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DAILY ENQUIREK - SUN: WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1874.
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IOHM H. MARTIN • • •
rOU NHCN, UA.I
WEDNESDAY... .SEPTEMBER
he has made lias received three cheer* j ed ourselves to suppress
from that great party that rained him to Can there he any genuine
power, and to whoso principle* he will ** *
always he true, because they are hi«. He
1874.
The Augusta Chronicle, of Sunday, aaya
that it haa information that Mr. Stephen*
will accept the nomination for Congress
made by the Democratic Convention of
the Eighth Diatrict, and that his letter
will be published in a day or two. Tho
Chronicle alao expresses the opinion that
the oppoaition to the nomination is sub-
aiding, and it urges all Democrats to sup
port Mr. Stephens.
The Enfanla Time*, of Monday, pub-
lishoa a letter of A. J. Locke, Kud.cal
nominee for Sheriff of Harbour county,
Ala., declining the candidacy as tho nomi
nee of that party, also resigning his posi
tion as a member of the Executive Com
mittee. He aays that his “convictions of
right and duly force him to separate him
self from the Republican party.” He is a
brother of R. D. L-nko, tho Republican
Solicitor who testified to Judge Roils par
tiality and bitter partisanship. What aro
bayonets in tho interest of a political par
ty good for, if they cannot pin tho candi
dates to the party uutil after tho election?
EX-UOV HRUW.VS LETTER.
We hope that no one will forego, on
count of dislike to tho author, to read the
letteiof ex-tiov. Joseph E. llrown, which
we copy to-day. It is addressed to two
leading and influential Republicans, who
co-ojierated with him throughout tho “re
construction" struggle, and have, with
him, acted with the Radical parly since
that time. The ox-Governur now places
himself fairly and squarely by the sido of
the Democrats, on account of the Civil
Rights issue, and well says that no South
ern gentleman, having a true perception
of what he owes to his country And his
race, can fail to do likewise. No doubt
the Messrs. McWhorter and Hon. Joshuu
Hill take the same view of the situation.
Hon. James L. So ward, the able white
leader of the Republicans in tho southern
part of the State, had already taken the
same position. Congressmen Sloan and
Freeman, Republican Representatives in
the present Congress, have declined to
seek a re-election because they ennuot
meet the demands of tho fanatical portion
of their party on this question. What
white leader, then, of any respectability,
i« left to hear the banner of Radicalism
in (loorgia while tho Civil Rights issue is
before the country ?
There are some statements and argu
ments in Gov. Brown's lotter to which
we do not assent. We all know that the
alienation of the negroes from tho South
ern whites was effected some time before
the commencement of “reconstruction"
in 1807 >: that nearly all the negroes
had left the employment and homes of
their old masters long before that time,
and therefore the latter could not have
exercised the influence over them that
Governor Browu supposes ; that men like
Ashburn and Maul wore found in nearly
every large negro county to organize
them in secret meetings in implacable
hostility to nud distrust of the whites
and that no exertions by the whito men
outaido of tho “Loyal Leagues" could at
that time havo iufliieucej a single uegro
vote other than thoso of the very few who
voted with the whites at that time. But
the conclusions of Gov. Brown's letter
are so good that we refrain from enlarg
ing on these incidental questions. We
hope that it will have a good effect out
side of Georgia.
lias wo i Lorn nil parlies the title of jnst,
and the irreconcilable enemy of injustice.
In 'hi. just to his sword. In peace, just
to the fallen great anti the cause he con
quered. Jn**t in vir.tiou* example; just
to the memory of Greeley ; just to Lee;
just to his foes; just to the lawn; just in
demanding of strong nations the right,
and in mercy to weak nations. The splen
dors of fortune, the applause of nations,
tho confidence of country, the adulation
of flattery and the churnis of vice have
not moved the virtue* of an innocent
life. Thoso of our citizens who fear a
third term seven ly reflect upon his pant,
while they betray a want of confidence in
the permanency of our institutions.
Blessed of 1’rovidence with such vast re
sources, blessed with such examples of
Roman virture, all that is needed to re
store the couutry to prosperity is pa-
tienco.
OUR POLITICAL CONBITIOX.
A STATESMANLIKE VIEW.
WHAT COL. NWANN MAID.
Col. Swann, of West Virginia, is re
ported by telegraph as having made tho
authoritative announcement that General
Grant is a candidate for a third Presiden-
tial term. This Col. Swann married a
cousin of President Grant, and tho Presi
dent, while on a visit to West Virginia
laat spring, stopped at hiN house, ^iul was
entertained with a munificence and atten
tion exceeding oven the famed hospitality
of tho rich Virginia gentleman of tho old
timo. It was while Col. Swann's guest
that Gen. Grant is Raid to have confided
to him his purposo to run for another
term. Moro recently, at a caueus of load
ing Republicans of West Virginia, Pol.
Swann disclosed this design of the Presi
dent and offered a resolution eudorsiug
his candidacy, but it wus voted down on
tho soore of inexpediency. This, of
coarse, was iu secret moetiug. But a cor
respondent of the New York llerttld claims
to have found a gentleman who attended
tho caucus, aud who makes thin disclosure
iu an interview, stating that “there were
present the Collector and other revenue
officers of t^e district, tho special Agent
of tho Post Office Department, and Col.
