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MACON, GA., FEIDAY, APRIL 24, 1868.
{TOL III.—NO. 28
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Ivitt Somebody Make a Case?—The
t - --Gibus Committee, who recently visited
jfjjde In order to expose the registry
l -jj in thftt city, report him ns follows;
tjid further, bring mo any instance of
I man intimidating a voter by threats of
I : i:i haw him arrested ami
I 'isbed if he is tho most extreme men in
iCState, of either side of politics, it will
lyke no difference about that; hot I cannot |
|k on general information; bring me a par-
icnlar case and I will deal with it
Irromptlj.” ...
I H cr e i» a chance for bringing the - Mgro-
vhippers and negro-hangers ‘'to taw.” We
Lnimend it to those who heard .Ml. Long
lirraten the cowhide and the gallows—“Big
• in Houston, a perpetual immersion in
Indian creek—Edwards, who would
ikn<'lea!l Democratic negroes without ben-
0 f clergy—the illustrious Maul), whode-
iml for the handsaw, argument, nnd others
| ( t <ucb modern patriots. Will nobody give
itm a showing?
•jr The Protestant Episcopal Convention,
t the Diocese of Georgia, will assemble in
:bri;t Church, Savannah, on the first Mon-
|',T ia May. proximo.
iIiard Against Fkauds.—We cheerfully
dorse the following suggestion of the At
j;:» Intelligcrcer: “Since it is demonstrate
tlbrjond disputation that fraud of a most
'itn and damnable character may be cx-
;s!(d»ttbe hands of Boards of Registra-
rtrorghout the State daring tbo sp
urting election, it is of vital importance
;.i: the true men of the country should rc-
i:.i to every legitimate means in their power
to thwart the wretches. For instance, at
mtr ballot box let there be stationed
Iti^fflcers, and let one of the challengers
liitp lit of the voters’ name, and the day
|<8 which be voted. The colored voters
sM be marked with a C after the name,
fisna easily be done, ns tlic voting will be
Rtssuily slow, the registrar having to find
nine on his list In this way may fraud
! detected, and only in this way 1 And
registrars shall make their returns—
ithoie returns prove to he inaccurate—
hpwof will be nt hand to fasten the infamy
hi them.”
[Aoe the Tclegr
Save the Country!
iph.
I address myself to those young men of Geor
gia whose gallantry shone upon many a bloody
battle plniD, tu those noble sons of our good
old Commonwealth who went through “great
tribulation for Georgia's sake, who fought
and bled that Georgia might be free,” whose
sufferings nnd privations have illumined
many a page in the war history of our State,
the memory of which is still fresh and green
in the hearts of their countrymen—upon these
I call. Your native land is invaded by a new
foe, nnd a new call is made upon your patri
otism. It is to prevent the culmination -of
those principles against which you so gal
lantly fought and so deeply suffered. We
arc upon tho verge of anarchy, misrule and
negro government. The tide of Radicalism
is sweeping over the country, bringing in its
train fire, robbery, rapine, and murder.
Tho Democracy or Conservatives of the
North arc gallantly breasting the storm,
working with an energy and vigor unprece
dented in the annals of American political
history. They bavo in many places gained
unhoped-for victories. In nine States have
they hurled back the tide which bore upon
its wave negro suffrage and negro equality.
Their eyes are fixed anxiously upon us, hop
ing that in the coming election we will give
them renewed strength to win the victozy.
Arc you all at yonr posts, my countrymen ?
Are onr watch-towers still guarded ? Do
your bosoms still glow with ardor and de
termination to preserve intact the honor of
our native State; or have some of you fallen
by the wayside ? Alas 1 I fear that some of
you, with the temptations of pecuniary emol
ument, mislead by a mistaken policy, or by a
desire of office, unable to resist the bribes so
freely offered by the emissaries of Radicalism,
have made a sacrifice of principle upon the
altar of Mammon, and arc now quietly sink
ing into the outstretched arms of a party,
whoso platform is negro equality, both social
and political, and whose rule would be a
death blow to our industrial pursuits, to our
credit as a State, and bring almost universal
ruin upon ourselves. Their rule would up-
The Arrival of Sergeant Bates at Washing
ton, etc.
[ The following lines will he appreciated by all who.
have experienced in life’s sorrows, the deathless love,
j and sympathy, of a Mother’s heart. In Ecasons of
Washington, April 14.—Sergeant Bates, I darkness, and trial, when pcrchawfo, the brightness
with tho United States flag, arrived here this : of tho future - scems vciled forcv , cr ' ** shadow3 of
forenoon, and was met at the Long Bridge : f ho tho heart seems bowed downbeneath
° its weight of care, then, her s is the sweet, IoviDg
| lu xstcction.—When a man has lost his
tlf-nspcct and determined to go over
enemy, says the Southern Watchman,
ffcllt himself a “Reconstructionist”—not’
Billing to acknowledge to his wife
- children, or to his own soul, that he is a
h&tll
■ReeonstructionisU,” fiddlesticks 1 Why,
; *H reconstructionists! We know
i9 dm in the State who is not in favor of
wiuction under the Constitution—all
■ wxious to get the Union restored under
I Constitution, but not “outside of it!”—
j* 1 miserable dodge on the part of those
tave determined to join tho Radicals to
1 ’licmseivcs “rcconstructionists.”
