The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-10

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traotable Southerners. Indeed, few weeks
only have done a great deal in curing it, as
our correspondence shows.
But the most remarkable feature in the pro
| gressive work of reconstruction IS the har-
mony and afiliation between the late slave
| holders and their emanoipated slaves Ihey
assemble together in public meetings on a
! footing of political equality ana auureSS e"Vr -
| other as friends and felOw-citlSens. MOT 10
! there any false pride, affeotation, or hypocrisy
| i'm suob language and bearing one towards tne
other The late masters of the negroes nave
| sense enough to see that the interests Oh Ihe
! two races are inseparably interviewer; that
restoration and the consequent prosperity OF
! tbo Sontb will be a benefit to both; and that
exclusion from political privileges, from re-
| presentation in Congress, would be followed
bv injury TO both. Besides, as general thing,
there is a kindly feeling on the part of the
whites for the weaker and less cultivated
blacks. Generally, too, the negroes are con
seious of this, and look up with confidence for
advice and guidance from their late masters.
This is evident from the addresses of the more
intelligent to the rest. The speeches delivered
by some of them lately, and their conduct, as
described by our correspondents, show this to
be the case. We see also, that there is
determination on the part of both races to
cultivate these kindly, friendly, and cOnfding
relations.
Now, this is state of things deserving par
ticular notice, and which was certainly not
expected by the old radical Abolitionists of
the North. These radicals had enormously
supposed the negroes hated the white master
race, and would take the earliest opportunity
to turn against them. The teachings of the
war, in which the negroes voluntarily fought
side by side with their masters, did not eradi-
cate this error. The radicals have been eX-
pecting, since the war closed and the slaves
were emancipated, that these people would
vote and act in opposition to their old masters.
They begin to see their mistake however,
and are in terrible state of anxiety about the
consequences. No tide of Northern emigra-
tion, however great, nor any amount of radi-
cal speechmaking and preaching, can turn the
political current in which the blacks and the
whites of the South are united and combined
for action. They both see their interests are
the same, and irrevocably fixed in the same
section of country.
We cannot see fully where this surprising
political and social revolution will end. 1t
will certainly produce an extraordinary infu
ence upon political parties and upon the desti-
nies of the republic. The radical press is
and knows not which way to
shape its course. The fruit of years of agita-
ton is likely to turn to ashes in its mouth
The Southern States, with their eighty or
ninety Representatives and twenty Senators in
Congress, will hold a large balance of power,
and the probability is that both races will re-
main united in the interests of their own sec
ton and in support of the same political party.
The Southern whites, and particularly the
leading men among them, possess a power
they may not have yet realized. Such men
as Wade Hampton, Henry A. Wise, and others
like them, while they have not the suffrage
and cannot hold office, are able to exercise
great influence over the negroes and political
affairs. There are from fifty to a hundred
of these ostracized old leaders, who
are still powerful through their intelligence
and position and on the stump. We advise
them, then, to carry the revolution which the
Northern radicals have inaugurated to its end
to its utmost limit. In doing this they
should advocate sending negroes to Congress.
In every State and District intelligent blacks
can be found Let them be Sell to Congress
in the proportion of the negro vote. SuppOs-
ing the Southern States are entitled to ninety
members in the House of Representatives
under the increased vote, thirty negroes
should be sent, as that would be about fair
proportion to the numbers of the two races,
and out of the twenty Senators six should be
black by the same rule. Henry A. Wise has
a fine, intelligent, and faithful servant, who
should be sent from the Old Dominion to sit by
the side of Mr.. Sumner in the Senate; and that
negro lIlGDCl VI WlOIl w dut Ddlllp pJOI SpOh6
so pathetically-a noble fellow, evidently
might be seated by Wilson, Chandler,
Sprague, or Trumbull, and be called to the
chair occasionally by Ben. Wade, the President
of the Senate. This is practicable, reasonable,
and fair, and would only be carrying out the
theories already established. True, the smell
of the negroes might be unpleasant to the
dainty Northern Senators and members; but
the Southerners would not find it so; they
could have no objection to black colleagues on
that score; for, as Yancey once said, the smell
was perfume to Southerners. By all means
let the South carry out the theories of the
radicals to their logical results by sending
both negro Representatives and Senators to
Congress. 1t would create an extraordinary
fermentation and reaction in the North un-
doubtedly; but what of that The principle
is the thing. Perish everything rather than
sacrifice principle. In whatever point of view
we look at the movements now going on in
the South, and at the position of parties with
regard to the issues that have been raised we
foresee that remarkable changes must take
! place. We advise the SOutherners to use the
! power the radicals have placed in their hands
and bring the revolution to its logical end.
The Democracy and the South,
From The Times.
| The World has undertaken a difficult task
1t has undertaken to prove that the Demo
cratic party discountenanced secession anC
adhered steadtastly to the cause of the Union
and yet that that party may confidently rely
upon the support of the South when it shal
have been reinvested with political power
In other words, the World essays to prov,
that the Democracy may calculate upor
Southern support because of its antecedents
and at the same time may claim Northern