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GEORGIA ENTERPRISE WILLIAM L. BKKBH, Vh.rro*. Covington, qa. FRIDAY MORNING DEC. 18, 1868. THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. Tin exceedingly undignified conduct of Con gress in refusing to hear the rending of the mes sage of the President on the occasion of the opening of the present session, is explained by the matter of the roessag* itself. With a pa tient perseverance almost unprecedented, Mr. Johnson has continually remonstrated against the destructive and ruinous policy of Congress, and now he demonstrates by the stern and un answerable logic of actual facts and figures that the wlrok: course of Congressional action in the matter of reconstruction, and all the ]>arty measures of the Republican party, as en acted by Congress, have provod destructive not oniy to the persecuted South,but to the masses of the people in all sections of the country. After charging that the greatest evils which can be inflicted on a people, arise from unwise and despotic laws, and alluding to the uncon stitutional enactments of the last three years lhe President says : ‘‘Statesjto which|tho Constitution guarantees n republican form of government have been reduced to military dependencies, in each of which the people have been made subject to the arbitrary will of the commanding general. Although the Constitution requires that each -State shall he represented in Congress, Vir ginia, Mississippi and Texas, are yet excluded flow the Houses, and, contrary to the expressed provisions of that instrument, were denied par ticipation in the recent election Par President. and Vice-President of the United States. The attempt to .place the whole population under the domination of persons of color in the South has impaired, if not destroyed the kindly relations that had previously existed between them, and mutual distrust has engendered feel ings of animosity, which, lending in some in atnnccs to collision and bloodshed, has provent od;that co-operation between the two races so essential to the success of the industrial enter prise in the Southern States. Nor have the inhabitants of these States alono suffered from the disturbed condition of affairs growing out of Congressional enactments, for the entire Union has been agitated by grave apprehen sions of trouble which might again involve the peace of the nation. Its interests have been injuriously affected by the derangement of business and labor and the consequent want of prosperity throughout that portion of the Union. The Federal Constitution, the Magna Charta of American rights, under whose wise and salu tary provisions we have successfully conducted otir domestic and foreign affairs and sustainsour selves in peace and in war, and Iwcome a great nation among the powersof the eaith.must as suredly bo adequate to the settlement of the questions grtvtving out of the civil war waged for its vindication. This great fact is made manifest by the condition of the country.— When Congress assembled in the month of December, 1865, civil strife had ceased ; the spirit of rebellion had spent its entire force in the Southern States; the people had warmed into national life,' and throughout the whole country a heglthy reaction in public sentiment had taken place. By the simple yet effective provisions of the Constitution, the Executive Department, with the voluntary aid of the States, had brought the work of restoration as near completion as was within the scope of its authority, and the nation was encouraged by the prospect of an early and satisfactory ad justment of all its difficulties. Congress, how ever, interfered, and, refusing to perfect the work so nearly consummated,declined to admit members from those States, adopted a course of measures which arrested the progress of res toration, frustrated all that hnd been done and successfully accomplished, and, after three y«ars of agitation and strife, has left the coun try farther from the attainment of union and fraternal feeling, than at the inception of the Con gressional plan of reconstruction. 