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WEEKLY LOYAL GEORGIAS.
J. E. RRTAKT) - - Editor.
AC GIST A, GA.
SATURDAY AUHUST 24, 1867.
Official Organ U. S. Government
Official Organ of the Georgia
Educational Association.
All ■ I'oininunil’sitioiiß lor pttlilira
tion hiub! hr written only on one of
the paper, anil accompanied with Hie name
of tin writer. We will licit pul'lislt the
name, unless the writer wishes ns to do
so, tint we must have it as a guarantee oi
* .tile truth! illness of the article.
Tine Principles we Advocate.
Reconstruction in accordance with
the laws ol Congress.
The equal political anil legal lights
of all citizens of the Untied Stales,
except those who have linen convicted
ol crime, or lhose who have vol
untarily attempted to destroy the
Government.
The enactment of State law s for tile
inauguration and support of a system
of common schools.
The elevation oflnhor, and the pas
wage of such laws as will protect tile
toiling masses ol society in their just
and legal rights.
Laboring Men, Remember!
That Hell II- Hdl in Ins “.great"
(?) speech at Atlanta spoke in lavor of
“a landed aristocracy," rmbrwinf ;
comparatively few people.
Kemciiihcr that three handl'd thou
sand slaveholder* —the “ landed aris
tocracy'' of the Smith- have heretofore
mil’ll the .Soulhern Slates, driving the
laboring white men from the good
land: into the pine barrens, keeping
tin* great mass ol (lie people in igno
rance and povci ty.
Kemeiflber that this “ land'd aria
tocracy " brought oil a war to destroy
the Government-, established a “ reign
of terror," and tom in the pour men
to light for them.
Remember that this “ landed aris
tocracy" have always despised labor
tug men, and have crushed them h)
oppressive laws.
Remember that the Union Republi
can parly is pledged lo elevate labor,
and to flic passage of such laws ns
Will protect tile lolling masses ol
society in their just and legal l ights.
Colored Men, Remember!
That the Hell I Gpppci load party—
sometimes palled IhKl'einoeralie part)
- - lotight to keep you ,in slavery; ami j
that the leaders ol t\.,it party have;
done till the) could It* prevent you
call part) lias givfii you lr<?«*don» »»mI ;
the right l« vote*; tbul it Ihih |m-mIwI«m1 '
von, mid will contmm* to |*rot«*rt > on
Kt'im iulo r all this ;ui«l do wli 't you
can to tlwiuat the K<hi*l ('opiM-rhfiitl
party, ami |»U«c«* llu* Union Kei»ul»li
ciin j'lu t) in J*‘»W! r.
Organize and Register.
\Y<* njjaiii call tin* attcnlioii «*t oi 1
vcfltlc*s lo tin* niijifUsmcA* "1 having
tlicit namcH
pco that every man \n li«* will vole the
Republican tieliel has his naino
tcrcil. l>o not fail.
In order to make it nhaohitdif
t,ij„ that all of our IViend.-* have he« n
registered, it is necessai v to liave kuiih*
kind ol a society or« tnized. Tlm*
'* l'nion I-1 iiii'ii*' ' i** tin* bent
zafion, but it it is iinpossibb* to have
a “ jLeagut *’ organized, establish a
Republican Club'. Von wili find a
tViiiatitiition for tin* organization of
slid) (’labs mi the outside of our paper.
In organizing (’labs, we would
advise that a few true nu n come to
gether. choose temporary officers, and
adopt the constitution. Alter that,
let names be proposed and referred to
a committee who shall examine to see
if they are Inn* nu n Let the Com
uiitU e report whether they are trb nds
or enemies. Then have a vote of the
('lull, and let a majority decide. It a
majority vote against the candidate,
lie is. oi course, rejected ; il a majority
vote for. then have him sign the Hon
stitution and enjoy all the rights ol
other members. Allow none but
members ol Republican flubs to at
tend meetings. Have a sentinel to
keep out persons not numbers \\ lieu
a sufficient number ol persons have
been elected, have permanent officers
elected in accordance with tliel’onsti
tiHiou.
Friends! thf tilin’ lists come for
work. Tin' •’m inv mi’ organizing to
defeat o« Let us work us hard as
tin -y. *
Political.
Tlie Chairman of ill-- Stale Central
Committee lias app-uiit-’d Mr. 11. C.
Flourn.iy, oi A; hens, a inioiih- i ol the
Committe, - .or ilie Sixth Con ■ i i-s-ioi.ul
District, and Mr. T. S. 1 uggle, u! Co
lumlivis. for the ITurd.
A Republican Mi s Meeti-i wifi he
lielil in Macon. - , the 27th instant.
Large aud cnllm malic Mi.-s Meet
injjs are In-in ■ Li-iii sill --i the .Stale.
Sunday Schools
Our colon’ll liicmb in all parts o
the Slate sic tie-in -i d-e; interest in
the orgaiiitsaiioi- ol San- . SehooL.
Springfield Jiapti.-.t Cion eh of this
city recently -• t 11’ ury Walt- Jr., -is
a Sunday S. hool n- n. mgto
ize Sm.ll y S-! !-. F> h, report
to th- church, we {l'.nrii that he
organized - 0.-i.- in \Vasioiigton,
Wilkes county, numbering two liuiidrc 1
scholars; Cawloidsville, Taliaferro
county, ninnl.eriiig sixty-five scholars;
La* •range, Troup county, numbering
jive hundred scholar' Thi. is hut the
Coinnit-IH e-Dieiit ot his work. We
understand that the church will again
send him into the field. We trust that
our friends in other pari ot lot- Slate
will “ go aud do like wise.
