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. ' cna vie V to esoeoto ovcty dcsaription
ROOK WORK, and we guarantee satu-
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^OSESS OF THB FRRKDMES
to MAKE CONTRACTS.
indeed, a pitiable circumstance
Y ctthcn labor is so essential to the
of the South, ao.l to the wel
Toftlie negro himself, that he has
nfiltrcd, or rather urged, by.an agent
3. )
to make contracts
in agricultural labor. It but
l the stolidity of that race, that this
d be the cart. Thai
, fT are to govern
; ,c ,i«5*»"«” kh ‘*™
.know « »
.i. n a mC rc effort of will
cirport to make industrious laborers of
AVe knew
c , v nnable to take care of themselves, and
C requiring the closest oversight and
totatobc preserved from self-destruc-
tiwagb heedlessness and thoughtless-
’ Vc knew that they preferred basking
firarro sunshine to hard work; and that
the choice given them between
Lion and basking in the sunshine, that
L f0U ia almost surely elect to bask in the
•yap. .\s a general thing, theydiave not
fCfn jtomed to forreiirt: and liberty nor
uoif, the freedom of tlicballot box, tborighl
Eoiliee, nor the protection and advice of
I fWitinn’s Bureau, can confer that ca
*— ,,p,n them. They are impressible crca
a;, rmlnlous and foolish to a wonderful
sw. They have been mado to diiWh.st
h former masters, and induced to bdieye
^brsome governmental hoeu*pofratj.they
Cjbt provided for through a gcncftif&s
: woauf lands and mules, without a io-
-jiioa of the fact that oven then they
aid he compelled to work for a living,
hrtihml deluded by these ignis fatui of
k'nmg knaves, they have becomo so fa
nned nitli indistinct visions of case aud
Ltau.pom't and position, that, while on
list of sMrvation, they refuse to work,
tlil -xafrom lending their necessary aid
; the country from the slough of want
|h I* a matter of congratulation that one
[ a! ins the perspicacity to perceive this,
tic good sense to protest against it, to
cMroa themselves. Well would it be if
i 3tmq officials all over the land would
a tic trouble to acquaint themselves with
t me course pursued by theso pets of the
remanent, and issue such salutary orders or
sections as would open their eyes and in-
«them to “act well their pars" in the
al compact. The land is flooded with
(es for the governance of the once domi-
Itncf, which is hedged in, surrounded by
F overwhelmed with laws, rules, instruc-
pud ordinances for their guidance in all
v relations of life; bntthe shiftless, farift-
f thoughtless negro, upon whose brawny
r-lcn the very existence of our people
ptrilj rests, l>ccause he is our only
is allowed to do as he pleases, work
I wu he chaoses, wander whither ho de-
F- mowing almost no law save his own
pds, and controlled only by the conftxsed
F u which designing men have infused
Lis dull and suspicious mind. Dependent
|wc arc nnable to influence the blacks.—
r* uncontrollable as the wild «■ of the
p fhey arc such spoiled pet.- of fa
F* power that white men hardly dare
[3* them, or endeavor to instruct, or
; f«'de them aright. With so little
■fthit they cannot perceive the propric
necessity, of labor for their own com
-1 support, they are allowed to bav
r °* n TO, though society fall to pieces
PJ their laziness. With so little jud
P*ttA they cannot perceive the necessity
l*®%, sod mutually profitable relations
P**j* ths® and' the whites, they are
[“•1 to follow out their own inclinations
[* sit to evil counsel, though it result in
psji murder and slaughter. With such
P itcompotcncc, that they arc unable to
hr themselves and families, they are
to overrule ; tie whites at the
3bo *,and may soon bo dictating law,
•tritueoces to them—thanks to the bayo-
nlM that Lieut Howard takes a sen
f *** of this matter of Inbor, and urges
form contracts. It is tbeduty
I 1 ' 1 " instruct the ignorant blacks. The
,u >d comfort of tlic entire South
•^‘tbe nation depend upon their in
|^ttdgood conduct. In the name of
‘“right and good we implore every
those in authority, to teach
the dnty of the hour and urge
L heoL That dnty is to engage their
[.,** ^compensation fair for both par
■-■1 view of all the troubles and per-
these hard times; not for a,
The Agent of the Bureau at Albany, Lieut.
O. II. Howard, gives the following sensible
advice to tho colored people of that section
of Georgia, and wc hope it will be carefully
considered by tbe freedmen elsewhere
Bureau op Refugees, P. & A. L,
HEADQ’ns Sub-District of Albany,
Albany, Ga., January 17,1868,
To the Freedmen in the Sub-District of Albany :
It has been brought to my notice that many
of yon arc refusing to make contracts at pres
ent ; that you say you are awaiting some ac
tion of tho Convention now in session in At
lanta which will better your condition; that
yon say you have been ordered not to go to
work at present.
