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T II K BATONET.NGGRO COXSTITC-
TIOK-W1UT SHAIiI. WE DO WITH
pilfering propcnsltl
' actual sifsion.- Th.
Adkins" wns
he watch oi
Ion on
f( , m e brother of the Piebald!
na »houhl by-all mean* vote
rniDAT, MABCH 13, 1808 —
,tf. * nii _ - I The Convention elected under the orders
ir -It appears thut the men.- ; of Centre , after a .c.-v-ion of ne.ir three
P jjjjjgroConvention i.ronot j month- under the protection of Federal bay-
nflfering propensities of cncli onets, has about got ?b’tr.ngh "with the work
assigned it i the framing of ‘a Constiiutiou
and form of government” for the State oi
Georgia. Its labors, at least, are so Jar com
pleted that in all essential points we can ful
ly comprehend the character find effect of
, , , . , , ;ho instrument that »c are to be called on to
♦. .. _ substitute for the (^institution and form of
1 1,1 c 0 0 ’ a government under which we now live. The
lime has arrived, therefore, for an examina
tion Into the character or this new Constitu
tion, its effects upon our reputation and wel-
Inre as a people, and our duty as regards its
acceptance or rejection. knelt
It is a matter equally of surprise and hu
miliating reflection, that we have actually
r„ th,
H O OKS.
opi.]
Medda fq
• thirty days off, and should the
, tfnn ine to run a candidate for
, rt j.iiug no time for a State
. w iU the candidate be nnm
iv.nild bo glad to hear from
,, IC contemporaries qn this point,
mk at once if they so desire.
W -liington was in Congress to-
:.j i, c us Ann for impcaching
L was for shooting Andre.—
on was alive to-day he wmlld
Vl ,l ( seat in the Federal Con-
- r. Madison and Monroe would
. udiised by the latter-day poli-
y w Hampshire Democratic
i !llC aim ounces the cunvnssof the
vs: For Sinclair, 36,183; Ilar-
i];.,,u!s, 28,483; Siuclair, 33,203;
irttl. .JZ-i- V i. M-rfi
„t die carpet-buggers, dlsap-
■ not getting office s, ere leaving
lL .SoMtSATioss.—According to
, im J t M auuounced, the Had i cal-
r,C,.»vtatioB will to-da.v resolve its-slf
,„ n , convention, tor tho purpose ol
a candidate for Governor, and
otfctr official positions. The conti-st
■ Guoeniatorisl nomination is under—
l«e between Bollock, the -Augusta
- nisn, ami Farrow, late of the Con-
i.e ulibi'pprr department. The strug
Katnimstcd < tie, but appearances in
yt Uut lliilliifk lias the inside track.
- r k,i succeeded in getting the noini-
ieot nearly all the “primary assent-
,’-which, in this case, means negro
,;;s, an element that comprises ninety-
liiBilretb* of the party—but Bullock is
ibt.>riteoft!ie white wire-workers, and
j,;v to distance him in the race, in spite
at popular will. The negroes are always
imrilrd, notwithstanding the numerical
>ia their favor, and so it will be to the
jtp.be chapter, their white friends only
K'.bcu as stepping stones to get tbem-
u ism trover, to be laughed at or kicked
cm the aspirants are safely seated.
ipBcn: Convention lias diddled them
*'pwr-t!iing except a vote, and they
time denied that if it had not been
a dit useful to the whites. Lo, the
fclnia OK TUK -PRESIDENT'S Defence.
lit York Express says: “ Tho friends
ajiulmeut say that the wlrolc thing
hxtt in six days. The friends of the
- oi ray that thirty days will pass be-
iicpeachment will be reached. They
'-■« advised by the ablest counsel in
«i that Scnatoru can Ire objected to ns
sjaiurs, and the men wbo have pre-
tiJit case cannot sit on the trial. They
dtaol jc-ct to every Senator wbo lias ex-
k*»’.pinion on the matter, and incests
-- .1 tn bring forward witnesses. They
Books that prove
<»Oii’r being: so definitely* that manV doubt
Orowa self-defined tho other *ido the lice
Made Atheist by raggeitfon; moral hooka
Kxn«pcratinpr to license: genial books
Discounting from the human dignity,
And mernrhooks which set you weeping when
The tun shines—ay, and melancholy books
Which make you laugh that uny one should weep
In this disjointed life, for on a wrong more.
[Aurora Leigh,
IIow sweet, when wearied with the cares
of life, and the gloom that tangs like a
blackened pall over our suffering counfry, is
the Companionship of books! Like the
cheerful friends of old, they come to cast a
sunbeam over our griefs, to sympathize with
our troubles, and give us something to think
of beyond our every-day trials—for do we
uot live in them, and are not the' author’s
thoughts, pleasures and woes, for the time
being, nil our own ? How great is tbo influ
ence he exercises over liis readers, and
what a fearful responsibility is liis, who
reached-a period in our history when it be-(exposes the soul’s deep mysteries to
comes nocessajy for a Southern journalist to j the public gazel Rooks, I have often thought,
exhort and urge Southern men not to consent! are like people we meet here and there in our
to the overthrow of their government at the j journeyiogs through life; we bend with a re-
dictation of others—not to yield the great listless fascination over the pages of some.
soul, f.ircvcr furled, yet never to be forgotten.
We hope that at no distant day a book of
bis poems may grace every home altar in our
midst, diffusing its sweetness alike in cottage
and hall, and forming there*& sacred shrine
of ever cherished memories. While speak
ing of poems, we must not forget the thrilling
joy experienced on reading Lucile, that
rare emanation from tlie gifted son of Bul-
wer, a production worthy of the sire himself,
and whose striking originality of measure
and style has given him a place among the]
litdrcu Juliuson
—Ills Inflexible
tency.
Con sis- ; Party 'lovement Extraordinai
true born poets. Tlie scene on tlie mountains, ■ that Mr. Johnson lias been, sir
where Alfred Yargrave met Lucilu’s party j bio winter of 1800-1, the most consiste
r-,Mn,r munificence of ilia statesman in public life. He standsprecise
Fi'n.’i the .Vcir Fort 11 ~orl!, Feb.