It Makes a Difference Whose Ox
is Gored
It is well known that many Southern
politicians have for years resorted to
most contemptible means to crush
political opponents, especially those who
differed with them on the slavery <|ut*s
tion. No man dare avow himself an
Abolitionist in any of the Gulf States.
At the close of the war anew era
dawned upon these States. Men not
only opposed the political views of
Southern fire-eaters, but newspapers
were established to oppose thes»* men
who had brought ruin upon this tinny
land. The editors of these papers have
been protected from mob violence by
the federal troops. At length a power
ful party lias . piling up to oppose tin*
men who again attempt to lead the
people to ruin.
A daily paper- -ihe National Jitj>nh
li'ttn —was recently established in this
city, it was known that gentlemen of
wealth and social position wen; eon- j
Heeled with it, and that il was conduct- j
< and by an old citizen who bad been for
many years connected with the daily
pi* ss <d ilie State. From the first, it
lias taken a candid, high toned po.-ition,
but il advocates the. principles of the
Republican party. That is the unpar
dutiable sin with the fire ealtr.s. Simply
because it opposes their wicked and
lreasonable coma*, no language Inis
la co 100 vile for them to use in allud
ing to it. They do not attempt* to
answer its arguments. Tli <•)• show llu;
weakness of their cause tiy using villi
p* ration instead of argument.
Not content, with abusing tin: paper,
they liave abused those who support it,
or even advertise in it. Business men
who advertise in the not In cause
liny approve of (lie principles which it
ad vocal's, but because they wish lo
bring their business to the attention o'
ils readers, have been informed tlial
unless they take their advertisements
out, they will loose business.
We elip llu* following Iroin the Cht'otli
etc and Sentinel:
Ai.i'.nts ion tiii: Mii.vrro Ki.it hi i
can.—We find the following names of
gentlemen in lliis State, published in the
llrst number of Ihe mulatto tt< /u_d,li,; ns
agents of that sheet in their lespeelive
luealltkv.
We happen 1" know most ot 1 lie: c gro
Hellion, and from our ac'iuaintanee with
them we do not believe that the) have
authorized such a use ol their names in
eoinieetion with this Hybrid Bustard.
If, however, they have turned traitors
to their rare and section, which wo etui’!
yet believe, hi Unis hemming I lie volnii
iary aiders and abettors of thettc'nmhdto
Uepuldieans, il is lad justiee. to their
frivnds Ihrongluml the Mtate Hint their
position should he made Known, lie tied
is not lor his rare in this light is Ittoitl
eertainly against il.
-flte old enemy, under anew name, is
now lielore them as a candidate for popu
lar favor ami patronage. Tlmso who are
in favor of I he suprenufey ot theblueh over
llu white rare, will support it. Those
whowisli I" make a eaUs paw of the tic
crocs with which to gather for thrmsrlv es
all the roasted chcstimli in the way of
fat otliees will plaee their names on it
siih eriplion list, and give it the material
nidn Iheir advertising patronage. A lew
days till develop who these are, by the
ppeariniee of lit* ie iiauu ■ in its li I el
lit I in' "tin r h'dnd, every trill*' eunslilif'
tioiiai union maii will spurn the dirty
tiling Irem liieir liniiii and avoid its von
lamination a limy vv mild I hat of the must
Inaflisolie v iper. The high priests ol the
mulatto Kepuhlii an parly liave. 11l a print
ed circular which inis been sown hroaiT
■ as! througlioul Die I nioti, declared Hull
“only money was wanted to curry every
Southern State for the Radicals. ' Will
the true hearted Southern (»eoplo heroine
eoworkers will! lliis Kadieal Hxeentive
( onimittee in furnishing the means lo
destroy thoirown luippiness and .safely?
Molt K I’ nose a I I’T Ivi v. The l.oyul
l.eaguers ate at their favorite work in
Savannah. The iVrtrs nuit 11, cola of tlmt
city I ( onsorvntivel lliis had advertisements
and subscriptions withdrawn from il he
cause it inis Ihe independence lo oppose
the Kadieal parly. The war erv of ihe
l.eagnres fltere, as here, if seems, is vie
dared to he “ IhnlU'nls s/nitl pottv,,i:<
hot Ifiutiails." file (‘ongress
and llntatoi Hope ale “ running the same
schedule."
Itv Ihe by, weonghl not lo tail mention
ing lhat we, too, have a little experience
in lliis line. Two days sinoc a Kadieai
Insurant i \genl, w hose plane of business
is on Broad street, stopped our paper he
cause, we suppose, ils complexion was
not Murk enough for him. 'l liis ho laid a
right to do. We think white people also
have the rigid to discontinue their insur
mice policies in liis oilier. Sallee for the
goose ought to lie stlllee for the i/iintltr. A
word to the wise is sullicient.
We -ivi Mr. Stii-nr the hem-tit of our
i nlniuns lor u reply to our strictures ill
ycsdh ihiy's paper ill regard to tlie step
page ot our jiapcr hy a Loyal League tn
suraiii-'- Ai-.i-nt on ltrund stri-»-t. It will In-
H-i-ii ttiat Mr. Sln-aradiuits Unit tic itlsi-on
1 iiiui'it his suliscription to tin- V/tronieh II-
S', n/‘in /, anil says that /c- ns n rttixttn
for s.i Being to mir book-keeper that lie
wi t ll -it *o curtail i-\pi-nsi-s. Hi- ilocs nut
say that tin- reasons given were tin- real
ones, nor does In- deity Radical proi-livi
ties. We said yesterday, and we n-ju-at it
now, ttiat wt- admit the right of any siih
si-ritH-r to stop Ids joijn-r when its tone
and principles does not suit liiiu we
claim ttie same right for those wlm wish
insurance policies, to select agencies
w hich are not hostile to their interests and
honor. I’.J*. I.'. ,V 8.
