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THE ATHENS GEORGIAN: JULtf 24, 1877.,
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H. H. CARLTON, - Editor.
The result of the Hill-Wright
chaplaincy tussle, clearly demonstrates
that the constitutional convention is
against associating Church and State.
An account of the Commencement
and Examination Exeicises ot Har
mony Grove High School will appear
in our next issue.
General Grant continues to con
sume the best and most prized “ vin
tage” of Europe in behalf of the
welfare and prosperity of that con-
t ueut.
The remains., of ^General Custer
have been removed from the battle
ficl l of Little Big Horn Creek and
restored to his Iriends lor interment
at West Point, which he often de
sired should be chosen as his last-
resting place.
Gen. Freedmens Bureau Howard
says he will give the Indians no quar
ter. Well, if he can only succeed in
establishing an “ Indian Bureau ’’and
take the Redskins in on a Savings
Bank” sjheme, then its never a quar
ter will they get.
Notwithstanding the constitutional
convention refused to allow paid
for prayers in behalf ot its members,
yet the people of Georgia are re--
joked to know that the clergy, at
least, feel sufficient interest in the
welfare of our commonwealth to
provide means for invokmg divine
guidance upon that irreverent body,
without money and without price.
There seems to be some alarm at the
White House in regard to the legal
proceedings against the Louisiana
Returning Board at NewOrleans. Can
it be that Messrs. Hayes, Matthews,
Foster and the Electoral Commission
imagine that momentous consequences
may be the result of these proceedings?
Well, as regards Mr. Hayes, he can
sustain his religious convictions by
just abdicating. As for the rest, it
makes no matter. Their religion won’t
trouble them half so much as the hot
seatber or a failure in the mint julep
crop.
We have always held that the edu
cational interest of Georgia would con
stitute the grave and all important
question for the consideration of
the Constitutional Convention. Hon.
Charles J. Jenkins in his address to the
Convention as President of that body,
dwells more at large upon this point
than any other which he essays to
mention in his elegant, eloquent, well-
timed and patriotic address. Let the
Convention but heed the wise admoni
tion of their presiding officer upon this
question so deeply involving the vital
interest of our Commonwealth, and it
will have laid a sure, safe and solid
foundation for the future happiness
nod prosperity of our people, for the
future good government, wise progress
and true sovereignty of Georgia.
The Constitutional Convene
tion is jnst one week old to-day, and
if the innumerable resolutions already
offered are to be taken up, consider
ed and acted npon separately, then
we predict that it has passed only
about one seventh of what must be
its necessary existence. The pro
ceedings are altogether too volnmni-
ous to be given in the small space
which we would be able. to allow.
Therefore we will uot attempt it, but
when the body, gets down to regular
work, we will try and keep our
readers advised as to all important
adoptiens of the convention. It
shall not be our purpose to unjustly
criticise the action of this body upon
which the hopes and expectations of
our people are now centered and in
which consists the true welfare of our
commonwealth, but from the charac
ter ot many of the resolutions now
being introduced we incline to the
f opinion that the convention is laying
a foundation for the just and severe
criticisms of the public, if not endan
gering the acceptance of its work.
From many of these resolutions, we
would say—not censoriously or from
the slightest degree of captiousness,
but solely from a desire which we
feel in common with the whole people
to sec the work of the convention
result in its glory and honor through
a wise, judicious, wholesome and much
needed change in our organic law, that
it would do well to heed the wise ad
monition of their presiding officer,
where in his able, patriotic and
statesmanlike address, he couuselsthe
convention to keep steadily in view
the essential difference between
constitutional and statutory law.
it would seem from the proceedings
so tar, that the body is likely to dis
regard that -principle, which, under
our republican form of government,
distinguishes government from sover
eignty. Let it be borne in tnind, that
its duties are those of a constitutional
convention, called together tor the
purpose of framing the fundamental
or organic law, and let it not fall into
the error of so far assuming legislative
powers as to engraft upon the consti
tution such statutory provisions as
will defeat the purpose of its coming
together, and cause its labors to bu
contemptuously rejected. Let patri
otism over-ride prejudice; let wisdom
supplant enthusiasm; let sound judge
ment and experience take the place
of experim ntal theories, theu will
tho convention have subjected itself
to those influences, which will make
it true and wise to the trust confided,
and through which happiness and
prosperity will again smile upon our
laud—the result of the well-directed
labors of Georgia’s own patriotic
sou’s.
