Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-07-14
CONVENTION OF REBELS IN NEW
YORK.
Some of the Elements Composing the
Democratic National Convention
Liberal Sprinkling of Southern Reb-
els.

els.
A New York correspondent of the
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, writ
ing Of the Democratic National Con
vention, thus speaks of some of tn,
prominent delegates in that body:
From South Carolina we hav,
General Wade Hampton, Governor
Perry, James Chestnut, A. P. Al
drich, General NJ. l.. Bonham, Inglis
r. B. Rhett, General Gary, G. d
Trenholm and seven others. Dc
not these names remind one Of pa.
riotism, of honor, virtues, which
have been so blunderingly extolleC
from time immemorial ? Aldrich il
was who suggested the secession Of
South Carolina. Hampton it was
who caused the destruction of the
beautiful city of Columbia, and who
set fire to his own house rather than
have it fall into the hands Of the sac
cursed Yankees" Rhett-weIl, the
less said about him the better. Per,
ry is the only redeeming name
among them. He is man not
known by the company he keeps.
From Alabama, we have Winston,
Colonel of rebel regiment Lang
don, the man of black flag notoriety
Parsons, in bad company, like Per
ry General Clanton, sort of guer>
rilla chieftain Chapman and Pick :
EFT, distinguished far their love of
freedom, whisky and the old flag
Eggleston, the editor of the Mobile
Tribune, who not long since boastcd
in his patriotic paper that he was
" cruising among the West Indies
one month after Booth killed Lin>
coin" and who declares that the
Southern editors are IA hypocrites
who do not openly declare that the
assassination of Lincoln was sweet
morsel, which every true Southerner
rolls under bis tonrue.
From Mississippi comes the Hon +"
E. M. Yerger, who declares he will
raise modern Cheops of bones
rather than submit to be crushed by
the heels he once owned it is use
lees to mention other delegates from
this State, as they will be controlled
by this hot headed lover of his
country
From Georgia come Ben. Hill and
General Gordon, names which at
once ssuggestcd that the country
will soon be out Of all danger. Seri>
ously, there is no man in all the
South more dangerous than B. III.
Hill, for he has a tongue revolving
upon pivot, and both ends are cons
tinually in motion, railing ont the
most bitter denunciations against his
country. My experience proves
that some men can do thousand
times more mischief with their
tongue than others can with the
sword, and | am sometimes at a loss
to account for the fact that a man is
allowed with his Infamous tongue
and pen to cause the slaughter of
thousands with impunity, while the
more humble instruments by which
his objects are accomplished are
made to suffer the penalties of his
crimes. Who shall give good rea>
son for the punishment of Writ,
while those who goaded him on to
his wicked deeds are now in the
Democratic Convention of this city !?
Who shall satisfy himself that Booth
suffered most miserable death,
while parties are here in New York
to-day, who openly, freely, and
tauntingly boast that the day will
come when Booth will be ranked in
history as Brutus, as a Charlotte
Corday
From Florida we have Major
Poole and Major w. W. Van Ness,
of the once rebel army.
From Kentucky we have B. +.
Buckner, and, if l mistake not, Gen.
S. B. Buckner, now editor of the
Courier, of Louisville, a paper which
travelled all over the South during
the war to keep out of the way of
the Yankee army. The tyrannical
Government at Washington has re-
Gently allowed " General " Buckner
to take possession of all his property
in Louisville, and, as editor of the
Courier, he is now preparing the
coming generation, perhaps the pres
ent, to renew the struggle from
which the country has just emerged.
All the nabobs Of Kentucky are also
here to secure platform by which
they will yet get $500 apiece for
their lost slaves.
Missouri sends the rebel General
I. l.. Price, name which sufficiently
indicates the patriotism of the De
mocracy of that State.
From Arkansas the Democracy is
re inforced by such able men as the
rebel General A. I'll. Garland, whom
our tyrannical Government allows to
practice law in that State.
From Indiana and Ohio come with
a yell as piercing as that of the great
Sachem kynders. Dan Voorhees, and
Vallandigham.
Need / specify further From
Texas, Louisiana, Florida, North Car
ofina, Virginia, Delaware and Ten
nessee, we nave the very men who
figured extensively in the campaign
of 1860, and who have fought o.
preached fight all the way through
the war men who represent every
grade of rebel service from Drum Ma
jor to the full General
General Beauregard is here, and al
os the man who claims the infamou
name OF Forrest, the latter full del
egate from Tennessee, the former OF
business connected with which on
tyrannical government allows him t
receive ten thousand dollars. This
believe is his salary as Presid ent {
the New Orleans and Jackson Rail
road Company.
| tell you again that the Souther
delegates don't care what is don
here-provided they receive suficien
courage to go home and dispense til
Legislatures, by violence Unnecessary
that have boon elected under the r.
, | L. 4 .rek or ,u,.n f,