The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-01-05
THE GEORGIA EIEcr1oS.-The election in

The GEORGIA ELEcTToS.-The election In
our sister State the week before Christmas
seems to have been a complete and overwhelm-
ing victory for the Democratic party. Five
out of seven members of Congress are Demo
Gratis, while the lower House of. the General
Assembly is three-fourths Democratic. Only
one-half of the State Senators were chosen at
this ELECTION, and out of the number elected
this time the Radicals have secured but two or
three. All sorts Of devices were resorted to by
the: Radical party to ensure success for. their
candidates. The military were poured in from
all sides, and Grant fully carried out bis .Dart
of the programme in sending troops. IldenM-
dent candidates were induced to take the field,
and thusSto give aid to their Radical friends.
And to crown all, a most infamous election
law-infnitely worse than the one under which
the Radicals manipulated affairs in this State
at the October election-aided and abetted the
purposes Of the Radical crew. But all COM
bined failed to oyerawe, intimidate or disceur-
age the brave Georgians, who went to- the polls
and manfulIy declared their unalterable oppo-
sition to Radical supremacy. 1.-The New York
World comments as follows. upon the Georgia
election
The returns of the Georgia election present
q prospect by nc. means agreeable to admins
tration eyes. It is reported that five out OF the
sevene Congressman to whom the State is enti-
tied are certainly Democratic, with every prob
ability of the remaining two going the same
way. AS to the Legislature, the advices are
that fully three -fourths of the members elected
are Democrats; 4; which insures an impeachment
of that Door henchman of the White House,
Governor Bullock, just as Governor Holden, Of
North sCarolina, is now impeached for letting
loose vagabond militia upon the State uu-
happily delivered over to his authority. Be-
yond all this. the Georgia election decides that
it is not possible for any President of the Uni
ted States, even one crowned with the laurels
of victory, to so far prevail over the old Anglo
Saxon predisposition in favor of liberty as to
countervail a verdict at the polls by means of
the bayonets and the influence put at his COM
mand in virtue of bis place. Further than all
this, the recent election in Georgia demon
strates that the day of repression is past. Be
fore the war, South Carolina was taken to be
the type and. embodiment Of secession. Since
the war, the State of Georgia has been consid-
cred the most intractable Of all the Southern
communities To-day, however, this common
wealth presents itself as fully accepting the
situation, and it will be a pcrilous work, We
may assure the Republican majority in Con-
gress to reject the vote just cast. That the
said vote is against the Republican party iseno
reason to be received by the American people
as forming an argument for the rejection of the
popular verdict. AS the tree falls so must it
lie, and we take it that this Georgia. election
will be allowed to. remain undisturbed. AttoF-
ney-General Akerman has done his best; the
administration has put forth its strongest pow
ers; the reconstructed State government has
exerted itself to the uttermost; it has been, in
the words of Andrew Jackson, an entire victo-
ry for Democracy, and must remain, to quote
Andrew Jackson again, "a square defeat.