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or ■meiviam’ —now they are disfran
chised and robbed. But this much
fcr *aid f«*r the Jacobin, —he did not
persecute in the name of “loyalty anJ
religion,” for he had thrown the Bible
‘away and avowed himself an atheist be
fore he set up the guillotine.
ft i» well for us of every faith, in the
S-.Mth to understand these men. The
Southern wtiiies have no enemies ha!»
no hitter, the Southern negroes no foes
half so dangerous as these so called
friends ; and as to Southern Methodists
let them understand that there are no
Constitutional guarantees wliicn these
people regard and no decrees of Court
which they feel hound to observe.
They have adopted the fearlul plan
that ’“the end justifies the meat s. ’
If we consider the simple fact of their
apnsiacy. it is unutterably mournful ; if
Wr reflect upon their powerful organi
zation. its perfect esprit de corps, their
vast resources, the while heal to which
fanaticism lias brought their sectarian
zeal, their political affiliations, their
unbounded ambition, their oblivion of
compacts and their disregard of law
then, the facts are portentous.
“Truly loyal” to the Constitution of
my country, grateful for a humble place
in * poor, but honest Church, and hap
pv in the blessings and hopes ot a free
and unpolitical Gospel,
1 am, as ever, your friend and broth
er*
A mens G. Hayoood,
North Ga. Conference, M. E C., S.
.Atlanta. Oa.. June \Uh. 1868.
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py.M’L H. SMITH, Editor and Proprietor.
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Carterss ille, tf.u, July 1?, ts«B.
Editorial Correspondence
Nkw York. July 3rd, 1868.
Dear Express : Here I sit quietly in
No. 27 4ih sheet West, in the great
metropolis of the Western Continent,
smoking my pipe and looking out of
the window upon the great concourse
of people, who, like a mighty swollen,
vapid stream, rush along, heedless and
regardless of the good or evil their
presence is effecting. New York is
like the eruptions of Vesuvius made
up of all kinds of matter, worthless
and priceless. The noise never (-eas
ts day nor night—weak day nor Sun
day —her streets are tilled with cars
mid hacks, hurrying passengers to and
fro, to say nothing of the thousands of
other vehicles that are all the time go
ing with rapid speed. The city is
floored with almost a solid rock foun
dation—the streets generally narrow,
and the buildings tower tr, five and «**
stories. The rumbling of passing vc
hides continually deaden the car, and
to a stringer, or looker-on in Venice a
great source of annoyance, the more
especially after a days’ steady stroi!
dong its public thoroughfares, and
viewing its never ceasing scenery, one
tired and weary throws himself upon
his couch and vainly strives to lock
his body in the arms of Morpheus. —
But I commenced at the wrong end of
ruy subject, and will return and par
ticularize from my starting point.
In company with Col. L. Tumlin
we left Cartersviile on Tuesday noon,
the 30th •ultimo, and after a pleasant
evening’s ride over the model ol South
ern Railroads, the Western 4“ Atlantic,
we were rapidlv launched upon the
pi jins of the rolling Tennessee at Chat
tannooga. Here we had but fifteen
minutes to change cars, and at the expi
ration oi that time, were under head
way—-our firery steed snorting along
the banks of that river, and around
Point Luck Out in the direction of
Nashville, whieh place we reached
just at daylight Wednesday morning.
Passing through that beautiful ciiy in
busses , we reached the Depot of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, ar.d
in little time were making rapid motion
in the direction of L'titsville, Kentucky,
which city we reached about one
o’clock, p. m. We were again rushed
through the city in hacks and omni
btisses, and. in a Ferry boat across t-i«
Ohio river, to the Jeffersonville depot.
Here 001. Tumlin left us, as his tick
et compelled him to a different route,
via Cincinnati. We proceeded on tc
Indianapolis, Indiana, Irom Jefferson
ville, passing through a lovely country
where they have made abundant wheal
crops this year. We reached the lat
ter city just after dark, and then em
barked aboard the train to Crestline.—
We could not tell much about the coun
try along this line of Railroad, as we
passed over it during the night. V\ e
rc died Crestline Thursday morning
tor breakfast after a verv pleasant ride.
Here we struck the lightning tnin from
Chicago, and struck out for Pittsburg.
P,i. The cars on this road make good
time near forty miles per hour.
Wp reached Pittsburg Thursday even
ing. This ia the great iron city. We
almost concluded tliet we were about
to leave day light behind us, as the
smoke from the thousand and one fur
naces almost obscured the light of the
euu. We published a description of
thi* city some time since, given by
a Western writer, which we thought
exaggerated then hut are now prepar
ed to endwise it a« about true. H Jre we
changed cars forthelast time,although
it was about four hundred and fifty
n iles yet to New York. We struck
out in the direction of Philadelphia
and passed through mountain*, over
mountains and across plains and val
leys, at a speed that made us.think we
were never going tn “light” again.—
Flanking the city of Philadelphia slight
ly, we moved along to New York at
the same speed, which city we reached
at 8 o’clock Friday morning. We
crossed the beautiful Hudson and plant
ed our foot safely on Manhattan Island.
