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Address ALSTON A GRADY..
Drawer 23 Atlanta, Georgia.
Tibo* on Alabama Street. ne»r broad.
Gov.-elect Kemper ot Virginia has declined
a present of a carriage and horses, and pro
poses to rnn the state govirnmeot without a
tan da cl at.
Lamartine was asked l»y a friend if be did
not spend too much in advertising. “No,
was the reply, “advertisements are absolutely
necessary. Even diviue worship^/e 6on Dltu)
needs to be advertised. Else what is the
meaning of church bells? *
Ikcbeasid Taxation. — General Gai field.
Chairman of the Honse Committej on Ap
propriations, cxprea3C8 the ofiir.cn that it
will be necessary to resort to a slight increase
of taxation, ns he does not think it possible
to reduce the expenditures sufficiently to cov
er the deficit. He opposes inflation.
A Chance fob the Cubans.—A reliable
Washington correspondent writes: In case
the Spanish ministry go back on the protocol,
It is said by those possessing intimate rela
tions with the PreMdeot, that the government
will not treat it as a cause of war, but will
quietly give the Cuban sympathizers in the
Foiled States chances for aiding their friends,
watch have heretofore been denied them.
SPEECH
HON. ALEX. H. STEPHENS
OF GEOBGIA,
ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL,
Delivered in the Hou&e of Representatives
OF THE rSITED STATE8, IN CONGRESS ASSEM
BLED. 5th of January, 1874.
Mr. Speaker — Before entering upon the dis
cussion of the question now before the House,
I have done what I never did but once before
in addressing a legislative body; and that is,
I have reduced to a tiling, in advance, what I
propose to say 1 bis 1 have done on the
present occasion, hs I did on the former one
alluded to, because of the very great gravity,
importance and magnitude of the subject; in
volving, as it does, several of the most essen
tial principles of good government, and es
pecially those upon which rest the whole fab
ric of our complex system of free institutions.
I feel on entering upon it, as the highest
judicial tribunal ot our land felt, ns proclaim
ed from the bench when the same questions,
in part for the first time, came before that
body, for adjudication. They said, in what
is known as the Slaughter-House Cases, (16
Wallace, 36-83.) referred to the other day, by
Mr. Deck, cf Kentucky :
is, “As ye would that men should do to you,
do ye also to them likewise.”
This requires no levelling of the population
of a State, either upward or downward-no
equality and fraternity, as announced by the
Jacobins of France—bat that every one
should act towards another, as that other
ought, in turn, to act upon a reversal of their
positions in the different and various relations
of life, either socially, politically or other
wise.
In further illustration oi my views upon
this point, and in this connection, it- is not
improper or out of place for me now to repeat
what I have said on former occasions upon
the same matter. I held, and have long been
on record, in announcing to my constituents,
even before the war, that if our then system
of regulating the proper status of the two
races among ns growing out of the truth of
their inequality “was not the best, or could
not be made the best for both races,” “it
ought to be abolished.” Nay, more, after
the war was over, I used these words before
the Georgia Legislature, then redaced to wri
ting as these are now, to-wit:
“Another ono of our present duties is this:
we should accept the issues of the war and
abide by them iu good faith.” “One of the
results of the war is a total change in our
whole internal polity.” “The relation here
tofore, under our old system, existing between
the African and European races, no longer
exists. Slavery, as it was called, or the
status of the Black race—their subordination
! to the White—upon which all our institutions
- We do not conceal from onrselves the abolished forever, not only in Geor-
R rcr.t responsibility which .his duty devolves | ** he l.rn.U of the United
1 hf. Financial Crisis in Cuba.—A finan
cial crisis of the most severe character at
present exists in Cuba. Commcic.al confi
dence seem almost at an end, prices of neces
saries are rising enormon ly every d.y, ana
some of the newspapers have been compelled
to an-pend pnbl.cation for want of means to
pay iheir hands. The drain upon the re
sources of the country caused by t’..e insur
rection has been so steady and long continued
that it woold almost appear as though the
Cubans were upon their last financial legs.
Goid has bien steadily going out of circula
tion and i9 now at an immense premium,
while confidence in the paper currency is 30
shaken that many people refuse to take it at
any price.
The Civil Rights Bill, if the iclegraph is
to be believed, is about to receive a Llow from
an unexpected quarter. We are informed that
if passed by Congress, it woold likely be vetoed
by the President. We hope there is trnth in
this. Such an act would make friends for
President Grant, where he most needs them,
among the best people of all the Union
Wejtrnst there may also be.more than is usu
ally believed in the minor, that for the re
mainder of his administration he does not
intend to cinfioe himself strictly to the Radi
cal party in Lis appointments, but will select
honest Conservative, competent men for pub
lie offices, wherever he may find them. This
is certainly the dictate cf true patriotism,
and the policy is not only recommendt d by
its intrinsic merits, but encouraged by Lis
signal failure to find hone it and competent
officials in the ranks of the party tlrat e’ccled
him.
Extent and Cost of American Railroads.
The Railway Monitor foots up the United
States railroad mileage at 71,561 miles, with
second track and sidings of 13.512 miles,
making a total of single track of 83,676 miles.
Locomotives, 14.223; passenger train cars,
including baggage, express and smoking cars,
13,725; freight triin cars of all sorts, 338,127;
total capital stcck, $2,072,251,954, or about
$28,956 per mile; total floating and funded
debt, $999,741,597, or $27,957 per mile; to
tal cost of railroads and equipments, $3,728,-
416.958, or $52,099 per mile. Total gross
traffic of railroads for latest year obtainable
was $178,885,597, and total net receipts over
and above operating expenses, $174,350,913.
Totae eirniuga aie based on 54,454 miles of
road, that being the total for which earnings
are reported; and hence the net income of
railroads, applicable to the payment of inter
est and dividends amounted to about $3,201
per mile on the 54,454 miles operated. The
renewal of confidence in all business circles,
and the disappearance of the worst phases, fi
nancially, of the late pai: : .c, has had an effect
for the better, on the r. il and iron market.
upon us. No qu. stions so tar reaching and
pervading, so pruloundly interesting to the
people oi this country, and so important in
their beaiing upon the relations of the United
States, and of the several States to each other
and to the citizens of the States and cf the
United Sta’es, have been beiore this court du
ring the official life of any cl its present mem
bers.”
When learned judges pause in hesitation
where safely to tread, in view of their respon
sibility to expounding laws, well may legisla
tors pause in view ot their responsibility in^
m iking them. It is iu view of this responsi-*
bility on me at this time, I feel the necessity
of the greatest possible care in duly consid
er g, and properly weighing, every word
that may be uttered by mo in the discharge
of the high duty now resting upon me, that
tbeie may be no misunderstanding of what I
may say, and no grouuds for any erroneous
report or misrepresentation of my own utter
ances, as they go forth in my own words.
Steady, as well as skilled, should be the
nund of lrm who puts the probe about the
‘'heart-:'triugs of liie” ot any ono single hu
man being, however humble, much
more should it be so with him
Rrfco deals with questions affecting
t .e vital functions of Commonwealths, whetb-
Stare or Federal. No graver or more se
nous qut stiOLS will perhaps come before this
Congress—not even the Currency or Cuba
questions—than the matter now under con
sideration. In giving my opinion on it, I
shall be governed solely by my own con vie
nous of rmht and duty, looking to the best
interest of the people of the several States of
our Union, iu view of the powers with which
I am clothed. What I propose to submit
int nded mainly lor the consideration of
members of this House, and without any re
gard to their Patty distinctions. I shall as-
sum •, having no right to question it, that we
all feel alike a heavy responsibility for oar
acts, not only to our immediate constituents,
out to the judgment of mankind; and that,
too, not only of those of this generation,
either of one Section of the Union or another,
but for all time to come; for our deed-*, what
ever they may be, whether of evil or good,
will live alter us.
