Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-01-09

ConorossionoI syeto,, ~ d;sf.or M
chisemont viii on,,Iy 70 onl,, Ak O0
ond not 10 ovcoad f0 0o0 Nan
We bavo boord osloto mnch obor
an onnreesod neonIo W. are fol-
nv nnmocratir orators and hy IN.
ncwsnoners Of the Democratic mr.
tv in olI norts of tbo conntrv tbo
tIe neonie Of the Sonth orc down
troddon and onnrossed DO The,
who nrato obont onnrcssion hear Il
mind thot thoso ore tho yorv neonl,
who. Int a few wears since. arraye,
themselves in arms AGAINST the ma
! tion-whoso actions have cost II,
over half n million Of lives-thC
very people who deyelopcd the wal
that has left us as a legacy a debt ol
thousands Of millions Of dollars
with an almost incalculable amount
vet TO liouidate, not to speak of the
untold suffering and sorrow that
has been thrust upon the people OF
the North q? And now we are charg,
ed with being olpressors and ty.
rants, because thew have not been
admitted to full political rights
And do YOU call this oppression ?
Can YOU ignore the fact that thew
were the projectors of rebellion,
guilty Of treason, and plotters
against the life of the nation? And
are these the men who are to be
welcomed back as citizens of the
United States ? Did thev have the
RIGHT to run from the battlefield to
the ballot-box. and declare who
shall be their representative in Con.
gress-to abandon their arms and
resume the RIGHTS of loyal eitizens-
to WELD AGAIN the control of ON
National Government?
Yet these are the peonle whose
AGONY is in the throots of the Dem.
ocratic PARTY. and I take If uon
myself to saw There is Mother sense
nor Justice in it, When thew folk
about oppression they rorget tbcy
are favorino those who broHcht on
the trouble and batbed the land in
blood
Tho Iow nroroiIe in oll VOL roo,,-
lated communities that crime s6oll
ho nrriehnd and a ennen of instico
demands that outraoes pnon tbe
1owso,d tho r;ohto or +bn ,,oo,lo
shII ho soyoraiv nnnishod ~ W. W.
talk ohont tbo nroso,tt Stoto govorn
monts +ho+ hoyn hoon innorod i,
Conorossional octs ron von +au
mo 5v whom thov worn formed r.
nnt ~, tbo ,,,,, ,,olan,otio, ~ ftho pnoa
idorI og tbo IrnitoJ stotos. and ~ r.
ynn vii, roorr to tbo oloctions in
Viroin;a NIL and Sonth CaroIi
no 2o, ,ylI Gnd fhot toos +bon ono
tbird of thn wbito yotors took mart
in formina tho coostifntion Of tbo
,rosont ~ gtoton 9 Thn Jolon.at,s r,rr, Y,
r. pd tLan, od +,,a, hovn ,,' ,o,,o, Loan
s"lr"tttad ' c v ti8ontio ti,1 ,'o H. Tl
nIo Eor havo tboy botf VI tbo I''n =, lI n,oI
riobt thot lLo onSstitntions hona
wIicb have hoon mora roconny
formod Those formed in 1Q65 con
toinnd cortoin conditions sucb oe
nrobibitiuo slaverv nrohibitn%tba
pavnent Of ne debt contracted hurI
inc the war: provisions that were
ro9uirod Inv the proclamation off
President johnson. But vet they
have meyer bann rofifed and wern
the Senator's and REPRESENTATIVES off
those States admitted into our Con !
oressional halls tbcy would he cast
aside and IGNORED. os thew bad new. |
er been ratifed-and that I know
would be the course pursued
The STRUGGLE. therefore, on fine
part of the Democratic party, North
and South, as | have spoLen, will
he in 1863. for tho restoration OIL
these States into rebel hands and I
til administration Of the affairs Of
these States on chat basis
Ifyou are nrepared to saw that
blacks and loyol white men are to
bo turnnd over TO tho tender mercios
Of rebels. then vote the Democratic
ticket Bnt if Won are in favor orI
imnortial sua'roge and oivipc riobts
to block and white. f6en yote tbe
Rcnublican ticket
Thoro orc numerous other onos.
fiona wrant I'M in these loodino,ideos
7 have announced. The first ono I |
shall monticn ID tbc novmant for
slaves emancipated during the war.
And though this has not been de.
clared as vet to be a aouestion Of the