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wvf#e and raters ; 1 atk you to con.e
hero today ami snud upou tliiH plat
form and look upon our ami
tistcrg, and wires an 1 Hole ones, and
tell me Id your hearts is it r-g t, and
just and proper ? Don’t y ur own
hearts dictate :t, tha' those womt n and
children ougtil not to bo uudir he dt
niioion of tboso neproes that assembled
on the Fourth if Jui, V I.* there is ono
pulsation left in your hearts —if there
is one siuglo throb left to b at for the
people of the S uth— con e and look a;-
on this picture. Around them yen see
old men, denounced they have been as
rebels, but from th• ir y ; u'li up they
have lived in Georgia '."heir m ign
bora know them, respect them, esteem j
them, love them. Ought these mon to
bo placed under that negro dominion 't
Ought these men to be requited to \
bow their necks to the yoke which op i
preesien and despotis u have prepared
tor them ?
Oh, men of the North, as ye travel
homeward, spread these truths broad
cast; snd when you rereive a cordial
welcome into your own bomes'oid, and
that wife and mother and daughter im
press upon your lip* the kiss of afTeeti in
and love, remember, I beg you, remem
ber the mothers and wives and dangh
ters of Georgia. If you cannot feel for
them in that honr, then (he spir tof
love and and affection has departed from
you, never again to be reclaimed. Tell
them in the midst of all this desolation,
in the midst of all these wrongs, that
thcro was not in all Georgia a single
daughter that bowed her head to the
yoke. TANARUS, )1 theta that eur bravo men
atood submissive at the point of the
bayoDet. Tell them that kindness and
generosity would have woa back the al
legianoe of tbtir hearts, but all the bay
nnets that ever were made in the Amer
ican Union caDnot drive manhood from
their breasts. [Applause] Tell them
that these roen were brave at and generous
to the last, hating their enemies, lovng
their friends, and, even if it had been
necessary, from the scaffold they would
have burled th fiano” into the teeth of
of their oj They would have
welcomed every noble and generous
heart to the 8ou(h with a cordiality
they extend alone to those they love.—
[Applause] Tell them, moreover,
Georgia has a home for cvcrv true man
of tbc North. She has a welcome for
every true man that will come to live
among us and with us and bn rs u«. —
but she has neither a true welcome nor
a false hospitality to effer to those who
come to wrong and oppress them, and
when you have told them all this, t>ll
them that in Georgia there was but one
voice, one heart, one soul, one spirit
When you turn your bick upon the
State, looking through a'l her length
and breadth, upon her mountains, in
her valleys, in her ci iee, in her towns,
•long the public highways, in the pub.
lio aDd private workshops, yon and >n’t
leave behind one single white radical ad
vocate of the Chicago platform who was
worthy of the respect and confidence of
gentlemen [Applause]
And when you are a k and by your peo
ple wbat are the views and sentiment?
and purposes of the people of the 8 uth,
do us the justice to pr con nee the charge
that we arc hostile to the Union and
the Constitution, and that we desire to
renew the Litter conflict through which
we have just pas', ns false and unsound
ed. Tell tl cm that when ynu heard
the people of Georgia asserting their
claims to perfect (quality in the Uniou
under the Cnnstitu ion, you eou’d not
find it in your heart to deny the justice
of their olaitns, and that the ofFirt of
the Radical j arty as tnanifi s'ed in
their Cjngre'eional legislation and af
firmed in the most offensive shape in
their Chicsgi platform, sboul 1 not find
among the honest and true men of the
North either an adv cite or an apolo
gist. Tel! them you b'lieve it to be
wrong, and that if th y had been among
us and witnessed what you have wit
nessed, they would unite with you in
e ndemning the ii ju'tioo which these
things have dene to us.
Tell them that the people of the
South are ready and anxious for the
restoration of perfect harmony and con
ciliation, whenever tin terms upon
which the restoration is offered are such
as brave and honorable men can accept
—that tley long for peace, hut it must
net be iioked with dishonor—and the
people of the North should bear in mind
when they offer to us terms of humilia
tion, they mt only wrong us but them
selves also. Toll them that as you
enmmened with our people you found
that the aspiratious of our young men, '
the prayers of our old men, and the av- ,
dent desiro of all, were to restore a vio
lated Constitution, cement a weakened
Union, and uni’e all the people of this
great country iD a common and cordial
brotherhood. Tell them these things,
and if you present the picture faithfully
you will have trade a stronger argu
ment, and a more pjwcrful appeal for
Seymour and Blair, than lean put in
your mouths to-day. This, this is the
picture that I want you to present.
