6 been consistent aud peersistent j lute.
mittee having examined thoroughly into 1 of December, 1S69, and in ac- ; in support of the measures provided by ! The chair refused to grant the privi-
. the organization, and the revolutionary cordance wHh the recommendation of the Congress as a settlement and fora resto- lege,
uses of.the Legislature j ACt j on „j ,|, e legislative oigauizatiou which Breiident proceeded promptly to prepare ; ration of civil government in the South,! On the yeas and nays being called
bad assumed to elect.these Senators, and j * ml ad'T 1 a " act to promote the recon j and the party has been equally as deter- j on j\f r . Wooten’s substitute, yeas, 10
l.a- 1 nl"!uiea you that the Senate *' lJ ; h««<1 assumed t.P elect tlmTe Senators, and I « n,! a<1 -
lloiisv <•! Representatives have each P ef * | „ft er (i H ving had the case before the Com- sifuction ofGeorgia, and thus overcome i mined in its opposition to every scheme
t#*cte'i an mgauizatiou bv the election of f, )r deliberation for many weeks. ! tl,e obstacles wliich had been placed in the j which the old political tricksters have de-
UK proper ot.iceis. In reply to it 1 have | mat i e au elaborate report to th
mij that I Hunk that j the admission „{ Mr. Hill, in j braced every previous opportunity to de-j Congress.
i
lor tue IV
j,ai iciaii
1 think that the
, ,11 c new properly organized forth
e ot n.-seiiting to and coinplyin
he conditions imposed by Congress j (luj act of Jane
, ,vhi..ratioi» "t the State to it* ortgl- j tLa| f , )r 0o
adoption,
question.
navs, 2-3. Substitute was lost. i Yeas and nays stood yeas, Go; nays 29.
1 The vote was then taken. I Mr. Hall, of Glynn, voted 110, as the
Senate! w *7 of restoration by the men who em- . vised to defeat this wise and just policy of i yeas—Messrs Bowers Bradley ! Congress of the*U. S. had decided
gainst the aanms.o. » r . Hill, in { braced every previous opportunity to de-• Congress. . . _ : Broc k Burton^ Campbell, Coleman! I‘hat Georgia was not a State in the
,hici, III,1 .ilie. „f: f ~‘ "!"> Wl “ *", a j“ st ' Vh " 1 ; " 1 , '“".“'“S *«'«»«•»•»"> Oongrcs. | « - ■ ? Hj ^ b „ | Union ; and then-lore wm not e,.tilled
■Your committee are of oninion t bar vwlved in the Congressional enactments , these r olitical charlatans have resorted to Gormu, l^iCKey, narriSjXii^uee, nuii c , .
which requiied i f° r tha establishment of civil governments i every conceivable baseness, abandoning j erford, .Jones, McWhorter, Richardson, j 0 V(, ‘ e 0,1 a Couslltutional amend
Amendment! ' n this and other Sotliern seceeding States. 1 arguir
owndes, offered a : eriue’s adage, " an honest tale speeds best,
resolution that the 15th Amendment be j j te i ng plainly told," and made more reputa
tion for sincerity and correct principles,
as well as additional force to his original
ratified.
He called for the previous
1868,
Stitutiorial
;li tries uatu
nor to be. very respeef-
vnt servant,
Ai.i ui:i> II. Tbkiiv,
(ieneral G l, minanding.
Ass't Aoi t Gen 1.
