Newspaper Page Text
BY J. W. BURKE & CO.
|iiieorgia Journal <6 Messenger,
j. w. BrßKfi A- CO., Proprietor*.
A. W. UEV.SB, ) _
8. BOSK, J ’
Wednesday, aug. ,12 TsST
CAl T OHT IA TIIKIR OWN TRAP.
The project hatched at Washington by
Jacobin conspirators to deprive the people
of the Houth of a voice in the coming elec
tion, rests for its justification upon Article
11, Section 1, Clause 2, of the Federal Con
stitution, which reads as follows :
“ Each State shall appoint In such man
ner as the Legislature thereof may direct,
a number of electors equal to the whole
number of Senators and Representatives
to which the Btate may be entitled in
Congress; but no Senator or Representa
tive, or person holding an office of trustor
profit under the United States, shall be
appointed an elector.”
Very well. So far they have color of
law , though not of right, for the proposed
usurpation.
But the 14tli Article, commonly known
as the Howard Amendment, and which
has recently been declared a part of the
same Constitution, and is, of course, of the
same binding effect, also declares in Sec
tion 2 that: ..... ~ *■ •
Representatives shall be apportioned
among the several States according to
their respective numbers, counting the
whole number of persons in each State,
excluding Indians not taxed. Rut when
the right to vote at any election for the
choice of electors for President and Vice-
President of the United States, representa
tives in Congress, the executive and judi
cial officers of a State, or the members of
the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of
the male inhabitants of such State, being
twenty-one years of age and citizens of the
United States, or in any way abridged,
except for participation in rebellion or
other crime, the basis of representation
therein shall be reduced in the proportion
which the number of such male' citizens shall
bear to the whole number of male citizens
twenty-one years of aye in such Stale ”
“The engineer is hoist with his own pe
tard.” The conclusion is irresistible that
if these Radical traitors in order to prop
up their sinking cause, and perpetuate
their infernal rule, shall take from the
people of any State the election of Presi
dential Electors, and thrust it into the
hands of the creatures who are holding
mock Legislatures by virtue of certificates
given by the bayonet and a polluted ballot
box. the citizens of that State, not mem
bers of such Legislature, would be ex
cluded from representation ! That “little
game” would give the State no more than
one hundredth part of one vote in the
Electoral College, instead of the number
to which she would be entitled under the
common method of choosing Electors.
Probably the devisers of this scheme to
cheat the people have overlooked this dif
ficulty. We shall see how they propose
to surmount it.
If the Democrats of the North are not
men of straw, though, with ditch water
instead of good, red blood in their veins,
they will never permit the consummation
of auy such monstrous outrage upon their
rights. They should so declare, too, and
in terms that even tlie mad, guilty, crime
stained wretches who are clutching at pow
er with such frenzy, should l>e forced to
hear and heed. If these things called Leg
islatures at the South, are to have this
power plaoedjin their hands, why not those
at the Nortli ? In many States, there, the
Legislature Is of one polities, and the peo
ple another. In Connecticut, Pennsyl
vania, and, we think, New Jersey, the
Legislature is Radical, while the majority
of the people as they have spoken at the
polls, are bitterly hostile to that faction.
Suppose those Legislatures see fit “to di
rect” that Electors be chosen by themsel
ves instead of the people, wliat will a
Democratic majority of the people do.
We shall not be surprised to see even this
“jump forward” taken by Radicalism
Grant’s election having been declared “a
patriotic necessity,” and the country
solemnly told that an adverse verdict to
his pretensions at the polls, “must bring
war,” why should his supporters hesitate
at this, or any other outrage to achieve
their purposes?
Men of the North ! the wolf may be
howling at your own doors before Novem
ber! The Southern fold having been
ravaged, your luru comes next. Will you
stand it? That’s the question. Radical
ism as cowardly as it is vindictive, will
interpret the first sign of blenching upon
your part as an affirmative answer to that
question.
MR. TIMLIN »l' RANDOLPH.
We observe that this gentlemau lias been
grossly misrepresented by the reporter of
tlie radical sheet published at Atlanta.
The report says:
“Mr. Tumliu introduced a resolution
providing that the military municipal ap
pointees hold their offices until their suc
cessors are duly elected. The house re
fused to take up the resolution.”
Mr. Tumlin introduced no such resolu
tion. The following is what he did intro
duce and is quite the reverse of what is
stated above:
Whereas, Military authority, having
ceased to exist in the State of Georgia,
Ist. Be it Resoloed, by tlie General As
sembly now convened , That all persons
whomsoever, in this State holding auy
Municipal office by virtue of any military
Commission whatever, shall be and are
hereby removed from said office or offices.
2nd. Be it Resolved, That all offices
vacated by virtue of Section Ist, of this
resolution be resumed by those who have
been removed from the same by Military
Commission only. They being required to
act in their respective official capacities as
prescribed by the civil Laws of this State,
until the time prescribed by their respec
tive charters shall have arrived for holding
elections.
Needs Assistance. Bullock needs
more Secretaries. Those he has, don’t seem
to be exactly au fait in their simplest du
ties. Homebody should volunteer to teach
them how to draw up a proclamation for
the arrest of criminals. One recently is
sued gives no description at all of the
criminal, while another, alter mentioning
height, etc., says he is of “dark complex
ion.” How dark ? Dark enough to be a
" friend and fellow citizen?”
Brown, of course, can’t show him every
thing. If the Secretaries he has hired
don’t understand their business, let him
draw on the Express Company. There
are scores of men in its employ who
would not make such blunders. Aye,
and who could teach Bullock how to play
Governor, better than he has shown him
self capable of doing yet.
W. A. Ballard, Esq.— It gives us
pleasure to state that this gentlemau, who
was, put down among tlie radicals, in the
present Legislature, is now acting with
tlie democrats. He is one of the most re
liable voters, and is always on hand at the
right Time and in the right place. We
trust that the people of Monroe will re
ward Mr. Ballard for his present manly
position, when such strong influences of
every kind have been brought to bear to
induce him to follow in the radical drive
for spoils and plunder.
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS
Mr. Seymour's Letter of Acceptance.
HK ENDORSES EVERY PLANK l.\ THE DEM
OCRATIC PLATFORM.
Utica, August 4, 186S.
Gentlemen—When in the city of New
York ou the 11th ult., in the presence of a
vast multitude, on behalf of the Na
ional Democratic Convention, you lender
d to me its unanimous nomination as the
taudidate for the office of President of the
United States, I stated I had no words
“adequate to express my gratitude for the
good will and kindness which that body
had shown to me. Its nomination was
unsought and unexpected. It was my
ambition to take au active part, from
which I am now excluded, in the great
struggle going on for the restoration of
good government, of peace aud prosperity
to our country, but I have been caught up
by the overwhelming tide which is bear
ing us ou to a great political change, and I
find myself unable to resist its pressure.
You have also given me a copy of the res
olutions put forth by the Convention,
showing its position upon all the great
questions which now agitate the country.
As the presiding officer of that Conven
tion, lam familiar witli their scope and
import. As one of its members, 1 am a
party to their terms. They are in accord
with my views aud 1 stand upon them in
the contest .upon which we are now enter
ing, and I shall strive to carry them out
in future wherever I may be placed, iu po
litical or private life. I then stated that I
would send yon these words of acceptance
iu a letter, as is tiie customary form. I
see no reason upon reflection to change or
qualify the terms of my approval of tiie
resolutions of tiie Convention.
