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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1870)
THE WEEKLY 00M8TITUTI0IALI8T WEDNESDAY MOKNANU. MARCH. 33, IWO ~—ft —— m Cl.biuu.ftnhe That C'-iy qpt' in#y be enabled to sub ■scftbe, and Sits or a irve jour nal, we offer the following liberal terms to iaßinti. s 1 Copy per year - - - • fa 00 ’ . ‘) 3 Copies? per year - - - 750 5 Copies per year - 12 w 10 Copies per year - • - - 20 00 Wc trust that every subscriber to the paper will aid us In adding to our list. CHOPS AITD OUBBENI’ NEWS. Our subscribers and 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. LYING CONSIDERED AN ELEMENT OF RECONSTRUCTION. The Washington Chronicle, of the 14th, “ Gov.” Bullock’s subsidized organ, con tinues its wicked misrepresentations of the Georgia situation. We extract as follows : more; troubles in Georgia—republicans NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD OR RUN RAIL ROADS. Wc have been permitted to copy the fol lowing dispatch, received by Governor Bullock Saturday night: (By Wiwtern Union Talsgraph, No. 80S. dated 8» vsnn.b, Georgia, March 12, 1870. Received at 81U, p. ra.: 2o Hi* Excellency Rufus B. Bullock: I hare jast returned from Brunswick, where I went last Tuesday, with Judge Avery, Colonel Taylor, mid several other parties (accompanied by ladles), who are Interested in the Brunswick and Albany Hoad. On Thursday, the foreman employ ed on the line presented me with n written demand that Col. Hulbert, Superintendent, be immediately discharged, or the work could not progress. It Is of the greatest lmportamcc that we complete fifty miles of the road before the 19th Instant, as you are well aware; but these men arrayed thetasclves at the switch yesterday morning, and said that the Iron train could not, pass until thclif de mands were compiled with. Friends of mtno, who are Influential citizens, anil seem to be in their counsels, Anally pre vailed on them to let the train pass. These men were then promptly paid off, and our loyal force Is still sufficiently strong to complete the work, if troops arc at hand to protect them. I telegraphed to Gen. Terry yesterday all the particulars, but have received no response. Please urge him to attend to It at once. I frar for the lire or Col. Hulbert. Judge Avery was threatened, but escaped by being the bearer of dispatches to Gen. Terry. A committee of citizens, who have no pecuniary Interest in the road, made the same demands of me, and since the news of the passage of Bingham’s amendment, the whole populace seem perfectly crazed, and boldly affirm that no damned Republican shall manage the road. The lives of my party were threatened, and crowds pressed around our ear, and, but for the presence of the ladles, we would hardly have got away alive. I had intended to remain another day to look after very Important interests, but was obliged to leave town quietly at midnight. Unless Colonel Hulbert and other Republi can employes arc protected by a stroug force the enterprise must be abandoned. * * * I call npou yon to do all m your power to protect the lives of my employes and the vast Interests of myself and asso ciates in Goorgia. 1 presume these threats were executed, and the iron train stopped this morning. 1 can produce the proof of all these statements, and ten times more. J. Edwin Con ant, 'Vlcc-Pres. Brunswick and Albany R. R. JCdkoiial Comment of the Editor of the Chronicle. The Bruuswlck and All’any road, of Which Mr. Conant Is Vice-President, Is being built from Brunswick, a port on’the Georgia coast, to Albany, a point nearly two hundred miles in the interior, lying In a southwesterly direction, and nearly In the heart of the best cotton producing re gion. Some forty miles of the road has been built this winter, and is now In opera- , tiou. It is Northern capital with which the work is being prosecuted, and the majority of the stock of the corapauy is owned in New York. The men in charge or the work arc nearly all Republlc&us, and this fact seems to have excited the ire of the rebels, who appear unwilling to wait even for the passage of the Blngham-Farnsworth amendment to the Georgia bill In the Senate before taking complete control of aflhirs, both public and private. “ Wc understand that Governor Bullock telegraphed to the officers of the road au thorising them to arm their men and pro tect themselves from any and all trespass ers, and to yield ouly to the officers of the law uutll the troops arrive. “Later dispatches from Atlanta state that General Terry promptly