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THE ATLANTA SUN
Improvements In Mneon.
THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN. FOB THE WEEK ENDING JULY 10 1872.
. -gw. brilliant wit, dashing air and dissolute habit. His From the Westchester, Pa., Jeffersonian, June 29 tance, he Upholds and endorses those
It is the opinion of some places, particularly that
of our sister and junior city Atlanta, that Macon is
standing still. Although she cinnot boast of such a
mushroom growth as the Gate City, still she does
claim many and great improvements within her bor
ders.—Macon Telegraph, 30th.
Will the Telegraph tfi Messenger be
kind enough to submit proof that Atlan
ta has ever expressed the “opinion”
“that Macon is standing still.” Cer
tainly, while Atlanta has been endeavor
ing to emulate the prosperity of other
Southern cities, she is not envious
enough to he the rival of any. She would
he glad to see them all grow to be young
Londons; she is content with her “mush
room growth,” and with the pseudonym
of the “Chicago of the South,” which
intelligent strangers have been pleased
to apply to her.
But in order that the people may un
derstand what is meant by “mushroom
growth,” a few figures may help a little.
The population of Atlanta in 1860 was
9,554. In 1870 it was 21,789—being a
gain of 12,235. The imputation of Ha
con in 1860 was 8,247. In 1870 it was
10,810, showing a gain of 2,563. Atlan
ta’s gain is 9,672 more than Macon’B, or
1,425 more than the entire popul-, tion of
Macon. This thoroughly explains the
meaning of “mushroom growth,” and it
is hoped the readers of The Sun will
henceforth understand that figure when
it is used.
RS7* A barbecue will be held at Elber-
ton, on tho 4th instant, at which, ignor
ing politics, the people of Elbert, Hart
and Franklin counties, are determined
to arouse enthusiasm in behalf of the
Elberton Branch Bailroad from that point
to Dry Ponds, Habersham county, the
most accessible! point on the Atlanta «fc
Bichmond Air-Liue Bailroad.
Bobb was in Savannah Saturday,
on his way to the Mexican frontier, to
take the place lately assigned him at the
head of a commission to assess damages.
The people of Savannah did not hold a
. meeting to express the sorrow they feel
for his departure.
Thirty-four bushels to the acre
reward Mr. W. T. Dent, of Cave Spring,
for his endeavors to try to raise a good
wheat crop.
£§5* Peaches in Columbus rate as high
as 90 cents a quart. Perhaps the Sun
means in the form of the juice of the
crop ol several years ago.
£65°“ The first case of sun-stroke in
Bichmond county occurred Saturday.
The victim was a mule. ' <
The editor of the Colquitt Star
has found a bustle in the street and won
ders what has become of the balance of
the lady. He cannot understand why
there should be any bustle where there is
not a woman.
The Savannah News has hoisted the
name, of Hon. James M. Smith, for Gov
ernor, and the Macon Daily Enterprise
has hoisted the name of Hon. JohnH.
James.
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The season and its fruits has revived
the following:
rt The melon-cholic days have come,
The saddestof the year;
And painful cries for cherry mm,
And Khubarb Xinct, I hear. 11
Melons abound in the Savannah
market, and Harris, of the News, told
Estill that he would eat one and didn’t
care if the darned thing did ache for a
week afterward..
Oglethorpe Ustvehsitt Cosimescemest Exeb-
ciseb.—The addreia by Mr. W. A. McDowell, Com
mencement orator of the Thniian Society, delivered
Monday evening, was certainly one of tho most
beautiful speeches we ever h«wrd on a similar occa
sion. His subject, “ The Star ofDsstiny," was treat
ed in a manner that would have done great credit
to older heads and mere accomplished scholars.
The beautiful imagery, the elegant diction, tho per
fect arrangement, and the gently rising but well-
sustained climaxes, all eombined, rendered it one
of the most finished little literary speeches we ever
heard from a college student.
The speaker (when he permitted it) was greeted
with tremendous applause time and again; and at
the conclusion was almost submerged in a cargo of
bouquets. His address to his Society was simple
and touching.
We regret that we were unable to hear the address
of Mr. B. P. Gaillard, of Griffin, chosen orator of the
Phi Delta Society. His subject was quite sugges
tive—“Victories of Peace"—and we learn was treated
in a very creditable manner. Especial commenda
tion and encomiums were bestowed on the compo
sition. W e are gratified to see so much talent in
our newly organized University, and bid it God
**qT ie exercises were begun yesterday morning with
the Junior Exhibition. Several members of this
class delivered original addresses, ail oi which ex
hibited original talent and good culture. Several
prominent gentlemen besides tho members of the
Faculty were on the stage—among them Gen. Aus
tell. Eev. Dr. Wilson, Gen. Garlington, Dr. Hamilton
and others.
The following is a programme of the exercises:
Briscoe, A. C.—To Buildup the Future-Heaven
Shatters the Past.
Venable, W. H.—Backbone.
Hollingsworth, W. T.—Keign of Law.
Killough, W. W.—Learn to Labor and to Wait.
