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<j> South'll ‘ Enterprise.
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•...!. \v> are requested to announce Benning
71. M.ocrre, James McDonald and Henry
Mitchell, as independent candidates for
the State Convention. /.
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We are under obligations to Mr.’ I. Ku
b.itchek just returned from ‘ Europe, for
• ‘the London Times , Illustrated Acws, find
the immortal punch. ’-. . ’
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We are. requested to state that Mrs.
t Lai iiik has returned to her home in Thom
.osvilie and reopened her school, •
C hauffe of Terms.
Tho subscribers, to the Southern En
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tHßiuiisr. are notified that, subscriptions
for the paper .are hereafter payable -only
.’ in current, funds, except where private
contracts may be. madnwith the ’propfie
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\ew rost Master.
‘ Mr. John Seward has been appointed
post Master of Thomasville; and has open r
ed iiis officc on tho street, opposite the old
Post Office and near Mr..Wright’p law of
fice. . •
lir. llcpkins. ,
’ ‘. This gentleman has been summoned to
Washington City as a - witness in. the trial
. oi SVurtz, and we are requested to inform
. his friends, and patrons that . b’c does, not
expect to be absent over two weeks, when
he will resume his practice in Tho.raasville
•and vicinity.. •j • .
. Don’t, ask the Editor to tel) you who
wroto such- and such communications. —.
• • How would you. like for him to tell on you
when you publish & cammfinicatioa and
would prefer loosing your ’ right ear to
hating it known that you wrote it. If you
him to expose others you must ex.
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peel him also to expose you. Don’t, ask
therefore, but read and be content.
J. R. Alexander Esqr. .
* Vs there has-been many enquiries con.
<wrnlng the position of this gentleman In
. reference to'thn political issues of the day*
we are requested to state that if the peo
ple of Thomas County wilTmcet him At the
. Court Hmise on Saturday tb.e 23d ihst..* he.
. will express.his views-and discuss such
topics as would properly come before the
meeting; . ‘ •• •
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. Town Aiitlftorittts. •’
What Are our town .authorities doing ?
• .What is. th'c matter with them ? Are they
frightened out of their wits by .the cessa
tion of the war? Well,” gentlemen, the
Hiraff has passed by ; and you are hot hurt
■*“—so come out. of your holes’ and reorgan
ize the town council and let us to business
. again.. - We have much to,do —order to re
store —the town to. protect;—the streets to
clean Ac.,’ Sc. Let'us go at it/ • - . ‘
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• Tlie Public llighwajit.
Now that the civil authorities are all re
• restored, it is high time that.all civil offi
cers should .resume the duties of their offi
• ces. One of the.first subjects- for.consid*
“eration is th-e ‘public,highways. The roads
are all in-bad condition, and this! is now
the proper time to repair them. • All the
. .'negroes as well as white irien heretofore
* subject to work an the roads are subject
. yet, and now is the very time-to.do the
work. • Let the commissioners appoint their
overseers and order the roads worked and
. good-’employmtnt will be given to the hun
. dreds of negroes now • loafing . over the
country, anel the highways will bc„ put in
• good condition to the great benefit of the
* £ouniry: •*. . . •. • •
• The lulct iior C ourt.
•• ‘ here - are the judges ? /This Court has
• . % mountain of business before it and we
*ee no preliminaries- to the resumption of
business.. By • the withdrawal of-the
military all-the County business devolves
upon the Inferior Court, and it is time for
• th-e Judges, to bestir themselves. * There is
a. legion of indigent people black and white
for the Ceurt to dispose of, or support,
• and what will you do with them? Some.
• thing must be done sooner or later—why
hot begin f; The Legislature will aid you
he doubt in SO.ae way, but would it not• b e
better to commence now ? Look • around
and see ‘• “ y. •
Apologetic. .
We have divers communications an hand
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advocating the Convention ticket announ
ced in to'days paper, , but having also, au
thoritative intimations that we have no
right to publish articles militating against
the policy of the • Administration, we are
compelled to withhold them or lay tho pa
per liable to suppression. If we under,
stand ourself we are not disloyal to the
Government, nor wo-uld we offer any ob
stacle to. the speedy restoration of the
State, to the Union—on the contrary we
would augment every facility towards the
accomplishment of that, desirable end ; hut
those who do not agree with us upon every
point are determined that we shall be loyal
in .hone, and every argument, •• therefore,
■emanating from a source .not wholly agreea-.
ble td the Government is objectionable and
not to be tolerated. However keenly .this
may be folt, it is . not to be . overcome- at
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.presen-t.. Where there has been * violent
opposition it is difficult to establish -eofi
fidenee and the weak must’succumb. We
Jo not believe is . any respectable,
number of persons in the State- opppsed to
the immediate reconstruction Os the Union
but. there is a of opinion as to
the necessity and the • rights involved in
that reconst ruction/
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COMM U,\I€ATIOP.
