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Geofgia Journal & Messenger,
<!• W. Bl RKE & C;«„ Proprietors.
A. W. REESE, )
S. ROSE, i Editors.
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 18G8.
Hdqks. Third Mid. Dist., I
Department of Ga., Ala. and Fla. [
Atlanta, Ga., April 11, 1868. j
iil h .^ iX , U Y Bection of lhe first reconstruc
<-ong-e.ss declare, “that until
, Ba,d rebfcl Btatea fihall be. by
law, admitted to representation in the
Lougress of the United ritates, any civil
government which may exist therein shall
te ueemed provisional only,” <fc c .
Under the provisions of the fifth section
r tiie same act, “the people of said State
cannot be admitted to representation in
Congress until they shall have ratified the
Constitution submitted to them under the
reconstruction acts, and Congress shall
have approved the same; and until said
htate shall have adopted the amendment
to the Constitution of the United States,
proposed by Congress,and known as Arti
cle 14, and naid article shall have become
a part of the Constitution of the United
ntates. i hese and other provisions of
tiie reconstruction acts clearly show that
whatever government may exist in Geor
gia before tiie fulfilment ol tiie above con*
i .?• r? aust . “ bo dee, ne<l provisional
only. ihe ninth section of tiie supple
in Gl ?^I y . l reconßtruc,ion act > passed July
i.f, 1867, requires all officers elected or
appointed under the provisional govcrn
inent of a Htato, to take and subscribe tiie
oatb of office prescribed by law for officers
of the Lnited Btates.” This makes a con
dition of eligibility to office under a pro
visional government very materially dif
ferent from either eligibility to registra
tion as a voter, or eligibility to office under
the provisions of tiie proposed Constitu
tional amendment.
Before entering upon his duties, a pro
visional officer is required, among other
tilings, to swear that lie lias neither sought
nor accepted, nor attempted to- exercise
tiie functionsof any office Whatever, under
any authority, or pretended authority in
hostility to the United States.
Mr.— held office under the author
ity of the State of Georgia while that State
was in hostility to the United States. He
is consequently ineligible to office under
the provisional government. It is not
deemed necessary hereto discuss tiie effect
this view of the law nifty have an to other
officers. But legislation lias to tie taken
while tiie State is yet under provisional
government; and the members of the
Legislature must be qualified to hold office
under that provisional government.
Official:
(Signed) It. C. Drum, A. A. G.
The above decision is found in a recent
issue of the Radical organ at Atlanta. As
will be observed, it bears date April 11th,
nine days before the election. Why it lias
not found its way into print, and to the
notice of those whose vital interests it so
nearly affects, we cannot say. We regret
it extremely, because its significance to
them as a warning, coming too late, is
thus lost.
Without reflecting at all upon the mo
tives of Gen. Meade, or implicating him
in tliis jilot—for wo regard it as nothing
else—to thus deprive the people of the fruits
of their recent victory, wo see in tins de
cision nothing but another link in the
chain of evidence whereby we know that
there is no such tiling as liberty of choice
for those who oppose Radicalism and its
fell purposes. It reveals the last depth of
the pit dug by that,faction wherein to bury
the Constitution and the Laws, and tiie
testimony of freemen against its murderous
assaults upon both. We are almost help
less, but let us not say hopeless. For that
much let us be thankful.
Now we desire, most respectfully, to ask
Gen. Meade a few questions about this (le
sion: Why was it not made public when
tiie people were selecting their candidates
for office, and particularly fortlie Legisla*
ture? It strikes us that a most appropri
ate time to have announced it would have
been when he was consulted as to General
Gordon’s eligibility, or when lie was con
sulted in reference to the qualifications of
certain specified persons for State and mu
nicipal offices. II is reply then, as we have
been informed, and in fact as was stated
in the public prints, was that no qualifica
tion was necessary but the fact of being a
registered voter. He did not say so in that
many words, but his language is legiti
mately susceptible of that construction.
If he did not say it directly, he said it by
implication. Gen. Meade promised us a
fair election, and so far as we know that
he could control it, we had it. It is very
unfortunate, though, that the people
should have their choice iiullilicd as effec
tually by this decision as if the most out
rageous frauds had been committed at the
ballot box. It is very unfortunate that
after the people had come forward iu re
sponse to a promise that their choice should
he free and untrammelled, and selected
their representatives, they should be met
with a proscription test that nobody ever
dreamed of. It is very unfortunate that
after they were invited to the ballot box to
select whom Giey wished forcertain offices,
subject only to one condition, that they
should be confronted, in the hour of vic
tory, with another. We do not charge bad
faith on Gen. Meade, but other people may
not be so charitable.
It is being asked already, all over Geor
gia, if this decision would have been mad e
had the Radical party carried the Legisla
ture. We express no opinion upon
that point. We simply regret, heart
ily regret, that a soldier of such high
renown as Gen. Meade,and a gentleman—
as he is, by birth, education and associa
tion-should rest even for a moment, and
in the mind of the bitterest partisan, under
such a suspicion. Let us hope that he will
set himself right yet, and that whatever of
bad faith, of unfair dealing, or of injustice
may characterize the history of these times
and this transaction, it will cling to other
skirts than his.
Grant in Danger. —Mr. Holstead, ed
itor of the Cincinnati Commercial, writes
from Washington to his paper that the
“Ben Waders,” as he calls the adherents
of the next (week) President of the United
states, are talking in this strain, now that
their chief is so near in possession of the
White House. We may he sure that they
will cheat or slaughter Grant without
scruple, and if they dare.
There was this day an advance made to
a prominent Republican politician, who
has a natioual reputation, and lives nearer
the sea coast than the lakes, on tiie sub
ject of the initiation of a general move
ment to drop Grant and take up Wade.
The line of argument was something like
this : “Graut has been virtually nomina
ted for some months. It is plain that his
apparent candidacy has not been produc
tive of the slightest possible enthusiasm.
He has not added a particle of streuth to
the Republican party in any quarter. On
the contrary, the surface indications have
not been good for some weeks. The Con
necticut and Chicago elections are not en
couraging. The thing to do is to make a
timely change in our leadership. The
Sresentation of Grant to the country and
is failure before the convention, is a for
tunate circumstance if we are wise enough
to improve it to the utmost. There is but
one way to improve it and that is to take
another candidate. Benjamin F. Wade is
the only man who can be that candidate.
Let us seize the opportunity and save the
party.”
Georgia Legislature.— The Legisla
ture, by Article X, Section I, of the new
Constitution, will assemble iu the city of
Atlanta. Article 111, Section I IT, re
quires it to meet ninety days after the ad
journment of the Convention. The Con
vention adjourned on the 11th of March,
and the Legislature will assemble on the
11th of June next—provided the returns
show that the Constitution was ratified iu
the present election.— Atlanta Intel.
An Important Military Order.
• Headquarters Third Military District,)
Department of Oeoigla, Florida and Alabama. -
Atlanta, Ga., April 29, 186*. j
General Orders , No. 74.
I. A board pf officers will convene at
Atlanta on Monday, May 4th, to receive
and count tiie returns of the election re
cently held in Georgia, and report for the
action of tiie Major General commanding,
tiie names of all persons elected, and the
offices for which elected.
