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THE JEFFERSON NEWS & FA RMER,
Vol. 1.
TIHiE
Jefferson News & Farmer
B Y
S. W. ROBERTS & BS.OI
LOUISVILLE CARDS.
K.W. Ciirswell, W. F. Deuny.
Carswell & Denny,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA,
WILL practice in ali (he Comities in tli«
Middle Circuit. Also Burke in Au
gusta Circuit All business entrusted to then
care will meet uit'i prompt attention.
Nov, 3.27 ly
11. W. I HAM.
AT TO It amir AT SAW,
SWAINSBORO", GA.
Will practice in tin; Middle and Augusta
Circuits. All business entrusted to bis care
will meet with prompt attention.
Nov. 17th. !871, - m
J G. GAIN 1 J. H. POLHILL.
CAIN 5 POLHILL,
ATTORNEYS AT. LAW
LOUISVILLE, GA.
May 18. t.
T. r. UAItLO W
VV atcli ]VI a. Ts: <3 r
—AND
IE*. 153 lE® -A. X 2FL 33 lE*. 7
Xiouisvillc, 6a ■
SpEJIAL ATTENTION GIVEN tn reno
vating and repairing WATCHES, CLOCKS,
JEWELRY, SEWING MACHINES &<•. &c.
Also Agent for the Hume Shuttle Sewing
Machine
May 5, 1871. _ 1 <.V=
111!. I. R. POWELL,
LOUISVILLE, GA.
Thankful for the patronage
enjoyed heretofore, takes this method of eon*
tinuiug the offer of his professional services to
patrons and friends.
May 5, 1871. 1 lyr-
MEIDIC AL.
Dll. J. R. SMITH late of SandcrsvilleGa..
offers his Professional services to the
citizens of Louisville, and Jefferson county.
An experience of nearly forty years in the
profession, should entitle him to Public Con
iidence. Special attention paid to Obstetrics
and the diseases of women and children. O*
fiee at Mrs. Doctor Millers.
Louisville June JO, 1871. 8 ts.
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.
Look Out for the Sign of
THE GOLDEN BEE HIVE,
IF you wish to buy your Dry Goods at the
lowest prices,
GEORGE WEBER.
No. 176 Broad Street,
Opposite, AUGUSTA HOTEL.
SAVANNAH, _
Ga.
Possessing powerful invigorating
SJil.lJSiMUliHitWiWJiililiUilM
These Bitters are positively invaluable in
They purify the system, and will euro
a.YMa<^rifeawwH;faß.H:iiinni
Remittent and Intermittent Fevers,
and are a preventive of Chills and Fever,
All yield to their powerful efficacy. ,
Are an antidote to chango of Water and Diet, ,
to the wasted frame, and correct all *' j
Will save days of suffering to the sick, and }
Tho grand Panacea for all the ills of life.
« ™
C Young or Old,
J'Oe Single, these Bitters are un\
and have often been
means of saving life.
* TRY ONE BOTTLE, >
MILLEK, BISSELL &, BIIRRUM, Whole
rf a»e A guilts, and Wholesale Grocers and Com
mission Merchants, 177 Broad Street, AU
GUSTA, GA.
YOTJUSTGr MEN
Contemplating a Business Life should at
tend the
BRYANT, STRATTON, & SADDLER
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
For Circulars and specimens of Penmanship,
e icluso two stamps, and address,
W. H. SADLER, President,
Nos G& 8 N. Charles Street,
jvppplilC-Atv tup Baltimore, Md.
Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., Thursday, April 11, 1872.
m
4M un"w” uffiMUaffiA
•1. Walkrr Proprietor. R H. MrPor AT.n fc To., Proggrt* »n4
Qen. A-'U, Ban I-'raucitso ("a!., xni and 3 4 Commerce St, N.Y.
MI MaioXß Hear Testimony to tlielr
Woutlorful Curativo Effects.
They are not a vile Fancy Drink, made of Poor
Kiini, Whiskey, Proof Bi»*rils nml Uol'uoe Li*
<tn or h doctored, spiced and sweetened to please the taste,
culled •* Tonics,” “Appetizers. ■’ “Restorers,” Lc., Hint
lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, but are a true
Medicine, made from the Native Roots and Herbs'of Cali
fornia, free from nil Alcoholic Stimulants.
