, 1863-08-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
DISCUSSION OF THE RECON
STRUCTI0N OF THE UNION.
THE NORTH CAROLINA MOVE
MENT.

tFrom Our Regular Correspondent
WAsuMuToN, August 10, 1873.
There ID general dlaposttiun to deproca.a
tho discussion Of tho question Of reconstruct
Ing the Union, IL premature; Jet ovcsy body
has word to ssy upon It, and on cvcry haod
It IL thrust upon ous attention. II WAS only
yesterday TINT received md Forwarded to
tho Tribune highly important document
from North Carollnn, emauat!ng from high
source, in which tho necessity Of rcstoza.
ton Of tho Union Is urged upon tho people Of
that stato with great force mud freodom.
This proncncss, on ali sidos to tho discus.
sion, IL Of Itself "sign Of tho timcs," which
cannot bo overlooked, and especially tho I'm.
postant movement In North Cafollno, to
which I hayo advcrscd. OF that movement,
and the able papor which gives expression to
Il, thcrc Ia thls to bo said, ut least, thas 1t ia
manly and outspokon, and that II gives evi.
dcuce Of far deeper mud profoundcs lore OF
the Union, and senso Of tho wickcdness Of tho
rebellion, than can be found in any speech,
manifesto, or organ Of tho opposition to the
Administration On this sido Of tho military
lines, Is'nce1ely trust TINT the ftlends Of tho
Union will give tho widest publicity to this
North CaEolina document on every account,
but especially because It Will put to shame
tho Coppefhcads and other eympathlzers with
and npo1og1ets for tho armed traitors OF tho
a tsat ss,s ebe Pepe @ aonsS boa9ns s12 IL the as.
tIous signature "Dayidsou," really omnnates
from gentleman Of high position under tho
State government, that It received tho sane
vas INT published in the Raleigh STANDARD,
| the Official organ Of Gov. Vance, with his ap.
| p,oya1. have received tho assurance Of an
Intelligent North Ca1olnlan, residing at
Washington, In that State, that the authoTn Of
the article were none othe1s Than tho Speaker
and F. B. 8atte1thwaite, esq, who Is P1esl-
dent Of the Governors council These men,
| with Vace, the Governor, and Holden tho cal-
! tor Of the Standard, are representative men.
| They give utternnce to the preTnlcnt eenti-
| ment In North Caroaina-they speak Tor at
least three fou1ths Of the people Of the State;
and set, In recountiug the causes Of the war,
! md The rebellion, they have put MI the blame
/ upon the secesslonttts Of the South They
have not been tempted, by the desire to con.
he % North md tho South; they have not
stopped to the Meanness Of reSIIng the Yau-
KEGS, nor Pre.ident Lincoln, nor The Repuh-
lcan party; but, going back to the days Of
nullifcationt they have traced, step by step,
The pEog1ess q NsaNeetion and disloyalty 70
the Calhoun school, Who have been &C.
tuated solely by ambition. Written IN
der such circumstances, the paper Ii
eminentlY honorable to its authors,
and will take its place in ths public archie7es
as valuable contribution to the history Of
the tImes. It transdxes the Gopperheads Of
the North, and leave1 them dangling In mid
air, without . leg to stand upon The pre-
tended friends Of tho Union men Of the South,
they lay ali the blame Of the wAr upon the
10y II people of the free States, when 10 the
objects Of their affected sympathy speak out
iron the heart of the rebellion, and Tindicate
the Government nnd loyal people cf the United
States aEatnft the calnmnies OF Democratic
traitorsI By ali means let this important
paper have the widest circulation. The terms
ofIestoratton Of the Union which 1t proposes
are impractic4ble, but It Is evident that they
are made In no spirit Of detianct, and with nc
purpose to " die In the last dtch' rather thar
take 1ees-
There are two theories Of reconstruction
! | the holders Of which cling to With great TO
paclty, and puah to impracucahle extremes
J without, perhaps, sufficiently nnalyzlng them
In their practical application. One OF thes'
, | theories Contemplated the complete annlhila
tion Of the rebell}ous States, and The teductlo1
Of the whole area embraced within them u
/, | mere public domain, Inhabited 6y tepeuloa
! population, who must for a. indefinite perio
7 Of time be- held under military rnle- In
: other maintains that the States have In \
!, wise ceased to e1ist-that they arc Immortal
. and cannot be aunlhf1ated-and that Whene1
Il | A. f1.n 1,Aorle ehnl1 repent of their disobad