Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-24


| the organization, without injuring myself.
| AnY other theory places him in an odious Il ght
| Co both myself and the party he obeyed. ANY
! other motive would do no credit TO either head
| or heart. If he fees so aggrieved az my reply
| to his assault as TO ask public sympathy and
! parade his mighy efforts in my behalf. also
| feel sorry that his mind does not dwell longer
on the motive that impeled that "Grady inter
| view y Having relieved himself of my presence
| In Washington, did it become necessary to
| strike me down among my neighbors and
! friends! Am still in the wayS Although he
| proposes to fight his friends instead of his enc
| miles, and that from an elevation, it will do no
| harm to remind him
" To hrag of benefits one hath bestown.
Doth make the best seem less aud the most
So oftentimes the greatest courtesy
Is by the doer made an injury"
Senator Hill. when he goes out to battle
much mistak es the temper of the opposition il
he supposes he is to fire away at sand bags and
/ hear no sound in reply.
The way TO procure insults is to submit to
| them" and don't propose to take a single one
| from him. He made charge. I made a coun-
| tercharge. He filled to support his charge
with the proof, but l do not propose to omit
| my proof on any such occasion. When he
/ threw firebrand. he ought to have been care
| ful enough to wipe the tar from his own fingers,
| as IL may burn, and he has nobody to thank but
| himself for the scOrching
Senator Hill charged 1 was dishonest in
nv attitude to the Democracy Of Georgia.
charged he was dishone.t in his representation
of the people and the party in the Senate.
Does he deny his independent canvass in the
| Ninth? Does he deny his doublsdealng false
friend hip and greed Of money in he COlquitt-
Murphey PmbrOglio?
Does he deny his attitude to President Hayes
or his denunciation of that gentleman there
after?
Why' He knows why, and you know why,
NessTs. Editors
Does he ever paliate or excuse ever so
feehly," the vote on the Pacific Railroad fund
in hill end his advocacy of the same before
the Supreme Court?
ct me tell you something about that speech
hefora the Supreme Court. The bill intro
duced hy Senator Thurman. and so ably advo
Gated by Senator's Bayard and FdmundS. was
a simple deman to secure the repavmA' t of
the monev paid. and to be paid by the govern
ment on its hon@s issued 10 aid the corS rue
tian IF the Pacific Railroad Beside the grant
of cornorate powers. valuable franchises aud
nuhlic lends equsl in ac-es to the seven smaller
SrateS of the Union. the government issued
ard delivered to the Pacific Rarood Com
. MES bonds amounting to Sf4 000 000-upon
which the tax payers Of this county must con-
tinue to nay for thirty years from their date.
semi annually, fnte- est exceeding three mil
lions per annum The government had issued
these bonds upon second mortgage
or lien upon the road, the
road having issued private bonds on a
first mOrtgaga or lien to the amount Of bonds
afterwards issued by the government Unless
the Thurman hill had passed, establishing a
sinking fund of per cent OF the net earnings
ing to about one hundred and sxtv-flve mil
liors of dollars. would have been lost to the
tax payers of this country at the end OF thirty
years. and which at that time would have
swelled the unhOlv gains nf this railroad mo-
nOpoly. This Thurman bill requiring the nay
ment o. these lawful dues to the government,
is the bill that Mr.. Hill opposed by his vote in
the Senate.
A short time thereafter he appeared in the
Supreme Court to show reason whv the road
ehOud be projected and the people robbed
nPOplR their REPRESENTATIVES. -
clared the road should paw its dues. and the
whole bench of Judges. With one solitary ex
ception, declared their act lawful and constitu
tiOnal
AS 1 was sitting at my desk one dav some
gentlemen came to me and told me M. Hill
was then speaking in the Supreme Court
against the bill for be it reman bered there
were only two members Of the House Of Rep
resentatives who dared to vote against it in
that body-namely, B. F Butler. % Massachu-
SettS and Mr.. LYnde, OF Wisconsin. both re-
norted to be attorneys for the road. I went to
the court room to satisfy myse f. ard there |
found my fears realized. Senator from
Georgia WORKING for a fee-to prevent a mo
nopoly from refunding the money paid es in
terest on their bonds by the hard working men
Of Georgia and elsewherel
Thousands toll on these old red fields of
Georgia at fiftv cents a dav to raise til at
money and affirm boldly to Mr. Hill and this
country that he did not represent the people
who sent him to the Senate, in this matter, and
tn Y ought to know it.
re" embered also, some man approached
Peter when his master was on trial and said 70
him Thou also art Galilean-thy speech
Lest 1 should be asked, art thou also a
GeOrgian?' l left in shame and disgust Like
Peter. would have denied the soft impeach-
ment."
