The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-23

that cannot 90 with either the President or Con-
gTess. would bring all in at once; thev mean to
Keep them all out at once. They would let part,
gnd let the rest wait and see how they would like it.
know they aIe stumbling on this point II you let
in Tennessee on that principle YOU will have to let
In all the rest. ike TO see man stand uOon prin
eiple-upon sound principles They would let In
South Carolina came and asked why not let us in on
the same principle as Tennessee and the others,
would be better than out and we thought you
won be better out than in" On what principle do
thew do thar i viii consider that afterwards This
does not seein TO be states smansllip. But not to
dwell upon thar, let us consider nov thoy argue the
matter. They saw we must keep these States out
till we get guarantees from them. Mat do you
mean by PuaranteCs2
You are gong to Keep them out until you are GER
tain 1t would be best to let them IN It is impossible
10 nye certainty. What are the things that you
want guaranu es aboutS Secession, Rebellion, the
condition OF the freedmen. What! guarantee of
Secession? We want guarantee that the South are
willing TO give it up. How long would you take be-
fore would consider that experiment as settled
five yearsY Would that cure ibemf What has the
war doney The war has settled the fact, whether
they leleye it or not that It shantbe The fact Is
settled II sban't be and all that you can ask the
south Is, will ou give up the fact and say SOY VIII
you give, up the fact, htugh you still believe the
Are you going to keep them out till they don't be.
lieve the doctTineY the question is settled when
they say, I'VE have referred this question to the
court and arbitration of war and war has declared
AGAINST us and we accept the Yerdict we bowto It,"
Can you IN honor ask any thing more than thatY
but then we want guarantees against rebellion"
-Four parts ont Oh five of the total property of the
South have been destroyed by war, ana is not that
guarantee that they won't fight again very soon?
The opuation of the South has been more than dc.
cimated doubY decimated.
Ibey are so sicx of it hat for one hundred years
cursed they will say, be the man that talks of war.
But we want guarantees that they will give the
freedmen their rights"
is not the Constitution q guarantee9 Is not the
whole law OF labor in the outh guaranieeI Is not
the whole public sentiment of this nation mighty
enough, with The Constitution on its side now, and
all natural laws and laws of political economy
sder Are not these guarantees enoughi l cannot
and to their intensity of sincerity and zeal, greater
than the state OF panic and fear which see in the
Northern mind.
You seem to be so stricken with fear that you have
lost all thought OF God and Providence, and natural
law, and all power OF moral influences and pubic
sentiment, but have that faith in the cause and
that faith IN God, and that faith in you, when you
wake up TO the full CONSCIOUSNESS of what you are
and what your powers are that am willing to risk,
II the South were twice as strong, with what we
have now on our side hey cannot be long in with
holding from the freedman his rights guaranteed to
On the other hand, look for one moment at the
effects Of prolonged exclusion OF the Southern
States. 1t is weaving the citizens OF those States
more and more from the National Government For
five years they have not thought of Washington
except to cure her. They have not felt the need of
Il. They have not telt any blood running through
them that came from the national heart, 1t pro-
posed to make them live five years more out Of the
Union. Is that the way TO make them love it? Is
that the way TO make them feel their need OF the
Government?
The utmost evil in admitting them that can result
viii be that shall be Obliged 10 take longer time
to do some things, which now we mt an to do by
legislation. Many OF the things which we seek to
accomplish bv laws we shall be obliged to accom-
plish by moral means / have seen this anxiety to
do everything by legislation, legislation, legislation,
waiting for 1t, and have seen the power of great
moral causes. Although there a wisdom in legis-
taton which would be far from invalidating-tbe
forms OF wholesome legslatlo1-sdl would bal.
take too long time, and we may rely too much
upon legislation. rely upon reason ana conscience.
Churches are my Congresses, and school houses are
my legislators. kindness-equal, reciprocal, Oriden-
hcal interests these are reDovating in fuences.
1 will now glance at the state of feeling in the
South. When we consider what they suffered who
they were that sufIered when consider waere heY
started from and where they brought up; when l
consider the whole history of the case the state OF
public feeling South is lar more peaceful than we
could expect 1t is bad enough but il is far better
say reconstructed South" "a nice condition the
South IS in to be reconstructed" They are our Bit
ter enemies; they gnash their teeth and all won
der If you think that after you soundly whip man
that he going 10 thank for it. Do you suppose
mat nat SeheTai Genera Lee %hen ne slrrenaered snonid
neck and thanked him for whipping him and COM
pelling him TO surrender or that General Johnston
should have regarded Sherman as his benetactor
And should the South go upon its knees when it
sees Yankee, and say GOD bless you, Yankee, tor
all you have done for me ?" These men that talk
thus do not hike the state OF feeling at the South.
The Yankees tell tnat the South is not fit to be
reconstructed Ii you do not take the south in till
she heals OF her wounds, you will not taGe her in
for long time 10 come. Human nature does not
run this way. II is not question of abstract JUS
according 10 known aw and TO human nature
know the South will Iee sore. They believed in
their cause they were defeated, and greater dlsas
ter could not tefal them They lost everything
money, fame ambition, character ana all deep gloom
oyorhanPs them, aud profound sorrow oppresses
them and they are expected to give evidence OF
thaDkfulness and joy. They must first have the
hand OF kindness sire tched to them. You must glve
them new hopes. New business will lead them to
forget old graves; new thoughts will check old
tears. kindness and business that what they
wait 1 hold DO community can do better than
10 take the example of Christ in this matter, who,
though pure ana Just was the object of all
ohense, the most ioreVng and foTbearlng. and who
suffered rather than that we should suffer; and as
He to us let us be to others There is Christian
magnanlmity in it for wounds and oe that other
medicine will touch 1t is asked why not leave
them out till they learn betterS For the same
Teast n that the father and the mother do not
him till he learns. No, but by kindness, and
love, and patience, they endeaVor to reinspire
him with hope; they open anew The spent fOun-
tains OF virtue, and he is again taken into the
family.
am asked if would take man into my church
knowing him 10 be sinner If didn't take them
in while they were stIll sinners | wouldn't have
enough in the church 10 I'VE" take the sin
neT in to reform mm If they do not want forgive.
ness and patience don't know ,wbat need they
would have toI q church at all. would let them
walk on their own eGs-throw away the crutches
and ordinances OF the Church. The South want
Kindness, words OF graclousness ana truth. They
need patronizing, but they need fraternal sy
patty, ana that with them, will go further and
bring them better mind than any denuncatiOns
You can utter. l have made fer thirty years
against slavery, and wherever saw the serpent
without hesitation smOte him / thank God the
work is done. The Constitution stands now Gs the
summer SKY stands advancing and advancing; and
though no oaisies blossom, nor sun warns, do we
not know that every advancing month brings US
nearer to the summer and 10 the perfect day Ol
hbeItyT