The act under which
semhled and organized,
K
irgumcnt to take up with murder and as- j Sherman, Smith, ot the 27lh ; Smith ot ! ment.
are now as- sassination
assault than any labored harraugue he
might have employed. We judge his hot
shot thrown amongst the Radical rats <
must have reminded the General of the
once familiar (?) scenes of Big Bethel and
Fort Fisher—at both of which places, if
we remember truly, his instinct of self-
j preservation never once desertd him. Such
should bo duly ratified by a Legislature
which has in good faith substantially coin
; plied wit!» the requirements of law provi- [the United States ,*-en
ding lor its o^auization.” i December, 18G9, by a vote, forty-six to ing to grasp a Republican livery, nnder
Referring to the fact that ordinarily the j niuc ’ aml in ,i,e House ou tl,e ^ lst »** ‘be , which they hope to hide their nefarious., vr * .1 Hicks
j election and qualification of members of j Ha,ne ,no,,tl1 b y a vote «•( one hundred and j purpose. They now londly proclaim their j ‘ ^ ’
J t ( lC State Le<nslature is not a subject to 1 tw enty one to fifty-one, and became law j hot haste to promote reconstruction and to ! vv cmorii
; by the. approval of the President ou the adopt measures which will successfully per t Woolen—10.
Stinger, Wallace,; ^ r * Parks , of Gwinnett, voted yes, | t p tg ag tj, e8B are becoming rather frequent
i under the instruction of bis constitu-1 tQ warraut any confidence in the » increas .
ed aud increasing influence ” of the Radi-
be inquired into by the Senate, the com-
disregardiug principles to in- ! the 06th ; Speer,
I, was adopted in dulge in villification, and now, jn their i Welch, Dunning, Griffin”, of the 6U1;
ate on the 17th of hopeless despair, we fiud them endeavor- j OrifHn, of the 2lsl ; Jordan 25. ; ents.
Nays—Nunnally* Smith, of the 7lb, Mr. Price voted yes. He advocated
Burns. (nrofestU the Amendment a yea ago. , .
Candler, Fain, Holcombe,! Mr. Tomlin voted no, because the . tliat we 8ee >shnct y its en , we rea 7
Amendment met with the reprobation
a<*ree with Bo'sn Butler, that the admis-
understanding. >**J be . m j;tee in their report mark very distinct- | .
it political condition, and ; j y difference between a State wliich : determination of Congress and the Prcsi
he several acts of ^ ou ~! has uninterruptedly maintained its proper that the machinations of defeated
/Vein time to time beau j reIa{ions to t | ie Union and one like ours, 1 rebe,s 8hou,d ru,t P revail by civil proceed-
irpose of securing the as- i j Q wh j c]l a government is being organized 1 in S s after tb e ir arme<1 opposition had been
governments, reptib- | un d«» r und by virtue of tfie authority o{! 80 Rl S na "y nefe^etl.
Resolution assenting to relief.
j of the people he represented It was
sion of Virginia, fettered as ice say she in,
and other of the late
niportnnt t" review these
,-hat haa
diatincf- following day. tbns displaying tlie united ! feet it. , 0 — , ... . . , .
While we congratulate the State and | Yeas—Bowers, Bradley, Brock. ' ‘be last crowning net of radicalism and ! by ignominious bonds and shackels,—un
the country, even upon this outward evi-1 Brutor., Catnpell, Coleman, CorhilL, j treason. . mistakahly foreshadows its hopeless down
denco that wisdom is returning to our mis ! Dicky, Griffin, of the 6th ; Griffin, of | Mr. Walthall voted no as he behev- f a n.
guided brethren, the party door is wide j t h e 21st, Harris, Higbee, Hungerford, | this to be the last breathing oi
and open for any and all who desire to «n- j j oue8f j or( j an , McArthur, McWhorter, | State fSovereignify.
compli*
istence of any
act as such
lily consider
ifclves towards
ovisions.
will establish the fact
legislative organization
tified by Congress, is the | eomm j tleB
al organization < c jute | ved fa this case is not ■
Jjegislatuie authorized to
not involved, cannot be in
and of the State gor
ed by t tic votes of the
e Reconstiaction Acts;
nir.ation is based exchi-
lection held under the
iiet commander on the
the United States. The committee sa'y : | ln a «” r ^nce with the letter and the ter and support the great principles of e- I Richartlson Sherman Smith, of the l Mr. Tweedy moved that the Sen-
The election and qualification of j •P ,nt f | e «t L o ngr eM . the Pres.- qnal rights and republican liberty, which ^ , String Wallace,Welch ate be informed of the action of the
, members of the Legislature, where the ex- d . el,, \ on tbe “. 4,h of December. 1SG9, as- . l, av e triumphed over secession and rebel- ^ bin ». olr,n 8 e *’ a .“» ce « eic “’ T t . ....... , __j .....
