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- THE DAILY SUN. OfUce Corner of Broad and Alabama St’n I'li’ilisuc;! by tbc Atlanta Sun Publishing Company. Alexander H. Stenhm*, Archibald M. Speights, J, Heuly Smith, Alexander H. Stephens, Political Editor. A. It. Watson, • * - - News Editor. .1. Ilcnly Smith, - - - - Manager. Traveling Agent*!: J. M. IV. HILL. • J. W. HEARD, THE DAILY SUN Wednesday Morning.. ...July 19. a< HOW TO HEMIT 1IONEV. Wa v.'iU be rfqionsiblc for tho safe arrival of all money sent ns by Registered Letter, by Express, or by Draft, but not otherwise. If money sent in an unregistered letter Is lost, it must bo the loss of tho person sending it No paper wiU bo sent from the office till it is paid for, and names will always ho erased 'when tho time paid fur expires. JOS' Persons sending money by Express must pre pay charges. ~ To Our City Subscribers. We respectfully ask oor city subscribers to notify us in case of failuro to roccivc The 8us. We have recently made some changes in tho city dolircry, and in consequence of this, some will probably be missed for a few days—until the routes arc perfectly learned by those in charge. ' ' For a short time, we beg onr city readers to be pa tient as they can, in case failures occur. We promise them that the evil will soon be satisfactorily reme died. We arc resolved to see that The Sun is faith fully and promptly delivered to every subscriber. The New York World Once More. Make np Clubs. We shall make Tub Sun lively, fresh and Inter esting-containing all tho latest news. We shall fill it with good reading matter, and Shall havo in each issue as much reading matter as any paper in Georgia, and we shall soon enlarge and otherwise lmprovo it, so as to give it a handsome appearance and make it easily reed and dcsirablo to have in the family. We ask onr friends to use a little effort to make up a club for ns at every post offico. See our club rates. A very littlo effort is all that is needed to make np a largo list. Hit. Dave Bell, of Athons, Os., is duly author ized to rcccivo subscriptions and advertisements, and give receipts for the samo. To Correspondents. Mr. Stephens will remain in Crawfordvillc. His connection with The Sun will not change his resi dence. All lctlcrs intended for him, oitlior on pxi- vnto matters or connected wiih tho Political De partment of this paper, should be addressed to him at C'rawfordvillo, Georgia. All letters on business of any kind, connected with Tint Sun, except its Political Department, shonld bb addressed to J. Honly Smith, Manager, Atlanta, Ga. Tonus of Subscription s HOAlIiY: Per Annum $7 00 Hix Months 4 00 Tliroo Months 2 00 Ono Mouth 75 WEEKLY PER ANNUM : Ringlo Copy, 2 00 Three Copies 4 50 Ten •* 14 00 Twenty ** 25 00 Fifty " 50 00 Single Copies 5 Cents. 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Terms of A-tlvertlsIng. —— O 1] SQUARES. l WEEK 2 WEEKS 3 WEEKS 1 *1 1 MONTH. tX 1 square $ 3 50 $ 0 00 $ 7 50 $ 8 50 2 •* 6 CO 9 00 12 50 15 00 { :i «• 7 60 12 00 15 GO 18 00 4 •• 0 00 1« GO 20 00 24 GO l r. •• 11 00 18 00 22 00 27 00 IS •• 12 00 20 00 20 00 30 00 i 7 14 00 2 2 GO 28 0<) 33 00 3 *• ir, oo 24 00 31 00 86 Or 1 <j .. 18 00 27 (K) 33 00 38 00 11) •• 20 00 30 00 36 00 40 00 1 11 22 00 32 00 38 00 42 00 j !•» «• 24 00 35 00 40 00 44 00 Colmn 27 00 38 00 43 00 47 00 1 t’olmu 40 00 55 00 65 00 75 00 i We have had on our table for seve ral clays, a copy of the paper which heads this article, in which is an ed itorial pointedly directed to the Polit ical Editor of Tiie Sun. This will be found in full in another column of our issue to-day. We have taken such time to re spond to the World’s overture in this instance, as we thduglit the great gravity and high import of the sub jects required. We now reply in that tone and spirit in which the World indicates a disposition to discuss the questions involved. In the first place, then, we must say, that we are not aware that Ave have heretofore been either “misty” or “vague” at all in our marking out the line which properly separates, in pur opinion, the “dead” from the “liv ing issues,” in the great civic struggle which is to come off in this country in 1872—those which should he “laid away in the hortus siccus,” and those which shonld be held up for public consideration, and proper approval or condemnation at the polls. On tliis point we .thought wo had been exceedingly “precise” and “ex plicit.” It may be that the World lias not seen what we