Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-12
TIRE nEnELLION IN GEORGIA.

Some of the Radicals In Georgia who
oppose the scheme of Bullock and his
rctainers. to perpetuate their power and
term of Office, by an utter disregard of
the constitution of the State, are hopeful
as TO the course Satrap Terry will pursue.
The Atlanta True Georgian, edited by
DR.. Bard, who was appointed Governor
of Idaho by Grant, says:
eve are glad to know that Governor
Bullock has master in this distinguished
and able army officer. We are further
pleased to know that General Terry S IL
tentions are all in the right direction, and
that he will stand as strong tower be-
tween right and wrong. In
this connection, we will briefly express
the opinion that no act of the General
Assembly will be legal without the appro-
val of the Brevet Major General Com
manding. If this be the case, and we
do not doubt it, the ''Opera House" can
not legally be bought by the State without
the approval of General Terry. Neither
can "Prolongation" become law with
out his official sanction.
The Savannah Republican says that,
under the circumstances, it is rot disposed
to quarrel over this piece of information.
1t "regards Bullock and his robber band
as political outlaws, and in no just sense
the representatives of the people of
Georgia; it therefore does not care who
takes them in hand and puts check on
their villainy."
AT a public meeting in Columbus, afew
evenings ago, Gen. Benning said that he
knew the opinion of one of the Judges of
the Supreme Court. He was open and
avowed In the opinion that there would
be an election. If an election should mo-
be held, Georgia will be without a
legal government. There will be no
Legislature, and no way of making one.
The present Legislature, being illegal, will
be prevented from sitting. The courts
are stopped from interfering with the
members now, because they are exempt
from arrest; but after their terms expire
they will enjoy no such immunity. The
State will then be thrown into a condition
of anarchy and confusion, and the gov
eminent cannot be carried on. There
will be no Legislature, and there can be
no appropriations, no tax laws, no salaries
paid, the interest on the public debt can
not be met, and the State credit must be
destroyed. This is given as the opinion
of one of the Judges of the Supreme
Court of Georgia, all of whom are Radi-
Gals.
The New York Tribune utters this
warning in its issue of Aug. 4:
The State Senate of Georgia resolved,
on Friday last, ''That the General As
sembly so shape legislation as that no
election shall be held for the various of
ficers provided for by the Constitution,
until Congress, by the admission of our
Senators and Representatives, or in some
other way, shall definitely determine
whether the Constitution of the State is
held to go into operation as the para
mount law in 1865 or in 1870" This is
setting at naught the laws of Congress
and the Constitution of the State, by
whose authority alone the General As
sembly exists at all, and can be justified
neither by law nor precedent. The de-
claratiOn made by one of the members,
while debating the resolution, that 'Ethe
General Assembly had taken an oath to
support the Constitution of Georgia and
of the United States, and not to support
the Reconstruction acts" is a declaration
of rebellion.
Everybody knows the history of the
Georgia bill in Congress. After one of
the most tirescme and profitless debates in
which that body ever wasted precious
time, it not only refused so to amend the
bill as to allow pOstponement of the
State election, this fall, as provided for
by the Constitution, but, in order that
there should be no misunderstanding of
the matter, inserted a clause providing
that nothing in that act, or in any other,
should be so construed as to affect the
term to which any officer had been APP
pointed or any member of the General
Assembly elected as prescribed by the
Constitution of the State. The present
members of the General Assembly en-.
tered upon their duties on the 6th of No
vembeT, 1868, and their terms of office
expire on the Sth of November, 1870.
After that day they cease to have author
ity, amt their acts and resolutions will be
no more binding on the people of Georgia
than those of any other irresponsible body
of men.
The danger is that the present admins
tration of Georgia, if it persists in its
present policy of usurpatiOn, will throw
the whole question of the reconstruction
of the State back into Congress, and
cause an indefinite postponement of the
admission of the State. If Congress is
again called upon to reconstruct Georgia,
it will go down to the root of the matter.