Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-11-08

tho pre- requisite Of reconstruction. They
Imagined that the executive power would
destroy tho governing party. They con-
tinually looked for tho dissolution OF that,
and the popular reaction which the ireach
erous Democratic politicians of the North
have continually promised them ever since
the election Of Republican President.
Ia this expectation they resolved TO wait
In mnsterly inactivity, expecting to pro.
vent Il settlement by passive obsIinacy un'
Ill to reaction should come round that
would enable them to dictate tho terms,
They vacated their political privileges
aud left the work Of reconstIucting gov.
crnmcnt TO the blacks. And when %
length they made u late and feeble effort,
II was not for the reconstruction Of ami
cable relations between State and National
Governments, but TO prevent Il
They abandoned their political privile-
ges aud their duties 10 Government, aud
left them TO the blacks. They fooled
away their opportunity Of iakiog their
natural lending position IN politics, which
they might by acting in good faith 10 the
reconstruction of State governments faith.
Iul TO that Of the nation, aud honestly nc.
cepting the Inevitable results OF the war
the freedom Of every man and the supfe.
macy Of the National Government The
duty which they abandoned devolved on
the blacks, aud the world may inquire
how they could lave discharged il Ia a
way that would better maintain the gener
al welfare on better demonstrate their own
capacity. than they have done by tue elec
tiuns thus far, which their enemies accept
Ms conclusive ofihe result in all. They
have voted rs the loyal people expected
They have justified the calculations upen
which this plan OF reconstruction was
based. What more could they do that
would make it-bctter, or what less could
they have done that would not make il
worscY The short history Of al this is
that tie ruling class Of whites abandoned
loyalty and political duty, leaving it to the
blacks, who, so far, have faithfully per
formed IT, The consequence is that the
old ruling Glars Of whites mus, resume 10y
atty aud political duty in order to take q
place in the governing power. This
which they proclaim to be war of 'exter-
minution, is 10 the people OF the North the
assurance Of peace. Aud he must be d
poor observer Of history or Of men who
ina ines that people who have reached
governing power are going TO be extermi
mated by lhe minority, or that the miner
are going TO eontiBne to isolate them
selves from the governing class.
Northern Democratic politicians and
journals who are egging on the South tc
inevitable dest. uction, had better beware
and abandon their course, now that they
see the work of reconssraciion will &c
steadily forward, notwithstanding the ap.
parent reaction in the North whicE they
are disposed to crow over 70 Justify. let
them learn lesson from these Southern
elections, aud cease tier scheming to
bring about revolution at the North. by
encouraging the determination. of the
black race in the Southern States. The
dire calamity they would bring upon them
ecNes III c'mUOu Win iuOsc WIZ ulHtI
with them in political sentiment, would be
poor return indeed for thsir success at
The polls. Let them adopt a wiser course,
and cease encouraging their Southern
brethren to a course that will bring ruin
upon both sections Of the country We
again quote from the GaSeties article:
If these Northern Democratic politician.
would tell the truth TO the Southern peo-
pie W HON they have deluded to their de.
struction, they would say to them that
they have encouraged them 10 resist the
settlement now, as they encouraged them
to rebel and protract the war for no pur
pose but the hope that the continuance Of
agitation will result in their own election
to Office, where they would be as impo-
tent TO help them or to stop events as
they were when in 1860 they encouraged
them to secede by the promise that 1t
They would assure them that there has
not been any reaction in the determine
ton of the Northern people to establish
peace on the basis OF the supremacy Of
the National Constitution and the equal
rights of the people, aud that the only
way Of the Southern people to safety and
tranquility is by accepting in good faith
the conditions imposed on them by Con-
gress, and abandoning all efforts to con
struct State governments ia hostility to
the nations