The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-09-26
THE REINAUGURATI0N OF THE OLD
REIGN OF TERROR.

War of the Rebellion, the moving
spirit which gave it vigor and made i
aggressive did not die. The materia
body is dead its evil genius still ex
lists and still exerts itself. While siav
cry existed in tie Southern States
there also existed a stubborn reason fol
its strength as an nstitution-there
was too strong Il force UNFOLDING it and
standing as its guard for any attacks Of
moral force to be brought successfully
against it. AS the most forcible con-
comitaut of that force stood the rigor-
Gus and implaca BILE, malignant and
deadly determination of the slave hold
ing power to resist, deny and suppress
the right Of free speech. The wesk
tenure upon life of the " Patriarchial
Institution was evinced but too plain
iy when brave old John Brown at
tackled and defied and threatened it at
Harper's Ferry. 1t became evident then
to all, as it had long been evident to
the more profound thinkers of the coun-
try that slavery stood upon the most in
secure and dangerous basis Of anything
that claimed to be Il part Of the fabric
Of the American Republic. 1t is a fav
orite question with Democratic orators
10 ask . What was the war fought
for? Was it to save the Union or de-
s,roy slavery ?" This is ventured as
supposable "poser to those of
US who have accepted abolition and the
Acknowledgement Of the Freedmen as
lawful and logical consequences of the
war. These "posers are furnished
with ready aud complete answer in
the shape Of II counter question. 1t is,
South attempt secession and inaugurate
civil war? Was it aot to insure the
ptrpetuation and eAlensioa Of slavery?
Was that purpose not the actuating
cause CT the armed assaults Of tb t
Southern insurgents upon the integrity
of the UuiOn ~ Who will deny that
such was not the case ? And who, in
caudor and truth can deny that by
losing what they ayowdly fought for,
the South merely lost the wager of bat
provoked by and insisted
upon by themselves
We are led I'll iuto this cous ideration
Of the causes and consequences of the
rebellion naturally enough-they are in
separable from the consideration Of any |
part Of the question but what We
started Out to allude to Was the present
situation Of affairs in Georgia as deve.
oped more particularly by the recent
affair at Camilla. The shooting of an
party Of Abolitionists and
freedmen is nota surprising matter. II
5 simply repetition of an old occur
ence, repeated ten thousand times all
,ver the South. You know they always
lsed to hang and tar and feather the
Abolitiohists in the good old days of
: the Union as it was" 1t will be re-
rendered that some conservative
Gentlemen committed similar act at
lew Orleans, resulting in the killing of
)ostie and others aud We may not for
ct the greeting given to Congressman
ELY, Of Pennsylvania, when be spoke |
t q public meeting in Mobile. The
heriT eff the county of which Camilla 6
the shire town, complacently and con- ..
ervatively Indifferent TO the armed mob
| that town, not exercising his author
y as an cfiicer toward arresting one Of i
lem or tovard compelling them to keep I
lie peace, goes out of the place as c
esseDgcr TO party Of citizens who T
ave a right to speak and listen to speak
& in behalf Of Republican principles c
id warns them not to enter the town, c
}, TO attempt the exercise of an Ameri v
IN either to speak their political senti t
euts. The Sheriff acts as the coward
tools cf the slaseocracy always act, !,
if the clliralry and its rutfians bad b