But let us be of good cheer, the
convention, doubtless apprehensive
of the evil consequences which might
result from the prejudicial tendencies
of the times as well as the too un
wieldy size of its own body, has
taken a wise precautionary step
against such contingencies and ap
pointed a large and able committee
on final revision. This augurs well
for the convention and should not
leave the people without hope that a
new and more prosperous era for
Georgia will be their much needed
and most, welcomed heritage from
the constitutional convention of
1877.
The history of every nation and of
every people who, as the consequence
of revolution, have suffered from an
overthrow of governmental prosperi
ty, embracing their social, moral, re
ligious and material well-being, goes
to prove, that chiefly through a ro-
vtvaland renewed interest given to
the cause of oducation have they been
fully redeemed, truly regenerated and
wholly disenthralled.
General Howard has had a seven
hours tilt with the 'Looking Glass
band and through his howitzers and
gatling guns the Redskins were
driven out of their rifle pits into the
prairie, their camps and squaws cap
tured, and w Chief Joseph” allowed
no quarters.
We are indebted to a friend in
Atlanta for an advance proof sheet of
the report of the Committee on Home
steads and Exemptions, which' .will be
found in another column of our paper
this morning. Thu report was made
to the committee on final revision
yesterday, and will .be presented by
that comnutiee for the consideration
and adoption of the Convention.
There seems to be quite a lull in
the war operations of tho two con
tending armies of Europe. Tbe Ger
man government has made serious
—r 7—•—r 7 r T~£—TTJl
complaint to both'Russia and Turkey
as to' fheir ill treatment' by the sol
diers of? both countries and entered
her solemn protest there against.
The State University.
We are in .reeQpt of au interesting
communication .from “ Pulilicus ” a
graduate of the State University in
the class of ’76 giving many impor
tant facts in regard to the present
and .past administration of- ; the' col
lege, which for prudential reasons
we decline to publish. In. this con
nection, we would say, that we have
greatly regretted the too personal
character.of the recent publications
in ragard to the State University, its
administrations, and the officials con
nected therewith. No good can
possibly come of all of this, .butjnucli
harm may be done. We do not wish
to bo understood that the college and
its admimstratoiu arc not subjects for
the critical consideration of every
Georgian who feels an interest in the
State University. But thfen there is
a right way and a wrong way of ex
ercising this privelige. Certainly the
right way is not in that style of criti
cism, which makes either intention
ally or unintentionally personal an
tagonisms, or conflict between the
friends of individual officers of the
college. The faculty of the institu
tion is only responsible to the
Board of Trustees, the Board ofTrus-
tees to the General Assembly and
the people of Georgia. Then let
each of these respective departments
of the government ot the University
beheld to an account in a proper and
regular way, and hy the authorities
to which they are respectively re-
spous blc. This it seems to us would
be better, being less likely^of dam
age and certainly tho surest means
of good at this time. If the college
is on ^ie decline, and that seems not
to be dented by any one, then let
the foundation evil be hunted out l»y
those whose duty it is to guard well
the more direct government of the
institution, seeking always and at all
times its welfare, progress and pros
perity, and should they fail of this
high trust, then let them he held
responsible to that authority whose
duty it should be as the tytle "and
higher guardian of the University to
hold reorganize, regulate or reform
the trusteeship.
