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SaftatttmTj Journal.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1872.
IIOJHAS ROBINSON, Proprietor.
J. B. BRYANT, Brtltor,
MORRIS DAVIS, - Aa’t Editor.
All communication*, containing news item*, ad
vertisements, or subscription*, should be addressed
to Thomas Robineon.
All communications Intended for the editor, till
lifter election, should be addressed to Col. J. B.
Ilryant. Thomas Robinson, Proprietor.
FOR PRESIDENT,
ULYSSES S. GRANT,
(OF ILLINOIS.)
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
HENRY WILSON,
(OF MASSACHUSETTS).
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
A. T. Akerman, Benjamin Conley—ot large.
J.'irst District A. W. Btone.
Second District Joel Johnson.
Third District W. B. Jones.
Fourth District W. W. Merrill.
Fifth District Joel R. Griffin.
Sixth District John F. Bhine.
Seventh District C. D. Forsyth.
Eighth District Geo. S. FUher.
Ninth Dislrtct C. A. Ellington.
V
f If OR CONGRESS :
FIRST DISTRICT,
ANDREW SLOAN.
SECOND DISTRICT,
1. H. WHITE LEY.
THIRD DISTRICT,
HON. SAMPSON BELL.
FOURTH DISTRICT,
JOHN S. BIGBY.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
JAMES C. FREEMAN.
SIXTH DISTRICT,
Lemuel B. Anderson.
SEVENTH DISTRICT,
JAMES H. DEVER.
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
PHILIP CLAYTON,
TICTORTI
The * G-reeley Reformers
Badly Demoralized.
“ Gen. Grant has never been de
feated and lie never will be." — ll. G.
THE REPUBLICAN COLUMN.
OHIO!
MAINE!
INDIANA!
OREGON!
VERMONT!
COLORADO!!
CONNECTICUT !!!
PENNSYLVANIA!!!
WEST VIRGINIA!!!
RHODE ISLAND!!!
NE W H AMP S HIRE!!
NORTH.CAROLINA!!!
DAKOTAII TERRITORY!!!!
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA!!!!
DEMOCRATIC COLUMN.
FRAUD!
GEORGIA!!
CORRUPTION!!!
BY TELEGRPII.
SPECIAL TO THE SAVANNAH JOURNAL
New York, Oct. 9.
We carried all the States yesterday.
The issue settled.
M. 11. HALE.
HENRY WILSON’S PLATFORM.
Henry Wilson, at a speech made at
his home, Natick, Massachusetts, on
Friday, September 6tli, uttered the
following noble sentiment, which con
cisely and emphatically enunciate a
platform, excellent in itself and broad
enough for all to stand on i
" And I say to you to-night, that I have been an
anti-slavery man nearly thirty-seven years, and I
! . e always believed in the doctrine that Almighty
V .I made us all, that Christ died for us all, and
that wo were all brethren, and men of every nation
ality and of every race, and of every color, ought to
have perfect liberty and absolute equality every
where, the wide world over; and I shall not con
tine it to men, for 1 include women In that declara
tion ; and I never saw the time in my life that I
would not give to every man everything I nsked
lor myself, and to every woman everything I would
ask for my mother or my wife. I believe that to
tie tlie Christian doctrine, to be the doctrine of the
New Testament, and the essence of Liberty.”
SCHOOLS..
The Board of Education for Sa
vannah and Chatham county have
opened schools for white children,
but none for colored children. They
have made considerable fuss about
schools for colored children. The pa
pers say they will establish them.
We hope they will. We shall allude
to this subject again and Bpeak of
ihc correspondence of the Board of
Education with the American Mis
ionary Association.
PROTECTION.
Commissioner Stone lias arrested
several parties for the violation of the
Enforcement Act at the recent elec
tion. lie has however but just com
menced. The Democrats will laugh
out of the other side of the mouth
before they get through witli this
election. Republicans .arc to be pro
tected if there is virtue in law.
VICTORY!
THE WATERLOO DEFEAT!
The “ Reformers ” Routed!
