The Cuthbert appeal. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 1866-1884, October 26, 1866, Image 2

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TEcTunib^rUppeol. IUv A. I,. IIA Mil,TON 1) I)., I IlKIltlKUT HKLI1KK. '. | lltr.fJIKO K. HK HU, ) FRIDAY, OCTOW5K i»6, 1*60. OUH SPECIMEN PAl'fa. J\N u piyuj 'flwn pJj'Of io k yfigo num- her uf iHTwniiH nnd burine*s-lii«^^*mj4. oh our tutyttipljofi jjrt, ujio nro stippoor «<l to npprogutp tlig imporfgnqo #>f ad vertising, nnd o» whom it iN not oonvon* »»t to unit m person to rolldl M$Wrip‘ tiunn or tldTcfttiHA^. Wo nro loentod in tii»l large und L-ruls I upon known im BoutlpWcstorti Otfr>rgiii, w li.-f-g - yc 0 vxt prrf *oftn to.hnvs n Jiififf<44*iUi*criptiim li*t nml of a luglily c>nlonii i»ing tmd conv piirulivol^ prtwjHjpi.nn p'rbpty*' mining wlictin bmqiiomt tnon u chow Will f!n<|. advertising it-pwying inmwtmint; * All w ho receive ! Us piigibcrwilhplegso fii o.frl'/lm ojiigyjjy.^reeling, n»d il tokr.i of-«ii» rood wWtra.'fimfn ftopert*' lid nfiliritntinn fopliMuHo f..r'tin Ar* in Uiiwnomi* lu uiivwtiMj jn itrt column*. 1’UBUIIVSM.^Pft. i lio proprietors nnd puhlitheis of tin* Appoul 1 liink it” fiM' f Rtihj iTViij^f lit (• in iHinding-tM]-frj*t Line lT/llio % |iViWlu to brflfly tliou niiu^iiid purprH M,* Wo nro printers by odtn niion, nnd nro reeking (<i ("4uMudv.it jicnminvul Ncwwpnper iiinj Jub/Mton i.r Oulbboit. Onr nttuntiAu hra-W.AMi ’Uhrdied to thin t;ijy* onpnynnLfDf. jU jwulUijk ecu- trnl position, L U want M tiny iMruilur irntorpi ipo, iur| n fovrfrnbleMilling ftf t!)o people; hfidny tlio niJClfo of \vo|| inform- b od nnd puMio sjjjutod 'rtfixfinfc flmtSiieli nn imdertnkinpf vroilfil npvl \\Ijb „ f„. 1 ornblo roccpbvij, Iwid if pivMmiM with i ncrgy and propriety, would meet ,witb niiit.^i Our ^rtjicr U Munch..<1 for nn mriellinlhf pvrjutf, dtj nmding upon lifo, buttlth, nnd furluno, nnd ho nntwYuin no idou of ubtiiidning U \jjyfo by jnnpor industry nnd.pnurgy jl may be uihdo to yiidd ii Hipimanud rwsdtihtu rdnhhem- lion. WoHerP'i^mfihnont riti/oriKf.ij) in your midst, ty biicoiMU'iduiilitied in Ted- ing nnd in idi 4bo mqterinl interest bf this nnd tlio surrounding vomhiiifiliy, imd liopo to mofft palrnmigp* nmi to K M for nnd rooolvubonvfllirM* ttftrffftil W|.j>ort iti 1 Minir»oi»M, n*idTi\ pjgylyti piunnnru for iiiiihl'Ivon nini LnuJiue by tiumdffidl and virtuous iwsofiutions mound iih. 'J'o up- bold tlio t r, '"d niid.'puibi iilu. k utuHv rtrnin tlm bail in n pmt of llto int^Htoti ci| n froo prcM,«n<l wtrtM iWf propoo.i tlml our nnwHpnjjt.r ,|,„]| i, 0 w i 0 lduU to other than mn.li |»iu*po^n iir will moot tlui —f~ y ullltntoi y. COOI D KATt BitAKtIir.flOP OOVERKSfI'HT. If tliu otUturipl' f iniltfi.t ..i) % N»»u-iila L'nii* und Am ri. an nSronf..Jl|igloc«l|iM,l,cd^'» l ""S> +■>» »•* '•» r<iitl| Ar gnJiJ nmlF#"* 1 ' 1 -' nngjudi#, «n> coo^ratifl irin^L'H.' IrA>in»#idii<- tll|» pH|H.T, ml ii*U| doi’li not ulm||iito UramjjeH of Govern ing n new journal to the notice of the public, wo avouch our sincere det-ira for recognition In t1io"ltepub)icof Letters,” our appreciation • powet r of tin Tees', mid the wc'lgm^nfsoonhibilitics ut fnebrng* to our position. To w/ito and collate for the unseen—fqr tlio rude and tnUcamed, ns wvll a« fur tlra |tnHto nnd l<*amoJ—to irpchvnr, In n word, tliumuk* ere nml gfiblen rif publie'ppluion, upon wliicb, w ltli n“, ns a people, our dcutinieM —so^-iul tn>d pojitimil—turn, in at once both a flruvu mid pleasing undertaking. Willi tills goal steadily hlfbro us, it will be nenvHflpry, of coursn, that every elc- irtvM ut woll: liinolig us, should receive attention. All the fiictors in operation, by whoso inmbioed re^ulta onr fifu is <’(), W ill |hiss unt^er i cviiwv—each in On-ir torn huvoiuifg propjjwifrt or do- pre*K'd, its tiniiuwtMieet, .in onr jmlg. •y met COUOui), to Im determined by him mtht, i^ny^ssem to rcqnin*. Polltninl, inent, sums up the theory in tlio follow ing paragraph. "Therefore, sve sny Unit I’riHiddnt dohnsou prop- i ly can submit to hiii cal*- and (belli, from tlio Const it ut'on, w belli* cr or not u coordinate department of the Government is constitiitioiinll/oriinniMcl mid cnimiwrfed tomwipernle with tlio Executive dcpiirtmout in performingtbu prescribed fundlions nf government. If lio wferoto have douot whether Congrenj or the Supremo Court, wore in their dr- ganiznti a in conformity to tlio Ccustitia (ion, nnd weto lie to suppresa the fact ho would bo criminally derelict. If facts, of ficially brought ti the attention of Con- grerh, worn to involve tlio constitutional tenufu by which tlio itxeculivo waa held