Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-15
Gen JEFF Thompson's advice to Ku-
Klux Democrats.

hlux democrats.
Gen. Thompson was q rebel Gen
eral, but, unlike most rebels, at the |
END OF the war he surrendered with |
honest intentions not work with any
party whose intent shall be to break |
up the union. He said from that day |
forth he would keep his oath to
stand by the union forever. He
says that Seymour's election will re-
new the war and a man is a fool
who says otherwise. "And." says
he, renew tho war and we of the
South will fail in the end, for even
though we get our independence un +,
der Seymour, his successor will
strike to recover the lost territory.
and then we shall be no better than
slaves" Lately Gen. Thompson
was called on to speak when he said
Now | want you to go home and
work hard, and take care of your
families, work early and late and
get up at night and see if your crops
are growing. Above all things
drold political discussion. If any man
says Niger to you, Swear that you
neuer knelo nor Sdw one In your life
We haze talked about the niqqers for
forty gears and haze been outtalked ,
,ce haze fought four years for the mig,
gers and haze been id badly Whip
ped, and noao it is = your put" the
YANKEES haze lcon the niger and .cW
do chat they please Nth him, and you
haze no sag in the matter If lieu
aoant him they aoilt take him and i
they say you must keep him., you haze
to do it and no mistake. l tell you
that you hare no say in the matter, and
you oaghn't to hare. Go home and
stay there don't go anywhere but
to mill don't go to church, for the
ministers will put knots and mis-
chief into your heads and get you
into trouble. Be good citizens. and
then those of you who have been
good honest, and brave soldiers
have nothing to fear, but | warn
those of you who have been nothing
but sneaking, cowardly Ja-hawkers,
cut>throats and thieves, that Just
retribution awaits you, and | hope
to God the Federal authorities will
hang you wherever and whenever
they find you, and they will do it
| sure.
Now, | want to talk to you Mis-
sourians you are talking ABOUT CO.
| ing to your old homes to live again.
What did every ono of you say last
fall when you went into Missouri
and expected to remain there p
Why, that you would make "every
Union man climb a tree" and many
threats of similar character. Now
do you think that those Union men
whom you threatened with the hall
ter but few days ago, if you got
the power, are going to permit you
to come and live among them, and
have all the privileges that they en-,
Joy Nor MUCH. Now the tables
are turned, and if you go back there
they may make you climb trees, y
and | hope they will, for many OF
you richly deserve it. [About this
luncture loud murmuring was au-
dible in the crowd, aud bystande l
suggested to the General that they
might mob him. Mob h-ll.
don't scare worth a d-n," replied
the General.
I.want you all to go home and bt
peaceable, quiet citizens, and if ma
RAIDERS and out laws come among
you, do not take the law into your
own hands, but if you can do it, ar
rest them and deliver them over
with such evidence as you can OBJ
tain, to the commandant Of the near
est military post by this means you
will place the responsibility on 9th
ers, and avoid neighborhood quar-
rels and strife.
DO not complain If you are not per
united to hare uoice an elections dat
ciUN affairs. You haze forfeited al
such rights, and 1t no,0 becomes you t,
submit to such ia,oS and regulations a.
the Federal authorities may deem
proper to enact. | believe, and kno W
than they will do the best they car
for you, especially if you show
henceforth that you desire to meri
their confidence by strict obedi
ence to the laws where you may re
side.
We are conquered, zoe hare M
rights but must accept such privitegeI
and tavorS as the government may SCI
proper to besto,o upon as.
sea- The Boston Daily AduertiSei
publishes letter from literary
gentleman of New York, who voted
for Douglas and Mcclellan, from
which we take the following extract
"You pay small compliment to my
sense Of patriotism in your assump-
ton that | am for Seymour. No;
anna square out-and out Hiram Simp
SON. man and work and talk for him
| every chance I oct