New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-17
THE SOUTH.
GEORGIA.

MrYCED IN GEoRGIA-THE LEADERS OF
DEMOCRACY THERE-IOOAbo CrO ~, ~, -
GRANT-THE FuTURE-A sEs ,i,S VI 80 80
Gnfss VSoT Cwg,NrED MILITARY FORCE
'NrrDFD-TuE GOVERNORS PROCLAMATION
IFRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
ATLANTA, Sept. 12.-IlaYing ousted from their
seats the colored hembors, representatives oil mayor
,ties the next move OF the triumphant Deno''"V'
has been TO seat the representatives of the muoe the
men who were beaten by the oOlored members at tno
election By the Code OF Georgia whenever an oincor Is
exercising the Functions Office to which ne Is s
,be the next chest candidate shall be declared
his law at sdvanisse should be taken Of It to unssat
az one swOop onc-sevcuh Of the Whole % vI,
bers in House aud seat m men paCs ~ nf
her of men who conld not obtain INC NotsO, , ~, % lc,
the people and VINO ~ p ~, is Sps enforced in this
case No renloustrauce ayaued ana aGCOlunsB sun
sworn in gaing instance of the ns0lent injustice i
the VINO we're SO ready 10 csll az we sa2r'S
resolution 1crc,t naming a committee 10 examine
into the eligibility Of the new memges 9naci 'o t bc
resolution promptly voted down. so the rev ntli
bers many OF whom are known to be neglDe n',,'i
THIS Legislature basn effect declared that while II
oTue 10 be Negro II Is no crime to be 'iA''oi'
TIE WORK CO.'S BRAYELY on.
Reside the four respited cololed men in the House
who were permitted to occupy their seats unhl Tue
Committee on Elections could determine wne'hcr 'n'5
were Willie men or hegoes there s'ill reIne dr cD
IN
piesion on Friday the onslaught commenced upon ,'So
two foron Spc,iine' srot,rs Went the way Of their
Irethrc1 OF The House and were e,Nt oS ,ivcs sba
III 81, when the four remaining SCI, @ rs 5,
49, lt, eXpe lcd from tho IorSe, when VIZ DC uoho
"a, 1lolday no faint Of Aiuean DlOod WI Iol n i 80
sagia IrrsIaturo; bat IT will be purely ana inmacu
Ia,eiY AngO-saxoD rs It is customary 10 eau 'n ep n
eloiorai0n Of all races b AIle'h ennt ~ 80
the American. 10 is true there arg wv VI the
and Germans in the House; bur- being I'M I
Democrats mquns very s9R Elo5 NAV nave to
naturalization papers, an ~ C' ifr rra
the plank wen as .i'V ware
Campbell Wallace. The eolorGd s5olG not be
IU~vo n y mn N ifcm but the first named only at91n
hS1ll 81 r Campbell delivered sensible and modest
speecb, making no rev points eAoTp' no he fnowIng
ffress fbnn had hitherto been done upon we
ordinance Of the late CONSTITUTIONS Non,IV t " n
before any impartial jury would nave so"leu 'Ao Pu0'
ton in his favor; Co.,
AN oaDsAcE Tie q2S,H Of & . q e cCs sfi a
toa framed ny Convention .
pgorIIo,,,ci bp The people Of Georgia, N Conrerten
assembled HAT tue persons sc a. held under The
SenSr n framed by this Convention shall be citizens
Of the United Sa5eS To and s Of the district OF County
for which they shall he elected for thIee nl91S ~
recde such election, and who, in the case OF senator's
tee itaiued lie age Of years and in the case OF
Tcprescntayes the age Of q years. al the iie Oh Soh
elf TsrSaps IT is necessary say that MS the General
senGiy elected AT the election held under the new
Constitution and all but Of the colorea
etcicd fulfill lie conditions OF the ordinance; nut ~ the
proofs OF their right had been as stIohs "s H''' W."