THEY SURRENDER AND ASX FOR QUARTER.
PENNSYLVANIA!
OHIO!
INDIANA!
CONNCTICUT!
DAKOTAII!
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA !
NEBRASKA!
Republicans, Forward !!!
The breeze that blows from the
North is truly refreshing. We have
gained fifty pounds in the last forty
eight hours. The great States of the
North have answered the “Reform
ers” of Georgia, telling them that the
new rebellion shall be crushed. They
say to loyal men here you shall be
protected. The fraud and murder
resorted to by the Ku-Klux of Geor
gia to give a large majority for the
Democratic party, aroused the Re
publicans and ! they halve overwhelm
ed the “ Reformers” of Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska, and Da
kota so completely that we shall
not be surprised if Mr. Greeley with
draws from the contest.
On Tuesday an election was heltf
in these States for State officers and
Members of Congress. The Demo
crats boasted that they w'ould carry
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana.
They were confident of gaining a
victory in Pennsylvania and Indiana.
We have carried the former by 30,000
majority, and the latter by 1,000.
Ohio has 20,000 Republican majority.
The Democrats are so badly defeated
in far off Nebraska that they do
not even send us word what our ma
jority is. As the Associated Press in
the South is in the hands of the Dem
ocrats we have to rely upon them for
early news. When our New* York
exchanges arrive w*c shall know the
exact truth.
The following dispatches have been
received:
PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia, October 9.—A special
to the Commercial says nearly all the re
turns from the State, received at Republi
can headquarter*, make Hartranft’s ma
joaity 31,000. The Republicans gain seven
members of Congress and lose one in Lu
zerne district. Twenty Republicans and
eight Democrats elected. The Republi
cans have a majority of the Constitutional
Convention and sixty members of the As
sembly against teu Democrats. The Sen
ate stands seventeen Republicans and six
teen Dcmorats; but if Mackay is elected in
Clarion district, the Republicans will have
eighteen.
INDIANA.
Indianapolis, October 9 Specials
report the defeat of Voorhees by a consid
erable majority. One hundred and forty
seven towns, two cities, eleven wards and
two counties complete give 6,319 Republi
can majority for Wikoff.
OHIO.
Columbus, October 9.— -The Stale Re
publican Committee claim that they have
carried Ohio by from fifteen to eighteen
thousand. The Democratic Committee
concede between ten and fifteen thousand.
The Republican Committee also claim that
they have elected twelve Congressmen
certainly, with more than a fair probability
of two additional. This gives the Demo
crats seven Congressmen, a gain of two in
Hamilton county. The Democrats, how
ever, do not concede the sixth and tenth.
DECIDEDLY RICH.
The Democratic press of this city,
and especially the News, has much to
say of frauds perpetrated by Repub
licans at the North, and with holy
hoiTor declares that because of those
frauds the country is going to ever
lasting smash. Oh! you virtuous
creatures ! Only to think how inno
cent you are! (?) We fear, however,
you will never be hung for your
goodness.
Just think of papers defending the
stupendous frauds committed by the
Democratic party in Georgia at the
recent elections, and abusing others
upon a charge of fraud, when they
know the charge is false.
RESULT OF THE ELECTION.
We shall publish next week the
returns of the election from all the
counties in the State. We presume
by that time the Democrats will have
finished counting. They now have
about 60,000 majority. No one can
predict what they will have next week
They can make it whatever they
please. But since they have heard
from the October elections North, we
reckon they will be satisfied with the
majority already counted out. They
may therefore stop at 60,000 majori
ty. But Georgia Democrats arc
mighty uncertain.
THE ISSUE SETTLED.
All honest Democrats admit that
the elections of Tuesday settled the
Presidential contest, and that Mr.
Greeley may as well pack his carpet
bag for Salt river, at once. The
News gives up the struggle, but the
Republican whistles a little to keep
up its courage. The Advertiser is
waiting to be instructed what it shall
say. Since it “took water”over Rawls’
nomination it has been under good
discipline.
Gentlemen, go North aiuVbc free
men.