I need not tell you that no convention will,
or can, exempt you from labor for the sup
port of yourselves and families. I believe
the persons who advise you not to make con
tracts have no Interest in you further than to
keep you loitering about tlie towns until you
have spent the lost cent of your hard-earned
wages. Suppose that you do not make con
tract^ and nre not able to provide for your
selves and families, will these advisers feed
and clothe you t They cannot do it
While, on tho one hand, theso people tell
you not to make contracts, and not to go to
work, tho agents of tho Bureau are, on the
other hand, ordered to use every exertion to
procure employment and homes for yon
another year; and while they arc told to se
cure for yon the best possible wages, they are
also told to bear in mind the distressed con
dition of the planters here; the extremely
low price for cotton and consequent scarcity
of money, and tho probable reduction of
farming operations; and that it is absolutely
noccssary that you go to work to secure your
families against want and suffering.
People whom you cannot hold responsible
tell you not to go to work, while the agents
of this Bureau, as officers of the United States
Government, toll you that you should go to
work at once, making tho best contracts that
you can under the circumstances with parties
who can and will pay you for your labor, or thought it duo to the Convention and to the
Georgia Negro-Radical Convention.
TWENTY-FIFTU DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
From the Atlanta JnletlloeneerU
Atlanta,.-January 52,1868.
Tho Convention opened with prayer—Par
rott in tho Chair.
The journal was read.
J. E. Bryant moved the following resolu
tion :
Resolved, That a committee of five be ap
pointed to investigate the charges made
against reporters of the press who have
scats on tho floor of the Convention, and
that the committee be instructed to report
immediately.
Committee—Bryant, Edwards, Whitehead,
of Butts, Waddell and Seeley.
G. P. Burnett offered tho following resolu
tion :
Whereas, In one of the journals of this
city there recently appeared an article, de
claring that one Aaron A. Bradley was tried
and convicted of a felony in the State of
New York, and was sentenced to two years
imprisonment in Sing Sing Penitentiary of
that State.
And whereas, There is in this Convention
a delegate answering to the name of Aaron
A. Bradley.
And whereas, It is due to this Convention
as well as to the delegate, Aaron A. Bradley,
that tbe fact of identity referred to be in
vestigated; therefore, be it
Resolved, That tbe President of this Con
vention do appoint a special committee of
seven to investigate tbe truth or falsity of the
charges made in said publication, and report
tho result thereof at the earliest hour possible
to this Convention
Committee—G. P. Burnett, Chairman; J.
E. Bryant, S. Bcaird (negro,) E. J. Costin
(negro,) H. K. McCay, H. G. Cole and R. H.
Whiteley.
Bradley objected to this resolution being
read because there was no definite charge
made against him, but it was nevertheless
read.
Several members, both black and white,
where your share of tho crop can be se
cured to. you.
Make contracts before the agents of the
Bureau; they will try to secure for you the
best possible wages and to insure tbeir pay
ment when due.
Now is the time when you must make con
tracts if you make any for the present year.
Now is the time when land must be plowed
and prepared, and planters must know now
how much they are to cultivate. If you do
not contract now it is more than likely' that
when you are ready.to contract you will not
be wanted and cannot get employment. ii
O. II. Howard,
«8d Lieut, 5th U. S. Artillery,
And Sub-Assistant Com’r,
Death of John Jacob Astor.
ns possible,” as Lieut. Howard
•• 1 Price a,
•it
1>c made to know
themselves arc entitled to
ijj, er *fion; and in all endeavors to
l 1 contract- between tfaenc apd the-
1^^,.^should ho had to the interests
- j, ***• For we need not. remind
nor ony one else, that almost
I ktj( V' -Gost money by the wages lie
I do wo urge upon the Bureau
f , " Soveroanoo and protection ol
1:1 the false and wicked
.1 V : ' r ° R>viug such bad advice
-Gould be brought .to light and
r a Mu incendiaries and inur-
' ^ u ° U V tab biug the best in-
ntou” ? ac l threatening the couu-
•' evil and unmitigated horrors
The second son of John Jacob Astor, the
millionaire, died in New York last Friday, in
the 65th year of his age. Since his 17th
year he has been of feeble intellect, owing
to a fall up'on his head at that time. The Tri
bune says:
“The deceased, whose name was John Jacob
Astor, was occasionally to be seen upon the
streets, under the care cf an attendant, and two
years ago he was sent to Europe In the hope of re
covering his tailing health. A good m&ny years
ago his lather, after vain efforts to effect his resto
ration, built on Fourteenth street, near the North
river, a mansion for his accommodation. It occu
pied one entire block, and is snrrounded by a high
lence, to prevent prying and curious eyes from
seeing the movements of the occupants. On the
death of the father, one of the principal items In
his will was a provision intrusting the younger
John Jacob to the care of a physician, in whom he
placed implicit confidence, and settling a hand
some income upon the Fourteenth street mansion.
His brother, the intensely active business man,
Wm. B. Astor, has, ever since his father’s death,
neglected nothing that could ameliorate tho con
ation of ids unfortunate relative.”
The father of these Astors was one of the most
energetic and successful ol what is called “self-
made men.” He was the son of a German pea
sant near Heidelberg, and sailed for Baltimore In
1TS3, taking with him a few hundred dollars’ worth
of musical instruments to dispose ol on cpmmjs-
‘on. He became acqnuintcd on the voyage with
furrier, who advised him to exchange his musi
cal instruments for furs, which .he did, aud from
this began his systematic devotion to the lur
idfc. which ho conducted with such extraordi-
n sagacity, energy and success that, when ho
lied, In 1S-18, his fortune was estimated at ^20,000,-
>, at that time the largest sum ever accumulated
individual enterprise in America. The increas
ing value of the real estate bequeathed by Mr.
