Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-09-25
The Outrage in the Georgia Legislature

extracts from private letter written by one
OF the members of the Georgia Legislature.
whose ,rustworthiness it endorses, though.
for Obvious reasons. Withholding his name
Al this distance there certainly seems 10
bave been great lack of manly 6rnness in
the conduct .oi these white Republican
mcmbero though it appear, from the cx.
tracts we quote that they believed them
selves powerless TO effect anything against
the large and reckless Democratic majority
But we 10 not think there can be any cause
to blarge the negroes should they refuse, as
this writer suggests. ever again TO vote for
another white man
at is now about week since we have
had up the subject of cxpelliug the negro
members from the House We go and hear
speech after speech, but all TO no purpo ose
the Democrats arc detcrmi ned 10 turn
them out. The House is nearly equally di.
videJ, and while some of the r. publicans
were absent bill was introduced 10 cxpel
twenty four colorcd members. At the
same time 1t was decided that the members
on trial could not vote on their own case.
Taking ont these twenty four Republicans
gives !he Democrats large majority.
Daring this long discussion the Demo.
Gratis SIT day alter day talking and reading.
never hearing word OF what is said. This
has been the case until to day, when II. NJ
Turner (colored) got the floor. Slch a
speech as he made. never heard before
1t was eloquent and sublime He spoke
almost three hours, and never heard peo.
pie get such raspng as he gave the white
race in this country. He told them of all
the meanness they had been guilty of How.
when n slave, they had taken him out and
irhiPped him for praying at the bedside of a
friend ,cto ,cdS aboW In die. How he 90,
his education while others slept, Nov"
said he, II will make the proposition to
every member of this House that / will
read the Bible in more languages than YOU
can, il you will agree TO leave this hall. or
will 90 out il you can read it in more
languages than can" Turner read. in
English. Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
What effect Turner's speech will have in
THIS House ! know not. but there is one
,binc c.r,,iu ,v,cr ,Lo -
oo, 6e,e ,riU h. M ,,,r, 1....'...,,.,
grOes IN Gsyrgia. Besides lhi,. it will bc
hard 70 rct Them 70 got, h. ri.;,.
after this. Ia all the section Of the country
,bcro live ,b, ,o,,.o..
TO one. Mo.t If dos. col,r.1 -
are oool s,,.l,r, o,j 81. 49,.
this House will take ,hc s,ump for G,onl ,S
CJliax. hardly know what TO DO when il.
comes to vote; perhaps. as cannot accom-.
pIish ANYTHING. had better not vote a.,
all. Rcnpb.
lican members say their lives will bs il,
danger when they return home If fbe,, raj,
10 lt the neyrocs star in, their seqf, Sb,,ll
Seymour and Blair bee elected don't tl,ipk #,
will be safe io- Republican to live in Mid.
die Georgia Erery Democratic rictory is
l2ot-a upon h0e as ar endorsement oS se
ccssioE and a condemnation If 7hs vqr on
The part ef he Union SUITES,
Wei. just as expected, the deed is
done. At an afternoon session yesterday.
'"en'yiour members were turned out for
40 other reason than that they were free
persons Of color. though, it advisable
not TO vote, az it might get me in trouble
and could DO no good.
Nothing could have been done to cause
more bad feeling between the races than
tiis act. know there IS not negro in
Atlanta bat ihirks All Who voted to turn