Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-07
INDICATIONS WHICH HOOK T0 PER.
HANENF PEACE.

INDICATIONS WHICH HOOK T0 PER
HANENF PEACE.
We took occasion few day, since, 20 eH-
press the thorough satisfaction VIC felt al the |
passage BY the House of the new amendment
10 the constitution and the more we reflect
upon it, the better pleased we are ~ the pros
pectiye benefits the country IS likely to derive
from it in the direction most needed-nameIy,
the cessation Of poiiticoi sf,ftr, That 1t
will not suit the habitual political agltators
whose vocation il promises to put an end to, |
measuraby is but matter Of course: because |
these men are nothing unless they can get up |
some domestic storm by which they may keep |
popular sentiment surging hither and yon, so |
that some fortunate wave may carry them on |
its crest into place and the enjoyment Of power.
And that the American people arc long |
forbearing and patient race in this regard, all |
the facts prove Before the late war had |
tested the matter, men might have supposed |
that the most blatant and pestiferous dema-
gogues Of both sides, would IN indication Of
their fierce professions have found their way
to the ''front, and so have justified their
brave words. But the war is over, aud with
the exception of a few of the mischief Gus
tribe who perhaps unwittingly got themselves
thrust into dangerous places, the supply Of
each section is pretty much undiminished, TO
the misfortune Of the natony aud the lasting
disappointment Of all who hoped for some
thing from the war in the way Of clearing from
The land what has been, and is yet, deadly
plague.
In the several months that have elapsed
since the conflict at arms ceased, and particu
larry on the floor of Congress, the plague ia
question has actively manifested itself: and
but for the shutting out from that body OF their
opposites, who doubtless arrived in Washing
ton loaded to he muzzle with missiles for
wordy war, the trouble complained Of might
have been nearly twice rs unbearahie as it
has proved itself already to be.
The New York Erening Post, III some ex-
cellent comments upon the passage Of the
amendment, very discriminatory Classics
those who will naturally be dissatisfied with ii;
and mentions as the first of these, those I'm.
practicable democrats who persist IN re-
fusing TO recognize the tremendous reyoll-
t'oH III 9e"'lHeh' al" s''''e9' e'ec',''
py s'upehuo"> wal VI l""i years u"l0 toh'
and who bending all their energies TO embroii
congress "n" inc .eSIoen'' "oo'o' e'ui'
lhey succeed plume themselves "Po" na''''2
discharged the whole duty OF staesman-hjp.
The Post gives them 40 hope Of success in
'nlS unworthy attempt ana coming Z" I"l
next and last class, it says, further:
|. I Il l.
Int Secon0 Class ""' o'S''Ae 'his amend
'men' i h'Pp"! very Sn'ai', ana consists o.
those lie" uosma''S's, as imnraencaOI' as
the democrats VINO VIII permit Ao'mnS 10 h'
'done winch Is loi done IN thelr way, or &C
'cording to their own theories. VI these
there are too sorts one 81 @'tc" 0es'Fes I"
PFoSoR9 ne o""9'"'$M .! -fo|t" ana souri,
'.aAd 10 Keep inc South ont q me L"'oR "
,o'0eT 10 carry ceLtat" SeHemeS o. nc" or"
Jo' $psc'"t 'e9'S10"9"' an" 0to!"eF HH'ra
'co"StfueS ne STATE INTO caNch' am F'5
hare "o0ody emPoEered 10 teg'Stats upon
''ch0m ii hGS not previously imposed It's 0ra
''mord convictions. Both sorts agree in con
'slderng the central government, not as 4
limited government, but as an absolute gov
eminent not as government instituted TO
carry out certain speclhea purposes, common
ITO the whole cluster OF States but as special
and local government winch ought 70 run
'throughthe whole gamut OF leglslatVepowefs
They would transfer to 1t, II they could, the
en'ife ouruen o. representative oH'F' IN"
mus convert II INTO as Cu-nofou9 ana oHPieS'
S''e "eSPousm as ever "eighed upon the
energies ana hoerlie' Of nation
1hiS par"a' anu contracted class oppose
inc he" alh1i"L4en'' because they see lha'
II II De once paS5cd ny inc requisite consul.
luIlonal majority 1t VIII taAe 'ne agHa'lon OF
the negro 4u9suoE OUT u 'Ao ooI'aln o.
'eoefai poftics' "haI ooes II say Ihat
eacn state snail Judge Tor itself OF the proper
hme anu manner oi extending 'he lrahchiSe
oI lhe ne" QUEENS 'alS'S n'luse" lu'o 't9
population; but that n any STATE does not
choose to COUNT mem IN as olgH political 60ay,
"ae'theF Shat the3 oe co''''ea !" inc P0I"'c"'
'0o0y O me Ca!ea STATES IN other words,
any class because ol race or color, IS
deemed unworthy OIL me 50hrage, 1t IS pro
t""to unworthy 81 fepLe5ehlatoh' ana par
tieNiarly that thoSe VINO aeehl II So SAall not
nave representation on thelr account lhat
seems TO Us Just ana II leaves the determna-
"ton OF The matter precisely where 1t ought
TO be lett, 10 the communities most deeply
interested ana best able to decide the CUES
uon'
But IN the tace OF these lmpractlcsbte OPP
,ponents, we hope the amendment Will be
successful because we see IN 1t the means OF
composing existing difficulties, OF satisfying
TO some extent the demands OF all parties,
ana OF setting TINS work OF reconstruction,
winch occupies Congress to the exclusion OF
otner ana most indispensable measures.
we want our hnaneeS attended to, our taxa
'ioh lesSehea ana Slmphhed, the odlouS tariff
-. te'noueiieu, anu specie payments resumed at
tue earnest uay' Inc Whole nation ~0ltS
t"tp .c 5'' t"e cessation q sectional
s"ys, ,',"' I'' ''IS'o~ q NE ,'hoss nag oe
"Hp'''" ~ ''' "'""9"'o'''" " nc "er era
y Ps"'e' ""'mo"y ~" progress "8'eH me
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