AN APPEAL TO THE ERRING.
Fello'W-cit'z''ns, I cotne to-day in the
spirit of tolerance. I want to bury in
Georgia bitter recollections of the past.
You #Bd I have differed for days and
for years—since the hour in which my
voice was first raised in the public
meeting of my country. I come to-day
to present you a platform, present can
didates, and invite every good and true
man iu Georgia to j 'in inc in the good
work. Come—if you have gone astray
•some back. The doors are open, wide
raougb, broad enough to receive every
•vhi e man in Georgii, unless you should
iseover him coming to you creeping
and crawling under the Chicago pla'-
<rm. Upon them there should be m i
•nercy. They have dlsl oncrcd them
t Jvee and sought to dishonor you.—
Anathematize them. I),-ivo them ftom
be pale of social ar.d political society.
Irttve them to wallow in their own
in ire and filth. Nobody will envy them
nud if they are never taken out of the
* alley until I reach forth my hand to
tijie them up, they will die in their nat
ural element. [Laughter and anjhuje.
But all others come that diff rod about
leooostructioo I could not g> with
you, I thought you were wrong. We
j I.Sort'd in reference to tbc constitution
al amendment. 1 thought yen were
still further from the pat h ; Rut n.y
friends, come now—eotrnt, n trace your
steps. You stand upon the 1.-auk ; you
have taken tbo la.-t step you cau take
and recover lost ground. Citne out
fconi among this people. I appeal to
you iu the uatuo of the ptst, iu the
memories of the past,in the hopes of
' tile future, Nous of Georgia, conic out
from among this people, t afrpeal to
you in thiir name. Oil cauyuus'and
here uttd look upon these faces full of
mourning for the past, full of grief over
that, which cun uot be redeemed ? Hut ;
yet thcro plays a plea ant smile ; a beam
of hope comes gushing from each eye.
Let it gu«h upon the nltarjt of your
heart, rekindie the (lime* that have al
uii s gone out, and hero to-day let all
Georgia’s sons trotiio and unite in the
great and glorious work. Her burner
drooping. Her prou 1 institu
tions live only in memory.' When she
was a white man’s government she was
proud, honored, happy, prosperous. —
Game, and at this altar unite with me, i
and, by the grace of Heaven, let us
once m re niuko Georgia a wbito man’s
Govcinmcut. it is for you to say, by
your votes aad by your acions, whether
the tun of her gnatness shall again;
reach to meridian splendor. Old men
come. Mothers, to your al ars, and car
|ry your daughters wi'h you. Ask the
| prayoro of Heaven upon your friends,
) upon your fathers, your husbands and
sans.” Yeung men, in whose veins the
red blood of youth runs so quickly, let
the ardor of your temperaments, the ,
pulsations of your hearts, all heat for I
Georgia ! Your old State, the State of 1
your Fathers, that holds in reserve hon- .
ors innumerable for you and tlr m, j
come ! Come one and all, and let us j
snatch the old banner from the dust, |
give it again to the hro ze, and, if needs
be, to the God of battles, and strike one j
mure honest blow fir constitu ional
liberty. [Prolonged and entbu iaatic
applause.
Horrible Petition.
On the 3d of February, ISCS, Mr
Colfax signed the following pro'est
‘‘against tiny commutation of, or any
interference in any manner or form,'’
with the hanging of Mil igan and
lio wit s:
Washington, Feb. 3.—His Excel
cellency, the President of the United
States—Sir: The undetvigned, mem
bers of Congress from the State of In
diana, in behalf of tbo loyal people of
the S ate, respectfully, but earnestly
protest against any commutation of the
sentence of tbo military commission
aga nst the Indiana conspirators re
cently tried by it, and against any in
terference in any manner or form w ith
that seu'ence
11. S. Lank,
SciIUYLEIt t'oLFAX,
Speaker 11 It. U S.
Godi.ove S. Ortii,
George \V. Julian.
Mr. Lincoln, it is well known, had
declared that he would never permit
tiie hanging ol Milligan and Bowles,
rt was Ins indention, says the New Al
bany Ledger, to allow tbem to lie in
jail till ti e close of the war, and then
re’easo tbem. But this mild policy did
not suit the blood-thirsty C'ollax and
bis associ tes, and they demanded the
blood of these men, a demand, how
ever, v\i h which Mr. Lincoln refused
to comply.
A fw months alter this bloody pe t
tion was sent lo Mr. Lincoln, the Sa
prune Court ol the United States de
eided that this military commission had
lo jurisdiction w’u-.tevever in such oa
ses as this, and that Mil igan and
Bowles were uijus ly and illegally
tried and convicted. And yet Mr.