We soon found quarters at three dollars
pei day, including room and lodging.
When we reached the city, the whole
train load of us looked iike we had
been soaked in pilch and hung up to
dry. We soon tested the virtues of
Croton water and hard soap, which
enabled our friends to recognize us.
Having cleaned away the dust and
smoke, and put on our “dignity,” we
set about hunting up the great Nation
al Democratic Convention, which we
found at new Tamm»ny Hall, on Sat
urday morning, the 4th inst. cocked
and primed for work. The Hall was
beautifully decorated for the occasion,
at an immense cost, and our delegates
standing ready with lamps trimmed
and lights burning. Here again I had
the pleasure ofjoinirg Col. Tumlin,
who had pretlv well forgotten his game
foot and was pitching in in good earn
est to have the Georgia Delegation ft)! r
ly reconstructed, and prepared to enter
the contest in good faith. Great liar*
ruony prevails throughout the conven
tion. and our delegates have gone to
work to "whip the fighi." In a few
days you will hear a good account of
their stewardship. We will not now
venture an opinion—but more anon.
S. H. S.
Since writing the above, we have
witnessed the celebration of the day of
days to American freemen, the 4th of
July, hv the Gothamites, The day
was hailed with the booming nfcannon
and displays oi military, flags and mu
sic. Three national salutes were fired
from the forts—morning, noon and
evening. The great city of the U- S.
is one live, working mass-there is sup
posed lobe 100.000 strangers row in
the city, and the weather hot beyond
all precedent, the mercury siands at 100
in the shade, We have visited Staten
Island, and Central Park, besides va
rious other places possessing fewer at
tractions, and could agreeably spend a
month here seeing what is to be seen.
We had the pleasure on Sabbath of hear
ing a most excellent, moving fernmn
fr„m the Rev. Dr. Deems, at the
“ Church oj the Strangers .” He is a
Southern Methodist and belongs to the
N. C. Conference. His congregations
are largely made up ot Southerners.-
We had designed going over to Brook
lyn to hear Ilenrv Want Beecher, but
learned that he had gone tq Europe.—
Owing to the great heat we did not see
as much of the Convention as we de
sired, the Hail was densely crowded
with both sexes, and thousands stand
ing without seeking an opportunity
just to get a peep. We have been to
the room, of the Ga. Delegation several
times and there met up with familiar
faces, among whom were Gen. A. R.
Wright, of the Augusta Chron & Sen.,
atui Col. Carey W. Stiles, of the At
lanta Constitution, hut as we did not
come as a delegate, but to look around,
we spent our lime going from post to
pillow, as we expected to make our
stay here short, ami wished to see what
is to be seen with the natural eye, and
what is to be heard with the ear can
be as easily heard it home. The Con
vention commenced ballotting lor a
candidate this evening (Monday.) hav
ing already adopted a platform of prin_
ciples. Pendleton stock is on the rise
just now—no telling how it will he to
morrow ; H3 e.ci delegation has
.- candidate, therefore, it is hard to
tell who will be the nominee, someone
perhaps that wu least expect —but more
annu.
N. B.—We left New York on Mon
day evening the 6;h, on the 6-30 train
for Philadelphia, and after some five
hours ride found ourselves in that city,
which we found apeord only to New
York in size and importance, It is a
beautiful city, and wi.lial, doubtless, a
pleasant place to live. What little
tune we spent here Benjamine Franklin
was uppermost in our thoughts—this
was the theatre of his operations as
foreman of the craft of which we are
an humble disciple. Our reflections
were soon broken by the new scenes
that loomed up around us as our fiery
steed wended his way at the rate of
about 1-40 to the great Iron City on
the Allegheny, and in the direction ot
the great city .of the West—Chicago.
This line of Railroad is double
tracked for 450 miles i. e. from New
York to Pittsburg. ’The trains pass
••ach other in rapid succession, all going
west on the right track and returning east
~n the other, no time is lost in switehr
nig off and on. Every tliingalong this
route indicates thrift. Towns have
sprung up as if by magic—yes grest
cities. Coal mines and depots are nu
merous, and furnaces and manufactor
ies ire far mure numerous Every lit
tle depot along the road is rendered
important by some kind of manufactory
while the inlervening vaiiies and out
spreading plains teem will* fatness.—
The finest wheat fields and clover and
grass fields, the largest harnes and more
of them, rtock of all kinds almost as
numerous as Jacob’s cattle, added in
terest to the scene, and in addition
each and every westward bound train
was burthened with emigrants fresh
Irom the ports of Ewrope seeking
homes in the great West and invest
ments for their capital. Ah ! we
thought to ourself, as we looked at
those sturdy, hail, hearty foreigners,
when will the day come that will wit
ness such scenes of emigration South
ward. We contrasted th« country
through which wr passed with that in
which we live, and what a difference
But let us iook forward and hope on.
