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tlatuson Journal.
J. 1.. *>. I'EBIUJIA\, )
v Kim tom.
in. n. MERIIWETHER, )
0.1 lI'SOX,
TAttnrfoVi fltl, IWOW
VST Railing tna/br on every jmije.-%M
••j/y friends cl allcUfees tnd of all condi
tion*, VVAKK UP ! The hour is on you.—
WAKE UP! Tbe issue ia »t hand. I cure
not for vour framer opinion, or your former
acion, COME UP NOW. This is our coun
try, let us lire in i'. This is our country, let
us TRESESVE IT. 7’his >' our country,
lrt us REDEEM it." [B. H. HILL.
“I hold that this Government was made on
the white basis, by white nun, for the bene
fit of white men, and none others. Ido not
believe that the Alnrghty made the negro
capable of self-gove-.mtnt "—Stephen A
J) ought*,
Conservative Senatorial « «m
veiiliou-llaiuiHalioii siml Ac
ceptance ot 1 01. W uolcsi.
At a meeting of a porti u of tbe ci'i
vns of Clay, Randolph and Terrell
Counties, held in Cuthbcrt, on batur
day tbe 28ih ull , for the purpose of
eorißidering the interest of the 11th
Senatorial District, ccmpri-ing said
counties, in making choice of a suitable
candidate, to represent said counties in
the State Senate; said meeting was or
paniz and by calling F. M. Harper, 01
Dawson, to tbe Chair, and L. S Chas
tain r»quested to act as Secretary.
After a brief explanation of tbe ob
ject of tie mdoting, by the chairman, it
was moved and -ccondcd, that Col. C
D. Wooten of Dawson be chosen by ac
clamation, which motion, being put to
the meeting, unanimously [ revuiled ; n
was tbeD moved and scct-i.de and that a
committee of thrre bo appointed by th<
Clair, to notify Col Wooten of the se
lection and request hit acceptance; said
motion being cairicd, the Chair appoint
ed Wm. M. 1 ’eepies, James 1’ Sharp
and A. F. J m s, of Dawson, as that
committee. It was then moved, s.c
onded and carried that the proceedings
of this meeting be pub.i.bed, in the
Dawson J urualand Cuthbcrt Appeal,
after which the meeting Adjourned,—
Sine die F. >l. Harper, Chairman.
L. S. Chastair, Se’ty.
CuntuKKT, Ga, March 28, ISOB.
Col C. B. Woolen :
Dear Sir:—At a Convention assem
bled at this place to-day, comprised of
delegates from the counties of Clay,
Kandulph and Teircll, called for the
Lurposc of nominating a candidate to
tnet ro rue pirate ij-gYntfure.
You were unanimously, aui by aocla
matioD, nominated for that position—
the undersigned were appointed a com
mittee to notify you and request your
acceptance.
Assuring you of the unanimous wish
of the Convention and white people, so
far as we have bad opportunity to ob
serve, that you should become their
candidate, we have the honor to be,
Your obedient servants,
W. M Peepi.es, ) _
AF. Jonko, £ P
JP. Sharp. ) ?
Dawson, Ga , April Ist, 1868.
Gentlemen :—Your communication
of the 28th ult., conveying to me forma!
DOtice of my nomination by the Con
servative Convention of the E'cvcntb
Senatorial Distriot, recently assembled
ia Cuthbcrt, and requesting may accept
ance, was this day handed to me.
Though sensible of the responsibility
cf tbe position, and distrustful of my
own ability, I do not fee! at liberty to
withhold tbe consent, w hich you, in
behalf of the Convention, so urgently
solicit, I therefore accejit the nomina
lion.
In the present crisis, our own prts
ervation and the hopes of pos erity ap
peal to lie for a faithful performance of
our part in (ho great effort to rescue
the State front Badical misrule.
Our people must ral'y if they would
save from destruction that system of
Government, under which they were
nurtured and reared
No man can consistently with pa
triotic duty, ignore vital issues involv
ed in the impending question.
For the respectful and complimenta
ry terms of y< ur communication, ns
well as for tire honor conferred by
those whom you represent, permit tne
to offer my grateful acknowledge
ments.
I am very respectfully,
Your obedient serv't,
C. B Wootex.
To Messrs W. M. Peeples, A F
Jrices, and Jas. P Sherpe, Com.