Go fax wanted Mr. Lincoln to bring
these men to on ignominious death
upon a convictiou thus illegally anu
unlawfully obtained. In other words
they prayed tbo President to connive
at a judicial murder. Mr. Lincoln re
lieved himself of this dreadful crime.
But what shall be stud of Mr. Colfax ?
Cau be be held guiltless of endeavor
ing lo hasten the death of these men
Ihus unlawfully committed?
Anecdote of Colfax. —There is n
good joke told about Colfax, when ho
and the Hon Mr. Fitch were opposing
candidates for Congress iri Indiana.—
Fitch had a lettor from a prominent
citizen of the district, which reflected
very severely upon “Skyler’’ in sever
al particulars, which', during a joint
discussion between them, he was in the
habit of leading. Colfax, of course,
hud no reply that he could put in, so
he tried to ‘ grin and bear it.” How
ever, Mr. Fitcb imagined that Colfax
was very anxious to get possession of
the letter, whereupon he bud it exact
ly copied, and on the next day of dis
cussion purposely placed the copy in
the way of Mr. Collox, who very nat
urally gobbled it up. On the subse
quent day, v hvn they met, Mr. Fitch
incidentally referred to ‘'the le ter he
had in his possession,” etc.’ whereupon
Colfax sprang to his feet ar.d branded
the statement as a calumny that he
would ni longer endure, and defied
him to show the letter. Turning upon
him Fitch said ‘‘ls that what you
want, you little rascul ? You think
that you stole that letter from me yes
terday, but you did not; it was only a
copy. Here is the original. And now
Mr. Colfax, I would propose to treat
you as a loud mamma does a refracto
ry boy, were it not that to morrow you
would show the scat of your puni-h
--ment for the sake ot exciting sympa
thy.” Colfax never denied the letter
afterward.
Ihe ‘‘Common Carrier bill,”
about which there was so much die
cussion in the Alabama Legis’uture,
and for the furtherance of which the
Radicals inched a negioriot io Mobile
1 failed lo become a law. It razeed the
House, but not the Senate.
tluluson Jmmtal.
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T/turstlu;/. • tiiffiist 'JOIh, 1 <*<>*.
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Kg’* Rea ding ninth r on erery page.~*ls&
“T hold that this (lovrrnmenf was made on
the white hsfiiF, hv white men, for the bene*
fit of white men, fOid none others. Ido not
believo that the made the negro
capable of Btlf*g»ver.ment ” —Stephen A.
Dougla*.
C. A. Jkowm.l Ls authorized 10
receive end receipt for any monies due the
I)-»wf»on “Journal’ Office.
FOR r RESIDE NT
HON. H. SEYMOUR,
Ok New York.
FOR VP'F, PRESIDENT,
GEN’L. F- P. BLAIR,
Os Mu-so’Jki.
STATE ELECTORAL TICKET.
Foil THE STATE AT LARGE.
Gen. JOHN B GOB HON. of Fulton
lion. JOHN T. CLARKE, of Ran
d)lj>h.
alternates :
Gen W T. WOFFORD, of Bar
tow.
T. M NORWOOD, of Chatham.
TOR THE DISTRICTS :
1. JOHN G. NICHOLS, of Pierce.
2. Col. CHARLES T GUODE, of
S’jm'er.
3. RAPHAEL J. MOSES, of Mus
gec
4. AUGUSTUS O. BACON, of Bibb.
5. Maj. J B GUMMING, of Rich-1
mond.
6. H P. BELL, of Forsyth. -
7. Col. JAMES D. WADDELL, of
Cobb.
ALTERNATES :
1. J. IT. HUNTER, of Brooks,
2. \VM. G FLK vi ING, of Decatur.
3. WILLIAM O. TUGGLE, of Troup.
4. Dr. HENRY WIMBERLY, of
T wiggs.
5. Gen D. M. DuBOSE, of Wilkes.
G. GARRETT McMILLAN, of Hub
bershum
J J. TURNBULL.
7. CpL V. A. UASKILL, of Fulton.
frWTbosa indebted to the Jochai. for eub
fciijjtion, will please come up and settle, or
send it in registered letters. We have in
dulged you long, and hope you will now But
tle your arrears.
have secured the services of Mr.
0. L. Tucker as Book-keeper for the .louax-
At.. Al' accounts due us are ptyable to hint.
And those against us will be settled b) him.
