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VO I//ME XXII
“ElillOH CEASES TO BE UAN'IEKOUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT "—Jr/lenon.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY^ 1871.
NUMBER 2
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IF,l> DULY AND WK-Kl.Y BY
IRWiN WHITAKER,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
«ry O. I 870
natural ad van tag*
road ronuert ««»r eiUea with those of the North ! I donot obey it, I am neither a good cit
an 1 West. Our lands and labor c&unol now be ; an honest patriot. Power iu.kea law, and you
mid. available as a basis o! currency -ac'rcu- I may argue forever, and alter all Ue question
latiog medium. lu this, we aie depeudt-nl upon comes to* to this; the only safety in society,
the East, the North,
Worinefirtay
und
tough nothing had ever occurred to mar the j about hy the unaided efforts of our own p.-o-
eace of any one, thereby demonstrating to the pie. It ih owing, in a grea' measure, to lib-
orld how men can differ and yet agree. | oral minded and intelligent gentlemen from the
ft will »klsn lie seen on reading the soeeeh North who. uuorociatiuir our advantages and
We have tranaferr.d Irons the A-
QUina of the iNTtfLLlGKNClt't, the a
great Banquet given by bis Excellency G
nor Bullock to the Hon. Columbus I) lano,
Secretary of the Interior, at the H. I Kimbail
House, in Atlanta, on Tuesday evening, the
27tb ol Daum’.ier, l>70, for the purpose ol put
ting the sain, on the flic of the Intklligknckii.
and we think it will be interesting and amusing
to our rea leis to set- the lion and laiuiw gather
ing together aro ind the festal board, eating
drinking and
though
peac
' ’ how uieo Ciin differ and yctagr.
rill also Im* seen on reading the speech
made by Mr Hill that he took that opportunity
of saying, “H I ever was a Democrat,
1 can honestly sav that I did not go
to lie. I was not a Democrat certainly iroin
choice, . il l if a Democrat at all, I was a Demo
crai from necessity.” But this is not in harmo
ny with what Mr. Hill said and spoke on form
er occasions, and, especially, in his ‘‘Bush Ar
bor ” speech, iu 1H08, when he Used the follow
ing language:
•• And these men are to make laws to tax dis
franchis d property holders in this enlightened
nineteenth century and in Ibis Christian country.
Sh»me, shame! Is these a member ol t!.e Leg
islature whp hears me today? Ah, to your
shame be it said, more than a hundred of you
have so recorded your names. Go, my friends,
ard take .t back, im I charge you this day, in
thi. bright sun and in the central city of Geor
gia, that if that record remains as you have
made it, whereby you have covenanted and
agreed that these Southern States shall be un
equal me nbers of this Union and that the in
telligent men of this country Gia'l he disfran
chised and deprived of their right to hold of
flee, and ill it pauper sin sijsll fix the burden
of taxation, and vim and ignorance make !»w«
tor intelligence and virtue, you will go down to
posterity so infunoui that when a legitimate
Legislature shall tiave assembled some unfor
tunate creatures, who may be compelled by
Providence to call you lather, will hi.ply to tiie
Legislature to have their names changed. I
understand some of you that voted ! »r that
14th Article, and voted to expunge relief call
yours* Ives Democrats. You are vain deluded
creatur. s if you thin- that the Democratic door
will lie ever open to receive you with such a
n -me. Such a vote is directly against the
Democratic, platform, and directly f >r the Rad
ical platlonn, and must be repented ol and
changed.”
And again be said :
" But we have a party now organised, a
strong and a glorious party, with statesmen a»
its head an l wi'h correct principles lor its plat
form /rum Milne to California the gloriole
tramp . I the D mocracy is growing more and
more distinct, and by November a veidicf will
be pronounced by the great freemen of America
that shall irladdeu the hearts of patriots now
bonds and securities that can be and are used
I the foundation for a current credit. When we
can secure this in proportion to our land and
• our labor, the hand ol progress will bo set iu
motion. New railroa will tie built and pro-
( Jected, and new enterprises of internal improvc-
the col- j iDiut inaugurated. The genius of free labor
unt ol the j inluscs into ;he spirit ol social industry new
life, ami vigor, and strength The current of
prosperity which will set in will fl >w on,
its volume steadily aogn coted by the increase
of each succeeding yar, unto it becomes a
nighty overflow ol peace and plenty. (Ap
plause) In this the distinguished gue.-t who is
with ua, and his friend, propose to aid u
and in this let us bid them “ God ►peed."
And the present and future prosperity of
Georgia h m not been and cannot be brought
unaided efforts of
the We.it, who have 1 the only security for pr >perty. the only protec-
have yo
and t
Well, from Mr Hill’s own speech at the ban
quet, it appears he is no longer a Democrat.
Notwithstanding this, we tLink the Democratic
party, and its principles, will still au; ,»ve Mr
Hill and his opposition.
GRAND STATE BANQU r T,
Given at The H. I Xtmball Hohjc by
tiov. Bullcck to the Hon. Columbus
Delano, Secretary of the Interior.
Ymk’T .oMj ty ivemug last, at 7 o’clock, in re
sponse to invitations, about one fraud red of the
most prominent gentlemen of this city and of
the Htale, assembled in the elegant parlors of
tue II I. Kimbali House for the purpose of
paying their respect* to the Governor and his
gu-*t tor the evening, Hon. Columbus I) lano
After the usual cer«m<my of introduction, and
the pleasant interchange* of conversational cour
tesies between gentlemen in the pallors, tLe
hour of 8 o’clock having arrived, the baud in
the banquet hull commenced playing a grand
march, and the guests passed into the room and
stated ihemaclvt a at the tables. Ai the head of
the table sat His Excellency, Gov Bullock.
Upon his right were sealed the II >n. Columbus
Delano, Hon John Krsktne, Uts H inor, May
Kzsard aud Hon. Foster Bio !g»*ti, senator elect
On Ins left was seated Hun II. K. McCay, ol
the dunremo Court, Ex-Gov Joseph E B
Hon. 1) G Coning, secretary ol Slate, and
Gen. J It Lewis, State School Commissioner—
all in the order in which we nave named them
Along the tables were many of Georgia’s most
distinguished sons-among whom we noted
Hou. O A. Locbruue, Ho-. B H Hill, Hon
John I* King, Gen II »!i, William B Johnson,
Genera! Wilburn Phillips, Hon. J It Parrod,
lion John Harris, Hon. Ephraim Tweedv, Mr.
IS. W. Cole, of Naidivil i, Mr. Richard Peters,
Col. J H. Pay lor, Col. Eddy and Maj. Burn
ham, ot the anny, aud many others.
The t»bles were elegantly ornamented with
confectionery arranged in fanciful designs, pyr>
raids, cak* s, fruits, etc., etc. A full siring band,
in the orchestra discount* d sweet . iusic during
the several courses of the dinner. The viands
provided were most enjoyable, aud wi re par
taken of with hearty zest, and amid jest and
story, and the utmost good feeling, the sucres
siv*‘ o< urges were served. Desert was then
brought on, and the opening speech of the
evening, was made by Governor Bullock, who
rose and said:
RBMAIIKX OF GOVKRNOK BULLOCK
(Jentlemn; It gives me great pleasure to see
before me to night, notwiifo'anding the in
clement weather, the laces of so many ol Goor
gia’s di.-uing d~h d citizens, eminent in almost
< very department of life, and locxtcnd to you
a:l, a sincere and heartfelt welcome. The
pleasure that I feel is aolnnced ten fold when I
r member tin object for which we have astern
bled We n »v»* come from various sections of
the State, not f >r the purpo-e oj indulging in a
noisy and useless controversy, or of giving play
to passion and stirring up suite, not lor the nur
pose ol awanening buried memories, anu ol
discussing old qut-tiot h and dead issues, but
laying a-* do loi a lime the differences of opin
ion and jil lernent which exist between us, we
have met tinre lor a e mmoo purpose, actuated
b a common sentiment ol re-pect tor a b gh
* llic«r, a Cabinet Minister of the National
Government, who has honmed us with his
presence to- night. He comes among n*., gen
tlemen, wuh no evil intent, aod no purpose of
in) ry or of wrong but be comes to seek in our
midst an invest men* of his capital, and that ol
h * trien Is, and to aid in building up the inter-
• r* of our state and in promoting her adv&nce-
u.int and prosperity. [Applause.]
