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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. 6LL. TUESDAY , DECEMBER 2 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
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canal width-asked for one might think from
reading the accounts tbit the delegates were
discussing* local proposition, Instead of a
highway over the heart of the continent.
The Intention is, however, to connect Texas
with the fattening pastures of Montana
and the adjacent territories, by
meana of a wide trail that will
admit of the alow movement of cattle In or
der that they may become acclimated aathey
proceed. The cattlemen claim that the
'jueatfoii addresses itself not only to the pro
ducing portion ot the community,
but alio to consumers in every part
of the union. Cheap and [healthy meats Is
the great object in view; and it is claimed
that a great trail, with perhaps occasional
quarantine stations, will do mom to keop
down the Texas fever than all other re
medial measures that can be {devised. The
trail does not run towards Georgia; bnt still
we bare a general interest In the snhject.
and we trust that congress will not pigeon
hole the memorial of the cattlemen without
first giving it a careful consideration.
ATLANTA, OA??? DKCKMDER 2. MSI.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
I The off, r of a"E*mlly Hilda Free" is not Irom
Tan Com rut ion. Wo have nothing to do
with It.
Ittfidrcrtlaed by tho Union PublMhln* com
pony, * (Inn that rents sn omco in Tilt Coverm).
iron building, with a damn other Arms. Wo haro
nothing to do with the llrm or tho olrjhttetaeutT'
Tftft eCfSfttruTION.
liini nil. Looax in an Interview In New
York, frankly admits that he is in favor of
disfranchising the colorod voters. They
must cither rota as republicans or not st all.
As their days of usefulness to the republican
parly have passed away, the leaders ot that
party an perfectly willing to take tho ballot
array from them. The next logical move
ment of the republicans would be the move
ment to re-enslave the colored people for the
benefit of snob patriots as Logan and Blaine.
Tnr. extent o! the plague in eastern Ken-t
lucky grows alarming. If the story told in
onr telegraphic oohimns gives any idea ot the
condition of aflklrs, the poor people of tho
afflicted section certainly deserve the aid of
theconntry. That thousands of people, In a
comiwratlvely small section of connlry, have
died of stamtion within a few weeks ap
pears to be a horrible reality andauggosta
Immediate attention lest the fatal plagne may
not coniine Itself to those few counties which
it has visited in I is worst form. _
Tin.* letter which appears elsewhere^to day,
written by Mis. Minnie A. Julian, to her
hrothtT-in-law, E. W. Beck, the murderer of
her two slaters, ona of whom was Ids own
wife, Is on* of tho most remarkable docu
ments which has found Ita way before the
public. With a detail and portraiture which
must have been torture to the guilty wretch,
she gives the stei7 ot that wild imu* of
murder In the mountains, the funeral pro-
cession lo Tallulah, the rid* down tb* rail
road, Uia trip acroas to Cutumlng. where the
haltcmed mother stood tn waiting, and Ilia
final burial scene. The whole story la around
up with an admonition to the murderer to
Ieoh beyond Uie grave, and he prepared to
meet the awful charge which awaits him
there.
A NATIONAL TRAIL.
We hare national banks and a great
mseyothtr national institutions,' some with
in the constitution and some without It;
nod a gnat many other national project*
Dave been proposed, hut never until th*
cattlemen met at St. touts last week, had
thkre been a demand for a National Trail.
The cattlemen in convention aseembltd
unanimously demand the opening of a safe
and cheap route from the extanslva breed!**
grounds of tho south to th* extanslva matur
ing grounds ot the great northwest, and
they express the belief that this cun only b*
???ecompIUbed by the ettabUshmant ot "a
national -lock trail over which stock can be
driven.??? The)-'ask congress to open, estab
lish and malntadn such a trail, "beginning at
torn* point on lied river and extending
thence in a north or northwest direction to
th* north line of the United Mate#." There'
wasagCdd deal of dtscussMi over th* route
at th* proposed trail. One delegate wished
the convention to ask congress toappropriato
asrt sat apart a belt six miles wide, begin
ning at ibe initial monument on Usd river,
in Text*, running thenc* north npoathe
Hfch meridian lint to the northeast corner of
TViu: thence west by north to th* north
west corner ot Kansas; thence north along
>Kad meridian line to the northern boun
dary of the United -ate-???to lo used as a
national highway and ctlll* trail for th*
^nefitof all citizen* of that* United .???tetoa.
