The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-10-20

some sort OF organization necessary
in carrying out any enterprise IL
which unity of purpose and action
had to be secured, but we now find
that we were addressing one who
has so far outstripped the world in
wisdom as to find out that confusion
and REORGANIZATION are best, and
that it is safer 20 trust everything to
the instincts of the whole people
without any plan to secure cooper
alton In a word your letter clearly
indicates that you are opposed to
party organizations, party nomina-
tons and all other plans to secure
unity and cooperation.
Ia another art of your letter you
say Organizations to establish
party tyranny, or perpetuate party
slavery are odious. soon become cor
rupt and intoIerable. and it is always
gratifying to patriotism when indig-
nant public virtue repudiates and
overwhelms them" Now, doctor,
in your present discomfort, why did
you not GONE out like a man and
declare, that in your Judgment the
democratic party is an organization
"to establish party tyranny and per-
petuate party slavery" and that as
you we're not one of the masters,
your patriotism would be gratifed
to see it repudiated and overwheIm
ed ? This is what you mean, or
your letter is nonsense. For the
sake of manIiness, you ought to come
from behind the bush and fight open
Iy. That your entire letter is fling
at the democratic organization, no one
who reads il can fail to ses, and if
you want to disrupt it and break it
up, you should say so. You ought
not to thrust at it under the pretense
of answering an invitation to make
a speech. Such course, is neither
manly nor ingenious. Unless you
should happen to be the nominee,
you evidently want the people to ex
erci,e the right and duty of boiling
nominations, whether they be fair or
unfair, and you ought to have so de-
clared in straightforward terms. 1t
is very clear that you are not pleas
ed with the situation" You are
not satisfied with your "hand" and
therefore you wish to bunch the po>
Iitical cards and have new deal
This is the whole secret and you
ought to have let it OUT like a man
and then, neither we, nor any other
committee will mistake your position
hereafter.
In another part of your letter, you
refer to the fact. that ia his district,
two years ago, Beast Butter was the
candidate of the "organization," and
that he was defeated by an iudepen>
dent candidate, whereat the people
rejoiced, and that he is again the
candidate, of the organization with
the prospect of again being defeated
by an Independent candidate, and
that the people again rejoice. Now,
Doctor, what do you intend to illus
trate by this alIusion to Batter and
his candidacy 7 If, in this district,
,.o Lo,.o ,,o;tkar communion, ~. oav-
didate like those in Buffers, the H.,
lustration is inapt, and out of place.
Do you mean that two years ago,
Dabney was the candidate of the or
ganization and was defeated by Eel
ton, the Independent candidate,
whereat your patriotism was gratified,
and that he is again the candidate of
the organization with lik elihOod of
again being beaten, and that your
patriotism will be again gratified 7
Are you so wanting in candOr. as to
wish it understood that you think the
race for congress in the 9Th district
is like that in Beast Buffers district,
and that in your Judgment like re-
suit should take place 7 If you do
not wish to be so understood, why do
you cite the case of Butler as an il
lustration of your position 7 A few
more steps like the one you have just
taken, and the radicals, north and
south, will shout themselves hoarse
in appIauding the galent, the inde>
pendent, the progressive Miller. We
think we understand you. We
think we can see where you will fl
nally land. Certain it is that your
present rate of progress in political
wisdom is too rapid, and your patri>
otism will soon become so estheticaI
as to uotit you for association with
common mortals.
One more point and we have done.
After expressing the hope "organ.
lied democracy" will never descend
so low as organized republicanism,"
aud nominate for high place an ad>
United and proven scoundrel, you
add Blu; if you desire to dignity
aud enthrone over us, system which
may lead to such results, you may
count largely on my patriotism, but
| desire you to draw sparingly on my
zeal for organization Sir, we are
amazed that a gentleman of your
pretensi1ns should so far ignore the
courtesies and prophecies of life as
to intimate to a committee, who had
compllmcuted you with an invitation
to make public speech, that they