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Tri-Weekly Republican. I
Americas, Georgia:
oTwT haNCOOK.
Editor and Proprietor.
THUKSUAY. JULY 'll. 1807.
jg»VV C commend the following remarks
taken frora the Macon Telegraph, to the se
rious consideration of our readers :
Course cf Registration.
It is very evident that the true men of the
South—and we may say the white men—have
but a meagre chance at best under the legis
lation ot Congress. And it would seem that
even that little is to bo lost in the practical
execution of what is known as “Renconstruc
tion Acts.” From what cause it results we
know not, but we cannot shut, our eyes to
the fact that iu the course of registration, all
power in the South is passing irom the white
to the black race.’ It is remarkable, that in
overy State, thus far, the enrolled names of
the negroes amount to nearly double those
of the And the matter seems to get
no better as registration approaches its close.
Whether the whites have given up in despair
BBd resolxrtdAmno&Vor whether they are, or
conceive themselves to bo, disfranchised un
der the act of Congress, wc cannot tell; but
certain it is, that in no Stale does the num
ber registered bear any just proportion to
the white population as shown by the census
returns.
This is a sad state of thiDgs—sad for the
whites slill sadder for the blacks. The latter
turned over to be duped by the tucks and
wiles of Radical emissaries from the North,
will soon accomplish their own destruction!
while the Southern whites, having declined
to register und put themselves in a position to
act, must stand quietly by and see every in
terest of society perish. This is a truestate*
nientof the case, and we had as well look it
squarely in the face at once. Between the
disfranchisements of Congress and the unac-
countable indifference of our own people,
every Southern State is about to be African
ized and turned over to anarchy- Who, then
will be sate? Letevtry man who holds a
dollar’s worth of property or any other stake
in the country, seriously ponder the question.
It is not yet too late, if they really have the
power under the law, to put themselves in a
position to save the South from the most ter
rible of evils. Will they do it?
see.
Wc cannot help thinking that much of
this lethargy and indiCerence at the South
results from the bad conduct of the Conser
vatives at the North. They have seemed
content to struggle for the salvation of their
own States from Radical dominion, but let
the South go to the d—l. They have given
us no encouragement to war against revolu
tion—a revolution that will involve them as
well as us—but to the contrary, all the.r
journals and party leaders have advised us
to accept the reconstruction mnimw. «•!»*
pietefy Sniwcrts the government as formed
by our fathers. In this they have been un
true both to the Constitution and themselves.
The Democrats may carry a majority of the
Northern Slates, hut, then, what use can we
be to then, with our hands tied and al
the Southern States governed by negroes and
a handful of mean white people, far more
degraded than their associates ?
Maximilian the Late Emperor.—Maxi
milian, ex-Em peror of Mexico, was born
July 6,15J2, so that he was nearly thirty
five years of age on the 19th of June, when
lie was executed. lls was brother of the
present Emperor cf Austria, and sou of the
Archduke Francis, Charles Joseph and the
Archduchess Sophia, both of whom survive
him- His wife, the Archduchess Charlotte,
is a daughter of the late King of the Belgians
a sister of the present King, and a grand-i
daughter of the late King, Louis Phillips, of j
I'ranee. .She was twenty-seven years old
the-7th of June. They have never had any
children.
What Congress is Convened Fox. —The
New York Times, (Republican,) in speaking
of the gold speculations in that city, says ;
“An extra session of Congress will help
these speculative views immensely. From
the moment that it became probable, an un
settled feeling has been discernible in the
transactions ot the gold room, and now, that
it is a certainty, we may look for renewed
speculation. Whether the anticipations of
speculators fce or not be realized is, for their
passing purposes, a matter of no concern.— j
It is enough that a period of excitement at
Washington is at hand, and there will be no
escape from its baneful influence while the
secession continues.”
So, in order to help the gold speculators
aDd enhance the price of the necessaries of
life the extra session was determined upon.
Mail Service at the South. —We are
glad to learn, from the National Intelligen
cer, that the Southern mail service, restored
as before the war, which went into opera
tion on the Ist inst., includes about one thou
sand routes, and is as completely under con
tract with responsible parties as at any- for
mer period. No effort has been spared by
the Department to furnish 'lie very best ser
vice in regard to the frequency of trips and
best connections, so that the most remote
part of each Stale may be literally webbed
With post offices.
The Plot Confessed ' —The Washington
Chronicle lias aunounced :
“If we reach the day of that election with
the constitutional amendments not adopted,
and Andrew Johnson still acting President
of the United States, there will not be wis
dom enough in the land to prevent another
fearful struggle.”
The Radicals are determined to have an
other war among themselves, in oder to get
“more enjoyment—more recreation.”
From tbo Chronicle It, Sentinel.
Notes on the Situation-No-12-
BY B. It HILL.