In taking this position or throwing
out these precautionary hints, we
trust that we shall not be understood
as relinquishing any position which
we may have formerly occupied, or
in the slightest disagreeing with any
thing which we may have siid previ
ously in regard to the University and
its management. Not so by any
means. We simply speak of what is
best at the present time in order to
pilot our much loved old University
safely through the crisis which she i
now passing. In justice to ourselves
as well as the many true friends and
lovers of our, formerly, grand old in
stitution, who have during the past
few years, essayed to call attention
to her languishing condition and
sought to bring her back to her for
mer glory, we must join issue stoutly
with the recent Board of Visitors,
where they in their report to the Gov
ernor state.
The most intelligent judges and the
observation of the board ascribe this
falling off to the persistent. twaddle
about denominational influences^ out
side, divisions in the board of ’trustees,
personal partisanship, *the withdrawal
of Col. Broun, the ill-natured assaults
upon the chancellor, opposition . to. the
iucumbeat of the chair ot natural phi
losophy, newspaper animadversions,
the false impressions regarding the' ex
pensiveness of a college course here,
and the general disgust and disaffec
tion which such a state affairs has
engendered.
How unjust for this Board to have
thus asserted that the real cause pf
the present decline in tho University,
are those things which have followed
as uatural aud inevitable .resalts of
that portending decline, toywhioh the
newspapers of the State have in the
past few years been calling attention
with the hope that through such in
strumentality the evil might bo aver
ted. And then still more j unjust is
the statement,, that “ newspaper
animadversions ” have contributed to
bring about this much to be i egret-
ted condition of affairs.
^Do the Board ! of J Visit6rfl really
think that newspapers are able to
produce taioh important effects ? Per
haps, had. this board, given more
calm and considerate reflection upoii
this point it would have arrived at
the more natural and logical, certain
ly the more just couclnsion, that
University calamities-vdp, npt arise
from i Newspaper criticisms, descrip-
tions.or animadversions, but from the
real character and conduct of their
governments.
To have established the correctness
of this assertion the Board s’ ould
have proven-that the present govern
ment of the College is unquestionably
the bes’, ablest and most efficient
that could possibly be secured ; and
that, if the" University is on the de
cline, it has all been owing to “news
paper animadversions,” and other
mentioned causes, which would not
allow the best, ablest and most effi
cient government that ever adorned
an institution of learning to take a
single right step for the interest and
advancement of the State University
or the honor and glory of the com
monwealth. But it seems they
were so abundantly and pariiou
larly cautions in * coming to the
real, and particular cause of this
unfortunate condition of affairs, that,
they committed the blunder of pre
senting the evil effects rather than
tho true cause of the falling oft* in the
State University.
Far be it from our purpose to un
justly criticise this Board, or in the
slightest degree offend the nicer sen
sibilities of those whom we regard so
highly for their learning and intel-.
lectual abilities, and whose friendship
we so much value, but permit us to
say that Visiting Boards arc not
always the surest or best authority.
Circumstances are generally such
that their information is wholly or
chiefly obtained from the members of
the Faculty of the institution which
they are called npon to visit. And
not to reflect upon the last mentioned
honorable bodies, still, it is not ex
pected of them to give such informa
tion as is sometimes desirable or for
the best, interest of the institution,
and which, no doubt, many of them
would like known to the proper
authorities. Then, it must be ad
mitted that, at last, the reports of
Visiting Boards are mainly a presen
tation of the statements of t!:e mem
bers of the Faculty, and must be
taken with that degree of allowance
which is due the courtesies as well as
the embarrassments of their positions.
But to conclude this already too
lengthy article. The Board of Trus
tees are now soon to meet. The
decline in the University over which
they have the honor to preside, is a
painful recognition with all of its
friends throughout the State. It is
recollected that the General Assembly
of 1876 passed a measure looking to
such reformation in the College as
would likely secure its popularity and
prosperity, and that influences and
circumstances were such as to prevent
it becoming law. This, of course,
makes the responsibility upon the
Trustees doubly great. Then, the eyes
of all the people are upon you. To
you they are looking, and of you they
expect the safe amt sure deliverance of
the University through the crisis which
now so seriously threatens its future
progress and prosperity, if not its very
existence.
