New-York tribune., 1867-05-27
nIScESSLON 1T TIE SOUTH

The " y. Times, which dislal2gcd ana uls-
credited Senator Wilson, when lac started on his
Southern tour, now speaks apprOyingy ol the
general tenor and effect of his speeches, yet
takes occasion to dcnounCe 1.-THE mschlev0us
land disorganizing mission Of Judge Kelley
and strongly asserts that Mr.. Kelley echoes
"thc violence of n faction
We are amazed at the ignorance betrayed IN
these imputations; for we cannot deem Their
untruth intentional. Judge Kelley has spoken
through the chief cities of the further South.
and been heard by men of all parties with
attention. interest. and general approval save
at Mobile where hc was not heard at all. We
have printed all he said there, as reported in
an unfricndly Mobile journal and there is not
a word in il that any candid person could have
taken oflensc at. Ills allusi0n to the armed
force at his back did not provoke the not, but
was manfestly provoked by It. The murder
Gus attack whereby his meeting was broken up
was wanton outbreak of the Rebel spirit, as
causcless and incXcusabe rs the bOmbardmcnt
of Fort Sumter. II has already cost the muni-
cipal authorities of Mobile their places, and Is
very likely to delay the rCadmission OF Ala
bama to her forfeited position in the Union.
Everywhere else in the South. including
Mont gomcry and Huntsville in Alabama Judge
Kelley has been welcomed by leading Confed-
crates as well as Unonsts Ql other days. and
has spoken 20 kindly and wisely as to COM
mand general and hearty appreciation. His
principal topic has been LabOr-its Importance,
necessity and rightful dignity, with the conse-
quent duty of educating the laborer and in
creasing his efficiency by machinery and the
control of natural forces-water, steam, Ne.
Judge Kelley has urged that the South for
merly mistOOk her true policy in keeping the
laborcr ignorant, debased, and contemplate,
and that her comparative poverty and ragged
ness, in spite of her great advantages
in soil and climate are the natural fruits of
this mistake. He urges her people
TO profit by the hard lessons of experience and
adopt a radically different policy-to provide
for Common Schools free To all, to encourage
industry by fair wages and honorable consider
alton, and to lend every energy to the develop
ment of the immense yet hitherto neglected
natural resources of their States, by building
mills and factories on their innumerable
streams, and 10y mining Coal and Iron from
their teeming hills. In short, Judge Kelley
has urged the whole Southern people to for
united. energetic effort to render their indus
try more effective and general, and conse-
quently their wealth molc abundant and
widely dilused, than are those of the North
and East
These views have been listened to with salts
faction by the foremost men of the south III
Guiding ex-Govs. Brown of Georgia and Vance
Of North Carolina, Gems. Balringcr, Wotford
and other leading ex-Conlederates, who have
urged him to speak as widely and as frequently
throughout the South rs possible If he wonld
consent 10 make one hundred speeches more,
he would have distinct, urgent invitations from
those who have been Rebels for every one Of
them. He has everywhere discouraged the idea
of Confiscation, and told the Blacks that they
can have homes of their own by working
hard and saving what they ealn--not other
wise. lie has told the Southern Whites that
their States will be promptly restored if they in
good faith comply with the provisions of the
Military Reconstruction bill, and not without.
In short, Judge Kelley is now working his way
noithward and eastward through North Caro-
lima, everywhere pressed to speak on this side
and on that, surrounded by the whole people
save few implacable Rebels, and doing more
in week toward paciiying and haimonzing
the country than all his malisners have done IN
two years, or will do TO the end of time.
We urge the Republicans of the uniformly
loyal States to send their representatives to
visit the South. if forty of our ablest mem
bers of Congress could give two months each
TO speaking below the Potomac, we might have
every State titly and safely restored to sell
government and TO loyal representation in Con-
gress before the 4th of March next. Others
may do good there; but members OF Congress
speak with authority. and command an atten-
ton that is not accorded w any beside. Let