Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-07-26
RICHMOND WING.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 2s, 1865.
The Temper of the Southern People.

The Temper OF the southern FsoPAe'
We are grataed TO observe that many OF the
most respectable and Influential public journals
Of The Mouth are beginning to comprehend and
acknowledge the fact, that the people Of the
SOUTH are honestly snd earnestly disposed to ac-
ouiescs ia the rssalts Of the war; snd TO accord b
will. aud faithful obedience to the Constitution
and the Laws. That such is the fact, no fair
miuded and wellmesniag person, who has taken
the least pains TO inform himself accurately on
the subject, can truthfully deny.
We printed on yesterday an article from the
New YORK World, In which the admission IS
fr.nkly aud distinctly made that, from the Po-
touoac 70 the Rio GrInde, there is not single
" guerilla band, nor any Demonstration Of resist
- age to tke Fs9erol cEth07ty'-that tie states
su. TIE journalists, the military leaders, the sol
disrs composing the late armies, and al classes
aad conditions Of the people Of the South tired
OF war, its suferings and its horrors are fully re.
solved 70 walk hsneelorth in the ways OF peace
aud 10 support the authority Of the National
Covsrumsnt in perfect good faith and with their
original zeal and enthusiasm. In addition to
which, We Cad in the NGtio7a! IntsLASsHesr, OF
Monday last. the further declaration that " The
g. adm ra5s temper OF the South Il attracting
. general attention and sympathy and It pro-
,s-ds 10 remark, that to-be sure there are ex'
,csptonsl cssss-lneyit bly, there are sueh-but
he SsssrsI tone Of the South IS |sgTGHiHoE'
&. s.S LeysI." And such, Ns repeat, IS the SIMPLE
fact Whatever matterings and mur1urings
there nay be on The part OF lev restless ana
orotedstEy individuals, the great mass oil the
Southern people, at the present moment are as
since civ pescssDls and loyal as the people oil the
No.ta themselves.
Oar able and respected contemporaries, who
hays thus had the justice and msgasnimi'y to
properly represent tie temper snd feelings oil the
Southern people II :eferenee 70 the Government
and the UuInu, deserve well Of the whole com.
trv. 10. the actual truth, We regret 10 say IN re-
s,eot 10 he purposes OF ths citizens Of the South
and. 4. way pat slowly among the people OF the
North. Aud this Is easily accounted iOri Tor
th.r. are hundreds and thousands of persons
se, tsred though our borders, who are directly
Ia sgss.sd In incorporating the position oil tho
Southern peopl and in prejudicing the Govern
uasng and Gae peyp.s Of tAe Moth against them
IN manI instance, The verltable dread and butte.
of,.ea v,.sg a i, pead up0a suca mlarspTesenta'
tyus and a. s.lle-L i Is, therefore, net a. al
arrange hat the should steadily persist IN char
ACCLAIM tie southern people "a stu! sullsn re-
sslt.ut ant rsb.llioaS, AMI ony waiting some
ro.e!ao,s op2oEt1n 70 brsAk oUs in open aei'
Of hostility aud viOIence against The GoTeFnmeA'-
At All such charges and InsiRuaJlons, We beg
leave to sssurs our is,!ow-cluS ns Of the NoFIh
are s.p- srousIy and ridieulons.y false, not
having lie Illghtest foundation in TACT to rest
usJn. 20 al properly balanced and rejecting
m.nia nothiug could possibly be more absurd
than tue sut pJsluO1 or the suspicion that the
ueopgs of TIE south desire 10 enter into another
,o.u,c. sl,h the General Government Look 81
re Dsrsa, emsuts, tie sureungs, the calamitss'
which have beiaLen them in the course Oh
tina ,ast four years, and which even weigh
them dow IN the dus. AZ the present moment and
say whether il is at all likely they would wish 10
engage IN another war, even Though they were
uo..ssssd Of tie means Of doing SO, which both
tne goyurnment and the Northern people well
kuyw th0y are not Let then, the insane anc
MACH sylOus ides Of a still existing Te6elHous
.lir,t a. ne sOu.h be dismissed AZ ONE and Tor
s,sr; and let Charity, kindly iee-ing and mag
naulno.s policy characterize both the govern
mani and the people Of the North alike in thsis
r.,.r,pssI and lhs.r dealings towards the peoPe
,f nh. south. Ano, this course being pursued To-
v.-e, hem. no people Oh cath will be found TO
n. mo,s aud resolltsly loya! and patriotic
tnan ne People Of Virginia AMI the other South
err states.
gut II Misrepresentation, tenunciatiOn aud
sbu.s .rs 10 commune 10 be AesPed upon Us b
tbs iouraa aud speakers Of the North II re-
on,,s. no prolbsl 10 foIetell that the long and
eagerly wished Tor era OF peace harmony, iraIeT'
nal f.elg, aud natl. nal happiness and prosperity
vii bs indefinitely postponed. We know well tie
"a .uls ng whom we dEelL We know them
+, be honest and honorable, aud now that the war
1, over and their hopes OF = separate nationality
d.auoo mud, We know their purpose IS 70 be good
r-u. d loyal citizens Of the United states. We
hazard no,h ng in saying that there is not one In
q tbou.and among them, no matter how Jealous
their dsyot. on 10 the late Coniederacy, who Is ~
f.Batial or 30 crazy, or so fendsh, TO desireto
r,5ev ,iyl. strife and dscogd for single hour, or
Who M d:tatss any fictitious or improper opposition
I - be policy Of the Fe eral Government.
Slavery Is dead-ssCession Il dead-hostility to
me Union is Jeaj-and tie p-ncipal leaders OF
,bs secession movement an exceedingly dead; and
The ueople Of the S.uth want only real peace and
a. rroteetion OF civil government.