The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-07-23
-"I.ef us have Peace"

'sLef US have Peace"
The saudabic desire expressed in the
above caption, quoted from Gen'l Grants
letter of acceptance to the National Re-
publican Convention, was paraded at the
close of every leading article in the last
issue of the fora Agc, with the election
of Seymour ard Blair pointed out as the
highway to such glorious result. Elect
Seymour and Blair. Down with Con-
gressional Reconstruction! Away with
the Freedmen's Bureau! Give over at
once and forever the Unionists and
Freedmen to the Ku klux Klanners,
and Mcn-'.LET Us HAVE PEACE"
This, too, with the speeches before us
OF the southern delegates to the New
York Convention, made after their re-
turn to their rebel constituents, assuring
them that the lost cause of the contede-
racy would be regained by the election
of tho Democratic nominees. This, af-
ter the infamous letter Of Frank 7. Blair,
which procured him the nomination,
and the praise and thanks of Forrest,
Hampton and their cont'ercs. Listen
to Blair:
''rhere is but one way to restore the
government and the constitution, and
that is for the President elect to declare
these acts (of Congress) null and void,
compel the army to undo its usurpations
ut the South, disperse the carpet-bag
State governments, allow the white peo-
pie loreorganize theirown governments,
and elect Senators and Representatives,
4 Wem,lst have Pres
ident who will execute the will of the
people by trampiiag into dust the us,tr-
pdtions 9f Congress knora us the recon-
st1ucfion acts.o
. Endorse those sentiments, who can;
aud then shed crocodile tears over civil
troubles and cry, "Let us hare peace"
Hear Wade Hampton's plea for
peace 60 addressed to New York mob
ut tho aaaectins in that city to ratify the
nominations of Seymour aud Blair:
I'VE can have no relief unless this
great Democratic party will come out
and pledge itself that we shall have a
fair election-that the white people of
the South shall cote; and want you to
register an oath thdt mhtn they do cote
that these rotes shat be counted, and il
there is q majority Of White totes, that
you miH place ,Seyniosr and Blair in the
White House IN spite Of oil the bayonets
that shalt be brought against Them"
This means success or WAR; and refers
to the same thing as the following tn rca,
from the columns ST the Times. 1t says
that If the inclusion Of the twenty.
three votes of Virginia, Mississippi anG
Texas would give the majority to Mr.
Seymour, and the exclusion Of them
would give the majority to Mr.. Grant
the refusal of II Jacobin Senate to count
them would bc an extremely hazardous
business"
: Congress means that the votes only OF
those States shall be counted, who have
qualified themselves to vote by accept,
ing thecongressional plan of reconstruc
stion. r. Z. Blair, Wade Hampton. the
Times, and like revolutionists mean that
If the votes of unreconstructed rebels
will elect the Democratic nominees,
they will put them ia the White House
by force of arms. "L.t us hare oc0ce,''
sounds well from such lips.
Just now the papers are teeming
with accounts of the democratic
peace organization known as the Ku
Klux Khan. They celebrated the 18th OF
July by murder, arson, 1logging and
other brutalitics inhuman and revolving
perpetrated upon the union man, white
~ h1aaly &vharnyar fn,,t,I 1,
an one has found peace in death at the
hands Of those enthusiastic Seymour
men. The special committee appointed
by the Texas Constitutional Conven-
ton, to Inquire into aud report upon the
alleged prevalence of lawlessntss and
violence in that State, find 800 we'll
authenticated cases of homicide COM
mittcd between June, 1865 and June,
aS6S. While Phil Sheridan sustained
the civil government there, these MUIR
ders averaged nine per month enough,
surely; but while Gen. Hancock that
distinguished candidate for the suflrages
of the democratic convention admins
tered the peace policy Of Pres. Johnson
they averaged Hty.drc, and for the last
five months, sixty per month.
The past seven years of our country's
history has shown US quite enough of
Democratic Peace. Gen. U. s. Grant
contributed more, perhaps, than any
other man to bring it to close; let us
cOntinue to follow his leadership, as
President Of the United States, until the
true peace Is realized by our nation,
which was meant when earnestly
and honestly, he said, "Let us have
lssce."
VIZ. z T.of7nUwan.