11 need s no argument to show that the legislation which has produced such consequences should lie ab rogated, or else made to conform to the genu ine principles of the republican government. Under the influence of party passion and sectional prejudice, other actshavebeen passed not warranted by the Constitution. Congress has already been made familiar with my views respecting the the tcnure-of-office bill. Expe rience has proved that its repeal is demanded by the best interests of the country, and that, while it remains in force, the President cannot enjoin that rigid accountability of public offi cers which is so essential to an honest and effi cient execution of the laws. Its repeal would enable the Executive Department to exercise the power of appointment and removal in ac cordance with the original design of the Fed eral Constitution. The act of March 2, 18ff7, making appropri ations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30,1867, and for other purposes, contains a provision which interferes with the President's constitutional functions as Cotn mander-in-Chief of the army and navy, and with the States of the Union, in the right to protect themselves by means of their own militia. These provisions should he at once annulled, for while the first might, in times of great cmergenoy, seriously embarrass the Executive in his efforts to employ and direct the common strength of the nation for its protection and preservation, lhe other is contrary to the ex press declaration of the Constitution that a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State the right ol the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. It is believed that the repeal of all such laws would be accepted by the American people, as at least, a partial return to the fundamental principle# of the Government, and an indica tion that hereafter the Constitution is to be made the national, safe and unerring guide. They can he productive*!' no permanent bene fit to the country, and should not b« permitted to stand as so many monuments of the deficient wi.-doin which has characterized our recent legislation." Then in treating on the- finance* it is shown by mathematical demonstration that the ex penses of the government, have increased from about one dollar per head in 1790, and from less than two dollars per head in iB6O, to nearly ten .Whirs per henrdl ns the official estimate for 1869. Again, the President presents the fol lowing frightful comparison, which well might arouse the indignation of those whose profli gacy and corruption it so glaringly cx|>ohcs. The people must indeed he lost to all reason if thoy do not sec the wholesale system of plun der which is here shown : “ From the 4th day of March, 1789, to tl.e .TOtli of June, 1861, the entire expenditures of the Government were seventeen hundred mil lions of dollars. During that period we were engaged in wars with Great Britain nnd Mex ico, and were involved in hostilities with pow erful Indian tribes. Louisiana was purchased from France at u cost of fifteen millions of dollars. Florida was ceded to us by Spain for lire millions. California was acquired from Mexico for fifteen millions, and the territory of Now Mexico was obtained from Texas for the sum of ten millions. F.arly in 1861, the war of the rebellion com menced, and from the Ist of July of that yvrar to thoJ3oth of June, 1865, the public expendi- tures reached the enormous aggregate of thirty three hundred millions. Three years of peace have interven’d, and during that time the dis bursements of tho Government have successive ly been five hundred and twenty millions, three bundled and forty-six millions, and three hun dred and seventy-three millions. Adding to these amounts three hundred and seventy-two millions, estimated as necessary for the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1869, we obtain a total expenditure of sixteen hundred millions of dollars during the four years immediately succeeding the war, or neatly as much as was expended during the seventy-two years that preceded the rebellion and embraced the ex traordinary expenditures already named. Those facts clearly illustrate the necessity of retrench ment in all branches of the public sorvice.- Abuses which were tolerated during the war for the preservation of the nation will not be endured by the people now that profound peace prevails.” Thu national debt on the first day of No vember, 1867, hail been reduced to $2,491,* 504,450 ; hut this amount has been increased during the past year by the addition of $55,- 625,102, being on the first of November last $2,527,12*9,552. And to this last amount the Secretary of the Treaswy adds an estimate for November of $11,000,000. The President repeats his recommendation in regard to rnnking provision for the extin-, guishment of the national debt, urging the necessity of liberating our country from the terrible burdens under which the industry of the people is made tributary to n bondholding aristocracy, lie shows that $850,000,000 of the bonds are held in Europe, requiring an annual draft of large sums in gold to pay the interest to foreign capitalists. The singulnr favor shown to the holders of government bonds by Congressional action has already repaid more than the actual value loaned to the government, therefore it is thought they would consent to such a modification of the debt as W'ould admit of ultimate payment.