Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-25
wueFLER's SECRET CIRCULAR.
=. Effects sAbroad-Turning Away Capital
and working Great Injury to southern
p.ocress-GoOd Reasons to support

H' working Great Injury to Southern
ross-Good Reasons to Support
Austin.
General Joseph Wheeler, Congress-
nan from Alabama, has written letter
Ibis constituents. He opens it thus:
.wAsHINGTON. d. C.
:. III election Tuesday, November
u. fnel | NAV be pardoned for asking
'In' w nareons who love the Constitution
a an aP[-s avs established by our forefathers,
aI[ ,so every effort in their power to
1o " ~1 the largest possible majority for
ST. sgo ,,r;ncinles of liberty and honest
eorrnmept. enc which the good people of
0r,b Alabama have kindly selected
mo 10 uphold and champion.
This constitution and these laws are
tbe same that Wheeler fought for four
roars TO destroy. Now he wants
aIabamians to use every effort in
+boir mower to secure the largest pos
s;hle majority against them.
After this exhibition General Wheeler
emits the following:
"During the last session of Congress,
II was only by extraordinary efforts
nat the crisis which threatened the
existence of our system was averted;
and an overwhelming rebuke by the
people is essential to prevent the con-
tinuance of the wicked designs OF those
who openly avow their purpose to usurp
our State Governments, arm the ne
rroes. impoverish the people by taxa
tion. authorize and even force negroes
tomix as equals with white men and
women in schools, churches and rail-
roads, and by legislation to sanction
and thus encourage this unholy mixture
in all social relations, including that
Of marriage"
We do not care to comment upon such
statement from leading Southern
CONGRESSMAN and noted Confederate
soldier. 1t carries its own comment to
all intelligent readers. 1t simply is
unfortunate for the South that they
keen as their representatives in the
National Legislature men capable OF
such abominable Misrepresentation and
falsehoods. General Wheeler is not a
fool. and can not be excused for
telling such lies on that ground. He
is far worse than that, and he is doing
more injury to the South now than he
did with his calvary near the close of
the war. when the people of the South
petitioned the Federal officers for pro-
lection from the marauding troops of
this same Wheeler.
The counties of Culbert, Franklin,
Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lime
stone, Madison and Morgan are respon-
sible for this man in Congress. Do the
people of those counties indorse him in
the statements he makes? If SO, let
them return him to Congress, and we
will know more definitely how to reckon
the sincerity of the professions of oul
Southern brothers.
But General Wheeler does not stoI
here in removing the lid from the
Southern cauldron. He says further on
in his letter (which was probably not
meant for publications.
Their object, as stated by the Re-
publican paper of Washington, is to
break down 'Bourbonism of the South,
but in reality their desire and purpose
is to incite between the races conflicts,
which these fanatical men know will
result in disaster to the colored man,
but which they intend to use to intensity
bitter feelings against the South in the
more ignorant of the North, and thus
enable these INSCRIPTIONS leaders to
control by passion because they know
they can no longer control by reason. y
Yet, in the face of such expressions
as these, the Southern people complain
that the Northern men persist in waving
the bloody shirt and this talk comes
from one Of their leading representa-
tives.
Furthermore, says General Wheeler:
81 beg you will urge every neighbor
to go to the polls, and appeal to those
who have not heretofore voted our
ticket to stand by us in this battle for
the honor and prosperity of the Sou tn,
and IN the defense of the women of our
country whose gentle, chaste and noble
characters have justly won the applause
and admiration of the world"
What fustian is this? Why does
'"NNANA uLdS iu1O IL pOllblCdl COH0iO-
verSy the names of Southern ladies?
. The ''non-chivalrous' Northerner would
be ashamed of such an act.
General Wheeler concludes his letter
IN this way:
Our men no longer brood upon the
ruined fortunes of the past, but with
every mental snd physical energy
responding to the effort, they march for
ward with renewed determination to
conquer in the great battle for material
prosperity.
Promising that my best efforts will
oe devoted to the advocacy of legisla-
Ion which will facilitate and aid our
people in this commendable purpose,
!nanklng you for past kindness, trust
ing my devotion to the interests of the
people to be worthy of its continuance,
anu begging you will always command
me when can serve you, believe me,
. "uIy your friend and servant,
''Jos. WHEELER.
r. ST inclose you ballots; please
get all voted that you can"
IN the great battle for material pros
peflty General Wheeler is a man who
7 working incalculable injury to his
people Northern Alabama. with its