The Waynesburg Republican. (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, November 27, 1867, Image 1

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    " Term of lu!liuilon.
Tm WAYMBtmina ItKPi'BLirAH, Om 111
flayers' building, east of the Court House, is pub
lished every Wednesday mornlntr, at 83 per
annum, in Anv-tura, or hi ao If not paid with'
in theytotr, AllHubserlptlon account nt'ST
be settled ammnlly. No piijier will be sent
out of tlie Statu unlcsapald for in AnvANca, nnd
all men subscription will Invariably he discon
tinued at the explmtinn of the time for which
: they are paid,
. Comniunlcutlonsnn subjects of locnlnrtrencrnl
Interest are rcpei-n'iilly nollrll.il. To ensure
attention favors 0 this kind must Invurlnlilv lie
accompanied by the name of the author, not for
publication, but. miurunty aniiinntliiip.ltlnii.
All letters pertaining to ImalihMmf tii oltlee
mint bo adilnuuuU to the K II tor
A VEIMIFISD "JOl'KMKY Of Hi t."
Whitnamin travels tho Journey ofhTa
fit gets a fow rulis of tba bustl i and strife ;
4.UfW lit W!intirguiae-b(Xik, pcrchatico'
I can givoblma tketcli of thu route at a
glance.
Mammy's lap coral anil pap fustcry, dam-
mery fio, fle!
Off U school Jull m a multi fog away,
drag away slow, slow.
Early lore coo like a dove sihcry, fiory
glow, glow.
Cliooie a caroer pnjspocta queer fullcry,
'wallery gruff, gruff.
Lesann learnt, taadle burnt fiickcry pull
,.. puff..
Fusscry, nasscry, hiimmery, tlummcry, fii$
way, drag away, fullery, wallery, Hickory,
wicUerv, laughing, charting, moaulng,
groaning, lllory, pill'-ry, doctor's bittcry, s:id
cnougli, mad enough, glad when you've bad
enough.
When a man travels tbe Journey of lifts
lie gcta a few rubs In the bustle and strife :
C;ts, nil his lire.
A few nibsln tlio bustle and strife,
TIIK KUITUIt.
Too editor wot k l he's never nt rest.
For the world, unsated wMi niws,
Keeps asking for m ire, tbe latest uml best
He cannot bo will not refuse.
Dig sermons and speeches, stories an 1
' rhymes,
With ilcms both ancient and new,
gulling the people, and suiting the times,
Ho mutt faithful uu J constant review.
' Not only deals ho In sa'ij.i :ts profound,
Ills reason must min,'l.; with fun ;
Tbe world will laugh and the Joke go around
Whon tbu editor scribbles a pun.
political.
TO Till-: l.VIII.V NOMtMJlM.
Addrenn of the Koldlci-H' mill KtillorV
I'iiIaii of WiiNlilntnn An Appeal for
the Principle Ueletiiletl on the t'lrl't
of Ilattlc,
Combadks ! Our country is again
threatened ly the same political power
that coun.11.tl treason ami plunged
the nation into bloody civil war.
The hand of tlic assassin has iin
, masked the treasonable spirit tiiat
shrank from open conflict in the field,
niul licensed new hopes for the accoin-
lilkliminit I iv tin' li'illut nC rliof ii liii.li
the armed hosts of rebellion failed to
secure by the bullet.
The apathy of Union men i:i sever
al of the loyal .States haw been seized
upon by the enemies of the Govern
ment as a reaction in their favor, and
the passions and prejudices of a por
tion of the people are appealed to to
overthrow the Legislative branches of
the Government.
The men who fostered ami defended
the Constitution ami Hag of our coun
try arc charged by those who fostered
and defended rebellion as being the
enemies of that same Constitution and
the laws made in pursuance thereof.
Wo are told that the war has closed,
and that treason should be rewarded
i , ii .,.1
anu not punisneu as a crime; tnai iy
the force of arms we have made our
enemies in the field the Fame loyal
citizens as though no war had been
waged ; that without guarantee or
pledge rebels are entitled to the same
exercise of political privileges which
they enjoyed before the war; that we
liavo no right to legislate safeguards
for those whom we legislate to be free ;
. , that Senators and lleprescntativcs of
even the rebel Congress shall be ad
mitted to seats in our National JiOgis
laturc : that the men whom you fought
in the field and who were driven by
your bayonets into the "hist ditch,"'
and who surrendered only when their
powers of resistance failed, are fit to
sit in an American Congress to vote or
" withhold the mites that now comfort
the widows and orphans of the heroic
dead ; that our victory was not a tri-
' immi, l...t ..i : 1
, .....J .. . ,.....v,.,...., ,.,,..,,
power alone, and that loyalty is no test
of citizenship, but an unmeaning and
despotic phrase; that the debt incurred
by the war, in great part for your
services, pay, bounties, pensions, tve.,
should be repudiated ; that no further
bounties or pensions should be granted
to sustain the disabled living, and that
' the fruits of victory that cost so much
Wood and treasure shall be transferred
. ixom the conquerors to the conquered.
