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THE IIAYVSON WEEKLY JOURNAL RV s. K. WESTON- n ul jso!i Jouuvjl, KBLIBUKD KVIIRY TIWIISDAT. -Strlcllfj irt Advance. TE ,tu . ft 75 Three j 2 5 git months a 00 0„ . ADVERTISING RATES : ONE MONTH. ; | TWO MONTHS i r ' | Til RBI lI'TUS J I | SIX MONTHS. J I | ONI TEAS. I No. fQO** 3 f S 00 S~S 00 $ 7 00 *l2 5(1 S2O 00 7 00 10 00 12 00 20 00 30 00 —' <JOO 12 00 16 00 26 00 40 00 roi'R- J u 10 00 18 00 25 00j 40 00 60 00 p- )L " 15 oo .6 00 35 OOJ 60 00 110 00 [7"j 25 on 40 00 60 00 110 00,200 00 ifTYlutrlintf') T " 11110 al TO ‘l' l - . j U '.M In'S'. HMJtT- T.nluog coasid. ‘‘i'lrerliiemeiO' inru J « iuUrvJ* to be l ..a nvw e;U>h ioicriion. # Ao.lditio.i debar*' of 10 per rent will J mit ou advertisement* ordered to be m ••rted on » p.rtioul ir page- AlrerUJunent* under the head of Spe will be inserted for 15 cents Mr L for the first in-ertion, and 10 cents „r lioe'for each aufaequent iM-r.ion. P AdrertUoments in the “ t.ocal Column * •illbe inserted at 20 cents per lme for the first, and 15 cent"* per hue for each subse quent insertion. q 111 communications or letters on business intended for this office should be addressed to “ Tut Dawsjn Journal” RAIL -ROAD GUIDE. ioulliwestern Railroad I»a*~ icnjicr Trains. fiU. HOLT, Pres. | VIItGIL POWER. Sop 1,.,re 8:00 A - M - Arrive el EufauU 680 M A,rive at Mac* ii P M Connecting wi h Al'ianv branch tram . ijmhvi Is, and with Fart Gaines branch tram itOhb*'- mraOU MSEIT AND AUCIMMODATI-N train* Leave J/acutl B*as 8 * as r M A riv « Eufula 1 It'*" A M Kn'.ifa 7:18 r. m. Arr»e ajficon »:lo a. m. Cunirct at Suit iv lie with ‘.l anv tr ain on j/relay, Tuesday, Thursday "nd F'idav lijnis. .No train leaves on St urdiv nights. CW.UNB3S 1-aSSENOKB TKAINS Lnv« d/a 7:26 a v. A rice it C'ol'i'”bus 1:22 P ». heave Columbus 12:2.>P M Arrive at M icon fi:l, s P- M. COLUMBUS NIGHT PASSKNGKR TRAIN Leave Baeon 7:40 p. x. Arrive at Columbus 5:05 a. u Leave Columbus 7:00 p M Arrive at J/ieou 4:43 A. M. Macon ami Brunswick Passen ger Trains. CEO. W UAZELU'.’RSr, President. L-ave Macon 9:15 a. m Arrive a- Brun.wick 10:2o p m. L-'ave Brunswick --4*30 A’ M. A riveatM con 7:50 P. M. TRAINS 10 HAWKISSVXLLK L-aves M.eon 8:00 P. u Anive at Hawkineville 6:30 r Si Lrave ii iwkinsviile 7:*iO A u Ar-ive at Macon 6:15 A. u. This train iuus daily, Sundays excepted. Western &. Atlantic Railroad. FOSTER BLODGETT, Sup’t. NIGHT VASSENOEK TRAIN Une Atlanta 7 00 P II Arrive at Chattanooga 8.80 A M Leave Chattanooga 7 50 P. M Arrive at Atlanta -. .4 14 A. M pay passenger train. Leave Atlanta 8.15 A. M Arrive at Chattanooga 4.20 P. V Leive Chattanooga 7.10 A. \1 Arrive al Atlanta 3.17 P. M DALTON ACCOM END ATI ON. Leave Atlanta 3.10 P M Arrive at Daltou 11 85 P. M 1-eive Dalton 2.00 A. M At''-. •• All.nl. 1 1 00 A V sWfesHtoWtl ©avdsi, . It. F - SIMMONS. attorney at law, c../. Prompt atton tion given to all intrusted to bis care. augft 9;tf C. B. WnATES, L C HOYLE WOOTEN & HOYLE, Attorneys at Law, T IKIU'SOJT .I .1 J»0 6-1 y, c. W. WARWICK, Att y at Law and Solicitor in Equity, smraviLLß, ga. ' n Wrotprn and Patau a - Lolleclions promptly remitted. K ‘ J- WARREN, attorney at law, . . . fcj, *!ftSf2 R S or YOUTH fmrt ’ >r,,d for rears iiom to* fSfcct* nt ,^ r * n, *"'re Decay, and all to* sake of „ ,V w l,ul '“discretion, will, lor *" *ho need t t ’. nnK hiitßanitv, «end free to ®akin» the V' P "‘ ce 'P t »“d directions for *Wf(J. Suff l> feraedy bv which he WBH Tes t'»er’a „ >r . B w,3h '“f? to prof tbv the ad -1,0 80 by ,ddre unt3 iw i OH NB. OGDEN, No, 42 Cedar reet, stN.Y Dawson Business Directory, Dry Good* .Hercliaat*. pRHi * TUCKER, Dealers in all VJkiuds of Dry Goods aud Groceues. Main Street. KL JACOB, Dealer ip all kinda of Dry (luod-, Maui street. [ OVUISS At GRirrn, Dealers A 0 in blaplu Dr y (mn,ln anil (trneeries hlmo and Commission Merchants, M\\n Street, MtKE44EY a crouch, LTenderN in l>rv Goods, Clo'hing, Staple Goods and Firuily Groceries, J/iin street. OKR, W. C. Dealer In Fancy and sfa ■ tile Drv Goods, Mam st., under “Jour nal” Printing Office. Grocery .TTcrciitint*. C'CLTONf, J. A., 'Warehouse and i Commis-ion Merchant, and Dealci in Ilu con, Flour, Meal and Provisions generally, at 'hemp & Brown’s old s' md, M tin st. PIRVtMI. MIARPE A CO.. I D alers in D-y Goods, Groceries, and Plan aiion Supplies, pRRRit A