Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-07-29
RICHMOND WING.
SATURDAY MoRNING...JULY 20, 1865.
End Of the War.

our own midst, o. insane radicals at the
North, may aver 70 the contrary, the war is
practically sad forever at an end. II there
is 3 single person, In any Of the Southern
States, who desires to renew resistance to the
national authority, he may be set down as ell
= Their a TOOL or msdman, to whose crazy utter
sncss 40 stsen'iOl whatever should be paid.
But we have not heard Of a solitary instance
OF the kind, n do We belle We that any such
exists. So far as the Southern people are
concerned, all is peace, aud an earnest long
tux for continued and uuinterru tied peace,
through all coming time. II civil strife ever
again snsue., It will be brought about, not
BY the southern people, who are weighed
dOwn by uatOlj calamity AMI suaerin', but
by tie citizens OF other sections OF the Union,
who have felt me Of tue distresseJ OF
terrible var, aud who are, at the present
moment, revelling in all the comforts and
luxuries that superabounding prosperity
can command. Il Is Idle, It Is ABSURD, II Is
criminal for any man, anywhere, whether
military or civilian, or whether living in the
North OF 10 the Sou.h, to be endeavoriug to
producs the impression that the slightest
tIugs VI rebelli5us or refractory spirit pre-
walls among the people Of the South. Such
3 srppUsition is alike unnatural, unjust, IN
generous, ami Of wnolIy misehievous ten
dvney. The position Of every sane man, wo-
man aud child in The South, Is one Of honest
a ,t,ss, u en-
and Logical results Of the war. They frankly
aud maufully accept the fact that slavery is
forever a6olished-that Secession is dead and
buried-And that Il Is their solemn and i'm
peratlvs duty 10 henesi0rth sustain and sup
Dor. the Union, in good faith and without
any mental reservation whatsoever. The peo-
pie OF Vir yinia and the South, in the fear Of
God and in the tull gaze Of the world, have de-
llberatsly sworn to do this thing and This
oath they mean religiously keep. Does any
one doubt it Who that knows anything Of
the YlrgrIl or Southern char acter, would
dare call in question their sincerity or i'm
peach heir phghted honor on his point p
Away, then, with the slanderOus charge or
the mean insiuua.ion, come from what quar-
ter it may, that the people Of Virginia aud
the South are stillrebelhous, still refractory,
ssill disposed 70 offer resistance to the Ma
tional authority, and still intent on thwart-
ing the efforts Of the Federal Government
IN behalf OF restoration, peace, harmony,
and universal good will. We repeat it
away with q suspicion so low and sugges-
tiou so misehiovous. From perjury, from
hypocrisy, from meanness Of any kind or
degree, the people Of these Southern States
have always snrunk with instructive loathing
and disgust, and 50 it will be until they
Z" shufi. OF this mortal coil" AID "paSs
that bourne whence no traveller returns
These people are loyal, Union people,
hsnceforwsrd and forevermore, as will be
amply illustrated in their spiri, aud in their
conuuet, on all occasions and under all cir
elmstances. Let these malignant traducers,
then, rest from their dirty labOrs, and, if
their moral organizations will permit, let
them learn, what they have never yet prac-
tiesd, to think the truth az 10 speak the truth
aud il will be we'll for them, and still bet
ter for the repOse ami happiness Of the eOun-
try.
The facts, which We have several times en-
deavored 10 impress upon the authorities at
Washington aad upon the North ern public |
mind, occasionally come TO light in Northern
newspapers aud in the letters Of their South
srn CORE .pOudents. For example, special |
correspondent Of the New York Herald, in
its issue Of wednesday last, who has been
travelling extensively 10 tue South, nd mi
nutely observing the condition Of public SEN
q lent in this region, is forced TO admit,
what We have sought 70 exhibit In these
columns, that the people Of the South, with
not single exception worth mentioning, are
for peace, without any thought or purpose of
nauiisstlug the slightest rebellio1s or hostile
spirit toward the Government or the Union.
Tue aforesaid correspondent, alter stating
that DO b d travelled a distance Of four
thousand miles" IN the South, adds" We
&" have seen UT heard nothing Of guerilla par.
- ties or insurrectiouary bands Of robbers;
" bat found the country peaceful and quiet,
s' and the people generally anxious to settle
- down 20 business quietly, and to resume
., their relations with the Federal Govern.
80 ment." he says further, snd emphatically
--"If any there be, who think the war is not
at al end, or have any fears Of the revival
" Of the rebellion at this or any future period
during the present generation, they have
only 70 take a trip 10 the South, talk
a. freely with the people, and they will soou
- be disabused Of the idea" Are not these
declarations Of calm aud intelligent North
ern observer sufficiently positive and explicit
10 explode, forever and a day, the insane and
ridiculous idea, that the people Of the South
are still rebelllOusly disposed, and still
anxious for another tilt with the general gov
eminent
Observe, also, the same train OF thought,
Is found in the New York World of last We'd
nesday, and which is in the following fJrci-
bic language "Any thing" says that able
and influential journal, ''like a new organ
"ized rebellion is beyond the range Of pro
a. baoihty. The South are not likely soon
a. 70 forget the blighting experience Of the
a. late rebellion, and they can never under
{" take another with so good prospects. They
- are now in q state Of exhaustion, prostra-
(" ton, social disorganizatiou, aud industrial
a. anarchy. They have neither forts, nor
- ships. nor arms, nor munitions, nor money,
q, nor credit, nor leaders. To suppose that
ga people in this condition will brave, a
a second time, the whole power of the Uni
4, ted States is chimerical, so long as we
9, are at peace with foreign nations"
We respectfully submit that, unless per-
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