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

nag Every patriot should labor now to
establish confidence and good feeling be-
tween North and South. The recent war,
with oil its desolation, was produced rather
by the sectional hatreds engendered by
party strife than by any vital antagonism
between the interests of the two great por-
tons of the Union. Indeed, 30 far from
any serious antagonism, there had always
been perfect reciprocity between those
interests which should have constantly
strengthened the bonds of Union. The
political conflict, arising from sectional
prejudice, has been fought out ut last.
fought out ut m expense OF blood and
treasure unparalleled in modern warfare !;
and all practical and true men will accept
the result as fact that cannot be removed
by any kind or degree Of augmentation.
The war being over and its effects being
felt wherever tho fame Of battle was Lit,
the duty is now incumbent upon every
citizen to do everything in his power to
raise the country from it's shattered con-
dition. The most important element in
the work of restoration is the feeling Of
confidence between the North and South.
Less thnn ut any other period of our his
tory is this the time for inaugurating party
schemes upon sectional ideas or sectional
prejudices.
The people of the South, their armies
having been overthrow, have evinced o
willingness and determination to renew
their allegiance in good faith to the Gov
eminent of the Union, and VIC who, during
the recent war, have sustained the Govern
ment, sbouldsnow extend the hands OF cor
dial friendship to the vanquished. We are
sure that the Southern masses have gained
q wise and enduring lesson from the suf-
ferings visited upon them, and when they
shall have fully arisen from their PROSTATE
condition they will, with true and manly
heurts, earnestly devote themselves to the
honor and glory Of the nation. Let us,
therefore, help them to arise; let US watch
every interest they have, and labor to iden-
tify il with the immortal life of the Union.
We know that during the last four years
the press, the forum, and the pulpit, in the
loyal States, have too often served as the
mediums for expressing Northern hatred
| for the Soutb--a hatred which was natur-
ally inflamed by the war; and, during the
same period, similar mems were used
throughout the South for declaring hat
red far more bitter than loyal men have
felt The time has come, however, when
the hntreds and prejudices Of the past
should DO buried forever. Let all North
ern men cease to abuse the South.
! ''Do not Insult calamity;
| It Ia n barbarous grossnesR, to lay on
| The weight Of scoru. where heavy misery
Too mach already weighs mems fortunes down. :
| And while liberal, magnanimous spirit
toward the South is cultivated Throughout
the loyal States, let the people of the South
discard all sectional hostility, and learn to
cherish the Union as their common coun-
try, all the citizens Of which are brethren
Such, in our humble belief, is the readiest
and most effective mode of restoring moi
only peace but prosperity to the South
1t will establish that comfy between the
sections which will infuse vigor and enter.
prise into every department Of labor. II
will give new life to commerce; il will or
ganize agriculture; it will carry an enligh,
tened and valuable immigration into al
those portions of the South where the
hands of skillful industry are so much
needed now. Thus the work Of restora'
ton will proceed upon firm and perma-
nent basis, and the Republic will BIO stead.
fast in the hearts Of the people.-Loas-
Unks journal,