Griffin tri-weekly star. (Griffin, Ga.) 1865-1868, April 04, 1868, Image 1

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The Griffin Tri-Weekly Star. Tsana or Adtvottsibo Borina Cjlbbs.—l tqoaro I months $l5O0 —6 months $25 00-1 year >SS; 1 Sires * months sls—o months sss—l year SSO; alums 1 month sls—3 months S3O -4 months ; x eolumn 1 month s*s-3 months SSO-0 months $75; 1 cola mu 1 month S4O-3 months $75 —5 mon 'hs *l*s. Ws will strictly adhere to than terms. AdvertteemenU, to Insure attention, mutt be handed in before 1 o'eloek the dor pro-. .on* to publicetlon. Odßee on East side of Hill street, and Cor. Broadway—up stairs, in Msj oioo; » building $»“ Jon hnmt executed neatly end with dis patch. a Tnhu Ornnm. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. John He Haiti ATTORNEY at IsA.'W r , McDonough, Georgia, -rjTILL pmotloa Law in all its branches, in ths VV county of Henry, bhd adjoining oounUee. BANKBOPTOT. Bpeeinl attention siren to BANKBVPTVT GAMS, to Ac Fed eral and State Oonrte. COMPROMISES effected at reetenable rates, whsrs parties datirs. Jan. TANARUS, IBSB-ly HR-*. »R. J. T. BANKS bat removed bis Office to hisias idenon, on Tnylor Street—plaoa known ns ths '‘Campbell Piece,* - two squares weet of the Bap tist Church, where he can be consulted at all hour*. ttgfeOflfce Strictly Private.-** Notion sign over door. may », IMT-tf DR. M. J. DANIEL, Office at Harris’ Drug Store, HILL STREET, ORlfriN GEORGIA. april 30, 1867 Boynton EDismuke mams it hi. GtiEtXYIFXXT, 0*130., WILL practice in the Courts of ths Flint Cir cuit, and adjoining Couvtt of the Coweta Circuit. Special attention given to the pr >eecuilpn and defence of cases In the U. 8 District and Cir cuit Courts. Casee in BANKItUPTOY attended to on reasonable rates, cither tor applicants or creditors. Al %• COLLECTIONS from a distance pmmptljr attended to, at reasonable rates. * March 17*1/ B. D. RENDER, ATTORNEY at Xi-A-'W, GREENVILLE, Merriwotlier County, Ga. WILL PRACTICE laths Counties Composing the Cowets and rilnl Circuit*. Bep *H-9m Bankruptcy. CJ’IIIK undersigned ire prepared to at -Jt tend to BANKRUPTCY CASES in the Federal Courts, at reasonable rates Call and consult. DOYAL k NUNNALLY. march 21, 1867—ts Dr. L. 0. Brantley, FORMERLY of Henry esuaty, Ga., tenders Bis Professional Services to the citizens of Griffin and surrounding Country. aiia ADVICE STRICTLY PRIVATE 401 KjrOffice and residence at the late Medical Ooftsge of Dr. E. F. Knott, litkr the Railroad Freight House, where he may be found at all times, when not professionally engaged, dec. 5, 1867. DENTISTRY. A. CLEVELAND & SON, Resident Dentists, A. CLEVELAND. t. R. OLRVXLAND dec. 13, ISM. GEORGIA UNO AGENCY. Logan & Bitch, Bill ESTATE ABUTS. WILL buy, sell and rent Real Estate in town or country. Several de sirable Griffin Residences bow foi sale and rent. Also, several good Planta tions in this vicinity. Parties desiring to buy, sell or rent should givo us a call. No charges made unless satisfactory trades are effected. gjpTerms reasonable. jSrOffice for the present at the Ex press Office. Griffin, Nov. 7,1867-6 m VERBUH SAT SAPIENT! f CW. C. WRIGHT and CHARLIE • WRIGHT, respectfully inform the citizens of Griffin and adjacent country, that they are now prepared to repair WATCHES, docks & Jewelry, At much lower rates than any shop in the city. Oar experience is not only of a few year’s standing, but we have been educated to the business from our youth —having enjoyed all the facilities ever produced by tue trade. Rings manufactur ed to order, and ENGRAVED, at short notice. Give us a call, and you shall be satisfied with our work. ■SuOffioe up-stairs over Ufiord's Har ness Store, Hill Street, Griffin, Ga. nov. 26, 1867. Wanted! KAA CORDS TAN BARK-for OW whioh we will pay SEVEN DOLLARS per Cord, delivered at our Tannery, in Griffin, Georgia. mMS ' HI Patrick A Cos. fan. 2, 1868-^ GRIFFIN TRI-WEEKLY STAR. VOL. 3. gljt gri -NttMp Stir. GRIFFIN, GA., APRIL 4th, M6B. COMMUNICATED. Mr. Emtor : We have only to glanea back at the pages of history to find that mankind have ever been divided by two opinions in reference to government— one portion favoring a powerful consoli dated government with a king or mon arch ; the other portion favoring a de mocratic government in which the peo ple rule supremely. We need go no fur ther back than the days of the first Re volution to demonstrate this foci. Two . parties existed'in this country at that day: the monarchical party were