The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-30
The New " Bloody shirt"


aloud against Che eu0rmity OF treason one
day, and the next reward a man who has been
"rebel" with place and power because ne
has been knave enough TO become repudia.
ton Republicans; men who olanor to-day OF
bloody shirts ard Southern outrages, and yet
elevate the very authors of what there Is or
the system they pretend to condemn What
party can long stand that sort OF hypocrisy
and pretensep-C Cincinnati Ne,Cs-JJurndL
Ignorantly or williully, it is difficult
to say which, the writer of the aoove
has distorted recognized facts to serve
the purpose of his argument. The Re-
publican party does not honor "rebels"
because 'they are knayes enough to be
r, olicans," but for the better reason,
tn, they have ceased to be bull-dozing,
night-riding Democrats and have be-
come American citizens. The bloody
shirt" as signifying the discussion OF
the issues of the war, with all its hor-
rors and enormities, is thing OF the
past in politics. Arguments are no
longer made against the Democratic par
ty on account of Andersonville and
Belle Isle. The hundreds of thousands
of Union dead are no longer laid anew
at the door of the Democratic party.
The thousands of millions OF war debt
are no longer referred to as the legacy
of defeated Democracy. The burden of
one hundred million dollars annually
for pensions is borne by all the people,
and mention is no longer made OF the
party that made such vast outlay nee
essary. The war is over and gone.
Andersonville and Belle Isle are recalled
only as a nightmare is recalled. The
grass is green on the graves OF those
who fell fighting on either side, and
often the living blue and gray COM
mingle TO honor the blue and gray that
are dead The National debt has been
so far liquidated that one of the ques-
tions now to be settled is whether it is
advisable to still further reduce IL. The
business of pensioning our citizen sol
diery is progressing 50 satisfactorily
that nobody feels the burden, and
scarcely thought is given the matter
except TO ask # all deserving men and
women have been found. The war is
over, and the " bloody shirt" is buried.
II either OF them rests heavily upon the
Democrat party, it has only itself ia
blame. These mighty things have been
dropped; these crimes, for which no adj
equate atonement has been or can be
made. are charitaby ignored by the
Republican party in the interest of gen
eral amity and National unity.
The Republican party has a hearty
welcome for all ''rebcls' who abandon
their rebelism. Such action has no
BILE significance. The Republican party
stands for universal suffrage, North anC
South: for free ballot and an homes
count in every State in the Nation. i
believes that white Democrat has "a
much right to n vote as has a Whit
Republican, and no more. 1t believes
that black Republican has as mucl
right TO vote as has any other citizen o
legal age. 1t believes that each o
these three classes should be equal,
protected with the others. The Demo
cratic party is the negative of all this
Despairing of coming into power b.
honorable means, it unhesitatingly re
sorts TO violence and fraud, TIL,
South, once solid for slavery, has beel
made solid for spoils. No intimidation
has been too fragrant, no violence to-
desperate, no fraud too bold, to restrain
Southern Democrats from the work o
destroying Republican majorities. /
is OF these fresh wrongs that the Repub
lican party complains, and is met b.
the cry of "bloody shirt" There is
bloody shirt in the solid South who's
stains are not dry from outrage to out
rage The bulldozers Of Louisiana wer
initiated by the red-shirters of Sout
Carolina and Georgia in the slaughte
at Ellenton. In turn the Chisholm
were assassinated while in custody be
cause they dared to be Republicans. Th
tissue-ballot fraud in elections finall
captured South Carolina. A dozen new
" slaughtered colored Republicans ar
buried at Danville, Va, and the Demo
crat who assassinated the Chairman {
the Copiah County (Missl Republica
Committee for daring to vote at the la
election has been elected Marshal OF h
town as testimonial of appreciate
by acknowledgements.
Il is waste Of breath to cry "blood
shirt when these things are mentioned
Such outrageous crimes against popul'
government can not safely be condone
until they are abandoned. and the
perpetrators are willing to accord
free ballot to every legal voter, whi
and black. The Democratic party
the North, as well as of the South,
responsible for each and all Of the
crimes. A word of condemnation fro
the proper source would put stop
them. But they are not stopped, N
will they cease so long rs the Dem
cratic party upholds them and cri
"hands off" when outraged justi,
seeks to point out political murdere
and assassins.
The discussion and condemnation
these grave oflenses have properly |
more TO do with the issues Of the la
war than the emancipation proclamatiC
of Lincoln had to do with the beheadir
OF Marie Antoinette. and nobody know
this more than the fellows who ye
"bloody Shirt" every time publ
attention Is turned to the matte
The rebels who are welcomed
place in the Republican part
are so welcomed because by
changing their allegiance they uni
their inhuence with q party that a
cords one free ballot, honestly counte
to every legal voter without regard
his political bias. The Republics
party has no sympathy with the met
DDS Of fraud, intimidation and violen