it would bo tho duty of that body to in (pliro into it under the laws, and if neo cwsuiy resist tho veto power nnd concert measure* to rectify too Executive. If tho ^iiprume J iidieiijry is, In any man mr, m i* organization, intiololiotiof tho Constitution, it iKttoduty of tlio 1'rcM vent u is'peration. We have lived fo.roe 'u »ryeciuted to the filljugati<r?j of the revolting States, and- tlio d'normlng of ev ery misting Southron : nod l<f.behold u srquAca Wh illogical ns the fortner ones cited. Tho party and the sentiment that inaugurated the war, and nup|*orted nnd »titn»|bUed tho (Jovernraont twits hucccss- ful prosecution, now opfost* u restora tion of the Union un they fought for it, and that w hile wo nro disarmed and su ing for it with penitence, and supported by the Executive branch of the Govern ment. We ►hull nil ultimately have to be- conic fuiuiluir with >ucfi political and his toiical iucousisteni;iefl. It may ba that wo hove not seen tho end of chnfigcn. If is now hero decreed that wo {ironw are of, that J8GG is to be the ciul-of Itwoiy : •or doe* tbo Logie of occurring events prove toile exclusion of doubt, that n< good is yet to befu.l us. s<f*ljil atld ivligiiyis rnovi tn^nls’,.with the '»h;Vijyijneubt of.agiii}u1twr“i l, id vC tiude. ligr m*wh:(liie: arts, tbo pntgrrsa of tin* lino nrta und Sdlieucs; wiili the eurrent literature ol tbo day, will oil,come in for- nsim-o of onr attention. Wjiile i/idnlg iqg free (Uiiuirm, wo |mpu to avoid a vicious |:i(itmtiiiiiiiiiiiinin. Socking to mint- njHitt Htn germinal pritfdplen of things,Iflhd to be guided by the accepted rulba of Ailholieyptelpretylion, wowoubi likewise shun a narrow b'gotry and dog dent to give Congress inhumation of the |qef,.«nd ol both of .them to proceed to remedy it. Xeithgr of tho three are In depnpdont of oaeh other, or ubso'uto in their iwpvratv npherur. *'i ho great ob jwul'of tho Co|i»Lituti(Ui was to muko ol tho three great.powers of the Govern ment—tlio lagislativy, tho judicial, mid tlm o.Nceulivo—uu accurate system of checks and buiunoc*. If either, ut any time and under any eircaiiistances, re fuses (lio right of legitimate iujuiry from its cocfpal oranobas, it destroys the ad justment of this sys cm, mid nullities the Constitution. Congress may impMun the I’residout mid tho Judges ol the Hu mali*ii|. Hut wliile this shall bo tho _ |>rc^iu Courtibut vitlior of them tnuy rc •pervfidiftjf efiftrhetef of our m.imu", wo i guire that Congress shall rIiow itself t<» sanction and nwtrotiil;of illljffimf Ucopli, fly ngrcemchl with our chair of Edi tors, wo aru respoiuiblo for the* eonvet mid faithful mnmtgvmt'nt of nil tho bud ness deportment, In which we venture to cxpicss the hope that tlio public will not liml csd^rtn ••oittplain. For want of ag(JU|l; J exporiuiii'o in the oditdii il dojiartmvut wo distrusted our nhlibity to put forth mu-Ii u Journal as the publ'e might expovt, and bo plonscd witji, nml lit^vu our arrangement with the itistiHgulshvtl fcontlt'Uu'n wbos'emma s ufiwar with this im-in* «• oditi'W. Wo ^uld hutu Ik«ou willing to oommKPtliiit ktinuot to either ol (lit three; foeliiig ^•ro-would is) uoulmr want’of u* huuttition or tlx* proper energy \[o suoorm, Hut tiioso gentle- ^i fHigngod in their re*f*co- ih'lTicy were unwilling to in this. They nro fe|xmsihlo for iiin^ reading: matter of the pnpotf mid wo hazard nothing in udvcitiring iiir joadcivs that tliu joint responsibility thin incurred, will bo horno to tho eminent credit of nil concerned In order toinnko upi s a good fvdverttrt ing medium v. o t esprclhglji avk li a; n good subscription list in this mid the surround, ing oountleh; nnd in order to induce Anb- m iptioas, wo kindly nsk in addition to tlio Inigo, amount. of oiigiiud reading matter that wo ►hall | ut foitb, llmt in'- tluremofit* bo ofluM^l In extensive nd* vutising. Ho far a* enerp,V nn industry in the humic**department and ahiliiy,taste nml learning In the editorial, mm oonti ibuto vo fid ii t fldi-nt and linpiful. lint it c.umot ho denied that onr success (Jo- poods greatly’ upon the manner in which our enter|i‘wo is reeiovod and the extent to which it is |Kitfottix6d by tho public. As soon us sTtnngrnientH oUn bo per- toiled wo w ill Issyo n Tri-Woekly, El.AW ('URISTtAX, • J.««. 1*. Hawtui.i., ' Proprietors, 1 fit Ltri' KIUAHK VkOVLV." From iiumeidus primary county moot ing in ditlcroiit parts of tho Stnto wo see that tms subject is to bo vigorously press 1 iijmii the attention nf tho Legislature ut its appm-ieliing session, There is a fltllo doubt also, that tbo pooplu in some' sections of our Stain in consviptenoo ol tlio jicuul'nr disaster that laivo befallen them, iro in a condition that calls for the M'i hum consideration of tbo Gonurttl As seinbly. It is also true that thoro are many j.