The New York herald., 1865-10-06

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earthf Not only must you do that, but until you
do that the States formerly In rebellion shall not
Congress or be considered BY the United States
members OF This confederacy Why9 Because they arc
the o. the country because
keep alive tho fires OF civil strife and 70 perpet
uate forever the difficulties under which the coun.
| try has been staggering for four and half
| years through disorder confusion md anarchy.
TO preserve in States thus situatod would
previously had Taxes upon the people would be ten
fold increased for the purpose OF subsstng those armies
be overthrown The policy Of President johnson must
b. sustained by the people Of this country. have no
States shall be kept out until they allow these black
people TO vote Can there be more suppo
ston and one which more emphatcaly requires .he con
domination OF the people? This means military rule, and
nothing else, and it only result in the continuation
of the difficulties under which we have laborcd Poo
pie assume 10 doubt whether the democracy sincere
In their support Of the President They doubted
our sincerity when we were hostile to them or to the
President himself Why should tiey doubt tho SINGER
ty OF the democracy when they stand up TO tis policy?
Is question:? Most cert My not It Is the very
question upon which have been divided in politics
for the last ten or fifteen The question has been al
along shall these states BE- allowed regulate the
for themY What lave the Northern and Eastern poll
tcians of the republican and Seward stripe been doing
for the last ten or fifteen years but interfering with
| the administration OF the institutions Of the south?
| What provoked the war? Was it not tho dccari
ton that there law higher than the constiIu
| tion which forbid slavery-that there was an ire
pressble conflict between slave and free abor-t!at
it TO hold slaves-that the constitution
was covenant with he?' Was IL not a continual
habit OF abotonss to go to Washington and abuse and
backguard members OF Congress who held saycs WASH
ington held saves Jackson held slaves, Taylor held
slaves and yet these people have been doing all they
could 70 force The Southern people to abolish slavery
This has brought on conflicts upon tie floor OF the House
OF Representatives. This has provoked collision, angry
collision, and brought assaults upon men; and these
men, instead OF rcsenting injury have traversed this
assaults that had been committed upon them and in
sidousy exciting The North against the South and inc
the way that the war was brought about. Everybody
knows that this the way to continue the Prcs
dent Johnson says this must be stoppcd those people
must attend to their own domestic affairs yon must let
them attend TO their own business II you do 20
the South will in due time do what is
Just and proper upon the subject Of these
black people. Slavery abolished, and State under
President Johnsons pan can come back into tho Union
That being effected villa. noxt TO be dono the un.
happy individuals that have been set frec2 That is
for thc Southern people, who know their wants TO do
termine, and not for IS IN the North tChccTs) Now,
the manner President Johnson stated the proposiion-
the moment he said-''snce the existence Of the
It's domestic affairs in ils way,
aud order by proclamation that those who. were citizens
after the outbreak Of the rebellion shall proceed to form
stato governments by abosEng slavery tat being ovcr
thrown BY the and will be stored and declare
right of suffrage and the states which shall make consi
tuons Tor themselves such os that am III favor OF re-
ccving and restoring to the Union This Is awisc and
| tutons deserve. 1t is very remarkable thing
how democrats in Iowa, or Minnesota, or New
| Hampshire, without any comparison of opinion,
without holding meetings 10 determine what thcy shall
do, that the moment democratic measure s suggested
by anybody whether by the President their choice
elected against their wishes and eserons, they in
siany say that is right and will sustain H. matter
who may haoo propssea pro II s and more mo, they unn0ay
mcnt proposition cmanaics from the democrats, no
matter how iust and ra'r.ots u may be, they mmed
ately combine to dcieai IT, That tho history and win
be the action OF the two great political parties Of
| the country.
