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<• measures and sot mes ■
Our readers will see elsewhere in
^ur i.'Sue to-day. an article undi-i ;hi
above caption taken frutn the Wash
ington (Ga.) Gazette, which we com
mend to their attention. It contains
much matter deserving the matured
reflection of all those who would
wisely shape the campaign policy oi
the party of the Constitution in the
United States. With this party, from
the beginning of the Government, a
leading maxim has been, “ Principles,
not men.” All representative free
Governments are founded upon prin
ciples, and rest upon great essential
fundamental rights and truths.
Moreover, no Government of this
character can be sustained long if
those rights and truths—constituting
its vital principles—he not inflexibly
maintained and rigidly adhered to.
Heuc , with an intelligent and free
people, the question should ever Vie,
mot so much who are to govern as
how they are to govern. Just so in
administration—assaults should be
made, not unon those officers on
whom it devolves to execute bad
measures, but upon the had measures
themselves. Another point in this
Connection we take the present occa
sion to present to the equally serious
consideration of all those who would
sliajH; a campaign policy with any
hope of a successful rescue of the
liberties of this country, and that is,
assaults should never be made where
a repulse is inevitable, upon a full ex
planation of the right’ and truth of
the case.
In illustration ot what we mean
by this remark, we refer to the nu
merous personal assaults upon Gen.
Grant in the late Presidential cam
paign, representing him as weak-
minded, sordid and corrupt. Those
charges, (in our judgment, which has
mot been inconsiderately formed), are
lot sustained by the facts. The re
sult was a most disastrous repulse.
We know Gen. Grant, and believe
him to be no ordinary man. On the
•ontrary, he has that rare combina-
aation of elements of character which
never fails to enable the possessor,
ander favoring circumstances, to
deeply impress his mark upon the
history of the times in which he
lives,
Neither do we believe him to be
•ither sordid or corrupt. The charges
against his reputation, gift-taking,
and having a personal interest in the
dark deeds of the “Gold Ring” in
Wall Street, on the celebrated “Black
Friday,” we believe to be entirely un-
•ustained by the facts. So we think
©f the present clamors from the same
quarter against his refusal to yield to
the ,late demands of the money
“Bears” in New York. Whatever
just and right grounds there may be
for assailing Radical acts and Rad
ical measures, which we think almost
as incalculable in number asm extent
Lhe “ Spirit of the Georgia Press’’ in
the discussion ot public questions, we
only give the positions assumed by
ourcontemporaries without comment
ofourown. On some ot these ques
tions We disagiee with them, but the
object of this feature of our paper is
to present the views of the Georgia
press—hence we do not indorse them
bv giving them in our columns.]
The .Savannah News says almost
simultaneously with the bloody de
velopment of Grant’s Indian policy
in the far West, we have a similar
tragical illustration of the inevitable
cons quences of his negro policy in
tl e South. Such are the tragic con
sequences of Grant’s negro policy and
of pegro treachery in Louisiana.
Whfct the effect of this bloody con
flict will be in that down-trodden and
oppressed State remains to be seen.
Fortunately, the principal parties to
the .strife are Grant's negro support
ers on one sidt and Grant’s bogus
Governor on the other, though we
see lhat an effort is made by the kau
ical organ in New Orleans to throw
the responsibility, ou what it calls
the “piney-wood white Democrats,
who whipped the negroes out of their
fortifications in Collax. The News
concludes:
We repeat that, for the political
and social anarchy which prevails in
Louisiana, Gen. Grant is responsible
to nis race and conntry. For the
blood that has been shed he is respon
sible to his God. If, as is to be feared,
the spirit of lawless antagonism, bit
ter auimosity and implacable hatreu
that has been engendered by his party
with his acquiescence and co-opera
tion, shall result in a war of races,
with all its fearful consequences to
both whites and blacks—if the fire
kinidled at Colfax Court-house.should
spread its devouring flames through
outLouisiana, involving the lives and
property of her people, upon Grant’s
head will rest the awful responsibility.
