The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1865-10-26
Hon. Vna. II. Seac0r6.

Gently made a speech at Auburn, \. Y
which places him in the front rank If
ableand conservative statesmen. Heen.
dorses the entire policy OF Presiden,
johnson, approves the plans of recon.
struction, and applauds his liberal, high
toned and conciliatory measures towards
the South. We shall gipea few EXTRACTS
from the speech:
" We know the Inherent strength, vi
tality and vigor of the whole American
people. We neitherpassionateiy torment
any offending limb, nor consent to its be-
inc cut off, because we know that all Of
cur limbs are capable Of being restored.
and all are necessary to the prolongation
ofour Rationale life. You Willasl Wheth,
er a reconciliation which follows so clos,
~ upon military coercion can be relied
upon. Can it be sincere? Can 1t be Per.
manento | answer, do you admit seba-
ration to be in any case possible: vii
YOU yourselves now or ever consent 10 Il?
You answer all these questions III The
negative. Is not reconciliation, then, not
only desirable, but imperative: Is any
other reconciliation, under the clrcum-
stances. possible? Certainly you must
accent this proposed reconciliation, or
YOU must purpose todelay and wait until
YOU can procure Il better one. Good sur
gerry requires that even simple fractures
much more compound ones, shall be
healed, # possible, at the first intension
Would not delay necessarily proiong ar
archy? Are you sure that you can pro-
cure a better reconciliation after prolone-
ed anarchy, without employing force
Who will advocate the employment eff
force merely to hinderanddelay through
prolonged anarchy, reconciliation
which is feasible and perfectly consistent
with the Constitution IN What psrt OF
the Constitution is written the power to
continue civil war against succumbng
States for ultimate political triumph
| What would this be but, in fact, toinsti-
tute new civil war, after one had ended
with the complete attainment Of the law
ful objects for which it was waged.
at is certain that the plan of reconcil-
iation which | have thuslargely explain
ed must and will be adopted. 1t may,
can it be hindered: Youare yourselves
aware of the answer when you fasten
upon any violent, factious Or seditious
exhibition of passion or discomfort in
any of the lately rebellious States and
argue from it the failure of the plan.-
You argue justly. Every turbulent and
factious person in the lately insurrection-
airy States is resisting, hindering andde-
laying the work of restoration to theeX-
tent of his ability. But the ease is pre-
cisely the same With ourselves. Mani
festations of doubt, distrust, elimination
contempt or defiance, inthe loyal States,
are equally injurious, and equally tend
to delay the work of reconciliation
How, then, shall it be fastened: | re-
ply, virtually, in the language of the
President-in the spirit Of the Constitu-
ton, and in harmony, not only with our
politics, but with our religion-"We
must trust each other.o Can we not
| We have since been enemies. We are
friends again. But, whether in friend
ship or in enmity, in peace or in war, we
are and can be nothing else to each other
than brethren. 4 few evenings ago, an
hundred Southern men, who recently
had been more or less influential and
leading revolutiOnists, visited my house
at Washington. They We're frank, unre-
served and earnest in their assurances OF
acquiesence and reconciliation, as | also
was in mine. Happily, a party of intel
ligent Englishmen were in my dwelling
at the same time; l introduced the late
rebels to the representatives of sympa-
thizing England, and said to the par
ties: ''You lately each of you thought
that the Southern men preferred British
rule to citizenship in the United States.
While the Englishmen individually dis
claimed, both parties promptly answer
ed as they now do, that that idea was
not merely delusion, but an absurd
mistake. They know that even during
the excitement of the war, the American
citizen, whether North or South, really
preferred his own countrymen of every
section to any other people in the world.
Some of you fear that the President may
be too lenient to those Southern leaders
who plunged the country into the calam-
tiles OF civil war. Except those OF you
who have been MANNED or bereaved, has
any of You suffered more Of wrong, in
suit and insolence at the hands of those
leaders than he has: Can we not forget
where he can forgive?'
Speaking OF President johnson ne elo-
qaently says:
: confess, With a full sense OF my ae-
c0uAtabiliiy, th.t among all the public