Jo*Ern E. Fbown Hong in Effigy
—We learn that thcrffigy of the “Sen -
tine) on the Watch Tower” was hurg no
• telegraph pole in Kingston on the
night of the 20:h inut. It was in
scribed :
Joseph E. Brown,
Site temper Tyranuit ,
KU-KLUX KLAN
This mysterious “fcu klux klan” has
cr+ated conti Jcrable consternation among
the Union l.eeguers of Tennessee and
Alabama, and seems to be a grert ter
ror to eriJ-dccrs.
BIIEVITILB.
The Georgia C invention has put in
the new Constitution of that htat*- a pro
vision that no divorce shall bo granted
without a concurrent verdict in the court
of two juries Divorces by the Statc
1.-gislature and by the Ju lg*s of courts
arc prohibited.
An exchange eaya the present insa
tiable appetite tor “latest news" mates
man appear to be a toltgrammivorous
animal.
The allowing a majority of the votes
ac'ual'v cast, to ratify constitutions in
the Southern States, has become a
law.
Tho United States Grand Jury has
found a now indictment against Jifler
son Davim It covers tiny pages, and
details nil his offences since the open
ing of the rebellion
The election on the Georgia Consti
tution is ordered by Gen. M -tide to
begin April 20, and con inue four
days.
Large numbers of Congressmen have
obtained leave of absence during the
President's trial.
‘ Mobile is infested with a set of
thieves lrom Chicago ” The whole
South is infest'd with a set of Itecon
stiuction thieves from the North ,
Alderman Jaubert, colored, of New
Orleans, has brought suit for $lO 000
damages against tbe college of the Sa
cred Heart, in that city, for denying a
member of his lumily admission to is
privileges.
Mr. Stanton still sleeps and eats in
his office nt the War Department:—
About two weeks ago he ventur 'd out
of his cell for tin hour or two, and
walked the pavement in front of the
building.
A man in Shipper) street, Phi adel
phia, on Monday, while swearing in a
violent passion, dii-loca ed his jaw
Medical skill restored the member to
its normal position. In tho meantime
the man was frightened nearly out of
his senses Let him swear no more.
At the breaking out of the lae war,
Grunt was u ck-rk in a tannery at a
salary just sufficient for his support
His annual income now is said to be
$30,000.
Tbe strike in tbe mills at Falls Ilrver,
Mass, has ended, the spinners and
weavers having vo'ed to return to
work on the terms ode:ed before the
strike.
An enterprising Chinaman i(j,Cal'
forma is making money by buy ing a!
> >»i um twr? cmmtrymrTi iu P&t.
Thud. Stevens has bit on tho (rue
pol cy. Whether his Padioal compa
triots see it in the same light ho doeß
is another question. If impartial t-us.
frage is good for the Sou h, we know
of no reasou why it should not also be
good for the North.
St. Patrick’s day was general'y ob
served by processions, banquets, balls
and addt esses, in all tho principal cit
ies of the United States.
Gen. Gillem fins issued an order,
dated the 6th inst., at Vicksburg, for
tbe purpose of raising the w ind to pay
the expenses of the unconstitutional
convention. To taxes r-ma'ning un
paid at tbe end of thirty days twenty
five per cent will be added.
The railroads between Montgomery
and Mobile have been consolidated,
and are now under one management
and name—that of the Montgomery
and Mobile lioud
During the month of February the
sum oi $-176 288 were coined at the
mint in Pmladeiphia.
The peop e of Jackson, Mississippi
have to burn tar to keep the air pure
and prevent sickness.
Chicago is to have the most elegant
railway depot in the world, when com
pieted it will cost two million dollars.
Bui’road men and gas pipe layers
says the depth of (rust in the ground
is greater than for forty years
The first Christian tract has been
printed in Japanese, entitled, An Eu-y
Introduction to Chris inn Doctrine.
It is said that the w hole amount ol
grain raised in New Englaud each
jear wouldn’t supply its iohabi'an s
with food for six weeks.
The loss by the burning of the ware
house of the Pensacola and Georgia
Railroad at St Maks, was $75,000.
Twenty-two thousand dollars were
required to pay off the emooyeesot
The State Komi for the month of Feb
ruary How is it that it lakes about
five thousand more now for this pur
pose than it did under the administra
tion of Gov. Jenkins? One simple
word explains it— Steal.—Early Cos.
Newt.
a slip going over Charleston
bar, with a negro p lot on board, the
captain asked him, “what water is the
ship in ?”
“Salt water, rnasea.”
“I know that, you black rascal, but
how much water ;s there ? ’ cn»d the
captain
“Eh, maesa,” says Sambo, “you
tink me bring tin-pot for measure
urn ?”
