Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-06-27
Toombs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Peo-
pie Ready to Fight Again.

We see by u special to the Chicago
Post, that Herald correspondent
has been interviewing Robert
roombs, Of Georgia. Mr.. Toombs
boldly declares that the Southern
people are awaiting "a favorable OPP
portunity" to inaugurate another re-
bellion. We give the report Of this
interview as follows:
"Reporter-Do you think the peo-
pie Of the South are prepared to ac-
cept the new platform
Toombs-Why, Of course they
won't accept it. They cannot do SO
without being false to every principle
Of justice and freedom.
Representatives. are they going
to DO about it?
Toombs-I don't know, but they
cannot support it. | don't know, but
that it is about time for us to fight
again. Our only hope is in ourselves.
Every party in the North abandons
us. | never expected much from the
| Northern Democrats since they de.
serted us ut the beginning of the war;
50 | am not greatly disappointed. l
know men who are their leaders, and
they are Just as unScrupuIouS as Rad
icaiS. ! am not peace man. There
are many worse occupations for gem
tlomon than fighting; besides every
thing, nearly, IN the way Of political
! freedom, has been won in battle.
WHENEV Err A FAVORABLE OP-
PORTUNIrY OCCURS TO FIGHT
AGAIN, WE WILL. WE WILL
WAIT UNTIL YOU PEOPLE AT
THE NORTH ARE DIVIDED
AMONG YOURSELVES, OR ARE
AT WAR WITH SOME FOREIGN
POW FER The time will come soon
er or later, and these men there
! [roombs pointed to some farmers
standing near by], would fight again
to-day il needed be. You cannot
conquer US except by killing us all
of, and that is an mpossibiity.
Reporter-But If you want to
start fighting again, don't you thin k
it unwise to talk about it \?
Toombs-No sir think it time to
let tho Northern people know that
we arc ready TO fight if they won't
let us alone jeff Davis speeches
were reproduced here az published
by tho Democratic journals in places
where they were delivered. His
plea Of being misrepresented by
Northern correspondents is a speci-
Gus one"
To which the State Journal adds
This old traitor does not speak for
himself alone, but for the Southern
people He was born in Georgia,
and he has lived there man and boy
for sixty-one years. He commenced
the practice Of law there forty-two
years ago. He served six years in
the Legislature, aud entered Con-
gross in 1915, remaining in the low
er House eight years. He was then
elected TO the Senate and held seat
there until expelled in 1861. He was
appointed Secretary of State in jeff.
Davis rebel government, and after
wards Brigadier Genera in the Con-
federate army.
1t will be seen that Toombs is q
representative man long trusted
as leader Of the people-and he
says deliberately that all the people
of the South are waiting for TO inau-
gurate a new rebellion is q favorable
opportunity. What have the apol-
ogists and defenders Of the Ku-Klux
TO sag to this How far will they go
in encouraging the south to bring
on another war? 1t is the Democrat
ic denunciations of Congress and the
administration, and tho attacks upon
the laws passed to protect the ballot
box and to put down the Ku-Klux,
that has emboldened the rebels.
These threats of leading rebels will
warn the people OF the danger of al
lowing "a favorable opportunity" to
occur; especially such an opportuni>
ty as the election Of a Democratic
Southern sympathizer for President,
would give the traitors.