I am, sir, opposed to the pas-age of this
bill, or ot any of like import or character.
The bill now before us is in tin so words:
“A Bill to protect all citizr-ns in their civil
and legal rights.
“Do it enacted by the Senate and House of
■Representatives of the United States of
America in C ngress assembled. That who
ever, bring a emanation or natural person,
and owner, or in charge of any public inu; or
of any place of public uiuu-tecient or enter
tainment tor which a licei.e nun any legal
authority is teqnired; or ol a*\v line ol sta .e-
uoaches, railroad, or other Sux-ans of piri nc
carriage of passengers or freight; or oi >. ay
cemetery, or other benevolent insdtutic .s,
or any public school supported, in v*Loleor
m part, at public expense or by endowment
for public use, shall make any distinction as
to admission or accommodation therein, of
any citizen of the United States, because of
race, color, or previous condition of servitudy,
shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less
than one hundred nor more than five thou-
*and dollars for each offense; and the person
or corporation so offending shall be liable to
the cirizjns thereby injured, in damages
to be recovered in an action of debt.
“Sec. 2. That the offense under this act,
and action to recover damages, may be pros
ecuted before any territorial, di-trict, or cir
cuit court of the U’.ited States having juris
diction ol ciimes at the place where the of
fense was chat god to have been committed as
weli as iu the district where the parties may
reside, as now piovided bylaw.”
Iu assigning my reasons for opposing this
measure, I .‘.hall state them, first, negatively;
and, secondly, affirmatively. First, I shall
state several grounds upon which 1 do oppose
States. This change shonid be received and
accepted as an irrevocable fact It is a boot
less question now to discuss, whether the
new system is better for both races than the
old one was or not That may be proper
matter for the philosophic and philanthropic
historian at some future time to inquire into,
after the new system shall have been fully
and fairly tried. All changes of systems, or
proposed reforms, are but experiments and
problem.? to be solved. Our system of self
goverument was an experiment at first. Per
haps as a problem it is not yet solved Our
present doty on this subject i-» not with the
past or the future; it is with the present.
The wisest and the best often err in their
judgments as to the probable workings of
any new system. Let us therefore give
this one a fair and just trial;
without prejudice, and with that earnestness
of purpose which always looks hopefully to
success. It is an ethnological problem, on
the solution of which depends not only the
best interests of botn races, but it may be the
existence of one or the other, if not of both.”
“The most vexed questions of the age are so
cial problems. These wo have heretofore
had but little to do with; we were relieved
from them by our peculiar institution. Eman
cipation of the blacks, with its consequences,
was ever considered by me with much more
interest as a social question, one relating to
the proper status of the different elements of
society, and their relations towards each oth
er, looking to the best interest of all, than in
any other light. The pecuniary aspect of it,
the considerations of labor and caDital, a
The 15th Article is in the following words:
“Article XV.
“Sxction 1. The right of citizens of the
United States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by any
State on account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power
to entered this article by appropriate legis
lation.”
The reading ot the 15th Amendment shows
it ha* no application whatever to the subject
Its main object was to deny to both Congress
and the States the exercise of a certain
power.
And as to the 1st section of the 14th, all
I have to say here is, that it very clearly ap
pears from its words that it has but two ob
jects. These were, first, to declare the color
ed race to bo citizens of the United States,
and of the States, respectively, in which they
reside;and, secondly, to prohibit the States,
severally, from denying to the class of citi
zens, so declared, the same privileges, immu
nities and civil rights which were secured to
the citizens of the several States, respective
ly, and of the United States, by the Consti
tution as it stood before citizenship to the
colored race was declared bj this Amend
ment.
As to the 5th section of the 14th Amend
ment and the 2d section of the loth, so far as
they relate to the subject matter of the body
of each Amendment, respectively, their clear
meaning and import are to provide security
to the colored race iu the enjoyment of the
privileges,immunities, and rights so declared,
in the same way and in like manner, as was
provided for the security of like privileges,
immunities, and rights of the citizens ol the
several States, respectively, by the Constitu
tion before this Amendment, and that no other
remedy for a violation of the prohibitions on
Stato action in either of these Amendments
was contemplated than such as existed for
like violations of like prohibitions anterior to
the Amendments. The exercise o! no new
power was conferred by either of these
new Amendments. The denial of the
exerc : se of any number of powers
by the United States, severally, does
not, most certainly, confer its exercise upon
the Congress of the States. Neither of these
Amendments confer, bestow, or even declare, !
any rights, at all, to citizens of the United
States, or to any class whatever. Upon the
colored race, they neither confer, bestow, or
declare civil rights of any character—not even
the right, of franchise. They only forbid the
States from discriminating in their luws
against the colored race in the bestowment of
such rights as they may severally deem best
to bestow upon their own citizens. Whatever
rights they grant to other citizens shall not
be deniedto the colored race as a class. This
is the whole .of the matter. The question
then is, how can Congress enforce a prohibi
tion of the exercise of these powers by a State?
Most assuredly, iu the same way they enforced
or provided for violations of like prohibitions
anterior to these Amendments. The proper
remedies before were, and now are,nothing but
the judgments of Courts, to be rendered in such
way as Congress might provide, declaring
any State act in violation of the prohibitions
politico-economic view, sank into insignifi- 1 10 be nall and of n0 e ff ectj because of tbeir
cancc, in comparison with this.
■In the same address, upon the same sub
ject, I also said that—
The duty of giving this new system a fair
and just trial will require ol you, as legislat
ors of the laud, great changes in our former
laws in regard to this largo class of popula
tion. Wise and humane provisions should be
made for them. It is not for me to go into
detail. Suffice it to say on this occasion, that
ample and lull protection should be secured
to them, so that they may stand equal before
the law, in the po. session and enjoyment of
ail rights of person, liberty and property.”
“Legislation should ever look to the protec
tion of the weak against the strong. What
ever may be said ol the equality of races, or
ot their natural capacity to become equal, no
one can doubt that at this time this race
among us is not equal to the Cancasion. This
inequality does not lessen the moral obliga
tions on the part of the superior to the infe
rior: it rather increases them. From him
being in violation of this Covenant between
the States as set forth in the Constitution of
the United States. No new power over this
matter of a different nature or character from
that previously delegated over like subjects,
was iutended to be conferred by the conclud
ing sections of either the 14th or 15th Article
of Amendment. No such thing as the tre
mendous power of exercising general munic
ipal, as well as criminal, legislation over the
people of the several States, could have been
dreamed of by the proposers of these Amend
ments. Such a construction would entirely
upset the whole fabric of the Government,
the maintenance of which in its integrity was
the avow'ed object of the war. If the con
struction upon which this bill rests be a true
construction, then you have power to prose
cute and punish all those in Georgia and other
States, numbering not only thousands but
hundreds of thousands, who are seeking to
avail themselves of the benefit of Relief Acts
passed by their States, which Acts the Su-
who has much, more is required than from j pr£me Conrt of the United States has declar-
llttle. *'I speak Of them fl3 we „S IT, tlm u-.iv nrnnt.rlv nmvilbs! liv ('OT’trrf SS
it.