Referring to the difficulty between
the races in Grant Parish, La., in
which the negroes held possession of
the Court-house for several days, le
sisting the Snenff, and driving the
white people from Colfax, the 0 dum-
bus Enquirer says they held posses
sion thus for several days, plundering
the houses of the peaceful citizens
whom they had driven out, and set
ting all law and authority at defiance,
Yet the Federal authorities moved
not. But iu a few days the outraged
ant] plundered citizens rallied and
retprued to Colfax, not as a mob, but
uu4er the lead of the Sheriff end as
his legal posse, and driving the negro
bandits out, retook possession of the
place. The Enquirer draws this de
duction :
This is the turn of the affair that
has aroused the Administration and
stimulated such a sudden determina
tion to vindicate legal authority, to
execute the laws, ana to bring offend
ers to justice. The Raaical ox has in
turn been gored, and the military are
going to see about it Some negroes
have been killed while defying the
State laws, and now an effort will be
made to punish the wh’tes for it un
Having been iu bad health for sev
eral mouths, the deceased, by the ad
vice of nis physicians, went a week
since to the Indian Springs in search
of health and strength. The Adver
tiser states that tidings from him
hich gave hopes of speedy improve
ment, have been followed by the an
nouncement of his death. He leaves
widow and five children, to whom
in their afflictions the tenderest sym
pathies of the whole community go
forth.
©f their mischievous and ruinous
tendencies, yet we feel thoroughly as- ™ade to polish the wlrtes tor
j ii J ~ „ der a law of the United States,
aured that the financial policy of
Gen. Grant’s administration is not
«ne of these. All attacks upon this,
in our judgment, can but recoil with
damaging effects upon whosoever
makes them.
If the liberties of this country are
to be rescued from Radicalism, and
ultimate despotism, it is to be done
by assailing tbe iniquitous measures
•f the party- -the principles on which
they rest—and not the man or men
to whose hands their execution i6
•ommitted. The watheword must
not be “to beat Grant,” but to drive
from power the authors of measures
which were carried against his judg
ment “Verbum sapientibus satis.”
A. H. s.
TUB GEORGIA PHIiSS ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting of this Asso-
•iaticn will take place at Americas,
©n the 14th proximo, when the offi
cers will be elected. It is to be hoped
that the attendance of the press will
be full; uuited as one man to carry
out the objects and aims for which
the organization was brought into
existence. Its mission is a good one,
and will result in great benefit to the
press if they will adhere to its rules
and regulations.
But w e fear that some of the mem
bers of the Association -ire not con
forming to their obligations as strict
ly as they should do. The competi
tion tor advertising has become so
great that the schedules of rates are
more or less disregarded. The cour
tesies that should exist between mem
brrs. which were so beautifully
blended into our proceedings at pre
vious meetines. a* t'> Georgia jour-
nuiijuic etmes, we hope to see b*i11
insisted upon in the deliberations of
meeting.
Americas, we arein-
aordial’^ ? lVe the pre88 a most
CO g!v I^r, P *°^ and tf > al > they c
6 * ^c. % . tn* occasion.
The Savannah Republican thinks
that, after allowing the Modocs to
escape from the lava beds to the
mountains that the war is virtually
ended, as tftey will separate and
mingh with other bands, aud it caught
impossible to he identified. Con
eludes the Republican:
A few defiaut puffs of smoke from
the howitzers and the rattling of
grape against the solid rocks, and the
valiant, dashing army of the West
will pull up its tent pins and file sor
rowfully away for San Francisco.
Me.sur. ■ unil not Men.
From the Washington, G*., Gnette, April 18. ’73.
An editorial appeared in The Atlanta
Scn of a recent date, iu which the idea
was advanced and the ground taken, that
the Southern people and the Democratic
party should discontinue its fight against
the individuals ot the Raitical party who
are in power, anrt turn upon the party
and the measures of the party under
winch we have and are suffering so heav
ily. We agree in the maiu with the ideas
advocated in tins article. The Demo-
r itic d jgma (we still cling to old Demo
ora .ic dogmas) is, stiuut oy principles and
not men. Way is it not equally sound
Democratic doctrine to oppose princi
pies and not men V Wnat is Grant but
tue representative of a party? .Voulcl
his reiuovul relieve u~> at ail ? The same
parly woulu s(ill ue in power, und the
Mime i imciples l e upheld. Another man
uld be t uc in Grant’s place. He might
be a better or a worse man; it would mat
er very little to us of the South or to the
Demoo atic party of the couutry what
might be the character oi the man in the
Presidential chair s • long as the Radical
party with its mtamous, oppressive, anti-
repnbiican ideas ruled and oppressed the
land.
