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Speech of Provisional Governor
Johnson of Georgia, j
- Afr?tfnlf->pust eight o'clock Provisional Governor
Johnson was introduced by Judge
Starncs in a few brief remarks to a large and
respectable assemblage of our citizens at the
City Hall. ' |
Governor Johnson said: After a sanguinary :
conflict of four years, we Unci ourselves without
civil rights, we huvo bocu compelled t.o yield
to superior numbers and resources. We arc j
now deprived of all civil government and stand j
under tbq military authority of the United j
States, nod must look to that authority for
protection and the administration of j notice,'
but I do not think the people of Georgia desire 1
to .always remain under military rule. The i
'Administration desires to do all that can be
xlone to assist you in restoring civil government,
and placing the Stare in her proper rcsFor-tMt
5?'rnpsc i !.
been appointed Provisional Governor, and ! |
jim hero to-night to make known fi:v views. '
My duty is plain ami simple?luo Making of i
.needful rules for the'assembling of ;i f\iuvom !
tion at the earliest practicable day, that iho ;
people, the true source of a!i rightful power, 1
n?ny erect a civil government. My warrant
for the authority I uiuy exercise is the Proclaination
of the President appointing inc. *
The duty of the people is to take the oath
of amnesty as prescribed by tho President's
proclamation of May 29ih, which grant* a full
pardon for all political ulfoiic- s, to all who
were entitled'to take it; aitd ho did not think
that the oath was iuk-mbd to humiliate the
p ople, but ouly as a necessary measure to
prevent those getting into power who were not
friends of the Goverkinent.
If there were any who doomed that subscribing
to the oath as prescribed by President
Lincoln was sufficient to. return them to the
rights of citizenship would uot say whether
they were legally right or not, it was a question
useless to argue, as the President had
distinctly said that no one should he eligible
to scats in the Convention or be entitled to
vote for delegates who had not taken the oath j
prescribed May 29th: and he would therefore
urge every one to come forward and take the ,
oath, that they may assist in forming a State !
Government.
He had been informed that some were hesi- j
tating to do so on the ground that it compelled
tlfern to support and obey the Emancipation |
Proclamation which they did not believe con-1
stitutional. To such lie would nots.iy that'
/....t-a.iHnnnl ,1,. ii..? if wnnl.l I till If |1 !
WLIUUICl' UUII3VILUUU1IU1 v/i ..UK, JU
very little difference; as lie thought slavery {
would soon be abolished by the amendment to 1
the Constitution, whidi now wanted but the
ftonsent of two more States to become the law
of the land, and be thought that eouscnt
would soon.be given. But whether given or
not, as a lawyer, he believed that slavery was
and is legally abolished by the reclamation
in virtue-of the power given to the President
' as Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy,
which gave him the right to declare what
should be captured or destroyed, aucl having
declared slavery dead, it ceased whenever and
wherever the power of their army extended,
therefore it would be unwise to refuse to be
qualified so ns to talcc part in the affairs of the
State on this ground. Paroled soldiers who
have taken the oath of ^allegiance .would also
be vquircd to take ttee^anjmcsty oath, lie expressed
a hope that eyccy .one'eiititlcd, would
go forward and be qualified.
For himself lie wbm&' say that his policy
would not he to puitisb^'but rather to restore
every one to their rights as citizens, and lie. felt
authorized in saying, from an interview which
i?i .i?i ?i,i. ,i.? j,vP flio (tnv
IJ*? IJtlll illlU Witt | LI I Is JJttW. VU1VN I v? < .
ernnicnt, that it was uptfthe intention of the
Administration to humiliate or harrass the peo}>]( ,
and no one, lie believed, would
prosecuted l'or treason after taking the oafti of.
amnesty, or if so, they would never sfiiier any
of the penalties for it.
Mr. Johnson cotklndcd J^ffl^ftrtin^ the
people to benevolent feelings and charitable |
acts; and asking tbeir co-operation in the duties
imposed by his responsible position.
Wo have given but an outline of the (lover
Dor's remarks. They were listened to with
marked attention, and .vers well received by a
large and intelligent audience.? Chronicle and
Sentinel.
Tiie Failure of Gen Lee
The caprice of fortune and the uncertainty
of .war have been si^-nnU^ni^'atsd inji:c, l,%
ruuior that it- is inton i sRwt. him tjihw i
treason, but fate has visited him hardly cmngii
already. Vor'Jiiiy alone, the must cmisnninnitc
of aii. oominniiucis in Av.ii i'it a, was re <e; vod a
dYstinv which his own li.nii-eiiaTits and his olr
defeated rivals v.\vo permitted to osc-'pe. .lie
alone lost a decisive battle. Uo'alotiu v lV?-iv i
an absolute and irrcnu (liable disaster. Never
In-fore, in thb'whole history'of the war, was a
victory Ibllowed up, a rout made c;???nplc'e, or
an army compelled to surrender. Never before
was a general*in-chieftaken prisoner in the
lie Id by another general-in chief; never was u
campaign concluded bv capitulation and submission.
