The national Republican., 1869-01-05

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No aChrtstnas Insurrection" Ru.
NOR. this Year-The CiviIiscd In.
dians-Their wants Duty OF
the Government 20 Them.
JASrAHr T. 1850.
To the RErunLtcASi There exists great dis-
satisfaction throughout the South with the
operation Of the fourteenth amendment OF
the Constitution because II operates pre-
ei.ely H the loyal people OF the nation
designed that II should operate. II Ia already
a,sertained that II IL operative law-not 4
dead letter Those who complain against u
are in all cases advocates OF the restoration
OF the Affairs OF the South into the keeping Of
the South's leaders during the rebellion. |
This is precisely what the fourteenth amend
mont was intended to defeat. Your readers
will recolleet that II forbids any and all who |
held federal or State or county once before |
the war who disregsrded their oath OF allie |
glance to the United States and took part In |
the rebellion from ever again holding a fed |
eral, State or county once unless Consres
shall have removed that disability from the
person In question by a two-thirds vote.
The pro'rebel press are vehemeutly insisting /
that President Johnson's late amnesty proola-
nation sets aside this obuoxi amendment
20 the Constitution, styling II OF course ICON.
gressional action" rather than part and par.
eel OF the Constitution OF the United States,
as II now unquostionsbly 10. BY such pre-
tences alone do those who seek to defeat the
reconstruction policy OF the Government en-
deavor to keep the Southern public mind In
the dark with reference to the true state OF
| their affairs.
| The Presidents late amnesty ptooiA nation
merely put stop to all existing prosecutions
| at law for treason or participation In the re.
| al off IN ba nv
tent Of relieving the offenders from all fear OF
future prosecution therefor and due punish
ment after conviction. It does not and could
not touch the point Involved In the fourteenth
amendment, which, being q part OF the Con.
stitution, Is not to be abrogated by an Ex-
ecutive proclamation.
Upon the innexibllity with which It may be
administered depends the restoration Of sub
stantial peace and prosperity to the South, In
which the people Of all other sections or-the
Union have almost as much and as direct In.
terest as those OF the South themselves. with
Isham q. Harris again Governor OF Tennes-
see, Robert Toombs, or some rebel OF his
"persuasion," Governor of Georgia, and
: other such rebel leaders Governors OF all the
other Southern States, las they would be in
three years were the 18th amendment nulliaed
by an Executive proclamation,) every subor-
, dinate Southern State and county once
would be tllled by "birds Of the same feather"
and universal suffrage at the South would no
longer exist, nor would negro be left alive
> who ventuTed to contend for his lawful rights.
, Nor could white Unionist nnd rest for the
sole Of his foot anywhere from the Potomac
to the Rio Grande. A state Of thing would
exist throughout the south, 50 far as liberty
OF speech and the civil and political rights Of
all Unionists are concerned, quite as bsd as
l lyaA 81 It,nl 4, ..l. -.
gsrohy OF the oonfederacy. Were the supreme
| or any other important court to decide that
| the Presidents proclamation OF amnesty null.
| lihes the 18th amendment, there would In.
| stantly be 40 end OF all white immigration to
| the South, wherein, 10 due time, the darkness
| AID despotism of the kingdom OF Dahomey
would be sptly paralleled. The renewal OF
the rebellion would soou take place, to end In
leaving no rebel leader and rebel material
there to longer delay the restoration of that
couutFy to what should be its place In the
| civilization ant industrial progress OF the
times.
lhelr from authority In which place conf
| deuce 'hN the proprietors Of the National IN
| 'tUiyenCsr lesign throwing Il into Joint stock
| eOneera iEt running II in the Interest of
| GrNnts Ain!ristrA'!on. Iftkls be true, I pre-
sumo /; vii be neither more nor less tAAa the
ofg.a OF noutE-p!see ofsueh Conservative"
IS may profess 10 support Ga admInistra-
tioH. They will doubtless desire a newspaper
organ here to enforce their viewI upon Grant
and his Cabinet, and to combat those OF the
main body Of G.S supporters in Congress.
This Is free country, you will recollect. The
Democrats, aud even the rebs, pure and sim.
pie, have the same right to support Grants
naturalization" as you or l. "rhe more the
mettier." IhAve little faith, however, In tho
value OF any support Grant is likely to receive
from politicians Of the IRtcHigeHecr school, I'M
less he runs his adminisiratloa in the ruts OF
: that of President johnson.
Among the most notable Incidents of the
= time 10 the fact that the public have not, this
season, heard any OF the usual rumors oi
Q Christmas (negro) insurrections. Heretofore
= such stories-always turning out false-haye
: Invariably prevailed. 1t simply means that
. there is no longer hope OF obtaining credence
for the story OF the sheep attacking and de.
vouring the wolyes-none whatever.
! find nearly all the civilized Indian delega
tions that have been In Washington this win.
ter advocates OF the policy of separating their
affairs with the Government from those OF the
wild tribes. They desire a separate civilized
Indian bureau, pointing to the fact that,
since the war, peace, profound peace, has
reigned everywhere 10 their several Terri.
tories, from whence not single complaint of
murder or any other outrage has come North
They boast exultingly, and, l think, Justly of
the better condition Of society among them
than in the Southern States generally. They,
the Cherokees, Chlcksssws and Greeks, oc-
p. cupy and own by far the most desirable por-
T. tlon Of the South the richest, most healthy
and best watered region In the whole United
States. They are civilized, and should be zeal.
. ously protected by the Government in the
possession of their property. Railroads are
about to penetrate 1t ln various directions
with their consent and at their earnest desire
with railroads will go a heavy innux OF i'm
> migration, such as their laws have hitherto
a repelled. Their lands are destined to sell Al
very high prices not long hence. The fear II
4 that our frontier men will essay upon them
e the policy OF driving them away from theil
n homes, under the plea that they are savsges
It 10 surely time that the Government began
to make particular preparations for their pro
lection against the aggressive policy OF oul
expanding civilization, which has, up to thil
time, always expelled, II not destroyed, thu
s Indian. The plea in justifcation-that theJ
cumber the earth which civilization dem snds-
BY no means holds good 10 their case, as mcil
civilization is every whit AS valuable to socI.
ETY. as that Of our own pioneers. Nevertheless
the latter will surely make short work oil
( these civilized Indians and their property
unless they be duly protected. What 10 re
quired is the organization of an efficient sys
TEN Of protection 10 advance OF the rush upon
them of emigration and speculation.