The Portland daily press., 1866-02-03
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gain gain, its old ascendancy. Our press utters al !
There is, then, reason to fear that we are
70 be the tan of that snake which, in your now
Ell political nomenclature, you call "copper"
mead" Evidence of this is seen IN the univer-
Versal wish that there may be fatal breach \
IN the Republican party upon the question of
a reorganization of the States. The hope is
that the President will draw off with him a
considerable part of the Republicans who
must affiliate sooner or later with the Democ-
racy. feel myself no such hope. can
not but regard the event as calamitous, ii it
should occur. / am unable to understand
what good it could in the end, do the South.
We want nationality above all wants, and to
get it we must become republicanized. This
is why desire that some of your prominent
Republicans may come down here Let us |
see you, and let us hear you. They may come
assure YOU, with perfect safety, and would
do good. Accompanying them, or rather be-
fore them, send us ali the capital, industry, and
brains you can spare in every Department.
This process will soon unsettle our old ideas,
and, in the general disintegration, men will
naturally turn to the most national organiza-
ton in the country. % e''.F't s,i7 1a Id
The writer thinks that upon two points es-
pecially, the South needs to have this spirit of
sectionalism broken in from the bottom. The 4
first of these regards the national debt. Hard
ly any one there but cherishes some hope that
by sort Of hocus-pocus which he can neither
explain nor understand the debt will be repu-
dated. Public Legislatures and con-
yentiOns-are reticent upon the subject
There is general want of confidence in
| the solvency of the national securities
Gold is boarded, and there is no movement of
business except as capital goes in fiom the
North, and the Entertainment and prejudice
which Northern men encounter offers dis
couraging prospect in this respect. la1lA20 4
d The other point is in relation to the Freed
men. The policy ofthe Government towards
this class, to establish an entire equality with
men of all other races throughout the whole
continent, has been distinctly avowed, and is
well understood, but it meets with but little
sympathy in the South. Mr. Darlington free
~ admits that representative men there have
been more backward in coming up to the
measure ofright on this question than on any
other; still he adds: I'D ial- oini
But we are coming up, slowly, indeed, yet
still coming, If you are not too impatient
and we are not absolutely blinded with folly
it only for fools, we shall yet, am persuad-
ed, be at harmony on all vital issues. And
when the ground is once well broken here, I
look for larger yield and more luxurlant har-
vest than the North has ever produced. . SO
Every true patriot must fervently echo the
wish that this time may come as speedily as
possible. a.gG ri3Ail0i ll9L W1E oibl1a rsi.i
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Y syaH The Loyalty of the South. ,8ia 81
The Richmond Times complainingly says "the
loyalty of 1.-THE South seems to be estimated at
q low figure by the radicals" Why should it
not be? Have not the radicals" generally
proved to be right Is not the national senti-
ment to-day ahead of the radical sentiment of
aifew years ago? We think the radicals"
have proved themselves true prophets ii not
always safe leaders. The slogic of'events"
has verified their predictions, and generally
indicated their wisdom. q sAhaT sfse4 ~,
But the loyalty of the South, how should it
be estimateda In his recent letter to Speaker
Colfax, Governor Brownlowl Of Tennessee,
slid: aiEe.gd 112ed OH .s43Jow
"Rebel newspapers are springing up all over
the South, and speaking out in terms of Bit
te ness and reproach against the government
of the United States. These papers lead the
people, and at the same time reflect their sem
timents and feelings" aaeIaiZ9 yI9Y
Even the Richmond Times which complains
because Southern Loyalty is not more highly
estimated, with admirable simplicity, Says: )
eve doubt very much whether the South
ever would have submitted, if it had not been
compelled to such course by calamities, which
it would have been folly any longer to have
Undated" 80.
And the same paper with charming verdan-
cy, claims that the South, in yielding to the
force Of circumstances, exhibited a degree Of
self-sacrifce, wisdom and fortitude, which
furnish conclusive proof of its loyalty.
The loyalty of Mississippi elected an unpar-
loned rebel General for Goyernor over a
Union man. The loyalty of other Southern
States has been exhibited in nearly as striking
manner. The loyalty of Georgia has been
seen in electing the unpardoned State prison.
er, A. 81. Stephens to the U. S. Senate. The
loyalty Of Virginia. it is said, is anxious to get
rid of Governor Pierpont- Southern enough,
one would think, for all ordinary purposes
that his place may be filed by Robert E. Lee!
The New York Tribune is our authority for
saying, that Major-Gen. Thomas confirms in
all important particulars the accounts of the
condition of Tennessee contained in the
Union memorials from the State to Congress
and the President. Gen. Thomas does not
believe it consistent with the public safety to
withdraw the troops, or to surrender Tennes-
see to the control Of its Rebel majority ~ z
30 Is it wonderful that the radicals, in view of
such facts as these, do not see the loyalty of
che South in the same light as it is seen by
their "wayward sisters" of the SOUTH That
the South is loyal may be-; thoroughly, heart
| ily so, but the evidence seems to show that
her loyalty is to the rebel and not to the
Union cause. e2q 1s3doi1 li5dt 80 ssira1ro
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