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THE DAILY SUN. Wkdjomdai Momenta August 2. IqT Office in the Sun Building, Wes/ tide qf Broad Urmi, Second JLhor South </ Alabama. t&- New AdcvrlitcmenU aliniyi /omul on First Page ; Local and Uusinets N dices on Fourth Page. Politic* in West Virtinia. The following is ail address to tlic voters of this Stale, in the jx-ndiiitf oauvasB, to strike the word “white out of their Constitution niton the matter of suffrage. It clearly indi cates w hat arc constituting “living is sues” there: You are soon to Ite called to the polls, to decide a question far more important than the election of uny ollieer, whoso tenure is hut for a few years, and whose acts, however repre hensible they may lte, you have al ways hitherto had it in your power to revoke. The question at issue, Htrqqied of all disguises, is, whether or not yon will keep this power in your own hands. W ill you submit to any tampering with tho right of suffrage on the part of your public servants, or will you decide how it shall be exercised and by whom ? And if you determine to retain this liower, will you share it with the negro? I'ut the question in this way, and your answer is not uncer tain—from i>cuk to peak your native hills would echo und re-echo the thunder of your No 1 Hut the ene mies of our race and country dare not put in so plainly. They tell you that the word “white” which you are asked to strike out of your Constitu tion is already a nullity—a meaning less blot, on its pages. They toll you that the “issue is dead,” that ne gro suffrage is “a fixed fact,” hoping to conceal from you the great import ance of your action in the matter, und and to persuade you that it is a mere formality, while tho truth is, that by votiug for this measure, you assume the whole responsibility of negro suffrage, and do actually “fir" the “J'ucF forever within your State, irrespective of all past legislation, State or Federal, No wrong is a “fixed fact” so long as a free people determine to remain freo. IIiul your ancestors, who achieved for you the priceless heritage of free government, reasoned as do the advocates of this amendment, you would still bo the oppressed subjects of kingly power. l)o you lovo liberty less than they ? Are yon prepared to surrender this d'arly bought right of self-govern ment at the first assault of its ene mies ? Will you let them lend you, blindfold and submissive, to your own and your country’s rain ? Ujien your eyes, wo beseech you, before it be too late! If the spirit of your fathers still survives, if the pride of nice be not dead, we implore yon to pause nnd reflect, before you take the ratal step! Y’ou are now asked to endorse the “Flick Amendment,” which is the immediate offspring of that most daring and shamless violation of the F«lerul Constitution, the Bo-called “Fifteenth Amendment.” Tho Con gress which proposed, and the legis lature which presumed to ratify this measure, are guilty of tho most fla grant usurpation, and the people who will tamely submit to it, must al ready be ripe for slavery. . A written constitution constitutes the principal difference between u free and a despotic government. It is the supremo law of the lund, binding upou people and legislators alike. Knartiiieiits not made in conformity to it are not laws. If tho people in fringe this fundamental law, they oi>eii the gates to anarchy; if they permit their legislators to infringe it, they invite and welcome tyranny. It is the wall of defense against the sel fish ambition of the few, on tho one hand, uud the unbridled pussions of tho multitude and (ho hour on the other. The importance then, of most jealously guarding against every branch of it cannot bo - exaggerated. Hy the Federal Constitution, the people of