- i- By 'the war the enemy deprived
t themselves of certain rights and -privileges
aad sundered or impaired their
' thcir constitntional relations with the
n( Government, They failed to succeed
( in withdrawing their territory from the
Union, but, as faros constitutional law
'! and .Federal authority was concerned,
.they defeated its exercises until the
. force of arms compelled their stirren
,'i dor. They . virtually overthrew the
. Constitution for nearly five years, and
i for that time successfully resisted the
j exeruise of all authority unknown to
the Government they assumed to have
established. :r And it matters not
whether they Were in the Union or
"" j union, bo long as uicy aiicn
Jnted themselves from the Government
nd resisted its authority, committed
treason against, its laws, its flag, and
' jta aoir, they disfranchised themsoves
Wall elaims to its protection. !.'. '
., They are conquered publio enemies,
and have ' no right to participate in
State or National legislation without
first obtaining the consent of Con-
They ; have Incurred disabilities,
, which must be removed before thev
; an eniov the rights of citiaship and
the political privileges growing otfbf
vwsei rignu, awl nave no mora) or
JAA l SA YE US,
VOL XI.
legal right to the restoration of any'
privileges or immunities lost by tho
war save what humanity alone would
confer. Did we find loyal State gov
ernments iu tho rebellious States when
the war ceased? If so, tho suprema
cy of Federal authority restored them
to tneir tormcr relations with the
General Government. If we found
disloyal State Governments tho resid
ing power, certainly they were in con
flict with tho Constitution, and could
not, without usurpation of its authori
ty, bo so restored. If tho General
Government had power to disband the
disloyal State Governments, was thereJ
any btate Government existing alter
such (lisbandmcnt ?
If there were no State Governments
existing, were not their political rela
tions with the General Government ef
fectually destroyed, save tho territory
alone, which they could not remove,
ami in which the exercise of Federal
authority is preserved only by the
presence of the military forces of the
Government ? Thus possessing no
rights under the Constitution or laws,
justice demands that snllieicnt guaran
tees tor their future conduct shall be
given. Coiutress demands that their
now LO.i.iiiiniir.tiS 1'jr the restoration
of their State Governments under the
Fcdrrai Constitution shall conform to
the spirit of the text.
That they shall not politically en.-
siave tins minorities that remained
oyal during the war ; that all men, as
tar as civil rights are concerned, shall
stand equal before the Iaw:, and politi
cal privilege's onlv be withheld bv the
will of the majority, or in punishment
for crime. That no reiirn of caste shall
ibridge the rights of humanity ; that
freedom shall mean freedom and not
servitude; and that ever)' citizen, re-
jarilless of race or color, shall enjoy
personal protection in their liberties
iy law and deed. J hat treason inn!
m I siuii be imiiisheil as a crime.
To clothe our enemies with the
panoply of political power is too
dangerous an expedient to experiment
upon in the restoration ot this Ciiioii
When they entermr national conn,
cils they justly demand an apportion
ment ol the Government patronage.
I hey will ask representation in all
the various departments to an extent
great"!- than what they enjoyed during
the war, (and it seems almost that they
could receive this now, if they made
application with certain political
pledges.) They will demand positions
in our army mid navy.
Would our army or navy be safe in
their hands ? We committed them to
their care once, and we recollect with
what honor and fidelity they served
their trusts.
Who of you, fellow-soldiers, would
like to serve tinder the chivalrie Mos
by, who stealthily scanned the rear of
our armies to murder thoso who im
prudently withdrew from the limits of
amp or the strict lineot inarcii ; vt no
ol von, noble sailors, would like to
serve iiiitler the murderous pirate
Semincs, whose courage burned un
armed vessels and destroyed our peace
ful commerce on the seas ?
These are no overdrawn pictures ;
for if these men are permitted to fill the
high places of our Government, they
will be realities from which we have
just cause to recoil. Would you trust
them to command our armies r Yi on Id
you twist them to command our navy ?
Xo, never! If, then, it be unsafe to
place in disloyal hands the means by
which we protect and defend Our
Government, by what process of reason
ing can wesubmitto place the Govern
ment itself in the keeping of those
whose hands are yet red with blood.
Xo, thank God, it will never be done.
