Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-02-11
An h,recOncilabIe.


EX-SENATOR ROBERT TooMBs, who has
not yet called the roll of his slaves in the
shadow Of Bunker Hill, is still eating fire
and trying to stir up the embers of South
ern hate against the Union with wild and
malignant bombast and bowling denuncia'
tion of the people of the North. A few
days ago he addressed the Georgia Legis-
lature and others at Atlanta on the issues
of the day He let all the wild animals
loose again, got on the rampage, and
lashed and tore things to tatters in man.
ner which outdid any Of his maniacal
rawlings prior to and during the Slave
holders Rebellion. Elsewhere we print
the main points of his speech, which ap-
pears to have been voclferously applauded
by his audience, which embraced the
Georgia Legislature His first tilt was at
the Constitution, of course. 1t was not
the law of the people of the South. 1t
violated the fundamental principles OF
society" The people is "accursed" which
accepts fundamental law from another
people," 1t was made by ignorant saw
ages led by rogues TO perpetuate the pow
er of rogues." Z" 1t was made to plunder
the people and oughtto be changed" Tho
Saxon race is ever more dishonored by
that instrument" and so on dd RGuSedm.
From the Constitution he passed to the
negroes-his late chattels whose roll he
| was going to call on Bunker Hill. 1.-THE
Yankees says he, "are miserable
wretches who have injected 5000, 900 Of
savages into the stomach of our body pol
| itic.n He explains how some "honest
| fellows" have secured election to the
Legislature. 1--WE got them there by in
timidation and bribery, and l helped TO
| do it. would have scorned the people
if they had not done itl And will buy
them as long as they put beasts to
go to the ballot-b boxln ave carried them
with us by bribery and intimidation.
advised it, and paid my money for it.
You all know ii, but won't say It," I'll
you have a convention can make you a
Constitution by which the people will rule
and the niger will never be heard Of u
The raving mailman closes his speech
with the personal declaration; ~ am,
believe, the only living secessionist to-
day in the State Of Georgia" 81 am just
/ as good as jeff. Davis, and he is no bettel
than l am. demand to be placed beside
him." These are few sample utterance:
from long speech, breathing the mos
malignant hate, venom and rancor towaTC
the North. They resemble nothing Sc
much as the incOherent rawlings of a mad
man, which must disgust even his South
ern hearers. 1t is somewhat curious tina
this blatant and clustering fire-eater doe
not leave the country which he hates sC
intensely, and take up his abode in SOM
other land where the Constitution and ne
gro will no longer provoke these display
of lunacy II he insists upon remaining
here, his own friends ought to put him Ii
strait jacket, or send him TO some pri
vate asylum, in the interests of peace, OF
der and decency. This would undoubi
edly be done we're 1t not fact that he re
fleets the feelings and sentiments OF ten
of thousands of Confederates, who warml
sympathize with all he says, but do nc
deem il polite or advisable to give ex
preston to their real views until after tn
next Presidential election. .-OhiedgO ITIt