I have delayed the more formal act of
communicating to you iu writing what I
then publicly said for the purpose of see -
ing what light the action of Congress
would throw upon the interests of the
country. Its acts since the adjournment
of the Convention show an alarm lest a
change of political power will give to the
people what they ought to have—a clear
statement of what lias been done with
the money drawn from them during the
pass eight years.
Thoughtful ineu feel that there have
been wrongs in the financial management
which have been kept from the public
knowledge. The Congressional power has
not only allied itself with military power
which is to be brought to hear directly up
on the election in many States, but it also
holds itself iu perpetual session, with the
avowed purpose of making such laws as
it shall see fit in view of the elections
which will take place within a few weeks.
It did not, therefore adjourn, but took a
recess, to meet agaiu if its partisan inter
ests shall demand Us reassembling. Never
l>efore in the history of our ........i-,- o --
congress thus taken a menacing altitude
towards its electors. Under Us influence
some of tiie States organized by its agents
are proposing to deprive the people of the
right to vote for Presidential electors, aud
the first bold steps are taken to destroy
the rights of suffrage. It is not strange,
therefore, that thoughtful men see iu such
action the proof that there is with those
who shape the policy of the Republican
party motives stronger and deeper than j
the mere wish to hold the political power, j
that there is u dread of some exposure j
which drives them on to acts so desperate
and so impolitic. Many of the ablest
leaders and journals of the Republican pur
ty have openly deplored the violence of
( ongressional action and its tendency to
keep up discord in ourcountry. Thegreat
interests of our Union demand peace, or
der and a return to those industrial pur
suits without which we cannot maintain
the faith or honor of our Government.
The minds of business men are perplexed
by uncertainties. The hours of toil of our ;
laborers are lengthened by the costs of liv
ing made by the direct and indirect exac
tions of Government. Our people are
harrassed by the heavy and frequent de
mands of the tax-gatherer. Without dis
tinction of party there is a strong feeling
in favorof that line of action which shall
restore order and confidence and shall lift
off the burdens which now hinder and
vex the industry of the country. Yet at j
this moment those In power have thrown j
in the Senate chamber and Congressional
hall new elements of discord and violence,
men have been admitted |as represeuta- |
lives of some of the Southern States with
the declaration upon their lips that they j
cannot live iu the States they claim to
represent without military protection.
These men are to make laws for the North
as well as the South.
These men who a few days since were
seeking as suppliants that Congress would
give them power withiu their respective
States are to-day Hie masters and control
lers of the actions of those bodies. Enter
ing them with minds filled with passions
their first demands have been that Con
gress shall look upon the States from
which they came as in conditions of civil
war; Unit the majority of their popula
tions, embracing their intelligence, shall
be treated as public enemies; that milita
ry forces shall be kept up at the cost of the
people of the North, aud that there shall
be no peace and order at the South save
that vvbicli is made by arbitrary power.
Every intelligent man knows that these
men owe their seats in Congress to the
disorder In the South. Every man knows
that they not only owe their present posi
tions to disorder, but that every motive
springing from the love of power, of gain,
of a desire for vengeance, prompts them
to keep the Soutli in anarchy. While that
exists they are independent of the will or
wishes of their fellow-citizens. While
confusion reigns they are tlie dispensers of
the profits and the honors which grow out
ofa Government of mere force. These meu
are now placed in positions where they
cannot only urge their views of policy, but
where they can enforce them. When
others shall be admitted in this manner
from tlie remaining Southern States, al
though they will have in truth no constit
uents, they will have more power in the
Senate than a majority of the people of
this Union, living in nine of the great
States. In vain the wisest members of
tlie Republican party protested against
tlie policy that led to this result. While
the chiefs of the late rebellion have sub
mitted to tlie results of the war, and arc
now quietly engaged in the usual pursuits
for the support of themselves and their
families, and aie trying by the force of
their example to lead back the people of
the South to the order and industry not
only essential to their well being, but to
the greatness and prosperity of our corn
men country, we see that those who,
without ability or influence, have been
thrown by the agitators of civil convulsion
into positions of honor and profit, are
striving to keep alive the passions to
which they owe their elevation, and they
clamorously insist that they are tlie only
friends of our Union—a Uuiou that can
have only a sure foundation in fraternal
regard, and a common desire to promote
the peace, tlie order and the happiness of
all sections of our land.
Events in Congress since the adjourn
ment of the Convention have vastly in
oieased the importance of a political vic
tory by those who are seeking to bring
back economy, simplicity and justice in
tlie administration of our national affairs.
Many Republicans have heretofore clung
to their party who have regretted the ex
tremes of violence to which it has run.
They have cherished a faith that while the
action of their political friends has been
mistaken, their motives have been good.
They must now see that tiie Republican
party is in that condition that it cannot
carryout a wise and peaceful policy, what
ever its motives may be. It is a misfortune
not only to the country but to a governing
parly itself when its action is unchecked
by any form of opposition. It has been
tlie misfortune of the Republican party
that tlie events of the past few years have
given it so much power that it has been
able to shackle the Executive, to trammel
the judiciary, and to carry out the views
of the most unwise and violeut of its
members.
When this state of things exists.in any
party it has ever boen found that the so
ber judgments of its ablest leaders do not
control. There is hardly au able man
who helped to build up the Republican
organization who lias not within the past
three years warned it against its excesses;
who lias not been borne down and forced
to give up liis convictions of what the in
terests of the country called for ; or if too
patriotic to do this, who has not been
driven from its ranks. If this has teen
tlie case heretofore what will be its action
I now with this new infusion of men, who,
without a decent respect for the views of
those who had just given them their posi
tions, begin their legislative career with
calls for arms, demands that their States
shall be regarded as in a condition of civil
war, aud with a declaration that they are
ready and anxious to degrade the i’rcsi
dent of the United States whenever they
can persuade or forced Congress to bring
forward new articles of impeachment.—
The Republican party, as well as we, are
interested in putting some check upon
this violence. It must he clear to every
thinking man that a division of political
power tends to check the violence of party
action, and to assure the peace and good
order of society.
The election of a Democratic Executive
a’id a majority of Democratic members to
the House of Representatives would not
give to that party organization the power
to make sudden and violent changes, but
it would serve to check those extreme
measures which have been deplored by the
best men of both political organizations.
The result would certainly lead to that
peaceful restoration of the Union and re
establishment of fraternal relationship
which the country desires. lam sure the
(test men of the Republican party deplore
as deeply as I do, tiie spirit of violence
shown tiy those recently admitted to seats
in Congress from the South. The condi
tion of civil war which they contemplate
must be abhorrent to every right-thinking
;nan. I have no mere personal wishes j
which mislead my judgment in regard to
the pending election. No man who has
weighed and measured the duties of the
office of President of the United States
can fail to be impressed with tiie cares I
aud toils of him who is to meet its de
mands. It is not merely to float with pop
ular currents without a policy or a pur
pose. On the contrary, while our (Jonsti.
tution give just weight to the public will,
its distinguishing feature is that it seeks
to protect the rights of minorities, its
greatest glory is that it puts restraints
upon power. It gives force aud forms to
those maxims and principles of civil lib
erty for wliich.tbe martyrs of freedom have
struggled through ages. It declares the
right of the people to secure in their per
sons, houses ami papers against unreason
able searches and seizures. That Congress
shall make no law respecting an establish
ment of religion, or tiie free exercise there
of, or abridging tiie freedom of speech, or
of the press, or the right of the people to
petition for redress of grievances, it secures
the right of speedy amt public trial by an
impartial jury.
