The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-01-27
Clle s}garietta 5unmal.
Marietta Georgia, January, az, 1871
SOCIAL CONDITION OF GEORGIA

SOCIAL CONDITION OF GEORGIA.
At the termination Of the late
war. the State was without any or
eanized government: its Governor,
chosen bv the people, was not re-
coenized as a constitutional officer,
and he taken as State prisoner to
Washington his appointments of
judicial and executive officers all fell
with him: and it's legislative body,
became nullitv; nor was there
in the State a sufficient military
force to protect the rights Of the IN
nocent from the violence of the law
less. No more protection was then
possessed by the people of the State,
than It's moral force and the appre-
hension of popular revenge. and
nnnishmont for Iawless acts
Under sucb DISCRIMINATION. law
lessness become rife neither life.
n,onortv nor MANGA wos safe from
tho ,;oIo,.o # ,I. wicked ,yho in
creased in number and in holder
1on.ola,;oo. -. tLo;. oot, o,odod
n.ar;toj r,,i.l.r,o,+ 1;,k.r;ny az
nrofesscd LEGISLATORS. ana corruption
in executive officers. have greatly
retarded mo restoration Of law and
order. still time has afforded tho in
teIliocnce and moral worth of the
noo,lo +, rncunnrato and 90 ia oui5n
and central tLcm that with very
fe; excent;ors order and safety
boro ho.n fully restored and the
laws in many cases considered or
uroy.ivo nn;,s+ and unconsiitnt;on-
N hovn boan ohr,ed and still are
o,;o+v submitted to So much SO
flat FIFE nronerty and quiet. are as
little disturbed in this State as in any
other State in the Union; and the
traveller may now pass throughout
the State alone. without the least APP
prehension of insult or disturbance
and in the greater part of it. depre
dations ON property by robbery arc
as rare as in olden times. The only
portion of the State: in which rob
berry and Iawlessness exist to any
grievious extent. is in the counties
immediately on the sea coast, where
a dense colored population crowd to-
gether. and whence the white race
have mostly removed. since the close
of the war with their families to
other homes more cononnial to them
and where greater facilities fo, tho
education Of their children are pos
sossa1 Tins ohapdon;no the homes
Of tLo;rcorlv if. their landed nron-
ertv j. generally abandoned 70 tbe
ragroos without control or restraint
tho moraI;nguooco Of tho white man
heinz removal from amono them
ord tho laws ha;p,, vary incfficiontlv
ovoc,,oJ tLor f,rp ohov tho
nromnt;nos Of tho;r own desires and
arono tho,r vay in dorkrcss to.
,,ords tLo;r rrosort discomfort and
f,+nro d;,.rn.,;o, Tbo fo,v white.
wbo ,emain on their nlantatiops 70
cpIt;voto tho coil sufInr spcb sor;ous
losses from lawless dopredatiops. as
70 hc DISCOURAGED in their laudahle
o0orts Anono the blacks them.
sol,os ~ orno,or rosnoot;s mid 70
oooL o,lo,. ,,.o,ont,.. A.. r.,its al
tbo ;nd,,st,;a,s and honest oroonc
,l,o,, +,loa h.. tLo Io,,.lo.s orJ
;ndo,ont ,ho ofhoos ondeo+
40 nb;ob oon,d no modo sonrco orI
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a,,;+od G.. 49, ,:,,o.o h.. tho
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