Astor to his sons, and careful management, have
of course greatly enhanced the fortune they inher
ited, though none of them have given evidence of
Wonderful talent for accumulation.
Hkad9 Off.—Gen. Meade has made a slash
at the heads of some “trooly loti,” as win be
seen by the following from the Greenville
(Ala.) Advocate:
“If you have tours to shed, prepare to shed
them now. Gardner, Bureau Agent at
Greenville, and Renfroc, Chairman of the
Board of Registration for Butler county, and
Ex President of the Union League, have been
removed from the positions which they have
so long perverted to the vilest and basest
purposes.
Won’t the General wave his “frog-sticker”
about a little in Georgia?—Col. Sun.
The Last Usurpations.—The latest phase
of Jacobin violence in Congress upon the
free institutions of America—the gagging of
the Supreme Court, the degradation of the
executive office to a fifth-rate clerkship, and
the making of Grant military dictator in ten
States—has startled the popular mind of the
North. The following leading Republican
journals are open and decided in their denun
ciations of these measures: The New York
Evening Post, the New York Times, the New
York Commercial Advertiser, the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican, the Providence (R. I.)
Journal, the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser,
the Cincinnati Commercial, and a number of
Other minor journals of that section. The
day is rapidly approaching when the Ameri
can people, regardless of party, will turn from
Radicalism with loathing anil abhorrence.
A few days ago General James Long-
street called at the residence of General Han
cock in Now Orleans, and sent in his card.—
Gen. Hancock was then engaged with some
friends, ladies and gentlemen. He immedi-
itely left them to receive his old army friend,
more recently his foe, but now again his friend,
and after a warm greeting insisted upon con
ducting General Longstrcet into the parlor
and introducing him to the company there
assembled. The style of the introduction
was peculiar. “Ladies and gentlemen,” said
ncral Hancock, “allow me to introduce to
you a gallant gentleman, to whom I am in
debted hir an ungraceful limp, and whom I
had the misfortune to wing in the same com
bat.” Although the company wnscomposed
exclusively of ladies and gentlemen whose
sympathies were on the Union side in the late
war* the incident excited a profound and
pleasurable sensation.
1 » I
A Postoffice has been opened at
Webb’s Store, in Monroe county, called New
Market—Mrs. M. F.Duffie appointed P. M.
person referred to, that the investigation
should take place, and W. P. Edwards said
it was thrown in their faces in tbe streets and
at boarding houses, and it should be investi
gated, because if the charges were true he
(Bradley) was no longer a member of that
Convention.
Madison Bell moved a suspension of tbe
rules for the purpose oi introducing tile follow
ihg resolution:
A resolution asking the proper authorities
of the United States to furnish to the pco
pie of Northeast Georgia mail facilities.
Whereas, The people of the Northeastern
portion of ttye State are almost entirely de
prived of mail facilities, and especially of any
means of direct communication with Atlanta,
one of the principal commercial citica of the
State.
Resolved, That this Convention do recom
mend the re -establishment of the tri-weekly
mail route and line of hacks from Gainesville
to Anderson C. II., South Carolina, by way of
Homer, Carnesvillc and Hartwell.
Resolved, That the Secretary immediately
forward to tbe proper authority a copy of the
above resolution with request that the route
be immediately established.
The 13th section of the Bill of Rights was
taken up, tbe house having gone into Com
mittee ot tho Whole.
The 12th section was taken up. It reads
as follows: Every person charged with of
fence against the State shall have the privi
lege and benofit of counsel; shall be furnished
on demand with a copy of the accusation and
list of witnesses on whose testimony the
charge against him is founded; shall have
compulsory process to obtain the attendance
of his own witnesses; shall be confronted wi Ji
the witnesses testifying against him, and shall
have a public and speedy trial by an impar
tial jury of the county wherein tbe offence
shall have been committed.
R. H. Whiteley moved that the word “an”
be inserted before the word “offence,” which
was agreed to.
E. L. Higbec offered an amendment strik
ing out tbe words “privilege and benefit of
counsel” and insertiug tbe words “right to
be heard by himself and counsel.” He also
moved that the words “of the county where
in tho offence shall have been committed,”
be stricken out.
P. B. Bedford moved to strike out tbe
words “on demand.” Both amendments
lost
After some discussion the original section
was adopted with a slight alteration. *
Section 13 was read as follows:
“No person shall be put in jeopardy oflife
more than once for the same offence, save on
his or her own motion for a new trial after
conviction, or in case of mistrial.” Adopted.
Section 14 was next taken up and read as
follows.
“No conviction shall work corruption of
blood, but conviction of treason shall work
forfeiture of estate during the life of the per
son attainted.”
H. K. McCay moved an amendment to
strike out the word “but” and insert tbe word
“no” after the word “blood.”
The section was adopted after some dis
cussion with slight changes. As amended it
reads as follows: “No conviction shall work
corruption of blood, and no conviction of
treason shall work a general forfeiture of
estate longer than daring the life time of the
person attainted.”
