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MACON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 10, 1800.
A'Rjn -vna TO HA.YK ANOTHER AVAR?
Tho last number of the Now York Albion,
an Amorioo-English papcr r in a rapid stir-
Vqy of the stato of -the great powers of the
Garth, at the closo of 1867, questions seri
ously whotb«r this country is • appropriately
called the United States of America, and in
timates, as remarkable, that a country just
emwgod from a long and bloody war to pre
vent dfnmfcn, is voiy likely- soon to engage
in another bloody struggle to prevent rw»»~
ttructim. The editor writes with an air of
solemn foreboding, seriously averring bis
apprehensions on the point.
This assertion, coming from a compara
tively disinterested ; looker-on,, .is itself re
markable. Its foundation lies in that bitter
party spirit, existing at tho North, which is'
resolved to rale or rain: which inrista on
success at anyend all cosh
Tho suidda! spirit which would produce
such disaster iathatwbiebanimates the Radi
cals now occupying the Halls of Congress,
and the crisis which Is to evoke the malig
nity of that spirit is thus foreshadowed by
the Worcester, Mass., Spy, (Radical:)
The Republican party, to insure success, to
compel ana maintain peace, mvxthave the ten
unrepresented States reconstructed andbrovght
hack in time to rsotefor their candidate nest No
vember. Failing in this, the country may as
wdl squarely look at tho issno which then
sternly arlaasin its path—that of meeting an
internecine struggle consequent upon the refusal
to count tie sets of tho Southern Demo
which wUlbo surety east for the party’s:
nee, whoever it may be. Of course, the For
tieth Congress will count the voto of no State
whieh is not represented.
The plain English of whieh Is, that, “to in
sure success” to their party, and preserve
radical domination, the Radicals ore deter
mined not to admit into the Union* the ten
Southern States, unless they ore so recon
structed as to vote for the Presidential nomi
nee of tho Republican party. And if they
are not readmitted into the Union, Congress
will not permit their votes to be counted at
all, simply because those votes will be cast
for the Democratic nominee, as the South'
will, impliedly, not be radicalized. To tide,
it is more than hinted, the Democratic party
at the! North will make such opposition as
Trill plungo the conntiy into the horrore of
“internecine” war.
The atrodty-of the matter consists in the
, Radicals preventing reunion unless the re
union is such as Shall perpetuate. Radical
power. The Democratic party at the North
wishes reunion. That the South desires re
construction none can deny. That it will
submit to much, in order to secure it, is
patent to the world. Snt the extreme Radi
cals will consent to no scheme of reconstruc
tion that does not result in party advantage;
a*d they have the power to prevent recon-
stahtion. Should they persistently refuse to
admit tfco ten Southern States, and also re
fuse torctogniza Southern votes, who shall
say that tho opposing spirit of party at the
North will not rise up, and, with arms, de-
manddue consideration for votes that would
General SJteadc mill Ills 3C«w Dominion*—
Rumor of tlie Shipwreck of the British
Minister—Ftiinln jnentnl Principles of the
. Recognition of HelllKercnt*.
WASinKOfoN, January!, 1868.
General Meade, the now King of Georgia,
Alabama and Florida, has not yet left;for tbo
seat of his new dominions. He was here some
days ago, and received bis appointment; and
the general principles upon which his ad
ministration is to bo conducted were agreed
upon between him and the President. Gen.
Meade thou left for New York- and Phila
delphia, and proceeded to wind' up theaf-
fairs of the Eastern Department, whieh em
braces right States, namely: the New England
States, New York and Pennsylvania. Gen.
T. W. Sherman (not thogreat Gen. T&umseb
Sherman) has been designated as his succes
sor; and Gen. Meade has been engaged for a
week; past in making him acquainted with
the very important duties of his extensive
command.
Gen. Meade will be here to-day. To-morrow
he will rccrivo the final instructions of the
President, in regard to the details of h]s ad
ministration, and ho Trill then proceed to
-Macon, where he will deride upon the point
to be fixed for bis headquarters,, In regard
to the general principles upon which his ad
ministration will bo based, X need only refer
to my last letter. Let us hope that under the
new order of things, property will again be
come so secure, and the rights of perrons so
respected, that the citizens of Georgia may
feel encouraged to engage once morein those
business enterprises for which they were
formerly distinguished, and which will result
in prosperity and wealth.
A painful rumor has prevailed here for
some days put, to tire effect that Sir Ed
ward Thornton, the newly-appointed British
Minister to the United States, and Ids beau
tiful and accomplished wife, have been lost
atsea, while on the voyage home from South
America to England. No particulars are
given. . It is merely stated thatthe vessel Was
a first class English passenger steamer, and
that she went down with four hundred pas
sengers on board in one of the recent terrible
storms. The report comesfrom Boston, end
it may prove unfounded. The State Depart
ment has pretty late advices from England,
and one part of,the budget is to the effect
that Sir Edward Thornton was to be in
structed to reopen tbe negotiations relating to
the Alabama claims, and endeavor to effect a
settlement of them. Nothing at present ex
ists, however,- to warrant - the belief that the
claims can be settled on a basis satisfactory
toboth nations. Tbe most unfortunate part
of the business, so for as the UnitedStates is
concerned, wu the ground taken by Mr.
