, 1865-11-14

How Reputation Vas Accom-
Z plished.
E1caa.nE Debates IN the Convention
The :" Pressure Finally Triumph.
ant-Seren1een Million. Wiped Ont.


ant-Seren1een Millions Wiped ont.
correspondence Cincinnati commc.cial.1
M1lLEDus1LLE, Co., Nov. :. 1865.
November !, q new and entirely unernecte
proposition was sprung on the Conyentin
an ordnance of gTcat length, {conccIrcl
elaborated and drawn up By ex.Goycrnf
Brown, was introduced ty Mr.. Cohen, pr,
posing, IN brief, to sell the State Road "a
ianta end Chattanooga Rail1oad-) It was /
be given IN return tor oil obligations, Of Wha
eyer Kind, held against the siate Of Georgil
~ this means 1t was proposed to pay th
whole war debt Of the State, without iinpoI
ing any burdens of taxation on the pcopl.
This presented very plausible scheme. afnc
,he prospect Of enormous taxation, to pa
great stumbling block In the way.
what deposition theC acknowledgement hay
made Of this ordinance If they Ind known II
real author, Is not certain; as It was. It va
laid On the table for the present" I suppos
this measure was really the most formfdabl
opstac:e that the friends of frepudiation had t.
encounter. Before disposed OF, however.
| ELECTED lengthy and able debate, not upo.
its own merits, but upon the general question
Saturday, November4, 4, the morning tra;,
brought to the Convention the Macon TeIf
! g7dph largely read by the de1egates,) contain
ias the following despatch:
"Nxw YonK, Oct. 81.
in eecnng Wade Hampton A. t;oTrrnor ~ Gta,l
g.a n advocating the p1ym:ni oT dc re1el dsG snd
o. Mts.tatrpi1 in refusing 10 take up and pass the
haa9t9uonas hsa9ata Amendment aholiahing slaye1y, il
policy Of the President CONCERNING thosn statas
rntce IN IN ,es % -. Sunss'ou :, o1 tnels DEL
Il ia needless to sav that ,n,s t,o.,,,
,aror1T sensntinn,, ys1 4ny enat eass, tnonsh
ctfect' '' P'oonseo "Aolesone
November hrouoht nm no .hn
der al ordinance PREVIOUSLY G oerst Sv GF
linn dccisrcd III ,rhnse aee' 'su i Ihe nrs5 sec,
yoId thc sccond nrn,iJad "a ~ uent nul ana
hv a,,hxcn,,cnt o;I;sint..sa ~ tue payment,
isr dchts inrn-rod r. atha .. any pofticu.
If carrrInn ~ a;S,.t, a., ~ poses taan that
direct1y - fn,;t-aat1T ~ ~ aoetio9 tAe WAf,
tuh1 FL efloences OF debt whatever, Issued
1srcr ~ cne ta, Ra}aole Only IN confederate cur
LEY, ,sney, snouto pc forever prohibited from
pcn4 pc.s p4.u .ne !oaI1n made .the ordinance
M4rt 41,o .. tne 1 Ioastnation.
