The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-10-15
LFrom Harpers Weekly.l
Are They FOrger.Iee::

The New York World says "SThe
Radical newspapers have forged
speeches and put tKemin the mouths
ofSoltherR Democrats. by whom, they
were never uttered" -.,, o, ,,rib,o, /
Is it a forgery that Frank P; Blair,
Democratic candidate for Vice Presi-
dent, wrote to Colonel james D uBfoad-
head, on the 3Oth ofJune;tsRI .got
,d" There is butlone way toirestore the
Government and the Constitution, and
that is for the President elect to de-
clare these acts COT Reconstrhction) nbl
aDd void, compel the army to undo
its usurpations at the South, 0 dispers g
the carpet-bag State GOVERNMENTS, al
low the white people to reorganlze
their own governments, and cleo, Sem
ators and Representatives, IN
li7Is tia forgery that Wade Hampton
said at a Democratic ratification meet
! ing in New York; in mus sp-aI
"Apd l want you all to register an
oath that when they (the white people
of the South, without regard 70 the ex-
ceptons of the Reconstruction acts do
vote, that these votes be counted; and
if there is rnajority-of=white votes,
that you will place Seymour and Blair
in, the White House in SPITE Of allL the
bayonets that shall be brought. against
| 4
themF' wv ~
f Is it a Nrgery that Wade Hampton
said at his reCeptiouin Ohaiieston.that
he proposed in the Committee on 1.-The
Platform in the Democratic, Convention,
to insert the words, "And we declare
that the Reconstruction acts are revolu-
tlonary, unconstitutional, and voidY''
and that he added: '"i''''s 9hi-eS
Ean''When / proposed that every sin
kgle member Of the Gonnittee7uandathe
Warmest men in it were men dof athe
North-came forward and said they
! would carry it out to the 'ehd?" ''''
Isita forgery ttatIMfg Bang
don, delegate to the Democratic Con
vention, said unpublished letter he
fore the 4th of July that the srecop-
struction measures, are "unconstption-
| al, and Of course, absolutely void" that
this would be the chief plaBk oinathe
Dem ocraticpiatforrn;- -thatthe Supreme
Court, prObablyatits pext teEmt you'd
SO decide; and that he added:
"Then allWSl want iSsa President
whose views are in accord with that de-
eision, and who has the will and the
nerve to do his duty. i, will be bis
duty to enforce the decree Of the Court
| if need be, ,atthe point Of the bayonet?''
Is Isitaforgsry that John Forsyth said
in the Mobile Register, speak ihglofre-
construction; I ,di il igad odj 1ol
"And here we may as. well say that
the people Of the South do not intend
to submit to that permanent fule, Te
suit as the Presidential election mayP'
IorIs it a forgery that .RaPhaelSembAes
said at Mobile aa,is,gslro7a yrsuimil
II have come to declare, that ! have
| given in my allegien0e, heart and soul
to the old flag, provided we can restore
the oldhag again to be the REPRESENTA-
tive Of. theiprinciples of the Constitu
ton, which we will be able to effect by
the election Of Seymour and Blair r.
Is tia forgery that the Charleston
Mercury said: p.b5N ysd' ,aos1'dt
"Peace was made by Gen. Sherman
in the spring of 1865, ip his terms o
capitulation with Gen. Johnston, Tha
was peace, and nothing else ever vii
be peacs I" z 'e0'D''Dl" ''A''@'' 80
I5it a forgery that Albert Pike said
IguhThe Southis our land theaNortl
/ is a foreign aud hostile realm tlfb*iI
the old Unfon can, not be restored W.
! viii hope to see the South independen
before we lieT '1f'AOo IL s'hNoo
loIsitS forgery that General Battle, %
the late EsbelArmy, saidatsths Demo
cratic meeting in Mobile :aoos ,ss ,pd
"The Democratic party indorse