The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16
The Old Seal of state.

the old bundle was a wax seal of Georgia
which hung from one of the old conStllu-
tons OF the state 1t is radically different
from the present seal of Justice Wisdom
and Moderation. Some of the figures are
blurred and the tooth of time has gnaWed
off a letter or two in the notices but
good idea of it is given in one section of the
constitution to which it is attached and
which provdees The great sea "a OF state tate
a scroll wherein shall be engraved The
Constitution of the State of Georgia and
the motto Pro bono publico;, on the other
side elegant house and other buildings,
fields of corn and meadows covered with
sheep and cattle, a river running through
the same. and on it a ship in full sail, and
the motto, Deus nobis heac otia fecit.' "
There are other noteworthy provisions in
this ancient constitutions
Section states: 1.-THE representatives,
shall be divided in the following manner:
Ten members from each county as herein
after directed except the county of Liberty,
which contains three parishes. and that
shall be allowed fourteen. The coded lands
Forth of the Ogeechee shall be one county,
IF st. Paul shall. be another county and
known by the name of Richmond. The
parish of st. George shall be another coun-
ty known as the county of Burke" and
so it goes, the parishes of Christ Church,
St Matthew, ST. John, St. Patrick and St
Mary's becoming respectively the counties
of Dillingham;. Chatham. Liberty, Glynn and
Camden This constitution was adopted by
the state in 17,7.
Georsia's Declaration.
Next to this paper was the document
to which Governor Brown referred. The
moths had played sad havoc with
it, and upon opening it the car
rolled out on the table. The ink had faded
into a dim yellow and the Handwriting
was scarcely legible.
Here is the way it reads: Estate of Geor-
gia in convention, Wednesday, the yea of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
lightweight.
I'VE, the delegates of the state of Geor-
gia in convention assembled to take into
serious consideration the federal constitu-
ton agreed upon and proposed by the Unit
ed Stat ties in general convention held in the
city of Philadelphia, in the year of our
eighty-seven. and ratified and adopted IN
these presents do, in virtue of the powers
given us by the people of Georgia and our
worthy constituents fully and entirely as
sent to ratify and adopt the said constitu-
ton as herein annexed, and under the great
city of Augusta, in the said year OF our
Lord, on the same day. In witness where
unto we have subscribed our names. Sign
ed
Then follows a long list of names from
the different representatives of each coun-
ana ecor Msie With p orofnson Of
After the names comes the declaration OF
Independence This old record, if nothing
covery valuable, but in addition to this
the bundle contains some papers. all in
manuscript, relative to the troubles our
forefathers had with the red man.
In this day of the dollar and dude it is
difficult to realize the fact that things
have not always been as they are now;
and except for the fact that now and then
a stray arrowhead is picked up i'll some
old field, or a stone Ratchet unearthed We
would be loath to believe, all assurances OF
historians to the contrary, notwithstanding
that our state vast stretch of
prmeval forest, where the festive savage
made the woods merry with his WarV-hOOD
and tomahawk. There is potent evidence.
however, in the office of the secretary of
state just now
isn Eloquent speech.
RI Is a well-knOwn historical fact that
"Georgia for meritorious services rendered
in the revolutionary war. gave as a testimo-
nv of her respect 10000 acres of land to
Count d Estaing." Thus far does history
go and no farther. But the papers in that
old package give word for word the speech
of Governor Ebert asking the indians for
this big tract OF land and the speech of
the Indian chief in reply. The language