1 have now shown that tho Military Dills
arc unconstitutional There can bo nothing i
clearer than this, for they aie in tire most fit- (
reel conflict with the very language and pur- I
poses of the Coasiitution, and tho-positloq is j
conceded. Os course there could' beno possible ’
good reason for violating the Constitution,
for to env so. is neithor more or less than to
say the Constitution is wrong, and the Gov ;
eminent, organized under it ought to be t-üb, j
verted! And this is exactly what every man ]
who voted or approves these bills did. ray and
does Bay ; and every rnau who votes to cany
out these bills, votes to set aside the Goosti
tution and subvert tho Government ! I cate
not what bis mouth says or his lips prof sses
about loyalty, his heart is far from the Con
stitution. and his act is to disobey the Gov
ernment The poll lists of registered voters
will tell ur precisely who is for thp.Constitu
tion, and who is against it who is lor the
government of iaw and who is for anarchy.
Tn plain words, the question who is “for a
Convention” and who is ‘against a Con vum
tion,” means precisely “who is against the
Constitution,” and “who is for the Constitu-
tion ”
But 1 bavo shown all the excuses or apoio- :
gies made for these bills are like the cilia,
also unconstitutional ; anil are untrue in
themselves, are contrary to the law's of even
civilized war. and are founded in false pre
t-nces. arid are insincere in purpose and v
rue w ire race in order to |ro
lor.g the existence of the party that is thus
filthier*. deceitful, oppressive and di-bonoring
to both Government and people, and to their !
own pledges. !
If. in the face of this plain statement ei |
the issue, the correctness of which statement
no true man can gainsay, and no honest mind
will gainsay, there is still to tic found a man
in America who can see iu these Military Bills
any safety for property, or life, or liberty ;
or any protection iu tfce enjoyment of either:
or snv elevation for the black race ; or any
thing in government but anarchy, with its
long ordeal of blood, and robbery, and fac
tions, and havoc, and spoil, and waste, an*!
crime in eyerv form and grade, untd power
or powers shall arise an I proclaim the peace
to a deluded, exhausted and ruined people
though an empire or empires a despotism or
despotisms ; such a mau is simpiy given over
“ to believe a lie that he may he damned
yea, and to act a lie that his country may ho
damned 1
The next question, in the natural order of
argument, is this : In what way shall these
bills be resisted, or by what remedies
shall their enforcement and final eitahlish
monf be prevented ? I enter upon this branch
of (he discussion with pain and pleasure- with
pain because I consider it my duty to declare
some grievous errors committed by friends of
our side of tho Constitution ’ errors, too,
which amount touo less than a surrender Oi
some of tho most ( fhetive remedies against
those measures ; and with pieasuro because
I can still see remaining to us remedies i.m
plo to save the Constitution, the country and
iibcrly, if, as rulers and people will have
even a moiety of that great moral courage
which makes us not afraid to tell the tiurh
and defend the right. Never, never had any
people in any age of 'he world such an occa
sion-snch necessity--for moral courage as
now have the people, not only of the ten
States on which rape is being perpetrated, bu'
of the United States, who are all involved in
the crime and must pay its penalties
That devilish spirit of treason, which
comes not with arms nud open, manly warn
ing. but creeps and hides i'self lit some urn
suspected, yea trusted form, is now.incur
political Eden, and, with artful words, and
with tne prestige of authority, and aseui’Snces
of safety and blessing and greatness, J*per.
ranking by statute, that
like and equal, which God by nature made
unlike and unequal, and in so doing to diso
bey the command of the Constitution ! And
some are already persuaded, anti histly cry
“It is true, let us disobey, and taste, for we
shrill thereby be great ; ' and if on* people
awake not now to their danger, and drive
tiii.s modern political Satan of Radicalism,
with scouring and hissing from their heritage,
then death - political death - will come, and
quickly, fiercely come, wirh blighting curse
ail over trie last and noblest domain of free
doom, our selves and our children to
tiro "blood aid ttreat” of despotism for
ever !
Oh, 'bat some voice would ri-;c whose
thrilling notes of patriotism could cover uil
the land, arid, hushing this Bedlam dire of
sectioi a! elimination, distrust and oppression,
i inspire the people to unite and make one.
I more maniy rational effort to save the Con
stitution. ami stop the deep and ever deep
ening stabs which treachery, through force
ria l perjury, arc madly making at tho very
vitals of liberty ! We need a tearless three,
i lea strong in moral courage and a universal
I country-wide patriotism-to kill this Neraaean
| lion ; to burn to the roots the more than
I hundred beads of this Lei mean Hydra; to
clean this Augeian stable whose fierce
rapacity, and prolific terrors and boundless
tilth are all combined in this destroyer of j
States this assassin of written Constitution, i
this more than bruti-b defiled of its own j
race—modern Radicalism 1
The framers of the Constitution donbtlesa i
supposed they had provided, or let existing, j
ample comedies for all ihe violations of that
instrument ; both preventative and curative
remedies, whether those violations should be j
made by the Government or by the Htates, or
by the people ; and had a!“o provided for j
the amendment of the Constitution in a prop,
er manner, to suit -it to such unanticipated
necessities as the future might develope
these remedies were distributed—some being
lodged in the different departments of the
Government and some left under regulations
with the people.
'1 iiese remedies should always bo applied
in their proper order according to the nature
and source of the violation.
In my opinion, the first remedy against j
these Military Bills was iho executive depart- j
ment of the Government
'ihe Government is divided into Ihrce de
partments and separate powers given to each
depa l tment for the great purpose of provi
ding mutual checks and balances, so that u<>
one department shall be able to destroy the
Government.
