The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-17

Southern side of this question? This
seems to us the very madness of fanati
cism. Because Mr.. Sumner and Mr..
Stevens did not kill off few rebels,
they have no right to talk! This is
cutting of mans tongue with a sword
very unceremoniously, to be sure. II II
be not nonsense, it is a very strange KIND
of sense, that would give more honor 10
Caesar than to Cicero. According TO
this idea few men who signed the DecIa
ration of Independence deserved well Of
their country, and in order to be great
man it is only necessary to be well
versed in the art of destroying the lives
of your fellow men. We were not
aware that in order to be patriot and
to serve our..country, it was necessary
to he soldier. All our Colleges and
Academies must be military institutions
in the future, and we must all study
engineering and perfect ourselves in the
art of war! But did these Jacobin
editors of the South, who are striving
for reign of universal anarchy, wear
swords in time of war? Did not those
that are most fanatical now including the
editor of the Day BoOk-aye, the cringer
to the ''beast Butler" for favors seek as
safe place as possible, while the fight
ing was going on? But such PROPOSE
ton is too silly to be entertained for a
moment by sensible men. The best
patriots of a nation are frequently those
who do not take up the sword-the
peace makers. We do not mean, how
ever, to include among these all the
southern editors, who have so recently
discovered that they love president
johnson" and hate Mr.. Stevens and
Mr.. Sumner. Why they should hate
them, because they didn't fight, is
somewhat singular.
The Southern Press think it perfectly
safe to generalize the Northern army as
thieves to accuse Gen. Butler of steal
ing their silver; and because no response
is condescended, the ladies think the
men in blue are rogues. A tipsy legis-
lator, who owes every body, aud "means
to-" in search of notoriety, asks us to
bury our spoons, because the author of
the Dutch Gap Canal is coming, and
then we laugh and think thata good joke.
Like Fourth of July orators, who abuse
the Pope and praise China, and cry out
Benedict Arnold and Aaron Burr, no.
thing will appease the Southern ia
natics but that Mr.. Sumner and Mr..
Wilson shall be chung" "But the
game of might is over" says The Day
Book. What does it mean by the "game
of might?" Who have played the game
of might" with the South, if not
President Johnson and General Grant,
all of whose acts it indorses and praises?
BY the strong arm of power Grant put
down the war in the field, and by the
strong arm of power President Johnson
, has forced Southern legislatures, and
conventions, and editors, and orators, to
do his bidding in all things, willing or
unwilling, and to acknowledge his
will as the paramount law of thaland,
he has made all things bow to his will;
and the more he has asked of them the
more they say they have found cause
to love him. He is one of us say they,
| and can do no wrong. How long has
he been one of us? He says himself
that he is opposed to states rights--to
the rights of state being held in greater
esteem than The Constitution and laws
of the country. These editors of the
South hold the reverse; therefore their
principles are opposed to those of Mr..
Johnson. The President looks upon
the soldiers of the Union--the dead that
mOulder in the southern soil, ae well as
the living heroes-as entitled to the
thanks of the country; they look upon
those who fought for the southern flag as
alone worthy ofpraise or remembrance.
Every pulsatiOn of Andy Johnson's
heart beats for the flag of his country
the star spangled banner; their papers are
filled with denunciations of that "ragn
and its defenders, and with praises of
those who fought against it,--and they
would now rather see the French or
English or mongrel Mexican banner
floating over them than the detested
banner of their country. [See the late
Examiner Andrew Johnson, in his for
giving nature, has listened to them and
believes them-even rs OtheIlo listened
to and believed Honest Iago."
We care not whether they hang Mr.
Sumner, or Mr.. Stevens, or Mr.. Wilson,
or anybody else--but we would like to
see more honesty Of sentiment and
manly expression of American feeling.
We believe in the right of every man to
express his opinions, whether for or
against the Government,--provi he
allows all of his fellow citizens the same
privilege; but we have no patience
with the narrow and fanatical minds
that talk of hanging any man in this
enlightened age, because he thinks diff
ferent from them-because lie views mat
tiers from another stand-point-and can
not see with their eyes or feel with their
feelings. Mr.. Stevens of Pennsylvania