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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1870)
IHE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIS!' MORNING, FEB. 16, 1870. F I Club Rates for Uie Weekly C#B*tUutls»- ff*- That every one may be enabled to sub scribe, aud receive the beuellts of a live jour nal, we offer the following literal terms to Old be : 1 Copy per yeor i-- • $3 00 $ (Copies per yea.r - - 7150 5 Copies per year - * - 12 00 10 Copies per year - - 20 00 We trust that every subscriber to the paper will aid us In adding to our list. •OBOPS AND CURRENT NEWB. Our subscribers aud friends in the coun try will confer a favor on us and our nu merous readers by sending us Items as to crop prospects and* general news In their different sections. We trust that each subscriber will consider himself a special correspondent for the Constitu tionalist, and thereby add to the Interest of the paper. THE “ GREAT WEST.” How to Astonish Her. That the South and the West will, some day or other, form an alliance against the East aeems to be generally expected. We perceive some difficulties In the way and it is by no menus a certainty that the West is our uatural or most available ally. But, to humof the popular sentiment, let ua suppose the proposition to be founded In reason aud logic. The West, timu, Is to be our ally In tba future. Very well. But What of the present? Is she Any more friend]v to us flow than the East ? Not a bit. Indeed, she la our most determined and cruel antagonist at home and abroad. Shehus made Reconstruction a possibility at Washington, aud her emissaries have poisoned the iniuds of jEuropean emigrants against us. Do w’c owe her any debts of gratitude for past or present favors f Not a copper. Should we not, If the oppor tunity came,.give ltyr a terrible reminder of her vindictiveness and folly? Unques tionably we should. How can the blow be struck ? We shall see. Some time ago, we pointed out a method which, if practically and patriotically car ried out, would enable us to put the strews to onr oppressors at the East, viz: a virtual nou-lntercourse ns to traffic, especially in the luxuries of lifts. It Is a hard matter JJCi lUV|W vt? mniA ww»sw«Haf«ta UU tko Ua«»<tla irAttrm yjupti , tnyKUTftUttU lO' lUUI the raw sjiot on the Western hide. We prOjioac the following plan of opera- tlons: Let our people, planter* anil merchants, resolve to cease purchasing meat from the West, for thirty days to come. During that period, let economy bo the household rule, and, If meat be Imperatively demanded, let us kill such live stock as we possess. A gentleman of great shrewdness, who has .lust returned from a visit to the West, as sures us that a combination of this kind, lastiug fur only one month, would cause hams and bacon-sides to tumble to IScouts. ft Is noted that there Is a perfoct stagna tion at New York, where Mess Pork Is -quoted at $1 50 less than at St. Louis, Chicago, Louisville and Cincinnati. Why Is this? New York has no orders from Europe or the South, whilst. the pork centres of the West are besieged with orders from this section for bacon and bulk meats, and from New Orleans hnd the Mississippi Valley for barrelled meats. This action of our merchants uiifl planters has had the effect of stiffening the prices of meats and even advancing them from the lowest point reached this Winter to folly one cent per pound. Suppose we hold off for thirty days. If so, would it be extravagant to estimate the decline at from four to six cents per pound ? This decline would be worth to Georgia alone quite one million of dollars. If concert of action could be had, the South would save, for thirty days of abstinence, something approximating six millions ot dollars; a sum vast enough to subsidize a half dozen lines of steamships from as many of our Southern ports. We have seen how lienelleial such a course would bo to the Mouth. How would It Abet the great West ? ' It Is a common impression that the West is rich. Hut many of our merchants who have been prospecting there declare that this is an error. They intimate pretty plainly that even the poor South is more prosperous than the pretentious West, lion and Ikon pros per there. If we put our Irons in the lire and use them when red-hot we can make the Western Hog squeal for mercy. Have our people the uucessary faith, cour age, patriotism and coherence to carry out this scheme. That's the rub ! It may be objected that this is au odd ! way of approaching a future ally. We ■ answer that it is sometimes necessary to lie < cruel In order to be kind A Moiimon Wai».