The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-10-29
The Outrage Mill Played Out.

Sunnose. saws the Carbon county, "a,
Dsy1ocrat President Garfield had been assas-
sinated by a confined lunatlc escaped rom an !
as,lnn, and al committing the deed he would
800 evcIaimed. ssIam a Democrat OF the Dem
ocrats.i y and, II did it for the good oil me
country and harmony Of my party. or WORDS
Of similar character, what would nave peeH
the political situation to-day Every maeh!ne
orpsn that has waved the bloody snirt 1ur y
the last ten or fifteen years would nov oe H.i,
ed with the most outrageous e9n1t u, ~ y"
the "bloodthirsty' and "treasonaoie pen9'
cracyl We ali would be DENOUNCED as lnsu,
gators of murder and anarchy. Inc Inc T 49, VI
fhelunatic-sI am a Democrat OF the DeulOc-
rafsi'would beparaded on Republican banners
and little children would be taught to belleVe
that thew are reminders that President Oar-
field was murdered by the Democratic party
and the bloody crusade against the Deil9ela.
~ would he ELECTIVE and crushing Tor at least
twenty years longer. .tu l.,a
some wears ago a drunken riot took place
at Hamburg, South Carolina, between parties
of blacks and whites, and some OF them were
Killed. Il was called the Hamburg slaughter,
and because mere whites than DlAeAs Nele
killed, the repabI can organs insisted upon u
that it was a Democratic massacre Auu -
he II. 8. Senator Butler resided IN the Viein-
emily called a murderer or an lnsagalot o.
murder. even after an impartial investigation
clearly established the fact that he vas not
directly nor indirectly responsible ior the
bloody affair. c1;-l.i.,
murder in Mississippi, about ten OF Twelve
wears ago. Year after year inc hepaolleAh
oroans persistently charged the murder
sga;nst the Democrats party. Almost every
,,,,,rors nerpetrated throughout the South
,vbetber Killing or attempting TO klil-was IN
The same manner paEaded IN prints ana pro
claimed from the Republican stump as D y
oeratic murder, Democratic assault ana leu
ocrafic outraged Every act OF iaSsesshess 81
the South was thus magnlhee ana paIaeeS
throughout the North for the oasss1 Po'i''e'I'
party purposes. t,:.b .,S
,,,,,ar5I, eyiu,e IN the whole history OF our
country. even more unprOvoked ana eFaei ,hAh
,yas the a,.sassfnation Of honest Abraham Ian
coin. has been committed, not by Demo
Graf or a Copperhead, or an ex- Rebel, but oy
one who less than year ago was q reeognlz-
ed stnmp orator of the regular kepabican
hioodv shirt persuasion. BY "Staiwsrs OF
the Sfalwartss' and, according to his own
5scya,el;on for the GOOD and harmony OF hls
,,artv--to install Arthur into the Presidential
paa;eei According to Guiteaa's further deela-
ration he had 20 personal feeling against
president Garfield, but purely poiiticats-io
take tbe machinery Of government out Of me
hands Of Garfield and pat 4 INTO me hshas q
Arthur Aud the bloody deed was done last
a ne t;me when Gar6eld's cabinet had takea
stems 10 crush out some Of the notorious
thieves and treasury plunaereFs VINO ore esn.
50 much disgrace upoR the country y III
the administrations OF Grant anu Fiaul 49,
HAYES Just when Vice President A AT, ntlo
made unenviable notoriety for hiHseii q ooliis
all in his power a. Albany 70 seeass $500 ~
for Conkling and the slaiwart laet'oq 7. an -.
against The Garfield administration. was
49,, this somewhat novel period in the his
ssrv III the Republican, party, when she neN-
l., ;,s,,.rrated administration manifested rs
,.,,-noss ~ bring the better elements Of me
rsri,, to the front. Il was then, and Dot until
Then that Suiteau Ered the fatal shet-not Pc
cause he loved Garfield less, but because ne
loved the StalwRrts more.
And vet we do not and would nos accuse
the Republican party Of the momstFens eFi lei
because that would be almost as Unfair, COW
ardlv and contempsible as tie kepuehcAn
bloody shirt lies referred 10;
fthe shocking event Of Jaly second, ana
he sad ending at Long Branch, will put
Co.., ~ he infamous system Of lying and APP
neaIin0 10 sectional prejudice, blgoiEy and
hatred. and lead to a more fair manly, non
arabic ana patriotic manner OF running poht'
ieal campaigns, then we shall have a. least
some equivalent for the great loss whlen the
country has sustained BY the most cruel as
sassinatiOn Of modern times. Heneeiorth ies
ms have honor, patriotism, lar pay anu
peace