New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-02
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GEORGIA.

riot have read s that has appeared Ia the The lI
tEE and have waited Tor additional Information nys'
from Che state that might be sure Of correctness III
what write
The chief information upon which Major HOw"rus
FIRST letter was based and upon which Bullock based
his message TO tie Legislature and upon "n'oh your
correspondent from Albany seems 10 rey' was uei'ou
from the statements of noorousy oau negro "ho H"u
served term IN the penteniiary' ana "hoih 0VV VII
nesses black and white, would dscredt on oath III
court Of justice.
> Ibave been planting several years Ia that region
am there habualy 1t is OF my homes IL tho State
nave never known Of or. before read IN your
paper. heard OF bloodhound in that country l am
assured and do believe there not one In that whole
region aud do not believe there is dog there OF any
kind trained 10 track ether a black or white man
g. knew, personally Judge NasOn and the gentlemen
who acted with him in Investigating this matter ard
whose report throws all the blame Pierce and Murphy
know also some OF the witnesses who gave their eN
dence under OATH We have no more reliable ci1iLchs III
onr State. Judge Vason ia an old Wing ana Uuloh man.
WAS long Judge Of our Superior Courts Is n Christian
gentleman OF no education and most exemplary eharac
tel and elevated mind, and whom any Northern Jui!
would believe without doubt or hesitation
The letters your correspondent al least the state
,nens they make originated by some persons Tor te
cyorss purpose OF inhamng the Northern mind ana uiu
enong tho elections pending.
& You think IL strange that so many negroes we're
strange henegroes slaughtered as hep cH arrays
N, under such circumstances Their white leaders es
capped as they intended beforehand 70 escape ii uo
people OF the North will be moved by the wrongs ana
dangers 10 the whites of the South beg them 10 rescue
the poor ne groes from sure destruction by repudatmg
these reconstruction measures ana heeoy feote me q"
d,eemens oGecd 10 eGpebaGgers and renegadeS 20 Gree"
strife and hate that they may get office
Is it NOS singular that many Northern people viii
persist IN believing with implicit confidence tho wild
statements frightened convict negroes, aud Of bad
white men who abandon white society to use the negro
for selfish ends and Of anonymous writers, aud summa
ry set aside the most solemn statements under oath OF
our best white people, and the OF the whole
white race Of the South as attempts 20 whitewas
Rebel outrages" Strangers and renegades OF the most
orignGi secession stamp are melting negroes 10 acts
which lead their slaughter IN order 10 make o"PcS OF
educated refined Northern whites, that these Northern
whites may In turn and for vengeance. make rcS of
the Southern whites, all to the end that these strangers
and worst secessonss may get the offices for their Toy
atty! These the only fruits which the reconstruction
measures hare produced. produce at the South
Ought such measures to be " maintained and perpet
uatedf"
The attempt TO weaken the facts 7 state Gf in
tended by little personal ridcne Of myself Is, in view
issue scarcely pardOnabe but pardoned Your
kindness In permitting to be heard through your col
umns in behalf Of people WILL with and them, eN-
cGse any criticism your Of prOprety may permit
But do even Inc justice. On this subject.
L. The version OF the Atlanta speech from which You
quote never before but allowing it's substantial cor
rectues does It. properly understood show violence 1t
only proposed social for the Southern men who
would vote to destroy the equality OF their States, and
20 Ak the degradation OF their own and our families.
l had in view Just such consequences as this Camilla
riot Is it violence TO say that man who WILL through
negroes his tools endsnger my property my ie and
ms family shall not eat at my table or sleep under my
IbttffV may peOil
p The Forsyth speech, from which you quote IN your
issue OF yesterday, printed never IN my
e on any either felt used the language you
quote toward or OF "UnOn men," Idoubtiess may have
used such language toward meters and boodshed
te South but toward YOn quote me IN parallel
columns with the coOred man Turner. ALLOW me 70
thank you for allowing be equal with the negro in
7HE TRIBUNE 1t Is privilege which is desied by The
reconstruction measures. THE TRBUsR Is more liberal
than the policy It socks to maintain and perpetuate"
IL IA impossible for the Northern people 70 conceive
Row adroitiy and yet efectusly uterances in
the south are distorted here, and how completely our
meaning often reversed, and the application Of our
words changed.
find widespread idea at the North that the election
OF Gen Grant will peace and qnet at the South
rs result the South will desire but il is not possible II
Gen Grant as President. shall maintain and perpetu
ate" the Reconstruction measures. The fault does mol
lie in the temper Of the Southern whites ass represented
At the North but IL lies in the character OF the recon
strucOn policy and In its logical workings These meas
us breed dirty class Of office seekers ri the hands OF
Negroes who IN turn breed Camilla riots our bestwe
people doing all in their power TO prevent these
results in hope early relief in the Presidential election
We do not regard the forced under these
reconstruction measures yet legally estacshed In
our opn ION the American people in this election are TO
express their will that question IL
Gen. Grant shall he elected the osrPetbac
gers and negro instgators will feel sustained
snd encouraged orr white people viii feel abandoned
hy the North and. fear will become hopeless and des
persie I turn from the picture when you
for not keeping quiet and cool in IRE, then
blame the Southern whesfor results in that People
OF the North ROw! On the other hand the election
OF Seymour will be accepted decision by the Aneri
can peope that these governments nos etdblshtd the
few whites who now support them from policy VIII
abandon them; all iDdueement 10 organize negroes "a
voters will be AZ end the people Will DO encouraged
hopeful good governments for all coors win return
aud peace will be assured, aud universal and
instantaneous do know that all our industrial
gements are affected by this contingency. II Mr.
Seymour is elected plantations now idle are 10 he
worked factories built and capital invested and at fair,
good prices II Gen Grant shall he elected bargains are
10 resended and will venture, except sueh as
are compelled for living, and have no other resource
aimly believe it win cost the Federal Government
two hundred millions per TO keep the peace under
reconstructed governments and then the peace
VIII nov pcCauSt ~ CdhhOt, VIC hoIt uhA'a AnNb4'
But will the destruction OF local peace and property be
ALI fear not. and believe not.
Sir. let the deep sincerity Of convictions crave your
indulgence for few additional sentence sm entitled
audience from your readers and through your
distance. allude to the incident following in no spirit
OF reproach but in entire kindness and only 10 illustrate
my point and my motive. have seen the explanation
OF THs TRIBUNE, and recognize its force viewed from
the standpoint OF TIN TRIBUNE. but our people did not
then understand IT, On the passage Of the Kansas
Nebraska bill, nearly all the old Wing leaders Of the
South Joined the Democracy. This left the Wings or