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HMtljcvn Enterprise T* (isEM-WEEKLL > L. C. BRYAN, : : : : fait#. TJ I< ) MAS VILLE, ciA.: TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1867* MEETING ON SATURDAY. We publish to day The Preamble nud Resolutions of a meeting held in Thomasville, on Saturday la£t, accord ing to previous notice. It was ip tended to be a County Convention, but the time was so brief between the no tice given and the holding of the meeting, that we cannot, call it a fair County Convention. Whatever it was however, its action is before us, and sets forth Thomas County as the first in the State to bow to il Gesier's Cop.” I This meeting may justly be regarded as the offspring of Gov. Brown’s Let ter, which we also publish to-day, that all may read for themselves, what is j now recommended by one .who for a hnrg tl.r,w wrjvjyA lliv V uufl<Ki>*s u?' the people of Georgia. It would seem presumption in us to -offer an opinion at variance with the mature judgment of one who so Jong occupied the high est position in the State, but as it is j the right of every citizen in this coun try to express lii's opinion freely, we give ours for what it is Worth. We did not participate in the meet- | ing on Saturday, nor were we present but a few minutes at its close. Wc ' were engaged on that day doing-what' : we have, and do still advise all out fellow’ citizens to do—that is* discard polities and go to work on their farms. ! Let every one devote his best energies i * to profitable labor, and be sura to make an abundant supply of food. No peo ple can be badly hurt who have plenty to eat. The South can do no good in polities, and her efforts, even at argu ment and lawq.but irritate the domi nant faction ard add to our Arid rfirf political burden. The Radicals are 1 fully resolved tjjatthe South shull not . interfere to prevent them from elect ing the next President, and if we should swallow greedily every measure thej r propose, they would still find means to A«?pWfoul of Congress' until tlieiruhjee't-fs accomplished. NbtlurtLf they would approve ouf alacrity, ami looking down upon our deeper degre. •fatten, say, well done thou gotd and faithful servant; but we should be in structed to wait yet a little while until the yoke was better adjusted to out jaded necks. Wo have eudeavored to persuade ourself that the South might do some* tfrrng toward the reconstruction of the Inion, but after searching diligently all our resources, we are forced back upon the gloomy conclusion that the Radicals will have ndhe of her Coun sel, and desire no action on her part. Governments onoe overturned are never fully restored ; and whatever may be our opinions in reference to this, it is now’ undergoing a change that will never he permanently re stored. If another party should arise and overthrow-the Radicals, that party wotlld itself become radical, and in either ease the country must suffer. Let them alone therefore, and let the disease produce its own remetjy. The South cannot prevent them from any act they may now contemplate, and af tfr all our, position at present, is ofily submission. Armed resistance, all ad' mit, is utterly out of the question—- no other resistance can avail us one iota. Why then should wo be dis turbed ? Let us be careful that we do no act wliieu would bring upon us the seprouch of the brave and free, in other lands, and above- all, Unit we bring not shame upon ourselves ard our posterity. Degredatioj} will con. bist not in what our enemies force up on us, but in our own voluntary acts of debasement. Let cur position then, as a people, be this ; Corne Weal or come woe, wc will never be guilty of sabetioning any act Whatever that tends in the slightest dogri*>, to .de prive the future generations of thvs country of tho smallest of the rights guaranteed to them by the tiftie hon. ored Constitution of their f; there. NEW STOVES. Messrs. A. & R. Smith, the genjlo- 1 manly proprietors of that elegant os- j tablishment on the other side ol Bread \ Street, always filled to ororflowing with i the latest stylos of House FnrmsJftng Goods, of all kinds, have just received •a lanre lot of elegant stoves which they -sell at prjeea as cheap ps they i can be bought in Savannah Or any ! where else outside of the Foundry.-- - Their Copking Stoves are Rupcjb uuff j every household shot Id’ tneludfi ofiFoT! these convenient wood and labor savin-.* cooking utensils, esneciafly, ii tliegm-d j wife bus- to do or 'snpenntend the cooking. , I - 1 VETO MESSAGE. The Ffrs’ulent sent in bis uiess.V’o vetoing Iho bill .on ih y 2ml j inst, and in the House it w: s uniftedi ately passed oyer tW veto by a'Bmjori- \ ty of 1:5 yean t->-!7 nay,- . The Sena?