Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-07
Neees.Itv for democratic UNITY.


Democratic psriy has there existed
greater necessity for unity and harmony
in its ranks. especially in the South.
The Republicans are msnifesting the
greatest uneasiness over their prospect Of
losing the control of the next House of
Representatives, and indeed almost con-
cede the fact that they will meet with
losses in the North. To do away with
the effect Of these losses they are looking
snxiously towards the South, hoping
that promises of Federal patronage and
liberal rewards will turn away enough
Southern votes from their allegiance to
the Democratic party to enable a suffi-
cient number of Republican members to
be returned from this section to offset
losses elsewhere.
Should the voters Of the South be be
euiled into acceding 10 the wishes of the
Radicals in this respect, it is not difficult
10 foresee the result Just let the Re
publicans control the next House by
majority even Of one, and the same
scenes which have recently been enacted
in the halls Of the United States House
Of Representatives will be repeated. The
gsg law will be numerically enforced.
The rules will be either disregarded
wholly when it suits the purposes of the
majority to disregard them, or they will
be so amended that the entire House will
be as completely at The mercy
Of that majority Of one as if
It were a hundred. Then would
follow wholesale ousting of legally
elected members from their seats. and
putting in their places Radical contest
ants, and it is needless to say that in a
game of this kind the South will be the
principal sufferer Every Radical carpet
Dagger or scalawsg who may sec fit to
iufiict this section with his presence and
seek to enter Congress can easily secure
the coveted place and salary. All that
L viii be necessary to be done will be
for him to enter a contest for the seat of
the regularly chosen Representative from
his alleged district, and a Radical
House-thOugh such contestant should
be defeated by the most over.
whelming majority - would unhesi.
tatingly cast all law and justice aside
so as to Increase their voting power, and
thus we might even see the majority of
seats from the South filed by Radical
occupants, Just as was the case during
the gloomy days Of reconstruction.
Right here in our First district of Geor
gia it would not be improbable that we
should witness a Democratic member
denied his seat. and our people misrepre-
sented in the Federal Legislature by II.
p. Farrow, OF some other like individual
who might see fit to lay claim
to the election. Our sister State
Of South Carolina is already suf
feriug from Radical usurpation and
iojustice, aud there is no doubt
that with the slightest pretext furnished
for it, Georgia would be forced tC
undergo similar experience. These arr
real, solid facts, and by no means fig
ments of the imagination. Just as soOr
as the Radicals can gain advantage by
SO doing, will they ignore the rights
Of the Southern people as unworthy Of
the slightest respect.
The duty of the Southern people there
fore is plain. They should for self-de
Tense, if not for principle, stick shoulder
to shoulder, and elect their Representa-
uves by such decisive msjorities as t
effectually blast all hopes of the Radi-
Gals of filling up their ranks, reduced il
the North, by recruits from the South
And in this connection, our people
should be particularly careful not TO bt
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called Independents. Let such as they
talk ever so beguilingly about theil
Democracy. when before the people
once in Washington, and they speed
lily show that their boosted De
mOcracy is a flimsy garment assumed
to conceal genuine Radicslism. Malone
aud his fellows from Virginia AFFORD
practical proof of this. He claimed tha
he was Democrat to the last, and ye
from the first he has voted with the
| Radicals even to the extent of placing
ex Southern soldiers under an indefinite
ban, so that a monument might bC
erected to the right and wrong of the
rebellion" Without exception, too
his confederates have followed his ex
ample, and none were more ready thar
the Virginia Readjusters in the present
House, during the past few days, tC
vote with the Radicals to turn out regu-
larly elected Southern Representatives
So it will be always, and so from the
nature of things 1t must be. The South
ern Independent relies for success upOr
Federal patronage and the support
1 VI luc IcuSldi duLnlulSei atiOnJ anu Il
ready to sell himself, body and soul, tC
secure election. For these reasons, if ne
other, Southern voters should determine
to give Southern Independents as wide
berth as they would outspoken stall
warts. Experience has shown that i
you scratch a Southern Independent you
can feel pretty well satisfied that you
will find Republican sufficiently rsdi
cal to suit all stalwart purposes.