My Democracy is based on ''eoual and exact
Justice to all men," whether they be Africans
or white men. Can YOU call that vote and
ehaC speech Democratic? II so, deliver me
from the name and the party.
Let us examine the record a little further
One day last week Senator HUI said on the
fl or of the Senate he would vote for a bill TO
give each member of that body clerk at one
hundred douars per month or twelve hundred
dollars per year. He said the Chairrnen of
committees had a clerk to do their private
corresponds nee in the clerk allowed 70 the
Committee. and he wanted one too. He was
not able to pay ore out of his own funds -
but he could not DO his writing to his cOnsti-
tuents. he gets no more seed to distribute
a % no more books to send ont than member
OF the House but he cOoly demands an addi-
ton 10 his own salary of twelve hundved dol
lar5 per annum to do his writing and fighting
or Georgia Independents When. hereafter
Senator Hills name is annOunc at the door
we suppose we shall see his valet alias clerk
who VIII be recognized as 'Senator Hills little
But, Messrs. Editors the question comes ND.
who foots the billS Who is to suffer that this
man should have clerk to DO the writing the
members OF the House do without complaint
or pay for it out Of their large salary Of 5000
wi mileage and stationery added?
l reply the people of Georgia and other
states, who even now are troubled to know
now they can tide over the present season of |
poverty and distress, and feei their families
Already pressed tc the last notch vet this
Senator from Georgia calls out for twelve hun
dred dollars more TO swell his gains There are |
seventy-six Senator'S and the extra pay to this
number will amount to ninety one thousand
two hundred dollars. Talk about the back
salary grao! That was open, atraightfOr- |
ward steal, bnt this is the more hateful be- |
use it is disguised, sfealthy plan to rob the |
tax payers and at the same time paw some |
part'San creature to do their private work |
without expense to their own pockets It |
IS simply and emphaticaily like the back sa'- |
ary graz, an addition to their own salaries OF |
twelve hundred dollars per annum.
Pray, upon what meat hath this Caesar fed 2 |
In what is ne better than the hard working |
member of rhe House? To my cert In knowi7 |
edge some of them have done more in one day |
with the help Of their wives, than Senator Hill |
would do in a month And piav in what is he |
better than the hard working people who sent |
him there that he has so outgrown himself |
BY the time his six years are closed in the Sen
ate ne VIII only De mt for crown or the Presi |
dency-in his own opinion
Messrs. Editors. would like to know how he |
exnlsins bis vote on arrearages of pensions
which 'ur own editorials have denounced SO !
heartily What reason can he Give for saddiipa }
S5QOO0, geo upEn the already heavy debt OF
natlonf But time presses, and n9S ,ro,,lIS, LIS
u give this statesman the faIo~ PUpoa-
merits to embsIm his rp~- ne i 30 poeLay IIGnIy
politics and to aftix cbanlet ~ the III brow Of
t ms If TrGao ief1eT Of Democracy in Georgia and
soandsi~ AS he terms all the rest dirty
r. -.s," he will call this the alchemy of
AUh
Some time ago Mr. Garfield was elected Presi-
dent About as soon as the mails c7uld take
his letter, he (HilD unbosoms himself to the
Hon. S. b Chittenden. of view York, End pro-
pose to give you an extract from this charming
letter, which he gave Mr.. Chittenden permis-
sion to give to the public He will not dispute
Mr. Chittendens authority, whatever he may
undertake with Mr.. Grady:
well, my friend, the most anxious event in
our history has become fact-a solid North
against a solid South No language can ex
press TO you the view take of this event for
evil 1t can have no logic If continued, but dis
ruption in several monarchies or absolute con-
either event our constitutional system will fail
in nv opinion. The time has come when the
question for real statesmen to consider is how
speedily to break up this sectional solidity, and
organize parties altogether on other issues. The
Democratic party is hated at the North and
therefore it ought to be dsbanded; the ReDubi-
can party is hated at The South. and. therefore.
it ought to be disOanded. Whether this hatred
is lust or not makes no difference. | would be
glad to see a great national union party or
ganized. for l believe that the government
formed by the Constitution is a nation. l
really like Garfield. and hope he will have a
successful administration. He must feel
keeny the fact that he is elected solely by
Northern voters, but he has a great oppor-
tunity, and can, if he will easily and consist
emily de troy all sectional animosiUies and
solidities. and be chosen for a second term by
a majority Of the States, North or South
Now, Messrs Editors, the "logic'' of this
letter goes to prove that Mr.. Hill can be reli- d
on to break the solldity-or it must remain
solid. Where did l or ANYBODY else say so