The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-03-16

they had forfeited, and ah era Of recon-
| oiliatioh openea-wbo st such time and
| under such circumstances ea7s to his own
helpless child name for that child to
bear through all its future life, and bear
ing II 10 show 10 ell the world its fathers
abdying hatred for government That
had pardon6d him for his Kissing halie-
nifty 10 the memory Of great and tender.
hearted man, who had never hafated him.
and his reverence for an assassin whose
mans only survives by It's iafsmy. Think
Of il for moment What kind Of 4
man must he be who dowers his just born
child with the habhs Of John Wilkes
BOOTH Does il in the coolest Of cold
blood, with deIibeYati6n and not nbcrt inn
pulse, Seven years after the Commission
Of the murder which sent thrill Of hor-
for through sH the South IS wefI -
through The North murder 50 horrible
that in The very white heat of the war.
when The passions Of men were At The
angfiess pitch, no decent man aYyph4Ye
did other than 9enouac4 IL as 4 most m
famous eFiH4e-this man calmly fastens on
his own poor helpless infant the murder
ers name. This was rot idiooy; though
it seems iacfedible that it shouId be done
BY a person 5f ordinary intellect and IN
6eIlieence. It was just duh brutality
eeastly cruelty. The man who could AZ,
prove Of Che assassination Of Mf. Eincdl4
would be just such monster AZ 70 curse
his own sesh and blood With such a
christening and mak8 his child the IN
stfafhent For carrying over 6o the next
generation the badge of his fathers
shame. Poor child, TO be thus faehered
and cbus handicapped For life.
And now, there being snch a man such
q patriot such a citizen, and such q fath-
er, where DO we ind him? Ask Mr.
Morrison, Chsirnaan Of the Ways sod
Means leader Of Che Democratic party in
Congress. EIe found him and appointed
him clerk Of his committees. where he
draws pay from the Government he 80
loyaIly supports Ask Mr. Miehael G.
Kerr the Democratic Speaker Of fl1e
House, t1o made Mr. Morrison the lead
er Of the Ffouse and gave him the op-
porbanity to appoint this man. Ask the
DenocrItic party, which elected Mr Kerr
and Mr Morrison, and which is Pegponsi-
Ole For their acts and for the appointment
Of this representative Democrat Who is
5hs man, who within three years has re-
corded At nc baDti-nal FONT over the
head Of his infant son his ravarenf re-
garj FOR President bincoln : assassin j.
ne Of Ehe sort that the Democratic party
chooses out For its honor5 and emoln-
nents% + tiis what we are voting 6o
bring IN when we aid in securing q Dem
ocratie victery2 IF 40 let us know Il
and bave a fair understanding. Wehave
heid the Republican party responsible FOR
it's appointments, we 10 the same With
the Democrats. phis man is not Mr.
Norison'y or Nr Kers'5 exclusively He
is the paiTy's It must carry him. He
Is not conspicuous, 10 be sure He is
only CLERK OF committee But there il
not any place Obscure enough 70 shelter
such man where he can draw govern
Aent pay He a4fronts Justice heshoelys
common ieeencg The man who appla,ds
assassination would be an assassin him
self if ne dared. There is no fitness, no
propriety, no sense in his being anyvhere
where the eye.of seifrespeeted citizen
may rest on him, much lessin any public
place where the Bations gorge rises 40
sight or sound OF him
''Ir Morrison, neither you nor yonr
Speaker nor your party can afford to aD-
point to office man who seven years az
ter Ar binealn's murder christened his
own son with the murderer natae