AU the plans substantially favor a
Uoce conformity to the 100th meridian,
and aB think th* trail should
to til milts wide. Wereiluot for the un-
TO FAIR-MINDED JOURNALISTS.
We believe Tint Comirmox haa the right
to bespeak the attention fora few moments
of the fair-minded Journalists of the country.
We print a reputable paper, and try to keop
the rules of honorable Journalism. We liava
some reputation for earneatnemandsincerity
and honest purposes. This will have not
been worth the winning if it fails now to se
cure us a bearing from the journalists who
value country above party, and truth above
slander.
Since the election of Governor Cleveland, a
few northern papers have been filled, with
outrageous stories concerning the south, As
a rule, these stories appear anonymously,
and therefore Irresponsibly. They areoftener
inventions than exaggerations. They are
printed, however, and reprinted, and [one is
tuodo to complement another, in spite of
thafr absurdity, they command more or less
credence from people still excited over the
late campaign, and sore over Its result.
Had these -tories been printed beforo the
election, we .should have accepted them as
necessary evils of a campaign. But appear
ing after the election is over, they exhibit a
wanton and WTetchcd malice, a mean and
impotent rage, from which we feel we can
reasonably appeal to the pubiie sense
of justice. Wo are* not moved
by any fear of their political
result. If in the four yean that must Inter-
veno before another election, the south htt
not demonstrated that she can safely bo
admitted to same participation In the admin
tstratlon of our common government, sho will
deserve to be shutout forever. Tho Injury these
anonymous slanderers ntuy work us goes
very -much deeper than political lisp or mis
hap can rcgtfc???Weljgvt-mUltorcHcTtaa' 'pc'ople ot tho two sections acquainted by
acre*, lying Idle for the lack of men to work
them. Wo have forest* untouched, mines
undeveloped, and water powers running
wanton, for the lack of capital. We have a
climate that would be an every-day blessing
for those who now bravo the terrible winters
of the'northwost, and legitimate opportunity
for Investment that would give a competence
to those who are now eking an Income on the
low Interest and narrow margins allowed for
money lu the east. Tho tide or Immigration
and ot investment is turned away from tho
southern ststoe by these outrageous lies, to
tho detriment of all concerned.
It is manifestly impossible to answer all
the alanden that malignity can invent aad
anonymity cover. It Is eyen Impossible to
follow tho course of one slander through all
the avenues Into which It travels by Ignor
ance ??r malice. But we will take three cases
that have occurred within our jurisdiction
and that may be taken [as samples ot the
wholo dirty brood. We take them seriatim:
1. thc lhiblin Biol.???A dispatch was sent
to Htaral papers announcing that
them had been a deadly riot at Habile, Oa.,
between the races, in which several were
killed, and that Dublin wa* a place of 3,000
people. Investigation, from all quarters,
dtinotarintot that there wa* not only no riot
In Dublin fa place of 250 Inhabitant*) but no
diriurbence whatever. The people there
were at much astonished at the inquiries as
the people of Npringfcld, Mass., would be at
Inquiries as to bow many witches were burn
ed In that city yesterday. There was literal
ly no foundation for the story. No local sug
gestion oh which it could have been built.
And yet it was started on Its infamous round.
It it still travelling. It Is still beiug pub
lished. And there are tbonaands of people
who believe that negroes were slaughtered in
Bublin by the soon on the day alter the elec
tion.
2. The JAM Flop.???After Atlanta's first
Jubilee, Inquiries began to pout Into the city
asking It rebel itags were iloated Irom the'
state capital. The iuqulriaa were met with
solemn and official denial from th*governor,
the Vnayor, and from every ctliaen who was
appeoaelied on the subject The Unitad
State* flog wa* Hying from the capUol aad
from hundreds ot other points tn Atlanta.
Three thousand United states Hags wart told
ter one dealer hero in a few hoars. Not a
-ingle confederate Hag was lean in Atlanta,
and none bat been seen tine* th* election.
In spite of this the story at the rebel Hag
still travels, and the last copy ot the Iowa
state Register, received here; has e picture of
our capitol drawn with a confederate flag dy
ing therefrom.
