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VOL. XL
FIRST DOSE
ON A BOSTON POLICE OFFICES.
H. It Sr evens: Boston, Not. 15,1871.
Dear Sir—ln the spring of |xi 1 was stricken
dnv.n with lever which ha.! a long ami almost
h|Hilstfs rim. Ihe tafct medira) advice being in
attendance. 1 was taken through the fever; but
it ielt me terribly reduced and weak, with ex-
pains in my Hide, tack and hips I
was complete y prostrated with Kidnev Coni
piaint.and no medicine seemed to reach mv < ase
in this condition I was persuaded to trv Veg-
F! jnj; by a friend whom it cured of the* same
disease, and it seemed as though 1 could feel the
eiiert.d the drat done through my whole system:
and iioin that moment J began to mend, gradu
;,,l; growing hotter from day to dav; and I fol-
MW-.Mon With the Vwiktink, until it completely
lestored me to health, since which time 1 have
i*een able to perform my Untie* as a police
<>Mi er, enjoying good health, and there is no
doubl tUm,* the great value of VKiKT'Mk in
: ' l " 1 and nuhilax iiiseuses.
I am, sir, repe*-tfully,
IjAFA V. LTTE KOKD, 504 Broadway.
All Diseases of the Blood.
If Vkoktink will relieve pain, cleanse, purify
ami cure such diseases, restoring tl.e patient to
perteri iiea'lh alter trying different jiliysieians,
many remedies, suffering for years, is it not
conclusive pronl, il yon are a sufferer, you can
be cured'. 1 Whv is lids medicine jierflOrminr
such great cures'.’ It works in the blood, iu the
Circulating ilui.l. H can trulv l.e called the
GRl'.Al I.[>oul> PURIFIER. The great source
ol disease originate* in the blood: ami no md
letiie that does not act direct 1. upon it, to purify
ami renovate, lms any just claim upon public
attention.
Seventy-one Years of Age.
„ East Marshfield, Aug. 22. 1870.
Jin. Stevens : ” 6 *
Dear Sir—l am seVenty-one years of age : have
suffered many years will. Kidney Complaint,
weakness in my back and stomach. J j u l
duce.l by triends to try your Veoktine, and J
tliink il the bent medicine tor weakness of the
kidneys I ever lined. 1 have tried many rente*
dies lor this complaint, ami never found so much
re.ief as trom illls \ egetink. it strenglliens and
invigorates the whole system. Many of mv ac
quai ntanoes have taken it, and 1 liclieve It to be
go<sl ior all the complaints for which it is re
co m mended.
Yours truly, JOSIAII 11. SHERMAN.
Would Civo a Dollar for a Dose.
lr „ „ Boston, May 30,1871.
11. It. Stevens, F.*q.:
Dear Sir -I have been badly afflicted will, Kid
ney Complaint for ten years; have suffered
grcsttpaiii in my back, hips and side, with great
dimculty in pasHin<; urine, which was often and
In very small quantities, frequently arc panied
wiLh blood and excruciating pain. I have faith
fully tried most of the popular remedies recom
mended ior my complaint; I have been under the
treatment of some id’ lhe most skilful physi
cians in Boston, all of whom pronounced my case
incurable. This was mv condition when I was
advised by a friend lo try the Vroutine, and I
could see the good effects from the lirst dose I
took, aud from that moment I kept on improving
until [ was entirely cured, taking in all, 1 should
think, about six bottles.
It is indeed a valuable medicine, anil if I
should he afflicted again in the same way 1 would
give a dollar for a dose, if 1 could not get it
without.
Respectfully, ,J, M. GILE,
3lil Third St., South Boston.
Life a Burden.
~ ~ ~ Boston, Nov. 2, 1873.
11. R. Stevens, Ksq. :
Dear Sir—From a poor, emaciated sufferer, the
* egktine lias restored me to perfect health.
I have tor years been a terrible sufferer from
Canker and Dyspepsia, at times rendering life
almost a burden to me. i am now l ltcen (If.)
pounds heavier Ilian when 1 commenced the use
ot vkgetine.
I will make mention tin.l I was also a great
sufferer from Kidney Complaint, causing excru
ciating pain through the small ..f nfe back
nearly all of lhe time. This, too, Vei;ktine lias
aiat' TvvlV/ a.fd? ffiip'idimes’ " 'alV 1 auV'c'd TrofiFfffiT
use of a few bottles ol Vegktine.
Respectfully, II G. II IT. it MS,
I I'nioii , Boston. Mass.
TfcGKTINR is composed of Bools, Barks and
Herbs. It is very pleasant to lake; even . Li'd
likes it.
Vegetino is cold by ail Druggists.
TUTPS_PILLS
A Noted Divine says
They are worth their
weight in gold .
