Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-06-13
nr;n at the South.


reconstruct under the Military Bill.
Adyices from all parts of the South.
ern States indicate that the people
are disposed to accept this measure
now as fnality, and to go to work
in good earnest to restore their
States to the Union under its provis-
ions. The work of registration OF
voters has already comm enced, with
in q few months elections will be
held, constitutional conventions elec-
ted, and. the whole machinery OF re-
construction soon be in full opera
tion. Upon closer contact with the
Military Bill and its practical work
ings, the Southern people have not
found it to be that monstreus engine
of political oppression, which the
Northern Copperheads predicted it
would prove to be. Therefore, like
sensible, practical men, they now ac-
cept its provisions and acquiesce in
its enforcement.
The old and unfounded prejudice
at the South against Northern men
is also decreasing, not rapidly it is
true, yet in degree that can be per
celved. The tour of Senator Wilson
and Judge Kelley through the South
ern States, and the kindness with
which they were received and the
attention with which they were lis
tened to, mark a radical revolution
in public sentiment at the South.
Previous to the war, neither of these
men could have talked at the South
as they have just done, except at the
peril of their lives. This change is
a harbinger of good. The barrier,
which has hitherto prevented free in
tereourse and interchange of ideas
between the two sections, is at last
broken down, and it is only neces-
sary that the two sections should
know and understand each other, in
order to secure, what in fact we have
never had, united country.
Chief Justice Chase last week
opened the United States Circuit
Court at Raleigh, North Carolina
This is the first court in the rebel
States presided over by Justice of
the Supreme Court since the war
This fact makes another step in the
restoration of the authority of the
Government and Of law and order at
the South. The Judiciary is now
fully established throughout the late
insurgent States.
A dispatch from Augusta, Ca, in
forms us of late meeting held at
Atlanta, to form Conservative
Union party. Resolutions were
adopted denouncing the Sherman
acts as infamous and tyranieal. The
dispatch says, however, that the
meeting and its object find no sym
pathy with the press or people of
that State. The feeling throughout
Georgia is to submit and organize
under the Military Bill. The people
are sick and tired of uncertainty, and
will conform to the requirements of
Congress in good faith. The oppo-
sition will be inconsiderable, and the
great majority Of the people will
vote in favor Of convention.
A letter from General Sheridan to
General Grant, has been published,
disclosing the grounds upon which
he removed Judge Abel, Attorney
General Heron and Mayor Monroe,
from their respective offices. The
facts fully justify the action of Gen
eral Sheridan, and show that all these
parties were using both their private
influence and the power of their Off
cial positions to obstruct and oppose
the authority of the United States
Government in Louisiana.
General Pope has been petitioned
by five hundred negroes, to remove
the Mayor and City Council of Savan-
nah, on the ground that colored men
can not obtain justice from them.
The impeachment trial of Judge
Frazier in Tennessee is concluded.
The Senate of that State found him
guilty of the charges preferred
against him, and by their verdict he
is removed from office and disquali-
fed from holding any Office here
after.
The first municipal election, under
the Universal Suffrage law, was held
in the City of Washington last week.
1t passed off quietly. and without
riot or bloodshed. Eight thousand
colerea men voted, and the Radical
ticket was elected The world moves
on at Washington very much as
usual
The Mayor and common council of
Fayetteville, North Carolina, have
been removed by the commanding
General, and others appointed in
their places. 1t will be noticed that
very few civil officers have been re
moved at the South under the au.
therity and provisions of the Militia
ry Bill, and when the facts are fully
known, it will be found in every case,
as In that of Mayor Monroe of New
Orleans that tho character and eon