Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-09
CHARGE To A GRAND JURY IN GEORGIA

CHARGE To A GRAND JURY IN GEORGIA.
One of the best signs among the Southern peo.
nIe ia the readiness with which all parties acqui.
esce in the new order of things since the disper.
son of their armies and counsel cheerful Obedi.
ance 20 tie General Government. 30 universal
ia this sentim. mt that we have yet to hear of o
SINGLE Instance OF fa.tious resistance. Judge O..
A. Lochraue, at the May term Of the Circuit
Conrt in Georgia, delivered charge to the grand
iury of Bibb county, from which we make ex.
tracts
I sneak my honest conviction when say every
man must put down, by exanp AID by counsel
every notion Of discomfort, producing pickering,
strife aud blOOdshed, ami eye.y one be q peace
olicrr, acting on the determined purpose that
every man VINO violates law, o. counsels its vic.
LtIon. shall suffer the penalty such dlsorg ganizer
in times ike .heSe s1ouid suer This is the love
"a country wnIcA ehjoin on you. Now, wren
lue w.r . over, AMI every thing tends to peace
,et US have u and 50 ~ our peaceful PURSUITS in
lie Some luay thnk th4S hberty vi speech has
be- ONE d mOOhery, II men aTe not allowed TO
abuse aid tax as tGey please.
IAe matter mas always Ii yract ce been misun-
deTstuud. Ihe liberty OI reason AMI mania ale
moi mOIe distinct. Ale Madman does as he
easrs, pIt 1t does not iOuOw every nslble man
NAY act llks lie Mas H.ad t.e "a" Gestrsias even
pas,ivn. litdpeIaglv5 eyItietS on pubic men
ale not evidsnCes ot iiDety Vi speech; officials
are representative men, eIuVody!Ls the dignity
AMI relIesenglng the yoner o. Position, and the
ou, Duurlng vi dlsappOintm Dt = u Gdlce should
% Ilstra ned. L,Vei,y % p.uiyi GJes not con-
si,J IA Conceptions VI hate which ianAle into
,rlme. Upn.Ons rp mag iliO dcti mast be, IN
VI. Of law. p.clIic, anu tJ!-,.i-e % o.. mon is
oae oil TIE em5gts o. PEI e, L-7n may Ter, Like
and Hgf A M al
,vCia anu ISiUus an. l-.~l -, "- them, the
est ana most ueVOt.d .l.-..-s.
:, Lea We see tie pieselI condition g.. our peo-
ple We ale forced u ute ".t,rrn--tC 1yictIOns
h. ain,g "a UImlaaSiOh a. ...aa..vn. II is
uuL 10 be hvp.d II LGat the te-v ihS vGg alton ana
framing / d1 age c-h "e ,nF W ASIDE IN an
nour OF tndL i iIdn can - .,. opinions
lks apy.es nom tree. H.. pa Ia may re
,,ain uay, VIII IenlG-n. I-e o. s0A and jgdg-
n.rul JW,ysI, Vf the peJi, see tnc Ieces-
s,ty Oi subVIGIpa Ihs thrui o. q. ti!Ss. AmeIi-
or. ton u IuitiOn An y 60 without systems
oI violence aad gu. le..-Lts icd nos tDAt llbeT-
~ GO sists not IN abstlav.Oas, Ut equatities-
equ .hti-s p0!it.caL ei'h anu ieh Sious-eqidIIles
OF order, Dased Un tue respect OF ali ana each.-
Ine yracli al Inust take the place OF theory, and
economy the pace OF politics.
The institutions Of ,he Iand will be reorgan-
ized the constitutions Of The States changed, and
iu The policy 10 esh4dJwed Dy the President OF
the limited states, the misses Ot tn people will
have a voice in fixing and settling their own
right, and destiny. The wisdom OF tie heart and
,he logic of necessity will counsel their actions.
Thought now tossed upon the wave, we trust
soon to see the Dove, over the waste of waters
coming with broken wing, again 10 shelter in
the ARK, and the stats launching forth to a new
destiny, will carry the treishted hopes and pray
ers of the people
Cleared for action in the field Of industry and
h. ftsaf,
and wealth, and prosperity pour again into her
Ian. The nation is young. The dews Of its bap.
tism scarce wet upon its forehead and we look
N manly stride over the troubles of the past,
and an unwearied march TO prosperity. Our
fields will soon resound with the hum of in
dustry our anvlls ring with the music of labor,
our people be won back TO peaceful pursuits by
family associations, aOd the influence Of re-
lipion give O new impetus to civilization;
and under the inspiration of fortune, the nation
nlume itself and arch its neck TOR fight to i'm
mortality.
such, trust, will be our destiny, counseled by
IWisdom instice and moderation" and may God
in his infinite mercy send angels TO lit every
shadow from our path to the destiny that awaits
ns NV PRAYER for the couLtry Is the invocation
of nv he AIT Tor you have honored ne, and with
(;eorgia would have shared her glory, viii re-
main ~ share her fate To sit by her sick bed is
a dntv the instincts of honor prompt. To coun-
sal her for prosperity, the instinct OF reason equal
iv damands. would be untrue to duty, myself
and YOU, if permitted pride to blend with my
counsels or freeze the stream Of conviction that
sows from the inmost recesses of my soul.
tberefoIe unset with all the asseveration Oh
.r,.b ohedience to the laws and instituted au-
tboritles; cheerful acquiescence to the designs
of providence, an unmurmuriDg assent TO the
decree If late and by our readiness to accept the
no ,jtion Col has assigned Us, illustrate our de-
sre for the restoration OF law, order and govern