The Placer herald., 1866-10-06
"There is no Abraham Lincoln President
NOV!'

ers who labored in the political campaign Of
Ken tuckv, not one deserves more honorable
mention than G. L. Valandigham. Al
Frankfort. the State capital, few days prior
to the election. he made speech to several
thousands of the determined freetnen of Ken
tucky in which occurred a single sentence,
brief, but foil of meaning. which called out
columns of radical newspaper Indignation.
yeomanry Of Kentucky; recalling the events
of the past five years, its wrongs, it's crimes,
its horrors, was it to be wondered at that
be should exclaim-
"1here is no Abraham Lincoln President
noww
Had there been, think you, advocates
and uphoders of tyranny and Rump despot-
ism, Kentucky freemen would have been per.
mitled to vote unrestricted In 1861 Every
polling place would have been hedged about
with Federal bayone's and every ballot box
guarded by the infamous tools Of a shame.
less and unprincipIed administration!
| There is no Abraham Lincoln President
now!"
And there are no bastles, no mobs Of
drunken, bowling, brutal, devilish loyalists
swArming about bold men and fearless news
| paper editors TO murder the one and crush
the other. .I tU..
There is no armies Of American freemen
to-day cutting one anolher's throa's-no
burning cities-no ravaged tOwns-no pill.
laged homes-no insuhed women crying
from the face of portion OF The republic for
vengeance!
There are no revolving wheels Of death.
filled with the names of Lincoln's victims
no crowds of anxious, expectant men, watch
ing the drawing of Republican hell.prizes 10
the great national nigger lottery.
There are no drum'head court martials,
composed Of brainIess sycophants and soul
less knaves, sitting in very mockery Of jndg-
ment to punish American freemen for daring
t. he honest aud true.
There are no Democrats Gagged Ike beasts
for the pleasure of the demons Of Abolition
ism ftasting upon the groans and sutferiugs
Of their helpless victims.
There is no more silver plate for Butler
to steal in the name Of cyal,y"-no cotton
and sugar for brave b,igadier generals 10 get
up expeditions for, imperilng the lives Of
brave men in order to enrich themselves. 4
he Fl led with rotten ships, shoddy clothes,
paper shoes.
There is not boor, vulgar jester, a
callous bearted clown in the Presidential
chair. or occupying the White House-the
vulgar buff,onery OF ls6l-4 has passed tor.
ever. God be thanked! Well might Ohio's
brave son, who had suffered in his own per
son the despo,ism, the Iawnessness, the
tyranny Of the deiunct Illinois story-teIler
-xraim-
"There is no Abroham Lincoln President
now"
Kentucky echoed it with $4,000 majority,
and from mountains to praiIies, from the
great lakes 10 the Gulf, from ocean to ocean.
he glad and exuItant cry rings out-whie
saint and sinner, Jew and Gentle, men and
women, reveren,Iy say-"Ihe Lord gave,
and the Lord hath taken away-blesssd be
the name of the Lord!"
AS devourng flames and devastating foods
or tornadoes leave paths Of ruin which re-
mains to mark their havoc-to tell Of their
restless fury, so in every town and city and
household. almost. we read that
"l'here has been an Abraham Lincoln"
We know II as we recall the memories Of
those who have perished in Ltncoln's war-
we know it as we look into the saddened
faces Of tens of thousands Of widows and
orrhans-we know it as we traverss the
melancholy grave yards Of The nation where
res, tens Of thousands of the brave, the loved
aud Iost-we know it as we follow the track
Of Sherman's "bummers" through that once
fair but now desolale Southern land-we
know it as We count up billions Of debt-ws
know it as we crouch beneath burdens Of
taxation. ... .., ...
There has been an Abraham Lincoln!
There haze been Allllas, aud AIarics, Neros
and CaIigulas!
| We do not know Why they we're permit
ted to curse the earth with their monstrous
acts. We do know God summoned them
home, e> en- as he called Abraham Lincoln!
And we thank His holy name that He had u
place prepared for them, and we feel and
know that the world is better without them.
And once more we exclaitn viii devout
thankfuIness-
"There is no Abraham Lincoln President
noww ..... L0 Crosse Democrat
A dispatch from St. Louis. to the Chicago
| i tUCeSs etdtoe tUNt IT. 70 uOW uUleSotOOu IUoV
Gen. Fletcher, Of Missouri, At the late inter.
view with Gen. Sherman. received severe
lecture The latter told Fletcher that there
must be no more civil war 10 Missouri. and
that federal power would interfere to prevent
it. Fletcher promised to disband biz armed
negroes and radical militia.
Anthony O'Suivan, who has held the Of
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