11. In the discharge of this duty the
board will carefully compare the returns
with the ball'its, and registration books
and lists, and will investigate and report
upon any charges of fraud or malfeasance
in office on the part of registrars, mana
gers, or other officers conuected with the
registration or the receiving of ballots
and in cases wiiere frauds are detected, or
where, from the evidence submitted, tiie
hoard are of opinion that from any cause
tiie election should beset aside, their re
port with evidence and facts will he pre
sented to the Mjaor General commanding.
111. The attention of the hoard is par
ticularly directed to tiie revision of tiie re
gistration during the five days preceding
tiie election, and it will examine into tiie
causes assigned by registrars for striking
oir names; comparing tiie same with the
statements of tiiose wiiose names have
been stricken off. In any case of abuse of
authority, or insufficient reasons given on
the part of registrars, the board will re
port the facts in the case for tiie action of
the Major General commanding.
IV. —The board are also charged with
the duty of collecting all tiie factsand ev
idence in cases wiiere tiie eligibility of
candidates is disputed, reporting the result
of their investigations to the Major Gen
eral Commanding for his decisionTuid ac
tion.
V. In the execution of the foregoing
duties the hoard are fully empowered with
all tiie authority requisite for the same—
it is authorized to send for persons and pa
pers—to take testimony on affidavits, and
when necessary, to call on the Command
ing officer, sub-District of Georgia, to
make such investigations as may be de
sired. The Commanding officer, sub-Dis
trict of Georgia, the (Superintendent of
Registration and others, are hereby re
quired to answer any calls made by tiie
board—to have such investigations made
—and to produce any hooks, papers, &c.,
that may lie called for.
DETAIL for the board.
VI. Brevet Brigadier (ieneral William
McKee Dunn, Assistant Judge Advocate
General.
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Campbell D.
Emory, Aid-de-Camp.
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 8. F. P.ars
tow, Aid-de-Camp.
The above order appears in the Atlanta
Intelligencer, of yesterday. Those of our
friends wiio know of any frauds or mal
feasance in office on the part of officials, at
the recent election, and who do not, like
ourselves, see in the fourth paragraph that
which will make an investigation of this
sort entirely unnecessary and fruitless, so
far as all who cannot take the test oath are
concerned, would perhaps do well to put
their evidence In proper shape and send
it forward.
rivll War Inevitable—The Northern
Democracy Heady lor It.
Mr. Forsyth, of the Mobile Reg inter, who
lias been in Washington city some weeks,
enjoys unusual opportunity of becoming
acquainted with the temper and purposes
of the Northern Democrats, and, in a late
letter to his paper, gives the following as
his opinion of their determination in the
event that flie Radicals attempt to carry
into effect their plans for a perpetual pos
session of tiie government. He says:
As an observer of she march of events
at this focus of political sentiment, I
should fall short of duty as a faithful
chronicler did I omit to note the ail hut
universal feeling tiiat the revolution now
in progress will culminate in another do
mestic war— this time not a sectional, hut
a civil war. Ail intelligent Democrats
have ceased to doubt that it is the design
of tiie Radical revolutionists to hold on to
the power of the government under all
and any circumstances. It is with this
view that they are so intent on driving
Mr, Johnson from tiie Executive seat and
placing themselves in full possession of
all the departments of the government
when the critical hour strikes. They will
manipulate tiie votes of the electoral col
lege to give themselves a majority, and
they will force upon the Democrats the
fearful responsibility of inaugurating civil
war to sustain their claims justly resulting
from a constitutional lyajority of the peo
ple. If the Democratic President elect is
a man of weak and nerveless character.
they expect an easy victory and acquies
cence in their usurpation. Hence tiie
general Democratic desire to select a lead
er who will be equal in judgment, in
daring, and in tiie confidence of the peo
ple, to the great emergency. The need is
for both a statesman and a soldier, and
probably tiie qualities of the latter, in a
high and stern degree, will he all essen
tial to open the path for tiie exercise of the
official qualities of the first. And per
haps, too, if tiie right man is in tiie right
place—some man of Jacksonian temper—
the Radicals may be deterred from the
coup deforce which none doubt it is their
purpose to attempt. It remains to he said
tiiat I have not met tiie first Democrat
who, having measured the danger and tiie
responsibility, hesitates to declare that
his mind is made up to the solemn duty
of meeting the issue as presented, and of
inaugurating, at the point of the bayonet,
the white President elected by a majority
of the white men of the United States.
Upon these premises being correct, Wash
ington will be a very lively place about
the 4th of next March. A civil war would
be a deplorable calamity in this country,
where the energetic character of the peo
ple compels them to do with all their
might whatever they put their hands to.
And once begun, no man could forecast
the end. Tt might out last the thirty
years’ German war, or go on until slaugh
ter survived the recollections of the issues
aud principles upon which it was original
ly urged. But there are worse things than
war in its most sanguinary and destructive
form. Phe freedom of a nation like this
is peerless beyond all sacrifices—priceless
beyond all earthly boons. !5o reason the
anti-Radieal men, audio the spirit of the
argument, they declare they have made up
their minds to act.
*• HOW WK APPLES SHIM.”
Editors Journal and Mt s*tnycr:
The die is cast, and whatever the result
on final count, we abide it. By two or
three editorial articles in your recent is
sues you have been pleased to compliment,
not to say Hatter, “old Houston” for - her
gallantry in the recent election, in defense
of Constitutional liberty.
We, the working men of Perry precinct,
accept the compliment as deserving, and
make our profound how iu acknowledg
ment.
But the object of this communication is
more particularly to notice the gascona
ding article of your correspondent, B. M.
Bateman, of Fort Valley, of April 7th, by
which 1 am Reminded (in the language of
the “Late Lamented,”) of the old yet trite
story of the tight between a heroic wo
man and a bear. The story is too old to
repeat now, nor do I mean to insinuate
that it is apt in all particulars; but I do
think in all justice that Mr. 8., while he
was writing, might have considered Perry
some part of “old Houston,” especially as
Fort Valley gave 208 “for the Constitu
tion” and Bullock 195 majority, and all
the rest of the candidates on the Demo
cratic ticket sharing the same or worse
fate. But for the failure at Fort Valley,
Houston would have made a clear average
majority of 450 to 500, yet our frieud Bate
man would have "all the world and the
balance of mankind” believe we (Fort
Valley) did it.
I would not trespass on your columns,
Messrs. Editors, but if you can find a spare
corner, without crowding out more impor
tant matter, I would be glad if you would
do so in Vindication of the truth, aud for
the time-honored reputation of
Old Houston.
The Fourth Congressional District.
table, elsewhere, will be found
the total vote in this district. It shows a
majority for the Constitution of 2709; for
Bullock of 890, aud for Gove, Rad., over
Lochrane, Dem., for Congress, of 2061.
AN EDITOR I'ftßt ED l ltO'l HIS POST.
We make the following extract from the
valedictory of Capt. S. Yates Levy, recent
ly editor of the Bavauu»h Advertiser, and
whose retirement from that journal was
noticed in our dispatches from Bavannah
yesterday morning - We regret that Gen.
Meade has seen fit to make Capt. L’s. with
drawal from the Advertiser necessary.
His pen was mighty in the cause of
Truth, and we hope soon to welcome it
again in the marching, rallying, militant
ranks of the party of the Constitution.
valedictory.