( FORWARD U
We regret to learn that sinco our
election many Republicans feel like
giving up the contest We are
ashamed of such men. This is no
time to show cowardice. The glo
rious news that comes to us from the
Nortli should nerve every Republican
to do his whole duty at the next
election. Probably wo cannot carry
the State, but we can carry several
Congressional Districts, if we hare a
fair election. If we do not, Congress
will be convinced that we need more
protection, and our friends will not
hesitate to give it to us. But we
should remember that the Gods help
those who help themselves. Every
time we expose the corrupt Democ
racy, we weaken the party, both in the
South and at the North. The Tam
many Democracy of New York was
finally overthrown because Republi
cans exposed its corruption. Lot us
expose the wickedness of the Geor
gia Democracy. To do so we must
fight them. Let us appeal to the
good men who now adhere to that
organization, and make them
to act murderers, perjurers, and
thicvcfT We do not propose to give
up the ship, but to fight it out on
this line. Republicans, forward.
jttIYANT, AKERMAN, AN*
FARROW.
k *
" We clip the following from the*
News of the 9th:
The Georgia Radicals—-A nice little plot
for holding a Bayonet election—The
State Executive Committee to appeal for
aid—What Bryant, Akerman and Far
row are up to— Ways that are dark.
Atlanta, October 8, 1872.
PKEPABING FOB FEDERAL IXTEFKRKNCF.
It is understood bore aad on pretty good
authority, that the Radical State Execu
tive Committee, of which Potash Farrow
is Chairman, and which meet in thu city
to-morrow, has been instructed by the
authorities m Washington to prepare a
statement of the alleged outrages on Re
publican voters at the late State election.
APPEALING FOR AID.
Dispatches have been received from'
leading Radicals in various parts of the
State urging the Committee to appeal to
the Government for aid.
BRTANT, HALF., JEFF LOXO k CO.
The leaders in Savannah and Macon
are particularly bitter in the matter, and
are very urgent in their appeals to the
Committee to claim protection—so-called—
for the defunct Radical party in Georgia.
BEAST BUTLER TO THE FRONT.
It ia reported here that Beast Butler has
offered lus aid to Bryant, Farrow and their
followers, in bringing the matter to tho at
tention of tho Northern people.
AMOS TIXKKRMAX.
Akerman, Farrow and other prominent
Radicals have been in close communion
here for several days, and there is no doubt
that a serious attempt is to be made to.
bring about military in<eferenco jin the
next election.
Perhaps no three men in Georgia
did more to overthrow Bullock and
his thieves, than these gentlemen.
When Georgia Was in danger of being
made bankrupt, they, with other Re
publicans stepped forward and assisted
to fight her battles. But lor them
the thieves would be in power to-day.
But, bad as Bullock and his crowd
were, the men who rule the Dem
ocratic party of Georgia and have
just carried the State by fraud and
murder are worse; as much worse as
murderers are worse than thieves.
Bryant, Akerman, and Farrow
fought thieves; they now propose to
fight murderers with as much energy
and boldness The good people of
Georgia sustained them, when they
fought thieves; they expect to be
sustained while they fight murderers.
We believe that a large majority of
the white people of Georgia who now
sustain the Democratic party disap
prove of the course of those who
rule that party with a rod of iron.
We believe that the party is controled
by a few men who use a secret organ
ization—the Ku Klux Klan—to ac
complish their purposes. We believe
that the masses arc overawed by a
few desperate men, bound together
in a secret organization. We know
that the Republican party was de
feated in a large number of counties
at the late election by fraud and vio
lence of which we Bpeak at length
elsewhere. The election was worse
than a farce. The rights of the peo
ple were trampled upon. Thousands
were deprived of the dearest right
of American citizens—the right to
Bay who shall rule them.
Bryant, Akerman and Farrow Were
born free men. They demand the
rights of free men. They intend to
have them. They will appeal to the
American people if necessary fos pro
tection. While they live they will
protest against wrong and outrage.
While they live they will bo free.