have heretofore said on that subject, and we, there fore, now briefly repeat our views up on it in language so plain that there can be, as it seems to us, no misun derstanding in regard to them on the part of any one of ordinary intellec tual comprehension. Our position thus suecintly, but clearly stated is: that all questions and matters pertaining to the war, growing out of secession—its causes, conduct, and actual results—from its commencement to its close; from the firing on Fort Sumter to the, sur render of the last Confederate armed squad; from the secession of South Carolina to the restoration of the Union, by the resumption of their obligations to it under the Constitu tion on the part of the States which these questions and Advertisements in the Local Column marked with an asterisk, (*) will bo charged 25 cents per line each insertion. Advertisements under tho Special Notice lioad pleaded) for less time than one week, will bo charged 15 cents per line. ay Advertisements, except for established busi ness houses, in this city, must be paid for iu ad vance No roduoHon will be made oa the above rates for quarterly, semi-annual or yearly advertisements. Arrivals an<l Departures of Trains to anti from Atlantn. THE WESTERN A ATLANTIC (OH 8TATE) RAILROAD. NIOIIT 1‘ASSENUEU TRAIN—OUTWARD. Leaves Atlanta 10;30p m Arrives at Chattanooga C;16ani DAT rASSKNSER TRAIN—OUTWARD. Loaves Atlanta 8:1 Sam Arrives at Chattanooga.,..; 4:25 p in VAST LINE TO SEW YORK— OUTWARD. Leaves Atlanta 2:45pm Arrives at Dalton. 7:53 p m SIGHT FLSSENGEE TRAIN—INWARD. Leaves Chattanooga 5:20 p m Arrives a* Atlanta. 1.12 a m DAY PASSENGER TRAIN—INWARD. Leaves Chattanooga,...! 5:30ajn Arrives at Atlanta.... 2:20 pm ACCOMMODATION TRAIN—INWARD. Leaves Dalton 2:25 a m Arrives at Atlanta 0:10 a m THE GEORGIA (AUGUSTA) RAILROAD. (.Vo Day Train oh Sunday.) Night Passenger Train arrives G:40 a. m Night Passenger Train loaves 5:15 p. m Day Passenger Train arrives 6:20 p. in Day Passenger Train leaves’. 7:10 *• m Slouo Mountain Accommodation arrives...8:05a. m Stone Mountain Accommodation leaves....0:45 a. m MACON AND WESTERN RAILTOAD. Night Passenger Train arrives 10:00 p. m Night Passenger Train leaves 3:28 p. m Day Passenger Train arrives 2:10 p. in Day Passenger train leaves 5:00 a. m ATLANTA AND WEST 1*0INL RAILROAD. Night Passenger Train arrives ..10:07 a. m Night Passenger Train leaves ,2:45 p. m Day rassengcr Train arrives SMt p. m Day Passenger TtniuMcaves ...7:10a. ni ATLANTA AND RICHMOND AIR-LINK RAILROAD. IL gnUr Passenger Train arrives....4210 p. m Regular Passenger Train leaves.... it 7.30 a. m Western Railroad of 'Alabama. LEAVE MONTGOMERY 7:00 A. M ARRIVE AT WEST POINT 11 :J3 ARRIVE AT COLUMBUS 12:30 P. M. LEAVE WEST POINT 12:20 ARRIVE AT MONTGOMERY 5.45 LEAVE SELMA 4:10 A. M, ARRIVE AT MONTGOMERY 45:40 “ LEAVE COLUMBUS 11:40 ' A M ARRIVE AT ICOLUMBUS. 4:15 •• Macon . & Augusta Railroad. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN D ILY, SUNDAYS EXPECTED. Leavo Augusta at .....12 00 II. LeaveMaconat 6 00 A. 11 Arrive at Macon at ' 7 40 P. M. Arrive at Augusta at 1 45 P. M. «j*_ The day passenger train arriving at Macon at 7:40 P. M., and makes close connections with trains of counccling roads at Macon. Passengers leaving Macon at C A. M., will make doso connection at C»- mak with np day passenger train for Atlanta, Athens, Washington and all points on tho Georgia road, and will connect at Atlanta with trains for tho West. mar20 S. K. JOHNSON, Superintend nat heretofore ex- c tomb, never to be alluded to i as entering, in any way, into the practical living issues of Federal politics. Among these actual results of the war—whether one of its legitimate results or not—we include all ques tions relating to negro slavery or servitude, as it previously existed iu some of the States of the Union, be cause in point of fact, all these ques tions were disposed of within the limits of the period so distinctly de fined. The 13tli Amendment to the Con stitution of the United States, by which the previously existing rela tion between the white and black races in some of the States was for ever abolished and prohibited, we therefore consider no longer a living issue. It was adopted within the period stated. All the States of the Union had a hearing upon it, and an equal voice upon it on its adoption through Constitutional constituen cies. We, therefore, regard it as valid; for however reluctantly it may have lieen’ratified by the States which had attempted to secede, yet it was ratified by competent authority on the part of each of them—by a con stituency in cacli of them recognized by the Constitution of the United States ; and was so ratified in good faith by them without the slightest disposition on their part to disturb it. It is therefore, in our opinion, properly, classed among the “dead issues;” not because an attempt to disturb it would “kindle the whole country into a. conflagration,” hnt be cause those affected by it have- no de sire or wish to unsettle what they have agreed to, “ingoodfaith,”s£ one of the actual results of the war. whether a' legitimate one or not.