We are a [x*or people. I lie *v»r stripped us
oi that wh ch was once property, and the basis
lor a credit, and left in i's train desolation and
destruction. Its results are yet felt, but we are
rapidly recovering from them. We lack means
to inaugurate and pros* cute to a ■mccessful ter
mination, those agencies and those enterprise*
by which wealth Is produced and prosperity
engendered. W h ire this want exists in a com -
rnunity, the energies and capacities cf its people
an* necessarily crippled, the avenues ol trade
obstructed, and the advancement of ail branch
es ol commcicial industry iminded.
But while we are a poor people, we sre rich
in land, and tich in labor. Th«re : .s still
.. „ 'ed. their
capital and their busma-s experience and skill
It affords ine great pleasure, gentlemen,to intro
duce to you, aud to ask you to drink with me
the health ol the Hon. Columbus Delano, Sec
retary of th- Interior of the United Slates.
The whole company rose to their feel, and
with “bravos” ur»nk the health of tho lion.
Secretary.
Mr Delano then spoke as folio*..:
UKMAHK8 OF HON. COLUMBUS DELANO.
I desire to make my acknowledgments this
evening for the hospitality, lor the friendship,
and for the kiudnesa which I have, not only
upon this occasion, but on previ us occasions
uniformly, with -ut execception received in the
State of Georgia. [Applause.] It ’here is a
person here to-night who thinks 1 have any un
kind feelings towards anybody in Georg a, that
gentleman had better take an other glass of
champagne. [Ypplause] And what I sav for
myself, geotleinon, 1 my lor a great many others
rho do not live in Georgia. You arc greatly
inistakeu it any of you believe that tho e of us
whodonot live in Georgia have not a lively in
terest and a sincere affection for tho meat Slate
for which you may very justly bo -.-"id.
I b;i.c been thinking while recurring to this
subject, ol the Christian account of the Jrra-
tion, wuicli reminds us ot the fact th.it our
Great Master left lor tiie last work lie had to
perform, the most perfect and complete speci
men of his labors, our mothere nod our wives,
and it has occurred to me that this account ol
.he Creation is notenti- .-ly inauafogons to the
tact that in the great work of placing It to the
family relation and sisteihood those States
which iiad severed 'heir connection with it—In
the work that we call " reconstruction the
brightest, and perhaps the one destined to be
tiie most powerful of the States thus treated —
an the one that is to be restored last 1 Appl owe ]
When I travel over your extensive territory,
whi n I behold the fertility of your soil and its
l>eculiar adaptability lor tiie production of that I fair off-hand sp
_ for life, the only hope for the futuie, is
divided, honest, faithful submission to the law,
whether we like it or not. [Applause ] That
is the only Idea I have ever had on this subject,
ari l it is worth a life time to have that ‘dca. If
men woti'd not submit to the law because they
did not like it, Hu n ivtry man’s wish would he
his 'aw, and the ou!y law known to them. I ’.J
not like some of our laws. I am free to say i. I
had had die making of them they would never
have been made, never, never, never, but being
made, lam pot ashamed to w»y that it is my
duty to obey them, and it is your interest and
your duty to obey them also. I want to say
something to the people ol Georgia, but I cau-
not d< it now. 1- is said that a man’s mind
always runs in tho direction that he is most in
terested in at the particular time in which he is
speaking. I trust that our quarrels are over; I
trust that out sufferings are over; 1 trust that
every man can rise »o tho high dignity and the
glorious liberty of sayi g that he has buried the
past, and purposes to live for the future. [Ap-
.Tu»oJ
Georgia is n great Slite - a vory stale —
great in her material res rare*.**, great m her en
t rprim s, great m the valor of her son®, great in
the memory of the p*bt, great iu what she has
resolved to do in (tie future. But, gentlemen,
now in this day I fe»*l a pleasant, eomiortabie
feeling creeping over mo; lor, upon aiuiost every
breeze that sweeps by, is borne the glad tidings
that war at i asL is over; that faiths may not he
renewed ; that disorg mv.ition has ceased ; flint
belong to a profession which was honorable vising ways and moans lor the construction of
‘ ’ I iu the day ^d Greece and ol Rome, | the Western & Atlantic Railroad. There
fouled
lh<<
being hti-hed; that reason is re-asserting her
sway; that kiudly feelings arc returning; and
tha' the genius aud the power that strengthen
us lor the preseul, and inspire hope for the fu
"ire, is the law, and obedience to that law,
[ Applause.] Tnerel'ore, I do pot know that 1
ran more properly conclude what I havb to »ay
than to guc you, as a toast, the tribunals of the
r-ouutry which must deiormiDe what is law.
to wiml is law.
I may have m> opinion as to what is law
mu will iliff r, individuals will differ, com
munities will differ, Slates will differ, but some
agency must determine which is right and which
is wrong; and the higho*t tribunals in the
country to settle these questiou* are to be found
i the c
and a'l through the middle age But, gentle
men, 1 ae«j that its days are waning. You can -
not, it is true, get along wTWmt uh, but this age
has giyen birth to a new profession. A uew set
of men, e, uew train or thought, a new train oi
effectiveness, is springing up. Lawyers aud
warriors and statesmen, ol the past are giving
way to the men ol aoti 'iynd oi business—to
tin* railroad men, to the ir<w» men, to the cotton
men, the men who are developing the physical
world. [Applause.] I look tlong this lino and
I set* moil who have made tl^pr mark upon the
community. I know tho history of nearly every
one ot them, and there is i-Ciujcely one who has
not made bis mark rather) by bis business ca
parity tha i by his learnhuL ! Applause ] 1
will make' this one BUggraWf.' & gentlemen
from the North. They will had that we have
in Georgia to-day, men tha ^ 1 Id adorn and
houor any busmen. Tho *»i!i is, Georviaus
are pretty smart [Applaus* j At. old Dutch
man once tame down here who had lived iu
Switzerland. He said the . ; »co|i]e there had n
proverb that It took ten Hfh* to cheat a Jew.
When he came to New York Uny had a oroverb
there that it took ton Jews to vheal a Yankee,
and now ho had come to Govirja, and he be
lieved that it would take ton Yankees to cheat
a Georgian. [Applause and kmflHpr \ VYhen
you look along this Hue of P«vjjCns, lhe meu
ol strength which you gee ut^e, Abether they
be lawyers, or railroad meu, or iron men, or cot
ton men, or men of any capacdy, you will And
there is tcarcly a man of them who is
not tho arbiter ol bia own f >rtuue.—
Railroad men, Iron meb cotton men,
working men—these h'#» they who are
going to make the future of £*jorgia. Railroads!
Who can estimate their imp'nance, not in tho
mere physical development of Ihe country, but
their iufltience is most largely felt upon the
government <d tho country. Why, gentlemen,
San Francisco i§as near Nr.7 York to day as
Liverpool was to London thirty years ago. The
whole ol this continent, 3,000 miles one way
and 2,000 miles another, bvineaus ol tho rail
road and the telegraph i/]n?l as much within
tho control ol one mind to day as was a terri
tory lOu miles square thirty years ag>. Why,
ly a day or two since Lpood on a beautiful
palace car that had been to. 8ao Francisco, and
this thought occurred to nie This beautiful car
started from Now T"fk; il has rushed
through populous cities of ike Middle States;
it has careered like a thiu*, ot lit: over tho broad
prairies of the West; it has monnted the tall
hurried
irts of the Utiife*.| States. I give you, a l lo P‘‘ ,, tlie l^ky
•ropriate conclusion to all down their precipitc****
I ho Cv»uits of the United beside the peaceful
—d,and
that 1 hrve
S r Atcs.” [Vpplanso]
This toast was responded to by Hon. John
Ersklne, United States District Judge lor the
State ot Georgia, who spoke as follows:
HKIPOMSS OK ,TUDOR KltSKINK.
