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MI I, LEDGE V ILL E, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12. (865.
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rr debfois or criminals, report to stratagen
and demand continuances as a matter ot
right, which are usually allowed, or ai
least often allowed, upon a slight and
trivial showing. The trial should be Tail
and impartial ; but, in human govern
ments, judgment against an evil deed
should be speedily executed, that “the
hearts of the children of men should not
be set iu them to do evil." The trial is
economy these
paired.
1 he public grounds should be enlarged,
improved and ornamented, the Halls ot
desolations may be re- ] be byjtLat of any of the late slave States f of law.
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abilities, of great integrity of character,
; r> - n u r , . i Also that no bill of attainder or
tjov. li olden, the most tolerant of the | ex post facto law shall be passed.
Provisional Governors, a man of splendid ) This law deprives a manof his property
in that it takes away a valuable franchise.
advertising.
, ,.f ’respect. Resolutions l*v Societies, (Oblt-
1 .'rxeeedinjj six hues. Nominations lor office Coni-
' icstiousor Editorial notices lor individual benefit,)
i Mtranuenl advertising.
Legal AnvitRTisiKo.'
■ tfs sales, per levy ot ten lines, or less,
Mortgage fi fa sales per square.
I Te Collector's Sales, per square,
* ’ for Letters of Administration,
.. Guardianship,
ofapulination fordism'n from Adm’n
‘ Guard'n
I n ;’ n for leave Lo sell land,
* to Debtors and Creditors,
’ 'lj of land, 4-c., per square,
pciishable property, 10 doys.'per square
gjtrsy X
forecM
Legislation ought to imprcs#the spectator : known to b« a favorite of the President, | his profession, without that intervention
with the power of the State, and her , and fully committed to his policy of re i of the courts which constitutes due process
courts of justice with the ‘Jlajesty of the ! construction, personally popular, and able j ,,f law. It interferes wiih the functions
law. Annually, improvements should he j iu concentrate in himself the full strength j of the judiciary, it thereby
added to improvements until the name ! of the Union element in the State, was j Constitution.
functioi
violates the
of the capital shall become a praise to the J, nominated
was legard
for Governor
■d as a certainty.
His election
and as a ra
in A flvnrU'P i ^ Ia< ^ f° r the purpose of ascertaining the whole people
111 A(l\ dllCv. j truth ; and the testimony of witnesses, On the first of February last, the Oon-
though uncertain, fallible, and often false, gress of the United States, by a joint
is the best and only moans given to us, resolution, proposed to the Legislatures ol
v-.Esr-One D jllar per square of tea iinee for j arr j vo »t wil1 *>e borne in mind, the several Stale? of the. Union an amend-
T r ',.,r-ion. 1 . ! that the tendency of the age in all civi- ment to the Constitution of the United
, n««,]n!n,ns bv Societies (Obit- lized governments is, not to limit arbitrari- States, declaring that, hereafter, neither,
ly the range of examination, but to enlarge slavery or involuntary servitude, except
if; not to increase the class of persons for crime, ishall exist iu the United States,
made incompetent to testify by the rules or in any place subject to their juiisdic-
f-2 50 of -the common law, but to allow even tion ; and that Congress should have pow-
5 00 , parties to the cause to be beard ; to sub- er to enforce the proposed articles by ap-
•> 00 ! rn jt the character and the credibility of propriate legislation. A copy of the pro
file witnesses to the judgment and discre- J posed amendment is attached, and it is
tion of an enlightened Court and jury, to submitted to the consideration of the Leg-
be by them, under the rules and sanctions j islature with the hope and desire that it
of law, considered and adjudged. The j may be adopted and ratified. A very
visitation of punishment on offenders l common objection is made to it oil the
should not only he speedy and certain, ; ground that it may confer, by implication,
but it should be proportioned to the'na- i on Congress the power of regulating, gen-
ture and character of the offence. It ! erally, the internal policy of the State.—
should be sufficiently severe to deter per- j Such a construction ^is believed to Oe er- j
sons from its repetition, and of a nature to roueous and unfounded and unwarranted, j
reform, if possible, the offender himself.— either by the language employed, or the ! al element is, by these accounts, more ac-
Cruel and unusual punishments are con-objects sought to bo attained. j tive, more bitter, and more intractable
demned bv our fundamental law ; and re- ! The Constitution of tl.e Lnitud States j there than in
A bill of attainder is a legislative judg
ment, known to the Parliament, of Eng
tt neat ion by the people of North Carolina j laud where such laws weie passed to puu-
of the policy and prospect it afforded of a isli traitors, but expressly prohibited to
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utici-s. 3 ) Jays,
ire of Mortgage, per »q . each tim
legal advertisements.
