The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-09-28
nnEn A SHERLnAM

of Louisiana" as the radical papers hath
it, spoke his piece in Canton last week.
Mr.. Newton Berryhill writes the En-
0,tirer from Columbus, mississippi that
this mountebank first went South in 1869
under contract with certain gentlemen at
Jackson, in that State, to make speeches
for Dent, the imported candidate for
Governor, at $40 day. Sheridan after
wards sold his services to the Radical
State Committee, and canvassed for Al
corn against Dent. Sheridan related this
at hotel in Grenada, and said he did
not care d--n who WAS elected, Alcorn
or Dent" he twas speaking for the mon
ey."
Sheridan must be lovely Carpst'bag-
ger. He carpet-bAgged in Louisiana and
got to Congress, and in 1874 in a speech
in the House he spoke Of the people OF
the South in high terms--quite different
from the way he spoke to the Repubh-
cans Of our town.
"The people represent are not disloy'
al. Never in the history OF this world has
so little Of turmoil and commotion follow
ed civil war as in orr own country. For
a century and half the fair face Of Eng
land was crimsoned with the blood that
flowed in the contest between the Norman
Barons and the people Of that island.
Eight centuries Of English rule has not
vet stilled the voice of rebellion in Ire
land. Scotland, thought often defeated,
has not until recent times yielded to the
will of England. In France, since the
DAYS when the mailed band Of Charles
Martel fell in destruction among the
throngng Saracens at Tours and Poe
tiers, the land has been filled with resls-
tance to the authority of established
government.
Eight years have passed since the
close Of our civil war The people OF the
South lost all in that great contest. Since
the war the entire philosophy OF their
government has undergone change. A
race of men that for near century had
been their serfs, made so by the common
Constitution of the land, their right to
hold them as serfs decided unquestoned
by the highest tribunal ofthe nation, have
been raised to political and civil equality
with them. care not how strong Re
publican man may be, ne can not but
confess that the people ofthe South have
suffered much from bad government in
the last few years; yet during all this time
the people Of the South have not raised
their hand in rebellion against the Gov
ernment; no act of disIoyalty stands
upon the record ofmy State
Away with the cry that Louisiana or
the South is disloyal; it is the cry OF men
who can only live by keeping it before
the people. 1t is not from the heards OF
men who fought rebellion down that this
cry comes; not from the men who at
Gettysburg, in the Wilderness, upon the
hills of Vicksburg. the mountains of
Georgia and the slopes of Mission Ridge
rolled in resistless columns against the
armies of the South does this cry of trea-
son come. No demand that punishment
shall be meted out to the South comes
from them, In their hearts no hate is
found brave themselves, they yield will
ling tribute to the valor of their old time
foes"
And to-day, in the face of these utter
ances and his testimony of the love and
devotion of the Southern people to the
Union, SHERIDAN has the impudence to
hurl anathemas upon the heads ofrespec-
table Southern Democrats, and by mis-
the real sentiment of the
Southern people dupe his hearers into
the belief that the Democracy of the
South are set OF cut throats and assas
sins, and as anxious to overthrow the
Union as their forfathers were to drive
the hosts of King GEORGE out of Ameri-
can territory during the days of the Revo
luton. He called Southerners loyal in
1874, To-day he denounces them as
rebels, traitors and as disloyal. How
consistent? What value can unprejudiced
minds attach to such testimony?
We can not dismiss SHERIDAN until we
quote a little more ofwhat he said in his
speech in Congress previous to being ad'
mitted to a seat in 1874. 1t was this
"I speak for Louisiana, l claim for
her the Justice which is her birthright.
Clothed in the garments of woe, bending
her queenly head in sorrow, suffering
such oppression as never before fell to
the lot of any State in the Union, she yet
maintains her faith in the Federal COM
pact, her belief in the justice of this great
nation. Weak a nd totter ng as she i, |
her hand would be among the first to
seize the sword if wars alarms were
sounded in the land; if danger threaten,
side by side, shoulder to shoulder, the
men who live beneath her tropic skies
would march with the men of the North |
in defense of this nations honor"
And at the same time he made the fol- |
lowing interesting comparison between
the Republicanism Of the two sections:
Sir, there is vast difference between
the Republicanism of the North and the
Republicanism of Louisiana, Republi'
canism in the North means love, hope,
prosperity and advancement; 1t means
justice to all men, black and white alike.
With us in Louisiana Republicanism
means decay and destruction, and the
utter wiping out Of all the interests ofour
great Commonwealth"
And this is but particle of the test-
mony of man who is to-day Nlifying,
traducing and slandering the people Of
Louisiana.
MONEY is a power. Enthroned and
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