signed “an officer of (he army, not below i jj on# Dunning, \' OOlcn, Trawick and Inc
the rank of Brigadier General ’—Brevet j W r ede*irethegoodofthewholepeople;!^ >resi ^ cnt -
—to the , that the rights of the poor laboring men; Nays—Burns, Candler, Fain, Hicks,
Din- shall be equally protected with those of j Holcombe, Nunnally. Smith, of the
question invol- i the lich ; that the avouuea of intelligence j 7th ; Welborn.
hetlier persons! _. " ave recapituiRied^tbe facts cov- shall be open for all, and that a citizen’s; A message was received from the j
E j quired into hv the Senate in detrmiuing j ^ a J or General Alfred A. lerry t
• the right of 'a Senator to his seat, >our j command of Georgia as a Military
..... in the Legislature ' ® riu S ou ^ P oli ‘ ieal history from the time
that body *nd°al!owed ■ tbe a “option ot the act of March 2d,
..f 1 18G7—which declares “that until the noe-
the President voting
al counties.
it
*, which became
provided :
vs civil gorerntneut in
tes and erects military
ein ; our readers are ta-
,visions, aud tlie text ia
—Eds. j
supplemental acts, an
had a-; tlon requesting the Governor to order
...... . ........r,. jail election tilling the vacancies now
hie birth, his color, hia religion or his poli
tics. Upon this platform all can unite.—
The industrious, the intelligent, and those \ y eas n:, y s > 9
who love peace rather than strife, will ; y^a*
soon abandon the lead of disappointed i Mr. Harrison moved to concur in
politicians, and aid in sustaining the gov- the message from the House,
eminent The veas and nays were called on
The wrongs which have been done, the J the motion, and stood : yeas 24, nays
not iutitled to seats
were received in
to vote upon the election of Senator, but ] 100/ wnicn declares "mat until ttie poo
whether the body assuming to be tiie Leg- ^ sa '^ rebe l States, shall ^by law be
islature violated the conditions upon 1 a « milted t0 representation in the Congress
which it was allowed to organize, by per-! of the United States, tbe «ivil governments
i days of April, j mit|5ng dis i oyjl j pergous participate ! lbat . n ! a y exl8t tberein ’ sba11 be '‘ee^ed
j J,, it s proceedings.” r j provisional only, aud shall be in all ve
in repelling the proposition that the ac I H P eets Sl,b j ect ,0 tbe paramount authority
!«'«» ot ' ,be I-esislnture touching the eligi- j ^ tb « L '" Ued li " le aboliab ; wr „„ gs WI1IBU UHVe u W „
ibility of its members under the )nw and | ' cout “‘ I aad K ‘ . d ® ‘l'® "f “f-’,, lawless outrages which have been eom-1 10.
j the fourteenth Amendment, together with j ' ] P k 1)e s erioils ]y°wVeued ’tbat'tho mittP ' d in man y P arts of tbe StRte ' * r " tbe 1 Mr. Burns asked if reconsideration
j •* T H, fi »;: e T eS ’ ^ i right reserved by Sm*^ in that act has acta of a ^responsible persons. When ; was j n on | er , stating that be desired to
. 1116 district commandei, fiuAnl<y disposed i ® n . , ^]j rrood pitwAni PTert tlipir infldcnco in i • t .• • »
of Ibe whole question. « U d deb/ir^ Con-! ® ver bce " h •"«<"> ,»•! wil" I ^ a reco " slllerallon 10 lhe V eitr
i OO-I on,,. . j gress from taking any action—Ilio coln . i Congress or expired by reason nt any le- Let ns^ therefore nnite in « complete I " )0U -
mi the ^O.h. noth j mittee say : ; gal act of our own men. ' .J e 1 , u re ’._ Ll , : j A motion to concur was transmitted
“ Whereupon the two Houses went j But , lb f.
