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Saturday Morning
..July 29.
THE ATLANTA WEEK! Y S U N-
Kentucky Politics.
We call the special attention ofonr
readers to-day, to an extract from the
very able speech of Judge Craddock,
of Kentucky, upon t lie 14th and loth
Amendments (so-called) to the Con
stitution'of the United States. It
will be found in another column un
der the title which heads this article.
It will well repay a careful perusal on
the part of any one who is in search
of the truth and the right.
The whole
validity or invalidity of those so
called Amendments, Judge Crad
dock clearly shows, depends upon the
fact whether they were regularly pro
posed to the States, and properly rati
fied by the requisite number of States,
ns required by the Constitution.
It all turns upon this matter of
fact. If they were proposed and
adopted in the mode and manner,
and “by the authority constitution
ally appointed,” then they are valid
—npt only defacto but dejure parts
of the fundamental law; but if they
were not—if they were proposed by
a minority Faction in Congress, with
the denial of the right of ten States
to be heard upon the question of
their proposal, and if, after that, their
ratification in those ten States was
carried by “brute force,” then they
are utterly void and of no effect.
Judge Craddock’s reasoning upon
this subject is unanswerable. His
position also, that this matter of fact,
cannot be decided or adjudged by the
Secretary of State, or the President,
or Congress, or all them combined,
is equally conclusive. Inquiry into this
matter of fact in any Judicial pro
ceeding that may be instituted in any
case arising under them, or either of
them, cannot be precluded by any
statement by the Secretary of State,
or Proclamation of the President, or
Resolution of Congress, for none of
these officials have any rightful pow
er to decide and pass judgment in
this way, upbn this subject.
The people of England, in the days
of the Stuarts, were taught by the
Bourbons of those times, that “Royal
Proclamations” were not laws. This
great truth the people of the United
States received from their ancestors,
and will not appreciate it the less
highly because it is advocated by the
so-calleci Bourbons of this day.
A. H. S.
1
ating, degraded, fallen condition of |
an honorable, high-toned people, &e. |
* * * But the “New Departure”!
Party say: It is policy—to get Nor-:
them votes—to yield all our former:
notions of State Rights. My opinion
is, to adopt the “New Departure”;
doctrine is to indorse the Radical
Party and all the w*v>ngs they have j
inflicted on us. * * *
I am truly yours,
Purmedus Reynolds.
Hon.' Purmetlus Reynolds and
W.-p. p., of the N. Y. Journal
of Commerce.
In the issue oi The Sun of the 24th
iust., a notice was caken of the re
ported “ interview ” of W. P. C., of
the New York Journal of Commerce,
with Judge Reynolds, of Covington,
in this State, which was then going
the round of the papers.
In reference to what was said in
that notice of this “ inteiwiew ” we
have received a private letter from
Judge Reynolds, from which (though
liberty of giving
some extracts, which show that there
“'interview ” in the article referred to, ———- — —
and which presents the Judge’s true aU 10n ^ ^ an ac ^ ^ On o ress
position to the country in quite un
mistakable language.
lie, nor did I desire newspaper noto
riety, yet if he had detailed all I
said I should not complain. I gave
him frankly my sentiments. He in-
Kentucky Politics.
Extract from a very able speach
made by Judge G. W. Craddock, in
question touching the Frankford, Ky., 3d July, 1871, upon
the validity of the 14th and 15th
Amendments (so-called) to the Con
stitution of the United States.
The Constitution of Government
is of higher dignity than a statute; it
is fundamental, and is not within
the power of the legislative, or any
other department, or functionary cre
ated by it. And whilst it is made
subject to amendment, it can only be
amended by the same authority which
originally ordained and established
it, to-wit, the people of the respective
States, acting as separate srrvereign
communities. The fifth article pro
vides that
PROPOSITIONS OF AMENDMENT
can only be made by Congress, when
two-thirds of both houses shall deem
it necessary, or by a convention called
upon the application of two-thirds of
the several States for proposing
amendments, which, in either case,
shall be binding only when ratified
by the Legislatures of three-fourths
of the several States, or by conven
tions in three-fourths thereof.
