Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-13

agalnSJ MN Dy prominent dpOsllc anu
latter day evangel of the church.
While, however, the reverend gentle
mans position as a messenger cOmmis-
stoned Of Heaven to preach the gospel
must be recognized, still the Senator and
every one else who reads his fulmina-
tons must feel that they are decidedly
worldly, and that the parson, when he
entered the political arena, allowed his
r. n ri feelings to cause him to forget the
| church and his own sacred calling. For
instance he says, in most unclerical Ian
guage, that if Mr.. Hill says he ever did
so and so, he Csfr HID utters "a most
unqualified falsehood Besides this, too,
he proceeds to make charges against the
Senator, breathing more of the spirit Of
anger, hatred, malice and all uncharita-
bleness, than that of the Prince of Peace,
whose humble minister the Reverend
Doctor processes to be, and who, pro
claiming peace on earth, good will to
| men," babe his followers, when stricken
on one cheek, meekly to turn the other
to their assailants.
So much for the spirit displayed by
Rev. FELTON,, DID,, the evangelist. Now
| let US examine for a mOment-what is Of
more importance for Georgians to con
sider-what he proposes to do in the
State as FELTON,, the politician. His plans
and purposes as the representative Of
The Independents may be gathered from
the following extract from his letter:
''When this presuming leader dares to
/ charge me with trying TO 'AfricaniZe the
State because l claim for every man,
white and c0lOred, the right TO vote a
| free ticket and to have that vote counted
-herause | claim the right of every
| child to a plain English education at the
| expense Of the state and Federal govern
ments-because | claim protection for
| the poor, wretched creatures who are,
By the multitude, being pushed into the
| convict camps of the Senators political
allies-the people will begin to under
stand the true inwardness of the BOur
bon supremacy IN Georgia"
That extract should open the eyes of
every Georgian to the dangerous game
threatened to be played by the hide
pendents of the State. i. e., the politi
clans who are independent of political
principle and everything else but Office.
The first portion of it is simply bOsh
| Mr. FELTON, knows that there is no Demo
| crat in Georgia who does not advocate.
as boldly as he processes to do, the
right of every man, white or black, in
| the State to vote as he pleases, and have
that vote counted, and to enjoy for his
children the advantages of public school
education. Nay, more. He knows full
well that under Democratic rule in the
State, these rights and advantages are
not only to-day practically enjoyed by,
but guaranteed to, every citizen. How,
then, his advocating what are already
established facts can cause the people
to understand the true inwardness Of
Bourbon" supremacy in Georgia to
the prejudice of such supremacy it is
difficult to understand.
The second portion of the above ex
tract, however, is very significant, and
should tend indeed to enlighten the peo-
pie of Georgia to the ''true inwardness"
Of Independent rule in the State, were
such a thing, by any disastrous comb
nation of circumstances, to be brought
about In the spirit of the true dema-
gOgue and desperate seeker after office
regardless of consequences, Mr. FELTON,
asserts that he claims protection ''for
the poor wretched creatures who are by
the multitude being pushed into the con-
vict camps of the Senator's political
allies" Now what is the only
inference to be drawn from
this expression? Simply that Mr.
FELTON, and his party propose,
during the coming campaign, TO stir up
all the vile passions and prejudices Of
the lowest and most dangerous class
of this or any other State, and appeal to
convicted criminals and their friends to
come to their aid to destroy that Demo-
cratic supremacy under which the State
has prospered and flourished ever since
Radicalism and carpet-bagism were over
thrown. 1t can only be concluded that
crime is to be sYmpathized with by the
Independents, criminals are to be made
martyrs Of, and the Democratic party is
to be held up to odium, because it de-
mands that offenders against Justice
shall receive the due reward of their
misdeeds This is the programme of
the Independents as fOreshadowed by
Mr.. FELTON,, their chief apostle and re-
preventative. The injury thereby threat
ened society and the fair fame OF Geor-
gia is plainly manifest.
Fortunately for the State, the only eff
feet of such a course will be to ruin the
hopes of the Independents themselves.
No true Democrat will ever be seduced,
even by the most glittering temptation,
to ally himself with party which pro-
poses to resort to such means to secure
success, While no decent man, be he
white or black, will be willing to be
found in consort with any party, the
main allies of which viii be either con-
victed or unconvicted felOns. Mr. Eel
ton allowed his passion to overcome his
prudence when he was betrayed into dis
closing the hopes and purposes of his
party in the above quoted extract from
his letter. He will find that, at the out
set, instead of being able to destroy
Democratic-Or, as he proposes to term
it, Bourbon" supremacy in Georgia, he
has succeeded only in bringing odium
upon the opponents of the Democracy
of Georgia.
Remark by the New York Sun: eve
never saw anything like the whitening
contempt which is now poured on