Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-17
Washington Correspondence.

WASHINGTON, April 10, 1879.
Mr.. EDITOR
That the loyal people of the North
may know the feeling of the south re-
garding the Government, ] quote sew
eraly articles from Southern papers:
From the Okalona Miss States :
The guilt breeding amendments must
go.
The principle of secession must be
indicated.
The life must be strangled out OF
Lincolnism.
The Federal brigadiers, whom the
Government educated in the doctrine
of State Rights, nust be denied a voice
in the restoration of the Republic, for
they sinned with their eyes wide open
to the enOrmity of coercing sovereign
Commonwealths, and knew that it was
point-blank treason.
The doctrines Of Jefferson, Calhoun
and Jefferson Davis must triumph.
You may cry peace peace!' but
there will be no peace" until these
things have come to pass.
Our Yankee enemies are sharp-wit-
ted enough to see that the States speak.
what the Southern people feel and be-
lieve, and they are alarmed at the stu
alton; but they may just as well recon
clle themselves to the inevitable, for
this Republic has passed into the pos
session of the old Democracy, who
propose to hold the fort.
From the Jackson miss. } Clarion;
eff bygones are to be bygones, let
them be so in fact as well as preten.
sion, but the system Of pensioning the
soldier who fought on the winning
side of the war, at the expense of the
side that lost, because of the over.
whelming odds against them) is not
only disagreeable reminder of by
cones, but a most unfair and iniuui
tous proceeding. While large numbers
of the soldiers on the side of the North
honestly believed they were fighting
to save their Government, and were
impelled by patriotic motives, Others
were mere soldiers of fortune from
abroad, who enlisted for pay, regard
less of the cause involved. On the
side of the South the struggle was fol-
home, altar, and the right of selfgov-
eminent"
From the Okalona { Miss States
Thurman has never Endorsed the
amendments. This is the biggest and
brightest jewel in his senatorial crown
Let the Federal brigadiers take back
seats in the work of restoration. The
Republic has no further use for the
Lincoln hirelings. By the way, Yam
KEGS, don't it make you feel queer tc
think that we've defeated you fellows
after all and have captured the CAPT
tol ?"
These utterances of the press cor
respond with the actions of the South
as illustrated in repeated instances
Yesterday the Norfolk city guards ar
rived here on visit and the attention
OF loyal men was attracted to the fac
that the only flag carried, as they pa
raded our streets was inscribed $50
Semper Tyranis," which motto is
very dear to the Southern people since
Booth used it at the time he assassina.
ted President Lincoln. 1t is customa
ry for all military organizations visit
ing the Capital to carry the United
States flag, and when parading tc
march directly in front of the White
House and salute the President of the
United States as Commander-in-ch chief
of the military throughout the Union
but this Norfolk company, notwith.
standing that they carried arms fur.
nished by the United States, passed by
the Presidential mansion on Pennsyl
vauia avenue and refused to pay the
President the customary salute. What
are the reasons for these insults to the
President and the flag? Can there be
any other reason than the full assurance
that they are meeting with the hearty
appreciation of their Southern breth-
eren?
Mr.. Blackburn of Kentucky saws,
upon the floor of the House of Rep
resentatives, 1--WE do not intend to stop
until we have stricken the last vestige
of your war measures from the statute
book. " All in the same spirit, show
ing the war of the rebellion has learned
the South nothing, and that it is as
fully determined to again rule this
country under the detestable doctrine
of State Rights as previous to the con-
federates resorting to arms. The ne
grees are leaving the Southern States