Thus it will be seen that the only
agency which Congress can exercise
in the process of amending the Con
stitution consists simply the submis
sion of propositions of amendment
to the States. To do which the Con
stitution requires the concurrence of
two-thirds of both houses of Con
gress.
There is nothing in the fifth article,
nor any other portion of the Consti
tution, authorizing Congress, or any
other department of the Federal Gov
ernment, to determine authoritatively
and finally whether propositions of
amendment have been properly sub
mitted, nor whether they have been
ratified by three-fourths of the sev
eral States; Certainly no mere po
litical party has such authority.
THE LANGUAGE OF THE CONSTITU
TION
is, that propositions of amendment
shall be binding only when ratified by
the Legislatures of three-fourths of
the several States, or by conventions
in three-fourths thereof, The Radi
cals allege that three-fourths of the
several States have retified the Four
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
The Democratic party deny the truth
of the allegation, and thus arises an
issue of fact, an important fact, a fact
involving the reserved rights of the
States as yell as of the people. Is it
possible that there is no tribunal in
which this important question can be
examined and authoritatively settled?
Is it true that the States, as separate
political corporations, or that the peo
ple of the States have no remedy, no
right to inquire into the truth of the
facts upon which these amendments
are declared to have been ratified ? Is
it true that the announcement by the
Secretary of State to the effeet that
three-fourths of the several States
have ratified, is conclusive of the
question ? Whence does the Secreta-
it was not written for publication) we r )'of State derive such power and
take the liberty of giving our readers autbont y • -^ ot J r0 .^ Constitu-
J b b tion, as must be admitted by all who
will examine, nor from the nature of
was no error on the part of The Sun the duties of his office, nor from the
in the opinion expressed about this Executive, but, as is alleged, he is
. -j —J iu
clothed with the high and responsible
WHAT AUTHORITY HAS CONGRESS
to determine the question or to an-
We fool assured Judge Bevnolds
•n • % "• , . ° - can be found, in the Constitution. It
Ml , V • 1 ^ auilllu. in tuc VJUUttUbUblOn. -JLb
will not object to the use we thus ig not a subject within the scope of
nf ha a XT o the legislative powers and duties of
Congress. It can do nothing more
than to submit propositions of
make of his letter. A. H. S.
Covington Ga., July 22, ’71.
r****** “ v ' ui
Hon. A: H. Stephens: Dear Sir—I amendment to the States. When that
see copied in The Sun from the Jour- bas beea done, the subject is wholly
nal of Commerce (N. Y.) a reported anc l W^rely within the control and
interview between myself and W. P. J-“ 0 State “wLTta“tlicLerSHf
C., a correspondent of that paper.— the same right by which thev had
While I had no thoughts that the in- originally ordained ,and established
terview was sought to be made pub- Federal Government, may alter
* its Constitution so as to make it more
conducive to the happiness and pros
perity of the people.
But nothing can be more clear
than that amendments which have
troduced the conversation by asking no ^ been ratified by three fourths .of
me if I approved the VaQandigham not binding,
-m X* V ® , It follows, therefore, that unless the
Platform for the Democratic Party; j Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend-
and it was on that issue that my re- j ments have been so ratified they
marks were made and directed. 11 are not parts of the Constitution,
now say to you, I fully indorse your j ahhougli i both the Radical and
views, and am at a loss to conceive!P arties > in their respec
tive platforms, may so declare them
how any Southern man can sustain
his political integrity and consistency
and advocate the “New Departure”
to be.
No one can fail to see the glaring
absurdity of the proposition that, ad-
doctrine. It concedes all the rights * the amendments under con
oi.,, , . jt ., , 0 ,°, sideration were procured by force and
SL*5i® ° States fraud, and worn not in fact ratified by
Got eminent, and adopts all the near- the three-fourths of " ~ ‘
pauons, and unconstitutional and op
pressive measures that have beenforced
on
Party in their Platform to adopt them,
and carry them out in good faith. I
caunot mceiye of a more humili-
the States left
free to act according to their best
judgment upon the subject, neverthe-
us; by assuming to pledge the I less > tl . ie P . can ^ kicked on to the
. -i Constitution by a compromise be
tween two political parties, or by
the ratification of the Democratic
party.
