New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-03-02
THE REAL DIsuNIoN1srs.

THE REAL DIsUNIoNIsTs.
j Whenever the radical press and the radical lead
ers assert that the people of the South are SUI
disunionists at heart and need only another oppor
tunity to carry out practically the doctrine OF Sc
4 cession it is sufficient answer to say that II snch
were the case the Southern people would 1atl al
4 once into a natural and close alliance with the
radicals themselves. The only disunion party al
present in the country is the radical party of the
j North. 1t is the only party which obstructs the
restoration of the Union in all its former integrity
tIf the South really desired disunion now--if thu
dismemberment instead of the unity of the countr,
iwere the object, it would be the wisest policy t
encourage and strengthen the radical party by al
possible means, and unite with them in denounc
ing Andrew johnson for his, plans of reconstruc
ton and restoration.
On the contrary, the Southern people, fairly an
frankly acknowledge their defeat in the struggl
for. Independence, consider that their, failur
amounts to restoration of the Union, and reeeiv
this as the result Of the contest. Instead of UNI
ting with the radicals to keep their States out o
the Union they unite with the President in consid
ering them already in. If they were really for tn
dismembeFment of the Union they would accep
the radicals as their best friends since the latte
are striving to do for them by civil means precisel
4 what they failed to accomplish by four years o
bloody war. ts''s94 ! s4-1s . -
4 Soon after the beginning of the war, it will be
i recollected, the Congress of the United States
passed series OF resolutions declaratory of the
| purpose for which, on their part, the war was
/ waged. This purpose it was stated, was simply
the restoration Of the Union as it before existed
in.e.ierihg IN any respect WIN tne lnterna
anahs VI rights Oh tne otates. Inese resointions,
we remember rlgnty, passed almost unani-
inousy. NOT can MI. oe8arus celeDrated letter
~ MI Aaa1s' ene munster oi lne ohlted states at
Ionuoh, pe Iorgotten, in wnien ne SAID that II the
/ eouehefh people naa wrongs 10 redress they
souip hos go 70 war .or 1nas purpose, out simply
i ..eif vacant seats u tne mans OF congress- and
.ry 'ae issue py Tue niiaer means OF appealing to
the constitution and the laws. 1t cannot be
sua1 'i'e 7ou'n has eoinpled WIN condl-
uons .a' o.e eAaouns 9lan tnose hfst required.
~ .-1' sDo''ss1 s'o'oAs repauiated aepts con-
mao'eu ~. .aiisns VI 'ne war, accepted the
We government Is indlqlslble BY force,
aA4 passeN nv ioi tne cHahged condltlon OF the
.S Isohe ~ tnese condltons were CON
.enpia'1u y 'ie outset-yet, although the South
Aas uone "a i .han was required IN the begin
anu Las colnpneu WIN Mr. SeWard's sugges-
'nas 1e proper pace 70 discuss the issue is in
.ne nals q congress and not on the field of bat
s.e, w. sun nna me majority OF Congress unwill
ing 70 ADMIT our members denying that the war is
osea, a anu refusing 70 restore the Union for the
ressoraton OF winch they fought for four long
years. Inc RADICALS are convicted of now being
'ue only feal and secessionists of the
coenhry' sfihey insist now on precisely what we
INSISTED iour years ago, though we acknowledge
.lat tne doctfine, practically, has been thoroughly
"nppeo out OF us by force Of arms.
y we shouid now take them at their word,
ciaim tnat the acts OF secession were valid, and
lnat tne confederate States, not being in the
onlon' owe no obligation to Federal authority,
Wnat would they say! And yet if we were to take
tat positon u would be exactly the position into
"hicn radical 1anahclsm is now attempting to
lorce u.s.. .5s1 s.,Gj 8
Ine truth Of the matter is, there was sincerity
~ tne radieai party when they professed that the
mar was merely Iof me restoration of the Union.
Iney nave been double-fa and hypocrites from
u, lne beginning -Ihey have never loved the Union.
lney threatened Its existence in their Hartford
ana else8nere, long before the seces-
sionls.s ol lne south ever thought of organising as
parry. NO possible union Of these States will
ever please them unless they can arrange one to
SUIT their own ideas-a union which will give them
supreme political mower and apohIa +bo,, ~ q. !