Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-10-20
CONFEDERATE TICKET.
For President,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
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For President,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
For Vice President,
ALLEN G. THURMAN.
The nominees of the Republican
ticket were able statesmen and pure
patriots. The Confederate ticket,
thus headed by the chief traitor in
the great rebellion, had for its second
name the ablest and most jealous
apologist for treason in the land
With so strong ticket the Republi-
cans felt sanguine of their ability to
redeem the country from the clutches
of its enemies. The nomination of
Davis, and the law reimbursing reb-
ell war claims, sent thrill of indig
nation through every patriotic heart.
There came to the American people
such an awakening as had never
come before and it seemed as if the
time to throw off the incubus of Con-
federate domination had arrived
But when the election came off 1t
was the most fragrant farce ever wit
messed among civilized men. Every
voting place Yves guarded, and every
ballot-box "stuffed" with the most
diabolical and shameless effrontery.
1t was of little avail that honest men
strove with all their energies to avert
the impending calamity. morgan
lied and undisciplined honesty, though
in the majority, could do nothing
when anticipated, thwarted, and held
down at every step by organized Chi
canery. This farcical election could
of course have resulted in no other
manner than in the triumph of the
Davis party.
"sUPPREssING INsURRECTION."
When it was "officially" announce
ed that the abhorred Jefferson Davis
had been elected President of the
American Republic there were at
once premonitlons of most terrible
civil convulsion. Then it became
evident how elaborately had been ar
ranged all the details Of the gigantic
Confederate scheme, and how hope
less must be all attempts to oppose
it. The vast armies were brought
into action, and every attempt of the
friends of freedom to assemble in
nyconsiderable numbers was thwart-
ed by force of arms-the streets of
every Northern city being dyed with
the blood of the loyal sons of liberty.
These scenes began from the day
when the election of Davis was pro-
claimed, aad continued, with increas-
ing violence, until his accession to
the Presidential chair; the whole en-.
ergies of Tllden and his associates,
during this time, being devoted, as
they assumed, to the suppression of
insurrection and the preservation of
peace; which meant, being interpret
ed, the suppression of free speech,
and the preservation of a most dam
nable tyranny at the heart of once
free republic.
THE DOGS OF WAR LET LOOSE.
When Jefferson DAVIS assumed the
Presidential office, and essayed the
charge of its functions, there occur
red such an uprising of the American
people as had never before been
known. 1t had been the boast of
the ex rebels that "the North would
be the rebels next time," and the
prophecy proved literally true
Throughout every Northern state
there ran fiery torrent of indlgna-
ton, and heroic determination to
submit to the dictations OF that arch
traitor who. by fraud in civil life, had
triumphed over those who conquered
him on the foughten field. In spite
of all the cruelties of the Davis SOL
diery, in spite of the thousands and
thousands of brave men butcher
ed without mercy because they dared
resist the tyrannies of the usurper,
the patriots of the loyal North con-
tinued to organize and arm themselves
as best they could, each pledging al
legiance to the common cause.-The
cause which each believed to be just
and holy.
Within a few months after Davis
had assumed the duties of Chief
Magistrate of the Republic, the Union
lists had gained control of several
Northern states, having driven back
the oppressors, in the face of all the
disadvantages at which they fought,
and at trightful loss of life. owing