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•'*'JOB PBINTINtJ:
1 ur attention will be given to the
■ V '!: JOB* PRINTING of every detcrip
MONOPOLIES.
Among the ninny foes to general progress
and prosperity, there is none against which
, the public should guard with more untiring
vigilance than the spirit of monopoly, or the
I desire to coniinenny particular branch of bu
siness to a single individual or company.—
j When successful, its evil effects upon the
community At large are only equalled by the
demoralization and remorseless avarice that it
begets With those who enjoy the privilege of
oppressing the public and growing rich upon
its impoverishment. The desire for monopo
ly in business is as natural and universal os
the love of money. There is no depart
ment of • industry that is exempt
from it; and when we hold up the ex
tortioner to public condemnation, we only
make odious an offense against society which
nearly every man would be guilty of if he
had the power. The love of gain, though
entirely natural, should be censured when
carried to excess, and, though few are ex
empt from the base emotion, there is no rea
son why we should not guard the communi
ty against it. Therefore, in what wc have to
say on the subject, we <Jo not wish to be un
derstood as holding l hat monopolists are
worse than other men, if the latter had the
same opportunity, but simply as guarding
the public against a state of tliingst hat is in
imical to its well-being and prosperity.
Free trade in everything is the very essence
of democratic liberty and of National advance
ment. All restrictions retard that advance
ment and create a privileged class that is to
tally at war with free institutions. This is
yto~(livor«s were granted by the f the general rule, though there may be justly
: Court oi Baldwin County at its sea- exceptional cases, though these are founded
on the same idea of the general good. Where
. s( lt }*—that'* the question,"
.•.Muffer with mental anguish,
, ipli cracking paina, dyapeptic ago-
. ^>51 bodily suffering,
, of nerve and unfounded prejudice;
r^ketberwith andden dash,
.. -lathegeneral current,
" , battle of PiASTAVoa Bittsm,
if J-uther swears, be myself* man again,
( -jjth, it is since thus I thought,
pif with faith exceeding weak,
f-i.jiir said my eye* were aallow,
tiige haggard, my breath tremendous
Lotion troublesome—in fact,
| ^ hinted I was fast becoming
*'jjt'oisance, and strongly insisted,—
f.thus I reluctantly yielded.
"•bottles now beneath my vest have disap-
•j.,»vs changed man now is Jones.
I, ! his relish, my appetite is keen,
fr elastic,my mind brilliant, and
j.usds, avoirdupois, is added to my
week.
•The Houston Telegraph has good au
fir for stating that General Magruder
[.(ten, to the United States shortly, and
L t , good loyal citizen thereof.
iUTIOS TO THE PRESIDENT,—The city
grille has extended a pressing invita-
:i President Johnson to visit that place
. ictorn trip to Washington,
•nosm—'The Railroad meeting that
take place at GrifHn on the 30th ult.
a postponed to the 13th of Septem-
So says the Herald of Griffin.
icaj. Defeat in Idaho.—The New
; Herald learns by dispatches from San
isco that the Democratic candidate for
irwHonal delegate from Idaho has been
td over the Radical by a majority which
zputeil at 650.
|. nnille.—The Sundersvilie Georgian
;:!e a respectable town is growing up
|- above Central Railroad Station. Five
: houses have been erected since the
f the vnr. Wc shall not be surprised
• -on of a move for the Court House.
:on at Mobile.—Mobile has received
'rear just closed 430,103 bales of cot-
i -i since the close ot the war, 504,407
| past year 430,005. Stock on hand
Hit, 20,000. She exported directly
ip* 239,034 bales. She had burned
: C.207 bales.
|:ibikx Unionists.—TThe following
delegates to the “Great Union”
t and Tan ” Convention have registered
umes at the National Union Club
* in Philadelphia; they hail from Geor-
E. Bryant, G. W. Ashbum, N. S.
ifAL Importance of Mr. Seward's
at Auburn.—The remarks of Secre-
at the Grove, while introducing
H'aero, that Maximilian had notice
Ay the first of November, is consider-
^ifieant of movements in regard to
*hich will develop themselves by
** referred to.
Emperor Maximilian's European
Tuesday last, lor the Atlantic cable,
in France, cost fifteen thousand
■ el nnd sixtv-four dollars in gold,
* b Marly seven hundred words in
h is still thought that Maximilian
'A pocket money left, to be sending
• -«shout thus lavishly.
r ? *<eher's letter hurts awfully at the
Radical papers are crazy abont
<■ Mr. J. Armstrong raves and loams
- Luanda half columns of Forney's
■ - 5 futile attempt to answer it. It will
,i! ° no purpose. Beecher has the
<a * w d decency of his party with
■ the Radical fools are destined to be
t:ti » the cold.”