While the V/iivnitle (tint Sentinel and
other papers have thus abused th -so
who favor reconstruction, and those who
even advertise in papers tavoriug re.
constriiction, thev have constantly tibus
ed the Government, and, in fact, all
distinguished loyal men.
The billowing from the Chronicle anti
Sen fiat l is a sample :
Let the monuments! pile, formed of the
Ilie hones amt cemented bv the blood of
fallen patriots, tie raised until its peak
shall kiss tin- skies, a tilting monument
of tsoutlu-m dc-votiou to flic memory of
him who will pass into history as tin
greatest and most wicked murderer oftliis
or any other age.
If these Atlanta patriots wish a pretty
inscription for their “ gorgeous pile,” let
us suggest ttic following:
FORMED OF TUB HONES
AM)
IEM MED IIV 111) B 1,001)
D) THE
I. L > t H I tills F A T K 1 O.T S
Who fell liy hireling bullets w hile lighting
for their country's cause,
THIS MONUMENT
1:'. -ERECTED
TO THE MEMORY
OK
AURAHAM LINCOLN
11V
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS,
WHO
RECOUNT/.EH IN HIM
TUli BLOODY MURDERER
OF THEIR
HUSBANDS AND FATHERS,
AND THE
FANATICAL DESTROYKR
OF
FREE GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA.
General Pope, who, in our opinion,
has favored tile Rebels of the Third
District too much, at length derided
that the Government should not nssi.t
iu supporting the papers that attempted
to injure it; and be accordingly issued
an order forbidding all Government
oflieers from advertising iu the papers
that were its enemies. Forthwith, these
papers that liave done so much to pre
vent business melt from advertising iu
papers that favor reconstruction made a
frightful (?) howl. The Chronicle and
Sentinel said;
The Di:u or tiie Hoik.—The Thirty
ninth Congress, controlled by the Kadieal
Bump, passed a law directing that all
government printing in the .’nutll should
be given exclusively lo Kadieal organs.
General Tope, the military salrap of tills
Distriet, has already issued ins royal
nka.v, requiring all tiie civil and military
Oflieers ol the State to advertise exclusive
ly in the columns of reconst ruction papers.
Tiie Loyal League of lliis city, which,
through Ihe power of the military, lias
control of the city government, eject from
ofliee and patronage those who arc not rn
cnpjjorl with Radicalism. Individual Loyal
Leaguers carry this proscription into all
j Hie transactions of life, ami neither sup
| port or palroni/.e anv trade, profession or
vailing which i- not Kudina]
Is it not time that the conservative rle
| ment iu tiie State should profit by these
examples, and confine, their support and
patronage to those who are opposed to
■ negro supremacy ? Should not every
i white man who feels that his own is the
| superior, and should he the controlling
\ race, determine to employ, patronize,
trade, or support none but "those of both
race.-, who are oppo: ed lo llio Radicals and
their pneeriplive policy? This sy.-lcm
lias been roinmcnecd by Hie Radicals.
They are pressing it to the utmost ex
tremity. Shall vv not, for our own pro
lection and safety, he governed by the
same feelings—those of race, color and
interest ?
M ii.riN*. or Tin; ITiehs. —We very
cordially approve of the suggestion of our
esteemed colcmporarv of the Atlanta In
trUnjcnecr lor the meeting of the Conserva
ti v i Press id' Ihe Stale, Io take such action
as may he found necessary and proper in
view of the recent order oi' General Pope,
muzzling tin: free press of tiie State. By
all means let u have Hie meeting and
adopt such measures us may be, found
necessary against lliis most obnoxious and
intolerant order. We believe that, upon
a proper presentation of the matter to
General Pope, he v ill revoke or ma
terially modify the order, and, failing
with him, we are convinced that Gene
ra) Grant will remove tiie muzzle.
When they attempt to take patronage
from Republican papers, it is all light;
when the Government refuses to sup
port its enemies, it i all wrong- “Gon
sisleney is a jewel.
Personal.
William Lloyd Garrison received at
Edinburgh tlio ancient capital of
Scotland, on the IHth of July, an
honor reserve'll exclusively for the
most illustrious British ,subjects and
for foreign visitors of llu; highest dis
tinction, viz.: the “freedom of the
city" an honor conferred one him
died years ago upon the immortal
John Hampton. The ceremony took
place at the Town Hall, in the pres
ence of the magistrates, tiie members
of the council, and a large company
of ladies and gciitlelip'ti. The hold
l’rovost presided ami made the pre
sentation speech, at the conclusion of
which lie handed to Mr. Garrison a
velvet covered box. hearing the arms
yl llm city.-pud enclosing the Record
Os tiie honor thofehy veyed. Hi
the course of his address he said :
“We thank yon, sir, for your noblo
efforts iu llhumubc of negro emaneipa
lion. We sen you here to-day as ail
augur) of the future good understand
ing hetwixt this cnunti) ami the
United States. It allbrds us all great
satisfaction, in the name of this tdd
community, to confer upon you llm
privilege of a burgess of tins city.
Take tins holm* with you as an augur)
ul tlm good feeling Unit exists between
us. I trust It limy lie, ns it were, a
holding nut of the olive blanch toward
Aiuci icii."
