The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-28
The Bloody Shirt.

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Siass ~ assp@S r. !, nso,,as @ ,Sorsfora
alsass a ssse"a;aIiv sesa tbs ;n,svass of The Re-,
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pup.ic"n In "nn3s pa,9, " ' odu.se W. 10 ,a,s
~ na' TSo rS.e,s ,sas /, nnos onJ q i. rsori,s
sc war - eoJ ne J io;,h n acc .ccsn,sd @ tbsre wonlJ
mei. neS tu sottu ~, t na";,;ns ~ Iean;nr % aI;ra
no eAsISe ,;a,a .3s ies pn. otos,aaa,eir " @ % .so
lts recoilecsio,s' pu., o.oI u,,otutasS sne
results afe not 81 aessp.ea, anu Nau.nna; muse
wnp klek asa.ns' .h.a ~. .lCns III
o.e ior mnS'ehet 10 ~ h,aed, LII I III. ~ Al '"e s
prSS NJ " ~ ON
Inc Democrauc party Is maue up
mainly ot those VINO patuSipaseo ~, OF
symPathlzed WIN, 'ne feoeinon. ~ is .
soiid party: ~ mas i's eoiot ilne ana ils
oiooay shlrt iine. ~ carried aH tne tiouse
oi hepresenlauves IN lSI4 ana mas ef-
hibised 10 the country what ~ Is capapie
OF doing, anu wnat ~ - leauy 70 W Il y
had iull cohl.oi ot !ne government. II M
demonstrated mat Hsmocfa.'c e9n'sol ~
the government woula iieah leDel con'toli
ana the ques.i9n NOW =, oy leason ta.sN ~ .he
conuuct o. Ile Demosts - suc p1i9, Ln,,;aa Inntaei
the people VINO supPfesseu 'ae Iepeiion'
or the people VINO reoeiled' shali govern
the country and execute its AMENDED
Constitution. This Is what the bloody
shirt means: " signihes n9thing more;
nothing less, and 1t means all this because
Of the oyerbearing, unreasonaeleness, and
insincerlty and ingratitude Of the South
ern Democracy, which Is only another
name Tor the late rebels, and the sup;ery'
iency oil the Northern democracy, whieh
Is only enothef name LOT 'he ia'e reoe'
sympathiSer.
The suppression OF the rebellion car
ried with II, OF course, certain results.
One OF these results was the abolition OF
slavery; another was negative decision
as to the right OF secession; and still an,
other was the establishment OF equal
rights before the law. These were en-
bodied in the Constitution, and Congress
was clothed with the authority to pass
laws TO enforce the constitutional provi.
sions. Under these constitutional provi-
slons, ana the laws passed IN pursuance
thereof, the colored people are iree ana
equal. Lhat Is 20 say, they are ena9wea
win al tne tigaH OF MT ttee OF ha!ulati.eo
american %.,, Gt1lsens. nus i y one % .ning h tne
sousnetn, nsysrsI ~ ao nos asceP. tney
.,o. i"..s or ,h,t ;Gss .ta snI'i woe so.e
Us .ne' .iprh.s p .s ,hav do o :, Olat ~ Nly Nsnl9y
e9ua. ,hs H.s, Oa,os l;na @ IA ~ ,Ss Iran.
and eI'I uanh"ro ~" v @ m"a.s"sss @ ~ Hanoo Nv
s";ar s%H s nt ,ors"r \, ,Se SontI Hence % the ,he
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reaorJIos, ~ ~ P"nnhI;c:, ',r" maios;,;ss ~ % ~
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o Sossrrwar, III Nh, SS;nas nn m
ssud s tb;s T. what I ia hound a ~ IsSp saoatt' "t'
md and ,his iswbS, omght ~ q; " ~ nso1,;nSnc9 ns @
to that idea which l. rspse,sntsJ =. s h~ tbe
hIeoJy sLir, '>SssH y ''S
M, 1t. =, ,..
Inc quessiTn =. issue Is not whether
the majority saall rue, even though that
malorlty lnc'uus aIa Is maue up largely
OF lne pafuC,ne,IktleUsss, ,Ns, II ou. "ne1ner the