People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-14
From a Native of Georgia.

gan counIys ga, ana Unere uV0Q near
High Shoals until I attained my ma
jority. MY grandfather's name was
I'll. J. Thompson. I am personally
acquainted, of course, with the Ha-
MES, Powels Hataways, Robert
sons and many other families of note,
for among such people my ancestery
moved. [ was taught by my parents
that of all the States South of the
Mason and Dixon line, Georgia was
the Empire State of them all, partic-
ularly in her hospitality. II was taught
that such men as Stephens, Cobb,
Hill, Grady and many others could
not be excelled not only in oratory
or craftsmanship, but in the gener
Gus way in which they received
strangers within their gates. But,
my dear sir, when | read dispatches
in the papers of the last few days as
to how shamefully Gen. Weaver and
Tom Watson has been treated in your
State, [ am almost tempted to ex-
claim that Georgia is no longer my
native State. And If it be true that
visiting ladies were treated as the
dispatches tell, then I must say that
the people who once made Georgia
famous for her courteousness and due
respect to ladies no longer live, and
there has sprung up within her midst
lot of ut-throats, scalawags and
vagabonds that care neither for their
mothers or native land. I hope the
reports are false.
Gen. Weaver will speak near here
on October 7th. He will also
speak in Pulaski, Tenn, where it is
charged he is afraid to 60. And I
will state, here and now, that while
he has few opponents here among
the Office seeking politicians, he new
ertherless will be given a welcome as
any visitor is entitled to and a patient
hearing.
/ notice report in the papers of
your State a long list of purported
afidavits of citizens of Pulaski, Tenn,
concerning Weaver's record. I wish
to say that the papers Of this State
know better than to publish such or
the ones that I shall particularly refer
to from the fact they know that the
statements are lies from beginning to
end.
people living in. glass houses must
not throw stones" So [ ask the old
Confederate soldiers of the South,
the question, who snubbed and ig-
nored the daughter of the Confeder-
aoy, Winnie Davis, while President,
saying that it was Shighly impolite to
fraternize with the daughter of Ex-
President Davis, of Confederate re-
cord?"
This IS no campaign lie, Mr.. Edi-
tor. It Is a matter of record, and
happened at Richmond, Va, and ex-
tensiTely commented upon by the
whole Democratic press at the time.
| wonder il these Confederate sol
diers will vote for this war-hired-
proxie- stuffed-proft, South hater,
Confederate hater, negro utilization
lover; for he invited Fred Douglas
(col.j to his grand receptions when
at the White House, and snubbed
Winnie Davis. wonder if these
cid Oonfederates will vote for Ste
phenson, of the duplex, triplicate
stealing record? Il suppose you
know that Adlai was greenbaker
six years ago, and voted in Congress
with the thirteen leprous greenback-
ers, one of which was Weaver)
No, sir. say these old Confed-
federates-three-fourth of them, in
Tennessee-will vote for the party of
the people principles Of life to the
government ; principles of, by, and
for the people, as in days of yore.
They are fast learning that there
is really no difference between the
old rotten machine, Demo-Republi-
can parties.
One of your State papers in par
tlcular-the Journal-has sent Thad
Horton to Pulaski, Tenn. to "dig
up" his record. Now, so far as
Thad Horizons character is con-
cerned, as a private citizen, I have
nothing to say, but OF his record as
reporter of a partisan political news
paper I shall hew to the line, let the
chips fall where they may. Of
course, we all understand that the
man Horton is PAID, or hired, to get
up such reports as suits the occasion,
and if he did not color them to suit
the demands of such ilk as Hoke
Smith, of course we all understand
that Hoke would turn him off and
hire him over again. Now to the
point.
Of all the certificates that Horton
processes to have, not a single one Of
them is from a farmer who is In IA
vor of the reform move, and there
are hundreds Of them all around
Pulaski. ALI Of them, perhaps with
two exceptions, are from men who
were invisible in time of war and are
now invincible in time of peace.
Most every certificate he says he has
is from lawyers, merchants and pro-
fessional politicians, who are afraid
of their bosses. You see their can