sm.TlO\ hk, Grocery * E and .Provision Dealers, South side Puli l'c Squ ire. ROOD, B. (1., Dealer in Groceries and . F>mllv aunpl'es generally, 2nd door to Journal” Office, Main s'. iiniStitili. / 511 it.4TH A , C 4., Druggist and Plivsician. Keepv a good supply of Drugs and Medicines, and prescrihea for all the ill. that flesh is heirto. At his old stand, the Red Dmg Store, Main st J4HES A COY I, CSS, Dealers in Drugs, l/edicines, O.ls, Paints, Dye S'uft's, Garden Seed, &e., &c. BAKERY. rfs. 501.0110.4, Baker, Confeo • tinner, and dealer in Family Groceries Fi-h and Ovsters, Jfain Street, next to J. W. Roberts A Cos. i» Ii aSxc.SatST nOttVD'T YV. H. Practicing Phv sician. mid B>irgeon. OfScc at Cheat haul’s Lh ug Store. Dll hi. J. 4V. PillCß & 804, ihankftiT for past patronage bv close attention and moderate charges hone to re. reive a continual,ce of the simp. Ofli.:e, Dr. Gilpin’s old s'nrid jin 13, if. ILildi IC<-|>;isrer. VCLCY, JOII4 P., will .epair tVa'chcs. (’locks, Jewelry, AYiisic Books, Aceo dions, &c . always to he found at his old stand, on North eide of Public Square. Eivcry Stables. 17A84T11, A SB tRi'E. Sale 1 and Feed St b!e. Il vr-og u nd J/nl s for sa'e. Horses boarded. North side Pub lic Square. IJKI4CC, 4. G. A .». K.. Sale. Feed and Lirerv Stable, Depot N ret t Good horses and vehicles foi hire on reason able terms. April 14, ly. ISAIIInVoU. 1) \T 44 r ARD, Dealer in Fine Wines, Brandies, Whiskies, Lager Beer, &c , West side public Square, Main street. BROWN HOUSE. E. E. BROWN & 804, Fourth St., Opposite Dtp< t +?lacon, Georgia* 'I'MIIS Uouse hiving liiel' been re6t*eri 1 und repairt and, and now one of the best Hotels in the State, and the most conve nient in the city. The table is supplied with everything the market affords. leblß’69 LYO.Y, I)(GIMITK.ViEI» & IRVIX, jinoijn? m la *llacon, - Georgia . WILL give attention to Professional litis - ness iu the Macon, South.western, and Paiau!.i Circuits; in the U S Courts, in Sa vannah and Atlanta; and by Special Con tract in anv cart of the State. Sept, 23, '69 ; ly. PLANTATION FOR SALE, I ant oflTerinp for sale a plantation near Whaley’s J/i!l», in Terrell eonntv, nine mde- Noriliwest of Uiwson, enn'ainiiig S x H ill,Led acres of Oik and Uickorv land; Ron acres cleared, with good improvements, Gi" House and Screw, &c.., Fur particulars as ro terms and price, call »i, the subscriber in D iwson. June 16,'f. WTI. KAIGLLR. VALUABLE PLANTATION W®i? S®le I \\J E are offering for sale Four Hundred V f Acres of Lind, lying three miles I South of Dawson, on Chickisawhatchie j creek. One liundr, and acres Iresh cleared land, | with comlortable dwelling and out houses good cribs and stable. Young orchard of live acres This i“ a desirable place, and j tfo e wishing to purchase land near Dawson will do well to examine ours before purcha sing. Water in every field. Come and see , the growing crop. JO2?L HARRELL, j July 14-3 m. J. B. F. HaRKELL. j WE ARE RECATPTN T G LARGE LOTS of Corn, and Country Produce. W. L. CLAY & CO., WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 1, Granite Block, Broad Street, ATLANTA, CA. e keep on hand Olay’s Old Kentucky Wbis- Wv and solicit orders and consignments. kch24-6m. W. L. C. A. CO. Dawson, ga.. thubsdai. august n, is?o ORICINAL POETRY- For the £)awaon Journal. Eiuds to “Snc-Zan.” BY ASA CLUBS. Oh ! .Yue-x-nn yu ar a whale, Yore fame whall never die : Fur the way y j went fur that He-male, Who wears them ar “shoo fly-” You’ve gouged his eyes an slapped his jaw, And knocked his ‘‘Stove-pipe” in ; Dut ull is fare in luv ur war, So go in Suze und win. Let people thkik jest what tha may— Y’u lush him till he swoons ; An soon you’ll make him, 1 dare suy, Wear bigger Trow saloons-- -Jn give the nimble little fleas i A chance tu till thur maws. hop an skip wha. -ur tha please, Iu spite uv iashions laws. Make him cum outen that ur hat s An fling away that brass, An all them glitterin Dimunds, that Aiut nothin else but glass. Au puil his hare a little tu, Until he parts it right; -Dont let him wear it curl a-eu, Like a Tom Cat i.