M n-. Editor : ; •
In an editorial in tho. last issue t>f the
Enterprise, you say that the opposition to
the tickets .recently nominated’ to repre
sent. this county, in the approaching. State
convention, is “wide spread/.’. I have had
pretty good opportunities’of learning the
cause and the extent of this opposition,
and think that you are in error on the
subject. 1 was not in the meeting, nor
h’ave-I seen the resolution’s adopted by it,
b’ut the difficulty springs mainly from the
resolution in regard to debts. It is gen
erally understood that Col, Mclntyre, par
ticularly, js in favor/of opening the courts,
and allowing creditors to pursue their
debtors, even to selling them out of house
and home. Mr. Editor, this will not do—
the people will not only riot rote for any
man or set of men who Would favor such
a thing, but they will hate and dispise the
government that permits.it. The majority
of the citizens of this county tire broken,
ruined men, who heretofore were not only
good for their debts, but, had handsome
estates.besides are insolvent, and this. car
ljimity has been brought upon them not by
their individual acts and conduct,- but by
the action of the people as a whole, and
the Government: and now to he turned
out of doors, themselves and their families
is what they arc. not disposed to stand;—
At least, if the wickedness is perpetrated,
they do not intend to assist in their own
utter destruction. And let it not be un
derstood, Mr. Editor, that those who take
this position are in favor of. repudiation.
. They know that the Constitution of the
United States forbids any State from passs
ing.a law . empowering the obligation of
contracts, but at the same time they know
also that the State t-(m pass alleviating .laws
• without, touching’the contract, itself, and
’this they expect to! be do-ne. My feelings
prompt me to. Write much more on this sub
ject, but I know you can not spare much
space in your paper, and therefore I cut
this communication.short. . I have shown
• this paper to the candidates, and request*;
ed them to give their views on the subject
in the same issue of your paper in whioh
1 this is published.'. Permit me. Sir, to add
another word 6n another subject. Your
.idea of the opposition seems to be that .it
springs from the objection of the people to
the alleviation of the State Constitution on
the subject of- slavery. You are widely
mistaken on this subject. Four fifths. are
•in favor of it, and it is unfortunate that
everybody does not favor. iL The exis-’
tence of slavery Was. the issue made by ■
this war, lost it, and good faith re-;
quires that We should abide the judge-’
menL . But again; how- any man who has
taken-the oath of amnesty can place him
self in opposition to the laws and proclama
tions.on the subject of slavery, is more
thau I can comprehend. • Surely an oath
is • not an- idle thing. But lastly such
conduct places .a man’in direct. opposition
and-rebellion to the afid does
he reflect on the . consequence to himself
and the country by such a course - ? I could
but/will not enlarge upon this point, but
let me beg for the sake of peace,.good- or
der, aye even the safety of .our-people’that
no ticket be put out upon any such issue
as that, . ‘ * . • • HARMONY. .
Mr. Editor': . ‘ ’ *
I have just seen a communication signed
“Harmony,’’.intended for publication in
the next Enterprise, and make the follow*,
ing brief reply : •
The abolition of slavery by the Govern*
ment of the United States, and the conse
quent depreciation, of value in every other
species of property,, has destroyed-at least,
three fonrths of the capitol of the State.
Free labor is an untreid experiment, and
it will take years to devise amd perfect any
system which will make it .work well. In
view of these facts’ I think’ it may truth
fully be said that time and patient trial
will bo necessary'to secure any degree of
prosperity to us in.the future ‘} ana while
the,great mass of the people are elrugling i
manfully to relieve themselves from the
oppressions of want and poverty, it would
be unwise as well as unjust-it* - the Legis
lature to turn loose creditors, who have es
caped ruin by the disastrous turn of the
war, to upon their less fortunate
neighbors, and while I am not in favor of
repudiation, I am in favor of such al.evis
ating laws as the crisis demands. j
In regard to the amendment of the Con**
sttyution, it seeras to me there iq. but one
oourse that can be pursued with safety, and
that is to.aquiesce in the abolition of slave*
ry and so express it in the organic law of the
State. This course will. I hope, secure us
at an early day a civil government admins
istered by officers of our owon choosing.-
An opposite course I fear will keep us un
der military rule, and the annoying press
ence of negro.troops.
