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CORRECT SENTIMENTS.
The Nashville in referring to the
following article frOm the National IntelU*
gmeer, very justly observes :
“It is certainly an extraordinary circum
stance that in passing successively into the
hands of different managers, this time-hon
ored journal itself remains uoohanged in
its essential character. . It would sc#m that
the spirit of “Old Jo Gales" still hovers
over the scene of his loog and glorious la
bors, inspiring the head aud heart of every
successive editor."
This is a merited tribute to the virtue and
integrity of a time-honored journal, but we
rannot refrain from inviting especial atten
tion to the language and spirit of the Intel*
lujencer’s article below, predicated, as they
are, upon a just appreciation of the princi
ples of our Constitution and Laws, and so
vastly at varianoe with the wild spirit of
fanaticism which is gathering foroe in some
sections of tho Union. The Intelligencer
say3:
The leading and most gratifying fact re
corded among the proceedings of the just
passed Fourth of July is tho truly Ameri
can letter of the President on the occasion
of the Gettysburg celebration, and which
was published by us yesterday. “ I am
greatly mistaken,”,writes the President,
“ if, in the States lately in rebellion, we do
not henceforward have an exhibition of
such loyalty and. patriotism as’was never
Been or felt there before.” Recurring to
the foundation on which our Union stands,
the President pronounces these true and
gratifying words : “ Based as it is upon the
consent, virtue, patriotism, and intelligence
of the people, each year shall make it firm
er and mure imposing.” This is . a wise
and noble utterance, and ha*? the ring of
the old L nio.i metal. Coining from the
head of the nation, sentiments so Tull of
assurance to patriots and of ominous warn
ing to demagogues, tire even us a rock of
strength. The recognition of the States
as efisting governments, and the prominent
feature made of the “consent’ 1 oi the gov
erned, ato main clement* in our democratic
nvstem, is a guaranty that, so far as the
President is concerned, the fundamental
principles of our institutions wall suffer
neither change nor tyrannical restraint..
And the paternal encouragement which he
so warmly throws out to the expanding
loyalty of the South, is in noble contrast
u ith that mean and destructive spirit that,
assuming many disguises, nevertheless has
the prosecution of sectional war and hate
for its breath and blood.
As we have said many times and in many
forms of speech, rehabilitation of the
South depends upon the cultivation of an
American sentiment between the sections ;
all the rest, in comparison, is simply what
the poet calls “leather and prunella.” Laws
and constitutions, compromises, and arrange
meats, are weaker than cobwebs in such a
land as ours, unless they conform to the
. consent, virtue and intelligence” of the
body yof the people,” which the Presi
ll' L ** wisely and patriotically recognizes.
MACON. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, .TUfcl 19, lW
In.t«d th.rrfor, of Routing the South,
holding her up m contraband of human aym
pathy and American protection, the true
duty of statesmanship is instantly to go to
work to build up her material condition,
and to r# blend the intents, pride, and affec
tion of her eons and daughters with our own.
Pesos has come; do we not understant the
import of that blessed and welcomeannounee
ment ? Bo we forget in one moment, the
precious sacrifices of the past four years,
which have been offered up to no Pagan
deity, like Faction, but on'tbe altar of our
oountry, and onr whole oountry? Once
more the telegraph runs from New York
to New Orleans. Ooce more steamboats go
safely down the Mississippi- Union Gov
ernors, demanded by the. South, have been
appointed, as we think, for every State ex
cept Florida.
In view of tbe tragedy lengthened through
four long and sad years, even this much of
restoration looks like magic. Tbe men of
the Sputh, but yesterday rebels, to-day ac
cept the situation, afi.d ask to conform to
it. W e cannot believe that these men lie.
They have fought too long and too brave
ly against us; they have, with ail their er
rors, exhibited too much manhood to per
mit the suspicion, that they are sneaking
liars in their professions of loyalty,to whose
truth they are incited by every motive,
whether of interest, of patriotism, or of
honor. And the South is in ashes I Their
actual losses in substantial wealth can nev
er be known. The aggregate debt, in
rebel scrip, of three thousand millions of
dollars, affords not even a near approxima
tion to the facts. -In very truth, appalling
scenes of desolation and. destitution in the
South cannot be adequately described.
