The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-08-27
Reconciliation
A LOYAL SOUTHERN VIEW.

~ LO1hi1. oaA VIE W. .a.,.i
We ask the special attention of the readers
of the Press to the following article which we
translate from the French columns of the New
Orleans Tribune of August 10TH 1t will be
the only loyal ally in New Orleans, and SO
far as we know, in Louisiana, has just been
compelled to suspend publication because the
military guard, which has protected the Office
since the riot,being withdrawn, the peaceable
and orderly population of that reconstructed
city threaten to murder its editors and propri-
tors if it is not stopped. The Tribune has
never been violent paper. On the contrary
it has always been noticeable for the fairness
moderation and candor with which it has dis
cusse1 the great questions agitating the pub
lie mind 1t INDUCED in no bitterness, no in
vective, waged no war upon Individuals; its
sole offense was to-be found in the motto at
the head of its columns: "To Every Citizen
His Rights-Universal Suffrage Equality be-
fore the Law-To Every Laborer his Due"
These are the doctrines New Orleans willnot
tolerate, these are the heresies she puts down
with pistol and dagger, the "incendiary" ideas
she queDches in blood. We commend the ar
ticle to consideration On two accounts; first,
as very good expression of the deep distrust
with which the true and faithful Union men
of the South regard the Philadelphia. move
ment; and second, as atfording an illustration
OF the intense and unreasonimg bitterness of
that rebel hate which will not tolerate the ut
teranee ofopposing sentiments even when ex-
pressed with the calmness, the moderation.
and The freedom from all irritating bitterness
which we here find. a IL .sff-s
Our hasty translation of the article may be
somewhat rough as specimen OF English, but
it has the merit of being almost perfectly lit
eral: i'le- A4 G
mo one couldhpplaud more eagerly or more
warmly than we the reconciliation of the North
and South, no one could lend himself more
willingly to that union proclaimed at Philadel-
phia, and marked by the entrance, arm in arm
of the delegations from Massachusetts, and
South Carolina, if that reconciliation rested
upon any solid basis. But history is at hand
to teach us the true value of these transient
unions which are cemented by no unity of prin-
ciple. We recall, for example, how in the
midst of the great French Convention, a rep
resentative named Lamourette made one day
an appeal to his fellow members so pathetic,
painted with such eloduence the dangers aris-
ing from their divisions and the higher claims
of their country, that Jacobins and Girondists
cast themselves into each others arms, and en-
.braced like brothers. All differences were for
gotten; they swore to unite for the common
interest,", to sacrifice all personal preferences
and selfish aims on the altar of patriotism, and
to have but one worship, that of their com
mon country. Two or three DEGREES were voted
with enthusiastic unanimity. 1t was one of the
grandest, the most noble scenes in the history
of the Revolution. All France was moved by
it. And even in our day, when we read the
recital of that memorable sitting, we can
scarcely repress the emotions it awakens in ev-
cry Frenchman's heart Te-
But the reconciliation of hearts is not that
of ideas. The two parties preserved their dis
tinct principles, and the very next day saw dis
cussicn reopened upon the application of those
principles discussion moderate at first, but
quickly becoming again heated and angry
The oaths of union and of concord, the kiss of
peace were soon forgotten. One moment Of
enthusiasm had suspended their animosities, it
had not harmonized those opposing principles
which still combatted, and whose struggle was
| inevitably to be renewed II
Similarly now; we are unable to see that
the principles of government and social order
upon which the States of the North and those
of the. South are organized have yet been
brought into harmony. The North, accustom-
ed to civil liberty, respects Individual liberty,
and directs the effortse Of all towards maintain
| ing the rights of each. In the South we have
an oligarchy which seeks to perpetuate iis