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JgVOIXJB C. BRYAN EDI
Thomaev ill--., Ga.;
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FUITITL IM2IITB.
Last week Wc made borne allusion to
an article bj ‘ Enquirer ” ou the 6uby
•of the Public Debts or the State, merely
to attract attention to the subject that
• men might begin *to think upon a reme
dy The public debt is a matter of the
highest importance to every citizen of
the State ; but we also alluded to A sub
ject of still i/rt atcr importance to every
. vmdUvidualia Ae land —that of the iVt*
• gate Veit.
‘.'We mhSxwd that many men'of
influence and slanding are m favor of
•completely ffi&tk&guifiiiuig all private debts
•due prior to the'late. ;.vai by legislative
;• enactment If this .be true it is time for
the honest men.of the- country, if thqre
be any left to rouse-themselves to action.
If the moral integrity* of the people of
the South basbfien destroyed, their cirri:-
tia'u virtues ne.ver had a*ny existence —
• and they ore. therefore,, unworthy of the
blessings of'lieavetr. We.- believe that
Heaven smiles.upon the efforts .of-the
righteous man, but’ webelieve also that*
.* il the wicked shall jaeriiqi from the earth.’
•An honest man* is un* hdnest man the
world over, and no ■changes of ‘ time dr
place or ch’cjmstances can ifldnce him to
forget his-Christian duty or abandon his
*.’ moral rectitude and -violate those sacred
■ and moral obligations whiioh he has es
tablished in ‘the profuundest depth .of
h'is hoaor; • There is -no halt way chris* ■
tiani't-y nor half .way. honesty.’ Every
man is either an upright* Christian or-a |
• downright sinner—and ever,* mau.is al- |
.so entirely 7 honest Or entirely dishonest- I
There is no halficai/ ground. . The ®an
who will steal an article of small - value
• would steal.-au article o: great •ya ue .it
he was-not afraid ol‘ some, punishment.- j
A-ud the man who’ would borrow upon
- .his honor from-h-is*neighbor and friend, j
and afterwards, refuse .to repay when it .
wasTh his power, is the most abominable
of all thieves. No private, misfortir
or. pUbiio calamity can .blot out the obli’
nations *of an honest does • he :
need laics —other tliaii the decrees pt* j
conscience tq bring him up to the dis- !
charge-of his solemn obligations.’ Law 8
. -are not made for honest but for dishonest
men, and the min’ who calls for Taws.to
protect him jn the’ enjoyment of his
neighbors wipaid for ettatc, should have
laws-passed to .send him to the Deni- J
. • teutiafy-ior life.. ; . ’*
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Can any man entertaining such senU”
• ments ask hi-s neighbor to Vote ‘for him
to fill an honorable position? * If they’
•are simple enough to do it- they deserve
. to have all their possessions stoicr. by
. him. Some may argue that those who
• advocate the “wiping out ■” of all .okl
debts prior to the war do so purely for
the public good. This will do t-o beguile
the simple and to enlist the debtors, but
we venture to predict that upon -strict
examination nine out of ten of them Will
■ be found to be much greater -debtors
than creditors. The chief advocates of.
. ’ a general bankrupt law then will be those
who are to be* most beneff-tted by it.. —;
.. This is very natural to* the “wicked part
of man’s nature, bet moral. training
shonld have taught him better precept*...
Ilis.morai and religious.training should !
• be more cor. t with permanent truth
than permit him to be honest only when j
it was to his interest to be so, but g
•as any i was afforded him tor nr,
away'with his f ‘owed money
Now hrmmtu and honor demands that •
where we owe an honest debt it shall be j
paid to the last far nay he j
ti.at, some u.*.:V.r?ecr cal • •'*'. ‘7 •*. ;y r*r---'*
Uia honest rlAht-or and Ha p&ey not ffad t
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es. djft time, Ha hn/. Ka -rill *mf
W 7 i
ftrre conclude tnat he is
tod from thy debt and* ask* to be pnflleOt**
!ed by law ‘ ID will endeavor to recruit
I hifl fortunes ami provide as far as-ptu
jble tor the discharge •of his obligation
, Bot Wd have said it.may be.agreed that
1 a general bankrir would be a pub
... benefit Now we would like to be Ub
1 formed as to who is the. public in thig
•case It is the public who seek tl
| benefit of the bankrupt law and it is .the.
nubile who are to be swindled by. the
i bankrupt law; It seems tonsthat thdre
must.oe. about as many. Cieii -.
