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FHIDAY FEBKUAKY 27, 1874.
notice.
Twenty-five per cent, will bo added to |
all BubnoriptiooH not paid in advance.
Thin rule will not be dcpafted from.
All fuuoiul, obituary, and marriage no-
ticoH muHt bo paid for at regular ratea.
ItoHolutiorm of Grangea and other
bodies,.ordered published, will be charged
for.
Anonymous communications invariably
ignored.
Letters requiring answer ahonld con
tain stumps for return postage.
Oun Washington corroMpondent writoa
us, Feb. 22d, thut Mr. Btopbons was then
recovering from his illness, uud was able
to ride out.
Dimmick, tho member of the l’onnsyl-
vnni.i Legislature implicated in the black
mailing bank >windie, tendered his resig
nation on Mouduy, which the House
ref used to uceept. An investigation is
progression
Tub latest reports show that tbo women
of Ohio nro making progress in thoir war
on tho liquor saloons. Many have sus
pended, and tlio onmpaign is still vigor
ously prosecuted, lint it is said that
some of the saloon men, who were among
tho first to capitulato, aro already pre
paring to resume their old business.
.Dihi’ATCuks from the West show that
hostilities between the Sioux Indians and
tho white settlers aie constantly occur
ring. Killing, burning and horse stealing
on both sides are reported. Tho interest
ing question now is whether the presence
of troops will sufllco to stop hostilities
without lighting.
Ma. Wm, H. McCaw, a young gontlo-
innn connected us correspondent with
several of the host papers of Huuth Caro
lina, catno to his death in a strange iuan-
nor, at Columbia, on Thursday lust. JIo
was in his room writing a letter to a
Char lent on paper, when bo discovered
that his clothes were on firo, ami before
he could obtain relief ho was so badly
burned as to cuiiau bis death in a few
hours, liow Ids clothes caught lire, ho
could not toll.
Tim apocch of our immediate ltoprcson-
tutive in Congress, lion. 11. U. Harris,
(which wo copy to-day), will ho found
pointed, logical, and truthful. Mr. Har
ris makes a tuithful and creditable itopre-
Hontativo of tbo intelligent constituency
that elected him. Wo hope thut this
Hpeiiuh of his, on tho “Civil llights” bill
(now held back by tho commilteo to which
it was remanded until it tnti be ascertain
ed how much of it must be “unloaded")*
will be generally read.
“Bi’Kouh" writes from Washington to
tho Atlanta IIera </, thut on the 21st inst.
Congrcsvuiun Fiuumau rend to the Sounte
Post Cilice Committee u letter from
Huylos J. lloweii, of Washington, late
Secretary of tho Greeley National Com
mittee, in which Howen slates that Sam
Hard made overtures to support Greoloy,
if he could bo paid for it, and that ho
(Howen) declined tho proffer. So it would
seem tlmt them nro other explosive po
litical magazines beside i Pickett's “ar
chives."
Tub members of the Mississippi Legis
lature seem to bo taking things easy. Tlio
Senate had no quorum r.ll of last week —
“not yet recovered from tho effects of
Mnrdi Gras," says a dispatch of the 21st.
Uu that day tho llouao bad only six moro
than a quorum—47 absentees. A resolu
tion to adjourn nine die on the 18th of
April—protracting tho session two months
longer—was tabled, because the members
said they would not adjourn until they
got through business. Mississippi is a
Stato that does not “compromise"—she
ropudialss.
An Alnhitum Quandary.
The last Legislature of Alubnma failed
to Dintact tho State so as to provide for
tho two additional Congressmen gained
by the census. Tho election will ho held
next fall, and thoro rooms to bo little
prospect of a new districting of the Statu
before that tiuio. Therefore a bill has
been introduced in Congress to allow* Ala* !
humu again to elect two Congressmen at j
large. Either this bill.will pass, or Con- 1
gross will itself district tbo Stato. Tho |
Washingt
oor.rogiug, and we would be sorry to havo
the fact taken as an evidence of Colum
bus prosperity, though it does lookthat j
way. There is no city of this size in tho
country where there is such a lack of en
terprise as exhibited in our advertising j
columns. Our readers must beur us out
tying thut we havo spent our means
and worked day nud night, not only to
givo them a uowspaper worth the sub
scription price, but one that would reflect
credit on our city, and which would be a
credit to any place. Hud we beon sus
tained, as wo earnestly hoped,
we iuteuded to have increased
tho size of tho Daily, but baffled
disappointed, and wronged, in tnuny cases,
out of the amount due, and with thou
sands owing us that we aro vainly trying
to collect. We soo but two remedies, un
less the pooplo puy us what is rightly ours.
Tbo first is to stop tho Daily and issue
only u Weekly, refunding those who havo
paid for tho Daily in advance—it won't
bo a breaking sum—or to out tho Duly
down to about one-half its present size.