When the Radical party is overthrown
and a constitutional government estab
lished in the place of the one we aie now
living under, it will matitr very little
wbat or who may be the maa who is
President of the country.
This leaving out of sight principles
and great vital questions and looking
only to men, led the Democratic party
into tbe fatal Greeley folly ol last year.
It l©d the party into adopting as its plat
form the most Radical iueas.
The Democracy should, therefore,
fight against the Radical party and the
measures of that party under which we
bave be< n and are still so oppressed.
These are exactly the same measures
which Gree ey Radicalism sustained and
under which we would now be living
bad Greff ey geen elected and his party
placed in power. And those who advo
cated tbe Greeley coalition Bhonld not
complain of Gram and his party for car
rying out the very measures which they
advocated. Grant is simply executing
tne reconstruction acts which a portion
of the Democracy said in their platform
last year should remain undisturbed, and
which they pledged themselves never
even to discuss or disturb again.
Now the only remedy is to strike
at tue root of the evil. We must go be
yond Grant. If we wish good govern
ment; if we wish a restoration of the
people to their old-time liberty, we must
tight against Radicalism in every foim,
aud never cease the struggle till we ob-
luiu a repeal of the reconstruction laws.
The President must execute the laws,
aud if Democrats say those laws are fixed
upeta us and must not be disturbed, they
should not complain of » President for
executing them. Greeley was pledged
to maintain and execute these very laws,
and his adherents pledged themselves to
support him and these very measures;
Grant is aoing nothing more, nothing
less;
The country is suffering from meas
ures, not men; let us war sgainst tuose
measures. The people are groaning un
der unjust and unconstitutional laws; let
us struggle to free ourselves from those
laws. State rights are ignored and civil
and oersonal liberty destroyed in these
United States, hot because Grant or any
body else is President, but because the
couu try is now in the hands of a power
ful and unscrupulous party which is en
forcing laws repugnant to all Republican
ami Democratic ideas.
Oar only salvation, then, as a Demo
cratic, Federal Republic, is in tne good
old Democratic dogma, “Measures and
uot Men.
DEATH OP EDWARD J- HARDEN.
The Savannah Advertiser, of Sun
day, announces the death of Judge
Harden, which occurred at the Indian
Springs, Butts county, on ‘Sa' urday
morning last He was one of the
oldest and most prominent of the Sa
vannah bar—was a genia' and accom
lished gentleman,an humble Christian,
and a most estimable citizen, both in
public and private life.
He was born in the county of Bryan
on the 19th of November, 1813. Pur
suing his education in that county,
he came to Savannah when quite a
young man and accepted a teacher’s
place in the Chatham Academy, then
under the supervision of Prof. Geo.
W bite. He subsequently studied
law, was admitted to t>e bar, and
opened an office in that cit? iu 1834,
since which time he ha* resit-ed there.
Although not a politician, Judge
Harden occupied ’•elated!} positions
01 mgn trust. He devoted himseh
\ to the practice of his profession, and
the culture of his literary tastes. The
result of the latter has been given to
the public in the shape of a memorial
an ! ot the life, character and sei vices of
| Gov. George M. Troup.
An old Relic.
Mr. Mathew Harper, living near Rome,
Ga., 'xtssesses a Biole which has been a
relic ol the family from the time of pub-
lcation, which was the year 1680. lhe
till, page of the Old Testament Scrip
mres has been destroyed, but the one to
he New Testtment is still complete,
which is as follows:
“ The New Testament of our Savioub
•Jescs Chb'st. Newly Transited out o*
he original Greek: Aud with the Trans-
Utn ns diligently compared aud revised.