Qov. ilullock, .\fr. Ue.l.m and Gentlemen: It
was said by Lord Bacon that a much-talking
Judge D no w< II timed cymbal. This maxim is
undoubtedly a wise one, and I feel that I ought
de any lengthened remarks upon
, it has
i,mb \ until it hi
waters of the I’aci
fle,
this audit
ifter
this wi
J from one of our Cabinet Mln-
to-nfgbt, n good, sensible,
with
r/ben I i
lid fro
r country r
ry othel
habitants aud reciive their congratulations and
friendly greetings, and enjoy tic ii hospitality, I
feel that 1 atn not paying an i or undo-
served compltmo.i r - ;• ’ - l > «'*»t tan -t„u* is
one of the mo *"J f- a ‘'.'L ne ™ J'f m T'
progressive Hi 1 bnion, and in the
Union she is a. ** ^ ^ ' XtT [Applause J
1 say to you, my friends, ^h itev r you may
think of it, wo aro going to pitf| friends; ye
are not going to be in any other ■* /° than that
• ii friendship. Wo ail have an attachment for
| vhe glory of the uatjon , and it you r«cur i*.r n
1 s.ngle -4.. io what has transpire/, on
1 another Continent within a i. *v months past
| and behold what has been done there bv f\,
I united Germany, or rather by a united peopir
you will at once we what remain * to be u. <*• u
plished !n America to set up and establish the
glory of the United States. [Applaus .J
I know of no place in me Unl’cd States
where there is more physical, moral And intel
lectual power to cement this unity, to promote
the p.osperity, and to instill this love of the
glory oi' the nation, than there is in the State in
which 1 now am. | Applause.J
My friend on my left paid me *ar too high a
compliment when he intimated that it whs in
my power to do much, pecunt- rily, toward the
devi lopment of th*- great resources of this Htute,
but I tell you, gentlemen, that he did not very
mach overrate the sentiments of my heart when
he said 1 desired that this prosperity and this
power in the .State of Georgia should be devel
oped. [Applause.] And what 19 true of my
self I know to be true of many others. J want
to see day by day a progressive work which
shall bind by the cords ot a common interest a
wide spreai intelligence and a pure morality,
the people ot the State of Georgia, with tho
peoi '•) of ail the other States In the United
Stabs of America. [Applause ] lcould goon,
gentlemen, in these remarks, for the subject
upon v .ich I am speaking would justify it, nut
at this hour oi the evening it is perhaps best
that I should ''lose.
I I'esire now to give you, gentlemen, as my
sentiment, “Georgia—may she soon have in the
Uui'in, in all reB|>cciM and in all particulars, the
place she deserves ” [ Applause J
Gov. Bullock fn-iiig t ailed tor, said :
The sentiment which our honored friend h i
just exprea“'-» :s one to which I surely
gone t « the he
This gi ntlcmen
Georgia for the |
aid he has me
LAi>pl.m»^ 1 Y.
mg, a speech fr.
1 tti
ry man who is on-sent
hero to the State of
of knowing the people,
them and appreciates them.
have heard, also, this evrn-
nt tho first minds in
n.d of language properly to isspoud, I pei
and therefore, with your pcrmi* ion, genilemen, gr*
I will ask her distinguished ->n, the Honorable la
Bejaimn li. Hill, to respond loi U orgia. [Great ' hoi
applause.
Georgia. Whether we differ or not with him
in political opinion, wo must ail acknowledge
that he is honest in his convictions. [Applause.]
Re.netnbciiiiL' the prominent part that he lia-i
takeu iu the affairs of this State, I iccl that the
Courts of tho United States have the regard and
confidence of the people when iio offers the
sentiment lust proposed. know his tempera
ment. and that he t• »:rA the wllarn ot ;hr
j nation and the wtdlarc .if/the State of Georgia.
! B ii i men, for iu<*t». • *ak d the Courts
I of the United 8*.ate>, nj? tho Slate of Georgia,
1 holding the Judicial poslro-u which I do, would
be mmhi*< But , u we consider what
the Supiome Court of Uio United Slutoe, the
highest tribunal in the land, is, to-day, aud
what it has t«‘on since it was established—when
we look at the world-wide celebrity of it* just
aud wise decisions, the character, and dignity;
aud learning, oi its Judges, to attempt to por
tray or illustrate its greatness, would be “ to gild
reiined gold.”
Wo have peace and quietude. The wish
uttered by the great aud magnanimous Chief
Mag -..ate ol the United States, “ Let »• luvn
Peace,” hue been realized. Gentlemen, 1 asit
you, have we not peace to-day? The State ol
Georgia will stand, once moro, after a few pre
liminary inaders have been ad lusted, within the
galaxy ol States ot this great nation. With her
read mission and her restoration io her old posi
tion, will be solved forever the last rerna.nirg
problem <>! reconstruction. The great family ol
Staits will once more ho joined together by the
tics of a common inlere»t and a common cause,
a thousand fold stronger,and more enduring
than over before. The nation cemented by the
remembrance and tue results ol the deadly
strilc that alunwt rent il asunder, will go on
Btoa.lily loereusiu” in greatnees, aud glory, and
strength. Each c.’owmng year wil. add Us
io» tneraaoe to bless the people,
ud prosperity, like a mighty r
nd on, throughout the length
breadth ol the luui, bearing plenty, aud glad-
and joy to every hearth-stone. Let us not
forget genii' .n*-u, that vo-n'ght, peace
upou all the land. WhcuCiinst cam" into the
Id p
arniihed almost
lay it let the hands of its maker. [Ap
plause ] With such means of communication,
of mingling one portion of the country with
another, is developed its material, its educa
tional, its religious interests. What a future is
before this country S By means of railroads,
and the telegraph, art A -other means of commu
nication, a territory 8,000 miles square is capa
ble oi being as easily —" --r —
was a tcintory 100 m
ago. It is the genius,
energy, it is the ui'»»rminatlon of the railroad
men of this country, hy whom this must be
done, supported hy the statesmen, the lawyers,
and tho Intelligent men of tiie land l there
fore give you, gentlemen, n* u toast, “The rail
road interests of Georgia and oi the United
Statu.” I do not know, among the many rail
road. Presidents, whom to call upon to answer
to the Hcnliiucn . *•! here was ono man here a
moment, ago whom I woti'd suggest, but he
seems to have disappeared -a man who might
he called the father of rdlroad interests in
Georgia, tho di/lugiilaln > lawyer, stabuman
and railroad in b ot Ac. ida, Mr. ’ n P.
'ting, But as '..e is not ujW present V
distinguished men there from all parts ol Geor
gia, and among them my honorable friend who
was sitting there a moment ago, Judge King, of
Augusta. In that convention tho plan was con
ceived and was put on foot to build the Western
& Atlantic Railroad, by which a market was
opened for us, not only to tbe Cherokee country,
but to the Western States. Prior to that time
there was no communication between Tenues-
see and Georgia except by traveling across the
mountains on mules or on loot. Bu* when this
road was built, which was then called the Great
Trunk—the “Great Snout,” some termed it,
mountains were pierced, and communication
opened with the Western country, aud our pro
ducts found a ready market and swift means of
transportation. You set*, gentlemen, what has
been done within tho last fifty years. You see
tlict the city of Atlauta, not a very long time
ago sn nnkroken forest has risen to be tbe sec
ond city in the Btale in population and commer
cial import mce.