Section 15 was read as follows:
“Treason against the State of Georgia shall
consist only in levying war against the State,
or giving aid and comfort to tho enemies
thereof.”
Some amendments were offered nnd a dis
cussion . ensued, but the Committee of tbe
Whole rose before final action, and asked
leave to set again.
On motion of H: K. McCay,-a resolution
was passed, tendering to the non. John Ers
kinc, Judge of the District Court, a scat on
the floor, and the following members were
appointed a committee to apprise him of the
same : McCay, Crane and Marlcr.
On motion the Convention adjourned to 10
a. m. next day.
It may be well to state here that as it was
tlic belief of some persons in the Convention,
that the reporter for the New York Herald
was also tlic reporter for the Iutellligenccr,
such is not the case, and Mr. Caldwell who
stated «o in the discussion which took place
relative to the reports of the proceedings iu
both papers corrected the error, upon being
informed of the fact by the reporter for the
former paper.
the State from its connection with the Gov
ernment of the United States.”
The original section reads as follows: .
Treason against the State of Georgia shall
consist in passing an ordinnr.ee of secession,
or in levying war against the State or the
United States, or giving aid and comfort to
the enemies thereof.
The discussion on the amendment of Mr.
Bryant took a very wide range, embracing
tho right of a’ State to secede; whether the
people of a State could commit treason against
the State—their paramount allegiance being
to the government of the United States, and
other questions.
Mr/Parrott moved to strike out tbe 15th
section. The motion was lost.
Mr. Bryant’s amendment was lost.
Mr. Miller’s amendment; was lost.
Mr. Bryant offered the following u a sub -
stitute for the section:
Treason against the Stato of Gcor ia
consist only in levying war against the State
or the United States, or in adhering to their
enemies, or giving them aid or comlort.
3Ir. Stanford offered the following amend
ment, which was lost:
Treason shall consist in levying war against
the State of Georgia, or giving aid and com
fort to the enemies thereof
Mr, Waddell was surprised at tbe senti
ments of the delegate from Richmond. A
change had come over the spirit of his
dreams; for the delegate had said when the
resolution was first introduced that he would
support it, if the money could not be had in
the State of Georgia. Now the delegate
thinks the money shoulri-be raised in Geor
gia or nowhere. My resolution asks the
Federal authorities to loan the money. If
before such loan or advancement be made by
the Federal authorities, asufficincy of money,
for necessary expenses, could' be found
elsewhere—anywhere—the said authorities
need not trouble themselves. It had been
said that this resolution emanated trom a
suspicious quarter—that tho person that in
troduced it was unfriendly to reconstruction
under the action of Congress, that is true ;
but although I may oppress reconstruction
under the military bills, why should 1 be op
posed to money ? We Democrats arc as poor
as anybody else. Lazarus was a nabob com
pared with many who voted for my resolu
tion, indorsing the course of Hancock. But
this resolution is in the spirit and follows the
letter of the reconstruction acts themselves.
Surely it cannot be expected that I should
stand up here to defend those acts. I am a
Democrat, who have opposed them, and do
which prevail in our own unhappy country,
is to say nothing about the dead issues of the
past, but come up like men and let us for once
and all obliterate our past differences, and j
apply ourselves to the great work before us.
I tell you now, that if you pass this section
as it is reported, I shall vote against your
Constitution, and use all my influence to get
my people to do so in private conversation
or from the stump.
I, therefore, desire to leave this question
where the Constitution of the United States
leaves it.
G. W. Ashburn said: It was not proposed
A Dill Agreed on by the Cimmittee on
Foreign Affairs.
Washington, January 38.—The House
Committee on Foreign Affairs have agreed
upon the following bill:
Section 1. Be i: enacted, etc.. That all nat
uralized citizens of the United States, while
iu foreign States, shall be entitled to aud re
ceive from this Government the same protec
tion of person and-property that is accorded
to native bom citizens in like circutnstauces,
and that the President be emjiowered to use
the influence and authority of his Govern-
to punish any person for the past, but the j ment in al. just endeavors to secure a recog-
great object was to prevent and punish trea
son in the future.
A. M. Holcombe moved to strike out the
whole section, which was lost.
H. V. M. Miller moved the following
amendment:
“And no person shall lie convicted of trea
son except upon the testimony of two wit-
cesses to the same overt act, or upon confes
sion in open court.”
The amendment was carried, when the
st<>i' 1 as fo!ln-,v= :
Treason against the State of Georgia shall
nition by other governments of the princi
ple of public laws, which will be insisted
upon and maintained by the Government of
the United States, in regard to the rights of
naturalized cittzens. Provided always, that
no citizen, native born or naturalized, who is
guilty of any crime against the laws of any
foreign State committed wi thin itsjurisdic-
tioiij or of desertion from the actual service
in the army or navy of such State, or who
Shall have acquired naturalization by misrep
resentation or fraud, or who, as to residen'eo
or otherwise by treason or other crime
Mr. Bell, of Banks, offered the following oppose them. Where are their friends?—
substitute, which was lost: I Wuy do they not come up to my aid whe;
Treason against the State shall consist I the-citadel of' their strength is attacked ?
