Southern Confederacy from Atlanta, Georgia • 2

FE DEfiACT SOUTHERN perplexing many minds The Preside the seas This ia again tb broad principle of Wfect equality and justice (Applause) And it is specially held Ibith nd established in our destinies ia bis own hands He may make for himself a name of honor or dishonor ac- cording to his own acts If he plants himself upon truth inteseitv honor and uprightness Our system commits no such violation of Nature's laws The negro by nature or by the curse against Canaan is fitted forlhat condition which he occuDlea in our system The to think that be cannot recognize 0ar i pendence nor can he with and bv ih sontlicrn $0uMcniqr rrowihe STnnh Republican Sl'EKCH OF IIOK4A II STBPflCNS riCft FRB81DKKT CflK 05FDKKATKTATK Delivirtd ct the rTquett of Citizen of S- of tbe Senate do The Constitute new Constitution Another feature to which I will allude is arcnueci in tbe construction of buildings lays that the new Constitution pravidea that Cab! Co-Edttor' no such provisions A general ConBT 1 all tbe States has been suggested bv I of Without proposing to solve the difScn'- net Ministeraand heads of Departments shall have the to participate in the debates 1 HxrcK 21 ioi- ffu lot? tbe foundation with" proper "material the granite then comes the brick or marble The substratum cf our society is mado of the material fitted by nature for it and by experience we know that it is the best not only for and discussions'upon Ibe rariout tubjecU of ATLANTA oareiy made the following suggesti0D That as tbe admission of States by Con under the Constitution was an act pfs At hali-rast seven o'clocicon Dior the West audience ever assembled at XSAlhenu were in the boue watmg administration- I should have preferred that wiih industry patience and energy be cannot fail of success go it it tritb us we are a young Republic jast entering upon the arena of nations we will be the architect' of our own fortunes Our destiny under Providence is in our own hands With wisdom prudence and statesmanship on the part of our public men and intelligence -virtue and patriotism on the part of tbe people success to the full -measures of our tnost sanguine hopes may be this nroviaion should have gone larlBer and ir toii on lftAI impatiently Tor iDffppc' vi allowed the President to select his constitution -the superior but for the inferior race that it and in the nuu uu ue uaiure ox a contract or naet belween the Stales dmiii tion nature of a contract Deiwecn me siatea admitted al adviser from the Senate ana House oi itep cnidivM That would have conformed en IDa i ers admitting why should not thi -T Urely to the practice in the BritUh Parliament vidati A In tov ooinionfis one' of3h wisest MONDAii1AUV1 1 ator of the evening Hon A HStephens Vice- -rrr i pjcaident of the Confederate States of Aroeri- Mr Stephens' Speech ca Tho Committee with invited guests were available space to day ia occupied on the atage when at the appointed MwtofoaraTailabeera fV-' jdent heou7he Hon Jones Mayor -and the1 with the report ofthepeeb of Mcex fer entered and were greeted by the im- Stephens at the Athenseuru in ba jannau 'roandsof moat VI lift fth looked forBut nf sne become if rith all other civil to 7c1 nrovisions'of that body It is tbe only feature eindea ty mutual agreement rr kl "rH inded bv mutual agreement otri iKt um that GovernmenLIt ja that which schisms arise if dissensions spring up if factions are if party spirit" nour civea it atability in IU facility to change its ished by unholy personal ambition shall rear npiause iliurfaaj thai administration Ours as it is iSjajgreat a- proximation to the right principle I fi The'Mayor then in a few pertinent remarks its hydra bead I have no good lo prophesy for you Without intelligence virtue integrity Savannah Republican iuttodaced Mr Stephens stating that at the That papr I i for every thousand thousand for every iit In i 1 iU Under thexId cxmsuiUMon a oecreiary oi me' fr inafnncA had na onnortunitv request a cumber of the memDera oi me request oi a cumDer oi me memoera v' i i tht two and patriotism on the part of the people do republic or representativeOovernment ean be and the i tare b'irannoal report- of presenting an address 1 ur it plan or other matter He -Committee and citixe ns of Savannah a Ute now here he had conaented Ui as large of persona fa the present state of public a UUi UCI CU i ot of it wa packed scheme or Bnanee durable or stable' 1 '-H flairs We have intelligence and virtue and patriot rt crowd oauiae Mr Stephens then -arose nd spmce 101- had no opportunity of explaining expoanding enforcing or defending his viewa of policy bis nnly resort was through the medium of an or- a ism All that is reouired is to cultivate and should be so It is indeed in conioraaiiy wun the ordinance of the Creator It is not for us to inquire into the wisdom of Hia ordinances Orio quest iotr-iheni For HIsown purposes He has made one race to differ from another at lie has made "one Btar to differ from' anoth-" er star in glory" The great pbjecta xJf human tty: are' best attained when conformed lo His laws and de crees in the formaiioc of governments as well ii in all things else" Our Confederacy is founded upon principles in strict conformity with these lawa This stone which waa rejected by the first builders "is become the chief stone of the corner" in our new edifice (Applause) I have been asked what of the future It has been apprehended by some that we would have arrayed against us tbe civilized world I care not who or how many they may be when we stand upon the eternal principles of truth we are obliged and must triumph (Immense applause) Thousands of people who begin to understand tbrse truths are not yet completely out of the shell they do not see them in their length and breadth We bear much of tbe civilization and christianization of the baiba- lows ea the Commit? 7 --ZittihTi Ku in the -iirilian parliament tne irxera ier For this reception -j before the nai perpetuate these Intelligence will not do without virtue France waa a nation of philoso- phers These philosophers became Jacobins tee and Fellow-Uitiscns They lacked that virtue that devotion to mo youwill please accept uij Sincere thanks The coruplimen is doubtless intended as much or more' perhaps in honor of the occasion and niy public position incon-nertion with the great event now crowding p- ral principle and that patriotism which is so whocculd gal- can ay fr Stephecs spoke fof two hours and in a er'worthy of himself and of the occasion inVaVbject was the new-Government oMhe Confederate States it origin character and future prospect There was no effort at oratorical dfpUy but a grave and masterly argument on the Ute crisis and its results which vis liatened to with the intense! interest frozn- essential to good Government organized upon principles of perfect justice and right- The seceding States have rescinded it n'Ln! part Why caonot the whole question iir tled If the frcrth desire peace lt Congress in both branches with the rence of the President giing their cor th separation and a recognition of "V9 pendenge This he merely offered as a' gestionis one of the ways in which it be done with much les violence t0 cL 1 lions of the Constitution than mauy 0-be of that governmeat Applausel Tk! 1 culty has to be solved in some way or oh this may be regarded as a fixed faet Several other points were alluded to hT particularly as to the policy of the government towards foreign nations au! 0 commercial relations with them Free tnu as far as practicable would be the policy this government No higher duties wouljj imposed on foreign importations than would be necessary to support the government utc! the strictest economy In olden times the olive branch was c'onsij ered the emblem of we will send to iit nations of the earth another and far mora teniial emblem'of the same theCoTrosPujj" The present duties were levied wi a view of meeting the present necessities and exigencies in preparing for war if need be but if Wj have peace and he hoped we might and trada should resume its proper course a duij 0fl(ft per cent upon foreign importations it nn ui than to nie personally aod individually It is however none the less appreciated by me on that account We are the-midstof one Of the greatest epochs in our history The last ninety days will mark one of the moat memorable eras in the history of modern the beginning to the close-' tion responsible for its every item If it is indefensible be falls before the attacks upon it as he ought to This will now bo the case to a limited extent under our "system Our heads of departments can speak for themselves and tbe administration in behalf of ita entire poller without resorting to the indirect audhighly objectionable "uiedium of a newspaper "It is to be greatly hoped that under our system we hall never have what is known as a Government organ Tj (Rapturous applause (A noise again arose from the clamor of tbe crowd outaidd who wished to hear Mr Stephens and for seme moments interrupted him The Mayor rose and called on the police to preserve order Quiet being restored Mr proceeded) Another change in the Constitution relates to the length of the tenure of the Presidential office In the new Constitution it is six years instead of four and the President rendered ineligible fvr at reelection This is certainly a decidedly conservative change" It will remove from the incumbent all temptation to use his ofuce or exert the powers confided to him ftr any objects of personal ambition The only incentive to that higher ambition which should move and actuate one holding such high truts There was a general call from the outside of the building for the speaker to go out that there were more outside than in The Mayor rose and requested silence atlhe doors that Mr Stephens' health would not permit him to speak in the open air Mr Ste phens said he would leave it to the audience A Our State C4nTeutiuu AJjournei tine die on Saturday nTght last' afier