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THOMASTON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1871.
Polities in Georgia.
Several article* which have recently ap
peared in the New Era of this citv, ar.d
portions of the lette , 'B of the menduciou*
Correspondent of the New York tribune,
which we have e»ven and give to-day in
another column, betray, in parr, the hop**
and designs of the Radical party, and
apneaf to demand eofn*- notice.
Recognizing the worthle3sne<-8 of the
email white element in their party in this
Suite, and the hope lege task of opp' eition
1 1 the overwhelming Democratic -entiment
of the white people, they hope to gdn by
Democratic division into two opposing fac
tions. and hr-nce endeavor t*» encourage
every difference of opinion upon pnsent
issue*, and foment supposed old prejudices
remaining from former political antug -ni-m.
They evidently expect much from the
agitation of what is called the new Demo
cratic tlepartur**, end perhaps more from
the distrust which, without truth, fhev
a-sert to exist between old Whigs and
Democrat*. Their hope in both respects
are and omed to disappointment.
W ith the toleration of independent thought
and free speech, which has always charac
terized them, the Democracy have been
gratified at. and have enc uraged the fullest
discussion of the manner in which the
recent amendments of the Constitution of
the United States should he regarded and
treated. With singular unanimity, they
oppose the usurp itions by which their so
called ratification was secured ; with all
the emphasis which Could be given to their
utterances, they protested against them to
the last, and not until they had been de
clared ratified by authority and recognized
as part of 1 tie Constitution by the Federal
Governments and by the Governments of all
the States, did their opposition to their
adoption cease. That they are de facto the
law of the land will not he denied by any
one. Nor will it, on the other hand, he
asserted that the recognition of this fact
precludes agitation for their repeal. No
part of the Constitution is unchangeable,
except it may he the equal representation
in the Senate, and no greater sanctity
attaches to the 14th and 15 h amendments
than to the first ten amendments, or any
other portion of the instrument.
Adopted, as is alleged, in part by f >rce
and fraud, in a ume of high party excite
ment, and as is believed, in a spirit of vin
dictiveness, it is u> questionably proper that
the American people should he a-king. in
cooler moments to review and reverse their
actions, ar and especially as to the tremendous
grant of power which it is claim'd these
amendments convey to the Federal Govern
ment. illustrations * f which are presented
in the enforcement bills of the last, and the
Ku-Klux bill of the present Congress. No
Democrat, recognizing as he may the valid
ity of existing laws, can object to the
strongest denunciation of the usurpations
w: ieh may have procured their passage, or
the holding accountable at the bar of public
cpinion the authors of them. In assailing
an administration for extravagance, specu
lation, crime, and folly, the greater evils
which say the f. undation of 1 ur govern
ment, arid threaten the overthrow of civil
liberty, must not be lost sight of.
As the discussion of this subject progres*
ses, the converging lines of thought will
approximate until 1872 the party will be
found solidly uniting in opposition to tyran
ny. cotruption and misrule ar.d in the
assertion of the time-honoring principles of
ou r federative republic
The frequent allusion to or assertion of a
desire or purpose on the part of old W higs
to ally themselves with Radicals and ne
groes to secure power, is a slander upon
them, and is only intended to sow distrust
and suspicion in the Democratic ranks.
No class of men were of higher personal
honor, or had greater political fidelity, or
scorned with deeper loathing a corrupt
political alliance than the Whigs of Georgia
The trials of the lasr ten years have served
to illustrate and purify their patriotism, and.
with scarcely an excep’ion. they have united
with their old antagonists without a word of
reproach or a thought of su-picion in the
privations of the camp and the perils of the
battle during the war, and in patient sub
mission fcothe more trying political outrages
which have fol owed it, and are now indis
solutely joined them, heart and soul, in the
effort to again to re-erect the broken pnliti
cal altars, at which their father* worship
ped. No Whig, without forgetting the tra
ditions which cluster around the name, can
sustain a party which seeks to role bv the
bavonet instead of the ballot. No Whig
can sustain a theory which reduces sov
ereign States to municipal corpoiations.
No "Whig favors the Radical construction
which converts a Fede-ai Government into
a consolidated despotism, and the meanest
nf despotisms that of an irresponsible ma
jority. No Whig can sanction the absorp
tion of all legislative authority by Congress,
even in regard to the local objects of State
Government. No Wnigean beeme a Rad
ical without repudiating the auth< rity and
ignoring the example of all the great lead
ers «f that noble organization. No Whig
can consent t*» agree to cease to assist and
struggle for the right until he forgets that
that name has ever been the syn mvm <>f
popular rights and civil liberty. South
ern Whig can support Ralicalism until he
can forget its persistent attempt at his per
b 'Pal and political depredation fur the last
five years.