No man can enter upon the
duties of tiie Presidential office unless lie
is not only willing to carry out the wishes
of the people, expressed in a constitution
al way, but is also prepared to stand up
for the rights of minorit es ; he must lie
ready to uphold the free exercise of re
“ifc ? <flrtr<Yme
rights or the religious conscience of the
humblest citizen of the laud, lie must
maintain, without distinction of creed, or
nationality, all the privileges of American
citizenship. The experience of every pub
lic man who has been faitlilul to his tiust,
teaches him that no one can do tiie duties
of tiie office of President unless lie is
ready, not only to undego tbe falsehoods
and abuse of the bad, but to suiter from
tbe censure of the good who are misled by
prejudices and misrepresentation. There
are no attractions in such positions,
which deceive my judgment when I say
that a great chance is going on in the
public mind. The mass of the Republi
can parly arc more thoughtful, tem|**r
ate and just Ilian they were during the
excitement which attended the progress
and close of the civil war.
As the energy of the Democratic party
springs from their devotion to their cause
and not to their candidates, I may with
propriety speak the fact that never iu the
political history of our country has tiie ac
tion of a like body been hailed with such
universal and widespread enthusiasm as
that which lias been shown iu relation to
the position of tiie National Dernocgitic
Convention. With this the candidates
had nothing to do. Had any others of
those named, been selected, this snirit
would have been perhaps more marked.
Tiie zeal and energy of conservative mas
ses spring from a desire to make a change
in the political policy, and from confi
dence that they can carry out their pur
jwise. Iu this faith they are strengthened
by the co-operation of the great body of
those who served ill tiie Union army and
navy during the war.
Having given nearly sixteen thousand
commissions to officers in that army, f
know tlieir views and wishes. They de
mand the Union for which they fought.
The largest meeting of these gallant sol
diers which ever assembled, was held in
New York, anil endorsed the action of tiie
National Convention in words instinct
with meaning. Tlisy called on the Gov
ernment to stop in its policy of hate, dis
order and disunion, aud in terms of fervid
eloquence demanded a restoration of the
rights and liberties of the American peo
■ pie. When there is such accord between
j those who proved themselves brave and
; self-sacrificing in war, and those who are
thoughtful and patriotic in council, I can
not doubt we shall gain a political triumph
which will restore our Union, bring back
peace and prosperity to our land, and will
give us once more the blessings of a wise,
economical and honest government.
1 am, gentlemen, truly yours, Ac.,
Horatio Seymour.
To Gen. G. W. Morgan and others, com
mittee, &c.
IMPORTANT DECISION l\ H WKKIT’TCY .
BY ERSKINE, JU DUE.
In tlie matter of Rial B. Evatt, ill Bankruptcy.
At Atlanta In said District, June 26, ISO*.
In this case the following question of
law arose before me pertinent to tlie pro
ceedings in said case before me; to wit: Can
a Bankrupt claim a homestead on land for
which he has not paid the purchase
money, where there is no intervening
equity? Lawson Black, Register.
In this ease the bankrupt, in 1863, pur
chased of F. M. Corn, lot of laud No. 210
iu 12th district of Walker county, and
gave his note for the purchase money.
This note shows it was given for the
purchase money for the land. Tlie note
was indorsed by Corn, the vendor,
to John R. Whesten. Wheeler sued
Evatt as maker and Corn as indorser on
this note in this county Court of Walker
county, and obtained a judgment against
them. After this the bankrupt filed his
petition in this Court and was adjudged a
bankrupt. Wheeler proved bis debt as
secured by judgment lein for the purchase
money for said lot of land. The bank
rupt claimed GO acres of this laud as ex
empt under the law, which was set apart
by t lie assignee. Tlie Register disapproved
of the act of the assignee in so doing un
til tiie purchase money was paid. Tlie as
signee petitioned to sell tlie real estate of
tiie bankrupt, upon which tlie Register
ordered the assignee to sell all that Dart of
said lot of land not covered by tlie home
stead first, to satisfy the said debt for tlie
purchase money, and if that did not pay
it, then to sell so much of the part desig
nated for a homestead as would satisfy the
said debt for the purchase money. Be
cause the bankrupt iu equity cannot claim
a homestead on this land against tlie ven
dor and his assignee until be pays them
tiie purchase money. Between vendor
ami vendee, the vendee has no title to the
properly to claim a homestead on until he
pays for tlie property. This is a case in
equity, and he that seeks equity must first
do equity. All of which is respectfully
submitted to the Honorable Judge of said
Court.
Lawson Black, Register.
The decision of Register Black is ap
proved, Clerk Wi II certify accordingly.
John Ekskine, U. 8. Judge.
June 27, 1868.
Louisiana Crop Prospects.— They are
having too much rain in several of the
parishes, and complaints are beginning to
come in of injury moreor less to the cot
ton crop. The bolls are shedding fast, and
fears are entertained that this warm, damp
weather will develop the cotton worm.
The young corn and other crops are doing
well. In North Louisiana the season con
tinues very favorable—also in the lower
parishes, we believe. Iberville, we learn
from the South, will, with a continued
favorable season, probably make from 3000
to 3500 hogsheads of sugar this season,
against 1800 as the produce of 1867. We
have very cheering reports of the cotton
crop from Claiborne, Ouachita, Morehouse
and adjoining parishes.—A. O. Picayune,
Bth.
MACON, GAt, TUESDAY; AUGUST 18, 1888 C
From the Atlanta Ooiiwtitntion.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
A SENATE,
Monday, August I<>, isos
The Senate met at 10 A. M. Prayer by
Rev. Mr. Nutt.
'I lie joural was read.
A message from the Governor, notifying
the Senate that lie had accepted tbe resig
nation of Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, (negro,)
Senator elect from the First District, was
read.
Mr. NUNNALLY.— Mr. President, the
question before Hie Senate as shown by
reading of the Journal, is upon the motion
made on Saturday by Mr. Higbee, irom
tiie 25th District, to adopt the minority
leport of the committee iu the case of A.
A. Bradley, in lieu of the report of the
majority ol the committee. Ami by agree
ment tbe Senator from tiie Ist was allow
ed a half hour this morning to finish his
defence. The Senator nut being iu his
seat, Mr. Nunuaily proposed to go on witli
the question. The President had the re
ports of the majority and Hie minority
committee read, and decided that tbe
question of eligibility could not bedi.-cuss
ed, as Bradley had resigned, as shown by
the Governor’s message.
