Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-04-19

Ally justice Ol LlG peace VI t40 GOAAs1
or mayor Of an incorporated town where
5he offense was committed, or by infor-
nation or indictment. The twelfth /
section gives the form of the com
plant to be made. The thirteenth /
permits the persons to whom into1i- /
eating liquors are sold to be witnesses
to prove the sale, A supplementary /
act prohibits the use Of strychnine, or
other poisonous drugs in themanufao-
sure of liquors.
ZoEGsTREEr ON RECONSTRUCTION.
Gen. James LonRstI eet, exc. S. A,
has written second letter, to the New
Orleans Times giving his views in ref
erence to the immediate duty of the
South and offering much more seBsi-
bic advice to the Southern people than
they haye received from the Conneeti-
cut COpperheads. The letter is accom-
panied by one of similar purport from
Judge J. A. Campbell formerly Of the
.. S. Supreme Court. The following
is Gen. Longstreet's letter, dated New
Orleans, April 6, 1867:
Since your publication Of my letter
many questions have reached me as TO
the prospects of our political future
and our duties at this crisis. My for
mer letter was intended TO meet all
questions, and was as much In detail as
a mere soldier should venture, il a
field entirely new to him. 1 have no
inclination, however, to avoid duties
or response bilities, whatever may be
the form in which they are presented.
. But to attempt at this time, a gen
eral discussion of the merits and de-
merits IF all matter that is thought to
be material to the subject, which ab-
sorbs our interest, would require more
time and labor than are at my dispOs
al. Besides, such discussion would
leave US Just where our armies surren-
dered. | must ask, therefore, that
those who are inclined to consider my
views will excuse the 'bluntness of
soldier.
The surrender Of the Confederate ar
mics ID 1865 involved:
81. The surrender of the claim to the
right of secession,
-. The surrender of the former po-
litical relation Of the negro.
50 The surrender OF the Southern
Confederacy.
These issues expired upon the fields
last occupied BY the Confederate ar
mics There they should have been
buried The soldier prefers to have
the sou that receives him " When he falls
cover his remains. The political ques-
tions of the war should have been burr
ed upon the fields that marked their
end. Our mosG cherished objects of
this earth. blood Of our blood, life of
our life, if not duly deposited as or
dained by an all-wise Providence, be-
comes offensive So must it be with
this dead matter. If the last funeral
rites of the Southern Coufederacy have
not been performed, let US, with due
solemnity, proceed to the discharge of
that painful duty, and let US deposit in
the same grave the agony Of our grief,
that we may the better prepare orr
selves for a return to the duties Of this
life
1T may be well to remark that our
efforts at reconstruction will be vain
unless we embark in the compromise
with the sincerity of purpose which
will command success Great deeds
are rot accomplished by the cold sup
port of Indifferent approval; they must
be built Of 'steruer staff. F" We must
apply ourselves with diligence, and
with united resolution, if we hope to
lift the darkness that threatens our
future, and secure a comfortable issue
from the difficulties that surround us.
The Fabian policy seems to be the
one most in favor among US; familiar
IL termed the system of mastery inac-
tivity.' This policy has achieved a
great notOriety from the fact that
distinguished Roman general (Fabius
Maximus) at the head of a well organ
lied and well diciplined army, by his
superior strategy and tactics, delayed
the progress of the march of the Car
thagenians, and saved Rome. That we
can assume to be in a condition to en-
ploy 'mRsterly inactivity without the
organization of a political party, or
even the organization of political
club, is beyond my understanding We
might better be likened unto the bird
that conceals its head in the sand, and
at once begins to grieYe at the danger
to its puTsueTs, who are now left alone
in the vast desert.
Before We undertake to change the
course of impending dangers, we
should endeavor to remove all obsta-
cles that may be likely to impede our
progress in the work of reconstruc-
ton. The chief of theseiis the opinion
that prevails, to some extent among
our people, that we can not DO wrong,
and that NOrtherners can not do right.
[ have no doubt but the same feelings,
with regard to themselves, may be
found among Northern people Both
sections are laboring under misappre-
tensions which they should strive to
correct. Both are subject to the frail-
ties Of human nature, and each should
extend charity if they expect it in re-
turn. Let US, then, begin to dispel the
delusIOn, and see if we can establish
our claim to greatness.
1T is now too late to go back to look |
after our. rights under the law and the |
constitution. 1t Is of no practical i'm |
portance for us to know whether we
have been deprived of these rights by 4
lawful or unlawful process. We know /
that they are gone, and that the ouly /
available law Is martial law, and the |
only right, power. The more we seek |
for law, when there is no law, the great |
is a slew process by which to recover
lost possessions; to attempt to recover
them under doubtful laws, and against
power, is futile.
''Some think that the question ofre-
5istance Is admissible in deciding our
course of action. But this is a grave
error, even If we had the power to re-
list. and a reasonable hope of success
7ul resistance. For when a people re-
sort to the violence of war, they should
be prepared to show to the world just
,ause of war. What cause can we
,laim, unless we say say that we did
lot know what we were fighting for in
he war just ended
"Our duty resolves itself into two
7ery simple propositions, viz relieve
ourselves from our present embarras-
nents by returning to our allegiance in
,ood faith, to the General Govern
1ent, under the process laid down by
congress, or seek protection under G
ONE foreign government Those who
determine to remain should speed the ]
7oTk Of reconstruction, and put our
anFaIc in mruIsks-v, -, L -.