No alliance between Southern Whig*
and Radicals is pos-ib?e. The venal and
time-*ervi< g mav desert ; the young and
the sh >r»-sighted mav grow weary, or long
for the flesh pots of .Egypt, but as for the
noh'e old silver grav Whigs noblesse oblige
- Atlanta ConxtVution
Helping thb Minister —“ There was
one thing that help* ! me very much whilst
I wa* preaching to day,* said a clergyman.
“What was that ?” inquired a friend
“It was the attention of a little girl who
kept her eyes fixed on me. and seemed to
try to understand every word 1 said ; she
wa* a great help to me.’*
What! can a little child be a great be p
to a minister ? Y**s ! How ?
Rv paving attention Think of that mv
little ones, and when you g. t*. ebur.-b fix
your eyes on the minister, and try to under
stand what he says, f r be is speaking to
▼ou as well as to growoop people Ha
telling a»H)ut the L-rd Jesus wh . fare* the
little ones, and who save, tbe- hrr «
children t- come onto me and s rbid them
pot; for of sach ns the kingdom of God.
Cholera in Europe.
In Europe. p**« pie are Logining, between
the intervals of great battle, to discuss the
cholera question. This epidemic is in
faction, and is pushing it* Way along its
Customary routes, from the Indies, with the
view probably of making its regular t or
around the world. The Chicago Times has,
on several occasions. ca'led attention to the
fact that periods immediately succeddb-g
great wars are airrtort accompanied ny de
structive epidemics, and not unfrequ*ntly
by great natural disturbances. About the
close of oWn «af, say- the Times, we had
rot arily a series of destructive earthquakes
a*'d tornadoes, hut a very general vi.-itation
of imall pox, cholera, yellow fever, and
o»her ep’demics. It is possible, and even
prohab'C, that so far as natural
arices are concerned their following wars
may he no more than a mere coincidence ;
bui there is no impropriety in supposing
that epidemics are a natural seqoence of
great conflicts. When a nation is engaged
in a war which is extended, and of great
destructiveness and duration, the order of
its living and the course of its habits, as
well as its modes of thought, become dis
turbed. Men live faster. They occupy a
position whien is lull of strong and enervat
ing excitement*. The armies are fed upon
different food from that to which they are
accustomed as civilians, and this fact, to
gether with their wearing labor, their
exciting life, tbe confinements of barracks,
and the risks of exposure, so wear upon
them that they become enfeeble'!, and are
predisposed to the attacks of disease. The
abnormal condition resulting from a state
of war is one which now possesses portions
of Germany and some parrs ol France. A
great many in both these countries are in a
condition, with reference to disease, which
may be terine-i preceptive. Tbe Times
thus refers to a peculiarity of the terrible
?Conroe: Wttat is strange about the con
nection of cholera and the enervating results
of great war* is, thar the former never
makes its appearance spontaneously in the
designated region. Let a nation become
ready to receive cholera, and it, will be
found that it does not come at once to, or
break out in, this particular section. It
seems to be an intelligent monster which,
lying cradled in the marshes and slime of
the Ganges, waits until a nation is prepared
for its coming, and then it muses itself and
moves toward the doomed region. Just
now this peculiar fact is se*»n in Europe.
It is but lately that, war has ripened the
harvest fields of France for the presence of
the sickle of the reaper, cholera. In place
of appearing at once on the field of its
future eff -rts, the epidemic is approaching
by slow stages and along its accustomed
routes. It ships itself on vessels, allie
itself with caravans, and with the slowness
or swiftness of those with whom it travels,
it pushes toward the fie'd of labor to which
it is hound. At the present moment, it ha*
crossed the intervening country from the
Ganges t) the Black sea, has traveled along
the Volga, has reached St. Petersburg;
while another column has crossed the
Med'tarar e in, and has landed in Italy.
The column in St. Petersburg and that in
Daly are moving slowly but surely toward
the scene of the late conflicts, and are
seemingly making intelligent preparations
to assault upon both the fr nt and the flanks
of the doomed country. That France will
be visited by the cholera this summer, there
is scarcely a doubt. Not only in this
lisease approaching it slowly but snrelv
but there prevails among the French
people a class of diseases which have alwoy
been observed to he the forerunner of chol
era. This epidemic spems to possess a class
of Uhlan-like attendants, which it sends in
advance to reconn* itre the country and
prepare it for the approach of the main body.