The People are not yet ready to
surrender their liberties. Too much
sacrifice, too much blood, too much
treasure, has been poured out for us to
step upon the thrcshhold of our liber
til's and transfer our freedom to those
whom we conquered in the war for its
supremacy.
If R'bels arc admitted to Congress
and to their share of public patronage,
what higher endorsements will they
need to recommend an applicant than
the fact that he was foremost in the
effort todes'.roy the Government they
now seek to control.
Tho State of Maryland is to-day
guarding her despotism with a militia
eduaated in tho rebel ranks, while
Kentucky sends rebel officers elected
by rebel ballots over candidates that
gave honorable service in the union
army. These arc truths that cannot
be denied.
In common with every patriot in
this land, wc desire to see our Union
speedily and harmoniously restored.
But it must be restored upon the prin
ciples which gave it birth upon the
teachings of its founders and that
tyranny and aristocracy shall not live
to subvert freedom and Democracv :
that the civil rights of no man shall
be abridged liccansc the wisdom of
God has made him nnhkc ourselves in
cjlor ; that ttath, justice and cqcali
tvshall reign and rule supreme.
They are "imperishablo decrees of
Heaven. We have in the party poli
tics of the day 4wo parties, known as
the Democratic and Jlcpublican.
' They have both asserted through
their representative leaders in Con
gress, and out of it, their plans of res
toration or reorganization.
Tlie Democratic, party asserts that
by the supremacy of the Federal au
thority the States are already restored,
and are entitled to representation in
yongress. .
The Republican party asserts that
FIKMXESSIN THE RIGHT AS GOD GIVES UfTO SEE THE MGHT,-Iimc
WAYiUSBlKtl,
by the supremacy of Federal authority
the States arc made subservient to sue
authority, and those who committed
treason are amenable to the laws for
their crimes and that the disloyal con
sistency of the South arc not entitled
to representation until they shall evi
ueuee, ny worn and deed, their re
nouncement of hostility to the Gov
eminent, the Union ami tlie laws : and
that they desire to renew their former
allegiance by guaranties of their faith
ful adherence to the compact.
The Democratic party says that the
forced surrender of rebels in arms has
restored them to their political privi
leges under tho Government.
This Republican partv fays that by
this surrender they yiehfed only their
military power to oppose, and by be
intr found in arms against the Govern
ment, thev deprived themselves of all
political privileges under it.
The Democratic party says this is a
white man s Government,
The Republican party says that this
is a Government ot the jieople ; an
asylum tor the oppressed ot every
clime and nation, and in theory an
principle based upon the equality of
rights to nil mankind.
The Democratic party says that the
four millions of slaves who became
free by the war should be left to the
mercy ot their enemies, who inaugu
rated rebellion to establish their per.
petual bondage.
The Republican party says that these
men were made free not by their own
acts, and that humanity as well as the
law demands that they should be pro.
tceted in theenjoynicnt of "life, liberty
and tho pursuit ot happiness.
In fitct the Democratic party de.
sires to socurj by tho aid ot tlie re
bellion the political power of the Gov
ernment, while the Kepublican party
mean that it shall be confided to none
but loval men.
The Democratic partv nursed trea
son in the cradle, and is the parent of
its infamy and crimes.
The Republican party is the off
spring of liberty founded by the im
mortal .Icilcrson, defended by the
blood of Lincolrf and the three hun
dred thousand loval hearts whose
;ravcs attest their fidelity to its prin-
iplos, and whoso triumphs decreed
that in this country "the sun shall
neither rise upon ar master or set upon
slave." i
The Democratic partv lent its voice
and its votes to aid and com tort our
enemies in the field.
The Republican party sent its von
'itards to the front, dealing treason
the sword of justice, and planted frfce-
uom s banners upon tno bulwarks ot
i very.
Tlie cmo(rutiii jxtrty ikc'aml the
urir a pulurc.
The RqmUiriui parly mmh it a mic-
ei'Kx.
The Democratic party was disloval,
shorn of its power defeated.
The Republican partv was true to
the maxims of our independence, vic
torious in authority triumphant.
ihu Democratic party denied the
right of soldiers to exercise suffrage in
tho field,
The Republican party extended the
privilege and you potent exercised
it.
With whom, then, will you serve;
with the vesstils of treason, or with the
:leuders of universal liberty ?
Will von follow tho immortal Lin-
coin in lus precepts, or tho apostates ol
i I
is teachings I
Did you fight to restore rebels to
power or did you flsrht to make them
subservient to the law ?
Was it a war to establish the geo
graphical limits of the Government, or
war to establish its fundamental
principles human rights civil and re
ligious liberty "to make treason odi
ous and a crime that ought to be
punished I
J t you were for a conquest 01 terri
tory, alone, go with the Democratic
party, if you were lor the defence of
thu iiipjienable rights of mankind,
stand by the Republican party to-day.
it you arc the victors ot grc.-.t
principles, never surrender them to the
tyrants you defeated.
