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prices and in stioittißie Have no objectiou .o
utkiug vork in the country.
F]PHS VIRGINIA HOTEL, Newnan, Georgia, is
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kivwass tar Mu Bowel house) and is both ei yible
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manly Clerk is H W-iyr on baud, to look after the
slitfiieit wants fguests.
J. L. COBB,
ilttQ-fiJLOy sitXu&'T2V r ,
CARROLLTON GA.
ofiice lu the Court House.
H. C. TIMMONS,
Phy^ieiaxx dj Surgeon
ALLANS MILL, GEORGIA.
CHARLES H. MERRELL*
Attorney at Law,
CARROLLTON - GEORGIA.
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ff. W. FITTS. J. G. ARNALL
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PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS,
CARROLLTON - - GEORGIA.
HC Office, Rome street, third door be’ow the
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carkollton - Georgia.
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CARROLLTON GEORGIA.
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bury & Bro. . ;
EDWARD J. REAGAN.
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HAMPTON GEORGIA,
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lon,Spalding, Butts and Fayette; and elsewhere
b.' tpecial contract. Colle. tion n specialty.
Medical c arl.
DR. WILLIAM GAULDING,
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"f'ccttnlly tenders his services, in the various
branches of phvsic to the citizens t*t Carroll
ton ami vicinity. He will make a sjrecialty
hseases of women, chronic diseases ot all |
*t*xes. and midwifery. Having been regular
practice for more than twenty years,
feeisprepared to treat any disease, and
Sire sati. faction, to all who may give him a
t idl. Can alwavs*be found at his oltice in the
Maud vil'e brick hml Ijpo, up stairs, in the
■tyv time, ami at his residence, the Charley
White lioime, near the depot, at night. Char
suit the times.
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Ridley and John Baugh, LaGrange Drs Hud
and Boozer, llooansville; or Dr. Jen
h’ags. Ha• risonville. Drs. Peddy & Daniel,
franklin, and a thousand living patients.
Carroll Masonic I istitute,
CARROLLTON, GA.
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Mr. ! irk'.'-, situated 10 yards
ALMI'IJ, North .r 1> not. Aso the home
formerly occupied by Mr. Eh
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t>v v .it White. North-eant of the De-
Woiajble. For ihr&er particular*
*.««*»**»• WIIITE ,
Wsißtm Ua.,.May 24th, 18W. ;
‘li 1 1 f / ' .* ' ”• t J: *1 * k i
The Convention Discussion
Editor Time*.—Y m tut lor .-j< to
reply to my article in ymttr
and I think you failed to meet ih
points made siicco-stub v. Y >.,r -Ir•,ky*
ot policy in sublime indeed ,it trying
to aiake t he people believe lam abu*-
in<r and distrusting them, when you
well know that I have not uttered a
word against them, but against the
political gamblers, who have trifled
with the people until they have be*
come sore and restless under the in
tolerable burden. L am trying to sav
somelhingybr the people, and in what
I honestly believe to be their interest
and whatever will result in general
good to the people, the common peo
ple ot the country should be sought
alter, and not what will result to the
few.
I have said that a convention would
be a good thing tor the political crows
that meet t3 feed over the dead oar*
cass ot our constitution, but I said
at the same time that the ‘ms’ alone
would be benefitted by it, that it
would not put money in the poor
map’s pockts, bacon m his smoke
house, corn in his crib, pay his debts
or put clothes on his back, tfco., and
you nor any other advocate of the
measure have successfully gain*saved
that idea, and I desire to again nil*
press it upon your mind that unless
you can do something to better the
condition ot the people, and show how
they will benefitted in their ordinary
every day practical transactions of
life, unless you can propose some plan
in which it is apparent that good
may result to the people in some deti'
nite and direct way, ail your argument
in favor ot a convention must fall to
the ground.
As you say the people are the source
of all power, and then* voice should |
be heard and respected, and then
wants should be heeded. Public officers
ought to be considered the servants
ot the people, and not the masters
Tins is (lie theory ot our government
and a wise one, and I wish to say
right here, once tor aii in a manner
that cannot be misinterpreted by you
or any body else, lhat it is office lov*
ing and office seeking politicians
whom I distrust and not the people. I
believe the people themselves will do
right. They are seldom wrong on any
important measure when left to tln-m*
stives to consider it calmly and dis ;
pasienately in the light ot their own
judgement, and by the unerring stand
ardjufsthgir own cominomaense. It they j
could only have a little move-‘finger in j
the pie’ in the affairs of g<>ve nment |
and in shapingourlegislatiou.it wmi'd
be better tor the country; not That we .
need more elections , we have enough
ot them and to spare, representatives
in counsel whose opinions are in ha:-
mony with those of the people and
whose ideas are in sympathy with
their wants.