Proposed Constitution
FOR THE
STATE OF GEORGIA,
A3 ADOPTED 11Y THE NEGRO-8A DIJ2AL
CONVENTION
ARTICLE 1 DF.rI.V RATION Os FUN DA
ME NT At. I'HINCieI.KS.
Rr o I Protection to person and prop- j
city is the paramount doty of govern ,
meat and sLal he impartial and com
plete.
Sec 11. All pers ns born, or natu
ral zed, in tho United Stator, and resi
dmt iti this State, are hereby declared
citizens of this State, and no law shall
he made cr enforced which shall abridge
the privileges or immut-i ios of citizens
of the United States, or of this State,
or deny to any p rson within its juris
diction the f qua! protection of its laws
And it shall be tho duty of the Gener
al Assembly, by appropriate legislation,
to protect every person in the due en
joyment of the rights, privileges anti
imuiurti'ios guaranteed in this Section.
S c 111. No person shall be depriv
ed of life, liberty or property, except by
due process of law
See. IV. There shall be within the
State of Georgia neither slavery or in
voluntary servitude, 83ve as a punish
ment for crime after legal oonvicttoD
thereof.
S e. V The right of the people to
appeal to the Courts, to petition Gov
i rnmerit on all matters, and peaerable
to assemble f>r the consideration of any
caaiter shall never be impaired.
800. VI. P. rfect freedom of reli
gious sentiment shall bo and the same
is hereby secured, aud no inhabitant of
this State shall ever be molested iti per
son or property or prohibi-cd from hold
ing any public office or trust on account
of his religious opinion ; hut the liberty
of conscience, hereby secured, shall not.
be ho construed as to excuse acts of
licentiousness, or justify practices incon
sbtent. with the peace or safety of the
pep!e.
S c VII Ev ry person charged
with an offeuco against the laws, shall
have the privilege anil benefit of couti-j
sel, shall be furnished, oa demand,!
with a copy of the accusation and a list,
of the witnesses oo whose tcstiin my the j
charge against him is founded, shall
have com pul iOry process to obtain the!
attendance of his own witnesses, shall
be e nfmnted with tho witnesses tesli j
fying' against him, and shall have a
public aid speedy niai by an impartial
jury.
Sc. VIII. No persm shall be put in
jeopardy of life or liberty m- re than
once for the s»mo offence, save on his
or her uwn motion for a now trial, af
ter conviction, or iu case of mistrial,
j Sc. IX. Freedom of speech and
i freedom of the pres are inherent cle
men sos political lib rty. Hut while
every citizm tiny f.-etly speak, or w:i'o,
or print on any suhj ct, he shall ho re
sponsible for the abuse of the liberty.
Sec. X The right of the people to
bo scouro in tho r Persons, H turns, Pa
cer? cud Eff.e s against unro small
rirda arra no warrant strait v?uo dot
upon probable cause, supported by oath,
or affirmation, par ieularly describing
the j lice, or places, to be searched and
tbe pers n, or things, to be seiz and.
S c. XI. The social status of the cit
izen shall never be the su! ioft of legis
lation
Sic. XII. No pers >n shall be molest
ed for his opinion-*, or be subj et to any
civil or political incapacity, or acquire
any civil or political advantage iu con
sequence f such opinion*.
See XIII. The writ of habeas cor
pus shall not be suspended unless, in
ease of rebellion or invasion, the pub
lic safety may require it.
Sec. XIV’. A well regulated Malitia
being necessary to the security of a free
peoj h to keep and tear arms shall not
ho infringed ; but tbc Genera! Assem
bly shall have- power to prescribe by
law the manner in which arms may be
borne.
See. XV The punishment ‘cf all
frauds shu‘l be provided by law.
See. XVI. Fx**ssivo bail shall not
he required, nor excessive fines imposed
nor eiuel and unusual punishment in
flicieJ, nor shall auy person be abused
in feeing arrested, while under arrest,
or in prison
Si c. XVII. The p >wer of the Court
to punisi. for c -uttuipt shall he limited
by legislative ac's.
Sec XV’III. There shall be no im
prisonment (or debt
Sec XIX In all prosecutions or in
dictments tor libel, rho truth may be
given iu evidence, and the jury shall
have the right to determine the law and
the facts
Sec XX Pr.vate ways may be grant
ed upon just compensation being paid
by the a- plicant.