de ega cs o n j through the form of investigation. But | 10 , b,s I j v admit that under
, form a constitntion.— from t | )e eT Jd ence before yo|ir committee i clu8 ‘ Te - that 1 re P ea ‘ bure - 1 from ‘ - v
n elected assemblad In ; the | n vestisrttion does not' appear to have 1 Ma J or General Terry’s report, dated ‘‘At-
anta on tho 9th day of teen C()llf ] llf . ffi H nr »;.i, „„„ I Ga., August 14th, 1SG9
House in adopting the 14lli and loth
Amendments. Carried.
Mr. Bryant, declined to vote, as he
considered ihe House illegally organ
ized.
Mr. Scott, of Floyd, offered a resolu
worth shall be determined by his own j £[ ouse staling that ihe House
character, neither advanced Or retarded by j j op ^ ed bolh amendments. .
j On adoption of the 15th Amendment, | existing in the representation ol
Another good sign is seen in a petition
originated in Massachusetts, and signed by
a number of her people, asking Congress
to re-spoke, re-felloe and tire anew, the
“ wheel of creation in other words, to-
reconstruct sovereign soi-disant Massachu
setts, for divers disloyal acts and treason
able attempts, against the old Constitu.
tional Union, and the true Republican ad
ministration of the U. States ! The peti
tion will be formally aud solemnly laid
•before CoDgress by one of the Representa
tives from New York ; and, of course, will
The Speaker ruled it out of order >, . , , , . nn
I mitt • i i oe viewed and scorned with ineffable cou-
until the House was recognized as a
lawful body.
^ v - - .1 • » . g A IliUUUtl IG CU11CU
i argument made by General i reoognition of the rights of men, irrespec- j
• _ A / y „ ! tivo of birth color or condition, ana frank- in “
ns report is so cogent and con- , , By Mr. Harris—
ind before the law, : By
all men are equal—that all are responsi- | five from the Senate and seven from
ble—and Ree to it, that by future legisla- | the House be appointed lo inquire into
raining a constitution . LVeuSon^hhw 'oSdin^ffie^factsl'orYf ! '"iVV'e^mitTlTeTepoVt which recommends \ tion ’ tbe requiremenfsof oik constitution | the charges against Bullock, with pow-
^.lourn- | excludin
1 A com
houg8
Lin ordinances,
March, 1868.
tho ratification of the j
ined, for members of a !
rnor, A;c., was held on
1 and 23d days of April,
1 in tbe ratification ot
; a large majority of the
•ho election of members
, Governor, !cc.
is election was proclaim-
dor of the district, in
9U, dated June 25, 18GS.
* with the following act
North Carolina. South
-un, Georgia, Alabama
iirsentation in (’'ongresi
the Fourteenth Amend-
ling persons known to be disqualified | * resumption ot military control over
mmittee was appointed in each j Georgia,—Ed J
. In the Senate the majority of the! I hat the foregoing presents tbe correct
] committee found all its niembera qualified, I le 6 al view °[ tbe Cfl8e > an<J tbat Congress • a . .
! hut there was a minoiity report, which ! an< ^ lbe administration have so decided,is I °P ,n,(,ns
are recognised—tbat free schools are es-j er to send for persons and papers.-—
tablised and maintained, and that protec- j ^Jonted, and motion transmitted to
tion is secured for person and property, j | jj
A message from the Governor was
announced.
The Message contained an order
from Gen. Terry, revoking so much of
General Order No. 9, as refeired to A.
T. Bennett; and declaring the eligi
bility of Mr. Wilcher, of Taylor conn*
ty- * ’ ^
Mr. Caldwell, of Troup, offered a
A resolution that-resolulion requesting Congress lo re
lieve the citizens of Georgia of their
disabilities nnder the laws of the Uni
ted Slates.