They are the GREAT KLOOI) PURIFIER and
A LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Reno
vator and Invigorator of the System, carrying off all
poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy con
dition. No person can take these Bitters according to
directions and remain long unwell,provided their bones
are' not destroyed by mineral poison or other means,
and the vital organs wasted beyond tho point of repair.
They nro a Gentle Purgative as svell ns a
Tonic, possessing, also, the peculiar merit of acting as
a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammation
of the Liver, and all the Visceral Organs.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, In young or
old, married or single, nt the dawn of womanhood or at
the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters have no equal.
For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheuma
tism and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bil
ious, Remittent and Intermittent iFevcrs,
Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys nnd
Illndder, these Bitters have boon most successful.
Such Diseases nro caused by Vitlnted Blood,
which is generally produced by derangement of the Di
gestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR* INDIGESTION, Headache,
Pain in the Slionl(lors.Coughs, Tightness of the Chest
Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach. Bad Taste
in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks. Palpitation of the Heart,
Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the
Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, tru the
oflsprings of Dyspepsia.
They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid
Liver and Bowels, which render them of unequalled effi
cacy in cleansing the blood of all impuritios. and impart
ing new life and vigor to the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions. Tetter, SaV
Rheum, Blotehes, Spots, Pimples, Fustules, Bolls, Car
buncles, Ring-Worms, Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas,
Itch. Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin. Humors and Dia.
eases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally
dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by
tho use u! these Bitters. One bottle in such cases will
eouvince the most incredulous of their curative effects.
Cleanse tho Vitiated Blood whenever you find its im
purities bursting through the akin in Pimplei, Erup
tions or Sores; cleanse it when you find it obstructed and
sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is foul, and
your feelings will tell you when. Keep tho blood pure,
and the health of the system will follow.
Pin, Tape, aud other Worms, lurking in the
system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed
and removed. Says a distinguished physiologist, there
is scarcely an individual upon the faco of the earth
whose body is exempt from the presence of worms. It
is not upon the healthy elements of the body that
worms exist, but upon the diseased humors and slimy
deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. No
System of Medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelmintics,
will free the system from worms like these Bitters.
J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. H. MoDONALD & CO..
D r,, ggista and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, California.
aarsoLD by all druggists and dealers.
p May 13, 1671, Jy.
DARBY’S
PROPHYLACTIC
FLUID
mil IS invaluable Family Medicine, ioi
purifying, cleansing, removing bae
odors in all kinds of siekness; for burn;
sores, wounds, slings; for Erysipelas,
rheumatism, and all skin diseases; lo>
catarrh, sore mouth, sore throat, diptheria;
for colic, diarrhoea, cholera; as awash to
soften and beautify thh skin; to remove
nk spots, miloew, Iruit stains, taken in
ternally as well as applied externally; so
hlghlyrecommended by all
it—is for sale by all Uiuggists and C’oun
ry Merchants, and may be ordered di
rectly of the
DAUBY PROPHYLACTIC CO.
161 William Street, N. Y.
p Dec2-P7O ly. rJlay2 nJunn3 ly
Jg VERY PERSON admits that a
COOKING STOVE
is indospensable in a well regulated and eco
nomical family. Therefore do not delay in
getting one ; but go directly to
D L- FULLERTON
and buy either tho
“PHILANTHROPIST,’
“CHIEF COOK,”
o r
“COTTON PLANT.”
D T. FUIJLERTON.
Stove and Tin Ware Dealer, near Jas. TJ Both
well. Oet. 6, 2# ly. m
IST. 13- KISTA.PP,
Wholesale tmd Retail Dealer in
Saddles, Bridles, Harness,
Rubber anti Leather belting and
Packing,
French and American Calf Skins, Sole, Har
ness, Bridle, Band and Patent Leather, Va
lises, Trunks, Carpet Bags, Whips aud Sad
dlery Ware.
Ai the SignoT tlie Golden Suddle, west end
Gibbons’ Building.