Mr. NUNNALLY, I hope the said law
will not he applied to SeuatorsTiens
PRESIDENT. The Senator must not
use persoual language to fciln Senate
or President. sv
Mr. N CNN ALLY. Ido not w ant Hurt
the feelings of any person. I have tried
to be cool ou a subject of the greatest im
portance to the State of Georgia. Ido not
intend to use any harsh term orto impugn
the motives of any person, but will say
that, though we may he iu the minority,
we are at least entitled to respect and to
courtesy upon the consideration of this
lease. Who will sa> or attempt to deny
| that the Senate has not jurisdiction in this
j case to-day, although it had jurisdiction
on Saturday. The case was not determin
ed ou Saturday, notwithstanding the mes
sage of the Governor. No power could de
prive it of the right to decide upon the
eligibility of its members. I deny that the
Governor has any power vested in him uy
which lie can take away that right from
the Senate. Wlienee comes such authori
ty ? Is it given in the Constitutional law*
of the State of Georgia, and why is it that
the Senators of the State of Georgia should
not. write their verdict in regard to the
eligibility of the Senator elect from the
First District. I want .‘-etmtors to lell me
if be tiad the right to re-ign his seat, wheu
by the Constitution and laws of tin- State
he was not entitled to a seat in the Senate
of tiie State of Georgia, and had no more
right here than the African from Africa.
The question of eligibility, is a question
entirely for tiie Senate and no other pow
er under Heaven lias any right tu. Uo*mn*
MtU* ton übwrvetffh'le. If the man at the
time of his election was ineligible, lie is
not entitled U* a seat on this floor, and if
tiie Constitution declares him ineligible
from a cause, he is inel.igible ami e‘*ii»e
quently cannot resign.
It is asserted that because lie received a
majority of the votes he is entitled to ills
seal. Now, suppose he bad been a citizen
of the State of South Carolina at the time
of his election, would any member hold
that he was entitled to his seat. The
truth is, that w hen you look at lliis ques
tion in Its true light, there call he no doubt
of the fact that before he can resign, before
tiie Governor could recognize him us a
Senator —the question was with the Senate
and should he settled by the Senate. Jl
is a little strange, and ii so many -tiaoge
things were not happening now a days, I
would he astonished at it, that even the
Governor should have accepted Bradley’s
resignation; hut so many strange tilings
are happening now that a man ought not
to tie surprised at any thing.
Here the honorable gentleman cute and
into a review of the eu.-e, and stated that a
Committee had been appointed to investi
gate the charges preferred against Bradley.
He said that the Committee had not been
delayed, be‘ Wise of any Ui-anri-rerarul ‘ •
the Committee, hut Jawauae its member
failed to meet aud investigate the charges
as they had been appointed to do. But :
when it was investigated the Committee \
agreed to the majority r<qiort, which re- ;
port was laid upon the table on Friday last. ;
When the Committee made its report it
was not in the power of the t loveruor, nor
any one else, to accept his resignation, aud
if ft was in the power of tile Governor, it
was due to the Benate that lie should
have consulted it. The minority report
said that under the third Seetiou of the
second Article of tiie Constitution, he was
not guilty, I propose to siiow that he teas,
and, being guilty, he was not eligible to a
seat as a member of this body.
Mr. NUNNALLY here read the section
of the Constitution, bearing on tlie ques
tion, and proceeded to say that while, per
haps, according to a strict, construction of
the law ; he may not be guilty under ibe
sixth section of the same article, which
tiie speaker also read. As it was a doubt
ful question with the Committee, as to bis
guilt of the charge of felony, I was willing
to give him the benefit oi the doubt, ana
ignore that question in tiie report.
Mr. Hid BEE (uncolored) rose to a
point of order; and if anybody can tell us
what he said, we will be thankful for the
information. The Speaker, however, be
ing accustomed to such dodges, seemed to
anticipate him, and bv a power of intui
tion, which we regret we do not possess,
guessed aright, and replied : That as the
question was an appeal from the decision
of the President, the point of order could
not be taken. The Chair stated that the
merits or the could not lie gone into and
requested Mr. Naunally to eouliue him
self to the question.
Mr. NUNNALLY, The question before
us, is, to show that Bradley was ineliigible,
and I want to prove that being so he can
not resign, and that your decision was
made without knowing the law was, and
without giving me time to lead it for you.
CHAIR. You must confine yourself to
the appeal from tlie decision of the Chair.
Mr. NUNNALLY. 1 wish to show that
lie is ineligible, and I don’t know any way
of doing so other than by reading the law
and applying it to the testimony. Tlie
points of order became so numerous at
this stage of the proceedings, that they
amount to a disorder , and produced con
siderable confusion. The friends of Brad
ley were terribly excited, and none more
so than the man who acts as a sort of Pres
ident of tlie Senate. We were not sur
prised at this conduct, which was, to say
tlie least of it, ridiculous, and would not
lie indulged in by tlie ring-leader ofa mob
in a low bar room ; butto tbo eternal shame
of bis party be it said, that a man can hold
a position in it who does thus render liini
sei f con temptible.
Mr. HIGBEE, rose and said that the
Senate had adopted a resolution which be
read, declaring all men eligible.
Mr. NUNNALLY. I don’t think it
necessary that 1 should reply to the mem
ber from tlie 26th district at present. He
then read Gen. Meade’s order addressed to
himself which expressly stated that tlie
matter of eligibility was vested entirely
with tlie Senate.
Mr HIGBEE again rose to a point ol
order.
The Chairdecided Senator Nunually out,
of order.
Mr. HIGBEE here made tlie point that
as the Senate had already acted outlie
eligibility of members, it could not now
be discussed.
Mr. NUNNALLY' emphatically denied
that the Senate had so acted.
Tlie President decided the point of order
well taken.
Mr. HO LCOMBE asked the Chair why
it was that Mr. Higbee was always in or
der and that other Senators were out of
order.
1 lie Chair replied to the significant
question of Mr. Holcombe by coming
down on the desk very furiously with his
mallet.
Mr. CANDLER stated that the point of
order taken by Mr. Higbee was not in or
der, because there was an appeal already
fiom the decision ol tlie Ch iir on that
question. . ...
The Chair, by forcible means, put the
point of order, raised by Mr. Higbee, to
the Senate in spite of all remonstrance,
and in violation of parliamentary rules as
well as tlie rules of common decency. We
blushed that a man could bo so low, and
having regard for a respectable trade, we
congratulate the boot and shoe makers of
this country that Conley occupies the
bench he now occupies.
A call of yeas and nays was then taken,
when the point was lest, and the Presi
dent sat down rather crest fallen.
Mr. NUNNALLY then proceeded with
his remarks. He said : f see still remain
ing in this chamber two colored Senators.
I notify them now, that the eyes of the
people of Georgia, as well as their friends
North, are upon them, and all are watch
ing, with anxiety, their action upon this
occasion. One false step taken by them
might place them in an irretrievable vor
| texof ruin and shame, and that the votes
: upon this wi II determine the minds of the
people as to whether they are capable of
| rising above their passions and prejudices,
i Ihe prosperity and success of their race
[ demanded that they should come up to
| this question manfully, without being con
trolled by the pretended white friends who
affected so much sympathy for them. He
then appealed to white Senators who were
so much in sympathy with the colored
man, to exercise a sufficient amount of
moral courage to do their duty. Moral
courage had got to such a low ebb in this
country of late, that he was anxious to see
a man who could rise above party, and he
craved them to do so on this occasion, and
not allow themselves to he misled from the
real issue, Which was the sustainingof the
Constitution and the laws of Georgia.
Mr. HINTON next took the floor, and
delivered an able address in support of the
appeal made by Mr. Nunuaily from the
decision of the Chair. In tbe course of his
remarks he referred to iliecaseof General
Khftids in Congress. General Shields
was a foreigner, and his right to a seat
was discussed in the Senate of the
United States. The General tendered his
resignation, and that great and good
statesman aud expounder of constitution
al law, Daniel Webster, argued that he
(Shieldsj not being eligible, had no right
to resign, and the Senate concurred with
him in his argument.