Mr. Gimisoii’s speech in reply was
exceedingly felicitous. lie said:
“I slioalil lie something less or more
tltun human not to feel deeply im
pressed by the marked honor and
privilege you have now conferred upon
me. 11. in tins instance, lam ‘Tint to
the maimer horn”—if, as 1 am told, 1
am the first American upon whom
this distinguished token ol respect
has been bestowed—l have at least
labored unselfishly and devotedly,
against ticnn minus forces, lor nearly
two score years, in the cause of im
partial liberty and universal emancipa
tion. And that cause makes me cos
mopolitan—for it is nut simply Ameri
can. hut belongs to thn world. And,
though mi man can surpass me in a
genuine love of native laud, yet,
where the principles of justice, the
rights of suffering humanity, and the
obligations of a common origin ami
destiny are concerned. 1 have no
other rule el' action than tliis--my
country is the world, my countrymen
i are all mankind. l!y nativity I be
, long to the United States of America ;
| that is accidental. l!y human sym
; patliy atijl allinity 1 heluttg to the
I w hole human raco; that is both my
i choice and my destiny. The interests
I of a 1 men and cl all nations arc to
me alike; their liberties arc equally
sacred.
“Uomiugto Great Hrilain quietly to
see old friends and coadjutors, and
seeking neither personal eouspieuity
nor popular commendation, but rather
privacy and recreative enjoyment, 1
lmve been taken hy surprise at the
cordial and Haltering manner in which
1 have been publicly received m vari
ous parts of the kingdom by those
high in position, rich in culture,
foremost in reform, and last, not least,
by the laboring masses and also at
the generous aud eulogistic tone of the
press, without regard to sect or party.
1 am happy indeed to he thus
tavorably regarded hy you, and thus
honored hy the large aud growing city
you represent. It is a tribute which,
if properly bestowed, is undoubtedly
elicited more by the fact that 1 first
led the way in the mighty conflict for
immediate abolition, and thus sub
jected myself earliest aud longest to
popular wrath and scorn, tlmi'that I
labored with any more zeal, persever
ance, courage, or self sacrifice than a
multitude ol others, without whose
co-operation I had peradveuturo
achieved no success, aud who may
fairly he classed with those ancient
martyrs and confessors "of whom the
world was net worthy.” Assuredly it
is not your purpose to separate me
from them, uof to crown me at their
expense ; hut, on the contrary, m me
and through me to express your re
spedlor the long, bitterly traduced,
but now triumphantly vindicated anti
slavery men and women of America
as a body. And they will acquit me
of seeking, either bere or elsewhere,
lo appropriate to myself ft single
laurel which I am not ready to bind on
their brows. Hitherto we have had
all things in common—reproaches,
insults, calumnies, distresses, afflic
tions, imprisonments, perils in the
city, and perils among false brethren—
‘as deceivers and yet true; as un
known. and yet well known ; as dying,
and behold wo live ; as chastened, and
not killed ; as sorrowful, y;t always
rejoicing ; as having nothing, and yet
possessing all things.” And whatever
reversal of judgment and treatment
is, or may be, in any single instance,
at home or abroad, it must he shared
by all alike. As we feared the frowns
ot none, so we have coveted the praise
ot none. Our sufficiency has been of
God, not of ourselves ; and “no flesh
may glory in his presence.” 15 it
this public testimonial is obviously
ment by you, gentlemen, to imply
more than a handsome recognition of
my anti-slavery labors, or the labors
ol tlicso who endured the beat and
burden ol the day with me in the same
broad field of philanthropy. It would
he pitiable egotism in me, and in them,
to restrict it to ourselves, It would be
most unjust to you not to perceive in
it an earnest desire and a special pur
| pose, not only on your part, but in
behalf of tlie citizens of Edinburgh and
the people of the United Kingdom, to
idler it as a symbolical olive branch to
the people of the ( oiled States, and
an expression of international unity
and gooil will. It is iu that light that
my joy is full, aim my heart heats re-'
sponsively. I believe it will be as
magnanimously regarded by my coun
trymen as it is generously committed
to my trust by yourselves. . . , .
May happiness and prosperity abound
in Edinburgh ; may Scotland increase
greatly in intelligence, virtue, wealth,
and true glory; and may England und
America be forever united iu indis
soluable bonds of peace, and in advunc
ing the cause of liberty and justice in
every part of tiie habitable globe.”—
Independent.
The Last Fantastic Trick.
i lie political situation is interesting.
Any conjecture or allairs which re
vives the hope of tho I’resident’s im
peachment is welcome. Tho suspen
sion of Mr- .Stanton and the removal
of General Sheridan are two contin
gencies which we have great hope will
prove sufficient to incite an easy-going
mid amicable Congress to the stern
duty of deposing tho Traitor of tho
While House.
The American people ami Llieir
representatives in Congress sometimes
do a great pub lie. act from the highest
motives ; but not often—-certainly not
always. All tho great measures of
Liberty which have made illustrious
our political history of the last few
years were prompted more by time
serving expediency than by moral
duty. The rebellion was conquered
not so much through the great virtue
of the North as through the over
lietoll.simess of Hie .South. The Fede
ral cause needed to lie goaded to
victory by the plottings of Jellerson
Davis : by the disaster of Bull Run ;
by tho slaughter of Fort I’illow; and
by the horrors of Aiidersonville. How
wonderful is that constitution of affairs
whereby the wrath ol limn is made to
praiau Gud ! . -——s—■
So now, so tlio maintenance of the
public safety, the nation still needs a
little further prolongation of that chief
of ils calamities, Andrew Johnson.
Sweet are the uses of adversity ! We
still need Mr .) oh nno it ■ the presi
dential chair for the purpose, of edu
cating tho American Congress up to
file high duly of impeaching him next
December. A few more tricks, a
little more treason, an added spice ol
Satanic malice in the President, and
111 ' tiling w ill lie done ! So we reutter
Mrs. Browning’s prayer, “Give more
madness. Lord!”
