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FRIDAY, JULY 3, l*(>8.
■ kW MabtiaSiit MniaWii
In offered fur Sate at te*i than
II,ILF THE GROSS HOME OF
LAST YEAH,
l’rov»d«d early application in made by a
• Ca*h Purchaser.
*-«~Ttin present Proprietor l» tired of the Inis
ini'**, and desires a change of investment.
[ p The Ofllco in ill fine order, the material in
aptendid condition »nd complete in ever; partic
lar.
sdr 1/judiciously managed, a net profit of at
leant seventy-five per cent, per annum, may be
realized from the capital invested.
June 19, 1898 20-ts
geu~ There will be no regular issue of
the Banner troin this office next week.
-
jraju We understand (lie colored peo
ple are to be furnished a public dinner
in Quitman on to morrow, —wo presume
in honor of the national birthday.
Ifcir Jiy reference to advertisement, it
will be seen that the Assistant. Assessor
of the U. S. Internal Revenue Tax, Mr
A . If Ci a ,x, will be ill Quitman, for the
n reptioit Os returns, on the JOlli and ] Ith
last., and that blanks may be procured
from Mr. 11. I l ’. M,uihf.it.
tUT We direct attention to the adver
tisement of a "Great Distribution by the
Metropolitan Gift Company” of New
York. The scheme presented is a mag
nificent one, and we are reliably assured
that Messrs. llarpkk, Wilson & Cos. are
responsible and correct gentlemen.
lie! for the Promised Laud.
l'oraotia desirous of visiting or remov
ing to the Indian River country Florida,
are requested to read the advertisement
in to-day’s Banner from Col. 11. T. Titus,
of Jacksonville. It will be seen that
every arrangement has been perfected
for comfortable and speedy transporta
tion to llio Indian River country, and
s ipplies of every kind can bo purchased,
at reasonable prices, at Sand Point.
The Georgia Legislature.
Both Houses of Congress having pass
ed the "Omnibus Bill,” on the 25th of
Jung, over tho veto of President Johnson,
it is now a law; and in pi r iiianeo with
the requirements of said Act, Kurus B.
Bulijock, Governor elect, issued the fol
lowing proclamation convening the Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia, at Atlauta, on
to-morrow, the 4th of July:
Proclamation by tiik Governor Elect.
Under authority granted by an act of
Congress, entitled "An Act to admit the
Slates of North Carolina, booth Carolina,
Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, and Flori
da, to representation in Congress,” which
this day becomes a law: the persons who
were elected Members of the General
Assembly of this State, at an Election
behi on the 20th, 21st, 22d and 23d days
of April last, and who are eligible to ol
fice under said Act, are hereby notified
to convene ill the City of Atlanta, at
twelve o’clock noon, on Saturday, the
Fourth day of July next..
RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor Elect of the State of Geo.
Are.esTA, Ga., June 25, 1868.
The phraseology of this proclamation
is somewhat ambiguous. 'The Governor
elect invites only those "who are eligible
to office under said Act” to asscmbl, Ac.
Now the question arises who are “eligi-i
blc?” The "Omnibus Bill” is silent in '
reference to the matter, andjthcrefore the 1
inference is, that Gov. Bullock refers to
the original "Reconstrction Act,” which :
disfranchise thoso who took an oath to
support the Constitution of the United
States, previous to the rebellion, ami af
terwards gave aid and comfort to the
Confederates. Another construction
placed upon tbo language of Gov Bul
lock, is that (the "Test” or "iron clad
oath” will be required of the members of
the Legislature, and only those who can
swallow that nauetating pill are expect
ed to meet at Atlanta. We are of the
oi iii.ni that this construction is errone
. a Geu, Grant, has already decided,
in the case of Louisiana, that the only !
oath to be required of officers elect, is j
tc.itprescribed in the Constitutions of
the respective States.
The conclusion we have arrived at, is,!
that only those who are disfranchised by i
Act of Congress, will not be permitted to j
take their seats, and the only oath ex
acted will be the one prescribed in the j
Constitution of Georgia.
i'oimli of.lulv.
