The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-07-02
An Open Letter to the General As

the state mas question too big Tor
the State to settle? Is it impossl-
BILE Of solution now? Is it possible
that you will hear the report Of the
committee appointed last year, and,
then you VIII have to appoint an
other, and make another appropria
ton, to take care Of that committee
and the various subcommittee that
will have to be appointed by this next
committee to be appointed by you.
and SO on, till the year nineteen
nineteen? I don't believe one word
Of it. We are paying the fiddler and
you are doing nothing at a very
slow rate
Joe Hill Hall and Tom Fielder will
get up there, as in other days, and
1illibuster the whole of your ardu-
Gus labor into ''kingdom come" and
then you will ask the people to send
you back on your record. Drat your
sorry hides! Why don't you make
a record before You ask us to ap-
prove it?
Another thing that will immortal
ize you, possibly more speedily than
you like to contemplate, is to pass a
law that will make the INVESTIGA-
TTON, EXAMINATION, sUPERVI-
SION OF EVERY CONVENT and
INSTITUTION of the Catholic
Church in Georgia Is matter of the
STATE, and NOW. | told you that
you were coWardly. There is not one
Of you that dafes to get up in that
legislative hall in GEORGIA and in
troduce resolution looking to the
end | have mentioned You are
afraid. All the blood in your veins
would turn to water if you knew
that you were even suspected Of
wanting to do it. And you will say
that there is no necessity for such a
thing. II you don't see the necessi-
ty Of action, then, there are but two
reasons why you don't: One, that
you ore really and truly ignorant Of
the entertainments Of Roman Catho-
licism on the liberties Of our RE
PUBLIC, or, you are really and truly
afraid. In either case, may God have
mercy on Georgia.
Am I a disciple OF Tom Watson?
I am a disciple OF no man. ] had as
soon be q disciple Of his as Of any
man in Georgia. But my f0refathers
fought for seven years for the liberty
that I enjoy, and I have five sons
that ] expect to do the same thing i'll
less than a quarter OF a century
fight for freedom If you don't see
it coming, then, you arc too blind 10
make laws for the government Of
tho commonwealth. I can go to you
separately and practically every one
Of you Will admit that I an right,
but you don't dare do what 7 have
suggested. I dare you to do It!
Well if you want the praise of ali of
Georgia men, women and children,
outside Of the Catholics, then do this
thing and these same men, women,
and children, who before long will
have to suffer the horrors of con-
quests by a very insidious, but rapid
ly working, foreign foe--pass that law
and you will be forever enghrined in
the heart of every loyal citizen Of
Georgia. The Catholic can surely
find no fault with the law How is
it possible that they could? So go
ahead and pass the law. If 7 was a
Catholic priest | could scare you into
a tremble and never open my mouth.
Pretty emphatic language? Pretty
emphatic subject. Our lawmakers
are the only ones between us and
the bayonet and bondage. What will
yon do about it? For the sake of
home and native land, if you will
net for the sake Of God, OPEN your
eyes and see things. Are you mon?
or. are you mere quiescent nonenti-
ties?