The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-07-31


ments by the Administration.
The d.sunion press Is constantly harp
ING upon the elevation OF ex-rebels 10
Office and the neglect Of Union soldiers
by the Administration. II Is their favor
ite method Of attack. next, perhaps, 70
the bugaboo Of a bloody shirt They
howl necessarily over the ''humiliatlng
spectaclc OF traitors rewarded" and
endeavor to stir up public Indignation
on this score But they appear 70 for
ret tina. when their party was IN power
they first gave the example OF placing
ex-rebels in positions Of trust. and that.
too. in very short time after tn. war.
Indeed. they preferred them 70 the SOL
der who had. perhaps. lost q leg or an
arm in lighting for the Union. but who
was excluded from all consideration
because he was Democrat A Demo-
cratic soldier was good enough TO furnish
food for powder. but not to be put IN
An Office. That was reserved solely for
the faithful partisan who was willing 70
do battle for the Republican party IN
every political campaign.
In their desire to bind more closely
the letters they placed on the South.
the Republican missionaries held out al
Turing offers to some Of the most prom
insnt OF Confederates To abjnre the
Democratic faith and enter into the
bosom Of Rcpublicanism. They hoped.
by the aid of such agents. to reconcile
the South to the happy horde OF carpet
bawgers who We're let loose on mat
sorely distressed section and TO stille
the public voice protesting against such
uncalled-for tyranny By securing
few ex-Confcdcrate leaders BY the al
lurcments of Government Office. the he
publicans thought they could keep the
South for an indefinite period In the po-
sition Of legitimate prey. The terrible
record of the carpet-bag tyranny. sa-
turnalia Of shame and plumber. is part
Of American history.
During that time the Southern rem
cgades who consented to join the Re-
publican party enjoyed the sweets OF
Office. while their countrymcn We're
ground down under the heel OF =
tyranny as rem0rscless and cruel as that
which kept Poland At peace after the
partition. Among them were men who
had fought TO the last for their cause.
but were considered rs washed from
all their sins by the saving waters "a
Republicanism. As long rs there wa
4 chance 10 make them useful TO tn,
party favors were layished upon them.
The cx-rebcls. whose disabllii Is were
not removed. even JEFF DAVIS himself.
were placed in the same category with
the Democratic Union soldiers. VINO
were excluded from al offices undel
the Government they had helped 4
save. and some of whom were suierc,
10 beg for living
When the Democratic party came
into power il found united land. thu
South wing in loyalty to the Uniof
with every other section. and the issue
Of the war buried fathoms deep by ths
general consent Of the people tn
South had risen from the degradation
into which the carpct-bag government
had cast her. and was winning her wa
70 prosperity and industrial lndcpend
r ence. The negroes. who had been tn
G especial property Of the Republican par
I ~. had broken away from i. convinced
by bitter experience that their wor-
) enemies were those who had p'undere'
!. AMI deceived them. From that rcgen
. Grated section. in which white and co
= ored people are united in dcveopin
y it, unreasonable resources the Demo
cratic Administration selected for som
r. Offices men of integrity. honor, capacit
,. and education. Not word could |
q urged against them save that they ma
n fought against the Government twrnl
!, years before. aud their records sine
Z that time had given tile most consplc'
y Gus proofs Of their loyalty to the lnio'
y Every prominent and intelligent .pr.
4 son from the North who has visited u
South Of late years has borne amp
i testimony Of the harmony and indistr
I existing there and the peaceful relation
4, between the whites and negroes.
~ we are told that the negroes are q
i pressed and deprived Of their constit
iional rights. They appear % like sue
oppression to judge from their c1nt.n
Z mcnt and friendship for their viii
" neirhbors. An industrious colorei mi
ne can find prosperity and prcfsrment
NJ the South, which would be denied III
he in many Republican communities
a. this side ~ Mason and Dixon's line
he Regarding the charge Of neglcctil
- Union soldiers. the record Of appoii
ments made by the AdminiStrati
n speaks for itself On il will be fou
et- numerous names which figured on I
lists Of the War Department. Den
as cratic Exchange.