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S. P. THURMAN.
II
J. W. SPENCE
, I
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
ibe Volume.)
S. P. THURMAN & CO.,
Manufacturers
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS
now receiving our
dry
“»"" ,1 ' vin, ' r Candies and Confectionaries,
Greenville Stk., Newnan, Ga.
che Ladies especially are
examine our stock of
goods.
invited to cal!
and
Prints, bleached and unbleach’d
Domesticks, Bedticking, &c.
In Dress Goods we have in part,
Silks, French Merinos, French
[ins. Alpaccas, De
Fains, &c.
keepC large stock of
Buttons, Ribbons,
Belts and Belting.
keep a splendid stock of
Pop!
Press
We also
Xleficly HVJIttclo OlotXxixxi
PIECE »0
Comprising the very latest. sijlcs.
Shoes and Roots.
Also a very large stock of
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
such as—-
j tie
W
ito Shirts,
Neckties, &-c.
for CASH.'
&C.
All sold cheap for CASH.'“38
Call and examine for yourselves. No trouble
) sliow goods.
JOE WETLT.
Masonic
Building. Greenville St.,
Newnan. Ga.
Sep I. 2S-lf.
P. w. 3 ECHOLS;
Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga.,
\H.\LER in ell kinds of Agricultural Tm-
| plcmcnts erd Mnchivreiy, and regent lor
Son's
pigment
ran L. Etnorv
We are manufacturing and receiving our
FALL & WihTSR ciuCK
Cardies, Pickles,
Nuts, Raisins,
Mackerel, Cheese,
Crackers, Sugars,
Coffee, etc., etc.,
To which we ask the attentiom of the
WHOLESALE ami RETAIL TRADE.
[continued feom last week.]
I have, therefore, heretofore urged upon
! your attention the great danger to be
j bended from an untimely extension of the
| elective franchise to any new class in ourcouii-
| try especially when the laige majority of that
j class, in wielding the power thus placed iu
I their hands, cannot be expected correctly to
j comprehend the duties and responsibilities
j which pertain to suffrage. Yesterday, as it
were, four millions of persons were held in a
condition of slavery that existed fur genera
tions , to-day they are freemen, and are assum
ed by law to be citizens. It cannot be presum
ed, from their previous condition of servitude,
that, as a class, they are as well informed as to
the nature of our Government as the intelli
gent foreigner who makes our land the home
of his choice. In the case of the latter, neith
er a residence of five years, and the knowledge
of our institutions which it gives, nor attach
ment to the principles of the Constitution, are
the only conditions upon which he can be ad
mitted to citizenship. He must prove, in a<i-
ness in the South is paralized by a sense of
general insecurity, by the terror of confiscation,
and the dread of negro supremacy. The
Southern trade, from which the North would
have derived so great a profit under a govern-
e 1 with public dutv, from private history, or f partments of the Government; the farmer who
from general reputation ? Ur must the i’resi- ! supplies the soldiers of the army and the sail-
dent await the commission of an actual mis- ors of the navy; the artisan who toils in the
demeanor in office ? Shall he, in the meantime. | nation's workshops, or the mechanics and la-
risk the character and interest of the Nation in j borers who build its edifices and construct its
Advertisemen.sinsertedat $1.50 per square
(often lines or spaceeqnivalent,) for first inser •
| tion, and 75 ceuts for each subsequent in-
i sertion.
Monthly or semi-monlhly advertisements
j inserted at the same rates as fomew advertise
ment?. each insertion. '
Liberal arrangements will be made with
those advertising by the quaiter or year.
All transient advertlsmeuts mu3t be paid
for when handed in.
appre- mcnt 0 f j aw still languishes, and can never ti e hands of men to whom he cannot give his j forts and vessels of war—should, in payment j first iuoer»ioi>.
The mouey for adverliseiDg due after the
We will wholesale Candies to Confectioners
;ir cheap ns they can purchase the same aiticle
in any Southern market. Determined to ex
tend Our wholesale business, we pledge our
selves to refund the money paid us for Candies
which do not give satisfaction.
Mr Thurman having an experience of six
teen years as a manufacturer of Candies, Hat
ters himself that lie understands his business,
and has no superior as a manufacturer in the
Southern States.
The attention of the ladies particularly and
(he citizens generally is called to the fact that
we keep constantly on hand a supply of
MB80
WE
We know we can ]dense you. A\ e say what
we mean and mean what we say.
October I'J-Gm.
NO CONFISCATION!
be revived until it ceases to he fettered by the
arbitrary power, which makes all itsoperalions
unsafe. That rich county—the richest : i
natural resources t' _• world ever raw—is worse
than lost if it he not smci placed under the
protection of a free Constitution. Instead of
being, as it ought to he, a source of wealth
and power, it will become an intolerable bur
den upon the rest of the nation.
