Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-07-30


fAtlanta Correspondence Of Cincinnati Commercially
The Hon. James i. Seward resides at
Thomasvlle, in Southern Georgia, but few
miles from the Florida line He is well
known in all that country called in Georgia
the wire-grass region, and possesses great
influ He has been in the Congress of
the 6hited States, and in 1868 beat General
Barlow (killed on the rebel side at first Bull
Rum for that Office. lie is a thorough
Georgian, man Of great popularity and
superior social position.
Mr. Seward addressed the people of At
lanta yesterday evening, and had the Hall of
Representatives crowded to hear him. The
manner and bearing of the audience was in
striking contrast with that addressed by
Toombs. All present were struck with the
difference. Mr.. Seward speaks with great
energy and vehemencc, and from the manner
in which all hung upon his words, il was
evident that his opinions are sought for with
eagcrness. lie opened somewhat thus
FeltOw- Citizens: appear before YOU as
Georgian TO speak to Georgians to address
you on the great questions before the coun-
try. desire TO wound the feelings of no
one. wish TO address your reason, and not
your passions. Do you know that you are
upon the eve of a revolution? tell YOU il
is SO. | was in the Charleston Convention
when the late revolution was inaugurated, |
opposed secession then, and was denounced
for it, What is the result? To-day we are
the poorest people in the world. If Cen
erals Toombs ant Cobb made so sad mis-
then, warn You lot to follow them now.
You followed them through four years of
bloody war; which has left The country filled
with widows and orphans, deprived of means
OF support, and our people conquered and
oppressed race. But l forgive them. and
VIII not say that they were not patrlotic
but they made mistake. While al Wash
ington, in 1861, they were continually send
ing telegraphic dispatches advising Georgia
TO sccede. don't charge them with crime.
but do say they made a sad mistake then.
and are unsafe leaders now. Public liberty
is lost and how shall we regain it? We are
a conquered people, and must accept such
terms as the conqueror dictates / assert
that Andrew johnson put worse terms upon
us than the Radical party has ever IMPOSED
lie appointed a Provisional Governor: n
Convention was called; the ordinance of
secession annuled; II Legislature and State
oOfNihhithh BiOfiuNN anu MHat lDl-
lowed? Why, Andrew johnson actually
required, at the point of the bayonet, thai
we should abolish slavery after ii had been
abolished by military power and the procla-
nation of the President.
The Reconstruction acts Of Congress were
not the first terms submitted to the pcopla
of the South. We rejected the first and
more liberal terms submitted to us. thus still
showing spirit of opposition to the Govern
ment, The reason why these Rcconstruc-
ton laws were imposed upon us was that
the Northern people believed that the South
ern leaders were opposed TO reconstruction.
Al Inns has been the result of the teachings
OF such men as Toombs, Cobb, and Ben.
Hill.
If you accept the Constitutional Amend
ment, known as Article Fourteen, you will,
by that means, put the suffrage question in
the hands Of the people of the State.
do not look upon the Acknowledgement of
the negroes in the same light as Toombs, Cobb
and other leaders Of the Democratic party