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REHABILITATION.
Interesting Facts and Figures.
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REHABILITATION.
Interesting Facts and Figures.
From the Nashville Uuion.I
HINTS Merchants Magazine for this
month has a very interesting article upon
the rehabilitation Of the South. II as
sumes the position that the great issue
now before the nation is the single idea
"Shall We, OF shall We not. trust the
South ?' In the solution Of this qUes-
ton, the Magazine comedies with Presi-
dent johnson, whom Il can trust, espe-
clally as he is supported in his opinions
by leading military men. But, aside
from the views Of the President and
others, il believes that every considera-
ton Of national interest and Of national
pride requires the prosecution Of a gen
erous policy. Without impugning the
motives OF those who think differently,
il rejects the idea that it is neSssry TO
have security against a repetition Of the
c0ntroversy-that any attempt VIII be
made 70 revive secession, and the con-
tinuauce Of laws oppressive 10 the race
that the war has enfranchised, The
South, % il SAYS - % staked their ali on the
issue Of the war. They lost; and now
the heresies which gave rise to il, no
power on earth could vitalize. The con-
stitutiOnal amendment has also dena-
tioualized slavery, and the people and the
states are showing through their legis-
latures, and through private contracts
with the freedmen, the good faith with
which they accept the situation
The frank avOwal Of President john
son that the people must be trusted
with their Government it is "persua-
ded will be accepted in the same spirit
In which it was made.n It continues;
II is not BY the holding Of the con-
guered PARTY to extravagant and humiii-
aring conditions that the Union is to be
established anew, that civil law is to 5e
maintained in the Southern common
wealth, and their prosperity restored 10
its former condition. Enough that the
majesty Of the nation has been asserted,
and the problem OF secession has been
determined by the aTbitrament Of war,
that the social system Of the South,
which many regarded as the original
source Of the mischief, has been over
turned. The time for peace has come,
and the duty Of the hour is restoration.
The basis OF this restoration must be
mutual confidence, as the President has
90 clearly indicated. The Southern
States must invite this by assuming a
North, by cordial acceptance Of their as
surances.
.tThe most important considerations OF
public interest demand this. When the
war began every one felt that the break
ing up OF the Unian would involve the
general disintegratiOn Of society, and en-
danger our national existence. The I
same feeling, rightly applied, must lead
10 the universal conviction that terrific
rial dependence and military subsection I.
of the Southern States expose Us 10 F.
similar peril. We cannot safely permit
A colonial system TO grow up among US, f.
tending as Il does to concentrate power Z
in the hands of the Executive, and 70 en- .
large il even 20 the dimensions OF lmpe- f.
riaiism This was the real issue upon (
which our fathers fought in the reVolu- /
ton; end il is tangibly expressed in their f.
watchword, the reason why John Hamp- I
den refused 70 pay ship money. No F.
taxation without representation III I
our Southern States are permitted TO
have their senators and representatives !
in Congress. they are buteolonies Oftheir I
sister commOnwealths, and can have no
Joint interest in our great national sys-
TEN.
srTbis disorganized condition isliableat !
any moment to operate unfavOrably upon I
our foreign relations. We cannot press
- boldiE upon the British Government .
the settlement Of the questions OF inter- I
national law arising out Of the spola- I
lions upon our commerce by priyateers ,
fitted out. manned and chartered IN /
British ports; nor venture With proper 4
assurance 70 demand the evacuation OF /
Mexico. The general laWlessness exist
ing in that Republic, and the weakness
q 4rrsH sa1gF = r.
ford 70 Macmillan and his Gallican .
sDonsor a preteEt for their armed occu- 1
patton almost as good Gs our own iOr NIL
itsrv suh;eetion Of tWO-thirds Of our own .
territory. So long As this state OF affairs
remains, the possession OF that territory /
Is q source Of relative national weakness.
Every foreign statesman knows THIS,
and the diplomatic correspondence OF
BTessrs. Seward and Adams cannot dis
prove 20 palpable & fact. II has been
The Great difficulty in cur foreign inter
course and We appreciate the feelings .
OF the President when he declares that
rTbe moment Il eaa be announced that I
the union Of the States Il again complete /
that We have resumed our career Of pros
pe-itv and greatness, az thst very instant ]
almost all our foreign difficulties VIII Oe
settled. For there Is no power on earth
which VIII care 70 nave cohLoNelss "a
q rupture with the Government Of the
United states, under such Circumstances.
1--WE wish most earnestly that Congress
could take as broad and just view Of
this question"
These are very sound and cogent rea- 4
sons for the prosecution Of the Presidents /
policy TO \ successful c0psummauon. /
They are statesmanlize and patFi0ile. I
But the Magazine gives other reasons 4
based upon commercial and financial CON
sideratiOns, and ths necessity Of the /
success Of the policy TO the pas 4
peritv Of the country. "The vast re- |
gion,n il says, Lately overrun by 4
war Was the garden of the Republic, /
and furnished 70 our export trsaH the \
stapies trhich gave lLs our commercial pre- /
sl9HRa~auce ia he markets Of the soorid. I
And in this connection 1t publishes a /
table. compiled from the records Of the I
Treasury Department of Washington, T,
Through the politeness Of the Hegisterl I
showing the quRntity Of cotton exported 1
from the United States from ls5e-59 &c I
ls64 -65. aud ths ports whence y was
shipped. From this table o appears that
the exp0rtations amounted ia