Whether or not the disease will extend its
visit to this country, remains to be seen.
Usually, it rarely stops when it reaches
Europe, but crosses the ocean and by slow
iourney* pushes its way across this enti
nent. Thus far, the diseases of the season
do not seem to indicate a visit, although we
are so remote f*oni the main column that
its advance scouts may n<*t be thrown out
so far the front. Nevertheless, it will be
better that we should understand that the
disease has started on one of its tours, and
that the chances favor the idea that it will
visit this c untrv before it* return.
Young America at the Wheel.
A well-kn'wn clergyman wa* crossing
Lake Erie some years ago upon one of the
lake Steamers, and seeing a small lad at the
wheel steering he accosted him a* follows :
“My son, v-u appear to be a small boy to
steer so large a boat.’’
“Yes sir.” was the reply ; “bat you see I
can and » it, though.”
“Do you think you understand your busi
ness. my son ?”
“Yes, sir ; I think I do.”
“Can vou box the compass?”
“Yes. sir.”
“Let me hear you box it.”
The hoy did as be was requested, when
the minister said :
“Well, reallv. vou can do it ! Can you
box it backward ?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Let me hear you.”
The boy did again as requested, when the
minister remarked :
“I declare, my son 1 you do seem to un
derstand your business.
The boy theu took bis turn at question
aski g:
“Pray, sir, what might be your busi
ness V’
* I am a minister of the Gospel.”
“Do you understand or business?”
“I think t do, my son.”
“Can you say the Lord’s prayer ?”
“Y**S”
“Say it.”
The e’ergyman did so, repeating the
word* in a very fervent manner, a* though
tryi• gto make an impression on the lad.
“Well, really.” said the bov, upon it«
conclusion, you do know it, don’t you?
Now say it backwards.”
••Oh ! I esn’t do such a thing as that, of
pngr-np.... ...”
“Y u can't do it. eh ?” replied the hoy.
“Well, then you I understand mv busi
ness a great deal better »han you do yours.”
The e'ergymari acknowledged himself
beaten, and rcired.
Tirx height aard depth of man's capacity
are Heaven and hell.
GENERAL LEE’S VIEW.
Wltnt the Leader of the Confederate Arm jr
Thought About *• Accepting the Situation.
From th* Richmond Dispatch J
General Lee Viewed the sitdatiofi In a
military sense, lie considered it is country
men of the S >oth and himself as Captive*
and prisoners llis high sense of brmof
and personal dignity would not permit him
to rail at those who he'd him in custody.
He truly considered that unmanly and peev
ish. To indulge the language of exaspera
tion, or the wail of lamentation, was equally
abhorrent to bis ideas of true manhood.-
lie therefore bore himself like a man with
a conscience void of offense, knowing that
he was at the mercy of his captors, and
submitting himself to their power.
Nothing gave Gen. Lee so much concern
as the haste with which the press and pub
lic men at the South rushed into the politi
cal canvass, deluded by the ujnis fatuus
set up t'V President Johnson after his it.fa
mous S2O 000 amnesty proclamation. He
did not think it wise or becoming. Adher
ing to his idea of what should be the con
duct of captives, he feared, and justly feared,
that while this was unbecoming in the
South, it would exasperate those who held
us at their mercy, and increase the severity
of the sufferings of his own people, lie
was not anxious for himself.
As late as a month prior to his death he
held to his opinions on this point. The
writer of this then met him. and beginning
with the assurance that he was no inter
viewer, ami the General knew, and would
make no improper remark he might make,
asked him how he felt about the political
condition of the country. He replied that
he thought there was some improvement,
but still there was a great deal to deplore
in regard to the temper of the discussions
North and South—that they opposed a
great obstacle t i the restoration of peace.
He alluded particularly to the tone of the
Southern press and said, that though great
!y improved, there was still room 1«» rim
rrovonient. We put in a plea for the press
in respect to its promptness in vindicating
the S *uth from false accusation, and as an
illustration referred to an at tide in this
paper commenting upon the surprise ex
pressed by a Northern journal that General
Lee enu and possibly have fought with the
S *uth as he was opposed to slavery. In
that comment we assumed that the oppo-i.
lion to slavery was not rare in the South—
that Virginia had been very near abolishing
slavery in 1830, and that many prominent
Southern men, adopting Mr. JeffVrson’s
views, favored abolition as the best lor the
welfare of the Southern people; and that
these men had a higher motive than tbe
'fefense of slavery in their taking up the
eaiiß- of the South.
