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Georgia Journal & Messenger,
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FRIDAY JULY 31, 1868.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOB FRKMI>K.\’T.
HORATIO SEYMOUR,
, OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE PREHIDENT,
FRANCIS P. BLAIR,
OK MISSOURI.
STATE ELKt rOItAI, TICKET.
FOR TIIK STATU AT I.ARGE :
JOHN B. (JORDON, of Fußon.
JOHN T. CI.AUKF, of Randolph.
ALTERNATES :
VV. T. WOFFORD, of Bartow.
TllOri. M. NORWOOD, of Chatham.
FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS :
Ist District—J. C. NICHOLS, of Pierce.
Alternate—J. 11 HUNTER, of
i cnantEß T. (JOODE, of Sumter.
Alternate—WM O. FLEMING, of Decatur,
lid District—R. J. MOSES, of Muscogee.
Alternate —W. O. TUGGLE, of Troup. ■
4th District— A. O. BACON, of Bibb.
Alternate—ll. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
6th District—J. B. CUM.MING, of Richmond.
Alternate- 1). M. Di BOSE, of Wilkes,
f.th District—H. P. BELL, of Forsyth.
Alternate- G. McMILLAN,of Habersham.
7th District—J. D. WADDELL, of Cobb.
Alternate—V. A. GASKILL, of Fulton.
IVIVKHNVL REJOICING.
We have never known any result to be
liaiieil with such a hearty and universal
acclaim of joy, by all classes of honest men
in this section, as the defeat of Joe Brown.
Men meet each oilier with a hearty hand
shake, and t lie ejaculation, “Isn’t it glori
ous?” They all feel better, look better,
and walk more erect, as each hour adds to
the conviction that it is a result destined
to be of the greatest advantage to our State.
The despondent have been lifted up, the
faint-hearted cheered, and the sanguine
made still more sanguine.
The importance of this consummation
cannot well be exaggerated. It is the
deadliest blow Radicalism has yet receiv
ed, and its effect will be felt all over the
South. Os all the renegades who have
sold themselves to the enemies of their
race and country, he was atonce the ablest
and most dangerous. His name was a
tower of strength everywhere, and his de
feat cannot fail to greatly demoialize the
whole gaug. It will have the same effect
upon them as does the capture aud execu
tion of a brigand chief upon his predacious
troop. He had the brain to devise, and
the nerve to undertake the most mon
strous schemes against the liberties of the
people, and the prestige of his “ luck”
never before failed to rally to their execu
tion u hand of servile adherents. He was
indeed the Ajax of Jacobinism in the
South. He had sworn our ruin. He had
digged the mine and laid the train. In
the midst of his malignant anticipations
of coming triumph, lie is seized, bound
hand and foot,
spi'erre expiated his crimes under the glit
ter of the axe whose agency he had evoked
to secure himself unlimited power, no
more utterly unscrupulous politician, no
more thoroughly depraved man, and no
more malignant enemy of those who had
raised him from obscurity, lias appeared
to curse his race and win enduring infamy,
than Joseph E. Brown.
LETTER IIUIM ATLANTA.
■Special Correspondence Journal mul Messenger.
Atlanta, Ga., July 30, 1563.
Messrs. Editors As matter of inter
est to your readers, I hand you the follow
ing incidents of the two days of the Sena
torial election.
In the House, July 28th, Mr. Phillips,
of Echols, offered a resolution of thanks
to Andrew Johnson, President of the Uni
ted States, for his gallant conduct in re
sisting, ns far as he was able, the en
croachments of Radicalism.
Bryant (carpet-bagger) moved to refer
the resolution to the Committee on Luna
tlP \ ujr
Mr. Tuinlin, of Randolph, offered the
following :
Resolved. That should the grateful
thanks of this hotly at any time he ten
dered to Andrew Johnson, President of
the United HtiTtes, and said resolution he
referred to the Committee on the Lunatic
Asylum, as proposed by the gentlemau
from Richmond, (Bryant,) that no earpet
buyyer he placed on such Committee.
duly 29 —The result of the election of
Joshua Mill and H. V. M. Miller, and the
defeat ot Brown and Blodgett, was re
ived with such applause that the Presi
vnt (Conley) ordered the galleries cleared*
Mr. Bryant (pale and excited) arose and
suggested that the police be called.
Mr. Tumlin, of Randolph, replied that
a police or military force was wholly un
necessary, especially to quell the applause
of those glorious women in the gallery.
(God bless them.) We are fully recon
structed now, in the Union, aud need no
police force.
Coetin (colored) voted for Blodgett, hut
afterwards arose aud said as he lielo>>src«t
to no party ne would be glad to change
his vote. He did so, and voted for Miller.
(Immense applause).
Bryant (carpet-bagger) had a most hag
gard look after he saw that his party hail
met a Waterloo defeat. He was, perhaps,
next to Brown aud Blodgett, the most
used up of any man iu either House.
To conclude, Messrs. Editors, we had a
most glorious time—one never to he for
gotten.
The members of the Georgia Legislature
deserve the gratitude of the entire State
and country for their inflexibility aud
firmuess in the contest. They resisted all
efforts at bribery, and, disclaiming the
offers of Brown, Blodgett, and Bullock
and his State patronage, they stood by
their native land, and gave Radicalism
and carpet baggers such a blow as they
will not recover from soon.
Col. Warren Aikiu, in a speech made at
night, said: ‘‘Gentlemen, I am poor—
lost nearly all I had during the war—but,
poor as I am, I would give five hundred
dollars to erect a monument to the memo
ry of the gallant members of the Legisla
ture of Georgia who voted against Brown
aud Blodgett.”
All praise, we repeat, to the Democrats
of the Georgia Legislature, and to those
who joined them in defeating these trai
tors to their native soil. W.
Louis Rickschen thus advertises his de
linquent wife in a Chicago paper: “My
wife, Barbara Rickschen, nee Roesleru,
has either run away from me or been sto
len. I shall smash the head of the person
who brings her hack to me. As Ido not
pay my own debts, it is not probable that
I shall pay hers.”
THE HKSI'LT.
The defeat of Brown and Blodgett is
a most substantial victory for the friends
of Seymour and Blair. It will enable
them to carry the State with all ease, and
by a very pronounced majority for that
ticket. There are a great many men in
Georgia who have been following, some of
them afar off, it is true, the fortunes of
Brown, because they iiad a firm faith in
his invincibility. They did net believe
he could be beaten. His prestige with
them was worth all the arguments in the
world. They believed in his luck, aud
his unerring instinct of always ranging
himself with tile strongest side, and as he
went, they went. One of the lir-t and
most substantial results of his defeat will
be the dissipation of this idea—the break
ing of tliis heretofore potent spell. They
will no longer believe in his luck, and
losing faith in that, they will separate
themselves from his fortunes. This is one
result of his defeat.
Another result, and one which is pe
culiarly gratifying to every honest man
in Georgia, is that his defeat routs the
“ring” of venal and desperate men who
have, by aid of the bayonet and the
grossest frauds, usurped {rower in this
Htate. The slate was ail snade up, and
every office from that of Henator down
parcelled out. This election was to set the
machinery in motion. It was, so to speak,
the first revolution of the wheel. To it, as
is known from the shameless avowal of
the Governor, was pledged all the power
and patronage at his command, lie did
not scruple to use it, either, in the most
unblushing and audacious manner upon
the floor of Benate and Mo»» wor«
promised all sorts of places provided they
would vote for Brown, and olHcial dignity
prostituted and disgraced in a manner
never before known in Georgia, at least.