only in levying war against it, adhering to The Federal Congress assembled this Con
its enemies, or giving tUem aid and comfort, vention. The Congress ought to provide for
No person shall be convicted ef treason un-I its support, at least until the only means of
less on the evidence of two witnesses to the supporting it provided for in the reconstruc
same overt act, or confession in open Court, tion acts can be raised. *
Mr. McCay offered the following amend- The motion to lay the resolution on the
ment to the section, which was lost. I table was put to tho vote, when it stood thus;
Treason against the State of Georgia shall Yeas 34, nays 101.
consist only in levying war against tne State, J. E. Bryant moved that the substitute be
or in giving aid and comfort to the enemies referred to the Committee on Finance, which
thereof; but no person shall bo convicted of I after some'discusaion, prevailed, and tbe sub
treason except on tbe evidence of two compe- stitute was referred to the above committee,
tent witnesses to tho same overt act, or by I On motion of G. W. Ashburn, tbe Conven-
confession in open court. I tion went into Committee of the Whole on
Mr. McCay offered the following substitute the Bill of Rights,
for the section, which was lost. Section 15 of the Bill of Rights was then
Treason against the State of Georgia shall taken up for reconsideration,
consist in levying war against the State, ad- I C. H. Prince moved a suspension of the
hering to ’ the enemies thereof or defending j rules for the purpose of introducing the fol-
an ordinance of secession. lowing resolution:
Mr. Seeley offered the following amend-1 Resolved, JThjit C. H. Hopkins, H. V. M.
ment os an addition to the section:
■ But no person shall be convicted of treason
for giving aid and comfort to the Govern
ment or armies of the United; States.
Pending the consideration of Mr. Seeley’s
amendment, on motion of Mr. Parrott, (Mr.
Miller and B. Conley be added to the Com
mittee on Finance, and that the committee be
instructed, and is hereby instructed, to ascer
tain upon what terms a loan of from $50,000
to $100,000 can be obtained for the use of
this Convention, and report to the Conven
Conley in the Chair,) the Committee rose, re- (tion at as early a day as possible. Adopted
ported further progress and asked leave to sit H. H. Christian offered a resolution asking
again. Leave was granted. for an adjpurnment of the Convention until
Tbe hour of 2 o’clock p. m. arriving, the I funds could be secured to pay the members
President declared tbe Convention adjourned J.pf the Convention their per diem and mile-
till 10 o’clock to-morrow morning. I age up to Saturday, 25th January, 1868. The
resolution was lost
N. L. Angier read the following:
Atlanta, January 24,1863. I _ ^ ■ Atlanta Ga., January 23,
_ Tlic Contention opened atthcnsuid ll.’r I ConsUtutionBpConycn^on’b^slwiTe^'to’fl 11
Parott in the chair. | port) that he has receiTe d from the State
TWENTY-FIFTH DAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
Treasurer the sum of ten thousand dollars.
($10,000,) which he holds subject to the or
der of the Convention in its application to
ward defraying the expenses of the same.
N. L. Angier, Disbursing Agent.
On motion, tbe report was taken up.
P. B. Bedford offered a resolution as fol-
Prayer by the Chaplain.
The journal was read.
G. W. Ashburn read a protest, to cer
tain portions of the substitute of R. H.
Whiteley in relation to the establishment of a
civil government, acted on the 21st instant.
T. J. Speer offered a resolution regulating
tho time and meeting of the Convention, but.
withdrew it, making way for the following 1 : ,
resolution, by N.P Hotchkiss: That hereat- . Resolved, That the disbursing ofliccr be
ter, the hours of meeting anil adjournment instructed to pay each member ->->0, and that
shall be 9 o’clock, a. m., and 3 o’clock, r. m. Hie balance be applied to the payment of in
2d. That members addressing the House I c 'dental expenses,
shall be confined strictly to the matter in de-1 R* H. M lately suggested that the money
b ata j be devoted to the paying of mileage.
The yeas and nays, for the purpose of sus-1 After considerable discussion, too matter
.pending the rules, were taken, when it was
carried—yeas, 122; nays, 8.
J. E. Bryant offered a substitute, which was
voted down after some discussion.
B. Conley moved that the resolution be
amended by changing the morning hour from
to !' 1-2 a', m.
The second resolution was stricken out, and
tho first resolution carried.
H. M. Turner, negrd, moved a suspension
of the rules, for the purpose of taking up tiie
following resolution. Carried
was referred to the Committee on Finance.
The question now recurred on the substi-
J tuto of J. E. Bryant, Section 15th: Treason
against the State shall consist only in levying
war against the State, or against the United
States, or adhering to the enemies thereof
and giving them aid and comfort.
Several speeches wero made‘in connection
with this section. Among the speakers we
noticed prominently P. B. Bedford, Saffold,
Seeley and Clift.
