National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-25

the anathcmas of the Self-consttuted drill
master and lash-wieldcr of the Democratic
party at the national capital? Was it that
he had been guilty of Misrepresentation Of
fact, or had been disloyal to his country in
the hour Of its peril? No. Was 1t for the
reason that he had shown up in tile eyes Of
tho world The fact that the South was dom
iuecring over the country and the Demo
Gratis of the North with grasping hand
and purpose to snatch from the National
Treasury every cent IL can rcach without
any regard TO justice or propricty? Most
0ssurcdly it was. That was his olleuse
Mark his words, as reported in the Con-
grcoioBm Ecc9d.
We have been tainted with the S3i,OOO.O00
in the Treasury that belong to some one nm
known or to the Government as proceeds of
abandoned property and ought to be distrih-
utod in tho south.
| | would ask these gentlemen to take their
! eyes of from the S3t 100000 for a moment if
! they want to appreciate how we feel Lot
them turn the glass over and look at another
Vicw--a sea OF blood--thousands and tens of
thousands of the best men in the land, North
aud South, wcltering in their gore. Let them
! hear the cries of the wounded man from the
battlefield as the cold chill of death strikes
! him, and by the cessation Of the groans you
knew that ono more soul had gone to his final
account.
! Let thom 20 and hear the pitoous moans
| from the hospitals; let them 20 to the hill
sides aud mountain tops, and 10 tho valleys
where thousands aud hundreds Of thousands
are in mourning.
! Then let them look ut what is Of the least
| account In the reckoning, the thousands OF
] IA n AZ ypr
to put down this war; uud when they place all
! these on the debtor side of the account, |
would like to have them strike tho balance
show, IL they can, that the S3i 600 credit
which belongs to somebody, they do not know
| whom, overcome the entries on the debit side.
! am not willing to sit hCrcas the Represent
atiyo of my constituents and allow these meas.
urcs to be brought up in one form or another
from one member and another; from one COM
mittCc aud another, for tho purpose Of getting
money ont of the Treasury on the plea of 10y
atty.
These loyal men Of the South are so few that
the evil that viii be done by leaving them out
is nothing in comparison with tho great evil
that will be done five open the door aud allow
the slGOllUiu for claim. upon our calendar to
be passed and appropriation, made lur the
benefit Of men on the plea that they were
loyal people Of the south.
have here time aud again heard n threat
House which | have thought for u long time
needed au answer, aud Il c;tmo from Misss.
Sippi. have heard II said here upon the iluOr
Of the House that unless the Democracy Of the
North Is more liberal, that unless they would
open their hands aud give ont money more
layishly from the Treasury, the solid South
would soon 20 over to the other side.
say, as one Of the Representatives of the
: Democracy of the North, that If there are any
men in the South who propose to belong TO the
Democratic party simply for the reason that
the doors of the Treasury are TO he opened TO
them, the sooner they 80 ovei the botter for
them, the hcttcr for our marty; aud when the
people OF this country see and feel as they are
beginning TO do, that they can trust the inter.
ests of the country with the Democratic party
: Of the North aud South, then We can make
recruits in tho Northern States that will fill
up our ranks to the maximum.
We have no need of that class of gentlemen
that we can only hold to party allegiance by
golden ties, by giving them the promise Of
everything which they may ask out of the
Treasury.
: These are the words OF true patriot, who,
having perlled his life during the struggle
TO rescue the nations life from wicked,
unprovokcd and indelcnsible rebellion,
: made the mistake, when that struggle was
! ended and peace was restored, to ally him.
, self with the political party which had in-
spircd that assault upon the national life
2 That he should have the manhood and cOur.
age to utter such words of patriotism and
truth from the midst of the Democratic
camp is somewhat surprising, 1t shows
however, what supprcsSions of principle ant
love of country have been necessary to holt
himself i'll full communion with his party
allies since the war ended, and what hos
tility is ELECTED from those who claim to b.
the keepers OF his political conscience, when
:, he INDUCES these bold and patriotic utter
, anccs.
! We congratulate the country that Their
~ is one Democrat who has the patriotic cour
age to hold the mirror up 20 the South anC
= to the Copperhcads of the North that they
may study the true liienesseS of themselve.
=. and their present attitude before the COM
: mon country, for 1t has had u salutary cf
feet. II was like llAuutng rcd rag in the
face of an inlulfatcd bull. The Soutl
rushed to the front in madness ant
l. Northern Democrats sulllcd-whilc thci
II organ here piped its feeble notes of disap
~ plpNh WIN IloulpliCNS anu III NtUkntSS'
Il We thank General BRAGG for rcmindn
/ the South that its greed has oyerlcaped tn
y bounds Of lorbearance, and that, if il is onl
= bound to its political allegiance by colder
r tics the sooner that allegiance is broke
= the better We thank him for stripping tn
% sheepsSin FROM the wolhy proportions o
II his party, and for reminding it that il l.
h leashcd to the dcJris of the Lost Cause b.
n ties that are not formed of true patriotism
e and high sense of justice to the best in
It terests of our common country. Genera
s BRAGG has performed noble service, an
is is being rewarded therefor by the anathC
l. mas of those who claim the right to moul
= the policy and shape the destinies of til
Il Democratic party.
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