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‘ERROR LEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT LT.”—Jeferson.
VOLUME XXII
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1871.
NUMBER 12
IDccMo Jutrllificnccr
ATLANTA. GEORGIA-
—
Wednesday. March 22,
87 1
Democratic l»»tie» In 1S72.
Under this caption the New York World of
the 10th, iu its usual logical and liberal style,
resumes the arguments upon Southern Democ
racy and National Democratic issues first
touched upon by the World in an editorial ol
March 6th, and which was called forth by an
editorial article in the True Georgian, of Feb
ruary' 28th, reviewing the important speech of
Hon. Linton Stephens, at Augusta, and which
the Radical press of the country aliedges con
tains the plattorm of the Georgia Democracy for
1872. The World says:
“ A remarKable letter and speech of Judge
Linton Stephens, brother ot Alexander LI. bte-
E hcns, of Georgia, have suddenly revived in ihe
lemocratic press, North and South, a discus
sion ot the reconstruction questions, which, lor
the four years succeeding tne surrender of Gen
eral Lee’s army, were the engrossing political
topic. We are willing to have these questions
revived, and think it lortunate that the discus
sion has been sprumr early in 1871 instead ol
being postponed to 1872. The questions are
likely to he setiled and finally disposed of by
the preponderant public sentiment ot tne Dem
ocratic party in such a way that they cannot lie
a disturbing element iu the next Presidential
canvass.
We iully understand the Democratic senti
ment ol the North on the reconstruction
questions ; but our information is not so trust
worthy respecting the views ol the Southern
Democrats. We are accordingly watching with
some solicitude the maniiettaiion ot public
opinion m that great and interesting section of
our common country. The extracts which we
reprinted, a few days since, from the Atlanta
True Georgian, asserted that Judge btephens is
merely an exponent ot his own views, and not
a representative of Southern Democratic opin
ion. The True Georgian stated that “ four-
fifths of the Houthcrn Democrats” repudiate
“Judge Stephens’ extreme views.” 11 lurther
expressions by the Southern press shall conlirm
this estimate, the recoi.su iction measures may
be dismissed, by common c msent, irorn the po
litical arena, it is desirab e that the Demo
cratic press in each Stale should express the
views ol those whom it represents; when easy
comparison will determine what the great body
ol the party regards as “ live” and what as
“ dead” issues.
lteierring to the Albaay (N. Y.) Argus, one of
the ablest and most launlul Democratic jour
nals in the land, and which the World indorses
as always true to its representative character, and
as expressing the deliberate and settled judg
ment of the Democracy ot the Empire State, it
quotes the following well considered and em
phatic extract from a recent editorial in the Ar
gus upoD these issues:
“ It seems to be generally conceded that the
Democrats cannot be beaten iu 1872, except by
their own mismanagement and lolly. The most
sagacious and lar-seeing Republicans have lit
tle confidence in regard to the lulure. And yet
half a dozen hat-lieaded impractical! cs can fore
doom the Democratic party to a defeat as utter and
overwhelming as that of 1808, if they are allowed
to pul the organization on the extreme course which
then caused our downfall. We apprehend no
such result, however j lor the serious lessons of
the past lew years will not be lost on the party,
nor will the sound conservative statesmen who
ure entitled to direct and oomrol the movements
of the organization shrink from the proper re
sponsibility ol repressing the turbuier.ee ot tac
tion and restraining the movement ol those who
seek notoriety irrespective ol tne general wel
fare. There are certain oovi<>us tacts that can
not be overlooked or loi^oiien. T he political
situation is determined sn I uninistak:e le, 2here
is to he no revioai of obsolete issues—no reactionary
movement or recurrence to the -past—no reconsid
eration of measures that the people have der-J-et
upon. We resisted ihe tlirte amendments to
the constitution so long as opposition was ol
uny avail; but they are now a part ot the fun
damental law, and it is worse than useless to
discuss their character and tendency, the means
by which the^wero carried, or the eilect pro
duced liy them. 7he provisions embraced in the
13t/i and 151A Amendments are now in operation,
and m such a form that they cannot be abrogated
except by another revolution.
The first ol these amendments gave freedom
to the negro, aud we have neither the inclina
tion nor the power to remand him to servitude.
2he Democratic party cheerfully accepts this as
one of the consequences of the rebellion, and has
no desire to reverse it. The 15th Amendment
secures the privileges ot a voter to a negro, and
this provision having become incorporated into.
most of the State constitutions, iity/o suffrage
mould remitn, even if the amendment to the Fed
eral Constitution teas rescinded. This issue, there-
lore, cannot be loreed upon us. Au act oi Con
gress granting universal amnesty as an act ol
justice to the tiouth, equally wise and humane,
will be one of the first measures ol the Demo
cratic party on coming into power; and that
will remove what is objectionable in the 14tli
Amendment.
In this com. ection we simply desire to remark
that the sentiment? me New York Democ
racy, so clearly stated by the Argus, are em
bodied, in tolo, in the article on Judge Stephens,
wiiich appeared in the True Georgian on the
28th ultimo, aud which has had the not unim
portant eflect ot calling out such frank and clear
expressions of tne public sentiment, of our Nor
thern trieiHls, and ot the avowed policy ol tne
National Democratic party. We cannot see
how any man haviug only the best interests of a
consolidated people’s party at heart, as well as
a conscientious uesire to retrieve our common
country, speedily and ellectively irom Radical
anarchy aud min, can do otherwise than in
dorse the sound views expressed by the Argus,
or fail to perceive that tne policy ot wisdom, of
justice aud ol moderation, consistently urged by
the True Georgian, is the only policy by which
the Democracy ot the Union can safely depend
upon a decisive victory in the campaign ot 1872.
Commenting upon the necessity tor a calm and
dispassionate haudling of grave questions bt
Btate, and that only masters, not tyros, should
be allowed to rear the delicate labric upon
which rests t he woe or t\ eal oi a nation,the Worid
lurther says:
The chiet wisdom ot a poiitican is to “under
stand his epoch.” The statesman or politician
who is not gilted to discern tae rising aud me
receding tide, who cannot distinguish between
the evening twilight which foretokens darkness,
and the morning twilignt which heralds the
dawn of a new day, was not born to be a leader
ot men. A second or third rate politician may
acquire transient importance as the representa
tive ot decaying issues, and his temptation to
play such a role is in proportion to his newness
iu the party with which he acts.