Atkinson, Postmaster at Charleston, and
editor of tho llVnf Virginia Journal; all
good men, all true Republicans, and thor
oughly competent for their positions, but
they are men, aud don't oaro to bo forced
into positions of nntagonisui with the ap
pointing power. They got out of the
thing on the ground of its inexpediency,
and the resolution was voted down.”
In thin connection the Herald publishes
nn extract from a speech made in opeu
session of the Republican nominating con
vention of the 3 l Congressional District
of West Virginia, by the some Colonel
Swann, on the Hath of August. It is a
very pretty and imaginative speech, and
worth the place it fills, without reference
to the third term question. But it will bo
seen that he distinctly claims a third
or oven a fourth term for Gen. Grant and
speaks of it as n certain event. Wo
make the following lively extract from
this speech.
At the head of the government stand-',
aud will staud for mauy years, a man iu
whom all have confidence aud who will
prove equal to the trials of the present,
as he was equal to tho trials of the past,
From a two column editorial articlo of
tho Now York Herald, of Friday last, wo
make tho extract given below. It proven
that while the mere politicians and time-
servers of the country are looking to con
tinued usurpation and force on the means
of perpetuating ut tho South the evils and
aniiuositioH that havo been kept up during
the last eight years, there aro some think
ing men who see that this policy can nev-
or restore a harmonious Union or secure
tho stability of any great interest in the
country. Tho people of tho South want
justice nud right, not coercion aud wrong*
and they must continue to bo a distract
ing and disturbing element in the Union
as long ns they are denied political equal
ity and the right to manage their local af
fairs in thoir own way, subject only to
constitutional restrictions.
The Herald acknowledges the goniua
aud moral power of the statesmen who
represented the .South in tho nationul
councils before the war, nud truly says
that though they nro in retirement their
spirit and touchings still animate the
Southern people. Permit us to say that
all tho evils of Federal “recoustiuction"
which the Herald now perceives as the re
sult of experiment, these Southern states-
men clearly saw and foretold as the cer
tain effect of tho Federal policy as soon
as it was proposed; and they us clearly
seo in tho future all the evils which the
llerald apprehends, as tho certain result
f a continuance of tho policy. They
know full well that the shorn and mutilat-
id South in now in a condition like that
•f Humson grasping the pillars of the
Phihstiau temple, and that if the edifice
falls they will not bo the ouly sufferers.
Tho Herald's articlo concludes:
Can we really reconstruct the Southern
States without tho a d of the real sons of
tho South ? We have tried to do so, de
pending upon the ignorant freedtneu who
Yesterday were slaves aud the unscrupu
lous white adventurers who yesterday fled
from the North as political mendicants
and soldiers of fortuue. There is uo re
construction. On tho contrary, we see
disturbance, civil outbreaks, corruption
and disorder, and, worse than all, a war
upon the national credit hy meuus of re
pudiation that will he as disastrous to the
Union as if the rebellion had heeu a sue*
co-s. It would cortaiuly be better in the
interests of civilization and liberty to
have two Confederacies, governed by
statesmen of honor and character, who
respected credit aud sacred obligations,
than such a Uuiou us wo shall certainly
see if Arkansus and South Carolina are
permitted to drag theso Federal States
into the abyss of bankruptcy. This can
he iu no respects a wholesome living
Uniou, aud I he end will be a destruction
by repudiation more disastrous than
would have heon tho dostructiou by war.
What then is the remedy ? It is idle to
tulk of military power to keep the peace.
No military power can keep the peace iu
a country bent upou disturbance, uuless
by tho extermination of the peoplo.
Spain has boon trying for forty years to
preserve order iu her Biscayan provinces,
aud iu tho end she has a civil wur as irri
tating as it wus when Espartoro made
himself the Duke of Victory. The public
sentiment of this country would not ad
mit of. any policy which looked to the
armed occupation of the South. It would
be au expense, an offence, a scandal. a
burden that could never be cheerfully
borne, a violation of the genius of our in
stitutions. Oil the other hand this public
sentiment would never consent to tho re
vival of slavery, to the recognition of its
existence in any form, except as a crime
happily abolished and atoned. Nor would
it accept any of tho responsibilities of
thoso «arho made the rebellion, the
Confederate debt, tho cotton loans,
tho losses of those who went into
secession aud whose property was
takeu by troops, tho sequestration
of lands like those of Arlington. Norcuu |
«re consider lor u moment any policy that
would regard tho uegroos of the South
who were formerly slaves as iu any other
relation thau that of freemen, citizens,
aud .entitled to every right of citizcuship.
t here are certain inevitable facts growing
out of our war, just as they grow out of
all wars aud nil revolutions. The English
Revolution made Parliament free and de
stroyed absolute powor. The French
Revolution made France the home, tho
heritage, nud the glory of every French
man, and decreed noble and peasant equal
before tho law. Our own secession revo
lution consolidated the Uniou and eman
cipated the hIavoh. These are the fruits
of the coldest, tho inevitable facts that
came from it, that can never l»e destroyed
or taken uwav. and for which we should
go to war to-morrow as eagerly as Eng
land for tho freedom of her Parliament,
or France for tho preservation of the
fruits of her revolution.
But there are other questions iu noway
vital which do not affect these inevitable
result'*, aud tho consideration of which
statesmanship would impose upon us.