At Crestline, some six hundred miles
West of New York, we left the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne 4* Chicago Railroad,
and turned in the direction of Indianap
olis, after several pleasant hour’s ride
through a most lovely country, we
reached tiiat city, the larger proportion
of passengers, however, had left us and
gone on West. Indianapolis, before
the war, was not a place of much note
or importance except as the capitol ol
the St*te, hut since the war has grown
lo'oe a great city. The finest depot,
furnished with more accommodations
for travelers, we found here, which
speaks well for the people. The
country between this city and Louis"
ville, Kentucky, altlioug 1, very pretty,
is too flat and marshy, and did not £-ive
much evidence of thrift, although the
people seemed well to do. L ouisville,
Kentucky, to us, was a dear spot, feel
ing, as we did, when we arrived tn
that great and populous city, that we
were among our friends. .lere we
crossed the Ohio river, the dividing
line between the two heretofore beliig
prent sections of this great Union
the North and South. We could im
agine a thrill of joy permeating our
person as we set foot on Southern soil
—the land that gave us birth and the
land that we love most, vVe felt proud
of her lolly domes and towering spires,
and the moreso of her cherry people
whose hearts pulsate with emotions of
sympathy for their impoverished and
destitute Southern sisters. Old Ken
tucky is a great State adorned by the
beautiful and interesting city of Lojiis
ville. We love her because she gave
us bread when we were an hungered
ami drink when we were athirst. We
felt in h»r embraces that we were at
home. Leaving Louisville we 9oon
arrived ai Nashville, Tennessee, pass
ing through a beautiful country, and
one made sacred to us as the stage of
action of the early armies of the South
ern Confederacy. Nashville is also
an unique and chaste city, smrounded
by a fine country, and tier Northern
borders washed by the waters of the
Cumberland. At Stevenson, Ala,, we
heard the result of the Convention, and
from there on to Cartersviile politics
was the order of the day, both on the
cars and off the cart. Os all the Rail*
roads upon which we traveled in our
route, we can ssv truthfully “ for
neatness, cleanliness and seemity,” the
Western 4* Atlantic brats them all, and
Georgia, as a State, is still uppermost in
our heart.
Mork Georgians on tick Road to
Pardon. — In the National Intelligen
cer, of Thursday last, we find the
names of the following Georgians
whose disabilities have been removed
bv the House of Representatives, in
which action the Senate will cer tainlv i
concur. Considering their past and
present ( supposed ) polities! status. tlis
group may well be characterized as
motley :
P. VT. B. Young. Cartersviile ; R. W ,
Bell, Bulks county ; H. H. Took, I
Thomas county ; Walker Brock. State i
Senator elect ; W. C. Daniel, Savan- i
nah : William T. Martin. Banks ••min. !
ty ; John W. 11. Underwood. Angus- !
tus Wright, Rome ; Cnarles E. Brojr- .
les, Dalton ; all of Georgia. James L
Seward, Thomas count’ , Ga.
At a meeting of a portion of
the Democratic Party of Bartow Conn*
ty in Cartersviile, the following gen
tlemen were appointed as Delegates to
attend the State Convention to assem
ble in Atlanta, 23nd of July. A part
of thene names were left out last
week by mistake, hence the republica
tion of the notice in this issue :
S. W. Leland. W. H. Pritchett. J-
C. c- Blackburn, J. H. Fitten, Col.
Tunaliu, J. VV. Gray, B. VV. Lewis.
David Quarles, A. F, Woolley, Tlios.
Tumlin, Elliott M«ore, Win. Milner,
A. N. Bradshaw, Col. Rich, J. C.
Young. Win. L. Rowland, C. Dodd,
Williford, C. T. Shelmaii, W. T.
Burge, R. H. Cannon, Nathan Land
Tlios. F: Jones, M. MeMurrav, T. G.
Barron James Lewis, B. G. Pool and
J hn Jolly, II F. Price, J V . Ha r t
T. 11. Stokely. J. A. Erwin.
KAYTON’S Oil OF LIFE and Pill and Magic
Cure for tale by all Druggists.
KAYTON’S OIL OF LIFE,*-Cure# Ear ache
Burns, Cuts, ttlings, etc,
TOE GREAT NATIONAL, DEM
OCRATIC CONTENTION.
THE GREATcSI EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSI
ASM.