You may murder them with your Ku
Klux Klan as you have Ashburn, Ad
kins, Ayer, Walker and others, but
they will die protesting against your
hellish conduct. As they fought
scoundrels in the Republican party
bo they will fight scoundrels in the
Democratic party. As the Repub
lican party turned against its thieves,
they hope the Democratic party will
turn against its murderers. The
American people will punish them.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Ne
braska, Dekota have spoken. When
Grant is reelected he will protect ns-
We warn you to beware.
fllE ELECTION—RIOT AND
MURDER PREMEDITATED.
.We charge tho leaders of the Dem
ocratic party with a determination
to provoke a difficulty with Repub
licans, especially in the large cities,
if they could not succeed otherwise.
time previous to the elec
tion the following article appeared
in some of the Democratic papers :
New Campaign Document—A Sub
stitute for the Ku-Klux Order.—
WasMhgton, September 26.—1 tis under
stood that the report alluded to in the
following Washington special to the New
York’Ppst is to be used as a campaign
document:
“The officers whe were sent to the
Southern States by the department of
Justice to examine into the condition of
affairs and to detect any organized attempt
to violate the revenue laws and Enforce
ment act, have submitted voluminous re
ports to the Attorney General. From
these it appears that the Ku-Klux order
is giving away to anew organization, simi
lar to t|ie former in many respects, but
' having a different mode of accomplishing
the same ends. This new organization is
spreading rapidly through all the Southern
States, and is intended to be mude very ef
fectuaWor Greeley during the present cam
pai g n var intimidating voters in localities
whorjjßjpm,Republican clement is most in
thgfflSricnd an t;*~Tfae order had established
MBPGn nearly every county in Mississip
pi, Awabama and Georgia, and was rapidly
•xtenwing itself to other States. Several
officers of the Government succeeded in
getting initiated into the order, and ob
served fully its workings. They are, there
fore, enabled to take steps to prevent its
plans from being successfully carried out.”
| Jhe day before the following ar
ticle appeared in the Atlanta papers,
the Sun and the Constitution. We
clip the following from the Consti
tution :
“Let us Have Peace.”— Atlanta,
Ga., September SOth, 1872— Editors Con
stitution : There are often cases where per
sons have been charged with making
threats simply because they gave good ad
vice with a view to avoiding evils. In this
case your writer certainly means no threat
or intimidation, but seeks to avoid trouble
on the day of the election. There is un
fortunately, but one voting precinct in this
city. The polls open at 7 o’clock a. nr.,
and close at 6 o’clock r. sc., giving 11 hours
for voting. The Democracy polled about
three thousand votes at their nomination
two weeks ago for their Representatives,
and it it is presumed will poll the same vote
in the election this week. The Republi
cans, though not so strong, will poll a con
siderable vote. Suppose the two parties
are able to poll in the aggregate four thou
sand and four hundred votes, then the
question arises “Can that number of votes
be polled in eleven hours ?” Can four
hundred men vote per hour ? Can six or
seven vote per minnte ? Every prelimi
nary measure which would facilitate voting
should be resorted to. It is too late to
open any new precincts for this election.
And there can be but one box at a pre
cinct. It is obvious that every minute be
tween 7 a. m., and 6 r. m., should be econ
omised, as we may find in the evening
that every minute lost was a loss of six or
seven vote*. To expedite votings and
avoid collisions, the same rule should be
'adopted in this city which is universally
adopted in large cities throughout the
country. A line should/be formed by the
voters as theiy cajne as formed at
our postoffice every morning,and let every
voter bide his time. Then the first to
come will be the first to vote. No man
should be permitted to step in ahead of
others who have been waiting hours to
vote. If this rule is not adopted a general
rush is made at the voting place, and John
Smith endeavors to push aside Tom Brown,
a blow is given, and a general row ensues.
Adopt this rule, and let every man take
his position at the rear end of the line,
and the election will pass oil quietly.
