The Russellville Democrat., 1876-09-28
Republican Rebels.

this campaign with the intentio , of fighting their way throug
 with lies and slander. They hay
 no other available weapons lef'
 It is useless to expose and dis
 prove their falsehoods, as the
 continue shamelcssly to repea
 them, On set aiioat a fresh assort
 ment. They are still using, d
 part of their regular campaie
 material, the inexcusable lie tha
 the Democrats in Congres hay,
 turned Union soldiers out o
 office and given their places t'
 ex Confederates. This lie is in
 eXcusable, because the Democrat.
 have acted much more liberally, il
 that respect, toward Union sol
 diers, than the Republicans have
 done. The last Republican House
 of Representatives had one hun
 dred and fifty-three places to fill;
 the Democratic House had one
 hundred and twenty three. The
 Republican House had on it's rolls
 eighteen ex-Union soldiers six
 ex Confederate soldiers and three
 colored men. The Democratic
 House had thirtv-five ex. Union soldiers, ten ex-Confederate sol
 diers and eleven colored men. Thus the Democrats, in propor- tion to the places they had to fill, appointed nearly three times as many Union soldiers and colored men as the Republicans had ap- pointed. If this sort of thing is to be made test of loyalty, the Republicans are the rebels.
 If this test of loyalty is to pre- vail, the Republicans have put themselves in a sad plight by the extraordinary favor which they have shown to Col. Mosby, the guerilla, who kept the country about Washington in a ferment during the greater part of the war, capturing railroad trains, destroying bridges, shooting pickets, breaking up outposts, and generally robbing, burning, plundering and murdering to such an extent that he was declared an outlaw. On one occasion he captured a train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, between liar pcr's Ferry and Martinsburg, and the closing scene of the exploit is thus described:
 "They then made a final search, and saw the work was complete; the train had been burned, a pay master with $63,000 robbed, the plundered of their hats, coats, boots, watches and money, and, locking and buraing the mail, express and baggage, they made us boisterous fare we'll"
 This man Mosby was taken up and patronized by President Grant after the war, and has since been a peculiar pet of the Repub- lican party. He has long been an intimate friend and confiden- tial adviser of President Grant, and no Union soldier has exerGed such an influence in the councils of the Republican Administration as this Confederate guerilla. Not only has he had a prominent share in the Government, but there are not many Republican politicians who have influenced as many Federal appointments as Moshy has. He has caused his | old comrades, the guerillas of the | Potomac, to be pensioned on the public Treasury and draw fine | salaries while disabled Union sol -liers were suffering for lack of Among these guer- lila appointees were two mail | agents named Chapman, one of | whom Mosby eulogizcs in his autobiography for having murder ed fourteen Union prisoners who lad been captured by his compa ny. These Chapmans were dis charged by Postmaster General Jewell, but were reinstated against his protest on the written order of President Grant, who subsequently, kicked Jewell out 'f the Cabinet. There have been IS many as thirty-two persons in Government service 'n the recommendation of this guerilla Confederate Colonel, and lone of them have been disturbed turing the recent reductions. In act, one of his guerilas, named has lately been appoint d to an $l 800 clerkship Tn the Treasury Department, Union oldier being discharged to make oom for him. The cry of "rebel' s raised against the wrong party.
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