The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-11-25

We can best understand the success OF the
experiment Of Reconstruction by looking AT
the results in many Of the Southern Stat,
1t is six months since the President threw
open the doors Of the Union TO the defeated
Rebels. and invited all who were willing to
hccone good cilizcns and obrdieu, to the
laws to enter and resume their seats III the
old family board, History does not present
an example OF similar magnnDimity. Men
s,cak of the lnerciiI revolution of Wi.li,m
H., forgetting that William sent Eenwjck
TO the scaGoId, and bestowed choicest es
tates upon his supporters and iavorites. We
have punished no one for treason. JCiicr
son Davis was arrested for cons pirng to
commit murder, and, as that charge has
never been abandoned, We presume it is a.
n "Nurdcrcr' be is now at Fortress Monroe.
Clement c. Clay vas imprisoned On the
same charge. Tic men executed we're exc
cuted as murlercr5. Wirz died as one guilty
of murder. All the conGscutcd lands have
not quite been restored bit the pardon that
embraces 'Ircde gar Anderson will soon en-
vrlop in It's consoiing folds every Rebel.
Those who have criticised that policy GER
ta;uly admit that the Presidents motives
we're kind and charitable. Perhaps We can
no better illustrate that kindness than 10y
remembering that 10 CRAFTY the South h. was
willing to postpone justice to the negro
Those who know how deeply and earnestly
the honest Northern heart fell on this sub.
ject will appreciate the sacrifice that the
President was willing TO make to propi,iate
the South. If any statesman commanded
their gratitude, their support, their undeviat.
ing Kindness it vas the President. They
made protestations. They were the Prc,i.
dents most sincere friends. They would
show him the true devotion OF the Southern
heart He was their bulwark against Radi-
calism He woald stand between them and
abolition ghouls.' They, on their part,
would be his most devoted supporters. =
They would take up arms for him as they
took up arms against him, and under the
fostering care Of Andrew johnson. poor
white, but nov President Of all thrac States
they would assist in building up "A Republic
that would rival in imperial grandeur the
proudest days of the Commonwealth Of
Rome.
Well, we have tried them, sad what Let
us go down to Louisiana. Here is State
rich in resources-her great metropolis over
flowing with the good things that commerce
can bring. This peace gave its people, and
how have they answered it. In the first
place, we have a Governor like Wells. an
accident Of the war, who took advantage of
tde peace to hold his place by pandering to
the worst Rebel feelings We find the ne
gro downrodden. Men are imprisoned for
speaking their opinions about Negro Suf.
frage The worst features of the slave laws
are revived, and large party is, with diff
Guilty, dissuaded -dissuaded, let us own it
by such men as Beaurcgard and Hays from
going 70 Mexico and bringing the runaway
Allen back as Governor. The good results
Of former administrations are wiped away
in an instant, and the Rebels, headed by
military popinjays like Fullerton, are rapidly
rushing their State back to the terror and
gloom Of the ante Rebellion period. IF we
go into Mississippi, we find not only re-
IuSnt ~ iA'o" NbS hCSioSS tic lISHlS VI Ju
rors, bu. even the rights Of Witnesses In
Soath Carolina, the Rebels almost force
Wade Hampton into the Gubernatora chair
merely because such action wonld be de.
fance to the President AS for the Rebel
debt, she will pay her share, this rebellious
Carolina, dollar for dollar. As for the
Constitutional amendment, it comes by
compulson. South Carolina will vote for il
now, that she may kick open the doors o
Congress and stand before the Speaker
chair with six electoral votes in her hand
six votes, to our shame he it spoken, tina
represent power as great as Connecticut
with eighty thousand white men less. Their
We come to North Carolina, and find iona
thaa Worth elected Governor because Hol
den was the choice Of the President. No
one word about the Constitutional Amend