The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-06-30
The Duty of the 9aOur-The sonth's
Worst Enemies.
Richmond Republic, June ~. J

Richmond Repubnc, June ~
Our Southern people owe duty to the
South which many of them do not seem
TO consider or appreciate. The worst
enemies of the South are those who min
lister to the belief, or who supply evil
dence of the charge, that the submission
and renewed allegiance which our peo-
ple are Welding to the Union is fcigned
and deceptive. One violent and incorri-
pible secesSonist can now do more i'll
Jury to our country that thousand good
citizens, acting in good faith to the
Union, Fan do good. The press OF the
South has a powerful temptation to do
mischief of this sort newspaper may,
any morning, publish m angry secession
paragraph, which will increase its circu-
lation by thousands among thoughtless
women and unreflrcting Young people OF
violent feelings But while putting
money into IL own Golfers, the para
graph may travel the entire rounds of the
Northern papers and inilict an injury up
on the South which all cur conservative
papers together could not counteract III
a month Never was there a period III
which moderation brought more kicks to
a public journal, and violence more cop
pers. ..
But whether it brings pecuniary profit
or not, moderation is the duty and policy
of the Southern press; and the Southern
community will act a very mistaken part
if it does not hold the press TO this duty.
Moderation can be pursued without
adopting policy OF disSlmulatien 1t
is fact that the Southern people have
renewed their allegiance to the Union IN
sincerity and good faith. The determi.
nation is universal among the portion of
the community responsible for their pO-
litical action But after war OF tom
wears distinguished by that bitterness ~
animosity which characterized the con
tending parties, 1t cannot be denied that
muchhngry feeling still shoulders among
the unthinking and impulsiye masses OF
the community Mlschiefmakers can
more easily stir this feeling up, aud keeE
if alive. than conservative and cOnscIen
tious people can subdue OF cXtinguish it
Yet, strange to say. there is vague
! impression in the public mind that thos;
who are p-one TO do this mischief, ant
who would do u great deal of it If they
durst. are truer Southern men than thOs'
who are engaged in q constant and hon
est effort to prevent and correct thu
mischief. We hold that the best patriot
and truest men of their section, on eithe
side of Mason and DiXon's line, are those
who labor most honestly and etfectiyel,
to restore the section III which they liy'
to cordial relations with each other
The first duty of all good men OF tn
Union is 10 labor fer the restoration ant
establishment of mutual confidence be
tween the lately hostile sections
Peace is restored. The Union is politi
cally re-established. Let confidence, fra
ternity and good will be now revived
OF course, this cannot be fully effecte
all at once. This part of the work n
quires time for its accomplishment Th
tree of affection viii not grow to matur
ty in a day. But certainly the man VIII
waters and cherishes ii is worthy ofmor
homer t11aa the miscreant who, with wal
ton ard n.sn.l;oas hand, cuts it down.