American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-11-13
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tureE on the assertlOn Vi oui hOiShOO' ~
the Rerold, that the negroes of Virginia,
at the late election, had taken possession
of the polls, and had driven the white
men away from the polls unless they
vouId vote their ticket. This week, the
State of Virginia has been narrowed
down to the city of Richmond. 1t now
turns out that single riotous demonstra>
tiou in the city of Richmond was suf-
fcent basis for the assertion that the
polls in the State of Virginia were taken
possession of by the Mayer. That will
do. Jacob! Continue to dilute your dosH
es, and you will yet come to the verify of
the case.
The editor of the Herald descants very
eoquently on isolated outrages commits
ted by negroes, (Which are condemned
by every individual that has the least
spark of the common feelings of human
ity and christianity and stigmatizes the
Republican party as the instigator and
cause of these outrages. And, further,
the Republican party is charged by the
Herald as being the direct cause OF the
Shareholders Rebellion, and costing
the country rivers of blood, and millions
of dollars"
Probably the Herald is not conversant
with the history of the Democratic party
previous to, and during the war. 1t
might be we'll fer the cause of huth "for
him to make an examination"
Every body else knows, if the Herald
does not, that long before the Rebellion
broke out, prominent members of the
Democratic party, who are now held in
high esteem by the modern Democracy,
had conspired to destroy the Union
Every State that seeded and went into
the rebellion was Democratic. The arch>
traitors who instigated and were the head
and front Of the Rebellion, were Demo-
Gratis. They robbed the Treasury, pilN
laged the Arsenals, had our ships OF war
sent to Foreign waters, and precipitated
the country into civil war. TaE about
history! TaM aboutnegro outrages, and
endeavor to make the Republican party
responsible for the same. As we'll might
you charge the Republican party of the
United States with the barbarities of
the Turks against the Christians OF Crete.
Go back to the teachings OF slavery
and the conduct of white men towards
and with female slaves. Look at the
pale faced negroes of the South, and then
saM about isolated cases of negro outra>
gcs and the responsibility of Republican
editors. The editor says:
"The negro made the Republican par
ty, and he will sink it SO low, that while
it may be spoken of in history, 1T will
only be with contempt
He forgot to tell his readers that the DEM
ocratic party had been kept in power and
had ruled this Nation for nearly half a
century, through and by the balance of pow
er given to it through representation Tor
the negro population of the South who wero
treated as chattel property. Then, the
Democratic party was kept up and enabled
to rule by protecting and extending the Idol
of Democracy Slavery. When the exten-
sion of slavery was stopped and freemen- -
white men said, thus far shalt thou go, and
no her,-Democracy seeded, rebelled,
and plunged the country into the civil war,
which ''cost the country rivers of blood and
millions of dollars" Your a, sertions, that
the Republican party is responsible for the
bloodshed and cost of the rebellion, wont
answer, the people have made an "exami-
nation" Of this subject and understand where
the responsibility rests.
This same Democratic party that rsled
SO long, and when the sceptre was about N
depart from them, determined by Rebellion to
ruin the fair fabric reared by our forefath :
ers, is now marking great pretensions of
patriotism and love for the white laboring
man, whom they had reduced in the South
to a state of degrade tion and Ignorance be-
meath even that of the Slave and every act
of the party at present is construed by the
Southern wing of the Democracy as justify
ing them in their wicked efforts to subvert
and destroy the government. When Dem-
ocracy clears itself of the part it took in
Rebellion and sympathy with treason, it
will be time enough for its editors to talk
about taxation, Negro Suffrage, National
Currency &c.