Havo wo not imposed too heavy a tine
upou the South as tho cousequeuce of the
war ? Have we not punished her. al
though a sister Commonwealth, ten times
more severely thau France was punished
hy the alien invader? If Germany as
tonished the world iu exacting five mil
liards from Frauce, what must be thought
of the fine of ten milliards, which, asti-
rnating each slave at five humlred dollars,
was imposed upon the South by the pro
clamation of emancipation? Should not
some compensation be made to the South
for this enormous fine—not iu the way of
that make* it tho object of the Southern
leader* to aim to destroy by repudiation
the Union they fuiled to destroy bv seces
sion ? These are grave questions. To the
minds of some of our readers they may
no doubt l e novel, and it may be said
that we t.ike a gloomy or a"fautastic view
of the situation in the South. But there
certainly is au evil iu the South that wo
have not reached. We are rapidly
drifting upon chaos, disorder, a war of
races, repudiation. We have made our
brothers Xif yesterday our enemies, nnd
not only enemies, but we surrender to
their mercy the credit of the nation and
the happiness of the four million* of
slaves we emancipated. More than all,
we have giveu them no motive for recon
struction ; but on the contrary, we have
left them every temptation to war upon
the Union.
These aro living questions. Jt is not
for ns to decide them ; but wo do uot seo
how there can he recount ruction until
they are decided. Would it not be the
wisent statesmanship, therefore, to call
together n national convention to consider
the war, its consequences ami results, and
how best the Union can adjust itself to
the new and strange conditions it has left
to us ? 1st vm hare a national convention
of peace and reconstruction.
LETTER ON THE PRESENT PO-
UTICAL SITUATION.
CIVIL RIGHTS.
tho rebellion? PAV [ACL 1 DU L 1 RllOWY acquiesced in these measures, with the of the horrors consequent upon its part-
reconst ruction • •JVJoEiril Tj. DIw It ii• Fifteenth Amendment added; which s*ge.
might have been avoided, if the whole If this should fail—and I trust it may
South had promptly acquiesced in the uot—the only remaining hope is in the
Fourteenth Amendment and the Recon- exercise of the veto power by the Brest*
struction net known as the Sherman bill, dent of the United States. I know noili-
But at this period we ore met with a ing of the intentions of the President on
much more daug^rous issue than any that 1 this question, bat I trust a sense of patri-
was presen’ed in 1867; and it become* , otic duty may compel him, if the mens-
ns t-i meet it fairly and squirely, and to I ure should ever come before him for
do all in our power to avert the enactment ] action, to save the country from anarchy
of a measiim which will be productive of and ruin by tho two of this great cou
th© in .Kt ruiuous consequences through- ; serv*t ve power which is wisely placed iu
out tho entile South. his hands by the Constitution. If it
It wa* a hard enough fate up »n us for j should come to that point and General
our conquerors to abolish slavery, and Grant should veto the measure, mid
wrest from n*, without a dollar of com- ! throw the* vast weight of his Executive
pensutioii, «he fail ions of dollars invested j power and personal influence in the sc tie
The Attorney-General nt the Head of
the Government.
The President of tho United States in
his recent letter of instructions from
Long Branch to General ihdknap, Secre
tary of War, at Washington, after calling
his attention to the “recent atrocities in
the South, particularly iu Louisiana, Ala
bama aud South Carolina,” nnd to the
danger* which they threaten “uulesa
speedily checked.” and to the duty of tho
Government, under such circumstances,
“to give all tho aid for tho protection of
life and civil right* legally authorized,’'
says, that “to this on I 1 wish you would
consult with the Attorney General, who
is well informed as to iho outrages already
committed aud the localities where the
greatest danger lies, nud so order troofis
to be available in case of necessity,"
and that “all proceedings for Iho protec
tion of the South will be under the Law
Department of tho Government, and wid
directed by the Attorney General, in
accordance with the provisions of tin En
forcement acts."
It thus appears that under tho Enforce
ment acts tho Attorney General, so far
as the restoration of law nnd order in the
Southern States is concerned, is practi
cally the head of tho government and
charged with duties which constitutional
ly are the duties of the President. Tli%
Attorney General, for instance, sends for
tho Secretary of War. aud tho Secretary,
on reporting in pers >n at the La v Depart
ment is told that three, thousand troops
are wanted iu Louisiana, two thousand in
South Carolina nnd fifteen hundred in
Alubama, to bo distributed at such and
such places, Ac., and tho Secretary, hav
ing received his instructions, bows him
self out and proceeds to execute his or
ders accordingly. Thou wo have a circu
lar letter of instructions from tho Attor
ney General to certain United States
marshals touching their duties iu tho prom
ises. instructions which should emanate
directly from the President anil over his
signature. We conclude that the Presi
dent, having had enough of it. has turned
over tho unpleasant business of enforcing
law and order in the South to tho Attor
ney General, under tho idea that tho dep
uty in theso duties will servo as well as
his principal. But this is a grave mistake
and a had precedent. It is the boiinden
duty of the President “to takn care that
tho laws be faithfully executed." The
duties of liiH office are the execution of
the laws. He caunot properly, and espe
cially in serious emergencies, turn over bin
highest responsibilities to his subordi
nates. As Commander iu-Cbief of tho
army it is hi* business to instruct directly
the Secretary of War touching tho move
ments of troops. Iu a word, the Presi
dent should ho now domiciled uot at
Long Branch, but at Washington, for tho
prompt and proper discharge of his offi
cial duties. — -V. J\ He aid, oth.
Third Diatrict of Alnbuiut%.
TAUL URADFOttn'.S APPOINTMENTS.