JVtarkeT SquarE,
SAVANNAH, GA.
A large assortment on hand and for sale at
' the lowest prices. u eb29 2in
It NEW ST.,
New York.
GEORGIA UNDER BAYONET
RULE.
Letter from Ex-Cov. Jenkins
—TO—
GOVERNOR SMITH.
Augusta, Ga-, March 15, 1672.
His Excellency, James M. Smith:
Sir—Since iny removal Iron
the oltice which von now bold, in
January, ISOS, by Maj >r General
Meade, of the Uniied Slates Ar
my, commanding Department of
Georgia, i have retrained Irom com
muiiicatioa with the tic facto govern
in'Mil ot the Si: t -
Ilad th. re been no into: ferenee o!
ibe Federal sjovt-iuneiil, my term
ufolliee would have expired in No
vember, 1567, and there would then
have In i'ii assembled a Legislature
lo whom 1 would have rendered an
ace m 1 ul my olewMid'lnp, accom
panied by |he usual n polls ol the
T.easurer and t’ompiroller Gem-r.il
so that year. Sacha co n.nunica
tion, with the accouipantmei is, (• »r
the p ccoding year, had been sub
mitted lo the General Assembly al
their $i omd session, in Novemlier,
I SOU. Tiicre h iViiig been neiilier
(Jove: nor nor Legislature elected in
ISO 7,1, under a provision of (he
coiisliliilie.il, held 'Wei; t>ul there
was no Legislative A.-seuddy. From
ll)C lime of mv removal unlit the
installation of list: present Govern.it
aud Legislature, those departments
have n t, in my ju Ig.n nt, b ;en filled
by persons ligliCuliy representing
the people of Georgia or faithfully
guarding their inleiesis.
lam informed tluii a commiiiee
appointed lor that purpose by the
Leuislature convened in ls(ss, ex
amined the books ami accounts of
Mr. Treasurer Jones lor ilie lasi
year of my a Immblraiion, and re
ported them correct.
I desire, however, to make a
formal rep escalation of certain
Iransaeiioiis during myollicial t>'mi,
ol which no account has been giv
en, and some of which hive been
grossly misrepresented to tlie pah
lie.
Such a co umuiiicaiion to a Slate
Exec u ive, from a predecessor, is,
I know, unusual, il uni unprecedent
ed; but 1 irust you will liml, in the
circumstances heretofore and now
surrounding me, ajustilication of it,
and that you will kindly place il on
tile, with the archives of the State,
where it may herealter be accessi
ble for reference if desirable.
The State j Finances.
I need scarcely remark lhal, owing
to the suspension of the State gov
ernment al I lie close ot the war, se
rious complications with the Feder
al government resulting from that
conflict, the utter exhaustion of our
treasury, the impoverished condition
of our people, and the interference
by congressional registration with
the State government first inaugura
ted after the war, my administra
tion was fraught with difficulty, res
ponsibility and anxiety. When I
entered upon the duties of the office
there was no money in the treasury
—there were outstanding liabilities
of Governor Brown’s last term (ow
ing to his removal by the United
Slates government several months
before its constitutional end) —debts
contracted by Provisional Governor
Johnson, to carry on the govern
ment arid the expenses of the con
vention of ISG-s.provided lor by tem
porary loans. There were also
ante-war bonds, and interest cou
pons of considerable amount which
matured during anil after the war;
the expenses of the legislature which
came in with me, and the accruing
demands of the civil list. The lied
and track of the Western and Atlan
tic Railroad were in a dilap
idated conditiou, iis depots and
bridges was in a great meas
ure destroyed, and its rolling
slock partly lost or destroyed anil
partly worn out and valueless. Its
superintendent, under Provisional
Governor Johnson, with his approv
al, had contracted a debt with the
Uniied Slates government of about
four hundred and seventy thousand
dollars ($470,000) in the purchase
of rolling stock and other railroad
property, and still in these items
there was a large deficiency.
The Capitol, its grounds and
furniture, and the Executive Man
sion aud its furniture, required ex
tensive repairs aud removals; the
penitentiary had been partis Ly burn
ed and rendered insecure, requiring
a large outlay in rebuilding and
strengthening it.