In this order, I announc 9 , in the first place
that I am not opposed to it, because ot any
A more cheerful feeling «11 around is to be 1 opposition I have to doing full and ample
noticed, snd prognostic .lions of a good busi- justice to every human being within the legit-
nes* for 1871 are reitei. ted. xmate jurisdiction of onr Federal Legislative
■ powers. The chief end of all Governments.
Size,nor Savannah.- Col. CharlesC. Jones,
for whose valnable literary researches in con-
nee! ion with this Stale the people ol Georgia
are already much indebted—has recently
made another interesting contribution tc the
history of the State. Mondij evening -last
he^ » lecture in Savannah, before the
orgia Historical Society, which, among
many interesting remarks of his own, con
tained a “journal of the siege of Sxvannth, in
1779, by an officer in Count de Estaing's
Army," translated from the French man-
nscript, and never before given to the
pnblie. It is said, by the Savannah
Advertiser and Bepublican to far exceed both
the English and American accounts of that
memorable expedition in minuteness of de
tail and accuracy of discripticn. Commenc
ing with the appearance of Count de Eslaing
in the roadstead of Basse-Terre, on the 19th of
July, 1779, it ends with the 21st of November
of the same year, thus covering not only all
the events which transpired in im.uediate
connection with the seige, bat also ail the
movements cf the French fleet antecedent to
and consequent upon the expedition against
Savannah.
The appearance of the French fleet oa the
Georgia coast at the month of the Savannah
river, the capture ot Fort Tybee, the landing
at Beauhen, the advance npon Savannah, the
demand npon Frevost, the co-operation of
Lynooln's forces, the location of the investing
army, the erection of batteries, and the heroic
though unfortunate assault ot the 9th of Oc
tober, are described with a freshness and
vigor truly attractive, sod with a particulari
ty characteristic of no other history ot the
tiege. Its publication will form a most im
portant contribution to the genetal history ol
Georgia, and prove specially interesting to
the eitizena of Savannah.
whether State or Federal, should be the pro
tection of right-. The great struggle of hu
manity from the first organization ot society
has been a striio between Power and Bight.
This has been the case in every form in which
government has developed itself in all ages,
climes and countries'., v.b.ither in Monarch
ies, absolute or limited; in Oligarchies or Ar
istocracies, or Democracies or ltepublics,
whether Single or Federal.
The solution of the problem lies in the ad
ministration of Justice. This depends upon
the character of the laws, organic as well as
statute, in each particular State or Kingdom,
and upon their correct interpretation and
proper execution. Justice is the simple, but
magic, principle, which, iu its silent but po
tent action, effects order and harmony, quiet,
peace and happiness in all Political Organ
isms, just as the simple but marvellous prin
ciple or law of gravitation produces those
wonderful rc-sulis of order and harmony wit
nessed in the material Universe around ns.
It is the same principle or law of gravitation
that moulds an atom and shapes a world, I
Athens.
A GOOD M AN GONE.
Correspondence of (Be Herald.
Athens, Ga., Jan. C, 1871.
Mr. E. B. Hodgson, one of the most res
pited citizens of Athens, died last Uand&y
morning at 10 o’clock, of asthma, and was
buried on Tuesday (to day.) A novel and a
beiotifal feature of the funeral ceremonies
was r that six of the nous of the deceased were
pall-bearers. All who have intimately known
this admirable family will see in this grace
ful and sacred performance, more than the
•mrty fact of six men beariag * to the grave
♦he Dody of one who is dead. - They will see
ia it an emblem of that absolute devotion
and superb love these young men have cher
ished toward their father through a long and
weary life of sickness and sufferings—affec-
0m so intense and ho pervading that they
womld allow no alien Land to pertorm those
* ' ' which hearts less stout and
him who has|
now know tneui to be; having no longer the
protection of a master, or legal guardian, they
now need all of the protection which Lbel
shield of the law can give.”
Thus you have what I said to the members
of the General Assembly of Georgia, on the
22d of February, 1866. From this you will
understand the extent to which I was then,
as I am now, in lavor of giving, by the prop
erly constituted power in every State, to every
class of individuals within its borders inclu
ding the colored race, the fullest measure of
justice, as well as all those rights, the free en-
Ijoyment of which constitutes what is recog
nized by all eminent writers upon public law
as the entire essence of civil liberty. A den
izen in all good governments is as mach enti
tled to civil liberty as a subject or a citizen.
There is, however, a very great difference be
tween civil and political liberty, just as there
is a vast difference between civil rights proper
and some of those social rights claimed by this
bill. I have no hesitancy in saying, however,
in reference to oae of its features, that under
our law as it stands, whoever pays for a first-
class car railroad ticket is entitled to a first-
class car seat, whatever may be his or her con
dition in life, and whether white or colored.
If ho be a colored man who pays for such a
ticket, he is entitled to a seat of equal com-|
fort with the white mao who may purchase a
like ticket, but this does not entitle him of
right to a seat in the same car with the white
man. Railroad companies, and all public
carriers, have the right by common law, to
assign their passengers to such seats in such
coaches as tUey may please, provided they ^re
of the comforts and class paid for. This,
however, is anticipating.
The address froui which I havs made such
copious extracts, il is proper and quite perti
nent for me here to state, was unanimously
endorsed by b rih Houses of the General As
sembly. It is exceedingly appropriate for me
here to state, iD order to show this House and
the world that the Legislature of Georgia was
then, and now is, as 1 believe, ready to secure
to the colored race within their jurisdiction
the amplest justice iu the protection of all
their natural as well as civil rights of person
and property. If their is any cla s legisla
tion there against the :olored race, I am not
aware of it. The laws of Georgia, so far as I
am informed, provide the amplest protection
and security lor all the civil rights of all the
inhabitants of tbe State, whether considered
citizens of the State or ot the United States,
or of no State whatever Janci if, at any lime,
it should be discovered that these laws are
defective in any of these particulars, I shot! d
limitation# on the States and to confer addi
tional power on that of the Nation.”
Additional prohibitions imposed updn the
States; and additional powers conferred upon
tbe General Government: but none of a new
nature or character.
It is here judicially affirmed that all the es
sential features of our original complex Fed
eral system are still preserved. In substance
it amounts to this, that these Amendments
(whether rightfully or wrongfully incorporat
ed into the Constitution) do not ch n’e the
nature and character of the Government.
Soul-iuspiring words aro these ! So long os
an incorruptible judiciary shall sustain the
pillars of the Constitution in their stalely po
sition, and the grand old Federal arch unbro
ken in any of its parts, no serious apprehen
sion need be indulged in. as to our fnlnro
safety, from the batteries of Legislate demo
lition or re-coDstruction of the Temple ol our
Liberties, if the people of the several States
shall continue equally true to themselves.
The United States still exist as a Federal Re
public, and are not yet merged into a Cen
tralized Empire. It is tiue the Court here
speaks of the .States in Union ns a Nation.