S c XXI. All penalties shall be
prop r I’m and to the r a'ure of th. i ffence
Si c. XXII. Whipping, as a puui.-h
men fug crime is |r l.ibited
Sec XXIII. No Lottery shall be au
thor z and, or sale of L tilery tickets al
-1 wed iu this Bta e, aod adiquate pen
eities fur such sale shall be provided by
law.
Sec, XXIV No conviction shall
work corruption of bfood, and no con
viction of treason shall work a general
forfeiture of estate longer than during
the life of the persf-u attainted.
Sc. XXV. Treason again** the
State of Georgia shall consist only in
levying war : gainst the State, or the
Uiiited States, or adheriug to tho ene
mies thereof, g-.viug them aid and com
fort j and no person shall be convicted
of treasou except on the testimony of
two witnesses to the same overt set, or
his own confession id open Court.
Sec. XXV i. Laws shall have a gen
eral opera'inn, and no gencnl law, af
fecting private rights, shall be varied,
in aDy particular oase, by special legis
lation, except with the free eonsent, iu
writing, of all persons to be affected
thereby ; and no person under legal
disability to contract is capable of such
free eonsent
Sec. XXVII. Tho power of taxation
over the whole State shall be exercisjd
by tho General Assembly only to raise
Revenue for tho support of Gavcrn
meet to Pay the Pub uj and b - , *« pro-'
vide a General School ‘Fund, f-r Gun
toon Defense, and for Public Improve
mont; ard taxsti .n on troper'y ehall||
be ml valorem nuly, ati I uniform onl
all speei- a "f property -ax'd.
See XXVIII. The General *?s< mblv
may grant tb’ powerof fixation to.
County autbori’un aud Muni*ipal cor-,
poration, to be cx -reised within th ir
several territorial limits
Sec XXTX. No roll tax shall be
levied except for educational purpo«*s,
and such tar shall not exceed One Dol
lar ntliitnllv on each poll.
See. XXX Mechanics and laborers
shall have liens upon the property °f
their employers f r labor performed or
material furnished, and the LegVatnrc
shall provide for the summary enforce
ment, of the same.
Sec. XXXI. The Legis’atnre, execu
tive and Judicial D'partments shall he
distinct; and each department slid be
confined to a Separa'e board of Magis
tracy-. No person or c llcctino of
persons, being of nno dep-irtmen*.,
shall oxcrciso any power properly »f
--♦ a'-hed to either of the others, except
n cases herein exoros-ly proviled.
See XXXII I.egislaMve acts in vi
olation of this C institution, or th< Con
stitution of the United States, are void,
and the Jndieiary'shall so declare them
j XXXUT. Th.- State of Georgia shall
ever remain a member of the American
Union ; the PeepD thereof are apart of
of the American Nation ; every cit'Z'n
thereof owes paramount allegiance to
the Constitution and Government of the
United States, and no law or ordinance
of this Stete, in contravention or sub
version thereof, snail ever have any
i binding force.
ARTICLE II—FRANCHISE AND ELECTIONS
See, T In all elections, bv the people
the Fi'octo-s shall vote V bill it.
S’e II E'-ery male pers n< born in
the United Sta-e=. ard every ma’.' per
son who has he'n nattiraliz- <1 or who
has legally declared hi« intention to ho
com a citizen of the United States, I
twenty-one ye.ar-< old. or upward, who j
shall have resided in this State six i
months next preceding the election, and
shall have resided thirty days in the]
connty in which he offers to vote, and
shall h*V'’ paid all faxes which mnv I
have been required of him, and which
he may have had an opportunity of pay
ing, ag r oeablo to law, for the year next
preceding thfeeleCfion, oxeopf as heroin
after provided, shall b- deemed an elec
tor ; arid every male cibz'n of the Ur.i
ted S'atp.s. of tho age of aferesaid, ex
cep- as hereinafter provided, who mav
be a r si lent of tbe State at the time
of tbe adoption of this CmMi'ntnn.
shall be deemed an elector, and shall
have all the rights of an Elector, as
aforesaid ; Provok'd, That m soldier,
sa lor, or marine in the mi'i'arv < r na
val service of the United- States, shall
i acquire the rght of an eloe'or hy rea
son of being stationed nndn-‘v in this
State ; and no person skill vn'e, who.
if challenged, shall refuse to take the
following oath : “T and smear t' a f T
have not given, or r'-odved, nor do 1
rrnar, or otner tmng pvaiai Pv wh'cii
my vote, any vot n , is nff c f cfl or expect
ed to be affected, at this election, nor
have T given, or p r mi e I any reward,
or made any throat, by which te pre
vent any person from voting at this elec
tion ”
Sec. 11l- No person convicted of
felony or larcery before nnv court of
this State or of. or in the United
States, shall be eligible to nny ■ (Bee or
appointment of honor or 'rust within
this State, unless he shall have been
pardoned.