Men who are conversant with the facts
say that impeachment and removal from
office would he a slight punishment for
Bullock’s conduct in endeavoring to bribe
and corrupt. We hope it will be looked
into, for the honor of the office he assumes
to fill, if nothing else.
It is said Brown’s fall will be bro
ken by the Chief Justiceship of our Su
preme Court. Granted, but will uot that
still further disorganize and break up
the “ring?” That ollice has been popu
larly assigned to a depraved creature, re
siding, we believe, in Americus. Sup
pose he yields to Brown, will uot that
throw some other hungry aspirant out of
place ? Take it as you will, the blow is an
awful one to the conspirators, and it will
tax all their evil ingenuity to repair the
damage. Bullock’s administration, con
ceived in hate and brought forth iu fraud,
commences its career with a crushing de
feat. We are rejoiced to believe that the
omen will hold good so long as he plays
the part of usurper. We rejoice with ex
ceeding great joy over the victory for hon
or, for truth, and for right compassed iu
this defeat, but we should be loath to be
lieve that the futuredoes uotpromise many
more occasions for even still greater re
joicing. The ship starts on her voyage
with a'big leak. If we manage aright,
we shall swamp her before she is fairly out
of port. To that end, for a consummation
so devoutly to be wished, who will not la
bor?
A LEAF FROM HISTORY.
Upon the eve of an electiou which may,
by the wrath of God, and the treachery of
those whom the people have trusted to rep
resent them at Atlanta,result in theelectiou
of Joe Brown to the United States Senate,
we present to the people of Georgia, and
to the consideration of our cotemporaries
throughout the North and West, a leaf
from the records of the past. If Brown is
tnJie thrust into the presence of honorable
“.nun win oeggar Hie Englisn vocaouiary
of epithets to fitly characterize, we desiie
that tliis chapter in his history shall pre
cede and herald his advent at Washing
ton.
Read what he wrote on the 10th of
March, 1804 to the Georgia Legislature :
“I am informed that a number of per
sons iu that portion of our State adjoining
East Tennessee, have lately removed, with
their families, within the lines of the ene
my, and carried with them their movable
property. Those persons have never been
loyal to the cause of the South, and they
now avail themselves of the earliest op
portunity of uniting with the enemies of
their State.
“I recommend the enactment of a law,
providing for the confiscation of the prop
erty of all such persons, and that all such
property be sold aud the proceeds of the sale
applied to tiie payment of damages done
to loyal citizens of the same section, whose
property has been destroyed by raids of
the enemy, or by armed bands of tories.
“ I am also informed that some disloyal
persons in that section have deserted from
our armies, or avoiding service, have left
their families behind, and gone over to the
enemy, and are now under arms against
x*.,. X tom L«»ppy to it»urn Uiat the miuibor
of such persons is very small. I recom
mend the confiscation of tiie property of
tliis class of persons also, and in case they
have left families behind that area charge
to the country, that no part of the relief
fund be allowed them, but that they be
carried to the enemy’s lines, and turned
over to those in cause their hus
bands now serve.
"I also recommend the enactment of
such laws as shall forever disfranchise and
decitizeuize all persons of both classes,
should they attempt to return to their
States.”
TIIVXIiS TO THE LEGISLATURE !
We take the liberty, in the name and
behalf of the people of Georgia, of thank
ing those members of the Legislature who
voted for Messrs. Hill aud Miller, aud thus
defeated one of the foulest combinations
ever hatched upon Georgia soil. They
have deserved well of Georgia, and
Georgians will ever hold them iu their
heart of hearts. They have saved Geor
gia’s honor, and her sous will teach their
childrens’ children to rise up and call
them blessed. They have vindicated the
integrity and independence of Georgia’s
cienerai Assembly, and their constituents
will greet their return home with plaudits
as sincere as well deserved. They have
given an earnest of their future cour-e in
legislating for the best interests of the
State, and a trusting, grateful people will
rest secure in tHe knowledge that in their
hands the welfare and honor of the good
old Commonwealth will suffer no detri
ment.
Again we say : Thanks, andone hun
dred CHEERS FOR THE MEN WHO HAVE
saved Georgia and buried her great
est ENEMY!
THE BATTLE GROUND IN GEORGIA.
We repeat, upon the eve of the can
vass about to he inaugurated, what we
have so often said before : that there is no
need of speeches or speakers south of At
lanta. Let our frieuds spend all their
breath above that city. Let the 6th and
7th Congressional Districts be thoroughly
canvassed, and uot eveu a militia district
left unvisited. We lost the election in
April because there was no canvass of the
counties above Athens. Shall the same
thiug happen again ? Down here, and to
the southward, barbecues for all who will
come, aud free and easy neighborhood
gatherings are the policy. Big hurrahs
and excitement will uot answer. Plenty
of barbecued shoat and mutton, with quiet
but earnest talk aud work, are the agen
cies we must use. Their virtues have been
tried before. We have great faith that
they have gained, rather than lost in po
tency, since last used.
The sand flies took possession of the sa
loons aud gas lamps in Chicago on Mon
day. Many of the former were closed, .
and the latter so covered as to obscure the i
light altogether. '
GEORGIA JOURNAL A:ND MESSENGER.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
Thursday, July .10.
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment, and was opened with prayer by tbe .
Rev. Mr. Prettyman.
Mr. Candler moved to suspend tbe rules, j
in order to take up bills for a third read
ing, which was agreed to.
'The Senate then t<x>k up the bill to fix
and establish the salaries of the Judges of
tiie Supreme and Superior Courts and
Suite House officers.
The bill was taken up by sections
Mr. Anderson moved to amend the Ist
section by adding $-500 to the salary of Su
preme Court Judges.
Mr. Candler moved to strike out S2,(XXI.
Mr. Nuunally called for the previous
question, which was sustained.
Mr. Candler’s motion prevailed.
Mr. Speer moved to insert $3,500. Lost.
The amendment of Mr. Anderson was
agreed to.
The next section was agreed to, fixing
the salary of Judges of the Superior Court
at SI,BOO.
In reference to State House officers, Mr.
Burns moved to leave it as the Code fixes
it —i. e., S2,(XX) in currency—which was
agreed to.
Toe third section fixes the salaries of
Solicitors at $250 iu specie, or its equiva
lent.
The rules were suspended and the fol
lowing bills were introduced and read the
first time, to-wit:
By Mr. Holcombe—A bill to amend an
act ncorporaling the Georgia Air Line
Railroad.
By Mr. Hungerford—A bill to amend
the charter of the Macon and Augusta
Railroad Company ; also, a hill to extend
the aid of tiie State, to the completion of
the .Macon and Augusta Railroad Com
pany,
The Senalo took up the bill to consoli
date the offices of Secretary of State and
Surveyor General, and passed the same.
Mr. Harris moved that the Senate go
into executive session, in order to take up
tiie Governor’s Message on appointments,
which was agreed to. The Chair decided
that the chamber should be cleared. Mr.
Gaudier appealed from the decision of the
Chair.
A message was received from the Gov
ernor, requesting the privilege to with
draw the communication seut to the Seu
ate making certain nominations. Pend
ing tiie same the Senate adjourned until
10 o’clock to-morrow morning.
HOUSE.
House met—Prayer by Rev. A. E. Cloud.