havifl perfected the revision of the Con fetitution of our State We hop to be'aW to lay the instrument as amended before our readers to-morrow To-day we present the result of its labors so far as the Reduction question and the arrangement of the Senatorial districts is concerned These amendments are to be submitted to the people for ratification or rejection on t'ae first day of July next TVe hope they will be adopted- -W know thai mougm migm oe sumcieni to meet tbetIfen ditures of tbe government If some ntict should be left alone on tbe free list now are such as breadstuff's then many persons will be displeased with some of course duties upon others would hare i0 iti but in no event to- an extent tm ive Uir ue anouia proceea inaoors or out There was a general cry indoors as the ladies a large number of whuia were present could not hear outside Mr Stephens said the accoiumoJation of the ladies would determine the question aod be vrould proceenl where was At this point the uproar and clamor outside was greater still or the speaker out on the stejs This was qnieted by Col LawUn Col Freeman Juie Jeckson and Mr Owens goirg'rut aud stating the facts of the case to the dense mass' i men women ard children who wera outside and ealerUiuirg tuem iu shrt brief speeches Mr Stephens all this whil quietly Billing dova until the faror subsideJ Mr iitephens wose and saia When perfect quiet is restored I chaH pr cee lj I cannot speak as long as there is any noise or confusion I shall take my time I feel as thouzh I could spend the niht with seeking amity and friendship with all other I see no obstacle in the way of our upward and onward progress Our growth by accessions from other States will depend greatly upon whether we present to the world as I trust we shall a better Government than to which they belong If we do this North Carolina Tennessee and Arkansas cannot hesitate long neither can Virginia Kentucky and Missouri They will necessarily grav itate to us by an imperious law We made ample provision in our Constitution for the admission of other Stales it is more gaurd-ed and wisely so I think than the old Con-Biituiion ou the same subject but not too guarded to receive them as fast as it may be proper Looking to the distant future- and perhaps not very distant either it is not beyond the range of possibility and even probability that all tbe great States of the Northwest hall gravitate this way as well as Tenutssee Kentucky Missouri Arkansas Should they do so our doors are wide enough to receive them but not until they are ready to assimilate with us in principle 'Ihe process of disintegration in the old Union may be expected to go on with almost absolute certainty We are now the nucleus of a growing power which if we are true to ourselves our destiny and high mission will become the controlling power on this eonti nent To what extent accessions will go on in the process cf time or where it will end the future will determine So far as it con- cerns States of the old Union they will be upon no such principle of reconstruction as spoken of but upon reorganization and new aseimulation Loud applause Such are some of the glimpses of the future as I catch them But at first we must necessarily meet with the inconvenience and difficulties and embarrassments incident to all changes of Government These will be fell in our postal affairs and changes in the channel of trade These inconveniences it is to be hoped will be but temporary and must become with patience the details but all we thinly wm admit that it is a grcit ire prevent cn our presort 'J'- T'e are iuformed that the ten "Cjoresjlonal barrass trade and commerce He concluded in an earnest appeal for Union and harmonr on the part of all the people in support of ih common cause in which we were all enlisted and upon the issues otwhich such great conl sequences depend If said he we are true to ourselves irat to TtlalriMa pnmanrtndin? with the number of members lo which this State is entitled under to his banns will be the good oi the people the advancement prosperity happiness safe-ty honor and true glory of the Confederacy (Applause) Bat not be tedioU3 in enumerating the numerous changes for tbe better allow me to allude tf one other though last not least The new Constitution has put at rest forever all tbe agitating questions relating to our institutions-African slavery as itexistsamongst us the proper s'afu of the negro in our form of civilization This waa tho immediate cause of the lat ruplure and present revolution Jefferson in his forecast had anticipated this as the'' rock ujon which the old Union split" lie was right What waa conjeclure with him is now a realized fact But whether he fully rous tribes of Africa In my judgment those ends will never be attained but by first teaching them tbe lesson taught to Adam that "in tbe sweat of thy brow shall thou eat bread" (applaute) and teaching them to work and feed and clothe themselves- But to pass on some have propounded tbe enquiry