Mr. MERRILL addressed the Senate
iu a few meaningless remarks, and upon
a matter which he dul not appear to know
anything about. He asserted that Mr.
Lester, of Savannah, had presented a me
morial contesting the seat of Bradley,
which was not true in fact, and like a can
did man, he sat acknowledging that he
had been tqieakiug a 1 the lime about no
thing.
Mr. WOOTEN then obtained the floor,
and iu his usual eloquent style, supported
the appeal taken by Mr. Nunuaily from
the decision of the Chair.
Mr. CAMJ'BELL, (colored,) got up aud
in the style of the negro preacher, miked
about three-quarters of an hour without
making a point, aud a total ignorance of
the question.
The hour of adjournment having ar
rived, the CHAIR declared the Senate ad
journed, to the great mortification of
Campbell, who in a most insolent manner
refused to give way for a motion to ad
journ, but having been wjUiw«****-I*N-icti,
Mr. Speer. u.w.«-iur very Joy at the idea
of having the floor for to-morrow.
The Senate then adjourned until IU a. m
tomorrow.
We regret we have not time or space to
give more than a synopsis of the speeches
of Messrs. Nunuaily, Hinton and Wooten.
HOI'HE OF BEPKEBENTATIVES.
Monday, August 10, Ls6B.
The lioiisi' was called to order by the
H|*-aker, and opened with prayer by" Rev.
Dr. Brantley.
Tbe Journal was read and approved.
A communication from tbe Governor, in
wilting, an- received.
A motion to reconsider so much of the
Journal as relates to the Georgia Mutual
Life Insurance Company of Macon, pre
vailed. The bill was refered ta the Com
mittee <in Internal Improvements.
Mr. HOLDEN moved to reconsider so
much of the Journal as relates to the loss
of a hill to change the Law of Evidence,
t 'arried.
Mr. HALL ottered a resolution of
thanks to other States for donations to the
destitute of this State.
Tiie communication of the Governor
was taken up and read, as follows :
Kxk< ui\ k Dkj’aktmrnt, >
* Atlanta, Ga, August In, 1888. f
To the Senate : lion A. Alpeoria Brad
ley having notified me, in accordance with
the BNtli section of the < isle, that he has
resigned his seat as a Senator from the
Fir-l Senatorial District, writs of election
have been issued for an election of a Sen
ator to fill tiie vacancy in tiie Senate caus
ed by said resignation.
Signed) Bi ffs B. Bullock,
Governor."
Executive Dkfartni.ni, )
Atlanta, Ga., August loth, 188 h. (
Tn the House of Representatives : The
following resolution :
Re.-to/ri and, That the Clerk of this House
he, and lie is hereby authorized to draw
from tiie State Treasury a sum sufficient
to meet contingent exjienses for printing,
postage, stationery, and other things, and
that he be charged with an account for ihe
- line, on final settlement, is respectfully
returned, with the remark that there is no
limit to the amount for which the Clerk is
authoriz'd to draw uis»n the Treasurer,
nor is there authority given the Executive
to draw the necessary warrant.
Your attention is respectfully called to
the olh paragraph of the 80th section of
the revised Code, which requires the Se
cretary of State to provide all fuel, lights,
servants, or other contingent necessary
for the General Assembly ; also, all .-ta
lionery for their use, aud shall report the
amount of the same to the Finance Com
inittee of the House of Representatives
before tlie adjournment of tlie session.
(Signed) Rufus B. BpiJiOCK,
Governor.
Mr. DUNCAN offered a resolution that
a Committee of three be appointed to re
port what additional legislation is neces
sary to secure the .state against loss by
reason of endorsement, by tlie S'ate, of
bonds of tlie Macon ami Brunswick Rail
road.
Mr. O’NEAL, Chairman Judiciary
Committee, reported several bills.
A resolution was offered, allowing State
House officers to employ additional Clerks
to lie paid out of the contingent fund.
A message was received from the Sen
ate stating that the Senate had concurred
in the House resolution, urging State
House officers to occupy offices in tlie
same building occupied by the General
Assembly. Also the House resolution
appointing a joint Committee to proceed
to Miiledgeviile for tlie purpose of remov
ing State House furniture to Atlanta.
Mr. PARKS, a bill to appropriate money
to pay Ur. Mathews, of Gwinnett, for at
tendance on small pox cases.
Mr. HALL, a resolution to incorporate
the Ot ari Bank of Brunswick.
Mr. PHILLIPS, a bill to amend section
KMW of the Code as lirst published, by add
ing a clause for a more speedy settlement
of co-partnerships dissolved by death.
Mr. WILLIAMS, a hill to regulate the
Courts of Justices and Coustabley.
Mr. IMII LLIPS reported from the Com
mittee of Agricultural and Internal Im-
provements.
Mr. N ISBET, a bill to require county
officers to establish certain hours for trans
acting business.
Also, a bill to facilitate tlie transaction
of the business pertaining to sucli offices.
Mr. HILLYER, a resolution authoriz
ing tiie Speaker and President of the Sen
ate to appoint a committee of one from
each Congressional District to facilitate
immigration into this State.
Mr TURNIPBEED, a resolution that
the City Base Ball Cluh he allowed to
practice oh tlie grounds of the Capitol two
days in each week.
Also, a hill to exempt from taxation tlie
property of widows and orphans of men
who died in the service of this .State dur
ing the lute war.
The resolution relating to the City Base
Ball Club was taken up and adopted.
Mr. GEORGE, a resolution that the Fi
nance Committee report to this House hy
Monday next a general tax bill for tlie
government of this State for 18(58,
The resolution was taken up and refer
red to Committee on Finance.
Mr. FITZPATRICK, a bill to vacate tlie
municipal authorities of this State.
Mr. BROWN, a hill to amend an act in
corporating the town of Saudersville.
Read lit t. time.
Mr. BETHUNE, a bill to alter and
amend the Code, so as to declare eligible to
the office of Solicitor General, all persons
duly licensed to pi'actice law.
Mr. HARPER, a resolution that a com
mittee of live be appointed to reduce, to
writing an agreement witli the City Coun
cil of Atlanta in relation to tlie furnishing
of a suitable building for the accommoda
tion of the Legislature.
Mr. TWEEDY said that he, in tlie ca
pacity of committeeman ou Public Build-
ings, was now conferring with the City
Council, and he had reason to believe that
arrangements would soon be perfected by
which ample accommodations would lie
made by the next session.
Mr. GULL ATT stated, on tiie part of
the city of Atlanta, that the Council was
ready to comply with any contract made
on the subject. It was not the city that
brought the Capitol here. She voted
against it by over 4no majority, but she
will certainty abide by her contract in
good faith.
Mr. SHUMATE said that the resolution
meant no reflect ion on Atlanta. It only
wanted the eomract reduced to a legal
form.
Mr. GULLATI’ stated that City Coun
cil had already appointed a Committee to
confer with the (Committee,on Public
Buildings iu reference to the matter.
Mr. FITZPATRICK stated that, for
one, he would say that sufficient accom
modation had nut been furnished as agreed
upon. He should like to hear from a mem
ber of the Convention.
A member of the Convention here sta
ted that lie though the city had complied
with its contract.