Thr rancor ofth.e U pnlilican party against
PresicVeht Johnson grows out of a leelin
that he has. betrayed th an. If
President had done precisely th ame things
which Mr. Johnson lias done,Sic would hav
been regarded as a miracle ot moderation.—
The outpouring of venom against Mr. John
son has flowed from a feeling that lie has be
trayed the party that elected him.
We propose to show, to the satisfaction of
all honest men who will attend to tho proofs,
le memora-
sistent
)emocratie. | Committ
recent mt
s f
republican principle that they have a right
to live under a gwernment of their own
choice—not to consent to lower themselves
to the level ot their former African slaves, for
that is the real question, the elevation of the
hegro to their levid being a moral and physi
cal impossibility—not to debase their own
ilonhtfu), 20S6. The Concord I race by bringing it into absolute .political
r publishes a canvass of votes subjection to the blacksin morcthanone-
publican State Committee, as half the territory of tho State. Such is the
real question, and we should bo careful not
to confound the issue with another, viz.:
whether we should submit to these outrages
and wrongs when forced upon us. There is
no sucli question before the people of Geor
gia. Tbe very Reconstruction l^ws under
wbicli ail these extraordinary proceedings
have been had, vile as they are in nearly
every otiier respect, leave the people of the
State perfectly free to accept or reject the
work of the Convention according to their
own good pleasure. There is no compul
sion in the matter. Bad liieu, with wick
ed and selfish euda in view, can-
make no such plea in extenuation of their
conduct.- Every man can do just as he
pleases about it, ar.fi act as he may, uo pen
alty is attached by tlielawto liiscouduct. Let
the people of Georgia fully understand this
in the very beginning. They are free agents,
even under the Reconstruction laws, and can
vote as they please. If they adopt a bad
government, one that degrades them and
their children and unsettles all rights, it is
their oxen choice, and they cannot lay their
calamities on the shoulders of another.
This understood, we shall proceed, and
continue in future numbers of the TELEGRAfn,
to discuss tlie great question of the duty of
Georgians in the present crisis. We
have no doubt of our entire
ability to prove to them that ns rational
men they should not only decline to ratify
this Radical-Negro Constitution, but that
they should rise up in their might, and, as
they lovo liberty and regard tho welfare of
their posterity nnd race, resist it as they
would an invader of their hemes an’d fire
sides, and crash it as they would a serpent, a
venomous reptile that carries woe and death
in its sting. Like the tempter in Eden, it
comes to them clothed in tho colors of light
and its hideous deformity concealed from
view. Its subtle authors have gathered a
lesson fr;>m the damned spirits in this regsrd
—and ns the success of its great prototype
“brought sin into tho world end with it all
our woe,” so shall the sorrowful scenes of the
Fall lie reenacted in our own destiny if we
now turn a deaf car to reason and the ad-
ntest tl e matter inch by inch, j monitions of the past.
cwv legal defence that the law Wo »‘» 11 attem l Jt t0 aT S^ S wlt f l ucs '
I rif Senators who have expressed tiorffaMy,:and with simplicity and directness
»u to the guilt or innocence of the ofapeecb, . We Lave no object to subserve
t.uiiall be set aside, the jury to try I but thu S O0(] of our people-the.r salvation
itat will be a small one.” | from a worse than * E SJP t5an fcond,l S e int0
which the wicked men of the day would se-
and close them with a sigh of regret that
"The thoughts that breathe
• And words that burn”
are so soon perused, just'as the bright face of
a new friend whom we are beginning to loy.0,
vnrying in its ever changing expression like
the lights and shadows of a Spring tide morn
ing, is suddenly shut out from our presence,
yet leaving behind it treasured memories and
beautiful smiles to dream over. Others are
like some grave and pious friend whose solid
truths are full of wise instruction and kind
advice, whoso high-toned sentiments, digni
fied in bearing ancl pure in principle, carry us
along with them, elevating our moral char
acter to their own standard; while another
class, still, the “yellow-back clique,” drag us
downward, being always* elotbed in those
flowery hues, interspersed with storm-clouds
of awe and astonnding revelations that gen
erally prove so alluring to tlie young, and
pervert their minds from a lovo of solid read
ing, ns the giddy-headed devotee of wordly
pleasures would lead us from tho dreams of
heaven, to the fleeting joys of earth.
There are different classes of readers, also,
os ol books. Some read merely for amuse
ment, neglecting to glean anything substan
tial lrom the world of thought; while others
rend for the love of knowledge itself, stor
ing away each rare treasure in the mind’s
garncry, to be brought forth when occasion
demands; and therein consists the beauty of
genial conversation, for Topper says: “The
words of Wisdom are chance pearls flung
among tbe sullen waters of oblivion, which
diligence loveth to gather and hang round
the neck of memory.”
The type of all that is excellent in books
we may find in tlie Bible, from the still small
voice to the thunders of Omnipotence; from
the simplest flowers gathered on the shaded
heath of poesy, “the lilies of the field that
toil not,” to tbe great tree of everlasting life,
from the rippling water brooks to the mighty
overflowing river, from the rude white tents
scattered over avast wilderness to the gilded
battlements of the Eternal City, all may be
found within the cognizance of tho noly
Scriptures.
The poetry of the Bible far exceeds that of
earthly inspiration, for
riding horseback, the magnificence of tli
storm, anil the lurid flashes of light, surpass
in grandeur of description anything it has
been my good - fortune to read, from the poets
of the present age.
