Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-03-15
The RevoIted States.
Bni HoRAcR GREELEY.

The reconstruction of the Union-upor
what bnsis-by what meaus-with wha,
guarantees for future loyalty aud TRANQUIL
ty-is one of the gravest problems that eyer
t 'xed the wisdom of statesmen or justified
the anxiety Of patriots. 1t is not to be
turned of with Aippant paragraph nor
settled by spread eage sentiment Let
US consider it in the light of palpable facts
Suppose the State of South Carolina
should next month desist in despair from
further resistance to the arms of the u. S.
and sullenly permit the restoration of the
Federal custom houses, mails, and post-of
fces--what then?
or her population, one-half is know to be
thoroughly inViGcibly loyal the other i'm
placably diSloyal. Under the institutions
and social system which Grated this at.
trocious rebellion, the loyal half are held
20 be the chatteIs personal-the mere con
Venience>-of The disloyal. Suppose we
go in fora reconstruction" which shall per.
petuste this arrangement, who will be the
supportes and hackers of the National au.
thurty in that State ?
Not the Whi'es-the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
give US fair notice that they hate the Union
inyeterately, and will not be reconciled to
its sway. That horse we eau only lead 10
the water-his drinking is quite another
matter, as be will make plain to the duIest
apprehension. Ii it were ever so desirable
to have Rlett and PicI en- VI aud Ham
mond, KeIlt and Boyee, back in Congress
there is no known machinery by which they
can be constraiaed TO come, or punished for
staying away.
Mott Blacks-the slaves-for we shall
have cruelty betrayed and alienaled them.
blasting their fond hopes and crushing out
their lite long aspiration Powerless and
de0ased as they now are, they give US ut
least the benefit Of their fervent prayers
then even these will be turned to curses
To-day, every negro in South Carolina is
loyal 10 tho hearts core. he will do and
dare all that man may do for the cause of
Ihe Nation. But after we shall have re.
placed the power justly forfeited by wanton
treason in the hands of the traitors. binding
the Unlonlsts alresh in their chains, what
must be the feeling toward US of the poor
victims OF this shameful treachery They
who lnstinctively ran 10 the water-side, as
our victorious heet sailed up by Port Roy.
al toward Beaufort, clntchng the little
bundles that held all their worldly wealth,
and asking to be taken aboard and carried
somewhere, anywhere, so that il was away
IRON Slavery--what must they think of us,
after having piloled our boats aud ships
and given US all the information and aid in
their power, when they see our last ship
sail away and leave them to the u1restrain.
ed power, the long-nursed wrath, of the
masters who tried TO shoot them when they
refused 10 ay before US TO Charleston or the
whose tender mercies are
eruel, and whose baiiled hate of Us will Ger.
tainiy be wreaked upon those whom thew
viii naturally regard as our accomplces
Suppose South Carolina thoroug gly re.
constructed on the Democratic platform
all power virtually monopoized by the two |
or three thousand wealthy slaYehOld- |
ers who plotted this rebellion, aud who by |
her constitution are alone eligible TO her |
places of highest trust. Suppose her backed |
10 Congress by delegations from her sister |
Slave States, all accustomed 10 detest her