Yon make an unjust and unwar
ranted charge against me, and for the
piirpose of trying to prejudice the
people against my views on this ques
tioN (I suppose as I can conceive ot
no other motive) when you think that
I denv the capacity of the people for
self government, or distrust their hon
esty. Where do you get any authori
ty for finding a ‘slur’ on both our rep
resentatives, I am at a loss to discover.
I meant none on Mr. H. 1 said noth
ing that was not warranted by his ar
tide. As for the other Mr. P. I said
nothing about him in any way. You
have slandered him You cast the slur
on Mr. P. for you assume that he is
not in favor of education when you
extend what I said to that gentleman.
1 lepel the foul imputation, in behalf
ot Mr. P. and say right here that I
don’t believe you did him justice.
As to.ths appointing power ot the
Governor under the constitution here
is all we find. He has a right to Jill
vaea&cief temporarily. To appoint
three Judges of the Supreme court,
the Judges and Solicitors of the Stipe
rim- courts, Attorney General for the
State, and State School commissioner.
All to be confirmed by the Semite. —
Now the people elect the Senate and
the Senate elects these officers. In ad
dition to the above he is allowed to
appoint two clerks in his own depart
ment, one notaryjpublic in each militia
district; and this is a good thing. By
-this we can always have one good
white justice jin each district; whereas
if they were elected many localities
in the maj >nty would have negrojus
ticesaudjudg.es Altogether Xthink this
is enough to show that this is just like
it ought to be, and this N the princi
ple patronage that you object to. The
Governor Ins a great many other ap
pointments but they are confirmed by
law the constitution is npt ai for tit,
t *, ?v I ' ?o
CARROLLTON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 20, 1877.
it is the fault of the law and the leg is
lalure should re|»eal it if it is wrong.
Now I wish to give seme reasons
why I like tlie present constitution.
I lik»* it be j. use we have lived tin*
tier it and p« mered as no other
southern stai* has. Since its adopt -m
we have had lets blood shed and . : *
less military intetference l and les>
'civil rights’ trouble than any othe*. re
constructfd state.
I like it because the ‘old constitu
tion’ embodies the principles con*
tended tor in the contest tor American
liberty.
I like it because it says that ‘pro
tection to person and propeity is
the paramount duty ot government.'
I like it because under it ‘uo person
shall be deprived of life, liberty or
property except bv due process ot
law*.’
I like it because it allows the people
to petition the government on ail mat
ters ot interest to them, and gives
them the right to appeal to the courts
to reduce their grievances.
I like it because it secures to the
citizen a perfect freedom of religious
sentiment, and because it guarantees
the liberty ot conscience, freedom
of the press and freedom ot speech.
I like it because it secures to its
citizens the riyht when he is accused
of crime to a speedy, public and im
partial trial by a jury of his peers
tfcc.
I like it because no person can be
twice tried, or put in jeopardy ot life
limb or liberty more than once for the
same offense.
I like it because it secures us to the
unestimable right of all freemen the
privilege of the wail of habeus cor
pus.
I like it because it secures the right
to keep and bear arms.
I like it because it says : ‘There
shall be no imprisonment for debt.’
I like it because it provides that
laws shall be general in their opera
tion.
I like it because it provides that
property : s to be taxed according to
its value.
I like it. because it says that labor
ers and mechanics shall have liens for
their labor, and the Legislature shall
provide for it.
I like it again because it says the
State of Georgia shall ever remain a
member ot the American Union.
I like it because it protects its vo
tes against arrests—except for high
crimes, on election days, and for five
davs before, during, and two after
wards
I like it because it prohibits the
1
sale of intoxicating liquors on electi- >.
days.
I like it because it limits the t- -
sions of the Legislatures to foily
days.
I like it because it provides that a
citizen shall not be compelled against
his will to contribute to any rail
road or other public improvem tits
I like it because it leaves the Gov
ernor’s salary, the per diem 01 mem
bers, and all other compensation al
lowed to public officers to be fixed by
law , it leaves the Legislature, the rep
representatives ot the people to say
whether salaries are too high or not,
and it they are it gives the people the
right to petition them to reduce them.