'J'h" braggarts and bluudorors who
at the beginning of tiio war cost their conn trymen
so dearly, still cvaua) this extremity of
disaster, and were always enabled to report
their armies as 'safe*' 1*
Leo himself, after one of his most billliaut
victories, lamented tiic invariable absence
of results, and complained that he could
never capture a division or even a brigade of
' ' i riM i.:?v
ttio vunquissjicu cneiny, i uese imbues ju nus
his f;?te not to wiu for himself, but to contribute
to others. The war was at last concluded
and the cause lost by the very commander
who had done more than all the ?c?t to promote
and sustain them. Yet all this did in reality
but spec!: for his extraordinary ability, lie
suffered tin* final dofaet simply because lie was
the last to be beaten.
11 is ik'Utcimeis escaped because he was uarcuoneved.
Knrlv was gradually driven oul of
the Shenandoah Valley by Sheridan, but he
had Jtichaiond open to ids rear. Johnson was
driven across the Uavolicas, but he licit! his
forces toji-etUer-jyith ;lic assurance that there
was iiicinnoncr" to retire upon. jjec, uo\yevcr,
the fupport and stay oi' all tlio vest, had
only his own army and his own position the
armies of one adversary after another steadily
closed. "Whenever a divisional commcuder
retreated before a federal force, that force became
disengaged for the combined campaign
against Lee. ilo held Kiel.inond ; ,? lo-.g that
at last there was nothing else lelt for the enemy
to take. The Capitols of Gci-rgei though
far iu liii rear, had boon takou already, and
although he still guarded the frontier <?i* the
CoalWra-T, the interior ! ::?] btfen penetrated
and otv npicd behind him. North and South.
Rnst at-d West, tbd {be"gradually encompassed
him, hid for 'iqojjtbs the end was at lijwd
That this end, forrhifti should be net only defeat,
hut prosecution, is too strange a a event
to believed. Twelve mouths ago there was
not an Americpn at the North but would Iiavc
onllm.SKstically haded- his accession to the
command ot "ail the armies of the Republic.
It is'obvious, however,, that the abruptness
of the fer.d, combined with' the terrible crime
by which jt was signalized, has affected the
* f* -i VTJi ?T_ _ _
Aincnqan uovcriuncni. not ouiy i? <i
and n:<$e nrictinjproinii.i^g President at I ho
jin'ail .??Stnto; bojk.tlia.SisJfe itself is.undur the
, inline n&-6f natural jti&iion... Peace cailic at
lilSfc w.fh an ubsoluh) shock, and the'collapse of
tJic So^t.Li was .so sudden and complete that il>>
rcrcovgil all immediate neccesily of concilia;ion
| or eoiiTgyomise. Let the North do what they
1 will,-tlffiSoutli for f.lio. present can fijrht no
more, v**The' stories froin Arkansas and Texas
a r&r. pitchy plial, and indeed, know that no
orgiuiiadd forces from these parts could be
br<%lft effectually upon the scene of war, even
\vlicii rfi'e Mississippi was in the hands of the
(lontctarates. /' The Nortl), in short, is so absolutely
maslor of the ?uld 'thatPresident .joiinsf?n
is jexcinptc'd fVoiu many?of the cousidirii&r'i
tijuis Which Prcsideut Lincoln but a fey/
mecUij&sv'ce wtndd have, l-em conipeK^ to
n.|UsM><r ookiiov/led
i.lto v u.?- "rndaaiiv prevail with j,',;n in
!.i^ !... > r. A M.ii! ijs'ifmlion ov.-r thouretica- CO.:
ivf i i f n;!? dr.acc and treason.
Tlx whole course of this civil war ran been
in iis character. Tiic Co ik lcr.itj
leaden did more t!u?i ^ny insurgent chief hayo
i viir licrii!,id (irnlo.l witIi less to show for it.
Tlieir's was no lVovwionnl Cloverimioiit, or'fanizoil
in secrecy am! niainiaincil at hazard, iTr
four years they clainled place opeuly, and r.oj.
unreasonably anions; llic States of tlx world,
if il.c ( 'onfederate Government was not i?cO??
nixed in diplomatic Ibrnyic obtained. at auy
mm, every otlmr kind of nci-Jiowluditfctneut. it'
was known on the etc titaiijjcs of kin rope, and
contracted loans 0:1 no (Unreasonable terinr. It
ftiund its way into otir Year Uuoks and ^e(?;jvapiiics,
and became for its brief term of existence
a genuine political reality. Posterity
may turn even to the rospctnblc Almanhrc tie
1 - * ' "I . I iV
I Uolku, and Joarn wiio wcrciticsoiuucru oiiiccrs
of State i a the year 18G4. Great Knglis'u
j statesmen recognised the creation of a new
nation, and J'et of- Hiat'iintion tiiorc remains
less now than usually survives even the most
hopeless insurrection. .Six weeks- suJliced to
convert secession from n mighty revolution into
a treasonable crime.?L .ndun Times, Jaw 7.
??
0;;:: of iln; largest hardcinr; houses in the
I Unit-d Si.e.s is in t!ic &den ibu'on of America
{' --a.) Jt is ea'.lcJ the i^aro .*'r.