Seward at an early stage of the dispute, in re
gard to the recognition of belligerent* &>
order to “crnrii the rebellion,” Lincoln
f Democracy t
possibility—this “Issue,” v”®* 1
States as a belliegerent power, even after the I AN AJDDKrES S C? - I the Government of Georgia, which the people
erciit Conf-.ilcrate successes of 18G3: “be- the ' organized in deference to the President's
cause they were sure-of ultimately crushing - ■: " wishes, and, in its stead, place us under a
out tbe rebellion by pegging away at it.” It Febple of Georgia and Ihc UnitCu Military Governor clothed with tbe power of
is more than likely that Mr. Lincoln was ig- Stales. despotism, under which the sovereignty of I incur the es pouse and hazard to’’liberty of a
.norant of what tho practice of his own gov-1 r I tbo people is ignored-and the principles of standing army, far such, purpose? Aretbeypre-
emment bad been. But Mr. Seward know it I ttUow-OUizens of Georgia and of the United I Magna Oharta, incorporatedinto tbo Constitu- pared" for a •military despotism over tea great
well; andthe English Statesmen were not States: I tion for tho security of property, life and lib- i Statesof this Union, for the mere purpose of op-
slow in calling lie. Lincoln’s attention toft. a Convention held at Macon on the 8th ^ trodden underfoot. They efisfran- prcssinff $2 ™“ te :“ co an - d .
Tho fact is, in tho exercise of the right of and cttl of December, 1867;'representing the cWs0 a ]arg0 porUon . of g* most intelligent ® lfc be , Eem maintained
recognizing tho belligerent power, or tho in- Conservative people of Georgia, tbe under- and -^rtnons citizens, as a punishment for al- cMr&cter ^CL yet
dependence of revolted colonies or States, signed were appointed a Committee to P ra --1 legedmimo of which they have not been le- policy? TO any eandidmanj
every government must judge for itself I paro^anAddreii to you, setting forththeir Igjjjy convicted, andconfer universal suffrage I slstent with the confessedly reserved rights of the
w&rtherft-fe nu^g ttb ackn^leSgmnrtIttntiments,tiieircondition;tiidr:fearftil:ap---r^j^ 1 ^j :|e - emanc - t:i it l j, ,, ror , if encc -, the states? who docs not perceive that it win be
prematurely, orwhetherthe.revolt has in it Pension of future ruin, and the final over- congressional scheme; is not only violative of tbeir en « re ab !? rpt !°“ S& tbo con ^ ersi ° a o£ ° ur
pie of those Slates designated, intheparlance of
tho day, as loyal—this grave and momentous
question. If [he State governments, now being
constructed by Congress, are thus invalid and can
bo maintained only by force, aro they prepared to
Will it bo seriously maintained
government 'can retain its
sustain such a
assert that it is con-
those dements of magnitude, stability and. f - . . , HHIHHHHB I whosetca, instead of the constitution, wm oe
order which entitle'it to such recognition. I “ d dev ? id Andall thtirfw
France recognized tho thirteen coloniesasa I an earnest and-gatripup “ eslr |>” 0 [ t | hensivo Atatcimanflhip^wTiicJi^ seeks, good I what? For the sake of negro sug/remdey over the
belligerent porter at an: early period of the I PWmote.the welfere of .our own State, I contradistioctioo-topartisai ‘ ‘ ‘‘ - -
Revolutionary war, 'ahd she recognized our I our-whole country. ^ : j aicendancyr 'Fbr Trha 1 can-; fail -to ~ seq.-thal
independence when ourtortuneawereidea-l "When the late unhappy war terminated those Acts mutt lead,andwere^intended to 18^ eB m n y Il ?^ ,rce 4 into a status for which they
perate indeed. England never did recognize [andthe Confedemtearms were surrendered, | lead to negro tuprmaa,? Eteewby such dh. \ ******* ° f
lence of the Southern States, but IA single conditibn only was required, which
millions of .white people, that four millions of ne- when it will imperil the Republic an jT ^
baleful disaster over every interest ^
she did recognize the Confedeney as a bd-1 was that we sboold retain .to the pursuits of
ligcrent power. The United States Govern-1 pcaco and obey the Constitation and laws of
nient was afterwards compelled to do tho | the United States, under the pledge, by the
stitutioD, and in contempt of the civili 2 .f^
the age and the opinions of mankind.
Fellow citizens of the Forth. :. Wiibia- (!l
few months, tho question of negro su*r ° Its£
been before you at the ballot-box. " >3
not to bo'misunderstood, you bare V .° ic4
against it. Ton decided voluniari’,, j 1 ; t -
been deeided/or vs, against our icill and I 183
our convictions of what is compatible
a-imcntandthc Constitution of the 'TniUdm 3 '*'
a ml 'decided by those i oho do not ejaectla/fa.^ - '
the Slate governments they ^
b or of negroes among you was too «m.n J. 8 " 111 ’
stitute a considerable-, mueh les* a confab
element in politics; It i 3 ordained ^
pressors that we shall,havo it, aotwith l uV f '
that it will load to negro supremacy overuY*
aro powcrloss; you are potent to forbid the **
rage. Will yon stand aloof and calmly
subjected to this damning wrong t and Hut** 1
when it will imperil the Bennblin
■ Else why such North, who have the power, to preserve tho
lsemcnt pf tho white sS to throw tho [ constitution. Are yon prepared to pntlnjeop-
wtijB* of the ballot-box iato the control of I ardy oar wise fobrlc of government and the liberty
be enfranchised hlackrace f ,i: (of more than thirty millions ofyimr own reeo, for
, - Such is obviouriy Iheii derign, deduced 0161 Mkeofen&an^sfogfonrmraons.oflUiterate
samething, and theAlabama claims can never victora, that, so long as we continued to do fron , t h e ir letter ana' spirit; netdenied by ® PC “
be settled until Mr. 8eward withdraws from so, wediould be protected m the unmolreted ^ authors and fnUyiUuatrated by the nian- we^’to ofJanotoerviowfor the idm con-
hi^ untenable position, and admits tbo right j ogoyment of tho rights and pnvilegen which j ner 0 f their enforcement Having placed ns [ sideration oftho Northern people. They almost
of England to concedo belligerent rights to that Constitation and those lawaguarantee to andfer military law, andiolernting our organ- universally contend that secession was a nullity.