-—The moral men at Washington propose tooxilrpute polygamy by werriug upou tbs Mormon* HomeUidy wauls to steal the fruits of Mormou Indus try TlutV the secret of this agitation If ib« l'idled Mutes army lias had such s hard Utu» In (•itcriuinallug the poor In dian*, Imw long will It inks Li trample out •he Mormons i of course, a hundred thou »aud uimdepot* soldier* could |ierforni (lie lob, hill It Would b* • nulljl rt|* rll’O ill | <srtildug a Aw rogue* and tormenting ih> |soph with additional lake# tio aloud Jim lii an | go ahead, old humbug I “ SENATOR v REVELS. This distinguished mulatto may become as famous as Dued Scott. The present state of the easels reported as follows: Senator Vickers, pf Maryland, considers that he has “a duty to perform,” ami so, when Revels claims his seat in the Senate, he will be objected to bu the ground that article 1 section 3 of the Constitution reads thus: “No person shall lie a Senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty yean. and been nine yearn a citizen of the L ruled Stale*, and who shall pot, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall l>e chosen.” It Is said that the quoting of this section of the Constitution will not weigh a feather with tire Radicals; and so, Rf.veia, 'in spite of what purports to be the-lundament al law, will lie allowed to sit beside Ciiaui.es Sumner In the “ Councils of the Nation.” Now here is the dilemma. If Revels be received, the Radicals must practically admit that they spoke falsely when they claimed that the Civil Rights bill initiated negro citizenship. If he be rejected, there will beau expression of sympathy for Constitutional Law very novel and refreshing in the vocabulary of the dominant faction. It seems to be con ceded, however, that, stultification or no stultification, Constitution or no Constitu tion, the mulatto Senator will be allowed to take his scat. The Democrats do not seem averse to it, believing that the hair of the dog is the only cure Tor the bite. With base ingratitude, the most strenuous opposition to Revel* comes from the car pet-bag Senators, many of whom perhaps would at this very moment be picking oakum iu a Skowhegan jail, if It had not been for negro credulity aud negro voles. We learn that Revels’ former life has been raked over industriously and many pecca dilloes brought to light. He is accused, when a pasior-of a Kansas Church, of hav ing whisky bottles broken over his head and being “unduly affectionate” with the female members of bis congregation. All of these allegations may be true ; but just think ofthese miserable cafpct-bag adven turers, who have climbed so Idgli upon the backs of negroes, and whose inoral character Is no doubt As wholesome as the taint of a rotten herring, sncakingly and hypocriti cally, trying to avoid the contamination of actual contact with mulatto Revels, who Is quite their equal Indecency at least. The aspiring colored man is a fishy customer; but lie applies for equality with meu who are ten times worse than he is; and so, lie ouly asks to go to his place. Borne of these men have murdered States and connived and rejoiced at the murder of an innocent woman. Some of them are robbers, some tricksters, and some have records in the pgst a thousand tunes blacker than Ruvuja’ catalogue of misdemeanors. It Is downright impudence, than, far lUo carpet-baggers to JUU' Ibyanstrf AM Willing to' swaflowhira Without pepjter and salt. Wo call upon the Hon. AAror Alpeouu Bradley to note this extraordinary conspiracy. When Blodoeit sucks a Hcnutorshlp let the muiattoes ami negroes in Gen. Tkhhy’s side-show teach him a salutary lessou. In caso lie can not be defeated for one of the Senatorial chairs, I t it be understood that his colleague shall l)c Citlier a Biug-Slng or Georgia negro. Os the two, the black man will be the greater Ikm, and lie can make Blodubtt trudge bold ml Idm at the Fed eral Capital just as Jack Rvyby “ followed the heel ” of Dr. Cuius. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. The Supreme Court of the United States decided, a sow days since, that “a contract “ for the payment of money made before the “ Legal-tender act of the 35th February, “ 1863, had reference to coined money, and “ could not be discharged, uuless by con “ sent, otherwise tlian by the tender of the “ sum due In coin, and that such contract, u therefore, was in legal import a contract “ for the payment of coin.” This decision was pronounced by Chief Justice Chase, and was assented to by Justices Nelson, Clifford and Field. The dissenting Justices were Miij.ku, Sw.aink and Davis, who concurml In up holding the law of Congress as constitu tional. It is thought that this decision will cause a great deal of anxiety and em barrassment, especially in the cases of wards and orphans. In delivering the opinion of the Court, Chief Justice Chase took occasion to de liver some heavy blows, indirectly how ever, at Congressional assumption. The Haltimorc UiueUe, which Is not always an admirer of Mr. Chase, thus alludes to this matter: “ The decision itself, important as it is, “Is rendered vastly more so by the able, “sound and independent manner in which “it is delivered. It is a decision which “makes one feel for a momeut that the i “Constitution is not a myth, aud liberty " not a shaiu. The many points discussed “by Chief Justice Chase as to the rights “ of Congress to Issue pa|ter money, to de “ clare It legal tender (or auy debts what ever, to resort to It as a war measure, “ are of secondary importance. There is, “ however, another question, Incidentally " referred to, which Is a most important " one. Tliat Is, the rights of Mute* to "regulate their own curreucy, which Mr. “Clusu says Umy have the power to do, '"suhloet, as lias been lately determined, " (o (In- control of l!ougre*s, for the pur " puae of aatabllahlng aud securing a Na- II lloiiai # arreting,' Mr. Chase don* nut " say win liter or iiot' stub control la con “ stiimlonal, and as ha now boldly de " elsres that (lie Issue of greenbacks, wliieb “ lie himself advocated and fathered, was "in some lespeeta, if not in all, dishorn *t " and Hue oast itallonai. Hits is go reason "iliii bs should uot deelaie his own fa 11 1 Mflb I*l National lank *y*Uni an oni , " rsge np-ni ilia Constitution mi-i a fraud THE GEORGIA MUDDLE. Wc find in the Richmond Dispatch, of the 9th lust., the following special telegram : THE PBESldebt's INTERVIEW WITH THE GEORGIA JUDGES. Washington, February 8, 1870 —To- i day, just as the Cabinet was going into session at the White House, one of the | President’s Private Secretaries handed to j General Grant au article in the press dis- j patches relating the interview of the Geor- i gla Judges with the President, which it is made to appear that he (the President) , deems all the legislation of the Georgia Legislature prior to the expulsion of color- i ed members as unlawful, and that in his | opinion the present Legislature is the only , legal legislative body convened in the State since 1801, and that the election of the Senators made some time ago is illegal, and therefore another election of United States Senators is right and proper, etc. The President, after reading the article, said : “ Well, I declare I cannot see how such an inference could lie drawn from my remarks to those gentlemen. I cannot, however, commence correcting newspaper paragraphs in relation to my&elf. I have no doubt the Senate will settle the question in relation to the Georgia Senators; Ido not propose to do so; it is thelr +nislness. Several of the Cabinet being present, a general conversation ensued about Georgia matters, during which the President ex pressed ills desire to see the reconstruction business settled, pnd alluding to the para graph noticed above, remarked: “ I en dorse the remarks about Terry, but of the legality of the acts of the Georgia Legisla ture prior to their unconstitutional actions I expressed no opinion.” Governor Bullock furnished the state ment that went to the press last night set ing forth that General Grant expressed the opinion that the election of Senators in Georgia and other acts of tile Legislature of that State prior to the expulsion of negro members was iljegul. Now here is a positive Issue of veracity made between President-General Grant aud “Governor” Bullock, or Georgia. This is uot the first instance of the kind. Some months ago, Mr. Bullock sent just such a telegram from Washington to Geor gia, and tbc President-General was obliged to make a public dcuial of Its authenticity. We do not know that Mr. Bollock ever responded to this charge of wilful misrep resentation and falsehood, nor can we, with certainty, veuturc to declare that lie reminded Gen. Grant that his controver sy with one Andrew Johnson made him a doubtful wituesson a point of truth-telling. But there is no doubt