Moyers, w: T.—Fortitude;
McDowell, W. A- (Excused.)—Realities are but
Lingering Fancies.
Thrower, B. K.—“Magnos homines virtute meti-
mur non fortnna.' HV
Mr. A. C. Briscoe spoke with quiet, unassuming
grace, and his composition was written with a true
understanding of elegance in fiction.
Mr. W. H. Venab’e’s speech “ Backbone, ” while
it did not entirely discard the flowers of rhetoric,
partook mostly of the bold and energetic peculiari
ties in keeping with the nature of the subject. It
was delivered with much grace.
Mr. W. T. flollingsworth’s “Reign of Law,"-was
one of the truest and most accurate essay s deliver
ed. The subject was somewhat metaphysical. It
commanded the attention of the audience by its
President Grant will visit his
winter residence, on Pennsylvania Ave
nue, in Washington, daring the present
week.
The Atlanta and Bichmond Air-
Line Bailroad Company have proposed
to the directors of the Elberton Branch
Bailroad, to lay down the iron and furn
ish rolling stock,. if the citizens of the
county^ will do the grading and supply
the cross-ties, giving them stook in the
road for the labor contribution. The
Elberton Gazette tuges the people to ac
cept the proposition, and suggests that
the counties be taxed to meet the ex
pense.
Gone to the Albany Penitentiary.
The Columbus Sun, of Saturday, has
this item:
Yesterday afternoon, under custody of
United States Marshal Williford and ten
Yankee soldiers, seven prisoners from
Alabama were brought through this
place from Montgomery, via the West
ern train, en route to the Albany (N.
Y.) penitentiary. Their names are N.
J. Young, Binggold Young, — Young,
— Gray, Neil Hackens and two others,
whose names we did not learn. One is
a son of Mr. Bird Young—the original
“Simon Suggs.” Two are over sixty
years of age. All are of good personal
appearance. All but one was in chains.
They wero charged and convicted in
Bnsteed s United States Court, of intim
idating voters, on evidence of the most
worthless, ignorant and despicable char
acter. They are to be imprisoned from
five to ten years, and pay from S3,000 to
$5,000.
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elegant diction.
Mr.-W. W. Killough’s address, though not strik
ing, was sufficiently exceUent in composition and
delivery to forestaU any severe criticism.
“Foititude," by Mr. W. T. Moyers, (of Newnan,)
was handled in a masterly manner. The composi
tion, enunciation, elocution, and general delivery,
were all excellent, and won for that gentleman the
medal.
Mr. McDowell, having been chosen as represen
tative orator by the Thalian Society, was excused
from speaking yesterday. ,
Mr. B. K. Thrower’s delivery was probably the
most natural of all, and therefore tho most charm
ing. His elocution and delivery, both equal proba
bly to those of the medalist, brought him in «loso
competition with Mr. Moyers,
In justice to all tho speakers, it is proper to say
the medal was awarded for combined excellence in
composition and elocution. There were several
speeches which, for excellence In one or the other,
were as meritorious as the one delivered by Mr.
Moyers. There are natural defects and excellencies.
Some are naturally adapted to writing and others to
speakiDg. In tho judgment of the committee—and
they were unanimous—‘‘Fortitude" combined both
excellencies in a greater degree, and to him, there
fore, they awarded the medal.
Last evening the Sophomore prize—a handsome
volume—was awarded to Mr. J. H. Robinson, by
Gen. A. H. Colquitt in a few appropriate words.
At the same time tho Junior prize was awarded to
Mr. W. T. Moyers.
Col. I. W. Avery then delivered an Alumni ad
dress on “ Individuality of Southern Character," in
which ho delivered the highest encomiums upon
tho chivalry anc^ distinctive and characteristic traits
of Southern manhood. The address was elegantly
written, and abounded in many beautiful passages,
evesikg.
At 8 o'clock yesterday evening a large and intelli
gent audience assembled to hear tho Eulogy on
Judge Nisbet, by Eev. Dr. Wills, and to witness the
presentation of the prizes by Gen. Colquitt.
Below we give an abstract of the Eulogy on Jndgo
Nisbet: , ,
The life of a wise and good man is a legacy of in
estimable value to mankind. It combines in a small
compass all the elements possible to humanity in its
present state. It is a diamond which God himself
has set in the midst of the rubbish of the world, to
reflect His own glory, and to shine with unfading
lustre in the annals of time.
The biography of an individual of high wisdom
and virtue is a compendious history of the times in
which he liveB. It is a practical embodiment of the
bestleBsons of philosophy—a noble poem on the
divine wisdom and benignity—a specimen of living
painting and statuary, surpassing the master-crea
tions of Raphael and Michael Angelo—a model of
moral excellence for the endlesB admiration of the
nations.
Tho Bible has preserved brief biographies of its
heroes and martyrs to illustrate the power of truth
and the beauty of holiness. Their names and their
virtues rise like proud obelisks from the sacred re
cords covered with the inscriptions of glory, honor
and immortality.