Following this, concise declaration, which
common sense cannot tail to approve, the World
narrows its argument to the following practical
v. v ot negro suffrage:
■dripped ot irrelevant accessories, which
«.!,,< cloud and conluse, the real question is,
w.;t ther the Democratic party will array itseli
against negro sufirage in me next Presidential
election. It is inexpedient to do so lor this plain
reason; that in the next Presidential election
the negroes will all vote, aud on such an i sue
every one of them wonjd vote against the Dem
ocratic candidate. If there slioulo be in the
National Convention any Democrats who desire
the party to make an auti-negro-suflrage plat
form, they will come lrom the States wnere the
ueg'o vote is so large that tne plattorm recom
mended by such delegates would cmainly lose
their own States. Any candidate who tries to
get nominated by appealing to that Kind ol sen
timent, will solicit voles lrom tfie Convention
which <3o not represent electoral votes among
their constituencies. Any candidate who
should get nominated on this issue would be
booked, not lor an election, but a defeat."
In conclusion, the World, lrom the stand
point of Northern Democracy, which will and
must be the controlling standpoint of the coun
try sums up the real living issues upon which
the Democracy of the Union must fight and tri
umph, and enforces the inherent truths ot its
statements with such candor and clearness, that
au earnest perusal can scarcely fail to carry
conviction to the hearts of fair-minded South
ern men, who love their country, and are work-
ins for the success of a united Democracy:
“ The important question is not who shall
vote, but what measures shall be adopted as a
result of the voting. The Democratic party
wants a sound currency, reduction ot taxes, re
trenchment of government expenses, abolition
ot the protective tariff, non-interierence with
the reserved rights of States, and a foreign
policy consistent with the national dignity and
honor. If these great objects are attained, it is
of little consequence whether they are attained
with or without negro rotes. Certain it is, that
the negroes will vote in the next Presidential
election. It we can elect our candidates in spite
of their votes, negro sufirage is nothing very
formidable; but if negro suffrage is an insuper
able harrier to our success, how are we ever to
abolish it ? To make that an issue would be an
act of political suicide.”
CROW! CHAPMAN, CROW
NEW HAMPSHIRE REDEEMED !
THE FIRST DECISIVE GUN FOR 1S72!
DEMOCRATS, TO YOUR POSTS'.
RADICALISM A DEAD DUCK !
LET
THE GRAND OLD DEMOCRATIC
COLUMN MOVE FORWARD!
SOUND THE LOUD TYMBRAL, ETC.
The Glorious Grauitc State!
Our readers will see from tbe telegraph re
ports bow complete has been the exhilarating
victory of the Democracy ol the old Granite
State. The people of thet State, by a glorious
uprising of their manhood, have thrown off the
vassalage to Radicalism under which they have
been suflering for years, and have wheeled into
line under the banners of rejuvenated Democ
racy, the champion of the people and the bul
wark of our national liberties. Dismay and
confusion of an unprecedented nature, has been
caused in the tottering ranks of the Radical
abso lutists by this terrific shell from the very
centre of their old camp, and the echoes of this
signal victory will rejoice the hearts of the
people throughout the land, and re-animate the
energies of our National Democratic party to
secure the final triumph of 1872, from Maine to
California, from the Lakes of the Wt3t to the
sunny shores of the Gulf. Nine cheers for the
good old Granite State ! 1 *
Surprised.
The Chronicle and sentinel is surpised to see
the “New York World” cite !!:c “T.ne Geor
gian” as Democratic authority? It is no now
thing to surprise the Chronicle aud Sentinel.
IProapectns ol'tbe True Gcorjjl an,
We direct special attention to the prospectus
of the True Georgian, printed in another col
umn of this morning’s Intelligencer. The
True Georgian as a great family paper, is fast
gaining on the confidence and affections of the
people. We commend the prospectus to the
notice of all. Thoso who want a general family
paper, sound in the Democratic faith, can be
accommodated by taking the True Georgian.
u Tlie Sonilicrn Democracy.”
As we print a lengthy article from the Au
gusta Chronicle and Sentinel to-day, we enclose,
as a supplement, the original article in review
of Judge Linton Stephens’ Augusta speech.
This article, which first appeared in the True
Georgian, February 2Sth, has excited marked
attention both North and South, and has called
forth the article in the Chronicle and Sentinel,
which we publish.
Our readers would do well to read both arti
cles, iu order to have a lull understanding of
the differences involved.
General P. XI. 11. Tonne.
General Young has been suffering greatly
from a cold which settled in his head. He is in
his seat to-day, however, and is again looking
up. There is no discount on his Democracy.
He says he would like to charae through the
House with a company of cavalry, to shoot and
to kill, aud I believe in truth he would.
We clip the above from the Chronicle and
Sentinel ot the 14tb. It is over the signature ot
a Washington correspondent signing hiinselt
“ Torp.” The statement that General Young
“ would like to charge through the House,” &e.,
&c, is a serious utterance lor a member of Con
gress, and we think he will correct it. We
hope so at least. General Young is by far too
sensible and gallant a man, to give birth to ex
pressions so wild, foolish and wicked. “ Torp ”
is certainly mistaken, or wt have sadly mistaken
the character and disposition ot General Young.
Washington correspondents too frequently put
words in the mouths of others. It is a very
dangerous habit, as the words supplied are not
always seasoned with discretion.
Tlie “ Southern Democracy.”
We print to-day a lengthy and rather loosely
written article, under the above caption, which
everybody will please read, from the Chronicle
and Sentinel of the 14th instant. We may re
view it at our leisure, or not, as circumstances
may seem to develop. The animus of the
writer, whoever lie may be, is not
calculated to commend him very highly
to public favor. Bad temper and careless ex
pressions seldom weigh much with the public.
Our fine is that of moderation, and we shall
pursue it w iih constancy and fidelity. W e be
lieve the National Democratic Convention will
pursue the same fine, and that a magnificent
victory will be secured to the National Democ
racy in 1S72. The personal allusions in the ar
ticle to the editor of tlii3 journal is a matter ol
no consequence whatever to the public.
TTe look only to the success and ul
timate triumph ot ihe National Democrat
ic party iu the coming struggle. She
stands to-day the “ shadow of a great rock”
in a weary land, and a complete triumph in
1872 will dispose of Radicalism for all time to
come. Let us have unity — “ let us have
peace.”
From tfce Cbronicle & Sentinel, March 14.1
»• Tlie S. ntliern Democracy.”