— These are our reasons for considering the 13th Amendment both valid and not to be reversed. So much then for the “dead issues.” Now as to those of a living char ter. ' * IIow is it with tho 14tli and 15th Amendments, so-called? If we un derstand the position of the World, it is that these should be classed in the same category as the ‘ 13tli; and considered’ among the actual results of the war, whether legitimately or rightfully so or hot; and that con sistency in reasoning oil our part re quires that we should so accept them. To this we say,: by no means; They are not rqsult&of tjie war, eitlierle- gitimate or actual. They are in no way connectedrwith the,wiu;or- ite^de clared objects. They are the results of open, palpable and; avowed usurpa tions of power by a majority . Fac tion in Congress since the war—since the Proclamation of peace—since the restoration of the Union by the re sumption of their obligations under the Constitution on the part of all the States which attempted to withdraw —and after the full accomplishment of every object for which the wary from its beginning to its end, was avowedly waged by the Federal au thorities. There caii be no rightful result of any war beyond the attainment of the end for which it is waged, according to all authorities on the subject, from Aristotle and Cic ero to Grotius Yattel .and Wheaton. These 14th and 15th Amendments can, in no proper sense, be considered ifi^any way as either legitimate, right ful or actual results of the war. They constitute a prominent part in anoth er and & new war upon the Constitu- tution, after the ends of the other were attained, and rest entirely upon most flagrant usurpations of power, infinitely more dangerous to the lib erties of the country than the “Re bellion” itself, so-called; for secession after all that may be said against its rightfulness or policy, left the great and inestimable right of local self- government o#'the part ofUlie Peo ples of the 'several States of the Union, entirely intact and unim paired, while this ncio war, of which these Amendments are some of the results, thus fiu*, was commenced, and is being still waged, against the very foundation principles updn which all American free institutions are foun ded. ; - Had the seceding States been per mitted to “depart in peace,” and not compelled to return, as they were,, all the other States, as well as themselves, would unquestionably have been quite as well off as they were at the time the Union was formed. There would have beeii no loss to them, or either of them, of any of the essential prin ciples of liberty. The only possible loss, in this particular, would have been the greater security for the maintenance of those principles and rights, which it was one of the lead- pulsion of ten States from the Fed-1 the whole, which strikes at the very oral Councils, but extended to the complete revolution of all their State Governments, respectively, by force of arms. These Amendments were never submitted for ratification, as the Constitution provides, to any con stituency in those States known to the Constitution of the United States; and the ratifications by which they arc now claimed to he part of the or ganic law, Were carried, as is .noto riously. known, by military force, and hot by the voluntary action of even these creatures of the Revolutions so affected. . These ratifications were not the acts of these States, hut the acts of a majority Faction in Con gress. And unless the monstrous doctrine be accepted, that Congress can mould and shape, change and modify the Constitution of the Uni ted States, as well as the Constitu tions of the several States, as they please, these Amendments, so pro posed and so carried, can never be considered valid by any man or peo ple having any regard for the princi ples bf Public law