, 1866-02-24

Among al1 lut TECtOL pCul1c34 sEFelall0ns
In Washington, none IS more suggestive Of
the incapacity Of our craftsmanship thau the
Of the President and his follow
ers in attempting TO solve, in few months,
the problems which lifelong slavery, scecs-
sion and civil war have entailed upon the coun-
try. The question upon which SO much stress
is laid by the President, whether the rebellious
States are in or out OF the Union, is, after all,
nothing bnt quibble. The real question is
how these States can be restored to the Union
without again destroying II. Tho President
discusses and treats the question from mere
technical point of view, which might very
well answer for a dry legal controversy, but
which, is altogether unseemly when applied to
such momentous issues.
Those who denounce the careful investiga-
uon Of this mighty problem as n renewal of
sectional strife, can really only be likened to
abettors OF the rebellion, who are SO much
afinid fan examination OF tue condition ofthe
criminal parties to II, that they despair of
their restoration to power unless 1t can be
done By the most summary process.
Suppose the members tor the lately seeded
States were to resume their seats In the next
Congress, would it result IN anything else
than nomentary triumph Of the President,
in Issuing proclamation officially announc-
ing the restoration Of the Union! Would it
result in anything else than in IN efIcrvesccnt
emotion OF the representatives Of the loyal
States, on clusping once more the hands OF
the slave drirerss In What way can docu-
mcntary illusions and courteous greetings
compass the clnsm Of centuries, and
reform, as II by the spell Of magic,
feelings and opinions dctcriorated aud
dcmornllzcd by the curse Of slavery
tive arc right In assuming that slavery is
abolished who will dare to assert that The de-
grading effects produced upon all classes by
that tiendish system can be obuterated by the
dictum Of the President or the action of Con-
g1cssr Il Providence itself does not interfere
with the regular operations of the laws Of na.
ture, Is It right, is it WISE nay, Is It Christian
to suppose that the President can work mira
cles which God does not choose to ordain,
nnd drive ont, by the mere stroke >dhis pen,
the why's OF thinking, feeling and acting en.
grated upon the Southern heart and mind by
generations Of disregard Of the most essential
Rights OF mant
Do we not know that slavery has been as
great curse for the white man as 1t was q
wrong upon the blacks! Was it not the
cause OF all that brutal arrogance and over
bearing reck1essness and uncomfortable pas
zion, the inevitable concomitanta Of state of
society in which those who oppress their fel-
low men derive wealth, power and influence
from that oppression? Will not their passions
still continue to burn even after the extinc-
lion OF the fire that first Andled themy Is 1t
logical TO in1cr from The abolition OF slavery
ana the defeat Of the rebel armies that the
slavc-d1iver will suddenly re1inquish those
characteristics that made him q thorn In the
Union and led to his rebellions
In whist condition are the masses of the
people who exercise In the South the right of
franchise. 0ne-third Of them are still de-
barred from that right, and how many Of the
other two-thirds are equal In education and
intelligence to that corresponding number in
the Free StRtese Are not the poor whites Of
the South the most pltiable mental cripples Of
the country, and does not their very lack Of
the first essentials OF intellect mike these men,
as Of gore, the tools in the hands Of designing
politicians like Andrew johnson? Society in
the South is now essentially 81 it was before
the war. For all political purposes It con-
enLss INV ~ e1eu1 ~ NAHUM VI P3o14Aneu
men, VINO mold all inc rest OF the community
N 1nar poekess' IheJ have been tmpover-
ished by the war, but are they any less maligg-
nant and donineerings
a aoo lfotn LIE "oo'o set 'o.ua' t.e ao'e
South In motion, and word from Stephens
would make the whole Southern Confederacy
trcmble with the hope Of n new revolution.
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OF q few determined leaders upon the masses
OF sefls. IN lhe Nefth, on tne otner nana,
the blessings OF general diuns1on OF intelll-
gence and independence, make such dcspotic
sway impossible. Our conflicts Of opinion IN
the free states r1pcn Into political dlssensions
that can only be ha1monized by the opera
lions Of the mind md not, as IN the sonth,
cocrccd BY the omnlpotenee OF despolic Will
Of a few conspicuous meE.
THIS state Of things can only be changed by
the suffrage OF the African, and The education
of the poor white. 50 long as this Is not