New-York tribune., 1868-09-21
GEORGIA.

COLORRD MEN EXCLUDED FROM THE JURY BOX
THE HOUSE RECONSIDER THEIR ACTION
THE NEWS FROM MAINE AND ITS EFFECT
ANOTHER CoLoRED MEMBER EXPELLED
WHAT WILL BE DONE NExT-TIIE KU-KLUX
BUsY-THE REMANDING OF GEORGIA TO
MILITARY G0vERNMENT-THE STATUS OF
HER SENATOR'S AND REPRESENTATIVES,.
lFROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
ATLANTA. Sept. 15-The House Yesterday took
another step toward the elimination of the counter
revolution which is in such rapid progress in this
State. bill was passed adopting the jury system of
the old Slave Code which forbids cOlored men sitting
upon jures This practically denying to the coored
citizen the right of trial by jury for while the preu-
dice of race remains potent lie can have no justice
in a suit with a white man; and the freedman Is
worse off when accused of crime, than was the slave,
for the latter too valuable piece of property TO
be wasted in hanging while the freedman Is the
property Of nobody but himself. The proceeding was
in violation of the very Constitution from which this
Legislature derives its existence and power to make
laws for that document prescribes but one criterion
by which jures shall be selected to wit: intelligence
and uprightness while the old system, perpetuated
yesterday, establishes quite different test, to
wit: color The Constitution says: The
General Assembly shall provide by law for the selec
tiOn of upright and intelligent persons 10 serve as
nr0rs" but the Code declares that such jurors shall
be ohe male citizens above the age OF twenty one
years" Ignoring the supreme law OF the C0nstltu-
tion the Legislature adopted the old slave law, rem
dered obsolete by its inconsistency with the Constr
tuition. A motion TO amend by providing that no
thing in this act should disquafy any person from
serving as juror account of race or color, was
promptly voted down so the Georgia Legislature,
in the most solemn manner, declared that c0iored
man, matter how upright or intelligent, shall be
excluded from the jury box and should be compelled
To commit the custody of his life, liberty and prop
pery to the white jnries no matter how Ignorant or
depraved they may be. Thus two vast strides have
been made toward the disfranchisement of the
colored man--he has been prohibited from holding
office he has been excluded from the jury boX-it
only remains to exclude them from the ballOt-boX.
The bill was passed by a vote OF 81 to "A, some
dough faced Republicans lodging or voting With the
majority
TIRE RECONIDERATIoN AND IT'S CAUSE.
But something occurred last night which naturally
modified the views of the unterrifed Democracy;
Notwithstanding the large vote by which the Dill
was passed yesterday, motion to reconsider pre-
vailed this morning by some IA majority. Whether
the mysterious influence which thus urged the I'M
terrified to repentance was the accounts OF the
Maine election which arrived last night, cannot posi-
tyely be asserted but IL is difficult to ascrbe any
other cause for this sudden retrogresson The vastly
increased Republican majority IN Maine was an mar
cation to some that OF Later the conSpTat0rs
against the National authority were 10 be called to
account for their wrong doing they cannot smut
their eyes TO the signs that the great heart OF the
loyal North still pulsates with patriotic yigor lhey
cannot conceal from themselves that the Vatlclna-
of their political prophets are turning out TO be
lies vet il seems that the madness that precedes
destruction still held its sway them, and though
the thunder from Maine may have for moment
startled them IN their suicidal career, and caused
them to review their action on the Jury bnl, they
quickly recovered their audacty, aud proceeded with
THE EXPULSION OF THE REMAINING CoLORED MEM
BEERS.
FyalL who claims 10 be Frenchman. was the first
to be gOtned, and the Chairman OF the Com
mittee on Pedgrees las il should be called reported
" that Fyall,. having more than one-eighth negro
blood in his veins was ineligible to seat and that
the clerk strike his name from the roll' Mr. Bryant
asked for the testimony, which was read lt con
sisted OF Fyafs own oS VINO eSTG d Troncb unbt n n,s
pie The other witness before the Committee was
Mr. Alley who swore that he knew Fyalls father
and mother befor tyall was born; his mother was
nuattO &c. -
Now. the above is a correct condensation of the
journals of the House, as published IN the Demo
cratic papers here Ii is the case rs made by the
Democracy itself Fyalls oath is partly offset by
Alleys, who swOre that he knew FyalTs father and
mother before he was born. tyall Is a years old,
and Alley is apparently much younger man. But,
disregardng tins flaw in the evidence let II be
noticed that the gist of the accusation is that tyall
has than 0Rc-dghh negro blood H ms rehS Nothhg
else is alleged against him.
Itis useless 10 20 over the arguments made by the
defense; they have been repeated even to tresoIne,
ness. Ii sufficient 10 say that fyall was eNpeiled
by vote of w yeas. There were no nays as the he-
pnbicans refused to vote voting would be useless
against majority who had determined the case even
before il was tried. and several members were ex-
cnsed from voting the ground that they were not
sure that Fyall not white man. lhe otner
khree colored members will share the same rate.
That's the do things III tHe
ture The who helped TO make the CONSTITUTION
are not thought fit 10 make the laws
TIF DESIGNS OF THE REBELS
The revolutonists have displayed their animus IN
Ali these proceedings. They determined as much
AS in them les to nulllfy the laws OF Congress- ana
10 reduce the negro as near 10 MS normal conuiloh
of Slavery as possible. The next proceeding VIII be
SO to restrict the suffrage to render 1t practically
valueess TO the coored citizen Ihey expect, py aiu
of their banditi, who go about beating ana Ihuraer
ing the negroes, to make them disgusted Win tnelr
newly acquired rights and desirous to return TO the
protection of their former owners, The outraees
committed upon the blacks are horriole anu are ul
tiplyng every day. while notice is taken Of them
by the civil officials, and the Governor has no power
to punish or restrain. L have before me letter
giving the details of the outrages IN single week
In one of the least populous counties Ill the state
Saws the letter: The negro who was 30 bauly
whipped by the Ku-Kux died yesterday They
EilIed at Mr.. As plantation last night man
and his wife were cruelty beaten below town, few
nights since. The man was stripped naked ana was s
so badly beaten that he was unable To get nome til
next day. He and his wife are very Dadly on a
negro man was killed near here last nlght. IL
seemed this man had been threatened two weeks
ago and had come TO town for protection ana stayed
here till yesterday, when they sent for hm TO come
home-there was no danger They killed the poor
these murderers this Legislature would commit the
lives and rights of the c0lored citizen; Ihe Asso-
ciated Press that dissemination OF lies, Dazohs Iorn
its dispatches all the country whenever negro
commits some outbreak or crime, but has not word
o saw of the thousand villanes perpctrated by the
whites upon the defenseless negro.
WHAT Is I HE REMEDY
Amid all these scenes of violence and anarc NY re-
Hecting Republicans begin to inquire Were we not
TOO hasty i'm adopting the Fourteenth Amendment
and placing this State in the Union Would 1t moi
have been better that we should have remained
under military law, which, forbcarng and lax as II
was vet inspired some respect Talk az men may
about Republicanism and Democracy, no government
can perform the functions of government without
physical force to back it. With all Gov. Bullocks
anxous desire and unwearied effort 10 protect every
citizen in the enjoyment of his rights and liberties
he is almost powerless because he Is not backed Dy
force or the prestige of force lie has not an armed
man at his commando he has not "a Sheriff