The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-09
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Election for Delegates to the CensN-
tutiOnal Convention.
Georgia Anxious to Return to
the Union.
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The Negroes Of tho State Refusing
to Work.
&c. &c. so.
Our Savannah Correspondence.

SAVANNAH, Oct A, 1896.
The election for delegates to the State Convention
takes place to-day. In the interior Counties universal
harmony prevails The people having accepted the con-
dtions imposed by the result of the DESTROYS Of
speedy readmisson into the Unon In accordance with
the plan Of President Johnson Public meetings have
been held at which delegates been nominated TO the
Convention pledged the repeal Of the ordinance Of
cession the abolition Of slavery and such amendments
to the constitution may be necessary to
diton as free State. In very few counties win there
be more than ticket balloted for and general
thing the composing the tickets have been selected
for their talents and moral WORTH regardless OF their past
political principles or associations In this tChatham)
county, however, have some six tickets besides
several individual nominations. The contest Is
between what Is called the Union Club uncon.
little known TO the public, who base their claims
ON the fact that thcy have always opposed the
secession movvmentand two other citizens tickets the
candidates which most Of them prominent
sionists but who have taken the required oath, and
ssa !" DO has % hn the
Quoted In most orderly manner not the slightest dis
turbanoe having occurred at the polls No military
present the ground and the election is presided
by the usual civil officers with the civil police In attend
ance At noon to-day some eight hundred votes had
been poIled The election il IL thought will be close be-
tween the 80 called unconditional Union ticket" and
the other tickets-citzens tickets II the first Is
elected will be owing to the contest between the par
aud not because the candidates the Union ticket
their principles more acceptable TO the people On
the other hand the OF either OF the opposition
tickets will be no evidence OF dlsunon sentiment in
this community You may rest assured that the people
Of Georgia In favor OF speedy reconstruction Of tho
Union, even with the abolition of slavery.
NEGROES AID The CROPS
People coming in from the planting districts declare
the question OF the negroes working concusvcy settled
In the negative The Esprit OF freedom Is described
AZ rife among them and the experience OF planters has
been such that I'll idea OF planting next year. except for
the support Of their families, has been abandoned by
most Of them. TIE farmers look forward TO the ap-
preaching err Of civil government with the hope that
the restraints OF laws against vagrancy &C. may induce
the blacks to work But the plan generally adopted
Is to get along - Independently Of them possible the
experiment Of depending upon them for regular and
remunerative labor having 80 signally failed. Upon
plantations where large numbers Of hands have hitherto
been employed but eight will be kept next year.
Meanwhile corn fields and potato patches stripped
hogs sheep and cattle Of all kinds constantly dsa
pcarng; and for cotton the only way to keep II IL to
sit upon u rifle In hand Such IL tho gloomy picture
drawn Of the chaos again In the interior course
all this business laid to the negroes doors who crowd
ing into the towns, indeed visible occupation
The general feeling IL that unless the negroes be
made to feel tho weight OF more stringent laws they
will be terrible incubus upon business and society