whatever that subse quently the President and the “ (Jovernor” buried the hato’iet and right loyally work ed together, cheek by jowl, tor tfie humilia tion of this State. Whither this new broach will he auy more fatal oi any more harmless than the old one, we can uot.say. Bnt It seems highly probable that Bullock woiild scarcely trespass to this extent un less he had a valid peace-making, defense in reserve, or uuless he folfc confident that Congress was determined to back him, though he made the telegraph bristle with prevarications concerning Quart and liis multitudinous velaivypp may be laid so bare that even Ben Butler and Fohnev shall blush to endorse it; but we warn our people not to nestle too many flattering unctions to their souls in thia respect. From the virtuous Indignation manifested by Senators Edmunds, Conk -I,ino and Cahpenteu —as reported in the special telegrams of our esteemed contem porary, the Chronuie and Sentinel —au un sophisticated observer might suppose that lying had become obsolete among Radical magnates and that the detection of a false hood shocked their sensitive souls to the very core. Somehow, we can not but re gard their manifestations of wrath as a trifle farcical, the more so when we reflect how they have, throughout their careers, been master-masons in the construction of that Mastadoulc Sham, that Tremendous and ineompa-able Lie called Reconstruc tion. There is another view of this question. Grant Impugns BtfLLOCK, and yet endorses Terry. We are no defender of Bullock, but we do say that the President-General can not lash the one and spar© the other. If Bullock is a deceiver, so is Terry'. Indeed, of the two, Terry is Infinitely the worse, because the more potential, and be cause, without his aid, Bullock would haw been of no more consequence than a man of straw. In justice, then, Mr. Presi dent, you can uot decide which Is the better man of the two, but which is the worse ; and when all is said of Bullock more can be said of Terry. The fact is this Georgia business is get ting unpleasant for the Radicals. Suppose the Senate should decide to countenance Senators llill aud Miller. By so doiug, it is virtually admitted tint the Legisla ture which elected them was a lawful As sembly. If a lawful Assembly, why has it beenbroked up ? If honesty survived in the popular heart at the North, these contra dictious would politically darnu the men who helped perpetrate the fraud, aud who now affect to be so indignant with the poor tool who has so zealously obeyed their be hest-even to the extent of equivocating by telegraph. We are still couvinced that the two wings of Radicalism should be allowed to tight this battle among themselves, aud the more hotly It rages tho I tetter for Democra cy in the end. Between Bullock and Buy ant there is uo* a toss-up. We want* to get rid of them both, and we should ally ourselves with neither. Pi.kakk Don’t.— Our friend* of the New York K»prm think that Americans will blush, some -lay, because of the Iniquities practiced against free government. “ Dlttsli I" Pali I They muat fight- If (iley do uot light, blushing will ike impossi ble a* well a* ridiculous. Vr-itt Dm *h On Monday lasi, a Con grcasinaii. a u*w*pt|**r reporter ami a negro doctor Wi re fished out of one of Hie Waeip ingt-'U gullet# They Were subsequently intdod Up for lighting Mo - at# aud pulling MORE OF THE MUDDLE. Elsewhere, we publish a special telegram from the Richmond Dispatch conveying the latest jdiase of the Georgia imbroglio.— “Gov.” Bullock, ac ording to President Grant, is detected in a falsehood, so pro digious a falsehood indeed that the “ sashed and girdled proclaims himself “ astonished” at its audacity. Then Sena tors Conklins, Edmunds and Carpenter are likewise astonished and indignant at our Executive’s prevarications to them — great and glorious lovers of the hakedtruth! Up to date, then, so far as Gen. Grant is concerned, Mr. Bullock and the extreme wing of Radicals are in a most humiliating posture before the country. How they stand with Congress—the real power—we must wait and see. While Bui.lock & Cos. are thus abashed, the Conservative Republican faction seems swimming in rose-water. Gen. Grant “ hopes to see Hon. Joshua Hill often”— as a United States Senator of course. Gen. Sherman has the same anticipations. This appears very flattering ; but, when it is re membered that President Grant's special nominee, Attorney General Hoar, was twice rejected for the Supreme Bench, the .problem remains as far from solution as the advent of the Greek Kalends. It must not be forgotten that both of the high-contending parties at Washington are Radical in their principles and, of course, anxious that their creed shall be perpetuated 1n Georgia. To this extent, both parties must necessarily be the opponents of De mocracy and all advocate* of Constitu tional Law. Wherefore, no true Democrats should desire affiliation with either cabal ; and, while doing everything to preserve the integrity and organization of our own party, we should allow both elements of Radicalism to wrangle at pleasure.