The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-12

out representation" and in Geor81a sev eral outlying country districts, the mos chised because none were allowed to si' in the General Assembly who did no have a freehold estate of b00 acres ol land in such district: The facts concerning the first revoi! arc culled from the pages of an old and musty volume in the archives of the of: fon of Hon. Philir Cook, Secretary of State of Georgia. They had been ionS ago forgotten, aud the history of '.ha events here referred to had become come. ex, ' the State and its people.
 This record Is 14S years old. Captain B, F. Johnson of the Secretary of State g office, in scanning among the old records of the State. came across this volume. the official record of this first open re- This record was preserved in a volume marked A." with the following inscrip- ton on the first page:
 Journal
 "Of the proceedings and minutes
 ''of the
 "Governor and Council
 "of
 'TIis Majesty's
 Province of Georgia Commencing the 3oth day of October,
 1754
 
 Ending the 9th day of March. 175s. in.
 clusive."
 The several events forming this first chapter in American history are given in sequence as they occurred verbatim ct the record, and begin with the council. the upper body. on January 7th, 175S, as follows:
 ''Georgia-At a council chamber held at the council at Savannah, on Tuesday. the seventeenth day of January, 1755.
 Present:
 His Excellency, John Reynolds. Esq "The Honorables Patrick Graham, Esq. S. Patrick Houston. Bart; Esquire James Habersham. Alexander keilet. No Harris, Jonathan Bryan.
 The preceding days minutes were read and approved.
 MT. James Deveraux and MT. Clement Martin. two members returned to sit ir the ensuing assembly, attended with 2 message from the house and acquainted his excellency that seventeen of the rep resentatives were met and desired to know when they might wait on him.
 His excellency ordered the house tc attend immediately.
 Accordingly, the following eighteen members of the house of representatives attended, namely: James Edward Pow ell Joseph Ottolenghd, Edmund Tannalt, ' Houstoun. Noble Wimberly, Lewis John son, George Cuthbert. James De Neaup, Clement Martin, Edward Barnard. David Douglas, Edmund Gray. John Farmer. John Harn. Mark Carr, and William Gray, Esqrs. and took the state oaths appointed by law and declared and sub scribed the test.
 Then his excellency ordered them to withdraw and choose a speaker to be pr scented for his approbation.
 Ta Nd nd ent Martin attended with message from the house of representatives that tho house had chosen a speaker and were ready to present him to his excellency when he should be pleased to receive him.
 His excellency announced he was then ready to receive the house. Accordingly, they attended, and Mir. James Edward Powell acquainted his excellency that he was ordered by the house to present to and the said David Douglas was accord ingly presented and approved by his ex- cellency.
 Then the speaker requested of his ex- representatives, that they might have free access to his excellency's person, liberty of speech, protection for their persons and that the imperfections of the speaker might not be imputed to the house.
 ''To which his excelency' replied that they might depend upon all the privileges and liberties he could allow them that were consistent with his majesty's in- structions.
 the council and assembly, which is as fol- loweth:"
 His Excellency's Speech.
 Here follows the speech in which he advised them to first frame some pro- visional laws for the well regulating tde militia. making public roads and holding the two courts of Oyer and Terminer, which met on the second Tuesday in De- cember and June.
 The next day John Macintosh was sworn in as representative. In the minutes of the council held Friday. Jan in King Georges commission to Cover nor Reynolds. the following appears: His excellency acquainted the board that he had received information that some persons had industriously propa- gated a spirit of discOntent and disaf- lection to the government, among the inhabitants which might have bad conse- duences If not timely prevented, and some of the members of the board likewise ac' uuainted the board that they had been informed that circular letters had been dispersed in the country to call in the in- habitants of this town, under a pretense of supporting their liberties, which was to be infringed. His excellen- cy was therefore advised to publish a which Is as followeth: The Proclamation Against Disaffec-
 tion.
 " Georgia:
 " By His excellency- '" John Reynolds. Esquire. Captain Gen.
 eral and Governor in Chief in and
 over His Majesty's said Province:
 A Proclamation.
 " Whereas. I have been informed that several unwary people not considering the consequence of opposing government, have been tempered with by men of lit- tie or no property or character to as semble in parties contrary to the publtck peace of the inhabitants of this. his maj esty's. province under my government, and 1t is even suspected with design to resist the government his, majesty has been pleased to establish here.
 "I have therefore thought fit, by and with the advice and consent of his maj esty's honorable council, to issue this my charging and commanding all his majesty's good subjects, and they are hereby charged and commanded to be ready with their arms and accoutre- ments to reduce by force any body of rebels that may assembe), whenever they shall receive further directions to meet together under my command for that rurpose: and I hereby strictly for bid all tumultuous assemblies and night ly meetings. as thS offenders will an- swer herein at tn sir utmost peril.
 Given under my hand and the seal of k.Nl .a