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2*l Arietta,. 3*., 2&a.y 3, 1872.
POLITICAL.
rile Jury :illliall ■<-<*( l to tin* t'mirt
yesterday morning in tin- ( ox trial that
ihercwa.* no possibility of agreeing on
a verdict, part being lor ami part a
gainst uquirtul.
Impartial Juries ami free elect ions:—
it is* for 11irsi*, anarchists clamor: ju> ie*
'elected h v organized cliques ami clec
tions controlled by organized parti/ans.
To 'licit hast* ii'C- have l hose rights been
brought.
Two thousand one hundred and uine
ly-lbiir emigrants arrived at t'a-tle
Garden. New York. Irom Knrwpe, last
week. rills is the best week's record
for i In- same period for many years.
The democrats have introduced in the
House a separate bill forhiding the em
ployment of troops at elections. Tin*
Kcptiblleans propose to amend it .
I’lte North does not upbraid tin*. South
ern politician- lievansc the latter seek
control of the foderat government; Inti
because it is sought in a ect ional spirit
and for sectional purposes. Infuse into
• hem the nalionai spirit of Washington
•r Jefferson and the North will rejoice
mi their supremacy.
I lie New \ o.k Situ thinks lhe democ
itacy lack- hack bone. “It preferred
• peace (o civil war when Tilden was re
tired and now that Hayes comes menac
ing! v to the front it liegins to cower."
So far the party proves itself cmiserva
) i ve.
I tie Horn lions say that the negro ex
odus is mu caused by the maltreatment
••f that race, that the thousands already
gone and the. thousands on the move re
ceive their inspiration from the north,
from Witidom. Ingalls and other*. Ui
lhe cotiirury, if the negro race in the
I niiotl Stales, possesses moral and in
lellcctu.ral capacity titling it for freedom
tnd civilisation, then the inspiration, is
from a higher am tree and I lie race, is
taking the tide at it- flood which now
or never will bear it on to prosperous
di-l inetiou.
“We will ooj lie governed bv the ne
gro" say* t>ie New Orleans Plnitimnr .
" Tin* tiegfh* must be governed by ns."
This will do very well in New Orleans
and in all Ihe roast region of the. South.
There, it seems proper, that the few in
telligent whiles should govern tin* ne
gro: Inti it Is not right that these few
whites, control mg flic negro vote,
should emit rol the w hite vote of the
northern section of the South. It would
look too much like subordinating the
Southern Static to verv small rings of
organ i/.**d I riekster*.
I‘huruoh ha* no army to stop the Afri
can exodus. Init, in lieu thereof, lie pic
ture-in the emmigruuts. gorgotis. hy
dras and chimeras dire, to lie met in
tlie w ilderness. The negro, however,
Vm*op.v. that if there i-capability in his
race the promised laud is hiopportuni
ty; that if there is not. hi' fortune will
not Ue the worse tor the experiment.
The mi re bourbon* w ho w onld represent
them in the halls of legislation: capi
talists who fancy they can employ them
with protit. but neither the
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Marietta.. Georgia. Thursday, may >. ist-.k
, i Inasmuch as religion was rudely
mixed up with the late political canvass
in this distrlM we copy the following
psirtiul exposition of w hat i- generally
know n as infidelity from a recent dis
course of Key.('. Giles of the Sweden
borg ia n church. It will he seen that
ihe Sin of Scepticism, as represented by
designing or zealous bigots is nothing
more than an honest inquiry after
l rnth.J
Skepticism lias increased with the in
crease of know ledge, freedom in the ex
ercise of the intellectual faculties.
When man begins to look about him lie
discovers that law , order, and the nicest
adjustment of means to end- every
\\ here prevail'. The further his knowl
edge extends, and the more accurate It
become*, the more clearly he -ees this
constant presciA-e and immutability of
law . As this process goes on, lie cares
less for opinion and more for truth.
