Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-07
Particulars Of the Election Outrage in
Georgia,

Pope, extended the time to FIVE days to
smuggle in fraudulent votes, allow the
negroes to vote twice or more, bring
them in from other States, and make
sure OF votes enough TO insure the ma
jority of the number registered, neces.
sary to insure a convention. We sub
join the following items:
From the Columbus Star, 3lst.l
NEIGHBeRING IT.-The Alabama mig
gers who Aocked here in considerable
force yesterday and the day before, upon
being interrogated, declared their inten-
ton Of voting at this place, or as they
termed it, to neighbor it, in return for
recent favor of similar character done
them by the Georgia niggers announced
their Intention of voting each separate
day of the election. We suppose they
carried this intention into effect, for we
are not aware of any way to prevent il.
From the Macon Journal and Messenger. Slst.l
Not a white voter of Bibb county cast
ballot yesterday What a glorious
record for n county that has such proud
history We are sure that to-day will
be like that of yesterday, and tomorrow
even as to-day. Let the sun of Thursday
set upon that record unsullied by any
participation in, or countenance to the
swindle.
From the Macon Telegraph, lst.l
Sumner county-Up to Thursday
morning 1895 negroes had votSd-not
one white man.
Schley eounty-Tuesday, $50 negroes
and 2 whites.
Randolph eounty-Tuesday, us ne.
groes and Is whites
Dougherty county = Tuesday and
Wednesday, 1857 negroes and no whites.
Houston county-Up to yesterday
morning no whites had voted.
At the close of the polls yesterday
about 1900 negroes and white men had
| deposited their votes at the courthouse
all for convention, and, of course, for
the Radical ticket, as there is none other
in the field.
There is no end to the wicked lies and
threats that are being resorted to by the
Radical leaders, white and black, to
drive the poor negro to the polls and
compel him to vote, even against his
will. A party of negroes near this city,
who had no wish to vote, told their em-
ployer yesterday that they we're threat
ened with death if they did not 60 for
ward and deposit their ballot. Others
are told that it is penitentiary oifense
not to vote, and that all who refused
would be arrested. Another party in
sisted on coming to town and voting,
because all who did not appear and vote
the Radical ticket would be sold back
into slavery, and they knew it would be
SO, because Captain Hill, Of the Bureau,
had issued a circular to that effect
From the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, lst.l
We learn that a few of the woud-be
leaders among the negroes of this city,
doubtless acting under instructions from
the military mayor, were active yeser-
day in calling on the few conservative
colored men who had not voted and who
declared theirindifierence to mixing in
the contest, and gave them notice that
unless they voted they should not remain
in the city. Great evaporation was ex-
hibited toward these peaceable and law
abiding colored men, and they openly
proclaimed their determination to force
every registered negro in the city to go
to the polls.
The exhibition of such relentless and
intolerable tyranny over their own race
shows clearly what we must expect in
their conduct toward the whites, should
they, through the convention swindle,
get into power. These leading negroes
are as bitter and vindictive against the
whites now as their progenitors were to
Il -. tba tanulal 9htnloto
deep jungles of their native Africa.
The first two days voting having
plainly indicated the failure of the infa'
nous convention scheme, by which the
Radicals intend to place the virtue,
intelligence and respectability of the
State under the subjection of the igno
rant and debased blacks, Headquarters
in the Saddle" has issued an order ex
ten ding the time for voting for three days
longer. By this extension of time it is
doubtless thought that they will be en-
abled, by voting the negroes in two or
three different counties, to obtain q
sufficient number of ballots 70 carry the
convention. We knew, when Pope's |
registrars closed their lists aud reported |
upward of ninety.two thousand negro |
voters in the State, that they would never
be able to rOte that number by a fair and |
truthful poll. Pope actually admits |
this in the order which he has just issued,
giving more time to "trot the niggers
round"
From the Macon journal and Messenger, lst.l |
WISELY REsoLvED.-If there had been
any doubt on the minds Of our friends as
to the propriety of non traction in refer
ence to the infamous swindle now going /
on all over Georgia, Pope's order ex-
tending the time of voting would surely |
remove it. IL is now clear to every
honest man, that it was never intended
the Conservatives should have any
chance. The bait was held out of par
ticipation in the fraud so that they
might be committed to its legality here
after, but at the same time it was
foregone conclusion that they should
derive no benefit from it. They might
have gone into the contest with all the
energy conceivable, but it would have
availed them nothing. If a count Of the
vote showed a majority for them straight
way the polls would have been re-
opened and, as in Richmond, that
majority swamped by the most mon
strous frauds. Some Of our friends in
this part Of the State have been weak
enough TO believe that Joe Brown had
become disgusted with the shameful and
corrupt course Of the leading Radicals in
the State, and that his long silence Of
late was indicative Of a coming change
in the Governors position. This hallu-
cination has been dispelled. Joe made
his appearance at negro gathering on
Monday night in Atlanta, aud was, BY