The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-11-24
Showing Their Hand Too soon.


showing Their Hand Too soon.
About three centuries and half
go Rabclais wrote,
The Devil was sick, the Devil Monk would
he Devil got we'll, the Devil a Monk was
ho."
Tow, nj the end of three hundred and
ity years, the lately rebellious, pro- !
csscdly repcntapt, and partly recon.
tructcd Southern States, are doing
heir best to verify the old cCuplet.
With the utter collapse OF all their
cbellious hopes, and '.ndcr the dread
If condign punishment of their mis-;
leeds, the Southern States become
1t once very sick and very pcnitent.
They confe ssed themselves defeated,
acknowledged their sins, and were
prepared to accept with humility
v Aatever penancc might be imposed
on them. That pcnancc was light.
1t was that they should heartily re
pent of their misdeeds, acknowledge
their error, and bring forth fruits oil
repentance.
There is too much reason to be-
lieve that the repentance ofthe South
was hollow mockcry, their acknowl.
Iedgment of misdoing mere lip ser
vice. Whether ready or reluctant t.
perform the obligations imposed OF
them by the President, the majority
of the Southern States have mad,
haste TO neutralizc, rs far rs possible
their own acts in this direction. Re
pudiating the rebel debt in form
some of the States are seeking some
way to reconsider that Reputation
and assume the debt. Profess
ing thorough loyalty, they propose
~ l'vustvu IvuvI suIutcts uHu pro
scribe the defenders of the UniOn.-
Condcmning the leaders Of the rebel
lion in words, they elect them to al
the important offices. Declaring
slavery to be abolished, they imme
diatcly set about restoring its most
odious features under the form ot
apprcnticing and punishing vagrants
In Louisiana, set of state officers
are elected on a platform that de
clarcs for States Rights according &c
the most Southern construction, as.
serts this to be government OF white
people, made and to be perpetuated
for the exclusive political benefit OF
the white race, claims compensation
for all losses sustained by the cman-
cipation policy, and demands an ear
ly general amnesty and prompt res
titution of property.
In North Carolina the rebel debt
is repudiatcd, but that reputation
left in a shape that renders its re-
consideration possible; n set of in.
grained rebels elected, and the priv
ilcge claimed for those elected rebels
Of dispensing with taking the oath of
loyalty. South Carolina adopts the
Constitutional Amendment under the
government whip, but has under con-
sideration, with an almost certainty
Of adoption, code of laws for regu-
lating the status of colorcd people
that revives the lash, The slave pen,
Lhe forced and unpaid system Of Ia.
Dor, and the forcible separation of
families.
Mississippi elects an unpardoned
'ebel to the oillcc of Governor, who
It once takes measures for rcorgan.
zing the old rebel militia rs prepar.
tory to the enforcement of the black
avs under consideration in the Leg.
stature, and the most offensive,
tate Rights assumption is contained
n a proposition to tax all suits IN
Jnited States Courts, Georgia, Al.
bama and Virginia follow with more
r less impudent acts, and all unite
a requesting the full pardon OF the
men who had been the leaders in the
tempt to destroy the Government. |
Impulsive and unskillul plsyers,
a their exultation at having, IS they |
uppose, the game in their own pow
r, sometimes promatnreIy show thcirl
ands, and so lose the remaining
ticks. From President Jolnson's
tic movements it looks rs if the
outhern partially reconstructed rcb
Is had made similar blunder.
Copperhcad Philosophy.
The Coppcrheads are trying hard
philosophisc their late defeats in.