-ersona in tliia and every section of the S ato who by thuir own neglect or by linumst.iiicos beyond their eon tr»'l, against win m tho oulorceliicilt ol (ho Laws as to (licit 7 contracts would ope rate with peculiar hardship. And on tlio oilier hand, tlicro am numy who would reap tlio bciuiits of ii General Law of relief, who nro not entitled to it vilhor upon the score of Law or morals. car There wore, says tlio Era, in at tendance upon tbo Second lbipii«i ( Hiuvli, in Atlanta, on H.ibbalii morning representative* from Itie lumdics of no loss'than flvo rftlio tA’Prnnra of tit-oigirt. These were Ex itov. Itrown mid family, tlio widow of Ex Gov, Win, Hthley, n ci'tvr of Ex-Govr Mclbmnld, a sister« f Ex Gov Cohb, ami a grand son of E*.Got. Milledge, on#of tbo car host t iovonsets of the fcjtule. Hueb a c*- jiu nleiiee of Ex-Guboinato i:d represent 'atives very r.uvlv occur* in the ?.une ,»u- lyyuhj nyt push yjir eGccticimn s<i far as to.givv ib ibu uppoaram * of do<lging in ttiriifn.il ophtton nhd sontimmf. < bfr rol umuH "\slll nbl* lio w c!<mgl«mtofute, syn thetiu jpnd'lej which ns wholo will make no •ItiiiiiiiKiinprcMHfn, "n vo «* they may bo uhtnrfglc'd by 'ho mure n fleeting. They will Im pervaded with anajylic thought, nnd impressed with individual •pin ii wit I laving earnest conviction our solve* upon’ llm^i-amflyirinciplcs lui'ler lying Um vvholc.*upirstructuru of Amei iuan life, it is to bu ••ported that we will give explicit and emphatic expression to tiioso ophunivna w^mb current duvclop mcntiuivoka. With ftiis general statement of priori pics f»f our guidunee J and of our a id as jvurnalists, and our oblignlioas as ox- myswnl. We cheerfully and cotttidinglv 'Wiinit "Tun Arm i. ” tn tlio judgment mid patronago of tlio peopl •, and to that coufttous and liberal spirit which has ever been the true glory of tho Ameri can freiH, A L. IIamiitoN, ■ II KRimuT Enanfcn, Tueo. E. Smith, JCditort. bo uii impeaching body under tlio Con slitutiou, beloro they submit to its author ity. Tliotiuprumo Court lias constitu tional power- to pronoun o un net ol Con- gww null and voi t, bvcatito it violates tlie Constitution. It liu» power to tell the President licit bu bus transgressed Ids nutiiority. Tho Frvsident hu*|s»w# to sny to CongresH, if it Im not composeil uncording to law, that it is not tlm body that the Constitution contemplated us tho law-making power, mid as tlio sworn obiol ollieer of the Constitution ho enu- not comtniinieule with it, or ratify or re- coy nizu It a UctV Now it would be regarded as presump tion for tut to undertuku to exfiotJiid non- Htitutlonul law with any nir of uuthority, or even to deliver nn opinion In any manner dissenting from tho high ex-ca- tliedral proi uneialioti ubovo quoted.— Novorllit'less wo liavo the Constitution before us, myl while we linvo long einoo mourned ftir the departed spirit, yi t tho body of that iastiument may bo read by nil. If an oxettso is demanded for cnteiiag into the discusslou of sueb a pmjsisiiion, it tuny be Tumid in tliu tiutli that public opinion is to u grout extent moulded by tlm press: nnd in times like tlio present, when (hero lire so many breakers ahead, and when tho storm »»t public passion is Jiablj at any moment to ho raised ■ and tlio'dost root ion of tho public ptacu and tratiquility is s> iiiimiiieiit, thoro vvhi> wield eo |siwcrtill mi ciigjgo of jsvwer, arc uhargublu w ith a weigh* of responsi bility which is inoroeusily felt than do* scribed. There are many popular eoNstilu'ionul theories, in this country which uro infer- untlal, and Homo w hich m o aatagoiii.-tic to tho organic Law itself, E>.i instatjeo, tvo all know that our futlieraiin tho last century wont to war with tlio mother country against tlio assumption of.the right to tax tho colonies w ithniit u repre sentation in the Urilish Parliament—thflt tlio war continued for seven years, mid evontunlud in tho Independence of tlio United States. That the present consti tution was framed twolvu yours after lu E:dvemt» lasts'may be put before the dvpemU-uve was deeliwed, and tivu years publio by tlio udfoeati s of repudiation, | utter peace ; yet you wilHook in vain for that strike tho mind with force in „ j any uhmso which in words prohibits tax- moral point of view, cases may likewise I H ^ ou without representation, lll^torio- be prM|Humdud by thosooftlio opisisito opinion, which would operate as a gross fraud, anil an outrage *of our sotmo of Justice and propriety in case of a geuer J Law of repudiation. Our counsel for tlio present fo the people, is to be cidiiv mid deliberate and not to form their tliooiics with haste or advocate them with such intoleruueo tit.d waruijli, us to give rise to lioariburiiings mul strifn, The wisdom of tlm Legisla ture will doubtless bo taxed to devise measure* that will meet the public wants. I a cane there is go relief that can be laid in subordination to tho or ganic Law of tlio Land, the poaco- fui and righl-mimlud people should bo propared to uoccpt tlio bituation—mul ilo all in their power to relieve themselves by their own plana« f industry und ceou- tuny which is perhaps tlio most direct road to relief after all. Pit CVk*k -r’—Wo luivo made incuts with a rJiubiu buM'ncss tirm ally, tli# proposition may bo woll main* tiiinod that it is illegal to tax when repre sentation is denied—and in the case of direct taxes; which (ho Supremo court of tho United States, have in several ca ses declared, moans a poll tax, and tax upon land, a strong inferential argument may be deduce 1 from tho constitution it- m-T. Hut beyond that nothing upon that subject ouu be proven by tlio letter of tlio instrument. It is * : inply oimim in * Tbo colonies went to war for this prin ciple as against a foreign jnnver ; Then it would have been thought Supereroga tion to hitvo provided against ono section taxing another and denying represent^ lion iu Congress. • Our country went to war again with Great Hrittnin in 1812—for “Five Trade and Sailors lights," against the assumed light of impressing Seamen. After throo years of vvusto nnd siitVoring, we made a treaty without guaranteeing tho In tho city to gtvo a at lit ily#)oriecl stale. I'fineiplo for which wo went to war. uient of tho maiket generally each week | Tlio Unitod States went to war with Wo regret that it has been necessary to tho Bout born States upon nu issolated omit it tl.ii week in const queue*) ini I idea. It is trim there were people who t v ** cxtrai'itiinnry hurry in which our'looked to other results; but the Govern- lust number i piep ucd. It will appear' ment had but one idea aful that was the ilailv hereuller. in^gi ity of the Union of Hlntes’— to pre- Expenenco hai suggest' d many cases of ouTiusioD in tho Federal Coi^titution Borne of whigji bavd been supplied by usurpatlSif% \mhfr, wliit h by force ol ■bmsiib '-J _«»'«N«r AIK5V. s.r -zmrfzjrttMi=t ’* THE N. V. HE3ALD /HO TII^ AUUtDKEHT. they have no •'merry.” fc W*rca|'it '-ded 'I'lui^jourhi.l has taken Goo. llmnp- dniormswhiiIfwyonot obs^vTd. The' ton, of Squill C inoiirtn. to a Hons t.. * military uowlahned chunk ip^ioo. '' e •nd pronii'inoes judgment which, if it ifcm-pfod it by solemn ordinanceudleg- eonvrys'nny impression at till, must bo tsl.tive emjatinent, as a^ecj'ientft Four that this gallant hero and patriot has vir- deflut in armfc Ascordin^ to.th be tuo left. Gov. Humphlii-s, of .Mi.-s., is 1 litm <>f the minorities wo awoli t'Sup- lednred for tolling the legislature that 1 port and dt-remlUhu* Union. »yletvy the mere readjug of tho proposed c*)n | us tidP*priyi!i‘fee of redeeming the’nth, stitutional iimcndiiiont is sufficient.to sc- |,y refusing us ndinissinn int^hs W, I®. cure its rtjection- The press of Lie mond, Niisbviiin, Memphis, New Orleans nnd Mobile suffer judgmeut nt tho hands Tlmy Tiut il-iqjgunery Advo liner -.f tho -.id *ny* # It4iiay pt-rhnp e , bo sair.ovvhut oncouraginff^to those of owpeople,-who are depoigdJ" take n depfliadenf viuW . f "situation" To ! ) learn that the larg# bank ers of PfcwYoik r.re manifesiiag n lib eral dispisffibn to iiegolinta loans with tho South era States! Fitnc time aiuce, GovernoFUntton secured*#, loan to our Statu efJtfjO.OOO from a prOtuinent bonk* of Mr. IJennctt, bocauso they refuse to j With suppressed consciences, and lush counsel tho ponpto to its acceptance.--1 j„g ,-heelis, vqgasbiyed, tlm* ordflri p ad- Aud ho sums up his *triclure» and i.sues j„g durc^H of civil excommunicitiomnd orders to tho South iu the follow ing lietal/lhe repudiHl'.n o! ebls hotnj in New York city, on very solemnly and in good libnfr^td to favoablotdrmsT-’nml wo nr* phased to carry <*n the war for md«>pci*Ume.