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The Acceptance of Biniior Beckwitii.—
The Savannah News & Herald-of yesterday
says: “A gontlcnv.m who arrived here yester
day from New Orleans, cn route for NY ash
ing ton, was the hearer of the agreeable in
telligence that the Itev. Mr. Beckwith had
announced his determination to accept the
appointmont to the Bishopric of Georgia,
notwithstanding the earnest solicitations of
the members of bis parish to decline it."
Macon.—Our too partial friend “R.” has
said so many good things about MaCon in bis
letter to tho “ Constitutionalist,” that wc do
not feel at liberty to withhold it from our
readers, even at the risk of being considered
suceptiblc of flattery, a thing which wc have
long since outlived.
A Paying Concern.—The State Road
paid into the Treasury fifty thousand dollars
of net earnings for tho montli of April. The
Intelligencer says the road is letter managed
at present than at any former period of its
history. The secret is, it lias business men
and not politicians at the head of affairs.
Ex-President Davis.—This distinguished
gentleman was, at last accounts, still in New
York, recruiting from tho prostration of his
lor.g confinement and subsequent excitement
and fatiguo of travel. Many prominent gcD-
tlcmcn irom all parts of the country had
called to pay him their respects, and con
gratulate him upon the termination of bis
cruel and unjust imprisonment. Tho New
York reporters were as pertinaciously inso
lent in their prying demands as ever, hot all
to no purpose. A manufactured item daily
is about all they were able to say about him
WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF SOUTHERN
CIVILIZATION.
The Yankees talk much of imposing their
“ civilization ” upon the South, and they
have commenced the work of prcpngnndism.
We should not be surprised, Lowcver, to see
it result in a way exactly opposite to that in
tended. Wonderful is the influence of con
tact with well-bred, courteous and liberal-
minded gentlemen, even when that contact
comes in the form of a jostle. Dumas 1 opin
ion of Meluotto was wonderfully improved
after lie had fought with him and got foiled.
Insolence, vulgarity, ill-breeding, must always
cower and pale in the presence of manly
bearing, generosity and self-respect. We
shall therefore not be surprised if the attempt
to .engraft Northern civilization upon the
South, did not result in an infusion of a little
of our own'better civilization into the minds
of tho North.
The history of Wilson and Kelley affords
a striking illustration of the idea advanced
in the foregoing paragraph. These Radical
worthies, who sucked in hatred of the South
with tlieir mothers’ milk, and were edneated
to regard our people as a nation of ruffians
and cut-throats, came among us a few weeks
ago ranting, furious fanatics and fools, breath
ing threatenings of slaughter even worse than
Saul of Tarsus on liis revengeful journey to
Damascus. They raised a commotion at once,
and lcit bloodshed and all manner of mis
chief in their wake. They had not journeyed
far, however, before a change came over the
spirit of their dreams. Whether from the
feorot consequences to themselves jiersonally,
(for all bullies are cowards), or from the
magic influence of contact with brave men
and gentlemen, we shall not pretend to say;
but certain it is that these roaring, savage
lions soon became harmless as sucking doves,
and when exhibiting in public conducted
themselves with the dignity, mildness and
courtesy of gentlemen ! Here was a revolu
tion—a change from their (a. worse) to our (a
better) civilization. A new revelation ap
pears to have broken in upon them. Not
withstanding all homely preconceptions, Mr.
Kelley reached Georgia brim full of compli
ments to her magnificent soil, climate and
industrial advantages of every sort, and of
kind feelings and friendly advice for her
people of every class. Sectional antagonisms
and prejudices departed from his bosom, and
he could only see in the North and South
Northern journals are printed, nnd now her
enterprise and scientific skill are supplying
the shelves of the druggists and doctors of
the North!
We bid Dr. Pemberton and his firm God
speed in their efforts to build up and dignify
the South, while every Southern dealer
should feel that an obligation rests upon him
to r istain them in the enterprise which they
have undertaken. •
One evidence of their good judgment and
determination" to succeed is to be found in
the fact that they extend a liberal patronage
to the press, and are not afraid to spend their
money freely with those journals which they
know circulate among and have the ear of the
public.
Xietter from Macon.
The Canadians and Southern sojourners be
yond the St. Lawrence arc preparing to give J mutual sympathy for the sufferings of each,
him a warm reception. A Toronto dispatch j in and the future fraternal union and a glorious
runs as follows: carter. Even our former slaves shoulcLforgct
Toronto, May 17.—A dispatch from Mon- the relations of the past and cultivate the re-
treal says apartments have been reserved at j „ ard and confidence of those whom they
St. Lawrence Hotel for Jeff.:Davis‘ ami- y T#d among and wbo were their ‘‘best
ly. They are expected hers to-morrow, i.nc » ... , r _ ,,
Southern refugees residing here intend to in- friends.” VI e congratulate Mr. Kelley upon
vite him to visit this city. his miraculous conversion, and hope, when
his "labors here shall have ended, he will turn
A Specimen rniCK.-The Boston papers I missionary to the North,
state that the licentious clergyman and legis- | Th(j same may b(J 8aid of Ws wortby coad _
lator, Ware, of Massachusetts, who the other | • t tbe once furious, brow-beating. South-
day fled from Abington to escape the indig
nation of the parents of children whom he
had attempted to debauch, has gone South.