We publish, < sc where in our columns of to
day , ! an article under the above caption, taken
lrom the New Y ork World, ot the 6th instant,
and call tfie att ntion oi our readers specially
to it, as well a the comments upon it, which
we now proceed, as briefly as possible, to make
1st. We are sirprised to see the New York
World cite the frue Georgian, so-called, as a
proper exponent of Democratic sentiment in
this State. Th .t paper was established as a
Radical-Grant organ. Its editor, Dr. Bard, be
fore his appointment by Gram to the Governor
ship of Idaho, in control of the columns of the
New Era, defended and supported tue usurpv-
tvjrs oi Congre i in the whole matter ot recon
struction, so-c& led, including tfie montrous
iniquities of the i4th and 15tn Amendments,
so-called. He gave all the aid in his power to
have the^e erior.aous wrongs fastened upon the
country. It is true he now proclaims himseli a
Democrat, and hoists the name of J. hn T.
Ilollman a- the man of his choice for the Presi
dency iu 1872, &s he did th it of Grant at the
head ot the New Era in 1868.
Now, while wo are glad to see him abandon
ing the error oi bis way, and quitting a party,
as thousands of others are doing, when he and
they see the ruin which that party is bringing
upon ail interest , in society ; and. while we hail
with pleasure hi- co operation, in putting out of
power those the; did so much towards putting
in, yet we cann t accord to him, or aDy of his
class, a luidersh p in the Democratic organiza
tion, or permit its representations to go forth
as the true t-..po .tion of Democratic views and
sentiments in G' orgia.
His stammem, iD the extracts quoted, that
Judge Stephens’ position touching me invalidity
ot the 14tii and 15th Amendments, so caked, ot
the Constitution is not in accordance witn the
expressed policy ot a majority of the Democra
cy ot Georgia, is altogether gratuitous aud utter
ly unfounded—the very reverse is the truth ol
tne matter. The last expression ot the Democ
racy oi Georgia upon these aud all the recon
struction measur.«from which they sprung was
in the State Convention last August, in At
lanta. That Convention unanimously and with
great enthusiasm adopted a resolution, drawn
up by Judge Stephens, re-affirming the doc
trines, principles and declarations of the New
York Convention oi 1868, expressly declaring
these reconstruct ; on measures “ unconstitutional,
revolutionary, null and void.’’
Dr. Bam, in August last, at the head of the
True Georgian, so -called, then a zealous Grant
administration sheet, (out since held forth as a
Democratic organ) was quite as little satisfied
with that prout.uced judgement of the real
Democracy ot t ic Btate as he is now with
Judge Stephens’ utterances upon the same sub
ject.
The party in tins Slate went into the canvass
upon that issue, unu on it achieved a most signal
triumph and Judge Stephens did but utter a
great truth when he said in his scathing letter
to Bullock tna. the flag hoisted at Atlanta
“ floated triumphantly in victory, least tattered
where it was borne boldest and held highest in the
conjlix.t.”
judge Stephens did not resign the Chairman
ship of the Exec alive Committee of tbe Demo
cratic party oi the ialate ior any such reasons as
those stated by the ex-Radicai Governor of
Idaho. He simply declined to accept the posi
tion of Chairman of that committee, after he
learned that it bad been conferred upon him
when there was 1 ;ss than a quorum of the mem
bers present.
2d. It is very clearlyintimaledin the 'World’s
article that the Smihern Democracy, which em-
hraces an overw helming majority ol the white
people in at least eleven States of the Union, can,
it they choose, have the shaping and forming
oi the issues win :h shall enter into the Presi
dential canvass of 1872. This intimation com
ing irom the sou, ce it does should he duly con-
s’aered by every Southern Democrat. It is
indeed but the concession ol a fact apparent to
ail reflecting minds, ior without the electoral
votes ot these eleven Southern States or a large
majority ot them, th-.ro is hut little hope of the
success" ot the Democracy in that election.
Upon the Southern Democracy, therefore, it is
properly and widely conceded, in advance, de
volves the high and responsible, as well as patri
otic duty of shaping the Issues, or in other words,
oi determining what in that canvass shall be
considered as “ living ” and what “ dead issues.”
3d, We have heretofore said that several
things attending the war and its results are “ ir
reversible,’, or, at least, should be so considered,
though, strictly speaking, nothing can be said
to be irreversible in politics which comes within
the range oi the sovereign power of the people.
Among the things, however, which should be
considered irre /ersibie, in the sense in which ws
u=e that word, are the abolition of “ ffegro Sla-
iry,” and Secession as a practical remedy ior
Federal wrongs of any sort, as well as all mat
ters attending tne war, down to the time that the
seceding States resumed their obligations under
the Federal Constitution, and madeknown their
wiliinghess, in due and proper form, for the
restoration ot their practical relations to the
Union, as co-equal States under that Constitu
tion. Ail matters connected with the war and
its results, antecedent to that poiut in our history,
we class among those issues which, for all prac
tical purposes in the politics ot the day, should
be considered dead—things of the past, only to
be mentioned and treated of as matters of his
tory.
4tli. Now as to the “ living issues,” we have
maintained and do maintain, and so have and
do the real Democracy, not only of the Southern
States, but of all the States, that ail the recon
struction measures, so-called, of Congress, which
have been enacted since ihe time we have spo
ken of, have beta in direct violation ol the Con
stitution of the United States, and rest for their
support upon nothing but open and bold usur
pation—the more glaring and flagitious from
ihe fact that they have been in direct breach of
the solemn declaration made to the world by
the States North, of the object for which the
war was waged by. them against the States
South—which object, as they declared, was for
no purpose whatever but to maintain the integ
rity, so-called, of the Union, “ with all the dig
nity, equality, and the rights ot the several
States unimpaired,” under the Constitution.
These monstrous outrages upon the Constitu
tion, by which ten of tbe co-equal States ot the
Un on were dri en from ihe Federal councils,
denied all representation therein, and put under
military satraps, we, in common with the De
mocracy South as well as North, have held and
do cold to be moat infamous usurpations ol
power, utterly destructive oi public liberty and
therefore “ null and void.” This was the public
and solemn announcement ot the Democratic
party ol the Unlied States in their last general
convention in 1808, as well as that of the party
in Georgia at their last August Convention.