dispatched troops, and that they left yesterday lor the scene of the troubles. “The Hue of this road iu below Sher man's march to the sea, but nevertheless we arc Inclined to the opinion that even that part of Georgia la territory subject to the authority of the United States, and that Northern meu aud Republicans can build and run railroads there if thov like, especially when they have a State charter to do so. Like the “ ghost of poor Levitt," tills “ Ku Klux outrage ” has boon dragged be fore the public Just at the precise time In tended, vt*: when Mr. Bullock aud hi* faction are In a desperate strait. That Avkhy and Conant went along the line of thitr road to stir the puddle we liavu no doubt Whatever, and, If any disturbance .occurred as represented, It was, probably, aoutrlvwt by thla prcolooa pair of ad venturers. We should be sorry to think that Col. lluminut had any baud Iu the ■ ouaptrnoy, hut Ids manipulation of the vote that elected Ri'lmmn would stem to aan aui Uu. assertion that In' has not for< Again 'J'he road being built by th>*< men is a job undertaken by State aid, and ! though they claim to be the dispensers of “ millions of Northern capital,” It is sh||£d | bv those wholwe wAI aware of tlAptctsof fujKCTsegur C<». would beftfcroifo on. thsr b«#hi ends. I Beside this, they a# bttklte* ! wc are credibly informed, as a cheap job, ■ and thereby netting a profit, per mile, of | over fO.OOO in gold. It must not be ,i<r gotten, likewise, that the State bonds they : have relied upon are yet in the v'jcative, and so. if the laborers have struck in a nvruijw manned b!eppßSßfffi wirmp the so-called dispensers of “ millions of Northern capital ” are really very hard up for a few dollars wherewith to settle the claims of their workmen. Observe too, that Judge Avery escaped because of his being a “ bearer of dispatches to Gen. Terry.”— What pretty Ku Klux men those were who so promptly respected the faeces of sntrapian power. If Ku Klux fall down and worship a bit of military parchment what need of bayonets to put them to rout ? Be It further observed that not only does a so-called Ku Klux outrage transpire Just in the nick of time for “ Gov.” Bullock aud his gang of plunderers, bnt It takes place in a spursely-scttled country and Is the only case Os the kind on the lines of roads now being built over all the State of Georgia. As an offset to this detestable mendacity, we point to the roads now being constructed to Port Royal and Rabun Gap from Augusta. We knbw for certain that these roads are now under contract to Northern men who really possess “ mil lions of money.” We learn, too, that the high-contracting parties are Radicals of the blackest stripe; that they have not asked for a dollar of State aid; that several of the officials now In our midst, partners, engineers, etc., are merabersof the Republi can party; that these gentlemen are not only five from all molestation, bnt are treated with kindness, hospitality and even dis tinction, as is becoming their character as business men who do not propose to med dle with the dirty political trickery com mon to mere adventurers. How does it happen that these gentlemen, very far from experiencing any snch treatment as CvXAarr & Cos. pretend they received, express the wannest aud kindest appreciation of the good nature, good sense and honorable attributes of onr people ? We do not pro duce these counter-blasts as mere bun combe, unsupported by proof. On the con trary, we furoish the evidence in fall, and dare Mr. John W. Forney to make it pub lic, though at the risk of losing a few dirty dollars from the Bullock conspirators. f Extract from an editorial In the Elberton Gazette, of February 18th. THE AUGUSTA AND RABUN GAP RAILROAD. The tents of the corps of engineers en gaged In surveying the route of the Augus ta and Rabun Gap Railroad, were pitched on the outskirts of our town on last Friday evening; and on Saturday morning the en gineers proceeded with their survey, run. iug near the residence of Rev. Asa Chand ler and through the north part of the town. They came into the county at Baker’s Ferry, and on to Elberton, leading north of what is known as the Mobley Hill, five miles below Elberton, just on the edge ol the Flatwoods, having been misinformed as to the true course of Elberton from Ba ker’s Ferry, but we learn a much better and nearer route can be bad, running south of that line. The corps of engineers were warmly welcomed to our town by the citizens, and became its guests, by invitatiou of the Town Council, taking