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COMING COLLISION OF RACES.
There have been two negro riots at
Richmond within the last ten or twelve
days, and the commander of that Dis
trict, General Schofield, an officer of
more than ordinary prudence and wis
dom, found it necessary upon both oc
casions to use a portion of the troops
at hand to suppress the lawless demon
strations.. Similar manifestations have
been nrade at other points. These
things, which augur so badly for the
future peace and quiet of the country,
may be traced directly to the teachings
and influence of radical emissaries and
of bad and unscrupulous men, a
whom can be found in almost every
community, who desire to use the ne
gro for the vilest and most selfish pur
poses. They are not the friends of the
black race, but, on the contrary, are
leading them vapidly into trouble such
as they have never encountered before,
where they will leave them, upon the
first indication of danger, to take care
of themselves.
We find an article on this subject in
the Richmond Enquirer , a portion of
which we quote :
The events which are transpiring
around us, indicate a situation of pe
culiar delicacy and invest the future
with anxious apprehensions. The times
require of us great prudence and self
command, in the presence of the irri
tating questions that are thrust upon
us.
The tendency at this time seems
very distinctly towards a conflict of
races. It is evidently the anxious ef
fort of the agitators of the clay to bring
about this result. The negroes are
plied with incendiary harangues, and
are instigated to throw themselves in
collision with the whites in every pos
sible way. They are urged not mere
ly to insist on equal accommodation,
but to demand indiscriminate accom
modation ; to be rocle in the same cars ;
to be seated in the same schools; to
be accommodated in the same hotels,
&c.
Where all this will end, no man can
doubt; and least of all is it doubted
by the instigators. It is their manifest
purpose to bring about a conflict of
races—in order to make a party use of
the disorders to which it would give
rise.
It should be the earnest effort of the
white race of the South, to disappoint
this diabolical scheme. Let us bear
ourselves with the most conspicuous
prudence and the most exhaustless pa
tience. And still more vital is it to
the colored people to shrink from the
encounter of races to which they are
urged, and to withdraw themselves
from the counsels of the bad men who
would engage them in that fatal step.
Let them delude themselves by no ab
surd calculations. If a war of races ,
should be joined, let them not think
they will receive any white support.—
When once the cry of black man a-;
gainst white man is raised, it will j
quickly be ttie blacks on one side !
against the whites on the other. The I
very white men who are now leading
them to ruin, will desert them when
the storm bursts. How was it in the
late war ? There were *men at the
North who encouraged the South to
assert independence, with promise of ;
support. But when war came, and
when it became a struggle of North
against South, these men deserted us,
and took sides with their own section
and people.
LX ICILY SO.
When Judge Underwood, under the
inspiration of Horace Greeley, at
tempts to pacify the negroes, it is time
for the adventurers here to pause in
their career. Their designs are thus
clearly exposed by the New York
World :
“These plotters of disorder refuse
to let the South alone because it is ap
parent that, if things are left to take
their course, the freeclmen will recog
nize the identity of interests betwen
themselves and their section, and that
their vole will not go to strengthen the
Republican party. Perpetual discord
and dissension between the two races
is necessary to enable that party to
reap the crop which it has sown.—
When the Radicals lind that, though
the freedmen vote, they ai’e not likely
to vote with them , they begin to con
clude that their advocacy of negro
suffrage w*as a political blunder, unless
they can detach the negroes from the
Southern whites. The South will have
a larger representation in Congress
and more power in the Government in
consequence of emancipation. U nless,
therefore, the South can be divided,
and the organized as a wing
of the Republican party, the Radicals
have been fabricating a weapon for
their own destruction. It is for this
reason that they are making desperate
efforts to array race against race. In
inflaming the passions of the negroes
up to file point of riotous outbreaks,
the more considerate and crafty Radi
cals are sensible that they have over
shot the mark. It is their policy to
foster hatred, but to make it run only
in the political channels. The instiga
tion of riots and the inauguration of
a war of races tend to a recoil which
will bring the party into odium. Hence
the energy with which the rascally
Judge Underwood, whose infuriated
charge so powerfully stimulated the
present dangerous state of feeling, is
exerting himself to prevent an erup
tion of negro violence.”
