New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-02-04
"RETWEEN Us BE TRUTH


The Erening Post has leader on "Narious
"Plans of Reconstruction" wherein it sees fit to
say:
Third-Tbere was the plan on which Mr. Horace Greeley
and Mr. Montgomery Blair united, OF universal ana un
conditional amnesty TO the Southern leaders without re-
oard 10 the future Of the ncgrocs Mr. Greeley wrote
after the election and when TUX TRIBUNE had cast away
tile Amendment Il am for UnrerSdI Amnesig-s0 lar rs
Immunity from fear Of punishment cOnfiscnon con
Cerned sren though Impartial SWgrdge should for me
journal very justly remarked on this lie for Amnesty
without any condition whatever. Cce and me National
Debt get The 0oLy together; ne enlarged suffrage aud me
corrected basis Of representation are SuTs,acea ~ com
mon This GreeleyBlar scheme has not had much sue
"The favoriio scheme OF Mr. Greeley and Mr. Blair OF
Immediate universal and unconditional Amnesty to the
Southern leaders without any consideration whatever
for tho negroes, simply one OF those cOwardy sur
| lowed Mr.. Vaandighams policy at intervals during me
| War, he continues now to follow the lead OF tiat
! shining patriot
My carefully written article on "The True
Bases of Reconstruction" whereon The Post
bases its charges above, appeared in TIE
DAILY TRIBUNE Of Nov. 81. In that article,
said:
true interest OF al concerned yet c0nnot admit mat
is matter IN whieh the North has no righDui concern.
The Blacks portion not merely cf the Southern but
of the American People They played an important and
beneficcnt part in our great Civil War We eah0t ignore
Git Th0ld hat honor and good fd ABSOLUTELY o0nSfrciH
those gho rimPhed ~ Gt struggle TO take care nat hcr
suffer for Galin0 he side Of he Union. TO say now,
in view OF the recent past Let me southern negroes
citizens shall see fit TO accord them. tc0d DC iDrahtc
G@ g S as al s eSs s re 90 s xxx mn" nl
hat he southern Blacks are not n qt NE mercy Of
D,aSS0eres Of Nenph,s and Ne,o-OrieanS 1t
is proved unsafe TO trust TO local authority and opinion
which may be right to-day and wrong tomorrow ire mid
Jce he essential rights Of ererp american citizen under
The express guardianship ofhe Feder Constitution That
will DO the end Of controversy; until then, even unsc-
Cegsful ATTEMPTS them
have said that favor both Universal Amnesty and
out regard to the other hold mat The North is bound 10
insist on Manhood SGrd0e-no in the South only but in
every State and TeTritOIybecause OF the service
quired Of and rendered by the Blacks I'm putting down
the RcbeOn-that it would be pcrfidy and basencss In
view Of all the facts, not 20 Insist on this hold the
South bound 70 accord Suffrage 10 the Blacks, az an
important and useful, though humble, portion OF her
people, whom it Is her interest as wei as her duty
to conclate and satisfy even though the North
and duties Of the North side and the South
the oherwhat is best for EACH or either IL best for
both-the only collision Is between their respective re-
sentiments and prcudlces The North wants 10 keep at
least the leading rebels under ban indefinitely the
South-that H. majority OF the dominant caste ut the
South-wants 10 keep the negroes under foo-despscd
poweress and often abused by inc Wle ruiilas whose
crimes the better class dsay0w but neither prevent nor
punish. The loyal North has demonstrated her ability
to Keep the Rebels out OF e kGPel SGGn
the duo ratification Of the Constitutional Amendment
slider the more generous and farseeing minds OF either
section an opportunity which, once lost may never re-
into Congress- they could not hope for full restoration
power and public favor; though tho North
able to force Impartial Suffrage on the South 1t would
prove Of little value while resisted by strong majority
of tho dominant caste there But let North and south
strike hands the basis Of Universal Amnesty with I'M
partial Suffrage, and tho resulting peace viii be perfect
allcmbracng and enduring. Each section viii gain
everything and lose really nothing.
II the South shall insist her abstract right TO hold
the Blacks subject race the North will doubtless insist
on the indefinite Acknowledgement OF all the prominent
Rebels aud matters will thus 80 on as they have gone
this is unwise but 1 shall stand with my
people. while awaiting the calmcr and wiser view
The dsinterested will say, Let the Rebels remain
under the p, ban so long AS they in'st on
ample II the adjustment urge should ultimately
fall and IN the mutations of party ascendency the Rebels
should be let up and the Blacks be Rcrt down. shall
North and shall feel that the blame does not all attach
to the SOUTH And, whatever the immediate issue shall
bate no Ot OF heart or hope that at at no very
distant day-Our people viii be thoroughly harmOnized
and united the basis Of Impartial and Universal Free
dom. H.G"
The reader has now before him what did
urge, and what The Post says ! proposed. i
make no comment. If The Posts charge is
well founded, that is now plain. If it is
willful, vilainOus untruth--a lie with deliberate
intent to injure--that, likewise appears. l do
not say what it is. Read both sides, and judge
But word as to "co,cardly surrenders."
Let us be clear OH that point.
When our last State Election had resulted in
q complete Republican triumph, number OF
influential friends united in proposing me as
candidate for the U. s. Senate. They did not
ask me to do anything to favor such election:
they urged only that | should staad bg tho