Besides all this, there were no
taxes collected in IS6-5. In view
of this condition of onr financial af
fairs, it must, I think, surprise the
reflecting mind that the Legislature,
to meet the liabilities and put the
machinery of government again in
motion, resot ted to the credit of the
State, by the issue of its bonds, on*
ly lo the amount of three millions
and thirty thousand dollars
000).
The Convention of ISB> did, in
deed, authorize the issue of bonds,
amounting to five hundred tliou-and
dollars ($500,000) to meet the emer
gencies of the hour. But these,
owing to restrictions put upon them,
were found available only for very
short loins nnd were so used, and
redeemed witfi proceeds of bonds
afterward authorized by the Legis
lature, except about twenty-six
thousand dollars, ($26,000) which
hud not been presented at the treas
ury, although culled in.
There were also bonds autboiiz
cd by the 7th section of die act of
12ili March, 1566, amounting to six
hundred thousand dollars,. (S6OO,
000) to pay the land tax issued In
die United .Stales giveinuieut n
g iin-l the people of’Gooruia.
Ties - bonds were engraved with
olhcr-, but as the United Slates uu
ihnriiics tefused to receive pavniem
ol the lax from die Executive ot the
Slate, wr re not sinned or sealed tin
dl alter the next session of die Leg
islature (November, 1 Mill).
On their assembling, I reported
to them the failure to use those b aids
for die purpose intended, aud ad
vised that tii" Ex, cut ive I <> author
ized to issue tin m in red '(option of,
or exchange for, bonds ot the State,
which would mature within a dini i
time. Audio ity to that eff-et was
given by lint Legislature, and these
bonds, in all respects srinilar t->
other bonds, issued under ill • net o!
March 12, I $66 were executed. As
these bonds bore a hiolier r *te of in
terest than those to be redeemed by
them, aud were secured by a m >rt
gage on the Western aud Adauti
Railroad, il was believed that no
difficulty would be encountered in
exchanging them tor the latter on
terms advantageous to the Stale,
and thus our suffering people be re
leased from taxation, to me t a bea
vy demand upon the t ea-my at no
distant day. They were aeenr ling
ly placed in the National B ink ot
the Republic (New York) for that
purpose, aud notice of die terms on
which the Slate would make the ex
change extensively published. Thi
exchange had been commenced, tint
no great progress bad been made in
it at the time o my remova 1 . Know
ing no safer placa of deposit for
them, aud desiring not to suspend
the process of exchange, [ gulfi-red
them to remain there, giving wiitten
instructions to the agent to continue
it, but, beyond that, to deliver them
lo no person except upon the order
of'John Jones, Tresurer, or of my
self.
The Legislature assembled in IS
OS, passed a resolution authorizing
the Governor inaugurated by them
intake possession of all bonds of die
Stale executed, but not negotiated,
wherever to be founJ. Under this
authority, as I have been informed,
the acting Governor, R. B. Bullock,
demanded ol the hank the unex
ehunged bonds then in their posses
sion and the agent, under legal ad
vice, surrended them to him, but re
quired of hitn an indorsement on
each bond, of the manner in which
he became possessed of it. The
precise amount so delivered I know
not, but suppose it could have va
ried little from six hundred thousand
dollars. 1 am, of course, ignorant
what disposition has been made of
them. If they have been faithfully
applied to the object intended, they
have not increased the indebtedness
of the State, but have only postpon
ed, lo a more convenient lime, its
payment, pro tatUo, and the relief
has accrued, or will accrue, to the
administrations succeeding mine.
If otherwise, the misapplication is
chargeable to the Executive, who,
rather than come to an account with
the fairly elected and honest repre
sentatives of the people he was
charged with having plundered, in
glorinusly lied the Slate. In no
event can those bonds be fairly set
down as an original indebtedness in
curred by the State during my olfi
cial term, and by my advice.
