National Republican., 1876-02-14

with similar honors O from Mississippi.
What nice pair to oppose the seating or
Mr.. Pinchback, whose sins are as wool
when contrasted with their scarlet records!
And what has been the result in Georgia?
A dissraceful reputation followed Dem
ocratic succe-s, on the alleged ground
that the acts of a Republican administration
were nugatory and void. Thousands of
innocent holders Of the securities ofthe State
were debarred payment. and the credit of
the State ruined. A comparison of the ex-
penditures of the State Of Georgia under
Jenkins and Bullock's rule will show that
the latter, while he may have done some
questionable things, certainly understood
the art of running a government with less
money than had been used by the former.
The expense of the Jenkins governmental as
shown by the Comptroller General, is as fol-
lows October 16, 1866, to October 16, 1867,
So, 6S9, 3G3. IS October 1G, 1867, to August
10, 1868, $971, 1856 making a total ex-
Jenkins administration of s., 960, 800 Al.
The expenditure of Bullock's administra-
ton from August II, 1868, to January l,
1869, were $3.50, 957.7J; from January l,
1869, to January 1, 1870, SLS51, ,S95,9 ,98;
from January /, 1879, to January 1, 1871,
S1,470, ,021. O2; making a total Of $3,753,-
SO475 up to January 1, 1871, period of
twenty nine months; thus showing that
with double the voting population and
double the number of citizens entitled to
Governmental protection, and during
period of great excitement and disorder,
the expenses OF Bullock S administration
averaged S., 900 less per month than that
of his predecessor. The real objection to
Bullock was not owing to the extravaganza
of his administration, but because he would
not initiate the treachery of Walker, who
sold out Virginia. No man ever lived yet
too corrupt for Democrats to take by the
hand if he would only subserve their in
terests. Had Bullock only wInked at the
expulsion of the negro Legislators in 1869
he would have been temporarily embraced
by such men as Gordon and Toombs.
Thus we discover the secret Of the
Democratic successes in Georgia and Mis-
sissippi, and find in them the motive
which now actuates Chamberlain in South
Carolina. The Buffers and Hamptons and
Gareys of that State are to be seconded by
Lamar and Gordon this fall, who will
doubtless canvass South Carolina and ad.
wise the negroes to drive out the carpet
baggers" after the manner in which they
harangued the colored voters in Missis-
sippi last fall. We advise Republicans in
that State to commence taking care of de-
cayed eggs, and when these worthless go
down there to make their insulting
speeches let them enjoy shower of these
missiles. The impudence Of this class of
orators surpasses anything of which we
ever heard. They virtually say to the
colored people, "Come with us, for we..are
"your best friends; we fought four years
"to keep you enslaved; we opposed your
"right TO the ballot after you
chad been freed in spite of our
"efforts to keep you in servitude, but
fstill We are your best friends. We
whipped, murdered and mutilated your
"leaders, and Northern teachers who came
among you to educate your children,
"but still we are your best friends
On the contrary, the colored voters
might say ."You Democratic gentlemen
SHOULD come out and vote the Republican
ticket with us. We played with you in
"your infancy, we labored for you in our
manhood, We took care of your families
"when you were in the rebel army fight
q" ing to keep US enslaved, and now you
"ought to come to us in politics" The
experiment of intimidation has been tried
in every Southern State, and
the originators Of the terrible wrongs upon
loyalists should now be breaking rocks in
Northern prisons instead of holding place
the Government. To day thousands
Of American citizens are prosecuted for
opinion sake. In several States a repub-
liCan form OF government no longer exists
because citizens are not enjoying the pro-
tecting power OF the government. II is
said that the Apostle Paul was once bound
and carried before his prosecutors, and the
simple story IS thus told:
And as they bound him with thongs Paul
said unto the Centurian that stood by: Is it
lawful for you to sCourgc 4 man that is Ro-
man and uncondemncd! When the centurian
heard that he went and told the chief cap
tain, saying, Take heed what thou doest, for
this man is Roman And the chief captain
also was afraid after he knew that he was a
Roman, and because they had bound him."
Is our citizenship so much feebler safe
guard than that of Rome that the Gordons,
Lamars, Hills and ToombS and their allies
in the South can witl impunity outrage
American citizens whose only offense is
that they are members of the Republican
party.