The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-04
The Unreconstrncted Element =

Since The publication Of the correspondence between
the President aud Gen. Grant, it becomes the people
of the South inquire what is that unreconstfacted
element of our populations whose coansels, at var
ance with tie wishes Of the loyal masses, just now
disturbing the good understanding between these high
officials Gen Sheriians removal, in the opinion OF
his senior officer determined by these counses 1t
/ is probable Gen. Sckcs is also indebted to them for a
change Of base Nay, more; they 50 potent, Gen.
Grant himself may ask to be relieved Of a response
blty that is burthen upon his conscience and retire
from the War Office. Who knows but that the mmor-
Gal Stanton stabbed by the unreconsruted" as
sassins! Now, in the Of all the gods at once
who are they? Confederate soldiers? No; for there
is the testimony of all authority that these
faithful to their paroestha they have quiet
y returned TO their old pursuits, and using their
best cndeavcrs to make an honest living for themselves
and families. Are they the Confederate victims of the
cradle and the grave who were forced from their
homes to fill up the last ditch? Why it is notorious
that these patriots Of the "slppered pantaoon were
the frstto accept the situation" in coed fiith-the
first to advise the acceptance Of the military bills, the
first and foremost to seat dirt" to avoid confscaton,
which they never can mention without first wipng
the tears from their eyes. Why, they counsel only
from their fears of confscation: they and their Sc
niors-tbose who remained home to take care Of the
women and children. Surely these old not
giving any trouble WHO, then can it be? The heroes
of the cradle, and their younger brothers, perhaps :?
The country will hardly believe that these nnocents
could disturb the harmonious relations between Cen
Grant and the President
Now this enumeration embraces the entire popula-
ton, who took up arms against the Union who gave
aid and comfort-except the women. They, then,
if we look to late military distinctions of persons
must be the disturbing, unreconsructed element"
spoken Of Aud, however much any misunderstood
ing between the President and Gen Grant is to be re-
GREETED, the publication of the correspondence no
longer be matter Of regret; nag, it fortunate,
fortunate for the women fortunate for US and fcrtu
nate for the whole country, since it discovers and
veas truth the men Of the South had entirely
looked Heretofore we could plead the blindness of
affection, but we can shut eyes to the fact no lon
ger. Let Us then address ourselves to the duty,
nor cease our efforts until the great work Of recon
sructlon eliminates in the grand climacterc Of bring
ing afcctionete bat lately deludea women within
the cm5rate'of a "more perfect Union"
Bat, in all seriousness, what is the meaning Of this
new term? We are not disposed to find fault with
Gen. Grant. As belligerent enemy, during the war;
it is due to him to acknowledge tina. he treated al
ways with more maguanimity and with more gcneros
ity than any commanding general of the Federal army,
except, perhaps, Mcclellan In his final report, he
briefly bat gaantly paid high tribute to the heroic
qualities Of our armies; and since that day has exhib
tied petty niagnity whatever to his crrng country
of the South. In truth, we believe Gen Grant is
wholly free from that spiteu meanness which charac
terises such men Butler and Logan, and free
to admit that if any Radical nominee to be the next
President, Gen Grant, such noni:,ee, would be the
least Objectionable man to us.
When man of his habitual reticcnce, however, de-
parts from his usual monumental immobility" to APP
pear in print, reminding the President that this is
republic, and demonstrating against the renewal Of a
military comnandant as against the wishes of the
"loya masses" and the result of the counses of an
" unreconstruccd eement"-and especially when is
apparent that this term NOT be applied to any par
tcuaT'cf&ss Of persons known as rebels-it is high
time for Us to pause and think. Whether this rclnon-
STRANGE bid forRadical support we shall not
consider, for with the motives Of Gen. Grant we have
nothing to do. Wevicw him only as a public officer,
and are alone concerned about his public acts. We
accept then the fact, as true, that there is
sructcd clement in the South, butwe deny that it is
confined to any class of persons. There is not soil
tary man from the Potomac to the Rio (1randc whose
opinion is worth peck of refuse wheat" who can or
does approve of the Congressional plan of reconstruct
w., ho1;o ~,
That all government derives its just powers from the
consent Of the governed, and that taxation without
representation is tyranny that the military ought to
be subordinate to the civil power; that suffrage be-
longs Of right to State sovereignty and that the at
tempt to Arcansc the South is not only an insult to
ls, but an outrage upon the white race.
We, therefore, not endorse tie military bills for
hey violate all these fundamental DOCTRINES and will
ntlict upon this humiliation. In this sense and in
no other, the entire Ango-Saxon of the South
constitutes the unrcconstructed clement.
YELLOW FEvER.-At last accounts this scourge was
aging with undated virulcnce all along the Texas
coast. At Corpus Christi, Iudianola, Galveston and
New Iberia it has been very severe, than dcci-
mating the population. 1t has reached New Orleans,
)ut the press informs not in epidemic form. The
lcaths from yellow fever in that city for the week
ndiRg last Friday were hundred and twenty five
+ we recoect rightitis not considered epidemic in
[ew Orleans until the number of deaths equal that
all other diseases Quarantine is still rgidly en-
creed at New Orleans the ground that the fever
of a mild type and easily managed, while that rag
ng along the coast is very vrulent and rot easily
ured. We have not heard of any cases on the Mis-
issippi coast above New Orleans
New SroCK.-That enterprising merchant John G.
Ilstncr, who holds forth the corner of the Levce
nd Milan street, and who by the way, has been
making large purchases at the West and North, has