The readers of the Advertiser will have
assumed the conviction, from the leader
of the 28th instant, that the menacing or
der of Gen. Meade was directed to that
journal, DC t so much from any “inflamma
tory, threatening and intimidating” arti
cles published in its columns, as on ac
count of tiie invective and ridicule poured
out with an unsparing pen upon himself
and his official acts. It must lie apparent
that, believing, as I do, tiie course pursued
by tiie paper to tie honest, conscientious
and true, it could not be changed, so long
as I should undertake the guidance of its
fortunes and policy. In addition to this,
I am firmly convinced, also, that the
further connection of myself witli tiie Ad
verli-cr would carry into effect a precon
ceived determination to suppress it, found
ed ou tiie contingency of my continued
relation to it; even though I could be base
enough to prove recreant to my principles,
which I cannot.
Were the Advertiser my own property,
I should not hesitate to disregard every
thing in the shape of military “threaten
ing and intimidation,” and “pursue the
even tenor of my way,” until legally
checked by the civil law of my county or
unlawfully silenced by tiie force of milita
ry tyranny; but as I have no pecuniary
interest, whatever, in tiie matter, I deem
it but right and proper, from a due regard
to the interests of tiie proprietors and pub
lishers, to retire from tiie editorial chair,
and yield it to some oilier, who lias not
aroused the personal spleen and vindictive
ness of the General Compianding. Audi
this I do from a sense of propriety, iu op
position to the wishes of the gentlemen,
who have vainly besought me to change
my resolution. As to whether tliis retire
ment is to be permanent or merely tempo
rary will depend very much on the future.
1 cannot fulfil my duty to the public, as a
journalist, with a pen fettered by the ca
price of a military despot. *****
Protesting, finally, against the unlawful
military despotism which drives me from
my editorial position, as being an insult
to civilization and an outrage on the Uon
titution, I am, respectfully,
S. Yates Levy.
Savannah, April 20,. 1868.
A Satrap’s Orders.—Gen. Reynolds
of the District of Texas, orders that Sher
iffs and constables execute all writs issued
by Bureau Agents, the same as if such
writs had been issued from a civil court of
the State. \\ ill any half decent Radical
leader, asks the Acw York Express, tell us
what lie honestly thinks (if lie can think
honestly) of such a proceedings in a “free”
country?
FROM WASHINGTON.
[Special Correspondence of the Herald.]
The Radical Revolution-Aspirants for
Cabinet Appointments and Foreign
Missions—The l'ice Presidency.
W ABHINGTO v, April 24, 18(i8.
Whatever may lie pretended by radical
leaders, the fact is notorious in political
circles here that they have been conferr
ing for weeks past in regard to tiie now
order of tilings which is to follow the
removal of President Johnson, for that
has been a foregone conclusion, since the
articles of impeachment were voted. The
votes of Fessenden and some others on
side motions have no significance what
ever. They are all shams and intended
to give a semblance of fairness to a delib
erate and infamous purpose. Mr. John
son is an obstruction to radical designs
and to the Presidential game, and there
fore he is to be removed. That is the only
reason, and it is admitted by the franker
radicals, like Chandler, Conkling & Cos.,
who have their own axes to grind.
Wade was in consultation with Stanton
ten days ago in regard to the Cabinet, and
offered Him any place lie thought proper
to choose. Stanton will go out, at least
temporarily, in order to produce tiie false
impression that he has not staid in merely
for tiie office. Besides, lie can operate as
advantageously upon tiie Treasury, and
perhaps more so even, as an outsider than
as an occupant of a Cabinet place. So
there is policy in tiie withdrawal.
The great trouble is to find a Secretary
of the Treasury. Wade favors E. B.
Ward, of Detroit, an ex-steamboat captain,
who lias made several millions, and who
now wants a position. This would suit
Chandler; but Morgan and Conkling, for
New York, and several New England
Senators protest vehemently, and demand
somebody wiio w’ill represent capital,
bonds and special interests. So there is
a rumpus among the impeachers iu ad
vance about tiie distribution of tiie spoils,
and particularly about tiie Treasury, to
which all patriotic eyes are turned in
fervent devotion.
Massachusetts is very busy after prefer
ment. Butler wants liis pay for impeach
ment as Secretary of State, to the general
disgust of the diplomatic corps. Sumner
seeks it also, but will compromjse on Mr.
Adams’old shoes in London, as he fears
not to be re-elected. Wilson is up for
Cowes and a market. Boutwell would be
willing to seek the Treasury, but does not
like a ten months’ tenure and a future un
certainty. So his next friend, ex-mem
ber Alley, says he is not a candidate for
the Cabinet, but that Butler is, as he was
under Johnson in 1805, because he could
then settle his old scores with Grant and
“bottle” him up as he did his army, acord
ing to the General’s report. Governor
Bullock also aspires to a position, aud so
does Banks, and so does Dawes, aud so in
fact, does Massachusetts generally
One trouble about making up a' Cabinet
is the doubtful look of the future since the
recent elections. All agree thatGranthas
excited no enthusiasm whatever, and that
the chances are he will lie as badly begten
as Scott was, if a good conservative be
nominated. He therefore tries to keep
out of the row, but his man Friday, Wash
burne, is in daily consultation with Wade,
and they are trying to cook up a sort of
pie-bald, Cabinet among them.
Serious trouble is expected before this
business shall be ended, for, when people
come to realize the extent of the iniquity
and its selfish motives there will be a re
action. And the intention of declaring
martial law iu Kentucky, Maryland and
Delaware, iu order to exclude their votes
at the Presidential election, with the
frauds which are proposed, will raise a
storm of indignation in the North and
West that may be followed by the gravest
results. If Wade gets into the White
House, the design is to keep the radicals in
cost what it may. They are bent on
weildiug power at any price and plunder
ing the government through posssesion.
1 his is the whole motive of impeachment,
and nothing else. It Is revolution, just as
much as Napoleon’s successful coup d'etat
was a revolution, which converted France
from a republic into a mean military des
potism. These destructives aim at the
same result, but seek to atiaiu it in a differ
ent way. There is a distinction in the
means, but no difference in the purpose.
Instead of one perjured conspirator we
have a hydra-headed monster.
While Grant is cunning and wants to
be uncommitted to anybody but himself
members of his staff who have heretofore
done most of the political engineering,
have proclaimed for that nimble, sly and
small ilfentlemau, Mr. Colfax, as their
preference for Vice President. This dec
laration has disturbed the happy family
considerably, and the energetic NVade, iii
the plain, Anglo-Saxon style, has pro
nounced a benediction on staff officers in
general, which made some hairs stand on
an end about headquarters. Wilson, of
Massachusetts, aud lixle Mr. Colfax, of
smilliug platitudes, have entered iutoan
unholy alliance against Wade, aud swear
as hard as members of the temperance so
ciety can do that he shall not be nominat
ed at Chicago. Fessenden, who has never
forgiven his election as President protein,
of the Senate, is of the same mind, as are
also Grimes and various others. Freling
liuyeen prays against him in church and
does something stronger in caucus. He is
a very conscientious individual, this Sena
tor from New Jersey, for he reads all the
evidence aud hears all the arguments af
ter having decided long ago to convict the
President; while his colleague, C’attell,
only went so far as to make a public speech
for impeachment at Philaeelphia. There
will be some curious things to tell when
this mockery of a trial isover, for nogreat
er mockery was ever contrived in the out
raged name es justice and the abused
forms of law.
