The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-10-09
How Confederate Brigadiers Are
Elected to Congress.
Practical Effects OF the Shotgun Pol
icy Of the Southern Democrats.
Citizenship Outraged and the Nation De-
fed by the BOurbOns Of Rebellion.
An Extract from the Speech Of Gen.
George A. Sheridan, at Fos-
toria, Ohio.
From the Cincinnati Commercially


in that section, etc., as delivered at the big
mass meeting at Fostoria, the home of Charles
Foster. The effect produced by this portion of
Sheridan's speech was wonderful. The result
was most profound sensation, the oratory
OF the speaker being most electric and thrilling
in the repeated climaxes:
POLITICS IN THE SOUTH
Whenever Republican attempts to discuss
the question OF politics in the South, he is at
once charged by the Democratic press of the
country with avoiding the legitimate issues of
the campaign, and seeking to rouse the passions
of the North by waving the sbloody shirt" So
far as am concerned, have no wish to rouse
passion in the minds of Northern men. God
knows pray for peace and harmony between
the lately warning sections of my country. To
me the "bloody shirt is as distasteful as to the
veriest Bourbon in the land. I want to see
it buried, and shall hail with delight the dawn
OF the day when it is no longer an issue in the
politics OF the country. l beg to call your at
tenton, my Democratic friends, to the fact that
it is not the Republican party that is responsible
in this campaign for the "bloody shirt" But
for the Democratic oppression of men for
mere poll lcal opinion in the South within the
last year, you would have heard nothing of
this garment of terror. Finance, tariff, purely
economic questions, would have formed the
basis OF discussion but for the red-handed
murder that has stalked abroad in the sun of
monday in sections of the South, strik-
ing down, without cause or justification, citi-
zens of the republic. I am not here to-day
my fellow citizens. to arraign the whole South
for political persecution Thank God, there
are sections in that country where political
freedom exists I am here, though, to say that
in fifteen parishes of Louisiana the whole of
Mississippi, one-third of Georgia, all of South
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thing as the political liberty you
enjoy here in Ohio is utterly unknown.
Here, If a man chooses, he can be Democrat,
Republican, Greenbacker, National or ar,
independent. He can discuss his political
views in every city, town, village and hamlet
IN the State; he can vote the ticket of his
choice, and have his ballot counted just as he
cast it. In word, the citizen of Ohio is really
free man in all respects, exercising and en-
joying to the fullest extent the rights an. priv
ileges of citizenship, both State and natio..--a.
The Democrat will stand by his political az
ponent, and, if need be, with his strong d. "a
defend that opponents right to vote. The
Republican is equally at the service of his
Democratic friend, if his right to vote is de-
MED him. This condition of affairs does not
prevail in the sections of the country to which
have alluded. Men cannot exercise the right
OF free speech and free ballot except at peril
OF life, limb and property Organized opposi-
ton to the Democratic party is not tolerated.
Peaceful means failing to prevent the creation
of opposition to the regular Democratic party,
violence and murder are unhesitatingly sum
moned to accomplish what reason and argu-
ment have failed to secure. We have recently
had an illustration Of Democratic methods in
Mississippi 1t appears that in Yazoo county
one Henry M. Dixon, formerly Democrat.
concluded TO run as an independent can
didate for Sheriff. The regular Democratic
organization resolved that there should be no
independent candidate in Yazoo, and this is the
way, according to the Yazoo Herald. that Mr.,
Dixon was induced to Withdraw from the can
vass:
1.-The best men Of the county-the merch-
ants the planters, the farmers, and those en-
gagged in other occupations gathered together
IN town to-day to the number of several hun
dred, and considering, as they did, that the
longer continuance of the Independent party in
Yazoo was detrimental in the highest degree to
the interests of the county, seeing race issue
had risen, in consequence of it. a committee
was appointed to waitupon Capt FL. M. Dixon,
the head of the Independent movement in this
county, and request him to retire from the
canvass. This he at first refused to do, giving
reasons for the ground of his refusal which
were not deemed satisfactory to the great as
sembly of earnest, determined men. He final
ly, however, consented to quit the canvass, and
80 the Public: For the sake of the peace
and harmony of the county, and the affection
bear for my family and friends, I agree to
withdraw from the political canvass or race
issue in the future, provided [ will be protect
ed in my rights as any other citizen, and that
my friend, R. A. Flanagan, is to be unmolested
in his rights etc.
$50 the political canvass in this county NAV be
considered at an end. The Democratic flag
now waves over this glorious old county un-
contaminated and unchallenged. and long may
it wave"
Here an American citizen is robbed of two of
his dearest and most stcred rights-the right of
individual opinion, and of independent action.
Let the Democratic Flag" now wave over the
and unchallenged," and the "best citizens" of
the county, the merchants" the "planters,"
shout themselves hoarse in approval of the
monstrous outrage. Since Mr.. Dixon was COM
PEELED to withdraw from the canvass another
chapter has been written in this shameful his
tory. Dixon was a man of nerve and courage.
He placed his wife and little ones in place of
safety. and then returned to Yazoo, announced
that he had reconsidered his recent decision,
and would run for Sheriff as an independent"
Afew days after this declaration Mr.. Barksdale,
his political opponent for Sheriff, hailed him IN
the street, and, as he turned, emptied the con-
tents of a double barreled shotgun into his
DOIy, Killing nun then and there. ana now the
glorious old flag of the Democracy, with an
added ulster and serener glory, waves sun
contaminated and unchallenged over the glori-
Gus old county Of Yazoo."
Tell me, my Democratic friends OF Seneca
county, you who, from the time you became
voter, have voted just as you pleased, some
times for your party nominees and sometimes
for the Republican candidat., how do the pro-
ceedings in Yazoo suit you? Hundreds Of Dem
ocrats in this county for years past have voted
for Charley Foster for Congress, and hundreds
will vote for him for Governor this autumn in
preference to the Democratic nominee. Has
ever Democrat in voting for Foster had any
fear that he placed himself in personal peril
by so doing? Do any of you who expect to
vote for him next October have the remotest
idea that any man will dare lay his hand
upon you in violence for exercising your
right Of choice as to who shall be Governor of
Ohio? Does The Democratic farmer who votes
for Foster fear that his house or barn will be
burned, his trees girdled or his stock manned,
because he votes against the Democratic NOM
inee? Do any Of you, my Democratic friends,
expect to be waited on by committee of your
acknowledgements and told if you vote for Char
ley Foster you must leave this county
and make for yourself home elsewhere, that
they are determined there shall be no opposi-
ton to the Democracy in this county, and that
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