the “loyal” party, and favored the suprems acy of the king, and were called torim ; the other party was the conservative or Democratic party. They were the ene mies of the “loyal” men, and opposed tyrants, and were called “Rebels”; a< and George Washington and Thomas Jeff era son were their leaders. Now, Mr. Edi tor, see, if you please, the parallel be tween the war of 1776 and the war of 1861. The Amerioans under Washinj * ton were British subjects. They i aid t tat they suffered grievances and do ma ided redress. This the King denied —saying they did not suffer grievances, and had no cause of complaint, and nearly one-half of the people in Amen, ioa supported the King, saying that the American rebels had no cause of com plaint ; and this party were in that day called “loyalists.” And thns, as in 1861, we had the “loyal” men and the “rebels.” In 1861, the people of the South demanded rights of which they said they had been deprived by the North, and demanded a redress of their grievances. The people of the North, with Mr. Lincoln at their head, said the people of the South had Bo cause of complaint. They refused all compro mises—called out an army and invaded the South. These people—the support ers of Mr. Lincoln —are called “loyal,” as their prototypes under King George were called loyalists. The' Southern people are to-day called “rebels,” just as were Washington and Jeffsrson, and tie heroes of the first revolution. Win t became of the "loyal” men of the first Revolution after Independence bad been gained ? They continued their efforts to overthrow liberty and establish mon archy. They sent delegates to the Con vention which frauied the Constitution, and there attempted to overthrow the sovereignty of the States, and form a consolidated government with a despot to rule ; but the nonservntive element was too strong, and defeated them. The present constitution was made by the States, severally, and their Union was a Union of sovereign States, based upon the consent of the govorned. They have made various efforts in the history of this country to ohange the government, and have failed until their last effort.— Jefferson told the people in 1820, after he bad retired to private life, that “this party, finding that they could not succeed fairly before the people, that this slave question would be brought to their aid in the furtherance of their wicked sohemes.” Is there a man so blind as not to see that this same party still exists ? They knew at the start of this war, that the people would not sup port them in a war to overthrow the sovereignty of the States, and to estab lish a military des,>otism. Hence, false pretences were resorted to. Is it reasonable to suppose that tho young men of the North would have volunteered os they did, had they fore seen the use to which the military spir it has been applied in the establishment of a military despotism T The Black Republicans * honey fuddled” the North ern Democracy into their aid in the put ting down of State sovereignty, and es tablishing upon tho ruins thereof a des potism and consolidated government which has been their cherished idea for more than eighty years. The divisions that existed among the people South, was our weakness, and the only onuse of our defeat. We now see with great unity, the fruits of our divisions matu turing and ripening every day we live ; and unless the Conservatives of this na tion become united ns with hooks of steel, and unmistakably lay down the ultimatum to this Radical party, which must not only be defended by all the peaceable means in our power, hut by the blood of the people, if necessary.— I say, unless this is done, this party will orush out the last vestige of Con stitution liberty on this continent, and this beautiful land ot ours will bs curs ed with all the horrors which were in inflicted upon St. Domingo, because the same element is here among us which than and there afflicted that Island with tj»o*s tnonstfoqa 4« ct l s - Br albino. GRIFFIN, GA., APRIL 4, 1868. TUE ISSUE IN GEORGIA. Lcttrr from Hon. B. H. Hill. Athens, March 24, 1863. Editors TtUgnrph : I am daily receiv ing applications to make speeches on the political situation in the different portions of the State. Please allow me apace to answer these communications through your column*. They are too numerous t < answer sepa rately, and the reasons I give for declin ing to oanvass the State are due to the public. While it would be physically impos sible for me to