Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-08-22

| SiA6ecu Snlo oSOi' onN "A !,
of bad feeling between North and
South. Charles Sumner is represent
ed kneeling humbly, and strewins
flowers over grave, where stands a
headstone with this inscription: 3
In Memory {
- Of
BULLY BROOKS,
! Member of Congress from South
Carolina, who caned the Senator
Mass, May %, 1856.
Died 1857.
Behind tree, grinning like Me-
phistopheles, stands Senator Schurz.
In Summers hat, on the ground be-
side him, are papers, labelled moth
ing in hate, nothing in vengeance
except to beat Grant" Beneath the
picture are the words: Will the
Senator from Massachusetts, do tlis,
10 make his words good p with a
quotation from bis magnanimous let
Ter.
Comment on this violation of the
sanctity OF the grave, which even
savages respect, would be superhu-
Gus.
But bad as this is, worse remains
behind. In the centre Of the paper
is a large double cartoon, parodying
tie temptation Of Christ on the noun
,.nn, and il which Horace Greeley is
depicted on the mountain top kneel-
ing to the devil. his hands olasped in
.:npplication; while the foul Gend IN
;,erson with horns, tail and wings, is
pending over him, and pQniing with
talon-tipped fingers to u scroll headed
Democratic nomination, on which
is sinscribed series OF insults 10 full
half Of tine people OF the United
States, of which this libeler is an
adopted citizen, such as "haters of
uiggers, fathers Of mulatioes, '
keepers of dens of illfame, smo-
kers, chewers, cock fighters etc, etc.
Or .he Democratic party offers
you the nomination for the Presi-
dency."
On this cartoon, also, equally re.
voting for its impiety and its inso.
lence, it were waste oftwords to di
late. The loathing scorp which it
must inspire in the heart Of every de-
cent man, of whatever party, is suR-
cient punishment for the perpetrator
Of such an enormity; and we only
marvel that the permission fol its
publication should have been obtain
ed. 1t can only recoil upon the par
ty. and the paper which stoop to sour
rility and blaspheny to stir up hate
in the souls of brethren.
Nor do the efforts Of the artist," "
in the same direction, end here. The
| evil inspiration, which seems to rise
into demopiac possession, is exhibit
ted in third picture, in the same is
sue of the same paper, entitled Z" Ro-
mish Politics, Anything to Beat
| Grant" which caricatures Irish Cath
olics and priests, to whom Greeley il
Represented as offering hand Of fel-
lowship, while an indignant Ameri-
| can school-boy, in the background,
is clenching bis hands in anger at the
sight. The representative of the
Irish Catholic is an ape-like figure,
armed to the teeth with sh.lelah and
revolyers, and the prieskis peeping
in at the door, half hidden, like a
spy. Two columns of printed text
viifving "the Jesuitical portion Of
the Roman Church." accompany. this
caricature.
This desperate appeal to the de.
funct spirit of ow-Nothsngtsm is
in keeping with the anteeedents OF at
least one Of the candidates this pa
per supports, and the religious intol.
erance worthy of both OF them. Yet
these caricatures, shameful as they
are, give the true reflection of party
which, in its reckless appeals to pre-
Einaice, passion and religious rancor
holds nothing sacred rifles the grave
-laysits profane hands or the altar
and psrodies Holy Writ-to minis
| ter to.its Evangel of Hate. II ting
sentiment We're lot true that False
hood car do little injury, while Trutf
is left free. to combat it, the circNlg
ton of such a sheet migRt,be consld
cred rs public. nuisance, to be aba
ted-but even asst is, addressing it.
self to the large class Of the ignorant
and unreaeetings in our midst, it'
teachings and appeals are full O.
mischief, andipregnant with possible
evil. H. So
we have done our duty in brand.
singit asit deseryes-tiose 'who pat
fonize'or circulate such a fire brand
are enemies to this community, t
religion, and to oAF common rpHnltfy
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