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Newspaper Page TextTH E A VI,A VI A SUN IViO ltMS OF MUIIHCBIPTI^ DAILY ttM WBBRLY ouir-Hin(i» c*»r * , „ Twelve Month*....$10 00 | Three Month*,.....8 TO Six Month* S 00 | One Month 1 TO Club* n»f ItasWy— '*«r *»■•“ * 1 e .”7.;V. «r 00 J Single jbpei 1 . - .... v # ■ w**fcir— £SS<2SL*ivi:»S iSS-Sfe”*-B One Hundred Coylen-..... •.•.•••••? v, 1*6 00 Weekly for I'l Month* < ismi^ msstssatesa /....... 4 001 One SnnareWCopkMSt 00 r%cop*«..»«»■ n a. I'M • n K vV; \.-y lorn Deiuy«r.aio Gauipiugu, Song, ri ferred to by “ Vidi: ’t aco.vos scrsG tor Tns cAitpAicv or mi: Iujx "Her* to&ff round the Bamberry But." O'n.in. r’e Ihe man ike people w»nt, 4it* » CTCot.or < * inettt»fi the people W»nt, M( . Away.tuUi UraeU-y, away withGeani,-1 O Conor'* ihe&iau the people want. . mj fluffa* .•./. j* iiOHOktaut .jfcot'jiii; Threecheer* i'»r O’Cuaar and Johnny Q., Hunab for O'Conur *ud Juii^py.Q*, . • ID. trail lorO’Conor an'd'Joiiutij’ Q‘, 1 , if r.-fi .w Hurrah for O’Ooeoraod Johnny Q.» ‘ •Vftum Fur-they can heat Grant and. Oretaej too. .144 Ament An**®! TbepeopWtiryv '“'"l ” - ' " it V’ .'Amen I Ameni. .The peopleeri , ;ny l ’ ** O’UoDor • the card wo p.ay for high, ; *... . j Amen I Amen! 'Ibe peopto cry.^ > Caoiivs—Thrt < cbeere, Ac. The men to heat Grant are the men we want, . An- the pVdl>.o afiowttiat GreeleyoanU; ,. «M - But charie. O "Conor and J<Mint>j‘Q , Jf tr .. AmtiiH men to '.-oat Ormi and Greeley too. .» M I tii Chobuh—'1 br*ech<-*xa,kc..-..pi..-ii r. «, p i■ . , ; Bo away with Ore-toy,- Away wlfh : _Grjfnt, '. - rq w They wo notjttoe men ihapeople »*.*;■ -1 • . , But Charley O'Couotaud Johnny Q-'t i t They tali beat'Grant'alia Greeley too. ’ rJ ' Cmaijs—Thrtecheer*,'’jtc." ' *’ ‘ J '''Tfi*u'giv'.. ;, ns"d^borBw Johnny <£, ''' ‘ 1 - A'aWv With (Jhtnt '*•' ’ < ‘ Away with Granuapd Oreo ey tot. And iilvo naTrConor and Jobnny Q. -a.<* liavi-l no* i'ii* •auto'* a i *• • Platform Adopted by tfe. .!«m-roonlnii 5> IJ. iiiofi i*t It* sVUle ,r dbi» : v'* W< , ion r ' Asseni- M‘ I III Allahta on the 4ttr»' Aagnat T.a 18I>. ms . u <: o*re c *a rxt or if.u....?, 1. Be solved/vSCUat the Government of «tho United States is one formed by sepa- i rate.Htates;thafe/itls oae-of limited pow- . ,.crs, 'dvlewatod bysthe Stat«8 ifonspecifio ■ parposee nod ’objects Bet forth- an the /• CoiiKtituvion; - n«d d;nat >it> possetses- of 'itsidf mi»original or* inber«rt power •IMrhatevCri A :: -* *'* OKI "ic ora r- 6r - * J , a. Beidvedv'-Thst 'the'Unfbtt estab- ■lisli(ia j Dy’hd ; Constitution is S’Uilion ot States, Federal in its character,- coln^ posed' of'9tdtes : th(irfiby nnited, and is > Incapabld’bf exitteriefe without'{be States * as its constituent iht^gral ^arfej £hat the indet tructihility of the States—-bf their ■ rights and of tlleir eqtitlhty with each crttier—is ah fhd&pehSublfl^pirt 1 ' Of this political t^t^m, and therefore, the per petuation oi ' the ‘Union in its integrity depends notin' 1 the preservatibh 6f the States in their poUtfciBl lriVe^iuty; the Government of tne Uhi’tfcd' Sthies being a Federal Bept[bllc,"ahd not a consoli dation ’of tUe’ 'whole 1 people' 1 iftib one homogeneous 'Nation. ' ,,v ' ' i: '' " n 1 ' ‘ 1 8. Rcsolv d,'That tho' l, nght df loca State-goVernmOnt” with'th r o 11 ‘^sulijectiou Of tbo militaiy t6 the civil' authority, ” and “tbe security of the privilege of the writ ot ktibeas' corpus," in time of : 'peAce, with the power to' enforce “the . rights, and promote the well-beihg of its inhabitants by such meanB- as the’jmlg- meut of its own people may prescribe,” atb'retecrved, secured and giiarahtded, un der the Constitution 1 bf the United States to the several States of the UuicSfaml that too, nof*‘subjWct td any solemn Consti tutional ohhgatiOn tfpoh J £he 1 phrt ! 6t the Federal Government” 7 ol a tty hind Vvhat- ever; but bn the JI ht)U , fraryj t'tiis Fideral Government is under a solemn Constitu tional obligation not to interfere m * these ■■ jnaltersin any may; and when it ctoes so, il becomes a usurper of ' powe>\ an-' opptes- sive tyrant and an enemy to the’liberties oj the country • ,n \L. i- u:*lA»= t».'t / foil 3, NO. 184 ’ ATLANTA, GA., WEDNLSi>4^, OCTOBER %i, 1872. WHO LI, lie NUMBERllO :)n3 Otl ilia x h;o: tlSS^^tSiSSS^lSffSSSSl I- * *b -:Q«*lej W.»bo^ eotyuj, »od'pef*ou*l Uberty, eta., »r« g> beln, ‘fitKSli aelf-gnverum«t,”j '‘the 1 writ of forfe.'