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jpk u jNiosr. J. CLARKE SWAYZE, Editor Official Paper of the United States MACON, GA., MAY 89, 1872. FOR PRESIDENT, HORACE GREELEY, . OF" NEW YORK. * ■ FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, BENJAMIN GRATZ BROWN, OF MISSOURI. THE PLATFORM. We, the Liberal Republicans of the United States, in National Convention assembled at Cincinnati, pjfcclaim the followiiw principles a.-> essential to lust government: P irst: We recognize the equality of all men before the law,and hold that it is the duty of the Government in its dealings with the people to mete out equal and exact justice to all of whatever nativity, race, color, or persuasion, religious or political. Second: We pledge ourselves to maintain the union of these States, emancipation and en franchisement, and to oppose any re-opening of the questions settled by the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution. Third: We demand the immediate and abso lute removal of all disabilities imposed on ac count of the Rebellion, which was finally sub dued seven years ago believing that universal amnesty will result in complete pacification in all sections of the country. Fourth: Local self-government, with impar tial suffrage, will guard the rights of all citi zens more securely than any centralized power. The public welfare requires the. supremacy of the civil over the military authority, and free dom of person under the protection of the ha beas corpus. We demand for the individual the largest liberty consistent with public or dor; for the State, self-government, and for the nation a return to the methods of peace and the constitutional limitations of power. Fifth: The Civil Service of the Government has become a mere instrument of partisan ty ranny and personal ambition and an object of selfish greed. It is a scandal and reproach up on fre.e institutions and breeds a demoralize tion dangerous to the perpetuity of republican government. We therefore regard such tho rough reforms of the Civil Service as one of the most pressing necesssities of the hour; that honesty, capacity, and fidelity constitute the the only valid claim to the public employment; that the offices of the government cease to be a matter of arbitrary favoritism and patronage and that pubiic station become again a post of honor. To this end it is imperatively required that no President shall be a candidate for re election. Sixth: We demand a system'of Federal taxa tion which shall not unnecessarily interfere with the Industry of the people, and which shall provide the means necessary to pay the expenses of the Government economically ad ministered, the pensions, the interest on the public debt, and a moderate reduction annual ly of the principal thereof; and, recognizing that there are in our midst honest but irrecon cilable differences of opinion with regard to the respective systems of Protection and Free Prade, we remit the discussion of the subject t° the people in their Congress Districts, and to the deois'on of Congress thereon, wholly free of Executive interference or dictation. Seventh: The public credit must be sacredly maintained, ana we denounce repudiation in every form and guise. Eighth: A speedy return to specie payment is demanded alike by the highest considerations of commercial morality and honest govern ment. Ninth: We remember with gratitude the he roism and sacrifices of the soldeirs and sailors of the Republic, and no act of ours shall ever famo ° r the Tenth: We are opposed to all further grants Os lands to railroads or other corporations.— The public domain sltould be held sacred to ac tual settlers. Eleventh: We hold that it is the duty of the Government, in its intercourse with foreign na tions, to cultivate the friendship of peace, by treating with all on fair and equal terms, re garding it alike dishonorable either to demand what is not right, or to submit to what is wrong Twelfth: For the promotion and success of theso vital principles and the support of the candidates nominated by this Convention, we invite and cordially welcome the co-opera tion of all patriotio citizens, without regard to previous political affiliations. HORACE GREELEY’S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.—HIS VERSION OF THE CINCINNATI PLATFORM. [OFFICIAL.] New York, May 2El.—The following is the official notice to Mr. Greeley of the Liberal Republican nomination: Cincinnati, May 3,1872. Dear Sir:—The National Convention of Lib eral Republicans of the United States have in structed the undersigned, President, Vice Pres ment, and Secretaries of the Convention, to in form you that you have been nominated as the candidate of the Liberal Republicans for the Presidency of the United States. We also sub mit to you the address and resolutions unani mously adopted by the Convention. Be pleased to signify to us your acceptance of the platform and nomination, and believe us, Very truly yours, C. Schurz, Pres’t. Geo. W. Julian, V. Pres’t. Ws, E. McLean, Jno. G. Davidson, J. H. Rhodes, Secretaries. To Hon. Horace Greeley, N. Y. City. AIR. GREELEY’S REPLY. *’ New York, May 20, 1872. mMmiUemen I have rliosetanot to acknowl letter of the 3d instant, until I could the work of your Convention was wftjSSpfed in all parts of our great country, and