This is also eminently correct, as ihe word
was here doubtless intended to be used. The
Uuited States is indeed, and ever has been, a
Nation, and a Nation of the highest type. It
is a Federal Republic—a Republic of Repub
lics. Henco the armorial motto stamped up
on the Great Seal, as it was, in the beginning:
E Pluribus Unum—a Nation of Nations ‘
But to proceed. I wish to call special at
tention to another decision, made by the
same Tribunal, at tho same Terra [see 1C
Wallace, 138-9], giving additional light upon
the true construction of the 14th Amendment,
which very clearly shows that the power
claimed under it, even as it stands, cannot
justify the passage of this bill, and that the
rights embraced within its provisions, are not
ot that character which can be rightfully leg
islated for, by Congressional enactment. I
quote extensively, ior nothing I could say
could impart either force to the argument, or
clearness to its conclusion. They say :
“In regard to that amendment” [the 11th]
“counsel for the plaintiff in this court truly I
says that there are certain privileges and im
munities which belong to a citizen of the
United States as such; otherwise it would be
nonsense for tho fourteenth amendment to
prohibit a State from abridging them, and he
proceeds to argue that admission to the bar of
a State of a person who possesses the requi
site learning and character is one of those
which a State may not deny.
“In this latter proposition w*e are rot able
to ooncnr with counsel. We agree with him
that there are privileges and immunities be-
loaging to citizens of the United States, iu
that relation and character, and that it is
these and these alone which a State* is forbid
den to abridge. But tho right to admission
to practice in the courts of a State is not one
of them. This right in no sense depends on
citizenship of the Uuited Spates. It has not,
as far as we know, ever been made in any
State, or iu any case, to depend on citizenship
at all. Certainly many prominent and dis
tinguished lawyers have hern admitted to
practice, both in the State and Fede ral Courts,
who were not citizens of tho United States or
of any State. But, on whatever basis this]
right may be placed, so far as it can have any
relation to citizenship at all, it would seom|
that, as to tho courts of a State, it would re
late to citizenship of the State; and as to Fed
eral Courts, it would relate to citizenship ol
the Uuited States.
“Tho opinion just delivered in the Slaugh
ter-House Cases (10 Wallace, p. 36) renders
elaborate argument in the present case unne
cessary; for, unless we aro wholly and radi
cally mistaken^ in tho principles on which
those cases are decided, the right to control
and regulate the granting of license to prac
tice law in the courts of a State is oue of
thoso powers which are not transferred lor its
protection to the Federal Government, and
its exercise is in no manner governed or con
trolled by citizenship of the United States in
the party seeking such license.
“It is unnecessary to repeal tho argument
on which the judgment iu those cases is
founded. It is sufficient to say they are con
clusive of the present case.”
If it is within the reserved "powers of the
States to deny the right of admission to the
bar to any who may be held to be her citi
zens, or citizens of tlio United States, is itl
not much more one of her reserved rights to
say who may, or who may not, be admitted
into her public schools or other instiln-l
tions ?
Here I leave the question, so far as curl
powers over the subject are concerned, il
consider it as settled by the highest judicial
tribunal of the country, so fur as that tribu
nal is competent to settle any question ofj
Constitutional law.
But, in the second place, among the affirm J
ative reasons for my opposition to this Bill]
I oppose it because of its inexpediency]
Even if the power were, without question oi
doubt, vested in Congress to pass municipal
regulations of this sort to operate over th[
people of tne several States of the Union, D
think it would be exceedingly Injudicious
and unwise to exercise it. Better leavcl
all such matters to the States. Iu|
^■notbelieye the
.-are for
been made in any of the walls of the Consti
tution, in tbe terrible shock it received in tho
late most lamentable conflict of arm9, let it
|bo repaired by appeals to the Forums of R a-
RAILROAD SCHEDULES
hopes of mankind. And if nuy breach has may be beneficent in its design and calcu
lated to promote the welfare of the people ai d
cultivate eeutiments of goodwill between the
different sections of the Union.’ This article
„ .. was no political expedient of the hour. It
son and Justice, wherein, after all, rest the cnbodiestho sentiments of honorable men,
surest hopes of all true progress in human and binds, by tho obligation of good faith acd
civilization. If, ‘in moments of error or justice. It pledges such liberal support as
alarm,” we have “wandered” in any degree i may bo consistent with our principles and
from the true principles on which all our in- I justified by tho developments of tho future.”
btitutions wero founded, in tho lauguago of \ The piinciph s here announced are in strict
Mr. Jefferson, “let us hasten to retrace our • accordance with tho old Jeffersonian, Demo-
steps and to regain the road which alone j cratic, Republican creed. As thus uttered,
leads to peace, liberty, and safety ! ’ , they clearly indicate more than the dawn of
This I say, in all earnestness, to the mem- ' that new epoch, and future now alignment of ,
hers of this House from all Sections of the | the elements of present party org«niz itions i 6:u0 p M ** ort 4nd BavannmiUFast
Union —South, East, West, and North; and in this country, to which I have referred,
especially to those who bear tho Party name They are the key-note of that move-
of Republican. If yon, Mr. Speaker, and 1 ment stirred by these old Jcffer33-
your political associates, be really and truly man principles, which, dead as
of thb old Republican school, then be first | somo may suppose them to be,
and foremost to rally in the support of the ; will, at no distant day, be the basis of as sig’-
principlea of tho great Chief who organized nal a triumph by that party which plants it-
that party to rescue tho Federal Government sell squarely upon them, whether styled Ue-
from Centralization iu one of tho most dan- 1 publican, Democratic, or by any other name,
i a ' “ ’ ’ ’ ' “ ' v. a S that achieved in 1800, under the guide p u ? ew York Line.. 1:48 r
JcflVraon humselt These are. indeed. Ibo A “ rrM « ht «*» *
ever-li ...
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WESTEBN AND ATLANTIC RAIL BAP.
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gerous periods of its history; and under the as
auspices of whoso doctrines, when tho rescue ; of
was accomplished, the country was so happy
rer-liviug principles to which the conntrv ~ ^ • •
prosperous, and glorious for sixty years ot its must return, and which alone lead “to Peace, 6Sl6m lAclIirOclCi OT AISlDcimSl-
MONTGOMERY, Nov. 16. 1873.
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alter November 16th:
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rma ) Amve at Went Point l;36p.m
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RETURNING
existence. If you do not, he assured your Liberty, and Safety!”
opponents will rally again under the banner
ot their ancient creed, aud seize it from the
hands of those who profess it by name, but
reject it by their acts “holding the promise the scourge of the human family, may in its
to tho ear, while breaking it to tho hope.” early stages be promptly arrested and pi-rms
Excueo me, 6ir; please pardon something ncntl}’ cured.
CoilriU
to an ardent nature. The dawn of a ue
epoch iu politics is upon us. There will soon
be a breaking up of the elements ot present
party organizations. Tho great and vital
issue between Constitutionalism and Central
ism must soon be directly met by the people
of tho States. Seven-tenths of the people of
the Uuited States, in my judgment, aro to
day as true to the principles of liberty, on ; [? s,t up muen, w
which the Federal Constitution was founded, ; threat, «
as were tbeir ancestors who, in 1787, perfect
ed its matchless and majestic structure. They
are as much opposed to Ctutralizariou and
Empire, and the necessary e msi quenee—ul
timate Absolutism and Despotism—as the
men of 1776 were. All that this immense
majority now waul lor concert and co-opera
tion are young aud vigorous leadirs, thor
oughly iu earnest, as well as thoroughly im
bued with tho importance and sacredncss of
the Cause. Nothing will hasten action iu
this direction more tnau the passage by Con
gress of this bill, or any like it, because its un
necessary and irritating effects will strike
chords which will awak u opposition in
every State of the Union, from the Atlantic to
tne Pacific, and from the Lakes to the Gulf.
