The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-19 00:00:00

THE SOUTH CAN'T COME IN.

The Charlottsville, Virginia, Chronicle complains
in the following mournful strain of the difficulties
in the way of a readmission of the late rebel States
into the Union :—" It seems to us as hard to get in
the Union as it is to get out. The South respect-
fully asks to move one way or the other. We
are like the fellow who was forced to go to the
show, and then not allowed to go any further than
where he had paid for his ticket. We have been
dragged into the doorway of the Federal tent, and
are not allowed to see any of the performance ex-
cept to settle with the tax collectors. We can
hear the animals growling inside, and hear
the crack of the ring-master's whip, but we
can't see the show unless we pay for two and
take in a coloured lady. And the worst of it
is, they keep a great eagle perched over the
entrance, which, if you attempt to go back, swoops
down upon you and picks a hole in your head. We
justly think this is unreasonable; they ought either
to let us pass in, or refund our money and tie up
the eagle."

THE TRIUMPHS OF THE UNION PARTY IN AMERICA.
The New York Times, sketching the career of the
National party in the United States during the
past five years, says that its final and grand moral
triumph was in the amendment of the Constitution,
which, by peaceful means, completed what war had
begun, and made the whole Union forever free of
the stain and guilt of slavery. With its humane
and moral victories went on the victories of
its Generals, the success of its financial
policy, the triumph of its diplomacy, and
the final and wonderfully peaceful settlement
of the subdued rebellious States, so that in nine
months from the close of the most gigantic war of
modern times America is without an armed oppo-
nent of the national authority, with an army re-
duced from a million to less than a hundred thou-
sand men, an immense fleet dismantled and sold,
expenses brought down in an incredible proportion,
the whole South peaceful and submissive, the
national credit rising each day, and resources in-
creasing, the threat of war in Mexico averted with-
out sacrifice of honour by skilful statesmanship,
and the Republic beginning on a new and glori-
ous career of triumphant progress. But more
than this, in the view of posterity, this opening
year beholds a broad continent filled only with free-
men, the shackles stricken off from four millions of
human beings, and a whole race commanding a new
history of freedom and development. These mag-
nificent results, in one aspect, are the triumphs of
an organisation. They are the immortal victories
of the Union party. No political or patriotic or-
ganization ever had a nobler history. its triumphs
have been the triumphs of human progress. To

break up this grand organization now, just as the
fruits of its struggles are being seen, just as it is about
to peacefully organise the results of victory, would
be the height of folly and madness. It
is inevitable that there should be differ-
ences of opinion on so great and complicated
questions as the reconstruction of a severed Union
and the organisation of the freed labour of millions
of persons. But the differences have surely not
become vital. The points at issue are mainly ques-
tions of practical organization and statesmanship,
which ought to be compromised. The honesty and
patriotism of the President are admired on all sides.
No one doubts his devotion to the principles of free-
dom, or his humane interest in the welfare of the
negroes. The only differences are as to the practi-
cal details of the governmental management and
protection of their interests. These, says our New
York contemporary, certainly can be settled.