Year: 1866

tnf m. lliB 10 Oflen the case, nn0 especially Is u
with us now essential for their ultimate removal by
- nstrumentahties whatever. We are IN the con.
drtlC OF man with dislocated limb or broken
, ow II was broker should not be with him aues
onIofso much importance how II can be restored
10 neallh, Vlgvr, aL0 s.renRtn.


hrs requires of him, as the highest duty to him
self, to wait qule'ly and patiently In splnts and
until the vital functions perform their ONCE. The
knitting of the bones and the granulaiion OF the
hesh require time. Perfect quiet and repose, even
under the severest pain Is necessary IL will not do
to make too great haste 10 got well; an attempt TO
Walk TOO soon will only make the matter worse. We
must, or ought now, therefore, IN similar manner,
10 discipLns ourselves to the same like degree Of
patience: know the anxiety and restlessness Of the
popular limb 10 be fully feet, again to walk
abroad as we once did to ENJOY once more the free
oucoor air OF heaven with the perfect use OF all our


know how trying It is to be denied representa-
tion Con gress while we are paving our proportion
OF the taxes; how annoying 1t TO be even partially
gene raj ntele of the business the country 70 be
without post Offices and mail communications, to say
nol bIng of divers other matters on the long list
our present inconyeniences and privatOns All
these, however, we must patiently bear and endure
for a season. With quiet and repose we may get
well, may let once moro on our feet again One
thing S certain, that bad humor, III temper exhi.
hasten It. Next to this another duty we owe
10 ourselves IS the exercise OF liberal spirit OF tor
bearance among ourselves.


The first sep ards local or general harmony is
the Lanishment from our breasts of every teeiing
auo sentiment calculated TO stir the dIscOrds of the
u.
vous 10 the of this country than the agitation
a present Of questions that divided the peop ante
TiOI 10 or during the existence OF the late On
no occasion, and especially IN the bestowment of
Office ought such differences of opinion IN the past
ever to be mentioned either for or AGAINST any enc
otherwise entitled to confidence. These ideas senti
ments of other times and circumstances are not the
germs from winch hopeful organizations now
arise. Let all differences of opinions touching
errors or supposed errors OF the head or heart
the part OF any in the past, growing out or these
matters be at once IN the deep ocean OF o3von for
ever buried


Let there be no elimination or recrimination on
account OF acts of other daysno canvasing OF past
conduct or motives. Cheat disasters are upon us
and upon the whole country and without inquiry
how these Orgnated at whose door the fault should
be laid, lei us nov, as common sharers of common
m1siortunes, all occasions consult to the best
means, under the circum stances, we find them,
10 secure the best ends towaids futuIe ameOraton.
Good government IS what we want. This should be
the leading desire and the controlling object with
all and l need not assure you If this can be OBJ
tanned, that desolated fields our barns our VII
lagos and cities, now ruins, will soon like the
thGnix, rise Sgsin from their ashes, ana all our
waste PAGES Will again, at no distant day, blossom


inns vlcw should also be borne in mind, that what
ever differences of opnOn existed before the late
fury the war; they sprung mainly from differ
ences as to the best man TO be used and the best line
of policy to be pursued to secure the great con-
trolling object of AL which was good government.
Whatever may be said of the loyalty or dsloyalty
Of any in the late most lamentable conflict of arms,
think may venture safely to say that there was,
on the part of the ereat mass of the people Of
Georgia, and OF the entire South, disloYalty to
the principles of the constitution of the United
Staes SO that system OF representative government
of delegated and lmited powers, tina: establishment
IN phase this continent OF all the essentials
or England's Magma Charta, Ior the protection and
security of life, liberty and properly, with the addI-
tonal recognition of the principle as fundamental
truth, that all political power in the people


With us it was SIMPLY question as to where our
allegiance was due in the maintenance OF these prln
cipss; % which authority was paramount on the last
that sentiment of dsloyalty to these great prIn-
cipes OF seli-government recognized and embo1Ied
lint fba haat
thI Obbed IN breast or heart of mine To their main
tenance my whole SOU was ever enlisted, and to
this end my whole life has heretofore been devbted
and will continue 10 be the rest OF my days, God
willing in devotion to these principles / yield to
no man living This much l can say for myself;
May not say the same Tor you and for the great
mass of the people tot Georgia. and for the great
mass of the people of the entire Southg Whatever
differences existed among us arise rom differences
10 the best and surest means of securing the great
end which was the object of all


1t was with this view and this purpose that seceS
sion was tried That has failed Ins cad of better.
ing our condition. instead OF establishing our liberty
ensued come we'll nigh losing the whole of the rich
inheritance with which we set out This is one of
the sad real1zalons Of the present. In this too we
and civil wars especially, always menace liberty
they seldom advance 1t, while they usually end in
its entire overthrow and obstruction. Ours stopped
just short of such catastrophe Our only alter
native is row either to give up all hopes of consttu
tonal liberty or retrace our steps, and TO look for ITS
vnGicaton and maintenance IN the forums of reason
and justice instead of on the arena OF arms. in tho
courts and halls of legislation ins cad Of the fields
OF battle l am frank and candid in setting you
right here. Our turest hopes, in my Judgment, or
these ends are in the restoration policy OfThe President
o. o. the United states haye little hope for liberty
pertinent of set-government, but in the success of
The present efforts for the restoration of the States
their former practical relations in n common Gov
ernment under the Constitution of the United States
We are without an encouraging smile on this line


in the history OF the mother country in the history
of our ancestors, from whom we derived, great
devoted.


The truest fren DIS of liberty in England, once, in
1872 abandoned the forum OF treason ana Appealed
as we did TO The sword, as the surest means, IN
their judgment, OF advancing their cause. This was
after they had made great progress under tue lead
of Coke, Hampden, Falkland, and others, In tue
advancement of liberal principlesj many usurpa-
tions had been checked many OF tine prerogauves of
the Crown had been curtailed the petition of right
had been sanctioned, ship mOAey had been aban-
| dened, courts.martial had been done away with,
habeas corpus had been Ie-estsblished, high Courts
| OF Commission and Star Chamber had been abol-
| ished Many other great abuses OF power had been
corrected and other reforms established. But, not
satisfied with these and not satisfied with the peace
| tul working OF reason TO 90 on IN Its natural
sphere, the denial of the sovereignty Of tho Crown
| CbarlesI All else he had yieloed; this he would
not.


civil war was the result. Great courage and Val0r
were displayed on both sides. Men eminent Ylr-
the and patriot SIN fell in the sanguInary and fratri-
cdal conflict. he King was deposed and executed
A Commonwealth was proclaimed But the end was
the reduction OF the people OF England to worse
state Of oppression than they had been in for centu


res They retTaced their steps after nearly twenty
years of exhaustion and blood, and the loss OF the
gieaer portion OF the liberties enjoyed by them be-
| lore. The restoration came. Charles Ill ascended
the throne, as unlimited o monarch as ever ruled
| tine empire. Not pledge was asked q guarantee
given touching the concessions OF the royal preroga-
| tives that had been exacted and obtained from his


tather. The true friends OF liberty, of reform and
| OF progress in government had become convinced
that were the offspring of peace and of enlpht-
|