Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-30
[from the New Vera ri Aprii islh
TaE GE0RGHA 8 sTTOS.

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done with her yields at last 10 the
interminable garruli'y Of the
Senate. Here is our view Of the
Georgia Question:
l. The Rebel element in that
State is primarily responsible for
her present condition. Il was
fully represented in her LegisIa-
ture; no Test Oath had been i'm
posed to its prejudice; in short, all
was moving on toward her speedy
restoration to her proper place in
the Union, when the Unrecon-
structed saw fit to expel the
Colored members from both
Houses. 1t was an ungenerous,
unworthy, disloyal, foolish, sui
eide act--much like firing on a
flag of truce. 1t was q first step
in that revolution backward which
Frank Blair proclaimed, and in
furtherance of which he was
nominated for President. It was
the signal gun for q new rebellion
in response to the nomination Of
Seymour for President. Nobody
can think worse Of that outrage
than We do.
II. But we, who stand for "Gov.
ernment Of ''the People by the
People" cannot afford to renounce
or defy our own principles be.
cause they are set at naught by
the practices of our adversaries.-
In opposition to the champions Of
Government by Caste, we are ad-
vocates of All Rights for All. A
Government in which but one race
or one party has q voice is at war
With our fundamental idea, al
though that party should be our
party, that race generally favor
able to our views.
III. Georgia has thousands Of
voters who intensely hate the
cause which finally triumphed at
AppomattOx: so has New York.
Georgia was made to vote for Sey-
mour and Blair against the judg-
ment and wishes Of a majority OF
her legal voters; so was New
York. Georgia might next Fall
through fraud and force, choose O
Governor and Legislature opposed
} to the real wishes Of her people
and in sympathy with the disloya
: element: New York has ALREADY
, a Governor and Legislature thus
| chosen. In short, there is not Q
single valid reason for not letting
Georgia choose her own rulers
and Representatives in Congress-
7 which is not an equally gOoC
reason tor doing the same by New
: York.
Nv. Republics are not foundel
+ on the assumption that all men ar
e angels Of light. Ifthey were, the,
4 would be embodied falsehoods
), which could not live u year. W,
know right well that many men ar,
vicious, and ignorant, and corrupt
; and yet we regard the republic al
the best possible form of govern
e ment-.-and best for Georgia as wei
- as for New York.
g V. The legal voters of Georgi
e as registered in 1868 we're thus re
} turned:
Whites....0 0G,2s2. COlOrOd.. .05,OT3.
. O'the whites, not less than 10,
, 600 are Republicans; while all th
} blacks but handful are Obliged t,
l be Republicans, since they know
1 that the Democrats would disfran
= chise them il they could. On
: fair, full, mconstrained vote ther
T. is probably not less than 1000
Republican majority in the State
Z AT the election for Governor il
1868, Rufus P. Bullock (Republi
8 can) was chosen over Gen. Cor
don Dem. by 7O47 majority (BuI
=. lock, 83,l46; Gordon, 76,09S)
/ Barlow and Telfair counties, ,whicI
made no returns, might possibl
r have reduced the majority to 6OO(
a In the succeeding election 70
President, the blacks were largel
J. deferred from voting or made t
!. vote against their choice by in
+ timidatiOn; so that the totals II
s turned were.-. Grant, 57,134; Sey
;. mour, l02,S22. In two or thre
counties no vote was cast 70
Grant; % counties gave him les
4 than so votes each. .j
c VI. The Republicans are seri
D ously weakened by faction. Thei
X leaders charge each other with al
number Of treachcrics and misde
T. meanors. We do not decide whicI
Of them are right and whicI
wrong, we only insist that Govern
= mcnt by the People cannot awai
the adjustment of their quarrel'
i VII. When you 90 to the bot
tom of the case, you find the al
gument for further ReconstruC
u ton amounting to just this: 81
:, you allow the people of Georgi
. to elect new rulers, they won
u elect US We presume that it
so. But We cannot forever kee
the boy out Of the water becaus
! he has not learned to swim. Tn
time must come when Georgi
, will be governed as her peopl
shall see fit. Then why not now
If any more Rebel antics are Gu