Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-09-11
Selefteo 1Ji,fellanp.


It's remarkable how qfckly and avda>
ciously the old secession aI1 rebel leaders Of
the Southern States have scung to the forc>
ground since the nominatoi Of Hora,io Ssy>
mour.
Previous 10 that event. an ever since the
destruction Of the rebel Cotederacy by the
Union arms, they had eithe, refrained from
forcing themselves upon pulic attention in
their old position Of leaders oitAey had come
forward, in something like becoming infu.
ence with the people in favor q the new order
of things which had risen afer the settle
nent OF the pro-slavery s.ruggk.
But now-and this is the thing to which
we wish especially to call the attention Of
the loyal American peope--we not ouly ace
these old time secessionists coming forward
to glorify the rebel cause, to vindica,e its
claims, to reassert its pretentions, 10 advo>
cate its success and to proclaia their hopes
Of triumph.
This is the startling spectacle which we
have witnessed during the last two or three
weeks.
We have seen men bearing such ill-omen.
names ~ Wise, Toombs, Vance, Yergsr
Semmes and Hampton, proclaiming to tha,
remnant ofthe Southern people which did
not fall bloody victims to their accursed re
bellion, that, in the triumph of the Democ-
racy there is vet life for the "lost cause. y
aud in the election Of Seymour, there is hops
for the detes,abls principles which, but trbee
brief years ago, we supposed had been sho
into political perdition BY million ofAmeri
can rifles.
We have seen the fire-eater Wise poclaim
al hat - L..a :.
waiting for the opportunity Of its reassertion
through the revolutionary party Shich ha,
Just taken the field. We have heard tht
6re>eater Toombs proclaimipg the doctrine
Of notification in old fashion, ,uttering III,
same denunciations Is Of old with all tn,
former bitterness, pouring his malediction,
| on the brave men Who have saved the Unin
| and threatening to ''resist Ia VS. which estab
lish political equality and freedom Of suff
rage throughout the South. We have seel
the implacsble secessionst Y ance proclaim,
ing that "what the ConfsderAcy fought fo
| ~ould he won through the election Of ,Sey
mour." We have seen Chronometer" Sem,
mes Oft the Alabama, prociAiming at Mobil,
last Monday, at . Democratic ratification
meeting, that he .'hAd been Democrat al
is life before the war, during the war, and
since the war--and fought tie ,car on II,
principles Of Democracy, believing thatthe
grand old constitution which embodied thes,
principles was about to be destroyed" Ant
then after this declaration that be had carried
out his constitutional ideas ON the pirate
decks of the ship which the gallant Winslow
sent to the bottom ol the sea, We End him
| announcing on the same occasion: .And
now, fellowcitizens, have come here to dc.
clare that l hare given in my allegiance
heart and soul, to the flag, prorided We car
restore the old dag again to the representative
Of the principles Of the constitution. which
we will be able to effect bv the election o.
| Seymour aud Blair And still again, q
the same meeting, he asserted that Demo
cratic success will again reduce the negro
to subordinate position ~ the inferior race
and restore the white man to :he COVER. mem
which belongs 70 him." Wehave seen Wad.
Hampton. the Carolina rebel leader, goina
round among the young men Of the Virgins
colleges glorifying the rebel cause, and reas,
sertiog its principles; We find him coming
North here as aDsmocrntic delegate to threat
en- renewed resistance and another rebellion
if his unjus,i6sble claims are denied By the
government we find him in Baltimore on
Thursday last, reminding the Democratic
Associa ton OF the time '.when was soldie,
in the glorious Army Of Norherl Virginia,
and the sons Of MARYLAND swept across the
borders and again stood side by side with
South Carolina in . great contest for liberty,
and We find him iu the same speech, and
almost in tho same sentance, mingling the
praises of the rebel generals with the eulogies
Of Horatio Seymour, and The past triumphs
ofthe Confsdsracy with the expected victo>
ries Of the Democracy.
What was encouraged all the old secession
leaders ofthe South to come out and rush
around in this way at the presen, time
What has led them to utter such language,
to indulge in such hopes, 10 proclaim such
schemes Are they ignorant of what they
are about? Are they talking without
knowing what they say? Are they planning
without understanding the ground they tread
upon7
tits mortitying and huniliating 10 hear
the language and see the pretentions and
demonstrations Of these old secession lead
err. Hardly have they been compelled TO
surrender their arms before they ars again
assuming the airs ofa dominant and dom>
ncering party. Hardly have We goa through
the work Of quelling the rebellion before We
see II again preparing for action. Hardly
have We got through the sanguiaary labor Of
crushing their cause and principles before
hey are again proclaimed a. though they
had never been seriously wounded. I. Is
evident that the loyal people Of the country
must rally at the polls TO teach the Demo-
cratic party, and these secession leaders Who
look for it 70 carry out their schemes, . less.
on even more severe than it got four years