or Public liberty. But, says the World, the usurpa tion!, monstrous as they were, on which these Amendments rest, are all obsolete—they are defunct—can not he repealed, for they no longer have any force—they have done their work. * But is their work defunct? Are these stupendous frauds, known as the 14th and 15th Amendments, obso lete? Are not these infamous acts boldly claimed as actual results of the new war now being waged against the Constitution, the rights of the States, and the liberties of the people ? They are, and they, together with the dar ing usurpations upon which they rest, constitute living questions, as we maintain, for public consideration, and popular condemnation. Can the fundamental law of the Union be changed by such acts of violence, perfidy and wrong ? We say it can not be. Thc-World, in a late article, admitted that it ought not to be. Tlidn wliynot call upon the people in their majesty and controlling power at the polls to declare that it shall not be ? - The World seems to think—we re gret to see—that these Amendments— the results of these usurpations— after all, do not amount to much; they only secure civil rights, in cluding suffrage, to the black race; and as we have no disposition to dis turb these rights without a fair trial in our own State, or in any other State where the people are willing to award them, why not—it asks—let these Amendments, with all the usur pations upon which they rest, pass without censure or condemnation ? Why quarrel with the “ form” when the “substance” is accepted ? Why “ waste time over the husks of a ques- ingobjects of the Union to establish, tion after accepting the kernel?” The usurpations, however; upon which these Amendments rest, and which marked the beginning of this new war, were thoroughly revolution- (U K y in their character—boldly, dar ingly; and confessedly revolutionary —in the fundamental principles upon which the whole fabric of our free, institutions was based. This was tile object of these Amendments, and the usurpations .of which they are the offspring. In order to carry out the object, ten States of the Union were stricken from the roll of Common wealths, at the very time the object of the war against secession was ac complished, in having them restored to their “practical relations to the Union.” Tlieir entire populations of over seven millions of people, with life, liberty, and property, were sub jected to absolute military rule, with out legal protection or even the recog nition of any one single civil right whatever. These ten States were all then claiming their equal rights in the Federal Councils, to which they were unquestionably entitled, but the right to he heard upon these Amendments was denied them by the majority Faction in Congress, in the face and very teeth of the .Constitution, which declares, that “each State shall have at least one .’Repfeseiitative” in the House, “and that ^io State, without its consent, shall bo deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.” Nay more;, these usurpations marking the beginning of this new upon-the Constitution j ended, nbtrm the ar- Why not join what it is pleased to call the Progressive Democracy in a ccepting and sanctioning the whole ? This is the tenor of the argument, Now does the World really think that “negro suffrage” is the "kemeV* of the 15th Amendment ? Much better would it be for the liberties of this country if that view was correct. We however look upon this as hardly constituting the “ husks.” The “ker nel” is in depriving the States of the power of regulating this, as other local questions, each for itself and as it pleases. This Amendment in its kernel” strikes at the very foun dation on Avliieh all our institutions rest. Its. object was, and effect will he, if it shall ever become an “accmn- plished fact,” to remove the only bar rier heretofore existing against the Federal Government becoming a cen tralized Despotism What right can any State be said to have, if it is deprived of its power over suffrage ? This is the vital prin ciple of all State Rights and State Powers. It is the removal of this harrier and the destruction of this principle, aimed at. by. the ^kernel” of . the 15 th Amendment, which are to lead to the reduction of the States of this Union, according to the idea of Mr. AttpmeyrGiehbriil 'Akerinan, to mere corporations or municipalities, which shall depend, even for their-ex istence, upon the will of an Imperial Dynasty. This is