whether it is practicable for us to go on with the Confederacy without further accessions Have we tbe means aud ability to maintain nationality among the powers of the earth On this point I would barely say that as auxiously as we all have been aud are for the border Slates with inbtitulions similar with ours to join ut still we are abundantly able to maintain our position even if they should ultimately make up their minds not to cast their destiny with ours That they ulumately will join be compelled lo do it is my confident belief but we can get on very well without them even if they should not We have all the egeeuiial elements of a high national career The idea has been given out at the North aud even in the border Slates that we are two small and two weak to main-taiu a separate nationality This is a great mistake Iu extent of territory we embrace oG4000 square miles and upwards This is upwards of 200000 square miles more thau was included within the limits of the original thirteen States It is an area of country more ttiao double tbe territory of Frauce or the Austrian empire France in round number? has but 2120C0 equare miles Austria in round numbers has J43000 square miles Ours is greater than both combined It is greater than all France Spin Portugal and Great Britain including England irelind and Scotland together In population we have upwards of five millions according to the census of 1SG0 thia includes white aud black The entire population including white and black of the original thirteen States was less than 4000000 in 1790 and still less in 70 our cause true to our destiny true lo our the late apportionment at Mgomery have been arranred exactly as the Senatorial Vif- high mission iu presenting to the vorW iW tricts This is the plan which was submitted by Dr GarTin of AugusU ox which mention highest type of civilization ever exhibited bj man there will be found in our Lexicon no such word as Fail Mr Stephenstobk his seat amid a burst of es-' thusiasm and applause sucu as the Athenxum1 has never bad displayed within its walls wiis-in the recollection of tbe oldest nhkiitet" 'comprehended the great truth upon which that reck nood and stands may be doubted The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most cf the leading statesmen at the time of thejfor- Your Reporter begs to state that thetbott not a perfect report but only such aske'eb ie mation of the old Constitution were that the enslavement of tbe African was a violation of of ihe address of Mr Stephens as embnetf in his judgment the most important presented by the orator the l-iwof nature that it was wrong in prm-cinl social It morally and politically It was an 'evil they knew not well bow ieal with bit tbe general opinion of tbe men of hat day H- I RABDAL JAMES SEOESt jfxs if necessary Loud applause) I very much regret that every one who desires cauuot hear what I have to say not that -I have any display to make tr anything yery entertaining to present but tuth views aa I have to give I wish all net only iu this city but iu thiabtate and throughout our Confederated Republic could hear who have desire to hear thea I ws remarking that we are passing through one ol the greatest revolutions in the annals of the world seven Statea have within the last three months threwn off an old Government' and fortaed a new This Revolution has been signally marked up to this time by the fact of its having been accomplished without the Ios of a single drop cT blood (Applause This new Constitution or form of Government constitutes the subject to which your attention will be partly ioviud- In reference to it I make this first general rtmark It amply secure? all our at cient rights franchises and privileges AH the great principles of magna charta are retained in it No citizen is deprived cf life liberty or property but bv the judgment of his peer? under the lawa cf the iand TLe great priuciple of religious libeTty which was the honor and pride of the old Constitution i still maintained and secured AH the essential cf the old Constitution which have endeared it to the hearts of the American people have been preserved and perpetuated (Applause) Some changes have JiANI)Allii'GE0IiGE A TT CARNEY'S A LAW ATLANTA GEORGIA and forbearance As to whether we ehall have war with our late Confederates or whether all matters of difference belween us shall be amicably settled I can only say that the prospect for a peaceful adjustment is better so far as I am inforuied than it has been The rroecect of war is at least net so T7ILI attend punctually to any and sllbot- 1 mess entrusted to their care corner Marietta aod Preaeb-Tm Office streets March 2s-fr JAMES II ALEXANDER ATTORNEY AT LAW' Washington (Jrorffia threatening as it has been The idea of coercion shadowed forth in President Lincoln's inaugural seems not to be followed up thus far so vigorously as was expected Fort Sumter it ia believed will soon be evacuated What course will be pursued towards Fort Pickens and the