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■rert WEEKLY 'OHNIOI T|Tk»DAT *OU>INU't J Vi ~ fO* QOVtBJIOBi JOHN B. GORDON, or FULTON COUNTY. JUDOE IRWIT* ADDRESS. We publish elsewhere the mldrws of Judge InwiN to the people of Georgia. It is such a paper as mlgut 1* eipeeted to emlnste from David iBWW-noWe. patri otic, disinterested, direct, courteous, and honest. For this address we have been anxiously walling, feeling that courtesy demanded that we should make no formal announcement of our preferences, until Judge inwix should first withdraw from tlio contest. On this point, our mind has been fully made up. We si,all enter the cam paign In behalf of the now Constitution, and of Joins 11. Goiidox for the office of Chief Magistrate. In this, our duty Is plain; our path Is clearly marked out; and tills coure we Intend to follow, no matter s hat may be the consequences, or how the At we have had frequent occasion to re mark upon previous occasions, the pro posed new Constitution Is not the thing we desired. It contains many defects, and some glaring Inconsistencies with what we conceive to be tbe true Principle* of Bo- piihllcautsm. But taken as a whole, It Is a tar bettor Instrument then we. et one time during Its formation, had any reaaon to devotion to the cause of Reconstruction nothing of our earnest, consistent, persis tent devotion to the cause of I’cacc, and to the great Principles of Republican Gov ernment, administered by capable, honest, and patriotic men. In this contest, vve In tend to know no party, bow to tlio behests ol no caucus or Clique; but tnking thei pro posed new Constitution as our Platform, the Principles of free government and Constitutional liberty as our guhlix we shall advocate, to the best of our alillltj, the election of the man whom we deem the most capable of discharging the high and responsible duties of Chief Magistrate. W « shall endeavor to rise above mere party leave passion ami prejudice behind, and k® forward Independently of them all, to se cure the one grand result—Reconstruction, Civil Government, and a State administra tion that will inspire the confidence and buoy the hope* of our well nigh ruined and desponding people. POLITICAL FAITHS AH political particTbave tiicJr good and bad end; their good and bad principles uccu „„ and all have the same ,m*ng the uuat ltbcrfrt .'dud In every contest, and ulpaUy. nJ J r T Ul0 whol * clvt i lze a very nearly the same Pol. Real strategy to insure lueeea. But no »a WtWilWCT) of political governments over Witnessed so vsst a difference In the doctrines ot two polltlcsl parties, nor so greats difference between tbe means employed to win In the hopc’for. Under the elrenmstanees, U le contest, u Is now presented In tlio two tlio beet we ctn get. Experience will, political parties In the South, and cspeclal- however, serve to point out and correct IU i y when both parties clslm to have tho ‘anta; and ss a means to an end, the same object In view, vis: Tbs restoration people of Georgia can do no better than to 0 f tbe late Slave States to their' prsetleal adopt It But atovo all, let them see well relation! with the Federal Government to It that the State administration be com- under tho Constitution of tlio United posed of men Billy Identifled In Interest States. with us; men who will not In obedience In this, ns In the other Soutliein States, to pledges to ojnere partisan faction, abuse the two leading parties are subdivided Into the cxiraordlnaiy power conferred by tills two others—thus forming two extreme factions, tho Radical and the obetlnatoly Conservative parties. The doctrines pf the Instrument We deny, moot emphatically, that the extreme proscriptive wing of the Republi can party—and which now seeka the pos session of tho State under li—lethe author of anything but the most extreme and ol>- thlc may torn. WWyleld nothing 4n our. j cc tionable features of the new •Conltltn- THE DUTY OF THE FRIENDS OF 0E0E01A. That every citizen of this State Is in duty bound to take some action upon all polit ical questions that Involve the Interests of the public, no one will pretend to deny. That the questions