lodging at the La mar Rouse. They are a most estimable company of young men; their sojourn amongst us for a day or two has been very agreeable to us, and we trust equally so to them, nud we indulge the wish that their temporary relief from the rough and ardu ous duties of camp and Held will the bet ter fit them for the further labors of the route. They left us on yesterday, steering their coin pass -northward. Success attend them. In the same lssne of the (faxette , vve find the following CARD. Office Engineer Coups, > A. & H. R. It. 5 Mh. Editor : We would take advantage of your kindness in asking a short spate In yonr columns to return our sincere aud heartfelt thanks to the citizens of Elber ton for the kindness and hospitality with which wc have been received. Naught has been neglected that would make our stay In Elberton pleasant. Each citizen seems to have vied with his neighbors and friends In making a display of those char acteristics which seem to predominate in the hearts of yon all—generosity, hospital ity. aud sociability. To those young ladles who were kind enough to afford ns an evening’s entertainment, and an oppor tunity of admiring their personal charms, ! which were only suriwssed bv the beauties I of their minds, wc would return our | thanks, and pay some tribute worthy of ! them; but feeling our incompcteucy, we | refrain from making the attempt, with a ! sigh of regret fbr our inabilities. Each • and every one of us loave with deep regret aud earnest wishes for the future welfare and.prosperity of the citizens of Elbertou. With respect, Exoinkkk Corps, A. & H. It. R. Wc tliluk the true statements made above as to the treatment of bona jute Northern capitalists and railroad contractors will at least stand against the selfish and malicious evidence of two scheming adventurers.— If not, It must be, however reluctantly, ad* milled that Reconstruction can only be saved by lying aud devll-worahlp, and that the triumph of truth Is not the object of even the nvpectuhlc and moderate wlug of the Republican party. I'. H.—Our !a»t night's mall brought later Intelligence from the so called teat of war Iu the department of Ueii. Rom hastes Kiiuioso Conant. We quote from the Macon 7W»(//'(»pA It will hr |tercelved that our surmises are folly corroborated ■ "As to ihe charge made in (hit Itadh'al l>ai*r at Atlanta a d*y or two since, that interested parties were interfering with aud intimidating the employe* of lid* road, anti to correal which Tun> had (wen called ml for troops, we How caaclly guderalaud It A»ery A lo have not paid their promises to pay, and hare been forced to hawk them about the streets of Brunswick in order to get money to live upon. In no £ase. as we are Informed, has Jialized them more than 50 cenraott the ■jilaMflkL rot a of w rk they have bec-apald half a dollar, i J“Thts ls ,all*»e loundationthere is for the [ftmiMiteZabofi pteneentioa, intimidation, (jjhe onQßfryliiiUPKr. |Sle and his carpet-bag associates have fail |ed or refused to pay their hands; the bauds have very naturally quit work; the tl&MUnjyM per mile-guaranteed J>y.the. State Is about to be forfeited ; and to save thqmselves, financially, as wel! as forward the political schemes of tffefr gtfod Mend ton a howl of ‘loyal ’ angnlsh to influence the vote of Radical Senators on a’measure that digs the political grave of Bollock & Cos. “Thus is the milk in Avery’s eocoanot conclusively accounted for. The demon stration proves that he Is liefther to be re lied upon as a railroad man, nor as any thing else than a malignant, mendacious Radical emissary. If anybody knows of a more characteristic attempt, even on the part of any other member of his class, to cover up his own shortcomings as a busi ness man, and at the same time to stab and ruin the people among whom he is living, in order to gratify partisan hate, we should be glad to have the particulars thereof. We are sorry the Brunswick and Albany Rail road has fallen into such hands. “P. S.