-' j has not yet voted.uphn ft, but i”o doiihl . is entertained that .the bill will alsnl pass the Senate over the veto. Tlu^ 1 President’s message sh< A’s the ,brll’.tn be tho most despotic aud guossly un just and oppressive measure over-pro- i posed to the American pedjjle, ahd 1 .reducing the people of the South to ! a condition of s-iqvery and oppression which tho d-cccndnnts of the English have not submitted.to In n any cen turies. <£j“The Augusta UV- nstitntitmalist learns, that the lion. Robert Tyomb# has returned to his lupn’e in Washing, ton, ilkeo County. PUBLIC MEETING. At a meeting, of the citizens of Thoimas County, called to consider thej political situation, the following Pre-J amble and Resolutions were offered by ('liL.-iT. liiAlcxander, and adopted by| die meeting: The people of Thomas County, as j sembied in primary meeting, to eon' I sider the political condition of the | country, and the relation they sustain to the Government of tlic U. States, | desire to give expression to tile fob i j lowing view’s. We bclteve now, tliSf. the amend' ment proposed by the 39th Congress, 1 to be made to the Constitution of the i United States, ought to have been rati- j fied, and that the action of the several j Legislatures in the South rejecting it, was unfortunate, aud likely to prove a j positive injury to us as a people. It is possible Congress would have rei garded supli action cn our part, as sat isfactory evidence of loyalty, and ac -1 quiesced in it as a. final settlement of the vexed question of Reconstruction, i It is certain, they coustrued its rejec- j tiofi as evidence of disloyalty, and have imposed upon us terms much more humiliating. i'Uerman’s bill nut uuly makes tl.o i same requirements of us the proposed ! amendment did, but in effect destroys j our Stato Governments and all their j machinery, and substitutes therefor a 1 military government for the time boi j ing, and deprives the States of juris' j diction over the suffrage question.— (kiri any state ol things be worse than I this 1 Is there in it any tiling invit ing or desirable 'To fold our arms in inaction and say, we cannot help j ourselves, that we must acquiesce in ! whatever Congress »ays or does, and \ in sullen silengc grrevo over our trou. hies and misfortunes, is not a niaidy j way dp meet the question. Let us be up and doing.- Let us stud}*the tem-> per iaitdspirit • f Coihgress, and see if we cannot do something to soften their resentment, to modify their views; and give things a pleasant direction. Let us review' qur own action in the’ past, ami see if fte have done arfy thing wo 1 ought nut to have dome, or omitted the perfiirmpncc of any duty on our part. Have woe acted well and wisely? j 'The experience aid observation of j the Just few-' mOtuhs has'thrown some I light upgn Our path. We sec now, I that the of the proposed com i “stitutronh! anieft-dment has aggravated i the of ouf condition. It is t»kq*i j as evidence “of" Opposition to the guv- | ernment, and the temper of the peo ple North, towards us, is growing worse I and worse every day. 'Congress ts growing more and more radical. Tho President is powerless to save us, aud | our friends in Congress are dishcart : ened. Wc, as a people are tired of : the suspense.and anxie'y in which wo : are placed. We desire a stable goy. j eminent; a government of laws, to be ; administered by civil magistrates. Let i us then retrace Our steps, ratify the j Constitutional Amendment, and ask ; Congress to accept k as a final settle. ment of the troubles, and appeal to ! their sense of justice and magnanim } ify, to relieve our whole people from I disfranchisement. I , We may be asked. What assur. ; anco have you that Congress will at j cede to the proposition ? Wc answer that wo have none, but that whicli’is* ! tube found in an innate sense pf right j and justice. Let us do all we nan and ! ought to do, under the circumstances by which wc are,surrounded, and leave i the consequences to Con. “He will make the wroth of man to praise Him ' and the reinaiiuke'r of wrath 110 will j restrain.-’’ . » • J\i (deed, That liis Excellency Got. Jenkins, be requested to convene tho Legislature of Georgia, in ex {fa se§. j -ion, at an early day, to (lie end tha( I they may review flu ir previous action in r.juotiiig tho amendment to tho Constitution proposed by tiro 39th Congvcss ; and thfft, they may consider J the propriety of adopting t-lio same, I and proposing jt to Congress fts a final pdftt lenient*, of tho vexed question of i Reconstruction. Hi so/red, That in the event of fid, lure to'ftceotuplish tlio jyn] tirimo*ed ■n tlic'first resolution, the Legislature in with tlifc Governor, be Vefjucstei to take such steps and adopt such.measures as may be necessary to form a Slate Government, at the ear' lies! practicable day, and