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| JUSTICE I\'EHSOX X.. HARRIS ON THE
POLITICAL. SITUATION.
prBLISHINly JttUVJDiS. 'he letter of Jnstice Harris, of the Geor-
t 1 -• — gia Supreme Court, to his associate, Justice
Walker, already briefly alluded tc, will be
found on this page. No expression of
opinion on public affairs, since the close of
the war, has so filled ub with surprise and
Terms of Subscription: regret. We have long felt a sincere, personal
tiwi' 'Vesai.r Tt«.W*W: OO per attachment for Justico Harris, and the high-
ujB. cst admiration for his honest, bold and man-
K,eos D*iit TnwUH: $10 OO per annum. ] v na ture; bence, \re cannot but feel regret
JOB printing. ; that lie has thus put.to hazard his reputation
attention will bo given to the j as a logician, a jurist and a statesman. Noth-
**tion of JO® PRINTING of every dcscrlp- j ing can convince us that he is not a true-
hearted patriot; we shall therefore comment
in all kindness for him personally, on the ex
traordinary positions assumed in this letter.
The two leading errors into which Judge
Harris lins fallen, and which are the ground
work of all the heretical doctrines advanced
byhim,arc as follows:. First,he views the whole
question solely from a standpoint occupied by
himself in the past, and which ho himself has
abandoned as no longer tenable for any prac
tical purpose. Secondly, ho ignores facts
necessary fer n correct concoption of the real
condition of the country, and which must be
allowed their duo weight in any well-consid
ered and reliable opinion.
The policy of Justico Harris is summed up
it? proclamation of President Johnson
llwai refused. Judge Rico will at once
|t the constitutionality of tho law and the
■cUmation before the United States Court,
iis is the first case under the proclamation,
due are glad to know that the matter is to
[teted and decided by tho legal tribunals.
. affidavit was made before W. R. Wyatt,
lited States Commissioner.
'lion. A. II. Stephens says Mr. Hill’s
jrt letters to Gen. Grant are the most pow-
L! papers on public affairs that have op-
Lj since the close of the war, and are
pistil to create a powerful impression
k.wr they are read, South or North.
[Jfacon Telegraph, Sept. 25.
■Vr cannot think Mr. Stephens has given
It such an expression. When and to
ta did he say iU His many friends in
I section would like to be advised. That
Iwrful impression” scents to have spent
It entirely upon the Telegraph. Nary
Ip.-i-ion" has been made up here, that wo
|vc£—Atlanta Rev Era.
ivdy eipects that truth will make any
kal’ie impression on such minds ns con-
J the Era, but as regards the statement
Iff. we repeat it on the highest authority,
1 defy the Era or any one else to contra-
g 0 w ExECUTons auf. Fi/beckd by titk
.im-At Organs.—General Pope lias made
fjod thing for his Radical organs in com-
liins public officers to advertise in them,
,1 prescribing no limitation as to price.—
htrhave taken advantage of this omission,
1* piled on from 50 to 02 2 3 per cent on
customary rates of the country. An
diwry writes us that for citations dismis-
rhe is charged §10, while he has been ac-
t.aed to pay heretofore only ?G. We
,po*; there is no remedy for this impo-
on. It is necessary in order to support
dittl newspapers in the South, and the
flic interest is not to be considered. . J in tbc following language: “I would vote
tsidest 9 Proclamation in Court.— ! for the call of a convention. I would then
c Voolgomeiy Mail states that “tlio Hon. j cordially co-operate with the colored voters
L‘ 0 j that city, went before the in -the election to that convention of the most
j 0 f Registration on Saturday, sub- ■ intelligent, independent, dispassionate and
KW to the registration oath, and claimed i prudent delegates,” (would they co operate
t ‘ r i„ht to register as a voter under the late on such terms t) “ not disfranchised, I could
“**■ Ifind. To them I would coramitthe high task
of moulding our organic law according to
our altered condition, so as to fulfill the re
quisitions of the Reconstruction Acts."
Such arc his conclusions upon the question
of Southern duty and policy. The premises
upon which they are founded are ns follows:
Ho wns nlways a “State’s Rights man” and a
believer in the doctrine of rightful secession.
Tho Southern States, in his opinion, had a
right to go out of the Union, and actually
did go out, and form among themselves a
separate and independent nation. Therefore
“tho status of Georgia is, at this tune, that of
a conquered State out of the Union." He adds,
as a necessary consequence under the Laws
of Nations, the conqueror may rule them
“with no restrictions on his power than the
customary usage of such nations." “Tho Con
gross of the United States,” he says, “from
this source alone, derived their power to pass
tho Reconstruction Acts.”
Granting, for the present, that these posi
tions arc true—that wc are conquered States,
and the conqueror has the right to rule us in
his own discretion with tho limitations spec!
fled—we ask the Justico justice : Hoiv, in all
candor, has tho Radical Congress respected
those limitations in its legislation with regard
to the Southern States, which he advises us to
accept ? Is it the “customary usage” of
Christian nations to change tlicir own form
of governmentinorder to admit to theirjuris
| diction and fellowship conquests in war ? Is
I it the “customary usage of such nntions”
to require of a people to 1 elevate their own
negro slaves to civil and political equality
with themselves, and, uprooting the entire
relations of society, establish governments
that will provo political: and socini powder
magazines ever ready for an explosion ? Js
it the “customary usage” of enlightened,
Christian nations to tto all this and then
and Judicial Departments have recognized us
as States note in the Union, and treated ns as
such. Ho principle is more definitely set
tled as part of the true theory of the govern
ment, the ravings of such madmen as Thad.
Stevens and the shamelessly inconsistent leg
islation of Congress to the contrary notwith
standing.
[From the Atlanta Intelligencer.
tetter from the Bon. Iverson L. Bar'
the “Political Situation.”
To the lion. Dawson A. Mather, Dalton.