Sec. IV. No person who is the hold
er of any public moneys shall be eligi
b’e to anv office in this State, until the
same is accounted for and paid into the
Treasury.
Sec. V. No person who, after the
adoption of this Constitution, being a
resident of this State, (-hail engage in a
dnel in this State, or elsewhere, or i
shall send or accept a challenge, or be I
aider or abettor to such duel shall vote !
or hold office in this State; and every j
such person shall, ti’so. he subject to |
such punishment as the law may pre !
scribe.
Sec. VT. The General Assembly
may provide, from time to tim-’, for the
regie ration of all Electors, but the 10l i
lowing classes of persons shall no' be
permitted to register, v- te, or hold of- !
fiee : First—Those who have been con
victed ol treason, embezzlement of pub
lie funds, malfeasance in office, crime |
punishable by law with imprisonment
in the Peni entiary. or bribery. Sec- 1
ond—ldio'tt or insane persons
Sec. VII Electors shall. in all cases
except treason felony, or breach o! the
peace, be privileged from .un-.-st for
five days before tin e’eolioh. -’m rig the'
election, and two days su--eqii<jnt
there o.
i Sec. VIII. The su eof intoxicating
liquors on days of election is prohibi -
ed.
See. IX Returns of election for all
eivd officers elected by the people, who
are to be commissioned by the Gov
! ernor. and. also, for the Members of
' the General Assembly, shall hi- made
to the Secretary of State, unless other
wise provided by law.
Sec X. The General Assemb’y
shall enact laws giving adequate pro
tection to Electees before, during and
subsequent to elections.
teec. XI. Tho election of Governor,
Members of Congress, and of the (Jen
eral Assembly, after the year 1868,
shall commence on the Tuesday after
the first Mi.uday in November, unless
otherwise provided by law
ARTICLE UI—LEGISLATIVE—SECTION I.
I The I.egisiat ve Power shall be
vested in a General Assembly, which
shall consist of a-Senate and House ol
Kepresen atives, and until otheiwise
directed, the members th- reof, af er the
first election, shill be elected, and the
returns of the election made as now
preset!led by law.
11. Toe members of the Senate
shall be elected for four years, exoep
that the members lected at the fir t
election from the twenty-two Senato
rial Dis'ricts numbered in the 4'onsti
tu'ioc with odd numbers, shall only
hpldjit.i r offioo fur t*o yours. Ihe
members of thqgGejfcrnl Assembly
shall begin on Tutsd iy offer the first
Monday iD November of every see.oi
y-ey, except tbefiri-telectii.il, which
shall be within sixty days after tbe ad- i
journment of diis Convent! n ; but the I
General Assembly may by law change
trie fmo f election, and thy iqemlters
shall ("old until their succes ors are
o'petod atul qualified.
II J. Tbe firs- meeting of ah' General
A-sendily shall bu wi bin ninety days
after the atljourmm nt of this Conven
tinu, a'ier which it shall meet annually
on tbe second Wednesday in January
or on such other day ns tbe General
Assembly may prescribe A majority
(and eath House shall eonstitu e u quor
um to transact business; but u smaller
number may adjourn from day to day
and compel tho presence of its absent
member' ns each House mny provide.
No session of tl.e General Assembly,
after th* second under this (lonslita
ion, sbajl continue longer than forty
days, unless pr-longed by a vote of
' two thirds of each branch thereof.
IN. No person holding a Military
] Commission., or other appointment or
office having any ctnolutr ent ur oom
! p nsution annexed thereto, under.this
J State or tbe United State, or ei her of
i them, except Justices of the Peace and 1
j officers of the Militia, nor any
i ter for public money, or for any lop and
' taxes required of him shall have a seat
in either House ; nor-ball ard Senator
1 or Eopresenta-ive, after bis qtialifh u-
I tion as such, be elected by ttm Genet •
1 al Assembly or appointed by the Gov
-1 ernor, either with or without tbe ad
] vice and consent of tbe Senate, to any
! office or appointment, buying any
i emolument annexed thereto, during the
1 dme lor which he shall have been
elected.
V The seat of a Member, of either
House, shall be vacated on his removal
fruit! tho District from which he was
elected.