Now, if either department can, by any
means, absorb to itself the powers confided to
the other departments, or of either of the
others, it, by that means, gets to it itseif
powers which was not intended it should ex
ercise ; and can, by reason of this increase of
powers, accomplish what the division of
powers intended to prevent ■ destroy the
Government So, if either department, im
stead of thus absorbing to itself ihe power of
the other departments, can, in lieu thereof,
adopt some meaDs by which it can cjmpellor
induce the other departments nr either of
them to execute iu unlimited will, it can
thus as effectually and perhaps more coriven'
iently accomplish the forbidden end—destroy
the Government than if it had absorbed the
powers to Itself ■ because the department so
compelled or induced to serve, censes to be a
check or balance to prevent destruction as
was intended, hut degenerates into a mere
tool or aider and abettor iu the work of des
truction.
Here—right here—is precisely the process
by which this fragmentary conclave of a
Congress in destroying the Constitution and
the Government under the Constitution.
The first excluded from both Houses all the 1
representatives of ten entire States because |
tire, were supposed not to ire willing to the :
schemes of the majority making the exolu ;
cion, and to make the exclusion effectual, ]
they denied tire right of representation
to 'be ten mates, all, in the teeth of the
most explicit and positive provisions of tire
-Constitution, declaring how the Congress
shall be constituted, and of what tho two
Houses shall be comjjtrsed. They next under
previous transparent pretences, excluded ob
noxious members from other States
This process of exclusion continues until
two'thirds of those remaining were of one
mind. The Executive Department, though
earnestly denouncing the body as not organ
ized as the Constitution required, yet fcc ’g
niaed, this fragment gs she Congress thus
| organised and thus recognized this fragment
1 ary conclave new beer me ve l y bold and
I dictatorial began to absorb to its-df the
' powers and functions of both departments of
; tho Government, and to threaten impeach
ment and m modeling and unit-appropriation
1 of salaries, if the olber departments should
presume to for m checks upon its will Tab
i Pitsident sent back with iris now iueffdual
| objections the several steps of this conclave
I in the work of destruction, and ncoorapnm '
those objections with au earnest patriot’‘
and a fervor of meaning which have not beou
excelled. But why talk patriotism to traitors,
or address reason to fanatics now consciou of
their power to destroy ami of safety to them
selves in'he work ? They would laugh and
j grin, and pass the bills to destroy the Cos; sti
j tution with the glee of the cat #Wrr u tt> I mg
! with evil Hour ihe President con
sented - agreed it was his duty—to execute as
law whatever two-lbirds of this fragmentary
conclave might desire declare, or order !
“1 Iren I, and you, and all of us fell down
Whilst bloody Reason flourished over us .”
1 have rro doubt tbo President, acted in this.
j matter, from tho purest and most patriotic
motives. His course was advised and com
mended by men distinguished for ability. He
is surrounded by circumstances peculiarly re
| spon-ible and embarrassing, and every de
I sire of my heart is to help trim and not to say
; anything that may weaken any man’s faith
iin him. But the country is passing through
1 a most fearful ordeal. Everything we ail
have or can hope f<" • ■ 1 Errors may
, ruin though im v -. lie Ou ques
tions of policy or o\g. ■ • ••■■■y 1 love the yield
: ing conciliating spirit, t despise, from my
! heart the bigot or the fanatic. But n price:
pic—a vital principle—should revet- be
abandon and for temporary relief, r.of yielded
to conciliate an enemy. The Constitution
ought to bo administered in a spirit of con
cession, but no man entrusted to administer
it should «liow its destruction upon any pre
tence Ido b. lieve the idea that the Pie-.i
dent, is bound to execute whatever a two
thirds majority of Congress may declare is ihe
most fatal and dangerous errors of the gener
ation, not excepting secessi or or coercion, or
ever, fanaticism itself - the hideous mother of
I both secession and coercion. It is lire error
! which being committed, will be the greatest
I lever of strength to fanaticism, and which, not
having been committed, would have been
■ the deatlvblow to fanaticism and to ail its
hellish brood of horrors. lam not writing to
please any man I see - have no doubt. I see
unprecedented evils ahead of us I firmly
believe there is no way to escape these evi s
i but by cleaving to the Constitution. I love
i all who love ti e Constitution in this Clints, as
I love my property, my life my liberty, and
ihe peace and happiness of my children, for
| by that Constitution alone can I here blessings
■be enjoyed I hate all who violate tho Con
stitution as I hate the thief who steals rny
: property, the tyrant who fetters my liberty,
the murderer who seeks mv life, or the mom
j trier who would destroy all tire hope for try
children ; because in the destruction of the
; Cor.atitu.ion by force and frail 1, all these
, cur Re? will com l '. If tire Constitution needs
j amendment let us ail—all the States—amend
1 and honesty. Bat whatever government and
j laws we have lot rrs obey them while we have
them, ami not reek to evade them by fraud,
! or overturn Ihem by forco. for then we have
) anarchy, which means the utter absence of
j all safety and hope, and the gc'unl f rerer.ee
j of every danger, f,r person, property, liberty
and life. Os all enemies to individuals, to
HOCP ty or to g-vernment, be who. deceive?