The constitution fixes no amount of
pay! the cry against high salaries, and
per diem «&c., ought to be directed to
those immaculate individuals, the leg
islators (whom I have the audacity to
distrust according to your article) in
stead of the constitution which has
nothing whatever to do with it.
I like it because it provides that
1 Judges of the Superior court are ap
-1 pointed tor eight v< ars, and because
I the people through their representa
| tives can have him removed if he fails
to do his duty.
I like it becau a e it says that ‘the
right ot trial by jury shall remain in
violate.’
I like it because it says the General
Assembly shall provide by law’ for the
selection of upright and intelligent
persons to serve as jurors.
I like it because it provides for a
general and thorough system of pnb
-1 lie education, which is bee to all the
children, of the state.
You sav that some of our nest edu
cated men iu the country and strong
! est advocates ot education are oppos
ed to public schools. The men who
; talk this way either have no children
\ to educate, no public spirit, or patriot
I ism, or else they are men of property
who ;we looking to their own interest ,
and are uol w illing to pay a small tax
for a great amount of public good.
I like it because it provides that it
may be amended in any respect,
u 1 ate.ver by the Legislature whenever
the people want it done.. This last rea
I son show’s conclusively that any
t amendment can be made which the
people demand, without any conven
tion, and without any additional ex*
pen-e.
These are some of my reasons for
liking the present constitution, and tor
opposiug a convention.
G. W. Murrell.
lion. Warren Akin on the
Convention.
Gf.ntlemkn : —Your letter request
ing my opinion as to the propriety
calling a State convention under toe
act ot the last Legislature: and, if the
people should vote in favor ot r. con
vention, what changes should, iu my
judgment, bo make in our exist
ing State constitution, was received
some days since, but professional and
other engagements have delayed an
answer.
As I am not, and will not be a can
didate to# a scat in the convention,
and as I never expect to be a candi
date for any office, I teel that 1 can
on that account the more freely, frank
ly and and fully answet your letter
without the liability of having impn
ted to me any other motive than a
sincere desire to promote the best in
terest ot my fellow-citizens.
I have no hesitation in saying that
I think a convention ought to be held
and tor two reasons: First, the pres
ent constitution was made for , but
not by the people of Georgia. Thou
sands ot the most intelligent gen
tlemen iu the JSiate were not allowed
to participate in making it. Sec
ond, the necessity for the many im
portant alterations that ought to be
made in that instrument, demands
the calling ot a convention. Some
ot these alterations I now proceed to
stale.
The first and leading amendment
to the constitution that should be
made is a provision prohibiting the
members ot the Legislature frrnn vo
ting themselves theamount they think
should be paid them for their servi
ces. They are interested and not
proper judges as to the value of their
labor. The people in convention
should determine what compensation
their law makers should receive. And
the sum should be too small to tempt
men to seek a seat in the Legislature
for the purpose ot making money
Asa general rule those men who seek
political office to put money in their
pockets, are trying to serve them
selves and not the people. The people
should be cautions how they trust
such men. Let the constitution pro
vide that the members ot the Legislav
lure shall not receive more than three
dollars a day, and you will not see so
many in every county pressing every
two years ‘their claims’ for seats in the
Legislature, upon the people. And
wiiat is better, it will save a great
deal of money to the tax-burdened
people. First make this provision and
other impoit.nnt changes will he much
more easily effected.
The compensation suggested seems
small when compared with that which
the members ot the Legislature have
been voting lo themselves tor many
years past. But how many members
make ihiee dollars a day at home ?
Thirty dollars per month will pay a
member’s board at a good private
boarding house, and all his other le
gitimate expenses. This leaves sixty
dollars per month clear of al! expen
ses. During the last session of the
Legislature, members (so one inform
ed me) obtained board at five dollars
per week.
The most important change in the
constitution which I would suggest
is the abolition ot the Senate. Did it
ever occur to you, gentlemen, to in
quire upon what principle the Senate
ot Georgia is based? What is intended
to be accomplished by it? What do
the Senators represent? It there is
any principle upon which it is foun
ded, anv important purpose to be
achieved by it, lam not able to per.
ceive it.
