Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-06
DoYLEsTowN, PA, Sept. 30, 1868.

DOYLEsT0WN, PA, oept. oVs lcoo'
I Ep1roRs LEDGER: "Have we subtilized
ourselves into savages' that the once
peaceful and humane citizen has become
more barbarous in his submissive obedi.
ence to the arbitrary classification Of
party rules than the untutored savage
Can it be possible that the sAriek of free
dom, as she expires, has no vibration In
the once free heart of our people 1t is
lameutably So And the torch OF the in
cendiary and the assassin knife, reeking
with the blood of Southern men and
women, are looked upon as holy relics BY
our once Jealous political friends, our
now fanatical enemies; and the freedman 8
hand, red with the blood of the Southern
citizen, is grasped with fervid clutch by
the same devils who sang hosannas TO
the soul of John Brown-"now marching
on" The masses are honest, but sub
servient to party rules and party laws.
Let your journal, and all others true to
the Constitution, show up howthese free
men are driven with their party lash I'm
the hands of New England fanatics.
The election will soon take place in the
West, Ohio and other States. Say to
them " that the whip of New England is
making ready to be applied TO their backs
unless they take hold in the crusade
against the South, end if they would
escape this party lash they must vote the
Democratic ticket, which, if successful,
destroys that fanatical fsction--that IS
the fermenter Of all discord, the Radical
party Of New England" What does the
West expect from the success of the rev.
olutionary action7 Let me show them,
" as the way to judge the future is BY the
mast" On the confirmation of Radical
success in 1864, whom do we find hold
ing the reins Of the government and
with the party lash whipping negatives
out and positives in Sir Yankees--
Chas. Sumner, of Massachusetts,, Chair
man OF Committee on Foreign Relations;
Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts,, Chair
man Committee on Military Affairs; j..
P. Hale, of New Hampshire, Chairman
Committee on Naval Affairs W. Fes-
sender, Of Maine, Chairman COMMITTEE
on Finances; Clark, Of New Hampshire,
Chairman Committee on Claims; Fisher,
of Connecticut, Chairman Committee on
Pensions. Thus you, see six Yankee
Senators controlling the government
Six Middle and Western States, with
their population Of l3,37O,743, against
New England with her 3.l35,2s3 not
reprssenfed in the committees, poicers
mat really central the government,
And does the conservative Republican
(who is at heart Democrat), believe
that the great party of moral ideas "lis
more virtuous in 65 than in SO Not q
bit Of i'll Their past reign Of fplunder has
made them reckless-and each Of their
circles, weak with excess Of plnnder-
siehs, "Oh. for a fnc young thief os two
and twenty" The West will get nothing
bat taxes; the East will increase IN All
that can be stolen. The West should
ponder on these facts, and II she does
not wish 70 yield to this Yankee doninA-
ton, let her defne her position; a. the
only way to show her contempt tor
Yankee legislation. is 70 vote for Seymour
and Blair In the NovembEr election. As
. specimen Of the class Of men who rule
this great GovsFsnent and their prIn-
ciplss, ] give ar incideot or The most de-
cent Of them All, John P. Hale, of New
Hsmpshire. II was related 10 ne by
lanes @ Jones, then Senator from Iea-