Another reason for retracing our steps will
doubtless he seen by Congress in the late man
ifestations of public opinion upon this subject
We live in a country where the popular will
always enforces obedience to itself, sooner or
later. It is vain to think of opposing it with
anything short of legal authority, hacked by
overwhelming force. It cur not have escaped
your attention that from the day on which
Congress fairly and formally presented the
proposition to govern the Southern States by
military force, with a vq.w o the ultimate es-
dition. a good moral character, and thus give;, n- , . A
,, ... . .. ... . . .ft . tablishment of negro srmivmacy. every exp.ta
reasonable ground for the belief that be wil he ° vr J J
jNTew Arrival!
faithful to the obligations which he assumes as
a citizen of the Republic. Where a people—
the source of all political power—speak by
their suffrages, through the instrumentality of
the ballot-box, it must he carefully guarded
: gainst the control of those who are corrupt
in principle and enemiesof free institutions, for
it can only become to our political and social
system a safe conductor of healthy popular
sentiment when kept free from demoralizing
influences. Controlled, through fraud and
usurpation, by the designing, anarchy, and des
potism must inevitably follow. In the hands
of the patriotic and worthy, our Government
will he preserved upon the principles of the
Constitution inherited from our fathers. It
follows, therefore, that in admitting to the
ballot-box a new class of voters not qualified
for the exercise of elective franchise, we weak
en ouv system of government, instead of ad
ding to its strength and durability. “I yield
to no one in attachment to the rule of general
suffrage which distinguishes our policy as a
nation. But there is a limit, wisely observed
which makes the ballot a privilege and a trust,
and which, requires of some classes a time
suitable for probation and preparation. To
give it indiscriminately to a uew class, wholly
unprepared, by previous habits ami opporluni
ties, to pel form the trust which it demands, is
to degrade it, and finally to destroy its power;
for it may he safely assumed that no political
truth is better established than that such indis
criminate and all embracing extension of popu
lar, suffrage must end at last in its overthrow
| an8 desti uction.”
1 repeat the expression of my willingness
to join in any plan within the scope of ouv con
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Railway & Lever Horse Powers,
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Colton Gin and Condenser,
as supetior to all others,
for running the Gin, and Hie
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hilo Hie po\v
rcss far pack w
desivpfi.
Ir A"IV.rer piive and jv, ice t irculnvs lnniish-
1 o.i application in person or bv letter.
P. W. J. ECHOLS,
Dealer in Agiicnltnral Implements
ami Machinery,
ig 10-Gtfi. \VhirahaU St.. Atlanta, Ga.
Save tune,
avelaudyour R.ril.o.ul expenses
to and fiom Atlanta by buying your
Staple & Fancy Dry Goods,
Boots, Shoes’; Hats, Notions,
Heady Hade Clothing
I, BEVEWB,
GREENVILLE STREET, NEWNAN,
lepiemher 7-t f.
GA.
Southern Branch
nr
r T7i
■Tomm
nfftiUrtnij oiuviii w unite,
3XTEW YORK.
BOOTS X\B SHOES.
I WOULD respectfully mi-
| nounce to Hie citizens ot
Newnan and vicinity that 1 have
secured the se> viv.es of
Mv. JNT. H. REE5.B.
a niO't accouinlDbed workman. 1 invite all,
'iunefoie. lo rail, assuring ihem they can now
have their Bool* and Shoes made in the most
D-kionable style. All I a?k .to convince, is a
fair trial.
Jj'a^Renuiilog no. Hv a >d pvomnily done.
LUgU'Office o,i E. >t side of Public
Newnan. Ga. [July 13-if.] W
F. M. RICHARDSON.
L. V. SANFORD
RICHARDSON &
>Uc Scuare.
. FLOYD.
W. B. W. DENT,
MANUFAC'TUVRR OF ALL KINDS OF
TIN WARE,
AND DEALER IN
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Stoves, Howlow-Ware, Block
Tin, Tin Plate, Sheet Iron,
and Tinners’ Findings,
Lamps, Cutlery, House F urnish-
ing Goods of every descrip
tion, Plated and Brit-
ania Ware, &.C.,
KEYSTONE BLOCK, WHITEHALL STREET,
ATLANTA, GA.
They would call special attention to their
large and varied stock of
COOKING STOVES,
of ihe latest and most approved patents.
Cal! and examine their slock. [Oct.26-6m.
sion of the general seiiUmcnt has been more oi
leas adverse to it. The affections of this gen
eration cannot be detached from the institutions
ot their ancestors. Their determination to
preserve the inheritance of free government in
, nfaience ? Must he forbear his complaint un
til the mischief is done ar.u cannot be prevent
ed i If his zeal in the public service should
impel him to anticipate the overt act, ronet he
move at the peiil of being tried himself for the
offence of slandering his subt dinate ? In the
present circumstances of the country, someone
must be held responsible for official delinquen
cy of every kind. It is extremely difficult to
ray where that responsibility should he thrown,
if it be not left where it lias been placed by
the Constitution. But all just men will admit
that the President ought to be entirely relieved
from such responsibility, if he cannot meet it
by reason of restriction placed by law upon his
action.