Those who favor what is termed
THE “NEW DEPARTURE”
all concede that said amendments
were procured by force aud fraud, and
not in accordance with the fifth arti
cle of the Constitution, and therefore
not binding, as the letter of the arti
cle itself declares, still they propose
to put the whole question at rest by
ratifying them and thereby making
them binding. This is an unconsti
tutional mode of amending the Con
stitution. They say that they are de
facto parts of the Constitution, and
they now propose to make them de
jure by the ratification of the Demo
cratic party. They propose to accept
that which was accomplished by force
and fraud as legal and binding. How
much worse are they who perpetuate
a fraud, or who cany measures by
brute force, than those who volunta
rily ratify and confirm ?
To submit to that which we can
not escape or avoid is neither coward
ly nor mean, but to approve and rati
fy voluntarily a great wrong is un
worthy of brave and honest men. No
parly can maintain self-respect, nor
secure the confidence and support of
the people, which acts upon such a
policy. If the Democratic party
abandons its principles and becomes
tiie
MERE CAMP FOLLOWERS OF THE RAD
ICALS,
it might as well prepare for its disso
lution. It is no longer of any service
to the couutiy. We are commanded
by the New Departure gentlemen to
right-shoulder shift—march into the
abandoned camps of the Radicals,
and feast on the offal of our progres
sive adversary. I do not like the
manoeuvre, aud I certainly am not
tempted by the promised feast. If it
be spoils and plunder which gentle
men are after, then why not go with
the party that deals in those articles.
The Democratic party never was, and
certainly is not now, a good place to
conduct a traffic in that business.
But I am told that
THE NORTHERN WING OF THE PARTY
favor the “New Departure,” and that
we. of Kentucky will be left out in
the cold. That may be so. We shall
see. I have confidence in the patriot
ism, prudence, and good sense of the
pa^ty, and I have no fears but that
when it assembles in National Con
vention it will act in such a way as
to preserve its principles, honor, and
dignity, and promote the prosperity
and happiness of the country. And
not only so, it will nominate a Dem
ocrat of unquestioned integrity and
of undoubted allegiance to the princi
ples of Democracy, as our standard-
bearer in the Presidential contest. A
victory gained under such circum
stances would be substantial. It
would be a triumph of principle and
not a mere change of spoilsmen. It
would give peace aud quiet to the
country, and relieve the public mind
from that constant anxiety in regard
to the future which is now felt by all
reflecting men.
With such a standard-bearer there
would be a departure; a departure of
the Goths and Vandals from the Fed
eral Capital; a departure of vam
pires from the Treasury, and of
venal and corrupt officials from high
places.
But I am asked
WHAT I PROPOSE TO DO WITH THE
AMENDMENTS.
I have already said that the amend
ments must stand or fall upon the
question whether they have been pro
posed and ratified as required by the
fifth article, of the Constitution.. If
they have not been so proposed and
ratified, then they are not binding.
I use the language of the article it
self, “they are not binding.” Not
binding on the States; not binding
on the functionaries of either the
State or Federal Government; not
binding on the people, or.any one
of the people. They are void; not
voidable, but void. But if they
have been proposed and ratified as
required by the fifth article afore
said, then they are' binding, and as
much so as any other parts of the
Constitution. I am one who believes
they were not proposed nor ratified
pursuant to-the requirements of the
fifth article, and in this I have the
concurrence of the whole Democratic
party—the New Departure men and
all—-as well as a large portion of the
Radical party; and so believing, I
am not willing to stultify myself by
admitting that they are binding as
parts of the Constitution. I am not
willing to forestall an examination of
the question, even if it could be done,
by resolutions or platforms. I am
for leaving it open freely to be inves
tigated by any tribunal having com
petent jurisdiction of the subject. I
do not propose to set on foot any
lawless or revolutionary modes of re
sistance to the enforcement of the
amendments.