thcfebytiljort. ! ign military ru*e, and estuldtsh a gov ! ernmeitt of lows to be adminisUired by j civil niagiidrutes lh solved, '.l'hat a copy of this I’re. nmblo and Scsolttttnirs ho lorwardej i to Gov. Aenkius, and that he bo rw> 1 quested to confer with the Governor* of til e several Southern States in ro.fi ere nee thereto. And, UmfitreJ' farther, That Copies j of the Mime l» forwarded to file Thom, j Seville hi id Swannah papers for nub* licatibn. ' AOLT H. HARRIS* j hum. IM M.K, >' e'y. I hiving djejqt urged by an ik Got* ernor, fresh from pf empire, to become active coadjutors in the es tablishment of “ nnicn'snl tytfutge* by which is meant the admission of all our late slaves, its, once, without , any previous preparation or quafifica -tiou> to the ex or (rise of tljo elective . iranch iwr—To seuction, on the other hand, by our own direct and positive notion, the ignominious exclusion from the Axercise of this &nire>'f<th' 1 fd'lvi jege, many ol our most in telligent and ,worthy citirens, for the crime (if having co-optrai and w ith tts in"an unjoteoes.sful effort, to establish a Southern Conledorncy : —■ V. o-, a portion of the people of th” County of Thomas, in primary meet ing assembled, having duly coe-.jd,. led i what it becomes ifs to do in tlui pre niiaei; and« hereby j*ub!ish and declare, I tharwc aic unalterably oppo..< 1 to lln adoption of the course recommended j to us, for the following reasons ; First : —Because we are firmly per suaded that no concession on our part, 1 liowcvcrr xtrotne, will assuage the fury . of the Radicals, or soften the hearts of the fanatical party which rules the | country. Those who regard every in dependent expression of opinion, ad- 1 : verse to their Own, as an act of rebel lion, are nut to be propitiated by any tardy net of rel-uepint submission. — j They may accept the act, while ’they understand and despise the motive which prompted it. * Secotiil —Because, being a subju ' gated people, devoid of ail power, any j action on our part must be entirely vain and nugatory ; except in so far us it may tend to forfeit the respect of friends, and bring upon us the Coil* tempt of the rest of mankind. Third ßecause in onr hearts and consciences, we believe it to be unwise in policy, of dangerous ten dency, and utterly wrong in morals. Having thus expressed our disap- probation of the courso recommended j to us, and assigned our reasons for it, wc deem it proper to our sentiments to'give still further expression upon some points whereon we believe we may lie misuudcrsioud. We accept oup condition of a con quered people. We are in the hands of the conquerors, and expect to sub mit to the.terms they may dictate, whatever may be our opinion of their consistency, their moderation* their wisdom or their justice. It may be our fate to witness thy di-fiuneliise ment of our countrymen, our friends and our kindred, but while submitting to the' iuiticiion, wo must be spared the humiliation of an active eff-opeia - troß. Justice alone will command our respect, and recure a hearty and will ing obedience, A 'is tin rrhd pi incip/f \of all meal Atiiirn. Open, ns Vv'e trust, we are, to alt the impressions which revolt naturally 'from a j ust; generous and magnanimous treatment, we stand prepared to meet with becoming forti tude, every irtflicntin by'which power Muny seek to foroe our a licet ions, atra alarm us into loyalty. ORGANIZATION OP A TEM PERANCE SOCIETY. According Iq *previfiivi announce. Hi nt, a Lecture ou Temperance was delivered in the Court llpneq by the’ RcY.T). W. Mills, iu wbfch was por trayed all the borrow of intemperance, from the moderate drinker td the drunkard in the gutter. , , At tb e cunchufiou of the* Lecture, tlic Rev. .V. B Ousiey introduced the Pledge, jirnl eallt''l s .upoif.tiic uungrega. tion to assist him in pulling duwn the stronghoWs of intemperance, where upon the following persons signed the Tledge, viz: J. R. 8. Davis, N. B. Ousiey, Jr., 8. M. IVseoek, W. T. 'Taylor, G. A. Jeffers, G. S. Faison, jM. A. Jeffcoat, Miss J. E. Evans, I MibsH. ('HgnilViat, Miss ,T. Th< tnas, j Mrs. Elix’th Lee, Mrs. Lawr’oe Hall, Miss Mag. Hall, Miss Emma Allen, Mis.sA.McCleflen, Miss J.O Wortddy, VfissL. Young, Louis B. Hadley, E. J. Douglass, 8. S. Ousiey, G. L. Hurley, J. Hopkins, N. B. On-Joy. On motion, the signcis organized I themselves into a Tempewinoe Assot cigtiou, after which they went Into an i election of officers, whit'll rasuited in the chnic- of 8 8. IJTTLK. IF blent. \V T. TAYLOR, tV.y TW*Y. .1. R. 8. DA \ 18, Secrctirry. G. A . JEFFERS, Trcudr. Rev. N. B OtIS LEV, Chafe. | On motion, the I'resident appointed i a Committee to draft Resolutions and j Ry Laws, for the future government i of the A s s ,H 'iu'-iou, consisting of J. R. 