The unrestricted power of removal from
office is a very great one to he trusted even to
a Magistrate chosen by the general suffrage of
ihe whole people, and accouutub e directly to
them for his n It is undoubtedly liable to
abuse, and at some period of our history per
haps has been abused. If it be thought desir
able and constitutional that it shouid he so
limited as to make the President merelj’ a com
mon informer against other public agents, he
should at least he permitted to act iu that ca-
their own hands, and transmit it undivided and | parity before some open tribunal, independent
unimp red to their own posterity, is toostron
to he successfully opposed. Every weaker pas- j
sion will disappear before that love of liberty
and law for which the American people are !
distinguished above all olheis in the world. |
How far the duty of the President, “to pre- I
serve, protect, and defend the Constitution.”
lequiie- him to go iu opposing ail unconstitu
tional act of Congress, is a very serious and im
portant question, on which I have del berated
mncli; and felt extremely anxious to leach a
proper conclusion. Where an act lias b
passed according to the forms of the Constitu
tion by the supreme legislative authority, and
of party politics, ready to investigate the mer
its of every case, furnished with the means of
taking evidence, and hound to decide accord
ing to es Wished rules. This would guaran
tee the safety of the accuser when he acts in
good faith, and at the same time secure the
rights of the .other party. I speak of course
with all proper respect for the present Senate,
hut it does not. seem to me that any legisla
tive body can he so constituted as to insure its
fitness for these functions.
It is not the theory of this Government that
public offices are the property of those who
hold them. They are given merely as a trust
is regularly emolled among the public statutes j for the public benefit, sometimes for a fixed pe-
of the country, Executive rvsistance to it, es-|iiod, sometimes during good behavior, hut
penally iu tim of high party excitement, j generally they are liable to he terminated at
would be likely to produce violent collision he- ! the pleasure of the appointing power, which
tween the respective adherents of the two represents the collective majesty and speaks
branches of the Government. This would he ; the will of the people. The force retention in
simply civil wav ; and civil war ; must he re
sorted to only as the last remedy for the worst
of evils. Whatever might tend to provoke it
should he most carefully avoided. A faithful
and consciemi in magistrate will c< ncede verv
office of a single dishonest person may work
great injury to the public interests. The
danger to the public service comes not from the
power to remove, hut from the power to ap
point. Therefore it was that the framers of the
much to honest error, and something even to ■ Constitution left the power of removal unre
stricted while they gave the Senate a right to
reject all appointments which in its opinion,
were not fit to be made. A little reflection on
slilutional authority which promises to better , ^ eni
EVERYBODY WANTS A
COOKING STOVE
the condition of the negroes in the South, by
encouraging them in industry, enlightening
their minds, improving their morals, and giv
ing to all tlicit just rights as freedmen. But
the transfer of ouv political inheritance to them
would in my opinion, be an abandonment of a
duty which we owe alike to the memory of our
fathers and the rights of our children.
The plan of putting the Southern States,
wholly and the General Goverenment partially
into ilie hands of negroes, is proposed at a lime
peculiarly unpropitious. The foundations of
society have been broken up by civil war. In
dustry must be reorganized, justice re-establish
ed, public credit maintained, an older brought
out of confusion. To accomplish these ends
would require all the wisdom and virtue of the
great men who formed our institutions origi
nally. I confidently believe that their de
scendants will lie equal to the arduous task be
fore them, hut it is worse than madness to ex
pect that negroes will perform it for us. Cer
tainly wc ought not to ask their assistance un
til we despair of our own compelenc}'.
The great difference between the two races
in physic. 1. mental and moral characteristics
will prevent an amalgamation or fusion of
them together in one homogeneous mass. If
the inferior obtains the ascendancy over tlie
other, it will govern with reference to its own
interests—for it will recognize no common in
terests and create such a tyranny as this conti
nent has never yet witnessed. Already the
negroes are influenced by premisses of con
fiscation and plunder. They are taught to
regard as an enemy every white man who has
any ref>pec : for the rights of his own race. If
this continues, it must become worse and worse
until all order will he subverted, all industry
cease, and the fertile fields of the South grow
lip into a wilderness. Of all the dangers,
which our nations has yet encountered, none
are equal to those which must result from the
success of the effort now making to Africanize
the half of our country.
