The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-07-28

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Ivillainy, secured possession of the State
governments, and placed the whole po-
litical power in the hands of hired ne
gro emissaries and thieving agents of the
Freedmen's Bureau; and that they have
robbed a ruined people Of almost their
last dollar by an infamous system of
taxation, imposed by negroes destitute
of property and debased in ignorance
after committing these crimes, and 9TH
ers equally atrocious, their leader, Gen.
eral Grant, under the instructions of his
keepers, has the assurance ito say, "Let
US have peaceI'' The men who have kept
up the war during the last three years,
and who design to keep it up in the
future as they have done in the past, on
the eve Of the election cry out tpeace;'
that is to say, peace which is to bow
down in submission before negro gu
premacy, and to accept it as a condition
lof toleratlon.
We tell these vindiotive and desperate
desttuctives that there can be no real
peace SO long as the white race Of the
South is subjected to the rule Of the
black. and the return of all material
prosperity is impossible while that dom.
ination continues. They devised it with
lperverse ingenuity to shut out a posi-
bility Of reconciliation, and as means
of prolonging sectional strife.
Let US not be deceived by5t hypoc.
|risy of those who prate Of "peace, " and
whose policy is war, They seek to en-
broil the country in a new civil war, in
the hope of distributing another thous-
and millions of the peoples money among
shoddy contractors, Radical domagogues,
|and manufacturing monopolists. But
they seem to forget that if such calam-
|ity should again befal the country by
their wicked and wilful designs, it will
involve no local passion or interest, but
every man who loves the Constitution,
who respects its obligations, who is deter.
mined to preserve the liberties aud rights
which it guarantees. and who is opposed
to the subjection of the white race to the
negro. The soldiers who went into the
war Of the rebellion volunteered to fight
for the Union, under q solemn pledge
made by both branches of Congress that
it was not to be prosecuted for any pur-
pose of subjugation. They were betray-
ed then, but they will not bo deceived
again. The war was converted into a
political crusade for power, and now, with
three thousand millions of debt, and hall
a million of lives sacrificed, they propose
to renew it, with the sole objectof pre-
serving an ascondancy thus frudulently
obtained. And, in order to promote that
scheme, they have cast aside all their own
leaders, repudiated the men by whose
ability and skill, the party was created,
and adopted the General of our armies as
a candidate, looking to this intended con.
tingency. Such is the explanation oi
the nomination, and the true reading of
the canting words which they have put
into his mouth, "Let Us have peace. -
They intend another civil war, and have
so shaped their measures as to render il
almost inevitable. Gen. Grant is not ig-
norant Of these designs, and he is their
convenient instrument. The country is
not to be blinded by such professions,
when every sign furnishes contrary evi-
dence. Radicalism has made war upon
the Constitution, war upon the Executive,
war upon the judiciary, war on the public
liberties, war on the public credit, and
war against every principleand tradition
of our fathers. Its aim is to Destroy
It seeks to subvert this form of Govern
ment, and to erect military despotism
upon its ruins; and it viii stop at no
means, however reckless, to attain that
end. Look over the last three years on
ly, to see how every civil right has be en-
trampled down, and how the most dan.
gerous and destructive ultraism has CON-
passed It's success. Let us be admonish
ed by these exoesses, and prepare for
others which are to come. IF the people
would avert the perils which are threat
ened, they must rise up in their strength
and crush out Radicalism, root and
branch.