— l«rn, thnf within tho lust fvm days, tho iisago nnd precedent, have become com mon pjliiioal luw. Hut it soeins (Ku we ore approaching a etise iu which thero- is neither erniMtitutional grnn*, or precedent to guido President Johnson. Tho idea of u lrxjn» Con/re**, or two sets of repn- seutntivcH und scnatoni k-gully elootod according to the forms of Law, mid each setting up adverse claims to Legislative prcr.gatlve, or of ono oootion of the com mon country setling up tp bo tho Gov ernment to tho exclusion yf Another, nev er entered tho heads of Washington, Adams, Jvflerrow, nnd Madison—and it is highly probublc, that if these sages could be resurrected now they would not know their own cofltitry, either by its physical aspect or its political principles Tho argument of tlm Union and American duos not support tho conclu sion. The constitution gives us informa tion as to how the Ui csideiit is to be im peached—hop- he may arrest unconsti tutional nnd inexpedient Log'slulion, and how the Judiciary may pro ei'Yotbcqnu- •dilution ns ngamsl .Uongrcrs and the President: ami how thrso respective bodies nro to bo Appointed and inducted into office. It also defines the Legit-la* live pow ers, nnd eWthc* tho r' fpcctivc branchos of Congress with tlio solo pro- rogntivo of Judging of tho election nnd qunntleat'on of the momben. Wo tmve a writ of Quo ll'nrrctnfo by which a con test between two cWimunl* for tho same illioe may bo broii-jlil before Iho .Indicia- ry. Hut all this docs not meet the ci.se. If tlio light of any single momber in Con gress to bis seat is contested, lie gains or loses tbo ease, in accordance with the facts whether ho is legally appointed. Hut this question looks to tlm gOnsdtu- tional tenure of the w bolo body of Con gress, and to tho (|Uehtion whether there is u Congress*, und therefore w hether wo Imvo n Government* It is not n ques tion whether ii represetitative from New York is to bo turned out of his scat, but whether a member fr in Georgia whose scut is not claimed by nny disputanq shall be udmittc^l. And there is so f.n us law or precedent extends no manda mus w rit to fo c tl o*o in thuir * . t to open the doer to those who Are Ait. POLITICAL. Geary’s majority ir. Pennsylvania in about 13,500.’ In Ohio the Abolition majority is about -10,000; tho Democrats guiu ono Uongresstiiiin—Gen. Geo. W. Morgan defeating ('"lumhus Delano in tlio 1 Kill district. Tho Abolition major ity in Indiana, in 04 counties, is 19,!)fT, indictingn reduced tn ij >rity in tboStuto. In Iowa tho majority for the Jiluck lio- publicans is shunt the same us heruto foro. m \ Tho Now Y'ork Express argues tlmt tlio prospect of a ounservntire vicgirv enhanced by tin* results of the October lections. If, under tlio circumstances, the miyolity in Urnnsjlvania could bo reduced ono buff. New York wygl.t to l>« carried by 2.*),000 majority! In (which is tired us a standard) I'ennsyl- vnnia gave a Lepulilieyn mujoiity of 20, 075, w hile Now York gave a Lepuhfl- cun imjority of G,740. Tho aggregate vote of Ponnsylvuuia in that election was 572,707, while that of New York was 730,712. Now thero seems to-bo po doubt, from tlm retain* so for received, that tho ltadieals have lust at their luto idectiors, nt least, five or six thousand of tho given for tho liepuWiean camliJnto ir ' >6i. Taking the lucuuing 1 of lliga©-figures nt the Had teal loss, we got'fliis pn»|>oi tionnl statoment and solu tion: A Conservative gat^ of 5,500 iu Pennsylvania, on an uggregato vote of 572,707, is equivalent to a Conrcrvntive gain in New York of 7,022, on an ag gregate vote of 780,712. That is at the same-rate which tho Conservatives have gained Pennsylvania upon tho elections of lStii, the Conservatives in Now Yoik would gain 9,622—enough to sweep out of existence tho Radical majority oflSCj '*ThcMj#t>M tviJitieinns and editors seem to forget that then*has been u tre mendous revolution nnd that they nro a conquered people, entirely nt tho im-rcy of their conquerors.. Hair splitting quib bles and afgiirnofitB.abont poJitlcwl rights nro all out of plane- The light of the strongest is the'only right Hurt guvortm iu their Cnse. Nominally they :u>i in tlio Union, I ut practically Congress has ex cluded them from being milted political ly wi'h tbo North, mid it bus the power to exclude them imUfinitely if the people sustain its mti m. It w no wo \p oj'poal to tl.fl Constitution, to tho law, to the term-* <>f the nirren-ler,' td the pardoning power of the PresidenL to their reconstruction under tho action of tho Kxerirtive or tj foiything uls* ngniust this h et. Thoy cannot be fully ly restored till Congrewe thinks proper to r-store them. Why, then fesiM'r Why destroy themselves-by a hopeless con flict with a body that has their destiny in its lumds? “ ^ h.ro wan but «>no other power left to \vliieh they <’oukI upped on tlm quo tum of ittwmsliatu restoration without further conditions of Congress, nnd that was tho pooplu of the North. Tho np- pou) has been