I would not put consideration of money iu
competition with justice and light. But the
expenses incident k> “ reconsti uctionunder
the system adopted by Congress aggravate what
I regard as the intrinsic wrong of the measure
itself. It has cost uncounted millions already,
and if persisted in will add largely to the
weight of taxation, already too oppressive to
he Inline without just complaint, and may fi
nally reduce the treasury of the nation to a
condition of bankruptcy. We must not delude
ourselves. It will require a strong standing
army, and probably more than two hundred
millions of dollars per annum, to maintain the j
supremacy of negro governments after they are
established. The sum thus thrown away would
if properly used form a sinking fund large
enough to pay the whole national debt in less
than fifteen years. It is vain to hope that ne
groes will maintain tlieir ascendancy them
selves. Without military power they are
wholly incapable cf holding in subjection the
white people of the South.
I submit to the judgment of Congre. s wheth
er the public credit may not be injuriously af
fected by a system of measures like this.—
With our debt and the vast private interests
which are complicated with it. we cannot he
loo cautious of a policy which might by possi
bility. impair ihe confidence of the world in
our Government. That confidence can only be
retained by carefully inculcating the principle ;
of justice and honor- on tliefpopular mind, and j
by the most scrupulous fidelity to all our en- :
gagemeuts Oi every sort. Any serious breach j
of ilie organic law, persisted in for a consider- j
able time, caunot hut create fears for lire sta- j
biliiy of our institutions. Habitual violation [
of prescribed rules which we bind ourselves to
demoralize the people.
pervese malice, befere he will ‘endanger th<
public peace ; and he will not adopt forcible
measures, or such as might lead to force,
long as those which are peaceable open to him . this subject will probably satisfy all who have
or to his const ituents. It is true that cus ■ the good of tue country at heart that our best
i may occur in which the executive would he i course is to take the Constit ution for our guide,
i compelled to stand on his lights, and maintain j walk in ihe path marked out by the founders
| them regardless of all consequences. If Con- j of the Republic, and obey tne rules made sacred
j gress should pass an act which is not only in ' by observance of onr great pred*c -ss >rs.
i palpable conflict with the Constitution, hut i The present condition of our finances and
will certainly if c vvied out, produce, imme-; circulating medium is one lo which your early
diate and irreparable injury to the organic consideration is invited.
structure of the Government, and if there be The proportion which j lie currency of the
neither judicial remedy for the wrongs it in- country should bear to the whole value of the
flicts, nor power in the people to protect them- I annual produce eiicelated by its means is a
selves without the official aid of tlieir elected ,pic-iion upon which political economists have
defender; if, foriu tauce, the Legislative De- not agreed. Nor can it be controlled byleg-
partment should puss an act cve.1 thiongh 1 islsition, but. must be left to ilie irrevocable
laws which everywhere regulate commerce
the forms of law to abolish a co-ordinate do
partment of tlie Government—in such a case
the President must take the high responsibili
ties of his office, and save the life of the nation
at all hazard. The so-called reconstruction
acts, though as plainly unconstitutional as any
that can he imisfineti, were not believed to he
within the class be t mentioned. The pe pie
were not wholly disarmed of the power of self-
defence. In al'Alie Northern States they still
held in their lev; ids the rat red rights of tlie
ballot, and it was safe iJ believe that in due
time they would come to the rescue of their
and trade. The circulating medium will ever
irresisiibly flow lo those points where ii is in
gre.iiest demand. Tlie law of demand and
supply is as unerring as that which regulates
the tides of the ocean; and indeed currency,
like the tides, has its ebbs and flows through
out the commercial world.
At the beginning ot the rebellion the bank
note circulation of the country amounted lo
not much more than two hundred millions of
dollars ; now the circulation of National Bank
own institution. It gives me pleasure to add - notes and those known as -‘ legal tenders'’ is
that the appeal to our common constituents j nearly seven hundred millions. M Idle it is
was not taken in vain, and that my confidence ’ urged by some that this amount should be
in their wisdom and virtue seems not to have ! increased, others contend that a decided re-
been misplaced. ; duction is absolutely esscnUal to the best in-
It is well and publicly known that enormous | i-ciresls of the country. In °f these
frauds have been perpetrated on the Treasury, diverse opinions, it may re well to areeilain
and that collossal fortunes have been made at the real value of our paper issues, when com-
llie public expense. This species of corrup- pared with a meialic or convertible currency,
tion has increased, is increasing, and it not j For this pu 1 pose let us inquire how mnch gob;
diminished will soon bring us into total ruin j and silver could be purebrxed by lire seven
and disgrace. The public creditors and the ; hundred millions of paper money now in cir-
taxpayers are alike interested in an honest ad- I culalion ? Probably Dot more than half the
miration of the finance and neither class will j amount of the latter—showing that when our
long endure the large-handed robberies of the j paper currency is compared with gold and
recent past. For this indiscribahle state of silver, iis commercial value is compressed into
things there are several causes. Some of the
taxes are so laid as to present an irresistible,
temptation to evade payment. The great
sums which officers may win by connivance at j
fraud create a pressure which is more than the
virtue of many can withstand : and there can
be no doubt that the open disregard of consti
tutional obligations, avowed by some of the
highest and most influential men in the coun
try iias greatly weakened the moral sense of
those who serve in subordinate places. The
expenses of the United States, including inter
est on the public debt, are more than six times
as much as they were seven years ago. To col
lect and disburse this vast amount requires
careful supervision as well as systematic vigi
lance. The system, never perfected, was much
disorganized by the “Tenure of Office Bill,
three hundred and fifty millions. This sink
ing fact makes it the obvious duty of the
Government, as early as may he consistent
with the principles of sound political economy,
lo take such measures as will enable riie hol
der of its notes and those of the National
Banks to convert them, without loss, into
specie or its equivalent. A reduction of our
paper circulating medium need not necessarily
follow. This, however, would depend upon
ihe law of demand and supply, ihougii it
should be borne in mind that in making legal
tender and bank noies convertible into coin or
its equivalent, their present specie value iu
the hands of their holders would be enhanced
one hundred per cent.