if Land bv Administrators, Executors or
M '., uri > required by law to be held on the first
' ,hp rlonth : between the hours ot 10 in the
I forrno ju
Tuesday in the month ; between
1 ' and three in the atternoon. altbe Court house
millv in which the property is situated.
I v „t„. e ,/these sales must be given iu a public ^a-
„ it- 40 dar* previous to the day of sale,
v . . „ ti.r iIip sale of personal property
.Vatic
> i r* previous to me uay «>i »««>-.
V , tl cc<- tor the sale of personal property must no
I like manner 10 days previous tomle day
1 Notices to the debtors ami creditors of an estate
,,-,t itiso be punished 40 days. . „ , ,
V , that application wilt be made to the Court of
I lV 7,ary tor leave to sell Laud, &e., must be publish-
' * letters of Administration Guardianship.
. , Mt he published 30 days-for dismission frot.«
j,tration, monthly it* months—for dismission 1
uardiauship, 40 'la; s.
, ,„ r foreclosure ot iiortgage must be published
t , r t iur months—hn establishing lost papers, I
'mil spore oj three months— for compelling Idles j
,r admini it raters, where bond has ]
tinement and civilization require that the j confers, among other tilings, upon Con-
bumau body should be neither marked or i gress the power to regulate commerce with
mutilated. Such penalties for crime should ! foreign nations and among the States, to
... . — —pressly prohibited to
I speedy resumption of civil r'glits; and es- Congress by the framers of the Constitu-
; cape from the rigors of military rule. tion. But this law in effect, undertakes
ills defeat, therefore, is an e\cnt for to fix,a punishment for an offence without
which we were totally unprepared, and the int- rvention of a court, without n trial
will tend, probably, more than any bingle or conviction. It is in the nature of a bill
event that has occurred since the cessa- of ittainder and therefore unconstitutional,
lion of hos.ilities^to letard the vtorii oi . It is not denied that Congress may say
lestoration. ^ j that a man shall be liable to a certain pun-
“Elsewfiare we publish the comments ishinrut for an offence—but it is not for
of the Raleigh press on the result of the . Congress to inflict that punishment. The
election.—They present a very^ gloomy ! Court must inflict it after due course of
view nf the present condition of political law.
afiairs in the .State, and a more cheerless i The law makes a man try bis own case,
prospect for the future.—It is to Ik; hoped i But Congress has na fight to make a man
they have somewhat overcolored the pic- J come into Colfrrt and sw r ear in his own
tore. But if it. is a fair representation of; case, A refusal to swear is indirect evi-
the condition,of things, there can he. but j dence of guilt, and in thus requiring a man
very little doubt that a provisional gov- ! to sw'ear, Congress violates . the Constitu-
eiTnnrait will be maintained iu North Oar- ! tion.
olina for a lone time to come. The disloy- j The Constitution confers far less pow
ers upon Congress than are given by the
Constitution of Alabama to its Legisla-
of the cotton States, ; ture, yet the duelling test oath prescribed
aid wiii have to he restrained by the ; by the Legislature of Alabama, similar in
strong hand of power.” | many respects to this te6t oath, was de-
It seems from *lie above, which is only | dared by the courts to be uncoustitution-
A Second AndersonvilU.—A corres
pondent of the Chicago Times, writing
from Davenport, Iowa, gives an ac
count of a visit to Camp McClellau,
some two miles from Davenport, in
which he says:
Within are confined what is left of
one thousand Indians, who were re
moved hither from Minnesota after the
massacre of 1862. They are Sioux,
were sent here originally to be
md
any
be prescribed and iuflicted as will meet the j declare war, to raise and support armies, ! a specemin of the many notices we daily ■ al. All test oaths are unconstitutional
approbation of the merciful and humane; j and to provide for caliingforth the militia i eee in the Northern press, that because Mr.
