New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-30
GEORGIA.
CHARGES AGAINST REPoRTgRs-BR AND
Ills ANTECEDENTS-TiIE BILL OF RIGHTS.
From Our Special Correspondent - -, ,o,,
At an early stage of the proceed

accept as joke the renarkable report OF tnch poceeu
Ing and Of themselves that illustrate MI behh.tps ~
per: nnl. indeed, of them made use OF emphAle
Language on tie subject this morning. -, ,..o
Wish the reports Of the committee we VIII near MORO
on the subject. .
coored delegate Bradley who has made himself no
torious in variety Of ways m ard out of tue COhyen
tiou today the subject OF resolution BIauisy ~
said 10 he originally from Boston, where he ac1ureI
some education ana was adinvu " ~ IeT ,'
under tho impression ne u TIE Fame NhnNinuhi Wno
Supreme Court Bradley has resided ~ StVahn.h lor
year past ard. partly owing To bls gpleso % a., MP
ton, aud partly the hpud nee Ot TIC clF 81
furnishing too severely in two cases. tneieDy
q martyr % him. he has acquired gfat hu"cc " eh ~"
freedmen OF savannah aud ta iei1boIhoo an 40 t t
TUNED To the CONVENTION by iaiEo nnJ - 40 r.
splltting The tcEcts giving great sei. 10 US VO"oA
es. and causing troubles that maze lhe e.cln - r
yauhah the OUy ore in Georgia titt was httehuee VII"
tle eliglcst disorder or excl cement. -.
His course IN the Convention has Deen such w 20 nAo
his presence thoIo dsagrecabe " ~ inc lnp1lS, ~
out exception. aHd today dire MISFORTUNE beIel MN III
tho shape Of the following rstqnIo1: ,,., an
.re Gee ng t5at Alu Brad was tfi AID eossl Of
s S1ny y ss ss NJ PueaaIy oftst State; sui
UTeeq this COueton delegate answering 70 ue
Aaron Bsdcy -,nty referred TO be inveaHgA'ed
sS, 70 ih int, 81 s charges made
IN al pacstn and report result thereof at the earliest Aoa pos
The rules were Suspended, aud the resolution was
The Committee has or It some OF the best men In The
Convention. and they WILL doubtless, DO their duty Win
Unfortunate not only for Bradley but for his race,
that he sLonM have become prominent ut a moment
when eyes on the watch to see how the eoioreu
man would doDean himself
TAere 10 want those who vond IN his position have
dore honor 10 themselves and their kind, ana solve very
itrently for thousands the mooed question Of regr0
capabity. His case proves n9thg 10 IS tGe D. ~ -
the more unfortunate inamuch this very CoDVcntion
hos among it, colored members many Who arc fhr ls SUI
periUrs One named Turner, from icon an particular.
is well known to meard am so iniI1ned by SonshsTn
mon cltizcns OF Macon OF sensbi!iy, remarkably
good education, and possessing superior Talents as pun
In The Committee OF the Whole on the Bill OF Rights,
section ~ VI the iii taken up and after anledhehts
vs." sEc S sTy psr,oa esry. Wa an against laws Of the
censGl sin cops ~ he AeeasaliVh sa 10y o. % 20
whose tsHOpy the eiaGe ars hn auaaea a - s 'pr
Ol vita zee ne' tsHs against him ;9d .G Is d pse.s
FEC. -, was read and adopted as follows:
pe,p s he IA ieopny of life han ones r TOE tsne
oreo.s bis motion b ne" trial. alter CONVICTION
SIC "a. alter discussion and amendment. reads:
r,. 800 t .ss sS1 I general s q Logger
if- OF che Eersou sttsiniel"
Section is, defining treason, was under discussion wnen
the hour OF Adjournment was reached
THE ELL OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF TREASON
DEBATE ON SECESSION.
Fron our Special CosrespouieHt
ATLANTA, Jan. -, 1853.