But yet, under the inspiration which the
great Frederick infused into Prussia after
the Napoleonic campaign, the South can
rise again. Bhe has all the elements for a
grand and speedy prosperity; and the con
dition of the blacks among her is at once
settled by her demand for all the labor she
can procure. To accomplish the glorious
and philanthropic results of Southern re
habilitation, the President has nearly per
formed his main work* He has put the
broken parts together, » the hope that na
ture, aided by necessary and simple Iqfeiis
ktion, will sow i perform the cure. It is
for the people to crown &U efforts with sue-
for the people true t^eueh
-ue ham, violence aad association* against
tones pay an ill compliment to the govern
ment * * * * * * *
Tlio torles are as much pitied in these
countries as they are execrated in ours;
an undue degree of severity towards them j
would be impolitic as well as unjustifiable,.
They who incline to involve that whole
class of men in indiscriminate punishment
and ruin, oertuiuly carry the matter too
far. It would be an instance of unneces
sary rigor and unmanly revenge without a
parallel, except in the annals of.religious
rage in time# of bigotry and blindness.
Victory and peace should, in my opinion,
be followed by clemency, moderation and
benevolence, and we should be careful to
sully the glory of the Revolution by li
centiousness and cruelty. These are my
sentiments; and, however unpopular they
may be, I have not tbe least desire to con
ceal or to disguise them.” To these words
of one of the revered names of the Repub
lic, we deem it proper aud timely to add
those of Alexander Hamilton, who wrote:
“ A share in the sovereignty of the Htate,
which is exercised by the citizens at large,
is one of the most important rights ot the
subject, and in a Republic ought to stand
foremost in the estimation of the law. It
is that right by which we exist as a free
people,, and it certainly, therefore, will
never be admitted that less ceremony ought
to be used in divestiug any citizen of that
right than in depriving him of his proper
ty. Buch a'doctrine would ill suit the j
principles of the Revolution, which taught!
.the inhabitants of this country to risk their
lives and fortunes in asserting their liber-
other words, their right to share in
the Government.” • ; i
The Uonroe Deelrine.
From the Augusta Constitutionalist, j
The fifth President of the United States
was James Monroe—who, with Washington,
Jefferson and Madison, made up the famous
quartette of Chief Executives from tide wa
ter Virginia~~*and to James Monroe is due
the credit of first formally enunciating that
cardinal tenet of American statesmanship,
known as the Monroe Doctrine. ■ That this
has something to do with Mexico, with Cuba,
with foreign intervention on this continent,
with manifest destiny, and the natural ex
pansion of the Union, is the vague idea
most persons entertain of this oelobrated
and soft argued article in the political creed
of American Democracy, Even those who
should be better acquainted with so ■ impor
tant a doctrine, are more apt to speak of it
fluently than understand rt thoroughly, and,
inasmuch as late events on this continent
have brought the matter once more into some
prominence, it may not be uninteresting to
give some exact account of the manner in
which it was first formally declared to be the
true policy of the United States. In 181fi,
Mr. Monroe was first elected President of
the United States, administering the Govern
ment daring the constitutional term of four
years so much to the satisfaction of the peo
ple that, in 1820 he was again chosen to his
high office with more unanimity than any
one since Washington, receiving every vote
of the electoral colleges save one. During
this second term it was that he enunciated
the doctrine with whieh his name will ever
be associated. The exact words in which
it was couched are to be found in his seventh
annua! on the 2d of Decem
ber, 1823, and are as follows :
citizens of the United States cher
ish sentiments the most friendly in favor of
the liberty And happiness of their fellow
men on that side of the Atlantic. In the
wars of the European powers, in matters re
latingto themselves, we have never taken
any part, nor does it comport with cur poli
cy so to do. With the movements in this
hemisphere, we are of necessity more imme
diately connected, and by causes whieh
inugt be obvious to all enlightened and im
partial observers. T 4 he political system of
the allied powers is essentially different in
this respect from that of America. This
difference proceeds from that which exists
in their respective governments. And to
the defence of our own—whioh has been
achieved by the loes of so mock blood and
treasure, and matured by the wisdom of
Aeir most enlightened citizens, and under
which we have enjoyed unexampled felici
ty—this whole nation is devoted. We owe
it therefore, to candor, and to the amicable
relations existing between the United States
fnd those powers, to declare, that we should
consider any attempt on their part to ex
tend their system to any portion of this
hemisphere, as dangerous to our peace aud
*&ty. With the existing colonies or de
pendencies of any European power, we have
not interfered, and shall not interfere. But
with the governments wher have declared
their independence, and maintained it, and
whose independence we have, on 'great con
sideration and on just principles, acknow
ledged, we could nut view any interposition
for the purpose of oppressing them, or con
trolling in any other way their destiny; by
any European power,- in any other light
than a e the manifestation of an urfriendly
disposition toward the United States."