Opelika, Lee County, Ala.,)
September f», 1874.
The Executive Committee of tho Dem
ocratic and Conservative party of tho
Third Congressional District met this day
aud organized by electing J. R. Dowdell,
Esq., Chairman, and John A. Holmes
Secretary.
On motion, the following programme
for speakiug by the lion. Taul Bradford,
Democratic aud Conservative candidate
for Congress, was adopted, viz;
Sept. 19, Saturday, Gold Hill, Leo county.
“ 22, Tuesday. Wodowee, Randolph tio.
•* Jit, Wednesday, Lwuiar, “
*‘ 24, Thursday. High Sheets, “ “
“ *25, Friday, Koanoko, »• “
“ 26, Saturd.i), faotiiua, »• •*
“ .8, M ml ay, Mill Town, Chamber* Co.
•• 5i9, Tuesdax, Hickory FI't, “ “
Weduo.-d •>. LaFayvtio, “ “
Oct.
2 Frida
3, Sat rd*y, Hr<
Monday, Opelika
vlllo, Lae county.
salem, “ “
Siiuy, Crawford. Ru.'soll Co,
ay Seale, “ “
•' 1«’, Friday, ll'u 'ley> tl
“ 17, Satu day, I hi v Id ton.
“ W, Monday, Newslte, “
“ 20, Tuosday, lladcvillo. ••
“ 21, Wednesday, Barusvlllc, *•
“ 21, Wodnesda* night, Tallassec, Elmore.
“ 22, Thursday. White's Grocery,
“ 23, Friday,Central Institute, “
•* 24, Saturday, Wotuinpka. “
“ 20. Monday', Buyckville. “
“ 27, Tuesday. Traveler's Best, Coosa.
“ 28, Wednesday. Kookford, •
2V. Thursday, Nixhurg, “
“ 3o, F.lduy, Kelly ton “
On motion, the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted :
Whereas, It 1ms been brought to the
knowledge of this committee that certain
representations have been made by one
Charles Pelham and other Radical* iu
Washington City that recent outrages
have been committed m this District upon
iuuoceut and inoffensive citizens ; there
fore be it
Resolved, That we take this occasion to
deny said charges, and pronounce them
utterly false aud without the least founda
tion.
Resolved, further, Thn* n'l the Demo
cratic papers in the District bo requested
to publish tho proceedings of this meet
ing-
Ou motion, the committee adjourned.
J. R. Dowdell, Chairman.
John A. Holme*. Secretary.
From the Atlanta Herald, flCi.]
Pesy.eld, Ghf.es Co.. Ga.J
August.ll, 1874. >
Cor. Joseph K. Ilnur n, Atlanta, (Ja. :
Dear Sir;—In this Lour of political
trouble, we would counsel your wisdom,
and political experieu o. In our opinion
the passage by Congress of the Civil
Right* bill would inaugurate a spirit of
antagonism bet wee i the white and black
races, that could novel* be lecouciled. To
us it dues appear imposedhlo for any
Southern gentleman to identify himsolf
with any party who seek to imposo this
measure upou our people. But irusting
in your profound judgment aud practical
common sense, we advise with you.
We are, Governor,
Yours very respectfully,
R. L. McWhorter,
J as. H. McWhorter-
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2, 1874.
Messrs. It. L. Me Whorter and James H.
Me Whorter, Cenfield, (Ja. :
Gentlemen ;—In reply to your letter
in reference to the political situation, in
which 1 understand you to ask my opin
ion of the Civil Rights bill, pending be
fore Congress, I have to state that J am
not engaged in political strife, nor do 1
intend to be in future. I shall, however,
iimiutain the position of an independent
citizen, and I shall not hesitato to express
any political opinions which I may enter
tain, uud to act and vote in such manner
as in my judgment will best promote the
interest of the State of Georgia, and of
(he whole people of the Union.
As you are aware, I wa* one of the first
public men in Georgia to take position in
lavor of acquiescence to the reconstruction
measures adopted by Congress. I did this
because I clearly foresaw that the South,
as the conquered section, would be com
pelled to submit to theso measure* ; and.
if acquiesceuce was refused, that more
rigor*.u* measure* still would be euforced
But I thought by acqniesciug at once, aud
raising no issues with the colored people
of the State, we would retain their confi
dence, and keep them out of the bands of
the carpet-baggers and designing men,
who would come among them for the pur
poso of misleading them, and exciting
their prejudices against tho native white
population; who aro in fact their best
friends. Each of you took the same posi
tion whioh I felt it my duty to take upon
these issues, and we passed through a pe
riod of persecution aud ostracism seldom
endured by those who have in view noth
ing hut tho bed. interests of the Stute, in
the course they pursue, and who labor
day aud night to save those who revile
them, from a fate such ns tho white peo
ple of South Carolina and Louisiana, who
followed tho advice of unwise leaders,and
made no effort to control the deliberations
of their conventions, are now compelled
to endure.
The result of our labors, and of thoso
who co-operated with us in aud out of the
Convention, gave to Georgia a Constitu
tion under which she is now living nnd
prospering ; aud to her native original cit
izens thecoutrol aud management of their
own affairs.