1 ^ptain Montgomery Bryant, of the
l -‘ted States infantry, was tried by
••tial at Charleston, S. C., charged
il * t unbecoming an officer and a
; He pleaded “Not guilty” to the
; 1 specification, but after due con-
- °f the evidence the court, of which
f ^dier-General W. W. Burns was
'• announced as the finding, “Not
* H°Rty of unofficeriike conduct
jodice of good order and military
^ sentenced him “To be depriv-
- - ford for one month, and to be rep-
J the commanding general.”
works of gigantic magnitude and of great
public utility| it successful, are contemplated
though attended with a risk of capital, it is
policy in the law to grant exclusive privileges
as compensation for the effort required and
the dangers incurred. This, however, should
only be temporary, and such has been the
policy of our Legislatures, State and Na
tional. When the experiment shall have
proved successful, and the parties interest
ed in the venture become compensated for
their expenditure, it is due to the public that
all restrictions be removed nnd eveiy man
left free to embark in the bnsiness. The
motive for the exclusive privilege has-passed
away, and the time has arrived for the pub
lic to participate in the peculiar advantages
hitherto enjoyed by a favored few. If the
protection be continued beyond tbis point,
the beneficiaries become the oppressors in
stead of the benefactors of the public. It is
thus that every man in the community has a
direct interest in putting down monopoly
and encouraging the largest freedom in every
branch of industrial pursuits.
We might cite any number of cases illus
trative of the evil effects, material as well os
moral, of the exclusive enjoyment of any de
partment of business by a particular individu
al or company. Being not only independent
of the public, but bolding that public in their
iron grasp, there is no protection against
tbeir exactions. Who ever heard of a liberal
or accommodating railroad that bail no com
peting line to contend with ?
The American Telegraph Company have
bought up exclusive rights along the route of
nearly every railroad in the Union, and for
years have been enabled to dictate their own
terms to the public,the field being wholly their
own. We understand, too, that they have
pursued the policy ot purchasing the right to
every new instrument that has been invented,
nnd laying it quietly by on their shelves, to
prevent its coming into competition with the
Morse Patent, which they own, thus depriving
the public of the advantages of all improve
ments in the art of telegraphing. The con
sequence is, the Company has grown so rich
on their monopoly, that it is said they are
afraid to make an honest statement ot their
immense dividends to the public.
The AdnmS Express is another and notable
instance. They have grown rich beyond cal
culation, and by large pecuniary favore bail
well nigli got possession of the railroads of
the country until their hold was relaxed by a
legal decision. So pampered and powerful
have they grown upon public patronage that
there is hardly n sphere in society in which
their influence is not felt. It has been seen in our
legislative halls, in the press, a great portion
of which has become insensibly subsidized to
their service by furors systematically shown
its conductors, and in their recent bold at
tempt to crush out an opponent in its infancy
hy buying up its stock and annoying it in the
courts. What vast sums must have been
drawn from the public to lmvcenabled them to
conduct their affairs on so grand a scale !—
And yet, in all this, they do only what other-
would do were they similarly circumstanced.
It only serves to show the dangers of allowing
a formidable monopoly to glow up in onr
country, and the duty of society to protect
itself when ft can] by the encouragement of
honorable competition..
The Atlantic Cable—what a perfect mon
ster of extortion we have here! The com
pany have the monopoly of the great deep,
and they have thrown conscience to the dogs.
Whilst the earth aflords iron and copper and
Cotton Planters’ Convention.
A special meeting of the Cotton Planters’ '
Convention met at the City Ilall, Macon, Ga„ |
on the 6tli September, Col. J. V. Jones pre- i
siding.
After the Constitution and By-Laws were
read, an invitation was given by the Presi
dent for membership. The following gentle
men appointed as delegates by the City Board
of Trade: J. H. Anderson, J. DeLoacbe, J.
B. Ross, J. F. Greer, H. L. Jewett, C. H.
Rodgers, Henry Horne, O. A. Caldwell, G. A.
Dure, O. G. Sparks, L. N. Whittle; P. E. Bow-
dre, were received as lionorniy members.—
Also the following gentlemen as relegates
representing the different counties were ad
mitted as members: 4
R. 31. Orme, 3Iilledgeville.
CoL J. S. Thcmas, “
Joel Deese, Wilkinson.
James G. Ocington, do.
Jas. A. Miller, Houston.
D. IL Houser, “
D. 3L Brown, Houston;
James Tooke, “•
J. 8. Cooper, “
G. L. Slappey, “
Benj. C. Yancey, Athens, Ga.;
J. C. Freeman,* “ “
James Tinley, Bibb;
Rev. C. 3L Irwin, Lee;
Dr. C. Rodgers, Macon.
The foUowing resolution was offered by
AL*. D. M. Brown
Resolved, That the President of the Cot
ton Planters’ Convention be instructed to ap
point committees on business, as contempla
ted by the Constitution of this organization
Sir. Benj. C. Yancey, of Athens, addressed
the meeting in a very impressive manner on
the deplorable condition of our country, ow
ing to the fact that labor and capital are be
ing withdrawn from the agricultural interest
to an alarming extent, to be un-
profitably invested in our cities. He
also alluded to the great fatality exist
ing among the negroes, and advocated
the necessity of encouraging immigration and
recommended that our State Legislature ap
point agents to visit Europe, to truly repre
sent our climate resources, etc., encourage
immigration to our country. He also read
an essay on this subject, by CoL F. Sch&Ucr,
giving much interesting anil valuable infor
mation in regard to the German character,
etc.