The impeaelimnii ought to have
been accomplished long ago The
President has held his office a year too
long already. Shall he lie permitted
to hold it to the end of his term?
From the time of the first plain proof
of his surrender to the rebels, we have
demanded, and shall continue to dc- I
maud, that this Aaron Harr, this Hetic i
diet Arnold, this Andrew Johnson j
shall lie put out of the way ol injuring I
a government which In* first disgraced,
then betrayed, and would willingly
destroy,
The most hopeful sign of the times
now on everybody's lips is that, if the
President uses the luiw-string upon
Mr. Stanton and General Sheridan,
lie shall himself he strangled with it.
Hut was not the President’s measure
of iniquity long ago full, pressed down,
and shaken together ? Must the great
renegade add new outrages to the old
in order to earn his title to decapita
tion ? What has heretofore been, and
what is now, the one and only ob
stacle to a peaceful and speedy recon
struction of the Union? Nothing
under Heaven hut the treachery, ma
lignity, and baseness of Andrew John
son. lie has been long the chief
euemy of the Republic. Why, then,
is he suffered to remain its Chief
Magistrate?
If anybody is to he removed, let it
not be Mr, Stautou; lot it not lie
General Sheridan: let it be Andrew
Johnson !
Congress ought not to have ad
journed, leaving the field clear for this
brigand to errry on war against the
Republic Mr. Johnson is a bold, had
man, and needs to l>e watched—not
oil 1 v with eyes, hut with votes, aud
with arms. It is only because he has
so miserable a minority of accom
plices that he has not already over
thrown the Republic. We ask again
for a general utterance of the popular
voice in a spontaneous demand lot the
President's impenchineut and and. po
sition from olliee.— .Xac York Jndc
pendent.
—The Athens Foundry and Ma
chine Works, at Athens, Ga., had be
fore the wav an excellent reputation
for (lie manufacture of steam engines:
saw, sugar, and bark mills; threshers,
horse powers, etc., and have ever since
been kept in successful operation. We
arc-glad to learn that this concern is
now doing a thriving and increasing
business. Captain U. Nickerson, the
manager, is a thorough mechanic, and
improves every machine he takes in
hand.
M . A. Ilappic, a well known tobacco
manufacturer, was arrested in Virginia
charged with counterfeiting the Reve
nue Inspector’s brand.
i'rum the Augusta National Republican.)
A Stringent Law.
A great ileal ha- been said and
printed about the tyranny and oppres
siot of the military government. A
latTof tiie last Legislature of this State,
passed, it should be borne in mind,
neady a year after tiie Constitutional
Annulment, abolishing slavery, had
been ratified and adopted by the
people of Georgia, and therefore not
applicable to the colored population
alone, as were most of the previous
l#i against insurrection, appears to
us jts stringent as any laws passed by
Congress, or any Orders issued by anv
ciiinoandiiig General. The following
isj the Act, wbieli we find in the
piupldct copy of the Laws for 1860 ;
1 An Act to amend the Penal Code.
iteriox 1. ria General Assembly of the
sin of Ocoryin do enact, That insurrection
, ; ’ u i]! oonsint in any combined reaistance to
tH lawful authority of the State, with intent
t3the denial thereof, when the same is
nmnifested or intended to be manifested by
aits of violence.
(Section 2. Any attempt, by persuasion or
olfcerwise, to induce others to join- in any
ci.bincd resistance to the lawful authority
of the State, shall constitute an attempt to)
incite insurrection.
Section X. Any person convicted of tho
oAnse of insurrection, or an attempt at
i Jurrection, shall be punished with death,
<i| if the jury recommend to mercy, con
(Mement in the Penitentiary for a term not
A than five, nor more than twenty, years.
WtsTii.s 4. If any person shall bring,
jEroduce, permit, or circulate, or cause to
bf introduced, circulated, or permitted, or
aid or assist, or he in any manner instru
mental in bringing, introducing, circula
ting, or printing, within this estate, any
paper, pamphlet, circular, or other writing,
fur the purpose of inciting insurrection,
riot, conspiracy, or resistance, against the
lawful authority of the State, or against
the lives of the inhabitants thereof, or any
part of them, such person or persons so
ttjlcnding shall be guilty of a high misde
meanor. end, upon conviction, shall be
punished by confinement in the Peniton -
tiary fur a term not less than five, nor
longer than twenty years.
Section 5 repeals conflicting laws.
Approved lnth December, 1866.
Such is tHe law of the State of \
Georgia, in force at this day, and !
Inuring upon all classes of citizens.
It appears to us there would Ire some j
ground for“the often reiterated charge
(if oppression against the United States
and the military eonimuudunt . had !
Congress passed a similar law. Slip- [
IP-o, for the sake of illustration, Con- |
.tress had adopted this law without i
(Tit change of a word, except substi
tuting the words “ United States" for
fin-word ‘‘State" wherever it occurs; i
lcl us suppose that, in accordance
ttith (lie law, the military authorities j
should arrest all such ns counselled j
combined resistance to the laws of the I
United States, or attempted to per- j
*nudc others, peaceably or otherwise, i
to resist (for the second section makes
Ihe mail punishable by death, or the :
penitentiary, who persuades resistance !
by any means), or should arrest any
man, without or within the State, who
printed ..v circulated pamphlets, niavs
jpipel's, or documents, i-outiscllinsrc
sistancc. or any man who printed,
introduced, or circulated in this State
Any such new-paper, or other printed
matter, having Si tendency to excite
resistance to the law -, of Congress j
and the military authorilics, alter eon
viction by a military commission,
bould condemn -tteli an olfcudcr to
death, or the penitentiary, could it
not be said that freedom of speech and
of tin' press existed no longer, and I lint
nothing remained but a despotism that
would not allow its aejs to be ques
tioned or scrutinized ’.