! shrink from the duty of prompt convic
tion on testimony excluding reasonable
A m
kx vutors
deceased, the lull space
.1 tlirei
be continued according to
Watts then spoke of the pardon
ing power of the President, which he said
was co extensive with thelegislative powd
er to impose penalties. He cannot be
deprived of this powder or restricted in it
by any act of Congress, for it is confer-
„ . ied by the Constitution. But the effect
invested with the right to abolish State j tlie loyalty of the South, and they would j of the test oath is to retain and enforce
' punishment for offences after the Preei-
a
such as will not, by their severity and i It is further provided, that Congress shall
barbarity, cause enlightened juries to have power to make all laws which shall
be necessary and proper to carry into exe
cution these enumerated powers; but it
the people of Noitli Carolina have seen
piope.r, in their wisdom, to defeat Mr.
Holden for Governor, the grext work of
retarded. A suspi-
Pilili.-atioiis will always __
Jc- itie legal requirement!., utilei-s otherwise
Book and work, of all kinds,
promptly and neatly executed
at tiiin office*
rv When H subscriber finds a cross mark on
*-® .... .1 A L I.1T1 lifts
restoration must be retarded. A
doubt. Our financial condition and our : has never been contended that, because of I cious and jealous spirit is displayed by the
deranged social relations require a new i such authority. Congress w as thereby' j “staj’-at homes” at the North concerning
code. One which shall have incorporated
in it the principles and maxims alluded to. j Courts, to prescribe the qualification of i have us make still further sacrifices in or-
Soiitary confinement in the Penitentiary I jurors, or to declare who shall exercise the j '‘P 1 ’ to appease their insatiable and blood- j
is to be succeeded by penalties more ade- ; right of suffrage. Moreover this amend- i thirsty appetites. Like the eagle, after
qunte to the suppression of crime, and ment is strictly cumulative, audit is not j devouring their prey, they still hunger for
iutended by it, cither to repeal or modify °thcr victims. How insatiable I how
any of the existing provisions of tfie Con
stitution ; and, tbercfore.it will still be
for the several States to prescribe, each
for itself, who shall Le electors for the
more effectua
danger.
1 in protecting society from
1 trust that in a few days I shall be able
to lay before you a report from the Super
intendent of the Western & Atlantic
hung, but as the Federal Government
does a good deal more hanging in the
ory than in practice, they have been
allowed to remain here until of the
original number there is left only
about two hundred. Of these, per
haps, one-third are men, and the rest
squaws and papooses. The remaind
er have died, with the exception of a
few who have been sent to a reserva
tion in Missouri.
Here, in a few words of unction and
suavity, the correspondent of the Chic
ago Times gives the outlines of an
event more shocking and ghastly than
the two years of Andersonville. Out
of one thousand prisoners who were
removed to Camp McClellan, in 1862,
barely two hundred.aie now left alive!
It cannot be—the writer must he one
of the correspondents of the New York.