Mr. Jas. A. Miller moved that the Conven
tion adjonm until 3 o’clock this afternoon.
Carried.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention re-assembled at the ap
pointed hoar.
Col. J. 8. Thomas offered the following res
olutions
Resolved, That the address of CoL F.
Schailer, read by CoL Ben C. Yancey, be ac
cepted and approved by this Convention, and
that it be submitted to the State Legislature
for consideration.
Resolved, That thi9 Convention appoint a
committee of three to memorialize the Legis
lature to aid in sending a Commissioner to
Europe, to encourage immigration.
The following gentlemen were appointed
by the President:
CoL J. S. Thomas, CoL C. 31. Irwin, Col.
Ben. C. Yancey, Chairman.
The following iL-oluiiona.waeaflfond.aiMl
unanimously adopted:
In view of the magnificent charities dis
pensed to the destitute and suffering people
of the Sonth, by those of Baltimore, flowing
from a pure sympathy and unaffected benevo
lence, they have caused all eyes in this section
to be turned towards her in admiration and
gratitude, which will be cherished and
strengthened into a future intimate and du
rable relationship; therefore, be it
Resolved, That this Convention, in behalf
of the people of Georgia, return grateful and
heartfelt thanks to the “ noble and patriotic
women cf Alaryland,” and their sympathizing
helpers, for snch substantial out-pouring and
affectionate sympathy in the great cause ot
Southern relief.
Resolved, That it behooves the agricultu
rists of Georgia to encourage frequent in
terchanges of opinion and experience among
themselves, upon the great interests of labor
and production, by forming fraternal associa
tions for tbeir mutual advancement and in
dustrial progress, in every county in the
State.
Resolved That the Convention at the earli
est period practicable will establish an agricul-
Letter from \A/ashingtOfl. Jacobin competitor (who in a recent speech
javowed himself for consolidating all govern
Washington, 2d Sept., 1868. ment in Congre85) by thousands.
One of those unfortunate ebullitions of bad Georgians residing here, and all others in
passion and revengeful hate periodically af- j crested in the prosperity and stability of that
dieting the country—the fruits of the fanati- i State, are greatly elated at the manifestations
cal teachings and bigoted inculcations of the j ©* confidence in her securities ns shown by
crazy zealots now unfortunately prominent j Ho recent sale of a half million of State
upon’the political surface—took place a day boids ^ New York, by Governor Jenkins, at
or two since at a camp meeting in the ad- 90 cents. When contrasted with the sales of
joining State of Maryland, near the line of ^liaouri and Tennessee bonds, the former at
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and about 78 ;enta and the latter at 69 and a traction
cqui-distant between this city and Baltip'^rc 1 wehave a melancholy evidence of the dam-
The meeting was held under the nuspiof- f ‘ ng» to the interests of the two States by the
the white citizens, and a large 3 ?P»otie sway of tlio miserable oligarchy now
of colored people, by permission, had also j happily foisted upon the people,
selected ground in immediate proximity, | Rev. Henry 3\ ard Beecher is receiving a
pitched their tents nnd became participant
in the exercises. Up to the time of the on
slaught of the desperadoes upon the colored
portion of the congregation, no intimation
and anticipation ot disturbance was had.—
The circumstances, as correctly reported,
were, that some time during the night, when
the exercises wore in progress, a band of ruf
fians, instigated by a dire spirit of deviltry
and mischief, ruthlessly, and seemingly un-
provokedly, made an attack upon the colored
people, who rallied and for a time kept the
assailants at bay, but were finally compelled
to give way to the rioters, whobrbught clubs,
pistols, and other destructive missiles, into
requisition. Several of the colored people
were more or less injured, and a white man
who was near listening to the exercises was
struck by a pistol ball and mortally injured.
The rioters then gathered up the tents, and
other personal effects of the party assailed,
and burned them.
This lamentable affair is earnestly depre
cated by every member of the community, ex
cepting the crazy political fanatics, who have
already eagerly clutched it with the hope of
rekindling political acerbity and sectional
estrangement. The most vigilant efforts are
being made to terret out the authors, and
bring them to condign punishment. It is
generally surmised that they are the scum
rejiresentatives of the old Plug-Ugly and
Know-Nothing cabal of Baltimore, who, in
the past imprieled the pecC yafety and sacred
rights of its citizens by the appliances of mob
rule, murder, arson, and other crimes of de
mons.
The pleasing anticipations of the Radicals
that the President on his tour would not find
in the rural and interior sections those en
thusiastic ovations which were so lavishly
conferred upon him in the populous cities,
have been thoroughly dispelled by the reali
ties. Through all the West portion of New
York, the demonstrations of the masses ex
ceed in enthusiasm and numbers any similar
exhibitions of the past Where the popular
voice in the elections has shown the strong
est endorsement of extreme policy, there are
evinced the most intense evidences of respect
for the Chief Magistrate.