wSf&i whether that work was • approved and ratified by the mass of our fellow-citizens. Their response from day to day reached me through telegrams, letters and comments of journalists independent of official patronage and indifferent to the smiles and favors of power. The number and character of these unconstrained, unpurcljased, and unsolicited utterances satisfied me tßai the movement which found expression at T <5140100011 has re-, ceived the stamp of.public approval, and has ' been hailed by a majority of our country as the harbinger of a better for the Republic. I do not misinterpret this-approval as especially complimentary to myself, nor even the chival rous and justly esteemed gentleman with whose name I thank your. Convention for asso ciating mine. I receive and welcome it as a spontaneous and deserved tribute to that ad mirable platform of principles wherein your Convention so tersely, so forcibly set forth the convictions which impelled, and the purposes which guided its course; a platform which, casting behind it the wreck and rubbish of worn out contentions and by-gone feuds, em bodies in fit and few words the needs and aspi rations of to-day. Though thousands stand ready to condemn your every act, hardly a syl lable of criticism or cavil has been aimed at your platform, of which the substance may be fairly epitomized as follows: v 1. All political rights and franchises which have been acquired through our late bloody convulsion, must and shall be guaranteed, maintained, enjoyed and respected evermore. 2. All political rights and franchises which have been lost through that convulsion should and must be promptly restored and re-estab lished, so that there shall be henceforth no proscribed class and no disfranchised caste within the limits of the Union, whose long es tranged people shall reunite and fraternize upon the Droad basis of universal amnesty and impartial suffrage. 3. That, subject to our solemn constitutional obligation to maintain the equal rights of all citizens, our policy should aim at local govern ment and not at centralization; that the civil authority shall be supreme over-the military, the habeas corpus should be jealously upheld as the safe guard of personal freedom; that the individual citizen should enjoy the largest lib erty consistent with public order, and there shall be no federal dictation of the internal pol icy of the several States, but that each shall be left free to enforce the rights and promote the well being o ' its inhabitants by such means as the judgment of its own people shall pre scribe. 4. There shall be a real and not merely a sim ulated reform in civil service, of the Repub lic, to which end lit is indispensable • that the chief dispenser of its vast official patronage shall be shielded from the mean temptation to use his power selfishly by a rule inexorably for bidding and precluding his re-election. 5. That the raising of revenue, whether by tariff or otherwise, shall be recognized ana treated as the people’s immediate business, to be shaped and directed by them through their representatives in Congress, whose action the President must neither overrule by his veto, nor attempt to dictate or presume to punish by bestowing office only on those who agree, and withdrawing from those who do not.. 6. That the public lands must be sacredly re served for occupation apd acquisition by cul tivators and not recklessly squandered on the projectors of railroads for which our people have no present need, apd the premature con struction of which is annually plunging the United States into deeper and deeper abysses of foreign indebtedness. 7. The achievement of these grand purposes of universal|beniflcence is expected and sought at the hands of all who approve of them irre spective of past affiliations. B'. The public faith must at all hazards be maintained, and the national credit preserved. 9. The patriotic devotedness and inestimable services of odr fellow citizens, who, as soldiers or sailors upheld the flag and maintained the unity of the republic, shall ever be gratefully remembered and honorably requited. These propositions, so ably and forcibly pre sented in the platform of your convention, have already fixed the attention and comman ded the assent of a large majority of our coun tiymen who joyfully adopt them as the basis of a true benifleent national reconstruction, of anew departure from the jealousies and strifes and hates which have no longer any adequate motive or even plausible pretext, into the at mosphere of peace, fraternity and mutual good will. In vain do the dfill sergeants of decaying organizations flourish menacingly their trun cheons, and angrily insist that the files shall be closed and straightened. In vain do the whip pers in of parties, once vital because rooted in the vital needs of the hour,protest against stray ing and bolting, and denounce men in nowise their inferiors as traitors and renegades, and threaten them with infamy and ruin, I am confident that the American people have al ready made your cause their own, and resolved that their brave hearts and strong arms shall bear it on to triumph. In this faith and with the distinct understanding that if elected I shall be President not of a party but of the whole people, I accept your nomination in con fident trust that the masses of our country North and South, are eager to olasp hand across the bloody chasm which has so long di vided them, forgetting they have been ene mies and joyful in the consciousness that they all remain brethren. Yours gratefully,'. Horace Greeley. 