With Marginal Notes, Shewing That
.-CHIPTURE 13 THE BEST INTERPRETER of
ScRiPrCBil
LONDON.
Printeu by Chables Bill, and the Ex
ecutrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceased,
Printers to tne King’s Most Excellent
Magesty.
ANNO DOM. 1698.”
It contains a preface, directed ‘ To the
Reader,” with the name John Canoe at
tached. The print is very small, the di
mensions of the Bible being abont four
inches wide, s.x inches long and two
luches thick. it also contains tbe
‘Psalms of David in JLeeter,” allowed
“by authority of the General Assembly
of the Kirk of Scotland.” On a blank
page at the clos,. of tbe Bible is a label,
upon which is printed the following:
“MATTHEW HARPER, HIS BOOK, 1700,”
whicn is the name of the grandfather of
the present owner. As wili be observed,
r ffii6 Bible was published during the reign
of W.Ilium aud Mary.—Augusta Consltiu-
tionalisL _
—John Register, Wm. Ricks and Sm.
Horne, lrom the counties of Worth anu
Colquitt, were senteu ed to six month-
ituurisonment in C anti one
i: i.jmLu viOi.ais line.
— The market laws of Macon are being
enforced to the effect of preventing the
ale of Vegetables on the streets by others
man reguiarl) licensed dealers, between
daylight and nine o’ciocK, which are the
market hours.
— Tne HhLUai pio-ie of the Georgia
Central Railroad Employees’ Benevolent
•no -tety is appoii teil to take place at tne
47 mile post on Wednesday, M?y 7th.
The City Couacll at Lo(gerheadi with
the Directors.
President Wallace Tendsti His Resigna
tion—meeting of Directors Yesterday—
Views of Maj. Wallace—Hon. John
H. James and Mayor Hammock—
The City Coanelt will Be-
■cind the Ordinance
Passed at hast
Meeting.
Since the meeting of the City Ocuncil
on Friday evening last, no little excite
ment has pervaded the circles interested
in the budding of the Georgia Western
R tilroad. The cause of this excitement
was the action of Council in passing an
ordinance withdrawing monied aid to the
Georgia Western, and requiring the Di
rectors to take the bonds of the city in
stead. This action, as will be seen in
the published miuutes of the meeting ot
the Directors yesterday, was promptly
rejected by that body, it claiming that
the Council had no right to enforce such
au ordinance.
The question of the building ot the
road being one in which intense interest,
is felt by our readers in the city, we have
taken the pains to got the views of sev
eral whose opinions are representative,
and of the probable aetion the City
Council will take at its next meeting,
which we give as follows:
VIEWS OP HON. 1. H. FAMES.
Entering Mr. James’ office, we found
him immersed in bonds and stocks, but
he very kindly took a recess for the pur
pose of enlightening us upon this much
vexed question. Mr. James, it will be
remembered, was Mayor of the city last
year, when the resolution to pay the
Western Road in currency was | assed,
and who is known to be opposed to the
issuance of any more bonds to build the
road. Our conversation was in substance
as follows: ,
Reporter—Mr. James, I wonld like, as
a matter of pnblic interest, and it yon
are free to express yonr opinion, to have
yonr views upon the Georgia Railroad
question.
Mr. James—I have no objeotion what
ever to give my views upon this or any
other public matter. There are some
people in this city who want the road
built, while there are others who do not.
I do not think the road absolutely neces
sary to the welfare of Atlanta, aud can
see ho benefit t< be derived from the city
controlling it. The road wonld be in the
hands of twelve or fourteen persons—
municipal politicians—
Reporter--And would be a second edi
tion of the State Road.
Mr. James — A great deal worse,
for it wonld be in the hands of a smaller
number of persons, wjo wonld have all
their friends employed on it either as
conductors or clerks. Our taxes are now
so high that people are afraid to build,
lest tney be sometime sold ont to pay
the interest on the bonds.
Reporter.—Then I am to understand
that yon are opposed to issuing bonds at
all.