MrDeak Judge: I receivedyour 1
- ^ § • ) UV1VIVJVIV WULVIUlUg vui — — r
this: If Justice Harris must abandon big 1 and desiring me to reduce tc writing tbc views
State’s Rights doctrines in reconstructing tbc ' pressed by me as to “the status of Georgia”
government “according to our altered condi- thU time, and the course which I thought it m
tion”—a necessity which none will deny—he | expedient to pursue ir„. Ji,-:.- -d to the propoi
cannot bnsenn argucent for ,ccoa„,ruc>i»„ jg«aPgaQg*!!g»?ieg
on those repudiated doctrines. But enough
on this point.
But if the argument by which Justice Har
ris seeks to sustain his consistency in advo
cating reconstruction under the military bills
be fallacious—and wc think we have proved
it conclusively—his plea of necessity in sup
port of such policy is equally, if not even
proral for those harsh and degrading incas- act > wcrc I n0 * disfranchised,
ures. We know him well enough to feel ns- , 11 is conviction, aftei
sured that they are abhorrent to eveiy senti- in lhe inquil7) .. W hat is the
ment and instinct of his manly nature. | this time ?" cannot be solved b
Ho says: “There is no earthly tribunal to , falling within the province
which tho conquered can appeal for remedy ; or Jr. on5titutIon , al 1&w ‘
* * * ■* 1 /van fin/l a /ia.m/J anlni
resistance f”
they bear to each other.
6uch a position, and we are amazed that any i
man can assert it in view of the eloquent facts
that aro trauspiring before his eyes daily. H
there be no tribunal of appeal for a down
trodden and oppressed people, then indeed
are we irredeemably lost. But, thank God! ;
we have not yet been trampled out of sight! _ V“““ *’ ”
, * , r , , j Georgia, by the ordinance of her Convention
and beyond the roach of hope. There « a lS6X ^ dli disselve her connecUoa witu tUe Fc(k
tribunal to which wc can and have appealed, Uni0D) and renmmct the Federal Constitution,
and not in vain. That tribunal is tiie
people, whoso voice, in a political sense, in J
necessary result of such an education.
This act put Georgia out of the Federal Uniou.
cally the "voice of Ood." There are none
so high that it cannot reach, none so
proud that it cannot cause them to 1
quake and tremble. The people have j
mcr position in the Federal Union.
The New York Radicals are talking
t nianing Gen. Sickles for Mayor at the
I election, which comes off in December.
Supremo Court on the Presi-
f Pardoning Power, and its
c.
before legal rroccetf-
I a. or during their pendency, or after con-
_ 5 , tkiiiwwtT of the President is
of iii pardon, nor exeludo
». . r Vf‘, ny ri*** °f offenders. t he benign
1 $$$&«&$* s
ood gives h im a new credit
* * llo »<W* Sapamo Court. C. X, S*>,
billowing extract from a recent deri-
"f the Supreme Court of the United
- 'ij-irtr Garland,) effectually puts to
Iroatroversy regarding the constitu-
f-gut of the President to pardon, in
whatsoever except impeachment,and
'"•lit? of Congress to interfere with . P. B B I
piogativc, by legislation or otherwise. ' brand wlth d^franclase.nent aud infamy
korisionof the Reconstruction Acts ig- tbc * r own Jcadc « and comnidcs-in-nrips ?
the President’s amnesty is. therefore, : Wc kncnv Justice Harris’ noble nature w.ll
■f void. The. decision referred to | WjB « :i:1 anirnif,tive i,nswcr lhl ^ *
pitted to the Coiumbus Euquircr.-and 1 MtBBBBBB BBBBB
follows: • 1 Rut lot us come to the ground of the
f-witwi.! MoThto that ilia I»re.ulont ihalT j Justice’s reasoning. His opinion of our status
i and duty is based solely on a political dog-
V’ 0W,T thu * ronfernd is nniimi- ma held by liimsolfiu tbc past, not upon the
l-V:-?-* 0 1>i-'V\‘.I- i .'.:'au>- prevailing political principles of the present.
and tbc real posture of public affairs. He
was a State's Rights man and believed in the
right of secession; therefore, to be consistent,
lie must now hold that the Southern States
actually were out of the Union, and when de
feated in war beenme conquered nations,
desire to pro- I This is the political gospel according to Thad.
;- i:y. Ti,e Constitution savs ’ Stevens, without amendment or change. Sup-
( '^ow of lhe Supreme Court are to he I ,ose Justice Harris did hold these, sentiments
1 ■ /'.'.prciisf laws ol the ■ iu tnc past, has lie not solemnly pledged
i‘: ’. .it nas 1 : .ken an oath bimsolf to repneiiate them forever, tm(l attbe
• i not as miu-ii !u/iim'. i very bidding of the power which he seeks to
:: n-gards the legal ! conciliate by acquiescing iu the so called lie-
tli.. privileges ' construction Acts? if tho United States
•**‘i»4 lftUiiary or any other inter- ‘ have power to dictate laws and principles to
1 ■''•ibi’.i;is Up i# ;o ,:,f, i,f tlu- Kc * us, why does he withhold liis re.qitet from
■ oihi • i.;w r We do the newly established doctrinn that the States
: <-«t<-:itlv de/ line t!ie have not a right to secede? Does In- not
! Late his present action on political doctrines
| that he has repudiated and will allow to
■" ' * 11-'• — Recently wc 1 govern liim iu notliiny else? Why does lie
1 u iflerenec to lion \ ,, ot ac , upon the “altered condition of
*7 v “‘ puDHalx the subjoined 1 things,” which he feels bound to abide by-—
" ! " ^ 11 •• Rom a lirst class j wc s i );l ii nut say rc.q u-t, for we know that in
° ^ ac ^ 01 ’ I' u *Jts b * n I liis heart he loathes It ? liis doctrines in the
, i-out expressing an opinion, ; j jag » mft y have been right once, but they can
-i-i eiun oi planters : no i l)U gcr be the rule of liis conduct, for
U^SLl.'! they have been abolished by force of
arnis - How inconsistent to adhere to
t al ° ptiiDnowte tin« them in the work of reconstruction
f ’ r li,< ' , when iu the very act ot recon-
d^uialut “."‘iro-m- 1 1 struct ion on the Krtdi -ul flan he sets them
gfejja&f I a* «*•««-, exploded.^and no longer to be
" 1 ' joiiaif him iu1 fiuoi ./‘ftiw. | asserted ! Reconstruction proceeds exclu-
• : 1 c furl'alius iluir c«i too! ] sively. on the ground that in all this matter
a'i, b tn.*r*e\-<m y a'lw.11'0, h Jt , Justice Harris was wrong, and it is a call upon
’ ‘v rc i *a:T, 1 llu okuti i
1 J --r friciul*.
1 ‘ WlLLlAS Kil l
Hiu'wifinTJreity >-Mtcr-! '‘repealed” her ordinance ol'secession, but all
- "h “• know, remarkably i t hc other States, we believe, without excep-
1 ■ >0 iLoXurlli on bu*ine«-. ; ’ , , .