—Since writing the above, we have learned some additional facts about Avery that may throw more light upon his little game. He is from Vermont, and is known about Atlanta as “Judge” Avery. He has an office in the Opera House, and it is be lieved is largely Interested in the sale of that concern to the State. He was very prominent in the passage Os the Bruns wick and Albany Railroad bill through the Legislature, aud was charged with being the party who drew the checks on Geo. Opdyke & Cos., New York bankers, that exercised such a marvellous influence in changing the opinions of certain mem bers. Os course he Is a very ‘loyal’ roan. When Bullock was in Washington in De cember, getting his Georgia bill through, Avery was one of his bosom friends and allies, and is understood to have materially aided in the passage of the bill.” BLACK VERSUS YELLOW. Several weeks ago, in a series of articles, we showed by conclnsivc evidence that the thoroughbred Mack men of the South, who really constitute the Republican par ty In this section, were being cheated by their white Radical masters here and at Washingtqn. We took the case of “ Sena tor” Revels, jyfd proved from the record that it was absurd for the genuine negroes to claim him as a representative of their ( race—he an octoroon Choctaw—and that when he claimed to be such a representa tive, his claim was an imposture, a fraud and an insult. So little negro blood has this Revels got in his veins, that a Demo cratic Supreme Bench of Ohio permitted him to vote, before the war, because he was more Os a white man than a negro. And yet this impostor impudeutly claims to be a representative of tlie negro race. It seems that the ‘distinction pointed out by us and others has not failed to bear fruit. The genuine black men are begin lngtoturn this matter over, and they do not like it at all. To show how far the trou ble has progressed, we append a most in teresting letter from the Washington cor respondent of the Baltimore Gazette, under date of March 15th. Thoroughbred black men would do well to read this letter, and ponder it well. The correspondent says: “The gradual approaches and politic ex pedients of the destructives here are in danger of becoming suspected of being actuated by sinister purposes in a quarter least expected. The marked preferences In all that pertains to offices and privileges invariably shown of late by the white Radi cal leaders to eighth-bloods, quarter bloods, and half-bloods (designed, Inch by inch, to overcome 'prejudice'), have stirred up the pride and jealousy of the negroes of this metropolis of the genuine Congo and breed. I perfectly agree With the latter class In their proposition, namely: That if the hegro be really the superior of the white race, the heater we go to the foun tain head the richer we shall iind the blood ; and the blacker the skin the purer the patriotism and loyalty, and so forth, and so forth. At least it will never do to recognize the converse of the proposition. “As yet, the entrance to onr white schools of ‘colored’ children have been confined to those of lemon complexion. Mr. Hat ton (a pure ebony), therefore, introduced Into the Common Council of this city, yes terday, the following preamble and resblu lutlon, which were adopted nearly unani mously : “ 4 Whereas, We believe to admit those half aud three-quarter blood mulattoes, quadroons, aud octoroons to the public or white schools, when they arc to count with the children of the pure blacks, aud provisions made for them in the colored school fund, and exclude a child because its mother and father happened to be black, is, in our opinion, dangerous, and should not be tolerated, for instead of killing off the prejudice that exists on account of color, we arc opening up anew and more dangerous avenue of distinction;' there fore, “ ‘Resolved, That the Board of Trustees of Public Schools (Professor Vashon par ticularly) be and they are hereby requested by this Board, in behalf of the'pare blacks, to make no distinction, on account of 4 nice or color,’ In the admission of children to the schools uuder their jurisdiction.’ ” “This is statesmanlike aud quite logical. Vashou is a mulatto; so is Revels; so is every negro yet taken by the baud by Suin uer and Iris clique, ll&tlou knows, per haps, what the great difficulty always has been ip Sau Domingo ! “ A word a* to 4 mulattoes ’ generally; 44 It has Ik*cu 'demonstrated by physiolo gist* of eminence that if left to themselves they must become utterly enervated, aud die off with the third generation. Os all the human specie*, therefore (if this term can be properly applied in tills connec tion), the mulatto** are the lowest In the scale, physically speaking, They can only exist beyond a very limited time, In foot, by merging Uriusclvc* into the original block race of pure blood. So for a* a perfect and ultimate attainment of the physique and intellect of ilia Caucasian rare la com srued, the liislm V of liio world never lot*, nor never will alimv a single » a a tuple. '• With these seriou* Igels before litem, aud with (lie additional historical hot that Mrs 4 umlaiiocs 1 and ' black** hate ever ineu a* Incongruous a* oil aud wafer, la it surprising that the blacks should complain of the paiilalliy shown (loir shape and brighter skins by the dispens ers of the public patronage * Is It at all I [wonderful that, being as fifty to one in numerical strength, they should bkignored on account of their ‘color?’ It Is higk time they should speak oat with one voice, like Hatton, against tM monstrous dis tinction deliberately drawn by this Ad ministration and Congress, sfod the party at large, between the fellows ’ and the ‘ blacks ’—a distinction which recognizes merit in the ‘friend aoifsjfjl* brother’ in proportion exactly as the negro ceases to be n • - ;» , to Wtvm they fare me'-longer humbugged they are most egregiously bamboozled. REVELS. At the present day, oratory nas come to so low an ebb in the National Halls of Legislation that very few Senators or Rep resentatives pretend to make what is known as “ a speech.” Many of the so-called speeches are published in the Congressional Globe for buncombe, but never delivered in Congress. Many are written by clever literary men at Washington, who make de cent livelihoods by supplying Honorable gentlemen with brains. Os the “ speeches" actually delivered, very few are extempo raneous and fewer still without the aid of copious notes. Onr statesmen have be come mere lecturers. They prepare an essay on a given subject, or somebody pre pares it for them, and, thus fortified, they read from MS., or printed slips, a long or short sermon to their fellow Solons. The Hon. Mr. Revels— octoroon-Choctaw from the satrapy of Mississippi—followed the general custom and stuck to his MS., which is said to have been dictated by Gov. Bullock, and to him dictated by Potash Farrow or some other dabster with the pen. There are various opinions expressed as to the octoroon-Choctaw’s “ maiden effort ” before the Senate. One correspondent declares that the speech it self was “ roughed out by Bullock and polished by Sumner, while the delivery was trained by Drake and Stewart.” The same correspondent declares that “ the poor fellow awfully ‘monfed ’ the King’s English. Everybody seemed to pity him, and curse the hypocrites who have brought him to his present pass.” Other corres pondents declare that the matter of the “speech” was not original or extraordi nary, while the manner was well enough in its way. Here is an extract which shows that the fellow is still keeping up the imposture' of passing himself off as a genuine representative of the thorough bred negro face : “ I maintain that the past record oi my race is ti true index to the feelings which to-day animate them.”- It may be that he spoke for the octoroon- Choctaws, mulattoes and quadroons of the South, but he should have observed, in passing, that hybridism is not a race and that no mongrel like himself has any right to assert the oracular when speaking for the blacks, who are indeed a race, and, with out going back to whom, his line must perish. A correspondent of the Richmond Dis patch thus describes how certain of the Sen ators seemed to feel during the “ maiden effort 44 Sumner twirled his eye glasses upon “ his Augers, whilst he smiled beningly “ upon his colored brethren. That pro -44 found statesman Drake gazed fraternally " upon the African Senator. Trumbull’s 44 countenance was non-committal; and 44 the erudite Tipton looked on patronizing “ ly. The Kentucky Senator (Garrett Da -44 vis) tried to be indifferent, but his repug “ uauce overcame him directly, and lie 44 cleared out. McCreery’s lumpish adipose 44 form stretched out, and fell upon the 44 desk In a state of torpid gorgeousness, 44 satisfied that the end of his senatorial “ term is near at an end. The other Demo -44 cratic countenances wore a sort of 4 Tliou “ cans’! not say I did it* ’ expression, while , 44 the rank aud flic of Republican Senators 44 looked very much like a set of sick men 44 taking bitter pills to cure a disease 44 brought on by their violations of nature’s 44 laws.” 41 The colored orator concluded, and his 44 white brethren of the Republican persua -44 sion—Sumner, Drake, Nye, <&c., of the “ Senate, Governor Bullock and Foster 44 Blodgett, of the Georgia lobby, and others 44 —approached, warmly shook him by the 44 hand, and congratulated him.” Now had Revei.s been a pure black, tliiv sort of burlesque might have been sublime. But as he is nothing of the sort, it dwin dles to broad farce. The most natural by play of all was the congratulation of Bul lock and Blodgett. The 44 