The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-09-19
NO. 16.


portas possible of the affair. have
read to yoh the testimony of one who is
opposed to the Republican party, but
whose loyalty to the country is unques.
toned, wherein he tells you that this was
a rffacacre and murder, that the police
shot down men even while prisoners.
They are but Thugs and mrfdefets, ahd
they are johnson men in good standing
for coming back into the Union. When
the President asks Gen. Sheridan If the
civil power liz sufficient to take care of
these men he answers: 81 should say
emphatically they are not" This is
after the President has issued his procla.
nation of the 18th OF August, that peace
reigned and civil authority is sufficient
FOR all citizens. l am sorry to see that
in The face of the facts that Horton the
clergyman, Dostie the patriot, Hyer and
others, are dead, and wounded n,er, are
coming North, with the testimony Of all
these tfnavenged, With Nor,hefhi people
unprotected SO that they are obliged to
leave New-Orleans, that the President
has issued his proclamation that peace has
been obtained throughout all the land
and the civil courts are ample to protect
lfa and liberty. And IN face Of Gen.
Sheridan's emphatic disavowal of the
ability of the clyil authorities to protect
the citizens, the President, on the 18th
OF August, turns over every Union man
in the South to the mercy of the Thugs
-assassins and murderers of Ii ncoln
and Dostie. Ale you ready to say these
men shall sit III Congress, make laws for
you, have power to say whether yodt
debts shall be paid Or 60 unpaid, wheth-
er bounties shall be paid to your soldiers
pensions to your widows. or whether the
flag OF the United States shall be upheld.
To have portion of the country in
governmental relations to the country
where no loyal man can speak. and no
loyal man can assemble? ! have had
some private documents from another
portion OF the Union. 1t was because
Texas had concluded 10 come into the
union that thismoclamation of peace was
issued. A gentleman Bora in town in
this county-formerly serving upon my
stail-%as sent upon an inspection tour
to Texas, and he made his report, and
was forthwith ordered home, because
he reported what he saw and in what
condition he saw things. Among 9th.
er things, what do you think he saw
in Houston, the Capitol of Texas? A
freman's procession bearing Confed-
crate flag reversed and leading figure
of Goddess OF Liberty personated by
young girl dressed in black and white,
with chains about her wrists and ankles.
The Goddess of Liberty in chains in
Texas! When the procession came to
the house of a United States officer
where the flag of the United States was
flying, they saluted him with groaps
and hsses, and hurled all manner Of con-
tumely upon him; and that procession
OF our reconstructed brothers passed on
and iof some reason-some blur over
that officers eyes--he allowed his flag
to belnsulted. All volunteer officers Of
the army are discharged, but I,undor4
take TO say that there were volunteer
officers in the army that would have put
an end to that procession-aye more
never have allowed it TO start in the
first place. Lie again reported thct In
an average of one fifth Of our territory
about ten murders day were commits
ted since the war, that they had list
of about 1900, and Trey found skeletons
Of some ofthem hanging upon the trees
every mottling, And this l had from
q gentleman whose character for truth
stands as good as any in this comn,uni>
Ly. No United States officer can 90
im that portion of the country without
On escort-and these men are to come
back into our Government now de>
clare my own feeling and belief, that If
Tits state of feeling continues it is not
peace but war, and the worst kind of
war for 1t is war upon unarmed men,
women and children and il no other
remedy for this state OF things can DO
found. il this state of things cannot be
altered, we will march once more and
woe to him who opposes.