There is authorized and incontrovertible
authority for a denial of the statement dis
seminated industriously by the Radical press
that Secretary Browning, a short time prior
to his installation into office, received a fee of
$10,000 for the use of his influence with the
President to secure clemency in behalf of
three men convicted of a crime on the Savan
nah river last fall. What has been done by
the administration in tbe premises was purely
under a conviction of duty, uninfluenced by
any such extraneous appliance.
The Radical press arc continually harping
upon tbe thread bare tbeme of administrative
proscription of loyalists (?) and appointment
of copperheads. The everlasting chanting is
being continually rung in the ears ot the
populace in every town, village and hamlet.
Whilst aware that many changes have been
made during tbe past month, we were fully
satisfied that a correct analysis would prove
that the statement was in the main entirely
foreign to the truth. Upon an examination
of the several jonrfials of the country designa
ted to publish the United States laws, (being
two in each State and Territory) the strange
tact is elicited that in every case, excepting
a few, those receiving that patronage are
scathing flagellation at the hands of “3Iassa
Greeley” for his earnest and full er dorsement
if the National policy inaugurated at the
Philadelphia Convention.
It seems almost incredible, yet it is a fact,
clearly substantiated beyond controversy, that
thcrecent substantial appreciation of Ameri
can securities in foreign markets, putting
Five-twenties at a fraction beyond 73 cents,
is inflicting disquietude and regret among
the revolutionists of the country. After ex
hausting their vigilant intuition to make out
a seeming cause for this gratifying exhibition
of increased value for the purpose ot blinding
the eyes of their deluded followers to the true
reason, they are compelled to look the true
cause clearly in the face, and concede to the
world, that the increased confidence is attrib
uted to the assurances conveyed by the pro
ceedings of the Philadelphia Convention of
the rapid repudiation of the party which is
now seeking to subvert the present from of
government, and establish upon the wreck a
centralized despotism. The masses are fully
alive to a realization of this fact, and the evi
dences are daily accumulating that the great
army of those who always array themselves
with the winning cause are ready to strike a
blow against radicalism.
The clerical force in the Ordnance, Com
missary and Quarter-master’s departments
was largely reduced yesterday. The opera
tions of the two former branches are settling
down to a peace standard.
The suit of William T. Smithson, former
banker of this city, against Stanton, of the
War Department, is expected to engage a
large portion of the coming November ses
sion of the United - States District Court.—
The complainant asks for $50,000 damages
for false imprisonment, confiscation of prop
erty and breaking up of his business. Pend
ing the war, Mr. Smithson was arrested by
the order of Stanton, the chief turnkey of
the War Department, despoiled of all his
monies and property, imprisoned, and, after a
long detention, tried and convicted by a
military band of satraps, and consigned as a
felon to the Albany penitentiary, upon the
charge of communicating information to the
enemy through the medium of letters, which
were found upon the person of a party cap
tured in the effort to run the blockade. Wit
nesses of unblemished character united in a
sworn statement Jthat the writing was
not in the hand-writing of Smithson, but a
ready witness, suborned for the purpose, tes
tified that the letters were written upon such
paper as the defendant was accustomed to
use, whilst it was clearly proven that the
same paper, in every respect, could be had at
the several periodical stores of the city. Mr.
Smithson was subsequently released through
the intercession of influential friends. Before,
and subsequent to his confinement, he sol
emnly averred his entire innocence of the
charge. There cannot be found, in any com
munity, a more exemplary Christian, truth
ful, kind-hearted and unexceptionable gen
tleman than Mr. Smithson, and the general
wish is that the verdict obtained will fully
sustain him. and fasten upon Stanton that
obloquy which his conduct justifies. There
are numberless, ’ more suits to follow, and he
will find enough to do for the balance of his
days to defend himself in courts of law.
Parson/(?) Governor (?) Sapient (?) Brown-
low is on the war path. Grant, AIcClellan,
Sherman, Sheridan, etc., are mere ])igmies
jsVicn contrasted with the well balanced (?)
’Brownlow, in planning for an extensive mili-
I - .... , . P , open in avowal of the poliev ot the destruc-
tural press, and by its own organ sustain and .. , - ,
espouse the industrial and agricultural inter- i t,vc? ’ and t,le exceptions are journals recent-
ests of the South. ‘ ly selected for those which kept up a persist-
Resolvcd, In consideration of the great ent personal abuse and detraction ot the Pres-[ tary campaign. He tells his worshipping
economy, facility and security of jlie iron j(j en ^ an d should be suppressed under the; satellites whilst en route to the mongrel Phil-
Iioojk, the Con\ention approved their practi- order of Gen. Grant Furthermore,; adelpliia Convention, that he scents in the
cal utilitv C vears ago,and do now recommend „ „ , . . ... .1 F . Z
to the cotton growers throughout the South a carefully prepared statement which we hav*‘e future another civil clash ot arms, and has
neral use of the iron clasp, instead of in coarse of preparation will reveal to ( ^.he already suggested his plan of conducting the
-**— public that, of the prominent officials at /he ■ v — X1 vj.v
scat of government, all but a very insijli.uifi-
cant number are enthusiastic opponent'!* of
the Presidential policy. The lank and'' file
the general
ropes, for baling cotton.
