The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-10-20
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Wl1O are the RepubIicansl

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WhO are the RepubIicansl
Every one who has been agitating since
the surrender of the Southern army, and,
with visor down, has been bowling
''peace' while he meant strife, is Re
publican
Every soldier who, having been edu-
Gated and maintained at the expense Of
the people, and having participated. in
the war, or part thereof, for the restora.
ton of a disrupted Uuion, now, from
personal, reasons, follows the bread-and-
butter and carpet-bag brigade, in order
to maintain disunion, is a Republican.
The majority of the Rump Congress
at Washington is Republican.
Every Northern man who during Che
bloody contest hid himself in his snug
gerry, or if in the field, kept the baggage
and the sutler company in the rear, IS a
Republican. ~ HT
Every General, or other officer, who
rendered services only on paper, is a
Republican. 81 EaE&H
Every man who can find it in his heart
to sanction the judicial murder perpe-
trated on Septegenarian woman-Mrs.
Surratt-is Republican. "a @saE
Every draft rioter, draft-sneak and
bounty jumper, every coward during the
war, was a Republican.
All those who want to place the be-
sotted negro above the white man in tho
South are Republicans.
All those who assisted in squandering
the fifteen hundred millions of dollars
which the people had paid, since June,
1865, are Republicans.
All the members of the Grand Army
of the Republic, who follow the banner
of dirty Logan" are Republicans.
Then there is an Overwhelming num-
ber Of Republicans who are opposed to
negro suffrage in the North. II
But all those who forced negro suf-
frage upon the South by. force of arms
and par ordre da mutt, are Republi-
cans.
All those who defended and supported
the stealing of the public money are Re
publicans. s5.s sesyst
All those who vaunt of their loyalty as
an excuse for their corruption, profigacy
and maladministration, are Republicans.
All those who cried: ga thousand
dollars for substitute to carry on this
war, provided l don't thaye to 60 myself"
are Republicans. ,1oafmo9'
All those who seek to insult. the for
mer soldiers of the Union army by claim
ing that under Radical rule the Union
was not failure, are Republicans.
All who add new fuel to the yet smol-
dering embers of burnt-out South, are
Republicans. Jo2 7s1ie. ei't =
All those who favor starving and ex-
terminating the whites in the South, are
Republicans. - iasd 80
All those who do not punish the out
RACES perpetrated by negroes upon white
woman, even when in child-bed, or the
murders committed on white men, are
Republicans. 7ai a5aA ( SIT
All the officers who were dismissed
from the army for cowardice or dishon-
esty, are Republicans ans 1895
! All who looked upon the Union sol
diers as merely so much food for cannon
are Republicans. sHols
All who refuse to recognize green
backs, made a legal-tender by Lincoln's
Congress, as lawful money to redeem the
five-twenty bonds, which are mostly in
the hands Of shoddies, are Repubi-
cans. @ - 9f'f
All those who do not believe that the
bayonets of the Rump Congress, in the
South, are not carried for the purposeof
committing cold -blooded murder, are Re-
publicans. iaroo.
All those who assert that, under the
present Radical rule, the Republic is not
in danger of destruction, are selfish Re-
publicans. @ Es
All those who formerly did and do
now consider courts-martial superior to
the Courts established under the Constit-
ution, are Republicans. aith
All those who muzzled the press, and
suppressed freedom of speech by the aid
of Bastiles, are Republicans 81 1a5lsofs
All impeachers are Republicans. p
Bingham, the murderer of an aged 70.
male, is Republican. s9Tsz "a
Butler, the spoonist, is Republican.
Yates, the sot, is Republican. .aFT
Grant, the butcher of over forty thous-
and soldiers in the Wilderness, claims to
be Republican.
Stanton, the murderer by default Of
exchange of our soldiers in Southern
prisoners, is Republican. - s:saois
: Then there are still others bandits I'M
hung who are Republicans. easas
Furthermore, there aresome very ex-
cellent men who are Republicans e., q
Mr. Frederick Hassaurek, and indivi-
duals of his ilk, such as Mr.. +. Luther,
the quondam "Windmiller.' 4s.,4
Cordelia Wade and Laura Quitman
are also accused of having Republican
, ''learning" 5a . @so4 aNas hoiaos
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