The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-01
-af I'll, Reporter.
Political and Reminiscent.

VII
In telling the reason WHY. dou't ne
cu-e me of waving the bloody shirt,
tol il occurs Ia me that it belonged Il
"a party that WAS ashamed 10 have IL
record shonnup, would get out of i
before the >un should set For coul,
not >lcrp nights under the word drmee
rae. rebel, or traitor. DO not constru'
it a. meaning all DEMOCRATS. for there
were lois Of loyal Democrats to wstci
would accord the trent rank On dres'
parade. Il MS the loyal Democrats
and the Republicans who gave Us TIN
country. Fer long years before the wal
the county wa nearly equally divided
Ont-half voting almost directly fol
slavery. the oth.r halt for liberty; con
seqnentlv the sorrow aud suffering that
followed in its wake.
have been supposed to believe in
,pirituali>m. There i something pleas
ant IN the idea of being in communiea-
tion with those who have gone before.
II NAV he reasonable to suppose that
from their stand point. they can see
things in a much clearer li9hi than we
who are eneumbered with clay. Ac-
corliagly | invited u medium to visit
our circle. \ circle WAS formed. aud
! wa, requested to call The spirit of some
one-l called for Thomas jefferson.
..fhoma-. Wer" YOU the tatherot Dcmoc-
/ raeT :" -. MAS. is thu party nov
/ bearing Your name your child: No :.
Fiji, was born of John {. Calhoun
and states Rights, a low lived whelp it
j.. My heir, are those that supported
the government | helped make" then
called up Andrew jackson and he re-
,pondcd. Said /, would You like to be
back on earth Just now" "lou bet |
would. I'D like To have been President
| i'm place of that old white liHercd Fed
crllist. Buchanan. | would have hung
/ Nalandingham and Fernando Wood.
! There would have been vacancies in
| Congress. and lust II many funerals as
vacancies. \, for south CAROLINE and
| heard a sound like he grating of teeth,
Willie looking mp couli see fire and
smoke issuing from his mouth and the
devil looking over his shoulder. At this
point | stopped the medium for the cir
Gle had become alarmed.
After lille consultation We decided
to call Douglass. He said he had few
words to say. The Democratic party
was once great, but it had gotten into
bad hands and gone crazy as drunken
bed bug. 1t needed managers, men OF
sufficient SENSE and honesty to run the
party on old principles. In the old
| hands it WAS "A patriotic, COMMISSIONING,
Law abiding party that was always for
the nation. 1t whalrd the BRUSH III
| 1872. 1t smashed Mexico, and after
wards the Wing party for not helping.
| Now for the Democracy To oppose a
war against rebels who not only com
menccd it but actually ruptur@i, the
party itself Is lunacy. unequalled in the
| history of the world At this point
| the circle closed its investigation.
| There il nothing that has done so
much against the Democracy as Uncle
| Toms Cabin, churches, school-houses,
preachers and school marms in the rural
| district, educating the people. There is an
| item of cost that might be considered at
| the time the Emancipation Proclamation
was issued. | was talking with lead
| ing Democrat on the situation. He was
boiling over with wrath and Indignation.
II told you the war was to free the
slaves and nothing else. The TRADE
| ON Lincoln and the administration which
we all remember so well. The Emanci-
patton Proclamation was made out and
lay in waiting under the then existing
excitement of the country. for they
feared the Democrats were not educated
up to receiving il. 1t came at last.
was talking with the same Democrat
some twelve years after the war. Tie
was glad of the result; said the Procia-
nation did not come any too soon. II
it had come earlier it would have short
ened the war. lie was converted.
When we think of the sacrifice of life
and treasures, of sorrow and suffering,
weeping and mourning, caused by wick
ed man, it is deplorabln to contemplate.
And how an American citizen having
the history of our country, the best and
richest country on the face of the earth,
given by our fathers to our keeping,
should so fall into degradation and sin as
to become rebels and take up arms and
defy the government, and trample the
flag of protection in the dust and sub
stitute II rebel flag, is more than can
comprehend. Ever the southern ladies
coming in contact with the flag of their
country would give the skirts of their
garments and outward flip and with an
air of disdain walk around it, and with
| the rebel flag and inward flip, as to en-
brace it with an air of approval. Gen.
Butler of New Orleans, seeing that the
ladies did not walk circumspcctly, issued
an order that they should walk straight,
and that the skirts of their garments
should hang in equilibrium, which had
salutary effect.
Hawaiian infamy, we will consider.
When the queen was dethroned by her
rebel subjects there was great excite
ment and danger of life and property,
and for the safety of the citizens it WAS
advisable to call police force. Our
marines being the most available, our
minister ordered them ashore and the
flag WAS hoistcd. They asked some Of
the English subjects if they were not
going to do something for protection,
they said "No, our lives and property
are safe under the American flag as I'M
der our own. Ii was accepted as an
emblem of protection and peace for
there is no flag that sails the ocean and
enters the ports of all nations that has
the respect of the flag of the L. :.
The Hawaiian trouble was virtually
settled when Harrison left the White
House. Cleveland is n smart man and
sees ahead pretty well. Now that flag
was an eye sore to him. He saw that If
that flag stood there it would add a
magnificent laurel To their country. So
he issued an order to a man having some
experience in that line, to go to the
Island and take the flag down. The
queen taking new courage Immediately
informed her rebel subjects that If she
was restored she must have their heads
rs "A thank offering to Mr.. Cleveland.