Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-22
A BLOODY SHIRT CAMPAIGN.

e.s "A6es w fS'
are made. for Republicans to
AJAX their Democratic friends who made
the history OF the fearful past which
they cannot forget. and how tho shirt
originally came to be bloody But such
m answer rs this to the accusation
be hailed as u~ncharitabls. and We
DO arraigned rs an enemy
Who cannot forgive. For this reason
the Republican party has striven for
years to buy this bloody shirt 30
deep that 1t should not offend the sensi.
tive eyes Of our Democratic friends.
We pardoned the men who dyed II in
human gore ; we placed in high Office
the men who for four years were en-
gagged in splitting the blood in which Il
was drsnched; and finally. since the
blue uniforms Of our gallant soldiers
an eys-sore to our Democratic
friends. continually reminding them OF
this bloody garment. VI removed every
OF our army from the South.
Certainly We have done what We could
to bury tho "bloody shirt"
But nevertheless the coming cam.
paign is to be fought with this anne
"bloody shirt Haunting in our faces.
not because the Republican party wishes
to make II an issue. but because the
Democrats Of the South will not let IL
remain out OF sight. Their brethren OF
the North. who know the temper OF the
nation better. are nor willy. and strive
hard to put the garment under ground
until a more convenient time comes for
its profitable exhibition. But the
"~chivairy'' Of the South. mistaking
rashnsss for courage, drag II forth to
the light OF day. and. like Banquo's
ghost. Iii will not down" The people
Of the South have no, accepted the re-
suits Of the war /; they never ,eN accept
them while this generation exists to
keep alive the fires Of sectional hate.
"No!' sIclaims the 0kolona tMiss.)
States. a leading and influential Dem
ocratic journal. "The black has no
right under the sun to vote. He has
never had the right. The ballot came
into his possession by illegal means.
and u muS Be taken from him. This Is
Southern sentiment to-day" While
such Is Southern sentiment" Is Il
possible to bury the "bloody shirtf"
III the American people could ence
be aroused to the fact that the South
Is in reality determined to un-
DO the work OF the war;" said
q gentleman in our hearing the other
day. "thsrs would be such an uprising
10 the North that the party which they
represent would DO swept out Of exist
snce." We believe this. but the dill.
Guilty IL to eoariaes the people. The
sentiments OF . community are always
reelected by their journals, and the
Nkws. were il to copy all the treasona'
BILE uttsrances which il finds in il
Southern exchanges. would DO forced to
give up all Its space to the work. II
can only select some Of the more strik'
ing. and thus Try to convince its readers
OF . fact which Is patent to all who
study the journals Of tho South. That
fact IL that secession. in the minds Of
Southsrnsrs Is no, . lost cause. but only
q temporarily suspended cause ; that the
bloody shirt is q terrible reality in this
year Of grace 1878. and that the Demo-
cratic party will not allow US to lay IL
aside.
The Corinth CorihtAian. u leading
Democratic journal Of Mississippi. in
dulges in the following patriotic express
sion:
"what ex.Prssident Davis said at
Mississippi City. recently. We indorse
heartily. Southern principles aud South.
srn feelings are by no means dead. and
Il 10 about time for the skulking cloak Of
policy to DO cast aside. and for the hon.
est manhood and true chivalry Of the
South to come 10 the front and proclaim
their tideHiy 10 TIE Lost Cause. A few
more such GRIND Oh Patriois like Mr..
Davis. and II will not be long before the
glorious South Of dAte-b,ilum days will
be restored. We say. H,rruh for d.
us - and defy the North to make the
most OF ii. GiNs as ten years 70 get ready
IN. and hn-,os don't gius a snap ,chether
her school keeps or not.
There Ia q deep significance in the
final words which We have italicized.
Give the South ten years Of control
over the National Government through
the Democratic party. and then they
will be prepared for a now deal. In ten
years the South can be well armed at
the expense OF the Government which
they contemplate destroying; their cities
and towns can be we'll stocked with
provisions; they a pillags and plumber
the loyal states by the payment OF rebel
claims; and then. with q rich country.
they a secsde again, and very possibly
. successful resolution. This
10 the ''bloody shirt" that is Haunted in
our faces by the Democracy OF the
The Republicans Of the North
accept the issue and propose to Aght
the campaign with the ''bloody shirt
at their head. II the patriotism Of the
Is not utterly demoralizsd. IL will
carry that resking emblem Of the awful
Of past treason on to victory.
AMONG those who achieved distinc-
ton at the Binghamton College CON-
~ VI Nil