The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-11-15
Address Of GIe Speaker Of the
escOrgia House.

The Legislature of Georgia assembled
| on the LIST instant. We extract the fol
lowing from the opening address Of Speaker
! llardaman, of the Lower House.
Condition after condition have been pre-
scribed as the terms upon which we should
have restoration and Union-but no sooner
are the Illuminating requirements complied
with, than others more eXaCting are prof.
iered, and thus we have been led, step by
step, to the very throne ofpower, where we
soon discover, written over the great door
OF the temple renounce your manhood and
| your honor, aud it shall be opened unto YOU
For one, rather than enter upon such hui
initiating terms, will sit like Mordecai at
the Kings gate, clothed In saokcloth. and
mourn the fnte of my people | refer
to our national troubles for the sole
purpose of impressing upon them
how little yOn may expect from the Federal
government in rebu fding the ru ned for.
tunes of our down-trodden States. Upon
ourselves alone We aust rely, and by WISE
wholesome, economical, and constitutional
legislation, stimulate her sons TO labor for
her deliveranee and her redemption.J Our
people ara depressed aud despondent{ Heav<]
en-, rs II to nhasten them more, has withheld
her showers and her smiles, and soant
harvests barely reward the husbandman for
his labor aud his toll Want and poverty
ed their seed hoping in due season, to reap
the reward of their labors. From noun |
tain and vale, from village and city, the |
cry of distress falls upon the ear asking |
deliverance. / trust | will be pardoned |
the expression of u hope, that the wis. |
dom of this General Assembly will devise |
some mode of relief that will do justice |
TO all, and win stand tho test Of oonstitu. |
tions and ofcourts. Let MS show our appre-
citation of their conditions by eurtailing the /
expenses ofthe government, and by practic-
ing rigid economy with the peoples mon.
~.
Georgia needs but little legislation, let us
enact il and adjourn. Experience has con.
vineed me, there is more danger of too much,
Than too little legislation. Let us do but
little, and do that little well. Not being
permitted to participate actively in your
deliberations, pardon a suggestion, too, upon
.he duties of the session. Guard well with
proper safeguards these Trojan Horses that
Yearly enter this hall, the many applications
or chartered privileges. Encourage by
provisions manufacturing in
'onr state-elevate to the dignity of their
'laims the mechanic arts
Rebuild your waste places by encouraging
he Immigrant 90 settle in your midst, bind
nm to the soil by the ties Of homestead,
Welcome him by repeating all laws on your
tatute book that deny him the privilege of ,
wning the soil he would reclaim by his en-. !
rgy and industry. Encourage from every
uarter capital and labor, and Georgia.
ndeI these wholesome influences, win soon
leyate her fallen orodit-bnsiness will re- {
i've, commerce will no longer languish, our !
viii be filled with the products of
ar fields, our mines will enrich MS with ]
leir hidden treasures, and our people, re- .
ived and rc-cnergized, will be made to feel a
there is life IN the old State yetn