: and takes advantage of fr.nstrepo.-el, or power
conferred, to injure, slander or betray, is the
meanest, the most cowardly anil the most
.dangerous. Therefore I denounce the Radio
, als and all their disiplesr. I know the Presir
i dent is a patriot, but his errors threatens to
place him and his country in the unrestrained
and vengeful power of ft re-worn enemies
and he who believes it is in an error owes it
1 to his country to say so and gives his belief,
In the construction of all human instrm
meats I hare must arise ques ions on which
; men will hono-tly differ These donb’ful
j questions hat e in Hen under t! e Cods i u
lion. It was anticipated tbo ywouid aree
j and arise, too, between- the Executive
j and Congress, and tho method of se*.
fling meli due rences was provided When
the I*resident thinks a bill presented io him is
unconstitutional, he must return it with this
: obj. ofions. Congress must r, coneidei it, ami
if iwo.thiuls differ with the President the bill
; becomes a law, notwithstanding, the I’reri
dent's objections Now, that this refers to
cases of mere honest differences as to what is
the meaning of the Constitution-two cases
of doubt-- is very char frotn tne deliberation
wlrch is required of all parties, The Preen
dent is required to send his objections to (lon.
gr.ps The objection must be iu writing
The House to which the objection are sent
must enter them on their journal nnd then
proceed to reconsider. If two-thirds differ
with the President, the bill and objection
must be sent to the other house The other
bouse must also reconsider ; ami H,
sides arc fully hea>'d, atul the matter hasieen
eon-idered and reconsidered two,thirds of
both houses differ with the president the bill
shall become a law. That is, in these doubt,
fill questions if two-thirds of both Ijfcres
after full consideration of all sides shalffie ot
another opinion—all pr esumed to he honest
and unselfish and desiring only to govern the
country according to tiro Constitution- the
opinion of the two-thu-rfs whirl prevail,
Such were tho Bonk and Tariff and Internal
improvement questions and many others
In all such cases it is vert manifest the Pre.-h
dent must execute the law until the judiciary
shall pronounce against it. 'ihe president
cannot, himself, become the Court, or absorb
to himself, the functions of the Court
This is the whole extent of the doctrine of
the President's obligation to execute the laws
No more, no less.
Does this give two-third f ? pow
er to subvert the Governrueo,and • Pres
ident bound to help them subvert it? Hie
Constitution, in separate clauses, and fines what
Congress may do, and then by other clauses,
declare what Congress shall not do Doubts
naturally aiise in ascertaining the extent of
the meaning in those clauses which seek to
define what Congress (may do. But suppose
Congress undertake to do that which tkeCon
stinnion says Congress shall not do ? How
then? If two thirds say they will doit any
how, is the President hound to execute it ?
Tne Constitution says: “No hill of attain
der or ex post facto 1 iw, shall he g passed
Suppose two thirds pass a bill of attainder, is
it a law ? If so, two-thirds of tho Congress
can annul the Constitution. If so, tho will of
Cougress, and not the Constitution, i6 the su
preme law. But the President i r not bound
to execute that which is not a law. The Pres
ident admits the Sherman Bill is a bill of at
tainder against nine millions of people! How,
then, can he bo hound to execute that which
tiro Constitution snvs shall not ire done? I
Suppose two thirds of this conclave shall
declare that the p,e.-ent patriotic Governor of
Connecticut was not properly elected, because
the colored citizens of that State were exc'iii- i
ded by tbo taws thereof from voting in tire i
election ; v.tid should then" declare the gov- |
content was provisional, and send a military j
commander there to jfovein the people until ,
they should change their laws and hold an 1 I
other election in which the colored citizens
should, participate? Must the President exe- j
j cute this order? ~ , ~ .
fc-nppose this two thirds sha.l declare that
uil elections. Stare and Federal, of persons j
ritit of the jßaijicd or Republican party, are
void, because such po sons are not loyal, am.
shall reduce the people quietly of such disloy j
nl elections to military subjection : must the
President ext cute tic rri inflate?
Suppose two-lhiiJs of tbis conclave .shall
declare that the President is disloyal and he
is, therefore, not a legal President, and is re
moved, or not to ho obeyed ; must tiro ex c
u’ivedepartment ex ’cute its own demolition '
Sunrcse thev say the Supreme Cour t is an ob
ntruction to progress and is abolished ; yea.
more suppos * tnev shall declare, what ti ey
have often said,that the Federal Constitution
j “ s a covenant with tied and a league with tire
. and that no ritate Coustitntiou is re-j
puV.iican in form, anri that all filrali be set j
aside, or declared only provi-'anai. and thej
whole country shad be plac 'd under mi-itary i
lull with oomtmurdere subjec only tr> the or’ j
ders of this conclave, until new Constitutions,
State aqd FV(hte»t.>haU b amW'filPd* f VWi !
tt,cot shad tie enfranchised n>:d oil who dis- ;
fur tmm iheßtvbaU he disfranchised, must the
President Wltdimfi to execute,this revolution
or quietly look on ami see the Government
destroyed? Afl these things, some of thi:
co r ‘clave have declared Ought to bed >ne and
have threatened to do 1 More th- >.l these
they have done, and are now.actualiy doing
for ten of the Slater. ~?h v may they not do
so for ad? Tire power > 'tie same over all
'hat it is over on- • r-v ought to do so for ,
all or for none .h- - -n : a single officer to j
Virginia, who is not resident of the -S'ate, i
and claim for hint power to repeal the laws ,
parsed ir> tire days of Washington and bv the
votes and approval of Jefferson, Madison.