-itibJ^ctbBty to tbbt-gtMcton* enamer- „ , _ , „ s . , ♦t©4 non ivoridud in a» Mumrcotatmtien, tbpb Habeas Gorpiu," - “individual' 1 liberty, - a*xb*r* A)m>a ilbodo** Aot 'yliiltfili*-*— 1 -^ ** * ' *" 4 ■' " ** * -of. Lbs- k«A*r*i ^tilhcjgltJ 1° *tl thoMmtb] - .ittbMga.it «IH>^by h. jjckwaerW'mtiiwiteB u. the gen-rat government *ud not re*erred io-th*, SPUrtee ? ’Ind nrtt the St*te* trmver yle^d tUe power* conferred by.rtist deea of union, the Con»tlt3tton, to Ifie general gove»niu«nv? ; __ Inin Citn*rltation declare* that it and the law* of the United St*t-8 made in pur*Q*ni!fc thereof are tne SCI BEME Lit. or THE ZJlXO. . And thi* j* *o-ri ■•anytlnnir in fhc Cot-arltutlon ’df law* of any 81 ‘ to,the contrary no KiiliHUuding.". 7 SiAt-- i.ffl er» ku - »r t<> rapport the Conatitution of tti' United Bt**e8. ErVry where »rtl In’ all lonni aud w»y* and by alt people the supremacy of the federal ContUtutii-n is a^knowled^edi When iJro*t»y e»;d that he wan fur local Rclf-gor- eminent And all the other-^ood- Denioirraflc thing* :ur patriot* have r, tWJ so long battling, And • gainr-t whrcli (iraar *nd h;8 party are oiienty and- praeiictllr opposed, ana Tot the wknt Of ithlch the chfuntrydbas run to tyfannytabd mMrtlle, bis enun. £latlonjof *o tbe f ' hi BAmanilftof again *t cep or antt^otee fbew rlghti Tiofated to ihe credit of emortaimug such a view. I. Is im- nrgppr tyjqnjbble blulUV a: wfroti^paiiUdri. What 1* th- leading Radical argument against him, used oh efuryihtuuip and Ri ev-iy'Radical'pspftr? Why, that Horace Greeley.RdJOyv.tk'edumps® :0 ‘ those Democratic'doctrlnee. It little .becomes Democrats to daub their own friendB/aiid 'when they have to sopblsticaJly quibble to do itdit'becdiavs 4. crime. Ji»1 Ou tliis deferise.of Mr. 'Greeley’s posi- r tioh against the cliad-ge pfi'CeDfcralism,” •we-jthava ^somewhat ton'say. '-'Whether i'^dribbling” o'A fhis br a’ny bthHr not) stbp to inquire.. ^ • J .: i • But nf:Mjv Greeleyn has.’ eves become the champion-‘bf^ priric5|»les' fcn^wri' is D^mBfchfatic;' ;he certaiiily has a cpiions way of exhibiting his devotion to them. Hisciiie .object,-«s opemy avowed by !iumsl'H,iin"febi beginhidgpdf ^hi^ Presi dential canvass, wa^'.td^ defeat.thfe ]|)enio-j cp^tifi |*arfy, japd.pjeyent £n^. sucqrajs iif principJoA Is this so,ide ia tiie'stat-i- ment a “pointless 1 ^uibblb"?^ 1 W&atevfer our neighbor may think si lor it a fact of great importance for all candid investigators of the truth. ±o bear in mind/in scanning the 'claims of that: ciiam^iohshipDow sefc up for|iiih^.,j i t What, then, are Democratic principles, aud.whafc are the'principles of Mr. Grfee-j ley ? - We not only concede- bttt eXnlt in; . vs „: .. w . FOB PRESIDENT : ,i:nra ill CHARLES J1 »• 1 «R'> » #1 'Ui •'* .0^ :Mf I l 10 M • OHM t*4 uiiur.. iu.4 »-*’ 1 NEW AWK,. ,, a s,y « :.!.-i FOR VICE-PRESIDElfjP: 1 JOHN OUINCY ADAMSjiir., IIAWS -«J IKi * ' it. I ; . ,11,-. OF MASaAOHU8ETaiiiiotm.a ;- r <' - t r n.,-> tvlA tli .a mfci-l t: ELECTO^fL TICKET •i a* on: re Wic^tt^Ui' «tob * slab • True Democracy o4 Georgia. I**. 1 wii... ■* —'ill^ *1+at■■*! >'•> 1 1 %f FOtt' Tn'E X]!', LAUUK. 1 HON. rURMEDCS ltEYNOLDS, ot. Nswibn. . WALT^K,H..WEEMS, of.p'uHoa.. t-M- . -isn .i AUTKOHATna: t tr-i nva! •»*•- •" DH. HENRY. P. ANDREW S/of Wilies. 1 : HON. & A. McNEIL, of Randolph. - s ' tt ' 4 ! , J “ ••: For lh» CMietciilonal Dliirlcts s ■ -I. V. n V UUr:s.*1r0'i Ijt.—M. I.. Mi R'.HON, of Glyun. ' H. H. PtRU\', of Durib, Alternate. 2b. — HON. X. L. OUERRY. of Quitman.- - < - COE. Wg. HARRISON, oi Quitman, Alternate. 3p. —HON..JOCTNS. WOOD.WARf), ofDcolay. DU, KbWAliU W. ALFR1KND. of Uv«. Altcr- >• ui nate. •**>• I » aii'a'H^i^vv ii- » 4IH—HEXKY PERSONS, of.TidboU in taui j» JULlb< KDWABD6, of Douglas Alternate. 6th—liR GEO. M. M0DOWHLL, of PH;e. T. O. JACOB, or MOnroe, Alternate: 6th—DR. H.'JoBATES, Of Newton. ** J. W. BURNEY, of Jasper, Alternate. 7m—COL. ALEXANDER g. ATKINSON, of Cobb. DR. S. S. BAILRX, of Cobb, Alternate. Sth—HON. Mi IAS TV. LEWIS, < f Or- one." u JCRIAHH. CASEY, of atcDn'ffie, Alternate.' 9th—HON. G. M. NETPERLAND, of Rabun. JOHNj J. .EZ^ard, oi Porsvth, Alternate. Our Nelgb’bpr, ^lie Couatit utiou, “ Klaes To Expla a^* Dot Only Makes Hatter* Worse. Iu the te.-ue of our neighbor, of the 19th inst, we find an editorial which we giYO in fnll'/caption and’a!!