1 ~ REPUBLICAN PRACTICE vs. DEMO CRATIC PRETENSE. The Democracy make a great pre- tense of their rigid enforcement of the law, and of their stringent econ omy, since they usurped the State gov ernment. The fact that this is all sham and pretense, it is well known to them selves and to every one else who takes the trouble to be informed. But still it will help the Toombsites to a proper appreciation of their own dema goguery, to invite their attention oc casionally to marked instances of their hypocracy. We propose to do so on the present occasion. Section 86, paragraph 8 of the Code of Georgia, prescribes that the State Treasurer “shall not, under any cir cumstances, use himself, or allow oth ers to use, the. funds of the State in his hands; and for every violation of this section, he is liable to the State for the sum of five hundred dollars as a penalty, or a forfeiture of salary, if said forfeiture will pay the penalty incurred.” ” Now, it is notorious that Angier, the present State Treasurer, entered into an unlawful agreement with par ties whereby they were to pay and did pay him, on many occasions a large amount of interest for the “use of funds of the State in his hands.” As soon as this fact was diecovered by Governor Bullock, he caused the Attorney General, Col. Farrow, to in stitute proceedings against Angier and his bondsmen for some forty odd violations of this section, the penalty amounting to some twenty thousand dollars, which would have been re covered for and into the pockets of the jhed tax-payers.”' By the law’# delays, Angier managed 1 to keep the suit from coming to trial until after the “pure and high toned Democracy” got into power. Then, what think ye, “overburthened, down-trodden and oppressed wealth and respectability, Democracy,” did your servant do ? Did they drag this “plunderer” from his wife and chil dren, and thrust him into a vile jail ? Did they pronounce him guilty of fel ony if he failed to pay over the money in ten days ? Not by any means. He had been too useful to the Democracy as an apostate, traitorous Republican. His industrious efforts to prevent the restoration of the expelled col ored members and to misrepresent the sentiment of the Georgia Repub licans by his hypocriey at Washing ton was to be rewarded. He had faithfully served the despicable de mands of his democratic employees, and they paid him. Did the leaders pay him from their own private purse ? Ndlfc at all. It is not their style. They started a fresh howl of virtuous indignation against Repub licans in general; sang their own praises, arrested some insignificant employee of the State Road, and be hind all this sound and fury to blind the people, they passed the following resolution, to-wit : “Whereas, It has not been customary to pay into the Treasury interest on deposits of State funds. Be it resolved, That the State [Treasurer?] shall not be held liable for any such interest. And be it further resolved , That suits now pending against the present- Treasurer, invol ving such interest, under the provisions of sec tion 86, paragraph 8, of Irwin’s Revised Code, be discontinued, and that the Attorney Gene ral is hereby instructed to dismiss said suits.” [Pape 70, pamphlet laws, session of 1871, by B. T. McCamy.'} Under this resolution over seven thousand dollars of the people’s mon«y was transferred into the pock et of Angler, instead of Angier pay ing into the Treasury some twenty thousand dollars for fines and penal ties, as he shoiild have done. Mark the language of the pream able to this resolution whereby the people’s money is appropriated— “whereas, it has not been customary to pay into the Treasury interests on deposits of State funds." As all the predecessors of the present Treasurer have been efected by Democrats, they must have established the “custom,” if it be one. Can it be possible that the “incorruptible Jenkins” allowed the “immaculate Jones” to ’establish any such “custom” ? Did they, like “Smith,” have “an abiding faith in the omnipotence of honesty,” or did they establish the “custom” of pock eting the interest on the people’s money ? We commend this case to the con sideration of honest Democrats. Such, independent men as Harry Jackson for example. A Republican administration pros ecutes a Republican official for viola tion of the law, and a Democratic Legislature order the suit withdrawn and permit the official to pocket'over seven thousand ($7,000) dollars of the people’s money 11 The Democratic pretense of honesty is correctly illustrated in the case we have quoted, as compared with the practice of the Republicans. Like “Smithy,” we, too, “have an abiding faith in the omnipotence of honesty,” and that very faith com pels us. to distrust and abhor the Democratic party and its leaders, es pecially in Georgia and New York. VST" In the final ballot for President, It Is a noticeable fact that Mr. Greeley’s strength came largely from the South. Os the 482 votes which he obtained, Alabama gave 18, Arkansas 10, Georgia 22, Kentucky 6, Louisiana 7, Mary land 