[CONCLUDED IN NEXT ISSUE]
Tiie Policy in Georgia.— -The New
Y rk Herald atpt'OV'rs the to
make tiu issue with file E.dicals for
Congressmen in tho coming elec ion,
but, to devote our iff rts to rc< u mg a*
proper State goverement. It s.v s :
“Ou the whole, we arc inclined to
think this the best policy. Suiccs-aluf
in tbiir choice of i fficers iu the S ate
government, the Conservatives cm sc
ar'ange their local legi-la ion as !0 suit
etm rg.'nc s that may beneef rih ari-r
upon qnesdons affeciii g purely a l eal
au J, tn thru,selves, umst important in
terests. lie natural inst tec to of -eif
preservation dictate the prhprkty "of
lad ptiug this policy. Ily ibis means
I they may eventually secure two s.ouud
repri smtativts in tLe United. Sta is
Senate. No di iegaiion tbe Radicals in
l Georgia can possibly send to tie House
j of R ;ri stilt ati ves at Wa hiugfon will
| ittte'Ti.Vii, \mtu
j q-.ieiZ! is a negro or two, so much the
i better Gbe Cor gross rope etiough and
l it will bang itself. Then fire It t the
Cuusorvi.lives of Cc.rgia loik to tLe
sccun uieDt of power iu the State Legis
laiure, and let the Gmgressional -dtk
gifion take care of i;self for the presebt, ’
Soft-Soaping —Meade verbes Grant,
under the law requiring half of the reg
i tered voters to vote, the Alabama
Uonsti ution is not ratified, and says he
cannot but look on the result ol the re
cent election its an expression of the
opinion that registered voters don’t de
sire to be restored under the Constitu
lion submitted to them. He concludes
thus:
"In view of the recent act of Con
gress allowing a majority of the votes
cas to ratify, I would prefer seeing the
Convention re-assemble for a revision
of tne Constitution, and the revised
Constitution submitted to the people
under the new law lam of the opin
ion that a revised Constitu ion. more
liberal in its terms, and confined to the
requirernentsof the recons ruction aws
wt u and, in Alabama, as I have reason
to expect it will in Georgia and Fiori
da, meet the approval of a tnajuiity oi
ihi registered vo.ers.”
Gratifying Unanimity.— lt is a
j sowree- t>t great gratification all good
, eit zens, - iy,~ die Journal aud Memnyer,
.to note tin nr,parallelled unumanH
wi:h which iho action of the Central
Execu.ive Committee, in suggesting
Judge Irwin as a proper p< rs< n to re
c-ive the suffrages of the people of
Georgia for the 'ffico of G wrnor, ha
bceu r-ceived. 11 is an earnest of a
j gh-ri us result, provided Action ! Ac
tion ! Action ! he the watchword on
the part of every man who tr.ves his
country,, fr- m this day hincefortb.
Men of Georgia! the Philistines bo
upon you ! Ari.-e and save yourselves,
your families, and yiur fellow country
men !
The Duty of White Men. — The
Wilmington Journal says with ( re ar and
jus-ice: “’1 he time has now comt
when good men must not and cann t|
aff-ird to sacrifice the right to vote to a
na'ural and commendable repugnance to
ingle iu the motley and di.-repuiablc
cone -urge around the poils. The vote
f cvirv decent man is now ol the
utmost importance, and a failure to use
the franchise now may result in inabili
ty to do so in tbc future. Sec to if,
ibat none entitled to register fat! to do
-o. A white man who voluntarily dis-
Irauchises himself in this c.nans, is an j
cuemy to hi* race.’ 1
CWtwo. L 'uin Iteiny Courier.
THU KB-KL.I V KLASI.
Mr. Editor — ltivras but recently a
vas c iv:tloade»of giants, presenting a
miartge *nd eupeioaiurtil appearance,
with faces pile as death, aud mounted
ou elay colon and steids, eutend the city
of Km x'ilb, Tenueiioc.
D was bolw. eu li.tr b ur-of twelve and
one at night, when the inhabitants were
in the midst of slumber, resting front
ihe fatigues and cares of the day, that
this solemn and alarming proeetsion
entered the city of Knoxville.
The moon, in her third quarter, had
just risen a ove the essiem hills, and
east liar -ilvery light upon the trees aud
towers of the west, when the attention
of iin-, night watch was attracted by the
approach of the Am At'ux-Klein ; for
such was the name inscribed upon the
banner which was b rne aloft at an
elevation of some seventy foot above
tho earth, by tbo strong arm of a giant
Klux, who, tut tinted ou a horse some
thirty or forty feet high, !e,l the van.