j 1 **! ,, ll[ , E "“I wi»h«» ,,iHie peojJ® tion, /idopted ordinances declaring it mu
Uj5?jas Hitt I and void,” t'.ius yielding their assent to the
f'-'kid & 2^^d»Sr«n*rciflaii()o” J j doctrine, now established as national, that seccs-
euj 1 ' a’" 1 " l'lcn^ant | gion was void uud the Union never dissolved,
— l,r - •“■ i' an*. I and this Georgia, too, hus practically assented
, j to in more ways than one. No dejiartmentoi
v!V; ^ ,,r 'iu KotlVK'rly I tl “> Federal Government ever admitted that
: -'-.nrd to loarn ofbU death liy wc were out of lhe Union. Congress de-
I clared, over and again, that the war was not
)i-auii k - Spurgeon., nos-1 waged for conquest—that it was only rebel-
iromparably gupenor to J )j 0 n—while since the war both the Executive
Southern degradation. Tho most extraor
dinary revolutions in States that the world
ever saw have been effected by it, and unless
sweep over this whole land and strike the
fetters from the limbs of every American
citizen.
secession, 1 am at a loss to discover.
benefits and protection?
deny that there was a civil war in its legitmato
55 hat means that thunder clap : scnse —tbat wo were rebels—traitors. A ncces-
irom California—that tornado of popular J snr y consequence from this position is, that upon
sentiment' tlint comts sweeping down i tho termination of hostilities thero can bo no
from flic bleak bills of Maine—the shrill, ] confiscation or amenability to tho municipal
clarion voice that riDgs out from libertv- J l*-ws »f the conqueror.
Tho claim that tho Constitution is ours, and
that wo have never parted with it, contains
within it the fatal admission of our guilt as
traitors.
“The status of Georgia, then, at the time,” is
that* of a conquered State oat of the Federal
'Union.
If this is so, it is in thc light only* of the laws
of nations that our situation can be properly
considered.
It must, 1 think, be' conceded by every jurist
whose reading has extended beyond BlacKstonc
[From the Atlanta Opinion.
Registered Voters of Georgia.
THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.
loving Connecticut—the groans and cries of
distress that come up from tho enemies of
constitutional Union in New York, Pennsyl
vania and Ohio ? Are these not the notes
that herald approaching justice for the
Soutli ? , Is there, indeed, no tribunal to
which we can appeal ? May wc not, then,
wait and suffer on in patience for a few I
months, or even years if necessary, till the !!
deliver come, rather than sign with our hands
the warrant of Southern degradation and j gnd me Constitution of the United States, that it
ruin ? * Let the sensible and true men of the
South answer the question. Wo have ap
pealed from Phillip drunk to Phillip sober,
and we have but to be patient and true to
ourselves t■ • obtain a righteous judgment in
ourfaver.
Finally, the pjea of “necessity” in this
case cannot holilgbod; because, granting that
wc are a conquered nation, our conquerors
is a settled and unquestionable doctrine of the
laws of nations, that the conqueror, according to
the customs of Christian civilized nations, msy rule
tiie State conquered at his will, as by moulding its
political institutions to that will, with no other
restrictions onhispower than the customary usages
of such nations.
The Congress of the United btates, from this
source, and this alone, derived their power to pass
the Reconstruction Acts; they dp not spring from
the exercise of enumerated and delegated powers
have not made a peu-mptor? demand ot re- (o Congress, hut from the power outside of the
jtonstructiba under the military .hills, .'but " |r * '
have simply proposed terms which, according
to both, the letter and spirit of the law", we
^•e at perfect liberty to accept or,reject, on
our own responsibility of course. r- 5Ve pre-
(eii to reject aud take the responsibility,
especially with $0 good -a promise thnt wc
shall eventually be sustained by a majority
of itlic American people. » 1
.Justice Harris has given liis countrymen,
doubtless with the very best of motives, very
bad advice, and we t pray God no one wifi be
induced, by.his Ingb cliarocter as a jurist and
citizen, to taktyit. . 1 ..«3ii 11
Outrages on Officers of the:R. R.
Cuylcr in South America.
Ulinp trtj niuv-u vvm**w..v« ••
By the New } ork papers ot 1 lie “1st, we I deem a wise expediency,
have the particulars of a brutal outrage by a sons which prudence forbids 1
Constitution inherent in the victor.
C Viewing three acta, then, in the light of terms
imposed by the conquerbr on the conquered—and
X am driven by astern logic to look at them in that
light, anil in no other—so regarding them, I am
called-ou to determine what line of conduct it is
most expedient to pursue. 1 am compelled, alao,
to remember at the same time, that there is no
early tribunal to which the conquered can appeal
for remedy or redress, Are we not, then, by an
inexorable necessity compelled to cho»se between
ac/juieecing iu those acts!or resistance? Would
not tho last be downright madness? The other
alternative Is the only thing left us.
From the views I haVo thus taken of our situ
ation, and thoroughly convinced that a Conven
tion will be called, that tho opposition of tho
whites will not only be utterly unavailing but
actually prejudicial, I am constrained to say,
being very much controlled iu my judgment by
as also by rea-
tho ultcranco of
l1 *® "*■ him by Congress to undo that wrong.
