Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-04-14
The Bloody Shirt to be Furled.
from the Richmond Commonwealth


A representative of the Washington
Poa has had an interview with Mr..
George G.. Gorham, a great light IN the
Republican party, and one OF The most
active and aggressive OF the Grant
groomers. Mr.. Gorham says that Gen
eral Grant, knowing that he Will have
a hard time to get through with the
northern and western States, Is to odd
the bloody shirty and preach amity and
oblivion of the past to the old Rebel
element" of the South, aud by thus
cementiug bond between the negroes
and the 'old Rebels" he is to be elect
ed by the votes of the southern States.
In other words, having waived the san
culinary garment over us for the eight
years during which he was President.
and having. in its name, and as the
foremost apostle of it's religion, tramp
led on us, degraded US, put US under the
heel of our former slaves, he is now TO
fold 1t carefully away until another time
shall come for finging it to the breeze,
and we are TO hasten thereupon to
mount up on lackey's seat at the tail
of his chariot. and huzza him into the
place of President Of the United States.
General Grant and his groomers must
think that his case is desperate. indeed
when he expects the old "Reoel elc'
mentu of the South to PROSTATE itself on
the ground. and with Inns in the dust
~ crv oloud hosanpas to him. He and
they little understood the temper anu
the metal of that class if they look Tor
this. He may as we'll know that what
be and they have been niteen years de-
nouciup as the turbulent and barbarous
"Rebel element" Of the South. is the
cream of our population, as high I. q
noble a race Of men as ever lived on III
earth men who are governed by prln-
cIple. and whose watchword Is duty
and thew are men who cannot be pur-
chased by gift of place, or with all the
money that his ring Of hiskey thieves
can raise.
1t would look nicely, wouldn't it, 10
see Mr.. Conklin covering before lhe
children and relatives and admirers oil
General Robert E. Lee, and on Blended
knees sa ing to them, hope you VIII
forget the time branded that great
man, in the Senate of the United STATES,
as the most infamous and degraded
traitor that history had ever known
Believe me. at that time l was incl'ed
| by the sensational stories got up by the
New York Tribune, the New York
Times, and other such partisan sheets.
| have now come to understand, to ad-
mire and to love General Lees great
character, and Inow think him the
greatest patriot that ever lived.
1t would be refreshing indeed to see
Mr.. Edmunds and Mr.. Blaine walking
arm in arm with Mr.. Jefferson Davis,
asking his pardon for the many wicked
things they had said of him, and pro-
testing that if he could be elected they
had rather see him President Of the
United States than any other man.
General Grant will hardly induce the
old Rebel element to pull the chest
nuts out of the fire for him. When the
wolf shall succeed IN persuading the
lamb to 90 into the forest with him !;
when the tiger shall cajole the fawn in
to his lair, then, and not till then, may
General Grant expect TO induce our
people to enlist with him under that
folded, bat still bloody, shirt, IN whose
name he has spit upon them, trampled
upon them, published them to the world
as traitors, murderers, and barbarous
slave-drlvers.