GEORGIA JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
MONDAY, MAY 4. 18G8.
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A LULL—HOW IT SHOULD BE
EM PLOT ED,
We must, perforce, take some rest now,
after the heated canvass tiiat has just
closed. It is absolutely necessary tiiat our
material interests should be looked after
for a season, in order that when called to
the field again, we may not leave them iu
a wholly disorganized and neglected"edi
tion. Two mouths will elapse before the
Presidential canvass will open. Let us
devote the interval to home affairs, to the
farm, thegarden, the workshop, the count
ing room, and the office. Let every nerv^ -
be strained to have good crops, and a flour
ishing, healthy business condition. Let
tiie Ides of November, if they usher in a
triumph of Radicalism for the next four
years, find us victorious, as far as lies
within tiie compass of a steady, faithful
fight, against the financial and agricultural
evils that beset us. If it is decreed that
we are to languish for four years more un
der tiie tyranny of an irresponsible aud
vindictive majority, let us see to it tiiat so
far as stout hearts and willing bands can
do it, we bear the burden manfully. If
we are to have no voice in the government
of tiie country, let us resolve only the
more determinedly to build up our waste
places, and make Nature compensate for
man's injustice. These tilings should be
looked after first.
But we are not to relax our efforts to
prevent this Radical triumph. We are
not to disband our organization, and leave
the field to the enemy. Far from it. And
let no one so ua£srstand us.
hope of polital strivation lies instreq veil
ing and that organization* We
have narrowly missed a splendid r lory,
with hail-clad, half disciplined r*oops.
What may we not do, when those troops
have felt the magical influences of drill
and discipline? We must let none strag
gle, no man drop out of ranks. Those who
have straggled must he brought back. Per
suasion and the realization of how' they
have been cheated will do it. They are
our brothers still, though they have erred
and strayed, and they will yet respond,
we are confident, to the quickening im
pulses of blood and tradition. Let us hold
fast, by tlie practice of kindness, good will,
and practical benevolence to tiie allies we
have won from among the colored people.
Let them see that in deciding to go witii
us they have acted, not only for tiie good
of our common country, but for their own
interests. Let them he lifted up and en
couraged in every possible way. By such
a policy we can not only retain those we
have won over, but add greatly to the
number. We honestly believe that wis
dom, justice and moderation in our treat
ment of this question will fix our political
ascendancy in the State forever. It de
serves a trial at any rate.
Lastly, let us not compromise or treat
with Radicalism at any point, or for even
one moment. We can neither give nor
take quarter. Surrender is death. Com
promise is disgrace, first, and death after
wards. Let us pluck up greater spirit for
more valorous deeds. By herculean effort
on the side of Wrong, Radicalism has won.
It will be an unspeakable shame if lhe
party of tiie Constitution should not mani
fest an equal spirit for the Right.
To your fields, your farms, your work
shops,andyourcoiintingrooms, then, Men
of Georgia, but see to it that your armor
is close at hand, and that your trusty
weapons lie within easy grasp.
CONG REsSKI NAL All liN IT IES.
Tiie telegraphic report of the debate in
tiie House of Representatives on Friday
last,will read well in Europe. Fancy such
terms being used in the House of Com
mons as were bandied between Brooks and
Butler, Logan aud Eldridge. It will not
do to say that Butler is a thief, and that
from Logan’s standpoint Eldridge is a
blackguard. All this has nothing to do
with the disgrace,and shame, and scandal
of the matter. It does not abate one jot
of the .humiliation that all gentlemen,
whether here or abroad, must feel at the
spectacle of the representatives of a great
nation thus branding themselves and dis
gracing their country. We of the South,
of course, cannot abate the nuisance, but
tiie people of the North, the refinement
and intelligence of that section, the ladies
and gentlemen whose servants these men
are, surely can make an effort against it.
We hope to see it attempted, at any rale.
Os course Mr. Greeley, and such journal
ists as he, who cail their opponents liars,
in small caps, will see nothing wrong in
ail this unseemly, vulgar wrangling and
abuse. Radicalism, with all its sins, has
nothing to answer for more surely than a
coarsening of public manners, os well as a
corruption of public morals. With the vi
olence, and vindictiveness, and blood
thirstiness of its prototype, French Jaco
binism, it lias all its open and boastful dis
regard of those proprieties and amenities
that mark the difference between gentle
men and ruffians. With Wade in the
White House we may look for an apothe
osis of vulgarity, and a carnival of bad
manners, as well as bad grammar. Wliat
a luxury it would be to have a gentleman
for our tyrant, after such a succession of
boors 1
The “ Conditions Precedent.”— The
following are the conditions found in the
bill introduced in (lie House of Represen
tatives by Mr. Paine, of Wisconsin (Rad.),
to admit Arkansas to representation in
Congress. We suppose the’same test will
be applied to all the “ rebel ” States. We
hope now to hear no more of the “liber
ality” of the Atlanta Convention iu the
matter of disfranchisements. They knew
very well that Congress would not endorse
that part of their Constitution. It has
served its purpose, however, with “relief”
and various other humbugs, that helped
to carry the Constitution through :
The bill introduced in the House to-day
by Representative Paine, admitting Ar
kansas to representation in Congress, is
similar to that reported in March last by
Mr. Farnsworth. It declares that Arkan
sas, having formed and adopted a .State
Government which is republican in form,
shall be entitled to representation when
the Legislature of the State shall have
duly ratified the fourteenth article pro
posed as an amendment to the Constitu
tion of the United States, and on the con
dition that the State Constitution shall
never be amended or changed so as to de
prive any citizen or class of citizens of
the right to vote who are entitled to vote
by the Constitution herein recognized, nor
so amended or changed as to allow any
person to vote who is excluded from office
by the tl.ird section of the fourteenth
article of the amendment to the Constitu
tion until tiie disabilities proposed by the
said section shall have been removed iu
tiie mauner therein provided.
How IT WAS DONE IN LAURENS. —A
correspondent of the Savannah Republican
writing from Dublin, Laurens county
says:
Editor Savannah Republican— Dear Sir:
The polls were not opened here until two
o’clock p. m. on Wednesday, closing on
Friday at 6 o’clock p. m., thus affording
only two and a half days instead of four as
directed by Gen. Meade’s order. The
Radical inspectors opened every negro’s
ticket, and if he did not vote on the Radi
cal side, his ticket was torn up.
Discharged to Give Place to a Ne
gro.—A Federal soldier named Robert
Watson, who was a member of the Tenth
Tennessee Volunteers, aud had lost a leg
in the service of his country, was some
time since discharged as watchman at the
Workhouse, aud the place is dow occupied
by a negro. This is the way men who
fought for the best Government the world
ever saw, are now treated by the party in
power.— Nashville Gazette.
Death of an Old Citizen.—Our
readers will be pained to learn of the death
of Mr. Nathan C. Munro, one of our
oldest and most respected citizens, which
occurred at his residence in Vineville,
yesterday morning, between nine and ten
o’clock.
