The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-10-04
PEACE! PEACE!!

nation when not only parties, but each
individual who enters rs Il factor into
either of them, should pause, look mat
tcrs sqgarely in the face and dare to
act conscientiously, Independently and
I patriotical, without regard to former
| political bases and bonds. lie who
cannot or does not do SO is the slave
of other mems thoughts. lie who has
the manhood to break away from
former associations and alliances, when
convinced Of their error, has not only
performed n simple duty, but at once
becomes hero of the highest type /;
a moral hero, whose mind and thoughts
cannot be trammclled by errors, even
though those errors be endorsed by the
whole world.
Such 4 time, such a crisis is now
upon us as nation, and many great
and honest Republicans have declared
that they will no longer be identified
with an organization that has outlived
principles and issues and only exists
by preying open the rotten carcass of
dead issues, and rcviving memories
that should have slept forever.
In the several States of the Union,
the two great parties. both claiming To
be. national, are arrayed against each
other. The leaders of the Republican
party, in order to draw the attention
Of the masses of the people from the
frauds, corruptions, and mal-adminis-
tration of Republican officials, parade
the issues that were settled by the war.
and attempt to excite the passions and
animosities of the two great sections
They taunt the Democratic party be-
cause it claims ''solid South" for Til
den and Hendricks. But for Republi
can reconstruction, dictated by carpet
baggers and supported by Federal
bayonets, by which the white intelli-
gence of the Southern States was de-
MED voice at the polls, Horace
Greeley would have received the sup
por: of 4 "solid South"
Is il fair, is it honest, is it manly in
the Republican leaders to avoid live
issues, argument and logic, and refuse
to reason by attempting to infame the
Northern mind by cry of "solid
South" for Tilden and Hendricks p
Why do we find 4 "solid South" for
Tilden and Hendricks? Who and
what made it so? The South, while
it begs no question of principle, learned
only the bitterest lessons by the war.
The South is tired of war, and cries
for peace. 1t has asked and plead for
peace at the hands of the Republican
Administration and party leaders for
eleven years. 1t has asked and plead
to them in vain. 1t now appeals to
the people of the whole North, with
out regard to party. 1t appeals to the
manhood of the North that dares defy
party leaders and lift itself above the
scuff and scum of passion and sectional
hate.
The men of the South who bat;led
bravely for what they deemed their
rights, and lost all, have, during eleven
years of poverty, begged to be allowed |
to labor in peace for their wives and
little ones. Their prayers have been !
answered by the menaces and oppres-
sions of the administration and party |
leaders, and they now appeal to the
soldiers of the North to secure them
in their peaceful and honest efforts to
support their families and heal the
wounds of war.
Will the intelligent, wealthy and
victorious North listen to the appeals
of justice and humanity from the OPP
pressed of the South, or, will they
still be influenced by the leaders who
Cypress from hate and who deceive in
order to obtain and hold poWer2