Gov. Johnson's Speech At Macon

Frotn (lm Uncen TVi-r-i.h, tu!y K th. Oov Johncoi) rctTtruud lo tbis city yesferday, and at liarf-past fivu o'olook, nèeorJinjü to previonrf anuouooeine ït, rh citi.eus of Maocw itssenibled ia the C.iy Huil, fur tho purp.isc of lidtuiiiug tii :n) tddi'uss 'Voni hiin. IIo naid : I eall on yoii, disoharged niy to Oischurge ynura, aud remove j thé obstadas h:ch iiiay be in the way of rei c:viu;; tliü aüüiesty oatb, and to nc(!ii!(j yuürse'vos lo bekome votors í'or j delegrates to a cotiveotion of tlie people ut (Tecirghi, iind ttien to vota fot thoso di.-legates. 'i'lila coiiveuliou, whou ihus bjtid, will represent llie musses of ll.oSlate, anA tln.s is the power ttmt will pro-i;i böio jurii-Jicliou oí' judges, ;.i:il limit Uicir powers. It s called for tlw PBjrpoae oí enabling Jou to cstablish .■ gQveromcnt. Wheu t hia couvenlioü inis assumbii.'d il will ndopt a ooustitutïojn ihat shall provide wheo tbc goveriifg uud meiiibers of each branob ol the ; i . ;:il iifsembly sball te elccted, how Uih State Bhall be districted in order to bo represcnted in Cúügross ; thus putliii;: iu opeiation thu whole niucbiuery of Dvcnmicnt. When undor their order the gqvtjrUQr and metnbers of tho Logialaturo muy mecí aml uiaku laws for the ;ovunimtnt of Ue Slnte. Georgia will thuu be ouou more invested witb all the i igbt.s aml aulhority balongiug to a sovtjri-ifin Sïate. 1 luw l'ccl bound to declare to you ouu ihing víbiob you must recogime aa ucooroplishod ; aad the soonur you know i. w,: conform to it, thosoouer will you hc i-flieveJ trom miütaijy rule. Slavery c.vtsls no more, Tliis is docrecd. lts vestoration, under any forro, is uttorly out of the quentioa. Those who iudu!iii hopen to the coiitniry are laboring ur.cer a dclusion. Tlio Comstituüon v, hich tUe per.plu oí Georgia ehull adopt in oonvention wlil be called upou to rneree to luis aiuendmeut to the Coastituiion, thnt slavery shall no longer exist in these Siatc-, Thay will bo ealled upon to decide thia before tbeir restoratiou to the Union, in order that this quarrel ab-jut sluvery, wliich bas existud from the begiotskig of tiio GoverAient ba tJM present timu uliall iwvur bo reviveil, and in order thit thcre mnj be no di'spate ainaiig the peoplo of this Blato on the R!;l)e2t. 'i'ljey must próvido fpr its . extinotiuii now, tod so I teil you today, it' yuu ish to be udmiUod into thö Union, this convoiition of the people of (Jeoruia must be eomposed of bucIi material as will reooguize the fact of the exliuction oí slavory in Georgia, and Hffcei to the nmendmeut to tho Constitutiou oí' the United iSiate.3, vvhich will (■■xtiu'i.--íi slavery throughout the country. tío, theu, I say to you again, under whatevei1 view you may take ot' the subjeet, slavL'vy is èxtinguishod. It is goue - it is pone íorover. I have heard complaiats upon this poiut, füüow-eitizons, that io passing f'roin ihe Btata in whieh we havo beeu into the new order oí' thftlgs a great many diffioulties and inconvenieneeg will arise. Nothing else couid ha va becn expect.cd. It la said the cegroes will stragj.'le through the country, commit dopre Jatione, mauy of them be inipudent. AU this may te truc. But for the pur H9so of reotifyiug theee evils, we must hftivf! a Legislatura that will unke laws ihera severely for the cominisI i-rime. That is your reiaedy ; iatg will uofc doany good. And not opIv that, Uut it i.s chumad by some t h ú i, thd negro will not work. 1 know ih-ii