The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-23
GEORGIA..


ATLANTA, Ca Dec Is, 1867.
predicted the close OF my letter OF yesterday tho
resolution or Mr. Caldwell requesting General Pope TO
Governor jenkins and appoint Mr. Bullock in his
place the subject OF angry and excited debate to-
day. which lasted throughout tho session. at the close Of
which the lual vote was taken and tho matter settled
As soon as the journal had been read Mr. BRADLEY
(muattol who had the loor continued his remarks In
support OF the resolution and after aliuding to the
no had gwen the day before suddenly
menced an attack upon General Pope for not having
removed all OF the present State officers He
declared with great vehemonce thar tho General had
prevented reconstruction by the he had pursued.
81 do not wish to make any reflections upon General
Pope" he exclaimed; II mako direct charge against
him. charge him with having directly prevented
by keeping those 10 oics and with
having thus aided our oncmies-the enemies OF the
republican party You may talk to about his posi-
ton; but because those men have white skins.
want these robel officials removed We have men here
just as capable as they Tho voters OF the State do
mand change, at least the majority does We reprs-
SAINT here $4,000 coiored men ana only $4,000 white
Ones and oven the whites wish Governor jenkins tho
cciored DO not. Shall the white minority rule the
b ack majority mol There coiored men In
Georgia who aided put the rebellion with gus
and bayo than whites, and their voice must be
heard In this manner the mulatto for about
twenty-five minutes
Nj; BIodyes READ from written paper speech com.
posed Of lnterrogatories, oil OF which hs answered
himself with the words, sour present Provisional
Governor" the gentleman favored tho resolution.
lengthy speech 10 oppsson to tho rssousioa. He do
Tended General Pope iron tho assault Of Bradley,
declared tina. although Governor Jenkins had done
much OF late 10 merit his condemnation, he could do
no harm to reconstruction, because he undcr
control OF General Pope He denounced the measure
as being that OF clique OF men that desired TO get
control OIL tho State government, and asked General
Pope was TO be abused because he would not contribute
object put their hands into tho pockets OF the
State and grasp the spois There other motive;
tute the Convention for the Of Office. He was OPP
posed to makiag this body political caucus bat for
two days past had been nothing better and the tele-
graph had carried this every part Of the Union
In conclusion Mr. Parrot offered motion postponiug
action upon the resolution unit tue 8h or Janury next
Mr. J. r. Dunning, OF Atlanta, spoke In opposition
tho measure. Ths gentleman invariably speaks
way and votes another. After making the most sensible
speech IN opposition TO The resolution he deliberately
voted In favor OF Its passage.
Mr. Bryant made very violent haranRuo In support OF
the resolution. He denounced Governor jenkins beng
In the company OF mudere ebas and the assassinso OF
Andersonviile." All talk about this not beng part
BODY nonsense: 1t was partisan in Of tho
word IL there TO advance the interests of the
publican party and the reconstruction OF Congress
lie believed in tho great republican party; no loved
reconstruction acts or Congress Hs had been rcpub.