House took up the unfinished ousiness
of Tuesday# to-wit: The resolution of
Mr. Price, allowing committees, whenever
it can be done, to employ female clerks.
Mr. Price spoke at some length in favor
of it.
Mr. Anderson opposed the resolution,
not that he was opposed to the ladies, for
he paid woman a highly eulogistic com
pliment.
Mr. Costin (col’d) was opposed to the
resolution, and made some few remarks
iu support of liis position.
Mr. Rice spoke in favor of the resolu
tion. It was not adopted.
Mr. Maxwell offered a resolution to have
chairman of each committee aunounce
time and place of meeting before the House
adjourn. Laid on the table.
Mr. Lee offered a resolution to call on
the Governor and City Council of Atlanta,
and request that the rooms on the lower
floor of this building be vacated for the
use of the committees of the General As
sembly.
Mr. O’Neal moved to amend by saying
said committee shall ascertain what
preparations the City Council of Atlanta
have made to comply with the conditions
on which the capitol was removed to At
lanta.
Mr Anderson offered as asubstitute that
a committee of five be appointed to confer
with the City Council of Atlanta toper
feet arrangements for the convenience of
the Legislature and the standing commit
tees of the same.
Mr. Tweedy offered the following sub
stitute : That the building committee be
required to confer with the City Council of
Atlanta in regard to furnishing more am
ple room for legislative purposes. Agreed
to.
Petition of J. A. Jackson and Isaac
Reynolds contesting the seats of Messrs.
Tumlin and Goff. Referred to committee
on privileges and elections.
neYf, fiisrntie" same "stand adjourned to
assemble in the city of Milledgevillee on
the lOtii of August next. Not taken up.
The report of the special committee on
the cast* of Ransom Montgomery reported
in favor of paying said Montgomery
$502 50 Adopted.
Air. Barnum offered a resolution to make
per diem of members $5. Not taken up.
Mr. Caldwell offered a resolution to
bring on the electiou of State House offi
cers next Tuesday. Not taken up.
Air. Nisbet offered a resolution that, in
order that the door-keeper aud messenger
may protect tlie stationery aud other prop
erty of members, that tliis hall shall not
he used for political nurposes. Not taken
up.
Mr. Hall, of Glynn, offered a resolution
to appoint the 20th day of August next as
a day of thanksgiving and prayer. Not
taken up.
A resolution was offered to allow Clias.
J. '1 lioinas to open a refreshment saloon
in the State House. Not taken up.
Air. Williams, of Harris, offered the
following resolution:
Resolved, That leave of absence be given
to every member of the General Assembly
(rom to-day till they feel anxious of re
turning.
Toe following new matter was intro
duced •
Mr. Atkins, of Oglethorpe—A bill to
prevent the holding of the offices, of Clerk
ot ( ourt aud Ordinary at the same time.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Bil.h-a bill to in
cot porate the Lite aud Fire Insurance
Company of Macon.
Mr. Turner, ofßibb-A bill to define
and punish duelling.
Mi. Bell, ot Banks —A hill to amend an
act entitled an act to incorporate tne Geor
gia Air Fine liialroad, and to confer cer
tain priviliges on said Company.
Mr. Hall, of Bullock—A bill to remove
the couuty site of Bullock, aud for other
purposes.
Mr. Porter, of Calhoun—A bill to extend
aud amend the charter of the German Fire
Company, of Savaunah, Georgia; also, a
hill to amend sections 4761 and 4707 of*the
Code.
Mr. Vinson, of Crawford—A hill for the
reliet of certaiu citizens.
Mr. Powell, of Decatur-A hill to dis
franchise felony, and forjother purposes.
Mr. Pepper, of Calhoun—A bill to author
ize R, F. Kendrick to practice physic.
Mr. Phillips—A hill to carry in to effect
the 14th section, sth article of the Consti
tution.
Mr. Ballenger, of Floyd—A bill to ex
empt from taxation nil foreign cajiital in
vested iu manufacturing cotton, woolen,
ami other fibrous materials.
Mr. Sisson, of Fulton—A bill to incor
corporate Female Classical College in
Atlanta.
Mr. Holden—A hill to change the line
between the counties of Green and Tali
ferro; also to change the law* of evideuce.
Mr. Davis, of Clark—A hill to amend
the charter of Athens.
Mr. Holiien—A hill to authorize the
Ueneral Assembly to elect Superintend
eut > ; A -V (,itor ’ aQ d Treasurer of Western
aud Atlantic Railroad.
Mr. Erwin—A bill to provide for the
election of Justices of the Peace.
Mr. Welchel-To reduce the bond of
of Hall from ten to five thousand
dollars.
Mr. Shackelford—A bill to authorize the
administrator of Lazarus Sumerlin de
ceased, to sell certain laud iu Newtou
county.
Mr. Duncan—A bill to repeal so much
of seettous 919, 930, aud 939 of the Code, as
relates to tRe electiou of Tax Receiver and
Collector, and compensation therefor, and
to provide for the collection of State aud
couuty taxes by contract.
Mr. Hopkins—A bill to incorporate the
town of Colquitt.
Mr. Lee—A bill to provide for the speedy
collection of the recording fees of Clerks
of the Superior Courts.
Mr. Seals—A bill to amend sections 25.
30, aud 31 of the Code.
Mr, Prudden—A bill to incorporate the
Planters’ Club of Putnam couuty.
Mr. Salter—A bill to reduce the bond of
the Sheriff of Pulaski county.
Mr. Ellis—A bill tocompel the collection
of unpaid taxes due the year 1867.
Mr. 1 umliu—A bill to exempt from jury
duty certaiu persons therein mentioned.
Mr. Hall, of Glynn—A hill to amend
Section 1429 of the Code.
Mr. Baruum—A hill to amend the sever
al acts incorporating the town of Lump
kin, Stewart couuty.
Mr. Barnum—A bill to amend the act
controlling the duties of tax receivers.
Mr. Bethune —A resolution instructing
the Judiciary Committee to look into the
propriety of reducing the bonds of county
officers.
Air. Phillips—A bill to alter and amend
so much of Section 3174 of the Code as re
late* to the county of Lowndes as a part
of the Southern Judicial Circuit.
Mr. Tumlin, of Randolph, introduced
the following which was adopted by a
large majority:
Inasmuch as the vital question which
has heretofore divided members compos
ing this branch of the General Assembly
has been settled,
Resolved, That we, like men having the
interest of our State at heart, do bury all
party feeling and prejudice, and go for
ward to perfect tiie enactment of sueb
laws as will establish peace, harmony, etc.,
among all the people of this State
By Air. HOLDEN, of Taliaferro, au act
t > authorize the Geueral Assembly of this
State to elect the Superiutendeut, Auditor
and Treasurerof the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, and more particularly to define
the duties and {lowers of the Superinten
dent.
By Air. SHUAIATE, of Whitfield, a
resolution, that, pending the action of tiie
Legislature upon tiie bill entitled an act to
authorize the General Assembly of this
State to elect the Superintendent, Aditor
and Treasurerof the Western and Atlautic
Railroad, etc., that his Excellency, the
Governor, be respectfully requested to dis
place none of the incumbents of the offices
named in said hill, etc.
By Mr. PHILLIPS, of Echols, an act to
amend so much of Section 3,174 of “Ir
win’s Code,” as relates to the county of
Lowndes as a part of the Southern Judi
cial Circuit, by removing said county from
the Southern Judicial Circuit into the
Brunswick Judicial Circuit, as well as to
alter and fix the times of holding the Su
perior Courts in said county, and to pro
vide for drawing and summoning juries it*
accordance therewith.
