The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-12-30
A Contest in Georgia.

A Contest in Georgia.
The Unexpectedly complete triumph OF
the Democrats at the elections held IN 'eol'
ola last week has disgrrntled the haats"iS
If that State 70 such an extent that they
threaten 20 set them aside and try It over
again. The Atlanta Ncsc Era, which is
Gov. BuLLoCS's organ, says:
"(T course, all such elections will have
TO be set aside, since they really amount 10
no election at all. And If these lawl'SS pro.
ceedings have not been so general an o'c q,
the state as to defeat the rc>torca nna.or rs
Georgia BY the admission Of her Se''n,',' y :
aud Representatives in Congress. II WI TX,
better than is now anticipated; !"os'hs
from the Information now nj manu.
The scalawass and carpet-baggers are the
same kind of pcople everywhere. When
ever the result OF M election Is untaVoraple
to their nefario,ls schemes, they undertake
at once 10 have the election set aside. or
their own candidates indicted into once
Under threats Of danger to be unprecedented
from the Federal authorities. In Georgia
the election machinery was almost en-
t,Telv In the hands of BVLLocK'S agents.
The last Legislature, which was Radical,
made new election law TO suit themselves.
They changed the time for holdingthc cleo
tons, and, instead Of providing for large
number of voting places and one-day' S
balloting. they established bat single vot-
ing place in county, and required tne polls
to be kept open three days. They adopted
these measures for The purpose of perpetu-
ating their own power. TO keep the polls
open three days was to give to every negro
so disposed an opportunity to vote IN more
than one county, since 1t is Impossible III
Georgia, rs in Virginia, to identify negroes
except in small country settlements, where.
in every man, white and black, is known
to his neighbors; and, az all convenient
voting.places had been abolished, there was
of course no chance to prevent frauds OF
this kind. Indeed, it seemed to be gene
rally understood that the sole object Of the
Radicals in altering the times and places for
holding elections was TO render their own
success certain. Despite all Of these mea-
sures, however. the Democrats carried the
State. And no sooner is the result an.
nounced than DuLLoCE's organ declares
that "of course all such elections will
have to be set aside" and threatens that
the defeat Of restoration" and the refusal
to Georgia Of representation in Congress,
may be the fatal consequences Of the con-
duet of the reckless Democrats who have
defeated the one object Of the RECONSTRUCT
ton measures adopted by Radical Con-
fart 90 ri,ptA tlt n
her place in the Union. We heard similar
threats in Virginia when Gov. WALKER
beat WELLS, and this old Commonwealth
was redeemed from the miSrule of the birds
Of prey who were eating out her vitalS.
PORTER and WHITTLrsEY and al the tribe
Of unprinciplcd plundcrers made the Capt.
tol at Washington vocal with their wrongs.
But all to no effect. The voice Of the people
Of Virginia had been too plainly heard to
be diSrcgarded even by Il Radical Congress,
and so her representatives were admitted
TO their seats in that body, and her State
government placed IN the hands of those to
whom the hallot-boX had entrusted it. So
will it be, we doubt not, in the case OF
Georgia. The northern people are tired OF
reconstruction" They are disguised at
the stories told by carpet-baggers and scala
wass. And Congress, whilst it is none too
good to porpetrate the grossest Of outrases,
if their constituents approve, will not dare
to commit political crimes which would
draw down upon them the condemnation Of
their own section. The Augusta (Ga.) Con-
st'tutionalist does not seem to he greatly
alarmed at the prospect Of a contested cleo
ton. It calmly says:
"If Congress can nix up anything worse
IN the Way of an election bill than the afro
cious effort Of Alderman and McCay, Con
gress is smarter than we suppose. If, in
spite Of Alderman and all his works, and
Grant and all his military, and carpet. bag.
gers and scalawags and all their peculiar
Vaccinations, the Democracy have carried
Georgia Overwhelmingly, we do not SET
how the matter can be mended by any
legislation short Of the dislranchisemcnt o
one, half of the white population of thi
State. That is big job to attempt at thi
late day, and rather difficult to he sure 0
when attempted"