Tribune or the Philadelphia Enquirer,
who are regularly employed to fabri
cate such stories about the Southern
people; and, being up in the North
west from necessity unavoidable,
“was keeping his hand in” for the win
ter’s campaign in the South. To think
too, that the greater portion of these
poor, red wretches are “squaws and
papooses!” Ye gods! if they were
_ only the descendants of Ham, instead
dent has pardoned them, and it thereby ! ^ ie a horiginal and rightful owners
restricts his pardoning power, and is there- | land where they were impris-
The Constitution ! oned, what floods of oratory and edi
torial bosh we should have pouring
in upon us from Beecher and Greeley.
par-
Hailroad, showing the receipts and dis-: most numerous branch of their assemblies
. vs , . . h biirseinents ficrn the period it was turned and, as a consequence, who shall be quali-
11.>paper be ^'.ut toVxpire 'and'inuVtbe'renew- over to the State to the present time; show- i fied electors for members of Congress. |
K?f he °Dhes the paper continued. j ing also the progress made in the con-i The Congress passing it, the different
st met ion of the bridges, art id all other ica- j Department of the Government, and most j
tcrial details therewith connected, of geu- , of the Legislatures of the several .States
eral interest. The operations for the pe- I ratifying it, construe the amendment to
riod of time stated, under the management j be nothing more or less than a declaration
Superintendent and j against involuntary servitude, conferring
fore unconstitutional
of Alabama prohibits the pardon of nffen-
cruel ! Cannot the long train of suffering ders urtil after the trial and conviction,
endured by r the South appeal to their but there is no such limitation of the
sympathy’, and stay the radical hand that doning power of the President,
would coutinue to make such unreasonable Finally M. Watts urged that the con-
exaetions. j stitntional liberty must be secuied and . . ,
In singular contrast with the above it protected by the Courts, and that that j se ^ thltner to be bung, but were re-
is a praiseworthy fact, that the brave men , liberty depended upon keeping each de- ! prkved to undergo a thousand deaths
of the North who were in the Federal ar- part ment of the Government within its!!
Where is the Wert* who officiated
! at Camp McClellan ? And was it by
! direct orders thur, these Indians were
subscri-
tnow
r^'Wedo not send receipts to new
;a s. I:’ tliev receive the paper they may
tauwe have received the money •
IT Subscribers wishing their papers changed
•>„ m on « i.ost-otlice to another must state t, ; e
mine of ike post-offlee troni which they w-bit
y ar! ? e{ b - satisfactory, and will recommend the in-1 er to carry such declaration into execution j i° n t0 he restored until the South shows
; . i dustry and fidelity of the officers to a gen- I by necessary and proper laws. Such Is 1 more signs of loyalty'.
my are liberal in their views, and dispo
sed to be more, generous. The men who
aided on the field of battle to restore the
Union are willing to show some magnani
mity, while the “home heroes” of the com
mercial stripe are not willing for the Un
own appropriate limits.
ALABAMA LEGINLATLRE.
Montgomery Nov. 29.
»hr Dead.
ays ihe Macon
eral and unqualified approval. Appro- : the qatural import of the language cm-j
priafe qualifications for the successful ; ployed, and such doubtless will be the f k 5 -«ov.
and
rttnse to r-.?por
propitious time to “bury ail ^nikinuncss
mile." If the people of both sections second the
->!,es of their gallant sons, a peace that can nev-
trtw d. : .'tarb“d will soon bo firmly established.]
From the New York Evening Post.
boys, let 11s bnry oor dead together,
Let us bury nur dead together :
li- battle li* Id’s clear and the battles are over,
Aad its beautiful sunshiny weather*
and control of the
subordinates will, it is believed, be highly i therewith on Congress the.restricted pow
‘ SENATE.
