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General Pope’s Speech.
At the supper nnd banquet on Fri*
day night, at the National Hotel, in
Atlanta, in honor of'Maj. Gen. Pope,
the General being called upon, respon
ded aa follows:
Mr. President and Gentlemen
-—1 thank you very much for the cor*
dial welcome you have given me, and
for the kind and altogether catholic
toast which has just been read.
I confess that when I came to this
State, on a duty as distasteful and
embarrassing to me as it could possibly
have been disagreeable to you, I ex
pected to have been received with in
difference, at least, if not, indeed,
with positive dislike. The kind and
friendly welcome, and the assurances
of hearty cooperation in the discharge
ot the duty imposed upon me, which I
have received at your hands, have
been as unexpected as they are grate
ful, and encourage the hope that my
mission among you will be both 6rl«f
and satisfactory.
I am sure it is not necessary to tell
most, if, indeed, any of those here
present, that the legislation of C n
gress, which I have been sent here to
execute, was conceived in no spirit of
hostility or bitterness to the Southern
people, but as the speediest and most
satisfactory means of restoring the
Southern States to the Union. It is
based upon the theory that the politi
cal issues which brought about the late
war are dead, and should be buried as
goon and as deep as possible.
Any policy ot iuaction, at this day,
based upon the recollection or revival
of these issues, can only lead to the
destruction of those in whose interst it
is inaugurated.
It is the destiny of our people to
live together under one government
and the speediest and most satisfactory
means by which political equality can
be restored, are provided in these Acts
of Congress.
No method better, more lenient, or
more conducive to the public good, is
likely again to bo proposed. It is easy
to “go farther and tare worse,” but it
is scarcely wisdom to abandon what we
can have for that which, in the nature
of things, must be beyond our reach.—
These measures are proposed by Com
gress os a final settlement of our diffi
culty.
If accepted in the spirit, nnd with
the sincerity which prompt'd them,
our troubles will be at an end. If re- j
jected by the vote of the people ot
these Southern States, an issue is left
open whicli every day will make more j
difficult to settle. It is with no com
mon satisfaction, therefore, that I find
in your assurances of hearty coopera
tion in executing these acts of Con.
grese, good grounds for belief that the
questions which have perplexed and
annoyed us so long are about to be I
solved. The restoration of these
Southern States to the Union cannot
give the Southern people more satis
faction than it will give to the coun
try generally ; and we may hope, then,
to see a revival of that prosperity
and progress which have marked our
history from the beginning of our na
tional life to the beginning of the late
It is not nnlikely that you expect
from me some indication of the course
I intend to pursue in the execution of
my office; but, whilst it would be
manifestly improper for me, under the
circumstances, to gratify your wishes,
it is much to be doubted whether, with
erery inclination, it would be possible '
for me to do so.
The Acts of Congress prescribe my j
duties, and tbe means by which they
arc to be perfomed, but the manner
in which these means are to be used
depends bo much upon circumstances
which may arise from day to day, and
conditions which are liable to constant
change, that I could hardly be expect
ed to lay down any rule of actiou now,
which might not bo so far departed
from, and so frequently, that it would
rather mislead than guide you.
It would be suffioient for me to say,
generally, that it is my purpose that
the military forces under my command
ehall appear as little aa possible in your
civil affairs, and that I myself shall
appear in them only so far as the law
requires. Os course, upon the people
themselves must depend how much or
bow little they sec or feel the military
authority which has been plaoed oyer
them.
I shall endeavor—and I trust, wilh
success —to discharge my duties
amongst you with strict fidelity to the
law, with fairness, and with due regard
to tbe rights of all, so that when wc
come to part we may take loave of
each other, if not with concurrence of
opinion, at least with feelings of mu
tual kindness and respect.
I beg that you will again accept my
thanks for the kindly lecling you have
manifested toward me, and my cordial
good wishes for your welfare and pros
perity.- —Era.
From Mexico and Hayti.
New York, April 14. —Mexican let
ters received from the headquarters of
the Liberals in front of Quaretnro,
March 27th, and San Luis the 28th.
