The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-02

Hogs doing better with moderate arrivals receipts
amounting TO- $50 for the week Tho selling
at 12hc, with some prime held at 1870.
Tho Restoration OF the South In Com
gross.
The Southern people are electing to the
various offices that they have the right to ill
men who are well known to have been active,
energetic rebels. They choose to reconstruct
Southern State, the men who did most to de-
stroy it aud to carry it out of the Union. They
do this for simple reason; there are no other
men whom the people will trust They know
that with a few exceptions, the so-called
Union men" of the South are slippery fellows,
weakened trimmers, who were rebels when
the rebellion was up-and Union men when it
was down. Such men will not be trusted where
they are known and we ought to rejoice over
it as a healthy sign Of the real honest republic
canism of the South. We ought also to regard
it as healthy sign that the Southern people
choose to be represented in peace by the men
who led them in war. The Northern people
will do the same. No one has given
up the rebel cause so completely as the
Southern soldiers No class of the Southern
people is 80 fair or honest, or so sin
cerely earnest in their desire to see the
country pacifed. These are the men that
the South now puts in Office. 1t is, as we say
healthy sign-but there is to be fight about
it with the radicals especially in 80 far as the
South wishes to be represented in Congress by
this class of men.
The fight will turn upon the fact that law
of Congress provides that no person shall take
his seat in that body who has taken part in the
rebellion. The passage of this law was skill
fully secured by the radicals, at time when
popular passion against the rebellion ran so
high that the people were ready for any ex-
tremity of legislation on the subject; and it was
done with view to its use at time like the
present, when the returning amity of the two
sections would dispose them to drop all ques-
lions and difficulties, and get into the old status
once more in the easiest way. This law, there
fore, stands as barrier against the reconstruc-
ton of the Unon-it forbids the admission into
Congress of the only men that the South ever
will or ever can send there All that the South
can set up against it is the amnesty proclama-
ton, also authorized by Congress. But no
proclamation that is general in terms
can remove disqualification Of this ma
ture. Unless the pardon extended to the
rebel contains clause that specially rebabili-
tates him in all his rights Of citizenship, so as to
override this disqualification, The law made to
keep him out of Congress will prevail.
The position Of the radical Southern anarchy
party, therefore, is that there arc no white men
in the Southern States that can be admitted
into Congress, and that those States can only be
represented by negroes. On this. as sort Of
dead lock, they doubtless expect to make their
bargains with the South for negro suffrage.
This is very large gun, and they have taken
great while to load it; but it may prove to be
one of that kind that "kicks back and knocks
the owner over" They will find this out if they
ever venture to 60 before the people on such
an issue. The common sense Of the country
will finish their scheme at blow, and will not
consent to delay the settlement of our troubles
a single hour for the furtberance Of their wild
plans. Let the Southern States arrange the
suffrage question by giving vote to negroes,
just as il is given in New York and in Massaohu-
sets. That is all chat the Northern people will
require. For the rest let them fearlessly rely
upon the people. They may let the issue go
boldly before the country, and the radicals will
be nowhere in the struggle.