— The financial policy of the Radicals must ter minate in national bankruptcy. In referring to the currency he merely reit erates his well known views ns expressed in his last annual message. Legislation is recom mended which shall bring the circulating me dium to a par value with gold at ns early a day as consistent with the popular interests. On this subject he says: “The anomalous condition of our currency it in striking contrast with that which was origi nally designed. Our circulation now embra ces: First—Notes of the national hanks, which are made receivable for all due* to ilie govern ment, excluding imports, and hy all its credi tors, excepting in payment of interest upon its bond* and the securities themselves. Second—Legal tender note* issued hy the United States, and which the law requires shall he received as well in payment of all debts between citizens as of all government dues, excepting imports, &c. Third—Gold and silver coin. By the opers ation of our present system of finances, how ever, the metallic currency, when collected, is reserved only for one class of government creditors, who holding its bonds, semi -annually receive their interest in coin from the national treasury. There is no reason which will he accepted as satisfactory hy the people why those who defend us on tiie land nnd protect us on the sea. the pensioner upon the gratitude of the uation, hearing the scars and wounds received while in its service, the public servants in the various departments of the Government, the farmer who supplies the soldiers of the array and the sailors of the naTy, th* artisan who toils in the uatiou's workshop* or the mechan ics and lnhorcrs who build its edifices and con struct it* forts and vessels of war, should, in payment of his just and hard-earned dues, receive depreciated paper, whil* another class of their countrymen, no more deserving, are paid in the coin of gold or silver. Equal and exact justice requires that all the creditors of the Government should be poid in a currency possessing a uniform value, and this can only be accomplished hy the lestoration of the cur rency to the standard established by the Constitution, and by this means we could re move a discrimination which may, if it has not already done so, creat* a prejudice that may become deep-rooted and wide-spread and imperil the national credit.” The rest of the message is devoted to the reports from the several departments. The por tions we have given are those which arc of most interest to our own people. On the whole the message is an able document, and shows conclusively that Congress is responsi ble for the continued division and anomaleus condition of the country.’ One of litre Blessings of the Wat. An irredeemable paper currency is one of the most powerful ugencies by which we have been brought to otrr present financial condition, deranging the business of the country, and vi tiating the habits of the people. The party in power is responsible for it all. It is their measure, but the country’s curse. llow great a eurse, the Secretary of the Treasury give* a faint picture, in the following extract from his annual report:—A'. Y. Drm. The economical objections to these motes a* lawful money, stated at length in previous re ports of the Secretary, may he thus briefly re stated. They increased immensely the cost of the war, and they have added largely to the ex penses of the government since the restoration of peace. They hnve caused instability in prices, nnd unsteadiness in trade, and put a check upon judicious enterprise. They have driven specie from circulation nnd made it merchandise. They have sent to foreign coun tries the prmlucts of our mines, nnd at tho same time our European debt has been steadily increasing, and has now reached such mngni tude ns to he a heavy draught on the nntional resources end a serious obstacle in the way of a return to specie pay men ts. They have sha ken lhe public credit by raising dangerous questions in regard to the payment of the pub lic debt in connection with high taxes, to the necessity for which theyhn'ce largely contribu ted. They ate preventing ship-buihling, and thereby the restoration of the commerce which was destroyed by the war. They are an excuse for, if indeed they do not necessitate protective tariffs, nnd yet fail by their fluctuating value to protect the American manufacturer against his foreign competitor. They are filling the cof fer* of the rich, but by reason of the high prices which they create and sustain, they are almost intolerable to personsof limited incomes. The language of one of the greatest men of modern times, so often, but not too often quoted, is none too strong In its description of injustice and the evils of an inconvertible cur rency: “Os all