Fellow comrades, wo arc told that
those who defended, maintained and con
secreted it with their blood arc now en
emies of the liberties for which they
have made their sacrifices.
But who arc our accusers? What
claim have they for political respect?
Were their homes illuminated at
Union victories? Or did their hearts
sadden at rebel defeat?
Did they oiler to feed the starving
garrison of Sumter? Or did they cry
"You shall not coerce orsubjiigate our
friends ?''
Scan their names and sec if they arc
not the same polluted scabs that have
surfaced the sores of tho nation for
yeai-s men whose names are unletter
ed among the heroes of the war, whose
lovalty has rotted in the lorgetfuliiess
of tho post, and but for the events of
the last few months, would have pass
ed to their political graves "unwept
unhonored, and unsung." Inspired
by the apostates of liberty, these men
now seek to control the destinies of the
Government. , Their arguments are
the same departures from truth, justice,
and liberty that have ever character
ized their political post. Schooled in
the nursery of slavery, trained to bow
submissively to its power, their vision
cannot extend beyond the color of the
men that have just escaped from the
bonds of their tyranny and oppression.
They plead to incite predjudice against
PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1867.
color which God has been pleased to
bestowed upon an unfortunate race.
They startle with assuyied self-hor-or
when they declare that tour and a
half millions of whib voders ore in lu
engulfed by less than aJlyif million of
colored, lhey can sec nothing before
their eves but visions ot black suprcm
aey, and clamor to rob the citizen of
the Means by which ho am protect and
defends his citizenship. They prefer
white traitors to loyal black men.
To restore the Democratic party to
power would be to restore rebels to
power. Tho war which has hardly
ended, would be renewed and fought
over again.' Your bond find pension
laws would be repealed. The nation
al debt would bo repudiated. The
commercial prosperity of the nation de
stroyed ; in fact, Ameficnn liberty
would recievo a blow that would re
tard the civilization" of tho world a
century in its progress. Anarchy and
ruin would supplant the best Govern
ment of the earth.
Comrades, let your ivoices, your
vote,nnd your influence be wielded in the
same column of strength mat is now
led by the heroes of the wnr by
Grant, Sheridan, Thomas, Howard,
Sick lee, Geary, Logan, Sehenck, and
hundreds of others whose deeds aro no
le?s heroic or brave, and the power
that now threatens to control by the
ballot will bo vanquished with less ef
fort than the fiends of rebellion who
failed by the bullet. i
Your patriotism and Valor saved
the nation in its hour of peril, let not
your apathy destroy the fruits of vic
tory, lho loyal men ot the botith
look to your ballots as they did to your
bullets to secure them the enjoyment
ofliberty and repose. If you aro true
( nd s blessing will award your triumph
and crown our land with peace, quie
tude and prosperity. -
"JMeriuil igilancc is the price -t
liberty."
saniiv, (
. 1 eel Inm nt the 4'firnorM to take Into Con.
Nlilpriitltm ttir best nm( moM l'enelble
MirfliiMlN of PreHervliitf to tlio linmo
ernry the State the)- won tLls l ull.
Post Office.Coxfkdhjt X Roads
(Wich is in theStait uv Kentucky),
Oct. 30, 1807. I wuz sittin in tho
Post Ollis, day before yesterday, cogi-
tatin over the glorious results uv fhe
Ohio and Pennsylvania elections, and
hopiu for an ekally good report frohr
Aoo lork; thiukiu the while that
perhaps ef my hopes wuz realized, and
sncii a tonstoosiinel iJunokrat ez
Pendleton or Seymour shood be elect
ed, 1 mite, in consideration uv my
long anu 1 biccve valuable services
aspire to taitiim Jiigner, and better,
anil more profitablo than a Post Ollis,
sich cz I am at present holdin. I do
not complain, for tho posishen has bin
the means uv establishin a credit upon
neli 1 hev lived thus tar comfor
table, but yet I shood prefer a place
where the salary wood be sullishent to
give mo cnult so that i cood lay up
stithin for old age. The time is not
lar oil when my mdividoel exertions
will not supply my wants.
1 felt good over the victory, and it
seemed to me ez tho we ought to speak
ez Kcutuekiaiis,to our brethren North,
instruct in uv cm how to hold the
Staits which they have won for us.
When 1 decide upon iv pint, 1 alliiz
act, and so it wuz this time.
