Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-09-18

alton or anSwp.ed Wltn prompt
and manly definite denial.
And, if these things be true,
there is no extreme of action to
which the honest protest of Geor-
gia should not be carried. The
issue involved is greater than
parties, deeper than the tariff and
deadlicr than any theory of the
currency. These material things
pass and change and modify with
changing parties, but the open
sore upon the body polite cats
and cankers and destroys.
The issue of pure judiciary
towers like amountain peak above
every other question of the cam
paign. Mark you, it will be the
of thousands in Octo-
bcr. | charge home the rcspon-
sibility upon the leaders who ig-
more it. This is at last a think
ing and a reading people. The
last four ycars-the last two cam
paigns-havc been full of cduca-
ton. And the people are think
ing freely and they will vote more
fcarlessly than they have ever
done before. YoU CANNOT ANY
LONGER SHAKE THE RED FLAG OF
NEGRO SUPREMACY IN TIE FACE
OF TIE MASSES AND MAKE THEN
THINK THAT LIFE AND DEATH AND
SALVATION DEPEND UPON VOTING
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. They
ARE THINKING FOR THEMSELVES
NOW, AND ERECTING IN THEIR FREE
MINDS AND BRAVE HEARTS A HIGH
Err STANDARD TO WHICH MEN AND
MEASURES MUST COME.
The judiciary must be kept out
of politics. This is Il mighty is
sue, because it is the issue of pro-
foundcst consequence. 1t is gall
ing enough if this ring exists, for
free and Independent men to know
that hcnceforth they are mere au
donations made to register the de-
cisions of IL star chamber caucus
-merc figures to dance and vote
when these score or more of boss
es pull the strings. But this
might be borne. Governments
have dispersed conspiracies be-
fore, and the people of Georgia
have smashed more than one ring
in their glorious and eventful his
tory. But the entrance of the lu-
dietary into the selfish scramble
of politics is monstrous and un-
bearable. 1t touches the holy of
holies in the State. Think of one
who wears the sacred ermine of
the courts, and sworn to dispense
justice under the law,
owing his scat to Il cabal and
forced to recognize the obligation.
Think of Justice held in any chair
of dependence or poisoned by any
cowardly fear of interest. Think
of these high and noble seats,
glorified by the great names of
the past, prostituted into affairs of
sclf-sceking ambition and degrad
ed into tribunals for compound
ing the folonies of political hench
men, or for spiteful vengeance on
political antagonists. Better mon
archy than Republican infamy
like this. Better despotism or
populism than corruption masked
in the beautiful lineaments of law.
Better Il king than prostitute
Judge! Better Caesar than JEFF
fries.
l tell you, Constitution, that
these things are boiling in the no.
BILE veins of Georgia. If the
charges which base them are un-
true, it should be made crystal
clear to the comprehension of the
people. No pompous denial, no
blatant protestation will alone
suffice for this. Frankly, fairly
and explicitly these oftrepeated
charges must be met, and the
truth made manifest in the light
of day. If these charges are
true, it is yet time to purge the
evil and redeem the party from
disaster. If the ring is formed,
if the coalition exists, and if the
judiciary is in it, let the ring be
openly dissolved, and let the court
officers, over their own names,
all future connection
with political huckstering in the
State. This bold, frank course
is the only way-the noble way
clear always and open to patriots
and statesmen.
As Democrat, as a lover of
my party, l plead with all my
heart and soul and strength for
the purifcation of that parity
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