Mr. Munro was a native of the State
of New York, but came to Macon in 1526,
since which time he has resided here, and
110 citizen has probably contributed more
than he toward building the city of liis
adoption. He was one of tiie earliest
friends of Christ Church, and was one of
its Wardens for more than twenty years,
being its Senior Warden at the time of his
death. He was, in every sense of the
word, a good iuau and a good citizen.
Sale of Spirituous Liquors vs. the
M hthodist Church.—At the recent meet
ing of the Brunswick District Conference
of the Methodist E. Church, says the
Tliomasville Enterprise, the following im
portant decision was made by Bishop
Pierce and unanimously councurred iu by
the Conference. We extract from the
minutes :
Much was said respecting the sale of ar
dent spirits; aud by request the Bishop
gave His opinion that a member of the
church who should sell spirituous liquors
except for medicinal purposes, could l>e
legally expelled from the church upon the
ground of “doing harm,” aud ought to be
expelled—in which opinion all present
concurred.
New York CorresponJeuce ol Charleston Courier.
The Democratic Leaders Decided upon a
Compromise Candidate—Senator Hen
dricks, of Indiana—How it is to be
Drought About—The First Fallot in the
National Convention, and How it Will
' Look —Governor English for Vice Pres
ident.
New York, April 25.
Democratic efforts to Hud a suitabl man
to act as the party standard bearer during
the coming Presidential campaign are
taking some shape at last. After having
passed in review Pendleton, Seymour,
Commodore Vanderbilt aud General Mc-
Clellan, and dismissed one after another
from their thoughts, the leaders, who make
tiie Manhattan Club their headquarters,
have at last secretly decided upon a can
didate, and he is none other than Senator
Hendricks, from Indiana. The reasons
in iris favor are, that although a Western
man, he is not bitten with the greenback
mania, his votes on this point, in the Sen
ate, having always been most judicious.
He does neither share tiie odium which
rests so heavily on Pendleton, of having
opposed the war during its progress,
neither lias he committed any sins since
the close of the war. He is a man of
talent, fine presence,pure personal charac
ter. With Hendricks placed in tiie field,
the West can take no umbrage at the non
nomination of Geo. H. Pendleton. After
carefully considering the subject from all
its bearings, the Democratic leaders think
it best to stick to a straight party nomina
tion, leaving all shoulder-straps and dis
satisfied Republicans to find comfort in
the Radical camp tiie best way they can.
At the same time they fully appreciate the
importance of placing 011 the ticket men
who cannot possibly be objectional to the
mass of moderate Republicans, now await
ing a chance to vote outside of their own
party. Such a ticket, it is thought, will lie
found in tlie nomination of Senator Hen
dricks, of Indiana, for the Presidency, and
of Governor English, of Connecticut, for
the Vice Presidency. Governor English
lias twice made a most gallant fight in
Connecticut, and lie has equal strength in
the great State of New York. His vote
while in Congress, on the abolition of
slavery, has helped him considerably with
the Republican party, and ever since his
elevation to the gubernatorial chair lie has,
by an upright and fair administration,’
increased the number of His Republican
friends even in Radical New England.
Having thus furnished you with the
late developments in the Democratic in
ner circles, it will not be out of place to
give (lie following speculation in regard to
tiie first ballot as it will take place, with
slight variations, in the Democratic Con
vention, which is to meet in tliis city on
Saturday, July 4th. I advise your readers
to cut it out, and see how the events will
justify the table hereto annexed, and how
easily the leaders will be enabled to slip
in t Heir pre-arranged ticket as compromise
candidates. For, undoubtedly, the first
ballot will be as follows:
PENDLETON. M’CLELLAN.
Illinois 16 Delaware 3
Indiana 13 Maine 7
lowa 8 Massachusetts...... 13
Kansas 3 New Hampshire 5
Kentucky 11 California 5
Michigan 8 Oregon 3
Minnesota 4 Rhode Island .. . . 4
Nebraska 3 Vermont 5
Wisconsin 8 Missouri n
Colorado 3
West Virginia 5
Ohio 21
Nevada 3
106 5^
HANCOCK. IIOKATIO SEYMOUR
Maryland 7 New York 33
Virginia 10 New Jersey 7
Tennessee 10 Connecticut 6
Alabama 8
Arkansas 5
Louisiana 7
Mississippi 7
North Carolina 9
South Carolina 6
Pennsylvania 26
Texas 0
Florida 3
Georgia 9
115 40
Neither Hancock nor Pendleton can ob
tain the required number of votes in the
Convention. Then will be brought for
ward the compromise candidate. Not a
man of the Pendleton stamp, but still a
Western man, and that one with Eastern
principles. Such a man is Senator Hen
dricks, of Indiana. And lie will he nomi
nated with the concurrence of the entire
Convention, after it shall iiave been de
monstrated tiiat neither the West nor the
East can find any hope of success for their
first choice.
CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE.
A Semi-official Declaration of his Position.
The Cincinnati Commercial has for years
been in such close accord with Mr. Chase
that it lias some time# been called his
organ. Its senior editor writes from
Washington on the 24th ult., as follows :
That Mr. Chase is not in thorough ac
cord with the Republican party or organ
ization, as it is now conducted, has been
very positively staged, and it is .true. In
the first place he is not an impeacber, and
that is now the highest test of partisan
fidelity. Then he believes in the doctrine
of universal amnesty and impartial suf
frage, and that that is the true and sure
and safe basis of reconstruction. He is
then of opinion that there should be an
end of rectrictive legislation and military
rule in the South. He believes, too, that
the Southern masters are making a lamen
table mistake in declining political fellow
ship with the freedmen ; that the most
certain and speedy exit from their troubles
would be found iu wisely conciliating the
blacks and making them as they might be
made, the faithful friends of the South
which needs but kindly relations between
the races and the return of peaceful indus-
try to stand up redeemed and regenerated.
I presume that if such miracle should oc
cur as that Air. Chase were nominated by
the Republicans at Chicago, or the Demo
crats of New York, for the Presidency,
upon a platform that was in his judgment
a declaration ot sound principles, that he
woukl not decline the nomination. lam
sure he would not decline to co-operate
with any of his fellow-citizens who were,
in his opinion, taking a course that would
promote good wiil among American citi
zens and heal the wounds of the nation.
But Judge Chase is not expecting any
such miracle, and is discharging his high
duties uuvexed by vain ambition. He is
in perfect health and cheerful spirits, and
bears in his person the promise of many
years of eminent capacity. That his long
and varied public services, distinguished
by the highest order of ability, and his
spotless private character, entitle him to
consideration as our first citizen, is a pro
position so plain that it will hardly be
disputed. And the time may cotye when
the people will recognize, in the selection
of a Chief Magistrate, the expediency of
principles that are clear, and competency
proved by experience. Perhaps I ought
to add —and I will do it, at any rate—that
this is not an authorized statement con
cerning Mr. Chase; that it was not sug
gested, and is not, iu the least, anticipated
by him.
Locisv ille, April 29.—The Louisville
Courier announces that General S. B
Buckner, who, since the war, has been
residing in New Orleans, will remove here
during the next month, and become edi
torially connected with that paper.
ESDAY, MAY 5, IS6B.
AN AOHAN IN THE DEMOCUATIC
t’A JI I».