8. Davis, G. A. Jewel's and ReV. N. i R. Oosley. j On uiotiyn, a Coinmittoe of six was ! appointod to elect a speaker for the j next meeting. Committee appointed : I X. R. Ousiey, 8. M. IN'acoi-k, W. T. j Taylor, Males- —JJwses 8. Gignilliiit, j Julia E. Evans and Maggie Hull, Fe- males. Tho Committee retired and in a short time inado the following report, vir, ; —That they had selected tho jtev. •N. I>. Onshiy to address the Associa tion on Wednesday night, tho lith of March, at the t'ourl House. The President was then requested to see the members off the Inferior Court, and aseevtyin it they have any objection to i lie ’lVmplrnnea Associa tion mci ting at tho Court He use, untib Other arrangements could be made. The Association then adjourned to meet V\ ednesduy night, March fith. S. S LITTLE, /Ves t. J. R. S. Davis, UKOBOETOWN ELECTION. '.I he City ( lection of Georgetown I>. Cl. came off oh tlib _ lth of hebroary, the first eleetiou in t)ic South tu which the Negroes jvirtiei pitted Tho Colored voters registered were 07W-Whites Hl.iO. The Negro Oarvdidyto" for Mayor whs elected over the CotVserva live. Os Cowiejlutcu a majority of tho white or conservative candidates were elected. UNJ VTIKSALIST JIBRALD. JJ ' r T VJ t Tins journal, published at Kolhful ga Ain , andiuspended war has been resumed under the same pro ! priotovship. Rev. ,1 nhn 0. Rnrruss | The first mimbjr is halqra us and we comply wit,h the request of thu editor ; in giving this notice. AGENCY ADVERTISER. ! •Is the lif 1 (*- of a now publication in I Atlanta GT,, the Ith number of which 1 lvi3*roaobo(’l ons s:\petum. It is con i mw-ted,with ami to be (lm organ of a | business Agency catahlishcd in that ! c ty, which our readers will find very convenient when they do Art an a gout in \ll inf i tor"any purj* e. LETTER OF EX-GOV. BROWN Ati.anxa, Feb. 23, ISG7. GiiNTi.EMiiN .—[ have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your kind and flattering*con.munieation., While I do not pretend that I possess the in fluence you ’ure pleased to attribute to me, I confess with profound gratitude the obii-rations I am under to theqico pk? of,Georgia, who have so often hon ored me with their confidence; and have never withheld from me any po sition for which I have been a candi date, from the lowest, tb the highest within their gift. You are pleased to address me as the “ sentinel upon-the watch tower,” : and you ask me, “What of the uight ?” j Were I the sentinel, I should unhesi tatingly reply; The ifiglit is daijc, dreary, gloomy; no rainbow of hope spans the black impenetrable cloud that overshadows us. Scarcely a iliy of light is seen upon the margin. But [am not the sentinel. 1 hold no pub lic position at present imposing that responsibility, nor have I sought or held any since the war, nor do I gver \ expect to hoU any in future. I have uo power to control events, i Were ft even the desire of the people j of my bo ovaj Suite to invest me again ; with official authority, and my own wish to accept, there is a power higher j than their will, which will deny my ‘-eligibility. I, therefore-, write, as Indeed my custom is, with perfect iVnnkuoe*, with out regard to the effect which the com munication of trnth may liave upon my present or future popularity. I am aware that tho facts* which I feel it uiy duty to communicate, are hnac ceptahle to fhogood people pf Geor gia, but.they a’e none the less fnets on that, aoeonnt. „ During my !a*c sojourn iu the Uity of Washington, I Conversed freely -with persons high in authority in ev *ery department of the Goversipeut, and with men of 'distinction of every .shade of political sentiment which is represented there. I was received, as was Judge Walker, of the Supreme •Court of this ijtatq. who ace-mipanied me, with kindness and dburtifiy. My • 01-j -ot was to h-jfinm the true state of I allaire,and HeKcve’ 1 succeeded. Tho result mny U- summed upas follows: The pari v-usually the j “ Radical party,”*) sustained by the majerity ,of tie nr»] Ie of the’ Aoi th. The Congressmen of that party are generally representative men* ; The, Dttqpmtic party is not tens ; taiued by tlip people of ihe North, un-1 -is nCt gaining ground As is'idwuys tdio case after a successful war, the uparty in government which is set down as opposed to the war is unpop ular. The reconstruction jwdicy of the President is net sustained by the pop ular sentiment ol the Northern people. The Radical party is at igsue with the President. The breach is wide ami the contest an-jry. They have over two-thirds iu each brtuieh of Con gress, Mil have p>o\ver to pass any measure they please over hie veto. By this means they arc constantly hedg ing him in more closely, and limiting his power, lleptauds firmly by what lie considers the right, and avows big purpote -to j support, the CVmstitnfiou. and ‘maintain tho just rights of the* ! Bt:»tes undur the (’-nmtitiilun*, He still holds th# doctrine that jio State could or did go out of the Union, and that at? the end of tho war he had the right to reconetrnot Ropnblieun (lov orrimcuts iu the insurreetionary HtiUes. They.deny hiy power of reooustruc Ron and contend, that ati the p»owcr to make war is vested in Ugngress, the p.ovfe/ to Junk’e peafie, and rc-est iblish State governments in the States, lately in rehelßon, rests also with Cqngress. 