The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-08-09
CALL FOR A CITIZENS MEETING.


originated to suppress the negro vote
when he was an ignorant and suspicious
being, have been recently adopted to
suppress any element that may arise if it
be not in accord with the men who con-
troll the machinery of the elections, even
should such an element exist in the
Democratic party. AS has been fully
/ demonstrated in the recent primary be-
tween Gen. Evans and Col. Atkinson in
this state
And Whereas, The elections in this
city of Marietta have become so con-
taminated with.fraud and deception that
at the last regular election held in this
city, his honor, Judge Geo. f. Gober.
felt it to be his conscientious duty to
declare at the polls on the morning of
the election, "That any fraudulent meth
DDS contemplated should be prevented
and that he had appointed his deputies
to surround the polls to arrest any illegal
voters who attempted to VOTE" or words
to that effect, and said deputies did make
some arrests,
And whereas, the people of this state
have been taxed to raise School Fund
that the negroes of this state might be
educated, and become intelligent citizens,
fully competent to exercise the rights of
suffrage.
Therefore, be it, Resolved by the Peo-
pies Party of Cobb county, in conven-
ton assembled,
LIST, That while this deplorable condi-
ton unquestionably exists. yet we do not
charge all Democrats of this State or
community as abetting or practicing
these frauds, still we are fully persuaded
that until these honest men declare their
Ipositions, those who now perpetrate
these frauds, will consider their silence
tacit endorsement. We therefore beg
every honest citizen of Cobb county who
believes that our elections should be
above suspicion, who believes that every
man who conforms to the law, be he
Democrat, Populsst or Republican, white
or black, has the right to vote as he
chooses and have THAT vote honestly
! counted, to be present at a County Mass
; Meeting to be held in the Court House
the first Tuesday in September, at clever
o'clock, to be presided over by such mer
as it may select and transact such bust
ness as may come before it, and we ask
every citizen, be he white OF black, to bt
present and see who among us favol
honest elections.
End. Realizing that everybody's bust
ness is too often nobody's business. W,
therefore make the following specia
I request, and should any individual b,
, prevented from attending we hope hi
views will be presented in writing.
To OUR PREACHERS.-Gentlem vol
stand in your pulpits and cry peace
peace when there can be no peace, fol
how can you expect peace in YOU
churches when some of your members
know that there are brothers, ESQ called)
who sing, pray and commune together
yet the one will not lift his voice in pro
test when the others vote is stolen. YOU
have declared the theatres, the Euchre
parties and the ball rooms things worthy
of your condemnation, and as you scored
these weaknesses of society your gooG
Deacons and pious Elders said "Amen, >
or Good Lord deliver u.s." Have YOU
: the manhood to stand up and declare
that dishonest elections are worse crimes
than all of these? and that they only
exist because your Deacons, your Elders
and your pious church people permit
them to exist. You know the good PEG.
pie rule this country and that it is only
as good as they make it. Appoint one
of your members to represent you
Don't retire behind your cloth, be men
if you would have men believe in you.
: To OUR BUSINESS MEN.-Anything you
condemn as detrimental to the prosperity
of the community cannot live long. How
can community prosper when one hall
of it's people have no confidence in the
other half's honesty? If you but say
that we must have honest elections. we
will have them. Appoint one of youl
number to voice your sentiments. Should
you fail to do this we respectfully ask
Mr.. B. r. Legg to speak for you.
= To OUR COUNTY NEwSPAPERs.-Gen
, tlemen, nothing can withstand the thun
der of the press, will you open you1
batteries along this line? Appoint one
of your number to be present. Should
you fail to do this we respectfully ash
Editor Chas. NJ. Williams of the Acwortl
= Post to represent you.
> To His Honor, Judge Geo. +. Gober.-
1t is within your power to insure IL.
honest elections. If you but throw the
strong arm of the law around all ou1
elections as you did in the Holland Glove,
+ election all will be we'll. We all know i
was rumored that you simply took thai
, stand to insure the election of your per
; sonal friend. Will you come out boldly
: and give the lie to that rumor and thu.
prove that the precedent you then estab
} lished was from principle and not per
sonal favoritism.
To the Intelligent Negroes of thi.
County.-You can do much in this mat
ter to discourage your people from being
: the willing tools of INSCRIPTIONS men
} The men who least desire your race t.
improve are those who do the most t.
degrade them. Select one of your me1
to speak for you.
O~I Al
nal, the Acworth Post, Roswell Banner
r and Daily Press be requested to publish
G these resolutions.
JAMES l.. SHELLEY, Chairman.
LoRING MELVILLE, Secretary.
The editors OF the Marietta Jour
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