All the arguments addueed Nv the Democracy were Oh
the same stereOtyped character. II WOuld nave ucc
idicrous mad it been disgusting TO hear men eeca
Republicans solely BY negI Ss sTe pleading that
8his white mans government &C. &C. NSg"e u'
nduseum - .,..-... j. ..,o.o, ., e,ohsr q, tbe
House "f We SKINS not coored Ike your own IS
God's dongs-@fit is a crime 1t is Gods crime Hold,
then my your Creator but do not punish i
his creatures But for Gods ernne one P1uS on o b me
creatures persecute ana punish ahOler anu iol p
guilty of that crime have otherwise innocent men Doom
deprived OF their legal and c0LsututlOhaI rights
THE GOVERNORS REMOSsTRANCE
,ns, che aetion az the House able and unan-
sw4rable document II temperate In lone, and as
respectful as could be made consistently with tho FORGE
Of the argument yetthe House chose to consider 1t an
Therefore passed resolution returning it to his Excel;
Iency. with the nmaon that the House was lug 60 VI
the qualifications Of lis own members ana not the 1os
aud not his Excelency. They certainly have sneeure
... GEORGIA THE BATTLE-GROUND.
rhis State may be considered the battle ground Of the
new revolution which is 10 inaugurate the reign OF h
Seymour and Blair Democracy. The movements whici
have been already made are only the s sE eeS TIA
Tho whole country. 10 is useless TO deny that in the
stan aS the lovers of The Union everywhere ma
take alarm and warning from the lnsf0Tnns OF thel
brethren In Georgia We Ia 20 lost the hght here parI
through trcachery, cOward!ce, and unworthy ambition
government which has means or enforcing JUS aulhOr
ity bat more fTola the reg OF terror le s9ea s.a D
avow themselves frieuds Of peace and the Union IL
supremacy difficult even for men III the position OF egIh
ators knowing what they viii have 70 encounter wheI
they return home, meet the responsibility OF vot
which may be counter 70 murderous and proscrptiv'
public opinion That public opinion has been FORMED ny
such men as Cobb 1oombs and Ben. Hill men reckless
mendacions powerful IN GenaGsaIio SinoTt con
be the puks Of modern ehyary have no scrnpos u
children II they happen no tho wives and children OF
Republicans Their followers obedeD to the old shame
nbseryebcy that Stacked free thought slenced free
speech perverted the to engine Of tyranny stu
private character safe from their attacks no womans
reputation and it is not TO be wondered at that men
GOOD Union men at heart shrink from encOunter1ng che
ribaldry and baekguardsm Of the press ana OF theI
orators There are not many men VINO are ere maze mace
not many such men IN the Georgia Legislature
speemeS Of their aforesaid speech
delivered by TOombs IN Augusta few days since
ton and thorough depavy OF me man and the party %
which he belongs Why, the "wleEedess man IN New
York" would have kicked out Of his dAneehouse any
trough" who have used such language. And yet this
Toombs Is southern gentleman par exeeene aud one
II IS some apology fer Repubcansm here that respect
able NOT willing to risk the attacks Of such men
and that they become what is called weak kneed"
r..u f... BAcK,DOWN OF A BULLY. .
BY the way this TOOmbs, with all his braggadOeo and
biuster has very faeile Of backing out Of what
might produce unpleasant result TO himself He
lately delivered speech at Cedartown, in tins State IN
which, as reported by The Iiteiigeneer, Democratic
print 10 this city, he says:
,. S n a - S S1 i so saf S 's nr Of os
sous caans' b De o. a sos'SIe' -. = eo.s,d SS T ?.
Tceuh howeer spos TO think that Grant bad bed hin
*: ;g sTS he made The confession" a' ~ the second " ''' OFT IF lie
Unfortunately for Toombs this report got to the North
and, antidoe, ToOmbs thought best 10 have the
speech written out and published. In tho revised
speeeh the passage appeared IN the following modified
foriu which very little like the first and the
sion H.,
the President ba bis veractJ directly mpeebed by se
leagues ana attempted 10 support bis reruciy by pleading bis
SO much for ono Of the meane well the ablest Of
ihe Democratic leaders in Georgia.
.s- =. ...a TIE FUTURE. . ..
not dff1cu1f IN trace ramhcatiOns OF