'l’lk'V arc a unit in donyjug Jhe valid ity of tho Btat vgovei unieuts f-irmed under theYlircetion of the prflvlsiowul, . Governors appointed by the Ih-ffl-ident ‘ They ara also a unit in sustaining tho i constitutional amendment, proposed at the lust, mes, -ton, as a basis of recon• struction. Anil silica this bos been rejected by the Southern intakes, they now unite in the determination, that i.a State shall be read mi tied, nor shall the State gqverumeids of the iyiStmvV j ternary Stales he recognised or estab- I ltshed till uaoh Stale him adopted- the ! conslitutionnl amendment, nud lire or | porated into its Constitution a gnavan i tee of universal suffrage. They arc, in my opinion, also a unit in tlruirslo i irrminatiou, so soon as. thice-fourlhs of t h*3 States which they call loyal, by which is meant, the Stales representing 1 in Congress, have ratified the eonsti. ' tut tonal amendment, to tk-o litre it adop i teil, and to enforce their oomdrucUon. ! This they have tho power to do. It j is, therefore, a li.vod fact, that file cou i slitiitional amendment will lie adopted j in a very short time, as it was .-aid ] when I left, Wash in aft on, they lacked hut a single Stale, and it was expected that more than one Would act very SO"*. • j Upon the nhov« points there exists no division of ofhtihwi which is worth j notice in the Kadreal patir. .fust [lere, however, a division of opinion commences. The moiw radical wing j of the party, which is not a majority, [ nor is it at present sustained by * mj. : jority of the people of the N.iftlq is 4 for seittug aside the j nGent Fute .go* venitTten's as afisolwtmy null and void. ( except sueh as CtMt+pcss chooses to approve : as the repu liytion of imr 1 Stttfe war debts, the abolition cf Slave, ry by the States, A <}■, which they, would ratify. They *l*o deaira to plnou us under military g»vi-niiuent till State , Gove rumen fs ran tse organned tip* their plan. In the itrrpfciraUoa they , with to>\cl-tde, not "uly from dig?. hiTTty to office, but Horn the lat Hut 1. >x and tha jury box, all persons who vol, niitawlv participated in the rt-belhow. apd to pin.-* the government of tbc-e f Mittev in the bonds of the fi-w wbont they call b’yal nittfl ailt. us, and the freedmen, who as they expect, would form State Constitutions forever dis franchising us, and depriving us of all participation in the government, or in the execution of the’ laws. The bilks known as Hie military bill and live Louisiana bilk which pijsedtbe llquse embody substantially thesft noasuves. du addition tc* this, ft is believed to be their ultimate design th confiscate tlje property of the South for the pay ment of the war debt of the United Stalegj so soon as the popular mind ( North can be educated or excited to tire proper point; and to obviate con stitutional difficulties, if any are admit ted to exist, by amendment.-; conferring tho’necessary power ratified by three fourths ot the loyal State#. This class - is- nol believed to be a large one at present, but if we continue to reject the terms proposed by Congress, it is believed it will grow rapidly injiopu lav favor in the Northern States,-and that politicians . now djspose-1 to be more incfderate, will be obliged to i bend to the storm. The other wing of the Republican party, called the moderate wing, <lo »o,t desire to destroy or drive us from the country. They k n ®w that com mercial and general prosperity cannot long continue, if the present difficulties remain uuadjusted, the labor and ener gy of the South paralyzed, and that finauciai panic and great depression must be thff ultimate .result. They, therefore, desire a settlement of the question But they afe as determined as the ultra wing in their opposition to Hu: President’# policy, and will, at alt hazards, maintain the power of (Jongress over the whole question of ndjustmert. They tell us that we complied with every requirement made by the President, whose juris diction oven tho-questiqn they deny, but, when Congrcs#!; possessing ns they efaifti, all poWcr in the premises, ten dered us the constitulsional amendment as a settlement, which they claim was liberal, when tendered by‘the conquer, , ore to the conquered, we rejected