I Few Words to a Father.—Take your
F, a companion whenever you conve
y can; it will relieve the already over-
oned anxious mother of such. care. It
gratify the boy; it will please the motb-
I r ought to be a pleasure to
Li ' , t .f* 0, / 1 e r ’seyc would not brighten
p her child m fondly cared for? And
"" eye kindles, his heart beats and his
■* prattles faster and faster with the idea
King wnh father,” does she not share
boy s happiness, and is not her love
, b J uer husbands consideration, so
«jet too often so extraordinary ? It
i ^ , an .^ y°u out of places, society
[ captation into which separately you
LV ' a,tr ' ft' W H1 establish confidence,
«tecm and love hetween you. It
' roc yoq abundant nnd very favorable
"pities to impart instructions, to infus-:
-'pirate noble principles, nnd to devel-
Mstrengthen a true manhood. It will
' •urn to “gee the world,” and to enjoy
r® liberty which may prevent that fu-
wtaiiousness which often results from
' :ta *reedom from long restraint.
root our whole social system by elevating a
degraded class to an equality, which their
physical organization and moral debasement
prove they were never intended for by nature,
Or at least until enlightened by time and ed
ucation.
To you, young men of Georgia, whose
names now float at tho masthead of Radical
newspapers as candidates for office, who have
by a committee of citizens, and wa3 escorted
by a large crowd. to the Executive Mansion.
There he was met at the portico by President
Johnson, who invited him into the east room.
There he gave him a hearty welcome. No
speech-making was indulged in, the occasion
being devoid of formality. After a few
moments conversation, the Sergeant, accom
panied by a large concourse, left in line of
march down Pernia Avenue. Sergeant Bates
proceeded to tho Metropolitan Hotel, and
having ascended to the parlors, "the Hon
Clias. E. Eldrldgc delivered the folio win
address:
Fellow-Citizens:—It is owing to the fact
that I am a citizen of Wisconsin that I
have been invited to appear here on this
occasion, and for a few brief moments pre
sent to you, the guest of Washington, the
youthful son of the State of Wisconsin,
Sergeant Bates. He, finding a popular error
existing in the State of Wisconsin, like
that in every Northern State, to-wit: that
tho people of the Southern States, whom
onr conquering arms subdued, were hostile
to the flag, undertook to carry it from
Vicksburg to Washington, for the purpose
of planting it on the dome of the capitol
He has demonstrated to the people otthis
country and the world that no such hostil
ity exists; but, on the contrary, that the
people of the South submit to the flag of
the Union in good faith, and are deter
mined to maintain'their allegiance to it, and
expect us of the North to maintain ours.—
[Applause. J
I understand that Segeant Bates will now
proceed to place the flag on the dome of the
capitol. But I will no longer detain you in
this rain storm, further than to say that I can
not forget the day, just seven years ago,
when our flag was lowered in humility and
sorrow lrom the battlements oi Fort Sumter,
and rejoice that it arises in triumph aud
glory.
The permission of Mr. Milcher, Superin
tendent of Public Buildings, to place the
flag on the dome, was sent to Mr. Brown by
a policeman, and Mr. Brown indorsed it,
giving the required permission. The paper
was then handed to the policeman in charge
of the door, who would not let Mr. Bates
pass into the capital without tho further in
dorsement of the Sergeant-at-Arms Ordinary,
of the House of Representatives. Tired of
delay, Mr. Bates, with his friends, left the
capitol to plant the flag on the Washington
Monument.
Remember the importance of one
vote I It may save your race from degrada
tions, it may save onr State from.bankruptcy
and ruin!
. .^rrunjL 8imilb.—The pious Jona-
[• “'nrds describes a Christian as being
•3m a little flower ns we see in the
s of the year, low and bumble on the
d opening its bosom to receive the
,|; *iiis of the sun’s glory; rejoicing,
in a calm rapture; diffusing
. >SBeet fragrance; standingpcaceful-
the midst of other flowers.”
L-ii may think nothing of the little
may not even notice it—but,
ISf* WS ’ will be diffusing around a
I ‘f’grauce upon all who dwell within
* J sphere.
Great Radical Rally!—The Atlanta
Intelligencer says:
.... i Day-before yesterday was to have been
affiliated with that party either openly or quite a noted day at Buckhead. The Radi-
impliedly, who are their recognized norai- cals of this city, thinking that the unsophis-
nees—whose names are (in many cases) even I Seated citizcnsof the country could be easily
»»«*»« «.d h~t of 0„ .s. B ,„ y in
being called Georgians—let mg beseech you be heard on the 14th inst. The eloquent
to pause and reflect upon the position you I speakers were James L. Dunning, Wm.
now occupy ere you are hurled headlong into Markham and a big fat man, who was
n.o .I,... u.rUo.i I ashamed to tell his name. They were at
^ hand to a moment, and remained until they
Remember, by even allowing your names to I got thoroughly tired out ami not a'whito man
bo placed upon their ticket, it is in effect came to hear them. So they concluded they
throwing vour whole influence in their favor, would go to Cobb county, where we presume
Hug not the delusive thought to your breast, thc * met with the same success.
that the Radicals arc sure to obtain the I Bradley, the notorious, has been
ascendancy in Georgia, and stifle not the stricken from the Registry at Savannah on the
stiDgs of your conscience with the thought I ground that he has been convicted of felony,
that some Radical would obtain tho office if I therefore clearly disfranchised by the
you did not. Reconstruction Acts.
