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I'UIlLINHf.D EVANY FRIDAY MORNING BY
SAWTELL ft JONES
ED I TO HP*
Rev. TilKO. E SMITH, A. M.
Co/,, ft. If. JONES.
FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1807.
Fmldrnt J oil» son's Veto
This document is a masterly etrjmt of
tlie oorrupt action end glaring inoonsis-
tsnoios of the radical party. A solemn
protest also is utterod against Congres
stensl usurpation, and tho abnormal, hy
brid character of tho government to bo
ndministored hy military men, who
while clothed with civil functions, and
executing State laws, sre yet not bontid
by the oourts, or any oivil autliority
whatever.
The President has pnlutod In vivid
coloni tho ruinous effects of those
shameless infractions of tho Constitution
Ho can do no more. In carrying into
operation the Military Bill which passed
over Ida Veto, ho sought to givo tho
South such army Governors os were
U/sat obnoxious to our people, and most
in> sympathy with his own views and
jtulicy. In almost every instanco these
appointees have desorted their chief,
and affiliate folly with tho Hump Con-
greee. The late act also insults nur Ex-
motive,. |»y constituting Gen. Grant n
check insto upon him, thus degrading to
the level of a subaltern, the Commander-
in Chief of tho armies und navy of the
Uuitod States.
With Out a "mao nt arms" to do hie
Indding, nnd n doxeu or two only of mb
hurents in Congress, our noble lender
has boon shorn of his prerogatives, and
actually poesessos less pow«r than n sub
l.ieiitennnt or vilingo bureau agent.
II is positions nre nil pnuopliod with
truth, and irresistible In their logic. But
slas, reason and argument count for
naught, who^ arrayed against fanati
cism, and the lust for office and power.
The |»en of the historian, however, will
vender justice to the fast Constitutional
President, of the I’nilod Stales Kcpub-
1»C. y
We i|note copiously from tho Veto
Message, and regret that our limitod
spuoo will not suffice for the whole.
F-soss. —In our recunt trip from Al
bany to AlTantn, it was the universal ex-
pnwmiou that there never was a better
prospect fur sn nlmudant orop than is
now apparent. The poorest pine lands,
with the assistance of n little manure,
will yield almost eqanf to tho t*cst oak
and hickory plantation*. Providence
has smiled upon ns this year, and given
us an abundance.—Allmy Nmn.
Our OiTfitPst Ilniiger.
In theso days of humiliation and abaso-
merit, w hen net after net of tyranny nnd
sickening oppression, in unvarying *o-
(|iiftiro has maddened fho country, nnd
well nigh bauffhed hope from the
breasts of the most patriotic, it huoomes.
us to beware lest unwittingly by our
own ngflhay, wo weaken the hands of
the Northern (Vnserrutivo llemlMfncy,
and render them powerless to ansisi uh.
It is true tho Rudicul plan of rocon-
stiuction which is sought to be forced
upon us hy the disfranchisement of our
host citizens, nnd tho operation of the
iron-olad oath, is utterly repugnant to
ull louse of jusliee, and should Ire siren
uously resisted. But is deisg this, let
us not give onr enemies tho advantage,
by even eoetiling to occupy n rebellious
attitude. Within the narrow limits con
ceded, wo are permitted without nbso-
Into violence to think and rote for our
selves. Wo bolievo therefore, it is our
duty yet nguin to demonstrato our de
sire for reconstruction, by sustaining tho
call far a convention. By voting con
vention, far bo it from our purpose to
sanction the bctrnyul of mir rights, hy
any surrender to the Radical purty. On
the contrary, lot us at tho same t1mo en
dorse upon our tickets the nninss of
good men nnd true, who shall hu
pledged novor to BubinH to tho pro
gramme of Tlmd Stevens and his vile
crew. If (huso nro ovorpoworod by
numlH.TS, and n constitution in framed by
a majority of tho convention, such ns nu
liitu mini cun support, tho alternative
is still ours, of opposing with might nnd
muin its ratification.