— When the proper time shall have come, we can break them both to pieces. Await ing that time, let us patiently endure our trials, without experimenting with quack remedies, especially without looking for any combination with Conservative Radi cals, so-called. Such an alliance, either in State or Federal politics, will not and cau not come to good. There are really but two parties In this country, the Federal (in the proper sense of the word) and the Consolidattoni.it —States Rights men and Centralists. There is no middle ground between. The principles of the Conserva tive Republicans, the principles of the. Warners and Caldwells, in Georgia, aud tlie Dawes, in Massachusetts and else where, lead to the same ultimate results as those of Sumner and Tiiaddeus Stevens. If the country Is ever to be saved, and Con stitutional Liberty restored, it will be done by a pure, regenerated Democracy. This is the only-hope. The prospect of effecting this result may not, at present, be en couraging; but it is not the part of a - - the cause of Liberty. Here are some extracts from our files which may lie recalled with profit at, this juncture, especially as they bear so em phatically on this theme: [ Extriiotfrom the Oonatltut onaliet, of Augu't 11 ISAS). “The game to be played Is this: The bondholders, who have become a mighty power in all this land, arc divided between Chase and open Imperialism Now, if our Southern people will bnt stand aloof from these two factions and urge the Northern Democracy to drive out of the temple the money-changers who are defiling their al tars, and present a bold and pure front, in 1872, on principle, and with a perfect assurance that wc will stand Amity by them,' we think the day will be won. But not otherwise. The South, if she back any party, must back what is known as the “ Copperhead ” element at the North. Aud that element then must drive out all trait ors from its ranks. \ “We see that Andrew Johnson, Judge Chase, the conductors of the New York Times, and a great many other Republi cans at the North, alarmed at Radicalism, are ready to quit their associations with it. Johnson, indeed, abandoned it some time ago. But these frightened Republicans, so-called, want the two millions or more of sound, pure aud undaunted Democrats to go over to them 1 These Conservative Republicans, numbering only some three hundred thousand, actually expect 3,000,000 of Democrats to follow them and be by them absorbed. They positively waut to swallow up and lead the Democracy! The idea is preposterous—it is Impudence of the sublimest character. The Democracy sl#uld compel these latter-day saints to stand by themselves or range themselves under the banner of Democracy or Radi calism. 1 hey have brought the country to its present condition, and they should follow the lead of others in getting *"( out. “And, indeed, the true Democrats can take the lead if they only stand fast to principle and heed not the siren voice of Conservative Republicans who are even now tempting them to ruin. A few months will bring forth wouderful disclosures, and show the Democrats that the game is in their hands, if they will bnt make the prop er use of divisions amongst their enemies which are bound to widen and deepen as the days roll ou. In the midst of Strange and fateful manoeuvres, let our people stand firm. They should not, under any circumstances, listen go blandishments from those who have worked their down fall iu the past and now seek, through the devil's tempting*, to do them a further in jury in order to save themselves. Brethren of the South, beware of Conservative Repub licanism !” iKitiuct from the ConutitntionnUpt of P*ptemH>r 17th, 18«0, dclicltn* an inlerviow with Hon. A. H. Stephens. “ Evidently no believer In total depravity, and with a heart habitually turned to char ity for all men, It i* natural that Mr. Ste phens