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Newspaper Page Texttr**** ii < -t lmmi ■ »■' ■■!! wiih i m ttasEzzczzm lfi[, A. REID & Co,,] SFsertes, A Family Journal for the Dissemination of General Intelligence, Miscellany, Agricultural, Commercial, Political and Religious Information. [PROPRIETORS MACON, GA., MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1867. YOL. 2, NO. 8 TKL.EGKAPH (BUSHING HOUSE, flLUAM A. REID &Co., Proprietors. Ui j [S. Boykin jS.s> £ EDITORS. Terms of Subscription : oU Weekly Tslsorath : $4 00 „ ,« Duly TBt.EOv.iPii: $12 00 per annum. “ JOB PRI » TI N (I: ^•Particular attention will be given to the ■Lici of JOB PRINTING of every descrip- neither from the East nor from the West. no r ; capital of said State on the first Monday of from the South; but God is the judge; he put- J “ n . e of sa5< * y e ?. r ’ at o'clock, noon - m , , a, , with power to adjourn from time to time, ana teth down one, and setteth up another, j s i, all proceed to form a State constitution, That it is lawful to pay tribute and so ( which shall be submitted to the people at To tho Editor* of the Telegraph. fliou-lH' on PublicAflfoln jou allow n subscriber to ycur paper, pa who is nearing the grand climacetric , l3!a ,n life, one who 1ms never coveted jalth or political distinction,who can bonst j filing on the score of attainments or giiirrments, and who has coveted nothin 9 wh as to know God and his duty, to in ^ a few reflections on the past and the H ,-*at condition ot his own, his native land P pit war 1ms closed, but. Its effects are still table and it is not, perhaps to be expected Jjmen should speedily think and act as irfdid before the nation was convulsed centre to circumference by its horrors.— ' ;t «wUo have had the opportunities to bin, anil who were capable of formin gtamte judgment upon the subject of war 0,1 it* incidents, have not hesitated to avow *,ir convictions in no equivical terms.— Paotliy Dwight says, “aggressive wnr is sotbing but a complication of robbing nnd anrder." Robert Ilall said, “war is nothing bu a temporary repeal of all the principles t virtue.” Napoleon the First is reported w have said that, “a atate of war in any coun ry, operates for the time, a suspension of all iW human and divine.” No man ever had cter opportunities to test the verity of this •1 declaration than he who uttered it. Tho jae sentiment couched iu varied phraseolo j baa been entertained and expressed by liiilosopliers, poets, nnd theologians in all Ls of the world. If true, then ’it is mani 4.-, that no little time must elapse after the jttioa of actual hostilities, belore the pub- jind of the behgerents will secure its ac juilibrium, and he is to be deemed the fjt patriot and the wisest statesman who most to restore the publie virtue, the ie confidence and the public tranquility t*e who wero engaged in the conflict.— |: :ir the sadncs3 of the reminscences it 1 be amusing to rocur to the arts resorted a both sides to make despotism respoct- One leader perpetrates the most daring under the sanction of the aphorism, ,iili svprtma far." Auother justifies vj apecies of wrong under tho pretext of -military necessity.” Tho first always puthc vigUt to decide when the safety of people requires a particular measure of upotiun to be adopted; tho other never A to determine when the necessity arises r setting at defiance the mandates of rea- justice, humanity and law. Neither |>’k*tothe inevitable consequences which sooner or later flow from their deeds.— a natural and unavoidable result is that a and people are debased. Passion, not sciple, controls the conduct of both, nnd - too, long after the fight is over, and very a the wildest fanaticism sweeps away all tu lovely and of good report into the i« of universal anarchy. Would that i*ts war in these States could justly be 1 to form an exception to the remark of freat Corsican. Would that either bel- Vent could rightly claim exemption from operation of the theory and practice as by him. We know the facts to be far wise, and that the truthful historian will constrained to report them as they ex on both sidei clangor of arms has ceased, tho wt: -u been hushed, the weaker side lias ■wlto overwhelming numbers, nnd read! "■-ce»trs the madness that would mark a *•11 of the contest. What is to be the ^•tt of the successful si do, remains to be ■Ifcwloped. Whether malice or mngna will rule their course of action to is fur tin ::, to decide. How ^Toice of reason, of sound policy and '‘rtprinciple, will be heard or heeded by : • he revealed, lbnv far the bis Mother nations nnd people situated as “t rill be allowed tc influence them, submit to the civil magistrate in the exercise of actual authority. That illegal aud even wicked acts ia a ruler, in some things, do not exempt tho ruled from D cr obedience to him in those tilings which he may lawfully require. That the chureh lias no sword except that of spiritual authority for spiritual ends. That it is the duty of the ruled to treat all the officers of the Govern ment with respect, and never to use revilin or railing language to them, nor concerning them. That the wickedness of rulers does not exempt the ruled from the obligation to pray for them. The cruelties and enormities of Nero did not exonerate the Apostle to the Gentiles from the duty of praying for him and of charging others to do the same. The ruled ought to pay all the taxes, of every kind, legally demanded of them, by the Gov ernment, and to do it honestly, promptly and cheerfully. If the Government go beyond its authority and require that to be done which is wicked the people must obey God rather than man. If rulers go out of their office and meddle with things which do not belong to them, they cease to be rulers in that behalf, and the ruled are not bound to follow their dictation. Obedience is duo to law as law, and not to the caprice of any