Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-09-23
SECTIONAL AGITATION.

u0Hh AEfbhIiUU sHOut1 HHbe Ahhiepht pue
might reasonably suppose, to stay oil fur
thor disposition 10 indulge ia IT. II has
been the bano of Tho Republic, the. rock 90
which once split our Ship Of State, produc-
ing u shvoring of'Limbers only to be ro-
paired after years Of terrible lossos and sac
rtices. Yet, there continue TO he bold bad
men, who would once moro impefii the
country by their maddenlug agitatlons,
who would raise the wallis Of sectional de
markation, and lnsh into fury tho waves OF
rolontlsss animosity In which TO onguli
all who dare 10 think and net above the
ignoblo standard Of bigotry and tanati-
ciam.
The work Of qualification hpd scarcely
commenced, before those evil gonij Of the
nation Bet IN afreah 10 open now channels
Of discord through which 10 give won't TO
their unholy passions and purposes against
the south. Wilfully blinded 30 every hon
eat well meant mani lostation Of our people
Ii favor Of lasting restoration Of the
Union, soothing at every idos or suggestion
ef wisdom, experiences, enlightenment and
reason which docs not happen TO tally with
their peculiar tenets and herosieB, they de-
nouncs and agitnto aud ngitnte and do
nounce, by turns, rs tho only hope for
Keeping ulivo thOir political Importance
aud subserving their purposes Of self
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Failing In their radical
aims TO control the President, and through
him tho affairs Of the Nation, and pRrticu-
larly with regard TO the reorganization Of
the Southern States, They now rail and
rave, instead of "erooking the pregnant
hinges Of tho knee whore thrift might fol-
low fawniugn as formerly, thoy wore wont
70 do, when in the presence OF him whom
tbsy mistook to DO pliant tool but whose
J uutk iii tiff stsa feleyp have ahnwn
him to be tho worthy ruler, not Of sec
lion. but OF the whole people.
All honor TO President .iouNsoS for tho
high conservative principles no has set
forth In hiB sentiments and measures of
policy for the protection and guidance of
tho Southern people in the crisis through
which they are passing 1Io haB had TO
cope with m "outaide pressure" whose
ruin ous policy he fully understands 10 be
III no wise adapted TO the erigencles OF thu
hour or the COED of the Nation. Tho radi-
calls have touched q chord which fails to
vibrate in unison with their views and
projects Tho President does not furnish
| Thorn M they fondiy hoped he would, with
the key note to their political diapason
and thoy murmur and hate. They will
have ultimately to occupy q back sent, for
there Ia m Inherent patriotic conservatism
in the masses everywhere, springing mp 10
tho support Of the President IN his Efforts
TO heal the bleeding wounds Of the couu-
| try and restore it to health, tranquility and
prosperity.
The fearful lessons Of the past, seon lost
to those who themselves are lost TO all
sense of shame and humanity. Tho dcnd
issues of the past, though buried, they
| would fain rosuseitate in new shapes to for
ward their sectional and selfish dosigns
The South though politically enfeoblod
and paralyzed by tho desolations Of wa,
! within her borders, il still set up rs - mari
against which tho moral and political agi.
tators Of the North direct their vindictivt
shafts.
Let us hope chat wise councils may pre-
vail aud that tho day may not DO long do
| ferred when we shall behold an obltora
lion Of MI sectional unLagonisrns aud prsju
dicos, aud the complete Reinstatement o
tho Federal com pact on broad and truly
national principles. Toward such an ont
the conservative press and people of TIN
country, regardless Of section, arc battling
manfully. In evidence OF this, volumes o
declarations could DO cited from thea
sources hearng upon tho subject.
We cto below short extract from ~
article in tho Boston Gour6cr, pertinent e
TO thiB subject, which conveys some sounc
advice and moritod rebnke to those soc
tional sgitators who continue to intost tina
schismRtioal latitude rE..
Now it should be understood by all con.
oorned, at once, that the farther cultiva
ton OF sectional hate in this country, il
nc: desirable, but the reverse. This Is
largo country. There is room for all th,
people to move about without jostling oacl
other. Mutual hatred and denuncatior
are not things to DO INDUCED in forovo
by tho inhabitants of different sections Of
great country, whose people should DO a
accord and full OF the spirit of good neigh
borbood. Besides they are too costly anc
make life uncomf Portable. There il hardl,
country on earth in which there is th
political bitterness and uncharitablenes
which have pervaded this land for year
past. Better the quiet and political slug
gishness Of an imperial despotism than /,
live at the mercy Of the Internal malic
which has so long inspired our politics
The question arises, is there to DO no true
tote
Foruuu pponurT ANN