Another banner was seen streaming
high up in the i ir, onbl zdned all over
with figures and letters of fire, anil in
the centre of which, was visible and
clear, in distinct letters, tho word ven
ijrnuct. In rear if ti is, aud about the
center of tho oava'oade was a dark crim
son flag, inscribed in letters if purple
romc strange and unearthly words,
as near as could be ascertained, of the
foil wing import;
Tlmdikii Sievika rutlienl plan
Must vietU to tlie coming of Ku TOux Klan.
Xi -p r» ami leaguers get out ol the way,
We.eboruot tbe night, and we vanish bj
day;
Noyy'ons have we but, the flesh of man,
AUffi ve niggers lies:— the Ku JQux Klan;
We caic'n ’em aliie, and roa9t’i-m whole,
Then ha- and them around with a sliurpened
pole ;
Whole leagues have we eaten, not leaving a
mm,
And went away hungry, the Ku Klux Klan;
Rom of the night, and vanish bv . ay,
to aguers and niggers get out of ihe wav.
Another flag s'ill more omcnous,
which no one was able to translate, ex
cept a w >rd here and there, inch as :
Dully ka, F -ro. taka, J .-eph E. Dmw
itijja, Dnmstone, li.dlika, going to
Gcrgika.
Bat whilst endeavoring fe make sense
of this '-trange jumble of words and
names, the light of div mule its ap
pearance, at and the Ku-Klux Klan vat;-
i.she'd movir g<ff in the ditec i.n of
Rome, Ga., sir git.g,
X gget in ile Union League,
Aid goat in do well.
We love to eat de nigger meat,
And never mind smell.
’ Night M'atgu.
“Utiiled we Ac.
M h Ew r<tft: —Wifi y It allow an
obxure citizen room in your paper In
'cugrr.-st the imporarcc of miry of
aeti n in the coming S ate and nmnie : -
pnl fleetiorts ? D. hv lr»i-o tn i loot a'l
their friends to t ffi t, and tl.rowlpg
away tlo ir votes on Tom, Dick and
Hurv, they lit the ignorant at and u-t
--pnocipled pegrocs, smi tl c'r still rn re
uhprio-’pb and and'hr p'iftr'tieal coadjutors
nod advisers- men wilt white fneesand
mats Hearts —m»n vLo hni" t- Giu-.d
themselves anti who have fail n so Tow
by their greed for • nice, and m re espe
cially for t! o pm/ r.t'aeed! to sn : d rffiee
—m-p win «e seoaihflirioq (\f timv ever
had any) have been so blunted by pre
judice Htid bad whiskey as to render
them in.cap.able of and/ ing ju-;it;e to t]i. ir
own rece at.d blood—i f , ve ret,eat, bv
apa by, or by running a mu'tiplicUy rs
c inn'dates, they throw every thing into
tbe hand- and power of these political
carrion-crows, then will thej dgserve
just what will br meted out to them by
the Jac .bins L t tbo Wfii'e Men
have bat one ’eanffldate for any t ffier
nn niattcr how inoigaifican ; then 1.1 tht nt
ALL bo certain to A GTE who are
qualified. Hold in. etiegs, consult, and
work. Without unity c f action, the
hopes of this generation for a white
man’s government t re g me so far as we
of this part of tbe ooun ry are concern
ed. Aud tor the balance of our days
we may expect to contribute, from our
hard earnings, to the support of tho Ac
who will iUlens with an iron rod, and
who have and will damn our posterity
and our once Li. land, socially and
politically.
