The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-05
! Contemporary Set Right.

The Times, of Brunswick, SAYS that if
the people OF that city have not lost their
self-respsct they will cease 70 patronizs the
MORNING NEWS. II is source OF con-
siderable satisfaction that it IS a matter Of
Indifference % the people Of Brunswick
what the Times says. They ara much more
likely 70 cease p1troaizing the Times for
trying TO mislead than with regard % what
the MORNING NEWS said about the DeFeaux
appointment than they are to cease 70
patronizs the MORNING NEWS for
anything it did say in connection with that
appointment The Times doesn't seem TO
think the people Of Brunswick are gifted
with common sense. or that they can dis
tinguish truth from falsehooL
The Times says that the "MoRSISG
News has been in the lead in all the
outrageous Misrepresentation which have
led TO Deveau1's appointment" This
charge IS not true, and she Times cannot
cite single fact to sustain IT, We invite it
70 do 50. II it fails it must stand convicted
Of willtully intending 10 mislead its readers
and u inj ire contemporary. As matter
Of fact the MORNING News has taken no
part whatever in the efforts of Col
Deveaux TO get the Brunswick collector
ship Ia its local aud telegraph columns it
has given, as matters of news, the different
phases Of the contest for that Office.
On last SUNDAY, after the question
OF Col Dsveaux's appoint nent was settled,
1t editorially callef attention TO two rather
funny phases of the contest. One was that
Of white republicans, natives of the north,
trying to prevent a colorei man of good
character from getting an Office, and the
other was the effort of these same republi-
cans t. get rid of Col. Dsveaux by propos-
ing to have him appointed to an Office in
Savannah. The MORNING NEWS has never
Endorsed Col. Deveaux for the Brunswick
c0llectorship. 1t has said that he is a man
who stands well wherever he is known, and
that was said to show that the white repub-
licans objected 10 him because he is a col
ored man.
The Times says: There are no demo-
Gratis in Bruins wick who want Deveaux as
collector, and it is equally true that there
is not single white republican here who
wants him. These are the facts, the MORN
ING NEWS to the contrary notwithstand-
ing" The MORNING NEWS has never said
that there was democrat or republican in
Brunswick who wanted Col Dsveaux for
collector-has made no statement what
ever about the matter. The effort of the
Times 10 make it appear that it has shows
how little regard it has for facts The as
sertion of the Times that the MORNING
NEWS ''gloats over the appointment of ne
gro as collector" Of Brunswick Is on a par
with its other unfounded assertions.
The Times is extremely anxious to defend
two republicans, Messrs. Goodyear and
Downing, against the charge of incon-
sistency. 1t is not clear why it is. 1t is
certainly not successful in its effort. The
Times says that although Messrs. Goodyear
and Downing ara republicans, they did not
vote for the colored man, Snelson, for con-
gress, because they did not regard him as a
fit man for the place. The inference is that
they would have voted for him if they had
thought him competent, because he was the
candidate of their party. Was not Col De-
veaux also a candidate OF their party, and
have they ever said that he was not compe-
tents 1t has been widely stated that they
opposed him on the ground of his color. If
not on that ground ON what ground did
they oppose hima And if they opposed
him on that ground were they not incon-
sistent, their party believing in pushing
the colored men into the offices? The Times
refers to Col. Deveaux as Savannah's
colonel" 1t is mistaken. He is Gsor-
gia's colonel, as he holds commission from
the governor of the state.
The Times alleges that it has contempt
for somebody, apparently the MORNING
NEWS. 1t is a matter of Indifference. The
MORNING NEWS is not conscious of any
particular feeling of any kind with regard
to the Times. 1t will undertake to say,
however, that if it evil consider carefully
its article in its issue of Tuesday it will be
conscious of so much contempt for itsslf
that it Will not have room for feeling of
contempt for anybody else.