K A *N>. 1 true that the State of Georgia only
P- ' telliueut, independent, dispassionate and pru-
York Times correspondent: aent delegates not disfranchised I could tiud—
To them I would commit the high task Of mould,
of lhe steamer Kayo (ll. Jt. CuylerJ about whioh-lhero j n <- bur organic law according to our altered
lets been sojnuch trouble, u.une limn Santa .Marina to ' Li K ’ . . i‘A i 1. i j Aft!.,, p*
Cai diaccna in tho Knali«h itennicr True, ns bearers nt . condition so as to lultill the requisitions < the Ee
dUnati lies from Pro/ideal ijutierrer to the author!- COU jti-iiclion Acts/ that Georgia may he restored
wwo ■tViekwVbyai^ar'mcd'mob^inatwoorthe’uum- 1 to the Federal Union; and if our present State
her brutally murdered. O110 <>ther .was*erinus!yl ( . 0 ' t j tat j onncededot j ier( . uard3 f or theprotec-
wuiindcd. while thc fourth escaped only by reuinimoK v B , ,
Very uuietlyin his room, through (he iloor of which .tionofpubbcandprivatepropertyagainstplun-
llio mob thrust their bayonets. The names of the dor or legislative abuse,' they, should be provi-
urdered men arc George A. U -rchert. ol Savannah, uur or - .. ' ,
• --’V. Murdeugli, of (’orismouth, \[a. . ded. By the adoption of the provision of those
close at
came to Aspinwall.
will prove a
alarm.
It is difficult to over estimate tho impvrt&nce
‘JhT he
rei J’lmiie! and To'one 'darod'to sl^kof the *00^.— of vigilance and concerted action on the part of
^ !^ih U ^-h h hete{ and trUe P“ trioU preventing the con-
valuable. The dispatches- and letters of protection vention from getting into thc poweror under the
Ihe^l oe "'n r b,!i).a. V ter“l “i,U fh^r^fo^h^lTumiA 1 control of selfish, unprincipled, bad men, who,
to he regret ted t lint these gehllemen, in ii.-cepting for sinister purposes, it is believed, aro now in-
SfeSSSq du.triou.Iy occupied in .triving to estrange and
they ivere Aniericnn$ t and urtll fympathize with them %a lienat« pertnanentlr the whites ami blacks.
Ame^^dcnu of Carthagona. Santa Manlm U is my best judgment tbat the course indica-
and Barranpuilla ca!nou«n.v for an American Tnan - ul- \jj me will more effectually coutribute to
\car to remain near them.a* 8 J>#Weotion tfatiift ex- , . ., e.rp.ntnrf's thsn
ii>tink lttwle*fne.vN in iluit rr|ioiii coo^oQueot on tho thwart tho .puipoees of such vi
lnu unsettled and revolutionary t*tute oi the country, an y pther 1 .
’" 0nvernn,cnt Wi " ,CC ; If, however.-on effort to guard the Convention
against a power and influence so much to bo dread-
Iiai.v—Tub Movement against Boms. 1loanee, © d sln-uld prove unavailing, and s Constitution
Sept. »,lrr 22.—General Garibaldi hus issued a stirring nnd ,x their management, embodying other prort-
adilress to his followers and adhorents, announcing so/ms than those required by the Keconstruction
ihnt the time has now coiuc tor them to overthrow Atu, ol a ptoacriptivo, unjust,aud ofltusi\ochar-
fflSuTWny ofthePo,.e.r«-sU,reR« m eto Italy, and —
U Countied
Chatham..
FIRST DISTRICT.
White,
235S
Colored
4784
Bryan
3;i9
Effingham
404
3015
. 5401
he
SECOND DISTRICT.
Libertv
004
838
ra Tatuali
478
. 246
’ McIntosh
•.... 128
X-
at
900
1659
st
THIRD DISTRICT.
, Wayne
15d
68
L ‘^ Pierce
131
ii- Applimr...
4«a
iH
bt
782
293
r.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
t> Glynn
160
576
ar Camden....
: 145
536
C1 Charlton...
ICO
52
rt
)r
463
FIFTH DISTRICT.
1164
® Coffee........
356
92
3t War©
L . Clinch
— Ani
134
180
T
)(
96-5
SIXTH DISTRICT.
406
e Echols
167
60
520
627
® Berrien
64
■
e
1146.
SEVENTH DISTRICT,
751
^ Brooks
593
874
tt • Thomas
1440
n Colquitt
173
15
a
1524
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
£329
u Decatur
1024
1115
, Mitchell
390
007
» Jililler
tyjo
185
ft ~
* •- r
V
e
1686
NINTH DISTRICT.
1907
8 Eariy
332
774
5, Calhoun
616
Bakor
284
999
a
‘.'25
2419
u
TENTH DISTRICT.
r Leo
1.509
1 Worth
*
193
t Dougherty.
3S6
2131
1071
3836
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
1 Clay
411
451
t Randolph...
838
-•1053
Terrell
505
S64
1844
”■2268
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
Stewart
830
1410
Webster
304
380
* Quitman
303
398
i
1532
2194
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
Sumter
970 “
1891
Schley
501
Macon
*. 619
1281
■ : 1947
3766
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT
Dooly
857
77 0
Wilcox
114
Pulaski..
858
1103
1963-
1987
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
Montgomery
Telfair
..,...*. 306
338
in
IrAvin
194
37
■ '838 •'
341
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
Laurens
686
635
Johnson —
142
Emanuel
521
236
- 1483
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.
1013
Bullock
554
235
Screven
623
891
Burke!
791
2543
--•i
3669
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.
Richmond....
2254
3259
Glascock
172
Jefferson
693
1273
32S9
5704
.NINETEENTH blSTRTCT.
Taliaferro
382
553
Warren
1217
Greene
fi-V’ t ■
1431
’ ’ ’ . J-. \ (. 1
v: ; ’ ‘.‘ v 1930
TWENTIETH DISTRICT.
3204
Baldwin .......
595
1146
Total,
714:
5P-J
74:
841
HE:
624
808
224
304
547
1075
736
081
212
1629
448
301
582
227
1VT
523
.1897
146’
2193
183
2139
V97
457
1106
955
1283
1862
625
2520
862
1891
1459
4212
2240
780
706
2864
859
1900
1627
362
1961
1321
415
700
7S9
1513
3334
5513
614
1906
:7903
936
1942
2256
Haralson.
