The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-03-20
within the Southern States. '9a"F
Before We sanction this iniquity,

within the Southern States. '9a"E
Before We sanction this iniquity,
let us examine its results. ., esg
3, # found civil governments in sue.
cessful operation; it abolished these
| governments, and made the will Of
brisadier general supreme for all
purposes. tHrf~ a'' .sss.r. =.
Southern elections arc ordered,
supervised and approved or set aside
by district commanders. .."
uthern justice is what the bay
onet may provide. .ea rr&.l ..
Southern law is what the sword
may decree. isasao 81; he -. -.
| 4 Southern peace is the patient sub.
| mission Of a conquered people; q
peace threatened by impending ne.
gro instructions, which white Sc.
ditionists are inciting, and liable al
any moment to disappear before the
terrible tumult Of social anarchy.
The military governments fount
business reviving, and enterprise
struggling to repair the ravages o.
the, war. g9B. Io.AGso2 fas.I. ..-.~:
They abolished labor, and offered
army rations as . premium onnegre
idleness. y -' ... "@t N.'.@I
: The country ceased to produce,
and trade and commerce with othe1
sections persisted. >. %
| Capital left . land which prom
| iscd soon to be given over to confs'
cation" '7'' 'Gonazt.
General poverty followed the en-.
couraged indolence'of the laborine
classes. 81 v7yv 4,jGt aol ..a.,4 s.l'
Actual and almost universal des'
titution exists among the people
the unhappy victims Of fCongression'
al cruelty must become pensioner:
on national charity or perish from
starvation T.. yr2Fass.-'
Hordcs Of thriftless and discon'
Tented negroes, passionate almos,
to brutality, induced to vice by
idleness, melted to violence by; eyi1
counseliors, fed and pampered al
the public cost, with q. great army
for their protection, roam at will
I throughout the land upon a mission
Of evil, carrying dismay to the
hearts Of helplessness and innocen ence,
and shocking civilization with the
worst Of nan. eless crimes.
Such is the condition of the South.
A military dcspotism is over be,
people. a4aa a"lF .2'# -asa 80.
The hand of. lawless violence
threatens them Yauom -
Dcsolation rcigus on every hand
About them, arc the graves Of their
countless dead. 8 's"7:"o &iod .
n. The past is strewn with the wrecl
Of their greatness. - q az
Present suffering surrounds them
Their future is thick with peri
and dark with gathering misfortune
The foes Of the nation are at hel
feet.a4 asa3 )aE.@ II ~ x.e1
Broken in spirit, stripped. of for
tune, wasted, ragged, wretched and
ruined, their situation inyokcs the
magnanimity Of kindred manhood
and appeals to the generous mere,
Of noble enemy. s@1a1 estz.o
| lDIsrRBss7Ar TIE SOUTH PRODUCES
| PRosTRArIoN AT THE NORTH. y.
| The evil influence Of bayonet re
construction is not confined to thu
South. ,-,qs.,y.gf - 81 .
The entire country feels it. ''
7 Northern business languishes TO
want of Southern trade. 2aies
+ aNortherns fac tories are silent be
cause Southern pockets are empty
| Western granaries and storchou
ses are full, but poverty possesse!
their ancient market, and their for
mer buyers are now begging bread
IA commercial crash is imminent
and business stands still and trem
bles at the prospect. '1
| The ma nufacturing interest Of tn
nation are crippled and almos
crushed haz5Fa - af4~'1 ~4f.o .o
The spindle is motionlcss; tn
shuttle is silent; tic forge and tn
furnace arc deserted; the workshop
is vacant the mill is closed. ,,ssr,
/ The hands of the artisan are un
employed and empty; his childre1
are starving, homeless, and in rags
| The impoverishmcnt Of the SoutI
throws the entire burden of TAXA
TIos upon the North and West, i
The Southern States can rende
no assistance while the Governpcn
! grinds them with an IRON heel.
i II their people. shared its benefit
they wopldi be iupelled to. product
i've ability. o.3<,,.r rs ses =
As they partake only Of its sewer
1 tiles, they could not support it
they would, and so long as it op
presses them, if they are fit 70 b
,freemsn, they would not support
if they could. .s rs, 81
i THE CONGRESSIONAL PURPOSE.
The declaration of the leading Re
1publicans in Congress leave no rool
fto doubt that the action Of that bod
has been taken with reference
the future of tho, Radical party
rather than the unity Of the Amer
oap Republic. 'as "a b lEs >
i. The National Legislature has be
I come 1 mere machine Tor the manu-
! fsctsre ofRadical majoritics. .'V
j HI Its material Id the worst. and low