it, 1 and, in their language, burled it back in their teeth. This they’ say -greatly irritated the people of the North, anil | caused them t > (Icmami o£ usj not, only | the constitutional amendment, which I we have rejected, but to add to it uiif ' vctsql suffrage. AmJ they sow tell us that, lid-thing lest? will ever be ac cented by Coiigj’Qss*er the people of th-* ’Noriii, and that the reje'etion of -these by the Southern people will be 1 followed by increased rigor, and the general exclusion of- rel ids from ail political privileges, if pot by the ap prop nation of their property to the j ! usas of the government. ! Whet* asked why they did not iti- I t;,rm uti that the adoption of the con- I stitutional amendment by us should be received as a settlement, they teply they so intended it, and that such would have been the result. And as an earnest, of their good faith, they point to their action in the prompt ad* I mission of Tennessee wWu she adop ! ted the aniendmout, aud Hie action of I the Senate in reference to the modi- Heat ion of the test oath to permit one j of her Senators to take his scat who j was very hostile to their party. When j tlieir attention is called to the fact,; t hat (lie people of the &iut li regarded it vary to b s required to record tha decree of exclusion of their repreticTitativo men, win only ex ecu- ; ted 'their will, from position vs of nllieial j trust, thoy reply that the positina of j the conquered is nbvny* huniiliating, • t»ut that-this was no move humliiatißg i than it was for General Lee to kurren. j der his sword to Gctiimal Grant, when lie h*d no furtircr means of s tecessful rcsibUince; and uo more humiliating ilia* it was for us, under the dueetion i of the I’w.isuloiit, to moot in solomn convention aud repeal the ordinaeq, ol seeetisien, which wo had p-assed with Ls many deinonstratinna of jnond deli iamce ; no moi-e humiliating than it, Was ! for us, who boasted of our State ermlit, | to be required to lepudmto our (Stated war debt i aud no tuoie humiliating, than it was, after we bad fconfrhuwcd Mr. Lincoln’s emancipation proelntmi- i lion, to ratdy it as part of the ('(insti tution of tho Liiite.d States, and incon ; porstc it into our (State Constitution. When told that so large a port on of o»r pi'Oidit have, at some time in.therr live*, held office, and sworn to sun’port fhc Constitution of the United States, ' that the adoption of, the uniemiincnt will rendor it next to impossible for ns to nrgtmiae onr eourt* witbont tlui im< porution of judges, or to find suitable men to fill our country offices, they s;«v thoy were not aware that this class 1 Was so Urge a* it is mjW repregen Wff to be, but that Pongress will still have tho power, by a two-thuds note, to re lief” them, and that they do.not doubt that compliance with the term* on our , part will so fnf jmlicn the. tVhngs of the people of the North, tli*t our judg * and other officer- wi'l very 8 -m be re I tie veil, except our political leaders, who may be icquircd to suhintl to ex i elusion for a long, r pei od. 1 These arc ifce rftws of the ntoi* moderate whig of the party in power. It is no'longer a question whether the freed men sliuil vote —tliat is elrcady decreed in hi* fhviw f but the quest ion ' is whether the white man who aided lu the War we*test tlie l nit. and Stain* ' *ba!l TdiU WiH m»: U * mt>m , ted if we eontfpne ‘to fhiow ob<Ki lbs - * the way of reenußt-uethm iqHin the Iraolt of the »witHUr««i amendment and niviv*re*l suffrage. , A* I hav* already s*eb;d, tha bill* 1 p a *sod in the Ifo *w embody the sub* ■Hanee of the m to radical prograhitu*, * v xut*pt np>« ti»« peft* ml * .-m.t'-Atu.e, for which the papular * M'Otimem Et..itc& ywt ptvpifeil. The MiUtary bill was amended m tha Sen * ale. «n tlie motion ol Mr Sherman.-so a* to allow each Wole M be relieved and readmitted *po« »*’♦ adapt'on of tb« c.mjUtWtiou.d amend®**! and um j vernal suffrage, Hm G»ter tebe secured bv ftojiVioo in ra h State, and the Constitution to be ap proved by Congress. The bill, as amended, was scut J»ck .to the House, where, if the telegrams are reliable* the amendment was rejected, the majority of the House L-eing uiuvilling to recog nize the present State governments and readmit us to Congress upon our compliance with the terms contained in the ’Sherman amendment. It seems however, from the dis[ atehes published, that this was afterwards reconsidered, and wbat is known as the Wilson amendment, which ex, eludes all persons included in the ccrn- { stitutional amendment from voting as from office, was adopted as art addition al provflion. Ana* also, an amend ment fliat the present State govern- ; ments are to be regarded as only pro rational, to bo displaced at the will of Congress. As thus amended, wc