Nothing accordingly is lost hy voting
for n convention, while thcro is n hare
chance with propor effort, of soouring a
Consorvntivo Body, who will form a
constitution which wo can, consiMtuntly
adopt We nro aware this is almost
hoping against hopo. But lot us not
forget that in any event our condition is
lu no degree rendered w< rse, for it re
jected, ns wooortninly shall ho, our orig
inal nnd present status remains tho
same. We simply continuo to be Gen
Pope’s subjects.
What then have wo gained it will bo
linked, hy onr convention T Much in ov
ery way. Wo shall have proven anew
that wu nro not, us is ohnrgod, seeking
to rovivo nnd renew tho robullion. That
wo desiro ,rcuonstruotion, and if renlly
froo ngontn, have a right to oxoreieo a
voico uh to tho mode and manner of its
slUininciit, or elso registration nnd the
ballot, nro tho veriest farces. Wo shall
linvo weakened tho radical faction und
strengthened tho conservatives, hy dint
ing the onus upon the former of tho con
PiTNldossr* Veto Message.
To Iht Ifousr of KiprritHtafict
of the Unit'd Statu:
• * * *
It is declared that tho intent of thoso
acts was, first, that tho existing govern
ments in the ten “rebel .States'’ were not
legul “State governments and, second
that thereafter said "governments, if
continuer), were to lie continned subject
in ull respect to the military comman
ders of the respective districts, und to
the paramount authority of Congress."
Congress may, by g declaratory net,
fix upon a prior act a construction alto-1
gclhiir ut vaiiuuco with its npparont
meaning, und from the time, at least,
when such construction is fixed, the orig
inal not will be construed lo mean exact
ly what is Ktulod to mean hy ibededar
atory statute. Thcro will be* thcoy from
tho (imo this bid wny bofoiiie a law, no
doubt, no quoath/n, as to the rulntiuu in
which thy “existing govcrnuieiits’’ in
thoso Suites, called in tho eiigiun! act
“tho provisional govci aments," sta/id
towards the piihtury nullmiily. Ah
tiiosv reU> ions stvml before the declar
atory net, theso “govcrnnienH," it is true-
woe iiiikIusubj.-ct to absolute military,
uthorily in many important respects,
but not in nll~-tbu language of the act
being "subjec t to tho military authority
of tho Unite.I .State:*, iih hereinafter pro-
hciUhm).”—By the sixth section of tho
original »ct, these governments were
made “in ull reaped* subject lo tho par-
amount aullioi ity of the United Status.”
Now, hy this declaratory act, it ap
pears that CongrenH did not, by tho orig
inal act, iulenuto limit tho military au
thority to nay particulars or subjects
therein 11 prescribed," but meant to
make it universal. 1 Lua, over all Ihcio
ton States thin military government is
now declared to have unlimited author
ity. It is now no longor confined to the
preservation of the public peace, the nd-
mimstralion of criminal law, tho regis
tration of voters, nnd the suj»orinteu-
duncu of elections ; but in all respects"
is aasei ted to bo paramount to the exis
ting civil governments.
It is impossible lo conceive any slnto
of Hooicty more deplorable lbun thin,
and yet it is to this condition that twelve
millions of Ainerionn oilmens lire reduc
ed hy tho Congress of the United States.
Uver every fool of the immense territo
ry occupied by these American cilizeriH,
the Count it ut ion of the United Stoles is
theoretically in full operation. It binds
ull tho people there, und should protect
thorn, yet they nro denied every one of
its snorad guarantees.
Of what avail will it Ire to any ono
of thoHC Southern people when seized
hy a file of soldiers to ask for tho cause
of arrest, or for llio production of the
warrant ? Of what avail to ask for tho
privilege of bail when in inilitury custo
dy, which knows no such thing os had ?
Of what avail to demand a trial by jury,
process for witnesses, a copy of tho in
dictment, tho privilege of counsel, or
that groutor privilege, tho writ of bubous
corpus.