Tho presumption is that he deems himself a
fit teacher of morals and religion for the
“barbarians” down there.
hating shoemaker from the old Bay State.
The development of trap Southern civiliza
tion in him was quite a3 remarkable. From
the instigation of negro mobs in Richmond
and Charleston, lie gradually threw off the
skins of the savage and’ attired himself in
Central Railroad.—The Savannah Ad- the well -shaped and nicely-fitting habili-
veitiscr hears it nlmored on the street that | ments of the gentleman. Honey took the
this corporation is about to make an arrange- place of gall on his tongue, and Christian
ment with aline of New York steamships, or
else get up a lino of their own. In either
event, President Wadloy will put down prices
to a reasonable rate. The general opinion is
that twenty dollars is a sufficient charge be
tween Savannah and New Y ork, as three ,
days is an outside limit for a passage.
charity and benevolence the habitation of
Abolition hatred and revenge in his heart.
So nearly like a Southern patriot and gentle
man bad he become when lie reached New
Orleans, that even a distinguished Confeder
ate leader thought it not beneath him to pay
him the courtesy of a call, and it is said that
he left that city for home delighted witli all
Orator Kelley’s sudden departure ! Re saw in the South and more confident than
from Georgia may be accounted for by tlic | ever before of a brilliant future for his whole
rumor that when in Atlanta Gen. Pope re-! country.
quested him to discontinue his stumping i So much for the effects of Southern civili-
tourasho “deemed his utterances produc- | nation on Northern mind and manners. If
tive of much harm.” That was sensible in the North lias any more missionaries whom
Gen. Pope, and it would not be amiss for bim 1 she would like to have converted into decent
to issue an order to that effect, warning all j mc n nnd patriots, we bope she will scud them
Radical orators from his district. [ along. * _
'Tho Louisvillo Journal says:
Thc | J. S. PEMBERTON & CO.’S CHEMICAL
— - , . „ 1 LABORATORY”, COLUMBUS, GA.
people of tlic South sec, in the result of clcc* |
tions the best evidence that wc are resolved progress in the useful arts nnd sciences is
to vindicate and sustain their cause to the ex
tent of our utmost power. II c condemn all
tho atrocious wrongs practiced toward the
South by Congress, an l will right them if
the best indication of the intellectual nnd
material advancement of a people. Self-re
liance and independence in all things, and
especially as regards those articles of com-
ever God shall give us tilts strength nnd thc j mcrcc j], a j arc 5 n universal use, ore indispen-
opportunity to achieve so holy a purpose. , sab j 0 ( 0 the political and industrial prosper-
ity of a community. In proportion as it is
CST" Rev. Samuel Pinkerton, Rector of St.; dcpendcnt up0 n others for these necessaries
Paul’s Church, Savannah, has resigned his | Q f jjf„ to tbo saine extent must it be under
charge, in consequence of sickness in his ; ^ c ’ ontrol &Qd at tbeir commaa d.
family, rendering a removal to tho up-country , ^ ftn eS p CC | a l pleasure in calling the
necessary. . • i attention of Southern merchants and physi-
Spccial Correspondence Aujuita Constitutionalist],
Macon, Slay 18, 1867.
The same cloudless . sky and midsummer
heat; tlic same parching wind and whirling
clouds of dust, and thc same depression in
commercial circles that I left at Atlanta, meet
me here. Really, it seems as if the very foun
tains of trade and busy business life are about
to be dried up. Who shall deliver us from
thc body of this stagnation 1 Jupiter Plu-
vius appears disposed, this afternoon, to smile
upon thc parched earth, at any rate, and
make glad the hearts of those who till the
soil. June’s suns, that will witness the har
vest home of the wheat crop, may tome to
the relief and tide us over yet. So far as I
can learn, stands of cotton and corn in this
section are both very promising, and tho good
old u Black Belt ” will, without some unto
ward circumstances, rally to the rescue and
maintain her ancient renown.
Lucky Macon ! IVliat a narrow shave this
beautiful city made from the fate of Colum
bus and Atlanta ! Wilson was met in his
daring midnight raid, at this point, with the
news of thc armistice, and thus were spared
her public buildings, warehouses, manuheto
ties, cotton and miscellaneous plate, plunder
and provisions. Some of the most extensive
works belonging to tho Confederate Govern
ment were here, and have been in Federal
possession since the surrender. Comin L
from Atlanta, among the first objects that
attracts attention in thc suburbs, is the Fed
oral flag floating over two oi them, and divers
b’sin b. ceruleanizing the surroundings. Col
Sibley, in command here, wisely keeps his
garrison out of town, and all speak very fa
vorably of his administration. It would have
been terrible, indeed, to have mutilated this
fair city, for assuredly, now that Columbia is
out of comparison, Macon has no equal in at
tractiveness among all tho inland cities of
the South. Whether viewed from an artistic
or business stand point, the decision is the
same. Certainly the future must be bright
of a place bo fortunately situated. When
thc link that is to connect it with you is fairly
forged, then you will be pushed for tho goal
if you don’t look sharp.
WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE.