> a frigiif Tu tongue lash sjch a mungy pup, It aiut a bit uv sin ; So “Sue-z-an” don’t give it up, But go fur him agiu. SPEECH OF TILE Hon. C. B. Wooten, Os the Evcccnih Senatorial District, deliv ered in the Senate of Georgia, Jalg 28, 1870. on the Resolution, to postpone the Election. ME. PRESIDENT : It is not ex travagant language to say that this is the most important question ever sub mitted to the consideration of this body It strikes at the very vitals of tree gov - ernment, and involves the rights of the people of Georgia to choose their representatives. The people of this country have been accustomed to re gard this as a sacred right. It was baptized iu the blood of the Revolu tionary sires. The friends of this measure resorted to every means at their command to induco Congress to extend the term of the members of this General Assembly. This, Congress refused to do, but by the law which has just been passed, that body, after protracted discussion, settled the question as to au election, and declared in the first place, that nothing therein contained “shall bo constiued to deprive the people of Georgia of the right to an election for members of the General Assembly of said State, as provided for iu the Con stitution thereofand in the next place, “that nothing in this or any other act of Congress shall be construed to affect the term to which any officer has boen appointed, or any member of the Generaf Assembly elected, as pre scribed by the Constitution of the (State of Geurgia.” Congress acted with direct refer ence to this subject and left the whole question to be determined by the Con stitution of Georgia. Upon that Act of Congress, and upon that Constitu tion, 1 plant myself. And, \v itli all the vaunted loyalty of gentlemen, 1 claim to be more loyal than the man who will deliberately override the law of Congress and the Constitution of his State. The proposition contained in the resolutions now before the Sen ate is to postpone the election lor members of the next General Assem bly, and thus to perpetuate the term of the members of the present Legis lature beyoud tbe time tor which tney were elected. Shall this bo done ?It will, I apprehend, be a sufficient an swer to that question, to show that it cannot be done without trampling un der toot the birthright of freemen the right of the people to choose their rulers—and without gross violation of law—the law of the Constitution, which all the members took a solemn oath to support. That Constitution has made provisions for holding elec tions, and settled the question as to time. It recites that, “the election of members of the General Assembly shall btgin on Tuesday, after the first Monday in November, of every sec ond year, except tbe first flection, which shall bo held within sixty (till) days alter the adjournment of ttiis Convention.” Accordingly, tliat first election was held, commencing on the ~Uth day ot April, 1808. The steady How of time has brought on the veni 1870. This being the second year, the question as to an elec tion is not an epen on» it is setdtd in crear and unmistaauoio language uy the Constitution. But let us examino the grounds on which the friends of this measure base their claim to perpetuation. In the first place it is contended, that the term of service of this Legis lature did not begin until the passage by Congress, of the recent Act declar j in<r Georgia entitled to representation in°that body ; and that prior thereto it was simply a provisional Legislature. ! Concede for the sake of argument, j ' tp a t this theory is correct and tliat the ; government of Georgia was and even now is merely provisional, does this destroy the force ol the law and dis pense with elections ? Elections may be held oven under a provisional gov ernment' Suppose it be provisional and that it shall continue so for the next five years, are no elections to fake place in the meantime '( Even on the provisional theory the election should be held under the Constitution, especially when the law of Congress declares that that Constitution snail i prevail. But the law and the facts Ido not sustain this theory. A brief ! review of the history of Georgia re construction is sufficient to demon strate its falsity tmd to forever silence 1 its iniquitous pretentions. And lot it bo remembered just hero, that this provisional idea is not anew one. It has boon and au thoritatively disposed of hois, -ofore.