the contrivances for cheating the laboring classes of mankind, none has been more effectual than that which deludes them with paper money. Ordinary tyranny, oppres sion, excessive taxation—these bear lightly oft the happiness of the mass of the community as compared with a fraudulent currency, and the robberies committed by depreciated paper.” Our own history has recorded for our morali zing tendency, the injustice, and the intolerable oppression on the virtuous and well-disposed of n degraded paper currency authorized or iw any way countenanced by government. The experience of all nations that have tried this experiment of inconvertible paper money, has proved the truth of the eloquent words of Mr. Webster: “If our country is in n measure' prosperous with such an incubus upon it, it is because it is so magnificent in extent, so diver sified in climate, so rich in soil, so abundant in minerals, with a people so full of energy that even a debased curiency can only retard hut not put a stop to its progress.” The Curse nl the Day. There is too much lying. On every hand we meet with exaggeration, equivocation, tie ception. We call it lying, and every innn or woman who Tarie* one iota from the strictest fact and truth i* indeed a liar. The expressman agree* most solemnly to deliver a trunk at a certain place by a certain time, lie delivers it the day after the time promised, and thus lies. The grocer prom ises to send you the best ten in market. He takes the first his hand falls upon without any care for the quality, and dispatches it to yon without a twinge. He is a liar. The printer promises to do your work cheaper than it can be done elsewhere in town. He forgets his promise—charges you what he pleases—and lies. The tailor agress to deliver a suit of clothes without fail by six in the evening.— You get them in the morning, and the tailor is a liar. The dentist pledges his word that if your teeth are filled hy him they will he all right for a dozen years. The filling* come out in six months, and the dentist lies. A man over the way is in need of a temporary loan. You lend him a small sum which he promises by everything to return at a given time. He keeps it a month over the time, and is a liar. An auctioneer tells you that a certain picture is by a master artist when he know* it was painted by a fourth rate painter. lie lie* an i is not worthy of trust. A salesman lies about his goods. A bootmaker lie* about your boots. A jeweler lies about your watch.— The gossiper at the dinner table tells exagger ated stories to astonish the ladies—and is nothing else than a liar. The florist assures you that his flowers were picked in the morn ing, when they are nearly two days old. lie lies, and will lie about anything. The book publisher advertises that his book is selling hy ten* *f thousands when he ha* not sold a thou *and. lie is a liar, and one door off from "the murderer. Everywhere—everywhere we hear lying, lying, lying. Men and women who would knock you down if you called them liars, lie every hour. Deception is the rule rather than exception. Canvassers lie about insurance companies. Brokers lie about stocks. Edi tors lie about, politics. Exaggeration and misrepresentation rule the day and arc its curse. Gentlemen—ladie*—why cannot the truth be told always and ever ? YVhy all this de ception and lying? Why so much falsifying and cheating ? In the name of *ll that is good —we beg of you to do as you agree!—JV. F. Mail. Firi and Explosion.— The steamship Cree cent, of tho New Orleans and Galveston line, took fire at her Wharf in New Orleans, on the 12th inst., and was entirely destroyed. Los* probably $200,000- no insurance. She had about twenty-five hundred barrrels freight on hoard, partly underwritten by the vessel’s own era. The fire had been partially subdued when an explosion occured in the bold, injuring ten firemen, one mortally, and several severely. Wreck sunk. [From the Boston Courier ] Kf|i!riek. On Monday evening last, Kilkatrick deliver ed a lectu-re in Music Hall on “Sherman » March to the Sea,” which was full of such bombast ns the following: “Here on the shores of free America,” quoth Kilpatrick, had “been found two men, Grant and Sherman, both of whom were superior to Napoleon and the equal of AViSHoMf. llow long would Napoleon nnd Frenchmen have stood against Robert E. Lee in the battles of the Wilderness? The South did not realize what war was, hut when they saw their fences ami house* <fi*ap praring, their hogs and chickens eaten up be fore their eyes, they realized something of its results.” Undoubtedly they did. The fact was, tbe country through which General Slid man marched to the sen hnd been cleared out ot its fighting material a»d was a mere empty shell. General Sherman's