I am gratified to learn that this venerable
institution—for it is indeed worthy the ad
jective, being the oldest female school on this
continent—is so prosperous. One hundred
and fifty scholars arc present, and thc flush of
the great success nnd high repute enjoyed
before the war seems almost a fact accom
plished once more. I am “fornenst” thc
whole system of female education in this
country myself, but as it seems one of the
bulwarks of our social plan, it is well, oi
course, that the bulwark should be strong
and tbe best of its kind. When I set up as
reformer, and beat up recruits for my crusade,
I shall know where to go (not many miles
from a pretty town on the Georgia Railroad)
for a living, lovely illustration of thc superi
ority of my system. Just think of one of the
sweetest flowers that ever bloomed on Geor
gia soil, never having been on exhibition,
even for one day, in tbe great hot house of a
boarding school! Isn’t it refreshing ?
ROSE RILL CEMETERY.
The stranger who leaves Macon without
spending-at least one whole day in this love
ly “city of the dead” should count his visit
almost for naught. It will not do to compare
it, of course, with Laurel Hill and Green
wood, for where one dollar has been spent
here, one thousand, probably, lias been lav
ished there. But still it is very beautiful and
susceptible of being rendered, with taste and
tooney, a worthy rival of either. The mon
ument to the late Joseph Bond, costing $25,
000, and conceived in the most perfect taste,
would redeem it, if all else were as unsight
ly as it is thc opposite. The four figures of
Faith, Hope, Memory nnd Charity standing
at the corners of thc pedestal, from which
towers the shaft, reproduce, in their exquis
ite conception, the far famed type of Grecian
beauty, and one almost involuntarily pauses
to sec if they will not speak! The silent
sleepers who “wore the gray” have not been
forgotten, and amid a scene of peaceful beau
ty, with their requiem chanted by the rivers
roar and the melancholy wail of the wind
among the trees, they patiently wait the ver
dict of the last High Court, Irom which there
can be no appeal.
THE FEESS.
The time-honored Journal and Messenger
and Telegraph, so long and deservedly fa
vorites in this section, certainly deserve to be
classed among thc “institutions” here. With
no competition over one road, and a very lit
tle over a greater portion of two others, they
must prosper. An old time iriend, J. It.
Sneed, Esq., whom I first knew in thc sanc
tum of the Washington Republican, gives to
the Telegraph the same facile pen and ready
vigor that afterwards adorned the columns of
the Savannah Republican. In the office I find
a quondam college comrade, in thc portly,
jolly, genial Reid, who takes everything
“ ea'sv,” nnd would make Mark Tapley jeal
ous, almost. To both of these gentlemen I
am under obligations for courtesies. The
gentlemen of the Journal and Messenger wifi
also consider themselves my and your credi
Repudiation of the Public Debt.— c j ans to the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical
The New Y k ork Tribune gives publication to and Analytical Chemistry of Messrs. J. S.
a long communication from a correspondent, J Pemberton & Co., located in tho city of Cc-
advising and urging the remission, or for- Iumbus . Those enterprising gentlemen have ai5t> couslucl - MIBU18C1 ,„ _ .
giveness, ns he styles it, of the whole Federal ■ undertaken and put in successful operation a jor3 Por more tbaa the accustomed civilities,
debt and lie reasons that ip the cost of pro- WO rk of patriotism as well as ot personal j^g m ny all “ wavo” in this land of the
visions clothe.*, rent, etc., thc whole country ' thrift. In nothing, perhaps, is there more j and home of the .
will pain bv it: > fraud and choatcry than in tho drugs and j aui.d lano ana.
“In the straightforwardness of General Grant! chemicals of commerce, as the facility for j The “cause" is indeedl “lost, ’ sfariy
(he ttys) I propose that the next legislators ' conccalmpnt augments thc temptation to dc-; ory .l.catlJd-
uLu^ SuMriUU ^I^n a^Xn longer be tbe victims of foreign impo-1 our wddi Seting, as I have here so
invobrinff this’element of the remission of thc ' s j t ioo, and inspired with tlic true many of those with whom I shared the toils
— gR**- & j W or enterprise nnd sectional ^
nevolcnt society, and lct<each bes* ora to the , ^ Pcm [ >e rton <fc Co. hare, at great ex- Atkinson, DeGraffenreid, Clark,
support of ,ts F 11, o , l - pense, secured the services of the most com- Fort and r oss t now each name calls up
sue go be to re tlu. j l • . . Detent chemists and pharmaceutists of this thick thronging memories of the time that is
tb. word mu luion. Sbon u ol bo , csWMis l, e a „ „ „„ moro 1 f I.L. li™l over ogoin e.ol, well
surprised if it becomes a strong hanJ. It is country and ^rop , remembered Scene—the march, bivouac, the
at least suspicions to see Greeley’s paper fol- factory for every thing in that important me ; ^ the skinn Uh, and the long nne of
. ' . P , f ij-ick Pomeroy— of trade. It is now in successful operation, | rra y advancing with steady tramp ami re-
lowmgin thc nakc ° “ ' (r ne Tous a.d and we rejoice to hear that they are getting ^istfass force. Again I see that old battle
For one. we are prepared to be generou. t* and pro f lUbk . tra de with nearlyal ; flag, whose grim folds had :fiujteret m the
extend "forgiveness to Uncle Sam of tne, 1 o Tlicvhave smoke of more than twenty battle-fields, from
Wholo’aflair He did wrong to ran in debt the cities and towns of the South. T J the PotomaC to tbe St. Johns. Again I see
attl-iit minons rate and wc propose that lie sent us a list of articles and prices, the latter rtie aa S h' of those good blades that were
.... r » b with of the Bankrupt Act, 1 of which compare favorably with those ot ‘ iped 1D tbe hands of the truest, bravest,
avail himself fort »w »th of ti e BanKrup , Northern cities, while their produc- biggest-hearted men, as a whole, I have ever
“remission", “forgiveness , repudiation . thogre to the best known Again I hear■fteir’ro.ee*,n»g»g
madcTnThe world. Thoulh commenced £3
nn the Dresent scale since the close of the But, aias. s
or any other plan to get rid of it.