before the people ol the State, to lie decided ut the polls on the doth, Is of the utmost Importance to tho whole State, all admit—ami It remains with the people to decide whether they will follow their Interests or their passions and prej- tidtefe*. Every thinking man of Georgia knows, or ought to know, that tho. paramount ob ject to be obtained Is the Ratification of tlio proposed Constitution, uml the conse quent Civil Government and Relief offered under it. The interests ot the people de mand that we should have Civil stale Government, under which ull the people will be protected. Our people are poor, very poor, and need Relief, and only through tills Constitution can they get it. We desire Immigration from the North ern States, and Northern capital to cultl- vate and improve our State. These we cau never get until we have civil government. We desire to select for ourselves Use men who shall govern us. and administer the affairs of our State. Tills we can never do unless we have civil government, and If we do not accept the offer now made to us when will wo get another? Men of all polltlcrl parties should look well to this. The duty of every voter In the State 1s now to do all in his |Hiwer to secure civil government, and the pence and prosperity consequent under It. Every man should perform bis duty to himself and tho State, by voting tar ratification. grtVhcn tho Union men of Georgia cannot bo permitted to vote for a man who was a consistent Union man during the war, who has been a Republican In princi ple all his life, and who enjoys tho re spect and confidence of men of all parties, they will not be driven to tlio support of a man, however honest, who Is made the champion ol men who, In advanco of tho passago of the ordlnanco of Sccosalon, levied war against the Government, and by every available means sought to plunge the State Into civil war, anarchy and ruin. Whilst these hlgli-handed measures were going on In Augusta, John B. Ooanox was at his home In North Georgia, quietly attending to bis private business, and de porting himself >1 become a loyal citizen of the United States. Gordon on Ghant.—In a speech to one of the largoit and most enthusiastic meet ings ever held In tills city,General John B. Gordon complimented In very high terms the distinguished commander of the army of the United State*. Tho brave and great can appreciate each other, and we believe that General U. S. Ghant Is equally the * admirer of Ooncrel John B* Qobdox. Qf*An Intelligent freodman In this city was heard to remark, alter reading General Gordon'! letter addressed to a committee of freedmen twelve months ago (and long before the General bad any thought of bo soming a candidate for office.) that he would not vote ngalnst a man who could give expression to such noble sentiments— sentiments prompted by no desire to so- cure the votes of colored men. SioxirtCANT.—A distinguished Union ! man «f North Georgia, hearing of General tlon. nad that wing of the Reconstruc Ron party not been checked In their mad career, by tbe more Intelligent and respon- aible members of the Convention, under a parliamentary rule adopted by that body by which Its deliberation! were governed, the new Constitution would have been auch as no intelligent white man. or prop erty holder would have been willing to live. And now that thla name faction seeks to ride Into power, as the special champion of the Constitution, the honest masses of all parties, and tho friends of Reconstruction everywhere, will unite upon a man whom they know t'* bean ad vocate of all Uie good features In the new Cunstltutlon. and If elected will faithfully xecute It os tn entirety, without regard to past party differences. The honest masses of the Republican perty. the Union men of tbe State, and the Conservative liberal minded men of all parties, will in this contest rlso shove mere party lines, and seek only to es tablish an administration under the new Constitution thst will Inspire con fidence, establish tbe great Principles of Impartial Justice, and secure to Georgia the rights and privileges of the Union. Such men cannot target Rie fact that the