— The question aroso as to the members elected in 18G8. It was submitted to Qon Grant, and by him settled, in his communication to Gen. Meade, dated the ‘29th day of April, 1808, in which he declared in substance, that tho members elected wore not officers of tho provisional government. Their inauguration into office was to mark the commencement of anew ora. Tho old State government was declared by tho reconstruction laws to be provis ional, but it was to terminate, and bo superseded by the government of tho officers chosen at that ©lection. Gen. Grant decided that thoso officers were not provisional That decision was acquiesced iu by tho General Govern ment. On tho 4th day of July, 18C8, these members were convened in General /Assembly, and required take, not the oath under the reconstruction laws, for provisional officers, but tho oath prescribed in the Constitution. When did the term of their service as a Leg islature begin ? This question is eas ily determined by reference to the or dinance of the Convention, tho act of Congress, and the orders of tho com manding General, The Convention ordained with tho solemnity of constitutional law, that there should beau election, beginning on the 20th day of April, 1808, for “Governor, Members of tho General Assembly, Representatives to the Con gress of tho United States, and all other officers to bo elected, as provided in the Constitution.” And mark the language of this ordinance, for it is a part of the laws of the State of Geor gia, by which under tho late act of Congress, tho time for the next elec tion is to be determined The ordi nance goes on to proscribe that “The persons so elected, or appointed, shall enter upon the duties of the several offices to wliich they have been re spectively elected, when authorized so to do by acts of Congress, or by tho order of the General commanding, and shall continue in office.” Nut un til the expiration of two years, or uny other time after the State is admitted to representation in Congress, but “till tho regular succession provided for, alter tlte year 1808, and until succes sors are elected and qualified ; so that said officers shafl each of them hold their office as though they were elect ed on the Tuesday after tho first Mon day in November, 1808.” This language is plain and unequiv ocal. The persons elected were to enter upon the duties of their offices when authorized so to do by act of Congress, or by order of the command ing Gin.ual. Now, what is the act of Congress, and what the order of tho commanding General with regard to this subject '< lu J une, 18(58, Con gress passed a law, declaring in sub stance, that Georgia should be enti tled to representation as a btate of the Union, upon the ratification, by the Legislature, of the fourteenth amend ment, and of the action of Congress iu striking from her Constitution the clause impairing the obligation of con tracts. And tiie same law proceeds in the following language : Thereupon, tnat is to say, upon tho ratification ol tlieso fundamental con ditions by the Legislature, “tue offi cers of the IState, duly elected and qualified uuder tfie Constitution there of, shall be inaugurated without de lay.” Now, we are seeking to ascertain the time at winch tfie term of this Legislature began. isy the ordinance oi tne Convention, tho persons elocted were to enter upon tfie duties of their offices, when authorized to do so by act of Congress or by order of the General commanding, lly act of Con gress to which wo have just referred, taey were to be inaugurated without delay when the Legislature consented to tnoae fundamental conditions. Very well. The first work of tho Legisla- j turo, after the organization was com pleted, was to latny the XLVtli Amendment and to assent to tho ac tion of Congress iu relation to tiie ob- 1 i noxious ciauso of the Constitution.— That this was duly and promptly done is attested, not only by your journals, but by tfie order ol Gen. Meade, dated tho 2_d day ol July, 1808, wherein fie declared that tfie Legislature had complied with the requisitions of the act ox Congress which became a law the 20th day of June, 1808, and that the (state was, therefore, under the i acts of Congress, entitled to represen tation. Here we have, by act of Con gress and by order ot the General ! commanding, the point of timo cou | tempiated iu the ordinance of the Con -1 venuon lor tfie persons elected to enter upon tfie duties of their offices, or, in j tne language of the act of Congress, I tor them to be inaugurated without 1 