The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-22

PERJURY But this fact Should not DO regsrdsd
| As unfavorabs 70 tho chsrScIers Of these gen~
psss y tSsss h Ms0s actions being susorlS;
q ao.ice. They arc ioya, more ioya, most Loyal
Indeed the 'Oyaies" par 10 be found 10 tho Conten-
ton. Il i quite true that open charges have been
maas that the loyalty o. these gentleinen MAS Al cSs
Union, yet past record can be forgotten parts
euiary when II 10 known Tia, their repentance IL 80
they ieol patrotiealy disposed disfrauchse eyory
man oSespuDg themsevss who ever IN thought, word,
| or deco sustained the deiunct conledegacy.
Messrs Bry ant and Richardson are perhaps tho most
deserving men u the Convention Sooa after tue sup
preston o tne re0eoa hey left their dear kes Eag-
land rocks ana doughaus and came 10 Georgia deter
mined TO sacrifice me last Niger tie stso rather
than sec tho south relapse oio her former harbarsm.
| Ihey became connscet with the Freeumens Bureau.
faith uiiy drew TIER pay we're elected 10 presenS
seats by The faithful ana ever gxleful darkies and are
| ing TO tne near future when but "loya " men
shall ruIe. and when the names q Bryant and Richard
viii be blight particular Stars 10 political hrma-
\ ment A. Tor the coored "gommen,n tney are nig-
gers. nothing but niggers-nigeg 10 appearance, nig
| gers 10 spe ca, nigsors all over.
10 the Cor. eStion day nothing o. in'eres. was
done ar AshDarn presented an ordinance declaring aa
| or the Stata offices SGT up by "Andrc" John3an"
vacant aad requesting General Pope to appoint loyal"
| Officials in ther places
| tom
Resolve Thai no member q This Contention ss sh9l can
ga o1her y aecoan. 0At o. se & a,s
ls shan &c ssuarsd BY tie expelled ~ me
Considering that Mr. Bradley Is lawyer, deserves
10 DO senturei" FOR his bad spehng wiring and con.
structcn OF sentences All great aen. however ignors
Webster and Murray and Why shall not bradley gnore
them aisor II viii DO too, in sh,s RESOLUTION that
the hor Is alarmed a. the threatening meniicstauo0
towards Friday ias on.y by Mr.. Bloant bus
by Mr. Stanford who said. when Bradley critcising
some remarks OF his that ne tstanordl didn't want the
\ gentleman 10 misrepresens hun; he ~ouldnt allow ~
anf nc wanted the gentleman 20 distinctly understand
his own bone brought fovlh Tie foregoing rcsoutiou
which though not yet noted upon will probably pass
Sone twenty or thirty ordinances and resolutions
presented bus in accordance with the rules wore
not acted upon and there oeng no business before the
Conventions that deectsbe body OF men adjoarns4
| I'm II O'Clock TO- morrow.
almost forgot to mention that the heroic Dlount with
dre~ MS ressnaion made on Friday last. lie mad.
| speech 10 which alas .has y should Do said, the
honorable crawnshsd In fact 4 Ben Wsds
was tho damdest craadshina he over saw. Mr.. Bouss
was sorry that he said anything about fraud and ~
had wounded the feelings o. any one no sass.y
Der OF tue Convention a. an honorable man; no had
osen touched BY Their anons 70 MN ana thss
tore took back all he had said. and hoped Il would ~
forgotten He went on talking for some time proving
beg ond doubt tnss he had boen soft soaped yes a.
tualy soft s0aped.
While the gentleman was speaking every members
features expressed remarkable similarity Of sentiment
All we're touched deeply touched with d.sgus ~ the
volatility OF Mr.. BlounL
Proceedings Of the Cenvention-The Powers
Of That B0dy-A Resolution Declaring
This n White Mans CountvS-Anethcr
Scene Of Excltement-The Resointion Ike.
moving Governor Jcnixins--A Wars
ATLANTA, Ca. Dec II, 1867.
