The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-10-13
THE SOUTH:
( LETTER rnou wlLLAHg WARMER.

lt iNllNN lll1 interesting l'LtGL %
Hon. Willard Warner, OF TecUmseh,
Alabama. is published In the New
York Tribune. SIR Warner was a
Northern man, with a splendid
army record. and settling in Ala-
baml. after the war. where he was
largely intcrcsed in iron works. ete..)
served term in the United States
Seuate. wi.h credit This Is his iet-
ter
TEnNsEH. Ala. sept :, 1889.
SIR: Iou know my rccord-An-
ti-,layery before the existence of the
Republican party. o member Of that
party from the beginning, q soldier,
am advocate in SGj, and ever since,
OF universal amnesty, and q support
ar of Horace Greeley iu 1872 With
these sentiments and after fifteen
wears residence i'm Alabama, and be-
inc an active student of the affairs
and the people Of the South, ! have
a word to say 90 the people Of the
Northern States. and especially 10
INV comrades in the war;
In 1872 / hoped .ha, in the ciec-
ton of Mr.. Greeley wt might reach
a Just and permanent settlement OF
the great issues of the war ] be
!'eyel that be, as President would
be faithful 10 his lifelong Republi-
can nr,ncipleS that the result of
lis election would ba the division of
t5c white paouIr OF the South. the
Liberals and conservatives sustain
ina Mr. Greeley. and that these.
,,.;-b the Rspublicans. would make
q majority IN most If not in all the
Southern ~fqte- willfu. and able to
sa.rra aaara on tie Republican ha-
sis Of nationality. equal rights. free
baIg- and q fair count. / think So
sim. buf he was not elected. and we
must f4ca .1cr- rs thev are.
Now / ann convinced That there
e3r he no Dcsce and no security for
The uconI. of either section except
.arourb the continuing triumph of
,hr Republican PARTY The time
far .amur1misa o~ -a- settlement
iii. ever existed. passed forever In
1>-3 Now the ideas of the slave
aaut.daracv ar of the free North
ru.. prevail throughout the entire
country and which shall have sway
f. tle vital question of this contest.
The lines are drawn. and the two
sar.i1u, go 10 battle under the aags
or1Ssl Hqmnton told the truth
honestly ar ~t4uut8n. and the issue
IS war. Grant and sherman and
Thomas ri-bt. or were Lceand Jack
soD2 Th. leaders of the Bourbon
Denocrss,. oftla South seek power
fbrop1b bloody violence and fraud.
for rayeDre. and that revenge they
win oc. fhrourh the wiuinr out OF
tbc last yc..iEa of the war legisla-
tio1 ~ flr asir deuapJ- upan lccis-
latira iuIiciaI or cy.utir. action.
. War lagi-]gtel slavery out of exist
anco and !, cannot be restored in
farm ms II was before. hut II Is hard
+, sro what other of fine result, @.
( ~. wan NAV n4t be r13ooc h- q
hold dc-pcra,e uar-y IN fuIl poses
/ .ia, ,fsll brareb,. of the Govern
,acnt and ho- with u..fonata na.
tre5 Already the ballot has been
s,,nnr.ss.J In at least airh. states o
The Union
The secession leaders. emboldencl
nv thoir sucra-s and hv the tame
oco,is-cance of fine Governmcn,
and +be ,,aanla of the country I'm the
terrible taer ara now puebinr for-
wand to capf-ra the National GOV.
e,nu,rr+ i7nde~ d Hao of truce i'm tho
banJs of General Hancock LET tn,
r.oqt North he warmed of danger il
fima We slrnt ON n volcano i'm 1861
and ano+bor threatens now. Let no
one he dalrJed with the idea that
tba ti,oid sp1sarvirut Northern
+ Democracy will afford a barrier
ao,inst thc ONSLAUGHT of those bold
SOuthcrncrs with fifteen states al
their back. The history of the past
show how feeble this barrier would
be.
/ here say nothing of the great
calamity of siJckcncd business,
checked industry, lowered wages
impaired public credit, which would
surely follow Democratic success:
this foil lint / gpuaql I'D fbc rrpa'