/* ‘Xt islu tiie faUcgnpn«wofdsi • -.-.,1 • |... “S«*iin. to oun a>ioc< Oo.svriTuria**i.ooLjaA- Iteader, ih,- phrase, ••m.bjeLt t.iluir ^ieiun seeuis a very natural viohr, _ Conetitatiui.*! Obligations,' and propar olMi It r*oi gniw* th* sopremanj»»f aha national -Con stitution. axi-4 iii.n 1H wbaj.tha.. J/siu Qg^ic nattf is strugnlii-K t‘ s -T. That gained the Democratic creed will oni--« nl is- h*s- trinmphutlt. ThaV Raiuedj den- trajUsigMifc>«-vwr. dead.- That. *: un.c the aqtndity of the Slate« is, amply, esublisucu. 'l&it, tawt ii, ****•' by ih/Vf” miniutMi s7-f the gnat '".-'/“ITU V/ f the Union, that gaiued. Southern oppri-e: n s.!l •top. this country, do maintain that the Con- stdution of the-United States,--with* ail treaties made'dnd lkivs passed 1 ‘‘‘ip pur suance thereof ” are—the * supreme law op the land; .not; oijlyjthis, but they maintain fnrtner, that all acts of Con- gres8,np^“ tnpicrsuancq r <f”^he Consti tution, are nullities, and should be so held- by the Oouf ta. xTllisi is tlie doctrine Bp^c’iaH|y main tained -by'the Jeffertoaiahf Democracy from the beginning of -the GhveririUent. They also have aver maintained- tHfalt aii the-<poweis w'-th- whfotf l thb’ Geheral Govemment is clothed hire -specifically dt leg*red-td it ; by ! the^tateej aud - that any dot OH- the part of-tlifci Gcvdrhm^tii or any oMts offlcierei in theP’ex&xiie bf‘a powwnnotitfelegatdd 1 , WidPi |>dif if dele- gatbd oma -'8tth}ehtndt (1 61nblraced ini -the enumeration Of subject# for whieh it feas aeiegated, US a' usurpation °aiibif' the' ft 1 -' servwi^rlghts Of the States'/ anSF- a' violia- tionoofithediberciep-df'the peo^l ! They ’ fur’-her maintain that/ ‘hvery thing pertaining to the intemi.l p&Kty of- the States— the status, : as : -WellUs the fciVil aod political-eights of theirChizehs— areiteervedito • the- Statea ifW£ecftvely,' by thi^-espyess tioihs of IheUbtfslitutidn.' The !- GmStitationu-’is >£hO'ii , chdm’'’- bv waioh Federal offlceUB Were-tb' 1 be-TSduhd/ l Itisf msoi’eorcf,'part tthdpftrcfel'iJf— yea, the very core of-the same "deotride,- ibat all these “reserved rights,” so-called,’ are to' he enjoyedj-''“sudjEcP to the Con stitution.'’ 5 ‘V !'ili ir la l iF-r Bn cwhen 'and whete ’’ did-^Mri : GreHey ever use this form of expression? When and wheredid he ever'Sptafc 61 mainthin- ing these reserved State '-Right#, «sub- ject to the Constitution?”- ' v. v scg Is it in his epitome of the Ofueinhati- Baltiinore -Platform, about which i\fe have written so much?' This ls-the«ilear intimation, of od*-^neighbor. But we respectfully'say that "the eye which can seei: there, r mus*Tbe^capable of doing more than . “ looking into, 55 or even through 1‘fnaill stouee.” r<r i iu fcf Directly to tne contrary of whRt our neighbor intimates, Miv Greeley broadly and clearly assorts as fact, ana as a lead ing featnre-'i* his oreed,--that*all the civil .Tights of the people of * the several States aad - municipalities (or corporA- tions^-amliHe xiiikee - no * distinction b<*- r Ween these# are - suBjboTi not 10 -tho‘ Constitution, but to the rightful control of -the Central Airihority,’ to be ijute^ even; thatitheaSi areirightsioi ttre people of tuAseVertil States onde^ the ConAtitu- tijjn. Uis' position 11 is barely that - th# policy pi th$. Central Aufhojrity-, should ,aim a^ a^ow^qg th^p Jpcal privileges as far^iiHiay btt: “consistent with* public order,’“iii’ the Judgment and at the dis- ctethm of its 1 'indrdestioiitd Supreme C4;tu-i j-nne,■i:. .n • rJ-cJU . ¥. s; . fiWj9Wl9n»B9«riie^ ih Wft'haye.-*io wisltor intention ■'to do Mr. Greeley Ot ah^feOdy^Ise the slightest cinjustice. • We-thefefo(rt^reproduce what he’said 6'n the 'sn6ii®ct f ’in hiS own words. uMi.;. . n t T, '. c l ■ v fullRA follows,; ;0! T , L- noleou- CouatituL’onal obligation to inamtaiif tbo equal’ rights of * aji. citi- sens, our policy ah'inld aim at local self govern- ment.au4.not >t cqctralixation; that .tne -.civil au ewnf5rifty’iiri U J \4orfty akoa , a.L-VTipf>hie'over‘tlie military; that th- practice avfrywlrare. ' ■ - ibe writ of hsbftn etrput shoald be .jealoimly upbeitl Nct only this, bjitjGreajeQr. absolutely only pro-1 mnlgated’ a* BoctHnrf .