case.as there are debtors, and iff th*
| event-this public, we lky.ro much egress
! uoon, is divided against itself. Ii the
Creditors succeed, say our opponents, t le
debtors must. suffer, end ii* .the debtors
; Succeed ßav-we, the creditors must suffer,
i This •is thy isi no m made *ap —now let
(Equity decide the contest. First the’
! parties engaged in- this conflict ;s a divi‘* |
| ded public .in ‘which one is-to ‘suffer m>
matter which succeeds.’ .There can b’p
| no “public benefit,” then where one half
u ust me’, ifab-ly suffer by the triumph of”
the other, ted the* question is brought
1 • * . * •_, . . ‘
down ’to priv-ate’ -adjudication. • Equity
demands tint every man shall have hi*
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J-Just dues. . Humauityrecommends met* j
. ey, and so do we, but if the ereduto-r col
’ lects liis mouey- it -Is his. right —whiff
•f the debtor refuse to pay he violates his’
; obligation both as-an honest man and a j
! Christian.- Must the -debtor hold- to and
1 thrive Upon -his* creditor's money -while
.'the latter begs* his. bread ? : Surely, no
honest man. could say so. Equity ad
• ministers’ stern Justice and we see by this- |
that while she gives the creditor his dues
-.she does no injustice to debtors—yet we
| see also by- a combination ofcircumstan
| ces that could not-be cofitroled, the debs
: or must suffer, even from the udministra
’ tion. of-justice—ff t merry', then, come
: to- hia relief.’ This is-the pfeasing office’
,of the Legislator. Let t}ie'creditor-eoL
• •
: lect his money where there is a prospect,
■.but let mercy also interpose to shield 1
: the ui innate debtor *• ii st the brutal
] persecution of an uiafeeiing and re font
j lees-creditor. Let laws be -enacted, to
! prevent & dishptiegf .debtor from rioting
! upon the wealt h es- his creditor, and also .
Ito prey cut cn • -inhuman- creditor, from
1 prosecuting an debtor .to
l ruin and dispair. *. Tffe*:e will be legitim
I mate ’ subjects for legation, and we
l doubt not thatin the pjesent Qmerg.en'cy, *
there will'be found suScient ability -'in
the councils of. Gcqrgia. to do ‘justice*
| both to her debtors anl creditors. • But.
I we have no fooYit'fcr ‘firther comment at
! present, and the- subject is too important
to be discharged in-a angle brief article
• and- we-leave ‘it open, ticrefore, for furl
ther consideration hemfter.- ; *•■.-• .
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Messrs: Bill & Wright will crmme'nce*
o
j on Friday next ‘to rur. a :triweekly liua
.of Hacks between Thomasville su'd
Tallahassee, leaving tTiomasville on Sun*
[.days, Wednesdays and a&d re~
turning on .Tuesdays/ Thursdays and
Saturdays. The same gentlemen, have
■ 1 iccetwfuf operation, a tri..
weekly line between ThoiLtsville and.
| Albany, leaving Thottasville on T-u
I days, Thursdays.and Hntnrdays, and re**'.
’ turning on Wednesdays; Fridays ’ add
; Ti.r old Post f >flif'*’ wifi be I
; kept open hj Mr hardy Ohasl
the pur f ‘6ei ting the fn r 7 of .those
i wishing to travel by Iff on eith-ei r d
these lines . ‘
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I. ‘ Wt tide-roe# this I ***
; fr>T the Governor's Proclamation and his
avannah. both of which will
* he found very Jnfo f * The o gech
people of Geofgla Important /, ri'*
ci. ■ e appoints - the
time hold*m>. n Oonvcefiofi. —-
Let cicry .road and b* Irrfofttffed.—-
The wheels of gov r r r ne6ft in th A State
must be started agefn, and it is ottr
to see that thov the rioht
VM’ XSC. ‘
j. A Splendid picnic is to .be given at
i Rooky Ford oii tbe OolUockonee to-mor*.
i rov*. thY 27th itist, by the youog gentle
men comprising the; Young Men’s Defeat
, ting Club of ThoxnasyiUe: The. locality
selected is. romantic and pleasant—a
] thick growth 01 fine forrest trees shade
i thrground. and the . river at that place,
!-breaks - into a.noisy shoal and flows,
i*whcn very low, in- many, little’ musical
streams Over mossy rocks. The place
| is an old resort of picnic parties, and
>ny pleasant assqciatiors still. cluster
’ around its memory. -As- the troubles of
w&T ovyr the mind is no longer opr
i Dressed, and hilarity and frolic break
i-forth as of yore’, • Let the . young have
j their fun and enjoy each inoment as it
] pnnncin ■ \Y.e. give. them oilr best wishes.