That there are peaceable and legal
modes of determining the question
can scarcely be doubted. It seems to
me that this is
THE TRUE POSITION FOR THE DEMOC
RACY
to occupy. It is consistent with their
former views, and avoids the humilia
tion of the “New Departure,” which
is a surrender of the whole subject to
Radical usurpation and revolution.—
It is said, however, that the Radical
party will continue to enforce, as it is
now doing, the amendments, and that
it is useless any longer to think of
resistance, or of corrections. That is
a desponding, not to say a cowardly,
view of the subject. So long as the
Radicals continue in the possession
of the Government, they will not hes
itate to do anything to pemetnate
their power. They have already tak
en away the jurisdiction of the Su
preme Court to decide upon the Con
stitutionality of the reconstruction
measures, but this can and will be
restored. I have great confidence in
the sober second thought of the peo
ple. It was by brute force that the
amendments were carried through
the forms of ratification, and It is by
like force that they arc being execu
ted. Submission is the only alterna
tive in the presence of a superior
force. It is the alternative of the
man, who, with a cocked pistol at his
head, is required to surrender his
purse. But it does not follow that
the man robbed shall not only part
with his money, but afterwards vol
untarily ratify the robbery. This is,
however, what the New' Departure
men substantially propose to do.
But I am regarded as a Bourbon,
and am denounced as an old fogy. I
am accused of having formed my
ideas of the Constitution and of the
philosophy of the Government from
the teachings of Jefferson, Madison,
Jackson, Chief Justice Marshall and
Clay. I am suspected of having read
in the Federalist and the debates in
the convention which formed the
Constitution of the United. States.
Well,
I MIGHT AS WELL OWN UP.
In my young days I w as a Clay man.
I followed the fortunes of that great
chieftain, until he succumbed to the
common enemy and went to his rest.
I heard-him disband the Whig party,
that noble old party of which he was
the accepted champion. It was his
thanatopsis. I will not say that he
was inspired, but I will say that he
seemed to look into the future as if
he had taken counsel with something
higher than reason.
I became a Democrat because the
party was national, not sectional, be
cause it held and taught the true
theory of the Government; because
it acknowledged the dual nature of
our system, and insisted upon keeping
the State and Federal Governments
witlfln their respective orbits. They
never could have collided if the Dem
ocratic theory had been adhered to.
But if the noble old party is to be
stripped of its principles, and is to
become a mere organized contestant
for the spoils; if it is to be disman
tled of everything but its name, I
don’t know what I am. If
CUNNING IS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF
STATESMANSHIP,
and principles are to be made to yield
to party policy; if Constitutions are
to be plated upon the footing of a
mere statute, subject to be suspended
at the pleasure of a dominant party,
or to be amended by forcing a com
pliance with the forms of amendment
by the use of the bayonet; if parties are
no longer to be the exponents of great
political principles, but to become
mere organized rings to appropriate
the offices and treasures of the nation
to the use and benefit of its own
members, then, indeed, it seems to
me, that, so far as the people are con
cerned, it matters but little what par
ty may control.
I stand here to-day as one of the
humblest of Democrats to maintian
the honor and integrity of the Dem
ocratic party. I protest against the
attempt to humiliate it by assigning
to it a position in the rear of the Rad
ical party, following in its line of
march, and subsisting upon the
crumbs and offal of the abandoned
Radical camps. But if this must be
its fate, if this is the position assigned
to it in its old age, then I ask but
one other favor, and that is that the
names of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe,
and Jackson, be blotted from its
chronicles, and that it be rebaptised
as the party of the “New Departure.”
NEVV_YORK.
JTmjtorlanl Cuban JixptAUion forming- in Cun.
rm * Procured and Bounty JPaiil—
Hoffman lieuounced.
. *^" OEK » July 28.—Domingo Ruaz,
indicted for a violation of the neutrality
lavra in furnishing aid and comfort to the
Cubans, has been released.
A Montreal dispatch savs : It has been
definitely ascertained that the Cuban
Junta of New York has for some weeks,
been actively enlisting men to form part
of an expedition of about seven thousand,
who are expected to sail for Cuba in two
or three weeks. The commander of the
Canadian contingent is Maj. Robinson of
the Prince of Wales Rifles, who was engag
ed in the Red River expedition, last year,
and was very active and efficient. The
regiment which Major Robinson is to
command will number about 1,000 men.