• % * •
A power that hithoito all tho depart
ments of tho Feduinl Government, ac
ting in concert or separately, have not
dared lo exerciso, is here uLtomptud to
bo conferred on n subordinate military
officer. To him, ns n military officer of
tho Fodornl Government, in given the
power, supported hy “n sufficient milita
ry force," to romovo evory civil offioor
of tho State. What next t The district
commander, who has thus dinplucod a
civil officer, is authorized to fill tho va
cancy by the detail of un officer or sol
diur of the army, or by tho appointment
of “sonic other person ”
'Ibis inilitury nppointco, whether nn
officer, ft soldier, nr 1 ‘home other person,"
is to perform the duties of suuh officer
They have been divided into judicial dis- of the army th<j pine® of the Senate, and
triulH, for tho hoi ling of /list rid and uir- j any attempt co th*.* port of tlie I’refidenl
cuit courts of the United States, ns
States of ths U nion only can ho district-
toI. Tho tint net on this subject was
passed July 23d f 18d0 r l.y whiali every
one of theHo ton Stales was ranged into
districU und circuits.
They have been called upon f»y Con
gress to-not, through their Legislature
upon at leiiHt two anittidino.itM to tho
Constitution of tho United .States. As
Stub:*, they Imvo ratified on® amend
ment, which required the vote of twen
ty nuvon States of the thirty six then
c imposing the Union. When tho n qri-
site twenty-seven votes were given in fa
vor of Mint amendment—seven of which
votos were given by seven of three ten
State®—it wah proclaimed t> bo ft part
of tlie Constitution of the United States,
and slavery was declared no longer to
exist in tho United Slides, or uny place
subject to their jurisdiction.
If tiioao seven .Stale* were not legal
States of tho Union, it follows, as tin*
inevitable consequence, that in bomeof
the States slavery yet exists. It docn
not exist in these seven Ftalen for they
imvo ubidibhod it, also, in their- own
State constitutions, but Kentucky not
having done so, it. would it ill remain in
that State. But, in truth, if this iiSMiiup-
lion that these States have no legal tituto
governments he true, theu the ubolilion
of slavery by these itbigul governments
hind ihi one, for Congress now denies to
these Slates the power to abolish sluve-
ry, by denying to them the power lo
elect U legal State Lrgibl.it nro, or to
fruruo a constitution for any quirnose,
even for such n purpose as the abolition
of slavery.
tinned, and repontud rejection from the or person suspended or removed. In
Tint I .at* Wm. N. Wiiitb.—The
Athens Watchman records the dentil
of the 'nltove uainod gentleman, and
•Lite* that “the deceased was in the
union of a people, who moro than comply
with the requisitions of the Federal Con
atitution. Anil lastly, wo shall rotuin
thereby our InDuenco und control in a
gront measure, over tho black population
who nro our tenants nnd employees.
Take ground sgainst a convention
ptr sc, ami you arm radical agents and
inoondlurics with the quasi argument,
that we nro still enemies to tho black
man’s progross. Nor will it ho ensy to
unduceivo tho negro on this point.
For tho flhovo'rensoi.s therefore, wo
fuvor the call of a convention, the more
especially, because if that measure la
voted down, it will again be presented
to un by Congress in December, with in
creased disabilities upon our pooplo, nnd
wo shall thou find ourselves far weaker
than now, und utterly impotent to offer
resistance.
Goon Tastx.—lluving waged a four
years’ war upon the Syuth—visltod al
most every portion of it with fire nud
sword—applied the torch to 'tho homo
steads nun roof-trees of its peoplo— over
turned thoir family altars nnd scattered
their household gods—broken up and
destroyed tho agricultural implement*,
and driven off nnd killed tho stock-
plundered tho women of their jewelry
nnd trinkets, nnd in many instances of
tho last piece of meat in their smoke
houses, w hile their husbands and sons
and brothers wore absent filled tho
lund with iiMligcut widows nnd wailing
orphans—all this having been done, and
tho wounds unfl wrongs still fresh and
smoking, it is certainly in good taste, in
most excellent tuste, for u Northern
man, or, what is more likely nnd still
worse, ft Southern dough face, dirt-eater,
48th year of his age; a native of the'or sneak, to Iks prating and whining
Btato of New York, wo believe, but hiul about tho cold and stinted charities
been a oitixen of this town some twsnly
years, lie had been long known ah a
lKH»k seller, and us author o! one or two
horticultural nnd agiiculturnl works.—
At the time of his death lie wns editor
of tho Southern Cultivator, which place
he had tilled, w ith distinguislmd mbill-1 that ci y on Tuesday m route for Savon-
ty, for tho past three or four yeai*. N ! null.