Governor ” felt it to be a bounden duty to lick his own calf, and Blodgett was thoroughly at home in undertaking to swallow the placenta. But the most extraordinary bit of travesty is credited to the Hon. Sunset Shoo-Fly Cox, who was not only intro duced to Revels, but put him at his ease by relating the following anecdote, which is given by the correspondent of the Cleve land (Ohio) Ilemld: “In Central Ohio, during Cox's residence, there was a very populur colored Metho dist parson, whose talcuts as an orator drew many white people as hearers. On ouo occasion the preacher was descanting on color. lie said when a customer went to the buteher aud wished a good piece of I inultou, he made uo question whether it was cut from a black ahoep or a white one, <>uly that the mutfou was good. Cox ap plied It to Revels by oaylug he cared not I whether he was black or white If He wa* ouly good mutton." I Now we do not stud fault with the Jlou. 1 Hi'nskt Kiioo l-'i.v Cox for choosing just i *ueh emupauy ns he please*, nor do wc I blame hint for the ak<a>|dah wav he hoc of | making that company pnlatablc Hut he 1 cannot vaea |H> censure for ao waving lit* I [' rag of principle" that b« neglected to ascertain wh*»tne» or hot hik friend llavaie I bad ever iisinred tin be om* 11 ap pioptiaud" flout Ills dock In lit*' Kansas I Church. We blame him, too, for not em bellishing his anecdote with o*her choice rhetorical and jtkoid|i| his com panion that white or black, is & matter of taste, no cultivated palate voluntarily sdectS-a cross between a sheep and a kangaroo. M ODIOUS COMPARISONS. Now and then, Mr. John W. Forney -turns- precisian and sermonizes with as much unction as if he were a preacher of the Word and no politician. Here is an extra** from one of kis late effusions in Afee Philadelphia Press: . “There is something wonderfully like God’s providence here. A colored man fills the seat of the leader of a rebellion, started to perpetuate the slavery of his people, and give utterance to his joy over the defeat of that rebellion aud demands that the rights of his race shall be protected; and yet the snn shines and the grass grows, and ‘ all is quiet on the Potomac.’ ” Let us apply an equally startling illus tration of “ God’s providence.” A certain person was once the lick-spittle of South ern men in power. When their power had passed away he heaped curses on them living and when ,tliey were in their graves he pursued them with venqm still. He once attempted to save the refutation of a great actor, at the expense of that actor’s wife and her fair fame, by attempting to coax a shocking and abominable lie from the late Mr. Jamison. He has more than once published falsehoods, knowing them to be such, calculated to do in finite harm to the South, and he has, more than once suffered exposure for deliberately manipulating telegraphic dis patches and making them lie damnably. He is more than suspected of receiving a bribe from the Russian Government for the purchase of Alaska. He has lately been the receptacle for “ Gov.” Bullock’s pre varications—the prevarications of a “ Gov ernor” twice publicly branded by the Presi dent of the United States as an open falsi fier. Few who know aught of this person can doubt, for an instant, that he prosti tutes his paper for hire—thatß»is pen is driven by the inspiration of money properly belonging to the State of Georgia, but now in the hands of official adventurers. Many more detestable things has this person done and yet the “ sun sliinos and the grass grows, and all is quiet along the Potomac.” There is no greater evidence of the austere and dread majesty of Jehovah than that he even permits a creature such ‘as we have portrayed to live, to thrive and to steal His livery for th£ service of the demon. Centuries ago, a gay and wick ed people assembled in the ampitbeatre of Pompeii- High above them the cone of the volcano shone splendidly in the sun light, the grass grew green and glittering athwart its flanks, and all was quiet along the Vqsuvian bay. A little later, the sun was dimmed with cinders, the mountain side lurid with flame, the waters vexed and terrible—the city itself a corpse. Let the jackal who follows the lion, and who now nibbles the bones of the prey, beware lest the quiet which now sleeps on the Potomac be not the torpor which precedes the ad vent of a stormy Providence. Prostrate and seemingly deserted, the South still clings to the hem of God’s garment, and awaits deliverance from the bloated pride of her oppressor. To Him, who will not permit her to be scourged forever, she looks for friendship and vindication. Meanwhile she warns the hypocrite to beware how he arrogates to himself the mysteries of God’s providence, and admonishes him to fear even the deceitful quiet that dwells along the Potomac. Georgia.