Legislation for ihe accompli-limcnl of a re-
which has almost destroyed official accountubili- i suit so desirable is demanded hv the highest
ty. The President may he thoroughly con-1 public considerations. The Constitution con
vinced that- an officer is incapable, dishonest. 1 temples that the circn.ating medium oi the
or unfaithful to ihe Constitution hut un- country shall be uniform in quality and value,
der the law which I have named, tlie utmost At .he time of the formation of that iusiru-
he can do is to complain to the Senate, and ask j ment. the country had just emerged jrom the
the privilege of supplying his place with abet- War of Ihe Revolt! ion. and was suffering Horn
ter man. If the Senate he regarded as person- ' the effects of a redundant and worthless paper
ally or politically hostile to the President, it is : ,-urrency. The sages of that period were
natural, and not altogether unreasonable* f° r I anxious* to p otect their posterity from the
the-officer to expect that it will take his part ■ ev ;j s w bleli they themselves had experienced.
as far as possible, restore him to Iris place, and fj enCP) ; n providing a circulating medium,
give him a triumph over his executive superior, i t j iev C0n f ei rfcC t U p OI1 Congress the power to
The officer has other chances of impunity ari
sing from accidental defects of evidence, the
mode of investigating it, and the secrecy of
the hearing. It is not wonderful that official
malfeasance should become bold in proportion
as the delinquents learn to think themselves
fe.
of their just and hard-earned dues, receive j
depreciated paper, while another class of their j
countrymen, no more deserving, are paid in
coin of gold and silver. Equal and exact jus- !
tice requires that all the creditors of the Gov
ernment should be paid in a currency posses
sing uniform value. This can only he accom
plished by the restoration of the currency to
the standard established by the Constitution;
and by this means we would remove a discrim
ination which may, if it has not already done
so, create a prejudice that may become deep-
*ooted and wide-spread, and imperil the na
tional credit.
The feasibility of making our currency cor
respond with ihe constitutional standard may
be seen by reference to a few tacts derived
trom our commercial statistics.
The production of precious metals in the
United Stares from 1840 to 1857, inclusive,
amounted to 8-079,000,000; from 1858 to 1800,
inclusive, to $107,500,000; and from 1801 to
1807, to S4f>7,500,000—making the grand ag
gregate of products since 1849, $.1,174,000,000.
Tne amount of specie coined trom 1S49 to
1857, inclusive, was $-109,000,000; from 185S
to 1800, inclusive, $125,000,080; and from
1801 to 18G7, inclusive, $010,000,000—making
the total coinage since 1S49, $874,000,000.—
From 1849 to 1857, inclusive, the net exports
of specie amounted to $271,000,000; from
1858 to 18'JO, inclusive, lo $148,000,009; and
f oin 1801 to 1807, inclusive, $322,000,000—
making the aggregate of net expoi ts since 1849,
$741,000,000. These figures sliow an excess
of production over net exports of $433,000,000.
There arc in the Treasury $1 11,000,000 in coin,
something more than $40,000,000 in circula-
• ion on the Pacific coast, and a tew millions
in the National ami oilier Banks—in all about
$100,000,000. This, however, taking into ac
count the specie in the country prior to 1849,
leaves more than $309,000,000 that have not
been accounted foi by expo- tation, and there
fore may yet remain in the conn tty.
These are important facts, and show how
completely tlie inferior currency will supercede
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6.20 P. M.
3.15 A. M.
8.00 P. M.
5.00 A. M
coin money and regulate ihe value thereof, at
the same time prohibiting the States from ma
king anything hut gold and silver a tender iu
the payment of debts.