man or set of me*. The correlative cf these duties may be briefly stated thus : If the ruled have duties, so have rulers, if there be a line of rectitude prescribed by reason and revelation for the ruled, so also is a line of rectitude prescribed by tbe same authority for rulers. If tho one by misconduct exposes himself to reprobation so also does the other by misrule expose him self to reprobation. If the oath of fidelity nnd allegiance in the one cannot be broken without treason, the oath of office in the other cannot be broken withoutpeijury. If both are faithful to their obligations, tbecountryissafe and peaceful, and may easily become prosper ous and happy, nnd so continue. One great er ror into which rulers and people have fallen, and which will be as difficult to correct ns any other, is that of elevating men to respon sible positions out of mere personal favorit ism and without regard to the public inter ests. In this way, men of shattered brains and broken fortunes have been promoted, while men of real merit have been entirely overlooked. Indeed, the terms of preferment are so humiliating, in numberless cases, that no conscientious man could accept them. In tho nature of things it must go ill with any people when vicious men arc advanced and men of worth kept under the hatches, where the sordid, fcrvile and mercenary are inves ted with power, while tho virtuous, exem plary and gifted are despised and put under the ban of popular reprobation. It is not to be wondered at, in such a state of things, that the ancient landmarks of the constitu tion are furiously overridden and the Gov ernment threatened with utter subversion.— If this state of things were corrected, rulers would cease to be tyrants and citizens cease to be rebellious. Those who go about to al ter a well-modeled, well-settled Government, under color of redressing some grievances and correcting some faults in it, will quickly perceive that it is much easier to find fault than to amend, to demolish than to build up. The sentiment of the poet is as true to-day as hen it was first written: For forms of government let fools contest, That which is best administered is best.” If we meet with knotty pieces of timber, men of perverse and ungovernable spirits, and we think to master them by force and vio lence and hew them to pieces, they may prove too hard for us, and the attempt may proyc to our damage. Rather let rulers and people act towards each other with prudence, I such time as the convention shall direct, nnd if ratified by a majority of legal votes shall be declared the constitution of the State.— Congress shall elect a commission for each of said States, to consist of three persons, who shall select, or direct the mode of selecting, the election of officers for the several election districts, which districts shall be the same as before tho rebellion, unless altered by said commission. The officers shall consist of one judge nnd two inspectors of elections, and two clerks; tlifi said officers, together with all the expenses of the election, shall bs paid by tlio United States, and said expenses shall be repaid by said fctf.te or Territory. Each of said officers shall receive five dollars per day for the time actually employed. Each of the members of said commission shall re ceive three thousand dollars per annum, and their clerk two thousand dollars. The com- missiou shall procure all the necessary books, stationery and boxes, and make all regula tions to effect the objects of this act. The President of the United States and the mili tary commander of the District, shall furnish so much military aid as the said commission ers shall deem necessary, to protect the polls and keep the peace at each of said election districts*. If, by any means, no election should be held in any of said late States on the day herein fixed, then the election shall be held on the third Monday in May, eighteen hundred and sixty-seveD, in the manner herein prescribed. tion may dictate our white brethren every where to voluntarily contribute. This brief of serious interest to the Southern people, we annex the resolutions of each, which go to show that there is some],'patriotism extant in synopsis of our desires we feel.called upon to make known. Attached as wo are to the soil of our birth, with a sacred regard for the sepulchres of our sires, with a supernatural instinct for locality, we nor our ancestors having ever been a no madic people, if in the process ot time and the progress of events, a kind Providence should 1 tb ., , , , appoint tho Rio Grande as the Jordan of our tUe old iana • hopes, and any portion of Central America as I omo platform. our promised land, we will oppose no ob- Resolved, That the Democracy of Ohi* ad- stacle to seeming fate, and will mingle our heres to tho principles of the party as ex destiny and cast*our lot in a country where pounded by the fathers, and approved by ex- the distinctions of caste will oppose no barrier pe.rience. That in accordance with these to our settlement. principles we declare the Federal Govern- Wc make no demand for impartial si fjfragc I ment is a Government of limited powers, and We have indicated our desires in n-.;v 1 -an I that it possesses no powers but such as are spirit. We will shun this arena oi conflict, expressly delegated to it in the Constitution; Wc will cultivate the earth with industry.