candidate of the Radical wing of the Re publican party In this contest, wss among the number In the Convention who gave Ills voice and his vote in favor of a proposition to disfranchise a large and re spectable class of white men not disfran chised by tlio terms of the Reconstruction Acts of Congress. They cannot forget ffrnt If some features of the Sherman Rlil are harsh mid proacripUve, the faction of the Reconstruction party represented by Col. Ruddock actually sought to make a Con stitution oven more Illiberal and proscrip tive. Nor can they fall to remember the wild, reckless, disgusting hunt for power and plunder made by tills faction during Rie session of the Convention—how they sought to foist upon tho State a Provisional Governor pledged to their interests—as If they feared (as well they might) that the people of Georgia, when left free to choose, would not place them In absolute posses sion of the State. At the Military Com mander defeated them In tlielr drat scheme, so will the People defeat them at the ballot box on the doth of the present month. first are easily surotnal up: First, the vaga bondizing of the best character and Inlel- leetof the whole South, by sweeping dis franchisement, by a Ifltof their own leak ing. Sbeontfc the deration of Rio 4gno- rant negro to political equality wlRi tho educated whites, and the elevation politi cally of Riese same negroes over those who are disfranchised; those who attempt to ralso themselvei to the level of the negro, by making bin their constant associate, thrusting tliennelvcs n;»n Ills society atid pandering to klm tar his vote. Third, those who deslle to get into ofilelnl power with theavowql intention of staying there until they liav* enriched themselves by stealing the curlings of tlio holiest work ing people. Fuirtb, those who sock to put Into offices of thist and emolument Igno rant negroes artl mine ignorant and leas honorable whit* men. and oppress the Iico- pie with unjust ami partisan legislation, and to close thoeoiirts against every man ho does not orderin' their narrow politi cal creeds, and jive ids silent assent to the course of wroiif and min which they de sire to run. Such Is the Intentions of the Radical wing of the Ro*ubRean party of Georgia, tbe leaders of wlleli. In Ignorance, villainy, mid low trlckdy. Imvu li .ver before Imd equal* upou Rn earth, not even among the bloodiest leaden of the French Revolution. Mon without Irtercst In the soli or govern ment, only so fir as they cun roll it. desti tute of every principle of morality, truth, or even oomnnn decency. Tills Is the character of the men who would rule Mil'll ruin Georgia If they could only get Uie Cardan and mnllack. The Columbus Enquirer, one of the old Whig organs In Rita State, says: “We can- uottthlnk that the cxtreuilsta hove gained anything by lorclng Judge Irwin off the track and bringing about the nomination of Gen. Gordon in hie stead. They are forced to admit that Uiclr own candidate, of be Ineligible to tho office of Governor, •tend, remarked that, since he could not . he permitted to rote for a true Union man tor Governor, he would vote for an honest tohd- and has accordingly declared his punsota to rote for Ratification and Gw. SSoTBToognoN. of the privilege of bestowing upon our somraaw dt doe* net take from t privilege of hereby expremlng our t turned upon you tenfold. decision tbtaJudg. If-«U " dlifeharge of hi* dntle* ut ft esaeer and Oration of AUante. ‘ The meeting then adjourned. The meeting chm’n, J. Upca«°», lWr For years past, the people of tho South have been regarded, j/.cd world. To such mrextent lias their ltbcralttj' br'stfitffftent extended; to opeu has beeu their. flOclal and political hospitality, tlmt r they haye not only Induced many good uicu to local© auioi)^ tlicui, but by tlielr extreme liber ality, and xo°d nature, have harbored and enriched gome of tlio most miserable scoundrels that ever disgraced any com munity upon tho face of the earth. They have allowed a cla** of bad men to tithe position amon;.? thorn and have aided them In every way they could ash, and now Uiosc Maine contemptible, low* dirty, mongrel