I (rive notis, by Issaker Gavitt. that
tho Comers wood assemble at the
tootin uv the horn, for the purpose uv
sendin forth the voice uv Kentucky to
the btaits Aorth. the evenin come,
the horn was tooted from the steps uv
the church, and the entire Corners wuz
there. Deekin Pogram wuz in his
regler sent ; Issaker Gavitt wuz in his
iaintcd lathers place, which hcz gone
hcntz, Kernel McFelter wuz there.and
tlso the others who mndo up the male
population uv the Corner., and their
wives. It wuz a glorious mcetin. and
I wuz .a rtibbin my hands' and feclin
good at the prospeck uv ail improvin
occasion, when to my utter disgust. I
saw the door5 open and Joe Bigler,who
wuz born to be my pest, conic in, with
roiiock, and twenty-five niggers, old
and voting, male and female, white.
yalicr and black, and all i. cm took
scats together m the corner uv the
church. I knowd by the meek look
uv the niggers, and the eggstrccm
nnictood uv Biglcr hissclf. that suthin
wuz up, which would of course develop
tscir. jigicr anu roiiock generally
develop. .
1 opened the mcetin bv remarks that
ine times wore au auspishus look.
The power uv the nigger iivAmcrikan
politics hod bin demonstrated. . The
nigger lied bin so manipulated in Ohio
and Pcnnsylvany, cz to givo up these
States, - which we cood hold efwe
choose. But tho Dimoerlsv nv Ohio
ana rennsytvany lied n work to do,
which they cannot neglect with safety.
They bed declared tho nigger inferior
to the Caticashcn, which he undeniably
is, and they must keep him so. The
nigger must be kept jist cggsockly
where ho is, to servo cz a irritant ito
l n . i . - ' . -----
Deraocrisy. Ohio gives the niggers
uvthat State certain fauoilitios for
learnin to read and write, accomplish
ments whlcli no laborin class which is
to be guided, controlled and worked
excloosivcly by a sooperior class, needs
or hez any biznis with. Sot soon cz a
man begins to reed he begins to hev a
inquiriu mind, and . begins to feel i
dissatisfaction with his spoor, Let Ohio
repcol these laws to wunst, that the
niggers may no ... , .' ;
"Reverse the arrangement," set Joe
Biglcr, rUiu, "and git to bo the eoo-
perior uv the white. Is that it. Pe
fesser ?"
"Noteggsaekly that," returned I
not knowm what he wuz driven at,
"but cz Hcvin ordained the niggers to
uo mierior to us, anu serve us, it looks
rather dangerous to us "
"Give him a chance to rise? That'
what yoor gettiii at. I see. I am. and
always wuz a Dimocrat, cz yoo knoo,
but I don't shudder from that cause
not any. I hev faith in the Lord,
wich yoo appear to liiek.wich is strange.
consiaeriu yoor proteshun. Lt my
colored friends hero wuz ordained by
mo Ainngiity to ailuz okkepy an in
ferior position to us, why they'll do it
anyhow, onless, indeed, we degrade
ourselves below their level. Jfif I
understand yoor idea, it is that the
proud Cuiieashun is tho only favored
rueo.which fixes its own posishen itself,
but that all the other races hed places
assigned them, wich Godalraity hevin
nxed, they can t pass, ihat beta the
ease, what s the yoose, Perfesser, uv
our foolin away our timo a tryin to
strengthen his laws by an act uvotirs?
Ef the Almighty fixed it so, kin wc
do it any better than he?"
"Utitsposn the nigger, ef we don t
keep him down by law, shood rise
above us?" i
"I shood unanimously conclood that
ther hed bin a mistako in tho figgers.
and that wo wuz after all the suns uv
I Iain, and they the sons uv Japhcth;
How wood you like that? But that
ain't wat ails us. There, Peefesser,
ain't where our danger is. Dimocrisy,
like a man with a tape-worm, carries
tho elements of its own destruckshun.
Missegeiiiishun is wat's sappin the
foiindashuns uv the party. Agreein
with you that the nigger's place is fix
ed, and that the Dimocrisy coodeut get
along a minit without the nigger, I
here utter my soluinn warnin the con
tinyooal lcsscnin of the race, because
that race is our rock, and unto-- that
we stand. Wnt sense is in wasten
our capital, or ruthcr dclutin it?"
" at do you mean ? askt I, not
gcttin at the drift uv wathe wuz driv
en at. ,
Mean I My incan'n is plain. The
blacker the nigger is the further he is
below us tho whiter he is tho nearer
our cquel ho is.
In this cnlculashun wo don t take
intelligence or virchoo, or anything of
the kind into account, but perceed up
on the hypothesis that a devilish mean
white man is considerable better than
a smart and honest nigger. There
fore any drop uv white blood in a nig
ger s veins makes him just one drop
less ohjccshunnblc. Look at the spec
imens which I hev brot with mo to
illustrate my pint. The light colored
niggers will rise.
