The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-05-20
JACKSON. OHIO. THURSDAY. MAY 90 1886.
BLOODY-SHIRT PAPERS!
NUMBER xxx.

Georgia. There was one man in this
party who was very eagerly sought after
For several years that man had used his
utmost endeavors to build up a sentiment
among the citizens of the United States
which would make men disloyal. He had
been entrusted with a high place in the
official circles of the country, and had
taken a solemn oath to support the Gov.
ernment, but had deliberately perjured
himself and attempted by all means in
his power to destroy the Government he
had sworn to protect. The method OF
educating the people was to impress upon
America depended upon concentration
of all the violent elements of Democracy
in Southern despotism, founded upon
human slavery, and that the end justified
the means. The 'honor" of the South
must be upheld, even if it took perjury
and murder to uphold it. This new polit-
ical formation was an ambitious scheme
or conspiracy. which had filled and fired
the brains of the Southern statesmen fol
a long time. The people had to be brought
up to it, and the idea thoroughly instilled
in the popular mind. The plan which in
the course of years was evolved from the
mind of this man and his fellow schemers
was to culminate, and did eliminate, in q
great conspiracy, the winding up of which
was the most disastrous and bloody con-
f1ict of modern times. This elimination
occurred after years of scheming and
preparation, and there was disregard OF
consequences, and carelessness of human
life, that reached the lowest depths OF
criminality. Poor, ignorant Democrats
in the South were educated to believe
that it was but a mere holiday excursion
to march to Washington, take possession
Of the Capitol, hoist the flag of new
South thereon, and compel the "mudsills'
of the North to acknowledge the indie
pendence of that section
After thus carefully educating the
people up to the point where it was
thought safe to attempt the carrying out
of the great scheme, this man and his
fellow cOnspirators, after stealing all the
Government property they could get hold
of-grard larceny was the first move in
the Rebellion-plunged into war, and for
four years the tread of armies, the blare
of bugles, the groans of dying men and
the waving of banners gave terrible
character to the experience of this Gland
of the Free" while the roaring of cannon
told the tale of Democratic infamv. All
through the terrible struggle this ma
was the sleek, crafty leader, by his as
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men in the field long after they had fully
demonstrated by superhuman bravery and
endurance, that they were engaged in a
hopeless struggle against fate. To the
very last was the voice of this crafty
traitor uplifted in cheering on the brave
but strangely deluded men who had cho-
sen to follow his lead in the scheme to
destroy the Government. He appeared in
the military camp, on the battlefield, in
city, town and country, anywhere, every
where, cheering on the men to the great
things which awaited them in the victory
over the detested Yankees. What was
the result? What did this great leader
do to prove his love for the brave men
who were making such sacrifices for him :
He simply started out of the Rebellion in
the same manner he started in. As soon
as he saw the handwriting upon the wall
of the doomed Confederate Capital, his
plan was arranged. Collecting together
such funds as could be found, belonging
to the Confederacy, he very slyly struck
out with the hope of making his escape
and deserting his friends While Lee
Johnston, Longstreet, and others were
manfully laying down their swords in to-
ken of their submission to the laws of the
land, this man was flying across the coun.
try with his family, trying to leave be-
hind him, perhaps forever, the scenes OF
his mistakes and his horrible crimes
Never was q picture more contemplate
or more humiliating to American man.
hood. The last acts of the traitor were
more disgraceful than the first. A man
may be a thief, and have that bravery
of admiration as an element Of true man.
hood. But the man who steals the prop
erty of the Government under which he
lives, for the purpose of organized out
lawry, persuades his friends to join him
then in the hour of defeat and capture
deserts them and consigns them to to the
mercy of an outraged Government, what
can be said of such man?
During the exciting experience OF this
man, it may be well to remember the at
titude of the Democratic party toward
him and his conspiracy: AS a party, the
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Southern Confederacy throughout. There
is no use, or sense, of any Democrats de
nying this fact. 1t is history. When we
recite history to the rising generation
our Democratic friends raise a great out
cry, and accuse US of trying to recall the
bitterness that existed during the war
or the days of Democratic mistakes. Not
that esteem and fraternal feeling due
among brothers. But to do so is not nee
essary to pervert history, or deny the
record of the past. Every resolution
passed by a Democratic Convention upor
the subject of the war, every editorial il
Democratic paper, breathed the spirit
of hatred of the Union and sympathy
with the Confederacy. While many
members of the Democratic party wer,
thoroughly loyal to the Government, anC
proved it upon the field of battle, thei
party played them false and the leading
spirits, those who formed the characte
and controlled the action of the party
were in full sympathy with, and grea
admirers of, this miserable fugitive VIII
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