made, and the elections show beyond all dnu!bt that piibiio senti ment has decided that they dim on I v corn* buck tin their original political*status through ono condition, tho eoastitulioDul amendment, as laid dow n by Congress. That is tho sum uiui-end of the whole urgunier.t. “ Hut romo mny sny, h-t us w ; i: there may bu n ehango 'of pnLi'• i.pin- u-n, mi l u CNmgrv-os imvhe .Ift-ted i ftivorabio tn us. This Is ver ground to stand u|>m). The are kept out ihotjioro diromo their ruse buconu-M find the more difficult to treat Tho politician* of the North, or even the people, migbtiiml ngjf. flmt they could govern und kvp tlio Br.uth innilbjection nnd iioi4.ull the pnlitis.il pmver« f iti#r public withoutijulmiitiflg that 1 all or G*ra long ti mo to coino. .not think that this or nny futighi Con gri-ss is likely to efler tho HoutWFrivrs tnor« favorable forms than r.re now of fered in tlm constitutional amendment^ and ths elinncea are that if th- po be re jotted more disagreeable ones will bo ro- quired. " Coitain short-sighted and itnprnctien l»le men say, * Well let ns romniii out if we cannot got in w ithout uceepting those ooiiclitioiif,' Wluit, we n*k, will you sucritiee your Interest, ke.-n \’cniiye!v>-H in 11 stuto bf [Kilitinil slnvery, and peril: ruin your imignitiemt eoutitry tiirondi false pride nnd hiVdiug to im unfcAtible tins-ry of right which does not pr.icti cully exist t - Wo cannot believe the mass of the Southern ptv>ple will ti ke Midi a ruinous position.. They had bet t rthrow overboard the Jonnhs—their old jHilitieid leader-*, who have done them so much n iyehitf already, and save lliemsolvis and l! dr countiv, "This is tlie question of tho timo fm the South* If w* mistnko nut it is go itig (o ereatu great agitation nnd now partioa thorn Tho oh| leaders of tho secession .stamp, such ts Wade ton and Uuuii-hreys, whoururx for it tima At I-.-ast, f.om political prill- l*'ge* by Iho constitutional amendment, w i'l oppose its adoption with all their flight. A laVgo poriidn of tho outlnwlyr in support ol our hoi,or. kVeai e required organize Btalcmv- ornmoritit in harmony with our conqi red estate, and to send representatives dbe Congress." In hot liastu the^gft'fbd enmplianco is made. Wo r&ovaltjio restoration of the civil authorial ffJ 1 ' States crijtma nt tho handittlNkhA d' - intArtM.ig f it, 'fora 1 < ipvernmebt, nnd thjp ■exactions of*the FrevamgDVrisjlt * nnd submit to its airrupliuus wij|«iy here Ale I thero a balC«5ppre*Be*l(iiu'-. mur; nnd pay %xes which we lifflMno voice in imposing. And now thdfvOo of*tho JTiss nnd leading men iu »c .South huvu Ventured to oppose thaAiF* tion of an amendment to tho i-Kkaf Censtitut'oii, which we had np vifcrtjo p’op'a'tng—\vhi'-h strikes a fat..l 'jjj-.at our Wei ion, without any countai hour lit to th#ecclioii imposing •h l»o read out of tho pale'of ci\ilAi' ti| and scoflbd at in our position of h4n;n- tion nnd dependence; and, ns if live wero danger that wo would forddtbo weight and galling efleut of og nnd the world become oblivious ^if ho glory of Federal arms, and the ifii-;r- nnco of tho dominant party, tl.o keeps the fuel before tho public. | If hu had intended to stultify hit >en renders Hnd brand his argum.’tvith the real of nonsense, ho could no JU vo moro effeitually nccoinp/iolied till -ut '.ban Uy bis conclusion, that whctlifrts i^iyo our consent or not, tlio nmenarnt [will bo adopted. Then pray, why nix) I'Ve lio summoned to net upon ii nf ii? . II thero is nr)tiling poetical ■ 10 WuVmn of tho IJ/rald, it is the idea tat 1**' nro to ruin our country by rctniniif rial v*t of tho Union. Can tho J7<n/|m* \\ •- lio I inn. us how we call kiH till) deail, A re to ashes? orfuin.a countrywr •fiieli tho Federal a mites linvo pi|Mf, aid that is -fUl at (he mercy of the li- d conquerors ? j When wo are shovra that w« reel*-' tituir, food, raiment, tho means t* W tics from tho Government, and notjfni tlV providence of (1ml nnd ottv own *W* tip.*, an 1 that any but then* are | be tit 1.vn oil' or exemptions or rightfm* I’sTed, when wo enter the lhrj|b> J of t's Uniuigjlici) wo shall b« prejM' \ tq Govenor Juts been udrioed by the same firm that the amount' of the Joan will bo increase, if derirod. The flovon* en« hns also received tli« assurance from New Y#4*k city, that our State boAda have u snlmtnncial vnliw tbero, and them • is reason to believe that at 110 distant day they may bo disposed of at par. Wo congrotubiteroiir people on tb .. favorable indication, mid tho confidence ropopcti in tlio good reputation of our Btnto; and that there is at the holm at thti crises, a Governor whoso financial Apcrtenro so well known in tU». grout lurAiK-ui.i?Centre of the country, THE FtMAKUAif EITTATIOir ( Hunt's Jtrrcfm(kjffl</izhu for Octo ber ^as a number dFpflmmcrt in) articles ofinlArast. It.diroMM tlio populur cpies- tion oLturreacY arid tho go d pi emium, prcsanflng wluif appears to bu at present prevailing oj inioo on tUs subject. Pri ce*, h shows, do Bot fluctunto with tho' rise nnd fall of gold. Our rodundant paper curnncy does not approdiito with tbo dutlino of gold, nor depreciate i’d nyii r tbf' w ith its advance. 