READ WHAT HE SAYS:
Dr. Tutt:—Dear Sir: For ten years I have been
a martyr to Ilyspepsin, Constipation, and Piles. Last
spring you; pills were recommended to me ; I used
them (but with little faith). lam now a well man,
have good appetite, digestion periect, regulnrsiools,
piles gone, and I have gained forty pounds solid flesh.
They are worth their weight in gold.
Rev. 11. L. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky.
Dr. Tutt has been en
gaged in the practice of
medicine thirty years, and
for a long time was demon,
strator of anatomy in the
Medical College of Geor
gia, hence persons using
his Pills have the guaran
tee that they are prepared
on scientific principles,
and are free from all
quackery.
lie has succeeded in
combining in them the
herctolore antagonistic
qualities of a streugthen
-1 ng, purgative , and a pur*
1 tying tonic,
T heir first apparent ef
fect is to increase the ap
petite by causing the food
to properly assimilate.
Thus the system is nour
ished, and by their tonic
action on the digestive or
gans, regular and healthy
evacuations are produced.
The rapidity with which
persons take on flesh,
while under the influence
of these pills, oi itself in
dicates their adaptability
to nourish the body, and
hence their efficacy in cur
ing nervous debility, mel
ancholy, dyspepsia, wast
ing of the muscles, slug
gishness of the liver,
chronic constipation, and
TUTTS PILLS
CURE SICK HEAD
ACHE.
TUTPS~PILLS
CURE DYSPEPSIA.
tutpsTpills
CURE CONSTIPATION
TUTPSIILLS
CURE PILES.
tutpTpills
CURE FEVER AND
AGUE.
tutpsTpills
CURE BILIOUS COLIC
TUTPSIILLS
CURE KIDNEY COM
PLAINT.
TUTTSPILLS
CURE TORPID LIVER
imparting health and strength to the system. Sold
everywhere. Office, 35 Mu ray Street, New York.
TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE.
Gray Hair can be changed to a
glossy black by a single application of
Dr.TfTT’s llair Dye. It acts like magic,
and is warranted as harmless as water.
Price SI.OO. Office 35 Murray St., N. Y.
What is Queen’s Delight?
Read the Answer
It is a plant that grows in the South, and is spe
cially adapted to the cure of diseases of that climate.
NATURE’S OWN REMEDY,
Entering at once into the blood, expelling: all scrof
ulous, syphilitic, and rheumatic affections. Alone,
it it a searching alterative, but when combined with
Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dot h, and other herbs, it forms
Dr. Tutt’s Sarsaparilla
and Queen’s Delight,
The most powerful blood purifier known to medical
science for the cure of old ulcers, diseased joints, foul
discharges I rout the cars and nostrils, abscesses, skin
diseases, dropsy, kidney complaint, evil effects of
secret practices, disordered liver and spleen. Its use
strengthens the nervous system, imparts a fair com
plexion, and builds up the body with
HEALTHY, SOLID FLESH.
As an antidote to syphilitic poison it is strongly
recommended. Hundreds of cases of the worst type
have been radically cured by it. Being purely veg
etable its continued use will do no harm. The best
time to take it is during the summer and fall; and
instead of debility, headache, fever and ague, you
will enjoy robust health. Sold by all druggists.
Price, SI.OO. Office, 35 Murray Street, New York,
FASHIONABLE DRESS MAKER,
MAIN STREET,
KING HOUSE, NEAR THE COLLEGE,
TJAS recovered (rom her recent illness, and
ir prepared to Cut, Fit and Make
all kinds of Clothing by Gurley’s chait and
from the latest fashion plates.
Making "auid clues a'inaist” as good as new
a specialty. june'22-tf
[ABOUT HUSBANDS—TO THE OIRLS.
JOHN G. SAXE.
A nian is in general better pleased when he
has a good dinnner upon bis table, than when
his wife speaks Greek.— Johnson.
Jolmson was right. I don’t agree to all
The solemn dogmas of the rough old stager;
But very much approve of what one may call
The minor morals of the “Ursa Major.”
Johnson was right. Although some men adore
Wisdom in women, and with wisdom cram
her,
There isn’t one in ten but thinks far more
Of bi own gi.tb ttuui of his spouse's gram
mar.
I know it is the greatest shame in life;
But who amoug them (save perhaps myself)
Returning home, but asks bis wife,
What beef, not books, she has upon the
shelf.
Though Greek and Latin be the lady’s boast,
They’re litt’e value to her loving mate,
The kind of tongue that husbands relish most
Is modern, Boiled and served uppn a plate.
