The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-11-13

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Fail to do that. and We viii DESTROY YOUR w Gov
to ol6 Rem wade and 10 stra;o3toned I;]oseit
nm and s.;d Eon't Ss U.s. III = ~ @
Careful prenarations were rada r. carry mt
fl,is treaaon Arms wara sant ~ to South
>Ammunition and acconfermants folIo,reJ. +h:
navy was scsttered. the croa;t NJ he Govo,n ~.
ment, whose 6-per-cent Bonds in 1887 sold 70,
122. was 40 utterly nrostrated and dehose1 % thai G
in February 1SS5Nfomr vears ' o9 aftnr~ar5a" 5.A'
bonds PAYABLE principal and Interest in eold.
bearing 6 per cent, were sold for IS cents on
the dollar. and no buyors for the whole
amount Careful preparations we're made
for the overthrow Of your Government. and
when Abraham Lincoln took TIE oat, If office
nothing to protect the rational life. Yet with
all these diacoura raeements stnrine ns in tho faco
the Renubl;csn marty nn1ertoot +o save o uo,,r
Government Ne rsisnd Vow nrad;t. va nra
ated payies. raised armies. fonpSt hott,es car-
RED On the var to- a snccassf,,i is' ;ss,,e emd
finally, when tie rebellion surren;ereJ 1T An,
pomattox thew surrendered to a Governmant
They admitted that ther had submitted % their
heresy to the arbitrement of arms and had leen
defeated. and thev surrendered To tho Gove,n-
ment Of the United States Of America. Thev
made no claims against this Goyernment fnr
they had none. IN the very ordiuarce Of seces-
sion which they signed they had pledged them
J0tE0nHH. Their hDnnr0
to tho overthrow Of tits Goyernnaent and whan
they failed to do it they lost all that they had
pledged, Tney asked "a hoon that the;. mis-
erable lives might be spared to them.
They had forfeited all their n,,onortv-ro
giyeit back to them. Wa fo1nd tSs,n ,.,-aS
and we clothed them. They we're without ha tha
rights Of oitjzenabip. and We restorna n tbon,
those rielts Wo tonl. t3,em to ,,,,r h,so ,aou. ~
brethreo be,;erino that tav ba w" ra',o,tas ~
the;r e;ns W. L;fIoJ ~. ill.,. t ~ 1pIn'su "
and ;nvitad .hen to Tho foest @ a., aa'.eu cati
info, ma That hev I,sG a1vears u staxtay w.
animal and we're MT ro2 ths eMnSa ;oat
Rv the Ia va ~ ..or o,,J 10, a. ~. .ne vi.s.lon'
tfav were honnd t. N.Y. a,,a,.r do;;.. - 4uons' ~
pense incnrrcd in nr;t;n1 d9wn tha+ ,otaI,;os.
But wa forgave them Ihst daht an1 - .un da1 nn,,
are being faye6 heavily r. NV flo ;n+oncss ".
the debt that thew o,ieht t. hava Maid sroh oh
maenanimity as was exhihitsii Nv tia na+;o', -
these rebels hcs never heen witnessed ~, tho ~
Judgment. it will never be- Witnessed aoain
Mistakes ve undo,bte,1lv n,a.'a.-arror. ,.o
committed ia NV iudement tho as.ost "t
mistake wa made ard the oraatost osros %"
committed was in not hanrine encnnb cf ;,oa, "o
rebels to make treason forcye: odione 1,o-1sv
in Congress the men have changed. but rot tha
measures. Twenty years ago thay said aDo
this or fail to do that, aud We will shoot your
Government to DEATH" Now find thaaa
paroled rebels, who have never been re,cssaj
from their parole of honor to obov the sYa ,s;~s
saving. aDo this. obey onr viii ~ ,ro 80 ,';1i -;
starye your Government to death r Tan" -
die. would rather be shot to death WITH mi,s' ~
ketry than starved to death, These re,,a,."