exeercccnce* of humanity, who would sell their soul* to daunmUon for a New England sixpence, aro smiting tho very hand* that have protoctcd, fbd, and enriched them. When the war was threatened, these dirty dogs were blatant, loud-mouthed disunion- UU; preaching death and destruction to ull the inhabitant* of Yankecdom—wero ready to rush the South into the maelstrom of .Secession, and rushed forward gladly to take on oath to support the Oonfcdrnt© Government, but only that they might plunder it, for none of tills class fought for It. f , , Ami mark their course since the close j>f the war: Amid gloom and sorrow, the star of the South went down, and the glory these men had predicted for tlio Southern people, passed away# No sooner lnul the il ig ot a victorious enemy been set up ns the National standard, Ilian these spittle- licking. canker-soulcd spaniels rushed to lt« bearers, and said in effect, •*Swear me; I ran take any oath; purjury will not hurt my conscience; I want plunder, and I will degrade or ruin the people who have nur tured me it I can only get position ami plunder.** And now In many Instance*, these puij d, thieving, self-debused ad venturers are out for the minor civil Office* of the South. This is the reward of grat itude. God save the honest people ol tho country from these vermin of a disordered body politic! ___ crrpr* and cxcescs Into the dominant National party ha* run BuHt does not necessarily follow that because the honest masse* of Georgia have decided to ratify the Constitution* that they havo likewise made up tlielr niiqdfl to allow ccrtillii political hummers and Irre sponsible adventurers to rldfl Into pdwor upon a political organization which ha* been thus prostituted to tbe worst of pur poses. Consistent liopublicaft*, men who aro Itcpubl1e*n8 from Principle, will vote for the new Constitution; but they will liot vote to placo the State iu tho baud* of au Ignorant, vicious and irresponsible clique who seek to use. the Parly which uev- ci felt particularly honored by tlielr ad hcrence. Tho Union men of Georgia aro slow to trust the sincerity of men who, having led off In a scheme to break lip the Government, now seek to lead in the great National Union Party of tlio country Nor will they support the candidates for high and responsible ofllcss who like para sites have fasteueil them selves upon tho party only to use the sumo as a lever to elevate themselves to the five loaves ami ten fishes. OEN. GOBDOR AND THE COLORED PEOPLE. ft’may not bo lui Interesting to the colored people of Georgia, to know some thing of the past history of this gentle man toward themselves. During the latter part of 18GG, the colored people of Georgia were building a Church and a School House for themselves at Brunswick, where Gen. Gordon whs then residing. Gen.Gordon contributed quite llbcrully to aid them in tlielr work. In the early part of 1807, he was a member of tlio Grand Jury of that county, and advo cated a pro rata distribution of all the funds raised in the county Ibr educational purposes, between the white and coloml people of the county, each to have seper- atc schools, lie also introduced a resolu tion, which passed the Grand Jury, ap pointing h committee to solicit from Northern people, nhl for the purpose ot educating the colored people of his county In view of this course the colored Trus tees of the Brunswick school wrote a let ter to the General asking Ids advice upon i their educational and jiolltical Interests. POLITICAL CONSISTENCY—PARTY AND i Thu General replied quite at length, de- PKINCIrLK. I cHnln". however, to give any |iolltlcnl acl- — , vice. In this letter ho advised them tn Consistency in politics is not a w,ml thorn-elves nr.d tlielr children, t< adherence to mere partisan organlzn- | >;1V0 m „ncy and purchase Rons alter those organization* have snh- j h01|ws nn ,j ,| ml) tn:1 u<- thu uselvc* rcs|iect- served or defeated the objects for which I ^ M property holders, and Intelligent 1 they wore originally formed. When oiucr |n t |,|, tetter lie also advocates ejof these contingencies happen; or when m) j t|ie|r r);lllts „ vcr) . particular, and tlielr full