JtJflt is with pleasure that we introduce
to our readers the Ware House firm of Wool-
I ferk Walker and Cos. of .1/icon. We have
long known these pirties, and feel no hesi
i tadon in recommending them to our frienis
! Mr. Joe! A. Walker, who is Salesman, is well
known to many in South West Georgia. See
their advertisement in another column.
B. Jl Hond has opened a Birrc)
Factory opposite our oflie, and is pre- i
pared (o furnish any quantity of Cy- j
press Barrels on thort notice — Dawson'•
Journal.
Speaking of barrels, reminds us of
wbiFky. Hope our friend Perryman
won’t let Mr. Hood “barrel” him. TeH
him you’ll take of the “i .’ard , ’ but
dou’t let him “put you up.”
Early County News
We’ll try and not be barreled up,
friend Grouby. Wo would- line to
havo the “iu’arda” of something hutun
fortunatcly, Mr. Hood’s barrels are
Jikc some mens’ heads—empty.
A B iso Bali Club has been organized
in our city.— Dawson Journal.
Advise your young men to do away
with all such nonsense, and tell them
to exercise mornings and evenings by
cutting wood, drawing watei, &c , for
their old decripid parents.
Early County News.
We would advise our friend Grouby
to join a Club to develop the muscles of
those lengthy walking beams, that he
might make better speed when occasion
requires.
* JFSTThe Common Cm t ier Bill in I
trodueed in the Alabama House of
Representatives early in the session, by
Carraway, negro, from Mobile, forbid- j
ding hotel-keeper*, steamboats, rail-;
roads, and public conveyances, from
making distinction as to persons on
account of color, passed the House on
Tuesday by a vote of 44 to J 2.
We leatn that McCraw, of Cham
bers, Speaker of the House, has en
tered bis protest against the passage cf
the bill.
The Advertiser thinks its adoption
by the Senate not very ptobable.
#ajr-lt becomes our painful duty to
chronicle the death of Elder Jesse M
Davis, the much loved Pastor of the
Baptist Church in this place, which
occurred at his residence at 7j o’clock
this morning. We do not propose to
write an obituary of the deceased, hut
only ask to he allowed to express our
high es eom of the man. No purer
ntan ever lived, and in ail the icfations
of life lie possessed, in a high degree,
all the. elements of the Christian gen
t’eman. lie bus long been connected
with tlie Baptist Ministry of l'hrs State,
and extensively known for his great
benevoleu e and wonderful zeal in all
things portainiug to tils den mination
and the moral advancement of the
country g< ueral y. To his family, the
Church and his numerous friends we
tender our condolence. — Early Cos
News, \Ath.
JtayNotbing x>f importance transacted
by the Legislature this week.
IN lid.
The beat g .rvuuuicct is that which
!impc9ra the fewest restrictions upon
j the liberty of the citiz o, says the Citron
\ tele & Sentluel ami iritet for. a least wi ft
| pj ivato coudoct and individual cuterprise
j The wisest ligiJature is he who confines
j tho statutes of the State wi Liu those
j well-defined boundaries whose gnu
j land-marks were established upon 8i
- Mai’s Mount thousands of years age by
I the urn rrirg finger of G d’s infinite
wisdero. The history of the world’s
oivil’z tion from the days of Moses, the
great Jewish law-giver, down t> the
prcr-ent day, proves conclusively that
those nations have boon most respected
and powciful, uttd their peftple most
prosperous and happy, who have, in the
enactment of lows fi r the regulation of
their internal t flairs, left to their people!
the widest latitude iu establishing and;
lixnig the terms of social, business and
commercial intercourse, aifil have k. pt
the field of private enterprise open to
the fullest exercise of indiviiual merit!
and industry.
The great object and end of all good :
government is the protection of the peo-i
pie, who for this purpose are collective
ly considered as one, and are dealt with
and known as the body politic of the
State. Each member of such a govern
mtnt surrenders for tl o common good'
some ts those rights and privileges J
which, in a state of nature, each is en
titled to e»j <y. But ia such a govern
ment, no man surrenders his individual
ity or parts with his right to acquire
and erj >y property. Neither does the
goveruiuont acquire tho right to interfere
in his social relations and conduct, only
so far as may be found by experience
to bo absolutely ncccssny for the public
good—that is, for the good of the great
est number of the whole community.
The experience of more than two
thousand years of the world's history
has ineoutestibly ettablished the great
Let that each individual of a civilized
and enlightened government oan estab
lish, regulate and improve bis own for
tunes mi re satisfactorily to hitnself and
with less djuger to his feDows, when
left free from the interference of Gov
ernment, except so far as may bo neces
sary to confine his conduct towards his
fellows within the limits of the rules
laid down and preserved ia the liws of
the “■ twelve tables.’’