Or if, as fond ambition may command,
Some home-made verse the happy matron
show him,
What mortal spouse but from her dainty hand
Would sooner see a pudding than a poem ?
loung lady, deep in love with Tom or Harry,
’Tis sad to tell you such a tale as this,
But here is the moral of it : Do uot marry ;
Or, marrying, take yonr lover as he is—
Avery Mars—with something of the brute,
Unless he proves a sentimental noddy, .
With passions strong and appetite to boot,
A thirsty soul with a hungry body.
Avery man—not one of nature’s clods—
With human failings, whether saint or sin
ner,
Endowed, perhaps, with genius from the gods,
But apt to take his tamper from his dinner.
Excerpta from Don Piatt.
Human nature is the same the world
over. While it is estimated that we
have nearly four millions of men out
of employ, they who have wages find
themselves very little better off. It is
hunger and privation to one—starva
tion to the other.
And, as if this extortion and robbery
were not enough, we have a Govern
ment riding us to death in the way of
taxation that our national debt may be
anticipated. It is bleeding and purg
ing a sick man. There are times when
a dime is of more value to a man than
a dollar will be six months hence, and
that is our situation now.
“fWw yMet&L
viving, and while New York sinks and
laborers unemployed crowd the other
wise desolated streets,Yanderbilt rises.
It does not require a vast stretch of
intellect nor a wide knowledge of facts
to satisfy one that this is not only a
wrong, but an outrage; and the la
borer who strikes feels that what ever
may be the law of the case the equities
are with him.
A true interviewer is a man who
puts his own views in the mouth of the
interviewed, and trusts to God and
good luck to escape death. I tried
that on a Western Congressman once,
and it cured me of interviewing. He
was an able-bodied, weak-minded man,
and nothing but the fact that he was
painfully short sighted saved me to be
your brilliant correspondent. I used
to sit opposite him iu the street-cars
and hear him muttering oaths concern
ing one D. P.
We are but a hundred years old,and
a Republic, yet the bayonets begin to
bristle as iu Europe under century
stained despotisms, and our bayonets,
few as they are now, are far more dan
gerous than they are in a War power
abroad. Our officers are educated to
a blind obedience unknown even in
Germany, while the rank and file are
made up of the very dregs of foreign
elements. As our i fficer is an aristo
crat and the private a dog, no one pos
sessed of any character or self-respect
will enlist. And this was the power
the poor laborers at Martiusburg saw
drawn up before them, and they knew
that it was as cruel anil unfeeling as
the timber of u gallows or the rope
that hangs the convict.
Distress among the laborers of the
United States has bound them firm ly
into one body. Where two people
think alike there is organization.
When they feel alike there is action,
and there is no motive so powerful as
hunger. A man without wages, with
the cry of hungry children in his ears,
is a man to be feared. We are given
lo attribute the violence in France to
false teachings of the Commune. This
is not true. No man kills another on
a difference of opinion. Masses do not
go at throats for an idea. When Paris
gets up at night and marches a hun
dred thousand strong, with their blue
shirts outside their pantaloons, it
means that Paris is starving. There
are hungry stomachs under the blouse
and famishing families in the homes.
“It is well to leave something for
those who come after us,” as a man
said when he threw a barrel in the way
of a constable who was chasing him.
Said one man to another, “If it was
not Sunday, how much would you take
for that lumber ?” “If it wasn’t Sun
day, I’d tell you,” was the very proper
reply.
St. Lou’s suicides average two a
day. The attempts of the St. Louis
papers to excel each other in funny
paragraphs have filled the town with a
settled gloom —Kansas City Times.
It is calculated that if chickens could
be batched in three days the hens of
America could put in one hundred and
fifty-siv more days on every year.
Their early attention is respectfully
solicited.
A farmer at Mount Sterling, Ken
tucky, has obtained a fine sample of
sugar from the bloom of the common
popular tree. It is granulated iu ap*
pearance and snowy in color.
GAINESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY AUGUST 10. 1877.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE
Final Revision of the Constitution on
the Report of the Committee on
the Judicial y Department.
Mr. Toombs, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Final Revision of the con
stitution, makes the following report*
JUDICIARY.
Section 1 Paragraph I, The judi
cial powers of this state shall be vested
in a supreme court, superior courts,
courts of ordinary, justices of the peace,
commissioned notaries public, and such
other courts as have been, or may be,
established by law.
Sec. 2. Par. I. The supreme court
shall consist of a chief justice, and two
associate justices, but the general as
sembly may provide for the appoint
ment of two additional associate justi
ces. A majority of the court shall
constitute a quorum.
Par. 11. When a majority of the
judges are disqualified from deciding
any case, by interest or otherwise, the
governor shall designate judges of the
superior courts to sit in their stead.