— that all other powers are reserved to the Our artisans, smiths, shoe-makers, joiners. States or people respectively; that a strict carpenters and mechanics of every kind, will construction of the Constitution is indispen- follow the occupations with which they are sable to the preservation of tho rights of the familiar. The body of our people of both States and people; that the Federal Govem- sexes will do likewise, direct their labor to mem is unfitted to legislate for local concerns tho production of grain, cotton, raising do- of States: that the tendency of the Federal mestic animals, rneaf for their own, consump- Administration is to usurp reserved rights of tion, poultry, vegetables, etc. the Slates and people; that freedom of speech and of the press are essental.to the existence of THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER. 1 liberty. The Constitution ‘is a law for rulers “• «•' I J&Hft SR“i.SS “» RESOLUTIONS OF THE OHIO AND CON- \ sa id States, as existing States, and as States NECTICUT DEMOCRACY. | j n the Union, by the Executive, Judicial and Democratic conventions was held last week j Legislative Departments of the Government, in the States of Ohio and Connecticut, and j leaves n o question that the exclusion of these their action relates in great part to matters States from Congress, governing them and c *1 i taxing them without representation, is not He seen. If they should decide that & Site* right,” nnd that the law of ***•5* better than the law of love, they : to complain if such a decision out for them, in the end, a more ' m overthrow than has befallen their -trrsariea. If, on the contrary, they ^ dccid« that tho law of love is greatly Wtrred to tho law of violence, and is ■ ::hv of their highest nnd '“•at veneration and esteem, and ‘-ill hereafter, be governed by that vui* their late opposers nnd all it la believed, they will roach a *»1, political d social elevation *-3 most nations of the earth. One i of our present troubles is to be '3 the fact, that the reciprocal duties ’ J the Ruler ot the Universe upon govern and those who are gov- ■ - Oot well understood Uy either, or if they are not reducod to practieo. **•* like Vessel afloat which lias - bor, it* captain, the mate nml the drifting at the m rcy of •ad wave The most effective ** as, it Would seem, is to return to ■ark the stews l>v which we 1 °ur deplorable condition a* a cle published iu the “ Southwestern Medical doctrine is more pernicious in consequence, and Surgical Journal,” of Augusta, Ga. The than that any of its previsions can be sus- articlo is from the pen of F. Peyre Porcher, pended during any exigency. That the M. D., Surgeon in charge of City Hospital, ri S bt3 of P^ple to peacefully assemble Un-WTCU,iu uinuuiiuci u«cui ■ “T ’ ° y ’ and consult upon public affairs is inviolable. Returns of all such elections I Charleston, formerly Surgeon m charge oi That the military should be in due subjection shall bo made to tho said commissioners, he General (Naval) Hospital, Norfolk harbor, to the civil power; that a majority have the whose certificates ot election shall be prima and the South Carolina Hospital, Petersburg, right to govern the minority, and have inde- facic evidence of the fact. Viririnia • leasable right; and that frequent recurrence Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That J] ' . . ■ . o b to the first principles is essential to the safety the person who shall be entitled to vote at , The , Patll °l°gy .of Shakspeare, as the aD( j we jf are 0 f t hc States and people. both of said elections shall be as follows: I * earne< 4 comprehensive and elegant IV atson Resolved, That the States which lately at AH mMc citizens above the a^e of twenty-one M 133 calle< f when he speaks of ** rai^sing out tempted to secede 'are still States in tho veare who have Sled on? year in sm ? d ? he ™ tten , trou ¥ c ! of thebrem,” and “nun- Uni £ n) ancl bave be ’ eu rcc0 gnized as such by State’ and ten davs within tbe election dis- £stenn S t0 the nund diseased, may tuerefor eyer y Department of the Government; that ’ ‘ I be observed by tho Surgeon with the greatest I be j n g t b us in the Union they stand on an See [> And be it further enacted That I a d vanta o & Superaddcd to the prostration C q Ua i footing with their sister States, with thc word citizen as used in this act shall bo ancI S entra ^ asthenic state which I have as- e q Ua i rights; that it was a thing unknown construed to mean all persons (exeopt Indi- I sert< ; cl to he the dommant feature of our sick U 0 tbe Constitution that Congress had the ans not taxed) born in the United States or soldl . crs > tllere ls als0 , very S en(; rally extreme power to deprive a State of reserved rights duly naturalized. Any male citizen above a P atby as \° r . esu,t3 > bo "eve? sombre may be and reduce it t0 a territorial condition; that the age of twenty-one'years shall bo compe- th . e { r complexion, or even fatal to their hopes, therefore the exclusion by Congress of all re- tent to be elected to act as delegate to said ' 7lslles or liye3 * presentation from ten States, their proposed convention. The Confederate soldier resigns himself to I exclusion from the next Presidential election Sea C. And be it further enacted, That all his fate. Once that it is decided that a re- and redaction to Territories are unconstitu- persons who, on the 4th day of March, eigli- turn home is impossible for him, and he must tional, revolutionary and despotio—measures teen hundred nnd sixty-one, were of full age, remain in hospital, the physiognomy of his destructive to the rights of those States, and who held office, either civil or military, un- condition is admirably expressed by the Ital- also to every other State in the Union, and der the government, called thc “Confederate I ian phrase poco curante, which he carries in part of a plan to nullify the Constitution, States of America,” or who swore allegianco every feature of Iris face, in his gait, and in virtually overthrow State governments ancl to said government, arc hereby declared to his bearing. He really seems to present the erect despotisms on their ruins and establish have forfeited their citizenship and to have unusual spectacle of a man devoid of either a tyrannical minority over a majority ot the renounced allegiance to the United States, hopes or aspirations; or if he has them, they