, 1865-10-26

duty, ns It is my pleasure, to plead for q larel
measure Of good Will and love toward II
men. In the first place, NC cannot expec
those who have been struck by this insanit,
pre5udices and beliefs. And while VIC an
caIing them citizens aud brothers we s1ioult
remember that conyalescencc Is sometime
longer In its run then the disease, and me1
who have been torn dcspoilcl by fierce, re
lcntless wnr, cannot, in d momcnt, change
Nor arc We to expect them 10 give up the1
theories. Men at the North arc disappointed
because prominent men ut the South are par
doncd, when they do not give up their theor,
Of secession. / should not respect them
they did. Let them accept tho fact Of Unlot
from this time oD and they cnn hare thell
theories A man who too readily gives III
hts theories lnd doctrines cannot make a dc
sisabfc citizen. 1expect them to retain thci,
theories, but to accept the facts.
Nor is it right 10 tiietrust their professions.
It Is said theF Will a.ssain get into power, and
tbcn Go as they please. low do you expect
10 prevent tLelns Somewhere men must be
believed aaG trusted. What guarantees would
yon ask-how secure themy think the ut
ter destruction Of slavery is the best guaran.
ty. Why was the North valiant aud strong
and hcalthfhl. Because she promoted free
dom and the doctrines Of liberty
Our theories were better, but perhaps not
,
they are by false theories of political econo
my. Slavery, which Is another natne for q
Kingdom antagoni.tic to human rights, WIS
the ca,tEc OF our perpetual struggle will
them. The necessity Of their Institutions
collided with the necessity Of our institutions
Now that slavery is desf&oycd the
CAUSE OF SECESSION
is destroyed. Once let these hcathen laws b.
destroyed, and slavery taken away, and VI
want no guaranty. There will then be nj
cause for collision. I want guarantees ol
some sort, and the best believe to be ths
efcctual destruction Of slayery.
It Is said that the South should he humb1ed
before It Is received back. So far from that
want to save the
EELF-REsrEcT or TIE SOUTH;
md he Is the wisest statesman who can carry
them through this trouble without loss o1
their scnrcspect. l would 60 backwards and
cover their nakedness, and let them come
back to the full rights Of manhood and cIti
zcnship. Oh, how they have suffered; peeled
SCARED, wailing for thcm who have pcrishcd
ishcd. And do yon cay let them be still fur.
ther llmbleds Q, my brother you know
not what manner Of spirit Is in 5ou. I an
very glad that the foremost of our anti.slayery
men have been pleading for less rigor, and cx.
pressing generous sympathy for their old
time anfae eonlsts. Let the true men find the
Southern hear, and let traitors be ignored by
both parties. was rained by tho many crIi.
icis1ns saw in the papers,
rPoS GENERAL LEE,
when hc was made President Of Southern
college. In IN hour Of great weakness be
committed himself 10 the can&e Of rebellion.
Since That lime, however, he hus actcd rs we'll
became him; the fact grnnted that
he conseientiously believed in the
cause OF the South, We must admit that
he hns conducted himsilf without un-
necessary violence; and when be laid down
his sword who could be more modest, more
quiet, more honorable than hcf And when
lie was called 10 the Presidency Of the college,
was glad to see him tnkc it. lie needed to
do something to support himself, and the
Criticisms madc by our papers we're as ungen-
eFoUs as thcy were unfair. I believe that the
young men who attend that Institution will
glad he obtained the position. The
TWO GREAT QUESTIONS
now unfolding into practical politics are:
the participation Of the administration OF
National Government; md, Second. The
granting Of the rights Of the black man. It
Is best for us that restoration should at once
commence. It Is part Of our belief thst all
men should partake actively In the adminis-
tration OF civil aflairs. Some precedent quail
itications should be made, Of course. The
done away with. States should be condi-
toned upon the restoration Of slavery. Com
munities should not be permitted to take part
In the Government until so conditioned that
they cannot destroy 1t. They must swear
never asain to attempt to destroy ns. They
must not only declare their act OF secession
null and void, but a6 initia false and hereti-
Ttnr Ri o1S -&n1,1 -. $f,n
RIGHTS OF TIE FREEDMAN,
to work when, where, and as much as he
p1eases; to be made the cqual Of eli other
men before q court md in the eye OF lie lsV,
md have as ready access 10 the courts as any
other man. hold, also, that he should have
suffrage, because it is a natural right.
Hc las the right 10 make the laws Which
govern him, and 10 determine the uagistra-
cies under which lie lives. lie hns right to
be citizen, because he Is man. I think 1t
would hive savcd the land trouble If these
does not make
ulM SOCIAL EQUAL.
Do you suppose that newly -lnnded Irish
man becomes my social equals Do rush
into his arms at once and ask him TO be my
son.in-l2Ts How absurd to soy TINT because
claim these rights for the black man There
lore must like him. confess an so thor
oughly under the influence Of longtime prcju-
Dice, that have never felt the slightest incll-
nation 10 marry black woman nor do
link It well that any sort Of fntermarriage
blncks and whites should be permit
Led. But, oh! these Southern men, how i'm
pudeDt Is their talk about miscegenation.
They arc never opposed to practical.
M1scEGESAT1oS
down there. Their blood Is scattered all over
their plantations. We hold that this should
never be bnt If it is TO he, let it he under the
law Of 1sedlock. These things are simply
sidcration. These thinge granted, all difficult
ty would be ended. Without them troubles
will arise, and they will manly infect the
South. These four million men are at the
South, and If there are uprisings md Difficult
ties, they will be there, not here. I do not
know what the
PRESIDENTS MIND Is,
If, indeed, he knows It himself: Much COM
piaInt las bccn made OF lis rcticeucc, Lut I
c1nnfess 1 1haf thinE lis retieencs ndmirnb!e in
% one Who has notiline to say. In his answer to ia
Sn.,tI, rorn1;na1s f1eiersfion- 3-or,,1;no
fbat hofnrn shc 1rss Ecceived acnin fntn fhs
sa,n;,v srnds hcr sdrice tn Srssb;nn4on ~ and ,nS
en ..,rsEt r. lie Presaent 7ebot Ia Woi5
AZ Inv rcfr,sh:nrNhe ftha Pres'dantl = 1 I.i sssd
tS;r'. We mqet oe pfaetical "a 9nT . euoEts ana
uA ,.aaa ase o So hs - eaf T.. ~ ~ a ~
naxe nesGr nao man "a tne iTasiaent,al hl
cna1! HAo Has p1o.en nimsen ino!s WISE u @ sac
Eoiuton VI gaeetsoHs oIpH3! 20 ,aM tuaa
is'oe9i . sonnson. u,.;au. .n'a6 rs Msu eas.
lnE q taese questions 70 congress
chlnentiy WISE ana mnch oet,
aceioins acc 1or Mmfen, ana oy namsel aloner
8ut N regard 70 ciatlclsm ana aaF1ce, 1
don't M fhink We are so very frce from cen6ure-
" ncn olaeh man can nae III tne cass, can