Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-09-30
THE SUBMISSION or TEE SOUTHERN
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THE SUBMISSION OF TEE SOUTHERN
Day after day, week after week and
month after month, since the ~surrenders.
have presented an UNMARRIED programme
ct the White House. Self-appointed and
semi-oficial1y appointed delegations have
waited on President johnson, composed
Of men from the South, to represent to
him the condition Of affairs In their par
~ticular localities. The primary object Of
the visits of this class to the national
capital is to gain pardon j; and to hasten
that end by bringing themselves promi
nently before the eye of the Executive,
they arrogate to themselves the response
bility of representatives. of the people,an
with unblushipg impudence offer their
selfish advice to him. It would be well
for the President and the country if he
would, recollect that these people are
traitors, until he pardons them, and that
it 10 for their interest to make it appear
that matters are smooth in the late in-
surrectionary States, and that, there
fore, their representations may not al
ways. be reliable. In his speech made
during his interview with the "Repre-
sen atives of nine Southern States" on
the 18th, President johnson says that
he. hears the same report from every
Southern man who m before him,
viz - st5.
I'VE made the issue. We set up the
union of the States against the institu-
tion of slavery we selected as arbitrator
the God of battles !; the arbitrament was
the sword. The issue wa fairly and
h6norably met. Both the questions pre-
sented havebeen settled against US, and
WI are prepared to accept the ISSUE"
"With g~eneralities that do not even
glitter" a,large number of the people
engaged in the late damnable insured
ton, talk in the same manner, and per-
haps they believe themselves to be hon
est, speaking in a general sense; but
there is acquestion whether they realT,
are or not. For instance you cannot
meet man who is not willing to SAC
cept the logic of events - but his logic
may be bad. Bad logic has been cherish
ed in the South for years, and had much
to do with the cause Of the wal. It may
be that a man is willing to say publicly
that slavery is dead but he may private
ty perpetua"e it's horrors by whipping his
free servants or otherwise abusing them
after the manner of the peculiar code OF
the institution, because it has been con-
aidered a logical A~1~Ance that -l~-~
colored man misbehaved himself, pecu-
liar punishment followed.
From close observation we are. of the
opinion that a great many of the South
ern people are superficial in their sub
mission to the result Of the late war, and
particularly in their allegiance to the
government. The majority ofthoss who
were engaged in the late rebellion are
ready and willing to yield a heartfelt sup
hrt 4L~@~--.~-
those who do not expect to perform any
other deed of patriotism or loyalty than
to lay down their rebelliOus arms (by
compulsory and abstain from acts known
reasonable by their overtness. This
really the submission of the Southern
It is skin deep with many, and
t is a pity that the authorities cannot
pierce through this skin and discover the
beneath, particularly as those
who are obliged to apply fer pardons are
If the guilty class.