Resolved, That the Convention, in its de
liberate action, not only recommend, but do
earnestly invoke, the Legislature cf Geor
gia, at the next session, to give liberal encour
agement and ample protection to wool-grow- ( stand about four-fifths in opposition to the
ing and sheep husbandry in this State. | President. No previous administration ever
On motion, the city papers were requested manifested more forbearance,
to publish the proceedings of this Conven- Robert Ridgway, Esq., member of Con
ti on.
gross elect, from the Fourth District of Vir-
ful.
t-Sa -
| 0t Br 7“ nt wna Nuking I the forests gntta pereba, how long will the
e ‘ealthof Jeff. Pavia. j people of two great hemispheres submit to
2“»»Tr,ed by Fikk. - ’— Such is the 1 8uch unmitigated robbery ?
given by Forney’s Press to the'' But we have “* d fflr morc thaa wc 5ntcnd -
**** from the South who recentlv ed wlle n we set out, our object being simply to
f? “ Philadelphia. We have a s*.m- 1 caU attent5on to tbe subject of monopolies in
/^patriots in oteN. S. Mors'', who g encral > and - as a fiuthfbl public journalist,
Eatery to style himself a d Jegafc warn tbo P ubl > c to look to their interests anil J consequent on this st ate of thiDgs. should, by
tor PU. This man denounced Joshua rcs ' st evel 7 encroachment on industrial free-: a11 means, seed heavily this tall ot wheat and
"ttiiSfe. , 'inwwceu tfOenu* , , . • . . rve, and m the spring seed oats largely. Tbe
“***» When the latter ran for Gov dom- They cannot be too vigilant or too - ’ — r - - - c -
On motion, the Convention adjourned to ginio, whose name had been used in an tinau-
the 2d Tuesday in November, to meet in 3111- thorized manner, in connection with the
lcdgeville. >| Southern so-called loyal, alias Northern Sec-
J. V. JONES, Pros t. tional Philadelphia Convention, in the most
O. A. t ALDWEi.L,^Secy. emphatic and laconic terms denounces the
Fall and Winter Crops.—The following conduct “Of the scamps at Alexandria, who
article from the 3robile Tribune may give our teOkeut the slightest communication xeithorau-
plnntors some judicious hints in relcrence to Ihority frtm him, took the outrageous liberty of
fall and winter crops of grain, which are so naming him with the mulatto Convention, well
necessary now to help out our limited supply kMOreinf that he had not a particle of sympathy
of corn: with the Jacobin rabble."
The prospect of the corn crop for the pre- Judge Montgomery Blair ims reached home l
sent year is so unpropitious as to produce the from his late tour through New England. :
deepest concern in the minds of the thought- He was enthusiastically received in Boston,
same. He will have the army which is to in
vade the Southern soil, divided into three
grand corps ; one supplied with the musket
and the sword to deal out death; the second
to be armed with tljre torch, to lay waste the
habitations and the barns, '.and the third an
army of surveyors to lay out thVe lands for oc
cupancy by a new set of settlei-’s. Was ever
the fool spirit of a diabolical hatiT of his race
and unchristian blackheartedness n‘iore thor
oughly developed than in the case of iMiis man
Brownlow I And yet he is the man w*hom
his corrupt satellites would have the wol'^ld
believe is the Governor anct representativsC
type of a million of as good, true and pat-\
riotic people as the sun ever shone upon.
The Radicals are becoming bold in avow
ing that Secretary Stanton is diametrically
opposed to the policy of the President, who
dared not to remove him. They represent
the Secretary as rendering the fanactics essen
tial service by cheeking the President in his
career of political treachery.
Potomac.
A Republican Journal on South- ’
ern Tories, i
They Don’t Harmonize.
It is a pity that the discordant opponents
The N. Y. Times contains some remarks on i oi the late Philadelphia Convention and its
the position, aims and deserts of Southern i acti ? a did ? ot n P ree among themselves as to
TTninntafctviirt , . the kind ol warfare they were to make upon
Unionists!* ho deserted their section an the late it> l tW0 uid have saved them much incon-
war and sympathized with its enemies, that
are, in the main, very correct. It says:
_ The men in the South who stood by the
Union during the rebellion, think that the
political control of the Southern States should
now rest exclusively in their hands. That is
the practical object of their efforts. They
demand the disfranchisement of all who
were in the rebellion, and the hestowment of
nil political power upon those who were not.