grudgingly doled owl by tho govern
ment to some of the surviving suflvrem.
—Atlanta JnMlitffnc<r.
1®%. The Clmrlewton Courier says Mrs.
Jefferson Davis und child pawed through
other words, an officer or woldicr of the
army Is thnC transformed into u civil of
ficer. lie may bo made governor, n
legislator, or a judge, ifojvcvor unfit
ho may docin himself for suuh civil do
ties, ho must obey tho order. Tho olfi
cor of (lie army must, if “dutailcd," go
upon tho supremo bench of tho titato
with tho sumo prompt obedience ns if ho
were detailed to go unnu a court-martial.
The Foldior, if deluded U> ucl m a justice
of the ponce, must offey an quickly ns if
ho wero detailed tor picket ui^y.
Whut is the oharactor of such a mill-
tiry civil officer 1 This bill dechuoH
that hu shall perform the duties of tl*}
office to which ho is detailed. It m
dear, however, that hedges not lose his
position in the milituivService. Ho is
still nn officer or soluior of the army ;
ho is still subject to tho rules sail regis
trations which govern it, und must yield
duo deference, respect, nnd obcdiencuto-
wards ids superiors.
• • • *
A singular cofilrudiction is apparent
hero. CongioHH declares those local
•State governments to ho illegal govern
ments, and then provides that these ille
gal governments shall bo carried on by
Federal officers, who are to perform the
very duties imposed on ils own officers
by this illegal Stuto authority. It cer
tainly would Ub a novel spectacle if Con-
gross should attempt to carry on n legal
State Government by the agency of its
own offieers. It is yet mure strange
that Congress attempts to sustain nnd
carry on an illegal State government by
tho sumo Fodcrul agency.
In this connection, 1 must call atten
tion to the 10th nnd lltli sections of tho
bill, which provide that none of tho offi
cers or appointees of these military com
manders “shall bo bound in his action
by any opinion of any civil officer of tho
United States," und that all tho provis
ions of tho net “shall be eoustrucu liber
ally, to the end that all tho intents ther-
of iuay be fully and perfectly carried
out."
During that period whilst lluse Stale*
wore in actual rebellion, nnd after that
rebellion was brought to a .close, they
have been again and again recognized »s
States of the Union. Representation
has been appurih wed lu them us State
In conclusion, I most respectfully n.sk
tho attention of Congress to tho consid
eration of one moro question arising un
der this bill. It vests in tho military
commander, subject only to the approv
al of the General of the army of the Uni
ted States, nn unlimited power to romovo
from ofiiw! any civil or military officer in
each of thexe ten Btntes, and the further
power, subject to the ntinii approval, to
detail or appoint any militnry officer or
foidter of tho United Stutes to perform
tho duties of tho officer so removed, nnd
to fill nil vacancies occurring in thosc
BtntrH, by death, resignation or olliewise.
The militnry npj>ointeotlmHo required
to perform tho dumb of a civil affli®, ac
cording to tho luwsof the Mtnte, nnd oh
such required to take an oath, in, for tho
(imo being, a civil officer. What is his
character 1 Is ho a civil offioor of tho
Stole, or a civil officer of the United
States ? If ho is a civil officer of the
Htato, whe e in the Federal power
under onr Constitution, which authorizes
his appointment hy any Fodcrul officer ?
If, however, he is to lie considered n
civil officer of tho United States, ns his
ap|Hiintinent and oath would seem to in
dicate, where is tho authority for his
appointment vested by tho Conslitution ?
