The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-10-25
SEEKS ANOTHER WAR.
OF D. TEcUMSEHJ SHERMAN,s S
RECENT UTTERANCES.
The Burner of Columbia and Atlanta
Would Again Devastate the South.
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Wilmington star IA
In the N0rA Amctticaa Reoieto for
October, now before us5,S there is-~an
article by Gen. w. T. Sherman enti-
tied, q Old Shady, with Moral" If
his ability for mischief was in proper
ton to his meanness and malicious
ness, his prophesy would indeed be-
come history. The South puts one
estimate on Sherman, and the North
another estimate. The Southern
whites know he conducted war as
Comanche Indian or Vandal, and
under the pressure of sharp and peril
nacious criticism that he g lied like
trooper" and has kept on lying. The
Southern whites will never take pro-
fessional liar as suitable exemplar
for the youth of country, nor will
they teach their children that burning
and plunderng and devastating and
numbering. are the proper expressions
OF humanity, even in time of war.
We have noticed that the Virginia
dailies have been very indignant over
the hoary old Romans screed in the
Radical" North -14merftan Rearez0
edited and owned bY one of the most
reactfonary, blinded, litter Protection
Republicans in the country. Our
highly esteemed contemporary, the
Richmond State, has had more, than
one; E. itorial in excoriation Dg tile
burner of Atlanta and Columbia. In
its Last notice il says:
sWhat a spectacle this is! A re-
Jired Commander -in-Chief of the
Army Of the United .States--a man
who would be supposed TO be against
mob violence, actually limiting to a
large class of newly liberated and ig-
norant people the power of the use of
the. torch What a.spectacle4-1A 4 po-j
litical party seeking TO light IFS way to,
victory by tie light of the home-con-.
suming flambeau, applied by frenzied
hand All, yes Here we have the
Republican party in its true co'ors.
Here we have the decayed, wicked
and cowardly party, whose leaders
from secure hiding places, would wreak
out conaagration on the people OF the
South, a South they hate because 1t IS
a solid South.
CHOW, Nirginians, do you. falter in
your work of organization? Do you
cry too much politics ? .
We are really glad that old s'Cump'
has delivered himself of his nasty ex-
pectoration of bile and bitterness. He
was an incendiary in war and he is an
incendiary now. He seeks the ruin
of the South in peaceful times as he
sought its destruction amid the pangs
and suferings of great struggle that
shook the Continent. But this malic-
ious and prosecuting screed pleases- us.
1t is an excellent Campaign document
for our side. 1t reveals the secret,
malignant ydeyilish3 purposes of that
part of the North that worship such
.heroes(D as BE-. Stanton, John Brown,
Seward, Sherman, Sheridan and Grant.
. The Southern whites may as well un-
/ derstand this-that Non therns Radi-
calism means Southern hatred, and
that the only friends the South has
now or-has ever had in the North be-
fore, during and since the war between
the States, are the real Democrats.
But what did the old Bummer say
of the Southern whites Here is the
most important part: Published in
last weeks GOLD LEAF. e'rI +
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What does he mean? Can there
be any mistake? He means that the
North will go to war with the South
unless the Southern negroes vote a:
they please. He assumes that the
vote is suppressed. And yet it ha:
been shown time and again that the
vote in certain Northern States l.
much less in proportion to population
than in the Southern States.
A prominent lawyer in Henderson
I Vance county. fearing that we nigh
overlook Sherman's article copied The
extract given above and accompanied
with such intelligent and pointed
remarks that We reproduce them ir
lieu OF farther comment Of our own
Our friend says: @n@ab .3
j "In this article, published in a mag
azine of wide circulation, Gen Sher
man says: Ist, A'war between tht
races is impending. 2nd, That the
negrois deprived Of bis vote, which
!, the North viii not much longer per
nit. srd, Predicts if not a femed,
that the negro will use the torch anc
dagger Incend iarism' and midnigh
assassination. 4th, That the negrc
will be justified in this, and that mill
ions, that is of Northern syupathizers
! viii assist them In this outrageou
abuse of the South, Gen. Sherman bu
voices the feelings of his class of poll
tieians IN the North. They aDanf AZ
e.reuse to aebsTVe the negyeef his note
) to prevent us being counted agains
them, and they would give over th'