Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-09-09
The Political Horlz IN
HANG cK's TYRANNY.
WASHINGTON, Aug 81

connne his tyrannical aelS 10 Wtscon~lp
regiments TINS thcer says 1t WAS IN
the spring OF 1865 shortly after General
H,ncock took command OF the Veteran
Reserve corps, then encamped III the VI.
entity OF Winchester, Va. that my regl.
meat received Instructions 10 pack up
every article OF clothing IN excess o! y
double change OF uuderci0thlng, and IS
peciatly boots, end send them lO thv
Quarlermasier's Department al Washing.
ton. All VINO s.rveu with Sheridan IA
the Valley know that army shoes won't
stand Virginia clay, sud 10 provide against
the uuplea tnE experience Of merCu-
ing in mud-tllCd SHOES, our men buuptt
suffers boots al enormous prtces htiule
his order was received. Their feelings
after the reception OF the order can be
more easily imagined than described
After Lee evacuated Petersburg, it was
/ though, he would push tOward Staunlon,
and while We were preparing 10 head him
! we were ordered OLA on drill and iuspoo
/ ton. AT the close OF the exercises, We
| marcel cd past corps headquarters IT. re
/ view ana each brigade, Is II came ebieast
! of Hancock, who stood ON the piazza sur
/ roundsa by his staff, gave three cheers
/ for the commander. WhLA Gen Btal
/ VINO commanded our brigade, TOOK of
/ mis- hat ana gave the slgual ID cheer, he
/ was thunderstTuCk to hear every man ia
/ the brigade yell 'boOtSn rs loud az his
/ lungs would let him a young staff III.
/ Ger who stood behind the General asked
| him what 1t meant On them, | know
( what il means, III lX them, d--n them Z
/ replied Hancock, who was perfectly liyij
with rage. Ga the following day we le
ceive0 instructions TO carry only one
change or underclothlug, one blanket,
-half.sheller tent, and the outercloh.
ing we stood up 10
"Whst became u the boots and cloth
ing YOU packed up?" asked byslander
you'll have to ask Hancock for an
answer. We never Ia eyes ON tue prop
erty again" replied the ex Captain,
RESULTS OF SOUTHERN HoME RULE
WAsuINGToN, Aug. 81.
A document has just been issued by
/ the Repu bican Congressional Committee
that shows u few OF the results OF Home
Rule in the South that Wade Ham pt
thanked God at Ctncinnau WAS SOLID
State debts are taken up first, and 1t Is
| shown that by dishonest Swlndling OF
/ creditors, wholesale reputation OF sacred
obligations incurred by the free will al
the people, the wor Il has been deiraud,d
by these Southern States since the close
of the war, out OF some Sl2G 500,0
| Not Only were State moneys squaldereu
IN railroad schemes, but trust funds held
tor school and other inviolable purposes
have thus been wasted II is shown how
railroads have been built at the expense
OF c)nfding subscribers to b nds, an
then when finished the bonds nave been
ain no
oCrats to the State as a gift pure and sim
pleas profit of this undisguised THEFT
and gigantic confidence game manipu.
lated by Democratic Governors, courts,
and officials generally, In the face OF
this wholesale plundering tue Demo
cratic party now asks the people TO sur.
| render TO lis management the finances oi
the Nation, in order that II may extend
/ Its brigandish operations without the
limits of the Southern States, where It's
operations have OF necessity been confined
heretofore.
The registration and election laws
enacted by Democratic Legislatures in
the South since they stole the manage.
ment OF State governments are then con
sidered 1t is shown that In South Caro-
lima ard Georgia, In Republican sections
of the States, the Democrats, SIS soon as
hey came into power, reduced the num-
Der of polling places from SIX to ten in
county TO one or two, 80 that voters were
obliged 10 go 30 miles TO vote, and then,
Of course, could no, get near 10 exercise
the right of ballot owing To the made.
quscY OF a single day for the purpose. La
Mississippi 1t is shown that the system IN
vogue Is TO compel negroes to undergo
examination uud r oath as 10 residence
not only rs to present tow and county,
but also as to section, range, quarter sec.
tlon, and other intrlCaCles as TO the survey
IN describing their residence, which, IN
most cases, it was impossible TO answer
Failure on any poin, disqualified voters
The whites are not subjected To any such
examination.
The penal laws are taken up, oil enact
ed under Dem )CratiC rule, and the disclO.
sure is almost too sickening for belief. 1t
is shown that cOlored men are sent to the
penitentiary for any term not exceeding
five years, for stealing pigs, sheep, etc, IN
value amounting to 81 80 There they
are hired out 10 labor to contractors gt IS
cents per day, and made 10 work with ball
and chain attached to the leg. For every
day the convict Is sick he is is 10 work
two days after he gets well After he has
worked out his sentence he has 10 labor
still further 81 81 cents per day until the
cost OF prosecution is settled An instance
is given in Mississippi where colored
boy worked eighteen months with ball
and chain for stealing pig worth $3.50,
aud 300 days additional 10 pay
the cost Of the prosecution. Nights and
Sundays the cUnglCts are confined IN
stoCkades. This is not the wors. In
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