This pros,unity and this advancement is trace
able directly to her railroad communications
and to tvviking else. But gentlemen, 1 did not
intend to make a speech, but rose simply for the
purpose of giving you my personal observation,
and expelieuce >n relereuce to tho growth aud
improvomeut o' Atlanta. In conclusion, I give
you, gentlemen, this sentiment: “Mr. it. I.
Kimball, Ihe constructor of this magnificent
temple, may his name never perish while his
works remain I” [Applause J
Mr. II. I Kimball then respondod. He said
KSSPOM8R OV MU. II. I. KIMBXLL.
Gentlemen: It gives me great pleasure to
acknowledge the high compliment paid to
myself, but it was certainly very unexpected. I
had not the slightest idon ol being callod upon
iu any way to speak on this occasion. It is
generally known by my friends, and it would
be very soon known to every ono present were
I to attempt it, that as a” speechist ” I aiu not a
‘ success. Therefore, as tho genllomau has
paid so Ugh a compliment to my management
in connection with this bouse and other enter
prises iu Atlanta, let tho matter rest where ho
has placed it, and in conclusion, permit mo to
give you ns aseutiment,“ Tho Bar ol Atlanta.”
[Applause]
Hon. O. A. Lochrano rose and responded,
lie said:
RKBIMNSK of .TUDOR LOO (THANK.
I thank you, gentlemen, tor the call you have
ado upou mo, and as a law-abiding man. 1
suppose I must respoud to it. But I am more,
permit me to any, than a mere law-abiding man
line Yes, I feel the biller pings of sorrow on
account of that defeat. But, those tilings arc
pa t, and all I waul now b the highest advance
ment of my Stale—Inr present peace and her
future nro8|KTily and glory. Mr. Delano's toast
WHi ‘ To O' orgia.” He said that she was In the
sist rho>>d ol Slates, ai.d ffeUined to be one of
the brightest jewels in that sisterhood. I thank
you for it. It you speak fur the Cabinet, ii you
speak for G' neral Grant, ii you speak lor the
Government, when you aiv that Georgia be
longs to th- - l* rb .nd ».l State 1 )—that nhe is to
be received in o the Uu »n upon terms of equal
ity, her rights secured t-» b«r and her interests
guaranteed and protected as a Georgian, 1
thank you I »r it, aud, for myself, accept the
position, and b- heve that Georgia will, and that
no State in tl ii Uni >n w ill uo truer to her obli
gations than she. [Applause.]
Mr. Delano then roue and said:
A’.i. w me a word right here. What I said In
reference to Georgia—of my dor re that she
should take her place among tho sisterhood oi
States, my estimation of the importance of her
position and of Iter power, I know to bo the
sentiment of tho President of the United Statos.
Three cheers were then proposed by Gov.
Bullock, and given with a hearty good will, for
tho sentiments expressed by Mr. Doiihno.
Gan. Phillips, reiuw.ug.saiu:
Bo I understood vou, sir, aud so I accept the
position, aud 1 thank you, sir, tor the sentiments
you have expressed to-night.
Mr. Hill says wo are almost over with recon
struction and that Georgia is soon to ho restored
to all her rights as a State. I am glad to know
that at last she is to take her place among lb?
othcrStat’8 oi *he Union; that her rights and
her interests aro to by secured to her and hence
forth preserved inviolate. Wo desire this pro
tection, and alicr such assuruncos Iron) such a
source, I believe that we shall receive this pro
tection ; and us < .io ol Georgia’s citizens, 1 thank
Governor Bullock for the opportunity that has
been afforded me to listen to the words of Mr.
Delano, and to thank him in person tor their
utterance. Having said thus much, and seeing
bc.nru me gentlemen representing tho arinv,
who, wlille unknown to me personally, yet
whom 1 have Been applauding the sentiments of
Mr. Del mo with reference to Georgia; and the
army l>eing for the protection ol the Govern
ment and for Uio protection of its citizens, I
propose a toast, “ To the Army.” [Applause. |
C’ol. J. II. Taylor responded for the army
I nieut of Georgia. I might reler not only to tbe
Judiciary ol Georgia, but to that of the United
States. We are honored to-night with the pres
ence of representative* of each Judicial system,
I know them all, and they nonor alike the pro
lusion of the law, and tho Bench which they
have adorned so long.
But, gentlemen, I will not weary you for I am
admonished of tbe lateness of the hour. There
is much that I would like to talk about. J. have
listened with pleasure to tho upeeches that have
been made hero to-night, and especially to the
sentiments expressed hy too distinguished cab
inet minister who i, wth us. [Applause.]
As tny friend Gen. Phillips has well said, ?n
r fyrence to his position, 1 too, belonged to the
secession Democracy before the war. I enter
tained the States Rights doctrine, and tbe 3tat'-
Sovereignty theory, 1 apprehend, with & tnnr h
zeal as any ono ever entertained the oppn-ue
view. The crisis come when in my judirment
as well as iu the iadgmont of the entire <*' *
il was proper and right that should a 1 tv
sever my connection with the Un /0
States. Tho effort wag made a very uni
one I grant it wai. But eveu the passioi
men can some times bo made to serve the
compUshment ol ib« grandest flerpote* in the
gnat designs ol Omnipotent Providence. But
tor tho struggle that we had, we would stiJi
have been wrangling over uio question of ’’ -
very. Tho lime has come in tho dentyrs wt God,
when this institution should disappear an.) be
wiped out iroin tho territory oi tho Uaited
Btaloa; and I am led to believe that t’. i pas--
sion i of men vie directed and br.*ug .. to serve
thi! 1 purpose, alllhv’ we had to *> tar.mgh
rivers of blood lor it.j accomplishment. [Ap-
pl«nw(».j As a former slaveholder, I utter but
the honest sentiment oi my heart to night when
I ftc-uro you that, il ihe Government oi the Uni
ted States were to raws an act to-morrow re
storing mv : laves, 1 would not accept of it.
[Appl a'
The !
bef'
sea, my friend, f
* upon hi*; to relf
Mr. Richard 1\
lows:
railroki **-rpri
tla$tOi I cai
irosi
He said:
:sPONSR OF COL. J. IT TAYLOR, ADJUTANT
OKNKHAL DKl'AUTMRNT OK THIC SOUTH.
. — „ In rising to respond to tho toast just prop Bed,
The love ol the laws ol one’s country is tbe I labor under a peculiar embarrassment, from
deuce or the sentiment that carries it forward the fact that I am hut a young officer, having
to glory. ThfBcythian obeys tiie laws ol his been in tiie service only fliteen years, 1 would
“" ,u * - J ‘— *- *- - ' 1 if I wore able, gladly transfer this duty to some
one oi my brother officers hem to-night of
greater ago and larger experience than myself,
Irom whose lips would be heard an acknowl
edgment ol tiie courtesy of tho gentleman who
has Just taken his seat more eloquent and
graceful than any words ol mine can frame, and
whoso riper years would enable them to pay to
that brunch ot the Government under which
llioy have served ho long a tribute more worthy
and appropriate than my tongue can express.
But your fl ittering courtesy, gentlemen, has im
posed thin duty upon me, and I shall discharge
il briefly by saying that hitherto the army lias
sought only to act within the limits of ihe laws
".stallJahed by the Government lor the preserva
tion of Uh dignity and glory, for its protection
againat a foreign loe, and lor the raaintuinance
ol internal peace -to compel their striot observ
ance to onforce their provisions, aud to punish
their willful violation. To this course ol action
the army has ever been and is now committed,
and to this policy it will in tho future, us it has
in the past, unhesitatingly and uulalteriugiy ad-
heio. [Applause.)