- 490
38
537
1154
Polk
7SP
Paulding
........... 1012
St)
1092
2500
483
2283
THIRTY-NINTH DISTRICT.
Cherokee.
1464
213
1677
Newton...
... . (5io
63
673
iornyth...
<*58
145
im
o&)2
FORTIETH DISTRICT.*
421
3483
Union
740
17
Towns
424
Rabun
450
4S2
1614
FORTY-FIRST DISTRICT.
74
1088
Fannin....
6S3
25
70S
884
Gilmer
861
23
Pickens...
730
15
745
2274
FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT.
63
2337
Bartow
1689
658
2347
Floyd
1534
2389
Chattooga
193
894
• 3924
FORTY-TIIIRD DISTRICT.
1706
5630
Murray
838
115
953
Whitfield..
1155
247
1402
Gordon
1233
213
1451
3226
FORTY^FOUBTH DISTRICT.
580 *
3806
Walker
1182
£08
1391
473
704
Dade
• 440
33
109
Catoosa.....
595
2218
350
2568
Hancock.
Washington
746.
31267 '
4027
■.J, . c .to r-.«G s.u i 2608
, ;•*)! * TWESTYAPIRST
Twiggs f I...; 542 .999
AVilkinson...— i03 846
Jones — ; J7R. 1071
1929 2919
TWENTY-SECOND UISTRIi T.
Monroe.........
Piko .:.'.L.n;.u:.!G
n.s-i'): 'tion.:
r tw
Houston..^..........
Crawford
Taylor
ftll Silt ot ■>
uitvi f sr.J a
■y r , ■ TWENTY-EOCRTH DISTRICT.
Marion S
1741
2291
2603
1511
1757
1550
Politics and Crops in Meriwether.
Meriwether County, Ga„ Sept. 23,1S67.
Editors Telegraph: We are rnoving along here as
usual. In politics, however, a general apathy prevails.
This is rather remarkable considering the stake at
issue. The idea is deeply impressed in the minds oi
the people that the country ought to bo relieved , of
military’ despotism, that something must bo done to
effect this end, yet they don’t seem to know what to
do. A few are decidedly for the Congressional pro
gramme, whilst a still larger number are equally de
cided against it; none, however, believe it to be right
or constitutional. Thc majority, though, do not know
what would be best, and are committed to no plan.—
allude to the whites. As to the blacks, at least
threc-fourtbs of them will voto for a Convention.—
From present indications, the whites, a majority of
them, will, I think, voto for a Convention, hoping that
the Convention, should it be called, will adopt, not the
propositions of Congress, buta just and liberal Consti
tution, such as will be acceptable to tho Conservative
masses of the North, which seem to he gaining strength
every day—a Constitution that will amply protect
both races in all their civil rights—that will guarantco
to thc colored man every facility for moral and intel
lectual improvement, and that will place the right of
suffrage on the same footing concerning him that it is
placed by the most liberal of the Northern States.
Tho constitution of Massachusetts, I believe, is
more favorable to this right than any other. Even
there an educational qualification is necessary. Then
we could include it in our constitution; could apply
it to whites as well as blacks. Surely, no just man
could except io this. No evil could thereby result to
society. Its benefits aro obvious. It would be a great
promoter of education, the blessings of which all
admit, and fltcn we could consistently with true re
publicanism make all bear tho burthens of govern
ment in proportion to their ability. Again, it would
strengthen our force in the halls of Congress, and
thereby contribute much toward enabling us to repeal
tho odious and oppessivo tax on cotton, robbing the
black man as well as the white. It might, in the
future, enable us to successfully oppose all legislativ
schemes looking to tho aggrandizement of one section
at the expense of another. I will add, that the desire
of tho people to obtain'what they consider just relief
against old debts has had no .little influence in bring
ing men to think seriously about voting for n convcn
tion.
Well, I will say nothing more about polities, ns I
have already, at different times, filled up much of your
paper on these subjects.
The larmersin this county have made an excellent
crop of corn in proportion to thc land planted, enough
for all the people. Otton is good. I hear no com
plaint of rot, boll worm,etc. On thc whole, our pros
pects for food and raiment are good. T, - ***
P. S. Judge 5Varner’s lettor has fallen still-born.
His intentions I take to bo good, and his ability as a
jurist is unquestioned, and lor him I have no unkind
feelings; yet he has not evinced liis usual sagacity in
the matter of reconstruction. At least this is tho
judgment of his friends.
SiTn.®
•ifnaa
22S6; .
•38S2
2732
1791;
4742
S465
-THIRD DISTRICT*!;!. A
uAiMiri
259;
’.3516
53.3
7-|*i
1262
Xeoi 1 618
501
.1122
2071
3829
5900
Chattahoochee
Muscogee
IT a rrtl^/... .2.1.
Up-- ll
-fie
. 667
. «S
.1063
i -649 .
IVotiuio*
.1750 c-
1316
ll)t6
-.;2S33
2185b 2966.
5154
district!
..'.Jilei'
1274
2395
.... son
756
1556
.... 777
1226
2003
2698
3256
5054
TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.
Fiiyette 786 378
Spaulding... c 722 800
Butts 531 809
2OO0 16S7
TWEXTY-SEVEXTH DISTRICT.
Nbwtoo..
- Valt0n
129S
fil.rk •'0*4)1 Dl/L. stt .. -CKM)
1 «T iKiUVnTffWWl’E: _
lino Bveff I
935
658 .
1109
22 2697
twenty-eighth-,DISTRICT.) <
Jasper 052 967
I’ntnaiu 5)6 1171
Morgan 064 1209
'I -«I<1< • UPtwHIH
i) 1 .,<!*« a s/X At
, T WENT V-M.NTH-DfSTRrCT.-
Witcks 597 1319 .
I/incoIn.aflJsS.-xr.X.ti.lX)! AK.T22M 11 5ST A
Columbia, 603 1/60
■ I -ooM’SiU at&’fi x*ld;}*w: 1494 .\3716
J 1 J sJ ! — thirtieth district. —1I-.
tlcthorpe J. i?A:.j 759
adisou..:„ 15j, ,■
1161
1322
940
1)2)7
11189
: 1619
1729
<>g!
