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<j> South'll ‘ Enterprise. TlA : „s V. 11KVAN, EDITOR.. ■■■*'• ■ 5 ■ / , rsIO *K AfcVXliliH’ &A * : ■ * ... . , . i ■ i . ■ ii ■’ MKPT. M INO4. i- ■**; ■” 1 rv # “” * . . • •...!. \v> are requested to announce Benning 71. M.ocrre, James McDonald and Henry Mitchell, as independent candidates for the State Convention. /. ...... ’ We are under obligations to Mr.’ I. Ku b.itchek just returned from ‘ Europe, for • ‘the London Times , Illustrated Acws, find the immortal punch. ’-. . ’ * ♦ ♦ —-t* T* • 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 • . . <• • *• • * * # * tHßiuiisr. are notified that, subscriptions for the paper .are hereafter payable -only .’ in current, funds, except where private contracts may be. madnwith the ’propfie • tor; ’ ‘ ‘ . • ‘ * ‘ • ... ‘~rrr". *■ T * \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. *i•• • . * • 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; . ‘ •• • •*♦ A~.-r 4* ■ # # • * l * ‘ ‘ * * . 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/ • - . ‘ •• • * • * a • # m***- • 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 . ‘ • . 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 • * • i • .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/ **f • * . • ‘ . : o’*# l - . 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. • —.. * ‘ 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. • rr—’- 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. ’ • —'— 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. - . - 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 4 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 ?