The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29

I nadieaiisn ne only Enessys . Re.
ssoredeeee - ~ - ny.
The horrors of7 'uhezampled carnaa.
prolonged through four dreadful years o,
l internecine Wakhass q last been succeeded
| by ths statefd ma healing balm of peace,
4 and all urpeopls, North and South, save
| ne tadioi Republican leaders, are satis-
fed vi the change. -
\ ~ rebellion has been crushed, the
I llle reeions Of the South have been de-
tated, The whole inhabitants conquered,
md their numbers terribly reduced by
| privation and battle. The surviving REM
naats have been ruined. They supplicate
for mercy and pardon and seek to atone
for the treason of the past BY q frank and
graceful submission to the Federal Govern
ment and the requirements of its execu-
tive head, and all our citizens are satisfied,
save the ambitious demagogues Of the
radicS1 Republican faction. ''S'
Sla'ery has been extirpated; the
slaveg, question has been abolished, the
late shareholders acquiesce in the destruc-
ton of their "domestic institution" /" and
prove their learnestness in this acquies-
oence by pledges and acts Of loyalty and
devotion, manifestly sincere. And all our
citizens, except alone the radical Republi-
cans are satisfied -, , = - - ;,.~ > - : g., 81 I
This change from war to peace, which
it was so generally supposed would cause
an immediate disorganization in ell the
business relations Of the country, prostsst-
ing every industrial and commercial enter
prise, has been followed by indications Of
unexampled prosperity, and all the people
rejoice and are satisfied, except alone the
radical Republicans, who must have a
chance to enforce their principles at the
point Of the bsyonet before they can con-
sent to. this change. sigc>a go se.,as'nas.
These bloedthirsty politicians, full Of
treason, strategy and spoils, acknowledg-
ing the leadership ofsuch radicals as CHASE,
SUMNER, WADE. WILSON, STEVENS, and our
own Gen. 4ARsHALI, will not consent that
the Freedman shall take up the shovel and
the hoe, or that the white man shall enjoy
the blessings of peace, until the negroes
of the whole country are converted into
voters to keep them in Office. |
While the energetic men of the South
as coining North in great numbers to
maze arrangements for the resumption of
bus "a, to re-establish frsternal relations
andtoss further plans for developing the
material resources of their section, the
bloodthirsty politicians Of the Republican
party greet them with threats Of ven
geanee, oonfscstion and negro suffrage,
knowing as they do that, in the language
of General BENTON, of Iowa, "negro suf-
frage in the Southern States would spoil
ALL" And this is precisely what they seek:
to ruin hopelesAy the Southern States,
and to exclude them from the Federal
Union, in the hope that they may re-
tain the power and spoils, which the events
Of the past few years have placed in their
hands, and of which the reconstruction
policy of President johnson must surely
deprive them. el.. ~.
We learn from the New York Times
and other journals, that large numbers of
the Southerners who went to New York
to resume business relations with that
city, on witnessing the ruthless and vim
dictive spirit of such radicals as THAD.,
STEVENS, (having been made by the events
of the past afraid of the power of the
Northern radicals) have" |" abandoned their
business projects and gone home discour-
aged. They say they cannot face the
desolation which his plans propose for the
South. They cannot put their farms again
in order, clear them of their membranes,
rebuild their ruined dwellings, plant fresh
crops and get new start in life for their
children and themselves, with the prospect
at any moment of seeing the whole swept
away by ruthless confscation. They
cannot work with heart or hope while such
q sword is hanging over their heads. We
cannot blame them for this feeling,
the fear out OF which. it grows seems to US
| quite unwarranted." heoI
Now, the question comes home to the
| common sense and common interest of
our people-if not to their sense of justice,
magnanimity, patriotism and christian
charity - Shall we longer palter with
such blood-thirsty demagogues as THAD.
STEVENS, or such sentimental fanatics as
Gen. MARSHALL, to give them chance to
make new waroout Of the negro suffrage
and confscation question soon to be fol-
lowed By another war for miscegenation
and social equality: Is not this paying toe
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