The everv-day coi filets of individual
life tends to sharpen the wit, expand
the intellect, quicken the energies, sim
ulate the industry and excite the inven
tive and productive faculties of tire
people. Justus ii tho physical world
bright sparks are eliminated by briuging
into sudden contact the fliut and steel,
as fire is produced by hard and rapid
rubbing of a dry stick-, so, in the priva'e
and social affairs of human life the con
stant and irrepressible conflict of man
with man and mind with mind in grap
pling with the obstacles which, through
man’s impurity, have been placed by
Providence in the pathways of life, de
velop and brighieu and strengthen those
great qualities both of head and heart
which contribute so much to tho world’s
happines; and progress.
At frtquent periods in the history of
tho past, resort has been had to the en
actment of laws for the regulation of
human conduct in those private, individ
ual and social aff.its which, as we have
observed, have Fcn lift by common
consent of the wisert and best law-makers
of the past to tho control and manage
ment of the citizen a’one. Os this we have
a fair example in those fu’i'e and oppres
sive enactments a s “Sumptuary
Laws” —laws whieh undertake to estab
lish and fix the price of leading articles
of necessary couiumptioa. Ia every
single ease where resort has been had
to such expedients to lessen or control
prices the effect has been to increase
tho price and render it more difficulty
to obtain those Very articles. These
laws, intended for the benefit of the
poor, have injured them and enriched
and benefited the wealthy who were the
peculiar objects of the law’s vengeance.
So with all these unwise, UDjust, and
inequitable expedients known as Stay
Laws. While their enactment is justi
fied, solely on the ground that some
mitigation of the burdens of debt must
be adopted for the bencfiit of the debtor
olass, to enable them to live and atftrd a
compcton* support fur theirfamilies they
invaiiably lead to tho permanent injury
(of that very claes. It will bo found
universally true that men or communi
| ties who are in such an impecunious
[ condition as not to be able to meet,
j scrtlo their legal obligations, need credit
; for tbe_/W«re more than they do time
and for the past.
Stay laws destroy credit. They de
stroy confidence. Thy diminish vain's
They ltsscu the ability to pay debts
They do not relievo from the obligati in
of the contract. They do not destroy
the promise to pay. They do not les
sen the obligation to perform the contract
but only forcibly change one of its most
important elements—the time when
payment shall bo made. They cheat
and defraud tha creditor, and bring ruin
and disaster on the debt r. They are
tncre tempoary expedients which are re
sorted to in times of great hardship, os
tensibly for the public good. They
propose to uUj the baud ot justice only
lor a tine, in ouler that the debtor may
have a long, r p riod in whieh lie may
he able in ittena-e l.l» ability to pay at
the* ixpiraiion ■! the rx ended time.
It is for tho f uog iug and other rea
sons, witch if we bad time and sptcc wo
might give, that we uro opposed to stay
lawr—.hat they fail to iff rd the relief
which they promise to the impoverished
debtor.
Uuder ordinary circumstances ve
should oppose any and all at emnts on
the part of Government to interl' re, iu
any way, wilt tbo obligation* or perf rra
anco of contracts. We are saii tied
that, under any cireuui.'.ta lures, it is a
delicate and exceedingly dangcrt.us bu.-r
ness. But the people of Georgia and ol
tho South found themsedvos, at the close
of the war, by no fault of their own*
left penuilesß and, in many intranet s,
homeless. At the command of the
sovereign power in the State they had
taken up arms against the Federal Gov
eVoracut. That struggle led to the
emancipation of their slaves. This spe
cies of property composed uoarly four
fiths of the entiro wealth of the State.
For many years previous to tho war
the credit system had preva'tod so large
ly and universally that almost every
proprety-owuer, and pattioularly slave
owners, were largely in debt. Those
debts, contracted in most part fur the
purchase of.-lma, were almost univer
sally based upon that specie* of propst
ty as the ul iiuato security of the debt.
Now as the debtor is not to blame for
tho loss of the property the ownership
of whieh at the lima enabled him to
obtain credit, and which was mainly
looked to by the creditor as the security
of the credit ; it seems to us that sotp
fair, equitable snd honest adjustment of
these old debts .should be made where
by the losses sU'Uine.d by the war which
was waged for the benefit of all should be
divided between the creditor and debtor
class. R, as we all hoped, and most of
believed would nS tru-’, the war had
ended in our favor all classes of the
people woull have partiolpat-.il
equally iu the benufits which might
have accrued from inch a termination
of the struggle. Now that it is to
painfully true that immense losses have
been sustained by that unfortunate issue
is it not fair and just and right that
these losses should he equally borne by
all.