Mr. James. —Precisely. If the people
of this city will subscribe additional aid
to this road, then I am decidedly in fa
vor of raising it by direet assessment on
i he property of the city. By this means
we will avoid shaving the bonds and pay
ing high interest, two it*me which eat
up more than half the aid. Let ns not
sadd.e a burden of debt apon ourselves
and our chffdren for geterations to come;
bat adopt the old rule * Pay as we go.”
If I am to be taxed 5 per cent, let me
know i>, and I will then know what to
do and be done wilt it. Memphis has
been financially tuned by issuing bond
after bond, until n«w they are worth bat
a nominal figure.
Reporter.—Whet is your opinion of the
resolution before the last meeting of
Cuuncit to mm over to the Directory
bond 8 instead of greenbacks.
hr. James—too Ocuncil has a perfect
right to pass each a resolution. The aid
of the city is lmited to $300,000, and the
City Council onnot issue $350,000 worth
of bonds withmt taking the necessary
steps for makitg tbe act legal.
R -ports) —Are you in favor of tnrning
over the bondt or paying the oash?
Mr. James—T. am in favor of paying
the cash as faiaa it goes. If the amount
js increased le it be legally done, and be
raised by direct assessment. Atlanta
will not cease to be a city if the road is
not bnilt; whie, on the other hand, if
the enterprise^© © good one, it Will not
be wanting inmonied backers.
Reporter—Ism very much obliged to
yon lor your vows, and will now bid yon
a pleasant eveiing,
Mr. James—l will be glad at any time
to give yon information.
MATOB lAMMOCX’s VIEWS.
Mayor H mnock baa just returned
from dinner, anl felt almost too'full for
utterance, bnt vith the nrbanity char
acteristic of the nan, he freely gave ns
such information as lay in his knowl
edge.
reporter.—Mr. Mayor, the action of
the Cunuail last melting nigh* has caused
quite a sensation anong oar citizens,
heightened oy the resignation of
President Wallace and the ob
ject of my call upon you is to ascertain
your view of the situation.
Mayor Hammock—While having a very
decided opinion in tbe matter, yet my
position as Mayor precludes me from be
iug very conspicuous with
Reporter.—I understand that perfectly,
and do not expect you to commit your-
seif on questions of an official nature.
Do you approve of the action of the
Council ? .
Mayor Hammock.—An answer to that
question wonld be premature, as I new
have the resolution unfieri advisement,
and as I have every reason to believe
the Council will rescind its action; but I
may say the actio a surprised me very
much. The road is, in my opinion, a
necessity, and while eome heavy
capitalists are opposed to the city
building it, yet the majority of the peo
ple are in favor of it.
Reporter—I am, then, to understand
that you are iu favor of paying the whole
$300,000 iu cash, and of sffliDg a suffi
cient amount iu bonds to realize that
sum ?
Mayor Hammock—That is my position
exactly. The city is, in my judgment,
pledged by the action of last year’s
Council to that course. Up to the pres
ent moLth, we have paid the account
rendered between the 15th aud 18th of
every month. This month we have not
done so, owing to the action oi the
Council. The road has been under con
tract to Grant, Alexander & Co., who
have invested a large sum in necessary
tools, carts, etc., besides having on hand
a large force af convicts whom they can
not, discharge. They will be entitled to
damages if the city fails in making its
payments; so that, looking at the ques
tion iu every light, I think the money
ought to be paid.
Reporter—Are you in favor of ever in
creasing the subscription, and if yon are,
are you in favor of issuing bonds or
levying a direct tax to meet the increase ?
Mayor Hammock—I am m favor of the
city oontroll ng and building the road if
the subscription has to be increased to
do it. Rtcently I'have given the subject
of direct tax some attention, and have
come to the conclusion that a special
rax should be levied and each property-
holder should receive a certificate of
stock equal to his tax. By this means
they will have something to show for
their money, which, in the end, might
prove a profitable investment. The
stock would always be worth at least 50c
on the dollar. This plan, I think, pos
sesses many advantages over the bond
system, which may be se<.n by a mo
ment’s r< flection. The certificates wili
be free from tax, the city will be saved
the enornE us interests, aud will get the
full benefit of every dollar invested.
