West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-18

lions, not only the,e but every where.
IL is said she is solid. We hear u clam
ored in our cars from all quarters, that
she votes solid)y against the Republican
party Let us admit she does New
England votes about as solidly against
the Democratic party, and yet have
never heard that therefore we ought to
nullify the constitution and all the rights
Of the States in the matter OF election TO
get ria OF that evil. Il is true that the
policy OF this country which has so bit
terly cursed the producer in respect 70
revenue, and the finances generally has
been the work Of New Englaud greed
sectionaliem, aud legsliz d robbery, but
nobody has, on that account, strong as
the provocation has been, deman led
that Der people should be deprived of p
free ballot. People have right 70 vote
as they please, as long as our form Of
government remains, aud whoever
would deprive them of that right is a
scouudrel who deserves death. But arc
you astonishei that the South is solid
politically agains: the Republican party ?
Would il not be marvel if she were
otherwise Did you ever hear of any
branch OF the Anglo lxon, Celtic.
Teutonic or Sclavonic races, that fawned
upon master aud whiningly licked the
hand that smote them in their helpless
ness.
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But do you ask the people of the
Southern States TO fraternize, and vote
with party which plundered them of
their remaining valuables after they had
fallen on the fold Of battle; a party which
after the war was over, unleashed the
1'ckals who Turk in the rear of armies, the
human hyenas who prey upon the dead; a
| party which turned loose and guided to-
ward the desoatcd South all those hu
man vutures, kites, carrion crows and
scHyenger birds, who in the shape Of
Northern epoliato:s and Adventures, have
illed the world with the disgrace Of a
reconstructed Soutb2 Do you ask the
people OF the South to divide their votes,
and give part Of them 10 such a party ~
that? If you do, you insult our common
nature. No honorable man would max,
such a request, aud every Just mar
would depise people who would grant IL
Out OF their broken estates, their ruined
plantations, their poverty and dstre, g
hundreds of milions of dollars were ex
torted by the shameless,
BRAzGN EMsuesAgIE5 OF THE REPUBLICAr
PARTY,
and carried away 10 secure regions fo,
quiet enjoyment. On this point hstor,
will make no mistake, and record no un
certain verdict. The blacklist pages in
! tue history Of the human race contain nc
| account of such ro5beries under the forms
OF government. Warren Hastnga, in hi.
! plunder Of the East Iudies, becomes 8
moderate and respeciible character II
! comparison with many of those rapaciou,
"retches who fastened their fangs upon
the property OF the South after nc wal
Was over. Seventy years before the birth
Ot CHRIST, Sicily was ravaged and ue,noil.
ca by consul of Rome. Though more
lhan biaetoUn CcatuI. vf nave come and
gone since then, jet TIE name of Ygrre,
retains ali It's freshness of immortal ,nf,.
my lie was prosecuted by the autbori.
" ol the Roman Senate, and He'd for al,
asylum 10 strange and foreign lands. He
led miserably in exile, and his dishonoreu
'"st was not permitted TO mingle with
The SOIL of the Roman Republic. w,
md, however, in Middleton's life of Cice.
70 that all the populations, extortions.
orioee, and larcenies charged upon Verras
DUNG his entire administration of the
AFFAIRS OF Sicily did not exceed $50 600 600
equal TO only one-third Of The amount for
which Governor Scott fraudulenilv issued
the bonds of South Carolina in n single
transaction. Aud yet you are expcct.d n
be checked and Mortified because the peo.
pie OF the South do not vote the Rapubli.
can ticket Men 90 about in your mids,
lanentiDg with pious horror a solid south
who have Endorsed every criminal trans
action which has made her solid. You
hear the voices of canting hypocrites on
every hand pretending TO bewail united
south, and invoking a united North and
the Army and Navy against her. Can
any one be so blind as not to see the oh
Ject of all this2 The leaders of the Re.
publican party desire to unite the North
IN solid hate against the South. They
also desire pre,ext for the use Of mill.
tary force by which to subvert our system
OF States, and to erect upon their ruins
what they style Nation, centralized
consolidated Government, monarcbial in
spirit, and destined soon to be so in form
and name.
STATE RIGHTs
II is in this connection also that tho
doctrine Of State rights is constantly de
nounced in yout hearing. Sherman ana
Foster pretend 70 believe that the soutb-
ern people still claim the right of seoos
sion. They know better, but the STAT.