Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-08

etc. Then Hon. benjamin AdrrlS
Brewster. our brilliant Attorney Gene
raj. of the voluminous shirt ruff1es and
dinner plate coat of-arms, is to come in
as an accessory to Chandler, and instruct
United States Marshals and their depu-
ties to give him all the assistance in
their power to enable him to carry out
his system of political prosecutions in
the United States Courts. Then, in all
other cases, where neither cYpher tele-
grams, fraud nor political trials can be
made asailable, Jay HubbelTs corruption
fund is to be literally drawn on for the
purpose of purchasing votes.
This is very pretty and highly char
acteristic Radical scheme, but it will fail
The days of CIPHER kilograms and such
have passed. They can never be made
successful without the aid of Radi
cal returning boards, and these in
situations died along with all the
other corruptions of Radicalism in
the South. Brewster will find well
nigh insuperable difficulties in the way
of instituting political prosecutions in
this section; for, apart from his own de-
cision, recently rendered, that a member
of Congress is a State and not Federal
officer IA decision which must nee
essarily give jurisdiction to State
courts alone over cases involving
the validity of Congressional electiOns),
there is the recent decision of Judge
Woods, of the United States Supreme
Court, in the "Ku-Klux act, - which holds
that all offenses against citizens of
State-such as interfering with their ex-
ercise of the elective franchise, etc.-are
purely State offenses, with which United
States courts had nothing to do. These
two "frozen facts" will pretty well
settle Brewster, and the only thing left
&c be considered is the efficacy of Jay
Hubbelrs fund for corrupting Southern
voters
As far as the masses of the voters of
the South, and especially of Georgia, are
| concerned we regard the mere suppose
ton that they can be bribed to part with
all principle, and sell their votes to the
political opponents of their section for
money, is a vile insult which our people
will be prompt to resent. When the
| South emerged from the war, poverty
| stricken and burdened to the earth with
a loss of property greater than the entire
| public debt of the United States Govern
| ment, she still retained her honor This
honor has never yet been sullied. At
the close of the conflict, when Overrun and
despoiled of the little left remaining to her
by Radical thieves and carpet baggeTs,
/ she was assured that if she would deny
her principles and cease to resist her pO-
litical enemies, not only would all Op-
preston of her cease, but she would be
granted high place in the councils of
the country. The Radical Satan showed
her all the vast wealth to be conferred by
the spoils of office, and which could
easily be, and was every day being, &C
cumulated by corrupt Radical rings and
cliques fostered and encouraged by a
/ Radical Congress and Radical admins
tration. and told her that all these things
would be given her if she would only
fall down and worship the tempter. A
few. very few, yielded to temptation,
but as a rule the South inexOrably re-
fused any such dishonora5le conditions
of prosperity. The disastrous conclusion
of the war, the poverty it entaiied, the
uprOoting of her society and the destruc
ton of her labor system were all grievous
evils, but the honor of the South was
dearer to her than all things else, and
this she refused to part with. In conse-
quence, after bearing her ills with for
titude which commanded the admiration
of the world, she succeeded after a time
in exercising the Radical devil and OBJ
tanning control of her own affairs From
this date she began steadily to prosper,
until to-day she finds herself with unfair
nished escutcheon and on the highway
to honorable wealth and future power
and greatness.
If, then, Mr.. Arthur thinks that he can
capture Southern seats in Congress by
the free use of Hubbells corruption
fund, we are very much mistaken il he
does not find himself calculating without
his host. The mere fact that he imagines
that such thing is possible should de-
termine the Southern people to remain
even more firmly than ever true to their
principles. This determination is special
ly desirable for Georgians at this time,
since Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, in his
recent speech in Atlanta, stated that he
expected more money would be spent to
carry Georgia into the party of cor
ruption and Capitalization than any
other State in the Union. In view of this
fact, we can do no better than quote the
eloquent words of the Democratic stand
ard bearer of this State to his fellow
citizens on this subject. Says he
"Georgians, weak as am, feeble as
am, l do not wish to live to see the day
when this grand, proud old State shall |
be submerged in that tide! Applause.
Let our noble old State be the Ararat on |
which the waves, after sweeping over |
Virginia, and North Carolina, and South |
Carolina, and Florida and Louisiana, |
shall surge in vain, and on whose sum-
NIT the ark of the covenant of the Con- |
stituuon may rest. Long continued |
applause How can it be prevented? |
Fellow citizens, tell you it can only be
done by organization. Loud applause.
repeat what Washington said: When |
bad men conspIre good men must unite
We must work together. We must I'M
derstand the danger. We must not
abuse or quarrel with each other, but we
must persuade and bring all to see the
danger and act together.
Hon. J. E. Dart, ex-Mayor of Bruins
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