The claim is not without plausibility. It
seems just nnd fair, and if it were not hope
lessly and utterly impossible, would deserve
consideration. But it is impossible. The
men in the Southern States who stood by the
Union do not number one in ten—we believe
we might say one in twenty—of their capa
ble inhabitants. They have not the
slightest hold upon their confidence,, they
cannot command acquiescence in their rule,
and if installed in their power can only be
kept there by the bayonet. The reason for
this state of public feeling towards them
may not deserve approval—but it is natural
and not inconsistent with renewed aqd sin-
cere loyalty. Every community confides in
tbo se who stand by it in its hour of trouble—
no matter from what source those troubles
may come; and it contemns those who, when
the* die is cast, neither come to their aid nor
sympathize with their sorrows. And it is ut
terly hopeless to expect that they will choose
them as the recipients of their honors on the
representations ot their wishes and opinions.
The Southern delegates in .Philadelphia
actually represent nobody in the South but
themselves. They speak only their own
wishes, their own claims, their own senti
ments and their own ambition. They do not
seek the welfare of the South—they seek on
ly their own elevation to supreme authority
o’ver the Southern States, and that the Na
tional Government will maintain them in it
by military power. Whatever their suffer
ings or their merits, can this demand he
granted f Is it not certain to lead to inter
minable contests, fresh wars, perpetual an
archy to be suppressed only by force, in the
hands of an irresponsible and despotic Gov
ernment at Washington? And is this what
when we were seeking to suppress the rebel
lion?
Southern Union men are entitled to full
and complete protection in their rights of
person and property, in freedom of speech
and of action, in all the Southern States; and
if they fail to receive it at the hands of the
local authorities, they may demand it from
the National Government. But in regard to
the exercise of political power, they must
yield to the necessities of the case. They
have no right to sacrifice the Union to their
personal claims, however strong those claims
may be; and the men who will urge these
claims with the most pertinacity at Philadel
phia, are not likely to be those whose claims
are the strongest, or the best entitled to rec
ognition.
sistent effort, and perhaps have prevent
ed the mutual destruction of cash otUerts
statements by offset.
At the North, the Convention is denounced
by the radical press as having been under the
control of “copperheads” and “rebels.”—
They say that one of the flag* was looped up •
in such a m*»aar as to show their stripes on
ly, thus representing the Confederate flag, aud
that the band played “ Dixie ” as often as
“Yankee Doodle.” They regard the Decla
ration of Principles as a surrender to South
ern claims, and contend that the triumph oi
the policy which it upholds will lead to the
early return of the Government of the coun
try to the hands of the rebels.
On the other hand, the Southern opponents
of the Convention (they are few in number
but heavy in demonstration—“little but loud”)
contend that it was entirely controlled by
Republicans; that Southerners had to take
back seats and agree to whatsoever was pro
posed ; tliut the Address is offensive in style
and repugnant to the Southern ideas of the
principles of the Government, &c.
The candid and intelligent observer can
hardly fail to see that in this, as in many other
instances, truth is to be found between these
two extremes. The Southern delegates were
not prominent in directing the Convention,
and there is no pointed and specific recogni
tion of State rights to the extent for which
the people of the South hare contended. But
all the practical propositions of the Conven
tion are for the preservation of righes of the
States threatened by radical legislation, all its
plan of operations is aimed atthe overthrow,
o; a party whose continued rule is the death-
knell of every principle of State rights; and
both by theory and practice it recognizes the
equal association of the Southern States in
the Union and their right to control in their
own way their domestic policy. The plat
form of the National Union Convention re
quires of us nothing to which wc have not
already assented, imposes on ns no condi
tions pre-requisite to representation and po-
litic-.il equality, and proposes to protect us -
against the innovations and the indignities
proposed by the radical party. One or the
other of these conflicting policies must pre
vail, and it is the part of wisdom for us to
give all the moral ami material aid we can
offer to that which is least objectionable and
most advantageous to us.— Columbus Knquir-
rer.
Tlic New York Republicans Com
ing to tlic President.
The Times of the 3d, says:
At all the cities and localities which Presi
dent Johnson has visited in this State, prom
inent nnd eminent members of the Republi
can party have hastened forward not only to
extend a wplcome to the President, but to
publicly express their adhesion to the liber
al policy of which he is the representative,
and of which the Philadelphia Convention
was the exponent. In view of what we have
seen in this direction, from the hour the
President set foot in this city on Wednesday
last up to his arrival at Niagara on Saturday,
any intelligent man can testify to the false
ness of the assertion that the policy
of the President has no support
ers of consequence in the Republican
ranks, or that the Republican support which
he has is without political significance or
value. Since the character of the Philadelphia
Convention has come to be understood by the
people, and since the call for the Conven
tion of Soldiers and Sailors at Cleveland,
who sustain the Philadelphia movement, was
issued, the Destructives have been compelled
to stop denouncing as “traitors” and “Cop
perheads” all who adhere to the policy of
President Johnson. For, if the bulk of
those who fought for the Union, and offered
their lives for the Union, and secured the sal
vation of the Union, are to be branded as
traitors to the Union—if those who were the
founders ot the Republican party, who have
struggled in every political campaign for the
triumph of the Republican party, who sub
scribe with their whole Hearts to every au
thorized tenet of the Republican party, are to
be stigmatized as traitors to the Republican
party—where, wo would ask, shall we seek
for loyal Unionists and genuine Republicans?