Ought this great fact than so announced by
the last Democratic general convention to be
ignored by the next ? Or ought it lo be ignored by
tne people iu iuture elections ? Ought these
huge crimes agsinst the Constitution and public
liberty, perpetrated by the present ruling dy
nasty, to be permitted to go unopposed, unre
buked, and uacomdemned by those who shall
make an effort to rescue our free institutions
from the bauds f present usurpers, whose evi
dent aims and objects are the overthrow of the
entire system ot government instituted by our
sue tors, and the erection in their stead oi a
centralized Empire? This we sav to the De
mocracy ot the South as well as to the Democ
racy North is tie great practical question for
them duly to consider ia shaping the issues tor
the next "Prcsid-ntial election. it is a q estion
invov.ug both principle aud policy. V\ e pro
pose to consider it in both aspects."
5th. Tne World clearly intimates the opinion
that thtce admit-ed usurpations ought to be ignored
as stated from policy; oecause, says the article
referred to; “ The reconstruction acts are no
longer in force, etc. There is, therefore, no room
either to resist their enforcement or acitate lor
their repeal ” To th ? we say if it were true
that the reconstructi n acts were no longer in
force, it would lolt- w that it would not be
botn right an.; most politic to agitate and keep
the ever iiv.ag truth before toe "p<_- pie mat a
party, or i iction, wiiich had so trampled upon
the C. institution, is utterly unfit to be trusted
with power. When did the agitation of the
questions growng out of the inta nous alien and
sedition acts ot tne last century, (passed by the
,-ame ^ party of centralism and consolidation)
cease? M as it when Mr. Jefferson, who was
triumphantly e.eeted President, treated them
ont “ as constaiit nullities ?” Was it when there
was a general, jail delivery by his Executive
order of all prisoners wrongfully suffering under
their iniquitious provisions ? Was it even when
their authors were consigned to iniamy by the
righteous judgment ot an outraged people? By
no means ! Agitation did not cease even then ;
on the contrary these foul usurpations were agi-
Cgr A contraband in the employ of C. R.
Moter, merchant, at Sidon, Mississippi, having
an “ itching palm ” for his employer’s money
box, climbed on the housetop a lew nights since,
with the intention of going down the chimney,
and thus gratifying his pecuniary wants by
helping himself. The chimney and he had been
built without a due regard to their relative phys
ical proportions, and by the time he had reached
he middle of the flue he ionnd himself wedged
in, without the power either to keep on down
or r treat. Iu this delightful predicament he
remained all night to reflect on the uncertainty
ot human plans, and when Air. Moter, ah un
witting ot the impediment, began, in the morn
ing, to kindle a fire under his contranandship,
he~lifted up his voice in lamentation. A rope
was let down trem the top and the wouid-De
thief hauled out, dark and sooty as Erebus, to
he landed in jail at Carrollton.
After all, t&e Parisians could not resist a
teoip.a'iou to view the parade of the Prussian
forces through the great city, and the cable in
forms us that hundreds ot men, women, and
cnildren flocked t« the Arc de Triomphe as soon
a3 it was understood that the procession had be
gan to move. Iu view ot the many earnest ap
peals of the Frenth newspapers that the streets
should be deserted, and that the invaders snou.fi
have no audience, the love of show and tinsel
thus betrayed mutt be very galling to the admi
rers of Ici Belle nation. Possibly the popula
tion of Paris could not have given more palpa
ble evidence of tieir inconsistency.
Lady Wilmot-Horton, lamed in her youth for
her beauty, aud the original ot Byron’s well
known lines, “ She Walks in Beauty,” is just
dead, in her eighty-third year.
bated lor a generation afterwards as one of the
most effective weapons, ot not only keeping the
authors of those measures out of power, but of
keeping out of power all who held like princi
ples ol'c-ntraiism and empire. So it should
vow be with the continued agitation of these re
construction measures, viewed solely as a ques
tion of policy.
6th. But is it true as matter of fact that these
reconstruction enormities, with their mischief,
have “expired by their own limitation ?” If so,
how is it that ten States of the Union are now
under governments imposed upon them by the
bayonet, through the instrumentality ol these
defunct measures ? If they, indeed aud truth,
be dead, their evil effects certainly live alter
them. These evil effects—their living offspring j
—therefore present a livirg question cf no small
magnitude, viewed in the light of either policy
or principle.
The World’s article seems to be based upon
the idea that there is no principle involved in the
question at all, and very little ot even policy.
The whole subject, in the view of that journal,
narrows down to the single question oi the
policy of “negro suffrage.” It is true this in the
article is strangly coupled with “negro slavery.”
But, as we have shown, that has nothing to do
with the reconstruction measures or the effects ol
these measures ot which we are speaking. For
neero slavery was abolished by all the States,
and the 13th amendment, forever prohibiting
slavery hereafterin any part oi the United States,
was duly ratified by the States before the U3ur-
patory proceeding- of these reconstruction meas
ures were begun. There are, therefore, matters
ot vastly more magnitude in the living issues
presented by these measures than the one oi
“negro suffrage,” and that one barely as a ques
tion ol policy.
It the reconstruction measures were themselves
usurpations, and being in violation of the Con
stitution were therefore null and, void, as every
true Democrat in tbe United States, holds them
to be, are not the revolutionary Governments
imposed by the bayonets, and their agency
alone, on ten State3 of the Union, likewise “null
and void ?” Are not the 14th and 15th so called
amendments of the Constitution of the United
States, so carried by duress, lores, fraud and
perfidy also “null and void ?” Can usurpation,
lraud, violence and perfi iy impart validity to
anything, or is it possible that any so called
amendment thus curried by usurpation, Irand.
violence and perfidy can be constitutionally valid?
To us the question 3eems to be tuliy answered
by it bare s atement. 13 there not then a great
principle, a living, vital principle, still involved
in these so-called defunct measures?
Should this principle then be ignored in pre-
euting issues tor the next Presidential cauvu&s ?
If so, why ? Because ol policy? What course
is more politic or u. >re expedient in appeals to
the people to change their rulers at the ballot
box, than by expor g the wrongs and misdeeds
of those to be displaced? Is it expected that the
people will lis’en tr such appeals favorably or
respond to them wii- zeal aod enthusiasm, and
that earnestness which secures success, when
the attack is made only against minor offenses,
while the infinitely greater high Crimea and mis
demeanors are passe., 'over and utteny ignored ?