And every cussed one uv em got up
e ct -y magic, and i saw to wunst
what he was goin for.
" l oo see, Perfesser I hev here
twenty-two spiled niggers. Every
one u v em ought to hev been tho son
or daughter uv two pure niggers, but
tney am t. Iins ones mother for in
.i .. i i - i i i i . ..
sumce, aim jic iaiu n is nana on the
shoulder uv a likely quadroon uvcigh
teen years, "wuz wunst tho property
uv Deekin Pogram, wich circumstance
accounts lor her hevin the Pogram
nose and general cost uv oouutonance
to an alarmin degree
I'licr was a piercin shreek heard.
and Mrs. Pogram was cairied out faint-
in, and the Deekin turned ez red ez a
loLstcr, while liiglcr, cz solemn ez
Judge, went on
"Ih:s girl wuzunst the property uv
Deekiu McGiath, who is, I notis, here
to-nite. Melissy stand up," eed he,
and a Jikely mulatto woman nnz,
'You will notis," sed he, that Melissy
is rather dark, while her gal wich
you sec afore yoo, is quite a half
lighter, l he race bleached out con
siderablo on Deekin McGrath's place.
ri ....
j nev in my recollections ten or ht
tecn more uv various shades, who hev
tho MeGrath face j but," ,
Mrs; Deekin MeGrath, uttcrin
shreek uv rage, swung out , of the
church, while the Deekin to wunst
assumed the color uv his fellow Dec-
kin, Pogram.
"1 mite go on, but wherefore ? You
all seo the pint. I can show you in
this collcckshun which I hev picked
up, the pecoolyer feachcrs nv the Din-
geses, tho McPelters, the Bascoms, and
every tainfly around these partsthat
is the fccchcrs uv the male members
uv em. But senco the emancipation,
I luivo notist that this thing hcz come
to a sudden endin. I hev notist tluit
sence the niggers hov owned themselves-,
there nint no more uv this mix-
tcr. I oo purpose, I . suppose, agin
rcdoosin uv em to their normal con-
dishun, andmakhi tivcru servants and
maid servants. LI this is done, let
mo entreat yoo brethren to stop the
bleachin process. Ef you hev any re
gard for the Dimocrasy don't tolerate
it no more. Ihe moment a. half
whito nigger u born, yoo can't enslave
only half uv him, for only half comes
under the cuss, and only, half uuder
the laws again niggers, ' That one-
half keeps down to, the Ham level.
but tothcr half sores to the Japheth
place in aachcr. . Yoo can't whale a
mulatto with only halt the interest yoo
kin a clear-blooded nigger, and when
they keep bleachin out, and out. and
out, until tlwy are almost white, what
then?. ben a nigger is nine-tenths
Pogram and- only one-tenth nigger,
what then ?r Kin the Deekin boo
deaf to the voice of nacher so . bare
ay impulse cz to .oppress so much Pog
ram for the sake uy gcttin hie foot on
so little nigger ? I can't boliove it.
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
NO. 23.
Besides, w hen it's all run out when
the nigger don t show at all then wat
is to prevent em fromjwalkin off alone
and settin up in biziiess for themselves
cz white men ? hat will beeomo uv
the Democrasy then ?
All this time tlie niggers wuz titter
in, anu ine wnite womea wuz gaspm
for brcth, and the men wuz turniii red
and white by turns. I arose to rcbuko
him. when Bigler remarkt that he
guest eniiff hed bin scd, and that
probably tho meeting had better be
adjourned. And the audacious cuss
give us two minutes and a half to get
out uv the buildin. . ,
I wood give my next quarter's sala
ry ef the yellow fever wtd eomo to
the Corners, pervided I cood be,
ashoorcd that Bigleraud Pollock wood
bo victims. , ,
pETttoi.EUM V. Nasiiy, P. M.,
(Wich is Postmaster.) -
' i .. ...
BECovvrnrcrio asd Hirt'RAUE.
Nlgnlrleant Ex-!tebel I'tternncM.
The famous rebel General Lar-
ringcr, of North Carolina, 1ms' written
alenghthy letter to the Charlotte (Jf.
C.) A'ews, in which ho accepts colored
suffrage as a logical result of tho war.
While North as a prisoner of war, he
says he made it- a special object to
tudy the tono and temper of the
Northern people particularly the char
acter of Yankee society and the work
ings of Yankee institutions, and that
ho arrived at tho following conclu
sions:
I. That the masses of all classes in
that section were disposed fo trent the
South kindly, and even liberally, if
our people-especially the leaders
only came out fairly and squarely to
tno great results ot the war.