It aDgcrs you now to be told that you arc I Female Gamblers.—The Washington
a Radical, and you may claim to have no I Chronicle of Sunday last is responsible for
affiliation for them in your heart, when, ^jj 0 following announcement regarding one of
should that party triumph in the end and J ^b e features of Washington society:
obtain complete mastery over the State of I may appear to be a slightly sensational
Georgia, and our gloomy forebodings of an- I statement, but it is none the less true, that
archy and confusion become verified, it would I there are two fashionable gambling bouses,
ring through our State tliftt our y ou.g tie,
have forgotten their allegiance to the cause uso 0 { ladies. One, and perhaps the best
of Right and sold us, the white men of Geor- ] furnished nnd most largely frequented, is sit—
«ia bound hand and foot, to an unscrupulous, uated on Fourteenth street, while the other is
mercenary piir'y. ™*•f iVSbi"‘phS£’
of our Conservative friends Isnrtli when ihe m(l y be found richly dressed ladies, con-
faefs are promulgated, that tbo young men of nectcd with families whose standing is high
Georgia, tbosd“to the manner born," have dc. in the community, earnestly engaged in faro,
sorted the old ship of State in her hour of staking their money with an abandon
. , , ,* . . .. - . that would excite surprise. The sterner sex
adversity, and left those of the crew of their - g rjgjjjy excluded, and theplayers feel them-
own race to struggle for awhile with the selves secure from the intrusion of watchful
winds and waves, and at last to be dashed, fathers or angrv husbands, while they nt tho
wrecked and ruined upon the strand! same time place firm reliance on the silence
_ „ . 1 T of their fair companions, who, we will say,
Reflect, then, young men, I entreat ) , are q D j te se i e ct and respectable, as the judg-
withdrnw from the snares of Radicalism.— I raen t 0 f the crafty proprietresses enables
Throw your influence in favor of Conserva- them to perceive that the indiscriminate ad-
tism, and the sombre clouds which now I mission -of visitors would be injurious to
voice, which speaks of peace, and consolation—hcr’s,
tho gentle, sympathising bosom, on vhich wo may
lean our weary head, and weep those tears of suffer
ing, which, in all their bitterness, hare in them a
strango swoetness, a healing halm, because wept on a
Mother’s fond and faithful breast.
[lor the Telegraph.
TEARS.
AFFECTIONATELY 1XSCBIBF.D TO MY MOTHEB.
Dear Mother, let me weep! eijeeVi ' :t the tears that
flow!—
Tho storm upon the summer sea is coming, and, tho'
slow,
Tis pitiless,•’tis mercilcrs, ’tis mighty in i:s wraths—
Grief, like that darkly gathering storm, is falling o’er
my path. •„
And yet tho storm is brief 1 The trembling waves aro
stilled!
With joy tho thankful hearts of yon ressels crow
aro filled;
Tho moonlight sleeps upon the shore, and watching
eyes' now seo
“Heaven’s stainless watchers’’ gild tie sky, and
smile on them in glee.
Then, Mother, let mo weep! this is no “wasted
shower.”
Tears purify tho heart; and, oft, in suffering’s
hour.
They turn to patient smiles, and sweeten daily care: . W
Tears do not always. Mother, como from depths of I men occupied ; and if their s was a crime it
dark despair. does not become us to call it so, and know
ingly or willingly permit ourselves to be
Dear Mother, let me wosp 11 yield to mem’n’s power : I made the instruments of their punishment
She gently leads mo back to girlhood’s happy hour, I Citizens, With these opinions, take care
To star-lit scenes I loved—Ah I golden dreams of I bow you vote. The fourteenth article of the
joy!— proposed amendment to the Constitution of
When life was one long summer’s day, untarnished 1 I — ‘ * ' “ '
Address of the Florida Democratic Execu
tive Committee.
On the 20th day of January, 1808, there
was assembled in the Capitol at Tallahassee
a number of persons calling themselves Del
egates of the People of Florida, and on the
25th of February, us the result of their labors,
they signed a Constitution, so-called, which
is to be submitted to tho registered voters for
ratification on the first Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of May, 1808.
However objectionable the manner in
which the Convention which framed this in
strument was gotten up, the true people of
Florida were powerless to prevent it. An
omnipotent Congress dictates, ignorant and
servile tools execute, and tho military power
of the country enforces its mandates. Ex
postulation and argument have been used in
vain, and a poor, weak, defenceless people,
with little left them except a sense of self-
respect and tho spirit of liberty not yet dead,
not yet quite dead, are insulted with the priv
ilege given some of them of branding as felons
their best citizens, their truest friends.
Those brave soldiers who participated in
the great tragic drama of the war, and those
citizens in the peaceful walks of life, who in
any shape or form gave aid or comfort to the
cause, well understood the questions at issue.
They are as honest, as sincere, as conscien
tious in the parts they acted and in the du
ties they performed as were President Davis
or General Lee, and they will say the only
difference between us was the more import
ant and conspicuous positions those great
with alloy.