IMMENSE CROWDS IY FRONT
OF TAMMANY El ALL.
SptECiiug bv Generals.
HAMPTON AND FORREST.
THE SOTdIERS jFbIIANt'
Speeches by Confederate Gen
erais.
BILLOT l XaTTmO E 8 FOR
F. P. BLAIP.
STREE TS CROWDED WITH FEO
PLEr
THE BEST FEELING FKEVAILIISG,
Special to the Coostilutlun.
New York, July 9. Horatio Sey
mour unanimously nominated on the
twenty second ballot. Excitement and
enthusiasm.
12 45 P. M. —Vallandigham and
Keirnan insisted oil Seymour » nomi
nation willing or unwilling. Pennsyl
vania and Massachusetts elianged ilieu
voles to Seymour in the nuUol oi the
greatest confusion and cheering.
1 p. m.— The 11-11 is now one
scene of excitement. Each State is
anxious to name Seymour, and as there
is no opposition, Pennsylvania, lowa,
' Illinois, Wisconsin, Virginia, Kentucky
and Indiana have produceU i:i hu l<i
vor, and Nebiaska, Minnesota, Oregon
and all the others will »oliov*.
2 ;10 p. m.— —As each State recorus
her vote t'tev are received with tre
mendous applause. The various chair
men prefaced the Slate vole with a
lew remarks. The endorsement ol the
Southern and Western States meet
with most lieaity applause.
1 :12 p. m. Mi. Tilder. of New
York, was the last lo speak, and in
a short speech of thanks to the Con
vention for the honor conferred on New
York, the nomination was ratified by
three cheers.
1 :10 p. m. —All the States have vo
ted for Seymour. Intense excitement
pervades the audience anu the delegates
are standing up cheering and waving
handkerchiefs, and camions are boom*
ing outside.
1 :20 p. si.—The vote is 317 for
Seymour. It caused the most enthu
siastic applause. The Vice President
looks very much like Blair. The rolls
are no n being called.
1 :25 p. m.—The Convention has
adjourned one hour to consult on the
nomination h,r Vice President.
1 :28 p. M. Tiie Pennsylvania del
egates have agreed in caucus, to vote
for Blair. He or Ewing will get it. —
During the recess Ten thousand peo
ple assembled in front of Tammany
Hall. Speeches were made amidst
continuous cheering.
2.20 p. m —The Convention is
about to meet.
Gen. Morgan, of Ohio, ir* named by
many Southern delegates as the candi
date for Vice President. It is proba
ble either he or Blair or Ewing will be
nominated.
2.30. p. m.—lllinois namea Gen.
MoOlcrnand, but lie withdraws.
2.38. p. m. — Illinois names Dodge.
Wade Hampton’s speech was made
amidst the greatest applause, cheer al
ter cheer rolling up when he declared
lor Blair.
F. P. Blair was nominated on the
first ballot lor Vice President amidst
immense applause.
The soldiers are jubilant. Speech
es were made, mostly by Confedeiate
officers.
When General Kemper, of Virginia,
endorsed Blair, the cheers given Hamp
ton were increased. The ballot was
unanimous lor Blair—3l7.
3; 15. p. m. —Mr Tilder concurred for
New York State in the nomination of
Blair. Iminenre cheering.
3.30. P. M. — The closing of the Con
vention was of the most pleasant na
ture —the officers mingling freely, and
pledging each other to work earnestly
for the ticket.
Alter General Hamilton’s speech, all
the Union Genetals present congratu
lated him.
3 22. P. M. — General t orrest of Ten
nessee, east the yote ol his Stale mak
ing a tew remarks, which were receiv
ed with rounds o| applause.
3 20. p. M —I he streets are crowd
ed with people, all pleased With the
nominees. The best leeling prevails.
The ticket is considered sure iu No
vember. Shouts for Seymour.
Platform of the Boys in Bloc.
The following is the platform of
principles adopted bv the Convention
ol Soldiers and Sailors at New York :
Whereas. A national interchange of
views between the members ol this
Convention and delegates to the Ns*-
tionai Democratic Convention have
fullv confirmed us in our previously
entertained opinion of the purity and
patriotism of that body, and fully justi
fies the belie! that, in the election ol
candidates and the construction of a
platform, the Convention will be gov
erned by the spirit of the address adopt
ed by this body on the 6tli instant ;
therefore, relying upon this belief, be
it
Resolved, That we will support its
nominations for President r.nd Vice
President of the United States, and
that, on our return home, we will in
duce otir comrades in arms to unite
with us in yielding to them an earnest
support.
A delegation from Atlanta have
arrived at Washington, and urge Con
gress to remove the political disabili
ties from the Radical members in the
Georgia Legislature.
Horrible llomicipk.—Mr. M. V.
