New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-02
LAST WORD WiIH MR. HUI.


ton OF Mr. Hill This is the essential point III
his letter. the keystone of his argument. Slr.
Hill knows very well that the Southern loyal
ists cannot bo deprived of their rights and re-
manded into condition worse than Slavery
without a revolution and possibly war. If one
section Of the Southern people fought four
years TO keep large number of their fellow
men in Slavery. how long would another sec
ton fight to prevent their own ensiavemeh''
Mr.. Hill can answer this question better than
we can. r. .....t -t..f
The facts of The Camilla massacre are not
unchanged b. Mi HIS notes upon them.
/ without meaning any disrespeot, we regard his
Endorsement Of the Rebel rioters much
"A the proilered responsibility OF Falsah.
! We want better security for Bardolph than Sr
| John Mr. Hill. we have no doubt, means to
| tell a true story. but lie ia not competent
witness. He knows that we have had war
| and Is not well pleased that the lighting l.
over. There are great many OF the same
| class. North and South. who, ~ a. noted humor-
ist expressed IL, were vigorously for tho prose-
cution OF the war, and held themselves ready
| to sacrifice all their wives relatives IN then
devotion. A little massacre like Camilla u there
/ fore A skirmish and, unless We mi,apprehcnd
Mr. Hills meaning, we are 10 have good
many, more-with similar results. You think
it strange no says. - that so many
negroes were killed. and 40 few Whites
injured 4 me, this il not strange. Tie negroes
rere slaughtered as they ,riH Arrays be snder
" such circumstance. We accept Mr.. Hills cor
rection, and arc rather surprised ut our blundcr
! Now that we remember there were more
| negroes than White men killed At New Orleans.
and at Memphis, and at Fort Pillow. When
Mr. Hill comes 10 us with these opinions and
seeks to discredit our correspondents, ne can
! not accept him. The writer Of the letters IN
| THE TRIBUNE ia neither " 4 carpet Dagger nor
"scallawag' but a native of Georgia and n
citizen who has always been highly honorcd.
He i, quite as good u witness as Mr. Hill, and
has tho merit OF regarding tho shooting
of unoaendng citizens in mass meeting
assembled as murder. lie il willing to accept
Reconstruction without threatening the poor
negroes with "sure destruction" unless the
State governments are changed. We think
! there must have been mistake about the blood
hounds Mr. Hills word covers that point. and
we thank him for The correction. Considering
the extent and thoroughness OF the massacre
and the number OF the slain, the hound, were
hardly necessary.
This brings us back to the text of Mr..
Hill, letter Seymours election means he
downfM of Reconstruction. Upon which We
are moved 10 say:
|. Seymour's election does not make him the
Government. He would be no more President.
in the absolute sense. than Andrew johnson.
The Senate would be irrevoeaby and over
wlelmingly against him, and the House IN all
probability largely so. -.
III. Seymour would find certain laws to exc
cute and. before he took the chair he would
| DO committed to their execution by Il solemn
oath.
ILL., These lars riU not be repeated Were
Seymour TO carry every Northern State, they
would still stand, and behind them the i'm
pregnable barrier Of Constitutional Amend
ment, which no President and no Supreme
| Court can override. ID
". As President, Mr.. Seymour could not
make Mr.. Hill tax collector without the will
of the Senate. Victorious or defeated. me Re-
publican party remains master Of the situation.
Now this is "a clear as sunshine, and Mr..
Hill is sadly deceived when he comes to New
York and expects the aid OF the Democratic
party to overthrow these States. His
policy is either war or il is trick
of violent speech. If he ia merely rhetorical,
then he is a demagogut, and we pass him by.
II he is in earnest he means war, wants war,
and seeks to precipitate war. Ii is not the
work of day to amend the Constitution of
the United States The policy which Congress
created represents the victories of hundred
fields, the sacrifices of a great people, the
assumption of q vast debt. We
| do not propose to amend 10 in
answer to the desire of Mr. Hill, or
to desist FRONT It's enforcement because ho
assures us that his friends will massacre the
negroes. But for the infatuation Of Senators
like Fessenden and Grimes. he would find, even
now, that it would be safe for the negro to at
tend Republican meeting in Camilla. and
that punishment swift as the very light
ming would have made negro massacre
| an undesirable amusement The blood OF
these poor people driDs upon the Senate
chairs of the Republicans who sustained by
their votes the author and apologist of
the massacre at NewOrleans. We must
endure Mr.. johnson q little longer
but we feel sure the Nation will not welcome
a continuance of his administration in Nj.
Seymour Be that as it may--Grant OF Sey-
n,Our--it is certain that Reconstruction wiH
stand un,ess overthrown by the revolutionary
violence suggested by Gen. Blair and expected
by Mr.. Hill. Fron: that law there is no appeal.
1t is the written and sealed decree Of the Con-
stitution, and, to paraphrsSe the rude figure of
Shylock until Mr.. Hill can rn, the seal from
off tho bond lie but oicnds ms lungs to
speak so loud ag el
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