About seven hundred have been already
enlisted and a portion of them sent to
the States where the several rendezvous
are to be made, along the coast. Some
of the men are in Portland, but the ma
jority are near New York city. It is sup
posed they will assemble near Bamegat
and embark, or go direct from New York
city, taking a pleasure boat, seemingly
for a fishing excursion, and be met by
steamers outside. J
Several thousand stand of arms, the
short Snyder rifle, have quietly been
passed across the border, and is supposed
by the officers to be safely shipped by
this tame. The men received 8100 boun
ty-
A large meeting has bitterly denounced
Hoffman, and resolved to elect the police
men dismissed for disobedience of orders
on the 12th, to some office.
The first bale of new Texas cotton was
sold at auction to-day, in front of the
Exchange, for 43 cents.
Tire Scandalous Report
Mr. Davis.
About
From the Memphis Avalanche.
DAVID CROCKETT.
i Tire Old Coon Hunter as a JL e( |
ter-Writer.
Trenton, Tenn, July oi
Captain Seat, an old and respected c 1 * B
izen of our town, died some f
. since. In the perusal of his file , |
slander first apj . • I found the two following letters toLvi
rliafc tlie Memphis f rom David Crockett, the embodiment 51
We have heretofore given our rea-
-fiers the card of Mr. Davis upon this ;
subject; also the explanation of the
Louisville Commercial, in which the
We now present w
Appeal says editorially—it being pub
lished in tbc city of Mr. Davis’ resi
dence—in reference to tbe same scan
dalous charge. It is in these words
uniqueness, who was an old friend
Seat. You will see that they pay n 0 ,? j
gard whatever to punctuation, and yl
have to be governed by the context t-1
. ascertain where he intends his sWU
You will further see that he was not ;V- ||
been told, in the presence of two or more
gentlemen in this city, he said that he
would get even with Mr. Davis. He has
essayed to do it by this slander. He was
expelled for using publicly the contents
of a letter marked private and confiden
tial, written by Mr. Davis. He was too
degraded to know, or too vile to refrain
from an infamy impossible to honorable
men. It is not strange that such a crea
ture should be a little sore and become
malignant from the touch of Mr. D. ’s boot,
nor is it strange that one capable of vio
lating tbe confidence among gentlemen
should also be capable of any slander ne
cessary to gratify his revenge against a
man he had injured. To such a reptile
the motive was irresistible, and no possi
ble testimony from him is worthy of ^a
thought, or could receive attention from
any not the enemies of Mr. Davis.
“Men of as high character as live in
the world are to be found here, and
throughout the State of Mississippi,
whose voucher in behalf of the distin
guished statesman, soldier, and ex-
President goes back for forty years. We
have ourselves bad more or less acquaint
ance with his public and private reputa
tion since 1835, and living before 1840
four years in the same county with him,
never heard a breath to sully his fame
from that day to this, notwithstanding
the readiness with which, as a Whig an
tagonist and editor, we may then be sup
posed to have welcomed charges against
a political opponent. If a, private life
like that of Jeff. Davis’, known intimate
ly by millions, is not to go unscathed
among men, then we despair of finding a
faultless gentleman.
“The card of Mr. Davis appears in an
other column. He has never been sus
pected, much less accused, of falsehood.
The whole story originated with an igno
rant negro. It was readily gobbled up
by this revengeful correspondent, who
may have easily instigated the negro to
the slander, and probably did so. No
respectable citizen will give it counten
ance; that will be left to the enemies of
Mr. Davis, who are numerous and pow-
ful enough, and the enemies of the
Southern people as well.”
In addition to this, we subjoin what
the Lovisville Ledger says upon the
subject in its issue of the 24th inst.
THE JEFF. DAVIS SCANDAL.
Let it rest, henceforth and forever, in
that silent oblivion to which the just and
generous heart. of Col. Kelly has con
signed it. It is all the more gratifying
to the friends of Mr. Davis that the very
spot of its origin should become the
place of its sepulture. The Commercial
first gave it. publicity—the Commercial is
the first, with a generosity and fairness
unequalled in the annals of Radical jour
nalism, to deal it a prompt and manly
death-blow.