are informed, the bill has passed both Houses, aud will no doubt become a law, without , the President’s sanction. This simply gives us a Tew more days of prace, ! which is the best that even moderate 1 Republicans will sanction. If our peo- , pie improve the time, and act promptly, 1 we may ‘save something ; if we do not all is lost. Our prompt adoption of the constitutional amendment and uni, versul suffrage would; iu my o[Hiiion, 1 settle the‘question,’ Nothing less ever wifi. It might have the further effect of adjusting the unhappy difficulties, which exist between the [’resident and Congress., Ife has contonded all the while that the question of suffrage be longs to the States’ If they move and extend it, he has no raison to bo dis pldaued, .O" the otfier Band, Congiftss refuse# to rca.ognlzo tins State govern ments established Under his direction, without*their adoption of the constitu tional amendment, and universal sufi frige. By * compliance on the part of-the. States, Congress maintains its poiut of honor. The democratic mem bers of Cortgress have agreed with the President that the suffrage question is one fur the Stgte to decide. Tl’epride of each party lias been staked upon the maintenance of it# position. Uif ! fortunately for us. while this fight is i progressing we .ard between the uppdr ! and the Bother nfifffitcme, being ground I ttf atoms. Tlfe longer it lasts, the worse we tire.ruined-. Hyre, then, the iniquity ftatdlrajjy praseuto,itself, what is best for us to ido ?’ I anriwer, " fkirfc ,td I versitry quickly.” We arc prc.-Uafc avid powerless. We can offer no far ! tfirr resistance. The cunqueiars dictate ! tlieir own terms, vyhich are heightened | i:t severity by the delay of the con quered t<r accdjit them. Because ve 1 hatd lust imineusely, is it wise stub bornly to saerifiee the little that is left ;to us ? 'The decree has gone forth i that some of us, my-elf among others, - who were called to' lead our people j and direct public affairs during the j late unhappy struggle, shall be dis ! franchised, and at least politically sac. reffccd. If the sympathies of those i whom we represented were not with j us, they woulJ be less than human.— | But is it best that they cling to us till they have made beggars of their wives | aud Children, aud plunge tbems, hss t i: to irietrievable ruin, when their fi ■deffty can do us so good? I’thiuk not. Justice to their wives unf chil dren require that we do not cue- Urage them in this course. Aud abovo all, If poace 4 quiet, an l returning prosper ity can he rerftoi'pd to our utdiappy : oouutry by the Sueeitiv#, we should m ike it without further hesitation or ' dcUyv J.et ns accept The position, as we have already prolessed to do, in frond luitji. J,et ps see tu*it that the taws aiu faithfully aud impartially cxeiintmi tliqfi the most pry#*riytivj loyalist, aud the m dpt deg rad and freedmail, haye , the fcifmb measure’ of and jus tiCe which 1s meted out to but* own people. A# nil are obliged to admit. , that there can be no further seperatiun and as wc have chosen to remain un der the Government of the United States mtner than Seek home# else where, wc should now do all in our power, while wo claim i<# protection, to faitulully id! uur duties j as citizens. As wo live under it we should look to it at* the Government ! of our own clioie#. Its ffug is b-'W our its credit bur gr«dit, mi J we should come what I wav, to forget the past. and detend j an j #g*>tuin both with all our abd'fy j in future. Wo have in the South a country of Vast fertility and great miiurul nsooico*. The/need dcvel ojwment. W e have entered upon a ir<-w era Wc need oapital and lalit-r. , Neithor will ft-nw till our difficulties nre settled, and our political tfotrts defined. Every Norther man or foreigner who - bring* physical strength or capital into tieorgiu, adds to her w ahh, and shortld be regarded as a friend and treated as such. Iu our dopre.s.->txl cooduion, if Ujen who are devoid of the better fuel ing# of* ->ur niitur# some amnog us to insult n# by imsfienoe. Jet us tefu*a t<> bandy w-ui- with them f’omjwrrti . with the great urns# of the Northern people, the** Character* are few. and n. ÜBt. sjn-u }'hi A e to hutter A ituu-narmooui. »#u never rejoice# mgr the suffering* of a fallen adver (.ary. Time wilt ho*l most of vur wan tide, and W«* who so war were I Ui: 'X'-Wirr re»>a fc.* in pta«e Itiendsi- I The saunw this if the ease, the better i for the who'e country, lo view of lk-wa* enure ler:i?