In our issue of the 30th ult., we took oc
casion to suggest as aide and acceptable
candidates for the United States Senate,
the names of the Hon. Hiram Warner,
and Col. Henry S. Fitch, United States
District Attorney for Georgia.
These nominations, we are “desolated”
to learn, do not meet the approbation of
that exceedingly influential journal, the
tri-weekly Star, published at Griffin, in
the county of Spalding, and State (so
called) of Georgia.
Measuring our surprise by the meagre
ness of our sorrow, we fail to perceive
anything unpleasaut in the fact. The ap
probation of those who are themselves
only too well appreciated, while it cannot
always be prevented, has never been con
sidered very desirable. We are told that
our recommendation of these distin
guished gentlemen is a “case of evident
toadyism.” If admiration for principle,
illuminated by eloquence and adorned by
erudition, be “toadyism,” oar village co
temporary need have no apprehension
that we shall ever, by any personal allu
sion to himself, offend in this respect.
The maximumof Griffin criticism regard
ing Judge Warner finds expression in the
following eloquent sentence: “He lias
about as much capacity fora United States
Senator as an ostrich has for hatching out
a litter of young alligators.” The capacity
of such a critic to sit in judgment upon
the attainments necessary in a Senator,
we leave those who know him best to de
termine. We pledge ourselves in advance
not to appeal from the verdict of “the
jury of thejvicinago.”
The only argument, if it can be digni
fied by that appellation, which the Star
urges against the present Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Georgia, is the fact
that his county gave a liadical majority!
Such puerilism is too contemptible for
comment. Upon the same principle Mr.
Stephens, Gen. Toombs, Gov. Johnson,
Gen. Cobb, Mr. Hill, and almost every
distinguished leader in Georgia, would be
excluded. And to answer a foolish man
according to his folly, upon this principle
the Star, because Spalding county gave a
Democratic majority, should be converted
into a Congressional Globe ! Or can it be
possible that the editor has Senatorial
“aspirations” himself? It would hardly
be decorous, in speaking of this criticism
upon Judge Warner, to make the com
parison that forces itself upon us, but we
are sure each one of our readers will sup
ply it for himself.
Regarding Col. Fitch, the Star says
that he is a “Federal soldier, an appointee
of Andy Johnson to a judicial office, and
has neglected his official business from
the word go, and given his entire atten
tion to politics.” We were not aware,
before, that inattention to politics was es
sential to qualify a man for high political
position On the contrary, we had sup
posed that our most distinguished states
men were men who did devote their “en
tire attention” to the noble science of
Statecraft, and thus prepared themselves
for the duties and responsibilities of legis
lators. Such, at least, was the theory and
practice of the South in the palmy days of
her political potency, and the magnificent
memories, of which no number of wars
can deprive her, was the result.
Os Col. Fitch’s neglect of official duty
we know nothing personally, though we
think we can readily trace the origin of
the slander. It first exuded from the false
lips of Joseph E. Brown, at Atlanta, and
was characterized, then and there, by the
District Attorney, in language which the
ex-Gov. will never forget. Perhaps the
conspicuous apostate of Georgia would
like to discuss the pains and penalties of
treason to both State ami Federal govern
ments, with the official who devotes his
entire attention to politics. It might have
the effect of directing his attention
to his “official duty” in one instance
at least. This accusation next appeared
in the Augusta Republican, the organ
of Poster Blodgett. Perhaps that exam
plary citizen could have recalled the Dis
trict Attorney from the arena of “poli
tics,” had he appeared before the Circuit
at Savannah to which his interesting case
was transferred, instead of seeking refuge
under the wing of the Beast as a witness
against the President of the United .States.
It would have been a disagreeable alter
native for Blodgett, no doubt, but then it
would have prevented Col. Fitch from de
voting so much of his time to “politics.”
No great sagacity is necessary to tell
whence these and similar charges spring,
and it is because we know the “troubled
fountain,” not that we respect the chan
nel through which its muddy waters
flow, that we have given so much space to
the refutation of this malicious calumny.
It is certainly not in a Democratic journal
that the public has a right to look for its
iteration. Finding it, then,coupled with a
eulogy upon the bad man who is to be
forced upon the people of Georgia as their
Governor, is our reason for selecting the
caption of this article.
With reference to the charge of the Star
that Col. F.’s “first maneuvres were as a
caterer for negro votes,” it is simply as
false in fact, as it is unjust and ungener
ous towards one who lias placed our peo
ple under so many obligations for acts of
unsolicited and substantial kindness. It
was in this city of Macon that lie delivered
his first address to the freedmen, at the
instance of some of our most estimable
and influential citizens, and the frankness
and boldness of his remarks commanded
universal applause.
As to the Democracy of Savannah being
willing to “take anybody,” we make no
reply- We let them answer for them
selves in the following resolution passed
at the close of the last election, by a very
large meeting of the citizens of that city.
Resolved, That this meeting, in behalf
of the citizens of Georgia, and especially
of the city of Savannah, do hereby tender
to Col. H. S. Fitch our grateful thanks for
the bold, manly and righteous stand that,
from the time of his first appearance
among us to the present hour, he has
made in defence of our rights whenever,
wherever and by whomsoever they have
been assailed.
As to the Star being willing to receive
Col. I*', into the Democratic fold, we have
nothing to say father than tfc-express our
admiration <# the magnificent impudence
of the pioposition. It is as if a soldier
under surveillance as suspected of an in
dention to desert, should graciously con
descend to give permission to one of the
very truest and bravest of his comrades—
one covered all over with scars—to go on
picket!
With these remarks we dismiss the sub
ject, regretting that Judge Warner and
Col. Fitch have not enjoyed the confi
dence of the Star. So great a misfortune
it is to be hoped wiil be borne with all the
Christian fortitude commensurate with
its magnitude.
The Beast .Skinned —On Wednesday,
Mr. Evarts, to the great delight of his au
dience, thus excoriated Mr. Manager But
ler :
“Now, it has usually been supposed that
on an actual trial, involving seriousconse
queuees, forensic discussion was the true
method of dealing with the subject- and
we lawyers appearing for the President
being, as Mr. Manager Butler has been
polite enough to say, ‘attorneys whose
practice in the law has sharpened but not
enlarged their intellect,’ have confined
ourselves to this method of forensic dis
cussion. But we have learned here (bat
there is another method of forensic contro
versy, which may be called the method
ot concussion. Now, 1 understand the
method of concussion to be to make a de
monstration in the vicinity of the object
of attack, whereas the method of discus
sion is to penetrate the position, and, if
successful,capture it. The Chinese meth
od of warfare is the method of concussion,
and consists of a great braying of trumpets,
sounding of gongs,and shouts and shrieks
in the neighborhood of the opposing force.
When all this rolls away, and the air is
freer, the effects is to be watched for. But
it has been reserved to us, in our modern
warfare, as illustrated here in the rebellion
to present a more singular and notable in
stance of the method of warfare by con
cussion than has ever been known before.
