National Republican., 1881-12-06
"REPuBLrcAN BouRBoNs.n
TO The Editor Of Tnr RrruBL1cAw.

~ the isullof OF iIib REPUBLICAN,.
Every Southern State is cursed with
them, these worthless helpless, pap-sucking
tthey are all in ofice) Bourbon Republican,"
Generally they are the ietsam and fotsam of re-
construction days, and have long since quietly
settled down to holding Office and permitting tho
Republican party to go TO perdition. In Virginia
General Malone happily uncovered them to tho
President, and has given them their correct ap-
pellatiou-" Bourbon Republicans" Ku-Klux
and night-ridcrs and the tissue-ballot boys South
have no more potent and faithful allies than are
these inbecile Republicans, who for ten years
past have monopolzed Federal patronage in the
South. Ask them for results, for an evidence Of
party growth, and they at once uncover you some
old sores and tell Of the prosecutions OF lS65-66.
Mark the inanition and imbecility, for instance OF
Georgia Republicans The list of really able and
conspicuous gentlemen known rs Republicans in
Georgia would show an aggregation OF talent aud
personal worth quite competent TO combat with
Democratic bull-dozers. But where is the parly3
Where the young men who have grown up under
the new re0fnlef Have they been invited
into the stronghold of liberty and lawf
on the contrary, valuable accretions have
been been repeied and party ptogress prosiituted to
las do Messrs Hampton and Butler for South Caro-
lina) now select Federal officials, the tacit agree-
ment with their friends. the "Ropublican Bour-
bons," being about this "Giyo us the local sway
and WE, the nice clean, true, and only represents
ntiyes of the chivalry will see that YOU, the Re-
Federal custom houses and post offices. AS 10
the rank and file of your Republican
party, that may 20 TO-" To the Republican
Bourbon this argument is invincible Mark tho
lamentabe result. In Georgia, as In other States,
the party by its supineness and greed for Office
has become the laughing stock. young negro
boy (very worthy personally, no doubt appears
periodically In Washington as the chairman Of
the Republican State Executive Committee OF
Georgia" Meanwhile an alleged majority OF
G0,0O0 Is regularly rolled up for Bourbon Democ-
raCy OF the Georgia stamp, and Federal oficlalt
suck the Federal teat ltneeded puncture only.
AS Malone exposed these worthless barnNclos in
Virginia, so too, does the Georgia hulk need n
thorough scraplng If IfRepublicanism is the ism
which should permeate this land then let lead.
crs' understand that they must lead and keep
their banners dying. The ammunition for soma
brave and fearless man is plentiful. Georgia, un-
der the Democracy, stinks with bases repudiaton.
Ten millions of railway bonds bearing Legislative
| authority and the great seal Of the Commonwealth
remain to-day dishonored and denied. Pecu-
lation and treasury malfeasance have
| blackened every administration since Governor
Bullock LEFT the chair. An honest election Is
| known in the State. As in Georgia, so in them
all. Let the great party which has redeemed the
| country and carved our name on the pyramid oil
| fame reach out hand and with II fan the South
orn spark. viii IL klndle a blaze? Ask Virginia,
| who now gives us two United States Senators and
positive dominance in the two Houses of Congress
SOUTHERNER.