The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-03-16
Prom Harpcr's wcckiy.l
No MIsapprehension Whatever.

From Harpcr's Weekly
No Mlsapprehension Whatever.
In late speech at Atlanta, General
Gordon, ono Of the Senators from GeoT-
gia, said that what "thc South has 10
fear in the elections Of this year is the
groundless apprehension Of the North
lie also declared that Republican legisla.
tion for "the South" Il tyranny Does
General Gordon consider the refusal OF
the Republican Congress 90 justify Gen.
eral Sheridan's action in Louisiana Last
year. or its rejection Of the Presidents
proposed policy ia Arkansas, Tyranny
"Force laws were directed against the
Ku-Klux and White League. and what
have General Gordon or his friends done
10 suppress those organizationsi There
has undoubtedly been unspcakable tyr
amy in the Southern States. but upon
reflection Senator Gordon will probably
agree that il was not. upon the whole
and in any great degree. the work Of Re
publicans. In the very Georgia In which
he made his speech, colored citizens arc
virtually excluded from juries. There Is
no tyranny more absolute than that OF
which this Is an illustration. and such an
illustration implies a feeling and a sys-
tenn. Is the Republican party RESPONSE.
bic for such tyranny In the county Of
Chatham, in Georgia, there are more than
ten thousand voters. Of whom six thous-
and are colorcd On election day these
votes are required 10 bo deposited at ono
polling place in the city Of Savannah.
The purpose Is plain. IL Is practically TO
disiranchise a large part Of the voters.
who must come into town from the
country. Is that n Republican form Of
tyranny? Three weeks before Senator
Gordon spoke. Robert Tosmbs spoke In
the same place, and said that he gloTied
in having deirauded voters at the polls
Is that also tyranny These things are
done, and thingsof which these are bat
illustrations, under the national ascen.
dency OF the Republican party. But u.
with the full knowledge Of them, tho
country should intrust the control Of the
national government 70 the party whose
success is earnestly desired by Robert
Toombs and Jefferson Davis and the pub
lie opinion which ostracises the colorcd
citizen from the Jury box and crowds
him from the ballot box. does Senator
GordOn-does any man In his senses
suppose that these things would ceasc7
The General says that "the South" has
to fear groundless misapprehonsions
at the North. But he Is mistaken. There
is no misapprehension in this part Of the
country, and there l.. notwithstanding
the most vehement denunciatiou Of Nor
thern hate and tyranny, no vindictiyc
denunciation OF Northern hate and tyr
amy, no vindietive feeling whatever The
people y! this part Of the country are a.
friendly TO those of the senator's part a.
they are to the North. AZ wo have here
s.f f. =
atory as Mr.. Lamar. Nobody here dc.
sires any injustice or harsh dealing with
ex. onlederates General Gordon him.
self has seen this part Of the country and
he knows it IL %. There is no misappro-
hension, no illfeeling. no hate nor
thern men and Republicans are not hy.
enas They do not misapprchcnd the
sincere wish Of many intelligent South.
erners TO have done as soon as may be
with the war and all that belongs 10 IL.
They will cordially co operate for n union
Of hearts as well A. hands. But they are
sagacious enough to know the signif-
cance OF all they observe. and they do
not believe that the welfare tho Union
or Of lts white and colored citizens de
mands that the Democratic party should
return TO power. We assure General
Gordon that there j. not the slightest
misapprehension upon that point. There
was the recent case OF Hamblcton, for in
stance 10 leaked out that the clerk Of
the chief committee ia the Democratic
HouJe appointed by the Democratic
leader. had named a child for the asaaa-
sin Of President Lincoln. The story was
Justify denied, bat Il was very soon put
beyond question The father was also
notorious before the war by his black
list Of anti-slavcry merchants in New
York; kind Of blaekmail In the inter.
est OF slavery These were small things.
But why il Il that in the frst Democrat
ic House since the old slavery days-a
House iull OF "conciliation and reform"
and "lraternal love the leader should
have appointed as clerk Of the chief com.
mittee n man who had been conspicuous.
ly offensive for devotion to slavery. and
who so honored the assassin Of Abraham
Lincoln as 10 give his name 10 his son3
II was, we say. little thing aud 80 l.
dried Leaf But dried leaf shows the
way that the wind blows. The Demo.
cratic party nominates for Governor In
New Hampshire n man known only A. q
virulent Coppcrhead. IL sends from Mis.
souri, as Senator anothcr man with no
other claim whatever than that he was a
Confederate officer Everything. little
and large. shows the instructive direction
Of Democratic sympathy. IL i not to-
ward liberty and the Union. and their
friends and defenders aud policy. IL Is
against them. No man whom the Re-
publicans could by any possibility have
appointed TO any position whatever could
have named a son for Abraham Lincoln's
assassin. We can assure General Cor
don that there i not the least miaappre-
hension upon these points here at the
North. There i no viudictiycncsa TO.
ward the South But there IL n very
general conviction that IL il not desira.
Die TO put at the helm those whom the
admirers Of Mr. Lincoln's assassin would
like to see there.
This Is q plain. practical feeling. IL is
an instinct, and IL will elect a Republican
President this year. Far from being
elected under n misapprehension. lao will
be the conclusive proof Of the clear and
sound apprehension Of the country. Ills
election will show that the country feels
the importance Of retaining the govern
ment in hands whose honesty aud patri-
oiic fidelity are unquestioned and un-
questionable, aud that IL sees that a
sound financial policy and imperative re
forms are not necessarily 10 be expected
from a party which has tried within the
year to carry two Of the great States for
soft money, and which includes every
kind and degree Of Hambleton