The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-08-28
. REconsTRUcTIoN.
VIEWS ar mai. GEN. P1PE.

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LETTER TO GEN GRANT on THE e 'al yFs
6nMrTrrNe PRoMrNEI 2EBFL LEADHRs
p.nr,c.r ANON i, i, 3 IN RrcoNL
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GENERAL: 1 have the honor to send in
closed !, a newspaper containing d speech
made in this city by B. H. Hill Of this State,
late a Senator in the Rebel Congress. = This
nerson only few weeks since was pardoned
~ the President. and, in common with al
most every pardoned Rebel. this is the use
he makes Of the clemcncy Of the Govern
mont Won can readily see from the speech
itself the character of the man, who is the
representative of a large class. and the hope
Icssness Of any satisfactory reconstruction Of
the Southern States while such men retain
in1nence 5a
II has been and will continue to be my
course to hermit and encourage the widest
latitude If sneech and Of the press in this
district. consistent with the law and the
nublic neace 7 do not include among those
rbo arc rarm;tted tn exercise this latitude
&c sneech tl,e civil officers If the provisional
State Governments already prohibited by
orders from nsino any influence whatever to
datnr or d;esrafle' the peonle from taking an
active mart IN reconstructinp their State
Governments under tile Reconstruction acts.
No smell, ADVANTAGES as the use of the ma
ch;nerv If the existing State Governments
ouoht TO he or win be given to the unti.re-
construction marty. consider IL desirable
that the Goyernua1ent and the people of the
United States should thoroughly under
stand the feelings and purposes Of these lead
ing politicians. Of the South, in order that
the country NAV know the result of the
coming elections, precisely the amount of in
fiuence possessed BY these men, and the kind
and extent of legislation required to counter
act its balefnl effects. In my opinion no re-
construction can be satisfactory or at all re-
liable as to future results unless these men
are permitted to discuss openly and accord
ing to their nature the issuses presented. IF
thew still retain influence enough with the
masses of the whites at the South to enable
them by active efforts to defeat resconstruc-
ton under the late acts of Coneress,it is bet
ter that fine country should know it before
than alter tie readmission of the Southern
States into the Union. 1t would not be diff
1ticult to find, in the violent speeches of such
men. abundant cause for silencing them; but
reconstruction accomplished in this manner
would be no index Of the public sentiment.
and might, and probably would, result after
n wear or two IN a relapse of the people into
the same condition of bondage to these
leaders that would lead necessarily to n re-
nrodnction1 Of the same condition of things
which demanded the passage of the Recon-
struction acts
Itis better that the battle should be
ffonoht ont now and onenly. IF the neople
If these States have the common sense
md tba manhood tn withstand the influence
IF the secession marty. and Of the noliticaI
leaders who have lonc controlled them. who
have led them into their present desperate
condition and who seek to plunge them
e st;I' doene n into s m;sfortnne and If thev
orove ahla and WILLING IN reconstruct their
s sos aorsrn,aents mon the onlv true min
c;rles of government. in defiance of leaders
and aoa;nst active opposition. there will be
good eround for hone that reconstruction
will he SATISFACTORY and permanent. IF thew
cannot do this it NAV well become a ques-
. ton whether reconstruction on an7 reason
able terms as possible so long as these unre-
pentant and reactionary political leaders are
suffered to remain in this country. It is
better that the country should know the
truth on this subject now than run the risk
Of learning hereafter that an irreparable mis-
take has becn made In the nlan and execu-
flor, of the Recommendation acts -s-I
+ need scarcely reneat that reconstruction
IN he in the shirt of the acts of CONGRESS-
and 70 be nermanent mnst be the act If the
,,oo,,lo tber,sevao after tha. fn,lest nd freest
5;snnss;on' Divorces hos done yr;salu in on
sh1;nr thor, ~ ,,,ole tb;o t;,,ht hH d;sf,on.
, cb;s;pc the iead;na rebels and at least ms
~ - ;r,,,oss;hIa e. thar,, =, vote nv hoid
49, II .ro,,ld bo,o haa,, s+;,, hott.r 20 ~,
toroa +,,a,r ,orn,onon. .hsonoo tron, tha conn
.rr s Tha narannaI ;nfnenca .' 4hon n;aht
IL. ~ 49, 1870 &c .tn, ,,,a.o 49,: .hs,.,
sa,,-ss : th,,s .,raatl, rsaaIanad ond than
rcod - Jscus. ;ssros a,d ~ a,,naoI ~
n nv - fs.,;nr n tbo;r o,., fardr THO
psn,a - th,,s .a eraar tha,, 81 ~ o,,o ,,aro
b etr - ohaosa tho;r n,r, nand;3atos and
ara farood 80 It'll Gov than,so,ros =, t dn
ha,a 49, h;tbartn dona y ~.'ss' - wy
~ 80 :, -. -. 2
% iai ainuui oeinS winning " see .he us
llanelllsgo GRASSES reieveo ilem pol!lcal aisT
apiiisy, consloel THESE uisira.chis.ns clau,
~ y lne acss 70 oe among tiiels wlses. ana
other gond fhan to rel;eve tbe neo;,le from
tbe ;ncnbI,s of the did nol;t;c 81 leaders
thov 10 - acconri;sb al pa,o,,,. 5lo Sars;eo
r. i moi donhted that MANY worthy and
now loyal men who could be safely trusted
are disfranchised by these clauses Of the mil
itarv hills. Inf snch a result was ,,navoid-
BE and can IN their cases be easily reme-
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