. .. J. R, ALEXANDER.
September .9, 1865. •
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Mr. Editor- An article signed, “liar--
mony” in your paper, addresses the nomi
nees for the Convent ion, which includes
two propositions: lut. In relation to the
Constitution proposed. I answer in re
gard to this, that slavery is. extinct, and
an acquiescence m this fact is necessary
to the restoration:of the State to its tors
. mer political relation's with the United
•States. 2d. Is in regard, -to the debtor
and creditor class of the-community, this
cannot arise properly in the- Convention, •
but I have no concealments —such in'dul-.
gent legislation as-will save ’ the. people
from titter and irretrieFftbie • ruin should
take place. The homes, wants, and inter
ests .of the people are all.involved—and
wise le'gis-lation will restrain the avaricious
and heartless, and protect and save the
masses of the people f-rom suffering. The
exact character of this legislation requires
consideration and reflection, so as to avoid
any dishonor .or repudiation —allow the
people time and an interest in the soil, and
industry and energy zssociated with hpn*
est eflfprt and honest pjrposes, will certain
ly redeem the country and work out ad*
vantageously to creditor and debtor.-#*
This matter however, belongs to the Leg ,
• islaturc and not to the. Convention.
JAMES L, SEWARD.
Thotnasville, Sept. 9th, 1860.
Mr, Editor I cheerfully respond to
tlie two questions propatnded bv Harmo*
ny. . . ‘ •’■ • ‘
Ist, I answer. The IJnited States-has
abolished slavery, and I believe the State
should acquiesce in it; ‘ ‘ •
2d. The impressions to which'you refer
certainly do not represent my’ true -.feel
ings. While lam oppesed to repudiation,
Ido not propose to dppen the Courts for
the purpose of selling the people out. of
house and home. I think wise legislators
can and will devise some means to relieve
the people of the .country without repudia
tion,. and without showing partiality to
any.class. . C-ertainly in these
ary times, I desire that the country should
have time and opportunity to rally before
an appeal to harsh measures,
... .. Respectfully Yours,
a. t. Mclntyre,
• ’ Thonaasville, Sept. 9th, 1865.
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TANARUS Ikr Triintrctt and Pntraiu of the
Flt'tfhfi- iMMlitute.
Circumstances entirely unforeseen have,
transpired, which .render it .impossible for
me, to take charge of the Fletcher Institute,,
and I herewith, respectfully tender my
resignation to the Board of Trustees, with
my. best wishes for the success of your In
istitute. . T. If. CAPERS.
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Public Meeting in Thomas
C’ouhty.
In accordance With previpus.undcrstnnd-*
ing, the cit-izen9 : of Thomas County met at
the Court House on Saturday the 2d insf.,
for the purpose of selecting delegates to
attend the .State Convention a-t Milletlge
ville, in October next.’ •
On motion of Col Seward, James H.
.Hayes was called to the Chair and F. J.
Browning requested to act Secretary. •
By request, of tlie Cliai-rman, Col. ’ Sew
ard in a brief manner, explained the ob
ject of the meeting. . After which the fol
lowing resolutions were offered and adop--
ted ’ •
Whereas, Georgia, on the 19th Janua*
ry 1861, by-her Convention, -declared her
relations with thq Federal- Government,
dissolved, which rcsnlted in the late war
and the subjugation’of.the. State with the
abolition! of slavery ly the United States
Government; and whereas, also. a Convens
tion has been called to meet in October
next, with a view to reorganize the State
and.return her to!lier former relation’s with
the United States G-ovenment; and where
as, it is of the greatest importance to the
people of the State that her restoration to
her farmer-relations wi:h the United States
Government.should occir at the earliest
possible moment. •Be i. therefore,
. Resolved, Ist. That a a subjugated.peo*.