3, Mississippi 10, Missouri 18, North Caro lina 17, South Carolina 2, Tennessee 10, Texas 13, Virginia 7, West Virginia 7, making a total of 149. Mr. Greeley is thus rewarded for his magnanimity in bailing Jefferson Davis. We clip the above from the Gray ville (111.) Independent, a paper that we have always regarded as fair, or even generous. In the above, how ever, it gives us a stab that we cannot help thinking is done without know ing wherefore. If its remark about Mr. Greeley’s reward was true, we should not have a word to say, but it is not. It was not the bailing of Jeff. Davis that secured Mr. Greeley the Southern vote in the Convention, it was his position towards the South now. In the South there have been bitter enemies to the Government, and these enemies have persecuted the friends of the government within their reach when it was not safe for them tew offer any resistance to the government itself. This persecution the government failed to arrest and punish, but sent its military satraps to fan the mad flame by their pres ence, without allowing them authority to act. The friends of the govern ment have applied,.,petitioned and begged for protection as guaranteed by the Constitution, but have only been left to perish. Mr. Greeley saw this cowardice of the government and said,- if you will not punish wrqng doers, you have not the right to hold threats over them. Like a true philos opher, he saw that a pacific policy was the one to restore harmony and bury the animosities of the past. As the government failed to afford pro tection to its friends, it should with draw out of the way and allow them to protect themselves by harmonizing their deadly opponents. Mr. Greeley advocated this policy—it was recog nized as the true one by the people who had done the suffering, hence their unanimity for him at the Con vention. The men who voted for him on that occasion were not admirers of Jeff. Davis. ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL. The $50,000 received from the sale of the Ag ricultural Land Scrip by acting Governor Con ley, has been invested by Governor Smith most admirably. The law required him to invest it. He has put the amount in the new bonds of the State, being issued to pay the old bonds falling due. He has bought them at the mar ket price, 90 cents, thus increasing this part of the Scrip fund at one stroke from $50,000 to 55,000, upon which seven per cent, is duo, We shall have more to say hereafter of this investment and of the new bonds. We clipped the above from the At lanta Constitution some days Since. The “organ” promised to have more to say hereafter of tbis investment, and in justice to the gentleman “ex jiprcisfng |he functions of the/Execu tive office for the tiifie being” we have waited to see whai could be said in vindication of this style of financier ing before calling public attention to it. But as yet, the “organs” hereafter has not arrived. And we invite our readers to consider this transaction. Smith has $50,000 in cash obtained by Governor Conley on account of the Agricultural Land Scrip, and for the purpose of starting an Agricultural College. Smith takes this money out of the treasury with one hand and puts it back with the other. This is movement number one—Smith then reaches over the counter of the treas ury with one hahd and takes out $55,- 000 of bonds and with the other hand puts them back again. This is move ment number two. Could anything be more absurd ? The money belongs to the State. Why not credit the Ag ricultural School Fund with $55,000 when only $50,000 has been paid in ? Then the people will understand that without any lawful authority, $5,000 has been taken from their pockets and given to the Athehs University instead. However, the “organ” trys to humbug them with all this blather skite about Smith’s “admirable finan ciering” in buying bonds from the Treasurer at 90 cents oh the dollar. Out upon such bare-faced trickery, say we. These “Atlanta Ring Demo crats” act and speak as though the people throughout the State were either fools or tools for their amuse ment or use. Can it be possible that the reckless exercise of usurped pow er by the “Ring” has made them en tirely indifferent to the opinion of an honest public ? . If Smith and his “or gan” are simpletons, their master Gen. Toombs is not, and we are sur prised that he should permit this ex hibition of “financiering so-called, at the peoples expense, to go unrebuked. Our surprise arises only because Toombs is too shrewd a manager to allow his cloven foot to show so plain as his clerks have exposed it in the instance we have spoken of. “Most admirably” indeed!! A MISSTATEMENT. The Savannah Journal of the 22d, in an article about the Cincinnati Convention, speaks of Mr. Swayze as follows: “Mr. Swayze went to take care of the others and raise his voice against office seekers. He it covered over with sore spots. As soon as President Grant was inaugurated he applied for an office. He wanted to be Assessor or Col lector at Macon, but Mr. Delano did not appre preciate him and Swayze denounced him a worthless scoundrel. He asked Mr. Creswell to make him Postmaster at Macon and because the offloe was given to Mr. Turner he de nounced the Postmaster-General as a liar, a villain, and a scoundrel.” The article from which this is ex