The; lives of illustrious and virtuous men from
the days of Plutarch have served to excite the no
blest sentiments of humanity, and have been ac
counted the choicest treasures in the archives of
national glory. It is the will of Providence that
whatever is superior and lovely in intellect and
character should bo sacredly preserved for the in
struction and adornment of the ages to come; hence
wo proceed to pay this feeble tribute to one who
was loved and honored in life and in death.
Eugenius A. Nisbet was born 7th December, 1803,
in Greene county. His father was Dr. James Nisbet,
a prominent citizen, whose life illustrated the
higher and purer virtues of humanity and religion.
Soon after Moses Waddell became President of
Franklin College, Dr. Nisbet moved to Athens,
where his son entered the most advanced class, be
ing associated with Iverson L. Harris, Charles
Dougherty, A. H. Chappell, Duncan G. Campbell and
others. He belonged to the Demosthenean Society,
and graduated in 1821 with the First Honor.
While in College he displayed great mental powers,
having extensive historical knowledge; and as a
brilliant wit, dashing air and dissolute habit. His
sensitive honor cannot be counterfeited in the duel
ist, his courage by the bully, his calmness by me
stolid, his refinement by the sentimental, nor his
polished manners by a punctilious observer of idle
iorms. A gentleman Is generous in Impulse, benev
olent in feeling, simple in manner, soft in speech,
and Winning in all his ways. Such a man was Euge
nios A. NiBbet. Thi3 picture was blended in living
beauty in hla person and conduct. He was the gen-
uine type and model of a Southern gentleman, ana
was loved and honored by every class and age.
He was a scholar in the most critical sense of mat
term; he haa amassed the rich treasures of litera
ture—had not simply mastered the elements of sci
ence. He had no tondness for metapnysical studies,
and could not appreciate the subtle disquisitions or
Sir William Hamilton. His addresses at college
commencements are models of chaste thought and
elegant diction; and his contributions to litera
ture are account* d amongst its brightest gems. Hi®
judicial decisions are more scholarly productions
than generally come from the bench.
It was always an intellectual treat to spend an
evening at his happy home, and in his last illness
he lightened the weary hours by repeating bon mots
from the French and Roman masters.
Ex-Governor Jenkius says his eloquence had a
charm like his daily life, pure, logical, forcible,
flowing, adorned with graceful imagery, fascinated
the common mind, delighted the refined taste and
never failed to enforce the argument.
• In pure Aesthetics, he was primus inter pares, a.
Corinthian column in the belle-letters scholarship
of Georgia.
We do not feel competent to disenss his merits as
a jurist, but they were of a piece with the man, calm,
conscientious, correct, well-balanced. He was called
with Lumpkin and Warner to occupy the Supreme
bench of the State, when the court was first organ
ized; and it was most fortunate for the success of the
court. There was a happy admixture of qualities
which make up a perfect judicial character. Lump
kin was eloquent, impulsive and imaginative ;Waruer
was concise, logical, conservative; Nisbet, a happy
mean between the two, holding these different qual
ities admirably in hand, so as to check the impetu
osity of the one and the rigidity of the other.
Eminently skil ed in reason, he appreciated the
wisdom oi the past, and was alive to the demands of
the age. The opposition to the court melted away,
because these three men, so admirably fitted for the
work, soon brought to order the confusion and con
flict of the old system. The good sense and high
moral character of the first three Judges of the
Supreme Court, so liappily blended in talents and
ability, were great elements in the success of the
Court. In this brilliant trio Nesbit was conspicu
ous. The first fourteen volumes of the Georgia Re
ports teem with his learning, logic, patient investi
gation ana pol shtd rhetoric—Combining the musty
lore of the lawyer with the graces of oratory.and the
stern search for precedent and authority with the
largest deference to the wants and interests of mo
dern society.
The learned Chief Justice of the State has said
that NiBbet was uncomonly sound on all questions
of fundamental law, and that his opinion in the case
of Wilder vs. Lumpkin, will be an everlasting
monument to his learning, integrity, ability and
soundness.
But the crowning excellency of this eminent man,
was his pure and unblemished Christian character.
For for forty years he was an active and exemplary
member of tbe Presbyterian Church, and more than
half the time an Elder. More than ten years we
sat with him in weekly council, and never knew as
wise, gentle and efficient a councellor in spiritual
matters. We have often been edified with his fer-
veut petitions and earnest addresses in prayer meet
ing; and in the absence of the. Pastor, he would
sometimes conduct the services of tee congregation.
He visited the lamilies of the Chnrch, and none
knew better how to console the afflicted, stir up the
lukewarm, and solve the doubts of the serious.
Ho was zealous for the welfare ol the Church Uni
versal, and devoted to the church of hiB choice. As
President of the Board of Trustees, of Oglethorpe,
he was always active and zealous.
He bad no patience with philosophical religionists,
who seek to make the great trmhs of Revelation
quadrate with their crotchets and the conceits of
what is falsely called science. He had tbe simple
faith of a child,and accepted the sublime mysteries of
the Gospel which lie beyond the range of h“man
reason, and which the august Senate of Angels de
sire to look into. He often said the pride of intel
lect was an obstacle to personal salvation.