3. 77c tiiijMmrv letters.???A letter was
written (Mm .Atlanta to Wilteabarre and
printed than, in which this sentence oc
curred: "My room-mate haa just been
brought tn nearly dead. He ent off a black *
ja??*'*??*r??**d they got even with him. He
will probably die. -lie kept.the rare as
relic." Though published anonycouily, it
was discovered that the writer - as a Sir
Richard Smith, ol TVIlketbarre, who had
lived here for months, and who ia a violent
republican. Iflaroora-mate, Mr. Hay*, Is also
a Pennsylvanian, and had only been in At
lanta a few months. Of course there is not
the slightest shadow of truth In the story con
cerning him???no more than there would be
In the rumor that Mr. Blaine had cut off Mr.
Conkling???s curl. And yet thin black man???i
Mrs are still being cut oil In the northern
newspapers, and this room-mate, though per
fectly well and at work, is still dying. Mr,
Smith denies that the letter w*3 printed as
he wrote it. Mr. Hays laughs at the Idea of
having alitanrgro'a ears.
4. The Ktberttm lliot.???A - letter was
printed to the effect that Drieleotiou day, ne
groes were Shot down, cut, and stoned in EL
berton, and that the house of a republican
was attacked. This story was promptly de
nied. The officials of the town and county
over their official seals In the moat particular
manner, deny that there waa any basis for
the letter. And yet It travels on and con
tinues to do Its dirty work.
We might fill columns with similar ca
nards. The Pandora's box of hate seems to
have been opened, and the air Is full of evil
reports. They are false. Thoy arc wholly
and meanly and malignantly false. When
ever they are Tun down they are disproved.
Whenever one of the writers is uncovered
and asked for proof and particulars, he is ob
liged to confess that he has written falsely.
We have nothing to hope
from the few editors who have
committed themselves to this seoundrelly
crusade against the honor and credit of a
people who fought bravely, endured wrongs
with admirable restraint, gathered up the
embers ot their burned homes, and with un
failing courage set about rehabilitating them.
To them we liave no appeal to make.
But we do desire to lay the above facts and
suggestions before the fair-minded jour
nalists of the north, Wc invite them to
send their most experienced correspondents
Into this seqfion to search out the truth.
We ask them to Investigate for themselves
and to print the truth as they find it. We
beg them to shut out the anonymous slan
derer Horn their columns. It they will do
this, the south will accept the verdict. Tho
north will discover at once that (as it must
discover sooner or later) tho south has bean
outrageously and infamously slandered,
they will not do this, we must be content to
wait for the slower process of getting tho
codlact with each other. If tho latter Is tho
slower process, It Is perhaps tho surer,
any event tho southern people will continue
with moderation and frankness. If thoy can
not etUI tho voice *f slander, thoy will [be
snre that they deserve noneol Its accusation.
And they will rest content in the knowledge
that the truth will prevail at last, and vindi
cation must come to o people who have on-
durefl In alienee and tn peace, wrongs that
would hare drove almost any other people
on this earth to desperation and to fury.
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THANKSGIVING DAY IN THE SOUTH.
The great national holiday was properly
observed Thursday, In aB part* of the court-
ur-
it is gratifying to all Christians and good
citizens to see the simple faith ot the found-
en of this great nation still quietly but
itrcngly lulthenetng publtc opinion, and
manifesting itself in the shape ot an annual
ofibring of thanks to the Ruler and Father
whore gracious care has made us prosperous
and powerful. In the routh Thanksgiving
day was observed, yesterday, very generally,
and with more than ureal earnestness. The
blessings shared by the whole country have
gladdened the hearts of our people; smooth
ed their pathways, lightened their burdens,
and given them a glimpse of a bright future.
The good men ansi women who assembled
in our chambers, yesterday, felt that they
bad indeed muds to be thankful for. Ibe
enjoyment of peace, plenty and the reestab
lishment ot honest government an no ordi
nary blessings, and they cannot be too grate
fully acknowledged by a Christian people.
If the lesson* of our national Thanksgiving
are permitted to slo their appointed work, w*
may look forward :o a continuance ol th*
blraatng* which bare read* the past year ao
memorable. Wo hare only to do our duty.
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" , BROUGHT TO THE RECORD'
By a lucky accident the writer of the letter
to Wilteabarre, Pennsylvania, giving a slan
derous account of the election and the sub
sequent celebration in Atlanta, has been re
vealed. An interview with the writer is
printed elsewhere.