Such is the Monroe Doctrine, which has
been repeatedly endorsed by the Demo
cratic party, whenever the questions of the
day brought it into prominence, and be
lieved in and supported by both parties
und party leaders who o'pposed almost
every other dogma of Democracy. To
put the doctrine into Scriptural phraseolo
gy, it amounts to this: that we are the
saints to whom the Lord hath given this
America, to be an inheritance of Eepubli
caniem forever, and those whom God hath
jidned no man afcaU ssvsr, though he he
tanbered among the kings of the earth.
The intense attachment ever displayed te
the Monroe Doctrine, by the great hulk of
the American people, and their extreme
sensitiveness at any, the least action, on the
part of European potentates, looking to
wards its violation, most clearly illustrate
the happy manner in which President !
Monroe struck at once, in hie seventh mes-!
sage, the necessity of the country aud the
desire of its people. What room there
may be now for au application of ;he doe*,
trine on our South- .v astern border, it is not j
easy to sav, but the chances are decidedly
iu favor of the exodus of Maximilian with
out a recourse to arms to euforce his ob
servance of it. How far in the future it
may be .brought into action, is, it would
seeiii iq present lights, not very doubtful,
for, iu view of the colossal strength now
swayed by the United States, it would be
ecstacy of folly in any European power to j
disregard a policy cherished and believed
iu by this people lor very near a half cen
tury past.
Negroes, l)og«I»ay«, anti White Sla.v«Vy.
Erotn the Chicago Times, July 7th.]
So far as can be learned, the Fourth,
with but rare exceptions, was celebrated
by, for, or with reference to, the African.
It was his freedom which was rejoiced over,
aud not that of the nation. It was not bq
much the emancipation of the United States
fiom concmial vassalage that awoke the en
thusiasm of the people ou Tuesday as it
was the emancipation of lour millions of
Degroes. At the national capital the only
observance of the dav was bv negroes, and
in most other places the observance was
ou account of the negroes.
This is an afflicted natron. We agitated
the negro for a score or more of years, and
then fought over the negro for four years
longer, and almost solely for the negro we
spent two-thirds of our entire wealth as a
people, and sacrificed half a million of lives.
One would think that after we had done
this much for the negro we are entitled to
a respite. But there is none. To-day the
negro is the one thing ip every man’s,
mouth from the Gulf to the St. Lawfenee.
The entire press of the country is wrangl
ing over, the negro; Boston philanthropists
*uv holding secret meetings and arranging
plans with reference to the negro, and a
chief justice of the United States Supreme
Court'has just concluded a lengthened tour
among the negroes.
It is everywhere nigger. At the South
masters are combining against the negro
and provost marshals are employed exclu
sively in issuing orders with reference to
tfye negro. In the North the negro is in
the pulpit, on the street cars, at the firetide.
The New York Tribune has three articles
per diem in favor of the negro, and ojie in
reference to the white man; ditto the- imi
tators of the Tribune all over the country.
The Tribune and the Times talk of the
African, and the Wprld and the fferald of
the “nigger,” and the same is true ol all
the other newspapers in the country. Or
ators are shouting about the negro, politi
cians are canvassing the future with refer
euce.to the negro; preachers are advocating
higher la\V for the benefit of the negro; and
in short, the. whole country—priests ; news
papers, politicians, white, black, yellow;
Fourth of July; Hail Columbia, and eve
rything else—are “going it” exclusively on
account of the negro.
• Oh, wretchod people that we are, who will
deliver us from the foul body, not of deith,
but of worse than death — of this African ?
The African inundates us ink? foods
pour over the cation and threaten us with
another and a worse than Noaehie cataeiysm
The black deluge ploughs through our
streets, pours along thejnational avenues, and
encircles the alters of religion.. The dog
days are upon us, aud so is the negro. The
heat of tbe one and odor of the other stifle
vis. Sirius dominates in the shy, and we
pant for breath ; the Afrite dominates on
earth, and the country is asphyxiated, with
upolean odors. Iu Chicago every breeze
from the South comes laden with Bridge
j>ort and negro. Scanlon slough and the
African commingle, and their effluvia falls
upon the city like a hot-blabket' of stifling
smells. . *
. There is a chance in this country for
philanthropy. There is a good opening
for abolitions. It is to relieve twenty-eight
millions of whites held in a cruel bondage
by four million blacks. It is a bondage
worse than that of Heliotism. It is one
which retards our growth, directs our
thoughts, and absorbs our efforts. It
drives us to war, it ruptures our Govern
ment, it disturbs our tranquility, and
threatens direfully our future. .There never
was another such a race of slaves as we;
there never was another people ground so
complete in the dust as this nation. Our
negro masters crack their whips over ..our
legislators and our religion. They have
established a tyranny over us* worse than
that of the PiAstracuds.
