Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-10-15
CO., 20, THURSDAY, OCT. Is, 1868.

2 have It through our great leader. :
/. He commanded peace on the ba
! tle-feld, when hundreds Of thol
r sands who demanded war wei
I against him and bis brave soldier
He combines the inhexibility an
pertinacity Of Washington, wit
t the brilliant dash and yictoriou
Z genius Of Napoleon. He droY
these rebels into the last ditch, an
took their treacherous weapon
from their hands, and sent ther
home as paroled prisoners Of wal
You all know how that parol
has been kept. They have sough
every opportunity for revenge 70
their failure to take the life Of thr
nation. These Ku Klux Khan ar,
led by the same men who dared Il
raise their hands against the flag
These men, having failed in theiI
undertaking to strike down oul
institutions by open war, now seel
to wreak their yengence at mid
lniget upon defenseless negroes and
Union white men. They are COW.
ards and ought to be rebuked and
punished for their atrocities. 1t is
! to the shame of the country that
these outrages continue, and it will
be to the extreme glory Of the Re
publican party, when Grant is cleo
ted, that these outrages will cease.
LGreat applause.
I cannot find language to ex-
press my feelings in regard to
these acts. What is the Govern
ment for? The Declaration Of In
dependence says that all men are
created equal. Your are familiar
with that. wet are the only party
every member of which believes
and proclaims that doctrine. APP
plause n' ..i"' 'a'' I- ~.
But the Declaration Of Independ-
ence does not stop here. 1t says
they are endowed by their Creator
with certain inallenable rights.
Not endowed by man; not by the
power of the Government, but by
that power which breathed into us
the breath of life by that which
causes your heart to throb and
and your blood to thrill in your
veins, Among these inalienable
rights are lifo, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness. How are these
rights to be secured? p? The Dec
laratien goes on to say that q to Sc
cure these rights, governments are
instituted" Then when govern
ments fail to secure these rights,
they come short of their duty and !
their Obligations. l'7ir'7 ~
There is not man in the land |
to-day, l care not how poor and .
humble, that has not a right to APP |
peal to the Government, and say
protect me against outrage and
wrong, because my hearts blood
can be required to save and pro-
5ect you. This is General Grants
election. oHH 1'Hr 1'H..-5 |
The greatest glory of a republic
$ not that it protects the wealthy.
rhe greatest glory of Republican
government is that it goes down to
he poorest and humblest citizen,
md protects him as if he was the
nightiest. Applause.
Have you noticed the malignity
i those unrepehtant rebels as they
mouth their treason over the
raves of the brave soldier who
led that the nation might live {?
lave you not learned what they in
end to do with the carpet baggers
nd scalawags, as they term them?
'he scalawag is an American citi-
en- Of the South, whose devotion I
} the Union makes him an enemy t
f the rebellion; who refused to !
ample upon the flag of his /
lthers who refused to give up (
lat birthright of liberty which had I
cen purchased by the blood of the (
evolution. The carpet -bagger is e
lie Noathern Union man who has 2
ettled in the South. If a brave {
1ldier who went down there and {
,ught to euppress the rebellion p
NV fit to buy a farm with the mon
=, as he had right to do, and
,ttle upon it, he is called carpet
lgger, ..b1.,., ...,..f Ed
A citizen of the North is q citi, I
IN of the nation he was willing to !,
We his hearts blood for the pres u
walton of the netion, and he has 6l
right to live anywhere within the I
,unds Of the Republic. These 4
aitors point the finger of scorn !"
him, reyile him, and even muir a.
II him. ..e..., ..-.o... bl - y
You have seen the cuts with 9
hich they advise their malignant o,
ipers to indicate what will be the Il
te of carpet 7baggers and scala W
ags after the 4th of March. ho as
They declare their purpose to '
i've every Union man out of the OF
,uthern states, and to make that til
gion to hot to hold him. Is not M
Is shameless conduct of those in
10 were stricken down ard van
ished, and pardoned when they th
,urred the penalty of treason of
lose hand are still red with the ha
bod of slain patriots. ''
tell you these atrocities must 70
and will be stopped under the pu
.dership of Ulysses 5. Grant. kn
will make this country so free
it every law-abiding and peace th'
citizen can live where he pleases, wi