delay. Thereupon, tho Governor was inau j gurated with the usual ceremony, and with a solemnity befitting tho occasion, that functionary congratulated the Legislature and tho country upon the restoration of civil government. The earth shook beneatn the roar of can non, brougiit into requisition to cele brate that event, liy order of Gen. Meade, military power was withdrawn and civil authority established. The State government moved ou in its le gitimate orbit uuder tho Constitution. Lor sixteen months it went forward in. tho perloinlaneo of all the executive, judicial, aud legislative functions of a real State Government. As Governor, ■ the Executive took las position. lie sent forth his signature, not as plain liuius 11 Bullock, ouo of tho protean roles in which he has rocently chosen ito appear before the Legislature, nor as Provisional Governor Bullock, but as Governor Bullock, without that magical adjunct, “provisional.” This fact is shown, not only by his proclamations, but by his special acts of Executive clemency, in pardoning convicted and unconvicted criminals ; a practice which has boen indulged with a recklessness, equaled only by the prodigality with which the peo ple s money has been squandered. The judiciary wont forward to “raise aloft tho scales of justice,” and to ad just tho rights of parties under tho Constitution and laws of the State. Tho General Assembly proceeded in the capacity of a (State Legislature, acknowledging allegiance only to tho Constitution of the United (States aud of tho (State of Goorgia. As such, they hold themselves forth to tho w’&rM, and enacted laws to affect the varied interests of the people By your legislation, as tho General /As sembly of the Suato, your portals have been thrown wide open to the immi grants from the old w orld, commerce has established her depots and ar ranged her financial resources, while agriculture has sprung into newness of life and energy, under tho magic touch of a fertilization rendered genuine by tests which you applied. Under the operations of your laws, mineral wealth is uncovered, mountains are dug down mid luilrouds are stretching their wea ry lengths over the surtuco of your State. All this you have done as a State Legislature, and do you now mean to repudiate it, and say that you were practicing fraud and deception upon the people ? It is a principle of law, as old as jurisprudence aud as universal as civilization, that a mau is bound by what he deliberately states iu his own deed. Ho is estopped from denying it. In the enacting clauses of your laws you proclaimed your selves the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of Georgia, in Uoneral Assembly convened. You thus covenanted with tlio peo ple. You so nominated it in the bond. Can you now deny it, and say it was a mere delusion'/ A'uu drew from the public treasury, as a Legislature. If you were not one in good faith, you are bound in law and in .morals, to make a restitution of tho money which you obtained under false pretences. — Thus we have a d.-finite, fixed period of time at which the Legislature be gan its terms of service, to-wit: In July, 1868. To recapitulate for ono moment.— By the ordinance of the Convention tho officers elect were to outer upon the duties of their offices, when au thorized to do so by act ot Congress, or by the order of the General com manding. By act of the 2.;>th day of June, I.SOB, Congress declared that said officers shornd bo inaugurated forthwith upon the ratification of tfio fourteenth amendment, and of the re quisition in relation to contracts. On tfio 22d day of J uly, 1868, the Gener al commanding announced in the form’ of an ordor, that the Legislature had complied with those requisitions, and that the iState was under the acts of Congress ent.tled to representation. The (State government was fully and completely inaugurated in ail its de partments. The representatives from Georgia w T ere admitted to Congress. Her (Senators were rejected not for any defect in the Legislature at the timo of their election, but for tho rea son as was alleged, that certain acts of the Legislature, subsequent to the time of that election, were obnoxious to views entertained by a majority of Senators in Congress. But it is argued, that tho expulsion of the colored members, aud tue seat ing of the minority candidates in their