New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-02-16

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The wise man tells us there is nothing new
under the sum- But if there is nothing absolutely
new, there are certainly some things remarkably
strange-things, we suppose, which are to be seen
this sort are now exhibited in the events of the
day and in the circumstances by which we are sur
rounded. Let us proceed to enumerate some If
them: s...5-4.2-r d -z1 g.enR.a Eu r.aft o. n ~ t}l
l. We have waged a sanguinary war for four
years to keep the Southern States in the Union;
and now that the war is over we proclaim that
they are out of the Union; and look about for
modes of restoration and reconstruction! We have
consequently sacrificed three billions of dollars and
half million of human beings for nought! =.
2. We proclaim that we have conquered the
South but alas, it seems the South has conquered
u.s.. They have, at least, achieved their purposes,
while ours has failed and mscarried!
8. We have proclaimed that the doctrine of Sc
cession was false in theory and impossible in prac-
tice. But what do we behold? We see this very
doctrine fulfilled, accomplished demonstrated 1t
is no longer an abstraction, myth, but an accom-
plshed fact. III S4 i ysaWE4at aS4 S5.3sH1@ 5t
4. We proclaim Tennessee out of the Union, and
that she has forfeited all right to representation in
the councils of the nation. Yet we behold one of
her citizens filling the executive chair and WELD
ing the sceptre Of authority over the entire eoun-
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5. We deny the Representatives of Tennessee
seat in the Senate. But we behold the same in
dividual domicilled in the White House and his
wife doing the honors of reception to the nations
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6. We profess to love the Union, and pride our-
selves upon the sacrifices we have made in its be-
half, and yet we throw every obstacle in the way
of its complete restoration and permanet estab-
lishment. s:. .g 4.a f..i.fo4f .ss ..fs-u7s .r y
Z. We proclaim eleven States out of the Union !;
and yet, when we would amend the Constitution,
we call upon those very States to say yea or nay,
and we count their vote as if they were integral
parts and co-equal members of the Confederacy!
8. We proclaim the doctrine that taxation with
out representation is tyranny and despotism, even
justfying revolutionary resistance; and yet we
practice the very tyranny thus repudiated by I'M
posing taxes upon the people of this District
8. We profess to believe that the majority
should rule, and that the will of the people should
rule, and that the people is the supreme law: yet
we contradict that belief by forcing negro suffrage
upon people who have unanimously voted
against it.
10. We profess to be actuated by the great prin-
cpes of right and justice in legislating day after
day and week after week upon single topic, and
yet continually do violence to those principles
upon almost every other subject.
IL. We denounce disuionists as rebels and
traitors; and yet we are guilty ourselves of dis
union in rejecting all oYertures for prompt and
Constitutional amendment.
l2 We proclaim that the elective franchise is
an essential rightof manhood, black or white and
yet we deny that essential right to foreigners for
several years at least .5-.5 ...,-0.l, q ., !
ID. We proclaim that the privilege of voting for
those who make our laws is essential to selfpro-
lection; and yet We deny that privilege to the
citizens of this District and to women throughout
the entire country So. I.l, .s.--.,, .lss ... Al
IA. We refuse to concede the elective franchise |
to the negro in the States where it would be a
reality, and yet grant it to him in this District
where it would be farce and mockeFy! ...r |
These are few Of the Inconsistencies and con-
tradictions Of the day. Others could be added, |
but the list is long enough for one reading. We |
let it go as chapter the tirst.H agiH9Ng", -uL lr