Mr. Stanford rose and said: I feel it my
Whereas, It is highly becoming to a great I as a representative of tlic great people
and magnanimous government to providefor I Georgia, to oppose tne adoption of this
the literary necessities of its uneducated peo-1 soc H, on “s reported, as it tends to uproot
pie, especially where the votes of the masses I an< ^ break down the great bulwark ot per-
det ermines the issues of its destiny; and
Whereas, The ravages of the recent war
have terribly desolated the Southern States,
thereby disabling them, financially, from
making such provisions as tho millions of
their dependent inhabitants require; and
Whereas, The moral, intellectual and
consist in levying war against the State, or j against the United States, shall have forfeited
against the United States, or adhering to the I or shall have renounced his rights as a nat-
enemies thereof, and giving them aid and uralized citizen, shall be entitled to the pro
comfort, and no person shall be convicted of [ tcction contemplated by this act.
treason except upon the testimony of two ! Sec. 2. ■That whenever it shall be made
witnesses to toe same overt act, or upon con- known to tbe Pjesident that any naturalized
fesrion in open court. ; citizen of toe United States lias been arrested
The ^committee then rose, reported progress or detained by any foreign government in
and asked leave to .git again.
A-motion to reconsider the vote on the
Civil Office resolution was taken up, toe rules
having been suspended for that purpose,
when, on motion ot J. E. Bryant, the reso
lution was indefinitely postjioned.
The Convention then adjourned to 9 1-2
A. if., Monday.
A Sorry Dictator. •
sonal liberty.
Treason is defined by toe Constitution of
the United States to consist in “levying war
against toe United States, or giving aid and
comfort to the enemies thereof.” In this long
established definition an overt act is plainly
contemplated, and tlic Courts of high au-
phvsical. greatness of a nation is dependent I Hiority have so adjudicated. M ill this Con-
upon the literary status of its citizens, par- vention by its action override these high de-
ticulariy those from whom it derives support; I visions of eminent jurists and contravene this
anc j I fundamental principle of the Constitution of
Whereas, The said Southern States are a I United States, to gratify their spleen
part of the General Government of toe United a gamst those who were engaged m the late
States of America—thus owing by right, aud I rev °'u‘.ion ? patriotic men, who engaged in
acknowledging allegiance to the same; a common cause, and who earnestly and hou-
Therefore, Resolved, That we, the people thought they were right, and who, after
of Georgia in Convention assembled, do 1 thn m o-nnd faith
the conflict was past, accepted in good faith
the situation, and who are, to-day, willin^
to keep that faith. Shall we open the door
and again inaugurate the bloody assizes of
Jeffreys, whose diabolical crimes shock the
sensibilities of every lover of liberty ? Shall
we expose coming generations to the cruel
mandates of tyrants, or shall we, like true
men who have the good of our country at
heart, lay aside all prejudice and bury the
awful past with the things that were, and
come up to the great work of framing a Con
stitution under which we and our children
will be content to live ?
We arc engaged in a great and stupendous
work, either for weal or for woe. All eyes are
turned upon us; they mark our every act; and
if we act faithfully and patriotically, as be
comes a great people, they will at the ballot-
box endorse our action; but if we betray the
sacred trust confided to us, I warn you now,
ViTsix weeks” but'that they n'eednot lookfor I ^ the patriotic men of Georgia will stamp
anv further assistance until it was collected I H* e ir supreme condemnation upon it, and the
on their own specific tax. He stated that natne of evet T member of this body who
Gen. Meade had intimated to him that he Proves recreant to his duty will be transmit
desired they should confine themselves to the ted , to coming generations stamped with eter-
bu-iness for which they had been called to | na l infamy. I, for one, am determined to do
hereby most respectfully petition the Con
gress of the Uuitcd States to set apart one-
half or more of the revenue collected from
the Cotton tax of 1SC7, for the benefit of
schools in the several Stafbs where such rev
enue was collected.
Resolved, That the President of this Con -
vention is hereby requested to transmit a
copy of this preamble and resolutions to the
several State Conventions now in session for
their concurrence in the same.
On motion of Bcnjamiu Conley, the reso
lutions were referred to Committee on Edu
cation.
W. Shropshire handed to a report from the
Finance Committee, to the effedt that Gen.
Meade had notified them that there were
$10,000 at their enrumund, and that it was
probable he would have $10,000 more, for
the purpose of paying off the members with
TWENTY-SEVENTH DAI’S PROCEEDINGS.
Atlanta, January 23, 1803.
The Convention met aud was opened with
prayer.
The.Journal was read and approved.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Saul-
ter.
On motion, the Convention went into Com
mittee of the Whole on the Bill of Rights,
the first subject in order being the 15th sec
tion, and the first amendment to this section
being that of Mr. Bryant, which is to strike
out toe words “in passing an ordinance of
” nnd insert, “in attemotini' to sever I
gather, and get through with it as soon as
possible.
On motion of P. B. Bedford, the rules were
suspended and the report taken up.
Jus. D, Waddell asked for a suspension of
the rules for the purpose of offering the fol
lowing resolutions:
Whereas, The provision made in the acts
ot Congress, whereunder this Convention is
called, tor the payment of the fees, salary, ex
pense and compensation of the officers and
delegates to this Convention, only authorizes
this Convention to provide for the levy and
collection of such taxes on the property of
the State as may be necessary therefor;
And whereas, The necessities of the officers
and delegates to the Convention call for the
payment of their dues at an earlier day than
such collection of such taxes can be made;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Federal authorities be
respectfully requested to authorize such ad
vance of moneys to defray the said expenses
to be made to the disbursing officer of this
Convention for the purpose above indicated.
