Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-10-30
I. w Brunson sets Himself Right.


Tho letter of Mr.. L. W. Brunson,
oae Of the Old, prominent and re
spected citizens of Grant County
appears in the HERALD. This is the
first inrimation we had had Of bis
faith wandering from the only firm.
Unconditional @nd eternal union par
~ of the country. And We are glad
to learn that hc has no notion of mix
ing with that other pan ty known as
the National Union Of coppcrheadS
and cx-robes-symbolized by q
South Carolina ex-rebel and Massa>
chusctts comprehend walking arm in
arm into the Johnson Philadelphia
convention, the members with pad
locks on their mouths and several
great-crocodiles shedding tears OF JOY
over the reunion ;!
We congratulate Mr.. Brunson up
on his narrow escape from such M
tionds ESnioA party Of fusionists, a
half Of whom were lately engaged in
war to break up the umon-the
other hall engaged in voting and
acting for all sorts of Qls4pion meas
ures.
He cannot support Thad Stevens
Reconstruction method nor yet An
drew Johnson Very well, it so hap
pens thai Stevens method is in no
sense Whatever before tho country.
His method was, in free suffrage OF
all union men, black and white, 2
disfranchisemcnt of all rebels, aud
forfeiture of their property. HJt
Congress adopted another method -
simply the small amendments to the
constitution which have appeared in
The papers. These amendments pro-
vide only that Ger tain leading rebels
shall nor hold Office, that there shall
be equality of representation and
taxation; that the public war debt
and payment of pensions shall never
be repudiated, nor their righteous
ness ever questioned, that the rebel
debts incurred. for rebellion and
claims for cmancipated slaves be
held illegal and void.
2 AS to the rebel states being kept
out so long to which Mr.. Brunson
objects, the union congress and pco-
PIE do most's6ltmpiy hold there arc
good reasons therefor. The south
crn people have been behaving very
badly for many ears, having almost
destroyed themselves in foolish
war, hesides costing the country a
million lives and thousands of mill
ions Of debt and taXaton-b besides
abuses that meet us everywhere still
unsettled. Withal, the southern PEG,
pie are stlh- setting up claims that,
unless we treat them just SO AID 50,
they will cooperate with the north
6rn copperhcads in another war, or
join with Fringe or England in crip~
.pllnser breaking up the American
hhion. They are = treating union
men very ugly, Dragging Justify, and
swearing loudly. They seem bent on
some dcviltry o. other leaders and all.
True, they /" submit 70 the sHlfntjon, y
which means that they have stopt
the war only because we overpower-
cd secession. and to all intents Il cy
are as hostile at heart IS y hen OVER
six years ago thcir members in con
grcss picked uF~tbeit bats and left,
without saying $4,000 bye,iand'then by
intrigue and war tried to smash up
tho uni0u.' 'o'
aAnd such arc Andrew Johnson S
southern RECONSTRUCTED friends, who
now demand 3, their rights-riqht>
which they Voluntarily abandoned
without sayiu q GOOD bye and which
rights thoy now% dcmand' shall be
piyen Back to them without condi-
ton or ceremony Say they, Sec
here, We Id northern hirelinss
mud stills, and greasy mechanics
give us back the rights we abandon
ed. but which we re gained by your
whipping us-giv j. EN- back 10 us, OF
we'IIsmash up the union "
But congress aud the union party
hold lust this that the rebels be-
haved unconstitutionally in picking
IN their hats and leaving congress
without saying good bye. Also
that the constellation cannot suffer
any worse than it has by our just
keeping thcrcbcls oat a few months
LONGER. on until they adopt these
Slight constitutional appointments.
In nlaincr words, we mean TO secure
the union and country agalnst any
turtl,er trouble with these rebelhous
seamrs. and have the constitution
como out agpermost.
Tmrag NE Pabi 4 lCbt.
But Mr.. Brunson isliutfy because
the public debt is not taxed that. IS,
the l.. 5 Bonds Very well. We
rcsnme there is NOT 4 union eAndl.