The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-03-08

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put down rebels and restore the authority
OF the Union over all Its component parts.
The armies of the Union fought only for
thar And when that was accomplished,
| soldier and people alike ici; that the work
Of the war was ended, and that nothing re
mained to keep Northern and Southern
States apart. The Union was restored,
and with the restored Union came back the
equality of tho States and the full title OF
each TO the privileges conferred by the
Constitution. The Northern people have
gone yet further, From the moment when
the rebellion was known to be suppressed,
they have striven to heal the wounds oc.
casioned by the war, and to reassure the
South in every respect. They have estab-
lished lines OF steam communication almost
without number. They have provided the
means of reconstructing railroads. They
have furnished capital to cultivate planta
tions and to promote industrial and COM
mcrcial enterprises i'll every Southern State
They have settled !iberally with Southern
debttrs, and have sent on credit goods 10
supply the Southern market. In this
manner the question Of the Union and the
relations of Northern States to Southern
States have been virtually and satisfactorily
settled by the people of the two sections.
Southern people come hithcr and find
friends and fellow-citizens, instead of aliens
and subjugators. Northern people 20 there
and find in the varied resources OF States
now freed from the curse of slavery, fresh
grounds of confidence in the power and
prosperity of the Union 1t remains for
men like Mr. Thaddcus Stevens to declare
the work Of the Grants and Shcrmans Of
the army unfinished, and to condemn the
magnanimous spirit Of the American peo.
pie. To man who had dared anything
or done anything beiitting hero, we might
oe disposed to listen with rcspcc,. l}ut
that men who never shouldered n muskct,
nor exposed their precious persons to dan
ger, should now scold aud hector, aud talk
about terms which conqueror may die
tate, is simply intoerabe And when Mr..
Stevens, who during the war attempted
nothing more formidable than the draft
ing of absurd gold bills, spits his venom
upon the President, and impugns the sa.
gacity and patriotism of Andrew johnson.
the people will not bc long in deciding to
whom their confidence should be given.
On one hand, they see the type of class
whose radicalism years ago afforded South
ern ire eaters the means Of iomcnting sec
tional strife, and whose zeal to day smacks
mole of Austrian a5soluism than of RI
tlonal republicanism On the other hand,
they Lave Southern loyalist who riskcd
life and everything in the cause of the
Union, who did more than any other sin
gle man to organize loyal sentiment in
the border States, aud whose policy since
his elevation to power has been marked
by consummate skill and judgment, and
by disinterested de7otiou to the rcstora
ton OF national peace aud unity, which
entities him to the co operation of the
country. 1t is against this patriot, tried
and true-against this statesman, cndow-
ed so eminently with qualities peculiarly
suited TO the crisis-that Mr. Stevens pre-
sumptuously and insolently proposes to ar
ray the great Union party. -