General J R. Lewis, Public School Commis
sioner, being called lor to npeak on theoduca-
country, and liie Indian iu bis leathers does the
same. But obedience to tbo laws of one’s
country, that springs from tiie love of them, is
the element and tho mark ol its civilization. I
therefore lor/e the laws oi the country in which
I have the honor this day to stand. [Applause.]
I came to It, gentlemen, an exile wrecked from
lv « .ate/.Ueil and directed fW ■W'Uion of my childhood, and I found
mites on v a e w veare U iudeed ^ ol Ihe emigrant, and the asy-
ssr 5
can take his child upon ids knee, and as its
curia falls upon hj« breast, feel that there is no
bar !c that child’s success. Every avenue ol
iamo and distiucliou is open to him and nothing
to prevent his rising to the highest positions in
the gift of tiie people. [Applause ]
Without referring to tho past, for tho past is
behind us, I find that where we stand to-night
hut tour years ago was naught but ashes and
palace rises. [Applause]
Lion. B. H. Hill responded as follows:
BICSPO0SB OF IION. P J. HILL.
In one respect I am verysuie that I am flic
proper person to respond to the roast. ‘ The
State of Georgia,” for 1 effect no merit when I
nay that I love that State. I have loved her iu
, I have loved her in her wisdom, I
I her in her prosperity, I nave loved
days of her adversity—the duys of
rb arid trials, and thank C id, 1 shall
o ihe end. [Apprise] 1
that the toast was given. “ Phe State of Geor
gia.” I like the toast. I like it because it is
ol Georgia. I bke it because my friend sjJ'Ke
>f it as the .SUte of Georgia. Ah ! that is a
beering word. It hja been a very long time
lince we knew whether we w«re a State or not.
But w<* are a .State now , we have it from high
luthoiiiv, Irom the lips of a member of the Gab-
net We are a State at la-*'! That means re
construction is over. Thank God [Applause]
i been a long time geiting over; it has be -n
.1 sin-ggle to get over, b it it is ov t, over,
atlast. I l.ke that toast because it came
the distlnguise l geuikraan who is a mem-
I Gen. Grant's Cabinet I like him, and if
all the numbers of Gen. Gram’s Cabinet are tik j
im, I like them all. Applause] Uo spoke
t the prosja niy of Georgia. These words re
mind us ol the days that are gone, and 1 hope
they are the happy augury ot days that are to
come. For m\sell, I feel to-night that I am ten
years behind where i really siaud. I remember
about ten years ago, l w »a abie to >ay, an l say
conscientiously, that this was the State of Geor
gia. Just ten years ag » I was a Bell and Ever
ett man Ten yiars ago the platform ot the
Bell and Everett P»rty was ‘tha Constitution,
the Union and the enforcement of the Laws "
That is about all the points that I have n<
am back where 1 was tei ytarr ag* , up>
pla’.'orm of the Constitution, a 1 the er
men* of the law [Applause ] Some |
say that I have c«-tne to t« a radical. Th
terrible mistake. That can never be, n<
never. Borne people say that l
itbod to Li. To uigut that
>on ia ours. Let os enjoy it to the utmoct.
proud of Georgia as any man npou her
soil and it gives uu great pleasure to avr so
in iny *1 her distinguished citizens here to-night.
We have h r#* with us, a gentleman, [turning
to Guv Fifljck,] tor the pant two year
Chief Ms ."irate of this Bute, of whom
friends an 1 lie people may well b** nrord uud
whom ad Abouid honor Io: what lie has done
lor U. orgia. [Prolonged applause J
In conclusion, 1 give you, geudcm«n, in"i
cordially and cueertuliy, “ 1 he Buprnne Coui
of the Sta'ool Geirgia.”
Ex Governor Brown, late Chief Justici
il. K. McCay rose an
lid. Ho
HR8P iNSR oF JIJDOK M CAV.
Very much to my sui.irn**!, gmllenion, I have
learned ooty inis evening tint d anytm ly pres
ent in this company ran respond to this toast —
“The Supreme Court ol the Bute of Georgia’’—
il is inyst-lt In other word", that the distin-
gulslud p« n't-man who'or the l ist two years
has adorned id ixmch as Chief Justice, Ian
rented to - * member of tha' eouii, and there
fore, lx!ing l»u- *mi> (XT-on c mnteted with that
court [lie. *i. •' is my province to reply.
My Inch : Mr lldl, in some r> marks which
he made, has auggeitcd 'Ins thought to my
min i : the experience through which he has
passed is n >t a uew one to me. I have passed
through il twice in my life. Perb«|*» ::**arlv
every Georgian in this house hits paused through
ce in h:s life, and. in my opinion, it will not
very long tune before every Georgian in
this b*>u«e w'l. h*v passed through it ficuss in
hi* file, (submission to the inevitable, that is
experience through which my friend Mr.
I and myself have paa->**i. Why, in 1M0
at did you d«: > what did I do? Who loved
flag of th» Union better than I did? Who,
when inevitable events pm me in opposition to
is" j it, fought it fiercer than I did? And when ia-
I j evitable events made the flig of the United
the Slate* again triumph over me, who loves it mors
rce- • than I uo to day ? [Applaus*- ] Submission to
ip e I the in«.;l-th!e is not only the duty of the edi
ts \ I y. n, but it is the duty of ev* ry mau in this com
munity an i in this whole Mtate. I can under
IlEBPONiR OF MR.' UlCnAUD P
Genilemen: After "the mun» W'
aceful tilings you have hearj
tbut u would b" iiiappropnatd ror n"
anything further. 1 will only way tu*t I can
help estabiiNh and carry on railroad enterprises,
hut I am not prepared to make a speech upon
them on thin octagon, only to thank the distin
guished gentleman who Jhas proposed the toast
lor Ids very able, eloquent and complimentary
remarks concerning railroad men and railroad
interests. [Applause]
Mr. E. W. Cole, President of the Nashville it
Chattanooga Railroad being called upon, HjMikc
os follows:
RKMARR) OK MR. U. W. COLK.
In responding to this toad, it does not, I ap
prehend, make any difference whether I ant a
Georgian or a Tennesseean; for il is very ex'*u-
sive in its application—“The railroad inter
ests v i Georgia and of the United 8tates;” and
ns the duty lias f.llon upon me to respond to
this toast, so gracefully made, I feel that it is u.y
duty to say a few words on tho subject.
M v life has boeu one ol action rather than of
words. 1 have been identified with the railroad
intcres's oi tiie country lor more than twenty
years, and 1 cannot allow this occasion to pass,
now that I have bee . called upon to speak,
without expressing my grarouue J, » you, fellow
citizens, for the interest that yor have j I ways
manifested, and the ai l and encouragement you
have so litierally extended, to railriad enter
prise. You will, tl'- »*, I feel u-mn d, bear
with roe all the n. ne oaiuntly while I allude,
tor a few mommls, to tiie stain of railroai in
terests leading irom Atlanta to the West, a
compared w.th what they were eighteen
months or two years ago, when a barrel of flout
or a hogrhetul ot bacon Irom tbo great West oi
Northwest required a long lino of river trans
portation, occupying two weeks in transit Irom
the metropolitan city of the AW to Atlanta,
the groat distributing pen'. > I the State oi G.
gia. A t that time railroad enterprises extended
only to Nashville—at least, sioCe that time the
line ol railway then terminating at Naabvill
has been extruded, connect lug with the large
cities throughout all the country. We have
now a line ol rai roid, iu uctual operation, fro
the c.ty of Atlanta, in Georgia, to Hi. Louis
in Missouri; fo that corn and bacon iioiigi.i iu
8t. Louis piuacsovtr a long line of railway to
the city ot Atlanta. Aud tho great Father ol
Waters subosrv':* and aid-* tills great enterprise
Produce comes down upon its t*twoin from the
North we stern States to the city o' Ht. Louis;
theu Iroui 8L Ijouis on ward, connecting with
tiie Mobile aud Ohio Railroad; then upon the
Northwestern and Nas.ivillc B .ilroa I; tlience
upon the Naibville and Giiattsuooga Railroad,
and, finally, uiiori the Western and Allaulic
Iteilroad to Uie city of Atlanta
I refer to them practical matters, gentlemen
in response to tiie sentiment expressed. These
various lines ol railway and their connections
to which I have referred, centering in Atlanta,
pour into her lap a continual stream oi wealth
1 prosperity. The rapid growth of the city
i been a marvel to us all. Krerywhere sub-
*'Hl and elegant structures are being reared,
1 upon every hand the marks of improve-
nt an*. a<lvs .icemerit are plaimy manilest I
e yot', therefore, gentlemen, in conclusion,
“ The prosperity of Atlanta.” [Applause.]
