The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-07-27
THE GREAT REPUBLICAN
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So strong has been the prejudice in the
South against the Republican party North,
that even now, since the issues which divided
the two sections have been extinguished by
the late bloody civil war-since slavery the
vile bone Of contention, has been abolished
and there no longer exists even the shadow
off hope that that curse win ever again be
re-established on Southern soil, the devo-
tees. Of that wicked institution, sting by
their recent defeat and smarting under the
loss of their ~favorite idol, are renewing with
redoubled vigor that TRADE Of abuse that they
were wont in other days to heap upon the
only party that has stood unmoved in its de-
yOtiOn to the country, amid the storm that
well nigh wrecked the hopes Of. free govern
ment forever. 1t is a matter of surprise that
many ofthe mel who claim to have been Union
men during the war, are now allied with these
mad-caps in their senssless abuse of the Re-
publican part, and with it the psesent Con-
gress Of the United States-a Congress which
for talent, for craftsmanship and pure patri-
otism, stands unparalleled in the history Of
our government, and It is still q matter of
greater surprise, that Andrew johnson, els-
waited TO the Vice Presidency Of the United
States by that same party, and finally snc-
ceeding to the Chief Magstracy Of the nation
on the Assassination ofour beloved President
Lincoln, should turn upon the party that ele-
Tated him to power and ally himself with the
vilest enemies ofths government, and by his
l~sniency encourage the adders Of the South
and the eopperheads Of the North to make
fierce war upon that party that stood side by
side with President Lincoln and harmoni-
ously eo-operated with him In his efforts to
sustain the government
How Andrew'Johnson can be influenced by
the fulSome Adulation Of the traitors Of the
South, and at the same time lend a listening
ear to the unblusbing abuses of the govern
ment and its defenders, Is a mystery that can
only be solved by the memory Of the fact that
he is inseparnbly welded to that great dis
organizer, the democratic party. To the cas-
ual observer it is evident th't the same pre-
JUDGES that moved and Actuated him in bis
wild and reckless support o! Breckenridge
for the Presidency 10 1860, move and aetu-
ate him nov in bis attempts to rally the bro.
ken columns ofthat old and reasonable party
whose motto has ever been, "ruls or ruin. 4"
Itis not 4 matter Of surprise that rebels
and eopperheadI should bate with a holy ha-
tired the great Republican party beneath
whose power their mad schemes Of treason
have been hopelesSly crushed and all their
bright prospects Of a Southern eonhedsracy
dispslled "liks the basslsu fabric Of q
yiIisn "-but II is a matter Of surprise that
men who claim 10 have been Union men and
ZONE who have been Union soldiers are now
loud and %braWling 10 their den~unciatiops Of
the Republican party in Congress, and are
daily encouraging Southern traitors in their
infamous abuses Of that patriotic body who
hare been standing for the last four yeS;s as
S~suiipslS upon the watehtoWsr Of the nation,
anIlouSIy watching the old ship Of State as
she earssred wildly amid the pillows and
breakers that threatened u shgulf her 10
ths 7orssI Of dissolution. "s'