They contain details of the recent en
gagement at Cutaya. The completo
rout of the Imperialists is again con •
firmed. Several roads for escape are
still open for Maximilian, and the peo
ple of Quaretaro aid him liberally with
supplies. The besieging army is also
suffering fur food, and the contest
turns on the question, which army will
be starved out first. Escobedo is con.
sidered incompetent for his position.
A portion of Uoahuila is again in
rebellion, under the leadership of Gen.
Herrera, who proposes to erect the
Lagiuna district into a separate state.
Trouble' is apprehended from this, as
the opponents might easily move on
Saltillo and liberate Gen. Ortega.
When will war cease its inroads
wpoQ she happiness of the world ?
jloKtfm'it (fcnteqmst
( SEMI-WEEKLY.)
L. C. BRYAN, : : : : Editor.
THOMASVILLE, GA.:
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 18G7.
THE ORDER OF THE DAY.
War is *he order of the day. The
United States have just closed the
most disastrous war that ever occurred
in America. It has resulted in a dis
solution of the Union, and the over
throw of Republican form of govern
ment. Mexico has been convulsed by
civil war for fourteen years, and chang
ing from Republican to Monarchy
during our own struggle, she is now
in the last stage of throwing off the
lutter for anew attempt at Republican
government. Spain and Chili also,
have but recently laid down their
arms, and the Republic of Colombia
now takes up the cudgel'and strikes
for a change in the Administration.
The successful chieftain has impri
soned the greatest portion of the Le
gislative body. Hayti has just been
revolutionized, and her former ruler is
now a fugitive. Turkey has for some
time been exertiug all her strength to
suppress rebellion among her subjoots,
and Sp un has long been employed
likewise. Spain is now at loggerheads
with England, and war is strongly
talked of. Ireland and Canada has
for 60tue time been engaged in arrest
ing and bringing Fenians to trial, and
the Indians have gone to war with the
United States in the West, having at
tacked and exterminated the entire
garrisons of two strong forts.
Prussia lately overwhelmed Austria
and compelled her to an ignominious
peace, and reconstructing the German
empire iu her own interests, assumes,
what is now attracting the serious at
tention of the world, an attitude of de
fiance toward France. These two great
powers are now arming with all possi
ble dispatch, as if war was imminent,
and the press all over the world are
predicting a conflict between the two
to come off, at farthest, during the
next year.
Viewing these operations from the
North, Russia strips for the fight
which she foresees she can not keep
out of, and cedes her Atuerieau terru
tory to thes United States. In this
she cheats England's navy and pockets
the small sum of $7,000,000.
HARDAWAY & McKINNON.
In calling espec al attention to the
new advertisement of the above firm,
in to-day’s issue, we do a real favor to ;
our readers, who are requested to note
particularly, that Messrs. Hardaway Sc
McKinnon offer to sell Bacon, Corn,
&c., at Savannah prices, with the cost
of freight only added. This is cer
tainly a great advantage, and will gave
parties who trade iu Savannah, the
trouble and expense of correspondency
shinmenL Sec., hesieL- f.h/> ri»lr nf ant.
ting a bad article, fhcir cal.coes also
are cheaper than before since the war
—their lowest prices 10 and highest
22 cents. Muslins also and other
goods equally as cheap in proportion.
In fact, their prices have fallen.
PHOTOGRAPHS.
Our old friend Jeffers is determined
that the Likenesses taken iu his New
Gallery, shall not he surpassed iu this
couutry. Ho has spared no pains or
expense in fitting up his establishment
in a stylo equal to any in the South,
and as will bo seen by his advertise
ment, has just secured the of
Mr, Tbeo, Starbuck, the gentlemanly
Artist who lias had charge of l'crkins’
NewUaiory, in Savannah, for the lust
six months. Wo clip the following
from the Savannah News it If raid,
of the 18th instant:
Perkins’ Gallery—The great
popularity which this Oullery bus at
tained for its faithful nnd finely finish
ed photographs, is due, in a great mea
sure, to the artistic skill of the opera
tors, who have few, if any, equals in
the city. Among the gentlemen lately
connected with this establishment,
who has proven himself an artist ol no
common ability, and whose productions
have been greatly nduiired for their
strict fidelity to nuture, is Mr. Theo
| dorc Starbuck, who, we understand,
l will leave in a lew days for Florida.