The evil cannot be remedied by hav
ing a private side tor the favored few to
pass in at and vote, while hundreds who
came before them are kept waiting. There
should be but one approach for the rich
or poor, the laboring man or capitalist,
and all should bide their time and vote
in tlie order in which they stand in the
line. Voter.
The following article appeared in
the Savannah News on the morning
of the election, the 2d :
To expedite voting, and avoid colli
sions, tbe managers of affairs had caused
to be constructed at the various entran
ces to the Court House wooden railings
Jeading from the curb to the ballot-box
es inside the building. These railings
are divided by a partition, so that voters
passing up one side can deposit their
votes and return down the other side.
Then, the first to come will be the first
to vote. This arrangement, it is thought,
will prevent crowding and shoving. No
man should be permitted to step in ahead
of others who have been waiting hours
to vote. If this rule is not adopted, a
general rush is made at the voting place,
*nd Tom Smith endeavors to push aside
John Brown, a blow is given and a gen
eral row ensues. Adopt this rule, and
let every man take his position at the
rear end of the line, act properly, and
the election will pass off quietly.
The evil cannot be remedied by hav
ing a private side door for a few to pass
in at and vote, while hundreds who came
before them are kept waiting. There
should be but one approach for the rich
or poor, tie laboring man or the capi
talist, and all should bide their time and
vote in the order in which they stand in
the lino. This we presume is the idea
of the gentlemen who have adopted this
plan, which, it is to be hoped will work
well.
The article in the News is the same
word for word, as that in the Con
stitution, except that part which re
lates especially to Atlanta. The ar
ticle in the Sun Avas the same exactly
as the Constitution article. When
the article in the Ncavs Avas written
the editor could not have seen the
Atlanta papers, for the Atlanta papers
of the Ist AVould not reach Savannah
until the morning of the 2d, after the
Savannah papers are printed. There
fore, the person or persons who pro
pared the article for the Atlanta
papers must have furnished the same
for the Savannah News. It is very
cunningly worded, but is no doubt,
intended to instruct the Democrats
lioav to commence a riot and drive
the Republicans from the polls, and
not violate the United States luavsj
they care nothing for Stato laws.
Tho Constitution article commences
by saying : “ There are often oasys
Avhcro persons have been charged
making threats, simply because
they gave good advice with a view
to avoiding evils. In this case your
writer certainly means no threats or
intimidation ” Why say this ? The
article speaks for itself. Probably
not one reader in a thousand would
suppose that tho writer intended to
use threats or intimidation. No, lie
intended to explain the plan of opera
tions. First: open so few polling
places that it would be impossible for
all the voters to cast their votes in
the time allowed by-law. Second :
It is known that tho rule adopted by
Republicans is to form in line and go
to the poles to vote, therefore, there
are two ways to create a difficulty
with them; either “step in ahead of
them, or enter by a private side door.”
In some way see that “a general rush
is made at the voting place, and if
John Smith endeavor* to push aside
Tom Brown a blow is given and a
general row ensues. Adopt this rule
&c.
We allude elsewhere to tho Macon
riot, and show how it was commenced.
It was done precisely as the writer of
the above articles explains how to do
it. A line was formed; Democrat*
did step in ahead of Republicans who
had been waiting hours to vote ; a
shot was fired, and a general row en
sued. Nearly the same course was
pursued in Savannah. The line was
formed ; Democrats entered at a “pri
vate side door for the favored few to
pass in at and vote, while hundreds
who came before them were kept
waiting." One Republican informed
us that after he reached the polls, it
was one hour and a quarter before he
could vote ; that Democrats came in
by a private way and crowded him
back. The only reason why there was
not a “general row” in this city was,
because the Republicans prevented it
by submitting to the outrages perpe
trated upon them, rather than cause
bloodshed. Tho Democrats were
ready for a fight. We are informed
that the Democrats of Atlanta pursued
the same policy as in Macon and Sa
vannah. The only difference w r as there
as in Savannah the blow was not
given, and the general row did not
ensue.
The fraud and violence throughout
the State was systematic. The same
plans for overcoming Republican ma
jorities were adopted fn counties
widely separated from each other.
