The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-09-04
Georgia tor seymour and
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Georgia will 60 tor Seymour anc
Blair by a majority Of fifty thousand
The Atlanta New Era (Radical,
confirms the business Of the claim
That paper says: +
"It becomes our painful duty tt
state that the Republican party il
Georgia is entirely without organi
zation or concert Of action, and i
something; is not accomplished il
the line Of organization within the
next few days, the State will 60 fol
Seymour, Blair, and disunion almost
without an effort. If our Republi
can friends will talk less and 90 tt
work in good solid earnest. we car
carry the State for Grant. As mat
tcrs now stand, we are beaten by al
least twenty-five thousand majority.
Let US 60 to work."
The Atlanta correspondent of the
New York Herald shows that botl
the Chronicle and Sentinel and the
New Era are correct, and that Geor.
gia will certainly go for Seymour
and Blair. He writes as follows:
"The political situation in this
state is very intetesting, and the
indications are, that if Georgia is
permitted to take part in the Pres
idential election, she will be carried
by an overwhelming majority for the
Democratic candidates. The most
marked features in the campaign SC
far are the immense activity and
enthusiasm of the Conservatives, and
the utter apathy and apparent hope.
lessncss of the Radicals. Numerous
meetings are being held in different
parts of the state every day, which
are now largely attended, not only
by whites, but also by immense
numbers Of negroes. The organiza-
tion of 'colored conservative clubs
has become perfect rage, the mum.
Der of negro Democrats in one county
thus organized reaching nearly
twelve hundred. Free barbacues,
under the management of the State
Executive Committee, are being
held al the rate five or six every
week, they being attended by largs
concourses of negroes, varying from
five to fifteen thousand strong. At
these gatherings any quantity of ed
iblcs arc consumed. the negroes in
the meantime hurrahing for Seymour
and Blair, and groaning for the
Radical ticket and party. This
is very ludicrous to think Of, but it
is fact. Competent judges and
men well acquainted with the SEN
timents of the negroes estimate that
of their ninety six thousand votes
at least forty thousand will be east
for the Democratic ticket, and if to
these figures be added the seventy.
five or eighty thousand white votes
which will assurclly be cast the
same way, it will be seen that Geor-
gia is almost certain to be carried
by the Conservatives by perhaps not
less than forty thousand majority.
Some few radicals here try to con-
vince themselves that the result will
be different: but the more honest
among them frankly admit that the
only question is as to how large the
majority against them will be.
What has been written Of this
State can be applied to every
Southern State. Even in South
Carolina the Democrats boast they
will carry the state by ten thousand
il the Legislature does not take the
election from the people. There is
nothing IN the political line soplain-
ly evident as the utter panic of the
Radical leaders at the extensive de-
sertions of their negro allies. If We
take the county of Chatham, in this
State, as an example, this detection
will become all the more apparent.
There, at the election for Governor,
no negro could vote the Democratic
ticket unless escorted to the polls
by white men, all armed and ready
to protect the Conservative darkey
at the risk Of their own lives. 70.
day there are several colorea Dem.
ocratic clubs in Savannah which
meet openly. without fear, transact
business, admit new members, ano
express their political sentiment.
unreseryedly and plainly. At every
meeting their numbers are increased
and now three out Of every four ne
groes who apply for work produce
their badges and certificates as proc
positive that they inteno to 'vot,
wild dar white frens.'
The New York Herald (Gran
orgah) adds editorially:
1.-The South seems likely to. e,
. with rush for Seymour, and tn
reason is that the Republican polio,
I has been made so clear BY Congress
and the reconstructors that it il
impossible to disguise it, especiall,
in the most offensive point, negro
suffrage. On the other hand, there
is everything to hope from the Dem
ocrats, and the Southern peopl,
readily believe that they will hav,
the sympathy Of the leaders Of thai
party. In oil the Southern States
we shall SEQ very nearly what w
have just seen in Kentucky; and, al
the Democrats will certainly divid.
the North, there is the highest
probability that sweeping success
in the South will give them the