We commend him most heartily to our
readers iu that State os a worthy gen
tleman and accomplished photographist
CLEVIS AND BOLT.
Messrs. A. & R. Smith, for the ac
commodation of farmers, havo brought
out a* new patent of Clevis and Bolt
| for Plows, which they offer for salo
I much cheaper than they are now made
j at.our Blacksmith shops. 'The Clevis
j is arranged to regulate the depth of
! plowing, has a Stout slide ring nnd
bolt with screw and tap twister.
SUPREME COURT AND THE
SOUTH.
The Supremo Court refussd leave to
file the Mississippi Injunction Bill of.
lered by Gov. Sharkey, hut he de
clares that he will never cease his et.
forts to shield the South against the
disastrous effects of the Military Bill
until death, or until a decision bo
made by the Court.
The Georgia hill, not containing the
objectionable clause, was allowed to be
filed and is now matter before the
Court. The decision, however, will
not be rooderod before December, and
whether it be in favor of the South or
not, will matter little, as the Shcrinnn
bill will havo been executed, and the
Southern States metamorphosed in
violation of the Constitution.
THE MEETING SATURDAY-
We publish to-day the proceedings
of the Colored Mass Meeting, held at
the Court House in Thomasville, on
Saturday last, ns they were written and
handed to ns by the Chairman. They
afford a very good idea of some of the
objects of the meeting, but one com
ing in late as ice did, and hearing the
several speakers, white and colored,
without having heard the opening,
would have supposed that the princi
ple object of the met ting was for mu
tual forgiveness, a grounding of mu
tual prejudices, harmonious action and
a cordial co-operation of the two races
for tho becefit of both. Indeed, we
did not learn on that day that (here
was any other object. The Court
House was literally cr wded with col
ored men and a very respectable audi
ence of white men, composed of many
of the most intelligent and influential
citizens of the County. The meeting
was conducted with propri ify and ex
cellent order. Profound attention was
paid to the orators, and throughout
the day not a single incident happened
to mar the good feelings gotten up on
both sides by the pleasant speeches.
Os these speeches we can say but lit
tle, because they were not reported,
and as they were not written (whicli
wo regret) we cannot publish them.
We heard all the speakers, however,
except the first, (the Chairman’s), und
we were pleased to see an eainest ef
fort being made on both sides to har
monize and co-operate for the general
good. The colored speakers, named
in the proceedings, did credit to their
race, and spoke with an earnestness
, and vigor approaching to eloquence,
few would have credited them for pos
; se.-sing in time past. They exhibited
no fear or trepidation, nor scorned in
‘ the least awed by the presence of the
white audience ; but spoke as boldly,
though as respectfully as any of' the
white men. Their appreciation also of
"hits and their applause was perfect
and well timed. Without boast or
impudence they seemed determined to
show that, untrained as they were, they
could emulate the highest virtues of
the white man and observe perfect
decorum in a public assembly.
It is unnecessary to follow any of
the white speakers in.their response to
calls made upon them by the colored
audience—sufficient to say, wilh one
exception, their remarks were brief,
and ail kind, conciliating, and encour
aging to harmony and co-operation.
The effect of the meeting was good on
both sides, and w thi«k its influence
will continue to grow. The meeting
was gotten up entirely by the colored
people, who invited the whites to be
present, in order, as the Chairman sta- ;
ted, that the white people might see j
that they had come not half but all
the icuy, to show their willingness to I
co-operate with them ft the recon- j
struction of the State. This meeting j
they also stated was to decide that t
issue, and they asked the Southern I
white people cheerfully to concede
their rights un lor the law, give them ,
justice before the civil tribunals of the
land, and be their friends and assist in
their education. These views were j
met - n a cordial and becom ng manner !
on the part of the white speakers, and
inspired confidence in the minds of the
colored people.
MILITARY STAY LAW.
Gen. Sickles, commanding the Dis
trict of North and South Carolina, in
his general order number ten, dated
Charleston, April 11th, prohibits levy
and sale of property for twelve months,
by all Sheriffs and Constables in the
District, on nil suits in which the ob.
ligation w; s incurred prior to the 15th
of May, 1805. 'Levy and sale is al
lowed on all suits in which the obli
gation was incurred subsequent to tiro
15th of May, 1865, but regard is to lie
had to the priority of laws. In the
same order,a tide the sth, it is ordered
that all proceedings for tho recovery
of money under contracts, whether
under seal or by parole, the eonsideta*
tion for which was the purchase o/'ne
groes, be suspended, and judgments or
decrees entered or enrolled fur such
causes of notion, prohibited from cm
forcement.