The Senatorial districts are not ar
ranged according to taxable property
nor population, nor according to the
number of voters in each, nor educa
tion, iLtelligenoe or morality. Our
government is one of the people, and
the people should be equally repre
sented in the law-making body'. It, is
both unequal and unjust to give to six
thousand people the same power in
the Legislature that fifty thousand of
their peers and equals possess. The del
egates to the State convention are
to be chosen, as required by the State
constitution according to population.
And ought not all the representa
tives of the people be chosen in
the same way? No one will deny
it.
To bring the injustice more forci
view, take eight ot tbe
Senatorial districts—four having the
amallest and four having the largest
population. Tke 3rd, 4th, sth, and 15th
districts have a population of 40,019,
and G,fi9l voters. The Ist, 18th, 22nd
aud 35th have a population ot 193,495
and 32,605 voter*.. In the first tour
districts tiiere is one Senator tor each
, 10.000 people. In the lour latter dis
i tricts, a .senator for each 48,373. Here
oue Senator repiesctits more people
than four Senators.
i The same injustice and inequality
I exists aw to taxation. In the 3rd, 4th,
j sth and 15th districts the value ol tax
able property is and the
amount ot tax paid is $43,219. In
the Ist, 18th, 22nd, and 3oth districts
the value ot ttie taxable property is
$79,050,183, and the tax paid is
$441,690. I give these last figures to
show’ that no principle of any kind
exists in the arrangement or constitu
tion of the Senate of Georgia. There
is uo use tor it. No good is accom
plished by it. Senators are no wiser
than Representatives. They are elect
ed by the same people. This useless
waste of time and money flowing
from the Senate should be stop
ped.
Tiie 42nd Senatorial district has
8,267 voters and bat one senator. —
Hie 3rd, 4th, sth and 15th districts
have 6,691 voters and four Senators.
In the loth district there is a popula
tion ot 8,668, and in the 35th a popu
lation of 52,733--more than six times
as many as in the former.
The contrast in the number of vo
ters is still more striking. In the loth
there are but 1,293 voters and in the
3o;h 11,004.
Is it just that one man iu one sec
tion of the State should have the same
power in making laws tor the people
that six have in another section.
A tew years ago we had a Senator
and one or more Representatives
from each county. The same voters
elected each. When they arrived at
the capitol one went into one room
and one into another. And the ob
ject of this was that one body might
act as a check upon the other. Now,
why could they not check each other
in the same room as well as in sepa
rate rooms.
t
But if we must have a senate let
the senators be chosen Recording lo
population and not by counties. Let
one of the two membeis in each dis
trict hereinafter mentioned he called
senator, and there will be a senate
with a great saving to the people.—
But the senate should be entirely
abolished and the saving will be great
er. *
I 'know that tills will rm*et with ob
jection. You will be told that it is
something new, something unusual.—
Is there any force in this objection?— .
Are we never to profit by experience
or observation? I heard a man some
years sir.ee object to the turning over,
of the soil, and the very wise argu
ment used w; s, that the Almighty had
made the right side up and He knew
what was best. This sage did not per
ceive that this reason would prevent
any fencing or plowing, f'orGod made
the ground unfenced, and unplow
ed. But the great objection will arise
from the destruction of so many pla
ces that so many patriots desire to
fill. It will keep 119 anxious souls
from those seats in the Legislature
which they so earnestly desire to fill
for the good of their country and—
seven dollars a day .
Abolish the Senate and then divide
the State into fifty legislative districts
according to population and give each
district two legislators. Let the dis
tricts be composed of contiguous
counties, each district bavin r the
same number of people as near as
practicable. It one county has the
requisite population make one county
a district. If it requires two, three
or five, have it arranged accordingly.
Let the controlling idea be to have
the people equally represented in the
Legislature. By this plan there will
be but hundred legislators. They
will generally be elected from a large
territory and will be more efficient,
and belter men than we now have.—
The pay will not make the position
very desirable, and men will be se
lected tor their worth and not for
their electioneering capacity and their
power and willingness to distribute
mean whisky.
Look at the saving to the people
from this plan. We now have 219
1 #
j members in the Legislature. The
plan proposed w ill cut off 119 of
| them. These at seven dollars a day,
i cost the people for every day the Leg
islature ism session $33-3., and b>r
! forty days the sum of And
| then tee expense of the affairs of the
senate will be saved which was last
year sll 525,70. It will also dispense
with at least two thirds urf the clerks
of the House. With other changes
which I will presently suggest a much
larger saving to the peojiie may be ef
fected.
