The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-10-02
TIE DANGER OF THE HOUR.

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the signs of the times indicate new
appeal to arms by the once defeated
rebels, if the coming elections encour-
age Mr.. johnson in pursuing his pol
icy of placing the Government once
more in the hands of Southern states
men. Men laugh at the omeps of
danger; but so we laughed at the NUT
terings which preceded the outbreak
in '6l. 1t appears impossible for
Northern men, with thoughts and
hands full of business, to understand
the chemical combinations in that
laboratory Of Satan, the brain of an
idler. If the father of mischief finds
work for idle hands, the place in
which he contrivcs it is the idle head.
The ruling class of the South is a
community of oilers. There labor is
a disgrace, and the loafer is the gem
tlcman. The only work that is re
spectacle is "wallopping niggers," and
the community of men who have been
educated down to the standard of
whipping old women, and fancying
themselves chivalry, are capable ofany
conceivable madness and folly. These
men are, by the reconstruction policy
of Congress, brought to the alterna-
tive of work or want, and their only
hope of re-establishing .ne ancient or
der of things is another appeal to
arms. Let President johnson give
them the apology of fighting for the
Union, in supprcssing Congress, let
him bring the prestige of old Govern
mcnt, her treasure, munitions of war,
and such portion of her army and
navy as he can control, to the aid OF
the 100000 parolcd rebel army, and
what would they not dare to regain
their lost supremacy? The darling
project of Mr.. Johnson's life is to re-
establish the South as masters of the
Republic. To maintain their rule he
broke with the Davis conspirators in
81. He foresaw that going out OF
the Union was obstruction to the
Southern cause, therefore he remained
in it, feigncd devotion to the Northsal
idea that he might win the confidence
of Northern men; and deliver the
bound Sampson into the hands of his
pusilanimous foes. He has waited
and watched his opportunity. Hith-
erto the voice of the people has fright
ened the conspirators back to theil
holes before they had proclaimed theil
purpose; but let that voice give an un.
certain sound, and they will instantly
claim it as an Endorsement of the pol
icy which has been sufficiently fore.
shadowed, in the speeches and organs
of the President, to give color to such
construction.
As the Pennsylvania Reserves
sprang to the rescue of the Capita
when the triumphant rebel hordeschas-
ed our armies across the Potomac, as
time and again, they placed theil
breasts a living wall, solid rampant
between their country and her deadli.
est peril, SO let them rally once more
and with the ballot, as with the bayo.
net, defend her from an equal peril al
the hand of a resuscitated foe.
Do not laugh at the danger. Mr.
johnson has pronounced your Con-
gress unconstitutional and illegal in a
variety of ways. His organs have
threatened to suppress it by force Of
arms. Keep silence now and suffer Q
seeming Endorsement Of his views, and
what may you expect?
Pennsylvania, border State, old
Keystone, stand to your guns! Il
your abattis well planted, your senti-
nels awake and at their posts? The
enemies of the old flag, those who
bore the stars and bars over many Q
fratricidal field, are before you, ir
hostile array, the cause for which yonl
comrades died is in the rear; and lei
not posterity say you slept during the
closing battle of the war. -.