tho8outh. "Warwick. | each State riid to evety ritizen. Wo havej.^ eove Ament ns merelv nrevisional. itsIThe war having so decided it as a question
Tho Pearfhl Co’ndltton of mo Sonth-Wrat ** TM dfiliicer8 we^;ciu.p^lito
thoPreaWonfshontoDi,. | from that day to this, no resistance boa been on pain of dismissal. Judges and other offi- , C ° n ^ L j, n n 4 ?L„f ,i
, offered totha Fedend authoritiea. Tbo laws roro p Rf “f. asat f ptI , 0 “, b ® P 833 * 63 *
atrorions radical ltgidation of Congress. Do-1 nrMMSM name^tpdTnrf mft P nft n ho officers were ordered to publish their legal risovoid^ This fabric was tho Stato govern-
pressed as tbo BoutS was by the war, the peo- 0rim ® ^ advertisements in such papers only as sirs- weroinox.stencoaudmoporet.on
people went to work at first earnestly to ra- th ° and “tab tained the Congressional scheme. Thus the wlb ?&i °°' * t
store the prosperity ofthdr country, and I liahod modes of judtcral procedure.] I and therwor was terminated. These State goy-
they would have succeeded; for their rich soil I With magnanimity and hopefulness, our peo-1 ? nnk ? aad ft. our jndrcraiy J orn ments were illegal becauso they were built
and valuable products only^ffired peace Li eun s ted j- an honest tflorfc to build nn have becn poUuted “d d °wn “d on a breach of tho tree constitutional relation
and industry to accomplish that Had tho .T ^ ..v , the sanctity of the jury box desecrated by between tho States and tho Federal Government
South been^restored ds President Johnson 411611 and ire-establrsb their* - *- J J J •- -
wished and endeavored to restore jt, and had I l os t*prosperity. ‘ The war /eft our homes sad-
of government and to both our dorSStic crippled, apd our capitrikr*. Towns and tI0n , 0 ^^persona 1 liberty, by arrests without by secession. So far, ati is plain «md easy. ^liaSj^S^Bipl^SSrS-SfcS?
trade and fordgncommerco. Senator MortohJcj^y^gjQ jdund^wi burned, and their lega J tt “" 8atl0n wwi^t, and impr^on- next stepfo the beginning of the diffloulty. If a p re rident,two%ice-P r ^ ( SKfi5
cal Congressmen may try to I -T... „ ’ ... ment without an impartial andpublictrial by these State governments wore void, and there- cordingSecreta^, and a CorresnonSiw
. . "* ‘inhabitants dnven, rndfshtutioD, from their |- ury ^ con8 ideration, therefore, that the es- forefeUwith the Confederate cause,how can re ^ ; g tKpSnato ClKe
• - - ,1 thoirplaces be constitutionally supplied Con ha each militia'district with like
’ It bo dono by reconstruction t By how‘State In accordance with the above resolution,
governments constructed by the President; Con-1 John J. Floyd was elected President of tfc
[gross or any other power? .Surely not No de-1 County Ciob^Parmetas Reynolds and W. W,
They will drivo these Radica 1 destructives!
from power, loaded with odium, as soon as I fortitude, cheered 1
they nave an opportunity. But, unforta- I quarrel and carnage
mwc[ hwihm k v^:y; ■
matter of tudr Oreat Hognl, StantODy imd In I deavored to forget the[bitterness which the I t P°we tnumpuea oy Gr j yggpggj; to tbo State Governments, Is dearly flo-f
displacing' those Radical generals in the I straggle had engendered to cultivate a spirit 1 reaB * )n > justice and right;: and the Convene r fixied in the Constitution. Thai duly is to gua&
Q nntli mliA flllfl 4(10 imnn/lanno f a /I nfn a1>m I . .. 1 — _ • ■■ ■ I tSnn rl r.rl *nnwAAAni««M - I ’...... , ^ mi. _ • m. ■ _ _ I
and other .
cover up tho facta by lecturing and speech-
tender of frank and manly obedience to theft.'
stiluflon, we appeal to yoa;? In'the' name oli
Consemtivo people of onr State, to unite toww
In tha patriotic, effort to restore and nemebT
constitutional government Tour recent elSj
encourage oiw hopes and challenge ourgnS?
May truth, jnstice and right; “terrible as u,nZ
with bahnere,” gathering strength in eve _^
lltct, march on “conqueringand toconqutt
Its friends, rescnlng it from thegrasp of
ism,shaU restore, to its appropriate anprJz
thh Constitution ov ran United
that GeBigla, together with" her sisters hi
presslon, shall, enjoy tire same ; prolecUonwhu
its honest enforcement would give to er»»iu?
in the Union.
. UHkSOUbi. V", JOHS80J
ABatootiELCmW
' Bj&tf.&Hiu,
TVakeen Amu,
- T. Zh Gusanr.
January S, 186S.
ir.rr Conservative Sleeting.