visit naif tho places to which 1 am urgently invited, I had in tended to vieit and speak at as many as possible, and have been arranging my private and professional engagements to enable me to do so. But after giving the questions involv ed in the pending issues full considera tion, I do not and cannot believe it is necessary to disousa them before the public, and that to presume such dis cussion necessary, is insulting to the people. There are two matters upon whioh tho people are asked to vote. The first is, whether they will aocept or rejeot the proposed negro Constitution 1 Now, waving, for the argument, alt questions as to the unoonstitutionaiity oi the Re struction acts ; the corrupt and parti san manner in which General Pope laid off the election districts and apportions ed the delegates ; the forcible and fraud ulent mnnner of concluding the election ; the false n;.d corrupt count of the votes by which tho Convention was announc ed ns carried ; and the foreign, illegal . and felonious material which composed a largo majority of the Convention ; and violently assuming that evortyhing in the past has been legal and regular and fair, what, then do our people agree to and establish by accepting this Consti tution ? 1. They agree that in determining what shall lie the fundamental law of tho State, at least twenty thousand of the most intelligent and trustworthy of our white population, who are to live under -that law, shall not be allowed a vote. As to them it will eertainly be a government of force. 2. They agree, by the plan of recon struction of which this Constitution ia a part, that these twenty thousand intel ligent and trustworthy men Bhall never be chosen by the people to serve them iu any office, State or Federal. 3. They agree that all the negroes, without exception, shall be admitted as equal members of the body politic, and shall vote, hold office, sit on juries, make, administer and execute the laws for whim people. 4. That, by thus excluding twenty thousand whites from, and including all negroes in the body politic, they agree to place the white race in half the State under the absolute dominion of the black race, and that this dominion shall be eocial, civil, political and education al ; and that tho whole white race shall he taxed hy tho nogrpes to support this dominion. 5. They agree that,by onr fundnmon. tal law, ignorance, pnuperism and vice shall control and govern the State and fix the burdens, while intelligence, vir tue and capital shall bear them. Now, sirs, do you believe—will you assume—that any decent, honest white man in the State will vote to acoept. such a Constitution f, But it is said the people are promised Relief, and they want relief 1 Ah 1 But has it not been proven, is it not known, has not the courts decided, and have not even the men that have prom ised it confessed, that this promise of relief is a cheat, is intended to be a cheat, and is a-mean device to entrap the people into a Constitution they bate 1 llow, theD, can any decent or honest man be bought to infamy, and by an admitted cheat 1 But it is said, the North demands it / This is false. There is not a single Northern State that would entertain the proposition for suoh a government. There is not a single one that would not go to war to resist it. There is not one that will not aid us in resisting it if we are true to ourselves. But if the North were mean enough to demand it, why not let the North pul it on us ? Why agree to it and aocept it for our selves : Why ? In the name of Heav en. why 1 Now, sirs, are there none pressing this iniquity on us but a few traitors in Con gress, and a few of their tools in the army, and all these would be utterly powerless, hut for the persistent pres sure of those of our own people whom those traitors have bought up K and spe cially employed to manipulate the ne gro population. Now, therefore, I avow as my delib erate conviction, that every single white man in the State of Georgia who will support and vote to ratify that Consti stution has gotten hu own consent to be corrupt. Every single white man in the State who, on the stump or through the press, is advising the people to ac cept the constitution, with intent to es tablish it, has been bought with a price, either paid, promised, or expected.— Now, sirs, can reason , argument, or per suasion reach such people 7 Never.