The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-05-08
BULLOCK
what He Says Of the Condition OF
GeOrgia-He PronOunces the Ku.
klux Bill q Farce and q Humbug
The Peace Element.

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he was coming into the city from his
farm in the up country. The Governor
has a farm, or "a place be calls it, and
from the description he gave | should
Judge that he intended to live there
some time and not always be Governor.
He surely would not fix it up so nicely
il he always expected to reside in At
lanta. AS to what the Democrats will
do toward consigning him to his rural
home remains to be seen, but from the
note Of preparation already sounded in
some OF the newspapers they intend 10
do little something in that direction.
After the usual salutstions, and
number Of questions from the Governor
concerning the newspaper business OF
Cincinnati and the great men Of the
press of that city, all Of which i
answered as best l could, / congratu-
lated him on the peaceful condition Of
his State. ..,-.-.s.
"Yes," replied he, were getting
along splendid. At no time since the
war have the people been 80 intent on
now. Everybody is at work" ..-.,.r.
more work than politics, then? .r
YES; but politics have only been
laid aside for the time being. You'll
see them loom up again next year.
DO you think the Democrats will
carry the State 2 ..-...-.--....
"They have already got it" replied
he laughing, and it is questionable
whether the Republicans can regain it.
At the December election the Demo
Gratis gained the Legislature, and will
have majority in it Of nearly two
thirds. There is just one way that
Grant can carry Georgia next year,
and that depends not so much on
what he does as what the Democrats
do"
DO you think Grant will be the
nominee 2
Most certainly, there's nobody else.
We are hard up Tor material and It is,
Grant or nobody He is our strongest
man, Notwithstanding the little petty
opposition to him in certain quarters.
That will die out It's dying out now,
and coming to the point that every
man must support Grant or Demo
crat"
You say there is one way Georgia
can be saved to Grant. How is that 2
"Whv, the Democrats can give it to
him, and | look for them to have no
more sense than to do it. hope 80 at
least. Our hope in Georgia is in the
blunders of the enemy. If the Democ-
racy make an issue on any of the late
amendments to the Constitution or deny
the validity of the reconstruction acts,
then Grant will carry their State. |
will tell you why. The people of
Georgia are literally worn out by tur-
MOL and confusion, :and they want no
more Of it. Matters have settled down,
and they want them to stay settled
There are thousands and thousands OF
men in this State who, while they
don't want to be called Radicals, and
consequently do not otficiate with our
party, yet will support neither men nor
platform that declare the reconstruc-
ton acts illegal or make an issue on
the amendments. | know the senti.
ment Of the people of Georgia, and
know that the class Of which | speak
is large enough to turn the scale. So
that the question as to whether Grant
will carry the State or not depends on
the conduct of the Democracy. If they
indorse Blair and the Brodhead letter,
aud 90 in On that, or something like it,
we are safe.
But suppose they should nominate
Adams or Chase ?"
"Well, if they do that, and put their
candidate on an accept-the-lssue.plat-
form, they will carry the State. There
is a large conservative elementin Geor,
sia that will never submit to have all
these questions torn open again If they
can avoid it.
What do you think OF the Ku-Klux
bill p
ooh, it's a farce and humbug.
Congress seems to have exerted itself to
get it up in such shape as TO be power
iul campaign document in the hands of
the Democracy, without doing the Ku-
Klux much harm. They will never
catch half dozen with it. It's not the
thing wanted at all. 1t is an ill-timed,
bungling piece of business. For in
stance, It applies to Georgia, and I'm
certain we don't need it or want It here.
1t will furnish the Democracy an ex-
cellent campaign document, even better
than the Brodhead letter furnished to
us in 1868, and do no good whatever.
There are just two WAYS to deaden the
Ku.Klux-let them alone, and leave
the evils to be corrected by an enlight'
ened public sentiment, or pass ku-
Klux bill that amounts to something.
You don't need any Ku-Klux billin
Georgia then ..
NO more than what we have got
That thing passed by Congress will
amount to nothing here or elsewhere,
except to furnish campaign document
to the Democracy. They were hard up
for something Of the sort, and it came
in good time. A law is wanted that
will strike home 10 the mark where the
Ku-Ki1x actually exist, and not gen.
ersl piece OF patchwork that will do no
good anywhere. In this State | am
satisfied we need no Ku-Klux bill at
present. am glad to notice 3 healthy
public sentiment growing up here which
will frown them down. Why, up In
Chattooga county, not long ago, two OF
them were actually, caught BY the civil
authorities, tried and sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentlary,
Since then there has been no
more Ku-Klux in that county. That
is the way to deal with them.
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