The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1900-08-21


aud the peace of the country to the
scheme of clique of radical politi-
clans to set aside the benignsnt pur-
poses of Abraham Lincoln and to rule
the conquered South by force of arms.
Kentucky, which had sent an equal
number of her sons to the two armies
in the war of Sections, came out OF
the trial hv fire her autonomy intact
and her colors flying. More fortunate
than her sister States of the stricken
South, Kentucky still was free. The
use she made of her freedom was to
bravely throw herself in front OF
Tennessee and Alabama and Mississ-
ippi and Arkansas and Louisiana and
Georgia and earnestly TO plead with
the good people of the North and the
West against the prescription leveled
against the good people OF those help
less communities the ruinous dis
REIMBURSEMENT of the whites, the bar
barous enfranchisement of the blacks /;
the confiscation of property by carpet
bag edicts not worth the paper they
were written on, and the looting Of
State and County Treasures under
the very eye Of the National Govern
ment; the substitution Of the "bloody
shirt" for the National ensign; the
use of troops at the polls; the havoc Of
civil rights bills; the riot of force
bills; and, in short, the bculeverse-
ment wrought by long line of op-
pressive measures designed to reverse
the domestic and political conditions
of "the States lately in Rebellion !"
and to place the bottom of society on
top, wherewith 81 implsc.ble group
of Radical leaders sought to confirm
and consolidate their power. and to
secure for themselves and their mis-
directed and misshspen partisan
perpetuity in Office.
The scheme failed. II was too
monstrous to succeed. The good
sense and good feeling of the North
would not have it. The rape of the
il 1877 =.s i.s s.isS eG!-
mination. Except for dissensions
and follies among the Democrats, the
would have been swept
from power in 1850, never to come in
again they would have gone out as
their progenitors, the old FederAlists,
went out in lS0l, never 10 hope
Egain-
'Uuwept. unhono-ed and ursuzg
But in what particular has the Re-
publican party Of Kentucky, a. tie
psop'e have seen II the last four years,
varied the aspects which marked it in
the Nation during the hs,sfE! er: 9:
Force was and is is only lAw. The
ringing OF the alarm bslls 81 Frank
Tort and the calling out OF the troops
by Bradley was ridiculous indeed
n.tesd of raising storm of detrac,
lion il raised laugh; but it was
none the less straw showing how
The winds Of Republicsnism blow in
every stress of weather. Four years
later this same Bradley true Re.
publican in spirit and method-quits
The State Capital, comes to Louisville,
and, disregarding the express terms
of the Constitution, calls out a preor-
gsnized partisan militia and makes q
demonstration with Gstling guns to
= fleet the result Of the election. The
pretense has since been set up that
the "call" was such little one that il
should not count. The plea is made
that the Gatling guns were not load
ed. But mark the sequel no sooner
loes Taylor, Bradley's successor, find
himself Professionally seated in power
than, without qualification, or dis
guise, he proceeds to intrench himself
against any possible legal process
and, thus intrenched, be defies alike
the people and the law, and spits i'll
the face of public opinion. lie die
perses the Lcgisls,ure; drives it's
Democratic members through the
streets of the State Capital at the
point of the bayonet; and orders them
to reassemble in the little mountain
village OF London. He puts his foot
upon the writ of habeas corpus and
warns the civil officer seeking to serve
it from his August presence. Sur
rounded by partisan troops he gives
and entertainment. TO law
less men, and even harbors them in
the Executive Building itself, and
when, as an inevitable consequence OF
mis- acts, murder is done, he sets up
barricade against intrusion. Instantly
upon the firing OF the fatal shot, he
shuts the doors and bars the windows
issues pardons and arranges escapes,
against the murderer land as q fit