The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-08-14
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man who shot their sons broth
ers" and "agcd inthcrs?n Whose
"penitontiat gratitude" is caressingI
q raider, who rnmmed down Con-
fedcrale cartridges as freely and
skilfully MS nny son of the Lost
Cause evor did? "Gird up thy loins
like n man and answer me-"
Flo said that "James A. Garfield
is n hero" Yes, he is q hcro-ono.
ofthat sublimcr kind Of llorocs.whol
arc worry brave until they SEQ danger
coming, and then vanish with all
tho expctlicncy of the Dutchlight=.
horse 1T tho battle of Copenhagen.
Garfield went south with avisage rs
determined as that Of Ajax storm
ing Troy; but when the Northwes=
tern Department ofthc Confederate
army begun to move toward him.
where was tho hero? Whero was
Garfield then? "No blast Of his
bugle" encouraged those who were
laying down their lives for his.
country, but llc ended a glorious
campaign in ignominious iliglit.
Hero! But he did do one thing
that was heroic in the extreme; in
tho halls Of Congress, surrounded
and defended by fortiticatiors and
hundreds Of thousands Of soldiers.
he sat in cushioned chair andIin
II very heroic manner got $50 day,
while his fellow-men were dyingby
Thousands 10 maintain the ground
which lie had dcsertetl "Oh, well,,n
tho Missouri poet and politician
will say, "Oh we'll, when he con:
scntcd 10 so TO Congress, he didn't
think the war would lastmuch
longer" Suppose that Grant,
Meade, Mcclellan, Burnside and
Sherman had said that on theev-
ening Of the 18th of July, 1861, tho
day before the Baltic Of Bull tun,s
whom all seemed quiet, thoylhad
said that and turned back liemc,
what would have been the result2
Let the sycamore Of Missouri an
swer.
Again, he says Of Hancock "a
man SO much superior in every
sense to Garfield, that to compare
thcm is almost sacrilegc /: aAman
who helped 10 hang a helpless
mother OF orphan children. 9 .
The blood Of that innocent woman
rises as o barrier between Hancock
and the Presidential chair, &c.
Now, this youthful orator again
shows himself TO be stupidly!igne-7
rant Of the subject he presumes TO
discuss.@Not=that =we #insinuatoE
that. Hancock was not engaged in
tho execution of Mrs. Sur-att.. but
we mean that if the Missouri en-.
lightener were acquainted with tho
case he would pass over tho whole
affair in utter silence. tits not
propsr that We should express our
opinion 10 w .4Ir..aer sno were
guilty or not; but notice ho says
"innseent woman,n and we shall
take him at his word. Then if she
wero innocent those who procured
her death sentence stand in rather
q dubious light, do they not? Tho
The next question is, then, who
wcre thoseP Ono Of them was
James Abraham Garfield, Hancock
having no hand IN itpha,cser. We
have before US what We believe to
DO IN authentic account Of tho
whole affair. There was n commits
sion of nine appointed to try the
case of Mrs. Surratt. II found her
guilty and sho was sentenced to be
hanged. After which five of tho
nine who had tried her, signed q
petition that mercy be shown to
her. The names Of this five are
Hunter, Kaust, Foster, Ekin and
Tomhins. Garfcld's name was
not on it, and as he was q member
Of the commission, he must have
been willing for an "innoccnt
woman" to be hanged. Who,then,
is the worse, the jury who condemn
an!innocent prisoner, or the sheriff
who executes the order and hangs
him? There was no alternative
for Hancock but to resign his posi-
ton in tho army; which he could
have done, of course, but heis not
n man to shrink from duty. He
no doubt thought TINT if such n
man as Garfield were SO sure Of tho
prisoners guilt, that he did not
wish any mercy to be shown, that
there could DO no mistake about it.
Then, Mr.. Husscy, by his own con-
fcssion, has gone over to n party
who nominates for President the
man who condemned an ..iinaocent
woman to be hanged. What will
he do next?
In conclusion, we would advise
him to lot politics alono, and de-
vote his talents, (Which are consid-
erablc) to something else. But il
hCs insist upon making more
speeches, we would implorc him to
use his utmost cndeavors to keep
them on the other side the NIissis-
sippi river; and i'll the tones ofun-
mitigatctl pity We beg and bcseech
him to study history, lot 50 his
death-likc grip Of tho threaabars
remnants Of tho stbloodv Shirt