the several States delegated part of their inherent and sovereign rights to a government which they thereby instituted, expressively re serving to themselves, in the follow ing carefully chosen words, ALL POWERS NOT SO IlKTEOATKU: “All powers not delegated to the United btates by the Constitution, nor pro hibited by it to the States, are re served to THE STATES RESPECTIVELY or to the people.” Tlie highest of all rights to u free people is that of suffrage, w ith all that pertains to it. It lies at the foundation of all. lie- sign it, or allow any violation of it, aud the Uupublio falls at oucc. From beginning to ond the Federal Consti- st ii lion contains no word allowing Congress any power whatever to reg ulate or control the right of suffrage in the Status. It is not only one, but. the first and grertest of those rights, which, never having beeu part ed with, still remains exclusively with the people of the States. It is true the Constitution provides Unit amendments may be luado to it, and prescribes the manner in wiiioli Congress may propose aud the States Entity them. * But by such unicnd- meui as may become port of the Con stitution upon their ratification by three-fourths of the States, are not meant such radical changes in the form of government us would take re served rights from the people of the States. The powers delegated are uot grants from the Federal Government to the people, lint from the peo£ ol the several States to the Government; consequently all further assumption of power hy the Government, in any way, is a usurpation to which the peo ple must never submit, and by which they con never be bound, except by their own content. All powers not delegated to the Federal Government " “r prohibited to the States or the -w*i»ple thereof; remain with the peo- P‘ e ,°f the several States, nnd are in- otolable. Each State remains ubso- mte master of all it# reserved powers. The right of deciding who shall and who shall not vote is one which no Congress, however jierfoctly organ ized—however complete, can claim, unless the jieople of each State, either directly at the polls or hy a conven tion invested with power to declare their will, expressly delegate such new jiower. Let them give even a tacit consent to so bold and unwar ranted an assumption of authority as this so-called Fifteenth Amendment, and where will you place the limit to the encroachments of the central gov ernment? The power that gives can take away. If the Federal Govern ment has a right to interfere at all in this ninlter—if it cun say who shall vote—it enn ulso say who shall not.— There needs but another stop to change our institutions and give us a king. The article which provides for amendments closes with these words: “Provided, that no State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.” How then could tliis power of proposing amend ments lie claimed by that miserable fragment of a Congress which ex cluded the representatives of ten sovereign States, and presumed to 'govern them while denying them u voice in the National legislature?— tho very grievance which, mure tliunall others, was the cause of that revolution to which wo owe our na tional existence. All that has been said of the fraud ulent and unconstitutional character of the “ 10th Amendment” in its passage by Congress is equally true of its pretended ratification by the States. You, the people of West Vir ginia, have never given your assent to that act of revolution. YourLcgislq- ture was not authorized by you to do so. Y’ou alone have the right to say who shall vote within your State. If .you should declare, as you now do in your Constitution, that none but white male citizens shall vote within your borders, no power on earth lias tho constitutional right to gainsay it. Your