The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-29
A GOVERNOR WHO FORGOT.
John M. Slaton,

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manner in which the pardoning power
had been abused by former Cover
nors, and complimented Hon. JOS. M.
Brown, for declining to pardon Thos
e. Stripping, who had been recon-
mended for pardon by the Prison
Commission. Your statement lead
some of us to believe that you were
in favor of the law being carried out,
and we supported you, but if God
will forgive us for the great mistake
We made, we will never support you
again.
Hon. Cole L. Blease, of South Car
DINA, was severely criticised when he
said, ''To hell with the Law" but
you have done more to tear down the
laws and cause them to be disregard
ed than any other person in the
world. You have brought disgrace
upon our State, and you are no longer
worthy to be called a son of Georgia.
you have stained the Great Seal of
our State, which no true son Of Geor-,
gia would have done
Your message to the Georgia Legis-
lature should be ignored entirely, as
it is shame for them to receive a
message from such a criminal as you
are. Our sympathy is with Governor
Harris, whose duty requires him to
receive the Great Seal of State from
your blood-stained hands. Would to
God that you had had milestone tied
around your neck and been cast into
the sea before you disgraced us.
AS Benedict Arnold raved on his
deathbed, the only thing that his
cramping soul cried out for, was his
honor, which he had sold, and could
not repurchase. AS his eyes grew
CLASSY, and the death sweat stood in
drops on his brow, and his purple lips
trembled with the death chill, to the
lone minister who stood beside him,
he cried out in voice as if though
speaking to the dead:
Come with me, old man! Come
with me, far over the waters All,
we are here, this is my native town;
yonder green's on which / sported
when a boy, and yonder church in
which I knelt in childhood; but
yonder flag waves in place of the
flag that waved when I was a child.
And listen, priest, were l to pass
along those streets, as | passed when
but a child, even the babes in their
cradles would rGise their tiny hands
and curse me, the graves in yonder
churchvard would shrink from my
footsteps, and yOnder flag would rain
a baptism of blood upon my head"
Our true and un-pUrchasable
Hugh M. Dorsey has fulfilled his oath
of Office. He could have sold out to
the rich Jews; but they dared not ap-
proach him, as they knew he treas
ured his honor more than life or
money And he will have honor and
glory in this world and the next, but
you will have none, for there is a
great gulf between you and honor,
over which you canOt pass.
Some lost confidence in you few
weeks ago, when, it is said. in New
York, you stated to the rich Jews
you might respite Frank, while some
of us could not believe that you
would prove untrue to the trust we
had in you. The statement, if made
in New York, was unjust, as the
case had not reached you, and ic only
encouraged the Jews to raise more
blood money. with which they did
their dirty work in Georgia
Your statement as to why you
committed Franks death sentence, is
like man who goes home drunk,
kills his wife and babe and then
tries to Justify his acts before the
court.
Can you show us anywhere in his
tory that Governor called out the
troops because he was afraid to face