— —
IIow to Give the Supreme Court Juris-
homc.it is said, intent upon nothing less gratifying. Georgia any brave soldier of the Federal army chide |
Wilkes Sooth’s Diary Complete.
The following is an official copy of the
writing which was in pencil, found in the
diary taken from the body of J; Wilkes
Booth. • J.’ Holt,
Judge Advocate General.
u 7Httn»tf,” April 13tb, 14th.—Friday, Th e
Ides : Until to-day nothing was ever thought
of sacrificing to our country’s wrongs.
For six mouths we had worked to capture,
but our cause being almost lost, something
decisive and great must he done. But its
failuro was owing to others who did not
strike for their country, with a heart. I
struck boldly and not-is the papers say. I
walked with a firm step through a thousand
of his friends and was stopped, but pushed
on. A colonel was at his side. I shouted
“Sic Semper” before I tired ; in jumping,
broke ray leg ; I passed all his pickets; rode
sixty miles that night with tbe bone of my
leg tearing the flesh at every jump. I can
never repent it, though wo hated to kill.
Our country owed all h«r troubles . to him,
and God simply made" m« the instrument of
his punishment. i •.
Tbe country is no‘, iu jCpril, 18G5, what it
was. This forced Union is not what I liave
loved. I care not what becomes of me; I
have no desire to outlive my country. This
night, before the deed, I wrote a long article,
and meant it for one of the editors of the
National Intelligencer, in which I fully set
forth our reasons for proceeding.
Friday, 21st.—After being huuted like a
dog, through swamps, woods, and last night
being elm.-cd by a gunboat till I was forced
to return, wet, cold and starving, with every
man’s hand against me, lam here in despair,
and why ? For doing what Bratus'was hon
ored ; lot what made Tell a hero, nnd yet I,
for striking down a greater tyrant than they
ever knew, am looked upon as a common
cut-throat. My action was purer than either
of theirs. One hoped to be great—the other
had not only hi3 country’s, but his own
wrongs to avenge.
I hoped for no gains. I knew no private
wrong. I struck for my country, and that
alone—a country that groaned beneath this
tyranny, and prayed for this end, and yet
now, behold thc cold band they extend to
me! God cannot pardon me if I have done
wrong; yet I cannot sec my wrong except in
serving a degenerate people. The little, the
very little, I left behind to clear my name,
the government wifi not allow to be printed.
So ends all! For my country I have given
up all that makes life sweet and holy; brought
misery upon my family, and am sure there is
no pardon in Heaven for me, since man con
demns me so. I have not heard of what has
been done, except what I did myself, and it
fills me with horror. God, try and forgive
me, and bless my mother.
To-night I will once more try the river
with the intent to cross, though -I have a
greater desire, and almost a mind to return
to Washington, and in a measure cloar my
name, which I feel I can do.- .
I do not repent the blow I struck; I may
before my God, but not to man. I think I
havo done well, though I am abandoned with
the curse of Cain upon me, when, if tho world
knew my heart, that one blow would have
made me great, though I did desire no great
ness. To-night I try to escape these blood
hounds once more! Who—who can read his
fate? God’s will be done! I have too great
a soul to die like a criminal! O! may He
spare mo that, and let me die bravely!
bless thc entire world ; have never hated or
wronged any one; this last was not a wrong
unless God deems it so, and it is with him to
damn or bless me; and for this brave boy
with me, who often prays, yes, before and
since, with a true and sincere heart, was it
crime in him ? If so, why can he pray thc
same ? I do not wish to shed a drop of blood,
but I must fight tlie course—’tis all that’s left
me.
Upon apiece of paper found in the diary
and supposed to liave been torn from it, is
written the following: My Dea —[Piece torn
out] Forgive me,hut I have some little
pride. I cannot blame you for want of hos
pitality. Y”ou know your own affairs. I was
sick, tired, with a broken limb, and in need
of medical advice. I would not have turned
a dog from my door in such a plight.
However, you were kind enough to give
us something to eat, for which I not only
thank you, but, on account of the rebuke and
manner in which to [piece tom out]—it is not
the substance, but the way in which kind
ness is extended that niakes one happy in the
acceptance thereof. The sauce to meat is
ceremony—meeting were bare without it.
Be kind enough to accept the enclosed five
dollars, although hard to spare, for what we
have received. Most respectfully your obe
dient servant
The following is tho report of the Judge
Advocate General:
Bureau of Military Justice, May 14, 1867.
