The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-25


nizca over the South Without speaking
Of cur troubles and trials thFon9.i Whien
1 NC nassed will say this: III The end OF
;ebeiiion that scoufgea this land, that
{ ,lrenehcd ii with blood. taat devastated
i farti.ya OF II, left us in debt and almost
+ i,tn.rau.. wiiat Gil tiic Republican par
II u, Instead of leaving these, our
friends and citizens to-day, IN & territorial
roa!itioa, where acknowledgements lafls-
,iicti1n o.er them for Tie next coming
+ twenty wears, where we might nave de-
4 p,ivcd them Of the rights af man5ers OIL
4 this i,cor, what did We do We Fecorgan-
/ ized them into States, admitted them paeh
4 Into the Union and through the clcnlency
of the Republican party We admitted Rep
I rpsehtatves On this moor WHO had taui-
dereG against the gates 81 liberty foF 1oaf
\ hloady wears. + that TIC tyranny anG
oppression Of Which yea complain II the
hands OF the Republican parry + that z
parry Of oppression against yen southern
people 7
Let us 90 a little further. When the
armed Democracy-fog that is what they
+ were--laid down their arm III the South
ern States, after Gisruting the fis't OF
freedom ard liberty ii this land for four
years how did the Republican party show
Itself in its acts 81 tyranny ard oppression
toward ycu : You appealed 10 them for
ciemcncv. Did y0u ret 1t Not man
was punished for his treason Not a
man ever knocked a. the doors OF Re-
publican Congress for Il pardon who did
not ret ii. Net man ever petitioned
tic generosity Of tie Republican party 10
ne excused for is crimes who was rot ex-
cused WAS that oppression upon the
pa.t Ct Republicans in this land Is that
/ part If the oppression Of which you
accuse ns
Let us look little further. We find to-
day.twenty-se Democratic Representa-
tiscs in the other branch OF Congress
who took arms in their hands and tired t.
destroy this Governmental holding commits
sion- there BY the clemencvo OF tile hepub-
Iican parfv. We tiad ID this chamber, by
The ciemeney Ct TIE Republican party,
three Senators Who held such commits
sions Is that tyranny; Is that oppression;
i that the outrage Of this Republican
party on yoa Southern people Sir,
when jeff Davis the head OF the great re-
bellion, who roams the land free rs air
North. South. East and Nest-makes
Democratic speeches wherever invited,
and the vice president 81 the Southern re-
beii9n llaiaS his seat il the other House
of Congress, arc we to be told that we are
tYrants and depressing the Southern pao-
nle These things may sound Il little
harsh, but it is time TO tell The truth in
this country. The time has come to talk
facts. The time has come when towards
should hide and honest men should come
to tie front ana tell you ,,iaii;i, honest
truths. You Of tie South talk To is about
depressing You. You drenched your land
Ia blood. caused weeping throughout this
vast domain, covered the land in weeds
of mourning both North and South, wild
owed thousands and orphaned many,
made the pcAsionroll as long as an army
list, made the debt that gfilds tie poor
u This laud-for Ill these things You have
been parlonel, ard yet you talk to US
about oppression. so much for the OPP
preston of The Republican party Of your
patriotic souls and selves. Next comes
ihe President of the United Statas. He is
Il tyrant, too He il an opprcssor still in
conjunction with the Republican party
Oppress0r of what Who has be Cypress
ed If your Southern people, ana Wien and
where When your Kui<lux, banded to-
gcrher FER murder anu plumber In the
Southern States, were convicted by their
own confession, your Own Representatives
pleaded TO the ! resident, and said Give
them pardon and it will reconcile many
of the Southern people" The President
pardoned them: partloned them III their
murder, Of their plGnder, of their piracy
on I&nd; and for this ! suppose he IS
tyr&nt
More Gsan that, sir, this tYrant IN the
White House has done mere for YOU
Southern people that YOU ought to have
asked him to do. lie has had confidence
ia sou until you betrayed that confidence.
He has not only pardoned the otfenscs Of
the South parJl9nea the criminals of the
Democratic pastv bet he has placed in
high Official position in this Union some
of tic leading men WHO fought lin te re-
hell.en lie laS Pitt ii Ills Cabinet enc Of
year men; TIC haS made governors Of
Territories III SONG OF Your Leading men
who fought i'll the rebollion: he hus sent
on foreign missions abroad s9Ac OF your
men WAC warrej against this country. n
has placed others Id Tie DEPARTMENTS
and has tried to reconcile YOU il every
way on earth BY appealing t. your people.
! \ recognizing them ana iorsiving them
faY tAeir otienScs, AID fos these acts of
generosity. fof these acts OF Kindness, he
is arraigled to-day as i Caesar, as a tvrant
as an oppressor.
such kindness in return lis the Peesi
dent has received from these people wil'
mark itself in tn history Of generosity.
o. but say they, Grant wants to Cypress
the White Leagues III Louisiana. there
fore he i al cppressSr. 1es. III Presi-
dent, Grant does desire that these men
should quit 1heir everyday chivalrio
sports OF cunning upon negroes and Re
pnbiicans. He asks kindly that YOU stop
it. lie saws 10 YOU, "rhat is all / want
Won to do; ANA you say thAt you are de-
sirous they shall qgit ii. You have but
to say II ana they viii quit t. Il Is be
cause YOU have never said Il that they
have hot gall f. Il i in tic power Of tao
Democratic party to-day but 10 speak in
tones nj majesty, Of honor and justice in
fayer OF human lie, and yaur Kuklu, and
mnfderers viii stop. In States where ii
has been done they have stopped. But ii
will not do To Cypress those people, Il will
not 10 to make them subAit ard subject
them to He lazy; Il VII not do to stop
5hssg Tent, ,c; II their daily sports ana
IN their lively recreations. THEW are
White Leagues: they are banded together
as gentlemen; they arc of Southern blood:
they are of old Southern stock; they are
tAe chivairy Of days gone BIZ: they are
knights Of the bloody shield: and the
shield must not BE taken from them. Sirs.
their shield wili be taken from them: this
country wiil be aroused 10 its danger; this
country viii be aroused 10 DO justice 10
is citizens; and when il does. the perpe-
traitors OF crime may fear and tremble.
Tyranny and oppression Il people who
Without one word OF opposition allows
men who haze been tie enemies oF =
government 70 come into these legislative
halls aud make laws for that government
10 be told that they are oppresSors is a
moastfcsity in defamation and assertion.
Who ever heard oil such a thing before
Who ever believed that such men could
make such charges Vet we are tvrants
MrLoGaS here gave way to allow
message to be received from the House
Of Repre- Which announced tie
passage Of 4 bill removing tile political
disabilities Of John Withcrs. Joseph L.
Miater, and William Kearney.
Mr. LOGAN. Mt President, tAc'realing
of the title Of that BID from the House
ONLY reminds me of more acts Of tygannr
and oppression of the republican party,
and there is L continuation OF the same
great ot.cnses constantly going On il this
Chamber. Bat some may say 1T is
strange to see Logan defending the Pscsi-
ileat Of the United States Ii is not
strange 70 me. | can disagree with the
President when think lie is wrong: and
| do not blame him for disagreeing with
lie; but when these attacks are made.
coming from where they do, am ready
TO stand from the rising sun in the morn
Ing 70 the setting sun 1T evening to de-
lend every act q MS IN connection with
this matter before us.
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