New-York tribune., 1867-10-10

SIR: Several days absence from the city, and
business engagements have prevented earlier ac.
knowleGgnent of your courtesy, In publishing my letter
Of the 9th ut respectfully ask place III your columns
for reply.
very desirable that understanding between
the Northern and Southern people should De brought
about. This be done only through the Press which
your beraity. i'm this instance, tends 10 promote. Per
haps each section misunderstands the other. In the
North the South supposed to be eon'umaco ana un-
the Union In the south. the North is regarded
the Constitution, and determined to impose
terms of reconstruction that are degrading and
despOtc may be that mutual mscOneeption exists,
and viewing each other through the media OF passion ana
prejudice, the obstacles to harmonious and good under
standing greatly magnihed If they could, "a It
were be brought face TO face and consider the OF
disagreement and discomfort in the spirit of candor and
concilation who say that some common ground Of
agreement satisfactory both might be discovered
1t is in this temper that again trespass npon
your kind ndul lgence.
The quarrel between the two sections has been bitter
since the war the fierce while It ragged Sure
ly this ought to be The fight having ceased the
quarrel shoud cease The vanquished entitled TO
magnanlmity and Justice, and the victorious afford to
practice these noble virtues That has decreed that
shall live together under the same Nag We are the
successors OF common political ancestry; we have
interest in the memory OF our past career we
are inevitably linked to common destiny For what
shall be the fate Of the South Will finally be the rate
OF the North SO long continue TO be one people
under Government its blessings or its curses will t
aty he distributed throughout the entire extent Of
territorial limits The North cannot permanently enjoy
more liberty than the South, ard the misguided p0hy
at the North will finally result in the overthrow OF the
Constitution and end in despotism The cancer tat al
pears smallest extremity, may eonfne itself 10 the
point of its attack for many years but II will yitiae the
blood and at last produce death The Nort in its pow
err may force policy upon the desOated overpowered
and almost desparng SOUTH ii may dictate 10 us state
Governments repugnant to the wishes ana sentchso OF
the great majority OF her Intelligent people; may en-
throne the In the position or superiority ana
dominion the white by the power of the Dayonet
may open the doors OF Federal LEGISLATION 10 menDers
who Will represent ignorance and depnyy ana ca tls
reconstruction OF the Union. But fear viii be merely
crusttng over the smothefed hfes OF the Nocah Agc
sion relents; its appetite Is never satlaed ana
when it has rvetcd chains upon and has nothing more
do think you it Will pause in its march return to the
track of wisdom, Justice. and moderauoni NOT unless
human is changed unless All history is fable
not unless tne pmiosoplcal lelatOh pe"eeH c9 % % nu
effect has ceased. Aggression II never ~ rest untl IKE
Alexander, it has accomplished its schemes OF aSgran-
disement; and then, Ike Alexander 1t weeps because
there other field for conquest Ihe only saicty Is Ia
arresting it, If possible in the beginning
While thus chaIacteille the I9hey oI i
which Is being iiercely pressed, as aggressive shal
OF bad staesmanshp Iprotest against
them oppressive and unconstitutional whether 50 de
goreynDenL plead for constitutional rights for the
equality of the states for non OF consen-no OF force
In my letter OF the 9th ult, called the ten states IN
der Military Government, prescribed SdteS fOn take
me up that. Well, suppose used the wrong terms,
that prove they not entitled 70 segoVernncntf
Does it show they should be put under negro dominion at
the point Of the bayonet According to american IDEAS
| people, and its disregard Is tyranny -
But think designated them "he ,en p0s9dSSe@ ps;dS
but that their misrepresentation IN Congress is telr yo
untary act because they went out their own mo-
ton" II true they attempted 70 go ont but the North
said they should not and maintained their resolve D he
sword Hence these states were never OUT 9i 'c @ uom
Of taxation passed during the war; are being enforced
The Federal judiciary Is IegIy SrgIee tSase s se
They formally called upOn as States OF the Om0n 10
ratify proposed amendments OF the Constitution Ther
| ia "A single
Secession down to the passage OF the Military Supplement-
ary bill which does recognize them States ia he
In an early stage of the war; Congress, almost unani-
mously adopted the following resolution;
That this not wag'd on our part ia any sPih OF
oppression nor for any purpoe o. eolatt or 1r @ m % n
defend and maintain The sapnl Of The
rights Of nnimplre that these objects are
accomp shel the ought to cease
From all this appears that the waged TO main
tain the supremacy Of e ConsttaCi' dtd 10 Precre re
Uuion. rim al ne dgay eagal ana rgi q IN, Ms
the Northern standpoint land surely by that yon are
willing to be bound Congress Is eSI3ppeI ron G'ny1s M
Union, they entitled to representation in Congress IN
obedience TO the Constitution Being refused tins right
| are they not "prOscrbedF
| Your second comment is upon my use Of the teIma
"Southern prope" and you say the shows thar
l regard the whites only as constituting the people"
on the contrary, you say you contemplate the whole
people OF the south white and black. and Insist that
the rights and well-bong OF them all should be cared
for this point there Is no disagreement between us
We differ as 10 the mode in which this shall be done.