Mr. NESBITT moved to amend by re
quiring a writteu agreement that the city
of Atlanta he required to give bond for e
faithful tierformuuce of tiie contract.
A division of tbe House was here taken,
but a quorum failed to vote. The call for
the previous question was not sustained.
Mr. NESBI I T’S amendment was then
takeu up.
Mr. SHUMATE thought that there
ought to be a definite understanding lie
tween Atlanta and a Special Committee on
tiie part of tbe State, as to what is required
of the former, arid that this understanding
should be reduced to writing.
Mr. O’NEAL thought the proper plan
was to let the city go on and perfect tier
arrangements for the accommodation of
the Legislature, submit what she has done
to the Building Committee, so that they
may be able to report for action of the
Legislature.
Mr. TWKEDV moved to make this mal
ter the special order for Monday next.
Carried.
A bill to alter and amend loth section of
the Constitution, so us to make Miiledge
ville the capital.
Mr HOLDEN. A hill to exempt from
taxation certain capital in this Htate.
A bill to pay officer* for administration
of amnesty oath in this Htate.
Mr. HKYAXI'. A hill to regulate the
publication of legal advertisements in the
Htate.
Mr. HALL, a bill to prohibit the carry
ing of concealed weapons.
Mr. O’NKAL, a bill to iucrea**-tOons in
her of Julius vt/'iucrease the pay of the
same.
Mr. MADISON, a bill to license faro
banks.
A member moved that the House refuse
to entertain any such matter.
The SPEAKER ruled that the bill was
not unconstitutional and therefore could
not be disposed of at the first reading.
Mr. HUDcSON, a resolution that Mr.
Harkne**, of Butts, he added to the com- ;
mittee appointed to vi-it the Penitentiary.
Also, that Mr. Carrington act as Clerk of
said committee. Carried.
A communication in writing from the <
Governor was received and taken up.
The message recommended the repeal
of so much of section lirju of the Code as
prevents State Printers from entering im- :
mediately upon his duties.
A bill to tax all arable land 5 cents extra,
said tax to be applied to educational pur
pose*.
The special order was then taken up, i
which was a bill to amend an act entitled !
an act to incorporate the Air Line Rail
road.
The bill was taken up by sections. First j
section was adopted.
Mr. BKLL moved to amend the 2d sec- i
lion so that it will not altar the present
route of the Hoad. Carried.
'i l*e 2d section, a* amended, was adopted, j
Mr O’N KAL moved to amend Hd sec
tion by striking out “country" and insert j
“corporate," and in other respects, so a* to i
make it conform to the Constitution, i
Carried.
The 3d section, a*, amend* and, was adopted, t
The 4th section was adopted without
amend men t.
Ttie bill, as amended, was passed.
HIM-S KF.AII FOK THE HURD TIME.
A bill to define and punish duelling.
Mr. O’NEAL stated that the Code was
sufficiently full on tlie subject already.
Hence, the committee lias reported ad
versely.
The report of the committee was agreed
to, and the hill lost.
A bill to amend and continue in force an (
act to incorporate the German Fire Com
pany. Lost.
A bill to continue in force the jury sys
tem of Irwin’s Code, until the provision
of the Constitution operates. Lost.
A bill for the relief of Sanders and oth
ers, of Crawford county. Referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
A bill to consolidate the offices of re- !
ceiver and collector of taxes of Charlton
county. Passed.
Mr. PHILLIPS, a resolution to direct
the Chairman of the Committee on Print
ing to receive proposals for printing. The
House refused to suspend the rules.
A bill to amend sections 47f»l and 47070f
the Code, entitled “ powers and rights of
the city of Savannah,” in relation to per
sons of color. Referred to the Judiciary
Com mittee.
A bill to carry into effect the 14th sec
tion of the sth article of the Constitution.
Lost.
A bill to exempt from taxation all for- j
eigu capital invested in tiie manufacture I
of cotton and wool. Referred to the Com
mittee on Agriculture and internal Im- I
provements.
A bill to incorporate tiie town of Col- i
quitt in Miller county, and to provide for j
the election of commissioners for tlie same, j
Tiie Speaker announced that ttiis bill i
iiad already passed and straggled into tlie i
wrong place.
A bill to amend 47;i-3 section of tlie Code t
in relation to the city of Savannah. This
bill was read first time.
bides at third reading continued.
A bill regulating tlie elections iu Jasper
county, fixing two ballot boxes in tlie
town of Monticello—one for white and tiie
other for colored voters. Referred to Com
mute ou Judiciary,
A bill tochange the time for holding the
Superior Courts in the county of Catoosa.
Mr, ANDERSON moved to change the
caption so as to include Cherokee county
relating to fall term. Passed.
A bill to authorize tlie Governor to ap
point a tax receiver to (ill tlie vacancy
occasioned by tiie death of W. R. Hopkins
—and such appointee to retain said office
during tlie uuexpited term of Hopkins.
A member, to amend by authorizing the
Governor to order anew election. Refer
red to the Judiciary Committee.
A bill to allow parties to bring suits be'
fore Justices of the Peace in certain cases.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
A bill to allow J. W. Richards to prac
tice medicine without license. Referred
to special committee of Physicians.
A bill authorizing tlie payment to Jas.
Glenn for services rendered Western
and Atlantic Railroad. Laid ou the table
for the present.
A bill entitled an act h> define tlie lia
bilities of ail Insurance Companies which
may hereafter be incorporated by the Leg
islature of this State, except the “ Georgia
Masonic Mutual Life Insurance Compa
ny,” tiie amount of original guaranteed
capital stock required; tlie general rules
to be observed, etc. Referred to Judiciary.
A bill to incorporate the Brunswick Gas
Light Company.
Mr. TWEEDY, Itesolveil, that Samuel
Bard is hereby declared Public Printer
from the day of his election. Rules not
suspended.
Ihe bill to incorporate the Brunswick
Gas Light Company was again taken up,
pending the reading of which the House
adjourned.
SENATE.
Tuesday, Aug. H»
The Senate met and was opened with
prayer by Rev. Mr. Pretty man.
The Journal was read and »PP r
Mr. CAMPBELL, .(co'ored) had the
floor and continued his H P e < n t J Jroln
day, the question being an_ aPP e »‘
the decision of the Chau-, intheßradmy
case. He accused Senators of ignorm^
well settled of dehbe^aH
.Saturday last. niiinsrs of the
about the extraordinary rulings 01
I President.] The honorable Senator spoke
for about twenty minutes without touch-
I ing the subject before the Senate, wheu
Mr. SMITH, in the Chair, informed him
that the question was an appeal from the
decision of the President, and that he
should confine himself to that matter.
Mr. CAMPBELL claimed that he was
only talkiug on the same lino of argument
taken by the gentleman from tlie 2tith.
He defended the Governor as having sim
ply obeyed the prescribed law, in accept
ing tiie resignation <>( Bradley, and or
dering anew election. We should not
raise the questions calculated to stir up i
strife. Have we (negroes) equal rights j
iiere? That is the point. [And there is j
the rub. Jtb says they have not 1 Again, ,
take nothing from nothing and what have
you left? [Don’t see tin* pint, but the
answer to the question is—old man Camp
bell. We lost the rest of the Kenator’s re
marks. hue Senator seemed to he asleep, j
and everybody was talking to his neigh- j
bor. We feared, by particular attention, :
to make our singularity conspicuous.] He
concluded by moving the previous ques
tion.
