The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-07-25
THE BLOODY SHIRT.

PAKrlsANsHiP is generally bitter but
not always silly. When the bloody shirt
is waved it is generally rufied by breezes
fraught with tales OF terror. Romance
always produces something which agi-
tates the credulous, and gives some color
Of justification to the appeals made TO tie
patriotism OF the people OF the North.
But the Madison State Journal in a re-
cent effort to fire the patriotic heart,
makes itself SO supremely ridiculous as
to become q subject Of contempt rather
than of laughter. 1t is difficult to under
stand how any person can be so blinded
by party zeal as to be unable to perceive
the absurdity of investing with the at
/ tributes of hero and martyr, man de-
void of principle and guilty of capital
crimes.
I Col. Morgan, to whom the Journal de-
votes five columns, is, even in the favor
able light in which the Journal labors to
! portray him, carpet Dagger with ell the
odious traits which the name implies.
He admits that during the early days Of
his residence in Mississippi he was treat
! ed with marked courtesy. The greed Of
/ Office possessed him; he married wench
! in order to curry favor with the blacks,
/ and labored systematically to create dis
/ sessions between the races in 1azoo
| county, for the purpose OF obtaining OF
fee at the hands Of the negroes, for hav
ing championed their cause. Much
stress is laid upon Mocgan's inability to
obtain bond for the purposes OF re-
plevying his property which was attach,
! ed for debt. 1t seems strange that that
ordinary caution which should mark every
mans conduct in the management of his
own affairs, should be characterized as
! persecution when a carpet Dagger suffers
from its exercise. It is matter OF every
Il dav occurrence and reflects more on tht
integrity of the man who is unable to Sc
cure the needed bond than on the hu
mainly of the people whose dlstrus
counsels them to refuse the risk.
Morgan is proved by the story of hi
friends to be Il canting hypocrite. III
was advertised to deliver a speech on thu
political questions of the day. \ stat
election was at this time pending, anC
Morgan was only short time before re
leased on bail for the ntarder Of q pcrO1l
a. friend. II is only natural that undo
these circumstances excitement SHOULD
run high. Some of Morgan's adherent
advised him to instruct his friends t,
come to the meeting prepared for trouble
But Morgan with sanctmonlous al
directed them TO come armed with bibles
He himself however put more faith il
the efficacy of revolver and went on til
stand armed and made use Of his weapon
1t seems almost incredible that
newspaper should regale its readers Wit
such sickIy stuff, as is found in the col
umns Of the Journal in relation to MOI
gan. That degree of faulty which coul
take such matters as subject for an ed
itorial urging the people of the state t
make the persecution of Morgan Al
tissue" in the campaign OF next fall, fill
the measure of ones surprise. Morgan
is a scoundrel, a refugee from justice
not uarlnS W venture pcyUuu rue nmrr
of the District of Columbia, and still til
citizens of Wisconsin are invited to yot
the republican ticket SO that such me-
as he may have 'full swing" at til
south. Surely too much republicanisI
hath made the JOtD'tat mad.