Ono thing is certain, tho time has couie
when wo uro determined to Ioho no more
by trusting pooplo who seem to havo for
gotten thut there is a principle of honor
involved in even n newspaper debt. Some
men, owing to the courso wo have taken,
havo dropped our paper nftor reading it
for nearly a year, and refuse point blaok
to pay as. Yot thoso fellows, and w*o
shall give thoir names tinder a proper
bonding, would stick a knife in a min
if he called thoin “deliberate thieves."
Wo propose to begin on Monday, and
shall sturt with this city. No doubt wc
will lose many nominal friends, when
they find they cannot run in debt for this
paper farther, but wo are not in the habit
of consulting men’s feelings when wo
know we uro right. Another thing, wo
cannot hunt rill over this town to find
every man indebted to us, and wo there
fore hope they will call and settle.
iu enumerating tho cttrscs to which this
laud lias been subjected, wo havo not
hoard tho principal ono mentiunod.
Jt is the utter recklessness with which
people contract debts, when they have not
in their hearts the faintest thought or
care oj how they are to meet them. Strict
moralists would quostion the integrity of
UKOKUIA NIAVV.
—The Superior Court of Talbot county
ftill commence its spring term on Mon-
liny niter next.
— A negro umn and a horse w^iich ho
was ridmg^wero killed by n falling troe,
near La Grange, Tuesday of lust week.
—It seems that Gory, the defaulting
Atlanta cashier, owed his downfall to cx-
agunt investin', uts in buck-eye bee
SPEECH
liiv
—Tho Athens Watchman reports real
estate rapidly advancing in Tiduu iu its
soctiou, in view of prospective railroad
facilities.
—Tho ropo factory and machine shop
of Mr. George M. Duval, near Augusta,
woro burned on Saturday night. Loss
about #4,01)0.
— A party of manufacturers from tho
North were inspecting tho Augusta canal
ou Tuesday, and it is hoped that they
worn well enough p loused to establish a
fuctoiy of some kind thoro.
—It is now said that Mrs. Westmore
land does not coutcmplnto visitiug Geor
gia soon, and cousoquoutly hor lectures iu
the cities »>f tho Btulu were prematurely
announced.
—besides Senator James It. Brown,
the tntinou of Senators Kooso and Lester
and Herbert Fielder, Esq., are moutionod
iu connection with the nomination for
Governor of Georgiu for tho next term.
Hut Governor Smith has yot more than
two years to servo.
—From 1872 to 1873 tho value of taxa
ble proper iu Houston couuty decreased
one hundred and uinoty-six tliousaud
dollars. Houston is, wo believe, the
largest cotton producing county in tbo
Statu. The probability is that too much
cotton is the cause of its loss of wealth.
—Bays the Gainesville Advertiser of
Tuosday: “The wheat throughout North-
oast Georgia, so fur ns wo have seen and
heard, is far more promising than any of
the previous seasons for tho past four
years, and unless some disaster should
befall it, wo will have the laigu.-t yield
ie thu
AI.AIIAMA MiW.N.
—Tho several Graugos of Chambers
oouuty had a meeting at LaFayutto on
Saturday, nud organized a county Coun-
—Mr. D. W. Melvcr has beconio tho
solo mopriotor and editor of tho Tuske*
goo Sews, having bought the interest of
J. E. Cobb, Esq.
“Spooks" writes to tlio Atlanta Herald
tlmt Mr. lleyman, of Opelika (a Federal
officer there), is in Washington city, and
announces hitusolf a candidate for Con
gress from the 3d Alabama district.
—The expenses of the city government
. of Montgomery, last year, were $ir>f>,r*31,
npimdeut of tho Atlniitn | mi(l , ho |, 10ual „ r „ r y ,„ ir $127,Mill. A
Herald thinks thut CimyruiH will form tho | lulling off in both II
districts, and
the ltadieals
aud lice
•31 »
» tiler
out of tlio
The
epot
Knquirer thinks that tho bill allowing
tho State to again elect two Uepvcscnta-
lives “at largo" will pass. Tlicio is a bare
possibility that tho difficulty may bo
solved by Legislative action at a called
session yet to bo hold.
FAC’TN WOltril KFAPIXtt.
The majority of tho subscribers to this
paper mint acknowledge that wo have
triod to bo luuieut, and that in direct vio
lation of our published toriUH, wo have
furnished them our journal without in
sist ig ou its prepayment. It iH simply
in po sible to combine this; our means are
limned and wo have decided to drop from
the Msnranoe, and hire in all rmpects privilogM. «» «!•*>«; and wb »!!! do
complied with tho obligtillhha thna im- fur thorn and ourreliea the very brut tlmt
ut | pared, aud they to-d.y ubl that you we can with the limited resources at our
i Mr Rainey—i wish 10 ask the gentle- command. Pass this bill and yon entail
HON 1IFNHY k HAHHTS mm .qaertlon. I upon us stilllurther diB outage,ueule turd
I1U.1. 111-1'A L J\. 11 -A All .Jj I 3X r> Harris, of Georgiu—Excnse me; I; oonfuuon-, which wot not only undo wlml
do uot wish to he interrupted, an my time J we h-.ve uireudy aeuoinpli.hed iu bui.diug
is limited. ! “P “ general >0
WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS.