A mol ion
tempt by Senators Wilson and Sumner,
Butler & Co. The idea, notwithstanding,
has point and force, although the rightful
conclusion is of the “foregone” sort.—
Who kuows, however? Petitions to Con*
gress for the abolition of slavery ill tho
Southern States, came first from Massa
chusetts; and, absurd as this petitiou may
appear to be now, it nevertheless is enti
tled to reception by those who were fore
most in warming a viper iuto life, only to
repay with venom its misguided benefac
tors! And still another and cheering
and for the freo expression of political
„ . .... abstract of tbe evidence and [ n Hy established by the fact that Cougress j Let party lines be extended so as to
j found four Senators disqualified. The ev
idenee consisted of tbe admissions of lbe ; (* u “ l 1 u * L lut! ( resident lias appr
j Senators themselves which, it true, they ' I e g* s l a ‘> on ' a nd has assigned a coalman-
... t 1 X 1 - . - * 1 ditr ti. till.* r L . al S VI • X
’ j w; i»v loot UHU vvjugiooa — r J '
s assumed to legislate upon the subject, ! welcome and include all who are in favor
d tbat tbe President lias approved such °f impartial suffrage and universal amnes-
•hould have been excluded. Yet the Sen
, ate passed a resolution, under the opera
tion of the previous question, admitting
: them all.” r ’
* . • * * * .
“ For the
purposes of tbit report, how
ever, your committee did not deem it nec
der to this district, by the following order
[We omit the order.—En.|
1 hat it is a political question upon
which Congress is the sole and final juil<*e.
will not be denied.
It. therefore follows that, having perfect
ed an organization as required by law
ty. Under onr State constitntion no man
is disfranchised, and under the Constitu
tion of the United States, no man will be
disqualified from holding office who is
ready to maintain and uphold the Govern
ment.
Mr. Wooten, as chairman on Com
mittee on Rules, handed in a report,
which was received and fifty copies or
dered printed.
Mr. Higbee—A resolution that five
hundred copies ot the Governor’s Mes
sage be printed for the use of the Sen
ate. Adopted.
[ Mr. Speer—A resolution that the
! General Assembly take a recess till the
14th inst., 10 o’clock, A. M.
was made to suspend the ‘omen is chronicled in one of our exchanges
rules and lake up the resolution. Yeas,,—that the city of Philadelphia had at
61 ; Nays, 50. ■ last roused herself, aud not only brought
“Cullud getnman” accused Mr. j to trial, but convicted and sentenced to
Turnlin of voting, when he had paired ! fi ne and imprisonment, a Docter Landis,
off*.
The Speaker denied it, and Mr.
Tumlin said that he would have the
gentleman from Penn, to know that he
was a gentleman.
Mr. Bethune offered a resolution.
that a joint Committee be appointed to ! redly create a higher,standard of self rb-
sit during lhe recess, to investigate the ; spect, which is all that is wanting, in our
for publishing obscene books.
We should not despair when such to
kens as these are actually before us ; nor
ought we to doubt that a “ decent respect
for the opinions of mankind,” will assu-
I would respectfully recommend that the Four-| in 3 * 10 o’clock, M. charges by the Treasurer against the j opinion, to redeem our deluded country
- , Uons th re A anTred m h e v n the Act h of ° Si I Mr Ca.uHer offered’an Amendment! Governor. Not taken up. from the political thraldom that oppresses
essary to ascertain the number of diequal j y°u a, e prepared and required to pass up- . AmeSdmon^ he adopted at once. | till Wednesday, the 16th inst. j Mr. Madden offered a joint resolu- i it8 moral, political and religion vitr
ified persons admitted. But the fact that! \ e?eieral subject^ submitted for your , 3 nd that your honorable body then take a recess I Mr. Smith favored the Amendment.! ‘ion that the Legislature adjourn till I We have not forgotten thatyearsago.it
. 11 lie*
utioti
;isl
any were knowingly admitted was not I actlon b Y tbe ac,s of Congress, known as! until Monday the 14tli instant. i _ . - . , ,, , i t .,i * nc ,
oniy a violation of I he Fourteenth Amend- » tbe Reconstruction Acts, and to elect Sen j Should itbe deemed desirable by any member to } Mr. Speer desired that all members; 1
! ment, aud a failure to comply with the re- i ators - ti ” e ; <J bi ? j should meet in Atlanta on Sunday be- j Mr. W iHiams moved
people,—Ei)s_j ' quiremei.t* of Congress, but manifests a | Tl,e8e s « b ject8 are the ratification of the
lime ,.otn, 1-08, ttie ; ( ]i S pnsition to disobey and defy the an- I fourteenth Amendmeut, divine il. u oconnf 1 oral nf tlio TTnifpd SfrtfM in tlin caan nf Vir- tu6 16L0SS*
ature so eleeted were | tlmrity of the United States. If on
•1 ttie Governor elect j
ami no change made
iui:i on tbe Fourth day of!