V ^ # -y / m
Joint iii;rrisey ("t tfeenau notoriety) is i':vsid.-.nt.
Ten tlioiumJ dollars may uerslaked
(and lost), on a card. Ladies get gcQtlcineu
to plav for them, says the eorvesnoudcr.'. of the
World. '
ll. is said there are person's who live at the
Fifth Avenue i lotel, New York,keep their car-.
riajjosjpfifci have a Jjo.\ jit the ar.u y<M
oilly i^tSpi Ji.'i of ?300. This jooosoly
accounted I n- l-y V::'.'. fact th:.L e/yy
liiis a npl to dc:l-iiti 1:i.-i IioUaO "e:\c !Vom iii.|
iucouic, ami by un- ^apposition tii.il oac-li orn
j .if tlicSii tmrsous Ucduok the rouui of tiiO i'lllli
Avenue iivtel.
J''ram tkc Columbia Plueiiix of July 28.
To Editor o e -rnk Pike nix?Sir.?Nifmer- -J
ous communications having been addressed to
me, pioposing to form a colony to emigrate, I;take
this method of answering them, not only
on account of t.lieir number, but because of the ywant
of all mail facilities. The desire to leave a
country which 1 was been reduced to such a
deplorable condition as gui-s, add who?? future
lias in little of hope, 'is doubtless as widespread
as it is natural. But I doubt tBo proprietyof
this expatriation of so mapyour.
best men. The very fact that onr State is
passing through so terrible an ordeal as the ' :
present, should cause her sqps to cling the
onore closely to her. My advice to all'of my *v
felluw-citizcus is, that they should devote-their
whole energies to the restoration of .law' and ; \
order, Ike ^establishment of agriculture" and. w
commerce,'the promotion of education and-ihe
i. rebuilding of our citir-s and dwellings" .which.
have been laid in-ashes. To accomplish these
objects?the highest that patriotism can cone
T ili.if oil urlin />?ri Vtr? sn
O'-'l V tL I CUU vu??u (tit nuv
should take 'be ofoath allegiance to the United
States Government,<so that they'may participate
in the restoration of civil government to our
S t^itO . War, after "four years of heroic bat 0
unsuccessful straggle, has failcd^to secure to us
the riyh's 'or w filth wccngageilSii.it.. To save
, esrrj .of our .rights?to rescue anything m'firo
.'rom'.the general ruin?will require all tbj^U
.ct-aile^riiarislii') and all the' patriotism of "Dnr v
Lcitttms. -If tho best men of. our country?1
I th?ac&vho for venrs past have risked^tbeir lives
( WOO eScisi i. .vnr t!:o-cr.nar.il.-, of fiio-State,' *s'T:
and its destiny will be eoi.ioritted of necessity
to those, who forsook bor in bcr itour of need,
or to those v;h<> would gladly pull her down to
irretrievable ruin. To guard against such a
calamity", let all I rue patriots devote themselves,
with zeal and honesty, of purposes, to the res- ,
lorr.tiori of law, the blessings of peace and to
too rescue of whatever ol' liberty may be saved
from liio go aural wreck. Li oftcr ipi honest
viibrfc to t llicio uljccts,'.vc liiil, * we can
then seek a homo in another country.1 A
lingnisliud eiti;:on of our State?an hoiTcstman
and true patriot?has Itcea appointed Gov> crnor.
lie will soon call a convention of the
people, which will be charged with the most
vital interests of our State. Choose for this
convention your best and truest men; -not
those who have slculkect in the hour of danger
?nor those who have worshipped Mammon,
while their country was bleeding at every pore
?nor the politician, who after urging war,
dared not encounter its hardships?but these
who laid their all upon the alter of their conn^
try. Select such men, and maie them serve
as voar representatives. Yon will then be 9uro
that your rights will not be wantonly sacritieccl,
nor your iiberty bartered for a mess of pottage.
My intention is to pursue the course I recoin-.
t * . *.1. ?... n /.nlvvuhnne 1 nvrrt
I IPC ft si CsJ OLlJCrc* Ju(U?lUlaa uiiu; vvu-oimvuo j. v ?? w
i to my State, there arc others of a personal
i character which wii! not pcrfail me to leave
j the country at present, f shall devote myself t
! c irncstl/, ir'albwvd t? doso, to the discharge of
these o: ligations, public and private. In meantime,
L shall obtain all information which *
would be desirable to the establishment ot* :i
colony, in case we should ultimately be fprcci;
to leave tec countiy. * I invoke my fellow citizens?especially
those who have shared with' 1
uin the perils and the ?dorio?f "of the last.
years-?to fctund by nr.r State manii;!!; , i
i truly. Tt. Si o:ue voied tls.mk: . <. "if
in iv -i-.iora!;, wcoans^. i:- darkes!
1 * * r-" *
i of too . - w !:<.! not; I. i;.?
' Ino nly of l!;0 itoinun, ar.'i li: <
' entitle ourselves tliograLisiivieofoarciun^ry.
1 ICcspeotniiiv, yotii-i,
WADE ILuMPIOX.