vb'so whohave beeu drive-n 08 the íirt'W do not work, beeause they havo no opportuity of workÍDg, and some of ; will not work ívhero they havo not lk-im drivcti ofl'. For this latter cl.ass the ííegilture inust rnakc laws declarini; them vaír:nts, and punishiug theri nssuoh. The negro will uot work How do you knovv they will not ? . tfell yoa they will work; and 1 mus say th;tt under tho peculiar ciroun Htarioes by whieli thoy were surroundei no poople evwr behaved bet ter than the have done. Those who teil you the; v.'ill not work lmvo hopea oí' coutinuiu their eoutiul and domiuiem over them '■'i,,. w i í 1 work under contracta of liire uní! i f they fiúl, thoy become vagrant antl may be puuished or exiled, us th lina ofVaa Btato OMV direct. Let th liegiftlature uieot and pass the needi'u iaws for their regulation, and everythiiig wül move smoothly on. Let them be emi)loyed by men of hutnanity, and have fair compensaron given them, and in niv j'J Jgment, no difficulty wül Ho in the vray. We have lost our capital iu negro property. It is goue. We are rediieed as a people to bankruptey. We have been in al'íuonce and our nches have tíowu ftway. But who g to blamo ? .Froni what sourco carao that result ? It .is froni the war - it is ono of the penakiea we must pay. it was a war of our awn seekinj:, and such hus beon tlie 1 vesult of it. Wc made the war. As a southorn inan I am bound to gay, and history will Bay, we lired the first gun, the icisult ofwhich has boen a war of gigantiCj bugs proportioas. We have impoverishod by our folly, and such willever be the result of stupend 0U6 tolly. I-Jut while I Bay these things ou th:s point, I think Bowe advuntaos will res.u!t froin this war in the future. Wiritst we havo been hart and ch:istised lor the present, yet lot us reinember tint wo may aocumula-tü property in tho futu-e, and a!l our surplus capital, inhte.-icl of being laid out in negroes, will bo -expended in permanent improveilients, ia iiicroasiug tho oomforU of our hoases1, inunuring our lands, plantío oröHards, buildiug permanent fenaes, and in iiiituufaetiii'cs of ail kinds Attract,;■! t tbis InFid, emigrante frorn other parta of tbe-woridj aud from tho North, will uomo lo settla umong us, becauso we have as Lood a cliine as any under tha sim. Our towns aud villages, ini of go'ng to docay, will inijtrove, uod arts and scioncen will flourish. Anong us. Such, [ loli-ove, will be ono ui' (w resulls of the war. And not onlv that ; ttiei'e is anothor SiliMttage. We have very Bensitive, as a people. W'o allcwed no man to think tba-t t-lavery was a moral, pooial or politioal evil, and if any one Ihoughi ll.ü.-i, iiu was (eeined Uiisouod, arra ar. ;J bfeiöre vigilante connaittees. Kveu vviicn Lrd John Mussell, in Erfglantí, took occ'ñsími b; say that hc h ■"!■ d sliu'ery would be aboliahed bv tliia revolution, our people coinruenced ahufcin liim ad f h. bil trespaspu'l up_ou ur rights. We abuscd mankiud whcn they dilferod wit!) as, and w carï'icd our opposition to men's thinking as they plcascd tú sncU an extreme, that I meu amongst us wlio dareJ to differ froin u on thid Pubjcct wore ftrraigned, , not by law, ur beloie a Wg:il tributal, but btforo vigilant Rncietio-i, and j.pors( n 1 1 v abii80il. (liviliz'iticti was almost j driven from the lund - law md ordar wai supprossod hy thu;e laules ir.on. But dow we eau look over this land and p:ay, as Soiomoü dij, that uil of Adaui's lace may bu devated to diguity and bappincss.