PARTIES SITBPCENAED.
Having granted leave to file tho
Georgia Rill of Injunction, against the
execution of the Sherman Military
Bill, the Supreme Court has issued the
following Subpoena against the parties
enjoined in toe bill :
“The State of Georgia, complain>
not vs. Kdwiu M. Stanton, Ulysses S.
Grant, and John Pope, defendants.
“ The President of the U Slates to
Edwin M. Stanton, Ulysses S. Grant
and John Pope, greeting: For certain
causes offered before the Supreme
Court of tho United States, holding
jurisdiction in equity, you are hereby
commanded that laying all other iirati
tors aside and withstanding any excuse,
you bo and appear before tho said Su*
promo Court, holding jurisdiction in
equity, on the first Monday iu Deccm.
her next, at tho City of Washington,
in tho District of Columbia, being the
present seat of the National Govern
ment of the United States, to answer
unto :hi bill of complaint of the Stnto
of Georgia in the said Court, exhibited
against you. Thereof, you are not to
fail, at your peril. Witness the Uon.
Situou P. Chuse, Chief Justice," Ac.
The Revolution in Colombia
New York, April 15. Advices state
that General Mosquera, of Colombia,
has carried out his long threatened at.
tack upon the Congress of the Repub
lic, and sixty-eight of its members
have been arrested, including cx> Pre
sident Murrillo. An army entirely
devoted to Mosquera has overthrown
the Constitutional Stato Government
of Magdalena and established anew
one entirely devoted to tho Dictator.
- [FOR THE SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.]
MASS MEETING IN THOM
ASVILLE.
Iu accordance to previous notice, a
large numberof the cozens of Thomas
County, irrespective of color, assem
bled in Thomasville, on Saturday, the
18th instant It was called by the
Frcedu.eo of tho County of Thomas,
and the offices of the meeting were
consequently filled by them. McCal
lister Davis was called t» the Chair,
and Charles F Cooper appointed Sec
retary, by regular motiun and vote of
the meeting ; but both colors were re
spectfully invited to participate in the
proceedings.
Rev. B. F. Munson opened the
meeting with prayer.
The Chairman stated the objects of
the meeting as follows :
“ Os tiking into consideration such
measures as will have a tendency to
advance the colored race, both morally,
intellectual!/and pecuniarily; thereby
promoting the happiness and prosper
ity of ourselves, and bring about a
more perfect spirit of amity between
ourselves and the white man, among
whom it is our lot still to live, and
from whom we sti-I hope to receive
many useful benefits, that may tend
to our developoment and aggrandize
ment in the prU, iri science, in morals,
nnd in'religion.”
The Chairman axtend ‘d his remarks
with much pertmuico to the occas-on.
He was followed ty Col. J. L. Seward,
and he by other speakers, in the fol
lowing order, all approbating the meet
ing, and proceeding in tiic most har
monious manner—-tj-wit : Giles Price,
(oolored,) J R. Alexander, (white,)
Charles F. Cooper, (colored.) Rev.
Jared Wade, (colored,) Robert 11.
Harris, Mayor, (white,) S. Fouche,’
(white,) Robert Mitchell, (whitoj. —
After the addresses, the following pre
amble and resolutions werfe passed :
Whereas it has pleaded an Ai
mighty and Beneficent God to liberate
us from bondage, and open anew
epoch in the history of our long down
trodden and oppressed race, and to
number us (as we believe he will yet
no) with the men of the earth—and
in order that we may merit this bless,
ing, and retrieve the .despicable char
acter so often applied to us for our
apathy and lethargy, caused by our
former situation and want of opportu
nity—and believing, as we do, that
our minds arc as logical and as sus
ceptible of cultivation, education and
elevation, as 'he minds of other men
would be under similar circumstances
and like opportunities—and as educa
tion, moral, mental and religious, is
the only means of developing these
dormant faculties that have so long
slumbered (not even being taught to
read tho \\ orii of God,) our purse
strings shall be loosed and our com
bined energies thrown into the scale 1
for the attaiment of this desire.
