, 1876-12-28

not doubt that when they know The truth, rs
they will know It, they wIl1 approve nc with
chserfalne.s snd ''na,ninty; md, in tie mean;
trust Without which s1'a'l be powrrle's to serve
Whit hnve l done or said TINT "friends
shoul.l be alarmed and enemies encouraged" rs
tails ias viii not be cowardly enough now to
,loA v III state some fnrts.
1. Since tho Assembling Of tllts session Of
Congress The Dcmorratic, nlcmbers q
caucus. lave made but one motion 'E
general caucus, md that motion waa adopted
unanimously. 1horc was not dissenting
so!ce-not one. l accompanied TINT motion
which every man in tho ca,,e,ls approved. and
the nafn point OF which was mainly agreed to
by large majority, Including. | bcllcyc, ,cscry
member from tho Southern or late Confederate
States, States, and ccrtafnly every ono present from
., We havc fal frequent conferences, COM
posed OF a limited number Of Democrats, from
five TO- twenty III Il conference. To several Of
t.cso llase been Invited entlattondtd. In these
conferences l have madu several motions and
suggestions. Every ono llayo Jet made hus
been adopted, and sometimes unanimously
adopted. On ono or two occasiona my sugges-
t!ons have bccn received will! a. consideration
II This i ny Work. What an charged With,
Il. It ts said that hayc expressed dlstrust Of
ns @sss5s @ ppss Pssssfs Psss thu NJ s
single word published on this subject is true
not one.
.; II Ia sall that myself and other Southern
men ne, ,,aye lost faith IL tho election Of Mr.. III.
ing to make, some bargain, OF trade, or arrange.
kind arc simply manufncturcd-M manufactured
ny sensat!Sna! hI5engs fo5 Republican VS. a
arc reduced to sad hope OF SUCCESS II the silly
or designing Democrats wtlo affect to believe
such charges arc to bc accepted rs the only
| trusted advisers Of thu pafty.
| alton Of how easily public man hero may DO
mfsrepresentcd by ncwA gossips md interview
crs,-antf especially II ho be public man who
Is worth mlsrcpresentng, but haYo not the
a few words In conclusion. Tie political SIT
| uatfon was noycr 60 critical rs nov. Our con-
stitutiolal m systcm Is Oh a magazine Of powder,
and 10, 600 fools, md sonic that arc not FOOLS
| are striking matches all around It.
None but cooi men and patriots who love
country more than uf]icc can aycrt tho most
horrible civil war that ever disgrnccd nnd de-
etroycu liberty and humanity. And yet thcro
was never lcss cxeust for any war In the history
| Of tue world.
Such q war, II It come, will bo tho elimination
Of human crime In tho tlastarlly destruction of
human rights by d!syracefll scramble for
office.
Hayes received solue votes. viii il not be 1ct-
ter to harc either for President than to have d
rnlcr who received no votesa lie Is too stupid
19r argument who locs Iot sec TINT tho last
may not be made President by Returning l3oards
or bayoncte, one thing is certain: Mr. Tillcn
can n0t and will not hc made President unless
he Is y made e 50 BY ia honest count Of tho
That count chi be neither fair nor honest un-
less Ii be Ind under Interpretations Of tho Con.
stitutfon long accepted and by methods Of pro.
cctlure long Established. Tie party TINT nov
method of count wli be party IN rebellion and
s1s'peBB tic peBps: as' l' CONSTITUTIONS tue on'0n AID
Iant. therefore, In fayor Of fair and honest
constitutional count Of the votes OF the people
secured I shall abide I'D result; and so will
every other nun North an1 South who Is uot
willing to destroy his country.
an, bravo enough 70 want peace, but not
cowasd1y enough to accept ttlsllonor.
It is unpleasant now to haye to wrlte letters
md, confess, llttlp woundIng to my prido &c
bo called on by friends to deny clinrges sc
plainly absurd, nnd SO wicketlly circulated. Dut
In thoso evil times.
ask you, therefore, to glve this letter to ttt
press, aud l respectfully ask every paper IT
Georgia to give 1t IN insertion.
| ulAkE DNc IGlu0St ul LHG peOpl9 OIL tCQFElA
and that Is that they wiil bclFavo nothing as
cribcl to mo unless It appears over my. own sig
nature Or in tho ollclal proceedings Of Congress
can SEQ no other possible protection IRON mia
representations.
believe VIC can avcrt all the cnlasntties nov
so much dread. II we can pcaccably inaugural,
tho nun cluctetl by thu pcoplc, va slIall llavo
now nnd loaE lelBc Of constitutional Govern
ncnt. II we ca1t not, then our beautiful. glori
GUS, and constitutional system will perish, mt
my freniis Will lind lnu on tho front limo OF til,
Inst fatat charge in Its defense. Yours, yer,
truly, BENZ. II. Hill.
A. b. CuLnEnsos, Eaq., Atlanta, Ga.