The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-14

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and better than we individually knew or pnrposed
And we were dependent upon the wisdom of our ,
great political insrit tons for making us what We
were. And they of the South, ON the other hand
Were unconsciously under the influence OF great
organic laws which sprang from radically vicious
institutions. They made what they were
by certain theories of political economy, carried
out practically SO that they answered logically
to the influences of those institutions under which
they Were reared. we answered logically 10 the
Influences of those institutions under which we
were reared. 1t the antagonists which eX-
Is cad between their institutions aud ours Ihat
b rought us in perpetual coll sion with them. The
giving to all men equal rights, and the holding
men IN slavery, could not harmonic. Free labov
meeting slave-labor; free speech meeting muzzled
speech IA free press meeting, haInpered press,
coHld but head TO conflict. 1t was the neees-
stiles of Southern institutions which colllded with
the necessities of Northern institutions. And the
people of the South were what they were, not by /
reason of voluntary wckedness, but by reason OF |
the, institutions that were behind them, aud that
pushed them forward al tides push ships And
our excellence was Attrloutaole, not SO hu'h 10
ourselves as to the pressure of the great laws anu
! institutions under which we were acting.
Now slavery being destroyed, the cause OF
| collision is removed; and, though h longer or
shorter time may be required TO readJust the state
of things, let labor stand free il the South,
once let there be necessity for muZzllng speech
once let there be necessity for ham erlng the
press once let commerce be unrestricted, once let
The heather laws Southern statute books be
DESTROYED, and what guarantee do you want that
| trpes
err free men pursuing free labor The only cause
of antagouisn was slavery and, now that slavery
is DESTROYED, there Is no ground tyr conflict. We
do not come into collision with Canada, although
| She is under "A crown. Still less do come lhto
collision with the States the West. And why
should we have come into collision with the
States of the South except on account of the DIT
| ference there is between their institutions and
ours And the taking away that difference Is
: ! every thing we want. Of all guarantees for the
I, future harmony of the North and the South the
best is the etiectual determination OF slavery a
guarantee OF aCoFdS may be very Wen, oul a guar
: antee of facts is better
Ii is s.ll that there should be spirit OF humility
on the part of the South that there should be Tue
appearance of their having bee n convinced OF the
error OF their ways, before we receive them oacN
Ii is said that God does not receive sinners back
o | ill they are humbled. When you are God, you
need not receive your bretheren back till they are
a humbled But take it that you are not IN the
. | place OF God. There many who desire TO see
= the South humbed. For my own part, think Il
:, to be the great need ofth nation TO save TIE self
- respect the South and THINK that he WIN De
\ | the wisest aud most polite statesman who knows
how to carry them through this terrible ana pains
fll transition with the least sacIce OF their prlde
- and with the greatest preservation of their sell
I respect And ii it can be done by the ganeros t.
, of The North a confidence viii spring up at tlt
"a South III the future that will repay for the tt
~ self sacrifice that we may make. As Tor me,
10 would 90 backward and throw the mantle owe
their max dness, aud extend to them trust AN
), help, till they should recover Themselves an
~ again stand erect IN the full manhood OF comno
"a American citizenship. do not Wish 10 see IN
on South humbled any more than war has humble
mi them.
ON Stripped peeled they have been. BIT that
7 not ali Oh, what woe is theirs! Not a father Q
ty mother among them can mourn Tor il siam sol
!, =. not wife can mourn tor husband siam, not
nv | sister can mourn Tor Il brother, not man or W.
