Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-09-18

are glad 10 believe. But IL 1t rises Mt
once to the control of the Govern
ment it will, be because the North,
dcmoralizcd by prosperity, ard besot-
ted by groyeling interests, refuses to
discharge its share of Political duty.
In such a case as the South not only
will control the government, bat 1t
ought to do It.
1t Is feared, with more reason,
that the restoration of the South to
her full independence will, be detri-
mental to the freedmen. The soouer
we dismiss from our minds The idea
that the freedmen can be classified,
and separated from the white popula-
ton, and nursed and defended by
themselves, the better It will be for
them and us. The negro Is part and
parcel of Southern society. He can
not be prosperous while 1t is unpros-
pered. Its evils will rebound upon
him. Its Happiness and reinvigora-
tion cannot be kept from his partici-
patton. The restoration of the South
to amicable relations with the North,
the reorganization ofits industry, the
reinspiration of its enterprise and
thrift will all rebound to The freed
mems benefit. Nothing Is so danger
Gus to the freedmen as an unsettled
state of society in the South. On him
comes all thespite and anger and ca
price and revenge. He will be made
tho scapegoat of lawless and heart
less men. Unless we turn the Gov
ernmcnt into vast military machine
there cannot be armies enough to pro-
tect the freedmen while Southern so.
ciety remains insurrectionary. II
Southern society is calIned, settled
and occupied, and soothed, with new
hopes and prosperous industries, nc
armies will be needed. Riots will
subside, lawless hangers on will be
driven off or better governed, and a
way will be gradually opened up to
the freedmen, through education and
industry, to full citizenship, with all
its honOrs and duties.
Civilization is a growth. None can
escape that forty years In the wilder.
ness who travel from the Egypt o
Ignorance to the promised land OF
civilization. The freedmen must take
their march. I have full faith I'm the
results. Ifthey have the stamina tc
undergo the hardships which every
civilizedp people has undergone in theft
upward progress, they will Iii due
time take their place among us. That
place cannot be bought, nor be-
queathed, nor gained by slight .ol
hand. 1t will come to sobriety, vir
tue, industry and frugality. AS the
nation cannot be sound until the
South is prosperous, so on the othel
extreme, a healthy condition of civil
society in the South is indispensable
to the welfare of the freedmen.
Meanwhile, the great chasm which
rebellion made Is not filled up. II
grows deeper and stretches wider!-
Out of 1t rise dread spectres and
threatening sounds. Let that gul
be closed, and bury 1t in slavery, sec
tional anim0sity, and oil strifes ant
hatrcds
tits fit that the brave men who, on
sea and land, faced death to save tht
nation, should now, by their voict
and vote, consumate what theil
swords rendered possible.
For the sake Of the freedmen, fol
the sake of the South and Its million
of our fellow countrymen, for our owl
sake, and for the great cause of free
dom and civilization, urge the i'm
mediate reunion of all the part,
which rebellion and war have shat
tered. ... - .f u.
am truly yours,
HENRY WARD BEECHER.