Legislature can do nothing of the kind. Its so called ratification of tho “15th Amendment” is unconsti tutional aud void. It and not the word “ white” is a nullity. If every State Legislature but one, should as sume to ratify such a measure, all to gether could not control the one State refusing to ratify. Sucli action strips the dissenting State of one of its reserved rights and establishes a precedent by which u minority of the States is entirely at the mercy of three-fourths, should the majority desire a complete change in the form of government It also nullities that clause in the Constitution which de clares that all powers not delegated are reserved, and opens wide the door to misconstruction audltlic most dan gerous abuse of power by the Federal Government. But for what purpose has all this outrage been jicrpetratcd upon the States ? What is the excuse for trampling the Constitution and the rights of the States in the dust ? Was it to procure some extraordinary benefit which could be obtained only at such an immense sacrifice ? Or was it to relieve us from some great, and imminent danger? No, it was to bind the white race uud loose the negro, to place an ignorant and half- civilized jieople in the jiosition of co rulers with you. Can you submit quietly to such an insult? Will yon by voting for the Flick amendment, seal with your own lmuds your own dishonor? If by endorsing at the polls the Flick amendment you strike out tho word “white,” you uro fully committed by your own voluntary ac tion to negro suffrage and revolution in its worst forms, and your mutila ted Constitution stands a monument of your lolly and degradation, no matter wlmt may be done hereafter hy either Congress or Legislature, to retrace their steps. Your action iu this matter is no mere form. Those who urge upon you the adoption of tliis measure ask yon to repudiate the principles “emblazoned on the planner ujion which our common splendid victory has been won.” Teach such men by your votes that “that banner has lost nothing in the affections of true Democrats, when it is now seen flouting triumphant in victory, least tattered where it was Lome Boldest and hold highest in the confliot,”— Tell them that “victory is tho signal not for retreat, but for renewed on sets, each more vigorous that the last, until the forces of usurpation shall be driven from their lost refuge. Un der the inspiration of success true men become as bold as they are true.” But a Dcmocralic (?) Legislature has become wet-nnrso to this Radical bastard! A few sell-styled leaders of Democracy have betrayed tho men whose votes raised them to power by surrendering in the very hour of vic tory tho principles iu defense of which the battle was fought. No sooner was our triumphant flag intrusted to their hands than they trailed it in the dust. What these men mean by cal ling themselves Democrats would nuzzle them or any one else to say. If their idea of Democracy lie consis tent with negro equality and Federal usurpation, they had much better go over openly and at once to the enemy's camp, for there iuid there alone, are these things to he found. The hau lier of Democracy is still unstained by them. It stilt bears upon its folds the glorious mottoes of free govern ment, of white government, of the rights of the people of the Stutes, and of resistance to tyrants and usur ers. “Kmhluzoned with such prin ciples the true men of the State and of the land will hear it again and again to the rescue of the nation from the hands of its internal foes.” Show these men that such treason us theirs shall not go unpunished. Repudi ate their leaucrship, Let them see that your principles are not to bo sold and that our late victory meant free dom over wrong and oppression, and not their elevation