Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-09-13
THE APPEAL OF TIE LOYAL MEN OF TIE
SOUTH TO THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS
oE THE UNIrED STATES.

rebsllion and the direct horrors oil cl'u val l,
Here. on the spot where ireed1E was hotA' se
offered aud pledged by the fathers Of ihs he to
public we implors your beir Hgrust II ieor- al
Q.pised oppression, whose sole eeJs't 1t is 10 ~
pamit the control of or des,inles 10 the con- :,
troIisrs of the rebellion. after they have been y
vanouiahed in honorable battle, apn thus at I,
nnc. N nuuish us for our devotion 10 our couns :,
trv and TO en,rench themselves in the oihcial a
Qualifications Of the Government Others have n
related the thrilling story OF our wrongs from L
readipg and observation We come before yon a
as uncballenged Witnesses, and speak from Il
persoasl knowledge our sad experience. If you 3
fail us, we are more utterly deserted aud be- /
trsyed than had the contest OF arms been de-
cided against us, for in that case even Elelor- G
ious slavery would have found prof in the !
speedy pardon of those who had been among ,
its bravest foes. Ii
Unexpected per6dy in tue highest place OF
the Government, accidentally hled by one
who adds cruelty to ingraNtude, and ioTgives
the guilty as he proscribes the innocent has
stimulated the almost extinguished revenge OF
the beaten conspirators, and now the Rebels,
who offered to yield up everyth ing to save
their own lives, are seeking to consign US 10
bloody graves. " here We expected to hnd
benetactor We end prosecutor. Having lost
our champion, we return to you, who can make |
Presidents and punish traitors. Our last hope |
under God, Is in the unity aud hrmness OF :he |
States that elected Abraham Lincoln and de-
feated Jefferson Davis.
The best statement OF our case 10 the APP
palling yet unconscious cohesion OF Andrew
johnson, VINO, in savage hatred OF his own
record proclaims his purpose 10 clolhe four
millions of traitors with the power to impov-
erish and degrade eight millions OF loyal men.
Orr wrongs bear alike upon all races, snd our
tyrants, unchecked by you, will award the
same fate to white and black. We tGn remain
1tr into n
may fly from our homes, bat We should fear 10
trust our fate with those who latter deuouncing
and defeating treason, refused Just rights 10
those who had bravely assisted them in the
good work. Till we are wholly rescued, there
is neither peace for you nor prosperity for us.
We cannot better define at once our wrongs
and our wants than by declaring that since
Andrew johnson affiliated with his early SIAN
derers and our constant enemies, his hand has
been laid heavily upon every earnest loyahsi
in the South. History, the just judgment oil
he pre- sent and the certain confirmation OF TIE
uture, invite and command US to declare
That after rejecting HIS own remedies ioI
restoring the Union, he has resorted TO the
weapons OF traitors to bruise and beat dowr
patriots.
That after declaring that none but the loya
should govern the reconstructed South, he his
prscticed upon the maxim that none but trs'
tors shall rule.
scientious men from Office, and filled many {
the vacancies with the sympatnisers ottreasc
In the South, he has removed the proved an
trusted patriot,and selected the equally prove
and convicted traitor.
That after brave men who had fought IL
the old flag have been nomnsted for position
their names have been recalled and avowe
Rebels substituted.
That every original Cn.onsl in the Sout
vino stands fast to Andrew JoAuson's cove
nants from 1861 to 1865 has been ostracise'
That he has corrupted The local courts I
Offering prem ums for def Aucs OF the laws
Congress, and by openly discouraging the oil
seryaRce OF the oath against treason.
That while refusing to punsh one sing
conspicuous traitor, though thousands ha
earned the penalty of death, more than
thousand of devoted Union citizens have be
murdered in cold blood since the surrender
Lee and in no case have their assassins be
brought TO judgment.
That he has pardoned some OF the worst
the rebel criminals North and South inciudi
some who have taken human life in circul
stances Of unparalleled atrocity.
That while denouncing and lettering the q
eratons of tie Freedman's Bureau, he, with
full knowledge of the falsehood, has charg
that the black men are lazy and rebellious, a
has concealed the fact that more whites th
blacks hsvs been protected and Ted by Il
noble organization and that, while deelari
that II was corruptly managed, and expens
20 the GoTorament, he has CONF wed H. s.
tenn OF profigacy in the ug- vi the rubHc III
ronage and public money wholly without p
alle save when she traitors psnkrupted
treasury and sought TO dsorggnize and seat
the army and navy only TO make it moro e
TO capture and destroy the Government
That while declaring against the injustice
leaving eleven States unrepresented, be
refused to recognize the liberal plan OF
gress, simply because it recognizes the lc
majority, and refuses 10 perpetuate the ira
minority
That IN every State south o. Mason and
on line his policy has wrought the most
plorable consequences, social, moral and
iitical 1t has embroidered returned Re bel
threaten civil wal in Maryland Missouri v
Virginia and Tennessee, unless the par
who saved and sealed these States 10 tie
asg surrender before their arrogant dem 81
II has corrupted high State officials eievi
by Union men, and sworn to enforce the
against returned Rebels, and made them
mere instruments OF the authors VI the re
lion,
II has encouraged new alienation bets
the sections, and by impeding emigra tioi
the South has erected formidable barrier
gainsl free and friendly intercourse with
countrymen in the North and West. 1t
allowed the Rebel soldiery to prosecute
teachers o. the colored schools and to
the churches in which the freedmen have
ehipped the living Goa. That a systeI
barbarious should have eliminated il
frghtiul riot at Memphis, aud the still
appalling massacre at New Orleans, vi
natural as that bloody war should how
the teachings OF John c. Calhoun and JET
Davis
Andrew johnson Is responsible for all
unspeakable crimes and crueltles. As BE-
voked 80 be justihes and applauds The
sending his agents and emissaries INTO
refined and patriotic metropolis 10 lEss
making his reckless policy a test upon {
tian people, he forgot that the protectio
tended to the lith OF August Conventi
Philadelphia was not only denied to The
people Of New Orleans on the 3Oth OF
when they assembled 10 discuss how be
protect themselves but denied smids
slaughter Of hundreds OF innocent men
page in the record Of his recent outrages
human Justice and constitutional law Ia
revolving than that which convicts him
fusing TO arrest the perpetrators of that e
carnival, and not only OF refusing 10 pun
authors, but of tong to throw the gull
sponsibility upon the unoGendiug and lar
freedmen. The infatuated tyrant that
ready TO crush his own people in Teul
when they were struggling to maintain
vernment created by himself against hir
their traitor persecutors was even more
TO illustrate his savage policy by cothln
the most despotic power the impertnei
revepgetul Reoes OF New Orleans. No
standing this heartless desertion and cru
secutiou by Andrew Johnson in the Sta
Missouri, Kentucky Tennessee West vi
Maryland and Delaware, Democratic Re
can princip les-principles which the +
Of the Republic designed for all Americs
now making determined battle with d
gaEchic enemies of free constitutional z