It is incomprehensible that a man living
in a community will write such a letter. In
this case, it is partly explained by the yonth
of the writer???by the fact that ho bet on
Blaine and was chagrined at his losses, and
that be was chaffed by his comrade. He says
the letter is not printed is he wrote it. We
give him the benefit of this denial, bnt snail
take the letter os printed and review it.
The letter says:
"I do sot blame the negroes for not voting. It
Is as much as their life is worth."
Now, If Mr, Smith saw anything on elec
tion day, he saw hundreds of negroes vote,
side by aide with white men, wlthont the
slightest molestation. The writer of this
edged his way to the polls between two col
ored men, (one of whom was Rev. W. J.
Gaines) and voted after they bad voted. In
the procession of voters before jmd behind
ns, were white men and colored in line in
discriminately and each man hold his placo
and voted in order. When thousands of ne
groes voted in thiB county for Blaine, and
not one was even hurt, bow can Mr. Smith
say, ???It is as much as their life is [[worth to
vote?"
He says further:
"Then the darkles would be run off to the lock
up before they had time to vote."
We do not believe a single negro can be
found who will say that he was kept from
voting by force. There were only two negroes
arrested on election day, -as we learn from
police-headquarters, and they for fighting.
He says further:
"As the returns seemed ao positive for Cleve
land, tbo democrati gathered by hundreds carry-
ing rebel flags."
We repeat, what has been time and time
again said, that there was not a single con
federate flag displayed in the city on that
day. Mr. Smith now says tho flag he took
for a ???rebel flag" was the Gate City Guard
flag.
The crowning atatement in Mr. Smith's let
ter Is that concerning his room-mate and tho
negro's cars. He writes:
'5ty room-mato was brought in nearly dead.
Re la a democrat, and cutoff some black man???*
ears and they got square with him. Ho will
most likely die. Ho kept the cam tor a relic."
Now, this room-mate of Mr. {Smith???s, who
'hod cut off some black man???s ears," Is a
northern man, who lias been in the south
for only a few months. His name is Hayes???
his home is in Pennsylvania, and he is em
ployed at the gas works. He is a democrat
and did have a little tussle with another
democrat during the parade. Of course he
never any more cut off n black man's cars
than Mr. Blaino cut off Mr. Burchard's ears,
and never had half so much inclination to
do so.
Bo much for this letter. It is (also and it is
slanderous. It bos been published through
the north, and it will do thosouth a grievous
and a wanton Injustice. It is an injustice
that Mr. Smith can never repair. He wrote
the letter as n private latter to his brother,
and it was published without his knowledge.
It Is fortnnate that it was published, because
it offered an opportunity of meeting it
squarely. For Mr. Smith's sako alone, wo
can but regret that be did not learn a lesson
from his distinguished leader, and indorso
his Interesting document to his brother with
the injunction, ???Barn this letter!???
THE OVATION TO MR. RANDALL.
The heartiness, the spontaniety and the
cordiality of the reception to tho Hon. Sam
uel J. liamlallby tho peoplo of Georgia last
night was unmistakable.
Wo do not speak idly when we say that
wo know of no man whose coming would
hsvo drawn such a vast crowd, or whose ap
pearance would have evoked such wild and
prolonged cheers as greeted Mr. Hsndall
when he appeared last night. The great
commoner has a hold upon the affections of
our people that, made manifest by last
inght's demonstration, amtsed oven those
who were bis warmest friends. It is needless
to say that through the tumultous day he
bora himself as a statesman and a patriot.
Georgia'* heart will always warm to .Sam
Randall.
Onr jubilee was climactic. It topped the
season. It touched the xentlh of the upris
ing jnbllutlon ot this glorious year. And
now Atlanta puts her excitement aside and
droppsbaokto business. She will be on
hand in lfiSSTready to rally again with the
unterrifledand jubilant democracy.
NOW FOR BUSINESS.
We have enjoyed a remarkable jubilee sMi
aou throughout the entire south. The en
thusiasm of the people over the re-establish
ment of honest government bu been mani
fested in a thousand way* All this was nat
ural and evidently proper.
The next thing in order is business. For
nearly a quarter of a century we have not
bad a fair showing. Our natural resources
and advantages have attracted attention and
excited admiration, but immigrant! have
been slow to bring capital and enterprise
among ns. We lived under a government
administered by a reetional party whose In
terest It was to misrepresent us to alt the
world. Strangers hesitated to cut their lot
in a section which was under the ban of the
parly In power. They lured
civil feuds, disorder aad strife. Bat these
fears can now have no posalbte foundation.
