The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-31

in their charge upon any requisition not made
in conformity TO the law which they had
sworn 20 observe. They surely could not have
thought that their requisition was such a one
as the laws Of Georgia presoribe for the draw
ing Of money from the State Treasury. The /
Convention does rot even seem TO have made
an appropriation of the money demanded, so
as to justify warrant drawn by the proper
authority. II declared by ordinance that the
money was to be used in paying the per diem
and mileage Of the delegates, but IL also
declared in the same ordinance that the money
was TO be only borrowed from the Trea
sury and returned at future tune
This very demand for a loan admits that the
expense of the Convention is not a. legitimate
charge upon the State Treasury of Georgia
admits the want Of authority to pass an appro-
priatiOn bill and make a requisltion on the
Treasury for its satisfaction. Moreover, the
act of Congress under which the Convention is
assembled, expressly declares that it must levy
a special tax to pay its own expenses. Con
gress also made an appropriation to defray the
expenses of military government in the
Southern States, and If that appropriation be
exhausted, so as not to allow any part of it to
be used in making an advance for the Conven-
tion, the fact only proves that Congress under
rates the expense of the job. It does not en-
power the Convention, in anticipation of the
com mpletion of its work to demand the money
event of the rejection Of the Constitution, may
never have any connection with the body in
session at Atlanta. The Macon Teleqraph of
yesterday says:-"We rejoice to say that
Colonel Jones treated this order in a manner
becoming his position as an officer of the State
of Georgia, and the custodian of the public
money. In his reply he stated to Gen. Pope,
as we learn from reliable source, that he
was an officer of the State under the Consti-
tuition of 1S65-that he was sworn to
support that Constitution and the laws of the
State-that the latter forbade any payment
from the Treasury except upon a warrant
drawn by the Governor and approved by the
Comptroller -General-that he has entered into
bonds to large amount for the faithful per-
formance of his duty as Treasurer, aud for
these reasons must decline to make the pay
ment required. Mr.. Angler is reported to have
said mo funds, in answer to his mission; he
should have said no funds that could be had
in satisfaction of any such demand, which
would have been much nearer the truth. "
And the Atlanta correspondent of the Journal
and Messenger writes:-"The Governor in
formed the gentleman from Fulton that he did
not recognize the authority of the power
under which he (Angjers) was acting, and that
if there were any funds in the Treasury they
would be devoted to legitimate purposes. Some
thing was then threatened about Pope's prero-
gatives and the constitutional powers of the
Convention, to which our Governor replied
that if force we're attempted to be used against
the Treasury Department, the matter would
Immediately be laid before the Supreme Court
of the United States, who he hoped, not
without reason, would pronounce this whole
scheme OF reconstruction unconstitutional;
that General Grant was prepared to abide by
the decision of that tribunal, and the President
of the United States in that event withdraw
the military from the soil of Georgia. The
events of the next few days will show if there
be any truth in what is here stated.