The New York herald., 1867-04-20
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hsas does nos exist q this time in the Southern States
more than miserable remnant Of faction who
dream of rebellion st in the list Of possibilities
And yet this 10 assertion which We unhestatingly
make inths prsssncs oe multitude of incontrover.
Hhle facts which have como under our psronal OBJ
ossvaaion o. have been furnished BY credible witt
nsasss in all parts of the, south Il IL IN assertion;
nersovsS, that We are. warranted in making without
mid direct testimony, f0r have passed through >
rsvsatoay and revolutions Do not lsAve ideas where
tAsy feund shsm 10 tlk Of rebels II ths late day,
~ strange seem, 70 ignore the order Of events
% guilty OF an and 10 be dead to the ter.
sals realities q the Avs years. conict so recently
srsueht 70 close. vH woi3 lFe1 ea5 Ee 81
me more complete upsetter Of ideas and in
stitutions than We are at hrs inclined 70 believe II
did what the most farsighted expected Of it.
There came In It's train host Of necessities that were
- looked FOR at the outset Motives that were potent
as the outbreak Of the rebellion gave place others
IL closs which entirely changed the attitude Of the
hostile parties towards each other The school,
and mon learned ts lessons What settled purpose
Ut The beginning considered desirable At the end
What ssrenuousy defended against assault was not
thought worth rssonstructng after had once been de-
olshed In this changed state of the general feeling
prepared TO find that the spirit Of the old rebel
Hon no longer exists In fact careful observer taking
the sense Of the southern people IL exhibits itself
d,osd that there Is no possibility or return to old
delusions Men utter IL is true, sentiments hostile
the measures of Congress providing for the recon
atTuCtion, Of the States but these utterances are
invariably accompanied lbv admissions and quail.
fed BY declarations Of opinions that by at
meaning 10 changed and they who make them finish by
showing themselves to be what, through some pervers
no With man, and for moment InE
here an example at last Of an unrepentant rebel but
= he goes and developes his ideas losing sight Of his
professions he 10 found NO longer faithful TO the old
mind It from the first nadmissible to that
or he patriotic defender Of the Union. Practically he Is
ranged the side Of reconstruction and though he may
1Ty 70 keep himself in countenance by pretending TO
emis NJ Y A. dgnasd silence and inacton ion % inevitable
hs hand 70 the work of reconstruction. 1t every
DAY. easy matter confronting such men with their old
professions and bringing them to an unwilling confess
son that what was their meat then has turned their
% ssyeTy. the cperisbsa iusstutop for which tbey
found defence in Holy Writ has in its downfall shown
- many evidences Of mperfecton and decay that its
sss Ss e ! utter s as
wish 20 have It's blessings reaewed, II is more through
actsd pety tor tho negro than from any bsne6t II may
my one viii admit II he only get chance % ta,k
long enough and then he likely % reckon among the
he bestowl of It's bsnsnts The slays+ownsr though
10 paid high price FOR labor got It much cheaper than
oscssr sSvans.ss With either Il Was rather choice
g deadsantagss falling 70 the 70. Of the sayeowper
has any = @
10 b ], sure "ihe poor negro was happier
shsn than now" but the happiness Of
lsast In the South and Sambo must consent 70 be free
whether is good for him or not Slavery is defunct
or other peculiar notions which made 10 the cause for
which the South sprang 70 arms In 1901 Even State
severe snty IN their minds s snsuisnnG ssso M death
days OF Calhoun There Is little LEFT, in fact to keep
the Southern people up 70 their obsolete but
thew must Of necessity conform was not conception Of
ther and the whppern Of their pride in the per-
growing stacker every hour Doeful complaints OF out
ragged authority issue from the editorial Office and long
leaders weep tnky tears over tne snameiui aeser-
Il is theme worn threadbare To noble minds 1t Is
an absurdisy. The weak alone arc moved by it.
% their reason In fact the assertion Of rights under
che constitution s the fimsest Of pretexs and 1t is
SS.s thai they long ago made away with them BY their
own voluntary action when they repudated the cons
tuon This enough, and II is an argument that has
press To those who will heed the signs Of the times
here s ABUNDANT evidence THAT there Is longer any
ssnsysv NJ 'I or exsensvey in the South The war has
0nectuaily pot an end 70 that Nay, more II has not
become new, II has put down rebellion and the posi-
btiity Of rebellion on any OF the old issues II has
fought for Il and Of those who crushed II out Both
beigerents have under It's all changing influence,
and one no moro than the other is now identified
With Shs ideas Of the past Both have outgrown
thom, and one - much as The other belongs to
the now. order Of things Neither can claim
She plan - originating with himself. There was nc
plan out OF the intelligence that ruefh al things
vas q development Where the -structure good, they
who wrought a. builded better than they knew
where evil was prepared, II has been overruled fo
rood Men are better satisfied with II 20 than they
had designed Look for the ideas that made secession
in the South in 1851, and you will look in vain Seces
mon Ia dead slavery Is dead rebellion Is dead and 70
DAY the whole Southern people, whatever they MAJ
profess-unonist conservative, some time rebel-are
N intenss and purposes feconstructfonists
Lat the prcas rave; Its occupation In these matters II
well nigh gone-its advice is Of little avail Lot few
pvetend % BE- hostile 10 the law OF Congress- thei
practice s better than their professions Every on
fesr no s not ready 70 confess IT, that great revo
lution has come over the nation, and his indivdua
purposes have been nothing before the mighty will o
lhis great destroyer and reconstructor.
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