The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-07-31

of monarchy; we will take Grant
for a third term or any number OF
terms"
GOV. SMITH INTERVIEWED.
"What will be the effect if the
civil rights bill passes in its present
shapei" l asked
ooh, it will be the ruin for the
South. 1t will close our schools, and
intensity race hatred hundred fold.
The very day the bill becomes law
| shall issue proclamation stopping
all school warrants on the treasury,
and thus closing the schools until the
Legislature meets. shall take that
course to prevent riot and bloodshed.
The attempt to establish mixed
schools would result in five hundred
homicides week, and TO prevent
this it will be our duty to close all
the schools. 1t is not worth while
to talk about educating the races to-
gether. 1t can not be done. Our
people will not submit to it. They
will let their children grow up in ig-
norance first. At present we have
good schools for both races, support
ed from q common fund, OF which,
Of course, the white tux payers con-
tribute the greater portion. The at
tempt to force mixed schools will re-
suit 10 the destruction Of all. Per-
haps then the Northern fanatics will
be satisfied. They are forcing this
thing on us because they hate us,
and not because they love the negro.
This is mere pretext, and altoge,h-
CIR too thin to deceive Southern white
men. But they can not force mixed
schools. All the power on earth
can not do it. Up North, if they
choose to have mixed schools they
may, but they can not force the dose
upon the South. Bat / look for the
bill to pass, and we shall have the
law upon US with all its attendant
evils, unless the President merciful-
" intervene his veto and save both
races from the calamitics which will
follow such an enactment"
GRANTS CHANCE.
ado you think Grant will veto
it ?" | asked.
at is the impression here that he
will, although we have no assurance
Of it; but you may have noticed
change of late in Grants conduct to-
wards the South. We certainly
have noticed it. We catch at such
things very quick down here. We
believe that he changed his policy
towards us, and that hereafter we
shall have justice at his hands. If
he should carry out his good inten-
tions toward the South, and save us
from the calamities of the civil rights
bill, he would have the everlasting
thanks and esteem of the Southern
people. He would have become
more popular in this section than you
have any idea Of.
"As for the third term, that is
something that the Southern people
have no objection to whatever, be-
cause a third term. For the princi-
pie itself, ia our condition, we care
nothing. Graver concerns engage
our attention. We have no time or
Idisppsition to discuss abstract theo-
ries or haggle over what is called the
custom of the Republic. # Grant
will do the Tair thing by the South
If he will give us simple justice, we
are for him for third term or a
fourth term. We care nothing
about the number of terms, but ev-
erything about the man. With
Grants past course we never can
agree; he doubtless acted from con-
viction so did we. But If he will
make President for the whole
country, we have no objection to
him simply because it will be his
third term in office. That is moth
ing to us, but to have man in the
chair who will do justice
to the oppressed and plundered
South is everything. We had bet
ter have Grant for third term than
4 worse man for one"