Mr. ADKINS hoped the previous ques
tion would be withdrawn. Campbell con
sented.
Mr. ADKINS sustained tbe decision of
the Chair. He apprehended civil war, up
on the eve which the signs of the times
would indicate tiie country now to he. He
compared Bradley to tiie Saviour of the
world and the people to Pontius Pilate.
Perhaps some of those upon this floor bad
committed the very identical crime with
which the Senator from the First District
was charged and he (Adkins) included
himself among the number who might
have been guilty of seduction. It became j
the Senate U>squeU:h this animosity. The
opposition had all under-holt, hut that was
no reason why the country should he i
flooded with blood. He would appeal to
the charity of the Senators. He was a
reader of history and found that man, in
the early ages, was very barbarous, hut this
barbarism had tosueeuinh before the march
of Christianity. He had read with a great
deal of \i\-trust the advance of the King
dom of Christ, and was in hopes that the
world wason the eve of anew Pry. It was
now apparent in Ameriky w/uir 4,(KJ0,(K10
slaves had been enfranchised. Thespeaktr
thou expanded on the manners and cus
toms of the Tartars anil of the great desert
of Afriky. He then talked of the war.
Mr. BRUTON rose to a point of order.
The remarks of the Senator had nothing
to do with the question.
Mr. SPEER, in the Chair, ruled that a->
the discussion had taken w> •**»■**• uige
aud other- should be allowed the
same privilege.
Mr. ADKINS continued his remarks.
A portion of the Senate had refuse'! to re
ooc/uize the resignation of Bradley, con
trary to the just decision of the President.
Was that charity? Let tiie Senator's
name rest without the stigmy of condem
nation.
Mr. WOOTEN asked whether the gen
tlemen would suspend for a few moments,
in order to make way for a motion to ex- ,
tend the time of adjournment.
Mr. ADKINS did not se»* any necessity
for so doing. He had spoken overall hour,
and that was not very long. He might or
might not hold on till night. Outside
pressure, which was at the bottom of all
ibis trouble, had to he done away w ith.
It had to be squelched —i t must bo squelched
for nothing tint squelching it would save
tiie country from blood, lie then proceed
ed to repeat a part of ttie Lord’s prayer,
when
Mr. HOLCOMBE hoped the gentleman
would stop long enough for the Senate to
sing the long metre doxology. [Laugh
ter.]
Mr. ADKINS, if we sustain this appeal
nobody knew what might be the cotir-e
--</tusnee. He then proceeded to picture the
horror of a warof races.
Mr. WOOTr-N failed to see what that
had to do with the question.
Mr. NUNN ALL V requested the gen- !
tleman to desist for a moment in order
that he might introduce a resolution.
Mr. ADKINS. Jest hold on a while. |
He then entertained the Senate with a :
wolf and lamb story, and would move the |
previous question or sit down, just a* .Sen
ators might wish.
Mr. HARRIS moved toextend the hour ;
of adjournment to 11 o’clock.
Mr. SMITH, (7th lJist.) moved to sub- j
stitute 2 o’clock.
Mr. .SPEER moved to substitute 12
o’ekx-k to night.
Mr. ADKINS seconded it.
The time was extended to 2 o’clock.
Mr. NUNN ALLY. Resolved that the I
Secretary be instructed to turn over to the
Judiciary Committee, all hills in his pos
session on the subject of relief. Carried.
Mr. SMITH, (7th dist.) hoped the lec
ture of the gentleman from the 19th,
would strengthen the faith of the Senate.
He respectfully differed from the decision
of the Chair. The Seuute had its rights.
It was the right of the Senator to resign ;
it was the right of the Governor to issue
his proclamation ordering anew election
hut the Senate had a right to question the
rights exercised by these parties. The
Constitution gave the Senate the power to
investigate the eligibility of its members.
He had neither the white nor tire black
man before his eyes. Let this matter
j pass by, and the next thing ws see is the
announcement, this morning, that the
j Senator whose eligibility is at issue is a
! candidate for a seat in Congress from the
Ist district. He had every confidence in
the President as a competent presiding of
! ficer, but he could not agree with him
! here. Let this question pass, and the
| worst convict from the Penitentiary could
i come and claim a seat upon this floor.
There was a crumble about who was to
take Bradley’s place. It mattered not to
him whether Mr. Lester was a Democrat,
a Wiiig, a Scalawag, a Republican, or a
Ku-Klux. That was not the question for
him toconsider. It was whether tlie Sen
ate should exercise its Constitutional
rights. He was not afraid to meet the
colored peopieon the eligibility of Bradley.
He would now tell them that in Thomas
county, where there were 1,400 voters,
Bradley could not carry 50 votes. He
would ask tlie Senator from tlie 19th
(Adkins) whether he ever knew a mem
ber of the church to go out, in full fellow
ship, while charges hungover him.
Mr, BROCK followed Mr. Smith in fa
vor of sustaining the decision of tiie
Chair.
Mr. BURNS called the previous ques
tion. Carried.
Ou the question to sustaiu the decision
of tlie Chair, which was that inasmuch as
Bradley had resigned, the case was out of
the hands of the Senate, the yeas and nays
were required, and are yeas 20, nays 19.
Those who voted in the affirmative are
Adkins, Bowers, Brock, Campbell, Cole
man, Corbitt, Dickey, Griffin of tlie 6th,
Harris, Higbee, Jones, Merrill McWhor
ter, Richardson, Sherman, Smith of tlie
36th, Speer, Stringer, Wallace, Welch —20.
Mr. NUNNALLY stated that Mr. Jones
had paired off With Mr. Anderson.
Mr. JONES replied that he had not on
this question, and that there was a writ'
ten agreement to that effect.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Bruton, Candler, Collier, Fain, Graham
Griffin, (2lst,) Hinton, Holcombe, Jordan,
McArthur, McCutcliin, Moore, Nisbit.
Nunnally, Smith (7th,) Welborn, Winn,
Wooten —19.
So the decision of the Chair was sus
tomed.
Ou motion the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, August 11, 1668.
Tiie House met pursuant to adjourn
ment, and was called to order by tlie
Speaker.
Prayer by Rev. Dr. Brautly.
The Journal was read and approved.
Mr H ARPJSR moved a reconsideration
of so much or the Journal of yesterday as
relates to a resolution in reference to
Comptroller General, etc., employing ad
ditional clerical force.
Mr HARPER withdrew his motion.
HIDES ON THIRD BEADING.
A bill to disfranchise felons, and for
other purposes. Lost.
A bill to incorporate Cedartown, Polk
county. Passed.
A bill to protect from fox-hunters, and
other sportsmen, farmers iu certain coun
ties in this State. Referred to the Judi
ciary Committee.
A hill to incorporate the Brunswick Gas
Light Company. Referred to the J udicia
ry Committee.
Mr LANE, a resolution to grant a leave
of absence to theSub-committeeon Lunatic
Asylum to visit the said Institute. Passed.
VOL LX., NO 84
A resolution in reference to the ineligi
bility of colored members was ruled out
of order.
A bill to allow F. F. Taber, of the coun
ty of Bibb, to practice medicine and col
lect fe< s.
Mr. HARPER was in favor of the bill.