To morrow (Saturday) is the ninuty-
Mcoud anniversary of the Lirih-duy ol
independence of America. On that Jay,
1776, the thirteen infant colonies, swore
by Him above, that they would no longer
remain the slaves of an oppressive oli
garchy—that they would no longer yield
their neckM to the yoke, at the bid oi
any power on earth, nor would they
continue to make tribute of their sub
stance to an exacting and overbearing j
government. And although that oligar- i
cliy, headed by the idiot, King George, j
was acknowledged to lie the “Mistress of
the Seas,”--whose arms were numerous
and mighty in battle, and whose banners
were emblazoned with innumerable vic
tories, on land and on water—still this
new born infant republic, on the 4lli of
.Inly, 1776, cast the gauntlet at its feet,
and 1 the representatives of the people
pledj. e ‘their lives tin i fortunes and tiieii
sacred honor,’to protect to the end the
principles of civil liberty. The challenge
was accepted ; and on hill and in val
ley, was ftie valor of the yeomen ot the
New World, armed with the hunter’s
ritle and the rough-wrought sword, put
to the test, with England’s veteran men
of battle. The Republic was born amid
tumult, strife and confusion, and baptised
for seven long, lingering years in blood;
but tbo "God of Battles” espoused the
cause of right and justice against wrong
and injastice-tlic stigmatized Lilliputians
of America triumphed over the giants of
Europe. The suu of promise shed its
brilliant and enlivening rays over a do
instated country, and the snrvivi rs of the
death struggle proclaimed “liberty to all
the land and (.11 the inhabitants thereof."
Gradually, this Rtripling in the great
family of nations, by its own intrinsic
merit, by its energy and perseverance,
raised itself in the scale, until it stood
forth the first nation in Christendom, and
none were so proud as to refuse to do it
homage.
History b aches that Rcpub ivs are
not endurable. Although we have had
the rise, progress and downfall of former
mighty naticnalites to gather experience
from, we are afraid that this once pros
perous ‘Republic of the West,’ is fust ap
proaching a precipice, where it will meet
total wreck and ruin. An unfortunate
and disastrous intestine war, lias been
followed by the overthrow of every har
rier against the assaults of fanaticism,
and for the protection of Constitutional
liberty—the l ights of sovereign States,
and the inhabitants thereof, have been
ruthlessly trampled under foot—and the
ignoble conqueror, with a lavish heart,
has saiiglit to oppress and degrade the
people of the South. These inroads up
on Constitutional liberty, bequeathed us
by the lion hearted men of ’7O, are omin
ous of danger- For years the murky
cloud in the heavens Foretold a storm:—
at "first it was no larger than a man’s
hand ;”,but it has’gradnally extended its
proportions, until this.clay iho entire bine
ether is obscured, and therej is every in
dication of a thunder storm If no friend
ly gale comes sweeping o’er the horizon
it will soon burst upon us in all its dire
ful fury- and plunge into a premature
grave every hope entertained by our self
sacrificing fathers of'76, to found here,
upon the shores sf the New World, an
asylum for the oppressed and downtrod
den children of man.
That cloud in the Ileaven is the corn"
billed hosts of fanaticism, of every name
and grade; and the design is to commit
still further outrage upon the rights, the
honor and the property of the people ts
one section of the Union. The heavens
darken, the lightnings flash, the
thunders roll, and unless that glimmer
of hope that is occasionally seen through
an aperture iu the clouds, increases and
scatters the gloom, the silken chords
have, for three-fourths a century,
hounds these confederated sovereignties
in one grand nationality, will he snap
ped asunder—tho Constitution he torn
into shreds, liberty be made a mockery,
and the Union (which has for years been
ouly in name) be cast adrift upon the
! quick sands. T 1 at glimmer of Hors is—
j Die ever true and ever faithful Democracy
not a Democracy held together by oath
bound associations—but the pure, honest !
j and never dying Democracy of the good j
| old days of Jefferson. It’s principles, !
at times, have been perverted by the as-j
pirant and demagogue, but nevertheless
it is still the champion of constitutional
liberty, of right, of justice, and the de
nouncer of wrong.
It is the principles of this party that
made our country what it once truthfully
boasted to be—the grandest aod most
enlightened Republic on the face of the
globe; and if corruption and ignorace
had not deprived the Democracy of pow
er—the past could lie referred to with
pride—the present and future recognized
and anticipated with pleasure. May the
power of tho same party be sufficient to
again secure the reigns of government,
and maintain its position as commander
—and then we teel sanguine that the
rights, the interests, tlie honor, of every
section will be respected the Constitution
bo restored and preserved, and then tie
' Fourth of July” will yearly be bailed,
by many generations yet unborn, as the
national birthday of a prosperous and (
united country
Choice Fruit.
