Washington telegraph., 1865-08-30

CAUTION There is danger that our people
NAV paw toe much attention to the con:emptu-
GUS utterances and extreme positions. of the
ultra Republican presses of the North, and az
prehensive that being now disarnied- they will
be subject to expressions aud indignitics which
they had never calculated upon, may become
moody and diseontented, if not reseutfnl. This,
ii encouraged, will cert inly produce spirit OF
apathy, and carclessness of the future, fatal to
that spirit Of growing harmony and good feeling
which took such hopeful root in the Southern
heart at the time of our surrender, and which,
il carefully cultivated on both sides, will inevi-
;ab!y lead to an early reconstruction of the
government, with all its former power and
peaceful prosperity, Let rs beware OF it on our
part, and trust to the coed sense and justice OF
the great masses of the North for an acquies-
cence in all our political rights as equals under
the Constitution. s. -....
In all communities the most noisy and violent
element is most apt to be the minority The
katy-dids are By no means the rulers OF the
myriads of moving things that swarm the night
The few dozen excited crows are not expressing
the public sentiment of the forest, nor does the
loud sounding bray of the ass utter the united
defiance of the pasture and farm-yard,
Because we have hastily thought they do has
produced infinite mischief on former occasions.
The Southern States would never have been
exaspe: ated into secession, had the people not
looked npon abolition meetings, however small
the numbers, as voices of the North. Had they
not looked upon the rawlings of radical papers,
and the insulting speeches Of individual orators,
in Congress and out Of it, as the expressions of
public feeling. Had they not considered the
rescue mobs to defeat the fugitive slave law,
composed mostly of the rabble, the manifes-
tation of determination of the whole people to
trample upon law and constitutional rights
These things "fred the Southern heart" to its
sorrow, because the Southern mind became ex-
cited, and could not then pause IN its mad whirl
of emotion to reflect; that the great and over
whelming mass of the people in every State
were true to the Constitutions; and, although
claiming the right to elect candidate repre-
senting their views concerning the territories,
nevertheless, anxious to cultivate bro thorly le-
lations with ALL and regard the local institutions
of the States within their limits. Perhaps they
could not have been sure of that, for the con-
servative element was unfortunately not suff
ciently demonstrative Nevertheless it existed.
and would have worked for good.
But the past is clearer than the future, and.
like the lamp following behind, throws its light
forward to guide our steps. 1t may at least
teach US how TO regard the sneers and insults
Of evil disposed men, who would have Us hu-
Initiated and trampled upon. The threats of
those who howl for blood and confiscation, and
even the calrner and colder utterances of those
who deliberately argue that notwithstanding
the terms of Surrender, and the amnesty with
full rights of citizenship, granted upon solemn
oath of future allegiance, we are still to be
treated as conquered subjects, under the ban of
crime, with no privileges but such as may be
granted ot WILL and upon conditions chosen by
themselves.
We would indeed be