The history of parties; perhaps, does not
fu.-ni-h a parallel to the probeodin^s ofin-hat
is called the “Union Republican Central
• for tlie State of Georgia,” at a
ting, reported in the Atlanta New
Kra. We copy tlie’ curiosity entire, from
which it appears that the Committ" lire not
certain ■whether (Key are only aieommitti -r
the Georgia Convention itself; their notion
though, basing their right to nominate i iii-
didafes for Governor, etc., upon General Or
der No. 89, directing the Convention to “pro*
ceed to frame a Constitution and a Civil Gov
ernment for the State of Georgia,” is as
„■ . precisely
| wfierclie stood when heseparated from his see
(ionatthe beginning of the civil War. With the
natural inflexibility of a very tenacious char- unl( l ut: lf 3S coo o ;iiu l would seem to mdi-
acter, ho liar, never varied a hair’s breadth date that the Radical members alone arc the
tfom the ground he then took. It would be (Convention. We annex tbe document,'as it
[easy for the Rc-pnblicans to convict him of is worthy of Foster Blodgett add preserva-
1 justice. Tt.
| :t j; irt is c ui
j who lives Or ' ■
the United S
r h1 qu'-.(ion involved does-
( :i !L 7 him, i ut ( very man
Hcs within the jurisdiction of
• 'o.d who is liable to be
siniihu'v 1;.
V!ku you answer this
(JUfSlIOP, y.ut
;; a constitutional
: ■ e the rights ol the
to come.
;:»• iiM-ir destinies for aii tirac
It j.*, t.
... : :- of Co.no; e. ; which
vuhorized th.
. c< dings of whi li the pe-
titioner con...'
1 v. as in the spirit of the
Cnristitutioi
: \v:ts a rulo ot i -.i.- true-
tion which
. ;;rl should dUiv-.iid. viz.;
That not on .
th ■ intent but the words of
the law should
b ■ so plain that it would be
impossible to
mistake. These nets of Con-
gross admitted
10 shade of ambiguity. They
were inten tori
t deny the regular ■ ioiinis-
•tration of just ic
e to one section of the coun- .
trv. If the act.
were valid, then the trial bV"
jury was nbolisl
ed in "terf States'of the Union,
‘ Xhcro is lrarin the skies ! .
0’c , r t tii°esLiaVp-7i)Untercd S rocks ) ^ha?^eieainingbo-1 no ground to complain that he. lias disap-
hinaccommodating obstinacy; hut they have-
In tho soft light so fair mul so fatal as though
home seraph barn’d through them, tho thunderbolt
searching.
pointed any reasonable expectation.
• Mr. Johnson’s obligations of party honor
and fidelity are to be measured by what the
tion:
MEETING OP THE STATE UNION IIEPUI
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
and might b abolished in nil tho r< mainder
when • Congress might think proper. There
was no-chance of escape for the people from
the “body of this death” except by saying
•uction acts arc mill and
. tii.t.iiajji j . , _ I uuvukj v xu uu uivwuMiVM * J " iML
TV hi eMhe black cloud unbosom d just now. Lo! tho J Republicans took liim for, and what he gave
And shivering pine-trees liko phantoms, that seem
To wave above, in the dark ; and yon stream
How it hurries and roars, on its way to the white
And paralyzed lake there, appalled at tho sight
Of things seen In Heaven!"
back at the antecedents which led to his
nomination, and complete the inquiry by
Suck thrillin*' passages as this frequently (comparing that position and those autece-
occur throughout the book. His firat work, deDta with llis subsequent course as Presi
that these Re
. void.
Atlanta, March 2,1808. j if these acts are found to be in conflict
, . ,, -. , -. I At a meeting of the Union Republican Ceu-1 with the Coes; iuitiou,'the course to be pur-
himself out to be, at the time of his election. tra i Committe for the State of Georgia, held B uecl is very simple. No person engaged in
We w4ll examine where he stood then, glance | t i lig day, eighteen members (nearly two thirds tht! exercise of power can ever perform anv-
of the whole Committee) being present. Af- thing valid unless he keeps himself within
ter full and free discussion, the following pre-j,be limit of the ,. r , int . Tlu- agent cannot
amble and resolutions were adopted, only two i,i n d his principal.beyond tlie scone of hi
members dissenting: * -----
images, resembling Bailey’s “Festus” iu sub
limity of style.
“Woman’s Thoughts about Woman,” by
Miss Muloch is the next hook that is glanc
ing upon me with its sensible views of
woman’s work, its wise counsels and appro
priate lessors, “The Two Marriages,” by
the same writer, contains much that is of
great benefit to those wbo are contemplating
the most important step io life. Besides
these i3 that wonderful combination ot
Dreams, Mesmerisms and Spiritual Manifes
tations, “Footfalls on the Boundary of
Another Wprkl,” bat I cannot acknowledge
myself a convert, though a frequent wan
derer amoug the “ghoul-haunted woodlands
of Weir," as a kind friend imagined one
must become after studying tlie supernatural
at night-fall. There are-many other things
in the world of books it is pleasant to dwell
upon, but the still sp rit of midnight hovers
above, and warns me to l§ave the beloved
realms of Literature for that shadowy land,
where
“Dim anil happy visions of the past
Steal through tho hallowed gates of memory.”
L. W. R.
Tlie Truth of History.
In 1858, when the late President Lincoln
was stumping Illinois, iu opposition to Sen
ator Douglas—he (Mr. Lincoln) said: “Judge
Douglas has said to you, that lie lias not
been able to get from mo an auswer to the
question, whether I am in favor of negro cit
izenship. So far as I know, the Judge never
asked me the question. He shall have no oc
casion to ever ask it again, for I tell him
frankly tiiat I am not in favor ot negro citi
zenship.”