His private journal is chiefly composed of religious
meditations, written prayera, sacred poems and re
ligious experience, of which this is a specimen:
“ Our church yesterday celebrated the supper of
the Lord. How good it is to go up to the mount of
Tabernacles! How strengthening to partake of the
food of spiritual life—to come near to the Savior and
feel His Divinity 1 One proper approach to the table
of the Lord is worth all the resources of a merely
human philosophy. I have sometimes felt when
partakiDg of this delightful feast, the cares of life to
fall away from me as if dispelled by the power of
enchantment; indeed, it was by enchantment, but
God was the Enchanter. Vain are the demonstra
tions of human reason against the experience of
Divine Love I”
With him religion was a principle of thought and
action, which he carried into every sphere and made
to overlap all the pursuits of life.
When surrounded by the temptations and perils
of public life, he remained upright and stead
fast in faith and practice —a bright pattern
of purity and Godliness. Hon. Charles J.
Jenkins said of him. that if the assumption were
warranted by the Bible, he would not hesitate to say
that Nisbet was Dorn a Christian. His life was one
of pure, lovely, and good report, and his end a eu-
thanasy. He fell asleep without a murmur or a fear,
to wake amid the eternal light and glory of the
Eternal City of God.
At the conclusion of this truly eloquent address,
Dr. Wills rehearsed that peculiarly affecting song—
“Servant of God. well done," &c.
Gen. Colquitt made a few appropriate and perti
nent remarks on the art of oratory, advising them
to discard all conventionalities and rules that were
in conflict with nature and their individual tem-
Fro m the Westchester, Pa., Jeffersonian, June 29
Can the Pennsylvania. Democracy Sup
port Horace Greeley.
speaker and debater was remarkably fluent and im-
ofVictory,
New Postoxtice.
The Augusta Constitutionalist says:
A new postoffice—called Stellaville—
has been established at May’s Church,
Jefferson county, Georgia, fourteen miles
'North of Louisville, on the road leading
from the latter place to Augusta. Mail
matter for Stellaville will be carried from
Augusta via tlio Central Railroad as far as
Bartow. From Bartow it will be taken
to Louisville and thence to Stellaville.
"When a man gets his jaws slapped by
his wife up at Atlanta, and howls over it,
they jerk him up before the Mayor and
fine him double for disorderly conduct—
Exchange,
fciw
passioned. He always bore off the palm
having but one formidable competitor, Abner Par
rott, from Greene, who died soon after leaving Col
lege. These two were the Cicero and Demosthenes
of the College.
He chose the profession of law; studied under
Judge Clayton, graduated at Litchfield, Connecticut;
opened an office in Madison, Ga., where his integ
rity, learning and eloquence soon secured enduring
reputation. He was elected to the Legislature in
1825; served his constituents well, and is stiU re
membered by some with veneration.
In 1837 he became a citizen of Macon, where his
fame, talent and virtues, secured a large and lucra
tive practice. In 1833 he was elected to Congress,
where ho stood a peer among the groat statesmen
and orators oi America. He was honored with a re-
election but declined to accept the position, from
considerations of dnty.
A just analysis and expression of his cnaracter
are expressed in The Gentleman, The Scholar, The
Jurist, The Christian. The term “gentleman,”when
applied to a man, is un exalted encomium. It is in.
bornTobility, which may exist apart from education
and Christianity, but is greatly elevated and adorned
by culture and religion. There are native gentle
men as well as native poets and orators. Socrates
bore himself like a gentleman as weU as philosopher
in his life of trials and his death. Lycurgus showed
himself a gentleman when he treated Alexander
who had put ont one of his eyes, with forbearance
and forgiveness.
Csesar, ufter; the battle of PLarsalia, burnt the
papers of Pompey, which might have disclosed his
personal enemies. The barbarian king of the Pelew
islands showed himself a gentleman when Tie kindly
treated Capt. Henry Wilson and his crew who were
wrecked upon his coast in 1783. The diamond is
concealed in broken rocks and rough sands, as the
truest gentleman is often associated with the rudest
elements of society.
The term is of Anglican origin and modem devel
opment, and no other language under heaven has a
“responds with -ibis in meaning.—
Lord Campbell says, one of the earliest instances of
wor )l being used in the modern sense, was In
1640, when the Commons were unwilling to vote
supplies to CharleB L before settling their grievances,
and were told that they should freeley vote the
money, for they had the word not only of a king, but
of a gentleman. Shakspearo uses the word nearly
500 times,^ but almost exclusively in tho sense of
noblemen or Knight.
The true modern gentleman boasts not royal blood
nor princely pomp, stately mansion, splendid estate.
perament; that soul and sentiment were the main
springs and secrets of eloquence, whereas, the
mouth, limbs, &c., were only secondary auxiliaries.