Monroe and Marshall ; and a similar non res
ident individual-, by his own irresponsible
edicts, sets aside'whole Constitutions and codes
in the-ritates of Macon arid Pinckneys, and
proclaims others in their stead, iu a manner
more summary and arbitrary than any icon
arch in Europe dare exhibit ! All this is ad
mMtcd to be plainly, grossly unconstitutional,
but it must be done, and the President ■ is
hound to see to it that it ia done, because
two - thirds of this conclave says it must be
done !
Thus, not only two.thirds of a Congress,
lint of a fragmentary conclave of members—
who secure that two-thirds by unlawfully ox.
eluding frem tbeir sea's, those members who
are not willing to.commit perjury to destroy
the Government—become not only greater
than the-Constitution, not. only hove power
to destroy the Government but can command
order, compel, every other department of the
Government to aid in the destruction. Was
ever conclusion so lame, heresy so dangerous,
or patriotism so self,destructive ?
Henceforth, not the Constitution and the
laws passed injpnrsuacce thereof, but the will
of two-thirds of Congress, or of a conclave fa.
kiug forcible possession of the Capitol shall
be the supreme law (■{ the land. Would it not
be well to require us all, from the; President
down, to take an oath to support that will,
instead of requiring us toswear to support the
Constitution, and then compelling us, by the
bigber power of this wiit.to violate our oaths?
No Congress, not even a legitimate Con"
gross by even a unanimous vote, to pass taws
forbidden by the Constitution, nor to subvert
the Government ; and when they undertake
it, and in the meanest and must dangerous of
all ways - under cover of oaths and office -it
is as much tire duty of tire President to sup.
press them. a--. I r iu Lie bitnnv \ sv?>crrrrfa
is a pi-, c.larnation to Radicalism-that, it shall
lie aided in is work even by the friends of
the Constitution. It is a license ro propagan
ilisrn to bring ail Constitutions, Governments
and people inter complete subjection lo itswill
Al»s! our couutiy sinks for want of nervo
In its defenders. Truth is weak only because
its discip'os will not support as well as assert
it Radicalism is strong only in of
impuiii y. Unlimited, it losts all conscious,
ness of guilt, and throws away ail restraint
upon its will. Assured of assistance from its
enemies, there is no excess at which it will
tiei-itate But bjldiy and fearlessly opposed,
and denounced and srented as jthe most dan.
gi-rous eneir yof all government and law, its
owu conscience will ut oncejirecbme its fiercest
accuser- ; it will grow weak, wiil tremble like
the detected tliirf, and will soon sink beneath
the weight of its own sins, abandoned by the
selfish and despised by the good. But now.
such men as blevens and Sumner, seeing how
timid and indifferent and unnerved the friends
of tns Constitution nave become, t neourage
the hesitating o! their party in the spirit
with the bloody Lady Macbeth, when urging
her faltering husband to his crime :
“Wli-n in swinialr -Crp"
Their drouclretl natures lie. as in a death,
VV hat cannot you slul I perform upon
Tin; unguarded Ounean ? Wimt rn r upon
rlis spongy ofrio ra. v. 'in shall bear the guilt
Os pm- great mur-dert 1 * .
A Happy Individual.— The local
editor of Koivokc Times iinao-iiies him
self the “happiest man living.”—
i. fellow, we congratulate him.
Just in c bow lte discourseth :
We think wc are now the happiest
man living. Wo have a free ticket
on four railroads, also to two soda
fountains, the hospitality of tho Cen
tral Hotel, one of the host in the State,
thrown open to us, whore can ire had
the best lemonade, (we dont drink
whiskey,) good dinners, etc., and we
also had a dream that Moorman &
White were going to furnish us v-' h
good “chawing tobaeker,” tor i .y
have none other: so we don’t' care a
d—n if salt, was a thousand dollars a
barrel and reconstruction never took
place.
C3T*A registrar, writing to the
Corpiahan from Covington county,
Miss., Says:
We are now at Zion Seminary ; in
this neighborhood resides John G. In
gram, who lias been married three
times; his first wife had 3 children,
the second 12, and the third 18. all
which are living, except one, who
died in the army. Mr. Ingram is in
his 70th year; his wife is 4], and the
youngest child .‘1 1-2 years old.
B®„The editor of the Woonsocket
Patriot makes merry over the mistake
of an old Shanghai hen--of his that
lias been setting for five weeks upon
two round stones and a piece of brick.
“Her anxeiety,’’ he says, “is no greater
than ours to know what she will
hatch. If it proves to be a brickyard
the hen is not for sale.’' ’ ,
Northern Congress—Extra Session-
Wabh«gtow, July B.—A large number |
of bills were introduced and referred without j
j The Committee on elections reported that |
I n o person who bad given aid and comfort
!to the rebellion should be allowed to swear
I in, but disloyalty of constituents or lllegali
(v of elections should not prevent a member
I holding a certificate from swearing in. The
! report Was laid on the table and ordered to
! bo printed.