There can hardly be serious divi ion
of sentiment on this proposi'bn. The
chief and, as far as we have heard, the
only objection which has yet been urged
against it, is its impracticability. Every
true man iu the State feels truly and
deeply for the losses and pecuniary
trouble of itis neighbor. Every man
within whose breast tho milk of human
kindness flaws is willing to forbear and
curtail his demiuds agriiiit those whose
heavy l osses renders their ability to pay
in full utterly hopeless. The race of
sbylocks who would contend for ai.d and
- the last cent the p tuud of human
flesh—fiom their impoverished and ruin
ed neighbor have no abiding place on
Southern soil. Tho only or chief trou
ble iu the way of a true and permanent
relief to' the debtor class, is the difficulty
of securing the rightsof the creditors. For
it must not be forgotten that this much
abused class have rights, rights which
no honest or just people wholly ignore
or repudiate.
A a this artiolo has already exceeded
the usual limits of newspaper discussions,
wo ar« compelled th bring it to a close.
Wc shall return again to tho suhj c*.
in a few days.
A glowing Tribute to the
Cause.”
We take the following eloquent ex
tract from an editorial in the fist issue
of the “Danner of the\ South," from the
pen of jts Editor, Rev. A. J. Ryan, the
Poet Priest of the South. The words
of the distinguished editor glow w ith
the fire of patri lism eloquence and
principle, aud will find a responsive
echo in every true Southern breast :
By birth arid sentiment we are of the
South. Dearer than all other interests
of this world, to us, are those of our
land. Over these interests we shall
watch. Fitmly an 1 faithfully we shall
defend thorn, and more so now than
ever when those interests are in such
sore need of brave defense and true de
fenders. Believing, as we do, that tire
South had right, and reason, and prin
ciplc, on her side in the late war, we
fee! that we shou’d not let the tradi
tions and memories and glories of the
struggle pass into oblivion. We must
keep> them alive and aglcw—we must
pass them dc-wn—we must make our
children proud of them There is not
a day nor u deed of the struggle of
which we may feel ashamed. We owe
it to tho past to preserve tho s ory of
out struggle, and the future will nos
forgive us if wti fail to record it. And
in recording it we must not use words
of apology, as though wo doubted of
tho rightejusness of our cause; hut,
plainly nod fearlessly, true to ourselves
to our cause, to our country—truo to
the dust ol the dead tit our feet —true
to the spirits of those wno were so true
to us—true to the Future which is
coming down to aiu of us the vindica
tion of our course aud the story of our
past —we must declare, and still de
clare, and never cease declaring, iu
words as brave as our warriors were,
that iu the dread struggle in which our
flag west down with riot a stuin ot uis
tionor on tho virgin purity of its folds.
Justice stood on the men who wore
the Grey. And justice has not changed
sides because wo have bien defeated.
Uucutiquurutiumi uneonqueritbiu, Jits
tieo is still With tho conquered. The
.shcciss of our cause lias been lost—
not its right; (ot failure ear* novel
i make right wro.ig; uor can success
ti ansloi 111 tbo iniquity of wrong into
tbo s.tcroilneM "T r ght Biuto fiuoo
goes down into Imtt.o fields not to tost
tbo rightfulness of causes but to try
tiio strength of corrtba'taut*. Tbo sue
ee sol tho sword is no argument in
, flavor of tho cause tor which it has
i boon unsheathed iho surrender of
: tho sword is no argument against tho
’ eattso wi icli drew it from tho scab
bold t'ho't and shell Jo not reason
they slaugli or and slaughter—bo it
mure or 10-s, is only slaughter—it is
no argument for or against the lights
lof those who kill or aro killed. Bul
lets may maUg'o Hgsh—spill blood
| slay men, but they cau never reach the
j vital principles for which men contend'
These principles are beyond tho range
jif musket and caution. Buttle fields
may be tho burial-places of men—nev
[or of rights. Ybova the smoko and
storm and shock of bat hs, unatlectcd
by a victory or defeat, ca in and unmov
able Jusdoe sits on hi t eternal throne,
and in her cryos right is right forever
wrong is eternally wrong—and
trampled light is grander than trium
phant w rung. From the decision giveu
against ns in the court of battle, we
therefore appeal"; and these decisions
w e carry 'up to the high tribunal of
Justice for reversal 'this, and this
ul -tie, was'settled tiy battle—that wo
were the weaker party. We had less
brum force on our side and wo were
obliged to yield to the superior
strength of our assailants. The ar
mies and government of the Confeder
acy were tut the mortal flesh and blood
of an immortal cause. They are gone
—it is living. No, steel, nor lead could
touch his !i:'e or lake it away. It is
living in the loves of Southei u ht arts
it is living iu the memories of the South
ern dead—it is living in tho stories
which Southern mothers ate telling
their little childr n—it is living in the
sorrows and tears of widows and or
phans. And we shall keep it ahve
Ihe right'of our cause did not fall with
Richmond It exists to-day as clearly
as it did w hen the first boom of our
gnus sounded across the Carolina wa
ters, and when the Palmetto flag—mid
tho ringing of bells, aud the rapture of
gladdened hearts and the sounding of
cheers w hich the shore sent over tlie '
sea—waved in triumph over Sumpter. \
And on that April day ween Lee gave !