We commend the Commercial's article
of yesterday, on this subject, to the care-
. “ _ .. .. lou wm iurtner see uiawie was unt A
We both deny and disbeheve t le accu- spe n er then in Congress; and h!
sation made by the corresponden o e JlQ was nofc particular as to th
Louisville Commei-cial We believe it ^ of cap italletters. U ,
originated in mahee alone, and that it is Thinking perhaps these two letwi
as false as it is infamous. This same n- foe G f some importance to you‘t
dividual, we are informed, visited Mi. inclose them, hoping yon m’
Davis for the purpose of interviewing appreciate the same from an uuinfl/
him, and was expelled by lIr. avis tluced friend and fellow-citizen whod£
from lm office only the day e- s t res the wholesale promulgation of ft.
fore. He was a correspondent of he Ayalanclie , s Conservative ideasVourt
Isew York Hmald, writing fo o out the whole country, and that it JL
line in the Louisvil e Con t t < , be caught up bv other people in oft2
climes, and lustily lisped ty L £25
til.Conservatism, both m politics and re-
ligion, shall pervade the whole -world,
which is compelled to take place before
1900, and I do pray you and I may live
to see the ushering in of that dawn.
Your friend, R. E. g
The letters referred to are as follows:
[A true copy.]
Washington City Mar 1118^
Dr sr You will excuse me for not wri.
ting to you earlyer I did wish to Lave
somthing worth your attention tho it fa
in vain to wait any longer we are engage
in the Tariff and I expeot we will not gel
Rid of it until the first of April this will
be a long session and do but little goo :
there is to much party feeling exists Lere
that it is with great dificulty to do air
thing I did believe that I would hart
been abel to give information to my dis
trict that we had procured a Relinguish.
ment from the genl government for om
vacant land tho I cannot give you this in
formation as yit tho I have strong hope
that I will give you this news as soon se
git Red of the Tariff I intend to vote
against all amtest I wish you to write me
the times in our country also tender mj
best respects to all friends I remain yont
frend and Humbell servt
David Crockett.
Mr. Seat.
Washington City 26 January 1829.
Dear Capt I take the liberty of Direct
ing a number of my addresses to mj
constituants to you which I hope yon
will do me the favor to give them
as wide wide Circulation as passable in
your Country and you will confer a pai-l
ticular favour on your frend I know!
of no person in your town better qualli-1
fyed to do me this favour than yourself J
we have nothing new here and is doing
but little business in—Congress I am in
as fine health as you ever saw me and I
hope these lines will find yon enjoying
the same.
Respectfully you old servant
David Crockett.
A MEAKA IN GEORGIA.
A Dreadful Tale of tlieLBrutality
of a Fat Her toward Ills Chil
dren.
From tho Griffin Middle Georgian.
It has-been our unpleasant duty to re
cord an instance of barbarous cruelty that
would shock the nerves of a Hottentot.
The author of this cruelty, is one Pink
Dupree, of Pike county, and the victims
of his brutality are bis two children, on;
8 years of age, and the other 10. Brutes
will not maim their offspring in the in
human manner to which this fiend re
sorted.
He commenced his work of devilment
by first taking these children from their
grand-parent in Mississippi, (to whose
special care they had been given by a
dying mother to raise and educate) with
t-lie understanding that lie would carry
them to a town near by and make then
some presents, and return with them.
“There has been nothing like Grant’s
San Domingo message since the days of
Jackson,” exclaims Simon Cameron. The
public is unable to discern anything like
in, or before the days of Jackson.
Women in arms!” exclaimed
Pogue, laying aside the morning pa
per—“they are always welcome to be in
my arms.”
difference between the generous, open
political opponent and the sly, dastardly,
back-biting insinuations of the pretend
ed friend.