In view of the facts stated above,
and others within our knowledge, we
charge that the Democratic party of
Georgia is controlled by a secret or
ganization which does not hesitate to
resort to perjury, ballot-box stuffing,
and even murder, to accomplish its
purposes.
BRADLEY.
We have already alluded to the
speech made by Bradley in Liberty
county. After careful inquiry, we re
gret to say that we are satisfied the
speech was correctly reported; al
though not fully reported. We are
informed by those who heard the
speech, that he advised the colored
people if the Democrats went armed
to go to the polls with hatchets. If
he is a friend to the colored men and
to the Republican party, he must be
crazy, for no sane man would give
such advice to his colored friends.
It is very generally Believed that
Bradley was hired by Democrats to
make the speech. It is known that
the Democratic party in this District
was badly demoralized. The nomina
tion of Greeley was very distasteful
to the Ku-Klux wing of the party.
The nomination of Rawls was a sur
prise to the De mocrats of this city
and county; and many of the most
influential were thoroughly disgusted.
It was very necessary that something
should be done to fire the Democratic
heart and to unite the party. Nothing
could do this so effectually as a “blood
and thunder” speech from Bradley.
It is believed that Bradley has fre
quently visited the king of the Chat
ham county Democracy during the
campaign, and that that shrewd indi
vidual has a mysterious influence over
him. This is accounted for by many
who believe that Bradley has been
supplied with money by king
to pay his expenses, which must be
quite heavy, as he keeps two fine
horses. Many believe that two years
ago, he was paid./tue thousand dollars
to betray the party by running as an
independent candidate for Congress.
It will be remembered that ho helped
to defeat the regular Republican can
didates. It is now said that, being
very cunning, lie is working to defeat
Mr. Sloan by pretending to support
him, while, acting under the advice
of Democrats, he helps to unite their
party. We are not now prepared to
express an opinion in regard to his
course any further than to denounce
his Liberty county speech.
Although Bradley advised his col
ored friends to go to the polls armed
with hatchets, he was careful to stay
away with hit little hatchet 110 was
not at the polls during the entire day.
Some say that he ran off to Charles
ton. It is said that he is accustomed
to got his colored friends into diffi-
culty; but is sure to keep his head
out of harm’s way. We presume upon
the principle, that: “He who fights
and runs away, may live to fight an
other day.” A circumstance that con
vinces many that Bradley was paid to
make his Liberty county speech is,
that since the election it is noticed
that he dresses more expensively than
formerly. "
We shall carefully watch the course
of Bradley, and, if we have proof that
he has sold out to the Democrats, we
shall immediately expose him. We
will allude to this subject again.
OUR CONGRESSMAN.
Tho Republicans of the Ist Dis
trict must work with a will to elect
Mr. Sloan. lie is a good Republi
can, an able lawyer, and very popular.
The Republicans have a majority of
the votes in this District, and, if we
have a fair election, we can elect our
man. If we do not have a fair elec
ties Mr. Rawls will not get ki3 seat.
The Macon Massacre!
RIOT & MURDER! .
Democratic w Reconciliation ! ”
tiie way they clasp hands across.
THE BLOODY CHASM —THE GREELEY
REFORM THREE REPUBLICANS MUR
DERED —MANY MORE WOUNDED.
The Greeley “Reformers” manifest
ed tho spirit that actuates them more
plainly at the election in the ctf.y of
Macon than elsewhere, but wc have
evidence that tlie party throughout
tlie State were equally as desperate,
but it was not necessary to resort to
similar means to overcome Republi
can majorities.
For several days previous to tbe
election the Macon Telegraph was
firing the Democratic heart. Numer
ous lies were invented to arouse the
“Reformers”. Among others that
J. F. Long advised the colored peo
ple to get and hold possession of tlie
polls.