protection under the law. This was all done liwore the negro was t organization, originally based upon great On the other hand, we have the leaders amJ fiintlanu-ntal l'rincHilc^bccMntaprtis- of the opposite extreme-men who seem tltuted to the re lish end. of corrupt and never to have realized ttechange, wrought dcsijtnh.ff '»«•• hones men cannot longer In Southern toele.y by the resul^f t.ie j re.mdn In^Wp U^. at^pre- admitted to the prlvlli the remotot Me didatc for their of the Ballot; and e General had not ur becoming a can alter of that they war, and who cling to the raw. nnmnaic- “ * , „ ", / - didatc for their MtUnige. ly refusing to realize and deal with facts mind who dare think for themwWm 5 men of. Wt . thid dimply as a mu as they exist. Men w ho reem wnwililnD'! worth who would preserve their rc ' I infaVmaRon U. thefoloreil |ienple,ll to enter the FetleXl (IJ.vernn.eat without; speet; men of Integrity who dare adhere | niav ^ carrvln" with them fragments of that to Principle In the face of *", 1 "* ,p0 ;J was tliei Government which wo assayed to estahlhh ' sit Ion; men ol firmness 1 riablllty M , Charaeicr who would shape their conductL njgiifB | UM e I professed friend since he In striet conformity to tlielr honost eonvle- | ^ | HWIB# „ ,.,,,,,11,isle. (lions Ol DUTY, never (icrmit their judgment j 1h* enslaved or their energlc* paralysed they to enter the Federal uovernnieni wuuoui. ir subutmiilal friend without a mo- and one who ha- only become their at Itiehinoud, ami which went down with the Star of the South at Apomattox Court U Midway between tlie.e two extreme, we to 1«- eiistavetl or their energies paralysed „ T1IE political futiike of THE SuUTH.’ have the representatives of tlial large, re- i by mere party catch »orils. It Is tin pro- j ■: t | M , tt | M , V( , option, R.e New Y'ork sportable and truly Conseivatlrc Repulili- ' ' Inec ol the partisan the taetics or the m tiele which Is so np- can party in the Southern States, wl«> dcu>.*n*ue-the role o the plundcrer-to ^Rde . he t .n - : we cannot for- —m. niw.ii ml lost his political sentiments and aecom- u“||l I* oh- served that there Is a larye and res|iertnble class ol Republicans North, who under stand anil appreciate oilr present Inmetablo condition: Wli.it llis ennnirr arris nl »l nr .iM l< fnin- would gladly see the Union restored n|Kin : adjust Ids politleal an enduring lauds, and tnuler an orcnnle ] modate Ills eonselence to the machinery of Law which meics out Justice to every twin \ mere Tarty, w hen that Tarty has ceased to regardless of rare, color or previous con- represent any tiling above or beyond the Jt |J on , I avarice and cupidity of a mob of irreepon- The leaders of this party are men wliosc j “U’lc place-hunters, whole fives have been s[S‘iit In the servlco: Rut the easels still more aggravated of tlielr fellow-men; whose moral, penpn-1 when a clique or factious combination of hungry cormorants fasten themselves upon a jaiRRcal party and assay to prostitute It to their own base nnd selfish ends—to pack Its Nominating Conventions, cut and dry the proceedings of Its caucuses, all to the end that certain individuals may come into pissesslon of anil plnudor tho State al and political records are Irreproachable, and whose acts In all the past bear testi mony of their devotion to liberty, free gov ernment, and Rie general Interest and ha|>- ptnessofall by whom they are surrounded. And Uiclr doctrines are, to-day, w hat they have always advocated, tho bru;uie*lliberty to the citizen under the law.cooatctenl-wHIi iod libitum; and this procedure Is heighten tbe public welfare and safety. od Into Impudence, w hen they undertake RtiRock, It also amenable to the charge giving aid and comfort to tho rebellion, and that hit eligibility (If he Is really eli gible) I* due simply to the circumstances that lie never held office before the war. It It, therefore, only n technicality that makes the difference at respects eligibility between Itlm and Irwin—Ricro la uo prin ciple Involved In It. By the tame technic ality, Gen.Gordon bat eligible as Bullock or any other man In tbe State; and as tech nicality, not principle, determines who thull and who shall not ran, the most In tense Union man In the State can ss con sistently support General Gordon as could have supported Irwin." Citizkxs Mkktixo in Foot mi County, At a Urge mooting of the eltlcena or For syth county, at Cummlng on the Cth Inst, the following TreambU and Resolutions were unanimously edoptedt • —vf.