Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-23
GEORGIA.
The Wheat CrOp-FIOurishfng Mills
RestOratfOn-Hhe COlOred 6 Man and
Brother for Of3ice..-

To the Editors of the Union and Dispatch
ATLANTA, July 10, 1867 The wheat
crop Of this State has been harvested, and
a considerable portion Of it has come into
market The yieia 9eae rot been 50 large
as eur planters anticipated, bat largely
exceeds the crops of former years, aud that
we hear but little complaint. The quality,
too, of the wheat is a matter of rejoicing.
We presume the wheat of Northern
Georgiais equal to that of any other coun-
try. All that is required is a little more
attention TO cleaning, as we hear some
objection on the part Of the millers upon
this score. The people Of this section have
also to congratulate themselves upon the
character Of the Touring mills, in their i'm
mediate vicinity, which offer home mar
ket TO those of the farmers who prefer a
speedy sale and a liberal price to the
more tedious and hazardous experiment of
shipment 10 New York or other distant
markets. OF the mills in Middle and North
Georgia, perhaps the largest and most COM
plete in all its appointments, is the
"Kennesaw Mil" situated in the pleasant
town Of Marietta, twenty miles north of
Atlanta, Immediately on the line of the
Western and Atlantic railway. These
AhAii55 WHICH htlC dG7iIOOGu ny the req
eral army upon their evacuation of
Marietta, in 1864, at which time, too, they
left the entire town heap of unsightly
ruins-were the property of Messrs. Cook
& Cheek, who, having rebuilt and greatly
improved them since the close Of the war,
are now turning out an article in the way
of -four, which can scarcely be excelled
Their brands are all good, but Cook &
Cheeks choice family, will certainly COM
pare favorably with the product of any
mill in the United States. These
mills, when worked to their full
capacity, will produce three hundred bar
rels Of -four per day. Messrs. Cook q
Cheek are also largely interested in the
Kennesaw Mill, at Macon, which was
operated by them during the war, and is
now conducted under the name of Bledsoe
q Go. These gentlemen are experienced
millers, as well as reliable and responsible
men. They are doing good service in the
work of restoring this devasted country to
its former prosperity, and in the develop-
ment of all our material interests, hence
they deserve, and we believe will meet
with encouragement from all who love the
South and desire her recuperation and full
restoration"
This word restoration" has been SO
shamefully abused in its application to the
political situation, that your correspondent
feels like renouncing the use of it forever.
Like "liberty," it has to suffer the odium
of multitude Of crimes which have been
Perpetrated i'ia its name" No sensible,
rejecting man believes for moment that
any perfect restoration" of the Southern
States TO their rights and privileges in the
Union will take place until after the next
Presidential election, unless the work of
registration now in progress, shall ex-
hibIt large majority of negro voters, and
Congress shall be satisfied that this maiori-
ty will vote the Radical ticket The re-
suit, so far, in the cities and large towns of
this State, shows decided preponderance
of the colored element, while in the coun-
try, especially north of Atlanta, the
plain majority is equally decided. What
the grand totaP may show, or how matters
may be affected by the recent supple
mentary supplemental bill Of Congress, it
| is vain to conjecture.
General Pope, commander of the third
military district, may certainly felicitate
himself upon being the most popular of all
these military vice-roys, if indeed, it is any
comfort to him to know that he is so gener-
ally acceptable to a people over whom he
has been placed, and invested with almost
supreme power. We are inclined to be-
heye that the General is not insensible to
the good opinion Of even those who are so
completely at his mercy, as, so far, he has
interfered as little as possible with the civil
officers whom he found discharging their
various duties under the State laws with
fidelity and ability, and seems indisposed
TO make remarks or issue orders at the So
| licitation of every meddlesome "home
Radical" who may coyet the paltry spoils
| of some position which he moves as much
Of Heaven and earth as he can control, to
make vacant.
Until quite recently there was consider
able tribulation in the Radical camps here
abouts in consequence of the discovery that
a prominent member of their household
whose name had been mentioned in con-
nection with the Office of Governor, was, in
point of fact, ineligible as voter, having
once upon time held the position of Mayor
of city After good deal of huttering,
it is understood that the affair was fixed
up" in some way, and the great man was
| permitted to register and go on his way re-
| iOicing, in the confident hope of being next
| Governor of Georgia. Let him have a
care Remember what the poet so forcibly
| says
" The best laid schemes of mice and men
| Gang aft agleel "
The colored man and brother is giving
unmistskable evidence that he IS not going
TO be satisfied with being merely uoter.
| He Is beginaing to Enquire around" for
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cial care that his Radical white friends
do not leave him in the condition of his
| brethren in Tennessee, where the hypOcrit-
ical white trasb, while investing the black
man with the ballot, dishonesty and traitor
| ously withhold from him the right to serve
his fellow-citizens in the legislative halls,
on the Judicial bench, or in the guberna-
torial chair, which, by the way, would
have been quite as nobly filed and as
brilliantly adorned in the capitol at Nash
vile, by your fellow-citizen 10. Williams,
or the portly form Of Alfred Anderson, as
] it is by the nondescript specimen whom
men call BrowHlow Yes, indeed. Why
would hot Robert Yancey or Joseph Wood,
two respectable colored citizeQs of Atlanta,
reflect as much credit upon Georgia in the
Governors office at Milledgeyille, or in
the gilded Hall Of Representatives at
| Washington, as -- or -, who,
though they may boast of skins a shade
! paler than those Of Robert and Joseph, can
| certainly Law claim TO no whittier or purer
hearts? Then, Vipe PAfiodnol and ho
for Milledgevihe and Washington And
| it, as has been intimated, ourcolored friends
intend making bold push for the Vice
! Presidency, a citizen of a Southern State
and not Frederick Douglass or some other
Northern free niger" is entitled to the
place, especially If Wendell Phillips, or
Thad. Stevens, or Henry Wilson, or Ben
Wade is to be President. Let our colored
fellow-citizens stand up for their rights,
and not pern,it themselves to be passed over
in the selection to be made for the second
| Office in the government