Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-28

mort a loves her-thst the north has 3
hear to give in exchange for her
heart. Political concessions and liberal
term of " re construction " do not prove
it. They pass for bur the cold calcula-
tons of cold craftsmanship. Let the
COVER nment, III the light Of the fact that
the north is largely responsible for the
war and Is still rich, while her sister 10
impoverished, use ten OF twenty millions
Ia ways most essential TO relieve the suf-
ferings Of the south, and let il also ex-
onerate her from direct federal taxes for
q few years, and the south will then be-
lieve that we pity and love her, and our
producing this belief IN her will be our
buving of her heart. One thing more in
this eonnection-the streams OF private
charity from the north to the south
should be deepened and multiplied. And
how, too, could the government use
fifty millions more IN a wiser way than
in lending it on q moderate interest," say
five per cent, 70 the seeded states-to
each of them its proportion OF the loan,
estimating that proportion by the amount
Of its population, and the amount of its
material losses in the warp A condition
Of he loan should be that the state in
| each case shall wisely and humanely dis
tribute its said proportion among own
ers of real estate in return for mortgages
thereon, drawing, say, but very little if
auv more interest than the state has to
nav. Would this be to overlook the
| landless poor, and to fall in with the bad
maxim-"Le Let government take care OF
the rich and the rich viii take care Of
the poor ~ Oh, no; this would be to
| make room for the labor Of the landless
| Door, and for their acquisition OF means
| 10 become landholders themselves. More
over. there are exceedingly few men in
the south who remain rich. But it viii
be said that all this will cost a great deal
Of money. The greater the cost, the
| greater the proof Of our love. But the
| cost will be little, compared With the
gain that will come Of il. This invest
| ment in the southern heart will be IN
! speakably the best investment the ma
| ton ever made. Even IN a mere pecu-
mary view, no other will compare with
1.-THE heart union between the north
| and south, which It will pro-
duce having more effect than aught else
to raise the credit Of our nation with
capitalists. Were the union Of the north
and south cemeDted by their natural
love, our government co1ld borrow at an
interest not exceeding four per cent.
This problem Of peace between the north
and the south how difficult it is for
our statesmen to solve it But how
easily could love solve il! Let the north
and south love each other, and, as they
then will, forgive and help and bless
each other. This will be peace and
nothing short Of it VIII deserve TO be
called peace! Into the enjoyment OF
this r peace the nation should have
entered more than two years ago. From
the time that the south surrendered, no
man and no woman either in the north
or in the south should any longer have
known. in our political strifes and divis-
ions. q north az q south. Hearts
estranged from each other by the wal
and its antecedents should then have
begun tofi0w together ia 50 strong 4 love
for the nation as would save it forever
from BEING broken asunder,
P-EEERsBUEG, June 6, 1867.