lican all his life, aud tho gentleman made the astonish
mix" He did not believe that tho present Slate officers
should remain In power they afforded protection TO
tie people, and he gave tho generally accepted idea
by declaring that Union mon were being daily
SGT upon in Georgia ,'oy rutlans and with bowie
wanted TO be Occurred from Bowie knives and revolt
vers:" he wanted officials who would project him and
Bullock to be PROVISIONAL Governor rha, individual
VAS mau OF ability; he had intellect stamped on his
brow and the only argument no had heard brought
against him that he . smember Of this niger
Convention"
Mr. saiod said that all tho talk no had listened to
about sixty nine thousand negro voters being repre-
scntcd In the Convention was all Dosh Ito was
elected from district in which there only
teen hundred white voters out Of total registry OF
nve thousand, and neither his colleague himself
had received seventy Ave white votes; no was. there
iosisalo Tor any particular rasa He had come there
70 perform high national purpose, and not to
Gssf -. fathers ysfs nasvs Gscrs's.s and there
the state few wscks ago and wanted to ruo every
thing and everybody. (Applonse from the white
spectators, WHICH was checked oy tle PRESIDENT
read be said nc smst tue spos Of Office in the very air
There was something disgusting 70 HIM In this scramble
for office; IL vas utterly contemplate. and would be 70
REGARDED by the outside world The time for division
Of the spois had not yet GENE let them make consti
tuition nrst and after IL had ratified by tho people
they could look for spos Tho enemies OF the Conveu
ton were organizing and rero gaining strength every
day. They the wealth and intelligence OF tho
STATE and IL this resolution was passed il would place
weapon in their hands which would eopardze, II II did
Mr. Prince said that he bad heard all that hr. Saiod
bad said about nasivo Georgians He was proud 10
aom't that he was moi New England He had como
ali the way from his native rocks and lumber forests
10 aid in sngrafng upon the people OF Georgia those
principles Of freedom, education and civilization
this highly phanthropc purpose tho gentleman spoke
engtu in favor Of the removal Of Governor jenkins
And tho appoin,me OF Bullock, whom he believed tho
very essence Of statesman hip and financial AGILITY.
Mr. Holcombo, conservative tnion man. said that
the wnolo Question. he mr. Prince, was from New
England. and not native Georgian, and Just such
"a tue Convention wanted TO grsp the spo's OF oico
Ia the State. lsoDsaon and applause FROM the white
spectatorsI Ho had come there with views different
from those entertained by tho majority; but he had
deavored To cast aside all partisan feelings and to assist
IN framing constitution under which the whole people
could live al peace and in prosperity Was tho Convon
tion acting 10 this spirit, or was not then considering
resoiuon of the most shnmeessy partisan charactorY
He warned Tho delegates present that Governor jenkins
the chosen representative of the legal voters Of
Georgia, ard must not be disturbed. II the majority,
yielding 70 passion and prejudice, went on 10 tue way
ven,on the result would DO that hcy would array race
against race 10 the detriment Of both and the nai
Union, and did every native Georgian but he did not
wish restoration brought about BY means OF injustice
and proscpon and the people OF Georgia wosId never
the ensavemsnt or prescription Of single one OF their
As Mr. Holcombe made this declaration the white
spectators again loudly appsuded him, and the Prssi
dent rising requested that no sucn manifestations DO
Mr. Hocombs continued his remarks and said that he
saw no cause for tho removal OF Governor Jonkns he
hnd done nothing 10 mort removal Besides the very
fact that such a resolution deemed necessary
censure BY implication upon General Pope and u tho
Convention believed that the General had not faithfully
performed his duty ne would move q resolution rc-
aussng President johnson 70 remove him and appoint
some other commander In hs place. TAKEN as whole
Mr.. Holcombcs speech was very sensible and tenn.
perate one, but was utterly lost upon the majority.
Mr. Mccoy moderate republican, said that u had bosn
openly charged that men natives OF Georsa-rnen
who had bcen IN tho State only few weeks or months
had formed combination and had come to tho Conyeu
ou for the sole purpose Of grabbing al the Offices In
toe State He had believed tho charge, but forced
10 admit that the resolution looked very much that
way, aud N was passed everybody would boiIevo that
the charge was true. There necessity
for removing Governor jenkins; be had not the
slightest power innnence; h9 had official
patronage 81 any consequences, aud thu only appoint
ment within hs gift was that OF superintendent or tho
pcuenary superintendent OF the State road western
anu Atlantic Railroad, running from Atlanta 20 Chata-
noogal and perhaps two moro Offices of nsig
niacant nature. And that brought him 10 the main
that underies the whole question; II was nothing
effort TO seize the State road The resolution
the scheme of few men who had only been In the
State few weeks or months but who were anxious 10
the ntiLcaz under iLa htata