OF UltOHUJA,
ON THE
coinmou schools
id mi
port of tlio burning of tbo Fair
t Euf.iula, on Monday night,
.. Tbo general holier is that
»«t on tiro by tho maddened no-
hoard of no arrests
posit i*
'proof.
CIVIL RICHTS* BILL,
“That whoever being a corporation or
natural person, and owner or in charge of
any public inn, or of way place of
public amusement or entertainment
for which a license from any public au
thority is required, or of any line of stage
coaches, railroads or other means of pab-
lic carriage of passengers or freight, or
of any company or other benevolent in
stitutions, or any other sobool supported
in whole or iu part a‘. the public exp- use
or by endowment for the public, shall
msko any distinction as to the admission
or accommodation therein of any citizen
of the United Stains, because of rnce,
color or previous condition of servitude,
slifii:, on conviction thereof, be fined not
less than $1')Q nor more than $5,000 for
each offense, and the person or corpora
tion so offending shall bo liable to the
citizen thereby injured in damages, to be
recovered on an action of debt."
Delivered in the House of Representatives,
January 17, 1874.
The House having under consideration
tho bill (H. K. No. 796) to protect all cit
izens in thoir civil and legul rights, Mr.
Harris said:
Mr. Speaker, there has not been, nor
can there be, any measure proposed to
this House of more vital importance to
tho peace, good order, prosperity, and
happiness of tho people of the South than
the one now under consideration. And
wbilo I fear thut neither right, reason, ar
gument, nor persuasion will avail to de
feat it, I feel it a duty which I owe to both
races of my tiiuto to exhaust every legiti
mate expodiout iu my power to avert
from them tlio unprocedunto 1 calamities
that must neoi-ssirily ensue upon tho
adoptiou of this bill.
I do not propose, Mr. Hpeaker, to dis
cuss tho provisions of the bill in their con
stitutional bearings; that has been nl-
roudy exhaustively done by abler hands,
aud its unconstitutionulity demonstrated
conclusively to nil unprejudiced minds.
It is its enforcement, and the practical re
sults that are to follow this and all kindred
legislation, that we so much doploro. And
it is to this that 1 address mysolf, uud a**k
the calm, deliberate attention of the
friends of tho bill. For, ufter all, the ef
fect which any legislation is to have upon
tho country constitutes tho great question
for tho consideration and control of tho
true statesman. Whether this measure is
constitutional or uot, thu dominant parly
on this floor so contend ; and I four that
they have both tho power and the will to
impose it upon the country, unless they
o in be made to pause and consider long
enough to foresee tbo direful conse
quences which must inevitably follow.
To those who oatitend for its constilu-
tionnlity I have this to say; that tho great
apostle to the Gentiles said, “All things
are luwful unto me, but all things aro not
expedient."
Distinguiabod advocates of this bill on
tho other side of tho Iiouso justify thoir
support of the measure on the ground and
sceiii to feel that it is demundcU for the
protection of tho freoduien of the South,
beoauso of the prejudices that exist in tho
minds of the white people against tho col
ored race. Now lot me assure you, Hir,
with all tho candor, honesty, and empha
sis of which l aiu capable, that, a greater
delusion tlinn this never seized upon thu
minds of luliouul, intelligent men. Why,
sir, wo have uot now, nor never had, any
grounds of prejudice against the colored
tuna. On tho contrary, our prepoRsos-
sions and sympathies have ulways been
with him, whether in u condition of ser
vitude or freedom. Such
still of 1
edn
tho natural
lation, nud
our roils e
paid in »dv
crib.
vlio has not
id in order that tho
Ot kn
on lift
- It is said that tho ogoutof uu English
company will soon visit and report upon
tho “copper tuum" on tho lauds of t*x-
Gov Smith in Uaudolph county. His re
port will probably determine the question
whether the company will underiuko the
working ot the mine.
—Julia Thornton, colored, was arrested
near Tuskegeeon Friday evening, on sus
picion of murdering hor step daughter, a
small child. The body of tho child was
found burning on the hearth, aud oil ex
amination showed that it ba t been badly
bruised before tb« burning. Tbo chi'd’s
brother testified tlmt the woman had se
verely beaten bis sister and then sent him
off, «nd when he returned ho found tho
body in the fire and tho woman gone off.
expired long since, can see how their ac
counts stall 1, we will publish tho list with
the amounts due u-: this, after nil the
means wo are employing have failed. In
the city of Columbus, whore our paper
has a largo circulation, thoro are only
eighteen subscribers to the Daily who are
ten months in advance, and out of a total
daily circulation, uearly up to the largest iu
the State,there are not three hundred who
are in advance for even ono month.
