The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-08-09
eled so heroicallyg The ruin tbatreigns TO-

,led so heroically? The ruin thatreigps TO-
day throughout the South, }the graves OF
hundreds Of thousands that have persisted, !
the destitution Of all classes of the snrvi
wing population, The poverty Of all entire
people, attest that the fight was maintained
up to the very verge of human endurance
and beyond the limit that any other but a
race of American freemen would have
reached 80 41lslNJ 3iIt 49, s3ttb i
Let the yictors deal with the PROSTATE
foe, strictly stefnly .eharshly Iife they Please,
let them gather such material advantages as
the fields of victory offer, but at least let
them convey no Ran'on insult but there
IS the meanest insult In the language OF
the The Times, and there is beside subtle
proyocation to a renewal OF the strife.
oar contemporary urges The Southern people
to expatriate themselves or to stand to their
arms and perish rather than accept OF am
pesty. It says: There is such thing as
facing exile or even death Itself, sooner
than renounce prin,iple or bend the knee to
its enemy. History abounds with instances
of men who staked their all npou some
great revolutionary effort for the good Of
their country; who did not suffer even the
most crushing defeat to shake their devo-
ton, and were proud to court it by tempt
ling any extremity Of fate" If such Ian
guage is not provocative of continued hos
Utility to the Federal power, we miscancelve
tits import. Bal,to make the taunt more
bitter, The Times proceeds to expatate upon
1.-THE harsh aud uneoGciliatTy policy OF the
ADMINISTRATION. 1t says: the National
EGovernment, in its triumph, makes not a
Hot of concession to tile South. so lar
from re.enacting the old constitutional safe.
guards said to have been broken, it ami
Ehi'ates forever the interests which those
Safeguards were designed topn'tect." And
then The Times proceeds to ennmerate what
| the South and State Sovereignty have lost
land what Capitalization has gained. And
after dwelling upon all the incidents and the
results of the struggle calculated to wonnd
the feelings or rekindle the rage OF the
Southern people, it upbraids them for their
tame submission, and Urges them to self-des-
truetion by clarifying the suicide OF one Of
their leading men, $50 far as has yet ap-
peared," it says, "old Mr.. Ru0in. who blew
his brains out soon after Lees surrender, is
!. the only secessionist wlio has had tf'e real
martyr-like spirit, He wrGte tEat le would
not survive Ills c"nntry's4 iFetdoal, ard We
cheerfulIy give that superanuaied man TIC
credit of earnest convictions q
4 We have quoted enough to show the pur
pose of this MepEistophiIes of the press
! this tempter If sorr " stricken men to dc
the deeds of fAlIy and desperation. Such 8
devilish and lncendiary course on the par
of the public press Of the North deserves
the most earnest demonstration Of popu!al
condemnation All men who have at hear
the safety and welfare Of the Republic VII
welcome with joy tic evidence OF DISPOSE
ition on the part of the Southern people tt
resume their places quietly in the poitca
household. Ii is wise and honorable for ihs
vanauished to accent with dignity and deco
rum the consequences Of defeat, and for the
yictors 10 meet hallway, cordially and with
out any parade Of triumph or show OF su
periority, every advance toward rehaoili'a
ton. The Times las good sense enough t
oppreciate the duty of the hour, but not pa
triotism enough to forego this opportunli.
of venting a puerile and malicious exu'ta
Ition. II is d shameito Anericansm that |
PROSTATE enemy, willing and nob'y qaalitie,
! to be our friends and helpma. es in the wpprl
of recupcraton, should be thus insulteo
tasnted and goaded to persevere in thel
hostility. If wesplt upon the hands oif're
to as IN friendship, ours is-ihe fault il the
should be hereafter raised against US agai
in anger. n. Y. News.
A FoRETHoUeHTFUL HOUSEWIFE.
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