The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-09-20

the pension laws ss now existing apply
to all cases of death or injury caused by
the war, wheth r in the Union or Con
federate armies. Mr.. Greeley was writ
ten to in it, relation, and answer asked
foz. In reply, honestly Horace said
HE FAVORED THEPENSION PROP.
OSITION, AND BELIEVED IL
RIGHT TOWARN THE SOUTH, AL
! THOUGH HE FELT SURE CON.
GRESS WOULD NOT EN1Cr SUCH
A PROVISION. This is no prediction,
for zoe read the letter, and, therefore,
know whereof'we AFFIRM"
KLux SPIRIT IN ruE SOUTH.
From H.. G.'s Memphis Letter to the Tribune. ]
The Republicans uniformly testify
that there was AN ORGANIZED AND
ARMED CONSPIRACY whereby they,
and especially the blacks, were deferred
from voting-that offering to vote would
have cost them their lives-that the
Democrats we're determined to carry the
State for Seymour, and did carrv II, by
SYSTEMATIC TERRORISM, against
which the poor and humble burst not
contend.
y Now, the KuKlux orgasization
may be active in this locality and dorm.
ant in that-may seem dead to-dny-AND
BE REVIVED TO.MORROW-BUT
THEKU-KLUXSPIRlT STILL LIVES
AT THE SOUTH AND is VERY FOR.
MIDABLE."
CONDITION OF TnE SOUTH In tn. EVENT
OF oREELEY's ELEcrroN.
lProm the regular North Carolina Correspond
ence Of the New York Tribune, areeley's own
1.-THE Democrats of the South, if
Horace Greeley is elected. will be the
worst disappointed set of men you ever
saw. don't believe Mr.. Greeley has
cold out to them as they think he has,
and there's sure to be q fight unless
these secessionists down here are al.
lowed to manage him. You dont and
can't knoto them as zoe do; but mind what
l tell you, this ,ohols country tci0 beoverrun
,oith ku- Rlur ,Oithin three months after Mr..
G,eeley's inauguration. Thsn, If he ,n-
dertakes to suppress disorder there'H be such. q
hopl as this country never heard"
RE-EssLAvHxEST OF TIE NHoRoRs.
From the Chicago rribape local orsslsy orxsn.l
Recent events which have trans.
pired in North Carolina, in connection
with the State campaign and election,
are already beginning to suggest the
question whether the political power
welded by the negro element in the
South is not serious menace to Re-
publican institutions"
tIrom the New York Express. Greeley organ. owned
By Morn 5.%s; IN Member O and
The power which few white Fed
eral overseers in the South, and the ter.
ror which the negro league, in
spire, ,Uould seem to contropert the ami. slavery
avermsnt that the negro soas born to Be free
that is, to be free man, as tho white
men are free. The Democrats of the
North and West ne~ recognize the alb.
solute freedom of the ex-slave--and his
equality with them before the law-and
they wish now to see him their equal,
and not the slave of others-but when
they see whole race all voting one y,and
that mainly through terrsr, they must often
feel that the negro himself loves slavery
better than freedom. We would wish
now to share our freedom and our equal.
ity with the negro, but he won't be free
and he won't be our equ,l, aud hence
the re-arising of this old discussion,
whether the negro was really born to
be slave or not"
THE LOST CAUSE RECLAIMED THROUGH GREE.
LEY-DIRECT PLEDGES TO RESTORE THE
REBELS TO POWER.
| From the speech Of Gen. Hodge, Greeley stumr
orator. at Louisville. KY. Aug. 2
| have devoted q lifetime to the
principles Of the Democratic party.
have grown gray in the advocacy oi
those principles, and each year the con
viction has grown deeper that its funda.
mental principles are the true founda
tion-stoi es Of this Government.
have seen upon the battle. field thou
sands throw away their lives in defense
of these principles. The graves Of the
gallant Southern dead who sleep upon
every hillside in the South. over whose
graves the night winds sigh, are re
minders to me of the love for these
principles which still fingers in my
heart. The second passage in Mr.
Greeley's letter means that JOHN C
BRECKENRIDGE ANDOThER CHIV
ALROUS SONS OF THE SOUTH
SHALL BE RESTORED TO THEIF
FORMER POSITIONS OF POWEF
AND INFLUENCE. Looking bach
upon the once shattered and fruitles
hopes of the South, now see that tn,
equal rights and sovereignty of State
shall be restored, and my comrades o
the lost cause have not died in vain
This 0ill be victory for that for ,0hiehth.!
fought. Mr.. Greeley promised TO do al
he could to aid US when We get ma
iority in Congress. object to Gran
because he is a Republican; because h
, is member of that party which wages
successfully the contest against m
brethren of the South, whose orator
kept the fires burning that filed tn
Federal ranks with soldiers. / hav
heard it said by some that the Demo
cratic party shall have no part with Nj
Greeley in the canquest; but feel tbs
they will not be neglected. Net onlyw
Grseley not forget pho has helped him to h
: position, Int piedges-direct pledges - ha'
been qiuen us By him thut WE SHALL Nc
BE roRGorrEN IN CASE OF SUCCESS"
GREELEY THE srEPPING-sroNE TO THE Z
rABLisHxENT OF REBELS IN PowER.
From the speech Of Col. U. Q. p. Breckinridge
/ the above-nmed meetfngl
I "Our part of this bargain is to 81,
!. the Liberal Republicans our votes,
n order TO enable them TO succeed in Il
|, undertaking: Their part of the barga
4 is to restore to power the now disfra
). chised sons of the South, to drive o.
y of the temple these vandals and thieve
% and to restore you, Democrats, to the
positions. They are given to you, me-