If Mr. Davis, had been guilty, much
as his people love him, they had been
the first to turn away in loathing from
lum. And they despise a mean action
too deeply not to appreciate a manly and
comprehensive disclaimer like that of the
Conimercial. They would be as poor in
spirit as they are in purse, if they could
soon forget it, or remember it without
remembering also that a man may be a
Radical and still be a just-minded Gen
tleman. b
t S3T Messrs. E. & H. T. Anthony, of
liew York, have made a most interest
ing and valuable contribution to art, by
the collection and publication of a very
large and magnificent series of stereo
scopic views of the Yosemite Yalley, and
other noted scenery in the grand Western
part of America. These views are from
photographs by an artist sent out by the
firm named above, and they are gotten up
in a style superior to anything American
or foreign that has yet found its way to
Atlanta. In the list are found views of
the famous Yosemite Yalley, with its im
mense water-falls, deep ravines and high
mountains, and those vast trees which are
so great a marvel that it was long after
their discovery before the public would
believe the stories told about them. The
series of views is the largest ever pub
lished, and they bring before the eye
correct representations of natural scenery
which, for beauty and grandeur, has no
equal in the world. The Messrs. Antho
ny deserve the thanks of the public for
their great enterprise, and consequent ex
pense, in getting ont this set of views
They are large, beautifully printed and
superbly mounted, and’are worth very
much more than the price at which they
are put upon the market. These views
are for sale by Messrs. Phillips & Crew
of thisciiy. ’
fnl perusal of all good men, of every “tnm _ with thea.
shade of political opinion. Men of ail i ir ^^ ea , returning with them he
parties are too ready to circulate un- i ron q lifc to Georgia, where they!]
founded and gratuitous scandals against aav ® been _rae special recipients of his
the conspicuous men of the other mrfcv cruelty ' ' woul J seem that in his heart 1
and the Commercial has set an exainnle ® on pentrated the evil of all mankind, g
which the editorial profession mav be t m 1118 soul 18 bufc au embodyment of i
proud of. The CommerciaVs article does c P mmon . only to the lo wer order f
credit to our common humanity. None ° f mu 6 br ? te ® reatl0n - , I
but a brave, manly, and generous heart J- bese tw° boys were brought into ourl
could have conceit it, fnd to “ le?It jammed them. The tipi
in a Radical paper, required a moral of their tha “ b s and fingers had the ap l
courage which defies all that is little and °[ b ? m S mashed. They were|
mean. It has enabled ns to estimate the b , , bru ises, and the nails of set-
,1,-iV 1, esmnaws me era p k ad come off _ rp,^ lw _ „„
The boys on beteg
askea tbe cause of these mashed finger.!,
replied that their father had split a pole
and put their fingers in the split, and
pulled out the wedge, leaving them in
the clamp. One of them had a peculiar
mark on his nose that had the appear*
ance of having been in a -place similar
to that in which the fingers were clamped,
and the little boy did not hesitate to as
sert that his father had placed his nose
in the clamp. The other one added that
he had placed his tongue in the clamp,
and showed it. to the crowd. A piece
had been cut out. The scar of the clamp
could be readily seen. Besides these
marks of brutality,two great, gaping scars
on the breast of one, and a back, black
with braises, was shown ns, together with
scars and knots on the head.
Braises, sears, lacerated sores, told a
tale of cruelty too horrible to be repeat
ed, and all perpetrated by a devil of a
father upon the persons of unprotected,
m, n - celess , P u . n y orphan children.
This “fiend in human form,” confessed
that he had cruelly whipped the children,
and that he could not otherwise control
them. But the children know no such
as “whip.” Sticks, hoe-handles,
the fist, “beats,” but never ‘whips.’ A
broken tooth in the mouth of one of tbe
children, and an almost broken arm of
the other, together with tales told by
neighbors, attest more than words can
express.
The step-mother of these children is o
most worthy lady. The children say that
sb ® " vvas kind to them on all occasions.
The man Dupree was arrested on a writ
of habeas carpus, by the grand-father of
tlic children, who desired to curry them
to Mississippi, and rather than that tbe
case of cruelty should be ventilated, seh
tied it. The grand-father left for Missis
sippi with them yesterday. There is no
law whose penalty is commensurate with
the crime committed by Dupree. Wer e ‘
gret that such a state of cruelty should
appear in our columns to disgust some of
our readers of tender sensibilities. Snch
an outrage should not go unpunished."
Law and humanity cry out against it; tbe
people deplore it, and as an organ, pub
lished in the interest of the people, ice
denounce the outrage.