to office. If there be a Republican who cares nothing for the Republic, let him vote for the Flick amendment. If there bo a Democrat « ho is tired of self-government and longs for iui ebony master, let him vote to strike out the word white. If there be a disfranchised citizen meon enough to covet jiower at the expense of his country’s freedom and anxious to crawl to the polls in the protecting shadow of the negro, let him lend his influence to the sup)>ort of this iufu- ltut It motis measure. Hut let true men everywhere vote it down. Popular Tamilp Grilling fUncl)ince ,► I H V ► 4 H <■ p £ " a sr * B St p- tr* *4 se B 8 K SnDanunl).Gripping £ints. Xttt Uribe # ®o. to the Rnlilit. MVRRAY’S LIN HI—NEW i IRK Or SAVANNAH. EVERY TUESDAY from each toot. INSURANCE11Y STEAMERS OE TfilSLINE. OS* HALE I'EH CENT. CABIN PASSAGE DECK, with subsistence 3 ; « 8 If 3 o > SO .Tho first elans steamships} LKt*. DEARBORN, t’-oiuiiw»nkr YIULO HULK LEY, Commander. Cuinpo.'-.tf this lino, and one of three steam* hl|** leavrs each I«'i* EVERY TV Half AY. Through bills of lading (riven by these rittuuftliiui .y till railroad connections, uud also through bill* lading given lit Savannah on Cotton destined lor Liverpool an«l Hamburg by find rlatts^Htcainshlps.- PHILADELPHIA AND SAVANNAH MAIL HTEAM S1III* COMPANY. vuti.anr.ttvma a.rn ai- §\i.ra\in. opt* H a J CM H E* EVERY SATURDAY ihoii each row. INSURANCE ON COTTON BV STEAMERS ONTHIS V. Pi s 1 r/Q v LINE ONE HALE MSB CENT. CABIN PASSAGE •g W B 2 so r.t P* SATURDAY. Through bllln lAdlug furnlihed by these steamships by all railroad connections. For freight or passage, apply * K | 51 o§ AMERICAN STANDARD SCHOOL SERIES. SCHOOL BOOHS John P. Morton & Co. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, Reading and Swelling: Hut ler's American SpellingHook Haller's 1st Hook in Spelling and Heading. Hnllrr's .re, D Header. Haller's .Veiv Header. Hnller's -Yew Header. First School Second School Third School llutlvv** aooclrtoli Itondori A'etc First Header. fete Second Reader, -Vein Third Reader. JTew Fourth Reatlcr. .f'cw Fifth Reader. . Yew Sixth R e a dc r. (Iramiuuvilntl Atliotorlo: Haller's Introductory Ora U|. mar. Haller's Practical Grammar, llonncll's First Lessons in Com position. UonnelPs Manual ol Vomposi. lion. ArllUmulluH and Algebra i lownc's Primary Arithmetic. Towne's Mntrrmetliale Arilh- metic. Toicne's Mental Arithmetic. Toivnc's Practical Arithmetic. Hey lo Same. Toicne's .Ilgebra. Key lo Same. Miscellaneous : WKDHTER’fl RPBLLER AND DEFINEU. NELHON H BOOK-KEEPING. KAVANAUGH’H OlllOlNALD1UMA8,DIALOGUES, TABLEAUX-VIVANTH, AO. liltONSON’S ELOCUTION. BABBLE'S GEOLOGY. 11A 1 r. 1. 1 n 1.1 Hi II , WHATELY'8 UHJfiTOUIO. achooLbooka aro Ufctrotjfpetl.bound and printfil itvilU. They aro tho work of Southern «m- Ours is the ONLY Publishing Houko South Ohio ougagod in the publication of scliool- Tbese facts should incline teachers of the and West to examine our books before coming inclusion. Wo Invite a careful comparison ithers, feeling satisAcd that our publications fully meet the wants of our people thau tho inoat important schin r iU *,* /Yincipa/s of Sc'. hert iff Board* of Jiduct M ther catalogues \in>l School Reports. Correspondence inriilod. \ JOHN T. MORTON & CO., Publishers, 130 and 138 .Wti/ii sh eet, Louisville, My, Sold by all booksellers. lleprotcutcd in Georgia, Alabama ami Mississippi by *' *" Jy<*lm I Bay struct. ’ _ r r ;f j e J of the llrnt class steamships TEAL, Commander. llABUETT, Commander H. ^inhlan’o Gone Jton Ulovko. ‘ '‘aeon Gomcrj to Atlanta Again ! ” FINDLAY’S IKON WORKS, IN THE CITY! P’or BonI oii. .4 Tfl&iU THE B08TC N AND SAVANNAH STEAMHHU' LINE The steamships Oriental, Capt. F. M. Swan. Through bills of lading given by railroad agents to Bobtou, and iu