The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-01-10

pow ~ Woyos
: At Atlanta, September 23d. he said
$50, with no discredit to you ana no
special credit TO us, the war turnod
out as it did, @ 5a.
Having thus blotted out all distinc-
tions between loyalty and treason, be.
tween Union and rebel soldiers, be
tween the torturers of AndersoDvflle
and tho veterans of the North, he Is
equally explicit as to what he means
to do for tho poor colored men, whom
he pitied SO much November 9Th
sAnd, now, my colored friends, listen
y After thinking it over, be-
lieved that your rights and interests
would be safe if the great mass of in
telligent white men were LET ALONE
by the General Government s1
His confidence in his new friends is
At Chattanooga also he
Tells the colored people: Our conf
dence is perfect, that with the bayo.
uets removed from the South. tho peo-
pie Of the South would be safer in
every right, in every interest, than
they ever were when protected mere
ly by the bayonet.'
AS the policy of the Democratic
party was to be carried out at the
South, 3 Southern Confederate Gen.
eral, Mr.. ID. NJ. Key, q Democrat, who
had opposed Hayes election, and IL
the Senate denounced his election ~
was appointed Postmaster
Gen, raj, aud commenced the distribu-
ton OF tho Southern Post. Offices to
rebel Democrats.
The negro murderers of Hamburg
and Ellsnton had been indicted in the
Federal Courts ofSouih Carolina. The
great and good Hampton appesled TO.
their release, and it was accorded by
the President in q letter Of May 18th,
granting general amnesty TO negro
murdercrs AS political offenders To
make immunity more certain, the pol :
icy Of appointing ~ District Attorneys
and Msrshals men agreeable to the
white people of the Soutb-that is,
Democl sts-wss determined upon.
At the dictation OF the most trusted
and potent adviser of the Adtnin:sirs
ton, General G0rdon-captured BY
Grant in l876-one O. P. Fi;zsisninons
q rebel Democrat and q cousin Of
Wade Hampton, was appointed Mar
shal of Georgia, in place of one
Smythe, . competent and honest Re
publican, ana was confirmed by the
Democratic. Senators votes and tha,
of Stan.ey Matthew'S alone. ssa.
Prior to the selection of Fifzsim
mons the President had determined
TO change Smythe aud appoint Mr-
w. A. Huff, OF Macon, Democrat
W hom Gordon had selected. Some
Kepu blicans of Georgia Joined i'll rec
o,nmending Huff, upon discovering
which dalnning fact, Gordon re-
traced his selection of Hut and. pro-
cured the President to nominate Fiiz-
simmons. fiE itH l..
Gordon thus states his reasOns in .
letter to Huff: Il heard for the first
time that you were being pressed for
appointment as suitable person 10
build up tho Republican party in
Georgia. Surprised at this l AZ once
asked the President to withhold any
appointment tor = day. and until j
could be heard from. The President
(,
.Messrs McDurney and Ilibble, Re.
publicans from Macon. = say
IN their letter to the President tha,
your appointment would materially
strengthen Repubiicanism in Georgia
in harmoniz,ng conflicting party dif.
fereuces, ana bring much strength
from sources hitherto dormant. or III
active opposition.
Il therefore ask the President the di-
rect question: is Mr.. Huff urged for
appointment as Democrat 2 lie said
No, not as q Democrat, but as q man
with very liberal ideas In poliiics.
The Information given Inc by the
President himself, supplemented by
the fact that Messrs. McBurney and
Dibble ha presented and urged your
appointment because it would mater.
tally strengthen RepubIicanism in
Georgia, were the reasons. tor my Op'
position to your appointment. =
'They lett me no alternative but to
saw to the President that L did not be
iieve your appointment would be &C
ceptabie to the people of Georgia.
Had you made known your disap
prOval of such arguments, you wouie
have saved the President from any
misapprehensionAs As to your politica
.tatus, me from the aisagreeable tasi
which Q sense Of duty to my Stats
compelled me to perform, and your
self, possibly, from the. modification
eXDol l0uCSQ at tuo lOoo OA tuO OAAS'
you desired tofil. j. B. GORDON
And go General Gordon procure
Samuel j. Tilden-nO, Rutherford b
Hayes Ito turn out Snythe, u he
publican change from Huff. liberia
Democrat. to Fitzsimnons, q rebe
Democrat, aud make the latter Mar
shal to protect the poor colOred peo
pie of Georgia. -
OF q like character, procured by lik'
influences, ore the appointments q
Waldon as Marehal of Tennessee, an(
and Northrop and his assistant q!
District Attorneys in South Carolina
These significant instances of sur
render of the power of the Fedora
Courts to Rebel Democfacts, tn.
prompt and Complete amnesty to al
negro murderers aud ku-Kiux, anf
the eager trampiing out the only re
manning Republican State Govern
ments in the South. entirely crushet
all Republican courage ana left Re
publicans at the mercy Of their enrag
ed enemies. who turned upon then
with fierce hatred.
Prosecutions and prosecutions II
the State Courts have been freely re
sorted to, and obnoxious Republican,
driven away or uDjusily convicted d
The Republican party has been con-
PEELED TO disbaud. and the dangers o
a solid South and rebel rule. which
President Hayes wanted the people o
Ohio made to believe would be avert
ed ii he were elected, have becOm'
terrible realities. Ht9t 5li
In Mississippi, Governor Stone, in
famous for hia failure to prosecute ef
fectually the Chisholm murderers, wa
reelected by 96,3S2 votes. only 1, Is
Republicans daring to go to the polls
where in 1872. Grant had 81 ITS vote
and Greeley only 1928, and in 49,
Hayes had % COS votes to lI2 173 TO
Tilden. In Virginia, 10l $40 Demo
cratic votes were cast. and 4,3S9 Re
pub. lean.
In Georgia the Republican part!
seeing Senators Gordon and Hill tn
intimate friends aud trusted adviser
of President Hayes, debating the al
pointments and controlling the Fedel
al patronage, must OF necessity di'
solve, aud yet, in 1872. Grant had 62