tracted, was undoubtedly’ written by the professional office-holder, and we may add, without fear of contradic tion, perjurer , J. E. Bryant. * It comes about’as near the truth as it is possi ble for Bryant to come. Mr. Swayze, at the instance of J. E. Bryant, did make application for the Post Office at Macon, after President Grant was inaugurated. But Bryant having advised others to do the same thing, could not stand by them all when the time come, for he was then the Chairman of the Executive Com mittee, so he visited Washington and opposed the appointment of Mr. Swayze, and gave his adhesion to Tur ner, the counterfeiter, robber and com mon blackguard. About this time a man was appointed Assessor of Inter nal Revenue for the Macon District, which Mr. Swayze knew to be corrupt and entirely unfit for the place, and in vestigation proved that a most corrupt trade had been entered into between Delano and Creswell to put this man here as a mere tool upon whom they could load a number of their worth less relatives that wanted places, and were of too doubtfuTreputation to be appointed where they were known. Mr. Swayze was imprudent enough to use his paper to expose this outra geous scheme, and the consequence was that neither Delano or Creswell had any use for him. They required men like Bryant, whom they could use. After this Mr. Swayze did make application for the place of Collector, but with a full knowledge that it would be futile. He only desired to have Mr. Delano place ‘ himself upon the record squarely as Mr. Creswell had, in the face of the beet papers, as they had to’ajjmit, that gjer came from Georgia. " ' J * * Mr. Swayze congratulates himself that he has severed his connection with a party that has livedupon cor ruption and dishonesty, and hopes he has aligned himself where he will not be upbraided and punished for telling the truth and advocating honesty and right. SOUTHERN CLAIMS. The recent additional Act of Con gress, relating*to claims of loyal per- sons in the Southern States, and the new rules and regulations adopted by the Commissioners, predicated upon their experience, has completely un jointed al\ previous arrangements. The routine of procedure now is : First, a petition the Commission ers at Washington must be made and filed with their clerk, and the peti tion thus filed is numbered and the number returned to tIJT claimant or his Attorney. - Wljen the number of the case has thus been returned from Washington, then : Second, Parties may make their’application to a Spe cial Commissioner tp lake the testi mony in cases of ss,o(w or less. Where the claim is for an amount exceeding $5,000, and does not exceed SIO,OOO, and the claimant desires to have tes timony taken at or near his residence, an'application must be filed with the Clerk of the Commissioners, setting forth the name and residence of the claimant, the number and amount of the claim, the name and residence of each witness, and the time and place at which the claimant wishes to have the despositions taken. At least forty days tune shofc.ss4be in which to appoint spesiirffLgentS tci the 1 testimony. Commissioners, in all sufch cases special orders appointing time, jplaee and the Com missioner for taking the testimony. Many claims been filed with the Clerk of the Commissioners, and applications made to Special Commissioners to take testimony in them; but, under the new rule, these cases must all be numbered by the Clerk and the numbers re turned before the cases can proceed. Claimants and attorneys will there fore take notice and procure the numbering of their cases and for ward the numbers, or advise the Clerk to do so, to the Special Commis sioner with whom is filed the appli cation to take testimony. This matter should be attended to with the-utmost dispatch, as there are a large number of claims to be investigated, and the time is growing short in which it must be done. The taking of testimony will probably close in November next, giving the Commissioners from that time until March following, the limit of the law, to close their labors and make their final report. OMINOUS. Congratulations have been in order ever since we raised the standard for Greeley and the best part is that they come from all classes and “prevous conditions,” and there are none who -condemn, or make charges against us of weakening in principle. We h ive ipade war on the office holders in' our own party be cause we thought .them corrupt as a mass, and we expected to convert them or defeat them ere we had fin ished with them, but we bad not dreamed tbatJbiMlbDversions would begin so soon. We have had dozens of letters, from friends, Union men and old Whigs, giving their adhesion to the Liberal Republican party, but the following is the first gun from a Grant office holder. It is addressed to the editor personally and confiden tially, but hope, as we leave off the address, that we may be pardoned for printing the letter : Bon. J. Clarke Swayze, Respected Friend I congratulate you for the stand you have taken in the Liberal Re- Eublican movement. In my opinion it already as the sound of success. I believe that Gree ley, will go into the Presidential office with as large a majority as Gen. Harrison had in 1840; I believe that we shall have the cam paign of ’4O over again. I have just returned