the " kernel” of the frnit of this worse than Upas ex- tree. It is the concentrated poison of heart and every vital fibre of our whole system of local self-govern ments. This, as we view it, is far from being “nothing but ordaining negro suffrage.” Again, is it true that the “sub stance” of the 14th Amendment is nothing but the security of their civil rights to the black race ? Is the World in earnest? Is it serious in thus speaking of this most iniqui tous usurpation ? Wliat! Is a “Bill of Attainder” in the face of the Con- titution, and without a hearing, against at least one hundred and fifty thousand white citizens, including nearly every one in ten States avIio Avasever honored Avith the public con fidence, from the office of Chief Mag istrate down to that of Justice of the Peace, by which they are declared “disabled” and “disqualified” from ever hereafter holding any place of public trust, either in the State or Federal Government, “nothing but securing civil rights to the black race!” Is the declaration that no one laboring under these “disa bilities” except by the gra cious permission of the usurpers, shall ever be qualified to represent the people in Congress, or serve the people of their States in any public capacity, nothing but securing civil rights to negroes? Has not the Constitution declared and fixed the qualifications of members of Con gress ? Hoav, then, in the face and tcetli of these provisions, does the 14th Amendment assume to add to these qualifications ? We maintain that the attempt to do so by “Bills of Attainder,” acts of “disabilities,” or “test oaths,” are as flagitiously crim inal against the organic laAv and the public liberties of the country, as to add to or take from the sacred text, would be impiously wicked against the mandates of the Most High ? Are not these hoav living practical facts ? Are Ave moving in “the aerial region and cloudland of vague decla mation/' iii thus characterizing some of the hideous features of this so- called 14th Amendment ? Are these monstrous acts nothing but sliadoAVS? Are they not, in fact, and in truth, most sad and pernicious realities to be met, considered and condemned by the people, if the. liberties of this country are to be preserved ? We as sure the World, in all earnestness, that we so consider them. Not only so, but Ave look upon them as among the most, practical and live issues uoav to be presented to the people of the United States. Nor are Ave, in assailing them, engag ed in any such ridiculous adventure as Don Quixote in his charge upon the wind-mills, unless the people of these States are ripe for Despotism. Nor are Ave engaged in any such fantastic political comedy as that of calling upon the people to repeal the uncon stitutional Reconstruction Acts, or anything founded upon them. Un constitutional acts, and everything that rests upon them, are not laws.— They are nothing but nullities. So Mr. Jefferson and the Democracy in 1800 declared the Alien and Sedition Acts to be. They set out upon no snch ^ridicu lous Avind-mill” contest as seeking to have nullities repealed. They, only called upon the people to declare them nullities by popular vote at the polls, and to put in power men who Would so declare them to be in their respective official positions. In this Avay the Alien and Sedition Acts of usurpation Avere gotten rid of, not by repeal, but by electing irien to office wlio held them to be' as they were/ not valid laivs, but miUities.— These Acts >still remain upon the statute book as a monument and re cord of the iniquity of their authors, and as a beacon to guide posterity for all time to come, hoav to get rid of all like usurpations. If the Editors of the World wish to know hciiv we propose to deal Avith these fraudulent Amendments, we say to them that we propose to deal Avith them just as Mr. Jefferson and the Democracy of 1800 dealt with the Alien and Sedition Acts. • Let the people everywhere he arous ed to a proper sense of the danger Avhich uoav threatens the overthrew of their institutions, and called upon to vote for no man for any office, from the Chief Magistracy down, Avho Avill give I his sanction of validity to any mea&irc based upon such usurpations as these so-called Amendments arc k^ioivn to be. Is not this an easy, peaceful, and effective mode by AvhicLthe complete rectification of all tliese ivrongs can be secured ? We assure the ‘ World that it is our object, above every other earthly con sideration, to