New-York tribune., 1868-07-31

GEORGIA. DEMOCRATIC cow az corNcn

1,,rrrprsT OF TIE REBELS 81 Gazette
rhA -asnordent of The CiHe'nn"'t, CiH'"',,,on at At
A cOrIeSpolu'Hv ,,Y.1-,tle state Convention ~ nv
nus describes the DeI"oO'
anita Ga Oh tie 24th lns'' ,ocrato demonstrations
a., hoyc witnessed many hnt never one that made
both during aud since in ne mind than the one III tuIs cy
AuecPil Vorc than ever aia are the same eveTywhere
sseni,ai feat urcs Of mery umca TO the best M
mai N II au OlganLAy- that rs triumph III thG colnS
ma! of the cOuui! itsbiv ma a renewal of blOOdShed
IeSfin would result % verdict Of the people is against
snd var does not W,g,b WRnpSblican victory, over
only BY a.. dimensODs can the country, ana ana esle
whelmlng i iu be saved iOm iultntI u9Soia'lom a' ~
cialy ne sour tI largest political nave seen III
sfufe. 10 was tn ,1Idtudes were filled with Rebel en-
the South neat Most Of them no doubt Imagined
thusiasI amen an death blow 10 the Republican cause.
tney had g.e cav sound however the great crowd pres
6iralg a. es secured IT'S failure as political effort,
ems ~ raed the speakers 10 make assertions 80 eN-
for ~ ,t en,t Md 70 indulge IN language so violent,
uanaaseT,te uanaserHt aud unWise-in short II encouraged
lItnli io so complete revelation Of Their
lheH ohsects and designs, that every Repuhli-
Iea Who listened was dOubly confirmed IN his ialth
eSn "dlbicr was 10 the right side, aud many
sS 'bsd hitherto uuhesltatingy followed the wicked
Zen who misleading the people In tins state had their
nc eI as never before ana felt that it would he n-
ibs TO follow longer. There Is a large class Of men
T. ~ Sonth. not enrolled m the Republican ranks
~, % %denurtle "A renewal OF civil STRIFE and earnestly
desire farmOny and peace. All that is necessary 10
bug them over 10 the support OF the good caSc is 10
S ps frn, tAe wild aud wicked aud revolutionary de-
siCus Of the Democratic leaCers. Many of tins class
Xere present at the meeting yesterday, ana IN the
spoecles Of BoO Too h3s ltOweil CoDo; i,h - ~ 9Ll
o',v and learned how utterly hopeless it is to look
tor pcare until that organization Is destroyed.
On The morning Of the sd the Whole city was agog.
"A the delegations from Augusta ana other points came
an ON Tie trains they stuted with sdlyOs OF arte-
~ e,,urh old Rebel soldiers being lett to handle the
cannon f,t lively. Gen Phil Cook was the Marshal
Of the DAY and about O'Clock he commenced leading "a
r,ther srgyug and uu!mpOsiug procession through the
streets lie finally led 1t To point not far from the artl-
ncia grove, aud large Nag being there run up with
seymour Blair and the Constitution Hscrpcd upon II,
tese patriotic geutcuru fresh from their terrific war
fare todestruy the Constitution, cheered lusty ana OOd
For like tine NcW1Ork dIalt rioters, lhey S'd!N ~
The Delegate Convention met at 10 m in Davis Hall
and amid much confusion, went through the steps OF %
preliminary organization, Anderson W he9ilHE ul no
Iis m the chair Mr. T. c. Cabnuess moved 10 appoint
Committee Oh Permanent Organization, anu i,1 S iai M
dozen motions That were plled on TOP o. th "lu lo
cussOns 10 which each and all gave rise haue up alCo
OF mdesCribahle confusion and huObub, ui WhSh your
readers could form no ldea Az uhes tNcL4 uei'. -
would be upon his eeat once score WOuid ESD 70
speak at the same moment The Chalrlndh' q I5ite,
puTsy man, could do little or nothing toW"rd man
OrdeT, aud the sweat poured from Hlm uhli ms WH".o
body aHd all his clothing were soaked Will
The Committee on Permanent OTSdHlHd'OH Aa' ~
been appointed, retired and then man tcJucIHE III Io
name Of John T. Weems Of Macon, and VINO s iu 10 %,
nrsclass Democratic hight, was Loudly cIlitu lVI' ~
course the st thing he wanted TO know was whether
they dis hearers) were for white MANS EONeFHme4l
and having received satisfactory assurances uloA hs
point he told them the question TO be settled in to com
Ing campaign, so far as the South was cOnceiheu, was
whether they were have white mans government or
. government Of Northern vagrants, rapscalons, ana
paupers, OF ignorant nggers, and Of southern
nlIscreants Mr.. Weemss hearers, not relishing q
government OF the latter kind broke ont into
loud applause, so that he might not misundeI-
stand their position. And why, said Mr. WeeUs should
We not have such government suits Usl On account
OF the recent war The Southern people we've all ia favor
OF that war. There was some division among them IN
reference TO the eXpedenCy Of separate State action and
with regard TO the time when the contest ought 20 com
Inence But when the first cannon doomed from Fort
MOure the hearts OF whole people united ana
oil divisions disappeared. We waged that war
for the Constitution Mr. Weems reviewed the his
tory Of reconstruction, and proceeded To condemn and
AnRthemaZe SeTTdtiB every individual who euc1ged IN
that work Having brought his history down to tie rati
hCatOn OF the Constitutional Amendment by The Georgia
Legislature Monday last he said that every VINO
voted that amendment marked man
henceforth, and would receive the uIamy he
deserved. why, Indignantly demanded Mr.. Neelns,
'why did the Radicals in Congress get mp that amend
menti Principally for the purpose OF keeping out Oi
ofCe such noble gentlemen aud true patriots as Howell
Cobb, A. H. stephens Robert TOOmbs, B. II. BIZ, Johr
G. Breckenridge, and Jefferson Davis. A. Mr.. Weemi
named each OF the patriots III the above list, there wat
. storm OF cheers but when he mentioned tue name o
JeffersaA Davis the hal at became the scene OF
Wild and tumultuOus uprOar."