A few words uponjinotber point. The gen- I 0 bi;i
tlemau from Massachusetts, [Gtneral 1> itkr,] i , !H ]
Leaves West Point 8:50 p.i
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been U6ing Arrives at Montgomery 10:40 p.m
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.
Rayenswood, W. Va , Oct. 28, 187*.
Dr. R. V. Pierce:
Sir—For the last year I hav __
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S 11 'j to been afilieled for years. Did M on.gom.ry
not use it but a snort time before I was bene- 1 Arrive at Columbus
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suffering greatly with my !>*-,#
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Four Corners, N. Y., has been cured of Con-1 Anve#*t Mont*
sumption by Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical
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ot the Cnatham Courier.
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cal Discovery has effected a wonderful cure of
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“ •• .. 9:i8 p.m
£» O
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who has charge of this bill, referred in his de— ■ United States uiui iiritisti America, and in-
feoee of its provisions, the other day, to the ,I -ed in every ciwiizcd portion of the Western
citiz-;n~hip ot the Bepubiic ot Borne, the like j Htimspin tc. The Almanac has been issued
of which, it seemed from hi. rennrUs ho ; r ,.e U ulv at the coiivutuceiuent of every year
wished to see established by this Government, i lor ^fout onc-iinh ol i e ntury. It combines
We would do well to consider tuafc m-itter I with tho soundest practical advice lor the
somewhat By dotag 60, perhaps, wo may | preservation and restoration of health, a Urge
profit l>y our pains and trouble. Tbe great I .mount of int restin ' ond amusing light
difference betweeu this Bcpnbl.c and that of l ita.j,:,;,.. and tho cal udar, astronomical cal-
Bome we should never lose sit hi of. Oar’s is j culaiinni, chronological items, etc., are pre-
a Federal Bepubiic—that of Borne was a Sin- j paved with ••n-at care, and will be found ea
gle ltepnblic. Iu ixtondi- p her jurisdiction ! ureiv accurate. The issue of Hostetler’s Al-
ovet neighboring Mates or Kingdoms, Boom r uunae for 1874 will probably bilbo largest ] Lew
did not recognize that Federa lv« principal edition of a medical work ever published in |
upon wiuch_aloDe ours extends, a i. u.-.on i any country. The proprietors, Messrs. Hus- |
.LUri Smith, Prttsbnrg, l'a., ou receipt ot ’ Leave. Charleston
two cent stamp, will forward a copy by ; Arrives at Annus;,
rail to any person who cannot procure one I A«.ves Augusta ..
u las n.ignborhooa. dec2.
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ed, in the way properly provided by Congress,
to be in violation of that clause of the Consti
tution proliibi ing the States, severally, from
passing any 1h v impairing the obligation of
contracts. The prohibition against the States
in the one case is the same in words and effect
as in tho other. To what monstrous conse
quences would not such a construction lead !
It is my purpose, Sir, to show, beyond the
power of refutation, the correctness of all
these propositions or oositions.
First, then, that the chief object of the 1st
and 5th sections ot the 14th Amendment was,
as stated, to make citizens of this class of
persons there can be no doubt, or if there was
any doubt before, it seems that there ought to
be none any longer; for the Supreme Conrt,
in the ca3© before cited, said, in direct terms,
of these parts of the 14th Amendment just
quoted, that “its main object was to establish
citizenship of the negro, can admit of no
doubt.” So that proposition may rest there.
Next, as to the correctness of the other ^ m
propositions, I prefer to rely upon the same I point " of "faci l
high authority rather than to indulge in any ‘ olorci pe0p i 0 ( ’ f Georgia have nuy desire
process of reasoning myself. I, therefore, j m i X0( j schools, and very little, indeed,
shall cite extensively from the same decision ‘ - *
h alone ours extends. a» d upon
which all affiliating neighboring States be
come incorporated into our Union. Remo
lid not allow tho Peoples of other separate
and distinct Nations coming under the pro
tection of her Eagles, as to general matteis, I
to govern themselves in their local affair, as j
their own best interests might dictate to j J
them; but she extended over them tbe ab 1 If.
aelfetox, October 17. 1973.
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for
be in favor of a prope> remedy by the proper
authori y. But this brings me to the second
gives form, position and orbit to satellites, view I proposed to take on the subject. So
planets and suns. It is this that keeps every much, then, for my reasons; negatively, for
particle of matter in its right place, and in its
operations produces & universal fi ness of
things and that all-pervading concord of mel
odies which swell the grand chorus of the
spheres throughout the illimitable Cosmos.
As gr.»vita*ion. in producing its results, acts
[alike upon bodies, small or great, upm
atoms, and upon stars of lesser magnitude, in
proportion to quantity and quality: sc justice
in human Societies or States deals alike witn
all classes ot persons who come within tho
sphere ol its operation. Aud so with dis inct
and separate .Sovereigatif9, Rowers or King
doms iu thtir intercourse with each other.
The tiue law of Nature is but a summation
efthe principles of Justice.
Iu the second place, my opposition to this
bill spnugs from no prejudice, in tbe slight
est degree, against any man, woman or child
within the hunts ot the United States, on ac
count of race or color or previous condition
of servitude. 1 entertain no feelings of that
kind, and am not governed in my action here,
nor elsewhere, by any influence ol that sort.
In tbe third place, according to the method
in which I propose to treat the subject, I wish
now to s»ij that my opinion of justice and its
proper administration is m t founded upon
tbe doctrine of that dogma so generally an
nounced, and so pernicious in principle: “Tne
greatest good to the greatest number.” The
trae rale witn me, even in our old organized
system ol State | olity at the South, was “tbe
greatebt good to all witi.out detriment to any.'
While I do not hold the doctrine of the
equality of races ot m- n, yet i do maintain
the great truth, however paradoxical It may
appear to some, ihat alt m* u are created
equal. This great tiuth w** * firs* enunciated
by a Council of States ou the 4lh ol July,
1776. If was then adopted ai.d proclaims!
as it came from tho pen of J IL.sou, the
Chief Apostle of Liberty on this Continent
This truth was ae*er meant, howev. r, in ni/
opinion, to convey The idea that men west
created equal in all respecter etiher m physi-
" JKtltVU
story that
all men nave an equal right to <Jastio6 r a$d
to stand, so far as governmental powerajtro
concerned or exercised over them, perfectly
cal, ment#l or moral devi
ibt to assert the great
men have an equal right
not supporting this bill.