Hut the military authorities stiller
every thing to be done against the
authority of the United States, which ,
this law forbids shall be done against '
the authority of the Slate, and quietly i
ignore these transgressions. Not one |
of those who are so ready to counsel
resistance to the authority of the
I lilted Stales, the only lawful author
it\ here, could complain if they were
subjected to the in-nalties of this law :
out of their own mouths would they
be condemned. We do not counsel
it- enforcement- it is the extreme of
tyranny but those who have not a
word to say against the despotism oft
this law, should -ay nothing against
the more reasonable and lenient au
thority of the Federal Government.
l-’runi the Augusta Naliun.il Republican.)
General Grant.
The position of General Grant has!
become a subject of discussion among '
the New Volk journalists some view
ing his agency in the removal of Stan
ton and Sheridan as evidence of his
unfaithfulness to the Republican
party, to which lie has always been
understood to belong, and contending
dipt his obstinate silence upon polit
ical subjects is suspicious. The other
party showing from the record that
the General lias always supported, to
their full extent, the Reconstruction
acts, and asserting that bis silence
arises only from his sense of duty as
a soldier, imd that he has had no occa
sion to declare his sentiments on polit
ical subjects. 'flu- New York Timex
•piotes a column or two front his
official correspondence with the dis
trict commanders, to prove that he
fully endorses the reconstruction
policy, and among others the follow
ing letter to the Secretary of War
relative to the ease of Gov. Jenkins:
The conduct of. Gov. Jenkins demon
strates, however, how possible it is tor dis
contented civil otliccrs of the reconstructed
States to defeat the laics of Congress if the
potter does not - riel trith the dietrii t cum
slanders to suspend tluir functions ior cause
iu some way. It seems clear to me that the
pilfer it given in the hill “ for the more effi
cient government of tho rebel Statos,” to
use or not, at the pleasure of district com
manders, the provisional machinery set ng
without the authority of Congress iu tho
States to which the Reconstruction Act
applies. There being doubt, however, on
this point, I would respectfully ask an
ear!)’ opinion on the subject.
If the power of removal does not exist
with district commanders, then it will be
eotnc necessary for them to take rtfuge under
that section >g the bill tchich authorises mili
tary commissions.
U. S. (, rant, Genera!.
—James Gordon Rcnuett, Jr., sold
the yacht Henrietta for $50,1*00.
From the Augusta National Republican.)
An Acrobatic Performer.
Everybody knows the New York
Herald ; everybody knows that it is
a good newspaper, and everybody
ought to know that it has neither
politics or a public policy. Many
people believe that it has great influ
ence, because they see it frequently
quoted, and because it lias a repu
tation for shrewd foresight in politi
cal matters. They suppose that it
governs public opinion, which is
: about as reasonable as it would be to
euppo-c that it was the weather cock
that made the wind blow. If the
Herald, is any indication of public
opinion, the changes in public opinion
must fie very violent, sudden, and
frequent.
Tim Ihrald just now lias taken a
sudden notion to side partially with
the disunionists and Mr. Johnson,
and to be horrified at what it calls
“nigger supremacy but its sinceri
ty iir deprecating the dangers of con
ferring suffrage on the freedmen may
be estimated when it is known that it
favors reconstruction on the plan
of Congress. In other words, the
llemld , true to its inconsistency,
favors the execution of the law and
condemns its provisions—it wants
the law put in force, but wants the
i officers who attempt to do so turned
out at once!
The opponent- of the Congressional
plan of reconstruction must be very
hungry for crumbs of comfort when
they seek for them in the Herald.
They may find sonic consolation in it
j to-day, and to-morNrtv find nothing
! but bitter pills, sueli as the Herald
i abounded in a lew weeks since; and
as to its being any indication of
public opiuion at the North, any one
who lots remarked its course, for any
I length of time, must know that it
has been as often wrong as right.
! llow could it lie otherwise when it
lias been on all sides, upon all quts
: lions, and for and against every po
! litical party !
From the Augusta National Republican.)
Removal of Gen. Sheridan
’l’lie news of the removal of General
Sheridan from Ihe command of the
Fifth Military District, comprising
Louisiana and Texas, will doubtless
add to the excitement c aused by the
ejectment of Mr. Stanton, but as it was
well understood that the President
dispossessed Mr. Stanton principally
for the purpose of getting rid of Sher
idan and oilier officers objectionable
to him, the removal of Sheridan will
! cause but littlcaasurprise. It will go
j far however to make “Little Phil" a
■ prominent eandidate lor the I’resi
| deucy.
I General Thomas, who has been ap
| pointed in his place, is noted for his
j firmness and moderation, a- well ns
, for his ihj\otion .lo the; l nion. In liis
hands the interest of the country will
suffer no detriment.
Reconstruction and the Qualifica
tion of Delegates to the Con
vention.
As it i- very well settled that the
| people of Georgia will determine in
j favor of holding a Convention under
l the reconstruction law s, questions bc
! gin to arise as to the qualification of
delegates.
One has already been mooted
whether a delegate will be required to
take the oath of office prescribed by
the net of July '?. 1862. commonly
tailed the ‘‘iron clad” oath. We
think there can be little doubt on that
point. The olliee of delegate is one
created by the paramount authority of
the United States, a delegate is ati
officer of the United States, and as
such must be required to take the
same oath, as are all officers.
Another question will come up in
time, whether a delegate must neces
sarily be a resident of the county or
district lie represents. The law is
silent <m this point. There is nothing
in the reconstruction laws which re
quires the delegate to be a resident of
the county, and judging from the
practice in Georgia and other States
(if such practice is a precedent), it
will not be improper, if a suitable
candidate cannot be. found in any
county, for tlie voters to select, vote
for, and elect a person from any other
countv to represent them.
