New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-24
HAS THE SOUTH ANY STATES
uEy STILL LIVINGs

Politicians swarm like flies in every free
country, while statesmen are rare, even IN the
most favored cline and age. To comprehend and
respect the changes that time is ever making 30
as not 10 he found riding deceased horses or
chasing the shadows of wild geese long since
defunct, is a rare attainment. Most men loathe
the fatigue Of thinking, prcferring to follow III
any track which they fancy their fathers trcd
before them, though the conditions have so
changed that 10 one who used his eyes would
thil.k of following it now.
A gigantic, peryading ''in-titution,' known
as slavery, has hitherto possessed and mastered
the South. twas at once powerful and jealous
onnipresent and exacting. Whoever came
within its sphere was compelled TO do homage
al its shrine No lawyer could plead no doctor
practice, 10 clergyman preach, no editor pub
lsh, at the South, who did not loudly and con-
stantly vociierate that Slavery was benehcent
and Divine. Slavery was the sun around which
each lesser luminary revolved; it was the touch
stone of soundness in faith, morals or politics.
A politician, especially, might indulge any
, caprice, ride any hobby, uphold any absurdity
+ provided he was but deyotcc of slavery
but this was indispensable.
Al length, Slavery has passed away. The fact
may be deplored; the motives Of this or that
class may be impugned; the bcneGcence Of tie
transformation disputed; still, the fact remains.
American Slavery is dead, and its remains rc-
Quire prompt and final burial.
The relation has perishcd; the people remain.
Within the region which was preponderantly
Rebel. there are to-day some -Four to Five Mil
lions Of Whites and Three Millions of Blacks.
and diffused over an area Of some Half Million
square miles Of arabic soil in genial cline
Outside Of few commercial cities, they do moi
leverage ten to the square mile, and the two
races are nearly equal in numbers. The Whit,
adult males have been ftarfully reduced in nun
bers by the War, whereby the Blacks also have
suffered. The whole land has been laid waste
Ihouses and fences burned industry lies para
lyzed, and poverty and misery everywhere
abound. Never was a people in more urgent
need OF WISE benignant craftsmanship; never
were labor, thrift, social harmony and mutual
goodwill, more pressinely demanded.
Reconciliation reciprocal trust mutual
good will-hearty cooperation between White;
and Blacks in the reestablishment Of thrift
comfort, prosperity-these are to-day the crying
needs of the South. What are her ruling poll
1 ii, to .,l;o ~
Just look at the South Carolina Legislature
intent on the enactment Of Black Code which
would have disgraced the worst era of Algerne
Slavery. See the Mississippi Legislature abso-
luielv driven TO concede that Blacks may
testify ~ cases uhsreto BiackS are parties. The
faithful servant who detects a White burglar
taking bis masters watch pocket-book, or life,
must not open his lips in Court: rather let the
burglar cyade the penalty OF his crime. Hear
the exultant shout of The JockSon Neus;
GLomoUs RRsULT-We congratulate the country
when we announce 10 the people that the monsirous
proposition Of negro testimony against The white man
has been killed t dccsiye vote In the House OF Rep
entatyes. The fourth section Of the bill pending
before the House, bill entitled &" An Act 10 Confer
Civil RIGHTS upon Freedmen" proposed 10 admit the
testimony Of the urO IN al cases whore he party
to tie record. Vurons amendments were voted down,
and tho question hnly, being upon tie adoption Of the
fourth section OF tie original BILL lost by decided
majority.
Even Florida, whose Governor, at least, has
been suspected Of common sense, seems to be
following in the same track; and it is quite
probable that other States, if once relieved Of
apprehension by the admission Of their Repre-.
sentatves TO seats in Congress, will proceed to
do likewise. The incessant and general outcry
against Negro Soldiers forebodes this.
We have the testimony of many. Leading Rebels
that the conduct Of the Blacks throughout the
War was admirable. Theirsympathies werewith
the Unionists. but they rarely or never abused
the confidence reposed in them by thslr masters.
In thousands of instances, only woman and
her Young children we're left at hone, eurround.