places, were illegal acts. Admit it, aud what dot*s it prove ‘f When was it ever seriously maintained before, that the simple passage of an illegal or unconstitutional lneastre by tliu Legislature of a State destroyed its ; (Statehood ? Does that act contradict I or impair tho great cardinal truth that I there was aud had been a (State Leg islature V Is not the plain inference uud conclusion just the reverse r 1 Was* ! it not a Legislature acting, not under ] a grant of military authority, but un i der the Constitution and controlled by ’ the construction which Democrats, iu common with most leading liepubli -1 cans, placed upon that instrument ? ! And just here 1 take occasion to ad vert to a fact not entirely germain to 1 this question. Tho charge lias been gravely made upon the iioorof the (Senate, that ceriam Democratic (Sena tors w'erc responsible for tho expul sion of the colored members. Bo it so. [ In reply, 1 submit whether it is fair aud just to censure Democrats for the i advocacy of a doctrine which had been in the campaign preceding tho elec tion, boldly aud zealously proclaimed upon tho Dustings by tiie acknowledg ed leaders of tfie Republican party in Georgia. But to turn to tho question. What ever may have been tiie effoct oi the expulsion of colored members as to tho future, it could not alter the fact that tfie term of tho sort ice of the Legislature had begun in J uly, 1808. The Government Uud been regularly inaugurated, and it had continued, up to that timo at least, unaltered. Tfiat is an independent, substantial fact, aud it cannot Lo ignored, Tho Leg islature had advanced through a part of its term, and, unlike the stiadow in the sun dial of Ahaz, it could not move backwards —the past was secure. In December last, Uongress saw proper to interfere with Georgia. Does that act of Congress disprove the exis tence of the (State Legislature t An analysis of it will show just the con trary. Congress assumed tliat the acts of the Legislature with regard to the colored members were illegal, and vi- olative of the principles of Republican government, and uuder tho provision of the Constitution making it tho duty of Congress to guarantee to each (State a Republican form of Govortrm'ervt, that body undertook to remedy tho allegod evil by reorganizing a Legisla ture that had already been organized. This Congress might, with equal pro priety, buvo done, under similar cir cumstances, in tho case of any (State of tho Union. Right or wrong, this is the theory on which a resort to interference is justified. Nowhere in that act is the government of Georgia termed provis ional. And if any of its language could bo even tortured into a protext for an extension of tho term of this Legislature, tho recent law of Con gress comes to tho rescue of the Con stitution, when it declares iu emphatic words, that nothing in that, nor any other act of Congress, shall bo con strued to affect the term for which any member of the General Assembly was elected as prescribed by the Constitu tion. But, it is said that tho act of Congress which became a law in De cember last, required tho adoption of the fifteenth amendment This is true, Mr. President, and though it will be found very difficult to reconcile this re quisition with tho theory of govern ment provided lor iu tho Constitution of the United States, still it cannot af fect, nor was it intended to affect, the truth that the term of service of this Legislature began in July, 1868. This was anew requirement. It was not a condition precodent to the inaugura tion of the State Government in 1868. It had sprung into existence since. Congress adopted this method to se cure the ratilicatiou of the fifteenth amendment, and, perhaps, I might say, to overcome tho contumacy of re fractory Republicans. This amend ment was submitted fur ratification to Georgia, in common with other (States. The question as to its ratification, came up during the session of 18GG, and, strange to say, Republicans, men who wore regarded as the champions of universal political equality, voted against it. The measure was defeated iu the (senate, if 1 mistake not, by the casting vote of the presiding officer, who was a Republican. If Democrats sinned in expelling the colored mau from office, how rank aud unpardona ble ought to be that Republican’s sin wlfich denied him the right