American people. and slinll not be entitled to exercise the elec- are suppressed. When he entered the service. Resolved, That Congress is not an omnip tive franchise, or hold office, until five years whether from compulsion, or, as in nearly otent law-making power, after they shall have filed their intention or I every instance, urged by a noble patriotism, Resolved, That the people hare suffered desire to be reinvested with the right of citi- his mind was prepared for any fate; the too long exactions of high protective tariffs, zensliip, and shall swear allegiance to the scenes of danger, also, through which lie has and we demand that their substance shall no United States and renounce allegiance to all passed have strung his nerves to so high a longer be extorted from them to fill the pock- othergovernmentsorpretended governments; pitch of tension—so much higher than mere ets of Eastern monopolists, the said application to be filed and oath taken sickness, which w far below the battle field Resolved, Unequal taxation is contrary to in the same courts that by law are authorized in the stirring intensity or thc elevation of justice and sound policy. We call upon the to naturalize foreigners: Provided, however, I the emotions it excites—that ho is not im- Governments of the Federal States to use all that on inking th?following oath, the party pressed by his present peril, however immi- necessary constitutional means to remedy this being otherwise qualified, shall be allowed to nent may be tbe fate which it threatens. He j eviL . vote and hold office: I is therefore languid, careless and indifferent, I Resolved, That tho Radical majority, or “T A.. B., do solemnly swear, on tho Holy I and his mind needs to be aroused and stimu-1 so-called Congress, have proved themselves Evangelist of Almighty God, that on the lated. in favor of negro suffrage by forcing it upon fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and I There is no ono so uncomplaining as the j the District ot Columbia against the wish, sixty-four, and at all times thereafter, 11 Confederate soldier. Every surgeon who I and by forcing upon all Territories in viola- would willingly havo complied with the re-1 has seen active service will confirm the truth-1 tion of the Constitution. That. we. are op- quirements of the proclamation of the Presi- i fulness and accuracy of a picture drawn with-1 posed to negro suffrage, believing it would dent of the United States, issued on the j out exaggeration. In your daily rounds to b® productive of evil to both races, and dis- cighth day of December, eighteen hundred offer him relief he gazes upon yon, but does astrous conflict. and sixty-three, had a safe opportunity of so I not complain that you pass him by, asks for I Resolved, That for their enorts to uphold doing been allowed me; that on the said I nothing, does not bemoan his fate, nor mur-1 the Constitution, we tender to the President fonrth of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-1 mur at the insufficiency of either food or at- and the majority of the Judges of the Su- four, nnd at all times thereafter, I was op-1 tendance, He may lie sick under a broiling I preme Court our hearty thanks, posed to the continuance of tho rebellion, and I sun, in a heated tent or wounded; he may j Resolved, That we favor a Democratic to thc establishment of the so-called Confed- I languish in a hospital, amid the dying and I Convention of all the States, to be held at crate government, and voluntarily gave no I the dead, surrounded by everything to appal such time and , place as may hereafter be aid or encouragement thereto, but earnestly j even well men: j agreed, upon, and that the State. Central desired the success of the Union, and the sup- I “Ubinue luetus ubiouc navor Committee be authorized to confer with other pression of all armed resistance to the gov-1 Et plurima mortis imaeo.” Committees in regard to such time and ernment of the United States; and that I will y et tbe mere stripling posseses liis soul un-1 P lace; - th *‘ "£ woald prefer Louisville, Ivy. henceforth faithfully support the constitution I terrified, and utters neither cry nor groan.— of thc United States, and thc Union ot ttie I There has always been a courage, and a reso- States thereunder.” I lution mingled with his apparent indifference Sec. 7. And jc it further enacted, That I -^bjdj bas extorted my admiration, and has _ no constitution shall be presented to or acted I compelled me involuntarily to recall tbe noble I people, justly jealous of their rights and on bv Congress which denies to any citizen description of the invinceable Cato, whose liberties to frankly and fearlessly assert their any right,, privileges, or immunities which | unsubdued spirit soared aloft when the world I views upon all great aud important public Resolved, That an early and thorough or- I ganization of the party is indispensable. CONNECTICUT PLATFORM. Whereas, It becomes a free and intelligent “Gmneterrarum sabaeta, Preterstrocem anium catonis.” are granted to any other citizen in the State. I crum blcd at his feet: All laws shall be impartial, without regard to language, race, or former condition. If the provisions of this section should ever he . altered, repealed expunged, or in any way In tb * s display of his courage there is an abrogated, this act shall become void and I inexorable sterness almost amounting to atro mildness and good temper. These will I said State lose its right to be represented in city. greatly aid rulers, on the one hand, to man-! Congress. .... _. | When the soldier, leaving friends, kindred age those who are inclined to be turbulent, md on thc other, will enable the ruled to turn away the wrath of such as would gov ern with rigor and severity. It is always wise to enchant the serpent with which wc have to contend, rather than attempt to out- hiss him. In a government like ours, what ever flhc speeches and fine essays may bo spo ken or written, it must be admitted, after all, that thc general spirit, of thc people and of the rulers, undor God, furnishes the only sol id basis of all our rights. Other views might be presented, but you arc opposod to long articles, and so is, Poor Richard. questions; and Whereas, When armed resistance to the au thority of the United States ceased, each of the several States that had been in antago nism to the Government became, by the inhe rent force of the Constitution and the funda mental principles upon which our system of government is based, reinstated and restored Tliad Slovens’ Last. The Measure that is ta heal tho Union by crush ing the South. The finished labors o f the “ Buckshot ” hero.