The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-06-28
Sensible Views Against the
,Gsansa0r for Blood.

Sensible Views Against the
,Gsaaiaor for Blood.
The New York Tribune, says the
New Orleans True Delta, in recent
issue, has a capital reply to one of its.
subscribers, who had taken it to task.
for its opposition to the hanging and
murder Of the Southern-!eaaers under
the form Of law. Mr. Greeley, over
the head Of this correspondence, tries
to beat into the heads Of the advo-
Gates Of blood some commonesense
Welquote:
Tile civilized world has long since
determined and agreed that, whlleto5
kin menin ordereto overcome rebel;
|.lion,is perfectly justifiabic, toexecate.
them as rebels after their revolt has
been utterly suppressed, IS Of very
dubious policy and Questionable hui.
lnauity, Austria killed many thon,5
sands efHungarians in putting down.
the uprising under Kossnth, and no
one aiemnrred she hing thirteen on
lyo of tile military leaders surrendered,
uncontlitiona1Iy by Gorgeg, at Villa.
COS, and all Christendom cried shame.
upon lier. Suppose these had been.
surrendered undera equalization like.
that Of Lee, Of Johnston, Or Dick;
| Taylor, or Kirby Smith, and Sic had.
proceeded thereafter to try, convict
sentence and hang them, she would
have been execratea as peEjured and
infamous to the end Of time. Tothis
effect the verdict Of. history is EN-
phatic and overwhelming. (See,
whit it Says Of the execution of Mar.
shall Ney under the Bourbons in 1916.
Yet he was precisely such a forsworn
traitor as Roberto Lee, and not half
50 well shielded by terms Of capitula
Etion A
1t we could see how the hanging Of
a scoree or SO ofthase rebel chiefs,
who are not protected by military
capitnlation would benefit either the
blacks or the poor whites. Of the
| South, We might befrecanrilea to it,;
for we regard the 8enfranchisemehi
and elevation Of a races as Of more
consequence than any dpzen lives.
But it seems to rs that hanging men
in cold blood forsno other crime than
defeated, brokendown rebellion, is
calculated to enshiiaes them in the
memory of their followers, tosembit.
tier the late rebels against the Union,
Its supporters, aud its sway, and to
1 prompt them to wreak their nate an,i
/ vengence on that class of Unionists
who are still exposed 70 their wrath
| h : G. h. -
that's, thej just cipatea blacks
In our judgment, tfeahahsing Of Sly
rebels, merely as rebels, will cause
1.-The death b. privatien, famine soryio,
lence, Of manysthousalids offfeedmen,
and rntefpose a formi liable barrierstu
the elevation Of their class to citizen
.EsFlip aud a voice in the'governnlenl Of
theirrespectiye States j; hence, (alld
Tor other reasons,) we are iaaexibly
/ ppposed To- 1t.
4 To put our ideas more completely
within the mental grasp of Mr.
! Smith, wewill express il tliass There
are still great social and political me
\ liorations to be effected at the Souil
i --meliorations which we deem essen
tial TO the highest well-beipg q on Y.
country and Of al our people. w
4 see not how to effect these changes
! without powerful Southern help an
4 where q labor Of love Is tosbe pei
formed, we consider one live ma
!: worth more than two dead ones. 70
/ can't hang men {even by proxy an
reasonably calculate on their turthe
). cooperation and support and y
! want the hearty goodwill and actiy
help Of as many Southern whites 9