Par. HI. The chief justice an Iff' ..
ciate justices shall hold
for six years, and nntiV
are qualified. A sue*’
cumbent whose ter,®
soonest expire, shall
eighteen hundred and eighty; a”
cessor to the incumbent whose term of
office is next in duration, shall
be appointed in eighteen hundred and
eighty two; and a successor to the third
incumbent shall be appointed in eigh
teen hundred and eightv-foar. But
appointments to fill vacancies shall
only be for the unexpired term.
Par. IV. The supreme court shall
have no original jurisdiction, but shall
be a court alone for the trial and cor
rection of errors from the superior
courts, and from the city courts of
Savannah and Atlanta, and such other
like courts, as may be hereafter estab
lished in other cities; and shall Bit at
the seat of government at such times
in each year as shall be prescribed by
law, for the trial and determination of
writs of error from said superior courts.
Par. V. The supreme court shall
dispose of every case at the first or
second term after such writs of error
is brought; and in case the plain
tiff in error shall not be prepared, at
the first term, to prosecute the case,
unless prevented by Providential cause,
it shall be stricken from the docket,
and the judgment below shall stand
affirmed
Par. YI. In any case, the court may,
in its discretion, withhold its judgment
until the next term- after the same •is
til uo\. * * -
Par. VII. When the judges presi
ding in any case are equally divided in
opinion, the judgment below shall stand
affirmed.
Sec. 3. Par. I. There shall be a judge
of the superior courts for each judicial
circuit, whose term of office shall be
four years, and until his successor is
qualified.
Par. 11. He may act in other cir
cuits when authorized by law.
Par. 111. The successors to the pres
ent incumbents shall be appointed a®
their commissions ex ire: Provided,
That none of them shall hold longer
than the close of the year 1880.
Sec 4. Par. I. The superior courts
shall have exclusive jurisdiction in
cases of divorce; in criminal cases,
where the offender is subjected to loss
of life, or confinement in the peniten
tiary; in cases respecting titles to land,
and equity cases
Par. 11. The general assembly may
confer upon the courts of common law,
power to grant equitable relief.
Par. 111. Said courts shall have jur
isdiction in all other civil cases, except
as hereinafter provided.
Par. IY. They shall have appellate
jurisdiction in all such cases as may
be provided by law.
Par. Y. They shall have power to
correct errors in inferior judicatc
by writ of certiorari, which sha'P
issue on the sanction of the
said courts, and the judges t,q (
shall have power to issue writs oi:
damus, prohibition, scire facias, ah*’
all other writs, that may be necessary
for carrying their powers fully into ef
fect, and shall have such other powers
as are, or may be, conferred on them
by law.
Par. VI. The general assembly may
provide for an appeal from one jury in
the superior and city courts to anoth
er, and the courts may grant new trials
on legal grounds.
Par. VII. The court shall render
judgment without the verdict of a ju
ry, in all civil cases founded on uncon
ditional contracts in writing, where an
issuable defense is not filed.
Par. VIII. The superior courts Bhall
sit in each county not less than twice
in each year, at such time as have been
or may be, appointed by law.
Sec. V. Par. I. In any county with
iu which there is, or hereafter may be,
a city court, the judge of said court,
and of the superior court, may preside
in the courts of each other, in cases
where the judge of either court is qual
ified to preside.
Sec. VI. Par. I. The power of a
court of ordinary and of probate shall
be vested in an ordinary for each coun
ty, from whose decision there may be
an appeal to the superior court under
regulations prescribed by law.
Par. 11. The courts of ordinary shall
have such powers in relation to roads,
bridges, ferries, public buildings, pau
pers, county officers, county funds and
county taxes, and other county matters,
as may be conferred on them by law.
Par. 111. The ordinary shall hold
his office for the term of four years,
and until his successor is elected and
qualified.
Sec. VII. Par. I. There shall be in
each district one justice of the peace,
whose official term, except when elect
ed to fill an uuexpired term, shall be
four years.
Par. 11. The justices of the peace
shall have jurisdiction in all civil cases
arising ex contractu when the princi
pal sum does not exceed one hundred
dollars, and shall sit monthly at fixed
times and places; but in all cases there
may be an appeal to a jury iu said
court, under sudfm alations as shall
be prescribed % U'J
Par. nt. JuittiiAid'rf the peace shall
be elected by tbjs.faf*, voters in their
respective shall be com
nnssioned by th3 sTvirnor.
Par- IV. They Aaliie removable on
conviction of maij±afice in office.
Sec. VIII. Par.Y. Commissioned no
taries public, exceed one for
each militia distif-t.jpiay be appointed
by the judges of superior courts
in their respectiy ifcTrcuits, upon rec
ommendation olfuie grand juries of
the They shall be
commissioned byjjte governor for the
term of four and shall be ex
officit) jus!ice of peace.