It is time there was something done for
those twenty-eight millions of white slaves
held in fetters by four millions of greasy,
flat-footed Africans. Having labored and
argued and legislated and fought for these
our masters for mauy years, it is time that
we should be emancipated and eDjoy the
fruits of our own labor. They have taken
our time, our first-born and our money free
ly,.and it is no more than fair that we should
be permitted to husband our blood aud re
sources for our own use. Having first given
them tribute to the amouuc of ten thousand
millions of dollars, and over half a million
lives, we are entitled to our freedom. We
have earned it. We have paid the
largest kind of a prioe, and it belongs to us.
But we do not get it. The more we do for
our sable masters, the more exacting are
they in their demands.
We see no h<?», mi the fnture of the
oonntry is as Sfoek as the snhfo* es foes ar
ticle. The negro wanted ns te Mumte
M«la( Ho aoor Tirr»«rln a> to a4«-
oMoo kia, ud tte work of okoSiißoa fcu
bogu. wilt wtM
a demand far #oUl equality, and afar that
the mine mans, as uaddt*;*od by TUtom,
abolitionists, niggers, and misoegenation
ists.
The Time Im Short.
Laborer in the vineyard of the Lord, en
trusted by the Master with the vast charge
of winning souls, give not o’er the toil.—
True, the battleL3eems often doubtful, the
seed appear to take but little root; the
subtle enemy is busy, and the natural heart
is at enmity with God. Yet, be not dis
oouraged ; labor on for “the time is short."
Soon the Savior’s promise shall be verified,
and you shall know that he has never left
nor forsaken you, while with the diligent
hand and trusting heart you have been
preaching by life and by precept, the word
of truth. Much fair fruit, unthought of
here, shall giadden, your heart on the re
surrection morn. Therefore toil on, toil
earnestly for the “time is short." Disciple
of Jesus striving to walk the narrow road,
and finding it oft times thorny and rough,
cease not the oontest. Remember “His
grace is sufficient for thee." You are full of
sin, surrounded by temptations, weak—ah!
how weak —in yourself, and yet withal;
fervently desiriDg to live for God, Well,
humble Christian, God your Savior knows
it all. '£F. usfc in Him. Let Him be your
“wisdom and sanctification," as well as your
“righteousness and redemption.” Labor and
pray on ; and take this as an incitement to
your diligence and a soother of your sorrow :
“The time is short."
Unconverted sinner, careless, uncon
cerned, busied about many things, oh!
pause and listen •! for you also, “ the time
is short.” Soon will pass the period of
probation; soon will be ended the warn
ing of the preacher; soon will cease the
entreaties of the Spirit; soon alas ! for you
too soon, approacheth the “hour of death
and the day of judgment.” Prepare to
meet, thy God. The Lord is *yet waiting
.to be gracious;. Jesus is yet mighty to
i save unto the uttermost all that came unto
God by him. The Holy Spirit yet warns
»nd entreats and invites, ilearken now to
his voice, ere that is silent ere for
you “the hour is come.” tinner, careless
sinner, “the time is short.”
•Anxious inquirer, seeking the way of
life, and yet hesitating to walk therein;
lingering, doubting, halting “between two
opinions/’ you are near the kingdom of God,
t at?d yet the kingdom may be Tost. Forget
not the old truth: Te cannot serve two
masters. Attempt; no compromise. Decide
, fnr God : for “the time is short.” Ob I .so
*er j short! Stand not—wait not- Choose
Christ for your “all in. all.” Come to him,
and come at once. Verily, soon the master
of the house shall arise and shut the door.
Then, how terrible their position, who have
been led even to the portal of the way of
life, yet “would not/* The Spirit yet call
eth, inquiring sinner, but the time cometh
when that will cease, and oh ! remember
“the time is short/*
The Paris Society for the encouragement
of National Industry has offered a prize of
£6O for an article of ink which will not cor
rode steel pend.
It instated that M. W alewski will sucoeed
Prince Napoleon as President of the Paris
ExibiLon committee.
VOL. XLIII-No. 104.
~ rlaautt** Lr.bor,
Parish of TtKmmmT., Juh* IMS.