The General replied that controversy
did no good—that the Northern journals
should have known his opinion long ago—
»t*at he expressed them before 'be Recon
struction Gommittee in answer to their
quesrions—th t his father before him was
opposed to slavery as a public evil in Vir
ginia. AH this ought to be known, and
ms motives in standing by his native State
ought to b»‘ known everywhere. But con
troversy is unavailing, said he; it does no
good, and only protracts the day of peace
and national harmony. In this spirit he
conversed awhile, and then changed the
topic of conversation.
General Lee was more anxious for his
countrymen, especially for Viiginia, than
he was .f*r himself, lie yearned for quiec
and ord*-r tor the country, and for the sub
sidence of bitter sectional animosity. If
anything hastened his death it was the
disturbed sta»e of his country and the mad
passions which delayed the restoration of
good feeling and gpriprql p«M(»e.
An Analysis of Lioal Ability.— The
Chicago Times has the following:
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION.
Big Guns, Shot Guns, Squirt Guos, and
Guns of all Calibres.
PARTICULAR CLASSIFICATION.
Great Lawyer —One who has a thorough
and intimate knowledge of jurisprudence,
as a science; a g>*nius to perceive the legal
princples that govern a case, and a powei
ful ability to apply arid advocate thetr..
Leading Lawyer—An eminent or distin
guished man. who has such legal kn.iwd
eJge ami ability that, with fair opportunity
for preparation, he can creditably conduct
any important cause against any other
counsel engaged to oppose him.
Prominent Lawyer —One who has an
enviable reputation for his egal attainments,
expctiencp, and sound judgment, and is
equal to all the demands of an ordinary
pr fessional life.
Able Lawyer— Has equal ability, but less
reputation man he prominent.
Pettifogger - An advocate without knowl
edge.
Shyster —A pettifogger without principle.
W Iking Table of Cases, or Case Lawyer
A judge or lawyer whose vast memory of
facts obscures his email knowledge of
principles.
OppoTUN ITIE-. —‘ l) n’t tie impertinent 1”
said a toad to a grasshopper that hopped
unceremoniously over his back. “Rever
ence. your betters ”
“Impertinent?” said the grasshopper,
amazed.
“Yes—impertinent! Do y'm know I am
fifty ve»r» old?” said the toad.
“Fifty years!” exclaimed tbe grasshop
per
“Yes. I was shut up in yonder great
stone for fifty years, said the toad pomp
ou-iy.
“And what did yon do all the time, sir?”
asked th“ cr •sshopppr.
“Do? nothing .” replied the mad.
“A fig for you,, then !” Chirped the
grasshopper, “ft you had been at Wi rk
all the time I would have humb y begged
your pardon, aod treated you as my better.
Uur since yu might as well have been out
of the world as in it. for any use S"U were
of. I can't think of t ; for I consider we
grasshoppers who have been born only a
week, and hate chirped and hopped with
all our might ever sine#, are much raure
respectable ”
A young man with a g" and trade, nr hon
orable profession' w not obliged to ask many
favors. He will hew his way to success,
while the unstabled aud (shiftiest will grovT
tired, despair and foil.
An E!norm'on« Pigeon Room—A flight
Worth Seeing in the Wlsronutn Wouti.
The propensity of wild pigeons to congre
gate la multitudes at given seasons ia well
known, and many tremendous stories hate
been told of them, the details of which were
thought to make a hear? draft on pobbtf
credulity. We have now, however,authen
tic information from a gentleman of the
highest flotation, who passed last week
in the aection of Wisconsin we are about to
describe, of a “roost” so enormous in extent
that it throws all the older accounts into
the shade.
Commencing near Rilbourne City, the
breeding ground extends northward nine
townships in length, and probably m >re,
with a variable width of from ten to twenty
miles. The forest* within these limits are
made op exclusiyely of-oak a -d evergreens,
of a variety of species. It \ H ft sandv dis
trict. embracing perhaps the poorest roil in
the State, and apparently destitute of f*i*d
for even moderate flocks of birds. Yet
almost continuously, over the whole area,
every tree and shrub is so loaded with nests
as to be past computation in numbers. On
single pines, from eighty to one hundred
were counted, when the job hud to be given
up as impracticable.
