The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-10-21

went democratic. Each Southern
State vent through like bitter ex-
perence, but to-day they stand re-
deemed aud make a solid democrats
ic South, forming a stonewall OF de-
Tense against the encroachments OF
radical despotism.
Notwithstanding all this, there is
one among US who is making war
upon the solid South. In a publish
ed letter, over his own signature, DR..
w. IT, FELTON,, who is an indepen>
dent candidate for Congress, says !:
"A solid South means ouly poverty
and iuactiou." In uttering this Ian
guage, we opine he desires to break
up the solid South, dissolve it's mu-
tual strength and turn it over to the
merciIess horde of the radical party
He would invite chaos to come
again. If be does not wish to break
up the solid South why does he utter
such language Out of the desire
of the heart the mouth speaketh.
We would ask him and those dem
ocrais who endorse him by voting
for him, does be and they know
what it is to break up the solid
South 1t is put Louisiana back in
chains under radical rule and re
turning boards. 1t is to plumber
South Carolina and Mississippi and
elevate vice and ignorance over viz
tue and intelligence, 1t is to place
the State of Georgia in the Radical
column 1t is to elect nine Radical
Congressman from Georgia to swell
the Republican majority in the
House. 1T is to send two Republi>
can Senators from Georgia and give
the Republican party control of the
United Sta'es Senate. 1t is to SUR
render your democratic principles,
convictions and opinions to the de-
mands of tho "bloody shutters" and
to help to secure the electoral vote
of Georgia 10 the Republican party
by voting for Garfield and Arthur
for President and Vice President.
1t is to ill! the Executive Chair, the
General Assembly and every county
office 10 Georgia with Republicans,
be they white or black, native or
imported. That is what it means to
break up a solid democratic South I!
Are you willing it should be done
are you willing to pay the price 7
Then make the first break yourself
by voting against HANCOCK and the
democratic party. That is the only
way to break up the solid South. If
you are not willing to make the first
break to keep the Radical party in
power 10 Washington, by voting for
Garfield and Arthur, why should
you want your true and tried demo-
cratic neighbor to do it 1t upon
the second thought all this is repug,
nant to your democratic principles,
why endorse by your vote man
who reuounces all allegiance TO the
democratic party or any party, and
says the "solid South means only
poverty and insction"
The South is soIid-not against
the United States government
but solid against the Repuo'
lican psrty-a party that seeks to
overthrow Constitutional govern
ment aud ceutralize power in Wash
iogton-s party that does not scru-
pie to perpetuate its own rule by
detrsuding the American people by
fraudulently counting in defeated
candidate TO president-s party winch
seeks TO give its highest honor to a
man, charged heretofore by its own
newspapers and Congressional
committee of is own party memb r.,
of receiving a $1,000 bride IN the
DeGolyer pavement contract and
1929 10 Credit Mobilier dividends,
and then pujured himself to conceal
his known c-Jme yes, agatosi such
8 party If corruption the South Is
solid. But the South IL ioYa' to tn
Unioa of ca fathers aod the f.iead
Of he manufacturing and industrial