W e maintain, therefore, both upon principle
and policy, that the Democratic party should
not lower its flag upon these greatest outrages
yet perpetrated upon the Constitution by the
ruling dynasty, if they expect the people to rally
to the rescue ot their free institutions from the
hands of those whose, w’hole purpose is their
overthrow and destruction. On the contrary,
our opinion is that the slogan should go forth
irom the valleys to the hill tops, and from the
mountains to the lake3 and seaboard—Out with
the Imperialists 1 Dowwith their usurpations!
and TJp with the Constitution!
7th. The World very truly says: “There is
nothing in the 14th Amendment worth fighting
about if the loth be accepted?” And what, we
would ask, would be left pertaining to public
liberty worth “figuring about” if the loth
Amendment be accepted ’ What is left if this is
to be quietly acquiesced in and received as a
“ verity” and “fixed fact,” not to be questioned
or condemned by ihe people’s judgment ? Wo
do not refer specially to negro suffrage, which
this amendment was intended to secure, but we
refer to the usurpation of power by which the
attempt was made to force negro suffrage upon
the States. Suffrage is a question which, under
our system, belongs to the States severally,
each for itself, and there is where the Democra
cy should insist, iu its platform of principles, it
should be left. If any or all the States South
as well as North see fit to allow sufirage to ne
groes, it is their right to do so. It is eq ualiy
the right ot each State North as well as South
to reiuse suffrage to this or any other class of
its population, as each State for itself may de
termine. Tnis is the practical issue which we
asserted. It rests upon a fundamental principle
in the Constitution of the United States. Upon
this principle, the Democratic party has ever
stood in every platform and manifesto put forth
by that party from the beginning, and it is upon
the same platform we would have them to con
tinue to stand if they intend or desire to pre
serve the liberties ot this country. If this most
daring of all usurpations of those now bearing
sway be accepted, then, indeed, we repeat, we
see nothing left of popular rights anywhere se
cure against the grasp ot audacious usurpers.
The yielding ot an inch invites to the taking of
an ell—this, however, would be eventually
yielding the citadel.
8th. In concluston, we say to the World, that
we of the South wish the Democracy ot the
Union, at its next general convention, simply to
stand by its heretotore announced principles,
and never to lower its flag by an acknowledge
ment ot either the wisdom or validity ot an ad
mitted usurpation of a most mischievous aud
revolutionary character—one tnat strikes a
death blow to the very vitals of the Federal
system, and clear the way of all obstacles to a
speedy and absolute centralized despotism.
We give it to the world as our opinion, (that of
Dr. Bard to the contrary notwithstanding), that
the Southern Democracy will, with united voice,
ia the next general convention ot the party,
ask and insist upon an unqualified denuncia
tion ot all the usurpations ol the present dyuas-
ly in the matter ot the reconstruction measures
so-called, and especially the usurpations by
which revolutionary governments have been,
through the agency of fraud, perfidy and bayo
nets, imposed and forced upon ten States of
this Union. We feel assured this is what they
ought to do, and believe it is what they
>vill do.
Nay, more. We believe that they will look
upon any organization calling itself Democrat
ic, or by any other false came, which shall en
deavor to pursuade the people to ignore these
usurpations, and to stop the arraignment ol the
perpetrators ol them before the people for pop
ular condemnation, as no better than “accesso
ries after the fact” to these high crimes against
the Constitution and the liberties of the country.
This is plain talk. We know it. The World
asks lor a trank and free interchange of opin
ion. We do but give ours fully, freely, frankly
and candidly—just as “ out ol the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh.”
State News.
The Sparia Times & Planter says: The ship
ments ot ireigh' to and irom the Sparta depot,
in comparison with those of last year, exhibit a’
considerable increase in the number of bales ot
cotton, and a diminishing in the number ol tons
ot guano.
Sparta needs a Juvenile Reform Society.
A post-office has been established at Deve-
reux.
A splendid pipe organ is being built at Jew
ell’s Mills, lor the Baptist Church.
A small amount of robbery, extortion and
other crime is embittering the cup of social
bliss usually quaffed by the Savannahites.
The Japanese are performing in Savannah.
C. K. Osgood, the new postmaster of Savan
nah has entered upon his duties.
The scholars of the Baptist Sabbath School
in Savannah preseuted a new library to the
crew ot the ship Tidal Wave on last Sabbath.
A communication in the Savannah News,
speaking of the new library as?ociation ot that
city, says: “ This most valuable and praise
worthy institution, established by a few of our
most respectable and earnest citizens, and in
tended for the benefit of our young men, cer
tainly deserves the confidence and patronage of
every class of our citizens. The rooms now
occupied by tlie association are in a most eligi
ble and fashionable portion of the city, being a
thoroughfare for ladies, who make their diurnal
shopping promenades. As one of the members
of tins institution I would mo9t respectfully
suggest the propriety of the ladies of Savan
nah becoming members, and using their potent
influence in furthering this great oenevolence ;
the good effect 01 their presence and patronage
would be ot incalculable benefit, and would en
courage their brothers, their sons 3nd husbands
in spending their leisure moments where in
struction and rational conversation would sup
ply the place of the gilded saloons devoted to
ilie worsnipof Bacchus and billiards.
Tidbits.
Amy Richardson, of Iowa, weighs 352 pounds.
This is the latest case of big-Amy.
The present annual production of tobacco is
estimated to be 4,000,000,000 pounds.
Kentucky made 9,906,957 gallons of whisky
in 1869, and only 5,869,798 gallons in 1870.
Victor Emanual is said to be fond of
“the rosy,” as .Mark Tapley calls whisky
straight.
It wa3 Mr. “ Wood” who offered the res
olution in Congress to remove the duty from
coal.
Sperm candles will be substituted for kero
sene in lighting Vanderbilt’s railroad cars.
UHman, erat or New York, is giving bril
liant concerts in Vienna, with ten prima
donnas.
The Vermont clergyman who recently tried
“ to starve out disease,” died under the ope
ration. *-
Turkeys are selling at from fifteen to seven
teen cents a pound in the Boston market, and
chickens at from twelve to fourteen.
Mr. Horne of St. Louis has insured his life for
.§409,000. His heirs.trust be will live long—iu
a Horne
Is the Smith family, running out ? In Mem
phis, Tennessee, the Millers are largely ahead in
the directory.
It is said there is now the largest tide in the
Kentucky river that has been known in a num
ber of years.
Skirts, to be stylish, must just touch the side
walk at the back aud on the - - sides. They are
just the thing lor completing the work of the
boy who sweeps the crossing.
Descendants of Indians whose fathers once
held land in Tennessee have employed a lawyer
in Memphis to sue for broad acres in the south
ern part of the county.