' CovrsoTON, GAi, December 28,1867
The committee appointed by tbe pr i m L
leetiner of the citizens of NAVDknn
» » sane, a . , , , JrnuDd thi* I ^ppo&itment' Having been baffledi in tho Gco, S ia ““ d f p dominion of liegro lpre<xlBtenoe of the government Andthistepre-J iBall Rock District—Thomas^Ndm
Intracted Mr. Seward to tek*£° nnd on this ^«ver and tb^ will jtew Sretrtaebisriom upon the idea that such *2^ “ ^thout parallel m the annals (cud, tte whl oh the United. States otre to Rock Dale District-Dr. J. A Stewut
question which was the reverse of ^ ora A?. 6 , wwas rebeUion we suunosed that its of the v ’ orld " For a,thon 8 h M8tol y ^r* each 8tate-to support and uphold the govern- Sheffield District-Daniel N. Baker.
■ * SvfhShaid. TSditiJn of ; tho B S ^nXirSMlQenreir! Lminn 33 “ l3ea33 > 8ta,3C ® a of nbolition.jet it affbrdsno ment withwhich each State started in the Union, Wyatt District-Renben Cook.
eives him an excellent 1 onniwLnittT 0 ^ suppressionleftGeoigiaa State *» the Union, f attciDpt b _ m ilitaiy force to whether that start was madeatthe beginning or Resolved, That the Presidents of tbe & I
gives him an ** still possessing the inherent right of self^ov- i ^' it a Uiter period of our history. W^nevef tod bwriinate Clubs be empowered to appoint
.mediately on the m-1 ernmeat ^ ^ constUotioiial ri it 0 f ° ^ v } i start was iade, each State started in the Union such committee in audio organize thefrrt-
ngress. Instead of this, T , ? ’ subo ^ m ^ th ^ ^P^ 01 to wlth a Republican form of- government This Is spective MUitia Districts as to them nq
country.”
ttrucUOn,a»
cals would
the settled poBcy «»o Government, and
indeed, direetto ‘ho reverse of the settled
principles p^mternational law;
It b-»the settted policy of the United
pwtes Government to recognize'revolted
States as a belligerent power, whenever their
strength and population entitled them to that
8 1 recognition, and sometimes eVen to recog-
It thns oponlv »-*wa tho proba- J size them as independent nation^ when no
* flRSlS yra ^ prevent recon• J other nation or great power had dphe so.-
o Albion calls it; for toe Radi-1 When the South American colonies "revolto*.
. P reTent °?^;| from Spain wo immediately recognized them
“ “ “ aan belligerent p 0 w e r, and our merchants
sold tiiem arms and ammunition, and our
vessels carried these munitions of war to
them, (see tini journals of the day, and the
debates- in Congress at that period.) Bnt
an Radical supremacy, and thus
corroborate the Albion’s asser-
fear that a party which could
id cony out tho diabolical schema
of africanizing the South, in order to main-1 president Madison went fortherthaa this-
tain T *j, nld n0t hc3itate to ^ I and-he was a man who may be supposed to
gagein dvifivar for. tho same purpose, pro- [ ^ Ve] , grem,^ in fi, 0 principlesoftoter-
tostingall tio while that it was fighting > [S3BCT
SSbcmo. rennio^on SnorSte™t ships bearing that flag, to oil American ports,
- shed,.ont peaeo, reunion on hono.ablo tormsj for os much as by that their ships became en-
and time tor securing prospenty and happi- titted int ho ports oftho United States to
nre* Hwarcome^tshaUiiotbethe&ult ^ rivn ^ 0 w the^ of
of ttoSonth; bnt it wm botiiefanlt oftho othcr foreign powera. Tho proclama-
gjhal spirit of party at the North, ami we U»- dosed Trifl. -the frum^toned
boliovoUs direst effect would be experienced action that the Soutii Ameri«ui pror-
* :IlCre, • * ~ ^ , - ■ I inces ara parties to,a civil war, in which their
General Meade Arrived. j rights were equal to the rights of tbo other
party, namely, of Spain. Matters went on
ohn J. Floyd.
Brick Store District—tyiri. 8 *'
Hays’District—J. F. Mixon.’
Brown’s District—Hugh White.
Gaitheris District—John B. Daria
Rocky Plains District—W. L. Davis.
Let him pursue tie same jagarions mid con-1 tion to the Union. Terrible has beeuo'urt^ 0 ? 8 .^ 6 P? 11 ^ of BribgiPff: ^ t0 of ^^^agotoramMitltapUeB^nei^Sil^thb
u ~ I nre-exlstenca of the government. And this isnrc-1 '['Rail Rock District—-Thnmno Woir
be ahonld immediately 'on tho re-
assemMing of Congress send ina mes-, . „ . „
sage, in bis own terse and forcible style, I representation in Congress.
showingall the fearful conseqhencre of Rad-1 however, the President of theUnited States I’J® *"1?^ and clothe the latter | certainly true of Geoigla and aU the original thfr-
leal negro supremacy reconstruction. In- required that we should organize a new State ^ P ohtlcal P ower . ofthe State.. It is the teen; and the admission of other States, at enb-
«rrrl H ... .. _ ? I most outnureons nolicv ever Advocated hv n I sequent periods, was a confession by the eovem-
facts. He has the whip' hand now and nc«a | tins tho samp provision into our fun- “ h«chhou or every fhepd
not be afraid of losing it. The people will I damchtol W, ibat we ehould renudiate onr I tutl . onal government throughout the Union,
When the South American colonies ."revolted sustain him. Heisreally the Moses, without! state war debt and 1 88 3t must awaken tho astonishment ofthe
any hyperbole in the simile, to lradthe peo- ££ war debt and abrogate tho Ordinance of'
pie out of this dreadful Egypt He may not I 8886883011 ““ al14110 luwa in furtherance of
reach the promised land (the White House,) I the Confederate cause. /Animated by a de-
himself through the next Preridential elec- termination to make any sacrifice but that of
tion, though that is not improbable, but he
can appoint bis successor. He can carry the i - , - -■ - -
people through the Red Sea and the wilder-1 pl “ n t. {« tiio sake of peace, we
ness, and make a Joshua of F
as or any other man he may .