—The Washington correspond ent of the New York Democrat thus writes: 44 The carpet-baggers have already made 44 upjtlieir minds, and while the Democrats 44 will undoubtedly vote for the amend -44 incut, they dare not record themselves in 44 favor Os the bill itself; so that I can safe -44 ly predict the bill will be sent back to 44 the House minus the clause which was 44 intended to defeat the machinations of 44 the Bullock-Blodgett clique.” Another correspondent sums up the case briefly after this fashion: 44 1 learn to-day 44 from a trustworthy source that the real 44 contest in the Senate upon the Georgia “ bill will be between the bill as it came o from the House, and a proposition to re -44 mand the State back to a territorial con -44 dition, with the chances in favor of the 44 latter.” Mr. Gonant’s Letter.—Elsewhere, as an act of fairness, we publish an apologetic letter from Mr. J. Edwin Conant. We give his statement for what it is worth concerning the singular coincidence of the broil on the road with the Bullock con spiracy at Washington; also his account of himself and “Judge” Avery. His as sertion that State aid does not impoverish the people we refuse to credit. North Carolina and Florida are proofs, mountain high, to the contrary. Still, the present disclaimer is worth something, and Mr. Conant deserves credit to that extent. The jmint he makes against Mr. Bullock is peculiarly rich. Our 44 Governor ”is shown up as a garbler of telegrams and a disseminator of falsehoods. We may re turn to this subject agaiu; but enough for the present. Tiik Latest fhom Conant’* Depart ment.—The Atlanta Constitution ha* this alguliicaut paragraph; Hiiunswh'K, Ua , March 10,1(170. IWd the fifty mile-post with our track at 10 o’clock, till* a. in. K. Hui.beNT Tim above dispatch ha* been received by private parti** Jwru It announces the completion of the lifty tulles of the Hruns wlek and Albany Railroad within the time spuelili*! for securing further Ml at* aid. On Rn great llumiknt la allll alive aud the great Conan i boa au evuclleul elm lies u> o*eur> bla plunder I* (III* ”another Ku Kina outrage*" Mr. Conant's Letter. he says the Brunswick- an* aartwY railroad emxute was a local tmqublb and might aye occurred nr ary STATE—HE REGJtETS THAT THE POLITI CIANS ARE USING IT, AND SAYS It WAS NOT TO INTERFERE IN GEORGIA S POLI TICS —JUDGE AVERY’S DISPATCH 'WWTGAR BLED. i Atlanta, Ga., Mwah 18,4830. Editor Sib:,My at tention has been called'4o She article in ter, and I must say it is the fairest state ment of the case that has been made by any paper. A great hue and cry is made against Judge Avery, on account of his dispatch to some Senators in Washington, which arises from a misunderstanding of the facts. If the whole of Judge Avery’s dispatch had been published, it would have been seen that it applied solely to Brunswick, and as far as that section was concerned, it was virtually true, as the cry of a “ damned Republican” was raised against him there, and it did deprive him of any sympathy and protection from the authorities. It was not intended to apply to the State gen erally, nor to interfere with Georgia poli tics. I had telegraphed to Governor Bul lock for protection for Colonel Hulbert and our employees, and Judge Avery merely telegraphed his Senators to use their in fluence with the Governor for our protec tion. Had this occurred at any other time except when the Georgia bill was pending before Congress, nothing would have been said about it; but under the present ex cited state of political affairs here, every thing is turned for or against the question at issue—in which neither Judge Avery nor myself are personally Interested. We only want to be protected in our right to manage our business here in our way, with out interference of mobs or citizens. The papers are teeming with gross mis statements of the facts concerning the Brunswick and Albany Railroad, and are doing more by such a course to discourage Northern enterprise in this State than ariy troubles caused by strikes or local preju dices can do. Judge Avery, myself and as sociates are building another railroad in the northern part of this State, and if we receive proper encouragement from the citizens and press of Georgia, we shall have more railroads and other