The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-08-12
PENNA.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST l2. 1863.

they had surrendered opcnly-in
broad day-with frank avowal oftheir
their purpose, no one would have COM
planned. They deliberately proposed
to cheat the country. "Heip them
TO to gain the power" and all will go
well. TO gain that power, chicanery,
and deceit, and fraud are to be used ;
and when Democratic leader talks
soo,hngly of peace and constitutional
remedies, show him this solemn con
lcssion of Wade Hampton, and con-
Wet him of ialsehood. The record
comes out as clear as the sun. Give
Wade Hampton and his friends power
and we shall have another civil war
to prove "the Reconstruction act un-
constitutional, revolutionary, and
void"
This is a solemn charge, hut let us
press it and call up the witnesses.
Wade Hampton and Frank Blair have
spoken. Here is Robert Toombs, a
prominent Democrat of Georgia:
Mr.. Toombs what is your under
standing of the Dem,cratic policy?
Mr.. T.-"rhat all these reconstruc-
ton acts as they are called, these
schemes of delusion, of villiany, and
Of tyranny, shall no longer curse the
statute book nor oppress the free
people of the country Speech IN A.
hnta, July %.
Frankly spoken, Roberti but We
should like something more explicit.
You have heard General Hampton's
testimony. What is your opinion of
the Democratic policy +?
M. T-"rhat these so-called
Governors and Legislatures which
have been established in our midst
shall ut once be made to vacate. The
Contention at Nev York appointed
Frank Blair especially to oYst them"
Speech at Atlanta.
Then, Robert, you believe in resist
ancc, and that Frank should be as
sisted in his work
Mr.. T.-[Rathcr vaguely, but with
out-croppins, unnistakable meahing.]
"rhe principle that justice shall rule
that all tyranny is illegal, that it
ought to be resisted and that resist
ance to such is obedience to God, is the
the voice of nature, and Of natures
God, ringing through all climes, ofall
countries, proclaiming to mankind
that wrong can never be sanctioned by
force"
Here is Howell Cobb, whose speech
we published recently, and the spirit
of which weare content witlis isummon-
ing up in this extract:
"lhe doors are wide open. wide
enough, broad enough TO receive ev-
cry white man in Georgia, unless You
should discover him coming to you
creeping and crawling under the Chi
cigo platform. Upon them there
should be no merry. They have dis
honored themselves, and sou ,ht to
dishonor you. Anathematize them.
Drive them from the pale of social
and political society. Leave them to
walow in their own mire and filth.
Nobody will envy them, and if they
are never taken out Of the gully until
| reach forth my hand to take them
up, they will die in their natural ele-
ment. Laughter and applause]."
Could language be palmer than
this? Gen. Blair proposes to destroy
the Governmrnt, while. Gen. Cobb,
who commanded the stoclSad',s of An
tersonville, is to be assigned to the
congenial work of eXier,n,nltion. B.
ii. Hill is sanother witness. I'VE pro-
pose to detain him u little longer:
"Bnt we have party now organ
lied, a strong and glorious party,
with statesmen at its head, and with
correct principles for its platform.
They have taken the field, and from
Maine to California the dread tramp
Of Democracy is growing more and
more distinct, and by November a
verdict willbe pronounced by the great
free men of America that Shall glad
den the hearts of patriots now and for
ever, cheers, and when the people
shall have pronounced that verdict,
the great cowarly crowd w;ll take
courage, and hasten to their judy
ment.
"Ihen, oh, then, schat ,cin become OF
you, ye isolated hgpocrites /? tAll pow
er to threaten zone treachery exiiaus-
ted. Relief measures and Reconstruc-
ton measures both dead. the Radical
party out of Congress, how on earth
win Won tbrs s,r;,, ,,lod -, "a