Bv Mr. PORTER, of Chatham, a hill
entitled an act to extend the incorporation
of tiie German Eire Company of Savan
nah.
By Mr. SMITH, of Charlton, au act to
consolidate the offices of Receiver of Tax
Returns and Tax Collector, for the couuty
of Charlton.
By Mr. LEE, of Newtou, a bill to be en
titled an act to provide for the speedy and
sure collection by Clerks of the Superior
Courts, of their fees for recording deeds.
. By Mr. TUMLIN, of Randolph, a bill
to be entitled an act to exempt from jury
duty certain persons therein named.
By Air. IRWIN, of Habersham, au act
to reduce the bond of the Sheriffof Haber
sham county.
By Air. SISSON, of Fultou, a bill to be
entitled an act to incorporate the Atlantic
Classical College for young ladies.
By Mr. HILLYER, a resolution author
izing the Committee on Printing to pro
cure five thousand copies of the Governor’s
message, and tiie same number of copies
of his Inaugural Address, for distribu
tion by members of the House.
By Mr. HALL, of Glyuu, au act to
amend section 1429, of the Code of Geor
gia.
By Mr. POWELL, of Decatur, a bill to
be entitled an act to disfranchise felons, to
declare them ineligible to office, and for
other purposes therein named.
By Mr. TURNIPSEED, of Clay, an act
to continue in force the jury system of this
State, as provided iu Irwin’s Code, until
the plan proposed iu the new Constitution
shall go into operation.
By Mr. PORTER, of Chatham, a bill
entitled an act to alter aud amend the
4761, and 4707th sections of the Code, rela
tive to the powers and rights of the cor
poration of the city of Savaunah.
By Air. VINSON, of Crawford, an act
for the relief of Daniel W. Sanders, aud
others.
By Air. DAVIS, of Clarke, au act to
amend the Charter of the town of Athens.
By Air. HOLDEN, of Talaiferro, an act
to be entitled an act to change the law of
evidence.
By Air. HALL, of Aleriwether, a resolu
tion that the Committee on the Judiciary
be requested to take into consideration the
propriety of changing the Penal Code, so
as to reduce the number of offenses now
punishable with imprisonment aud labor
in the penitentiary.
By Mr. TURN ER, of Bibb, an act to de
fine and punish dueling.
By Air. BARNUM, of Stewart, a reso
lution reducing the per diem pay of mem
bers.
By Air. HALL, of Bulloch, a bill to be
entitled au act to remove the couuty site
of Bulloch county, and for other purposes.
fiy Mr. WELCHEL, ofYlaU a "bill to
be entitled an act to reduce the bond of
the Sheriff of the county of Hall, from
the sum of teu thousand dollars to the
sum of five thousand dollars.
By Air. SEALE, of Pike, an act to
amend 2530 aud 25315 t sections of the
Code of Georgia, for the benefit of indi
geutor helpless and dependent adult heirs.
By Air. SALTER, of Pulaski, a hill to
redeem the bond of the Sheriff’ of Pulas
ki eoutity, Ga.
By Air. BELL, of Bauks, an act to be
entitled an act to amend an act entitled au
act to incorporate the Georgia Air Line
Railroad Company, and confer on them
certain powers and privileges therein men
tioned, approved March sth, 1856, and acts
amendatory thereto.
By Mr. FITZPATRICK, of Bibb, an
application for charter of the Georgia Alu
tual Fire aud Life Insurance Company.
By Air. BALLANGER, of Floyd, an
act entitled an act to exempt from taxa
tion all foreign capital invested iu the
manufacture of cotton, wool, aud other
fibrous material.
By Mr. ELLIS, of Spalding, an act to
he entitled an act to compel the collection
of the unpaid taxes due lor the year 1867.
By Mr. PORTER, of Chatham, a joint
resolution to declare vacant the municipal
governments of towns aud cities in this
State, and to provide for the filling of the
same.
By Mr. HOLDEN,of Taliaferro, an act to
change the lines between the counties of
Greene aud Taliaferro.
By Mr. BARNUM, of Stewart, a reso
lution holding the Doorkeeper aud Mes
senger of the House to strict accountabili
ty for the safe keeping of the stationery of
the House, &c. Adopted.
By Mj'. CALDWELL, of Troup, a reso
lution fixing the day for joint election of
State House officers.
By Mr. ATKINS, of Oglethorpe, au act
to prevent any person from holding at the
same time the office of Ordinary and
the Clerkship of any other Court, ex
cept in certaiu counties.
By Mr. NISBIT, of Dade, a resolution
forbidding the use of the Representative
Hall forany political purposes.
By Mr. DUNCAN, of Houston, an act
to repeal so much of sections 919, 930, 939,
of Irwin’s Code of Georgia as relates to the
electiou of Tax Receivers and Tax Collec
tors, aud compensation therefor; and to
provide for the receiving and collecting of
State and county taxes by special contract;
to define the mode and manner of enforc
ing local contract, tile duties and liabili
ities of contractors, and the manner of set
tling therewith.
By SHACKLEFORD, of Heard, a bill
to be entitled au act to authorize the ad
ministrator of Lazarus Summerliu, de
ceased to sell certain lands belonging to
the estate of said deceased in Newton
county.
By Mr. PHILLIPS, of Echols, an act
to carry into effect the 14th section of the
sth article of the Constitution.
By Mr. ERWIN, of Habersham, a bill
to be entitled an act to provide for the
election of Justices of the peace and Con
stables.
By Mr. , of Calhoun, a hill to be
entitled an act to authorize R. F. Ken
drick of the county of Calhoun, to prac
tice physic aud collect his fees for the
same.
By Mr. BARNUM, ofStewart, an act to
be entitled au act to amend an act contro
ling the duties of Tax Receivers.
I By Mr. BARNUM, of Stewart an act
consolidate aud amend the several acts in
corporating the town of Lumpkin, in the
couuty of Stewart, aud to grant certaiu
privileges to the same.
Tiie House then adjourned till 10 o’clock
a. m., to-morrow.
SENATE.
Friday, July 31, 1868.
The Senate was opened with prayer bv
Rev. J. W. Traywick.
Mr, CANDLER said the Senate had ad
journed while iu executive session aud not
as the Senate proper. He wanted the
Journal put right.
The Journal was read and approved.
The PRESIDENT.—The question be
fore the Seuate is the appeal from the de
cision of the Chair.
Mr. CANDLER. According to the de
cision of the Chair there are two ques
tions before the Senate.
A motion was made to lay the appeal
from the Chair on the table.
Mr. MERRILL contended that the Gov
ernor had a right to withdraw his com
munication at any time before it was read.
AARON ALPEOKIA had been around
Congress and the Connecticut Legislature,
(he did not say Penitentiary.) The word
“executive” signifies secrecy. [That’s
Even the Regular Reporters
should not be present at Executive sea
sions He hoped Georgia would proceed
as other bodies in civilized countries.
Mr CANDLER, said that if we are in
executive session, a motion to lay au ap
peal on the table was not in order. He
thought the President was right to-day in
deciding we were uot in executive session
vesterday. He (C ) thought so at the
time, because the senate had not so order
ed. It was merely the dictum of the
C ' Md CANDLER withdrew the appeal.
The Presideut suggested that it might
be well to move a reconsideration ot as
much of the action of yesterday as relates
to going iuto executive session.