No provision is made in the laws
for those persons who, between the
time of their registration and the time
of the election of delegates for the
Convention, or the time to vote for
the ratification of the Constitution
formed by tin- Convent inn,may remove
or wish to remove from the precinct
in which they are registered. Much
of our population is very migratory,
and it may happen that, through this
cause, reconstruction may be defeated.
A reading of the law indicates that
each voter must vote at the precinct
w here lie has been registered, and
none other. A removal to such a dis
tance from that precinct that attend
ance w ould be impossible or so incon
venient as to prevent bis presence,
would of course disfranchise him. as
effectually as though lie had never
been registered.
Some authoritative, decision should
be promulgated on these and similar
points. In these, as in some other
respects, the reconstruction laws are
deficient. They are careful in pre
scribing the qualifications of voters,
but leave to inference and analogy the
qualifications of delegates, which are
of as much or more importance, and
they certainly should make provision
bv granting certificates or otherwise,
for persons who cannot vote at the
precincts where they are registered.
County lines, as such, are not recog
nized by the reconstruction acts,
except for convenience. Representa
tion in the Convention is founded
entirely on population, somewhat as
ill our State Senatorial and Congres
sional Districts. The whole number
of voters has to be divided by the
number ul members in the most
numerous branch of tlie Legislature
in 1 Slit*, aud the delegates arc to
l.»e apportioned accordingly. Os
course it will be the duty of those in
authority to distriet the State, giving
to those counties that liave the re
quisite numlrer of registered voters,
one or two meinlicrs, and throwing
together two or more 'counties which
singly may fall short of the number.
The data for any calculations are
very imperfect, but we suppose that
the number of voters in Georgia will
be nearly doubled by the addition of
the colored citizens ; if so, the repre
sentation in the Convention will be
at the rate of one delegate to about
twelve hundred voters.
There tire other important points
to tie settled and arrangements made
between this time and the election,
but we throw together these, to show
that the work of reconstruction is
hardly commenced by registration,
and that a vast amount of labor has
to be performed, even when registra
tion is closed.
Frum the Augusta National Republican.}
The Situation iu Alabama
It is the deliberate purpose, says the
Montgomery Adeertlner , of the people
of Alabama to push forward the work
of reconstruction until it reaches a
point of complete -niece--. This pur
pose becomes firmer and more deter
mined every day. The people arc not
only anxious for a settlement of our
political troubles, but they arc resolved
to have it. Success is already not only
fully assured, but there is a growing
increase in the number of those who
are to consummate the work. Ot thb
we sec striking evidences daily. Nor
is this to be wondered at. Indeed it
would lie very surprising if it were
otherwise. People who reflect upon
this subject, and keep themselves free
from passion and party rancor, will
have no difficulty in reaching a proper
conclusion in regard to it. The ease
jis perfectly plain. Political tranquil
ity in the country i- a matter of abso
lute necessity. We are now at the
mercy of an angry tempest. Life and
property are quivering before a mighty
whirlwind, and if it be not speedily
arrested, no one can tell who or what
may lie carried aw ay in its devastating
sweep.
This being the actual condition of
tilings, people will very naturally be
induced to reflect. Self-interest will
induce men to consider, and consider
seriously, what is best to lie done at
such a time. There will be nothing
but instability and distrust as long as
these tcu States are held in their
present anomalous conditions. They
are neither in the Union nor out of
it. As political communities, they are
neither dead nor alive. Their pre
cise relation to each other and to the
Union is indescribable But, how
ever difficult it may lie to define their
real statu-;, there is not the least diffi
culty in comprehending the necessity
for relief front the discouragements
and troubles that are inseparably
iissoeiated with our present situation.
To remain as we are. is to bring upon
ourselves certain ruin.
People see this; and. at tile -ante
<4iiiie. they see there is but one mode
of escape. That mode is to -eek out
the path which leads most directly
into the Union. A short and easy
one is found in the pending recon
struction plan. This is manifest to
all who are not blinded by intentper
! ate parti/.an.sbip. But the masses; of
the people are not parti/.un», and
hiTicc it i’ that they are rallying in
almost solid phalanx to the standard
of reconstruction.
From tho Augusta National Republican.;
Voting Population of the Excluded
Southern States.
A table is published, compiled from
the United States census of 1860, show -
ing tin: number of white and colored
voters, tis they would stand were no
persons disfranchised. Front this table
it appears that the total white voting
population in these States is 1.010,oH):
colored, 747.«54n—white majority, '10!),-
16,'). The colored voters have majorities
in two States South Carolina and
Mi”i.”ippi: in the first, 18.077; in the
last, 14,601. Os the fifty Congressional
district’ in the ten excluded States, bv
the apportionment of 1800. the blacks
have majorities in eighteen, whereof
three are in Virginia, one in North
Carolina, live in South Carolina, three
in Georgia, one in Alabama, two in
Louisiana, three in Mississippi. A
census taken in the last named State
since the close of the war shows a
decrease of 10.1 ot) whites, and of
60,140 blacks, leaving a majority for
the latter of tJ.Olt*. and giving to tin
whites majorities in all but one of the
Congressional districts.
These figures, founded on a census
taken so long ago. and with so many
causes operating since to disturb tlie
laws of population, are. of course, not
very reliable, but they furnish some
data for calculation, if wc can admit
those or similar causes to have operated
as forcibly upon one race as upon the
other. If we can suppose that the
destruction of life by the war and its
consequences, to have been repaired
by the natural increase of the popula
tion, the relative numbers of the voting
population would remain almost un
changed. The numbers of whites dis
franchised. or lost in the w ar. may be
balanced by the asserted greater death
rate among the colored population.
