The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-18
The Promise-T The act.

Editor Morning News: Your article on
CITY Registration is to the point. We
have two factions in the city, and each one
striving for place and power. The dis
graceful character, as you term it, was
simply damnable and corrupting. 1t was
10 be hoped the past elections, which so
disguised all right thinking men. would
be thing of the past. but it seems as if
those who have some sense of self-respect
right, and a proper appreciation of the
vote, are to be treated to far worse state
of affairs at the approaching elections
Why? Because two factions. regardless
of all proper decency and morals, are
striving for office and place.
Two wrongs never yet made a right-nor
did two lies ever make truth. The only
virtue in lie is, that to tell one lie, a
dozen will have to be told to substantiate
the liar or lie, will be tripped up or found
out by other lies. A liar must have of
all men, first rate memory. or he is lost
The more l see of a free and unlimited
suffrage, poll tax being paid, the more
l am satisfied that with free negro suff-
rage it is a farce, a nuisance, a cor
rupting element and a general disgrace.
So far as your writer is concerned, he
would disfranchise the negro; he would
remove him from the ballot box and from
under the influence of white men, who
seem to be destitute alike, of proper
sense of honor and correct principles, or
he would put iron clad restrictions on his
vote, so that it would represent some
thing besides a poll tax. All over the
state It is badly needed.
1t is true hungry stomach never stops
to reason as to good morals, or what is
right or wrong. The two factions have
pandered to vice, immortality, illegalitv
n or, unit Ion, f h.. l.
tells the story as to how men hope to be
elected by the free use of money.
The citizens were told in the creation
of Citizens Club" that it's sole and main
object was purity in elections. Good
and true men with an eye to good gov
eminent Joined that club. Your writer
being thoroughly independent in all ac-
ton, wearing no sort of a collar, looked
to the Citizens Club as an omen of better
and purer elections. He sees in it only
an incentive to greater corruptions at
the polls. When $1,000, $4,000 was de-
manded of those who had aspirations for
honors, it looked like a club organized
to bleed freely all those who wanted
office. AS your writer understood the
object of the club, it was to run up the
white flag of purity at elections in oppo-
sition to any other club, faction or ring.
We did not expect anything from any
other club or combination, for no declar-
auon was made by them.
l have a supreme contempt for both
factions as now marshalled and lead.
and am sorry that such men of charac-
ter as Messrs. Duncan and Myers are
found in such ranks. Corruption stinks
in both factions, and the cowardly plea
that both factions buy votes to make a
wrong look right is to cover up a shame.
a wrong and an insult to right thinking
men. When will the low, ignorant.
vicious and unprincipled negro cease to
be used as tool at elections? Represent
ing nothing but that he is a voter and
that his vote is for SALE is a declaration
to those who have the interest of good
government at heart that it is now about
time to disfranchise him.
The Citizens Club told the people that It's
members would be at the polls to stop
all illegal and corrupt voting, and vet if
is a Herod among Herods in aiding cor
ruption. AS to the other faction il is
also continent with corruption. | have
been sadly disappointed in the Citizens
Club, and have no respect for the other
1t is time that some men should have
the courage of their convictions.
NJ