Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-31
The Republicans in the First Dis
friet ON q Still Hunt.

If the Democracy of the First Georgia
district imagine that their Republican
opponents are supine, or are not actively
at work day and night to capture the
district and secure Mr.. Atkins election,
they are making a great mistake. We
have indisputable evidence to the con-
trary. Our correspondence from Way
cross, elsewhere published, states that
Peasants. Deveaux and other men
prominent in the ranks of that portion of
the army of Federal oficeholders sta
toned at this point, were there on the
same day that Colonel R. E. Lester
delivered his telling address in ad-
vocacy of the cause of Nichols and
good government, and were working
earnestly among the colored population.
We learn, also, from other sources
equally as reliable, that Mr.. Atkins him
self is even now silently but busily max
ing the rounds among the negroes on the
Ogeechee and other parts of the dis
trict, and that he is appealing to them
with many substantial Jayhubbellite
augmentation he has no doubt long
since received his quota of the cOrrup
ton fund-to rally to his support.
The Democracy of the district can
thus see for themselves the fatal blunder
they will make If they permit apathy
Indifference or over confidence to blind
them to the vitality of the contest in
which they are engaged. Mr.. Atkins is
relying for success on two things
money and exciting the prejudices of the
negroes against the whites. The Democ-
racy cannot fight him on equal terms
with the first, because they have no
national corruption fund to draw upon.
But they can successfully fight him in
other ways if they will. They must
rely upon impressing the citizens of the
district, black as we'll as white. with the
evil that is to be expected from a return
to the South of Radical misrule. They
must endeavor to convince all classes OF
our population of the truth of the facts
that the Democracy is the only
party in the Union which has the
welfare of the South at heart, and
that the Republican is an alien party
having nothing in common with our PEG
pie. They must be instant IN season and
out of season to neutralize the efforts OF
Mr.. Atkins and his confederates to arouse
afresh race feeling, now happily being
allayed, and they must, every man Of
them, constitute himself committee Of
one to secure a proper representation oi
Their districtin Congress. by working with
might and main for the success Of Col
Nichols and the party of home rule which
he represents. To do this successfully
the Democrats must shake off everything
like indifference or lethargy. To the
citizens of the district the issue presented
is truly a live one, and demands live
work if they propose to keep themselves
free from subsection to Radicalism. The
Radicals are on still hunt, and unless
circumvented the sun will, on the 9TH
inst, set upon Democratic defeat.
Nothing but criminal carelessness as
to the result can bring this about The
district is Democratic, and Democratic
victory is assured if the people are only
trne to themselves and their interests,
and will do their plain duty. 1t will in
deed be a sad day for us when the party
of carpetbagism, sectional hate, centrali
cation and race prejudice is permitted
again to triumph over the Democracy OF
the 'old First"