other forts on the Gulf is not so well understood It is to be greatly desir was made ia our Savannah Correspondence at the time The Senate ahall consist of forty members four from each Senatorial Iistriet Thereaball be ten Districts arranged a follows: The First District shall be composed of the counties of Appling Bryan Bulloch Ghatharu Camden Charlton Clinch Coffee Effingham Emanuel Glynn Liberty Mclntoeb Montgomery Pierc Screven rXeifairTatuilt Witre and "Wayne The Second District shall be- composed ofthe counties of Baker Berrien Brooks Calhoun Clay DodIv Decatur Dougherty Ear-lr Echols Irwin Lee Lowndes Mitchell Miller Randolph Terrell Thomas Wiieexand Worth The Third District auall bo comjosed the counties of Chattahoochee Harris Muscogee Marion Macon Qaitman Stewart Sumpter Schley Taylor Talbot and Webster The Fourth District shall be composed of the counties of Baldwin Bibb Jones Jasper Houston Lauren PaLnuiu Pulaski Twiggs and Wilkinson The Fifth District shall be composed c-f the counties of Burke Columbia Glaesctvclr Hancock Jefferson Johnson Lincoln Kicbmond Warren Wilkes and Washington The Sixth District shall be composed of the counties of Clark Elbert Franklin Greene Hart Madison Morgan 2vewtn Uglethurpe Taliaferro and Walker The Seventh District shall be composed of the counties of Butts Clayton Fayette Henry Meriwether Monro' Pike Spalding Trrup and Upion The Eighth District shall be composed of the counties of Campbell Carroll Cobb Coweta DeKalb Fulton Haralson Heard Paulding and Polk The Ninth District shall be composed of the counties of Banks Cherokee Dawson Forsyth Gwinnett Habersham If all Jackson Lumpkin Milton Pickens Rabun Towns Union aud White The Tenth District shall be composed of the counties of Cas? Catoosa Chattooga Dade Fannin Floyd Gor3onGiimer Murray alk-er and WhitSe'd The House of Representatives ehallbe elected biennially and shall consist of one hundred and thirty-two members Each county shall have one Representative We annex the represcntativ: population of each of the Districts We would give the same rttin that Fninelww or olhr ia tbe order of Providence the icstitution would evanescent and pass away This idea though not incorporated in the Constitution wes the prevailing idea at the time The Constitution it is true secured every essential guaranty the institution while it should last and hf-noe no argument csn be justly used against the constitutional guarantus thus secured because ct the common sentiment of the oy Those ideas however were fundamentally wrng They restrd uim the aeurupticn of the equality of races Tim ws an error It was a sandy foundation and the idea of a Government built upon it when the "storm came and the wind biew it fell" Our new Government is founded upon exacts ly the opposite idea its foundations are laid its corner stoje rests upon the great truth that the negro ia net equal to the white man that 'slavery subordination to tbe superior race is his tatural and moral conditii (Applause) This our new Government is the firt in the history of the world based upon this great physical philosophical and moral truth This truth has been slow in tbe process of its development like all tther truths in the various de partments of science It has been so even amongst us Many who hear me perhaps can recollect well that thia truth waa Dotgeuerally admitted evea within their day The erroraof the past generation still clung to many as late TjRACTICJES in "Wilkes and adjoining coqn Refers to George Hall Esq jof JL ties Atlanta CfU mRUe ID tar A Mian syxram jitjunTt mil Some of these I should have preferred not to when the independence or -our Ltuers was achieved If these it a les population dared m-iiutain their independence against the greatest power on earth shall we have any apprehension of maintaining ours now In point of material wealth and resources we are greatly in advance of them The taxable property of the Confederate States cannot be less than 522000000000 This I think 1 venture but little in saying may be considered as five times more thau the colonies possessed at tbe time they achieved their independence Georgia alone possessed lasi year according to the report of our Comptroller-General $072000000 of taxable property The debts of the seven Confederate States sum up in tbe aggregate less than $18000000 while the existing debts of the other of the late United States turn up in the aggregate the enormous amount cf $174000000 This is without takinginto the account the heavy city dehts corporation debts and railroad debts which press and will oontinue to press a heavy incubus upon the resources of those States These debts added to others make a -v THOMAS 6c ABBOTT ATTOENEYS AT LAW hava bea made hut lhee perhaps met the cordial approbation of a mrjjrity thii au-dDce if not an overwhelming mHjrity of the people of the Confederacy Of thmr therefore I will Lot speak But other important changes do meet my cordial approbation They form great improvements upon the old