Resolved, also, That wo endorse the
acts of Congress in relation to the re- j
construction of the State.
Resolved, That we hereby heartily
pledge our support to all loyal men
who wifi aid us in the work KO bf tlDwl
Ktsrdced, That wc also pledge (JUT
hearty support to all persons who will
come among us for the purpose of ad
vancing our race in education, and
also all measures for the general de.
velopenient of the great resources of
our State.
The meeting then adjourned in
much harmony, sine die.
McC. ft A \ 18, Chairman.
Charles F. Cooper, Secy.
Addreas of Gov. Jenkins-
Wasm noton City, D. C., 1
April 10, 1867. $
To the People op Guoauta :
During the late civil war you were
u'stinctly informed, by the legislative
rololvfes, add-by Executive proclama
tions, cdMafirfg from tho United
States Government, that it was waged
against you, not vindictively, not lor
the purpose of conquest, but solely for
the maintenance of the Union. The
theory announced was that, by her or
dinance of secession, Georgia had not
placed herself, nor could in any way
place herseli, without its pale, but
that at whatever eost of blood and
treasure, the resistance of her people
to the authority of the Uuited Btatcs
must be suppressed.
W ith these ideas in your minds (ac
tuated by what considerations it mat
ters not), in April, 1865, you, in good
tuith, ceased that resistance, laid down
your aril’s, and made full submission.
From these premises it is undeniable
that you hud a right to expect, as it is
notoriously true you did expect, speedy
restoration to the position in the Union
from which you had essayed to with
i draw —vour states unchanged, save in
1 tlurt bqlttion of slavery, to which, with
amazing equanimity, you assented, by
| word and by not.
To this work of restoration, the
President of the United States, in the
recess ot the Congress, faithful to the
i theory promulged us stated, addressed
1 himself with much of oirouiustsntial
detail and e lab onto machinery, but in
a spirit of nnaffeet and kindness.
Ilii prescribed programme you stiict
ly pursued—all that was antagonistic
to the United States Government you
expunged, from your records ; ali that
was required to put you again in prop
er relation with that Government, you
did. When next the Congress assem
bled, your State government (which
had been temporarily suspended) was
in full operation—Senators and lu-pi
rosentatives, regularly elected and du
ly commissioned, presented themselves
tn the halls ol Congress and were re
fusedndmission. Yet the postal reve
nue mid judicial systems of tho Foder-
Governmciit were extended over
Georgia as over Massachusetts and
Ohio. Direct taxes assessed against
the several States of tho Union, by
acts previously passed, were collected
from you. An amendment of the Fed*
cral Constitution, proposed by the
Congress in the prescribed forms, was
presented to your Legislature for rati,
fication or rejection, as to those of New
York and Pennsylvania. This-you
ratified, and your ratification was ac
cepted. Your State Government mov
ed ori uninterruptedly in its proper
sphere, its Legislative and Executive
Departments ho'ding communication
with departments of tbe Federal Gov
eminent, as in the palmy, peaceful
days of the Republic. Thus one long
session of the Congres transpired,
causing no nqw regret, save your con
j tinued exclusion from the National
| Councils. This you bore —if not, un.
! comp'ainingly, at least submissively—
! patiently awainting the prevalence of
j counsels more liberal, more just But
I during the first session of the Thirty
ninth Congicss another amendment
was proposed to the Constitution, and
presented to your Legislature for con
sideration and ratification, or rejection.
