The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-31
HE DIDN'T voTa FOR HARRISON.
And He Hasn't Been Fortunate Enough
to Get an Cfice.
From the Ne,g York Herald.

From the Nely York Herald.
v AsHIyGTON. March 26.-It was re-
Gently asserted that Gen. James Longstreet
Of Georgia did not vote for Harrison and
Morton. An old friend of Ger Longstrest,
who served on his staff and i himself a dis
tinguShed republican, wrote TO Gen. Long
street. and inquired whether this was true.
Gen. Longstreet has written a reply, III
which he gives an inside view of the means
used by the republican organizations in the
south to maintain their hold upon the spOils
of office without regard to the public good
or even the beSt interss 5 of their partT.
ut is true that | did not exercise the
privilege of voting for President at the
election in 1885," the general writes, "f0r
the simple reason that in this state the ma
Jority of the other party is so great that it
availed but little TO throw a drop against
current that was 50 overwhelming, and
there were many more republicans VINO
failed to vote for the same reason, and
many co!ored men not only failed to vote
for the Republican candidate but voted for
the other side
CHOW, this difference is due to a great
extent to the management of the so-called
republican organization controlled by Col.
Buck and his associates. They have driven
all tne leading men Of the party in the STATE
from active cooperation In politics-such
as ex-Senators Joshua Hill and Miller, and
Jonathan NOrcross, who was the last repub-
llcan candidate to run for governor. To
the list may be added all prominent men Of
the state, for they cannot bo reconciled to
be led or managed by the agent of the
w ashlngton government with his c0ntiu-
gent Of carpet baggerS and negroes. BY
his management the party is composed of
about enough to hold the state offices
under republican Administrations, and they
m at.Rl
as delegates to the nominating conven-
tioEs.
"After the election of 1888 I wrote
simple letter of generalization to the Presi-
dent-elect upon the result. To this |
received a prompt reply from him, extend
ing an Invitation to go on to indianapolis
to see him. Sooa after the receipt of this |
took the liberty to write him a letter in
favor of a distinguished ex-coufederate
republican for an import ant post. To this
| received a prompt reply renewing the
Invitation to go to indianapolis. Both of
these letters were signed by the President
elect.
'Some friends in Atlanta were'anxious to
go on there and opened a correspondence
with friends there on the proposed visit.
Through them they learned of my having
teen called to Indianapolis by the President
elect, and thereupOn they wrote me urging
me to join their party. joined them, and
i'll that way my visit was made aboutea
month sooner than / intended that it
should be.
During that visit my position and views
in regard to the carpet-bagger and negro
combination were explained and fully ap-
proved in quite lengthy interview with
the President-elect and he went far az to
announce that be would not give support to
that element. Soon after the account of
our visit to INDIANAPOLIS being published
Col. Buck and associates made a display
through the press of the fact that failed to
vote for the republican candidate for Presi-
dent, announcing that tore Off the head
ing of the democratic ticket and only voted
for Gambler for congress But every enc at
the polls and every one in the state knew
that my vote would have been cast for Har-
rison and Morton if there had been even
remote probability of their receiving the
vote of the state. After this statement of
my failure to vote for President at the
election | had tt ird letter expressing the
wish to have me in Washington at the in
auguration, and had notice from the CON-
mittee in that city of my appointment as
member of tue reception committee.
Senator Brown was my friend person
ally, but expressed to me assurances that the
President, if he pursued the course indi-
Gated by my recommendations, would in all
probability gain for the next election six
Of our southern states. He agreed, however,
to go so far as to give my friends his
Endorsement before the Senate when their
name reached them.
Mr.. Blaine, in his admirable book, ex-
presses the opinion that leading southern
men should be encouraged, as the only way
of making his party strong in the south.
That the Buck plan is the way to destroy it
has been demonstrated by twenty-three
years of experience. Very truly yours
-. LONGSTREET.
"N B.-I still have the three letters of the
President that were referred to in this let
ter. | should not fail to mention that the
aforesaid so-called republican managers sell
the party to the democrats either by failing
to put out candidates or by making nomina-
tions who will sell out to the opposing nomi-
nees, thus making of their places sources of
double revenue OF this we took conclusive
evidence to Washington at the Inauguration
in the shape of one of the books kept by
democrats, giving the names of the leaders
who received the benefit of democratic cleo
ton contributions and amounts paid them
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