Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-27

In another column we give place 10 GER
tain letters that passed between Governor
BOyntOn and the then Executive OF Oeor-
gia. Il. b. Bullock, in the summer oil looo'
in which the former applied to the lat'eI
requesting the appointment Of Judge oil
the Flint circuit. This application was
accompanied by references as 10 OONef-
nor BOvutOn's fitness, or rather accepta-
biIitv. 10 numerous Republicans. Follow
inc the letters, we publish what Governor
Bovpton has to say in his own be
half with reference to them, as
also in regard to his service I'M
der the Freedmen's Bureau, together
with by no means brief list of Demo-
Gratis more or less prominent, who pur-
sued a like course to that taken by Gov.
BOynton under the Bullock regime. This
full presentation Of the subject is due to
our readers in order that they may obtain
a clear comprehension of the matter.
The letters have been on file for years in
the Executive Department, and when
GOV. BOyntOn heard that copies of them
were TO be used in the hope Of injuring his
prospects in the pending canvass, they
were promptly furnished by him for pub
LEGATION. He assumes every responsibility
that they may possibly subject him to, and
defends his action under the Bullock re-
CINE in a square, manly way. That
Governor BOyntOn did not serve his peO-
pie faithfully, that he became any the less
a Democrat. or that he is not now as true
a Democrat as his opponents, whose in
tercsts the publication of these letters
was doubtless intended TO promote, can
not be successfully disputed.
Governor BOyntOn was elected to the
State Senate, and was made President of
that body, despite the existence of these
letters. He is now filling the Executive
Office in consequence of these two separate
elections. and we cannot see that the OBJ
| jectiOns now urged against his record make
| him any the less worthy of receiving the
nomination of the Georgia Democracy for
| the GOvernOrship and the sufrages of the
people at the polls.
We have no candidate and desire sim
ply to see the canvass conducted to an har-
mOniOus conclusion. In view of the
aspects the campaign had assumed
we advised our readers that, in our judg-
ment, the readiest and best way to MAIN
tain the harmony of the Democracy would
be to let the gentleman who is now filling
the office serve out the full term of his
illustriOus predecessor. We are still of the
same opinion. though we may incur
/ BY expressing it the imputatiOn Of
| vOicing the wishes of the sO-called ''ring."
The changes have been rung upon this
cry of ''ring rule but the people have
never been caught by it. We are for the
choice of the convention, and trust that
the lot may fall upon the wOrthiest, but
we repeat that in our Judgment the
readiest way to meet the necessity that
the death of Governor Stephens has
created is to continue the present incum-
bent Of the Office for the remainder of the
term for which Mr.. Stephens was chosen.
But, waving the question of the choice
for the succession, We submit that the
time has gone by for waving the ''blOOdy
shirt" If tins effort to injure Governor
BOyntOn in the estimation of the people is
not exactly unfuTling the ensanguined
ensign, it is sufficiently like the tactics
employed elsewhere to call for the protest
Of every lover of fair play.