up his sword, l>ri and unblemished j
tts when he first girled it on, ho yield
el merely, and only, the policy of tur
iher resistance not tho principle
which had lifted ihat resistance into a
right and -sanctified it as a duty.
Right began our struggle, right jus
tified aad enable D, right aDituated our
soldiers, r : ght made them strong to
Staff r, strong to endure, right made
them Lr.ve to dare, ;nd, bravest of slip
tu die ; tight marched with them, step
by step into every gory field, right, flash
ed iu the shcea of their sword*, and;
thundered in the boom of their cannons
iu every Lay; right reatbed a glory
around their battues, wherever their
banners are borne, right concentrated
their victoii-s and consoled them iu
their and feat'; fight lit in their hearts'
the flames of that heroism which blazed ’
out iuto and ithluas deeds, right nerved ’
them to every sacrifice they made, to
every hardship they endured, right lit '
i b "ti-dres of glory on the plains of Ma
1 nissas, on the b ights of Fioleiiuks
burg, iu the swam sos the Caickuhomi
ny, in the trenches of Ii chtnoud, on the
mountains of Tennessee, in the battle
places of Kentucky, on the soil of Goor
gia, on tie seibord if the Garolina*, to
the wilds beyond the Mississippi, and,
now, right stands amid the pi ri sos our
cause and waiting in hopo far the terri
ble retribution of the f ji urc, lifts towards
the heavens tho tmnaQlcd hands, which,
there at least, have never pleaded iu
vain, and solemnly protest against the
oppressions.of victorious wrong, aud we,
fur ono, join now and always in the pro
test. We stand by the I’.ist of our
oruntry and cause, aud we accept no
Fu'.uro which will n>t accept the Past.
There are meu who beud their piiuci
p'es befors the bayonet. There men
wit 1 dc-ort the altais of a List Cause
r mad which they once stood with the
I blood in (heir hearts pan ing for liba
tion, am! who kneel to offer homage at
tho altars of successful wrong. There
arc men who trample undvr foot (ho
vsry standards that once fl >ated stoudly
over them. There are men base enough
to life their hands against the very rights
fi>r which they once up'ifted swords
We are not such. For us, principle
is princij 10, rfibt is right—'yesterday—
10-Jay—to noraow—forever. Submis
! siou o* might is not surender of light.
We yield to the’ en:—but shall never
yield up the other.
We shall do our best, therefore, to
seve from oblivion the memories aud
traditions of tho Confederacy. Who
ever in the South is ashamed of these
had better not lead “The Banner ot tho
Seuth.” Amid the questions which
agitate the present, we should never
lose pride in our pist. It is too grand
to be forgotten. Pass down its memo,
rics—they shall live forever: A. J. R.
JYetv •Itivci'tisemcn ts.
A T T iJN T IUN.
(OTTON PLANTERS & SHIPPER 3 - j
n OOLFO Mi, H AI.KEK A CO.
OUCCESPORS TO WOOLFOLK * AN
tO PERSON, aA the Harris & Koss W are
hou-ie, would respectfully eil! the attention of
their planting friends and cotton shippers
generally, to the (act they hive formed a «o
partnership under the nboye gtyie for the
tra.'Rictiot. of a WAREHOUSE AND tOM
MIBSION BUSINESS, pledging th.-maelvis
to give their undivided attention to the inter
ests of their patrons.
We will make liberal advances upon cotton
instore, and will also till ail orders for our
customers with promptness aud dispatch. Wo
solicit your favots.
JAP. A. WOOLFOLK.
JOEL A. WALK Bit.
