Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-14
THE REBEL YELL.

| AbcIc hfc HlliilOIs OF northern men ant
women who do not appreciate the signif
canoe of the Rebel SelP' in connection with
the assumed election of Cleveland to tn.
presidency. They were children when, witt
a fendish yell of triumph, rebels in all part,
of the south hauled down the American far
spit upon it, tore it into shreds, and tram.
pied it in the dust
| During all the years Of war to preserve
the union the "rebel yell' was the syn
onym not only Of rebel victory, but
OF rebel cruelty, meanness, and ven
gcance. II was the "rebel yell" that made
Andersonville, and Belle Isle, and Libby
what they were-prisons of torture, starva-
ton and murder. 1t was the rebel veil that
inspired the attempt to spread pestilenco
throughout northern cities. 1t was the rebel
yell that converted detachments Of soldiers
into bands Of assassins who shed blood that
they might plumber. 1t was tho rebel veil
that prolonged the war after peace had been
declared-prolonged it in the horrible muir
ders committed by the Ku-Klux-Klans and
white leaguers. 1t was the rebel veil that
made II necessary to surround every south
ern polling place with troops in order to Sc
cure fair election; and it was the rebel veil
that finally induced the nation to withdraw
its protection from the black and white Re
publicans of het south and leave them de-
fenseless.
The revival of the rebel yell now means
the triumph Of the dogma of states rights
over the doctrine Of the supremacy of the
nation. In the rebel yell the solid south
gives expression to its determination to
make this government white mans gov
ernment The rebel yell is reassertion of
the oft-repeated southern declaration that
the war settled nothing, that it was Q more
dispute in regard to constitutional questions
in which superior force gained the day, but |
that the wrongs committed through war, |
and subsequently through reconstruction,
may be righted at the ballot box and in con-
grese.
The rebel yell which went up from every
,ity and hamlet in the south Saturday night /
q thefore the most significant political ut
erance since the surrender of General Lea |
It Appomattox. 1t was not without some
'eason that southern Democrat said: 'The
election Of Cleveland would be the reversal
# the surrender at Appomatto1."
The rebel yell IL significant of fresh dan.
,ers to the life of the colored man. The in
uitiops of the negro are scarcely ever at
ault During the war the most ignorant
plantation hand" never failed to render SER
ice to the Union army when opportunity
fered; he knew intuitively that the Union
oldieu were fighting for HE liberty. So.
ow, the colored people know the real sig.
ihcance Of the rebel yell. They know that
means the destruction Of the last vestipe
{ their political rights, and that 1t endan-
crs their lives. Hence they are already ,
eeing from the south. A dispatch from
incinnati states that several families of
Diored people crossed the river from I
ovington into Ohio Friday and Sat- i
rday last" They were afraid, in the
rent Of Clevelsnd's election, Of being sold '
to slavery again IL they remained in Ken
lcky." A dispatch from Alabama states 9
Iat: THE negroes feel that they are lost | !
I'd believe that they are to be returned to
avery" In Burlington, w. Va, mock | 9
les of negroes were held in Democratic re- {
rts, and these sales, or pretended sales, and
Q horrible din ofcannon and shooting kept g
, oil day and all night plunged the poor
lored people into the depths Of despair.
Georgia in dozen places c6gies of !,
aine, who fought the rebellion in congress, !:
d of Logan, who fought it in the field, u
ere burned. The scenes are represented in
any respects as resembling those of the days
secession. It should be noted also that \
csc celebrations were participated in n
state troops, and that at some
them the rebel flag was displayed and N
GERS were given for jeff Davis. Who
ubts that in the wake of demonstrations
this character, in the event Of the election
Cleveland and the control of all branches
tho government by the Democracy, the
asufy of the nation will be depleted to =
' rebel pensioners, vast rebel claims, and -
imately the rebel debit For it is inveta- =.
that If fraud is not stopped ct southern 70
ctions will ultimately extend to al ~
II Of the north, and when this shall b The NJ
y constitutional amendments can Be car.
q with the same casa that the electoral =.
y Of Louisians VA carried for Cleveland IL