The New Orleans ice factorv runs six ma
chines, each costing $2,500 in gold, and freezes
sixteen tons of ice daily. The water is pumped
from the Mississippi, purified, and frozen into
mocks <.uice inches thick uhw t welve "by twenty-
four inches in area.
An early settler ot Indiana planted two trees
in front ol hi« cabin, saying to his wife that they
should be the trees of their lives. In 1834 the
one named after the man fell, and he survived
it but a little. Recently the woman’s tree died,
and she lived but a day or two longer.
A young man in Oswego, who started to at
tend a masquerade party', on Thursday, attired
and accoutred as he supposed Satin usually is,
unhappily entered the wrong house, to the con
sternation ot the inmates. The old gentleman,
father of the family, especially, was greatly
alarmed, and with a wild shriek, “ Maria, save
the children!” lie made his exit through the
rear door, closely followed by Maria and all the
iittle ones.
A religious paper is responsible for the fol
lowing: Au oid lady who was about to breathe
her last, received a call from an acquaintance
ignorant ol her morial illness. The answer
sent down from the chamber ol the departing
sufferer was memorably uniqe: “Madam
sends her compliments to Madam , but
oegs to be excused, as*she is engaged in dy
ing.”
Josh Billings thus define? “horns:” “Dinner
Horns—this is the oldest and most sacred thar
is. It ia set to music, and plays “Home, Sweet
Home” about noon. It will arrest a man and
bring him m quicker than a sherrifl’s warrant.
It kauses the deaf to hear and the dumb to shout
tor joy. Glorious old instrument 1 Long may
your lungs last! Whisky Horn—This horn
varys in length. From three to six inches is
the favorite size. It is different from other
horns, being ov a fluid natur. It is really more
puguashns than the ram’s horn; six inches of it
will knock a man perfectly calm.”
Philadelphia has 400 churches.
The manutacture ol linen last year in Ireland
was greater than ever before.
Virginia made 65,000 gallons of fruit brandy
iast year.
The past season has been the wettest known
in Australia lor twqjve years, causing severe
losses to flock masters.
The British revenue last year amounted to
$336,839,765.
Alice oary bequeathed all her property to her
sister Phceoe.
Iu the reign ol Francis I, more than one hun
dred thousand witches are said to have been put
10 death.
A Louisville modiste has just inherited $70,-
000, and recommends her successor to her late
customers.
:so me body assarts that more than half the ho
tels in this country, arc kept by natives ol New
Hampshire and Vermont.
Sicily’s annual production of brimstone is
600,600,000 pounds. If she keeps on, there
won’t ce any left lor the last day.
English papers report that the Russian gov
ernment has ordered tbe formation ot a reserve
force of 1,000,000 men, but for what reason does
not appear.
A late quotation of the price of votes states
that in the South Carolina legislature the aver
age is $200, but that in the New Jersey legisla
ture, at this session, $8,000 was paid in one in
stance. This seems quite cheap, ior a member
at Harrisburg not long ago said that it he did
not get at least $20,000 at this session, he would
consider that he was losing money.
“ John,” said a lather to a son one day, when
he caught him shaving the “ down ’’ off his
upper lip, ** don’t throw your shaving-water out
where there are any barefooted boys, ior they
might get their feet pricsed.”
“Wnat do you do ior a living?” asked a
farmer near Poughkeepsie, of a sturdy vaga
bond who came begging at his home. “ Well,
noming much, except traveling around,” said
the fellow. “ You look as though you wcie
good at that,” responded the farmer. “ Web,
yes, I am pretty good at traveling.” “ Then,”
said the farmer, opening the door, “ let’s see you
traveL” -
Personalties are rather freely indulged in by
Vermont politicians, as the election approaches
One suffrage ^solicitor, we observe, charges a
base lraud upon his opponent—namely, uuymg
soup bones at the market, and sticking a pair 01
turkey Y legs in the top ot his casket to “ make a
show on the street.
A rich but ignorant lady of Boston, who was
ambitious that uer conversation should be up
to the transcendental style, in speaking of a
friend, saiu : “ He is paragram of politeness I”
*• Excuse me,” said a wag sitting Dext toner;
“ but do you not mean parral'eiegram ?” “ Ot
course I meant parrallelegram,” replied the am
bitious lady; “ how coull 1 have made such a
mistake ?”
There is a young lady in Philadelphia who, 1
whenever she leels like enjoying a joke, drops
her bonnet and shawl on Fairmount bridge,
and then stays away from her friends for a week
or so. Sue enj oys their distress ot mind.
Tlie Enforennent Act.
That the Radical dominant clement is strang
ling iDeit iu its own toils is a self-evident truth,
made still clearer by the recent passage ot the
so-called Enforcement Act, by means of which
the frautic leaders of a mutinous crew hope to
save their foundering vessel from total ship
wreck. In other woids, it is the insane attempt
ol unscrupulous demagogues to garrote the
American pc. pie, and to rob them of their
most preciou; t r ensure—a free and untrammeled
ballot. They hope by a liberal application of
bayonet, and a complicated distribution ol
hordes of partisan la'raps and malignant jani
zaries to ov' re ivc the South, which has dared to
proclaim its right to freedom of thought and
action, and to assert its privilege to condemn
the insufferabl oppression ot radical exactions,
and to reaffirm its devotion to sound Demo
cratic principle?. But these men are reckoning
without their host. Already the mutteriDg
thunder of national discontent at this unwar
ranted action is being heard all over the coun
try, and not only Democrats but honest, influ
ential and determined Republicans are setting
their laces against this flagrant politi
cal outrage and insufferable chicanery,
fired by .bate and brought forth in hiainlesi
iniquity. Taking up the argument against this
thing on the grounds stated by honest and pa
triotic statesmen, like Governors Hoffman and
Geary, that if is a mischievous interference with
and deprivation of the freedom of elections
guaranteed by solemn statutes, even such
leadirfg Republican journal as the Chicago Tri
bune sounds au additional note of warning and
condemnation as follows:
The effect oi this legislation upon the public
mind is odious. It partakes ot the spirit of the
sedition laws enacted under the first Adams, and
intended to perpetuate the power of the old
Federal party. It has a reactionary effect, and
Ihough the law may not be resisted by violence,
the popular feeling inclines against that party
which adopts it. Under this law Federal troops
may be employed to aid the marshals in enforc
ing their absolute control at the polls, and
thousands ot zealous and earnest Republicans
n all parts of the country will not hesitate to
denounce such unnecessary and wanton inter
ference with tlie lrcedom of elections. Five
voters in each precinct, thus protesting against
such legislation, would revolutionize the politi
cal organization ot the Government at a single
election.