I Resolutions calling for the proceedings of
I (he Cabinet on Reconstruction were passed,
I 103 to 26.
j Mr. Butler moved that a special commil
! tee of five, wish power to send for papers,
i be appointed to investigate the assassination
1 of Lincoln, an i that the committee promise
1 the protection of the House to accomplices
i who have not been tried or sentenced who
i may g vc valuable evidence- I. he rales were
; suspended and the resolution passed,
j Mr Stevens, from the Committee of Nine,
introduced ibe following hill:
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled, That it i.-t
hereby declared to have been Ibe true intent
and meaning of the Act of the 2nd day of
March, one thousand eight, hundred and
sixty-seven entitled ‘-An Act to provide lor
/■ - inrcnspc government ol the Rebel
States," „_j .(• j. •— r= -
to, passed on the 23d day of March of 1-67, !
(hat th- govern men Is then existing in the |
rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina, j
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi. Ala- j
hama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Arkan t
sas, were illegal and void, and that thereaf J
ter said governments, if continued, were to
be continued subject in all respects, to the
military commanders of the respective dis
tricts and the authority of Congress.
Sec 2. That the said acts, to which this
is a supplement, ebail be construed to au
thorize the officer assigned to the command
of any military district under said acts,
whenever he shall deem it re cts- iry, to the
due performance of hisd it'e? under said act,
to remove or suspend --un said office any
municipal or State officer, or persons exerci
sing authority under or by virtue of any so
called Slate Government existing in his dis
trict; and the said officer, so assigned to
command as aforesaid, is hereby empowered
to appoint another person m the stead of
the officer or person so removed, if he shall
deem it proper so to do ; and whenever lie
may deem it necessary, as aforesaid, to pro
hibit, suspend, or set aside any act or pro
ceeding of any such State or municipal gov
ernment, or any act or thing done under or
by virtue of its authority, and all acts here
tofore done by any such officer in accordance
herewith, shall be deemed val-d.
Sec. 3. I'hat the Boards of Registration
of the several Military Districts established
by the acts to which this is a supplementary
shall admit to registration only, such per
sons as they deem entitled to he registered
bv tire acts'aforesaid. This shall not regard
the taking of the oath presented in;the uctl
of March 23rd, 1867, conclusive evidence of!
the right of the person taking it to be regis
tered, but j>rima/a.cig only, and may receive
such evidence under oath relating thereto, as
they may deem proper, either from the per
son applying to be registered nr others; and
either ot the members of the said Boards ■
hereby authorized to administer oaths or a“
firmations and examine witnesses touching
the right of any person to be registered. Haiti
Boards of Registration may strike from the
list of voters the name of any one already
registered who. in their j udgment, improper;
which this is supplementary, or was not en
titled by sai-1 acts to be registered. Record
evidences shall not be required by said
Boards, to prove participation in the rebel
lion, hut parole evidences shall he sufficient
evidence to establish the fact of'such partic
ipation ; and said Boards of Registration
shall not be bound or governed in their action
by any opinion of any officer of the United
States Government.
Sec. 4. That uo civil court of the United
States, or of any State, shall have jurisdic
tion of any action or proceeding, civil or
criminal, against any suoh dis rictjjcomman
der, or any officer or person, acting by his
authority, for or on account, of the discharge
of the duties imposed upon him by this act,
or the acts of which ii is supplementary.
Sec. o. That no District Commander shall
be relieved from the command assigned to
him under the aforesaid acts, urilese the Sen
ate shall have first advised and consented
thereto, or unless by sentence of court mar
tial lie shall be cashiered or dismissed from
the army, or unless he shall consent to be so
relieved.
Hoc. C. At the time for the completion of
the registration of persons properly qualified
to vote, it may be extended by orders of the
said several District Commanders, to any day
prior to the first day of October, Anno Dom
ini, 186 1.
Mr. Stevens accepted the following as an
additional section :
Sec. 6. Any person who shall attempt to
prevent the executing of thi.-aot shall be guil
ty of a misdemeanor, anu on conviction lia
ble to a fine of five thousand dollars or im
prisonment one year. The right of any per
son to lie registered as a legal voter shall in |
no respect be changed or affected by tb 1
President's pardon lor participation in rebel
lion.
Mr. Stevens moved the previous question,
and the House votes to morrow at 4 P. M.
Adjourned-
SENATE.
Mr. Trumbull, from the Judiciary Com
-1 mittee, introduced a hill on reconstruction.
The Executive wa3 called on for a mass of
information regarding Indian hostilities and
Mexican affairs.
The Senate, by a vote of thirty-six to five,
refused to take up a joint resolution thank
ing Gen. Sheridan, Sickles, Schofield and
Pope.
Mr. Grimes thought it would be very pre
mature to pass thi-se resolutions at this time.
They were not sufficiently Informed of the
merits of the cases io be able to idge. For
merly the thanks of Congress -’ ere only ten
dered on extraordinary occasions, and it was
considered a great compliment, to any one to
receive them ; but if this kind of precedent
was to be established, they would next be
tendering thanks to the Governors of the
Territories and the Governor of our Russian
possessions.
