The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-08-11
The Nex Rebellion.

made scores of speeches within the
past few years. and his eloquent
words Enccr in the memory OF all
who have heard him. Those who
have not had the pleasure OF hearing
him. can read his speeches, winch
will be literally distributed as the
campaign progresses. One OF the
ablest and most telling Of his politi-
cal addresses was deliveredin Cleave-
land. in October last, and is being
reproduced by the Republican press.
Init lac describes the 'newrebelllon,
by which the rebels wrested the
state governments in the south nom
the hands Of the loyal citizens, and
secured a majority in both branches
of Congress.
The startling fact that such dis
tinguished representative of the re-
bellion as General Wade Hampton
should be able TO pledge the electo-
raj vote Of solid south to the
Democratic candidate four months
in advance OF the election, coupled
with the declarations Of Bourbon
editors and speakers that the south
shall be kept solid at all hazards,
should arouse the loyal and liberty
loving voters ofthcnorth, ifanything
Is calculated TO warn them of the
danger Of handing the government
over to those who have sought TO
DESTROY it. The recent elections in
Alabama only serve to show that
the declarations of the Democratic
party plcdging - free and fair bal
lotin every part ofthe United States,
are a hollow mockery, and that the
only thingleft for the honest veterans
to do, IS to pat down this new re-
bclliou by conirontinga solid south
with solid north. - We ask every
reader to ponder well General Car
fields description of the new rebel
lion. 1t is as follows;
"Lot me make this statement to
YOU: In 1872. only seven years ago,
in the eleven states that went into
the rebellion there was cast, at free
and fairclection, $4,000 Republican
votes and 650.0G0 Democratic votes.
There Is liberty for YOU! There are
million and a quarter Of Tree voting
citizens casting their ballots for the
men of their choice This country
has been growing in the last seven
years. but let me tell YOU what ca
lamity has happened to Us. In
those same eleven late rebel states
there have disappeared, apparently
from the face OF the earth 100000
American voters. Fellow citizens.
that /, an awful sentence which /
have Just spoken in your hearing
{ repeat it: In eleven states Of thi,
Union there have disappeared, ap-
parently, from the face of the earth
10000 American voters. Where have
they gone? They are all Ropubii-
cans. Have they goneto the Demo
cratic partv2 No: for the Demo
cratic party has also lost some OF it-
voters in those states. What ha.
happened? ! viii tell YOU. The
spirit Of southern tyrmny-thc
old spirit OF dcspotism born Of slavery
has arisen and killed freedom il
the south. It has slain liberty in at
least seven OF the eleven states %.
the south.
1T happened in this wise II
1872, in five states of the south, W,
we had q marked, ovcrwhelmin.
and fair majority OF Republican
votes. For example, in the state o
Mississippi at the Congressional
election of 1872, there was thrown
S0S03 Republican votes, and thcr,
were thrown 10000 Democrat,
votes. That was 81 fair test of th,
strength Of the two parties. Five
Republicans and one Democrat Wcr,
elected to Congress from the state @
Mississippi SIX years passed, and
in 1873 there We're Just 2,056 Bcpub
Ecan votes thrown in the state @
Mississippi. How many Democrat
ic votes? $1,000. They had failel
off 300: the Republicans had fallel
off 5000 votes. Where had the IS
coo votes gone? I VIII tell YOU. Tn,
rebel army without uniforms, organ
ized itself as Democratic clubs IL
Mississippi, and. armed with shot
guns and rifles, surrounded tht
houses OF Republican voters, viii
the muzzlcs Of their guns at then
heads, in the night, and said: 'Yol
come and vote if you dare. We vii
Kill YOU when YOU come. And nj
over the state Of Mississippi tho
Dcmocraticp party, being thcold rebe
army, dcployed itself among tn,
cabins of the blacks, and killeC
liberty everywhere throughout thai
state. Why. in district in Missis.
sippi where, in 1872, 1900 Republi
can votes were pollcd, and 5000
Democratic. there We're but 4.00i
polled for "a rebel general, and twclv,
votes pollcd for other People-no
one Republican vote put in Il box il
all the district. So it was in Alaba
ma. 50 twas in Louisiana, in part
So it was in the two Carolinas. Th,
result was this: Four hundred thou
sand voters substantially annihilat
ed. And the furthur result was this
Thirty Democratic rebels elected il
Republican districts where libert,
had first been slain; and to-day
there are thirty members ofCongress
not one OF whom has amy more righ
to sit there and make laws for vol
and me than an inhabitant of tha
jail has a right to 90 there and max,
laws iorus. LApplause.J They art
not created Congressman by virtu,
of law, but by virtue Of murder. rs
sassination. riot intimidation anC
On the dead body ofAmerican liber-
ty they stand and make laws for you
and me [Applause.l That give:
them the House. That gives the ole
slave power and the old rebel powel
/ its grip again ON this country, and i
gives them the solid south. | an
talking plain. | am talking word.
that ! expect viii be read by every
gentleman in Congress who / am to
night denouncing. expect TO nee
those gentlemen and make gooC
every word ! say [Great applause. I
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