The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-01

cede that inferiority, will treat them with
kindness, forbesrance and Justice" Well,
the Seutherners, Robert Il Lee and the rest of
them, had the negro race in their power. They
were its masters. They bought the negro aud
sold him, and under the broad domain of our
Republic the ownership was protected. What
'foI oIbearance," what Kindness" what Gus
tice" was shownY Read the laws of the
Southern States before the war, and find an
answer in that shameful history of oppression
and outrage. Education made crime.-chil-
dren torn from their parents-licenssi concu
binsge-labor stolen-the whipping post the
cudgel, the bloodhound and the iron COLLAR
this is what the negro received from the
Southerner, and the right to do all this was
contended for by Robert +. Lee upon hun
dred battle fields. This was before the war.
What has been done since9 Have we seen any
Southern movement to educate or elevate the
new racer Where is the least evidence of the
proposed rebel Justice to the negroH Not only
have the Southerners neglected the colored
race, but they have denounced as tyranny
every effort of Northern men 10 elevate and
improve it. When we see justice proffered we
may believe it, and not before.
There is something whimsical and absurd
in this attempt of Lee and his colleagues to
dictate TO tie North policy which means the
reversal of all that has been done toward recon-
struction. Repeal the Fourteenth Amendment,
abolish the southern Governments, Withdraw
the army, take power from the negro, aud
give "ascendency" to the rebel, aud what
thenH In sixty days every loyal white man
will be an exile, every loyal black man will
be under laws of apprenticeship and surveil-
ance, and we shall have twelve Southern
States in the condition of Kentucky and Mary
land. Will these men hesitate to use that
powerY Does General Rosecrans suppose that
they would stopY The compromise he
suggests, degrading as it is, and representing
nothing but prejudice, would only
be the beginning of series of agi-
tations and compromises having for
their object the payment of the
Rebel debt and the guarantees" for which
that debt was incurred. We spurn the offer.
Let Robert L. Lee show himself as patriotic
and far-seeing as Longstreet, and we shall lis
ten to him. We do not mean to degrade the
southern white men, nor shall we permit the
degradation Of the Southern black men. Suf-
tiage is withheld from Rebels now as wal
measure, just as we built batteries and raised
armies. When they show themselves worthy
it will be given them, but beyond aud before
everything else we must have peace. Peace
is the only compromise to which we will
listen. This dallyiDg with Lee, however we'll
meant is only an electoneerng contrivauce
to help Seymour and Blair. General Rosecrans
forgets that the questions which he has re-
ferred to General Lee We're decided by gre at
war, and that he contributed to that decision
at Stone river and Iuka. We shall listen to
Lee when he shows us that he has something
to say-paying him the respect due to man
who exercises, whether for good or evil, a
tremendous power in this country. AS for
the brave 'old Rosie,' he is out of his DEPTHS
He is a diplOmatist, but his diplomacy is wanted
in Mexico. 1t was for Mexico, not Sulphur
Springs, that he was confirmed. A stauch and
we'll built steamer bound tor Vera Cruz will
soon be coaling at Pier No. II, East River.
We advise our gallant old friend to secure a
pleasant cabin in that vessel, and to leave the
country as soon as possible.