pie, it is our duty to ac<ept of our condis
tion as we now find it, leaving the respon
sibilities thereof, to rest- where they ap
propriately belong, • ’ •• •
’ 2d. That good faith, public policy and
the true interest of. the State, requires that
the public and private indebtedness of the
Country, should be mei and fully discharg
ed, in such a manner however, as to work
as little iniury to the people as possible,
consistent with good faith
3d. That all laws an! other acts of the
State, and of its judicial and ministerial
officers, except those relating to and havs
ing reference to the late Confederate Gov*
.ernment as well as all acts, deeds, and
transactions, contracts, verbal or written
or other obligations of whatsoever characs
ter'by Individuals, should be declared val
i id'and binding ; that all violations of the
criminal law should be declared open and
subject to indictment and punishment—•
subject however, to such defence, and open
to such investigat ions as might or''could
have been made or had. if no revolution
had occured—except as to the plea of the
statute of limitations. This statute should
be declared to have been suspended during
the revolution—rthat is, from the dissolu
tion to the restoration of the Union.
4th. That we-will give a hearty support
to tlie administration of Andrew Johnson,
in his efforts to restore the Uuion of these
States upon the principles of equality
among the several States.
The meeting then proceeded by ballot
to select delegates. After the first ballot,
Col. Seward, Mclntyer and Alexander,
were declared duly nominated.
JAS. 11. HAYES, Chairman,
p. J. Browning. Secretary.
/ Sept 2, 18f>5. / /
Citizens fleeting in Pierce
County. .
Pursuant to previous notiec, the citizen's
of Pierce C-ounty assembled in the acades
my at Black shear, on the 2d inst. , for the
purpose of selecting .and • recommending
suitable persons us candidates to represent. -
the County in the'State - Convention to be.
held in Mille.dgev'ille on the 25th of Octo
ber next. ‘ - ; • ’ .
On motion, T:\ S. Jlerrdt was called to ■
the Chair, and L. li. Greenleaf appointed
-.Secretary.-• James A. Harper, J. J.Ober
ry, Rev.- I). It. Milton, lion', John Donald
son, and the Hon: ]i. Henderson, were ap
pointed to select candidates tor the Con
vention, . v
. While the Committee wore * absent in
consultation, the meeting was . addressed
by.Col.C. 11. Hopkins: In his happy and
felicitous style, he reviewed the’ piourntul
past, pointed out the course’for the people
to pursue, in the preseiit posture of allairs,-,
and sketched with the skill of an artist the
bright future Os our noble State, if true to
herself and the ting of the - Union. Pro
longed cheers testified the Unanimity of
feeling and sentiment pervading ‘ tlie as
sembly. v .
After the close of tlie Colonel’s remarks,
the Committee returned and reported the
following resolution. — •
That in the opinion .of this
Committee,- Col. C. 11. Hopkins and G.. M.
T. Ware, Esqr. are in every respect worthy
of the support, of the citizens-of the Coun
ty, and we cheerfully recommend their
nomination by the meeting. •<
.On motion, the .resolution was unani
ino-usly adopted, and. (lie proceedings of
tlie meeting.ordered to be signed by the -
Chairman, countersigned by tlie Secretary
arid sent to the Thomasville and SavAn
riah papers lor publication; The . meeting
then adjourned sine die.
T. 11. lIERIOT, Chairman;
L. li. Grf,kn\li:aiY Secretary. .
September 2, 1805.- “ - •
l itiou Hl€el|Bg in RScJaisiond.
New York, August 31.—The Her
aid's Richmond correspondent,. says
the people of* the city on Thursday
held their so-eallod Union meeting-,
for which thev ’ ie for .some time,
been making - v. ve’ preparations..
The national banner L>atsd over ‘ the.
rosttuin,.si.nd - the years of tlie
.ed Confederates ; present were.greeted
with.the strains of. Yankee Doodle and-
Star Spangled Banner so long ignored
by them. All the speakers were men j
who, six months.-ago. were prominent
supporters of the Confederacy. ‘’
The resolutions adopted express iris
dignation- at tie suspicions on the part
of the Northern people and’ journals
that the recanting secessionists are ,
not sincere in taking the oath of allc
giancc, and pronounce such imputa
tions utterly grounless arid false. —
They prr fess attachments'to the na
tional government and acquiesce in.
the results of the. war, including the
•abolition slavery, pledge, confidence’
in and the greatest respect for Fresi
■dent Johnson and Governor Pierpontj
ana recommend that similar meetings
he held throughout the State. - .