The Herald begins to snuff calami
ty and shouts for the recall of Wilson
and Kelley. It proposes to substitute
John Minor Botts and others of his
ilk to assist in disabusing the blacks of
dangerous notions that, in addition to
freedom, the Freedmen’s Bureau and
the ballot box, they are to have free
farms and nothing to do but to enjoy
all the African splendor of Ha3 T ti. The
republican leaders , at all events , must
look to this , or they may soon find them
selves in the midst of a Northern polit
ical revolution .”
Colonel E. Hulbert. —This gen
tlemau has been appointed by Major-
General Pope, chief of registration for
the State of Georgia, with headquar
ters at Macon. Col. Hulbert is a man
of splendid business qualities and ac
quirements, and is in every respect a
good appointment.
Col. Hulbert has long been Superin
tendent of the Southern Express Com
ply-
TIIE INJUNCTION CASES DISMISSED.
The long agony is over. The Su
preme Court has at last washed its
hands of a troublesome question, by
deciding that it has no right to enter
tain it. On the ground of want of
jurisdiction, it has rejected the peti
tions of Southern States for protection
against congressional laws that over
throw their governments, erect tempo
rary military despotisms in their stead,
and provide for permanent institutions
organized under the bayonet and in
accordance with the views and wishes,
not of the people to be governed, but
of a dominant party at the North
When finished, this will be ealled a
u Republican government I”.
This decision, we may be permitted
to say, i3 a sad thin«v for the whole
American people. It shows that they
have not the government that they have
thought and been taught to believe
they had—that the Supreme Court is
no longer to be looked to as the final
interpreter of the Constitution where
the liberties of the people are in peril
—that the will of a majority is the su
preme law of the land and over and
above all constitutions, and- that the
minority are wholly at its mercy—that
revolution is the only remedy against
oppression. In this decision the South
stands vindicated before the world
It has been her continued reproach
that she resorted to arras and not to
the courts—though now it appears she
adopted the only remedy left her. If
the North can get along with this de-
cision it is likely we at the South shall
be able to do so too. Let her beware,
though lest it return to haunt her be
fore many days!
As Southern Journalists, acknowl
edging the right of the people to look
to u-s for an opinion, if not counsel,
we shall grapple with these troublous
times as best we can, and advise our
fellow-countrymen of the South to
such policy as in our judgment will do
them least harm in the social and po
litical revolution on which they have
been forced to enter against their will.
We shall take up and discuss questions
onty as they arise for practical decis
ion, under all the circumstances of the
time. We shall deal with the present,
and leave the future to come up in its
order without anticipation. There is
at this time but one question on which
they are called to act, and that is the
first in order under what is called the
“ Reconstruction Act ” — registration.
The decision of the Attorney General
upon the question of franchise will be
given in a few days, and when made
known and the books opened, our ad
vice and earnest entreaty to every
Southern man who shall have the priv
ilege, is to go forward and register un
der the law. In this way alone can the
honest men of the South retain their
power and exercise it in shaping the
destiny of their States. The very
worst of calamities may come upon us
if, from any motive, we refuse. —Macon
Telegraph.
REMOVAL OF THE SHERIFF AND DEPUTY
SHERIFF OF BARTOW COUNTY.
We understand that the escape from
jail of six or seven prisoners, some two
months since, is, perhaps, the princi
pal charge of ‘gross neglect of duty”
on the part of Mr. Ay cock and his
Deputy- The following order explains
itself;
Hra'iis. 3d Mil. Dis. Y
Georgia ,Ala. and Florida,
Atlanta, Ga. May 14, ’O7 )
Special Order No. 21.
EXTRACT.
111. An investigation by a compe
tent officer, having revealed the fact
that there has been gross neglect of
duty on the part of Win. Aycock, Sher
iff, and Augustus Franklin, Deputy
Sheriff, of Bartow county, Ga., that
criminals have escaped, and loyal men
have been unable to secure justice
through their negligence or connivance,
they are hereby deposed.
IV. W. L. Goodwin, of Cartersville,
is hereby appointed Sheriff, and Aaron
Collins, Deputy Sheriff, of Bartow
county, Ga.
By command of Brevet Maj. Gen.