march to the sea from Atlanta was a sort of a holiday ex cursion, with a vanguard of bummers burning dwelling houses and barns,robbing hen roosts and smoke houses of bacon, and doing other equally valiant exploits. Tho march through Sonth Carolina, Kilpatrick admits to haveheen a regular Goth and Vandal movement, rather than an invasion conducted on the humane principles of modern warfare, such as were observed by the Prussians in their late march through Austria to Vienna. Kilpatrick gloat ed over the burning and Imrting oF defenseless villages and plantations with the gusto of a Cossack or wild Tartar, and spoke of the South Carolinians a* cowards, notwithstanding that he had paid such a high indirect compliment to Robert E. Lee and his army, by intimating that the first Emperor Napoleon and fits troops could not have fought the battle of the Wil derness against Lee. Kilpatrick'is a braggart, and his idea of great military exploits is that they consist in burning the dwellings of non combatants and robbing their hen roosts. Lawlessness of the Hour. The Hartford Post has some very truthful comments on the wickedness that is prevalent all over the country—in'the* course of which it says: “To all this lawlessness, this recklessness of human life, this disregard of personal safety, and these constant breaches of the public peace, among the violent, there is added an almost complete demoralization on the part of those who esteem themselves the better classes. Men who build churches, found colleges, sup port ministers, pay liberally to missionary en terprises, are found to be among the worst.— Re- ent events have expos -d an utter nhsenc • of principle or conscience ou the part of some of these men. Fraud, forgery, perjury, and every cirine whose meshes are large enough to let the of fenders through,'they practice with impunity. They issue fraudulent certificates, and sell worthless stocks, they make a football of the jnati -nal currency. They'try ghastly exp- r irnents on trade and commerce. In the harsh phrase of the sharper, they “bleed” everybody and everything w-thin their reach. They shrink at no crime in the” getting of money.” This is all too true—and it is perfectly dem onstrable, that it has, grown out of the late civil war—or as the Rev. Henry- Clay Trum bull, with grim facetiousness, calls it, the “hallowing influences of camp life.” Had not party spirit over-ridden Christian precept, there would have been no war—but a satisfactory settlement of all our national difficulties. War means the unchaining of all the evil passions of man—is had enough in the best cause—is a terrible res-rt —ami in no ca-e jus tifiable until tbe eloquence of peace is exhaus ted. When clergymen ‘erv havoc' to tlu-ir flocks, they will find it hard to get them 1 ack to their folds again. [N. 11. Register. Sold Himself Into Bondage. Every voter who cast his ballot in favor of another four years’ trial of the Mongrel party of this country, rot only sold himself into slavery, but paid a premium for the privilege of wearing the shackles. He not only con tracted to impoverish himself hut he agreed to pay, directly or indirectly, the interest on the sum of one thousand dollars per year, for the honor of hewing wood and drawing water for an administration, the main element of which is free negroism, to the level of which he is to he socially and politically degraded.— Every white votor in the country is taxed, at least, eighty dollars per year, to support the party he had placed in power. Supposing the vote of the country to foot up altout five mil lions. which is also about tho number of wealth producers, and the cost of the admin istration in round $400,000,000 per year, it will he »ecn that each votor pays a sum equal to the interest upon a mortgage of over $1,000; in fact, this relation i« a mort gage, and this mortgage is to he made per petual. It is a burden that the voter and the producer must carry during his life, and must then transmit to his children, and if the blind ness and fanaticism of the present period con tinue into the future, this mortgage of the souls and bodies of the present voter's chil dren nnd grandchildren, will end in debasing them to the level of the ignorant and pauper ized serfs of Europe. This is the price which the voters are now paying for tho renewal of tbe present administration of tho Government. —Day Book. The heart is a small tiling but desire* great matters. 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Baltimore n;K M,) - Vlll 11,1,1 Ini'ge Old,;;, f paid to sell Wo.NPKR ok mr. Worii,,.J three other discoveries. Address J. U. Tux Pittsburgh, Pa. *’ CsxlD Raw US, Mil II , Sepl. 10, jjjS - Ltpri cott & Bakkwki.i. : The peop’e seem to be rtisxy »K*it yi, llr |. Jack t Axk*. Please send me twenty j.s* More. Yours truly, W.Rp C \ UTIt >N.