The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-03

HE styis q Thought q ffser md more
noble. 1hS Young men Of our times are
rs6snesated.N Tho grest army has been
sc6ool, and hundreds n thousands ofmen
are gone home to preach truer and
nobler view Of humsn rights, All the In
dustrial interests Of society are moving
with increasing wisdom toward intelli-
gence and liberty. Everywhere, In
churches, In literature, In natural sciences,
In physical industries, In social questions,
as well Is in politics, the nation feels thst
the winter IL over and . new spring hangs
In the horizon and works through all the
elements. In this happily changed and
advanced condition Of things no party Of
the retrograde can maintain itself. Eve
rythiDg marches, and parties must march.
hear with wonder, and shame, and
scorn, the fear of few, that the South
once more in adjustment with the Federal
Government will rule this nation The
North Is rich, never 80 rich; the South Is
poor, never before 50 poor. The popula-
ton of the North is nearly double that of
the South. The industry Of the North, in
diversity, in forwardness and productives
ness, in ell the machinery and education
required for manufacturing, is half CEN
fury in advance Of the South. Churches
in the North crown every hill, and schools
swarm in every neighborhood while the
South has but scattered lights, at long dis
tances, like lighthouses twinklipg along
the edge of continent Of darkness. In
the presence Of such contrast how mean
and craven Is the fear that the South will
rule the policy Of the land That it will
have an Influence, that 1t will contribute in
time most important influences or re-
straints, we are glad to believe. But If it
rises at once to the control Of the Govern
ment IL will be because the North, demo.
rallied by prosperity and besotted by gro
yelling interests, refuses to discharge its
share of political duty. In such case
the South not only will control the Govern
ment, but it ought to do it
It is feared, with more reason, that
the restoration Of the South to her full in
dependence will be detrimental to the
freedmen. The sooner we dismiss from
our minds the idea that the freedmen can
be classified, and separated from the white
population, and nursed and defended by
themselves, the better it will be for them
and us. The negro is part and parcel OF
southern society. He cannot be prosper
Gus while it is unprospered. It's evils will
rebound upon him. Its happiness and re-
IMMIGRATION cannot be kept from his par
ticipation. The restoration Of the South
to amicable relations with the North, the
Reorganization of it's industry, the reInspi
ration of its enterprise and thrift, will all
rebound to the freedmen's benefit. Nothing
is so dangerous to the freedmen as an un-
settled state Of society in the South. On
him comes all the spite, and anger, and ca.
price, and revenge. He will be made the
scapegoat Of lawless and heartless men.
Unless we turn the Government into a
vast military machine there cannot be
armies enough to protect the freedmen
while southern society remains insurrec-
tionary. If southern society is Gained,
settled, and occupied and soothed with
new hopes and prosperous industries, no
armies will be needed. Riots will subside,
lawless hangers-on will be driven off or
better governed, and way will be gradu-
ally opened up to the freedmen, through
education and industry, to full citizenship,
with all its honors and duties.
Civilization is growth. None can escape
that forty years in the wilderness who
travel from the Egypt Of ignorance to the
promised land of civilization. The freed
men must take their march. ! have full
faith in the results. If they have the
stamina to undergo the hardships which
every uncivilized people has undergone in
their upward progress, they will in due
time take their place among us. That
place cannot be bought, nor bequeathed,
nor gained by sleight of hand. 1t will come
to sobriety, virtue, industry, and frugality
As the nation cannot be sound until the
South is prosperous, so, on the other eX-
IRENE, a healthy condition Of civil society
in the South is indispensable to the wei
fare of the freedmen.
Refusing to admit loyal senators and
representatives from the South to Con-
gress will not help the freedmen. 1t will
not secure for them the vote. 1t will not
protect them. 1t will not secure any
amendment of our Constitution, however
just and wise. 1t will only increase the
dangers and complicate the difficulties.
Whether we regard the whole nation, or
any section of 1t, or class in it, the first
demand of our time is entire reinion.
Once united, we can, by schools,
churches, free press, and increasing free
speech, attack each evil and secure every
good.
Meanwhile the great chasm which re-
bellion made is not filed up. 1t grows
deeper and stretches wider Out of 1t
rise dread spectres and threatening sounds.
Let that gulf be closed, and bury in it
slavery, sectional animosity, and oil strifes
and hatreds
1t is fit that the brave men who, on sea
and land, faced death to save the nation,
should now, by their voice and vote, con-
summate what their swords rendered pos
sible. u"
For the sake of the freedman, for the
sake of the South and its millions Of our
fellow-countrymen, for our own sake, and
for the great cause of freedom and civil
cation, / urge the immediate reunion OF
all the parts which rebellion and war have
shattered.
/ am truly yours, ...-..
HENRY WARD BEECHER.