The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-10-02
sHERmAN.s BLOODY SHIRT.

iting statesman"
Mr.. John Sherman delivered a speech
al Mount Gilcad. o.. and rs II had been
a long time since he had had that
pleasure. so he said. he used a printed
copy in order that there might be no
mistake hereafter by either party. Of
course. the Senator raised the BLOODY
shirt" That cnsanguined garment has
been . part Of his wearing apparel or
baggage since long before he was =
.svisiting Statesman in Louisiana.
Here i an extract from that portion OF
his remarks:
The rebels are on top. Some OF the very
meh who boastfully Threatened 20 break up
mort ~ thc CONSTITUTION fresh upon their lips.
con~pirod aud confedcrated 10 overthrow y.
wagcd war against II and were the cause OF
the loss OF half a million or lives and thou-
sands ~ millions OF treasure. have been
placed in high Office again. ~ the very seats
OF power which they apandonsd MIN svorn
crate Congress and one man who sympatnizeu
with them are ut the head OF great Depart
mcnts OF the Government
No Cabinet members exactly hit this
description; but it Is supposed that
Bayard. LAM and Garland are re-
ferrcd to. II Is chcerfully admitted
that the two latter were in the Confed-
crate service. though not both IN the
Confederate Congress. and though Mr..
Bayard did not svmpathize with them,
il is rs cheerfullv granted thai the
charge that he did has been repeated
fully as often as Presidential elections
occur. The Democratic President and
the Democratic party nave no apologies
to offer for the presence OF these men
in the Cabinet There Is no State IN
the Union from which a Democratic
! President will not take a Cabinet OIL
I Ger. il he see fit II there he anything
!. in this point John Sherman may have
4 il. hut the Ohio Senator went further
and said:
This strange turn IN events has but one ex.
: afnplc in history. and that was the restoration
!. ~ Charles III. after the brilliant but brief FRO
n tectoratc of Cromwell. and. ike THAT rcstora-
ton, Is a reproach 70 the CIVILIZATION " inc
: age
{ II has been several years since
Charles Ii. was seated on his throne. 80
; that Mr.. Sherman's hearers and the
readers OF the Post may not be able %
trace the similarity between the two
a cases; but. coming down TO modern
e times. there Il a case t~olcrably fresh in
q mind which Is worth citing.
2 Mr.. John Sherman. after performing
q In the role of Visiting Statesman be-
+ came on account thereof . Cabinet OH
y Ger under Hayes. being Secretary Of the
Treasury. Seated round the same board
a was one ID. NJ. Key, Of Tennessee. who
was not only a rebel who had con-
al gpircd and confederated against the
n Union but he was even a Democrat after
&c the war. This same Administration OF
q which John Sherman wa the active part,
sent General jams Longstrcet, tho
20 ranking officer Of the Army Of North
ic ern Virginia under Lee. and a Wesi
" Point graduate. as the Minister OF this
ne country 10 Turkey. This identical SCI
s. of men retained a. Consul TO Hong
20 Kong Colonel John s. Mosby, the mos
active Confederate partisan at the clos
ar tho war. And. To crown all. just
before the HAYES Administration ex
p;red by limitation 1t made Postmaster
" General Key a United States Judge fo'
h. life, in order that this ex-Confederat
~ might never be out OF Office.
es .fohn Sherman as a Senator wa
of equally considerable OF those whom h
n scores with 50 many epithets. lie wa
,lf AZ the bottom Of the alliance with Ma
N none. WHICH WIS IN lAtAt
" because the Virginian was an cx-Con
a. fcderate and had been a Democrat. !
"A. not this Ohio Republican a pretty fel
all low 70 talk Of ..rebels being placed j
or h;oh Office and put ut the s'head Q
We Great departments5- What need to Z
IN hack n couple OF centuries or so I
rs Cromweil's day. when eight years
to only necessary 70 show John Sherma
he not only approving but advising an
ief aiding AZ a Republican what he abust
rse other people for doing as Democrat
he There Is, however, this difference. BOT
nd parties appointed rebels TO Office, VIII
I'm Republicans only rewarded Democrat
III. traitors.
nv, Is il not about time for a party 70 Z
In on . long vacation when this - a. goo
an argument as 1t can put forward 4
mt continued existence and prolonged co
srk tention?
raj by the way. why did not Mr.. She
life man abuse the dead Grant for puitir
in his Cabinet not only m cx-Confc'
crate soldier. but a Northern man
,ch BIRTH This was a strange omission
the Washington Post.
the A Detroit physician says that
ira more than fifty sssurc cures for sma
pox'' published IL the papers not
his single one Is founded upon comm'
hat sense from o medical point Of vie
ter Most OF them are furnished by quac
use who never saw a case Of smallpox.
Ste: Detroit Free Press.
mo Lightning took of three Of
am horses shoes Mt Lancaster, Pa, vii
,hcr out injuring the animal in the least.
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