The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-23
THE GEORGIA STATE CONVENTION.
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE Of THE HERALD.

The Constitution Forgotteu-A Hard Flight
Over the State Onces-The Bill or Rights Soc
Calied-A Social Equality Clause-PrOceed.
lnEs OF To-Day-Two strong Radical
Speeches-The Majority Sliding Debatc-A
Convention In Perpetuity.
atioNi nNass ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. IS, 1858.
The Charming candor with which Mr.. G. W. Aahburn
yesterday admitted that IL was the intention Of the
Convention rather the majority to remain in session
until Georgia restored TO the Union was certainly
fair evidence Of the ovsrweenIng loyalty OF the said ma
jority II did look Ike very Interested and do
tsrmined purpose 10 spend much OF the peoples
money a. radical legislation will admit Of. am, how
ever ready to admit that tho patriots assembled in
most ugubrous concave this point do deserve to bs
recompenssd for the patience with which they have
passed their gone-by years In utter obscurty. just
fancy thirty.six nggers In the nvenonthrty.slx,
just three dozen -constuon makers Of divers colors,
from the spscked chestnut the shade black Hadea
ray these thiry.sx, who are not worth $50 each in
property, who have performed-ss one sald-oorporeal
labor all their lives bradley excsptedh giving up 50
pcr day, paid ont Of treasury thai they never con-
trbutsd 10 ail. a1i VI els N@1 VIC
.'swoes arc tho uses OF adversely" but sweeter,
swsetsr FAR II to have % per day which never
worked for. am told that certain white delegate
recently kissing niger baoy; bat that is not
half good joke the idea Of coored Legislature
fsvorng adjournment die while dollar DO
raised. Al for the whte-sknned portion OF the ma
jority they are all loyal men, and II they favor per-
peual session 1t Is only because the taxpayers ina
lgnant rebels and ought to suffer the extent Of two
three thousand per day.
But, TO DO serious, the prediction made by mo that
every radical delegate the Convention had eye on
particular once under the State Is being sgnally
Jacobn clubs here that the OF the Con-
vsntion was planned q nightly meetings II needs
remarkable penetration 70 discern that the Georgia Re-
construction Convention 70 mere political caucus Tho
work Of framing constitution Is utterly ignored In
shameless effort TO got control Of the State Offices
that they can be psrcslled out among the Negroes,
Yankee adventures and handful OF Southern whites
who comprise the ogarchy called the radical party Of
Georgia The Convention mas sat IN session ior eighteen
been adopted. II may DO said that the moderate mem
bers by opposing the resolution asking Congress 70 give
70 blame for the delay. This Is true in sense; but
tho conservative members assert that they permitted
position the STATE would BE- thrown into anarchy
While the Convention has done absolutely nothing,
yet IL: coI"ss on The BIZ Of Rights have reported
which are utterly foreign 70 the purpose not remark
able except In two pacea One clause makes allegiance
TO the United States paramount 70 allegiance 70 Georgia
The twenty fourth section reads foliows:-
'hs right Of the people to be In thor persons
houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches
and seizures shall Be violated Tae cial status Of
ne citizen shall never b ts n5ect Of legisldion."
. above Msuclsso sensence means notnns less tnan
before that nothing less would be demanded and
the negroes would never be satisfied With any constu
upon an equal footing with the whites The Commit.
zee on the Bill Of Rights have responded
ciss, and Il The clause be adopted, n il
most assursdy will b. sud the constitution framed be
ratified no white mans privacy viii BE- respected The
ladies ars the right In fsct for him 70 thrust himself
IN the society Of white men and women will DO made
jecs The person offending an aston for damages
II 10 perfectly astonishing that COMMITTEES composed
ssncs q the report and is utterly disgusting to con-
ceive what the effect will BE- II IL become q portion OF
the fundamental iaw o. the State
journal read and adopted the secretary read the
order Of General Meade removing the Governor and
negroes radical whites greeted the order and some
minutes passed before the President could resore qust
Ashpum tho ssslavs oseTsssr. and Rev " M casws
exsecession preacher OF the Gospel ~ both Of whom
now voen. radcsls The speeches Of these gentle
Ashburn, coarse and iliiterate man. with an suor.
amount Of shaggy hair his head face open.
ed the debate IN defcncc OF hIs resolution asking Con.
sress give them tue righ TO and al tho State
oficea To sum up bis argument In few words he adj.
.asary because MONEY was s.. o. toe a
strength, and tho present officials allowed TO re-.
tain their Offices they would use ona-haf Of their GALA.
res II necessary 70 defeat reconstruction. He wanted
the officials svery where and particularly those
OF Savannah, Macon and Atlanta, aud no would add
CcnultiOn
only be appreciated BY those who have spent fsw days
in hell. In this strain Mr.. Ashburn wont on proving
concusively that from bis long residence In Coumbus
he disposed TO play The devil generally. not only
with officials Of that city, but with The ofclas or
every county In the sta,e.
Mr. Caldwell, kind Of miniature Parson prownIov.
minus the bssrhemv OF that individual. followed In
Of tbs mos, siresore hsrangnes have listened 10
for q long time He attacked DR. Millers speech said
the majority van sctuated by feelings OF pure paro,
ism, wanted 10 remove distractions from tbs nath OF
reconstruction and denounced tho minority for their
opposition 70 tbs measure. Hls speech thou h not as
violent In Language ~ that OF Mr. Aehburs was a
thorough mass OF twaddle and nothing bu, repetUion
Of the old radical argument OF human rights univsrssi
suffrage, and such like stun
As soon ~ thoss radical lights had concluded two
conservative members 10 speak radical msor
mod the floor aud the presiding otesr most unfairly
decided In favor OF the last mentioned This ndv idua
shut OF all further dsba.e BY moving 10 postpone tho
further consideration OF the question FOR the present
aud calling too previous question. The purpose
appears 10 DO 10 slide ell debate and us prevcnt
the minority from exposing the nonsrofs plos OF this
great abortion called Convention. an certain that
TIE effort will not succeed unti snsr big Tow has
taken place.
When will the Convention complete ia iaboys, very
likely after New Hampshire gnns