Several other ineffectual efforts to intro
duce general legislation was made.
The Senate adjourned.
The following is the sixth section of a bill
reported by the Senate Judiciary Commit- l
tee:
That the true interest and meaning of the j
oath prescribed in said supplementary act is, |
among other things, that no person who has i
been a member of jthe Legislature of any
State or who has held an Executive or Judi
ciary office in any State, whether he has ta
ken an oath to support the Constitution of
the United States or not, and who has after
wards engaged in insurrection or rebellion
against the United States, or given aid or
comfort to the enemies thereof, ia entitled to
be registered or to vote; and the words
"Executive or Judicial officer in any State”
in said oaths mentioned shall he construed
to exclude all civil officers created by law
for the administration of the several laws of
the State.
TELE G R APHIC.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, July 9. —Huron N on
Gc-ralt, Prussian, Minister, loft to
day. Jlis successor is expected short
ly.
Internal revenue to-day five hun
dred and fifty-four thousand dollars.
The Court in the Surratt ease was
engaged most of the day in discredit
ing John Lee. Several witnesses
would not believe him on oath.
Washington, July 9.— The Mexi
-1 can legation lias official information
j regarding Santa Anna’s arrest contra-
I diclory of the statement that he was
i forcibly taken from the steamer Yir
! ginia
Kamsav vowUKKSS —EXTRA SESSION
Washington, July B.— Senate. —
The Judiciary Committee’s Recon
struction bill was taken lip and the
day consumed in arguing points
whether the Commanders should be
allowed to appoint civilians to vacant
State offices. The Senate adjourned
without definite action.
House. —The Reconstruction hill
was resumed. The sixth section was
modified by striking out the w -vds
“or unless he shall consent to ire re
lieved” and inserting instead “or un
der arrest punishable by dismissal
from the army, or disqualified by
sickness from performances of his du
ties,” and the bill passed —yeas 119,
nays 31, viz: Messrs. Adams, Archer,
Barnes, K 1 cl ridge, Getz, Glossbrenuer,
Holman, Hotchkiss, Marshall, Mc-Cul
lough, Morgan, Morrissey, Mungin,
Ni’oiack, Nicholson, Noel, Randall,
Robinson, Ross, Sitgreavcs, Seward,
Stone, Taber, Van Anken, Van
Trump and Wood.
The House' then adjourned.
PARTICULARS OF THE MURDER OF MAXI
MILIAN AND HIS GENERALS.
New Orleans, July 9. —The Times
has a special from Houston, Texas,
giving a detailed account of the mur
der of Maximilian, Miramon, and
Mffia. None were hound or blind
folded, nor was any indignity offered,
La reported. Maximilian, before be
jg shot, recapitulated the causes that
■■ought him to Mexico, denied the
■ithority of the court that sentenced
■ini and hoped his blood would stop
flic effusion of blood in Mexico. Mira
mon spoke from paper. His only re
gret felt in dying was that should the
Liberals remain in power, his children
would be pointed at as the children
of a traitor. Mejia made no address,
a»at * rai i nan ermeu mo sergeant or the
guard, gave him a handful of gold,
and requested the favor that be would
aim at his heart. Five balls entered
his breast bat he was not quite dead.
Two soldiers were called out and shot
him in the side.
Much dissatisfaction and grief were
manifested by the spectators.
The sword of Maximilian was pre
sented to Juarez by Escobedo in' the
Government palace.
registration suspended in the C'AIl-
OI.INAS.
Charleston, July 9.—The follow
ing semi-official announcement is pub
lished this morning :
‘•Gen. Sickles has been directed not
to begin registration in this Military
District until Congress shall have de
termined more explicitly who are en
titled to be registered. It is presumed
that Congress will extend the time for
completion of registration in the C’aro
linas until October or November.
GENERAL NEWS.
Savannah, July 9. —lls whites
and 57 cel red registered here to-day.
Richmond, July 9. —The colored
majority in registration to-day is 259.
Accounts from the southwestern part
ot the State and Valley show large
majorities for the whites.
Admiral Tucker late of the Peruvi
an navy, has been appointed by the
Peruvian government to take charge
of an expedition to explore the Ama
zon river.
New York, July 9. —The Internal
Revenue collections of this year com
pared with hist year, show a falling off
of nearly six and a half millions.
The European Cour's in Mourning
for Maximilian.
London, July 5. —A1l the Courts of
Eurips have adopted mourning for the
death of Maximilian.
The recall of the British Legislation
from *he City of Mexico and the suspen
sion of diplomatic relations between
Great Britan and the Government of
Mexico are seriously proposed.
suspension of diplomatic inter
course BETWEEN FRANCE AND j
MEXICO.
Paris, July s. —TheMontieur to-day
has an article expressing its detestation
of the murder of Maxiuiifiian. In the
Senate and Corps Legislaif to-day
speeches were made-denouncing the cxe-'
cution as a crime against civilization.
Or lers have been sent out suspending
from their functions all the French Con
suls in-the Mexican Republic.