-aa. «- u-j. b*v* yon that they will not, in a/ew year*. take away ’froth you tho tame liberties jtott cdasjs candidate tor earn omen or uoreni- >renow voting to taka away fromjothei .? “fteirtral"That this meeting, while ap- Look nttt.consider the terrible pfecWcnt proving the Hon. David Irwlm meet deeply yon will have crtablUhcd, If you .plaqo Jo depiorea the nnctaslt, whleh Impelled him power men who openly advocate tba d*t> ‘^tiS^rin, n£n Mm Sue of making Jolltical nomlete, ^ - of btatowinijtpon him tbsbMtc|unct(r , nd , ntT , l ^ 1n p confl- and tremble lest lb a few years Jtjie re Jbd^ hb wisdom and ! turned upon yon tenfold. _ : h-re S5c^U&^ * Hennr Wtab, wf Ahafenj H«olwl IMmv-TM w* dywAil the Bon. John BIBHATOBIAL COHTEIT. There axe very few men In this or any other 8t*te, who have such an ovlable political anA jeraonal record a* Judge Inwix. It U record that challenge* the admiration A command* the respect of all honest men of all former shades of political opin ion* From the beginning to the close of the rebellion, he wo* a quiet, consistent Union man, a lover of tho old Constitution, and of the Government authorized by It. At the very time when Joskih E. Brown, and Uiose now co-operating with him, were sporting bluo cockades, seizing the Forts and Afsenals of the United States before Georgia had yet severed her con nection with Union, Judge Irwin was counseling moderation and peace, and otherwise deporting himself as become an Intelligent and loyal citizen of the -United State*. And yet, under a more technicality In the Reconstruction Act* of Congress, Judgo Irwin Is pronounced by the District Military Commander, ineligible to the office of Governor; and according to the technicality, Gen. John B. Gordon Is declared eligible to that high and re sponsible office! Gen. Gordon Is, more over. a gentleman of Irreproachable char acter, and combines nil the personal, in tellectual nnd political qualifications for the position. Honest and sincere In hi* convictions of duty, untrammeled by any clique or combination of mere politicians and place hunters; possessing the Instincts of a gentleman; embodying the vory soul of honor; open, frank and chivalrous In Ills every deportment, both as a private citizen and as a public leader, lie possesses a hold upon the affections of the Southern people which Is tho fortuno of but few men ever to attain, and of fewer still to retain. It Is not strange therefore, that tho Peo ple of his State should, under the peculiar circumstances of the ease, unite upon him. and by acclamation proclaim lira their standard bearer at tho ensuing election. This Is no time to haggle over me re party names. It Is not a time to sacrifice Princi ple and country at the shrine of a conclave of place-hunters. The friends of free gov ernment, of law, of order, nnd of public decency, will cast their suffrages, not In conformity with mere party dictation, but or men whom they knoto to be identifled In Interest and sentiment with the honest masses and the sorely pressed tnx payers of the State. The friends of Education will rally to the support of a man who seeks not to make Education n mere hobby wherupn to ride into office nnd into tho Public Treasury; but who is, and ever has been an open,conscientious and bold advo cate of a system of Common Schools. They will support men who are »rue Re publican* iu prineipile, no matter by wlmt political Mvnoniui they arc known in the common parlance of the times. The Union men of Georgia will support Gordon, Ihj- causo they are willing to bury all imstdifr ference* of opinion In tlielr dealings with a mail who has deserved and won their confidence, and who challenges tlielr ad- uilratiou for integrity mid consistency of character. The iriemU of the new Con stitution will vote for