, 1865-06-28

Edltore In1eaFo lt1bcnes
In crushing the military power Of the rebel
States We have only put ont Of the way one
of the deadly elements, and in my Judgment
the weaker one, that so seriously threatened
the safety of the Union. Having etfectualiy
disposed Of the one, and: before our victor1-
Gus armies have recovered from the htlgues
Of the march aud Of the battle teld, We are
at once confronted with the. other. The DO
1itieal power of the South Is nov their only
hope, and it Is our only danger; the cause
that WAS lost by the: sword may, in great
measure, be regained BY political agencies.
In ceasing 10 be open rebels, they may be
rampant Copperheads without let or hin
drance- The Northern, rebels stand ready
with. open arms to. receive their "er{iog
Southern brethEcn."' The malignant spirit
that formed such powerful. combinations
against MS, still survives the: destruction of
Its bloody Instruments, and the.attitude of
the Government toward them compels only
4 change OF base in order TO take the often
sive oncs more tn behalf Of Southern rights,
Under The circumstances, the rebels need not
be passive, since the, Government is In such
haste TO reoEgaulzs the Southern States
Tour lord Of the lash aud blood hound Is a
positive man. His instincts and ciacatfon,
hie arrogance and associations, have all ten
ded to press upon him that he is the ruling
race He is politician, and with him II is
rot ignore the teachings Of his caste, when
new path Is opened Before him In which he
may yet plague Government which has SO
strangely LEFT him with 50 much power to
work mischief
TIE great question which We nov have to
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great Instinct Of Sell. pr. seryAuou were kept
In view ty the eadmiuisiration. The chief i'm
pNtance Of the question. is in the answer
that meets the inquirer, when he asks what
part those who have drenchcd. the land In
b!ocd, arc to have In reorganizing the South
ern States? Il truly loyal men a.e to do the
work, We need hare no fears bnt that they
will fx the political status Of the freedmen
to the satisfaction Of the loyal North. But
the danger meets us lust here. see no tt,ilt-
cations that promiee Substantial good as
events are daily developing themselves. Men
like Holden, Of n. c., and sharkey, Commons
nams Saa. Of MisSSisS;tnp,, sS came IN at ths
as much assurance rs. though they had ''borne
thr heat and burden Of the day.n They were
rebels until JEFF. Davis fed in terror from his
cAuitaf they sought and obtained high posi-
tioD, under the Federal Government, as 1ank
pro-slayery Copperheads. We have been
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rebellion this accom- plIshed. the ntero nues- M
Ton Would settle uself. Never Was tf,ere n
m ater mistake. Tie Government fonnti The
slave rassiye being, and il made him frae In
Q. DIR that the master might be crushed. All
that has been, and Is, positire: In the
toi1's direct relation, In The struggle, to the
Government. It can no more add TO what It
has already gnined, than false premises can
reach just conclusion:
Il it were not that the slaves owed their
freedom solely to their own exe1tions, we
might be patient pending the settlement Of
the question But such is not the. fact.
The Government made him freeman, aud
there it left him With little or no protection
againtt that power Of all Others he had most
to ieaE.
Iie rebels willingly aeknowlege that slavery
+ d'ao: They say f1at they Mill conform to
tne NV 1TacT org IT,, q 'th'ngs. This is simple