“n»a, T thluk ii he»t that we, e# tbs eonqtx u-i yqjid the * poults ?U uonirovrrsy at CW(4. It otdjf reuiaiuf for tue Jo pd-J, shut I coo-idcr il flii duty hi the n-iv-wn -r ! orght to c;-Ji the Legk-Istnre te - j iielkae without delay. au-f to rceoos uiew-i the |>ns«!ij;e t* as act esjhng,* neuvcuti.Ml of tin* pnoj-Ui ot this ?p So ehnnge our State t'onstitwtion as to provide for universal tuffrage in conformity to the nii fretire which pusa id Congress. known a- the Shuman • ' -*-w amendment; anil to provide for tho early election of a. i*q#d-ilaturc which Will adopt the con.-titutiujial, amend ment. We now have the ktsuranee of Congress jr. the-passage of this bill, that this shall sfcttlc*tlie quesrion of our We shall never get better Terms. Let us comply with them, anl be ready to be represented in the next Gongressau soon as po«sir ble. I respuct I’ujly suggest that the peo pled the scvoialcouuties of this State, whu favor the proposed actioiq hold public meetings, with a* littl# delay as possible, aud urge upon the Gover nor to convene the Legislature and re commend tlienreto take prompt action. The Governor aud Legislature were elected before the constitutional amendment was proposed, and I re spectfully .submit that it is their iiu peritire duty, in the present condition of the country, tp take the necessary Mcps to refer this question to the peo file at the ballot box. The most ap propriate mode of doing'this, is to or der and eleutioa for delegates to a coHvenlion, to act upon the proposi tion now submitted by Uongresi. This they cannot with propriety refuse, if the people demand it Let the people speak. If the State will adopt this lino of I policy, and the Convention will ine inoriiifjze Congress, asking that tho i judges, county officers, and others nec essary to the efficient working of tho State Government, be relieved frou* the provisions of the constitutional amendment, 1 believe the petition, if prUseiUed in a proper spirit, will be granted! and we shall soonTre relieved j of much of the gloom which is ndvr widespread ove* the whole South. If we reject the terms; proposed in tIW Sherman bill, 1 cortTess I sec no hope i for the futut#. Should we accept , them, f trust the example of Georgia may be followed by other States, and that this vexed question may soon bn ! permanently settled upon Hie besf terms which we will, ever be able to gait I am ft ware of the rnpidify of the changes which we are required to make, and t>f the natural prrjudidhs Xvhieli outypeoplc entertain agaibal nc-' gro suffrage. But it a should not for get, iu yioLliirg to an inevitable neces sity, that these people were raised aurertg us, and naturally svinpathiso with us Tlieir com!net during the war_pruve<i this. IU then, wc tru;>4, them kindly, pay tliem their Wage) promptly, and in all ren;peot.,| leal justly bytlumo,, we. shall-seldom have cause to complain of tlffelv reiulsat to respect our wishes, or consult -our interest at the ballot box. * As the questions which I have din cussed are of vital importance to the whole country; and as I do not .wish to be misunderstood or mi-representedf 1 respectfully request the editor of each newspaper who eoimncnts upon my letter, to give it entire to his rea ders. This is due alike to tne and to the public. Praying that the God who rules tlie universe may speedily bring order out of confusion, and send bis richest blessings upon our whole country, l am, very rispecifully, your ohedienff servant, .1 osfci'U E. Bitow.v. Messrs. Foster, Alexander, (jollier, and 'Others. of CoiiirclU Thoniiisvifle, Tb 6. -Ith, ISG7. ComtCil eonreoed this dav in regu bu’ meefinK. Fresent R. H. Harris, Mayor j Aldermen Reid, DeVVitt and* I*"V, er. Jjf a dL 'Thu busbtesy ofqbcmng and extend ing lJioa-1 sticet was called up, nn<C alter ei-nfc’ilerafirn the whole nntter was again roeotiimiUcd to the Street 'Committee, with power iso open the st-re-'t as e:uly as practicable, and die pose of the dirt takgn from the cut at H.y Railroad as in their judgment they may d-’cm. best AM. DeWitt, from the Committee on Cemeteries, made a report on fen* ciog l.aurcl llill Cemetery. Report received and laid over for considera tion till next regular meeting. The consideration of an alledged mi«tnfco by the arbitrators in the Me* Bain purchase, and the Taylor claim f--r iujury from small pox patients. \y ere both continued (or want ol a full Lftntetef-w# nr -IwrteteMNKWl - By u«iv«wMd consent the rules wero suspended. and amendments to the Lfoense Ordinance proposed and lead the first tine. Aid. Bower presented the project of the Masonic Orphan Home at Atlanta for the consideration of Council. Moved and carried, that as the pro* jeCt appear* *> be one of pure benevo lence, the A.-cnt in Tbofnasvillo is per. i n.itt<>-1 to sell Lottery Tickets for the same without taking out License- Council then adjourned. WM. DUNE, Clerk. - - - —-g-r*."! 11-.-JB in OUR HOUSE. - PHILADELPHIA ALE! .* « -At, W«*H- • W .»**» •* a Three for to C@ta Olt. TWELVE TICO'n F9i OK3IUAI Mar 3 tm