The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-09-20
Appeal of the Loyal Men Of the
South TO their Fellow Gill
Zens Of the United States.

Following is the appeal of the South
ern Loyalists, lately in convention IN
Philadelphia assembled, to the people OF
the United States. It Is the most formi-
dable Impeachment Of President johnson
and his policy that has yet been framed,
'and its severity" says Hon. John VI.
Bolts, the staunch Virginia loyalist, soon
sists in its truth -
The representatives of eight millions of
American citizens appeal for protection
and Justice to their friends aGd brothers
in the States that have beer spared the
crunlties of the rebellion and the direct
horrors of civil war. Here, on the spot
where Freed I'M was proffered and pledged
by the fathers of the Republic, we implore
your help againsta reorganized oppression,
whose sole object is 70 remiC the control
Of our destinieS to the cOntriverS Of the
rebellion after they have been vanquished
in honorable battle, thus at once to punish
Us for our devotion to our country and to
in,rench themselves in the official fortif-
cations OF the Government. Others have
related the thrilling story of eur wrongs
from reading and observation. We come
before you as unchalIenged witnesses, and
speak from personal knowledge our sad
experience If you fail Us. we are more
utterly deserted and betrayed, than if the
contest had been decided against US; for,
in that case, even victoriou, slavery would
have found profit in the speedy pardon OF
those who had been among its bravest
foes. Unexpected perfdy in the highest
place of the Government, accd 9ntally
filled by one who adds cruelty to ingrati-
tude, and iorsives the guilty as he pro-
scribes the innocent, has stimulated the
almost extingui>hed revenge Of the beaten
cunspiratoTs. aud now the rebels who of
fered 10 yield everything to save their own
| lives. are seeking to conSlgn uS to bloody
graves. Where we expected a benefactOr,
we fiud a prosecutor. Having lost our
champion, we return to you, who can
make Presidents aud punish traitors -
Our last hope under God is in the unity
aud frmness of the States that elected
Abraham Lincoln aud defeated Jefferson
Davis. The best statement Of our case Is
tic. appai!in" yet unconscious confession
vi Andrrw johnson, who in savage hatred
of his own record proclaims his purpose
TO clo;he tour millions Of traitors with the
power to impoveri>h and degrade eight
millions of l1yai men. Oar wrongs bear
alike on all races, ard our tyrants, uncheck-
cd by you, will award the same fate to
white and black We can remain AS we
are, only as interiors and victims We
may fly from our homes, but We should
tear 10 trust our fate with those WHO after
denouncing aud defeating treason refused
TO ii ght those who have bravely assisted
them i'll the good work. Till we are
wholly rescued, there is neither peace for
yen nor prosperity for US. We cannot
better define at once our wrongs and our
wants :han by declaring that since Andrew
Johnson affiliated with his early slauder-
erS and our constant enemies, his hand
has been laid heavily upon every earnest
loyalst in the South. History, the just
judgm OF the present, and the certain
confirmation Of the future, invite and COM
mAnd Us 20 declare,
That, after rejecting his own rem dies
for restoring the Union, he has resor;ed
to the weapons OF traitors TO bruise and
beat down patriots.
That, after declaring that none but the
loyal should govern the, reconstructed
South, he has nractised upon tne maxim
that noue but traitors shall rule.
That, while in the North he has removed
conscientious men from Office and filed
many of the vacancies with the sympathi-
zers OF treason, in the South he has
removed the proved aud trusted patriot
and selected the equally proved and con-
victed traitor.
That, after brave men who have fought
for the old flag have been nominated for
positions, their names have been recalled
and avowed rebels substituted.
That every original Unionist in the
South who stands fast to Andrew John
sons covenants from 1861 to 1865 has
been ostracized.
That be has corrupted the local courts
by offering premiums for defiance of the
laws of Congress, and by openly discoura-
eing the Observance of the oath against
treason.
That, while refusing to punish one
single conspicuous traitor, ihough thou
sands had earned the penalty of death,
more than a thousand of devoted Union
citizens have been murdered in cold blood
since the surrender of Lee, and In no ease
have their .assassins been brought to
judgment
That he has pardoDe6 some of the worst
Of the rebel criminals, Norr!h and South,
including some who have takc2 human
lie under circumstances OF unparalleled
atrocIty.
That, while denouncing and lettering
the operations Of the Freedmen's Bureau,
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