Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-01-03
Two Kinds of Rebels.
New York World.1

Since Speaker Carlisle pronounced il
favor of wholesome revenue reform
Without any general reopening of the
tariff question or any disturbance of the
industries of the country, and since il
has been conceded that the Democratic
branch of Congress, unless stricken by
insanity, will put that policy into prac-
tice, the Republicans will find it diff
cult to raise an excitement about free
trade.
They have another issue to fall back
upon. fI'he Democrats took a speaker
from the Ohio River, opposite Cincin-
natl. Worse than that. They gave
Southern brigadiers the positions of
clerk and doorkeeper. This is "flat
burglary" 1t shows that the "rebel
spiritr is still rampant in the Demo-
cratic breast. The unreconstructed
Democrats are evidently resolved to
fight ''on the line of the sold South"
Mr. Carlisle was Union man in the
dark days Of the rebellion. But what
of that? He lives at the Covington end
of the Ohio bridge, and he is Demo-
crat. That settles it.
Then John B. Clark, of Missouri, the
clerk. He was actually Confederate
soldier, and the "unreconstructed" pre-
ferred him on that account to Ten
lnesseean who had been only an office.
NEEDING Confederate. And DouriSpupei
Wintersmith, of Texas. There can be
no mistake about him! He is real
live, Southern brigadier who served
with distinction under John Morgan.
| So the Republican organs declare that
the Democracy intend to hand over the
country to the Southern brigadiers, and
Senator Frye promises to shrek "NTur-
der. murder!" as long as his lungs hold
out.
|. Well, the Democrats are not in po-
Esition to try experiments, and their ac.
tion may not be always as cautious and
guarded against assault as, with greater
prudence, it might be. But if "rebel
brigadiers" are so Objectionable, why
do the Republicans clasp to their breasts
Malone and Riddleberger, and accept
at their hands majority of the Senate?
Because Malone and Riddleberger
are Republicans, and are thus Southern
brigadiers with a difference!
The Republican horror of q solid
South means a Democratic South. The
Republican indignation against South
ern "brigadiers" means Democratic
"brlgadiers."
When Southern brigadier is willing
to become Republican, or to extend
aid and comfort to the Republican par
ty, he is a horse of another color. He
loses his rebellious taint and becomes at
once q pure patriot!
An ex-confederate soldier per SC is not
different from any other citizen. A
Democratic ex-confederate soldier is a
dangerous rebel. A Republican ex-
confederate soldier is patriotic Amer
ican.
In very unreconstructed times Presi-
dent Grantappointed Confederate Brig
adler Amos T. Ackerman, of Georgia,
to seat in his cabinet as attorney gen
eral.
The pious fraudulent President ap-
pointed Confederate Brigadier General
Key, of the confederate army, his post
master general, after he had denounced
the electoral fraud.
The great Southern brigadier, John
s. Mosby, who once threatened to cap
ture the capitol with his confederate
cavalry, became q Republican and cap
tured a foreign mission.
James L. Orr, Of South Carolina, was
a fighting confederate brigadier. But
conversion to repnblicanism made him
at once a patriot and United States
Minister to Russias
Thomas Settle, Of North Carolina.
was a great Southern brigadier. But he
turned Republican, presided over the
national convention which nominated
Grant in 1872 and was paid with life
United States judgeship.
Chalmers he Of Fort Pillow fame Y
was a Confederate bsigadier. Now he
is pillar Of the administration in the
South, claiming seat in Congress as Il
regular. Republican.
James Longstreet, " Louisiana, was
u terrible Southern brisadier. But Re