Constitution taking the whole new Constitution I have no hesitancy in giving aa niy judgment Office in Smith's Building Wbitefci'-htrtet Thoxax jal 6tf Be kmt DR WESTMORELAND) that it ia decidedly better tnen the old (Ap-plsuse) Allow me' trie fly to allude to some of thesa improvement Toe queation of build-in up class interests or festeriuz one branch Office and Rttidtnte JYorth fiidt rUtla Strett March 21 DR II BROWN Marietta Street over Store Calhoun Street marcblO' of industry to the prejudice of another under the exercise of the revenue power which gave us so much trouble under the old Constitution is put at rest forever under the new We allow the imposition of no duty with a view of giving advantage to one class of persons in any trade or business over thiae oi another All under our system 6tand upvn the same broad principles of perfect equality' Honest labor and enterpriza are left free- an 1 unrestricted in whatever pursuit thejr may engaged in Thi subject came well nigh causing a rupture of the old Union under thelead of the gallant Pal met' State which lies Inonr border in 1S33 This old thorn of the tariff which -occasioned much irritation in the body politic is re ROBT CRAWLEY Wholesale and Retail Dealer ii of each county but our space to-dny will not PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS ed that all ef them should be surrendered Oar object is Peace not only with the North but with the world All matters relating to the public property public liabilities of the Union when we were members of it we are ready and willing to adjust and settle upon the principles of right equality and good faith Warcan be of no more benefit to the North than to us and subjugating us ia utterly preposterous Whether the intention of evacuating Fort Sumter is to be received as au evidence bf a peaceful desire for a peaceful solution of our difficulties with the United States or the result of necessity I will not undertake to say I would fain hope the former Rumors are afloat however thai it is the result of necessity All I can say to you therefore on that point is keep your armor bright and your powder dry Enthusiastic applause) The surest way to secure peace is to show jour ability lo maintain jour rights The principles and position of the present Administration of the United States the Republican present some puzzling questions -While it is a fixed principle with them never to allow tbe increase of a foot of slave territory they seem to be equally determined not to part with an inch "of the accursed soil" Notwitsianding their clamor against theioJti-tutioD they seem lobe equally opposed to getting more or letting go what they have gotv There were ready lo fight on the accession of Texas and are equally ready to fight now on her secession Why is this? How can this strange paradox be accounted for? There seems to be but one rational aDd that is notwithstanding their professions of humanity they are disinclined to give op the benefits they derive from slave labor Their philanthropy yields to their interest Tbe idea of enforcing the laws has but -one object and that is a collection of the taxes raised by slave labor to swell the fund neces sary to meet their heavy appropriations The spoils is what they are though the eome from the labor of the slave Continued applause 3 Mr Stephens reviewed at some length the permit We shall do this hereafter: First District 85922 Second District g4193 General Business Agent 85554 WILL attend promptly to any bnsisi-trusted to him: Store in Connellj'iBt Tbird District Fourth District Fih District Sixth District ml-V on Alabama street as twenty years ago mose ai me norm wno still cliDg'to these errors with a aeal above knowledge we justly denominate fanatics All fanaticism springs from an aberration of the mind from a defect in reasoning It is a species of insanity One of the most striking characteristic ot insanity in many instances is forming correct conclusions from fancied or erroneous premises so with the anti-lavtry fanatics their conclusions are right if their premises are They assume that the negro is equal and hence conclude that he is entitled to equal privileges and rights with the white man If their premise were correct their conclusion would "bo logical and just but their firemise being wrong their whole argument aila I recollect once of having heard a gentleman from one of the Northern States of great power and ability announce in the House of representatives with imposing effect that we of the Scuth would be compelled ultimately to -yield up this subject of slavery that it was es impossible to war successfully against a principle in politics as it was ia physics and mechanics That the principle would ultimately prevail That weja maintaiLing slavery as it exists with us were warring against a principle a principle founded in nature the principle of tha equality of man The reply I made to him was that upon his own grounds we should succeed and that he and his associates in their-crusade cur institutions would ultimately fail The truth announced that it was as impossible to war successfully against a principle in politics as well as ia physics and mechanics I admitted but told him that it was he and those actiDg with him who were warring against a principle They were attempting to maka things equal which theXIreator had made unequal! 