Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-11-22

-ated to the purposes Of treason, and
not one who has not violated an oath o.
allegiance to the United States.
"But the difranehised have all the
brains, education and respeCtability."
Suppose this is true: what sort of use
haye these men made of these advan-
tages ? And Judging by the use they
have made Of them in the past what
sort of use, with like opportunities, I
would they be likely to make OF them
in the futurs2 Talent is a good thing, !
education is a good thing, respectability /
is a good thing, especially when these
are not doubtful qualities, but they are 4
not the only elements Of national safe /
" or strength, and we are apt TO be sus-
picious of the honesty as well as modes
ty Of any Individual or set Of indtvid- !
uals who make an exclusive claim ts /
them A little learning is sometimes /
a dangerous thing, and when a /
man is fully convinced that he has
all the education and all the brains and /
responsibility at the same time, nine
chances to ten he viii be q dangerous
character. He VIII be man of mar
veIous virtue if he makes the best and
wisest use Of his supposed advantages. /
We would not depreeiate the value Of
education, would to Heaven We had
more Of it; but whether in individual
cases it is a good thing for the country
depends chiefly On the use that viii be
made of it, An educated and honest
patriot is a jewel in any nations crown;
but an ignorant and humble though
honest patriot is OF far more value to his
country than an educated polished and
starchy traitor.
As for responsibility, these Southern
gentlemen are no doubt very respect
able-in their own estimation. But
they won't look well in history. After
they are dead, the martyred spirits Of
Andersonville and Libby viii speak
against them with tongues of dreadful
reproach. Once We had profound re-
gard for this peruked, peri-wigged and
pampered respectabiIity Of ancient
sIavedom, but the terrible experiences
Of the war, we have hoped, have exor-
cised the nation from this silly phan-
! tasy. How it was regarded in wartime is
/ illustrated by story related to US by an
/ officer of Gen. Buffers staff. An ancient
! Virginian, Of the most orthodox f. f. V.
/ aristocracy, was summarily brought be-
/ fore the General at Fortress Monroe for
/ some grave act ofyeTy doubtful patriot
/ ism. The venerable scion Of ehiva1ry,
standing very erect, aecosted the Gsner-
/ al with: ,tI want yoa, General Butler,
sIr, TO understand, sir, that I am a Yir-
I ginian, sir, belonging to one Of the first
I families, sir, of this noble State sir. -
Butler heard him through, then spring
ing to his feet, his eyes darting fire, ex-
claimed; want you, sir to under
stand that the first families Of Virginia
were convicts from Botany Bay and
courtezans from London" The grave
old respectable wiIted into chair and
sat aghast with mouth open and hands
spread, but unable 10 say a word.
There are several things these South
ern aristocrats must get over, and the
1 sooner they do it the better for them
4 and the country. They must get over
Z the infatuated idea that they are the
salt of the earth, and of this part of the
/ vineyard in particular. They must get
over the idea Of having a lot Of cringing
serfs about them to perform every little
Office and save their hands from the
stain of labor. Their young men must
/ dispense with the fancy that it is vulgar
to work, and that it is more honorable
to spend life in idleness and dissipation
than IN honest toll. They must get over
the idea that the Northern people are
/ ali a set Of doughfaces, plant to their
Il 4 4
demand, reasonable or unreasonable
There are doughfaces enough yet, to be
sure, but, thank Heaven, not so many
as there were seven years ago. They
must get over the idea that they are
the only gentlemen in the land, and
all others are ''white trash, - ''niggers, -
/ ''mudsills, y and Northern mechanics y
They must get over the idea that they
are absolutely Indispensable to this
nation, and that it cannot get along
without them.
There is doubtless too much ignorance
in the South, especially among the late
slave population but the great
pressing need there just now is a spirit
of submission to the authority of the
United States and of acceptance OF the
/ results of the war. Ignorance we dep
| reeate, aud-ve wish it were possible to
exclude it impartialIy and universally
from control IN the government. But
it lily becomes a party which governs
one-third of the great cities ofthis Union
by an ignorant jabbering mob, to re-
| proach Southern Republicans on ac-
/ count of ignorance, and it is of more
importance to place political power in
the hands of men friendly to the gov
ernment, whether educated or not, than
in the hands of educated men unfriend-
/ ly to it.
As for the leading rebels, we would be
glad to see the number disfranchised
made as small as possible, and would
/ hail the day when without peril or dis
honor to the nation all might, by con-
sent of the majority, be ad mitted to the
right of voting and holding Office in the
States. But never could we allow it on
the ground of the preposterous claim
/ set up by leading rebels, that their ser
vices are absolutely necessary to good
| government in the South. Past exper-
/ ience does not corr0bOrate any such a
/ supposition or present necessity support
any such claim. The privilege of lead
/ ing rebels to vote and hold Office is now
just ereitOughtto to be, ,heldin allegiance
of the will Of the people as expressed
/ through their representatives in Con-
gress. Lett remain there, and whenever
these men shall, byneritorious condu ct
have atoned for their past unfaithfal
ness, and proven their fitness to re-
assume the honors, trusts and response
bilIties Of Office, let their disa abilities be
promptly removed. This is in accord
ance with the experience Of all other
civilized nations in similar cases, and
is moreover in accordance with the die
tates of justice, Of national safety, and
of common sense.
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