to vote. It is no extenuation to say that it was done for political elfeet. This does not rescue it from the charge of in consistency. Tho fact that it was in tended to disturb and paralyze the regular (State government, will increase its odium. Duplicity uni deception, while they may be lavorite ideas with those who resort to them, are always reprehensible and irreconcilable with the public good. But we aro told that the act of Con gress prescribes anew oath under the test of which, some 15 or 20 members were found to be ineligible. And, pray, what is this worth, as an argu ment to show that tho term of this Legislature did not begin in July, 1808 Y Early in that mouth tho eligi bility of mem oers under tho provisions of Fourteenth Amendment was investigat ed. General Meade pronounced the results of that investigation satisfactory. The act of December last, proscribes a now and supervenient oath, impos ing somo terms additional to what is contained in the Fourteenth Amend ment. (some small number of the members refused to take that oath, while a few others wore excluded by the action of that modern institution, known as a military ooinmission, to determine the Constitutional eligibility ot members of a (State Legislature.— Truly, when posterity shall read the history of the Government, as made by the revolutionary fathers, and con trast it with the events of tins period, they will find much to excite their as tonishment, as well as to deplore in the downfall of constitutional liberty But, notwithstanding the vicissitudes through which tho Legislature has passed, there was always a quorum of its members unaffected by any change that took place in that body. When was it ever before claimed that a leg islative body ought to perpetuate itself for an additional term because, for sooth, one or more of its members less than a quorum were disqualified ? Does it not frequently happen in Ci tigress that members aro declared ineligible ? Yet, it is not understood that this loavcns the whole body and entitles it to perpetuity for another ! te.m. Again it is insisted that oven admit ting tliat the term of the State Legis lature began Jury, 18t>8, still the Con stitution authorizes the Legislature to change the time of the election, and provides that the present members shall continue in office until their suc cessors are elected and qualified. It is urged as a reason for tho exercise of this supposed power in the present case, that the probable excitement growing out of an election next Fall would bo so groat as to render a post ponement of it advisable on the grounds of expediency. Let us construe this clause of the Constitution. Now, the pieceeding part of the same section p ovidos that the election for members of the General Assembly shall begin on Tuesday alter tho first Monday iu November of every second year. This is an absolute unconditional requirement, and there is no escape from it. Unless the election shall * take place every year, this clause of tho Constitution is violated. It is true that the succeeding clause provides that tho General Assembly may by law change the time of elections, and ' that the members shall hold until their successors are eloctod and quali fied. What is the obvious meaning’’ VOL. V. —NO. of this ? Why, that tho General As sembly may by law change the time w ithiu the purview of tbe Constitution; that is to say from Tuesday after the first Monday in November, to any other day witlfin the second /er.’ri Y r uu say this clause confers upon you the power to postpone the election, and to perpetuate yourselves for two years or any other length of time. If you may do so for two years, may you not for ton years V Does not the right to do ono, imply the right to do the other 'l And will any one insist that this would be iu accordance with re publican Government? v But reference is made to the words, “the members shall hold until thoiri successors are elected and qualified.” What do these words mean ? They are simply intended to meet cusos of emergency. If from war, pestilonce, or other cause, the election could not bo held, tho members would continue in office until the election and qualifi cation of their successors. Again, in, some (Slates where calls have fyoeu, mude for extra sessions between tha time of election and tho meeting of the Legislature, the question