Dear Mother, let mo weep! Tboa wilt not scorn my
tears.
tho United States is a part and parcel of the
proposed Constitution of the State of Florida.
If you vote for the ratification of the Consti
tution, you vote for the fourteenth article,
Through night and storm and darkness thou calmest I Yrhich includes in its provisions of disfran
chisement Southern men of every grade, from
the most distinguished public characters
down to Justices of the Peace. The ten ex
cluded Southern States have already once re
fused to adopt so degrading an alternative
a condition precedent to admission into the
Union and representation in Congress. Two
of the Northern States that ratified the four
teentli article have, as far as possible, re
traced their step3. And now that the more
magnanimous of the Northern people are re
lenting, what is there to commend it to you ?
We know you too well not to know you will
indignantly and loathingly spurn this and
every attempt to degrade and disgrace you
by requiring at your bands the infamous
work of attaching a badge of inferiority to
those who in the past have been your best
friends and have never been guilty of an act
to forfeit your regard. This feature alone is
an insuperable objection to tbo ratification of
the proposed Constitution. But there are
other serious objections to be considered.
Section 17 of the Declaration of Rights is
in the following language: “No bill of at
tainder or ex post facto law, or law impairing
the obligation of contracts, shall ever be
passed.”
The Declaration of Rights-comes first in
order of arrangement of subjects embraced in
the proposed Constitution. It is the great
As against my lovely window-sill, I lean my weary Magna Cbarta of reserved rights and the em-
And think-upon “tho land we love.” our sorrow, woe, bodiment of the fundamental axioms of polit-
nnd pa/n: ic.nl morals; it is an acknowledgment of
Our shattered hopes! Our namelcs3 graves 1 Our those inalienable rights which lie at the
noble, gallant dead! I - , . _
It seems that ev*ry passion of my soul, savo love, were I foundation of republican governments, and
slain. I carries with it an idea of sanctity only second
, . . , to the teachings of divine revelation. It is
Thoughour^ graves ^without a monument’ robuko the creed> tbe confession of faith, ottho del-
Though'they tell us God is merciful, and carp no true egates in Convention preliminary to framing
Yet I Ion?fe clasp tho loving hands so tom from ns tbe s . u P rel ? c laW ‘ } { 1*W there is any
by fate, provision in conflict with the Declaration of
My soui^is tilled with bitterness, my eyes are filled | Rights, the people should refuse to give it
the authority of their sovereign will. The
Oh Father I teach submission to ourrcstles3 throbbing i delegates have violated a fundamental axiom,
heart; . and we arraign them before the tribunal of the
irip 8 o P ffthbr d ob?“F5?be?icf^"bldom^iefdepart! people whose creatures they are and whose
all my fears;
Thy sympathy’s tho purest bud among tho stinted |
flowers
That shed their fragrance o’er my path and sweeten
weary hours.
Now Mother, lot mo smile! Though joys aredoomed j
to death.
And Time has blighted hopes with cold and with’ring |
breath,
Tis sweet to feel thee near.—Oh Mother, lovo thy |
child;
Teach meekness to this wayward heart, and calm its ]
throbbings wild.
Macon, March, 25, 1868. Efpie K C.
Wbpresent our readers with another fino poem from
the pen of E. B. C. We find it in Father Ryan’s pa
per, tho "Banner of the Southand a3 tho writer is
contributor to that paper by special request. It
evinces the editor’s appreciation of Macon poetic
genius. The lines are peculiarly appropriate' at this
time, and will striko a responsive chord In every [
bosom.
OUR DEAR.
Tho sun is sinking! sinking low, adown tho crimson
west.
The breeze is softly whisp’ring that! tho beauteous
night is near;
And nature’s heart is trembling, as her pure young
feet aro pres’t
’Gainst the meadsw-sweets and violets that hide their
heads in fear.
! As the duties of the Lieutenant-Governor
are Ught, and his expenses not necessarily
greater than those of a member of the Legis
lature, of which he is really a component
part, Ills pay_ should be the same, except
when he is acting as Governor, and then his
pay for the time being should be the same as
if he had been elected to that office. The
extreme limit of a regular session of the Le u
islature cannot, by tho terms of the Constitu
tion, extend beyond sixty days, and ordina
rily a session of the legislature, if the mem
bers are diligent in the performance of their
duties, will not be more than thirty or forty
days. §300 would be §6 a day for sixty days,
§9 a day tor forty days, or §12 a day for thir
ty days, not including mileage, which has
not been taken into calculation.
Allow the Comptroller and Treasurer each,
§2000, and the Secretary of State Attorney
General and Surveyor General each, §1500,
and you have an aggragate of salaries
amounting to $70,5S0, a sum less by §36,450
than the amount stipulated.to be paid In the
proposed Constitution. Pay for three of the
so-called Cabinet, we have not taken into ac
count, as we have done very well without
them in the past and have no use for them
now. Is not §30,450 per annum worth sav
ing ? The only way to do it is to vote
against and defeat the ratification of the
Constitution.
Much more might be written,^but enough
has been shown and demonstrated to prove
that the proposed Constitution for the State
of Florida is a Constitution not fit to be rati
fied.