Boston by Steamship agents to prin cipal points iu QeorgiM, Alaama aud Fiorl>' ttu. Through bills of lading given to Providence, Fall River, Portland, Lowell, Lawronto, &c. Passage tickets sold at railroad depot, and state rooms secured In advance by writing agenta in Sa vannah. RICHARDSON ii BARNARD, Agents, Savannah. For New Yorlc. THE GREAT SOUTHERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. KVKRY THURSDAY. Insurance by this Line can bo effected undor cur op<>n policy at ouc-half per cent, CABIN PASSAGE $20 00 Tho first class steamers Ilrrmnn Livingstone, Cheesoman, Com. Gen. It urn to, t\ O. Mallory, Com. Will sail as follows: . LIVINGSTON June 1st, at S, r. M. 4:30, r. M, GEN. KARNES.. 29 Juno 8th, at '• Bills of lading given hereon cotton and wheat thro, to Liverpool aud Hamburg via New York by first class steamers. For parage or freight, apply to For Bniltiinore. CABIN PASSAGE $3. 9th America Thursday, Saragossa Thursday, •• IGth America, Thursday, Saragoswa Thursday, March 2nd JAH. H. WEST A CO., uuvt-tf Hay stroot, foot of Whitaker. TURNIP SEEDS. house, ou Broad street. I my Agricultural Wa Mark W. Johnson. JyJ2-2t SAVE YOUR FRUIT! SAFEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST FRUIT JARS In tho market. McBHIDE cfcCO., The Palace Dollar Store To Parties Desiring to Build *.,p*, i„tcnd the Hutldiuac Finishing, or the Finishing; U, partmeni onlfy, of ouj/ First Clots House they mop with to BgT REFERENCE—Ool. John L. Grant, Longley A Robinson, and Fay h Cori'ut. Architects. joii.r c. .rirhols, . ii.unoi., m. a. uluok,. r. .. ,u,oc* I,rake's I'rrrk Mills. F. A. HARBOUR CO., j^exixuz ix FLOUR, MEAL, k SHIP STUFF, rm.t.smxavrrrii'. aprlJ-dm 1?. R. MAHSI1ALL, Jli UKNTI8T, I Coaer Marietta and Peachtree Sts., ( Overrhlllipe * Crew’s Booki tore, Atluata. Georgia. H'M. M.ICHIK, Painter and Detonator, rFIOiamT.O. }**•*. WhltoluU .IroM. re- turns thanks to his old patrons for former favors, and hopes by attention to business to merit a • of the same. O r M>**U e. S, HOOKA, C ontractor fob brick and a*M Wort, of on cl,mm. FlMtacUf o*d Ononuhl work. gtoo. Cnttlhz, etc. antto.u*.. JUy u. 1K1L T e 10 i t * S A SO M o L. If. PIKE, m3-my4 jylO-lm R.\x I. ANUS BERG’S LUMBER YARD, OPPOSITE GEORGIA RAILROAD DKTOT. ATI.A NTA.C3 A, Sawoci Sliiuglca aud Xjatlis, Wlitto r*iuo Bnwli, Window, db mind. -Ill Kinds ol Pressed and Framing Lumber. fcbSl-lj X. LANDSUSRG a CO., Proprlalon, Buslnoas Mon 1 A. LI. persons doing buslm m iu the city of Atlauta, arc hereby notified to come at once to my < and renew their license, also make returns on quarterly sales for the quarter ending Juue 3 >, lhTl, aud pay thereon. All those failing to attend to the above by the 'Jftth instant. wiU be aUled on by the Marshal with oust of ft la added. 8. U. LOVE, Atlanta, July 8, 1871. Clerk of City* JylO-lm. ts. 500 Crates assort ed granite and C C "Ware for $80 per crate. Cheapest ev er offered in State Send for list of con tents. Star & Platefl fare' OF Cutlery, Tea Travs, S, U1- We offer the Cheapest and Best line oi House - Keep ers’ Goods in the City. Cut lery, Spoons, Forks,Knives Waiters, Cas tors, Vases Sc Toilet Sets. In fact, any thing needed in a well kept house. Call with the cash McBride & Go. Henry Bischoff & Co., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IX Klee, WIuom, Liquors, Sc. (jars, Tolmcco. Ac. N*. 