| and hope the picnic may fulfill their; ex
t pe'etations-/ The -party will Ve under the
[ superintendeeoe of several, highly re**
j spectable married ladies,'selected for that
: purpose. •
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• That load of water ?nc lions cainc pun
ctually last week (real Pearsons.) from the
j plantation of Mr. Wm, Heard-, who
■ we protrounee a splendid ‘hand to ‘rube
them.. : Tic has taken great pains in pro^
coring-good seed,, and ‘bestowed- much
!- pains- upon their - cultivation. • Such a
! course will always -ensure good melons
‘ in this country..
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j Cotton ;
• fan's Army Reinforcai by Reb |
New-Orleans, June 16,’ 18.65. •
’ Three thousand seven hundred and’
I (ninety 4 -one’ bales of-cotton, rec’eived'from
i the itedßiveron account of the Louisi
ana State Bank-, have been sequestrated
in favor of this State-Qn a heavy claim-:
Os this thfc Change article of the J)eh j
la. of to-day, s.. /s •
It is. tolerably. wsll-understood, by this
time that the sequestration, ofthe cotton
received from Led river, .per account of
‘the Louisiana S f a t-e Bank, has been.made
,in favor.off the Steie'of JLont&iania, which-”
claims'a- -1 a lance of-6462,7.-2. The to*
tul quantity arrived and seized'.-is 3,791
bales, which may net,.if judiciously dig
i posed-cf at about'present prices, to 6375-
■ ■: P •• •.. ‘ .
Five Thousand. Confederate Soldiers for
i” ’ • • the Mexitxin Army. ‘ a
r. 1 was told tri'day that Some 5,000 inea
, of‘the late Rebel ArinV -of Texas . have
y
I “one over the Ktq Grande ito enter the
Mexican service. They are.mostly Mis
sourians arid Texans, and my informant
is a young officer'of a Texas-regiment.
|He said that the men declared they
! could pot live under the United States
flag, and would even fight with negroes
against it. This he said to show ho-w
j.far they would go, and how bitter, is their
feeling.still. •. The young Texan- added
I that a heavy: bounty .is offered to the
1 men to enter the army of Mexico. 1
told him that'it- would .be well for those
men to look before they leaped, for they,
find themselves in a ‘poor service, the pay
of a Mexican Soldier being only five or
she <Bol*9 adav —the pay of .a French sob
dicr. To this he said : “ It’s the bourn
ty they go in so they can’t stay at
home.’’ . : ‘ . .. ‘.
.ARISTOCRATS,
In . a preceding article we'quoted a
; paragraph - in vh’.eb the writer speaks of
the danger that no -,-ats* ’ ’ will, again
‘Hil.ain • . iennessee
IWe should like much know whin he
m< an by’ the 11 n ’ I>oUbtlee it won and
he equally instructive and amusing to
look upon Abo . picture oi on. aristocrat t as
s 1 ‘ i Leal -st lid character exists iri his
.mind. • .
I . W( Fen hearing various
! d'esefipiions di .t eoplg spt ak ol Atncriean
-‘.i isf newt® wi( in.m j>r m aid*- to fix ti
I detemiftflle •utCatiihi to their lifignagt
i Sometimes an vitocrafc would,seem to
’ Kp ft ‘TOfl If by mrtn, FMiTiriimp® n well pdio j
eated one..- Again the designation SceSßs
!to point to “ ptOlld ntnn -tun ptoiid to
! etpp] lie fl fl f 1 pp: ff} ( tip like 1 iig neighbors-.
It • • . r, ;
in c>rom fi'inimmii' ’ ips )tp i<a op
• tvkn wear® a clean shirt 01 t'* l '-’ his boots
> blacked t iti bthe .Places a iim cannot
escape the opprolo’idiis epithet it he is
[ known to pay his debts or keep his word
* ifj anv Tesrt°nt
( t r obftbly letter Writer did not
; exoctl? hi<s
did we suppose he intended soine sort
I PRO VIS E O A]L <UoV £-.*.-*liii.:*x
of cjfogia. ■
PROCLAMATION.
| By Jas Johnson, Povisionai Governor,
j To the. PeopU of Georgia
Whereas, by the Proclamation of
Andrew Johnson, President of the Uni*
ted States, dated 17th of June, A. D.