Mn
1774 3317 5121
l!46
881
2383
5210
13)1
685
1661
' . . . . XML- J
THlRTY-tlRST DISTRICT.
Hurt 662
'r;inklin 7b6
Habersham 723
h*. zrtLSu
TH1RTV-S1CONP DISTRICT.
White 510
1095'
229
866
,2190
213
204
154
Dawson...
66» :
62
i*i 9 616
fcUi
im Outers'* ' 1814
2>5
20t)9
nail....
' Tt ?\ n L »
THIRTY-THIRD DISTTUCT.
V/'VAV.V‘: *517
174
144
1336
661
1 .Tnpkdnn
lt^ r )
574
1009
1
actcr to Umj. whitea should be made by it, *cd pre-
eive"the”tleru)il City its ancient nupreuutcy as the gen tod tor ratification to 4 popular vote, then let
AnTlMtv'tz " dwithm “ lyscoruind,Kuant -
Emanuel, w *X?fiM *Lh^'rcroluGoo«y ^Accustomed to form my own opinions and lrc-«
u - which*isAenounce.l a“a crime against ly to express them, I know ot no sufficient reason
tun« of Italy M)d of nations. The proelmmition why I should w ithhold the permbwon desired.—
LmHu.lM with the threat that the Hovernuient will They are, therefore, placed at your discretion.
S°ot fail to Affi.fl 7,;,i^"ics aga"nst a th?iv£al ' 1 anl - ver y rcspectlully, your obedten^ servant,
authorities.
Iverson L. Harris.
UuiIm 64
TiriRTY-tOURTII DISTRICT.
tjwinett 1610 - 332
BeKalb 1042 4U2
Henry , 1917 610
r Sra j
TH1RT Y-VIETH DISTRICT.
Clayton
553
219.
Fulton
Cobb
3419
1648
1939
573
4620
2712
Coweta
THIRTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.
..... 1 ‘.153
1261
Campbell....
Merri w other
1068
358 .
Of 958
1172
3279
Troup
THIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.
1142 1991
iWanl..........
Carroll
1446
210
3332
2575
14E42
1444
16
772
4889
2221
2514
1426
2130
3133
'111S
1656
, - Apprentices.
Any one observing tho number of idle young men
and half-grown boys about the corners and collected
at tho engine houses, is naturallv tempted to ask, why
these lads are not learning useful mechanical trades,
at a time when mechanics aro so scarce and tvages so
kML. |.| JJ . y L -r ,. ; a ,'t: - •
The answer is a sufficient one. The organized trades'
unions take tho most effective .measures to prevent
them from getting w ork, or learning how to earn an
honest living. In many mechanical trades thero is
an express limitation enforced that if any employer
takemorc than two apprentices, his shop shall be pat
nnder ban. and no member of the union shall work
forhini. And if he succeeds in getting men outside
of the union, these meu will.havp to unitorgn n course
of Incessant persecution, until, if possible, they are
drivon off. Thus, any employer taking more than
two apprentice-) is confronted with tiie dangcrol'bciug
nUL-under tho ban, and finding it impossilde to fulfil
his coutraets orcarry on tiis business.
It would be difficult to imagine any system more in
jurious to a community than thus. The younger part
of tin' population is thus sedulously guarded from the
possibility of becoming useful members of society.
Theynre thrown upon,their relatives for support, un
less they can live upon their wit'.. Thus are trained
up tho ivorst portions of our population. Idleness
soon becomes a habit, and an enjoyment not to be re-
liiutuishcd; rather to be purchased) by any habits of
life, however ruinous to the individual, and injurious
jjo tho community of which ho forms a part.
The question simply is, how long a sensible and
practical people, euen as wc are, will submit fo'a sys
tem so radically wrong, so wholly inexcusable. 1 It
seems strange indeed that in a free country, even the
right to work should bo refused, and yet it is just .-o at
thi3very moment around us. Young people arc .edu
cated and trained at tho expenso ot thc community, 1
and on reaching tho ago at which ability to work and-
to earn a support comes, they find themselves surroun
ded ivith work waiting to be done, and yet from which
they are inexorably excluded. It is fully time that a
stop were put to a system for which not one word can
be said in justification.—J'hiliolclphi < Dull,tin.
Anticipated Tkocblk in Nap
The Nashville Press A Times publi:
following: YfjujjjasoT
drat2 op Tennessee, Executive Iiep't. \
lnsstrirfT NiiahviUc. Sent. 22. lfitB )
tj, a, col Josep.l, .4. tboper, Ojwman'fiiot State (laurels:
Sir—Yon will bring to' Nashville immediately all
the troops—infantry and cavalry—you command,'to
enable you to protect the Judges and Clerks appoint
ed by the Commissioner of ltegistration and enforce
the Franchise law. If need bu called on Major Gen
eral Geo. H. Thomas for additional force to enable
you to keep tho peace aud enforce the law.
Respectfully,- J
(Signed) \f. G. IIuownlow.
J imms \ Governor of Tennessee.
APBVILLB.
lishts the
American Reconstruction.
KNGLISU VIEWS OF TIIK EFFECTS OF “MILIT-k-
RY DESPOTISM” IN THE SOUTH —THE PRESI
DENTIAL OFFICE WEAKENED AND “DEGRA
DED,” AND THE CONSTITUTION CHANGED.