Motion to reconsider was carried.
Mr. CANDLER—The Governor had
sent a communication making certain
nominations. It was received by tbe sen
ate and ceased to be the property of the
Governor. His Excellency had thought
it necessary to ask leave to withdraw it.
No man, be he Governor, President or
Military Ruler, had a right to take a paper
from the Seuate of Georgia without the
permission of that body. The proposition
was monstrous. The Governor had acted
rightly in asking permission to withdraw
his communication. He (Candler) had
proof that the Governor’s Secretary had
received instructions to come and sit here
for the purpose of withdrawing the names
of parties nominated if it seemed to him
that the election was not favorable.
Air. SMITH, (7th Dist.,) made tiie point
of order that there was nothing before the
Senate showing that the Governor had
made any nominations.
Mr. CANDLER replied that the Gov
ernor himself had expressly stated the fact
in his communication.
The PRESIDENT decided tiie Senator
to be iu order. , ,
Mr. CANDLER. The Journal showed
that the Senate had received tiie commu
nication, and it should also show what it
contained. It has been charged that tiie
second communication of the Governor
asking to withdraw it, did not come from
bis Excellency. The evidence Went to
show that lie was not within a quarter ot
a mile of the State House at the time the
communication was penned ; that it was
gotten up by another. He (Mr. C.) want
ed to know whether Governor B. had been
imposed upon or the Senate insulted
The withdrawal should not be permitted
until tiie Senate knew all about it.
Air. BROCK had been working to get
the Democrats and Republicans together,
and to put down hard feeling.
Here a message was received from tiie
House rejecting Senate resolutions consol
idating offices of Surveyor General and
Secretary of State.
Air. BROCK proceeded. He thought the
Governor had a right to revoke his nomi
nations at any time before the Senate had
taken action on the same. There was a
disposition on the part of certain editors to
insinuate and to persecute any idea origina
ting with the Republican party, .whether
it be good or bad. This was wrong. Edi
tors on both sides should take a position
calculated to conciliate and procure har
mony. Gov. Bullock had been persecuted.
If he sent in good nominations, he ought
to be respected by all parties. He was em
phatically the Governor of Georgia, and
there.was no use to deny it. The Senator
requested’the opposition not to insult mem
bersofthe Republican party. He for one
would not vote to put a man on the Supreme
Bench who was unworthy to sit there. If
Demcrats would meet him half-way, he
would shake hands’with theni-IButtheGov
ernor had tiie right to withdraw any com
muication before it had been acted on by
the Senate.
Air. MERRELL. The question of a pure
judiciary was before the Senate.
Tiie PRESIDENT. That question is
not before the Senate.
Mr. AIERRILL Politics should notenter
into every matter that come3 up; but if
Democrats insisted upon it, he gave notice
that tiie gauntlet would be taken up. He
called the previous question.
The previous question was called -and
carried, so the communication of the Gov
ernor was withdrawn.
Air. HIGBEE introduced a resolution
embracing additional rules for the govern
ment of the Senate while in executive ses
sion.
The rules were suspended, and the reso
lution was taken up.
Air. CANDLER moved that a special
committee of three be appointed to pre
pare rules for the government of theKen
uc icieneu ro mat committee.
Air. HIGBEE moved to lay the motion
on the table.
Air. CANDLER believed there was not
a Senator on the floor who had any Sena
torial experience beyond that of the last
few weeks, and thought time should be
allowed to prepare sain rules.
Air. HIGBEE moved tiie previous ques
tion, which was carried.
The rules were adopted ; yeas 21, nays
15.
Air. HIGBEE offered a resolution au
thorizing the Secretary to send to Mil
ledge vi lie for all detached furniture belong
ing to his department which may he
needed for his use here. The Senate re
fused to suspend tiie rules.
The House resolution authorizing the
Superintendent of the State Road to pay
Ransom Alontgomery, (colored) a certain
sum aud to provide a home for him during
his life was taken up.
Air. CANDLER moved the Senate con
cur.
Air. ANDERSON desired to know some
thing about the case before action was
taken.
Mr. CANDLER explained how Ran
som had saved the Chattahoochee Bridge
from destruction by lire in former years,
saving the State $75,000; that a previous
Legislature had freed him as far as the
laws allowed, and allowed him an annuity
which had been withheld for a number of
years past; that Ransom was only claim
ing a just debt on the part of the State
Mr. HIGBEE moved to refer it to the
Judiciary Committee.
Mr. CANDLER saw no reason for such
action, as there could be no Constitutional
question arising out of it.
AARON ALPEORIA rose and made a
constitutional argument, the gist of which
did not transpire.
Mr. HUNGERFORD saw no use for so
much argument when it had been dis
tinctly proven that the Senate owed Ran
som the money. He moved the previous
question.
The motion to refer was lost, and the
Senate concurred with the House by a
two-third vote.
Mr. CAMPBELL (colored) introduced
a bi 1 declaring all acts of the present
Mayor and Council of Darien null and
void.
Mr. COLEMAN —A bill authorizing the
Governor to appoint a Tax Receiver for
Chatham county, to till the vacancy occa
sioned by the death of VV. R. Hopkins.
Mr. ('ORBIT —A bill to organize Dis
trict Courts and for other purposes.
A message was received from the House
refusing to concur in the Senate’s amend
ment to the House resolution directing
the State Treasurer to advance per diem to
officers and members of the Legislature
since July 4.
Mr. HARRIS moved to suspend the
order of business to take it up. Carried.
Mr. HARRIS then moved that the Sen
ate recede from its amendment. Carried.
Mr. HARRIS moved to concur in the
original resolution. Carried.
Mr. HARRIS moved to take up the
House resolution on election of State offi
cers. The Senate refused to suspend the
rules.
Mr. BLTRON, a bill to provide for the
holding of the Superior Courts in the fall
terms.
Mr. ADKINS, a bill to reduce bonds of
civil officers.
Mr. HIGBE, a bill for the removal of
the county site of any county.
Mr. NUNNALLY, a bill to incorporate
Griffin Loan, Trust and Savings Associa
tion.
Leave of absence was granted to Sena
tor Harris till Monday.
Mr. NI>NNALLY, a bill to incorporate
the Central Georgia Life Insurance Com
pany.
Mr. SPEER moved that when the Sen
ate adjourns it do so till Monday 10 o’clock.
Carried.
Mr. BROCK, a bill to make bills of in
dictment amendable.
Mr. CANDLER, a bill to incorporate
the Georgia Loan and Trust Company.
Adjourned till 10 o’clock Monday morn
ing.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
mu Friday, July 31, 1868.
The House met, Hon. W. Price Speak
er pro tem. in the Chair. Roll called and
proceedings of previous day read and con
firmed.
A motion to reconsider so much of the
Journal of yesterday as referred to the res
olution of Standing Committees, was made
and discussed at length by Messrs. Bryant
Shumate and Hall of Meriwether.
The motion to reconsider prevailed, when
it was moved by
Mr. BRYANT that the House do not
concur in the Senate’s action ou consoli
dation, and that the Senate beat once in
formed of the same. Adopted.
Mr. BAHNUM, of Stewart, was added
to the Committee ou Agriculture.
A message from the Senate was received
as follows:
Mr. Speaker : The Senate has passed the
following bills :
A bill to consolidate the offices of Secre
tary of State and Surveyor General, and
to provide a salary therefor.