Providence deny him the sight of Canaan.-
seem best
Resolved, That the County Club rneeth I
Covington on the first Tuesday in Ju&ut, I
1868, at 11 o’clock, a. ii. -
Joan J. Floyd, PresidentC. d
John B. Davis, Rec. Sec’y.
sequent periods, was a confession by the govern
ment which it Is estopped from denying, that they,
too, were Republican. The government there
fore, with which a 8tate started in tire Union-fo
the government which the United States is obliged
civilized world. The perpetration of such I wy—toft* i^bytae*pro^eof 'tirejSj^tatri?* ^ Pllospl,atoBe ^ 8n ^* C6Mjfstel
monstrous wrong has been reserved for the | ways under the limitation that,it must remain
dominant power now controlling the destiny | ^f ub p Ca ^ > ’.J[ a A f0r ?"j ^ The diaqoyeiy of the bone earth or nitml
le. bnt be It. « . ., .... Jl | of this country—for men, sworn to support I nr ° ® 18eces8l ?“ 8,1,1 tne decision by the pbdsphatcs.in 8ottth Carolina, seems about
SiS tho h ’ 8ap P rcSSiDg oven 4,18 8pmt o{ com - and obev the Constitution of a ™ W rmn™f 8Vrord ’ ftat 8ece£slon 8 nnm ^* 88 8 to create quite a revolution in the mantif^
cat ^t |,0 l ninini far tha mtira nF did all that opey tne t-onstuuuon of a government 1 0 | practice it would seem that each State is bound
Let him bucklo'on his armor and lift on iris I Supposing I •'^. _____ .'. i.;' | ttons, the threadofjegallty or constitutionality is | pHcations for agencies and letters askingia-1
hands; then, tosavothepeopie.forhehaSthej^ 4 “f 1 ° h ^ 0I,g8 ,* he madenUy OTthroned^to ttoStete^TGeonS^ ] ^PP® 4 - ^ thatmaycoine afterwards isonanj formation are rwreived daily. At present th]
power and the right on his side. If he will I “mgnanimityDf the vfctore towards a fallen I 8hall ^8,^ 0 j thi8 UnJoil ^ j Illegal basis and void. Such is the inevitable earth is shipped rn its crude state, butth I
do thiswo may have, after next November,a I foe, we then thought, surely tbe. dawn of] the point of the bayonet, to the dominion ofthe c0nclual0D « viewing the subject from the | company dreigi soon to commeny operahoa |
new edition of the song of Mwes on the over-] peace was in right, andthat pur right to tho I African race? Shall eight millions olwhitea be f
tnrow of the Radical Republican Egyptians. ] protection and benefits of a common Consti-1 subjected to the rule of four millions of blaeka? I
Wanted to dewWLthe White People. | .*»««“ would bo recognized. We elected our ‘ b ! y T ^!° mo ° nr „ Maglstrat03 \T **** I
Yesterday a colored man applied at the box I Senators aad Representatives, thus demon-1 tlTe * , Gonfr^a ? r fi ^j rnor8 » 8nd ? 6pre8eata ' I
office of the National Theatre for tickets for | strating, not only our expectation, but also! ngress
two reserved seats in tho dress circle at the | our earnest desire, again to participate in the | wrft£, who know nothing of the principles of the
ngratians by in
drill-masters that
Last night two colored men, said to be broth-1 was onrfate. Onr members wero spurned] ““T^wfoJBrieftoaTengeaTOlnst^thewhite raqe,
os, named Wallace, presented tickets to the | from tbo HnHn of Concress and onr nennla I ^ admitted to too baUot box ? These are the mo-
| Northern standpoint. What, then, is the remedy? j ^ffprcphtonfertilirer that will be foandnl
Is it for Congress to step in and construct anew | poriortomostofthose now in use^ I
at? Wehave already shown that they Dwtogtiie past year over «500,000 vorii|
■ch power. But the remedy is to g b I ® f Utilizers
were sold In this city betwre |
uv euvu jwww, jjut uiu rciuuoy is to go T , . r . ;— .
back and pickup the thread of legality right} an ?^ a, y’ 81,314 w. estimated dui
6 * ^ ’ this amount Will be more than doubled dnl
General Meade arrived in -Atlanta at 11-3 1 under this proclamation for several months
oMIock Sunday morning and took rooms in Lq then'Congress assembled. Spain, of
tho National Hotel. On Monday morning he J course, was exorting her whole power all
fomaily assumed tho duties of Commander Qiis timo “to crush out tho rebellion,” ana
of thin Military District by issuing tho fol-1 sbo managed to have some partisans in Con-
lowing order; : ; . ] gress, who declaimed os:
mmimnmmsm '*
feixTJL, ol, Jm 8,1& ) ‘ h0 Bonth ; tacn»nEtato,» I , a -a. msn es.
