The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-10-21

and they will continue and ihcresse rutik
these measures are abandoned.
~ You persist in saying the the Southern
people will not accent the results of the
war. Mr. Adams intimated, in his, letter,
that this belief was the trouble at the
North. lie is learning the truth iow. /
commend to you his speech at Salisbury,
North Carolina. s 4H rslza aIF-a..
"Among other things, he said the Dis
position of the North was kindly. toward
the South, bur they demanded the conces>
sion on our part of all tho legitimate results
of the war. He then asked Colonel Cowan
and Governor Vance, who were on the
staud, to state explicitly if their reople
accepted in good faith! FIRST, the abolition
of slavery firever; second the overthrow
af the doctrines of secession; third. the
settlement and kindly Welcome of Northern
people here; fourth, the guaranteeing ct
an his just rights to the negro and the cpl.
tivation of friendly relations with him hy
the whites d The questions were answered
emphasically 10 the Affirmative, by those
gentlemen, and ratified by the entire audi
ence, to whom the vote was put on each
question. ~ Great harmony and enthusiasm
prevailed, All the people cx pressed aston
| ishhiert on hearing from Mr.. Adams the
amount of misunderstanding which exis $
in the Northern mind in regard to the real
purfpses ahd Intentions of the Southern
Nov Now, sir. Colonel tct55S#an. and Governor
Vance answered truly, and the people re-
sponded in good faith. And this is the
sentiment all over the South AT first
there were some preiudices,. bnt now the
people everywhere recognize, this fact that
the negro is free citizen, and the good OF
| the whites and the peace of society will be
promoted by making him an educated, good
citizen, ,aifait be, possible ogaBut it . is no
possible under the reconstruction measure.
1t is not possible with the negro in the
hands Of carpet baggers and low whites,
an1 while still ignorant, having his mind
infased with IDEAS of political power. and
his heart filled With hatred to ,the white
race. Therefore, we say, take away the
reconstruction measures and heir breed Of
evil1oers, and amicable relations will uni
versaly prevail, as Mr.. Adams saw them
at Salisbury. el'ig -n1as oHj % taioa gGr +
o Ihave often said, and now repeat ard
beg you to note that the South has never
ri jected any proposition of settlement, or
of restoration or of reconstruction, wheth
er proposed by the army, or by the Presi~
dent, or by Congress, except such as were
not results OF the war, and which would
have dishonored the South, and not bene-
4 ed the North n0t strengthened III. III
ion, The first thing rejected by the South
was the proposed Amendment Fourteeti,
She rejected this solely because it disfran-
chised nearly all the best men in the South,
abiding lifetime Union men before the
war. lT Congress had submitted the ether
provisions separately, and as a fnaliiS they
would have been accepted. She rejects the
subsequent reconstruction plar because She
en- not live under it. We lrospered after
emancipation rntil this pl4n was forced OH
the South by the bayonet Since ;aat time
lands lave been steadily declined in price,
distrhst is constantly increasing, and riots
and ouhaecs are multiplying. The people
o. the South IRE not struggling for party,
but for lfe.g They will be comreled, in
defense OF soci~l anG industrial exissgHce,j 10
PRACTICAL" disregard these reconstruction
measures; it matters not who may be elect
ed and order tothe coaragy. We are beg
ging for Northern emi0rantsi and Northern
epital. We have the finest country on
rth for both. But neither will come
while these reconstruction measures ie-
main, ahd we CAN hot blame them. DoW
j would that a thousand such men as Mr..
Adams would go South. II tie, Northern
people will not hear Sou herh speakers,
Southern people are CAD to hear Northern
speakers who go with an honest desire, not
to infame the negroes, but to speak the
truth and encourage all races as does Mr..
Adams. Abuse US less and visit US NJ ore,
and there will soon be neither the will to
abuse, nora feeling of distrust.. .lia. "a
am assured here by many men. that
Geneid al Grant, as President, will disregard
the Chicago platform, and see TO it tnat
equal justice shall he done the Southern
States and people, and that the Radicals
are really afraid Of him, and vote for him
only from necessity. Some tell me he will
be better for the South than MIR. Seymour
This may all pSove true. But he. certainly
stands on wrong platform, and Is sup
ported hy wrong influences. 5esays..t5
The South has no animosity toward Gen
eral Grant. She cares nothing for men.
But the whites of the South never have,
and lever vii, because they never can,
consent to the reconstruction measures, nor
to the Governments formed by thein. TO
consent to these is to consent to her own
immolation and ruin. Others faraNay may
not so believe, but we ais Know. ". (
II the Eorthern people are determined to
enforce. these measures, and in a spirit of
distrist and fear, not to say of hatred and
malice, toward the Southern people, then
secession has made good its case, and the
NortbtrN people are determined to write
the Judgment and pay the cost. 2s
at N bs'e Yours, very tftly, .as
. ag.4 u qres,a a b. Ii. HILL.
NEw YORK October 9, 1868.