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THE ATHENS GEORGIAN: MAY 29, 187?.
General Toombs aud State
Sovereignty.
[Chronicle nod Constitutionalist.]
General Tooralwis sometimes called
an u impracticable.’’ Possibly, he
may be in some; things. But imprac
ticable or not, beds a man of brains
and a lover of Ids HState. When the
South was passiugethrough the ordeal
of reconstruction^) he denounced it
as a farce and a (usurpation; and
though to-day he nuty be considered
an extremist for speaking his mind
plainly in regard itoHts results, be is
.at least logical and consistent. When
•Georgia’s obligations were threatened
with financial osuaeieut by the New
York Exchange, because her people
xefnsed to acknowledge fraudulent
bonds issued by an alien and a
usurper of the offioe -of her Chief
Magistrate, General Toombs, by the
loan ef his private fuMda,.uid through
11is influence with other wealthy citi
zens, treseued the State from mortifi-
•cation and embarrassment. One of
General Toombs’ latest -expressions
of opinion upon public questions is
his letter -on the subject of a Consti
tutional -Con-rentiou. As might have
been expected from a hulk of his
pronojgtced seetiments iu regard to
jfroine rule aud hame-made laws, he is
a strong advocate of a Convention
and of a new Constitution.
In the Letter referred to, he makes
-several who'k'some suggestions for
the consideration of those to whom
England’s Position.
HKB PAimCIPATlOX IX TBS WAS PREDIC
TED—THE CZAR WARNED.
A staff correspondent of the New
York (Sun telegraphs that paper from
London, under date of May 17, as
follows:
“The absorbing interest in Rus
sian operations is for the moment
transferred to the diplomatic world
Emboldened by his triumph in Par
liament and certain of support from
the nation, Disraeli is believed to be
preparing to precipitate England,
joined by Austria, into a conflict with
Russia. Diplomatic circles confess
that England’s participation is a fore
gone conclusion. Extraordinary
preparations in the armament of both
land and naval forces are reported in
all parts of the kingdom. All home
transports from distant colonies are
under orders for troops. Great fleets
of troop ships are preparing. From
all naval rendezvous prodigious accu
mulations of naval and military stores
are en route to the Mediterranean
stations. Orders have been sent to
India to mobilize the Mussulman
contingent. The tone of the majori
ty of the London and provincial
press is outspoken for instant inter
vention upon almost any pretext
War measures are welcomed with
enthusiasm among the great body of
merchants whose business is crippled
by the blockade of the Black Sea and
the cessation of traffic with that
will be euvi'.ustcd the responsible duty
of providing a new organic law for i re S* on » which in Liverpool, Glasgow
the State of .Georgia. With charac
teristic directness, lie says, among
other things, that the Convention
should reaffirm lie doctrine of State
Sovereignty. Doubtless, some w ho
read this declaration, said, without
much reflection, w Tue idea is im
practicable,” “ it is premature,” or
“ it could do no good, and might do
harm.” But we ask why shouldn’t
it be done? And why is not note a
proper time to proclaim that Georgia
is a Sovereign State, and Iver people
free to govern themselves as they
see fit, without outside interference,
so long as she acts witiiin the howuis
of her undelegated power and author
ity?
Such is the doctrine proclaimed at
and Londun more than equals trans
atlantic operations. Besides this
various ranks of business sustain
heavy losses, many suffering bank
ruptcy by the capture, confiscation
or dispersion of their Asiatic branches.
England’s interests will be the pre
text, and the first Russian success of
magnitude the occassion for inter
vention. That this will be the end
the best informed men in Parliament,
the press, and in public life concur in
declaring. The war party press
clamor for instant protection of Eng
land’s interests. The Russian Am
bassador has gone home to warn the
Czar of the impending danger. Cou
riers follow him in rapid succession
with reports of flic situationwhich
the polls by the voters of the United {too compromising to be in
states when they elected Tildcn to I trusted to the post or to the tele-
the Presidency. And though we j graph,
have been robbed of the fruits of our I “The slow ad- ance of the Russian
victory by fraud, the masses of the i army of the Danube is caused by
people have unmistakably pronounced j diplomatic rather than by milffary
possible. Those of the* opposite
view argue thus: The-finances of
Russia are shattered, and Turkey has
none. Money is the nertre of the
war. Now, if they have no money
the war cannot long endure. Such
is the reasoning of the financiers.