—The essence of Radical malignity and hate.—Amendment in the na ture of a Substitute to H. R. 543, proposed l»y Mr. Stevens. Whereas, The cloven States which lately formed the government called the “Confed erate States of America" have forfeited all their rights under the Constitntipn, and can be reinstated in the same only through the action of Congress; Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate nnd House of Representatives of the United States of Amer ica iu Congress assembled, That the eleven Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That and home, delivers up his life for his country, | a n their rights and privileges; and whenever the foregoing conditions shall be be lias paid the dearest tribute that man can Whereas, The President of the United complied with, thc citizens of said State may offer, and there is a moral sublimity in the gt a tes by virtue of the authority vested in present said constitution to Congress, and if I act which ennobles the very poorest. In ev-1 b j m b y the Constitution of the United States the same shall be approved by Congress, said ery age the sacrifice has been immortalized and tbe i aws j n pursuance thereof, issued his State shall be declared entitled to the rights, in verse aud song, and the divine Dante says pr oclamation declarin'* the war at an end • jirivileges, and immunities, and be subject to of him: and 3 all the obligations and liabilities of a State I „ He ^ !n quest of L ibert j_ w blch is so eostly- withm the Union. No Senator or Kepre- As be knows best who enflered default of life for “ it.” scntntiTe shall be admitted into either House of Congress until Congre-ts shell have declared tbe State entitled thereto. Tlio Texas Frecdmen. THEIR VIEWS AND WISHES—DO NOT ASK SUF FRAGE—A SENSIBLE ADDRESS. A Newsboy Falls Heir to a Fortune of $200,000.—Toronto, Jan. 5,1867.—A news boy of this city, named Henry Martin, has fallen heir to $200,000 in Texas. His father was a farmer, and a resident of Rochester.— Ha was killed in the first battle of Bull Run. His mother was unable to support the lamily, The freedmen of Texas held a State Con-1 and sent Harry to a charitable institution, vention at Bastrop, on the Cth ult, and I from which he escaped. The boy’s uncle set- adopted an address, tram which we extract ^ Texas seme years ago, and accumulat- * ’ ed a lnrgo property. He was killed in the as lollows : battle of Shiloh, fighting for the Confeilera- We desire to preserve a nationality of C y. A relative had been searching thre# color; to remain a distinct race; to avoid par- months for the boy. Both left for Roches- tisan conflicts; for we are fully persuaded in | ter to-day. our own minds that any contest with the superior race would reduce and lower our i condition, entail upon us all the prejudices of caste, alienate all the sympathy that liu- J inanity in the #ld world or the new bave for I us. A conflict would engender all the lior- | There i3 a story current of Senator McDougall, of California, that having highly over estimated his capacity for refreshment, he found himself in the gutter, and was ac costed by a policeman, who, shaking him rors ol vengeance and hatred; would arouse I roughly, desired him to get up. “Do you all thc debusing qualities of anger and the know who I am ?” thundered the Senator, lower passions; would stimulate an unnatu-1 “No,” said buttons. ‘Tm a great man,” said ral lust; would remove us far away from the McDougall; “can’t you see I’m Sewered V' smiles of benignity of our Heavenly Father, as Effect of ADvERTisiNG.-^-The effect of j — r of advertising in tho Vicksburg Times is thus following manner: i folly anil superstition; involve all the races illustrated: “A lady advertised in the Times Soc. 2. And belt, further enacted, 1 ia >c | 0 j- 0ur con tjncntin wild, indiscriminate ruin-1 last week for a stray cow, and the cow came State governments now existing <ic jac o, i chortu of death would arouse the slum-1 home next day, pawed down the cow-pen though illegally farmed in the midst oi mar- k^ri^ grave and disturb its repose. The fence, bellowed till the milk-maid came, and cons i u- i spuing winds would mourn our hapless fate, then kept off her own calf.” States lately in rebellion, except Tenneaaee, may form valid State governments in tho m avenging deity to punish the crimes of fnllntrinir mnnn#»r • i n •• . ° _ : n though illegally tial law, and in many instances tho i :l, mr mistakes,reform our man- 1 t-lv learn, but practice tbe incumbent upon rukrs and •M «rc these duties i The follow ■"•iti n as u rapid outline of the ‘“®t of them as substantially ad- " e of the profoundcst thinkers "7~ cn Of the North. ‘ - ' t the ruled, it ought to be ■ 1 that promotion comcth were adopted under duress, and not ! ' ^ would d down from the weep- ubmitted to the ratification of thc people, . skie ^ r \ and therefore are not to be treated as tree ° . republics, yet they are hereby acknowledged ' We are therefore willing and anxious to act as valid governments for municipal purposes, 1 in concert and in harmony with the white until the same shall