-xplicitlj’ And fully stated in vti eCoi. t tUli t ilin;’. of Georgia,' to* Ibe-Mfeei tbit "the aupre-wo law,in ^U|-.Utala;i8 tbqUnited State* Con : •titutlbn, ariu second t(- tnst' is QVf ov^S^ito Con- Of a i tbo weak, pointless and: bbBdlMl quibbles, tbat.ls.the most empty that sseb. to find ground for ‘oppCMtinn to Horsed Greeley m bis ‘u se of Mie'Ax- pncssroB tlnit’StiiW fights ■ irtre Id Wo fe'fijdybd "sud- . The ftbd^trM^ to'teokttig Tb'to nrtSstonksr df all at- SSSSXT5S; <VUgffb6t«' ^hotfe^ 'herein'^ jnrffir'™**’ “ subject tt5 •lH& t - < ebnAiWtiou, i ’ but “ “subject” *f6 Vtfal 'he affirms to be a “solemn constitutional obligation, Testing' * fipeto 1 - fife 1 ” chMrkl 5 'Authority to do what* the*- Constitution clear ly. o prohibits;: 16 ' ‘main tain what it,-Dthe central authori ty, may doom to-be- “the equal rights’ of all,r.‘,‘iiiithe dnternal po,ity” of the States and municipalities. Tnese mat- jtgrSjjRre . m clearty reserved, to .the plates qnd» tU&UoustitutioaR /Dll 11 oil! - . , l ii Then!(sGletfih • *CSn'SBitufci6nhl ; obliga- ffiufe '%'8tinfe' , upbn l ’tlieJ'Jentra! ^pthority here ass sited, <;xtepds not only tirpthe slgli^ ,9f..tbe;iiuhabitant»7 of the dlStates And mtthicipalities/’ but %d* all the domestic relations of life, ffBiii wfnch as /‘tUe.rqlatiye $gbt8 qf f tbe cOPH8titueat members of eooiety, iThisie ^jUst what the central riKhta'an'd promote the well-being of its inhabitants by such means as the judgme nt of liu own-yeopln shafi, pijescnbe * . , "^Irttliis lie unequivocally announces, as thefund^^ntafininciples of biscreed, that these immunities are to be enjoyed, Eungplfi isjQnitft-cleAjj to any mind which can comprehend the meaning of si pro position stated in plain language, what- eve^ St inay tie capable da doing, y4£h “millstones.” Its inquestionabk iuean- ing, taken altogether, amounts h? this lear exposition: oan rt ear ■ Jt 4*^“ 2^® the jqh^utaftts./pljthe.eouiifcrjf within its iim- :ts, shall .be: maintained,’not only-'at the phlis,- iu - Legislative “Halls, itr fhe .'ury b&,^ia«fg]s a^/n^^iijs'cq^yeyaqces, hpt in- th^lafeasiifalUe-rTW.public assembifesL arid schools; i as-well * ks in Ra'fl'rriage^.-* "His-dan^imgrife'bfe^di unre- stricte^ajn^ & S® the extept of this solemn v uty, i i ' Thtff iri’-t&e'di^chkrgtrdf tifiSgr^td A uthority otaacj PiAtfonu- Tnere is no evuding it by “quibbles” of any sort. Ther»- >tends the.record to speak ior itseif for all tihje' to come, -““Aer it stands we maintain liu'd affirm— 1 1**-‘That it covers and was intended to cover and justify every outrage against the fe’e&riy reserved rights of the States trader "the-Constitution: in the “recon- siroctian measures,” by whioh the gov* •rnmeufc of. ^ten States were utterly sub verted by military force, in order to com pel the people oi these Slates to do what Mr. Greeley and his “liberal associates” held'iVto be the'high duty of Aheicentral authority to ^o^und^r what ne s^ys it is its “SOLEMN constitutional CBMOATTO.N to do; when, as we nave said, the consti tution,Vy fir fropi imposing such oblig.v t.ion, positively withholds all such ^ibwer, Mr. Greeley is for making ‘ the'Will nd idiscr^iQp^bl the/ central authority the “supreme,law of the land;” aud not the coLstitution as itsftands.. .* I ••• ID; .. X- ■ I 2nd. That it covers and was intended to cover ! and justify the most glaring usntparions connected with the abomi nable Enforcement andKa-Klux kets. “3d. Ttiatdt.covers,and wa8 intended to cover and justify all the most’ iieinbus crimes against the Constitution and Pub lio-Liberty in this country Committed by the .Radical Dynasty since the.war for-the , Uni^n-was, vyer,, t , ...5,^1', 4th. 25’ay more, \e believe that? it was ibtehdfed' Yd\ a purpose far worse even still. This is,what awakens with us the most meteijpholy reflections/ ■ mingled •with theiglddmiefat forebodiDgs. It-was, as we believe, intended in this way;qjidej the cry of a L “choice'of evils’’, aud , “any thing to beat Grant, ” to get the Demu- craoy of the Union committed- «to ■ this conipletest enibodiment bf thej princi plea oi cbiSscfliiuatloh .^n^: JEmp^re, ever before presented to the Peoples *of : these taiy '10?3 ft-'. .'-41V- '! : i lTWO—*. 1*15 btac-es. ir.v. j---: - i.«« :}-nb •; ...