His remarks abounded in sober judgment and prac
tical advioe. After exhorting the yonng candidates
for honors to be pnre and honest in all things, he
then delivered the Sophomore prize for declamation
to Mr. J. H. Robinson, of Atlanta, and the Junior
prize for excellence in composition and elocution to
Mr. W. T. Moyers, of Newnan, amid considerable ap
planse.
Still im Jail.—As we stated at the time, last
Saturday, Tunis G. Campbell, negro Senator from
the Second District, was brought to this city by.
Capt. Charles J. White, Sheriff of Chatham county,
upon a bench warrant from Fulton Superior Court,
charging misdemeanor—in that he married a negro
man and a white woman in this county, in 1868. His
bond was fixed by the Court at $3,000, in default of
which he was committed to jail, from whence he
will probably soon be brought on a writ of habeas
corpusTs His attorneys are Messrs. STP~Farrow,
John L. Conley, Thrasher & Thrasher.
Campbell was arrested on this charge in 1868; hut
by Habeas Corpus was released on the ground of ex
emption from arrest, being a member of the Legis
lature in session.
He subsequently illustrated the truth that “ the
way of the transgressor is hard,” on charges of false
imprisonment, etc., in McIntosh county.
The late arrest was made in Savannah. He there
failed to procure bond. The Advertiser of Saturday
morning Eald:
“It is proper to state that among those who offered
themselves a3 bondsmen is Collector Atkins and
several negroes, none of whom, however, was aolo
to qualify in accordance with the instructions sent
to Hon. Isaac Russell by the authorities of Fulton.”
A reporter of the ffiacr vieited the “Gubnor” in
Chatham county jail,, and reports, among various
things:
We inquired Of him then how the Grant ticket
stood in McIntosh, and what he thought of Dolly
Yarden Greeley, when, In an impudent tone, he re
sponded that “he usually expressed his views on
politics upon the stump, ahd he believed that a man
had a right to keep his‘thnnk9’to himself.” * *
“ Finding it impossible to learn anything from the
stubborn ‘cuss from Africa,-’ we left with our opin
ion only confirmed that this fellow’s villainy and
rascality have .not been exaggerated. His, whole
bearing—looks, talk and manner—go to prove
that he is a bad man, one who, through his influence
over his less intelligent people, created no little
harm in the community where he reigned almost a
despot. * * * It would be a good thing
if he he kept in jail for a while, and then forwarded
to the care of Grant, Alexander & Co., where ample
opportunity for the exercise of his talents will bo
given without the risk of detriment to good order
and peace.”
Street Cab Ruxawat.—About 1 o’clock, yester
day morning, one of the cars on tho Decatur street
Railway, got tired of standing through the long
night upon the track, and determined to make a
trip on its own responsibility. Consequently it
started and, the last heard of it, it was rattling away
toward the lower end of the line. An intelligent
and moral minded yonng man who was
nt at that hour of the night, willing to swear he
heard the car bring up against the courthouse in
Decatur.
iXPAsncrDE—Constable Fagin impannelled an
^nquest jury yesterday to investigate the finding of
a negro infant, with a chord around its neck, on Ba
ker street. Xhe mother charges the crime on others;
but the testimony seemed to contradict her state
ment.
Racdt'EB^D.—Mr. Charles H. Wootten, who | was
so severely hurt several weeks ago by a hose cart,
while cm his way to a fire, contrary to general expec
tation, has so far recovered as to be ready for busi
ness ag&n:
Tbe Convention which assembled at
Beading on the 30th of May last was a
representative body of the Democracy of
this State. That Convention unani
mously adopted the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Democratic party,
while in the future, as in the past, firmly
upholding the Constitution of the United
States as the foundation and limitation
of the powers of the General Govern
ment and the safe shield of the liberties
of the people demands for the citizen the
largest freedom consistent with public
prder, and for every State the right of
self-government; that to uphold the for
mer and protect the latter the Democracy
of Pennsylvania can find no better plat
form upon which to stand than the great
leading principles enunciated in the inaugu
ral of President Jefferson and the fare-
icell address of the immortal Jackson.—
Upon these two great State papers we
plant ourselves, and enter the contest of
1872.”