'Is' In the conflict thus far auccesa has been on our side complete throughout the length aud breadth cf tbe Confederate Stales 'It it npon moved forever Irora the new (Applause) Again tbe subject of internal improvements' under the power of Congress to regulate comi merce" la put at "rest under our system The" power claimed by construction under the old Constitution' was at least a doubtful one it rested wholly upn the construction-- We of the South generally apart from the cocsldera tion of cSusUtational priaciples' opposed its Seventh District 85427 S247 -S3544 S2503 S6072 '84509 WHOLESALE GKOCEft Eighth District Ninth District Tenth DIsirict AND COMMISSION MERCHANT AMD DEALER 15 ALL KINDS OF PBODUCUj Hunter Street? between' Whitehall ani Atlanta Georgia March 2 cxercuupon grounus oi expediency atd jus tice Notwithstanding this opposition mill- ions of money in the common treasury had been drawn for such purpose Our pjtcsi tion sprung from to hostility to commerce or all necessary aids far faciliating it With ns it waa simply a question upon whom the burden should fall I a Georgia for' ins'anc we had done as much for thecaus of internal improvements as any other portion of the country ac-eording'to population" and "mentis" we have stretched out lines of railroeda -from: the seaboard to themountatns dujr down-tlio hills and filled up the valleys at a cost of not les3 than Ail thi3 was done to open up an cutlet for icur of the interior and those to the we-t of us the marts of the world No State was in greater jied of such' facilities than Georgia but we had n5t HeMAtTCIIT nrARl) Si CO sum total not much under $500000000 With such an area of territory with such an amount of population with a climate and soil unsurpassed by any on the face of the earth with such resources already at our command with productions which control tbe commerce of the world who can entertain any apprehensions as to our success whether others join us or not It'is true 1 believe I btate but the common sentiment when I declared my earnest desire that the border States should join us The differences of opinion that existed among us anterior to secession related more to the policy in securing that result by co-operation than from any difference upon the ultimate security we all looked to in common These differences of opinion were more in reference to policy than principle and as Mr Jefferson said in his inaugural ia 1801 after the heated contest preceding his election there might be differences in opinion without differences on principle and that all to some extent had been Federalists and all Republicans: so it may now be paid of us that whatever difference of opinion as lo the best policy in having a co-operation with our border sister slave States if the worst come to the worst that as we were all ca oparationists we are now all for independence whether they come or not (Continued applause) In this connection I take the occasion to slate that I was not without grave and serious apprehension that if the worst came to the worst and cutting loose from tbe old Gov-ernmentgwould be the only remedy for our safety and security it would be atteoded with much more serious ills than it has been as yet Thua far we have seen none of those incidents which usually attend No such material as such convulsions usually throw up has been seen Wisdom prudence and patriotism have marked every step of our progress thus far This augurs well for the future and it is a matter of sincere gratification to me that I ata enabled to make the declaration of the men I met in Congress at Montgomery (I may be pardoned for spying this) an abler wiser a mere conservative deliberate determined resolute and patriotic body of men I never met in my life Great applause Their woiks speak for them Provisional Government speaks for them the Constitution of the permanent Gov eminent will be a lasting monument of their worth merit and statesmanship Applause But to return to the question of the future What is to be the result of this revolution Will everything commencd so well continue as it has begun In reply ib this anxious enquiry can only say it ail depends uren ourselves A young man starting out in life on his majority with health talent and ability under a favoring Providence may be sail to be the architect of hia own' fortunes lis Commiirttn and Fortcardif Jlfrd BAY STREET vv wr Cell! extravagance and profligacy of appropriations i Wk McNaucht James Oavor ur20 iJoHtD'J A Rare Instance General James Watson Webb of the "Courier A Enquirer" was appointed by Lincoln Minister to Constantinople ZTc has dtdiued it and said that in