The New York herald., 1867-04-20
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PROGRESS or RECONSTRUCTION.
4. SOCIAL coADrlon OF THE PEOPLE.
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s doss not exist st this time In The Southern States
more than miserable remnant Of . faction who
dream Il rebellion = still in the list OF possibilities
Ana yet ths h IN assertion which We unhesitatnsly
zaks iaths psussass a uultisuds cs incontrover.
aIhs fssls whicA havs come anAer psrsonal OBJ
svaaioa, have been fuSnshsd ~ By eredible wit.
nsases In eli parts of the South, - IN assertions
nsrsovsr, that W aze warsntsd In making without
shis dFsct ssstnso6y, ~ " have pssssd through
Fsyelstsa and rsvolufouS Do ncs Lave Ideas where
tAsy fsund shsm 10 t,k u reosls ~ tAiz late day.
= any snch sxiasa a. e. The beginning Of ne war;
strange may seam, 70 ignore The order Of events
- b guilty OF anachrons and 70 Be dead to the ter
Sssls realities of the Avs yeaTs connic 20 recently
bveu6ht 10 . closa uri wci1 tat& eNf t
rhs war more complete upsstsr Of ideas and in
stuticns than are, at nrst, inclined 70 believe II
did what the most far-sghtsd mover expected Of IT,
There in its train host Of necessities that
- ssksd fs ~ the outset Motives that potent
~ tho outbreak of erebsion gave place 70 others at
~ close which entirely changed the attitude of the two
hostis parties towards each other The school,
ana mon learned s1essons What settled purpose
at ihs beginning was not considered desirable At the end
What was srenuousy defended against assault was not
thought worth rssonsructing aftsr had been de-
molished In this changed state Of tho general feeling
ws are prepared TO find that the spirit Of the old rebel
Hon longer exists In fact careful observer taking
snS = 4 II
dlced that there ID no possibility Of return TO old
aelusions Men utter II is true sentiments hostile 70
sTuction, Of the States, but these uiterances are
% ovaraby accompanied Dbv admissions and quail.
variance With the designs Of Congress- that their whole
meaning s changed, and they who make them finish by
showing themselvesto % be what through some pervers
~, they start by denying they be. We enter
INTO conversation with man, and for moment think
hero an example q last Of unrepentant rebel but
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prefesons he u found no longer faithful TO the old
cause That js dead, and completely gone from his
OF the patriotic defender Of the Union Practically he
ranged the side Of reconstruction and though he may
y e keep himself & n counssnancs a by pretending g
fate he not only accepts the situation but actually puts
his hand 70 the work OF reconstruction. It every
DAY, easy matter confronting such with their old
protsssons, and bringing them TO unwilling oonfes
on that What was their meat tAen has turned their
slavery, the cssrishsa institution, for which they
found defence in Holy Writ has in its downfall shown
= msny evidences q mpenecton ana decay that its
os space without repnng II there is any expressed
vsh % have lis bissinss rsaswsd " s more through
ss labor i saa shssps9 uUw
~ win admit n - esn only gst ohincs % talk
e. s ssa "a s' .ss ansSs
e e r. The vsS .e9Ssn
particular advantage with either was rather choice
- d1Gadvantages falling 70 the LOT OF the save-oWpeL
Nobody has any wish 70 return 70 this seatc
Of affairs The present promises much better
10 b sure .'ihe poor negro vas happier
sSs ssrs 5 no. 70 that o the White man. at
Sin the South and Sambo mus consent 70 be free
N id md : fact e. and md win IN i has gone multitude
or other peculiar noons which made up the cause for
. ne so n e = n .SS
and has sadly dwndIed from what was IN the glorious
days Of Calhoun There Is little lsf in fact to keep
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pride and mortincation that the regime TO which
they must ef nsoesty conform was not conception Of
ron Of the press TO this there some slack allegiance
growing stacker every hour Doleful complaints Of out
1ssSsm ' Wecp insy tsars over the shameful desor.
don Pratng about the constitution 10 its last shift
II y theme worn threadbare TO noble minds It s
= ahsurdisy. The weak alone are moved BY IL,
and even they readily give way before the first appeal
70 their reason In fact the assertion Of rights under
the constitution is the aimsest Of pretexts and Is
aSs la hey long ago made away With them BY their
"ov v0ursa Ts 4 scusn and Il an thai has
never been answered either by indvidusis or oy the
press TO those who win heed the signs Of the times
Shere II abundant evidences that there s no longer any
thing Of the Of the old rebeious spirit existing
eeperally or extensivcly in the South Tho war has
merely queiled an insunsction-it has accomplished
ysvolution Old things have passed away all things nave
has ps down ~ n oS sne sne
changed the mental direction and purposes Of those who
fought for Il and Of those who crushed ~ out Botn
beaercnts have come It's allchanging influence
and one moro than the other Is nov identified
with he ideas Of the past. Both have outgowr
Shsn. and ens = much % the other belongs "a
the new. order ef things. Neither can claim
Ahs plan - originating with himself: There was NJ
plan out Of the intsliigsnce that ruleth a thin9a
vss development Where thc -strucsure " good they
Who wrought - i builded better than they knew
where evil was prepared, Il has beon Overruled 70
rood Mem are better satisfied with 20 than ~ they
had designed Look for the ideas that made secession
in the South in 1884, and You will look in vain Seces
mon Is dead slavery IL dead rebellion Is dead and TO
day the whole Southern people, whatever they maj
profess-uniunist conservative, some time rebe-sre
III intsnss and purposes reconstructionisss
Let the prsss rave; It's occupation in these matters
well nish eoue-s advice Of iittlo avail Let fev
pSetsnd v b hostile 70 the law Of Congress; thei
practice 10 better than their professions Every ON
fssls he Is not ready confess H. that great revc
iution has como over the nation, and his ndivdua
purposcs been nothing before the mighty Will
shis great destroyer and reconstructor.
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