We clip the following fnftn the
Telegraph of September 24th :
Pistol Daw. —A few wretched leaders
of the Grant radical negroes in this coun
ty are, we are led to fear, paving the way
for some trouble. We are informed that
Jeff Lon J, in a so-called speech to the ne
groes out on the River Road last Saturday,
told them that the only way to carry the
county was to get and hold possession oi
the polls, and they must come armed for
that purpose. A negro declared yester
day to a highly respectable official of this
county that hereafter the negroes “intend
ed to have their own way in Bibb county,
and if they could not do it by fair means,
they intended to do it by force.” In fur
therance of this programme, (in all proba
bility) we are assured the negroes are hold
ing nightly parades and drills with guns
and pistols, in various parts of the county,
apparently bent on the impracticable idea
of taking possession of tbe polls and driv
ing away the white voters. This, the ne
groes did on the first day of the election
1868, but it can’t be done again.
At the time Mr. Long is said to
have made this speech, he was speak
ing at Perry, Houston county. In
reply to the above article he wrote a
card denying the statements made
against him. To this the editor re
plied as follows:
Jeff Long, in a published card, denies
having made incendiary remarks attributed
to him in a speech to the negroes on the
River Road last Saturday, and says that
on that day he was making a speech in
Perry. Jeff has made many an incendi
ary speech in his day, and if he did not
make this one, he has one less sin to answer
for. Jeff reserves all his conciliatory talk
and law and order suggestions for mixed
auditories. With the Degroes he is an
emissary* of civil discord. Enough of this
talk about “taking possession of the polls
in Bibb county” from him and Ins under
strappers has come to the ears of the
whites to put them on their guard, and we
notify Jeff that it can’t be done again, and
he must not attempt it.
Having a text to use, the Telegraph
man continued to fire the Democratic
heart. September 25th ho said :
But why multiply words ? This elec
tion holds in its result the life or death tf
the State and her people. They can have
life—glorious prosperous life—or they can
suffer death with all its nameless pangs,
just as they may choose. Who can doubt
their choice? Only let them Go to the
Poixs and stag there all dag next Wed
nesday, and all will be well. The threat
is made that in this city, at least, they shall
only vote by sufferance, but we hardly
think that will keep them away. Go to
the Polls must bo every man’s rallying
cry until the battle is fought and won. Do
you hear it! Go to the Polls ! Go to
the Polls 1 Go to the Polls !
. Again the Telegraph man said :
Georgia Must be Carried at all
Hazards. — We mean it—every word.
We must carry Georgia next week, or all
is lost.
******
If Walker is elected Governor and a
Radical Legislature with hitu.
* * * * •* *
Heavens ! Can any tnau with good red
blood in his veins even think of such deg
radation and misery and not resolve that
it shall not be !
But it can be and must be averted. Bet
ter a return to bayonet rule than. Radical
rule. We must not suffer that, whatevet
tho consequences. All that is needed to
prevent it is to work, work, work. We
implore all to realize this fact at once.
We implore them to give the next ten
days to their State. We implore them to
rseolve that they will not again pass under
the Radical yoke.
On the morning of tho cloction-the
Telegraph published numerous iuceu
diary articles in capital letters. Wit
ness tho following:
THE NEGRO RADICAL LEADERS
OF THIS CITY HAVE THREATEN
ED TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE
POLLS TO-DAY, ANI) THEREBY
SHUT OUT ALL WHO DON’T VOTE
THE RADICAL TICKET WE HARD
LY THINK THEY ARE SO CRAZY
AS TO ATTEMPT THAT, BUT IT IS
WELL TO BE PREPARED. LET
THEM SEE AND KNOW, VERY EAR
LY THIS MORNING, THAT THEIR
LITTLE GAME WON’T WORK. OR
GANIZE A MASS MEETING AT THE
POLLS VERY EARLY THIS MORN
ING, AND HOLD ON TILL SUN
DOWN. SEE THAT EVERY MAN,
WHITE OR BLACK, WHO WISHES
TO VOTE TIIE DEMOCRATIC TICK
ET DOES SO, WITHOUT MOLESTA
TION.
* * * * * *
PUT SMITH IN THEN, TO-DAY, AT
ALB HAZARDS, IF YOU DO NOT
WANT THE SHERIFF TO SELL YOU
OU TANARUS, AND YOUR WIVES AND CHIL
DREN REDUCED TO BEGGARY.