Mr. Powell, of Macon, Presented a
petition from various citizens to organize
.. ,i the IfnconarliHiionality j a new county out of the counties of Mont-
managemeut ot a road transacting so large ; construction given it by the different De- of n.e t««i o«ih. ! gomery Pike Barbour Ru«sell audMa-
and so extensive a business, and the requi- J partments of tne Government in all con- con, described therein,’which was refer-
_ - - L1 l ?° ver6 l ieS hereafter arise.. In- I he U. S. District Court is now in red to the committee on county bounda-
! the acceptable discharge or tho functions j der other circumstances, a proposition to ! sion at Montgomery. In behalf of the r ; es
j of the Executive oflice can seldom be ratify such an amendment, would not be bar of Alabama—none of the lawyers j
r found united in the person of any one in- : entertained by you. Although the “can- being able to take the oath prescribed—I- Mr. Barnes offered the following :
dividual. Moreover, the ordinary’ duties j non's roar and the trumpet’s r-langor are Judge Busteed consented that the uncon Resolved, That the Governor be reques-
pertaining to each position, arc sufficiently j no longer heard,” society still moves on stitutionality of the oath should be aigued * e d to inform the Senate as early as con-
numerous and onerous to require the un- \ in its resistless way, and it is necessary J before him. The bar appointed Ex-Gov venient, what action has been had-under
divided time and attention of any man to j that we should accommodate our actionjThos.il. Walts, Alexander H. White, of • tl»e act approved Feb. 6th, 1868, enti-
whose charge such a trust may be com-j to the inexorable demands of inevitable ! Talladega, and Judgfc W T m. P. Chilton to tied an act in reference to school land, be-
mitted. For these reasons and for a va- I results, that the poinianent welfare of our j argue the question on their side. We l lll| g'"S lo 'I' 6 mlisMbtits of cwtBintown*
IThe following, says me macou Tclegrapfl,
h.n been brought to our attention by an esteeni-
►d triend a Confederate officer, who bears upon
hi, person, honorable marks of bis devotion to
cause of the Confederacy during the teyib.e site capacity and attainments proper for,
ivcr years which have just closed- No true sol
dier of either of the late contending armies, wii
id to the sentiment that now is th
in awaiting their final punishment?
[Alew O. True Delta.
j Convicts Pouring in.—We learn from
j Dr. Moere, the Warden of the State Peni-
j tentiary, that since the commencement
| of the fall cour*s, be has received into
that prison twenty-four convicts, eighteen
of them being negroeB, and six whites. If
they continue to pour in at this rate, a
Chinese wall will have to be built around
our neighboring county of Coosa, with a
considerable slice off nf that of Montgom
ery, in order to make sufficient room for
these pests of society’! This city is sure
to send up a very strong delegation, unless
the Legislature, at the coming session,
should decide to abolish the institution.
The Doctor informs us that one negro
convict expressed himself as being glad
of the opportunity of learning a trade
there; while still another—a negress—in
formed her husband who accompanied her
Together they lie, like brothers asleep :
Together like brothers asleep.
Tin ini hardly distinguish the blue fiom
EffcV,
Iu ti.ia tiioody, immovable heap.
Lock! h-re is a ‘ Yankee” and here is a ‘‘Reb,”
With ttieir hands clasped closed in each other's.'
'• m lot men they fought, it is certain i«;
1 In-v thought of each other as- brothers.
riety of others that will be readily sug- people may be secured and our State re* | copy from the Montgomery Advertiser: | ships in this State, located in the States to the spot, that she was well pleased
gested, I recommend that the control of ; stored to her former political rights and i We regret that our limited space pro-1 Arkansas aud Louisiana, and whether j with the internal arrangements of the in-'
the road be taken out of the hands of the ! relations. j eludes us*from giving anything like a fair ai, - v a K ent lias ever been appointed, under j stitution, its fare, &c. We have no doubt
Kxecutive and be placed under the direc- j Georgia has, in good faith abolished sin- I synopsis of the able effort with which ex- ! saitI aet ' aml wll °’ aI1(1 . M i liat ste P s * >f auy» j that if she could but have the privilege of
tion and management of a Commissioner, j very. She could not revive it if she j G ov . Watts opened the argument as t0 I kave been taken by sai<» agents, and all | attending one funeral on each Sabbath
whose duties shall be prescribed by law; j would; und the ratification of thisamend- ; the constitutionality of the test oatli.l *! 1C information to be found in the ixecu-j within its gloomy walls, she would be
that he shall be elected by the people of j ment will make the people of the United i Gov. -Parsons and Gov. Patton sat on ei-
t lie State, as is the Governor; that he i States homogeneous—will remove from ] t her side of the learned Judge; the space
ffiath ! shall report directly’ to the Legislature, | among us that cause of bitterness and j within the bar was as full as it could p<i8-
the
Aidk-re is a “Yankee" aud here is a “Reb,”
And between them a can ot stale water,
Ai tuueha l been giving the other a drink.