But the finances, though useful, are
not absolutely indispensable* to carry
on the war, and a State once, in pos
session of the necessary war'material
may prolong a war with very little
money. With money very much
depreciated, the wars of the first
French republic were carried on
against antagonists, one of whom,
England, was the richest Stat^-of the
world, when, too, as an extraordina
ry recognition, the Directory sent the
Republican General two or three
Louis d’or. The Crimean war is an
other example, since during 4 the
Russia paper money lost three-fourths
of its value. Then the American
war of secession, in the course of
which $100 gold were equal to^286
paper. •The Southern States. Avere
still worse off; and yet that war fasted
five years. On the other hand, Rus
sian paper money has not more than
35 per cent., and that country inay
still increase the emissions until there
he a discount of 60 to 70 per eent.
Of almut 450,000,000 francs of reve
nue, Turkey may cover all unavoid
able cash payments, as creditors
receive no interest, or may shift
along by part payments, or l*y aliena
tion of mines, forests, creation of
'monopolies, etc. Though, it is true,
a most disorganized state of things
is thus produced, nevertheless, if
rcolly animated by a deep feeling,
people inured to oppression are ren
dered capable of bearing a degree of
deprivation which, under other cir
cumstances, would be intolerable.
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GRAND SPRING OPENING
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for local self-government and State
sovereignty, Even the Republican
party, in its efforts to preserve its
power, defied all its post helium
record and precedents, and with a
refined regard for the reserved rights
t>f Louisiana, refused to expose aud
undo the villainies of her Returning
Board. Such being the political sit
uation, we see no reason why. Geor
gia, in her Convention scon to assem
ble, should not reassert her utuleuia
ble right to govern her internal af
fairs without let or hindrance from
Washington. In other words, that
in all respects, save wherein she has,
by her own act, delegated her author
ity, site is a sovereign State. Does
any one say that this would be an
empty claim—a sounding sentiment
without reality or substance ? We
answer that the logic of events is
daily vindicating the South in her
steadfast championship, through good
and evil report, of this cherished doc-
t riuc of the fathers of the .Republic.
And the time is not distant when all
•of her enemies will bo forced (as
xnatty of them are already being
forced) to acknowledge by their acts,
if not in words, the folly of their at
tempt to destroy this vital principle
of American Constitutional Govern-
xnent. Then, let Georgia, as she
•was the first of the Southern sister-
Jiood of States to throw off the de
grading yoke of Radicalism, be also
the first to declare once more author
itatively her unfaltering devotion to
the time-honored doctrine of State
sovereignty. Let the delegates to
the Convention take up the note o_
General Toombs, and let it go sound
ing throughout the land that Georgia
lias in reality as well as in name
resumed her place in the Union; and
she feds herself the peer of the
brightest star in all the galaxy.
considerations. The Czar is antious
to hold Austria in check by the
presence on her frontier of half a
million of men. Should this army
push too rapidly across the Danube
and into the Balkans, Austria would
be free to attack the Russian rear and
thus paralyze the campaign. In the
Russian camp, it is believed that
England and Austria are joined in a
coalition to intervene so soon as deci
ded Russian successes shall endnftger
the former’s Eastern and the latter’s
Dauubian interests. The Russians
speak of their forces on the Danube
:ts the army of England, implying its
use against England. Its commander
is enjoined to take no irretrievable
step forward until England and Aus
tria shall have been diplomatically neu
tralized.
“Tire result of the first three days’
debate on Gladstone’s resolutions was
regarded by the Russians as a defeat
of Disraeli and the war party. It
was under that impression that the
formidable feints of last week were
ordered along the line > and are now
going on. Points from Gladstone’s
speech were circulated in the army
and saluted as a victory.”
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Forty years ago to-day!
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