Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-11
The Southern Votes.

~ s"y oouDe was ever seriously entertained in
regard to the vote of the Souhrsn States for Cree
10y, Georgia has dismissed it with an emphasis
Wnicn must satisfy the most skeptical. Of course
We expected to carry this State by 30 decided Q
majority as would preclude any hope for our op-
ponents next month. But the most sanRuins did
not anticipate such verdict as has been lust rem.
dsrsd. The people seem to have appreciated the
Importance OF expressing their convictions at the
polls, ana they turned out as men ought do, who
have patriotic duty to perform. The can :ass
wss conducted without demonstrative exhibition,
ana TINS quiet led US to suppose that the vote
would fall far short of the real strength.
below this calm surface there was q resolute
purpose to condemn the conduct Of the Admins
tration' in protecting carpst-baggsrs who had de-
irauded the State of millions, and who like Bul.
Iocx, ore now living in splendor upon these spos.
beyond the reach Of justice. II the President and
ns party had not directly protected and encouraged
'nsse thieves giving them all the moral and ma
ter'al support of Executive and r. lative author
ity-thsre might have been different result.
What the people OF Georgia and the South have
most desired Is peace. reconciliation. and the op-
po1unity to recover the losses incurred by civil war
They cared little for politics parties, and having
accepted the results Of the war in good faith only
asked to be let alone. 1t suited the Radical Md.
en- to insugurate policy Of aggression and ty.
rsnny, and Georgia now gives her answer to that
suicidal and harsh experiment.
Ihe sentiment which has been thus sxpressed
renects the prevailing opinion all through the
south. Every State. from the Potomac to the
MO 0rande. has been in some form or other sub.
yectso 70 the same systematic oppression and rob-
nsry. Ten Of them have bsen plundered, under
9fant' OF more than two hundred millions Of dol
lArs IN issues Of forged and fraudulent bonds, to
~ nothlng OF the enormous imposition on State,
county and municipal taxes. II these outraoes
had bsen perpetrated In New England or the West
aud the local tribunals had failed to furnish re-
0rsss, remedy would Eave been found in popu-
lar revolution.
10. thsrefora, reasonable to suppoas that the
inausnces which have operated in Georgia Will BE-
te With equal intensity in all the other States Of
the South. They have had the experiences of
atantism Tor three ycrrs. and know what TO ex.
Rsct IN the event OF its continuance in power
neiiet IL only to be attained by q change of Ad-
mlnistrAtion. and the downfall of system which
has prodnced nothing but discord and disaster,
south Carolina and Mississippi may be possibly
carried Tor Grant, owing to the excess Of the ne
gro population. but there il not another State
wAich can be claimed with the least reason or
probability
Every effort was made by the desperate parti.
sans OF the Administration, to excies bad blood
between the white and colored people Of Georgia,
70 70 obtain pretext for military interference,
and 70 raise false cry on the eve Of the Presi.
dental election. That game was perfectly under.
stood, and 1t was fol I'd by firm determination
@ bsar organ,ssd outrages rather than TO furnish
TIE slightest pretence for Federal intr lsion.
Hence there was not the least disturbance except
ct Macon. whore the negroes were marched to tie
polls In military order, armed and ofiicered, with
ths deliberate design Of taking forcible posses
saoe and driving the whites away. That this
pot was concerted BY hired leaders, 10 self.evident
ton Patriot.