Tho HERALD special containing account OF the
excitement in the Conssn,on Friday last, having
been teegraphed to tbs West reached here yestas-
day, AMI created quite . sensation The agent OF the
Associated Press at this point for having truthfsny
reported the first three days proceedings removed.
and another individual substituted who carefully sup
presses everything likely 10 bring the Convsnti0n nle
dsfavor rdiculs. Now IL happens that there
two 'qoys newspapers published this city, the pre-
prietors Of which pasroticay disposed I'D In Ne
OF reconstruction. by becoming tsachl the oica
printer OF the Convention. They, therefore. Vic
with each other In their defence Of tho talented
body assembled here and attack ovory person who faith.
fully records Ill that sransprss as the City Hail. A
natural consequence the HERAID special dsnounosA
Of these papers Monday evening last, mis-
representing the Convention. But the most amusing
thing s tnat while the sloyal" editor Vas dsnyisg
Nc Blount used the Language ascrbsd 70 him.
the honorable gentleman himself apologIzng 10 shs
Convention for having used the identical words gvsa
in tho despatch. This iacdent only illustrates how
fearay disorganzsd society has become in the STATE
whom Tor sake Of few prospective dollars truth -
denied and deliberate fSAsehood uttered.
The Convention assembled At the appointed hour this
mornins and had very lively session. The nrst busi-
OF Importance transacted the rscepion Of Ne
report Of Cominttee the Legal Powers Of The
Convention. That body reported against DOING 49,
thing beyond framing Constitution, and ADVISED lSs
passage of = resolution indefinitely posIroning AL osdi-
nances not relating dirscy 70 the fundamental lag q
This report and resolution created consdsrsbl. dis-
gusnea bimseii i, bis remarks in Opposition 10 Il Tue
resolution was however haaily passed by majority ~
rs An eor VII be made 10 the = have
tho matter reconsdered THIS really tho most seasi-
bic act Of the Convention since It's assembling; but u
all heay INN n aTu MI uf he QaIag
Nearly every man has dozen ordinances In Eis pooksS
ready TO turn loose upon his colleagues WHOM his
Is called .4@ Rn
The calling Of the roll continusd and whsa
the name Of Bur.st, Of Floyd county, was re.chsdr
tho secroary read and which contained ths tollowss
resolution:- &M - &
state q oso g.. nov aud ns: Dsso rsg.,dsd BY
government whose territory wa. secured b. the white aa
wSS.s assumes the While mss sss preside A'' A'a ''''
The reading Of this resolution the signal FOR .
general excitement and confusion aud loud applause
from tho white spectators. Bradley il In NO
lation OF the constitution and an insult TO The coorsa
Yankee whose s residence in Georgia does nos srses1
eigntesn months declared that be Opposed the
,sysa Coz IMAGE more" liz went on scesSins Is
very excited manner and wound up by moving that the
obnoxious resolution b. sxpungsd ron the Journal -
Turner lruuatio, called for q division Of the Csnvsa-
ton He dared any white man present, elected by The
votes OF coloTed men, to vote against expung1ng tho
resolution. Ho dared them--yes, be dsred shem-
Speeches In favor Of and against tho subject were
made aud cries Of question:, vole the questioo's
and other calls rcsoandsd through the hail. No vosss
however, takon. Mr. Burnett, who elected -
radical but who has become dsgustsd with the entire
thing withdrew the resolution to- tbs great relief Of
number o. whie quasi radicals and AL q the
tves who felt that the sprnging OF The question upea
them tins carly day premature
The next business before the house was the rssos-
ton Of Mr. Caldwell, Of froup requesting General Pope
10 remove Governor jenkins appoint ur Bullock %
Augusta member o. Tho Convention IN biz place as Pro-
visonai coyernor Of Georgia Mr. Caldwell made long
speech In support OF his resolution, In whion. whs
admitting that yen xns bad nothing to deserve
removal, he urged that other should lie Cow
OF The SLAs who synpalhy With tho Eepah-