should deprecate bitter personal animosities. We should say that ho re gards the present as a time of crista iu our political career, and deems that, at no time In our history, was there ever so eminent a need of moderation. Thia moderation he would particularly have exhibited toward those who are true Houthern men aud da voted to |i- moeratle principle*, hut who have, from one cause or another, exhibited rvstlwiiea*, and aoniefltne* au inclination to • reform,' * llberallm*,' »U>. When de atruri are to lx shot, it i« an evil day for au organisation, andeep*#ui|y when tit* "Kct'UlioM is to lake plane With Ilia pfinipt •mi loti of g dram head court martial, |i la not (me policy in drive men from fin Democratic rank# on speetoas ptsisktt ee facially iiK'li a* may not have offended - against any cardinal principle, however much they may have manifested temper— men whose influence is to be courted or feared, as the treatment they receive must determine. Thus disposed to give even the devil his due, Mr. Stephens can, without violence to his convictions, concede the possibility of men being equally desirous of their country’s welfare, and yet honestly wrong in the modes and methods by which they hope to secure it. Allowing whatever motives for good certain of the less ultra Rad’cals claim, he is clear and outspoken iu condemnation of any hybridizing of Democracy and Radicalism, under what ever pretence or exigency. He docs not believe that the permanent good of the country, cau be effected by any such bas tard coalition, but rather fears that, even if temporarily _ successful, the final result would be nothing but a centralization'of the Government, an issue which all good and true lovers of liberty should earnestly strive to defeat. “From these centralizing principles of ihe Republican party, so-called, all of our evils eventuate. Radicalism is the main stem of the party in flower. The first stage of efflorescence produces outrages upon the fundamental law. When this flowering goes to seed, Imperialism will be the result. Conservative Republicanism is but a shoot from the main-stem, with a development similar, at maturity, to the parent stalk. Despotism results from the shoot, at last, just as it does from the stalk What is the solution of the difficulty, but an extermination of the Republican party root and brach ? “ The staunch friends of Constitutional Liberty will be glad to receive converts to their ranks; bnt they cannot and they ought uot to affiliate with Republicanism, so-called, in auy of its shapes and devices. Oil and water cannot mix. llow shall a believer in State Sovereignty become the assimilated ally of him who denies that doctrine and. works for centralization, which is the precursor of Empire ?” ' The sentiments enunciated by the editor of this paper, in August last, and the prin ciples laid down by Mr. Stephens, in the month of September following, are as true now as they were at the time of utterance. We still believe in keeping the Democratic party free from entangling alliances with either faction of the enemy. Let it, on the contrary, be ready to defeat both of them when the suitable opportunity presents it self. If it is the supreme of folly for 2,000,- 000 of the National Democracy to be ab sorbed and led by some 300,000 Conserva tive Republicans, the absurdity is only less glaring for the majority party in Georgia to follow the lead of such a man as Bryant and the insignificant handful of partisans who wriggle in his wake. Let us have Democracy in its in tegrity or not at all. If the small band of “ Conservative Republicans” want old prin ciples restored, let them come to us. We would be arrant humbugs and charlatans to go to them for sympathy or leadership. The Democratic party in Georgia is strong euough to divide the common enemy and conquer hjm too, without nosing around liis camp-fires for little tricks of trade. We waut to get rid of Radicalism ia Georgia, and, in accomplishing this object, we trust to clear »»-»y ti— called BULLOCK and the rubbish called Bryant. Bullock has one plan of ruining Georgia aud Bry ant has another scheme for degrading as well as destroying her. Let them quarrel to their heart’s content over their separate systems of chicanery. And then, let us expel them both. [COMMUNICATED.] Wine Culture in Georgia. The statistics of crime consequent upon intemperance call alond for the substitu tion of less injurious beverages iu lieu of whiskies and brandies. In "the wine pro