Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-07-25
" MagaanimOus Temper of the South
ern Psople."

The subloined article from the New York World
contains many just statements and judicious re-
fSetions which, we trust, the Administration and
the people Of the North generally will calmly
ponder:
The bearing Of the Southern pc opie under their
lefe Il and the immense loss OF property involved
the emancipation Of their slaves, is nore gen.
erUus manly. and self respecting than We ha1 any
feasOn 20 expect From the Po,emRc to the Rio
Grande, there is not single guerTll band, nor
,uy demonstration of resistance 20 the Federal
authority. The infuen -isl statesmen of the
south and their trusted militia y lesdes, are dis
posed, 10 a man. to acquiesce in reunion and make
the best Of the situation. General Lee, whom
the Southern people almost revere, is an open
applicant for pardon, and Lends his weghty ex.
Ampe 10 sincere and faithful submission ~
ne laws General Johnston who stood next TO
Lee in Southern consideration. has publicly given
as rational advice 10 his fellow -ctizens as could
we been dictated by the 81 unchest friends
If the In on. NJ, Boyce, of South Carolina,
Governor Brown, Of Georgia, aud other South
srn statesmen Of equal dl=tiuction, have made
addresses counseliug aCquiesce- ce in the sboli.
ton OF slavery ana iealty 10 the Federal Govern.
ment. The Southern newspapers are almost uni
ysrsally conducted in the same admirable and
manly spirit. There Is no contumacious sulen-
aess, no captous refining on the Const tuition,
40 refractory assertion OF state sovereignty no
harsh criticism Of the policy Of President John
,on none Of the naughty tone Of self-asseItion
once so charact sristic Of Southern public men,
And vet there Is nothing servile or craven in the
general tone Of Gcqulescence aud submission. IL
Is the simp manifestation OF fO0d sense and
manly feeling, which accepts the inevitable with
out won ,nish petulsnce, and seeks, 10 a straight
orw lrd manner, 10 adait Itself to the actual stu
alton.
AS Americans the South has given US no res.
h. oaha nf mr.
made, u be sure a To rlble mistake Ia going into
this contest but once Ia they bore themselves
With resoluto, %, gailantry persistence and hdei-
~ 70 each ether which did no discr- dit to their
public spirit and soldierly qualities. Tie hercu.
can aud protrected exert Gus we were compelled
10 make TO subdue them attest their vigor and
va or GId, after so tough contest we cannot
DENY them the possession OF great qualities with
MT humlliating self.disparagement, But the
lrankness OF their submission, when they saw
tbey were bealen Is as conspicuous proof OF
magnapimity az the chivalric determination
1it6 which they fought against superior dds. It
AIDA TO our sense OF .tiOnsl strength that in fu-
lure wars with foreign powers, we snail have the
.ppDort Of Zen = hO understand so well the du-
lies Of soldiers and ciuzens-
Considering their present admiral bearing,
might We to treat them as friend. or q e1em IS
When we separated ON CHEAT Britain, we pro-
claimed 10 the world, IN the Declaration Of lnde.
Dendence, that we should hold the Britons, like
otber fore On peoples, enemies in Ipar, in peace
friends" Shall we treat our own reLentant
brethren with less magma Unity than foreign ma.
tons practice toward e. otherf Having treated
these brave and misguided fellow.countrymen as
enemies In war, shall we refuse to treat them as
friends in peace Why should our newspapers
.eeun with calumnies on their eharacterl When
REV so frankly accept the new order Of things,
and the mighty revolution In their social system,
what sense, what msgnsnimity, what deeency
eyen. "a there in subjecting. them 10 needless hu.
initiation aud indigI itiesf Nobody fears new
Iebellion; nobody believes that the frank submis'
sion of the south is ieigned and it Is unworthy
the character OF great nation t. practice mean,
suspicious aud ir tating surveillance over proud
and spirited community. who bear themselves
With such sense and seli.command under one Of
the greatest trials through which any people was
ever called to pass.