His li»nor Mayor Ezzvd th u responded u
follows:
RJUrONfcK or MAYOR CZZAHD.
It gives *ne great pleasure to respond to the
ntim*xit which hai been utured. Wuen I
ok around tbe place winch I now stand,
id remember tiie many connecting roads
tiring this city with the principal cities ot the
No. til and West and E**', my mind is carried
buck io the time when I sett ed within six miles
it this place, forty-seven years ago. Nearly
ne-hslf ol iny life has be* o np-nt within six,
miles of tbe spot where we now stand. When
1 first came to this country it was an unbroken
forest. 1 was one of the early pioneers of this
section of Georgia I started cut m a young
to look tor a location, and I settled down
in tbe village oi Decatur. At that time, gentle
men, rad roads had not been thought ot. It hod
desolation. .. _ i _ _ _____
Venice upon the Adriatic did not show a lalrer
picture than that presented to the eyo that now
Beans lids a**ernbly ami its surroundings. Cor-
reggio i.r Titian have drew upon canvas a scene
liko thin, I find hero tho railroad interests and
*'! I the ra : r >ad meu referred to by Judge McCay—
ro j mm wii' nave cdntriimic-d mote to the roatc-
| rial wealth of Georgia than perhaps tiie Bar of
Atlanta or the Bar of any other section of the
j Stato. I fled here before mo bankers, me
% whose money ma«'e the plows go In Gcorgi
when war and disaster stopped almost every
avenue of trade. I see before me gentlemen
from Macon, whose purses were opened to the
n.Viciiant, tbo mechanic and the planter, and
who employed the influence of their wealth to
make tho Htatc of Georgia as prosperous as it
was In 18fl.*» and IMG I see before mo legisla
tors of Georgia. I have Senators here upon my
left—referring to Hon. John Harris—“grave
rovorend soignors ’’—men who have stood by
the interests ami tho honor of Georgia—and 1
stand to-day proud to acknowledge them as
members of the last Legislature aud ldcnUflud
with tho Htato internal improvement of Geor
gia—tbo brightest leaf in tho history oi tho
8tate. [Applause ] I will not go back, but
forward. I And do I ore mo members oi tbe
House—Tweedy, of Richmond, [applause] a
gentleman who was born, like tnyselr, in a land
poor in everything but her fame. [Applause ]
1 might say something of its women, because
their purity is, I sapposo, proverbial. But us to
its nun, I think tbe sentiment Moore once ex
pressed that,
“Whet
Ther’r
rosy bo very appropriately applied to thorn.
Tweedy, of Richmond, not an exception. I
stand by him as one who was a State aid chain-
pjon in the Legislature, and successfully strug-
leit to us. We h .?«• the wi !,
and th" energy, and the capac ty for lab*»r. A never. Some people say that l am not a good stand bow one who res sted secession with all
vast an<l ferule inritoiy lies waitiug for culti- Democrat If I ever wa* a Democrat, l can I big force might, when his people had determined
vat ion and development hooenlv «*%y th.. I did not go to fx!. [Ap- to secede, stand by his State with all his might
Our mountains aro nature’s depositories of I piaose ] 1 w-»a not a Democrat, certainly 'r*>m 1 con ala<> understand precisely the senttmeoU
tli. g« precious, la their fjowels lie n;.id* n i choice, and il a Democrat, at all, 1 was a Dem- ; which lead bun and every man who occupied
min*"* t untold ricboets, waitiug ouly for the ; ocrat irom necessity. l*eo;»le talk about my such a posttioo; who, when inevitable events
fund of capital and enterprise to bring their | having changed. 1 have not changed a single I have placed blM under the flag of the Union
treasur* - >r h to lie liftht, to swell the volume sentiment you ever heard me express, not ono. j to love the flag ot the Union as he loved and
< t il»e world’s wealth and the nation's prosper j but times change; circumstances change; issues Ought lor Uk* flog ot the Confederacy. Why,a such things. The nearest market that
ity. [Applaun ] We have every variety of change; events change; interests charge; rights | man who stands at this day holding bock, look- to obtain our iron and our steel and ail the
» .il aud :!itua r. io the middle, southern, and | chaugt; renasities change; ao*l wesaoU[dadapt , ing back, grumbbng, sniffling, snsrung over tbe necew!ariasol iife, was the city of A igusts, luO
h-uthw.sien »c*:ii ns of the 8tote, the low, I ourselves to 'hem if we expect to prospc . j past, beloucs to the pa t, and not to this day. mi lea by Wagon road irom here. That was the
Uv 1 s.v ty land—the long, hot, and burning [Applause ] I [Applause ] Peace bas been «pokcn of. Peace J condition o; :hL country when I first became
summers—ore favorable to tn« rapi! growth) sir, when you return to Washington, honora- It made by business. Christianity is diffuoed • acqnUnted with It. A few years after Macon
a>.d aDun laut > ei i of the great at&p’c, cotton , ble and bonore as 1 know yen to be, from os- ovr tbe world now not S'> much by Ibe lips of l sprung up, and we bad a market near* r, by
a ui« iu North Georgia ’he husbandman gath- | sociaiion, say tbet the people of Georgia have the proacber of the gospel as by tha sail of the fifty- miles from Augusta, buv still we
•■•-from tie fertile vvh-ys and monnuin sides, three ideas The first is to reaizt wrong; tbe shp w'uch carries commerce to the heath* i ia/| no roilr<»adii. A tew years later tbe
h nthil harvest- o» the c* reals, and rejoices In ! uecond is to resent insult; and the thi id is to l Peace among meu is mods by interchange in I Cfitrok^e country wss quitted and there was
th hea’-'i. sad v g»r with which the pure mouu submit to ihe law. [Applause I Tue highest [ business, bv tho mingling together of Htotos. | rmened i» the t\r:nen of Georgia a rich territory
t.m br*-» zes are ».ten. Water courses o» inex- j type of manhood ic exi.ibited in submission to I And when I stand as 1 do in Uiis presence, and . ahoonu ng with Strramt, and valleys of rich
h'UJlib.* puatr, affording unrivalled facilities j the law. The mout dis*»rganizing i-atore of I look akiug that line and this line, these thoughts ' soil, but there was no market for the produce,
ror mamifiicturing purposes, be. as yet inutil— j manhood ia exhibited in disregard of law. Pec- I have snggestetl themselves to my mind. | Own could be bought for 10 cents a bushel, but
Usd, per.aeate* tv. ry section of the 8tate i p>e do not draw distinctions. When you pro- I am a lawyer. 1 fielong to a profeuiion that t&ere was no market for il. In Ibid, a con ven-
l>*u our sea coast ore found hariw:; whose pose to do what|I dc not approve, I am not a 1 for centuries Las been honored in tha world. J 1 lion asci-mblcd ;c Macon, for the purpose of de*
gle»f to develop her rcHourccs. [Appl;
But coming back to tho Bar ol Atlanta. I
must con teas dint I am but un humble member
of the Bar, but may justly «ay tor the profes
sion, that none ban given more Hublime names
to history, none contributed more grandly to
the glory and civilization ol the country, non
in all ages produced higher and nor*' . types oi
statesmanship and patriotism thar. it. And
while w** cun appreciate the nroru material ad
vaneement of a people, und m-emore constantly
tin* evidences of enterprise and labor, yet in tin*
potent though slle.it iml lences *»f thought that,
like nature, prod >"o iimunn the great changes
which give cbmacter t*» tiie season and the ages,
I may congratulate the Htato u| on that inspira
tion which intelligence has given to the people,
ami whicu must still go i.n until tins iron sg<*
shall reap the golden ears from 'tie ri|Mjned cen
furies, and fill the whole state witii tlic pro
ducts of a great and glorious prosperity. | Ap
plause ]
When national giory becomes a sentiment,
national prosperity soon rises to overflow th«
ciianncis of trade and enterprise. Capital ex
chang'S with every other interest, sections unite
to iwel' the tide of power. And this accoin
plishment, this grand achievement, belongs to
the effort ari l influence ol ever, profession
and every trade. (Applause] But especially
may I, in conclusion, present the claims ot those
whose lives are spent upon the farms and plan
tations of Georgia, as contributors to the result.