The power of appointment of nil offi
eers of tho United Staten, civil or mili
tary, where not provided for in the Con
stitution, is vested in the President, hy
und with the ndvice and consent of the
Senate, with this exception—that Con
gresa “may hy law vest tho appointment
ol such inferior officers rw they think
pmpsr in the President alone, in tho
courtN of law, or in the bends of depart
ments.’ 1 But this hill, if those are to
ho- considered inferior offieers in the
meaning of the Constitution, does nut
provido for their appointment by tho
Fresideut nlono, or hy tho courts of law
or by heads of departments, hut vests
tho np|>ointmont in one subordinate exe
cutive officer, subject to tho approval of
Another Hubordii.ntu executive officer.
8a that, if wo p«t this‘question nnd fix
tho character of this military Oppniutoo
either way, this provision of the hill is
equally opposed to the Constitution.
Toko the enso of n soldier m officer
appointed to perforin tho office of judge
in one of these Btntes, nnd ns saeh to
administer tlie proper laws of tho Mate.
Where is the autliority to bo found in
the ('onslilmioo for vesting in n military
or nn oxccutivo officer sue!; judicial func
tions to l»o cxercisod undoi Htato In tv ?
It haw been fegnin and again decided by
tho Huprcmo Court of the United States
that nets of Oungret* which linvo at
tempted to vest executive powers in the
judicial courts, or judge* of tho United
States, nro not warranted by the Con
stitution. If Congress cannot elotbo an
officer or soldier of tho army with judi
cial duties over citixins of the United
Htiitca, who arc not in • the militnry or
naval service, so, too, it has been rc|»ca-
todly decided that Congress u*nuot re
quire a Htato officer,executive or judicial,
to preform nny duty or joined upon him
by a law of tho United States, llovv,
then, can (’ongresH confer power upon
an executive officer of ihu United States
lo perform such duties in n Slate? If
Congress could not vest in a judge of
one of theso States any judicial authori
ty under the United Button by direct en
actment, how can it accomplish the same
thing indirectly by removing the Htato
judge nnd putting nn ottioer of tho United
Htato*iu hi* place?
To mo theso considerations nro con-
olusivo of tho uiiConstitutionnlity of Ihi*
part of the bill now before mo, and I
earnestly commend their consideration
to the deliberate judgment of Congress.
Within a period less than a year the
legislation or Congress has attempted
to strip tho Executive Department of
sonio of its essential powers. Tho Con
stitution nnd tho oath provided in it de
volve upon the J'resident the power nnd
tho duty to see that the laws rro faith
fully executed. The Constitution, in or
der to curry out this power, gives him
tho choice of the agent, and makes them
subject to his control and supervision.
Hut in tho execution of theeo laws, the
constitutional obligation upon the l’rcs-
ideal remains, but tho power to exercise
that constitutional duly i* effectually
tukeu away.
Tho military comander is, n* fo the
power of appointment, nuide to take the
to assert hi* D-Wii const it utio ’“4 powi
nmy, under protonc« of h»w, ns inut by
official msubordinntion. It is to be
feared thut then® inilitury officers, look
ing to the uulhority given by these luw*
rather than to the letter of the Con*titu-
tion, will recognize no uulhority hut the
commander of the diutrict und tho Gen
eral of tlie army ?
If there w ere no other obiqctioi a than
thtll to this proposed legislation, it would
bo sufficient. Whilst I hold the Chief
Exccutire authority of tho United State
—whilst tloroblignlior. rests upon mu to
■cc tint all the laws me fuThfuBy exe
cuted—I con nover willing'y surrender
Hint trust, or the powers given for it*
exocuifon.
I win never give my assent to be made
responsible for the faithful cxeenthn
of laws, nnd, at the same time surrender
that trust, nud the (tower* which nccom
puny it, to nny other executive officer,
high or lojv, or to any number of exceu-
tivo officerr. if this executive tru*t,
vested by tlie Constitution in the Presi
dent, is to be taken from him, snd vest
ed in n subordinate officer, tho respon
sibility will bo with Congruss in cloth
ing tho subordinate with iinconstilutioii-
ul power, nnd with the officer who us-
mimo* itN exercise.