JNO. F. HAFKR.
aug2o fin
KAYTON’B MAGIC CURE—is a summer
remedy aiidvuie; bowel complaints.
W. 11U hh\
WHOLESALE DEALER
—:m
lUCO.I.COBIV, FLOHR r OATI,
PiBAS, MEAL, IIAVCII46,
TITS, ROPE, SlT«4it,
COEI’EL’, LARD,
Sl’UtP, SILT, Etc., Etc.,
, ■„ v - v
TIME PRICES.
I am now selling, to all prod patties, Corn
nnd Xlu-ou on time, as follows:
Ilucou Sides ltq cents parable 16 October
Uncoil Shoulders ltq ’ »» ••
Horn *1 4n per bushel.
Warehouse acceptauoe is all that is required.
CASH PRXCEB,
I* icon Sides at 18J centa.
Bacon Shoulders at 16J cent#.
Corn at - $1 25 per bushel
W. A. HUFF.
•
I h'Tve a large stock of heavy Gunnv Bag
tfing, Rope alnrt Tios of c very description,
Sugar, Coffee, Flour, Lard, Ilams, Salt etc.,
all of which I will sell
LOW FOR CASH!
Or ON TIME, with a small per cent, added.
W .A. HUFF.
FILOXJK.
I have now the largest and most eelect
stock of F[Our iu Macun, and at the-following
price* :
220 sacks Superfine at |4 50 per sack.
290 sacks Extra at 5 60 **
800 sacks Family at 6 50 “
275 sacks Fancy at 7 50*8 00
SALT.
I have on hand 800 sacks Liverpool Salt,
for Sale at $3 00 sack.
BRAN.
25,000 pounds Wheat Bran for rale at
f 1 25 per hundred pounds.
W A HUFF.
WOOUUIIfT WAGONS,
—AND —
W O 0 II n U F F CONCORD BUGGIES.
i am cotitiantlv receiving these benuiilu!
and cheap Vehicles, and will sell at AV w
York cost aud caniage, for CASH, or on
time, it parties desire, abding simple interest
for tbe time desired. No sales made lor »
lunger time than the fi st of December
W A BIUFF.
aug2o 3m
VaVT.UaVUJ^E
PROPERTY FOR SALE.
\BOUT Three Hundred Acres of good
. pine land lying in and adjoining Daw
son, Terrell county, Gi., also three Store
Houses and u dwelling in said town, which
will he sold low. For further particular*
inquire of \\ m. Coker, E.*q., of Dawson, who
will act hs my representative in the sale. Ac.
aug2o 3m* ROBT. J. IIODGES.
hIATIISiTKY.
DSfc R. is now in this city,
and all persons wishing DENTIAL op
erations will do well to avaii themselves of
his services. He cun give satisfactory refer
ances. Office second door north Journal o>
fice. aug2o lm
TOBACCO'TtOBACCO!!
WE are now sole agents in Boufchwefl Geor
-1 y gia, for Messrs. J/oore & Lewi*.
iiXTRA LOW GRADE,
N"ortli Carolina
TOBABCO,
THE VERY ARTICLE FOR THE TRAP#.
<;.r Ueijrn .i.vo
von SALK,
25 ESoxcs A. & II
BRAND, of the above, at Macon and
Atlanta prices.
Also, i genera! assortment of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE,
QUEENSWARE, kc. tc.
which we offer as low as «ny hous* in th#
city. Don’t fail to call before parchaam*
elsewhere. A[iKXaND kr & rARROTT.
Augl3 :lm
Ct IIOKUI A. Terrell Connlp
( Whereas, Joseph Stevenson applies to
nte for letters of administration on the estate
cl Jfi s. Jfiggie Stevenson, late of said coun
tv, deceased.
’ These are to cite and admonish all persons
concerned to be and appear at my office *>*■'
in the time preambl'd by law, and »“®*
cause, if any, why said letters should not
granted. .
Given under mv hand and official
ure, this Aug. 13, 1868. T. M. /ONES.
auglS-SOd* Ordinary#
DISSOLUTION
rF'HF, Firm of Eattshenberg, Rogers 4 Eoj
i was dissolved on the Ist iust., by 09 a
consent. The business will be continue
ilr. C. Jordan. A. Ran#**s•****■ .
J kss* Rosaos
-11. 11. Brows.
nug6’t>Btf C. JpgUAS. ,
KAYTON'S OIL OF LIFE f/ures Wjjjj
the Back, Bteagt, Bide, Sbomders *ndJ
Prof. iTh. KAYTON & CO., SsJWjjj’j
01, Proprietors of Kayton’s I* pel*
dice.