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FRIDAV morning, APRIL i», ■#»•».
1> wall street entirely populated with
goldbugs? Is not some of the capital
of that mart invested in silver mines?
With as much reason could the re¬
turn of the Dutch to Holland have
been opposed as can be the emigration
of the negro to Africa.
We would like to ask if the power to
make laws belongs’ to the Supreme
court or to; Congress. If to the first
named why go to the expense of main¬
taining Ihe latter.
It has been war and real war down
in Cuba lor the past ten clays. Our
sympathies are always with any people
who are Irving to throw off a galling
yoke of unjust government.
What a pity that the war in China
should have come to an end before
( ol. Barrett, of the Constitution, reach¬
ed it. Maybe his coming was tele¬
graphed ahead and had its effect.
Oscar Wu.de, the originator and
king of dudes has been placed in prison
ns a common rake. But there are
thousands of his imitators yet loose in
the country. Ilis fate should be a
w{truing to them.
A n.AMOR is now being made for
Congress to meet in extra session and
repeal the;whole; of the income; tax
law. Better let it meet and decide
which is the higher authority—it or
the Supreme court.
It is an offjweek when tbe anti-ad¬
ministration organs cannot get up a
resignilion of fsome* member of the
cabinet. But with this, like many oth¬
er things predicted by this press, there
are change of plans.
Supreme Courts, like Senates,
seem imbued with the idea that they
must undo whatever is^done by Con¬
gresses and Legislatures. We can’t
help but believe the country would get
along better without both.
r Ladies editions of papers is the big¬
gest craze of the times. Some of these
days when we want to get off for a
day’s fishing we may turn The Echo
over to fairer hands. We will notify
them when that time arrives.
We said last week we were through
with cotton acreage talk. We will on¬
ly break our promise enough to call the
attention of our farmer readers to an
article in another column headed
“Two-Pence Cotton.” Read it.
Wouldn’t it be well to submit all
proposcdjlaws to tbe Supreme court be¬
fore enactment. Such a procedure
would, at least, save the members of
Congress lot of long force such as was
thrawn away in the discussions of the
income tax act.
We have watched with interest the
fight of Hro. Blackburn, of the Atlan¬
ta Commercial, for tbe city printine,
and heartily congratulate him upon bis
success in obtaining it against so much
odd*, lie and his paper are the pluck¬
iest bantams now extant.
When a paper defends the President
in one’column against tbe charge of
habitual drunkenness and in another
charges him with using his office to
get wealth we hardly know what to
say of it. it must have been short on
something to fill up with that day.
Several colonies of ex-union sol¬
diers are^looking'.to.Georgia for places
to settle. We will give them a hearty
welcome when they come. Besides
ihe fact that we will be gaining some
good cilizeng, the money they receive
in pensions will be put to work doing
good among those shoLcontribute a
great portion of it.
A Methodist preacher up North
has been made to “swallow” some
tbe President. The business should
be extended to the South, but we
would bave|fears for the capacity of
some stomachs to hold even a small
fractional part of the untruths uttered
about the head of the governmeut.
TIIE OGLETHORPE ECHO, LEXINGTON, GA.: FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 189.5.
LAW VS. JUSTICE.
Since our earliest days , have . been
we
taught by precept, if not altogether In
observation, (hat the words “law and
“justice were essentially 83 none
mous; that they went hand in hand;
!aW8 were made for the 80le P ur '
pose of upholding justice; that our
Legislatures and Legislators, Con
greases and Congressmen, Senates and
Senators were all but ways and means
provided to.insure justice by the en
actroent of laws for that purpose, that
to be law-loving and law-abiding
meant to be juBt; that no injustice
could be law.
Then have we not reason for sur
prise when we see it announced that
a part of the recently enacted income
tax law is.unlawfulj.because unconsti
tutional, and in the same breath be in
formed that the unconstitutionalit}’, or
in truth invalidity, of a part ol this
law makes it unjust, or more strictly
speakmg that the part of this law that
the Cnited States Supreme'Court de
clares is lawful, when carried into ef
feet, will work great injustice to a
great number of the people of this
country, and they, too/ajclass of pen
pie who are less able to stand such an
injustice? Is that not in fact saying
that we have a law that defeats justice
rather than vouchsafes it, as all laws
should do?
This seems to us to he a strange
state of affairs, it is surely'one that is
more than likely to cause trouble. We
set a dangerous precedent when we
allow;,laws to’."go upon our statute
books which are openly and without
contradiction declared to put uuiust
burdens upon one class of people
whiie it relieves other classes of
dens they should justly bear. No
wonder there is dissatisfaction and an
rest among the people. It u -
strange that signs of anarchy sta :
appear. We are not surprise! to see
people defying and openly ciso^-cvicr
law; that they should lose res; for
and confidence in our government and
look with distrust upon onr courts and
the administrators of law. This they
will ever do so long as they are told
that there are law 3 that do injustice to
theroselvse; that there are measures
that discriminate between different
classes of people and favor a few to
the hurt of many. That is what the
income tax law, as it has been remod¬
eled by the Supreme court of the Uni¬
ted States, will do when it is .carried
out.