Sec. IX. fAb The jurisdiction,
powers, prooeedituis, and practice of
all courts, or offidrs invested with ju
dicial powers, ci the same grade or
class, so far aa t'TS.ulated by law, and
the force and wet of the process,
judgment and delee, by such courts
severally, shall bCjjniform. This uni
formity rnqst Published by the first
general °J) under this
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Sec. XI. x lcll a '.—There shall be a
sol citor generator each judicial cir
cuit, whose officia term, except when
appointed to fill ?>& unexpired term,
shall be four yeal's.
Par. ll.—lt shill be the duty of the
solicitor g-ueral to represent the state
in all cases iu the superior courts of
his circuit, and iif all cases taken up
from bis circuit tt- the supreme court,
and to perform svsch other services as
shall be required of him by law.
Sec. XII. Pai. I—The judges of
the supreme aud superior courts, and
attorney general jmd solicitors general
shall be appointed in this wise: On a
day duriug the session of the general
assembly, to be by law,'the' sen
ate shall begin to and qbn-
Liuue if necessary,/from day to 9y-,
two qualified jpei for-each of * said
ottiees, to be filiPi''betore’.tbe next ses
sion of the gexiei iA Assembly, at>d’ re
port the a** B** 8 ** -J
to fill the position.
Sec. XIII. Par. I—The judges of
the supreme court shall have, out of
the treasury of the State, salaries not
to exceed thirty-five hundred dollars
per annum; the judges of the superior
courts shall have salaries not to exceed
twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars
per annum; the attorney general shall
have a salary not to exceed two thou
sand dollars per annum; and the solic
itors general shall have salaries not
to exceed two hundred and fifty dol
lars per annum—but the attorney
general shall not have any fee or per
quisite in any cases arising after the
adoption of this constitution; and the
provisions of this section shall not af
fect the salaries of those now in office.
Par. 11. The general assembly may,
at any time, by a two-thirds vote of
each branch, prescribe other and dif
ferent salaries for aDy or all of the
above offices, but no such change shall
affect the officers then in commission.
The P erson shall
and su ,perior
degree compl, nles f a Jj
dent friends . he l hall
tion must be | a ]' e , ' :iree
not satisfied * for se J en
Board. !j hereafter
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consists of thirty-I,wl,
ablest and be*t men iii
would be impossible to
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Sec. XV. Par. I. No
shall be granted, except for adultery,
and except on the concurrent verdicts
of two juries, at different terms of the
court.
Par. 11. When a divorce is granted,
the jury rendering the final verdict
shall determine the rights and disa
bilities of the parties, subject to the
revision of the court.
Sec. XVI. Par. I. Divorce cases shall
be tried in the county where the de
fendant resides, if a resident of this
state.
Par. 11. Cases respecting titles to
land shall be tried in the county where
the land lies, except where a single
tract is divided by a county line, in
which case the superior court of either
county shall have jurisdiction.
Par. 111. Equity cases shall be tried
in the county where a defendant resides,
against whom substantial relief is
prayed.
Par. IV. Suits against joint obligors,
joint promissors, co-partners, or joint
trespassers residing in different coun
ties, may be tried iu either county.
Par. V. Suits against the maker and
indorser of promissory notes, or
drawer, acceptor and endorser of for
eign or inland bills of exchange, or
other like instruments, residing in
different counties, shall be tried in the
county where the maker or acceptor
resides.
Par. VI. All other civil cases shall
be tried in the county where the de
fendant resides, and all criminal cases
shall be tried in the county where the
crime was committed, except cases in
the superior courts, when the presid
ing judge is satisfied that au impartial
jury cannot be obtained in such county.
Sec. XVII. Par. I. The power to
change the venue iu civil and criminal
cases shall be vested in the courts, to
be exercised in such manner as has
been, or shall be, provided by law.
Sec. XVII Par. I. The right of trial
by jury, except where it is otherwise
provided in this constitution shall re
main inviolate.
Par. 11. The geueral assembly shall
provide, by law for the seltction of up
right and intelligent persons to serve
as jurors.
Par. 111. Jurors shall receive com
pensation for their services, uniform
throughout the state, to be prescribed
by law, not to exceed one dollar per
day.
bEC. XIX. Par. I. The general as
sembly shall have power to provide for
the creation of county commissioners
in such counties as may require them,
and to define their duties.
_ Sec. XX. Par. I. All courts not spe
cially mentioned by name in the first
section of this article, may be abolished
in any county, at the direction of the
general assembly.
Report of the Committee on Final Revision
of the Constitution on the Report
or the Committee on Finance,
Taxation and Publie Debt.
Mr. Toombs, from the Committee
on Final Revision, makes the following
report:
The committee respectfully recom
mend that all provisions for taxation
and public debt be grouped in one ar
ticle in the constitution.