Accompanying the following note,
from the Rev. J. S. Baker, of this county, i
was a duster of grapes of the Hartford
Prolific species, and a few Albino or white
"Blackberries." The grapes were as fine
and of as delicious flavor us we ever tas
ted ; and the berries are a curiosity.—
differing from the blackberry only in col
or,
Mr. F. R. Fii.df.s: Hear Sir, —Tbo alle
gation bus been so often made through
the papers and otherwise—that no grape
Init the Sciippermmg can be successful
ly cultivated in the South,that it is now
generally received as an established fact
1 hand you herewith tangible evidence,
in the form of a duster of grapes, to dis
prove this oft repeated allegation. The
duster 1 hand yon is from a vine planted
a year-ago last February, it bore a lew
last year—which I ought not to have al
lowed it to do—and the fruit matured
well, and was as now, free from rot.
The failure to raise grapes successful
ly in the South may generally he treated
to one or the otlii r of the following caus
es: Ist. To the kind of grape cultivated.
Many kinds fail to succeed after a few
generations. The cluster I hand you is
from a vine of the Hartford i’lolific. 1
have also vines of the Concord and Clin
ton well fruited, but not yet ripe. 2nd,
To the procuring vines from Northern ‘
nurseries, or pedlars who buy at low
rates, to sell again; inferior vines. 3d.
To a want of due care in the planting,
pruning and after cultivation of the vine
My stock was obtained from F. J.
Berckman’s, Augusta, Ga., and A. M.
Burns, Manhattan, Kansas; both of whom
are experienced obliging and reliable
nurserymen The last named gentlemen
having been made acquainted with my
physical infirmities and destitute condi
tion has generously and unsolicited sent
me a dozen vines of live different varie
ties with which I am experimenting. T he
result if life le spared, 1 w ill h re fier
communicate for your gratification. By
the way as very many of our dan tors in
Southern Georgia and middle Florida are
turning their attention to the Cultivation
of fruits for Northern markets I doubt
not it would greatly advance the inter
ests of the gentlemen above named-and
other nurserymen—if they would pub
lish their cards in your widely ei. ciliated
paper
i hand you also a specimen of ir.y Al
bino Berry, usually designated as the
White Blackberry.
Yours respectfully,
• Jos S. Baker.
General Amnesty.
It is stated that President Johnson,
will on to-morrow, issue a proclamation
of amnesty, covering all tho exceptions
made in tho former proclamation, except
such persons as have been indicted for
j treason or complicity in the late “rebel
lion.” If there is auy troth in the report,
it will certainly be hailed by our people
with joy; but unfortunately it will not
extend far enough, for their is no sense
or reason in holding a threatening rod
over J kfferson Davis and other Confed
cratejlcaders, which is never iuteuded to
strike. A proclamation of general am
nesty' should have been issued long ago;
it would have resulted advantageously
to the entire country—and if President
Johnson had a particle of grit, it would
have been issued. His coward nature,
however, will not permit him to rise to
the full measure of his duty The ghost
of Booth continually haunts his vision.
Trial of Hie Columbus Prisoners.
Their counsel here have been officially
advised that the trial of these prisoners
will commence at Atlanta on Monday
next. It is supposed that they will be
tried on one indictment for murder, and
that the trial will be held at tlie military
barracks.
Wo aie advised unofficially that the
Detective managing the ease, and some
military officers expressed the strongest
confidence in the conviction of the priso
ners. But this expression of confidence
is inconsistent with the course they are
pursuing in holding all the prisoners in
tiieii- hands for trial. That they are still
striking wildly in the dnik is suggested
by the very scope that the accusation
has taken and still maintains.
