The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-01-30
From the Nev York Tribune.
Form The Lines /!


The time has come for every soldier of
freedom to look to his musket, and re-
plenish his ammunition-b box, and see that
he stands well in line. We are on the
eve of events that may try the courage
and the constancy of the best Of US. The
Democrats, the Rebels, and the weakened
Republicans, have formed coalition un-
der the lead of Andrew johnson, and
there is no knowing what step may next
be taken Look at the elements of this
party In the North we have the mur-
derers Of orphan negro .children-the
rioters of July-the bounty Jumpers, aud
the assassions. We have newspapers like
the La Crosse Democrat, which eulo
gizes Wilkes Booth, and The Ne,c- York
World, which sneers at the martyred
Lincoln. Above them all-because it
shows more ability and more reckless
power-we have The Nep York Herald,
whose editor, failing to have the Mont
gomery Constitution adopted in 1861
hopes to have the principles of that con-
stituton adopted now. Then we have
The Times, insidious, truculent and in.
decisive--Williug to wound and almost
afraid to strike-not quite so far away
that it may not get within the lines if vic
tory remains with US. Some of these wal
upon Us by pretending to use the name
of Grant, others by openly assailing Grant
In the South we have the rebels and the
Conservatives-thc former man stealers
and man-owuers.
These men are bound together with bu
one tie-"Down with the niger" Men
who should know better, Christian men
who read Bibles and pray, vehemeutly
join in this cry, "Down with the mig
ger" Cowards that they are, they dc
not see that these black-iellow being.
were not thought unwoathy to shed theil
blood for the Union. Iugrates that they
are, they have no compensation for the
tyranny, the oppression-the endles.
crimes they have heaped upon this race
They hve robbed them, trampled them in
the dust, taken their chi.dren-childreu
let US say it with shame, with their owr
Saxon blood flowing in their veins--and
kept them in slavery. Slanderers thai
they are, Instead of helping these poor
people in their efforts to rise, they deride
belle, ridicule, SANDER them. "Down with
''the niger" Down with the niger
This is all. They can no longer rob him
nor steal his labor, nor buy and sell him
nor hunt him with hounds, and cover him
with stripes, and ravish his wife aud
daughters Down with him, of course
For FIVE years, gentlemen of the South
you fought to keep the negroes in Sla
very, and bitter arc your tears of discom.
future. Shed them no more. For here
come Raymond and Bennett, Miles o.
Reilly and Brick Pomeroy, and Valland
igham and Wood, and they propose tC
fight your battle for you They mean
that you shall "prOtect" the negro Think
of it, merry philanthropists of Anderson.
vile and Libby We shall place them
under your protection" for yOu are
white men, and zee mean to put the mig
ger down.
And in all their camps We hear the cry
" Down with the niger" and the fur
ther cry, "DOwn with Congress. As the
niger cannot we'll be reached until Con-
gress is disposed of, down with Congress,
amid din and clstter and loud -mouthed
swearing. This may be ALL We know
these valiant men, and perhaps this cry is
akin to the clamors for Mcclellan to
march on Washington We must pre-
pare for every contingency. Let the Re-
publican party stand close to Congress =
Trust no man who is not squarely in liue.
Let the watchword be, Stand by Con-
gress,' for with all its short. .comings we
regard it as the noblest in American his
tory. If Congress lalls--if its will is per-
sistently defed, if its work is to be torn
to shreds by vicious President and am
bilious soldiers and midde-aged lawyers
then chaos will come to the South, ard
we shall be be in a worse condition than
if Lee had conquered in Virginia. Shall
the spirit of Slavery triumph, or the spirit
of Freedom The issue has come to that
Andrew johnson represents the Rebellion
just as Congress represents the Union
We must either stand by one or the
other. There is no middle course So.
form the lines and prepare for the contest,
and let the war-cry be, "Stand by Con
gress."