from a business trip In five counties, and every body but the office holders are for Greeley, and I think ail of them' that love their country, are for him. lam fully sat isfied that almost the whole colored vote of the State will votefor him. When the cam paign opens you will see a complete stampede of all parties to the Greeley banner. At the right time I shall be with you, upon this you may depend. You know there is'a man in Con gress that we want to help out. In this section of country, the Greeley ticket would beat, by a large majority, any Democratic ticket that could be run for President. Ido not now be lieve that the Grant ticket will carry a sin gle county in tho State. Those convention rings will soon find out that they have made a grand mistake, that negroes cannot carry elec tions without the natives to help and direct for them. That grand office holders ring will soon come to a smash up. What will be come of the aspirant to Gubernatorial honors, on the Grant ticket? I would have nothing to do with the Macon Convention. I foresaw a grand smash, and was not disposed to do any more to keep dishonest men in office. Re member that I am with you In this fight, and at the right time will resign and take the stump* 1 A friend of ours who has lately returned from New York spent sever al pleasant evenings with Ex-Gover nor Bullock, who we are happy to know is quite well and has neither in dulged in “flight” nor in “conceal ment.” The Ex-Govemor is very qui etly watching the ku-klux warfare that is being made upon him, and conscious of the correctness of his of ficial conduct, has every confidence in his final vindication. His Arch enemy—Gen. Toombs—is exerting ev ery artifice to gratify malignant hate and popular prejudice by subjecting him to the indignity of an arrest, but we hope and believe purpose of the great conspirator will be de feated. And if what we learn be true, there is a strong probability of & “high toned democrat” being called before the United States Court, ere long to answer to the charges of perjury and malicious prosecution— alias persecution. This would indeed be painful, but then if people to grat ify political animosity will swear pos itively (leaving off the usual scape goat of “knowledge and belief’) to statements that are wholly false, they must expect to suffer the consequence. "We take the liberty of suggesting to the Atlanta “Inquisition” that there will be two sides to their case before it is all over, and we repeat that false swearing is a dangerous and some times a painful thing fcven for a denn oeratic Committee to do. ESP The venerable Milledgville Re corder *nd the “organ” at Atlanta have been having a disputation on the subject at issue between Smith and Hoffman. The Recorder sustains Gov. Hoffman’s refusal to arrest ex- Governor Bullock without sufficient evidence to establish some charge against him, and the “organ” con tends that Democratic ‘.‘say so” is sufficient evidence to satisfy any Democratic Governor and that Smith has done a big thing in making a re quisition and in “rebuking Hoffman” for not granting it. The “organ” sounds the trumpet for its chief, but has nothing in the way of evidence to offer the public to sustain the charges upon which he made his re quisish. “Branded of guilt by his own flight and concealment” is the nearest approach these fellows ever make to evidence to sustain their charges against the ex-Governor. It won’t do. The Recorder says: We think Governor Hoffman strained a point of comity very severely, to issue his warrant at all on a requisition that did not rest on an in dictment. Bullock, if in New York State, was under the protection of New York law. To justify his arrest and transportation one thou sand miles, out of the jurisdiction, should re quire stronger evidence of “probable guilt;” than the affidavit of “belief” of one man —es- pecially when the fiat of the court having juris diction of the alleged crimes could so easily have been obtained. Such a practice would enable a malicious accuser to drag men by the score, at immense expense and sacrifice, over all these States, on suspicions, so groundless, that no one would entertain them for a mo ment. The accusation is a private matter, be tween accuser and accused, before indictment. Then the Court, having jurisdiction of the crime, through its most revered institution, the Grand Jury, takes it in hand, the State be comes accuser, and the Chief Magistrate de mands the criminal. Would Governor Smith arrest, tear from hi3 family' and exile to a Northern prison, anr» respectable citizen of this State, upon the requisition of>the Radical Gov ernor of Ohio, based solely upon the affidavit of reason to “believe,” of some unknown citi zen there ? Would he send a law-abiding Geor gian to South Carolina Scott, on some nigger’s affidavit of “belief” that the Georgian had vio lated some of the infamous legislation of that State ? This is an extreme case, and so is Bul lock’s. But we had better use such discretion, that our precedent shall not return to plague us. We think the Governor acted with ill-ad vice in this matter, which is the more to be re gretted, as a cause of partisan irritation, at this especial juncture. Let “requisitions’* be made at the instance of grand juries only. THE SITUATION IN LOUISIANA. For