Tlie registry lists of the different
States and Congressional districts,
when collated and published, will be
the best data from which to form an
estimate of the proportionate voting
population of each race.
NiciiitK aul Fact,
In bis report, Mr. Tomlinson, Super
intendent of Education in South Caro
lina, states the significant fact that
“ there are twenty live thousand colored
men aud women in South Carolina to
day who can read a newspaper with a
fair understanding of its contents, who
two years ago, did not know the alpha
bet.”
From the Augusta National Republican.)
Judge Bigham’s Letter.
Wc eommeud to the careful and
candid consideration of our readers
the admirable letter of the Hon. B. 11.
Bigham, which we publish to-day.
The calm yet forcible manner in which
he maintains the cause of reconstruc
tion, is in admirable contrast to the
vituperation and abuse which consti
tute the staple of the arguments of
those who maintain opposite opinions
on this important subject.
To men like Judge Bigham, who
have heretofore been honored by the
people in offices of high trust and
honor, and now liave nothing to ex
pect personally by the adoption of
the terms which they advocate, no
other than the most uuselfish and
patriotic motives can be attributed.
Such men, however reluctant to en
counter the storm'of misrepresentation
and slander that is sure to pour down
upon all those who dare to differ from
the rampant and raging champions
of anarchy, yet feel themselves forced
by an imperative sense of duty to
their fellow citizens, to endeavor to
turn them into the path that leads to
safety and prosperity. YVe hope the
time is at hand when the voices of
many more men of practical sense,
experience and wisdom will be heard
in our State—men who are not to be
borne down by the insane clamors of
the violent, or daunted by unmeaning
epithets.
Hi) tfckgrapl).
FROM WASHINGTON.
OFFICIAL ORDERS.
Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant
and Inspector General's Office, Wash
imjtou, Awjust I‘J, 1 5 67. General
Order No. 77. — 1. The following orders
have been received from the President :
Executive Mansion, I
Washixotox, August 111, 1>67. )
Major General George 11. Thomas
is hereby assigned to the command of
the Filth Military District, created by
the act of Congress passed on the "and
day ol March, 1 5 67- Major General
P. 11. Sheridan is hereby assigned to
the command of the Department of tbu
Cumberland.(?) Tlie Secretary of war
ad interim will give tlic necessary in
struelious to carry the order into effect.
(Signed) A mike" Johnson.
2d. Pursuance of the foregoing order
of the President of the United Stale.;,
Major General CL 11. Thomas will, on
receipt of the order, turn over bis [ire
sent command to tho officer next in
rank to himself, and 'proceed to New
Orleans, Louisiana, to relieve Major
General P. 11. Sheridan of the command
ot the Fifth Military District.
;;d. Major General P. 11. Sheridan
ott being relieved from the command of
the Fifth Military Distriet, by Major
General G. 11. Thomas, will proceed to
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and will
relieve Major General \Y. S. Hancock,
in the command of the Department of
the Missouri.
I tit. Major General \V. S Hancock,
on being relieved from the command
of tbc Department of thc Mi.Amiri by”
Major General Sheridan, will proceed
to Louisville, Kv., and will assume
command of the Department of the
Cumberland.
Ath. Major General G. H. Thomas
will continue to execute all orders he
may find in force in the Fifth Military
District at the time of his assuming
command of it, unless authorized tty
the General of the army to annul,
alter, or modify them.
Otli. Major General Sheridan, before
relieving Major General Hancock, will
report in person at these headquarters.
15y order of General Grant.
E. D. Townsend, A. A. G.
Speech of Ex-Governor Wise
Richmond, August 22.—Ex-Governor
Wise delivered an address to day at the
Washington and Henry Academy. He
said: We all now owed national allegiance
to our country, and any oath to support
its constitution -ir oath of registration
was a violation of that constitution.
There is now being ni-ide an effort to
make while freemen South übject to
the domination of black freedmen.
Against this we must appeal to the
white masses ol the North, who will not
permit a sacrifice of nature’s law.-, to
political prejudice. The whites of New
England, the Middle States and Europe
must not lie kept out of the South by
black rule., This is a white mans
laud, and must be kept open for tin
whites. He said that to avoid the na
tional dishonor of repudiation, tin- in
terest <m the national bonds must he
reduced to four and a half per cent.
That interest taxed, ami the whole delit
consolidated, the rich would stop hoard
ing bonds. He urged his audience to
renew their aliegiance to their country,
and never desert the constitution. To
preserve the purity of their race and
blood, and labor unceasingly to live in
peace and plenty.
General News.
New Orleans, August 17.—General
Sheridans anticipated election order,
issued to day, provides two days for the
election—September 27th and 28th.
The Convention is to be composed ol
•>3 members. Hoards of Registration
are ordered to commence a revision of
the rolls anil final registration fourteen
days before the election. The number
ot representatives in each parish is
designated. The other provisions of the
order are unimportant, being confined
to the usual details of general elections
except the following :
Section 7. Should violence or fraud
lie perpetrated at any of the votiug
precincts on the days of election, the
offenders will be punished in the severest
manner, and the election within these
precincts will beheld over again under
the protection of United States troops.
Washington, August 22. So far
both the President and General Grant
refuse a publication of the correspon
dence relative to Sheridan’s removal.
It is well understood that Grant re
monstrated warmly.
Washington, August 22.—General
Sickles telegraphs Gen. Grant, asking
a revocation or suspension of the exe
cution of Executive instructions sus
pending his Order No. 10, in its appli
cation to Federal Court processes, un
til lie (Sickle*) can argue the matter.