II. But, that negro suffragr was
destined to come in some form, no sane
man could doubt.
HI. That the Republican partv
was the power with which tho South
had to deal.': This great party em-
braced the live men of tho North
IV. The very existence of the South
required her to acquiesce' in, if she
could not sanction, the policy of this
victorious party, as tno best represen
tative of the conquering power. But
for myself, I came to tho conclusion.
after full reflection, that tho highest
interests ol the south would be promo
ted by her people embracing, so far as
they could conscientiously do so, the
propiressivo ideas of that party.
The General closes his letter as fol
lows : -
The young, the. ignorant and the
rash cling to hopes never to be realiz
ed. They catch nt every straw that
floats upon the troubled waters of the
political ocean.
The treacherous utterances of the
Cbppcrhcadrt press,which has ever fed
and fatt6ncd on the follies of the South,
and which has ever led us to death
and destruction, are again gathered up.
People forget 1861, when ot the first
shock of arms, the "mudsills" were to
rise; 1862, whon MeClellan, in his
rage and despair, was to seize the
Government ;in 1863,when the North
west was to resist; 1864, when the
Peace Democracy was to triumph;
1865, when Mr.-Johnson would cer
tainly crush Radicalism; arid finally,
1866, when the Philadelphia conven
tion was sweeping, the country. He
boid the result of all these prophecies!
And yet when a Southern man dares
to rise above the passions of the hour.
and tell tho people the unvarnished
truth, he is denounced ns a traitor to
his ra(eand his section.
I would not willingly enter the noli-
tieal arena, but I think I know some
thing of the spirit and temper of the
North, and if reconstruction is defeat
ed, or if tho policy of resistance is long
maintained, our troubles ana (lilticlil
tics must increase. It is idle for the
South to longer isolate herself from
the outside world or seek to ; repress
the aspirations of the age. Govern
ments, everywhere, are soon to rest on
the broad basis of universal ' sufl'rage.
1 hus - far the experiment has met
with full success wherever tried ; and
the vital forces of a people are found
to be in proportion to their freedom of
thought and ot action. 1 have never
doubted but that the colored vote of
the South would prove highly conser-
..!... TTIaI i7 .1 ? mi
vnuvu. ciuiimueiy tins vote win unite
with that of the Southern whites in
the protection 6f common principles
and interests.. But this will not take
place so lonjj flsewtionaljealotis'cfland
animosities prevail,' and so long (19 the
Southern .whites eontinuo to cherish
hostility to the rights and privileges of
the colored man, aa a tree citizen, and
denounce him as unworthy of suffrage.
Nor dses it do any good to indulge in
an everlasting cry against ' Yankee
emmissarics, Union. Leaenc and
Radical speakers. 1 ' '' .'
Let. tbe mass of the white voters
agree to unite with the colored citizens
on terras of political equality give
the latter proper assurance to main
tain their rights ' and priviliges; and
cease declaiming against the govern
ment and people that made them free
aud the day of Yankee emissaries,
Union Leagues ancrKadical orators is
gone. ; Una may be hard to do, and
to all Confederates.'! who arc not thor
oughly whipped, the humiliation will
be very great, if or myself, -1 - have
long since reserved, "to- accept the in-
evitable'and while I mourn diet trials
and troubles so heavily pressing . us,
1 ua heartily rejoios they are uo
ot" Advertlxlnur -
AND
JOB WORK.
ADVEBTtSFMFNTfi inserted at 1 perwjnar
fir three tnaerllons, anil 50 nnta pr square
for each additional liinertlon ; (ten line or les
counted a square). All truiulentadvertlMmanu
toVw paid (or In advance. ...
HctuNK48 Nonets set under th nena of incat
news will be charged Invariably 10 eeU Un
forciu-h insertion. .
A lllwnil deduction made to persona advertls
inn hjr the quarter, half-year or year. Special
notices churned oue-liuU more than regular ad
vertisements. Jon 1'HiMTiKOof everr kind In TMaln nnn Far
cy colors; lliiiid-lillls, Itlanks, Cards Pamphlet ,
il-i'., of every vuriety and style, printed at tha
shortest notice. Tho IIkpi-blican iiKrii n Iibs
Just been re-lltted, and every thing In tho Print
lug line can be executed In thu most arUslia
manner uml At the lowest rates.
1
worse. Fierce and savage as the con
flict was while . it lasted, (snch are
all civil wars,) thus far we havff
had no' executions for treason, ittf
edicts of banishment, no confiscations.
