The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-22

To the Editor of the Herald:
The announcement in your paper this
morning .hat General Gordon had resigned
his place in the Senate, and that Governor
Colquitt had appointed Ex-Gov.Joe Brown to
I'LL the vacancy, astounded me, and doubtless
will every other Georgian in Texas, 1t in
deed came like clap Of thunder at clear
noon.
When the political complexion of this
and the next Senate is considered, and the
probable no less task than determining who
shall be the successor of President Hayes,
may devolve upon Congress next winter, the
most painful conclusions can but be arrived
Mt.
The political character of Ex-Governor
Joe Brown is widely known; He WAC
Governor of Georgia from the beginning to
the close of the war, led the militia in the
capture Of the Augusta arsenal and Savan-
nah forts in 1861, and for few months was
master split in his State in the war Of the
rebellion. But before the close of the second
year of the desperate conflict he began to
weaken, and from that time to the surrender
Of Lee, he, with Governor Holden, Of North
Carolina, never failed to strike fatal blows at
the Confederate cause wherever and when
ever the opportunity presented. AS their
ommander.in-chief he disbanded the whole
Georgia militia in front of Atlanta, and wuen
Sherman was ready to make his final attack
upon Hoods army He encouraged desertions
from the regular army and shielded deserters
with tho nf tho ltpuarpnp 4 sd M
sooner had the Confederacy fallen than he
went hook and line into the carpet Ng camp,
and from the beginning to the close Of hat
Jubilee of Northern convicts and ex,South-
ern slaves Joe Brown. reyeled among them.
He came Jut Of dc infornal orgie with a for
tunt estma ed ut 100000, aud with u
twenty-five year lease IF the Western n Az
lantic road, the property of the State, in his
pocket, obtaining this lease ut n rental of
sos coo per month in the face Of other bids
of $4,000 and $4,000 He has acted with
the Republican, party ever since, openly, pro-
fessedly. andnever pretending TO be anything
but Republican, as everyone knew, and
he knew he was traitor to Georgia,
and the South during the war. He support,
ed Grant in both campaigns and was dele
gate in the last convention which nominated
him, and was the defender and apologst of
the every net of that administration, nclud.
ing the long catalogue of crimes it commit
ted upon the Southern States. That he will
act with the Republicans when he takes his
seat in the Senate there is no doubt
But didn't Governor Colquitt, the we'll.
known Democratic Governor of Georgia,
who up to this time has never been suspect.
ed, know all this? And didn't General Cor
dor, sometimes called the Chevalier BayNrd
OF me South, know who Colquitt was going
to appoint? All! too WE'LL Too we'll Too
WE'LL
Governor Colquitt made the appointment
instantly There was no consultation with
the people, none with their.leaders, so far Ms
now known. The resignation of Gordon
and the appointment Of Brown were pub
lished simultaneously.
According to the political complexion OF
the elected Senators and those who hold
over, the Senate which will be sworn in on
the 4th of March next would have stood Sc
Democrats and SO Republicans, counting
Senator Davis with the Democrats Blu,
with Joe Brown on the side Of the Republi-
cans. the Senate will stand 80 Republican,
and 81 Democrats.
You will here see that this is q grand move
upon the national political chess-board
Itgives force to the oft-repeated declara
tons that the Republicans have pre-der
mined TO seat their candidate for Presden
whether he is defeated or elected, by fair o.
foul means.
Joe Brown is the Talleyrand ("eunnin.
old Fox" as Napoleon called him) of Amer
lean politicians of the present day. The Re
publcans could not have picked a MAJ
North or South more fitting or more exper
in pulling them through game which re
quires the lotliest chicanery or the lowest.
] will refrain from giving vent to my feel
ings about Gov. Colquit and Gen. Gordon
nor Is j. necessary. A GEORGIAN.
Forty Miners.