This interference with the constitu
tional authority of tho Executive Deport
ment is nn evil that will inevitably sup
the foundations of our Federal system;
but it is not tho worst evil of thi s iegis
lution. It s a groat pubi c wrong to take
from the President powers conferred on
him alone by tho Conutitution ; but the
wrong is move flagrant and move dun-
gen ms when the (rower* no taken from
the President are conferred upon subor
dinate executive officers, and OHpeciully
upon military officers. Over nearly one-
third ol the States of the Union inilitury
power, regulated by no fixed law, rule*
supreme.
Each one nf these five district com-
manders, though not chosen by the pee-
istsict, )
trids.) [■
C, 1807.)
plo or responsible to thorn, exercise* at
this very noer more executive power,
militnry and civil, than the people hnvo
even been willing to confer upon the
head of the Executive Department,
though chosen by and responsible to
themselves. The remedy must come
from the people themselves. They
know what it is, nnd how it is to be n| •
plied. At the present time they oonnot,
according to the form* of the Censtiti •
tion, repeal theso laws; they cannot re
move or control this military despotism.
Tho remedy in, nevertheless, in their
hunds; it i* to l>o found in the ballot,
overawed by nrbiti ary power, or from
apathy on their, part, too long delayed
With abiding confidence in their patri-
oti*m, wisdom nnd integrity, 1 am still
hopeful of the future, and that in the
end the rod of despotism will be broken,
the armed heel of (rower lifted from the
nocks of the people, and tho principles
of a violated Constitution preserved.
Axdrkw Johnson.
Wathington, D. C. t July 10, 1807.
for spccifiud purposes, nnd due* not,
therefore, operate as payment.
Tlie absolute ownership of tho ne
groes purchased by Tucker of Towner,
m November, 1857, (tho possessing nev
er having changed after tlie sale,) con
tinued to abidsTiu Tucker until, by the
Act* of the Vifited States Government,
they were made free, the loe* then mu&t
bo borne by him.
There.is not a fact suited in tho rec
ord which would justify any Court in
apportioning the loss stistnined by the
emancipation of the sluve® between the
vendor und vendee.”
IlEAfWJI'AKTFBS, 3d Mll.lTAHY DjhTHICT,
(Georgia, Alabama, nnd Fieri*'
Atlanta, (in., July 1G,
General Order*, No. 41.
Tho attention of all Boards of Regis
tration in this District ie culled to <*cii-
erul Orders, Nn. 10, from theso head
quarter*, prohibiting civil officers from
using any influence whatever to deter or
ditmnndo tlie people from taking an ac
tive purl in reconstructing their State
Government, under the not ol Congress
of Murch 2d, 1807, nud the acts supple*
inentary thereto.
Hoard* of registration nro hereby in
structed to inquire into thi* subject and
report at once tlie mums of uny civil
officers who have been guilty of uny in
fraction of this order, or w ho may vio-
luto it hereafter.
By eoiiuuund ol Brevet Major General
Pope. G. K. Sasdkuson,
CupL 33d U.S. Iufy A A. A. A. G.
A tunnel under the Atluntio i*
to bo the next grand project. The
llome Journal says that such a gigan
tic proposition is even now on foot, und
thut plenty of capitalists are ready to
eugngo in it ns soon ns the (dons are
arranged. It is said that tlie most emi
nent engin ore, both in America nnd
Europe, Imvo been consulted, und that
they have drawn up ii rojKirt which is
perfectly feasible nnd only requires time
and money to carry out The enpita
required, it is estimated, is five hundred
piiflions English pound*.
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WAREHOUSE
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w. L. BALDWIN,
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G EORGIA, Raxnoirs Coixtt— A. R. Cobb,
Adminiairalrix on the ratal# of L. O. Cobb,
drrcaae >, baring applied for Irate lo tell land ol
rad relate; nolle* ia hereby girao to alt intareatrd
that her application will be cunaidurrd at the neat
Srideir.ber term of tbo Court of Ordinary for aaid
county W. D. KIDDOO,
jr 20.2m Ordinary.