Gordon, bccaiiitc they Know that he will execute It faith fully, and labor with the good and true nicii of all parties for the future welfare, prosperity anti greatness of our once great and powerful, but now iiufor'iinate Com monwealth. It wmiii toineiliiwjf ■ the norms! nmt tutm went reiumeil »o tin enterprise «»I the *m with confluence an.I II of t r JuUfin Such arc the men and the doctrines l*o- tween whom ami which the people are called upon to choose on the MRlr Any Of this month, and upon that cholm depend* the futuro weal or woe of Georgia. If the people choose the liberal. Conservative party—the party thaw advocates the broad est liberty and protection to all, under the law, their ftiture prosperity and happiness Is Insured; but if; on the other hand, they should choose the party whose doctrines are disfranchisement and plunde^ they may sit down and fed satisfied that they have only forged another link in thesliaek- lesof slavery, that In time will bow them down Into Uie dust. /. .-j/ Freemen of Georgia! support no man or party, who would take awny a single right of it )ia« been, il iW'cu»ftili< * of thu « *•«. n« Utai tins aoiiU'i* vi w.»r. low, which the war create* ml-niuu vl the aegrov*. » qiitoUHcAtl .n ol any Shut f weeping UUfr«n«hi*‘ went longaliun an.l nlw»|utl,m «> the arliltrnry aanalmuiu o Cong re * when Unit ndlon poM»ur in- el IU tljw»-thi lore! ig oi the Uoreni. i,ir>. energy nn<t ugMin go lor wan I u etuioetltt that the aImj. Very lunch , unnuiU-il to tho ull I'Mlculated to «• wi«ely tbe prut*. 'I i) vi iMiU'H.ile ail* ictlul ft-rtam. That are cbcmfol dria, »M appointed Governor oIAIf^lflta and cordtellF support tbe Hon. John B> on Saturday by Orneral Scliificlii, vie, Gordon for tk, oBoo of Oovnrnor at the Governor Tlerpotlt, wliOse t,rm of , ojlico -"U .K*rat.~wnt JndMIrwin.const expired.' H« tax Ronal RbSy” »»d srrtl reffnlated govern- glnla since 1*0, He Is frotaJ nient throuftnout the State to nnlta with was a Brerst Brigadier GennreUU iSitefilKSo- - United Btateeamy. tgTDr. n. V. M. Millzb, St' tL*.A& b announced among the R*con.tracU*nta»4 of this District wko will vote to ratify I'M •. „ th# new ConstUntton and for 0onDON>"for aSMSUSnSOotornor. . .W to denounce a* inconsistent tho represen tatives or tho honest masses who declare tlielr dissent from such a shameless prosti tution of Trtneli Is. Tho Republican party of Georgia was designed ns an auxiliary to the cause of Reconstruction and Constitutions! Gov- nruuietit. It represented no new dogntai. It embodied no articles of political fatth not sanctioned and sustained by the Fathers of tlio Republic. It sought only to combine and utilize the practical teachings of Hamilton, and Jay, aud Madison, with the less objectionable and still vital Prin ciples of Republicanism as promulgated by jKvranaoN. Hznrt nnd LctiiuMak- TtN. It sought to degrade end oppress none, but to elevate nnd promote the welfare of nil. It accepted Reconstruc tion upon the basis of the Congressional enactments, not because those enactment* were, as a whole, wise and JudlelcUs; but . botanne that seemed the only scheme •Whereby tho Union might bo restored upon *h, equitable and enduring bisi*. It Im posed gomo linrtli conditions, bnC ns the people of Georgia were not In a position to olftr amendment*, they accepted the VvU' With tho good, and trusted to Tlmo and Experience to comet the defect* of a Tlnn whleh w*» devised, only a* a moan* to an end. ' Hio result of all has been a new Mate Constitution upon which the People will called upon to peso (heir verdict on the Jfilh Instant. ; Flic Constitution, like those Oonjpre- Mgrasi enactments, whteli called It Into tif- , MeMe, Is not without R( frulU; but the Tn* Asiiolkn Ti.a<.ki.v.