The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-27
There Are No Rebels Now.

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Chronicle last week over an editorial in
answer to an article which appeared in
the REFLECTOR showing up the animus
of the Republican party toward the
colOred people. The Chronicle took
exception to the remark that 1.-The re-
publicans seem to forget that there is
no such thing as rebel nOw," but did
not deny the charge that the republi-
can party of Kansas is not in favor of
giving any Office to a cOlOred man, and
in its exception Haunted the bloody
shirt with the following, which is mot
happy in its choice of language"
THAT might be so if the southern
democratic leaders would keep their
mouths shut, but SO long as the people
of the south go wild over the reappear-
ance of that old traitor jeff. Davis and
other kindred spirits, and the men and
women reproduce the hated rebel flag
and yell themselves into delirium of
joy at sight of their old leaders. So
long as these things periodically occur
they will serve to remind the loyal peO-
pie of the north that there are ''rebels''
yet"
The above charge is made by the re-
publican press, not because it is true
but for the purpose of keeping up
bitter feeling between the two sections
to further political gain. But thanks
to an intelligent people such talk has
ceased to take root, and is as the seed
which fell among stony places, they
have no earth or strength about
them, and so, when such talk springs
from shallow ground, here and there, it
soon withers and is gone. The truth
of the matter is, the Southern people
are not responsible for the disloyal acts
and utteranceS (if there were suchl at
Atlanta, Ga, where Jeff. Davis made
a speech in honor of his dead comrades
who wore the gray. The republican
party knowing that it has only been
kept in power by this continual waving
of the bloody shirt, and realizing that
its days have been numbered when the
earth will be thrown over its coffin, which |
is now in the grave, thought that this |
would be good opportunity to bring |
about grand resurrection of itself, if |
such thing could be possible, and in |
order to do so carried out programme,
by themselves, which they |
now accuse the Southern people of do
ing. For listen. In the procession at |
Atlanta appeared, who? Why, Mayor
of the Philadelphia Press,
who wore the confederate colors, Col.
Frank A. Burr, a "died-in-the wool"
republican and one of the ableSt north
ern newspaper correspondents, with a
banner in his hat, shouting
and weeping with the veterans who
wore the gray, Col. Fred D. Mussey, a
special correspondent for the Cincin-
lati Gazette, with a confederate flag
pinned to his coat, and with these
hree Northern Daises,'' in the pos
session, for political reasons only, was
ien1 Longstreet, in his confederate
republican without guile
nd who is now out of Office just be-
auSe his party happens to be out. Our
eaders can now see, and that without
PEGS, that this charge which the Re-
ublican press has made against the
Outh is but a libel upon that section
nd vas done for the purpose of har-
owing up strife and hard feelings be-
Eeen the two sections for no other
eason than that the Republican party
light continue to live and again get
old of the reins of the government.