Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-08
OUR wAsHNGT0Y LETTER

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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Wade Hampton at Cincinnati plodged
Northern Democrats 1888 solid votes for
Hancock. This solid vote was under a
shght em5assment during the four years
they we're enforcing their demand for n
change Of government by the use Of musk
etry and canton. This vote was solid dur.
ing that struggle in all that represented
States rights and Southern opinions. Il
has been solid vote all these years in IFS
devotion 10 the "lost cause" II is so,iJ
now in It's determination to accomplish bv
the election Of Hancock the purposes that
we're temporarily postponed at Appomat.
tox. The utterances Of Hampton, Toorpbs
Hill, Blackburn and other Southern orators
the drilling under the rebel FLAG nv stn.
dents in military academies and in Fourth
OI July professions, are indications that
TINS vote Is bkely to remain solid for years
10 come.
There are other evidences that show that
These Southern leaders do not intend to let
the spirit OIL the rebellion die A distiD-
guished Southern clergyman saws the whis.
per Of the mother shall be the future boom
OF cannon in defence Of the "lost cause !"
Within sighto Of the dome Of the Capitol in
Virginia and Maryland the children stndv
the New School History Of the United
States OF America" by J. S. blackburn,
Alexandria, Va, aud W. y. Mcdonald. A.
NJ, Louisville, KY, published by W. j. Z.
DulAny Co., Baltimore. It is illustrated
by pictures Of Calhoun Lee, Johnston.
Davis, Jackson and others. calhoun "
1t says, was statesman and il was the
aim Oi his life to strengthen the South, so
that she might resist the enroachments Of
her rights by the North 1t teaches that
LiucCln was "a sectional candidate, who
joined TO his political opinions the preiu.
dices Of his party" Ellsworth it pronoIn-
es "a famous rough and circus-rider."
Or the secession Of the Southern States
i says; "The departure from the halls Of
congress was an occasion OF solemn leave
taking. Some hurled defiance at their DO
lItIcal enemies, others, oppressed with a
sense OF coming evil, appealed to the mag
nanlmlty OF their opponents" "The North
ern army was filed by the thousands OF
European mercenaries, while the South had
nothing but her gallant children to nut on
the field and she was compelled 10 stake
her precious jewels against the trash OF
Europe AT the wilderness Grant had
lsl,55l men; Lee only had $4,000. Not
Wtthstanding he attacked the Federals. in
flicting heavy loss" To impress the mind
oI scholars with the supreme pr0wess Of
southern troops questions are framed to
draw forth answers most favorable to the
SQuth0Tn side. Those questions relating
10 the baltle OF Gettysburg are examples
OF this method Of teaching history.
"QuesuOn: How did the first collision
terminate? Ans; BY the defeat Of the
tederals. Question: Why did not the
Coniederates occupy Cemetery Hill? Ans;
Because the Federals were reinforced.
Question: Why did Lee withdraw into
NirginiaI Ans: Because his ammuni-
tion failed The men in the South were
peculiarly fitted by blood, climate, insti-
tutIous and education to contend in de-
fence OF their rights with a world in arms"
This History bad passed through ten edi-
tsons in 1879. With this kind of eduea-
tion the young are receiving in the Solid
South, the bourbOns will be prepared to
furnish from these young "ideas who will
know how to shoot" solid votes or rebel
bullets as the case may require. 1t is high
time for the North 10 awake out Of sleep.
These are some of the Democratic reasons
why the North should surrender the con-
troll Of the Government to the bourbons
The union men Of the North conquered the
rebels, preserved the Union and gave the
country peace, which was bad for the De-
mocracy. They secured the adoption of
amendments to the Constitution giving
freedom, franchise and civil rights 10 the
slaves, measures that Southern Democrats
have trampled under their feet. Thevpen-
stoned Union soldiers, sailors, widows and
orphans which much disguised Southern
Democrats, They destroyed "Wild cat''
money and legalized the best currency in
the world based on government bonds in
stead OF the rotton securities Of repudiat-
ing Democratic States, millions saved by
making currency Of equal value every
where, reduction of the annual interest
$71, ,343, ,716,00 and the interest bearing
debt $G2S, 537, 174.00, maintaining the ma
tiOpal credit, opposition to fiat money, re-
sponslbility for resumption, fostering Amer
lean industries, collecting government
money without stealing it, protecting Amer
lean laborers, making greenbacks worth
100 cents on the dollar refusing to pension
JEFF Davis, these are some of the henious
offences of the Republican party which are
a stencil in the nostrils Of the bulldozmg
patriots who promise 1873 solid votes for
lduCOCh.
His letter on the payment OF Southern
Claims is poor bid for Northern votes,
With great gush he declares that the propo-
sition to pay such claims is an "insult to
the honor and intelligence of our people"
This soldier candidate is either grossly ig-
norant Of facts or is trying to throw dust
in the eyes Of the voters of the loyal North.
Seventy Of his confederate friends, men,
bers Of the Senate and House have already
insulted the "honor and intelligence Of the
people of the North" by Offering bills now
on the calendar calling for payment Of
more than thousand million dollars of
such claims. Hancock as the tail end of
the Southern confederacy will be helpless
as a child. The rebels mean business in
this matter, and it is their last chance.
Will the voters OF the North awake to the
peril that threatens to bankrupt the coun-
try, 10y payment of Southern war claims
and compensation for slaves? PHAKs.
Washington II q Oct 1890