The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-02-15


all their present imperfection on them. 1t
would iLdced be Out a poor compliment 10
northern labor and skill in war, and an IN
warranted depreciation of the recourses and
strength of the north, to say that our gov
ernmeDt would be In danger OF being over
thrown and our liberties destroyed, by the
vengeance Of the people OF the south whose
war resources have been annihIlated!
L have no doubt, Dir. President, that the
ratification of this amendment by the legis-
latures OF the northern states, will be claim
/ cd by the radicals, as an article OF the con-
stltuuon whose provisions authorize the
congress composed OF the members from the
states as now represented, to leglslate upon
the question OF franchise and the rights of
citizenship In the several states that by
virtue Of such claims Of authority it will be
lrslsted, that whether the southern states
he technically III or out Of the Union, con
gress should las 1t will undoubtedly attempt
to do) carry, by compulsion if need be. the
franchise to the blacks of the south, and the
means necessary to protect them In the use
of the high privilege Of the right Of the bal
lot in all future elections; that in order that
such ballot may not be used except to pro-
mote the interests aud advance the schemes
Of the eastern radicals, all who now control
the political power in those states in the le-
climate exercise of their rights under the
! constitution, will be excluded from the
polls by disfranchisement or other means
equally ylolatiye of their rights as Amerl
can citizens and that the intelligent, en-
terprising, enlightened and refined citizens
are TO be treated as criminals and thus pun
ished because the blacks are found to be
dcbased by ignorance and brutalism, and
the lower order Of whites occupy plane Of
intelligence far below that attained by the
same class in New England that these
blacks and lower order of whites are to have
their mental and moral condition removed,
if that be possible, and be educated by a
compulsory process at the expense of the
nation, up to an elevation in the scale of
intelligence from which they can overlook
the wall which has SO long separated them
from the arlstocracy whose former fran
chlses and privileges they have had confer
red upon them by congress in the dis
charge Of the alleged duty imposed upon
it. under that clause Of the constitution
,chich lectures that tic United States shall
guarantee to edch state q republican form
of gOcernnaent!
This is truly most progressive age The
republican party is making terrible strug
gle to keep up with that progress!
On the plea OF necessity 1T breaks the
constitution in order to prevent the rascally
southerns from dividing the Union.
On the plea Of necessity it next would
override the supreme court and the presl-
dent, and violate the constitution and dis
solve the Union in order to establish repub-
lican forms of government In the southern
states.
On the plea of necessity it again would
violate the constitution by wrestling from the
present hands all control in the southern
states OF governmental power, and holding
it in allegiance until it can supply other
hands that will WELD that power in its in
terests, and guarantee to save the govern
ment from another dissolution But, Mr.
reconstruction Of the south, have [ eXag-
gerated the scope of the design and pur-
poses OF the dominant party?
Upon this question | think | can with
confidence appeal to the press Of the party,
and the speeches of the radicals in aud out
Of congress. For the good Of my country [
hope and trust that miSjudge the party
Many have gone down into the south
from partizan motives TO spy out the land
and learn the character, conduct, DISPOSE
ton and opinions Of the inhabitants whose
destiny the God and humanity party"
claim to have won, on the bloody field,
the divine right to shape and control, and
have reported back things unjust, cruel and
untrue, for the wontonly wicked purpose of
carrying an election aid prolonging the po-
htlcal power of partizan friends at the
north.
One who says he ''spent three months
among the reconstructioni5ts Of the states of
North Carolina, South Carolina and Geor-
gia in the months of September, October
and November, 1865, and travelled over
more than half the stage and railroad routes
therein, visited considerable number of
the cities and towns in each state, attended
the construction conventions at Raleigh
Columbia and Miledgevie, and had much
conversation with many individuals of near
~ all classes, has communicated to the
people through the columns Of the Atlantic
Monthly, in very highly interesting arti-
Gle, the result of his observations upon men
and things at the south.
The evident design Of this writer is to
give clear and truthful statement of facts,
put IN the one conclusl N drawn from his
various statements of facts of what he re-
CARDS the duty Of the federal government
toward the people Of the different states he
visited, he sigDally fails to overcome those
iron prciudices imbibed in the polcal re-
ligious schools of New England, and not
unconsciou,ly yields his own honest convc-
tons to the demands of the northern ex-
;remists for whom end in whose interests he
evidently writes.
In quoting largely from this writer for my
premises, | hope to avoid the imputation of
symrathIzing with any class Of the late reb-
els, though differ with him as to the poll
cy that ought in my opinion to be pursued
by the government toward the people of the
south He writes in the interests of sec
tlonaiism, speak in behalf of my country
de says, there is "a wide and pitiiul diff.
ference between the residents of the cities
and large towns and the residents of the
country. There is no homogcneity, but
everywhere rigid spirit of caste"
The upper class continually assert their
right to rule, and the middle and lower
classes bave no ability to free themselves"
The whole structure of society is full Of
separating walls; the common
people of the country are at least forty
years behind the same class of people in
Vermont" It'll all these hateful
walls Of caste are thrown down. we can have