On another occasion lie said he “was not
in favor of bringing about, in any way, the
social and political equality of the white and
Mack races.” “I am not,” said he, “nor ever
have been, in favor of making voters or ju
rors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to
bold office.” He was opposed to slavery,
and in favor of colonising in distant settle
ments tlie emancipated negroes, but not for
negro citizenship, or anything like negro su-
humanity itself l )rcalac Y-
,, . . In 1838, when in Congress, Mr. Lincoln
could never paint so beautifully tbe perfect saidj0nthc 8nbjec t of secession and rebel-
order that arose from cbnos when the great “
Creator proclaimed in tones imperative, “Let
there be light 1” Then “the morning stars
sung together,” over mountain, hill and val
ley the bright sunlight streamed, the water
“I'oftootl part, will meet our constitu ,, , I
•If* tion to the Senate—that it is not daeo them - ^ ehaT0 not a P a ^ of ^ubt
i^riju.y. There may, possibly, be a on °" r ? ind 09 t0 tho ,ine dm * ood
fey it this lino of defence, the Benito wo shaU stnve unanswcrab ’ e argument
a* ri»lgc on all points to be raised.- nnd I,oneat st , at f racnt , of to c . onfirm # l ! ,e
•ill, doubtless, * decide against ffl, bring back the erring to the
* i« favor of themselves, and t ™*: Our advice and earnest ex-
question arises: Can an ap- horttt W ° td tb , C pC ° 1,le °™ eor S> a ar e to re-
to irom their decision - ? We cannotM** ‘ 1,9 ,n,(1U,toUS l ,ro P°*‘ l ‘ oa to revolution..
ize their government—to voto against it
.nd to labor day and night,
at their
‘ . r it should not. The Senate is sitting,
1 a a legislative body, but as a court of
- • l a e cannot see why an appeal cannot
-km to the highest judicial tribunal
-.tin's ca *e of impeachment is enveloped j
•.. and we doubt if there is legal kuowl-
* ad fliental astuteness enough in its
7A *° w °rk their way out of it into I
courses glistened in the welcome light, flow
ers sprung up everywhere, poesy was born,
and lastly man was placed there, “monarch
of all,” whose mighty intellect should rule the
universe in subservience to the will of Divin
ity. How much that intellect has accom
plished the history of the world may attest.
The earth may crumble to dust, the giant
structures erected by art may sink into noth
ingness and decay, all materialism must yield
to the heavenly fiat, dust to dust; but mind is
superior to all, and when its work is fioished
hero, will be still higher and higher perfl-cted
in tbe ever moving cycles of eternity, grow
ing more and more like unto the Great Au
thor of its lofty aspirations and more capable
of appreciating His glories, for “eye hath not
seen, ear hath not heard, neither hath it en
tered into the heart of man what He bas pre*
pared for them that love him.”
It seems almost sacrilege to analyze the
qualities of other hooks after dwelling on the
sublimities of divine inspiration and the in
comprehensible mysteries connected with
them, hut there are so many that attract our
denTho result will be tif show that the
Republicans have got precisely what they
bargained for when they selected Andrew
Johnson for tbe Vice Presidency. When he
was nominated, tho news was forthwith tele
graphed to Nashville, and, in a speech to the
liieuds who thronged to congratulate him,
Mr. Johnson said:
“Next it [tlie nominating Convention]
said—if I may be permitted to speak of my
self, not in the way of vanity, but to illus
trato a principle—“we will go into one of the
rebellious States and choose a candidate for
the Vice Presidency. Thus the Union party
declared its belief that the rebellious Stutes
are still in tbe Union, and that their loyal
citizens'are still citizens of the United States.”
■Without waiting to be formally notified
of his nomination, Mr. .Tohnsou promptly
proclaimed the doctrine he maintained on
tbe mo3t important question that could come
up during the ensuing four years.
The most fastidious sense of fidelity to the
Republicans required no more of Mr. Jehn-
so.i, when he became President, than that
he should uot bestow offices on men who
voted lor McClellan null Pendleton. This
obligation (if it was one) is scrupulously
kept. He had a full right, by party usage,
to changuhis Cabinet and indulge his per
sonal pre ercnces in the selection of ail other
officers, so long as he did not go otside of the
circle of those who voted for the ticket on
which he was elected. He waived tbispriv-
ilege, conceded to all Presidents by party
usage, and retained the 'Cabinet of his pre
decessor. Tho Republicans have nothing to
complain of except that bo did not abjure
the principles which they knew to hold him
at the time of his nomination.
With regard lo his policy, it is simply what
every Republican must have expected from
the declaration made in the Nashville speech.
The Republicans may be disappointed, but
surely they are not betrayed. Ttiey are dis
appointed, because they never meant that
Mr. Johnson should he President; but they
have no reason to be disappointed that, being
President, lie lias aot renounced his former
belief that the State did not forfeit their
Federal rights by the rebellion. The course
of Mr. Johnson has been a model of steadi
ness, consistency, lortitude, openuess, patri
otism, self -sacrificing fidelity to principle,
and delicate recognition of all tlie plausible
claims of the party whioli, for electioneering
reasons, selected a war Democrat for the place
on their ticket. There is no justice in at
tempting to disgrace him for their own po
litical blunder.
Whether be correctly interpreted the views
of the Convention is of no consequence. It
is enough that he left the party in no doubt
respecting his own. It seems to us that his
inference from their taking a Vice President
from a rebel State was logical; but whether it
was or not, its promptness and duplicity de-
Whcrcas, The delegates iu the present Con
stitutional Convention were elected by the'
almost unanimous vote of the Union Repub
licans of Georgia, and are therefore the true
representatives of that party ; and,
Whereas,.General Order No. 89, convening
this Convention, directs it to “proceed to
frame-a Constitution and a Civil Government
for the State of Georgia f* tlierefore be it
Resolved by the Central Committee of the
Union Republican party of Georgia, That
the delegates now in the Constitutional Con
vention be, and they are hereby requested to
meet at noon, on tlie 7th day of March, tu-
stant, and nominate a candidate for Gover
nor, candidates for Congress and delegates
to the National Republican Convention to be
held at Chicago, II!., on the second day ot
May Dext. .
Resolved. That all nominations of candi
dates for the State Senate, Legislature and
county officers, be made by the people in
their respective districts and counties.
Foster Blodgett, Chairman.
J. E. Bryant, Secretary.
Union Republican Central Committee for tbe
State of Georgia.
It appears that resolution number one, as
adopted by the committee, read as follows:
“That the Convention now in session is here
by requested to make, os a special order for
noon of Saturday, the 7th of March, instant
the nomination of a candidate for Gover
nor,” etc, but was changed for publication
as above.
