The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-12

loves American ideas, and believes in the Ame'
rican people. 1 took off my hat to his rather
uply portrait when first saw it on the walls of
the Union League in New York But good
man NAV give bad advice. The Count adds his
voice TO the cry for a general amnesty. 1t is an
easy thing TO pardon wrongs which are done,
not to ourselves, but to other people. 1t Is a
French philanthropy that pardons the South for
wropging the negro. If, instead, the South
we're at this moment shooting down trencn-
men, burning their school-houses, and stealing
their children, Count Gasparin would probably
not ask tor an amnesty to the South.
1t is dlthcult to make d foreigner believe thaG
a rebellion in the interest OF human shaVery-h
rebellion ins .igated by the three combined lusts
of power, OF greed, and of pgssiOn-a rebellion
whose atroCiues have been paralleltd q only by
the warfare of Indian sayaees-a rebellion suO'
dued on the field, but still raging in Southern
mems breasts; il is difficult, l say, to make even
one Of the most intelligent of foreigners, like
Count Gasparin, believe that such rebellion Is
the work of an ordinary enemy, who is to be
dealt with by ordinary means, and trusted on
ordinary terms.
The South, when accustomed to rule, pat
termed her public conduct after that Of her most
tyrannous slave-masters-rullng royalty, brook
ing no opposition, and playing the OppressOr
grandly. But the South forced to obey, copies
the conduct OF her most vicious slaves-ieign-
ing q sUbmissiveness, practising deceit OF
loyalty as mask tor treason, and pretending
10 be at peace while vet plotting war.
An amnesty to the South, which shall invest
her with her old political prerogatiyes, which
shall give her an equal voice with the North in
the government or the Union, and which shalt
leave in her hands her old opportunity to op-
press the negro, would met the OpDrObium OF
the civilized world. Nevertheless, the radical
party, in demanding justice 10 the negro, de-
mands no injustice to the white man.
/ am acquainted with nearly all the repre-
sentative radical men OF the North-acquaintcd,
also with the public views and utteranCes--
and | sneak blD DCuO0g when | that the
radical party, as distinguished from its sur
rounding rIDd of the Republican party, has
been in favor of lenIent rather ihn OF severe
terms in settling with the Rebellion. The
radical party holds, with MaCaJlay that after a
great rebellion, a wise, victorious, and humane
Government viii pardon the many and punish
the few. And even IN Furnishing the few, what
shall be the punishment? Death? The radical
party asks for no drop of blood. COndscatiOn?
It begrUdges no man his property. Exile? 1t
bears too little lll-Wl TO foreign nations to CX-
patriate American Tenegades to foreign shores.
What then? 1t demands that the ring
leaders OF the Rebellion shall be deprived OF
the power OF casting ballot and OF holding an
office. In New York State, even pickpocAet
who steals fifteen collars, and goes to jail, can
never afterwards, on coming out, go to the
ballOt-DoX or run for an office. Is treason
less CRIME than petty larceny? The radical
party, therefore, demands that the men who
lately lifted their hands to destroy this
nation shall not now be invited to govern 1t.
To this end it demands that the test-oath, like
-
Federal Capitol apainst the intrusion of traitors.
1t demands that Andrew Johnsons usurping
state Governments shall be displaced by legal
and valid legislatures. It demands that a
Southern black man shall not fare worse for
being loyalst than Southern white man tor
being traitor
Al these demands may be very unreasonable,
very cruel, and very unmagnarimous-neVe
theless, they are made; nor should they be
abated.
Count Gasparin speaks against the Constitu-
tionaI amendment am glad ne dislkes Il.
The radical party shares this repugnanCe. "It
has always appeared to me- says he, ''thGt, fOr
the first time, to sanction by on article of the
Constitution a distinction founded on color is
tog give a strange conclusion to a victory of the
NOrth.' These are wise words The EydeDca-
dent re-eChoes them. Opposed 90 the Cons ,itu-
hOnal amendment from the beginning, this
journal will oppose it to the end The amend
ment commits the political fate Of the negro to
the bands OF the Rebel. This is an act of moral
delinquency OF VIII ch the North ought not to he
guilty. Count Gasparin has clear moral percep-
tions and sees that under the Constitutional
amendment, as under the Old regime OF slavery,
the negro must submit his neck to the oppres-
sor'5 heel.
But Count Gaspario, in asking for the admis-
sion OF the Southern States does not know their
temper. law is one thing; its Observance
another. The Count thinks that under a law Of
impartial suffrage, we could afford to admit the
South. But what reverence does the South
show for any law enacted in the interest OF The
negro or the North? For instance, there has
always been a Constitutional provision guaran-
teeing freedom OF speech and OF the press IN all
parts oil the United States. But OF what validity
has this provision been in the Southern states I?
Has it protec ed a Northern man in the utter
0nce Of bis opinions? Tnle is moreover, a Con-
stltuUona an endment which forever prohibits
slavery in the United States. And yet, have not
negroes lately been sold as slaves in Maryland
by order Of the courts? Would the Count like
to know under what preteXt they were sold
The phlaseology OF the prohlbltory amendment
erCept as pUniStnleAt for CTjHte.' negro com
mis a CTme-steals a chicken, perhaps, or
shows his dusky skin and preCends to be a
human being, which is crime enough in Mary
land-and he Is sold 10y the courts into invOlun-
tary serVitude, Now, are Rebels, who reCommit
the ancient Outrages OF the slave-market upon
loyalsts, 10 be rewarded tor their barbarity by
an act OF amnesty?
The last number of The Memphis Aoalancte
publishes ''black list" of such OF the business
men Of that City q were opposed to the Rebel
lion, commenting th4s;-NrIoin tnls Ime
henCeiOGth and forever, let every true Southern
man who was an eX-RCbel, or whose son,
brother, father, or cousin was one-let HIN
avoid the business firm OF -" (then follows
the list). The journal then adds, "Henceiorth
they are famous. Smallpox or Tarantula
Either will answer Now does Count Gasparu
propose to offer TO the Memphis AUaldRChe an
act of amnesiY?
North Carolina is said to have been. and to bC
now, the least rebellous of the Rebel States
But what is the loyalty of North Carolina? Thi
Wilmington Dispatch threatens another rebel
lion "Already," ii says, 1.-The Southern people
have given evidence of thclrcapGcitya AS soldiers
With the North united against them, many o
their own people against them, no organized
government 70 commence with, no army, M
navy, 10 resources, nothing 10 COalesCe then
but a principle, and on that thousands refusing
to stand, they kept up an uneven contest for m
dependence tor four years with yalor uney
ampled, a toTutude unparalleled, aud determ
nation UneXcelled. In this approaching con
conflict there VIII be IL Congress- al