"a nan can mourn Tor "A friend with any other fee
to iuy than this HE threw away his life Tor not
m | ing Thousand 10 ~Sd once have ~
in sacrificed but they were martyrs for liberty, an
70 their names aud deeds fragrant III our nenor
en- and we glory in sorrow But the waning
no | the people OF the South, concerning those In
ne thew sacrificed is They persisted III cause thu
no Itself persisted, and there Is no memorial OF 'hem
~ Their uroperLy is gone, their States are III ana
~ | civ rIrr tiresides are Left desolate and do
ess near men saying before we receive them bt'
COS lei taem be sui further humbled = On,
Ike brother, you KNOW not "haV hA"hu'i Vi 'P''''
of are of! ,:,,u,,. 49,,
TO mos active for liberty and humanity should pr
ow duco the first and deepest Impression on
am | brefhren in the South by real Kindness ana
ION very than full that those who have been represe
in tative men in the North, IN the maln-Ar. Snli
ind Mr. Garrison, and others such as they-haFe De
her fund pleading for lenltY, and opposed TO flSora
nor ,,pcbatit ableuess. Ii Is 1t should be. ANA
get shall oe greatly reJoiced Ii those men wAo h,'
and breu in Iavor of liberty, and Ill collict WIKI
for South shall be the first Ill the interest OF nbei
nti- and humanity, to express toward the Southe
and reopIe sympathy ana generous trust Oh
ton other hand, shall regard it as peculiarly UNI
eful tuuate II shall take place that the patriotic
con roud shall stand cOldly waiting or sLtrhig PEE
Ine, for iustice while these men that tor i've ye
,sed naye betray ed both the Norh and the Sou
that make haste lolI out warm hal d' OF greeu
the and produce the impression that they are ~,
,on ! The friends of the SUttl. Let the tine men !
,ira the southern heart let traitors be dsilio"
they by both parties. . 1T. -
ct of not read except WIN ulsapprooa'Ioi u
mag that is written regard 10 the cohu4'
end Of things in the South. Au honest statement
wait facts is fair; but biting criticisms OH men ana u
hem actions cannot but produce eVll results II
viii deemed unwlse the many erlueishS WA
will nassed upon General Lee when he assumed
rilv | Presidency OF Washington College. "heh
now history is mpartIally written, IL can never DC
avs | ed IN that in AN hour OF great weakness he G
will mitted himself wickedy 10 the cause OF reoel'
This is "a blemish upon his name that can not
ories | he eftaced But not deny tlat since
and lime his course and career, from his stand Pc
,ause have been almost vold OF repfodcu Aho =
yiyen crime of rebellion remains, but IT belng assn
wing that he was consccntiousiy convinced th'1t
nould was his duty where can you Ind aught TO cfl
Jnder in his general conductf Anu Whe tug va 0'
ia of : nd ne laid down his arms, who could have
faith more modest, more manly, more tfle 10 MS
have word and honor than he was Ana Whel
I'd To was called to the Presidency OF
which Ieye must he not accept u
hood. he not do something for a Hylng! d
.ccept he not attempt teach the minds OF Tie sou
I men the radical elements OF education Anu W
edit wise aud BETTING that we at the Nortn 81
lowed raise cviling objections TO his ayaAng niins
10 be TINS opportunity offered him OF ga
| hon
Eng not Of has htHess bat whehsr u as trtse tor rs
atoms ~ IN V,fg1nians the right TO select eer teot
These A. taras I am concerned, Twas glad that n
&c and cepted the position: aud have reason 70 o'
events mat the Young men who are graduated una
,ut the | thouph ipey may be deficient on some pom
Grimes education will be and faithful 70 tne ~
mant they are TO live under. Robert Lee
as to last man in the South, ever again 10 reOe'
h that cite rebelnon And tell you, we are hot
,rd and inc friends nor helping the cause OF co
Jack to country by raising the names OF mHliheh'
when ern men one AFT another, nto the place VI
as thew cii,csH II is not genenous we are tue ST.
edy the marty " have been successful and II ther
on put magnanimity anywhere, We are inc nieh "
n tnat. It, -, -. oxa ,
lion of The two great questions which now are !
please ing into practic politics, and which attr'
ture OF tb0ughttu regard Of ali men that THINK upo
men are liz affairs are first, the admission OF 10
bity of states again to the participation IN our
ut is at government; and secondly, the complete al
Inanent restoration 10 the black men OF
guaran' | try Of their rights.
ck men Let US look, then, at these two main qnes
laws OF the future. 4.
we to Il is desirable, on every account,
that can Sonth should be restored at the earliest
r. Men Die moment 10 participation III our comm
ase. but eminent II is best for II Is best Tor
ic laws. | i, i foreign 10 our American Ideas th'
e subtly sbould be dispossessed OF civil lgEis, ii
rings of pecf TO treat Them in any other way than
that IN nails Ii we expect TO make ciuSehe OF t9s