The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-06

part of the people. More familiar than most
men with the dangerous spots in the orgAnlIsa- gls
ton Of Southern politics and Southern society,
before and during the eb5llion, he has been
careful 70 advise the adoption of measures calou.
lated to assure the country that henoeiorward
there need be little anxiety With regard TO the
relations of Southern State governments to the
Union.
And the prompttude with which these mea.
sureJ were acceded to by The South-the desire
manifested In tie maiorityof instances .o-ac
quiesce in sugp pestons designed to establish
cordial relations between the two sections-the
enactment of legal provisions to which the
strongest repuonance might have been antci-
pated--are considerations by which the Pres
dent has, confessedly, been greatly influenced
ana which should properly sway the opinions OF
the Union party For the presumption Is that
upon information derived from officials whose
10y atty and fitness could not be impugned. No
better facilities for obtaining facts could be had
than those afforded b the Provisional Govern
ments whose administrators had no motive to
paint In inappropriate colors the position and
purposes OF the communities by which they were
respectively surrounded. Of course o certain
class OF radicals would have preferred the selec-
ton of Provisional Governors from the list OF
expectant military heroes who, during the war,
won IT nown everywhere but on the battlefield.
But the country. which has little ialth In the
shoulder-straps which judicously keep beyond
the range OF bullets, was, we apprehend, entirely
satisfied with the choice OF civilians 10 superin-
tend the provisional administration of State
sessed an intimate knowledge of popular feeling
in his own State, but possessed a re eputation for
attachment to the Union which, though often
assailed, never was tarn1shed, we may assume
that he formed the best possible medium tor con-
veying 10 the President correct impressions as
tie foundation Of subsequent Executive action.
ASsailing the policy OF tho President, however,
the more ultra of the radicals have called In
question the accuracy of the information upon
which he relied for guidance. To this end Con-
gIess is favored almost every alternate day with
passages from the letters of unknown, irrespon-
slble parties, whose agerm6ps are in some man
ner made uniformly to tally with the views of
those who believe in the subjuEation OF the
Southern whites and the divine right Of the
Southern blacks to power and pre-eminence. II
is of no avail that Tor every one of these anony-
nous writer's counter-stat ements may be had
from Southern citizens of known repute. The
latter OF little avail as against the one great
hobby. Newspaper correspondents, too, are
paraded as witnesses before wnom President
Johnson and his Provisional Governors cannot
stand.
1t matters not that for every aspersion cast
upon .he South b. emi"saries sent there in the
interest Of the agitators, vindica'ion of the
South may be had from letters published in
other journals, from the pens OF acknowledged
character and intelligence. The practice is to
ignore the vast mass of published corresponds
ence, tending to sho " the gradual but apparently
genuine adal tation of the Southern people TO
the new order OF things, and the growth of
proper industrial relations between the whites
and the blacks. Thus the evidence afforded in
our own columns by writers whose every letter
indicates extensive observation, familiarity with
facts, and power of discriminating between the
| pretended and the true, goes for nothing in the
radical mind, as compared with scraps culled
| from nameless sheets, conducted by parties in
| tent upon nothing but the promotion or the dis
| organizing policy.
| But General Grant-should he not be acce oted
| as a creditable witness? May we not rely upon
| the conclusions arrived at by one whose career
has been distinguished by devotion to the Union,
| and against whom none has yet ventured to pre-.
| fer the charge OF partisanship? May we not
trust to his determination to perfect the work of
| eXtinguishing the Rebellion, and to take care
| that the restoration of the Union shall be so
thorough as to be enduring? Surely, if any man
is entitled 10 be heard respectfully, and as an
| authority upon matters coming under his profes.
sional observation, it is General Grant. And
what he savs upon the subject the country
| knows. In his judgment, the work of the war is
virtually ended. The South, as he sees it, accepts
| the situation, and gives satisfactory Indications
of renewed loyalty. He regards the authority
of the Union as re.established there, and the
suggestions he offers for utilizing the small
remainder OF the military force in connection
with the business of the Freedmen's Bureau
proves that in his judgment the one-sidedness of
the Northern negro worshipDer is the most for
BILE obstacle to the adjustment of Difficult
| ties between the two races.
What do the radicals say in reulv to General
Grant! 1t were too much to expect of them
the adoption of his version of facts, the aban-
| comment OF InelT pruBdu6 IN con WIN
his opinions. A counter-witness is needed, and
they have him on hand. Mr. Carl Schurz islthe
man; by courtesy, General Schurz. Take him as
an authority and we must consider the cam
paigns of Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, and
Thomas failures, so far as the restoration OF
the Union is concerned.
Does anybody doubt the difference In the de.
grees OF authority which tho country attaches to
the declarations of opinions of these two wit
nesses Is 1t pretended that Carl SchurZ isl a
closer observer, clearer thinker, more i'm
partial judge a better patriot, than General
Grant! Is it alleged that Carl Schurz is a more
Vigilant guardian of the process of restoration,
on constitutional principles, than General
Grant, On the contrary, Is not the conviction
all but universal that while Grant Is patriot
SchurZ Is a meie partisan ?-that while Grant.
happily independent OF parties, desires nothing
more than the reassertiOn of Union authority
over the Sonth and the quickest possible ac
oeptance by the South OF the logical sequences
of the war, SchuTZ IS the mouthpiece OF tho
who would reduce the Southern States to the
condition OF conqured provinces?
1t is further noticeable that while several o
the partisan, non-fghting, bomb-proof heroes o
the war insiss upon the desperate state of affairs
in the South, every real hero who has yet beer
heard from substantially agrees with the con
/ clusions OF General Grant, and Indirectly bu
decidedly exhibits the success OF the PRESIDENT
policy,
General Sherman is one of our latest wit
! nesses. His report OF affairs In the departmen
OF Arkansas, communicated TO the Senate ol
{ Friday, embodies representations which shoult
have the careful attention OF every 'conserva
tive in and out of Congress. $50 far as m
| observation goes,n writes the gallant soldier
"there IS perfect satisfaction felt by al
q classes OF people, except on the part OF yer
involving the local and unimportant Stat
I Offices" And what of the radical stories cor
# eerning the treatment OF negroes? Generf
' sherman shall answer: The negroes 1