Mr. Bit YA NT opposed it on the ground
that communities might suffer by incom
petent men.
Mr. MOORE favored the bill.
Mr. HARPERsaid that he was glad that
the gentleman from Richmond desired to
keep incompetent men down, and hoped
he (Bryant) would hereafter carry his doc
trine out. [Laughter.:
While discussing the qualities of Dr.
Taber to practice medicine, Col. Harper,
of Terrell, said that an anonymous pri
vate letter, referred to by Mr. Bryant, of
Richmond, stating that Dr. Taber was not
competent to practice medicine, for the
reason that he was nothing but a soap
maker, was no evidence as to the Dr.’s
qualifications, as the author of said letter
had swindled Dr. Taber out of all he
had, and was only mad that he had
nothing left to steal ; not only that, hut
the author of this letter is indebted to the
Dr. for medical services to his freedmen.
Mr. Harper further stated that if he was
mistaken as to the writer of the letter, he
hoped no one would take offense; that the
letter might he from a negro, as it was
reasonable to suppose that most of the cor
respondents of the gentleman from Rich
mond were from negroes.
Mr. TUMLIN said that if the gentle
man’s intentions from time to time were
to deny the right of Bryant to correspond
with negroes, that he thought Col. Harper
was due Mr. Bryant an apology, as he
wished him to have full privilege to cor
respond with his brethren.
A motion to lay the bill upon the table
prevailed.
The House then took up the Special Or
| der of the day, being the bill to incorpor
ate the Cherokee Manufacturing Com
pany, of Rome, Ga. Postponed to the 14th
instant, at which time it will be made the
Special Order of the day.
Mr. BRYANT rose to a personal expla
nation in reference to remarks made of
him a* corresponding with negroes. He
thought it unjust, lie wished to cultivate
a more kind feeling among those with
whom he differed politically.
Mr. WILLIAMS, of Dooly, concurred
in the remarks of Mr. Bryant. Weshould
treat each other with courtesy. All hick
ering among members should cease.
A bill to permit R. T. K«mH»i-*facunane
i c-ountv of IWW.VI me same. Lost.
Mr. Crawford, of Bartow, offered the
, so lowing.
Wherkas, By the Code it is 'enacted,
that the duties of (lie Public Printer do
not begin until the first day of the next
session of the General Assembly after his
election—
Therefore he it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General As
sembly met, That the Secretary of the Sen
ate, and the Clerk of the House be directed
to turn over the printiug of each House to
J. W. Burke, w ho was duly elected at the
lust session of the General Assembly.
Mr. CRAWFORD stated that, accord
ing to the Code of Georgia, Mr. Burke wa
the legal State Printer.
A motion was made to suspend the rules
for the purpose of taking up the foregoing
resolution.
Mr. BRYANT opposed the resolution,
and stated that Samuel Bard was the only
legal State Printer. He was elected by
this General Assembly, and was entitled
to the benefits accruing therefrom.
Mr. SISSON asked Mr. Bryant if Dr.
Bard had given requisite bonds. Mr.
Burke had, and therefore was entitled to
the work.
Mr. SCOTT said that the Code was ex
| plicit on the subject. Mr. Burke was en
-1 titled to it. The duties of the State Prin
ter recently elected did not commence
1 until after the session of the next Legisla
j ture.
Mr. O'NEAL spoke at some length in
j opposition to the resolution. He said, ac
! cording to the provisions of the new Con
! stitution, the acts of previous legislation
were null and void. Anew set of laws
were now of force, which laws provided
' that new officers shall be elected, and
under those laws this General Assembly
had a perfect right to select a State Priu
i ter. <
During Mr. O’Neal's remarks, several
stunning questions from the Democratic
side of the House were propounded iu
eference to officers holding their positions
subsequent to the adjournment of the
i Convention.
The motion to suspend the rules was
lost.
Mr. HARPER—A resolution to appoint
a committee of three to act w ith such com
mittee as may be appointed by the Senate
to revise Irwin’s Code, and make it con
form to the new constitution and legisla
tion thereunder.
A bill to permit R. W. Ingram to prac
tice medicine and eoliect lees.
Mr. TURNER thought that it required
men of fine, sound, practical sense to make
i aphysician. He did not want to “blockade
the avenue through which this great
science was brought to light.”
The bill was lost.
A bill to incorporate the Brunswick
Street Railway Company. Passed.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr.
Houston, of Bryan, for a few days.
The House adjourned.
SENATE.
Wednesday, August 12.
Tlie Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment, and was opened with prayer by Mr.
Prettyman.
Mr. HiGBEE moved to reconsider so
much of the Journal as relates to an ap
peal from the decision of the Chair.
Mr. CAMPBELL moved to lay the mo
tion on tlie table.
On the motion to lay on the table the
yeas aud nays were called.
The following are those who voted in
tlie affirmative:
Adkins, Bowers, Campbell, Coleman,
Corbitt, Dickey, Griffin, (6th,) Harris,
Higbee, Jones, Merrell, McWhorter, Rich
ardson, Sherman, Speer, Stringer, Wal
lace, Welch —18
Those who voted iu the negative are :
Anderson, Bruton, Burns, Candler, Col
lier, Fain, Graham, Griffin, (21st,) Hin
ton, Holcombe, Jordan, McArthur, Mc-
Cutcheu, Moore, Nisbet, Nunnally, Smith,
(7th,) Smith, (36th,) Wellborn, Winn,
Wooten —21.
So the motion to lay ou the table was
lost.
On the motion to reconsider the call for
tlie previous question, those who voted in
tlie affirmative are : Anderson, Bruton,
Burns, Candler, Collier, Fain, Graham,
Griffin, (2lst,) Hinton, Holcombe, Jordan,
McArthur, McCutcheu, Moore, Nisbet,
Nunnally, Smith, (7th,) Smith, (36th, ;
Wellborn, Winn, Wooten —21.
Those wlio voted in ttie negative are :
Adkins, Bowers, Campbell, Coleman, Cor
bitt, Dickey. Griffin, (6th,) Harris, Hig
bee, Jones, Merrill, McWhorter, Richard
son, Sherman, Speer, Stringer, Wallace,
W elch—lß.
So the motion prevailed.
On motion to reconsider the main ques
tion, the yeas and nays were called, and
resulted—yeas 20, nays 16.
So the motion prevailed.
A communication was received from tlie
Governor, in writing, with the request
that the Senate go into Executive sesston.
[ Here Ex-Governor Jeb slided over to
Mr Higbee,] whereupon
Mr. HIGBEE moved that the Senate go
into Executive session.
Mr. CANDLER objected that it was out
of order.
The PRESIDENT ruled that amotion
to go into Executive session is always iu
order.
Mr. CANDLER—'Then I hope that the
motion will not prevail.
Mr. HARRIS hoped the Senate would
go into Executive session.
Mr. CANDLER inquired of the Presi
dent whether, if the Senate went into
Flxecutive session, the next business after
that was over would be what they were
upon at the time the motion was made to
go into Executive session.
The PRESIDENT replied in tlie ant rtu
ative. He thought that was an uuneees
sarv question. . . .
Mr CANDLER said he only wanted to
hear the ruling clearly expressed by the
Chair, so that there could be no misunder
standing. .
The motion to go into Executive session
was then put. A division was called,
which resulted—yeas 19, nays 15.
So the President notified all persons ex
cept officers aud members to retire, when