The McCarille Case in the Supreme Court—
Speech ot Judge Black.
lion:
“Any people, anywhere, being inclined, and
having the power, have a right to rise up
and shake off tbe existing government, and
form a new one that suits them better. * *
* * Nor is this right confined to cases inlprived them of all right to complain if"Mr.
which the people of any existing govern- Johnson’s subsequent action should corres
meat .may choose to exerci* it. Any por-1 pond to his then declared views. He had the
tion of such people that can, may revolution- perspicacity to single out the cardinal ques-
ize, and may make their own so much of the tion on which future reconstruction would
territory as they inhabit. More than this, a turn, and the frankness to declare the view he
majority of any portion of such people may look of it. The Republican party knew pre-
revolutionizc, putting down a minority inter- cisely what they were getting when they
mixed with, or near about tbem, nnd who elected Iiiin Vice President. They also knew
mav oppose their movements.” that he was by nature a tenacious, dogmatic
This was when the Northern Abolitionists man, little given to borrow tlie opinions of
were for secession and rebellion; but no others, and incapable of yielding his own.—
Southern rebel ever took stronger ground It was this stubborn inflexibility of temper
than that. TJie Southerners took their doc- which fed to his selection us Military Gov-
trine from such Northern teachers.
[Albany iV. Y. Argus.
The Albemarle Ghost.
themselves,
with all the powers at their command,
to array every white pinn in the State—and
*«edby tic Constitution - Upon the I ma ^ add e !«7 b,RCk 1I nla ? , t0 ° th .£
1 , ,| have votes and are equally interested with
ourselves in securing the blessing of good gov
ernment—in opposition to this vile attempt 1 attention in tbe daily walks of life,
of Northern conspirators to ruin our people
and destroy their pence. There arc many
>, . ' " (reasons why this ■ Yankee-Ncgro bantling
•i ^ tPCe wb ’ c h 38 shown by ] should be crushed out in Us incfpiency
and its authors held up to the execration of
posterity, hut wo will confine what we have
to say to the following :
First. It is odious in its origin.
Second. It is odious in itself.
Third. We are not bound to accept it.
to be 170 years old, was recently
7" ,L Crev ice ofarock on the summit
■ -1 Holjoke, and was only 4 8 4 inches
■*~ t kr, so scanty has been its existence.
^ iTT ts a Quandary.—'The party iu
'"honuke open war upon the Con-
: ud regard devotion to that instru
I 11 good ground for impeachment, are
’ •<> reap tlie wages of vi. r _ T
muuoic on every aide, and
■ shich way to turn. The corrcs-
j*‘ 01 *he Charleston Courier thus
4 : °ne of their favorite iniquities that
. -lt° plague them:
ri'l i *gain a halt in the progress of rc-
J r ‘ a : The Radicals nrc now as much
too fast in this work, as they
.:* tTZ °f going too slow. They lics-
,V M *he admission of Alabama on any
r^toforoproposed. The Slate will
“••flouted they say, than its gov-
te/'llW! into the hands of the Con-
iq f '* ai to citizens, lately rebels. They
* rt whether they can trust the nc-
7 n . beyond the reach of Federal
m *t is in all the ten States, they
3.® Possible exception of South
is the only State they are
to admit
'..s, “ka tho prospects of their party
Jj * ,n South Carolina, Florida and
!<■ fa' “ s lo Virginia they almost dc-
Wu.. "tote. Tlie Constitution to be
Vsj '. le Convention will certainly be
k tow : 0rc the people, even upon the
c . a ’ r . c( iu>nng only a majority of
By J 1 ' 1 ' tostead of a majority of the
. i There will be a majority of
T °k3 in the State against the
if all entitled to ivgis-
be registered and vote.
•Eleven, Bo.-ton,
tocome tax yearly. This ri an
fvt of the total tax of. tbe United
ernor of Tennessee. As the Republicans
knew his' views, and had no reason to suppose
from his character he would change them,
they liiwe uo right to call Mr. Johnson a
traitor to the party that elected him
Frum the Seotuville (Fn:) lteghtcr.] j That explicit declaration at Nashville was
One chap has been kicking up a terrible in perfect accordance with Mr. Johnson’s
rumpus for some three weeks past at Mr. whole course from the beginning of the war.
Moon’s residence—sometimes two make their Before the close of Mr. Buchanan’s adminis-
appearance. The fact that two have been tratiou, Mr. Johnson, like Mr. Dousrlas, op-
I P ostd ^c'.'ssioh. uot as a RepubncaD. butas a ^ ^ broku into tho ])eti ti„ ncr8 house and
“Book* some xo»d and bad
At once, good aims not always make good books,
which jf they do not proceed from some
world-renowned author, contain “many a gem
of purest ray serene,” and valuable lessons in
these dark daysfcf trial and distress. Among
those recently perused is: Bitter Sweet, a poem
by J. G. Holland, whose moral seems peculiarly
applicable to the present condition of our
country, for as we believe that the horrors of
j V-
,7' r ca hundred and filly shocks
•t^La Union, San Salvador,
bnmrv.
