Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-07-11

"a War Dog" and bi, badly. who Kissed
him on His prey? Was not Greeley
united with Garrison and Thompson. and
Gerrit Smith aud Wendell Phillips, ct
id oulne. in arming and agitating poor
old John Brown ? See Horizons life Of
the crusade martyrs o. ianaticism, and
! the Executive correspondence OF Virginia
touching the raid. Is Grant given 10
the bottle /? Greeley has all the time
been drunken from fanaticism than Grant
has ever been from wine. Has Grant
been heretofore afflicted by the guidance
OF the four S. s. 8. s. s-Seward, Slant
on. Stevens and Sumner? He 10 now rid
of all four; aud the worst of the letter s.
which spells some very hard namcs-is
bottle holder" for Greeley in the ring.
Was Greeley surperseryiceably Delievo-
lent in going bail for President Davis :?
Grant was fer more manly in giving us
honorable crpi.ulation at Appoma;tox,
to go home with the honors of war, and
so long as VIC obeycd the laws, there to
remain umolested in all respects what
socycr;" and when prescntments ald in
dictments at Norfolk charged forty-seven
| Of US with treason, including R. L. Lee
at the head and poor me at the foot, he
in ,crposcd at once, ella lined that his terms
OF surrender should be respected, nd
caused every Indictment to be squashed
hardly thanked his good faith ior that,
for | was ready to risk trial tn order
that might make good my defence, and
show to the world that the federal au-
thorities never believed the truth of the
charge, and wanted only prctext for
plunder.
Does Greeley advocate ''amncstyw
In that he was forestallcd in Virginia,
Congress had already, by vote Of two
thirds eu the passage Of three several
bills, consented thut the rebels should be
permitted to vote, and made every voter
in this Common wealth eligible to any
State Office in the gift at the people, and
lately passed general law of amnesty
never admitted the right Of Congress to
take away my political franchises. excep.
upon trial and conviction under the laws
not erpost tfttcto and I contemn the a ct
which assumed to remove disabilities
which were never rightfully imposed.
Neither constitution nor statute made
"aftcr the fact and without competent
authority could ever impose political disa-
bilities by way of punishment for al
legged crime. | wish it distinctly under
stood that shall never claim my perso-
nal and State rights and privileges under
any absolYlpg act of Congress. For
Congress Of Mr.. Greeley to tempt me by
! offers of amnesty is TO excite my loathing
contempt. They shall not inffict unEaw-
full penalties upon me and then. for their
own ends, not my protection, insult smc
by claiming favor from me for releiv-
ing against their own crimes. The tyrants
shall never atone to me by relaxing or
releasing the Ashan grasp. will when
released as I have been, only be
the freer to vindioate my liberty have
no thanks nor respect fer amnesty. COM
ing from either Congress, Graut,or Gree
ley. And I especially defy the authority
of q Conservative. amy more than Radi-
cal Legislature of Virginia to add their
sanction to the tyranny Of tie Congress
Of the United States. When they passed
their superservicesble and Ridiculous &C.
Of the 9Th of March. 1868, they caused
me to feel that could take care Of my
'enemies and had need only to pray for
fsfhtas faai e aSty dsRGAe pr0fstaHsieepea
| ative" became so lucus ron lucenao"-
Conservative because conserving nothing
worth contending for, or worth having
1t would be well for the men of sound
heads and hearts in this Commonwealth
TO analyse this growing doctrine Of choos-
ing the Lesser EvX" 1t has been re-
cognised only in casessf sxNeme necessity
such as that Of the only plank of ship
wreck, or that of father and son on the
same ladder giving way from the highest
steeplc. The Divine doctrine is, never
to do evil of any soc or degree in order
that good may come of it. Choice of
+ Lesser Evir' has paved Erebus rather
NTH good premiums for the preference
than with good Intentions 1t makes
one see 'Evip TOO off and -'alss
familiar with her face.
I'VE first endure, then pity. then embrace.
At the close Of the war, any such man
as Greeley, of the denominations which
brought it on, and with it all our woe.
TO be hated 'reeded but 20 be seem and
now he is not only 'enaured' by the
onfederates. but they surpass pity
with gratitude itaelf for patting his polite
patronage on Jeff. Davis's bail bond ,
and his platform and acceptance are
embraced fully
LIST. We are called to pledge ourselves
to the concession that Secession is treason
that the Federal government has lawful
authority to sutjugate Sates; that the
right Of absolute supreme power in Con-
gress has been acquired by war, and must
be admitted leaving tho States in the
condition Of mere provinces for local
government
I'd. We are to pledge ourselves in
perpe'uisy to pay the pensions of the
'Mercenaries' who slew cur sons and
sacked our homes, iii addition to the
Federal bounty and the Rebel booty with
which they had already been glutted by
our subNgation.
ID. We are not to expect The Lesser
Evil to put the Executive veto on any
revenue bill that is, We are to give up
Free Trade and allow him to sign a
Protective Tariff yielding no revenue.
What kepublicanism can be blacker
than this? Grants certainly is no worse.
And just after the war, when Long
street, Wickham, and other Con federate
officers CHANGED their GRAY into Blue