New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-09

MASSACHUSETTS ahL NcTUOnt. IL IL ouiy u. a.i
abuse Of language that the la.e Rcbels--pcni.
tent or impenitent -anOgete TO themselves the
designation, 1.-THE South Whatever power
they possess is based on the denial Of natural
rght-on the monopoly Of Caste-on the arbi-
trary subuga,ion Of the Union majority by
the Rebel minority. We can aford-and
should be very glad-to remove and efacc
all political disabilities resulting from the Re-
bellion if our adyersaries would unite in
ignoring those based arbitrarily Oh the
irrelevant circumstance Of Color. All we ask
is that the tant Of African blood shall be
doomed as effaceable as that Of treason. What
impartial observer will say that this is harsh or
unreasonable, We urge Universal Amnesty
for treason; we ask like oblivion Of the fact
that part Of our people have been slaves. Let
bygones be bygoncs.
Ii there be any party or faction who insist on
keeping the South indefinitely out of the Union,
as q punishment for what is past, it is iormda'
bic neither by It's logic nor its numbers. II any
desire to keep single State ont Of Congress
one day longer than shall be necessary to secure
the integrity Of the Nation and the rights of'jts
humber citizens, We are sure 1t IS fur short OF a
majority in either branch Of Congress. Bat
that the loyal people Of the North should seek
to secure the loyal people of the South against
inAiction Or disability impelled by resentment
for their loyalty, is not merely natural, whole
some, commcndable: it is vital! inevitable.
Not TO DO so would be pcrilous inggatitude and
perhdy.
The assumption that 1.-The South that is, tho
ghite Soutb--s universally, iuyineibly hostile
to any practical recognition of the rights Of the
Freedmen, is moi sustained by facts Witness the
following resolYes Of " Conservative" meeting
held at Memphis on the 9th ult., to dcnounce
and resist tie Radicalism" Of Sumner, Ste
vcns & Co., and their open Or secTe. allies IN
the lately Rebel States:
R,solrsd. Thot wc acccp. the political situation a; II
s with n; rights and ITS responsibilities and pledge
ourselves in good faith TO carry out the views oi fres
dent johnson. far AZ deycioped for tue restoration
O. or former relations in the Union Thai We aie ~
favor Of legislation tlat vii secure TO he irceaan @
esyins in courts Of justice subject TO INC ush less
Of character and crcdbiiiy ard Of such general poey
will mako the freedman con'eniei WIN n's .r
aud friendly and Jealous eoworker Ia the eiea. "oA
OF building up and restoring The indusi! anu Pio'P''
oftLc state. ,,. -, ,,,., 90
R,solysd That our present Lcgsalufe ms a's srS 70
comprehend the true situation Of pioic ahiisi ana
tLei late action H. refusing 10 accord 70 the freedman
ina rirh 10 testify in orr courts OF justice, Is. N our
opinion deliberate attempt on their part 10 thwart
ttc policy of President johnson in recrganning The
rovernmen. of those Stasos and restoring them 10 their
iogner position IN tic Un,on under the Constitution
This is but straw; but there arc many
moving in iac same direction. There are many
knaycs or ninnics in the South, and great ma.
ior;ty OF them have been hot Secessonstsi but
even these will rccognize--if you give their
heads chance TO cool-th,t all attempts to
keep The Blacks under foot, NOW that Slavery
is dead, must prove ultimately futile, and must
intcrmedately work infinite confusion and dis
astcr to the industry nnd prosperity Of thc
South. We Of the North have a deep interes.
in the recognition OF the Blacks as entitled to
all the rights Of frcemen; but our pocuniary il.
tcrcst il it is as nothing TO thsI OF the South.
O. course, we do no. pretend to say, nor even
aspire to know, precisely on what bass the
Southern States viii be restored TO all their
former rights and privileges; but we are confident
tl.at the work will be not only seasonably done
but ,ceHdonc. Every interest aud every section
imperativel, reqn.ses a restoration Of fraiornity
and lasting peace; and every condition Of that
restoration whcreon the majority IN Congress is
likely 10 insist will be found as essential and as
bcueccent to the South o. 20 the North.
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