be duly altered, and their race, aud are satisfied to be sure in our per- legislative and executive officers shall be j sons and property, home and effects, free from recognized as such. arrests only for crime; to enjoy the protection Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That of im impartial administration of the laws each ol the ten States which were lately in equal and exact justice, lree from unxeasona- ■Whereas, The Congress of the United States demanded and accepted from said States the exercise of one oi the highest duties devolv ing upon States, to wit: an alteration of and amendment to the Constiiution of the United States; and Whereas, The Supremo Court of the Uni ted States has declared “That if Military Government is continued after the Courts are reinstated, it is a gross usurpation of power. Martial rule cau never exist where the Courts are open and in the proper and unobstructed exercise of their jurisdiction; ” therefore Resolved, That each and all of the States that were arrayed iu armed opposition to the authority of the Government of the United States, having ceased such opjjosition, are now entitled to representation in thc Con gress of the United States, and to all other rights and privileges appertaining to States of the Union. Resolved, That the Congress of the United States, iaits persistent exclusion of the Sen ators and Representatives of said States; in its open and avowed determination to de stroy the organization and subvert the au thorities of said States, violates and under mines the Constitution of the United States, attacks the very principles that lie at the foundations ot our Bystem of Government, and strikes a fatal blow at the financial, com mercial and industrial interests of the entire people o:f the Union, Resolved, That the Congress ^ the United States, in all its legislation; in ns nets levy ing internal taxes upon all estates, including the said States expressly by name; in its act in prescribing thc number of Representatives only a violation of the Federal Constitution in its most essential part, and tyranny is de fined by the Declaration of Independence, but a most flagrant breach of public faith alike prejudicial to the best interests and to the honor of the conn try. Resolved, That the Executive Department of the United Seates, by its proclamations, its administrative action, and in its diDlomatic intercourse with foreign Powers, has uniform ly recognized all the said States as existin States and as States in the Union. Resolved, That the Judicial Department of the United States including the Supreme Court at Washington, the Circuit Courts in the several circuits, and the District Courts in their respective districts, has uniformly recognized thc said States as existing States, and as States in the Union, Resolved, That in the Supreme Court of the United States we possess a tribunal that may be justly termed the bulwark of repub lican liberty, and in the language of its emi nent jurists, “The Constitution of the United States is law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with its shield of protection all classes of men under all circumstances. * * No doctrine involv ing more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the witot man, than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of Government. Such a doctrine leads directly to anarchy and des potism. But the theory of necessity, upon which this is based is false, for the Govern ment within the Constitution has the power granted to it which are necessary to preserve its existence. Thus the Supreme Court of the United States in I860 vindicates and sus tains the positions assumed and announced by tho Democracy of Connecticut in Coven- tion in 1866. Resolved, That after solemn deliberation, it is the opinion ol this Convention that the suggestions of our Conservative brethren of Kentucky, that a Convention of the Democra cy and all Constitutional Union men of the thirty-six States should be called without de lay by the National Democratic Committee; and we respectfully suggest that said con vention meet in the city of New York on the 4th day of March next, to advise and counsel upon the great questions that now agitate the public mind; to protect against tbe rev olutionary and unconstitutional acts of the present majority of Congress; to announce the determination of the Conservative men of the Union to resist and oppose, by every constitutional exercise of power the* disor ganization of States and the destruction of State authority. Resolved, That the thanks of every patri otic citizen are eminently due the President of the United States for liis repeated exercise of the Executive power in behalf of the Con stitution and the rights of the States; and we pledge to him our support in all his future ef forts to the same noble end. talk. Warren Hastings was eight years ou trial, and in his case there was every motive to hurry matters. Here there would be every motive to delay the trial by the President's friends. rebellion, und have not been admitted to re- bie searches and seizures, allowed an oath or Appeals, in favor of David Gardner, brother i. shall hold elections affirmation in civil and criminal cases ; to Ex-Presiderit Tvlei presentation in Congress. I — JP . , . on the first Tuesday of May, eighteen hun- keep and bear arms in contormity to law; dred and sixty-seven, to choose delegates to enjoy all the rights of citizenship without Eg*” The printed music to be used at the , . - ,, . . National Saengerfest which meets at Phila- ^ Congress ior aH the States; m its act in delphia next July, is now being distributed snbmUUng the Constitutional Amendment to about 3,000 singer, who have already sent 1 abolishing slavery, to all the States; m its in their nAmr» act of last Bession, submitting another pro- ' w 1 posed Constitutional Amendment to all the The Gardner will case in New York, j Statc3 ; iuit3 j oin . t resolution passed with - - ’ almost entire unanimity; dcclaiolg the object of the wlr to be to “defend and maintain tb* supremacy of the Constitution, and to pre- Presiderit Tyler, and against her i sel 7 e .