Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-09-25
the Democratic party on which you can give
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THE SOUTHERN LAMBS.

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THE SOUTHERN LAMBS.
/ We regard it as highly proper, says thu
Buffalo Express, now to keep track of Mr.
Seymour's Southern lambs-''the Chiefs O.
the Rebellion, and see in what manner
they are submitting to the results Of tht
war, and cultiEating the arts Of peace. Lei
US fold and count them and mark well then
dispositions We viii begin with Col. Slay
buck, Of the late Confederate army who an
nounces to his fellow confcderates, in re-
cent speech at St. Joseph, Missouri, that
The gallant sons Of the South we uld gain
what they had fought for without the sacFi-
ice OF single principle
Then we come to Judge Jones, who ad
dressed Democratic ratification meeting il
Mobile, deeply deploring the failure of the
Confederate cause, aud expressing the earn.
est belief that
In God's Providence the Democratic party
under the leadership of Seymour and Blair,
would re-establish the time honored princi-
pies.
The Mobile Adpea,ser submits in this
wise after taking up the refrain of Wade
Hampton speech. 1t says;
Texas. Virginia and Mississippi must
vote, and the Democracy will see that ''the
vote is counted More blood letting is
necessary to complete the counter reVolu,
ton
To which the Mobile Tribune cheerfullv
responds
The dagger Of Brutus'' may aid in ac-
complishlng Southern redemption. 1t has
tried the pistol and now it reaches out for
the knife.
The Meriden Miss. Mercury enlivens
this expression Of Southern lamb-like senti-
ment, by the following contribution:
With the skull and cross bones of the
lost cause before us, we viii swear that
this Is a white mans Government. We
must make the negro understand we are the
men we we're when we held him in abiect
bondage, and make him feel that when for
hearance ceases to be virtue, he has arous-
ed power that will control him or destroy
him.
The St. Louis Times, one of the meek
followers Of Horatio, under the inspiration
of Blairs Broadhead letter, exclaims:
There is but one way to restore the Gov
ernment and the Constitution, and that is
for the President elect to declare these ire
construction acts null and void, compel the
army to undo its usurpations at the South,
disperse the carpet bag State Governments,
allow the white people to reorganize their
and aiact &anatpru nd
Representatives.
The pirate Sammes puts in his lampblike
oar and declares
| have given in my allegience to the "old
flag provided the old flag covers my no
ton Of the Constitution.
Gen. Lawton, another of the rebel chiefs
who has submitted to the results Of the war,
now rises in his place and says:
Now, for the first time, we have a plat
form Of principles and leaders around whom
we could rally 1t was the noblest, best,
Roldest declaEafI0n, Of nrineinles ever. laid
down in the United States, and the dem
onstration tonight shows that it was in
unison with the feelings OF the people.
There acas nothing the South ,Canted that
lcds not there. The military despotism
which had held us in thraldom was there
set in its proper light. For the first time
we have platform we can adhere to. We
have work to dowhich can be accomplished.
We have leaders to represent those
principles who will carry us out of the
slough of despond. . Peace has Its yieto-
ries as well as war Those great principles
for which we fought, and which we feared
were lost, may yet be achieved
The Atlanta Constitution puts in its lamb
like voice in the following submissive tone:
The guilty Belshazzars by whom we have
been oppressed are trembling all over the
land Forbear a little longer, draw another
draught upon the long tried and exhausted
patience, step cautiously above the incrusted
volcanoes slumbering beneath your feet, with
a firm trust in the saving power of Demo
cracy.
The Mobile Tribune again chimes in with
its meek note
Once more to the breach then-yet once
more And when the cloud shall have
cleared away from the flaming field, orr flag
will be seen in its glory, streaming like the
thunderbolt against the wind. Let US then
rally once more around the dear old flag,
which we have followed Sc often to glory and
victory.
The Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union,
whose only fear is that Forrest and his
bloody-handed followers may be too hasty,
breathes out with Southern sweetness this
gentle admonition
Suffer any and all taunts and tyranny I'M
til after Novenaber, and then-well we would
rather be nimble squirrel than white
Radical
To clinch all this in the gentle embrace of
all pervading meeknesss, the New York
World exclaims
Since our Convention the Republicans un-
derstand that the Democratic party is tho
roughly in earnest, and is determined to
5ring this reconstruction business to an
immediate crisis.
Verify the people do understand that the
Democratic party is thoroughly in earnest
with the schemes of Reputation and nullifi-
cation, and they indicate, too, that they are
fearfully in earnest and determined in their
purpose to head off this new rebellion. Yer
mont leads off.
stWHO ARE THE BLoATED BOND
HOLDERS