The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-10-01
lFrom Harper. weekly.
Are They FOrgePfesP

Inc New York World SAYS: 1.-THE Radi1
cal newspapers have forged speeches and
put them in the mouths Of Southern DEM
ocrcts by whom they were never utter.
Is it a forgery that Frank P. Blair, the
Democratic candidate for Vice Presidents
wrote to Col. james o. Broadhead, on the
Both Of June:
'tIhere Is but one way to restore th5
Govsrnmelit and the Constitution, and
that is Tor the President elect to declare
these acts (Of Reconstruction null and
voldi compel the army to undo its usurpa-
lions at the South, dispense the carpet-bag
state Governments, allow the white people
~ reorganizs their own governments, and
elect Senators and Representatives"
Is It forgery that Wade Hampton said
al Democratic ratification meeting In
New York;
"And want you all to register an oath
that when they (Hthe white people Of the
South, without regard to the exceptions Of
the Reconstruction aets,'') DO vote, that
these votes be counted; and II there is q
majority Of white votes, that you will
place Seymour and Blair in the White
House in spite Of all tho bayOnets that
shall be brought against themf''
Is It forgery that Wade Hampton said
posed in the Committee on the platform IN
the Democratic Convention, to insert the
words, "And we declare that the Recon-
structiOn acts are revolutionary, uneOnsti-
tutional, and vOid7' and that he added:
s'When proposed that, every single
member Of the COMMITTEES the warm
est men in it were the men Of the NOrlh=
came forward and said they would carry
1t out 20 the end7''
Is 1t a forgery that Mr.. 6. C. Langdoi;
delegate TO the Democratic Convention,
said in a published letter before the 4th Of
July, that the rscOngtruCtiOn measures are
Unconstitutional, and Of course; absolute
ly void" that this would be the chief
plank in the Democratic platform; thas
the Supreme Court, probably at its next
termj would 50 decide; and that he adj
ded:
'sThen all we want Is President whose
views are in accord with that decision, and
who has the viii and the nerve to do his
duty. It viii be his duty to enforce the
decree Of the Court il need be, at the pOins
of the bayonet?"
Is It a forgery that John Forsyth said, IN
the Mobile Register, speaking Of recon-
structiOn:
"And here we may as well say that the
people Of the South do not iutend to sub,
init to that permanent rule. result as the
Presidential election msyf"
Is It a forgery that Raphael Sommes
said at Mobile:
shave come to declare that have Civ
en- in my alliance, heart and soul, to the
old flag, provided We can restore the old
flag again to be the representative Of tbs
principles OF the Constitution, which we
will be able to effect BY the election Of
Seymour and Blair"
Is it a forgery that the Charleston Mer=
curry said;
"Peaos was made by Gen. Sherman III
the spring Cf 1865, in his terms Of oapitul
lation with Gen. Johnston. That was
peace, and nothing else ever VIII be
rs It a forgery thst Albert Pike said:
ssThe South is our land; the North Is 4
foreign and hostile realm If the
Union can not be restored, we will hope to
see the South independent before we
dieq"
Isit a forgery that Gen! Battle, Of the
late rebel army, said at the Democratic
meeting in Mobile;
aThe Democratic party indorses pIinci-
pies for which you battledf"
Is it a forgery that the Richmond En-
quirer says;
ffTha rext Democratic House Of Repre-
sentatives, in case of the contest, will rec
Ornize. and only recognize, such members
as come there under legal constitutions
and that have been adopted by the free
consent Of the white people Of the Slater"
Is it a forgery that the Richmond Whigj
speaking Of the Blair letter, said;
LHe declared without any hesitancy, and
in terms too clear and decided to be misun-
derstood, that, were he President, the
whole Executive power should be employ
ed to blot out every vestige Of Radical re-
construction"
said:
aTry to convince the negro that we are
his real friends; but ifhe will not be con-
vineed, and Is. still Joined to his idols, con-
vince him at least that be must look to
those idols, whom he serves as his gods,
to feed and clOthe him. Agree among
yourselves, and act firmly on this belief
that you will not employ any one wEo
votes the Radical ticket2"
Is It a forgery that Albert Pike, az
President Of a Democratic club, officially
said Of Democratic cards Of recOmmenda-
ton for cOlOred men!
awe hope that hereafter, when any
Democrat desires to employ a cOlOred man
in any capacity, he will ask to see his card
and ii none is produced will refuse to en-
ploy him?"
Is it forgery that the Chattanooga
Union said:
"Suffer any and all taunts or tyranny
until after November, and then well, We
would rather be a nimble squirrel than a
white Radical?"
Isit a forgery that The New York World
said of such speeches of Wade Hampton as
we have quoted:
awe have found them to be the candid
and persuasive utterances Of an honest and
courageous man2"
And if these are all fOrgeries, why Is u
that the Charleston Mercury said: ,r-
sPrivate advices from our most stfenu-
Gus friends at the North request that We
should protest against the imprudent ex-
pressions that have escaped some South
ern speakers since the adjOurnment Of the
Democratic Convention . It is
whether at this time any
thing is to be gained by too much refer
snce to things that jar on peoples nerves
What we want just nov Is to wiH2"
If these are not forgeries they show dis
.inctly that the policy Of the Democratic
party, should it succeed at the polls, wiz
be the forcible overthrow of the govern
nents Of th5 Southern States. That VIII