^i e hnion in all the dignity, equality in which a large amount of property is in- “' ulost unanimity; dcclaa&g the object volved. has been decided by the Court of °f the wlr and rights of the several States unimpaired;” rcu auu D1Ab ~ 0 . - «, -. The body of a man witbdbt head, [and in other acts has uniformly,from the convention to form a f&ate government.— suffrage, and exemption from taxation for a I arms or legs was found floating ia the East commencement of the civil war, to the pre- The convention shall consist of the same term of years. river, at New York, on Sunday evening. sent time, in the most deliberate manner, re number of members as thc most numerous Educati^ our children with our own - ■ ■— cognized said States as existing States, and as branch Of thc Legislature of said State before means, with such contributions and assist- | BF* Governor Hamilton, of Texas, will States in the Union. the rebellion It shall meet at the former ance as an enlightened and Christian civiliza- 1 live in Harrisburg, Pa. ResolveThat this repeated recognition of IMPEACHMENT. The effort in Congress to impeach Presi dent Johnson, is destined to prove a misera ble failure. No decent and sensible man of the Republicans will commit himself to the measure. A Washington correspondent says Mr. Washbume, of Illinois, Mr. Delano, of Ohio, and other prominent republicans, de clare that Mr. Asbley’s impeachment resolu tion will amount to nothing. Such is the general impression among the more intelli gent thinkers. As originally written, the res olution instructed the Judiciary Committee te make the investigation, but under pres sure he struck this out and substituted “ au thorized.” The Judiciary Committee will call upon him for his proofs of the charge, and if he docs not show reasonable grounds, they will drop the whole matter. All the New York leading papers oppose the movement. The Herald closes an article on the subject as follows: Thc object contemplated in this resolution of Mr. Ashley, then, is the removal of the President from office. But why remove him when thc charges preferred against him, or when, at least, the “high crimes aud misde meanors” of which he has been guilty, bave been a common thing with all his predeces sors as party leaders, from General Jackson down to poor Pierce and Buchanan, to say nothing of the lamented Lincoln ? It seems a little rough and uncharitable that President Andrew Johnson should be made the first victim to the wrath of Congress, and particu larly when he lias ceased to be art obstruction to the legislative policy ot Congress and when over a two-tliirds vote in both houses is secured against him to the end of his term of office. In this situation of affairs, to us if this impeachment movement be followed up to its legal conclusion it will be productive of a mischievous confusion in our political parties, a serious panic and derangement in our financial affairs and needless and dama ging delays on those practical measures of legislation demanded to meet the general in terests and wants of the country. We think it altogether probable, however, that the Ju diciary Committee of the House will be occu pied to the end of the present Congress in their preliminary investigations, and that with the meeting of the new Congress in March the intervening chapter of events may serve to bring a treaty of peace and co-op eration between the two houses and the Pres ident. The Tribune also opposes the measure of Mr. Ashley and all present action on t^ie sub ject. It suggests the lollowing points as ‘‘worthy of careful thought.” I. There is nothing now to be gained by Impeachmeut. President Johnson lias beeii a bad President, but also a foolish one. We have had a Chief Magistrate doing all lie could to destroy the party which elected him, and at the same time doing all lie’coukl to destroy himself. If President Johnson lias been an enemy of RejmbJicanism, he has also been an enemy ot himself. He did much againBt the party; but the elections left nothing of him. He was left politically dead —scarcely worth burial. He was looked up on as a defeated and disappointed schemer • still he had a large party at his back. In this country, the shortest political road is that which leads from a majority to a minori ty. Our party will take this road when it rashly begins impeachment. That can only revive President Johnson’s dying fortunes, and give him what he wants—sympnthy, and the chance to make a defensive war. II. Can he be impeached ? Wo do not loubt the law—bnthow would the law work? The charges would be numerous, intricate, and drawn with skill. There would be end- lea yearning on the part of tbe Republicans tdTnakg speeches in favor of the prosecution, and qf course every effort on the part of the III. Could the President be removed ?