Then most honorable Board of
Trustees, in behalf of the cause of ed
ucation ; in behalf of our whole people
and the honor and glory of our com
monwealth; in behalf of the many
friends of onr much loved old institu
tion and in behalf of your own honor
and reputation aa true and patriotic
sons of Georgia, we appeal to you, to
away with all dissensions and disa
greements; let all personal prefer
ences and prej tidices be surmounted;
let. individual ambitions and official
pride give way to self-sacrificing in
terest in and true love for the cause
of University education, and let your
approaching annual meeting begin
a new, a brighter, a more prosperous}
a more progressive, a more satisfac
tory and a more popularizing era in
our State University
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julyS-tlm
G eorgia, clarkecounty—whereas,
Stepney Jones, (colored,) administrator of
John Jones, (colored,) deceased, petitions, in
terms of the law, to be discharged from said
administration—
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all persons concerned, to show cause at my
office, on or before the first Monday in Novem
ber next, against the granting of said discharge.
Given under mv hand, at office, this 19th day
of July, 1877. * ASA M. JACKSON,
jiilvsj4-Sm. Ordinary.
Important to Cotton Planters,
We hove on hand a large lot of first-class
Cotton Gins, made up in the best style and of
good material, which we will sell at the lowest
market prices. All planters wishing to buy a
cheap and good Gin, will find it to their interest
to correspond with us, as we mean business to
suit tiie times.
We have over twenty years’ experience in the
Manufactory of Gins.
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tain we can satisfy you.
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factory reference, you can thereby save your
selves Agent** Commission.
J. D. * H. T. HAMMAVK,
julyg4-lrn. CrawfordTille, (la.
Auction!
I have associated W. A. England with me in
the Auction business, who will give prompt
attention to the Bale of property and goods of
all kinds. VERONEK & ENGLAND.
july!7-lm.
ITotLce.
The undersigned having rented the Hemphill
shop, is prepared to do all kind of blacksmith-
ing, making and repairing wagous and buggies.
Having procured the best of white mechanics,
he hopes to secure the public patronage.
J. S. ROBISON, Jr.
G EORGIA, CLARKE COUNTY.—Whereas.
Richard D. Winn and Young K. Mitchell
applies to me for Letters of Administration, de
bonis non, with the will annexed, on the estate
pf Thomas Mitchell, (late of said county,) de
ceased—
These are. therefore, to cite and admonish
all concerned, to show cause, at my office, on or
before the first Monday in September next,
why said Letters should uot be granted.
Given under mi hand, at office, this 11th day
of July, 1877. ASA M. JACKSON,
july!7-80d. Ordinary.
fYCONEE SHERIFF’S SALE.—Will be Bold
U before the Court-House door in the town of
Watkinsville, on the firat Tuesday in August
next, between the legal hours of sale, the fol
lowing property, to-wit: One hundred acres
of land, aituate, lying and being in Oconee
county, adjoining lands of Durham, Poullain
and others. Levied bn aa the property of Joel
J. Morton to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from ClArke
Superior Court, returnable to August term
1867, of said Court, in favor of Wm. H. Fury ear
vs. said Joel J. Morton. Property pointed out
by attorney for plaintiff in fi. fa.
julylO-SOd. W. W. PRICE, Sheriff. I
$50 Reward.'
Will be paid lor the apprchonsion and deliv
ery to the Sheriff of Madison county of Jim
Long, colored, who knecked down the jail-r
and escaped from jail bn tho night of the 4th
instant. Said Long is about 30 or 86 years of
age, six feet one or two inches high, weighs
about 200 pounds, complexion black, walks
rather stooped shouldered, very large white
eyes, and full front teeth. Is charged with
assault ‘with intent to murder; is a notorious
bad character. Look out for him, and Btop the
scoundrel. JAMES W, KIRK,
inlvio-lm. Sheriff.
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