Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-09-06

poets him to prattle unless he desires TO do
so. II he has no sympathy for the poor boys
who starved to death and froze to death In
that cold prison, why, we cannot help IL. IL
he has no sympathy for the poor mother or
widow whose husband or son died OF starva-
ton or OF cold, Il is his misfortune that he Is
so constituted. know boy In Washing
ton County, in this State, who had both feet
frozen off In that prison. VIII Judge Trum-
bull tell this country that that poor boy
must stop talking about his sufferings at
Andersonville, when he passes through
this world, without feet on the stubs that are
leftY Must he never think Of his great
wrongs Shall he never mention them
Shall he "stop bowling" about them, for the
purpose Of queting the sensitive nerves Of
Judge Trumbull on the subject Of our rebels
and their outrages l tell you, IL the sol
diers had been told that all sympathy for
their distress and sorrows was to be hushed
In silence so soon after the close Of their i'm.
portant struggle, / fear we would have had
fewer soldiers, with great deal less valor
than they always showed on the battle
field. ["That's So" and applause.l We
must cease all mention Of our wrongs
during the late war. No word OF sym
pathy can come from them for the poor
soldier no justification Of our course. We
can be denounced and abused, and told to
cease bowling about Andersonville and Its
horrors, but yet the Ku-Klux can howl all
commit all the horrible crimes known In the
catalogue of crimes, and yet these gentle
men who want the bowling Of Anderson
Vile stopped have no charges to make or
tears to shed over the innocent victims of
Ku Kluxism in many Of our sister States.
General Grant is denounced by these gentle
men for having suspended the writ
OF hdbedS corpus, In order that Ku.Kluxism
might be stopped and the offenders punished.
They call IL usurpation of power--centraliza-
tion OF the power OF the Government at
| Washington. While General Grant suspended
the writ of hdbeas corpus, by authority OF
| Congress, in order to punish great criminals,
General Jackson suspended the writ OF
hd0eds corpus In New Orleans, for the pro-
lection OF the citizens, without the authority
OF Congress. What In Jackson you sustained
without authority of law, you denounce In
Grant with authority of law. BY the suspen-
sion of the writ OF hdbeds corpus by General
Grant, by authority of law, Ku-Klux were
| arrested, tried and punished, where before
that none had ever. been arrested
or punished for any of their foul crimes or
base deeds two years ago. Applause In
North Carolina, when the Ku.Klux had
sway, by murder, riot and arson, and all
crimes resorted to by them to drive away and
prevent the Union men, both white and color
ed, from casting their ballots, North Carolina
voted over 1000 majority for the Democrats
gave a large majority In the Legislature
gave us but two members of Congress
Now, under peaceful rule, brought about by
| Furnishing Ku-KluX, at peaceful election
North Carolina goes 1000 Republican, re
duces the majority III the Legislature accord
ingly, and gives us three Republican mem
bcrs of Congress- And this account:
for the great cry of suspension of the writ
of hdbedS corpus and the punishment of Ku
| Kluxism in the South. 1t is because thai
with Ku-Klux the rebels and Demo
Gratis succeed in elections, and, without
them, Republicans succeed. Loud ant
| vuciferous applause.1