Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-10-25
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"a BIT OF ANCIENT HISTORY.

BIT OF ANCIENT HISTORY.
notice statement that appeared in one of Geor-
gas largest daily newspapers that aroused train
of thought that propose examine into soon
health and leisure permits
The statement publication the following
facts and the subject seems to have escaped
ton of our spread-eage demagogues both north and
south in later years.
that lived in Reconstruction times after
painfully aware that the Confederate states
those that seeded from the Federal
first placed under military rule and all persons who
had held office seeding states previous
the time of their secession DISTINGUISHED,
allowed to in any national election. The plea
urged and allowed by congress that all who
had the oath office the Federal union
begfore hostties occurred traitors to this OATH
when they joined the revolt OF the Confederate states
in the year 1861.
In all revolutions. as we understand from reading
history those who fail to make good in such revolts
not only pronounced traitors to the country they
revolted from, but generally exiled or their
leaders executed That's the law in all military
warfare
The charge of treason was placed upon the
ord books in Washington CITY, the recognized seat OF
government against Confederate leaders, those
who had previous been sworn on a>Bibe to obey the
laws of these United States, who had held such
offices big and little in the ten seeding southern
states before the days when they seeded and
the Confederacy. To it little palmer I will
say that every in Georgia who went into office
before the and who took the oath support the
laws of these United States and later served under
the Confederate states accepted office
in any of the seeding states, held traitor
office-holding after the concerned.
This disbarment did not touch any other person.
Those who old enough v)te before the
sixties those who had held office in Georgia.
where this oath to Federal government had been
taken, not disbarred.
Now what happened?
A great many of these before-the-war office-hold
made application to President Grant for removal
of this disability and the rolled congress
said these men, if you will in Georgia (and other
southern states) ratify thirteenth
hat %
African citizens of these United States the Fed
eral government will pass general amnesty bill and
seeding states into the Federal govern
ment and hold office they did before the
And the southern states ratified the thirteenth
and fourteenth amendments, which not only emanci-
pated the negroes in the southern states but which
bestowed upon these negroes rights privileges
and amenities conferred their own white children,
as well as upon themselves. for all days to come.
To be able vote again and to hold office again
Democratic leaders advised and urged this ratif
cation these above named amendments to the con-
stitutional law of this Federal union.
. If these seeding southern states had said to the
IS Federal government we will vote to debase the
government that forefathers bled and died to
white descendants, by giving the ballot
to the African race might have had fewer polid
in office after war; but there would have been
quite in Georgia to vote and hold
office who had forsworn themselves as so-caled
traitors to the union
Will you dear reader just recollect how and for
what the white of southern states gave their
consent the black with every legal priv
dren? They said: "Ratify! Ratify!
We understand what this surrender now stands
for. We know it means the greatest incubus that
these United States, and is the fruitful germ
of a myriad of difficulties yet to come
But do not mistake the facts!
This surrender which was fixed irrevocably the
statute of this republic and which gave to the
negro race equal before the law of the country
as a citizen ratified by the votes OF southern
white men who cared for their own liberty to
vote than Wanted white supremacy understand
we might have had rougher times under Federal
military law the south if Georgia and other states
had refused to accord ballot to their former negro
slaves buI we did have very rough times. and our
people should have stood up to boodshed and
said: at shall never be done by our written ana
signed consent" When spread-eagle orators tell
of the south's sufferings in war remember no" the
surrender citizenship was fastened upon the
south!
pAnr COINS AND CONFEDERATE MONEY.
since have been obliging coin~owners who wish 20
realize from their out-of-date coins |
have greatly surprised at the number ana uhe
ancient that reported
Tt has not been quite half century since the Civil
ended, but any visitor to our large clues can SEE
placed display various Confederate bls Tor tnose
who seek curios for their museums
To those persons who have Confederate bills and
especially those we called in those frying DAYS
plasters''sI would say hold awhile longer
The demand will increase as-,the supply Is al
mnished.
5vvbv called shn.paster I would be glad to be in
formed) With a pocketbook stuffed full Of these
shin-plasters ranging cents to IS cents you
had to pay IS pound for cheap yellow sugar. anu
make our coffee out dried potatoes, wheat
or rye 1 used dried raspberry leaves for tea when
could bu,y enough sugar to sweeten the decoction-
But to return to my subject. Georgia was simply
Flooded with shin-plasters Confederate bills num-
herring from 81 up to $1,000 oh, what time OF reck-
less finances it was! -,
knew gentleman who actually paid out a Con-
federate BILL its face $780, for single plug
of manufactured tobacco The last calico dress
bought by my family cost even sou yaru. no" 50
oinS we're
now I am sure / cannot imagine 1 had 10 cents IN
silver and paid it small bottle of paregorlc
for sick person, and that ended my rare coin supply
the