date the Governor •
]’rovisional Governor
nf the District, under Gen*
In. 91, fluted June 88th.!
ild
be admitted, whv not all ?
. wiil it tie contended, tbat if tbe entire
; body had been composed of men who had i j[ ,at we bave “beady acted upon the
‘* c ‘ [usurped the functions of the Legislature t r 1 onrteenth Amendment, etc., it is a snffi
b - T j •gainat the express provisions of the Re- ; C!ent a,,8Wer to quote the action of Con-
eonatruefion Acts, they could have coin ; R r e«s. wherein they hold that no legal
plied with the provisions «f those acts no or g*ft'nation of a Legislature has hereto-
[ *o create any obligation onthe part 0 ( j‘°re beeu perfected. And should it be
'ingress authorizing the at-j Congress to rer-ive tbeit Senators aud ! ,bat Georgia was countod ns lmv-
Legislature, il will be ,ib- j Representatives ?*' I ’"S ratified the Fourteenth Amendment it
; Imt "no person prohibited j The action of Congress in thin matter ia ! is *» sw ered by tbe following joint resoiii-
ce under the United States]folly quoted because of its importance, aa , ,ion of Gongress, adopted before Georgia
Mr. Speer made a motion to take a j June, 186-5, until the Legislature
.•ess till 4 o’clock this evening. A- ‘other vise direct.
HOUSE.
to, by section three of tbe j the'foundation upon which subsequentae- ! ac,<Ml aui} il ‘ wbicb Georgia is not namfd.
lent to the Constitution | tion rests. ! Concurrent Resolution* of Congress res
tates, know,, *8 Article If our legislative organization had been I peeling the ratification of the F<
oe deemed eligible to any j perfected as required by the laws, there tne, i‘ b Amendment to the C
liev- ; would have hern no power resting in Con- , 21, 1868
n said | gress to interfere which would not apply Whereas. The Legislature of th
; equally to the adhering States—New j of Connecticut, Tennessee, New Jersey"
laving j i ork or Massachusetts—but when it was' Oregon. Vermont, West Virginia, Kansas
. ... ° . . *® i afi c«rtaiml that we had not complied with Missouri. Iudiaua, Ohio, Illinois, Minim-
: "■« l.«.. •".! not orgnuted ,l„ INew York, Wi-coosin. Peo!,,,l„ "i°,
by excluding nieu who were disquali- i R h ode Island, Michigan Nevada, N«
r»\r fliM la* 4 ^ ^ i i • 1 . 1 if . • ti •
tirovi
ded
e i.»ur*
onstitution,
States
ire thus convened
under the orders
without
lity of its members as re
act of Congress, his atteu-
1 to the fact tliat persons dis*
at act, were then sitting and
iieis; whereupon the com-
• ial directed the. body to ex-
'■ subject of the eligibility
mlification of its members*
•solution being adopted in
at all lbe then sitting ment-
ible and qualified, the corn-
era! authorized the body to
tbe legislative action requir-
•veral laws of Congress to
ce lias been made.