A bill to be entitled an act to fix and es
tablish the salaries of the Judges of the
Supreme and Superior Courts, Solicitor
General. Secretary of the State, Treasuer
and Comptroller General, which I am di
rected to transmit forthwith to this branch
of the General Assembly.
Mr. SHUMATE, of Whitfield, moved
that the rules be suspended for the purpose
of reading bills from the Senate for the
first time. The motiou prevailed and the
following were read :
A bill entitled an act to fix and estab
lish the salaries of J udges of Supreme ami
Superior Courts and Solicitors General,
Secretary of State, Treasurer and Comp
troller General.
A bill to consolidate the offices of Secre
tary of Slate and Surveyor General, and
provide a salary therefor.
The rules were suspended for the pur
pose of readiug a communication from
Jesse Oslin, Messenger of the House, in
regatd to stationery. The document was
read, and some discussion was had in the
matter of furnishing members with sta
tionary. The Messenger made complaint
to the House that he was unable to obtain
a sufficient quantity from the office of the
Secretary of State, and asked the House to
take some action theieou. Per contra,
the clerk in the Secretary of State’s office
stated in a communication that he had
been admonished to economize the sta
tionary, but that the Messenger had not
been refused what had been deemed a
proper quantity for the use of members.
After several motions, and considerable
discussion thereon, the whole matter was
referred to the Committee on Printing
,The roll of counties was theu called for
the introduction of new matter, when the
following were read for the first time:
By Mr. SHUMATE, of Whitfield, an
act to incorporate the Citizens’ Bank at
Dalton, Ga., and to define the privileges of
said incorporation.
By Mr. W. B. GUAY, of Walker, a bill
to be entitled an act to fix the salaries of
Comptroller General and certain other
officers of the State of Georgia.
Bv Mr. DUNCAN, of Houston, an act
to allow F. F. Taber to practice medicine
in the couty of Bibb.
By Mr. DARNELL, of Pickens, a reso
lution to distribute Irwin’s Revised Code
among the various civil officers of the
State.
By Mr. HALL, of Meriwether, a bill
providing for the distribution fit' property
in certain cases.
Fessolved, That Jesse Oslin, Messenger,
be authorized to furnish stationery for the
use of the House. Referred to Committee
on Printing.
By Mr. PARKS, of Gwinnett, an act, of
incorporation of the Georgia Fire and
Marine Insurance Company.
By Mr. DUNCAN, of Houston, an act
to allow parties—plaintiff—to bring suit
upon cases within the Jurisdiction of Jus
tice Courts.
An act entitled an act to incorporate the
Cherokee Manufacturing Company, of
Flojd county, Ga.
By Mr. ANDERSON, of Cobb, a resolu
tion to appoint a special committee to con
sider the subject of relief.
By. Mr. WILLIAMS, of Morgan, a res
olution that some of the committee visit
ing Milledgeville, &c., be instructed to
bring such books from the State Library
as may be wanted for the use of the Gen
eral Assembly.
By Mr. GULLATT, a resolution,
whereas, one Chatters claims to occupy a
seat in the House, &c.
By Mr. ANDERSON, of Cobb, Re
solved that the Judiciary be instructed to
cousider the propriety of a law creating
the office of public administrator, &c.
By Mr. ANDERSON, of Cobb, a resolu
tion that the Committee ou Judiciary be
instructed to consider the propriety, &e.
By Mr. JOINER, of Dougherty, salary
of Judges of Superior Courts, &c.
By. Mr. JOINER, of Dougherty, to re
duce Sheriffs’ bonds.
By Mr. WILLIAMS, of Morgan, an act
to encourage internal improvement.
By. Mr. TURNIPSEED, of Clay couu
tv -du '.-ft •vrdnster me 'same property
more than one time.
By Mr. CLEGHORN, of Chattooga, an
act to incorporate the town ofTrion.
A bill to be entitled an act to change the
time of holding the Superior Courts for
the couuty of Catoosa.
By Mr. OSGOOD, of Chatham, a bill to
be entitled an act to authorize the Govern
or to appoint a tax receiver to fill a vacan
cy occasioned by the death of W. R. Hop
kins.
By Mr. POWELL,of Decatur, a bill to
be entitled an act to levy an extra tax suf
ficient to pay each maimed soldier in this
Slate, a sum not less than S6O per aunum.
A petition from certain officers of Savan
nah, to adopt certain schedule fees. Re
ferred to Judiciary Committee without be
ing read.
By Mr. TALIAFERRO, of Fulton, a
bill extending State aid to Air Line Rail
road from Fulton county —called Geor
gia Air Line Railroad Company.
A resolution was adopted inviting the
Mayor and Council of the City of Atlanta
to seats upon the floor of the House.
The Senate resolution authorizing the
Treasurer to advauce 75 per cent per diem
to members was taken up; when it was
moved and adopted that the House do not
concur.
A resolution was adopted directing the
Clerk to convey said action to the Senate.
A resolution authorizing the Speaker to
appoint a committee of three to visit Mill
edgeviiie for the purpose of examining in
to the condition of the Penitentiary, aud
other public institutions, w'as read the sec
ond time, aud after considerable discus
sion, referred to the Committee on the
Penitentiary.
A message from the Senate was received
announcing that that body had concurred
in the House resolution on the “ Ransom
Montgomery memorial.”
The Senate resolution suspending the
collection of levies aud sale was taken up.
Mr. TLRNIPSEED, of Clay, offered an
amendment of a modifying character, and
supported his amendment in a vigorous
speech. The cry of demagogues in this
State had long been “relief,” and now that
the elections were over, he had hoped to
hear no more of it. The courts, as they
now stand, together with the Homestead
laws, amounted to all the relief that this
people want. Such relief as was proposed
by the resolution was unjust, and would
operate oppressively.
Here a message from the Senate as fol
lows was announced :
Mr. Speaker : The Senate has receded
from its amendment of the House resolu
tion to authorize the Treasurer to make
certain advances to officers and members
of this General Assembly, and they have
, concurred in said resolution, and I am di
rected to transmit the same forthwith to
this branch of the General Assembly.
After the reading of the above
Mr. O’NEAL, of Lowndes, obtained the
floor in support of relief aud in supoort of
the resolution.
Mr. r l LRNER, of Bibb, was opposed to
relief, and should voteagainstevery meas
ure of that kind. And while givin° r his
reasons for so doing, the hour of adjourn
ment arrived, when the Speaker’s ham
mer fell.
SENATE.
There was no session of the Senate to
day.
house of representatives.
Saturday, August 1, 1868.
House met. Hon W. P. Price, Speaker
pro tem. in the Chair. Prayer by Rev. W.
M. Crumley. Roll called. The proceed
ings of yesterday read, when
Mr. MAUL, of Muscogee, moved to re
consider so much of the Journal as related
to one Chatters (negro) who was charged
with occupying a Hea t and desk, using
stationery, &c. °
Mr. SCOTT, of Floyd, opposed the re
consideration. He was satisfied that the
charges were true; and he had been in
formed that on several occasions absent
members on that side of the House, when
their names had been called had voted
He had reason to believe that there was
, He J as also informed that
Chatters had used stationery, and was in
the constant occupancy of a seat and de-k
Such was not proper, Ac.
Mr- O’NEAL, of Lowndes, and others
on that side of the House, spoke in favor
of reconsideration. Considerable discus
sion ensued, when the motion to recon
sider was lost.
The first business in order was the con
sideration of the Senate resolution, as fol
lows :
A resolution to suspend levies and sales
under execution in this State, until the
General Assembly now in session shall
take final action upon the Relief and
Homestead measures in tbeCoustitutiou
of said State: . IT .