sn1nna IN wh;c sfi S1e,oa .raa sety sPited debate
Union men Of the Convention, and he, sup
e p9s!ed J.. oy the unloalsts per e, made strong
~ tnois 70 Eel thia ordnance incorporated into
aao, rs Gonstln, On ai1 as an amendment, upon the
auasttan ttu1ng ~ u 'a ina! ooenment. The pfeyious
eiiemsnt snrnG ~ canga; gfeat confusion aud cx-
tinually calling 10 order; Tie calIerics,
closely crowded, manifested the greatcs{
interest, and finally. The call for the previous
question Was seconded by a vote Of 163 to SIS,
end ende ,sa eng o. Mf. Chappe!rs ordinance,
11,arsiT eouet'1as1oa YVES lnen adopted unani-
!heGha1r having ruled that 3r. Chappel1
mEnt introduce hts ordinance as separate
,iunLtcf, ne a. oncc uta SO, and the debate then
oeEaa' Aitef II had progressed few mo-
menIs; u suspended temporarily to allow the
1,,a,, ~. VI Ela1een 70 report: Inc chair
~ nan, ~; " Senkne sa,d they had had an ordi
naa Deen unable to agrec, and reported the
utuaaase r,,a.a1a oae5 M1thont any Recommendation
frrtno, n,,ailsi I'LL naAsu 70 PC olscnarged ftom
n;ation rith Gaa.9o o. tne subject. Rcpn-
tntn o4' "itn oeofe1a POLITICIANS, Is hot po-
'",y ~ A,oxond., -
.",,a1aa g1osiu!ng, IN substance, that,
ao;.aG ~ :, ocm inlor99tlon had been re-
~ sei'uut tnls eeoig1a coulo mol be recognized |
II,;o. ,,ntn ~ - teiaaiohs OF 1oya1ty4to the
iaht +bnaafa u!tM sue ma Iepudlated the war
,n5 y,;d ;;d''e''4e' AAat aeot "as illegal, null
A"a i sohdt,,n.. VIII
,a1t shn.,, ~ VIZ nne5ea' providing that the
Nj Mr' HAL " ~ ft!d so.;tn.! ~ !1, ~
5,.3a+n a. H,,n ~ ss.'seo, lan e1.Golonel, cnn-
nv t1,at ~ ia 1Fhe1e' Uuelea tnlla, Pfopos-
r. ~ .7iasge mag VII ~, recommendation that
ro31e a1s thot f3t y than n;olang 10 lts specie
- aue; aau snnt' taen II shoola appear that
i M hsS h5a eonia oa aoi be restored to tho Union,
= Tb;s uu smhsts,n3e tH rsa was ac..a
N "a supsa.uae "aS Votea eo"n ~ lN to
~ -. among ~ o 1aosH VINO Foted Tor 1t, I was
nr f;oyrrnor' - 0sAAAn'' eanoluate
Nessrs Hammona,s p.x,, 1,-,,
:rmrnons, @ = snhst;,ntes ,,ranestr., 9iynns n, ana
etms, to pay the debt according to specie
were successfully ToLed down hy |
lcavy majorities rira poee. ~ WV" ~
Mr.. ClnppeIl then mnyed tn aad a ea..1,, |
n Tho nriiranea ~ ~ Tha ~ auo sectlon
rnrt ,nt ~ 4,,a G 81 an: inomas making 1t
,nt Eatt ~ ~ w. ~ Gohsia!ulion. se Ae made fine
aolt u It's oeha1f, arguing that neither |
he Legislature nor the courts were |
ertain To abide by their ordinance
n1ess they bound them l,v fhe noth
; 'Eon ~ fhare ~ t1s constitution they
nt y n n taefe they conld not cvadc 1t. Let #
sano mere so long as the constitution ahould
he consequences Of rebellion. Be was sf,n.
orted by Mr.. Joshua Hill. in n strnno eneecI,
dyocatinc the came fdeas. ote'sn
IN fhe cfforrnon ri I,un,n ,..4t.
,ada one ~ ~ oo+ ~ ;7snia, IIaes y. MaatncEs,
naoeh.s e - W +1,a saN Lucy osio5al aod offensive
peeenes Eses o. me session, agai1st tho whole
1IaeAtE. AA1At,A Euu4HeTCus ne would /
ever lick the dust ut the feet Of the tvrant
@ would not etnr nxPans ~ Earn1no ~,
ro;so a. wot1jS nS ~ as ans - tan nln9 10 MS
,ttsfoa 4ha+ r nus stcRuala!g ant.l ne WIS
lllSueo @ tnat power ne could not resist
onld exact 1t. Colonel Matthews
candidate fnr Cnnorrao ~ ~
ucusta district, where he viii dnnhfine, -
ected. Those who hnve read fh;s na,r", W
1ondence from M;l1cdnnr,lie 49, sa4o s, eose
,so... tho. 1ynt ~ fntinsusessiue a1c ancady |
Y safe 1hat ar. Matthew's y one Of the most
Ira OF the reactionists. He Is a man of de-
ded ability acquired during the war great
putatioD for nersnnal pnlianfrv VA ao1, +
Il times wounded staniis stra}-ht Hus srec. ~ I