New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-04
A CASE FOR THE EXERCISE or PATIENCE

4 CASE FOR THE EAERCISE Or PAIIENCE.
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: You have repeatedly said that if ma
,ority Of all the people tho Rebel States had really
wished to secede from the Union, and had asked for
separation friendly. respectful and proper manner.
wa should have had moral right 70 refuse. But making
the demand by selling forts taking orcibe posses
sion OF all tho Government property within their reach
and behaving In the bullying manner they did, it was
our duty resist demand 80 insoently and so mprop
erly made with all tho foroe could bring against
Them You have also said that, II majority Of the Can
adams wished separation from Great Britain, and asked
for In friendly respectful, and proper manner, II
ought not TO DO denied them. But II they demanded
separation In the bullying and plundeng way that the
South insisted seeding from our Union, 1t would be
the duty OF the British "to give them spanking Now.
II moral and political rights which people justly
and fairly entitled to. must be asked for In friendly,
respectful and proper manner before they ought to BIO
granted reasonable that must be forced by deeds
Of blood and murder committed upon our friends 0y our
enemies into restoring tights and franchises that have
justly forfeited by the treason rebellion. and crime
Of those still unrepentng and deadly enemiesi
THE TRIBUNE says that the Southern ex-Rebeis have
murdered five ten thousand of innocent friends
Rebellion crushed and not one OF the murder
has been punished for his crime Is 1t reasonable that
we should grant full amnesty 10 these daring villains take
them back to citizenship with all this guilt and blood
upon Them and restore all the rights and franchises they
many thousands more OF our unofendng fellowczens.
because q Republican Government IS too weak, too
cowardy or too corrupt to protect s people and punish
criminals There may have been many believers in such
doctrine at Algers and along the coast Of Barbary
hundred years ago may be believed In by Greek brig
ands and the American Democracy but hope such
snot the sentiment OF the loyal and intelligent Americans
Yers Who au murdered p
United States officer ON the public street at MONDAY,
thank Chief Justice Chase, President Grant and the
politicians for his escape from the gaows no most justly
merited The Emperor OF Russia willingly and peace
ably freed five times many slaves compelled
emancipate, aud forced their former owners sell
have their homesteads aud he protects them
wrong American Democracy, now Il thinks the danger
terminated. Such ia the difference between Russian
dcspotism and American Democracy.
Reading, Pa. March 49, 1871. THOMAS JACKSON.
Comments BY The Tribune.
Our correspondent labors under evident con-
fusion of mind with regard to the facts which
he would state if he clearly understood them.
Let briefly but kindly rescue them from
his misconceptions
i. We have no other doctrine respecting Sc
cession than that embodied in the preamble
to our fathers Declaration of Independence
| namely, that governments derive their just
powers from the consent of the goperned ~
which consent the governed have the right to
withdraw. Our fathers held themselves justi-
fled in seeding from and dividing the British
empire on this ground, renouncing their allie
glance to tho Crown whereof they had been
born subjects and whereto they had sworn
fidelity. Having been educated to believe
them right in their revolt. we shall not will
ingly dehle their graves at this late day.
III. We entirely agree with our correspondent
that the KuKiux outrages at the South afford
no reason whatever-none in the world-for
Universal Amnesty. On the contrary, they
present o very formidable obstacle to the
granting of such Amnesty. We were for Am
nesty long before they were heard of, and
shall be to the end-not because of those out
RACES. but III spite of them. But wo agree