THIS IS THE DAY TO FIX GEOR
GIA FOR FOUR YEARS MORE IN
THE PATH OF PEACE OF, PROS
PERITY AND ORDER, BY THE
ELECTION OF SMITH AND A DEM
OCRATIC LEGISLATURE. GO TO
THE POLLS EARLY AND STAY
LATE. WORK! WORK! WORK!
AND YOU WILL WIN A SPLENDID
TRIUMPH.
Tlie Tele graph succeeded in firing
the Democratic heart. The “mass
meeting” of Democrats was organized
at the polls “very early” in the morn
ing. They were determined to “put
Smith in at ail hazards.” They did
.“work! work! work! with the fol
lowing result:
RIOT ANI) MURDER.
The Managers, to prevent any colh’J
sion at the polls, caused a lence to Vo
constructed at the polling place the
day before the election that would
have prevented all trouble between
Democrats and Republicans. But at
an early hour on tlie morning of the
election at the tap of a fire bell a
“mass meeting” of Democrats hur
ried to the polling place and tore
away the fence. When the voting
commenced the colored men formed
in line and went up to vote. Fre
quently colored men were crowded
out of their places in line by white
Democrats who stepped in and went
up to vote. The colored men dete's
mined to have no trouble, if they
could avoid it, quietly submitted to
all outrages perpetrated upon themj
The “mass meeting” seeing that they
could not thus create a disturbance
resorted to their favorite mode of car
rying elections—
the firing co.m.mkxci-;i>.
When all was ready a white Dem
ocrat, from a window in the Couit
House, fired into the colored men
near the polls. Immediately the
“mass meeting” commenced to fire at
the colored men. The latter entirely
unarmed ; none of whom had arms,
rushed away from the polls and from
the “Greeley Reformers” who pursued
them, murdering, in cold blood three,
and wounding several. After that
the “Liberals” (?) had no difficulty in
putting Smith in. They had worked !
worked ! worked ! They carried the
election at all hazards.
An attempt lias been made by the
Democrats to justify themselves by
charging that Jeff Long gave the
order to the colored men to fire at
the Democrats. Mr. Long can prove
that when the firing commenced lie
was in the Court House quietly con
versing with some friends.
No, the truth is, that the colored
men were not armed. Not a colored
person was seen with a gun or a pis
tol during the clay. They were mur
dered in cold blood because they
dared to vote the Republican ticket.
It is due to Mayor Huff to say that
he attempted to protect the colored
people but lie was fired upon and nar
rowly escaped being murdered by the
“Reformers".
ATTEMPT TO MURDER. HON. II
M. TURNER.
A few days previous to the election
Mr. 1 urncr went to Clinch county t o
speak. He stopped at Lawton to wait
for the cars. r lhe Greeley Reformers
soon ascertained that he was at tlie
depot and immediately took steps to
“reconcile the “and and Radical nig
ger.” Mr. Turner was informed of
his danger and concealed himself in
the woods near the depot. It being
dark the “Reformers wore unable to
find him. A large crowd of armed
men concealed themselves near the
depot to await his return. As the'
train approached the depot, Mr.Turnor
came from his hiding place. As lie
approached the cars the crowd rushed
upon him and lie barely escaped from
them and entered the cars. They
surrounded the cars, some entering,
lie escaped into' the mail car and was
locked in. Before the ruffians could
get to him the cars started and left
the Greeley it-es cursing the “a- —and
Radical nigger and swearing that he
should not speak in that county.
I bus we clasp hands across the bloody
chasm.
lion. Sampson Bell of the Third
Uongiessional District has written a
letter declining to accept the nomina
tion for Representative tendered him
by the Republicans. Wo are informed
that Mr. Bell sought the nomination,
and do not therefore understand why
he now declines.
They have a man in Early county, a con
stant reader of the newspapers, who docs
not believe that the ocean telegraph lias
been put into successful operation, -