save the institutions of this country, if possible, as they were established by our ancestors. We be lieve this depends entirely upon the Democracy. To succeed, avc know harmony and concert of action me essential. We have thus given fully and frankly, and clearly, avc trust, our vieAVS of that line of policy which, if adopted, will most surely lead them to success in the comiug conflict; but if these vieAvs should not meet the ap proval of the majority, then we shall have' one thing to ask, (this avc shall ask in the name of everything that is sacred), and that is, that the mass es of the* party, in arraigning tlieir opponents for their misdeeds, shall not by any platform or promt nciamcn- to, be committed to a sanction of tho validity or policy of any measure which is based entirely upon “ usur pation, fraud and perfidy.” A.H.S. ► ♦ M CONFLAGRATION AT UNION SPRINGS, ALA. Loss $40,000—$15,000, to $20,- Insuraucc—Tliree Stores Burnt. Passengers by the Mobile and Gi rard train, yesterday, bring us the in formation of a disastrous fire, Avliieh occurred at Union Springs, Ala., on Wednesday, about midnight. Three Avobden stores Avith large stocks of groceries and dry goods Avere burned. The flames are reported to have origi nated in the cellar of the corner store, qpst side of Perry street, OAvned* by Mrs. McRae and occupied by Freshman & Wise, dealers in grocer ies and dry goods. There was a par tial insurance on both the stock and building—about half their value. The fire then spread to the wooden store adjoining on the north, occu pied by C. L. Croft, with a mixed stock of groceries and dry goods. The building belonged to Mrs. Waugh. Here, too, the loss Avas heavy, about half of which Avas covered by insu rance. r AAVOoden store in the rear and east of the above; occupied also by C. L. Croft, Avas burned. The house be longing to Mrs. McRae, Avas filled with goods. The engine saved King & Branscon’s store, on the north, by hard work. . Few goods Avere saved from the burning buildings. The heaviest loss falls on C.L. Croft. The total loss is reported between, §30,000 and §40,000 on the buildings and stock; about §15,000 to $20,000 is covered by insurance. The lateness of the hour prevented anything from being saved.—Columbus Sun, July 14. Operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad Southward. The circulars addressed by the President of the Raleigh and Gaston (N. C.) Railroad, conveying a propo sition made by Major Sutherlin, of Danville, a Director in the Richmond and Danville Railroad, to purchase on or before July 6th, 7,500 shares (one- half the capital stock) of the Raleigh and Gaston Company, has called forth a reply in the form of a circular, also addressed to the stockholders, and signed by thirteen stockholders resi dent in Raleigh. This reply set forth the assets of the road, showing that it could not he built and placed in its present condition for less than $2,500,- 000; that its franchise has been valued and assessed at §800,000 'additional; that tlie prospects of a rapidly in creasing business are of an assured character ; while the price now of fered, §437,000, for the control of this entire property and its future admin istration is inadequate and below the present cash value on any fair esti mate of the shares. The stockhold ers issuing this circular understand that the present offer is made iii the interest of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, or of the parties controlling it, and they suggest that if the pro posed purchase be consummated, tlie North Carolina Railroad (Avliieh tho Pennsylvanians failed to get control of from the last Legislature) will then be at tlieir mercy. Finally, they urge that if stockholders are desirous of realizing upon their stock, they may expect to receive a much better bid than the present, and ought therefore to reject it. >- It has been ascertained that Colonel Fisk’s wound was occasioned by some ono stepping upon the corn on his right foot. The “Darwinian theory” dates the in- cipiency of man about the time “the baboon married the monkey’s sisters.” The thermometer at Pittsburg marked 105 in tho shade last Friday. No won der the papers there claim the final “h” in spelling the name of the city,R3 itis cer tainly an h— of a place. The Poston traveller says Colonel Fisk “goes on record as a brave nnd gen erous soldier,” and it might havo added, “as ono who Avas remarkably successful in getting out of tho way of danger.” '4fc