Washington telegraph., 1865-12-13

fACt, ana Eali III as s&L "a -
that some of the Republican journals OF the
North are advocating the repeal of the test oath
in Congress. They say truly that it was war
measure. and if proper at time when civil war
was raging. and the greatest necessity existed
of keeping ont of the councils OF the naton All
hostile elem nis, that such necessity has now
passed away, and new one become paramount,
to wit. the necessity of that union OF hearts anu
nurnoses essential to the strength OF nation.
No statesman, with his reason unbiased by evil
passions, can be so blind not to see that there
can be no strength or gloly in nation large
mass of whose people are kept under ban' ior
uolitical offences which no repentance nor sub
mission can ever be allowed to loosen. 1t must
of necessity establish Two castles amongst the
ss,,e race, more fatal to harmony and good
government than any of the old established
ranks of European monarchies 1t IS wholly
inconsistent with all ideas of republicanism thaf
any of rhe free citizens especially whole classes
of them. should be marked and branded for dis
grace. without due trial and conviction of some
crime involving moral turpitude. Those men
in ,rkansas. who now, clothed in little brief
authority" ''play such fantastic tricks before
high heaven as make the angels weep" and
who would fix and rivet upon their fellow
citizens by aid of military power, the most gall
ing chains of disgraceful dsfranchisement, and
most especially those who haeing led them into
secession afterwards deserted them, and having
secured their own pardon and favor would now
aid and assist in .rampling them in the dust,
would do well to remember that Nemesis
though not always swift is sure-that good
sense and common political sagacity, to say
nothing of justice and mercy. will finally tri-
umph, and that in the rebound they will re-
ceive the scorn OF all those whom they would
Cypress, and the contempt of history.
There will never be another war of secession
The people, once having suffered so severely,
and having been mortified SO humiliatingly by
those who. having first 'fred the Southern
heart" afterwards raised the veil, and showing
their hideous treachery, exclaimed: There, ye
wise saints, behold your light-your star ie
,rould be dupes and victims, and ye are :" will
never afford material for repetition of the ex-
pertinent. They are content in their day and
generation with the government of the United
States; and living content, and aiding in its
administration. their children will grow up to
love and admire it-yes, and TO hate the men,
ory of those who first having deceived their
fathers. would afterwards have attainted their
blood, and marked them for disgrace.
We believe the Secessionists were honest, and
have rot ahated from them enc whit of our love
and respect They have our sympathy, although
until the war began, we were not OF them nor
with them-we received, even, their scorE and
reprobatior We coul1 not bat sustain them
in their hour of trial, and when the clark waters
of war; closed over them, We stood with them
a willing sacrifice upon the deck, asking no
other favor ttsn might be accorded to all in
Ike condition, feeling only the bitterness OF
seeing, at last, the eomplscent smiles of Sc
curity of many who having abandoned them for
safety, were then sing ing peans over their doom
and urging their disgrace.
WE believe them, now, to be honest in their
submission. The people of the South have
never been false to themselves or others How
ever wrong, they have never been subtle, nor
untrue to their professions. They were terri
bly, in earnest when :hey threatened war.
They are equally in earnest now when they
submit, and renew their allegiance. President
johnson knows this well, and thinks they may
be trusted. He viii trust them if he is allowed.
They never prevaricate. They scorn false pre-
fences The danger we fear and deprecase is,
that the terrible wound between the sections,
which bid fair to be healed by the first inten-
ton, may be rudely torn asunder by the selfish
ambition or evil passions of imprudent men, and
be forced to undergo the long and sickening
process of a fostering granulation. Healed it
will be in time by some means, for it is not
mortal to the Union, but how-sad the prospect
of the latter How dangerous, meanwhile, to
our position amongst the nations of the earth!
Hence we hail these indications at the North.
God grant that the sentiment may grow in
'still small voice. after the storm We think
them the first rays Of the sun, which in time
will cause the South to throw off the dark cloak
of sectional animosity which it had wrapped so
closely and SO fercely around it, forbidding the
true pulsations OF its heart to be seen or felt.
Let us then be patient, submissive, law
abiding, conciiatory, and peaceful Speaking,
meantim, :, like men. and not huIniliating our
selves with Ip-scrvice to that which know
and feel to be unjust. Biding our time, and
working honestly and honora6ly for the result.
We cannot yet rejoice in the issue of the con-
test. He is a craven who prctends it. But
having accepted it honestly, may look for
ward with pleasing hopes, for our latter days
anil for posterity, 10 the time when the Gov
ernment may be restored in accordance with its
true genius all over the land, when peace, har-
mony, and good will may pervade throughout
It's length and breadth, and our common nation,
raised to the greatest heights of power by the
free exercise of all its industrial arts, without
hindrance from internal dissensions, may be
pre-emnent amongst the powers of earth. So
mote it be, and speedily!
R We understand that Col. Dwight
May, the present Commandant of this
Military District, has been breveted Brig
Gen. Col. May is said to be an efficient
OtIlcer, and q clever ppnfle,u