In the midst of the terrible slaughter.'
A: war is a wonderful leveler, boys,
No matter who's who, death outflanked him,
A T now you poor fellow with head iu the ciich
' as £0(>d as them that outraaKed him.
and shall be by them subject to removal ; sectional strife which have wasted onr > sib)} 7 he with the host learning of the.
for malfeasance in office. j property and deluged our land in blood, j State, including all the able lawyers in
Under the wasting and demoralizing I Furthermore, by yielding to this require- , the Legislature, and the court room
influence of war onr schools and Colleges ment readily, w r e shall submit a nfo&t ef- without the bar was crowded to its utmost j
have fallen into decay and our youth for a ! fectual argument, tending to open the ; capacity.
: few years past have been called and trails-! Halls of the National Legislature, and! For more than two hours Mr. Watts l
, ierred fiom the Academy to be exercised i the strongest plea that could be addressed j held tho unflagging attention of every-j
and trained in the Camp. But peace has , to the clemency aqd magnanimity of the , body. He commenced by stating a case,;
I returned and with its return the late Con- , Government.
and all
Execu
tive office of this State, in relation there- j perfectly delighted with her new home! So.
to, and whether any of said lands have j it cannot be very severe punishment to
been sold, and* w’hat has become of the j this class, to confine them there.—itfoal-
proceeds thereof. j gomery Mail.
Mr. Baines offered a resolution, That, j • 1 — »—
the House concurring, the present Gener* j Hon. Joshua Hill.—The Milledgeville
al Assembly adjourn on Friday, the; correspondent of the New York News,
Sth of December, until Monday, the Stb ; speaks thus of the Hon. Joshua Hill:,
day of February next; the consideration! Hon. Joshua Hill is spoken of as a can-
i'd war i* a wonderful thing any way, 9
And a curious method ol righting,
A *ronff—to make peaceable fellows li!<e ns
s 't;le '.nestions ol State by hard fighting.
'■[ that's tho wr
T?s, that's tlm
® *et us he lambs
And go back to the fields and clever.
• all the world over, my
way all the world over;
never mind, now, if you fought right
wrong;
■Tank god we are once more together,
-'untry between us, Rnd one flag .above,
Anting free in the sunshiny weather.
And be friends in this sunshiny weather,
MESSAGE.
,{ V’emcn of the Senate and
House of Representatives.
vention not unmindful nf the obligations
tbe Government is under to provide for the
education of the people did ordain that the
University of the State should be ade
quately endowed. In carrying this in
junction liberally and generously into
now tho wool is well gorged— ! practice and operation you will only fol
low the precepts and example of the en
lightened and patriotic fathers of the Re
public. I o the prompt discharge 6f this
important duty, interest, honor and pa
triotism all unite to invite you. Located
in a healthy region, surrounded by a vir-
I tuons and industrious population, and the
- let us bury our dead together, ! j t j zens 0 f t h e town and immediate vicini-
“ imry our dead together • i , . . . . , , •
■' ‘bill them we’ll burv nnkindness and strife.! ty devoted to science and learning, the
j University of Georgia can and ought to
j be made more than ever the cherished ob
ject of the affections of her people,
j The appropriations and donations wLich j
havo heretofore been made, though most - j
: ly lost or coururaed, have not been vain j
^iuce you last assembled great changes and fruitless expenditures. The bar, tbe j
--”e taken place in our social and politi- bench and tl^^pulpit havo shared iu the
n lcondition, and upon vou it is imposed rewards of suW libeiality. Science and
delicate and arduous task of adapting learning through the agency of endowned
'■•’laws and their administration to the professorship can and will accomplish new
*«ts and demands of socie’ty. I’o effect and greater triumphs, and through your
' !l 3 purpose successfully, it will be readily j fostering care secure to you their patrons,
'Ujpsied to you, that it will not only be j a place in history as the benefactors of our
5t ces<ary that many of the existing stat- race*
'-8 Lc repealed or modified, but that also j Discussion and experiment suggested
