The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-10

regard to the non-recognition Of the inde-
pendence of Cuba was Offset by the notorious
and pregnant fact that well-known New
Hampshire Democrat, once occupying high
position In the affections of the New Hamp-
shire people, and in tho confidence Of New
Hampshire ex-President, was and is now a
paid advocate in the service of Spain to
crush out republican liberty on the island of
Cuba.
Our copious dispatches renderfurther COM
ment upon the results of the first gun of the
political campaign unnecessary. We must
say, however, that in our opinion it was only
the personal popularity of General Grant and
the abominable dissensons and atrocious and
inconceivably stupid conduct of the Demo
cratic managers that plucked from the Demo
cracy of New Ham, pshire the plume of lead
ing the Democracy of the nation to certain
success in 1872. Let the discordant Demo-
cracy in other States take warning.
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT AND POLICY.
From the NJ Y. Times.
Several Southern journals respond to the
ideas recently advanced in these columns in
regard to the true reconstruction policy of
the South. 1t will be remembered that we
deprecated the longer continuance of the
ancient sectional animosities which existed
| previous to and during the war, and coun-
| selled an acceptance by the South of the fun
damental political consequences which have
| since been wrought out We did this upon
the ground that the old political antagonisms
had been submitted to the tribunal of dernte1'
resort, the wager of battle, and had been de-
| cided adversely to the South; that in the re-
| sulting adjustments the South had no voice.
that those adjustments being fully agreed
upon and settled, forbearance and amnesty
to the South became the duty as we'll as the
true policy of the North; and finally, that
1 all 1,o1 L..
| CATION on the part of the South to forego its
obstruction and accept the result in spirit
of restored nationality.
In reply to these ideas, it is urged that the
South has not been permitted to exercise any
Tree Will In the reassumption of its status in
the Union, and that no obligation, therefore,
rests upon it. In the very nature of things,
such concession could not have been made.
1t would have been ridiculous to have CON
suited an enemy fresh from battle-felds, with
hearts still beating with rage and bitter
hatred, as to the conditions of peace, or the
political status of the future. OF course, the
South would have clung to the issues upon
which the war was fought; in fact we have
seen that from the moment the Rebel armies
laid down their arms, they took up the same
old arguments they had used previous to the
war They have done little else than cry out
against usurpation, and tyranny, and military
people, ever since.
| 1t was unfortunate for the whole country
and especially for the South, that the process
OF reconstruction was embarrassed and pro
longed. Had it been consummated foul
years ago-even upon the basis finally
adopted--we should have encountered les,
opposition, North as we'll as South. The ex
Rebels certainly had more submissive tenn
| per thent than now, and what seems almos
uncomfortable in 1870 would have been &C
cepted by them as unexpectedly lenient il
1866. They had chastened spirit thel
which held their assertion in check.
We do not want the South to be humiliateC
or politically disabled, and we do not expec
that its people will charge its purely socia
organization. We do maintain, however, tina
it ought, cheerfully and sincerely, to la,
aside its revived sectional prejudice, togethe
with all the old heresies which brought OIL
the war. 1t must put away the idea that
State is in any respect greater than the nation
and that there is any one class of men who's
political rights are less than those of anothers
We would freely and fully concede to on
Southern brethren equal freedom with our
selves to regulate their social, industrial, an
political affairs under the Constitution. w
} would place them side by side with us in thos
: respects, but not one step in advance or t
the one side or the other of us.
, With regard to the future but little can b
said. The South holds it's political destin
, in its own hands, subject only to the restric
tions of the Constitution as amended, an
5 the spirit, either of conformation or resist
ance, which shall prevail. If it shall con
tend against accomplishment, and seek t
2 revive dead issues, it can only retard its ow
material prosperity, and reject that equs
participation in the poll cal action of tn
future which we feel confident the mode
, rate sentiment of the North is anxious t
l tender.
y WINES AND IOuORS