Secondly. I am now to assign some of tbe
reasons, affirmatively, why I oppose it. Pur
suing this order, under this method of ar
rangement, l state, in the first place, I am
opposed to the passage of thus measure, or
auy one kindred to it, even if any of the
rights proposed to be secured by it were prop
erly just in themselves, because of the want
of the necessary power und-r Ihe Constitu
tion, on tho patt of Congress, to apply the
appropriate remedy by the enactment of any
such law as this bill proposes. I presume
that it will not be assuming too much to take
it for granted, that it will be admitted by
every member of the linage that the powers
of Congress arc specific as well as limited,
and that all the powers which Congreas can.
legitimately or otherwise, rightfully exer
cise, are held by delegation from tho
people of ’he several States of the
Union. Where, then, in the Constitution is
to be found the power which authorizes the
passage of this tneusuro? The power under
which it is claimed, as I understand it, is de
rived chiefly from the 1st and 5th sections of
the 14th Article of Amendment. It is true, in
this connection, I have frequently seen refer
ence made, also, to the 15tn Article of
Amendment. To see how far the power is
sustained by tho claim, we must therefore
look into the purport and meaning of both
tbe Articles of Amendment as they stand,
without any consideration, at this time, as to
their history, or how they became incorporat
ed into the organic law of tho Union.
Tho two sections of tbe 14th Article re
ferred to are in the following words:
“Abticlk XIV.
“Section 1. All persons born or natural
ised in the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United
States and of the State wherein they reside.
No State shall make or enforce any law which
shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of tbe United States; nor shall any
State deprive any person of life, liberty or
property, without due process of law; nor de
ny to any person witfein its iansdiction the
equal protection of tbe laws/’
mo* 5. The Congress shall have power
roe, by appropriate legislation, the
of this article.”
in sustainment of all the positions taken.
In speaking of that clause of the Constitu
tion as it stood before this Amendment, in
reference to the privileges anl immunities of
citizens of the several States secured by it,
this Court distinctly asserts:
“Its sole jurpose ^ras to declare to the
several States, that whatever thoso rights, as
you gr-ui. or establish them to your own citi
zens, or as you limit or qualify, or impose re
strictions on their exercise, the same, neither
more nor less, shall be the measure of the
rights of citizens of other States within your
jurisdiction. 1
And in relation to the powers of Congress
to enforce such rights under the Constitution,
as it stood before, by municipal laws operat
ing over 4hc people of tbe States, the Court
further asserts:
“It would be the vainest show of learning
to attempt to prove, by citations of authori
ty, that, up to the adoption of the recent
amendments, no claim or pretence was set up
that those rights depended on iho Federal
Government for their existence or protection,
beyond tbe very few express limitations which
the Federal Constitution imposed upon the
States -such, for instance, as the prohibition
against ex post facto laws, bills of attainder,
aud laws impairing the obligation of con
tracts. But, with the exception of these and
a few other restrictions, the entire dom in of
the privileges and immunities of citizens of
the States, as above defined, lay within the
constitutional aud legislative power of the
States, and without that of the Federal Gov
ernment.”
The Court, then, in reference to the powers
of Congress to pass municipal laws as a
proper remedy against the exercise of pow
ers prohibited to the States by the Constitu
tion, with great point and potency puts the
question:
“Was ib Ihe purpeso of the fourteenth
amendment, by the simple declaration that
no State should make or enforce auy law
which shall abridge the privileges and immu
nities of the citizens of Ihe United States, to
transfer the security and protection of all the
civil rights which we have mentioned frou.
the States to the Federal Government ? And
where it is declared that Congress shall have
power to enforce this article, was it intended
to bring within the power ot Congress the
entire domain of civil rights heretofore be
longing exclusively to tho States ? ”
They answer it, too, with equal emphasis
and power, in these words:
“All this, and more, must follow, if the
proposition of the plaintiffs in error be sound.
For not only are these rights subject to the
control of Congress whenever, in its discre
tion, auy of them are supposed to be abridged
by State legislation, but that body may also
pass laws in advance, limiting and restrict
ing the exercise of legislative power by the
States, in their most ordinary and usual func
tions, ns in its judgment it may think proper
on all such subjects. And still further, such
a construction,followed by the reversal ot tho
judgments of tbe Supreme Court of Louisiana
in these cases, would constitute this court a
perpetual censor upon all legislation of the
States, on the civil rights of their own citi-
zeus, with authority to nullify such ns it did
not approve as consistent with those rights,
as they existed at the time of the adoption of
this amendment.”
Further on, in tbe same decision, in speak
ing of the 14th and 15th Amendments, and
the heat and excitement of popular sentiment
when they were before tbe people, the Court
gives forth certain other most important ut
terances on this subject, to which 1 call
special attention. They say:
“Under the pressure of all ihe excited
feeling growing out of tbe war, onr statesmen
have still believed that the exiitance of the
States with powers for domes tie snd local
government, including tho regulation of civil
rigbu—the rights of person and of property
1 oar
vai essential to the perfect working of
~ ol government, th
proper to impose
complex form U government, though^they
mixed churches, as contemplated by this
measure. The tendency on tbeir part,
throughout the State, in all the religions de
nominations, except the Catholic, is to sepa
rate from the whites in church association and
organization. Iv all instances, within my
knowledge, the whites have been perfectly
willing, and even solicitous, for them to re
main, and worship in the seme houses aud
before the same altars; but they preferred to
go to themselves. So with the schools. They
have no desire or wish for mixed schools com
posed of white and colored children. All
they want is their right and just participation
in the common-school fund in schools of their
own. This they now have in Georgia.
They also have a University for them
selves at Atlanta, aided by tho State,
as the State University for whites is in like
manner aided by the State. They hive no de
sire for anything partaking of the character
of social rights; and if the people, colored
aud white, iu the several Southern States,
shall be left to themselves to work out their
own destiny under tho present system, sub
ject alone to the controlling law of justice, as
before stated, without external interference ot
any sort, it will, in my judgment, ta infini
tely belt r for both races. Reciprocal wauts
and duties will soen, of themselves, bring
about as much harmony and concord as are
usually found in any State or country. And
in this con ection, 1 have no hesitancy in giv
ing it as my deliberate opinion, that there is
not a colored man in Georgia who knows me
(and my acquaintance with that class is not
limited), who would not come to me fora per
sonal favor, or personal counsel, or iu case ol
reil grievance lor a redress of personal wrongs,
with more confidence in my having justice
secured him, than auy “carpet-1 ag^er” iu the
State, however industrious he may f e iu sow
ing the seeds of discord between tbe races,
and vociferous iu advocatiug tbe doctrines oi
the “Civil Rights Bill,” so eaded.^^^^^^l
Interference by th i Federal Goverument
even if tho power were clear and indtapata-
ble, would be against tbe very genius aud eu-
tiro spirit of our whole system. If there is
one truth w hich stands out prominently above
all others in the history of these States, it is
tbut the germinal aud seminal principle ot
Amcricau Constitutional Liberty is the abso
lute, unrestricted righqof SState SSelt-goveru-
rneut iu all purely internal municipal affairs.
The first Union of the Coffinies. lioui whit h
sprung the Uuion of the States, was by joint
action to secure this light of local Self-gov
ernment for each. It was when tbe Char
tered Rights of Massachusetts wore violated
by a British Parliament, tho cry first went up
from Virginia, “The cause ol Boston is the
cause ot us all 1” This led t > the declara
tion and establish meut of the Independence,
not of the whole people of tho united Colo
nies ns oue mass, but of the Iudepeuden :e of
each of tho original thirteen Colonies, then
declared by themselves to be, aud afterwards
acknowledged by all Foreign Powers to be,
thirteen separate aud distict States.
