The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-27

shodes % rebuke the perpetrators The Wilmington
paA says the people q the south are un1S - one
slaves, they will not be held In sub1ecuon and
tyranny At the right time, i the President Of
the United States stands firm In his position 70
protect the constitution and check the march OF deepo
ism and fanatcism the combination VIII be effected.
They Will fight to the knife The Lynchburg Republican
declares thai il can only one way by which the peo-
pie OF the South extricate from its present diem
and that is that the President stand nrm and an
nounce by proclamation at the close Of the present
Congress that the next Congress shall be composed
the constitution requires. Of TWO Senators from each
ana navy Of the United Staes Probably General Grant
and Admiral Farragut would have effective word to
come 'y 70 the aid Of such treasonable sosres
tions. Another journal says that our Northern
leaders commenced their progress thas;mButier
displayed remarkable SKIN in giving white peoples
churches his black followers Grant tried conquer
an honest father by being libel and a TO the
Irish people, BY issuing his General Order No a. Kill
tary Division OF the Gulf The Mobile Advertiser says -
ave have not changed principles; We .tll hold Them
as firmly as ever We are not penitents from rebel
lion, because We have been guilty OF rebellion.
Here Mr. Garrison read an abstract OF letter from
prominent citizen Of Alabama, who was a warm sup
porter Of President Johnson to gentleman Of Cincin-
nstil "The South IS just as rebeous In feeling TO-
day she In 1881. I hope the Congress Of the
United States will bring people 70 their before
unreasonable people in the South that God ever per-
mitted to inhab the earth, and II they COM
PEELED 70 respect the national government they will
This horribly brutal spirit toward the freedmen and this
reasonable attitude towards the national Is
natural, for the old sIaveholdng domination has the
poison Il not the fangs OF the rattlesnake We must
not look for any such revolutions OF character to follow
the dissolution Of slavery and the termination Of the
bloody conflict They profess to believe that the aboli
tonsts had magned them At the North; tnat they had
grossly exaggerated the evils of slavery, and basey
iibelled the characters Of the holders OF slaves at
the south But nothing exceed In
nfamy the Of ali villanies, nothing,
unnatural, nothing extraordinary has occurred
mi now no
loyalty barbarsty 20 the emancpated backs and nier.
nal cruelty to captured soldiers This them Is the
south vanquished on the battle field but not con-
quered in sprunchanged In rebellious intent-lack-
Ing only the means the struggle for indepen.
execrang the very existence loyal Congress- but u
bant the perdy OF the President and anticipating
final triumph under his usurping measures-amenabe
70 neither Divine nor human iaws-deaf 10 all pleas OF
reason and justce-utterly destitute OF all patriotic
fceng-ignorant ofthe meaning OF tho word .ioyaty,-
thoroughly In everything pertaining TO the
rights OF human nature and true republican
ment-giveu TO mental and moral iunacy-havlng
passions set fire OF hell-barbar1c IN condit
out capital or enterprise organized industry,
intelligence, educational advantages religious
culture-the masses demoralzed and crushcd-despotlc
assemblies dominant-the foundations Of society under
mined, and reign Of terror existing wherever
the controlling power Of the federal government has
been withdrawn-what shall be done with herr
What Is her status in the Union5 How
shall liberty be secured as well proclaimed through.
these questions only in the bretest manner
for will not trespass too long your time and
South? Obsiously, we shosld do by her we would
be done by. No vengeance should be inflicted no de-
grading humiliation required, no oppressive burdens
imposed beyond what justice demands and the
public safety and general welfare make imperative.