CORN,
C i KOROIA, Cliy f’ousTr. -To all whom It mar
* concern.—Where*#, O. II. Thompaoo haa ap
C icd *o ina lor leUara of Adminlatraiion on Iba e#
l« of H. U Mercer, laU of aaid county, dcoraaed.
Theae are therefore to cite and admooiah all par-
lie* inlereated, whrtber kindml nr creditor*, to
•haw cauee, if anr they bar*, within th* Urn* pi*.
aeribed by law, why letteia atuu'.d not b* granted
to aaid applicant.
Witncaa my band and official nlirnalnre. Jnly 23,
I8<7. J. U. WKLI.M,
Jy»3 lm* Ordinary.
3NT©-W
Liability on Note* for the
Pnrchnnc of Slaves
Among tho recent decisions of the
Supronnj Court of Georgia, there in one
thut deserves sonio special notice. The
enso was suliHtnntially os follows :
In November, A. D , 1H57, tho plain
tiffin error, John K. Tuvker, purchased
of Mr. H. I*. Toomor, of tliis State, n
number of slaves. To necuro the pay
meat ol the purchase money ho executed
his boNil, with persouid security, nnd ill-
so a mortgage of tho negroes imrchnsed
nnd n mortgage of u valuable planta
tion. The bond became due prior to
the secession of Georgia from the Fed
oral Union. It wns not paid at maturi
ty. During the war payment was offer
ed in Confederate currency, but not re
ceived.
The slaves remained in Tucker’* pos
session mil il they wrre emoouipated by
tho nlitliuiity ot (lie United States, and
by this net of emancipation ceased to bo
of value ns property.
Suit wan commenced to foreclose tho
mortgage of tho pluntntion. This was
resisted upon the ground, that tho bond
for tho securing ol which tho mortgage
was given was executed to secure the
pnrchntc money of those slaves, nnd
was also secured by a mortgage of tlie
negroes themselves. Thut upon the
turn payment of the bond at maturity,
the condition of the mortgage of tn* uo-'
groee was broken, nnd these then be- 1
chiiio in hiw, by virtue of the non pay
ment, flu* property of the seller, and be
ing his in tlie eye of the law at the-time
of emancipation, that tho loss must full
upon him, nnd not upon the purchaser.
It was further urged, thut it was nn in
herent und necessary part of the sale,
that the negroes conveyed wero®sluvos
for life, nail that whatever impeached
this condition, whuthcr tho act of tho
Government, or of nny other power or'
person, was in fact a breach of tho im
plied warranty, raised hy the luw nn ac
count of the peculiar character of tho
property nud tho relation of things.
It was again contended that oven
theso position* wore not well founded,
Ihnt the loss should bo mutually borne,
nnd should be apportioned between the
seller and the purchaser.
The Court below decided in tho valid
ity of tho bond und tho foreclosure of
the mortgage. From this judgment
Mr. Tucker appealed, and the case wna
ably argued on both sides before the
Supreme Court. The Court has sus
tained tlie opinion expressed on tho cir
cuit, and dismissed the appeal.
Harris, Justice, in nffinniug the judg
ment suid : ‘'iTiis South Carol I it mort
gage sought lo be enforced on lauds ly
ing in Georgia, can only be regarded,
looking to the case mode by the record,
as a security for the payment nf the
debt due by Tucker to Toomor for tlie
purchase of r. large number of e!uvcs.
Tho condition of tho mortgage being
broken by Tucker, tho legal title
H. STRAUS
W OULD no'lfr th# Hlltan* of Cnlhhrrl and
rlciniir, tb*t ha haa taken the IIKII.IIUON
Ilnuae, oa llie Ka<t aide nf the I’nMia Hauarc, whetu
he ia prt-parvd, at SHORT NOTICK, lo do arwy
dtAO'lptlun ot
nxiPAznzzua
TO
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