In the other Kent horn States, where the
whole mas* of the white people, follow ing
the advice of their excited leaders, gave
up their constitutional conventions to ne
gr. e* aud carpet-baggers, and made uo ef
fort to control them, constitutions have
been fixed upon them which vest the gov
ernment in the hands of their former
slaves, und-r the guidance and direction
of Northern men, who, bankrupt in char
acter and fortune at home, came to the
South, and, taking adva* t igo of tho folly
of our people, who were nc.iug upou thoir
pHK*ioiisaud prejudices at.>1 not upon their
judgment and common sense, alienated
tho negroes from their white neighbor*
and friends, and obtained complete con
trol over them.
It was the thirty to forty thousand whito
men iu Georgia who acted with us, sub
ordinating passion and prejudice to judg
ment aud reason, and who, contrary to
the ndvico of honored leaders, voted iu
tho election for delegates to tho conven
tion, nnd sent such men as McCoy, 8af-
told. Miller, Parrott, Trammell, Waddell,
McWhorter, Bell, Augier, Bigby, Bowers,
Flynn, Foster, Irwin, Maddox, Shrop
shire, and a number of others, all able,
honored citizens of Goorgia, who, with
the aid of some influences outside, con
trolled tho counsels of the convention, nnd
secured our pr«sent constitution, who
saved Georgia from the sad fato of some
of her Southern sisters.
Suppose the whole whito population of
South Carolina, immediately after the
p ssage of the Sherman bill, had pro
claimed to the world that they acquiesced
iu the measure and each had gone to work
to influence and control ah many colored
men a* possible, innking no issue with
(hem. but informing them that their right
to vote was conceded, and suppose every
white voter iu the State had gone to the
polls and voted for delegates to the con
vention, who believes that they could not
have carried colored voters enough, with
their own, to have controlled the con
vention nnd made their constitution as
good as that of Georgia? This could have
been doue by them, if they had acted
promptly, in defiance of all the efforts
tlmt carpet baggers could have uinde.
If no is-»ue had been iqado with the col
ored people, probably each white voter in
the Stuto could have influenced nnd con
trolled one colored vote. Some could
have controlled a much larger number.
But if only one in every five had control
led n colored vote it would have giveu the
white people the control of the conven
tion. uud as a consequence would hnve
given them a good constitution. The
property, intellect and intelligence of any
State can govern it, when it unites in a
determined effort to do so. And if they
had made no issue with the government,
or the colored people, on their right to
vote, there wore s'rung reasons why their
former owners could have exercised more
influence and coutrol over the colored
people thau the employer can usually ex
orcise over tho employed, owing to the
kind relations which hud formerly existed
between them, aud the dependence upon
tho white people which the colored peo
ple had habitually felt during their past
in that, property, which had descended
from gouersti 'll to generation as the pat
rimony < f savor d ages; and then to com
pel us (<» stand up in term* of legal equal
ity with our former slaves, and meet them
as equuis at the bullot-box. This, how
ever, tho conqueror dictated, and com
pelled submission to his dictation ; and
those who were most fiery and denuncia
tory in their warfare against it accom
plished nothing of good for our p ople.
All parties have now united in acquies
cence in these measures, and all the
States have been re-admitted into the
Union, as the Northern States must ad
mit, upon terms of legal equality. Here,
then, the reconstruction measures should
cea*e, and ail parties should agree that
the war is at au end ; that we have suf
fered its disastrous consequences, and that
no further wrongs should be inflicted
upon us.
At this stage, however, with a view no
doubt to the uext Presidential campaign,
and for the purpose of making the color
ed voters more enthusiastic in their sup
port of tho Republican party, certain
leaders of that powerful organization
bring forward what is called the “Civil
Rights Bill,” which is now pending ou
tho calendar of Congress, and which, iu
fact, is intended, not a* a civil rights bill,
but a social rights measure ; for the pur
pose of compelling social equality betw een
the whito nud colored people of the
South. This can never be done, and if
attempted should not, and will not be
submitted to. be the consequences what
they may. God has created the two races
different, with different tastes, capacity
and instinct for social enjoyment, and no
human legislation can ever compel them
to unite as Rocial equals.
Those who urge this measure in Con -
gress, with a view of bringing up the col
ored voters to a more enthusiastic sup
port of their party, are putting themselves
litlon to do '
of peace and harmony, he would bo enti
tled to, and I be ieve would receive, (he
thanks and applause of the entire white
population of the South, and of a vast
majority of the people of the Union.
1 have no wi*h to thrust my opinions
before the public on any political issue ;
but on accouut of the magnitude of this
question, and tho fearful results which
may follow, I think it the duty of every
citizen to speAk out aud stuto his position
in terms too unequivocal to be misunder
stood. I therefore authorize you to make
such use of this letter as you may think
proper. I am.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Joseph E. Brown.
SELECT FEMALE SCHOOL,
OolumbUDf Ga.
T he tenth soholastaC
year will begin the tln*t day of
October, 1874.
The Rev. C. A. Kendrick will
be associated with the hohool to
teach Mmlera Languages aud
Belles-Lettres.
Music Department—Mrs. L. Spencer.
Tuition In Literature reduced 15 per cent.
All Branches thoroughly taught.
A few boarders can be accommodated in the
family of the Frinclpal.
sep® tr j. r. mcintosh.
Check Lost.
I GST—On Tuesday, 8th Instant, between
J the Fontaine warehouse and Kudo &
Phentx Manufacturing Company—a CHECK
on Merchants’ k xecnardcs’ Hank, Columbus.