'i'Uus, w hen gold was 285, in jVily. 1 V <;L tho purchasing pow. er of a gret-ubask tlallar w as about the I'■■4*n to tho orguiacol with me. ii ji c than wo now cxnmicnev, Vw* /.<• the truth of tU< «<W\inrt«s 1 II410 who ; ro^oso to rejset Uio nrnav me t nnd ran jin out of ilnTUntfoirc ' it sighted." A FACT WORTH REUtXBElINOl T ie C'liitMiielij and Sentinel, suyf il in u foarito declaration with th* radii*, tliaith? South was guilty of eruoftyto tiers; aud if an’ii|'peii<i mud' i i behalf or J i-ffcron Davis Hy rej by L lling us to look nt AndAMui- viH-l * i 1,1 -jid, i l o<,r “l S’ rn.a iTufrtj- l ¥. 1 '" 11 r’J't* 4 theto iiitere*t «L> not ho in such a course. n l'p4)*s Are made to the prcjudiecA n»1 Tbo OAining coutliet in tbo Boutb will p:i*.--ior* of ull classes by pictures pir l>e iet ween 4liesc parties, and it may bfi nmiiiud heroes dragging out a lii.qa- “’IK ", VL ' , r ’ ill " r )’ U,K ;- I" I*? 1 bio 4i.tc.ioo amid tho horrore of j„t polituxd cxntuiiieiit on tho* question win I 00 tranfferred from tho Nu th to tho 1 "l ,n *1 n l ,cn - ** a ‘. v lonwo * ^1- So|th. (< I koowfi fact (hat wo did everythin; in “ Hut »tmtc*cr Uio ostrrnc Sonlbohi I»»« t” eschonj-o Iho inm.ir o( Sil'f. may do, ti,,- constitutional amend-1 Andoeonvillo f,c oar captives whjj, ra n,«,t will -nndy bo ifccopted l.y a ►nffl- ,,i„inj in N'nrllicrn pr'iwnf; nnd tlk , r . cod number of .nU lb, Htates. 'H. .>' ,„t „bo tlmt, according to thnIL, ennnot i revent It. u o ndvisc ti„'„,, | , _ , ’ f tlilrcfore, il even !!„, eon.liti.'ns i|, 0 rt,,ii,a#lho inortubty of lonWj!r,« ais-'ii liiu-ut imj -ir ■* ho unpabtnW*, To I in Northern prison* vrn* grcntof^Vui nnko a virtue of u<--"><ity and ao-ept it that t f Fcdeyils in tfft’ hands oU thy Cu nt iiqim). Got reStoicd bv ull moans and ,■ . * without dchiy. AH'iitlver difficukios cun ' la adjusted afwrwurd*.” * It is perhaps not becoming in persn^ vrio have no vote, or pqwZor to ouror«-o n» argument, hpwovsr founded in troth tiiajustice, to call la question flio wDdrtm o) Als.mithoriiy so fa-o from sufpi'ion, fljid so fortified by ago und experience; tt to iiuttAioq ia tlio siighti-st d the greenbackTlifllnr w as about* tbo Mime that it when gold wus at 165, and the saint’, also, when it subsequently fHI to 1^. Tbo flutn tnations in tbo price of gmd .-iro caused tiy many ndvan- turous circun^tiuiqtA, wbiuh do not nf- foet tlio purohnaflig {tower of paper. Neither the sale of gold by tho Treasury imr the boarding uf it will biing us auV nearer to a H'ecio Btandnrd while w’o Imvo a papci oArrenqy of eight hundred millions, • * Boiiib writers Advise that tho gold be In-unhid in the Treasury till .the amount held by the Government bolwiHuiidred million*, and that then tbo Gqrcn i;..- t should pay Ajoci*, .-Tlio*two* bJt W million would rvpr*ront*oA #Wofs -k of coin iu tho count<V« The gr OAAbnc'.. would be prc*7 v * u l*>u 4ho Treasury for pnyment. a wwne of «nl ounded ug;iu- lion and excitement fvnuld be {resented, Trivok*»g commyrett.l ruin .-m l distt\ a ^v-ywhere m the coOntiy. and perhaps destroying entirely tho public credit.-- The two huudrdd millions would bodrawn dutin a day,and still Jcavo afloat tw-< hu Wired and fifty millions of national bunk paper. There is wot Abe f*hr*<J.in ger that Congress will AVer autborizu such n project ns this. An to the sale of gold lioui the Treasury, it is a matter of very little imjH.itnnco—none at r.ll in re- frreuco to a return to specie payments. Thospeculiitois will take up (lio gold a« f 1st ns it appears in tlie market, and hold 'it for a riso» . 