~ j j^vda^e'^riripi^lei anpoauce^ by that jwing- of the* Radical ’ party whiolj sup- oorts Gen. Grant,- have some traces of th’b trli’e* faith “oh this subject, while this ■worse tha'tP'Miftioniedan breed/ in’ a. po litical sense; taken altogether^ h^as not a single one from .beginning to end.' * c- Tne'resolution of the Gran , 'Wing c isin these wor.is: - lSth.TheRepubllcanparty proposi to ro'pect th- rl^hts reserved by tbe people .to themselves as care. fully aa tbe powers delegated by them to’ tbe State, and to the Federal Government. It disapproves of aresort t-) Uuconatltinional laws for the.purpose ot removing evlls’by interference with the rights not surrendered by the people to either tne State or Ka- tiovial Governments. ■ ‘ f ’ Herc'wc. have tho semblance, at least, 9/ a rc^ognitioLjOf the naturb'tand char acter of-^hb;GoyernmCht. ./^ejia^c the a"T'zvv awft. : a£;, 4pcal ): .8^/-gQjVferpment and not Centralism;” that is* thbft'fltates and -touriidp*iitibA ? ' ; ought t’b’be indfaced, if possinlfe by/thfcir,Own. accord, to do wn^^he ; ^Liithgnty wants done in any matter, jsaus to relieve it from the task ol doinp-it-•itself.'-* : *d i * This wafa the polity so earnestly urg< d by. him.when bi^erms of peaoe and re conciliation on this basis were •-first of fered by 5 him and* his’Liberal associates; that thej^£ j ^p a (^fiQi^ttaction ,, pro ce8s : w.fis resortedi Ki’-- z£i i 3. That the policy aimed at should-be td keep “the civil authority supreme oykrthb'^ilitary^’ jWh’ehe'v^f , f^e great' djutyipan. discharged jutilrisiiwaj!; but tbispoh'qyjis ‘.’subject” to-the duty, and posed Ldteori^iou. *->4'hie'-WO ShaH 5 show. object, as iu tha case.of Reconstruction. i^., Tnat J T th§.)-same should ban; aimed - ; .at iinit .reference' otO I the writ-of Habeas • Corpus---atfd “the indi vidual citizen shoqld'enjoy the largest liberty cousiat^at. wi,th. public .-order— that is, -no citizen'shou d ever be mo lested so long- as he give* a’ qdib’seent 6anct#w?te-frie : pdflojPdf the Ueritral Au- thbrity/aDri dbefc nothing whibh it ihay dtem inchusistent with its ideas of “pnb- ,. . -v - ’ ■ 1 fgfiWR at ii has .haw fisv ytev i 5. That it should be the policy of the Central:Authority to permit ‘‘the 1 States and municipalities,” each for ihsetf,_ “to promote thtrweh-beingof its inhabitants by such means as the^. judgniept. of f its op people shall prescribeaud tnat there should _Vbe na Federal subversion of the internal ]>olity of” any State Or municipality’/s6 J lbn^ as the people, of such State or, municipality shall, by,their voluntary action, . relieve . the Central Authority from the' discharge of wLat otherwise ii declared to oe their “Solemn 1, ’ *JHl •’■ ..* . ... ’ . , . CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION HI, tljue pfCJJ11" eea. : •. : • 1 This ia the unmistakable nteauieg o>f ’MrP £ Gre7eley , 9 epittfane/bf the’Srd clause pie;” arid to the great truth , that tbe Pbwere'of thS-G^eneral GoVSTamtcnt are held by delegation. * nn. a . , t Jp, Mr. i .qre.eley 5 sp^o7jM7icig0 , e»to ’there is net ev|n this sembance of recognition of, or obeisance tii, /those fundamental .prijjujipdek wbich gonstitutJe rioliPhly the true Deippc^tio creed, bu^.^je basis of; - tho - entire - system- -of- American tree. Institutions. But fun. the past acts/ J j>£ t /.$h.j&//wing at jibe-, jiepub ' ican party, so-called, . supporting Gotiy^ Grant, some hope might- be in dutge&j'xfomtbe language usecl byltbem, of bringing back the administration of the Government to original principles under tlieir auspices; but none whatever fro'u' , tiiie'!FlaifprmJof .ME./Greeiey| it is 5 based;‘in itr essence; as Well as’ ob jects, upon the principles of a Centralized Empire. .;. >ut .n ' t -- # ± 1 * ,:<; S‘ttte&/abcoidiDg*t6;his doctrih’p,, bear .the same ^relation to the .central authori ty r _ that jspnhjaes ^nd corporatc towns Hnd cities bear towards the States by which tney are created. All their rights and the rights of their citizens, are but ebftrtet^'fiwiAh^s, gijan'ted bji and de- pendent . upqg, the grace, favor and [dis c-ration of the CJ* ntral Head. ■ ’ Will c/tu” •deigtib ( or jffiri .'i^sue’tyith us on a-stogie ohe bf these'affirmitives? ■' ll , CL * •£ *- *--I‘ • • UJ *1 - • 1st. Wnl he assume to deny that Mr. Greeley's platform covers, and wasi in tended* to -cojeriR'^dy justity’jffie. i^hole “Badical policy" of “Reconstruction,^ with-its aubversiou .of State Axovemments by,Federalbayon^?, ; ’ *2d. Will he assume to deny that it boVers/ Rnd whs fntendect:takeover and justify. the_ wholejjoh’cj'.of the Enforce ment and Ku-Klux Ac<s? ; J / ,3d. ^H lie.ussBiaepta. deny thgt Mr. Greeley, to-day, maintains the principles and.ntAicv-uooa whichthese-usurpations . - 4 i aaL t'.ivi-.i .in ue.t Sil-nc-.T rest? .