F. R. Cotten, Chairman.
J. B.Oliter,
E. M. L’Engle,
C. E. Dyke,
J. J. Williams,
D. L. Kenan,
R. H. JL Davidson,
W. W. Van Ness,
Executive Committee.
English Liberals on American Radicalism.
strip o
Still love i.ur piHir, uur blightc-J land, and place us
'niuifg the blest.
authority they invoke. Before the grand in
quest of the people we arraign them for vio-
_ | ., ,. LT> . y . .. , lations of the 17th section of the Bill of
£if 0 ?o«? \Vay!° Ur '° W 8 ““ I ™g bts - ^ inconsiderate mortals!
Thou bidd’st IIagnr' ,, havo no fear,” for Thou had’st I did they expect such a flagrant act ofincon-
heard her prayer.
Wo aro wanderers in a wilderness, yet waiting to obey
Tby slightest word, for. Lord, wo know how sweet tbj-
tcachings are. EppIK B. C
Macon, March 26,1868.
SLEEPING IN CBURCU.
sistency and turpitude would escape observa
tion, criticism and denunciation.
The Text reads, “No law impairing the
obligation of contracts shall ever be passed.”
The Legislature shall not do it—no, not even
the Convention itself can do it. A most vir-
Thcy would scarcely believo him when he told them I tUOUS resolve. But alas ! the ink was hard—
that, when in Thurso somo timo ago, ho on one ocea- ly firy which penned the prohibition, when
Sion saw six hundred people hImp It> <*uich. these Conscript Fathers, Saturn like, began
to devour their own oflspring and do the very
k, °““8 man! A mis-step n;ay des-
“ n ® sin may ruin your chnrncter,
. you should he while in the fresh-
-..• J , a . r . d *y8, lest a blight fall on you
i 1 ' lD ritcd to places of resort, where
'*»r 1 1° decide, take the safe course,
blof * n< s - avc y° ur reputation. This is
to j # ! Dfls timablo value, too precious to
k - Jeopardy. No man ever regrets
I */away from temptation, and to
W I' e ’ “ e expresses joy that he was
. c Path of shame, by giving a
k^'RatiTe, when the hand of pleasure
list l on ’ Be decided and you arc
r 5 * i S 0 ' 1 y° u orc I° st - Watch with
nd B u ®rd every avenuo through
® u ii rcacb y° u - n0 other way
m able to overcome the evils of the
week seven or eight liun-
|;'i ( r . 8p - d salesmen have been dis-
d, y goods houses in New
darken our political horizon will be swept
away. Pence nnd harmony will again pre
vail ; nnd though you now may lose the office
you seek, yet you will have the happy con
sciousness of having nobly performed your
duty, and your countrymen will not be ch.-irry
to reward him who acknowledges his wrong
and atones for it by doing that which is
right. J. M. F.
■
Do TnEY Know What They are at ?
The poor negroes, under somebody clse’s
tbeir interests.
A Small Man.—President Johnson is re
ported to have said of Grant: “He is a small
man any way you take him.” Grant gave con
clusive proof of tho correctness of this opin
ion in his refusal to occupy the stand with
the President on the erection of the Lincoln
Statue. There arc none we hate so cordial
ly as those we attempt tc wrong.
A Good Hit.—The following resolution
was introduced iu tho Virginia Negro-Radi-
dircction, no doubt, nro distributing nround cn j Convention, by Mr. Eustace Gibson, a
town a hand-bill maintaining that Gordon Conservative, but laid on tbe table:
is not eligible. If he is not, the negroes Whereas, The Convention was recently in-
can do no harm in vfiting for him, for ac- formed by tho present Governor of Virginia,
cording to tho theory of their hand-bill, General H. H. Welles, that all efforts to pre-
Bollock would «, .„o Oovo„„. The W.h ^‘lloT^’^.-b*- ‘SiX S
is, the Radical managers are crazy over the American sentiment, and contending against
certainty of Gordon’s election and their own the will of God, therefore, be it
never-ending disgrace, and - think they must! Resolved, That a committee be appointed
do something fora show of courage, no mat
ter how silly it is. Hence, theso ridiculous
to request his Excelled to explain the re
cent emphatic expression given by the peo-
ll0U3 pie of Michigan (his adapted State) of their
handbills, nnd wc arc not surprised that ^ ewa on this important issue, it being now
white men, ashamed to* circulate them, are stated that a majority of 30,000 votes were
putting the task upon the poor ignorant cast against negro Suffrage in that State.
“A. J,” Takes a Walk and Alarms toe
T> now opnears, from an authentic \ .Radicals.—The President on Saturday even-
i . , n i r , )reD nrin~- >ng took a walk, and passed by the Vi ar De
source, that Stanton, instead of prepnrm pa 7 tn ,cjj t . The fact, was telegraphed all over
the clause of the tenure of ofilcc l*w, which the country at once. Stanton immediately
impeacherseny protects him, opposed it and sent after another file of soldiers; John Lo-
wrote a letter to Judge Williams, of the instautly tdepraphed
„ , „ ... . s ;* i,„ in readiness; Grant took an extra drink tone
Conference Committee, requcs.ing ready for the fray; Sumner bought a railroad
stricken out, as lie did not think it right to for Boston, or a place of safety; Bing-
tietbc President's hand in the matter of ham hid; Thad. Stevens became weaker and
Cabinet officers; but it was kept in through weaker; the whole Radical paok at Wasbing-
1 1 v 1 ton-were in an intense state of alarm, and all
^-uugii our Saviour did chide his
j ** ftev had so little, yet he
that lnd any at allT
Willia'ns’ and Schcnck’s jiertinacity.
