The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1868-09-05
The People Moving.

From every quarter-East, West, /
North and South--there seems to be
one universal uprising Of the people
to throw off the radical tyranny, under
which they have been made to groan
since the country was placed in the |
hands of the corrupt Jacobins. Such
monster meetings, wherever Demo-
cratic speakers are announced, have
never been known before. People |
congregate by thousands and stand in
acres, eager to hear the history ofI
their oppression and the cause Of their
sufferings. Radical orators and stump
speakers are dumbfounded at the
want of enthusiasm among their old
political friends. They do not seem
TO understand why it is that with all
their bitter denunciation of Democrats
as rebels, red~handed traitors, Soutb-
ern sympathisers, &C., they excite no
interest, compel no applause or stir up
any demonstration. Then these ora
tors stand chilled with the cold indif-
ference of men who feel that they
have been wronged, deeply wronged,
and who stubbornly refuse to give
even a smile of encouragement. The
Republican orators are sadly discour-
aged; they don't seem to exactly
understand the situation. They howl
and roar and roar and howl about the
war and the brave soldiers who went
out to battle to preserve the Union,
and how the Republican party saved
the country, but still the people are
not moved. We hear from elections
as we never heard before. Democrats
claim and believe they are estimating
largely, but they, too, are mistaken,
The returns disappoint both parties.
Where Democrats have estimated
large majOrities, they find they fall
hahind the actual count bV thousands.
| Look at the recent election IN kens
lucky. Whocould have believed that
. lit was possible for any State in the
/ Union to have given so nearly solid
vote of the people for a change-for
, this is the true reading Of that vote.
The feeling animating the voters in
Kentucky is the same that showed
I itself last fall in all the State elections
+ lbeld at that time, and it is the samt
v which will show itself at the approach
+ ing elections in the great Western
s States to take place this fall.
e The people are tired, disgusted
4. and feel that they have been cheated
It bv the leaders of the Republican par
ty, and are determined upon a change
o No man can account for the sullel
I indifference manifested at their larges
st political gatherings in any other man
n ner. The old clap>trap of 6 how 'c
IS saved the country-how we conquere
,e the rebels-how we put down tn
I rebellion will not answer the pur
pose any longer. The people want
~ know why these States are not united
y why the people-the white people
i have not control of the Souther
=. States. They want to know VIII
\ Congress dared, in face of their actio
\ in the free States, to place under th
- - heel of the uncivilized negroes Of th
: South seven millions Of free mel
"a ~ who, after the war was over, accepte
~ ~ the situation and pledged themselv'
~ ~ to the support oS the Federal Const
u a tuition they want to know why the
h. %bo are paying millions of dollars year
~ ~ to support a standing army, in tin
by T of profound peace They want
w know for what they squandered nea
rIly five hundred millions of dollars
, the last yearl They demand to knt
ne why the taxes for the support of 4
eP General Government must be TAX
liu from the laboring men Of the countT
ru- and the millions Of bonds in t
Wn hands of the rich shall be forever e
ing empt This, in part, may account
an the fact that the people are not int
.cE ested in the success of Republic
en, meetings, and win also account
'nd the enthusiasm and good cheer eyel
rs where apparent with Democrats.
OF feel the near approach of a change
ing rulers and consequently change
oc- policy. 1t cannot be worse. 1t
! a be better Winamac (Iqd.) DEM