■th of]
'I*® b ’* r ®t. Louis for
-■-at rd) ’ to a£ su:nc command ol
Fourth. We cannot accept it with honor ™r and the Shadows of misfortune are the
. [ deepest afflictions ever yet sent upon any na-
° , S ,r C ?’ „ A.: ! tion. it is there uraven. tbonnb"" «
v«- -hall off..- . ‘ . , j basis, that there is good in all evil, and there
nous points, anil conclude the subject liy ex-: > . °
posing the iniquitous deceptions that have “ a T be* B'vcet ,n these bitter trials, unper
been resorted to by the Convention nnd its j <*tred > a tbe present, which tho future may
, . A . , . . r reveal. In llic conversation between Kutli
managers, to cheat tlie people into the fatal
, rr ' , . . ! and David, thelattcr says:
error of approving their work. ’
\ 0- M Wo mny 5U3pect the fair smooth face olVooa,
_ „ , I Hut cm'? that a-'.inils us undiseuiscil
Quo Warranto.—The Wasbiugtdn star Ht-ars evermore God’s warrant in its hands,
says: It is well understood that the course If prosperity were always our own and
which the counsel for the Government will ■ jjy e ’ s .rlittorin" sea bore never a turbid bil-
pursue in tho matter of the quo xcarrantoj “ ° . _
proceeding lo compel Mr. S nnton to show by j 11 t,mc Jleld U P to our f aze notI » n £ but
what authority he holds the War office, will calm skies and balmy sunshine, would we be
be to appear in open court early this week,: as capable of npprcciatiug them as we arc
and ask leave to file any information in the f y , •yyould not
nature of a quo xcarranto. If tbe court grants j
permission to file, the usual summons will be ! 'SSStifiSufiS’SSS&fr
* •*<*"“* i «».«*•««
Tin■ nature of the writ is such as not to rc-! as every one should at this crisis of our Ins-
quire his immediate appearance, and he may ! torv, and perhaps the bright stars which the
not come into court tor thirty days. When : n j£i,t 0 f suffering has brought forth may
his appearance is entered the case conies up ! j never shown their dazzling lustre to the
for argument, and it is very likely that the 1 lmvc ucvcr , .
argunfents of counsel will be lengthy. It is world. It was through fiery trials that a Lee,
understood that tjie papers have been pre- a Juckson, a Johnston and a Davis were given
pared, and the questions involved being very to us, whose lofty heroism, exalted virtues
important, tho counsel aro preparing them- ] an( | natura i neatness areas far above the
selves, so that if the writ P r ° a, P l ^ ] grovelling herd who now hold sway over this
at once ^ I land of ‘dvenrity as the sun in the heavens is
... above a black- pebble that is trodden over
E3?" R< v. Dr. Paddock, of Detroit, has dc- unt j 0 ticcd in thu great march oflife.
dined tbe missionary bishopric of Oregon , , , . .. ..
and Washington Territories. j U " ils . tl 0 ^nesa that brought fortli the
j genius of rather Ryan, whose sweet song.-
from the fact that heavy rapping was heard Democrat. At the extra session, in theSurn-
onc night on cither side of the house (front I mernf 1801, it was Mr. Johnson that intro-
and rear) at the same. Glass has been duecd in the Senate and pressed to a vote,
knocked out and rocks thrown into the the celebrated resolution declaring that the
house, and the family annoyed in various war was not waged for any purpose of con
ways almost nightly for some time past. quest or subjugation, Tiut that when resisfc-
A few nights since a man made his appear- unco ceased, the rights ot tho States would
mice; the guard inside had a full view ol him. I remain unimpaired. At the same session he
They determined, instead qj firing upon him, I took the lead in giving seats to the new Vir-
to open the door suddenly, and try, if po-si- ginia Senators who had been elected after
Lie, to seize him. They therefore threw I the secession of the State; thus evincing his
open the door, and sprang toward him. As opinion that a State did not lose its right of
quick as thought he gave a dodge, was I representation by engaging in the rebellion,
around the corner, and mit of sight. They Indeed, to have held any other opinion would
might as well try to catch a deer. have been a renunciation of his own right to
This is one of the strangest affairs on record, represent Tennessee when she was in armed
The house has been guarded fora year. On*e rebellion.
or two men duriDg this time have been seen ...
or heard in and about the house hundreds of fc37~ Tho young King Louis I, of Bavaria,
times annoying the family. They have been j has just died.
Washington, March 2.—In the Supreme
Court of the United Statts to-day the
McCardle test case, involving the constitu
tionality of the Reconstiuction acts, was'ar-
gued on jts merits. Mr. Jeremiah S. Black
commenced the argument in behalf of the
petitioner, whu had been charged with and
arrested for an alleged violation of the Re
construction acts, thus causing a disturbance
of the pubiic peace, disorder and violence,
and ot being guilty of libel in tbe publica
tion of certain articles in the Vicksburg
Times, calculated and iutcusled to impede
the Reconstruction ot the Southern States —
The case came up.cz parte from the circuit
court for the southern district of Mississippi.
Mr. Black said that McCardle had been de
nounced by certain public men for language
which ho admitted was coarse, but not more
so than public writers were in tbe habit of
using. The presumption was that he was
innocent of crime. Nevertheless Gen. Ord
caused him to be arrested without warrant
and imprisoned; after having been held in
custody he was sent before a board of officers,
where he was tried, but it was no more trial
than a stage play. Compared with tho
events intended to be represented it might
be called a farce but for the fact that tbe cud
might be to the petitioner a catastrophe—a
sad calamity. ' His whole offence cousistcd in
publishing certain articles in his newspaper.
But it was curious to observe in how many
aspects this was regarded. Iu the first place
they say i*. was a libel. It certainly was no
inflammatory libel-ngainst the laws of Mis
sissippi, for the military officers were not en
gaged in vindicating the dignity of- that
State. They wero there, to execute the laws
of the United States. They denied the very
cxisteuce of a State government in Missis
sippi, and the validity of all State laws.
It was alleged that tho petitioner by his
publications committed a breach of the peace.
There was certainly nobody, excepting those
who had been trained in tlie bureau of mill
tary justice, who would say that lie was
guilty of a breach of the peace. Such pro
ceedings might sometimes tend to provoke a
breach of the peace, and they did so on this cur,,,
Gen. Ord committed a lawless act
authority. In England, where the monarch-
is the depository of sovereign power, ind oil
are subject nnd swear personal allegiance, the
theory is that tin: King, can do uo wrong yet
it he ever cross the line of prerogative the
courts say his ncta are void. He alluded to
the act of Louis Philippe making the power
to suppress rebellion an excuse to send Geof
frey before a military commission, and the
declaration of the court that flic order was
void.
He then analyzed the organization and
limitation of the three departments of our
Government, showing that if a State under
take to do what the General Government
alone can perform, the law is void, and when
the General Government undertakes to con
trol matters within the legitimate functions'
of the State, the law 5s, in like manner, void.