Ga., No. 63, payabl • to W. B. Howard & Co., or
boarer. All persons are forowarned not to
trade for said check, as payment has been
stopped. The finder will be rewarded by leav
ing the check at Messrs. Jackson jt Pratt's
store J. E. DAVIS.
se9-2t«
4'onauiiiptioii of Cotton.
Reports from seventeen cotton fact
in the district allotted by 111
Exchange to 1 ha Augusta Exoha
district embracing the territoi
by n parallel with Augusta to t
see State Line—have
ionnl
actual money paid to former slaveholders,
hut iu the development of industries in
the South that were destroyed by the | From these reports we coll.it
w ar ? If we of the Northern States for : ing of interest to our read
the future—a man generations sustained, approved and Tho whole consumptio: w
^ . . profited hy slavery when it was an insti- 1 teen mills during the year ending August , them—the colored people became willing
tut ion, should we not assume some of 3lst was 13,381 bale*. During the last subjects of those who carno to them with
aud responsibility of quarter of the year the same mills cou- | flatteriug promises, and were soon bound
crime ? * Be- , sutned 3,325 bale*. % to them by ties too strong to be easily
and w ill be equal t<
just to all. lie will save to the East her
bond*, and to the South her schools aud
her civilization and to tho Goodman his , the expense
equal rights. A uun who will give trails- regarding
But so soon as the whole mass of the white
people proclaimed their hostility eternal to
the lie const ruction nets, and declared that
they would never submit to negro suf-
frage, they drove the negroes from them;
aud, as any other race wto did not feel
competent to coutrol their own affai
wou'd lmvo done under like circum
stances. they naturally looked Around for
somebody to lead them ; aud at this ciiti-
cal moment the carpet-baggers ennie
umoug them, announcing that their mis
sion was to see that tho acts of Congress
weto carried into effect, and tho rights of
suffrage secured to the colored race.
Having no one else to lean upon—their
former owners aud neighbers hav
ing, as they considered it, turned against
p station to the West aud for the nation cause we eouquered the South have we Six of those mills run to their full ca- brokeu
will find au exit from her financial any right to desolate it V Cau there be pacitv aud eleven did not. All ruuuing But the reconstruction contest is in the
troubles. A man as illustrious for his any form of desolation moro thorough to fail capacity would have consumed post, aud to-day we see the white people
modesty aa for his justice. A mau who thau to compel the people to bear all the , 3.053 bales more than the above totals iu- of Georgia coining up to the position of
can afford to be just, because by the con- burdens of the war which they assumed— dicato. acquiescence that we took in 1867 ; and,
sent of mankind he ranks as a soldier, of the abolition of slavery whioh we at | The stock held by these mills August indeed, going far beyond it. Wo then ac-
and as a civilian he stands above the re- one time guaranteed to them as an insti- 31 st was 1,507 bales more.—Augusta quieeoed iu the Fourteenth Amendment
strain!* of party. Every liberal advance tut ion, ua well as of the dabt we contract -1 Chronicle. j and the She v mau bill. They have since
in a position to do the greatest possible
injury to the colored race. Suppose this
bill should pass at the next Congress,
what will be the result? The legislature
of each Southern State, as soon as it is
called together, will at once repeal all
laws by which public schools are main
tained at the public expense, and leave
each man to educate his own children bs
best he cau. This will leave the colored
people, who are without property, to grope
their wav iu ignorance, with 110 means of
educating their offspring. And it will
necessarily leave a great mauy whito
people in the same ur fUltimate situation.
But ho this ns it may, we will never sub
mit to mixed school*, where our chiidreu
w ill bo compelled to uuite with those of
the colored race, upon terms of social
equality.
I have heeu President of the B jard of
Education in Atlanta, since the organiza
tion of our system, which is now working
most admirably, under whioh we hnve
separate schools, open to white aud col
ored children, and every child belonging
to either race can find its wsy into a good
school, if the parent think* proper to
send it. Theso schoolsare maintained hy
taxation of tho whole people, aud their
burdens falls mainly upon those who havo
most we alth and who often have no chil-
dien to educate. I am proud of the sys
tem, ar.d of the great benefit* which are
resulting from it, and I feel as our white
poople generally do, that since tho col
ored people are made oitizens, if they
act in their proper social sphere, it is our
duty, ns well as our pleasure to aid them
iu tho education of their children. But I
do not hesitate to say that I should favor
the immediate repeal of All laws on this
subject, and the disbanding of the school*
us soon ns the Civil Rights bill shall be
come a law.
It enuuot be said that we violate any
provision of the Constitution of the
United States, when we repeal our school
laws, as that constitution requires no State
to maintain any public school ; and we
make 110 discrimination ou account of
race, color or previous condition of servi
tude, when wo refuse to maiutain any
public school, at the public expense, for
tho children of either race.
But this is not all. The attempt to force
equality between the races ou railroad
cars, steamboats, and especially in hotels
and churches, will produce constant strife,
and very frequent bloodshed, that will
probably soon lead to a war of races, and
produce a horrible state of things through
out the entire South, termioatiug in gen
eral anarchy, which will end in the exter
mination of the negro race. Much as I
deprecate and oppose all mob law, I can
not doubt that, iu the excited state of the
popular mind whioh would follow tho at
tempt to en- orce such a measure, it would
soon bo found thnt white juries would not
convict white men for killiug negroes who
Jertook to intrude themselves upon
them a* social equals. Aud if the Gov
ernment of the Uuited States attempted
to coerce the white people of the South
into submission to negro social equality,
they would find th*t the white troops, who
might he called iuto the field against us
to fight fur such negro social equality,
would generally’ lay down their arms be
fore they* would pet form tho task. In a
word, if they drove us to submission at
the point of the bayonet, the bayonet
would generally be in the hands of tho
negro, and our people would hnve to de
fend themselves igainRt it »is best they
could. The result would not be d mbtfnl.