The anomalous condition of our currency is
ihe better, forcing it from circulating among
the masses, and causing it to be exported as a
more article of unde, to add to the money
capital of ion igu lauds. They show the ue-
cesshy of retiring our paper money, that the
return of gold and silver to the avenues of
of trade may he invited, and a demand created
which will cau.-e lire rcietiiiou at home of at
least so much of the productions of our rich
and inexhaustible gold-hearing fields as may
he sufficient for purposes of circulation. It is
unreasonable to expect a return to a sound
currency so long as the Government, by con
tinuing to issue irredeemable noies, tills the
channel of circulation with depreciated pajiei.
Notwithstanding the coinage by our mints,
since 1849, of eiglii hundred and seventy-
four millions of dollars, the people are now
strangers to the currency which was designed
for their use and benefit, and specimens of the
precious metals hearing the national device
are seldom seen, except when produced to
gratify the interest excited by tlieir novelty.—
If depreciated paper is to he coniinued as the
permanent currency of i lie country, and all our
coin is to become a mere article of traffic, and
speculation, to tlie enhancement in price of all
that is indispensable to the comfort of the
people, it would be wise economy to abolish
our mints, thus saving the nation the care and
expense incident to such establishments, and
let all our precious metals be exported iu bui-
lion. The time lias come, however, when the
Government and National Banks should be
required to take ilie most efficient steps and
make ail necessary arrangements for the re
sumption of specie payments at tlie earliest
practicable period Specie payments having
been once resumed by the Government and
banks, all notes or bills of paper issued by
either of a less denomination than twenty dol
lars should by law be excluded from circula
tion, so that the people may have the benefit
and convenience of a gold and silver currency,
which in all their business transactions will be
uniform in value at home and abroad.
“Every man of property and industry, every
man who desires to preserve what he honestly
posse-ses, or to obtain what he can honestly
earn, has a direct interest in maintaing a safe
circulating medium—such a medium as shall
be real and substantial, not liable to vibrate
with opinions, not subject to be blown up or
or blown down by the breath of speculation,
but to be made stable and secure. A disor
dered currency is one of the greatest political
evils. It undermines the virtues necessary for
the support of the social system, and encour
ages propensities destructive of its happiness;
if 5 wars against industry, frugality and econo
my, and it fosters the evil spirits of extrava
gance and speculation.” It has been asserted
ijy one of our profound nod most gifted states
men, that “of all the contrivances for cheat
ing the laboring classes of mankind, none iias
been more effectual than that which deludes
them with paper money. This i3 the most
effectual of inventions to fertilize the rich
man’s fields by the sweat oi the poor mans
brow. Ordinary tyranny, oppression, exces
sive taxation—these hear lightly on the hap-
oiness of ihe mass of tlie community compar
ed with a fraudulent currency, and the robbe
ries committed by depreciated paper. Our
own history has recorded for our instruction
enough, and more than enough of the demor
alizing tendency, the injustice, and the iutol-
erabitToppression on the virtuous and well-
disposed of a degraded paper currency, author
ized by law or iu any way countenanced by
Government.” It is one of tlie most success-
j ful devices, in times of peace or war, expan-
j sions or revulsions, to accomplish the transfer
i of all the precious metals from the great mass
j of tire peorffe into tire hands of the few, where
are hoarded in secret places or deposited
jas. xt. <• i.A^S, roc. r. w. north, t. t. eohanna
GLASS, NORTH & CO.,
Greenville Stueet, Newnan, Ga.,
GHOO ERS
COMMISSION MERCHMTS,
Are now receiving and will keep constantly
on hand a complete assortment of Family
Supplies, Ooi i) : Meal. Flour, Rice. Bacou, Lard,
Oats, Iron. Nails Salt, Sugar, Coffee and all
<)■ her goods usually kept in their line, lo which
• hey so! : cit ihe aileioiou of tlieir friends and
• lie public gcueralfv, mid promise lo use their
utmost ever,ion io satisfy all who may show a
disposition lo fuvcrtliem with 111r : rpatronage.
Newnan, Ga., January 26-lf.
F. PHINIZY & CO.,
Cotton Factors
H1I
AUGUSTA, GA.
Will continue the Coiton Business iu all its
branches at tlieir New Fire Proof Ware-House
on Jackson Street.
BAGGING, ROPE, &c.,
Furnished at lowest market price.
Liberal Cash advances also made.
FERDINAND FfitXtZY, 3
< . IT. PHIXIZY,
j. ii. rurokll. j [September 14-tf.
POWELL & STALLINGS,
Attorneys at Uaw
NEWNAN, GA.,
V jT fLL practice in ihe several Courts of Law
v and Equity in fire Tallapoosa ant! Cow-
eia Circuits, and in the United Stales District
Court for rite State of Georgia.