She
i bailed.
Last winter n party of oighteon Nor'
woigiau whalers perished at Gape Thors-
den, Spitzbergeii. Tho Captain, Frits
Mack, kept a journal down to tho time
lie hiu
attacked. It oo
tains the following entries: “January 19,
1873. At 5 80 a m. God called to him
self Tonnes G. Peterson, who has been
down with the scurvy since the . r ith. Same
day, Ht 12. 30 p ui., died, of the same
disorder. Hendrick llertuas, who was
attacked December 19. February
, , . ’ 2. The scurvy is now at its height. Three
wo hove to pny o»sb every week to «&• men 0B |, reman unnltaekod. February
amount of nearly thirty thousand dollars •_•(>, See for the first time tho sun of 1873
per annum, mid onr only means of ! February 21. To-day the Lord called to
meeting tins iuimen.o outlay is fium our j lumself our comrade Christian Lari
, . . . . . , Kioto, who died after eighty-two days of
subscriptions and advertising. Onr totsl ■ s „. k . 0u tho 23th 0 apt. Mack
subscription list, bad wo no advertising, write- -'I am iho only ono that has nut
would not run this paper for live months; ' boon visited by the scourge. God help
aud though wo hoped advertising would l:s ' And on the Ss.lt: "Another one of
" , , , ,• I onr oomrndos died to-dav. April ti. Mar-
more,me after wo purchased and consult- j „„ n , lBsen 8uoc „ m t,od 0 " Tho
dated with The Sun, it has actually fallen ! journal closes with thoso words: “Who
off one-fourth. This is not oortaudy on- \ will be left to write iny »au*e?"
iuterost. The property intere
had in him was of itself a humanizing in
fluence, iu so far ns it led tho white man
to oaro for him iu sickness and in health
—iu body and iu soul. It was, sir, this
influence that secured to him that con
stant dully contact and ussoeiution with
tho white man that ruised him front his
rude, barbaric stato to tho status of civil
ization and development in which emanci
pation found him. And, no mutter what
may bo said of the abuses of slavery, they
were more incidents, and do not invali
date the groat truth thus enunciated. It
is a fact alike uudenied and undeniable.
In their former state they were our prop
erty ; in thoir pronout position of freedom
they are still our laborers iu the field uud
onr principal dependents in our families
and our homes.
A mo limit's serious reflection, houest
und apart from blind, partisan zt-al and
the infatuation of fanutiuisui, will satisfy
evcey unprejudiced mind that pecuniary
interest alone would impel our pooplo not
only to protect and provide for the freed-
men, bat by every possible means within
their power to oducato and elevate them
to a proper approciatiou of tho gruvo re
sponsibilities and privileges growing out
of their now relation of citizenship, not
only to society nud government, but to
ourselves aud our families.* la an agri
cultural region the inutuil dependence
and reciprocity of iuterest which always
exist between tho capitalist aud tho la
borer—the landlord and tho tenant—
could not do otherwise than beget and
presorve feelings of amity, justice, und a
kindly consideration between them. It is
no disparagement to the masses of the
colored people of the South to say that
they know, feel, and acknowledge their
dependence upon the white man, not on
ly for employment, but tor counsel, sym
pathy, aud protection. Ou the oilier
lurid, tho white man daily exhibits his
need of the hinck man as a laborer, and
knows full well that tho more happy and
contented he makes him, tho more relia
ble and profitable ho becomes. And
hence, sir, tho white uian of Hie South is
to day, aud lias ever been, ready, willing,
nay anxious, to accord to tbo colored ra>*o
every right, privilege, aud immunity, so-
ci d and pt.lrie.d, that would bo condu
cive to his interest and happiness, and at
the same time compatible with good gov
ernment, peace, and order. That this
statement is true is proven by tho fact
that there is not to be found, so far as my
knowledge extends, a singlo statute in
any of the former slave States that dis
criminates against any citizsu the roof
“on account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude." On the contra
ry, onr State constitutions, aud all the
laws enacted under them, have been made
to conform in all respects to the require
ments of the Constitution of tbo United
States ns amended. The same constitu
tion that protects tho white mui throws
its broad aigis around the colored man.
The same law that inflicts punishment for
crime upon onecit»z*n applies to each
aud every ono alike, bo he white or black,
rich or poor, high or low. 1’he same
privileges aud immunities aro granted to,
ami aro to-day enjoyed and exoeroised by
each and every citizen without “let or
hioderanoe." And if thero be any dia-
ciiminationa in the judicial administra
tion aud exocutiou of tho laws, I know
nothing of them. What more, I ask, eau
be justly demanded, either by the letter,
spirit, or genioua of a republican govern
ment ?