they are lust AZ rebslI;ons now "a tlsT varo
ference I know them hetfer thar cn, ~ atha, J.av
living mortal man. / have snmmared ana yin
tered With Them Thesa rahaIs +oNdsr l'.,.o
thirty-six members on the floor of the Touse ~
Represeut ltiyes without one single const t,,ant
aud 10 violation of law those thirty 1nemhors
represent COG. 900 people lately slaves Who era
as absolate,Y d:sfranctised as if they lived in
another sphere through shot.enna ana Wins
and tissne ballots for tha law wexnros.l, aas,s
wherever . race or class IL i;sfranch;sed tbeov
shall not he represented rno, tho fino~ ~ ~
Home Ana these thirtrus;x ,nan,bors ~ +,s,,s ne
their majority mon tho fcor Tb;s MnGao ;s not ot
onlv s. v,olotion nf low bnt II ia ~, o,,t.1. os
1non al; the ioval men Of the fInitad se ~, rs
Il ought not to be. It must not be- And it
shall not be. Twelve members Of the Senate
more than their whole ajority-occupy their
seats upon the floor by fraud and violence; and
am saying no more to you than said to those
rebel Generals With majorites thus obtained
by fraud and violence III both houses, they
dared to dictate terms to the loyal mon of these
United States. With nlajorities thus obtained,
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United states, and say they want honest cleo
% .ons 1noy enlottaily stf%lo OF oayonets at the
M pous' We oncIeu mem law IorI ldd1hS any
isn n,sn !" come wALiu v~o nlales Oh polling
pa.o Mi'a aiuie =. aS ueeel ltuol atu ,hey
,nin n1,e' rro ~ uo" ~, Wy Tsn.eo tnelt
~ an'a;. Lucy WI %Glg ~ ~ a1u % hnal4x o9t
less thsn one soldier M to contS here Ihele Is
a'ouo .wo-'ntas % o' as scaiel !a 10 county, ana,
70 Wo,,1Sn,. soons .mo,ta'us ol u muskct:
" mou4uu III: steas coulty ol LUX tromo1e II
II cav two-1i.rds OF soiG,cr WITH two thirds of
musket apProachne: nuysney1xhe IN South
st;,,s aiaaau VI nlspeGUaa. lns law ere
80 ~ .suu a ttao .as, lney
the U PuEef VII eSGep' 70 cery .nat
can't arrest Tho Marshas rnde, bpev.9as 4hp n.9az
al conrt o rrost ar;r';n. o.su.l tne oIuer
ss;d. e W w;ii ho 20 M Mar.bs,a W. .s;
told them We conId not ,ara conrts nyH n4ho'', W.
WarahaIs thav said I've Jon,t "r.to1s
a. a,.n ~, ,.N.s.'-N:.,' ~. ''-s.s
sleir moonshiners"-the men who d1ssli
whisky in the mountains OF North and South
carolina and Georgia ;and they don't want any
courts, because the courts interfere with their
huklux at the polls. It is false assumption
on .he'r part. What they want is not free
have gota solid South by fraud and violence.
tive them permission to perpetrate the same
kind Of fraud and violence in New York city
and Cincinnati md Nav YorI and Ohio With
the solid South. win give the Presidency. and
taat once obtained bv fraud and Violence thSy
would hold il for a generation. To-day s,CO0,-
OOO of people in the Southern States control the
iegieiation Of the country through caucus dc
tation as they controlled their slaves when
slavery existed.
When the Republican party took the reins Of
Government We were the der1sion Of the world.
Not a nation but hoped and pTayed that Inc
Government might be ovcrthTown Not ~
fought the battle through. We raised the M
tional dignity and the national honor, power
and strength until o-day. aftor eighteen Years
Of Republican rule. there ia no nafion On earth tb
strong enough not 70 do Won ~ re- reverence, ] " Your n
credit stands higher than that of anv other mn
ton on tho face of the earth. We saved the
national life and the ma national honor. Notwitho
Standing ali this. there are peonio who sav that
the mission Of the Republican party is en- led,