Under a government controlled by the prin
ciple* of Jackson and Jefferson, the south
feels that she is as much a part of the onion
to-day u she was in the better days ot the
republic. Satisfaction will beget utiataction.
Confidence will inspire confidence tn others.
The e\ Ment loyalty and peacefulness ota
prosperous south will bind other sections
move closely to us.
Now Is the most favorable time to let the
outside world know that we are ready for
business, and the best way of doing it is to
go towork with a will. Wears entering
upon the brightest era in onr history and it
will tax all the energies of our brains and
band* to keep pace with onr destiny. Agtim
ire say, let ns settle down to business.
THE NEGRO UNDER DEMOCRATIC
RULE.
. In response to a request from the editor of
the New York Commercial-Advertiser, who
was a strong IJlaine man daring tlfe recent
campaign, General John B. Gordon has writ
ten a letter relative to tbe policy of the south,
and to tbe substantial progress made by the
negro under democratic rule. Tbe letter is
an admirably conceived one, and gives apt
and timely expression to facts that must have
weight with people Who think.
As to the tears expressed by the republi
cans of tbe north with respect to the confed
erate debt, General Gordon points out that
they should read the constitution ot tbe
United States. The democratic patty has
never made itself famous for tampering with
the organic law of the land, and even U there
were do other barrier in tbe way the consti
tution would prevent any attempt to revive
and settle the confederate debt, or to obtain
compensation for tbe loss of slaves.
As to the condition of the negroes, General
Gordon says: ???Since the emancipation of tbs
white race of the south from the govern
ments which lor several years after the war
robbed and oppressed our people, they (the
white democrats) have furnished the execu
tives, the great body of legislators, tbe judges
of tbe courts, tbe sheriffs, the justices of tbs
peace, indeed all tbe officers of the law and
nearly all of the political powers of tbe
states. Under these conditions, peace and
concord and mutual confidence hare
grown up between the races, have grown
stronger year by year; and the blacks have
become contented, prosperous and happy.
Whoever denies tMs statement either will
fully misrepresents the facts which are pat
ent to all who have visited our state, or else
Is tn ignorance of the facts. He is assuming
a responsibility which no honest and honora
ble man ought to assume.
???But let us come to statistical records. I
have not before tne the data which will ena
ble me to give in this hurried article tho exact
amount ol property accumulated by the col
ored race in Georgia under democratic rule,
I however state here as a fact, and hold my
self responsible for furnishing the proof, that
since Georgia passed to the control of whites,
tho colored-people have accumulated and
own In their individual right millions
property real and peisona'. They are pro
prietors of farms, of plantations, of city prop
erty and of comfortable and happy homes
I do not believe that a parallel to the pros
parity which, under democratic rnla.
has been attained by tb???s liberated slave pop
ulation can be fonnd in any other liberated
race to tho world's history.'-
Brother Blaine bad something bitter to eay
about tbe low'wages paid to the negro labor
ers. General Gordon takea up this qncstion
and disposes of It very effectually. ???It Is not
true,??? ho says, ???that the wages paid by
southern whites to colored laborers ore dis
proportionately low. The precise reyerso Is
true, as tbe statistical records, os to the ac
cumulations made by that race, show.
Should the whites desire to compass so
uDjust an end towards the blacks, it
would be simply impossible of attainment,
Competition, the abundanceof lands held for
rental to negroes, the excess of land over tbe
supply of labor, all forbid tt. Tbe facts aro
those, and 1 challenge investigation and suc
cessful contradiction: In proportion to their
intelligence and capacity, and tho character
of tbe labor performed, tho southern negrods
tbo best pthl laborer in this country. His
wages to money areless than thoso earned by
intelligent laborers in northern cities and
factories. But the northern laborer pays ont
for food, for home rent, for tool, all or nearly
all be receives In wages. To tho southern
negro on the plantation all these are free,
and be is tbe most independent, best paid
laborer of equal Intelligence to the United
Slates, He lias his house free, his food or
rations free or provided by bis landlord, his
fuel free, his garden for potatoes, beans and
vegetables free, bis cow and his chickens ore
quartered on tbe plantation free. Add to
this his [pay in money, generally about $10
per montb, which is not, and can be laid
aside, if be will, for investment, and tell me
where such laborers have such comforts and
chances of accumulation.???
