The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-08-22
WEAT SunNLn RE HONE.

1t has been misfortune during the
past few years that our public men
cou'd not see further into the real designs
of the enemies of our Government This
blindness, accompanied by a desire to
treat with lehieney nien who openly assert
that they fought to overthrow the gov
ernment and would do more if -opportu-
nifty offered, has, and still continues to
be great drawback to reconstruction.
1t will be remembered that when Grant
captured the rebel forces under Lee his
first business was to secure the arms and
ammunition of said forces Grant knew
what damage those muskets and that ar
tillery could do, and he stipulated to pa
role his prisoners only ON the ground that
their arms should first be turned over to
his officers. This was his duty; had he
done less the whole country would have
raised such breeze that he would have
been glad to retire from public gaze. If
man surprises and overpowers the mid
fully armed with the intent to take life,
he would not be very likely to tell the
burglar that he could go scot free and
take his weapons with him. If he did
not kill him on the spot, as he certainly
would be justified in doing, he would at
! least remand him to prison where the
/ law could have its full course. Now what
| has been the course Of our government
! towards those armed with deadly malice
+ and revengeiul spirits; has it sought to
/ extract the venomous fangs of the vipers
/ that go kissing and singing through a
large portion of the land :? Not by any
means. To-day southern rebels-they
are as much rebels now as when they first
| fred IN Fort Sumpter-are permitted IL
! spout their treason in private and in pub
| lie, il their correspondence and in then
| news papers, as freely as during the war
| This is their stock in trade Deprive
these rebel incendiary demagogues OF
! their power and quiet will reign, allow
| them to 60 on and how long will 1t be ert
| the nation viii again be in flames? This
is no time for pariey. action is called fon
! quick and decisive We are glad to see
one man has had his eyes opened TO the
danger ahead. Gen, Pope has written a
letter to Gen. Grant, in regard to the
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Alabama, in which he states that salts
factory Reconstruction is hopeless olone
as such men as B. H. Hill are allowed to
/ prowl about the country. He expresses
the opinion that they should be removed
from the South. His exact language is
is follows: @ 7 10 II
1T is however my duty to state that
in my Judgment the condition Of affairs
/ in the Southern States, even should re-
I construction be satisfactorily accomplish
ed. will OF necessity he a reproductions IN
a more or less modified degree, of villa,
now exists In Tennessee. unless some
measures are adopted to free the conn
tyof Hie di<ioyot and tuTbuteat leadeJ-s
I OF the rocttoRG,y pGrtg. While these
Z. persons remain in the country to exer-
else the lawful influence which they un-
! douDtedly posses, there can be no peace
It would seem wise to adopt what
measures are praciieai To- rea,ot'e from u,c
/ States ia process.oJ reconstruction the con
scs ,chich nosc eactaager ioyal gorermmeat
~ Tennessee.
/ is better the country should know
the truth on this subject now than rur
The risk of learning hereafter that IN ir-
reparab!e mistake had been made in the
plan aud execution of the Reconstructioi
| Act