Ollier bonds were issued by me,
in conformity with the act of Febru*
ary, 1656, authorizing a subscription
to the stock ofliie Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad Company, and the issue of
bods of the Stale, in payment of in
stallments on that stock, as the cor
poration might show itself entitled
to them. Evidence that they were
so entitled, was in each instance ad
duced, before the bonds were issued;'
amounts, dates, etc , will appear by
reference to the records of the
Treasurer’s and Comptroller Gener
al’s offices.
But this liability was incurred
ten years before my time. The a
mount of the two classes of bolids
last mentioned have, in an indis
criminaling, unscrupulous partisan
spirit, been added to the three mil
lions and thirty thousand mentioned
before, and the grand aggregate
presented as an increase of the pub
lic debt under my administration
and by my advice.
I think I have disposed ot ihn-e
i two classes, and will n >1 uynin n lei
ito them. I now pnipoi-e to show
j that the public debt w s increased
:by less tlan one-h.lf ofihetfr
millions aud thirty thousand !o!.h
--(53,0 >0,000).
j The authority Ur issuing ihcsc
bonds, ami the purposes o. which
they were to lie apple- I. ill in
found in the act of the 12 nof.M licit.
ISGO.and lltii section of tho ge u-r
--al appropii ltinn act of the sane
year. The lb lowing items eyn
braced in the act first tie uimncil
Were obviously provisions for fund
ing existing indebtedness, ami
liter -fbie did not ineroase tin- public
and. In.
Sv.*itui To pay the mature! lu>n.|
debt ait*! interest Jh*r*o» s r.LHOO (
Section I —To pay d>*b! to
S :i‘«s government. Ur railroad
property parclused and r'njr IVovi
sional Governor J.dtnsoir.s form,
and interest j
Loans c-MitracHd by Provisional
Gov** nor Join sou 3<>,tm(i
: M tkiiig an aggregate of •>* I .dGO,(K/H
WMfli. deducted from tlie m w bond
debt cf #3,0:10,000, leaves as in*
crease of public debt Idi7u,ooo
Am »ng flit- appropriations mad**- and
paid Ir* m proceeds of these b-uids
wore two ex*r lordinnry items of
pure vharity, hn\ ing nil tin* moral
'•bUgatiuus of debts; viz: to pm
tdt.’ise **•» ii for the destitute, ami
limb* tor divided soJ Jiors. 24’*,*'00
Leaving a balance of sM'>o,o()o
This b.d inee was telied upon to
rep-iii ninl complete the i quipmenl
of the Western and Atlantic Rail
read, to repair and refit the Slate
House and its grounds; the Kxecu
tivi Mansion and furniture; the Pen
itentiary; to pay the unfunded debts
ol the .Stale (by no means ineousid
i-raule); and to defray the entire ex
penses of the government for one
year, including the support of its
ureal public chaiities, and the ac
cruing annual interest on the t üblic
debt.
This sum, of one million four hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars, was
subjected, before it came into the
Ireisuty for general use, to a dimi
nution, by the expenses incident to
t ie preparation anil engraving of the
bonds, the execution of the mortgage,
commissions to agents employed in
the sale of them, aud the rate of dis
count upon them, for no bonds of
tiny Southern State could then be
negniated at par value. The bonds
first sold—about nine hundred thou
sand dollars ($900,000) in amount —
yielded ninety per cent; a w were
afterward sold for ninetv-five. and
they would undoubtedly tint: reach
ed par value in the market but for
the depressing eflect of eoogtes.-ion
al legi-1 uion upon the credit of the
Southern States. Under this with
ering influence, these bonds after
wards fell below ninety in the New
York market. For more minute de
tails respecting the disposition of
these bonds, reference is made to
the records of the treasury and of
the Comptroller General’s office, to
which, as I write, I have not access.
