Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-20

The Charlottesville Ctr0l,ic'f illustrates, in "a
graphic manner, the Radical idea OF recon
struction," and the Radical conception ct
loyalty" The illustrations given and the cri-
ticisms made by the chronicle are accurate and
Just. The unbroken tranquility that rcigns
throughout the South the sincere and com
plete surrender Of all lor which they commended
through four years war the assumption OF
all the obligations and responsibilities involved
in the amnesty oath obedience to-thc CouSti-
tuition, laws and constituted authorities ct the
United States, and 4 ready and faithful conf
pliance with the conditions, Instructions, re-
quirements and wishes of the President are
secuted and rejected rs tests OF loyalty.
They make eXactions that they know cannot,
in the nature Of things, De- met. Opposed to
restoration of the Southern States, because
they hate them, they dictate impossible con-
ditions, and then make great clamor because
they are not complied with. Says the iyosi-
Gle:
IS The fact is, what these Northern radicals
mean by reconstruction is not zine SuhmiS-
81 sion Of the South to the Federal authority in
good faith, but DE Submission, Of tbs Nodter,
mind Q, tie Noriherl, mind boH "a, It's opinions
aad feelings. They are not content to en-
Sc slave the body they wish To cnslavc the
soul. The man who differs from them is
wretch that ought TO be suppressed and IL
90 is an inexcusablc act of moral turpltude for
.. a man reared in Florida to say the weather
9. is warm, when it is cool in Massachusetts.
@ As Massachusetts, sees proposition, so, for
90 the sake OF the unity of the Puritan Empire,
ga Texas man must recognise precisely the
same outline.
a well reconstructed Southern man must
90 also have satisfaction in pain-wheu the loyal
Northern man strikes him ne must expert
"ence pleasurablc sensation. He must not
90 wax sad over the de>olatious Of the South,
" because true loyalty does not care a button
'what becomes of the South, and iSevcr radiant
with joy at the aggregate result. True loyalty
g. consists in thorough sclfshncSs aud hcartless-
"neSs IL forces negro suffrage ON tho help
less inhabitants of the District, with the ty-
rannical remark that these people, in their
''hearts, sympathizcd with the rebellion 1t
"would no more think of allowing these ne
"grocS to migrate 10 the State of Vermont and
"vote, than the wolf would think Of giving it,
supper to the lamb. Loyalty is not concerned |
a baubee whether the weight OF a mountain |
&" is placed ON the wasted, eulecbicd frame of
"the South, but it is alive with passion if "a !
a..
shoulders. Loyalty has blasted the black |
"mIn all through the North, and denied him |
&" the most ordinary privileges; but it would
''make jamaica of the South with aS little |
sc concern as school boy cuts down the mon
''arch of the forest 10 get at a squirrel. Loy-
''alty hecdS not the cry of anguish chat goes up
from the South any more than tine rcmorSc- |
''less hounds hear the sghs oi tue noble STAG |
&" they have at last pulled down.
&c For rebel to become loyal, hc must not |
say that lac submit, TO the arbi,gameut @.
% the sword ; ne must sly the sword was a
good sword and that he las ceased oloyc
~ what he loved before hc felt 10. Loyalty re |
{" qurcs boy who refuses 10 take phy>ic, To |
d" take it after being whpped-but this is not |
" all It insists on-thc hoy must iks he pby>ic. |
" No Southern man is loyal, il he retains any |
d" local attachments hc must contract dis
' gust for his ancestors, and snap all the ties
Q. aud associations of tho past. Loyalty re-
" quires that any prejudice against social
&c equality with the ncgromuSt uotbc cherished
&" at the South, but is fundamentally in Con-
SO necticut.
We understand reconstructed southern
' man, in the sense of the Alexandria Journal |
q. aud the Washington C,rolocis, TO mean that |
.. such a Southern man must become tho |
a. roughly d5jec! in his nature, and 60 TO Mas
IS sachusettS for opinions, as the dcvout Ca |
' tholic seeks the conicssor To get his religious
" faith Until he UuosS himself and believes |
" against his conScicucc-uo matter what his |
&" outward couduct-he is still in rebellion
" War should carry conviction, as we'll as en-
% C,rrp submission