The character of the testimony by
which they' expect to procure, theconvic
tfuu of the prisoners, or any ot them, is
not divulged. It may possibly satisfy,
the minds of those interested in procu
ring conviction or those deeply prejudiced
against the prisoners. But our citizens
are more firmly’convinced of the entire!
innocence of every man of the party,
white or black, who had a respectable
standing in the community, and feel as
sured that when the rebating testimo j
ny is produced even a military commis
sion w-ill shrink back in horror fiom a
decree of conviction on such evidence as
may have been extorted from witnesses
for the prosecution.
j All who can testify to facts going to
show the innocence of the prisoners or
any of them, should at once communicate
the knowledge to their counsel. Do not
re’y upon the fact that you know a priso
ner tube innocent. The nature of the
testimony against them will tie kept se
cret until it is brought out in the pro
gress of the trial, and t ime will be short
! then for collecting and arranging the
i materials of the defence. That a most
extraordinary and unscrupnlons effort
; has been made to get np some sort ol ac
cusing testimony is well known. So
i much zeal and determination expended
| in the preliminary work will not flag in
the trial of the case. To make the vindi
cation of our fell w citizens complete
and overwhelming it ought to be met
by tho fullest exculpatory evinced that
cau be collected.—Columbus Enquirer.
Sea 1 * The N. Y. Tribune says tiat Gen.
Grant designed, on the 23th, to issue an
order placing the recently elected officials
in office in the States of North and South
Carolina, Gccrgia Florida and Alabama.
Protest Against tlie Admission ot
the Arkansas Members.
In the House. of Representatives, on
tlie 25th, Mr. Brooks endeavored to pre
senl|a protest from the Conservative mem
bers of the House against the admission
of the Arkansas members. The protest
opens as follow’s:
‘The recognized presence of three per -
sorts on the fLiorof this House from the
State of Arkansas, sent here by military
; force, acting under a brigadier general
of the army,-but nevertheless claiming
ito be members of this Congress, and to
I share with us, the Representatives fron
• free .States in the imposition of taxes and
customs and other laws upon our people
! makes it our imperative duty in this case
I to remonstrate most solemnly n> and to pro
; test as solemnly aga’nst this perilous and
I destructive innovation upon the prinei
: pies and practices of our hitherto Consti
tutional self government.”
I After reviewing at length the military
1 rule in the South, the protest concludes :
"We protest, tlwn, in behalf of the free
! people of the North and West, against
light nl this military oligarchy establish
:ed iu Ark msas or elsewhere in the now
: re enslaved States of the South, to im
pose upon us, through Congress, faxes,
i customs or other laws to mainta li this
j oligarchy or its Freed men's bureau,
j "We protest against going into the
! proposed copartnership ol military dicta j
' tors and negroes in the administration of!
; this government. We demand in the
I name of the fathers of the constitution
j and for the sake of prosperity not its re
j construction but the restoration of that
i sacred instrument which has been to us I
1 all a pillar of fire from 1787 on to its
present overthrow ; and in all solemnity,
l before God and man tinder a full sense
jof the responsibility of all we utter we J
do hereby affix our names to this protest
! against the admission of these three per
sons claiming to he members ol Congress
from Arkansas.”
Tlie Tutional lutfUlgcßtf-r on the Tomtnee.
The National Intelligencer of the 23d
delivers itself formally, and at length!
upon the approaching Convention and '
candidate. The following extracts are
very significant iu indicating the Intelli
gencer's bent :
The delegates of the Convention at '■
New York must, if they would i—cue !
the country by a peaceful solution f.om -
present impending woes, promptly, speed
ily, without any delay and without any
denial make a Domination that shall
thrill the hearts of men like a trumpet’s
tone,
"When the long line comes gleaming on.” j
Candidates at New York must not he
selected or ignored on account of the
past. The past must be forgotten. There
must be an oblivion of it. The s inple
' question should bo who can now, upon
great vital issues, get most votes? Who
and what shall best conduce to success
There must now he among those who are
or should he frieuds by the
“Brunt of Equal blows.
Joint efforts common ends.’’
union, harmony, concession ; everything
' for the cause nothing for men. * *
; If the delegates at New York, and the
I men who may surround them, could cast
I aside all feeling or thought of profiting
Iby one certain nomination or another
| and determine, one ami all. upon selec
: ting a standard hearer who would he
1 sure to succeed then would the people
j dismiss all fears. But partisans are apt!
to overlook imminent public Gangers, and
| place the hazard of the die upon their i
j own favorite saying, blindly and heed - ;
lesuly that he will succeed and then t n-ir !
| own political fortunes are insured. And !
here is the present danger, in connection
with the sort of fact of over confidence,
which is always evoked by the presence
at one and the same time of vast bodies
of men, as there will be at New York.
This state of things proved fatal at
Chicago, where a platform was adopted
which Gen. McClellan was forced io east
from him. Looking all through our late
party history, when ideas success or
availability have been discarded by poli
ticiaiis in making their nominations it
has been but as a day or. an hour after
ward that they would be bewailing their
short-sighted and reckless conduct.