Special attention given lo the compromising
and collecting of Old Claims, and Admiuistia-
rion, Conveyancing, &c.
All business entrusted to them will receive
nrorapt and failhitil atleniion.
JOHN VV. POWELL, J. E. STALLINGS,
Newnan, Ga. Senoi.t, Ga.
March 9-12m.
COOK & JONES,
Grocers, Commission Merchants
AND AGENTS FOR THE
PIEDMONT BEAL ESTATE
imiMNCE COMPANY,
Authorized Capital of $1,000,000.
—ALSO FOR
MES RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY
Chartered Capital $1,500,000.
J5^“0ffice on La.Grange street, near Dough
erty's Hotel. Newnan, Ga. 6-tf.
F. CORRA,
FANCY GROCERIES,
Whitehall Str., West Side,
(A few doors from Alabama Street,
ATLANTA, GA,
they .
l am entirely persuaded that under such in striking contrast whb that, which was ongi- j j n strong boxes under holts and bars, while
Teat naily derigneu. Oar circulation now embraces, j people are left to endure ah tne mconve-
resulting
WINES. BRANDIES,
LIQUORS, CORDIALS,
TEA, SUGARS, COFFEE,
CANDIES, PRESERVES,
CRACKERS, BUTTER,
CHEESE, HAMS,
BEEF, RICE, &e.,
FRUITS, NUTS. CURRANTS, RAISINS, PIPES,
SEGARS, SNUFF, &c.
fspCoumry Merchants supplied at N. York
prices. [Nov. 2-3m.
kinds
in ex-
Couuiiy Produce t-akeu
change.
duplicate any A.lanlabUI given to
Merchant. [April 27-if.
YES. EVERYBODY OUGHT TO HAVE
STOVE I
Saddlery and Harness
EMPORIUM.
G. C. ROGERS,
[3
r/R
(2d door below Moore & Marsh,
opoosffe U. States and American Hotel- J
Decalur-S!
Has on hand the
....Atlanta, Ga.,
ragcst and finest stock of
EVERYBODY CAN GET A
By applying to
-w. izc. E,E'srisrox,r>s,
a rule the President cannot perform the 0 , „ , , . , , .. ..
duty assigned him of seeing ihe laws faithfully : first, noies of the National Banks, which are | n j e nce. sacrifice and demoralization
exec-utedrand that it disables him most espe- ; made receivable for all dues to tiie Govern- j j r om the use of a depreciated and worthless
ciallv from enforcing tfisvi rigid accountability meat, excluding imposts, and by all its credi- j pancr money.
which is necessary to the due execution of the tors, exc> piing in paymen. of interest upon its j 'f i: q condition cf our finances and tue ope-
revenue laws. . bonds and the securities themselves : second, i rAt } on5 of our revenue system are set forth and
The Constitution invests the president with ; legal-tender notes, issued by the United States, | r u iiy explained in the able and instructive re-
i observe, aemoralize me people. Ouv only ] authority to decide w hether a removal should and which the law requires shad he receive port of the Secretary o t e re a»ury. n
1 standard of civil dutv being set at naught, the be made in anv given case; tbeactof Congress as well in payment cf all debts netween cm- tije goth June, lo66, the puohc ueffi amounted , to them before the 1st
sheet anchor of our political morality is lost, declares, in substance, that he shall only ac- zens as of all Government dues, excepting im- t0 $2,783,425,8,8; on the 30lb o f June la a t j ru P‘°y. a11 j “thfSlWoS
the public conscience swings from its moorings, Uuse such as he supposes to he unworthy of posts : and, third, gold and silver com. By ] it wa3 <2.692,l9J,_ro snowing a re .. Jnue -, ^ P ^ gJJk
and yields to everv impulse of passion and inter-j their trust. The Constitution makes him sole . the operation of our present system of finance, duriug the rear of ,^9l,2_6,6 j4. Dun c > and C • -
est. If we repudiate the Const
not be expected to care much
arv obligations. The violation <
as we made on the 22d day of J _ . , _ -— r . ~ -- v —, , c Q ...
' a prosecutor. The prosecution is to he con- ; -^e National Treasury. They are thus made * p or t; je fiscal year ending JuneoO, lets, wilt j
Andcew J. Smith. Wm. Allen Tcknes.