He maintained that if one department of this
Government transgress the boundary of'
power, it is surely the duty of the others to
resist it, in so far ns not to lend its aid and
assistance in carrying out the act,Jbecause if
they do so they become participants in the
crime of usurpation. The way to decide the
constitutionality of this act of Congress'fa
question wps lo compare it with the Consti
tution itself, and if found inconsistent, the
matter of fact is that one goes to the ground
and the Constitution becomes stronger for the
attack made on it.
Nobody ever pretended not to understand
the general scope and genius of the Constitu
tion. for it glittrers all over with the light
of liberty. We understand that this act of
Congress is a gross violation of the Consti
tution. It is not only an exercise of un-
granted power, but a seizure of power re
served to the people themselves, and expressly
forbidden, and after taking it in keeping it
wields the power to take away the very rights
which the Constitution was framed on pur
pose to defend.
Tbe acts of Congress totally overthrows
the governments in ten Southern States. In
the Northern States no military 'force is
allowed to he at the polls. In the South the
military officers drive up men to the polls,
aiid drive others away. They 1 superintend
the stuffing of ballot boxes, and if the result
does not suit their purpose they throw them
aside. Here we have a free press. It claims
as large a charter as the wind, to blow on
whom it pleases. There, if the editor ot a
newspaper attempts to express an opinion, he
does it at the peril of being dragged before
a military tribunal.
Mr. B.ack said Congress lias no right to
punish a single individual for tlie most
atrocious crime, even on confession of guilt,
because this would lie a usurpation of power.
Much less have they the right to try nine
millions at once on a bill of jiainsand penal
ties and convict tbem behind tlieir backs
without notice and hearing. But whether
this law is constitutional or uot, whether it is
outside of the Constitution or not, is n thing-
fixed and determined in the case of Mulligan.
Mr. Black suspended his remarks, owing
to indisposition, aad will conclude them to
morrow.
shot atre; eatedly. Indeed, one of them has and was consequently in his twenty-third
as much daring as it is possible for any liu- year. His brother, Prince Otho, who will be
man lielnc io Tho escapes irom I twenty years ol age on the ~*tti of April
death lie has made, aud is still making, are (next, succeeds to the throne,
mysterious and almost miraculous.
Another mystery is, AVIiat can bo the ob
ject of these visits ? Why should a man,
night after night, the coldest weather imagi
nable for this climate, expose himself, some
times to the pelting storm—sometimes ii
snow six inches deep ? Can it be_ gratifyin;
to him to alarm the ladies by rapping, throw
A colored man named “Caesar;" who
recently died at the almshouse in Waterbury,
ing lights, knocking out glass, ‘and'walking I |s said to have been the last relic of slavery
over the house occasionally ? He must be a fa the State of Connecticut.
-lcspicably mean creature to triahttus to fa- ^- Me an(] broder naunse and two ud
terrupt innocent (sickly) and unoffending fe- 4* togs ycnt hunting yon day nextweek .
m * e ‘ , | wc trivc nine woodchuck into von stone heap,
Mr. Moon has been absent more than a and we j en ob do n ; ne f ore 0 ne got in
month, and it 6ceras “the ghost takes more
pains since he left to annoy the family than Edwin Forrest has sued the Memphis
when he was at home. We would infer from and Louisville railroad for $2,000, on account
this that it is not Mr. Moon against whom lie 0 f t) )c 0 f his trunks with all bis wardrobe,
has particular spite. We have conversed with which prevented his fulfilling his engagement
no one that seems to have any fixed opinion Louis,
on the subject.
Plunder cannot be liis object; it cannot I Some time ago, an old citizen of Terry
be murder. If lie wishes to alarm Mr. Moon s | couDty sent one hundred dollars to the
Tl
rcvi-r.-L'il 1
moving tli
Company.
•rood, and the Trust
tsr A negro man w
nt-;ir Montgomery, out
cause he had made >01
t) the league.
1 ~ . - - - ' 'were cast. The remaining counties will
swell the aggregate to more than fifty-six
, , 1 r , - , , ,,, 1 thousand. The convention is undoubtedly
Baltimore Court of Appeals has have won for him not only a deathless name, • carried
di cision of Judge Alexander rc- ! j )Ut th c love and admiration of all who rev- I — »►
1 rustegs of the National Express ( . rcU(x . t i iu true and the good. What can he
1 be assignment is ( lec. e to e exquisitely touching in pathos and
beaut v than “The Prayer of the South ?” Of
tlie “Conquered Banner” it is needless to
speak, for it lives like that drooping memor
ial, tenderly folded away in the depths of the j Institute.
family sufficiently to induce Mr. M. to sell Marion Commonwealth as an evidence of his
liis farm, ho must be deficient in common appreciation of its services in behalf of the
sense if he expects to accomplish his object white race. Very few of our people are in a
by playing “ghost.’’ e doubt it any one j condition to be so liberal and just: but
save the mysterious fellow himself can ac- another citizen of the same county lins ap-
count for such strange proceedings. [ propriated twenty dollars in the same way.
These are little things; but they speak well
Returns have been received from all I Loth for the people of Perry and for Messrs,
the counties in Texas excepting twelve. Fif- ( Ueidt & Cook.—Ala. Paper.
tv five thousand and three hundred votes
directed that l^c be carried to prison
The publications, it was sai'J. w<
tended to intimidate voters. Tne State
election was going on, which was superin
tended entirely by the army, which, by mein
of bayonets, drove one set of voters to the
polls and another away from them. The
whole thing was accomplished liy naked ter
rorism, aud when an unarmed and peaceable
man expressed liis opposition to such pro
ceedinga through liis own newspaper, lie was
told that be should uot do so, and was or
dered into custody. Which of the two par
ties was guilty of intimidation—the accused
or the accusers ?