J. E. Bryant moved the resolution be laid
on the table. He considered the resolution
was intended to checkmate the efforts to re-
my whole duty, free of prejudice, and look to
the great interest of my State, regardless of
vituperation or condemnation.
Gentlemen upon this floor speak of seces
sion in sneering terms, when the question was
one of doubtful construction, and advocated |
by distinguished talent, both North and
South. Ye3, gentlemen, I, myself, was in the
great struggle for Southern independence,
and for four immortal years I thought I did
God’s service to fight heroically, and damned
be the man who did not sympathize with the
great cause—the cause, as we thought, of lib
erty or death. Lives there a man so base as
would desert his country in the hour of peril.
Socrates-like. I had rather drink.the hemlock
and obey the laws of my country, than act
the part of a traitor when her trouble and
desolation comes.
I do not blame any man who fought me in
the Federal army. I commend you, for I pre
sume you were directed by patriotic motives.
I came here to be governed by my mod
eration, justice and wisdom, and I am ready
to-day to bury the battle axe of bloody war,
and let by gones be by-gones.
But I tell you gentlemen, now, the way to
Leal the mighty past and bring about recon
ciliation between the discordant elements'
A late Washington dispatch says :
“There is'no longer any doubt as to Gen.
Grant’s views of the new Reconstruction bill.
Representative Orth, of Indiana, said to him
last night, in presence of a large company, at
toe speaker’s reception, that the House would
put the hill through right away. Gen. Grant
immediately replied that he sincerely hoped
not; that he saw no necessity for it, and that
he should be very sorry to sec it pass. A
prominent Republican Senator, speaking oi
the bill, said that, if it passed the House by a
strong enough majority to show the sense of
that body, there would, perhaps, be no
necessity for its passage in the Senate. The
inference from this language was, that the real
object in introducing the measure was to
stimulate the President in the execution of
the existing Reconstruction laws:”
It has taken Grant a long time to reach a
conclusion so sensible. His mouth-piece,
Wasbburne, introduced tlie dictatorship bill
in the nouse, and no one hut a noodle will
imagine that Grant was not consulted with
reference to it before its introduction. He is
the bill. There is nothing of it but Grant.—
It is simply a proposition to make him die -
tator iu ten States. Who will believe that the
Jacobin traitors having tho movement in
charge were not asouied that toe man they
elected for carrying out their conspiracy to
overthrow too government would act with
them ? He was pledged to act with them
when the Reconstruction bill was reported,
Every member of the committee voting in
favor of the bill had reliable authority for
believing that Grant knew of. the whole
project, and was in favor of it, and would,
should tho bill pass, accept the office of dic
tator, and employ it to obtain, through
fraud, the electoral votes of the South for
himself for the Presidency, and to advance
the interests and designs of the traitors who
concocted the scheme.
The indignation which the infamy has
aroused has frightened him. He is lookin
for a hole through which he may escape, and
now thinks it prudent to make a show of op
position to the bill. It never would Lave
ieen introduced had he told the committee
that he was opposed to it, and convinced
them of his sincerity in making the state
ment. It never would have been introduced
had he not pledged himself to its support,
and toe acceptance of the office proposed.—
The character of toe bill is such, and the
powers it proposes to confer on Grant are so
extraordinary, as to compel the conviction
that toe leaders in toe movement supposed
him to be of them and with them. They had
some more substantial reason for this suppo
sition than Grant’s military or political rec
ord. He talked something else than horses
to at least one of the conspirators in relation
to the bill; and he did not say that “he saw
no necessity for the measure, and that he
should be very sorry to see it pass.”
Now, when it ha3 gone so far that it will
probably pass the House to-day, he “sincerely
hopes it will not pass.” Why was not this
sincere hope expressed in time to exert an
influence on its passage ? He played dummy
until he could ascertain what the people
thought of the measure; and when he
le&rned that they held it in the execration
which its traitorous and infamous character
deserves, he opened his mouth to Congress
man Orth in censure of the bill. He has
gained nothing by this. Democrats and sen
sible Republicans will not be deceived by his
treachery and thimble-rig. He has played
double with Boutwell and Bingham and Mor
ton, and the other traitors who conceived the
measure, as he did with President Johnson
in regard to giving timely notice concerning
the vacation of the War Department.
Jacobins were pleased with his lying, and
meanness, and deceit practiced on the Presi
dent, because it inured to tbeir benefit. Let
us see how they will be pleased with those
qualities in him when they conflict with
Jacobin interests.
They are getting frightened, as well ns
Grant, at the expression of public feeling
against their latest reconstruction villainy.