— The time has come for oth.er romedies, and I will mention them in the sequel. Criminals must be punished, not per suaded. The second matter on which the peo ple are called to vote, fs the selection of officers to administer the Constitution, if ratified. I will not stop to discuss whether any decent man will oonsent to ad minister snch a Constitution. There ars times when good man will do, or teem to do, what they hate, to save the public. Even wise men have been known to bear with evil, that crushed truth might have time to assert itself. At least this is debstable ground, and good, andMru-* men may divide on it There are certainly two men—Judge Reeae and Judge Irwin—now willing to accept the office of Governor, who are well known to our people, and who are identified with our people, and who have thus far in life always been known as noble; true, honest, wise and good men. For this very reason neither of these would bs acoeptable to the motley orew who se k to oontrol the State. If either of these were elected there could oertainly |be no intentional plunder or robbery. Therefore, another maD ie proposed— RB. Buflock. By whom is he propos ed? By#3l negroes, 28 carpet-bag ad ven torero-foreigner to the State—and a few vmio associate with them* By whom i#he expeoted to be elected—if eleoted at all? By deluded negroes and designing robbers ? His supporters will not embrace one huodroth part of the intelligence, property, or interests of ths State 1 Nay, they embraoe and rep resent only the igooranoe, pauperism and orime in the State. And evory subordinate officer under him is to be of this ilk, and thus the whole State is to pass into the oontrol and government of strangers, paupers and criminuls! For what purpose is this wicked combina tion to get oontrol of the State 1 On this point I shall produce the testimony from their own lips. I admit none of them worthy of oredit, exoept upon the well established legal prinoiple, that the con fessions of criminals are always to be accepted at true wfien made against themselves and their own gang. I charge, then, that the whole purpose of this combination is to get oontrol of the State with intent to plunder and rob.— Now to the proof: Joseph E. Brown, who is admitted to be the chief support of this gang, was present when Bullock was nominated and said, ns the nomination was an nounced, that his election "would ruin and bankrupt the State.” I have it from the witness to w horn made tho re mark and to whom be repeated it with emphasis, and with many more words, and the witness is a truthful man and not afraid to testify. The next ohief supporter of this man Bullock is Henry P. Farrow—his rival for the nomioation at one time. This man, his testimony to writing, and here it is : “This Constitution oonfers extraordi nary and dangerous powers upon the Executive—it erects a kingdom—a des potism, and in the hands of bnd men can be wielded for unparalleled oppres sion and the utter ruin of tho people.— If it fell into the hands of the carpet baggers and negroos, with Bullock at their head, they will plunder the people and bankrupt the State in one year.— They care nothing for the good of the people ; their object is spoils and thoir game is legalized robbery. “The greatest calamity that oan befall the people of Georgia, will be the suc cess of these carpet-baggers and ne groes. “I will suffer martyrdom before I will give my consent to the dominion of such a faction over the property and the white men of Georgia. I know their schemes and their purposes, and I will stump the State from the seaboard to the mountains, and ex pore their designs and defeat their aims. “I will work in harmony with the Democratic party for their defeat, and, asking no pledges for place commensu rate with my services, will make a full hand in the fight for whoever may be selected as the opposition standard* bearer.” This language is not doubtful. If false, it demanded not only denial, hut resentment. There is another well es tablished maxim of law, that* if such charges are ut>t denied they are accept ed as confessed ; for remember, these are not simply political, but also per sonal charges. Now, Bullock not only did not deny them, but very soon had both these meo supporting his eleetion, and the first is his ohiei canvasser I llow they were changed Ido not know. There is no evidence that they have ever yet made counter affidavits a9 to the facts they stated. It was widely said they were bought. I do not know, for I do not permit myself to have intercourse with suoh men. I oertainly did not listen to any proposition