Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-12-28

minatiOn, and which must necessarily re-
'duce to a desert the most productive por-
tion of the Union in which every citizen
has an interest. But though this is what
everybody says who has read Mr.. Julian's
bill, were DR.. Cummings prophecy of the
destruction of the world certainly to be
i fulfilled this winter, all plans and arrange
lnents for the future could not be more
completely arrested, except in the gather
ing together as much available property as
possible to be able To flee from the wrath to
come. Look atthe advertising columns of
| the papers an6n see the number of plaRta-
tions in every county of the State, with all
the stock and provisions, which are offered
for sale at less than fourth of their value
were peace established. Visit the marts
| of commerce and see the stagnatiOn and
| hopelessness which are to be found there.
Look at the closed factories, the untenanted
mills, and the half finished enterprises ar
rested as if by the presence of a plague.
See, what never was seen before In the
South, crowds of people famishing for want
of bread. Hear the gloomy forebodings of
the people, who have almost ceased to hOpe,i
and then decide whether further punsh-
ment, and such punishment as Is designed
by Mr.. Julian, is justifable, polite or
| humane. ....- Dr.. ...
And will such plan of reconstruction
conduee to the happiness, comfort and adj
vaneement of the negroes? Can any hon.
est man believe that the millions of black
men who have just emerged from bondage,
! wholly uneducatGd, ignorant of everything
that Is requisite for social peace and mate
rial development, can by legislative fiat
become the safe cIstodians of, political
power? Are they supposed to be sufficient
ly enlightened TO manage their own affairs,
much less those of the white race, or
is iteXpected that Mr.. Julian's magic touch
| will metamorpbOse their habits, nature and
| instincts, and endow them with intelligence,
morality, industry and civilization, and
supply them with the knowledge and ex-
perience essential to the exercise of gov
ernment? Jamaica, Hayti and San Do
mingo give an answer, but not one of en-
cOuragement.
Before Congress adopts measure so eX-
treme as the territorial scheme, would it
not be well, even on the theory of conquer
or dealing with subjects, to define the terms
upon which the question of reconstruction
can be finally readjusted, and distinctly set
forth the alternative in case those terms
are refused! Let it be distinctly and un-
equivocally announced on authority what
tue South must do before she can be ad-
United to equal membership in the family
OF States, and what the cOnquering power
will do in ease she declines to comply with
the requisiton. Let every Southern man
know positively that 'this in moment
brings me to an endn (Julian's Territorial
bilD. and 'this informs me | shall never
die" Germs of recOnstructiOn). 1t may
have been the intention otthe authors Ofthe
Constitutional Amendment that it should
be considered an uNimdiunl, but it was not
so understood, nor has iG yet been authori-
tatively declared to be the sine ana non of
restoration. A joint resolution of Congress
would define the position of both parties,
and there would be no longer room for
misunderstanding or doubt.
wish that cOdld convince the North
ern mind that the people of these States
are peaceable, law-abiding and loyal to the
G ,vernment. wish that could remon-
strate against the cruel injustice which is
done by those who represent them as re-
bellious, turbulent and lawless and, above
all things. | would wish to convince the
North how much better, wiser and more
effective are kindness, fUrbearance and
generosity than the harsh words and
deed, of ruthless and vindictive con-
queror. .5 rrt
1t is not political power that the South
seeks. 1t is not so much the restoration of
her representation in the national leg
islature which she desires. as it is peace
aud the stability which is essential
to. prosperity. Security for life and
properly, well-ordered society, set
tied future, are far more anXioIsly de-
sired than political power. Besides it is a
mistake to suppose that the South, if re-
stored tomorrow to all her rights and
privileges, wonld necessarily be in antag-
onism TO the North, and that it is therefore
requisite to exact guarantees so as to rem
der this sectional opposition as harmless as
possible. The Democratic party is not half
MS much idOlized at the South as Northern
pubiclsts suppose. The old Wing party
numbers many, very many men of intlu-
CncC and prominence, who, even in the cat
'aclySm which has befallen the whole coun-
try. have not forgotten the old party feuds,
nOrfelt any INCLINATION to ask admission
within the Democratic pale. @
The attempt to form the nucleus of
political party at the South which will act
in alliance with the Republican party at
the North, by giving galvanized ex-
istence to what are called the .Southern
loyalists," must prove a failure. They
are too few numerically. They are
for the most part characterless, adventur-
Gus, either wholly unknown in the States
from which they pretend to hail. or
III they are known they are objects
of universal distrust and aversion. |
What party can such men build up? |
What influence can they exerciseP Not |
one in two is resident of the State he |
claims to represent, nor does he ever intend |
TO-. visit it except in the event that Mr.. |
Julian's policy prevails, and in the rear of |
the United States army. These men are |
political Jeremy Diddlers, whose sole aim |
is to secure the "tenpenny price," and they |
will only prove aburden to whatever party |
is indiscreet enough to shoulder them |
Many of them, to my own knowledge, were |
ardent seeessi0nists so long as they could |
hope for Confederate employment, and only |
became loyal when they were convinced |
that their services were not required. Mr.. |
N. s. Morse, of Bridgeport, Conn. "a self |
elected representative of Georgia), is an
example. lie, came South in 1861 or 1862, |
saying that his office had been destroyed by |
a mob on account of his devotion to South |
ern interests. Southern men advanced him
money to purchase an interest in the |
augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, which he edit
ed until afGerthe surrender. For two years |
he was the tulsome eulogist of the Confed- |
crate Government the most uncompromis-
ing of secessionists, the most earnest ad-
,vocate rof the de-in-the-last-ditch policy,
and more Southern and more pro-slavery /
than Wigfall or Rhett. When Mr.. Joseph
e. Brown commenced opposition to the
Confederate Government, Morse was his |
organ, and he played theloudest music, de-
.nounclng Mr.. Davis and "the Yankees"
with equally melodious effort He is now
one of the Southern lovalists, and claims to |
represent Georgia. Et uno disco opsnes.
-gr8.,eie oy4tt, QuoNDAM.