I have mentioned a debt contrac
ted by the provisional superintend
ent of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad under Provisional Govern
or Johnson, and which debt occa
sioned my fitst unpleasant compli
cation with the United States gov
ernment. The superintendent in
sisted that he was, by the terms of
the contract, entitled to a clearered
it of two years upon the amount of
the purchase. The Sale Agent of
the United States, on the contrary,
affirmed lhal by the terms of t lie
stile, the purchaser could only be
entitled to such credit, on giving bond
with approved personal security, for
the payment of the debt at the expi
ration of two years, in default of
which, monthly payments of the
twenty-fourth part of the debt with
interest at 7.30 per cent, must be
made, until tbe debt was extinguish
ed. The contest between these offi
cials was an unequal one. The
monthly payments were peremptori
ly demanded. I suggested to the
Legislature the expedient of-author
iztug the Superintendent of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad lo
give a bond for the payment of the
debt within two years, and of pledg
ing the faith of the State for its pay
ment. Accordingly the act of the
I3th of March, 1806, was passed,
and a bond executed in conformity
with it, and delivered. Still, for
lack of personal security, the month
ly payments were demanded. In an
interview with Mr. Stanton, Sec
retary of War, I protested against
this, and insisted on the payment ol
the whole sum at the t of
two years—urging that the pledge of
the Stale’s credit was more than an
equivalent for personal security. He
heard me patiently, but when I con
cluded, remarked curtly, “I can
give you no relief. You seem to
think because this railroad is the
properly of the State, and the debt
incurred, her debt, and because shr
bad given her bond for i>, she should
be admitted to »he privilege of pur
chasers giving bond and security.—
I cannot make that distinction. The
terms must no compile it \m u. t
asked permi-sim to uk -i-s : ■ un
him on that point. I pres-.- iup >•;
him the univeis iilv reeognz t! >
ity between tint inn's and Si ites, be
tween organized governtii-ut.-', an !
stated as a corollary from it, dial on
Government would accord :•> n t i
-a credit never given loan individ
ual. 1 concluded thus: "I Ii ivr
not supposed, Mr St n on, I *h >u and
live to see the day wbe \ tor ! ..it- it
States government would smei n>n
Governor of a State out to I: mi -d
tor pi-Mual seeyrhii far a mcricn con- !
tract. I cannot lower the dignify o! •
my State by doing su"h an a. i ”
The stern Seere ary rewired con
sidered, and linalty look the matt, ri
before the Gab. who tei. ited u
to the Secret irv ol War •* ■ • I rfu- j
A lorney Genet.il, with po ie- id
act. J then went Indore ti o Uttei,!
to discuss the 11 icsliou wire bdi..— ;
So sou aas I :u na. It and to j u j.. ii ■
tioli rcqu iiog ii S ol.' to giv • ;>m
son,'il scciiiitv ■ i ii if In, Mi. Sian
iii rrv, that tipn .’lil man, enuciciui- j
gentleman and . o'e jtii i- 1 . imerrup- t
ted mo « illt tii n-irk, < •overnm .
1 confess th T ; r>p "ili ii revo!
me.” *• As it hi- <I -i trio. Mr. \> •
toruey Gou'iir,” !h ,and ed. Me i !
joined, “t.)!i. i.l tit .'id o' id . M r..
Stanton inu-t give tie n; .” An 1 j
be did give i: u;>. aa I eln.'et fo!i V, t j
lust. I refer to tins matter peij v 1 > j
show ib at, aunt ig in t-f tlisti.iir-iisti
ed men, bv niembi rs ,and ibe ad uiu's-j
trillion (ii id we nt iy inler. I>v ile j j
Cubiuel) Georgia wa ,at tii it ;iue , j
recognized as Ii iving the slat - ol a
Suite ot the Unio
How a Tnriiinc'ia: I'ar watt Crush'll.
Early in the year lsi>6, lit.- (Nil
lector of Intern and R venue lo the
tilt District • f (»•'•<*r.ia i qm e I It. j
S iperinten.le.it , I'ihe W’. -ii mi a i :
Atlantic Railroad to mho* m uiil.!.
returns lo hitn of the gross nueipis
from the road, and to piv ttlax id
2 l 2 per cent upon them.
