The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-10-28
MaRsHkLL. 30. Oct %, 1888.
EDIroR JOURNAL.
Seiina Haaa.

EDIIoH JOURNAL.
SaIina. Haas.
DEAk slR.-Scesng through she
western papers that you are having
quite lively race Cor Conxre.s ID the
osd finn District batueen Wilson
and Anderson. thoogni q might Be
Interesting 10 your readers to know
bow the mess baekB ran politics oct
here 10 Old Missouri. We are hav-
ing lively time 10 our CnngressIon-
a fight il this the sixth Congression.
al District 81 Missouri. The conie%
tsnts are General Od0a Guitar. %
Columbia, on the Republican ticket,
and John p. Heard. Of sedalia,
on the Democrat % ex-rebel ticket.
Gen. Guitar vas q general Ia the
federal army during the late war, and
fs regarded By both Democrats snd-
Republicans - one Of the ablest men
IN the state. Mr.. Heard vas q SOUTH
ern sympafhizsr and Is making his
race on his merits a. such. No man
stands very good show for Office
unless he Is an sx-eonfederate. Every
county officer Of this county. except
oBe, is an ex- confederate, aud he was
not old enough 10 20 % the army, but
Is a southern sympathizsr with the
rest. The Democratic party talks Of
the Republicans Haunting the bloody
shirt and fighting the war over again,
etc. Now ~ 1 have lived in Kan
sas / know that the Democrats there
as well as Republicans wers Union
men, and TO all such Democrats 1
cOhmend the following. taken from
THE ROeheport Commercial, 10 their
careful perusal:
"Gen. Oden Guitar. the Republican
nominee for Congress from this dis
trict. Is billed for 3 speech az this
place on the 18th day Of Oct, upon
the political issues OF the day. IL h
presumable that the original Repub-
licans will vote for Guitar IN the com
ing November election, but IL be Is
coming here with the expectation Of
influencing others 10 vote for him, he
will have Teckoned without his host
The recollections Of the late war are
too fresh In the minds of the southern |
sympathizers 10 Boone county land |
thank God there were many Of theml |
for them 70 be lulled 10 sleep Dy the |
musical strains Of q Guitar The |
cries of helpless southern woman ~
they plead piteOusly 10 Guitars blue /
coat, Arkansas Jay HaWkersi, and
Missouri 'Greasers' 20 spare their /
husbands and fathers, have not ceased
20 reverberate along the corridors of
old Boone. The flames that consum-
ed their homes and III up the mid
night hours Of darkness, The wretched
night spent by our people when orders
were given 70 burn RJcheport before
morning, and the terror inspired By /
these 'cut-thrOsts' still rises up like
'BanehO's Ghost and will not down.
say what you may or do what you
can aud you will not be able 20 maze
those people believe that Gen. Guitar
was not responsible in q degree for
the acts of his men and they hare
taught this 10 their children. Can |
those who wore the gray forget such
things "Can the Ethiopian change
his skin OF the leopard his spots.
Neither can these people ever forget
these scenes through which they
were called to pass, and Il is right
that they should not. Can they vote
for Guitar You had as well ask
them 10 surrender their manhood.
Their very nature revOlts at the idea
When they approached the polls Ia
November Il will not be to vote for
the man whose soldiers had desOlated
many of their homes while they
were away fighting for their rights
The lawlessness OF those who wore
the blue can never be forgotten In
Missouri as long as any Of tue partic-
ipants are living, therefore Il need
not be expected that those who wore
the gray will ever be induced 10 vote
for any one who winked at or allow
ed such things"
The above, published In last weeks
ROchepOrt Commercial will give
some idea how the "blue coat" Is re-
garded by the Democrat party where
they have the balance Of power. The
wonder is to me that there Is q single
Democrat in the great loyal state Of
Kansas, the state that furnished more
soldiers in support Ofthe Government
than any state ia the Union Of the
same population. But TO further
show the disposition Of Democrats
and ex-cOnfederates, 1 give below q
quotation from a speech made By Ex-
confederate Gen. Joseph Shelby, at
Mo-, on the 8lst Of August.
The occasion was the meeting OF the
associations Of Mis-
souri,, Gen. Shelby said;
"Citizens and ex-soldiers, 1 am
that kind providence has
permitted US TO come together once
more, aud / think I am right when /
say the federais feel thankful for the
existing state Of affairs. Those who
wore the gray were defeated after
four years Of bitter strife and became
81 the mercy Of the e0nquerOrs.
You are the remnant Of the $1,000
men who surrendered 70 Grant. some
Of YOU have grown old aud gray
headed, bat we are here ones more TO
shake hands with those who wore the
blue. aud now you have the accord
Df those who fOaghtyOu. Understand
me 10 say that although We are under
one union and the same flag waves
over Us, we have nothing 10 regret
but our dead, aud furthermore We
have nothing 10 take back. IRE
mendous applause Those here Of
he fairer sex who showed so much
courage. IL Is 10 you we owe ali;-ffsi
70 the mothers and then 10 those
whom we love best. / will say again
Everything IL forgotten buf you must
l0t srpcct rs TO have anything 70 take
,ack."
Just such as the above and even
more rsbid, are the sentiments Of
in Missouri. II the Union
Democrats Of Kansas, could only Wit
less one campaign in Missouri, they
would go back 70 Kansas we'll salts
led to vote the Republican ticket the
lalanceOf their lives. AvON.
JALIEA LoDeE, No. 80. A. F. and
A. A., Oct IS, 1885.
We the undersigned COMMITTEES on Z