II. G.”—Somehow the impression has got
abroad tnat Greeley is “honest.” This may
be so; but wc defy the world to show us a
greater rogue and rascal than his newspaper.
because the bold “A. J.” in an afternoon stroll
walked by the War Department.
[Cleveland Plaindealer.
v^Tlie Mormons expect 10,000 emigrants
from Europe this season.
O’er their devoted head.
When the law thunder’d
Snugly and heedlessly,
Snored the six hundrd.
Great was the pro-.cher’s theme;
Screw’d on was all tho steam;
Neither with shont nor zeream
Could ho disturb the droam
Of the six hundred.
Terrors to tho right of them,
Terrors to the Iclt of them
Terrors io front of them—
Hell itself plundered
Of its most awful things.
Weak minded preacher flings
At tho dumb-founded.
Boldly he spoko and well;
All on deaf ears it fell;
Vain wns bis loudest yell
Volley’d and thunder’d
For caring—tho truth to toll—
Neither for heaven nor hell.
Snored the six hundred.
Still, with redoubled zeal.
Still ho spoko onward,
And, in a wild appeal.
Striking, with band and heel—
Making the pulpit reel.
Shaken nnd sundered—
Called them the Church’s foes.
Threatened with endless woes—
Faintly tho answer rose,
(Proofs of their sweet repose,)
From tho united nose
Of tho six hundred.
Sermons of near an hour.
Too much for human power:
Prayers, too, mado to match,
(Extemporaneous batch,)
Wofully blundered;
With a service of music
Fit to turn crery pew sick—
Should it be wondored?
Churches that will not movo
Out of tho ancient grove
Through which they havo flounder’d
If they will lag behind.
Still must expect to find
Hearers of such a kind
As tho six hundred.
A convention of Unitarian clergy and
laity in Essex county, Massachusetts, have
admitted women to the priesthood on an
equality with men. Women already act as
Universalist, Baptist and Congregational di
vines.
py A Radical editor says that the ends
he aims at arc the Union and the Constitu
tion. Yes, he takes dead aim at them and
will kill them if he can.—Prentice.
The body of Gen. John H. -Morgan,
attended by Capt. Cal. Morgan and an escort,
arrived at Washington on the 13th inst., from
Richmond, and will reach Lexington Thurs
day. A number of Kentuckians received it
at Washington.
Butler and Thomas.—Butler bates Gen
eral Thomas, says the New York Herald’s
Washington letter, because Thomas told
him to his face during the war that he was a
liar, and repeated the phrase when Butler
drew up to strike him. Batler then backed
out
thing prohibited in section 17 of the Declar
ation of Rights, as may bo seen by reference
to Article XVI. Read, citizens, as the Text,
section 17 of the Declaration of Rights and
in connection and contrast with it the com
mentaries contained in the repudiating Arti
cle IX, and the repudiating sections 25 and
20 of Article XVI, and you cannot fail to see
there is a direct encouragement to rascality
and a premium given to dishonesty. It is
charity to suppose there is a no worse motive
designed than to procure votes for the pro
posed Constitution by holding out a bribe to
one of the worst and weakest passions of
human nature. Oh, age of progress? Ob,
higher law, and higher apostles, we judge
you by your fruits. Here is a proposed fund
amental law under the new dispensation, that
comes in conflict with the commandment:
“Thou shall not steal."
If we are so unfortunate as to have such a
Constitution forced upon us, ever working
and ever praying against being thus led “into
temptation,” wc hope some legal way will be
found by which wc may escape being dishon
est contrary to our will.
We would next call your attention to sec
tion 4 of Article XVI, which is as follows
Sec. 4. The salary of the Governor of the
State shall be five thousand dollars; that of
each Chief Justice shall be four thousand
five hundred dollars; that of each Associate
Justice shall be four thousand dollars ; that
of each Judge of the Circuit Court shall be
three thousand five hundred dollars; that of
Lieutenant Governor shall be two thousand
five hundred dollars ; that of each Cabinet
Officer shall be three thousand dollars ; the
pay of the members of the Senate aud House
of Representatives shall be five hundred dol
lars per annum, and in addition thereto ten
cents per mile for each mile traveled from
their respective places of residence to the
Capital, nnd the same to return. Bat such
distances shall be estimated by the shortest
general thoroughfare. All other officers^ of
the State shall be paid by fees of per diem
fixed by law.
You will perceive the salaries specified can
not be reduced by the Legislature, but only
by an alteration of the Constitution in the
manner provided for other amendments. The
aggregate amount of theso is §107,000, not'
including the mileage of members of the
Legislature. Taking into consideration the
value of property and other resources of the
State, the salaries are entirely too high. The
amount might well be reduced §36,450 per
annum, and then the remuneration would be
sufficient to command the services of the most
competent men in the State. We arrive at
the reduction after this manner: We put
dbwn tho Governor’s salary at §4,000, three j
Justices of the Supreme Court and seven ;
Judges of tho Circuit Courts, §3,000 each*
Some of the most conspicuous of those
English Radicals, to whom the ultraists in
this country have generally looked for aid
and comfort, seem to be becoming apprehen
sive of the results of the extravagances of
their political allies in the United States upon
the progress of the Liberal party in England.
