The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-09-20

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The Representatives Of eight millioal
Of American citizens appeal for protsc
ton aDd Justice to their friends aud
brothers IN the Skates that have been
spared the crueltiss Of the rsbsllion and
the dirsct herron Of civil VIZ. l
Hsre, o. ~ spot where feedom va
prolerDd md pledged ~ the fathers d
the Bepuhltc, W mplers your hslr
aCalnsts . Js-osgasissaAppsession whos1
sole oAjset b to rsulit ~ control Of cul
dsstiniss 70 ths eontrivssp II ths rsbsl.
ion aflse iksy hsvs bssn vanquishsA ID
,hon0fabls ba&tle, thus at once 70 punish
~ &er sur devotion to our country, and
to entreuch themselves in the official
lortiicatjons Of the Government. @
Is Others have related TIE thrilling story
Of our wrongs, ffom reading and obser-
vatioa. r-+-,. %. ~ f..
We come before you as unchallenged
witnesses, and speak from personal
knowledge and our sad experience. II
you fail us, we are more utterly deserted
and betrayed than II the contest had
been decided against us; for In that case
even. victorious slavery would have
found profit In the speedy pardon Of
those who had been among its bravest
foes. - s.z.uii3 5liE .a}ea,f 5E4s
Unexpectsd perAdy In the highest
place Of the Government, accidentally
filled by one who adds cruelty h ingrat-
itude, and forgiyes the guilty - he pro-
scribss the innooent, has stimulated the
alnaast extinguished revengs Il the beat
On couspirstors snd nov, the rebels
who olJessd to yield everything to save
their own lives are asking to consign us
to bloody graves. Where we expected
. benefactor we nnd . prosecutor. ID.
Having lost our champion, we return
to you who can invoke Presidents and
punish traitors. Our last hope under
God is the unity and frmness Of the
States that elected Abraham Lincoln
and defeated Jefr Davis. 2Al
The best statement Of our case IL the
appalling, yet unconscious, confessions of
Andrew Johnson, Who. in stlls savage
hatred Of his own recprd, prociaims his
purpose to clotle four millions of trait
ors with the power to impoveTish aud
degrade eight millions Of loyal men.
Our wrongs bear alike on all races, and,
our tyTaAts nncfiecked, you will award
the same fate to white ara Ii"cA. we
can remain as we are only rs interiors
and victi,ns. We may fly from our
homes, but we should fear to trust our
fate with. ti,oac who, after denouncing
and defeating treason, refused to right
those who have bravely assisted them In
the good work. Until we are wholly
rescued there h neither peace for you
nor prosperity for US. We cannot better
dcfipe at once our wrongs and our wants,
than by declaring that since A. John
son affiliated with his early slanderers
and our constant enemies, his hand has
bcen laid heavily upon us in the South.
History. the just judgment Of the pres
ent, and the confirmation Of the future,
advises and declares that after rejecting
his own remedies for restoring the I'm
ion, he has resortcd to restoring the
weapons Of traitors, to bruise and beat
down patriots; that after declaring that
none but the loyal should govern the re-
constructed South, he has practiced up
on the maxim that none but traitors
shall rule; that while In the North he
has removed conscientious men from
Office, and filled many Of the vacancies
with the sympathizers Of treason In the
South, he has removed the proved and
true patriots, and selected the equally
proved and convicted traitors; that af-
ter brave men, who had fought for the
old flag, have been nominated for posi-
tions, their names have been recalled
and avowed rebels substituted; that eve.
ry original Unionist In the South, who
stands fast to Andrew JOhnson's cove
napts from 1861 to 1868, has been ostra-
cised; that he has corrupted the local
courts, by offering premiums for the de-
hance OF tho laws Of Congress, and by
openly dfscouraging the observance Of
oaths against treason, while refusing to
punish one single couspirator, though
thousands had earned the penalty Of
death. More than . Thousand Of devot-
ed Union citizens have been murdered
In cold blood since the surrender Of Lee,
and In no case have their assassins been
brought to Judgment; that he has par
,1doned some Of the worst Of the rebel
criminals Of the South, including some
who have taken human life under cir
stances Of unparalleled atrocity; that
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