no event would he accept of such an appointment" What can this mean? illai he become offended at Old Abe fr any" cau3e? Did he think be should have been api pointed to England or France? Or does ha think he cannot make $52003 out of the Turk ish mission or that he can hook that amount of the public treasury by staying at home We should be pteased to have questions answered by authority- In 1S56 he declared himcelf ready with aword in hand to drive back a'avery from any farther extension on thiscontinent 8ince the Southern States have seceded he has frequently urged that the General Government onht to put a stop to it and thattreason should be crushed out by the strong arm of military power Perhaps he intends to lead an army among us to subjugate us and mke another $52C0O out of such an enterprise We shall see JPATTTEK MILLER GENERAL COMMISSION FORWARDING MERCHANTS KSavaniiaiV Georgia asaed that these works should be made by a p-propriationaout the common Treasury The cost of the grading the superstructure and equipments of our roads waa berpe by those woo entered upon the enterprise Nay more not only the cost of the iron no email itenvin the aggregate cost wts borne in the same war but we were compelled to pay into the common Treasury several millions of dollars for the privilege of importing the iron after the price was paid font abroad What jnsticewas there in taking this money which our people paid into the common Treasury on the importation of our iron and applying it to the im- rr2Temeaof riTr aadharbora elsewhere? The true principle is to 1 rar- Specu CEOBGE PATTE3T "1 ANDREW KILLEK WALTER MILLER March l8-3m una as a aire raieat our eocial fabric ia firmly planted pnd I 'cannot permit myself1 to doubt the ultimate success of a full recogni tion of this principle throughout tbe civilized and enlightened world i As I have elated th truth of this principle may be alow Indevclopnitnt as alltrutLs are and ever bave been io tthe various branches of ecieree It was ed with the principles an-nounced by Gallileo-ft was so -'with 'Adam Smih and his principles of political economy It was so wtth HarTey aDd his theory of the circulation of the blood It is stated that not a single one of tbe medical profession living at the time of the announcement of the truths made by him admitted them Now they are universally acknowledged May we not therefore look with confidence to the ultimate universal acknowledgment of the truths upon which our system reals It is tbe first Government ever instituted upon principles in strict conformity lo Nature and tha ordiniion by the Congress of tbe United States lor several years past and in this connection took opa-sion to allude to another one of the great improvements in our new Constitution which is a clause prohibiting Congress from appropriating any money from the Treasury except by a two thirds vote unless it be for some object which the executive may say is necessary to carry on the Government i Vheo it is thus asked for and estimated he continued the majority may appropriate This was a now feature -j- Our fathers guarded tbe assessment of taxes by insisting that representation aud taxation should go together This was inherited from the mother country England It waa one of the principles upon which the Revolution had been fought Our fathers also provided in the old Constitution that all appropriation bills should originate ia the Ileptesentative branch of Congress but our new Constitution went a step further and guarded not only tbe pockets of the people but also the public money after it was taken from their pockets He alluded to the difficulties and embarrassments which seemed to surround the question of a peaceful solution of the controversy with the old government How can it be done? Is nr4 1'ETIITT DBII1 IllUjYX SAVAGE AECHITECT every locality to whatever burdens may be The CartersvlIIe Express necessary to facilitate it If the Charleston 1 harbor needs improvement la th onmm Comes to us enlarged and improved It is a Savannah Georgia Bailding In Batteraby'a New Brick Bij and Drayton Streets of ProTidence in furnishing the materials of ILL furnish Plans and Specific most excellent cewa and family weeklv and I OI uaneston Dear the burden If the mouth we doubt not will receive a liberal patronage Tan-Dah riTerLa8 cleared cut 6 lt the seagoing navigation which is benefitted from the people throughout the by it bear the burden So with the mouths of The gentlemen who are conducting it have the the Alabama and Mississippi rivers Just as ability to make a rood rsper end worthy i the Prodac of the interior our cotton wheat and deeerrici corn and other articles have to bear the Beces- i r7 rates cf freight over our railroads to reach give their personal attention tion pf BuUdings in any pan ''T nuinan society Many Governments have been founded upon the principle of certain classes bnt the classes Urns enslaved were of the same race and in siolatioa of the laws of Nature eir ids bi March vlS-lT i.