The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-30

ospsssn asa principle 70 ours But u I'D rot
save the republic from utter wreck because. though
the constitution ives wise, The people were seoiish
sossH sss net unsd because they are tisd sossshsr
Pslana 10 not united TO Russia though bound q By
Austria; she Is bound 70 Italy There via and can be
NO truly restored Union until the 6outh 10 made
.s o Y Ss. e. ns, ss IN
. tug and scow. We arc towing the South Cut the
rope and she would 60 down stream with the tids We
she may compete with, II possible surpass "a What
them the characteristic features Of republicausm
which give 2 the North s glory and which need 70 be
iney republican. homogeneous with ourselvess
HgEg BALLOT .M|H
AZ the present time more than half the people Of the
South loyal 70 the Union and receptive Of free ideas
and Institutions But the half who ready TO welcome
US are excluded from oil participation in public aAirs
while the remainder who are hostile, control them and
We submit You cannot plant free institutions in the
South SO long % those opposed control and those friendly
She submitted the emancipation Of her people not 70
the priesthood, but to the masses; submit the eman-
cipation Of the South not TO the people but 70 the
There is no reason for bribing the
Southern aristocracy 70 allow impartial suffrage. We
should decree IT South Carolina q the close Of the
nom any employment except the plantation and the
household General Sickles notified the Governor that
the United States could recognize no such legation.
The next legislature repealed the law and Substantially
affirmed the civil rights bilnOw she 10 glad OF IL Let
the United States similarly say I've recognize logic
would first complain then acquiesce and in ave years
thank us for the lesson. We have right 70 do as
vctors in not between contending nations but
tween conteDdng IDEAS All that slavery included we
have right eradicate all that liberty means We have
right establish Before the slave power waved great
franchise The giant robber dead There is no reason
Why he should be permitted 10 retain In his dying clutch
the fairest spoil he pucked from liberty We have the
right that We may make good our sacred pledge. We
promised the negro freedom and pledged ourselves TO
establish and maintain il There Is no other means Of
We that %esn. r
the protection Of the loyal whites To-day they Zee
troops hunted and prescribed throughout the interior
regions of the SOUTH who welcomed nag and fought
How shall xe protect shems There are ' three DOS.
paSi..s 1spuocanism ana establish military Centralized
desposm in Its place Is this the issue Of the war God
forbid Acknowledgement Of all rebels, &,
Of the great Of the most active and intelligent In
the South In other words, we may reverse republican
sm and substitute government Of the many by the few.
down. and keep from topping a. expect to establish
republic on the acknowledgements Of the majority
There but One alternative Republcanize the South
Give to the loyal white his natural ally and you
win need no other political reform All else win follow
But is objected that the people Of State have alb
voters. Perhaps But minority have mot hight to
exclude majority from tho polls Suppose in
South Carolina where the negroes are numerically In tho
majority, they should get the political control, and
clude white from voting, would the democracy
gard that as constitutional Is 1t only wrong whom the
Of land has been one Of the Characteristic features Of
Northern civilization Large landed propretorshiD Ia
almost nsuperable obstacle to true popular progress u
creates state OF society whore there be fruitful
agriculture active manufactures, except IL de-
ponds on foreign market for consumption no common
Il is to-day he chief obstacle to reform in England and
Ireland was chief cause OF the disastrous failure Of
the French revolution Limitation OF time fods the
discussion of this question OF landed pr0pretoship but
will say that now is the golden opportunity for re-
moval OF this obstacle; moth revolutionary
sweeping connscation, but BY emigration purchase and
perhaps wisely devised system Of taxation upon unm
proved lands sw
II essential to free republic. This the South never
had except the State Of South Carolina and system
10 utterly destroyed She had paupe schools In which,
under somewhat different systems. an education was
doled out sort Of 'br0ken and cold victuais to tho
children II their parents were too poor 70 pay for tuition
ana not too proad 70 beg IL .PgOr schools they were
tenn was provided for the whites the coloyed were for
hidden instruction. for slavery demanded the goance
Of the many that they might be ruled BY the few.
beginning to be planted in Southern soil. The
freedmen clamor for schools. In Georgia they have
hold educational conventions in every county. And in
imposed Ss II: scholars q ss
dssasa Pup .b ss
The educational impulse, and are beginning 70 demand
Ssp or puSc i NOR. than
constitutional amendments and Congressional Legislation.
America has furnished also free school TO her adults
and free poiitica canvass These three teachers We
need, forthwith TO commission and send Southwark
Is nrst IN ,pausuc. and importance Since the nrs.
issuance OF regular newspaper in Boston, In l704 the
press has steadily increased till II now has reached
circulation Of Is Gathering up the history
Of each day. transcribng At night and employing the
Ablest writers In the public discussions Of every ques
s o
Ubiquitous and omnipresent II covers the luxurious
table Of tho metropolitan millionaire and furnishes the
Wiid or northern wilderness And wherever il goes Il
furnishes ~ readers with multitudinous infor-
md .,s1 sss, BY Of u 4. %ns M.
his public press has possessed comparatively limited
circulation at the South In the Southern States its 49,
states eleven millions The newspapers and periodicals
published In this State alone have circulation nearly
= as S me Or
York; Possesses but one-scvenseenth a. large news
paper circulation and but one-nfth many newspapers.
cannot be summed up in statistical table The Southern
presses chiefly In the interest Of They
openly attack or suseishly thM.rs =. pros;si know
four thoroughly radical journals four thoroughly
committed 70 the Of equal rights and impartial SUI
Augusta the Mathematics in Mobile, and the Tibu1e in
New Orleans with perhaps or two more In the South
Il. ooor.d population .sosp perhaps he one 4
Richmond and hardly amounts In the aggregate TO ten
thousand.
PUl1Tr
The moral sentiment Of any people cannot fey be
ignorsd The power Of thoss thai speak TO tho con.
science cannot b disregarded In the south tho pulpit
is against freedom, Indifferent TO It, The ministry
live either divorced from religion and peaceful lie or
taught religion which was the handmade Of dcspotsm
The result has been . degradation OF conscience and
overthrow Of faith and resultant innux or nhdelity
There is section where there are 80 many men who
utterly nde not only in respect TO theologc truths
but In respect TO foundation principles Of recttude We
need in the South gospel free pulpit, ministry
consecrated To teach that religious faith in the divine
possibilities OF human nature which Is essential
TO true, permanent republicanism. Until the
South believes this she cannot be republican.
The political Is great educator Every
10 q teacher The weghtiest questions in morals and
craftsmanship set before the people for their dec
sion and ablest the nation afford become
instructors in the public debates between the
tending parties The South has had the benefit
OF this education For she has permitted at least
for many years free discussion, and the very ques
which concerned her most have been ingeniousiy
excluded from the political debating ground. These
great educators the free press the free pulpit and the