Respectfully returned with the copy asked
for:
The diary purports to be one for 1864, and
thc leaves cut or torn from it probably con
tained entries of that year, and were thu3
destroyed by Booth himself
It is absolutely certain that the diary i3 in
all respects as it was when it came into my
hands, and Colonel Conger, who was promin
ent in the pursuit and capture of Booth, after
having carefully examined it in my presence
on yesterday, declared its condition to be
now precisely the same as when he took it
from Booth’s body after he had been shot—
the writing in it being the same, and all
which it then contained. Conger was ex
amined before the Judiciary Committee of
the House of Representatives to-day.
J. Holt,
Judge Advocate General.
{VOL.. II.--N0. 27
A Slack Man to Black Men.
AN ADDRESS TO THE’fKEEDMEX OF TENNESSEE
AND THE SOUTHERN STATES. BY JOSEPH E.
WILLIAMS, THE COLORED ORATOR.
Gen. McLaws and Gen. Pope.—Thc Au
gusta Chronicle says:
Wo learn that while Gen. McLaws, of our
city, was iu Atlanta last week, he met Gen.
Pope, with whom lie had an interview of
some length. Gen. McLaws and Gen. Pope
were at West Point and in the old army to
getlier, and were warm personal friends. The
Interview between them was very cordial and
pleasant. Gen. Pope assured Gen. McLaws
that lie bad no intention to annoy or oppress
the people of Georgia. On tho contrary, it
was his earnest desire to . so discharge the
complicated duties entrusted to his keeping,
ns to protect our people in all their rights of
person acd property. Wc hope Gen. Pope
will be eminently successful in tbe accom
plishment of these ends.
55?” A negro wa$ tried for murder on
Tuesday before Russell (Ala.) Superior Court,
aad plead in defence undue excitement,
caused by tbe bite of a snake and large
quantities of whisky takes to counteract it.
The jury found him guilty and the Court
sentenced him to twelve years in the peniten
tiary. _
J5F“ Two negroes in Richmond were so
delighted at the idea of being able to ride in
the street cars that they carried tbeir break
fast and dinner with them, and remained in
one of the cars until night.
I have'no interest irr being deceived) in re
_gard to tbe new and solemn duties arising
out of the late freedom and enfranchisement
of my race in the Southern States, nor can I
have any interest in deceiving them. The
blessing resulting from our emancipation
must depend upon the great blessing of our
Heavenly Father, in guiding us to a wise,
prudent and energetic application of the
means of improvement, wgich may be placed
within our power.' We must not act in too
much haste, nor from passion, in-espousing
tlie creed of any political party. At the
present time,, the politics of tbe country -are
mixed up and very unsettled^ It will be
wise in us, therefore, to be calm, and give
ourselves time to examine and weigh the
great questions which , bear upon our future
destiny. This I have tried to do impar
tially." And having lived in the North and
in the South, aud having traveled much
and observed closely the manners and cus
toms of different communities, both in our
own and other countries, I hope the preju
dices of party politics and oi class legisla
tion are pretty well rubbed 'pff, and that I
am prepared, to take larger and more liberal
views of our situation and our future pros
pects than most of my people in this country.
I must beg you, therefore, to hear me without
prejudice.
You aro my people, our interests are tho
same, and we" must rise or fall together. I
want us to rise, not like Jonah’s gourd vine to
wither in a day, but live a tree of righteous
ness of the Lord's own planting. We can rise
by industry, education and sobriety, and we
must have the patience and determination to
rise slowly andsurely by these means. Our fath
erland and all the world look with thc deep
est solicitude to see what wc will make of
our freedom; and if our improvements, then,
prove tc^bo equal to our opportunities, we
will inspire energy nnd hope among the op
pressed and down trodden of our race in all
tho nations whither they have been driven.—
We should look, then, not only to the present
and ourselves, but to the future and to the
influence we shall exert upon the civilization
of tho world, and more especially upon our
own people. We aro identified, socially,
morally and pecuniarily, with thc Southern
people. We have been brought up with
them, played with them as children and
worked with them as men. They know us
and wc know them, and we are part and
parcel of their househsld.
They nursed and cared for us and our wives
and children, when sick, as we did for them,
and although there have been examples of
hard treatment and cruel abuse of the rela
tions existing between us, yet there is no ex
ample in history where the slavery of our
people has been so mi!:l and so softened by
social and religious culture, as in the South
ern States
Thc facts of history show that they are not
responsible for bringing us into slavery. The
Y r ankees and English kidnapped and brought
from Africa the first ship loads of our people,
and sold them into slavery, and the New
England Yankees have continued the whole
sale traffic ever since, up to the beginning of
tlie war, selling our people as slaves iuto
North and South America and tbe West In
dies. And when they found that our labor
did not pay well in the cold and sterile farms
of the North, they re-sold us to tbe cotton
and sugar planters of the South.
Thus, in tbeir hands, we have been used
from the first as a commodity of money-mak
ing speculation. They used us for the same
purpose in the late war— not to set us free, for
the President and Congress repeatedly de
clared that the object of the war was not to
abolish slavery, but to maintain the Union ot
the States.
