The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-02-27
FROM THE SOUTH.

We are indebted to Hon. g. T.
stearns, Of Mobile, for frequent filcs
Of New Orleans aud Mobile rapers,
aud 10 6nd much in them that IL Of
interest. The greatest bitterness i man
Heated by most Of these sheets toward
everything that savors Of faithful recon-
struction. The manner in which Pros
idens johnson aud the Democratic
party u, eoa,idered BY tho rebel editions
should Be sufficient to condemn both
President and party forever 10 tho eyes
Of all loyal mon. They arc looked
upon as tho only hope Of the uurecoa.
struotod element At tho South for un.
doing the results Of the var.
Gen. Meade is a fruitful source Of
trouble to these erring brethren. They
were disappointed in his course quite
"a much the President. Instead Of be-
ing plant tool to be used in thwarting
the will Of the people, he has fearlessly
executed their wishes Us embodied in
tho laws Of Congress. Tho Mobile
Times says:
W. have expressed our hopes and then
our Tears on the course Of our now COM
mauder. All our sympsthies arc with him
the descendant Of an honored Virginia
stock. though born in Spain-educated by
Z father noted for his liberal principles
tho brother Of one Of the finest officers Of
our navy, We had in him full and deep
faith.
Certain acts Of his, however, had shaken
that faith, and w were afraid TO find under
the polished gentleman and refined officer,
the stern and unfeeling envelope Of the
military ruler.
They will doubtless find this IN
"envelope" which will follow the direc-
tons # the people, and though never
licked will stick close by these rebel.
ious communities until they learn to
behave themselves.
The Mat;o"ali.t, At Mobile, is an
earnest Union paper, and speaking Of
4 majority Of its cotemporar.es Of tho
South, truly says:
One Of the chief obstacles in the way Of
. peaceful aud sdeotual reconstruction 10
to b found in the Southern press. A large
minority Of tho papers in the seceded
States ars owned and edited by men who
are placed under ! political ban BY the &C.
ton Of Congress, or by those whose SYM
psth;es are with that class Of tho South
who are bending every energy to thwart
Congress in ito effort to restore the Union.
These men, with but few exceptions, are
the same class who controlled the Southern
mind in 1861, and, with their overbea.ing,
proseriptivs brsvsdo, rushed the Southern
States into bloody and ruinous war. We
will venture the assertion that fifty to one
Of the Southern journals now oppoaing the
Congressional plan Of restoration are under
the direct Influence Of men belonging 10
one or the other Of these clauses. One class
is inaoeoced BY personal considerations,
while the other is inspired by deadly, in
herent hatred Of the Union. The same is
equally true Of those not connected with
tho press, who are vehemently opposing
the efforts Of Congress to restore tho &C.
coded States 70 their normal condition in
the Union.
The Nationalist thus heartily ex.
posses itself in favor Of Gen. Grant for
the Presidency:
The people at this crisis demand for
President not only . man who shall promise
to do this and Tint, but whose character, %
developed BY tho past, il in itself . previ-
Gus guarantee that nothing viii make him
swerve from his promise. No man, Of .hose;
eonspicuously before the country, ful6lls
this condition better than General Grant.
and ve hail the general aud spontaneous
demand that no Do made the leader Of the
Republican party in the next campaign. !,
an instructive tribute to the superiority Of
simple straightforwardness over words and
professions. -