'l’li* only means by which n return to n gold basis cun be promoted is by con tracting tho currency, und this can. be gradually done without any injury to uumiicB, especially ua r.o very large a- mount of business 1ms been trausuctcd on credit for tho last threo «-r fliur years, • artainly not since September, 1808, when llio emancipation proclimution ap peared. Tlio amount of legal tender that can, under the existing law, bo withdrawn an- n.ially, i* limited to forty-pighk millions a year. We do not know that ovon that n- inount will ho withdrawn. It will not be, probably, if it iuerfores wijh tho fund* ing process whicti is now so Auccetsfully inuiigunfted. J edging from the general tenor of opinion in financial nod political circles, we aro inclined to the opinion heretofore expressed, that OhBgrco*, nt tho coining session, will do nothing to .promote) a more rapid witlnlrbwal of la- gal tender front • ircultution; and ptesent 1 trices of all commodities will, therefore, ^ ie maintained. The longer the currency 'll remains in its present full volume, the ' miro difficult aud hazardous will bo tliu u process of its coAtr.;<-tion. All burin -.-m j| operations may be, therefore, safely 1 * bused, for a long time to come, upon tbo r. present inflation of tla^ currency. (Jj l. Tint IIkalth oy Jsrzssnon l)*vn— 1 The Fop. tr?** Mnuiiid c->ri«*pondenc« ol the N«*w York tn u «i.—iiinrfHr, Dirts, nrs r W lute all mtwt cntcrsiiie<t ia hype f.-r llio boil, it o m<*st kanjjniuo eiproa# the f?»r that ti e tand i of h-s lile are rapidly r*BAoid|r out, aril that lx* All Otlii nd rtport of thA )ir , **">n will be bernnd ths rmcti of all sa lhy trihu- , ... i fc Lv *»!•- Mr. O'tJonncr sjkjl<9 otths rt-.si'e A-bU* dt-portiielit UsllCJ SOttlO timlf ngt, «io* IK<» whrn here. Erenr il»r tlie ioottMiiix wruk- ir-»i - 1 k‘-n duimg tliu w ar was 2oO,94ll .)C j *uukeo, bis dimmipx St# foilipz appetite and epir. iU, abjw it «iih pjlpiuis an J ood'.iihllnj c«rtain- ir. 1 write with no aympa’hy f-jr Mr. Daria or the bet of Coufederate* taken s*5J U00. pie number bf Uiiiau pri*< who diti in confinement was 22,51 n little tver eight j»er cent; »l.il,^. c | number of Confederates w ho diefr : n esuso." I write rbv rimptu UOi oa l Imra then) and become crnrincel «>l Ibeir realty. Wbil* llirie n ay br d uit »» to thi* lime ol bir trial, and while It may be doiibiful whether lie will ho tried at all, there Li nn doubt a* to the p.ca'nt »tate of bis health. Stramter* who etc him unite in this atatemrnt. llii friendt, many of shun visit end When onco iiAUclity oc.ii pursuude moil that they *j|iill uio like bt-asfo, they will aoou be iiroughl t’J beast*, :.bu. , NorlllblW prisons was 26,430, or tllilc. »**hini every day, tell the tame 1 lory.* Bom Nr n qjntoi Ibis' fatherly mlviscr Vn issue j 1 T i editors obuiniaz ioterviewa with him ttmio ia tbo -lit . , r ,1* • Ti- percent I therame Strain, Meantime bit wife and Ibeir Hhets and ellfopU) tliur observance. Il — I youu^eit child mnniu with l.im. 01 |ix-tl,of Mvdi- it will not ofleud those who have MlchJ Tim G01.0 Ex.-ITSMSST.—(itaysitl Cine, of attendance lie has the best. He h>% u" 1 i.i 11 ~ i .1 , p-Toaible ground of Uomplalotorbii treaiuifct, the (Awolutl right* ns Iq wliot remuiw of our -Tthem ( »a.) ii(cMhtn) in tho nip . ouly Unit 111 And* i» the de'ay ol his Hill. « ... will Void Ut-n to oxnrn>s the counties Still tJODtilHies unabated-in fer- j g AXp|t|8 ~ x0 0ur . t’kiubi. Oeorze JRTiAiM seem* to to ut.Teasing. It IS conllfc- Keods'l, of the Picayune, in a recent letter trow chiefly, wq beleixc, to Null, I.nm|iKi] ttl, “ tolh * Dawson And Whites counties. Ir. I.llLli I rumb'ed upon Oeorje N. Pan-t.-n. rrst'-'day. .... 1 1 1 His hair » airtuTiT nud bujAr aa of od: Ws tmi«»w* km an 1 Hall sales cl celebrated nuke: Mnce w mild and a* pieM »i ibmizb 'he cent' >«-'° W«.“ImAjssrSalVAlK; wr«• the recerit sale* ill the hitter countv. th; enM»trgh to eit m I'a.o, !o.-a fleo -p* ■-Vf'jb.o , , , ,, , ... ,T I blretU three me Itaday. Herpeszxw’t «•"’ of v.. ' ' ■.. • mine bus nUring sl iuac «i*ureel)—much wner tb»p b*.'. •' - • •' ' ■ Pattenlio!., » it is WImviU tu bo v » -n inoiilli*. 1.1 1 ,K 'h- people, w o will vonturo to express th adm'uattou we feel f *r the muftiy spirit which prompted tliis world-renowned jlurnnl to Haro iu our faces the humiliut- ug truth that we a e a “conquered pen* pe, entirely nt tlio ineivy of our eon- (iiorors." Wo aro not oblivion* of the history ol ivr people for tho li live like| \4iiofl give# to uiu IT* Wuosf-'-'.io in fact ns to oar b*i >1 and sMbniiwiye people, •y of the luling sect ion aftbr nd tho wo 1 wer* h»t< found on nhat mission I (sunot jwjr. He will ul'Jja II It is believed thero nro no otln • friend*, po where he will. , ,, , , a- I hare alao Jern Oen. Toombt, an! msur of c III tho same neigllborhood VI Simtbem p«(ip!o oa 1 hare Mid abflu' I *«» "P-oimcn. of* ndjoimng tract which *1 , winter. »nt so do many olhe.s who are id the av.re j /rich, nnd we loam tB. with him. . islidit’Yed tobeuliul A mon hanging h belttH than ■ 1 ttlond; he lut* visible means ol t-tipp”.