The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-14
SOME LEADING EDITORIALS


From the Atlanta Journal.
TO ANNrHILATE GEORGIA. Tho viru-
Iient New York Press demands that the
people o. the State OF Georgia be ehastised-
II declares that one OF Uncle Sans cruisers
should be sent there to level our Giles
and our pride.
| The cause OF the fury Of this little pen
| ny dreadful whose editor, when his prave
compatriots were at the front, stayed al
home amassing a fortune BY cutting cal
| leo and measuring ribbon. is the resolu-
tons OF the Georgia legislature. passed on
the first day OF the session, condemning
Presidel- Mckinley for the appointment
of a negro postmaster at Hogansyille over
the protest of 30 per cent OF the property
holders and voters OF that town.
| The Press heads its editorial on the sub
ject Of these resolutions as the "Insclencs
OF Barbarians, and proceeds 10 print
such vicious lying stun about the people
Of Georgia, and especially those Of Ho-
| gansville. as never even in reconstruction
times disgraced the columns Of the most
rabd Sou,h-hating journals.
| That the man who wrote this editorial "
liar is as plainly evident as the fact
that he is an ass. The Press editorial is
herewith reprinted:
III the congress OF Nicaragua or the
COUNCIL of the dey OF Tripoli had done
that yesterday which the legislature Of
Georgia did. United States cruiser would
be on her way this morning to demand
reparaticrA
Six weeks ago an official OF the United
States was well nigh murdered in the
State OF Georgia because he was an official
OF the United States. month ago the
properly Of the surety on his official bond
was put TO the torch. The assassins in in
tent and the incendiaries In fact have ever
since run loose among the people OF
Georgia. who have successfully concealed
their identity from the United States pros
eeutlng officers. A whole section of the
State has made itself accessory 10 thsss
crimes. Yesterday the legislature OF
Georgia met and considered this incident
and the resulting condition Had it been
a Central American congress 1t would at
least have directed the reparatIon Of an
apology to the government affronted, with
vote OF indemnity to the victim of the
outrage. Had 1t been a Tripolitan council
il would at least have laid a fine upon the
village whose inhabitants had committed
the outrage. AS il was neither. as ii was
ton Of studied insult TO the president and
government of the United States. pro
testing against the appointment OF the
official who had been nearly murdered aud
whose surety's property had been de-
stroyed
. Had this offense proceeded from Cen
tral American or African state the way
TO action would be. as We have intimated.
clear enough. Ii Is not clear enough now.
hp
? the Union of a State lower in the scale
OF civilization than the Barbary Coast or
: the Spanish Main was never contemp' al d
1 by the Unions founders. But 1t is i'm
possible to suppose that In the cons.itu-
tion OF the United States is not found au-
thority 10 chastise the insolence of asso-
ciated barbariaas, whether they be black
yellow or white whether they be domestic
a or foreign. Congress should find the au-
sthority"
i The Journal and all the other repre-
sentative papers of Georgia, have often
condemned the attempted assassination Of
the Hogansyille postmaster. The same
i; is true Of the leading men OF the State.
= Among the respectable. intelligent peo'
pie of the North, and In the enlightened
! press of that section, President McKin' ey
has been even more heartily condemned
I for making this and similar appointment:
! than in the South. 1t was a disgracetu
. use of power, a wanton insult to the peo.
= pie OF the South.
) II has never been demonstrated that the
I attempted assassination Of this pcs mas.
:. ter was made by those who opposed b
r holding the position Many believe it wa
done by enemies in his own race.
I The statement that the property OF on'
q OF his bondsmen was burned by the sam,
4 parties. and that all the people of sec
n ton OF the State were accessories to tn,
g crime. is lie out OF the whole cloth
e The property burned was owned mainl,
by several leading white men and demo
q Gratis OF the county, and the negro bonds
Q man OF the negro postmaster owned onl,
v a small portion Of 1t. The latter has an
: nounced repeatedly that he believed tn
+ property was fired by some of his negr'
: enemies, and that the burning had M
connection whatever with the attack upol
the postmaster.
q So much for the facs.
y Doubtless 1t Is true enough that II tn
: congress OF Nicaragua or the council OF tn
: dey of Tripoli had passed resolutions de
y y nouncing the president of the Unit,
!. States, an explanation or reparation woul,
. be demanded. This would be proper an,
:. right.
= But to anybody but the little counter
: jumper who edits the Press, the diffsrenc
9 between sovereign American common
wealth, one of the component parts of tn
unicn, and an African or South American
state, would be apparent.
The threat to chastise the people O
= Georgia is fearful indeed and would strik
C terror to the hearts OF the legislators an,
the people II the editor Of the Press shoul
in person lead the assault
I But We may rest assured that this littl
donkey in a lions skin is too busy pickin,
UP the crumbs that fall from Boss Platt'
n table to disturb us.
d From the Washington Post
A RLAcKGUARD, NoTwlTHsTANp
a lNG.--some weeks ago. at a time whe
II there seemed no immediate prospect Of MI
Edward Langtry's Heath, we took occasio
to comment upon his cnrduct with refer
ence to his wife, and to express the orin
ion that he was perhaps. the most unmiti
. gated cad OF whom we had knowledge O
- report. This opinion was based, as no,