Wood, a quiet and peaceful citi
jen, died at Ilfs residence, in this city,
last Sunday evening, from the effect*
of a large number of b!ow«s received
from John Oswalt, appointee of Gen.
Meade, as Deputy Marshal ol Rome.
Courier 14tU.
THE! PLATFORM
Upon which Every Honest
White Man In the Land can
Stand.
The following is the platform adopt
ed by the National Den&oersuic Con*
vention at New York :
The National Demt'crrtie p?rtv, ia
Rational Convention assembled, repo-1
sing its trust in the intelligence, pain- I
otisiu and discriminating justice of the;
people, standing upon the Constitution
as the inundation and limitation of the
powers of the Government and the;
guarantee of the liberties of the citizen ,
and recognizing the question of slavery
and secession as having been settled
for all time to come by the war or the
voluntary action of the Southern Siatee
in Constitutional Conventions assein**
hied, and never to be renewed or’rcagi
taied. do, with the return of peace, de
man:! —
Ist, The immediate restoration of all
ihe Stales to their rights in the Union
under the Constitution, and of civil
government to the American people.
2d. Amnesty for all past political
offenses, and the regulation of the el
ective franchise in the Slates by the
citizens, and the payment of the pub
lic debt *>f the United States as rapidly
as practicable.
3d. All money drawn from the peo
ple by taxation, except so much as is
requisite for the necessities of the Gov
eminent economically administered, to
be honestly applied to such payment,
and, where the obligations of the Gov
ernment do not expressly slate Upon
their lace or the law under which they
were issued does not’ provide that they
shall be paid in coin, they ought in
right and justice to be paid in the law
ful money ol the United States. —
(Thunders of applause.)
4th. Equal taxation of every species
of propriety, according to its real val
ue, including Government bonds ami
other public securities, [Renewed
cheering, and cries of “Real! it again. ]
sth. One currency for the Govern
ment and the people, the laborer and
the office-holder, the pensioner and
the soldier, the producer and the bond'
holder. [Great cheering and cries of
•■Read it again.”]
Ttie tilth resolution was again read
and again cheered.
6th. Economy in the administration
of the government; the reduction of
the standing army and navy ; the abol
ishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau,
(great cheers] and all political instru
mentalities designed to secure negro
supremacy : the simplification ol the
system and discontinuance of the in
quisitorial boards of assessing and col
lecting internal revenue, so, that the
burden ol taxation may be equalized
and lessened, the credit ol the Govern
ment ami the currency made good, the
repeal of all enactments lor enrolling
the State militia into national forces in
1 1 n>e of peace, and a tariff for revenue
upon foreign imports, and such equal
taxation under the internal revenue
laws as will afford incidental protect
ion to domestic manufactures, and as
will, without impairing the revenue,
impose tlie least burden upon and best
promote and encourage the great in
dustrial interests of the country.
7th, The relorm of abuse in the ad
ministration, the expulsion of corrupt
men Iri.ui office, the abrogation of use
less offices, the restoration of rightful
authority to and the independence of
o| Executive and Judicial Department
of the Government, tie subordination
of the military to the civil power, to
the end that the usurpations of Con
gress ami the detspetiam of the sword
may cease.
Bih. Equal rights and protection lor
natuializcd and native-born citizens at
home and abroad. The assertion of
American nationality, which shall com
mand the respect of foreign powers,
furnish an example and encouragement
lo people struggling lor national ii tegr
ritv, constitutional I’brrty and individ
ual rights, and the maintainaiu e of the
rights of naturalized citizens against
the absolute doctrines of immutable al
legiance. and the claim of foreign pow
ers to punish them for alleged crime
commuted beyond their jurisdiction. —
LApplitue.]
In demanding these measures and re
forms we arraign the Radical party for
the disregard «tl right, and the tinpar
alled oppression and tyranny which
have marked its career.
After toe most solemn and unani
mous pledge ol both Houses of Congress
to prosecute the war exclusively for
the maintenance of the Government
and the preservation of the Union tin
der the Constitution, it has repeatedly
violated that most sacred pledge under
which was rallied that noble volunteer
army which carried our noble flag to
victory.
Instead of restoring the Union, it ha*
so tar a* was in its power, dissolved it
and subjected ten States in a tin.e of
profound peace to military despotism
and negro supremacy.
It has nullified the right of trial by
jury.
Il has abolished the writ of haoess
corpus—that most sacred writ of liber"
ty.
It has overthrown the freedom ol
speech and »f the press.
It has substituted arbitary seizures
and arrests and military trials and se j
rret starchamber inquisitions for con" ,
siitutional tnhnnals.
It has disregarded in time ol peace j
the right of the people to be free front
search ami seizure.
