The weekly loyal Georgian., 1868-02-15
ATLANTA, February II,


The Convention mertat 81 o'clock, pursu
ant TO adjournment. President PARROTT i
the Chair
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Journal read and approved.
| Mr.. BRADLEY moved to reconsider tn
action of the Convention on yesterday in re
committing the report Of the Committee OF
the c1e of A. A. Bradlay.-
Mr.. BRADLEY took tie floor, and, in tn
course of his remarks, made offensive allu
.sious to members of the. Convention, grossl
insuting, for which he was called to order.
The exceptional words used by Mr. Brad
ley were ordered to be taken down, which
was done. and the Conpention voted unani
mously that the words 50 taken down wer,
the ones Qsed. by Mr.. Bradley.
Mr.. BLoUET moved that Mr.. Bradley be
expelled instanter.
Mr.. CoTTING then offered the following:
ReSol0ed, That Aaron A. Bradley, for
gross insults offered to the Convention and
members thereof, be forthwith expelled from
his seat in this body.
Mr.. BRADLEY was allowed to be heard in
his own defence:
Mr.. President, and GsstLemen ofthe Con-
Uent1On:
l rose this morning for the purpose of
moving a reconsideration of the action of
the Convention on yesterday in recommit-
ting my case to the Committee. In the
alluslon to the gentleman from Gordon.
and the President of the Convention, and
in the remarks which was making on that
motion, Twas entirely misunderstood. The
best possible feeling of my heart exists to-
wards both these gentlemen, but l had
supposed, when I made reference to the
letter that had received, both these gen
tlemen would say to me: Hand me the
letter; and then | intended to tell them
where it was 1t is in the hands of Mr.
Farrow. have as said the very highest
regard for the President and the member
from Gordon; and | intended the other
day showing them this letter in order that
they might see if they could get any thing
out of it, as being a letter referring to
something of which they bad some knowl-
edge. That is all, ana i have Deen unfUr-s
unate in being misunderstood.
| went TO Col. FARRow to obtain this letter
his morning, telling him that intended to
show it to the gentleman from Gordon and
he President, as they were referred to in it,
rs having knowledge of certain parties who
we're involved in like charge as that
brought against myself. ! was unfortunate,
suppose, in the use of language. The
etter referred to had been seen by Mr..
5EELEY. Mr.. FARROw asked me for the
etter, aud | let him have it, and he is on
his floor, and it allowed can explain the
whole transaction. l swear before AL
mighty God l did not intend the slightest
INSULT to either the President of the Conven-
ion or the member from Gordon; and
must have used unfortunate language to
lave been so understood 1t was a slip-a
misuse of language-and, therefore, ought
lot to be held accountable for all the lam
,uage means. l desired, this morning,
when l rose, to offer to the gentleman from
3ordon the assurance of my warmest friend
hip; but | have made great mistake in
ny use OF language. ! certainly did not
intend to use the words that are there
to me. The gentleman, on yes
erday, spoke very warmly against me,
iwelling upon the enormity OF the crime
which was charged against me, and | /
eferred to the letter which | had received |
wo weeks ago, to show that even il | were
suilty, as has been charged, | was not the |
'nly guilty one on the floor, as, according to
hat letter, the President and the gentleman
rom Gordon could testify.
This | would say under oath: the charee |
Lgainst me of seduction is false: aud fur |
hermore, seduction in 1850, both in the |
State of New York and in Georgia, was not
| felony, but a misdemeanor. But. if have
blended the gentlemen, | would ask how
1A.a1 ftVos.c 1crnt u1n +, Ivl 7
ay seven times? Christ said to his disciples |
hat they ought to forgive seventy times
even; and ask the gentlemen to do to me !
IS they would have me do to them were they
n my place and | in theirs. When | re-
erred to the letter and made use of the lam
5uage imputed to me, fought to b, remem-
'ered that l was not speaking as delegate
IN the floor, but by the permission of the |
Convention, as lawyer in my own defense. |
When l offered my defense to charges
brought against me by the Committee, then
prayed that | might be tried according to
he rules governing evidence, and the laws of
he State and of the United States governing
| hold an office, and the
proceeding against me must be in the nature
# an Impeachment.
Now. if you were trying a case of i'm
and the party accused should
make mistake and Use offensiye We language,
would that be any reason why you should
efuse to hear him further /! Would that be
he case If the President OF the United
States should be impesched! And, again,
have been charged with often violating
lie rules of order; but, ask, if the Presi-
lent of this body allows me to proceed, am
not innocent of any intention to violate
he rules of order! DO not Mr.. Brooks,
dr. Wood, and Other members of Con-
,ress, sometimes say something in debate
which is pronounced out of order by the
speaker and when the gentlemen have
ceased to be out of order, they are allowed
o proceed, and nothing more is said about
t. Now, gentlemen, remember that to
err is human" There is not a single
title child that does not sometimes do
hings which are wrong. ask you, then,
o do toward me as you would wish me to
10 to you, were you IN my situation. Now,
Ir. President, in conclusion / would say
hat have been very unfortunate in nay
lSe of language. If | violated the rules of
he house, | should have been called to
lrder, and | would have made all the repa-
alton IN my power. With these few re-
marks, throw myself on your mercy.