The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-29


might still triumph, and, after loosing
Richmond, virtually removedthe cap'ta' Of
the Confederacy to Washington. That's
:hc plan now, as plain as the nose on
your face and there is not I rebel in the
land, North or South, that don't cbuckla
over 1t and work hard for its success -
AS they combine to suppartit, we should
unite to crush it, if we wish to perpet-
uate the fruits Of our Victories
"Tho Southern States ought to get
back in the Union some time, though,
for all that, we've no right to keep them
out"
"l'hey could get back easily enough
if they showed sincere repentance for
theirtreason and gave guarantees against
repetition Ct their war on loyal men
aud loyal interests. Let them pass the
constitutional amendment. and form 10y
al State governments, like that in Te' r
ncssee, and like her they can gain admis
sion for their Senators and Congress-
men"
Il don't believe in tlnkemng at the
Cen ti,uuon Why do you want to
change it?
Because that is the only practical
way Of making a permanent treaty OF
peace with the rebel States, and the only
way OF adapting the government of the
country to the changed condition pro-
duced by the war. You know that while
we were in camp, Hester Clymer and
the Copperheads III Pennsylvania tried
to prevent Us. from voting at all, and the
SCate consultation was changed to give
soldiers the right of suffrage If the
Federal Constitution is not amended now
and the rebel Congrcsmen are admitted
each rebel soldier will have twice rs much
control over the Federal Government as
you orI. lfyou are ready to suUmi, to
that, am not "
"Thats rather hard, | must confess
| doI'l know but what its uglit to make
that change but then your party asks
other charges, too" ut
"None that are not just and necessary,
I Only guarantee that the rebels shall not
rob the treasury with claims for thcil
debt and damages that their worst men
shall not he Immediately restored tc
power, and That civil rights shall be ex
tended to all American citizens"
II don't want to help pay the rebe
debt any more than you do; and i
would not he pleasant to think that th'
men who shot doNn our companions
should step INTO the iron, seats ofpolitic
100 suddenly but that civil rights claus
has got nigger in the wood pile, aux
I'm against negro equality, and eshecial
ly against giving them the right to vote
"lt says nothing about suffrage on
way or the ether But it provide
against their oppression. The wa
showed how little the rebels cared 70
, the health or lives o! white prisoners, an,
, they care less for the rights of freedmen
They have so long been accustomed t
!. treat colored men as brules that 1t wi
i require sharp laws sharply admiulstere
4, to teach them better. The negroes ar
human beings entitled to our protecto
under any circumstances, and certainl
:, since they acted as our faithful allie
:. against the cruelty Of common enemy
! Or all the bugbears ever invented
fnghten fools, negro equality is I'll
most ridiculous The maintenance
your manhood don't depend upon II
power of rebel ruflians to cheat, assau
and murder emancipated slaves with in
|, punly. The "man's the man for a thai
beng certainly made nc better by Il
oppression OF his fclow-men, on ,ho OF
i hand, as he is no worse for lack of rGi
/ and torture, on the other. Yen ia
about Democracy What libel {
|, the word 1t it is, to make it the name
l party that boasts of its anxiety to he
undeserved wrong and ignominy upol
down,trodden race that proved its pat
. o,lsm and loyalty in the darkest hot
~ of national adversary, and is now by I
- confession of friend and foe.proving
= industry and capacity for freedom !
IIc speers and taupts hurled against 1t
!, your Democratic speakers are as old
;, the hills. Aristocrats have used th
IL for centuries against the !aborlng mas
T., OF the white race, and i is only VIII
j., brave, bold Radicals have successful
Ia, combatted them, that the masses OF
color are free" .Ht
as To CuRE A FEIoN Shave the fin
it. so as to nearly start the blood, then
dls ply n poultice made Of Llnseed oil |
j. white lead. 1t will kill the felon wit
H. twenty-four hours, without the addlti