The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-10-13
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GARFIELD'S HATRED OF
THE SOUTH.

There is no man in the country
who hates the Southern people as
Garfield does; his hatred borders
on the savage What consideration
could the Southern people expect
from such a man? And what in
fuence would he have in restoring g
peace and good will between the
sections and in building up and ad-
vancing the prosperity of a common
country? The following extracts
from some of his speeches in Con-
gress show the malignity of the
man:
In discussing the Confscation Act.
Mr.. Garfield took the ground that the
Confederates were in the same cate
cory with the Tories of the Revolu-
tion-; that their lands and personal
/ estates ought to be con6scated and par
celed out among the Federal soldiers.
These were his words:
"Confscate their estates, both per-
sonal and real, for life and forever.
The war began by proclamation. WE
CAN HOLD THE lNSURGENT
STATES IN MILITARY SUBJEC-
TION FOR HALF A CENTURY
II NEED BE. I WANT TO SEE
IN ALL THOSE STATES THE
MEN WHO FOUGHT AND SUF-
FERED FOR THE TRUTH, TIL
LING THE FIELDS ON WHICH
THEY PITCHED THEIR TENTS.
(Globe, lst Sess. 38th Cong, p. 4O5.)
In his remarks on one of the recon
struction measures, Mr.. Garfield said {:
"If the gentlemen who report this
bill will put in a section, that all who
participated in the rebellion shall be
FOREVER excluded from the right Of
elective franchise, then I will say the
proposition will be just, and one we
can stand upon as matter of principle.
anything is just which excludes from
privilege and power Al those in
famous men who participated in re-
bellion."
Subsequently, the same bill being be-
fore the House, Mr.. Garfield asked that
the previous question be voted down.
that he might move the following
amendment
call persons who voluntarily ad-
hered to the late insurrectlon, giving
aid and comfort to the so-caled South
ern CoDfederacy, are FOREVER ex-
cluded from holding any Office Of
trust or profit under the Government
Of the United States"
Read the following cold bloodcd
declarations deliberately uttered on the
floor of the House
1T is clearly the right of the vic
torious government to INDIcT, TRY,
CONVICT, AND HANG EVERY TRAITOR
IN THE SOUTH for their bloody con-
spiracy against the Republic. * x
believe, sir, the time has come when
we must lay the heavy hand of mill
tary authority upon these rebel COM
munitics and hold them in its grasp.
Il give my support to this military
bill. It is seuere. IT WAS WRIT
TEN WITH A STEEL PEN MADE OUT OF
A BAYoNET, and bayonets have done
US good service hitherto. ALL ASK
IS THAT CONGRESS SHALL PLACE
CIVIL GOVERNMENTS BEFORE THESE
PEOPLE OF THE REBEL STATES, AND
A GORDON OF BAYoNETs BEHIND
THEM" See Cong. Globe, Id .S5s-
sion, 18th Congress, pp., 11O3, l1O4.
On the 18th CT February, 1867
nearly two years after the close of the
war, the same bill being under discus
sion, Mr.. Garfield made another ex'
hibition of his malignity towards the
people of the South. Speaking in a
tone of eyhultation and with smile
of triumph, like coWardly depsot
with his iron heel upon the neck Of
his victim, this advocate imperialism
uttered the following language:
"Mr. SPEAKER. This bill starts out
by laying hands on the rebel govern
ments and taking the very breath Of
life ont of them. In the next place
it puts the bayonet at the breast Of
every rebel in the South. IL the next
place it leaves in the hands of Con-
gress utterly and absolutely the work
of reconstruction. Gentlemen here,
when they have the power of a tbun-
derbolt, in their hands, are afraid Of
themselves, and stagger like infants
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