The Southern Slates were told that
when their constitutions and laws were
nude to couforiu to the Constitution of
the United States the work of reconstruc
tion was consummated, and thut thoro
would be no further interference with the
rights of the States by the Federal Gov-
•ruxaant. They in good faith accepted
Mr. ltaiuey—I will not interrupt you
again, if you answer this questiou. Are
not the oitizeus of your State now call
ing a convention to set aside thut consti
tution, and to get up another one ?
Mr. Harris, of Georgia—In reply to
this question I will say, that no move
ment for a constitutional convention in
my Stato contemplates any change in the
sting relations of the two races or the
restriction in any way of the rightB grow-
out of these relations.
Our own pooplo, seeing at an early day
the dangers and diffijulties that would
arise by any attempt oven upon their
own part to control a question so deli
cate uud at tho same time so complex,
ly and promptly provided ogaiDHt its
agitation in thoir orgauic law. And thoir
wisdom, prudence, und true statesman
ship, responsive to tho deliberate con
viction of the citizens themselves, will
say, let it remaiu forever. Not only
would we have it thus for our own do
mestic tranquillity aud happiness, but
for the honor and weal of the nation.
Will tbo party in power with equal
fidelity fulfil thoir obligations? To do
this you have only to let ns nlono, and
thereby permit us to regulate our internal
interests according to the dictates of our
own judgments, subject only to the Con
stitution of the United States. As it re
gards the social status of h>v* citizens, thu
State of Georgia, which I have the honor
in part to represent, lias long ago spoken
in language alike intelligible und unmis
takable. Tho eleventh section of her pre
sent constitution, adopted iu 18G8, pro
vides that “the social status of the citi
zen shall never bo the subject ot legisla
tion." That constitution was frumod by
a Rouveution composed almost exclusively
of delegates who belonged to the Repub
lican party, and many of whom woro col
ored men. Aud that constitution was
submitted to, aud up;-roved by, tho Amer
ican Congress, ti.ee, as now, largely Re
publican. It was ratified by the citizens
of ilia Stale, and ii tod.yonoof tho
fundameutul principles of our govern
ment. And now let me ask, Will this
Congross, unmindful of the approval
which a previous Congress has already
given to the settlement of this vexed
question, reopen Pandora’s box of ills,
and thereby impjso upjn the pooplo of
Georgia amt her sister Houthoru Htates,
and thoir unoffending citizens of both
races, the dro tded calamities which tffhy
b night to shield them selves from by the
very highest possible safeguard ? Wdl
you, who control tho legislation of the
nation, bo ho unwise as to attempt L;» reg
ulate, by Congressional enact min*, tuo
social status ot the citizens of the Hinte-,
when the people themselves Lave declared
their unwillingness to touch it by placing
it beyond the reach of ihe legislative arm
of their own Stato ?
I cannot and will not permit myself to
believe that you will iudulge such folly
and mudnes.s until the deed itself is Uoue.
I urn satisfiad, Mr. Speaker, that a very
largo majority of the Republican mem
bers of ibis Iiouso do not understand tho
true condition of affairs iu tbo South;
for if thoy did, an 1 are sincere iu their
avowals of solicitude for the welfare of
tlio country, and especially for tlm pros
perity anil advancement of tho colored
race, 1 am very snro that thoy wem’d indi
cate it in some better w.iy than tlie adop
tion of legislative enactments which, in
my judgment, when tried, will not only
provo unacceptable to the masses of col
ored people at tho South, but alike de-
>tivo of tho harmony and groat inter-
of both racea. In tho short time
allowed me 1 cannot further discuss this
brauch of the subject, but will briefly re
view one other of itB aspects.
It is a fact, Mr. Speaker, kuown to all,
that previous to emancipation a very
largo proport ou of tho wealth of the
South consisted of her thou slave proper
ty. This wealth, vast as it was, by tho
war and its results was entirely swept
away, leaving Hie industrial pursuits ot
the country disorganized uud prostrate.