Now, why did “we plant ourselves”
upon “the great leading principles enun
ciated in tlie inaugural of President
Jefferson and the farewell address of the
immortal Jackson ? Because those two
able State papers contain the great fun
damental principles which have been the
bond of Union between Democrats and
in accordance with which they believe
our government must be administered if
we desire peace, prosperity and the pres
ervation of our free institutions. Now
what are the principles enunciated in
these papers ? In the inaugural address
of Jefferson, we find them set forth in
the following language:
“About to enter, fellow citizens, on
the. exercise of duties which compre
hend everything dear and valuable to
you, it is proper that you should under-
staud what I deem the essential princi
ples of our government, and consequent
ly those which ought to shape its admin
istration. I will compress them into the
narrowest compass they will bear, stating
the general principle, but not all its limi
tations. Equal and exact justice to all
men of whatever state or persuasion, re
ligious or political; peace, commerce,and
honest friendship with all nations, en
tangling alliances with none; the sup
port of the State Governments in all
their rights, as the most competent ad
ministrations for our domestic concerns,
and the surest bulwarks against anti-
Bepublican tendencies; the preservation
of the general government in its whole
constitutional vigor, as the sheet-anchor
of our peace at home, and safety abroad;
a jealous care of the right of election by
tbe people; a mild and safe corrective of
abuses which are lopped by the sword
of revolution, where peaceable remedies
are unprovided; absolute acquiescence
in the decisions of the majority, the vital
principle of republics, from which is no
appeal but to force, the vital principle
and immediate parent of despotism;
a well disciplined militia,our best reliance
in peace, and for the first moments
in war, till regulars may relieve them;
the supremacy of the civil over the mili
tary authority—economy in the public
expense, that labor may be lightly
burthened; the honest payment of our
debts, and sacred -preservation of the
public faith; encouragement of agricul
ture, and of commerce as its handmaid;
the diffusion of information, and ar
raignment of all abuses at the bar of
public reason; freedom of religion; free
dom of the press, and freedom of per
son, under tlw protection of habeas cor
pus, and trial by juries impartially se
lected. These principles form the bright
constellation which has gone before ns
and guided our steps through an age of
revolution and reformation. The wisdom
of our sages, and the blood of our heroes,
have been devoted to tbeir attainment;
they should be the creed of our political
faith; the text of civic instruction; the
touchstone by which to try the services
of those we trust; and should we wander
from them in moments of error or alarm,
let ns hasten to retrace our steps, and to
regain the road which alone leads to
peace, liberty and safety.”
And from the Farewell Address of
Jackson we .take the following, which
was also made a part of the platform:
“It is well known that there have
always been those among us, who wish
to enlarge the powers of the General
Government; * and experience would seem
to iedioate that there is a tendency on
the part of this Government to over-step
the boundaries marked ont for it by the
Constitution.
“Its legitimate authority is abundant
ly sufficient for all the purposes for which
it was created; and its power being ex
pressly enumerated, there can be no jus
tification for claiming anything beyond
them. Every attempt to exercise power
beyond these limits, should be promptly
and firmly opposed. For one evil exam
ple will lead to other measures still more
mischievous; and if the principle of con
structive powers, or supposed advantages,
or temporary circumstances shall ever be
permitted to justify the assumption of a
power not given by the Constitution, the
General Government will, before long,
absorb all the powers of legislation, and
you will have, in effect, but one consoli
dated Government.
“From the extent of our country, its
diversified interests, different pursuits,
and different habits, it is too obvious for
argument, that a single consolidated
Government would be wholly inadequate
to watch over and protect its interests;
and every friend of our free institutions
should be always prepared to maintain
unimpaired, and in full vigor, the rights
and sovereignty of the States, and to con
fine the action of the General Govern'
ment strictly to the sphere of its appro
priate duties.”
These two extracts contain the cardi
nal principles of the Democratic faith;
upon which the government was admin
istered with the exception of a few brief
and unimportant periods, from the date
of its creation down to the commence
ment of the late war. And during the
whole of his political life has Greeley
been arrayed in bitter and unrelenting
hostility to these very principles and the
men who sustained and advocated them.
He has never shown any signs of repent
ance or even regret for hia past course
and yet has the effrontery to solicit the
nomination and support of those whom
he has denounced and villified in the
most nngentlemanly and scurrilous man-
mer. He has been either the father or advo
cate of every infamous measure passed by
Congress and carried out by Grant, and
whilst he may now think it impolitic to
pass bayonet election laws and Ku-Klux
acts, he still believes in the right to pass
them; his opposition is based upon poli
cy and not the unconstitutionality of the
acts themselves. In hia letter of accep
tance, he upholds and endorses those
gross and glaring usurpations called the
14th and 15th Amendments, which the
Democracy of this State repudiated last
fall, and further, he declares himself in
favor of local self-government, tbe writ
of Habeas Corpus, &c., &c., but “subject
to • our solemn constitutional obligation to
maintain the equal rights of all citizens.”
Iu other words he holds that every right
to the enjoyment of life, liberty and
prosperity most be subject to whatever
he may interpret to be “our solemn ob
ligation to maintain the equal rights of
all citizens,” which has received from
him 8s latitudinarian a construction as
has that clause of the Constitution which
makes it the duty of Congress to secure
to each State a Bepublican form of gov
ernment.
Besides the radical difference in prin
ciples which would alone prevent the
Democracy from supporting Greeley
without some evidence of a change of
heart and faith, his abuse and opinion of
the Democratic parry and its creed, and
which we believe he entertains ’till this
day, ; should, have prevented him from
seeking, as it must prevent them from
giving, him their assistance.
Between them there exists a gulf as
deep and impassable as that which sepa
rates heaven from hades. God knows
that we most anxiously desire to relieve
the country from the rule of that base,
sordid, bad man Grant and his relatives
and followers, but when the change is
made, we wish it to be for the better.