Believing the tax lobe ill' gii. iie
causu nssess-'d unon revenue u! ill •
Slate, 1 appeal upon tho r< v. nn* ol
the Stale, I appealed ag liust il o
the Secretary of the United Stau s
Treasury, who, after a refeieuee of
the queslion to lit • Solieiioi of the
Treasuty and a report by him. n.a r
rided tny ri j>[>• al a.id order- and il.e
col ection to proe -eil. N>i siii-li -d
with the deei.-i nt, I filed a liill in
equity in the I fisirict Court oi toe
Uniied States hi the nameol ill: Si,tie
of Georgia, against the Cuilec<ors,
seeking to enjoin die collection ot tin-1
lax. Alter argument upon a rule j
against l-he Collector, to show cause |
in chambers why an injunction should
not issue, the Judge reserved his do
vision until the next term ofliie < ourl
in Atlanta; but assured the Solici
tors of the. State, in the presence of
the District Attorney nnd die C (Hec
tor, lhal meantime no further action
in collection of ilie tax would beta
ken. During his teinporaiy absence
from tbe State, however, aud before
his decision,, the Collector peremp
torily demanded payment oi the tax
then accrued (amounting to more
than twenty f>ur thousand dollars)
within ten days, in default ol which
a levy would be made upon the
property of the road. Informed ol
this, I directed the superinte deni to
pay under protest, which was done.
As soon as pracii. ahle afterwards,
in a. personal interview with the Sec
retary af the Ttea iury, I brought all
those matters to his consideration,
anti found him prnlnundiy ienoraiit
of the filing of the bill, the pro ced
mgs in ehatnbers, the assurance ol
the judge respecting suspension ol
action, and the subsequent eulorce
ment of payment. I do him the
justice to say that he manifested gen
uine surprise and indignation at the
last stage of the proceeding, lie
pronounced ii “till wrong,” ami im
mediately summoned before hitn the
deputy commissioner of internal rev
enue (the chief being absent at tbe
time,) who, after liearingthe recital,
.concurred in the Secretary’s opinion
and declared himself equally igno
rant aud innocent of the wrong.
The result was that the Secretary
ordered the suspension of the collec
tion, until rendition of the Judge’s
decision, saying he thought I had
adopted the best course for the set
tlement of the question, but declined
lo refund the sum paid under duress,
Which had been pronounced ‘•all
wrong" until the decision was
made.
At the next term of the court,
Judge E'rskine delivered an elaborate
opinion, concluding with an order of
injunction jicndeutc life. A copy of
jibs decision was lot"arded to the
department with a second demand
of repayment which was declined
on the ground that the Secretary
was considering the propriety of car
rying up the question.
The Collector, I was informed,
never answered the hill nor pul in
an appearance, and at the Septem
ber term, 1867, the Judge granted a
perpetual injunction, and decreed
that the sunt, paid under duress, be
refunded.
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lor i•• |» tvtncnl, lur. I v.-.-i ■ m«v. > ,|
that itie legality o bo : x bad ! ora
r r rr *.l :•> the \ ...| „f
the ('.;■■(! St:il• -, | :l <-.c de
p i: ? io" i vviiiil I u.tt ai; h-- .. m,:on.—
t'i: ■! was s toil ::lit• r g .'ti'Eain
i - : o - Verve (>: the c oat. w iiich
■ led red tin- tax l it 'i'hoii upon
a Sinn i h demand luc money was i.o
!nded i) it itrores: on it wn-i tcfn.-i-d,
a!i!a>ii:*h tli * troas uv of (!.<• United
Seres laid li ! i i' ri eigblecu
months, and although in too tlm
vanr- tim -, iti t —t st. was accruing at
ih rate o! 7. H0 p r cent. ag.-rinsi the
A si ra and A Ia::!.- lia:lroad to
!; in Lift I i~' lit. mi :iio debt before
ni, ‘ ittn : • I, and a ,il:nr paid in
full.
