The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1867-06-13
''fherc is Life Ia ihe Old Land
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FROM the brinin kba. star.
ERAsrUs BRooKs, writing from At-
lanta to his paper, the New York E.r-
press, uses the following language -
The most subducd men arc some of
the old secession leaders-liko ex-Goy.
Brown, whose home is here, aud whose
iniucncc has been immense throughout
the State. Such men counsel submis.
sion to the law and regard il us irrevo.
cable. Gov. Jenkins couusels, not rcsis.
tanee, but nonaetion, and from all | see
and hear, will be oycrruled by an i'm.
mense majority Of the people. The
heart Of thc people is broken, and their
spirits humliated. Two years Of
drought, Que season Of foods, months
OF positive hunger, have followed four
years OF war, made up of bombardments
slegcs, fires, loss Of life and property
Congress, with its harsh policy Of negro
suffrage military monarchies, rceistra.
tioDs, arrests and punishments, stay
iaws--as in South Carolins--is an easy
master of the situation only you must
not expect the smitten b love the smi.
ter, for as blood is thicker than water.
nature stronger than coercion, this is
simply impossible DO with us as YOU
will and we will obey, is the general
purpose, and Georgia is good for it By
"0,U00 TO Sc, 600 majority, notwithstan
ding the letter from Gov. jenkins. If
| were Southern man, with home and
friends destroyed, war prosecuted
against Inc two years after | had laid
down my arms, with no permanent
peace or stability in prospect, with
hope Of something permanent and cstab-
llshed by further concessions, | would
do the same thing, for until there is an
end of exactious by obedience to de.
erecs, there can be no peace"
We fear, Master Brooks" that your
mcaus OF information in Atlanta, are
not altogether reliable. You say 1.-THE
heart Of the people is broken We
beg to correct you. The gizzards of
that portion of the people to whom God
refused to give hearts is masbed-that's
all. The hearts oftho people of Geor.
gla arc made OF sterner stuff than the
little pulpitator that dwells within the
eorsets Of a romantic loye sick maiden.
Their hearts cannot be broken till taken
out Of their bodies and ground between
the upper aud neither mill Stone
The great heart Of the people throbs
responsive to the noble efforts Of Gov.
jenkins TO place Georgia squarely upon
the record for constitutional liberty
The great heart of the people dares yet
to hate tyranny and curse tyrants. We
have few William Tells left in the
country yet, and they are rearing up
their children to hate their oppressors.
No, MIR. Brooks; your twenty or
thirty thousand majority against Coy.
jenkins is "all in your eye, unless
you chain the men 10 Georgia and send
only to the polls the negroes and hy.
birds. 1t is true we have had wars aud
rulnors of wars, psstilcacc, famine.
drouth, foods, persecutions-we have
had the flower Of our young men shot
down upon the battlefield, but we are
raising up anothct set, Mr.. Brooks; and
bless you, you have no idea the amount
Of gall they are sucking from their
mothers breasts. Many Of the children
arc born into this world with the bettle-
cry of Patrick Henry on their lips,
HGiyc me liberty or give me DEATH
This may be treason but there's but
one way 70 stop it. II was once tried
by King Hercd The male children
must all bo killed, Mr.. Brooks. If they
are allowed 70 grow up, as sure al your
name is rivulet, the principles ef liberty
viii yet triumph in the land. And by
the way, it is astonishing how many Of
thesc young traitors have seen the light
since the South ceased her part Of ths
war. Tell your Northern readers, Mr..
Brooks, that il win be better and visor
for them 10 secure BY kindness The
friendship Of this formidable host. than
undertake 10 crush them BY cruelfs aud
tyranny; for, in all the abjectacss of
their poverty, they have Inherited q
priceless legscy-au updying love oi
Liberty And in numberless humble
cabins. there hangs the yencrated coat
Of arms, inorc heraidic virtue than Il.
tled heads Gao bosst---the Confederate
Jacket Of gray, al pierced with the bull.
lets Of their fathers murdcrers.