The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-04-03
The Great settlement---What the South
From the New York Herald 9th.

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From the New York Herald 9th.
The first duty involving upon the people of the e1
Guided States is to take care of themselves and to Sc
cure their own local governments against the North
ern radicals in their work Of Reorganization In th
connection they have two difficulties confronting
them upon the threshhold-the dsfranchisement OF
considerable class of their leaders in the rebellion ahc
the general reimbursement OF their enianclpatec
blacks. Ex-Governor Brown, of Georgia, however,
dsfranchised leader III pleading for a prompt adhe
sion the terms of Congress- pleads the plea OF true
patriotism and common which should govern all
his associates. They should be content for season
to sacrifice themselves in order to restore their re-
spective States and people to the general government
and all its blessings general amnesty will then be
to follow. Next, with regard to the blacks, we
find that under the lead Of their white parson, Hunnl
cutt-a diluted second edition Of Parson BrownloR-
the colored voters Of Richmond are moving to- oil
independent black party The tendencies of this
movement to : general independent organisation OF
the blacks throughout the South, under the manage
ment of radical whites is matter OF the gravest m
porance to the ruling Southern land owning class.
They have no time to lose, if they would secure for
the future this African balance Of power. Surely the
owners of the land and the of the labor ought
at the ballot box to stand together for no greater dan
ger threaten tie future harmony OF Southern So
ciey, whites and blacks, than that OF political Or
ganisaton Of tie one race against the other. The
landowners have the laborng class within their reach,
and they should dismiss their old prejudces of sa-
yery caste and color at once and the advantages
which they possess &c gain and hold their black votes
This balance of power secured the whole work Of
State reconstruction, even in South Carolina, will be-
come simple and easy, so that by the time the Iresi-
dental election comes round with the ten rebel States
reclaimed and several new States admitted, we shall
probably have forty States participating in the contest
Meantime, the Southern press, from the Potomac to
the Rio Grande, will be pursuing the course Of wis
dom, safety, harmony and prosperity in falling IN with
the example of Governor Brown, of Georgia. ANY
other viii only prolong the presen. suf
ferings of the Southern people and to bring two
into hostile array against each other instead of bring
ing them to harmonious political understanding. At
the same time, to show that they in earnest in
this work of reorganization and that they have faith
in its speedy tuiment, the Southern press would
make decided hit in proclaming as their reunion
national ticket for 1868 the following:
For President,
GENERAL U. S. CRANE
For Vice President
GENERAL r. Z. LEE
The nomination of this ticket in the South would
operate so powerfully upon the Northern public mind
in behalf OF the general amnesty that this Fortieth
Congress, by two-thirds vote in each House. would
proclaim it, in order to ratify this Southern proposed
treaty of peace, harmony fraternity and eInion in
the names of Grant and Lee. Aud what a splendid
this would be-uniyersal harmony ST.
peradded universal liberty universal equality and
universal suffrage, Excepting Indians not taxed"
Grant for President and Lee for Vice President, and
Union and rebel soldiers from all our battleNfelds,
from the first Bull Run to Appomattox Court House,
walking, like South Carolina and Massachusetts,
i'll arm and voting the ticket of Grant and Lee.
Let the Southern newspaper press proclaim this ticket
and it will carry everything before t-reconstructon,
the negro vote, general amnesty, the next Congress
and the next Presidency.
Meantime, let hesitating Southern politicians upon
this tack CT reconstruction remember that the sword
of impeachment still hangs the head of President
Johnson and that whether it is to be withdrawn uti-
natey or brought into action will depend upon his
ase of the opportunity which Will be given him for
faithful execution of the law.