General Orders No. 8. I tionahlo nght which Spam was oxercxalngin
L In compUanoe with War Department robcl f 013 ” ^ the Butlers,
General Orders No. 104, Major Genera 1 Meade I thc Schencks, tho Wades andthe Chandlers
hereby assumes command of tho Third Mili- did iu 1863 and 1808. These men violently
ta rr 1 A >1 n triCt '.- , • . r opposed tlie principles of President Madison’s
J& ass?* rfn? o °: »“■>'»“*'> •*««*
these Headquarters. passed enforcing neutrality on tho part ofall
XIL Tho following officers are announced I citizens of the United States, towards both
fa on the Staff of Major General Meado, anil j Spain and tho South American provinces.—
W w^° n fw y *' d V d r “P ccted according: But Homy Olay, already a great orator and
Adjutant Gen oral, opposed this bill. In tho course of the re-
3’irevet Lieutenant Colonel Campbell D. markably able speech which ho delivered on
Emoxy, Captain Oth Lifantiy, Aid-de-Camp. this occasion, Mr. Clay elucidated tho whole
Cantata SMtofo^ffl-de-Sp? ’ doctr ^ f ° ^ ht f tbcAmerican P 60 Pl°
By order of Major Genera 1 Meade. to 055186 cltIlcr ono of belligerents. Ho
_ • —^ R. 0. Dnuir, {contended that wo had a perfect right to build
Assistant Adjutant General. armed vessels, and to sell them to tho agents
The Genera! received visitors at his head- of the government of the South American
quarters on Monday; including tho officers of ] States,
tho post and a number of other gentiemcn. There wero giants in Congress in those
On Sunday night—or rather morning—the days; andthe whole course oftho debates
military band attached to the post compH- during that period prove that tbero was no
mented the new Commander with a scr- doubt among enlightened statesmen, then,
ennde. | about tbo right" of a nation to recognize oven
the independence of revolted colonies, and
to decide for itself when the circumstances
justify such an act.
Gen. Pope.—-Various reasons have been
. assigned for the removal of Pope. The
"Washington correspondent of tho Chicago
Times gives the following;
The grounds upon which tho removal is
asked aro that Gen. Pope has recklessly re
moved judicial and th- civil officers dieted
by tho people; that no acts arc proved, or at
tempted fo_ ho proven, against tho deposed
officers which can bo construed ns obstruc
tions to tlio execution of the reconstruction
net, and tho officers were removed merely to
subserve political parly ends.
T he Git ant Movement.—At a meeting of
Post No. , Grand Army of the Republic,
iu Washington, on the 3d, rcsohitions were
pnssi k m luminously nominating Gen. Grant
for Prudent, ignoring all political or^aniza-
ti-nis, aad caUiug.a national convention of
soldiers and sailors.
iVm. B. Astor pays $400,000 city tax
and A. T. Stewart follows with $250,000.
The case of Texas famishes a still stronger
illustration. In this instance we furnished tho
revolted Stato with arms and munitions of
war, without which tho struggle of tho Tex
ans against tho Mexicans would havo been
almost hopeicss. "We thus recognized tbo re
volted Stato as a belligerent power. But wc
did more than this. -Wo acknowledged
Texas to ho an independent.nation, while that
little Slate was still carrying on an uneqna!
contest with Mexico—quite ns unequal as
that betweeu tho North and (he South, in
1SG4 *
These are the principles which lie at the
foundation of tho right of tho recognitionof
belligerents, and which Mr. Seward.nnd Mr.
Lincoln found it convenient to forget. They
insisted strenuously that .England had no
right to recognize tcnJpowcrful and populous
performance last evantoe. and it bring cus-1 “ ^ .9“ w puruwpare iniae i wrap, who Know notmng or tne
ternary for cototi^mm tobe sent forticketa 00x111013 and promised blessings of tho Union Confutation or of legislation,
they were 60ld to him without hesitation.—^ ] restored. Bat, as,, before, disappointment] sUnct,, and taught by political <
Last night two colored men, said to be broth- was onr fata Onr members wero spurned j “ le yhave | Djari«ltoayengaa^l ,l
os, named Wallace, presented tickets to tho from tbo HaHa of Congress and our neoDle be “omiHed to the ballot box ?
doorkeeper, which be nnnicdlv took, without I vtUL . .. ° , , - P | mentous questions which dtsu
looking at tiiem, and the men passed into the I deaonnoe ^ 83 traitors and rebels. We have I dlstarb the peacaand harmony of our country,
parquetto circle and took seats. Very toon | oeelx pexsistentiy charged with hostility to | they are to be decided affirmatively, what pen
considerable excitement was manifested, and | tho Constitation and Union, and treated as tongue can portray the direful calamities whl
Onr members were spurned
doorkeeper,whichhehurriedly took,without | Congress and 03 ^P^0P^° I mentous questions which demand splntlon and
P. A u unmeuiy taox, wunouc denounced os traitors and rebels. We bave (disturb the peacaand harmony of onrcountiy. It
m " op
, HUH which
some cries Were heard of “niggers In tho pit | outlaws from both. - Whilst we do not thus | we 8h8U m P 84 no ^t 8134 ^ ? The present de-
—pnt’emoufc” ^ , allude to the deportment and temper of our ran S emont of Govermnont wiUcQnttauo to grow
' Officere of tile house went to tho men and | , . .1. £ . , {worae, out material prosperity, already arrested,
informed them that they were in the wrong | P eo P le ® f hoasting, yet wo chal-1 wm be deatroyea forever; 60C loty, already shocked
part of the theatre; that there were seats es* | leD S° contradiction of oar statements, and ] by sudden and forced changes, will be thrown into
pedrity for the accommodationof colored fearlessly array them before a candid world, the moat deptorable condition of insecurity, and
FhpMrtS'r. n?!!?HOa I 83 injustice, nnkindness and ] property, life and liberty will be exposed to fare-
SffirSSfi"S-J «f «■»ti3, urged»
tintil tho dose of the third act of tho play ] a pretext for onr oppression. j “bar 60,enco, to the pas t,.has been construed
(Forrest os Metamora), when some threats | Proscription from tho Union, we could en- j tatoa P atll 7 0,14 todlflkrence, then we havo been
sassttta
tho men to leave. ^naUy.they offered to go I eraljl0 ^» ou r prostration wo might nse; 1 0 j p^tret basbeen tonstraedtoto dwbyallyby
if their money was refunded to them. This ] oxa poverty wo might surmount if we could j our Oppressors. X-
was donoot once, and tiuw left tho theatre, j he left undisturbed and permitted to enjoy ] WO have offered the feeblo oppositlonof scarcely
* {Washington Star j our inherent right of self-government. Our] ottered remonstrance, only because outnumbered
So.it seems that-in Wellington, right | nobio Stato abounds with the dements and! 84 foP ballot-box; andtherefore impotent for sne-
trnder tbe noses of Messrs; Stevens, Sumner ] resonrees of material wealth; her peoplo are | 06881411 roalatonce. The Conservative peoplo of
and Butler, and the rest of tho hypooritical} enterprising and foil of the consciousness of ^^^^^^“^^^c^edtobe
aegidtejand where Congress has exdmdve unsnlUed honor and unsubdued manhood.- LA th«fri5KtSfJSi«SSSi S
jonsafetion, negroes are not allowed to at ] Givo play to their capiadties, unfetter their ] ruthless arm of unhaUowea power may enslave
with white people xn tho theatres. | edastio cner^os, remove unnecessary and nn- j and d^rade them, but they will never, by word
■^BSfSiSSfSSSSu ts!ES3raas3gg£!.M?