1865, i have been appointed Provision,
al Governor of the State.of Georgia, with
instructions to provide, at the earliest
practicable period, guch rules and regn
! lations as may’ be- necessary proper
for convening a Convention of the peo
ple, composed of delegates to. be chosen
that-, portion of the people who are
loyal to the United States, and no oth
ers ; and also with all the powers neces
sary and-proper to cnab-lo such loyal peo
ple of said State- to restore it to its com
sututionai’relations to the. Federal Gov
ernment, and so presept suc.L a form of
State Government as will entitle the
State to the guarantee of.the United.
States therefor, and its people to the pro
tection of the United Stales against in*
•va&ion,. insurrection and domestic
lence: - ’ “ ’ .
Now, therefore I,’ -James. Johnson,
Provisional Governor -of the State-of .
Georgia,- as aforesaid, do b.y virtue of the
power in’ me.vested as aforesaid'proclaim
aiid declare —
Ist .That- an election for ‘delegates U>
a Convention- will be held on the first
‘Wednesday in October-’ A. I). 1865, at.
the different precincts at which elections
are directed'and authorized'by law to be
‘held for members of the Legislature.
2d. That the thirty-seven counties in .
I the State,.‘which, by law in force • prior
i to.the first of January, 1861, were inti**
tied io two members of the House of
! Representatives, shall be authorized and
entitled to elect each three delegates,,
and that ‘the remaining eounti.es shall
each be authorized and.entitled ;.to elec
‘two delegates to said Convention..
. 3d. That no person at such election
j shall he qualified” as an • elector,'or f-hall
be eligible as a member of such Co-nvcn...
’ tion, uni ess be ‘shall have previously
’ *...•’
thereto.,.taken-and ‘subscribed the oath of
Amnesty, as set forth in the Presidont’a
Proclamation or .May 29th A. D.
•and is a votcr'qualified as prescribed br
tiie.Constitution'and laws pf the State
Georgia, id force immediately before the
Pdt'h of January, A-. D. 1861, th.e data
ofthe so-called Ordinance of Secession.-•
4th. That any two. Freeholders qualL
ned to vote at siicli election as aforesaid, -
may act as managers of. the election- at, •
’ eaoh ofthe precincts'.as -aforesaid j and
j thpt in’ managing-- and -superintending
• such election, .they shall be governed bi
and; proceed under the laws of the State
regulafing'and prescribing the electioo of
• members oi the. legislature-, prior to tho
first of January, 1861; Provided,’ that
each of said managers, . ’before .-entering
on the duties, prescribed, shall.swear the
ocher truly and faithfully to superintend
and make return of said “election accor
ding to law as aforesaid and the -require
ments of.this Proclamation'.-
sth.. That the delegates who shall be
elected as aforesaid, shall--assemble ia
Convention.at the city of Milledgevillc,
at 12 o'clock, meridian, on the fourth
Wednesday of October; A. I). 1865
•And whereas', The rebellion which has
been waged by a portion of the people
against the'government of the United
States has, in its revolutionary progress, .
deprived the people of the State -of all
civil government; ‘and whereas,- they ,
must remain without civil officers, and.
the administration of ‘civil’ law until a
State Government shall 1 ave been organ
ized by the Convention called as afore-*.
said ; and whereas, it is necessary in the
meantime that domestic tranquility be
euKnrcd, and that the loyal people be
protected in all thoir rights of person and
of property, 1 do further proclaim and
declare: . • . . .
Ist ‘flint no individual- by virtue of
his own .authority, shall inflict ‘coporeai
punishment on any persbn for any real
or supposed luim-v, whether, such’injury- -
rel.it,- to person or property ; and that in
all such cases, redress ’must be sought
from and given by such military author*
i'\. g§ nun ke invested with jurisdiction
\ r 1 (lie ('.-i rs . • ;
Vkt I hat slavery is extinct, and ihvoi-
Utitify sc-i vt( ndr no 1 uigor c'x isis.—
lienor, no pro-son shall have control of
tkn labet of other than such
“" nh ‘'] fti lawfully result from- in
dontnir. thp rplatnm o! parent and child,-
dteu and wwd and the oontmet o
hiring, freely and fairly made . and that
dM\ g? any ‘
one standing in ihfcse relations, the mill*
othority will
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