Itisnotmy purpose, at this time, even to
touch upon any of the issues involved in tho
war, or tho chief proximate cans© which led
to it, or upon whom devolves tho responsibil
ity of its direful cousequenccs. But taking
it for granted that tho chiet proximate cause
was tho Status of the African race iu tho
Southern States, as set forth in tho decision ot
the Supieme Conrt, to which I have first re
ferred, Niiffioe it to say on this occasion that
that cause is now forever removed. This
thorn iu the flesh so long tho cause o! irrita
tion between the S.atos is now out for all
time to come. And since tho passious aud
prejudices which attended the conflict are
fast subsiding and passing away, the period
has now oome for the descendants of a com
mon ancestry, in all the States and Sections
of the Country, to return to the original prin
ciples of their Fathers, with the hopeful pro9-
peot of a higher and brighter career in the
future than any heretofore achieved in the
past On such return depends, in my judg
ment, not only the liberties of tho white and
oolored racca of thi« Continent,, but the beet
thus enlarged her lunUs beyond her ca;
to enact just and wise municipal laws for so
vast a country. She thus necessarily became
a Centralized Empire, with its necossiry ul
timate result—Despotism! To political
organisms, as with all ether separate
organisms, either animal or vegetabl
there is a normal lin
which the vital functions cannot be perform* <1.
When this limit is from any cause transcend
ed decay ensues, aud with it death ! Jlence
tho decay and downfall ol Rome, which is tru-
Iv attributable to her accumulated weight ot
Empire. And so huge was the overgrown car
cass, when the vital functions ceased to beat
at the heart, and final dissolution came npon
so immense a m iss of materials, that such a
pestiferous siench went up from tee de *orn-
pobing elements a» sicken* d tho whole Politi
cal World, aud brought ou a paralysis of civ
ilization for Centuries. This is the Period
hnown as tho Dark Ages.
Not so will it with r.s, if we e-chew the
example of Rome, both as to the cliaruo'.er of
ner citizenship and th-* nature of h r Singl *
Republic centralization, end adhere stead
fastly to the principles of our Fathers. In tho
workings of cur complex sy-tem under onr
Federal Republic, each State is a dis ir.ct po
litical Organism, retaining m itself all the vi
tal powers of individual Stare government a:.d
development; while to all the St it s, i:i joint
Congress assembled, arc delegated the exer
cise of such power**, end such only, as relate
to extra-State aud Foreigu affair:*. The Sta.is
are each perfect political O.g.r.isrns,
with all tho fuuctions of perfect
,'overnmeut iu themselves, respectively, on
all matters over which they have not a:
\29-U
Day and nipbt t
9:15 iu M.
2:30 r. m.
3:35 P. 34.
» out cf Atlanta connect c!o*ely
look all over your house* and wherever you j with thi* Ro*d at Angu«ta tor Charleston and Coium-
fiua b „pot upon the paint, the lurmtnre. car- | Tr , in aKt of Micon a.lc. close connection
or anything e!*c, whether it be dirt,
rt us.*, tar, or whatever else, use Sapolio ac-
ording to the simple directions.
-*ct all tbs tin-ware, coppar-ware, knives,
ond | forks, kettles, etc., and polish them up.
When you Rive done this ouce then Enoch
Morgan’s Sons ku w positively that their Sa-
witta Night Traiu.
Night Tram out of Angaata make* clo*e cocnectioa
Then col- Columbia with Greenville an-.l Columbia Railroad.
Pw-eiiiifiB for points on the Gr* enviile and Columbia
ltai!r< ad will avoid, a tedicas delay at ni£ht in Colom
bia, by taking this route.
Elegant tew SW-ping Cara on night traina between
Augusta and Charleatoc.
8. B. PICKENS,
ancl-d“ General Ticket Agent.
H. CASTLEMAN,
o vision
Gomo.’ii Produce Broker,
PORT ROYAL RAILROAfl
1
ENGINEER AND SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICER
OF Pori Kotal Railuoad Owrm,
Acucsia, Ga., June 28, IS73.
ATLANTA, GA.
*a 3‘ret t, opticrite Depot.
sepld tf
this Road vr:h run as follows:
DOWN DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Will lravt* Augusta nt 6:45 A.M.
Arrive at Port Royal at 2:16 P.M.
Arrive at rbarloston at 4:45 p.m.
1 Arrive at Savannah at 3:30 p.m.
UP DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
ATLANTA PAPtR rdilLS.
9:45 A M.
8:10 A.M.
9:30 a.m.
A T ^
\ PAPER MILL:
n. For specimen of “Ne'
of this paper.
APOTHECARIES.
-JAS. ORMOND Pur- i
Will leave Port Royal
; Leave Charleston at
Leave Sa>annah at
Arrive at Augusta at (Jl ML
DOWN NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Will leave Augusta at 2:iP P.M
Arrive at Port Royal at 11:96 KM
Arrive at charleston at B 09 a.m.
Arrive at Savannah at 13:90 r.M.
UP NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
•enptioniats. corner pyachtree and Will eave Port Royal at 10:30 p.m.
' Leave Charleston at 6:00 p.m.
127 Whitehall ' Leave Savannah at 9:60 P.M.
H ENRY C. POPE, Wholesale Druggist,
street. Atlanta. Ga.
Arri
» at Augusta at
8:00 a.m.
AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSES.
I BEX WILSON
• tb
Broad etreet, neit doer to .
algo, makes advances to planters. A full I
uitoral Implements, Publishers of the ,
M
,1.
IV
R
s. Guano,
AUCTIONEERS.
.\u
illusion Merchant,
il AO 31 V \ l FACTOR Y.
PAYNE & CO., Dealers in Paper. Paper
us, Flour and Grain Sacks. Rope, Twine,
Tag*, Wooden and Willow Ware, etc., etc.,
ontb Pryor Street, Atlanta, Ga.
rarer* of !
g^i,S.\S, M AY a Ct).. Dealers and Manufacturers of rri •»_ 0
Vj Parer and Cotton Bag*. Twine. Rope. Old Metals, j * T*
>• »r Pryor and Mit.h.M rtiwt.. Atl.nt*. O*. *-*
BOOTS AND SHOES.
jurisdiction to the Federal Head, or on which < now aud. succetwor to Howard* McKay,
they have not restrained themselves bv joint \ j wholesale and Retail Drugg.st, at the old bund,
covenant in mutual prohibitions upon them- ! P^btree street. j
elves. Under this system, adhered to. n j
danger need be apprehended from any extent
to which the limits of onr boundary may go.
or to any extent to which tbij number ot
States may swell. For the maintenance ot
this model and most wonderful system of
Government, in its original purity and integ
rity, every well wisher ot his country should v
put forth his utmost effort Xo belter time H
for an effort on tbi-> line than now, right hire
in this House. .
Let U3 not do, by the passage of this bill,
wbat our highest judicial tribunal has s..id
we have r.o rightful power to do. It’ you \vh >
call yours. Ives Ib.publicans sh:.lh iu obedi
ence to what you consider a I’.vty behest,
pass it, in the vain expectation tint tin* lie-
publican principles of the old and true Jeffer
sonian school are dead, be assured you are in
dulging a fatal delusion. The oM J fferson-
iau. Democratic, Bepublican principles arc
not dead, and w ill never die ho long as a true
devotee of liberty livi-s. They may be buried
for a period, as Magna Chart ”, wan tro .bn
under foot in England for more than ha',f a
century; but these principles will cumo up
with renewed energt, as did those oi Magna
Cbarta. and that, too. at no distant day.