Decisions of Supreme Court of Georgia—
Jannarr Term, 1871#
Order of Circuits with the number of cases
from each":
Macon Circuit 13
12
Flint Circuit.
Tallapoosa Circuit...
AJlapaha
Atlanta Circuit
Borne Circuit
Cherokee Circuit
Northern Circuit
Middle Circuit
Ocruulgce Circuit
Eastern Circuit
Brunswick Circuit
Albany ..
Augusta..
...10
0
17
5
11
9
0
9
10
4
12
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Spontaneous Combustion,
The Boston Journal of Chemistry has an in
teresting and instructive article under the above
caj*tion. Remarking on the frequency of cases
of spontaneous combustion, it cannot help
thinking that the people are becoming more
careless than formerly, or else they are ignorant
ot the nature and the causes ol this kind of
combustion, which differs from ordinary burn
ing only in that the oxidation— the union of the
combustible subst ir-:: with the oxygen of the
air—is more gradual. The decay of animal
and vegetable substance is a process of this
k.rd. Thus, when a log ot wood rots in the
to rest it is as really burned up as when it blazes
on au old-fashioned fire-place. The heat is the
same, end the products ot the combustion—car
bonic acid and water—are the same, the only
difference being in the rapidity ot the process,
which makes the heat perceptible in the one
case, and impe-cepdble to the ordinary per
eeption In tne other. The rusting of meta’s
is another iorm of slow combustion, heat
heir generate' 7 *r v-.h pr ice s as sn that
of u. cay; aud it the rusting is made
sufficiently rapid the rise ot temperature
ia readily detected. Au insUnes in corrobora
tion o f ’ ds assertion, which occurred in Eng-
'and d rring the manufacture ot a submarine
cable, is given. A portion of cable wire, placed
m tanks filled with water, rusted so rapidly that
the temperature rose in four days from 66 to 79
degrees, and would have risen even higher had
the wire not been cooled by pouring on water.
In tb>s case, remarks the Journal, the heat set
flee caused the oxidation to go on taster and
faster; and tiffs is what occurs in spontaneous
combustion, which is simply “rapid combustion
ck /eloped graduahy from slow" combustion.”
0,17 rags used by p .inters, and cotton waste
used lor wip-ug machinery, are common sources
of such combustion. “ Wneu,” says the Journal,
such substances have bre mae saturated with oil,
if they happen to be thrown into a heat, the oil
begins to oxidize slowly, but the heat pro
dueed makes the oxidation more and m re
lapid, until the mass bursts iuto a flathe. Oils
that oxidize readily, like cotton-seed oil, are
especially liable to take fire. Oil spilt on dry
sawdust has been known to ignite in the same
way.” Hay, cotton, tow, flax, hemp, rags,
leaves, spent tan, straw in manure heaps, etc,
when stacked in quantities in a damp state, take
fire spontaneously, the oxidation being that ol
incipient decay or fermentation promoted by the
dampuess aud the ionfined heat accumulating,
until it is sufficient to cause rapid combustion.
Pulverized charcoal, prepared lor making gun
powder, and stored in heaps, has been known
to ignite when neither oily nor damp. The
journal thinks it doubtful whether grain ox
seeds of any kind are liable to spontaneous
combustion, though several French savants
came to tlie conclusion that a barn had caught
fire irom spontaneous ignition of clamp oats
stored therein. However that may be, the jour
nal thinks it evident irom the facts given that
many tires, involving great destruction of prop
erty, have been tlie result ot spontaneous com
bustion; and that it is probable chat many con
flagrations ascribed to incendiarism have really
owed their origin to the same cause.
“Better Say NutUlng.’’
We print an article ihi3 morning feim the
able and lucid pen of Colonel Cary W. Styles,
ot tne Albany (Ga)News, ot March 14th. It
is pithy and to tne point :
“ it seems to us that silence, as to the future
policy oi the Democratic party, is, just now,
the imperative duty ot the Southern Press.
Some of our contemporaries are continually
hiazmg away, as if they were carrying the
whole party upon their shoulders, and were ex
pected to shape its fight lor 1872. They are
violent, dictatorial and uncompromising in the
expression of their views; and are as reckless
in extreme utterances as it they were masters
of the situation, and were directing their re
marks to a conquered, prostrate and powerless
adverse-y. ind they are not without encoura-
gers and abetters outside ol the Press. There
are distinguished individuals who have a mania
tor writing, overweening vanity and vaulting
ambition to keep themseives prominently be-
iore the people, who write and publish all sorts
ot combustible stuff about important matters
Lhat ought to be deierred for some months.
“ Such writers have done, and are still doing
the cause they so zealously espouse, a vast deal
ot harm. Already they hnd themseives on the
defensive, and to iced to a system ot warfare
that seldom results in success.
“ At the time ot the meeting of the National
Democratic Conv-.n-ioi; in 1368, the party’s fight
was aggr-ssive—a-singie indiscreet tetter re
versed the order 01 hattie, compelled a defen
sive attitude, and led to a series 01 blunders that
culminated in disaster. We should avoid the
rqcx that wrecktd us then, and the way to doit
;s to fie to with just enough canvaso spread to
keep our prow to windward.
The time his not arrived for discussing a
platform, and no good can be accomplished by
it. The platfoim for the South is opposition to
the Radical party, and all true men will unite
upon that one idea; h.r it embraces Constna-
tioDu! government, ooeciience to the laws, the
integrity 01 the States and c.vil lioerty. The
questions of now many pianks tne platform
shall be composed, and of what kind of mate
rials are cot paramount with us—the grand aim
and mission of the Democratic party is to’res
cue the government from Radical corruption
and centralizing despotism, ana it is scarcely
within the range of possibility, lhat a platform
will be constructed that we cannot stand upon
and fight upon.
Therefore let us wait and watetq and above
all, write nothing that will necessitate a change
01 front or throw us upon the defensive.
_ There are said to oe 0u,u0u Clergymen in the
United States, their average pay being about
$700 a year.
Wednesday, March 15,1871.
Argument in No. 2, Tallapoosa circuit, How
ard vs. Worrilland Freeman—was resumed and
concluded. Judge B. H. Bigham, for plaintiff
in error. Jno. \\. Park, by brief, for defendant
in error.
