The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-04-20
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Letter From NEarwIcl..
THE HiIus, (NER) AUnURN. Co, Ala, !
March -, 1870.

THE HiILS, (NENR) AUEURN Co, Ala
To he Edlors Of Me Day-Book:
GENTLEMEN Colonel Bakers mas
sacre Of one hundred and seventy-three
Indians, at the village of the Piegans, con-
sisting of fifteen fighting men, between
the ages Of - and 81 years ten men be-
tween 81 and co. eight men over Ca
total Of SO men besides ninety women,
about half of them old women and about
half of them Young women, and fifty chill
dren, under u years of age, many Of them
in their mother arms Ia poor and mise
rable population that, for months past
had been lying under the wasting suffer
ings of the smallpox together with
Gen. Sheridan's exciting report of VIC
tory" on the occasion, serves to Illustrate
the real sentiments Of the party Of moral
itv and philanthropy, and the worth Of
fGir-Sp0kell irOrdS from Gen. Grant.
1t IS bad enough and revolving to every
instinct Of humanity, but % q Southern
man, in the midst OF the graves Of his
slaughtered kindred-thc desolation Of the
homes about him-of the lately avaged
and burnt districts Of his own beautiful
countTy-the outrages committed on his
venerable parents and gentle slsters-this
howl which is raised over the Indian vii
lage Of the Piegans by the "war Demo-
Gratis Of the North, and their servile
press, sounds like the blubbenng OF Ma
poleon over dead dOd amidst the slain
on the bloody field Of AuSterlitz SIC, q
Sic But We are dead as the lions skin
which covered the horse of -Eneas-and
our people talk of "m0teridl interests f
Ii is the gold which glitters on the dead
lions skin-the mere tinsel ornament Of
its hfeless claws We want more poll
tics of the right sort-the inspiration Of
llriaciDIcS and sentiments-the divine sig
nal in the open sky SiqnVm dpcrt0 c06-
I0-the patriots vision OF arms gittering
in the laundering clouds l.
Iterum atQue iterum fragon intonat ing"ns:
ct pulsa tonarc,
1t has been the habit of certain mongrel
leaders To amuse the restless people with
assurances that the work Of ''reconstruc-
ton" would soon be complete and is al
ready an assured success This Is the
promise of the platform upon which Gen.
Grant was elected, and is the boast of his
Message TO Congress. Some who indulge
this strain are simply ignorant and unre-
fective-without a knowledge Of facts
and devoid of capacity to comprehend the
tendencies of the times. Among these.
with so much of obtuseness as is necessa-
ry to excuse him, it is charitable TO class
the President The more intelligent and
designing conspirators against the Constl-
tuition, who propagate these deluslons,
know perfectly we'll that the work of re-
construction can never be complete
while pulse remains In the heart OF Am
erican liberty and will become IAN as
sured success only when her hfeless, man
gled form shall be buried in the ruins OF
its temple, beneath the rubbish OF ages, or
cast bleeding into the sea of revolution.
Slowly, little by little, the conspirators
venture to reveal to the gaze Of their as
tonished dupes the hidious features Of re-
construction. had occasion some tine
ago, to note Summers opposition to "the
speedy restoration of the South" Shortly
afterwards, Mr.. Senator Morton's declara-
tions that the Southern States being re
store dto representation, are not to pass
from under the jurisdiction of Congress :"
that Congress is not dono with them -
that eve must follow the doctrine of re-
construction to its consequences, and II
necessary deal with these States after they
have been admitted" / referred TO these
facts in connection with Abbott's resolu-
ton providing for a RdtiOndt police. So
far the mask has been well worn-al has
been done and is 10 be done in the interests
of loyalty" 10 punish treason" and con-
troll rebellion" Here Caesar stands upon
the banks of the Rubicon. Here despot-
IN halts TO survey its ground, and gath
er courage for the step foTlrGrd which shall
commit 1t forever to the fortune Of vagrant
revolution. The delay is brief one. The
purpose has long been fixed to pass over
this boundary, and now comes the recon
structiOn Committee, with Ben F. Butler
q at its head TO restore order and repress
outrages IN Tennessee OF course those
ignorant of the monaTchical purposes o
the Mongrel chiefs. opened their wonder
ing eyes, and exclaimed impossible p But
they were soon given TO understand that
the genius Of reconstruction can
smile at inpossibnties.
And say they shall Be doac'
he Yight of Congress % interfere lCah N.
diah0IItieS Of Massachusetts, should M,
occasion arise ?" This occasion" Is likely
to arise in Netg York, and other Demo
cratic States the North and West. which
may resist the application of Fifteenth
Amendment TO their local governments
and assert the right of each State to regu.
late its own suffrage laws. The fiat has
gone fortb-let these States hear and trem.
ble-',there is no doubt OF the right o
Congress TO interfere with the ,authoritie,
Of Massachusetts, or of any other State
The occasion" will arise whenever any
Democratic State shall assert its rights il
opposition to the Congressional majority o
the Mongrel managers Of the revolution
Look out for the engine when the whistle
blowsP
WARWICK.