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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. PHOTOGRA IMIS IIKTTER Til i\ EVER! MIC. Ji : I'l l .'IC* takes pleasure in in . forming the Ladies and Gentlemen of Thomasville, that he has effected an engage ment for a short time, with Mr T Staiibuck, the celebrated Art it* t from Perkins New Hal bt;v iii Suviimirtii, whose ['holograph# are ac know lodged hj the Savannah press, to bs aa perior to any taken in that place Mr Starbuck will introduce the ffemrifte Porceluin Picture, which tor beauty and dura* bility surpa.-F. - any thinu ever yet taken in the shape of a I’hotogfntpmr Likeii#»s ' v < all at dett. »V New Gallery, neat door to - 4 lark * Confectionery. *p 19 FERTILIZERS ,) TONM N-' I Peruvian fJnano, <St 1 Tou Ooodw • S I 500 ll.* Nonpareil IJuan-v On hand ands -r *a)e l-»»v hv -I It. 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