New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-06-16

The population of the fifteen former slave
States was little over twelve millions III
1860, 0,and is nearly the same to-day. The heavy
waste of war has been made up in part by
immigration and inp part by natural increase.
Several States may have even fewer inhabit-
ants than in lS60, but Texas has many more,
and we think there has been a gain also in
Tennessee, whose two principal cities
Memphis and Nashvile-haye grown very
considerably. Assuming the present popu-
lation of those States Qncluding Kentucky,
Tennessee West Virginia, Maryland, aud
Delaware) at twelve Millions we estimate
that it may be divided politically as follows:
white unonists who never taltered QG0 M 99 9
Original unionists who became rebe S.. 2oSOOCt
Original Secesslonists now loyal 30N 9yg
Implacable Rebels. 2 OO0UO.
This last class is more noisy than numer,
Gus, and even more venomous than noisy.
1t derives power and consequence from its
partial identification with five millions who
have been rebels but are rebels no longer.
Every act done, every sentence uttered at
the North, which confounds those who have
been with those who still are rebels, is grist
to the mill of those who are at heart as
much rebels to day as they ever were, and
who are fully determined never TO be any
thing bW rebels.
This body of malignants are as ready to-
day to burn negro school-houses, insult the
female teachers therein, and assault negro
camp-meetings, as they ever were. Thcy
are the instieatOrs of New Orleans massacres
and Mobile riots. The country can have no
solid peace till they are suppressed or driv'
en- out They cannot be won over to loyal
ty, no matter by what means; but they may
be isolated, and SO exposed to discipline or
reduced to insignitcance. Whoever and
whatever tends to confound these with the
far greater number of eXrebels wrongs the
latter while strengthening the former.
The five millions of eNrebels make far
less noise than the two millions who are al
heart rebels to-day. They are hard at work
irving to earn bread for their families, re
storing their burned buildings, and doing
their utmost to efiace their hoofmarks o
ravage and confagration. We seldom heal
| from them save in the statistics of the crop
annually grown, or of houses and store;
rebuilt. Still, they are a part of tn,
| American people; and it is not wise or wei
| to confound them with the Pollards ant
| Semmeses, who aspire to speak for thu
South. They may have been comrades foul
years back; they are quite otherwise now.
| The true men of the South-those who
have reneunced as well as those who nevel
| harbored the idea of dismembering ant
| humbling the Union-need to be assured
| that their representatives will be welcomed
| to seats in Congress and their states re
| stored to selfgovernment whenever the,
shallj in good faith have fulfilled the con
| ditions prescribed in the military recon
| struction bill. To this end we again urg
that thirty to forty of the ablest and wises
Republicans in Congress be sent down +
explain the views and set forth the kindl
feelings of the great mass of the Norther
people. The result cannot fail to be benef
cent.--Nelo York Tribune.