REPORT.
Section I. Paragraph I. The pow
ers of taxation over the whole state
shall be exercised by the general as
sembly for the following purposes
only:
For the support of the state govern
ment.
For educational purposes.
To pay the interest on the public
debt.
To pay the principal of the public
debt.
Sec. 11. Par. 1 All taxation shall be
uniform upon the same class of sub
jects, and ad valorem on all property
within the terz’itorial limits of the au
thority levying the tax, and shall be
levied and collected under general
laws.
Par. 11. Tue general assembly may,
by law, exempt from taxation all pub
lic pronerty, places of religious wor
ship or burial, all institutions of pure
ly public charity, all buildings erected
for and used as a, college, incorporated
academy, or other seminary of learn
ing the real and personal estate of any
public library, and that of any other
literary association used or connected
with such library, all books and philo
tfophicfil apparatus, and all paintings
,nd statuary company or asso
ciation kept in a public hall, not held
-as merchandise, or-for purposes of
lalejor
I
Par 111. No poll tax shall be levied
except for educational purposes, and
such tax shall not exceed one dollar
annually upon each poll.
Par IV. All laws exempting pro
perty from taxation, other than the
property herein enumerated, shall
be void.
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Q ' legal
Jpreme
’5 in all
court,
Par Y. The power to tax corpora
tions and corporate property shall not
be surrendered or suspended by
any contract or grant to which the
state shall be a party.
Sec. 111. Par. I. No debt shall be
contracted by, or on behalf of, the
state, except to supply casual deficien
cies of revenue, to repel invasion, sup
press insurrection, and defend the
state in time of war, or to pay the ex
isting public debt; but the debt cre
ated to supply deficiencies in revenue
shall not exceed, in the aggregate, two
hundred thousand dollars.
Sec. IV. Par. I. All laws authorizing
the borrowing of money, by, or on be
half of, the state, shall specify the
purposes for which the money is to be
used; and the money so obtained shall
be used for the purposes specified, and
for no other.
Sec. Y. Par. I—The credit of the
state shall not be pledged or loaned to
any individual company, corporation,
or association, and the state shall not
become a joint owner or stockholder
in any company, association, or corpo
ration.
Sec. VI. Par. I.—The general as
sembly shall not authorize any county,
municipal corporation, or political di
vision of this state to become a stock
holder in any company, corporation,
or association, or to obtain or appro
priate money for, or to loan its credit
to, any corporation, company, associa
tion, institution, or individual, except
for purely charitable purposes.
Par. ll.—The general assembly
shall not have power to delegate to
any county the right to levy a tax for
any purpose, except for educational
purposes; to build and repair the pub
lic buildiDg and bridges, to maintain
and support prisoners; to pay jurors
and expenses of courts; to support
paupers, and pay debts heretofore ex
isting.
Sec. VII. Par. I—The debt hereaf
ter incurred by any county, municipal
corporation, or political division of
this state, except as in this constitu
tion provided for, shall never exceed
seven per centum upon the assessed
value of all taxable property therein,
and no such county, municipality, or
division, shall incur any new debt, or
increase its indebtedness to an amount
exceeding two per centum upon the
assessed value of taxable property
therein, without the assent of two
thirds of the qualified voters thereof,
at an election for the purpose, to be
held as may be prescribed by law; but
any city, the debt of which shall ex
ceed seven per centum of the assessed
value of the taxable property at the
time of the adoption of this constitu
tion may be authorized by law to in
crease, at any time the amount of said
debt three per cent upon such assessed
valuation
Par. 11. Any county, municipal
corporation, or political division of
this state, which shall incur any in
debtedness under the provisions of
this constitution, shall, at or before
the time of so doing, provide for the
assessment and collection of an annu
al tax, sufficient in amount to pay the
principal and interest of said debt
within thirty years from the date of
the incurring of said indebtedness.
Sec. \ 111. Par. I —The state shall
not assume the debt, nor any part
thereof, of any county, municipal cor
poration, or political division of the
state, unless such debt shall be con
tracted to enable the state to repel in
vasion, suppress insurrection, or de
fend itself in time of war.
Sec. IX. Par. 1.- —The receiving, di
rectly or indirectly, by any officer of
the state or county, or member, or of
ficer of the general assembly, of any
interest, profits or perquisites arising
from the use or loan of public funds in
his hands, or moneys to be raised
through his agency for state or county
purposes, shall be deemed a felony,
and punishable as may be prescribed
by law, a part of which punishment
ehall be disqualification from holding
office. 8
Sec. X. Par. I.—Municipal corpor
ations shall not incur any debt until
provision therefor shall have been
made by the municipal government.