Surely the judges of the Supreme
bench were too fine in their applica¬
tion of the technicalities of the consti¬
tution, for it seems that their decision
was based purely upon technical
points. If the law had been found to
be palpably unjust then it would nec
esearily have been unconstitutional,
for the constitution, being but the
foundation of all[!aw, must surely be
in thorough accord with justice at all
times and in all instances, if the in¬
come tax law was not an unjust meas¬
ure bow then could it be contrary to
the constitution? It could not be ex¬
cept perhaps as to some purely techni¬
cal points. Are we to let technicalities
overrule justice and law?
Taken all in all, tbe whole affair is a
peculiar one. If part of the law is, by
broad application, contrary to justice
and the constitution all of it must be.
If tbe purpose of law is to uphold jus¬
tice surelv the constitution cannot be
so applied as to make an unjust law
out of a just one by reconstruction.
This is what has been done with the in¬
come tax law, the judges defending
their position by a plea of technecali
ties.
They thus make a case of law vs.
justice—a case, it would seem, impos¬
sible to exist, and if allowed to exist to
any great extent, or if its existence al¬
ready is not slopped we may expect tc
see troublesome times.
NEGRO EMIGRATION.
Some weeks since a ship-load of two
hundred negro emigrants left Savannah
bound for Liberia, Africa, and since
then the press of tbe whole South has
been teeming with comment on the
movement which tends to the return
of the black man to his native clime.
Strange to say not a few seriously ob¬
ject to the movement and go so far as
to suggest that it be taken in hand by
the government and laws enacted to
put a stop to it. Howj any sensible
person can take such a view of the
matter we fail to see. The negro is
now as much entitled to all privileges
of citizens of this sovereign country as
anybody. If he choose to go.;to Afri¬
ca ar anywhere else be has and should
continue to have a perfect and free
right to do so. Africa is naturally the
home of the negro and it is nothing
but natural that in tbe course of human
events he is destined to fiud his way
. hack . there. . He „ . has , but served , , his . day ,
°f. bondage in America, and the educa
having equips him'for ' reclaiming his
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»«r- Ot course wo think wo .00
harm to come to him from the
the removal, but we are not sure
that, and if we were we could
conyert hjm t0 our way of lhinkiDg
anv other method more quickly than
, eUing bim ha „ e actual experience .
We believe that we are just now ex
periencing the beginning of a move
meut that will increase rapidly, espe
cia]ly if tboge who have gone gend
back favorabie report8 . There are
{ bougan( ] 9 and thousands now waiting
tQ bear f rom those who have in reality
g 0ne f or t b to spy out Che land. They
con8 t a ntly expect to be informed that
lt jj 0W8 w j(, b jhilk and honey, and is a
mentj and tba ^ their surroundings will
be made worse rather than better by
] and ot - ] ^ ,j happiness for them,
p en y an
be j n g ? ]j ke all tropical lands, one in
wb j cb one can mana g e to live without
,^^1} work or anxiety. Then there
w y[ be 8uc h at i exodus of the negroes
a3 we do n0 £ D0W dre am of.
There are not a few of our people
w j )0 are concerned about what the re
su [£ 0 f | b j 8 immigration will have upon
tbe South. They fear that it will de¬
priye U8 ol - i abor . of course it will
^ be ne g ro class—but we believe it
w jp be t be bes t f or ^ be South in the
en{ j j us t a3 soon as this exodus
reacbe 8 any proportion we will see
white labor immigrating to our midst
t ak e ihe negroes’ places. This
white labor will not come as long as
the negroes are here, but it will lose
uo time in making its way here when
the negro goes. Because we are more
accustomed to the black man as a sub¬
ordinate we may deem him preferable
to the white, but we will not be long
j n ada ptiQ£* ourselves to the new order
0 f things, and we doubt not we will be
far better pleased whh it.
thea is wi:i be many years be
fore , ha . new order of things comes
ib<>5S and this generation need not
worry itself about bavins to adopt it
seif to it. In the mean lime, though ;
E>t 8ee t ba t we have any right
50 0 gfer serious objecUon to the emi
gra ijon 0 f the negro to any foreign
clime to which he may want to go. A
; ar g e majoritv of those now among us
are [ ree b om citizens and their privi
i e g e3 as such must be recognized and
respected. As we say, it is but natural
that they should have an inate desire
to return to the clime which was un¬
aoubtedly set apart for their race by
the Great Ruler of the universe. It
would seem but reasonable that there
they would find natural surroundings
best suited to their natures.
So if they want to go let them go,
and there should be no hitch or hm
derance placed in the way of their go¬
ing. At any rate the South has noth¬
ing to fear from the movement. On
the other haud we believe she has rea¬
son to congratulate herself that it has
started.
