Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-12
Alfred H. COIGuitt.
Written for the Morning Ne,es.

WTttten TOT the Morning Ne1cS.
Low murmuring sounds along their banners
fly.
Revenge or DEATH the watchword and renlv 81
When Governor Colquitt appointed ex-Goy.
ernor Brown to succeed General Gordon in the
United States Senate his enemies thought that
he had acted with a great want of judgment.
indeed that ne mad committed the objectionable
sin. and that the time had come to ''crucifv
him" am illustrating the keen, trenchant
perception and calm, comprehens We wisdom of
the Governor and contrasting them with the
truculent faulty Of his foes Never before in
the history OF American politics did vitupePa-
tion and slander so wreak their rage upon three
such men as General Gordon, Senator Brown
and Governor Colquitt, for such cause There
was no element or truth, justice or common
sense ia the fierce, vindictive war waged against
this triumyirate of patrioss, heroes and states
m q.
With what results The great, majestic peo-
pie of Georgia lGod bless them for
ever moreL-the erea est and best
people In this WorId-these peonIe
rose up, and from their mountain homes-the
everlasting towers OF liberty lin voice Of
seven-fOld thunder. whose echoes rolled
through every valley and canon ana mingled
with the music of the Chatlahoochee and Sa-
vannah until they were lost ia the storms of
the dulL ana the roar OF the Atlantic, rebuked
the men who denounced the freemen Of this
Commonwealth as patient in an attitude OF
'abJ ,ct submission" TO the "undemocratic''
methods Of certain Of our party leaders "hood
WAuACu neobCS bbupluIy Q6DdS1QG LleT0-
selves in "a strange and seemingly blind indif-
ference" by submitting to the rule OF base
Leaders" without genuine manhood, and con-
sentlnR to become pol tIcal vassals, "a mere
machine in the hands Of a few designing mens,
ring transformations headquarters are in
Atlanta" :"
Is it to be supposed that the hieh-bearsad
freemen OF Georgia, who respect ther1SeIvse
tion?
Ny point. at present, is this; In the apnoint-
ment OF ex-dovernor Brown to the Senate
t5overnor Colquitt gave evidence of canac5ty
70 comprehend the interests Of the State ana
the wishes OF the people, and of patriotic zeal
in their pursuit. and exemplary frmness in re-
Inslng 70 pc driven from his position nv anv
opposition whatever That the apnoinfma1yt
OF ex-GoVernor Brown to the Senate at the
time. and under the circumsrapces ri v~ao
made. was q most fortunate one few
meR could now be found to doubt or denv
fernsps no otner man In the State Of Georgia
couid nave gone into that august assembly
and better taken up the representation Of fHe
State when General Gordon left n with sas
much satisfaction to the public as ranch
6enent TO the pSoH .. and advantage 10 the
Dfeqecretle party OF the South, and the Union,
what ls now manifest to all men. in the lieht
OF experience, was apparent to Governor Col
quit from the beginning. He did not need the
developments Of time to convince him that
governor Brown would walk into the Senate
Snamner with the dignity and assert the au-
thority OF master, and at a bound per
s0ttem-take his place among the foremost of
southern Senator'S.
He could foresee with what CONSERVATION the
extreme. malignant Radicals would behold
nm tnerel how his presence would swear
more loudly to heaven in favor OF fba ssIovaI-
" OF the South taAl ali our Southern rem
resentatlon Id both Houses Of Congress and
tne Wneie southern press together.