[ has entered the post and telegraph
s, and even the private rooms of
individuals, and seized their private j
papers and letters, without any spect-|
ft. ation or notice or affidavit, as requir- ,
ed by ill# organic law.
It has converted the American capi- I
tal into a bastile.
Ii ha* established a system of spies
and official espionage to w'uch noeon
siitutional monarchy cl Europe would
now dare in resort.
Il has abolished the right of appeal
in important constitutional questions to;
the supreme judicial tribunal and
threatens to curtail or destroy its orig
inal jurisdiction, which is irrevocably
vested by the Constitution, while the j
learned Chief Justice has b'eeft suhjee- j
ted to great and atlrucious calumnies
merely because lie would not prosti
tute bis high office to the support of the
false and partisan charges preferred
against the President.
Its corruption and extravagance have
exceeded anything known in history,
and by its frauds and monopolies it
has nearly doubled the burdens of debt
created during the war. It has strip
ped the President ol his constitutional
power of appointment even of his own
cabinet.
Under its repeated assault*, the pil
lars of the Government are rocking on
their base, and, should it succeed in
November next, and inaugurate its
President, we will meet as a subject
and conquered people ainiJ the ruins of
liberty and the scattered fragments ol
the Constitution ; and we do declare
and resolve, that, ever since the pen.
pie of the United Stales threw off all.
subjection to the British Crown, the
privilege and trust of suffrage have be
longed to the several States, and have
been granted, regulated, and controlled
exclusively by the political power of
each State, and any attempt by Con
gress, on any pretext whatever, to de
prive any State of this right, or interfere
in tl is exercise is a flagrant usurpation
of power which can find no war
rant in the Constitution, and. if sanc
tioned by the people, will subvert our
form of Government, and can only end
in a single, centralized, consolidated
Government, in which the seperate
existence of the States wril be entirely
absorbed and an unqualified despotism
he established in place of a Federal
Union of i qual States,
I hat we regard the reconstruction
acts of Congress, so-calied, -.s usurpa
tions. unconstitutional, revolutionary
and void.
Fh it our soldiers and sailors, who
carried the flag of our country to victo
ry against a mosi gallant and determtn
ed foe, must ever be gratefully remem
bered. and all the guarantees given in
their favor must ba faithfully carried
into execution.
That the public lands should be dis
tributed as widely among the people
r.s possible, and should be disposed of
cither under the pre-emption or the
h onestead law, and sold in reasonable
quantities, and to none but actual oc
cupants, and at minimum prices as es
tablished by the Government. When
grants of public lands may be deemed
necessary for the encouragement ofim
portant public improvements, the pro
ceeds of the sale of such lands, and not
the lands themselves, should be appli
ed.
'Flint the president of the United
States, Andrew Johnson, in exercising
the power of his high office in resisting
the aggressions of Congress on the
constitutional rights of the States and
the people, is entitled to (lie gratitude
of the whole American people, and on
behalf of the Democratic partvwe ten
der him our thanks for his patriotic es.
forts in that regard. (Grrat Applause.)
Upon this platform the Democratic |
parly appeal to every patriot, including i
all the conservative element and all ;
who desire to supnort the Constitution i
and restore the Union, forgetting all
past difference ol opinion, to unite
with ns in the present great snuggle lor
the liberties of the people, and iliat to
all such, to whatever party they may
have heretofore belonged, we extend
the right hand of fellowship, and hail
all such co-operating with us as friends
and brothers.
Cartersville & Tan Wert Rail
Road.
Mr. Editor : Ordinarily, rr.en are
said to be sensitive on subjects effect
ing their pecuniary interests, and vigi
lant in guarding against contingencies
that tend to depreciate property. —
Such, your communicant is sorry to in
form you, is not the case with (he ma
jority ol the citizens of this town, at
this time. Never, in his knowledge of
the history of the world, since the
days when Noah preached to the stub
born Antideluvians, or Lot expostula
ted with the refactory inhabitants of
Sodom and Gomorrah, has lie known
any community to manifest so much
indifference, such cold, stoic, sullen in
difference, in a matter so vitally e ffect
ing their worldly interests, and threat
ening even their vetv municipal exist
ence, as that exhibited hy the people
of Cartersville in reference lo the above
enterprise. Lot was unable to find
five righteous men to avert the ven
geance of Heaven from the devoted
cities. Scarcely a larger number of
the interested business men, and prop
erty owners of this piace, was found
at the meeting on Saturday, endeavor
ing to avert the calamities which will
surely fall upon Cartersville, should
this Railroad be turned from her, in
the direction of Marietta or Atlanta.—
Surely, our people do not yet under
stand this matter ! How else can we
account for their morbid insensibility
upon this subject ? Has the instinct
of self-preservation, which th<*y should
have in common with the brute crea
tion, deserted them? Has the maxim
concerning interested human motives,
bee'n reversed ill our case ? or does
each one lay back, consoling himself
with the reflection that jcrliaps his
neighbors will build the Road, and
that he, and his children will be per
mitted to gather the fruits, and enjoy
the benefits to result from this enter
prise, without h*7ing contributed any
thing to secure its accomplishment ?