Uncle Sam’s war cloud is accused
of having quite a large silvery liuing
by the anti-administration organs.
Awarded
Highest Honors—World’s Fait
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AO YEARS THE STANDARD.
NOTICE
Tax-Payers of Oglethorpe Co
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r 1 WILL atten.l the following*places of receiving on the
days named for the purpose tax
returns for 1895:
Lexington, court week and flrst Tuesdays in
April, Mav and July and every Tuesday in June.
Crawford, April 22 and May 13 and 2s.
Woodstock, April 2S and May It.
Bh inis town. April 24 and May IS and 15. 30.
Maxeys, April 25 and May
Stepht ns, April 2(1 and May 17 and 31.
Hutchins, Arnold’s April Upper 27 and May Mill, 18, April a. ni. 29,
W. 11. a. m.,
and May Arnold’s 20, a m. T-ower Mill, April 29,
W. H. p. m.,
and Mav 20 p. m.
J. J. ill eon's, April 30, a. m.
J. W. Jarrell’S, Mav April 1 and 30, 21 p. and m. June 5.
Sandy Cross. amt June
(Hade, May 2 24 and 6.
Watson's Mills, May 3, a. m.
Smilhonia, May 4 and June 7,
Edwin, Mav 6, p. m.
Anon, Mav 8 and 22, a. m.
Buffalo Mills, May 8, p. m.
Cape Horn, May 9, a. and m. 22,
Early Burt’s, May 9 p. m.
Fishllt m. May 10, a. m. 10 and 23,
J. W. Wright's Store, May p. m.
Millstone Store, Mav 11, a. m. and 23,
M. F. Burt’s, May 11, p. in., a. m.
Beaverdam, May 25, a. m. and 3.
WinterviUe, ft May 27, June 1
Chandler’s ill, promptly. May 29, *. in.
Please meet me
Respectfully EKGI 3N - n T it 0 c .
EORGIA, Osuraom COPKTT.—Court of
11 ordinary, ail April term, 1895.—Notice is here
, by given to persons concerned that on the —
jay 0 f__,i*9_^Mrs. sanie-T.^biceDate of saui
no’,',.' the next of kin haw
c> me to appoint an administrator on said estate
I and that if no stood cause be shown to the con
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* j. J. bacon, ordinary, o. c.
SEEING IS BELIEVING!
Then See and You’ll Best Believe!
That is why we simply invite the good people of Oglethorpe County
to see our tremendous line of seasonable
Dress Goods and Notions,
Novelties and Fancy Goods J
Trimmings, Laces, Embroidery
»- knowing that when they have clone , they ,, will be , thoroughly ,, w. convinced that nr, no- *
so
where can a larger variety or more choice selection of these goods *be found upon
which lower prices are named. Come, see for yourselves and be convinced.
We have a tremendous line of New Carpets, Matting. Shades and Curtains that
we bought way yonder below former prices and will sell accordingly. Good, heavy
Jointless Matting from $5.00 per roll up.
We are showing the handsomest line of Gent’s Neckwear to be found in the city,
at prices that will astonish.
It would take too much space to name all we have and the bargains we offer.
Seeing is believing and we therefore only ask that you inspect our large and com¬
plete stock before buying.
M. MYERS & CO. SJi!
College Avenue, ATHENS, GA.
J. W. Brown & Sons’ House Furnishing Depot
227 ZBroa-d. Street, -A-tlrens, G-a.
We carry the largest and best selected stock of
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE. LAMPS
CHINA DINNER AND TEA SETS
And Fancy China in great Variety.
.mimmam , A A
ave the largest jobbers in the City.
T. SOISTS.
WILL CARTER,
IF'aslxiGiia.'bl© ISaxToer
follvse Avenue, Athens,
A. A CORDIAL invitation is extended We our ill Ogle givfc
thorpe friends- to visit us. polite at¬
them the best of work and the most
tention. Shaving reduced to 10 cents.
The Hungry Fed!
HAVE opened a Restaurant at 103 Jackson
street, in rear of Michael Bros.* store.
MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
Will be glad to receive the pntrouaee of my
Oglethorpe friends and the public generally.
COBB
Jackson Street, ATHENS CA.
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CROCKERY, GLASSWARE OR LAMPS.
I carry the best selection of these goods to be found
in X. E. Ga. at prices as low as the lowest.
Jas H. Huggins, Jr, New Crockery Store
33 CLAYTON STR., ATHENS, GA.
R P. TUCKER. A. S. RHODES.
TUCKER & RHODES,
Buggy, Carriage and Wagon Builder *• »
TUCKER BROS.' OLD STAND, CRAWFORD, GA.
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STOVES. GRATES AND'RANGES,
TIN,’WOOD AND WILLOWWARE
Silverplat Ware and Table Cutlery.