The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-08-10

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"The condition Of slavery in the sew
eral States will remain just the same,
whether it (the rebellion) succeed or
fail There is not even pretext for the
complaint that tie disaffected States are
to be conquered by the United States, III
the revolution fail; for the rights Of the
States. and the condition of every human
being in them, will remain subject to ex-
actlv the same laws and form of admin
istration, whether the revolution shall
succeed or whether it shall fail"
Notwithstanding these pledges to the
people, they were violated with irhpu-
nifty. -,
| After the refusal of tn" Radicdiss tto
admit the Senators and Representatives
from the South to seats in Congress, thel
people and the army discovered that the
pretended war for the Union had been
crusade for the freedom and enfranchise-
ment of the Negroes, and to wreak
vengeance upon the Southern whites by
declaring them outlaws.
Since that day the ten Southern States
have been ruled by Northern Carpet -bas
gers, Major Generals of Military Dis
tricts, and ignorant Negroes.
Reconstruction afforded a fine field for
the ''lttle creatures in charge of Radi
cal papers, like the editor of the Register,
who covered at home during the war,to
demand 'equal rights" for their Negro
pets They reckoned to retain power
by enfrancAising Negroes and disfran
chising the Southern Whites.
"When the war IS overr RIP VAN
WINKLE like, he don't know what has
been going on these past twenty yeas.
The only war now expressing the
people is that waged by the Radical
party.
That party is taxing the laboring clas-
ses to make the poor poorer and the rich
richer.
That party is taking money from the
pockets of the taxpayers to pay the
Bondholders gold interest and force Ne
gro rulers upon them.
That party is taxing the people to give
the Negro the right to vote, hold Office
and rule white men.
That party is now ruling ten States
with bayonets, New England scalawags,
and cottou-feld Negroes.
That party has disfranchised 100000
white men in the South because they
would not subscribe to Negro Suffrage,
nor consent to be ruled by Negroes,
That party taxes farmers and laboring
men and exempts shoddy manufacturers
and Bondholders.
That party has imposed Debt of
three thousand millions of dollars upon
the people of this country to give the
Negroes freedom and suffrage.
That party imposes tax upon salt,
tea, coffee, sugar, and every other luxury
the poor man has to buy.
That party imposed rascally tariff for
the benefit Of Eastern manufacturers,
which robs the Western producers.
That party requires our farmers to
procure license to purchase or sell
few hogs or cattle.
That's the war that is not over, and it
will not end until the people rise in their
might aid hurl the Traitors from power.
Equal rights under the law eve
mean just that in its broadest sense"
Certainly! That's pure Radical doc
trine. You mean that you favor Negro
Suffrage, Negroes holding office, Negroes
in the jury box, Negroes marrying white
women, Negroes in white schools, Ne
groes mixed with white people at hotel
tables, and Ne groes enjoying every right
and privilege now enjoyed by white men.
Would you not include horses, too, along
with your bucks? ....
The Fifteenth Negro Amendment in
cludes all of the above, and you have the
brazen impudence to ask white men to
support it.
The Register knows our statements
at the head of this article are true to the
letter; and he fears their effect upon the
minds of the deluded followers of fanat-
ical Jacobinism, now that they are ex-
hibiting great desire to become regular
readers of Democratic journals
One parting word of advice to the
Negro advocate of the Register. We
know you don't pretend to be gentle,
man or anything approaching that term,
but, then, you might learn to write with
ont throwing in your pot-house words,
provided you had Negro teacher. Hire
one from the pantry of some steamboat
at your wharf, and we'll wa ;er he will do
with you that which he could not do
with any other white man in America,
improve your politics and manners
Try it.