National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-01-18
RECONSTRUCTION.
An Appeal to the Record-Who are the Ag-
gressors!

An Appeal to the Record-Who are the Ag-
gressors!
WASHINGTON, D. c., January IL, 1874.
To the Editor Of the National Republican:
SIR: have been sojourning in Washington for
the past week, and, having come from the South,
have been much surprised at what have seen
and heard here, and shall go home feeling
SAD FOR THE UNION MEN
! OF my section. In 1861 was q refugee, took up
my residence and remained here to the close of
| the war, when returned to my home When
arrived here in 1851 found the patriotism of the
| country aroused by the attempt Of the secession
| lists to destroy the Union, and the young men OF
! the nation were arming at the call OF Abraham
| Lincoln. Thousands of the flower Of the nation
were pressing to the front to risk the ir lives for
| their cOuntry's salvation, and the heart OF the
| Union refugee was made glad In the prospect OF
| a speedy suppression ofthe rebellion. We thought
the East, West and North
WERE UNITED AS ONE MAN,
but we were soon undeceived. The first reverse
| Democratic party showed their hands, and from
the day Of the first Bull Run or Manassas till
the browning glory Of AppomAttox no word Of
good cheer was spoken to the soldiers Of the Re.
| public by the leaders or organs Of that party.
Where were the Tildens, SeymOurs, Woods,
Vsilandighams, Aliens, Humans and all the
rest Of the Democratic leaders, with but few ex-
| ceptions? Have you forgotten
ALEXANDER LONGS oUTsPoKEN TREASON
in tho House of Representatives, and the fact
| that nearly every Democrat in the House sus-
tanned him by voting against COllax's resolution
Of expulsion? Have the people Of the nation for
! gotten that the Democratic party in New York
city, In 1858, being then as now, fully under the
control Of one man. undertook to aid their South
ern friends who were in arms in the field, and did
set at defiance the city and State governments,
until they were put down by the
MILITARY FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES?
remember we'll that from the day the name of
General Grant first doomed in the Mast n
promising soldier of the nation the Democratic
party commenced their assaults on him. Every
dissatisfied politician in the land made him the
target for their malice. From Belmont to Pitts
burg Landing, and through the Yicksburg cam
paign they charged him with being an imbecile
brutal, drunkard and every vile epithet Demo-
cratic malice could invent; and when he sought
to penetrate the wilderness in SpottsylEanla and
was thought to have failed,
HOW RrJoIcED TIE DEMOCRACY WAS,
and how crestfaIlen they were when he out
sore day AppomattoX was to them. Gen, Sheri-
dan was also an object of their hatred as soon as
he developed capacity to handle cavalry. Pre-
viOus TO that time the rebel cavalry was looked
upon by many as superior to ours and Sheridan's
success was great shock to Democratic sensl-
tiyeness. How they did howl when he destroyed
the
CONFEDERATE GRANARIEs IN THE VALLEY.
Oh, what-a sin and shame 1t was and when he
defeated Early near Winchester they felt that no
punishment could be too great for him. Why,
to be cOuIt-martialed because he had done what
no other officer IN the valley had accomplished.
Gen. Sheridan cat of Gen. Lees retreat at
Five Forks, and Grn. Grant being close on his
rear, Lee was compelled to surrender, land It was
no disgrace to him. for the Confcde-aey was at
an end. For this act It appears the Democracy
can never forgive Grant aud Sheridan.
Nine years have passed since Lee surrendered
and S2me Of the same men who preclpitatcd the
rebellion in 1851 have
ATTEMPTED ANOTHER REVOLUTION.
Grant and Sheridan are again in their way, and
again the Democratic leaders Of the North rally
around the revolutionists; again Grant and Sher
idan are denounced: again the voices Of Thur
man, Cox and Fernando Wood, with all the Dem
ocratic leaders, chime in with the defeated seces-
siOnists in their new effort to make 9 republican
form OF government an engine Of oppression,
lever to crush the poor negro and the Union white
men in all the Southern country.
Men Of the free North and West, you little
know
THE EVIL YOU DO IN DESoUNCISG
the men who saved your liberties a short time
ago! Men like Grant and Sheridan are not
found in every emergency. Every Union man In
the South feels that he owes q debt of gratitude
to them, and 1t fills our hearts with pain to see
and hear them abused, while the men Of wealth,
who are wealthy because the wealth Of the coun.
try was preserved with its liberties look coldly
on. VIII nothing but the
MOB IN POSSESSION OF NEW YORK
again arouse them to a sense Of their danger? Has
all courage departed from the breasts of the
Union men? Has the fact that so many Confed-
Appomattox2
dissatisfied oftce-seekers to denounce Grant and
Sheridan. Shall we poor Unionsts Of the South
not be cheered by the ringing voice Of patriotism
calling on
LOYAL AMERICANS TO STAND
those to whom we owe our allegiance? Grant and
Sheridan have proved their devotion to liberty
and the Union by four years service in the field.
Nine out Of ten Of those who denounce them were
active rebels or sympathlzers during the same
period.
rebellion. They say the returning board in Louis
lana gave certificates Of election to several men,
bers Of the Legislature who claimed to be elected
from districts where intimidation and violence
was charged, and that other persons, Democrats,
were entitled TO the seats. This may be so not.
We have no evidence Of the fact, but II this be a
cause Of Democratic indignation, (and II true It
should be condemned, y why don't the Now York
Herald, Tribune and Void with lesser organs
and the Democratic leaders In Congress, denounce
the action OF Governor Kemper and
STATE cANvAssERs IN VIRGINIA?
They seek TO overthrow the will Of the people by
throwing out the vote Of q whole county, which
gave over 400 Republican majority, on q mere In
fOrmahty. No charge Of violence or fraud was
presented. The whole machinery Of registration
and election was in the hands Of the Democrats.
Are Union men in the South entitled to some con-
sideration? Is John Goode entitled to more con-
sideration because he was q Confederate Con-
gresham, and denounced General Grant as
drunkard and his
CABINET As BAND OF THIEVES,
or Is Mr. Platt entitled to less consideration be-
cause be was 9 Union man and served q term as
captured officer in q rebel prison?
II the Union men Of the South have no rights
which Democrats are bound to respect, why let
us know It. Give US q fair opportunity, and we
will seek new home among Strangers, We COX
TO such meu as Grant end SheridFn. We are
compelled TO DO 10. We see no hope OF protec-
tion or safety under Democratic rule. Who has
been punished for numbering one OF our number
IN the SOUTH Does any one at this date want
evidence that our numbers constantly being
tbinned by the assassin's bullet or steel? /. q.