All prosperity would he destroyed, uud
general toufu.-fau, bankruptcy and ruin
would prevail,'until the s’.uggle between
the races terminated, which would, as I
have already’ s*id, in the end, result in
the extinction of tho weaker race.
But I do nol care to pursue this t .ome.
The consequences of this measure would
be too horrible tor con tempi* ion, and we
can only hope that the evil w ill he averted
by the good, practical, common sense of
the American people, aud that the politi-
c »1 organization which attempts to force
this state of things upon the country, or
any section of it, will meet with over
whelming defeat iu 6very issue.
I have uo hesitation, therefore, in
agreeing w ith you that the passage by
Congress of the civil rights bill would in
augurate a feeling of antagonism between
the whito and black races that could never
he reconciled; aud, iu saying most une
quivocally thnt no Southern gontloman,
1 care not whether he be Republican or
Democrat, ought, in my opinion, to iden
tify himself, or continue longer to act,
with the party who seek to impose this
measure upon our people.
In my judgment, there are but two
contingencies which cau avert the evil:
one is tho overwhelming defeat of the
Republican party, in the elections this
fall, upon this issue. They are determin
ed to make the issue, as already an
nounced by some of their leader* upon
the stump, nnd my sincere hope is that
every State, county, city, town, village
and hamlet throughout the entire Union,
where an election may be held, will give
the Democratic party an overwhe’ming
majority. To this end I ahall cheer
fully contribute my humble mite. This
would check the passage of this most in
iquitous measure, and relieze the country
Hogs, Hogs!
<laio
Parties who hnve lopt hogs uiay find thorn at
said Pound nud reclaim them upon payment of
PROP. GEO. W. CHASE
1 )ESPEOTFULLY ANNOUNCES THAT
V lie n -tinue.4 his Instructions in VOCAL
AND 1NSTKUMEN 1 AL MUSIC, at his res
idence MMUhwen. corner Troup and Craw
ford street*.
Di the cultiruti r
ol Qurcin aud other u;eat Italian
carefully applied ; w hile in Plum* playing the
<•14), the principle
FOR SALE AND RENT.
For Rent Cheap.
A FOUR ROOM DWELLING nar -
r street, near Crawford, neat ilPi
‘ “ ex client well
piy W
*e;8 ltn
For Rent.
■QWELLING ON JACKSON ST . >
near the HaptDt Church, \ rooms.
En'iU're fit Alabama Warehouse,
sops tr W. H. HUOHE8.
For Rent.
^ FOUR-ROOM HOUSE JUST , .
finis hod. tlii-l
Apply to
sepfl 3t* JOHN DURKIN.
To Rent.
T he desirable store room no
101 Broad htreet, now oocupied by A. L
Harrison, (ad olnlng Acee & Murdoch).
Also, ..legant Oflioe in same building.
Appl v to C. O. McGEHEE,
_sop6 at* at Alston Warehouse.
For Rent.
FIVE HUUMED DWELLING, iMk
with out-houses, in Troup street, be-*^I.
tween Baldwin and Few. Apply to
fiepe tf J. H. CONNOR & CO.
For Rent.
PLEASANT HESIDENOEj_,
with live rooms, In the upper part ofH®®-
the city.
Apply to
Sept, ft, 1874-lw
P. H. ALSTON.
rics ot the most recent
schools of fingering are developed
Terra* (us heretofore) $5.00 p
weekly lessons; *10 per mouth ,
lessons.
Occasional Soirees will be given hy the pupils.
Prof. CHASE Is ulso now prepared to 1 une
Plan- s. Orders may he lef; with Messrs
Peuse fit Norman.
»ep8 lw*
Youngs Rust Proof Oats.
Treatise on tho Cultivation ol Oats will accom
pany each order.
rep8 tlfcwStn W. H. YOUNG.
Closing Up—Great
Bargains 1
I AM SELLING ALL GOODS IN MY
line at the lowest prices, in order
TO CLOSE UP IN A FEW DAYS.
I must say, PLEASE
J. 1. CRIFFIN.
For Rent Cheap.
^ PORTION OF THE DESIRABLE RES-
idenco of Mrs Judge Thomas, on ROSE HILL,
with or without outhouses, stables and garden.
Apply on premises or at Enquirer-Sun office.
Sept. 6,1874 tl
For 8ale.
T heoarrtgek plantation in ^
Kusstll eranty AU.—320 acres, ltfjTO
cleared. 2.600 | each. 4 0 apple trees.
Also, 1 ears nud plum.*. Taree-iicr-vineyard.
In good fruit your will Fell $S0 porday,and
clear 46O1 u year from vineyard. Apply tD
JOHN BLACKMAIL
8Cp4 tr Ke tl Estat Agent.
For Rent.
HOLLY OR IN PART, THEM
dwelling known at “SI.devlHe,’* ownedJiilL
l y Rev. T. B. S ado. A: ply to him or Alfred
Prerco t. ^ sep3 2w
To Rent.
A DESIRABLE STORE ON BROAD
Street. Apply to
u ELLS & CURTIS.