If the Union can afford to outlaw its defend
ers, nnd the Republican can afford to demol
ish the main pillars of its power, how can
Unionism and Republicanism continue to ex
ist otherwise than in their ruins?
The President’s tour has been one of great
value in calling out the sentiments and set
ting before the people the position of so many
eminent Republicans throughout the entire
length of the Empire State, from New York
City to Niagara. It has given tlio Liberals a
knowledge they did not possess before of tbe
strength they have in the Republican ranks.
It has shown them that it exists throughout
the rural districts nnd in the towns as well as
in the great commercial centre of the State..
It has shown them where the voters are to
come from who will secure the triumph of
national principles and vindicate the policy
whose aim is to effect the union of all the
States according to the Constitution.
Nth,
, of ® creature'was owner and J* 10 ’ 1 ' 111 i:i ' ! ' !, ti on9 of fcvery kind tlmt - ck earlior> 111US 1( »o.« iur .«
Augusta Chronicle At Sentinel t0 tvmptl the public to empty its pockets into provided, to a great oxtfl
JJ, Governor brown during the otrn c3ffers - f 0ats secdod in the fl
^ Gov “ rnor - who prefer-
fo tM ^them people, men, rn._, 1
vntuifea “annihilated” rather die into an empty whisky barrel for the pur- and the greatest sagacity and^forecast
, *S»in under Yankee dominion — pose. Ot seeing whether it was clean, when the If planters rely mainly upon corn, it will
P»tii«,u j n j ,. __ 1 barrel exploded with a loud report. Tlio take a large amount realized from the cotton
■ fl*" i in * l i ;,s never sblTta am j | 100 p 3 were thrown violently in crop to purchase a supply.
,; Pnior Court e ° a s bt to ! by every direction, but fortunately, nobody was
Thus food for man and beast can be
ut, in the spring.
their OWP caffera. ! * Oats seeded in the tall afford ihe finest
*•— 5 ! yield, if tbe winter should not be too severe;
Singular Explosion.—In Wheeling, on j The amount of destitution and suffering
Friday evening. * man lowered a iightttf Ctfi- ! must be very great, under the best economy.
A Glimpse* Behind thb Mask. — Tbe
It is believed bv many tlmt the corn grown and dehvercd a *P ee ® h to a large meeting, j North Carolina Presbyterian says a colored
in Alabama this year will not supply the de composed mostly of Conservative republi- j Baptist Minister at Beaufort, South Carolina,
mnnd beyond the month of 3Iarcli next. cans, presided over by John Quincy Adams, writes to the Christian Recorder:
The planters, in ordertoavert the calamity grandson of the late ex-President of the same ! “Some of our white ministerial friends do
name. The Judge gives cnconrngin"' ac- more in the wav of procuring farms and
counts of the repudiation of the Jacobins bv k ; c . e P' n S 0Ur P° or race in ignorance than any-
„ . ... . „ , „ •’ tiling else. Thev pretend when thev are
well-meaning republicans in the “hub city; , North that they ‘would come down here and
a gain of a Conservative member of Congress do anything for our race in the way of en-
is confidently looked for in that stronghold, lightening them; but instead of this, where
Colonel Charles E. Phelps, present lenre- they see the cotton bag, they forget all about
1 ' 4 *■ Him r'riirMhi»iI find tho «fivinnr nf
| wheat will mature in May, a«ul the oats even
Another Bank Embezzlement in New
York.—George II. Briggs, paying teller for
jtlie Nassau Bank in New York city kns been
if.jrcnted on a charge of embezzling $61,000
oTtafte funds of the bank. 3Ir. Briggs, it is
The Axe Coming South.—The Radical,
office-holders South, both in and outside of
the army, may look out. The N. Y. Times of.
the 8d"says: ,
One of our correspondents in the South,
the other day, directed attention to the fact
that, many of the disturbers of Southern
peace, and the most unscrupulous assailants
of the restoration measures of the Adminis- -
tration, are occupants of Federal offices, and
in receipt of pay from the Government they
abuse. This is true not only of individuals
employed under the Freedmeu’s Bureau, but
of other, officials, who derive their power for
mischief from their connection with the Ad
ministration. It is to be hoped, therefore,,
that the cleaning-out process which has been
commenced in the North will by and by be
extended to the South, where thorough work
is greatly needed. There, if anywhere, per
fect harmony between the Executive and the
office-holders is a necessity.
Could not he Heard.—The only item,
about the negro delegates that we find in the:
published proceedings of the Piebald Con
vention now in session at Philadelphia, is the
following;
3Ir. Crane, of Louisiana, arose and said he-
held in his hand a communication from a
citizen of Louisiana who had been elected a
delegate to the Convention. He was a citi
zen of African descent, one of. the noblest
specimens of his race, who certainly enjoyed
the confidence of the delegation. He asked
that the letter be read. The letter was sent
to the chair,, but was not read.