But finding themselves hard pressed, they
used us for the double purpose of saving their
precious bodies from the bullets of the rebels,
and of crushing out tbe rebellion. By our
help anil the blessing of God they succeeded;
and now, as a matter of sheer justice, they
proclaimed our freedom, and gave us free
suffrage, that is if we vote for them. Such
freedom of the ballot box is mockery, and
it requires no great smartness in us to see that
they still propose to use us for selfish and
political purposes. Think you. my fellow
countrymen, that the Radical party of Ten
nessee would havo given us suffrage if they
had thought it doubtful whether they could
control that suffrage to their own advantage ?
Why did they not give us the right to hold
office and sit on juries ? I answer, they are
afraid of our power, for we are a power in
the South. They are still speculating in our
people, as they have done from the first ship
load they kidnapped and sold into slavery,
They flattered to deceive us then ; they flat
tered anddeceived us again when they re-sold
us to Southern planters; they flattered to
deceive us when they put us in the front of
the battles ot thc late war. They now flatter
us with mock suffrage, to deceive us into tho
support of their claims to office and power;
and if they succeed in this—marli it, my
countrymen—it won’t be twenty years till
they will flatter us that emancipation is a
failure, and that they can afford us better
support and protection in a mild state of
slavery. I cannot trust the flattery and cu
pidity of a Radical, and I ■ warn you h) be
ware of them.
If we join the Radicals, wc will, by that
act,declare our approval of that iniquitous
law which disfranchises four-fifths of tho best
men in the State. You join them to heap
reproach and injustice upon your best friends,
men with whom your future destiny is so
linked that you rise or fall with them. Ten
nessee is thc only State disfranchised. It
was not done by Congress, but by the Radi
cal Governor and Legislature of our State.—
Do you think it possible that such a party
can long exist ? I am sure it cannot, and if
wc do our duty it will be hurled from power
on tlie first day of August next. But thc
Radicals flatter us that they are our best
friends, and our only friends, and that they
gave us freedom. How is this ? Lot us look
into it a moment. The Radicals charge that
the Southern States brought on thc war; well,
so they did, and the war by our strong arms
was successful, and resulted in our freedom.
The rebels brought it on, and wc made it suc
cessful, as all parties agree. Now,how did
our freedom eome ? If the rebels had not
brought it on, and if we had not fought for
its success, we would have remained to this
day in bondage. Therefore, we are indebted
to the joint agency of tho rebels and ourselves
for our freedom. I adqiit that the rebels did
not intend to procure our freedom by tbe
war; yet, they were williug to risk it. Neither
did the Federal Government propose to abol
ish slavery by thc war. Oir freedom came,
therefore, by one of that class ot accidents
which comes by the overruling Providence
of God.
Now that our freedom is conceded by all
parties as on established and unalterable fact,
it becomes ou’r duty, and thc duty of all, to
make the best of it possible to ourselves,
and to those with whom tho providence of
God has cast our lot. The people, climate,
soil and productions of the Sooth are best
adapted to our future prosperity and happi
ness. We ought, thereicre, to seek such uni
ty, harmony anil peace with the Southern j What a Oentloman
people, as will best enable us to accomplish j * Hand tt °
our permanent prosperity and "happiness in : rainaa,
™ can them, who fought ! A Targe numbe!' of!, pSpIe^reUjSo
ong and bravely against the Union, have Hve-bv their wits; a large number Rreonlv
laid do\>n-their arms have accepted the nominally en-ratred in busines* , J
terms of peace offered bv the Government—
have returned to peaceful avocations at home,
and have taken the oath.of amnesty in good
faith, as their conduct for more than twb
years has proven, and are now the men of
peace in this, country. The Radicals, espec
ially the Tennessee Radicals, who "never did
much fighting, and who never seemed to get
mad until the war was over, are noiwthe men
o.f war, and are secretly and-publiclv inciting
and doing all in their power to bring on a
conflict between the white and black races.
This you know as well-as I do. I tell you,
my fellow-citizens, I canuut trust their lying
flatteries, not do I fear their cowardly threats.
{How can.you trust Governor Brownlow, *to,
ior twenty years, employed bis' pen, his tongue,
bis press, and his iron wheel to grind us down into
slavery forever! His scurrilous boohs, contain
ing* the most lalse and bitter slanders upon our
race, are widely circulated North and South, to be
read by future generations. He asserts that any
etlort t.o* raise our people to the manhood and
equality with the white race would be as fruitless
as to raise the polejcat to equality with the lion.
But I ueed not ventilate the character ol Gover
nor Brownlow. for he has done that himself. Do
you ask me why he doomed us to perpetual slavery
as an accursed and inferior race? • It was for
money and power. Do you ask me why he glori
fies us now as belter than white men—the very
white men that supported his newspaper and
family for many years ? It was for money and
power. By this matter o( fact reasoning, we are
torced to the conclusion that the same motives
that governed him in the above named cases would
lead him, in a certain class of circumstances, to
abandon ns again to slavery forever. I cannot
trust such a man, nor can I trnst his followers, for
they are like him. I can trust the Conservative
party, both North and South, for the preservation
andunity of our Kepublicangovernment will be safe
in their hands.
Again I earnestly warn my people of the danger
ol joinings party so violent, bitter and unscrupu
lous as the Radicals of Tennessee. Do not join
a party now doing all in their power to make you
hate the very people with whom you have lived
so long, as members of one family. Your future
destiny is so identified with them that you must
rise or fall with them. You must safely trust the
honor and friendship of the Southern people, aud
if you join them at thc ballot box In putting
down Radicalism, and iu restoring peace and pros
perity to the country, the bonds of unity, peace
and friendship will be more firmly established than
ever before.