I have been iinformed thtl f there
were about one thousand bills intro
duced into the last Legislature, and
that nine-tenths of them were ot no
j genei al interest. Now, I propose to
cut off all this expensive time-conanm
ing and useless local legislation. It
has hmg been a curse to the people.
Every one who can manage to receive
a seat in the Legislature and draw
his seven dollars a day seems to think
it essential that he should introduce
some bill no matter who writes it, and
whether it is wise or foolish. Cut all ot
this oft and give the Superior courts,
by appropriate legislation, the power
to pass all local acts that each county
may need. The courts now have pow
er to grant charters to certain corpo
rations. Whv not pass all local laws?
This will render but very few clerks
necessary toi the Legislature. Instead
ot a thousand bills to rend, there
would not he one hundred. Instead of
taking forty or fifty days for a session
it would not require twenty. In this
ot change the organic law, Ido not
propose to alter in any way the coun
ties. Let them remain just as they are
for all judicial and every county pur
pose. I would provide in the oonstitu
tion that the clerk ot the Legislature
should receive a stated sun. per day,
ami that he should employ all ot his
assistants. This would prevent such a
superabundance ot clerks as there has
been in many legialatures in the past,
in this way one ntindred dollars a
day would secure a most efficient
clerk, and out of that sum he cou hi
employ all necessary assistants to
do all the work properly and prompt**
•y-
For the session of the Legislature
of 1876 the State paid clerks, secreta
ries, doorkeepers, messengers, pages,
etc., of the Senate and House the sum
of $26,043.70. In 1861, the secretaries
and clerks ot the Senate and House
cost the Slate tor a session of forty
days only $7,500. Under a bill which
I prepared and which became a law
tiie clerk ot tlio lie.use teocived SIOO
per day and paid all his assistants,
and that, too, when we had so much
local legislation and the Senate and
House bills to read. Tlio expenses
ot tiie last Legislature amounted to
$111,193,04. Make the changes sug
gested and the Legislature would not
be in session over twenty days. One
hundred members at throe dollars
per day would be S39J. This for tvven
ty days would make $6,000 tor the |
members. Too clerks hue iur twenty
days would amount lo s2,oJdal SIOO
per day. Oue doorkeeper a.id ouu
messenger get $3 per day tor twenty
days would make their compensation
$l2O. Alt these sums make tiie agi
gr< gate ol $8,120. l’uis would save
to our impoverished people $103,073,
eacii year, in ten years there would
be saved $1,030,730. This saving
would very soon pay off the State
debt. Tiie people, with nearly oue
haif ot their property swept away,
are now taxed nearly five times as
much as they were twenty years ago.
Ought not something to be done to
relieve them trom their oppressive
burdens? Tnink ot the amount ot tax
each ot you paid before 1369, and
then compare it with what you now
pay, and what you then, had to pay
on and wiiat you now have. I re
peat the question Ought not some- i
thing be done to relievo the* pee- •
pie?
I think there should be a provision
in the constitution prohibiting the is
suing of bonds by .the State for any
pu rnose, or taking stock in or iudors- j
tug the bonds of, or loaning ’he cred
it of the State to, any corporation of
any kind, or becoming liable tor its
debts or contracts in any way. Credit
is deceitful, misleading, and often ru
inous. Whet, the State needs money
levy a tax to get it/jand then the peo
ple will see, know, feel and under
stand what their law-givers are do
ing. Then the legislators will leel
the effects of their own acts and econ
omy will take the place of reckless
extravagance, flow many railroads
has Georgia taken stock in, and en
dorsed the bonds of, without injury
to the people? Look at the Ala
bama <fc Chattanooga, the, Memphis
branch; the North & South, the Ma
con A Brunswick, the Albany A
Brunswick, and the Gulf railroads and
then answer.
In lik- manner the constitution
should prohibit the counties, cities
or towns from borrowing money and
issuing bonds for any purpose. Mon
ey U often borrowed and spent in
i high salaries, wild extravagance, irn
| provements to benefit individuals,
speculations and peculation, and then
the property-holders are ruinously
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Which open* with November, llTfi. begins.
A Short and Vary cult. .anting Serial from tn'O
French, “The Kingdom oftho greedy," a Story
Adapted to the Thanksgiving Season. Another
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‘His Own Master,'
Bv J.T. Trowbridge.
authorcf the "Juek Hazard Stories, begins iuthu
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ones.
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