—Unprincipled denlets are ret j* Axes painted red, ns the HkdJac&kt ax*. good qualities of this Axe consists in its wirw* nor Cutting qualities not in the R.d I’uint, ' The ‘-Red Jacket” is for sale by all r«.S|-on»iUe li*rdwnr.: dealers snd the manufacturer* LIPPINCOTT & BaKK WELL, Pittsburgh, Ts Special Notices. T BETTER THAN 10- ’ Sarsnpaiiliian, the Cr\slnline principle *f Sara i pari 11 a. enters largely i to the composite,, of Kndtvny's Renovating Resolvent. One Unit cf the Resolvent, contains more of the n ctii» principle of cine than ten of the large l-itt|„ of ordinary Sarsaparilla, une tea spoonful in dose in all eases of skin diseases. Two t M spoonfulls three times a day will cure Uumift and Bores of all kinds THE TRUE WAY TO SECURE BEAUTY This Remedy soon changes the entire appsiy mice and condition of the diseased bod\ ; ui.dir its influence, the most repulsive object* hut been liberated from tbeir misery nod inruti-l withal! the ntlrihiilea of health and besolt- Ir. is not to Cosnn tics, and artificial npplisn'a to the skin ana complexion, that, we must i»- pend for personal Caroline**, b-a to pure ud 1 De>- It Is \ hood. l,«t those ni-n.yed wii h t sallo* 1 and r.iut-li sk.n, yes yellow and dull, coin pi t* ion disfigured with Blotches, Pirupl-s, Krupth, Sores, Ac , hail weak and falling off, t. eth -lit colored, hi-enlh offensive, nails i—ugh and irrsg. ular, east aside nl friv.-l. us cosmetics, si.d r*. soi i at once to lhe t-se of the RENOVATING BESOLVENT. vt itii the purpose of purifying and enriehiij their bloo-t, and re*.- Ting away all diseased -It posit-, they will soon ei.j.-y ledoient health, tnl i>e favored will SU.di per*, nal charms as naiurs intended. Parents, when lh»\ discover in their chi dren evid ro es of transmit I e-1 -iisrnse. should at <>■ ee give th- suffering inn-.ee t rbe RF.Stll.. VENT. t r->ni six io ten drop- -f ihe RE'-OL VKN 1 in waier for children of from one t-> thru years old. once ad iv, will soon extei minatr til seeds of disease- ( ee Rodwat’s Almanac (or 1868.) <}»OCEaSES! i 2lK)i< sn ks I iverp'-ol Sill, 2-n) bags Rio Coffee, 25 stiks Lnguirn, and Java C-ff. c, 100 Barrels -fine! Sugar , 2<)o K-’trs Nails, he*t brands, nO Barrels Whisky, Rum and Gin. In Quarter t asks sliern, nnd Madeira Wii.r,l SOt) Bars Drop Shot, Inf) K g- II zird and Duponts Pu»'d r. In.) Boxes New Lny.-r h’.dsiim, 5-i Half boxes New La er Raisins, lot) Quarter Boxes New Layer Rnisins, ]OO Boxes Fire i rackets. 4 0 Coi s l’-a'e Rope, 25 Bales Giinuv Bagging, 150 Boxes Fa.-tory and tote Cheese. 20d Pnck.ig -s New Mack- re , Pepper, Spice, Ginger. Can-lies, Soap. S arch. Sola, Pick'es. Canned < ryslei sand 1.01-slea, Sugars. Smoking ami Chew ing Tol-a-eo, WnoJ Ware, Brooms. Ac , At L- wr t Maiik-t I'hicks. HORTON & WALTON, 602 Broad Stre-t, Augusta, G». i HO! FOR CHRISTMAS FIRE CRACKERS, RO -iAN CANDLES, SAND CRACKERS, SKY ROCKET', All )-iz s a.id varieties of Fire "W o x* It s, At Wholesale and Retn 1, at greatly reduetd prices for CASH. Orders solicited, and prompt attention given. P. HANsBERGER & CO., li»s August*, 6*' M O T I O 3E3! \Y7TIII a view to turn my whole attention •» XX the COMMISSION BUSINESS, I, <>» th ' 20l It instant, disposed of my entir* stock e- Groceries, Ac., to W. M. DUNBAR <ft CO., wk* wid continue Hie GROCERY BUSINESS' the same old stand, and for whom 1 bespeak’ patronage of my friends. 1 A. STEVEN* NT7F, the undersigned, having this day formed V\ a Copartnership for the transaction of l GROCERY’ and PRODUCE BUSINESS, un-l*r the name and sty le <*f W M. M, DUNBAR -j OL d<> respectfully s- licit the patronage so bestowed on our predecessor. WM. M. DUNBAR, nov25 —If THOS. M GOLDSBY. NOTICE! HAVING bought out the stock iu trade of A. STEVEN S, we havefortned it Copartnership for the purpose of earning on a GROCERY » n COMMISSION BUSINESS. . We will also deal in Planters’ Supplies. *•’ everything usually found in a first class Gror'ff House. We will give prompt attention t° *"•' consignment, of Cotton or other produce us, and do our best to deserve the patron*!* the customers of Ihe old House, which, f-r 1 ' past thirty years, has been favorably kno* here, and of all our own friends who m*y us with business. W. M. DUNBAR ® *■ ' i W. M. Dunbaii, of South Carolina, Thos. M. Golosbv, of Virginia. Nov. 25, —4tf NEW STORE I NEW STOCK! VITILLIAM SILVER BERG, would e»» Tv attention ot the citizens of this c,t .V suireunding country, that he has ope» e Whitehall str.et, Atlanta, Ga,, set-on k tr m I. T. Banks, a large and well assorted of Dry Goods. Clothing, Boots and t-li-es, » Cai>s, Trunks, and Gentlemen’s hurnn . Goods, all of which I inGnd to selvas » it caa be done. Remember the p.aee.