j ture
j find by the law, Cou gre ss could in no’ wise I Ham pshire, Massachusetts, Nebraska,
j be bound by the action of such a body, I Maine, Iowa, Arkansas, Florida, North
j and the right, we may say the duty, of; Carolina, Alabama, South Carolina aud
tongress to adopt such measures as seem- | Louisiana, being three fortbs and more of
eil to them proper to enforce their own the several States of the Union, have rat-
laws, was not only indisputable, b llt f r . e |y I ified the Fourteenth
Anointed. As will be subsequently shown i ment lo tho
Congress And the President concur i n re
before the admission of States to represen»ation
in Congress. I am of opinion, therefore, that it
may come together, organise and Act upon that
Amendine- t, bnt that until Congress shall have
approved the Constitution, and the action under it
and shall have restored the State to its proper
place in the Union, bv recognizing its form of j recess
government as Republican, and admitting it .| nn « p ,)
representation, the Legislature is not entitled, J uo I ne(l ’
and could not without violation of law, be allow- j
ed to transact anybnsiness, pass anyactor re-
solve, or undertake to assume anv other functiou !
of a Legislature, if the test oath has not been re- Al 12 o’clock M., the
quired of its members.”
In a subsequent oninion me num.mme «.««- ; .. , - •« c • ,
nev General decided that the election of Senators * rayer t>y ttev. Mr. ofTlltn.
at tlie proper time, was apart of tho work of re- j The calling of the Roll was omitted.
construction. ... ! ’Flip Tnurtml of tlip Uouee was read
Your organization having been recognized from i
to-day, the time, fixed by the United States for ! by the Clerk.
the ejection of Senators will occur on Tuesday. 1 " Mr. Brvaflt made 11 correction,
the 15th instant, and as it. is unwise to attempt ; .. J , tj • • i
any general legislation while the government is j A Message from tlie UrovltlOlial
provisional, and pending our recognition by ; Governor Was announced.
Congress, the recess recommended seems deaira- ! Bryant a - ke( , jf lhere was any
unfinished business before the House.
resolution re-
Comrnander to
ng Sheriffs and
on Mr. Harris’ resolution in relation to 1 other officers trom levying and selling,
Gov. Bullock, consisted of Messr s i or from doing any act in the enforce-
Dunning, Fain. Nnnnally and Brock.; ment of old debts contracted prior to
shall
was charged upon the Hon. Wm. H.
Crawford, that he favored intermarriages
between Iudians and whites, as a means
of fraternizing the feelings, habits and pur
suits of the former with those of the latter;
and that whether true or false, (we believe
the latter,) it was scouted as scandalous
and derogatory to the refinements of civ
ilization—but why or wherefore, we pro
fess ourselves unable to see—for certainly.
b|p.
! as a rule, the Indian tanks far in advance
] Mr. Harper desired to discuss the j of thatcla8S of being8 whose miscegenation
; resolution. It ought not to be taken ! with tbe Caucasian , radica i is m has now
| U P* A 1 hG re!,e l ,aW I'Tt « f-tened in some one manner or another,
House was ! A message from the Senate was re- nearl a whole cout ineut! Nor
. „ ,. Att j called to order by Speaker McWhorter.; ^ ive ? concurring 1 . I f ! have we forgotten the " ebony and topaz’
the Honorable Atter- j „ x,J xT. ■ Hous^.n ratifying the I4th and 15th , ^ and ^ tbe Hon John q uincy
The committee appointed to secure A(la “9 '■ I«* tboB e da Y s virtue and the de-
a Chaplain, reported *hat they had se- ; cencies of social life with all its propne-.