Old Jeffersonian Democratic principles
dead, indeed! When tho tides of
Ocean cease to ebb and il >w, when the winds
of Heaven are hushed into perpetual silence,
when the clouds no longer thunder, w hen
Earth’s electric bolts are no longer felt or
beard, when her internal fires go out, then,
and not before, will these principles cease to
live—then, and not before, will these princi
ples cease to animate and move the libcrty-
loving masses of this eouutry. Dead, indeed!
What means these utt ranees jirat h ard from
tho Chief Magistrate ol the O.d lVnniniou on
his entering into eili c, to which he has ie- \
| contly been chosen by a majority et ov. r
27,000. inaStatewhichGener.il Grant cameo
last year by a majority I need not name? A
notable point in tue**© u teranoes is what he
sat 1 in them of President Grant. Hear them,
and judge wh *tber they come lrom ono d-ad
or alivj. Says Gov.ruor Kemper in his first
isage:
Adhering to those principl s, Virginia
seeks the-c « nds: to st euro aud maintain her
tull constitutional rights ami relations, and
to perform nil her constitutional dutits. as
ono of tin* co-cqual members of the l T niou;to
exercise all rightful powers of self-gov*tu
rnout, and to determiue, adjust and r. gulatt-
the internal, domestic and municipal inter
ests of her people, their relations and rights, j
including such as aro known as civil rights. -
in strict conformity to the Federal Consti u-
tion and the Into decision of the Supreme ■
Court of the United S ates expounding recent
enactments thereto, und tho respective po*v- ;
ers of the Fed.-ral and State govrmn. wis BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS. -*
thereunder; to obtain an equitable settlement
\ cm W, N.'. l Marietta Rook- j
Paaaencert leaving Atlanta by the 6 o’clock r. m.
ram. make connection at Augusta with Down Day
Paaeenger for Port Royal, Savannah, point*
Sontheaat-
JA8.0.MO RE,
Engineer and Superintendent.
THE GREAT SOHIIERA
PASSENSER AND MAH
ROUTE!
-VIA-
ATLAXTA ami AUGUSTA.
To Charleston, Co'umb:a, Cbar'.o'.te, Ra'.csgh. W
mitgton. Weldon. Richmond. Waebicg'eB,
Dalliurore. Philadc pbia, aud
N« w York.
RUNNING A DOUBLE
DAILY THROUGH PASSENGER TRAIN.
-IONSECTIONS BV THIS LINE ARE MOST CER-
Hatlus
9 have been thoroughly cverh .uled and
Qeorui
M
'INKS A SON, wholesale dealer* in
>hoe*. Leather and Hhoe Findings,
' Go!Jiii Root, 39 Peachtree street. Atlanta,
i Georgia.
[ARKHAMA- HOLDEUNASS, Wholesale deader*
1 Republic Block
r meals, and at regu-
r hours.
CONDUCTORS on thi* line aro afiable and courie
rs to passenger*.
lie Quickest Time and Sure Connection
Mmlo by this RnntP.
BANKS.
B
ANK OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
ker. Presld
tiled. l»e|H)sit-s
Acii»u;;e bought i
itrope, in sums to suit.
Agents f r the turn
up •». a#- First cl**» auti
W. W. Bell,
•eceiv.d. Ft
1 sold. Ctu
Cashier. Taper dn
> aud DotnestP
n all point* in
4 1
\ Mm
oney to loan.
■ Vii. HOLLAR
Tasscrger* can purchase Through Ticket* and hivr
i tbeir Baggage Checked through from New Orleana,
Mobile. Montgomery, Columbus, and Atlanta to Rich-
mond. Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and New
| York, by
Four Different Routes,
Via Aucusta, Kir**ville ard Wilmington, via Oolnm-
hia, t'barUtte ai.d Kai«dgh, via Columbia. Danville
] and Richmond, via Atiama, Augusta, Wilmington and
i fiay Line.
Fare as Low by Augusta as any
Other Route.
PUIM'S PALACE SLEEPING CARS
yl l iZLNb
1 j,,,.. t. ..mi,i. mmtj i
| NO. 11. J AXlktt, Banker, Jauiee* Block.
'apital
l LAN l.s
Passcrgcr* Wishing tc go North by Sea will And *
Splendid Line of Steamships
Itl MNI1SS (OI.L.EOES.
M
ooki:
stands: d inst
I'j'Vh
SOU 11IEUN BUSINESS rSIVKKMr
Broad and Vlab.uua ai recta. Atlanta, G*. j
ii, tho largest and beatpractw
,. h* Ht-hOMi iu the South. For circular*, etc., 1
B K. M »ore. A.M. President,
i man a AlLAMA til S1NEIM OOMJttO*.
A Mageo, Manager*. Corner Line and j
eU. Three hundred Graduate* now in
The Charleston Steamships
01T.>r every Inducement to passenger*, xxib Table*
supplied with evt-ry luxury the Northern *nd Chmrle*-
ton market can »ff rd. and for eaivty, speed and com
fort are UNRIVALLED ON THE i\)A8T.
TDrousH Ticlxct*
On Sale at Montgomery, Wot Point and Atlanta TO
New York via Charleston 8t> atn»>t)lps
S. K Jv>lIS>ON, Superintendent.
ROBERT, G*n. Ticket Agent. nov2X-ly
of ln r just claims against the govern
promote universal reconciliat on upou the
bania t.f equal justice 11 all tho St itos and pt o-
plc; to cultivate harmonious relations with tho
common Government; ami to yield a liberal
support to every department thereof co-oper
ating in Uio accomplishment of the ends thus
sought. Virginia, recognizing no such obli
gations as bind lnr to any national Party or
ganization, maintaining her fidelity to nil
who are and who shall beooiue allies In tho
defense of measures calculated to secure tho
ends named, is ready to co-operate cordially
with men of whatever Party iu upholding
those measures, by whomsoever proposed—
supporting those who support them, aud op
posing nil opposition to them. Oue of the
articles, announcing the principles and pur
poses recently ratified by au over win* lining
mnjority of our people,declares that,disclaim
ing all purpose ol oaptious hostility to
the prescut Executivo head of the Federal
Government, ‘ we will judge h\m impartially
by his official action, aud will oo-operate tn
every measure of bis Ad^putratiou which
r
> ami Plano Dsalwr*.
CLOTHIERS AND TAILORS.
8150,000
IN REAL ESTATE,
For Sale.
T HE ander«%n*d. John R. Wallac*. offer* $100,000
worth of K< al Eat to. ami J. W. Kugllah $25,000 tn
$50,000 worth ;mprov *<i, at small cash payments and
Iona time lutereet bearing uotea.
Those pania stricken parties who withdraw that?
funds »re specially lnntad to call, and \hoae holding
w B. LOWE A OO.. D.'ftler .ml Jlumf»e(ur« ol *“*• “*
J.:
tl.
i the National.
CL JON i s. Fashionable Tailoring Establishment
within fifty yards of National Hotel and Kimbal
e. Full Line of toods always on hand.
emails, tobacco, etc.
I Fowler.
*ep28
J uliN KU'kfc.N. aiauutuoturer. Importer and Dealer
^ J r - ““
I^EERMAN A KUHKT, cjgara, Tobacco and Snuff
Trotting Buggies.
VERY Strong and Light can he Had bj
1. It in i; Order* to
WOODRUFFS JOHNSON.