■-■aiiy :k‘\v provisions, defining crimes and 1 that tho Supreme court should hold its
r “?ulating the administration of laws, be j sessions at the Capital. *j r Iite suggestion
’•Produced and adopted. In a communi-1 was adopted and carried into execution by
r -ation of this character a specification of! the Convention. To complete tbe ^ork
! ‘ e proper alterations and amendments j 0 t good policy thus tardily begun, it is
not be expected. In this connection ; proper and expedient that the Capital
1 w >il however remark that, from my ex-1 itself should be here declared and^consid-
P^ience at the bar, I do not hesitate to . e red permanently located. Hereitoccu-
a ; ; nn, that one of-the most seiious evils pies a central and accessible position in
^ "ao has heretofore-characterized tbe ad- the midst of a section once fertile and
^‘tfistratibu of civil and criminal justice, passing beautiful. Man impelled by ava-
as ^«en the delay attending the trial of j rice and prodigality has partially de6trov-
in the Circuit Courts. Hesitating j ed and wasted the lavish gifts of nature,
and reluctant defendants, wheth- but through industry and a »oai*l
Pardon in me a personal allusion. Iu
my official acts, 1 have endeavored to
avoid proscription, on account of farmer
differences of opinion, and have sought to
relieve the people from pain, penalties
and forfeitures legally’‘imposed. <>h con
dition that they- be reconciled to the Gov
ernment.
In turn, let me entreat you to bring for
ward y’our prejudices and animosities and
offer them a sacrifice on the altar of our
common country 7 , that w e may once again
present to mankind the spectacle—the
pleasant, happy spectacle, of “brethren
dwelling together in unity.”
J. JOHNSON,
Provisional Governor of Georgia.
that of a gentleman who had been' admit
ted to the practice iu the Court many!
years ago and who had been pardoned
for his participation in the rebellion, iu | names; locations and occupation of freed.
August 1 ‘ 1 " “ •
'g
of which, on motion, was postponed until
Wednesday 7 , the C?th inst.
HOUSE.
Mr. Robinson, of Chambers, introduced
a bill to authorize the registry of the
last, by President
Johnson. I
Judge Busteed interrupted him to state;
that lie. would not hear an argument upon
any particular case, or give a decision
from which an appeal might he taken on
such a ease, but repeating again what he
had said, he expressed his readiness lo
hear any discussion of the general princi
ples involved.
that tlie Court had the power and it w'as
its duty if convinced of its unconstitution
ality, to so declare it, for the Constitution
was the supreme law of the land, the fun-
" I damental law, which must override every
Not Satisfied-—-The tone of the j legislative enactment created by any body
Radical press at the North is full of ven j under or subordinate to it. The constitu-
om towards tho South, and betrays a • tional power is superior to the law ina-
malignant and vindictive spirit. Not j king pow’er, and the oath of the Judge re-
satisfied with the quiet acceptance by j quires him so to decide, when these con-
tbe South of tho issues of the war, they ! f}j c t with each other.
still clamor for the further degradation of
our section, and would have us, after
attending our State Constitutions abolish
ing slavery, repudiating our debt, and
doing everything else required by Presi
dent Johnson—after doing all this, they
would set themselves up as censors, and
prescribe not only rules and regulations
for the government of the rebels, but
would select for us, as our rulers, the
most odious men to be found in tbe South.
men m all incorporated towns or cities,
which was referred to the committee on
corporations.
Mr. Whitfield introduced the following
resolution, which was adopted :
Resolved, that a select committee of
members bo appointed by tho speaker to
enquire whether there are any existing
records or memoranda concerning Alabama
Afier reading the law, Mr. Watts said soldiers; in whose hands they may be,
and by what authority; whether they can
be made available to, or arc worthy to be
preserved by the State; and what dispo
sition ought to be made of them and re
port by bill or otherwise,
j Mr. Moore, of Coffee, offered a bill on
| the same subject, which was referred.
