The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-18
HOW TO RECONSTRUCT THE
SOUTH.

now tn urConsTpUCT T0H
SOUTH,
We vestcrdav snote NJ nollticol fouds and
shovvod how strono,, ,hov orc c,iropchel in
,ho ,horu,,,. ,.ot,a,oo. and nos.,ors M
ma,rina' In ,bo rrcpo.sd rccon., rnctIon
=, an. so,,,, 40 h,ra ~ ,,r,rr,o vt,I, ,hoss
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,rho at,,,,,in,, Rain, what II IL. thu ,ror,rv
+. ,,,r,tro,, how man wc mat tbc eaton.
,ros,Io,, chat arise. md best- .urmo,n, ,,,o
JITonI,rcs which onyl,nn ma,
7, an ,dn,i,,r5 fac, ,ho, ,vo ,,rs, r,,or-
struct brs5rso morICcs, aos,iny moLos /,
s.,.5sir ,,o, ,vo ,nus, ho ono NAOMI. Nor,h
and sor,h P.s, o,d Wa, Firsi ws cor-
moi rcconstruc, rror tho DcmocrotIc tbco,v
~ ,o.,t,r o,, ,bc co,orc1 man mr. he
ohridgipo his rights. The Democracy would
have kent him in slavery IL they could hive
done an, lint when nil attcmpts OF thIs M
,prc f,IIcd they wouId have len him tn tho
tcpdcr mcrcies of his ghllom masters, They
vouId have had no Frcedmen's Bureau. no
civil rights bill and no extension of the
elective franchise to the negro. They would
have held him in a condition but a short re-
move from slavery itself. Now, this cannot
be. We cannot reconstruct and leave four
millions of people outside, stripped OF all
participation In the Goycrcmcnt which they
are to obey. This 10 too plain to argue hero
and now.
There is another thing equally clear. No
reconstruction can take place while the life
long Unionists Of the South, whether white
or black, are deprived Of their lust rights or
pushed aside to make room for lattcr-day
Upionists, who find IL convenient TO shout
Justify for the Union cause because they
cannot helm it. Moreover the men who 90
son,b IN settle mu,, ne protccted in all their
rIghts. If mon ,bno.c IN 90 soutb with their
,,ri,,i aud ,vi,,, ,l,oir hr,,rs ,ra choose 10
r.c ooot, % t,,,Ii go, ,b.,, ,,,,r,rr d, become
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- US 'a ''i',' Hu'Vu'"''''' LUG
United States protects Its citizens everywhere
ON tho face of the globe, and every we'll
behaved man who respects the laws and acts
the part Of a good citizen must, under the
nag and the laws, flud tue same protection
in New Orleans and Charleston rs he fluids
in Boston aud Philadelphia; the same in
Virginia ana texas as IN Maine ana Con-
nccticut.
We believe with Wendell PhIlllp, that the
General Government Is bound to make its
power felt in bringing peace to the South by
the utter determination Of the Ku-Klux-
klans. When all this ia conceded we may
have reasonable hope OF speedy reconstruc-
ton, but not I'LL then.
We eau readily understand ana appreciate
the full force OF many oil the deep-seated pre-.
Judices, born oil war and long political strug-
G!es ahtecedcht 10 the war, "hlch nave occa-
stoned the icudS 10 which reference was
,s IL ,lvoys tho r,sc- have somc ,hlnys IN
up,corn and 10 FORGET. and also some thing.
IN learn and much 10 remember, II will M,
do to rccoypizc prciudlcr A, rrincIpIc. no,
passion rs n correct rule Of action. ",
must dismiss as far rs possible all marrow