197, East B»j Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Head of Third St., Sign of “The New Flag.” M|ACON, GEORGIA. THE LARGEST IN THE SOUTH! Skilled Labor and Modern Machinery. All W oris. Warranted. Northern Prices for Machinery Duplicated. STEAM EA'VIJTES OF .MT KLYD .l.ril SIXE. Findlay most Fronts, and Hrass of Every lleseriptfon'and Machlne- I Xk o hig «/» Mxgge if awrciLs iimi a/r ry of all kinds TO OltHEH. TV RAIL J A G , Of Elegant Designs, and at Prioeathat Defy Compotition. /nrNo Chargo for Now Patterns ia Famishing Outfit of Machinery for Saw or Merchant Mills, jiff REPAIRING IN ALL 'ITS BRANCHES ! Competent Workmen furnished upon application to overhaul Engines, Saw Mills, etc., iu any suclit the country. FINDLAY’S SAW - DUST GRATE BAR S1IOULD BE USED DY EVEItY S.lW-MItL PHOPItlETOB. Millstones, Belting, Circular Saws, Steam Fittings, Babbit Metal, etc., etc. FURNISHED TO ORDER. TERMS. CASH OR APPROVED PAPER. R- FINDLAY'S SONS, Macon, Gn. THE GBEAT ECLIPSE SCREW COTTON PRESS! Patented Feb’y 27, 1871, by Findlay A Craig. An ANTI-FRICTION SCREW—A MECHANICAL WONDER. This wonderful Mechanical achievement in point of RAPIDITY and LIGHTNKSH of DRAUGHT, STANDS WITHOUT A RIVAL, and is destined at an early day to superaodo ALL OTHER Cotton Screws, bo they fabricated of Wrought or Cant Iron. CoLAitaiiouKK, Ga., Dccembor 31,1870. R. FINDLAY’S SONS, Findlay’s Iron Works, Macon, Ga.: Dkab 8ius -Late this fall I purchased from you one of your Findlay ft Craig Eclipse Patent Screw C t- ton Presses, and, alVr a full ami fair trial, do not hesitate to pronounce it tho most rapid, of ligli' ‘ draught, most powerful—in fart, tho best (without a ltd nil other Iron Scrow Presses I have ioption) Col 3 I ( llel this should P. S.—You may consider my order in for two n for many orders from this soctiou •. my neighbors JOHN 1 of tlio above Presses for next season, aud may look determined to have them, as th?y can park by hand by horse power. _ tea by hat fast as any of tho other Iron Bcrew Pressos can by horse power. * J. L. O. Since last fall, and beforo accepting Patent, wo added improvements and labor-saving conveniences- tndoring it PERFECT in every particular. Tho screw or pin, has a pitch, or fall, of G'a inohes : that is. ry turn of tho scrw, follower block descends (or ascends, as tho case may bo) C4 Inches. The d> • TIME OF ANY OTHER Iron Screw Press by horse-power. (8cc J. L. ailbort's certificate.] When do<| ble, an ordinary mulo can be substituted for three men without chaugo of fixtures. STRENGTH, DURA BILITY, RAPIDITY. LIGHT DRAUGHT, ami STANDING ROOM attop of box, etc., etc., in short, wo pro nonneo it tho BEST Screw Press IN THE WORLD, ami respectfully invito a public tost with any and »l othsr Screw Presses. To purchasers wo GUARANTEE SATISFACTION or REFUND PRICE MONEY. FOR LIST, R. FINDLAY’S SONS, Macon, Ga. CRAIG’S PATENT HORSE POWER, I’Oll DRIVING COTTON GINS. Hntminttou G u arantood or Money Bolim<li‘il. SEND roil IU.U3TDATED CUICULAB. R. FINDLAY’S SONS, Macon, Ga. The New Portable Steam Engine For Driving Cotton Gins, Printing Prcsaos, and for any purpose requiring from ouo totenhorso Fow r. S? 9 ? = •Z S z O *2. « g. *2. pr. EXTRA « HaBGE where these engtsea are need. There Is POSITIVE PROTECTION AGAINST EXPLOSION. It ia a natural “siierk arrestn 8PARK CAN ESCAPE, NO MATTER WHAT FUEL IS USED—an important consideration in c n|ng and similar work. Awarded first premiums by An erican Institute ISC9-70. 8,'Hd for Dost .cv received for old claims or new orders. R, FINDLAY’S SONS, FIXDLAV IRON WORKS, H1CON. lUiscrilanconc. | LEE & HIGHTOWER . FOli KENT! j Oritlin. Ga. rpm AMERICAN HOTEL, OX CORNER OF jjVEftY AND SALE STABLES. Alabama and Pryor streets, in front of Pap sens tr Depot Possesaion given at once. For Terms spply to MRS. M. J. JOHNeoN. Adrnrx. Off JOHN L. JOHNSON. Depfy. Marabal. ptljU-U NEXT TO THE GEOVOIA HOTEL, K E_^ BUGGIES. PHJCTON8 and CARRIAGES. WiU send raMitengcra to Indian Spring. Ch»i • , ate Springs, and to any point in reach of Gritum 1 private conveyance. Griffin la oonvenien u ,. w . mv»u..hwm the above named *' and I wiU take pleasure tn serving those desirtnc * nuke the trip. jUMU-tf