John Pope. G. Iv. Sanderson,
Capt. 33d U. S. Infantry, A. A. A. G.
A true copy:
H. Dodt, Lieut. 33d U. S. Infan.
Post Ad’jt. ‘ Rome, Ga.
Mobile, May 15.—About 8 o’clock
last evening a crowd assembled at the
corner of Royal and Government streets
to hear Hon. Mr. Kelley, of Pennsyl
vania, make a speech. He was intro
duced by Mr. Horton. Kelley begun
by saying that he had spoken in Mem
phis and New Orleans as a Radical,
and he now appeared in Mobile, and
was not afraid.
He told the negroes assembled that
they' were freed by the Radicals, and
if they did not enjoy all the rights of
white men, it was their own fault.—
About this time he was hissed—he be
came much excited. He said : “ I
have the 15th U. S. infantry to back
me, and keep 3*oll down, and if they
can’t, then I call on the United Stales,
which I know can, and will have you
put down.” About this time the chief
of police attempted to arrest the lead
er of the crowd who was hissing. A
pistol was fired in the crowd, and ev
erything began to scatter. A fight
ensued—three or four were killed and
five or six badly' wounded.
Kelley left for New Orleans to-da}*
—did not finish his speech. The city
is quiet to-day and guarded by the
15th infantry. —Montgomery Adverti
ser.
Negro Mobs. —lt must strike the
whole countx-y as passing strange, that
while the military power of the Gov
ernment is such as to overawe and sup
press the slightest infraction of law or
good order among the white people of
the South, it is not sufficient, to sup
press mobs among the blacks’ or even
to keep them in respectable order
Why is this? The Government should
be able to give some satisfactory ex
planation of the failure of its authority
to be respected by the black people in
the larger cities of the South. Is any
body afraid to offend the blacks lest
their votes should be lost ? The course
of things is certainly very strange.
Mobile, May 14. —The Mayor and
Council of Selma, Ala., were removed
to-day by order of Gen. Swayne, New
officers we appointed by binj,
IJJE UIEivOKEE GEORGIAN.
J. A. R. HANKS, Editor.
DALTON, GEORGIaT
Friday, May 24, ISK7.
RADICAL EMISARIES.
From an article in the New York
Times (Radical), on the Mobile riot,
we clip the following just comment on
the evil tendencies of the course of
those perambulating Yankees who did
not dare to set their feet on Southern
soil until the South was subjugated
and disarmed, and who come amongst
us only to breed hostility and discord,
and hatred and strife. Such fellows as
W ilson and Kelley ought to be arrested
and punished as disturbers of the pub
lic peace. The Times says y
Whatever the precise nature of the
disturbance may prove to be, we ap
prehend that there can be no doubt as
to the general tendency of an agitation
conducted in the temper which marks
the ultra Radical emissaries in the
South. Setting aside the adventurers
and hirelings of the Hunnicutt stamp,
and conceding to speakers in Judge
Kelley’s position entire integrity of
purpose, the mischievous bearing of
his course is scarcely open to contro
versy'. His mission is not a mission of
peace, but of war. He does not seek
to ally irritation, to otbliterate preju
dices, to rectify misconceptions, to es
tablish friendly relaions between the
races, to promote the success of the
measures of reconstruction by indica
ting their reasonableness and necessi
ty. She effects, and apparently the
aims, of his labor are of the opposite
character. He increases irritation
wherever he goes; he arrays seotion
against section and race against race;
he encourages expectations which can
only be fulfilled by a renewal of strife,
and demands which can be satisfied
only at the cost of anarchy.
JUDGE KELLEY IN ATLANTA.
From the following notice, which we
find in the Intelligencer of the 21st
inst., we conclude the itinerant Con
gressman from Pennsylvania, learned
wisdom by his experience in Mobile,
where being backed, as lie-boasted, by
the 15th U. S. Infantry, evidently did
not save him from an awful scare. We
hope it will have a salutary influence
on his future course, while the South
has to submit to the infliction of his
peregrinations:
Hon. W. D. Kelley’t Address.—
This gentleman addressed a very large
assemblage of freedmen, and a small
number of white persons, at the City
Hall yesterday afternoon. He was at
tentively and respectfully listened to
by his audience, from whom an oeca ;
sional cheer was elicited during its de
livery. The address was- chiefly con
fined to the illimitable industrial and
mineral resources of the South, and
especially of Georgia. In the new or
der of things he was sanguine that >
they would be fully developed. The ;
QJ AwjuLL IcmglTx Aipr.it. .iliia oub 1
ject of education, and its beneficial ef
feet upon the laboring classes. Alto- !
gether, the effort of the gentleman !
from Pennsylvania was moderate and j
well-timed. It certainly did no harm.