From the Ijondon Times, September ffl
The complication in the domestic affairs of thc Uni
ted btates was never moro remarkable than at tho pre
sent mornont. Tho work of reconstruction has not
actually made progress, for all sections of parties ad
mit that the frame work of society in the Southern
division of the Uniou is as much disarranged now as it
ever has been. Government by the bayonet and tho
jorcibic suppression of thought, which every reflect
ing man in the oountry heartily deplores and even ths
most extreme regard with secret aversion and misgiv
ing, seem like to be oxtendod through tho present
generation. The longer a rule of this kind is main
tained thc more difficult it becomes to terminate it,
becauso the discontent which it excites renders severe
repressive measures indispensable. The American
people arc at length accustomed to a state of affairs
from which they would formerly have tu rned with in
dignation—to the existence on their continent of a
purely military government over tea millions of their
fellow-citizens, whose representative men are put tin
der a ban, who aro not only exoluded from the federal
legislature and federal offices, hut are deprived of all
voice in the government of their several States. Tho
community which is subjected to this treatment ac
cepts it without murmuring, but the pasnivo attitude
of submission into which it has fallen is even moro
unpromising for tho peace and welfare of tho country
than open resistance. Fcrciblo opposition, if any
could be made, might easily be quelled.; but when
one-third of a great nation, whose concurrence in the
general government is necessary to its prosperity and
security, declines to take any part in it and sits down
in listless indifference or despair, either coercive or
conciliatory measures will prove unavailing. The
Southern people say that since Congress has deter
mined thnttno negroes must govern, so shall it bo,
but they will not give their sanction to tho proceeding
by recording their names in an assured minority at
the polls. There aro not many even in the Radical
party who look with satisfaction on the probable per
petual estrangement of tho Southern people, and the
incorporation into thc main structure of the govern
ment of th6 five military districts which have virtual
ly superceded ten organized States.
In December, 1S65, the Southern States would gladly
havo complied with almost'any terms for the sake of
getting back into the Union; hut the difficulty of
effecting a reconciliation has been ever since steadily
increasing, not so much by any misconduct of the
Southern people as by the unprecedented conflict be
tween tho Executive and thc Legislature. This an
tagonism has not only made a dictatorship over the
South inevitable, but it has permanently changed the
composition of the government. No one can suppose •
that the intentions of the founders of the constitution
—that the three departments of tho government
should work Iarmoniousty together, and that the Ex
ecutive should be armed in a largo degree with inde-
nendent functions—can ever now bo realized. There
has always been a tendency on tho part of tho Legis
lature to encroach upon tho functions of tho Execu
tive. and moro than one of tho “fathers of tho Consti
tution” foresaw that it was but a question of time
when it would succeed, since tho I’residentwas left
with oniy the delusive protection of a qualified nega
tive. Tne exigencies of tho war led to 'a temporary
subversion of the Legislative department; for it was
necessary that the Executive should act with prompt
itude and vigpr, and the people stood ready to support
it. President Johnson’s fatal mistake has always been
thc belief that in a time of peace he could exercise the
same sway which was permitted to Mr. Lincoln in time
of war. Ho resisted the attempt of Congress to regain
its former prerogatives, and the result nas been that
the Legislature lias not only obtained back its own.
but swallowed up all the constitutional privileges of
the Executive. The President is now, and will prob
ably henceforth be, nothing more than the nominal
Executive, thc real power being absorbed by Con
gress. When the President is in entire accord with
the inaiority ho will probably be allowed some liberty
of action, but when he has alienated the ruling party
from him. as Mr- Johnson has done, ho is reduced to
an ignominious position. Ho is checked in every
movement, and his subordinates are his masters. Tho
power whtch he w as created to revise can negative his
every act. He has to fill an office which has ceased to
be regarded ivith respect, and the responsibility of
which can no longer be rewarded with honor.
His office being thus degraded, what can he antici
pated from the efforts which the President is making
to give it tho authority and distinction which belonged
to it in the early days of the federation ? Mr. Johnson
believes himself to bo sheltered by an instrument now
of comparativelysmalt validity.-anil which is bv thc
will of tho people displaced by the legislation of Con
gress. Both Houses have agreed that tho work of re
constructing the South, belongs exclusively to them,
and whenever the President interposes they inflict
still moro vigorous measures upon the excluded
States. The five Military Districts were tho direct
fruits of the President’s injudicious attempts to insist'
upon his own plan of restoration. IVe see that he is
now involved in a fresh qunrrel by his persistent re
moval of the officers placed by Congress in command
over the South. Sheridan and Sickles havo been or
dered from their posts, and Mr. Johnson—a little un
fairly as it seems to us—has endeavored to drag Gen
eral Grant inttrhis own troubles by charging him with
■the execution of these orders.
Grant has already sufl'ered greatly in the estimation
of tho Republican party by the apparentcountenance
ho has given to the President—first, by making a re
port nearly two years ago, which is held to bo too fa
vorable to tho South; next, by attending the Cabinet
meetings; and lastly, by consenting to take Air. Stan-
Hkaim>'rs, TKX.NK3.aKE Ftatk Guards, I
Nashville, Sept. 24.TS67. >
The General Commanding having received the fore j j thejast have he
ton’s office, and thus enabling 1 lie President to trans
pose the military commands. Tho favorite Northern
General has listened; to the rebukes and reproaches
showered upon him with characteristic impassivenesf;
but his friends have at last convinced him that he can
not afford to trifle anv longer with the sentiments of
the people. He has found out that a man may be
ruined by silence as well as by imprudent speech, aud
that, though some may construe his reserve into a
mark of wisdom, the majority believe it to be a proof
that he is opposed to the popular cause. Thus urged
General Grant has wriiten a loiter to the President,
in which he earnestly protested against the removal
of Sheridan, and followed it up some days afterwards,
according to the telegraphic news, by positively re
fusing to carry out a subsequent order.
.This result would not he likely to deter the Presi
dent from continuing the development of that singular
hallucination Which he calls his “policy.” He proba
bly antieipated'Grant’s revolt, and is only surprised
that it did iiot occur before Short-sighted indeed
must be tho public otficerwho identifies himself with
so desperate a cause as that of the President. Mr.