Superaddod to this was an influx iuto our
midst of u horde of adventurers, who, feel
ing no identity of interest with govern
ment of any sort, either Federal or State,
with no respect for the right* of the
white man or regard for tho welfare of
tbo colored man, ignoring the former und
subsidizing the latter, with hearts intent
ipon plunder alone, sought to array the
olorod iuftu, if not iu deadly conflict of
aces against the uhito nnui, at luast of
interost. And such was their success for
bile that it was exceedingly difficult to
contract with laborers at any price or up-
i any terms. The result was that vory
iny of our best citizens, men of entoi-
prise aud ouorgy, despairing of ever be
ing able to reconcile tho conflicting ele
ments thus aroused, abandoned their for-
homes nud farms, and sought the
is of subsistence for themselves and
families elsewhere, in different and more
uncongenial pursuits. And thus this
state of thiiis* continued to grow worse
and worse—plunder, on the ono hand,
by carpetbag rulers, And on the other the
disorganization of our labor system—nn-
il a stern necessity seemod to demand
nd to inaugurate a change. And now,
just as we aro hegining to emerge from
the storm-olotid which has so long over
shadowed us, just as its fury is beginning
somewhat to abate, you propose to renew
onr conflicts and difficulties by imposiug
upon ua measures still more odious to the
people of both races than ar.y hitherti
inflicted. Stop, sirs, in your further cru
Rude of wrong nud madaevs upon th»
rights of the States, b- foro you find it t o
late to retrieve the ruin which your hands
for both races alike, but you ft ill thereby
restrict our beuefici-nce aad compel us to j
inaugurate ntili another and more partial i
system. This remark is not intended ls !
a threat, tier has it any of tho feelings or
spirit of vindictiveness in it. Threats ore j
the weapons of cowardice, and vindictive- i
nose finds u place only in malignant hoarts. j
But I ft id say that if it be tlio object of :
this bill to comp-d the association of the j
two rac "i in schools, churches, hotels, !
j burial grounds, public conveyances, or :
any where else, th »t its purposes will nev- |
iH’omplishbd. The common sense ;
of the bia k man forbids him to aspire to j
, and the sclt'-respooc and taste of the
h.te iu .u revolt lie the thought uud will
never tolerate it.
The nssociutions of men in social life
have ever bton and will always bo volun
tary—prompted by either taste or inter
ests, or by both combined. It is true that
political power, intensified and concen
trated for its owu aggrandizement, may
accomplish much iu modifying, nud even
in overthrowing forms of government;
but in the utmost stretch of that power
it can never repeal or annul the laws of
God. Aud hence, sir, no at the South
have no foirs of social equality, although
its enforcement should be attempted by
the strong arm of Government in the
most positive and direct legislation. The
inherent rights uud ins.incts which a wise
aud beneficent Creator has implanted in
the breast and stamped upon tho brow of
the Anglu-HiiXon race,and which adhere to
him iu evc-iy coiin ry, clime, aud condi
tion of earth) »».s G id's owu sigost of su
periority, forbitl it. It is not this fear
that impels ub to oppose so strenuously
the passage of this and of all similar bills.
But it is because the settlement of all
mi h questions nghltully belongs to us,
and ft u know that, we can dispose of them
better thun you can. Wo see, .aud huv«j
already s tfely felt, tuo c mseqiisnoes of
sunn ie •r.erdnee with our internal rights
ur d reg'dations. Wo ask nothing for our
selves, in .ividually or im States, that, we
do not fn oly accord to you and to your
States.
If ib* Mates themselvea havo not the
right to regulate all such matters as those
embodied in the provisions of this “civil
rights bill,'’ let rue a-k in nil candor what
subject involving Ihe status and rights of
citizenship is 1 ft within their owu con
trol and beyond the roach of federal leg-
Lliition ? Have the States no r jservod
rights ? If they aro without rights, then
they are no longer States. Take their
rights away, us you propose to do in this
bill, und youa .onco establish a precedent
upon which the Congress can, at will,
transform the sovereign States of the
Union into mere provisional dependeu-
You have but to tako n few more steps
iu this direction and y»>u will have oblit
erated the very principle—the sovorsiguty
of the States—trom which the Federal
Government itself derived its vitality and
power. Mr. Spoukor, when slavery whs
abolished we hoped and felt that the great
“apple of discord” was forever removed
from tho oounci'aof the nation—-that with
the reconstruction of the Government
would come the restoration of peuce and
fratoruity —that men r.f all part 1 ***, from
every portion of tho Union, would come
together in a spirit of mu ml concord
and cuDOili.itiou, and nd lrw*a thomsolves
with equal earucotncHs io tho great work
of repairing the end desolations of war,
aud the dov< lopment of tho vast resources
have
I havo,
uglit.
ROSETTE & LAW HON]
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Liiquor Dealers]
121 Broad Street, Columbus, Ga.,
H ave now in store a choice selection of pure and csvr
ulteralod Liquors, seme of which nra “ n, 4 f™"**
of
nlry.