cured the services of Rev. Drs. Harri- j ties, were respected ; and party aspirants
son and Fuller. ! not unfrequently achieved their triumphs
Mr. Lane, of the committee appoint- ion the issue of the opposite delinquencies
ed to draft rules for the House, report- Such were as good as trumps in any ones
ed in favor of the rules used in the j | ian H ; and now and then they were un-
session of 1868. The report w *s | scrU p U l 0U8 ly used in the way of dark in-
adopted. % j sinuations or surmise, that produced more
A message from the Senate an* or i e88 e ff ec t, unti! met an stangled by tbe
1 ilial! deem it a personal and official favor if
your honorable body will anthoriz- a joint com- ! J_£ e believed that llis protest Was Still
nuttee to sit during the recess, and investigate | , .. , rT 1
the direct charges made by the Treasurer through
the pob’.ic prints against the Executive, as well
, as any and all charges he may now have to pve-
I would respectfully recommend that the
Article of Amend- committee beauthorired to send for persons and j Mr. Scott of Floyd, asked if the pro* i liotl providing for the appointment j iave changed aud such barriers as truth
Gonstitution of the Uuited PHper. and to administer oaths; and lam confi tegtwag recorde j OQl | ie j ourca l. | of a joint committee of seven from the , J and others, are
State*, duly proposed by two thirds of ^ such vahdity will he givenJ^the ac.ta | Hptta „ f mnvm ,i ,b 0 , n „|p r e,l House and five from lhe Senate, lo in- and “ onest Y'
before the House.
Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes,
contrary view.
look the
nounced the passage the joint resolu-
or
power
of innoeence
and truth. Times
quiringus to commence again the work of j each House of the Thirty-Ninth Congress 1 of ‘h« ^mittee. by the commander oftk. district j Mr, Bryant moved that it be ordered 11 '* tte I nearly demolished or neglected, and left
reconstruction at the precise point where a i therefore. as n " J bc RoroTiS! biTli^OCK. 1 Up °, n lhe J . oun,a1 -. J r . oUon carried. j “J 1 ” “ to the mercy of a faster and less worthy
failure in the execution of those laws be-j Resolved. By the Senate [the House of
come appaient, viz; tlie fourth day ofi Representatives concurring] that said
fourteenth Article is hereby declared to
Provisional Governor
Atlanta. Wednesday, February 2, 1H70.
the Inst session j ocn»i«r; : ,; on v „, • ,
il Congress upon presentation j Whereas, It is reported that the Legis- : yeas 227, aavs 36.” " pre * ma 6
- r Mn the District Command- ] lature of Georgia has expelled the colored '
which seemed like a Jewish sect. A con-
. - verted rabbi, named Garland, In Kischen
buch action l.aviug been accepted aud i in, tbe principal town in Bessarabia, says
. .resuertTv b'a' MU0, i 1*1«t t * ler<50 ^’ a H m itted to their j approved by Congress by the admission of that Israelites are coming for instruction j b ^V WaA l e gally ©rganized.
p Cue districts,— I white men who recicved minorities I Senators and Representatives we will, af from Wilny, Odessa^ and other places. I The message reviewed rccoiistruc
Fitzpatrick denied it
The Speaker decided that no motion j Message
was in order until the message had j 72 ; Nays,
been read. j Mr. Watkins said be would vote yes,
The Message opened with the eof- ! though he was a Republican,
of! responuenee between the Governorand , A message from the Senate announc-
General Terry, subsequent to the or- ! etl that they had resolved to adjourn
ganization of the Legislature. The till 14th inst., with the concurrence of
Governor announced the organization j the House.
to Gen. Terry, and the General replied j On motion the House concurred
that in his opinion, the General Assent-; with the Senate resolution and adjourn-
‘ ‘ jed until Monday * *‘ L — “* 1
i o’clock, M-
Treasurer against the Governor. I to tbe mercy
Message was not taken up. Yeas, ; generation. We hope, owever, a
44.
Hlh inst
signs that we have alluded to, are the
precursers of better days, soon to be con
fidently seen and enjoyed. The night is
long and dark, but let us hope the coming
morrow will be no shorter. Especially
do we exhort the Philadelphiaus, of Penn
sylvania, to strike home and strike stron
ger ; until at least
the profanation
morality will alike fear the indignation of