Johnson will fight on still, in conformity with his in
stincts, and also, we folly believe, with the dictates of
his conscience. Blow alter blow is struck at his office,
and he still uses the language of a ruler in the posses
sion of great, though limited powers, lie still acts as
though the people were enthusiastically with him,
and ns if the elections of last autumn hai given him a
majority; 1 Mr. Johnson will be a belligerent to the
last, and there is something in his dogged obstinacy
utid "pluck” not wholly displeasing to tiie American
People. He answers Grant in a spirit which is a fresh
challenge to Convress. Xhalbody separates from time
to time after dealing what it believt s to bo a last effec
tual blow at the occupant of the W'hife House, but it
has scarcely - 'gone home before the Pre-ident is up
again undoing its work, amlremling another blast of
defnneo after them. Sheridan's course, which is ap-
vlauded by. the people, be denounces as. “one of abso-’
ute tyranny, without-referenoo to the principles of
thc government or the nature of free institutions.’!—
For himself, he goes over ihe ground we are all famil
iar with, and contends that the Constitution alone is
his rule and guide. "The Uonstitut on," liosays, "is
thc combined nnd expressed will of the people, and
rheirvoice U law when reflected in the manner which
that instrument prescribes.”
iVo sbnll not discuss ohee more th ) fallacy which
underlies this sentence, and which ignores the nal-
pnld6 met that the will of the reople is law eveu when
'1 transgresses tho"letter of the Constitution. Any
ther man in President Johnson's position w ould have
perceived months ago that these arc not days in which
to exact a strictintevpretation of an instrument which
thanntion has ontgrown. Grant has probably won
hack thc good will of some of his admirers by his let
ter, but lie is too moderate in liis opinions to gain the
united suffrages of tho Republican party. It may
easlrRappen that fr< ?h events may arise before the
Presidential eleetn n of 1608 whi h will give him an
imoioDSe advantage over all the other candidates; but
one thing is certain, tint the next President will find
tho work of reconstruct ion still undone. Thefull suc-
ebssofthe Republican party might probablv lead to
greater moderation in tiie Legi Pilure. and as this
seehis likely to be the turn events will take, the final
choice of candidates will heanuuter of fc.irerly Ie.-s
interest here than on the otherside of the Ailaiilie.—
t Tbd sooner the country is completely settled tho bet-
, ter will it. be f - r the re-t of the world, even if only for
commercial eon-idemtion*. IVr may venturo to nope
that the next twu years will not be thrown away as
going order, warns ail parties to desist from any at
tempt to hold any electiou in violation oi the Franch
ise law. He also notifies all pcrsona eutitletl to vote
under tho aforesaid law that they will be protected
iu voting, aud all persons not entitled to vote to de
sist from auy attempt to do so,
I What Dors it Mean ?—One of the most remarkable
j things transpiring around us is the daily withdrawal
| of negroes from tho Radical wigwam. We cannot
| account for it. Their white brethren have been kind
I enough in all conscience. They have eaeerly thrown
j asiiU' all di.-1 inc) ions of race and color, and been pecu-
| liarly solicituus to-iiupress upon their sable friends thc
i belief that they areasgood ns n » hilcmun. ftheir sort,)
, T not a little belter. This last is nearer the truth' than
I thev usually tret. But for all this, the new sovereign?
of America will secede. Thesemust bore n little of
Ihe old "rebel sp rit’ tas thc lindien!? term it.) about
them. , ..
At ony rate they are withdrawing ana “tanning
t lout’—some of thi m fuiniiino sops rate organizations,
while others, and by far thc largest and best class, are-
uniting themselves wiih the Co: s< i vatives. aud doing
yeoman’? work in support and defence of the Union
They are n wakcnirg to a real-
andingtothe
to the over-
iijoiery oi aonuau twqvcutMiers and South-
Duke ot Keichstadt, diil indcc^T occupy, whoit thiee They Imre been comparing, too, the piofcssions of
year* old, tor ;v very short time, tnc position ol Lm- rbii.se precious gentlemen with their practices, and
pamr ot thc French. That time was the interval bo- a_.], j„ the face olTriendly counsel andthedoc-
trine Of equality, their Preacfitvg and practice'don’t
agree. A aegra-ievery uatieh like an Indian. Hewill
believe hi yo^ until yon fool him. Alter that, swear-
stack of billies as large as the Pyramids of
oiiidn’t-oonvifrct him. This is- just what thc
, ... — ,-lwvedone. ' They have fooled the negro-
present Emperor wishes to supply, w ttllu «ft« ooiua. tri ed to use him. as tools to advance rheiselves, and
;if the exited Prince, who.never knew a kingdom, raj . he is finding it out-or rather haw found it out. and
7 where he puled away hn young life, hr- tbia j s w u t it
By command of Brig. Geii. J. A Cooper.
L. B. Gamble, Lt. and A. D. C.
. * ♦ w — 1 ']
Kavolkox If.—The remain* of the unfortunate 1
Duke ot Ueichatadt, son of Napoleon 1, are to be 1
brought from their resting place at Vienna and de
posited in thc newly restored vnidtj of the Abbey of 1
at- Denis, in Paris. .Thecommissibncharged with the
duty, has already been appointed, and Pari* will soon
have a funeral show as a novel excitement, l.ouis *
Naiioleon is determined to make history. pJuntns the
Legitimisls interjiosefla fictitjousreign of Louis XVII
and the restoration of Louie XVJIJ. ignoring tiie Re
public nnd tho Empire, so Louis Naiioleon *kips orer
child, who was bmn Kjiijf of Rome, and who died
MSB 'eed-xii
of tiie Bourbons, when his father abdicated iu his fil-
yor. Bnl the facts of history are that be was. from hi*
means.—Sr/rnu
in the capital w«v fcw oo r .» r *... y.—i
vpry existence, most be ft sort of myth to the irjuicli
posited itwi t royal"iuausoleu’.n > w^th ^°regalhonors, aipj . „ 'ViJ'WAS-tnyGTON a> Uelri-kr ?—The Atlanta In-
the second Napoleon become*a real and. tangible rcr- .ttlllgencer *' i ys it i*» matter ot undeniable history
sonage, oqmpletieg the succession and: vntajiaingflic thatr Washington pardoned thc I’ennsylvaniaWhisky
claims of Louis Napoleon to thctitlo ot the Third Em- ,,, ... , ...
pe“oJ? When show g. cs for so much, this can hut *»’ » general amnesty, without any Congres-
have the effect intended, and history will stand, if not sional authorization, and previous to any trial or sen-
silenced, nt least abashed, before the Imperial shrine fence. Was Washington a usurper of power which
of the seeoml Napoleon. did not belong to him .’