His concent to know what i- increases,
and to learn w hat, is said diminishes.
When he discovers that any doctrine or
theory,however w idely it may be accept
ed, contradicts established fact* or well
known laws, or only partly accounts
for them, begins to doubts his truth,
lie cannot help it, A a true 'knowl
edge of nature increased, men became
skeptical about the old notions and the
ories relative to the universe. One af
ter another ha* been discarded, until
there is hardly a vestige of the old be
liefs remaining among intelligent men.
The praei ice if looking about us and
scrutinizing beliefs cannot he arrested.
It must extend into every domain of hu
man thought. The doctrines that relate
to the spirit, as well a* the. body, to God
as well as to man, will he subjected to
the sharpest examination, and will
stand or fall according to their ability
to stand the test ofenligTilened reason.
The old doctrine in regard to lhe Ho
ly Scriptures was that they were liter
ally true and inspired and holy in every
word. So long as men knew nothing
about astronomy or geology there was
no 'eienl#e dilttcnlfy in the way of be
lief. But w lieu these, sciences became
known human opinion underwent a
great change, and it was demonstrated
tn every intelligent mind that some of
the .statements in the. Bible could uol,J>e
literally true. .Many mind* were start
led a> from a profound slumber by rlie
discovery tliat the v\ orld could not have
been created in six days of t vveiily-four
hours, and many inetfectnal efforts were
made to disprove tin* conclusion or to
shield tin 1 doctrine of verbal interpre
tation from attack. These ett'orls were
vain. The doubt* extended to other
parts of tin* Bible, and the doctrine of
inspiration ha* been greatly modified.
Throw discedit upon one point of a doc
trine and you a waken doubts about eve
ry other point. Vs the floetfine* of re
ligion are suppuseilto be drawn from
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three. One being, whether divine or
mortal, cannot be three beings. 'The
mere statement of'iieii a doctrine ex
iit cs doubt, it may lie called a mystery
it may be taugltt l*y the authority of
the Clinch, and the mind may give a
formal assent to it. But it is not a mys
tery; it is a contradiction, and tin* en
lightened mind rejects it. ’The more
closely the principles of justice and mer
ev are studied the more clearly it is
seen that if is notjnstiee, but injustice,
to punish the innocent for flic guilty.
No court in the world would follow the
doctrine of vicarious atonement in ad
ministering punishment. To condemn
tin* innocent son of a murderer tod%ath
and to let the guilt v go free, would be
the greatest possible outrage on justice
and Immunity. The doctrine has under
gone many changes to meet the demands
of intelligent conception of justice,and
these changes must continue until a
doctrine of human salvation is gained
that will stand the rest of reason and
humanity. 'The sense of justice and the
more humane feelings revolt against
the old arbitrary and cruel doctrine
concerning the punishment of sin in a
hell of unmitigated and endless tor
ment. ’There Is o proportion between
the crime and the punishment.
THE COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS
in Coni/rexs,
W e see from the Record that our im
mediate Representative is placed on the
first committee of Congress in tin*
House of Representatives.
The best minds ot both parties are by
long custom conceded that, place. Oc
casionally their is something granted
to personal friendship, hut. as a rule the
Speaker gives the places on the first
committee in rank to the clearest, brain.*
and tiuesi intellects in the House.
Randal Gibson represents tlie Sugar
interests of the South, on that commit
tee. It is granted that Felton is int rust
ed with the rice and cotton interest's.
.Mills of Texas is also from the cotton
hell, Virginia and KcnMickcy ha* some
able men to stand by the Tobacco i itwr
esfs in the coming tariff bill.
\\V are pleased that Mr Randall has
promoted our Representative to this po
sition. We rhink we are sate in saying,
be will merit the confidence of the
Speaker, and v\illtUl the ev perdition of
t lie count rv ar large.
On tlie committee of commerce l>r.
Felton’s work was more or less eon lined
to tin* River' of Georgia.