The best men, and tho best Union Eoldiers in the
country are Conservatives and peace loving men.
The Radicals are mainly office seekers, who are
seeking to bring on a conflict between us and the
Southern people that they may become rich upon
the spoils of a ruined people, a fallen republic and
and a bankrupt government
Yon may prosecute .me and stir mobs of bad
men to take my life, but I will still plead for my
people, and pray that God may bless them and
guide them safely through the dangers that now
surround them. Their lot is my lot, we rise or fall
together. Let us be peaceful, industrious, save
our money, educate ourselves and our children,
and pray to God to lead ns in tbe good and right.
1 would like to say much more to you, but must
close by begging your sympathy and indulgence.
Yours truly,' Joseph E. Williams.
Boston Gratitude.
The National Intelligencer says:
Tho Boston Transcript has called upon its
readers to contribute to the needs of our
brethren in the South. But in its issue of
the Oth it poisons the kindness by tauuting
the South with its “humiliation,” in having to
“be fed from the hands of those whose' chil
dren she starved in her prisons.”
Surely Massachusetts forgets what she owes
to the South. Wc speak not now, of course,
of what she has made off of the South in
trade. We refer only to. the generous aid thc
South gave her, when British tyranny was
persecuting thc province of Massachusetts as
the State of Massachusetts is now persecuting
the people who helped to achieve her inde
pendence.
A letter from Alexandria, Va., of July 6,
1774, said: “All Virginia and Maryland are
contributing for the relief of Boston—of those
who, by tho late cruel act of parliament, are
deprived of their daily labor and bread.”—
The Boston Gazette, which published the
letter, said: “Every part of tlii3 extensive
continent, so far as we have yet heard, ap
pears to be deeply interested in the late of
this unhappy town. Many and great are the
donations already received, and many more
we have good reason to expect.”
The same paper contains “resolutions unan
imously entered into by the inhabitants of
South Carolina, at a general meeting held at
Charleston, in July, 1774,” which declare that
“the dictates of humanity made it necessary
to assist and support the jjeople of Boston;”
The South not only helped all New England
with supplies of provisions at the period re
ferred to, but tbe blood of her sons was freely
shed in her defense against British oppress
ion.
Bancroft, referring to the year 1775, says:
u The heroic courage of the Carolinians, who,
from a generous sympathy with Massachu
setts, went forward to meet greater danger
than any other province, was scoffed at by
the king as an infatuation.” And what re
turn does the world now behold New England
making ? She flings bread to starving South-
ally engaged in business, lounging and
dawdling through each week ; a large num*
ber are roaming loose, waiting for something
to turn up. We "doubt if oae-liaif of our
population arp engaged in reaflijftd work.—
The absolute necessaries qvf life cost so little
f in a temperate climate, jjfffere -lands is abun
dant and rich, and the-population sparse,
that it is not difficult to liv-e on half work.—
The production of the South, we doubt not,
if all the muscle and brain in the South were
fully taxed and thc labor properly directed,
cpuld-bc just about doubled.
There are young men pretending to prac
tice law or physic; young men instructing a
half-dozen pupils; young men selling a fevr
j arils of ribbon per day; young men who
have no business there, at college ; young
men “farming,’’ all'of whom ought to be dif
ferently occupied. There are young men
clerking it in hotels and bank companies
•where there is not full employment for them.
1 here are young ladies by scores engaged in
reading nove!s v or entertaining beaux. There
are all sorts of agencies, ten thousand shifts
to live, no. matter how, so that it is not by
manual labor. In a word, the market of
head-work is 'glutted in the South, white the
hammer, the plane, tDe'trowel, tho hoe, tho
axe, are crying for stalwart arms to grasp
them.
T lie idea is that a trade-is not just the thing
for a young man who considers himself as
good as anybody. It is thought a better
thing to be a jack leg lawyer, or to murder
people with a doctor’s diploma, or to weigh
butter, than to build a house, or make a sew-
irtg machine, or construct a steam engine.
The a"ent ot somebody’s vegetable pills is
thought a more eligible match for your
daughter than the man who prints a news
paper or a book. So it is a foolish and often
a fatal pride which makes thousands shrink
from the mechanic arts; and those very men
who, by a life of honest industry, have se
cured a high position in the community, and
a respectable competence for their families,
turn their backs upon their occupations, and
trim tlseir sons out for something that will
not soil their white hands.
“Farming” in the South is the most pro
lific source of idleness, for we have few towns.
In all directions you meet not very hand
somely dressed young gentlemen on horse
back, who inform you that they are “farming.”
It is a vague, floating term that means, per
haps, strictly that they live in the country,
and may be overlooking a hand apiece.—
They have a traditional idea that the farmer
must confine himself to head-work. They
sit on the fence until an early dinner, watch
ing a one-horse plough, and come to court,
and read the market reports in the Saturday’s
Chronicle—and artlessly think that they
belong to thc great agricultural fraternity—
and rail at thc freedmen for being so lazy.—
The first thing you know one of these young
fellows gets married, and has to borrow a
clean shirt to go to his wedding.