Butaliib! id.in! huw great thu del
Wo of tbo S.m'h, amid onr impoviahment
and ruin, still find ourselves u prey to op
pression and wrong. Will this strife
never cease? Will the day never come
when modulation, justice an equality
shall obtain, und when wo, as a people of
a common country aud a common destiny,
can dwoll togotbor in unity? Let those
who are in power an 1 who control the
nfl'uirs of Government answer. The peo
ple of thu South woro honest robols, (if,
indeed, rebels at nil,) aud are no less to
day American citizens, loyal in every sen*
limeut of their nature to tho true princi
ples of constitutional liberty, as taught
by the Fathers of tbo Republic. Aud
they will emulnto the most ardent in pre
serving and transmitting to their children
that priceless boon. Ilonee, sir, we can
never lend our voices or our voles to the
support of any measure-which, like the
“civil lights bill,” doslroys the equilibri
um of our federal system by iuvadiug
tho sovereignty of tho Staten, and there
by denying t > tlio people that very ••do
mestic trr.riqattity" which il was institu
ted to protn <te.
llonnesseo Brandy,
Peach “
Apple
Cherry “
Domestic “
Jamacia Rum,
Now England Rum,
Holland Gin,
Domestic Gin,
Poit Wino,
Sherry Wine,
Madeira “ Malaga Wine,
nd four years old.
Martin Whiskey,
Bourbon “
Cabinet “
Irish “
Rye
White Corn Whiskey,
Adam Crow’s “
Weller’s Bout bon “
Robertson County Whiskey
Toni Mooro Ryo “
White Wheat “
Pa. Dew Drew “
» offerod at wholesale and retail, in quantities to suit purchasers,
ROSETTE A LA WROX.
BANKS.
NEBCHIITS’ IBB MECHUIt!
BANK,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
W. L. SALISBURY, Presid’t. A. 0. BLACKMAR, Cashier, I
THE NEW YORK STORE I
IS STILL SELLING A S
Prices !
OUR J0UVIN TWO-BUTTON KID GLOVES!
AT 90c. A PAIR. ONLY A FEW DOZEN LEFT.
Nov. 20, isrii.
S. I. AND AUER & BR0.
[mh 30-eodttwlyj New Yoik Store
REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
By ELLIS & HARRISON.
TKI'STEK'M SAI.E OF
Desirable Dwelling
Building Lots.
and
' MARCH, 11 .
.ck, v
otkor, been a planter u!l
of my life ; have owned in iny slaves, most
of whom aro my tenants to day, aud havo
been ever since they were emancipated.
I know the disposition aud character of
tbo negro race, their wants, necessities,
uud adaptations. I am their friend ; they
feel it aud acknowledge it. I tun ready
to do anything that will ameliorate and
improve their condition, for in doing it I
am sensible offthe fact that I will thoreby
promote tbo material prosperity of the
whole couutry. But I say io the friend
of this measure that if I wore thu direst
enemy of tbo colored man, und desired to
depress him iu tho scale of human intelli
gences ; nay, if uiy purpose w.is to txter-
minuto him from the earth, I would ask
no surer or speedier me ms of accomplish
ing that end than the enactment and
practical enforcement of just such meas
ures as these embodied iu this “oiv;l-
rights’’ bill, the t ffect of which is to
ostrango him from, and to slit g >uize
him Iti, tho white man. Our people,
prompted alike by the considerations of
humanity aud interest, would avert any
such calamity. In a'most every village,
and iu many neighborhoods,of the South,
tho freeduien havo schools of their owu.
These schools are supported in part by
tho States— by the voluntary contributions
of tho white people, su^p'emented by
such amounts as the freed men themselves
oau spare from their scauty oarnings.
Georgia to-day is struggling hard to es
tablish a general system of public educa
tion for all her people, black as well as
white. This groat work caunot be ac
complished iu a day or in a year. With
our impoverished resources, and tho in- t tr^f'ni'.v ;
terfereues and discouragements with J l y l iu . ti. *t‘ J.
which we have had to conleud, tho great 1 ‘L" aKui H « u «•
astonishment is that we have accomplish- ; hci-Ut ii' i min iu
ed anything at all in that direction. Our tiu« court iio jm!
colored population seems content with J J.' iami t. t-ov* uiu*r.
what we have done and are still doing for j cf -M'" 1 ' A - l> - ,f,:
them, and feel that they are making some : Unitod gut
advancement toward •©curing eduoational t-b*r it
O n Tuesn.vt
Boll iu fr«,i
Tint DKcIHAllLK RESIDENCE,
with y, uto K"iuiid attached, and threo \amut
lit-tiding 1 Utn OI y aero h. situated on Jackson
Htreot, ounoHitu tlio OKh-thorno property, owned
by Wm. 11. Ilunlies, fruit* e.
Term* cash. 'I it leu perfect. _ fehST td
Bankrupt Sale.
O N TUESDAY, the 3d day of March uext, I
will coininuucu t..<- Bale of the Bankrupt
a onk ef
Boots and Shoes
OF ALL KINDS,
tho lute property of JOSEPH KINi
will hut ono fto. k only, and tho good:
in parcels to suit Jobbors.
This will he an unequal d opportunity to all
Johbt r i do.lrius to j •ifchaso such goods.