They now think it may not be necessary to
pass the thing in the Senate. They want to
frighten toe President. They are full of cour
age themselves. Were ever such pitiful and
ridiculous pretences before presented by iniik-
livered traitors, shivering with terror over
infamies threatening them with destruction,
and yet their only hope of rescue from im
pending doom ?—Chicago Times, 22 J.
contravention to the intent and purposes of
this act upon the allegation of his naturaliza
tion in toe United States, does not operate or
dissolve his allegiance to his native sover
eign ; that any native born citizen who shall
have been arrested and detained without the
charge of crime committed within the juris
diction of such State, and whose release
shall have been unnecessarily delayed or re
fused, toe President shall be, and” is hereby
empowered by way of indemnity and repri
sal, to order the arrest and detain in custody
any subject of such foreign government who
may be found within toe jurisdiction of tho
United States, aud the President shall with
out any unexcusable delay give information
to Congress of such proceedings of indemnity
and reprisal.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, If any
naturalized citizen of toe United States’shall
return to his native country with toe intent
to resume his domicil therein, or if he shall
leave the United States with the intention of
permanent residence in any foreign State,
and shall engage in any army or hnl-
ligerent in any foreign war or service, such
naturalized citizen shall not bo entitled to the
interposition of this government in his be
half under the provisions of this act.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
toe term domicil, in the preceding section,
shall be construed to mean continued resi
dence of more than one year in the native
country of the naturalized citizen, or of es
tablishing himself in any business, which de
notes an intention to resume permanent resi
dence.
A Substitute for Cotton.—The editor
of the Holly Springs (Miss.) Reporter has
been shown a specimen of the “ramie plant,”
toe new substitute for cotton. The fibre is
described as of a fine glossy white, of even
texture and of great strength. It can be used
separately in tho manufacture of cloth, or may
be combined with silk or wool. The plant
itself, hard and vigorous, is not affected by
long periods of rain, and stands dry weather
equally with cotton. It has been grown with
success in Mexico, where toe rainy seasons are
much longer than in toe Southern States. It
makes two crops per year, and yields from
four to eight hundred pounds per acre. It
bears no seed, but is grown from the roots
and ratoons only. After the laud is once
stocked, the planting is good for a number of
years. The cultivation of this plant requires
less labor than that of cotton, and the fibre
commands in market a better price, having
been sold in Liverpool at sixty-five cents per
pound. Parties who have cultivated tho ramie
plant state that they are highly pleased with
their experiment, and believe the culture to
be a great acquisition to the country. It is
at least worth a trial.
Those desirous of seeing a specimen of this
new production can do so, at the Jewelry
Store of E. J. Johnston & Co.
Adam Smith.—This distinguished philoso
pher was noted for absence of mind. One
Sunday morning he was walking in his gar
den, dressed in little'more than his night
gown, and absorbed in a brown study, from
which he did not awaken till he found him
self in the village ot Dumferlane, twelve
miles oflj just as the beils of the church iu
that town were ringing the people to church.
Hi3 appearance in a crowded church on a
Scotch Sunday morning, dressed only irr his
night-gowD, for he still continued uncon
scious of his plight, may be more easily im
agined than described.
The Temple of Honor.—Honor was a
virtue highly veuerated by the ancients, espe
cially by theRomans, who afterwards erected
temples to it, and worshiped it as a divinity.
The first temple to it was erected by Scipio
Africanus, and others by Marius, in the se
cond century before Christ. These temples
were so constructed that it was impossible to
enter one of them without first going through
the Temple of Virtue; and Marius ordered
those erected by him not to be made too
low or too lofty, to intimate that the way to
honor was not by pride or baseness, but by
humility.
i Hon. W. D. Kelley and Ratification
by tiie People.—We are in receipt of a pri
vate letter from Judge Kelley, of Pennsyl
vania, dated Washington, 20th instant, from
which we make the following extract:
“I hope your Convention will make
a good Constitution, which shall pro
vide a generous system of Common Schools,
and secure every citizen equal political
rights, and which shall not be marred by
vindictive political proscription. One pro
vision of the Reconstruction Act requires the
popular endorsement of the Constitution to
be made. Some suggestions have come from
your State that that provision should be re
pealed. It is idle to think of such a thing
Skating in Paris.—A Paris letter writer
says: “The Seine is entirely frozen over.—
This has not occurred for twenty years. The
skating club has obtained permission from the
prefet do police to skate from the Pont de la
Concorde to St. Cloud. The lake3 of the
Bois are crowded with skaters. A young
American lady, Miss Beckwith, attracts im
mense attention by the agility aud grace
with which she executes with her skates let
ters not exceeding one foot and a half in.
length, the words thus cut in the ice being
perfectly legible. Their Majesties watch Miss
Beckwith’s evolutions with great interest.—
The young lady is considered to be one of
the prettiest and most accomplished of the
American colony in Paris.
Attorney.—This word is a relic of the
customs of chivalry. It originally meant one
who appeared at a tournay as the champion’
■or representative of another, who, ou account
of tender years, old age, sex or infirmity,
could not personally do battle iu the lists—
the trial by combat in those times taking
the place of our Courts of law for the adjudi
cation of both criminal and civil cases.
When it was discontinued the name of at-
[ tomey was still given to the counsel who
represented in Court either party at a suit.
‘The readers of the Waverly Novels will re
member a beautiful illustration of this kind
of championship at; the tournay in the case
of Ivanhoe, appearing for the Jewess Re-
It is the very essence of the Act. Congress becca, and doing mortal battle on her behalf
means that tbe future governments of the with the templar Knight, De Bois Guilbert
South shall be formed by the People, and I I — ■■
hope that the Constitution framed will be so j i2F" Our fellow-creatures can only judge
wise and judicious that it will readily re- j what we are by what we do; but in the eye
ceive the popular approval.” _ | of our Maker what we do is of no worth, ex-
[Atlanta Opinion. cept it flows from what we are.