You say must be done according 10 the Congressional
scheme OF reconstruction. object to this scheme,
l. is unconstitutional. and admitted TO be so
H. Because it is in direct conflict with the resolution
just above quoted 1t proceeds upon the ldea that ths
ten prescribed states are conquered states whereas at
resolution says the war was not wSsed Tor conquest or
sublugltion" IL ONerthr0Ws ana lntelieies Mt the
rights and established institutions OF the staeS where,
according TO that resolution inc war Mts pioseeuu
and rights of the States" whereas, that resolution de-
c4TeS that the war was MaggS oc 70 NH he r. not 40
intended to place these states under the dominion OF the
negro race that however desirable IL Is TO have tue
"wellbeng" OF All the people white ana @ nieh c,Go %
for" IL Will place the white people 40 the mercy OF hc
black, who being instructed that the latter nave
grievances to avenge against the former In ioguage,
You embrace "the whole people, white and black IN
ing the CONGRESSIONAL scheme IL seems that the well
| being" OF the whites is dsregarded
" Because it based on the assumption tnat Congrea
has the power dictate to these states that er Cohs
tutions shall contain certain pr0vsons lgoklnS eAd
sivey 10 the enfrancsemen of the black race and Ia
exercise supervision the action of the people oi
these states when assembled IN primary convention 10
e Because the principle which alone could justify sucb
Senae existence OF the States, clothed with the nher
ent rights of selfgoyernment, aud converts our Coned
crate system into vast consolidation II j. true, tbo
scheme on its face gives the option 10 accept or reject
But we are distinctly informed that unless we accept It,
| and more general acknowledgements -, -,
Your third comment, being personal anlmi9verson ,,
unon nv course, deserves u few reflections. repeat
what SAID in my letter OF the 9Th ut, that never ~
my whole e cherished sentiment OF ad a et , ol 'l
territorial hostility to the COnsitutIobol t on'u
or TO the Union Of the states based upon H. aeeOldhS
! my opinion or lis spirit ana htdhh- VIZ
von remark that repudatcd the authority OF the Fed
sral Constitution, and waged long and Doody war TO
dsrupt the Union This respectfully but emphatcay
deny Though believing In the right of state to seeede
VET opposcd the secession OF Georgia, 10 the utmost O
my feeble ability, and voted against H. b the CohFe"m
Ills true signed the ordinance after 10 was passed I'D
conformity TO a resolution, requesting that II DC sSr"
Inv an the delegates. But my signature gave u no add
tiona validity 10 the act O the Convention WthouL
H. If my signature had been necessary To make Fand
never wonld have signed IT, But signed IL. to gave az
much moral power the action of the state a. possible
i'm the hope that it light diminish the prohablty 9i -
war for coercion As the Union disrupted, ~
was done BY the ordnance Of secession Opposing th1t
ate the Constitution Nor did wage 10 disrupt