The tri-weekly herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-31
For the Herald.
Tha Present and Future.


mighty struggle. A struggle which has been
7asseful and lavish of human life, Of property,
Of resources Of every description. 4 struggle
which has demoralized society and deTeloped'
the lowest, meanest aad bitterest passions ofthe
human heart. A struggle which kindled and
aroused storm, that has swept over the land
like the angel of destruction struggle which
checked the sentiment that burned and lived in
the breast of our fathers Of old, whose manly
hearts were never. under the influence of unps-
triotic feelings, who sought 40 local or sectional
advantages, but regarded all this America as one
broad land as one common country. The fierce
conflict is over, the booming Of cannon, the rat
tie of musquetFy, the tramp of armed men is
hushed. Nor tbatit is ended, we hope and trust
that reason will ISe permitted to reign over pas
sion and heated blood; that more enlightened
policy will prevail; a more generous impulse
give direction to the minds Of the paopie; that
ordinations and recrimnatjons will die ont; that
order and harmony may rule; that true pa
triotism will be cherished; that pride of country
will be. .nurtured and nourished.
If the administration at Washington is guided
by honest motives, and practise wise policy, We
look for the happiest results. A nlagnahimous
course toward the States and citizens, so lately
arraYed in hostility against the government of
the United States, will be the wisest, best and,
noblest policy that can bepursued. -.
Such course, however bitter the feelings may
be at the present, will tend to soothe, pacify, and
win the hearts Of the Southern people to the
support Of the government. It will undocbtedly
soften, and finally e1tinguish resentments and
encourage the citizens of all the seeded States
to hearty and most cordial return to loyalty, as
we'll as to that free communication, commerce
and exchange in general which existed up to the
breaking out of hostities. We must remember,
it matters not what may be said to,tbe contrary,
that the late conflict, so fercely and obstinately
waged on both sides, was nothing but civil war.
There was much to infame parties; sectional
ealousies, political differences, geographical d.
visions, the lust Of political power, reckless radi-
ca}ism, furious fanaticism, and bastard ambition
which existed in the hearts of demagogues and
politicians, who sought the subversion Of all
that was ancient or stable, and looked to, person
al ACKNOWLEDGMENT rather than to the public veal.
Then there vas the hydra-headed press, north,
east. south and west, which sent out sheets, het
from the press, teeming with inTectires, false
hoods, sectional articles, abuse, slander, that
served only to iudame the temper Of already ex-
cited combatants, -.
During the war, outrages were perpetrated that
shocked the moral sense and moral nerves of hu.
manity. These things, however, Semuss remem-
ber are and we're incident to war. There can be
no christian warfare where the sword and bullet
are used. But now that the conflict is oTer,
that the war is ended, We must learn to be loyal
and quiet, we must try to triumph over all trou-
bles, dispose Alright of all differences, and endea.
vor by all possible means to harronize matters
as they may tend to unite US in the future more
strongly together There is no expediency upon.
which to acs but that of loyalty. No benefit to
be sought, but the benefit Of all. We must re- ]
member not only to try to inauguFate peace, bat
we must Encourage the growth Of love oscoun- /
try, as boundless and as expansive as our own
widespread territory.
Nothing,we contend, must be done or attempt
ed to humble the States lately at war with the,
government, nor to injure or.wrong the citizens
of, those States. A prompt and ready ,resump-
ton by the States OF their former relations to
each other and to the government should at once
take place. No impediuents, no obstacles evea
of the slightest kind, must or should be placed
in she way of the restoration of perfect harmo-,
ny. The United States government pow can af-
ford to be gallant, chivalric and generous. Nov
is the time for her to exhibit nobleness of cha
racter, and like kind and loving mother, to for
give her erring.and wayBard children. If Pres.
ident johnson can possibly lay aside all preiu-
dice, and rise to noble comprehension. Of the