We shall not prosper in the South until
all these people go to work, nor till labor
with tlie hands is prbperly estimated.— Char
lottesville (Va.) Chronicle.
impeachment.—The New York Times of
tho 18th thus alludes to the disreputable and
dirty business that now engage the attention
of the House Judiciary Committee:
The impeachment business becomes more
and more contemptible. The Committee con
tinues its labors in. search of charges with a
desperation which failure daily renders more
apparent. Months ago thc cry went forth for
the removal of the President for offences
which were imputed to him. Then evidence
was sought in support of these charges, and
now the charges themselves aro abandoned.
Else "why this hunting for fresh “crimes” and
other grounds of arraignment ? If the in
dictment drawn by Ashley and Butler were
tenable, think you wc should hear of the
eager inquiry for witnesses on matters not yet
a week old ? The latest story is that Gen.
Burton, who took Jeff. Davis to Richmond,
is to be examined, with the faint hope of
gathering succor from tjie talk of the ex-
rebel chief. Mr. Seward, too, is to be ex
amined on matters equally novjl and nonsen
sical. Altogether, the Committee finds itself
in a tight place—with a strong desire to im
peach, but without proofs or even charges to
warrant impeachment. Some of its witnesses
are represented as having attempted to prove
too much, Gen. Baker being of the number.
The whole affair offends the public nostrils as
a nuisance.
New School Presbyterian General
Assembly.-— Rochester, N. Y”., May 18.—
This morning - the committee on reunion of
tho two bodies of -presbyteriaus reported at
considerable length, after a consultation of
several days, which was conducted in the
kindest spirit, the terms of reunion which
weie agreed upon. The nrearublc sets forth
sue mngs oreau io scaring oouwj- . tbe of reunio n, greatly augment-
era women and. children, buttered with vul- . no . f} ,„ sfrpn 3 crHl nf fll „
crar Yankee abuse, and elects delegates to
Congress instructed to take every particle of
liberty from a people whose gallantry in the
war of the Revolution helped to win civil
freedom and nationality for all America!
Canadian Opinion of the Richmond
Court Scene.
iug the strength of the church. The condi
tions arc that the doctrinal and ecclesiastical
basis of the common standards of tlie two
branches, tlie confession of faith, shall con
tinue as before, and the discipline of all the
ministers and churches in the two bodies are
to have the same standing in tho united
both'. All churches not thoroughly Presby
terian who are in the organization shall be
advised to perfect the organization, and no
other churches shall be received.
Official records of the two branches shall
be preserved and held as the history of the
church. No rule or precedent not recog
nized by both bodies shall be accepted until
accepted by the united body. Corporate
rights are to be consolidated. There shall
be no single committees for church enter
prises. These terms are to be ratified by
three-fourths of the Presbyteries of each
branch. The terms are to be published and
a report made to the General Assemblies in
1S6S. The report was referred to a special
From thc Toronto Globe, May ltil
The details of the great epurt scene at
Richmond on Monday las’: havo been tele
graphed to the press in thc Nortli very fully.
One will wonder, on reading the sayings of
tho judge and of the counsel for thc United
States, how it has been possible that the
term of'imprisonment of the Chief of the de
funct Confederacy could liave been so pro
longed. The urbanity that characterized tho
rernarks of the Judge and af the District At
torney was equalled by that of Mr. Charles
O’Conor, the counsel for the prisoner.
All appear to have been conscious of tlie ■ committee.
fact that they were “makinghistory,” and all ’
seemed anxious to appear in tlie most amia- The Old School Presbyterian Gen-
blc mood possible. Judge Underwood was eral Assembly.— Cincinnati, May 18.—To-
iavish of compliments. Even the time-hon day Dr. Gurley presented a report from the
ored formalities observed in courts of law Committee on Reunion, declaring they had
were for the time dispensed with by him, on diligently endeavored to perform the work
the ground that “the Court is honored on this 1 entrusted to them, and had agreed upon a
occasion by tho presence ot many of the^n»- complete plan of reunion, the articles of
tion’s noblest and bravest defenders.’’ which were set forth at length. In theafter-
* * Thus ended the first act in the legal noon this report was referred to a special
farce which has been put ou tl« boards at committe* of seven. Papers iu reference to
Richmond The public will cease to feel an tlie Kentucky schism were referred to anoth-
interest in tbe acting whic-i will be required er select committee of seven. Several reports
to complete tlie piece Had tho court dis- from tlie theological seminaries were received
charged thc prisoneron hisown recognizances, and referr ed. Dr. Elliott made an able report
and abandoned ah' pretence of a trial, it would on the subject of unemployed ministers.
* . •»: 1 iL-r* Wnih! rfi-rf ai* dif r wou tloDlarl itr.An am ilia
ney's Chronicle says Gen. Banks and Anna
Dickinson are to succeed Kelly and Wilson in
the radicalizing business at the South.
trial can be no more - . .
present circumstances, and farefcs of such a
nature should not be tolerated.
• ff- The King of Prussia is seventy years
ld a. sketch oi him, wri :ten more than ten Dr. Johnson, being ’once asked
vears ago, says: “ Should he ascend the whether he was in the habit of saying nee-
throne Prussia will have a strong govern- ther or ni-ther, very laconically renlied
ment or a revolution." “nay-thor.”