months past the political situa tion in Louisiana has attracted the attention of well wishers of this gov ernment, and has afforded an illus tration of the extent to which the present National Administration would go to maintain its pow er in opposition to the will of the people. Staunch patriots, headed by Governor Warmouth, have, however, by aetual force of right, maintained themselves and saved themselves the humiliation of being servants of a mil itary despotism. These men now come to the front with the party of patriots organized at Cincinnati, and promise the State overwhelmingly for Greeley. A private letter dated at New Or leans previous to the Convention, gives a concise statement of the situa tion as follows: “You know, of course, we have had a hard time to preserve the State government in the hands of the Republicans. Grants’ office-hol ders united with the Democracy for the pur pose of overthrowing the government and were ready to give it over to tne democrats. The result is the republicans in this State are divided. The federal office-holders, who are crazy for the renomination of Grant, consti tute one wing, and are known as the Custom House party. The other is headed by War moth and the great bulk of the republican par ty, white and black. The custom house party, embraces only those who hold office, or expect to hold office under Grant. A strong delega tion of republicans go from here for Cincin nati to-morrow evening. The way In which the republicans have been treated by Grant and his officials in this State, is the real cause of the division in our ranks, and will undoubt edlv lead to the defeat of Grant in this State. It is barely possible that the Grant men may force the fssue of black and white, In which case, as the Democrats have made no nomina tions, a large portion them will vote with the Liberal Republicans against Grant. The Dem ocratic party is badly demoralized; all that re mains of itis a few old democrats, regular old fossils, and a few noisy, ignorant fire-eat ers all very anxious for office. The rank and file of the party are sick of and disgusted with the trickery and dishonesty of their leaders. Who the candidates for Governor will be, it is hard to guess at this time. If Governor War moth desires the nomination, there is not a doubt but that he can get it, and be elected, in spite of Grant and his friends. B. AN AWFUL MOAN. The Savannah Journal, a paper printed at the expense of the Savan nah Custom House, in an article on the result of the Convention at Macon, descends to a most lugubrious moan at the prospect. It says: . “Our Democratic opponents attempt to treat the matter as a farce. Many Republicans, so called, found it convenient to be away—per haps on a tour to Cincinnati—perhaps they are waiting to see which side Is likely to be the strongest. One or two who border on “the res pectable” saw fit to withdraw while the Con vention was In session.” It might have gone on with great propriety and said the whole thing was a disgrace to civilization. There was no deliberation, no judgement, no patriotism. It was nothing but the prospective loaves and fishes. Carl Schurz earnestly protested against the Missouri bargain which carried Greeley and Brown. He insisted that Mr. Greeley was the weakest candidate who could be nominated and that the Germans could not support him. The above, from the Savannah Jour nal, is a fair specimen of the lying that is resorted to by the Grant organs, and is intended to deceive the few ignorant colored readers it has. Beeause its party bargains and sells, it assumes that others do. Mr. Schurz never said that Mr. Greeley was ‘ ‘the weakest can didate who could be nominated,” nor did he ever say that “the Germans could not support him.” Mr. Schurz preferred another man, but when Mr. Greeley was nominated he at once an nounced himself for the ticket and ad vised the Germans that Mr. Greeley was their candidate. Mr. Schurz said, as President of the Convention, that being President, he had utterly re fused to give his adhesion to either aspirant for the nomination. MR. GREELEY’S LETTER OF AC CEPTANCE. In another column will be found Mr. Greeley’s letter accepting the nomination for presidential honors tendered him by the Cincinnati Con vention. It is perspicuous, plain and conclusive and stamps its author as a profound thinker and a man of eru dition. The writer meets the issue fairly and honestly and uses no am biguous terms with which to wheedle and deceive the people. Standing squarely upon the platform framed at Cincinnati, no one at all acquaint ed with Mr. Greeley, will for-a.mo ment doubt his ability and 1 determin ation to execute all the pledges he has made. Whatever frailties he may possess neither double dealing or vas cillation have ever been charged against him by even those who were his most bitter opponents. The platform as adopted at Cincin nati, is certainly plain enough to be fully understood by any one who can read and its liberal and conservative character challenges the admiration of men of all parties. THE GREELEY HAT. As the ‘‘white hat” will, without doubt, be a distinctive feature in the coming campaign, it may not be out of place to give an idea of what it looks like. Recently, while the wri ter was in New York, Mr. Greeley was called upon by the hatters to choose from about two hundred hats, one for his use. The one chosen by him was a white soft felt hat, with a broad brim, trimmed with a white satin finished band about an inch and a quarter in width. That’s the Greeley hat. EST" The Boston Post talks about “Chattanoo ga, Georgia.” We shouldn’t suppose the people of South Carolina would like to be swindled out of their favorite city in that -way—Courier- Journal. That is a singular mistake of the C. J’s; for dosen’t everybody kpow that Chattanooga is in Idaho, whither it was removed a few months ago?