to give them an office, to stump the State against Bullock. I suppose, however, it may be safely said that men do not often join “robber bands” from unselfish motives or patrio otic instincts. Brown was whispered to by one of the gang a few minutes after he gave his testimony (so says Mr. Hol comb,) and in twenty-three minutes he had agreed to support Bullock, and be fore the cook crew once he was on the stump, greatly praising the man whose eleetion was to “ruin and bankrupt the State 1” Farrow stood uu( a few days, but finally “accepted the bid,” and "with the- frankness, candor and honesty of purpose, which have characterized his whole life thus far,” agreed to join those whose object “he knew was spoils,” and whose game lie knew was “legalized robbery 1” * And this testimony could be multi plied a thousand fold from the lesser strikers, “black and white,” who belong to this gang of self-oonvioted robbers.— And what infamous acts confirm all this evidence of the witnesses ? Combina tions formed by black and white to help each other to the spoils. Fifty, blacks wanted in the Legislature to oontrol the i body. Fat offices promised to chiefs and superintendents of election* tc in- NO. 59. sure another false count. Bara charter ed, and blaak and white drinking BuL lock liquors together. Miscegeoatiug dancing parties celebratin'? the nomina tion, which ia to inaugurate the reign of robber-orgies in the Capitol of the State. Theso scenes and many more too dis gusting for a decent man to stain paper with their recital, give us a fair idea of what mast be the political, civil and to* cial condition «f our people, when the hell-born theory of the equality of the races—this presage of ignoranoe and royal rule of crime—shall be fixed and established as the fundamental law of the land. Now, sir, would argument, reason or persuasion reaeh such men as Drown or Farrow ? Would they reach men Who would believe them, who would follow them, who would listen to them, who would respeot them ? I tell you, the men who support suoh a gang have niude up their minds tubs Corrupt, they desire to be corrupt, they expect to live hy corruption. Decent men need no persuasion ; corrupt men will not hear it. Would you resort to reason to con vince a woman she ought to be virtu ous ? And mast wq canvass the State to oonvinoe decent white men that they ought to he honorable, ought not to do* grade their blood, ought not to disfran chise Intelligence because in times past they trusted it, and ought not. to place the government of their Stute in the bands of men whose purpose is to de grade and rob ? To me the idea ia re volting, and to the people it ought to be insulting. But there is a remedy, and the time. haß come for ita assertion. These men who are taking advautsge of our present misfortunes, to enforce upon ua a Con stitution whioh they know we hat*, and who are seeking,' under the prostituted protection of bayonets, to subvert our government, destroy our society, and rob ue of our little remnining substance, must he made to feel wimt they will not see. They must be made to feol that decenoy, even in misfortune, has power, and that right, even ic defeat, has cour age. The white men among ua who are thus using the negro to debase and op press, must be placed before the negro. They are worse than the negro. They stimulate all that is ignorant or base in the negro. They pimp for the negro to degrade the whites ? Let the list of all such be procured, and let them know forever after they cannot eat at our ta bles, nor speak to our wives and dough* tors, nor associate even with the negroes who are in our service and under our protection. In all personal, business and social relations let us come out and separate. If Gen. Meade possesses one tittle of the wisdom necessary to make a Printer of a province, lie will frankly intern General Grant and the Congress that our people hate this Constitution, and, if pressed, will forever hate its authors and supporters ; and that if they expect or desire to restore Georgia cordially to the Union, they must nbundon the pres ent plan of reuonstruction, or banish every decent man from the State. Com pulsion oan keep the peace, but comnul sion cannot breed love nor prevent hate. Let us choose our own government free ly, or give us yours without seeking to degrade us hy forcing our oonsot to one we hate. As your government, ye oan bear it, but as ours, never I I have written plain words. I feel they are true words. I know they are honest words. I scorn deoeit. I feel that our people are every day nearing a fearful preoipioe, from whoab fetal depths there can be no return. Shall Georgia he inhabited by decent men ? Shall all virtue and capital be driven away ? Shall the poor deluded negro be hurriod to extermination by bad, wioked and designing men ? All these evils I’would avert. Reason, argument and persuasion are exhau-ted in the effort to avert them. Nothing hut wicked passions are hurrying on these evils. Our people are swimming in the rapids of a Niagata. They are sleeping on tho verge oha boiling volcano.