**? -it '*CPMijAe*K -U t raft V. 4th. Will he assume to deny that it Is the object of- the Liberal : Rep ublican movement, so-called, to build up a - new Party in these Suites, orgamzea upon Mr. Greeley's doctrines? — . 5th^ Will Le assume to reassert to the people <of:Ge irgia,that iif they elect Mr. Greeley, and sanction these principles, “rhe Democratic creed will onc6 more be triumphant?” . ran, 6th. Will* he assume to maintain that! these mdnstrouk outrages evgr w^re ,qe ever should be held to be. in accoirdNne^K wiih the principles of the Deraoeracy of the United btateh? . . *. « Will our neighbor answer, of-Hrltf he THE CHROSiicLK AND j,E\TISEL. ItaJJUingenuoaisneBs a ml DapllcityUn- maskvd— An Appeal to the Voters of the 8th District. L - iis TO9 eo-i.ii in.a. iate.t-< Messrs. Editors Sun: In the Augus’a CM&hidc and ShritbWxA 'Fridlty/ th'e Is th. iustanf/appfeared the 1 followih^'editorial, which furnishes a fair sample of 1 the di-- iugenuousness mid-unfairness of this wonderfully:. DeiiocPltio' papei: ; - ii fur-, nikhisg pabulumitoitere&dere/fihd is i-s follows; viz: ;** ip ?h: . nib si ft i *‘je*febsosias dkmochact." . . «General DuBobb Dr|)fesses great admiration lor: Jeffersonian’'Dc-mocraey iii nls letter aanduncinjj himsell as a candidate for Gougress fie .firings Into opeoia'l prOtnineio his devotion ’ to «■.-emocranc .pjincipifcb as practioedandillastratea by Jeff-rson ” It is io be presumed that lie has read Mr. Jefferson s State papers, or at least, so i.e of tbe more import ant and striking of;thpse .prod ctipns. Perhaps he nas read Mr.-Jefferson’s first inaUiiual addres.. In that pap-r. Mr.-Jeffefson epitomises as at- eSssAti,i part- f his creed that tnoru must be yabsoluteacyia escerfcein the fccitiont qf the majority, the vital pni.c p'e ol Republics,from which (iherej is no.appeal ut io forts', i he vital principle a*id immediate.' paren of despotism." G. n. Duttose runs for Congr -as n- opposition to the wish- h and declared dictum oi npi;Ogft.a majopty, iti.igppositioh to a two- thirds majority of tbe regular Democratic Conven tion of the party.. BC. repudiates one of the Jca. - ing features of the Jeffersonian creed,, because it: enforcement’ T d«fe -ti’-hla* perso’nM’a'splratiohs. an ■ still clamors'for.sup.pprtr.pn, the grejund. tb4 he is par 'exlcttetict. the true' exponent of that creed The. afiaupwnpse of this pretence ia too apparent to de ceive the .-oriest voters of the District," ■ -;i’a-id ??<ir;: ire* :d7-|Tjwmu icH . The loreguiug is the editorial iu ques tiou 1 , entire, iu text, ‘teller ', and punclua • tion, in VhiCh can be seen the detachei. t»ad garbled ebcDact’ froih Jefferson^ firs Inaugural address,' ‘ which is not itser correct, as far as it purports to be ai extract fWmPithe'-Iuaugufal, ) iii that i omits the>> 1 ij-tleIword “there' 5 beiore the ^WQgds *!is no appeal but to force" &c. That the voters of the 8tu Distric may see, Understand and appreciate tlii d efcajitibD nud-f I'aud prafeticearipbu' them in: this garbled extr act,fat t will quote eh We waufc uo “quii'bhng;” no ‘‘resovt tothe sly tiicks of special pleading;” do “artful dddgtejj-,”'Either*? 1 The questions preeented are of tbe gravest nature any of a political- character ever dis cussed. They involve issues of the most momentous ttonsequenees. The liber ties of the oountry*, in our judgment, de pCnd upon the rejection, by the Democ racy, Wf the principles of Mr. 'Greeley We wish, therefore; to deal with the sub ject with that seriousness and earnest ness which comport with its magnitml fan ;w:i, ;e -j»X’ r ,: A > h. S. Ti.‘A TIT-. ■ ■■ •. — . i : Death of Col. W m. Dtiugheriy. v -ApriVatedispatch received last even ing by Mrs. T: L;- Macoh, ’h dAughter of Col Dougnerty, from Charles Dou^h: et'ty/Esq.y’his son, dated -it New Tort-, brings tne sad intelligence th’kt 061. D, died-Lst’evening, at twenty minutes bt fore seven o’clock^-* 'C® 97 ?r< : His remains Will be brought to th--.'