To the EH tor of the N. O Times •
- T 5. m( ? armies have surrendered
Jeff. Davis captured, and free euffra«
talked of, the “treed man” have come to
almost a ununimoua conclusion that <t*oe
cotton and corn will erow without the use
ot tae plow and the hoe, and that they had
better freeze in the shade of freedom than
toiiTihder the rays of a summer sun.. Since
this is the conclusion of these “freed men,”
what is to become of the unfortunate plan*
ter whose crop has been partly destroyed
by high water, and the remaining portion
among tall weeds. There is a most per
fect disorganization of the labor system in
the parish, and has been for the last three
months. Laborers are allowed to disre
gard the agreements that they made with
the planters to quit the planter
when they choose, go where they wish, re
turn when they please, and lay idle as long
as possible. But, on the other hand, the
planter is compelled to stand up to everv
agreement of his contract. The planters
entered into the contracts in good faith,
being anxious for the labor, willing for
them to be free, and willing to pay them,
for their work. We thought that a system
so well understood, so willingly agreed to
by all parties, and so punctually made,
would be kept in good faith, n We did not
think in the beginning that we would be
set adrift, and leR to make our wav alone
to shore. If the planters had had a hint
that they would not be sustained, they
never would have invested what little
means they had iu snch an uncertainty.
We can’t say who is to blame for ail
this evil. Wo ask the Provost Marshal
for instance; he answers that he cannot
do anything for he has no guard. e
ask the Superintendent in New Orleans,
and he says he will ’do all that he can.—
Now, sir, we have been taxed on this labor
system from the beginning? and we sup
pose there will bo no rest in the ending.
But \ye would uot grumtye at all this, if
the contract was justly enforced; if tne
negro was made to know that, he should
not quit a plantation of his will if he was
bound in writing to work a year. Wo
were taxed in the beginning a entßnmtf
svm to fey witnesses to ail contrast* be
tween employer and employee, whe are
taxed mx deliare a year on task planUtien
for blank payrolls, and we are taxed two
deflan for eaek laborer on tbe plantntfcen
between tbe ages of 10 and 18 yean. And
we are topay tiuc laat tu.nujHp
who may nave quitted ns andoroken kii
contract long ag< ». with these lazy labor
ers, and the multifarious taxes upon them
and our little produce, and the Htate taxes
for three years, we can prophecy nothing
but ruin. Two-thirds of our pariah have
been Completely drowned by tno high w.t
ter, and a great part of tbe other third is
growing iu tall weeds, and has not been
turned by the plow or stirred by the hoe
year. Tot among many “freed
men” set afloat we cannot, get. sufficient
labor to cultivate the small part in oultive
tion.
The water is falling fust, and each plant
er is trying to make a furrow behind it, and
plant corn and rice. We fear it is too late'
to do much without a most favorable sea
son.
Our people are in great distress and
want, from the fact that* they made no
crops last year and will make nothing this
year—sq they will have neither inouey nor
bread. And to cap the a man
calling himself Tax Collector is knocking at
each man’s door demanding pay for three
year's taxes. We think that the negro will
have to work for those who are willing to
hire him and able to pay him, and that the
Government will be compelled to feed the
starving white families.
I send you these few lines to let the pub
lic know’ how badly we are floating along
in this flood. As the press is so powerful,
can’t your press put a little sympathy and
assistance from somewhere for and
oblige a Citizen.
Comi UK In.
The crowd of people in tliis city is very
grgat, and the amount of business done
here will rival that done in most of our
sister cities which came out of the war with
whole skirts. There are men hero from
every State, from tbe St. Lawreuoe to the
Rio Grande. AM corne to this city because
they see in it a future and a prosperity'' un
rivalled by any city of the South. The de
mand for real estate was never so great as
at present, aud rents reach almost fabulous
figures. Kvery available house, and some
that are not very available, is turned into
a business house, and on every vacant lot
new buildings ar*- going up, or preparations
are beiug made for building.
There are many things that attract busi
ness to this pc .nt. In the first place At
lanta is the g? mt railway centre of th*.
South. There are already four great rail
road arteries ooe centreing here, sad in a
very few yean* as many more will be pour
ing their w ealth into the bosom of the city.
Then Atlanta has a fine and healthy clim
ate. Never too hot and never too cold to
ndmit of regular attendance upon any kind
of business, and the water here is not ex
celled by any water in the world. These
are advantages that are not to be over
looked, and will not be- overlooked in th©
repopulation of the city. Men from tbe
extreme North may come here and take
up their residence without suffering from
those diseases which usually ensue from a
change from a cold to a hot climate, and
men from the extreme South mav come
without fear of meeting the cold winds of
winter.
Atlanta 19 destined to bo one o£ the first
business cities iri the South.— New Era.
Brigham 7oung has dispatched an agent to
San Tranciaco to procure cotton seed for olaatiat
in the Sandwich islands, **