The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-12-01

It Is SAID that fftsIIen, UFalL Wiz }"
a universal amnesty IN his iorth'
coming message That the adoption OF
such 8 measure would Do more than any
thing else to harmonic the different sec /
tons Of the country and restore confidence !
in the general government, cannot be
doubted or questioned.
The removal Of the disabilities imposed
kv participaion IN the late war would bring
into prominence again many men who have
and have most dcseryedly, the confidence
If the whole south Men who have done
much BIZ tonIue and pen to reconcile their
most imprl>ige and FESTIVE neighbors to the
new order 81 tlings-whose Influence has
ever been on the side Of good order ami who
have lsbored assidlolsly for the good Of
the people among whom 'hey d"eii IN
soothing tie hard feelings and animosileS
left bell n by the war.
But however it may be with many IN
dividuals, this question has to be treated
in general way. Statesmen and poh'l-
cal leaders alike agree that now the boon
Of amnesty and forgiveness may be ez~
tcndei to I'll classes of people of the south,
and should tue chief magistrate advise 1t
in his recommendations 10 the council or
the nation, it will be generally approved.
And noE comes The question for the ad-
mu'stration to scttle-Shall the amnesty
Be one Of word and deed. an earnest, thor~
ongh. honest attempt at pertecting the re
cancellation between the different parts Of
the country or shall ii be parer amnesty,
an imposition urou the people, fraud
upon those it processes to wish to benefit,
an attempt to win applause and gather re
newcd strength ty pretending to do thing
only, or at most by only lalf way doing 1t.
The President does not seem to be OK
actly honest in this matter at the begin
ming. II he thinks an amnesty desirable,
if he decms the people Of the south trust
worthy, if be thinks they are entirely tit
10 resume their places as citizens aud par
tcipa,e fully in the duties and benefits
that are pledged 70 every citizen why does
he send troops to Georgia to influence and
control the elections. Why does he destroy
with one haad that which he so ostenEa
tousy builds up with the other.
Nothing is Gcarer to the citizen than
keeDly felt or more bitterly resented thar
whatever interfercs with his perfect lib
e.ty in this matter. Is this then the way
to inagurate the forgiveness OF the pas
and the restoration of a full participation
10 all civil rights and privileges? Will the
CLEAN Of fedora! bayonets and the tramp
of the soldiers, feet be the glad harbiuger.
of universal accord throughout the land
the veracious prophecies Of good for the
whole country
The time has row come when the PEG
pie of the south may be safely trusted tC
manage their own domestic affairs If il
has not, when will it come If the prin.
cIples OF Republican form Of government,
are to be carried out here in our land, i
can only be doe by the people and by the
whole people. If we are to have mill
tary despotism existing in one portion OF
the land we must charge the name of oul
government to correspond with the fact:
in the case.
Weakness and ineficicncy the country
may perhaps forgive, but dup'icity and
treachery it never will Let the people
then be gratified by the exhibition Of a
spirit of candor and fairness, on ne part
Of the aGministr. lion, towards the south
and much good will result
With general amnesty to al now UNI
der the burden Of political prescription, a
revival of the old love for the whole coun-
try. the elimination Of all scctionality from
oar patriotism, and the fostering care of
government that wisely regards the
whole people as its constant care and the
entire land as but unit in interests, our
county would make rapid strides in re-
gaining the ground already lest, and the
future would surpass the past in The growth
ana glory of our united, free country
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