The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1870-01-28
GEORGIA LEGIsIa.T URE.
[coRHEsroNpENcE or THE MARIETTA JouRSAI"I
ATLANTA, January 25th.


nothing new, interesting, nor satisfac-
tory TO write No news is said to be
the best news in the world, but that
state Of things is understood to mean a
quiet, common and prosperous state;
and that is exactly the state that you arc |
not in now. The reason why there is no
news to write you now is because the !
sAPowers that be" keep it all to them
selves, whether because you and your
readers have neither interest in, nor
right 10 knoV, this correspondent saith
not. Hence you must listen to the same
song, sung to the same tune, te-wit: the
Radical strain for Office, intonated by a
whine about lawlessness and wrong in
the land. Reports say, and there was
doubtless some ground for the same, that
Gov. Rufus Il. Bullock was about to be
of his office. The same report
was generally believed, and was subject
cd to two explanations. One that the
Administration at Washington was de-
tcrmincd to rule things in Georgia, and
was DESTROYS to relieve Gov. Bullock of
the Just odium that would attach to the
"chicf ruler" in wrong; and moreover
General Ruger being a Military man
would have about him the force Of one
accustomed to rule in the arbitrary, de-
cisivc, and sharp way peculiar to the
sword. Gen. Il. is a soldier, and well
knows how to obey orders. The other
that the administration had positively
declined to endorse the course of Gov.
b. and would remove him to produce
quiet and harmony. If the first stated
reason is true you could make but little;
if the latter was true you would make
great deal.
Gov. Bullock and General Terry have
promised the House that it could organ
lie on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
a. NJ. 1t is probably best not to venture
an opinion as to which combination will
succeed in the election of officers; before
you go to press results will speak for
themselves. This much is pretty sure
if organization is effected, the Military
Commission, with all its enormous lille
gality will terminate its Iabors. What
the decision Of the Soldiers will be as to
the fitness and qualifications of the Rep
rcsentative has not yet como to the curl
Gus public. 1t is hoped and believed
that they will not sustain the persecu-
tons of BuIlock-the great disorganizer
and destroyer of States. Think of the
holiness and success Of that man Bul-
lock in his hellSh designs. He is full
of resource and untiring in his under
takings-ho is a skilful and daring foe.
He has been chiefly instrumental in hay-
ING organized that Board of Soldiers to
manipulate the General Assembly,
Let that infraction of right resting upon
solemn compact, the organization of
that Commission never be forgotten.-
When it moves into the records of the
past, save it from oblivion. Let it be
holden up to the scornful and whitening
gaze of coming times. Would that all
men in this American land could be
made to see and feel the enormity of the
wrong, as Gcorgians have been forced
to see and feel it. Perchancc some now
thoughtlcss would think, to be told that
the whole procedure was upon assumed
authority. and in the face of a solemn
enactment of the National Congress-
1t is nothing less than an invasion into
the inner Court Of the citadel of Consti-
tutional liberty and an assault and battery
upon the buIwarks that vouchsafc indi-
vidual freedom and the existence of pop
ular government. Let these things be
borne in remembrance, and let the peo-
pie be watchful whom they select as their
agents.
The idea of a Militia in Georgia, with
all its frightful consequences can not be
forced upon the country, unless men are
doubly deceptive. Already has the
prospect done mischief in the State. In
some sections some of the freedmen re-
fuse to contract for labor this year.
They have been promised Sixteen Dol
lars month, two suits of clothes and
ralions as Militia-men.
The supply of labor is not equal to
the demand IN the cotton growing region
of the State, and some of the farmers
have gone to North Carolina for help
No wonder that the uncertainty in the
political status of the State breeds con-
fusion and begets uncertainty in every
department of enterprise.
And confusion and uncertainty sure
ly prevail in governmental affairs where
everything should be just and steadfast.
The long expected organization so far
as the choice of Speaker was concerned
come on
WEDNESDAY, 26TH INST.
r. l. McWhorter, of Greene, was
elected by II majority over Bryant
The result in its proportions surprised
the members generally. McWhorter
received 7G yotes-Bryant 52-Pricc ;
john Smith land one refused to
vote. Five Democrats voted for Me-
Whartcr. Take the five Democrats
who voted for McWhorter from his vote
leaves 7l-add the same together with
the three for Price and one for Smith