We trust it may do good.
At the conclusion, three cheers were j
given for the speaker, when Colonel ■
Farrow announced that there would 1
be held in this city, on the 4tli of Ju- j
ly next, a mass meeting of the Union
Republican Party of Georgia, at which
it was hoped delegates from every '
county in the State would be present. ;
The assemblage then dispersed.
to register and vote is to
vo*te against the South. The Mont
gomery Mail says:
“ Several of the ablest of our ex
changes have'* well written editorials
under this caption, and we hope that
the people will weigh well the mean
ing of the words, which appear to
us to be based upon sound truth,
provided no loyal remedy arise before
the time for voting come on. We
know that many of our truest citizens,
at the first blush of the subject, felt
that they would never vote again in
this stricken land. We believe that
this feeling is passing rapidly away.—
Our advice has always been, to regis
ter and vote, if the time for register
ing and voting roll around. That
somebody will vote, is certain ; aud if
the best do not, the worst will, and
truly they will get the control of the
State in their own hands, and assur
edly will wreck it upon unseen break
ers ahead. If our best men do not
vote, the condition of governmnt in
Tennessee and Missouri will be repeat
ed here, and a Constitution of cunning
ills will be devised.
Register , vote and hope, for the best,
hope in the future action of the Su
preme Court, and in the sense ui re
turning justice at the North—
“ Truth crushed to earth, shall rise
again.”
Our readers should carefully weigh
these views and then act as their judg
ment, and not their feelings, shall dic
tate.
TREATED HIM RIGHT.
The Columbus Sun of the 12th, con
taions the following* On yesterday af
ternoon the notorious G. W. Ashlmrn,
who left Columbus immediately after
the abrogation of military law, and has
returned since its re-establishment,
without warrant or invitation walked
into the law office of our young fellow
townsman, Wm. 11. Denson, Esq. Mr.
Denson not knowing and supposing
him to be someone on professional
business, invited him to take a seat,
weieh he did, and proceeded to open
his buget. He informed Mr. D. that
Gen. Grant was a man of genius and
Gen. Lee a mere creature of detail;
that the first would live in glory, whilst
the latter would die in merited infamy.
Upon being informed by Mr. D. that
the latter statement was a lie, he
changed the conversation to politics,
stating that he was here for the pur
pose of organizing a Radical party, that
in a few days he would lay his plans
before the citizens of Columbus, and
that all who did iot come to the high
position occupted by himself would
be persecuted. ty this point Mr. D.
very properly knocked him down, and
proceeded to toik him out of his
office down the stairway into the street.
TiIEFIC-NIC.
DALTojr, May 18th, 1867.
Mr. Editor^ —-Having had the pleas
ure of being om of the many who
| made up the party* of Sabbath School
| excursionists, on Thursday the 16th
| inst., from this place, will you allow
. me a small space in the Georgian for
i a few “dottings.py the way?”
At 4 o’clock, L M., the little folks
| (and big ones to<j) were aroused from
: their slumbers ly the welcome peals
of the several church bells, the signal
for assembling. At half past five all
were at the depot, in readiness to take
the cars, w*hich, through the courtesy
J of Major Walhce and the attentive
I kindness of Coj. Peck, had been gen
j erously assigned them. A passenger
! car, with a number of box cars which
! had been comfortably fitted -up with
: seats, were in readiness to accomrao-
I date those ,Mjgfrw ished to join the
p“ little army ” of Sunday School schol
| ars, and a goodly* number there were
; gathered together—all, however, too
: much pre-occypied with their own
I bright anticipations to notice the signs
| of the weather, which came upon us
with the suddenness of “a thunder
| clap in a clear sky.” Soon after start
ing clouds began to gather, and the
indications were that we would have
rain. Mothers grew anxious for the
health and comfort of their “little
| ones ;” ladies, who were free from such
responsibilities , became nervous and
uncomfortable over Ahe probable fate
of their new bonnets; but all these
direful forebodings could not damp
the feelings of the more youthful por
tion of the crowd, and the merry, ring
ing voices, which came from the dif
ferent cars, attested the fact that they
had determined,
“Let tiie rain come if it will,
We’ll be gay and happy still !”