Onr correspondent further says that there
were no lights or lanterns displayed in the
neighborhood of the lady's bonseon the night
of election, except the hgbts that shone from
tbe peaceful and quiet dwelllnge adjacent.
But tho night afterwards, when the people of
Elberton learned that Cleveland had been
elected, they celebrated the event. Indeed,
they even went eo far as to organize a torch
light procession to honor of tha redemption
of tbe country and the government from the
corrupt rule of republicanism.
Tbe foregoi ng, we are assured, is the whole
story of (lie Elberton outrage, and th* slan
ders which mir correspondent expoles are
typical ones. Editor Halstead, of Cincinnati,
should reflect over these things.
THE WATERBURY WATCH.
The crops in certain sections are abort and many
fanners will tblnk of economizing tor the coming
year.
A good weekly paper I* tbo cheapest thing that
goes Into a farmer'* borne. Sacha paper as Tux
CosanTonox at3L(thcclubrato)tt tbo cheapest
newspaper In the worM. It is a luxury, a comfort,
a necessity. Its weekly visit carries the news of
the busy world to tho fanner???s family. It amnnu
and Instructs the children, It cheersand-entcrtalns
the wife an d mother, It gives the fanner bis mar
kata, the progress of the world, polities and busl
ness. Tho day that It arrives fan bright day in
the week. .
It costa less than two cents a week. Every time
a hen ducks, the egg she haa laid will pay for the
paper for the week. A postage stamp will pay for
It. It ia tho cheapest thing you con buy.
In cutting down expenses for the year, don???t cut
ofl'THECoxsrmTios, It will he more than ever
necessary to you during tho long winter evenings.
It will pay for itself ten times over every week.
So mnka np your mind that Tn* Consimmo* b
one of tho necessities, as well aa a luxury, and
scud In your renewal.
Kerrx gear nlrmjrfie* promptly, warned*'
Miss a ropy.
THE BLBERTON OUTRAGE.
Wo havo received a communication from a
correspondent to Ellierton, In which the let
ter from that place recently printed In the
Milwaukee hcntinel 1* characterized at ???slan
derous and outrageous," and an Indignant
denial made, the denial being indorsed by
the but citizens. Tbe facts, as given to the
communication, are as follows, and we give
them to this shape so that our Milwaukee
contemporary may, if it shall feel sodiiposed,.
present them to its reader*, *o that even-
handed justice may be done to the premises:
Our correspondent, Mr, If. A. Roebuck,
states tbat on the morning of the election, a
negro without apparent provocation, struck
Mr. W. H. Clark, a respectable and quiet cit
izen. Two or three of Mr. Clark???* ions, who
were standing near, mode an effort to arrest
the negro. The latter ran and the boys ran
after him. At tbat time, there was a large
body of negroes aronnd the polls, and they at
once began to throw rocks and brick-bats at
tbe young men who were trying to arrest tbe
negro. Thereupon the police force interfered
and at once put an end to the difficulty, ar
resting blacks and whites indiscriminately.
All parties were carried before tbe proper
authorities all entered a plea of gnilty and
equal finee were impoeed on them. This ac
tion settled tbe whole matter.
our correspondent declares, and all bis as
sertions are borne ont by tbe testimony ot the
best citizens, that no attempt was made to
compel the negroes to voteor to prevent them
from voting. There was no cutting, no club
bing, no shooting, and no-attempted intimi
dation whatever, as the negroes themselves
will tastily. The jailer declares that no one
.was incarcerated in the jail on the day of
election.
The lady who wrote the latter printed in
the Milwaukee Sentinel say* her house wo*
???rocked." Onr correspondent Is of the opin
ion that the whole town was recked until the
authorities arrested the whites and negroes
that were engaged to throwing stons* and
brick*. Aito the ???few discharges of govern
ment guns" that scattered the democrats, our
correspondent, speaking for tbe citizens of
Elberton, toys; ???We will do the correspond
ent'* family the justice to say that, so far as
we know, none of those who were living to
tbe bouse have been in tbe government ser
vice for some time, and we do not think there
???were any government shooting-irons within.
Certain it is, ??J there were any volley* fired
from the house, only the tomatesof thedwell-
ng heard there."
A FAVORED RACE,
No country on earth can show a peasantry
possessing the privileges and advantages .en
joyed by the negroes of the south.