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives, that all levies and adver
tised sales under execution in this Stale,
be aud are hereby suspended until this
General Assembly shall take fiual action
upon the Relief measures in the Constitu
tiou, and the Homstead therein Provided,
except wages due for labor, taxes, officers
costs, and except in cases where the
fendants reside without the limits ot the
State, when he is fraudulently con
veying his property for tiie purpose of
avoiding the payment of his just debts
when he is seeking to move his property
beyond the limits of said State, aud when
‘he absconds.
Mr. TURNER, of Bibb, (colored,) being
entitled to the floor, resumed his discus
sion. He was opposed to all sorts of Re
lief.” If the white people of Georgia did
not want it, he was unwilling to force it
upon them aud hoped bis race were of the
same opinion. His race had been relieved
of certain burdens, and it did not become
them now to vote for anything that would
have a damading effect upon the white
people. He should oppose all such.
Mr. PHILLIPS, of Echols, also spoke
in opposition to the measure.
Mr. O’NEAL, of Lowndes, offered an
amendment to the effect that all levies
ami executions be stayed until the Gener
al Assembly shall take actiou thereon, re
fuse to do so, or adjourn ; anil in lengthy
remarks supported liis amendment.
Mr. SHUMATE, of Whitfield, spoke in
opposition.
The question vaa called, when Mr.
O’Neal’s amendment was lost by yeas 55,
nays 62. ... ,
Mr. Turuipseed’s amendment, being of
u modifying character, and offered ou the
previous day, was taken up and discussed.
The yeas aiid nays were called, and stood
as follows: Yeass9. nayss9. Therebeiug
a tie vote, the Speaker voted in the nega
tive. This amendment was, theietore,
lost.
The Senate resolution was then taken
up for the concurrence of tlie House. The
yeas and nays being called, stood as fol
lows: Yeas 63, nays 57.
Mr. BALLENGER, of Floyd, offered a
bill relating to Asylums, and other public
institutions. Read first time.
A message from his Excellency the Gov
ernor was announced, when Mr. Eugene
Davis, his Secretary, entered the Hall,
and read as follows :
Mr. SPEAKER—Tiie Governor has ap
proved and signed the following resolu
tions to-wit:
A resolution requesting his Excellency
the Governor to furnish the members of
the Legislature and all civil officers of this
State, with a copy of the Constitution,
Ordinances, &c., passed by the Georgia
Constitutional Convention; also,
A resolution authorizing the Treasurer
to make certain advances to the officers
and members of the General Assembly.
The Chairman of the Committee on
Printing made a report that tiie matter of
stationery, which had been referred to
that committee, had been considered, and
they bad agreed upon a resolution making
it tiie duty of tiie Clerk of tlie House to
procure stationery and to distribute tiie
same to members upon their application.
Tiie resolution was adopted.
The Senate bill consolidating certain
State House offices, and providing salaries,
tfcc., was taken up, lead a second time and
ordered to be engrossed.
House adjourned.
UENERAL (iOHIIOX S LETTER OF ACCEIT
WCE AS STATE ELECTOR.
Atlanta, July 27, 1868.
General John B. Gordon :
Dear Sir—The Democratic and Conser
vativeCouvention,which assembled in this
city on tiie 23d instant placed in nomina
tion your name as Elector for the State at
large, in support of the nominees of tlie
National Democratic party of the United
States in the pending Presidential elec
tion, and charged the undersigned with
the duty of communicating with you, and
knowing your pleasure in reference to ac
cepting said nomination.
Please signify tiie same to us at as early
a day as may suit your convenience.
Very or , QUITT>
C. Peeples.
R. E. Lester,
J. M. Russell,
Dr. Leland,
B. F. Harris,
S. J. Smith,
Atlanta, Ga., July 29, 1868.
Messrs. A. H. Colquitt, C. Peeples, It. E
Lester, J. M. Bussell, Dr. Leland, B. F.
Harris, S. J. Smith, Committee—
Gentlemen: Yours of the 27th inst.
is received. 1 embrace my first leisure to
reply. I had supposed that silence gave
consent; aud that no formal communica
tion was needed to signify my acceptance-
If the wisdom of antiquity lias pro
nounced neutrality in civil dissensions
incompatible with the duties of good citi
zenship, surely in this particular crisis, so
full of perils and so fraught with hope for
the Republic, indifference or refusal to
lend all possible aid for the rescue of the
country, would involve more than ordina
ry criminality.
I accept the appointment, and feel hon
ored by your choice of me as an Elector.
Several of your committee were delegates
to the New York Convention, and can
testify with me the profound convictions
and glowing purposes of our Democratic
brethrefi of the North, in view of the per
ilous and sublime responsibilities of the
present hour. It surpassed our most san
guine expectations. Never, perhaps, in
the history of the country, have the old
Democratic altars appeared to flame with
so bright a glow of uuseffish and unmin
gled patriotism. The South must do what
site can to hold up the hands of tiie North
in litis great effort for the liberties of both
sections.
I have very little patience with the lan
guage of shallow fancies or petty false
alarms; but it painfully apparent that we
are face to face with, or rather surrounded
by, the most stupendous political peril.
We have, however, only reached that cape
of “Good Hope” around which the tem
pests thunder and fearful phantoms are
said to loom upwards to the skies; but
where, if we keep our hand on the chart
of the Constitution, the very whirlwinds
that rend our canvas and threaten our
wreck, will only drive us the more rapid
ly on that halcyon sea on which fortune
and felicity will attend our sails and mark
the termination of our voyage.
But what are the perils that environ us?
Why do we ask to displace the party in
power?
Because it tramples under foot all the
maxims of liberty and all the traditions
ol tbe Fathers.
Because it has inflicted taxation without
representation, a tyranny at the bottom
of every revolution in the history of the
Saxon race.
Because *it has enthroned military
pow’er, and made civil government subor
dinate to the sword.
Because it has practically changed the
distinctive features of the government by
subverting aud setting aside two of its
co ordinate departments, and dragged the
Executive and Judiciary at the wheels of
mad and reckless revolution. •
Because it has piled a national debt
high as the pyramids, which threatens
like those monuments of despotism to be
come the tomb of the nation’s liberty.
Because its language is equivocal. When
it says ‘Peace” it means “War” war be
tween the races at the South—aud when
it says “Union,” it means “Disunion ”
Because it lias turned a deaf ear to’ the
honest protestations of acceptance of the
results of the war by the South, and made
obedience to the behests of party, the only'
test of the loyalty of her people—thus dis
couraging the honorable aud conscientious
and tempting by bribes of power, the
weak and ambitious.
Because its policy tends to perpetuate ill
will between the sections, and to an inevi
table war of races at the South.
Finally, because it has let loose and
clouded tbe laud with a locust flight of
wrongs and abuses which I have not time
to particularize, and which could only live
in the atmosphere of despotism.
Believing as I conscientiously do, that
the success of the Radical party would de
feat pacification, inaugurate the reign of
the sword, and subvert the liberties of the
land, I shall continue, by all lawful means
to do my utmost for the defeat of its can
didates and its principles.
I conjure all who are proud of the name
of American citizens,” and who sin
cerely desire to inaugurate an era of good
will among all the peojde, to join with us,
without regard to past diflerences, and la
bor for the success of the Democratic part v
for its success means peace-harmony be
tween the sections , justice to both races
and prosperity to our whole country
yours B ™’ geatlemen - ver y respectfully |
J. B. Gordon:
SATURDAY, AUG I, 1868.
