Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1866-01-27
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the i~OUI<IANllN,
Saturday, January ~, 1866.
NORTHERN MEN IN THE SOUTH.


NORTHERN MEN IN THE SOUTH.
The chief s&aple nf the nlilLinics Of the RAJ
ideals against tile Southern people is furnished
by the reports Of partisan missionaries, CORES
p""den,s, and proSprc,ors. who come South,
and after hurrying through the country, stop
ping at railroad stations and wood piles, and
holding hurried conversations with tie han
gers on, return home or scrihbie letters TO
newspapers or roIiricia"s, declaring that .he
people are still rebellions that til y sAhibit
no kindness or cor.ialily 10 them b,ran-e Of
their Northern birth and their connection Will,
the cause Of The union; that they still mani
test their respect and sympathy for the late
rebels, that they complain of military domino
ton, Of the Frcedmen's Bureau, aud Of many
other things, including the Northern journals
and preachers, who are eons,akIy Abusing ast
calling them harL nam =. calu,nniai,nys their
character, and .misrcpresenting their acts aud
sentiments. OF course. ihfre is a great exay.
geration in all these stories. and they are con.
trad'ctcd by many reports. Of IL very ditf;trcn'
character. ~
But even if true they would not Justify u
more magnanimnns. just aud strong govern
ment and people, in the course alike revolu.
iiOnary, anti-repnb'iran and unjust. which is
proposed and advocated by those Radicals a
people who have such a hor,o, of tveiy form
Of slavery ought to be the very hast Ia exact
conditions and conlncl Of which only slaves are
capable. The people who surrendered their
arms and their cause 81 military resistance.
who pledgel lh 'ir Goth AMI honor 10 abnuaon u
revolution they had attempted. did 10, a, the
same time yield their minds. all their %conyic.
tons. their emotions, l'tirri.h, to feel, think
and utter their honest sentiments. There was
no such condition in the rapitu!a,inns which
terminated the late nuhap war |, wonld
have been equally .i>glaceiuI on the pat Of
the Federal Government tode,nanh, ard on,hr
part OF The late Couieuprares Ia submit 10 surI,
conditions. And il such cu,dili.n had been
exac'ed and yielded: We know i, W nd have
exhibited as gross lypocri.y ard ui>Simulation
on the one side rs @Dny,an ~iainslic- and vim
dic,ive oppression on HE other. The Govern.
ment at Washington might then have been
justified in d;strusljng Tue pledges and oblira.
tons of Il people who were capable Of snbmir-
ting 10 such condition. They might WEI! denv
to such a people n capacity To exercise The
rights OF tfeemcn. I'll" man who admitted Ia
these rights wonld acren, all the prorosj ions
and denunciation OF Stevens. Sumucr ClunlI,,
etc. SlDst nartial ,,il roc,ltr... ., - . , ,
welcome 10 his bnsom and 10 his hospirali1v
those who come SoMh viii, The nrorI,i,n.t
7 pnrposes OF spy'ng o'ss and repo1ins The tpri-
vate sentiments and feelings OF ant pc oyIe.
justly deserves to exchange positions with our
former slaves, and ,lanl aIoof from ali nur,jrj.
Pat'oh !" inns Government of a Republic.
But, after all, the representations, and allega
lions OF these Inve'rralr cnuemies of HE South
DO not extend beyond nor en-. brace stronger
specifications and proof Iham those Of %opposi-
"oh 10 ana protest against the revolutionary.
an'i'rep"bIican and nujusl schemes and inren.
diary IDEAS and plans of the Radical party it
is brazenly assumed tina, this opposition j. dis
loyalty that the ContsdcraipS surrendered. no,
to the United States, to the Unioa, bn, Ia The
Radicals, led by "Generai>' Stevens. Snmncr
Chandler, etc. They are to dictate and %in,e1pre,
the terms OF the capiiuIaiiou.
II this pretension be admitted. il is most lust.
ly affirmed by the Union o,atrS in Congress
that the war was not for the Uninn-ro, for The
Constitution and Government of the United
Siates-bnt for n party, which. in the honest
convictions of many of the ~onu,ies' aud mos,
serf. sacrificing supporters of the Union. j. siruu.
CLING as ctf"ctnally and more threateniugiy 10
s"hvert and change ,ha, Government than The
armed Coatedcra'e> did in til" field. So Tar as
II is represented that the Southern people with
one voice protest against these revolutionary
and ,ncendiary IDEAS and schemes. and feel
neither kindness nor good vii, 10 those who
come among them with partisan minds and
proclaimed di>trnst and suspicion. the variun-
reports which find their way into the Pres, and
supply alimen, for the vindirtive and de- ama,o,y
oratory Of The Radical denaroancs. i, nav 30,
be without foundation. But. on the nrher 'lfonl
me PROOF IS quite AS certain ard nnLeniahin,
thai our people. so tar from ma,iEn. TUG any
nnkind.y nnfraternal and i,sho<pi,ahI4 feelings
towards their brethren Of the North, who ,hr uuh
snga sed against them in the late war. come to
them when peace was established in a spi,ito of
"mify, good will, of generous confidence aud
with patriotic fairness and honesty. they lave
indeed extended to them a warm and O. ner,us
hospitality, and manifested an earnr>, and sin-
C6re desire 10 resume In il,ir Will ,J,,,. nj
fellow-cilizens of The North all heir old refa.
tons OF kindness and intinae in'prcnnrse. in.
vigoratrd IN fact, as freqHrni'y happens. after
q"ar'els between frien,h, by the recent sad con.
fiot. (PicuuaueN
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