The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-11-08
TWO PICTURES.

Senator j b, Gordon, of Georgia,
writes u long letter to the editor Of the
Tubuae to correct number Of misstatc-
mcnts- this is n mild term, but it means
Iic-of u correspondent Of that journal
in South Carolina. In concluding this
letter he draws the following picture OF
the condition Of affairs in his own State
Of Georgia and in South Carolina
Lct me close this letter with the gen.
cnl remark that no people were ever SO
misunderstood NJ the people of these
Southern States. Nothing could be
more foreign to their purpose more
nyersc to their sentiments, nor more IN
conflict with their interest, than the OPP
preston Of the colorcd race, upon whose
good behavior and labor their peace and
prosperity depend 1t is to them most
strange that they are charged with 81
suicidal II policy, even if they were a,
Republican leaders affect to believe, lost
to every impulse Of humanity 1t is to
them most strange that the respective
| conditions of Georgia and South Caro-
lima, with nothing but the narrow St
vannah between them, should he ne
vindicaton of the Southern people, and
no evidence of the uuwisdom OF forcing
upon States 10y Federal Intervention
rulers who have no local interests out
side of the Offices they hold The credit
of South Carolina il ruined, her take.
are conliscatory, her institutions OF
learning II byword and rcprouch, her
population in neycr-ccasing hroil Will,
| the bonds Of Georgia are nearly ON d
/ rnr with United States securities, her
| taxes scarcely apprcciahlc; her colnrcd
| institutions of learning supported 10y
| State contributions and in u most Hour
lshing condition, with absolute peace,
harmony and good will between the
races rcigning undistubod throughout
her borders Tncrc is not one right
conferred upon the white man 10y the
| State of Georgia which is not equally SO.
cured to the black man The annual
appropriation made to tho colorod col
lcgc in the city of Atlanta the fifty
thousand colored children in our pub
lie schools, while that race pays but one
fItioth of the taxation; the rapidly in
creasing property, both real and person.
al, in the hands of black men; the al
most partial justice shown them in con-
tests with white men before our courts,
the freedom from disturbance, restraint
or intimidation at elections, are facts
which can be established on testimony o!
iair-mindod black and white Rcpubl-
cans in this state, verified 10y any UNI
prcjudiced Republican from the North
who will visit us, and should be poten-
tal in siloncing the PARTISAN appeals to
the North Tor unnecessary protection to
the colored, and unnatural luminosity to
the white race.
Sir, YOU will come into our midst
you will be convinced, and you will
again place your powerful journal on
the side of Justice to your oppressed
countrymen, Conscious of the great
wrong which such writers rs your cor.
respondent is doing the whole South rs
well as the cause OF reconciliation and
good government for the whole coun
try, We will not do our fellow.citiacns OF
the North the injustice to believe that
they ARE in sympathy with the spirit OF
intolerance exhibited by few extreme
presses and political leaders,
j. II, GORDON.