Septa, 1*74 tf
For Rent.
O FFICES AND SLEEPING J—A.
ROOMS in the Georgia Home In- iilil
suranco Holhilng, among which is tin****=■-
office now occupied by Somh* rn Lite Insurance
Company. Apply to
CHARLES COLEMAN,
aug30 tf
118 Broad St.
For Rent.
^ FIVE-ROOMED DWELLING
and <>ut-houtes on Tr-up, near Bridge Jfisl.
street. Repairs and alterations to suit tenant.
Apply to R. B. MURDOCH,
tf No. c*2 Broad St.
REMOVAL.
I HAVE MOVED MY STOCK OF
CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES,^
planta]
WAGONH
To the Gunby Building,
ST. CLAIR ST., NEAR THE FONTAINE
AND ALABAMA WAREHOUSES,
where I will sell any work in my lino cheaper
than ever heretofore.
THOS. K. WYNNE.
se)>ddAw tf
To the Grangers.
ING RENTED A
j_j. nie Lowoll Wareh use. 1
store cotton for Grangers untie
ment with them. R. G. WILLIAMS.
Lumpkin Independent please copy.
August 27, 1874. 02w
New F'nll Pi-iiits
PEACOCK & SWIFT'S.
^DSOLUTK DIVORCES OBTAINED FROM
courts, of different State*, for deeertion, Ac.
No publicity required. No charge until divorce
granted. Addresa,
M. HOUSE, Attorney,
my30 dewly 194 Broadway, N. V.
Miscellanies of Georgia!
By ABSALOM H. CHAPPELL.
Fob Salk at
CHAFFIN'S ANI) PEASE A NORMAN'S
HOOK STOKES.
In Two Part-. Price ,1.
ftUg2Q deod&wlm
For Sale or Rent.
A TWO STORY DWELLING, , .
/ ju with eight rooms nnd Double a 5 **)
Kitchen, opposite the Gills’ 1’ublic |2s£|
School.
Enqulro at the re 1 fence of the late Jonn
Johnson, corner of St.Clair and Troup sis.
A U'HITI' CkDVAMT WAMTfc'li fc'n.
For Rent.
T HE re idcucc second door south of St.
Paul Church, nt present occupied by
Mr. Peyton. Po.ec.-.-lon given firct 0-.t.Jiii&
For terms, fcte , apply to o. PcL.un y. Esq.,
who will represent me in above iu»t:er during
•4ttr
•T. S. JONES.
For Rent.
fJXHE STORE ROOMS AND CHAMBERS
in the Musc igee Homo Building, Apply to
B. F. CO!. EM AN,
fee'. S. T«ca**r.
augio tf or chas. Coleman.
To Sent.
poll tho ensiling your, the dwelling ou north
west corner Jackson and St. Clair streets, now oc-
cupiul by Mrs. Wiu, C. Gray.
Apply to WM. C. COART,
»»gl4 tf at Georgia Home Rank.
H
For Rent.
OUSK AND LOT o
, upper end, i
if water. Possession giveu October uext.
Apply to C. E. JOHNSTON, Ksq.
r. 8. Hardaway,
ftiigl tf Agent
For Sale or Rent.
- “HANKSplace*’,Stew- -
art County, Georgia, at the junction of
Hiti'hutoe Creek nnd Chattahoochee River, 21
miles below Columbus, suppllevl with mules,
corn, (arming implements, fce., for another
to buv or rent for another
to eall on either or the un-
Those wishing
year, will do well
dersigned.
E. E YONGE,
G. J. PEACOCK,
Columbus ; or,
G. R. BANKS,
On the place.
STOVES AND TIN WARE.
Stoves, Stoves
(Opposite Sun Office)
Columbus, Ga.,
'1TT0ULD respectfully invite the attention of his
VY friends aud customers to his extensive
stock of STOVES, HOLLOW AND STAMPED
WARE, HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS. Ac. Also
TIN WARE, at wholesale and retail.
Manufacturer of TIN, SHEET IRON AN
COPPER WORK.
Roofing and Guttering
done promptly and in the beet manner.
He solicits a call, feeling secured that he cau
give entire satisfaction.
v 49* Prioe as low as the lowest. Como and see
before you boy. oct25 eodawtf
A Valuable Plantation
For Sale.
f OFFER FOR SALE THE VALUABLE
J. place known us the Wildman plantation,
on Upatoie creek, one mile south of Box
Spring, Southwc torn Railroad. The tract
contains about 1,3)0 aero*. It will he sold on
favorable terms. The plaoe is well watered,
with 3 0 acres of rich bottom land. There is
on tho place throe good dwelling houses, loca
ted in a beautiful grove, and a snffl. lent num
ber of houses for laborers, and other improve
ments- There is also ou the t lace a valuable
mill site, where a mill did an excellent busi
ness for over twenty j errs, until burned down
in the fall of 1873. The dam is secu e, and a
fino pond of water on n never failiuu stream.
There Is three or four tons of Iron where the
mill sto.-d, which will go with tr-e place.
I live lu the neighborhood near tho place,
and will show Uo land to any one wishing to
purchase. _
My address Is Box Spring, Talbot county, Oa.
aug28 w2tkdtsept8 JAMES M. LOWE.
N. J. BUSSEY, Agent
AMERICAN
Cotton Tie Company-
The trade eupplied at loweit nur-
ket rates.
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