The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-08-12

icy, tnat ioAoW Uod mdde upef.of SHALL
never be degraded"
According to Ben, therefore. "the
men whom God made superior" are
to have Union that he iancies or "no
Union at ALL" This is his under
standing of the Democratic platform,
and asa preparatory step he makes this
proclamation:
"One thing you must do for the pro-
lection of your children of your
selves, aud for the vindication of your
honor. / affirm it, and want it heard
It is going to be the law of this coun-
try, and u law more irrepcalable than
the laws of the Medes and Persians.
Not one man that darcs record his
vote for the inequality and vassalage
ofthe Southern States, and the degra-
lation of his own race, ought cver TO
be receioed into a decent tamlyin Geor-
gia, or in the South, now or hereafter.
[Cries of 'Nevcr.'] If we have not
got the power to make the laws for our
General Government, or for society,
thank God zee can at least pass ia,cs for
our opa homssteads. My mother and
my sisters and my dear young ladies'
for | am sure | love every one of you
i feel that | am the brother of every
woman in Georgia and the son of eve
ry mani charge you this day as you
honor your children, and your house
hold, and your goodname, and your
posierity, never suIlera single native
renegade that vo es for the vassalase
Of these States and the disgrace Of your
children to darken your doors or speak
to any member oiy your family. Cries
of'Good,' That's right 'liurrah,' etc.
You condemn the poor victim to the
penitcntiary who steals horse or 500
and yet these miserable vagabonds,
have sought to bargain away every
thing that you have. You scorn the
criminal-the man that has violated
the laws of your country. These mis-
crab evagabonds are fathless to every
law in Heaven and of earth, and have
used every means to sell you to those
that hate you"
This is the spirit that murdered
Ashbnrn at midnight in his bed--that
led to Il rio, in Ncw-Orleans "worse
Ahan the ma sac,e at Font Pillow
that has generated the Ku-Klux
Klan that has made Texas a hell
and compelled two years of military
occupation and domination in the
South. 1t now proposes to lay vio-
lent hands upon the Constitution and
the reconstructed Union, todestroy the
fruits of victory, and To bring us back,
Wade Hampton expresses it, "to the
Union and the Constitution as they
existed before the war;" Could words
be palmer? Could a purpose be more
evident or more natural? Gen, Hamp-
ton fought through many bloody bat
ties for this result--why should he
n,t accept it from Seymourand Blair
In 1860 Democracy meant the ctern-
ity of Slavery in 1854 it meant that the
war and emancipation were failures (;
in 1868 it means that treachcry AMI!
surrender shall undo the results of the
war, and bring upon us anarchy,
unrest, persecution in the South, BAN
ishment ofthc .loyalists, prescription of
Union men, the triumph of slave
power,anl the perp ctuation of the slave
Interest. They call i, reaction, "and
assert that they mean peace. We
call it Revolution. We produce the
evidence, and insist that it means
war.
Friends study this record--and
then tell us, If the Democratic party
does mol mean Rero,ution, aohat does Il
meDn Tribune.