ducing countries, habitual drunkenness is almost unknown, and delirium tremens never known. It should, therefore, be the duty of every well wisher of our country to use all his influence to promote the culture of grapes and the manufacture of wines for general use. Independently of the moral bearing of this work, there is naenterprise in which the Southern planter may engage that will prove more remunerative. The vineyard of the Blufftoa Wine Com pany, near St. Louis, Missouri, was or ganized in the Spring of 1866, with a capi tal of $150,000 (in shares of SIOO each); on the third year a dividend of sls per share was declared, notwithstanding the heavy outlay of $30,000 for buildings necessitated by the climate, but which could be dis pensed with iu our more favored latitude. As the vines increase iu age and produc tiveness, the dividends will be correspond ingly larger. The climate of Middle Georgia is so emi nently favorable to grape culture that we may easily make our State the Burgundy of America. We can not only dispense with the large and costly “propagating houses” required in colder climes, but the early ma turity of the grape here will secure to us ’he monopoly of the grape traflic of New York and other large cities of. the North long in advance of their own products. If a company will be organized with a capital of $50,000, the culture of grapes and the making of wines here can not fall to be profitable. Let our capitalists and philan thropists unite in this good work of adding anew element to our agricultural re sources, and effacing the blot of intemper ance from our civilization. F. A. Mauge. Suit to be Entered Against the South Carolina Railroad.— The Colum bia telegrams of the Charleston News report that the Railroad Committee of the Senate, to whom was referred the complaint oi a Camden merchant, George Alden, in regard to excessive freight charges by the South Curolioa Railroad, have introduced a reso lution in the Senate requiring the Attorney General to bring suit ugaiust the South Carolina Railroad Company for violating section 30 of the act to Incorporate the Cin cinnati and Charleston Railroad Company, passed In 1885. That section is as follows Section 30. That the said company shall have the exclusive right of transportation or conveyance of persona, goods, merchan dise and produce over the said railroad and it* brain be*, by them to be constructed : Provided, that tit* charge of transportation or conveyance shall uot exceed thirty -five cant* far linn ire* |*nmd* on lu-avy artfetus, and leu ce-iiis per cubic fool on article* of measurement for ey*r> hundred mile#, and Ivu cant* a iiillv for every passenger; and provided, also, that the said company may, when lit* > *tt lit, farm out their right of irausjtoiuilon on llta said rood, or any of its brancW subject to the rata# above mentioned The Fourteenth Amendment. Section 1. All persons born or natural ized iu the United States, and snbject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive auy person of life, liberty or property, without due pro cess of law, nor deny to auy person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Sac. 2: Representatives shall be appor tioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed; but when ever the right to vote at auy election for electors of President and Vice-President ot the United States, representatives in Con gress, executive and iudicial officers, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is de- | uied to anv of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged except for participation in re bellion, or other crime, the basis of repre sentation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number ot such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in that State. Sec. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, elector of Presi dent or Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or any State, who, having previously taken an oath as a member of Congress, or as.an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereoi; but Congress may by a vote of two-tliirds of each House,,re move such disability. Sec. 4. The validity of the public debt the United States, authorized by law, in cluding debts incurred for the payment of pensions and bounties for service iu sup pressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not tie questioned ; but neither the United States no r any State shall assume or pay auy debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or