“ Let Us Have PEACK”-Says Wash
burn, per Grant. And a Radical speaker
ataGraut meeting in Washington City
explains, as follows, what sort of peace !»
meant. The Graut voters who tried to
murder the Richardson brothers last week
in this city, know without any explana
tion :
Gentlemen— l propose to settle the ne .
groes in some portion of the t nited States
where they may have'tlieir own govern
ment and ttieir own laws. [A voice
“South Carolina.” Other voices—“ That’s
the doctrine,” “That’s tiie place,” l v,. i
That man said right, continued the kadi
cal speaker, and I would like to live Inn,,
enough to see every white man in South
Carolina now in lieJl and the negroes in
habiting their territory. [Loud applause.
I bid you God speed in clearing out tin
sympathizers with treason in the District
of Columbia. [Applause.] It would imt
wound my feelings any day to tind
the dead bodies of rdtul sympathizers
pierced with bullet holes in every street
aud alley of Washington. [Applause t.y
the Peace party.] Yes, I would regret
this, for I would not like to witness all
this waste of powder and lead. I would
rather have them hung and the roj*>
saved. Let them dangle until tHeir stink,
iug bodies rot and fall to the ground piece
by piece.
Looking Up.—We are gratified to lcaru
from the Party County News that lands in
that section are rapidly appreciating in
value. Three or four plantations in Cal
houn county sold recently at prices greatly
beyond what the same places would have
brought at any time since the Fall of Inn
and for cash, too. It hears of s4o,ihni cash
being offered for one place in the upper
portion of Early county, aud notes the sale
of a farm of 1600 acres to a Connecticut
man, some three months ago.
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A BLAST FROM TIIE MOIVIXIV*
The following is an extract front a pri
vate note to a gentleman in this city, it
comes from that region where Joe Brown
is best known, and breathes a greeting to
the friends of truth all over the State. It
is the greeting of tlie mountaineers to the
men in the valley—the true, heartfelt joy
of honest met# over the downfall of a
traitor:
Ringoold, Ga., July 30, istls.
* * Just now everybody—Demo
crats as well as Radicals—are rejoicing
over tiie defeat of Joseph Ephraim Brown
for United States Senator. 1 don’t suppose
there is any other man in Georgia as well
known as the said Joseph, who is half as
unpopular. His defeat is the best tiling
that has happened since the surrender.
Everybody up this way seems to be well
pleased with Seymour and Blair, and a
large vote will be given them.
The Right Man Found.—The pubic
will remember the recent ;trial by court
martial of young Cody, of Warrenton,
charged with the murder of a l'nited
States soldier in that town, in March last.
Mr. Cody was acquitted. We learn that
the military are uow satisfied that they
have discovered the really guilty party,
in the person of a colored man.
We find the above in the Radical papei
published at Augusta. What reparation
is to be made Mr. Cody for his brutal treat
ment while under arrest—his long con
finement, the shackles upon bis wrists,
and all the other refinement of diabolism
which distinguished military rule in Geor
gia ? We doubt even if this statement
finds its way into half a dozen Radical
papers in all the country. So it goes.
CROPS I V DECATUR COl ATI.
We learn from a friend, (Mr. T. A. Bar
row,) who plants in this county, aud who
paid us a visit yesterday, that the cotton
n r,,r. 1-. «-•-*»- , )—* .. Ufa aulllT
ed much from the drought. Owing, how
ever to the greater area planted, enough
will probably be made to meet tlie wants
of the county. There is about one-third
less land in cultivation than last year.
The caterpillar has made its appearance in
the Southern and Western portion of the
county, but not much trouble is appre
hended on that score. Fine rains have
fallen recently, the crops are clean and
the freed men are working very well. In
short, the outlook is good for Decatur.
Hd’qrs. Sub-District of Geurgia, i
Atlanta, Ga., July 30, isos. ,
General Orders No. 5.
The State Government elect having
been properly inaugurated, it is hereby
announced, in obedience to orders from
the Commanding General of tiie Third
Military District, dated Headquarters
Third Military District, Atlanta, Ga., Ju
ly S2d, 1868: That military authority,
under the act of Congress aud the supple
mentaries thereto, known as the “ Recon
struction Acts,” hereby terminates in the
State of Georgia, designated the “Sub-
District of Georgia,” aud everything ap
pertaining to the government of said State
is transferred to the proper civil officers
In future, no officer iu this command will
in any way interfere with the execution
of the civil law, or exercise, or attempt to
exercise, control over the civil autHbrities
of this State in persons and property of its
citizen.
Commandingoflicersof theseveral posts
in this sub-district will be held accounta
ble for any violation of ttiis order, and are
directed to exercise such measures, con
sistent with tiie rules and articles given
for their government and guidance, as will
promote amicable feelings, and encourage
the continuance of the harmonious rela
tions which have heretofore existed be
tween tiie military and civil authorities.
Ry command of Brevet Brig. General
C. C. Sibley.
[Signed] John E. Hos.mkr,
Ist Lieut. 16th U. S. Infantry, A. A. A. (<•
i.atekt news mow k\i.t iti\i;h.
Intercepted Diapatrlieii.—Strainer “Radiral"
rived.—Joe liroun and Foster llludgett on Hoard
Head Waters, Sai.t River, f
July 30, 1868. i
Dr. Bam. Baud, Editor New Era—
Blodgett and 1 arrived here safe This is
my first trip, and I am not familiar with
Ilie country ; I am informed, however, by
old settlers, that the soil is well adapted
for raising collards. 1 shall try it.
Blodgett Xand I are preparing winter
quarters. He is a little uneasy about thut
indictment for perjury in the United
Court at Savannah.
Can’t you get it settled ?
The issue with him was, the Senate or
the Penitentiary. Having lost the lir-t
he is afraid of the latter.
The steamer returns to-day.
Yours Affectionately,
Joseph E.
[Atlanta Constitution, 30 th.
Remarks of Josh Hill. —Shortly af
ter the adjournment of the Legislature
yesterday, a large crowd assembled in
front of the United States Hotel, and call
ed loudly for the newly elected Senator,
Mr. Hill, who appeared upon tbe balcony
and made them a short address. He did
not regard it as an individual success:
that would tie of small moment; it was a
triumph of principle. He wauted th*
people—the whole people—to have peace,
and Georgia to have her best men for pub
lic officers. It was more important for
tier to have upright, honest, reliable and
competent judicial officers than even aide
United States Senators.—While lie could
never forget the kindness of those who had
elected him, still it was not in his nature
to exult over a fallen enemy. He trusted,
nay he knew that what hail been done to
day wouid be for the good of the people of
Georgia. Nights and days had been spent
in laboring to secure this victory, and be
thanked all who hadcoutributed to it. It
should be bis study to cultivate good feel
ing and harmony, to obliterate passion
and bitterness, and he now pledged hi"*'
self to serve in that capacity and in that
line. He wanted no extraordinary police
force —no militia of any soft in Georgia
He should use his power aud influence to
prevent it. In conclusion he counseled
obedience to the laws, and peaceful rela
tions between the races. —Atlanta Cons'i
tudon, 30 th.
In 1844 the Democrats Polk-ed their
opponents. In 1852 they Pieree-d them.
In 1856 they Bu-c(h)an’d them, and after
1868 we will not Sey-mour of them.