enterprises under way this year in this State, more laborers employed, more money spent, and the State more beuefltted by our operations than by any find all of the other new public works combined. It seems, therefore, in bad taste, to say the least, for the press of Georgia to raise a hue and cry against a quiet, peaceful gentleman, who never maligns nor harms any one—upon a garbled dispatch, sent merely to protect himself from violence by the laborers of our road. I regret that this affair occurred at the time it did, as I see’that politicians are using it to our disadvantage. The trouble was merely local, and the authorities at Brunswick should have quelled it without compelling me to call upon the Governor. The great State of Georgia presents a splendid field for enterprises of every de scription—the people, as a general thing, are warm-hearted, hospitable, and gen erous. The disturbance at Brunswick was nothing more than what might have oc curred in any other State. The civil au thorities of Brunswick could and should have quelled it, and thus save the scandal of having troops sent to do their simple, plain, police duty. Judge Avery is absent from the city, or I would have him join me in this state ment. The people of Georgia should un derstand that I am no politician, but sim ply & railroad builder and manager. My interests are far greater in the West than at the South. The people here seem to be under the impression that the State’s guaranty to the railroad bonds takes so much money from the State treasury and makes the foxes heavier; and this erroneous idea is fostered and encouraged by some journals who ought to be ashamed to deeeive the people so. They boldly affirm what they know not to be true —that the roads are built by the gold out of the State treasury. The guaranty only helps to sell the bonds, so that the roads may be built quickly. The road must be a very poor one indeed that will not pay the interest on the bonds, and the principal at maturity ; so that the State really takes no risk, and is not impoverished one penny; on the con trary, it encourages the commerce and business of the State, enhances the value of property, and increases the State’s in come by rapid strides. This will appear from the State Engineer’s report, shortly to be published. In the West we seldom put less than $20,000 per mile bonded debt upon a road, and make them 7 per cent, gold bonds, the citizens or counties along the line come forward and subscribe to the stock of the road to the extent of from $6,000 to SIO,OOO per mile, and the road is rapidly built— The bonds of such a road sell for about 95 currency. The guaranteed bonds of the road here are for only $12,500 or $15,000 per mile, bring not over 90 or 92, and these are the only securities that can be sold un til the road is finished and paying divi dends. It Is easy, therefore, to see that capitalists have to lay out of more money in constructing roads here than in the West, aud instead of receiving opposition, they should be encouraged by every true friend of Georgia. The Brunswick and Al bany Railroad has encountered more diffi culties than any road in the State, and yet, when it is completed, no other road will benefit the State more. Injunctions have been obtained against it by rival and jealons interests, its credit assailed in Wall street and Europe, and it is a wonder that it has succeeded at all and secured the fifty miles in the time fix ed by law. We ask, therefore, the Mends of Georgia to cease the publication of slanders respect ing this great enterprise and those con nected with it. The road is being rapidly built. Wc had spent over $600,000 upon it before we got any bonds, and to-day we have more road built than we have receiv ed bonds for, as is shown by the State En gineer’s certificate on file. These bonds have to be sold. They come In competi tion with the Alabama 8 per cent, gold guaranteed bonds, issued for railroad pur poses, and it is uo easy matter, with all the other securities offering, to place them. The State guaranty of principal aud inter est helps the sale hut very little. I would tnuclt prefer to sell an issue of $90,000 per mile 7 per ceut gold bonds, based upon the intrinsic merits of the enterprise, us we do in the West. Very truly, your*, J. Edwin Conant. The Columbus Hun, of da turd ay, say» that thus for on Urn aeaaou cotton has ellued In Columbua about Jlrgdl'j c<ui*i aud Iu York I Ola wmia- W* h»ard uuu wb«i I* Wtffl my that (liv lltt* had caused a loss In holder# In < | bus (speculators) of fWDMU.
