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M.RnanimIty of Admiral Semmes.
From ne TFibune.
We like magnanimity. It is one of the rarest
and noblest OF virtues, and in the smallest quan.
titles should be thankfully accepted. How
grateful should we then be for the overflow of
this virtue among the Rebels ever since Mr..
Johnson with his usual propriety, put the
Union in the position of an apoogist for It's
victory. eve are brave and galunt pepel,"
says John Pesky, ''hu hav dun our best to
distroi the Union, and we don't regret wot we
hav dun, but onley that we didunt sukseed.
But our holey caws Is roolnd, and therefor we
cheerfully Civ it up" With equal generosity,
General Wade Hampton, who asserts that "the
South Is, and ever has been, loyal, in the proper
sense of the term,p is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the shameful breach of faith of which the North
is guilty, and tue "ciuel and unnecessary war
il wagedZthat the Rebel States should take
their old places iD the Union. SO MT. stephens,
of Georgia late Vlce-Presldent Of the Contede
racv will reluctantly consent to take his seat in
the United States Senate, and perhaps Mr. Davis
might be persuaded to go back win nlm'
Robert f.. Lee, SO Southern papers noDly urge,
would be the very man to take command OF
Union army, as, having done his best to DESTROY
the Gov rnnent he ought TO know how to de-
fend it. Examples OF this kind ar9 numerous,
and the South is full of chivalrous Rebels who
are wi ling TO forget tbe shameful behavior OF
the North, and endure the drudgery of office
and the painful humiliation OF share in the
Government.
But occasionally we meet with Rebel who
refuses to forgive our crimes. admiral
Semmes,n says the Augusta Cltronicle and Sen
tanei 'has asked from the Federal Government
no office, and we doubt, from our knowledge OF
the man, if he could be induced to accept one
ii rendered" Whatl can this be possible
Have all Mr.. Johnson's labors to purify the
Government and make 1T ut for Southern gen.
tlpmpn take mart in Eep0 VAIN III ere
have President who declares that the leaders
OF the Union party are as much traitors as tne
leaders of the Rebellion; who answers all talk
of the hanging OF jeff. Davis by suggesting the
hanging of Tnad. Stevens: who describes the
Congress OF the United States as an illegal and
unconstitutional body; I'D yet the ehivalrous
6emmes refusts to be mollided He has asked
no position OF the Government Startling
news, which will alarm the nation. What is
worse, he cannot be induced to accept one.
Yet when we recall his distinguished career
at sea, ard the list OF American ves'
sells robbed and burned by the Alabama,
it is easy to imagine what value he
would be to the Navy Department. OF course,
he could take nothing less than an Admiralty:
but he declines everything. Yet it,was but a
little while since the "Admiraln was in some
danger OF being offered a position by the Govern
ment, and a very elevated one, witch it would
not have been in his power to refuse. But the
Government, With its accustomed brutal want
OF magnanimity, refused to force that honor
upon the gallant rover, and is Justly punished
by his dignied refusal to have anything to do
with it. The moral of The situation which Mr..
johnson has so ably brought aoout is under
stood by the Ctron1ce and Sentinel, and we are
certain Of the truth OF Its statement:-"Whlle
neither the South nor its distinguished citizens
are disposed TO abuse the National Government,
we are very sure that none OF us EEL in any
degree grateful for che way in which we have
been treated. The magnanlmity of the Federal
Government we entirely fail to perceive or
appreciate"