Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-10-23
THE GEORGIA ELECTION.

After the approved good old Radical |
custom. the papers of that party are now
busying themselves in forging and utter
ing the most atrocious lies against the
people of the South. The example of
this proceeding in this State has been set
by the Virginia Enterprise, and is being
industriously followed by some OF the
smaller fry, among which will be found
our neighbor, the Review. In its issue
Of the 18th the Enterprise has nearly two
columns of this kind of matter in which
the people of Georgia are accused OF al
most every imaginable crime, and are OBJ
jects of the most disgusting abuse. The
Cause of this outburst of scandalous false
hood and malignant invective is simply
this: That Georgia cast an enormous ma
jority against the party that oppressed.
robbed and we'll nigh ruined its people.
Freed from the gang of scoundrels and
swindlers that were saddled upon Geor-
gia by the fugitive robber Ex-Governor
Bullock, the people of this plundered and
impoverished State dared to elect honest
and capable men to conduct their local
government. That is their offense-none
other in the world-but because they
thus asserted their rights as American
citizens, these mendacious scribblers,
who would sell their souls if they had
any for pelf, exhibit their malignant
spleen in the vilest terms, denouncing
the whole people of the South as muir
derers and ruffians. In marked distinc-
ton to this strain of blackguardism,
which stains the pages of SO many of the
Radical journals, read the following ex-
tract from the Sacramento Union. That
paper has uniformly espoused the Re-
publican cause, from the first election of
Lincoln, with fervor and marked ability,
and is conceded to be the leading Hepub-
lican journal on the Pacific coast. We
have already published an extract from
the article we speak of, which appeared
on October 4th, but we now reprint it in
full:
News from the Georgia State election
indicates a Democratic victory by any
where from 10000 to $4,000 majority.
Two years ago the Democrats elected five
out of seven congressman. and carried
the Legislature. -Four years ago the Re-
publicans elected Bullock over Gordon
Tor Governor, by 7,047 majority in total
vote of 159, 245. The same year, how
ever, Seymour had 45,6SS majority over
Grant in total vote of 1853, $50. Gordon
was Confederate General, and Bullock
was popular politician. Gordon was
an avowed retroyressist and his election
would have seriously disturbed the peace
of the State. Georgia has 1873 counties.
Our news is from not more than one
fourth as many. Fuller returns may de-
crease the present apparent majority, or
increase it. We should not be surprised
at tho result in Georgia. Not one of the
reconstructed States has been more
shamefully dealt with by fine corrupt car.
pet-bag rascals who have used the name
of the Republican party at the South tc
disgrace It than Georgia. Before the
war, the debt of that State was bal
S2,670,000. When Governor Bullock, tc
escape arrest and impeachment, absenteG
himself from the jurisdiction and resign
ed, the debt of Georgia reached S42, 800,
: 600. The increase caused by the extrava
, gance and venality of the carpet-bag poll
ticians in league with their confederates
the railway thieves, was nearl y $40, 900,
OOO and that in the six years from 1866
to 1871, or at the rate of $1,000, $50 pei
year. 1t was not within reasonable ex
pectation that a State 80 outraged by
thieves in the abused name Of the Repub
lican party, should continue to govern it
of robbery would not only hankrup
Georgia, but in thirty or forty years create
debt 50 large that all the private rea
property in the State would have to b.
sold to pay the taxes, We invite the
earnest attention of the honest Repubi
cans of California to these Georgia affair,
and this political result just announced
5 1t shows to what degradation the part,
will be dragged here if it submits to b,
governed by the railway plumbers and tn,
. politicians they are seeking by every arti
Gle to impose upon us. If the Repubi
can party would continue to be success
full, 1t must merit success by good works
Here We find, from respectable organ
of the party that was defeated, an expos,
of the causes that carried the State agains
: them. Coming from the source it does
: this testimony is unimpeachable. 1t il
. not at all likely to be unduly colored il
favor of the party of which it has beef
one of the most persistent and determined
opponents. We appeal to the candid, t.
the honest and intelligent of all parties
without reference to their political bias
as to which witness they will believe
The evidence comes entirely from til,
same side, from the opponents of tn,
party which was victorious We ask
which portion of this conflicting test
mony is entitled to belief? We woult
further again appeal to the common sense
to the uprightness, to the candor. to thu