Reporter—What are the advantages to
be derived from the completion of the
road ?
Mayor Hammock—Cheap fuel. And
right here let me say that the building
of tnis road is just what our poor people
need. Ail winter they have had to pay
from 33 to 35c for coal. We would get it
oy the Georgia Western for 15c. Mo t
of our poor people, who l.ave not over
75c or $1 to buy fuel, at cnce, look out.
for one of those one-steer loads of wood—
about ten sticks or so—and pay wbat they
have for it. In this way people spend ab
high as ) even or eight dollars for one
oord, when put together. With this
road built, there is uot a two-room house
in the city that would not have a grate,
and an aonndance of coal at 15c.
Reporter—I am thankful to you for the
Rankness of your statements.
Mayor Hammock—Oil, uot at all sir
not at all 1 It I had not just got up from
dinner I would be in better trim, but,
you see, I am much too fall for uttei-
snee.
A VISIT TO CAMPBELL WALLACE.
We found Major Wallace in a phiio
sophical state of mind, just as cool as it
nothing hud ever crossed his path.
Making known oar business, be very
cheer,ully narrated to ns his view of tin
question.
Maj. Wallace—I have no interest per
sonally in the matter, beyond perform
ing my duty. I do not want to be re
ceiving a salary for services which the
want of means prevents me from render
ing. If the road is to be built, I want t, •
go to work at it and finish it, if n t then
I have nothing to say. I said in the
start it would take $1,000,000 to build it.
If tne city is not willing to pay tba'
much, then the road might just as well
be abandoned. We have had enough
surveying, et.and now must come to
business.
Reporter—What is your opinion of the
feasibility of the road?
Maj. Wallace—I am satisfied it is one
of the best enterprises in the booth, bat
it will taxe money to build it, and not
talk.
Reporter—Fsnppose you think it will be
a great benefit to the city ?
Maj. Wallace—Yes, sir. I was speak
ing to-day to a gentleman from one s'
our manufacturing cities, and he toW me
that he knew of no point superior to At
lanta for manufacturing, if we^ ^
Reporter-1 suppose teen that unle*
the additional aid is granted, and
$300,000 paid in cash, yoa will n 0 t
draw yonr resignation ?
Maj. Wallace Just so. I cannot coq.
scientiously receive a salary for work I
cannot perform; and unless the Cit*
the U ro C id Cbikn8e " lt8 P° lic y 1 cannot build
Thus ended the interview, which was a
pleasant one to us. Major Wallace i 8 a
gentle mau of very correct views, hivhlv
conscientious, and determined to >o bu
duty.
We hear it stated that Dr. Borins
who introduced the resolution in Conn,
oil, and Mr. G, T. Dodd, who advocated
it, ooih express an intention of reconsid-
eriug the matter next meeting night
In this case, the whole affair will stind
just as it did iu the first place.
OBORGMJ WESTERN' RJILM0JI)
Meeting of the Stockholder.
Resignation of Campbell Wallace, E, q .
Office Ga. W. R R. Co., 1
April 21, 1873. j
The Board of Directors met this any at
10 a. m., Maj. Campbell Wallace in ths
chair aud the following directors present:
John Collier, G. W. Adair, E. Y. Claik,
J. H. Jamec, J. A. Hayden, A. W. M'tch-
eli, A. L-yden aud W. J. Garrett.
The President requested Mr. John H.
James to the chair and then read to
the Board a resolution of the C ; ty Coun
cil, requesting the officers of the Geor
gia Western Railroad Company to push
forward the work ou the road, and en
deavor to procure assistance from other
sources. He then explained to the Board
the means he had adopted, anu the plans
pursued iO carry into tffect the said res-
solution, at d laid before them the re-
eult of his labors.
He then submitted the following:
Atlanta. Ga., April 21, 1873.
To the Himi ruble Board of Lireciors of lhe
Georgia Western Railroad :
Having, to the btst of my ability, per
formed tne duties of President of your
company thus far, I feet tr> self at liberty
to resign the office into your hands. 1 do
this for several reasous, not the least of
which, is the earnest desire ot my tamily,
and my own wish for rest and quiet.
