The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-07-30

HOLLY SPRINGS. MISS, !
July lS, 1868.

ED. PIoNEER:- Il suppose you have
heard that Mississippi has voted to re-
tain the soldiers here. | had not believ-
ed, from the hard names they called us
in their papers, and other visfele evil
dence, THAT sour Mississippi brothers
liked us well enough to retain us for
another indefinite period, but since
they have so declared by their ballots,
we may as we'll make up our mind to
stay. A few months ago our COM
mander. Maj. Powers, found it necessa-
Try to arresta few hu, KluXs whereup-
on the rebel papers said he was cow
Ireland to avoid punishment for thef:.
and had dlsgraced an unknown mum
Der Of Penitentiaries i'll this country.
but since they have learned that
he Is Democrat. bitter hater of
| Radicals, and "PresS do change" he is
at once the finest gentleman in the
land. 1t is astonishing how much more
Ertspectable it is to be- Democrat in
this sunny soHth'' than it is to be a
Republican. Every Republican who
gets drunk zoo often. or does any other
low down mean trick that effectually.
kills him in the Republican party, he
Immediately turns Democrat, and is
at once candidate tor President or some
other big Office in the Democratic
party, and is also efthe highestrespect-
| ibility, While he was a Radical not
one of these high toned, chivalric sons
of the South "wOuld speak to him Oh.
touch his hand,'' but the moment he
commits some, disgraceful act which
drives him out of the party, he becomes
a lion in the Democratic camp. Hs''l'"
One thing [ cannot understand which
| is,thatnearly every 1risiiman is Dem
ocrat Or rebel. They leave their own
native land to getaway from oppres-
sion. come to America in search of lib
erty. and as soon as they get freedom
for thelnselvesthey use it to bind down.
and oppress other men. What an odd
way to show gratitude? Another un-
accountable thing is that the mighty
standing army. so much grumbled
about by Democrats. North and South,
(which. according to Democratic papers.
is tyranniZing over the Southern peo-
pie. and forcing them, at the point OF
the bayonet, to vote the Republican
! ticket. Is made up almost entirely OF
j Democrats. Nineteen out of twenty
from the General commanding down,
are Democrats or rCopperheads, Instead
Of the miserable, hypocritical pfeten-
sion of Democrats, that the Southern
4 Statss are forced into the union by bay
l.onets being true, the fact is, that the
i loyal men of the. South have. brought
seven states into the Union in spite OF
the military, and came near bringing in
Mississippi. They will. bring her in
1 vet. They are determined to do it even
if they have to take the musket again,
rather than have written on the tonlb-
: stones Of fhalf a million union soldiers
: .Died for naught." / Wishel was al
home, think / could do more good by
voting; for Grant this fall than can
by soldering here, as the men of my
company are, with 2 or 3 exceptions
cepperheads, and are rather helping
and encouraging our friends in theil
opposition to the Government, thar
otherwise. The rebels are rejoicing
'muchly' over the Democratic nomina
ton, it is meet they should. Seymour,
'.war record, and Blair's revolutionary
letter are enough to make rebels re
ljoice. Their rejoicing will in Novem
Der, be turned into wailing and gnash
| ing of teeth. Grants election is Ger
tain.