National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-07-20
VOICE FROM GEORGIA.
LETTER FROM A DISTINGUISHED JuRIs

IN FAVOR OF A THIRD TERM TO De |
FEAT THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
The following letter from ex-Chief Justice
Lochrane, of Georgia, appeared in the Atlanta
Consultation, of July IL:
ATLANTA, July II, 1874.
GsssrnOr Bard, President o. The Gra"i National
DEAR s1R: A letter from the secretary,
Charles W. Hubner, esq, notifying me Of my
election as q member of the Grant club, reached
me a few days ago, and In reply permit me,
briefly, TO say that If the object Of your club is
simply political, you will Rccept my thanks
for the compliment, but as belong to no ssgo-
citation or organization Of any kind, would be
forced TO decline. As believe the object Of
the club has significance in favorfng President
Grant for third term, am with you, and all
others who desire TO bring about this result.
To two campaigns have been for him, and in
the third will have greater zeal and e0thusi-
asm.
With politics proper, or as q party man,
have not taken any interest or giVen myself
any trouble. This section has to select men
and adopt measures dfstssteful 10 the opinion
and sentiments Of the majority In any party
which It may support. We cannot select
Southern man, nor can we adopt platform
congenial to our sentiments. II we did we
would get no votes in any Of the Eastern or
Western States. 1t therefore follows that we
must take 3 WIN q ~ ACNOAA1
and we must adopt platform Of union, nation
alty and loyalty.
This being our position, we must consult our
interests and not our feelings as to the next
President. In q word, Southern politicians
must not expect Thurman, or Hendricks, or
Hancock to find agreement with the prlnei-
Piles of the Georgia Democratic party. hap
pen to know hundreds OF the Northern Demo-
cratic party, and know they are no sympa-
thizers with the prejudces politics so familiar
and popular here These facts being true, the
hope of Democratic success in the next cleo
tons is 10 overthrow the majority in Congress
who would vote for the "civil rights BILL" In
this success I heartily sympathiZe, for, say what
we will, this land would become desert before
the features of that bill will be recognized or
acduiesced in.
The blood of the people is hotter than their
brains, and come what may in consequence,
Summers legacy will be legacy of tears to
his friends. 1t Is impossible to enforce any law
against the determination Of men, women and
children, and to make obedience to 1t by bay
onets would be 10 make desert of the South.
The men who oppose this measure, found In
Republicans or Democrats, will find at the
South, in the next election, sympathy, and the
national party that incorporates it in their plat.
form will get only the colored vote. White
men will shun 1t. This VIII, however, bring
together the men who have split on the policy
of LOYALTY and nationality, and will harmonic
the South on a single idea Of opposition to this
subordinate to this one, and no matter what
may be said or done the naked point the
South will be governed by will be undying hos
tility to every man who favors It. All this is
true, and the nomination OF even President Grant
for the third term by the Republican party, on
platform defining this as one CT the objects
of the Administration, would sever all sympa-
| tbyr1 which hoe rar6lv Mt the South
in HIS favor.
These facts refer to before proceeding
briefly to say that, believing President Grant TO
be opposed to INJECTING this outrage upon the
South, and feeling assured Of his strength and
craftsmanship, and agreeing with him on the
financial situation and on the disposition which
has marked his course in the recognition Of
State riyhts, feel vast interest IN his re-
election, as the preservation Of our present con-
dition is so essential to our future prosperity.
Auy change succeeding the war and its results
will be scanned abroad with great anxiety, and
the confidence of the commercial world Is q
plant of slow growth. Let discussion open, in
heated opposition, issues Of finance just settled,
and we have opened Pandora's box TO spread
a pestilential blight over all our interests.
None SO low as not to come within the wither-
ing touch, and none so high as to escape it.
In General Grant the country has had as much
patriotism, or more, as ever adorned the exec
utiye chair; we have seen the charges Of ne
potism and tyranny fall fat and poweTless
under the blows an honest public opinion has
laid upon them In the last election; we have
seen the picture galleries Of papers devoted 10
the sensations laughed at and spurned by the
thinking masses Of the people; we have seen
imperialism, the fancy Of diseased magma
tons, fade out under the wave Of
poputar endorsements; we have seen the
President proudly and prominently faithful in
1.-THE great Republican principles Of free govern:
ment in Texas and Arkansas; we have learned
to regard him above the reach Of fanatical eX
n elements or sectional influences, or the plead
ipgs of popular fayoTites, moving right on in
the path OF duty, careless Of consequences; We
have recognized IN the merited rebuke which
Credit Mobilier or Sanboru contracts have had
that the influence of his power is to drive
mopeychangers out of the capital, no matter
what party livery they may wear. All this We
have seen, and more. and we know q third
term would add nothing To his ambition, fol
that has been gratifed. would add nothing
to his fame, for that is secure. 1t would adj
nothing to his power and popularity, for boti
have been Endorsed by the wish and Will Of thu
American people, and II is the country he woulC
serve IL he served at all. His friends know h
does not desire third term, but who can fl
his placel No man in the Republican party
and none in the Democratic. If new mai
were selected it would take time to develop hi
policy, and we would invoke q host of Office
seekers, and in the decentralization war ha
7 spread we might find, among Democrats
. hosts, so many hungry mouths for official Placl
that the purity so often boasted Of In tina
party would re-enact such rule Of Tweedisn
. as would cast present rings in the shade.
l am, .hurriedly yours,