The Newspaper Business.—The proprie
tors of the leading New York journals re
cently held a meeting nnd had a free talk
about the revolution which the enormous ex
penses entailed by the cable were certain to
work in the whole business of newspaper
publication. The usual differences of opin
ion prevailed, but there was perfect unanim
ity on one point, and that was the necessity
of raising the price of newspapers. One of
the speakers urged that the American people
have all along been getting newspapers at a
much cheaper rate than the people of any
other country. They demanded tho best the
market could afford, at prices wholly unre-
munerativo to those whose capital, enterprise
avid industry were involved. The meeting,
however, was only informal, and preliminary
to others soon to be held for definite action.
83F" In the last issue of the Jacksonville
Times is a little squib at the Philadelphia
Convention scene, when the delegates Irom
South Carolina and Massachusetts entered
arm-in-arm. The Times winds up by an at
tempted Scriptural quotation, as follows;—
“And Pilot and Ilerod were friends that same
dny.” This is the latest attempt in that line
we have seen. The editor of the Times must
have had marine matters strongly on the
brain when be wrote that paragraph. "Wc
remember ninny years since that *tbe Boston
Post, in speaking of one of the pilots of the
“Hub, - ’ who was “a man of unbounded
stomach,’* as Shakspeare says, characterized
him as “Pauneli-eous Pilot.” Perhaps the
Tines lias got the two styles confused.—Sac.
Advertiser.
Government Bonds Sent to Europe.—
The steamers Arago aud City of Paris, which,
sailed from New York for Europe, on Satur
day, took out Government bonds of the val
ue, a3 nearly as can be ascertained, of foun
allege-)dj had been in the Habit of frequenting million dollars. It is said th.it there wene-
nnd lo I sing heavily at various gambling houses • about forty separate packages, one of which
throughout the city, and on being arrested ; was insured for four hundred and fifty thou-
made 0 a c ] full confession of liis guilt He is ! sand dollars, aud tho other for about threo
said to >ve staked and lost as much ns $5,- j hundred thousand dollars. 1 he \vrapi>er of
000 on a , turn. His passion for gaming was a package of medium size contained fbrty-
uncoriquei.'nble, and he says himself, be does two dollars' worth of postage stamps, and
not know fj'iqw much money he has taken.— ten or twelve of the larger rolls bore amounts
All his abstractions were taken from the sur- in postage varying, it was estimated, from
twenty-five to sixty dollars. No accurate ac
count was taken of the stamps. The bonds
were nearly equally divided between, the ves
sels. aud the shave of each measured about a
bushel.
At least half of
, ,. - . . r, . ! l . Christ and Him crucified, and the saving of
sentative from the third Congri—lonal bis- of 80U ] 8> t> 0 f certain Northern merchants
trict ot Maryland, being a portion of Balti- hesav3: “All they wish to do is to preach
more city, has been re-noiuinated by the C'on- i wliat President Lincoln lias done, and pat
servatives. During the last session lie took tbo colored man on th , e sh . ol ! ldcr with the
• left hand, while with th« right hand thev
strong and unequivocal portion in opposi- cMcb hol< i of his pocket-book. And wlieh
hurt.
the outlay for com in at be saved by seeding tion to tbe revolutionists, repudiating a nom- thev have got the last cent from him, their
largely ot small grain, as suggested. ination at their hands. He will beat his friendship ceases. Then he is only a nigger.” :
plus funds always left ut his hands. He is a
married mni/.’, and is about thirty-five years
of age, and l.iad moved iu first-class society.
He was a man* universally respected, and one
who never wr?nld have been suspected of
such s.n act ; ai.hd it is understood that a large
circle of frien<v.s and relatives are utterly
prostrated atth'.is sudden and totally unex
pected unmaskii'ig of bis embezzling opera
tions.
a - - 1 -** ■■
New Cotton u from Georgia. — The
Nashville Union a u -nd American says; Our
friend?, Messrs. HprUt McRea A Co., were the
recipients yesterdov | °t the first bale of new
cotton sent to this 'market from the State of
Georgia. The cotto, Ji was grown by Mr. W.
J. Dovle; of AVcst l : ’oint, and in point of
quality it is ahead of any bale vet brought to
this citv. It was sold at 33 cents.
J3T" A feat of almost unrivaled traveling
was recently accomplished on the Great Nor
thern Railway, England. On the occasion ot
the late fire at Newcastle, when; the safety of
the high-level bridge was unlatigcred, a tele
gram was sent to London. requiring the at
tendance of 3Ir. Harrison. the engineer of the
Northeastern Railway Company, and that
gentleman was conveyed by an engine be
longing to the Great Northern Company,
from King's Cross to York, a distance of 191
miles, in 3 hours, and 4$ minutes, including
the stoppage of ekrht minutes at Newark te^
water aud lul'vies.ting the engine.