Sec. XI. Par. I.—The general as
sembly shall have no authority to ap
propriate money, either directly or
indirectly, to pay the whole or any
part of the principal or interest of the
bonds or other obligations which have
been pronounced illegal, null and void
by the legislature and the constitu
tional amendment ratified by a vote
of people on the Ist day of May, 1877,
nor shall the general assembly have
authority to pay any of the obligations
created by the state in the late waf
between the states, nor any of
bonds, notes, or obligations made and
entered into during the existence of
said war, the time for the payment of
which was fixed after the ratification
of a treaty of peace between the
United States and the Confederate
States; nor shall the general assembly
pass any law, or the governor or other
state official eDter into any eoutract or
agreement whereby the state shall be
made a pa,rty in any court of this state,
or the United States instituted to test
the validity of any such bonds or obli
gations.
Sec. XII. Par. I—The bonded debt
of the state shall never be increased,
except in the cases in which the state'
is authorized to contract debts enu
merated in the first paragraph of the
third section of this article.
Sec. XIII. Par. I—The following
described bonds of the state of Geor
gia are legal and valid, and their le
gality and validity shall never be ques
tioned, and the principal an i interest
thereon shall be paid. The bonds thus
described embrace all the legal valid
bonds of the state, and all others are
iflegai, null and void. The legal and
bonds are as follows:
t> p6f cent, currency uuuuo uuo
1878-1886, by act of February
27, 185 G $ 000,000
7 per cent, currency bonds due
1886, by act of March 12, 1866 3,600,000
7 per cent, gold bonds due 1890,
by act of September 15, 1870, 2,098,000
7 per cent, currency bonds due
1892, by act of Jan. 18, 1872, 307,500
8 per cent, currency bonds due
1878-1886, by act of February
19,1873 . 900,000
7 per cent, currency bonds due
1896, by act of Feb. 24, 1876, 542,000
6 per cent, currency bonds due
1889, by act of Feb. 19, 1877, 2,298,000
$10,645,500
Par. ll.—ln addition to the above
amount, the state may hereafter be
come liable, from endorsement, for
$464,000 of the bonds of South Geor
gia and Florida railroad, said bonds to
the stated amount having been legally
endorsed by proper authority.
Sec. NIV. Par. I.—The proceeds of
the sale of the Western and Atlantic,
Macon and Brunswick, or other rail
roads held by the state, and any other
‘property owned by the state, when
ever the general assembly may author
ize the sale of the whole, or any part
thereof, shall be applied to the pay
ment of the bonded debt of the state,
and shall not be used for any other
purpose whatever, so long as the state
has any existing bonded debt.
Sec. XV. Par. I. The general as
sembly shall raise by taxation, each
year, in addition to the sum required
to pay the public expenses, and inter
est on the public debt, the sum of one
hundred thousand dollars which shall
be held as a sinking fund to pay off
and retire the bonds of the state, which
have not yet matured, and shall be ap
plied to no oth r purpose whatever. If
the bonds cannot, at any time, be pur
chased, then the sinking fund herein
provided for, may be loaned by the
governor and treasurer of the state,
provided the security which shall be
demanded or said loan shall consist
only of the valid bonds of this state.
Sec. XVI Par. I. The comptroller
general and treasurer shall each make
to the governor a quarterly report of
the financial condition of the state,
which report shall include a statement
of the assets, liabilities and income
of the state, and expenditures there
for, for the three months preceding,
and it shall be the duty of the gover
nor to carefully examine the same, by
himself or through competent persons
connected with his department, and
cause an abstract thereof to be pub
lished for the information of the peo
ple, which abstract shall be indorsed
by him as to its correctness and legal
ity, or the contrary.
Sec. XVII. Par. I. The general as
sembly shall not by vote, resolution,or
order, grant any donation or gratuity,
in favor of any person, corporation or
association.
Par. 11. The general assembly shall
not grant nor authorize extra compen
sation to any public officer, agent, or
contractor, after the service has been
rendered, or the contract entered into.
Sec. XVIII. Par. I The office of
the state printer shall cease with the
expiration of the term of the present
incumbent, and the general assembly
shall provide by law for letting the
printing of the laws and journals, and
all the printing of the executive de
partment, to the lowest responsible
bidder, or bidders, who shall give ade
quate and satisfactory security for the
faithful performance thereof.
Why is coffee like an axe with a
dull edge ? Because it must be ground
before it can be used.
SoMe (jAtisiS oi tHe iuoißiik
The present lamentable condition of
things is not the result of any sudden
impulse or paroxysm of passion. It
is the culmination of many causes,
which have been augmenting in volume
since the close of the civil war, and
have finally burst the bounds of re
traint and law.