Before noon, however, the clouds
were nearly all dissipated, and the sun
shone out just enough to make it pleas
ant, without being oppressive.
We arrived at Tunnel Hill about 6
o’clock, where the train stopped some
thirty minutes, when the Schools, un
der tiie direction of their respective
Superintendents and Teachers, form
ed a procession (numbering several
hundred children and young folks),
and marched to a grove of venerable
oaks just above the Hotel, where they
formed a circular group aud joined in
singing several Sabbath School hymns,
led by that devoted friend of song,
Mr. D. W- ll*wlio was erraceful
ly supported Mrs. Manly, whose
clear, sweet voice and inimitable time,
did much toward keeping the voices
of the little warblers steady and har
monious. The opening song was “The
'Sunday School Army,” and right well
did the “little soldiers” acquit them
selves. Other hymns, equally appro
priate, followed, after which all return
ed to their places in the cars,and soon
we were en route for Catoosa Platform,
some five miles distant. Arriving there
in good time, all were once more safe
ly disembarked, and the cars moved
off for Chattanooga, leaving us on the
track, with rather a chilly prospect be
fore us, notwithstanding our exertions
to put a cheerful face on the matter.—
Expecting, of course, the gods to be
propitious on this happy occasion, ve
ry few had themselves with
wrappings sufficiently warm to guard
against the damp, raw weather with
which we were greeted. Between the
Railroad and the “Stone Church”
(the spot selected for the pic-nic) lay
a corn-field, newly ploughed, and as
far as human kefi could reach, no well
beaten path was visible, over which
the many little daintily shod feet were
expected to tak&their way in a well
ordered and dejeorons procession.—
But stoicism seemed to be the order
"bf the day, and Aoon
“Joyfully, joyfully, onwnrd we move,”
The long procession of happy chil
dren, preceded%y three of Dalton’s
most beautiful maidens, bearing aloft
a pure white banner with the inscrip-
School Army." Tin a shore time we
reached the Chuwh, situated in a beau
tiful grove, about half a mile from the
Railroad. A stream meandering just
in front of the Church, a rude foot
bridge, long since fallen into decay
and its use abandoned, adds much to
the.picturesque beauty of the place.
The children-were inarched into the
Church and seated in a body, the oth
ers following in such order as suited
themselves. T'iie Church being large,
nearly all the Cfowd were comfortably
seated.
The services commenced with sing
ing by the scholars and teachers, and
prayer by the Rev. Mr. Stansberry, of
Tunnel Hill, followed by brief address
es from Martin Tarver, Esq., and the*
Rev. Mr. Carter, of Dalton, and a racy
little talk from Mr. I. E. Shumate,
which seemed to be highly appreciated
by young and old. A benediction was
pronounced Rev. Mr. Stans
berry, and soon all were engaged in
such sports as .suited their tastes, and
were justified by the occasion.
| About 12 o’clock a sumptuous re
past was spread in groups all over the
grounds, consisting of almost every va
riety of edibles usually seen on such
gala occasions, and to which little
folks, big folks, young folks and old,
did ample justice.
After dinner the children returned
to their amusements with renewed zest.
There were a number of young la
dies and gentlemen from Dalton, Chat
tanooga, Ringgold, and other towns,
| who joined in the youthful sports, and
who not only seemed to wish they
j “ were boys and girls again,” but acted
the parts by engaging in all sorts of
childish games, such, for instance, as
“Keep the Base,” “Poor Puss Wants
a Corner,” and even ChickamiJ-crany
crow—(l do not know, Mr. Editor,
that I ever saw the word written before,
and therefore I do not vouch for the
correctness of the orthography.)
