The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-08
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
EDITORIAL OPrEIoNs or THE LEADING JoURNALs
uPoN CURRENT ToPICs-CoMPLKD RvRBT
DAY FOR TIE EvREINo TRLseBAPB
The Politicians Trying 10 stir Up TrOu-
bies IN tue SUuth.

The pOtlJfctAnS AGliBS To SUR Up IrOu-
bies III TIE south.
Ko,o,, me ~ Y. Herald
In the midst OF gratifying reports of return
inc prosperity To the South, covering the
pfoeiess of internal Improvements, the in
crsase of shipping IN the IN 'ritime ports, the
evtent of land planted, the introduction of
uoIuable class of innings auts, together with
tba influx of capital from the North, the rise
10 The value OF Southern securities and in the
-lararol development OF the resources of the
5000 W. bepin to discern a speck of trouble
W s,oI;,ical character making its appearances
,,non this otherwise peaceful horizon. The
.iPoJJIesome politicians are again at work.
Tho fre.eaters are again becoming trouble
some and obstructing the onward tide OF
Soutberu prosperity. In virginia tne no
snrrender'i impraotcables, led by such
;srarrsssible spitfires as Henry A. Wise,
ars 6obtipg the conservatives who are
ia,,IinS for a speedy restoration OF the
Stota "a lis former place in the Union.
sIbird party" movement IN Alabama Is
atousiug the old asperities OF partlsans, and
the olapgor OF brazen political trumpets Is
heard throughout the State. In georgia the
r,uddle among the radicals themselves in
-aoard 10 the proprietorship of the money
baSa. united with the rosy colored pictures
oiSeu in the fire. eating papers about 'cotton
egaip king" ''cotton better than gold" the
sfNorth compelled to borrow from the South,
and 40 on to the end OF the gasconading chap
Ter are tickling the vanity of the young cock
spurs who have passed the ordeal OF panta-
Iat,ss and entered the arena of active life
since the surrender of Lee, and making them
actually look upon another fight with the
North AZ inevitable if not desirable, with a
result entirely different from that which fol-
lowed the last struggle at arms.
This il all nOnsense-the height Of absur-
dity. II is ridiculous for the Southern papers
and orators to attempt to lire the Southern
heart anew; and those who are guilty of COM
mitting these acts of rashness and folly should
be treated as the South's worst foes-the enc
mics other future opulence and power. What
the South has to do now is to study how to
develop her own resources, how TO improve
her reputation in the minds of the people of
the Old World and of the North, and to assure
those who choose to 20 and settle upon her
soil, till her fields, work her mines, put her
immense wateT-pOwer into successful use, that
they will be cord ally welcomed and protected
In their persons and property. All the vapor-
ing of old party hacks like Toombs, Wise,
Msrmaduke Johnson, John Forsyth and the
rest, will scarcely Affect the political status of
the South an iOta at this time. On
the contrary, all they attempt will
work to the damage of the very ends they,
with an eye to immediate popularity,
Affect to aim at. When General Grant
assumes the reins of government the South
will soon understand that he does not mean to
"make confusion worse confounded;' by essay
ing the task of reconstructiDg reconstruction.
The work OF the past three years will not be
gone over again, with the prospect that it
may continue four years longer and end no
where. Grant will not seize the helm of the
ship of state with the constitutional scruples
of Andy Johnson. He Will grasp it with a
firm hand He will not have among his crew
troublesome spirits who are disposed to mutiny
at every unfavorable tide or unpropitious
gale. In the course of his political voyage
Grant will circumnavigate the sea of troubles
that have so long disturbed the South and
smooth it by pouring oil where oil is needed,
and so disposing of the rocks and quicksands
as to make them harmless for the true navi-
gator ever after. All Southern fire. eating
buccaneers must stand aside.
In some important particulars we believe
the South will be agreeably disappointed in
Grant, and it should not inaugurate his ad-
ministraton by kicking up fuss in advance.
Nor will Grant get into an unnecessary fight
with Congress upon the question of Southern
reconstruction. Unconditional negro suffrage
Is what the white population of the South are
apprehending. General Grant may not be
called upon either to oppose or approve it. II
may be taken out of his hands altogether.
There is ample reason to doubt whether the
F"oPoSoN ouOhuulcut IO Lu6
called the fifteenth article providing for indis-
crlminate sufrage-niggers, Chinese, coolies
Digger Indians, and all the rest of the ballot
torsaken portion Of oreation-will be adopted
by the required constitutional maiority-three
fourths OF all the States The West does moi
seem disposed to bow down to it. Witness the
foSco OF the Inauguration ball, where, be
cause 1t was placarded by Western men
"No nlggers admitted" " some Eastern Niger
Worshlppers split off and would have nothins
10 do with the affair. The West has ineffacea
Die preludices against negro equality. United
with the South and such of the Northern
states as are opposed to negro equality, the
majority necessary to adopt the fifteenth
amendment cannot be secured. And upon
question of negro equality or no negro equality
placed distinctly before the whole people, VI
are nrm In our conviction that the affirmative
would be voted down by an overwhelming
majority The sentiment of our population
Is undoubtedly in favor of still reserying t.
Inc several States those rights affecting socia
and domestic relations which but few despoti
powers on earth have succeeded in usurpin
ana controlling against the will of the people
Therefore let the South stick to its prope
vocation at this time-work hard, raise goo
crops, be economical, save money, maintai
law and order, and let the mischief-makin
politicians all go to-where they belong.
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