All festivities in this city have ceased,
and all the preparations for forthcoming
fetes have been abandoned out of respect,
for tho memory of the ill-fated Maximil-1
itm. j
The Kentucky Press on the Exclusion
of their Members.
Tlie papers of Kentucky are very iudig
nnnt over Ino outnlge perpetrated upon their
j State by tlie Radicals of the House. Tho
Louisville Courier, of the 6tb, says :
Tlie Jacobin Congress lias been guilty of
another gross outrage upon the people, in
tlievase of the Kentucky members. Instead
of admitting 'hem to tho places lo which tho
people of their districts elected'them, they
referred tho question of the admission of nil
except Adonis to the Committee on Elections.
Yesterday a protest, was presented by Mr.
Marshall, of Illinois, on the part of Messrs.
Grover. Beck and Jones, referring 'to the
fuel that- tlirir seats were not oven contested,
and claiming their rig t. to be sworn in. As
-1 ter eonsiderabie discussion, in the course of
i w hioh the notorious Logan, of Illinois, made
himself conspicuous by his malignant lalse
hoo lp against our members, the, protest was
relerred io the same committee.
| When it is consider rd t hat these Jacobin
'Congressmen have taken a solemn oath to
j support the Constitution of the United Slates,
j their conduct is criminal in the highest do
j gi-ee. Not oven a shadow of excuse exists
t for denying to any one oi the Kentucky mem
bers hie seat for a single day. Will tile peo
ple of the United Slates tolerate silch an in
nut r»f»-e uprm the-right» of one es the
States of tiie Union by n- jiuUigr.aoi majority?
The Journal takes the matter quite philos
ophically. In reference to the proceedings of
I tlie House, it says :
I They would be fnroial. if they were not
' erimiual ; and like unto them, we very much
i fear, will be tlie proceedings still to come.—
! However, we will not, we repeat, prejudge
Uhem. But we tell the House that, if they
■ shaD be answerable to (he proceedings tlms
! far, it will by means of them inflict an irre—
j tricvahlo blow upon the Radical ascendancy
in the North. Kentucky can stand the cx
: elusion of her Representatives if the Radical
party can. Her seeming loss will be her real
gain Through her suffering I lie country
may become free, it may be (lint in no other
way could she eo powerfully contribute to
the overthrow of the worst party that ever
attempted to subvert liberty. We make no
doubt that at least tlie vacant seals of her
Representatives would speak more eloquent
ly against the anarchists in power than the
voices of her Representatives themselves
could speak. Let the aharohistslook to their
own fun unes.
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G" '"EOHGTA—Wobster County. . ' '
Whereas, Jacob Dennarrt applies to me
for Letters of Dismission from Administra
tion on tlie estate of Thos. Dennard, late of
sairl county, deceased.
These'are'therefore to cite and admonish,
nil and singular, the kindred and creditors ot
said deceased, to be and appear at my office
within tlie time prescribed by law, and file
their objections, (if any they have) otherwise
letters of Dismission will be granted to said
applicant.
Given under my hand and official signature,
in office, at Preston, this Ist. of July, 1867.
July 11 m(im C. It. MOORE, Ordinary.
aEORGIA —Webster County. "
Whereas, S. Bell applies tome for Let
ters of Dismission from Guardianship of Wil
liam M Sears.
These are therefore to cite and admonish,
ad and singular, the kindred and all persons
concerned, to be and appear at my office
within the time proscribed by law, and shew
cause, if any they have, otherwise they will
be granted in terms of the law.
Given under fny bund, in office, at Preston.
I this Ist July, 1867.
I july 11 m3m. C. R. MOORE, Ordinary.
1 /S EORGlA—Webster County. „ &7.
vT Whereas. S. Roll, applies toAjife for let
ters of Dismission from Admiiiistrdtion on
i estate of James M. Wallace lute of satdeoun
-1 ty, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish,
all and singular* the{kindred and creditors of
said deceased, to bo and appear at my office
within tlie time prescribed law, and file
their objection 2 if any they have, otherwise
letters of Dismission will be granted to said
applicant.
Given under ray hand and official signature,
at Preston, this Ist July, 1867.
july 11 in6m C. R. MOORE, Ordinary.
GEO EG! A—Webster County.
Whereas j S. fell applies to me for Let
ters of Dismission from Administration on
the estate of E. B. Swinney, late of said coun
ty, deceased.
‘These are therefore to cite and admonish,
all and singular, the kindred and creditors of
said deceased, to be and appear at my office,
within the time prescribed by law, and file
their objections, if any they have, otherwise
letters of Dismission will be granted said ap
plicant.
Given under my hand and official signature,
at Preston, this Ist July, 1867.
july 11 mOm. C. K. MOORE, Ordinary.
Gi EORGlA—Webster Countv
Whereas, G. W. F, Nowel and A. J. Davis
applies to me for Letters of Dismission from
Administration on estate of L. S. Nowel, late
of said county, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish,
all and singular, the kindred and creditors oi
said deceased, to be and appear at my oifice,
within the time prescribed by law, anti file
their objections, if any they have, otherwise
letters of Dismission will be granted to the
said applicants.
Given under my hand, in office, at Preston,
this Ist day of J uly, 1867,
july 11 mGm. C R MOORE, Ordinary’.