No. 3, Tallapoosa circuit, Freeman vs. Wor
rell—was argued for plaintiff in error, by brief,
of J. M. W. Parks, and for defendant in error
by Mr. B. Hill.
No. 4, Tallapoosa circuit, Hull vs. Holmes—
was argued Ior plaintiff in error by Judge Big
ham, and for deiendant in error by Colonel
Mabi y.
No. 5, Tallapoosa circuit, Merrell vs. Whitti-
ker—was argued for plaintiff in error by Colo
nel Buckhanan.
The Court adjourned till ten o’clock, A. m..
to-morrow.
Thursday, March 15,1871.
No. 6, Tallapoosa Circuit—Thomas J. Jack-
son vs. Francis M. Scoggin—was argued for the
plaintiff in error by J. B. S. Davis, Esq., and
for defendant in error by Colonel H. Buchanan.
No. 9, Tallapoosa Circuit—Joseph Calhoun
vs. N. H. McLendon—was argued ior plaintiff
in error by Mr. Smith, and for defendant in er
ror by Mr. Davis.
Upon motion, and by consent of the bar, No.
10 was, next called; and pending argument
thereon, the court adjourned till 10 a. m, to
morrow.
Tlie Democratic Caucus—Heorsanlzatlon
of the Democratic aud Conservative Con
gressional Committee.
An adjourned caucus of the Democrafic and
Conservative members of Congress was held iu
the hall ol the House of Representatives at 11
o’clock, on Saturday morning.
Hon. Fernando Wood, of New York, called
the caucus to order, and, on motion, Hon. Eu
gene Casseriy, of California, took the chair.
Hon. M. C. Kerr, of Indiana, moved the fol
lowing resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That we cordially commend to our
Democratic and Conservative fellow-citizens
throughout the country the Patriot, of the city of
Washington, as a newspaper eminently worthy
ot their favor and support, by reason of the high
tone, great ability and fidelity to correct prin
ciples which characterize its mangagement
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be
communicated to that paper for publication.
Hon. William E. Niblack, of Indiana, offered
the following, which was also unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That there shall be appointed a
committee, consisting of one Senator or Repre
sentative from each State entitled by the politi
cal character of its delegation to representation
in this caucus, to serve during the present Con
gress, and to to be known as Democratic and
Conservative Congressional Committee, which
shall be charged with such dutie3 as it may
properly perform in regard to elections and
other political matters during its existence, with
power to choose its own chairman and other
officers, and also to choose and appoint a sub
committee, to consist, in whole or in part, as
may be deemed best, ot members of Congress,
to act as a resident executive committee, lor the
distribution of documents and other campaign
work.
Resolved further, That each delegation here
represented shall be entitled to name its com
mittee-man under the foregoing resolution, but
when no person shall be named within a rea
sonable time, then the chairman ot this caucus
shall appoint such committee-man.
On motion, the roll ot the States was called,
and it appeared that the following States and
Territories were represented, viz: New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Ohio, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkan-
sas, Michigan, Florida, California, Oregon and
Nevada, aud the territories ol Idaho and Da
kota.
On motion, the following-named gentlemen
were appointed to compose the said Democratic
and Conservative Congressional committee, viz :
New York—H. W. Slocum.
New Jersey—John P. Stockton.
Pennsylvania—Samuel J. Randall.
Delaware—Benjamin T. Biggs.
Maryland—Stevenson Archer. ’
Virginia—John Critcher,
North Carolina—F. E. Shober.
South Carolina—Isaac C. McKissick.
Georgia—P. M. B. Young.
Alabama—P. M. Dox.
Mississippi—
I ouisiana—
OI’o—Philadelph Van Trump
Kentucky—Boyd Winchester
Tennessee—W. O. YYhitthorne.
Indiana—M. C. Kerr.
Iillinois—Samuel s. Marshall.
Missouri—Erastus Wells.
Arkansas—James M. Hanks.
Michigan—J. G. Sutherland.
Florida—Silas L. Niblack.
Texas—
Iowa—
Wisconsin— .»■
California—Eugene Casseriy.
Minnesota—
Oregon—James H. Slater.
Kansas-
West Virginia—
Nevada—Charles W. Kendall.
Nebraska—
Idaho—Samuel A. Merritt.
Dakota—Moses K. Armstrong.
Horn John T. Bird, of New Jersey, from the
special committee appointed at a previous cau
cus to examine the accounts of the National
Democratic Executive Committee, reported that
the same were correct. The report was
adopted, and the special committee was dis
charged.
Hon. Fernando Wood, of New York, moved
the following resolution, which was adopted
unanimously:
Resolved, That it js essential to the interests
oi the people of this country that the Demo
cratic and Conservative members ot Congress
be in constant attendance upon the sessions un
til the final adjournment, and that the absentees
be requested to return at once, so that the evil
legislation contemplated may be avoided.
On motion ot Mr. Niblack, it was ordered that
the proceedings ot the caucus be handed to the
press for publication.
On motion, the caucus then adjourned.
Eugene Cabserly,
Chairman.
F. E. 8hobef v
W. £. Arthur,
W. A Handley,
Secretaries.
Newspaper Change.—Judge Whitaker has
retired horn the Atlanta Intelligencer, with
which he has been connected for many years
past. During all that time, he never forgot the
dignity of his position ; but always courteous
and gentlemanly in his intercourse with the
profession, he won the es.eem of ali. We trust
that health and happiness may attend him in
his retirement from a position he filled so well.
Judge Whitaker is succeeded by Governor
Bard, whose bold, tearless and independent
course fits won lor him a high position as a
ioumalist. He i3 always polite and courteous,
but somewhat pungent a9 a writer. We hope
he may live to ar’minister many a stunning
blow to Radicalism. He gives notice that he
will continue the publication ot the Weekly
True Georgian.—Athens Watchman, March it
Galvanic Element with one Liquid. A
galvanic element with one liquid, a3 recently
announced, consists of a galvanic cell, composed
ot zinc and carbon, placed in a fluid made up
ot 40 parts of water, 45 of bichromate of po-
tassa, 9 parts of suiphurie acid, 4 parts of sul
phate or soda. 4 parts of the double sulphate of
potassa and iron, tnis producing a very regular
current. It is said that the zinc need not be
amalgamated aud Lhat no gas is evolved.
E. F. B. paints the pale, soothes the nervous
aud cures the Hysterical. febl-dawlm.