New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-15

DAYS Of the Commonwealth oi hoihe' |
Well we have tried them, and what Leu
us 90 down to Louisiana. Here IS ota'e III"
in resources-her great metropolis oVerhoWins
with the good things that commerce can prlng'
This peace gave its people, and how ha'0
they answered It. In the first place, we nave
Governor like Wells, an accident OF the war;
who took advantage Of the peace to hold Ms
ploce lv paudering to the worst Rebel feelings
We find the negro downlrodden' Men are I'LL
prisoned for speaking their opinions about Negro
Suffrage. The worst features OF the slave laws
are revived, and large party Is, with dlihcult!'
d;s.rodcd-dis,uaded. let us own it--by such men
As Beauro card and Hays from going to Mexico
and bringing the runaway Rebel Allen BACK "0
Governor. The good results OF former adn'.n-
listrationr are wiped away in an instant ana inc
Rebels. headed by military popnjoys Ike Ill
lcrtop. are rapidly rushing their State back TO
fine terror and gloom Of the ante-Rebeiiioh
period. If we go into Mississippi, we ma not
only refusal to allow the negroes the ngntS
of Jurors, but even the rights oi witnesses III
Sonth Carolina. the Rebels almost force Wade
Uomnton into the Gubenatorial chair, merely
because such action would be defiance TO the
President. As for the Rebel debt, she VIII pay
her share, this rebellious Carolina, dcuar lor
dollar A, for the Constitutional Amendment,
!, come, bv compulsiOn. South Carolina
will vote for it now, that she may
kick open the doors of Congress and stand
before the Speakers chair with fix electoral
votrs in her hand-six votes. TO our shame be
! il spoken. that represent power as great a'
Connecticut, with eighty thousand white men
less. Then we come 10 North Carolina, ana
find jonathan Worth elected Governor because
Holden was the choice Of the President not
one word about the Constitutional Amendment
! A. with these states it is everywhere through
on, the South. What one State has come back
frankly. and accepted all the issues OF the war;
even the issues Of the President For the TEN
porary purpose Of IN argument. we VIII lay
Ioside Manhood Suffrage. What Southern state
has accepted all the Presidential proPo'''
tonsl Not ono; aud for this reason
6nly that the Rebels will not coneedC
one lot or title toward recOnstructng
Union that does not eterniko Slavery anC
strengthen the power of the shareholders
Thov know full well that five leave the negro
in their hands q freed man. and allow thcm L
group around him laws a. degrading as those o
South Carolina, they will have little trouble
: in perpciuniing system more degrading thar
, Savcry-iu this, that it gives the master powe
over the negro, and at The same time release
, him from any pecuniary or personal re'ponsi
! bilhy.
Let rs emphasize the-c two points. Th'
Rebel, play .or a winning game. ." Let U.s.
they say, kick opon the doors Of Congress
and what then We have our apportionmen
increased, for, the negro being free, he must b
, counted man for man. AZ h?me, we haye negr'
e labor at slave prices, and no responsibility
| We may turn the negro out to the common
, when he Is seventy, just a. we turn out horses
: Our law compel him to work for us-we ma
{ dc as We please with him. The Government
p has released ua hvu, Vu obligation TO IN,
b ncgro. and placed an obligation Upon him
{ Altogether. We have made a jolly exchange
and tumpcd the Yankees nicely in their owl
+ game These gentlemen OF the South mean {,
, win They meant il in l-Gl when they opene,
fre on Sumter. They meant il IN l-6J wher
. they sent bullet through the brain of Abraham
F, Lincoln. They mean il now. The moment W,
! remove the iron hand from the Rebels throsti
they viii rise and attempt the mastery.
South Carolina adopt the amendment, sh,
, does it under compulsion--lhe compul-ion of
dispatch from Washington. South Carolint
= when she j. permitted to reGnact h,
slavo.codc. The power that compels this actor
j on her part is the power that could have com
. PEELED her 10 grant Manhood Suffrage six month
d ago The danger of our reconstruction Is tina
We tride with our own powcr-that, instead o
T. waiting until the prodigal really comes home
Z We send the faited calf to him. We do no
G give the true men Of the South a chance.
with all our power we permit such men a
D Durant in Louisiana, Hamilton of Texas. an,
< even the conservative Holden in North Carolina
, to be oyeIslaughcd and beaten by returne,
D Rebels, how can wc expect Durants and Hamil
tons aud iIoldens to rise up in the South Whei
1 Union men find they can only rise by eatiu,
r Rebel dirt, We shall have a crop of Wclh politi
= clans over the South living ON this unsavor,
s diet. Therefore, We not only break faith will
q the negro, but with the true Union mcn-witl
. those who went into the caves with Andrew
TnLnqou aud with him qufIarc1 f,r tbo;r ,.r;,, ~;