The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-03-19

The Views of senator Gordon, ol
Georgia.

gives the following IN connection with
the visit Of Senator Gordon to New
England. concerning the present condi-
ion of the two races ia the South ::
Senator Gordon, of Georgia. and Rep
re-eniaiive Lamar, OF Mississippi. ar
rived in this ciiy last evening on their
way 10 New Hampshire, where the for
mer will speak in Concord. and the lat
Ter in Manchester. These gentlemen
said in conversation with an Advertiser
reporter last evening, that they came
with feelings very different from the
ordinary feelings of politicians. Their
people were too serious 10 think Of
mere triumph of parties. They were
lust in that condition when they were
willing to embrace anything thai prom
ised relief aud good gOvernment. The.
sum of all they wanted was honesty in
their public officers. Speaking Of the
condition of property in New Orleans,
Mr. Gordon, quoting from a letter OF al
lady friend residing there, said it cost
more to pay the taxes than could be OBJ
Itained from rents. The lady continued
in the letter: ave are called a company
OF murderers aud assa>ins. ] tel you
that where one white man can be found
who has committed MURDER, for any
cause at all. will name 10 YOU tw % who
have committed suicide from sheer des-
peration." This was simply \ private
letter 10 a frienG, With no expectation
that il would be made public. She su 2-
lsequentiy gives lonr .ist Of names a.
lprominint citizens OF New Orleans who
had gone mad and taken their own lives.
l"It j. horrid state of society and gov
ernment." added Mr.. Gordon, that
drives people To thli sort OF resort ?
They had come, lie said, with the LOpc
that by an honest, plain representation.
lhraced by facts and by the testimony
which they propose TO present, mostly
from republican sources, they can show
the people of the MOI tn the true con
dition OF the Southern states. They felt
sure that whenever we did understand.
as brave and generous people. with a
common history and a common destiny
with theirs, we world not tolerate tHr
abuses to which they were subjected
the interference OF the federal admins
lration. OF course, if they could not
redeem themselves
THROUGH TIE RALLoT-BoX
lhey must 90 on suffering. bur they
wanted the same rights al tie bnllot-boN
that we had. The. did mo- want men
forced upon them by fraudulent cleo
itions as was done in Arkansas. ~ wa
done every year in Mississippi. and n
was done last year IN Ioui-i'tna. lhes
had come here not TO make pnli'icol
speeches. bU, merely Ia spread ont hc-
fore the people their CONDITION. Speak
ing Of the condition of affair, in 6eOr-
Ola. he said there had not been a life tn
ken ia that state. unle-, it wms in an in
frequent drunken sticct row. The ne
Igroes lived happily and peaccablv. lie
suggested that il was not a very 900,
argument for those who tried To mak,
il aprear that the whites were hostile e
the negroes. when in this slate. wher,
the former race Outnulbered the batter
four 10 one. quiet reigned. lie men
toned. as one significant fact. That tli'
legislature appropriated iho same
amount OF money TOR the negro 20 ew,
A. for the college which was the pride
,iof every Georgian. In all the states t'i'
I older citizens saw that the negro. 30 IA
Z being responsible. was simply made th'
'ltool in the hands of men who uscd hin
flor their own purposes. "A bad govern
lmcnt was the continuous source OF irri
ltation. II was perfectly impossible 10
ANYBODY TO conceive ot a race Of lntelli
gent men. who, knowing that their owl
. .lprosperity, everything they had IN th
world. depended on keeping the peac'
Ihetwee the races. should turn out am
',lkill the negroes wholesale. For cN
Iample: His home was four miles IN tn
!. country from Atlanta.
/, EVERYTHING HE HAD on EARTH
elm the way of housekeeping, his farm
!. .lmules, corn. fodder. has houses. every
y elthing was in the hands y negroes VIM
dhe was in Washington. aud not a whit
man upRn the place. He knew the ser
= l,iment Of the Southerncrs upon ia
louestions OF race aud color and he coul
affirm that there was no hostility towar
the negro as man. Mr.. Gordon ga
> himself had go- way from home al.
left their entire family, their little Chi
nd dren. in the hands OF negro servant
with not n white man anywhere abou
Ills children slept will their colore
nurse at night, and he had 10 oojeciio
Ito the association, except NJ u mi"h' u
, aucnce their morality. The danger ,
/ this rs much greater Than before u
y war. Then the negro was IN the col
Itrol of his master. He was told not
4, swear. net TO drink. not to nse ebscer
\ Language among the children. The
was no such control over him now, an
4. not having any power to control him
anv way to prevent any arts that won
mislead him. he was filled with appr
9 lbep4iou N was not a rcpugnancc {