This was considered in the interval be
tween the first and second sessions of
the Thirty-ninth' Congress, in terms
entirely respectful, but quite dis inctly,
rejected Other States (nowand al
ways participant in Federal legislation,
whose status as members of the Union
has never been questioned) likewise
rejected it and are unmolested. —
Against Georgia and other States simi
larly situated, the rejection seems to
have stimulated the ire of the National
legislators. Alter having treated
Georgia as a State, so far as coincided
with the convenience or their interest
J —after having tolerated her Govern
| ment, reconstructed under Federal
| Executive auspices during a period ot
! eighteen months, tho Thirty-ninth
i Congress, just at its close, enac’ed a
| law providing for the reconstruction
! of your State Government, in aecor
dance with their will and pleasure, ir
respective of your own ; and, ad inter
im, for your military government. —
The Fortieth Congress, taking the role,
immediately upon the exp.ration of its
predecessor, bus enacted a law supple
mentary to the former, placing the
whole machinery of reconstruction in
the hands ql the Military Governor
previou-ly provided for. Construing
the two acts together, that official is
clothed with dictatorial powers over
you, and sustained by as many bayo
nets as may be necessary to the end
in vi.w. They prescribe, as indi.spen
b!e provisions in your contemplated
constitution, several articles which the
enacting power well knows you disap
prove, and some of which,as appicable
to themselves, other States now in fi 11
fruition of the Union disapprove, and
have recently rejected. Lastly, these
enactments for the purpose of this
forced reconstruction, extend the elec
tive franchise to a large class of per
sons on whom you have never bestow
ed it, and to whom you, as well as
other States now represented in Con
gress, by the rejection of the last pro
posed constitutional amendment, have
refused to extend it.
These acts of Congress have been
vetoed by the President, but have
been passed over his veto by two-thirds
I shall not .-well this address by a
thorough analysis of tliese acts. They
arc fearfully familiar to you. But 1
hesitate not to say to you that they are
pilpably, uncon titutional and grio
vr usly oppressive.
Such lellw-citizcns is your pr sent
condition and the official relation L bear
to you demands that l speak to you of
it. The all-absorbing question is, what
shall Georgia do '(
The public discussion seems to re-
cognize only two alternatives. First,
prompt acquiescence iu tho already re
jected proposal for amendment to the
Federal Constitution, and in all the
requirements of the two acta of Con
gress before mentioned, together with
the incorporation of them all, by our
own acts, into our own constitution
and laws. Secondly, a firm but tem
perate refusal of such acquiescence
and adoption; and a patient, manly
ei durance of mUitury government, uu
til, in the efflux of time, and on the
subsidence of tHo passions generated
by civil war, better counsels shall pre
vail at tho Federal capital—we, mean
time, strictly observing law and order,
and vigorously addressing ourselves
to industi id pursuits.
As between these alternatives, I
havo no hesitation in advising the
adoption of the latter, but forbear at
this time to assign any reason ftr this
advice, because, fellow-citizens, l am
far Irom believing that these a’c the
only alternatives. I have strong faith
that thcro remains to us un available
remedy. In ihe Federal Government
there are three departments. Two of
| them have passed upon these measures,
1 and ure iu direct untag-inistu regar
-1 ding their eunstituliona ity. But in
! that event the C institution gives lo
the Legislative Department power t>
1 override the Executive, and tl ey have
Jso done. There still remains, how
ever, tho Judicial Department—the
! great conservatory of the supremacy
of the Comtitutton —whose dewees,
unlike the Executive veto, cannot be
1 overridden by the Congress. That
department lias not yet spoken —‘
1 Should it bj found in accord with the
e.xceuiive, this usurpation will bear
! rested. Then, although for a time you
may be denied representation in Con
gress, your State Government will re
main intact, and lull restoration will
not long be delayed.
Watching at home the progress ol
these measures, l gave, as was my du
ty to you, earnest consideration to the
question whether or not we had any
remedy against tncin. I reached the
conclusion that a case could be made,
giving jurisdiction to t Ho supri me
Court, wherein the validity of these
acts C; uld be properly tested, and
whereby, ii found invalid, they could
he arrested. I'uwilling to trust my
own judgment, or that of any South
ern jurist, so liable to' be swayed by
the bias of Southern interest and
Southern feeling, immediately upon
tho passage of the first act, I came
here for the sole purpose of submitting
my views to and consulting with, ju
rists al-lo and pure, who would view
the whole subject from a different
standpoint. I have done so, and, by
such men, my proposed course has
teen approved.
Before you read this tbe cause of
Geora ia will be in that august tribunal,
hitherto true to the Constitution —the
bulwark of our Liberties. The great
question of relief Irom that quarter
will bc - speedily determined. Need I
ask yon to be calm and quiet, commit
ting yourselves hastily to no particular
course of action '( Should we fail (as
fail we may) there will remain nothing
that I can do for you. Your destiny
will be in your own bands, and you
must choose between tho alternatives
first presented. In making that choice,
you iiave my coun-el, perhaps errone-.
ous, but certainly honest-
Charles J. Jenjins.