Mr. Bethea introduced a joint resolution
! that a select committeof three be appoin-
' ted by each House, to wai* on the Gov-
i ernor elect, Hon. R. M." Patton, and as-
Tlie Constitution is made by the States, j certain at what time it will suit his conve-
and ratified by them; it is a written in- j nience to be inaugurated; which was adop
strument giving to the Government only ted, and Messrs. Bethea, Cox, and Good-
certain powers laid down therein. These ! win were appointed as the Committee on
are expressed powers, not implied, except j the part of the House,
in one instance, in which certain powers The joint resolution of the House au
are impliedly given in order to carry into thoiifiiug the Governor to contract for a
effect those previously expressly given, j temporary loan of $100,000, having been
Executive, Legislative and Judicial func- amended by tbe Senate by inserting the
They glory in the promotion of such men j j 1{l8 power to exercise the functions
as Holden, Brownlow, it ed omne genus, j other. In requiring tne*taking of the oath ! jailors in this State having been amended
igrcss, the legis- by the Senate, by fixing the fees for vic-
abd their plaintive wailings over the hand
some defeat of the formw is sufficient evi
dence of their true feelings. Listen to
the CincinDatti Commercial of a recent
date :
The people of the loyal States have
•been more greviously disappointed by
tbe action of North Corolina, since the
eollapaa of the rebellion, than they can
tions ate prescribed by the Constitution,
and neither branch of the Government
of the
requiring
under consideration, Congress
lative body, exercises the Judicial func
tions, transcends its powers, and thereby
violates the Constitution.
The Constitution of thd* United States
provides that no person shall bo compel
led in any criminal case to be a w'itbess
against himself, nor be deprived of life,
liberty or property, N without due process
word “Provisional” before the word “Gov
ernor,” the House concurred in the same.
The Ilonse hill in relation to the fees ol
tualling white persons at fifty cents, and
black ones at forty cents a day; the House
concurred in the same.
By Mr. McCoy of Russell—A bill to
transfer the administration of the estate
of Patrick Calhoun of Russell to Montgom
erp county. Referred to Committee on
Loeal Legislation.
didate for the United States tenaie, and
if his being for a lifetime, an uncomprising
Union mau, be a recommendation, he
should certainly he elected, lie disclaims,
and 1 doubt not in truth, any connection
whatever with tho late war. In a speech
in the convention a few days since, when
alluding to the bloodshed, roin and calami
ties which had befallen us, he quoted those
famous words of Mcbetb. 4‘Thou can’st
not say I did it; never shake thy gory
locks at me.” I do not k«ow that Air.
Hill ever occupied auy pnblic position,
but that of Representative from Georgia
in the United States Congress. It will
be recollected that he Was the last one
of the Georgia delegation to leave Con
gress, which he did with emotions of feel-
ing highly characteristic of him as a man,
and which were an index of his 6trong
Union proclivities. He has not mnch
reputation as a. statesman, but occupies a
high position at the bar. The relations
between him and President Johnson are
said to be of the most amicable character.
He would make a good Senator being of
conservative and patriotic inclinations.—
He is about fifty years old, has a fine figure
and elegant carriage, and his suavity of
manners and gentlemanly deportment are
proverbial.
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Immigration Moving South.—Among
the newly arrived immigration in the At
lantic cities, considerable numbers are
bound to the States lately at war. This
is a matter of importance as well as nov
elty. Heretofore immigrants have avoi
ded the States where the slave laber sys
tem prevailed. This hardy class of stran
gers has added immensely to the produ
cing labor of the Northern States and
consequently to its great wealth; and
their presence will have the same effect,
in the South, where they should be warm
ly welcomed. It is said that these
southerly bound immigrants are belter
provided with means than the average of
those who oome to seefe better fortaoe la
this country.