The protest of Bright against the impeach
ment of the President, the warning voice of
Mill, and last, and most significant of all, tbe
late fulmination of the literary Jupiter of
English Radicalism, Goldwin Smith, has
fallen like bombshells in the Radical camp in
this country.
Goldwin Smith, one of the most distin
guished of tho professors of Oxford Univer
sity, and an intense spmpathizer with Ameri
can radicalism—an object of well-nigh idol
atrous admiration to the most cultivated of
the Radical leaders in this country, as well as
to the rank and file of the “loyal leaguers”—
has written a letter to the London Times, in
which he speaks of those who are hard at
work impeaching the President “for differ
ing with them in opinion” as seeking “by in
flammatory speeches and measures of vio
lence to spur enthusiasm again to the revolu
tionary pitch, and by so doing they increase
and precipitate reaction.” The learned pro
fessor proceeds to say “that at present the
Anglo-Saxon and • the negro are separated
from each other by almost the whole diapason
of humanity; that social fusion is impossible,
and that without social fusion political fusion
is very difficult.”
He speaks of impeachment as “extending
only to put the feelings of the mass of this
people, weary of extreme measures and
alarmed for the Constitution, on the Presi
dent’s side.” He pronounces the whole Rad-
scal scheme of reconstruction “irrational,”
and, “most unkindest cut of all,” declares
that “the doctrine of State rights itself has
always seemed to him sound,” and that he,
the great philosopher and idol of American
radicalism, had “always held that|federation,
not centrali7.ed nationality, was the destined
system of the new world—the only system by
which the blessings of union could be exten
ded to the communities of a whole continent,
and reconciled with liberty, self-government,
and independence of mind.”
What a judgment that is to come from the
very summit of the Radical Olympus. One
might imagine it was an extract from the
forthcoming work of A. H. Stephens, instead
of from the renowned Radical of England,
Goldwin Smith.
Butler, as a lawyer, was principally
noted for that technical sort of practice upon
which Old Bailey practioners pride them
selves. In the present instance the same pro
pensity stands - largely ouL In fact, the
whole essence and point of his flimsy speech
resolves itself into this syllogism: •
President Johnson ought to be deposed
for attempting to pnt Stanton ont. But he
claims that he had a right to pnt Stanton
out, and that public business suffered be
cause he didn’t. Therefore, he ought to be
deposed for not putting Stanton out.
This is like the man going home late one
night, in a condition with which the hero of
Fort Fisher is said to be familiar, who was
oveheard muttering to himself—“ Well, I j
’sposc my wife’s sitting up for me. What
business has she to be sitting up for me ? If
she is, I’ll give her a—thrashing. Well, per- j
haps she’s gone to bed. What business has
she to go to bed ? If she is, I’ll give her a
—thrashing.”—Boston Commercial.
Easter Eggs.
In almost ail Christian countries, the cus
tom still prevails of eggs being given as a
present at Easter time. In Germany they are
generally hid by the older people in the gar
dens under tho young gooseberry bushes and
other early plants, when they are looked for
by bevies of little children, and great is the
joy at finding one of peculiar richness and
ornament, for they are all decked in gay col
ors and covered with gold and silver devices.
In France, tho eggs, although still so-called,
have degenerated into costly boxes of bon
bons or even more expensive presents, which
are exchanged by friends according to the
French proverb, that “little presents keep up
friendship. ’ In Russia alone they have main
tained their sacred character, and are given
•with the words: “Christ is arisen 1” Every-
body, at home or abroad, has a supply of
Easter eggs about him; every passer-by ia
thus accosted, and the two eggs are knocked
against each other. The owner of thebarder
one, which has succeeded in breaking the
other, carries off both. °
In spite of this association with the reason
of Easter and the sacred character given to
the custom by the Greek church, these egga
originated in the far East, and are of heathen
nature. In the Orient the egg is well known
to_ be the symbol of the primitive state of
things, of the creation which developed tho
germ of all things. Now there tho New
Year begins still, as it has ever done, with the
spring equinoxes, and the festive occasion is
celebrated by the giving away of eggs. At
this period, when the year aud all nature be
gins anew, gilt and gaily painted eggs are
sent from friend to friend as tokens of the
renewal of all things. From there the cus
toms found its way to the Western part of
Europe, where for centuries the year also be
gan with the opening of Spring, and the egg
remained an appropriate symbol. Since the
time when Charles IX, of France first fixed
the beginning of the year upon the first of
January, the custom has gradually lost its
ancient signification, but Easter eggs are Stilt
well known in all parts of the world.
The “Beast” and Reverdy Johnson.
The correspondence of the New York
World gives the following sketch of tlio re
cent passage in the impeachment court be
tween Butler and Senator Johnson, of Indi
ana.
Here again a sharp debate between the
opposing counsel was inaugurated by the ob-
tion of Butler, whose smartness was only ex
ceeded hy the insolence with which he
seemed at one time to accuse Reverdy John
son of a motive unworthy of one of the
purest Senators on the floor. The sneer of
the Massachusetts satyr at Mr. Johnson was
in substance as follows: .
