Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1875-12-09

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citizenship Of tlls iaion, have dele
gated to them ti fssIl share Of
political power, 8 ssf1lt It 4
moral responsibility for the public
welfare. For ifsthe men of the
South lack homeland truth where
shall we look for them? If they
lack truth and honor, may Heaven
have mercy upon them and us!
For we have compelled them to
union that must prove fatal.
No, my friend Tin these years of
misguided reconstruction / have
steadily vouchea for the good
faith of the people of the South,
and asked only that they should
be permitted to fget upon their
feet, to assume their place in the
Union, to speak freely with their
own voice, and through their own
representatives. And every pledge
1 made for them they have kept.
and every promise made has been
fulfilled just in proportion to the
relaxation Of the grasp Of military
power from THEN. .Nsroats. and the
withdrawal of I'M ,nIcal interference
with their local affairs. Wherever
they have been allowed to rehabili-
tate their States, and save them
selves from negro domination, from
Virginia to Texas, they have justi-
fed the expectations oftheir friends
and overwhelmed with confusion
the prophecies of their foes.
Public opinion in the North has
at last recognized this truth, and
compelled Williams to depart from
the Department of Justice (),
branded as 4 malicious slanderer,
and taught even Morton that his
.'bloody shirt may prove to him Il
shirt of Nessus.
And now | appeal to every man
among you-and TO none so conf
IDENTIFY and directly as to those who
risked their lives-in battle for the
independence Of the Southern
States from this government
crown your pledge of citizenship
with new proof of fealty, put
under foot the daagerous methods
of assault upon tie credit and pros
perity of our fommon country
which are contailaed, intentionally
or ignorantly, buFalways certainly,
in measures which involve a viola
tion of the recognized laws Of fin
ance which the commercial world
adopts for its Government.
Eschew the plans and schemes
of Kelley, Butler and Phillips, and
stand by and insist upon a restora,
tion of the standard of value in
our dealings as the basis of our
currency, State OF Federal, public
or private, according to the powers
delegated to Congress under the
Constitution of o3r fathers.
do not say day can at once
be fixed upon in which the United
States Treasury can announce its
ability to pay all outstanding de-
mand notes in coR-but a system
can be inaugurkted looking di-
rectly to that Tzsnlt which will
make resumption an early posi-,
bility.
A man cannot * snreshe Will pc
in health on given day next year,
but he can live according to the
laws of health and the result will
naturally follow.
Let US have good will and mutual
kindaess restored between the sec
tions-ungenerous suspicious ban
ished, and trust in each other re-
stored among our countrymen.
An administration at Washing
ton friendly to the South as well
as to the other sections of the coun-
try, sound economy in raising
and expending public revenue.
Honesty, oldfashioned and pre-
else in administration, and a de
clared policy of restoring a specie
basis for the money of our people,
and we may then lock for tide 30
set in bearing confidence upen it's
bosom. Contraction" Will be-
come expansion" and prosperity
will smile again upon US and our
children's children in a union of
coeqnal States.
Sincerely your friend,
L. F. BAYARD.