New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-06-06
TUfT TO no FIFTH THE SOUTH

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UH1T TO DO HITH THE SOUTH.
The election in Washington City is the first
o1n of the campaign. The negro vote has
enabled us to carry that city by q very decided
majority If our friends had managed the
canvass with little more prudence, we might
have increased the vote. The leading Repub-
lican papers had kind of incOherent way OF
oppealing to the preiudices of the negroes
eudeavoring to array class against class, and
bring to the ballot-box n spirit OF vengeance
This was dcplorablc, and was only neutTalized
Nv the ridiculous stupidity of the COppcrhcads'
who began the canvass by calling the negroes
gorillas and ended it by fraternal demonstra-
tions of attachment. In Washington, tho negro
vote is a power, and we entreat our friends
not to excite and degrade it by insisting upon
anger and revenge.
We have carried Washington, and we can
carry the South These military times must
end. and the speedicr the better They are
doing their work well, but it is like surgery,
or severe course of medicine-the sooner 1t
is over the better. We want to have the
South fully aroused and educated, and made
TO feel the sublime dignity of the suffrage
Espccially must this be done with the negro
The very fact that the negro comes from
Slavery. that he has been downtrOdden, that
he walks rs one in darkness, because the light
SO long hidden bursts freshly upon him,
sbould make us prudent We should feel well
satisfied tomorrow if fifty thousand negroes
were to 90 up to thc polls and vote with the
Opposition, provided they voted conscien-
tiously. We should dcplore any course that
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auayed class against class, that maze
sex. color or nationality rallying
c,y. Voters should not accept the
IolIot NJ an instrument OF vengeance, as the
means of gratifying hatred. Our friends, III
dealing with the negro, should ignore every ar
ermcnt of bitterness. The policy of vengeance
skirts the Rocky Mountains, and has icw'tol-
lowers we believe, in beieagucrcd sections OF
the country where the mails do not run regu-
larry; but no sincere Republican believes that
any good can come from blO0d-dabblng, or
roofing among the graves of the gallant dead.
We wish no more bowling or crashing OF teeth.
1t will only bring discomfort, unrest endless
toll. and trouble. We want hearty peace, con-
iidcnce, nationality.
This can be done with the South. and IN
doing it we can carry many of the Southern
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men OF the South in n fair and square contest.
Let any issue be madc-tariii, revenues, inter
nal improycmcnts-any issue OF legislation ana
politics. and we shall strive with them to lead
them into the true path The use OF political
discussion is to convince and the negro needs
conviction as well as his white fellow citizen.
lie must be made to sec that it is for the
glory of the Republic that the Republican party
should be charged with the national admins
tration. Wise men must teach him this. wilson
and Kelley did we'll and others follow them
compctent to instruct. The sentiment OF Chci-
Justice Chase, tclcgraphcd last evening to TIE
! TRIBUNE by our special correspondent IN
Raleigh, is one that We indorsc. He spoke to
| the negro. and with the wisdom and dignity
| BETTING the Chcf-Justicc of the United States.
81 rejoice he said, " that | have the oppor-
"hlnity to meet yOu now, ana to meet you
/ "wIth all men upon an equality ana equal
"before the law. We have passed through n
fiery trial. but with The peace which has fol-
lowed we have freedom and let us all, NTH
"Om exception Of color, aid IN restoring orr
"rLoIe cOuRiry That, | believe, is and ever
"wil be the desire Of my heart This
should be the message of every
is about TO make Il tour among the negroes.
Good will come from this Mr.. Douglass knows
the sentiment of the North. He is a generous,
sagacious, good man, and will have mar
Vicious influence with the negroes. We charge
him, as one having Il high responsibility to lose
10 opportunity of making the reconstruction
of the South perfect by commencing peace, and
charity, and good will, TO consolidate every
class, to urge upon his brethren the highest
duties of nationality.
If this is well and wisely done, we shall save
many years of strife Let the South be flooded
with missionaries of peace. Let the rural sec
tions be travcrscd the crossroads visited, the
village churches, the schools, and plantations.
Mere orations in large cities are well n begin
ming, but the cities contain only small portion Of
the Southern people. Let every county be visited,
and let the canvass be carried TO the hearth
stones. thousand good men could do a work
in the South in the next two years that will he
felt for generations Let them be sent, and let
them do their work in the spirit OF kindness and
love.
P1TRONdGE IN LABOR
Louis Rcybaud, the veteran writer on social
movements N a lafo numlnr of thp RpTUP dies