have done more to advance Ueotgia
than those whose hands bold the plough, and
meet the vicisituans of the seasons with Spartan
philosophy. [Applause] None have laid deep
er the !< un iaiions ol ah our m U« rial proiperity,
none have sirujgled under gr.*at*r disadvunta-
ges, and none have triumpued with prouder re
suits over them. [Applause.]
I therefore give you “The agricultural inter
's ol Georgia,” and call on my friend General
Phillips to respond.
Gtti. Hhilbps re-pmded. He said:
KLftf* N“K OK OKNKHAL PIIILLII'S.
Wlty, my friend, Judge Loehrsne should have
imposed this duty upon me I do not know.
What his motives were in thus oJiing upon in*!
to respond to the toast, “ I'fie Agricultural Inter
ests of Georgia,” and to make a S(>eech ujMin
this occasion, I cannot determine.
It is with feelings of the moat sincere pleasure
that i look around upon the assembly hero to
night aud upou it* many happy and congenial
surroundings It ih a-> entertainment given by
the Governor of uu- Stale to the .'secretary of
the Interior of th*. United Htatc*, Mr. Delano.
I am very glad ro nr him here to night, and to
hi'.cu to his kind and friendly sen'iinents in tie-
half ol Georgia, and saying this, I am sure I
utter the heartfelt sentiments ot all who are
not entered into the tuind of man to conceive of | present I am glad to ace so many of Georgia’s
^fe^wnoiit distinguished citiz* ns, a great majority ot
whom are Grangers to him, assembled to do
him uonor an 1 welcome hu pies *nce among us.
There are here in* ri ot every shade of political
tionai 1 mores 1
RRM
Gov Bullock, Mr. i). h
aid:
LKWlS.
iOentUeetHt 1
had hopos that so.uo other gentleman would
have been called upon to respond to this senti
ment, inasmuch os iu tho succession ol events,
it has but lately become my duty to be connect
ed with the educational interest of the Htato of
Gocrgio. 1 feel that tbe educational interest ol
the State of Georgia lias become one of itn most
important Interest.*.and it is pirticuiarly flitter
ing to me to bo honored with the direction and
control of that interest, and more especially
when it comes, as It does iu a measure, through
the charity, the benevolence, and the philan-
throphy of this great G ivtmment of tho United
Htatca. Haviiiu become so connected, l ftel
that Georgia, represented ns the Empire Htnto of
tho Houth, is well entitled to that name, from
the interest she has exhibited in this miller.
From an Investigation, and from inquiries
which I have made recently in connection with
ttm •duoaiioaol interests of the Btato of Gc
gia, and of many ol the other Ho ithurn State*,
i find that Virginia has exhibited a greater in
terest in this most im[»ortant subject, and bat.
taken liold ol il with an energy not excelled Ity
anyol them. While il is true that there are
many men here who do honor to the universi
ties and colleges of this State, and while the
State has cre U pride in the alumni of their in-
.. 'utionH, I trust (hat the time will soon come
wi**.. qhe will have a greater pride in the thou
sands and tens of ihoutamD of tho alumni of
her public schools, and these schools will be the
greatest pride and honor to the State of Goor-
gi*-
led to reflect that education commences
with childhood aud vhe cradle, an 1 that it is to
lliers and to the ladie* of tho land to
whom we are indebted, and must lie indebted,
for the formation ot tho character of every man
in the community, and, th* refute, 1 will give you.
as my sentiment, “ Lidies of Georgia,” and I
call upon the Gov* rnor to respond. I App'ause. ]
Governor Bull >ck responded ax follows:
Itu I'ONSR OK QOVKIINOR HULLOCK,
My friend, Gen.nl Lewis, has taken advan
tage ot r
ol)-*.
i-In I r
i lor diffl
he results of the war Lave been exceed in gly
disastrous to the Southern people, but 1 appre
hend we are, withal, a better ;?e<iplc. Wc will
raise our sons to habits of Iniustry and energy ,
instead *«f to habits of effeminacy tad falsa
pride; and the next generation, whatever may
bo the sufferings ot this, will bo a more honor
able, euergetic, Balt-po&iotaed and self-reliant
people. | Appl tune J
While wo me kit poor, we aro still left in poe-
•slon of a splendid domain. The territory of
Georgia bus been referred to. Not ouiy that of
Georgia, but of ail tho other Southern States,
from Maryland to Texas, may well be referred
fo in this connection, ilere is n grand domain,
lit re is a territory susceptible of in dnlsiningits
millions of teeming people, a moro templing,
more bless* 1 nu t more fruitful, perhaps, than
any other part*.! tho continent.
Agriculture h k l» on referred to. 1 will say
that hero it is tho cottou aud grain regions over
lap each other. L t mo s ty to you, that in Up
per Georgia, iu tliia Cherokee country, you may
raise cotton and gram within 200 yards of each
other. II -ri is a country tor you, susceptible of
woudcrlul deve'npment. We hare tho muscle
and energy to develop it, and we intend to do
it. [Applause ] We inay ho poor-in truth
we are poor—t.ut we live still under the influ
ence of benign laws. Tho issue oi secession
has been abandoned by mo and those who act
with me. In conscious good faith l return**!
to mv allegiance to the government, and hence*
h>Hh, God being my he per, and this question
being settled, I never expect to depart from It
again. [Applau*.* } Tnen, my friends, under
tho «quat laws that the distinguished gentleman
present assures ui aro iuteuoed tor us by tbo
government, we can again build up our lallon
fortunes; and although we aro now a poor
people, we intend again to become a rich peo
ple. [ Appluu-c] I welcome the distinguished
stranger to-night J am glad to sec him here.
I welcome capitalists irom the New England
Hiatus, and tho Middle ttiaie*. and iho Western
and irom any part oi the world, who
come here to cast their lot among us and lnve3l
their capital with us. I greet them as friends,
aud bid them God speed. [Applause] My
friend, I am glad to fico you hero in Georgia. I
extend to you th" right band ol welcome. Come
witii your capital; direct your friends to come.
