, 1872-11-02
mediums, $45o@6oo; commos' e'''0>s''0'' 1ioA-
pect fair. ,,,.,.,nb;a "a so6a4 ~ Writ.
ers $43Oa4.50. Prospects taar.
MR. BEECHER ON THE SOUTH.

| Ar anneal for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| 1ract from q Letter OF the Rev. EEE1;-
| ~ ward EseecAer, Dated Aug. 80.
1s66. Addressed to General Halpinc
and Others.
I hear. With wonder, and shame, and ecorn.
the fear of few that the South, once more IN
| adjustment with the Federal Government, will
rule this nation! The North is rich, newer so
rich; the South is poor, before 80 poor.
The population Of the North is nearly double
that OF the South. The industry OF the North
in diversity, in forwar5ness and productiveness,
in all the machinery and education required
for manufacturing, is half 8 century in
ai., advance o. Of the South. e Churches IN tho
S9sn GrS1y and hs snt
has but scattered lights, at long distances, like
lighthouses twnk1ing along the edge of CONT
nent Of darkness. In the presence Of such
contrast, how mean and craven is the fear that
the South will rule the policy Of the land! That
it will have an influence, that it will contribute,
in time, most important influences or restraints,
we are glad to believe. But, if it rises at once
to the control Of the Government, it will be be-
cause the North, demora1ized by prosperity and
besotted by groYeling interests, refuses to dis
charge it's share Of political duty. In such case,
the South not only will control the Government,
but it ought to do it.
It is feared. with more reason, that the restora-
ton Of the South to her full independence will
We dismiss from our minds the idea that the
freedmen can be classified, and separated from
the white population, and nurEed and defended
by Themselves, the better it will be for them and
Us The negro is part and parcel of Southern b n
society. He cannot be prosperous while It ls
unprospered. Its evils will rebound upon linn:
It's happiness and reinyigoration cannot be kept
from bis participation. The restoration OF the
South to anicable relations with the North: the
reorganization OF it's industry, the relnspira7 ,7
tiOn of ftA enfarrriGa GQu thrift, WILL
benefit. Nothing is so dangerous to the
freedmen as an unsettled state Of society at the
South. On hun comes al the spite, and anger,
and caprice, and revenge. He will be made the
scapegoat Of lawless and heartless men. Unless
we turn the Government into vast military ma
chine, there cannot be armies enough to protect
the freedmen while Southern society remains in
surrectionary. If Southern society is ca1med,
settled, and occupied and soothed with new
hopes and prosperous industries, no armies will
be needed. Riots will subside 1awless hangers
on will be driven of or better governed, and q
men, through education and industry, to full cit
izenship, with all its honors and duties.
Civilization is growth. None can escape that
forty years in the wilderness who travel from
the Egypt of Ignorance to the promised land Of
civilization. The freedmen must take their
march have full faith in the results. If
they have the stamina to undergo the haEdships
which every unciviized people has undergone in
LQeN upward progress, E0ey WILL III Que time
take their place among us. That place cannot
be bought, nor beqneathed, nor gained by
sleight of hand. It will come to sobriety, yir-
tue. industry, and frugaity. As the nation can
not be sound until the South is prosperous, so,
on the other extreme, q healthy condition OF
civil society in the South is Indispensable to
the welfare Of the freedmen Refusing to
admit loyal Senators and Representatives
from the South to Congress will not help the
freedmen. It will not secure for them the vote.
It will not protect them. It will not secure any
amendment of our Constitution, however just
and wise. It will only increase the dangers and
complicate the difficulties. Whether we regard
t1e whole nation, or any section Of it, or class in
it, the first demand Of our time is, entire re-
union
Once united, ne can by schools, churches. q
free press, and increasing free speech attack
each evil and secure every good. Meanwhile,
the great chasm which Rebellion made is not
filed up. It grows deeper and stretches wider!
Out Of it rise dead spectres and threatening
sounds Let that gulf be closed, and bury in it
slavery, sectional anmosity, and all stlifeB and
hatreds!
It is fit that the brave men who, on sea and |
land, faced death to saye the nation, should |
now, by their voice and vote, consummate what |
the freedmen, for the sake OF the South and it's |
millions OF our fe1low-countrymen, for our own |
sake, and for the great cause Of freedom and |
civilization, urge the immediate reunion Of al
the parts which Rebellion and War have shat
Tered. am truly yours,
HESRY WARD BEEcHER.