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The Republican State. Convention
of Venn sylvan ia fully endorsed the
policy of President Johnson, and de
clared strongly for the Monroe Doc
trine. So .'far, so good. But the
New York. IJci'ahl thinks there is al
ways a kink, in the proceedings- of pol
iticians, and says ; The weak point
in the platform of the- Pennsylvania
Convention is. the recommendation to
confiscate the property of rebels above
ten thousand dollars, and dispose of it
for paying pensions to the. soldiers.—
This is the business of the administra*
tion, and. may be safely left to them,
as a part of their policy of reconstruct
tion, without any suggestion front the
Pennsylvania Republican Convene
tion.” ‘ . •
A Washington letter of the 30th
ult., to the Cincinnati Commercial,
says: Linton Stephens, brother of
Alex. H. Stephens/ now confined at
Fort Warren, left to~day., by permiss
ion of the President to see his brother.
It is regarded as quite certain that the
! latter will be paroled. ‘
VARIETY.
The Boston Post asserts that t wasi
stated at the temperance convention
at Saratoga that the names oi thirteen
hundred lich men's dauglit. is, in New
York, were on the list of applicant#
for admission to the Asylum for ine*
briates, at Bingbampton, in that State.
The Times’ Washington special says:
We learn that the regular regiments,
which are receiving a large number of
recruits daily, will be ordered to the
West to do duty.
General Sheridan, in order to eri
courage discharged soldiers to remain
in the South, has ordered that such as
desire it shall be paid off without hav
ing to return to their homes. Four
million dollars to pay the troops arriv
ed in New Orleans on the 12th inst.
Nearly four hundred applications for
pardon were received at the attorney
general's office on the 29th ult. Over
8,000 petitions thus far have been sent
to the President through that .office.
. The French emperor has received
3128,400 for. the copyright of the first
volume ot his “Life of Caesar.” lie
has reserved 38.000 for his share, and
given 8120,400 away to his different
co-laborers. •
A large force of United States in.
fan try are at Victoria and- otheT points
in Texas: *
Gen, Hood is in San Antonia.—
Shelby and Hindman are m Moßfcrev.
Allen, of Louisiana, is in
San Louispotosi.
At tlie Yale College commencement
dinner, Gen. Ullman said be was nu
tborized by the? secretary of war a few
days ago, to say that there had been
recently disbanded, or were now in
process of disbandment, 782,542 sol
diers, and that we had a million of
men in the field when Lee surrender-**
ed.. . ‘ . ‘ ‘
A Pfusian soldier was taken ill nino
months ago, and found shelter and
nursing in an Austrian hospital. The
.expense.of caring for him was abcut
seven dollars, and in relation to the
settlement of the account the two gov
ernments have had a voluminous cor*,
resppmlcnce, only just completed.
Negro Schools.—Tin se institu
tions are quite numerous in the city,
and from the number of colored young
ones (and some-pretty old ones.) we
see with spelling books, we suppose
they are flourishing—at least one of
our former press-room hands, who has
a school, says.he has to “flourish .do
cow-hide like rip.” —Macon T chyrajth
The internal revenue receipts, on
the Ist'inst., amounted to $2,356,864.
The Times’ Washington special
says.: Tlie collector at Augusta, Ga.,
•collected $19,35>0in five days. This
does not look much like a bankrupt
State. ’
. At a large meeting of the citizens,
of Montgomery county, Virginia, re
a series of resolutions were
adopted, indignantly repudiating the
idea that the citizens are inclined to
turbulence, violence and resistance
against the government.
Gideon J. Pillow. —The name of
vhis vetran is mentioned in the list of
recent pardons by President Johnscn.
•Gen. Pillow will now be afforded an
opportunity to recuperate his shattered
fortunes, and recover from the almost
prostrate.condition, in which the war
left him
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The Mobile Advertiser learns that
measures are contemplated which will
lead to* a supply ot free white labor,
both male and female, by encourage
ment of emigration to that city in
the fall.
Advices from Brazil are to the 24th
of July, and state that the Paraguan#
had suffered a reverse near South
Borja. A Brazilian force had attack
ed the van-guard of the Paraguan
army, and driven it back with a loss
of 700 men, 300 horses, and 2 flags.
The Brazilians report the loss at 1,500
killed arid wounded. The emperor of
Brazil, at last accounts, was at Beunos
Ayres.
Cupid is busy among the colored
population in Tennessee. The Shel
byville Union of the sth of August
says : The cicik of our,county court
issued during the month of July 422
marriage licences. The number is
sued to white persons, 16 $ to colored,
406. He issued as high as 106 in
one day. Is there a -county i® the
State that can beat this ?