Our informant. Colonel Henry Herndon,
gives some curious details of bis experi
ence on his breeding ground, and oi the
bnbits of the pigeon when Aggregated in
such multitudes The nesting place, as
would naturally be supposed, selected for
any abundance of food, for a pigeon can
readily pass in an hour from fifty to a
hundred miles, so that the range is raally
across the entire State, and they have
carried wide-spread destruction among the
grain fields. The male attends the young
during the middle of the day, the female
returning toward evening to take charge.
Only one egg wts anywhero found in a
nest. The incubation lasts about two
weeks, and the young in a short time after
are ruthlessly thrust out to take care of
themselves, and develop so rapidly that a
few days suffice to give them full maturity.
Probably the sex changes alternately
with each br<>od. as the process of hatching
goes on continuously. Millions of the y ung
perish, but it makes no appreciable differ
ence in the number. The woods are alive
with wolves, foxes and all the species of
native carnivora, who feed to repletion
without making any sensible reduction of
the aggregate. Scores of hunters catch
their thousands daily in nets—and bands
of Indians are busy in drying and preparing
other thousands as a supply for next win
ter’s use. But all the shooting, netting,
knocking from the trees with poles. and
every form of destructive agency fails to
make any sensible impression.
The scene in the n>ght is described ns
most remarkable. Innumerable fl >oks get
benighted while off feeding, and, as they
return, the roar of their wings through the
forest is overwhelming. They pile upon
each other literally in hears, breaking the
overburdened brambles, and precipitating
multitudes from their perches upon the
ground. The wild wings and the chatter
ings that fill the air as late as midnight is
truly appalling, while the odor arising from
the countless dead and drooping produce &
stench almost intolerable.
The “flock,” if that term is comprehensive
enough, is moving northward. y*»»l will
probably rp** w h Lake Superior in June,
when die “season” wiil close by a return
South, which generally takes place by way
of Michigan. They probably annually
make a great circuit, like the buffalo, from
N"rth to South and return. Anv one curi
ous to see this spectacle should take the
cars to Kilbourne City and follow up the
east side of the Wisconsin riter. The
thousands sent to market ara caught at
points far distant from the herding gronnds,
so that the real locality is o t generally
known.- -Cor. N. Y Evening Post.
Jupcing from the following, the Oolum
lumbus (Ga ) fleas, must be as lively as
those in this section. The local of the Sun.
gives a remedy, which no doubt is a good
one, if carried out Hear him:
“Boil a quart of tar until it becomes
quite thift. Remove the clothing, and be
fore the tar becomes perfectly cool, with a
hmad fl it brush, apply a thin, smooth coat
ing to the entire surf Hoe of the body and
limbs. While it remains sofr, the flea
becorcnes entangled in its tenacious folds,
and is rendered perfectly harmless ; but it
will soon form a hard, smooth coating, en
tirely impervious to its bite. Should the
coating crack at the kne»« or elbow joint, it
is merely necessary to retouch it slightly at
these places. The whole coat can be re''
newed as often ns d°*irrd.”
San Fkanci-o*, June 15.—The German-
Amsrtcan Convention in this city yesterday
adopted a platform approving all the re
construction acts; favoring universal am
nesty and unconditional religious liberty ;
opposing a division of the school funds,
declaring that it is the doty of the State to
provide for the education ctf all ; favoring
the payment of the national debt accord
ing to the text of the contract ; opposing
Chinese labor and railroad land grants ;
favoring the abolition of many sinecure
S r ate and Federal offices, and demanding
the modification of the tariff and the repeal
of all liquor treffi • and Sunday laws.
The Champion Squa-h — The local of
the Montgomery Advertiser is not an ac
quaintance of ours, tot we hope he Will not
take it amiss if we sugeest that he ts risk'*
ing his reputation for vnracity or accuracy
of vision, or both, by running round the
country looking up »»>d reporting monster
vegetables. lie Was after the squash fami
ly at last accounts, ahd down at Evergreen
fie collied with one six feet tiro inches in
lenoik. and weighing one hundred and ten
pounds As the Italians say, the story si
ndn e vcm, e ben trocato. We hope he mar
run a ainst a 29u pounder yet. — Tclejraph
and Messenger.
“My Dear,” said a husband to his wife,
“l am going to start a coffee rfafltation.”
yort get the land f” *‘oh, there’#
no trouble about that: I always have plenty
Os C"fke gr- iK’da in mv cup ”
A vcrt small is>and in Osslpe# River,
&eW England, constitutes a part of four
towns, three e< unties, and the two States
of Maitre tad New Hampshire.
NO. 30.