us to whether the old or now Legislature, should serve has been the source oi some dispute. This elauso of the Constitution disposes of that question. But the plea of popular excitement is set up. May not the sapre plea.,,be urged to any eloction that shall take place in future ? The practical result of the operation of this principle would be to abolish elections. Ana with re gard to this argument, gentlemen may do well to bear in mind that the ex citement incident to an eloction, under the laws of Georgia, may not, after all, be so formidable as that storm of pop ular indignation which would likely sweep over this land in the event of a denial of this great right, You may udppt these, resolutions, but it will be a fraud upon the just rights of tiie people. It will boa tri umph of usurpation over constitution al law. These resolutions are instinct with fraud. With protestations of loyalty and patriotism, they strike down the Constitution and crush the dearest rights of the people beneath the heel ol a craven and ignoble sel fishness. When you couple the prop osition to postpone the election, until the representatives from Georgia are admitted into Congress, with the fact that there are no representatives, and .can be none until an olection is held, you discover the Moloch purpose of these resolutions. It is nothing more nor less than to continue the present members iu office indefinitely—per haps, for life. A rare exhibition of modesty in-, deed ! Doubtless an appreciative peo-, pie will duly reward the merit of such sell-sacrificing patriots, andaruct asuit-, able monument to their memory. I appeal to the conservative men of the Republican party to raise their voices in opposition to this great wrong. There uro members of this Legislature that aro allowing themselves to be dragooned into the support of this, measure, while in the innermost re cesses of their hearts they detest it. Thoso men aro uuder the influence of bud leaders. I entreat them.to break loose from the shackles of party, and dare to bo free, and, what is more, dare to be honest. There may be those who will vote for it from con scientious motives. I do not assert tho contrary, but I will refer to one class, who are expected to vote for it. If there be members here who are not responsible to any constituency—men • who are misrepresenting instead of representing the people—-men who, find it more safe and convenient to cluster, like vampires around the Cap itol and live at the public expense, than to return home aud give an ac count of their stewardship—if there, be such, they .are expected to support this measure. Nor is it, by any means, strange that it is thus. Georgia welcomes witlfin her borders the industrious, ©n torprisiug man from tho North, or. from any other quarter; but woe to the wretch that would speculate at the ■ expense of her liberties. The ides of November would bring fearful reckou-, iug to that species of the genus homo known as carpet-baggers. I verily be-, lievo that when the olection does take plaoo, the voters of Georgia will re cord tlioir verdict against that class of jiolitical adventurers. , They have.been weighed iu the balance and found wanting. The handwriting is already, upon tho wall. Rublic opinion is pur suing them like a terrible Nemesis., But tho people expect—they have a right to expect—that a majority of this Legislature will be true to the Constitution and to the interest of- Georgia. That they will rise above merely personal considerations, and with a sublime devotion to Constitu-. tional law, acquit themselves like pa triotic men. Lemonade and Fevehs. —A cotorn porary says that in most cases of fe vers we have no doubt that tho attack might have boen prevented and the patient well in a few days without a particle of medicine, by rest, partial, lasting and free use of lemons and lemonade. Tho virtuo of this artiole in billious attacks and incipient fevers has been tested with tho, best results, and we recommend its use during the heated term as a preventive of these diseases. Joseph Ward, of Orwell, Vermont, ■ saved his wife from eloping by keep ing guard o /er her silk dress. She wouldn’t elope in calico. R L. Robson, of Thomas county, has gathered 1,140 watermelons, and 1 seven bushels of corn from one acre !of ground. | A horse died from sun stroke in Savannah on the 3rd.