- ci^y for interment: 1 He :I WiII°6e 'biirii^ ii>‘ oaffTiemeteryv - 1 a- -*’- 1 ) ■m Aits .'Hi " «ntn f ajid iu u^-- u., wmpiy to i a vest tno nomination of a .candidate for Congress wrnfr tne same sort nfTWgotTty that at taches to a lawgiver, elUdted by the peo- ole. This is simply patting the cart be fore the horse. It is likewise a funda- ineutiii error to charge and claim that General A. R. Wright, the abio and ao- complished Demagogue and Trickster, and NomiDer of the AugustaConveiitio*. Was, or is, the Nominee of the Demo cratic Party, when it was oompbsed of a constituency, ceiled together to place is nomination a man whose known sympa thies as evinced by his solemn acts at Baltimore, were for a main whose boast is, that it may be written on his grave- srone, “that he was never a follower of the Democratic Party, and lived and died in nothing its debtor." And who proclaimed that there “had been five thousand (or other liitge sum) of negroes murdered in South Carolina during Grant’s administration, and not a white mun hanged therefor;” and who within less than two years from this writing, proclaimed that the people of this, ilie 8th Congressional District of Georgia were iu a &tate of rebellion, and refused them a hearing iu his paper; md urged Grant to put them under Martial Law; And who ds late as tue writing of his let ter accepting the Ciuciu- uuti, Nomination, takes direct issue with •he Gist o? the teTclui.'ys of the Great Apostle of Liberty, set.forth in tlieuoovQ •x, rant from it * Inaii^imil’ Address, bj objecting all the ngr-ts of t e States ne) of irie Pygpl.ee 'uvueot to what hs coucieves io .’>• the Solemn .Coustitntion- 1 tibligatio!: bu’ttie pare of the Federal Governmen to protect 1 tliemiu the en joyment oi those rights; Land'who in ob^diejict: to this most monstrous heresy clamored loudest and longest ior the tearing down of t’he Governments of ten States in the -Unibu, reducing them to the.servile condition of provinces, and dependencies; and a man toos who-suffers himself run for the Preaideucv by a set bf schemeirs, plunderers, people-rpbbera, and bond^holdeis—such as Belmont and others who had no thought of success for Greeley, other than the: destruction and utter annihilation of Democratio principles. ..i And how true this convention in Au gusta add its Nominee were, to the Great principles announced in the Inangnral above quoted from, may be seen, from a careful reading of this nonpareil advo cate of Jeffersonianikmt—The Chronicle (ft Sentinel—under the political : leadership pf.it? histrionic harlequin, candidate for Congress, and his speeches upon tho stump; in adVocacy of Greeiey, wherein he says- i‘curse him as much asyd'u 1 please, bjut vole for.him; he is surrounded By oefc- ter jpen..than Grant,” n/^withsianding he is urrouiided bv the Tammany Ring of thieves, including Fenton, Tweed, Connolly & Co., fend vote fbr me, not withstanding I went to Baltimore and voted a resolution of gratitude to tho Northern.soldterg-atul-sailors, and sol emnly covenanted’with my'Northern al lies that I would no more arraign tuoso monstrous abuses and usurpations of CongresS Ar the bar ot public o&pinion;” and wilt never- more seek .to. disturb them; bur I was not iu earnest, fellow citizens; if I had been, I should be worst, than a dog. I only Wanted td cujole and catch, the-votes of nincompoops'at tho North; fawriiVplatforms and prinoipleS 'hre noth ing but clap-traps made to catch the un wary and incautious, And I Would Un do All Those Monstrous Usuri’ations, Ie I Could To-morrow. ” “ Yes, I would break my covenant with them to-morrow, notwithstanding Mi tho Good Book may say, about covenant breakers.”'’ ’ This/Democrats oi the 8th District, ia the man i between whom, and Gen. Du- Bose yon aye icalled upon to ohpose as your Representative in Congress.^ . Gen. DuBose stands squarely up to all the teachings of the immortal Jefferson, even though he ’ may have expressed the intention to vote for Greeley. as a ohoioe ' of evils, when there was a prospect of of the 1st ’"Voluble BtateSniah’s Mantiel, as bears upon the point m issue’, r Vizi • 1 " 5 “About to cuter iellow-citizens, on Gteele „- S eketibii; and soon after hi* :•& mpyaAtm. ZmJLmu- Hoii-w^-ra >3 “ derstand what t T’ deem: -the Cssentiid “principles of our Government, and cm - “sequently those which ought to shape “its administration. I will compre-s “them within tbe narrowest comi>asfa “ they will bear, stating tbe general prm “ciple, .;bsut: daft H!it»>i_, limitatKin8;~- “ Equal and exact justice - to [ .all “fgepj.Qf ■■■■■■I J orepersnasipi., ‘religious,or political; peac,, comnierc. “ and honest lriendahip^ with ail nation.