claim for the 1033 or emancipa tion of any slaves ; but all such debts, obli gations, or claims, shall be held illegal and void. Sec. 5. The Congress of the United States shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. [special Telegram to the Charles'on News. Row in the South Carolina Legislature. ELECTION OF a CIRCUIT JUDGE —MEMBERS PAID TO CHANGE THEIR VOTES—A SCENE OF AWFUL CONFUSION—COATS—HATS— BLOWS—CHAIRS—PISTOLS SCOTT AS A PEACEMAKER. Columbia, February 11. f The two houses met in joint assembly at 1 o’clock, to eleet a judge for the Fifth Cireurt- Senator D. T. Corbin, presiding, Avery targe number of persons was present. “7 ,f. J. Whipper nominated Coloue! 8. W. Melton, of Columbia. The following were also nominated: Scott Murray, of Ander son; W. E. E nle, of Greenville ; Coy Wingo, colored, of Spartanburg; Thompson H Cooke, of Orangeburg; Leroy F. Youmans. of Edgefield ; C. W. Montgomery, of New berry, ana 11. x. Oorbin. Long speeches were made in favor of the different candidates. Upon the first ballot the vote stood: Melton 66, Murray 46, Earle 5, Mont gomery 2, Wingo 1. When the ballot was announced aud it was found that Melton had not a majority, the agents of Murray moved around among the members, paying them to change their votes. Some of them did so, but the ma jority chauged their votes in favor of Mel ton, electing him on the next ballot. There was great excitement before the vote was announced, and attempts were made to dissolve the joint assembly. I Charges of bribery and corruption were made against the friends of Murray, and a committee of investigation was called for. When the vote was announced the mem bers cheered, slung their hats and coats in the air, and waved them and the chairs over their heads. The joint assembly dissolved in confusion B it for the coolness and determination of Senator Corbin, there would have been a free fight on the floor of the House after the adjournment. B. Henderson, a colored representative, struck Wilder, the colored postmaster, and a general row seemed imminent. Two on three pistols were drawn, but the disturb ance was quelled without damage to auj one. It is understood that a resolution for the expulsion of Henderson will be introduced on Monday. Outside the capitol building several pef sonsgot to fighting. The Governor cam 1 out, and at his request the combatants dis persed. Judge Melton has qualified and takes h'§ seat on Monday. He was elected as a man who accepts the situation, but is not a Re publican. Death of Col. Joseph Abney.—Sud denly and unexpectedly, we are called to mourn the loss of a much valued and be loved citizen. Col. Joseph Abney died, at his residence in the town of Edgefield, ou Wednesday night, the 3d inst., after an ill ness of only ten hours, a victim of the pre vailing epidemic, meningetis, as pronounced by his brother, Dr. M. W. Abney,-the at tending physician. He died in the prime of manhood, at the age of forty-eight, leav ing a wife aud three children. Bravely, honestly and efficiently, fought the battle of life, as he fought for the honor, interest, and glory of his coun try. Self-educated, he became an accom plished scholar, lawyer and soldier. His civic triumphs in popular assemblies, in the Legislature and in the forum, as well as laurels won in war, make up the sum of a reputation, of which his family, his friends and his native Carolina are justly proud. But although he received the plau dits of his country for services rendered in peace and in war; while every battle ground from Vera Cruz to the Garita de Bella of Mexico and his blood shed on t’isl fluid of Churubusco, aud later la life, aT Drury’s Bluff, In Our last war, attest his devotion and aklll as a warrior, he has left liehlnd a monument to lit* feme, not less to be appreciated in the memory and grati tude of care worn Poverty, which with a a ready hand, prompted by Christian*Chariy ty, he never failed to alleviate; aud tht poor will blew hint, tit their sorrow for bit departure. But lie I* gone! And It Is » cousolatlou to believe that he ha* entered Into Ida eternal te»i. as a Christian and an lielr of Halvatlott JidyelUd Adeertiier Tim Atlanta fonstituHtm learns that thru* first el#** eo*i fie* for 1 be Macon and Itruiia wiug Railroad will lie received in a few days. Two hundred atni rtfry hand* are now engaged in putting the grounds In o re 1 defi fhi the i*( of March a iweniy-fo* 1 mile per hour aebudula will ba put ou * j
