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

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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? Aud what in.
fuence would be have in restoring
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 Coufscation 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 1NSURGENT
STATES IN MILITARY SUBJEC-
TION FOR HALF A CENTURY
If NEED BE. I WANT TO SEE
IN ALL THOSE STATES THE
MEN WHO FOUGHT AND SUI
FERED FOR THE TRUTH, TIL
LING THE FIELDS ON WHICH
THEY PITCHED THEIR TENTS.
(Gzo6e, 1st Ssss. 18Th Cong, p. 4O5.)
10 his remarks on one of the recon-
struction measures, Mr.. Garfield said {:
eff the gentlemen who report this
bill will put 10 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 a matter of principle.
Anything is just which excludes from
privilege and power ALL 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 insurrection, giving
aid and comfort to the so-called South
ern Confederacy, are FOREVER ex-
cluded from holding any Office Of
trust or profit under the Government
Of the United States"
Read the following .bloodcd
declarations deliberately uttered on the
hoor of the House
"It is clearly the right Of the vic
torious government to 1NDIcT, TRY.
CONVICT, AND hang EVERY TRAITOR
IN THE SOUTH for their bloody con.
spiraoy against the Republic. * \:
believe, sir, the time has come when
we must lay the heavy hand of mill
tary authority upon these rebel com
munities and hold them in its grasp
X X X x x X
II give my support to this military
bill. 1t is severe. IT WAS WRIT
TEN WITH A STEEL PEN MADE OUT OF
A BAYoNEr, and bayonets have done
US good service hitherto. ALL | ASK
IS THAT CONGRESS SHALL PLACE
CIVIL GOVERNMENTS BEFORE THESE
PEOPLE OF THE REBEL STATES, AMI
A GORDON OF BAYoNETs BENIN
THEM" See Cong. Globe, Id S5s
sion, 18th Congress, pp., 11O3, l1o4
On the 18th of February, 1857
nearly two years after the close of th'
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
tone of exhultation and with a smil
of triumph, like a cowardly depso
with his iron heel upon the neck
his victim, this advocate ofimperiaiisn
' uttered the following language:
4 ."Mr. SPEAKER. This bill starts GU
by laying hands on the rebel govern
ments and taking the very breath O
life out of them. In the next plac
it puts the bayonet at the breast O
every rebel in the South. In the mex
. place it leaves in the hands Of Coz
gress utterly and absolutely the Wor
of reconstruction. Gentlemen here
when they have the power of tbuu
derbo|t, in their hands, are afraid 9
themselves, aud stagger like infant
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