Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-05-31

upon a community whose sons he has slain by
the hundreds Of thousands. The one fact re-
mains and it will damn Horace Greeley
forever, that after giving his influence and
money to release JEFF Davis, he stood by his
side VIXEN he was released clasped in q
friendly manner the hand that had been guile
| ty Of half million MURDERS and that was red
| all over with human gore No man however
| innocent before, could put his hand in social
| or friendly way in that of jeff Davis and take
| it back unstained Do what you may, Horace
| Greeley, henccforh there is guilt, guilt Of
| treason on your head and soul, and blood
loyal blood, soldiers blood on your hands
guilt that will never be washed away.
The Republican Press generally denounct
Davis in the most unmeasured terms, and
unite in condemnation of Andrew Johnson 70,
| his imbicility and believe him in sympathy
| with that Arch traitor. Read what soldiers
| have to say;
SOLDIERS PROTEST.
CoMRApEs:--Never before or since the Dec
laration Of Independence has there been o
greater insult to the loyal dead and living
than the late &C. of Tora,e G eeley in signing
the bail bonds Of the Arch Traitor Tcff. Davis
We have stood by our country and our coun.
try's upholders and have poured out both
! blood and treasure. to defend its tag but to.
day the traitor whose hands are stained with
| the blood Of a half million IF brave and noble
| men, is loosened to roam over our dearly
| bought land receiving the aid of those we
| once thought our friends. l ask you if our
| comrades are to be insulted by men whom we
| support, and we not have the courage to re-
buke it.@7No man wi o las in any way given
comfort to our enemies, should receive our aid
We fought to make "rreason Odious," and
| many of our gallant comrades sleep in a
southern cline, yet to-day the leader of the
cause is let loose to kindle anew the fire OF
disloyalty in the hearts OF eight millions of
traitors.
Have few months of peace driven from our
minds the scenes of Andersonvill? Have we
forgotton the cold-bloodel murder of our pris-
| on brothers and all sanctioned by jeff Davis?
We had the power 10 crush treason and we
must have the power to hang traitors. lit is
the design Of our government officials to free
the leader of the rebellion we must make this
country too warm for them. We had power
to punish the rank aud file efthe rebels, have
we not the power to punish the leaders? We
ought not to enjoy, and we will not enjoy
the blessings Of free government if we allow
the leaders Of the rebellion to 60 unpublished
Then let us awake to our duty. and never
stop until Davis, shall be justly dealt with,
and the insults heaped upon the memory of
our loyal dead, sternly rebuked
CoMRApE Posr SO, G. r.
Talk abont JEFF Davis imprisonment being
cruel. Did he not have all the comforts of
life? Even more, the lururies thereof? Call
to mind the spectered forms coming out Of the
miserable haun,s Of Andersonville and Libby
prisons, then talk about jeff Davis and the
hardships endured by him. His was pal.
ace, theirs, the Union heroes, the death-traps Of
rebel barbarism. II JEFF could be subjected
TO the same treatment and fare, melted out by
the rebels to the Union soldiers, it would in
very small degree compensate for their suf-
fering but to be imprisoned and treated as
he has been, then let loose to infuse his rebel
hate into treacherous hearts, is result at
which humanity shudders.