The fifteenth section OF the Bill OF Rights was
st under and unaisposed OF up to adjourn
ont yesterdays session. AS IL came from the Con
s.itutional Committee IL reads thus:
"Treascn against The of Georgia shall consist In
PASSING IN ordinance Of Secession, or In levyiDg war
against the United States, or giving aid aud
AZ Jbe opening of this mornings session the Convention
Immediately went into Committee Of the WHOLE taxing
IN section is
Mr Bryant offered an amendment TO strike out the
words IN passing ordinance OF secession and insert
In a,teroptng 30 sever the state from Its connection
with tho Government of the United States" Amendments
once the discussion fairly engaged in every member
appeared d.srous Of pungng in, all seccutered as tey
were for and Secession things concerning
which men these have practical ideas, and not
httle experience. They have seen the animals Ia all
their beaety responsiveness and savage rage and they
know whereof they do assert"
Discussion therefore. well and literally fed, and
took wide range. ono amendment followed another
with rapidly and, with the uniform result OF Lost"
Substitute tendered.-Refused.
Motion 10 strike out the whole section. Lost &C.,, =,
Debate continued and embraces every possible form or
secession.-, right OF state TO- seeedewne,ner the
people OF the State could Commit treason Knst Tue
State their paramount allegiance being to the Govern
one OF the earliest members IN the fray was Mr.. Hol
coinbe, member Of pronounced conservative proelvi-
ties. Here ID portion Of his epcecb
"Does every loan know thst secession is dead for,
syer, and that on the face of the earth VIII
t is true that the idea Of State sovereignty has al
been upheld by the THROUGHOUT the Southern
lust passed through crisis which has made some OF tie
best blood Of country flow Ia streams, and the result
has shown that 10 was wrong, that was dangerous
After what has occurred within the last seven years
presume that no sane iuan VIII ever dream OF 80 via
oil idea again. aid none but n mailman would"
Mr. olcombe spoke a. greater length than care to re-
comfort that portion OF the lobby that may be DESIGNATED
as C. 8 A. in It's sympoiaies Mr. H. referred feensy to
And just here, Imnst insist as have before insisted,
with my Democratic friends North WHO hold th;s C4nyen
Convention counting among It's Members, es this one
does many men who have fought 10 inc heoeI ranks
nance of Secession. and some who like MI Holconbe,
are In active sympathy with j. ID.
To proceed with the discussion.
Mr. Stanfords amendment was lost.
Mr.. Bells substitute was not accepted
II. substitutes better.
MIR PARROT, President VI the Convention made an adj
dress OF length In which he said many good things
we'll
Treason" ne said. q" can only be committed against
sovereignty and the idea VI state Sovereignty has
been dispaed by the late that treason cannot be
committed against the state and in this Government
only DO committed against the United States Many Of
the States OF tho Union have provision defining re
against the State, and IN judgment, tho only
stuton was the old State Rights idea q state SOW
oregnty since this article of political faith has been
meDG of the States by the decision sword
such clause Ia the Constitution is useless"
Mr. Parott also tells how Tar the doctrine ~
dates back Ia tho South, and. he Is Southern
of lifelong Southern residence he Is likely to know.
ont but It tho climate fruit Of years Of nfam.
matory discussion on the stump and through the pross
The people taught for 20 years by teachers no
must have been In the language OF OF the opposition
ia Georgia at tbs time either knaVes fools They tod
tho people they were oppressed ana all they had 10 do TO
convert Georgia into Eden was to secede from the
Union and that Il they did there would DO no war
were fools and Il they knew better and were misleading
the people Intentionally, they knayes Constant
dropping win away the solid stone; tins constant
teaching ored the Southern heart precipitaedthe
country into revolution"
Knowing All these things 10 DO true. and feeling
do most keeIIy the suerngs caused by this terrible po
tca blunder this huge crime against civilization, We
should consider IL tho result Of over which the
great mass OF the people have control and thing In
eident TO the mIseoons " race. and not have IL
In our hearts TO punish for differing with US In opn-
Ion The majority Of the rulers OF Government have
pursued this course Lee and Grant are friends Even
Charles Sumner would not favor word 70 be written
upon the records Of the Senate expressing triumph
the south, because they Americans.
During tho ast great review Of the armies Of Sherman
and Granttho grsndest pageant witnessed the
contnentthere great and unbounded rejoicing
the return of peace, hut word Of triumph uttered
tho tseed red broken ranks OF the Southern