"We are well aware that in the Penn
sylvania delegation to Baltimore there
are men favorable to the nomination of
Greeley; members of Congress who rep
resent Democratic constituencies and
whose political faith was so aptly des
cribed by John Bandolph to consist of
five loaves and two fishes, who advocate
his nomination; but the rauk and file of
our party can never be induced to sup
port or vote for him. No, never! never!
The dissatisfaction which exists in the
ranks of the Liberal Bepublicans with
Greeley’s nomination, and which caused
the selection of a new ticket, must satisfy
every one that if unity of action is de
sired amongst the opponents of Grant,
it cannot be brought about except by the
nomination of such a ticket at Baltimore
as will command the support and confi
dence of all the friends of liberty through
out the Union.
Let the Convention select moderate
men, of ability and integrity, and place
them upon a platform broad enough, but
which does not wink, connive at, or en
dorse any of the usurpations of theEad-
icals, and we can eleofc the ticket by an
overwhelming majority.
A Ticket, whicu in our opinion would
prove entirely satisfactory to the country,
would be, for President, James Thomp
son, of Pennsylvania; for Vice-President,
Wm. S. Groesbeck, of Ohio. If anybet-
ter.can be named, let’s have it; but never
for one moment entertain the idea that
the electoral vote of Pennsylvania can be
oast of Greeley.
Specla 1 Correspondence of the Allan, 0
letter Pao«h- E ;^
SEA AND CLOUD-SCAPE YERSra t .
—CARPET-BAGGERS AND SP^S** 4 **
CUFFEE BINGS NO MORE. hkTQ ^-
New York, June 29.
Editors Atlanta Sun: I » on) \ .
PfilW one vr_ 8(1'
every one coming to New YorTf ^
lanta, who is not obltaprl+?. At-
no is not obliged to Vnoi ^
trip in the shortest possiblo the
come by sea from Charleston^ 1 ? 10
nab; at least, at this season of fi,? Van "
and provided they do not suffer^ 1
that monster, sea-sickness
the Carolina Capes are passed t K 81
sen breezes spring up, and the air is
and delicious the whole wav
there is something so refreshing?
all the powers of nature, mental ^
ocool
afioe
Then
1Q1
rital, in a sea voyage, eVTnTshort
The quiet, the sense of isolation
human affairs, the novelty in moLi
of the sea, the restful calm in r>?° Dj
plating the boundless expanse of*
and skv. and floating „ 1 ^
and sky, and floating clouds—the *•
turesque uplooming of sails on thekS"
zon, with the sea-gulls flvimr
i the sea-gulls flying over wi
and the Mother Cary’s Ciiiekei flfej
in the white wake of' the
fllO f vaoi- 4-/\ — t t i * ** J
that rest to the over-tasked mind ^
body that every human being^eeV^ ‘
casionaliy.
I came by the Manhattan, the fast*,
steamer of the line from Charleston?
great Babel. We were crowded wijjj
passengers, too much so for comfortl
among whom were many representoiivl
of old Southern famili^ and nTa ^l
carpet-baggers and speculators returnis I
North to enjoy the fruits of their pre^l
tory excursion to the conquered proviJ
Democratic Meeting In Oglethorpe
County.
Lexington, Georgia, July 2,1872.
A large number of the Democratic
citizens of Oglethorpe county assembled
in the court house at Lexington to-day,
for the purpose of organizing the Demo
cratic party of Oglethorpe county, and
electing delegates to represent the coun
ty in the Convention to be held in Atlan
ta on the 24th instant.
On motion of Judge Platt, Thomas H.
Hawkins was called to the Chair, and Jas.
J. Green requested to act as Secretary.
On motion of W. G. Johnson, Esq.,
the Chairman appointed a committee of
two from each Militia district to report
on the organization or the party, and to
suggest the names of delegates to repre
sent the county in the convention in At
lanta, on the 24th instant.
The committee, after retiring, returned
and reported for President of the Demo
cratic Club of Oglethorpe county, George
F. Platt, with six Vice Presidents and a
committee of five from each Militia Dis
trict, with George H. Lester as Treasu
rer and W. W. McLesterand J. T. Olive
as Secretaries. The Club to be subject
to the call of the President. And the
committee made' the following further
report:
Resolved, That the Democratic.Party
of Oglethorpe county cordially invite all
of our fellow-citizens to unite with' us in
sustaining the great principles of local
self-government against centralization
and in sustaining the principles of the
Democratic Party in the ensuing politi
cal campaign.
Resolved, That we recommend the fol
lowing names, to wit: Whitson G. John
son, Z. H. Clark, T. D. Hutchinson, W.
M. Willingham, M. W. Johnson, Joseph
Wise, C. M. Wilcher, John T. Hurt as
delegates to represent this county in the
Convention in Atlanta on the 24th inst.
On motion the foregoing reports of the
Committee were adopted.
On motion it was ordered that the
proceedings of this meeting be published
in The Atlanta Sun and Constitution,tmd.
the Chronicle and Sentinel and Constitu
tionalist of Augusta.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
Thos. H. Hawkins, Chairman.
James J. Green, Secretary.