II may suit the malgnity Of parties Tor the
Richmond Times 10 say, ave know that the great
mass OF the North hate with intensity would
stare the devils in hell but nothing be further
from the truth Truly . would no. be very surprising
vile and Libby Prison, OF the revolving massacre Of the
coored soldiers at Fort Pillow, OF the horrible slaughter
..rN aur n~Ioo nr
manner in which the South conducted the war; mu-
ta,ing the boaies Of Northern soldiers who fen in
and often perndiously hesng the white fla truce the
bter 10 carry out their mnrderous de-igns-I
repeat il would NOT be very surprising IT, in COME npla
tim Of this awful spectacle, and recalling these terrible
"Reminiscences fierce maledfctons and cries for retail
ton the utmost should be heard every hand And
yet in all the North there IL no cherished wrath, cal
for vengeance desire 10 return evil for evil On the
contrary, there h other wish than that the South
may be speedily clothed, and in her right m nd fur
nshed with all means needed for the intellectual
and moral Improvement Of her benighted masses, aided
TO any ex.en: by Northern capital. mechanical
restored, her desolaon removed, her peace
and prosperity built immovable basis. This she
has seen but cannot understand In her present in
famed she believe ii but let facts speak Tor
themselves The masses OF the people at the south
snd have thereby legally forfeited hs
yerthecss up 70 this hour not Of them all has
@ s or &.
himself, jefferson Davis Is this proof OF Northern
hatred or Northern vengeanccY An almost universal
amnesty has been given thcm, and their
confscated property generally restored. Is this
proof that the North mplacabe towards the South
In the plans tor reconstruction no other conditions have
been sought TO be imposed the South than the North
binds herself TO obey IL this proof Of Northern into
Drss Northern me capasss %echsnics and aborers nave
gone down TO the south TO build railroads. advance the
interests Of agriculture, make productive once more the
abandoned plantations, extend the manufacture OF all
those great staples which Southern prosperity de-
pends expand her mineral resources, widen her
and blossom as The roscn This she has lreaied with
malignant contempt adding, In many cascs violence 70
demonstrating their ov rtures and refusing heir
browning their enterprises and often compelling
them to fly from their schools for safety Is this proof
OF Northern ntoierancef Millions Of dollars have been
expended by the government contributed by the North
for tie relief and maintenance Of sufferers
in the South-to relieve the Of the
this terrible rebellion And yet this has been made but
fresh occasion 70 insult and Islander those who have
given them bread 10 appeasc their hunger and clothing
to their nakedness. mny give you the latest
illustration Of this hateful spirit short the
respectable gathering Of citizens 20 devise
Afford relief TO the destitute in the South. and among
Ward seecher. who spoke with his charac,cnsiic
tenderness and generosity, urging the most liberal
contributions BY the claims OF common brother
hood Now listen 70 the Richmond Hmsa The
gentleman read the quotation, and commenced
sarcastically upon II continuing - follows:
Beside these millions OF doilars-whch have been ex-
pended for the sustenance Of the suffering rcbeous
population OF Inc SOUTH thus under the most fragrant
literally obeying the scrptural Injunction,
sslf thy enemy hunger. feed him. II he thirst, give
him drink millions more have been raised BY voun-
tary contributions ut the North 70 orsanxe schools and
furnish teachers and school books for the education not
only the blacks but also o. the whites, after the pat
tern OF the New England common school system And
II this aluable privilege has been spurncd BY the lat
but thankfully accepted by the former only shows
thas there hope Of the elevation Of the black
than Of the white II Is the nobest bencfction
that possibly be bestowed upon the south and y has
just been increased the extent Of an million
Of dollars by thar trucs Of all munncent philanthro-
pists George Observation-Disclosures native OF the
sOd Bay State the Safe OF all others most detested
by the Southern chIvsiry. Already some fifteen
hundred compcteAt teachers have gone down to
che South this mission Of love and o. light many Of
them Of the highest culture. leaving homes Of auencc
and refinement who scorued insulted, ostEncised
from white society and subjected 70 thousand prva-
and pers because OF their love for Gods oppressed
and suffering poor Already an army OF more than
hundred freedmen read and write and the
cry IN 'sstk they come" eager 70 learn, and show
ing capacity to acquire kpowled2e scarce
y equalled BY any Of their white tradnccrs
The inception and maintenance OF this sublime educs-
ti0naI movement of Northern philanthropy and pa