The class ot people who are saying,
"anybody can be elected do not look out
side of the party for support,” are quasi
public enemies. Wliou from such conn
sels defeat shall shall trail our banners
in tbo dust, they will be the first to utter
lanieuts of vain sorrow ,-tntj remorse.
Columbus Prisoners.
U e learn from parties who came from
Columbus yesterday, that it was current
ly reported there and generally believed,
that one Betts bad turned Skate's evi
dence at Atlanta, and that several others
;of the prisoners had proposed to da the
j same thing. The statements of Betts do
not implicate all of the prioneiu. He
says the United States Sergeant who had
! a difficulty with Ashburne, a day or two
before his assassination, is one of the
parties implicated in the affair. Oupt.
Mills, the Mayor and Commandant of Co
■ lumbus, received a dispatch yesterday
; morning to repair to Atlanta, and he
! came in on the Muscogee train on his
way thither.—Jlacon Telegraph, 2S/A.
Nineteen Negroes Drowned. —On Sun
day last, a party of twenty-five negroes,
■ many of them under the influence
jol liquor, started from Burgess’ mill, ou
the Satilla river, in a small sail boat to
attend a meeting at Jefferson ton. On
the way, the boat through the misman
agement of those who were sailing it,
eapsised and nineteen ot the party were
drowned. The others saved themselves
by clinging to the boat until help arriv
ed. Os those drowned eleven were men,;
the rest women and children. Every
thing was done to recover the bodies, j
and up to two o’clock Wednesday after-!
noon eleven bodies had been lound.— 1
Sacannah Actus, 26/A.
fejT - The trial of Surratt 1 .s been
postponed until September 21st. His
bail was continued.
GEORGIANS RELIEVED.
We copy the following list of-Georgi- ■
aus relieved from political disabilities by
the bill recently passed by Congress :
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
all legal and pollticul.disabiilies imposed
by the United States upon the following
named citizens of Georgia in consequence
of participation in the recent rebellion
be, and the same are hereby removed
namely.
j Hibb County —James Martin.
! liurle. Count)/ —MeVVortlicr, Hunger*
fnd and Jesse Wimberly
| Jle men County —X N (Tuber,
I Carroll County —W \V Merrill and
George VV Merrill.
| Chattooga countg —WO Edmonson.
Clark county —John C Johnson. Asa
j \1 Jackson, John W Johnson, Josiah A
Browning, John C Nunnally and Robert
Flournoy.
Daw-ion county —loliu C Richardson,
Daniel Fowler, William IJ Richardson,
i John Fonts, Robert M Barrett and Sam-
J uei M Fowler.
I Decatur county —Benjamin F Bruton, B
; F Rowell, Richard 11 Whitley and John
| Higdon.
j Fchols county —L II Roberts,
j Franklin county —James A Harrison,
! J'mjetli: county —S F W Minot.
I Floyd county —Nathan Yarborough,
{and Thomas J Kerry.
j Fulton counti, -Buford I) Smith, Joseph
j E Brown, and George S Thomas.
| Greene County —R. L McWhorter,
James it Bynum, D A Newsom C S Laid
well, R 0 Hales, John Mitchell, G. 11
Thompson, W II McWhorter, Jr., R
Hulbort and J (J Broom.
! Glynn county — WII Rainey, John B
Miller, Whitson Frubock, Henry F Beach
; and John Brooks.
ilenry county —James II Maxwell,
George M Wyatt, VV .1 Allums, J G
Griffin, John Fryer and Willis Goodwin
Houston county —Joel R Griffin, Will -
iam A Mathews, John 11 Hose, Augus
tus Alden, A C Thompson, Kirichcn Tay
lor, Elbert Fagan, James W Love, Jes
se l ooper and Robert Braswell.
Lee county —George Rage.
Dotewlea county —Jo Tina Griffin and A
J Liles.
Monroe county M A Foils and M It
15 sits.
Miller County —Francis M D Hopkins.
Mitchell county- I M Rusty (or Burtz.)
Morgan county —W Woods.
Paulding county- S F Strickland and
0 D Forsyth.
Richmond county —Ephraim Tweedy
Jus N KUs. William Gibson, William
Dovle and Joseph F Carr.