One of these gentlemen, (?) accomn
nied by his rather pretty and $
daughter, had succeeded in securing t
acquaintance of some of the °
crushed Charlestonians. He was rat^
pompously expressing himself, on til
day after we left the port, withal
gard to the superior merits of Northerl
character, enterprise, etc. Among othei
absurdities he asserted that the Son
was really more prosperous now thank
fore tlie war; that she made as mnchc:
more cotton, and that all weie pros]
ing, except the former slave own
whose indolence and arrogance open,
adversely to their fortunes. He instance,
as a proof of what he was saying,the f®
tunes that had been made by Norther,
men in Charleston and other Southeni
cities since the war.
As no one else would silence then,
start, I ventured to ask him a few que
tions.
“Sir,” I said, “did you ever tra
through the South before the war?”
“No,” he “had not.”
“I have,” I replied, “and also
I am now returning from a trip to i
lanta from New York. I have se.
nothing but a miserable, depressed pop
lation all the way from Augusta
Charleston. I have seeu no ships iu L
Charleston harbor; no people throngii;
either __ her streets or those of Aug
Georgia. I have not heard a
song nor Ethiopian melody,
musical black boy’s whistle
the whole trip, nor any crowds of
dressed people traveling on the
roads in search of health or pies
among the mountains or at the waterii|
places. In former years, previous to t
war, we saw crowds of well dressed whit^
and blacks at every depot, and everyb
was traveling at this season. The sk
in the fields were sporting their
songs as they worked in gangs.-
Along the streets of the cities "
black boys whistled till the
resounded with their wild melod
Now, poor Cuffee neither whistles n(|
sings. He is a melancholy wretch i
rags,, a politician, a lean and hung
Cassius, plotting some imaginary mun
in the form of a Ku-Klux man.
1 If he makes the cotton, sir, it neitl
makes him nor his employer' happy i
rich. The speculator and carpet-bagg
who comes down to purchase lana^
homes, furniture and valuables for)
fifth of their value, because the Sou!^
erner is obliged to sell to get food is
his children, may fancy he is gr:
ing rich, but if he remains at the So:
he will soon find his |boasted possess:^
worth but little under such taxations £
Ku-Klux laws as now degrade the i
called Southern Statee.
They are not States but conque:
provinces., and their conquerors 1
not the wisdon to know how to rulet
except for their destruction. There d
now no ships in Charleston Harbor, \
commerce for the South, and if her ps
pie are in a prosperous condition,j
foreigner traveling through the 1
could detect any signs of prosperity.
“One or two successful specnl
in a community do not prove a p(
prosperous. Please tell me if you inte
to remain South ?”
‘No, madam, I do not,” was i
prompt answer. “ I have been dovcS
Charleston three years; I have madj
I want, and could not endure to f
there any longer.”
I smiled, and so did every one'
heard the conversation. Theconclii'
was irresistible. E. V.
Vibe.—Yesterday (Thursday) morning,
about 1 o’clock, a fire consumed the
Whitehall House, comer of Peters and
Whitehall streets, belonging to Mr. Var
ney A. Gaskill, and a house adjoining,
the property of Mr. Thomas Burke, and
occupied by Mr. Lanten as a beer saloon.
The next building was somewhat in
jured; owned by Mr. B. Garcia, and
used as a bakery by Mr. B. J. T. Agrico
la.
The fire originated in the “ Whitehall
House;” it is believed by the neighbors
in the room of the only tenants—a negro
man and woman. But there is a preva
lent belief that it was the work of an in
cendiary.
It is reported that this house was in
sured for §2,700 ; but we can only find
$1,000 insurance by Mr. C. M. Blanchard.
There was $1,600 on Mr. Burke’s house,
by Mr, J. C. Whitner.
The stock of Mr. Lanten was insured
for $1,550 by Messrs. Blanchard and Da
vis. The latter had insured Mr. Agricola
for $2,400 on his stock.
The fire companies did all thqv could.
Z. B. Hargrove has taken!
session of the Borne Postoffice.
dition to the legal hours he keeps j
office open from 7 to 9 p. m. “A
broom,” &c.
Deadly Shooting.—From a
received by Mr. Ed. Calloway,
National Hotel, from Mr. J. W.
of Forsyth, we learn that on
second instant in Monticello,
county, Mr. Joseph Hiddlebrook j
shot and instantly killed by his bn
in-law Mr. Greer. No particn!a rs |
ceived.
Illness of Gen. Toombs.—A l ,r |
letter from Washington, Ga., writt
the evening of the 3d inst. states ]
Gen. Toombs has been quite ill
fined to his bed ever since he
there after lie left this city on Sat-3
last; that he was then slightly ifl*l-*‘
and able to set up a little, but sb ^
unwell, and unable to attend to any
ness.
Bunaway.—During the sever °
storm yesterday (Thursday) e .V|
r< lmroo ran awa5’Wi l -l
Gen. Gordon’s horse ran away _
buggy, and broke it. Tlio run
a short distance, from the Gcuo r • )
up Broad street.