From Europe.
London, April 11—P. M. —The
Princess of Wales is at the point of
death A surgical operation on the
knee bone is necessary to save her
life. She. cannot endure the pain,
and is too week for chloroform. 'The
news is carefully kept from the public.
The Prince of Wales haunts theatres
as usual.
Dublin, April 11. —Patrick Con
din, alias General Massey, late Fenian
leader, escaped indictment by turning
Q men’s evidence.
Berlin, April 11. —Bismarck has
sent un energetic note tt> Paris, de
manding the reason tor arming of the
French. lie says Prussia holds France
responsible for the consequence of
such steps, and demands the instant
cessation of warlike preparations.
Rostadt, April 11-—Tho Prussian
gariison at Kostadt has been reinforc
on by two regiments. Rostadt is a
strongly fortified town, and is situated
on the right bank of the Rhine, four
teen miles from Carlorapes.
STUTTGARD, April 11.— Evening—
Orders have been sent to the princi
pal Wurtenibcrg and Baden railway
stations to send cars for cavalry hor
ses.
fi.®'-The New York Express makes
the following fling Southward :
“We are sorry to see among inatiy
of the white men of the South (and we
may say this, now the Connecticut
election demonstrates that the North,
ern people can stand by them) that
they act as crushed-cmt subjects, no
longer citizens, and are scarcely quite
up to an equality iu spirit with their
old slaves. Liberty, just now, is m re
cherished among the old slaves than
among the old masters. Now, all this
is a surrender into slavery without a
struggle. It is wonderful that men,
such heroes as they were in war, have
become cravens in poaco ! The North,
ern Democrats and Conservatives are
alive, and abhor this Five Monarchy
Bill mo-e than it is abhorred South.—
It does not reach us directly, hut the
Tyrants that inflict it upon us, if they
dared, and if we did not resist —and by
resistance wo mean, not the. resistance
of force—but resistance in and under
the law.
‘‘The Five Monarchy Bill, South, is
4 curse to the South, not alone becau-c
it is a despiAism, but because it, des
troys the South,- makes uninhabitable
the South, stops all -migration into
the South, and all invests, >n t 0 f capi
tal there. Any Northern business
man, now, woull as soon send a >v>u ;ir
for investment to IlQyti, or Jamaica,
or Costa Rica, as into the South.
Is Rebellion Ever Justifiable in a
Republic.
The Times eo ntends that it is not.
Its, argument, if wo correctly appre
hend it, is, in substance, that itias
much as the aggrieved are r 'presen
ted, they have a remedy in the elec
tions if they are a majority, while, if
they are a majority, they are bound to
submit. We do not undertake to de
fine the justifiable causes of reb ellimi,
since they involve a question of do
gree, and therefore do n t admit of
very exact statement. But whatever
may be the amount of oppression
which just fies armed resistance, we
cannot sec why it should make any
difference, in the moral aspect of the
question, whether tho oppressors be
low or many. Tbe majority in a re
public will never rebel, since they have
an easier and less hazardous mo-’e of
attaining th- ir wishes. When minor
ities rebel, they do so with the odds
against them; and it is only a deep
sense of wrong or a firm confidence it.
the justice oftli ir cause that can in
duce them to take the risks. Majoti
ties are but aggregates of individual
men ; and as individual met: may be
unjust and t\ranicM, majorities com
posed of such individuals may be so
too. The absolute will of a majority
is even more intolerable than the ab
solute will of aiponurch, since it may
consist ol infinite strands of individual
tyranny twisted together into one tre
mendous cable.
Republican government is, to be
sure, the government of majorities ; but
it quickly degenerates into an engine
of oppression unless the will of the
majority is rest-ained by a fixed con
stitution. Constitutions arc not meant
for the protection ot majorities, who
in a republican government, c n al
ways protect themselves through the
ballot-box, but for the protection of
minorities against the tvraony of tbe
majority. So long as the majority, or
the government which is their agent,
respects the limits thus set to its au
thority, rebellions can never be justi
fiable if the Constitution is just and
wise. But if a hot headed and over
baring majority refuse to be bound
by the constitution and erect their
own will into »K* supreme-law, will
the J imes tel! us what would, in that
case, be the effectual moaoe of reals*
ting oppression and redressing injust
tic®? The government of an unre
strained majority is the worst of all
possible tyrannies. When all con'
stitutional restraints are east off and
scoffed at, what are the minority to
do ? For our part, we do not hesitate
to affirm that our people are fit for re
publican government who have not in
their composition a spice of the rebel.
