The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03
A Few Ruiiis.
From a TcnECsseeanI
Let the People CG the BOrth
Arise 10 81 Sense OF Duty!

Let the People ci rae BOFth
Arise 10 81 Sense OF Duty!
The following VIC clip from the
Chicago Inter Ocean.
PIKEyILLE, Tenn, Oct. 90, 1876
To the Edior Of The Inter Ocean,.
The political pot has commenc.
ed to bubble. We are having
barbecues. Iilden soup, and all
that sort Of thing, right along.
Here the cry from the stump is,
"a solid South and supremacy in
national affairs" We have 500
100000 in Southern claims which
we expect to grind through next
year, although the big half was
furnished to Lees army. We
want pay for three million slaves
which were stolen from us during
the Lincoln administration. We
mean to control the affairs Of the
nation, and with the help Of the
bloody shirt, Confederate Con
gress, and the signature Of Samuel
j. Iilden We are going to have
things Our 1oay. We are utterly
disgusted with the revenue law;
yet, at the same time, take our
crooked straight, and chew our
tobacco right out Of the hand.
We headed twenty-four Congress
sional committees, uprootedlraud,
tore down Washington City, eX-
pended one million dollars, and
convicted nobody. The whole
truth is, we were digging for po-
litical capital, and fell a little
short Of our grand idea-reform.
BY the way, we have pledged Ill
den a solid South, and he in his
generous nature promises to be a
father to the south, and to place
his children in official position.
We are to adorn his Cabinet, bear
his best wishes to foreign powers,
and conduct the affairs of the ma
ton generally. This is the Dem
ocratic programme South for the
year 1876. What will become Of
the hungry Northern brethren 2
There has been a great deal
written about leagues, rife teams,
etc. Tilden men tell us all these
things mean reform. Two or
three years since yellow jack,
from the Eastern Orient, visited
the Sunny South. Terrible were
the sullerings and wants Of the
people in various localities. The
great cities Of the North, East,
and West opened up their hearts.
Thousands Of dollars were rcceiv
ed daily in those sickly districts.
BY whom3 The sufferers No.
Political aspirants became bank
ers. Leagues and rifle teams were
at once organized, and soon the
work Of death, with all its horrors,
began, dying, as it were with the
very pestilencc itself. The object
i've point is to carry the election
at present. The blacks are timid
by nature, habit, and education,
and are easily unnerved. The Re
publican party here is composed
Of men generally who lost their
all during the war, many Of whom
served in the Union army. To-day
the South has no more use for a
jackson Democrat than a wagon
has for five wheels. You must
shout JEFF Davis, and him one
eyed; hence what Immigration the
State. has had since the war will,
almost to a man, support Hayes
and Wheeler. We are acquainted
with a Union Democrat from the
old Keystone State, who sub
scribed and paid $1,000 toward
ward building and founding col,
lege in our county. On last exam
nation day, under cover Of a dec
lamation, he was termed "trash
from the North" etc. Doubtless
Vanderbilt would be treated in
like manner were he to step into
the university at Nashville.
AS to our elections here we can
onlyCiudge the future by the past.
But few, if any Union men arc ap-
pointed to hold them. Two years
ago at Pikeville the polls were in
full blast hours before the time
by law, and the ballot
box opened and votes counted at
intervals during the day. When
thereturns were all in, afew Dem
ocrats locked themselves up in
that temple Of justice called the
Court House, fixed up the returns
to suit themselves and forwarded
them to Nashville. The trouble
is the State is completely in Gov
iederate hands. We expect 10
stand firm in November, and
would en.ioin all for the sake of
the national honor, and
a common country, to rally
around the standard Of Hayes and
Wheeler, and they will lead us to
victory. FAIR PLAY.
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