SMITH & TURNER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW*
NEWNAN, GA.,
WILL pay the debts, in a Court of Bank-
assuredly diminish the market value of our
• her momises. Besides, it we acknowledge
• her promises. Besides, it we acknowledge ducted hetote the tribn ! whose members are occupy an invidiou
that the national debt was created, not to hold j not, like him, responsible, to the whole people, be nseti to strengthen — .
the States in the Union, as the tax-payers were ■ but to separate constituent bodies, and who wbo ;t . ol .;q bring into disrepute the obligations ! ; n t b e Treasury a surplus of $23,892,701. For
led to suppose, but to expel! them trom it and may hear his accusation with great disfavor j[. e nr .tion. In the payment of afl its debts, ; fiscal year ending June -j0, 1809, it is esti»
tu.n them over io be governed by negroes, the The Senate is absolutely without any known tfae pitted faith of the’ Government should i mate q that the receipts will amount to $381,-
moral dutv to pay it may seem much less clear. I s ndard of decision applicable to such a caae. j ^ inviolably main tained. But while it acts : 000,000, and that tne expenditures will be
Its judgment cannot be anticipated, for it is w : ; . fixity toward the bondholder who loan- ! .- 372 000,000, showing an excess of $9,000,000
not governed by any rule. The law uoes not ^ ”... m ‘ QQ ^ tbaL the integrity of the Union j ic raVor 0 f thfc Government,
define what shall be deemed good cause for be preserve( j, it should at the same time ! T!ie attention of Congress is earnestly invi-
removal. It is impossible even to conjecture . ob = erve go0£ i r a!t b the great masses of; ted t0 the necessity oi a thorough revision oi
IN NEWNAN, GEORGIA,
who has a variety sufficient >o suit all
SADDLES of any houre in the State. Also i quali.y aqd price,from the smaBestaad cheap-
t A Rill AGE and BUGGY HARNESS, HARD- est to the largest and most cos.ir.
'' ARE for eveythiug in his line, for the supply '
Vuidlt-rs and Harness-Makers, including a
TIIE PLANTER.
Stock and better variety of BUCKLES ev-
ev fought to Atlanta.
, riices more reasonable and Stock more com- i
! than any in the city of Atlanta.
t riages and Buggies of the most ap-1
>tyk* and finish on hand, and made to j
! ‘V * u prices as favorable as can be obtained j
111 Vw York.
Iv Lease give me a call. [sept. 21-12m. *
TEE FARMER,
THE LIVE OAK.
THE IRON SIDES,
Also the celebrated
STEWART STOVE.
August 10—tf.
is position, which may i be §117,101,928, and that the expenditures
the arguments of those j w ra reach the sum of $393,269,226, leaving
WARE-HOUSE
—ASD—
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
and taken
that
say it may seem so ; for I do not admit
this or any other argument in favor of repudi
ation can he entertained as sound; hut its in
fluence on some classes of minds may well he
apprehended. The financial honor of a great
what may or may not be considered by the;
commercial nation, iargelv indebted and with Senate. The nature of the subject forbid:
a Republican form of Government administered : clear proof. If the
by ageuts of the popular choice, is a thing or evidence will support
the people, who, having rescued the L nion ; g j r revenue system. Our internal revenue
H AYING changed my location,
charge of
W. B. Berry’s Fire-Proof Ware-House,
to business
charge befincapacity what i from tbe perils of rebellion.now bear the bur- j Iaws aQ(J impost system
Fit Fidelity to tiie Con- : dens of taxation, that the Government may .re . as t0 be ar most heavily
, » i...ii«hio to fulfil its enaraeetnents. There is no ; i_. v : nDr the necessaries
such delicate texture, and the destruction of; aitution may be understood or misunderstood , --" on wbich will b e - accepted as satisfactory
The great interests of the country require
immediate relief from these enactments. Busi-
able to fulfil its engagements
it would Ire followed by such unspeakable ca- j in a thousand different ways, and by violent reason which will be av.-^ A . taxation ^ may
lamitv that every true patriot must desire to party men, in violent party times, unfaithful- by the peop.e, . 1 - , ~ uaDi= oi
avoid'whatever might expose it to the slight- ness'to the Constitution may even come to the land and protect us on the =ea; be > - j ministered Taxation wouio not ‘ a “ I any Cotton entrusted to my care. Charges
est danger be considered meritorious. If the officer be sioner upon tne gratitude of the nation, bear- , duly on t ne man of numerate mean*, &n<l ( J d te HUGH BREWSTER.
accused of dishonesty, how shall it be made ing the scars and wounds received while in its j T CorUinued on fourth^.] j August 3-tf.
out ? Will it be inferred from acts unconnect- service : the puhe servants m the various De- i-oiwwec. wjjm- ? j j I *
I will give mv personal attention
at that House, the ensuing season. This
Ware-House i3 disconnected with any other
U ,“ r rri r re T' bonjiri and is, therefore, man from fire or-
should be adjusted so | else riere.
°I have ample and and excellent Storage,
ecessaries 01 me as tree iruui j re£pect f u ny solicit a liberal share of patronage
ay he consistent with the rea : friends and the public generally.
Government, economical y a - ; g tr j ct attention will be given to the sale of
on articles of luxury,
i leaving the necessaries of lile a3 free from