— Gen. Butler made an ingenious argument dur ing tbe ejection to show that, upon the mere presentation of articles of impeachment, tho Senate might depose the President and place another person in his office during the trial. Butler's argument was ingenious; but we jiresume there are twenty lawyers who can make an argument as ingenious on tbe other side. There is no definite law about it: and President Johnson is not the man to surren der the benefit of a doubt. Those who think he will quietly walk out of the White House at the bidding of a majority of the Senate, mistake the man aud the desperate character ot the adventurers who control his fortunes. What would an impeachment amount to with the accused all the time in power ? IV. There would be much doubt as to thc result of this trial. President Johnson lias done many tilings which we consider crimi nal ; but would the Senate as judges think so ? _ Tampering with the revenues by re moving faithful officers because they attend ed to their business and did not concern themselves about politics, and appointing dishonest men, is a serious matter. The in terference in thc Fenian troubles last Sum mer, whereby the honor of America was sacrificed to please England, should be in quired into. The riots at New Orleans, and the fact that no human being has been pun ished for the blood there shed, stain with in delible blackness the administration of Presi dent Johnson. We yearn for some atone ment for that crime; and it is wise that Congress should find out the authors of thc wrong—all who were accessory cither before or afterthc fact—and punish them. We be lieve a Committee has the matter now in charge. We have yet to see whether the best remedy for this is impeachment. V. Are there no issues of more importance than this ? Must all this Congic-ss be was ted, and the next, perhaps, in a pageant ancl prolonged debate, endless jarring of lawyers and Senators. The Cuirency calls for relief. Labor suffers under this fearful inflation. Our tariffs want reconstruction. There are a hun dred questions near to the prosperity of the nation which must suffer and die because oj this measure. We do not say that a President should not be impeached. We by no means say that Mr. Johnson should not be impeached. That would be to take judgment into our own hands. We think this Administration has been a calamity—a disgrace—tho cause of many evils to the country. We should like some redress. But how is it to be bad ? In attempting to remove these evils, may wc not fly to others that we know not of ? May wo not jiut a precedent upon our statute-books which will give any Democratic majority of the Senate and House in future years the right to revolutionize the Government in the interest of Slavery ? Let U3 walk slowly, and survey the ground as we go. Let us not lay violent hands upon the Executive office until we find that no other course remains for the honor of the nation. Perhaps we are wrong; but it does not seem to us that thc time for the sterner alternative has come. OBITUARY. Departed this life, in Sumter county, on the morning of thc twenty-fifth of December last, David H. Hill, iu the forty-second year af his age. For many years he had been a great sufferer from that plague of human life—Asthma, the at tacks of which recently were accompanied with paroxysms of excruciating neuralgia. As an ef fect of this long-continued disease, softening of the brain—it was believed—had been super-induc ed, and his mind seriously aflected and impaired. The night before ami up to the time of his death, he labored under an attack of his old disease; and his sufferings from pain were so overwhelming, as to render him well-nigh unconscious. He was an affectionate and dutiful son, a kind and most provident husband and father. His at tachments were of strong character, and no amount of inconvenience and sacrifice were too great to serve a friend. He united with the church of Christ, in Americus, in 1S5S; and though not so devoted as some to the cause of religion, his life, so far as known to the writer, was tree lrom those vices too often seen in professors. He was liberal in his contributions to the cause, and mindlul of the wants of those who “watched for souls.” During the last months of his life he was heard frequently to say that it was his “greatest desire,” to be freed from those cares and vexations which hindered his growth in Grace, and lead a more consecrated life. May the stricken, bereaved hearts of mother, sisters and brothers, receive the consolations of fered in the Gospel, and may God be Father to thc fatherless and motherless children, is tlicpraycrof one who loved him. Macon, Jan. llth, 1S37. ii l» nwimmii Likes, written in memory of Rielmrd G. Ed wards, who was wounded in front of Petersburg, April 1st 1S65, and whose subsequent fa to bas been shrouded in mystery. I’m thinking of tliec, to night, Richard, Fondly, I’m thinking of thee; Pm thinking of hopes once bright, Richard Of hopes that have perished with thee ; While tears of regret are bitterly shed, That thou, a soldier’s lone bier, hath pressed, That strangers hands bave laid thee to rest, And forms unknown have pillowed thy Lead. I’m weeping for thee to night, Richard, Sadly I’m weeping for thee; I’m weeping that death’s cold blight, Richard, Should settle so early on thee. TUe din of the battle Las died on the plain, And ioug has ceased tbe cannon’s deep boom ; Yut, still, no tidings of thee Lave come From the realm of the numberless slain. I’m praying for thee, to-night, Richard, Truly I’m praying for thee; I’m praying God to shed light, Richard, On the cloud that has shrouded thee ; To give but an echo—aye 1 that would be blest, If it told but the spo‘, or the hour, when thou First felt the damp of death on thy brow, Or murmur’d the place of thy rest. I’m dreaming of tlice, to-night, Richard, Sweetly I’m dreaming of thee ; I’m dreaming that robes of white, Richard, Are radiantly shining on thee; That the dust of battle is wiped from thy brow, That beside the clear •* River of Life,” Free from the noise and tamult of strife, Thy spirit so worn is resting now. J. W. A Radical Parttv in Carolina.—The fol lowing dispatch appears in the Northern pa pers: Charleston, S. C., Jan. 5.—Ei-Seeretary Harlan, Rrho has been heft for a few daja past, left for Washington last night. It Is President’s ■friemla to prolong the trial, fight- j reliably stated that his visit here was for the until the end of his term, with Salisbury and-; Unionists, and an effort will be made to form, l^cDougitll good tor intermediate volumes of Union Leagues and obtain signatures.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869, January 14, 1867, Image 1