He lia' done his full duly to I lie Rivers
of hi* district and the State, and we
are eon vineed I hat the praise of “organ
ized" .lonrnals would have been lavish.
if an v ot her man from Georgia bail done
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so much to build up the material inter
ests of Georgia. For instance, lie was
the instrument in securing to Savannah
liarhnr one hundred thousand dollars
the winter just past. Mr. Hart ridge
a bill introduced
. Felton worked
I for all Georgia's
'ge appropriat ion
I it afterward Ue
inn.di papers and
>se sections fhi
appropriat ion vv ill be expended. Idds
they give him one word of t bank' ? Nut
one that ever met on/r eye. On the con
trary, the Savanmill News excelled its
usual. attacking Felton:
aiulJbier a l irade abuse.
and
This ha- nothing to do with hi- work
on the committee of commerce howev
er. He does not work for the commen
dation of Ring papers, nor is he dele red
from it is duty by their unfair abuse.
We are pleased u* wo said before tltni,
In*has a wide field for bi> talent* and
we are sure Georgia will find that sbe
can step to the front on the Wavs and
means ('ommitfee and hold up her repu
tation as the empire State of the South
in the faithful service of one of her
truest, and ablest men—M m. H. Felton
of the 7tli Geo, District.
T'.VttMhlt.
Kx-Goveruor lloinirieks has reite.ru
ted to the Indianapolis Jttnnmf his de
claration that it is his “positive ami ir
revocable" intent ion to decline a second
place upon another Presidential ticket,
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Nash vilh* A/jov/V<n/: Ben Butler is a.
shrewd old dog. He. lias just, donated
20,000 acres of land in Wisconsin to the
fleeing negroes who are too luzv to
work in Louisiana. He says he gives
the land and now leaves it to others to
prove their zealous faith hy starting
the freed men, and providing them with
means for utilizing the offer he ha*
made.
A bill providing for the levy of a |m>l]
tax in Missouri lias been ordered to en
grossjupnf-iuy-'re"Senate. The fax applies
to all male person* under seventy and
over tyventy-one years of age, and if
tlie bill become* a law. will be included
in the rax bills of 187 U and 18W. The
proceeds of this special levy are first to
be applied to the payment of outstand
ing revenue bonds and temporary loans
and the residue to the building fund of
the new insane asylum.
THE KEELY MOTOR.
Almost.simultaneously with the an
nouncement. of the.patents issued to Mr.
Edison iw eonneetioH yvith his invention
ot mean* of practically applying the
electric light, some very remarkable- ac
emint' comes ton* from Philadelphia tM
regard to the completion of the ,‘Keel.v
motor." 'Theseaccounts—the New York
Worhl gives film; ooluinns and a balffo
the subject, and tiie Philadelphia Press
nearly as much more—are to the efliect
that Mr. Keely lias found out how to
“generate" anew •force,’ which, by the.
'iuiple introduction of a-quart.of water
into bis apparatus and t urning of a
crank, develops a power of twenty-live
thousand pounds to the square inch.
Ibis force is represented as being prac
tically inexhaustible, and it drives bni
let' (according t the yvitnessesHhrough
a steel-plate and twelve inches of pine-,
plank. Mr. Keely has also “iuyen
terl.’ in thr* shim* connection, a“y ibra
toi) engine,’’which is ciaimed to aj>-
ply and render of practical service his
new force, and some very wonderful
things are told of llii* machine. Mr.
y is said to be backed by some capi
talists who are known to have made
their money by tin* employment of
knoyyn forces in a practical and econo
mic way. Astothe unknown force
nutil ir should become better known—
it "ill perhaps be advisable for careful
investors to wait before they comprom
ise themselves by investing t<, o heavily.
I here is a “vibratory force'’ in fancy
stock* wiiich. like what Mr. Keely
claims for hi* nevy force, ha* la-tore now