The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-05-12

quick, yet we doubt if it will succeed
in penetrating the skin of the man
who by an abominable miscarriage OF
Justice and wisdom now occupies the
executive office of Georgia. In short
Judge Searcy questions the motives
and denounces as false the facts in
the pamphlet in question, as it relates
to- cases cited in the Flint circuit. He
does so in calm, judicious fashion
and produces from the records of the
court, the data to back his denials. and
to show that Dorsey did not travel
very far or make very hard effort to
get at the truth in the case in ques-
ton.
Is there any wonder that New Eng
land congressman are rushing into the
halls of congress with bills to investi-
gate the status of the negro in the
Southern states, when here in Gecr-
gia, the empire state of all of them,
the Governor of the commonwealth IS
guilty of openly and VIGOROUSLY i'm
pugning the judges and traducing in
shameless smanner the officials of
many Of the counties of the state? If
all of the facts as set out by Dorsey
were true, and as a matter of fact,
based on the statement of Judge Scar
cy, we do not believe any of them
WIS it the duty OF the Governor of the
State. to accept the statement of his
investigator, as being true and then
to broadcast the damnable stuff from
one section of the country to the
other? And who was this investiga-
tor, who acted for the Governor Of
Georgia with the powers of an envoy?
Marion Jackson. harmless crank and
for long time a representative of the
Atlanta Inter-racial Association"
whatever that may be,
And again, who was Dorsey repre-
senting when he issued and gave the
widest publicity to this scurrilous cir.
cular and what object was he endeav-
oring to attain? Certainly, he was
not trying to serve the state of Geor-
gia else he would have proceeded in
q quiet and orderly manner to put the
m chinery of the state courts to work
and punish the guilty parties, if any
there be.
He had full powers to proceed as
the law directs, if his attention has
been called to a state C crime in a |
large section OF the state But what
does he do? He employs a man who
is interested in 'inter-racial" work, |
sends him out into the state; accepts
his report of conditions and then I'M
der the seal and the name of the |
Governor of Georgia he proceeds to
insult and outrage SUI
perior court judges. grand juries. sher-
ifs and county officials in twenty-six |
counties!
When Judge Searcy, honorable gen |
tleman and just judge that he is
and we have known him closely for |
twenty-five years-resents these I'M
" rranted and unholy untruths. Dor |
sey lodges behind the coat calls of |
Marion Jackson, and says ne did net |
make personal investigation Of all
If the cases"
If not, why not?
Would it not have been in better
-aste and more in line with the duties
Of the Governorship to have investi |
gated these cases before rushing into |
print in North. South. East ard West, |
attacking his own judges and court |
and staining the fair escut- |
rEeon of his own state in such way
hat good men cannot erase the stig- |
ma in a generation?
cid not the Governor Of Georgia
fear, when this vile circular was be-
ing published far and wide that he
might incite race troubles in Georgia
when he held up to view manufactured
evidence of the gross mistreatment
OF the negro by Georgia courts and
Georgia citizens?
What manner of man is this Hugh |
NJ Dorsey who reached the Office of |
Governor of Georgia over the blood |
s,rewn record of the most nauseating
crime that ever darkened the crimi !
lal court records of the state of Geor-
gia?