l>t. • I >r ftis ain loal 'o t t>r> indicia
•'>'< >••• ' •'it oami t !in doubled
tit'- ills a;; rats i .1 ieog-tl tax
w'■d, y -ar a tier \i.\-ir, have linen
v "W ; -i .nil oil I i. II j-oveii.shi.nl Sine
’V I.ll* -ji.-ii •.. an.i ,-ji .I.in_> mini.ms
n p v. r. it it) i.iii oik; ni muivtx
aiinl on-sol | ln: Iv : ana.ms.aml rapa
onnis s; ;> :! in wlia h th * rniias pane
!i ivo rr.; sod ill -n i-'indi . >:,ul and
'irooro nllaosdoa of iho S nillicrn
po >•>!.■ Ii the ant! o i: v oftin- Feder*
al g->v< rmiii-iit. hit •- v. o-.i.-.-i 1 iin
dio sia : nail ilio. o, in th - lime of
o', o no- list-, wiii in- :la i no and
s :th'; tag. il can o-.iv pin- -<s rtir
!v •« n pa it*. too, |.i t'.i ig die
oalsir -ohing o' !lis ri rlll •■■rn win>
-is >ni.l “l . iigiiiutr is mint, ami I
mil
But iin-se litiims should not in: al*
lowed to pass unlieedud or anehroa.-
iclvd.
liro.it -is xv.-re llie.'nr> irr issinetits
encompassing tin: office dmi :■> 1 lit;
lira year of my ter ■■, ia • v were
va-i'v increased by the passage of
ill- recmistrn lion a ts, and to.* rn*.
I ante into the State of a military
eii tet i a oi, l rails lor red In mi ‘-/nr <lqu rr
hr* in tin: xrhl/t to hrndq-i iters in
Atlanta. This man came invested
with despotic power over tin: people
o! Georgia. and with an harilv, at
his sovereign pleisiiro, to remove
tro-ii oili e anv one of tli'*rr elnfsen
public servants. \nd the-" lamg->,
'hades o W.-i.diingto i. .!• Her-on and’
M idi-oti I were '‘mi not as; ,nj.
tag the and ist ia'el' riv-agni \ f*(J '. ,
gia ( idler befite thev r ein
.nenaed ■ n dining t h ;. ~ r s J
a State Within the Uni a, in .r .
department ol the F ilri.d gtnei -
menl. I pause not to pioduu proms
ot the assertion ; but l eh ..huge an
issue upon it.
T.icgnnl suit for Georgia Sun rctgnln.
These icc-onst!motion acts, it will
be remembered, had been passed by
the Congress of the United Stales
over th ■ veto..fibe President, based
upon tle.-ir uneonstiumouaiity. So
soon as action was taken under them
—so soon as the foot of the military
despot was impressed upon the soil
of Georgia—T repaired to Washing
ton and filed a bill, in the name ot
the Slate of Georgia, against the in*
irnder i;t the Supreme C >uri, seek*
iug to enjoin anil set aside these pro
ceedings, as infringements upon the
reserved sovereignty of the State, in
violation ot the Constitution of the
United States.
The right of the State to file that
bill, and the jurisdiction of the court
tn the ease, depended upon the fact
alleged, that she was one o( tiie States
of the Union. Asa foreign power,
or a conquered province, si.e would
have had no right to do so—the court
no jurisdiction in the premises.—■
Still, as the records of the court show,
upon full presentation of the com*,
plaint, formal permission was gran
ted to lile the hi!l ; nor was site af
terwards dismissed the court unre- ;
dressed, on the ground that she
lacked that status.
After argument, the bill was dis
missed because .in it there w*is al
leged neither interference,, obr the
threat of interference, with her pr'cip
erhj, which the court held was ne
cessary to make a ease for their sub
lime consideration. Nothing, so far
has been disturbed, or threatened,
Save the modest though peculiar dia
dem of her reserved sovereignty (in-
Radical estimation a paltry bauble),
of which that elevated tribunal could
not condescend o ,take, cognizance.
The deep humilitaiiou wtlieu then
pervaded the entire mass ot a proud
people—proud in their Historical re
miniscences, and their consciousness
of thorough rectitude of intention and
of coiuKict will he long rerriemb red.
Their final submission was as truth
ful and unqualified as their resists
auee had been honest, open and he
i uie.
Executive Humiliation i
Hut that humiliation was intensi
fied in the person of ihoir Exeeuiit-c,
‘breed as he was by circumstances
into daily contact with the insolence
olau intruded ruler, trained to
krary Iniiitar.y command, unfamiliar
with civil government and rendered
giddy by his unwonted etn'uence.—
Hid 1 yielded to the pfO tiptirfgs of
( Continual on fourth fagej