ISAAC JOSEPH,
_Mv27 lw Assignor.
For Rent,
j HR HOARDING HOUSE on Broad street,
known as the “Uoiuo XUim "
Also, a Plano f., r rout or sale. Apply to
MUS. ANN ADAMS,
Notice in Bankruptcy.
■ 1113 is to p : t« notice that on the4:hday i
* Augn- , ■. I - .3 a warrant in ltanl ruptc
Am N'.ied r. . ■: • : • : -t.i’ ■ I 'i ho t as N. \l o
thnm.ot \utV.. v \ lit,« .. of Mmivv, tl er.ftndStnte
J""rgi'i who ii >< : >•. n udj nig..i •» Bankrupt on h
>wn p t n. -nl :h..t p.yn, ;,t of any debt
nd thud* it-'? i ii. > I ■ q rty l.-loi-ging tOHiic
JAMES LEFFEL’S
IMPROVED DOt’UI.E
Turbine Water Wheel. ELLIS & HARRISON.
! Beal Estate Agents ]
AND AUCTIONEERS,
X\71LL ATTEND PROMPTLY TO TIIKSALK,
> > RENT AN1) PI UCll ASK of REAL KPT At)',
iu the Uiy and country, and will adv.
haui« (at privut'j salo; FitP.F OP CIlAItU
tho prop, rty is sold.
POOL & HUNT, Baltimore,
Maxufactcriiis for tiir Sooth and Fovtic
PorUblo and Stationary Steam Unglues nnd Boil
ers, Bnheock A Wilcox Pat- nt luhulous Boiler,
Bhaugli’s Crusher for Minerals, Saw und Orlst
Mi'H, Flouring Mill Machinery, Machinery for
White i.ead Works and Oil Mills, Sha tl. g, Pul
leys and Hung rs.
Send lor Hrcularn iuh3 wCiu
Chaltahoochec Sheriff Sale.
U ' ILL h.- sold before tho Court House door in
fiwsetn, t hs.li vh..ocheo county, Oa , on th<*
first Tuesday iu April next, within the legal homfl
I>erty, to-wit:
ALUABLE CITY PIlOPKRTV
One Jtuy Hnri
hi, to satisfy ii
, Ul.f.ll
f hands, iseued tro
ltity, upon the f r
Llonn. ll, against Jol.u L. llori
aid John L. lf. ru
JOHN M. HAPP, Sheri
i \1I ATT A HOOCH EK
L; Feb 231, 1874 — W
R. C. Patterson has hoe:
lug permanent l.-tteis ■
Kln’r. lute ol'nild c >uotyT 3ccnui!d
Dine Hr., thoruforo, to olto and .Hmonlih >1
and singular, the kindred and creditors, to uho\
r.uso (if any they havo) why letters of u.lmini-
trillion should not be gratae 1 to said anplicunt u
tlio April term of add Court of Ordinary.
WILLIAM A. FAIll KY,
A DESIRABLE HOUSE AND LOT, <
acrei ground, in Limvood, one mile from
R. depot; u very comfortable and desimi
liouar, with fivn good rooms, with!:.
A STORE IL
Springs. A .
For Rent.
USE in the Valley of
able locution for » I'h
.FOR SALE AND RENT.
rjin
For Rent.
SMALL DWELLING SEC0NI)**
north of Male Public i
C. J. FREDERICK * Uk":
For Rent.
g LAROK ROOMS, with side eutr
family on
ud kitchen. Pa
Notice iu Bankruptcy.
to be holden at
Georgia, before
ister, on Iho 4th
DRY COODS.
ECONOMY!
Do you know that you can
Save Money by purchasing
DRY GOODS at the
well known house of
JOSEPH & BRO.?
Foreign l Domestic Drv Goods
BELOW COST!
Tlveir Spring- ytock
13 rNRTY.VLl.I':
Call and lx* c mvinc d.
No. 69 Broad Street.
fsbll dtf
PEACOCK & SWIFT
Cull atteution to ihe fact that they are m ii i.g
Dry Goods of eve y description,
Shoes, Hats, Clothing, &c.,
TO CASH Bi’YERS,
At such prices as will bo sure to please all who
will call
To arrive ICih inst., a ut w case of •
Spring J-»rints, &c.
J.u 1-iACOOE A swirr
For Sale Low.
^ aOUOLAll-llIP IN Tin: MEDICAL CltL
LM.1K AT F.VAN8YILLK, INDIANA
IViiLLINERY.
To Suit the Panic Timas!
Millinery Goods at Cost.
«> K h ,r. .hi luinil.p'lrclm.,' 1 at Hi" L'”"; 1 •""?
of M1LI.INEUY, ho.;.I". lll.OVK?,
every thing usually kept in h fir^t
niAUOM) *l>E<TA( l.t* :