-TIic t\ «.hlng- K nplc will waive their omecUom In eome tan Cbnmlcla says: “Tlic momoh( General IU minor features, ratify It, fctal tbna Grant received Information of w hat Uaa all rpare themselves to take position Intlse Urn appearance of a doublo tragedy, be ♦MOkl Oovernment. They mvtihea, but, taUgraffised to General Meade to lose no te, uuko their InfineMe frit In cor* time In frrretlng out the murders." it* the? »nfmge; the i thoohliM; the pro- in tilt nr j a'cen<Uncy; fwiuthcm action by ilM not Fiilt IU pur* c aiul other act* have calculated to ford the pa »lou* and rc*ent nuntt to which the war gave riic, iiutciwi of al laying and removing thuiu. a» tlio nrc«a»Uiw« <4 the ca»o rctjnlrcd. We lmvo noiur lic»itate«| to luiuu this act Ion of Uungtvft*, ut every at age wtt.'re ro'OoDttraiue nnd prudent ncomcU timely I i»pi*ortune. * Rut thcru nre many thhijpt uliich, though had in thciupulvt*B. can Ins made lietter only by bwlng let alone, Time will correct thelrcrmn* amt mend ttwir Ufiootis, much Imtter than any violent < lo overthrew them. Ami thl. In pre-eminently the ciue With Uie recon*truction action of tongrw* Let the Southern Mtate* come into the I.’nlun under Ut—tlicy will then resume their |iowett of «e|r> govornmont, and can regulate their owu affairs It theirUmstitution* do not suit them, they art to amendment. If their Legislature* are out Hi*# and prudent and Jnst In their notion, they cuu sertil miters In their stcrnl. In States whare the Id neks are in a majority, thu task of the whlL will fie mere ardaoiu, aud thvir remedica tor evils lesi Cusy of attaiumeut. But there ia m> n why tin? blacks should be more uuited la. poliUoal action than the whitc*, aud iho whiten ought to Arid It as (usy to divide thu blacks, a* Uie b‘ * do.to divide the whius." This la wboleouie advice, ami we end ffo no better thun te follow 1 It; not that we would choose It If left to make, our own laWa, but because It Is the best we can get. If we uo not toko llila, we shall get wolree. Therefore, let the lamplc rally te tile noti fication of tho Constitution mid tbo delta* of (be Tlundur party. Let every honest nod true nun In tlio Stats lie up and doing to defeat, at the polls, tlio enemies of. free Government and the white race. THE TEICK UPON THE COLORED MEN. Tlw trlek played by the rrhite Radical nmmigers. mi yesterday. In duping Rie colored people out of tlielr pnrticiputlon In tbe Nominating Convention, was a trick of the lowest nnd most contemptible charac ter. These Radicals have been pandering to the colored |>eoplc for tlielr votes, have Odd them that they were qualified for tbo high Imnotsof clRzen*ld|i, with all it* In cidental privileges, nnd that to the Radical party alone, they were indebted for all till-, and that If they would save for themselves iIipm- rights, they must sup|K>rt the Its,Ileal nominees. Tills bad been preached to tho colored people by every Radical In tho State, who have for months been educating the negro In Uie Idea that be is just as well qualified for office as tho white, and by so doing the honest ambition of the colored men ha* been excited, and now when ho would grasp tho fruits ol tlielr teachings, the Radicals throw him overboard, with a mean attempt to deceive him, by the very grossest misrepresentations. This should be a good lesson for the col ored men ol Georgia. It teaches them just * what they may expect from tliolr pretended friends, the Radicals. It is high time, that such lessona as this, should teach the col ored men that the Ra Jleals regard them at good enough to vote, but not good enough 10 be voted for, We like the Independence ofthoee col ored men who have determined to noml- hate and run tlielr own candidate!. This to tho only course they hive left to mike * themselves feltand respected by political parties. If they continue to allow them selves to bp driven es the tools of political * potties, they never will be respected, nor trill limy evor reach that position In the nffalra t>( tbo nation, which they am striv ing for. The secret of the success of the White flmta la bis Independence, his reftianl tota led as the pliant tool of partisan dema gogues. If tbo colored men will Imitate tkis svamptoi • tow sneaks will not hcreaf- taf.lsad and dupe them. Fun in Macon,—About one o'clock Tuesday afternoon, n fire broke out lit what la known as “Brldgn Bow," the oldest business portion of tho city ofHa- eon. A violent wind was blowing nt the time, and before the flames could bo iked, fourteen houses were destroyed. • *“'—U estimated at **1,000, and