The order and decorum of the chil
dren w r ere remarkable. Not a single
incident occurred during the day (so
far as I know), to mar the joyousness
and happy flow of spirits, which shone
in the beautiful countenances of the
large concourse who graced the occa
sion.
I have rarely spent a more pleasant
day, or witnessed a more perfect suc
cess than was the Dalton Union Sab
bath School celebration. All honor
and praise are due the noble efforts of
Pastors, Superintendents and Teach
ers. May their zeal never grow less,
but increase with each succeeding year
in the great work of Sabbath Schools,
which have been appropriately styled
the nurseries of the Church.
But all pleasures must have an end,
and so did our pleasant picnic. As
the sun began to cast his lengthened
shadows before us, thoughts of home
and the loved ones awaiting 11s there,
I came, unbidden, to the mind, and
; preparations to return commenced in
earnest, and half past 2 o’clock found
our party all back at tile Railroad,
where we had landed a few hours be
fore. The little heads not quite so
erect, the little faces hardly so bright,
as they were in the morning; but all
looked quietly happy, [I tell you in
confidence, Mr. Editor, that / was un
comfortably tired], and when “Home
ward Bound” was proposed, all joined
in the song with seeming animation
and delight. A round of cheers then
followed, which made the “ welkin
ring”—three‘for the W. & A. Rail
| Road, three for Major Wallace, and
| three for Capt. Holtzclaw, the polite
' and gentlemanly conductor of the
1
train, which in a short time came thun
dering along, and, as soon as we were
aboard, bore us swiftly towards home
and friends, where we arrived at 5 o’-
clock, P. M., all safe and sound, with
tlio oxucption of one advcuturous youth
who dropped his hat, when the train
was about three miles from Dalton,
and who determined not to return bare
headed, jumped from the car to secure
his property. Fortunately’ he was un
hurt by r the daring feat, but was left
to make his way home on foot.
I neglected to state, at the proper
place, that the Tilton Sabbath School,
headed by their indefatigable Superin
tendant, Capt. W r m. Brown, joined the
party at Dalton, and participated in
all the pleasures and amusements of
the clay.
On the return of the party to Dal
ton the scene closed with the presen
tation, the standard bearers, to
Capt. Holtzclaw, of a handsome cake,
and the banner which they had carried
during the day. The gift was accom
panied by an appropriate address from
Col. I. W. Avery, and was received
by Capt. H.from the fair hands of the
lovely donors with expressions of a
just appreciation of the distinguished
compliment thus paid him.
Three cheers were then given for
Major Wallace, Superintendant, and
Col. Peck, Master of Transportation
of the Rail Road, when we all retired
to our homes. E. J. McC.
Radicals appear to be
more concerned about which party the
blacks at the South are likely to vote
with than to secure the improvement
of the blacks intellectually or physical
ly. But a day ago, says the Boston
Post , they declared the blacks unsafe
among the whites, and that it requir
ed the army and the Freedmen’s Bu
reau to prdtect uiem—now tney say
the whites are leading the blacks as
tray by flattery and indulgence. It is
not the perfect emancipation of the
blacks the Radicals care for, or
security to them of their civil rightjp
and equality in all respects—but, their
votes. Radical philanthropy
itself into mere demagogism as soon*
as a selfish end is desirable, and the
negro is a saint or sinner, with Radi
cals, according to his political devel
opment. We say, deal fairly and
generously with the negro; make him
capable of exercising an intelligent
judgment, and then let him vote as he
pleases, without bribery or coercion
Constitutional Union.
Cheaper Leather. —Before the
American Society for the advancement
of Science and Art, last evening Dr.
L. D. Gale read an interesting paper
diseriptive of his new method of pre
cipitating tanning, by which he gives
tanners the concentrated extract of
hemlock bark at little cost and in the
smallest compass, and enables them to
tan their hides near or in New York
instead of sending them a hundred
miles inland. He proposes thus to
save transportation—a very considera
ble item in the cost of leather.— N. Y.