Tax Payer
Important Disclosures —A Ligh
tened ge< Io nian, who is well known
threuph ut the State, and whi*ee name
cm be given, if r-wv-ssiiry, has recently
returned from Washington city, anil
reports a conversation he had with Fes
senden and Trumbull, in repaid to tho
now Constitution of Georgia. They
ioquired, wi'b an oath, wiiy tho so
oalhfd relief maasure-i were put into that
docuiD -nt, saving that Congress would
bo obliged to ettin-r cut them out, or
else send the Oom-tltu'i- n back without
approval that those measures wore
clearly uric >n- i'litinnal, und so palpably
so that even radicalism would not dare
to ignore 'ln fact
Wha -ay you, Gorga'a? These
“Reli f ’ tnea-u ea are a cheat and a
humbug, and known to b such by all
the leading members if 'he so-oal'el
Convention, and y- t in order to induce
iu< O to vote fir in urn suffrage, they
wore pu’ iu « tfio Cob ti u"o . \Y ill
you -uff r voursciv s t - to- thus dup and
and cheat and :—Home Courier
Terrible Thini/t to Come.— Meshy,
with "1 his con: g ami gallantry, is a
eons do ible bit i a voii;. A Boston
lady who do it and to vi-i' V:r» tiia, after
n ailing nil >. reports of his intended
inva ion of Washington with sis t-eo
thousand men, wane t > M- sl y snd re
quested him to be frank and give be/
tne true *'a e of 'he f at.v. as she did no'
wish to incur the j • rils f war. Mn-by
with the view f keeping uptbejoke,
and perhaps seer tly wishing to keep his
female l’urirau fro nd where she is, re
plied in a letter the substance of which
is thus given by the Wurrcuton, (Va )
True Imb x :
Col. -MosTy elographed to the lady
at once in uoeot tlam e with (lit- facts,
that he was at the head of 15,000 ve
terans of the late war, armed and
cquijqred according- to lew, and was
tic out to invest W asliington, proo aim
•kndy Juluisoa king, hung Stanton,
whip out Congress! and b’ow up th#
Capitol with glycerine. Only one
thing del aye I hi in - the hpiyly expec
tation of some Northern friends otr'
their way south »f he Potomac for se
curity. He advised her to come on in
st utter, nor ‘stand upon th* order of
her coming,” ho intended to sweep
the who! North and inaugurate tho
Devil n person mb Mayor of Boston.
From tlu Joui i al Sl JAsseiiger.
Voting against Real and Bread
The poor, deluded negroes who, at
it signal front a yellow scoundrel of
this city, who looks down on every
man with a hlacK akin, voted in favor
of a proposition to hung all their colop
who should vote tin anti- Radical tick
et, are in on i to be pitied than blamed.
They ought to know that this sort of
thing is a two edged tword, cutting
both ways, and that tbe sharpest and
deepest etu will most snrely, in the
end, be found in their flesh. They
should be taught that obedience to
such domination will work out first
their dismissal from tho employment
of the white man, and then raggednaee,
wretchedness and starvation. They
should learn, and they have just twen
ty days in which to do it that tho
white man cannot and will not feed
those who Dot only, baud themselves
with, bis enemies, but threaten the lash
and the gallows to those who refuge
to do it. *
Colored men, you w ill bave to chorjse
between such men as spoke to you on
Monday, and your white employers—
between peace, steady work, good
wages, and friends who can and wi)l
defend you, if necessary, at the mouth
of the pistol and musket, ami idleness,
beggary, rags and starvation. If.vou
listen to those hired spies aud tool* of
your own color who do not work, ar.d
never earn rt cent, honestly, you will
repent to *he last day of vour lives. If
you can afford to vote away your own
bread aud meat, cun your wives and
children afford to have you make
theirs lake the same direction ?
The Newark steam man is on exhi
bit on in New York. , .»« .;
T *" 1 " »J
oYetv vlrti-crtisciieeiits .
john a. Sep:
WAKEIIOUeE
—AND—
mission Me reliant
(At Sharpe &IL own's old stand) j
PAWS OX, - - CRdholX
I TAG 1 rsrt ‘■•'clt ( f lietcou, Ptour 1 ,
5 t . ‘ »ts, 4 t.ifftr. Siroetf Ityrup,
SS'iyte.Uein t. title, He. -* *
% I.M> line nr meat of Cuohitiq
il S' OHM, fit. k;.-(</,tiit.v,
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tCH, &(•., iSc. maicl &if
ir N > i■ 1 -i ,
Al yat I.;,'v. 1,..!,. -toil Tex. Lute of Ditwkcm t.a
L. vf2;Siisjsc £'islioii,
Gfntral follfcling
AND— ' ""
Ileal jffistate -Agents-
Ofliee, 165 Poet Dffice Street, <
(Upstairs, opposite Merer & Kahn’s.)
GALVESTON, TEXAG.
-KEFLR TO— '
O. R. Wooten, Att'ny at Law, Dawson, Ga.
Hay) A Sin niotis, “ “ “ ••
P. J. St osier, “ “ Albiny, Gal
W A IL’.wliii s, “ “ Amrrieu*,' V,
lion. John llitn'ock, Austin Texan,
Lieut. Gov. G. W. Jon* a, Rastiop, Tkx/
And all the old member* of the Houston
unit Galveston Bar.
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