The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-09-10
SOUTHERN VIEWS.
Extracts from southerai Journals and
the Speeches Of Southern Leaders OH
the Present Political SituatiOn--Stili
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SOUTHERN VIEWS.
Extracts from seutheisi Journals and
the speeches Of Southern cader oil
the Prcsent Political situatiOn--Still
Loyal 20 the ~ o Cause.o
WHAT TIN SOUTH EXPECTS OF HANCOCK.
Robert Toombs to u Friend In waslington.l
~ nm as positive that Hancock will
be elected as ] nm that there Is q God In
the heavens, YOU shy thht he ;s n Yam
kee. Well, I know that; and 1 know,
too, that his sword has pierced the
breast of many a gallant man in gray.
But what aru we to dop We cannot put
in one OF oiir own men this time; and
have to take q 8 Ynnk' That being the
case, let tis take one who Is less blue
bellied' than the most Of them. You
inlay depend upon it, sir, that, tfaiik
or no Yank;' il elected, the old boys of
the south will see that Hancock does the
fair thing by them. In other words, he
will run the machine to suit them or
they will run the thing themselves, They
are not going to BIO played with any
longer. IL you hear any man say that
Hancock cannot carry all of the south
you itiay put him down as d fool"
SPECIMENS oF THE LOYALTY.
tFrom Wade Hamptoa's speech a. rcpufted Id the
stanton Vindieatof tDemJi
We OF the South feel that she is il
leader. She has taught us that the path
Of duty Is tile path of glory Applause,
by the glories of the past, by the hopes
OF the future, to lead us again Us you
have led us in the past, not always to
victory but ~alwaysto honor. [Applause.
Many of the dearest ties bind me to
Virginia, one that which binds comrades
In arms. [Cheers. You know, fellow
soldiers, how strong that is! [Applause.
You feel that every soldier who stood by
You is your friend; and you, Virginians,
should know that every soldier, no mat
ter where from, who stood by you, is
jealous Of the fame and honor of Virgin
ia, and feels Il personal interest in the
memoriesof Lee and Jackson.
Pause before you Gust your vote.
Think how Lee would have voted.
Think what jackson would have done
before he would have cast q vote calcu-
lated to divide his beloved Virginia. I
ask you to remember those who have
died on your soil, and to remember that
the principles they died for are again ON
trial to-day.
(From the Richmond Dispatch (Dem.).l
Lee and Stonewall Jackson represent
ed in the late war in this country the
aus that was upheld in the war of the
revolution by Washington and Hamilton.
iii I OF THE
from the Meridian (MisH.) Mercury (Dcm.).l
We would like to engrave u prophesy
Oh stone to be read of generations in the
future: "The negro in these states will
be slave again, or cease to be. His sole
refuge from extinction will be in slavery
to the white man."
VIVA SOUTHERN SUPREMACY MEANS.
Congressman Blackburn, of Kentucky, In the House
of Representatives, April o, 1879.
For the first time in eighteen years
the Democracy is back in power in both
branches of congress-. We propose to
celebrate her return to power by wiping
from the statute book those degrading
restrictions on freemen (the election
laws), and by striking away the shackles
which partisan Legislation has imposed.
We do not intend to stop until we have
stricken the last vestige of your war
measures from the statute book-until
we have an untrammelled election and
an ~unsupervised ballot.
II FAT OF THE INDEPENDENTS.
[From Senator NJ. @. Buffers recent speech In South
Cardinal
Look at Longstreet! He was begged
and implored not to persevere in his
course, but he drifted on and on, houn-
dered deeper and deeper into the mire,
until he landed hard and fast into the
Republican slough. And what has he
gained? Scorn, ostracism, odium, ill
will-worse than all, the contempt of
the men who stood by him under the
shower of death and destruction. He
forfeited the opinion of all honest men
for the sake of an Office, and he began
by being an Independent.
NO NORTHERN TEACHERS WANTED
from the Jackson (Miss.) Comet CDem.).J
Several of the newspapers of this
state, without meaning any harm, have
been rather censorious toward General
Lee for employing northern teachers in
order to fill out his faculty. We believe
that he is doing everything in his power
to build up a first-class agricultural col
lege. He went north for this purpose,
in order to understand more properly
the organization Of q college which is
new to the people of Mississippi. If the
curriculum of an agricultural college was
the same as all other colleges of the
state, there would be no use of establish
ing one
LEE AND JACKSON THE TRUE PATRIOTS.
From the New Orleans Democrat (Dem9l
The banner of the Confederacy went
down forever in gloom and disaster, but
it was consecrated by the blood of heroes
rs dauntless and patriots rs pure Us any
that ever fought for liberty.
1t lived with Lee, and decked his brow
From hde's empyreal palm;
1t sleeps the sleep of Jackson now,
As spotless and as calm.
The men who are now the most active
participants in political affairs, and who
absolutely control the destiny of the
south. have grown up and come into
power since the war, and all their efforts
and energies are directed toward heal
ing the wounds caused by the dread
full strife which made the south n ruin,
but which has ut least left her n legacy
of glorious memories.
For our young men, therefore, citizens
of Louisiana and of the Republic, we
prOposetO holdup for their emulation and
admiration the heroic deeds of their
fathers.
A SPECIMEN OF "CONCILIATION."
from tho Helena (Ark.) Yeoman Dem.)l
The man who thinks he can lead m
opposition against the organized Democ-
racy OF Phillips county is not only pre-
sumptuous but extremely bold. Hewill
require n body guard equal to the whole
number of voters in the Democratic
ranks, and a Gibraltar in his rear on the
day of election.
The Democratic Party's Poverty OF