— Atlanta Sun. And you, Mr. Sun, have got the thing backwards. It is Idaho that is in Chattanooga. GEORGIA STATE NEWS. Dalton experienced a disastrous tor nado last week. Millions of small bls.ck bugs are de stroying the potatoes, at Gainsville. • The people of Dooly county have very nearly subscribed all the stock required of them for the Hawkinsville and Eufaula Railroad—about $50,000 we believe. The members of the Thirty-sixth Congress from Georgia who are ex cluded from th§ benefits of the am nesty bill, passed Thursday, are Al fred Iverson and Robert Toombs, Sen ators ; and Peter Love, Martin J. Crawford, Thomas Hardeman, Lucius J. Gartrell, John AV. H. Underwood, James Jackson and John J. Jones, members of the House- of Representa tives. There were no members from this State in the Thirty-seventh Con gress, the State having seceded before the assembling of that body. In the Warren Superior Court, last week, a young man convicted of using opprobious words in the presence of ladies, was sentenced to three months in the county jail, fined fifty dollars, and ordered to pay the costs of suit. That chap has learned a good lesson. The Albany News reports “channel cats” as the only “vegetables” to be had in that market. The drouth has squelched out the garden truck of all ‘kinds. Albany has in contemplation a short canal —about two miles in length—to convey some of the waters from the Kincheefoonee from above the falls on the Flint river. This, when com pleted, will give a water power suffi cient to propel the machinery eff a dozen cotton factories. The Cobb County Agricultural and Industrial Association has purchased eighty acres of land for the purpose of building their fair grounds and es tablishing their experimental farm. The Columbus Sun learns that the Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad is now in the hands of a receiver, the creditors having endeavored to force the road into bankruptcy. The Atlanta correspondent of the Griffin News says the Savannah Rad ical Ring have resolved to nominate Wm. Markham, now of New York, but formerly of Atlanta, for Gover nor. Atlanta brags on the arrival of cher ries, cucumbers and squashes in her market. Give her the medal for 'late arrivals. The com crop in Screven county is said to be very good, cotton prospects very gloomy, and cotton seed scarce. Gold discoveries have been made in Hall county, and the people there are already looking with disgust on the old stand-by—greenbacks. Atlanta is a candidate for the title of “the grain distributing point, South,” and she wants a $20,000 grain elevator, to hold 75,000 bushels, to el evate her to that title. Change of Climate. —“Frank,’’who drives one of the wagons of the “City Mills,” says he cannot stand the heat of our wgather without an umbrella. He is one of the negroes brought over by the yacht Wanderer, some years ago, and fell to Colonel R. L. Mott.— Columbus Sun. Fulton county cries alo.ud for the head of the class on the clover ques tion. She rushes frantically to Atlanta > with a specimen of “red” thirty-four inches high, and declares for 6,300 pounds of hay from the acre. Judge Erskine is holding a levee with the illicit distillers in Atlanta. 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Read “FALSE AND TRUE.” Sond one let ter stamp to RADWAY & CO., 32 Warreu street, coi. of Church street, New York. Ih-- formation worth thousands will bo sont vou. PUBLIC SALE OF Railroad Stocks and City Lots. Wmhbesold on MONDAY, 17th of June, 1872, at ten o’clock, A. M., before the Court House rioor In the city .of Maoon, State of Georgia, viz: 200 SHARES MAOON STREET RAILROAD STOCK. 1000 SHARES MACON & AUGUSTA RAIL ROAD STOCK. 1896 SHARES MACON & BRUNSWICK RAIL ROAD STOCK. Also, the following City Lots will be sold up on the grounds,commencing on Tatnall Square, at half past ten o’clock, A. M., of the same date, viz: Lots Nos. 1,6 and 7, block 33; 1 and 2, block 63; 3, block 28; 1, block 85; 3, 4. 5,6,7 and 8, block 5o; 1,2,3 and 4, block 62; 1,2, 3/4, 6, 7 and £ block 48; 1,2, 3 and 4, block blank on Tatnall Square; 1,2, 3, 4,5. 8, 7 and 8, block 40; 1,2, 3,6, 7 and 8, block 59; 1,2, 3,4,5, 6, 7 and 8, block 58 Tatnall Square; 6, blook 69 Southwestern Re serve; 8,4, 7 and 8, block 71, Southwestern Re serve; 1,2, 3,4, 5 and 6, blook 72 Southwestern Reserve; 4,5 and 6, block 75, Southwestern Re serve; 1, 2 and 3, block 74; 1, block 68; 1 lot, blank block on the corner of Johnson and Forsyth streets. TERMS OF BALE.—AII the Railroad Stock will be sold for Cash. City Lots, one-third Cash: one-third, six months: balance In twelve months with interest from date. W. L. ELLIS, ) Committees A. R. TINSLEY, on G. B. ROBERTS, j Finance and •J. WILBOUItN, Public D. DALY, J Property. maySEMda