The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-12-08


his policy Of sectional strife and disin:e-
grafton.
3 Whatever honorable mon could do con-
siStent with honor and selfrcspcct, we
have done, or have expressed wiling
ness to do, and yet we arc still told that we
have given insufficient proof of our fitness
for readmission into the great family of
States.
We sincerely trust that the iaflucncn
of President johnson may Lc cast III our
favor, and that he may be able to defeat
the Vaccinations Of the Radicals in Con-
gross ; but if he cannot or does net DO SO,
the South we fear, is destined TO endure
long period OF degrading probation, of
"taxatlon without representation" and
of the subordination of civil rule to mar.
iial law. The exclusion of orr rnpresen-
tatives irom their seats in Congress We
fear ia the fixed purpose of large MAORI
ty OF that party
Now, cut dono, for whose good is this
exclusion to operate? At the very outset
1t will Introduce a most important and cx-
citing debate in Congress, and may revive
all the s!umbcring fires of sectional feeling
which all parties should seek to bury az
deep as possible. 1t will sting the South
with the sense Of injury and injustice, and
will deliver her over, for an indefinite PC
Rod t. all the evils of anarchy. Such rcicc-
ton OF Southern representatives would vio-
late the fundamental prncirle Of re?nh,i.
can institutions, for we should hove tax.
ton without representation, and w0ul
be held amenablc to laws in tie fraIiar
of which we had no voice. More than
this, conflict and disagreement would DO
inausnrated between the Legislative and
Executive branches If the Government.
for the Presidents great policy Of wisdom
and Cancellation has 10 feature of ostracis!a
for loyal Southern men. Thus wouli tho
peace and harmony Of the Government be
disturbed, and that quarrel would be re-
newed IN the councll-halls which it was
fondly hoped had been settled in the bat
tic field.
The Southern people, frankly accepting
the arb'rament of war, have been earnest
= and sincere in their desires to be brought
in friendly political relations with tho
North. 1t will be a most unkind and I'M
generous reward of their trust and conf.
dcnce, if, when they ask to be heard in
their national assembly, it shall be denied
) to them Surely, the great work of tho
Administration should not be thwartcd
aud retarded by the virdictive spirit and
opposition Of any mere political combiDa-
A x,it a..
We have had enough of it; it has
cursed the country long enough, and if
persisted in it will curse it still more. We
had thought that the causes which divided
US had been swept away by the war, and
that millennium Of peace ana repose was
at ha0d
Are We doomed to disappointment, and
arc the feelings which the war ntlamcd and
which soon might have been extin2ui3hed
My magnanimity and concilation, still to
be cherished in all their fierce intensity
Shall it be proclaimed to the world that
the American people, wagcd war for the
preservation Of the Union, and when they
refused to admit to a participation i'll Tue
government the people, to compel whose
return 10 the Union, the war was under
taken
As long as they live together, the pros
} perity of the North and South are indis-
soubIy connected, and if the North by ex-
ercise Of its political power, inaicts any
injury upon the South, it Must expect to
bear Itself some portion Of the suffering.
If unkinduess and abuse of power shall
characterize the dominant party at the
North, then will paraly sis fail upon the
duwnng prosperity Of the South aud the
development of her resources, which will
be keenly felt in Wall street., and prove
highly prcjudicial to the National credit.
: Maguauinity and justice to the South will
go far to bring down the price Of gold, and
to appreciate Government securities,
: and it is well for the Radicals to know it.
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