The Days of madness arc, I trust, past here in
Georgia. Come here with us, and help devel
op the resources of tiie country. Social ostra
cism is no more. Come aud help us, and unite
with us to develop this country, and wo will
grasp you cordially by tho hand. [Applause. 1
At tho con* liH'on of Governor Brown's re
marks, Gov. Bullock rose and said :
. 'n i ik you, gentlemen, for the
l iho courtesy of tho sentiments
>• ».-n expressed here to-nigh*. I
trust that inuen :*• *>d limy come from our ming
ling tog"! her, h'i I I am suro ihat when our hon-
I fri'-nd, tiie Cabinet .Minister, returns to tho
Capitol ho will carry with him the asauranco
that the nmj >rity of Uio pooplu ol Georgia are
now in earm si iu tiroir disposition and desire to
b« restored to tho Government, and that they
intend in goo-1 luith to carry out aud obey all ihe
law. which Inyo been enacted. [Applause ] —
Aud flint tho nulliffurs and iacUonisia who
counsel resistance to tlx roc* laws, will be frowned
down and rtpudiati-u oy tho people.
H ui. O. A. Lochr.iuu thou pnqxtsed the fol
lowing toast:
“To the ['resident oi Iho United States:
Long mtj the atom loi remain BsehipM in
the quarry, dentine J to'rear the epitaph com-
inemorativcot lm tun ( Appl cue. |
Colonel W. \V. T »ylur, of MaryU.i*i, camo
h* ui: h *
bo bra
We hu
ongr,-
op'uion and belief, dffl-ring widely upon ques-
(dosty, iu culling upon me directly
to respond io a toast which requires all the elo-
quei.ee that can be po'sesse*! hy an> mm, and
all tbe poetry that has over bceu wii tcu, to
place properly before this, or any other audience,
tfi« tneriU, tho iwauty, an 1 tho virtue ot th" 1»-
Htatc. And having said thus much,
I shall certainly not attempt to speak further on
lids «uh|> cl. But, lx*mg up, I deiire to give you
the health of one of Georgia’s distinguished cit
izens—a gentleman Who has ornamented the
Supreme Bench a* its Chief Justice, but who.
within a day or two past, has retired from that
high and honorable (vnition. I give you, gen
tlemen, “The health and prosperity of ex-Uov.
Joseph E. Brown, tale Chief Justice.” [ Ap
plause. ]
Alter the applause that greeted the announce
ment of his name had subsided, Hou. Joseph
E Brown rose and said :
RKkl'oN'H OF HoN. JOSKPII E. IIROWN.
Gentlemen: ilaving heard so many very in
teresting s|x*«ches here to-night, f had hoped
'.hat one so humble as my»"lf would have t>«:**i:
passed without immg ca!lc«l to tho fl »ir His
Excelloncy tho Governor has thought proper,
however, to allude to my rttiromenl from '.he
Supreme Bench in so kind and courteous a
manner, that 1 have thought it my duty to nuke
a response. Within the fast three or tour days,
1 have been placed in a position where, in my
opinion, it was proimr that I should sever my
connection with tha'. tribunal. In some re-
s|*?cui. I part with it with much regret. I ho
ve that 1 have a n iliiral fondness for the law
i the administrate u of tho law. Whik '
s engaged in thu practice of the profession,
pursuit unl< as ii was the pursuit ol tho farm
during my earlier days, ever afforded me more
satisfaction. But, uoro»oria'«*:y, pvrlujw, I waa
•h r young man has been, lured
into the palu ot p <iitics, and 1 hive spent acon-
israk'o time in tlio public service. I cau say
that wi..i- upon th*- I’ nch lafoircd faithfully
and honsatiy to discharge u, duty. The re
cord which 1 ha?" m.**k must fcp«.ak for itself
in the future. 1 have at all times a;tempted to
do what I believe*! to ho right in the adminis
tration of Uio law. I have attempted to servo **■••■*-
Georgia on tho Bench, as in every position In discharge.
<: not lot gotten this even-
-4 g asses, to drinit to ha
ry of the late- iu . Let i s
w drink to the mtuior health ol the 8ccro-
The toast was liouorcd with the luartiost
good will; alter which, to the music oi “ Home,
Sweet Homo,” the party dispor-ed.
Fr m it.ime i.'oumerclal, Jan. 3.
The l*ollllonI NUuailon.
Tho late p.crohatic per'oruianco of Mr. B. ri.
Hill gives a now acliv.ty to political nutters.
It ix suspected by tbo e who reckon them
selves slurp in such things, that V-. Hill will
ticket that oppose the Democrats, for
It >
il l t
Fill (
ugli Bulbuck and company, the uegg?
and Rtdical vote, and that he will control,
prejudices, the old Union
Whigs, and thus carry tin: Htato.
Ttiis combination, possible it not probable,
in the near lullin'. :*au-ea m my t-» ask “ What
is I)' inocracy ? Upon what platform decs the
party *md ? Wimt m the difference between
tlio If.i iical and tho Democratic party ?” And
it mu«t t)c C'>Dfi h-c* that some ot our cotcrapo-
raries *»t tho 1'resa are a little shy ol these q '03-
tious, and answer them with a spirit as unwor
thy r : it is gingerly. They are p xtsihly climb
ing the mountain from whence they can see the
1st lands, and tue rich prize*, and have neither
breath nor inclination to answer such quet-
tiona.
Ferh.ips (to take a charitable view of the
thing) they are afraid to take the stand that is
the nci-. -• *ry p Gti n all good itemuernts —
For ourselves, without claim tug a sup r amount
of either honesty or political cooroge, we do not
hesitate to declare our position boldly and em
phatically. Here it l<: Wc *Uand upon the two
gran 1 princlpl* s c >ntain**d iu these words, l'hts
is a white man's country uud white meu must
rule it, and one currency alike for ihe poor man
aud the bondholder. This is our Democracy,
and wo are proud to declare it and ready to
utaint :ia it, let come what wi'L
We know no conservatism, and wc wont to
know none. Anu when wc forsake the high
position "med above in justice to the proud
prestige of th** par*,) w*» now serve, we shall
change <>ur political name—teariu b - >wn from
mr banner the grand word, Democrat,and
Htstuiii.se therefor a name, it not leu honorable
at least more appropriate.
which I have been placed, to tho best ot my
humble ability; and in separating from rny hon
ored associate here, (Judge McC »>) I say to him
and to tbe other members ot the Court, 'hat I
ot State and National policy, but uiii'ed j wish tor them eminent success in the faithful
in a common sentiment of rea;>ect toward a I and impartial administration of the laws ot the
cabinet minister of the United States who
friendly to Georgia
My friend Hill hu stated that he never was a
Democrat, but a Bel! and Everett Union man.
As for myself, I always have been (and l be
longed to the Breckenridge party] a straight-out
accession Democrat. [Applause ] I fought on
Ihat line, and wu defeated on that line, and 1
feel sorry to sight that I was beat upon that
Stale iu the future. The politician can do much,
the statesman can do much to advanco the in
terests of the people. Probably there is no tri
bunal that does more to protect the right* and
the intcroU, and the honor ot the people th-n
tha Judicial Department *>i the government,
j Applause | I.ei it degenerate, and there la
Uttle ho;»e for tbe future honor and thu future
Accidentally Killku.—An aged n*gro
runiuri was accidentally killed by her stepson,
i Saturday last, tour .m os irom tho city, on
tho Crawford road. He kept a loaded gun.
While capping it bef .re the dre, one Iwxrroi was
l. Tha l«»ad catered the right aye,
11>ack through mo skull, carrying the
glass ot the spectacles tho old woman was
wear.ng before it. The boy was aged some
sixteen years. Tho accideut occurred on the
Tom McAllister plor- - •'Wamios tun,
Uexeiml 8ciiK.scit am r-.ign hi? smt in
Congress about th** lOiU of January, and has
takeu passage for England on the 18th. No
election to till ti*v Mum vacancy ia likely to be
ordered. He will uot ro'urn home tiefore aali-
lLg. ilia daughter, Mis* 8a ly, will accompany
him to JfioglnnJ, 'he fhbt two following in
tittle nope fr the future honor and tbo future April. Mi. Mono, SccitUiv ot tho LeeatiOR
safety and the future prosperity and advance- will remain at Loudon |