A fort, impregnable by the methods of dis
cussion (that is, penetrating and capturing
it,) has been, on a large scale, attempted
to be captured by the method of commis
sion, and some hundreds of tons of gun
powder, placed in a vessel near the walls
of the fort, has been made the means to
the concussion of this vast experiment.—
Unsatisfied with that trial and its results,
the honorable Manager who opened this
case seems to have repeated the experi
ment in the vicinity of the Senate.—
[Laughter.] While the air was filled with
epithets, the dome shook with invective
wretchedness’, misery, suffering, and blood
were made the means of this explosive
mixture—and here we are, surviving the
concussion, and, after all, reduced to the
humble and homely method of discussion
which belongs to “attorneys whose intel
lects have been sharpened but not en
larged by the practice of law.” [General
and continuous laughter.]
A ETA VEI.A.
This obscure island off the coast of San
Domingo is destined to pass into History
as an accessory to the great crime now
about to be consumated at Washington.
A brief history of its connection with
impeachment is found in the Nashville
Union it Dispatch of a late date, and runs
in this wise :
Judge Black and one Shaffer, witli sev
eral others, chiefly impeaehining members
of Congress of the straitest sect, are at
torneys for claimants to the right to take
guano on Alta Vela island. It is a rich
thingin prospective for lawyers. They had
succeeded in lobbying through Congress
and the courts, a paper assertion of their
right, and demanded that the President
should approve it, and enforce it by
dispatching an armed vessel—a step of
doubtful propriety at any time, and one
which might have provoked war with San
Domingo, but which the President posi
tively refused to take while he was
on trial for infraction of the laws of Con
gress. It is now proved that after the im
peachment had been ordered,four of the
managers—Butler, Stevens, Logan aud
Bingham—addressed a letter to Mr. John
son urging him to that course, and that
Judge Black of his counsel, in person
besought him to issue the order to the
Navy Department. Upon his refusal,
Judge Black declined his defense, and
the baffled‘managers betook themselves
to the work of detraction before the
Senate, with increased vindictiveness and
rancor. The spectacle presented is sim
ply this: a member of his counsel, and
a number of his official prosecutors pend
ing his trial for usurping the powers of
Congress, endeavoring to induce t lie
President to commit a casus belli—tan
tamount to a declaration of war—a func
tion entrusted solely to Congress, in their
own interest and that of a crew of
greedy cormorants whose rights are so
doubtful os to need sharp-witted lawyers
todiscoverthem; and the Presidentsternly
refusing to yield to their importunate
clamor. It has features, some of which
will produce mortification at the course
of the eminent lawyer who deserted the
President in his hour of trial for a reason
so mercenary; some which will enhance
the disgust felt for the sordid and corrupt
managers who sought to coerce to victim
in their grasp to cater to private schemes;
and some which will command (he admi
ration of upright men the world over, for
the Cato like integrity of the President,
who amid the falling away of friends, the
threatenings of enemies and the cajolery
of selfish schemers, dared to do his duty.
Impeachment may do its work, but a just
public opinion will never believe Hurt the
man who at such a crisis in his fortunes,
firmly resisted these overtures from those
who could mitigate the storm of wrath
with which he was pelted, and preferred
(o lose the staff on which he chiefly leaned,
has been guilty of “ high crimes and mis
demeanors.” For the men implicated in
this business, it will be better for their
characters if they had been buried beneath
the obscure island of guano they covet.
SIGNI I'ICANT TA LK.
When men like ex-Gov. Thomas .Sey
mour, of Connecticut, talk like this.itlooks
reasonable to presume that their party is
with them. Wo are positive that the Rad
icals do not intend to allow a Democratic
President to he inaugurated even if elect
ed. We wish we could be equally certain
that they will bo met and resisted at (lie
mouth of the cannon by the men who ap
plauded Seymour’s bold utterances.
Said he:
“ i lie true spirit of magnanimity was il
lustrated by Napoleon at Boredino, when
in reply to a heartless remark from one of
Ins olli cerson tlieoccasion of his trampling
on a wounded Russian, lie said: ‘.Sir
when you have gained a victory there are
no enemies, there are only men.’ (Im
mense appiause.) I see you apply the an
ecdote as it should be applied. Southern
ers are not only men, but are our brothers;
and in the restoiation of their rights, we
are to have a convention in this city’ on
i lie fourth of July, 1868. Now let me say
to those who may be in the secrets of the
delegates already elected, or may know
something of the matter, that it is neces-
sary, it seems to me, to the future success
of patriotic men iu this country that (heir
platform of principles should besodistinct
(‘Good, good !’) and clear, (“Good, tood!”
—and applause)—as to enable the man of
the people to distinguish between right
and wrong—in other words, it must be so
different from the platform on the other
side that we may see clearly where liberty
is, where slavery is, where independence
;s. (Good, good!”) And again, gentlemen,
il w e secure a clear, a net majority of
the* electoral vote3, and they shall dare to
shutout Deleware, Maryland and Ken
tucky, for the purpose of frustrating the
will of tile people, it will be necessary for
the triumphant party to vindicate their
right to administer this Government, and
inaugurate their chief on the 4th of
March, 1869. (Applause.) Ifyouarenot
prepared for that, you need not undertake
the contest.”
A M.Aill AT THE CARPET-BIGGEItS.
Mr. Halstead, senior editor of the Cin
cinnati Commercial, not haviug the' fear
of Forney, Bullock & Cos. before his eyes,
writes these plain truths about that inter-
: eating class yclept “carpet-baggers:”
I . There are already Senators here from
, Arkansas. The new South Carolina
Senators are e\]>eeted soon to arrive. It
is anticipated that Republicans through
out the ivorth will, upon the appearance
of these men, break forth in songs of
thanksgiving over a restored Union, and
of praise at tlie faithful action of this wise
Congress. We beg to call a halt on that
proposition. Do we want any more rotten
borough States iu the Union? Could
anything be more fatal to our perpetual
public content and good order than the
admission of such States? We have
enough of them now. Nevada and Ne
braska, ttiat should yet for years have
been Territories, are as weighty in that
Senate that proposes to rule Uie nation
as New \ork and Ohio. Now, there is
no reason to believe that the persons pre
senting themselves here as Senators of
the l nited States from Arkansas and
South Carolina; represent even the ne
groes of those States. They are adven
turers, representatives of little more than
their own audacity; and they will become
if permitted to enter the Senate, the most
abject of party serfs, because they will
have no possible vitality outside their
part}’. This may be a recommendation
to Congress, but I do not believe it is to
the people. If the Arkansas and South
Carolina reconstruction is the sort of
thing Ben Wade is wanted iu the White
House to promote, the less we have of it
the better. .