Surely, such a selfish, unworthy, dis
honoring sentiment. cannot largely per
vade so intelligent and respectable a
community as ours. Should there he
any amoug us, however, who are lay
ing this flattering unction to their
hearts, let me assure then} that they are
deluding themselves. It is only by
the combined efforts of the whole com
munity, that we can have any reason*
able hope of success in this matter ;
and failure with us, at the present
time, will be disastrous; it will be ruin*
d°preciation, loss iff trade, stagna
tion in business, with all their train of
concomitant evils. We have treated
this matter too lightly in the past;
have not given it tlict attention its im
portance demtnds. In our eager haste
to repair our fortunes, broken down by
the war ; in our zealous prosecution
of private interests, we have lost sight
of the interests of the community.—
We should rec dlect, that upon a wise
end prudent management of the latter,
the former entirety depend for success.
Is any man among us so simple as to
suppose that a town of any commer
cial importance can be built up with
out any display of public spirit and
public enterprise on the part of its in
habitants ? 'Fins is an age of progress,
: an age of antagonisms and rivalry be
tween commercial centers. 'Fh at
town or city which does not keep on
the constant lookout, and watch her
antagonists with the keen eve ol a glad
iator, may expect to he vanquished
in this sharp contest, and to he driven
in confusion and disgrace, from the
commercial arena. A radical revolu
tion, recently wrought in our labor sys
j tem, requires a corresponding change
in our habits, modes of living, *rd es
pecially in our objects of investment,
j “King Cotton” has abdicated his
■ thronv. His scepter has departed for
j ever. The whilom monarch no lon
ger wears the laurel wreath, which, in
j days of yore, the Southern plante r
1 fondly imagined he could see encir
cling his royal brow ; but with hesi
tating step, and troubled look, he nov,
lurks about the business marts and
market places of the world, tue object
of vulgar ridicule, and fickle subject of
gambling speculation. The change,
we say. in our labor system requires
a corresponding change in our genera!
industrial economy. The repeated
abortive attempts, which have recent
ly been made, to continue the planting
business on a large scale, demonstrate
this position. Then, to secure our
greatest prosperity, and sectional in
dependence, there must be a more
equal distribution of capital between
our different industrial pursuits. Com
merce. agiiculture, mining, manufac
turing and the mechanical arts, must
all go hand in hand, as mutual stays
and supports to each other. These,
and especially the first, cannot be fos
tered to any considerable extent, wrli
mit a proper s\stein ol internal im
provements. We mean by internal
improvements, all objects of public en
terprise, but especially those grand,
life-giving arteries of commerce. Rail
roads. Let us lake a bird s tye view
■of our situation. What are our sur
roundings, and prospet ts, and dangers
from the rivalshin of neighboring cit
ies ? Is not Atlanta, in her eag«'r
grasp after inetropolitanism, and com
mercial centralism, constantly casting
about for means ol accomplishing her
1 designs? Is she not continually thrust
ing her long iron arms in.o cm ry nook
and corner ol the country, from which
there is the leasi prospect ol remunera
tive trade ? Marietta, too, our less
formidable, perhaps, but no less vigi
lant rival, is watching with anxious
solicitude every movement made by
Carteisville. A eharu*r for a II tad
lrotn tins place to Canton, obtained a
few years since, immediately called
forth from her a counter survey in that
direction, extending itseil even to
Diickiown and the valley ol tlie Hi
; tvassee, cutting off nearly the last ves
tige of our mountain t:ade ; and with
eager jealousy she is now ncgoiiating
to secure to herself the terminus of the
Van Wert Road, and with it the im
mense benefits which will accrue from
that enterprise. Can our people long
er remain insensible ot the great ad
vantages which we possess, to which
our neighbors are so keenly alive, and
of which they are so justly jealous ?
But what will all these avail us, it we sit
supinely by, and see our less favored
neighbors parcel out among themselves
all that rich, teeming country, by
which we are surrounded ? I lie Uto
pian picture of Cartersville’* bright
prospects has been too often drawn to
require repainting at my hands, We
| are all familiar with it ; but it would
he no difficult task *o skeich another,
i in bold and gloomy contrast with that.