Tribune.
|9i£r*The New York Times , a Rad
ical Journal, contains the following ar
ticle on the subjeot of military rule in
the South:
Encroachments of Military Pow
er in the South —The authority of
Brigadier-Generals is fast making it
self a reality at the South. Reasonable
interpretation of the intent of the Re
construction Act is, that military pow
er shall be absolute in all that pertains
to the purposes comprehended within
the law, but no further. It is, in fact,
merely the agency created for working
the machinery of the law, with a view
to the reorganization of civil authori
ty’, and for meeting possible emergen
cies arising out of the present provis
ional arrangements. The duty of the
military commander, as we understand
it, is to rectify wrongs and errors of
omission or commission perpetrated
by existing local authority. Apart
from these contingencies, his functions
would seem to be restricted to what
ever may be necessary to the execution
of the plan of Congress as embodied in
the law.
Under a rigid adherence to this con
struction of military duty, perhaps
Gen. Sheridan’s removal of Mayor
Monroe and other obnoxious officials
might not have admitted of justifica
tion. It was an exercise of power
which comes properly into play only
when provisional functionaries seek to
annul or circumvent the law. In this
particular ease, however, the proceed
ing elicited little criticism because of
the notoriously bad record of the offi
cials removed. Gen. Sheridan is held
justified on the ground that their posi
tions would unquestionably be used
adversely to the law.
The orders of Gen. Sickles, altering
the civil and criminal codes of North
and South Carolina, were of a more
doubtful character. To the extent
that local statutes conflicted with the
provisions of the Civil Rights Act, the
General’s interference may have been
necessary. But there is nothing that
we know of in that act or in the Re
construction Act which, in letter or
spirit, warrants a commanding oflicer
to say what offences shall be felonies,
or how offences shall be punished ; or
which, by any process of reasoning,
can be made to justify interference
with the claims of creditors, or the
disposition to be made of property
subject to liens. And yet the orders,
although extraordinary and on their
face unlawful, called forth no protest
from the communities concerned, and
only’ exceptional condemnation from
the Press of the country. In the Car
olines and throughout the Southern
States there lias been an evident de
sire to judge the orders charitably—to
attribute their promulgation to pecu
liar local circumstances best under
stood by the Commanders of the dis
tricts, and in some degree also to a hu
mane desire to mitigate the penalties
of poverty, so far as these may be af
fected by the operation of law.
In Virginia, military authority has
manifested itself in forms that are
wholly inexcusable. The order of
Gen. Wilcox forhiding a fellow who
lias neither character nor talent to de
liver a lecture on “ Southern Chivalry”
was the result of consummate official
folly. Gen. Schofield’s “warning’’
to the Iticlunoml 'J'tmes was eaually
arbitrary and unwise. Neither is sus
ceptible of palliation nor defence. It
would be as sagacious to command
donkeys not to bray as to prohibit
Pollard from indulging in rant a..d
nonsense at street-corners or in any
room that he may hire for the occasion
What Pollard might say could harm
nobody ; when he does anything con
trary to law the law will be quite suffi
cient for its own vindication. Until
tlie civil law fails Gen Wilcox has no
right to meddle. So again with regard
to Gen. Schofield and the Richmond
newspaper. The establishment of a
censorship is simply usurpation, and a
usurpation which challenges the judg
ment of every man who values freedom
of speech and the Press. For our
Richmond namesake,though hostile to
the Reconstruction Law, has not trails
cended its right, and the right of every
man, to comment upon both the law
and its administration.
The Southern Press, indeed, is en
titled to a great deal of cftuiit for the
moderation of its tone, and for its pre
vailing inclination to deal fairly with
the momentous problem which is now
undergoing solution. Here and tlftere
a rabid rebel sheet may be found, but
the number throughout the South is so
small as to be unworthy of notice. The
greater number of journals published
in that section are pursuing a course
which cannot be too highly praised.—
They may not applaud the law on its
merits, but they counsel compliance
with its requirements, and are earnest
in their desire to get back to the full
fellowship of the Union. Os few can
this be said more justly than of the
Times and Picayune , of New Orleans,
which, according to a statement in cir
culation, have been 44 unofficially warn
ed” touching their articles on the Re
construction Act. The statement is
Ri-arool.v r-rarliKl**. rate aild
withal so sensible have been the obser
vations and recommendations of both
the journals named since, the passage
of the law. The proceeding of Gen.
