The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-03

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Republic OF ILLINOIS.

Republic OF ILLINOIS.
From the Memphis Appeal
S'oLDlERs-Iou say Jefferson Davis
il Il Coward and an arch-tratos.n II
you are brave men and true, you will
make good your words or retract them.
If Jefferson Davis is Il traitor, and tro0-
son Is Il crime, come and take him {;
prove his treason and hang as a trail
tor should lie hung. a traitor il ouuWhu
hetrays trust. If Jefferson DAVIS had
ever betrayed n trust put in him, the
Southern people would have been the
sWiftcst and the lOudest to cry, "llOng
nim hang him ~ II Jefferson Davis
is guilty OF the crime you charge, your
Government is weak and criminal not
to bring him to justice. For years he
lay in prison waiting Il trial; he isyet
waiting; atmy hour, any moment, he
will stand his trial. Let his guilt or in
nOcnce be shown to the civilized world.
When you charge Jefferson Davis
with the crime Of secession, remcm-
Scr your own IGNORED and now
Ennted Horace Greedy, as well as
other men of the North, was All earn
est believer in the right Of seccs-
sion. In the New York Tribune of De-
cember II, 1860, Greedy says: Fit (the
Declaration of independence justified
the secession from the British Empire
of 5000 600 of colonists in l77G, we do
not see why il would not Justify the Sc
cessou of 5OOD. 600 of Souihcrners from
fine Federal Union IN 1861 y In The
irrihune of February %. 1861. five DAYS
after Jefferson Davis was inauguralcd
nt MONTGOMERY, Greedy used these
words. awe have repeatedly said aud
,ye once more insist. that the great
principles embodied by Jefferson In
;hn Dpclorntiou of lndeppudpucp. that
governments derive their inst powers
from fine consent of the governed, is
eanred and inst, and that If the Gulf
Gtntna chose to form an indepeudaui
nation. they have a clear moral right
tn do to.u In the Tribune Of Novcm-
bnrg Grady further saws. "Those who
wonld rush nuon carnage to defy or de.
Eaot n spunrn}ion Inv the populaI vote of
the Go,ithnrn ppGole would clearly
nI,co Themselves n the wrong.U
EnIdiera OF lhe Grand army remember
which side crushed upon carnage 10
defeat flat separatiunD to which the
south had "cle0r moral ripht.n Re-
,nnmher there wns NOT "A dav. nor even
an hoIr whom fbe south would not
GLADLY hnve made neace ON the basis OF
indenaudnncn And when Won talk of
the horrors If Andersonyilie. remem-
her thot fipures fell n tale that YOU cam
NOT dnnv nyures chow the deAth-rate
in NortHarn nrisons was preuter than
fn Southern and this in spite of our
,,ova,tv arr storv,tion. and destitution
IF medicines Remember which side
ros nI,vnvs willing 10 exchange pris-
ounrs ana which side sternIy refused
40 exchange. Grant said: an was ea-
aierIo feed than 60 tight rebels Some
slime AFRO n letter appeared in the Alba
nv Arplles. charging the Andersonville
horroTs solnrelV home to Grant Gen
ernI HitebcocL. Batter, and others
wonted tn exchange. Grant forbade
~ Grant sant tins tnleproph "0n the
subject Of exchange | differ from Gen.
.roi Trit,hcnnl; II il hard ON our men
held In southern prisons, but not to
those left In nu,. ranks TO tight our bat
tIos re Inlnnse MI the rebel Prison
nrs tha North would compronlise our
eotatv have y Ganarol ButIpr said this
nrdnT of GRANTS caused the death of
more thon twenty Thousand men. But
mwn tbon nil else soldiers of the North
when Won, sneak of Andersonvile or
Tihbv mr. Saulsberrv or Belle Isle, you
snHnfi ranre,nhnr those nrison places
.rorn IN ina Lo.nn, of thp land ON which
s,our Grvnrnment had let loose your
IInnJ,, Inys If v,or These prisons
,~c C{ y the hoenm If a land lighting
A., d,,ro,,I i,solf froo, n million armed
-, , "e''i INA ,' ,',an ,yhn sniirrrd in these
,,risnn ,,,acoa ma come 70 us with shot
,j"i' ii''' ,,itl o,,n,d and fire i'm their
hands trhnv killed they burnt, they
Iastrnvo5 Nov drsolatcd. When you
t.In ~ w. '',,n ' wor made widows, your
.nmIos, ,Sotbcrs come and look on
nnrs ~ dn vnu sunpose that we have
nat hoorts tc feel M Won of the North?
No vnn thinE rhot we are duh clay,
thot ,,nn ada tn our urieGs your pcrpcl-
, nj t,, "" low Won have eonouerod US,
' s,"n i no' o.rahod mS Won nre our mas
S"" " ,nn lava 49," token our sword our
ann. o"r fn,ts nur shjps. YOU haze dis
S"m'io Wv" az, ~, arn,ins and DISTINGUISHED
n"r Vast 0 and mnsf honored men, III
van "h"oSoto onll SECESSION n crime,
So" o on" Io ~ Won ann hang us because
S"" o o'd WV II the right TO secede. If
vo W o ohnnso T., snv thr belief in States
yyi"hta 10 trossnn Won can do so and
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