— Those who rule them are “Luxurious, avaricous, false, deceitful, Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name. Oh, nation miserable, Whatan untitled tyrant, bloody-sceptred, When shall thou see thy wholesome days again f” Never, never until that fatal madness which seeks to degrade intelligence and virtue, and cultivate ignoranoe and vies shall have ceased to find toleranoc among the people, until the bold bad men who openly make bargains to dec ceive the poople in order to rob the State, shall receive the brand of infamy and are made “fugitives and vagabonds in the earth.” Yours, very truly, 1 B. H. Hill. Poor Old Pools. —Forney is la menting over a Pennsylvania Ap propriation for pensionß|to the sol diers of 1812. The New York Express answers with bitter irony: “Why pay -the old rascals any thing ? What did they fight for ? Radicalism and the colored indie vidual ? No sir. National Inde pendence and the rights of white citizens! Let them starve, the old fools!” Gen. Grant by order of the President has detailed Gan. Hal* leek to relieve Gen. -Hancock at New Orleans. Where is money first mentior ed in the Bible ?Wh»n the dove brought the greenback to Noah. The Griffin Tri-Weekly Star. By Logan, fitch A Cos., MdUorr and Prep rtetova, Published Every Tunis? , Thursday sad lit ■risy Horsing*. Tsana orSopwtmos—«6.«ttp*r annum ; $M tor nix month* ; $1 00pur month - In advance. Tsana ran Tbaniiixt Aovumsuium.—Fee •Hear* of ton usm (or lorn) for each Insertion for a loao Urn* Oan tw* we*ko. SI.OO tar each lnsertieai one square S week* S&W; on* square a nooks *7 00; . one square 1 month $8,50. for term* for rafalar buslnoa* card* and l*c»l notices. s«* term*. GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO CLUBS FOR TUE STAR I We offer the Star to clubs of tea or more to one postoffice, for ths campaign, to the first of Decem ber eight months —at $2 50 each, and an extra copy to the getter up of the club. This period will embrace the State campaign for Governor, Legislature and County Officers. It will cover the session of the Legislature, should the new Constitution bs adopted, and extends over the en tire Presidential campaign—inclu ding the election returns from all parte of the United States; and will also give full accounts of the progress of the impeachment trial. In addition to the political and general news, we have secured the services of a practical and scien tific farmer to furnish us, once a week, with an Agricultural De partment, which our country friends will find very interesting. This gentleman has the crops and other evidences to show the difference between the old fashioned style of farming and the new. No man should be without a pa* per these stirring times. We now place the Star within the reach of all. We are giving more reading matter in a week than any paper in the State outside the large cities. We respectfully request our friends to use their influence in our ■behalf. MISCELLANEOUS. SOUTHERN CROCKERY DEPOT. M'BBIDE & CO.. A T Is A N T A Gr E O R G I A. TO TUB TRADE 1 CROCKERY .A. 1ST 33 GLASSWARE ! At Regular Importer’s Prices. LARGEST, FINEST sad CHEAPEST stock oi TABLE QUTLXBY and BILVER PLAT ED WARE in the Soatfa. McBSIDB 4 CO. november 28, 1867 Spring and Summer Importation. 1868. 1868. RIBBONS, KILLIHERV & STRAW GOODS. Armstrong, cltor a co , imports** *nd .lubber* of Boon -tTrimming end Velvet Rib bons, Bonnet Sllke Satin* end Velvet*, Blonde, Netle, Crepn, Kaches. Flower*, Feat here. Orna ment*. STRAW BONNETS and LAWKS’ HATS— trimmed and nntrlmmed, Shaker Hood*. So. 237 and 38ft Baltimore St., BALTIMORE, MR. - tVOfter U>e I orgeat stock to be found It this country, and unequalled In choice variety and oheapneee, aomprisluKthe latest Harltitn noreltle*. Order* solicited end prompt attention siren, march 11, ISSS r »w ’ aP every description printed to order at this Offioe.