The Black Republican., 1865-04-22
From the New York Times, April
CONCILIATORY MEASURES,

Thn mower Of Onr government to compel
7eubmissiOn is now as manifest ~ lllc sun'
@No Southern mind can be so stupla aS " lll.
Vpute an overture OF kindness now 70 -, "
461iiscouraeement, OF any other unworthy mo
Give, 1t would be recognized as q pleqge %
f0Ond will. and we believe, would fortnWlth
3Touse into life II reciprocal .ul1nxs>p<'~ m ~
sgreat crisis like that now eAl*tlas ID Inc
SSouth. the popular will often determines
with an electric quickness. Ihe 9ouylgIIn L;hIl
ItD sudden aCcessiOns Of new feelings
Iand purposes. This Wps mafTelously
sfo1enlDfifed in the almost in~tantan-
I.eous firing of the southern Aeart
9fr0m which the rebellion first burst Every
9s4hinr is lust as favorable for sudden influx
II of intense loyalty now, as OF the contrary
II spirit then. We may say, vastly more 20;
II for in the one case the impulse -prdh9 lfQIn
#the IMAGINATION only, while in tine other III
II scomes from the most terrible experiences
HThe movement away from the Cmoh #a5 y
Il REIMBURSEMENT Of great prosPeutyi II lIaL
IL look for Quicker time yet I'D the movement
II back to the Union, from state OF I'M
Emeasurabl9 wretchedness, At all events,
d we trust our Government will 90 Its pest 10
gclear the way for II. 1,1
n WHAT is wanted IS not SO much Dald
II statement to the Southern people that they
~ can have peace and protection Dy IepaqlaC
Sin the Confedcracy and resumlng lnelr
Etr7e allegiance, as an appeal papltAtlIl5
Aa7Vith brotherly regard 1t Is no longer
Unnecessary to dwell with emphasis upon 1h9
Nhard truth that the Government cfhnoL aIl
ii win not give peace for anything less man
unconditional submission That y aneauy
6sweI enough understood. The SUBMISSION
Mean be had. But if we want somethlh9 nio[e nie
I'll han submission If we would have genuine,
III aardent. whole-souled loyalty, we shouId
Sinvite it in language calculated 70
fIa+u Abraham Ill
@coln, notwithstanding, all the ABUSE
Rheaped upon him by the rebel Leaders, y
Unknown through the South. as well as IN the
&North, to be a thoroughly sincere man.
8Words Of good will from him., assurances @
Nthat his policy, so far as the Dody 0I tnc
HSouthern people are concerned, TiH dat;nc, ~ W
bury the past, to remove sectional alstlhce
$tions, to secure the universal enjoyment oI
E& &every national blessing, would chalehge
Xconfdence at once, and we verify DelleVe ~
#would be followed by an enthusiastic re-
Nsponse. ~.
Mgolden instant. The Southern mlndls now
+ in its most impressible mood. The fali OF
Richmond annihilates the last lingering
thrust in the Confederacy. Its suddenness
&intensifies the sensation. Every eleinent u
the Southern nature is most keeniy aIlVe W
&the question, what shall be done? A recon
that should send the Southern people PACK,
at a bound, into the full embrace OF tne
Government, would come much more
NATURALLY now than after they had sunk,
bewildered and nonplussed into sullen
anathy. The hour Of victory is always
the hour for clemency always the
#hour for the easiest winning of the hearts
of the vanquished. There are Leaders,
as all admit, who are beyond cleIneucy
either now or hereafter; and the Administrae
81 ton has done most nobly In 80 stead1astly
refusing to grant them any stipulations or
proffers. But the Southern people, in the
mass, are bound to us by ties which we can
mot sever if we would. They are our fellow
Aconntrymen, who must not only live, but
%lige with US. For our own sake, as well as
@theirs, they must have clemency. They
81 must not be dragged back as vassals, but
8welcomed back as brothers. Our anxiety
for this cannot be too quickly or too fully
Mmanifested.