Another reason, and perhaps the only
one of consequence for you to kuow, is,
that I have uot the mental capacity to
make the construction of the Georgia
Western R dlroad a success in the wav in
which the City Council has from time to
time, by ns actions, indicated a desire
that it siiould be done.
The city of Atlanta is the stockholder
aud th<- Council is the city, and knowing
my inability lu carry out its views, it is
my duty to ret-igu, which I new do, in
the most respectiul manner aud with the
highest regard for every citiztn of ths
place. I a>k, as due to myseb, that you
appoint a committee to examine ths
books aud other matters connected with
the work, at once.
Yeiy respectfully,
Campbell Wallace
Mr. A. Leyden then offered the follow
ing resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That we hereby respectfully
request Mr. Campbell Wallace to with
hold his resigna*ion of the Presid- nev of
the Georgia Western Railroau Company
until the citizens of Atlanta can be heard
from.
The action of the City Council, in ab
tempting to change the subscription of
the oity from cash to bonds was then
discussed, and Co). John Collier offered
the following r< solution, which was
adopted. a-© * -
Whereas, The City Council of Atlanta
at their 1 st meeting endeavored to
change the city’s subscription to the
Georgia W. stern Railioad from cash to a
bond subscription without the oonsent
of the corporate authoriiiet oi the said
Georgia Western Railroa 1, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Board of Direct
ors of the Georgia Western Railroad
Company, That we do not accept the
proposed change in the city’s subscrip
tion; that we deny their right to change
tne subscription without the consent ol
the said incorporation.
It was then proposed that tbe Board
agree upon some plan by which the
iv.shes of the people may be expressed
in reference to the additional subscription
authorized by tne Legislature, and tbe
f. flowing resolution was then offered by
Con E. Y. Clarke, und was adopted with
out a dissenting voice.
Resolved, That tho City Council be re
quested to submit the question of in
creasing the city subscription to the
G^og.a Western Railroad to $1,000,000,
to tne people, with the understanding
that the amount be raised by additional
taxation, and that each tax-payer be en-
mled to, aud shall receive certificates o
stock for the amount of tax paid by li/ 1
for tnis purpose. ,
Maj. Campbell Wallace finally consht*
ed to withhold his resignation fo
present—after which the meetin
journed. W. P. Ob^»
fL-cttary.
The corner stone
be erected tn A»«oft “jnWsSdv
cheap coal.
;t’S £5
ceremonies. _ ,
— Ad* ut 3p.m A Sftf ,a i N() - U
on the Centra-By gun fcn d°kfllS M°r
doubl^ i ’ < 1b r oth er of
£ tns city. Gcod* ltt * 1
with a i
' j>epn
He assured^ h ]~~ *“’ r .officers of theiuw^nd
road was built, he wi^ . pl ‘ ..*» oumw d umson. He claims that
tax here This- ° Tl h ^hurere tbe kifliv ** 8 f»©a self deiense.
, .?\. ngDt here a ane6t ion M »coiEnterprise of si ’ j
of eup'tuli^—Wflhaveamsio nuL,,.../ *he 4^ yesterday
Luiatij Bovtoo w y
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enters. We have anu ng ns ,
Sparge prober of poor women and ca\. > s
d ren The most Christian charity is that “
not which gives alms, but which giv.s
honorable employment to all. Cl
coa, added to our other advantages,
mi ke AtlanU a mannfactnnng -
C»tton factories are especially
to give work to women und cbil<
thas, while extending our co
, facilities, we give employm
' most helpless poor,
RaenCourse fiZ £ m
toner. T?rl ’ bboo Fjy came
an * the t n t* Whb bt8t t'.ree in
» second if-at Vli; -f irst heat,
. * 1 Tner e Wa8 ’ qu ,; ’ tblf d heat,
lu arrmdanoe ^ber of
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f or Georg la n^ Ct Atf or-
U'iitetf States Court * at 'be
‘ * r ° JI M an ••teM’oey of the oou d r^ 8ned