Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-15
THE SOUTH.

Lincoln, Grant and Hayes have tried
to save this famous part OF the United
States from anarchy, rebellion and barbar-
ism. Educated under the code of honor
amid the peculiar institutions of slavery
the sons and daughters Of planters and
cotton merchants have learned to look
down upon the Yankees with sovereign
contempt. They could not live under the
rule of a rail-splitter; they fought hard
against tanner, and smiled at the credu-
lity of mild citizen whom they thought
could be 50 easily duped. Nuw-a-days
they talk about carpet baggers, and North
ern interference, and Niger voters, and
try to make short work with all these by
shot gun policy. With exalted notions
OF superiority they have called themselves
Rattle Snakes, KH Klux, BuIl-dozers, Red
Shirts, and other high sounding names.
Perhaps, by and by they will close the list
by giving themselves the euphonious title
of Blue Devils, name to which their deeds
have already given them full claim.
Now what can be done with people of
such exalted ideas? Lincoln said to the
old veteran, Gen. Scott, whom he sent to
overlook the battle at Bull Run, Don't
hurt the rebels much, deal gently with
them. They are our brothers." jeff, with
his peers, laughed at Abraham's Seventy
five Thousand Volunteers. That head of
the Confederacy could not foresee what Il
tanner could do. Lincoln, in the kind
ness Of his heart said to Grant "General,
use strategy-don't kill more than you can
help" To which the General, having
learned the character of the Rebs, replied,
81 know but one way-to attack and
pound away" In the Wilderness, when
one of his aides in panic rode up to head
quarters, to report the slaughter of regi-
ment of his best troops, the General said
Put in the next best" at which his aide
stood aghast. Grant coolly brushed of the
ashes from his indOmitable cigar, and said,
"This is a Kilkenny car fight, and the gov
ernment tail is the longest-put them in. u
But Grant was not reckless for when he
summoned Lee to surrender he said "he
| wished to prevent the further efusion of
blood" At that time the North could
have annihilated the South. The Confed-
eracy was fairly represented by Jefferson
Davis when dressed in a bonnet and wo-
mans skirts he personated a very old and
worn out grandma. BY this time any
observer, with good common sense, would
have supposed that the South had learned
to treat the | Mon government at least with
some degree of respect. Not at all. Some
| politician said, "The internal rebs ought
to be annihilated." But Grant, then in
the Presidential chair, said, "No! Let
us have peace. Still to protect citizens
he put troops in South Carolina and Lou
isnnn. Hampton and others made such
| fair promises that Hayes removed them.
And in his Southern policy he has been
kind aud patient beyond endurance. Now
the South unite in II council of Red Shirts
and let the blood of whites and blacks with
impunity. The question recurs after all
that has been said and done-What shall
we do next? Some say, let the South alone.
But that we cannot do. They arc in the
Union and fellow citizens. Then some say
execute the law even at the point of the
bayOnet. That does seem to he an equita-
BILE way, aud ought to be done. But in
the meantime let synods, nAlionGl cOnncils,
aud conferences look after this business.
For Sidmei Are you. ministers Of our holy
religion taking sweet council. and walking
TO the house Of God in company with Rat
tle-snakes, Ku-Klux, Bull Dozers, and Red
Shirts? let Congregationalists, Presbyte-
rians, Methodists and Baptists unite in Il
solid body and in the name of heaven and
earth protest against such fiendish mon
strosilies! Let the southern church feel
that il is dOubly damned, both by heaven
and earth il II does not liit up its voice
and cry aloud against these abominations.
MoT.