! portraying the disappointed hopes,
the blighted prospects and the ut'or
ruin and desolation of a place, wanting
in the enterprise of its inhabitants and
| devoid of the proper public spirit.—
WhHi of these pictures do you choose
to realize, people of Cartersville ?
i The ease is now submitted to yon, the
issue is upon yon, and you are forced
to render a verdict within the next
two weeks. 'That verdict will mould
your futMre destiny. Accept the pro
posed Railro-d connection with Van
Wert, and there is nothing too extrav
agant for you to hope for in the future ;
reject it, and it will require no proph
et to foretell your doom,
s A CITIZEN.
50,000.
Fifty Thousand
Bushels Wheat
Wanted!
FIVE HUNDRED
and
ID IM€I m
WHEAT!!
Ho every one who
Wants
I WILL FURNISH THEM AT TH!
LOWEST CASH PRICES. Aitf TAKE
WHEAT AT $2.00 A BUSHEL.
REA® I9Y Propositions,to-wlfc
I will furnish a number one Concord »
Side Spiing Bug2y for Eight-.- Bushel* when.
A Ko, one End Spring Buggy for Eighty
five b isheli wheat. Somerunniug higher auti
some lower.
For one hundred and sixtv bushel* wheat I
will furnish a No. t Rockaway, room for few
pe-aons.
For two hnndred wheat I will fats
ish a No. 1 six seated Rockaway.
Came one, come all. I can furnish anystyU
or tinisli desired, having five hundied at mj
command.
I will also furnish for ton bushels wheat a
splendid Buggy Harness.
An excellent Double Harness for eighteen
bushels wheat.
A superb Carriage Harness for twenty-three
bushels wheat.
These propositions to continue until the ii
day < f July proximo.
R. H. JONES.
CARTERSVIUE, GA.
June. 10, ’6B.
mmAx
C.A.83--S -A-ICTID
CASKETS.
B Y
Erwin and Jones.
IUE II WE IN STORK A GOOD A«J
W sortment 01 Metalic Burial Caeee or
Collins. As sonio erroneous irapres.-ion* have
tton.- out aliout prices, we will give price lilt,
which you will find approximate old figure*
for ihcm.
Case B 33 inchee $ **
C 39 “ »
D 45 - **
“ E 51
“ G «4 “ ••
“ H fi« “ 14
“ j tx « •*
.. L 74 *' 10*
“ M 76 - 168
We do not charge above tho*- figure*.
- ERWIN & JONEf.
f'artersville, J;n. 3 let, IBBW-ly. _
CAPITOL DRUG STORE.
L. H. BKADFIELD,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST
And dealer In PuinU, Oil* »nd DyMMtffi. K*«P*
constantly on hand a complete »»« -tment of eTtry
thine usually found In a Vi -«t (’fas* D’tijr Store.
vs >, sole Agent for D-. 0.8. Prophfu'* celebrstw
Family Medicine* ; to-wit:
PROPHirrSLIVKH MKDICINE.
PitOPHITT’S PUN KILL IT.
PKOPUMT'S ANTI-BILLIOtTS PII.LB
The excellent remed ! e* of 0. 8. Prnphft*, M. P
neet no recommendation Their wail known p«** r
In rrmoT ; ni( ihe diseases p *-ulisr to our Soothers
e.Hma’f, hotonsr already eat -tnl >hed for th* a an en»!»"
hie reputation in Oe.-> ajs, t the a j<i- <ng State*.—
A» the majority < f person* liv • * in Ihsthuitb ar*
pre-d‘spo*ed to 'ile-aa* of th* Lire . it ia grant.dk*
all f. t*Ul**nl phi aloian that m>st of the pains an*
ache* of our peop'e are and i« to > r;»nlc or fenctioßt
derangemeut, of ihat important organ. rropntU*
Antl-Billi ms Pill, and Liver Medicine strfhe dlreetlJ
at the root of the evi'. They cure the Llv«r, wh.ofcr
in nine cases out of ten, is a' the b >ttom of ths Couf“*.
Dyspepsias, Colic*. Mick Ueadach*. Rheumatloj Lo *
atipattops, Menstrua! oh iruc iont., to .so
amony ou r peop'e. K rachr, T •■uhache. Acute iw
madam, Neuralgia and h'd'ly oaio* of every kind, o
as*
Proprietor of Capitol Dr*g Store,
Solo Are-t for Prophitt’s Oe ehr te I Psmily Medloia#t
JunelS.tf Whitehall street. At ante.
Two mor ths after date, application will be mad*
to -h • Court of Ordinary of Bartow County, (le«rfi»r
ht the fl st reju'ar Temt after explra lon of Wo>
M. i ths from tin* Notice, for leave to sell the Lv>-‘
ion ;tog to ths estate of James Wofford, late of »* “
County Deceased, for the benefit of the hclre of *»'
De'raced. , . .
OAMILLIA M. V. OFrOBD—Ada r*.
WJh the WUl aaaeaod of i-.MUi WOrfOf.fr s**
gtuie t&Ut St*.