-' alt, their Rights, (capitals minp,) .as “ trie most- competent -administration. “ for our domestic concerns and the tion nip an. Tendencies; . tne. preaervir I the General Government in its — j ’ viGpBjVas th home aud ^ H CfVd Of; ’Oljp. righf of glcfftiob { .b\,tfe'Pi5p£RLEj4*. * o miM utw! a»te, conrectiye of abu.-es led by the .s^qrct of re- remeches-are acqujesoience “ in .tlie deefsiphs o ihe. majority.—toe “ vita} principle of’republics,from, which ‘‘TaERE’is^iuriyjpefil 'tyit.^o fqrce, the “ vlital' pr|t(cipre and immeiiilate’pftreat of despotism; R,wejLl-d»ciplined militia ‘t'—Xr intention, iwhen he declined-to: permit his name to go before the .Convention, by the descision of which it is now claim ed he is bound, notwithstauaing he wae in no way a party to it. Bat even if he did express himself a* stated, be hastened to retrace his etep8» aod stands before his constituency with a stainless escutcheon, leaving his assail ants the ungracious and self-imposed task of .com batting his abandons-1 errors; and like a true patriot and Good Demo crat, as he is, now appeals to all Good Democrats, W’ho may, in moments of alarm, v ifeve wandered from 1 the jiaths of true , Democratio principles, and bo ‘‘ Hasten To Retracb Their ,(0ub) Steps And To Regain The Road Which Anoilii’ Leads To PE. Sapett.’ . EACE, Libbbtt Aap Phuoion. . „ r r pest "rpl^hce in peace and for “ tne^flrat uipmeute of wafi,, till regalars f‘may relieve them; thej.supremuey of ' - - “ the civil over tbe ! milit'ary .authority ; ASsocifahpu. 13. fipomnd “ economy id' th e ,ppbli(f- ef'^nse, ih.14 Tfee Cotton -ttttes AfprlVBltur*l Fair at ic;: - Al, ^ sl “ The third annual Fair of 'the Colton States MeohaUios , | a®d-' Aj^ricuSurai Fair Association will commence next Tttefiday at Aogwfta-iTne AsHaumnon coiimc.jcos itsjexpos:tion this year under ihe: most flattering auspices. Under the. drtltial- ti.es wpich, attended tlfp,foot -ypjir a ope rations o4 t^.Associatijm i£ c r%q iu d.eot; but’ last Bummer, through ijie-p^ic spi- rii of’ the' City Council oi 3l A]og;g.sij4 aud the citizens, ..all this indebt^v^acss was “ labor inay be.,Jigptly J “Honest payment df our aeli»8 and sapred he public .faith; en- The’premhrm list is l|HfeI l aUy'an.i most skilfully arranged, atd ls’calcmafed toin- teiesttho repr§setotfetiVd8%feVbri’'branch ofiiBouthem mefostry.- 1; Trie^'LtH^men —, n the diffn- kavC charge 1 iWttir hSV m. J I. . • - >■. ■ ** T*v. -shj - tiArimv I \A I' 1 o'd a • i 11 atl 4 sjwn of jj^prmafaogg# $ .lp.fyh$%ifo,u- iiksi ’ OF ARL PSES THE, BAR , OF experienoo' bf J Several yeaft; theV Have profited fthd , ihfere’ ! been' f taught *fty , ‘ ^PuRifo ^p^pN^.Jreed^^i 6( fraM/Ti im 1 of the C-iucimiati Radical (not Demo- r eQia i Q mum ? 'freedom, a/ press^^eddm df. per son under the.protection qf thq Habeas “ Corpus; and’ ^*1 ,^y/jjinparfially- 'eleptedr^these. ctjpcjpityfu, forpi the friglit consfeTlai “ before u^^auf an age o(f. Tevc)lqtIon and reforja^tion “ The wis3om ( '61 i( ftnr .sr^es midfthe “ blood of our' derp^ihfiYR, be.en,de^qte4> to their aitaijmeati * ‘ They Should ng the Cbij^d Oup “Political Faith—The Text of Civil ‘ lNST|iUCXION —*Th E, T°T C -HS^ONE px>- 1 which to’Tby the Services of Those • ^E^'rhbsT/’kND ’’hrfjriiSrWft “ TUosi r MctsifeNTS'd¥ i; ’EriRtik, . ; AlAiMT Etfr 1 Usf msTftf itf ^etia'ce is, tut-refor* phun^d" afl^intuQlgent readers that Ihe use sought to • e made oi that Garbled extract 1 'the lessons of former exhibitions, and have taken .- bveiy precaution to make -the- F*iu ■ oompteto. sucs- ceaa, The manufacturer,.'thle meehaijic, the pfouter, .-the rtusej of’ nones, otneat- may .enter an aclyanhig»-*O(0^ A lurue efbwdfo .. .. jfllnce.— .-expectedj to he, p^pf>vnt, kn.il the exhibitor nould Uud p< bidter fi’t5.(J (of hqri^ittiqg^iimsqi/'jttpvi ^pub lic r}vty-WiU he ■ presenpjil, in, ; thaA ; qi ty ^Q^’ph^rieed^shty- away for ^gar ,of insuf- ficiey yccvfflapo.dations. , : 1) : ruhcitiZena w'iilxna^4|4,>Tfif ; >n tnal no^e...Vjl to have’ w XNDlSTlMCT PRUJT

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly sun. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1870-1872, October 23, 1872, Image 1