It was said that McCardle hindered recon
struction. Congress desired that a certain
Constitution or form of government should
He was'born August 23,1813, j be adopted aud submitted to the people for
■ ■ * ■ * their decision, and it was submitted to a por
tion only of th e people of Mississippi. The not
of Congress made a show for the expression
of approbation or disapprobation. Mr. Mc
Cardle was not among those who were in
favor of that Constitution, and this was said
to be hindering reconstruction, the commiss
ion of a crime which there was a right to
publish.
No judge who had a comprehension of his
duty would ask a man to plead to a tissue of
absurdities like that. Yet, if the trial of
McCardle had gone on before a military
board he would not have hail the slightes
chance of escape, but would have becu con
ricted. 3Iilitary commissions never disap
point tlie expectations of those who order
them. If he had been convicteil nobody
could anticipate or conjecture what punisii
meut would have been inflicted. If they
could convict him without proof they could
punish him without measure. They had
just as good a right to sentence him to the
gallows as to fine him.
If General Ord had desired the blood of
this man, and to take his life to settle tbe
question between them, he had several means
in his power to accomplish such purpose
He could have gone to liis cell and strangled
him with his own bauds, or sent half a dozen
men to shoot him, or procured tWe sentence
of a military commission to hang him. All
Northern Opposition to Foreign Iminlgva-
tiontoibe South,
£E§r‘Some dnys since, a special train passed
down tbe Mobile ami Ohio Railroad with a
party of English capitalists on board, bound
on nil inspection tour of the Southern States.
these things would unquestionably be con
sistent. Daniel YVebs ter said, years ago, that
e reinstated.
killed by another,
light Inst week, be-
remark derogatory
*3¥~ Capt. M. F. Maury, the distinguished
astronomer and mathematician, formerly of I live thousand dollars which lie had stolen,"if
the United States Navy, and subsequently in the bank officers would execute a bond of
the Confederate service, will return from his protection from arrest, molestation or offence
long exile during the approaching summer, I hereafter. The directors took counsel to-
to accept a position fa the Virginia Military j getlier, nnd decided to accept the proposi
tion.
military commissions were always organized
to convict.
McCardle claimed that he was entitled to a
trial by jury. The military commission had
A Queer Transaction.—A Boston cor- given no reason for refusing it. The appli-
respondent of tbe Plymouth Rock states that cation had been treated with contempt, lie
the absconding teller of theShawmut Bauk, (Mr. Black) submitted to the Court if a tri-
of Boston, after reaching a locality where he i bunal ot this sort would refuse, either on ac-
wa’s safe from arrest, wrote back that he | count ot ignorance or indisposition, to de-
would relinquish twenty-five of the seventy- j cide a question of this kind on this fuuela-
Tiie South Georgia Times, whose editor
has just returned from a prospecting lour in- -
Great Britain after immigrants, says :
From the fact there has been a partial fail
ure on the part ot General Wagoner, agent of
the Bureau of Immigration for the State of -
Fouth Carolina, to^ecure immigrants to that
State from Germany, ^jiere seems to have
arisen an impression that emigrants in Eu
rope, generally, were much disinclined to (
come South. In Germany strong efforts have '
been made by interested parties to cry down/
the South and abuse the minds of intending
emigrants. This was for tbe purpose of se-
_ the emigrant to settle- upon the lands
of the West, taken up by capitalists and held
for sale (in speculation.
Articles, numerous, and discouraging to
emigration Southw ard, were very common in
the prt« i.f the country. This we learned
both before leaving and"after our arrival in
Europe. We were promised a translation ot
some 01 these papers, by a gentleman compe
tent for tlie task, before leaving, so as to pre
pare fo meet these misstatements and misrep
resentations of our pcopW and country. But
the same difficulty did not'obtrude itself in
our way ffi Scotland. Comparatively few
Scotchmen of the laboring classes have of
late years emigrated to the United States.
They are encouraged at home to emigrate to
British Colonies, and strenuous efforts have
been made tn i "luce them to go to Austra
lia, India aud otricr p. -sessions of Great
Britain by offers of assisted passages and
other inducements.
It is quite a mistake to suppose that a
Scotch laborer, who is too poor to help him
self, is reluctant to c: t his fortune in the
Southern Sl-.w-s. if proper aid is tendered
and inducements held out to him. There
were well nigh one thousand adult appli
cations made, cither personally or by letter,
at two agencies established in Scotland, a-
very large portion of whom were men with
families, and this in about six or seven
weeks after their c~ ublisbment, as the books
kept by the agents will verify. There is no
reason for discouragement of effort to secure
them there; the reasons are, for the present,
want of means hero. With persevering ef
fort on the part i f tlie Southern people, there
will be the succe.-s in this movement so much
desired.
mental point, how could it decide on points
more important?
This individual, McCardle, is trying to es 1
cape as a fugitive from persecution. Uehui
fled here for safety, and he has iaid his hands
on the horns of this altar, and he asks for
Lent.—This word is of Saxon derivation,
lengten tide, signifying spring. It indicates,
in the Christian Church, the great yearly
spring fast, preparatory to the rising of Christ
from tlie grav,. It is outwardly observed by
the Episcopalians and Roman Catholics, who
find their reasons for so doing in the example
and command of Chi ist. who fasted forty days,
the practice of the apostles, and the precepts
of the Churches. The duties of Lent are a
watchful and guarded every day life; increased
devotion to religious duties: daily self exami
nation; abstinence from parties and amuse
ments; self-denial in appetite, or lkstiDg; fre
quent arid punctual attendence at Church and
the setting apart oi liberal alms. Ash-
Wednesday is the beginning of Lent, and fell
this year on the 26th cf February. Its place
is found by reckoning backward forty daj-3
from Easter, excluding Sundays, which are
always fea.-: (lays, and itofius no part of the
Great Fast. Faster always falls oil the first Sun
day after the first. ;au moon which occurs
after the vernal equinox, coinciding with tlie
Passover Feast. Ash Wednesday is consider
ed the most solemn observance of tlie Christ
ian year, excepting (».<■. b Fridav and Passion
Week.
22?" The first Btone of the western abut
ment pier of the great Mississippi bridge was
laid on Wednesday.