“One of the judges,” he said, “desired to .
put a question to the witness to satisfy his
own mind. Of course he was not acting as
counsel for the President. That cannot be
supposed.”
Instantly Senator Johnson arose, and a
painful sensation disturbed the court and the
audience in the galleries. Rendered so indig
nant that his whole frame shook, and his
voice trembled with emotion, the noble old
man repelled the imputation which he sus
pected Butler meant to cast upon him with a
few brief and scathing words. “What,” he
first asked, “does the honorable manager
mean ?”
Butler, quailing a little, responded:
“I mean precisely what I say, that it can
not be supposed that the Senator was acting
for the President.”
“If the honorable manager,” proceeded Mr.
Johnson, “means to impute that in anything
I have done in this trial I have been acting as
counsel, or in the spirit of counsel, he does
not know the man of whom he speaks. I
am hero to discharge a duty, and that duty I
propose to discharge. I know the law as
well as he does.” •
Butler set himself to work in good earnest
to make an apologetic explanation of the
words that had offended the Senator, until
Mr. Johnson announced he was satisfied, but
it was out of tbe power of both Butler and
Bingham, which last-named gentleman
seconded his colleague, to entirely obliterate
the impression produced upon the minds and
sympathies of the court by the reflection
which had slipped from Butler’s vulgar lips.
The Radicals and the State Road.
A Historical Parallel.— In a work re
cently published in England, entitled “The
Irish Under the Tudors,” occurs this passage
of history:
“Believing that all the disorders of Ireland
were to be traced either to the neglect or tho
misconduct of the English Deputies, Bishops
Captains, or settlers, who failed to carry out
their instructions with the diligence and suc
cess expected of them, the government at
home was chiefly occupied with the thought
how they could best force the acceptance of
their laws and institutions upon the unhappy
Irish. By dint of repeated efforts, by enor
mous waste of blood and treasure, the O’Neils,
O’Connors and O’Mores were humbled ; the
still more formidable chiefs of the Butlers
and Geraldines were overawed orconciliated.
But their submission, extorted by fear or the
hope of a Peerage, by English honors or Eng
lish protection, produced little effect upon
the population in general. Rather it broke
the neck of their own influence, nnd only
tended to bring into’closcr union the Irish
priesthood and the Irish people.”
Do we see a parallel for this in the ten
monarchies? Docs not history strangely re
peat itself in events if not in kind?—New
York Express.
Significant ‘Scene in the Senate.—
"While Butler was trying to embarrass General
Thomas by questions, a dispute arose as to
certain testimony.
Mr. Stevens remarked, in a low tone, “Oh,
it is not worth while to appeal apy more to
the Senate after that decision.”
Mr. Evarts, having overheard the remark,
said: Do we understand the Manager to say
that it is not worth while, because the last
decision covered tho point?
Mr. Butler: Whatever was said over here
was said between ourselves.
Tbe Chief Justice: The counsel must ad
dress the Chief Justice.
We understand that the Bullock and
Brown faction of the Radical party are offer
ing the track hands on the State Road an in
crease of wages' of ten dollars per month,
provided they will vote for Bullock for Gov
ernor. These men,'we learn, are now being
paid one dollar aDd forty cents per day,
cash, whilst their neighbors, who are just as
good and capable men, are without employ
ment, and, in many instances, without the
means of support for tlieir families.
We presume this liberal minded, open-
handed faction will, if placed in power, in
crease the salaries of the other employees of
the Road in the same ratio. This would cost
I the State the snug little sum, in one item
alone, of one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, the first year of Bullock’s administra
tion, and six hundred thousand dollars for
his term of office! This, however, is com
paratively a small item, as we learn, in one
case alone, an officer of the Road has been
promised an increase of salary of over one
hundred per cent., in case he would affiliate
with the Augusta faction and vote for Buie
lock.
These things show how the people’s money
will go, in case of Bullock’s election. It veri
fies ex-Governor Brown’s prediction that
Bullock’s election would “ bankrupt the
State,” and reduce the honest tax payers of
the once grand old Commonwealth to a coni
dition of hopeless poverty and commercial
vassalage. And yet his ex Excellency has the
face to ask the people of Atlanta and of
North Georgia, to place the State and State
Road in the hands of the Augusta ring.
What motives can possibly prompt a man of
Governor Brown’s intelligence to work for
the election of a ticket, the success of which
he himself says would bankrupt the State?”
We pause for an answer.—Atlanta Opinion.
all the men who have been promised,
positions in case of Bullock’s election, should
demand a fulfillment of the obligation, it
would place twonty incumbents in every
position. The State Road alone would have
some half dozen Superintendents, and a score
of Transportation Agents.— Cartersville Ex
press.
!3F”Cardinal Bonaparte’s title of St. Pu-
dentius is a delicate compliment, Pudentia
being the first woman who sheltered the aposj
tics iu the days of Claudius.
The city and town elections in Ohio
exhibit large Democratic gains. In Cincin
nati nearly four thousand in one year.
ISPA Key West letter says the remnant
ot the Seminoles left in that state are emula
ting the “cussedness" of the noble red men of
the Plains, and have lately burned alive a
captured white man.