TIE ruruaE ATTITUDE or THE TWO POLITICAL P1RuEs
Let us look FOR moment at the radical situation.
have suited to YOU the support that has been extended
tics likely arrange themselves for the future The
Seward party organizing in the South. They are
% TO sserce Inc people to FORM party IN the
course. Qaughtcr.) There are set or class there
whom the negroes call the 'mean whites OF the South
TO act with the republican party or with the Seward
leaders, and even doubt whether the negroes them
selves would join il II they had the right to vote
tChecrs The negroes OF this State when free voted
with those 10 whom they had formerly beopged and
II was one OF tho obe tous the that day
that they generally had been owned by the fcders
and much under the influence Of their former
owners, 10 would be vast injury 10 The democratic
party tn allow them to vote Until they had become
morc enlightened aud independent II the Southern
negroes should Join the republican party then
ard The negroes OF the Souh-tha latter without vote.
| tChccrs) That would not be very bad combination
because would satisfy the sntmcn,nism and the asso
Citations ~ the party without hazard 70 the public safety
that might follow from the party nca ac'ty 70 administer
the government OF tho country. (hcerS.1 MA what
will be the situation Of the democratic paryY When tho
dcm"crati; party oil tho South, SUCH ceased - oNst
IN 1850, the moment there was secession from the
Charleston and Baltimore conventions Rrccknrdge
made Independent Southern candidate for the south
dcmDratic party was dissolved and ceased to exist
W. pYcser in the North and East and tho West
Organization THAT the Southern party did not from 1s60
~ this day. No mans nlme heard spoken of
as n democratic candidate since the war broke
ont aud the attempt made to elect Brcckin.
ridge. Tne leaders of the democratic IHriy
South were tho leaders Of the rebellion,
ad fae M
the people of the NORTH but Of the South we'll They
were the ringleadcrs and the rcbclling-a rebellion
which was not only infamous and wicked, but was most
gbomirabe and stupid hoy ten years old that could
put and Two togellcs should have known that both
numbers opposed 10 theirs and superior wealth.
civilization, our tcleeraphs and railroads, our ships
aud commerce that there could have been but
suit the contest and that their overthrow. Tncy
had DO business to be mistaken this point. irir
Davis above an men, should have known that 10 them
tho contest would be followed by defeat and irrcparahe
disgrace such contest could net he sslul IL the
Northern people would tight and Davis had no business
10 doubt that Tie (Davs) was educated AT West Point
had been In the war with Mexico, and had been Sccro
ary OF War; aud therefore had abundant opportunity 10
know thai common sentiment with the
American people II WIS not coninG 10 any particular
locality, and must surely be manifested when
opposed to effort TO overthrow the govern
Gushing and Ben Butler OF Massachusetts, that the
North would go with them; bat lac had business be
deceived by such representations The political battle
fields Of the North srcwn with the carcasses of
the Dickinsons, and Cushngs, aud Builcrs, aud
stencil In tho nostrils Of tho Northern
pcopc. II ME- iDuVfSl rlknt Was bau anu MS
hearing imperfect his might have taught him that
these men not 10 be depended upon. (Checls lie
should have known further, from the nature of
ture like Butler, that whenever tho South
down. when she utterly hcpiess that then the
voted aiiy-two times FOR Brccsinridgc the Bai
Convention would be the very brst 70 tfaupc them
In tho dust and bring them to utter destruction
and annihiation. This being the Fact the Southern
leaders utterly forfeited the confidence OF the South
well Of the North Bat there are democrats In the
Southern States sill, outside the majority Of
the people, rcorganzing, az no doubt they
| will under other leaders, and unquesonnbly
these will soon recover IN as cndancy In their state
governments entertain doubt in REGARD t. thcm
ana VI Is gratifying 10 how tcnaciouslv n Who
knowing the right and having The coumge 60 maintain
H. stands by his principle N oppost on 70 host lc
roundngs and may 80 perverted people, and cyontu
ally comes again nio power When yol reflect that ~
the Charleston Convention VI lsG0 when the sonih
Carolina delegation retired mscIably ana without
when left their