All history Is full of examples showing
that migration ia the remedy ^adopted by a
class or race when it is oppressed or badly
treated. The Jews are leaving Russia, tbo
Irish are ponring out of Ireland in a steady
stream, the poor and down trodden of every
land arc coming to Americajo enjoy life, lib
erty nnd tbe pursuit of happiness, While
these transfers of population are occurring
nil ovor the world tho negroes of the sonth
remain where they aronnd manifest no de
sire to go elsowhoro. If it Is true, as alleged
' by certain republican politicians nnd news
papers, that tbe negroes ore ill-treated and
denied their political rights why do
they not shift from tbo southern to the mid
dle or western states? They aro free and
better able to afford tho expense of moving
than the European peasants. If thoy can
not get fair play where they are, why to the
name ot common sense do thoy not try their
fortunes to other sections?.
There can be but one explanation. Tho
negroes in the south are thriving a* no other
recently emancipated peasantry ever pros
pered before. Aided by their old matters,
petted and protectod by tho government, tlio
object of northern philanthropy, with their
rights jealously guarded and secured by
constitutional amendments, thoy are indeed
a privileged people. All negroes vote when
they comply with certain general laws.
Thoy can hold any office to which they may
be elected. Somoof them ure congressmen,
nnd members [of tho legislature. Some of
them havo been senators. They buy land on
credit and pay for It They
receive the same credit at store* that Is ex
tended to the whites. They collect their
debts to the courts just as their old masters
do. On tho other band, they ore not held to
ns strict a responsibility in civil oontructs or
In criminal matters as are tho whites. They
enjoy all the benefits of the law and feel less
of Its burden* than other people.
This is why tho negroes stick to the south.
Thoy may prowl a little at times when they
are talking politic*, bnt they know tbolr real
friends, and do not propose to move away
from them. If there Is a grain of
truth to the republican complaints is behalf
of the negroes, w o ask why it 1* that they
show such cheorfnl unanimity in remaining
where they ore instead of moving toother
states? The present free, happy and pros
perous condition of these people is the com
pleted refutation of our alaoderers that could
possibly be desired.
J7ii* jxqxT m on be lent you at a ipeelmtu ropy.
If so,reu{lit. Judge it on iu meritI mid mb-
taibcfui it. It CM(| $1.26 a year to linyie mb-
leribti-o??? $1.00 ??rcA in cluboof fire, or 110for 11
popevr. Jt u the Impair, best, cheapest paper
print, d. (let up a club or take it yourself,
SUNDAY LAWS.
It is generally admitted by onr contempo
raries tbat tbe .Sunday laws, os they are
commonly called, are not respected in tbe
large cities of tbe north and west. In some
of the western cities and towns saloons re
main open on the Sabbath day, and there (s
no cessation of the ordinary traffic and
amusements. In other places the lews re
quire the closing of the saloons, bat it is the
testimony ot all who know any thing about it
tbat tho saloons do a flourishing business
through (heir back and side doors. Occa
sionally the police make a sport and en
deavor to enforce the Sunday law;, but to
tbe end they relax their vigilance and give
up.
This is the state of affairs not to the ???row
dy west???alone, bnt to "the land of steady
habit*," the land of great moral idea*, the
land whoso sagea, statesmen and prescMrs
conceive it to be their special mission to
straighten the benlgbed sooth. From all ac
counts these self-constituted reformers and
missionaries have a fine field at home for
their peculiar work. In the southern. states
the Sabbath Is generally observed
on account ol the religious convictions ot the
people of both races, and the police have
very little occasion to enforce laws which
nobody desires to violate This i* the natural
outcome or the love of law and order which
1* characteristic of the southern people. In
this section we are free from the fear* of
anarchy, communism, labor disturbances and
disorders which are dreaded and expected in
some of tbe northern, middle and western
states. Orthodox religious ideas and con
servative political beliefs have so moulded
public opinion to this section that reaisunoe
to law and corruption in affitira of govern
ment are almoat unknown.
Bnt to return to the matter of Sunday
lain. Tbe manner to which??? these law* aro
observed in the one section aad openly defied
or availed in the other throws a flood of light
upon th* principles and the character of the
respective sections. The ??ib??rvance or non-
observance of the Sabbath Indicate* a nation's
character and tendencies.
.INDISTINC