HOW IT W AS DONE IN
The La Grange Reporter of .
gives the following account of how u
“election” was managed in Trn.,„ tlle
“On Monday morning the
opened here and the negroes w.J 18 "“ I
in line to the ballot-CS*
guard ; and in violation «f orders „r I' nr - V
Meade, the manager of ti le _
Thomas S. King, the Radical p' ' f ‘
received the ballots for the whole of
day without keeping a li ßt <)f ‘ v ’ ! -
or numbering their tickets-comr
law and the uniform custom of W 1
elections heretofore in the St •
was done for the purpose of nrm Tlli '
any cheek upon their desi-nis i„ ,
ting frauds upon the lal lot-box -’V 1 ■
stuffing it or changing ballots \i, 1
tary seat here merely to preserve m ' ;r
and not to manage the election L < ' r, ' :
session of the Court House aiid rV "
to allow any person to enter exe.-o U ' !
managers or those desiring to v „. Ul *
of their number presiding at eachof"
two boxes opened for the r, ■<>... 1
votes.” _____ option of
A Model for Imitation. -The
of an Ohio paper announces thi • '
that custom ought not to exact the, Wt '| k
writing of editorials, “because sonieih, ar
there is nothing to write about “ u
adds, with charming naivete - '*■ w
might comment; butewi bono. > \y e .. 'V,
express our horror at the Erie I ~
disaster, of which we give full accom i
but it would do no good; and we i .
speculate upon the result of the inn , ' ‘
ment trial, but that would l»e tVniv"
fruitless. So we will take the more
ble way of not occupying space " \\
often feel just so; and when we do «’
draw liberally from those who are n
lazy as we are. But, after all, i-. there .
a great deal too much of what is call,
“ original matter ?”
diking attempt to him I
thomasvii.ee SIY it he. '
On Thursday night last, near midnigl"
the alarm of fire aroused our citizens, va
nished forth to find the old stable build,i
near the residence of Mr. T. J. .M. [;
at the east end of Broad street, coinp . ‘
ly enveloped in flames. Neptune ■
Company soon arrived upon the sjhm V
with the valuable aid of other citizens
ceeded in -confining the flames to the
stable, which was entirely consumed
Scarcely had they saved the dwellii,-
house of Mr. Mcßain when another e ,
was gi veu uptown, and immediately'i '
flames burst through the roof of a ’l.-."
connected with the Livery Stahiisk,'.
liy Maj. William Stegall, consumin'.' t'|
ham with a large quantity of corn l
again prevented from spreading b'v tli
vigilance and activity of the Fire
ny, ably seconded by soldiers and citi?, ! '
An alarm was now sounded toward th
centre of the chief business block ou Id ,)
street, and tiro was discovered in r. u ,
the old wood ware-house of M,
Remington & Son, butas this lire hadoniy
commenced to burn it was extinguished
without damage, still another alar.-..V
given about daylight, and the fire found i*.
be an attempt to burn a stable on the nr.
mises of Mr. J. S. Merrill north west f r ,, n ,
from the Presbyterian Church. This w
likewise extinguished before any damn -.
resulted. During the excitement of tin*
fires mentioned, strenuous • efforts wne
being made by the Mayor, Marshal, !V!i, ..
and Military under Lieut. Johnson Com
manding the Post, to overtake and an. -!
the incendiaries, and one was tired at l.y 1
soldier, in making his escape from il,
scene of the burningof Mr. Stegall’s barn
Two others were hotly pursued from ;i
stable in the rear of Messrs. Soli iff & Jtn.'s
store, which they were preparing to lire
and bold attempts to fire other portions.
the town were prevented by the timely ar
rival of police forces, rapidly distributed
by Lieut. Johnson. Noneofthe per|adr:
tros, however, were arrested during Hi,
night; but a numerous body of colored
men, estimated at from one (o throe him
dred persons, armed and very much exci
ted, bail assembled at the p’lace of resi
dence of Jacob Wade, a colered preacher,
one of the Managers of the election which
had just closed, and who held the charge
of the ballot box each night th/riiix the
election. This assembly was in (ticimme
diate vicinity of the first fire near the
residence of Mr. Mcßain, and though
called upon by members of the Fire Com
pany, In passing, they positively refused
to aid in extinguishing the flames. Lieut,
Johnson promptly dispersed them will,
the soldiers under his command, and
transferred the ballot box, which tii v de
clared they assembled to defend against
the Ku-Klux-Klan, to safer hands. White
men were seen among them at difliireu'.
times, and who are supposed to have
counseled them in the course they pursued.
I lie object of this assembly, we are in
formed, was to repel a contemplated raid
on Wade’s premises by “sixty of the Ku
Klux-Klan mounted on white horses,’'
with the view of capturing that eminent
Divine and carrying off in triumph the
precious four days, deposit of “free suf
frages,’’(whith that individual shielded mi
ller the strong arm of colored patriotism.
Some of them, we must suppose, did final
ly assist in extinguishing the second fire,
and we must say it affords us much satis
faction to state that there were oilier col
ored men in town who came promptly to
the rescue, and rendered able and efficient
service, both in the fire department and
police duty, throughout the night. These
men are entitled to the thanks of the com
munity in common with the Fire Compa
ny and others who labored so elliciently
in cheeking the flames, and should he re
membered hereafter for special favor.
On the following day the Mayor calle-l a
meeting of the citizens and organized :t
police force of forty men equally divided
between the whites and blacks, who now
patrol the town regularly after 10 o’clock,
I*. M.
No further demonstration lias yet been
made by the incendiaries, but the holding
and audacity of these attempts satisfies
the minds of most men that there exists a
deep laid scheme to destroy the town by
fire.
Two colored hoys, Warren Tooke ami
Thomas Anderson, were arrested on I-'ri
day evening on suspicion of being con
nected with the affair, l>ut very little lias
yet been elicited on the subject.— Thomu*-
ville Enterprise.
V- hat the New York TIKEBTHIWI
Tn an article on "Southern Elcctioi
the New A ork Times alludes, incidentally,
as follows to the test oath proscription
that Gen. Meade, it is probable, will up
ply to the members ofthe Legislature just
elected :
Gen. Meade’s order in Georgia alliwc
the applicability of the test oath to mem
bers of the local legislature. Is theGeii
eral’s interpretation of the law right or
wrong? It has been heard of in Georgia
for the first time, and if it is to be enforced,
it will exclude from the Legislatures nine
tenths of the competent men. Jt wiil, in
short, convert th# Southern legislatun
into close corporations, inaccessible to ml
but the least qualified and least inis'
worthy fraction of the community. We
can scarcely suppose that Congress, a tier
enacting disabilities in relation to nation
al positions, intended to interfere with the
States by applying to their local concerns
other tests than those to be provided by
themselves. But the order of Gen. .Mt-ei
shows that the law is open to doubt-,
which Congress, rather than the Attorney-
General or the courts, should effectually
dispel.
Will Take The Stump.—The Wash
ington correspondent ofthe Baltimore Ca
zette says: *
Should President Johnson be remove !
from ottice, no one can suppose for a mo
ment that he wil retire from public life and
regain a quiet spectator of the scene
which are to follow on the political boards.
Rumors are already afloat that a canva-s
for him is being shaped out, tiiat will | -
sent him in one of his old characters, I
upon a much enlarged theater. He will
take the stump against the destruction ism
and canvass every .Southern State, occupy
ing lus whole time in the Jabor of aroii—
ing and organizing an opposition to radi
calism and negro equality. The fear of
this has been the subject of much consid
eration among the destructionists in Con
gress, and many of them have expressed
the opinion tiiat the radicals would proba
bly not realize much profit by scmlir, •
him forth from the White House on ucli
a mission.
“ Equality ” in Kansas City.—We
read iu an exchange;
A Radical editor, newly imported from
Massachusetts, undertook to give the
people of Kansas City, Mo., a practical
lesson in negro equality one day list week-
He presented a negro with a ticket to some
amusement in Frank’s Hall, in order to
make a case lor judicial decision. H"'
negro went to the show, and was led out
by a Radical constable. The oflicer was
tried and acquitted by a Radical jury and
a Radical justice. Radicalism out West
differs sentimentally from Southern seal*
awaggery.