The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-05-16

I THE Nj. lphis Appeal, which has
been the cantankercus enemy of the
wicked men who. were guilty of the
crime of being Southern Republicans.
hastens to assure. some Northern
Republicans papers that have lately
conceived a realizing sense of the de-
pravity Of carpetsosegers, that they
have its ardent sympathy in their at.
tacks on these wretches The Bp-
peal is human, and, therefore, il can
not refrain from the remark that it is
a very short time since its assertions
of wickedness of the carpet -baggers
were denounced 10 a furious wav by
the same papers that now indorse
them, and it thinks that some great
light must have come to them, OF
else they have heretofore been hypo-
critics But it desires their attention
to the circumstances that '.thss exis-
tence of these creatures was the nat
ural sequence Of the Republican poll
cy towards the South" and it says,
in conclusion:
I'VE have as much respect for The
csrpetbagger as tor the party whieh
adopted the measures that warmed
him into life, protected his usurpa-
tions and robberies with the bsyonet,
and defended him as a Republican
missionary in the South. hated by
traitors on account of bis 10y atty
The Republican party, instead OF
manifesting noble sympathy for a
brave but unfortunate people, adopt
ed a policy which enabled wretched
adventurers 10 strip the whites OF
political rights which they gave to
their late slaves; they imposed terms
upon Us more harsh tnan those which
the Russians and Turks Inflicted up
On the Poles and the Greeks, The
carpet-bagger, warmed into life by
the Radical policy which sent regi-
ments OF armed men to watch and
guard a dis-armed and poweriess
people, and to protect adTeninrers
hunting for booty. and now that the
carpet-bagger is shorn of his power
to iDjure, the Southern people win
forget the creature, bat hold to a rig
id account the CREATOR
We conceive il to be our solemn
duty to remind the appeal that it is
not nanifesting the "Concifatory
Spirit" and that It's words have a
tendency TO stir up strife. We are
entirely willing to be forgiven for
having preserved the life OF the ma
tion, and we sincerely hope that the
appeal is ready to be tcrgiven for
having driven out the carpet baggers.
There isn't Republican Govern
ment now, in a single State South vi
the Ohio, and the Lord only knows
when there will be one II the
North can conciliate on this platform,
the appeal certainly can. The DIP
peal stands a lively chance of seeing
q solid South in 1850, and divided
North, aid this prospect ought to
bring smile to its gloomy vIsage
and cause the hard lines 10 relax. IL
can gobble up the Republican parry
ii 1t chooses, but thought not TO make
wry faces in tue operation. Ii hurts
che Republican seif-respeet to think
that it Is rGt fit food for the Southern
Democrats. We hope the appeal
will be as moderate and kind III It's
hour OF triumph as possible. Time
brings revenges, and il is not impos-
sible that something will drop before
1880, and that things will look better
for the Republicans than they do
now. In the interests of the policy
of Cancellation, as well as for its
future peace, we hope the appeal
will Withdraw its unsatisfactory
words. Cincinnati Times