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Cd" "e' ~ aT'fif III
Is it a forgery that Frank p.
Blair, the Democratic candidate tor
Vice President, wrote to Colonel
James o Broadhead. on the 2Oth Of
June:
There is but one way TO restore
the Government and tho Constitu
tion, and that is for the President
elect to declare these acts (of Re,
eonstrnction) null and void, compel
the army TO undo its usurpations
at the South, dIsperso the carpet.
bag State Governments, allow the
while people to reorganize their
own governments, and elect Send.
tors and Representatives."
Is il a forgery that Wade Hamp.
ltonaaid at Democratic ratification
meeting in Now York:
"And [ want you all 10 register
an oath that when they ('the white
| people Of the South, without re.
gard to the exceptions of the Re.
construction acts,) do vote, that
these votes be counted; and ifthere
is a majority Of white votes, that
yon will place Seymour and Blair
in the White House in spite of all
the bayonets that shall be brought
against them?"
Is it a forgery that Wade Hsmp.
ton said at his reception in Charles
ton that he proposed in the Com
mittee. on The Platform in the
Democratic Convention, to insert
the words, And we declare that
the Reconstruction acts ire revolu-
tionary, Unconstitutional, and yoid?'
and that he added:
"When | proposed that, every
single member Of the Committee
the warmest men in il were the
men of the North--came forward
and said they would carry il oul
to the end!'
Is it forgery that NJ. o C.
Langdon, delegate to the Demo.
cratic Convention, said in publish
ed letter before the 4th Of July,
that the reconstruction measures,
are unconstitutional, and ofcourse,
absolutely yolI, that thls would
oe !ne cnlel Pianh IN 'ne Demo-
c."''c P'al,orm' 'na. Tue supreme
oolrI' Prooao'y al its next .erH >
"ouIu S' uoc'uei anu 'ha' he aaueo'
Then all we want is President
whose views are in accord with
that decision. and who has The will
anI Ine neFIe " uo n's uuty' ~
VIII VIII ot s,n ms C Gu.y 70 enloTee Tue ., 1e-
% noin, af ,So tno,5I ~
~.
~ is aiors9f5 INA. 'cnh ror'y Va
sa'u, ~ 'ne 1ioo'.e hcs's'er'SpsaA
ing oi reeops'ruc''on'
And here we may as well say
tna' Tue Peop.e ol .ne opu.n 20
not 'n'enu " suo'ni' " .u"1 per
I,;'I 80, & a,.9S
-. -
Is ~ u forgery .nAs 6hli 6hliaPnaei
oemmeS Sa'd AT oloolle' t,s
al have como to declare that 1
nave gwen IN my alleSiance' near,
ana s'nl' 10 inc Ola nag, P'oViusd
we can restore 'he oiu nag again
~ 80 Go 'ne ne ~; - si &
II, ba..tIo ". '' - GV e., hr 'bs sISc,i" y
of Sevmonr and BlairP,
T. !, = ,o,oorr ,ho, thu fhorlos.
.on MorcurS, s.;d. -
~.n-a..,r..!,. -. ca,,
81, o1eo "as "'auo " ,ce. '' " a,
1ne.'ia'i man "a ~ '',c spIl"s " i9oT, - ~
n's terms VI c"P'Iu''.'ol M''u oon
cru, 'onoso"' ; th". wac 1-ie -
anu 1,, .o'"'"s e''o 'ei wiz O'
Pero t. -.
- d lorsery 'uat A'Oer' l 'A0
S"'l.
"ihe o9utn Is our ianu' Tue
Norin ~ u Is d lore,Su nuu ''os'''0 '."iu :. u !
- 'l'o o.u ;,t Th'o" n %" ~ ~
res'oreq' "o WIN "op0 " .noI 't1e -
ou'n'inuePe''uel' 0'lo'o N'.u,o'
Is 1t a forgery that General BAT,
tie, OF the late rebel army, saiu al
the Democratic meetlne 10 MoOie'
. ''Ihe Democratic paity'lnd S
principles lor "Hlch you pattieu 7
:, IL 10 iorso'y '""' '"0 A'oHe1O"O
hn4uHHoi '"''.
Tho next Democratic House OF
Representatives, IN case oil a con
test, Will fecoShize' anu ohly re-
cognize, such members as come
there under legal constitutions
and that have been adopted Oy lht
free consent OF the whlte people oI
the State =
Isita forgery that the Richmond
Wing, speaking OF the Blair letter