Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-02

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in favor of recognizing the rights of the
South.
Its members formed themselves into
leagues known as the Knights of the
Golden Circle, and contended, with grand
phenomenal fidelity, for
Free speech,
Free press
And the recognition of the young Re-
public of the South.
They left nothing unspOken, nothing
unwritten and nothing undOne to
Hamper,
| EmbarraSS.
Demoralize.
Annoy,
Confuse and
Defeat
The General Government in its BeeIze-
bub business of coercion.
They helped us as far rs lay in their
| power.
They hoped and prayed that we would
succeed in shooting the Red, White and
Blue into rags and tatters.
| Their sympathy was stimulus to the
! Confederate chivalry from the commence
ment to the close of the struggle between
! the States.
A speech from Vallandigham was like
a blast from the bugle horn of Rhoderic
| Dhu.
An editorial in the Cincinnati Enquirer
was worth a thousand men.
Their denunciatiOn of Lincoln and his
devils sent a thrill and thrOb of hope
through hearts that had begun to falter
in the fight.
We have not forgotten that they were
our friends in the times that tried our
souls, and that is why we are solid in
their support to-day.
We cannot, will not, forget their SER
vices in our behalf in 1S6l-5.
Ingratitude is not part of the South
| ern nature.
While we thus do meet and fitting hOm-
age to the Democratic party of North
! land we want the branding irons and tie
whip of scorpions brought forth to mark
and lash the Sinking scOundrels who
| have turned traitor to the party faith, and
still affect an affection for the party flag.
These renegades-these Shiny, sneak
| ing, shameless renegades-seem to forget
that men have memories, tnd that history
has habit of impaling facts on her inn
mortal page.
Turning to the files of Democratic pa-
| pers of the Northern and Western States,
we discover that these men were the
| lOudest and the lustiest in favor of bid
| ding the South goodbye and GOd-speed; :;
That they gnashed their teeth and
stamped the ground in wrath whenever
LinkhOrn issued one of his Infamous
calls for recruits, and swOre that they
would resist CONSUMPTION to the bitter
end;
That they cursed him to the conclusion
of time and eternity because he enamel
pated our bond-seTvants, and thereby, at
one prepOtent blow, DESTROYED the labor
system of the South, demOralized the So
cial, moral and business welfare of the
world for indefinite ages, and brought
an unhappy race to ruin, misery, want
and ultimate extinction.
And yet these fellows say that they
have been Union men, first, last and all
the time!
And to hear them talk you would think
they had conceived and drafted the devil
speWed amendments
o, the parvitude of their perfidy!
And how SMALL how mean, how pitt
full they must feel when their present pO-
sition is cOntrasted with the proud plane
on which they stood in the battle days OF
1S61-5!
If there was one atom of manhood in
their moral makeup they would stink
off to some dark corner and die of very
shame.
"Union men," forsOoth!
If they were Union men why didnf
+ they drop into line with the party thai
! fought for the Union, instead of allying
! themselves with the friends and uphold
ers of State sovereignty?
g Union men ~
Yet they denounced the Union soldier
as g Lincoln dogs"
81" Union men ~
Yet they voted for Alex. Long & Co.
who wanted to let the Union slide.
Union men!'
r Yer they tried 20 discourage the Unloi
5 soldier by declaring the war failure a
late as 1864.
If they meant the Union of
Washington,
JeHGFsoh ana
Buchanan-
The State sovereignty,
w mite mans
0 Union OF old, we WouHS9 conSldet Iheh
a WOrGhy OF the crown aho Paiih oi P"rt.
f fellowship.
/ 6uG no!
/ Ihey want us 10 dlsGlhctiy uhoeEsIail !
InaG Cney dOn, take any SUOCR OF DoilO
e IN Gne ola Union;
Y nhat they Pelleye IN TINS new Ohloh' ;
q Inns cenIFallZeu Chion;
s This white. black and sPeckled suhrag
v Union OF to-day;
rms Union OF
= Force,
n ana nate,
e ana DIood,
ana poIiuClon;
V rms Union OF Lincoln, 6fanG, Hayes
n Garfield, Sherman ct al.
n These traitors snuggle up to the amen6
V menus, ana mug: aSs ana 1ondle IheHl
If the hour.
It Yet there wouldn't be a negro voter
l. IAiiiOl AO'' IO-o''y IL IL ih''N' ''0O'i tO " w.
d say-sO.
:. Oh, how they did try to fight dow
s black suffrage!
n How they strained and struggle
e against IL, ClIL thelr veins SWeIeu 70 u
l. size Oh Whlp cords, ana their VocapuIai
Y was exhausted OF It's last eplCheC
= and swallowed since the new departur
Dirt!iI
If Why, thev have consumed pecks, mou
ot tains, planets Of dirt: and they are st
co -sE in the business at the old stand.