Itundijl/’h county —Duncan Jordan and
Win I! Dixson.
Sniixm county —W D Hamilton.
Trovp county—,l I! Caldwell, J TMo-
Conniek, Tiiomas C Miller, and E I! Mor
rell.
Thomtm county- John R Evans, M C
Smith, Henry II To >ke, C 11 Lattimor,
TltiteS Hopkins, Tlicophiius F l’erry,
and*Thus S Paine.
Talbot comity —Marion Beth imp, J B
Costin, Albert Costin, J L Gunn, and T
Curley.
Taliaferro county -Win 1 Holden.
Newton county Augustus II Lee.
Oglethorpe county James II McWhor
ter, W H Ward, F L Upson, and F J
Robinson.
Randolph county - Edward R Harden.
Stewart County David it Harrell.
Wore county L II Creenteaf.
IVdkins-ni county -Win Gr-ffln.
Putnam county SC Piudden and A C
Mason.
Twiggs county V? U Gibson and .Sam
uel F Gove.
JhJbbcounty W K DeOraffi-nreid, Mar
shall DeGriififeurcid and W J Lawton.
Franklin county- J II Harrison.
Baldwin county-John K Strother.
Brooks county-J G M Warnock, John
McKinnon, William G Bagwell, Abfn
ham Strickland, Murdock McCloud, and
Robert Humphries.
| Burke county —J R Corker,
| Taylor county—Win F Edwards.
! Clark County—John C Johnson, Asa
M Jackson, John VV' Johnson, Robert
- Flournoy, G VV Nunnally, Flournoy VV
Adams, and Peter VV Hutcheson.
■ Sumter comity-Jas M Clark.
i Hall county—David VVlielebel.
Whitfield county- James Huffakcr.
i Madison county—JoJi'n M Mathews, A
11. Byrd, G H Byrd, II T samlets, John
N Montgomery, Joel Hunt, M A Daniel,
j Gabriel Nash, and V II Deadwyler.
I Jgp General Buchanan received or
tiers from Gt-n. Grant, on the 28th, direc*
: ting the removal of Gov. Baker and
! Lieutenant Governor Voorhies, and ap
! pointing VVarmoth aud Dunn to their
j paces, tl o appointments to take effect
jon Monday, at which time the Legisla
i tine convened.
BS%- The Louisiana Legislature con
vened ou Monday last, and the presiding
t officers in i oth houses are negroes. They
] exacted of the memb rs tho “test oath,”
j not withstanding Gen. Buchanan’s order
ito the contrary. Much dissatisfaction
i existed in consequence. A majority of
j die Democratic members withdrew.
tfiRL The Americas Ghorgia Citizen is
i publishing a “Black List,” constituted of
j those indebted for subscription, advertis
ing and job work. It is a good idea,
i and we shall prepare one at an early
! day, in which shall appear all parties
. who have been indebted to the Banner
! for some time, and pay no attention to
pobte invitations to settle.
A telegram announces that Gov.
Bullock expects thiu the Congressional
conditions will be accepted, and the
Senators elected, and Georgia represen- j
tatives admitted by or before the 7th
iust. If the Governor's expectation is!
realized, the Legislature will have to
work "s.. i. p and quick.”
tsff' The Legislature of South Caro'.i
na has 1 ecu dir.-cted to convene on next-
Mondav.
A Soldier Democratic, Candidate I
The New York Herald of Tuesday rc •
! monstrating with the Democrats who
! want a soldier candidate, adds some
j tiling about the Southern Hero General
! which is worth publishing, it only for a
! plain Northern admission of a plainer
fact.
But what is McClellan beside Grant in
| our story ?J or what is Hancock ? or
what is Until? It is not pleasant to
; have to name gentlemen who have serv
ed so well as there in terms that seem
disparaging,yet it must tie acknowledg
ed that the achievements of men of this
1 class pale altogether before those of tint
soldier who finally crushed the rebell-
I ion.
But if the Democratic Convention must
nominate a soldier—if it must have a
name identified with the glories of the
war--we will recommend a candidate tor
its favors. Let. it nominate General Rol •
! ert E Lee. Let it boldly take at once tho
best of all its soldiers, making no pala
ver or apology He is a better soldier
i than any of those they have thought up
on and a greater man. lie is one iu
wlmrn the military genius of the nation
finds the fullest development. Here the
, inequality will be in favor of tho Demo
crats; for this soldier, with a handful ot
men, whom he had moulded ntoanaimy
; baffled our great Northern armies for
four years; and when opposed by Grant
was only worn down by that strategy of
stupidity that accomplishes iti objects
by mere weight.