When before did a great war termin
ate? For one, I have not despaired of
thocoiintry,aud have not lost all faith
in free Institutions. I hope ere long:
to foe all our people restored to all
their rights and privileges all fear of
confiscation removed, and, with tho iiw
.coming tide of immigration and enter
prise, a new era will dawn upon
our desolate land.
Respectfully.'
RiTrs B.utni.vGEn.
Gen. W'm. C. Wick ham, of tho reb
el army, a relative of Gen. R. E. Lee,
writes to Gen. Barrtnger from Hano
ver Court House, Va., as follows.
I am in full accord with you on all
the positions taken in it, and bclicvo
that it is only by carrying out tho
views there in expressed that we will
ever again find our States returning
to a prosperous condition : and I am
delighted to find a man like yourself
coming forward to aid in convincing
our misled people of tho propriety, I
may say necessity, ot accepting fq"
the results of our defeat, and .-J 'show
them that brave men do not yield to
despair, but look forward with hopeful
anticipations to our future, and that
wise men can point out to them the
path to early reconstruction with all
its attendant blessings of peace, hai-
mess, national greatness, and last,
ut not least, n proper and legitimato
"independence."
lho third resolution of your con
vention also strikes tho right note.
The sooner tho disabilities are remov
ed from the class spoken of, the sooner
will public sentiment be brought to a
healthy tone in tho South, and the
more permanent will bo the establish
ment of tho principles of - the Repub
lican parti- tlirongliont that regions.
Lvcrything here is in a most un
certain state. J ho pres has done vast
injury by exciting; thoso whom it
reaches agaiiiKt an honest "acceptance,
of the Congressional policy; and I fear
igtiitig men are givin;; uiui ntivico
to the negroes. The result of two
things I greatly fear, may lie to draw
a lino bused upon color, which will bo
fraught with new disasters. I hopo
however, for tho best, and be tho tem
porary evils what they may, I have no
doubt of the future prosperity of t!.o
people of this State.
Believe me, very truly yours,
Wm. C. Wickham.
Venjrennro Defcrreil.
Upon one of tho festival days in
Naples it was customary to have some
individual mounted upon an ass, who
for two hours rides through tho city
personating the Saviour, and who dur
ing that time must endure the most
intolerable bullets and insults. So vile
is tho treatment to which his person
has ta submit that it is often difficult
even by the oflcr of a large pecunr-
ry reward, to induce any person to ac
c"it the odicj. On ono coaision an
American sailor, tempted by the gold
accented tho job. 1 1 is ignorance of
the language spared him the verbal
'contumely, but tho outrage upon his
person was fully nppr eciated. He en
dured all bravely, until, when near
the close of his work, ho was assailed
in the most offensive manner. Shak
ing his dripping garments, he turned
upon his assailants and exclaimed i
"Villains wait until I havo dono
playing Christ, and I'll clean out this
town.'
Iy some ' respects it does not cost
more to live than it did licforo the
war. A New York letter says : At
the clothing houses on Broadway and
the Bowery you may see suits, good
and bod, almost as cheap as they Were
five years ago; and in every street
piles of dry goods ticketed from 60 to
100 per cent, below the prices asked
for the same goods in 1865. Calicos at
12Jc a yard ; muslins nt 10 to 8c ; de
laines at 18J ; dress goods at from 2.5
to 50c, and all kinds of costlier fabrics
at prices that indicate a heav loss to
some. ' The decline is severely felt By
importers, jobbers and agents, and
some of then are out of pocket to the
tunc of $.0,000 to $250,000 by it : but
it is very advantageous to the working
classes, for it enables them to make a
dollar go as far in dress as two went
last year. Groceries and. rents, aro
still high, but with these exceptions it
is much cheaper living in Xcw, York
now than it has been for three, or four
years. . ' 1
Centenariax Republican. We
clip the following from the Augusta
(Maine) Journal : ; ' V
Capt. David Hinkley,of Livermore,
Androscoggin county, rode sis miles
on Monday ,thc 9th day of this month,
and voted for Gen. Chamberlain for
Governor. Capt. Ilinklcy , was born
in 1765, and is, therefore, mtehundr&l
alitwo yeart of aye. , He voted for
Gen. Washington for the first Presi
dent of ' the United ' States, and hoe
voted lop f residents at every election
sine that time. . We presume there in
not another such instauce 'on record.
He hopes, he says, to live to vote for
Gen. Grant for President in' 1868, ad
he will then have, .voted or him who
founded, him who liberated, and him
wno, saved the "Kenublio Wasliino--
ton, Lincoln and Grant. - ' ;
! ...
' 1 ' 1lSM.HBw , I '
Tiickb la enough iron in tbe blood of 42 men
to make a plongbahare weighing 21 lbs. '
1