Schofield at Richmond, however, ren
ders possible the exercise of the cen
sor’s authority at New 0: leans, though
from this wrong we trust Gen. Sheri
dan’s good sense will preserve him.
Still another encroachment is report
ed from Texas. An order issued by
Gen. Griffin excludes from the juries
of the State all citizens who may have
directly or indirectly aided the rebel
lion. Henceforward, Gen. Griffin de
crees, the test oath shall be applied to
jurors, and onty they who can take it
shall be permuted to serve. The legal
authority for this order has not been
cited, and none can be found. The
Reconstruction Act contains no pro
vision upon the subject. It declares
who shall be disfranchised and who
shall be excluded from office, but in
respect of jurors it is silent. Gen.
Griffin’s order, then, is arbitrary and
unjustifiable. It is anomalous, more
over, since, while ex-rebels or their
sympathizers may not act as jurors,
ex rebel Judges are permitted “pro
visionally” to continue their functions
as administrators of the law.
These incidents demonstrate the
tendency of military power to trespass
beyond the boundaries of reconstruct
tion at the cost of the liberty of the
citizen. It is to be hoped that the
j- forthcoming opinion of the Attorney-
General will define the powers and du
ties of the Commanding Generals with
a fullness and precision that will obvi
ate difficulty, and prevent needless in
terference with the law, the Press or
the people of the South.
Prussia AND France*— The London
Standard , of the 11th, remarks that
war between France and Prussia is
inevitable within four months. Some
of the German papers are already dis
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the North German , a Prussian minis
terial paper, has an article on the sub
ject, which attracts general attention.
A Frankfort letter says the excitement
in Germany is intense, ancl the most
bitter enemies of Prussia seem to side
with her now, and she will he support
ed by public opinion and countless vol
unteers if required.
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CTATE OF GEORGIA, Gordon County— ln
O the Superior Court of said County —Present
the Honorable Jas. Milner, Judge of said Court:
Vosburg & Lester I
vs. ? Motion toForeclose Mortgage
Charles Dragoo. )
It appearing to the Court by tho petition of
Vosburg & Lester, formerly merchants in the
city of Dalton, under the firm name and style of
Vosburg & Lester, accompanied by tho note and
mortgage deed, that on the 26th day of January,
1866, the defendant, Charles Dragoo, made and
delivered to the plaintiffs his promissory note,
bearing date on the day and year aloresaid, by
which he promised to pay to said Vosburg &
Lester the sum of One Hundred and Twenty
Dollars, at one day after the date thereof And
it further appearing that afterwards, to-wit: on
-I.v Jaj .ml year nrV>n-3HIU, *tn> defendant,
the better to secure the payment of the said pro
missory note, executed and delivered to the said
Vosburg & Lester a certain Deed of Mortgage,
whereby he co tveyed to «aid plaintiffs the fol
lowing described tract of land, to-wit: lot of
land No. 812, in the 13th district and 3d section
of said county.
And it further appearing that said notes re
in tin unp.ii I, it is therefore ordered by the Court
utai said Charles Dragoo, the defendant, do pay
into Court on or before the first day of the next
term thereof, the principal, interest and cost due
on said note, or show cause to the contrary, if any
lie can, Hnd that on failure of the defendant so to
do the equity of redemption to the said premises
lie and is forever barred ad foreclosed.
And it is further ordered by the Court that tho
defendant bo served .with this rule, by publishing
the same once a month for four months, previous
to the next term of this Court, in tho Cherokee
Georgian, a newspaper published in the city ot
Dalton, in said State.
JAMES MILNER, j. s. c. c. c.
A true extract from the minutes of Gordon
Superior Court, this 13th May, 1867.
May 24—4 m. H. C. HUNT, c. a. c.
GEORGIA, Whitfield Conutr.—Whereas,Sarah
Whi toner has applied to me, m proper
form, for letters of Administration on the estate
of David Whitencr, late of said county, deceased?
This is to cite all persons concerned to show
cause at my office, on the first Monday in July,
l 567, if any they have, why letters of adminis
tration should not be granted to the applicant.
J. I*. FREEMAN, Ord’y,
May 24—30d.
JUST received, by LOWRY k EASON, »«-
con and t i'ckled Pork %
April 26, 1887.