April, and 124 in May,"or 'over lSOO^fo fonr | 0,6 ^ of talentless
iiu/nll.s—more tlmn onu tiinirtcr of tiic whole
number. This record is about os bad as any | tboyrequirous to bo instrumental inexecu-j 14 fothe province ot enlightened statesmanship
b “ v0E ~’' -fc, *ssasfc»hi - isas5Kss*sssssssi
157“ h. Southern lady, who is the wife of a * )0H ’"^ losu honor none out the tongue of c-vh: ivhicti threaten such calamity to oar country,
prominent and extreme Radical, residing in skinder over breathed aught of shame—their j Wo have proriously remarked, that the Rccon-
one of the Northern States, while engaged in own brethren by race, by ancestry and by | struetionActs assume that Congress has the
pluddng the gray hairs from her husband’s political ties—shall vote for their own desra-1 power-to construct governments for the proscribed
mnstaciic, was askou by liims PWnn ka i • - -- -./.t . i Q»a»Aa >w.d ^ti'A-SLri .a
you doing, my dear?” “Only <
your own pplicy, sir—extermi
whites for tho benefit of the blai^s, 1
ropl y* I piaconoy as a generous peoplo conld bring to] Constitution. ^Thls Is an attmisslan of the nullity
tion.
English Army officer writes from 4510 per formnnco humiliating only, the of tho whole scheme.
Abyssinia, to his friends at home, that cam- scheme proposed by tho militaiy Acts for How canCongressact outsidoof tfio Constitu-
paigningrotto dominions of Theodore is not] Reconstruction is the bitter chalice offered I tlon? Outside of tho Constitution there is no
eo^SP. 4 ? 01 ? 0 to onr lips, as the maximum of the victor’s Exccn . t ^ c » no Jndielaiy, no Oongreas-no Gov-
hundred regularly; the soldtora in their tents ] mi ,„ n „ ni i.L. ,,, crament of the United-States. Outside of the
are roused by hissing noises, find snakes under ] ™ 0 &nammity, which we are to drmk to Constitution, Congrcss-or rather the men who
tomr beds, and when the men put on their ‘he dregs, on paid of political death for re- compose it-have no moro authority than any
boots they find scorpions already in occupa- ] fosoL But, in our anxiety for friendship j other body ofinaiviauaisvolnntarily assembled.—
and good government, wo did not dash it j Outside of tho Constitution, they havo no com-
ib3titution of General Meade 1 hastily from us. On its face it professed to ] mission.to legislate upon any subject, for any pur-
po will, wo have no doubt, respect our wishes; it proposed that we p050Or 1“ a»y ““nor whatsoever. Every act,
terly void. "What vitality, then, can there he in a
excessive negro serving radicalism has bera |7„* ^ I State government, constructed in pursuance of
productive only of mischief.—Meto York va- “^ ltccl , us to examine and consider it. Wc Jaws passed by authority, claimed to be ontside of
per. 1 did so, in the fight of the Constitution, and j tu e Constitution? How long can it stand, after
. I we found not one word in that instrument to 1 1110 bayonets that prop it up shall have been re
cofen mills of H tbG P assa S° of the Reconstruction I moved? - ItIs a ^ie witobt^ foundation and
wages on and after tho 1st of January next. Acts. They rest upon tho assumption that
The rcductiion will he from ten to eighteen Congress has the power to construct aov-
per cent. I eenkents for the States. They abrogate
must fall. Theso are all EOlf-evident propositions,
too axiomatic to admit of argument; and they
necessarily present, for the consideration of the
peoplo ofthe United States—especially thepeo-
xchcre it was dropped; or, in other words, restore i - .. . . t —- - . ■
the government which was wrongfnlly. displaced. J,“® P r<3SGn t season. Onr farmers havs ]
it was not destroyed by secession, assuming seces-' 00me convinced of the benefit to be denied
elon to bo void; its fbnetipns were suspended ordy;
its offices were eaeqfei^but not extinguished. Hence,
it follows, that as soon as the disturbing cause
(which was secession and Its results) was removed;
the legitimate Constitutions of the States, which
were in force at the time of secession, stood to
their original vigor, and the offices of their
governments should have been immediately filled
by the proper constituency. This doctrine of
"maintaining the succession of JcgaUty to the State
governments is precisely what was decided by the
8npremeCoiirtofthe United States, to the case
of Dorr’s rebellion, to Rhode Island. The
duty belongs hot to Congress alone, nor
to the President tdone, .nor to the Federal Ju
diciary alone, bnt to alt oi them, each acting to its
appropriate sphere—fi belongs to the Vhited Stales.
