Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-05
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and South is essential TO our national unity
and peace. The feeling of distrust Is close
ly allied to that Of actual hatred, and our
late civil war was chiefly duegto that sec
tional passion and prejudicel which party
demagOgues inflamed to the point of blood
and reckless strife. No substantial antag-
onisrn Between vital interests ever existed
to justify the conflict of arms; the struggle
originatedin useless elimination engender7
ed for selfish ends, in basest treachery to all
the humanities of the age. It Were as rea-
sonabe to urge that Wings and Democrats,
because of ther questions between them,
could mot dwell together in safety in the
same town or city, as to argue that the coh-
ventonal differences between the North and
the South rendered their interests insecure
under GjcOmmon Government and Union.
The old parties were always regarded as
checks upon. each other preserving the
equilibrium Of popular thought and action;
and, likewise, the apparent antagonisms be-
tween the two great sections were, in truth,
but natural ties, which made them interde-
pendent and, therefore, parts Of an essen
tial whole. Had this enlightened view of
the nation been studiously urged by menof
all parties, our fair fields, would, have been
saved from the crime of civil war. 80,
And, now, starting from q new point of
national peace and Union, the Importance
of mutual confidence between the North
and South Is the first great lesson of the
hour. Deep furrows, we know, of blood
and suffering have been made through the
Southern heart, and almost, every North
crn home has felt. the blight of war; but.
despite its Inevitable horrors, the recent
struggle has illustrated at once the courage
and magnanimity Of the American people,
and should teach each portion OF them to
respect the other. The South stands as the
conquered party, and it is but natural that
the bitterness Of defeat should wrankle in,
the hearts of her citizens; and this fact inn
poses upon the loyal people vital and sa-
cred duty toward them. A brave spirit is
essentially a maghanmous one, aiid we
know that the Northern masses are brave.
There may be in the loyal States, and there
doubtless are, men so stepped il1S sectional
hatred that they cannot lift, themselves to
a liberal view OF the Southern condition,
but an overwhelming majority of Union
men appreciate their obligation to deal
with the prostrate South in patriotic affec-
tion.. Nothing so helps a man struggling
with adversely as manifestation OF conf
dence in his ability to overcome his fate 1t
strengthens and brightehs every element of
power withinhim, and transforms him, as
/ it were, from timid childhood into. hardy
.
loyal men to extend the hands of conf
dence to the Southern people. The day for
crimnation and recriminaton passed away
forever when the last rebel army accepted
Grants conditions of peace. We cannot
afford to insult the calamities ofa vanqnish-
ed people who are bound to us by all the
ties of social and POLITICAL unity. Let,
therefore, the people of the North trust the
people of the South now as heretofore.t
The greatness and prosperity of each
| part of the country are shared by the
whole, and the sooner the work of restora-
tiOn is perfected In the rebellious States the
sooner will the honor and glory of the ma
tion beGre-established. They who would
( now impede that great work by urging de-
/ lay in the reorganization of the Southern
States upon the ground that they cannotyet
! be trusted, are the avowed enemies of the
Union. Prompted alone by party aims
they still persist in that sectional drimina-
tionwhch produced the recentiwarau They
would 6use the hour of the country's triumph
for deepening the humiliation of the VAN
quished. Such course, we are SHre,o can
, never restore that comfy between the sec
tionsnpon Whichth durability of the Union
rests. Let us, therefore, trust the South in
her eXertions to rise from her PROSTATE
condition. Let us contide in the epatriotism
and hithfulness of her people, who. having
endured the fortunes of the most destruc-
tive modern war, are evidently resolved to
establish a long era of peace, in the Union.
In the meantime let the Southern masses
give no heed to the malcontents in the
Northern, States. Who are struggling to de-
feat the liberal and statesman7like policy of
the President. Let them confidently rely
upon the magnanimity and Intelligence of
that superior class who are standing by the
Administration and contributing all their
energies to its success. The prevalence of a
spirit like this will revive the old relations
between the sections, aud render more firm
than ever the sisterhood of the States. 1t
will infuse new, life into every, industrial
interest and reinVigorate those pbysicalapa
moral forces, SO, essential to the enduring
prosperity of the nation Louisville Jo4q9lf
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