Willi one-quarter the men Grant had,
this soldier fongl t him magnificently »-
| cross the territory of his native State,
and fought his army down to a stump. -
There never .was such an army or such a
; campaign, or such a general lor illustra
ting the military genius and possibilities
!of onr people; and this General is the
, best of all for’ a Democratic candidate,
i lfcis certain that with half as many men
as Grant had he would luive|heen beaten
from the field iu Virginia, arid he affords
the best promise of any soldier for bea •
. mg him again,
PARTISAN RAN OR.
Ifi-n I.ee deprecates tie- nseerbitit; of politi
cal feeling now so rife in the land, and ia dispov
etl to believe that more moderate and prudrnr*
iu Ihe expression ot opinion, and legs bittrrnrsi
in tl"- d.-mini iation of political opponents, would
j conduce more to iho speedy settlement of the
\, \-.-d ijto-Mion which no-.v agitate the country.
He, however, studiously avoids political discu's
-ioije and w ith rare discretion, affords no room
for cavil to the enemies or the .South.
So says a gentleman writing from
Richmond to a Virginia newspaper.
If the people, and especially the press
of tin- South, could be guided by the ex
nnple of the Virginia Solider,huw much
more graceful would; their manners he,
and how much more effective their
resistance to the encroachments of pow
j or.
There is, in fact, no little lost by tho
iliusive style of conducting political
warfare. The object of this warfare is
not so much to drive away opponents or
to destroy them,’or even to capture them
is to induce them to surrender and to al,
lv themselves with us. The abusivn
aud malignant style may gratify our
own spleen, or may secur the support
.f comparatively a few persons wlu> ad
mire strong talking and delight in sce
; mg tho object of their detestation "used
i np,” but the zeal of these lot their advo
i cate soon dies, while the anger of the >-
busc yet remains, arid no converts are
j made. The voice of persuasive kindues#
; s alone effectual.
M r e find the foregoing in the Daily
Picayune, of the 21st, and think it emi*
; uenlly worthy of consideration. The
; Picayune, by its uniform course as a
! newspaper, andjlie great success which
! has attended it, is a forcible illustration
-if the soundness of its own counsels.
We hold it to lie an entirely reasona>
i blc proposition, that political newspaper
| cannot resort to vituperation arid abuse
I —-to misrepresentation arid disingenn
-1 ousness, without as certainly impairing
their reputation and influence with the
j community, as their conductoas would
; il i in iesnect to their own personal posi
( lion were they to adopt the same course
and employ the same artifices in tho
daily social interchanges of private
life.
: Sensible men have very lit! 1c regard
in society for a noisy, abusive blusterer
! a man who is known to be malicious in
i his disposition and habitually careless
; about the accuracy of his statements
| and opinions. Why, then, should any
! person imagine that a similar course up
on tin; part of a public print should fail
to impair its character and influence in a
; corresponding degree?
The idea that vituperation and ill na
ture are spec aud spright’iness, land
'sweeping denunciatou and abuse forci
! ble composition—that eloquence is piled
j tip in accumulation, of foul adjectives
tied on to filthy nouns, is in our judge
ment a false one.
He is not yet perfect in the hornbook
! of composition who can not construct a
! forcible and attractive article without
tnud from the literary gutters. His word
may possibly be meritorious, but the ce
ment is a foul blemish and a nuisance—
is no ornament—nor does it add to the
solidity of his fabric.
The press should avoid snch m’stakes.
Tbe lack of taste anl judgment they
display is not the worst of their effect.—
They arc demoralizing, disorganizing,
and mischevous every way.
Let us discuss public questions with
temper and candor. Let ns treat of
public men, so tar as is possible, with
courtesy and fairness. Let us culti
vate a spirit ot equity and liberality,
and avoid is far as possible, al! that may
inflame a id exasper ite without eulight
tening or itnproveing —Mdcon Tele
gra/ih.
Mississippi has rejected the new
constitution and gone Democratic by
fifteen thousand majority.
Grant has telegraphed General
McDowell to turn over Arkansas to th«
civil authorities so soon as it is safe to
do 10.