AU of tho powers of the United States- stand
pledged to its perfarmance—the duty of maintain
ing tho State Government with which each State
entered the Union, with such, modifications as It
may have received by the free and voluntary action
of its people, consistently with the Constitution
of the United States. Whenever there is a breach
of tho limitation imposed by the Constitation of
tho United States, everything thereafter too be
comes illcgnl and void. The remedy therefore Is
a remission, back to the interrupted legal status.
Now tho late war has decided, as a question of Mary’s parish, and has lonw 'been consider j
fact, that secession broko the thread of constitn- one ot the best citizens oiLouisiana. HeW j
tional relation between the seceding States and
the United States, and that the State governments
founded on secession were , illegal and void, and
fell with the Confederate cause. These fabrics
having thus fallen, the people of tho States, as a
logical necessity, are remitted back to their Con
stitutions and Governments which existed at
the time of secession. AH that was neces
sary—aU "that the United States, under the
Federal Constitation had the right to do—
(and that they were hound to do)—was to restore
those governments and constitutions hack to the
people. This was their solemn constitutional ob
ligation. If it had been promptly recognized and
performed, the Union would have been immedi
atelyharmonized and all political, disturbance set-
from a free use of manures, and have exp«* I
ed more money in the purchase of these a?-1
pfies tnan.at any former period. They# I
now promised a fertilizer of home muiefr |
tare; which will be superior to the import |
article, and which canhD obtained at afe
lesspned. ]
A number of orders have been receivedtf |
the company, who have a. targe force ofbmdi ]
employed, all of whom are white, m«J ^ ]
them being so reduced-in circumstances
be compelled to support themselves and fos- ]
lies by a khuTof labor to which
wholly unaccustomed. A wharf is now bt"'
built at the landing on the Ashley River, i
vessels will then be able to lsad direct fro# I
the mines.
The company, though bnt recently started, ]
has shown-that it will have no mnshroon I
growth. It has made preparations to fflPlty ]
tbe phosphate in unlimited qaantiti@i |
the effect of tbo fresh trade thus created npj® ]
our city’s prosperity will not be l
ing itself felt.— Charleston Foes.
Otto New Governor.—The official onJo ]
appointing tho Hon. Joshua Baker Govern* ]
in place of Governor Flandons resigned, rJ I
he found in another column. Juage |
is an old sugar planter on,t)iQ Teche;
This su'
for General Popi
prove a good chango for the
and blacks, of tho Third D‘
tied. The remedy therefore for present ills and
the only preventive of utter future ruin is, for
each department, in its apppropriate sphere, and
aH tho departments combined—constituting the
Government of tho United States^-to return, in
good faith, to the Constitution. That instrument
guarantees the eqnatity.of the States in rights and
dignity, and recognizes the fnndamental principle
that each, for itself, shall confer and define State
citizenship, and prescribe the qualification for ex
ercising the elective franchise and holding office.
In making this earnest protest against. being
placed, by force, under negro dominion, we disavow
all feeling of resentment towards that unfortunate
race. As we arc destined to live together, wc de
sire harmony and friendship between them and our
selves; as they are made the dupes of unscrupu
lous partisans and designing adventurers, we pity
them; as they are ignorant, dependant and help
less, it is our purpose to protect them in the en
joyment of all the rights of person and property to
which their freedom entitles them.
Conservative mat of Georgia.- Awaken to a proper
sense of your danger! Organize for self-protec
tion and ceaseless opposition to the direful rule
of negro supremacy, which is sought to bo enforced
upon us and our children, in defiance of tho Con-
-
" ' .Y„
..... best citizens of Louisiana. _ .
been occasionally in public fife, but
the most part devoted himself to his bss^l
as a sugar pianter, without concerning I
self with politics or public affairs, except* P
a private citizen. Those who know I
speak of him as a gentleman of high catfwi
ter, and one who will do tho bestho can i I
the jieople of the State iu the pecub* 1
cumstances in which they find the
placed.—If. 0. Orescent.
Heavy Draw .on Forney.—A Wasti#’!
ton dispatch of foe 2d says: . m\
Tho rumor current some time since®*I
one of Forney’s chief men in the Senate..
adcfaultcr'is said, to be corroborated,
defalcation is about thirty thousand do
and Forney says it will nearly ruin |
make it good, as ho intends to do.
J3F°This is the description of p P ers0 fU : ;l
recently at the famous English
place: Bronze boots, sewu with VTlnttjjl
of black velvet, like a 1 ady’s jacket; a p 1 ^, I
green lace round his throat, a feather ■
hat, and fight mauve gloves, sewn wiw r 1 " |
rose.
JS?” An old bachelor who
melancholy and poetical, wroto some I
for the village paper, in which he esp I
the hope that the time would saon ■
whou he should
“ Rest calmlj- within ashrond,
"With a weejunz willow by niy £iJ c - . ^
But to his horror, it came out in P 138
“IVIion I siiall rest cahnfe silH 0 ”? 5 ' 1
With a weeping widow by my swe.
The" Mobile Tribune states
tween ;JS000 and $10,000 were spe 11 ^ jf j
city on Christinas day, iu the 2 jur '
toys, fireworks and nick naeks.
The
one jewelry store a
mounted to $300d-