It ii impossible, as the New York
bun says, to scrutinize the legislation
and the administration of the Repub
lican party during the ten years suc
ceeding the rebellion, when it exer
cised absolute power, without reaching
the conclusion that both were con
trolled by the bondholders, the banks,
and the Rings. The welfare of the
people at large and the interests of
labor in all its forms were subordinal e
to these powerful influences. Recon
struction, by which the Southern
States were impoverished and op
pressed, became a part of the system
through which the great monopolies
were upheld, because it furnished
votes for silencing opposition in Con
gress, with majorities of two thirds to
overcome vetoes, when interposed by
Andrew Johnson.
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No such party despotism was ever
before witnessed in this country. The
cry of disloyalty was shouted against
whoever gave a sign of independence.
Few were bravo enough to confront it,
and the great mass submitted to the
degrading discipline without a word of
rem jnstrance. The Ring chiefs en
tered Congress as masters. They de
manded charters, land grants, and
subsidies, and they were voted with
alacrity by the purchased or silenced
members, until hundreds of millions of
the most valuable part of the public
domain passed into the hands of a few
gigantic corporations. Tens of mil
lions lrom the Ireasury were also
voted to these corporations, and then
Congress abolished the first mortgage
on the roads, which was the security
of the Government for these enormous
grants and advances. Less than a
dozen men own these roads to-day as
absolutely as they did the committees
and the majorities which reported and
passed the bills.
When the five-twenty bonds were
first issued, no condition was attached
to them requiring payment in coin, ex
cept as to the interest. The debates
and votes prove incontestably that
there was no obligation to redeem, ex
cept in legal currency, and Mr. Sher
man, now Secretary of the Treasury,
was conspicuous in asserting that fact
at the time, and in opposition to an
amendment to redeem in gold. The
bondholders were largely represented
in both Houses in Congress, and the
outsiders were not idle. A great lobby
was organized, and in 1801) these
bonds were made payable in gold. By
this legislation the bondholders profit
ed to the extent of several hundred
millions, and the taxpayers were bur-
Most oft Tie YegifteiViou ior tue uu,
was manipulated by a committee of
which the Chairman was a shrewd
bank President and others were bank
director--. Those institutions, under
fostering charters and friendly protec
tion at Washington, grew rapidly into
wealth, and many of them paid fabul
ous dividends before the crash came.
Manufacturers likewise obtained any
legislation they needed, and the tariff
to-day is a mass of protected monopo
lies, withoift rule or reason. In this
wild and reckless career the public ex
penditures were multiplied under every
conceivable pretext, the currency was
expanded, offices were created, and
extravagance without accountability
dominated. The public revenues were
stolen, and every department of the
Government was run by a Ring.
After seven years of fictitious suc
cess, the bubble burst by the bank
ruptcy of one of the pillars of the
vicious system, and in spite of the ille
gal efforts of the then Secretary of the
Treasury to prevent an inevitable
catastrophe. The ruin and misery in
flicted by the collapse of 1873, and by
its consequences since then, cannot be
measured iu money. Of all the suffer
ers, the laboring men and their fami
lies have had most to endure, not only
in the reduction of wages, but also in
the increase of their burdens, for it is
not the rich class, by any means, who
pay the bulk of the taxes. They are
the favored few, who do not feel the
turn of the screw which makes poverty
shriek in agony.
Superadded to these and other cau
ses came the Presidential election of
last year. Everybody knows Mr. Til
den was chosen by a large majority of
the people, white and colored, and by
a majority of the electoral colleges. A
conspiracy was deliberately concocted to
deprive the country.of the victory thus
?d it succeeded. Mr. Hayes is
admiffW- nng the Government by a
on the people, and
through the combination of some of
the very men who were leaders during
the period we have above described.
They could not afford to have their
past misdeeds brought to light, as Mr.
Tilden would have unearthed them;
and they were determined to hold on
to power and patronage at any cost.
It is not to bo supposed that the
workingmen, laborers and others, were
indifferent spectators to these events.
They saw great corporations and
Rings combining to increase their
wealth, and they combined also for
their own interests. They saw the
Constitution practically overthrown
and the laws trampled under foot, to
install a defeated candidate in the
White House, and the example has
had its bad effect. Desperate and
dangeous men have improved the
chance to make common cause with
the strikers, and the enemies of social
order may be said to have taken the
case of the strikers out of their hands,
and substituted for it terrorism and
plunder.
What will be the outcome, time
alone can tell; but one thing is certain,
we are now reaping the bitter fruits of
the excesses,plunder,corrupt legislation
frauds and iniquities of the Republican
party, and especially of the crowning
outrage, by which a successfull con
spirator was installed in the White
House. We must deplore the sad
scenes and the awful events of the
past week; but certainly no reflecting
and candid man, who recalls the re
cent past and observe the actual pres
ent, can entirely wonder at them.