Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-04-07
Major General Thomas and "lhe
Central DIreCiOrj.'

that the Southern people do not
love the Federal Government or the
Northern nation; and ho has iuiur'
nation that the recent rebels mcdl-
tate another revolt against the n
ion. General Thomas may not 10
mistaken in the former Impression,
We think it not altogether impro-
hablo that, when y citizen Of Nir.
glnia contemplate the drSolotion OF
Ills fields and the ruins OF his home
stead, he may not he disposed to IN
yoke the blessing Of Heaven ON
those who have done him thia
wrong; aud tina, he may not lean
very lovingly toward the Govern
ment which has been the instru.
ment of hiG imp9ycrshmcnt and
subiugation. After all, tho people
of the South are indamed' with the
usual passions of humanity; and,
possibly. the spirit Of true Chris.
tian philanthropy is not sufficiently
prevalent among them to make them
pray for those who pcrsccutc and
despitcfully use them. lndisputa'
blv. it is not in their nature to iNwn
upon an opprcssor and to propitiatc
his regard BY protcatations Of their
affection. With us this is mere
speculation, for we do not pretend
to any confidential revelation Of the
Southern feeling. But, why should
gentlemen OF tho Radical fiction
avow surprise if the people of the
South bctray some repngnancc to
their rule? Is not that the object
of their endeavors? Il not every
net of their administration most eN-
actlv calculated TO realize this re-
suit? What have they done to
soothe the wounded scnsibilitics Of
the Southern people? Whataffront,
what atrocity, have they iUreborne,
that might in1amo the resentment
Of this high spirited, communityP
wherein have they cvinccd either
mercy or magnanimity in their
conduct toward the victims Of their
vengeance? Even the worm turns
upon the heel that Expresses it; and
if the gallant Scntlomcn and proud
born women of tho South, refuse
their affection to Government
which wrongs them in every right
and insults them in every feeling,
what wonder that at least in the
passive resistance Of naughty indig-
nation, they vindicate the outrag.
ed Instincts Of nature?
If the dominant party in Congress
really contemplate the development
Of a different sentiment in the South,
they must pursue policy altogeth-
or different from that indicated in
their present policy In effect, they
must say to tho Southern people,
you have been overcome by the
weight of numbers and resources /,
you have illustrated the highest
and rarest virtues Of horoism in
your struggle; YOU arc defeated
but not disgraced; and hencoforth
you shall be treated with the respect
due to the misfortunes Of fallen
but still glorious race" If this be
the spirit which shall determine the
counsels of the Federal Government
in its relations to the South, Major
General Thomas will not have oc-
cason to animadycrt on the rccus-
ant temper of the Southern people.
The "new- born zeal" proverbial-
ly imputed to those who contract
an unnatural alliance, evidently an
mated General Thomas in his testi-
mony before the lnquisition Com
Inittee. He hates the South with
tho vindctivo feelings Of one who
has carried sorrow and desolation
INTO his native land, and he would
disarm the suspicious of the Radi-
Gals by an excess Of devotion to
their cause. But, who believes his
story of an inchoate rebellion in
the South? He duplicates nobody
in the conpiracy he docs not indi-
cate the scene of the coming explo-
sion; he authepticates his state
mont by no simple circumstance of
probability, it is vague, indefinite,
intangible fgment Of Imagination;
yet, it is solemnly paraded before
the country, as furnishing u sufii-
cient provocation for the perpetual.
ton OF military despotism in the
South, No doubt General Thomas
finds it very fattcring to his vani-
ty, and, perhaps, not entirely in
different to his interest, to DO con-
tinued sin command Of four States"
but neither the integrity Of the
Union nor the welfare of the coun-
try is likely to be promoted by the
system of military usurpation pre-.
valent in the South. They who
have some regard for tho safeguards
of republican liberty, will not be
frightened by phantom into APP
proval OF o measure most repug-
nant to the principles Of the Con-
stitution. General Thomas must be
more explicit as we'll IS more con-
sistent in his story. lie must not
say in one breath that the Southern
people are utterly beaten" ana "a
the next that they mediate anoth-
er revolt. He must disclose some
circumstances of the alleged conspi-
racy-who was its instigators, what
its means; and he must not decline
to avow the. authors of his informa
ton. The chimera he has coniured
up may avail for tho purposes of
the Reconstruction Committee. but
fiction SO preposterously incredi-
bic will scarcely gain credit with
the country.
We do not deny but General
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