Ihe knowledge that the minority will
resist if injured, ii a salutary restraint
on the governing power. It was Jes
ferson’s opinion that there owghttobo
at least one rebellion in a generation,
to purify the political atmosphere and
remind rulers of the necessity of mod
eration.
’1 he times’ notion that rebellion is
never justifiable under a representa
tive government, is one of those hasty
half-thoughts caught up by looking at'
a subject in one of its aspects, instead l
of a comprehensive survey. The F( d
eral Constitution itself iffdireetly re
cognizes the right of rebellion* in ex
treme cases. It declares that “the
right of tbe p-rop-h; to keep and bear
arms shall not be infringed.’* The
right of the people to bear arms tm--
plies their right to use arms, otherwise
the guarantee would be as idle as tne
r 'qht to keep guns without triggers.—
It is a'good thing for the people to
have guns in their hands to use, in l
the last resort, against oppression y 2»d
it is a good tiling for goveru-raeuts to
know that the people possess arms of
which this use can be made. Wheth
er any particular occasion justifies re
sistance, is quite a different question
from whether resistance is ever permis
sible. The Times’ by inculcating tbe
slavish doctrine that the tvraniy of
the majority is never to bo resisted,
precludes all cotisiderat on ot parlrtu
lur grievances as aground of rebellion.
If rebellion is never permissible in a
republic, it. cannot be permissible
against this or that wrong, however
flagrant and indefensible.
This slavish doctrine is new iw
American politics, but it is a natural
enough corrally from the high handed
action of the government during the
last six years. All former expounders
of our institutions have recognized the
right of rebellion. The Federalist,
for example, in discussing the means
of the States to resist Federal en
croachments, gives a prominent place,
to physical force and winds up iu this
sp:r ted strain of truly tepublican elo
quence: Let us not insult the free
and gallant citizens of America with
tho suppos tm, that they would
be less able to defend the rights of
which they would be in actual posses
sion, than tho debased subjects of ar*-
bitrary power would be to rescue'
theirs from the hands of their oppres
sor. Let us rather no longer insult
them with the supposition that they
can ever reduce themselves to the ne
cessity of making the experiment, by
a blind submission to the long train of
insidous measures which must precede
and produeo it.” Mr. Webster, iu
both nf his groat speeches against nul
lification—that in reply to llayne and
that in reply to ‘Calhoun—explicitly
and lully acknowledged the right of
rebellion as unquestionable, as did also
Mr. Clay in connection with the same
subject. Mr. Seward, in discussing
tho militia system, said that among
the three occasions lor t.-.e exercise of
the rights of rebellion was, ‘- [st. The
attempt by the Government or its ot.
ticers to exercise tyranny over its peo
ple.” , It marks a great decline in the
spirit of liberty in this country, and
betokens the demoralizing influence of
the period through which we have
• Jt, n passing, that a popular newspa
per In., become imbued with senti
ments so 4,j cu t and servile.— New
York World.
A “ IlurraK' in the I r.., n g pi nce
/or the Speaker. — The l‘eX^p, ur g
(Va ) Index relates the following inJt
dent.
During his speech in front of Jar,
rett’s Hotel on Thursday night, Sena
tor Wilson remarked that six hundred
and twenty.five battles bad been
iougbtin tho late war lie pathetically
added that “three hundred and twen
ty-five thousand Union soldiers had
lost their lives in crushing out the re*
hellion.”
“Hurrah for dot !’* cried a colored
member of the audience.
—sre
Religious Notice.
Itev. J. 11. Campbell propomj* to deliver
two l>inci'urn s in the Hapti«t Church, next
Sabbath—in the forenoon, to Yonng Men ; at.
night to Young Lathe*. All interested hic in
vited to attend.
April 19, 1807.
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