The New York herald., 1868-03-03

radicals so soon as the Reconstruction Convention
has closed its labors. As was mentioned In .
former letter, the passive policy OF the Alabams
conservatives will not be pursued here. square,
open fight will be made-frst, TO defeat the con-
stituon being passed, and, failing that, to elect
democratic State government. That success
VIII attend their Efforts in this last par.
tlcular the conservatives appear to feel
certain OF. although they confess to some doubts
about defeating the constitution. Supposing,
then, that democratic Legislature is elected and
Two senators OF that party are sent 10 Washington,
will they be admitted TO their seats? Besides,
will democratic Legislator ratify the fourteenth
amendment 10 the constitution, These are diff.
cuities Ia the way; but the opponents Of radical.
ism claim that il makes no difference whether the
State Is admitted to representation or not so long
az they can prevent the negroes from getting nos.
session Of H. TO achieve victory the Central Com.
mttee Is working vigorously, and large number
OF political pamphlets have been printed and are
now ready for circulation throughout the State.
Whoever may be the democratic candidate for the
Presidency win be well supported and will proba.
ply obtain the electoral yete Of Georgia.
The course pursued by Ex-Governor Brown n
supporting thu reconstruction laws of Congress
has made the people Of this section bitterly hos.
tile 10 him, ana no man is more denounced and
abused than he is His enemies cannot UNDER
stand how the fre-eating secessonist OF Yesterday
can become the universal negro suffrage advocate
of to-day AMI as these political somersauts can.
not be comprehended denunciation is heartily and
abuudantly indulged Ia. Ex-COrgressman Gartrell
has aterly come in for share OF the abuse, but
he Is not thought so much OF as Mr. Brown Rene
gade, traitor to his race, apostate and dcmagoguo
leveAedat the Ex-Governor. and If that honorable
gentleman could hear them, and If words could
kill. he would have been long ago beyond the hope
OF present resurrection.
In all OF the principal centres OF population in
Georgia the people feel interest in the political
situation of the North, and this city ia no eXcep.
tion to the general rule. Everybody talks about
the recent Johnson Stanton imbreglio, and every.
hn Wi md Tha NOS nf
tho impeachment resolutions created o lively
sensation, and If the President and Congress
should come to blows the male portion of the
Macontes stand prepared to back him to tho
extent Of their ability and valor. 1t must be con.
fessed, however, that the prospect Of another war
Is quite distastefnl here, and the men will only
convinced that their aid is absolutely
essential to the conservative belligerent.
Your readers may think it strange that
the Southerners should begin to talk OF
another war SO soon after the suppression Of tho
rebellion, but party feeling has run SO high in the
South during the past two years that everybody
believes another revolution imminent. Thus the
good citizens OF this city, in the present prostra-
ton OF business, gather at the corners OF tho
streets, or in the slit ng rooms Of hotels, and dis.
cuss the probabilities of the near future. This
evening, however, there was one man who sat
near the stove and listened quietly and thought.
fully to tie animated political discussion going
on, but who offered no opinion and never once
joined in the conversation. lie was evidently
deeply interested hearer OF what was being said,
for 1T length he rose from HIS seat and sad:--
Gentlemen does you think that this difficulty
will affect the price Of cotton9'
Alas. for the country with such patriot Hero
was a man not ponderng over the damages to
liberty, TO the constitution to universal suffrage,
but actually drcading lest political agitation
should injure his pockets. Tie cotton holder Tor
owner) was comforted With the assurance that It
could only tend to run up the price OF the great
staple, hearing which he resumed his seat and
former Indifference.
Robberies by negroes are as numerous here as
nythng OF the kind can possibly be. Spaulding
county was bad enough, but Blbb this county,,
with her large Niger population, is far ahead.
Tho newspapers are filed with accounts OF depre.
datons on farms and city residences. Sometimes
the thieves are caught, but more frequently the
ubiquitous negroes escape with their booty.