Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-26

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Wjth any lsteht srifit Of seTe-ownins doiaihs.
ton IN this CON nunity, The very reverse is the
fact, The old slayeowner never saw the black
man 50 needlessiy oppressed, and starts by,
mare powerless and disguised spect- tor No
wonder II, now and then, he sneerinely asks s II
this is any improvement upon slavery, and II an
honest man is puzzled for reply. No wonder II
the negro himself begins 10 argus whe her CT not
if this 10 how the north man treats HIM he has
made any great bargain by his change.
Believe me, those in the North are most pain.
fully nd egregiousy mistaken who suppose that
the mind Of any man here is yet running upon
slavery, secession or any other leading issue OF
the late terrible war. Never was people more
thoroughly crushed down, more resigned to their
fate, more honorably determined to abide the con-
dition de:reeA them by the stern arbitration OF
war. All they need is peace and undisturbed qni-
ct after he hideous ordeal through which they
have passed all they implore OF the North is TO
believe in the sincerity Other motives. However
honestly they embarEed in their insane crusade
against the Union land thousands did so under as
sincere belief that 1t was holy duty as any pa
triot who shouldeTed musket in deien OF that
Unlon), they now completely see their error they
recognize thu United states heaceforth as their
country and being Their country, they are as &C.
termined hencefOrward TO uphold its honor and
glory as any man who shrieks his patriotism from
the platform Of Cooper lnslitu e.
In the name OF reason, OF charity and common
sense, what more can we expect OF these people
Through what new scenes Of suffering, through
what fresh degradation must they go, before they
can gain credit for sincerity and axe their north
ern thirst for retributonl Oh If some Of those who
are 50 loudly calling out Tor vengeance would
only come here TO see on what they would revenge
themselves; if they could only sound the despair
ing depths OF some OF those proud he irN they
seem so bent upon actually breaAing, how lit lie
need would they lind for further 6istrust or coer,
cion how wide scope for human charity II
such picture of blasted hopes and crushed am
hilton, OF broken fortunes desolated homes and
patient resignation, as is to be found over the
whole surface of the n w PROSTATE but once
proud Virginia, is not enough TO appsase the
veriest tiger of man, ], for one, would not envy
such wretch his manhood.
Things have greatly changed since the momen.
tou3 hour that saw the forces Of General Lee sur
render TO Lieu tenant General Grant Prior 70
that we were at war, and rebellion still stood in
brlstling defiance over the entire South. Now we
are ostensibly, at peace. Up TO that hour II was
the South which waS persistently continuing the
state Of anguish under which this whole CONT.
nent WAS grosning Now, it is the North, and
the North only, that has to decide the question
whether this whole southern land shall at once
becoms blooming garden, happy and content
ed region Of loving brothers, or be converted into
a wilderness pandemohium, in which hatred,
revenge despair, and all the hercest passions of
the soul shall be engendefed, and let loose upon
posterity for generations to come. d. h. b.